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news of the world for the
seven days ended August IL.
The British Empire. Some weeks
ago 1t was arranged that Reginald
Mckenna should. on completion of his
recovery from an illness, assume the
office of chancellor of exchequer,
and there was joy among the conserv-
atives at gaining, and correspond
Ing dfsmay among the liberals at
losing, SO doughty a champion. But
now 1t is announced that Mr.. Nc
kenna has withdrawn from the
agreement. Since 1t is understood
that he has regained his health, spec
ulation is rife as to the motive of be-
win. Has Mr. Mckenna retergfver-
sated, or what?
The Irish parliament was dissolved
on August 9. General elections will
be held on August 27 and the new
parliament will meet on September
19. For a considerable time now
there has been little disturbance in
Ireland. The next few weeks Will be
critical and should show whether or
not the peace is genuine and assured
of continuance.
X X
France. The franc fell to the value
of SGT cents on New York exchange
on August s. 1t was worth 7.44 cents
on January 2, and has since steadily
declined. The causes of the decline
are obscure, as is so often the case in
modern finances; that decline does
not accurately reflect economic con-
ditions.
The new styles for women are out
out to the relief of more than half
the human race. including the tailors
the milliners, the hunters of bright
plumaged birds and the furry tribes
and the other male millions whose
lives are consecrated to the enhance
ment of feminine beauty-as though
forsooth, that were possible. In other
words, Molyneux, Rollande, Lenief
Bianchini, Madeline. Drecoll and 9TH
ers are exhibiting. It. is greatly to
the credit of these artists that the
new styles by their somber hues and
simplicity of cut are made to reflect
the mood of depression that shadows
are making. A discreditable excep-
ton Is Drecoll, who goes to the op-
posite extreme, preferring the bur-
mese and Russian silhouettes to the
simple silhouette of 1880, using Bur
mese motif in decoration, brilliant red
Innings, capes which fall in volcano
lines from the height of the ears" and
SUCH luke -RehyloniaQ -yaptues, not to
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with the question of curtailment of
Preparations and that this is a matter
that requires special treatment at
logical time, that time being after
the allies have indicated their mini
/ mum demands upon Germany, and
some steps have been taken toward
giving a chance for Germanic re-
covery. BY agreeing to cancel debts
outright before other allies are COM
mitted to some plan of ending the
PREPARATIONS and Ruhr. deadlock would
he surrendering the last effective club
in the hands of the British govern
ment and it is not believed that
Premier Baldwin will surrender it
under any circumstances until aSSur-
ances are received and made effective
that a course of procedure more at
tune to the British thesis is adopted.
England may be willing to listen to
the suggestion that England abandon
loans commensurate with the c bonds.
which 1t is declared by Belgium
should and could be surrendered as
VI step in the general adjustment. but
1t is not to be expected that the
present British government would go
further.
However, Belgium's efforts may
throw the whole matter into the
hands of an interallied conference
and in view of the critical situation
in Germany it is believed that any
such conference would be forced by
circumstances to bring about modifi-
cation of various nationaliStic plans.
Feel Drop Of Franc.
English financiers have given both
Paris and Brussels a taste of what
they have it within their power to
In oil oil
continue their present courses. Paris
blames them for the marked forcing
down of the value of the franc in
both countries. the French franc
going down to as low as 17.5 to the
dollar during the past week. Both
France and Belgium profess their in
difference but in view of the strenu-
Gus efforts made by both to check the
descent they have been unable to do
so materially. Coming at this time
when British power has been flouted
by Poincare, the whole financial
movement is significant. 1t may lend
considerable weight to the coming
British note.
Premier Poincare continues to be-
1ieve that Germany Is near complete
collapse or admittance that the policy
of resistance in the Ruhr Is not cor
rect. In the former premise. accord
ang to advices, he is correct.
German Situation Bad.
During the past week German
money sunk to unheard-of levels.
During the first seven days of August
1880, ,000,000,0O0 paper marks were
issued, making a total in circulation
of $43,5s4,O0o. 100000. The result has
been complete disorganizatton of the
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siderable body of the Moro fanatics,
in which 290 of the latter were killed.
