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New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

lime Porte, by representatives of Ke-
NAL Pasha and by representatives OF
every other Turkish interest.
II have received telegram from
Athens saying that the American Epis-
copal recognition of Metaxakis has
caused such disorders in Greece that
even Vcnizclists now join themselves to
the majority in opposition to this vio-
lation of every Greek Church rule
"A meeting of all bishops demands
of the government such steps as may
be necessary to protect that very large
proportion OF the Christian population
in Turkey which will not be protected
by the new friendship between Pope
and Sultan"
Wicked Deed Done In
America, Declares Bishop
The picturesque, tall, slender Bishop,
impressive in his long black robe,
made still more unusual by jet black
hair and beard and vast black goggles,
rose from his chair and paced the floor
Excitedly he took off the goggles, re-
vealing mystic, fiery eyes. He waved
the goggles as a musical conductor
might wave his baton.
"This wicked deed has been done
in Americal" he cried, but added
Enough not Intentionally joined in by
Americans.
"When the rebel Venizelos came from
Salonica to Athens he swept out all
dcccncies, including the Church, exil-
ing twenty eight Greek bishops and,
without respect to law, bringing to
Athens Mctaxakis, another rebel, to
make him ropolitan-greater than
an Archbishop"
He clapped his hands. Instantly ap-
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persons whose finger lines show the
characteristic signs, that there may,
under certain conditions, come offspring
with the suspicious lines denoting
idiocy. 1t will therefore be we'll for
the maiden to look, not as formerly at
the face of her chosen idol, but rather
at his fingers; and he who wants to
bestow his "hand" upon a maiden will
above all want to search for the sus-
picious lines on her hand. 1t will also
be possible to tell parents from the
characteristic dactylograms whether
they will have offspring with the finger
lines denoting idiocy-if this should
not be perceived otherwise.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

IACtU0SCt0SB
The French press has been concerned
with Djouro Chemdine, who is said to
be 1854 years old.
"Is it possible" Parisians ask, "to
reach such an age?"
The reason for believing 1t true is
that Djouro Chemdine is a native OF
Turkey, where centenarians abound
Perhaps the Orientals owe this priv
ilege to the filial respect which is one
of their virtues and which most re.
ligions have always made q passport
to long life.
Unfortunately, however, according to
"Le Journal de Debats," this reason for
believing Is also q reason for doubling
! Precisely because he Is q Turk, M
Djouro Chemdine seems liable to for
getfulness Of his age. Tho civil ad-
ministration in his country difYer%
from him himself in that it is still
in its infancy, and tho records are kept
there with an irregularity which for
merly must have been even worse than
at present. Tho custom survives Of
referring the ago Of individuals to the
reign Of the khalifs under which they
were born, a way Of counting very In
definite when the khalif has ruled q
dozen lustres or more. The, same is
true of all peoples Of the East. One
day in Cairo traveller, who visited q
roeo,,s rnder the amiable conduct Of
a learned official who spoke French as
Partisan, saw his guide approach q
robust old man who wore a green tur-
ban and so fresh looking that one
would not have thought him more than
sixty-eight years Of age. ~
"He is over 1c0 years DID," said the
obliging official to the tourist. "'Ar,d
how do they know?" "He recites from
memory the list Of the sultans for the
last one and half centuries"
This by no means indicates that re-
ports Of great longevity can never be
true. Many persons will be sstonished
when they are told that the prelate
who baptized Napoleon III had been
rocked on the knees Of daughter-in'
law Of Charles TX. And yet it is the
exact truth; such having been the case
Of Cardinal de Belloy, Archbishop Of
Paris. Dead in 1903. few years aftef
the baptism Of the future Emperor, ne
was born in 100 under Louis XIV, and
had known when = child Frsneoise a
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
The Earliess Man

English anthropologists and archaol-
ogists have started lively discussion
about the fossil skull unearthed at the
Broken Eiil Mine of Northern Rhode
sia, which is expected to prove to be
the earliest type Of man yet discovered.
AS curiosity it is remarked that
all the teeth of the skull are decayed
The English anthropologists observe
that the Rhodesian cave dweller must
have suffered more from toothache than
his European descendant.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
oph Shakes the Foundations ofthe Greek Church
Election of Metaxakis Draws
Religious World Into Conflict
Elevation to Patriarch by Vote of Four Men Causes
Majority of Holy Synod to Rebel and
Sultan Seizes Reins

