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this girl not only gets by, but she has,
as well, something of a triumphal pro-
cession through the male preferences
Of a good part of Europe.
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CLARA BARRON. BY Harvey
OHiRgins, author of Julie Cane, ;"
etc. New York: Harper & Brothers.
HARVEY O'HIGGINS undertakes
:. : by way of Clara Barron" to
dramatic the thwarted woman.
to choose he selects the most obvious
ly defeated Of them all--the unchosen
woman of certain temperament and
habit. Having read this novel. one
imagines the course of its develop
ment. More than likely Mr.. O'Hig-
gins picked her. mature and compe-
tent and masterful, from any num-
ber of such at his hand--at anybody's
hand. Capable. managing, syste-
matte, successful, but still lacking,
this author must have worked back
ward. one judges, to trace each of
these powers and capabilities to this
period or that. when the natural
choice in life was either unmet or
disappointed. When, because of such
defeat. a forward step toward self
sufhciency was taken, as ii so often
Is taken by women of strong ma
ture. Finally the author reaches a
plausible childhood for this heroine
the nature Of the little girl. her re.
sponse, or lack Of it, to the usual
pleasures of children, the home, the
parents. And finally, with the whole
woman in mind. he begins with the
little girl who finally becomes Clara
Barron. An instructive self-suppres-
sion and disappointment at the only
moments Of self.eXpression indulged
In by her. these stand as the formula
by way Of which the woman achieves
a certain leadership that is, in fact,
quite destitute of anything that may
be called life itself. An exceedingly
fine piece Of work. true and
tragic and unforgettable story.
\
KATE MULHALL: A Romance of
the Oregon Trail. BY Ezra Meeker,
author of 'Ox-Team Days" etc.
Illustrated. New York: Ezra
Meeker.
OUT in the State of Washington one
Autumn morning little over a
year ago young man. only 96 years
old. stepped into a waiting plane and
set flight for the City of Washington
to petition Congress in behalf of
measure proposed by the Oregon Trail
Memorial Association. That astonish.
ing youth was Ezra Meeker. probably
the only remaining embodiment of
any point in our pioneer history.
Ezra Meeker is the Oregon Trail by
virtue Of experience and by the equal
virtue of flaming and forward.look-
ing spirit. With the zeal of 81 he
is striving to perpetuate the mem
ory OF those daring and enduring
men and women who established the
great human values that this long
trail threads across the continent
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BOOKS RECEIVED

INDIA. BY Sir Valentine Chirol. au-
thor Of 'Indian Unrest" etc. With
an Introduction by The Right
Hon. II. A. l.. Fisher. Nj. P. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
FIRE BRAIN. BY Max Brand. au-
thor of "The Untamed." etc. New
York: G.. +. Putnam's Sons.
POPULATION PROBLEMS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND CANADA:
An Outgrowth of Papers Presented
at the Eighty-Sixth Annual Meet.
ing of the American Statistical
Association. December, 1924. Ed
tied by Louis l. Dublin. President.
American Statistical Association.
1924. Boston: Houghton. Millin Co.
THE PALMETTO DERBY: And
Other Stories. BY George Hoyt
Smith, author of Gray Gun
Feathers" New York: The knick-
erbocker Press.
THE NUMBER ONE BOY. BY John
Taintor Foote, author of The
Wedding Gift" etc. New YORK:
d. Appleton & Co.
CHILDREN OF THE TWILIGHT;
Folk Tales of Indian Tribes. BY
Emma Lindsay Squier' author OF
The Wild Heart" etc. New York:
FOUR AMERICAN PARTY LEAD
ERS: Henry Ward Beecher Foun'
dation Lectures Delivered at Am.
herst College. BY Charles Edward
Merriam, Professor of Political
Science in the University of Chi
caso. New York: The Macmillan
Co.
LAW REFORM Papers and Ad-
dresses by Practicing Lawyer,
Henry w. Taft of the New York
Bar New York: The Macmillan
CHILDREN OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
BY l.. Lamprey. Illustrated by
Margaret Freeman. Boston: Little,
Brown 4 Co.
EDUCATION AND THE GOOD
LIFE. BY Bertrand Russell. New
York: Boni & Liveright.
THE BOOK OF THE ROGUE; Stud
les of Famous Scoundrels. Sc
Iected by Joseph Lewis French.
Illustrated New York: Boni &
Liveright.
NOTORIOUS LITERARY ATTACKS.
Edited with an Introduction by
Albert Mordell. author of The
Erotic Motive in Literature etc.
New York: Boni & Liveright'
BANZAI (Hurrah). BY John Paris,
author of "Kimono," etc. New
York: Boni & Liveright.
THE TRAIL OF GLORY. by Leroy
Scott. With an Introduction by
William T. Tilden, I'd. Boston:
Houghton. Miffln Co.
THE ANIMAL ETIQUETTE BOOK.
BY Helen Cowles LeCron, author
of picture Tales for Tiny Tots, T"
etc. With Frontispiece in Color
and Illustrations in Black and
White by Maurice Day. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Co.
THE HEALTH GUARD BROWNIES.
BY Nathalie Forbes Moulton. H.
Illustrated by. Henrietta Adams.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL. BY
Zoe Meyer. illustrated by William
p. Stecher. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co.
THE TIDE. BY H. A. Mariner, AS
sistant Chief, Division of Tides and
Currents. United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey. Illustrated. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Streakless Hat Band
One of Worlds Needs

