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The Washington times., 1922-05-09
BY DIR. LEIGHTON STUART.
President PekinE Christian College.
Peking, China.

copyright. 1929, by Cosmopolitan News
Service.)
NEW YORK, May 9.-The i'm
mediate result of Gen. WI Pei
Fu's victory over Gen. Chang Tso
Lin. j think. will be that WI and
his associates will probably seek
to call an assembly for the pur-
pose of providing constitution
for the country. This is some
thing he has been working for.
He is a brave soldier and pos
sesses great military ability, but
he has little political sagacity--
and there the danger lies. that he
win be manipulated by the polit-
ical party with which he is affili-
sted.
Government Is Weak.
The Peking government has been
notably weak. The president, Hsu
Shih Chang, and his associates are
dominated by the military chiefs,
who have no following except their
troops. They are seeking TO put
their respective candidates in power
20 that they may satisfy their own
ambitions and gain greater author
ity. Individually, they are not men
Of high ideals.
In the case Of Sun Vat Sen. he
Is seeking 10 establish a govern
ment which is governed by no con-
stitution, because there is none. If
he had been willing to move slowly
and obtain a constitution first there
would be far more hope for the
to drive out the government by
force, which he Is unable to do,
unaided, because he has no troops
Chang's prestige has grown so
much that the people had come
under what might 49, called his
hypnotic spell and believed that he
could not be defeated. Now that
this has happened his power and
influence has been greatly weak
ened.
What will probably take place
soon is that a compromise will be
reached. between the Chang faction.
representing Manchuria; Wu. repre-.
senting the North, and Vat Sen.
the South What we can hope for
If a coalition cabinet. The realiZa-
ton of this hope, ! believe, depends
on Yat Sen more than on any other
one man. There have been nego-
tiations in this direction in the
past between him and WI. both
men having the same ideals. which
L.. l.1 H.. -
and the establishment Of consti.
tuition.
Hands Off" Good Plan.
The one great thing now needed
10 for the country to settle down
and arrange a permanent form of
government. Meanwhile. the best
thing for Americans and their Gov
ernment 10 do. is to keep their hands
off China's political affairs and for
the American Government to see that
no other government interferes-one
in particular.
One of the greatest needs for a
settling down of the country 10
peace bas.H is that China may there
by receive sat which the confer.
ence on the limitations of armaments
gave u and which, under the exist.
inR "lrcu instances M'S more than
generous. with peace permanent
a9d = sound government es ablished.
AmGT I"ar capital, which is now timid
because OF the unsettled state ~
affairs an t."riCan trade. wouln
benefit immt .v. IN enc Chinese
are without do. moro f8vogablv
disposed towards tro Untod St0tCs
and its people than CIV other ma.
tion, for they regard the ',rOpl.. and
the Government as their fr.5 nds
The Washington times., 1922-05-09
CHARGES cruel YIN
SUIT FOR DIVORCE

william Coh"n. .l 10 conducts the
Crosby BDusN az 24S Third street
northwes. - it filed today in
the District .'aU'' me Court by his
wi"e. Harriet -. Cohen. for a limit.
eS di,rro". j. charged with cruelty
o i q JI"uuF5s.
Plaj tif( PRESENTED by attorney
alleges that an various
uCCa iefendant grabbed her
lN a. uruat and Choked her"
tore, -.pthes off her" tried 70
twist left wrist off, and at.
tempted TO kick her" The wife
sa'.s y court to restrain her hus.
un" m molesting her or intc~
i"r,nG the business. The couple
T"r' .rried in this city February
4. IL
The Washington times., 1922-05-09
California Masons
Bar Members OF
Ku Klux Klan
By RUBE GOLDBERG

SAN FRANCISCO. May o.
A letter directing that members
of the Ku Klux Klan be denied
admittance into the Masonic
order was ordered sent all men,
bers in California and the Ha-
waiian Islands by DR.. Samuel
f. Burke, grand master of the
California jurisdiction.
The letter asserts that the
"klan tenets are inimicaI to the
tenets of true Americanism and
Masonry and, therefore. have
no place within the organiza-
tion.
ATLANTA. Ga. May 9.-The
first meeting of the imperial
klonvokation. or national con-
gress of the Ku Klux Klan. was
held in Atlanta yesterday in
connection with the seventh an
niversary of the founding of the
organization.
The convention was featured
by a mass meeting of members
at the Baptist Tabernacle, when
William j. Simmons. imperial
wizard, made his annual report.
1t was not given to the public.
The Washington times., 1922-05-09
MINUTE MEMS GLASS
TO GIVE RADIO CONCERT

