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THE ST. LOUIS STAR 3N1 SUNDAY MORNING, JTJLT 3, 1921. THE ST. LOUIS STAR How You Looked to Clara Tice That Day on the Meramec OUR CONSULAR SERVICE Disasters at Sea Caused by Icebergs I. wmm THE danger from icebergs In the Northern Atlantic, especially oft the Newfoundland banks.

has been greater this year than since 1912. when the Titanic truck a great mass of ice and lent down with the loss of 1.517 lives. In April transatlantic liners began to travel lanes at least sixty' runes south of the usual summer routes. Mariners knew tv their study of conditions that his would be an open season for icebergs. Notwithstanding the ex.

i precautions two ships recently collided with icebergs and were damaged. "nig greatest danger is from icebergs that are not visible until too late to avert a collision, was one of these "black bergs," as they are called, that wrecked, the Titaptc. The reason for the greater number of floating Icebergs is said to be the wild winter In the Far Korth. As a result of this masses of Ice have broken free and drifted south, An international patrol 1 has been on duty night and day In the Korthern Atlantic to give warning of danger, It consists of ships In the service of the American navy, but the expense of maintaining it shared by the United States. Great Britain and France.

morning It sends radiograms to the Navy Department telling conditions of the routes patrolled. J'aal officers say there Is no great danger if ships heed advices from the Nary Department. In the case of the two steamers which recently ran into icebergs, it is said, warnings were Ignored. Both ook lanes In the danger But, even with strict attention tlinn. to BT CHARLES EVANS nrGHES.

In an Interview published In tle British World's Work. LONDON. July 2.Our diplomatic and consular service is not understood and appre- elated by the American people. The general opinion Is that an appointment to a diplomatic post means an oppor- tunity to wear a gold-braided uniform and attend social unc- tions. In reality, the state department is charged with a very important task of preserving the friendly relations between the United States and the rest of the world.

and with furthering, through our consular service, our foreign trade. An American ambassador is the alter ego of the United States government at the government, to which he Is assigned. His duties are multifarious, engrossing and extremely Important. Errors and indiscretions on hi part may involve us in war. and good Judgment and diplomatic adroitness may prevent grave and serious misunderstanding.

He explains America's position and shows her in her true light. He feels the popular pulse of the country to which he Is assigned, and by a Judicious interpretation of this sentiment may prevent the home government from taking unfortunate steps that would result in prejudice against America. I cannot give specific lnstance because they are state secrets. Such being the case, it Is necessary to select able and well-trained men for such Important work men particularly trained In the filed of diplomacy. No buslnet-s corporation makes a man its sales manager because he has succeeded as an engineer.

He reaches this Important position because he has shown through many years of successful endeavor. In the successive steps that lead up to it. his ability to fill the position with credit to himself and to the company. TTiorotigh Training Noexdexl. A man must be thoroughly trained in order to succeed In any line: this applies no leas to diplomacy than It does to other work.

The tasks to be accomplished are too important to be left to inexperienced hands, or to men chosen as a reward for political obligations. We need trained men In the diplomatic and consular service and also in the state department. An effort has been made In recent years to secure this end, something similar to the civil ser- vice, but the plan needs to be further elaborated and more definitely worked out in order to secure the best results and to secure the best men to fill these positions. Diplomatic careers must be made possible. The service should be made so attractive, and with such certain opportunity to rise, that a young man fitted for the work will choose, this his life profession Just as he would the army and navy.

He should be made certain that, if he attends to his duties and shows the proper Intelligence and adaptability, he will rise to the top. In some cases It may be necessary to have a man In close touch personally and politically with the executive. His past record and reputation may give him a prestige that will be of service to his country, but changes should not be made solely for political purposea This also applies to the workers in the state department In Washington. I have made practically no changes in the department, certainly none for political reasons. By a process of eliminating the unfit and advancing the more capable as rapidly as their training and ability will Justify, and by paying salaries commensurate with the necessary expense.

