German Mind
Is Unchanged
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War Fails to Jar Conceit of
Teuton, Says Observer of
Long Experience.
MENTAL ISOLATION ABSOLUTE
Unable to Understand How They Are
Detested—The German of Today
la to All Intents and Purposes
the Same as in 1913.
blank indifference. The German man
In the street never thought for him-
self. He does not do so today. The
question of the future Is, what party
will emerge from the present chaos to
do his thinking for him?
“The Germans are perfectly willing
to forgive us for the war. They talk
glibly about ‘this unhappy war’ with
the air of a man making perfunctory
excuses for some social lapse. In
some may be detected in addition a
little air of condescension In speaking
of the late unpleasantness as though
to draw attention to their magnanimi
ty in accepting the war as an inevita
ble catastrophe, ‘an act of God,’ as the
Insurance policies say. And even to-
day I find that the great majority of
Germans have no Idea of the abhor-
rence in which the very name German
Is held in the Anglo-Saxon countries
and in France and Belgium.”
of the nev Ü. 8. A. OO-cent and 30-
cent issues of 1869, with flags inserted.
The gem of the American collection
was a postal envelope of the Confed
erate States of America bearing on
the right hand a 5-cent stamp In black
and on the left a Confederate seaman
nailing the "Stara and Burs” to the
mast
BRICKS FROM STRAW, CLAIM
French Textile Expert's Invention
Will Relieve the Housing Crisis,
Paris.—A French textile expert
claims that he has invented a process
for making bricks from compressed
straw.
He is searching for funds to prove
that he is no idle dreamer and can
relieve the present housing crisis by
building houses.
He says, owing to the slight weight
of the material, there Is. no need for
deep foundations, and the whole build
ing can be completed In a month. It
Is affirmed that the straw preparation
is not inflammable. The first house
has already been built In Montargls.
London. —- Although Berlin has
changed since 1914, the German mind
remains unchanged. Neither the holo
caust of dead nor the crush of thrones
has shaken Germany out of her self-
conceit, according to what G. Valen
tine Williams, formerly correspondent
of Reuter’s Agency in Berlin, tells the
London Dally Mail.
“The German mind,” he says, “does WORLD STAMP EXPERTS MEET
Sign Painting Pays Best;
not seem to have altered.
Lawyer Only “on Side”
"Albeit sadly puzzled to account for More Than $250,000 Worth of Rare
the utter break-down of the entire
New York.—When Harry J.
Specimens on Exhibition at
German system, In his outlook on life
Shields was called as a pros
Berlin Sale.
the German of 1920 is to most intents
pective juror before Judge Mitch
and purposes the German of 1913. In
ell May of Brooklyn, he was
Berlin-—Philatelic experts from all
a world which to British eyes Is parts of the world came to Berlin to
asked if he had ever served in the
strangely changed by five years of attend the great stamp sale just held
case of a man charged with con
World war the mental isolation of the here, which it is claimed has a wider
cealing his assets. Shields said
German Is absolute. To talk to him range than any ever before held in
he had been a trustee In bank
makes you feel that the German of Europe.
ruptcy.
today is the loneliest creature on God’s
“Why, such a person has to
The total number of lots was 5,387
earth.
be a lawyer, and your card says
and the value at upset prices exceeded
“Yet with heavy deliberation he Is $250,000 nominally.
you are a sign painter,” re
communing with himself to ascertain
marked one of the attorneys.
During the first day's sale there wns
the causes of his 'defeat. But lie is a rush for rare Argentine, Brazilian
“Oh, yes, I’m a lawyer, too,”
not examining his conscience.
Shields replied, "but I can make
and Bolivian issues.
“Any Berlin bookshop will show you
more money painting signs, so I
United States issues Included the
the chaos prevailing in the German only known canceled copy of the
practice law on the side.”
mind.
Shields was excused from jury
"Franklin Carriers,” brown orange er
service.
ror of 1851, the Livingstone (Alabama)
Nothing of the Present
"Professor Steinach’s rejuvenation 5-cent blue of 1801, and three blocks
experiments, Einstein's theory of light,
Maynard Keynes and Norman Angell
on the Versailles Peace—both books
In German translations nnd prominent
ly displayed—treatises on spiritualism,
atheism, free love, and the like—works
of this description stand side by side
with a mass of frankly pornographic
literature. Here will you find reasoned
explanations for the past, complicated
schemes for the future, but nothing
practical to deal with the problems of Mme. Tartoue Hopes American
Mr. Tartoue is said to be In the
the present. And above all, no con
Adlrondacks. His studio is sold to
Girls
Will
Profit
by
Her
Un
trition for Germany's crime against
have been sublet to Rene Van Len-
mankind.
nap, a friend.
fortunate Experience.