Thereafter many of the Moros vowed
vengeance, swearing upon the ko-
ran. A few months ago another
attack was made upon the constabu-
men received the reward of rash
piety. This contretemps merely
served to whet the resolution of the
survivors. The other day they sent
little "ultimatum" to Gov Santof
Of the Lanao district. on the Island
of Mindanao, requiring him to turn
over to them a lieutenant and forty
privates of the constabulary detach-
ment which dealt with them SO
shrewdly away back in 1920; else. said
the ultimatum, they would burn all
the schoolhouses, demolish all the
telephone lines and kill every moth
er's son of an infidel. Result: Forty
six more of them dispatched to. SS!n
the "black-eyed damsels" in the Mo-
hammedan paradise. Three of the
constabulary were wounded.
Miscellaneous According to a
statement made by an expert of our
State Department at the session of
the institute of politics now on at
Williams College, the United States
has II per cent of the worlds petro-
leum, and the British empire per
cent plus per cent under its con-
troll in Mesopotamia and Persia. A
British spokesman declared. on the
contrary, that the United States has
60 per cent of the existing deposits
and the British empire only per
cent, there being no oil at all In the
British Isles. The doctors seem to
disagree on this matter of great
Importance.
The International Association of
Dancing has been in session at the
Hotel Commodore. New York. during
the past week. "Nave's" waltz Qnto
which have been incorporated the
waltz, the pivot. the delcoro, the
promenade and the turn and point")
and the bambalina fox trot have been
indorsed as both chaste and exhflarat-
ing. II appears that the genius of
South America is to the fore in the
terpsichorean art
AS observed from Teneriffe, Mars is
showing extraordinary changes. There
seems to have been great canal de-
velopment much like that In Ger
many since the armistice. Maybe
some of the Martians are easing their
money that way. instead of paying
.reparations. ..-.-----..-.
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Will Mark Private Life of New White House Family
Reminiscence of Rooseveltian
Days Suggested by Prospective
Presence of Two Young Sons.

children's clothes and always worked
all Of the buttonholes. every woman
in the United States sat up and took
notice. When the Roosevelt boys
brought their gamecocks and other
pets to the White House the whole
country cared about it. About their
ponies, their dogs, their bicycles and
their fun generally.
Just so they are thinking about Mrs.
Coolidge in the White House, and of
her boys. What can she do to take
the place of Mrs. Roosevelt's accom-
plishment in working buttonholes?
A Good Housekeeper.
Mrs. Coolidge is a more than ordi-
narily good housekeeper. even along
the homeliest and most unornamental
lines. There is no task of housekeep-
ing she has not and cannot perform.
She is dainty in everything she does,
and surely Mrs. Mulvey in the White
House kitchen never compounded such
delicious cookies for Charley Taft. nor
the ancient Aunt Della of President
Taft, such pies as Mrs. Coolidge can
construct. She can sew, and besides
being accomplished along many other
domestic lines she is a good reader,
and hence a good talker.
But, strictly speaking, it never
would overtax the nerves or strength
Of a cook to prepare what the Presi-
dent likes to eat. He is as simple
as a child in his diet-partly from
physical necessity-and is said to
always have been a frugal eater.
One Of his best political friends in
Massachusetts tells the story of how.
when they were campaigning to-
gether, Mr.. Coolidge arrived at a
famous inn at Stockbridge. where he
was to take breakfast. A menu
bearing all the toothsome things of
the season was handed him. with the
remark that as he was starting out
on a strenuous days work he must
order a hearty breakfast. Turning
to the waiter. Mr.. Coolidge said.
We'll. bring me some dry toast and
| pot of tea" That was his break
fast. He does not care to dine in
state, but is nevertheless an agree
able guest.
Fond of Music and Sons.
Mrs. Coolidge is fond of music and
! her sons-John, born in September.
1906. and Calvin, born in April. 1908.
Both enjoy the gift with her. John
loves his violin, and Calvin. though
little superficial in his accomplish
ment, dearly loves to pick his banjo.
| 1t is pretty safe to say that the music
room on the second floor of the
White House will compete with the
tennis court for the attention of both
boys. Mrs. Coolidge is an athlete. as are
most college women-she graduated
is fond OF tennis. playing with great
skill, and both swims and dances.
| All of last season, and especially
during the early heated term, while
Congress was in session. Mrs
Coolidge was a regular attendant at
a swimming pool in Washington, div
ing, swimming and splashing about
with great gusto. She, however. ask
ed that her little pastime be not
mentioned publicly, as she did not
care to have any snapshots or moving
pictures of herself taken in bathing
costume.