It should be possible to secure within a few years a greatly improved diplomatic and consular service. The salary and allowances made to our foreign representatives militate against their improvement. The expenses attached to these positions so far exceed the neces sary expenditures that It makes It almost Impossible for anyone to accept a diplomatic post who does not possess independent means. In the early years of our government, when we were the first republic among a world of monarchies, when we represented Republican simplicity In contrast to the pomp and ceremony of tha Old World courts, it was entirely feasible for our chiefs of missions to dwell in humble lodgings and to forego the usual expenditures attached to ambassadorial positions. But times have -changed.

We srs i now recognised as one of tha most powerful and the richest nation of the world. -As such ths world expects our representatives to live in keeping with the dignity and power of their country. Therefore, it has become necessary for our missions to dig deep into their pockets to meet ths deficiency. It is beneath the dignity of the United States government to let someone else pay its bills. Expense a Factor.

Come of our ministers are forced to pay more rent for their legations than they receive as salary from the United States government. Consequently, many men of brains and intelligence, men well versed in international law, and thoroughly capable of representing us with dignity and advantage to us, are prevented from accepting service with the government because of their financial inability to stand the expense. Other governments fusnlsh their diplomatic representatives with residences. We do it differently. If we have a house In the capital to which he is assigned, we give It to the head of the mission rent free.

If not, he must furnish bis own house. Consequently, most of the Important diplomatic posts are only. open to men of independent mean a If we want to assure a first-class diplomatic service, with a certainty that young men of brains will Join the corps, they must be certain that by diligence and application they can rise to the top of their chosen career and that they will not be deprived of accepting the highest honors that can come to them because of their lack of means properly to represent the government Incidentally the state department Intends to lay stress on the ad- vancement of capable men in ths service to high diplomatic poata We will strive to increase tha usefulness of the state department to the American cltisen who travels abroad, or has trade relations In foreign fields. Both the diplomatic and consular service ars at his command; the consular service to secure the necessary In- -formation for him concerning trade. It should and will be abl to tell him the trade requirements, the trade customs, ths credit system, the method of doing business and the shipping directions in his particular field.

W'e want to systematize th service so that Its Information Is complete and readily accessible. It should and shall be a factor la Increasing American foreign trade. The diplomatic service will protect him In his rights and assure him of an opportunity for an equal chance with citizens of other nationalities to conduct his business without unjust discrimination. In order to fulfill these duties best It Is nece-sary to have complete co-operation and co-ordination between these two branches of the state department, and also with the department of commerce. They must all mill -together for the good of America and for ths advancement of American and for the protection of American citizens.

I assure you that this necessary co-operation does and will continue to exist- And I desire that both the consular, and diplomatic service be In clo. er touch with the department la Washington In receiving instructions as to policies and informing Washington of the conditions at their posta "black berg" danger to be considered. A black iceberg is one floating so that it throws Its shadow toward the vessel. This shadow Is blinding and prevents discovery of the On a clear day bergs may be detected at a distance by the fact that the atmosphere in the vicinity of it takes on a pale Their presence also can be determined by the echoes of whistles and fog sirens. They can be heard miles away when they break to pieces, the noises being like thunder.

A sudden drop In temperature also will Indicate the approach of one. First Known Collision In 1892. The first record of a ship collid- tog with an Iceberg dates from 1392. when the Ouion line greyhound Alaska was damaged in the Northern Atlantic. It succeeded in-reaching St Johns, with a sail stretched over a big hole In its prow.

It is believed that many ships which disappeared before the. days, of wireless were sent down in collisions with Icebergs. The steamer President, New York to which disappeared in 1841, with 136 passengers, and never again was heard from, is believed to belong in this list. Others concerning which the same theory is held are: i 1847 Emigrant ship Exmoutn, Londonderry to Quebec, 200 lost. 1S54 Steamer City of Glasgow, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 450 lost.

