THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 1, 1922
FOREIGN CAPITALS AND OTHER CITIES CONTRIBUTE GOSSIP
VETERAN ARCHERS STILL ABLE TO HIT MARK.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY BACK
AFTER SUMMER VACATIONS
Diplomatic' Corps Starts Fall Season With Series of Entertainments
at Which Latest Fashions Are Seen.
WIFE OF SUPREME JUSTICE
FINDS SALARY TOO SMALL
Mrs. Edward Lazemsky Goes Into Interior Decorating- Businesa
Because $17,500 Is Not Enough to Live On.
BT BETTY BAXTER,
f Copyright, 1622. by The OMgonlen.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept- 30.
(Special.) The first of Octo
ber always; on that date
most of those who have not yet
returned from their summer vaca
tions come back. Most of the diplo
matic corps will be here by Sunday
or Monday, excepting, of course, the
French ambassador and Mme. Jus
rerand, who will not start for these
Shores until the end of October.
Many of our social leaders have
been closing their summer homes
for the last few days and are about
ready to begin their Journey home
ward or are en route, and even
those who went to Bio de Janeiro
-for the opening- of the Brazilian
centennial exposition are drifting
into town, headed by Secretary of
State and Mrs. Hughes. Mrs. C. O
Calhoun, president of the Woman's
International alliance, who went
down there to establish a Brazilian
branch of that organization, is back,
and Captain Sidney R. Bailey, naval
attache of the British embassy, and
Mrs. Bailey have returned. She was
formerly Miss Mildred Bromweil,
you know. After a short visit here
Captain and Mrs. Bailey will go to
England. His successor at the em
bassy. Captain Francis Tottenham,
la due about the middle of the month.
Diplomats Begin Entertaining.
The members of the diplomatic
corps have as usual taken the lead
In entertaining this week. Among
the parties given was one Wednes
day by the Chinese minister, a
luncheon In compliment to the ex
premier of China, Minister Chow
Tsuchl and the ex-Chinese minister
of finance. Lung Kang, who are
visiting in Washington. These two
distinguished orientals were also
the honor guests at a luncheon
given Wednesday by Colonel Richard
C. Patterson.
The minister of Persia, Mlriza
Hussein Khan Alal, was host at a
luncheon Thursday in compliment
to Arthur Millspaugh, formerly
eeonomlo adviser to the state de
'artment, who sailed today for his
new post as head of the American
financial commission to Persia. He
was economic adviser of the state
department for some years.
The minister of Slam, Phyra
Pranha ICaravongse, entertained- at
a tea on Sunday. The minister of
the Serbs, Croats and Slavs and
Mme. Grouitch had a few guests
dining with them to meet the new
minister who is succeeding Mr.
Groultch, Dr. Treselch Pavisch.
New Gowns Quaint.
The young society girls, partic
ularly at dances, look these days
almost as though they were in fancy
dress costume, their new gowns
being so quaint. In the first place
it is difficult to get accustomed to
their long skirts; they do look so
WATSON'S 'STORY OF FRANCE
USED INTRENCH SCHOOLS
High Tribute Paid Late American Author Who Loved Nation of
Napoleon and Yet Never Had Seen Nor Desired to See It.
BY R. T. C.
(Copyright, 1922, by The Oresonlan.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 0.
Tom Watson, whose bril
liant and eccentric career
ended so suddenly a few days ago.
wrote "The Story of France," an
historic work so highly regarded
that It was translated from English
into French and used in the schools
of France. It was an honor not
shared by many American authors.
And yet, Tom Watsoh had never
been to France. He loved that
country a perhaps few aliens have
loved another land and still he did
not care to visit it. He loved France
in the abstract, loved her for what
she had been, loved her traditions
and her literature. His "Life of
Napoleon" waa another historical
and literary masterpiece and has
been regarded by many Napoleonic
students a one of the truest and
most enthralling pictures of the
emperor.
For years Tom Watson pored
over the history of France. His re
searches were extraordinary. And
then h was Inspired to write his
"atory" not claiming for it a text
book of value and being genuinely
surprised when It was so taken up.
