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ONLY WAR OUTLAWRY CAN BRING
PEACE. NOTED EDUCATOR HOLDS
Change in Attitude of Peoples All Over the World Is
Greatest and Sole Hope, in Opinion of David
Starr Jordan.

OF all ways to settle difficulties. war
is most ruinous, and the least efec-
tive. War creates more rascals than
II Kills, is an old German proverb.
war swallows up the best" is an.
other. dating from Schiller. For one
oppression war may abate. il re.
leases thousand more. Leagues and
courts and covenants should be vel
coined for all they are worth. but the
maj covenant must be in the hearts
OF humanity. The only hope for our
civilization lies in the outlawry of
war and all its sanctions. statutes and
machinery
Copyright 1926A
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Swedes Study English.

German was the most popular for.
eisn language in Stockholm before
and during the Great War. Now Eng
fish is more popular. II is the first
foreign language taught in Sweden
public schools. Every week English
courses are given over the radio. 1t
is the only language so taught. At the
recent Stockholm church conference
the King opened the proceedings in
English, the American and British
delegates forming the majority of the
conference. This act of courtesy was
greatly appreciated. Occasionally.
for special purposes. the newspapers
issue English pages or supplements.
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BY THOMAS JESSE. JONES.
Director Of the Phelps stokes Puma

w hat is the school for i Il time
~ question when propagandists
everywhere are increasingly seeking
to use the school for their own pur-
poses The Importance OF the school
is deepeued and enlarged by every
new responsibility placed upon the
people. Democracy without general
education i impossible Statesmen
Of every type are accordingly study
ing with fresh interest the present
conditions and now possibilities Of
education.
Progressive educators are convinced
that education must be more closely
related to the common needs OF the
common people The present expendi-
tire of a billion and a half dollars on
public schools is worthy of the best
thought of all good citizens. The quar-
ter of a million schools with an attend
ance of 1000, 600 pupils must be or
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Stefan Hirsch. Maurice Sterne, VII
liam Zorach. Fiske Boyd and Charles
Demuth. Mr.. Phillips has himself
written an introduction to the Cata-
logue in order that the works set forth
may be more sympathetically viewed,
more fully understood. y fuller review
of this exhibition will be given in these
columns later.
X r Z x
THE Washington loan exhibition
committee has planned Il series
of reception during January on Tues
day afternoons from $50 TO 40. at
each of which some one of the leading
Women'S organizations VIII be the spe-
cial guests of honor. on the afternoon
of January / the Federation of WON
ems clubs of Washington was re
Ceived. Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman of
the art department of the Federation
of Women's Clubs in this district, gave
short introductive talk and mem
berS of the subcommittee on minia-
lures and silver We're present TO an
SWer questions and to give further in
formation. ON January II members
of the Congressional club will be honor
guests. January IS has been assigned
TO the Colonial Danes. An invitation
has also been extended to the Tween
teeth Century club The art section
OF the Twentieth Century Club, of
which Mrs. Otto l.. Eeorhoff is chair
man. Will take this exhibition as their
special topic of interest and discussion
tomorrow, when Miss Florence Seville
Berryman. whose articles on the eXhi-
hltion have appeared in The star and
who is a member of the editorial staff
of the American Federation of Arts.
VIII give brief resume of the collec-
lion.
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OF THREE RS TO LIFE
OF COMMUNITY TERMED VITAL
Enrching of Subjects Taught in Schools to Mean
More TO Pupil in Pursuit Following Education
Is Favored i'm Authoritv

pfoaches his espoASibilIty with a
living consciousness of these com
munity essentials Will inevitably re-
late his tea ching 10 the common
needs OF all classes of people
Arithmetic Unlimited
Under the stimulus and guidance
OF these "simples" arithmetic will
not be merely mathematical process
bur viii become the means of con-
NeFlng more exact knowledge OF
health, environment. the home and
recreatlons 10 the pupils. History will
not be limited TO an account of kings
and politicians and wars. but will
inspire the youth with a devotion to
the constructive processes of hygiene
the better use OF the soil. a more
friendly appreciation of neighhors and
all that makes for a happier and
Sounder family life. as well as for
recreations that build body, mind and
spirit.
Similarly. every school process,
whether relating TO discipline or to
subject content. may be made to con-
tribute To living consciousness of
community life. The old questions
OF How am to earn my living" and
How am | TO serve my neiehbors -
VIII thus have Il new meaning rooted
in the simple essentials of social re-
latiouShips
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REVIEWS OF WINTER BOOKS
The Miracle of the Trust and History Which Reads Like Fc
tion-A Few Points About "Old-Fashoned SEN
ator'-OHerings From the Writers of Tales