“The German surveyed the world
Since Mme. Tartoue departed from
from his castle of militarism, Now
her home over a month ago in the
that it has collapsed he Is left floun-
middle of the night, following a se
dering in a sea of doubts and fears,
ries of alleged sensational incidents
The Germans with whom I have spok-
in and near the studio, she has been
en expect us to hold them guiltless of
living in seclusion with her mother,
the past because, they say, they have Says European Men Are Not Brought Mrs. R. Bengue Barnett
Up With the Ideals of Marriage
rid Germany of her military caste.
Telle of Persecution.
“They hnve, it Is true, expelled the
and Womanhood 1 hat Amer
Light on the nature of her dis
bloody-minded blunderers surrounding
ican Men Are.
agreement, with her husband was shed
that eminent nonentity, William the
by Mme. Tartoue during her inter-
Second-rater, because they failed to
New York.—“If American girls who view. She said:
keep their promise to establish Ger are contemplating marriage with for-
“The persecution to which I was
man world-domination. But the Ger eigners will only listen to me and subjected by two elderly women
will
man people is governed by the herd take warning from my unfortunate ex-
be made public during the trial.
instinct, and the expulsion of the Old perience with a distinguished for
"I lent myself to Pierre for pub-
Gang In the circumstances of mili eigner, to whom I gave my love and
llclty purposes much against my own
tary defeat and home panic In which devotion, I will feel repaid in a meas
Inclination. He told me it would help
the Hohenzollerns were sent away re ure for the ordeal through which- I him.
quires weightier evidence of a change have passed and the humiliation I
"I lent him money as well, as most
of heart that is forthcoming In Ger must now endure.
American girls who marry foreign
many today. If It Is to be accepted as
“Most men from the continental ers find they are obliged to do for
n proof of the death of German mili- European countries are not brought
the sake of preserving their homes
tarism.
up with ideals of marriage and wom and saving their husbands from finan
Blank Indifference.
anhood which American girls are cial difficulties.
My family and
“Talk to a Frenchman of any class, taught to believe American men have.
friends have reason to know Intimate
and you will, sooner or Inter, come They make bad husbands for an
details concerning these financial
upon a well-banked but fiercely smoul American girl, and my advice to girls transactions.
dering Republican nrdor. Talk to n Is to pick out au American for a hus-
"I sacrificed myself on the altar
German about his government and you band.”
of Pierre's art and I soon discovered
will find, at the best, lukewarm Inter
That is what Mme. Pierre Tartoue, he did not appreciate It. This Is
est; nt the worst, resentful ridicule wife of the noted portrait painter,
my attitude toward my husband. 1
townrds the German Republic.
said in discussing her marriage and
have no animosity in my heart, only
“The average attitude is one of | her suit for separation just started.
pity.
"After I was Pierre's wife he con
stantly told me I was no longer an
American woman. He said I was un
der the French law, because I had
married a French citizen. He told
me I would have to bear half the
expense of our establishment and
that French women Lad no rights.
Belgian Prince in Brussels School
Sixteen Exploration Expeditions
Are Now in Progress or
in Contemplation.
MANY PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED
Most Important Enterprise Is British
Antarctic Expedition Headed by
Commander John Lachlan Cope
—Amundsen Ie Trying for North
Pole.
start next year to explore one of the
richest fields in the far north. He
expects to establish a camp 700 miles
south of Etah in Northwest Greenland,
where his Crocker Land expedition
passed four winters. He will attempt
to circumnavigate Baffin Land and
penetrate 1,500 miles of its western
coast.
Nova Zembla—Dr. Olaf Holtedahl of
Christiania university Is organizing a
northwestern natural science and ge
ological expedition to this country and
plans to start next summer.
Mexico—Prof. Emelio Oddone, a
famous Neapolitan seismologist, repre
senting the Italian government, is now
studying the earthquake situation in
Mexico by means of his "inerviam-
eter,” an Invention by which he is able
to measure both motion and energy.
Will Explore Amazon.
The Amazon—Exploration of this
great river to be undertaken by a large
party of American scientists, headed
by Dr. Henry H. Rusby of Columbia
university. The party expects to leave
early In January and to traverse more
than 1,000 miles of almost virgin land
In the upper reaches of the river basin.
Dr. Rusby is to be accompanied by Dr.
