. - On ,.' k . if ' PSTtaARKSWORK ..' AT FT. MYER CAMP 'jjpfctw J& rsev and Pennavlv.i- nia Boys Send Home an I "All's Well" MPPY IN ARMY WORK ftudent Officers Jn Strictly Mili tary Atmosphere at Post , Near Capital Bv a Staff Correspondent FOm MYEIl, Va.. June t There are MTtral hundred Pftnnivtranlfl and Vu iTtr Joyi among the 2600 young men at J W ofner reserve training camp here, Many of thete were aeslgnea from their Bom town to the camp at Fort Myer. but , m number were tent here to be trained be cause thtjr reentered from Washington. where they were In achool at the time the . roerve corps camps were authorized ! The camp is in charge of Lieutenant t Colonel Charles W. Kenton, an Infantry commander with wide experience In tho ' training of young- army offlcirs Captain Babcock, who Is adjutant of the camp, and who has also had considerable experience. told the correspondent of the Eve.vino Lsdoeh that the boys were In the best of ondltlon and that ho had seldom seen Sen trim and healthy-looklntr men as tho csregatlon at Fort Myer The b""t ira tmder the nhvl1 r1frflnn ef Captain Herman J Kochler '"-ptairi Xoehler Is probably one of ths ' kno n yen In the service. For years ht sbrn etalled as physical Instructor a v t feint. He Is recognized as ono t Hading callsthenlzts and trainers of tho ountry. He has pit the boys through a psUff oourse of sprouts" and Is- now select ing a number of the student ofllcers, who will be given special courses In calisthenics , and used In this and other camps as special Instructors. IT'S HAJtD WORK The hard training Is having no bad effect tho men. They are showing grit In their Work. 1 In talking with the Evenino Ledoer's i ejorrespondent many expressed an ndmlra ' Oon for the way In which things were , Bandied In the army ""or a while the young ofllcers here grew ztysterlcal over a threatened shortage of uniform and equipment, when a notice was posted on the bulletin that ofllcers as ilgned to regular service could not pur chase uniforms from the same depot. It was later explained that there was no dan far of shortage, but men who have already received commissions and are on active service will have to make their personal purchases the same as the ofllcers of tho rtgular army, The spirit of competition Is keen among the prospective officers. There Is a typical American open and fair manner of playing the game to see who from among them win De cnosen for the signal honors of be soming officers for Uncle Bam. IJut under lying this one can see the dcad-earneet seriousness with which they are bidding lor the commissions that they know will at "go the rounds." Every man Is striving to do his best and become the most proficient soldier of the Brmy gathered here under makc-nhlft post ondltlona, In their drill. In their gun Pointing, their study and general activity there Is a punch that shows they ore fight tog the square American game of "the best Ban wins," and each one Is trying to bo one of the best men. This spirit Is helping to develop the mili tary Instinct the second nature of obedi ence. All day long they go through their formations and other work that never re laxes until the onicer In charge calls, "fall out" TAKE.V SEIUOUSLV The writer saw the evidence of this when k first arrived on the drill grounds One company had been maneuvering over the earapuB through several hours of drill and were returning to barracks for mess. They tumbled valoroualy through a mud holo just before being brought to "dress" In front of the barracks. A smile broke out n several faces and became contagious. The first sergeant stepped In front of his command, saluted and expressed his Ideas. "This torn-foolery Is going to be cut out. If I'm to be first sergeant this week De- lleve me, you'll cut It out or you won't Till." . In just about half a second the whole company understood and took the "officer from the ranks" at his word. Tho men are anosen from the ranks of the company every week to act as officers over their own or ganization, and It does not matter how close you bunk to your officer or how well you know him, his word Is law, and serious law, when he Is In command. Dut these are only a few details of what the life at Myer Is. It Is the same at all of the camps, but these details show Just the conditions under which the boys from New Jersey and Pennsylvania are living. IN MILITARY ATMOSPHERE Right on the edge of the Fort Myer reser vation, the boys are situated In an especially military atmosphere. The administration buildings of the post encircle It at the north, the District