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The New York herald., 1922-06-18
Special Correspondence to THE New YoRK
HERALD.
York Herald Bureau.
Rome, June 10.

Special Correspondence to THE NEW NoRk
New York Herald Bureau. /
Rome, June 10.
A reception was given this afternoon
to members of the American Academy
in honor of Mr.. Walter Damrosch, di-
rector of the New York Symphony
Orchestra, who is the guest this week
of Mr.. Laymond, director of the music
school of the academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Thorn of Chicago
are guests at the Palace Hotel, where
recent arrivals include DIR. J. Hersh,
Mrs. A. Carroll and Mr.. NJ Bossy of
New York city, Mr.. T.. Stringer. De-
troit, and Mr., Mrs. and Miss S. Ja-
netzky of Chicago.
At the Excelsior Hotel are DIR. f.
Mishkin, Mr. and Mrs. l.. Aronson,
and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Davis, all of
Pittsburgh.
Prof. and Mrs. William Stevenson
of Ames, Iowa, who have spent the
last year here at TIE Hotel Bos-
ton, are leaving early in June for a
tour of Germany, France and England,
sailing for America August IL. Prof.
Stevenson, who is head of the depart
ment of farms and soils of the Iowa
State College of Agriculture. has been
here as representative of the United
States at the Institute of Agriculture.
He will make study of the farming
systems of Germany, France and Eng
land for the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
Mrs Nary Church and Mrs. William
Church Of New York city have arrived
at the Hotel de Russie. Other guests
are Miss r. w. Baldwin of Baltimore,
Miss Ellen NJ. Williams. Camden, S. c.;
Mr.. Edward Durand, Hartford. Conn;
Mr. and Mrs. Il. Williams. Washing
ton, and Mr.. Ernest e. Evans of New
York city.
Several purchases were made by
Mr. Frank vanderlip of New York
from the spring exhibition of "Fiam-
ma displaying works of independent
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
The Bible a Serial Story
With a Code of Laws to Start

The earliest eXtant portion of the
Bible was complies. in the ninth CEN
tury b. c., and consisted of primi
tive code of laws, suited to a nomadic
or. pastoral people. With this was
combined tribal traditions and legends
as to the origin of the world and it's
history up to the writer's day Natu-
rally, it is simple in the extreme. God
is but a magnified man, non-ethical,
and of highly limited attributes. He
makes man out of dirt, and, unable to
find from among the animals help
adequate to his needs, an9sthetizes
him, and, removing a bone, builds from
T. a being called woman. Just whom
the surviving SON of the finst human
pair marries is not stated, but ere long
his descendants have founded great
civilization. This God illustrates an
impious attempt to build a tower to
heaven by making each workman
speak in language that no one else
can understand, and so destroys the
possibility of cooperation.
Thus the origin of diversity OF
tongues is explained. He accepts food
from His people; and as he "smelled
the sweet SAVIOUR" of the animal which
Noah had roasted for Him he prom
ised he would never again send flood
upon the earth. Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob lie, and the matter is not seri-
Gus. And so on. Now all this repre-
sents the beginnings of Israers re-
ligious belief and needs no defense.
The people are given .ust so much re-
ligious truth and of such quality as
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France and the Negro.
From the Outlook, London.

France-or at least Paris--to-day is
full Of plans to use the Moroccan and
the negro as bulkarks OF. shall we
say, in politeness. a defense policy:
and she is "cultivating" the negro in
all kinds OF ways. One incident,
slight in itself but significant as a
wind vane. is the fuss made of Rene
Maran's Bdtuoul1 - Veritdble Roman
neore-which has been awarded the
Goncourt prize for 1921 and is pub
lished under the sponsorship Of two
distinguished French writer's. The
book really is easily book. 1t may
depict faithfully the negroes OF
some OF the orgies IL describes sug-
sest rather the negroes of Mont
martre.
Apart from realism carried into
disgusting detail II has nothing to
make IL notable. There is negro
husband. and one OF his wives vitn
taste for adultery. and a young negro
to complete the triangle. and a little
folklore (Which seems to be faithfully,
and many orgies, which give the i'm
preston. not so much of the African
forests as of the queer places that are
kept UP in Paris for the delectation of
foreign visitors. For the rest it Is
pan-negro propaganda against the
white man. Yet Paris takes it up
1t is a rccldme Of the moment.
Only an incident, but a signIricaur
one. II France has the illusion to
win and keep a great place in the
world for France with the aid of me-
sroes she is doomed. I hope France
has not the Illusion. but pretty clearly
Paris has It, The English friends OF
France should not hesitate TO be cam
did friends on thiu point,
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Every Fact of History
Ignored by Antagonists