1870 Inman line steamer City or New York to Liverpool, 177 lost. 1893 White Star liner Naronic, Liverpool to New York, disappeared on maiden voyage, large passenger Hat. DuHnr tha nf 101 V.I 3 Clara Tice, "New York artist, whose originality of style hits at' tracted widespread attention, is spending the summer in St. Louis and hah received an introduction to the St. Louis public through 'publication in The Daily Star of some of her drawings.

The other day Miss Tice went to the Meramec4 River and she herewith pre-, sents some; impressions of what she saw there. The' Star' asked Miss Tice to tell its readers' about herself and she wrote the follow dashes oft bus of fantasies. Invents new schemes, new attitudes, new relations within the space of a. palm. She flits from daring to audacity, with self-confidence and a dexterity which proves her to be artist.

Some of the nudes Rodin would be proud to call his own. 4 "Sketch after sketch, drawing after drawing, is a slap -at the academy, is a silvery laugh at the fossils, the Puritans, the Philistines, a quip and a 6ally to. the morose, the dyspeptics, the Irnpo-tents In art." I have been feature artist for various New York papers Wor'd, Tribune. Globe. Mall.

Sun, Times. Also for Boston. Chicago. Philadelphia and others. I am staff artist for Vanity Fair, and have contributed to Theater Maeazine.

Cartoon. Green Book. Billboard, Rogue: was official artist for the Russian Ballet, and have made, many theatrical posters. "After the season's academies and the usual artistic platitudes. It was a relief to observe the work of Clara Tice, the new, young and talented artist.

It was like a peep into the mysterious, extravagant, fabulous Orient. Where did this young artist get her delicious, unexpected, whimsical visions? Her drawings, acquarels penned In swift, delicate, vigorous, yet subtle brush strokes, are a revelation of radiating youth, love of life, Joy of movement. Everything is sacrificed to movement, expression, character: there Is an Innate sense-of decoration, finesse, a wonderful sense of proportion, balance and rhythm. "There Is a nude figure In' oil of 'a blond girl sketched from life, which Is worthy of the great modern French masters. The perusal of the water colors Is one of endless delight for the connoisseur.

With a courage and maestrla rarely seen in so young a head, she ment, eventually coming to the notice of our self-appointed censor of morals, one Anthony Corn-stock, secretary of the Society for Suppression of Vice. He swooped down on Polly's but was just a little too late to secure all of my sketches for his justly famous collection, feomeone had heard of his intended visit and notified the friends who. had placed the sketches. They simply beat him to it. but he attacked me on general principles, and the storm broke.

I can say Is, he was some press agent! Immediately following this widespread publlicity, I had an. exhl- bition of 258 paintings in water color and oil, at one of the New York galleries. Comstock's efforts 'made it a financial success, but more gratifying me was the ste.mp of artistic approval put upon my work by the great art critic. Carlo de Fornaro, excerpts of whose opinion follow: ical errors, all should-be well. To begin at the very beginning, I've always been drawing as a child, my.

toys were a pad and pencil. Being encouraged by fond parents in my work, the usual obstacles placed in the path of aspirants for an artistic career were practically unknown to me. 1 did the usual work at school without exciting any great amount of comment. When I began seriously to study I was fortunate enough to attract the attention of Robert Henri, who took me as a pupfl, because he said 'I -was different. The action I seemed to feel, and was able to -portray' In sketches, brought forth adverse as well favorable criticism, all of which" did not de-.

ter me, In 1916, some friends In Greenwich Village took a lot of my sketches and hung them in one of the famous cafes, namely. Polly's. They attracted considerable com ing: BY CLAKA TICE. TO Interview one's self quite a difficult task. However, It has its advantages, which compensate for its At.

any rate, one can scarcely be misquoted, so if there are no typograph- GALLS IMMODEST WOMAN SATAN'S AID HOOVER CAREWORN l. considered the worst In history in the Northern Atlantic, twenty -V amaU craft were sunk by icebergs off the Newfoundland coast, with a loss of sixty-three lives. Icebergs in the Northern Atlantic are said to come almost entity from Western Greenland. There are three classes of them. The first are the most massive.

