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OVERDUE RECOGNITION
TM Kill'; is seldom a year In which the
records of the 1 i'm ttnetit of Public
Safety or the Knlrinmiiit Perk Commission
de net attest te numerous nets of heroism
performed In emergencies br iollcemen, tire
men nnd Fninneutit Turk guards. It
the average citizen tnkes the protective serv
ices for grunted. It Is the job of policemen,
he will rolled, te ttiitnl out In the snow or
the rnlu, te work loin; hours ami te get along
en small pay ; of tlretnen, te risk their live
pert of the dti's work. Tough, perhaps,
but wlint are you going te de nbeiit ltV
Imagination as well ns gencrexity wast re
quired for the establishment of the fund
lvhlch Edward link has provided for the ray
ment nnmmlly of awards of $nmt) te six
policemen, firemen and park guards In
recognition of unusual acts of courage or
dvotlen te dut. The pension funds are
meager enough. The sums te be distributed
under "The Citizens' Award" will be gen gen
ereus. Hut the new fund will be of most
Value as n general reminder of the excellent
and admirable service rendered from da te
day by the men appointed te guard life and
property In the eltv nnd in the p.irks.
THE FRENCH FLURRY
THE extent of the disturbance caused by
French naval demands In the disarma
ment councils cannot be adequately deter
mined until p.tbllc sessions are resumed. It
is undeniable t lint the claims for dread
noughts said te have been presented over ever over
ceoud the reduction program us originally
outlined.
But worth noting also is the fact that the
unsettled relations of Frnnce and (ireat
Britain are just new being reflected In
Washington. The situation Is net precisely
Inspiring, but It Is perhaps unavoidable.
The coming conference between Lloyd
Gterge nnd Hrlnnd must Inevitably exert a
powerful influence upon the process of ac ac ac
comeodation1) In the capital. A game of
bargaining Is under way. Disquieting as
this mny seem. It should by no means be
construed as forecasting disruption of the
commendable program of bona -fide nnvnl
limitations.
It Is net by motives, of which there arc
many nnd conflicting in the Washington
sessions, that the convention will be judged
se much as by results. French requests for
navnl expansion nr- one thing. Surrender
te tentative demands Is something else.
The possibilities of adjustment hnve by
no means been exhausted. As has been said
before, an International conclave without
crises is one which It would be needless te
call.
There remain substantial grounds for hope
that France Is asking for mere thau she
entertains any reasonable hope of obtaining,
nnd that accord after the conventional over
statement of national needs en mere sides
than one will eventually be reached.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
PULI.NKSS of jeurs Inevitably wen for
Cnmille Satnt-Saens the title of "the
grand old man of French music." Like
most conventional phrases, the characteriza
tion Is hardly exact.
Ills death at the age of eighty -.si:: Is a
reminder of his association with the most
fruitful periods of musical pi egress of the
nineteenth centurj I If was a warm friend
of Liszt, and It was through the hitter's in
fluence that "Samson et Djllln," the opera
by which Salnt-Snens will prebabl) be best
known te posterity, was produced in Weimar
In 1877.
The changes in music wrought in his life
time were prodigious, and as a conscientious
artist rather than a full-powered genius,
these developments were reflected te a large
extent in his writings.
Lack of vital Inspiration was at times
offset by his seasoned scholarship, by a
sense of jsdse nnd by nn antipathy' te ex
travagances which rendcied Ids work pol
ished and graceful rather then strikingly
Individual.
He w-es a true eclectic, exploring witn un
flagging Industry virtual!) all musical forms,
cantatas, concertos, symphonies, operas,
ballets, symphonic poems, and appearing
also as a concert pianist. As an lnstru
mtntnllst he was especially successful In the
last-named field, with "l'haeteti." "The
Spinning Wheel of Omphale" nnd the well
known spinning "Danse Macabre" as his
most pepulnr achievements
As a rule, the emotional content of his
works is net striking, ultheugh he hud a
fertile gift of melody. When net betrayed
by this talent Inte meretricltj, his writing
had the stamp of authority and his orches
tration was almost Invarlnblj rich, re re
ueareeful and replete with color.
fersennlly dignified, yet unpretending and
unaffected, he was never a victim of the
ephemeral false starts and sensational ab
surdities committed In the- name of music
during the last quarter of Ills long and un
illpeachably honorable enreer
AMERICANS FOR PROFIT
THR cancellation of the natutaltzatieu
papers of a (ieruinn by the Federal Dis
Jrlct Court In Indianapolis, en the ground
that the man never Intended te become an
American, Is In line with the recent policy
of the Government In such cases.