This conception Of the Divine Ii
brary of Christendom. the outgrowth
of a long and complex historical proc
ess, not only completely ignores the
data Of the documents themselves. but
is in entire opposition to every fact Of
history Starting from the n priori
conception of what the Bible must be,
modifying or contrary evidence is
either ignored or treated absolutely
arbitrarily. The modern student re-
verses the process. He will gather the
evidence first. and then, and not till
then, form the conclusion as to what.
jr fact, the Bible really is. Nor will
sneers. charges of unbelief, or any
weight of ecclesiastical authority
check him in his search for Truth.
xhe Bible. In fact. Is Serial Story,
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the prophets in the sweep Of their
vision. Heretofore, it was believed
that at death man passed out of Gods
care and went. a nerveless shadow of
his former SELF into a vast subterra-
mean cavern-the ''hell" of the Old
Testament. Only those who were alive
at the Messiah's coming would share
in the glories of His Kingdom, the
scene of which was to be the earthly
Jerusalem.
In the hands of these mystics, with
their immeasurably deepened religious
experience, all these ideas become
transformed, and there energies the
doctrine of a blessed Immortality, no
ltnger in the earthly, but in the
heavenly Jerusalem; the underworld
its own body, which will be reassem-
bled, and in this body will pass - a
6eathless life in the world of spirit.
So Christ comes, and once more
transforms the current beliefs. Writ
ing nothing Himself. He finds His first
Interpreter in the converted Rabbi
Paul, who first IN Rapbinfc setting,
then with not inconsiderable Gr9co-
Roman aid, expounds Jesuss teaching
in the light of his own religious ex-
rerience. Soon after Pauls death, a
hi-lingual Jewish Christian named
John Mark, who for some time had
been paraphrasing into Greek Peters
Aramaic sermons at Rome, is asked
to put down the substance of these
sermons in narrative form, and the
result is our earliest Gospel. Within
twenty-five years two writers-Luke,
q companion of Paul, and an unknown
Palestinian Jewish Christian - had
embodied Marks Gospel and collec-
ton of sayings of Christ, compiled,
probably, in the first instance by
Matthew the Apostle, into much
longer documents, each with an in
depreciation Of Christ based upon the
authors own religious experience.
Hence our Gospels of Matthew and
Luke. The latter wrote a second vol
ume, taking up the story where he
had laid it down in the first. his object
being to trace the course of Christian
ity from its birth in Jerusalem. the
capital of the Jewish world, until It
found lodgment in Rome, the capitol
Of all the world.
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
The Syrian CONNECTIONS
Are Odd but Delicious

The Syrian corrections are delicious.
Little diamond shaped pastries OF a
flaky delicacy exceeding the French.
with a quarter inch layer OF crushed
walnuts and sugar are called "bakla-
wah." Another interesting pastry Ia
a kind OF idealization OF shredded
wheat, rich with syrup and nuts. Tur-
kish Delight may be purchased at the
candy store in Little Syria. the gen.
uine article favored with spices of the
Orient. II is vastly superior to the
limp pink and green jellies sold under
that name uptown. Pistachio and al
mond patties are. alluring, white and
green nuts and rock crystal sugar.
But the most fascinating Is something
that looks like 3 pink and white pret-
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
Under New Conditions
Syria Enjoys Luxuries