Those' of the second class are pieces of the large ones which break off under the water lrom time to time. Thest turn over wveral times before gaining an "Pright position. As this is taking Place a beautiful display of. he highly-colored lower layers of the ice may be seen. Icebergs of the third class contest chiefly of fragments fall into the sea.

These are the ones most often seen. le of Icebergs. Their length is from 300 to 500 ysrds. the height 60 to 2S0 tertl Isually the depth is seven to eight times greater than the height. As soon as the "bergs free them-Wves from the ice fields of the-Dortb they find their way Into the.

Arctic Current and float south with Many thines may happen to mem on their journ-v. They fall Pieces or finally land on the tast and break up. It is only the comparatively srnali pieces that 48 fa" outh as the Grand ans off Newfoundland and in rut of the liners. scribable torture for the faith. Were they -wrong? Is what Christ says so or not? "What does it profit to gain the whole world and lose your The life Is more than the body, and the soul is more than Because there is a sort of Christianized paganism abroad, are you going to be swallowed up by it? If our religion Is worth anything, it is worth making sacrifices for.

The kingdom of heaven suf-fereth violence, and only the violent bear It away. IT we want to be followers of Christ here, we must do violence to our licentious tendencies. The religion of Christ means restraint, a restraint on anything that tends to lead us astray. But it is a restraint for our future welfare. A man crossing a precirice on a plank would not complain that a railing was a restraint.

It restrains him. yes, but from destruction. So modesty restrains from Immorality. Immorality leads to a hell on earth an well as Jo hell hereafter. Any victim of impurity will admit that.

Indecent dress Is a torch to Inflame the passions men. Men's passions are bad enough without adding fuel to the fire. And that is what you do, young women, by your extremely lascivious dress. Some 'of you know it Others do net. But you know it now.

Some parents find it hard to Instruct their children on these matters. It is hard, It is hard for me to touch this subject. But it is better for me to do It beneficially than for others to neglect it. or do It harmfully. From the way some girls dress you wouM think the object of lire was Just to dazzle people.

Now I am not setting my If against dress, but against the Improprieties of dress. A girl should dress well. No man can have any respect for a girl who does not know how to dress. Attractiveness which comes from good taste In dressing is a desirable quality in a woman. Men admire very much a girl who shows individuality and character In her dress.

A girl who dresses well is apt to do other things well. Fine taste In dress Is one of tha bat gifts a woman van possess. In some social sets the Indecency of dres is so extreme that if it were on the street it would bubject tho, offender to arrest. And the morals prevailing in these circles are quite in keeping with the indecent styles. Now the pity of it is that Catholics are affected "by all this.

Fash-Ion Is set by those in society. By degrees the flagrancy of manners and dress which prevails in society makes its way among the middle and lower classes. Only it is much more harmful among the ordinary people. From their early years persons In society are so accustomed to certain conventionalities that they are not at all affected by what would greatly s.hock others. Moreover, In society there is a marked restraint, the result of education and environment.

Even so the effect of lascivious dress there Is deplorable. Mothers Are Blamed. I can understand how a flighty girl may indulge in such license of dress through vanity and ignorance of its sinful effects, but how a Christian mother will tolerate it in her daughter Is Incomprehensible. Mothers have had experience with the pitfalls of life. They.

know that with every precaution there is nevertheless constant danger for their daughters. Yet they allow those dear to them to risk their worldly happiness and their immortal souls for the sake of fashion. Of course. I. know that some mothers will say that they cannot help it.

If they cannot they are to blame themselves. The first time a girl attempts to wrar the dress that Improperly exposes her Is the timeo act. I know a' man who took the rig-ht kind of action, not only with his daughter, but also -with his wife. He had arranged to take them to the opera on the girl's birthday. The mother, yielding to the girl's vanity, had allowed her to get a very extreme dress made.