The Htate Department was troubled for
vears by naturalized foreigners who obtained
American citizenship In order te secure ,hc
MVtectlen of this (levernmeut in their en
terprises nbrend. In order te escape this
n rule was made that unless the nnturullzeil
person lived In America he must forfeit lilb
Citizenship after n certain period of years
'Jhl rule deprived many Smith nnd Centra!
American revolutionists of .the protection
Vwih they always sought when they get In
'trMlifc lujhelr native countries.
' 'ik Indiana dentist Is net a revolutionist,
jV 'Via Mhit Mtl merlca in 1BSS and was natu-
''riinW In'VdO, and returned te Geymany In
hMraftw be could .wake tuere mencj
practicing dentistry there than here. He
came back te defend his citizenship, but de
stroyed Ids chances, by admitting that
whcthci he should remain here would depend
en his piespcct of doing better in America
new than In Germany .
The (Vim did net seem te think that
citizenship for piellt should lie tolerated,
and It very properly canceled the man's
papers. ..
TIME FOR REPUBLICANS TO
THINK ABOUT GOVERNORSHIP
It's Net Safe te Trust a Choice te the
Little "Practical" Leaders New
Scheming te Nominate a
Figurehead
WHAT Is the Republican 1'nrt.w in Penn
syluinln gelic; te de about the selection
of a Governer te sun eed Mr. SpreuP
Is it going te let the Utile coterie of little
leaders who have been conniving and schem
ing for many months pus' walk ou with the
nomination for some dummy who can be
depended upon te di as they dictate-'
Or Is it going te get awake 'e the situation
before if is tee late mid se- that a man lit for
the place In every sense of the word Is
chosen '!
These are the questions th.it must he
faced, and faced without mere delay, by the
men nnd women who believe that the Re
publican Party Is the one bct equipped te
govern the State.
If does net require the peu'r of a clair
voyant te discover that there i n widespread
conspiracy afoot ame ig some of the practical
county leaders te grab the powers of the
Executive Department mid run it en the
bttfls of personal profit. Practical! Well,
that word will sere in place of a mere
stinging adjective. There nre practical safe
blowers, practical pickpockets, practical
grafters, and they are net all out of politics.
The signs are everywhere. The most dan
gerous Indlcntieii Is the talk ei "harmony."
Harmony among the "prnctlcal" leaders
means a frnme-up against the voters, against
the rank and file of the party. It means
a mock primary with all the cards stacked
in foer of n figurehead.
The same sort of talk n heard before
the primary at which the lien. Martin O,
Brumbaugh was nominated, and leek at Um
result '.
But n mere distressing symptom is the
failure of any of the important lenders the
men of 'State-wide standing like Senater
Penrose nnd Governer Sproul te say the
word which would put a step te the machi
nations of the little tricksters.
Whatever the motive which keeps them
silent, their very silence is new turned te
advantage In fnver of men like Beldlemnn
nnd Snyder, neither of whom Is the type of
public man needed for the governorship.
These men and their friends are hard nt
work lining up little lenders with n block of
controllable votes here and ,i block there.
They arc boring from within In the "State
Committee. They have adherents nt stra
tegic points regulntlng the machinery of the
party . They may even be found eventually
te have the active assistance of our newest
1'nlted States Senater, who, while unable
te occupy the sent In the Senate left pain
fully vacant by the denth of Mr. Knox, Is
still net tee 111 te be able te play nn Inside
game of political seven -up in the matter of
the governorship nomination.
It is time for the real Republicans of
Pennsylvania te leek Inte the situation nnd
nit leave it wholly te the "prnctlcal" men.
Great things have been started In the SUM
Government, and blger things are abend.
Thee nre days of reconstruction and prog
ress nnd evolution, and no moral or mental
pigmy con be trusted te direct the affairs of
the State during the four years beginning In
1023.
Where ere the "big men" of the party,
the men of affairs who are trotted out ns
delegates and alternates te the national con
ventions; the men who furnish the backbone
'and sinews of Republicanism? What are
they going te de about this nomination?
Are they going te have any say In the selec
tion of the right kind of mnn. or are they
going te leave it wholly te the professionals
ns they have te date?
It Is net tee late te save the party from
the pigmies. But it seen will be. The way
te begin is te clear the field of all the bluffers
and Imitation statesmen who are new pos
turing in the limelight. A few forceful words
unitedly spoken liv the leaders of business
and Industry und public affairs who bcliee
In the Republican Party would puncture
these pretensions like toy balloons. Then
the way would be clear for the nomination
of the right kind of landidate Will these
words he spoken?
