——— —— A /I A T3 Lr Cl TT f TAT^ A TVT,‘‘l^*nioa;iru' Convention to Be One of Most Interesting XVXiVlvl^. CJ 1^1 j\. V l\l\ • Political Events of (generation" .. ... ■ ~ ■ hi it ■mm i ——1—— ■*""""" I ... *" ” ' — » —- —' **McAdoo and Smith tc» He leaders at Start, Followed by Favorite Sons; Davis and (Mass to Get Test Vote.” j "Ages of Ralston and Payne May Hurt Candidacies, But Many Ameri can Leaders Are Now Past 70 ” n« M Mil* st I4.IV \v Washington Al>nl I** If the <1«m« eratle national convention were in ha held Ionic rrowr ll Would Ite " te foresee lh« course of the Imllnttng for a rertaln distance Many thine* «III • happen between n«w end the aelual holding of the i imvenllnn in Juna. There will be important pit marie* In largo slides, Imttorlanl morn mail# by candidates and their manager*. Possibly, most potent of all, there will be accident*. There will he inch unanticipated events a* the disclosure* shout McAdoo before the all commutes In February. What would happen If the demo cratic convention were held tomorrow may therefore be unite different #from what will actually happen In .Tuna. Bearing In mind Ibis reservn Man, lat us say that at the opening of tha convention the very early bal lots would be marked by a groat scattering of votes among perhaps a larger number of candidates than has figured In any convention In e ther party for many years. ft may be that In the early ballot ing as many as 20 candidates will recelvs soma votes. Governor HavIs of Kansas will receive tha, votes of his state; Governor Bryan of Nebras ka will receive the votes of his state. And so on ss regards a large num ber of candidate*. After a few early ballots some will begin to drop out. I Throughout this first phase of the balloting there wilt ba two candi dates who will receive more votes than any others. They will be Mc Adoo and Governor Hmlth of N’ew Tork. McAdoo Is fairly certain to be the leader In the early balloting. After a few ballots various states will I cease te vote for their "favorite ■on*" and will begin to throw their strength to one or the other of the tew leaders. Till* Will Introduce the »e-wiid •»*«* nf th* riwteHlM, to thl* •eonnd •t»«e McAdon and (levtfwr Htollll e'lll h*' ome innaplcunualy the lender*. If *t Ihl* second stage nf the con \4>ntlf*n M* nr f li»v*t*n»*r Smith *huultl g>t » majority of th* dclrgaics l,Ui«) he would he vei l Ilk* ly, after acutllrltm that momentum, to *o on and pet the twn-third* neces sary to nominate, 7??, Hut that, aa thing* stand BOW, la not likely to happen. After a prolonged test of strength between, on the one hand. MeAdoo and th* progressive* and "dry" dem ocrat* of th* west and *otith. and. on, th* other hand, the conservative and lesa "dry" democrats of the north and cast there would ensue the third stage of the convention. f M ADOO. I NUhKWnoi). v_—--> What would happen in title third stage of tile convention would be this: After severe! bn Hot a without Smith making any more gain*, and several ballots without McAdon mak ing any more gain*. It would be rev ognisod that something else must be done. The manager* of one or the other would make a shift The man ager* and followers of Smith, let us say, th# conservative democrat* of th# eaat and north, would drop Smith and begin to put forward their secoujl choice. The second ehdfc* of this group would probably b* Under wood. Thereupon, if it happen* I* this order, thcr* would be a prolonged strain between Underwood and Me Adoo. If neither won then th* next development would come, I’robahly •he progressive democrat* of the West and south would make th* expert ment of dropping M.-Adoo and put ting forward their second choie*. Who the second choice will l>* la not *n»y 10 say. It might be Senator tfhlston, of Indiana. If they should put flul aton forward there would ensue a sufficient t#*t of strength between «*>»««, *..* I'nHiml t* 4*#4** pihM umM win If w*tth»r sf llaw l*a should *14 lh*** wtot 14 I4*w •***»*• » •**!