It was worn the first time this night. When the father saw his daughter he was 'shocked. "Mar he said to her. -tell your mother I wish to see her. The mother came presently.

He privately told er ttiat their daugh ter's dress was nnbecomlng a Catholic girl. "But. dear," she replied, "everybody is wearing that style." "Everybody Is not our daughter, mother dear," he answered. "We are responsible for her, not for everybody. I will not go out with her In that dress.

You- may go to the opera with her if you like. I have done my part." The mother was dumfounded for a moment. Then the tears -came to. her eyes, and she said: "God bless you, John! You have expressed what was In my own heart, but I did not have the cour-' age to speak out." That is it the weakness of mothers. Men do not like to interfere in these matters.

It is the mother's place. A girl will not be a bit more extreme than the mother allows. But you cannot permit your daughter all sCrts of license while she is growing up and then expert to control her when she is a young woman. No. You must begin from the beginning.

Let your daughter see by your own dress and ideas what will be proper for her. Now, of "course. I know that many excuses will be given for Indecency in dress. Some girls will say that they cannot spare the time or money to have a dress made, but must buy it ready-made, and that they can on'y get what is in style. However, much of the dress that is objectionable is cot bought at the stores, but is made to order.

Ieniand Makes Styles Extreme. Moreover, if the store style is extreme. It Is because the demand for it is If Catholic girls insist on the proper style. It will be on the counters. In most of our cities the Catholic trade is worth having, and stores will supply that trade.

But even If the stores are to blame, which I do not concede, a modest girl will know how to make a modest alteration. Why should Catholics take up the lascivious fashions of those who are living merely for the life that Is passing? Our forefathers suffered confiscation. Imprisonment, exile and death for the faith. Were they fool? Millions cf martyrs endur4 i-da Man has a twofold nature, animal and spiritual. An immodestly dressed woman may win the admiration of man's animal nature, but it is only a brutal admiration, not only not worth having, but positively dangerous to both men and women.

A decent woman does not want the admiration which from sacrificing her modesty. And a decent" man does not want to associate honorably with a woman who' disregards modesty. If a woman wins a man-by any improper display of her person, she will regret Such a man will treat her in accordance with his brutal Instincts. Sins of Society. If all this Is so.

why is It that In society there Is so much Immodesty In dress? And I ask why 'It is that in society there is so much divorce and separation and so many charges of cruelty and incompatibility and so many tragedies? It Is because the Catholic Church seeks ths true welfare of women that it insists so much on-modesty in dress. The qualities which In a woman attract the true love of a man are those not de- pendent' on an unseemly display of person. And If a woman does not win the true love of a man, she had better a thousand t.imes remain single. A woman who dresses without Christian propriety becomes an instrument of satan. She does his work.

She helps him to pull down men to an ignoble and sinful level. In Catholic times and countries modesty in dress is the characteristic of women. O' course, there are always some who oficna. rut they are the exceptions. In certain-social circles In our own country there is an indecency In dress, but the morals of those persons are the best proof that modesty is the guardian of purity.

The Catholic Church, realizing the vital necessity of safeguarding virtue, has always taken a firm stand against lascivious dress. But with the spread of Irreligon among the nations the voice of the church has not been heeded outside her own children, with the result that fashion has gone mad. Paganism, with the added lure of modern devices. Is rampant. BY MARTIN J.

SCOTT. S. J. Pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, Boston, Mass. THE purpose of dress is twofold, to protect the body and to ornament it.

Some women nowadays pervert the use Of dress. It is the nature of woman to be attractive. But her greatest attraction is her modesty. Any woman can attract men by a certain style of dress, or the lack of dress, but it is not the attraction that a proper woman cares No man whose love is worth having cares for a woman of that kind. God put the instinct of attractiveness in woman in order to induce honest love and marriage.

The way some women dress now induces only dishonorable love. In fact, it is wrong to call It love at all. It implies no esteem, no honest purpose, no idea whatever of true affection. In woman the instinct to be attractive is very strong. But that instinct is gratified by a lack of self-respect it acts as boomerang.

