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that is a respectable living death. It is about the relations of Fastrade and her embittered lover that the story resolves. After wooing her and winning her, regardless of the frowns of the old Baron, her father, the lover becomes entangled in a net which is largely of his own making. Yet just when he needs Fastrade’s sympathy the most, and when he pleads for it, she deserts in obedience to the strict conventions of the castle. The result is a tragedy entirely in accord with the somber atmosphere maintained by the author throughout the book. The story gives an
by the author throughout the book. The story gives an excellent picture of the fading nobility by one who apparently is qualified to describe it. The characters are painted with rapid but sure strokes with a background that cannot fail to impress the reader with the feeling of dry rot. It is rather a mournful book, but of a quality that holds attention and provokes reflection. In addition to the novel, which is relatively short, the volume contains two short stories, “Harmony” and “Kersta,” which treat with relations of man and wife. They are done skillfully. THE BRANCH OF THE
and wife. They are done skillfully. THE BRANCH OF THE BIRD On me to rest, my bird, my bird; The swaying branches of my heart Are blown by every wind toward The home where to their wings depart. Build not your nest, my bird, on me; I know no peace but ever sway; O lovely bird, be free, be free, On the wild music of the day. But sometimes when your wing would rest And winds are laid on quiet cheeks Come, I will bear you breast to breast, And lap you close with loving leaves. - J.S. European Powers
lap you close with loving leaves. - J.S. European Powers who book concessions in the Celestial Kingdom are making them now. ANNIVERSARY With anniversaries right and left we have totally overlooked celebrating that of the Happer, She was nine years old yesterday. Or is it tomorrow? The birthday of the moron is another neglected date. The moron will always be nine years old. BEST TO REMAIN UNSOLVED Yesterday ... a blur of faces Today ... a longing, A restlessness for tomorrow, Tomorrow ... a mystery Best to remain, unsolved. —Rose Zaynoni Morinoni. Sparrow Tourists Australian officials, mindful of how English
Zaynoni Morinoni. Sparrow Tourists Australian officials, mindful of how English sparrows spread over the United States after a few were imported, are endeavoring to avoid a similar experience. Several sparrows which escaped from the steamer Carinthia when she arrived at Fremantle on a world tour are being hunted by men who have orders to kill them. Australia has had sad experiences in the past with such importations. Rabbits brought there multiplied so rapidly that the farmers have to war against them constantly. The prickly pear also found Australia's climate so congenial that it has spread over millions of acres of
congenial that it has spread over millions of acres of land, making it unfit for cultivation. Europe Still Ahead MR. COOLIDGE SMILES TWICE President Coolidge is not at all the silent man that Prince William of Sweden had been taught to expect. “We had a very pleasant time,” said the Prince of his recent visit to the White House in Washington. “He is a charming gentleman and he smiled, yes, he smiled twice, I have witnesses.” ON THE HIGHWAY Seven buxom women abreast, and arm in arm, Trudge down the hill, tip-toed, and breathing warm; They must performe trudge thus,
hill, tip-toed, and breathing warm; They must performe trudge thus, to keep upright On the glassy ice-bound road, And they must get to market whether or not, Provisions running low With the nearing Saturday night, While the lumbering van wherein they mostly ride Can now go: Yet loud their laughter as they stagger and slide! —Thomas Hardy. ALYSTERIA TRANSLATION The Assyrian language was, once, "a puzzle even to Assyriologists": But various translations of one inscription have been published make the language seem more than a puzzle. The same tablet is translated in variant forms, as follows: I. “O Eulil, like
translated in variant forms, as follows: I. “O Eulil, like the river of the country, pulling yourself up powerfully: O hero, you are speaking to them; they have rest.” II. “Eulil, as constructor of a mountain canal, putting the stones in the current, placed them at the bottom.” Fourth-form Latin translations, could scarcely equal this. VILLON He found life harsh and cold To a poet in a ragged cloak With a wry smile he sold Gentility, and broke Virtue on a wheel of lust Toole a harlot for his wife, Stooped lower, wallowed in the dust Sipped the very dregs
Stooped lower, wallowed in the dust Sipped the very dregs of life. You—throned in a professorial chair, With prim looks And a dry pedantic air— You who have lived in books And musty studies With a maze Of notes, appendices and dim etchings, you, with dormouse always, You dare to lecture about him! — H. R. Hays. IN EMPLOYING PLANT FOODS The use of commercial foods for plants is slowly increasing in the United States. But it still has a long way to go before it approaches the condition prevalent in Europe, where the soil has been under intensive cultivation
in Europe, where the soil has been under intensive cultivation for centuries. Figures compiled by the National Fertiliser Association of the United States show that the consumption of fertiliser in that country in 1926 averaged 641 lbs. per crop acre, compared with 2001 lbs. in Germany, 513 lbs. in Belgium, 674 lbs. in Holland and 50 lbs. in France and Italy. The total commercial fertiliser sold in the United States was 7,508,132 tons, compared with 7,450,294 tons in 1925. PEPPER AND SALT VERSE. AMITIE We've heard of men so full of truishness That people almost stand in awe Of them,
of truishness That people almost stand in awe Of them, and this exactitude They place of importance before What other virtues they possess— On their veracity they stress. But some men flaunt the truth at us. They would before us pose so pure That they, themselves, loudly proclaim They would not swerve for any lure From what they deem to be the truth! Facts to the contrary—Though. This type of man we often eye Askance, and feel we’d be convinced Of his sincerity if he Much less verbosity evinced. The truthfulness of whom one says Depends not always on self-praise.
