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IBjctroit §XM y 0 L. 9 2, NO. 8 4. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1926. WCX SERMON ON ‘ADVENTURE’ Dr. Lynn Harold Hough Praises Combination of Daring and Experience. “Adventure and Experience” was the subject" of Dr. Lynn Harold Hough in a sermon preached at Central Methodist Episcopal church and broadcast over WCX Sunday night. “The instinct for adventure is the secret for the progress of the •world," said Dr. Hough. “The instinct for relying upon experience is the secret of the stability of the world. The man who is adventurous |but is unwilling to learn from the past may be very brilliant but his work will lack continuity and strength. “The man who values all the treasures of the past but has no taste for adventure is finally imprisoned in his own loyalties. It is only the man who combines the. two attitudes who can be trusted to do t^ hast for the world. in an astounding fashion Jesus combined loyalty to every good thing in the past of His nation and the past of the world with a daring spirit of adventure which set out to mark new paths for mankind. “He was a conservative as ancient good and as radical as daring insight into new good made it necessary for Him to be." PARIS.—(A. P.)—The Forty Immortals of the French academy are cautious in their attitude towards the claims of spiritualism in the interests of another form of immortality. They have admitted the word “medium" (plural mediums) to their fam<Mis dictionary, but with this definition worthy of the great Dr. Johnson: “Person supposed to have the power of establishing communication between living beings and what is called, the spirit world." LONDON.—Israel Zangwill's will, just published, was written on a single sheet of torn ribtebook paper. It leaves 3,200 pounds, about $16,200, to his wife and three children. His manuscripts and letters were left to the widow. RIO DE JANEIRO.—A new currency reform has hit Brazil with the creation of’ a new monetary unit grown as the “eruzeire." It will carry a value of about fifty cents In American money. * BUDAPEST.—Dr. Heinrich Benedict, well known in medical circles abroad, has committed suicide. THE HAGUE.—Next summer the French and Dutch railroad /companies will put on America-rebuilt Pullman express trains fr<5 Paris to Amsterdam, making the Tourney in seven hours instead of twelve. MOSCOW.—The Moscow newsboys, at present a ragged lot, are going to be put into uniforms. They will be organized, dressed up and drilled. It is proposed to give jobs as news- venders to as many unemployed persons as possible. COAL COKE COAL Ky. Gem Lump—Hand Picked ......................$9.50 ton O hio Lump—Hand Picked...................... 8.50 “ Pocahontas Mine Run..................................9.00 “ M ixed Furnace Coke....................................12.50 “ GRAND RIVER COAL CO. QUALITY and SERVICE Detroit Writer Wins Distinction in Hungary WOMAN SCORES SILENCE OF U. S. WALNUT 4723 WALNUT 4724 DRIVE ITf YOURSELF* Awarded Place Among Literary Immortals of Native Land on His Epic Poem. BY PHIL 3V. O'HARA. In a modest home on the west side of Detroit lives a man who, after 30 years’ expatriation in America, has earned for himself a place among the literary immortals of his native Hungary. The man iá George Kemeny, well known to his compatriots on this continent as an Hungarian- American newspaperman, poet and dramatist. He has just returned from Budapest where he took his chair after being elected to the Alexander Petőfi society, a distinction which would compare with the election of a French writer to the Academie Francaise. Honor Won Through Poem. Intellectual, Hungary received meny with open arms. Critics 1 there placed him in the class of Petőfi and Maurice Jókai, whose works have been translated in this country. The epic poem which brought him this honor was “Vas András," a study of Hungarian psychology morticed in American civilization. It was written in a little study at 1060 Twenty-fifth street. The feature of the book, according to the critics, is that it faithfully represents Hungarian life on the prairies there and in the side streets of America. It is written in the rippling Magyar language, unblemished by constructions of Anglo-Saxon origin which might be expected to creep into the writings of a 30 years’ resident here. It is this work which brings him fame in his own country. Kemeny came here when he was 21 years of age. He had been educated for the priesthood, but felt the call for literature. His first job was in a pressing factory at $3.50 a week, but a few months later he became employed on a Hungarian daily newspaper here. Later he founded the Magyar-Hirlap, the present Detroit Hungarian daily. Career Worked Out Here. His literary career has been developed here. He also founded Dongo, a bi-monthly Hungarian humorous magazine which has been in existence for 25 years. In 1908 he published a bool^, of One Hundred Poems. Two years later he published another volume. In 1913 came the germ of Vas András, a dream which remained with him for 10 years and bore fruit in 1323. its publication earned him international recognition. Against the background of a busy life, Kemeny has reared 10 children who resemble other native Americans. Four of his daughters are graduates of the Detroit Teachers’ college and are now teaching in city schools. He himself has been closely identified with civic life and has served on several committees. Economic Status Terrible. Hungary, according to him, has changed considerably since 1896. Its present economic situation is terrible, he says, owing to the partition of the country under the treaty of Versailles by which most of its wealth in minerals and raw materials was handed over to adjoining