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The New York herald., 1922-03-05

best known work in this country, as
it is his most admired everywhere.
Children of the Time" and "Segel-
foss Town." which Immediately pre-
ceded it, form the high plateau Of
the authors mature manhood, and
from that elevated level "The
Growth of the Soil" rises not like an
isolated peak but like a mighty ridge
dominating the entire landscape as
far as the eye can reach. It is the
ripe fruit of a mind that, at last.
is at peace with itself lie not with
the world, and that carries within
itself standards OF excellence which
cannot be shaken by anything the
world says in approval or disap-
proval.
The material out Of which the book
is wrought could hardly be simpler
or more commonplace. It Is the
story Of a settler breaking new
ground in the wilderness and con-
quering tho untitled soil little by
little until at last a whole new COM
munity rises around his homestead.
The man is Of common clay. and
yet there is something Numerically
godIike about his proportions and
the slow fnfallibility of his move
ments. The book constitutes Mr..
Hamsun's one positive answer to the
riddle of life: let each man work
productivity as close to the soil as
he can get. Whether or no it be
commonly possible to carry that
hoary precept into effect. the story
of Isak. who did SO. bids fair to be-
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
A new dog story by Albert Pay,

A new dog story by Albert Pay
son Terhune is announced for i'm
mediate publication by +. p. Dut-
ton & Co. II will be called "His
Dog and it will tell how a collie.
one of that kind OF dog creature
that MIR. Terhune breeds and writes
about and loves and understands.
happened to come into the life of
a drunken. broken down man.
what the man and the dog began to
mean to each other and the events
that grew cut of the association.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
The Human Washington.

We sometimes wonder IL tiTne Wi
ever alter the cool indifference with
which the average American regards
George Washington. Ills memory Is
unfortunate in that nj great b0dy
of legend sprang up after him. S It
did after Lincoln and has ascady
begun to after Roosevelt. one
always amnthing perfunctory
in the 4ade to WaNhing-
ton in rsAgp addresses.
And aro sidetracked by
this NJ do audiences
stop AZ II. names of great
men whu this are OF recent
memory? Mention OF Roosevelt still
impeis immediate response from al
most any gathering on almost any
occasion. Lincoln's name now usually
meets with silence. Getting back to
George Washington. we cannot re-
cali ever having heard his name ap-
plauded. anywhere by anybody. un-
less in conjunction with sentiments
to which his name was attached.
Through all this preliminary
skirmishing we have been aiming to
talk about another book. Owen Wis
ter's 1.-The Seven Ages OF Washing
ton" was first published fifteen years
ago. The Macmillan Company has
just reissued IL. and We take ad-
vantage of the fact to call attention
to one OF the best pieces of brief
biographical writing that we know.
book which should be even better
known than it is for its value In
humanizing the distant figure of
Washington.
Most of us carry through life a
half dozen impressions OF the man
who kept us out of becoming the
grab bag of Europe. beginning with
the somewhat prlggish kid who cut
down the cherry tree. The young
surveyor for Lord Fairfax in the will
derness. a tall figure with an army
cloak clutched about him at Valley
Forge. or with his foot on the gun
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
The Whispering Gallery

vale Of n boat crossing the Della
ware: wrathful man swearing at
one of his generals: picture or q
bust that faced us. day after day in
school. Have you never asked your
self what manner Of man this was?
Haven't you sometimes wondered If
he was not. as they say nowadays.
something of stuffed shirt?
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