truthfulness of whom one says Depends not always on self-praise. James G. Conner. MODERN CHINA The young bloods of Peking are having their first taste of chop suey— the “Chinese” dish invented in America— and they pronounce it goed. The new restaurant which serves chop suey in Peking is in Morrison Street, about two blocks from the Legation Quarter and less than half a mile from the Forbidden City. There at the tea hour, and at night, may be found a motley assortment of “Young China.” That is, students and youths returned from abroad with their feminine friends. Young Chinese
youths returned from abroad with their feminine friends. Young Chinese blades of Peking, Charleston there, with Oxford bags flapping round ankles and knees. Pretty Chinese girls with bound feet, bobbed hair and short skirts, at their partners. SCHOOLS. COURS OU PARC MONCEAU AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 16, Rue de Monceau (near Champs-Élysées). Dir. Mme. ILLARTEIN, (Tel.), El. 3434.) Furthest opportunities for study in French. American, English and French Teachers. ART DEALERS ERCOLE CANNESI ANTIQUAIRE EXPERT PARIS. 93 Avenue des CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES. NEW YORK. 500 FIFTY AVENUE. ART ARTISTS’ COLORS 72 Bld, RASPAIL (6e). (Nord-Sud: Rennes.) GENERAL MATERIALS FOR THE FINE ARTS
RASPAIL (6e). (Nord-Sud: Rennes.) GENERAL MATERIALS FOR THE FINE ARTS GALERIE GRANOFF PERMANENT EXPOSITIONS OF MODERN PAINTINGS 166 Boulevard Haussmann (Ville.). PEOPLE IN THE NEWS The King and Queen of England will open the new Gladstone Dock in Liverpool on July 19. The Gladstone Docks are the largest in the world, and they have taken more than twenty years to construct. They have cost £7,500,000. The King of Siam has a new white elephant on his hands. It was presented by the Borneo Company as a token of good luck. This makes seven sacred elephants owned by the King—three white
This makes seven sacred elephants owned by the King—three white ones and four pink. The visit of Prince George of England to France will be extended to two or three months, so that he may improve his French. The Prince will spend most of his time in the country homes of French friends. After three or four days in Paris, he will go to the estate of Prince de Caraman-Chimay, near Rheims (Marne). Before he returns to England he will visit several battlefields. Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State in the Coolidge Cabinet, left Washington yesterday for Charleston, South
in the Coolidge Cabinet, left Washington yesterday for Charleston, South Carolina, where he will rest for a fortnight. He hopes to rid himself of a severe cold from which he has been suffering for some time. Fishing continues to be the favorite pastime of the Duke and Duchess of York during their visit to New Zealand. Yesterday the Duke hooked a four-pound trout. The Duchess, wearing wading boots, caught several fish. Although he gave up his post at the British Museum some time ago, Sir Ernest Budge, the eminent Egyptologist, has not forgotten those who were his friends. He returns
has not forgotten those who were his friends. He returns to the museum every week and hands the doorkeeper an envelope marked “For Mike.” The envelope contains sixpence, destined to help satisfy the gluttony of Mike, the museum's cat. The Rev. William Howell, of Sabah, Sarawak, has been working among the Dyaks for forty-eight years. He is in his seventy-first year. The Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak writes of him:—“I am afraid to state the number of miles that he has tramped through the jungle in his time. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Rajah have
