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NEW WONDERFUL SELLER. Cost 10c., profit $1.40, monogramining autos. Experience unnecessary. Free samples. WORCESTER MONOGRAMS, B119, Worcester, Mass.

NURSERY GOVERNESS, Swiss preferred, speaking French-one boy, eight years. Thoroughly experienced, fond of outdoor life. Personal references. Middle of September. Philadelphia. Reply 6,268, Outlook.

NURSERY governess wanted for three children, in Cincinnati, about September 15. References exchanged. Address Mrs. F. V. Geier, Bay Head, N. J.

SALESMAN wanted. $10 daily easy. We start you in auto accessory business. No investment, no experience necessary. Exclusive territory. Motor Products Co., 1760 Lunt Ave., Chicago.

WANTED - District purchasing agents, experience unnecessary. Write District Purchasing Manager, 5336 Berenice, Chicago.

WANTED - Working housekeeper that understands cooking. Family 2 ladies, house every convenience. Address Miss Rapelye, 65 S. Parsons Ave., Flushing, N. Y.

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BY refined American woman. position as working housekeeper for business people. 6,301, Outlook.

COMPANION to lady, or nurse to seiniinvalid, refined woman desires position. Experienced. References. Will travel. 6,308, Outlook.

CONSCIENTIOUS, refined young woman, pleasing personality, adaptable, some hospital training, desires position. Congenial surroundings more desirable than high salary. Al references. 6,280, Outlook.

DIETITIAN, hostess, or manager for school, college, or club; woman of wide executive experience and success. 6,315, Outlook. ENGLISHWOMAN desires position nursery governess middle September. Country. Children 3 to 8. Experienced. References. 6,300, Outlook.

EXPERIENCED woman as dietitian and supervising housekeeper in school or private home. Prefer New York City. 6,309, Outlook. EXPERIENCED woman, dietitian and manager, desires position in school or college. 6,307, Outlook.

GRADUATE nurse desires position as helpful companion to semi-invalid or convalescent. References. 6,317, Outlook.

HOME Economics graduate, Protestant, M.A. Columbia, six years' teaching experience, desires position in or near New York City. Excellent references, personal and professional. 6,304, Outlook.

LADY desires position where culture, resourcefulness, travel, varied interests, wide experience, and understanding with ability to meet people are distinct qualifications. Here or abroad. High personal and social refereuces. 6,313, Outlook.

LADY of refinement wishes position as chaperon, hostess, housemother, or tea-room assistant. New York City preferred. Highest credentials. 6,299, Outlook.

MATRON wishes position, institution or housekeeper, hotel or inn. Experienced. 6,318, Outlook.

PARENTS-A lady chaperoning some of her former students in Washington city from October 1 to June 1 has room for two girls. Reference to art students (music, fine art, dramatic). Must have college entrance. Address K. M. E., 3145 17th St. N.W., Washington, D. C.

POSITION as pastor's assistant or director of religious education by woman with training and experience. 6,312, Outlook.

REFINED, educated woman desires a position as companion, companion-housekeeper, care of gentleman's home and children, or hostess. 167 Valley Rd., Montclair, N. J.

REFINED motherly woman as companion, companion-housekeeper, care of gentleman's home and children, housemother, or hostess in private school. 6,302, Outlook.

TEACHER-English woman, age 29, trained at Oxford, six years' reference from two of the best private schools in England. One year American reference. Subjects-English, French, mathematics, junior form school. Proficient golf, tennis, riding. 2,506, Outlook. UNIVERSITY graduate desires position, governess or companion; traveling abroad. Age 24. Protestant. References. 6,290, Outlook.

WANTED-Position as traveling com. panion to young or middle-aged woman. 6,314, Outlook.

MISCELLANEOUS

TO young women desiring training in the care of obstetrical patients a six months' nurses' aid course is offered by the Lying-In Hospital, 307 Second Ave., New York. Aids are provided with maintenance and given a monthly allowance of $10. For further par ticulars address Directress of Nurses.

LADIES-Let Patricia Dix help you with that next club or study paper. Information upon request. Rates reasonable. 6,298, Outlook.