The first concert ~ the newly or
ganized Radio Gu Of the Minute
Mems class of the Fifteenth Street
Christian Church, ''ifi"tuth auc d
streets southeast. - given al
1880 tonight.
The club N.H Is ' a lato
tory at tn, .rGr o. presto ent,
Denzil Rigl 'i' set Sc lth.
east, where ,NInr work and
assembly OF n,.tr Irrirt on
under directi' 0' T1' her.
The regulai n0Dgal srnuCner trip
of the club Uonh the Hotumac to
Chesapeake B. will trIf July /,
continuing for ..." days
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the planet are watched with tele-
scCpe. The fact that the cusps of We
nus maintain their sharpness right
up to the edge of the moon confirms
the view that-the moon has no APP
preciable atmosphere. The chief phe-
nomena which may be expected to be
observed will be those connected with
the atmosphere of Venus and pos
sible atmosphere of the moon. Venus
has a considerable atmosphere. The
moon has very little, il any.
Oceultation - AIdebaran
On January "a another very inter-
esting occultation occurs. This %.
cultation differs from the other ID
many respects n occurs in the
early evening. which 10 . moro con-
venient time for observations. and
OF course the moon i 1t . very
different phase. The object occult.
ed in this case Is the bright star
Aldebaran at A. Figure /. Although
as Venus 1t 10 nevertheless the
brightest star which il ever occulted
by the moon. Other bright ones
occulted sometimes are Regu1us at
B. Figure 1, and Spica and Antares.
Owing to the shifting Of the moons
path. known as the repression Of the
moons nodes 1t does not occult the
same stars in each revolution. There
will now be series Of occultations
of Adebarah- The series as visible
from Washington began with one IN
September, 1929 0nder unfavorabl9
conditions This Year II Will be 6cs
thsss ga Hsiole koA Eashi2E
tAs prs41pe oceultstlq6 HI u
q he esessaf ylsaslea - iaesa
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ecARAvANs "a NIGHTe


BY Harry Harvey. The Century com
pany, publishers, New York city.
An exotic tale.-of romance and mys-
terry, beginning amidst the mosques
and teening bazars of tropical India.
and shifting through Burma-land Of
wind blown temple bells-into Tibet,
where under the golden roofs of the
Grand >Lama's palace the shuttle of
intrigue ever carries it's thread back
and forth across loom of old world
craft and cunning.
A blond Sahib commissions a jew
eler to copy a pattern of the Mahara-
jahis regalia in the bazaar in Indere.
A strangely fascinating woman makes
an extraordinary proposal to the di-
rector of central intelligence IN
Delhi. So destiny summons her play
ers from the corners of the earth TO
finish the drama thus begun. A Brit
ish army doctor. an American girl
and Mongol prince with twisted
limb, these and many more are in
the story. Across Asia they are
drawn, and at their heels, ever alert.
ever resourceful, follows that strik-
ing figure. Euan kerth Of the Indian
secret service.
Love and treachery and guile. the
simultaneous theft of fabulously rich
boards of prineely jewels. the lure
of strange places. of dimlit seaports
and dark murmurous jungles; and
over all the spell of the east, ancient
and mysterious-such is the material
and atmosphere of Caravans by
Night
DAVID THE SON OF JESSE
BY Marjorie Stranchey. The Century
Company, publishers, New York
city.
novel of Biblical times centering
on the beautiful boy who became
King of the Jews. Miss Strachey, sis
ter of Lytton Strachey, author Of
Queen Victoria has something of
the literary gift of her famous
brother. Under her guidance the
reader sees and feels these cedar
clad hills and gentle valleys of the
little country which enters so large
ly and so poignantly into The emo
tional life of every Christian people
In the novel the reader meets
King Saul. red -eyed and ferocious
and bit mad; Jonathan. the blood
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taxes the imagination to the limit is
"The Body In The Blue Room" by
Sidney Williams. 1t is an ingeni
ously tangled web of criminality. the
supernatural, and love.
Richard Marston. prominent
young lawyer. while attending a
house party with old friends. finds
himself involved with the other
guests in a mysterious murder.
DR.. Ben the old household physi
clan who has had great success in
criminal cases. is called in. Although
everyone is more or less under sus-
picion, he appoints Marston his aide.
Suspicion points mistakenly toward
Carlotta, whose cameo-like beauty
and charm have captivated Marston.
But through all the doubts and fears
his love is constant and leads him to
take desperate chances to shield her.
DIR. Ben and Marston work together
with the precision Of fate and in the
end the guilty person is cornered.
.HoW TO GET A JOB"
BY Jacob Penn The Self Advance
ment society. publishers. No. 141s
Broadway, New York city.
Here's what they say about
Jacob PENIS book. How to Get job
Through Help Wanted Advertise
ments:"
Mr.. J. B. Lee, English department
Commercial High school, Brooklyn.
N Y: 81 have just looked through
your book. How to Get a Job
Through Help Wanted Advertise
ments 1 consider it most useful
and interesting book. l shall use it
in my class room"
Mr. l. Fl. Levinson, principal Lin
coin school. Brooklyn, N. Y: Your
book is a post graduate course for all
commercial graduates. 1t will de-
cidedly help them to get jobs"
Prof. Joseph Seidlin, Alfred uni
versity. Alfred. N. Y: IT am sure
many will benefit by your book. 1t
is the best of it's kind"
Others saying:
Yours is just the book all men
and women need. The ideas and sug-
gestions are worth many times the
price,
II wish ] had your book when /
first started to work. / would have
very much more"
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BY The Bibiophile