| embittered personal antagonists on
| the other. Here Is a novel that gives
| fair consideration to The matter. The
| authors prime concessions 10 the
| theme is that divorce may be a matter
| of dignity and Self-reSpect That il is
| not, invariably and unalterably, an If
| responsible and disreputable line of
behavior. For instance, husba nd
may, out of Il clear Sliy-ds this one
| did-deClarc himself unSatistied with
/ his wife and children. If he is more
cOura geOuS than any man out in the
open ever is, he may adds this one
| did-that he already loves another
| woman md desires her for his wife
| This is the regulation point at which
! departure is made 10y the wife from a
| sane and reasonable attitude TO one Of
hysterical dcnunciation and self pity.
The latter way is the one taken by the
| average deserted wife. The woman OF
| this story is of the other kind.
SO, without any word al al, she
takes her children and goes away.
| Such the groundwork Of the situation.
! The story itself expands and develops
| upon this foundation. What each does
| thereafter becomes the body OF Mrs.
| Twins keenly understanding projcc-
ton. What each becomes thereafter
| Is the point Of this Story. Understand.
| there is no Nemesis nor is there a just
suing this errant husband. There is
nothing but life itself here reacting
| upon these two in exact accordance
| with the spirit in which each fronts
| upon life. Now, YOU may not b.. inter
| ested in divorce. You may diSapprove
! to the extent Of refusing 10 read d
story founded upon it. However. if
| you are interested in life itself, IN
| what it does to everybody engaged
| with il, just try reading this fair,
| strong, sympathetic, understanding
portrayal OF one Of its common aspects
at the hands OF this good artist in life.
x = =
THE RED CORD. BY Thomas Grant
Springer. Illustrations by ). Y.
Pang. New York: Brentauos.
CLEARLY romance OF China
~ which ought to abound-aud docs
so abound-in all manner OF exoti-
ciSms-SmellS, COlorS. forms. Gus
toms-quita outside our own personal
experiences. Vet convincing and be
lievable and exhilarating Withal. After
a page or TWO one follows along here
wholly engaged in the strange husi-
ness of buying a wife who, being over
hidden. passes into other hands and
then is likely TO move on, the price
ever mounting. into the harem Of a
Great one. All very real to US, though
never in our lives have we attended
upon such strangely casual matri-
monial rites. And the Wrong-lf il Toe
~ ~ o,,est
Who finally i 70 have So Ko I.ojeo
Ana here one suddenly feels at home.
desni1e the alien sights and sounds Of
this Chinese village For 50 Wo
| Loie. deep down inside herself, Is the
modern woman. making way Tor her
desires under al the punctlAous GenH-
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NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Unusual Exhibition of Paints the Corcoran Gallery Of
Portraits of Well Known Persons-Two Exhibitions at
the Arts Club-Photographs View.

heads alone of Marshal Haig. of
! Aiarechal Joffre and of ClemenCeau.
And with these is to be counted Il rap
IDLY painted head of the late President
Wilson. one of the most characterize,
| spontaneous and impressive portraits
/ Of this cnigmatical great man that has
| yet been painted.
Mrs. JohauSen'S contribution to the
! exhibition consists of 10 paintings, and
! admirably do they complement and
! supplement the works of her husband.
/ NJ. Jean NacI.ane, as she is best
( known. has am original talent. She is
! not one To follow trodden paths She
! can he traditional, as i'll her portrait
/ of the Queen Of the BelgianS or in
: that lovely lnttrpretutic Il of old age
/ the portrait Of Mrs. Jacob Clark. a
Eonagenarian; but 10y choice, appar-
! emily, she incIineS to more direct
ulteranCe and TO an intrepid forceful,
rather than SuaVe, form of express
| sion, She has delightful color sense
I ana an amazing power for handling
| broad spaces in almost flat mass.
Her portraits Of children are par
ticularly- engaging. Nothing could be
! more delightful than her transcript
/ ZION Of Evelyn Thomson. a blue-eyed
| little girl with an amazing mop of red
! ours and laughing red lips whom she
! has painted in a blue dress against Il
| blue and black background. She fire.
qucntly uses startling color contrasts
/ She is not afraid uf daring color
schemes. Her portrait of a young girl
| III BLACK hat, pink dress and golden
( CWlS against a red background is
/ charmiuEiy done. and her baby pur-
traits are enchanting. particularly
that Of Baby NJ. Asleep" which.
with remarkable huldncss of tech
UiulIp SttrS forth the. uDcfrN of Slcpu-
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Reward Inventors.