*• »t*f»t* 41 |»t»#*nl ptt «*|o* MWI M «etibl |t* Ml* l« Irf I* pl*ltt*4 th*W with *11 timet If !».*•• Mill #h»ult M W« rbwb* |h*t* wouM lh*w *•*«>• • •'*»• I* wltlep isn4M*t** WollM M pul f*f mMI frill ill* M4», cSmlMtlet 4*1 firm# II) Identified With either group T# wsm* Hi* m*n *4* might P*ur* In 141* Mac* nf lh* c«*nv*nllwn would t> ic ecll * mil of *11 th* |m-»m4*4 lull poSSINHItM in 144 il*m* pul forward, In the ctirtntl arising nf pa; etiological mnnienla, lliri e will be # World nf Opportunity for lh* *•• nf leader*4Ip on a eon tetil loti floor, the mole..in tiding of Hi* mass pay, Iwlrtgy of i Ml d*l» K*t»* Th# ruining d#roorrntl« rntiventlon at \#tv fork In Juft* will h* on* of ih* moat interesting politic*! *v*nt* ol the present generation. It I* probably correct to say thct during the*# ringing week* of April, in lh* matter of guflcatng who mcy l>n the second etiolc* of th* progr** ■Ive democrnta end who will hcv* lh* heat chnnce to win In th# second stag* of the convention, there 1* more talk, especially *mong the lnn«r circle* of practical politician*, about S< nator Ralston of Indiana than about any other one. Senator Rayaton Is acceptable to many of the progiesalve and McAdoo democrats and la not as unacceptable to th# conservative north and east as most progressive democrats w ould be. At the same time there are two factors working toward preventing the choice of Ralston, One is the determination that John W. Davis and Carter Class shall but put forward In such a wsy as to give the conven tion ample opportunity to "air* them up" and pass on them. Another objection put forward against Ralston Is his age. Ralston, having been born December t, 1*.", is *7. If he should tie elected he wotfld lie over 66 be for* his Inaugura tion and over 72 before ending his term. 4 ( AGE ENTERS CONTEST. ] Among th* tnben who will be put forwuVd when th# balloting reaches s certain stag* Is Judge John Bar ton f’ayne of Illinois. Judgt Payne la 63. To n Payne “rooter” who waa emphasising the Judge's ability and fitness a Washington man raJssd •M **>*ellew ef •«* Ft• n* *4-sew'* dug up It*** nwin afet* IF tl Jwtg* t* m# *( • *»« i* of kti lb tag leMMft |M *•••#<* Tt ti • ill lh tw>fc-l health amt !■*••>«* Iltelr pan* I rappawMbtlltMi Tlwli *ge* *r* 14. It. t*. ft, fl It Of lid* *»lMt«rd family Mu hrten Feyn* la tha l**l>> lit* f>tends elaon that Jiutg* Fa* m «u«M man aga lh* I SUM Sla«*a pwttlfm laWy for II year* r*< Tin Mam* man dug on to* M towing raeiwd ef lh* *«•• *>f men who now or vacantly h*»* Wnt h**vy r*ap*«*lhltMtea *1 age* greatet than that «f Judge Psjne • •liiltle* CHI V*r Wendall IMni*a, I'nlieit plat** *upreu4> court, *: t1*Omom.:ei*tl, e* (m eniH'r ,.f trance, If. Justice VI, hetine, I nit'd Stall* •utneme court, It. Senator Warren of Wyoming. **. Kllhu Hoot, 71, .toils' Gary, |*r**l«lent t’nil'll States Bt»e| corporation, 7 7, Thomas A. Kdlaon, 77. Samoel flompera, American Feilera tlnn *f tailior, 74. .1. G. Nhadd, head ef Marahall Field company, 74. Senator lk>dg* of Massachusetts, 74 Hanater Cummlna. lens, 74. Speaker Olllett. hou*e of repre'enta the*. 71. Andrew Mellon, secretary of th' treasury, 72. To this was added a targe number of busineaa men who*# naoi'a are not familiar to tli* public, but who, Ilk' Judge Gary of the Foiled Stales St'el corporation, *r# comfortably carry ing along great busin»e*e« at ages of over 70. 0 Exploits of Frpnt-h Had Man Provide Plenty Thrill* "Th* I>ong Arm of Fautonias." a French “brain duster," la by Pierre Souveatre and Marcell A Halo (The Macauley company, New York!. It deals with the exploits of a French master mind, known to the police n* Fantomaa. Me certainly i* a bod lot, with a* little regard for the safety and happiness ef those who work v-ith him as for those 4io directs bis crime* against. M* assumes all sorts of disguises, hafflea the police, flouts th* government, bedevils th# news paper reporter who tries to run him down, and finally escape*. Just when he has been neatly and effectively caught. And th* French criminal who get* away 1* aura to provide another act of thrill* some other day. So further storle* of Fantomaa may be looked for. One who like* to have crim* served raw and open ge's It here. What I Know About Art at/ By 0.0. McIntyre \ ii_ i ■! i !