Any woman who at tracts -attention or dmlratl the cost of modesty Is committing riorarsuicide. She Is doing harm to herself and others. do not think that I speak thus because I am a priest It is not only religious reople who Lent the indecency of modern drei and statesmen them because of tneir j- harm. Dr Foveau de Courmelles. one of the best-known rhysioans in Europe declares that some of the devils now confronting cnil-Ized nations may be laid at tn door of the feminine erase for indecent dres.

Among "Woman's clothing has JeWd -itself to th. its scantiness, on rsXrdtdnin5theSse da-s when, she 13 WTadfu, indictment br a lays attracts. It rJce Sbe may even get :tt2.tro.dmir.o-...tt. admiration that spells ruin. By rlte! ywt.

WASHINGTON. July 2. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover gives one the impression of a man who has worked too much snd played too little during his first few months in the cabinet. Hoover is always the object of interested observation by the throngs mho constantly stand about the White House on cabinet days to ret a "close-up" of the president's official family. And almost invariably the first slon that springs from tht lips of observers "How tired he looks: Hoover always conveys the Impression that he Is tired.

The Jlrst time the correspondent saw him was after he bad come to America from Belgium some years ago to begin the food administration work in this country. He had Just been outlining his views to the Senate Agricultural Committee pendir.g formulation ef the food bill. The committee at that time advocated a commission for the work. Cotnmlsnions Too Slow. "A commission' Hoover exploded, wbtn the idea was broached.

"A comrnlwiun nevtr works faster than the slowest ma a it" Hoover looktd tired then. He had been director general cf food relief In Europe for a long time. Tet he w-n't so tired but that he was willing to take sole charge of it In the United States. In Paris all thought Hoover looked tired. He was working night and ay on rrrriad problem's.

Tet after those were over and he returned to the United States, he launched in'o another big work-that of far-eastern relief. And even before that was ended he had been pressed Into service on Hard-ig's cabinet. So Hoover, with no rest to speag. of In the fast seven years, might well look tired. Certain little char-act eristics, however, probably make him appear more weary than he really Is.

For example, when he Is talking, he either eases far down in his chair, so that his shoulders barely appear over the top of it, or he leans forward on his desk, tapping the top thoughtfully with a pencil he talks. When he Is out of doors his hat is almoet always tilted over his left eye. his hands in his trousers pockets. Put up to him a qustk.n. how.

ever, and the amrent weariness disappears. He is called upon to switch rapidly from the amount of exports and Imports of Germany t- the proper standardized weight cf a loaf of bread and does so with that of knowing what j-oo are talking about. One who talks with him can readily see how it would make any man tired earning around In his head what Hoover does were he not to do anything else. The trouble Is and It is causing some concern to his friends right cow in that hs Is trying to do too much else, At Hi Office Fr-. Hoover starts work usually Toe-fore any of the commerce department clerks are duwn In the morn-Ing.

And it is a rare day that does r.ot find him still at his desk at p. rru. after most of the clerks have left On one of these occasions when Hoover was leaving, his secretary said: "WeiL chief (Hoover is the chief to those about him), how about a little work at home tonight?" "Not unless It's extremely Important tonight" Hoover replied, walking over to a pile of papers. He went through them hurriedly- and took most of them home with him. Forests of Japan THE forests of Japan are one of IIS Mm) sv luiyurxani ana says the- American Magajsine.

Owtnsr to Its -sraphlciu location, and the fact Jannn i a norm to.soutn, it Withln tts boundaries ranffirg from subtropic ra temperature. Taxi-less Paris Respite itsrep-ias on ff night gayety. Paris tation ot Pub' transpor-lolockinPirare taabs. this it To rem-tobBS6e. is Proposed to-run au-ftornW 1 5 o'clock in the been? 8treet Ca" aDd bj JPubUo Ledger Co,.