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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-07
Melancholy Men Predominant.

The melancholy men predominant
the list. But though outnumbered by
the serious minds. there is also "A
JoVial troop of American figures OF
another sort In its ranks are The
Rise and Fan of Jesse lanes" 10y
Robert Love. THE saga Of Billv the
Kid. 10y Walter Noble Burns, Forty
Years a Gambler on the mississippi"
by George DeNrul and secrets Of a
Snowman by Charles r. Cochran
Among the ladies in the parade will
be The Fourth Queen" % romance %
the days of Queen Elizabeth by Isabel
Paterson. clara Barron" 10y Harvey
O'HiCginS family por,rait" called
The Ora ndmot hers" by Glenwa Y
WesCott: THE Black Flemincs." an.
nounCed as the romance OF a girl
whose life was almoet-not quite
ruined Ivy 4 fraud. aud Mated" by
Wallace Irwin. The Is also The
Blind Goddess" by Arthur Train, who
writes of lawyers and courts, and
whose heroine is a tickle and caprci-
Gus lady Justice.
Soldiers Paw" by William Faux
her. and Some Found Adventure. .
by Robert r. Mcclure. are announced
as "ironic" war novels: Possible HuS-
bands" by Arthur Tuckerman. implies
pesSimism. "Aantrap." by Sincla in
Lewis. is "a satiiical hurlesque of the
great open spaces: '''reeftallow" is
q story of Tennessee hill-hillieS by T.
s. StrihlinG. \ trSl novel by William
&. Bullitt. IT, NoG Done. concerns a
rich man who tried 10 get All there il
Out Of life aud still keep his honor TN
furnished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-07
GAY WOMEN, SAD
MEN IN NEW BOOKS
Spring Lists, lust Announced,
Offer Variegated Bills of
: Reading Matter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March G.. The sad
young men and the gay ladies' are
ready for their Spring parade. The
New York publishing houses have an
nounced their seasonal lists
The titles suggest a sea son of sober
and disillusioned Young men. with the
ladies somewhat gayer. r. Scott F'itz
Eerald'S contribution even bears the
title IAN The Sad Young Men" 1t is
collection of stories OF The Younger
generation. Meade Minnicerode light
ems the pail with Some American La
dies. all of them wives of presidents:
Cora liarries contributes "F'lapper
Anne and \. i. Herbert produces
Laughing Ann and Other Poems"
Ring Lardner spans the gap between
the Somher young men and the bright
girls with The Love Nest and Other
Stories" concerning some very sorry
young men regarded in the gay man.
ner.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

in his chemically bankrupt condition could in any
way raise the necessary $500 year. Lord Curzon
very kindly tried to ascertain how the plan was pro-
crossing, and wrote letter in the course of which
he said
81 have Nina Oady Craven). If
Georges Uord Craven'S) undertaking or offer
can be translated into reality, she will go ahead.
81 have seen Heaton "a lawyer), and am
going to see him and Lady Craven (Cornea) to
see what, if anything, can be done for this end.
Il will write or see you soon as have any
further news
Sorry | cannot come to see YOU have
not got spare five minutes now"
These negotiations relating to my probematic
marriage dragged along for the greater part of four
years. They seemed to be success at the mo-
ment discovered Lord Craven had left me without
notice.
My days in London following my operation, to
which have already referred, filled with men,
tai and physical agony. | was beginning to realize
the cost of what had done. | still loved Lord
Craven deeply and had not the slightest expectation
he would ever abandon me, but he frankly told me
the stories of his past began to realize that had
fixed my love on very erratic little being.
At the same time was forced more and more to
realize the dignity and high character of the hus
band had deserted. | had taken pleasant nat in
Jermyn street, London. Lord Craven lived in bach
eOr and was constant caller on me-
was still i'll, and for this reason my former huS-
band, Lord Cathcart, thought it his duty to call on
me frequently and make inquiries about my health
HIS conceptions of dignity were extreme He never
once spoke of our divorce and other troubles. My
relations with Lord Craven vulgar matter far
beneath his notice.
We asked no questions of each other which might
have disturbed the atmosphere we had created in
my drawing room over the tea table, an atmosphere
of ordinary good fellowship between man and a
woman who find pleasure in each others company.
Only once do remember any moment when there
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