■■■ i I ■ .. Ntl I* I Mil 1 tlmylil (tent* t IHIIt of B'f SwoAaf t-i title i« *it It I* • eubjeci •tut ntfeta rata pftpoftwnltleg t* uts wt.rda I Mar RAtlilRI Rl«ul I ran *p*sk offhand shew! "raal lato.’* "eiosth a mnartnwaness," *'es “ I might at any lima In a buret of fRftiparamrnt ra fc«e to unfit. .Inal twi-etitly I have ham dahhllng In rhotrgrnphy with a alda dalihlr lira ami there In tricing lha detrenl nf tha Nweilleh hnMrt Choregra[itiy it •••maihlng nulla new In nia, t am ■lilt ungbla in grtiap It aa 1 alinuld, hui that la lha way. Art la long and lima la floating. Tha moat Impiearlve thing about art la Ita Innata refinement. When aver you hear people dlaeuaalng the latest renvae you can almost bet • cookie they can trhee tha getiealogl cal line back to tha Mayflower. * I have always wondered If any Of my folks came over In this boat, but ham never been able to get a com plete copy of the passenger llet. Judg Ing from til* descendants I have met. tha Mayflower was a triple 1.0 via than and wraa packed to the guard rails. Before T liegan to know who art was all about I was considered a good mlx*r, so that has helped me Mao r have been dunk In oil". (Wall alreet please notice.) tict a lick and Shovel. I have become really *o Infat Unted with art that I want to join tha expedition that la going to dig up tha cltlea of Sodom and Gomor rah. Perhaps If we find what we expect they will quit talking about Hollywood. If every knock Ip a lionet that town Is Paris, Home and Now York all In one The only excite ment I aver noted thera was when a flivver upset In the main street and jolted an Iowa fanner Into rather blasphemous language—that la, bias phemoua for one from Iowa. Thera la something howlingly In dividual about the artist, fie looks so far from a world of dollar grub bing In smock and tarn. He la not afflicted with that worly emart-alee lem which expresses itself In the cry: • When do we eat?” Still moat artists I have met do "On* tiling I wotilil like to to to iin|M-nre art la to write better title*." rat. Realty! T have in mind one I ale dreamer I Invited to dinner one [night. We had discussed current ex tiibttions and he spouted a few verge* o* poetry. Then there was talk of mysterious, purple hUls and the gran dent' of the ocean tide. Finally they brought on the food. The way he rut into that eteak was scandalous. He wolfed a couple of aide platter* of vegetables and three slices of French bread and wound up with a big slab of hot minca pie. It Was disconcerting. I had imagined he would nibble at a few sprigs of water cress like a frightened rabbit and alp a spoonful of weak tea. I thought I wa* a good two dated eat er, but thia fellow shamed me. One thing I would like to do to Im prove art Is to write better titles. You *ee them captioned "I^ady With a F'an,” "Nude Descending a Stair." "Man in a Carriage” and the like. Once I went to an exhibit with King I.ardner and after viewing many of the canvases he saw one of an old Russian with the bushiest beard this side of Moscow. Kardner wrote on a card: “Man Climbing Out of Fern l>iah"" arid stuck It In the frame. Back In our town the man who was known ss a painter wore spotted over all*. carried a ladder and bucket and worked by the hour. In New York the painter Is quite different. He wear* a little’ baa baa beard, flowing tie and rakish velour hat and his job Is to fill the eethetlo void—whatever that might be. Our town painters could paint a henhouse In a morning If they did not run out of chewing tobacco. But It takes the New York painter months to decorate a four by four bit of canvas with a vase and an apple. Then