SHOPPING by New York expert who will send things, services free. References. Hattie Guthman, 309 West 99th St.

wing," by all means hear this record. The instruments wander all around a note before hitting it. The effect is barbaric -but not so unpleasant as it sounds.

cian. The Carmen Fantasie is full of melody. Here, as well, Heifetz shows his superb technique, his delicacy of phrasing and appropriateness of treatment. Such playing as this puts him in a position second to Kreisler. Some may say Kreisler is already displaced, but in our humble opinion there is a magic ingredient in his playing that no other violinist has been able to discover. The Havanaise degenerates into showy display, but makes up for this just before the end by a passage with particularly nice harmonization and phrasing.

SLAVONIC DANCE (Dvorák); TRAUMEREI (Schumann). Played by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nikolai Sokoloff. Brunswick.

Under Sokoloff, the Cleveland Orchestra has a high place among musical organizations. We should like to hear it do something bigger than the two above selections. Of course, it may be excused for playing the Slavonic Dance; but it certainly should be censured for selecting something as threadbare as the transcription of "Träumerei." Dvořák's Slavonic Dance is performed gracefully, with excellent contrast of orchestral groupings. Although this piece depends on a colorful use of instruments for much of its effect, it has also a contagious rhythmic swing that gives it added zest. The "Träumerei" abounds in long-held notes. Here we noticed the slight wavering effect mentioned once before in this column. Often, it should be said, this is the fault of the particular record, due to the hole being off center; another record of the same selection may be perfectly true in tone.

WALTZ IN C SHARP MINOR (Chopin); ÉTUDE IN A FLAT MAJOR (Chopin). Played by Alfred Cortot. Victor.

For interpretation, Cortot plays Chopin well nigh perfectly. But his tone seems hard and metallic. While both are exquisite pieces for pianoforte, the record does not seem to be among the best that have been done of piano music. The waltz abounds in rapid scale passages and intricate work, done most excellently.

ESTRELLITA (Ponce); NO TE VAYAS TE LO PIDO (Spanish popular song). Sung by Amelita Galli-Curci. Victor.

Musical interest is totally lacking in these songs. They appear to serve no other purpose than to exploit the voice of Galli-Curci.

BLUES IN F (Lange); WIGWAM BLUES (McKenzie). Played by the Mound City Blue Blowers. Brunswick.

"Blue blowing" appears to be a separate and highly specialized department in the art of playing jazz. It is one step removed from all other music. If, from mere curiosity, you want to see what can be done with jazz on the extreme "left

Piano Rolls

INTERMEZZO, Opus 119, No. 3 (Brahms). Played by Myra Hess. Duo-Art.

Here, in one piece, is the breadth of Bach, the playfulness of Schumann, and the masculinity of-Brahms. It is short, but very perfect in its brevity. We wholly approve of this as an addition to

one's musical library.

SONATA,

Opus 81-First movement, adagio— allegro (Beethoven). Played by Guiomar Novaes. Duo-Art,

Beethoven has the rare gift of being able to say things bluntly, with an eloquence devoid of subtleties-and, at the same time, sounding inspired and not prosaic or tiresome. This sonata movement has an engaging frankness about it. In the interpretation, too, part of the success is due to an absence of anything like straining for effect.

CAPRICE-B Flat (Scarlatti-Hutcheson).
Duo-Art.
by Ernest Hutcheson.

Played

Fresh and sparkling, this sprightly caprice moves along at a rapid pace. It finds sympathetic handling in the light, deft treatment of Mr. Hutcheson. It is for those whose fancies turn toward the unaffected simplicity of an age when it was not considered a sin not to be original.

PRELUDES, Opus 28, No. 17, A Flat-No. 16, B Flat Minor (Chopin). Played by Mieczyslaw Münz. Ampico.

The first of the two preludes is quiet. In contrast comes the electrifying effect of the second. It is short, and hardly seems to start on its bold, wild course before it stops. It contains nothing of Chopin, the dreamy sentimentalist. Once before we had occasion to comment favorably on Mr. Münz's choice of Chopin. Again we do so.