Constantinople, have been we'll organ.
lied and are the influence which h.s
aone most to protect Christianu
throughout Mahometan countries from
violation and massacre" said he.
Now, the Sublime Porte, declaring
after investigation that the election Of
Metaxakis was illegal, recognizes none
as head Of the Greek Church. The
Pope OF the Roman Catholic Church
has followed that curse necessary to
obtain protection for all Roman Catho-
lies, but all other Christians in Ma
hometan countries throughout the
world must suffer consequences---some
OF which conceivably may be very grim
| and terrible If spark falls on the
waiting powder.
'The Sultan can justify his action.
Naturally all the Metropolitans Of all
the involved countries protested the
so-called election to the Sublime Porte.
What could he do but smile? It was
proof of a division among Christians.
Mahometans ever stand united.
Christians Without leadership
For First Time In Centuries
of you, yourselves, cannot respect
the rules which you have laid down
for the government of your Christian
church, you cannot expect me to take
sides,' was, in substance. what the
Sultan said.
"Therefore, shall recognize neither
claimant to the patriarchatc.
"'Hitherto have left the Christians
throughout Turkey and her possessions,
Of which l am the spiritual and DO
litical head, and throughout the other
Mahometan countries, of which / am
the spiritual head. under the rule of
the Patriarchs Of the Greek Church.
Always l have respected and protected
the Greek patriarchs. In Constanti-
nople the Patriarch actually has shared
my rule and has worn crown which
I have recognized.
"'But now what can do? You
quarrel among yourselves. You have
no head.
Therefore l shall take all the
Christians in all Turkish territory un-
der Turkish rule. From now on these
twenty-five million followers Of the
Christian God, although hitherto
have permitted them their own reliE-
ion, their own rules Of life, and even
in sense their own government (for
they have had their own courts and in
many ways have not been answerable
to Turkish authority, now shall take
under my rule, for they have none Of
their own which they all recognize.'
ut was Immediately after the defeat
of all the Venizelists by all the people
at the polls that Metaxakis, a parti-
san of the rebuked man, fed from
Greece with him.
Straight from that tremendous
downfall and after the pregnant warn
ing issued by the Sublime Porte he
came to the United States and secured
recognition here from those churchmen
who took the situation upon faith and
made no investigation.
"Among his own people only those
Greeks here who sympathize with
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
The Teu.Tale Line.

We have often condemned as swim
dlers the gypsy fortune tellers who
read our destinies in our hands. But,
according to the latest researches Of
Professor Poll, which he communicated
to the Berlin Society for Psychology
and Nervous Diseases, there are to be
found on the fingers of idiots quite
definite designs made up Of fine lines.
These designs, according to Polls ex-
animation Of 1900 mentally diseased
and 1900 mentally healthy persons,
seem to result from the combination
Of definite dactylograms Of the an
cestors Of normal persons.
That means, from the union Of two
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

in the "Vossichc Zeitung,' has been
kept up among the Malays for many
centuries, although they are mostly
Mahometans, in striking contrast to
the. Malays of Java. There is nothing
of the gentle, submissive conduct Of
the Javanese women. The most impor-
tant institution Of the matriarchate
does not permit man and woman a
common home after marriage, but each
party remains in the house Of the
mother, so that family home is out
Of the question. The mother, the wife,
always remains the commanding head
Of the house, and the children are
committed to her charge. The father
is SO much estrangcd from them that
they are not even permitted to accept
a present from him. There can, Of
course, be no question of any develop
ment of spiritual life of mutual sup
porting and aiding. You never notice
in the hard, naughty features of the
women that harmless cheerfulness and
amiable affability so often to be found
in the gentler, more delicate faces Of
the Javanese.
The matriarchate of the Sumatrans
finds a striking expression in the style
of their houses Of bamboo and palm
leaves. When daughter Of family
marries q new annex is built for her.
This is later repeated, and in this way
there result long stretched lake dwell
ings with six, eight and more succs
sive large roofs. The front house has
then been transformed into one large
unpartitioned space, which serves the
family as common meeting place.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
What Is in a Name?