It is carted to a gallery and everybody who sees It gssps at the “perspective" and the "feeling.” First 100 Tear* Hardest. Art Is never concerned with the ever-present now. It la always gal loping back to th# dim past to exca vate thing* amid th* ruins of a de cadent culture. Antique fans would rather have a worm eaten chair from seme early period than a handsome plush sofa *• bright ftM OS ft *♦« n-lftied MM A d-eed ten. *f a vat ttked a a* fttfA m ft half! ftttM is rattMthtfd a ft-»,*•, f it lalHtnat it • ralftfa) paai It ft put WU ft gts-1 iftM tM t r»«»iti * * •* a tnaaf Ire* urea htft HUM** pM of guM, Frank , I tou t gat this at ftll. Art Im ara ftrft aamatiMilf gpu*i Thar raPwaa tawfaNkm until th* a tat ha* passed snap, rtsilr tha sthtr snap ft nalshratad ftrtiat dad in a* poverty and four day « after Ms fun» at lift ptettire* trtpted in p-]ce In a • aar that' sill la tnurh higher * ft everyhrMty fighting for them, I Men In flreenelrh Vliftgt . t now there la a flew medium rf », preaaiott for art. It la railed m ,«•* which, Tike lie flniafted pr,*du* map mean anvthltsg It la In Wie, k ami whits and It looks na though it nara dona with ft moth ea>en aitoa dauher bp ft m«n In thft throes nf St. Vltn* dance The Ctiblat ftnd Futurist #*-# pa»,* Tha furors that they caused la mud compared to tha ralgn of tha Aetsu In ■ short whflft It trill ha smotheied by something naw. So It goas. One thing thftt Internals mi Is the Mew Tork art gallery. There la or* I have passed frequently during the past 19 years and have failed to sea a single customer there. Tet It oc cupies a store apace that haa a mam moth rental value. There are st least a dozen salesmen—studious looking men in frock coats and patent leath er nhoes ft ho just stand about, it seems to me. hating each other. I suppose if they sell three or four pictures a year they make big profits. The art salesman Is aomewhat akin to the bridge salesman. I had started out to be a bit face, tious about art but all the seeming cavil 1b Just because I do not belong to the Intelligentsia. Flang for wire ones.) — The truth la that the most Interest ing peopl^I know are keenly In terested lif art. Art In the final analysis Is a profound appeal to man’s heart through his mind. The man who loves a fine picture Is as a general rule a fine friend. He haa appreciation of human virtues abova tha averaga. Ha has certain spiritual adjustment that la hearten ing. Kven those of us who laugh at the long haired men and short-haired wo men down In "The Village1' hold them in secret admiration. The earnest ones there are at least sticking to their Ideals no matter what the phy sical discomforts may be. fC»oyr!«ht. 1JS4.) r--- # # . H /^>1 \X7TjkT T G* “German Liberal Intelligensia Still Asleep at Most Strategic Time to Strike # VJ. VV ^ I v I - for Leniency From Allies” 4 “France More Open to World Co-Opera tion Than Ever; Britain Was Never Less Imperalistic Than Today ” By ft. 0. WBMA Aether of The Outline of History. Loudon, April It.—I was In Pails >//>///>/»»#»/>«////»«■ Highly f’lrainiI an' Mllll Rrtainin' Ther Arif Reaper! After Her Hi1 "llarel Kirk*" In th' M«. ghni'a alius been critics <•' th' stag'', mil way back In th' ole lime* when women wusn1 allowed f net, an’ f male characters wtiy. impersonated by men. An’ even itefore that, when one actor spoke all th' part* an' slippers, Of sandals, were scattered around tli' ataiw t' represent th’ other characters o’ fh’ play. In th' early ycaia o' th' a tags actors wu/. looked on as rogues and vagabonds, an' they've been call e^ ham falters In our own time. Tli' hlatrlonlc parfeaelon has known some tough times, an' while th' stage seem* t' hav# ever'thlng purty much Its own way t'day. there's still a eonsld era hie number o' people who h»liev» * that it hain’t contributin' very mu'h toward rnaktn' tli' world better. A tew years ago thc'atrhal prrstucers used t' try t’ furnish entertainment fer all classes, but t'day all their