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New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Women Threaten TO Observation-Disclosures
# Countess Nathie11de Noailles Is Rejected
Life Secretary, Who Paid
Tribute to Her Talent.
Warns Against Bar
TO (,cnius

TINT it had to ~rite dictionary,
poetjcs and grammar The only que.
tion which shoD.d therefore arise in
the case Of the Countess Matthew de
NoaiIeS s 10 .now whether she
VIII safeguard the French language
adequateiy If she Viii write a good
dictionary, poetlcs and grammsr To
this the .je aecretary Of the Irnnch
Academy has replied ~ anticipation
by so!emniy proctajmiug that she
wrote poems, Of which some are near
TO being masterpieces Therefore.
Nine dc Noalles should be elected.
But, alas, Mime de Noa,lles IL 4
woman, ard the members Of the Acad
envy arc All men. ard they are all
Frcnchmnn. which means that for
them tradition is a sacrcd hing. Ira
djtion ordains tnat since three cen
turles none but mtn have eveT SAT
in the Academy. In France tradition
prevails over all else, even over talent
Owing to tradition. Mme de Noai!lts
viii not ST in the Academy.
French Women Indignant
Al Fate OF Mmc. de \caiIl%s
French women are perfectly well
aware Of this. They are indignant
about IT, And one of then,, Nine.
Aure, who holds big literary salon in
Paris. has recently expressed d most
terrible threat
~" says she, Nine. de Noailles l..
not elected Just because she is a
woman, I suggest that all French
women boycott the Academy, and that
rot single orc ever assist again al
their solemn sjttin9s
An awful prospect, This, if it not >
What would become Of the solemn sis
,ings Of the Acsden,v withou. the pres =
once Of the women, who form four
ifths Of the audience Wnat would
the Academy itself become. where
women in all times have enacted a
great role as electoral manager.
Frederic Mason foresaw the action
and declared:
~ the women boycott us We shall BE
rcverged on them in our speeches b.
redoubinS onr smiabi|!ties and atten-
tions toward them.
This is also tradition. Men never
think so much about women as when
they are absent.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Military Governors Seize
Power and Rule By Sword

When his attempt failed, and China
the only power that had any validity
N the land was the power Of the sword
1ne military governors of the prov
inces, the Tuchuns, held this power,
their advantage. With one accord they
threw Of the yoke Of the civil admin
Istrators, who had shared the over
.crdship Of the various provinces with
them, and each became potentate in
his own district. For almost ten years
now the Tuchuns have been waging
war. levying taxes and recruiting
armies at their own pleasure.
Much maneuvering for place and
power has gone on among the Tuchuns
since The death OF the first President
The weaker governors either have lost
their places and rad their domains
consolidated with those Of their more
powerful competitors, or else they have
bound themselves TO these latter by
alliances The two men who came TO
The top were Chang and Wa, the for
rcr the uncrowned emperor Of Man
churia and po,tions Of Mongolia, the
latter the "inspector general" and su-
prone ruler Of the provinces Of central
China in the valley OF the Tanetsc.
Tha personal characteris Of the
.wo men VINO arc the opponents in the
week-old battle that has been raging
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

over the dusty plains Of Chilli. how
light Of China's future should either
of them destroy the other and become
master of the Middle Kingdom
Chang Tso-lin Acquired
Present Place by Banditry
Chang Tso-ljn rose 10 his present po-
sition as q bandit Let it be under
stood that an honest and avowed bandit
N China enjoys a higher regard than
a man who has made his fortune by
corruption while holding an Official po-
siilon ~ the government. There is a
legend that Chang comes Of good fam
lily, but was kidnapped early in life By
bmgands himself Whether that is true
or not ne does present refined ap-
pearance that mas surprised many Of
the foreigners who have met him. and
which bellies his unQuestionable 10
norance, his lack Of conscience and his
elemental IDEAS of government. He il.
poor soldier, as are most Chinese
generals, and his victories have been
gained rather by his dash and courage.
MS viii power and the weight of mum
oers than By strategy and calculation.
Chang is SAID to be extremely ambi-
tions. and, naturally, he is ruthless
IN has regard for his own interests.
Chang Tso-lin came to his place MS
Iuchun Of the Manchurian provinces
by process absolutely logical in Chi
nese officia!dom, When by consolida
ton Of various brigand bands. lie be-
came 80 powerful that thc government
t1oops could no longer cope with him,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Two Strong Men of China Fight for Supremacy