~ OF since "a Son of the Mid
IN die Border" have we read a
book which makes such
rich use of American pioneer history
as Herbert Quick,s new novel. evan
demark's Folly" There are nine
earlier books by Mr.. Quick. none OF
: which has attracted wide or lasting
attention, but we shall be surprised
IL this story of the prairies does not
win him bigger audience.
There is an odd blending of histori-
cal realism, romance and melodrama
in "yandemark's Folly" which is
somehow effective The book re-
minds us vaguely of Lorna Doone."
though the two are far apart in sub
stance. That may be due to nothing
more thar the likeness between John
Ridd ard Jacobus Teunis vande-
mark, the sturdy Dutch boy OF Mr..
Quick's story. who tells how Vande-
mark township. Monterey county.
Iowa. was opened up and settled
Jake yandemark's boyhood. after
nc ran away from home. was passed
along the Erie Canal. once the chief
artery for the country's westward
migration. We cannot recall that
any one before Mr.. Quick has had
the good sense to utilize the pictur-
esque quality OF that highway in the
days when homeseekers swarmed
westward through its locks.
The boys who drove the canal
boats were tough youngsters. They
had to be. Every day there were
fights over the right of way and the
struggle to avoid delay at the locks.
Sometimes the boys settled these
disputes; often there were battles
between the captains or the men,
bers of the crews.
When Jake Vandemark became a
driver in 1S50-he was 13--there
were some four thousand boats on
the Erie Canal or an average OF ten
boats to the mile. / suppose there
were from six TO eight thousand
boys driving them on the Grand
CanaI' alone, as 1t was called. More
than halF of these boy were orphans
and IL was not good place for any
boy. Five hundred OF more convicts
I'm the New York tate Penltentiary
were men who. Us l learned from a
missionary who came aboard to pray
with us. sing hymns and exhort us
to n better life. had been canal boat
drivers. There were hard
ship. danger and oppression in the
drivers life and every sort of Vice
was like an open book before him as
soon as he came to understand It
We carried away from "Vande-
marks Folly" very real sense of
the human food that poured through
the canal. out 10 the Great Lakes
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

We carried away from "vande-
marks Folly" very real sense of
the human flood that poured through
the canal. out TO the Great Lakes
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

~ OF since "a Son of the Mid
N die Border" have we read a
book which makes such
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
LIVING cost UP
100000 PCT.
.MGERMANY
Schooner Of Beer Costs 1oo
Marks. Complains Former
u. s. Consul.

WINCHESTER. Va. Dec. 2s.--
Robert L. Gray. jr.. of Winchester,
who was American; consul at Han
over. Germany. during the first
years Of the world war ana who
sought refuge In Switzerland after
America entered the conflict. has re
ceived q letter from his friend. WI.
liam Hahnel. q fire insurance agent
at Hanover, In which the writer de.
clares that the prices OF FOOD
clothing and manufactured articles
have advanced as much a. 100000
per cent In Germany.
wrote Mr.. Hahnel under date Of De.
cember 1, .1nd ono hardly know,
where to got the coin from. A com.
kSnon Schooner Of plain Hanover beer
costs 100 marks-Just think OF It!
There's hardly. anything that you
can buy under 1000 times a. much
~ was paid for before the war
That's 100. 900 per cent moro. and
you people over there In America
complain because you've got to pay
only 100 per cent more than form
'When you were over here I paid
about 1000 marks for my type
writer: today ] must pay for the
same machine 100000 marks: before
the war the price was 500 marks. and
by the time this reaches you typo
writer's here Win dennand SOC. 900
marks. "A ~three-pound loaf Of bread
costs 600 marks; = wiener snitzel In
the restaurant costs from $50 to 900
marks; q room In the hotel costs l.
500 marks.
.Your beloved Pilsner beer IL hard
~ to be hadIpeople hero can't pay
$50 marks for. . glass Of beer, That
elektromophone of mine, for which
I paid 1900 marks last Christmas,
costs today 100000 marks. and in
case you want q Caruso record you
must pay. $500 marks.
"A suit of clothes costs zoe, ,000
marks. was out the other day with
q friend Of mine: he happened to
squash my derby by sitting on II
with his $50 pounds net weight, and
IL cost him 10000 marks to get me q
new one. You see we are having
very hard times"
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
MONUMENT TO PILGRIMS,
PLANNED IN ENGLAND

LONDON, Dec. 20. ---Americans
and Britishers are cooperating in
a movement to erect an imposing
monument on the south side Of the
River Humber. on the East coast
Of England, to mark the spot from
whence the Pilgrim Fathers de.
parted for New England.
the scheme that he has received a
large block Of granite from Ply.
mouth. Mass, which had been cut
from the original spot on which the
Pilgrims landed, and II was hoped
to include this In the monument,
which would take the form of an
obelisk, and would serve as a
miniature Statue Of Liberty to ships
sailing up the Humber. $50
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

CLAIMS LEGACY
|. LEFT. .bY'U. 5.
WOMAN
S., 600, 900 Annually for Care
Of Animals Given Zoos by
Lillian Fair Heller.

