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talk for hours about what they would
like to do,
Although Skoji has been drawing
ever since he can remember 1T was
only two years ago that he struck
upon the idea that has brought him
fame among the younger intelligentsia
in that district just below Columbia
University. This great idea. which he
alone conceived, is a magazine which
he calls "T'he silk Stream" A few
of the boys and girls he played with
in the upper Nineties-Poles. Italians,
Jews and Russians--have an interest
in the magazine, but their contribu-
tons are not many, and Skoji fire.
quently rejects them.
Night after night this little Japanese
has stayed in his room and worked
over this magazine. lie has published
about a half dozen numbers, but only
one copy of each number. He first
draws the cover design in colors. These
designs always seek to carry out the
idea back of the rSiLt Stredm"-that
Skoji Kimura, the writer and artist
and mystic, is opening to the reader a
stream of luxury, romance and wealth
and crime that the boy has come to
connect with silk.
Then, with the cover design all to
his notion, SlSoji begins putting the
magazine together. With infinite pa
tience he copies his stories to fit the
pages, which are of a good quality OF
paper, and he leaves little blank spaces
on each page so that he may illustrats
tho ss5z1es. And the stories. Some of
them are stories OF New York crime.
told in trenchant but slletchy fash
ion, and it must be confessed that they
are for the most part extremely grue-
some. The threat of death hangs over
nearly every page. Some are detective
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stories, others are love stories, and
still others are listed by Skoji Kimura
as stories and novels Of political in
trigue."
The boy signs some OF the stories.
but in order to make it appear that he
is not alone in his enterprise he has a
number OF reliable noms de plume.
A "Sir John Newton" for example,
writes quite q few stories.
Skoji does not go half way. After
putting out his magazine he gets out
his own ads and blurbs. He planned
a series OF volumes to be entitled
THE Masterpieces of Skoji Kimura.'
and wrote list of comments from
well known critics. One of these
faxed tributes to Skoji's mythical set
of books tells how DIR. Frank Crane
sat up all night to finish one Of Skoji
Kimura's stories entitled ITO the Bot
tom of the Seven Hells.." This particu-
lar blurb referred to Skoji Kimura as
"the Great Oriental Occidental Ro-
mancer."
| Outside of his work he is much the
same as any other healthy boy of that
age. He plays with his dog. finds
much to interest him in the other
children who live near by and who go
to school with him. But turn him loose
in his room. and he will produce more
fantastic stuff than any Of his play
mates will know in a lifetime.
Another boy of unusual promise is
| Alexander Dobk.n, who is Is. He is
old enough 10 .be out of the class of
child prodlgies. but he is still doing
work that is interesting. and he has
some earlier work which makes his
claim TO the list OF child artists even
more secure. He is tho son OF Dimitry
Dobkin, tenor who is with the Met
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ropolitan Opera Company this year.
He lives at 70 East Eighteenth street,
Flatbush, and goes to Public School
139. He and his father and mother
were driven out OF Russia two years
ago after they had undergone many
hardships. The memory or these
scenes left distinct imprint upon the
mind OF young Alexander. He has one
painting which he calls THE Burning
of Moscow" 1t has an iinmistakable
Russian modernist touch. Its colors
are vivid, and there are strong sug-
gestions in the bowed figures Of the
horses and the men, with the blazing
towers in the background through the
snowstorm.
Many Others Show Promise
And City Aids Then,
Alexander Dobiiin already has won
several prizes in illustration contests
conducted by trade publications and
house organs. His parents and his
teachers concede that he has imagina-
ton and a sense of form and color that
should take him far.
promise. Among them are Walter
Moesmer, 13, of 36 Kenmore place,
Brooklyn. who models animals in clay
for playthings for himself and his
companions; Irma NIichaelis OF SIS
East Thirty-ffth street, Brooklyn,
whose color Designs for several years
have shown so much talent that she
intends to so to Cooper Union or some
other school OF design in the next
year or two, and Howard Savage. IA.
of 214 West sixty-ninth street, who
draws and also models interesting fig-
ures in clay.
And doubtless there are others, per-
haps dozens OF them, who have been
missed in this survey OF the child
genius of New York. Some Of them
may become acceptable artists after
years Of hard study and the most diff
ficult sort OF work; others may be-
come notable withjittle effort because
Of their great natural endowments,
and still others, probably the majority,
will go into some totally inartistic
business when they grow little older.
and in after years will look back
through long forgotten years at the
image of the child who had the soul
of an artist.
"For there is many a man." says
Frank Collins, "who remembers a lit
tie respectfully the things he modelled
or drew when he was a boy, and
which he neglected at some foolish
age because they seemed unimportant
''The man usually remembers these
things when he sees the naive, un-
sophisticated and altogether whimsi-
cal work of the child that has the
divine imagination. It is that child
that makes happy the tired teachers
who see only mediocrity and dullness
day after day-it makes them happy
even IL it means that the discovered
prodigy must be taken away where he
may develop faster"
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stantiy at the rate Of four feet per
second the buzzard would be able TO
Just sustain itself. But wind gusts
are composed of retardations as well
as accelerations in velocity. Since Nd
proximately only one-halr Of the time
is occupied in acccleration tho actual
rate of acccleration would have 20 be
much more than four feet per second
In order that the average would be
equal to that amount.
Soaring in rising trends OF air de-.
ficcted upward by hills. trees, waves,
&C., always occurs on windy days But
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glide on a path descending about one
foot in each eight feet forward. In
other words, its resistance TO forward
travel is equal TO one-eighth OF its
weight, and It's velocity when gliding
on horizontal course will be retarded
at rate equal to O (32 TT. per sec
end divided by 8. or four feet per
secord). It follows that IL the We
locitv' OF the wind increased con-
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Foolish Fathers Look on Son
As Personal Appendage