for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Rajah have granted him a pension, but with characteristic fortitude Mr. Howell refuses to take his pension until he has completed fifty years in the jungle. He is, of course, not able to do the same amount of walking that he used to do, but when he had turned seventy he tramped sixteen miles to place the cornerstone of the new church at Betong.” Vice-Consul John A. Squiers, who has been in Paris at the American Consulate-General since October 1923, has been transferred to the Consulate in Prague. Mr. Squiers is now
transferred to the Consulate in Prague. Mr. Squiers is now taking a holiday with Mrs. Squiers and their daughter at Nice. He will leave immediately for his new post. A former sea captain has made history for the British Mercantile Marine by becoming a Government Whip. He is Mr. F. G. Penny, member for Kingston on Thames, which he has represented since 1922. His appointment as an assistant whip was announced yesterday. The increasing and romantic career of this six-foot M.P. began in a windjammer, and he went to sea for years, taking his master’s certificate. In 1899 he entered
for years, taking his master’s certificate. In 1899 he entered commercial life in the East, and became secretary of a number of companies. Stockbroking was his next interest. When the war broke out he served in Singapore and Penang, and in the latter place later joined the Eastern Smelting Company. At the last election his majority over a Socialist was 14,000. A new musical experiment is to be tried at the Queen's Hall in London, on Saturday by Dame Ethel Smyth, the noted English composer. This consists of a concerto for horn, violin, and orchestra—a combination which has never before
for horn, violin, and orchestra—a combination which has never before been used. Sir Henry Wood will conduct. Dame Ethel is about to publish a book on the tour which she made in Greece with her lame mother. It has a curious title, “A Three-Legged Tour in Greece,” which presumably refers to her mother’s infirmity. The man who invented “Charity stamps” has died suddenly at the age of sixty-two. He was M. Hoibøl, head of the Danish postal system. He saw the possibilities of charity stamps twenty years ago. Soon they were being sold in Denmark, spreading first to other Scandinavian
were being sold in Denmark, spreading first to other Scandinavian countries and then to the whole world. Comings and Goings. Among the passengers in the Berengaria, which returned to the express service of the Cunard Line today when she sailed from Cherbourg for New York, are Major H. O. D. Segrave, who is taking his famous racing car with him; Mr. F. S. Allen, of the Bankers Trust Company in Paris; Mr. George Braman, Mr. James R. Coe, Mrs. George Murmane, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Michell and Mrs. M. E. Craig. Among the passengers in the France, of the French
Craig. Among the passengers in the France, of the French Line, which sails from Havre for New York today, are Mr. Denise Asden, M. Jean Borotra, Mr. E. H. Block, Mr. A. M. Badby, Mrs. Agnes Cunningham, Mrs. Marshall Clyde and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Culbertson. At the Hotels. Mr. H. P. Gilpin, of Baltimore, is at the Hôtel Regina, Paris. Mr. Lisle M. Humphreys, of London, is at the Hôtel de Grillon, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmer, of New York, are at the Hôtel Continental, Paris. Mr. Joseph N. Greenbaum, of San Francisco, is at the Hôtel
Joseph N. Greenbaum, of San Francisco, is at the Hôtel de Grillon, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. William Kleitz, of Rye, New York, are at the Hôtel de France et Choiseul, Paris. Miss Elizabeth Hill, of London, is at the Hôtel Bristol, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. William Poulter, of London, are at the Hôtel Continental, Paris. Mr. W. Elliott, of Boston, is at the Hôtel Métropolitain, Paris. THE WOMAN OF THE LAY Miss DAISY KENNEDY Mrs. John Drinkwater, wife of the English playwright, better known as a brilliant violinist -under her maiden name, Daisy Kennedy, has appeared in a new part.