THE KING TRUST
IF UK had lived sewnty-tive years age it
Is net likely that Jereme Napeleon Bona
parte, of the Baltimore Bennpartes, would
have taken the preposition that he go into
the king business se lightly.
He admits that the possibility of Ins be
coming King of Albania has been Informally
discussed, hut says that lie neer seriously
considered it. The throne Is vacant. Prince
William of Wlpd occupied it for a minute
or two. but abandoned it when the war broke
out T!ils was after the suggestion hud been
reiec ed that Geerge Fred Williams, of
Bosten, known as an ardent Bn unite, be
made King. Geerge Fred was net a member
of the King Trust, and If he had been willing
te exchange the delights of democracy for
the troubles that go with a irewn it Is
doubtful if In1 would have been acceptable te
the Powers who were selecting .i titular head
for the new Albanian state.
Kinging In F.nrepe has. se far as p.isslble,
been managed bv a close coiperatlon for the
last century. When thy ;,intilnrds. wenrv
of the Bourbons, were ready for another
King, Amadee, of the house of Savey, was
sent te them. But he could net pronounce
Spanish and he had te tlee the emintr The
Bourbons were then reinstated
When Greece was set up as an independent
kingdom Otte, a German Pilnce, wn - sent
te Alliens te reign, but he did net like the
job nnd went back home. Then a Danish
Prince was selected, and the Greeks wire
told te elect him King. They obeyed, ami ,i
descendant of this Dane is new en the (ireel;
throne.
And when Norway wns separated from
Sweden another Danish Prime was picked
out by the members of his family who had
married Inte the reigning families that con
trolled I'urepe and was made King of the
Independent Norway.
A Hohenzellern was put uti the throne of
Rumania when a King had te be found for
that ceuntiy. And se It gees from decade te
decode.
Napeleon was the man who made kings in
the early part of the last century, just as
the King Trust lias been making them In mere
recent years. lie put one of his brothers en
the throne of Spnln. another en the throne
of the Netherlands ind still another en the
throne of Westphall., Bcrnadette, one of
hit) marshals, wtsi-nade the heir te the
tlirone or nwnienQnq ,-uurni, nueincr.nr
els generals, became Kin; of Nnp es. Nene
of these men from Napeleon down was of
royal blend. Their pedigrees were net regis
tered, nnd If thev knew who their grand
fathers were (hey were fortunate.
But the upstart Napeleon's experiment
in king-making did net last long. The only
King of the let who survived Waterloo was
Hcrnndette, nnd his descendants still reign
In Sweden. The old trust reasserted Its
power and continued te exercise It.
But In this third decade of the twentieth
I'cntttry the business of kinging Is net what
It used te be. A sort of dry ret seems te
be affecting thrones, and they have toppled
with surprising ease when the opposition
has put Its shoulder te them. Alfonse of
Spain has been quoted as saying that If the
Spaniards wished te set up a republic lie
Would be the lest te oppose them. And his
fellow rulers are but the palest shadow of
what the Kings used te be when strong
men roe by their own mljlit te the head
of a kingdom and commanded that they be
crowned.
A kingship is the last Jeb that would op
peal te nn ambitious young man In these
days that have followed the years when the
nations were thrilled by the thought of a
war te make the world safe for democracy.
It is about as attractive as Hie presidency
of a commercial trust for the dissolution of
which the Supreme Court has just Issued an
order.
THE FAIR AND ITS MEANING
EXPOSITIONS of the old conventional
type have had their day. .Herbert
Hoever, discussing the Philadelphia project
at a luncheon here en Saturday, emphasized
this point, and at the same time contributed
te the undertaking the germ of nn Idea cal
culated, If properly developed, te Infuse the
enterprise with new life.
Spiritual ns well as material backing Is
essential te the success of International fairs.
Grandeur of buildings, profusion of ex
nlblts, mechanical, Industrial, artistic, ere
net enough. According te Mr. Hoever. It Is
Intangible factors, quickening the imagina
tion and stirring the moral and historical
consciousness of mankind, which count most.
The significance of his observation ac
quires a special force from the ripeness of
his experience in lnrge-sciile organization
nnd his profound practical knowledge of
world-wide economic conditions. In ether
words, te justify Itself a modern exposition
must hnve a soul. It must embody an Ideal.
The opportunity te vitalize the fair of
lfli-'fl with a meaning grunder then mere
physical manifestations Is very pressing.