Russian railroad employees who in
vent devices that effect savings in the
cost of railroad operation are to be
rewarded with sums equivalent to 20
per cent Of the annual savings.
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GERTRUDE HAVILAND'S d.
vORCE. BY Inez Haynes Irwin.
No1u Work.. Harner & RroS

THE sequence used to be marriage
L It'll death do us part" But now
adays separation so frequently inter
venes to break this stable order of
the past that divorce, like marriage
itself, is fast becoming an institution.
1t deserves. therefore, a consideration
beyond that Of the professional scan
DIAL monger On the one hand and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
Would Enrich Subjects.


My recomm endations do not make
for revolution OF the present school
system, but for an enrichment of the
subjects and activities already incor-
porated in the school. II relieves the
educator from the present necessity
OF ever adding new subjects and new
departments to the school
The educators perplexing task Of
dealing with the immense aggrega-
ton OF new knowledge is simplified
by the selective basis which these
community essentials offer Guided
by the community "simples," the
teacher now may choose those ele-
ments of knowledge and those quail
ties OF personality that are most
needed by students who are to par
ticipate in the life the community.
mus the pupils Will become citizens,
and education Will be life.
tCopyrlKht 1925,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

Miss Edith NJ. Miller. head stat
istician in a big New York bank, is
the only member Of her sex to hold
such q position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

q ABRIEL SAAIAKA. PEACE
MAKER BY +. Phillips open
helm. Boston. Little Brown and
Company.
THE role of prophet in the play of
l. political plot and counterpart here
again engages Mr.. Oppenheim. AT
the present time no country offers
the romantic forecaSter . better field
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Ky special request an exhibition of
portraits by the Countess EdgerIv
kcrzybsl,i will be held at Mrs. Gibson
fAhneStuCk'S residence 23ll Massa-
chusetts avenue. from January - to
10. inclusive. Cards have been issued
ior a private view. The portraits will
y" on public view at the WavfareT's
b"okSh"p, Seventeenth and II streets,
from January l. to -, inclusive.
Countess korzybski won her reputa-
ton as painter under her maiden
name. Mira Edgerly- Her portraits
are done on ivory, large size. 7xI2
inches in dimensions. and many are
groups. For instance she has PAINTED
Mrs. Edward Mclean with her chill.
dren. Mrs. Joseph Letter with Joseph
Tom and Nancy. and Mrs. John IIavs
hammond with her daughter, Natalie.
Among nor English sitters are MANY
notable p"rsonages, including the
Duchess of ConnauSht ana the
Princess Patricia. The Metropolitan
Museum owns her portrait Of Mrs.
Lawrence Drumruond with jim. and
IN" Art Institute of Chicago her
portrait of her noted scientist. hus-
band. Count Alfred Skarbek de
korZybShi, The Time Binder"
x: *
4 LFI;ED HUTTY. who is well
known in this city both as a
painter and an etcher is holding an
exhibition OF his recent etChir@s AT
Gordon punrhrone's. 1905 Connecticut
avenue, from January to % This
collection vieS in interest with that
of etrhlugs by Ernest D. Roth now
on view IN the Smithsonian Institu-
ton.
4 y exhibition of 70 prints in bromoil
and bromoiI transfer-photo-
graphs Of q unique and interesting
charaCter-are now on view in the
section of Photography, Arts ard In
duStrieS Building. United States Ma
uonal Museum. These are by Or.
Emil Mayer Of Vienna, one of the
leading opponents Of this method Of
pictorial photography
K *
THE Baltimore Water Color club
announces its thirtIeth annual
exhibition, to be opened in the Balti-
more Museum of Art February Is and
continue 10 March q. Entry blanks
may he had by applying to the score
tary.. Miss Eleanor II. Hurd. 1923 st.
Paui street. Five prizes Will be
awarded by d jury comprising WAY
man Adams. George Walter Dawson
and George Pearse Ennis.
He. Washington Water Color Club
Wi! hold its annual exhibition in
IN" torcoran Gallery OF Art from
February tn E'ab,rt.r,- y
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IDA GILBERT MYERS.