PARIS. Dec. 22.-Tantastic claims
Of Nine. Leotardi. a Corsican, to an
annual legacy of S5.ooo.ooo from the
estate of Mrs. Lillian Fair Heller. OF
Boston, on. the condition that she su.
pervise tho, csyetaking Of animals
that Mrs. Heller had presented to
Zoos In = gAmerica, England and
France are being. investigated by
Parisian police.
American authorities have been
asked to help in determining the au,
thenticity of her claims TO intimate
friendship with the Morgan. the
Vanderbilt and the Ford families In
Anerfca. :. -. ~
BANKERS here brought the woman
into court when she failed to meet
obligations contracted by using %
security the copy OF 81 will signed
by Mrs. Lillian Fair Heller. It gave
Nine. Leotardi $4,000 .00Qsa year on
the condition that she. look after the
care of elephants, tigers. ostrlchea
ana other animals given by Mrs. IIel.
Ter to zoos in several countries. Nine.
Leotardi claimed that Mrs, Heller
died aboard q private yacht in the
Mediterranean July 81. 1891.
Police searching the Leotardi home
seized letters and other documents
tending to indicate that Nine. Leo.
tardi was intimate with American
families Of first prominence. Moth
ing has yet been found to indicate
that the letters or the copy. Of the
will are forgeries.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
REA[I0RS MUST
PAYL|CEhsE,
IsDECREE
Brentwood Police ordsFsd to
Enforce Authority of
Town Council.

Brentwood, Nd. has IL license
lAws. and M and sundr1 must re
Spect them. A'~zss
Prccssdips under this decree. and
by order .of the town fathtrs. the
Brsntwsod police department IL
eboyt 70; weave In IT. toiIs one Of
the boldSSt .ok what IL described as
sths Mt: Rainier. realty ring"
These purvsyors Of land. y - al.
legged. have been floutirg the au-
thority eof Mayor L. ". Morley and
the town council by .praaticing their
profession In. the Jurisdiction OF
Brentwood without securing 2 the
necessary authority. ~ 81.
/ TITS gotta stop" the stern decree
went forth some time ago. Defiant
echoes were heard from NJ. Rainier.
bat the powers of Brentw60dt pro-
cSeded grimly on their law-enforce-
ment course. Fired by civic pa
triotism, one Brentwood deputy lay
several nights in the cold and De-
ceriber rain to secure evidence
against the man whose arrest ts
predicted within the day. A war
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Living co.6 s84Pct.
More Than IN
July, 1914

3 NEW YORK, De. s21s-The
cost u : living s,mQng wags.
saynsrSs familios "a the United
Htstss son N6vsmbsr IL, 1e11.
wes 58.A Per cent higher than IN
July, 1914, according "a the re-
suits Of IN investigatiof Of con-
ditions the country over, aS-
nouncsd today by The national
industrial conference board.
There was an increase Of 1.3
! points, OF 8 Of par can't, be-
tween October Is and Novem-
sher Is, broaght about BY con-
Hnued increases in food, clothing,
lcp6l prices, and higher rents. The
incFsases reported for rent,
thoasht slight, were sufficisntly
.nnfnegous to cause IN average
incres4s Of ! per cent for the
country. The average Of sum
dries and Of gas and electricity
decreesed.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
LUNkT|C Stays
|NMlTEW|TH
MOP
Man confinsd N Weston, w
Va. institution Formerly
Was mild" Patient.

