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The New York herald., 1922-08-06

hall will now be lacking, because
restoration is practically impossible.
There will be ruins and to spare for
generations of tourists, sites in abun-
dance for memorial tablets telling of
buildings that have disappeared"
A special chapter is devoted 10
the contributions Of philanthropy and
sympathy, made by societies and
individuals both in France and from
abroad. or the numerous American
organizations which have made con-
trIDution. "the greatest interest and
Importance" DIR. Macdonald tells ne
attached to the American Commit
tee for Devastated France. The work
OF this society is particularly instruc-
i've because of the success with
which it has applied American meth
ods of social settlement work. with
which rural France was previously
not familiar
In conclusion the author compares
the devastated zone to-day 10 a great
building which at last is nearing
completion. The casual passerby
receives only an impression of noise
and unsightliness. but the workers
know that the foundations have been
laid. that walls. partitions and roofs
are in place, and only the fnishings
have TO be added and the debris
carted away. CALVIN WINTER.
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
From the French set.

Gleyre was the original of the Atelier
Carrel Of George du Maurier's "Tril-
by and thirty years later the Ameri-
can was to quarrel furiously and
Enthusiastically with his old friend
of the student days when he recog-
nized himself pictured as the Joe
Sibley of the story.
In the middle fifties etching was
in the air" of Paris. Charles Meryon
was still in full activity. But there
is nothing to show that Meryon and
Whistler ever met, or that Whistler
had very much sympathy with Mer-
yon's treatment of architectural sub
jects, so much more precise and en-
graver-like than his own. To quote
Campbell Dodgson: Whistler, in
deed, never in all his life sat down
before building and made a con-
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

scientious and exact study of il; that
was not Whistler's way. and it mat
tered little to him in after years.
when he etched plenty of architec-
ture in Venice or Holland, whether
his plate gave a strict likeness of the
building which gave him a suggestion
for subject to be treated with all
the freedom which he had gained
from his experience as a painter"
The only view of Paris which Whis-
tier ever attempted remotely recall
ing the manner of Meryon was his
lie de la Cite" sketched in 1859.
However, il remained unfinished,
probably because Whistler was not
satisfied with it, and Mr.. Dodgson
comments: Certainly it would never
have passed the exacting criticism of
Meryon."
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Whisters AN Alsatan Village" the French set
Whistler's French Etchings

THE ETCHINGS OF JAMES Nc
NELL WHISTLER. BY Campbell
Dodgson, keeper OF the prints and
drawings at the British Museum.
Edited by Godfrey Holme. Published
by the Studio. Limited, London.
NURIOUSLY enough, WhistIer's
~ French etchings, or what are
commonly known as the
French set" were made for the most
part during journey to Alsace and
Germany which he made in company
with the painter Ernest Delannoy
In 1856. when Whistler was thirty
two years of age. In the summer OF
the preceding year Whistler had ar
rived in Paris and enrolled himself
as a student at the Atelier Gleyre
The point has its literary as well as
its artistic aspect. The Atelier
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Restoring Scared France

