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, AND YOU'LLJPORGET THE OTHER
K The Old-Fashioned Philosophy Retains Its Popu
larity .Because It Is Founded on Truth.
A Prophet of Optimism
THE Lndy nt I" n Iow rocking chair
with a bit of linen In her hands nnil
,.,. colored silks In licr Inp. Sho was
fcjsal6nlns a rose to decorate the white
fabric. Now nmi men sue wuuiu now u
f' . .. . innrrili in tllscover whether she
'' wi getting tho proper effect. Doctor
S McFabre was watching her with that
i jlMsed Interest which nil men display
i . ulcht of a woman engaged In a ills-
p- .... -Ml..ltA nr-minntlnn. Itla npiihnw
tincuy n."i""" . , -. .
Cabot Ames, Harvard, '10, was striding
up and down with a lino show of indig
nation! Whllo I well, 1 was maliciously
nodding them on.
Vc had been talking about a green
took with poppy blossoms and leaves em
tossed on tho front cover that Jay on my
! desk.
t "Vou may read your sugary books It
you want to," ho was saying, "but tho
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TEMPLE BAILEY
' whole school of l'olyanna-Itebecca-at-Bunnybrook-Karm-Annc-of-Green-Ciables
) Action makes me tired. It is lit only 'or
ichoolglrls."
, The Lady looked up at him with an cx
( presslon of amused tolerance.
I "Vou tell me," be went on, "that five
' hundred ministers preached sermons about
r Contrary Mary,' written by this IJalley
i woman, who has put forth another of tho
same kind. Well, all I have to say Is that
P When five hundred ministers preach about
a book I let It alone."
V '"I know of 11 Hook that more than five
hundred ministers have preached about,"
the Lady lemarkcd gently. "Do you let
? that alone, too?"
SI
'f, Ames blushed and looked ashamed.
"I don't mean that. But this soit of
J? itulf Is all to commonnlace ond nlil.
.
(i uauiuneu. mere is no originality in u,
and no facing of tho hard, brutal facts
'ot nie.
''Yet hundreds of thousands of persons
Just as good as you or I read these
books," said I. "Thero must bo a reason.
This Is a fact that needs somo explana
tion.. Wo cannot Indict our fellow men
Indiscriminately. Is It not posslblo that
these books are truer to tho best things
jt In life than those which you call "oris!-
r -.--.. ,tj .jiuuouim jvuia u&u uiu
ine wis.0 .Man t,ay thero was nothing now
i - rum
r .- vx '" f win i til i ii.
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under the sun? The human affections
aie pictty old. Tho drama of life grips
us so hnrd that It Is the despair ot the
theatrical manager who seeks n piny that
will hne n continuous run for a thou
sandth pint of the time It has been hold
ing the nttentlon of the world. Yet this
life diama Is the same thing over and
over again birth nnd marrlpgo and
death, love nnd hate, ambition and de
spair, with Hope holding a torch above
to light our entrances and our exits. The
o'd-fashloned things are the only ical
ones. When I hear that a book has been
bought by a hundred thousand persons 1
tako off my hat to the author, for I
know that he or she has succeeded In get
ting pretty close to life as it is, nnd as
we wish it to be. This Is why I admire
Temple Hntley nnd her latest book.
'Mistress Anne," I do not like to,
prophesy, hut. begging Dr. McFnbrc's'
paulon. I would bo willing to wager a
postage stamp against a peanut that
It will he moie popu'ar than 'Contrary
Mary.' "
"What Is it nil about?" Ames asked.
"Mistress Anne herself Is constantly
keeping before her a lcmurk she heard
when she was a little girl that life Is
what we m.-.ke it."
"Humph'" said Ames. "Silly plati
tude." "I'latltude. perhaps," taid Hcl'nb-..
"but pot silly. "With God's help wc on.
make of ourselves what we will. Not
materially perhaps, but morally and
sphltually."
"Yes," once more The Lady Inter
rupted. "We can find happiness, too. If
not In the way we had hoped, neverthe
less, wc can find It."