ven's estate, was one of the honorable men who be-
lieved that the latter should carry out his promise to
me as soon as he could. This Lord Curzon was not
the famous Foreign Secretary of that NAME but the
son and heir of Earl Howe and member of the
House of Commons. His wife is noted as one of the
lovelieSt women in London society.
may go further and say that this Lord Curzon is
a very different person from his celebrated name
sake-the late Marquis Curzon of KedeSton. The
late Lord Curzon very naughty stiff, valetudina
rian, and walked with a limp My Lord Curzon was
very amable, popular and of the best sportsmen
and polo players in England. In fact, at one time
he had charge of the physical education of the Prince
of Wales.
In order to encourage his wife to obtain divorce
Lord Craven had promised to guarantee her an
income of $4,000 year. This in addition to the
income his father had already left her would have
helped her to live He then wrote her this letter. of
which have a copy in his handwriting
Dear Nina:
Margaret Vachell tells me that you would
like letter from me-my promise of $500 per
annum after your decree is made abSolute-put
in writing. So this am complying with.
GAS soon as ever am free to remarry I
promise to give you $500 per annum out of my
voluntary allowance.
Francis Curzon (Lord Curzon) is witness
to this promise, and he knows will not go back
on my word.
Lovingly. GEORGE.
"(CRAVEN.)"
Thequestion naturally arose whetherLord Craven
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

slight tension in the situation. was sitting
talking to my former husband over tea when my maid
announced, Lord Craven, your ladyship."
There was, of course need of introduction, as
they knew each other well. The man of advanced
middle age Lord Cathcart, rose and bowed cour-
teously to the of twenty-five, and the latter
specially returned his greeting.
There was not trace of strained effort on the
part of either man; not shadow of an indication Of
the part both had played some time ago in the d.
vorce courts, with myself the central figure. And
when Lord Cathcart to take his departure hav-
ing just timed himself correctly not to give the i'm
preston that he felt it advisable to leave, the eX
change of "gOod-byeS" between them was the quiet
normal leave-taking of pair of well-bred men who
are ordinary acquaintance.
could not help thinking many time afterward
that the scene one which could have happened
only between Englishmen. What foreigner enter
ing that drawing of mine in Jernyn street
would ever have dreamed that was entertaining my
husband who had divorced me- and that the other
guest was the correspondent in the case? No scene:
no sign on either face of any emotion and the calm
ness of breeding pervading it all
While Lord Cathcart pursued me legally with
great severity he would listen to no criticism of me
except from Judge of the Supreme Court 1t is
interesting to contrast this attitude of the husband
had wronged with that of a woman whom | had
helped She is figure within society spelt with
capital s. and some years ago she came to me in my
town house in great distress She was then eighteen
years of age.
II am in dreadful trouble Vera" she sobbed
And your the only person in the world dare come
to about 1t. simply can't let my people know. II
would mean ruin for me. Will you help me, darling
Vera
tackled the problem at once, and arranged that
she should come and stay with me as my guest for
time. She could not ask anyone for money without
De-.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

Viscount Curzon's Letter to Lady Cathcart Ex-
planning That Arrangements Were Going q.
On Nicely for the Craven Divorce:
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MY Dear Lady Cathcart:
"Just line to tell you that have brought things up
to point
II have Nina. If Georges undertaking or offer
be translated into reality. she will 60 ahead
II have Heaton Ga Iawyer). and / am going to
him and Lady Craven (CorneHa) to what if any
thing be done for this end
II will write you as / have any further
Sorry cannot come to you. have not got
2 spare FIVE minutes now.
With the best of all good wishes
Sincerely yours "CURZOR."
(Viscount Curzon)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
Lord Craven's Written
Promise to Provide
Financially for His

wire II one WouId
Get a Divorce:
Dear Nina:
Margaret VacheH
tells me that you would
like my promise of $500
per snnum after your
decree is made abso-
lutte put in writing. So
this I am complying
with.
As soon as ever !
am free to remarTy, I
promise TO give you
$500 per annum out of
my voluntary allow.
snce.
Francis Lord Cur
zon is a witness to this
promise. and he knows
I viii not 20 back on
my word.
Lovingly.
"EEnPGE
("CRAVEN")
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
Lord:
of
Areer
| his freedom by

