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jeune file Gf she is not an obsolete
animaD. but it has not a trace of the
uncleanness that marks SO much
modern fiction.
1t is the life story of a young
woman who started with the handi-
cap of unfortunate parentage: her
father very loftily placed. consery-
ative aristocrat, in fact Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and her mother an
Irish actress. Barbara does not know
of her illegitimacy until after her
fathers death. But there has always
been opposition between Barbara and
her massive father and even before
her enlightenment she is in revolt,
and like all young and healthy peo-
pie. she conceived happiness an affair
of escaping from the actuality of her
environment" She goes on the stage
with the help of George Champneys,
a mature actor-manager OF much ex-
perience. After some time Champ
neys falls desperately in love with
her. and she marries him. without
loving him. i'm the belief that love
will come later" She is not yet
fully alive, but does not know it.
They get on pretty well at first, but
then comes a real passion. which
naturally wrecks things. George
surprises her with her lover and kills
him in the ensuing fight. Barbara
refuses to go back. on any terms,
but there is child coming.
After the birth OF her sosl she Is
persuaded 10 let a benevolent lady
adopt him, as she feels that she can
not give him the chance he deserves.
And Barbara herself ends the story
as the commercial mistress of a
highly respectable man who comes TO
hcr aid-on the basis of frank bar
gain. since ~one must live"
So brief. and bald an outline can.
only suggest the difficult subject
matter which Mr.. Aumonier has
worked over with extraordinary re-
straint and sllill-with something of
the completeness and inexorablenes5
of a Balzac; a very English and very
modern Balzac with all the differ
ences that implies. 1t will be called
an unpleasant book. but il is assur-
edly ! sincere and powerfully dra-
matte study.
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e"turaily he speaks emphaticaily or
the practical disfranchisement of the
negro in the South. and no one can
question that. theoretically AT least
he has fun justice with him. There
is no doubt that the negro in many
places is not getting a square deal"
But there is no apparently simple
solution of that problem in sight.
and Il wears a different aspect in
Texas or Mississippi from that of
pure theory.
Indeed. Dr. Woodson's book must
leave the most sympatheticaily IN
clined reader-if he is also clear
headed-with a feeling OF hopeless
ness as TO any solution of the whole
series of problems raised by the fact
that white and black races must
live. somehow. side by side. Ii is an
acute case of that state of things
which@leads an English critic tMr
Esme Winefield-Stra to re-
mark that democracy has landed it.
self in difficulties" out OF which
there is no royal road. In any case
there is nothing 10 be gained hv
either white or black in ignoring
facts or pleasantly pretending that
they IRE something different from
what they manifestly are. DR..
Woolson's book is useful contri-
button TO 4 necessary discussion hut
il Is hard to see much light alona
the lines he would stress.
IL J.. PANGBORN.
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pure dog action. and NJ. Curwood Is
as fully entitled TO guess what Peter
thinks as is any cold boo ied. matter
Of fact scientist Finally in defiance
of any critic. you can't help loving
Peter. and you won't forget him.
Peter begins Is the connecting
link between the outlaw. who is
jocularIy known as Jolly Roger Nc
Kay. and the girl. NADIA. Mckay Is
hiding in the woods. and. OF course.
is wanted BY the Mounted Police.
whom he has been lodging for a
long time. ever since he began a
bold career OF robbery from purely
sltruistic motives. to save an Indian
tribe from the starvation which
threatened chem because OF the
wickedness of certain white men.
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large body of Curwood fans" that
this story moves rapidly: it is fun
OF well motivated action from the
start-an admirably told. really NOV
ing tale. providing entertainment
and the food for dreams in rich
measure.
THE CONFESSIONS or A WELL
MEANING WOMAN. By Stephen
McKenna. George II. Doran Com
pany.
Mr.. McKENNA is not alto
lVI gether happily inspired in
his choice Of the form OF
this novel. which is that Of a dra-
matte monolosue. in the first per-
son throughout. Lady Ann Spen-
worth is discoursing. in each chap
ter, to a friend OF proved d.s-
cretion." giving her version of a
number of cpl, oies i'm her life and
in that of her family 1t is all done
with extreme adroitness and clever
ness on Mr.. McKenna's part. but The
effect is-one OF strain. The reader
tires a little OF the machinery OF il
after the wheels have been going
round for several chapters. and
rather wishes for more direct view
Or for some variety in the manner
or approach The pretense is kept
up too long.
Nevertheless it is a striking story:
keen. satiIical. biting deep-perhaps
more deeply than any of the authors
previous social studies. 1t also COW
ers a rather wide range of characters.
though. as ore might expect. there
IS scarcely a really pleasant or
attractive personality among them.
as even the youthful Phynidl. an
en;ancipated young woman or high
ideals ana independence Of chara, ter.
is rot a very loyable young woman
after al. She. too, remains some
what artificial.
The text OF the whole is taken
from Shaw's Major Barbara" to
the effect that poverty strikes dead
the very souls of all who come with
in sight. sound or smell Of it," Lady
Ann and her commonplace husband
are poor: that is. poor for people of
their high station. with only a few
thousand pounds "A year and a posi-
ton to maintain. and most OF Lady
AIMS confessions deal vi h her
scls mas Tor the exploitation of her
relatives and friends. She has
very rich brother ard also a rich
brother-inlaw who. however. are
under o illusions as to her chara ter
or that Of her reproblte son. for
whom she Is steadily scheming a
rich marriage Her trickeries range
from the merely small and sordid to
the downright vicious and wicked.
She is ready for instance. To create
a deliberately planned. nasty scandal
to prevent her brother-in-, avs get
ting the desired divorce. as she does
not want him 70 remarry and thus.
possibly. defeat her son or the sue
cession % ! title as his uncle's heir.
She j. also fully ready to condemn
and. metaphoricalIy. stone 10 death
the guileless young girl whom her
son has betrayed.
Society- and the lowlier walks OF
life. too-havc their Lady AIMS. and
i j. well to b. provided with an
accurate portrait Of them: but IL l.
an unpleasant business. Mr.. McKeu-
"a. however. = far too clever to lei
her degenerate into 4 mere shrew or
any sort OF caricature. She has a
case" and sometimes may be iustl-
fed at least there Is something TO be
said for her. She shows at hs- best
in the episode wherein she rescues
her wandering husband from the i'm
pending clutch of n theatrical siren
with whom he is about to eIope. In
this scene she IS truly admirable.
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The Negro: Past
and Present