Men's hearts must he touched and their best
Impulses stirred by the recognition of nn
Illustrious anniversary.
In addition, a reckoning must be made
with permanent values. Mr. Hoever's sug
gestion that the erection of a new Federal
Building long sorely needed here within
the exposition boundaries opens a vista of
etlmr lasting public Improvements. The age
of llimsy, speciously glittering expositions
has passed, at least se far as their warranty
Is concerned.
The structures te adorn the projected fair
should be mode te conform with Inspiring
ppertunltlcs for progress of all kinds In
this community. A new kind of civic or
commercial center is one prospect, and there
are ethers which should grew out of such a
conception of the enterprise as Mr. Hoever
has outlined.
The Secretary of Commerce has laid his
masterly hand upon precisely the sort of en
couragement which the fair program re
quires. He has also, as might have been
expected, demonstrated his seasoned fitness
for the pest of director general of the under
taking. He Is unquestionably the man for this re
sponsible pest, nnd Phllndelphians ewe te
themselves and te the splendor of en Im
mortal chapter In the city's history te bend
every energy te win his acceptance of a part
ideally suited te his clear-cut abilities.
TUSTIN AND WELFARE WORK
ERNEST L. TL'STIN, who died m Balti
more yesterday, was for years Interested
In u private way In the kind et verk which
he undertook ufficially when Mayer Moere
made him Director of Public Welfare.
Mr. Tustln organized the new department
nnd devoted himself euniestly and conscien
tiously te Its development.
Men qualified by temiM-rament and train
ing for such work are net easily found. The
Mnyer, however, is expetted te select a sue sue
eesHer te Mr. Tustln who will devote him
self te the welfare of the unfortunates under
his care and te the development of the ac
tivities maintained for the recreation of the
people who live in the crowded districts.
Men who would like te play politics with
the job arc numerous, but the Mayer knows
that such men are the last who ought te be
considered when he is searching for a new
Director of Public Welfare.
THAT WALL STREET BOMB
THK discreet will suspend judgment en
that story of the confession of a mnn
nrrested In Warsaw t lint the bomb exploded
In Wall street In September of Inst year wns
manufactured by agents In the pay of the
Third International Conference of rndicals
in Moscow.
As It stnnds. the report of the confession
would justify much thet was said about the
Russian cunsplnie te startle the world by
outrages. The bomb In Wall street was
Intended te kill J. P. Morgan, according te
the report, but It exploded fifteen minutes
tee seen.
The nrrist was made nt the request of
American Secret Si i vice agents, who Jiad
traced the man te F.urepe. This is (he
reassuring feature In the case thus far. for
It demonstrates that the effort te discover
the criminals has net been relaxed and thnt
some progress has been made.
The men who ac'ually made the bomb and
arranged for its transportation te the corner
of Bread and Wall streets have net yet been
nrrestfd. Thev are said te be in Kurope.
Whether the Secret Service agents knew'
where they ere lias preperlv net been dis
closed. If they can be taken into custody
and confronted with the man who has con
fessed we shall be en the wey te nn unravel
ing of the mysterv.
Prof, Irving Fisher, of
What the Vale Yale, bus been telling
De We Cure? the Londen Scheel of
Koenonilos be has beer,
reliably Informed that a German chemist is
making synthetic geld out of baser metals,
and when the process is sufficiently cheap
ened Germany mm Heed the world with geld
and make It worthless, thus making a farce
out of reparation pavments Huh-liu. Yes.
Indeed. Quite se But hasn't she made a
fane of it already? And after the farce
Is ever and when the geld curtain's down,
the presumption Is that the world will turn
te Mr. Ferd for relief by means of his hug-cnorgy-unlt-ilellor
nnd nil will be right as
right can he once ngnln already yet.
A New Orleans (,t Is
Iisue Is .Joined mother of a Knet of fur
with four lively heads
and four kicking legs. "Meelem cleus "'
she Is understood te haw remarked when
interviewed. "And win can't hurt our
felines by refeirlng te them as a Four
Power Packed."
In view of the fact that the Panama
crashed Inte the starboard side of the de
stroyer Grahiim off Sen Girt, the presump
tion Is thet It fell a victim te the white
lights. Or It may even be thnt the Panama
thought it wiih making n Culebra cut out of
(it'Miiaiu iirenii.
