. The Rotunda . laythe roles of dissenters from a majori-ty opinion. Overwhelming Republicansentiment began to appear after Wil-sons famous appeal in 1913 for aDemocratic Congress; it ran at fulltide until the violent reaction set inlast year. And now John Garner of Texassits in the seat of the mighty. He isthe political successor of Reed, ofCannon, of Champ Clark and ofNicholas Longworth. In point of au-thority to shape the affairs of thecountry his is the second place inthe government. While in times ofliberal thought, he has been shornof some of his powers, the Speakerof the House still rul
. The Rotunda . laythe roles of dissenters from a majori-ty opinion. Overwhelming Republicansentiment began to appear after Wil-sons famous appeal in 1913 for aDemocratic Congress; it ran at fulltide until the violent reaction set inlast year. And now John Garner of Texassits in the seat of the mighty. He isthe political successor of Reed, ofCannon, of Champ Clark and ofNicholas Longworth. In point of au-thority to shape the affairs of thecountry his is the second place inthe government. While in times ofliberal thought, he has been shornof some of his powers, the Speakerof the House still rules that body withsomethink akin to czar-like measures, particularly when thetwo major parties are sharply di-vided, as they are in the Seventy-second Congress, get by without hisimprimateur. In him is reposed theconfidence which a responsible lead-er must enjoy. TWO PIANO RECITALOF CELEBRATED ARTISTSAFFORDS PLEASURE Continued from page one ANSWER TO LAST WEEKSPUZZLE ANiNWtH TO LAST WtlKS (>VJZ1L|. mind a single question—is it possibleto detect in this music the perform-ance of two persons, or does it sound(increased sonority excepted) like thework of a single organism) Listeningthus, one found the latter to be thecase. The Saratogian, N. Y.—The twohave already gained a solid reputa-tion as ensemble players of the high-est artistic ideals. The program ranthe gamut from Mozart to the con-temporaries, stopping just short ofI the ultramoderns. Perhaps the mostimportant offering of the eveningI was the touching and self-revealingSchumann Andante and two artists chose to underlinethe strange pathos which pervadesthe beautiful work in thier seriousand noble reading of it. Stamford Advocate—From begin-ning to end it was a delight to thetwo pianists playing with an ensem-ble and a perfection such as onemight expect only from artists of fargreater reputation. It was most in-teresting to note how two such dif-ferent personalities—he all temper-ament
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