David Starr Jordan, president of Le
land Stanford, Jr. university and Dr.
Carl H. Eingemann of the University
of Indiana, who are to study fish and
reptiles : Dr. Ruthven of the Univers
ity of Michigan, who Is to study frogs,
and Dr. Edward Kromers of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and Prof. A. H.
Gill of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, who will investigate seed
and volatile oils.
Ecuador and Peru—Collections of
flora and fauna are now being gath
ered for the American Museum of
Natural History in New York by Capt.
Harold E. Anthony and George K.
Cherrfe.
Pacific Islands—Solution of the or
igin of the Polynesian race is one of
the objects of a survey of the Pacific
Islands planned at a recent conference
of scientists at Honolulu under the
auspices of the Pan-Pacific Union, rep
resenting the United States, Canada.
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand
Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan
An expedition will be sent to the South
seas for this purpose by Yale, Har
vard and other institutions.
China and Tibet—The third expedi
tion, backed by a fund of $250,000, is
soon to start from Central Asia under
the leadership of Roy Chapman An
drews, associate curator of mammals
In the American Museum of Natural
History, New York. The Chinese gov
ernment Is expected to co-operate with
this enterprise.
DONATES FAMOUS SWORD
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New York.—Sixteen exploration
expeditions are now in progress or
In contemplation after four years of
inactivity in this line of scientific re
search due to the great war. Most
of these enterprises have been under
taken or projected since the armistice,
and they recall the fact that mother
earth still has important biological,
zoological, geological, ethnological and
meteorological problems to be solved.
One of the most important of these
enterprises is the British Antarctic
expedition, headed by Commander
John Lachlan Cope, F. R. G. S., for
merly of the British navy. It Is fi
nanced for $750,000, includes five
ships, 125 men, several airplanes and
extensive wireless apparatus. The
undertaking Is to require live years
and its objects are the circumnavi
gation of the Antarctic sea, a dash
to the south pole, the locating of new
whaling grounds and the discovery
of supposedly rich gold, silver, coal
and ruby fields.
I Capt. Roald Amundsen, who discov
ered the south pole in 1911, left Nome,
Alaska, last August in an attempt to
Lord Garioch, only son of the thir
reach the north pole. His ship, the
ty-third earl of Mar, premier earl of
Maud, had already spent nineteen
Scotland, has just presented the sword
months In the Arctic, north of Asia
worn by “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” one
and Europe, and had successfully made
of the most famous and historical In
the northeast passage. He expected
Great Britain, to Mrs. ’Clarence Crit
the Maud to be locked in the ice pack
tenden Calhoun of Washington, a de
and to drift toward the pole when
scendant on her mother’s side of the
the Arctic winter ended. In negoti
house of Mar. The Illustration shows
ating his way to Nome he was fre
Lord Garioch and the sword.
quently compelled to blast a path
through the ice.
Captain Amundsen was Inst heard
of off East cape, about 170 miles north
Dog Saves Life of Baby
west of Nome In the Bering strait.
Hanging From Bridge
The explorer, on account of high wages
and scarcity of men, was handicapped
La Salle, Colo.—Teddy Is only
by lack of help, his only companions
a common dog. boasting neither
being three sailors and an Eskimo
beauty nor blue blood, and the
cook.
possessor of only three good legs,
Other Prospects on Foot.
but he saved the life of his con
expeditions
stant companion, a two-year-old
projected or now under way are as
boy. The dog’s persistent bark
follows :
ing attracted the mother’s at
Siberia—Capt. Axel Landmark and
tention, and she went to inves
Capt. John Vatney, In a 50-foot power
tigate.
POLISH
CONSTITUTION
UNIQUE
boat are on a 4,000-mile voyage to
About 100 yards from the
Kolyma river, using a primitive chart
house runs the Milton canal. The
made In 1878 by Nordenskjold, a Swed Provides That State Shall Care for
baby had undertaken to cross a
Children If Neglected by
ish explorer on his voyage from Nor
little foot-bridge and lost his bal
Their
Parents.
.
way to Japan via the Arctic ocean.
ance. But In falling, his dress
Greenland—Knud Rasmussen, Dan
had caught on the bridge In such
London.—Poland's new constitution
ish explorer, who returned from the
manner that it held and strang
east coast late In 1919, after studying probably will contain a provision for
led him.