Talking movies and hat band that
doscn't get streaked by the rain are
two of the worlds needs not yet sup
piled, according to the British Insti-
tute OF Patentees. The institute has
Just issued its booklet on whats
Wanted" as a guide to inventors who
may be slightly uncertain as to what
to invent.
Many of the items listed have been
suggested by the war Office, the air
ministry, post Office, and other
British government departments.
Industrial concerns have also offered
suggestions of inventions which would
be valuable to manufacturers and
artisans.
The list includes a noiseless air
plane; better automobile headlights;
processes for instantaneous color
photography. elimination of rust, and
transmission of speech by light; also
a method of conveying speech directly
and readably to paper.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Science and Religion
Are Closer Says Foch

A Paris newspaper has been ask.
ing we'll known people to express
their views on the question of the
relationship Of science to religion. The
opinion of Marshal FOch, who is
known in France not only as a great
general, but as deeply religious man
of real scientific attainments, is as
follows: THE question can no longer
be asked whether science is opposed
to the religious sentiment. Religious
studies are becoming more and more
scientific. And science, in it's success.
sive discoveries. has found out moth.
ing which contradicts religious doc
trine. Both activities are developing
without conflict. For any unpreju-
diced mind, they ought even to find
points of contact in the sincerity of
their respective researches"
1t seems evident from this state.
ment that the man who led the allied
armies to victory In the World War
considers that religion, no less than
science, tends to change and 70 prog
ress.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BOTTLED-UP EUROPEAN RACES
HELD CAUSE OF UNREST THERE
Nations Unable to Export Either Men or Products
Occasionally Explode in Civil Strife,
Says Journalist.

men to rebel and become free. Had
1t not been for these restrictions,
Fascism would never have won in
Italy nor taken on that international
character displayed in the recent
speeches of NJ. Mussolini.
To sum up. Europe is producing
more than before 1914. In spite of
war losses she has more labor. She
can export neither men nor goods.
AS a result, the price of goods has de-
clined. The cost of production must
be reduced and wages lowered. The
standard of living for the laboring
class must fall. Therefore. consump-
tiOn must diminish and the outlets OF
industry become still further re-
stricted. The industrial crisis must
continue and become more serious.
Europe thus finds herself inclOsed in
a vicious circle. exactly the reverse
of the situation in the United States.
Copyright. l926)
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Books Upon Miracles
Is Banned by Pope

The somewhat rare procedure of the
prohibition of a book by special Papal
decree has just been invoked to dis
courage the reading of an annony'
nous book recounting the alleged
miracles worked by a certain Monk.
Pather Pho of Pietrelcina, on Apulia.
Legendary reports of his miraculous
cures had been spread far and wide
through Italy and had even pene.
trated to America.
Apparently some enterprising jour
nalist tried to make the most Of the
interest created. The sensational char
acter of the propaganda came to
the notice of the Vatican and inspired
the recent action Of the pope, who has
forbidden all Catholics to read or
translate the work. IT
Evening star., 1926-06-06
NATIONAL ORIGINS LAW TO ADMIT
ALIENS ON PRESENT PERCENTAGE
Henry H. Curran Explains ''LSe Like Provisions
of 1924 Act, Effective in 1927, for Changing
Basis of immigration Count.