"That Is what Mistress Anne found,"
said I. "She Is the daughter of an old
Southern family that has lost Its money,
and she has to earn a 'Ivlng teaching
school. Remembering that life is what
we make it, s.hc does her best to serve
those about her. Love comes, but
when It seems hopeless she still remem
bers her motto and continues to give
herself uncomplainingly to those who
need her. She helps many people, and at
last finds happiness in the 'ove of a man
who has felt with her the call to scivlcc.
He might have been a great surgeon In
New York, but he piefcrs to be a country
doctor In the Maryland town of his an
cestors, where such skill, as ho possesses
Is needed. It Is an optimistic book."
Optimism Is only blindness,' ejeculated
the Harvard pessimist a little proud of.
his Impromptu epigram.
"You are wrong there, my boy,", eald
McFabre. "Optimism Is only another
name for faith In God."
A murmured nssent came from Tho
Lady In the rocklns chair.
"When I read of the young doctor
heeding the call of the vll'ngo of his
ancestors," Iwent on, "I could not help
thinking of the baccaulaureato address
of Presiden' 'rnomas to the graduating
class of Midulebury College up In Ver
mont a few years -. He was good
enough to send me a printed copy of it.
He told tho young men that the sa'vatlon
of America depended on the salvation ot
the country, and that It was the duty
of educated men to go Into the country
villages as teachers, lawyers, doctors,
farmers and merchants, and there become
centers of light to show tho way. I was
gratified to learn that several young
graduates Immediately volunteered for
this kind of service. Miss Bailey's book
wl'l do the samo kind of missionary work.
Yet, Ames, If you are looking for a
;
,..
month, fl.OO; l year, y.w.
good story to entertain yourself with
you would better read It. There Is a young
novelist In It who lcmlnds mo of you;
that Is, before ho come3 under the In
fluence of Mistress Anne, nnd sho shows
him how to write a. real story. While
you are about It you might rend half n
dozen other popular books, nnd mnke
nn Interesting essny on the psychology ot
best sel'crs. It might bo helpful to you
If you Intend to wilto a novel."
GEOItOR W. DOUGLAS.
MtSTItKSH ANNI5. llj- Tcmpli- tlalley. nulhnr
nf "L'ontrnry Mary." llluntrntrd liy F. Vnuj
Wllion. I'hilntelililn: l'cnn I'ubllshlnic Com
pany. $1.5.1,
THE STORY'OF A
WONDROUS DAY
Interesting Experiences of a
Young Woman Between Two
Breakfast Times
Romance dances and skips through "Mood
Morning, Rosamond !" one of tho most de
llKlitful books that lias come from the press
this spring. Its nuthor Is Oonstnnoe Lindsay
.Skinner, poet, playwright and Journalist,
who has proved that she Is also n novelist
of rare gifts. The scene of the story Is
an llngllsh country virago of the kind Mrs.
Gaskcll tlescrlbud In "Cranford." It the
book Itself does not become a classic ofler
the manner of Mrs. Gnskelt's famous tale.
It will not be for lack of merit. Tho
heroine, Rosamond, Is a farmer' daughter
who married nn Kngllsh gentleman three
times her ngc. He left her a widow after
less than two years of wedded life, nnd tho
could enjoy his fortune so long as she con
tinued to live In the village and maintain his
house In which lie had gathered a large
collection of antiques. The story opns
when she Is about twenty-three years old
and n widow of four years' siandlng. llet
maids, Inherited along with the estate, are
called away one morning at breakfast time
by the Illness uf their mother nnd she Is
left n'one In the house for tho first time.
It Is summer nnd she decides to enjoy one
wondrous day In her own way The spirit
of romance stirs In her oung heatt and
she longs for ItH gratification Ili(t "nothing
ever hnppens In Roscborougli " She 4lons
one of her gajest gowns, a surlai from
tho first years of her married life, and frets
out to tcek adventure, Sho gets It with
CONSTANCE SKINNER
three proposals of marriage before the
evening, but the amorous swains aro Im
possible from her point of view, nnd tho
evening opens with the longing still unsatis
fied. Then things began to happen. Before
morning sho Is betrothed to a hero as ro
mantic as the heart of a girl could desire,
and the wonderful day which began so un
happily ends with the singing of the morn
ing birds and the gleaming of the sun ns It
gilds the landscapo on which she looks. The
story Is told with consummate literary art
It Is Joyous and buoyant sclntlllant and
sarcastic, cynical nnd sympathetic Rosa
moniUls a heroine to make glad the heart.