bro Their of David; Bathsheba, Uriah =
lovely wife who completely turns
the head of David: the boy Solomon,
who is TO follow David on the throne;
and many more whose names are SO
familiar and whom Miss StraeheJ
presents to the reader as they looked
in the setting Of their everyday
lives.
Miss >strachey does not merely am
plify the Bible story. She has re-
created David as man and king the
harrassed leader of a turbulent peo-
pie, fumbling and laundering, yet al
ways leading: and has made him the
hero of an arresting novel, rich
with color. movement and character.
She has given us. indeed. a portrait
of king as clear and frank as thar
famous portrait of queen by her
brother.
'RIcE's RULES OF ORDER
BY Joseph c. Rice. Stanton and Van
yilet company. publishers, 29S7
State street, Chicago.
This little book contains the very
latest word on parliamentary law. 1t
is up to date in every respect and IS
the most complete book ever pub
lished on the subject. In writing II.
the greatest authorities on the sub
ject were consulted and all obso-
iete material eliminated.
The author. Joseph c. Rice. well
known Denver attorney, has been a
devoted student of parliamentary law
for over 80 years and from his vast
experience as a presiding officer and
as a teacher of parliamentary law in
business schools and societies is es-
pecially well equipped to write such
a digest.
For years executives, club leaders.
societies and fraternal organizations
have felt a decided need for book
that would give in condensed form
the specific ruling On the correct
method OF procedure, and that would
save futile searching through page
after page for the desired informa-
ton
Rice's rules of order supplies this
need. The table OF rules chart, which
is a special feature of this book, an
swers Immediately, plainly and fully
7S0 questions. practically every par
Elementary question that is likely tG
arrive in any kind of meeting.
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THE BOOKSHELF

The Lyons express. the Dover boat.
the Croydon aero to Paris-surely
Mr. LeQuex breaks all records for
speed and thrills.
And he tells you. too. about oro-
sin, that newly discovered poison.
a drop Of which, on cigar or cigar
cite. renders the smoker unconscious.
With a wave of his hand he brushes
aside the deep wells of mystery that
enshroud this strange crime, leav-
ing police and detectives bewildered.
1.-THE BOOK OF JOB
By Morris Jastrow. Jr j. B. Lip
pincott company, publishers, Phila-
delphia.
Who is not interested in THE Book
of Job"-the literary masterpiece of
the Bible. "A noble book: all mems
book" as Carlyle so aptly termed it?
There is perhaps no other single book
that has exerted greater influence
on the thought and the literature OF
the entire western world. 1t deals
with a problem that is as vital to-
day as il was twenty-three hundred
years ago. when it reached its final
form,
new Interpretation, therefore, by
who has devoted years of study to
the book may well be heralded as
an event of Importance. Professor
Jastrow, whose Gentle Cynic" tbe-
ing the Book of Ecclesiastes) has
been acclaimed as a production of
striking originality, now gives the
public new translation of THE
Book of Job" based on a revised text
which places the book in an entirely
new light. This translation is in
tended primarily to be a contribution
to the literature of the day, and
those who read it will be able to see
for themselves the successive steps
in the creation of the great master
piece. OF equal interest and import
ance with the new translation is the
first part of Professor Jastrow's
book devoted to discussion of the
origin, growth and Interpretation of
THE Book OF job"
THE BODY IN THE BLUE ROOM
BY Sidney Williams. Frontispiece
The Penn Publishing company. No.
925 Filbert street, Philade. phia.
An absorbing mystery tale which
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BOoKSHELF-suN MAG SEC
over LIFE'S EDGE"