NnSn2
L is perfectly warrantsble to regard
WI as the Representative Of liberalism
and progress and Chang as the repre-
sentative Of reaction and tyranny IN
this, tussle for supremacy. Wnere WI
has shown respect FOR private property
during by far che greater part of his
campa gns--though his record in this
respect is rot perfect-wnere WI has
profsssed enlightened and ideaiistic
governmental aims and has manifested
devotion rather TO the general Welfare
Of China than 20 tho welfare o. Cen
cral WI. Chang Tso-in has done none
Of these things. but has done their or-
posites.
How. then. it will De asked. is II that
The liberal elements o. China. ss rep
resented by the figure Of DR. Sun Yat-
sen. the head OF the apparently pro
eressive Canton government, have de-
clared themselves for Chang. and Will
not this seeming detection damage
Wu's cause
Probably the answer 20 the ni-ma
Of the unnatural ali,nce between sun
and Chang Ia that i VAS initiated by
the latter in the hope OF splitting Wu's
vote. SO to speai as we'll as with the
object Of placing az enemy IN Wu's
rear Sun consented to the arrange
n.ent. perhaps, because ne has for
years been obsessed by desire 10
weld influence AT Pekine. a thing
which no other potentate at the c&pi-
ia has ever permitted MIN to do for
long. Sun Iat-sen is fanatically IN
tent on creating genuine republican
form o. government in China. accord
ing to his own IDEAS. and. to his credit
be 1t SAID, his efforts are without don bt
responsible for the progress that the
country has already made Here. how
ever, ne sees chance % get IN on the
"insjde" and 10 carry out his plan. ey
actiy as he wishes. which he is CON
vlnced no one else can or viii DO. This
would seem all the easier TO him in
partnership with Chang. whose strenyth \
he doubtless feels he can bend to HI,
own ends because Of Chang's lack OF
education and political program. Il
this is the case ne has made mistake
for Chang is just about as amenable .
to Occidentalized dictation as the
chleftan Of Tammany Hall is open "a
suggestions from a professional re
former
Meanwhile the President Of China
Hsu Chlh-chang. is in the pitiful posi
Non Of watching the Two contenders TO,
MS power fighting outside tho very
gates Of the only city in which he has
any authority. 1t WAS a common say
ing IN China year ago that the wit
o. the Peklng government did not run
ouSs'de Of Chihli. Now Chihli Province
IS made the battle-ground for those who
seek to dominate China, and the Presi.
dent mas neither the prestige in the
nation, the money nor the armed force
naming stronghold Hsu is puppe'
and VIII remain so whoever wins. until
the last Tuchun has been abolished and
the Chinese people have been given 2
government for which thew will fee
some form OF respect. Wu may dc
this; Chang will not, and could not il
he would. for the Japanese CLIQUE thai
ls his mairstay finds it to It's interes,
70 foster the tuchhn system, with it.
unavoidable implications OF jealousy
d!scord and separationism
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
American Tests Ha,icd
ts Precious r., or Advice

Lieutenant tolonc Rouse, ri
completely tha. France 5 only ssis
hes N developing aviation TO !;
degree. He was greatly impressed
cssaTs. made rndor General N.t'1
orders. Of bomb ag ba'-'esaip3 a,:sI
maplnoS. Nhcn h eaw ths. gl
pound bomb was sufficient 10 sri q
FORMER German submarine U.ll' u
That the General prom scd eve, nj
and-a-half-ton bombs that. .3p':s
on reaching tho wstc- aear vsl
would he enough TO sink lsr,, ID
tleship. he said;
"Ame:ic. las civen Us II
precious biz Of advice. Let rs iwl
in mind. and enter rosolutely Of !
road it indicates. which I al q
fo1..ication Of tie aie old-issif's
walls are no longer a guaranty =
oven perhaps large aymits. hi
clouds Of airplanez car give us an 4
cent protection. Large ,asrisl feets a.
the bost assurance ne can possibly ha7
agsInst aeercssjons With We, unforr
rately. must looA torward to
There re. howcver. numerous eJp'9
II France who declare that il Toat
impossible 70 employ commerca' T
planes COR lighting purposes. Dsa
3 long debate il the Chamber Of M
ties on INC budget Laurent Eyna', 4
Nnder-Secret&ry for AVIATION. dsr''
Cd ma; sufficient funds oe apuro.i7
for m 'itsry planes because th T
aircraft arc totally unsuited f'f y
Lieutenant Colonel Reboul, the II
known flyer. supported this visT, Y
ing;
Let Commercial aviation Keep /
own role snd develop as FAR as :
but do not count on ii for 's I
battles that VII doubtless oP'a /
great wars Of the future.
France. however. hopes TO lest /
world in commercial aviation >"
planning continually the dsss'N1
o. that branch or fying. u
i.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