cor.i'acd From Preceding Page.
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New Fiction

Continued From Paoc Fourteen.
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THE CONFESSIONS or A WELL
MEANING WOMAN. By Stephen
McRenna. George II. Doran Com
pany.
NTE- McKENNA is not alto
Wl sether happily inspired in
his choice Of the form OF
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AUSTRIAN CREDITS
AID DEVELOPMENT
Those From Britain, France
and Little Entente to Sta
biliZe Crown.

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1893, IN TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
VIENNA, March - Party delibera-
tions with the Government over the use
OF recent credits received from Great
Britain, France and the Little Entente
and conferences on internal fiscal re-
construction have led to full agree
ment upon a program which was an
nounced to-day in Parliament by Chan
cellor Schoeber.
The Chancellor declared that the Gov
ernment still stood firmly on the basis
OF the League of Nations credit action,
and that economic relief seemed near.
Credits already obtained. totaling a.
100000, opened the possibility. he said,
of rehabilitating the finances OF the
State. The Chancellor regretted that the
United States had not suspended its
liens against the Government
According to the program outlined,
the chief purpose of the Government is
to stabilize the crown at a level to be
determined. The Chancellor said that
legal provisions should be made for the
exclusive employment OF the credits to
regulate the foreign currency market to
that end. Not a single penny" said
Herr Schoeber. fought to be used for
anything else"
In order to eliminate constant fluctu-
alton all foreign credits will be paid
into a special fund and administered by
a mixed commission vested with far
reaching powers. A portion OF the
credits is to be employed in this manner
with the special object Of facilitating
industrial development and to purchase
foreign currencies. while the proposed
issue OF new bank notes will be very
limited.
The Chancellor demanded the elimina-
ton OF the administrations deficit by
strict saving. His program provides Tor
the reduction OF administrative expenses
by diminishing the number OF public
servants He announced also an In
ternal loan to provide public works and
to fight unemployment. The reconstruc-
ton program includes the increase OF
certain taxes and the introduction OF
tariffs on the basis of gold values.
1t also prescribes the total elimina-
ton OF food subsidies and the more COM
mercial administration Of governmental
enterprises, such as railways The
Chancellor expressed the hope that all
these measures together will save Aus
tria.
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WYCKOFF HOSPITAL
GAINS IN FUND DRIVE
Expects 100000 for New
Wing by the Summer.