digestion of his !
y into the hands
would live better
b made possible. |
1s and sacrifices |
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try to make my |
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to return to the |
again and again
m he had said he
n he had repudi-
that while she !
he would never
Dung Craven and
ted after endless .
had started di-
ever met Lord :,
the story of an p
bave patience to a 2.
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enced proceed {:
gs for divorce, m
wing me to UNI
erstand that she Il
ad an offer of r
arriage from the m
eir presumptive
a well-known
ritish peer.
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| my father, the four
bid a few months befo
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be exact, l think Ri
Ftion. She then conn
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IF you publish
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(Signed)
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her's intentions, but l
|iss Muriel Farrar, ds
nd thus put the other
be is a sister of Gwen
|g actress, who imper
! wonderfully.
The friction betw
raven in South Afric
burned to London v
nelly journey back Il
lies of neglect and la
|agedy.
After our arrival
item met young Lady {
ON her husband. I'll
good deal of him did
Throughout nearly
18th Lord Craven the a
he of friendliness to m
ness. Until a few n
Ie as a woman who h
ut rather as one who
lrden. 1t was not un
'rtion of me last year I
'bbing her of a valuat
At the time of my
ter clipping with LIZ
emed unimpaired. |
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AIRY me. Everything
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Continued on Page IL
Evening star., 1926-05-09

for the members of his personnel: arid,
desert conditions far above smoke or
dust or even clouds. access to rail
roads, and two young scientists who
do not mind being isolated from
civilization for the next three or four
years.
Dr.. Abbot says that he feels that
the Brukkaros site is the best one
secured so far. The Chile observatory,
on Mount NonteZuma, has hitherto
been admirable in every way, but the
new station = apparently free from
poor weather about 80 per cent of
the year.
The men will have radio so that
they can listen in on concerts from
the Cape. from Johannesburg" said
Or. Abbot, in outlining his. plans.
There is also a phonogra phi, with
various games. and "A bit Of shooting
on the side. Leopards. ostriches and
gemsbruk may be obtained, while we
are providing a car that will cover
the distance to the nearest town,
three hours ride away.
The actual work of construction
is now going forward and should be
completed by July Of this year, il
time TO receive our shipments of in
Struments and other parts Of the out
fl.
1T was a great responsibility tC
select the site. and | mad hoped &c
be able. to use a station at Bassour
Algeria. which already had buildings
from a previous expedition. There
was cordial cooperation of the
French, and the expenses of the eX
pedition would have been far lower
than is now possible at the new site
in South West Africa.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Cancer Statistics.

ENCOURAGING statistics on cancer
have come to light recently in a
report issued by the New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The
increase in cancer deaths has not been
as rapid. the report shows, as many
crude statistics might indicate.
More accurate diagnosis. no doubt,
has something to do with the increase
or apparent increase, as it has brought
about the recording of cases which a
few years ago would not have been
detected. Another reason for the in
crease in the lensthening Of the span
of life, cancer being notOriously a
disease Of advanced age.
One of the most interesting points
brought out by DR.. Dublin and his
coadjators is that the increase, such
us 1t is, has been confined almost en-
tirely to males. There has been lit
tie or no increase among women. al
though the death rate from this dis
ease has always been higher among
women. Another point is that the
white race is more susceptible than
the colored.
The report states that between the
ages of 35 and So. it is probable that
there has been an actual decline in
the percentage of women who died
from cancer, and no increase in the
percentage of men. This it is thought
may be due in part TO the campaign
of education carried on during the
past decade, and to the number of
lives saved or prolonged by early
surgical intervention.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