The book Is likely to be read on every
summer hotel piazza this year and next
year and In the jears to come It Is Miss
Skinner's first novel. If she can write mora
as entertaining she will hate nn assured
place among the loters of good reading,
OOOI) MOUNINO, ItOSAMO.N'DI" lly Con
stnneo Lindsay Hklnner. Illustrated by
Thomas Komrty. 11.3.. darden Cltyi Dou
blcday, Tape & Co,
She Dodges the Turns
What wicked men there aro In the world!
But they could not turn California Halrd
from "The Straight Road." (written anonym
ously), and so through 35G pages of the
book sho shudders at their suggestions, re
pulses their advances, and on the 316th page
places her arms around the neck of l'hlllp
Stanley, the Idol of her bchool days. Tho
wicked, fade Into memory nnd the course of
truo love, contrary to custom, begins to
run smooth. All of which goes to thow that
"Heavink will pertcc the wolklng goll."g
In the first chapter California takes her
four-year-old son, steals out of the'house
before tho arrival of the milkman, collects
HI from a grocer and goes out Into the
cruel world to seek a Job and a divorce.
But she does not know what trouble awaits
her, for the right at tho station is a man who
thinks California should love him. He says
us much, and so flusters the girl that she
misses her train.
And life, for her, is full of Just such
adventures as this. One man after another
seems to believe, because of her aloneness,
she needs the stort of protection that Is
distasteful. But they can't fool California.
She sticks to the straight and narrow path
without even getting dizzy b,y looking over
the edge. Even tho philosophy of Ihjgcnla
Chandler, a young woman who later ends
her life by running afoul of the Mann act,
fails to shake her determination to be good.
One of the bright spots In the story Is
"Boy," tho four-year-old son of California,
and whose real name Is John Boyce Balrd.
One's sympathies are npt to run more to tho
child than to Its mother.
The various Incidents In the book have
been presented many times before, both on
and of! the stage. The author, evidently, Is
Interested In the labor situation by the man
ner In which the I. W, "W. riot of the hop
plckera Is pictured, California has sought
refuge among these, after the machinations
of man have deprived her of a position.
But the tale ends all right, and "Callle"
and Philip are happy, after years of sep
aration because Philip's mother, a haughty
woman, had higher social ambitions for her
sonthsn to have him form an alliance with
the daughter of an Improvident ranch
owner,
THE STnAICJHT nOAD. Illustrated by C. E.
Chamber. 11.60. .New York: Ueorre II.
Do ran Co,
Mrs.' Wilson Woodrow. tho author of
"Thej Hornet's Neat," her latest book, Is
one of that croup of authors; Helen n.
Martin, Anno Douglas Sedgwick, John and
Henry Bennett, Charles Carey Waddell,
-Jessee Lynch Williams and Burton Steven
son, who all began, as one of them Bald,
to write 100 years ago In Chllllcothe, Ohio,
Their mothers 'were friends, belonging to
that older generation which utamped upon
the nualnt old town on the- Scioto Itlvcr
1 th6, air of formality and repose, Us chief
I nhafAJ-tlirlalta-'vAt aflmnlalAri In tht ..hll-
COMMANDER YATES STIRLING
TELLS WHAT A NAVY IS FOR
A Handbook on .Fundamentals of Naval Policy Full of
Information for Men Who Want to Fight for
Their Country on the Sea
IT IS doubtful If one person In n thou
sand who sees the blue-uniformed men
from the navy yard walking up and down
the streets has any definite knowledge of
what these snllorH do on board the war
ship. The nverngc person regards them
ns enlisted men In the navy nnd lets It
go at that.
There Is nlfo n similar lack of knowledge
of the purpose nnd mission of the nanl
establishment nn a whole. We usually say
that It l maintained for national defense.