Seldom Attend Theater.
| In their two seasons in Washington
the Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge
seldom attended the theater. and one
of the great bugaboos of the Presi-
dent in a ball. He likes them for
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commissioner and assistant secretary
of the Navy: Mrs. Taft serving in the
cabinet as the wife of the Secretary
Of War. and President Wilson's: last
wife having been a resident of, the
capital for many years before becom-
ing mistress of the White House.
However, it is of the woman herself
who sits in the howdah that the pub
lie is most thinking. When a news
paper woman years ago wrote that
Mrs Roosevelt helped to make her
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inauguration day when President
Harding was installed in office.
Fate has been particularly kind in
the last few administrations in plac-
ing in the White House women who
are not strangers to Washington So
ciety. Going not farther back than
the Mckinley administration, Mrs. Nc
kinley was friends with the congress
sional women, her husband having
served in the House; Mrs. Roosevelt's
husband having served as civil service
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By SALLIE v. H. PICKETT.

" ITH only a four-year lease
n to start with, the White
" House has boasted of many
notable women as tenants,
and there soon will enter on ten
ancy there one of the youngest and
most competent women ever to pre-
side over 1t. A fitting successor to
Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Coolidge enters
upon her duties as first lady of the
land with particular promise of MAX
ing a record worthy to be added to
that of the thirty or more women
who preceded her.
With so short a lease, which at
best may only be extended another
four years. it is quite proper that the
), White House should be fully fur
nished. from the smallest article
necessary In the culinary department
to the most important articles to
add to the dignity of state enterH
tainments, and, in fact. only the ar
ticles on the dressing table are omit
ted. Martha Washington, wife of
the first President, never occupied
the White House and quite in con-
trast are the wooden pegs driven in
the walls of the storerooms at Mount
Vernon to the well arranged, cleo
trically lighted and sanitary closets
in which every first lady of the land
has stored her wardrobe since the
restoration of the White House dur
ing the Roosevelt administration.
Ready to Walk Into.
All the President and Mrs. Coolidge
, have to do is to walk in,. take off
>their hats and enjoy such domestic
privacy as is accorded Presidents and
their wives. Not only are the state
apartments equipped for entertaining
in formal manner, but there is
splendid library. good pictures. COM
fortabIy furnished private drawing
rooms, bed chambers and other apart
4 ments fully arranged for occupancy
and with the doors flung open to re-
ceive the new tenants.
No intimation is given as to the
date when the President and Mrs.
Coolidge will establish themselves in
the White House, but, following the
precedent established by the late
President and Mrs. Roosevelt. their
tenancy might begin at once. Presi-
dent Roosevelt took oath of Office at
o'clock the afternoon of September IA,
1901, about thirteen hours after the
death of President Mckinley, and took
his first lunch and dinner and slept in
the White House for the first time on
September is. Mrs. Roosevelt, who
was at their Oyster Bay estate. Joined
him there September %, the domestic
arrangements of the mansion having
been thoroughly adjusted after the
departure of Mrs Mckinley and the
removal OF her personal belongings.
Shorter Mourning Period.
The Official period of mourning for
President Mckinley expired Saturday,
October 10, and the following Monday
the lower part of the White House
was opened to the public. That Sat
urday the flag over the mansion was
placed at top mast for the first time.
and on October 2S Secretary Cortel-
YOU, secretary to the President. gave
.out "fiimsies" bearing the official So
lclal program for the season of 1902.
1T opened with the New Year day re-
ception, and was followed by the
usual series of state dinners and re-
,.ceptions. omitting only the reception
TO the public. disseminating it for the
first time since the establishment of
the prescribed official program. Dur
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their absence. as "A boy might put il,
but, withal. it is safe to say there will
be dancing aplenty in the White
House when things get going Mrs
Coolidge not only likes to dance, but
does it with great grace and enthu-
siasm. 1t was in the lovely new resi-
dence out 18th street, built by Mrs.
| John b. Henderson and presented to
the nation, but not accepted, as a Vice
! Presidents home that Mrs. Coolidge
entered into all the old fashioned
dances, the quadrille. barn dance and
| the Virginia reel, doing the steps
with delightful grace and abandon,
when Mrs. Henderson gave a recep-
tion there. She does not. however,
do any of the extreme dances, such
as have been carried into bathrooms
| in the past few years.