New lamps for old fifty watt Maz-
das for quarter candle power oil lights
that symbolizes the transition in
Haddad's life. He was born In a one
room hut with a floor of hard earth
and no chimney for the smoke from
the cooking fires. Now he has five
rooms and bath in Brooklyn. over
stuffed Morris chairs and divans, lace
curtains at the windows and all mod
ern improvements. II he has sacri-
feed little of the picturesque magic
Of the old country for American sani-
tation and comfort Haddad is more
than satisfied with the exchange.
There Is shrewd business sense in
the Syrian character. inherited from
their ancestors, the first traders. So IL
was natural that the boy who wanted
to be John Smith of America should
start his commercial career as a ped
dler. 1t Is a business that may be
financed with very little capital. 1t
offers other advantages. One sees a
great deal of American life from an
intimate angle; one picks up the Ian
guage. For prompt adjustment to
conditions here a career of house 70
Haddad had saved enough TO rent and
stock tiny store on Washington
street he spoke as an American and
thought as an American. Also he had
his naturalization papers. he was an
American.
Washington street, from Rector to
the Battery, was wholly Syrian at that
time. The same blocks of tenements
are there yet, and the same Syrian
names on the shop windows, though
fewer Syrians have their homes In the
district. Haddad lived above his store
at first. He was vastly proud Of his
home Out of his stock OF laces he
selected exquisite medallions and
bands, and combined them in elaborate
curtains. He bought a very highly
vanished table with claw feet that
held glass balls. He bought chairs
with green and red plush seats.
very few old treasures were consid-
cred worthy of his new home. A little
six sided tabouret carved with Arabic
runes and intricate patterns his to-
bacco box Of Damascene work. steel
inlaid with silver-he could not part
with these.
The reason for Haddad's activities
in home furnishing was Elizabeth
Maloof. When he saw her first among
those newly arrived from Beirut and
the Lebanon country he began TO
think that 1t is not we'll for man to
live alone. He remembered phrases
from the Song OF Songs.
Come ,cith me from Lebanon. mv
bride,
with me from Lebanon
From the lions ders.
From the mountain Of leopdrds.
Thou art fountain OF gardens,
A ,rtH Of Iirino ,cdtcys,
And flo,cino streams from Lebanon"
She Hyas Rracof,.' wall formad.
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Other Codes and Traditions
Compiled 100 Years Later

About a hundred years after the
preparation of the first document an
other code and series of traditions.
representing just about century's
advance in thought, were compiled
and soon after these two documents
We're welded into one continuous whole.
Now occurs, in the eighth century. an
event OF momentous significance, the
appearance of the writing prophets.
Such men as Amos. Hosea, Isaiah
and Micah entirely transformed the
conception of Israel's religion, and in
deed have left an indelble mark upon
all religious history. Under the illumi-
nation of the Spirit of God these men
give an entirely new meaning to re-
ligion.
Hitherto the people had acknowl-
edged the existence of many gods.
though worshiping one, Yahve or Je-
hovah, whose jurisdiction was limited
to Canaan. There is no God save
one!" cry the prophets. These other
beings arc but figments of human
Imagination. THE living God" as he
is henceforth termed, is the maker of
heaven and earth. Thus the old COM
fndnuileut, lhou Siidie nave ho oehSi
gods but me-" becomes Thou shalt
not beliere that there are any other
gods but me-" Deeper knowledge of
truth has involved modification of
earlier belief. But it is not only the
substitution of Monotheism for mono-
latry which marks the writings of the
prophets; the very nature of God
Himself is transformed under their in
fiuence. God is now an ethical being.
who is not interested In sacrifice or
external conformity to a code. but in
inner purity of life. "I desire loving
kindness and not sacrifice and the
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
And to Wind Up Dinner
Comes Turkish Coffee

Turkish coffee is inevitable with a
Syrian dinner. 1t Is brought to the
table in little brass pot with long
handle, freshly made especially for
you. 1t is as thick as a rich choco-
late and very sweet. The host exerts
himself to satisfy you. He laments
that he has no ice cream, but recon-
mends the halawee or the starch pud-
ding. You try them both. Halawee is
something made from crushed sesame
seed and sugar. 1t is very fiaky at
first, but the more you chew it the
stickier 1t becomes. The flavor is de-
licious, IL youOlike it. The cornstarch
pudding with the ubiquitous pignola
nut is perfumed with some delicate
unfamiliar extract, which the host in
forms you is orange flower water.
The little brass coffee pots may be
bought in most of the stores along
Washington street. The tiny ones
that hold a scant cupful look almost
unbalanced with the long handles.
The shopkeeper will tell you that the
handle must be long because in Syria
they cook over charcoal fires. and even
If you are cooking over gas it is con-
NeIieIlI W IlIl the pot OlI llie lTe iHe
instant the coffee begins to boil over.
Always in the same shops with the
brass coffee pots are to be found the
narghiles. A narghile Is made of
painted glass and brass tubes and
bead fringes and crystal danglers, and
1t looks like a Victorian parlor lamp.
1t is used in smoking tobacco. There
is n little howl at the top for the to-
bacco and a brass tube that runs down
inside glass base. Then there is a
little spout that connects with the
brass at the same point, and onto this
spout is fitted a couple of yards OF
red and gilt flexible hose, like the con-
nections Of light housekeeping hot
plate. In operation the glass base Is
half filed with water. the tobacco in
the bowl at the top is ignited, and the
smoker applies suction at the other
end of the hose. No one but chem
list or a homebrew expert will under
stand how the smoker gets smoke in-
stead of water.
Probably Haddad still enjoys his
narghile after busy day at the lace
shop. The washed smoke is said to be
cool and devoid OF sting. If he is very
sociable perhaps he supports a double
or triple socket narghile with extra
connections for visitors.
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Special Correspondence to THE NEW York
New York Herald Bureau,
Rome, June 10. {

HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Rome, June 10.
A visit of unusual interest to Amer
lean architects and artists will be that
of Mr.. William Walcot, the English
etcher, to New York and otker East
ern cities this fall. The architectural
etchings of the distinguished artist
have been known in America for some
time.
Mr. Walcot's errand is a partic-
ularly interesting one. Coming from
a background of thirty years work
and study in Russia, Italy, Spain and
France, he is visiting the New World
for the first time to make etchings of
Americas finest buildings.
What Mr.. Walcot has been able to
accomplish in reproducing ancient
civilizations he has also done with
contemporary life. and some of the
most revealing etchings of modern
buildings hanging in European gal
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
Bibles History Stumbling Block to Orthodox;
Student Of Holy Book Analyses It's Inheritance

knowledge of God more than burnt
offerings is the substance of the new
spiritual message.
Under the influence of this teaching
Deuteronomy, perhaps the most spirit
ual book of the Old Testament. was
compiled. 1t is prophetic reformula-
tion of earlier codes. and with it's
teaching as to Capitalization of wor-
skip at Jerusalem profoundly modified
the conception of the later church.
Then as now, however, there were two
conceptions of religion-the priestly
and the prophetic, tie Catholic and
the Protestant. the Aristotelian and
the Platonic. How far the prophetic
teaching Influenced the current ortho-
doxy is still doubtful. Certainly TIE
priestly standpoint was very much in
evidence during the years of captivity
in Babylonia; and in the sixth and
fifth centuries, members of this caste
compiled, In part relying upon Baby
lonian theology, what Is called the
Priestly Codex, dry, legalistic docu-
ment, with its long genealogies, rubri-
cal directions and liturgical explana-
tions as to tie origin of festivals and
fasts.
The final step in the formation of
the Jewish Law is the welding to-
gether of these various codes into one
more or less harmonious whole, done
by Ezra and his successors in tie
fifth and following centuries. First
comes a piece from the priests code
the first chapter of Genesis-then
parallel narrative from an earlier
code; hence the entirely different story
Of creation in chapter 2-narratives
which: under no conceivable circum-
stances can be harmonized, and which
indeed do not require such treatment,
for they represent two stages. sepa-
rated by several centuries. in the evo-
luton of the knowledge of God. And
so all the way through. Sometimes a
sentence from one, then a sentence
from another sometimes an entire
document, and the result is not only
the five books which to-day stand first
in our Bible. but several more as well,
the several portions of which, date
from the ninth to the fifth century
B. G.
Following the Restoration in the
sixth century, the prophets message
became formal and stereotyped, and
as result their influence waned. AT
length, with Malachi" in the fifth
century, the prophetic succession is
brought to a close. and there is no
longer an official interpreter of the
Divine mind. Coincidently there is
brought to Jerusalem the completed
Law, and the succeeding centuries
witness the rise and ultimate predomi-
nance Of the legalistic theologians.
Then ApocaIyptic Writers
Confused tie Spirit
Through these two factors, n IS the
troubled political situation in thu two
centuries before Christ. comes into be-
ing the Apocalyptic writer's, who carry
on and develop the serial story until
it is taken up by the Founder of
Christianity and His followers. Writ
irg. for the most part. in Galilee, these
pseudonymous mystics and seers, of
which the author of the book Of Dan
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registering the evolution of the knowl-
edge of God, first in one branch of the
Semitic race known as the Hebrews,
and then, through them, carrying on
the process to the followers of the
NaZarene in the Jewish and Greco
Roman world up to about A. D. 100
The Old Testament, consisting of
thirty-nine volumes, falls, like Gaul,
into three broad divisions, known re-
spectively as the Law. the Prophets
and the Other Writings, and canon
lied or treated as authoritative re-
spectively about B. c. 800, 200, 100.
Eut, although the Law. the nucleus
Of the Hebrew Bible, was the first por-
ton to be canonized, in it's present
form it is far from being the earliest
portion of the Hebrew Bible. Folk
song and ballad were the earliest form
of literature among this people, few
extracts only of which have survived.
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What's Money For? Asks the Alien