In "Mandragore" the German novel
ist Ewers tells the story of young
drunkard whose name had an essential
influence upon his destiny. At his birth
his father, whose name was Brunner,
called him Marco, for joke. All the
family was sober, but Marco from his
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

youth was addicted to drink and,
strangely to say, would drink only
Marcobrunner, highly esteemed Rhine
wine.
! He used to say, "Marco Brunner alb.
sorbs Marcobrunner, but Marcobrunnel
so it came to pass.
Was not Landru likewise the victim
Of his name? A correspondent writes
to "Le Petit Parisien": ut was thought
that the name Landru and Landry were
Of a common origin; now, since the
Middle Ages Landry has been a prope,
name and no Landru is to be found
We have to go to the eighteenth cen
tury to discover the word that has dis
appeared: landreux, landraire, which
signified infirm, sickly or convalescent
and person complaining of some
physical infrmity."
Landreux itself has its eource in the
Celtic or low Britain language, and is
said to be derived from landreant
which signifies: idler, 'sluggard. Has
not the president Of the Assizes Of the
Seine-et-Oise remarked that Landru
has had horror Of work since leaving
his regiment?
Is not the man Of Gambais justified
in charging much Of his moral de-
cadence to his ancestor who, two CEN
turies ago, founded the line of Landru
Where the Woman Rules
Equality" according to q Hibernian
philosopher, means not merely that
one man is as good as another, but
that he's 20 dom'd sight better!" So
in Sumatra, equality Of the sexes seems
to mean that the female Of the species
is ever 80 much superior to the male.
Polygamy we have often heard Of, and
| it still exists in some. places. Polyan-
dry is perhaps less known, but it is no
less real. But different from both is
the matriarchate which prevails
among the primitive Mslsys Of suma-
ira. =
Professor Haeckel, in 1902, spent a
long time in the interior Of the island
and in a letter Of his travels tells very
interesting details about that rule Of
women which imparts to the whole
landscape (Padang)-even in the con-
struction Of the houses singular
character.
The rule Of woman, says a writez
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
By Edward Marshall

a TREMENDOUS split has come
~ in one Of the worlds four
4 n great religious divisions--th.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
Aetsxakis Is Elected by
Four Members Of Synod

When it was decided to defy the
rules and proceed, one Of the FIVE, pro-
testing and alarmed, fed from the
foon1-an episode which by novelist
or playwright might be made almost as
dramatic as the quick death Of the
"feek patriarch at the British Kings
feet
ihe remaining four, defiant of all
''7Ss voted. 1t is upon this vote that
'"c ufeek churchman Metaxakis, now
>" Inc United States, bases his claim
~ "s'e been elected-that claim which
'ss been recognized by only minority
y" 'ae Greeks, but which has been
accepted by the whole Protestant Epis-
''psi Church Of the United States.
In Greece the whole thing has be-
como political affair and Metaxakis a
p0"s'csi figure, his election having
ssso repudiated by the King, but up
''s'o oy the Venizelists, who have lost
ground at home until their leaders all
''Se been exiled, In spite of the sup
port given them by various outside
governments"
nc bishop then proceeded to tell me
" 'ne situations extreme gravity.
The relations between the Greek
.auscn and the Sultan of Turkey, who
's'rss power with the patriarch at
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23

"Rogers Group" on its onyx stand
were all Of the hideous mid-Vic-
torian period.
The top Of an ebony piano and a
corner "what-not" were Uttered with
cabinet" photographs, plush al
bum, gilded horseshoe. hand-painted
plaque Of water lilies, shell boxes
and other atrocious bric-a-brac.
The furnishings in the back par.
lor were even more hopeless. The
mantel, with its ball-fringed LAM
breuuin. held some wax flowers
under glass, painted conch shell,
and a large photograph of Aunt
Sarah and Uncle John taken on
their wedding trip and framed with
ghded pine cones.
Over the mantel hung the inspira-
tional motto: "No Cross - No
Crown" BY the CRATE was china
spittoon wreathed with moss roses
Flanking the center marble top
table were two large Spring rock
ers. their plush backs and arms pro-
tected by crocheted "tidies."
Dear. there isn't thing here
we can use" murmured Helen.
eyes. it's pretty bad. Won't
bring enough at auction to pay to
move it. =,
Helen thought of the BAD Taste
exhibition held last winter by 4
group of humorously inclined artists
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23
The Married Life Of Helen and Warren