Tenement House Commissioner Frank
Menn. chairman OF the building COM
mittee. and II. A. Schurmann. president
of the board OF directors OF the Wyckoff
Heights Hospital. st. Nicholas avenue,
Stanhope and Stockholm streets. Brook
lyn, are confident that the cornerstone
of an additional wing TO the hospital
can be laid this summer. The matter
will come before the board Of directors
on March 9.
The committee. seeking 100000 for
the building fund, Is issuing an appeal
for funds. Contributions should be sent
- thc Building Fund Committee. John
Welz, treasurer. addressed to the
hospital
Commissioner Mann was the first &c
collect a quota of $1,000, which each
member OF the board and the members
of the training school committee are &c
raise. Next to reach the quota was
John Welz. George +. Trommer. Johr
Bossert. Adolf Goebel. Henry G. Strah-
mann, Louis G. Burger. Hy. G. Fried.
mann. Charles Froeb. Fred. Koetzle
Paul NJ. Marko. i. a. Schurmann and
DR.. Russell S. Fowler are closely follow
ing. Joseph Huber contributed $1,000
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been robbed Of great part OF his stock
Of diamonds and so could not pay his
oebts. It was proved that the robbery
was not genuine. but collusive. and
that the diamonds had been hidden
This man was convicted in the United
States Court.
A noted case was where an organ
lied gang with it's headquarters in a
Connecticut city opened stores in
many small towns, assuming fictitious
names. These stores made small pur-
chases from different wholesalers and
jobbers until they established a small
line of credit. Theh they simultane-
ously bought all they could on time,
reshipped the goods to Connecticut,
where the original lots were broken
up and shipped to New York and sold.
Then all the small stores failed with
an aggregate liability of several mill
ion dollars and no assets to speak OF.
Another device is to adopt name
similar to that of concern in good
credit standing, but with different
street. so that goods shipped will fall
into the hands of the fraudulent con-
Germ.
One of the first steps in unearthing
these frauds has been through the
powers of examination and investiga-
ton which the Bankruptcy law gives.
1t is difficult to secure the evidence
under State laws because many of
these fraudulent concerns operate out
side of New York and away from large
cities. 1t Is much easier to examine
the stock. invoices and books Of a
concern in New York where the sellers
and credit associations are located
than to send several hundred miles to
detect whether merchandise had been
shipped away for concealment or
whether similar frauds had been COM
mitted.
This sometimes leads a man who has
made profitable failure to engage
in business again under another oper-
ating name and to fail again. While
an individual has great difficulty in
going through successive bankruptcies
it is not easy to detect when a new
corporation is organized by profess
sional bankrupts if they take the or
binary precautions of using different
dummies each time.
The enforcement of the criminal pro-
visions against the concealment of
property and fraudulent bankruptcies
would do more to increase credit stan
dards and business honesty than
amendments to the Bankruptcy law.
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ENGINEERS PLAN VISIT
TO MUSCLE SHOALS
Mechanical Society to Hold
Meeting in Atlanta.

A large delegation from the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers VIII
visit the Muscle Shoals development
early in May in connection with tho
big spring meeting OF the society which
Is to be held in Atlanta. ARRANGEMENTS
for tho trip, which will be made by
some OF tho most prominent engineers
in the country, are being made BY the
ordnance division of the society.
The engineers will inspect the engi-
neering features OF the property as well
as the nitrate plant OF the American
Cyanamid Company. which Is in opera
tion. The trip Is limited TO the mem
bers of theSsocicty who are citizens
OF the United States. At the Atlanta
meeting the ordnance division will dis.
cuss plans for cooperation with the
United States Army in the production Of
ordnance. so as to continue the con-
tact between the civilian engineering
and the Government established dur
ing the war.
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18TH TAX CONFERENCE
TO BE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Weeks Sessions to Begin on
September Is.