WN Nlh OF tho conflict now going
on between General Chang
4 y rso-ino and General WI Pei
-N fu slmos. under the walls Of
Pcklng there lies political situa-
ton that IS character ticslly Chinese
and very difficult for the Wcsterncr to
understand
When Yuan Shjh-kai made himself
President Of China III the spring Of
1912 he did not overthrow q govern
mcnt, in tho sense in which that word
is generally understood here. The
Emperor of China was more nearly n
religious hgurehead than an execu-
tive monarch. As the "Son Of Heaven"
his name was rcvcrenced by the mil
lions of his subjects more because his
intercession with the powers above
might be effective IN obtaining for his
people better conditions Of life than
because his DEGREES affected materi
ally their daily lives China has
afforded for centuries what is prob
ably the most perfect example Of local
self government under loosely knit
sovereignty. The life Of the village
community IS regulated primarily and
chiefly by the village elders, next By
the provincial authorities and last
and least by the central government Of
Picking or Nanking or the various
other large cities where the capital
from, time 10 time has been located,
This being the case. the central gov
ernment has always Rad more or less
Of a ceremonial character and not
much more in the eyes of the Chinese
people. and the great dignitares that
have held the nigh places in the state
have been remote beings whose ac-
tions, personalities and policies we've
to = large degree inconseQuen TO
their subjects Yuan Shih-kai showed
a true realization OF this fact when he
masses Of China, whereas as an en-
perOr.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Air Holds French Future
Says &$Father of Aviation
Use of Commercial Planes for Battle Purpose.
Disputed by Experts Who Say Con-
struction Limits Action


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New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

Paul Emile 7 andrln. presia'''
Aero Club de Frsnce, thinks "'
diyidual flying has not become !.
gereral owing 10 the lack o. =
routes. He says that to-day fi'4,
in jus. the same condition tof p'
hying as the Sahara Desert is y.
tomobillng. The aerial league Is :,
ing on persistent propagsh's
his direction for the creation o. ~
fields near every village, whien : !.
equipped with hangers, repair
and other essential adjunc's'
garages are found along the n'
Of any civilized country. =,
Where would man De aols
ne asks. "if he had a plane =.
plane might follow the coast
case OF breakdown or sao'~'
gasoline and oil it would 10 :,
greatest difficulty in getting ''
or even fnding shelter in ca" :.
storm. We must MAKE nyihs y.
nient before We can eXpees
come generalized."
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

NNoR month serious question
Id has been agitating all the liter
airy circles and all the salons"
Of Paris 1t is the following:
VIII Countess Matthew de Noailles ran
for a scat in the French Academy:
don't thirk that ii is necessary to
Introduce Countess Matthew de Noailles.
Last year she obtained the hrst prize
Of poetry Of the French Academy. and
Frederic Mason, ifc secretary Of the
Academy. introduc"d her 20 the audi
enco IN tho following terms;
'Somc years aco--vearS which pre-
fer no; TO count made the acQuaint-
anco, whsle cruising in a Yacht ON th,
Lake 90 Geneva, of 4 Rumanan prince
whose name was Rrancovan Hc had
married tho daughter Of all Ambnssa-
dor Of Turkey and had two l,tlc daurh-
tcrs; ell thu. could be seen Of one OF
tho little girls were hoY large black
ewes, which seemed to have absorbed
the whole Of hcr little white face.
Lator this lit:Ic hlack-eyed gi~ cane
man bearing one Of the great names of
France. She became the Countess
Mathieu dc Nonillos, She wrote
poems, some Of which arc maeter-
pieces. She sang Of love. of the Joy Of
living and of the terror Of death She
sang a. Ombro des Iours" The Shadow
OF tho Days. Les Nivants ct les Morris"
The Dead and the LiyInS), Les Forces
Eternelles' tho Eternal Forces, in
verses which she sometimes left un-
finished, as ono would wreath ot
fowors. She enjoys all that surrounds
her and all that charms her vision;
she enjoys Nature, It's howcrs, It's
fruits and It's vegetables; she leaves
nothing aside which is pleasing to hor
sight, that sings in her cars, that Vi
bratcs in her heart"
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Impending Elections Open
Flcodgatcs of Terrorism