Horrors of the Awful Eighties"
they had called it. But it had been
no worse than this.
Though she had hardly known
this austere, recluse great aunt Of
Warren's, yet her sense of respect
restrained her critical comments.
The dining room was laid with the
same, Brussels carpet of cabbage rose
design that covered both the front
and back parlors.
On the cumbersome black walnut
sdeboard were castor" a pom
derous silver-plated water set with a
swinging pitcher, and a glass cake
stand. Fish, game and fruit pic
lures in ornate frames adorned the
walls. .. J...
Here's some good table linen"
Helen had opened the lower part Of
the sideboard. 1--WE could use that
And the bed linen-there ought to
be some fine old linen sheets. Let's
go upstairs now-there's nothing
down here"
Up the carpeted, brass-rodded
steps, and they entered the large
spare room.
"Oh, I'd love to have this quilt"
Helen slnoothed the patchwork
quilt on the heavy walnut bed. "And
here's that sewing tablet do want
this"
The Colonial mahogany sewing
Turn 10 PAGE Seyen.)
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23

nounced. She picked it up and studied 1t, at
first with amazement. then with growing in
terest. Slowly she read it aloud: ....
1.-TWO p. m.: Take Fifth avenue bus to end
OF line, and back again to Eightysxth street.
There enter Central park and visit Metropoli-
tan museum. Four p m: Have tea at park
casino. Home $780,.
THAT would be rather nice" she murmured
thoughtfully.
1T will be mighty nice. And it's only the
beginning. Hereafter, for a while at least, I'm
going to map out your days for you. Tomorrow
you will go to the best matinee in town. I'd
have started with that today. but there's nothing
but moving pictures on Tuesdays and we see
enough Of them in the evenings. By the time
I've arranged your daily programs for a few
weeks you'll know New York inside and out.
In the evenings. II you are not too tired" he
added facetiously, well go to things together,
when we feel like it, as we've always DONE"
"Billy, you really are wonderful" There
was awe in her eyes she gazed at him.
Don't be too sure of that till we've tried out
my plan. But think it's going to work. New
Yorks mighty Interesting place, and there's
a lot Of variety in it,
1t seemed to work with the efficiency Of the
traditional new broom. Following her hus-
bands typewriter schedule handed to her
promptly each morning-for Billy never forgot
this detail Of his days routine-young Mrs.
Blake searched the heart Of the great city.
She saw its pictures and its plays and she heard
its music. She visited its parks. Its river front,
1t Ghetto, its Chinatown it's artistic haunts, and
its suburbs. She lunched at the Blue Pig, drank
tea at the Black Cat, and dined with her hus-
band on the roofs OF mighty hotels She
learned to know its great shops as she knew
her pockets, and its taxicabs and trolleys had no
secrets from her
Nevertheless, at the end Of two months she
abruptly announced at dinner one night that
she would like to go home the next day.
TITS coming again, Billy" she said al
most desperately. 'And there's only one cure
for It,"
Billy knew too well what it
'.All right he said promptly. Start
as you like But can't go with you Of course,
In the middle Of the week"
ut won't cost you anything" Ruth ex-
planned. Uncle George sent a birthday
check last Thursday. 1t will pay all the ex-
penses."
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23

Dear, don't you think the fairest
way would be to choose in turns?"
ANY way'll suit me. Good after
noon, Mary" as an elderly maid who
had been with Aunt Sarah for years
opened the door. "Has Mrs. Edwards
come yeti"
Eyes, Miss Carrie was here this
mornin' goin' over the house" usher
ing them into the long, gloomy par
lor. "Said she'd be back at 4 to meet
YOU"
Helen had not been in the house
since the funeral, and now shudder-
ingly she glanced into the back parlor
where Aunt Sarah had laid in state.
The air seemed still heavy with the
flowers that had covered the coffin.
"One OF us'll have to take those
family portraits" announced War
rem.
Dear, we can't! Where could we
hang them?"
"Well, If Carrie won't we'll have
to. We can't let 'em go to auction :
Old oil portraits would have been
welcome, but these were horrible
crayon likenesses of Aunt Sarah and
Uncle John in gilt and velvet
frames.
Everything in that long dismal
front parlor was impossible-neither
antique nor modern. The walnut
parlor suite, nailed-down carpet and
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23