The executive committee OF the Ma
tional Tax Association announced yea
terday that Minneapolis had been Sc
lected as the place of the fifteenth an
nual tax conference In the week begin
ming September IS.
The Governor of Minnesota win be
asked to issue invitations TO the other
Governors and to the Premters OF the
Canadian Provinces, to appoint dele
gates. Reports of committees on for
estry and inheritance taxes and on
methods of apportionment of public util-
ity and business corporation taxes will
be submitted.
Samuel Lord OF Minnesota is president
OF the association and DIR. Thomas S.
Adams OF Yale University, yice-presi-
dent.
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MONEY RETURNED TO BUDGET

Stewart Browne, president Of the United
Real Estate Owners Association. con-
sented yesterday to discontinue the con-
tempt proceedings against the Board of
Estimate upon notice it had decided to
obey the order of the Court OF Appeals
to replace in the 1922 budget money for
the various pension funds.
The amount involved. about s4.500.00o.
will be taken from appropriations made
for the Department Of Welfare and other
city departments. With the cost OF sup
plies going down It is estimated the de-
partments will be able to get along with
less money than had 'been originally pro-
vided If not, special revenue bonds
will be issued at the end Of the year.
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have been reduced by the war many
parents have ceased TO regard the
church as providing desirable careers
for their sons. There are 1000 fewer
clergy working in the parishes OF Eng
land than in 1914.
Iii the Church were TO meet It's re-
duircments. the bishop said, II would
have TO make way for democracy. The
last vestige Of caste and class disttnc-
tion should disappear from the minis
try and ordination should be as open TO
the sons Of the artisan as Of the squire.
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ioot VI our present naval deIenceless-
ness and at present Representatives
Kelley, Madden, Butler and others are
doing their best to push the navy down
still further despite the objections of the
President, the Secretary OF the Navy
and all naval officers In general.
SIashing Navy's Personnel.
At present we have a navy OF only
about $1,000 men. But at least 1900
men are needed for the service. The
naval treaty formulated at the arms
conference provides that we shall have
certain number of ships of certain
classes and l35,000 men are necessary
Immediately, and 1o2 900 men will be
necessary when we have built up to the
strength provided in the treaty, but the
Chief of Operations and the Secretary
or the Navy recommend only $4,000 men
for the next fiscal year Where are all
the ships which we are TO retain under
the treaty? Is It to be 5-4.5-31 as in
the treaty, or is ii to be 5-3-3.1 as for
eign nations would like to see it?
President Harding has always been
credited with the largest possible APP
probation of matters of national de-
fense and he can be counted on to do
his part to force Kelley and his crowd
10 a more favorable attitude toward
both services.
But even IL President Harding is sue
cessful and obtains $4,000 men for the
navy. how are these men to protect our
national policies or fulfill our naval
policy as given in the treaty? Here Is
how 10000 men easily can be expended:
Battleship force. 26,o09 men; destroyer
force, 10000 men; submarine force, 5000
men; air force. 5000 men; cruiser force,
1000 men; train force. 5000 men; yard
and continental forces. 1900 men: gun
boat forces, 5000 men. and hospital
forces, 1900 men. This leaves hundreds
OF ships which may be retained und ar
the naval treaty out Of commission and
rusting away. and then these ships will
have TO be replaced at the cost of hun
dreds of millions. Then. who is to care
for the great naval wireless service, the
lepers, the government of our far pos
sessions and hundreds of other neces-
sary duties which devolve upon the
navy? Certain. it is impossible to force
these duties on individual members cf
Congress. They would decline the honor.
Yet the United States still remains a
nation dependent UPON the sea for It's
defense. Our land frontiers and coast
defenses can be maintained by an army
of less than 10000 If we have an ade-
IidAS iidNss = ~ vi dth4i,'toha lioAAAisi ?
are our sea frontiers and dangerous
attacks on our land frontiers can come
only by way OF the sea.
Upon men and ships our best defense
rests. To an extent we have the ships.
though between the arms conference
and Congress 1t would seem that one
way or another we are to be deprived
OF them. And men! Let no one think
that naval crews can be SO quickly
trained as soldiers. While many Ameri-
cans know how TO handle small arms
few OF them have Is inch guns in their
back yards with which 10 practice.
The New York herald., 1922-03-05
CHURCH NEEDS MINISTER'S.
ordina tions In Britain Drop Off
One-thIrd since War.