Senator Watson's experience sug
gests anew the futility of histories
of the world war written at th's
time, or by this generation. It is
' possible at this time to write a
narrative of certain phases of the
war. but the Judgment and the per
spective of true history Is not yet
here. There were none who knew
so little of the war as the men who
fought in the front line trenches. As
one moved back from the front the
pictures became clearer and olearer.
so much so In fact that men writ
ing of the war from London and
Nsw York were regarded by the
public as mors authoritative com
mentators than those actually ac
credited to and serving as corre
spondents with the forces in the
field.
In a war which Involved so many
nations and so many peoples it is
difficult to forecast who may arise
to sift the evidence and write the
"story" as Watson wrote the "Story
of France." The man or woman may
be aa yet unborn.
Our quaint little ward, the Vir
gin Islands, once the Danish West
Indits, complained a few years ago
that after purchasing them from
Denmark we completely forgot their
existence. This in a sense was true,
for the world war closed in upon
us and the government was occupied
with more colossal tasks.
But now the Virgin Islanders are
rather Inclined to complain that we
did not forget them so far as tht
Volstead act was concerned. The re
membrance was rather tardy at
that, for congress did not include
St. Thomas. St. John and St. Croix
within the purview of the national
prohibition act until November of
last year. . Another three months
elapsed before anyone in the Virgin
Islands knew that the law had beer,
so amended. The governor of the
islands, Rear-Admiral S. E. W. Kit
tells of the navy, wisely contended
that reasonable notice should be
given the islanders and so the Vol
stead dryness did fpot become ef
fective until May 1.
The act, it is Slid, has hit the
Islanders rather hard, not because
of s,ny particularly wet habits of
the natives, but because the making
of a high grade of rum was one
of the chief Industries of the Islands,
which are none too productive at
best. As at first interpreted the
prohibition law would also have
stopped he manufacture of bay
rum, -but Governor KitteUs remedied
different in them from the knee
length ones we have become ac
customed to. However, they are all
wearing them long, ankle length and
longer for evenings. The bodices
are often tight, darted and long
waisted, and the skirts, very much
hooped, look as though they stepped
out of an old picture.
It is so interesting at this season
to see the new costumes come out,
particularly those worn by women
lust back from Europe. Mme. Marie
Peter, wife of the Swiss minister,
for one. Is wearing a gown of
Morocco satin crepe one of the
very smartest materials, by the way
with a draped skirt and surplice
bodice Joined together to give a
continuity of costuming so essential
for the smartly gowned woman this
season.
Chiffon Fold rued.
There is a fold of soft white
chiffon outlining the surplice bodice
in a collar-like effect and this same
softening Idea is repeated on the
elbow-length sleeves. With this
Mme. Peter wears a medium sized
back velvet hat trimmed with
ribbon.
Miss Elaine Taylor English of
Philadelphia and a frequent Wash
ington visitor, whose engagement
to Captain Basil Gordon, son of Mrs.
Oeorge Barnett, wife of Major-General
Barnett. U. 8. M. C. is recent
news of widespread Interest, wore at
a luncheon recently a gown of heavy
Morocco silk, embroidered in black
wool. With this she wore satin
pumps and a large black untrimmed
drooping brimmed satin hat. An
other black and white - costume of
this bride-to-be Is an evening one
of black Chantllly lace and Ivory
white crepe satin. The oval-necked,
sleeveless bodice la formed of a
Jacket like effect of the black lace
and the skirt Is cut in petal effect
of the cream crepe satin.
Mrs. Wallace Back.
Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, wife of the
secretary of agriculture, who has
Just returned from a visit to her
Des Moines home, has a pretty after
noon gown of black Chantllly lace,
made with square neck and elbow
sleeves. She wears a black tulle
sash with It and a medium brimmed
black velvet hat.
Miss Anne Gordon, sister of Basil
Gordon, is wearing a stylish beige
polret twill suit made on strictly
tailored lines, with it she wears a
white silk tailored blouse and sport
hat of beige. Mrs. Peter Boelet
Gerry, wife of the senator from
Rhode Island and long the most
beautiful girl In Washington when
she was Matilde Townsend, Is sport
ing a costume of violet crepe ro-
maine with straight neck line, very
long flowing sleeves and draped
skirt, hanging well to the ankles in
points. Her hat is a large violet
crepe one trimmed with grosgrain
ribbon of the same shade as the
gown. Ribbon trimming for hats is
particularly fashionable right now.
that and saved the fragrant hair
tonic Industry from an untimely end.