IL. Or they may be considerably diff
ferent--but that is a fair guess.
= Then--from 1927 on--we pro rate
immigration to the United States ac-
cordingly: that is to say, out of every
100 immigrants whom we allow to
settle in our country, % may come
from England. 20 from Ireland, Is
from Scotland. Is from Germany,
from Norway. Sweden. Denmark and
Finland, from Italy and the other
IL from the other quota countries,
each in its own proportion. Whatever
the total Of all the quotas now--about
100000 year--the proportions will
be as shown if those he the percent
ages certified by the Census Bureau
or otherwise if otherwise certified.
Like Miniature Nation.
And that is all there is to the
national origins" law. We have de-
creed that in the future our immi.
grafton shall he like to like" each
years increment to be a miniature iII
its national makeup of what we
Americans are today: an imported
Seeding of our own national family
tree; a mirror of all our previous i'm
migration and the present progeny
thereof. For the first time in our his
Tory, we nave tnuS Ialu down a falr
and affirmative basis of allotment
The key of it all issour desire to re-
main homogeneous insofar as we were
so in 1920, by adopting and continu-
ing the 1920 or any other byEone
census year. We take into account
also the merican-born--and surely
those of us who were born in the
United States are entitled TO be
counted-When We take account of
stock" in immigration legislation.
AS a matter of fact the national
origins" law works only two i'm
portant changes from the present al
lotment. 1t takes about 10000 apiece
from the quotas of Germany and the
Irish Free State and adds the 10000
to the quotas for Great Britain. As
the Irish and German quotas are al
ready larger than the demands made
upon them, and as thoughtful leaders
in both countries are deploring the
exodus of their youngest and best to
America, we need expect no lamenta-
ton from those quarters. In respect
of figures, therefore, the change is
OF no moment.
The change is of very great moment
in it's removal of any possible charge
of discrimination. as among foreign
countries, IN our imm;gra ton law.
At last we have reached a basis-like
to like. Is there anything unfair
about that?
tCOpyriEht 1926
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY HENRY III. CURRAN,

Former Immigration Commissioner for the
Port of New York. ---.. ...
If all the American people were
descended from red Indians, or from
white SWedes. or even. blue Eskimos.
there would be neither trouble nor
talk about what is known as the
national origins provision of the
immigration act Of 1924. But, for
better or for worse, We are descended
In some part from all three of those
interesting peoples: and not only that,
but from 81 other varieties Of human n
color. race. nation and degree Of vicis-
situde. And for any one to try to say
just what we are today. in exact
terms and percentages of the nations
when our ocean going ancestors came
to these shores. is to court a chorus Of
piping cavil that makes a full-blooded
frog-pond in Spring sound like the
last little cheep of the last little
cricket OF October. Yet the United
States Census Pureau is doing that
today, and the preliminary findings
indicate that it can give us the
answer, almost to hairs breadth.
With such fortunate assurance in
hand, we enacted through our Con-
gress two years ago this national
origins" law, which has of late so
set us by the ears here and there. In
doing so. we decided in effect to pool
the blood strains of national origin OF
our continental American people. as
those strains appeared in us in 1920,
the year of our last census. In this
pooling We would count in the Italian
or Russian who came here in 1910,
the son of the German who came here
I'm l84S. the grandson of the Irishma n
who fled here from a potato famine
century ago, and also the descendant
of the Englishman who stepped
ashore from the Mayfiower in 1920
and everybody else. wherever he or
she came from. and whenever he or
she arrived, from the earliest settler
in 1920 or sooner. AN the way down
to the latest in 1920.
Many Factors Involved.
We would take account of inter
marriage between national strains, of
actual figures of reproduction. immi.
grafton and emigration. of all the fac
tors, in short, that go to make up the
sum of how much there is of each
foreign nations blood in the com.
posite blood of the American people
of today, insofar as quota countries
are concerned. The contributing per-
centage may prove to be something
like this: English. %; Irish, north
and south. 20; Scotch. l5 German, IS:
Scandinavian. s; Italian. 5; the rest
Evening star., 1926-06-06
u. S. Has Wandering
Embassy in Madrid

A new Ambassador having come to
Madrid. the American embassy has
once more moved its premises. Each
time this occurs considerable incon-
Venience is caused not only to those
who have to move bulky and impor-
tant loads of state papers, but to
strangers who have business with the
embassy, for hotel clerks. telephon-
lists and cab drivers are as conserva-
tive as most other Spaniards and
keep addressing inquirerS to the pail
ace of Duke So and So, hired by the
Ambassador several times removed
from the present United States repre-
sentative. or. indeed. any of the am
bassadorial residences during the last
decade or so, except the latest.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY Brand Whitlock. Indiar