maiden name, Daisy Kennedy, has appeared in a new part. She is proving to be a writer of no mean ability. She has been challenging the assertion that professional musicians are seldom happy in marriage and in home life. Such an assertion, she says, is one of those half-truths which gradually come to be accepted as whole truths owing to the somewhat excessive light which is focused on the private lives of many artistes before the public. She says that exhibitions of temperament are often only a good excuse for temper; that sometimes it is superabundant vitality unable to find
temper; that sometimes it is superabundant vitality unable to find sufficient outlet in art, and that the overflow is for the most part redirected and wasted for want of other equally absorbing interests. Miss Kennedy confides that she would love to be entirely a musician, entirely a mother, and entirely a wife— which she admits is impossible. Miss Daisy Kennedy is best known to the public as a violinist. Born at Burra, South Australia, thirty-three years ago, she says that she could strum tunes by ear on the piano when she was a tiny child. Her father, Headmaster of Norwood
she was a tiny child. Her father, Headmaster of Norwood School, Adelaide, decided to have her trained as a piano virtuoso. When she was seven, however, he thought her a violin for twenty-five shillings. Although she had never touched a violin before, she immediately played “God Save the King.” Her father changed his mind and she was trained as a violinist. She studied at the Adelaide Conservatory until she was fifteen, giving several recitals of her own. Then, in 1908, Kubelik visited Adelaide; on the strength of his words of appreciation, she left home to study in Europe. With little
appreciation, she left home to study in Europe. With little money left, Miss Kennedy reached Prague, where she sought out Professor Sevcik; she took this master of the violin by storm. She told him that he must take her into his school as a pupil. After hearing her play, he accepted her small offer, and she began a further three years of training. She had to practice exercises for six hours a day, which she found "real drudgery." Later she entered the “Master-school” in Vienna under the same professor, where she held a scholarship during her second year. After making
she held a scholarship during her second year. After making her début in Vienna in 1911, she accompanied Professor Sevcik to London. Where she played in the principal concerts at the Queen’s Hall and the Albert Hall, followed by a tour in the provinces. Later she toured the United Kingdom and the capitals of Europe with her first husband, M. Moiseiwich, who later obtained a divorce from her. In 1919, Miss Kennedy toured in Australia and New Zealand, where she had a great reception; in the following year she made a successful début in New York at the Æolian Hall.
a successful début in New York at the Æolian Hall. Since then, Miss Kennedy has given countless recitals in London. Miss Kennedy has exceptionally well-developed muscles of the arm and elbow. Thereby hangs a tale. In her girlhood days, one of her domestic duties was the daily cleaning of her father’s boots, which were the out-size “elevens.” Patent polishes had not then been invented, and she did her daily task with the old-fashioned Day and Martin and a liberal application of elbow-grease. Such is her explanation of her exceptional muscles. In 1924, Miss Kennedy was married to Mr. John Drinkwater.
In 1924, Miss Kennedy was married to Mr. John Drinkwater. She claims as her recreations: “Fond of looking for interesting old and new pieces of violin music to improve repertoire, reading, living in the country, and studying. STREET CANE DUEL WON BY HUSBAND NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Two men thrust and parried with their canes in a Street duel, yesterday in this city. As a result, the Victor, Colonel Edward Carrington, aged fifty-five, campaign manager for the late Theodore Roosevelt, is under arrest and his brother, Campbell Carrington, fifty-three, is receiving treatment in hospital for wounds to the face. Colonel Carrington said
in hospital for wounds to the face. Colonel Carrington said that he went with detectives to the home of his wife, whom he is suing for divorce. The fight began when Campbell emerged and in an insulting tone inquired: “Are you looking for me?” Mrs. Carrington filed counter-charges of drunkenness, cruelty, and failure to support her against the Colonel. The Carringtons are members of a prominent Southern family. PARIS TO SEE DAVENPORT GIRLS Iowans Anticipate International Fame Through Fair Drill Team. DAVENPORT, Iowa.—The girls drill team of the Davenport American Legion Auxiliary will attend the Legion Convention in Paris in
Legion Auxiliary will attend the Legion Convention in Paris in September. The team has won first honor in competitions in San Francisco, St. Paul, Omaha, and Philadelphia. Davenport citizens have been asked to contribute $4,000 towards sending the girls abroad. They subscribed $5,000. Many merchants see the possibility of international advertising for Davenport in the trip of the girls. The girls are now enrolled in a night school, learning to speak French. THE STAGE: PARIS BOUCOT AND HIS AMBITION Four Presidents Ate Gingersnaps Baked by Woman Who Dies at 101 Boucot, the popular music-hall and revue comedian, achieved one of