ernment publicly proclaimed the new
principle of national responsibility
for war damages. But after the ar
miStice many subordinate and COM
plicated problems arose, such as the
| classes Of injuries or losses to be rec
ognized, the basis of evalution of
lost property, and the distinction, if
any. to be drawn between the indi-
viduals who returned to their for
mer work and those who chose new
vocations and new homes. In addi-
ton TO the delay caused by these in
itial problems, the magnitude of the
whole task had been underestimated
Down to May !, 1921, there had been
flied 2,7S5,i64 claims for indemnity,
representing a total of more than
100, ,000 900 600 francs. Up to that
time only about 10 per cent. Of
the total claims had been paid. On
the other hand. amazingly rapid
progress was made in clearing ruins
and removing debris, the first es-
sential step toward revival of in
dustry. The following figures, COM
piled TO May /. 1921, show graph
cally what had been accomplished
and what remained to be done:
OF the population of 4,690.1S3
found in the devastated zone in
1914, 4,l65.253. or IS per cent, had
returned. Municipal life had been
resumed in all but forty of the 1886
communes in which il had been
suspended. Public instruction had
been resumed in $3.50 out. of 7,271
primary schools. In the
reconstruction of the soil 2,934,12S
hectares had been cleared of ex-
plosives and 2,7S7,120 hectares
were free of explosives, trenches
and barbed wire; 21,37O,s00 tons
of munitions had been destroyed,
/ 239.666,4S1 cubic meters of trenches
out of 333, 900, 900 cubic meters had
been filled and 276,S49,242 square
meters of barbed wire entangle-
ments had been lifted OF total
of 29.351 wells destroyed and 81 ,257
injured 52,G17 had been put in con-
dition. Never in history
have a people and their Govern
ment accomplished so great a task
in so short time.
DR.. Mac Donald devotes separate
chapters to a detailed survey of the
restoration of transport, the recon-
struction of industry, the restora-
ton of the mines and the revival of
agriculture. He devotes considerable
space 10 the part played by the work
OF the cooperative societies, and con-
siders separately the special problems
offered regarding indemnity or res
toration in the case of the approxi-
mately 600 monuments and public
buildings destroyed, most of them be-
ing ct riches. The beautiful facades
Of m0Ss than one cathedral or town
The New York herald., 1922-08-06
A Message to
the Middle Class

higher, says Prof, Finney, the con
suming power of the people would be
greater. THE greatest undeveloped
market for American industry is the
potential purchasing power of the
laboring class" The raising of the
standards of the poor which would
produce this extra market need
come out of the pockets of nobody.
ductiye power can be increased, SO
that their higher standard of living
would only be their own extra con-
sumption of their own extra produc-
tion." Though Prof. Finney does
not say so, one insers that increased
efficiency of management would also
provide an added source of wealth
that might raise the standards of
living of those now below the line
that socio,ogists set as necessary.
This is one of the most interest
ing suggestions in his study of our
present economic state, though there
are numerous other proposals of a
way out. The author believes that
wealth is too greatly concentrated
that the small opportunities of the
wage Garner of acquiring more than
scant share are unjust On the
basis of 1910 statistics, showing that
9S.39 per cent. of the families in the
country receive incomes OF less than
$1,000 year, he deduces that the
chance TO rise economically is small
indeed. Fewer than two young men
in 100 can hope TO have incomes of
81, 600 each. IL is economically i'm
possible, at present, for more TO rise
into the moderately well to do class
Prof. Finney accepts the Ricardian
law of wages. namely, that wages
tend toward the minimum level of
subsistence because of the competi-
ton for jobs. There are usually
about 100000 unemployed in the
United States. He therefore favors
restriction of immigration and limita-
ton of the birth rate. He would use
the taxing power, particularly as to
inheritances. TO bring about a less
unequal distribution of wealth. He
would introduce democracy into in
dustry. He would reduce the waste
In industry through disease and acci-
dent. He would have a thorough in
dustrial education TO enable wage
earners 10 increase their productive
capacity.
Prof. Finney addresses his plea TO
the middle class. He believes that
1t must mediate between revolution
airy Socialism and predatory capital-
ism and prevent either from winning
out.
Since this is a sort of message to
the middle class it is interesting to
observe that that class is not clearly
delineated. In one place tpage 1887
Prof. Finney speaks Of the middle
class as constituting "an overwhelm-
ing majority of the American people"
In another page 1881 he says "65
per cent. of the voters are already
proletarian, except that, fortunately.
they lack as yet the state of mind"
The table he quotes from Hunters
book, Poverty" supports the latter
rather than the former statement
Here the middle class families
tthose possessing average wealth of
$14, ,1S0) are given as 1919 per cent.
of the total in the country, with
the poor with wealth per family of
s1,639) comprising 1871 per cent. and
The very roor" possessing no wealth
at alb as so per cent
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