First old methods
care
of
children
by
the
state
which
Eskimo tribes, is preparing for an
were applied, and In a few hours
will
make
it
unique,
in
the
opinion
of
other expedition of five years’ dura
he was able to rejoin his faith
tion. Lange Koch, another Dane, Is officials here who have seen the draft.
ful friend.
planning a scientific survey of North The article reads :
“
Each
child
deprived
of
parental
Greenland, his main purpose being to
establish Danish sovereignty in that care or who is neglected morally or SEEK FRUIT FLY PARASITE
materially, has the right to secure
territory.
Africa—Four expeditions are in prog care and aid from the state. The Indian Bug to Be Introduced in Ter
ress, namely, the Mackie ethnological sphere of the state’s duties in this ca
ritory to Save the Hawaiian
expedition to Central Africa for the pacity will be defined separately by
Products.
laws,
which
will
foresee
as
well
purpose of studying the Bahima, one
the
protection
of
mothers
who
may
of the chief pastoral tribes of An
Honolulu, T. H.—David T. Full-
kole, a district west of Uganda; the require aid, before the birth of the away, entomologist with the territor
British natural history of museum ex- child, and the protection of the child ial board of agriculture, will leave
peditions to the west coast and the tn Infancy.”
As far as known here no consti soon for India to search for certain
Jeb-Maria mountains; the duke of
tution
In the world includes such fruit fly parasites discovered by
Abruzzi's effort to And the sources of
George Compere nt Bangalore, India.
the Webi Shebell river, which flows a provision.
If the parasite can be located, it will
from Abyssinia through Italian Somali
be Introduced In the territory to com
land into the Indian ocean, and the SEEK DIVISION IN ARGENTINA bat fruit flies here.
entomological tour of the Belgian por
tion of Tanganyika and the eastern Provinces Are Trying to Form Combi
Keep Office in the Family.
Congo, by T, A. Barns, who explored
nation to Lessen Power of
Elizabethtown, Ky.—J. S. Moorman
the Ituri and Semliki forests, finding
Capital.
and Mrs. J. S. Moorman are to be
a strange race of pigmy savages, as
candidates for the Democratic nom
well as gathering a wonderful collec
Buenos Aires.—The Argentine pro ination for county clerk. Only one
tion of moths and butterflies.
vinces are trying to form a combina name will be on the ballot, but they
Helped In His Work.
Baffin Land—Donald P. MacMillan, tion against Buenos Aires, the capital will make the race together, one to be
“Pierre told me he was madly In who was with Admiral Peary plans to city.
the deputy of the other if elected.
love with me. I was madly in love
with him. He told me and told my
friends I was the most beautiful
American girl. He told me I was an
Inspiration to him In his art.
Be
lieving implicit In him nnd In his
genius, I helped him every way I
could. I even posed for him for por
traits of myself, and I posed for the
hands and gowns of some of his best
portraits. Among those were the
portraits he painted last year of Mrs.
Frederick Brooks of New York. Mrs.
Harold Brooks and Miss Ruth Shoel-
74,
hopf of Buffalo.
y
“After he had painted a portrait |
as
of me with my wedding veil over my
head, some critics told him It was
one of the best pieces of work he
had ever done. When he painted the
‘God of Happiness,’ which now hangs
In the Alfred I. du Pont home on
t y
Long Island, I helped him with my
” y
suggestions.
“I found, however, that Pierre did
not appreciate me.
With my own
hands I used to cool him little stu
dio dinners so that at the end of
the day, when he was tired out from
painting, he would not have to go
out for dinner. Those were halcyon
days when Pierre" and I were by our-
selves night after night in our stu-
Aita s
dio. I could hardly believe the thing
was real. It was so ideal.
“We were married October 14, 1919,
and I will never forget the promises
Major General Shanks, commander of the First army corps district receiving, at the Charlestown navy yard,
he made that day, for he did not the medal awarded him by President Wilson for his co-operation with the navy department at Hoboken during
keep a single one of them."
Warns Against
Foreign Hubby
WIFE OF PORTRAIT PAINTER
World Secrets
Being Sought
Overtures are being conducted be
tween political leaders of some of the
provinces for the formation of a
“league of governors" for the purpose
of uniting the northern agricultural
districts of the country against
Buenos Aires and other coastal dis
tricts.
Some political observers see in this
an attempt to return to the former
political division of the country into
opposing sections, while others main-
tain that it merely is an economic
measure having as Its purpose the
protection of the productive areas.
Major General Shanks Decorated for War Service
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t
UNDERWOor
& UNDERwOOo
As a "buck private,” maybe In the rear rank at that. Prince Leopold of
Belgium, heir to the throne of that country, has taken his place In the ranka
at the military school at Brussels. He is seen at the left undergoing “In-
spection.”