BALLADE-Variations on a Norwegian Melody Ampico. (Grieg). Played by Frederic Dixon.

There is a mournful, wistful beauty in the old folk melody of Norway which forms the basis of the Ballade. In its simple statement it is remarkably effective. To this Grieg adds the sophistication of a series of variations with interesting pianistic effects, leading up to a powerful climax of symphonic breadth. RURALIA HUNGARICA, 32a, Opus No. 2 (Dohnányi). Played by Ernst von Dohnányi. Ampico.

This piece is almost startling in its harmony, strong rhythms, and vigorous treatment. It has a Chinese tonality, its theme being in a five-note scale. But, since it has nothing of imperturbability, we know it cannot be Chinese.

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Volume 141

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James J. Walker

The New York Primary Contest

J

OHN F. HYLAN, Mayor of New York, is in a political fight with his back to the wall.

On September 15, six days after the date of this issue of The Outlook, the enrolled voters in the several parties in the city of New York will choose their candidates for city and county offices. Later there will be an opportunity for independent nominations by petition.

For nearly eight years Mr. Hylan has been the chief executive of the city under the auspices of Tammany Hall. His record during that time has been Tammany's record. He was put into office by Tammany, and was thus used as an instrument for bringing to an end the administration of the best Mayor that New York had ever had, John Purroy Mitchel. He was supported for re-election by Tammany, and was thus used as a means for defeating one of the ablest administrators in the country, the present United States Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, Henry H. Curran. For all that Mr. Hylan has done or left undone the responsibility belongs to Tammany.

Now Tammany is fighting Hylan.

What opponents of Tammany have been saying against Tammany's Mayor Tammany is now repeating. Against him and his supporters, including Hearst, it has brought into action its heaviest guns. It has enlisted on its side of the fight the Governor of the State, Alfred E. Smith. It has nominated against him a Tammany man who has made a reputation in the Legislature for ability, acumen, and clever oratory-a man in many respects of the type of Governor Smith-State Senator James J. (better known as "Jimmie") Walker.

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John F. Hylan

be known as Mayor Hylan's eclipse. He has done much to please the people of the city. He has provided busses which, though their legality has been questioned in the courts, have proved a great convenience. The traction interests of the city he has denounced as a public enemy. He has condemned virtually all the newspapers of the city except those published by his backer, Mr. Hearst. He has made the five-cent fare on the rapid transit and surface lines his slogan. In the meantime he has failed to provide adequate school facilities; he has failed to secure the needed new subways; and he has allowed the proceedings of the Board of Estimate, over which he presides, to be carried on in a manner which in the older days would have disgraced a reputable barroom.

In the meantime it must be acknowledged that New York was never so free from open vice and probably never cleaner. The administration of Mr. Hylan has been incomparably better than that of Van Wyck, or indeed of many another Tammany Mayor.

Democrats in New York City have a hard choice to make. It is a choice between Hylan with all his faults, but now

On

an avowed enemy of Tammany, and Tammany with all its bad record, but now an avowed enemy of Hylan. the whole, we have more hope for what Governor Smith stands for in New York, in spite of Tammany affiliations, than for what Mr. Hylan and Mr. Hearst stand for.

Opposed to both Hylan and Tammany is the Republican organization, and that in New York City was never weaker. Its candidate in the primaries (opposed by John J. Lyons, a former State official, and William M. Bennett, whose chief fame rests upon his defeat of Mayor Mitchel in the Republican primary eight years ago) is Frank D. Waterman, the well-known fountain-pen manufacturer, an able and public-spirited citizen.

Reorganizing a Department

DR. R. HENRY C. TAYLOR, Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, has been removed. Secretary Jardine, it is reliably reported, had several times indicated that Dr. Taylor's resignation would be acceptable. Dr. Taylor, however, not only declined to budge, but, according to report, consulted lawyers as to means of remaining in office despite the wishes of the Secretary. Secretary Jardine at last, from a sick-bed. became peremptory, announcing that he had tendered the position to another man. Dr. Taylor left Washington. There are rumors, however, that he will undertake to launch a Congressional investigation in an effort to reinstate himself.