Boucot, the popular music-hall and revue comedian, achieved one of the great ambitions of his life by appearing at the Odéon this week as Scapin in Molière’s "Fourberies de Scapin." In the difficulties which Molière so lavishly invented for this part, many a seasoned actor of the Comédie-Française has failed to produce great effect; but Boucot displayed an astonishing virtuosity. His performance of the scene of the bastinado was dazzling, and he drew enthusiastic applause also for his scenes with Argante and Géronte when they are victimized by Scapin’s intrigues. Boucot is not the first music-hall star to find his
Boucot is not the first music-hall star to find his way to the stage of the Odéon. Vilbert and Dranem have preceded him, but neither pleased a large audience with more unqualified success than Boucot. The Théâtre Michel has produced a typical comédie-vaudeville of the boulevards, with Mme. Régina Camier and M. Harry Baur in the leading parts. The piece is called "Le Croupier de la Troisième Table" and it does not bore the audience. It recounts the adventures of a fortunate croupier in a baccarat room who "brings good luck" to two heavy players who consequently engage in a
luck" to two heavy players who consequently engage in a contest for him. Comte de Saint-Fournier obtains the croupier at last and adopts him as his son, only to discover that Comtesse de Saint-Fournier (Mme. Camier) was the croupier’s former wife. In a plot where originality and verisimilitude are in so little demand, the authors (Jean Guitton and André Barde) never the less succeed in creating two or three good situations and some amusing lines. Mme. Régina Camier displays what one would take to be the greater part of her war wardrobe, not to speak of her own comely figure,
war wardrobe, not to speak of her own comely figure, during the action of the piece. M. Harry Baur, is, as ever, a comedian of the first rank. Grant, Lincoln, McKinley and Roosevelt Visited at Home of Mrs. Nancy Baker at Galena, Ohio. (Paris Times Spécial) NEW YORK.—Presidents of the United States may again visit Galena, Illinois, but their reception will never be the same. Mrs. Nancy Baker, whose gingersnaps were loved by four Presidents, has died at the age of 101. Eleven years have passed since Mrs. Baker baked her last batch of gingersnaps, but she always liked to
her last batch of gingersnaps, but she always liked to talk about them and the youth of Galena listened with mouths agape to her stories of Grant, Abraham Lincoln, McKinley and Roosevelt. It was this product of her kitchen that led to her acquaintance with McKinley and Roosevelt. Back in 1852, when Mrs. Baker and her husband first arrived from England, they purchased a brick cottage at Galena. On their right a man named Grant conducted a store. He later became commander-in-chief of the Union army and eventually entered the White House. But while in Galena, he greatly admired Mrs.
White House. But while in Galena, he greatly admired Mrs. Baker’s cookies. Before the war, Abraham Lincoln, stumping through Illinois with Douglas, arrived in the town. Mrs. Baker and her husband met him then, and a friendship was begun that lasted until the assassination. In 1893, Galena decided to honor Grant by publicly celebrating his birthday. It invited as speaker William McKinley, then Governor of Ohio. McKinley spoke. Afterwards, Baker remarked, "I’ve a fresh batch in the kitchen now." McKinley praised them highly. Seven years later, another speaker was imported for a celebration. Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York,
for a celebration. Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, also was taken to Mrs. Baker’s cottage. He expressed a desire to taste the famous cookies, and it seemed that Mrs. Baker had a fresh batch on hand. Galena may receive Presidents again, but the golden age of gingersnaps is past. In Paris and the Provinces; The French Capital Marks Time Friday afternoon will bring the répétition générale of Franc-Nohain’s new play, "La Marche Indienne," at the Odéon. The piece is fantastic comedy, in which Franc-Nohain has endeavored throughout, as he says, to create a feeling of gaiety on the
he says, to create a feeling of gaiety on the stage and in the audience; "to be gay," he adds, "is more difficult than to be comic." M. Franc-Nohain has contributed nothing to the Paris stage since "La Victime," written in collaboration with Fernand Vanderem and produced at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in 1913. At the Théâtre Femina, one cannot say that the new works presented this week by Mme. Berizzi were particularly invigorating. Modern authors delight in weird subjects and both "Les Malheurs d’Orphée" and "Le Fonctionnaire MCMXII" convey an atmosphere of gloom, and—let us be candid—of boredom difficult