Admiral Ktttelle, whose term as
governor ended several weeks ago,
has been In Washington the last few
days making a report of his stew
ardship. He reports the islands
as being economically and well ad
ministered at the present time. A
drouth rather seriously interfered
with the sugar crop the last year
and the United States will have to
continue to appropriate something
over J3O0.000 a year for the gov.
ernment expenses over and above
the revenues produced In the islands.
Governor Kittelle succeeded in In
ducing the colonial councils of St.
Thomas and St. John to adopt a
modern system of taxing real es
tate and personal property. The
Danes' had a most archaic system
of taxation, one that produced vir
tually no revenue at all. They taxed
the number of wheels on a vehicle,
for Instance, or the number of doors
and windows in a hduse. The com
plications made collections well nigh
impossible.
The organic law passed by con
gress for the Virgin Islands invests
the governor with virtually complete
civil. Judicial and military power,
and Governor Kittelle is inclined to
believe there should be no change
in this system for many years to
come.
A wayfarer Just back from Texas
a day or two ago reports Colonel
Bill Sterritt, distinguished Journalist
and fish and game warden, as pol
ishing up his fur skin coat for the
coming winter, which it was pre
dicted in the Lone Star state was
going to be a hard one. The ducks
are flying south in droves this early
In the autumn.
That fur coat of the colonel's some
day Is going to take its place in
history. It is true he has only had
It two years, but Its fame has trav
eled far already. He came by it, in
a manner of speaking, through meet
ing an oil millionaire friend one day
in the fall two years ago On lower
Broadway in New York. The mil
lionaire, who owns a flock of wells
with oil pouring from them In black
streams as thick aa a man's body,
insisted that the colonel did not
look as spick and span as he ought
to, and the two. becoming eventually
in convivial spirit, went shopping
together. Between the colonel's
somewhat lean and the millionaire's
decidedly plethoric pocketbooks a
great outfit waa assembled. The
fur coat was the oilman's own Idea.
A magnificent garment it was, too.
the fur being all on the outside and
gray and long and glossy. It cov
ered the colonel like a mantle and
reached clear down to his feet.
Having got the coat. Bill was con
fronted by the task of getting It to
Txas. The writer encountered him
with it still on his hands and soul!
in Indianapolis one nignt when Gov.
error Cox was speaking in the pres
idential campaign The evening was
In late October and a chin was in
the air. The colonel put on his hairy
coat and we started for the meettn.
"Going to the speakin', BiUT" Jim
Faulkner inquired as we passed out
of the hotel.
"I sho' am." replied Bill, "if some
fool coon dog don't tree me on 'the
way."
Red Cross Rescues Orphans.
TOKIO. The Japan Red Cross
society, which already has rapatri
ated 375 Polish orphans from Si
beria, where there are said to be
2000 in plight, has undertaken to
rescue another 400. They are being
gathered by the Society for the
Relief of Polish Orphans at Vladi
vostok, from which port the Japan
Red cross society will transport
tnea to Daauig.
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LEFT TO RIGHT ARE SURVIVING MEMBERS MISS ADA TAJTNER, DR. A. S. HELTON AND A. B. CASSELMAX.
After years without practice veteran members of the. once famous Potomac Archery club of the capital are seen often again on the grounds
t Smithsonian Institution, and here they are, mighty pleased that they are still able to hit the mark. The old Potomac Archery club was organized
in 1&70 and many of the members have died in the past few years.
Buddhism Rated Probable
Rival of Christianity.
Oriental Cult Gaining Ground in
Far Eastern Countries
OXFORD, England, Sept. 30.
"Buddhism Is ths probable rival
of Christianity in the far east," said
Professor Soothill, who at one time
occupied the chair of Chinese at
Oxford university. In an address
before the conference of Modern
Churchman. His remark has creat
ed something of a sensation In
church circles.
"Buddhism," the professor stated,
"can adopt and adapt at will. It
has recently adopted Christian
methods wholesale. Its ideas are
at work in the west, even in our
churches. Buddhism calls for sym
pathetic study, and the day may
come when the best men in Budd
hism and Christianity will meet to
gether to discuss the possibility of
working together for the salvation
of the world.
"Buddhism, originally little more
than psychology and ethics, is to
day a religion and the only probable
world rival to the two other propa
gandist religions, Christianity and
Islam. Islam has a closed creed.