The New England training of Mrs.
Coolidge served her exceptionally
well during the two years the Cool
| idge- boys have been al Mercersburg
! Academy, Mercersburg. Pa. There is
no direct railway from Washington
to Mercersburg. and Mrs. Coolidge
even in hard weather and over rough
! roads.
1t is altogether probable that the
boys Will again go TO MerCersburg,
as il is the desire of both the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge TO give them
an uninterrupted schooling. They are
| preparing for college, and as school
/ lingo goes. both are making good"
When they were in Washington for
their brief vacations they were at the
| New Willard with the President and
Mrs. Coolidge, spending almost their
entire time in sightseeing and in the
fgallery of the Senate, where they
watched their father preside. There
are a number of Mercersburg boys in
Washington and Chevy Chase. so the
White House boys will not be lonely
! for companionship.
Wears Her Clothes Well.
Every woman wants to know how
the new first lady dresses, and every
woman will be pleased when she
hears. Mrs. Coolidge wears her
clothes we'll and is especially put up
for tailor made effects. One of the
| striking street suits she has worn
since coming to Washington is of red
and white homespun woven in the
Biltmore mills. 1t is quite plain in
effect, the coat being severe and the
| skirt of moderate length and full
ness. With this suit she wears dain-
ty blouses and a black hat.
| Her afternoon dresses are well
chosen, generally rather neutral in
effect, though some of them show the
high colors used in embroidery. She
lis an economical shopper. buying
we'll made. She also selects her hats
with care and was never seen in one
that was unbecoming. On her after
moons at home she wears soft mate
rials fashioned after the prevailing
mode and generally has worn a clus-
ter of flowers at her waist line. Mrs
Harding always sent flowers for her
tea table on her days at home. and il
lis pretty safe to say that the new
first lady will be just as generous to
other women in official life.
If Mrs. Coolidge has made any plans
about a social secretary other than
Miss Randolph, who has served her
for year past. it is not known. and
Miss Laura Harlan, White House sec
retary, daughter of the late Justice
John NJ. Harlan of the Supreme Court.
may continue the work to the end Of
1.-The administration
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Members of Congress, even the
many among them who have been col
lege presidents or professors, are
usually quoted for political speeches
or discussion of economic affairs. It
is refreshing, therefore. now and then
to note when some one of these lead
ers Of public thought and action
guides his followers in artistic,
esthetic or literary pursuits.
Representative David ]. O'Connen
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since then occupied an important
position. having her own suite of
rooms on the second floor of the
White House, in the rooms formerly.
occupied by the Roosevelt boys. hav-
ing her own dining room, her own
conveyance and so on. Mrs. Coolidge,
being a New England housewife, may
prefer to give her own orders and
direct the more domestic side of
things herself.
With their frugal tastes, the private
life of the President and Mrs. Cool
idge may be carried on as simply as
they like. but both are fond of their
friends and it is safe to say they
will seldom or ever be without guests
They probably will have an early din
ner except when entertaining, have
most of the other Presidents families
Mckinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
all prefering to dine before o'clock
Little details, like the breakfast hour
the dinner hour and so on. are facts
devoured with avidity by the public
to whom the great hosiery belongs
and who keep up the expenses for the
Chief Executive.
VIII Publish Program.
In her official social duties Mrs.
Coolidge will arrange and publish the
official social program before Christ
mas, just as have other women before
her. and only her lat homes" recep-
tion days and more private forms of
entertainment will be controlled by
her. Mrs. Harding took the private
social side rather more in hand than
had any woman before her and was
revising the calling code of congress
sional women, in an effort to make
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BY HENRY w. BUM

THE following is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven DAYS ended August IL
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THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and Maryland
-Fair tonight and tomorrow: little
change in temperature: gentle to
moderate easterly winds, becoming
variable
Enthusiastically fair tonight and
tomorrow; little change in tempera-
ture; moderate easterly winds
West Virginia-Fair tonight and to-
morrow; little change in temperature
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
.Thermometer-4p pm, IL; s pm, 67 :;
IL midnight, 60: am, SO; am. GA :;
noon, "a
Barometer pm. 2999: pm.