Toc ,rnendirv general otection. fo,.
the National Assembly, have rroci,;.
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Inns step WAS nothing snort OF a
coup @ etat and caused tremendous re
sentiment IL Shoulu De remarNco that
~ eA'st!hg opposition TO the hortny
regime - q hlgnlY respectable chaf-
ScIoI' contaminated ny rad'csi'sm
'of lH hungary communists nave oeeh
eN'et"ih7'oo ana MODERATE Hoc4@I's'T
'N'te"' '''eo VI n'i'"'0"'eu' ne
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aoatl, ~ Charles advooo+o ,,. s,ooos-
e,o, 80 ,;s ,.o,,r.. Ot+o. ~ +,,o
Iev,s, ,,,.er o,d ,,iddIo oi.ssoa >.ho
prefsr = conservative MONARCHY 70
ex.ra.leeal ,error and ., tho n,ode,.-
vinists-vhom taxes. roouisitions and
military insolence have turned into
fierce republicans and anti ilitarists.
But The government is determined TO
siunress onpositior at anv cost. The
notoriou. Captain Combos. head of The
hooliran society. known as Awakening
Hungarisns, il in charge Of the gov
ernn1ent's electioneering campaign,
which includes organization in every
city and town of strong-arm squads
armed with black iscks, cudgels and re-
voivers THESE squads are sent out TO
erewbcat opposition candidates and to
disperse opposition meetings, and VIII
he used to keep opposition voters from
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Praise in introduction
Made History at Academy

Seldom had the Academy heard such
praise expressed. Never had tho
Academy heard the word master
piece pronounced respecting the work
Of a living author and particularly
relative to that Of woman. SO at
the end Of the sitting every one wss
heard 10 ask his neighbor: "Win
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

It is possible that Counties. Matthew
de Noalles Will run for seat in the
French Academy. but it is absolutely
certain that she will not be elected.
add at once that it is an injustice
When, in 1885, Cardinal Richelieu
founded the French Academy. he mere
ly stipulated that it was to be the
guardian Of the French language and
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Noted Author. Entitled to
Seat by Brilliant w ork,
Faces Exclusion Be-
cause of Sex
By Stephane Lauzanne

aITE, My N.
WV0R month a serious question
Id has been aeiteting all the liter
AIRY circles and al the salons"
Of Paris. Ii is the following:
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

"% HOSE who have resd Joseph
Conrsd's darkly glamourous
masterpiece, "Nostromo," viii
ren>ep,h no .ts ofo,vsaf /. . -,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-13
BATH BEAUTIES NEAR TEARS
Meanest Thief In tho World Left
Them With Little But One
piece Suits.

Baltimore. Sept. Ia score or more
of bathing beauties at Bay Shore Park
were pRnic-stricken yesterday when
they came tripping In from the sands
In their ono-piece suits. Tho mean
est thief I'm the world had invaded
the bathhouse.
Tho first news OF the disaster came
when the mGtron In charge of the
bathhouse was summoned by Wild
shrieks TO attend 70 the pressing needs
OF the bathing girls. They asked for
more towels. The matron started TO
argue. but was silenced.
But our teddies are gone and our
slipons and stepins have disappeared"
the quartet cried as one.
The matron searched, but no sign of
the missing lingerie was found. The
stockings were there--two apiece. And
the thingamaJigs and the whatyoucall-
ems--but the 'teddies' were missing,
While the matron feverishly search
ed In tho gathering gloom another
shrek and then another and a bob
bcd-haired napper began 10 cry. They
were mighty near all she had to wear
| home.
And they do say that there was
many nm eyefull between the bath
house steps and the street car--for
those who stood to seaward and
caught them between the lights.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-13
PART STUDY, PART WORK.
School Board Cooperating With In
dustrial Concerns.