WESTON, W. Va, Dec. 22.
While mopping the corridor u
the West Virginia Hospital for
the Insane here Claude, an inmate.
Believing that Herbert Wilnioth.
u Belington, also . patient, was
trying TO cast . "spellv over him
struck the latter on the head with
his mop, Wilmoth fell 10 ;tho
floor and before guards could rush
70 his AID Rogers struck a9sin
and fractured Wilmoth's skull.
He died IA . few hours III the
medical ward Of the hospital. II
Rogers Watched.
Rogers was taken before cor
oner's jury iimpaneied by NaSistrAas
w. w. Chapman, Of Weston. The
Jury found that Wiimoth had come
to his death at the hands Of an In
sane person and Rogers was ordered
back to the State hospital here.
Prior to the assault on Wilmoth
Rogers had always been . mild pa-
tent. He II now under close obeer-
walton and n closely confined.
Rogers 10 . patient from Mononga-
hela county.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
immense RADIO
PLANT FOR
CHINA
~ EDNA LEE BOOKER.
Intsrnaslsnal Nsws Services.

d.
sHAN0HAI, Dec. ss.-Ths con-
struction o. hish-powsred radio sta
tions In China at = cost Of 5000. 900.
which win insure for the first time
e0snplsts American control OF wire
less communication IN the great trade
CONTAIN. Of ohina. WIN bs begun i'm.
msdiatsly.
The largest. most efficient and
most completely equipped. wireless
station in the world win bs erected
in Shanghai uader the personal
direction Of r. p. Schwerin, presi.
dent Of the Federal Telegraph Com
pany OF Delaware and Of California,
who, with expert United States
engineers. has arrived In Shanghai.
The work will b begun this month
and, given normal conditions. the
huge plant win be In operation In
another seventeen or eighteen
The Shanghai station, according to
Schwertn. will occupy one square
mile OF land. There will be six
supported masts. each 1000 feet
In height. The power house viii
be equipped to generate $500 kiIo-
watts. making possible q radio fire.
quency Of 10000 cycles per second
from q voltage of 10000. There
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
nine NILES OF
NEWR0ADARE
| completed
Winchester aftinsburg High
way TO Be Thrown open
Saturday.

WINCHESTER. Va. Dec. ss.-
Nine miles Of the twsnty-two-mils
stretch Of road between winchester
and Martinsburg. w. Va. which
has been In process Of rebuilding
and resurfacing since last July, VIII
be completed on Saturday. Decem
ber -. and will be thrown open To
traffic on that day. II was an.
nounced here.
This road, which connects at
Winchester with the Valley turn
pike, IL an important link In the
direct highway between Weshing'
ton, d. c., and Hot Springs. Va,
and there IN an enormous amount
Of motor travel over II the year
round That part Of the road which
has been sreconstructed has been
closed to traffic for the past I'VE
months. necessitating the usS Of .
long. rough detour.
The new bridge at Bunker Hill.
w. Va. will be completed BY De-
cember 20, and will be opened to
traffic that day. A temporary
plank floor which has been laid on
the bridge will ,be replaced by o
concrete floor In the spring. The
approaches to the bridge have been
regarded and. the elevation elimi'
mated.
Regraded and with . hard ma.
cadam surface. the winchester
Martinsburg highway 10 now .
first-class piece Of road construc'
ton.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
BOYS RIsKIN0' LIVES
TO STEAL RADIO WIRE

DEFIANCE, Ohio. Dec. 22.--
Radio thieves es'-enthusiastic local
youngsters who watch for q chance
to steal . little wire from someone's
radio outfit-have been warned by
X. A. Duerk, well-known operator
and manufacturer of radio equipment
here, that radio wires often carry
much more current than a boy antic-
ipates.
Aside from the wrong in. steal.
ing," said Duerk, boys often risk
their lives while stealing fifty cents
worth Of wire"
He said he narrowly averted turn.
ing a powerful charge into certain
wires Of his experimental equipment
when he saw two boys in the act of
stealing wire.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
EHARLES c. HARRIS DENIES
MFE'S DRINKING CHARGES