This s time so far ns It goes, but It docs
i.ot go for enough,
Now that we arc it war and there Is n
demand for inure stllors and more ships
and for the nctlvo participation of the
navy In the conflict It Is of the first Im
porlnnco that the nverogo citizen should
Inform himself on theso subjects, first, In
order to decide whether ho will enlist In
the navy and assist In fighting the b.ittlet
of his country, and then, mi that he i,iay
understand more fully just why nn n 'liv
and navy nro necessary. There Is no let
ter place for getting this Infniiiik.lou t,.ui
In "Kundamentnls of Naval Service," a
handbook ot between 00 and COO p.igrs,
prepared by Commander Yates Stulln,-,
I". S. N. It Is written so simply that
man who has never studied the mbject can
understand It. Commander Stirling has evi
dently tried to explain the navy for the
Inexpert rather thnn for the specialist, and
be has succeeded admirably.
Instead of saying that .in army and navy
are maintained for national defense tie
makes It evident that the military arm of
tho Government has positive rather than
negative functions. War, he reminds us. Is
a political net. In that It Is a means for
carrying out a policy of the Government
against the opposition of another (Intern
ment. Mllltaiy men are familiar with this
way or putting It, but the layman heldom
or never thinks of It In this light. When
he docs ho sees at onco that If the t'nlted
.States Is to carry out any policy which
iiffects other nations or successfully resist
the execution of the policy of another
liovcrninenl which trespasses upon Its
rights It must have an adequate army and
navy. In this simple and direct way Com
mander Kthllng gets down to the basic
facts of natal policy, naval strategy, tho
qualifications of a naval ofllcer. the ele
ments of tea power nnil a score of kindled
subjects. The section of his book detoted
to this phase of the question will open the
eyes of those who have never thought be
yond the surface of military questions and
It will be read with Interest by others who
wish to find an epitome of the military and
naval thinking of tho experts.
The book answers every question on
which the young man thinking of entej-lng
the navy needs Information. It tells him
that the sailors arc carpenters, steamflttcrs,
blacksmiths, painters, stenographers, gun.
ncrs, engineers nnd firemen, nnd that the
men qualified to work at any of these
trades receive promotion and pay corre
sponding to their fitness. It tells him that
there nro schools where he receives train
ing In tho trade of which ho may hate some
knowledge. It enlarges upon tho quallfl-
THE FRUITAGE
OF FRIENDSHIP
Even Under Unfavorable Condi
tions It Sometimes Is Mar
riage and Happiness
"Friendship! mysterious cement of the
soul, sweetener of life, solder of society!"
Tho eighteenth century poet who rhapso
dizes on the quality held In loftiest esteem
by to nnclent a writer as tho Psalmist him
self would doubtless have found In the
relationship established between two girl
art students Introduced to tho reader In
the opening chapter of Mrs. Mary Hallock
Foote's latest novel the full measuro of his
temperamental fancy. For sheer devoted
ness It would be hard to discover In this
modern, workaday world of ours nnythlng
surpassing the sacrifice of youth nnd com
fort made by Kdlth llonhnm for the loved
memory of a companion of her student days.
The latter becomes the bride of a saturnine,
cold-blooded person at least he Is made
to appear a gloomy sort of chap until to
ward the end of tho tale, when It turns
out that ndlth has entirely misunderstood
the nature of tho man. Indeed, she gladly
beromea his second wife, the first having
died right after Kdlth had agreed In friend
ship's namo to leave her happy home In
New York and go to the far West as gover
ness of the little daughter of the seemingly
Ill-assorted couple. Hating promised
Nanny, her girlhood chum, to take the child
under her wing, Kdlth sturdily stands by
her pledge, and makes her homo under the
roof of the bereaved widower. In the wilds
of Idaho, subordinating her dislike of the
man to her Inordinate affection foj- the
memory of the departed. Tho discomforts
she "undergoes during her stay In a region
entirely the opposite of the artistic environ
ment of hor girlhood nnd college dajs nia
enough to appall nny nature not super
human, say llko those of Damon and i'th
las or nny feminine types of that historic
pair. Not the least of her woes In an
offer of marriage from her bete nolr a few
months after tho burial of his ftst spouse,
Edith's darling friend, Nanny, and the
father of the little Innocent.