ef forts seem t' bn concentrated on one slngla Idee—t' please th’ tired busi ness man, t‘ pick out an old worn nut raudfVille tnnrn, or burnt cork comedian, an' surround ern with 50 or fogy lookin’ women an a lot o silk drop curtain*, an’ call It 9 "'few Vorl; ail"/"* ' Moat any kind of a show with a ltd o' long legged women kin stay in New York na long aa It kin Teaae a the ater, fer It a patronized almost exclusively hy I'atislenl* art}** how, people who go t' any kind of a show Juat t' lie goln', an' jest to come homo tin' tell alout It. Not so long ago ever' city had a drama theater fer high class plays an stars, a me! ler dratnmer the ater fer shnotlnf an' robbln' playt, an', off ihiwn th' *treet an' down an alley, ther uni « bur leaqu* theater, where th' musical show* held forth, where women In tight* wur, exploited, nn' where rough comedian* anti coarse Joke* «ui t’ he exp« i-tcd. Tli' audiences v.-tts allu* composed o' men, with one box cur tamed off fer women o' doubtful > liar Rcfer, an' ther wur. a “ten minutes Intermission, bar t' th' right " Hut ole thing* have changed that t* th' old time burlesque (heater* have closed a* they couldn't compete with th’ big New York musical and l>ed room play "■uwe*«e*," W# beer a lot o talk about managers flvln th' people what they want «e an excua* fer aom* o' th’ preeent day troupe* flood, ol*, H»an "Way Down Kaa*" tramped up an' down th' country fer year* an’ year* an’ turned people away. "Th" Bird o' Paradise" doe* fh’ anm# thing, while "l.lghtnln’” la a* poplar ** ever. An' ther'a other playa usin' long skirts and delightin' his audience*. We know several hua In*** men. w* don't know Jeat how tired they are. but we do know they Ilk* t’ s»e a decent play occasionally. All this talk shout srt. an' sll things l/»ln‘ pure to th' pure. I* all boah. A scantily clad woman la a scantily < led woman. whether ah*'* carryln' a spear, or hoppln’ lightly In her l>ar* leg* over a green ImIz* carpet with a wood* seen# background. Th' only Ih'ng that's th' matter with th’ stag* t'd.ay la women. Kver' fday la writ t»n mount/ th’ Infidelity o' some wife, over' comedy hu* P do with th' India rretlon* o' some flapper, an' ao called mustcnl ehows would starve t' death without ther full nuote o' hare wo men * "Harraut,” triad tha left—a fin"* arolf-ltka sound. "Our colonial policy," wild W. Polncaie, with Increasing firmness. "Harraut:" "Our colonial policy.” Poincare repeated, in small capitals, so to apeak. "Harraut!" Much louder—the left la enjoying li*»lf. Poincare brought up unexpected vocal resource*. After five repetition*, honor wa* satisfied and th* state ment went en. SPOKE EMPriLY ) _j In the horrible tangugae of K.ng Ilih political discussion. Poincare ns* attempt to ‘'dish" th* left. He waa trying to make hi* policy tool: as "left" as possible, while etlll re maining the same Inflexible person He had thrown over various associate* from th# right, brought In reason able men from the left center to ( llberalix* th# effect of hi* teconstl I tuted government. He was prepared to be generous to Germany, provided •he paid th# uttermost. He wa* pre pared to seem to com* out of 11 *• ( Ruhr While In reality sticking therr He spoke hopefuljy, brightly, emp tlly of th* leegue of nation#. That Is th# quail y of the new phase. Pointer# it talking as ht-cral ly as he can. He exchange# compll rnents with Ramsey Macdonald. neither of them meaning anything whatever except a desire to pant the time and he In fashion. Poincare la getting ready for the electlone In May and la proceeding to betray his cotutclouene** of the movement away from the adventure In nationalism and militarism towards sanity. France le becoming powerfully rea sonable. It thinks less of glory, more and more of eolvency. It la more open to day to Idea* of reconciliation, disarmament, organized International co-operation than It haa been at any ttma since the war, MAY LOSK ELECTION. _ Poincare haa been superficially dex terloue; hi* majority la beautifully re stored. But France and all the world knows Mm for an bone»t and obdu rate man. I doubt If he will come back after the elections. M. Mlller tirid haa seemed to threaten a dicta torship If the Poincare policy ia de feated. 