BOOKSHELF MAC SEC -.
over LIES EDGE"
BY Victoria Cross. The Macaulay
company. publishers. New York
city.
Low tide on the Cornish coast A
myriad gulls rising and circling be-
fore the solitary. silent man winding
his way in and out of the rocky cav
erns.
Suddenly, from a ledge above him,
a mass OF snow white feathers spring.
to the sand al his feet, and a form
a woman's form-stands revealed;
bare. wet limbs and cleaning arms
protrudng from her tunic of gulI's
feathers.
The man clutches at her for sup
port. for he 10 staring into the eyes
of girl the world has believed
dead His brain reels.
Violet" he gasps, and draws her
into his arms. wet, shimmering
goldfish.
Who else but Victoria Cross could
give you the thrill of knowing this
girl who had lived for four years
in a lonely cavern, the sea and the
birds her only eompanions-or of re-
vealing the strange fate of young
Dudley Grant who came home from
the war unhappi1y married to find
In this manner that the girl whom
ae had loved with the throbbing pas
sion of hot youth had not been
killed?
THE STRETToN STREET AFFAIR"
BY William LeQuex. The Macaulay
company publishers. No. Ia West
Thirty eighth street, New York
city.
Was Oswald De Gex emotionally
insane when he killed his beautiful
niece? IF not, why did he send his
servant out to stop the young man
hurrying through Stretton street, and
bid him come to his rescue
De Gex was a frillionaire-the man
his servant had stopped was no.
body. a clerk And yet, De Gex had
not sent for him by chance. The
young man showed his surprise when
De Gex met him. Something warned
him to leave at once. but he was
too late. Unknowingly he had become
a figure in a mystery that was des-
tined To shock all Europe.
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CEMENT FLOOR BLOCKS

From the Popular Mechanics Maga-l
zine.
A most convenient measure, 80 feet
long and feet wide, is available at
a hardware store in Los Angeles, as
a result of contractors foresight I'M
laying the floor. Realizing that grea II
lengths could not easily be measured.
ON the counter, he laid the cement
floor with blocks exactly 2.feet
square. An aisle Immediately in]
front Of the counter is now always,
kept clear, and wire netting, ropel
caothesline, chickenwire and other
bulky things sold by the foot OF.
yard. are simply laid ON the floor and.
measured by the squares. The gov1a
efnment inspector OF measurements
for the district has officially ap1
proved the method.
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VALUE OF FIRST DOLLAR SAVED
From The Thrift Magazine:


From The Thrift Magazine:
1t is a very common thing tC hear
a clever, capable man or woman ac-
cused of not knowing the value of
a dollar" or of not being able to
save dollar
You have often heard the express
sion: ITO him dollar looks as large
as q house." While this expression
is usually applied to a person who
IL misery, it would, nevertheless, be
an excellent thing IL every thriftless
person would place = higher appre-
citation upon one dollar.
The average person does not throw
his earnings away in large sums. He
wastes ono dollar here and sone doh
lar there In an unthinking manner
When you enter the office Of q sue
cessful business man and find the
first dollar he made in his business
hanging upon the wall in q frame you
can, almost invariably. look around
and see = great, prosperous estab~
lishment. Whatever has been accom-
plished by that man II largely due
to the value he placed upon the first
dollar he made.
Every large fortune Or prosperous
business establish ment has for its
corner stone one dollar. When you
save one dollar and put 1t to WORK
for you in savings bank you hav4
laid the foundation Of your fortune
and placed yovr drgt dollar saved
where 1t II available M production.
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AN OLD SUPERSTITION
rom NcClures Magazine.