BY Brand Whitlock. Indianapolis:
The Bobbs. Merrill Co.
THIS novel made its first appear
ance about 90 years ago. 1t was
then. or thereabout, that the young
lawyer came into the friendship and
under the influence OF Golden Rule
Jones. mayor of Toledo. The effect Of
this association upon MIR. Whitlock
was marked. He began to consider
more deeply the human side OF the
lawbreaker. where hitherto his atten.
ton had been fixed upon the legal
aspects Of crime. From such changed
point Of view, legal procedure came
under his inspection. The character
of prisons and other punitive meas.
ures grew in his interest. 1t Is from
such a changed background that "The
Turn Of the Balance" emerged. Here
Is n story Of poignant appeal. dealing
with single figure that seemed to
be victim Of the law rather than a
beneficiary under its just and helpful
operation. A long and searching story,
pitiful beyond description. of one Of
the many millions whose enemies are
those of the whole world and Of his
own nature besides. A strbng story,
written in a fiery zeal Of sympathy for
the errant one. and in an equal flame
of protest against the brutal ways Of
punishment. That the book has been
reissued Is significant Of its quality.
Today 1t reads with barely undimin.
ished point against many of the IN
ept!tudes and cruelties Of justice as
this is embodied in Jurisprudence.
UPROOTED. BY Brand Whitlock,
author OF Belgium" etc. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
UT IPROOTED" is in mood clearly
the lightest Of the books of Mr..
Whitlock. Taking a day off. so to
speak. from the serious concerns that
have absorbed his mind and effort, he
here projects a series of studies. types
that have exchanged their native
America for life in Europe. These
types, to be sure, are individual
and altogether human. yet by their
distinct variance from one another.
by the clean-cut lines of each. they
serve to stand as patterns of the COM
mon run of eXpatriates. The char
acterS and the action are given fair
degree of unity through the person
ality and activity OF one Betty March.
from Macochee, Ohio. Around her
gather prince and artist and plain
good fellows All the fway from Paris
to Monte Carlo Betty Marsh lures
and delights the male persuasion. to
the chagrin and disapproval Of the
women. A light, little story. if it be
a story. founded on the familiar cir.
cumstance of America running off to
Europe for the satisfaction that Amer.
lea is still too young to grant un.
grudgingly. Betty Marsh Is not con.
vincing. Pretty enough, certainly, but
much too crude. much too dependent
upon gum chewing English and no
French at all. for any American girl.
even from Macochee. Ohio, to hope TO
get by with over across. Whereas
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Blames Immigration Ban.

Benjamin, Rene. La Prodigieuse Vie
d'Honore de Balzac. EB21Sb.
Bishop. j. 3. Notes and Anecdotes.
E-9B544n.
Box. E. W. America, Give Me a
Chance! E-B6345a2.
Coolidge. T. j. Autobiography. 1923.
E-C779.
De Kruif. p. H. Microbe Hunters.
E-9Ds64m.
Evans, Mrs. r. c. The Rosalie Evans
Letters from Mexico. E-Ev16.
Foulke, w. D. Roosevelt and the
Spoilsmen. E.R673fo.
Lawton. Mary. A Lifetime with Mark
Twain. E-T914l.
lie Gallienne. Richard. The Romantic
'90s. E.L5254.
LucasDubreton, Jean. Samuel Pepys.
E.P399iE.
Nevinson. II. w. More Changes, More
Chances. E-N414a. H..
Paine. r. ID. Roads of Adventure
Raymond. e. r. Disraen. E.Dssr.
Scherer, j. A. B. The First Forty.
Miner. E-B7385s.
Washington Academy of Sciences,
Washington. D. C. The MCGEE Me-
mortal Meeting, Dec. 5, 1919. 1916.
" &1-t4AtpHs : :
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY DIR. WILLIAM MARTIN,
Editor. Journal de Geneve. Geneva.