Now and then an occasion arises when the principle of the Civil Service is threatened and a bureau chief is justified in resisting the encroachment of politics upon administrative efficiency. This was not such an instance. In this case the difference between the bureau chief and the head of the department was essentially a difference of opinion concerning the policy of the President. A Cabinet member, the head of an administrative department, certainly has the right to carry out the policies of the Administration as a whole, free from the dead weight of bureau chiefs who oppose the policies. And Dr. Taylor had nothing in common with the economic policies of President Coolidge as they apply to agriculture.

Still, Dr. Taylor's attitude of resistance is not incapable of explanation.

of varying amounts to other institutions. The residue of the estate is to be divided into four parts. One part goes to the brother; a second part to the Chicago Congregational Missionary and Extension Society; a third part to the Chicago Theological Seminary; and the fourth part to the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago.

Those who have been dictators do not readily abdicate their thrones even when all power has gone from them. And Dr. Taylor had been such a dictator as Washington rarely, if ever, saw before. Some time ago, in editorial correspondence from Washington, Dixon Merritt told in The Outlook the story of how this man skillfully engineered his way from a minor position until he was at the head of consolidated activities so large that he believed himself to be-and actually was for a time-more powerful than the Secretary of Agriculture.

The Department of Agriculture is now in the way to be fairly reorganized; and no other bureau needs it quite so much as the one from which Taylor has just been ousted.

The Lawson Will

THE opening of the will of Victor F.

Lawson, owner of the Chicago "Daily News," was awaited with keen public interest because of a desire to know what provision had been made for the future management of the newspaper. There was disappointment on the part of many when it was found that control of the "Daily News" was left absolutely in the hands of a trust company named as trustee for the entire estate. The "Daily News" was not mentioned by name in the will, which made the Illinois Mer

The trustee may sell the paper or continue to operate it. It is announced that the Lawson policies will be continued. But of course in the management of a newspaper many new problems of importance will arise concerning which it will be difficult to say what the attitude of the owner would be were he alive.

Mr. Lawson's career as a whole was that of a progressive, along sane lines. In recent years, with advancing age, he had grown much more conservative in his

general attitude, but with occasional outbursts of his former progressive spirit. Mr. Lawson represented in one personality an unusual mixture of the conservative and the progressive. In Chicago there is much speculative interest as to whether control of the "Daily News" by a trust company will continue to reflect the progressive as well as the conservative tendencies of Mr. Lawson, or whether the policies will be entirely conservative.

Indiscretions

the property.

Mr. Lawson had no children. His wife is dead. He had one brother, Iver Lawson, who lives in California, and is without newspaper experience. The will makes specific bequests to relatives, employees, friends, and institutions. The total of the specific bequests is $4,775,000. The Chicago Congregational Missionary and Extension Society receives $1,300,000, the income on $300,000 of which is to go to the New England Congregational Church in Chicago (of which Mr. Lawson was a member for nearly fifty years) so long as in the judgment of the trustees of the Extension Society such payments shall be a wise use of the money. There are bequests of $100,000 each to the Chicago Theological Seminary (Congregational), the Chicago Commons (the social settlement headed by Dr. Graham Taylor), the Chicago Young Men's Christian Association, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Orchestral Association. There are gifts

VEN amid an epidemic of indiscretions, it is perhaps no wonder that the world should have raised an eyebrow over the volume of reminiscences just issued in London by Sir Almeric Fitz Roy, who for twenty-five years held the high position of Clerk of His Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council. With William Jennings Bryan scarce cold in his grave, we are told that as Ambassador to Great Britain he would have been persona non grata to King George V; while another titbit suggestive of a vulgar taste is a description of King Edward receiving an Address while his chiropodist was cutting his corns. On solemn occasions it is customary for the official presenting the Address to appear with a wand of office; and King Edward himself supplied this detail by suggesting an umbrella.

The point of these disclosures is that they emanate, not from some irresponsible reporter, but from a hierarch in the British bureaucracy, a Knight Commander of the Bath and of the Royal Victorian Order, who has been handsomely