Replying to his wife's charges
hat he indulged excessively in in
tbxicating liquors. Charles C. Har-
ts, answering Ruby M. Harris. suit
pr q limited divorce and alimony,
Aid in bis answer filed yesterday in
he District Supreme Court that
sthe extent Of his indulgence In in
toxicating liquors has been mostly
confined to convivial drinking with
his wife and their mutual friends."
! The husband, represented by At.
tOrneys Hawken and Havell, denies
1eserting his wife. but declares that
ne abandoned their apartment. and
m him and that he was unable
p find her. Harris declares he
then went to live at a summer
lamp near Cabin John Bridge. Nd,
where he -stiIl resides. Defendant
lays his wife IL a $1,000 clerk In the
Treasury Department. and has am
PIE means for her own support. He
tsks that her suit be dismissed.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
TRUCKS AND TRACTORS I
CUT PRICE OF OATS

CHICAGO. Dec. 22.-Substitution
Of automobile delivery trucks for
Old Dobbin In cities. and replacing
Of farm work horses by tractors,
has resulted In so. 100000 annual
loss to the farmers Of the country In
lower prices they are able to get for
their oats. Robert McDougal. presi-
dent Of the Chicago Board OF Trade.
told the Horse Owners Association
OF America at their meeting here.
Before we were, using gasoline
oats prices averaged about 62 cents
lower than wheat" McDoueaI said.
During the last few years oats
prices have. averaged IS cents lower
than wheat" .a,t,a. ..
Ten years ago there were s,ooo..
cots "Nrs-s'r Ch'cp~o To-
,-ay there are only half that number.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Y. s, VICE CONSUL AT
coNSTANTiNOPL WEDS

CONGTANTINOPLE. Dec. 21.--
James Hugh Kseley. jr.. Of wash
ington. d. c.. American vics consul
here. was married yesterday to
Miss Mathiida Julia vossier. Of
wellsvilis. N, T.. and Richmond.
va.
Nearly every member Of the
American colony in Constantinople
was present ct the ceremony. in
ciuding Vice Admiral Long. COM
rnander. Of the American naval
forces. Consul General Gabriel Bic
Ravndal gave the bride away and
after the ceremony held q reception
Iat the consulate general. =
The marriage was the sculmina.
ton Of q romance which began
while the bride, was engaged In
relief work for the Young Women's
Christian Z Association here. She
travelled 5000 miles by rapid stages
to arrive In time for holding the
wedding by Christmas. st
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
H0TOGRAP HER
FINDS men
Vain
Women No Worse, 70 View OF
English Expert After
$4,000 Sittings.
BY CHARLES A. SMITH.
Iniernat tional INsWe 0ervieo.

Inv0Km813O1481
LONDON. Dec. 22,-No longer
need men smile smugiy and derisive.
ly to themselves when they catch
their womenfolk tidivating and
making up" before the mirror. for.
in the opinion of Walter stoneham.
who has photographed moro than
1000 famous British people, from
King George. downward. and alto
gether sodns $1,000 others. mostly
mon, they are quite a. vain -
women. '@ - -r
In a lecture to the city Of London
branch Of the Y. NJ. c. A.. he gave
some Interesting and amusing anec-
dotes culled from his many years
experience ~ . society photogra.
pher.
what would you think" he
asked his audience, IF you opened
a dressing room door one morning
to find within the high officer
whom you were about to photo
graph standing In front OF the mir.
ror removing the curling pins from
his mustache?
Men talk about their womenfolk
touching up. ETC., but ! can assure
you that men are just as bad"
Referring to the famous people
that he had photographed, Mr..
Stoneham said that best of all
sitters was Mr.. Lloyd George. One
must admit that his was the face OF
q genius. ~,
Although he has photographed
over $4,000 people. he had never
come across two faces absolutely
alike.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Diplomatic" Auto Tags.