II Is an old superstition that thd
seventh child in family 10 always
the one remarkably endowed by nai
ture. Some investigators claim thai
the fifth or sixth child il the flowel
= fths family. Margaret Sanger points
to cases of geniuses who were only
children. it is pointed cut.
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THE BLIND ALLEY


(erA Van veehten hadn't weakened
youd have had trouble enough Il
last you AL the rest Of your life. II
paeht Loyal little muckeri Couldn'
81 s peep out Of him. Those twi
pe0p1g beck there didn't need an,
.onfpanf - THAR rsupions 30 tool
Ats vI q 81 yos 18th out Of tn
Hex3ftf Hsa c>usht q two as
ssssh +: sss:ess; ss 'sss
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Is ia days old at the time of the
occultation. The occultation begins
at Pittsburg at $50 p. m. and ends
at 6.56. AT Philadelphia it begins
GAL and ends 7.Os. The times are
shown in Figure 3, which is upon
the same plan as Figure 2. It should
be remembered that the moon is
opaque, and that the star disappears
when the edge of the moon reaches
it. and that this edge is not ulumi-
mated. Likewise in the occultation of
Venus, the planet does not reappear
when the illuminated part of the
moon has passed it. This moon is
not the poetic moon of Coleridge,
which had "one bright star within
its neither tip When a star is
occulted it retains it's usual bright
ness until it reaches the edge of
the moon. then disappears instan-
taneously and reappears in the same
way. This is very good evidence
that the moon has little. IL any.
atmosphere, for in that case the dis
appearance would be gradual. In the
case of Venus the disappearance IS
gradual. as Venus appears as part
of a disc. The star is a mere point.
Figures 2 and have been adapted
from very complete charts for the
occultation kindly furnished me by
Prof. William F. Rigge of Creighton
university.
The positions of the planets Mars
and Neptune are shown in Figure 1.
Neptune is not visible to the naked
eye. Mercury can be seen very low
in the southwest early in the eve
ming about January 10. Venus is at
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Figure Showing times of dis
appearance full line) and reap
pearance dotted line) of Aldebaran
in it's occultation by the moon in the
evening of January 81 and the chase
of the moon. Time is central stand
ard time.
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moon where~it disappears and the
time of disappearance and the dura-
ton of the occultation depend upon
the position of the observer. 1t will
require about 80 seconds for the
moon to cover the Illuminated portion
of Venus.
Interesting as the occuitation will
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its brightest just at the beginning
of the year. and but little fainter
when oecalted. 1t is then farther
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from the sun, which compensates for
the smaller brightness. Jupiter and
Saturn are still in the morning sky.
SAMUEL G.. BARTON.
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Figure 2.-Showing times Of dis
appearance (immersion)-full line
and reappearance (emersion)-s
dotted line-of Venus in occultation
Of Venus by the moon on the morn
ing Of January Is, and phase Of
each. Time is central standard
time. Add an hour for eastern
standard time.
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Be to. the naked eye It win Sc even
more interesting when the successive
stages - the moon gradually eoveSb
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THE BODY IN THE BLUE ROOM
BY Sidney Williams Frontispiece.
The Penn Publishing company, No.
925 Filbert street. Philade. phia.
An absorbing mystery tale which
Evening journal., 1922-05-16
FINE CONCERT ON
BETHEL NEW ORGAN

With an appropriate program. the
new organ OF Bethel A. NJ r.
Church was dedicated last night.
Grade Nelson. OF Ardmore. Pa. was
the visiting organist. His rendition
was well received and the program
most pleasing.
The organ was designed by Rass-
man and Donnelly. and manufac-
tured by c. S. Haskell OF Philadel-
phia. The instrument cost $4,000 It
has electric pneumatic action. and
has s37 speaking pipes divided Into
two parts
The program at the dedicatory
exercises last night was as follows:
Professional. Holy Holy. Holy. "
Bethel Choir Officials and Auxiu-
aries; organ Voluntary. Carrie Math-
ews; odd Hundred" Choir and Con-
gregation, Carrie Matthews at Or
gan Invocation Lords PRAYER.
Bethel Choir, Presentation OF New
organ. r. d. hurry president OF the
board OF trustees; Reception on Be
half OF Trustees and church. c. NJ
Smith; Description OF organ. by
Rassman q Donnelly: Dedicatorial
Prayer. Selected: Berceuse. No g
Ralph Kinder; Liberty Fantasia.
Frederick MaXson; Chant u Armour
J. r. Gillette. Mlnuet tn O.. Ludwig
Won Beethoven Prof. Julian F. Ad-