LONDON. March 4.-The Bishop Of
Durham says the Church OF England
cannot find ministers enough to nh its
pulpits. The number OF men annually
ordained since the war has been less
than one-third Of those annually or
dained before the war Because OF the
poverty to which so many OF the clergy
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RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

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Running Navy's Morale.

Again the old axiom comes into PLAY.
Men fight not ships" and the morale
OF our leaders Of men is being ruined
They dare not speak. We are supposed
to be developing courageous men TO
tight for US in our navy, but to-day we
are being forced to develop the worst
type of moral towards known to man.
And. as Admiral Sims infers. We have
very few of the right kind OF Officers.
How can we have them when In our SER
vice the pay is approximately less than
in any other service in the world. AMI
far less than in the corresponding ranks
OF civil life? Very rapidly are we losing
our best officers. They cannot afford
to stay in the service.
However, there Is esprit du corps.
carried down from our infant navy. One
officer whom I have the honor TO know
slightly, was recently offered four times
the amount he is receiving in the navy
by a we'll known private manufacturing
concern. lie replied that he believed
that his duty was TO his country. And
yet Congress would reduce the rank Of
this officer or deprive the navy OF his
services.
Whenever anything really construc-
tive Is proposed in the Navy Depart
ment IL Is carefully mullcd over and
tions for approval. At present the Chief
OF Operations Is almost. IL not quite. a
figurohcad, with very little power. lie
is bound with ironclad orders from his
supcriors to practically do nothing OF
value without official administrative
consent. Therefore, the Chief OF Opera
tons. an Admiral. and one OF our Oldest.
abiest and most experienced officers,
must cool his heels and wait for tho
approval OF the Secretary or the AS
sistant Secretary OF tho Navy. And be-
cause OF the present situation neither
OF these officials darcs pass on any
thing without the expressed permission
OF the Secretary of state. The Secrc-
tary OF state wants to see what Presl-
dent Harding thinks about it and the
President wants to know what Congress
thinks.
This may seem like plain buck pass
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DAY OLD CHICKS.-Thirty thousand thor
otfghbred quality chicks, ready Tor hliip-
mont March Il TO May the right Kind at
tio rirht prtce: scnd for price liHi ot breeds.
A. 4. LIVINGSTON HATCHERY, North.
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ing" but Il isn't. Congress IS at the
root OF our present naval defenceless-
ness and at present Representatives
Kelley, Madden. Butler and others are
doing their best to push the navy down
still further, despite the objections of the
President, the Secretary OF the Navy
and all naval officers in general.
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session Of the bankrupt's property. II
1t is a store or factory the receiver
takes physical possession by putting
some one in charge who is called a
custodian.
All persons who owe the bankrupt
are required to pay the receiver in
full. All moneys that come to tie re-
ceiver he deposits In one of the banks
designated by the court and payments
made by the receiver are by checks
on this bank, all receipts and pay
ments being made matter OF record.
The next step usually is to have an
examination OF the bankrupt under
section 21-A of the bankruptcy law,
The bankrupt must appear befores a
bankruptcy referee or a Federal Judge
and be examined concerning his acts,
conduct and property. He Is required
to produce all his books, invoices and
records. His wife and any other per-
son may also be examined concerning
the bankrupt's business and assets.
The examination of the banlkrupt's
books show in most cases that he pre-
pared for the bankruptcy by turning
into cash all of his assets that he could
and making payments to his relatives
and friends and also making payment
to lawyer to look after his interest in
the bankruptcy proceedings. "a
In the case of a corporation banks
frequently require personal indorse-
ments on the corporations notes
Business concerns also frequently
borrow from relatives and friends.
The bankrupt's books usually sho "
strenuous efforts on his part to pay
OF such loans and to pay the notes IN
the banks on which relatives are per-
sonally liable through individual in
dorsements. leaving that much less
Tor distribution among the general
creditors.
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