The ungry emotion efJ Senater Beed,
tcimlil be Inerc. significant lf it were net
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Recant German Beeks Dealing With
the War, Including Hlndenburg'a
"Out of My Life," Indicate
Leaders Were Fooled by
Subordinates
By SARAH I). LOWltIK
A PUBLISHER told me Inst year thet
he had refused te publish two German
wnr generals' nutnblngrnphle accounts of the
war because he realized en looking them
ever that they were written for home con
sumptien, net for the foreign render, nnd
were, therefore, In the nature of German
propaganda.
He went en te soy that quite npnrt from
the very biased explanations of questionable
policies nnd the glossed -ever accounts of
defeats nnd retreats, there was n great deal
of misinformation that wns due te real
misapprehension of the facts, nnd in some
cases n total Ignorance of what hed
occurred both within the German lines nnd
within these of the Allies. I thought thnt
he wns everstntlng that last cause for the
defects because It Is difficult te rid oneself
of the chlnnrn of German efficiency. If the
Unison of the Allies wns geed, It is hard
te believe that that of the Germans wns net
better, and If the Information of the enemy's
Plans reached the Trench nnd English
headquarters In surprisingly short order. It
is difficult net te take It for granted that
with the German "superb spy system"
the theme of n thousand pre-wnr novels
the "All Highest" and his stafT could ever
he taken by surprise
But after rending Iliudenburg's apologia.
Out of my Life." one realizes that net only
was the German Armv frequently surprised
by what lilt It, It was also ignorant of wbnt
hit It, and Is te some extent te this day.
I' or It would be verv peer pnllev and a
short -sighted subterfuge te publish intcn-
,tt) falsehoods concerning the enemy
falsehoods any student of the times can
detect at n glance. Neither Is It wise 'te
save one's face by belittling an enemy that
hns routed one.
T AM bound te realize, therefore, that the
J- editor wns right when he snld that the
German staff suffered from misinformation
te n degree that throws a curious light en
the subordinates whose business it was te
gather Information, and en the type of mind
that most evidently preferred te live en
flntterlng rumors rather thnn fuce the very
sinister truth.
We were interested ns n nntlen looking
en and listening In when Ifrland In his
momentous speech nt the Dlsarmnment Con
ference pointed u warning finger te two
quotations from lllndciihurg's war book and
stayed Ms eloquence long enough te rend
them. I had never thought of reading the
book before, but I picked up the Inst volume
(he ether day and read it through.
I first became aware with what curious
sketchlness the account was being written
nnd hew unscientific te sny the least was
the jetting down of statements by the fol
lowing paragraph, which wen a comment
en the Italian prisoners after the betrayal
ami the defeat of the Isonzo of the divisions
of the Itnllen Army In October of 1017.
TN THI campaign of the previous
autumn." Hlndenburg writes, "mnny
thousands of Itnllnn soldiers boil laid down
their arms without any urgent military
necessity, net from n lack of courage, hut
from disgust of what seemed te them sense
less! slaughter. They looked happy enough
en their journey Inte our country and
greeted the familiar workshops with Ger
man songs."
New this picture of wnr-disgusted Italians
mnrchlng Info Germany singing German
songs nnd greeting the workshops by the
way Is such sentimental drivel that it Is
almost funny If the realities of that dreadful
march had net been se nwful.
The men who had been betrnyed by their
officers or some one officer higher up," taken
by surprise, dumfounded by the unbelievable
ness of the German and Austrian Armies
in their midst, were herded In groups of
thousands for nearly a week, during which
time they were stripped of accouterments.
clothes and. of course, feed; then they
were driven in long files without rest, with
out feed, barefoot and sick with fatigue and
hunger Inte Germany, dragging by bare
hands the artillery guns thnt had been enp
tured from them pnst "the workshops of
Germany."
Did they sing German songs? Hardly!
Many hundreds died by the way; many thou
sands died In the camps where they ycre
concentrated. They hed no rations nil along
that journey except what the dead mules
and horses and the wayside pickings in the
fields supplied, and if they paused they were
shot down. At night they were herded se
close that only half could lie down nt u
time, and ilways. nlwnys there were many
dead ones by morning thnt could net get up
nnd drag en even nt the point of n German
pistol. These men felt bitter shame at their
betrayal and implacable auger et their
defeai. AniPthese that survived that march
te this day cherish such dreadful memories
of Germany nnd the Germans lhat the ex
pcricnics of n future lifetime will scarcely
turn that hate te indifference.