1 think Mlllerand will lie bet ter advised to try resignation. For the recent credit given to France to suppoit the franc lr ptob ably the end of French borrowing power; the defeat of the left by fraud or violence means withdrawal of for eign confidence and financial col ls pee. - w With the peace-intending forces of France and Britain coming rapidly Into accord, Germany begin* to man Ifeat her least agreeable traits. The recent Munich trials, the acquittal of I.udendorff, tlia public demonstrations of sympathy with second rate nation alist reactionaries, come ns a shock to our hopes of approaching Euro pean reconstruction. WASHINGTON FOLLY CITED. v__ Tdke that supremely silly Incident, th# neglect to lower the German Gag In Washington on the occasion of President Wilson's death, It is ugly. I* betrays a bad heart. One may recog nise the stream of injustices and dis appointments Inflicted on Germany In the last five year*, yet one may find It hard to forgive these sentimental, dangerous, reversions toward mon archism: ahov# all, that petty folly at Washington. It ha* been a great disappointment to those who have worked for a reconciled Europe, to note how feeble ha* been th# collateral movement In Germany. Where is the liberal intel ligent Germany today? It Is begging Its bread, hut I do not see why It should concentrate all Its energies upon begging II* bread. When on# go## Into Germany one “Teutonic Monarchists Have Backbone and No Brains; Liberals Have Brains and No Backbone; Initiative Sorely Needed.” encounters plenty of a residual swash buckler spirit, th« old heroism of the expanded cheet and high vole*. But it Is hard to find any Germans who seem to be steadily busy on the re construction of Kurope. Germany seems to be divided anatomically be tween right and left. The monarch lets have beckbone and no brains, tbs liberals have brain and no back bone. WILL VERSUS BRAINS. ] v_/ When the German displays will, he does something stupid and violent; when hs displays Intelligence he does nothing at all. In Berlin last sum mer e\eryhody I nought out and ques tioned talked in terms of crisis. Ger many was sinking. Kn gland and America must do something for tier many at once. They would pit rec ognize the necessity of Germany do ing something for Germany at once. And no party nor newspapers have ■ risen, no leader nor group of men stands out yet to embody s rew Ger many In a new Europe. I write without any profound knowledge of things German. There may be deeper currents in German life which Pnd no adequate expres sion in the German press. But with the French elections drawing near it Is time that good Europeans In Germany, If there are good Europeans In Germany, should make themselves heard and felt. The Impression I have of an unhelpfjl, uncreatlve. Irresponsive Germany, cheated, disappointed, but lapsing far too readily tow-arda sullen unhelpful nrss, is a general impression In France end Britain. France Is under urgent necessity of retrenchment, ready to abandon her futile aggressiveness: Britain yia never less an imperialist than she la today. Is there no German Initiative to meet this new occasion? ut the tlrnalt arrival of a number of ImVk n*y roaehea from Baltimore a.sved th* day. Th# rapture and burning of th# capital ami tha city by the Itrltiah In 1 HI4 I* well told The relations of the federal government to tha dis trict. th# district'* own government, and much other valuable detail In formation la given, along with a d* ecrlption of the points of Interest around the city. The volume la pro fuatly Illustrated. , _ • Tain for Tliosr Who 1.04 e til*- Hollins % HVf WAIfAMA HIM. •• *>y T .TenMe# tl»ln« i. c. r#*« a co . n.