She snuggled closer into the hollow Of his
arm.
IT never realize It. either, when you are
with me-" she explained simply. but, you see,
you are gone from $3.50 in the morning till $3.50
at night. That's nine hours when I'm abso-
lutely alone. without soul to speak to. Even
the provisions come up on the dumb waiter.
OF course go out and do our marketing three
times week, but can't stretch that over more
than an hour, no matter how much I dawdle
'If had more to do" she went on slowly,
thinking the situation out as she talked, 'it
would be easier. But the apartment is new.
and everything in 1t is new. My housework is
done by 10 in the morning. All our clothes are
new, too There isn't even any sewing or mend
ing for me- I'm not fond Of fancy work. and
can't read all the time. So from 10 till $3.50
merely sit around and wait for you to come
home"
He almost groaned.
I'D cut my throat after week Of that sort
Of thing" he admitted. "And you are used to
a big house and a family and neighbors running
in and out all day long! But you'll make some
friends here in time. Don't you think you
.will?" he added wistfully.
II don't know who they'll be- Ruth spoke
rather duly. Already her husband felt the
shadow Of the loneliness that must follow her
return was falling upon her. 1--WE heard how
it 10 in New York apartment houses. One never
the hall might Just Is well be living in Iceland.
SO far, az meeting her 10 concerned" She
laughed little. II rather expected to get some
comfort out of Mrs. Bailey. the laundress." she
admitted. "She comes one day . week, and
she's good, motherly soul. But she does al
her work down in the basement" she ended
with sigh. $50 only see her when she comes
for the clothes in the morning and brings them
back at night. keep her talking then as long
I can"
Billy listened with an actual contraction Of
the heart This was the existence to which he
had reduced the belle Of Boydenville. He was
a young man Of imagination, and the picture
of his brides empty days appalled, him.
ITS mighty serious situation" he de.
clared at last. I've got to do something about
it,
What he did was revealed to Ruth "a hours
later, when, at breakfast. he laid typewriter
. slip fof paper on her plate.
"Your program for the day." he airiy an
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-23
Family Greed Intrudes Upon til
Equitable Division Of Aunt
Sarah's Effects.

Dear, there's only three things l
really want-the hall clock, the sew
ing table upstairs, and that small
Kashmir rug in the back parlor."
II don't know about that sewing
table," Warren steered her over a
muddy crossing. Think Carrie said
something about wanting that"
"She has one protested Helen.
It's just because she knows l want
it."
Now, if you two get to scrapping
Ill send the whole lot to auc-
ton"
But Carrie has so much room
She can take some OF the big things" f"
well here we are" turning up
the steps Of an old brownstone
house.
1t had been three months since
Warren's Great-Aunt Sarah had died.
He was one OF the executors and her
will stipulated that he and his sister
Carrie should select what articles
they desired, before her household
effects were sold at auction for the
benefit of an old ladies' home.
knowing Carries procEvity for
getting the best of everything. Helen
was wondering just how their selec-
tions would be made.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-19

days ~ the guests OF Mr.. and M,r.
John r. etoops.
Albert q. I-orenx. OF Philadsiphia.
spent the weekend al the guest ~
Mr.. and Mrs. John #. stoops.
Yesterday afternoon the members
~ the siren committee Of the Good
VIII Fire Company begun 90 install
20 feet Of 2 inch pipe for the erection
Of the recently purchased siren. The
siren will be erected % feet above the
bell tower. I'm order that the sound
may he heard throughout the city and
vicinity.
Leather handbags. womens silk
and wooden hose, all silk hose. vanity
cases and Ever Sharp pencils at Nc
CalliL's.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Mandelowit2
on Sunday visited Philadelphia and
met the parents OF Mrs. Mandelowitz
who just arrived from Russia. This
IL their first meeting In. % years.
a fine lot Of Balsam. fr and finger
pine. Christmas trees. just arrived
from Canada. Reasonable prices. 81
East Fourth street and 10 East
Third strect.--Adv.
Jewelry and Jewclry. Bridgewater
ADV