NOW It is net te be supposed that
Hlndenburg saw these men mi their
march, but he must have get tliut senti
mental and nhturdlv lying picture of them
from some hcedqnnrteis report that fixed e
vision in his memory. It gave him a very
erroneous Idea of Italy's readiness te ou eu
pitulate. an error upon which lie was later
te base certain false hopes that come tum
bling about his ears.
I was generally amused at his dismissal'
of Chateau Thierry his wile allusion and
dismissal :
"New another factor was at work the
help of America. We- had mode the ae ae
qunlntnnce of her first trained troops at
Chateau Thierry. They had attacked us
there and had pnncd themseUes clumsilv
hut firmly ted. Thy had taken our weak
units bv surprise, thanks te their numerical
stipeiierlty ,"
TIII'.KK is something pathetic in his at
titude toward the "Gentleman of the Dved
Mustache." whom he speuks of nlwnys' ns
"Ills Majesty, mv Fmperer, King' nnd
Master." the caplt lis are his, or ns. "All
Highest War I-enl."
In his farewell he says
"Like "siegfried stricken down by the
treacherous spear of savage Hegen', our
weary front collapsed. R nm, in vn emt
it tried te drink In new vitality from the
fen nt ii In In our homeland that had run dry.
It is new our task te save what was left
of our army for the subsequent revival of
our fatherland. The present was lest. We
had only hope in the future.
"Se te work!"
One gathers from sentences such as
Ililand quoted, that "te weik" has another
significance from that of mere labor. The
book finishes Willi thoughts such as these:
"The old German spirit will descend upon
us again, though It may be we shall have
le go through the purifying fires of passion
and suffering Our enemies well knew whnt
that spirit means. They admired and hated
it in pence, they feared ami were amazed
at it en the baltlellilds of the Great War, '
Well, it leeks fit in the "Immortal work"
uf Gel ninny's greatest here as though he
sceiihed the snake, net killed him. nnd
If the world I- ( hnve peace something vital
must be breathed ii.tn the souls of the chil
dren of Germany te rid I hem of the poison
of the "spirit of old Germany." It will
take a miracle! Perhaps what men and
women of the Society of Friends arc doing
ever there for tin- love of Ged nnd their fel
low men, in "feeding the children," Is the
miracle or Its beginning.
Hint for Gardeners
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Daily Talks IVitli Thinking I'hiladelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best,
WILLIAM H. ALLEN
On the Making of a Bibliophile
AT SOMK time or ether nearly every one
getR the wisli te acquire n library. A
few with well-developed literary Inteiest.s
carry this wish throughout their lives and
some of them fill It. A library, however,
according te William II. Allen, a iost iest
graduate student at the Cniverslty of Penn-,
sylvnnln, who was chosen te make the se
lection of Americana that Bryn Mawr
College Is giving te the Sorhenne in Pnrls
u library Is much mere than u mere col
lection of books. It is n collection of
particular books.
"The first requisite of a successful
bibliophile." says Mr. Allen, "Is. of cetiise,
a bread education. Therefore It is almost
Inevitable that he be a college man
Heads But Doesn't Own Beeks
"And yet the way of college students with
books although many et them develop
genuine literary tastes Is an unhappy one,
from the viewpoint of the bibllephillst. He
depends almost altogether upon the college
librnrles, and net until after he Is gradu
ated does the need of owning the books
that uive 1.0 much te him impress itself
very deeply en him.
"In tht; years that he has been learning
about literature he has been learning noth
ing about book-collecting. Kven If he has
the money te afford it. his library will net
come te much If he sets out te collect It
with no mere notion of what he Is about
than nn understanding of what Is geed in
literature nnd what is meretricious.
"He needs the counsel of a bookseller.
And why? Because only a bookseller or a
man who has lived much with booksellers
can knew what books add value te a
llbrnry and what bonks encumber It.
"But here Is another difficulty. Although
booksellers knew a great deal about books,
most of them have read but few. There
nre I think I may say It few booksellers
who have anything mere than a commercial
Interest In the volumes that pass through
their hands. Se that the young man who
is starting his library needs net merely the
counsel of a bookseller, but of nn educated
bookseller.
"Where te find one?
Much Ignorance Shown
"When 1 wns associated with one of the
great l'nglish presses I ,traeled through
out this country ylsltiug college and uni
versity towns und doing business in them
with booksellers. I was Impressed by their
astonishing erudition ats-iut the title pages
of certain books nnd by their complete
Ignorance of what followed the title pages.
"Most booksellers knew te exhaustion
only two things Americana and fiist edi
tions. Beth these subjects are highly de
serving, but of the underlying associations
thnt make them se highly deserving, book
sellers knew little or nothing. The obscure
fads about first editions and lecnl history
are of no interest or Importance te tlii
world, outside of u relatively limited field.
