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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"
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**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.
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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<Kr#ltr
psrtt Jebn If. Ju»*l*, t,»rl*r OI#*»
end mscr ittnrc, up In, po*#ihlj. ti
nr l», In Hi* nrd*r in which 14***
111*11 *>* 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<n*i> 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.
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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
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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
<liii(tta fantasise' and "haunting
| hy»logi< mice ' JURt ag though I
h*itn t bulked tham «p haforahatid
ThlR will ftva lha readers lha idaa
I ni on# af th***e tenelllig gnula and
flight ttarhapa «• lat lig hope Hi
•ptr* editor R In aand g memorandum
Ilia mahlcr In make tha check
Ihlggrr. Itaing '“ait>“ 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.)
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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”
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“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
<fce other day when M. Tolncare re
leeetroeted hla government and 1
)eard him make hla declaration of
policy to the chamber of deputies, I
had never a*en him before. It «a«
a dramatic, amuaing ocean Ion and I,
conceived for Poincare, the nome
warm, hontlie affection I ha', e for
Wlnton Churchill and IJoyd fJeorge
Ha ban an entirely delightful pci j
aonallty, he haa all the charm, much'
of the appearance, of a wirelialred
terrier. He even hark*.
The chamber of deputies i* In a
semicircle, like * Homan thea er thera
ie non* of the waste and confusion
of effect one gets In the gothic oblong
of Westminster.
The public Is present by ticket
Mostly It was ladles, well-dressed.
Poincare read hla Intention* In a
hard, audible voice. HI* opening
sentences went to much applause and
Interruption. The chief sc»ne cam*
v.hen, enumerating the way* In which
France propoaed to re*tor* and pre
serves Its solvency, he referred to an
lntenalve exploitation of Its colonies.
"Our colonial policy." aaid he.
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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
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"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.
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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.
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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. ]
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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?
<Oer» right, 1*14 )
THE OMAHA BEE BOOK SHELF
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History of the
Nation’s Capital
Initiating 3N a r r a I i v r of
Founding and Growth of
Wanhinglon In Told.
•fimr w»«hlnrt«n and Min* '• by C"iit»*
I'nvnon Cattmar Chart** gcrlbnar'a
Ho na, Naw Tork.
Here I* a volume of rare hlatorleal
Intareet. ea well ne of great value to
the pa trlotlr citizen who ha* pride In
the capital of hie country. In a aln
gle volume It tell* In an Intercntln*
and authoritative faehlun the atory
of Waahlnglon. A* It atiould. It
atari a with the vlelt of Captain John
Xnilth In 1 HO}, and *roceeda along a
gently winding narrative down to the
preaent day. I.lttla bit* of reference
to a number of collateral metier*
only aerv* to heighten the Inter**!
Home Intimate gllmpee* of the Waah
Ington family Ilf* are related, eaperl
ally of the founding of Mount Ver
non.
Ifow tVnehlngton, .fcflfernon atid
Mudlaon a*!acted the alt* of the IX*
trlct of Columbia, the making of the
flrat attrvey of the tract, how the
flrat money «a< rained to etart the
public building*. the removal of the
govarpment from Philadelphia to
IVaahlnglon bv Prenldenl Adam*, and
the nctunl hardahlpa endured by
thoaa who flrat aat up the machinery
of admlnlatratlon la almply but alter
tlvtly told. Georgetown and Alex m
drla have their part In thla. nnd they
rom# In for depervad attention.
On# who ride* about th* rapltnl'a
splendid" avenues today eannot fully
realize th# predleamant congress
found Itaelf In when It was about to
pay a formal rail on the president at
th# new White House, following hla
address to the congress. Pennsylvania
avenue was Impassible, because of
bogs, and the aide streela were
equally as bad. For a time It ereinerl
as If the houa# of representative*
eotilrl not make th# Journey, l>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. ,
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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<l. runiishsr*
A charming account of a boyhood
life In India full of information given
III a clear e.vsilv understood style
It* InsO-uottve value It excellent and
after reading the story we are ac
quainted with a beautiful country,
and an interesting people In a manner
not easily forgotten.
••a ftrvri kmav mow rnawrv." >.»
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.
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