THE HISTORY OFTHE STANDARD
OIL COMPANY. By Ida NJ. Tar
bell, author of Life Of Abraham
Lincoln" etc. New York: Inc
Macmillan Company.
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II EW collections have been of
- more genuine artistic interest
1 than that of paintings by
( John {. JohanSen and NJ. Jean
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09
LincoIn's Rail Partner,
LOG. Survives S Wives

Dallas, Texas.-Henry Plumer, 1906
year-old father of 81 children, rail-
splitter with Abraham Lincoln, is now
alone in his vine-shaded cottage in
Dallas, ever since the death of his
fifth wife.
His father, now 1873 years old, was
still enjoying life in Georgetown, d. c.,
when Henry last heard from him two
months ago. His mother lived to be
73 years old. Henry himself was one
Of 20 children. Two brothers, Jim and
Tom Plumer, returned to Africa in one
of the ships that carried slaves to
their original home soon after the
close of the war between the states.
Both are in their nineties and still
living.
Henry has survived all Of his FIVE
wives, his fifth one having died IL
years ago in Dallas at the age of 3d.
OF Henry's "a children, p are living,
the oldest being Nick, "a years old
and in Los Angeles, and the youngest
a married daughter, 33 years old, who
lives in Dallas. Eighteen Of them
were born in Dallas, but in the approx
innate three dozen offspring there are
no sets of twins or triplets.
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CALLS DAUGHTER DIVORCE
HOSTAGE; WINS HER CASE

charging cruelty. She was granted
decree.
Mrs. Agard said that early in the
summer Of 1925 she was living at the
Buena Terrace hotel. She testified
that her husband, then a magazine
publisher in Chicago, now living in
South Haven, Mich, kidnapped the
child, who was playing in the hotel
lobby. Then. according to her story,
Mrs. Agard received this message,
through an attorney: you may have
your child back when you obtain
divorce
Later Mrs. Agard made an appoint
ment to meet her husband In Boston
in an attempt to get possession of the
child, but he failed to appear, she said.
Finally despairing of obtaining Gus
tody of her child in any other man
ner, she filed suit for divorce.
But ! wouldn't have him as a hus-
band now. she declared i've got
my child back and that's all / want
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09
Secret Passage in Palace
Reveals Skeleton, but
Gold Is Missing.

ROme.-When one mentions Lodi,
this prosperous city of Lombardy, one
thinks of fine Parmesan cheese, for
many experts insist that the very fin
est is made in this district. But now
Lodi is connected with hidden treas
ure, and the legend of golden stag
buried under its foundation when the
ancient city was attacked by the Mi
lanese prior to 1853, when Emperor
Frederick took it under his protection
and new city was built five miles
from the destroyed town.
1t was about a month ago that the
people of Lodi were aroused from
their everyday stolidity by the rumor
that treasure had been found under
the ancient palace of the Sommariva.
In former years, whenever there was
any digging in the vicinity of the
Laus Pompea, gold coins were found,
and workmen often showed their finds
secretly to their friends. But the pres
ent discovery was on a far greater
scale, it was said. 1t was supposed
that golden stag, golden helmets and
shields, with other equally rare treas
ures, had been found.
The Sommariya owned their palace
from 1921, when they were leaders of
the popular party and enemies of the
Orvenaghi, who headed the mobiles.
The Sommariva were Ghibelline and
the others Guelph, and there was con-
tinual fighting. The Podesta made
peace by exiting the Orvenaghi, and
the Sommariva became lords of the
town.
Palace Coded to Ghisi.
The family held the palace until so
years ago, keeping it in its original
form until the time of Napoleon, when
the head of the family was a general
In the Austrian army. Napoleon
stormed the bridge in 1896. After the
return of the general from the war
he had the palace reconstructed, but
left the old foundations as they were,
as well as the fireplace. He died in
Vienna and his successors remained in
possession until the head of the fam
lily, Marchese Emilio di Salerno, moved
to Milan. He coded the palace to the
Ghisi family 1t still retains much of
the old building, and in order to keep
1t in touch with the traditions of an
Client Lodi neither steam heat nor an
elevator has been installed.
Some weeks ago during cold spell
the wife Of the owner, Ghisi, called
an old servant and told her to light
the fire in the ancient fireplace, at
the back of which was an old coat of
arms. Sticks and logs were being put
into place when one of them hit the
coat of arms, and as if by magic it
sprung open, leaving a gaping hole.
The servant screamed and her mis-
tress rushed in to see what had hap
pened. She saw huge opening in the
back of the fireplace Her son with
friends decided to explore. With
torches and rope they entered, one by
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09
Mother Says Child Was Held by
Father to Force Her to
Free Him.