-#t«n. Ttda I* another of the Pnge Ubrary of Famous Sea stories. !l la really a series of skel bra or abort atorles, in which a giant black. 44 llllaiu Haskins by nnme, hut better known a* Bahama Bill, moves In and nut. I!nhamn Bill Is mate to Captain Bull Saunders of the good sponger wrecker sloop, tha Sea horse, playing In and around the Florida keys and coral reefs. Coming Wizard . Puts End to War \ iaion of Future in ^X hicli Aviution, Kadio ami llic I.ike Play Big Part. "TIIR AT* or TltC rOVKNAVT.” by Victor MicOuro. tUrper A Hrethtra, Xcw Tnrb. Tlila book Ju*t had to eom* The time la about 50 year* hence, when a lot of thing* we are playing with now have been developed to a high degree of tiaefolne**. Jimmy Boon, a hrll llant young aviator, la awakened one morning quite early hv In* father, who (ell* him the Kittk tina been rob Ited, and anka him to tly over lo the cllv. Together they go to the bonk, and find a nimt myaterioua and dar ing robbery lot* taken place. Not only the Boon honk, hut four other* hav« been looted. Everybody, watch men. policemen, atreet car men. tart drlvrea and all within a limit of »ome 10 aqnrtrca have been put to aleep fur at lea*l two hottra. while the robber* Work Whit* Jimmy and lit* aclenliflc frtonda are trying to piece out the tilt* of proof they find a *lmllnr robbery*’ lakea place at lamiavlUe. Then nn ocean liner 1* looted, and a raid la made on the Bank of England Jimmy and hla frlenda work on (he theory that the tald* are made from the atr. and tlml % somebody hss discovered a marvellous secret. While this is going on. a message Is delivered to the president of the t'nlted States, demanding that he cat! n conference of all nations of the first class, for the purpose of deciding on general disarmament. No atten tion Is paid to the message, and Jimmy and hia scientist friend. !>an Isttnont, scouting aroud the world in search of the raiders, are captures! hy the latter at their stronghold In South America, Here some wonders of physical science are made clear to them, and they discover the futility of opposing the man who ts the genius of the Ark of the Covenant. Kventual !v the covenant Is signed, and peace really comes to the world, ft la a breaihtnklnc tale on every page, ami written with due regard to what Is known and what may happen. Four Volumes iu Which Younger Readers ^ ill Delight •TtiK onk l td' rstntrs." »>>• cie."*'* VttlrMff* Hnn!#>\ Uthrmi. I n L s*h#p ird Company, pnMl»h«r» A delightful Imaginative tile told with a piquancy of stile which will Interest every girl header lo ia years of rge. The tale is Instructive. *tid valuable knowledge ia taught hy Sir Undkln King of the One Kyed Keirles. The stories could be Used to great advantage in eewlng class rooms •VVttPN T WA* A POT IN UNPtA," t>> Sstvsnsnls Hoy. 1 e:hn*r. t.es A Ahep, • r.» r'lr-nr* (task** T.etbr*p. l.ea a gbep • rd t>mpinr. puMI«h*n, An appealing story of an Airedale who won glory for himself In the French army. The author shows a keen knowledge of dog* as well as a groat love for them. ITerre wina the Croix do Uuerre and heart it an proudly about hit neck aa any army colonel ever wore the Inetgma of service. No fairy tale of good for tunes. or even the most interesting of princesses' live*. Including a prince charming, can be more novel and de lightful than Pierre's life In the arm). THK VCU-NTJ rot.RW WOO* Of MIRTH ’ by Vary R,-*n*h Then »• letkrwp, 1 •• a Shepard company pub lish*** It la a collection of tha finest and most wholesome laugh producers from the he.«t of American and ling llth authors. The mission of the hook la to create a love for humor and to cultivate It aa a living quan tity- The author gives a preface of advice to educators, noting the value of this gift of humor that would he well for parents to ahsorh. Oldest Film Fan. London, April 19.—Usurps 1 d I'reforth. at the age of 101, la prob ably the world's olde«t film fan. forth is a regular at'cmlnni of Ukg movies. *1 r