State of Matrimony' and having a
great desire to see the United States,
he sailed for New York and arrived
in this city April L. 1851. He duly
became a citizen and cast his first
vote in 1856 for Gen. John c. Ere
mont. Brother widows became a
Mason in 1859, receiving his degrees
in New York Lodge $50. In 1862 he
was requested by r. w. Robert ID.
Holmes, the district deputy grand
master. to unite with Clinton Lodge
354, being elected S. w, and after
serving one year was elected W. Mas
ter of the lodge. After his successor
had been elected, on finding that many
musicians who were members We're
deprived of their Masonic privileges
in consequence OF playing at the the
aters, he determined to institute a
lodge which should meet in the after
noon, and after consulting with some
of the musical brethren, he found a
sufficient number to unite if such a
lodge was formed"
He, with nine others, met in the
lodge room. corner of Broome and
Crosby Streets. and formed a lodge,
chartered June Il, 1865. as st. Cecile
Lodge, SOS. The lodge named w
Brother Widows first master, Brother
George W. Hesley senior warden and
Brother Thomas D. Nedham Junior
warden. Let us quote further from
this old account:
His first occupation after arriving
in New York was at Bacon and
Ravens pianoforte factory. making
hammers and working a the same
bench with the late Henry Steinway
the founder of Steinway & Sons
After leaving Bacon and Raven, he
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Mr.. Widows leased the hall of Buck
leys Minstrels, 5S5 Broadway, and in
troduced a French vaudeville com
pany to New York, the first preSenta
ton of that kind in New York. He
managed the choral festival of Trim
ity Church and the festival was re-
peated ;f Music Hall, Boston. and
Providence. X. /.
Mr.. Widows formed n concert com
pany with Master Richard Coker, boy
singer. as the principal attraction. and
toured the Eastern States and CapGua
He became agent and manager of SeV
cral companies. including Grau 5
grand opera, Growers German opera
and Parepa Rosa's concert and opera
companies. Stricken with sickness in
Chicago. he remained there some time,
and at the instance of Richard Hooley
superintended the building of Hooley s
Theater on Clark street. and became
trea aSurer of that theater. \ chime
of bells had been cast by MeSsrS.
Jones. bell founders of Troy, y. Y,
for the Michigan Avenue Baptist
Church. Chicago, and Prof. widows
inspected them. found several out OF
tune. had them reCaSt. and finally
played that chime. Let us come back
to the old story:
About this time the chime OF bells
for the Metropolitan NJ. f.. Church,
Washington. We're being cast by the
same firm. and the professor was writ
ten to with reference to taking charge
of them. he being the only expert
player in the country, but he could
not arrange satisfactorily. Finally the
great fire in Chicago occurred and
the professor was burned out with
the rest OF the unfortunates. Mean
Evening star., 1926-05-09

real aid to the business men of that
nation.
This success would seem to indicate
that similar good fortune awaits the
scientists of other lands and that the
end of the long trail toward accurate
weather forecasts is at least in sight.
The merchants of the world are all
interested in the state of the weather
II is the open sesame to conversation
with the cotton planter of the South as
we'll as with the big wheat grower of
the far West. The ultimate success
of their crop depends on the kind of
weather it encounters. and perhaps
their entire fortune swings in the bal
anCe of Il wet or dry Sprlngtfne,
with frost in early May.
The retail merchant of Fifth avenue
is also very much interested by the
weather. AS he places an enormous
order for an advertisement in all the
Sunday rotogravureS, in featuring a
shipment from Paris of the latest sum
mer frockS. he worries about rainy
weather for Monday.
Storms are a poor lure for even
hardened shoppers. and in some of the
big stores where extra SalespersonS.
known as "contingents, are employed
TO assist with the crowds. a rainy day
automatically cancels the engagement
Hence the name contingent
Therefore a clear. sunny day Is of
the same Importance to the retail
merchant of the Rue de Ia PaiX or
Bond street that il is to the owner
of sugar plantation in cuba. or the
owner OF n big feet of ships. or the
little country banker that holds the
tobacco notes of the Kentucky planter.
Every one realizes only too well
Evening star., 1926-05-09

while he received a telegram from
Rev. j. p. Newman Of Washington
asking whether the fire would make
any difference about his going to
Washington he telegraphed iii the
affirmative and started for Washing
ton.
After the bells had been placed in
the tower it became necessary to tune
them, which was done under the Su-
pervision of the professor. He subse-
quently applied for a position in the
Treasury Department, and after pass
ing an examination, was appointed d
first-class clerk. November 18, 1871,
and was transferred to the office of
the controller of the currency in De
| cember, 1873. in which office he still
holds a position. He had the honor of
being appointed (by request of the late
President Grant, as one of a commit
tee of three to proceed to London in
charge of Government bonds to the
syndicate"
Prof. Widows suggested to Henry
McShane that he cast a chime for the
Philadelphia Centennial, and he played
| that chime. After the Centennial the
! chime was bought by a Mrs. Stewart
for the Garden City Memorial Cathe-
dral. He played Grace Church chimes,
New York, on the dedication Of Ma
sonic Temple, New York, in June 1875,
and superintended the casting of the
Evening star., 1926-05-09