The Wilmington Board of Education
has arranged 10 cooperate closely
with Industrial concerns during the
coming school term in order that their
apprenticeship plan for boys may
work out successfully. Glasses are
conducted on a part study and part
working plan so that the young men
may obtain real industrial experience
at the time they are studying for the
trades.
The Board of Education has num-
Der OF boys who have through the pre-
vocational training department proved
their adaptability along certain lines
and are now ready to enter employ
ment on the cooperative part time
basis. Their qualifications will be fur
nished employers on request.
The plan that is now in use for the
cooperative part time basis is as FOL
lows: Two apprentice boys are en-
ployed for one job, alternating every
week or every two weeks In SCHOOL
and in industry. While In school they
receive the technical training related
to their day employment and while IN
industry they get the practical train
ing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-13
HISTORY
MUSEUM PLEASES
Many Persons Visited it During
the Summer and Were
Plea sed.

At the September meeting of the So
ciety of Natural History, held on Mon
day evening last, report was made OF
the visitors to the museum on the
open days throughout the summer,
showing that these had numbered
1859, more than 900 Of them chill
dren, who manifested keen interest
In the birds, minerals, insects and In
dian implements on exhibition.
The program Monday evening In
cluded report by Rev. J. p. Otis, on
some Of his moro interesting finds and
observations of the season. Specimens
were exhibited. illustrative of the con-
stantly occurring and often inexplic-
able migrations OF plants. most of
those mentioned were local species
but one was a thistle. native oil
southeast Russia. whose presence IN
our fields is probably due TO It's very
recent introduction, accidentally, "
agricultural seeds.
| Purgatory Swamp tnear Cooch''
Bridge) yielded a number of unfamil
lar wild flowers. and beautiful azale;
| (azalea atlantica), not Heretofore
known as n Delaware plant, was als'
among those exhibited. This latte
plant, a recognized resident OF Nort
Carolina, was recently searched 70
by the society's members. at the sug
gestion and request OF DIR. Sargen
OF Arnold Arboretum. and It Is con
sidered a notable addition TO IN
known fora OF Delaware.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-13
lJkATuA

pEpUTN--On September II, 1922, VIII
liam J Deputy, ased ca years
hclariNcs and friends arc invited 20 at
tend the funeral services at his late resi-
dencr. Edge Moor Del on Wednesday
evening. September 10. at \ O'Clock
Further services and in'erment at Mil
ford. Del ON arrival OF train leaving
Wilmington at SIC Thursday morning
without further notice
BUTCHER suddenly. on September IL.
1899 AZ Kenneth square. Pa. Whining
ton W. beloved husband of sophia
putrhcr IN his s5th year
Relatives, friends members OF Dilig~nt
Council No 40 Jr O T. A. NJ, Wash
inston Camp, No. u. 7. Q. ) OLA, keo-
kuk Tribe. No. 3. . q. Il NJ, Delaware
Cnmmandery No. So and Jr A NJ
Guards are Invited % attend the funeral
services az has late residence. zO3 West
lifih street. on Thursday afternoon. Sep
tcfnhcr "a az O'Clock lntcrment at
klNervicw cemetery
urNDRINspN In this city. ON Septem
her ~ io22 Lillian NJ daughter Of
Mrs Charles hcnls and wife OF Edw a I'd
4 Hendrix son. in her f5th year
Relatives, friends. Delaware Chapter.
funeral services as the residence of her
mother h25 south Jackson street on
saturday afternoon. september 10. at 2 80
uclork city time. lntermcDt at silver
brook cemetery.
PIERCE At santa Barbara. California
on so July 1922. George Pierce. in his
ssV.ntN-flf'h year.
funeral -orviccs az L6t No 20. section Y
North Laurel Hin Cemetery. on Wcdnes.
daN l3 september at D. m. IL Is TO
aui.stcd that no flowers be sent.