Christianity is writhing in its own
bonds but will burst them. Budd
hism has none. Buddhism is spread
ing in China"
Food of Today Declared
Best World Has Known.
n Investigator Reports tke?
Results of Research.
ROME, Sept. SO. When all the
world is complaining of what it
costs to buy a good dinner, as com
pared to the days before the war. an
Italian investigator has come for
ward with, the, statement that never
before have the people been as well
fed as at present.
Signor Pedrazzoli has analyzed the
descriptions, in old writings, of the
hundred-oourse banquets of the mid
dle ages, and the recitals of whole
cows prepared for the feasters. He
finds undoubted exaggeration, and
s.iys that when such things did hap
pen so many people sat down to the
meal that each individual portion
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Ways and mei-ns by which the bureau or standards tests the electricil capacity and candlepower of lights.
what is known as an integrating sphere. This instrument is used to measure the average candlepower of a
at theiignt on tie interior of a- ajierical eurXaca-of which tba alectrio uii iorona. tie center jMJiat.
was very small. Such dinners also
were given only in years of plenty,
but more numerous than these were
the lean years. Then the people
were thin and pale, and at this time
originated the expression "tighten
up your belt."
The XVII century was the golden
age for food. During these years po
tatoes, tea, chocolate and coffee were
introduced into Europe. Rome claims
t- be the birthplace of "cafe au
lait." Ambulant Greeks used to sell
coffee from buckets In the streets of
Rome. The Romans Immediately used
this for mixing with milk, and so
popular proved the drink that It
soon spread to the whole world. The
first coffee house to be opened In
Rome was. In fact, called: "II caffe
greco" and it still may be seen in
trie picturesque Via Condottl.
An idea of how bad was the food
In middle ages may be had from the
writings of Tassoni, In whose verse
various menus are described. When
the food was not of poor quality in
Itself, the predominant note in, its
preparation was not with regard to
taste, but to display. Spices also
were very much in evidence and the
dishes often were so highly sea
soned as to be neither healthy nor
agreeable, Signor Pedrazaoli pre
pared a dish according to an old
recipe, but the result was impossible.
No one could eat it and it was
medically unwholesome.
Lake In Hungary Drying Up.
BUDAPEST. The biggest lake in
Hungary, Lake Balaton, covering
about 360 square miles, would ap
pear slowly to be drying up. In
a mile from the old shore line
some places the water has receded
within a few years and the shrink
ing continues. No one can give an
explanation particularly as there
has leen plenty of rain recently.
Geologists say that volcanic changes
in the bed of the lake are respon
sible. "Thunder" Stealers Jailed.
BERLIN. Two men have been con
victed here for "stealing thunder."
They were found guilty of taking
the motors and apparatus used in
providing storm effects for a comic
opera company by which they were
employed. One, the director of light
ing, was sentenced to eight months'
imprisonment, and his confederate,
an electrician, to three months.
Disappearance of the noise mak
ing machinery forced the suspension
of a prodnctlon, the chief scene of
which was laid in Hades.
STANDARD LIGHTING
Thibet, Land of Mystery,
to Be Better Known.
Moving Pictures Will Be Shown
In Forbidden Lhasa.
LONDON, Sept. 30. Thibet, it is
hoped, will not much longer be
the land of mystery. Nor will the
great outside world, it is expected,
continue to be the great land of the
unknown to the Thibetans. They are
to be offered an opportunity of see
ing, on the movies, something of
the wonders to be found in the vast
world beyond Thibet. In exchange
it Is hoped they will allow cinemat
ograph pictures to be taken of the
wonders of Thibet for people of
other lands to see.
A cable Just received in London
announces the arrival in Calcutta
of the members of the British Bud
dhist mission to Thibet. They have
begun the long and difficult Journey
on foot through the Himalayas.
On their way to Darjeeling the
mission visited the Bodhidruma (or
"tree of intelligence"), the eacred
fig tree under which, according to
Buddhist tradition,' Buddha was
s'tting in contemplation when he at
tained the perfect wisdom. A film is
to be taken of the tree and of the
pilgrims visiting It, and it Is hoped
to show these pictures to the Dalai
Lama in Lhasa itself. Films of wild
animals and the various aspects of
the outside world are also being car
ried in order to offer to the highest
Thibetan authorities the first cine
matograph exhibition ever given in
their famous city.