5000; y midnight. 30.03; am. 30.05; S
am. 30.12; noon, 30.14.
Highest temperature. "A, occurred at
noon today: lowest temperature, 81.
occurred at 5:45 am. today
temperature same date last year
Highest. 10: lowest, 56.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at am: Great Falls-Tem-
perature, ~: condition. muddy.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States coast
and geodetic survey)
Today-Low tide. 1858 am. and 3:37
pm; high tide. S:51 am and 9:25 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 3:47 am. and
4:21 pm; high tide, 9:43 am. and 1917
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 4:45 am: sun sets,
1926 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:45 am; sun
sets. 1927 pm
Moon rises. 8:58 p.m.; sets. 6:16 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
nalf hour after sunset.
Weather In Various Cities.
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EDWIN S. ARNOLD,
P. 0. CLERK, DEAD
Former Editor of Keystone Reveille
Had Been in Department Thir-
ty-Eight Years.

Edwin S. Arnold. for thirty eight
years a clerk in the Post Office De-
partment. died early today at his
residence. "a I'd street northeast, aft
er weeks illness from double pneu-
monia and pleurisy.
/ Mr.. Arnold, who was sixty-six at
the time of his death. was born in
Port Treverton. Pa. and was for
some time the editor of the keystone
Reveille." He came to Washington
thfrty-eight years ago and was en-
ployed in the classification division
of the Post Office Department
He was a member of the Order of
Maccabees, Washington Board of
Trade. the Pennsylvania Historical
association and one of the founders
OF the Pennsylvania State Society in
this city.
He is survived by his widow. Annie
r. Arnold; a daughter. Rosemary Ar
mold; son, James Riehl Arnold; a
brother, DR.. ]. S. Arnold, and three
sisters. Mrs. Ida Bingaman, Mrs. Car
rie Lenhart and Miss Isora Arnold.
The funeral services will take place
at st. Marks Episcopal Church, Sd and
A streets southeast, Saturday, at 8
am. 1nterment will be at Glenwood
cemetery.
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THRONGS At DEDICATION
: OF COLORED SEMINARY

A large number of people attended
the dedication of the colored Baptist
Seminary and College site at Douglass
Park yesterday afternoon. The crowd
was so large that the ceremony had
to be held In the open instead of in
the large tent that was on the lot.
A special committee. consisting OF
DR.. r. l.. Brady Of Detroit. DR.. B. F.
McWilliams of Toledo, Ohio; DR.. s. B.
Butler of Indianapolis, DIR. Rose of
Rochester, N Y. which was appointed
by the Negro National Educational
Congress. was present
DR.. Brady reviewed the conditions
confronting the nation at this hour in
the migratory trend of negroes to-
ward the north. east and the west.
He said that 1000 a week are reach
ing Detroit alone. and that every ef
fort must be made to provide proper
educational facilities for these mi
grants. A great school built here at
the nations capital, he thought,
would have influences radiating
throughout the nation. He pledged
his support to such an enterprise.
The other members of the special
committee pledged themselves anew
to the task of establishing this insti-
tuition. Music was furnished by the
Community Center Band.
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father PLANTE, JESUIT
TEACHER, DIES HERE
Was Prominent in Church Work
in United States and
Canada.

Rev. John B. Plante. S. j.. mem
Der of the faculty of the Georgetown
University. and known in Catholic
Church circles in this country and
Canada, died Tuesday at the George
town University Hospital following an
operation. He was exchange pro-
fessor of the French language and
literature, and was considered a man
of marked abilities in other educa-
tional lines. The funeral services will
be held Friday morning at Dahlgren
Chapel OF the university with SOL
emn high requiem mass celebrated for
the repose of the soul.
DIR. Plante was born at Southbridge
Mass. of French-Canadian parentage
May II, 1875, and was, therefore, forty
eight years old He spent most OF
his life in Canada, where he was a
professor and editor of The Messen-
ger OF the Sacred Heart.
For several years prior to his COM
ing to the faculty of Georgetown Uni
versity, three years ago. DR.. Plante
studied abroad. He enjoyed a gen.
eral popularity among the student
body of the university and with the
personnel of the administration of
the educational institutions, as well as
among the clergy generally. He took
keen personal interest in the stu
dents, giving them assistance when
ever needed