Chicago obvious excitement on the
part Of Mrs Alice G. Agard, 3740 Pine
Grove avenue, when she appealed to
Superior Judge Joseph SABBATH for a
divorce, aroused the judges interest.
He questioned her and she said her
-year-old daughter, Johanna had
been held hostage a year and half
by her husband, Nelson Agard'
wealthy publisher, to force her to get
a divorce.
Judge SABBATH Immediately ordered
the child brought into court and the
mother and little girl met for the first
time in 18 months. Mrs. Agard
clasped her daughter in her arms and
both wept joyfuily.
Even though she had reclaimed the
girl, she elected to obtain divorce,
anyway, and resumed her testimony.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09

the subterranean, per infera ad lu-
cen which means to enter back Of
the fireplace, descend below and con-
tinue until you reach the light, which
is the exit into the garden.
1t is necessary, as these walls are
a historical monument, to undertake
the search together with a government
employee sent by the department of
excavation. AS the family is certain
that apart from the few golden coins
there is no other treasure, it has de-
cided to leave the passage open, and
live in the tradition that treasure
was once hidden underneath.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09
Lodi Treasure
Myth Exploded

one, and found a winding staircase
leading to the lower level, distance
of Is feet down. 1t was necessary to
take sticks. as the lower cavern was
full of snakes, which had evidently
been there for many years. On all
sides were ancient walls with frag-
ments of sculpture; on the floor were
golden coins and human skeleton.
Pit Believed Bottomless.
AS night had fallen and they did not
wish to alarm the people in the section
of the palace where a convent of Eng
fish nuns has its school, they post
poned further search until daylight.
The skeleton was taken to a sanitary
office in order that they might examine
it carefully and learn to what period
it belonged. From the lower cavern
the search continued down a walled
passage under other palaces. The
search has been delayed, as it is nee
essary to get permission for the exami-
nation of other properties under which
the passage runs.
Old inhabitants remember that IN
the gardens of the Sommariva palace
there was a big hole which was sup
posed to be bottomless. The legend
surrounding this was so impressive
that ii was considered necessary to
cover up the aperture so that no acct
dents should occur. 1t is thought this
was connected with the fireplace in
the library, and was secret entrance
for those who did not wish to be seen
entering the house. Those were trou-
bIesome times, and men found it neces-
sary to surround their movements with
a great deal Of mystery.
Ghisi, the owner of the palace, has
thrown light on the discovery by adj
hitting that his father, after he had
bought the house, was very much in
terested in the legends in the books in
the library. He studied there often,
and discussed with his son the posi-
bility of finding the hidden treasure.
One day when he was sitting In the
library near the fireplace he inadver-
tently knocked against the wall and
found that it sounded hollow. With
sharp instrument he pried into the
wall, and succeeded In finding a secret
hiding place. In this repository was
box, which he opened. Inside was
document in which the secret of the
hidden golden stag was told.
Kept the Secret.
There was a coat of arms with a
head of the golden stag, and under
meath was the same coat of arms that
was in the fireplace, while below was
a cabalistic sign with two crossed
bones and four circles containing the
legend, CAB igne per infera ad lucem"
The father kept the secret of this doc
ument to himself. Possibly he feared
ridicule if he started searching for the
treasure, or possibly he could not I'M
derstand the hidden directions When
he was on his death bed he called his
son and handed him the box with the
secret document, telling him all he
knew of the treasure supposed to be
hidden under the palace. This in
scription has now been deciphered to
mean: from the fireplace, alb igne; to