One of the objects in displaying
the wonders and possibilities of
moving pictures is to secure per
mission for. making film records of
the country and its people.
King George Recuperates
at Balmoral Castle.
British Ruler Finds Diversion' in
Midst of Highlands.
LONDON, Sept. 30. Kin George
has been enjoying himself these
autumn days at Balmoral In the
highlands. More than anywhere else
he is there able to get away from
Ceremonies and formalities and pass
Mr days as an ordinary citizen. He
Is never without a few guests at
FOR UNITED STATES.
Balmoral but never entertains there
en a large scale. He does not have to.
He is always an early riser in the
highlands, and almost as soon as the
sun has dispersed the mists from the
towering hills, the royal piper is
serenading below the king's bed
room window, "skirling" some fa
vorite pibroch.
Every day at Balmoral a certain
routine is followed, for the king
makes a point of being in the open
as much as possible. One day there
Is a grouse shoot on the royal es
tates or some of the neighboring
moors, and the next sees a deer drive
in Ballochbulo forest, or a deer
stalking expedition around Loch
nager. Another day the King may prefer
to go fishing on the "Silvery Dee,"
one of the best salmon rivers in
Scotland; or, again, the day may be
spent In walking within the exten
sive royal estate or climbing some
of the surrounding hills.
Days are set apart, too, for trout
fishing on Loch Alulck. and for pic
nics and lunches with the royal
hcusehold and guests at one or an
other of the .numerous picturesque
bungalows which stand in some of
the lonely glens within a few miles
of the castle.
The great social event on Deeslde
during the king's holiday at Bal
moral is the Braemar gathering. As
tills day comes round the purple
heather and yellow gorse of Dee
side are again alive with armed
highlanders. The king's men from
Balmoral are there In the red tar
tan of the Stuarts, with the king's
factor to command them. They carry
the great Locabor axe, while the
Duff men, who follow them, are
armed with the pike, and the Far
quharsons with the claymore. High
land games, the dancing of the sword
dance, and the skirling of the pl
brochs fill the Braemar day. Such a
scene, among the heather and breck
en, colored with all the hues of early
autumn In the highlands, draws
snectators from all quarters, and
of all nationalities.
LISBON REVOLTS, REPORT
Spain Gets Rumors of Outbreak
of Revolution in Portugal.
VIGO. Spain, Sept. 30. Reports
have been received from Lisbon of
the outbreak there of a revolution
ary military movement.
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BT JESSIE HENDERSON.
NEW YORK. Sept. 30. (Special.)
Exactly how much it costs
a year to llvs In New York
Is a sum that varies according to
the Individual. The one Invariable
thing about living la New York Is
that it costs more a year than you
get. Such being so, ths individual
is forced into all sorts of activities
j in order to make ends corns within
sight of each other nobody nowa-
j days expects them to meet.
The way in which two women
have solved this little problem il
lustrates the versatility of the mod
ern woman and also the speed with
which she is overtaking man in all
of his chosen fields. Mra Edward
Lazansky, wife of a supreme court
Justice. Is the founder and pro
prietor of an interior decorating
business In Brooklyn. In spits of
what people think of art in Brook
lyn, the decorating business is
flourishing to such a degree that
Mrs. Lazansky, who set up shop, ac
cording to her own statement, be
cause she could not make both ends
meet on her husband's salary. Is
now able to look at a new hat or
a fox scarf without keeping her
fingers crossed. Judge Laransky's
salary la I17.S00 and well, that's
that, isn't It?
Quite as effective, though vastly
different, was the method employed
by May Mansfield, who felt that
gingham frocks and cotton stock
ings were Inadequate expressions of
the urge toward higher things that
possessed her 16-year-old heart. The
higher things toward which May felt
her greatest urge were silk hosiery
and a georgette gown, but these were
so much higher than the clothes
her parents were accustomed to buy
for her that May decided to leave
home and strike out for herself.
Her subsequent brief career
merely shows how far an ambitious
girl can go with a bit of determina
tion and a screw driver. Chancing
Into a church and observing the
poor box "Heck," remarked May
to herself, "If it's the poor they're
collecting for I'm it. 'I So without
troubling the sexton May got s
screwdriver. A few minutes later
she got a new hat. The system
worked all right until detectives
interfered, but that doesn't signify
that it was not a good system.