J Commissioner Rudolph 10 expect.
q to take up at the board meet
iAg today the question Of issuing
&pecial automobile tags to dipio.
Ykatic representatives IN Washing.
TIN. 1t Is understood the new
ttg would have diplomatic" on It
u bold letters in order that traf-
DC. policemen. would know the
identity Of their cars.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
French Taxi Now Part
of World War
Souvenirs

PARIS, Dec. 22.-Autouobtle
No. 2,Ss2 CT. ens a. The 600
''taxis Of ths Msrna." tsok IT.
place yesterday among the cap
tured cannon and other souvenirs
Of the world war which occupy
the esplanade Of the Invalidss.
The {leet Of cabs which this
lone machine representa- did yeo
man service for France, for Il
wasrin them that the reipforce-
ments were rushed to the re-
treating French army, which en-
abled Il to turn baek the Ger
mans In their drive on Paris.
The taxi, shining In . coat of
fresh enamel and driven BY Louis
Cobault, one Of the chauf ffeurs
who served with the taxi nsst
insthS stirring, days Of Septsna-
bSr,. 1914, was received upon It's
entry into the Invalides by Gem
eraI Maleterre and other mili-
tary personages.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
TRADE BOARD COMMITTEE
PROTEST BRIDGE APPROACH

A special COMMITTEES OF the Board
of Trade, headed by Edward M.
Tyler, protested to the Commmis.
sioners yesterday against the plans
for the north approach 70 the Key
bridge.
The committee urged that circles
be placed at every point In the
city's new development where We.
hicular traffic In to croeb. II was
pointed out In the protect that the
present plan for the approach. to the
Key bridge provides for streets to
intersect At right anglest and with
,,s nilovpn"e only for fhA - "
the streets leading to thel bridge.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

viii be two 1000 kllowatt Federal
tr1rspitterS. &fS
Wsys sound lengths win travel
from the new plant 1t the rate
OF &c., 900, feet Per second. 80
The new plants willhbe operated
by the Federal Company until the
Chinese Government can pay for
tho stations and then take them
over.
the Far East are rejoicing over the
China viii DO connected with the
other countries Of the world by
wireless.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

1
This total Of $5l1.6o does not in.
blnde sAy extras" such a. doc
Hors' biIls. railroad fares in holiday
Which are likely to be counted IN
bwsry budget.
Did Part-Time Work.
What II most needed II part-time
work for the students. such az II to
= found in American university
fowna Certain employment, such
y elsrlring In offices. ASSISTING
yawysra. overseeing school children
"a. ID not incompatible with their
fudiea. La Liberte, and several en-
terpriuing French newspapers have
bpened . special employment bu
Ieau to this end.
L But many educators arc now OF
he opinion Of Georges Lefevre,
Who writes In L'Excelsior: "This
kcmhlnation of work and study
auses the student to lose too much
time and energy; his period of
tudy must be lengthened by one
kr two years to make up. for the
hme lost In working outside and
3 misses much beneficial. .recrea.
bon." S.'.s .r, ia2t,
He finds more satisfactory the
Ichsme Of 4 loan fund provided by
he state. such loans to be repaid
Nth nominal interest after q period
4 five years. Let Mimi and Ru-
nolphe study hard while they study.
IND then work afterwards to pay
bp," he concludes.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

rant 9 Z sspscted to 3 issasd
= Il The apprshsnsion svsntua&ss,
subsequent pFoceedints win form .
tsst case - 70 the nOninfrAngibd1tty
Of Brentwood' ordinances. AlreAdy
several of the Nt. Rainier realtors
have seen the light. II u sid. and
secured nceusss from ths tewn
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
NIGHT SCHOOL WILL
/ TRAIN NEWS REPORTERS

MORGANTOwN, w. Va. Dec. %.
-Louis Morrison, director Of the
Morgantewn night school. an
Younces that arrangements have
been made to include a course in
Newspaper reporting In its curri-
culum, The announcement follow.
ed statement by the board Of edu-
cAtion that the night school would
b continued on a permanent basis.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
HELD ON CHARGE OF ~
KILLING DETECTIVE

BELvIDERE. N. J.. Dec. 27.-
Walter Lb1ine. or WiAes naIre,
Pa was. arrested ! here today
charged with being one o. .ne tw% 70
men isiplicated u the mur1er oi
Pa. last Tuesday nisht. -,.,s :.