MACABRE

a species of composition where death and its accompaniments are treated with eerie humor. In English, John Webster and E. A. Poe are outstanding writers of this cla . The origin of Macabre seems to be the medizval representations of the Dance of Death. 1836), Scot. inventor of ‘macadamized phe (z.e.) roads covered with crushed metal. McADOO, WILLIAM GIBBS (1863); American lawyer and cabinet officer; 6. Marietta, Ga. He received his education at the University of Tenne ee and was admitted to the bar in 1885. He began the practice of law in Chattanooga,’ Tenn., and in 1892 removed to New York City. Here, while continuing his law, practice, he became interested in the plan of tunneling under the Hudson,' and in 1902, with the a istance of financiers whose confidence he gained, organized and headed the New. York and New Jersey Railroad Company, which carried the tunnel scheme to a succe ful conclusion. He engaged in politics, was vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1912, and in 1913 accepted the position offered by President Wilson of Secretary of the Treasury. His tenure of office was marked by the enormous transactions made nece ary by the entrance of the United States into the World War, and in this work Mr. McAdoo showed a versatility and efficiency that won the encomiums of the whole country regardle of party. Equal ability was displayed by him when to his other duties were added those of Director General of Railways. He resigned as Secretary of the Treasury in 1918 and relinquished the Director Generalship in 1919. He married as his second wife, in 1914, Mi Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the President. He was prominently mentioned in 1920 as a nominee for the Presidency. McALESTER, city and county seat MacALESTER COLLEGE ‘of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It ‘4s located on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and the Mi ouri, Kansas and Texas Railroads. It has extensive stock-raising interests and is the center.of the vast coal field section of eastern; Oklahoma, The city has also great wholesale and jobbing interests that extend ‘not only through Oklahoma but reach out into northern Texas and western | Arkansas. It has good educational facili- | ties which include seven public schools, ‘a high school and two busine colleges. | There are numerous churches, six banks, and four daily and weekly newspapers. The Oklahoma State Penitentiary is located in the vicinity. The city manager form of government has been adopted. Pop. 12,095, MacALESTER COLLEGE,- a coeducational institution founded in Macalester Park, St.Paul, Minn., in 1884, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church. It has an academy, a collegiate department and a department of music. In 1921-22 it had a faculty of 28 and a student body of 400. Portug. settlement and city, on island of Hang-Shang, at mouth of Canton River, China; formerly an important seat of commerce; bp.’s see; chief export, tea; settled by Portug. in 1557. Pop. 75,000.