Any ono familiar with the emotional
power, tho Imaginative knowledge of life,
ond suggestive manner of story telling that
have made Mrs. Foote's writings popular
needs not to be told that In tho develop
ment of n simple plot she has woven n
tale well filled with romance and not devoid
of human nppcal, It might perhaps, be
wished that sho had succeeded In Injecting
at least a modicum of humor Into a few
of the scenes; there Is so much that 13 seml
traglc or nt lenst extremely tense. The
book Is literally without a laugh, hardly
a smile, from covtr to coter, and the last
chapter, or "epilogue," might as well have
been omitted, since the writer goes out of
her way to condemn the Administration at
Washington forlt "quibbling neutrality"
toward the European war This criticism,
coming nt this particular time, seems oddly
out of place, nnd one can hardly help won
dering why the author lugged In the war
nt all, after she had finished her story.
EDITIf HONIIAM, lly Marv llalloek Foot.
11,50. Boiton: Hounhtun Mifflin Company,
The America of Mr. Bryan
America Is so many-sided 'that a man
can find here about what he looks for.
nidgwell Cullom, an Englishman, has writ
ten a novel, 'The Son of His Father," which
exploits a phase of American character
that those who have swallowed all the
mouthlngs of Mr, Bryan are wont to say Is
typical of the whole. It Is the story of an
adventure In fortune eeeklng In which
neither honor nor honesty finds any place.
In order to win the money needed to. pay his
debts the Bon of a railroad president la
made to kidnap his own father and hold
him until by the uso of forged Dispatches
the Eon Is enabled to start n land boom
aVound a new town site touched by the line
"Mademoiselle Miss"
Letters from an American arlrl servlnc with
the rank of Ututtnant In a French Army Hoi
pllal at the front.
I'nblUhed for the Benefit of the American,
rani far French'tan".
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COM. YATES STEKMJNU, u. S. N.
cations of character and knowledge neces
sary for success And, in addition, It con
tains a brief but excellent review of the
natal history of the country and 11 dis
closure of the failure of the American poli
ticians to appreciate the Importance of
that preparedness which had been pointed
out from the beginning by men ttho under
stood the peril that lay In the path of a
nation Indifferent to sea power.
If the book could be put In the pre
scribed courses of reading In the high
schools and colleges for the-next ten enrs
It would create a public sentiment that
would force Congress ffj adopt a naval
pollcj based upon t-ountt Statesmanship. In
tho meantime It ought to be urged upon
the attention of nil those tvhTi are Indif
ferent to the hubjoct of national prepared
ness or ttho think that a n.ity cm bo Im
provised when nn emergency confronts us.
Kl'NIlAMKNTAI.S (IP NAVAI. HKHVU'l:. lly
rnininimli-r Yntm Stlrl'iu. U S N. 1'hlU
dilplila: J II. l.lpplncou Company. $1'.
of his father's railroad and clear up enough
to make him even with the world The ton
Justlfjes his tourse by pretending that It Is
the way of the world which his own father
has pursued In making his fortune. Tho
crimes of high finance are tlslted on one of
Its practitioners, Mr. Cullom has written a
Mory of commercial piracy that as a mere
story Is as exciting ns any tale of tho buc
caneers of tho Spanish Mnln.
thi; hon or ma patiihr Hy nidcweii cui.
lorn, author of "Tile .Nluht ltldern." II
luxtralrd by Dnuglns Ducr. $l.:t3. Philadel
phia; (it-time W. Jamba H. Cn
A Cape Cod Girl in Florence
Aside from being a toluino that to Its final
chapter holds one's Interest and stimulates
his admiration, (lertrude Hall's new book,
"Aurora the Magnificent," gives nn Intimate
picture of life In Florence that will send
the mind of previous visitors to it, harking
back along pleasant channels of remem
brance. The author knows Florence Intimately
and loves It well. Her father and mother,
who were musicians, trateled extensively
on concert tours. Tho daughter, although
born In America, was sent to Florence to
school at tho age of seven. Slio remained
there for sixteen years, before she came
back to America, but frequently revisits the
scene of her school-day activities.