The most common type of foolish
parent is the one who looks upon his
son as an appendage to himself rather
than as another personality. Curiously
enough, fathers are more likely than
mothers to have the impression that
parent and son constitute a rigid
body which should be regarded as a
unit The mother more often realizes.
with tears perhaps, that she no longer
completely understands the boy. But
this is a tacit recognition of the fact
Of his separate existence. Many Is the
time that have been obliged 10 point
out to a father that his son is not his
limb. which he can direct as he wills
And do not think that have often
been successful in convincing the
father OF the truth of my position
This assumption Of an inflexible conI
nection between parent and son Is.
however. by far the most common
cause OF domestic discord between the
older and the younger generation that
reaches my office. And / am forced
to say that the fault in these cases
usually rests on the older generation
In regard to plans for Il career, Ahe
profitable use OF time, ana more par
ticularly inlove affairs. many a parent
is as inflexible as steel. Such rigidity
almost never leads to any happy os
satisfactory result. ard here also in
the majority of cases--though in by
no means all OF them-the boy is more
often right than the parent. This may
not be the case in love affairs in which
the precipitous impulse of youth too
often leads toward trouble.
Money matters are also fruitfu
Continued On PaRn Twelve.
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BY oRVILLE WRIGHT.

In the United states Air Service Nag
uSifle
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resources OF our modern tests Of men<
tai capacity be added, the college ought
to be in q position TO aid the boy and
advise the parent far more intelli.
gently than has ever been the casS
in the past. r
- the present time we are not In a
position to do more than guess in
rough way. whether a boy has the
kind OF mind that would fit him for
the profession of engineer, physicianl
lawyer or for a business career, all
though / think any college that does
its duty by it's students ought 70 have
an opinion worth more than that of
the average parent. The time is soon
coming. however. when the knowledge
of temperament, heritage and re-
sources possessed by the parents. COM
bined with knowledge of the intellec-
tual interests and attafnnlents afforded
by the college instructors and supple-
mented by scientific study OF mental
traits and capacity, win enable the coi-
lege to cooperate with parents in di-
recting their students with almost un-
erring accuracy. At present careful
observers claim that on the average
college men do not find their right
niche in the world until ten or fifteen
years after graduation. Many never
find it. The tremendous responsibility
that rests upon parents and college I'd
reduce this period of f1oundering in
ineffective endeavor affords one OF the
great problems of higher education.
One should not forget that parents
and college can only point out ths
path and make it smooth. The boy
himself must do the travelling. Ny
confidence in youth is such as to mako
me ceptain that the normal American
boy has the ambition and the patience
to take each step in the long journey
il he has confidence that he is on the
right road. In my experience the vast
majority of parents are eager to do
their share with intelligence in this
process.
Neither college nor parent is in
position to direct wisely without the
information that the other possesses
Only by placing n the hands of tho
college the knowledge that the parent
has acquired can wise decision be
reached in cases Of doubt. 1t is true
that in many instances the ambition
Of the boy and the opinion Of both
parent and college point in the same
direction. These cases are easy to
settle. But many are the young meu
who can reach an intelligent decisiop
regarding a career only after obtains
ing suggestions from every possible
source. Even then they are fortunate
IL they can avoid years Of aimless Las
Dor and encouragement.
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Daisy Ashfords of Pen
And Brush Have Hard Time