However. in Algeria. found that
you could only count on 10 or per-
haps Is good days during the three
Winter months. as against II out of
IL good days for the same period in
Brukkaros. Algeria and California
are probably about equal as to this
condition.
"The start of astrophysical obser-
vation was due to DIR. Langley,
who was chiefly known. prior to 1890,
as the foremost of American astron-
omers, but his later interest in air
craft almost eclipsed his earlier work
When he came to the Smithsonian
from Allegheny, he made the condi-
ton that he should be permitted to
go on with his study of astronomy,
and SO shed was erected in the rear
of the museum for this purpose.
II came as his assistant in 1895.
and the various solar stations have
all grown out of the work Of the lit
tie station here. The first years were
devoted chiefly to the development
of the many delicate instruments we
required for this special work, and in
making maps of the invisible solar
spectrum beyond the red.
"The eye cannot observe this Sec
tor, nor does the ordinary photo.
graphic plate. but we managed to OBJ
tain certain dyes and. by the use of
these on a highly sensitized plate. Sc
cured the hitherto invisible infra-Ted
Evening star., 1926-05-09

commenced teaching music and was
organist of Grace Church at Newark,
n. J. For time. in 1856, he became
agent and business manager for Ole
Bull, the great violinist. The company
consisted of Adelina Patti. then a girl
of thirteen years; Signor Morine Bar
stow, Mr.. Louis Schriber, cornet solo
list, and a German accompanist by
name of Roth. The tour was through
out the Western States as far as St.
Paul and Minneapolis, when the for
mer city contained 5000 and the latter
500 inhabitants These were the first
concerts given in those cities when
the price of tickets was over Is cents,
the price being 81 and $3.50 for re-
served seats. The tour ended in OF
tawa, ILL.,, in consequence of a severe
sickness Of Ole Bull. The salary paid
Adelina Patti was 500 a week and
travelling and hotel expenses for her.
self and father, who Travelled with
her"
THE typewriter warns me that /
must brief the article of the Amer
ican Art Journal. Mr.. Widows man.
aged Ole Bull and company in 1958-59
on tour through the Eastern States
and Canada. George Harrison, tenor;
Henry Horncastle, bouAe singer, and
William Dressler. pianist and com
poser, were the com"any. In 1859
Evening star., 1926-05-09

how little we know in advance
about the weather. A solar observa-
tory, by the way, should not be con-
fused with it's better-known competi-
tor, the United States Weather
Bureau. which has little or no faith
in the future of the solar radiation
method
However, Mr.. Clayton rs now doing
intensive work in the field of long
range forecasting in Massachusetts.
with results that are most encourag-
ing. as he has found a great center in
western Canada which responds in a
few hours to changes in solar rays,
and only three or four days are re-
quired to bring these effects to Boston
or New York, according to an account
given by DR.. Abbot in London.
The original expedition was made
about 40 years ago to Mount Whitney,
Calf, which is the highest mountain
in the United States, exclusive of
Alaska. AS that region in 1881 was
but little settled. and with constant
danger from Indians, soldiers escorted
the scientists through the desert to
the little town of Lone Pine, and here
it was that DIR. Langley mapped out
his new discovery of a region in the
far end of the spectrum beyond the
visible red
The undertaking in Africa, which
is soon to go forward under the di.
rection Of DR.. Abbot, requires safety
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Multiple Signatures.

GIGNING her name 11,564 times in
~ two hours was no exhausting' tash
for Miss Gertrude Robinson Smith,
president of National Women's Club.
eided by an ingenious device called a
signagraph.
Each stroke of her pen, says Popular
Science Monthly. sets in motion 20
little fountain pens working simulta
neously,