IA CSfS AND oOhEIO FOiN liI6
SOCIAL UNREST. BY Ross L.
Finney. The Macmillan Company.
TN those relatively stable times
Immediately before the war de-
ranged the currency it was
estimated by economists that the
average per capita income of the
people OF the United States was be-
tween 5000 and s400 a year. In
answer TO those who demanded a
more nearly equal distribution of
wealth it was pointed out that an
exactly equal division would leave
each person with some such small
income as that This was, and is,
true. The national income is not
enough to provide more. The De-
partment of Labor has estimated
that TO live comfortably a family
should have at least $4,000 a year;
but how can the average family get
81, 900 a year when its share of the
national income on per capita
basis is more like $500 a year?
1t can't-immediately. 1t prob
ably couldn't Immediately anyhow.
The Social Service Commission of
the Federal Council of Churches OF
stanch advocate of the living wage.
officially concluded few months
ago that the only way to reach
reasonable minimum was to increase
the national income. We must pro-
duce more wealth if We are to raise
the level of comfort of the economi-
cally lowest class.
This is not a remote ideal, accord
ing TO Prof. Finney and others. 1t
is a very practicable one. Prof.
Joseph w. Roe of New York Uni
versity, president of the Society of
Industrial Engineers, said in a re-
cent article in THE Sun that il would
be quite possible from an engineer
ing point of view to set up a stan
dard for measuring the efficiency of
that so far has not been done. The
report of the committee of the Fed
Grated American Engineering So
cieties, which made a survey Of GER
tain basic industries, concluded that
a vast sum went annually into
waste. This could be avoided by
scientific management. More than
half the responsibility for such
wastes the committee placed at the
door of the management, and less
than % per cent. at the door of
labor
1t is clear enough that our much
extolled efficiency is not what il
might be. IT is plain that, without
additional plant and without greater
supply of raw material or labor. our
productive industries could turn out
vastly more than they now turn out,
and increase the national income by
large share of that increment.
How great this would be, assuming
management to be, say, 90 per cent.
efficient, no one knows. Here then
might be way out of the living
wage difficulty. But who would con-
sumo this excess production? On
what ground could we insist that
factories that now shut down
periodically for want of a market
be operated continuously?
If the general wage level were
The New York herald., 1922-08-06

Company.
/" HE devastation wrought by the
world war is one of those
things that elude our imagi-
nation by their immensity, like the
calculated weight of the planet Ju-
piter or the distance of the fixed
stars The chief service done by
DIR. MacDonalds book on Recon
struction in France" is that he has
taken a theme of epic magnitude.
and by a clear and simple present
ment of the salient details, an in
sistence on the cold logic of authen-
tic figures, has drawn a picture
from which the average reader may
grasp, in some measure, the titanic
task which France is slowly bringing
TO fulfillment.
The devastated area of France, as
officially defined. including those por.
tions which, while not actually in
vaded, were completely disorganized
by the war. comprised about $4,000
square miles, or almost one-eighth
OF the country's total area. The ter
ritory requiring restoration to nor
NAL condition was about half of this,
or an area approximately equal TO
Massachusetts and Connecticut
Down TO the armistice 3,524 com
munes had been occupied by the enc
my, and 500 communes not actually
occupied had been evacuated by the
civil population. Within these 1929
communes the number of dwellings
either destroyed or seriously injured
was 10000, while the number of
public uildiugs-churches, schools
and town halls-completely destroyed
was 6,147, and 10,731 were partly
destroyed. The number of industrial
establishments wholly or partly Grip
pied was about 10000: 4.7s9 kilo-
meters of railway, 52,734 kilometeTs
of highways and 1,036 kilometers Of
canals and navigable streams needed
restoration. OF the 3,337 600 hectares
in the devastated zone practically
every hectare had to be carefully
gone over and unexploded metal ex-
tracted. There were 333. .000.0 900 cubic
meters Of trenches and holes to be
filled, 373,OoO.OOO square meters OF
barbed wire to be removed and a.
600, ,000 tons of munitions to be de-
stroyed. The war had ruined or dam
aged 121, los wells. and no water
within the region could be used until
disinfected.
Such was the task the French peo-
pie had TO face. The first problem
was to formulate a policy of repara-
tion. AS early in the war as De-
cember "a 1914. the French Gov
Evening star., 1922-04-27

DON'T BUY A USED CAR
Until you have made SURE
it has a clear title. We can
supply the complete record
of all cars upon which mort
cages have been placed.
Maybe yours is one of them.
Do you know?
AUTOMOBILE TITLE
COMPANY,
Commercial Bank Building.
Evening star., 1922-04-27
FOR SALE. ETC.
Continued
NASH.