OF the thousands or children who
btudy drawing as part OF their
courses in the elementary schools of
New York. most are distinguished by
lack of interest in their work and by
a notable lack of ability. Those who
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Plans Completed For
Theater to Replace
Knickerbocker

The United Theaters Corpor-
alton has completed plans for
the construction of a high
class moving picture theater at
Eighteenth street and Columbia
road, near the site of the Knick-
erbocker, the cost of which will
be- about 100000. The new
structure, designed by Gregg g.
Leisering will be built Of the
best material obtainable and
every precaution taken to in
sure safety. The theater will
be called the Astor, have a seat
ing capacity of 1900.
The sale of the property was
negotiated through the Office of
Walter A. Brown.
The United Theaters Corpor-
alton is composed Of some of
Washington's best-known bust
ness men who have organized
for the purpose of building and
operating a number of theaters
in different sections of the city.
Its plan is to show only the
highest class pictures and in
every way possible work in CO.
operation with the community
in which they build.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
ALLAN WALKER
FINISHES ROW
Of fine HOMES
Attractive Brick Dwellings In
.Pstworth Contain Every
Modern Improvement.

Now nearing completion and open
for public inspection, a group OF
attractive brick houses in an ex'
celient section Of Petworth built by
the Allan e. Walker Investment
Company is receiving much atten'
ton.
This operation is located on the
north side OF Webster street between
Rock Creek Church Road and
Second street northwest. close to
Soldiers Home Park, to street cars
shops and schools.
The architect, Robert +. Beres'
ford, has achieved a rather unusual
individuality in his exterior designs
by a very effective treatment OF
porches and fronts, which makes this
operation unique among similar
ones in various sections.
The houses contain six large
rooms. reception hall, bath. sleeping,
breakfast and front porches, hard.
wood floors, open fire places, hot
water heat, electric light, with taps
in every room for lamps and appli:
ances. They also have concrete
cellars. servants toilets, laundries.
unusually large closet space, and
many other features usually asso.
ciated with much higher priced
houses.
- The actual size Of the houses, not
including porches, is 20 feet wide by
80. feet deep. Two have side light.
This section of Webster street is
the scene of very substantial
development, the Allan e. Walker
company having recently completed
two groups of garden apartments
and is now planning additional
buildings.
In the above mentioned operation
there are nine houses. Three have
been sold long before completion.
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JOHNF. MAURY
REPORTS MANY
WEEK SALES
Aggregate Of 1925, 900 in
Realty 10 Sold by This
Firm.