"
A number of other girls have had
their troubles this week. too. Take
the right-hand mermaid who has
unsuccessfully wooed civic virtue
these many months since the marble
group was put in City Hall park.
Not only does C. Virtue continue to
trample on her without even a back
ward glance, but the other night
there came the first frost of the
season. The coldness of ths weather
and of C. Virtue was enough. It
was, in fact, too much. The right
hand mermaid's heart broke smack
in two. When daylight dawned.
SOUTHERN POLITICAL BATTLE
MARKED BY POLITE STRATEGY
Courtly Gentleman and Elegant Woman Contesting for Representa
tive Courteous With Soft-Tongued Oratory and Mutual Admiration.
BY CAROLYN VANCE.
Copyrlht, 1822. by The Oretonlan.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 30.
The politest political pass
age d'armes ever witnessed is
engrossing the attention of North
Carolina.
Major Charles M. Stedman. courtly
southern gentleman and democrat,
is defending the seat hs now holds
In the house of national representa
tives against the ladylike assaults
of the republican nominee, Mrs.
Lindsey Patterson, also of gentle
southern birth.
.tnnriicd strategy both
use in the campaign sounds strangi
indeed in this day of more or les
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violently vnuv' - w
bombards her with bou?"'.,?
too, avoids the use of brickbats in
favor of more amiable ammunition.
"Mrs. Patterson Is one of ths very
rin.t women in the state." is gal-
i..tw ivnirAl of his remarks.
if-in,. stedman is noted for his
charming manners, and he is the
politest man I ever anew, i
i. -u -.t AriMt I nf her.
The "imperial Fifth" district, the
scene of this bouquet
grant with the flowery compliments
that are showered promiscuously
about. The place glitters with the
golden op'nlons that are scattered in
i -t,nriri manner.
pucn a . . v "
Major Stedman not only pelts bis
opponent with praise, oui no
in a lot of subtle flattery on the
women voters with an experienced
"'no afraid I'm going to beat Mrs.
Patterson in the election because
you know the ladies will all vote for
me." he boasts with twinkling eye
Major Stedman is impressively 81
years old. Among his Indifferent
looking colleagues in the house he
rears a satisfying statesmanlike
figure.
Below the shining white nimbus
of hair appears an Intellectual ex
panse of forehead, brows avalanch
ing snowlike over eyes bespeaking
vigorous life. A patriarchal beard
completes an imposing sppearance.
An aura of venerable romance sur
rounds blm, also, because he is the
last Confederate soldier In congress.
He fought under Lee from the be
ginning of the war to Appomattox
and was wounded three times.
Mrs. Patterson is a whirlwind of
energy. Her motor car, which she
has named, the "Washington Spe
cial," and in which she announces
she hop's to ride to Washington,
will be in every part of her district
between now and election day. Al
ready she has motored 300 miles In
the "Imperial Fifth." There ars 11
counties in the district. Mra Pat
terson figures she will have spent
a week in each.
The opponents In this campaign
are well matched as far as family
and tradition are concerned. Major
Stedman Is from a family that has
been prominent in North Carolina
....ntlani Tm Patterson's
grandfather was General Patterson,
whose cousin. Betsy Patterson, was
married to Jerome Bonaparte.
Joseph Bonaparte was her grand
father's friend, snd many of the
furnishings in the Patterson man
sion In Winston-Salem. N. C, came
from Joseph Patterson. The can
delabrum In the blue room of the
White House originally was given
by Napoleon to JosAph, whea the fox-1
there it was an ngly crack e'eav--lng
the lady's marble shoulder al-'
most to the waistline. They'v
patched ber up with paraffins and"
everybody's trying to pretend sbe
looks as cuts as ever.
see f
And It Isn't as though ths mer
maid were anywhere near Coney
Island, either. Once there they,
might diagnose the crack as a,
wrinkle and give her a youth-restoring
mud bath. Things are not
usually free at Coney, not unless
they are both free and easy. But
these sunny days you can get youth
and beauty there without the cost'
of anything more than a dirty face
and dirty bands. A blr pump la
pulling silt from the ocean bed to
till in part of the beach. The silt
Is black and oozy and remarkably
akin to the stuff the beauty parlors
daub on your skin at a dollar a
daub to eradicate wrinkles. Some
enterprising soul experimented with
the ooze from the pump. It worked
wonders. And now on any warm
afternoon you will find several hun
dred mud-smeared beauty hounds,
both male and female, stretched out
on the sands to dry.
e
Every now and then the prohlbl-.'
tlon enforcement agents announce
to an Interested world that at last;
New York city Is de-hooched. The
latest retort to such announcement
came from the antt-fanatlo league
of women which Is asking all oppo
nents of fanaticism to boycott firms
which favor prohibition. This de
cision of the antl-fanatlcs Is going
to shock a lot of people. Including
those who believe prohibition Is a
fact.