NASH.
Real Buys.
Several used cars that will stand any In
spection Traded In on new Nash autolnobpes.
HURLEY MOTOR CO.,
1892 14tb st. NV. Phone North s4G2.
BEST oFPER buys the following cars:
National touring. 1918.
National roadster. 1918.
American sedan, 1920.
Buick roadster, 1917.
Saxon roadster. o.
stephens roadster. late model.
stephens touringx. two new.
GRIMES MOTOR CO, -,o,
cola l4th st. Phone North 7l0l:
REAL BARGAINS.
$50 down, &8 per week.
DORT touring. sos; in good condition; owner
leaving town.
FORD ton truck, Sis; panel body; condition
good.
HUDSON touring. sl25; 4 bargain.
OVERLAND touring, $125: in excellent condi-
tion, having hut one owner.
OVERLAND roadster, $l85; an economical car;
running fine.
OLDSMOBILE roadster. $175; motor recently
overhauled: good tires.
FORD speedster. $1a5; a new body with top
a6d windshield, disc wheels: motor excel
lent: Army officer ordered away.
FORD sedan, $225; motor excellent; seat COW
ers: a good buy.
top and recently painted; motor ok.
Cash or terms or trade.
MR.. SLATTERY,
$50 st. NV. Franklin 5ses. :.
Evening star., 1922-04-27
INSPECTED ROOMS.

lNSPECl Eli KOOMS.
THE FOLLOWING ROOMS HAVE BEEN IN:
SPECTED BE THE WARRINGTON SERVICE
BUREAU. EVERY DETAIL CONCERNING
THD6b AND MANY OTHER PERSONALLY
INSPECTED" ROOMS AND SUITES NAY BE
HAD, At ROOM <l7, DISTRICT NATIONAL
BANK BLDG. PHONE MAIN 2l33.
2220 FIRST ST. N.W.--Ideal room for sum
ner; private home: windows.
AT LINCOLN PARK-LArge corner room;
double exposure; windows; with board.
900 28rd ST.--Choice Of two nice rooms;
electricity: lovely for summer.
&4th ST., near Newton-0ne or two attrac-
tive rooms: twiB beds: modern.
CONN. AVE, near S--Exquisite room In ex-
elusive home: male or coupe.
HARVARD ST., near 10th--One to three at
trsctive rooms; ideal for summer. 2se
YOUR TRUNKS, etc, moved; I;
lowest rates; r. mile from Office,
35e; day or night service;
prompt delivery. District Ex-
press Co., Fssahain 200.
Evening star., 1922-04-27
RENTAL BUREAU.

iIIn1TI1TED RENTAL co. yOR DErAlI1
cf tie better eia0 rooms. Isii st n:Cs
soem 40. -
Evening star., 1922-04-27
UNFURNIsHED ROOMS.

81 II ST. NV large newly papered
Meeting rooms lentire second noorl: Lhk per-
mitted: $3J; ! large basement room suitable
for Office or shop, xl5 2ss
Evening star., 1922-04-27

1913 Westcott Touring.
Good condition Price. 1856. 90. Cash pay
ment. $355.6o, balance payable $e6.6s per
mn0th.
1921 bort Sedan.
Price, 81 .l03. 90. including interest and in
surance. Cash payment. $44l.20. balance In
months.
1921 Maxwell.
5-pass Price, S55s0O. including interest
and insurance. Cash payment. $223.20. bal
ance payable $41.s5 per month.
1917 7-Pass. Chandler.
Touring Price, $55s.00. Cash payment.
$223.20, balance in months.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-03-15

salaries Again let us recall the facts. BE-
fore the war, teaching had become notorious
as a make-shift occupation The war Ore"
attention to the appalling situation and after
a vigorous campaign by the National Educa-
tional Association and other agencies salaries
were advanced somewhat. In only few
cases were they advanced to levels which
would insure a permanent supply OF mature
well-trained teachers. The great majority
Of American communities must face squarely
and frankly the problem Of still further IN
creasing the salaries Of their educational
workers. This will require recognition OF
the primary Importance OF education. 1t
may require new emphasis on values 1t
will require careful study and Reorganization
Of methods Of revenue-raising. 1t will re-
ouire State aid and Federal aid. Democracy
in it's great hour of trial cannot afford to I'M
der-mine the source of its strength and secu-
rity-the school. 1t cannot afford not to pay
salaries that will insure to every child IN the
Nation competent and well-trained teacher"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-03-15
A WORD TO PARENTS