John r. Maury reports nine sales
totaifng 3s26.000 during the week.
Property at 27os oliver street
Chevy Chase, d. c., a very attrac-
tive detached residence containing
ten rooms, three baths and two.car
garage. was sold for Matte Boyd
Elliott to Robert Callahan. who will
occupy the same as his residence.
Property at 1901 Lowell street, q
corner brick residence. containing
ten rooms and two baths. built-in ga
rage. sold for John e. Cunningham
to Kennedy +. Rea. clerk OF the
Appropriation Committee of the
Senate, who will occupy 1t. This
property Is surrounded by some
Of the finest homes in Cleveland
Park and Is in close proximity to
the Episcopal Cathedral.
Property at Leland street. Chevy
Chase, Md, q detached, hollow tile,
center-hall entrance home Of ten
rooms and three baths, on lot IS
feet frontage by 1913 feet in depth,
was sold for Gertrude B. Kellihcr
to Mrs. Mary Conway. who will
occupy same as her home. This
property Is situated midway be-
tween Chevy Chase Circle and Coun-
try Club in a rapidly growing com.
munity.
Property at Pip Massachusetts,
avenue, containing ten rooms and
two baths, was sold for e. o.
Wagonhorst to Mrs. Georgia C. Lea,
who, after making extensive altera'
tions, will occupy 1t as her residence.
This property is adjacent to some Of
Washington's most palatial homes.
A brand new tapestry brick apart.
! ment house building just completed
| at 1910 California street, containing
| twenty-one apartments. most OF
which are equipped with Murphy
| beds. which rents for an aggregate
of approximately $4,000 q year.
was sold for David A. Baer 10 Mrs.
l.. G.. Hanger, who will hold same
for an investment.
Property at 2344 Massac chusetts
avenue, q residence Of fourteen
| rooms and five baths. containing
every modern convenience and sit
uated just beyond fashionable
! Sheridan Circle. was exchanged and
given as part Of the consideration In
the purchase of the aforementioned
apartment house.
Property at 1917 Newark street. a
detached, center-hall entrance resi-
dence Of fifteen rooms. two baths,
facing on both Highland avenue and
Newark street, was sold in connec'
ton with the office Of n. l.. Sans
bury to Mrs. Myrtle Hagerman. who
will occupy same as her residence.
One of the attractive new homes
erected at Edgemoor, Nd, by Francis
B. Poe. was sold to a local investor
twho will occupy 1t. This house was
of the center-hall entrance type con
tanning ten rooms, three baths. two
car garage, and Is situated in tht
center OF a large attractive lot.
Number 1905 Summit place. cor
tanning eight rooms and bath. was
sold to Harriet Arnwine.
Two very attractive lots having q
frontage OF eighty.five feet on Six
teenth street. north Of Madison. were
sold for William Ramsey TO a loca
investor who expects to build twC
attractive homes on the same.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
CALVERT INSURANCE
COMPANY NAMES HEADS

PRINCE FREDERICK. Md. July
S.-The Mutual Fire Insurance Com.
pany of Calvert county has elected
the following directors to serve for
the ensuing year: William II. HELEN
Benjamin Parran, James T. Ross, j.
Briscoe Bunting. @. Frank Hardesty
Benjamin Hance. Malcolm Grahame
Charles T. CLANCY. Leroy L. CLANCY
and Joseph w. Talbot.
The directors organized by re-elect.
Ing George w. Dowell, president OF
the company: John B. Gray. secre.
tary: Charles s. Parran, treasurer
and Messrs. Bunting and Hafdesty
members Of the executive committee
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$4,000 FOUND HIDDEN IN
HOUSE WHEN FARMER DIES

ALLENTOWN. Pa, July s.
Search Of the home Of Wenzelus
Koehler, a retired farmer, Of North.
ampton, who died recently, revealed
nearly $35, 900 in securities concealed
under carpets, in closets and other
places. The executors Of the es-
tate had previously found $685. in
securities in the cellar.
The estate is valued at more than
100000 The will Is being contested
by Mrs. Mary Larosh, Of this city, a
daughter who alleged that her fath.
er was incompetent to make a will
and that undue influence was used.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
soYLE-RoBERTsoN CO.
GETS HOSPITAL CONTRACT

The Boyle Robertson Construction
Company Of this city has been
awarded the contract for the new
Army Medical School building, and
also for the new guard house at
the Walter Reed General Hospital.
Washington. d. C. The contracts
aggregate the sum Of s461.b07
The Medical School building is
four-story and basement brick. stone
and concrete structure, containing
all the latest features Of equipment
ana design, and will constitute an
important addition to the plant and
facilities of the Walter Reed Hos
pitaI. The work was started on
June 30, and the contract calls for
completion in 800 days. Upon the
completion of the building the Medi-
cal School viii be moved from its
present quarters on Louisiana ave-
nue..
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
GENIAL AUToISTS ROB
OBLIGING STOREKEEPEP

FREDERICK, July 8. - Sheriff
Jones and the State police are look
ing for two men and a woman who
stopped at the store of Charles r.
Wilson, Plain No. 4, in a big limou.
sine Thursday night. A few minutes
after their departure, Wilson missed
S24 from a drawer OF his cash regis.
ter, and the sheriff was notified.
The storekeeper, accompanied by
the woman and one Of the men. went
to the car, leaving the second man in
the store. who in the meantime
picked up a newspaper and appeared
to be reading 1t. In a few minutes
the man came out Of the store and
the three at once got into the car
and drove rapidly away. When vii
son returned to the store he found
the drawer OF his cash register open
and its contents gone.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
Chevy Chase
Mt. Pleasant
Petworth