"Yet the booksellers who have devoted
most of their lles te the study of one or
both of these subjects, ere likely te Im
A Sailor's Lass
N Hl'DDKN storms and sudden winds,
'mm,..,, liMitnliics shlter down the sky.
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It's then mv heart Is like a gull
That beats the wind nd cannot fly.
It's then I wonder nre you safe,
And will you come again te me?
Fer there is none who knows se well
I low cruel cold the sea can be.
But when the wind Is still again.
AVhen all the skies are blue and e'ear,
1 knew a feeling then, my Inyo
A something that is worse than fear
Fer any gill you chance te meet
Who' w hnls a ribbon .In her hair
Can give you one bold, slanting glance,
And you will smile and think her fair.
"A lass In ecry pert." they say
Oil. trll me why I let you go!
A sailor may be true te one,
But fhere s no way for me te knew.
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an ii-ii r nun ii'iiraii nnri iinTiiininna'
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press young collectors with the notions
that Americana and .first editions are the
fundamentals of book-collecting mid de se
honestly because they knew no better them
selves Help for Yeung Collector
"A seller of second-hand books Is npt
te be of mere help te the young collector
than the man who sells books as they come
from the publisher nnd whose vriucipal
business Is te purvey the Pellyanim school
of literature te the Pellynnna school of
readers. It is through the second-hand
bookshop that most books of proved value
pass. If by chance the owner of the second
hand shop knows why these books are el
value, beyond the price they fetch him, he
is a geed man te cultivate, Indeed,
"In short, it Is a man like this the young
collector must find nnd depend upon until
he hns learned nil the mysteries of the
curious world of bibliophiles. At present
there nre net enough te go around se few.
In fnct, that the young man who has found
one may count himself extraerdinarily:
luckv.
"But I hae n solution. Net long since
the lMieksellers foisted en us the slogan,
'Read a book a week !' Let us turn it back
en them. Let the booksellers themselves
read a geed hook ench wyek. If every
second-hand bookseller in the country weuli.
fellow this plan we would have In the course
of n few years a fairly sufficient group
of erudite and competent advisers for the
young bibliophile."
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATI'KHTON III' Pl'Y
pRRSIDF.NT HARDING recently wrote
facetiously and prntestlngly te Darwin
'' KIK''',,y" ,1"' '"'"''lent of the New Yerk
Life Insurance Company, who had declined
te Insure the life of the great turkev which
graced the White Heuse table en Thanks
giilng Day
"This gobbler," he said, "mav be over ever
weight, but he is nNe decldedlv ever-age u
c rcuinstnnci. which according te the octn'n ectn'n
rial data of this group indicates an impres
sive tenacity of life. My advices nre thnt
the gobbler that i-ets past one Thatiksglviii"
( hrlstmiis dead'lne thereby auteinutlcallv
licquiies n new lease of life. 1. statistics
indicating that he Is prettv certain te com
plete a second cie'.e with w islihene and drum
sticks intact and general health unimpaired
bile mortality Is notoriously c, amM
Immature turkeys, their record of longevity"
once thev hae passed the critical peried's'
Is calculated te make eyen us officeholders
envious.
"Fuither. I am unable te give official ap
proval te your ruling thnt en overweight
geb.lerls a dangerous risk. The aim of a
gobbler s existence Is te attain overweight
It should be the ambition of your company
te encourage, net discourage, his efforts at
corpulence. Whv de gobblers abstain from
golf or fiem tnklng courses ,,t Muldoon's?
Vyhy are they encouraged te lese their wnlst
lines early and never recover them? Mani
festly, the standardized relationship he'twee,
height and weight which Is properly pre
scribed for gobs, doesn't npply te gobblers "
May nard Owe,, Williams, who travels oil
about the world for the National Geographic
Society, Is vcly much impressed yvlth the
stolid common sense of the Russlnn peasant
who he holds will some day blunder tlirmiL-fi
and become a yery w.uth while Individual
He tellk the story, for exrfinple. of an no.
ciulen some three years age when he was in
Moscow riding en a much -crowded and
somewhat disorganized tram. An attractive
but de'leate. looking young woman came in
and swung onto a strap Piesently she gev"
evidences of Illness and asked f some one
would net give her e seat eh she feared that
she yy-as going te faint. ,l
New there was rnnifertnblv seated nn this
street car In Moscow, (IN there is usually
en any street car anywhere, a coarse anil
thick-necked Individual with an eye out T
nn opportunity te ogle any golid-loek n!r
Bill. True te the methods of 1,1s el, ss Z
patted Ids kll. e and suggested that the y(MI
woman sit lice Immediately therc'orese
from across the aisle a stocky peasant woman
wlie must have weighed three hiindre
pounds. She waved the dizzy Br , , ". 'J
sent, admonishing her te Inke It, and said
that she herself would sit. uperv ,e L. lit
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SHORT CUTS
Sadler boomers appear te be lu harncsi.