zel in convulsions. How 1t is manu-
factured I cannot imagine. but itA
structure Is thin walled convoluted
tube Of pastry containing a thick
syrup.
The stores along Washington street
carry balm for the homesick Syrian
and exotic and interesting discoveries
for the inquisitive American. You won
der what things taste like. what things
are used for. The grocery looks IA
niliar with its pickle barrels and bins
of cornmeal and split peas. The fix
lures are familiar, but the stock?
Ripe olives and picked hot peppers in
the barrels, and in the bins crushed
wheat, whole wheat kernels. sesame
seed. pignola nuts, pistachio nuts,
beans the size Of grain of barley and
peas the size of a hazel nut, lentils,
rice and grains you never heard of
before. The grocer has a small onin-
ion of the coniectioner's apricot paste.
He brings out his own style two or
three square yards of ii, and offers
you a piece the size of quilt patch.
II is the color thickness and texture
of tan shoe leather, but incredibly 1t
tastes like apricots.
In the restaurant you identify somo
of these raw materials in the cookery.
Pignola nuts are used in all kinds Of
dishes. They look like plump white
grubs but taste much better, l pre-
sumo. Stuffed cabbage leaves and
stuffed grape leaves are filled with the
same mixture of rice and meat. The
grape leaves are salted down in brine
each summer, a supply sufficient for
the ensuing year.
The Syrian Idea of salad is rather
startling to the uninitiated. A dish
listed on the menu as "laban and Gu
cumber salad" appears on the table
as a peculiar white mass with pale
green Jumps in it and some dark
green pepper on top. If you have the
courage to taste it you identify the
white stuff instantly-sour milk. Or,
rather cottage cheese with ar arrest
ed development. 1t is the curd of
freshly soured milk, and is considered
a great delicacy. AS a matter of fact.
with cucumber, and the sprinkling OF
dried mint adds just the right
piquancy. Meat occurs in most of the
dishes, but usually in a casual way.
1t is combined in stews and hashes
with rice or crushed wheat or veg
etables, sometimes with a delicious,
rich tomato sauce. "Kabbah." lamb
and crushed wheat is almost a ma
tional institution with the Syrians.
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Sole Use of Money
Is to Buy Comfort

Haddad is good spender as we'll as
a good business man. What else is
money for?" is his philosophy He is
not extravagant, but he appreciates
comfort and some luxury. His stand
ards are American. He Is so American
that he is almost afraid the Syrian
legends Elizabeth tells the children
will make them less American, but
Elizabeth only smiles.
These arc the tales she tells the chill
dren: THE holiest night Of the year is
Epiphany eve, the twelfth night after
christmas. If you throw water from
the wei! just at midnight it will turn
to gold. II you make any wish and
have faith in it's fulfillment it will
come to pass. On that night Christ
walks on the earth and all the trees
bow down as he passes-all but the
mulberry tree and the olive tree and
the fig tree. The mulberry tree is
proud because it bears the leaves that
feed the worms that spin the silk, and
the olive treeis proud because it yields
rich, golden oil. The fig tree will not
bow because it remembers the curse
pronounced against it for unfruitful-
ness.
I'm my village 1t Is said that II water
is placed in vessels under the bowling
trees at midnight it is changed to gold.
But it requires great faith for this
miracle. I have never seen 1t. Yet
there is the tale of the unbelieving
old woman with the red cap. She took
water in tub and carried it to tree
and sat beside 1t. saying. Now / will
see il there is any truth in this fool
ish talk about gold. l will sit here
awake all night and watch the trees
bow. IL they bow But because of her
unbelief God sent sleep upon her and
when she awoke it was day. And then
she looked about her and the water in
the tub was still water, because she
did not have faith, but away up in the
topmost branches Of the tree her red
cap was hanging. The tree had bowed
and, rising, had carried her red cap
with it."
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they are capable of assimilating. AS
they advance mentally and spiritually
more will be given, and this will in
volve a modification of their earlier
belief. Now this truth of progressive
revelation, which the mere tradition
alist has so completely lost sight of,
runs right through not only the docu-
ments of the Bible, but all human his
tory. The old is constantly being dis
placed in favor Of the lew, and a more
adequate religious conception is the
result. In the documents of the Bible
we see the progress as illustrated in
that race which has consistently
looked out on life from the standpoint
of religion.