PRICE, f1O,BOO. An attractive
detached residence on large lot
with buiit-in garage. Contains six
rooms and bath; hot-water heat.
electric light: hardwood floors.
Owner-occupant will give early
possession ana will entertain rea-
sonable offer.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08

back Of the United States military
reservation at Schofisld Barracks.
The mountain districts which are
being reforested are 30 precipitous
that the foresters have been unable
to get In to do their work. An ap-
peal made to the head Of the air
service forces on Oahu resulted In
the loan Of several planes. which in
favorable weather fly over the steep
er gorges, while tree seeds are
dropped by members Of the forestry
staff, who are taken along a.
passengers.
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Near Soldiers Home
Saul's Addition

PRICE, s1e,50O. A b. iutiful
detached home. situated on . lot
60x9o, containing seven rooms and
two baths: hot-water heat, cleo
trio light; hardwood floors. I'm
medfste possession may be had
terms. Phone for appointment to
inspect.
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
CONSTRUCTION RECORD
SET BY LEWIS HOMES

GUY 8. Zepp. local representative.
reports a remarkable time saving
in the delivery and erection OF
Lewis built ready-cut houses. one
of these houses was ordered June
26. was loaded and on It's way
June 20. and arrived In washing
ton July z.
An attractive six.room bungalow
was unloaded in washington sat
urday, erection started on Monday
morning. and In seven days It was
lathed and ready, for the piastering.
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occupying the apartments plenty OF
sunshine and air.
1t is Mr.. Cafritz's plan to build
attractive and substantial buildings
that can be rented at q normal sum.
An attractive feature In each apart
ment will be>a built.in bed, which
during the day win be swung IN
storage space provided with ventiia'
ton. ~
The construction department Of
Morris Cafritz Company. Inc. prom.
ises to have these buildings ready by
fall
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
AMERICAN ROBBED BY
POISON GAS" MEANS

VIENNA. July s.-"Poison gas"
burglars entered the bedroom OF Ju-
Illus steeger. an American, during
the night. after spraying him with
some kind Of fumes which were
blown through the window.
They escaped with $4,000. Steeger
was q patient In q sanitorium at the
time,
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
AIRPLANES TO BE USED
IN FORESTRY CAMPAIGN

HONOLULU, T. H.. July S.-Army
airplanes have been pressed into
service here to assist the Territorial
Department of Forestry in the re-
forestation OF certain inaccessible
districts in the mountainous country
The Washington times., 1922-07-08
CAFR|TzPLANSa
APARTMENTS. I
/. At ROCK CREEK
Operation to Cost 81 900, 900
To Be Completed for
Autumn Tenancy.

Seven detached department build.
ings will be erected at Sixteenth and
Spring road. facing Rock Creek Park.
the operation to cost over $1,000. 900.
Each building will contain two
and three rooms, kitchenette and
bath apartments; all rooms to be out
side rooms, which will afford those
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-09-05

If Nazimova's appearance as
Salome were distinctive for no
other reason, it still would be for
this; that it gives no cause for
censorship.
The great Russian stars portray
al on the screen OF the daughter
OF HcrodiaS has been pronounced
by dramatic critics and the Nation
al Board of Review alike The first
"Salomc" to be utterly free from
Objectionable scenes and actions,
and yet be fully dramatic and
cmotionally telling.
Said the New York Review of
Nazimova's "Salome':
The National Board OF Review
in unqualified terms OF approval.
unanimously passed the picture
after having witnessed it in New
York.
The verdict Of the review board
is regarded as highly significant
since it will remove all possible
prejudice that might exist in the
minds OF some exhibitors and some
picture patrons who know only OF
the unsavory reputation OF the
Strauss opera of the same name
which has been barred from pre-.
sentation in Chicago, and those
other staged and film versions of
the Salome story which deal pri-
marty with its salacious possibili-.
ties"
This photoplay, Nazimova pro-
duction, was directed by Charles
Bryant. The scenario by Peter M.
Waters, follows closely the poetic
drama by Oscar Wilde; and no less
so do the settings, by Natacha
Rambova, the drawings by Aubrey
Beardsley. The photography is by
Charles Van Enger. The picture
will be released generally in the
fall, it is understood.