As to that, the lamentable case
of Patrolman Michael Duffy comes
to mind. Duffy took from a woman
a bottle of what be thought to be,
hooch. He took It to Essex market
court as evidence and there the bot-v
tie exploded in his pocket with a
vehement bang. The evidence ran
down his leg and evsporated into
nothing on which :hs law could get
its clutches.
see
Spurred to greater effort by mis
haps of this sort, the dry agents
went so far the other day ss to
search an ambulance in which a
woman patient was being carried to
a hospital. They rolled the patient
over in order to prod the mattress
for bottles, which they did not find.
Such seal, however, ought not to
go without comment.
For the rest, the week meandsred
alor.g with daylight sivlng ended,
a closed car show at the Grand Cen
tral Palace started, and such events
as the arrival of Sir Thomas Llpton
with ths announcement that hs
would not compete for the cup. Ths
enrollment at New York university
Is 15,000 and the enrollment at
Columbia more than 38.000, which
proves that the town of high costs
and high lights is not wholly im
pervious to culture.
mer was king of Spain. They were
brought by him to this country snd
given to Generaf Patterson, who in
turn presented them to ths White
House.
The home of Mrs. Patterson in
Wlnston-6alem is said to contain th
finest collection of antique In the
south. Her itpeclal hobby is antique
furniture. Her library is the collec
tion of four generations of boolC
lovers. She Is a writer on agricul
tural subjects and has done apeclaf,
research work In revolutionary his
tory. She Is a member of the Aoortr
club of Philadelphia and of the CoU!
ony club of New York and enthusi
astically follows the work of the.
Garden club of America She or
ganized the federation of women's
clubs in North Carolina and waa the
first state president. Another prom-,
lnent club position held by hur ta
that of vice-president-general of
the Daughter of the American Rev-;
olutlon In North Carolina.
All of this will give some Idea of
her social prestige and will j rove
that she Is not merely a "Yankee
imported for the purpose of running
on the republican ticket.
-
Major Stedman recognizes th
thoroughbred quality of his op-,
ponent, and true to the chiva1rlT
traditions of the south hs never haj
said a derogatory word concerning
her. :
"Southern men believe In always
being polite and deferenUal to alt;
women," be aaya
They are polite, yes. They love
to go jousting for a woman's ftvoc
In the realms of romance. They
lend their strong right arms for the
women to lean upon. But wlil they,
give them support at the polls?
They are traditionally willing ta.
risk their lives for a woman's whim.
But will they go smiling to their
political deaths if that whim takee
the form of a yearning for political,
office?
To all of this Major Stedman an -'
swers:
"It's a highly democratic stats
and I will beat her." .
Big: Shortage in Diamond
Reported in London.
Dealers Scouting Cestlnfst
Obtala atones fa Jiemana.
LONDON, Bept. 0. Somebody Is
cornering the diamond supply
of the world, according to British
Importers of the stones. All over ths,
world the best and largest diamonds
are vanishing, snd London dealers
are scouring ths continent In the
attempt to obtain stones to satisfy
ths demand which has suddenly
sprung up for the finest gema But
they have small success tor a mys
terious shortage exists at a time
of unprecedented demand.
"Diamonds will soon become the
currency of the world If money con
t nues to depreciate at the rate of
the last few months." one dealer
said recently. "Rich Americans sre
buying sll the stones they can se
cure. There la an unlimited demand
for two-gralnera up to the slx-
gratners from America, snd Japan Is
buying largely, f ine small stones
are also very scarce.
"The Germans sre hanging nn to
their diamonds like grim death.
They will not sell at any price, and
regard their diamonds as the only
real security left them. The same
spirit obtains la other countries."