Do not put your faith in those who
tell you that Europe dreams of new
adventures; she is sick of war and
hates victory almost as much as de-
feat. Do not believe those who speak
Of the century-old hostility between
France and Germany. That Is of the
past Never in history have peoples
gone TO war because of past griev-
ances. Far from being opposed. many
of the interests of France and of Ger
many are identical, and the two coun-
tries will become more closely united
under the pressure of economic me-
ceSsities.
The real anxieties of Europe today
| lie elsewhere. The war may be ended
in the fields of politics. Unfortunately
the economic and social consequences
have not yet been overcome. The
war gave rise to an unprecedented de
velopment of the productive power of
European industry. But Europe, by
spending lavishly for five years her
wealth and manhood, destroyed her
reserves of goods and of riches which
had accumulated during a century of
technical development by the savings
of three generations. Today her pro-
duction has increased, her consump-
ton has diminished. The miner
strike III ETEidHu Has AuluoihSii'A's
no other cause.
Two Ways to Recoup.
What has been the result: FIRST,
unemployment in several countries.
The unemployed cannot be allowed to
afarve. They must be fed by means
Of the national savings. Unemploy-
ment, q new type of war waste. ends
by destroying the collective savings
and by lowering the standard OF Nv
ing of European peoples. already so
low in comparison with the American
level.
There are only two methods Of
solving the problem of unemployment;
the export of goods or of men. 1t is
difficult or impossible to export goods.
Each country closes its frontiers to
foreign products to protect the home
market for its own industry. 1t Is
even more difficult to export men. as
the whole of Europe, with the possible
exception of France, has surplus of
labor and overseas countries have re-
stricted immigration.
Let us be quite frank. 1t is not for
me to judge the policy of your coun-
try. But I wish to show you the
European results of the restriction Of
immigration. Europe has always had
surplus flowed naturally. to the
American continent. which more or
less resulted in state of equilibrium.
Now this safety valve no longer en-
lists for us, and If the boiler occasion
ally appears to be on the point OF
bursting it is because there is no
escape for the excess steam.
Blames Immigration Ban.
am convinced that the majority
Of European troubles which so aston
ish you and which often astound us
are due to the fact that our people
cannot migrate freely as IN former
times. Had it not been for the resrr!"-
ton of emigration enforced during
the war by the British government
and the restrictions applied in the
United States after the war Ireland
would never have had enough young
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY NJ. OHT.A.
lHrector Hnchi Shimhun


The great sensation stirred in the
United States Senate over the report
ed lease of 5000 900 acres of LAND
about Magdalena Bay, Lower Caiifor
MIA. Mexico, by a Japanese syndicate
was the cause of an even greater
sensation though very short lived, in
the Japanese journalistic world.
The impression was conveyed that
the volume of information the Ameri
can public does not have, about
Japan. is really astounding.
At the same time we were una bic
to account for the violent prejudice
against us, and everything connected
with us. displayed by some Of the
American statesmen. who utilize
every event, incident. rumor and hear
say to inspire the American public
with antipathv and fear-utterlv un-
founded-for us
The United States is a continent
in itself. while Japan is hardly large
enough to compare with many OF
the States in the American common
wealth. Since the beginning of his
tory the United states is the first
Nation of white men to number more
than 1000 900 white population. The
Roman Empire never numbered as
many.
Sees Nothing to Fear.
The United States. with her i'm
mense wealth. her compact solidarity
the excellent quality of her citizens
has nothing under the sun to fear
She could defy the whole world with
impunty. Why on earth. then,
should some of her politicians be sc
nervous about little Japan and her
ambition
Do Americans realize what the one
significant problem of the poSt-bellum
world is? What would they answer
If they were saked what the greatest
consequence OF the World War was"
If we were to reply. we should say
that the greatest phenomenon re
sultine from the World War is the
emergence of the United States as
the worlds greatest and richest
power. | am not fiatterinS America
when I say that the destiny OF the
world depends in the largest measure
by far on the policies which the
United States will finally adopt.
This is the simple truth. | cannot.
therefore. imagine how the august
Senator's of this greatest Of world
powers become so Historically nerv-
Gus over triflinG affair, and mere
rumor at that. that a Japanese has
leased a narrow strip of land in the
far-away corner of the Mexican
coast.
Would Laugh at RumOr.
II ii were true whar could il mean
TO the safety of the United States? If
Japan established a strong naval base
instead of colony in Magdalena Bay
what strategic value could 1t have in
war time. 5000 miles from home across
l,1 ST. nj PQrlf1rt
We would have expected the United
States Senate to laugh away the
rumor instead of solemnly announcing
that 'AIr. Borah ard his colleagues
will make a thoroughgoing inquiry
because If the Japanese gain a foot
hold on the shores Of Magdalera Bay,
il would be matter to demand seri-
Gus consideration
The sensation in the Senate com
pletely mystifies us.
do not understand. either. why
some Americans are so suspicious of