countries. The principle of self- determination. as outlined b/y TtX", late President Wilson, has not beéri applied in Hungary’s case, he says For this reason there is some little feeling in Hungary about the American attitude. Kemeny took the occasion, he says, during his visit to explain that the treaty was not designed or sanctioned by the American people who, he felt, would support Hungary’s cause if they were fully informed as to the facts. Kemeny dreams of writing another epic to explain America to the Hungarian people. He believes America will be the outstanding artistic country of the future and that its national expression should be the task of every writer. Would Stake Home. “I will sell my home to write this poem, if I can’t get the money any other w^iy," he said. Vas András is a lyric poem of 5.010 lines, or about 700 lines more than Dante’s “Inferno." Though he had the subject in mind for 10 years, Kemeny actually completed its writing in five months. American influence in Hungary is increasing, according to Kemeny. Few tourists reach there, he says, because they get so overcharged in Austria that many do not care to continue their trip beyond Germany. Henry Ford is a well known man there, he says, his autobiography having been translated in Magyar and widely circulated. China Puts League Debt on Powers MONDAY, December 20 WCX—THE DETROIT FREE PRESS (Ilook-Cndilinc Hotel) 510.» Meters. 4:00 P. M.—News bulletins, market and weather reports. Musical program: Eddie Peterson, soloist. 6:00 P.M.—The Jean Goldkette ensemble, Joseph Gorner directing; Anna Loranger, soprano; Reisa Lexier, pianist. 6:30 P.M. — Weekly “Apple-Sauce talk by C. .C. Brener. 9:00 P. M.—CNRO ( 434) Ottawa. French concert. WBZ (333) Springfield. Shriners’ and. WOO (508). Philadelphia. Cantata “Incarnation." 9:30P.M.—WHAZ (399) Troy. Selections from “Messiah." 9:45 P.M.—WRVA (256) Richmond. Police string band. Other Programs. 6 p. m.—WAIU (293), WEAL (246), WAAM (263), WCX (517), WCAE (481), WE El (348). WGtfP (270), America Not Helping Settle International Problems, Mrs. Earl N. Griggs Says. Mrs. Earl N. Griggs, occupying the pulpit of her husband in the Woodward Avenue Christian church Sunday morning, scored America for its stand on international questions. ghe was reporting on the recent women’s conference in Washington, D. C., on "The Cause and Cure of War." “Is America conscious of the fact that she has ceased to lead in the matter of international arbitration?" Mrs. Griggs asked. “Before a cure for war can be prescribed we must be made conscious of our sin—which is that we no longer are a leader but actually a dead weight on the rest of the world, the rest of the world which has caught the vision which was originally ours and which is now decking peace through arbiSnys Women Rule World. , Mrs. Griggs’ subject was “What Women Think of War." The attitude of American citizens to women is changing Mrs. Griggs said, adding: “When you say woman’s place is in the home, do you mean that she is there as the chief servant, or do you mean that it is woman’s place to guide the destinies of those who go out from that home? Do you realize the responsibility of womanhood? Her place is in the home, and through that place, as she trains and guides the destiny of the offspring of that hoipe, she rules the world. “Most of our lives are spent in making the; future of our offspring comfortable. We do think ahead a short distance, but we do not think deeply enough. The last century has shown a progressive development in the attempt of womanhood to know and to do. Three Alternatives. t “The conference decided that war is a result of a dispute, and that if diplomacy fails, there are three alternatives in a dispute: first, leave the dispute unsettled and leave a festering söre that increases difficulties;- rather than relieves them; second resort to war, which never settles anything, or third resort to a third party for arbitration. “America has always been the leader in the development of the; prot^re/*^ of arbitration, both by j precept aVid by action. Since the war j we have done but little, and in the j formation of far-reaching bi-latera! treaties of arbitration in the last 20 j yea I s, we have played small part. "When it comes to a league of nations or a world court and simi- j lar machinery for settling inter- j national disputes, we shy like a high bred horse at a scrap of paper by the side of a road. Pussy-footing Age. “The last half of the conference dealt with our foreign policies, during which I became conscious of a series of vicious circles. First the political leaders are afraid to speak until they have heard the voice of the voters, and the voters remain silent until the political leaders speak their beliefs, From this, there is a great silence stealing over the country with regard to international questions. This is a pussy-footing By Wireless to Free Press and New York World. Geneva, Dec. 19.—-China has decided to make the powers pay her back dues of the League of Nations, which amount to more than $1,000.,- 000. Wellington Koo has officially notified the secretary that the Pekin government has arbitrarily raised customs duties oné-half of 1 per cent and will devote the proceeds to paying the league. This unprecedented action fol11 lowed tions U of deli* tion to powers’ Washin; raising o ly the \ pendent!* Sir Eri- the leagu Chu, Chi that it v for China in order vised aga action on taken bef< decision is cording tc (Copyright. THE STORE 0 F “VELVET-ROSE” Radium Silk < —the finest shirts ' can choose for £ $ 9 Wonderful radium silk, rich a. surprisingly durable! In pure Wj —neckband or collar-to-mah Other Silk Shirts, $10, $12.5 White Broadcloth Shirts, $3, 1 DETROIT Woodward at State H Woodward at Blvd. GAR HO/