Her new book denls with a Cape Cod
woman of tho wholesome type.set down
In Florence, among nn Anglo-American
group of persons who today would bo desig
nated ns the super high-brow set Eminent
ly Mjphlstlcnted and self-satisfied persons
they were, nnd the young Aurora shocks
them Into violent contoitlona of the eyebrows
by having a mind of her own, bujlng what
she likes Instead of what she is expected
to think sho likes; hating a sense of humor,
and being perfectly natural, Worst of all
sho falls in love and with (Jerald Fane,
an artist. Now an nrtlst In lote with any
thing but his art was an utterly Impos
sible person to Aurora's acquaintances.
Finally Aurora nnd (lerald elopo nnd are
married. FoIIowh many pages of con
tersatlonal speculation on the part of
friends nbout the miseries of lovo In n
garret, crackers and cheese, and one thing
and nnother.
But If the reader Is wise he will bellevu
them to be happy, for how would two such
creatures oh they bo nn thing else. The
entire dellnentlon of their characters
throughout tho book shows that. t
AimoitA 'Hin MAONtriCIINT. Ilv dertrudj
Hall. Jl to. New York: The Century Com
pany. fAU-of-a-Suddenl
lw Carmen
by
Gustav Kobbe
A little waif, left at tho
opera house door, is ton-
dcrly mothered by members
of the company nnd becomes
a real stage-child, living in the
atmosphero of music lcaming
the songs as another child
might learn to talk. It is the
story of her babyhood, child
hood and maidenhood to the
moment she rises to the
great emergency and is
awarded the coveted
laurel wreath.
All UooV
llr,
11.11 H.
Putnam
TsnV.
rY
Saved by a Wreck
It wasn't really a wreck (lint saved the
llrndley's, but a fire. They ttero oung
married people who had begun life modestby
nn I then prospered, They let their, ex.
P'nsos Increase n little faster thnn their
Ineome. They bought a houso that cost
'wire ns much os they know they ought
to pay nnil they were drawn Into the social
life nbout them Dills piled up The hus
band and wife drifted apart. There were
looks abend Then the fire came nnd re
duced lit lug to Its fundamentals a place to
sleep nnd food and clothing ami the fnmlly
life began ngnln. This Is Kathleen Nnrrls's
new story, "t'ndertow," which ran serl.illy
In the Ladles' Home .Iniiiucl under the title
of "Holly Court." It deals with tho prob
lem that confronts many American families
which hate not the decision of character to
Hi'., tliplr nu )i 1Um In their iiwn tvjiv re
gardless of what their friends may think.
Mrs Norrls has told her tale with sKlll ntm
Insight Many persons will recognize the
delightful residence park on Long Island
Sound In which the final chapters nro laid,
and many more will rccognlzo themselves
In tho Ilrn.l'evs
t'NPIPtTOW. lly Kathleen Nortls, nuttier nf
itotlur" 11.2.". ll.irilen City. Doubled?.
Our Canadian Neighbors
In thes,o times when we think not only In
terms of ourselves, but also In terms ot
tle who nro our Allies, It Is lather com
forting to know that Canadians are so much
the iiine as wc ale. So III reading "Up the
Hill i. -id nvoi" one Is Intioduced to n set
of Miinll town foht teiy like those of our
own northeastern communities , the same
kind of school leacher. Hie same kjnd of
well-meaning, cuilous-mliided. gossipy land
lady, the same kind of youngsters, nnd, of
course, the t-ame kind of love-making.
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for himself ; meets a charming girl, learns
a tillage doctor has a practice for t-alej
lots It. encounters the ghost of a .toothful
lote affair, prepares to do the "manly"
thing, Is sated by chance and, In tho rfhd,
as things should bp. lote triumphs True,
tho story Is trite, but Its working out Is
nevertheless Interesting. There Js a really
good study of a woman's secret addiction
to "dope" that Is by no means thu least part
or tlio story.
UP THU IIIM. AND OVKIt. Ilv Isabel Keole-
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Mackiiv New Yuri.: Ileortfo II. Doian
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A Woman's Job
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