n IRIS. M. EDWARDS, police woman at Roch-
MI ester in an interview with The Post and
' Record of that city, discussed conditions
there and the morale of the young people.
1T reverts back to the parents" said the
police woman little sorrowfully. "Without
their cooperation I do nothing. Don't blame
your public dance halls too much, most Of them
are being conducted on good scale, but when
the dance is over and the girls disappear until
two or three or even four o'clock in the morning,
the devil knows where and the rest of us can
guess why. Then, my dear friend, it is time to
blame the parents and protest against the lax
ness of the home. When in all the history OF my
work in Rochester, have only had one call from
one mother in the city to ask me where her girl
was and then when it was too late, why its time
to quit damning your public institutions, your
automobiles, your dance halls, your card parties,
and your picnics, and point the finger Of scorn
at the parents"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-03-15
Oldest House in Scotland.

Dunrobin Castle, can be claimed, &C.
cording to the London Daily Express,
as the oldest inhabited house in North
Britain, having been erected by thane
Of Sutherland in the Eleventh century.
Much Of the present mansion is
modern, a feature being the creation
Of complete suites named after notable
members or connections Of the Suther-
land family. One set Is named the
Cromarty rooms, because in 1746 the
earl Of Cromarty, reckless Jacobite
leader, was there captured and only
saved from being beheaded on Tower
hill by the efforts Of his wife, the
clever Bonnie Belle" Gordon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-03-15
THE FASHIONABLE CHURCH

TN metropolitan paper the other day we read
! an account of society wedding. With great
gusto the article read that the ceremony was
performed "at the fashionable church Of"
That phrase, fashionable church," rather
fills us with disgust. If our churches are to be-
come fashionable" instead of places where all
may gather to worship God, then religion is in
bad way
But fortunately, there but few OF these
so-called fashionable" churches. There is no.
thing fashionable about Christianity. It is re-
ally the most democratic thing on earth, and wei
comes all mankind, regardless of wealth or power
ty, fine clothes or rags.
Snobbery should have no place in America,
and it surely should not be encouraged by any
fashionable" church. There was nothing "fashi-
enable" about Jesus Christ. He was of the most
humble and during the days that he walked the
earth, he preached the doctrine of the brother
hood of man. It is difficult to see how the fashi-
onable' church can hope to square its actions
with the words and deeds Of Christ.-Fred Had
| ley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-03-15
rhe minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, &c

The Minnesota Farm Bureau federation, ac-
cording to the statement issued by its executive
board, is a nonpolitical organization. Every
county association and township unit is advised
to keep free from all political enanglements.
This certainly is good, sound advice. If the
members of the farm bureau live up to their
opportunities and develop their organization as
they should, they will find that they cannot afford
to link it up with any political party The farm
bureau is a big institution. It is supported by
men of every political belief because it is par
tally maintained by our government. Therefore
its growth should not be dependent on the for
tunes Of any one party-Princeton Union.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-03-15
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is, 1922.
PERK UP!

Your nose may be battered, your jawbone nicked
Your visage may be sight,
But always remember you're never licked
While still you stand and fight
No matter how badly they mess your map,
1t won't be beyond repair.
And there still is a chance that you'll win the
scrap,
AS long as the punch is there.
You'll make mistakes and you'll do things wrong,
The best Of them always do;
But as soon you get to going strong,
Your grit will see you through.
They smashed Paul Jones to fare you-well
But he didn't observe goodnight"
He merely paused in his tracks to yell
That he'd just begun to fight.
There'll be plenty of folks to peddle gloom,
ThereI be plenty of folks to say
That they see the terrible day of doom
Hurrying it's way.
But the fellow who knows that the fight is hard,
And still has the nerve to grin,
And never gets ratified and drops his guard,
Is the fellow that is going to win!
james J. Montague.