The fact that bootleg hooch Is less than
half of 1 per cent whisky doesn't save It.
We assume that the clean sweep occa
sionally referred te In nut n chimney sweep.
Herbert Hoever reverses tht old jingle.
It's yvhut he says thit counts, and net the
blooming way he snys It.
As n deserving Democrat, Postmaster
Thornten Is convinced, apparently, that no
Republican deserves the udjectivc.
Orville Wright says the airplane Is still
jn Its Infancy. He is probably right, theufh
it get out of Its swaddling clothes eighteen
years age.
It Is en unusual day that does net pi
vide a reason for the merging (or something)
of the Railroad Laber Beard and the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
One thing that may be said in favor of
( arson for magistrate te succeed Kisen
brown Is that there must be something geed
in a man whom the gang se persistently
opposes.
The declaration of an eminent pro
fessor Hint there is vegetation en the moon
leiiyeS US Celd. Feci- 'mi mum- nf IIU llliva
known for a long tlineithat it is made of C
green cheese. i
North Carolina Is said te be the norm
of the biggest moonshine stills In the coun
try. Somebody must have been icpeatlaz
what the Governer of North Carolina snld
'" the Governer of Seuth Carolina.
M. Hanlhnra, of the Japanese delepi
tinni te the Washington Cenfeicnce. snya
the I our-Power Treaty has given Japan
water for whisky. Frem which It may be
argued Hint .In pun has no kick coming.
Plans te sine the Angle-Irish Treaty
may be linked with desire te save Be
alera's face. Nowhere Is belief strong that
Frln will make the biggest bull in Irish hit hit
tery by rejecting yvhat Is new offered te her.
Dreams
A dream It Is gives perfume te the rose;
Awakes tlie music of the birds and tree;
Brings sweetest tidings en the geiitli
breeze ;
Turns levers' bleed te wine that swiftly
flews :
Makes baby smile while pleying with her
tees :
Distills the honey for the working bees;
Incites the waves te sing of distant sens!
And sends the patriot proud te nuet his fee.
If life
The
's the dream philosophers declare,
y re lacking logic when tliey see itl
ciie.
ii-iini of life eternity may share -
The
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ream within a ilrenin by magic penned.
What
Since
ineiign a tiling Is ne.ver what It social'
life Is sweet I'll thank the Lord for
dreams! (J. A.
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What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 What In the (leedetlc Survey'
2. What Is the full name of the present
Government of Russia."
3 When did the teirlble bomb explosion In
Wall street, resulting In the death of
thlrty-elght -persons, occur? ,
4. AWie Is the present Lord Chancellor of
Bnglnnd"
r. Who yy-as the original rf D'Artagnnn'
. Who was Camllle SalntHnens'
7. Name tyve of bis most celebrated werkl.
8. Wbnt Is thn ine-iulm; of the expression
"tout ensemble" '
'.I. Hew should It In- proneunced'' ,
10. Who were thn Kumcnldes In classic1
mythology?
, Answers te Saturday's Quiz
1. Three kinds of- palm trees nre royal
palms, datu palms and coconut palml.
2. Seoul Is capital of Korea
3. Ithelms was fermeily the coronation city
of the French kings. ,
1. Lord Mnrley Is n noted English Liberal
statesman and author. During the
Gladstone period he was nn nrqent
i-h-unplen of Irish Heme Rule. Among
his chief works are his lives of Crom
well, Cobden nnd Gladstone,
.".. Woodrew Wilsen was the enlv President
of the United Stntea elected from Ne
Jersey.
. Mauve Is n bright but delicate purple.
7 The Corfletes live In the Island of Corfu,
one, of the lenlnn Islands belonging t
Greece,
8, Kai-n Ktnte Is represented In the I-lw
ternl College by as many electors f
the total number of Its Senatera an
0. The'tW?, J rTi of IW
' .Mehntrtmcdann. a -Jl
10. Thfc Bouthernmeat rallwav.-n lht frWiTlSV.:
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