National Guards aro encamped In service tents to their south. Two mllci over the Potomac to the east the War and Navy .Departments building can be plainly een. The drill field runs to tho ery gates of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Where the soldiers of the sixties and those to the war with Spain lie burled, and les than five minutes' walk to the northwest the gigantic naval radio towers at Arling ton rear their heads to signal orders to the fleets around the world They are to close to Fort Myer that the regular cavalry troops at the post have been crowded for room, and the War Department Is contemplating the lease of surrounding ground to make room for both forces. The men are exceptionally vell suited with the camp conditions 'Tell the people from homo that we are getting along all right Everything Is all O. K. here," said one of the boys. "All we want Is to know that the people at home know we are living well, and everything else Is satisfactory Of course, the work la fcard, but wo expected It, and we certainly couldn't expect better conditions for the Work we are doing. They are making better men out of us and they are all right" BREATHING SPOT OPENED o AT THIRD AND BROWN Vestry of St. John's Church Provides Playground for Neighborhood Children FneUgrsphs Ulastrstlnr pear In the. pictorial Metlon. this itory ap. - After years of effort on the part of the MMrgrounds Association the children living In the congested district near Third and Srown streets have obtained a playground and breathing space. The vestry of St John's Church, Brown areet east of Third, has set aside a portion ? the cemetery for playground purposes, and last Saturday the lot was opened. wings, sand piles, and sliding boards have been put in place and Miss B, M. Wheelock kis been assigned to the play center to fceatruct the children In occupation work. JLn effort la being made to obtain addi tional land In this section for the use of m children. Fresh' air and healthful recre 'Hon are recommended by physicians as Ht most effective mean for combating fcrtafltlla paralysis. The new playground wUl supply these wants and, according to Mm playgrounds Association, contributed to Mm general health of the neighborhood. CMsuiea Banks to Close Tuesday t eassfrn County Bankers' Association 9lPMLt yesterday decided to JBb cKy an Bounty next uajafM r-fsBfjBgl ITALY NOT CONTENT TO A GAME OF GUESSING WHO IS THE GREATEST AMERICAN PROPHET Edward E. Slossoh Names His Man in a Book in Which He Also Interprets the Teachings of Four Englishmen and a German IF ONE were asked offhand to name the greatest living American prophet, one's first Inclination would be to ask what Is meant by a prophet. We nil know that tlio word means literally one who speaks for another. A prophet, then, Is a spokesman or, a little more broadly, an Interpreter. Edward E. Klofson, the literary editor of thd Independent, has discovered twelve prophets In the world, only ono of whom Is an American. Ho wrote a book a while ago In which he JOHN DEWEY expounded tho teachings of six of them, and they wero nil Europeans. Ho has Just written another book In which he expounds tho teachings of the other six. Four of them nro English, ono German and one American. I asked Doctor McFabre, who had Just come In to liavo a talk with me, If ho could guess tho name of Mr. SlosFon'a greatest American prophet. "The penalty for failure," I remarked, "will be that Mr. Slosson will call you a pagan, unless theto Is no meaning In the Mohammedan proverb with which he be gins his book. That proverb reads: Whoever dies without recognizing the prophet of his time, dies the death of a pagan.' " "There is still hobo for salvation," re marked tho clergyman with a chuckle, "for I nm not dead yet, and I may recog nize tho prophet In time." "Well, name your man." "I do not know whether he Is Slosson's man, but I have no hesitancy In naming Woodrow WU-son." "I know a number of persons who agree with you, hut, according to the Mo hammertan htandard, or Mr. Slosson's, you aro still In danger of dying the death of a pagan." "What's that? Doctor McFabro a pagan? I don't believe It." This from Dorothy Owen, who had Just entered with Cabot Ames. Wo explained what we were doing, and Dorothy forthwith named Iloosevclt. "I ngree with you," remarked Tho Lady, for whom Roosevelt la both hero and piophet. "You are both wrong." said Ames, with tho assurance of superior knowledge. "Edwin Arlington Roblnbon is our great, est prophet. His poetry is the profound est that has been produced in a genera tion." "I am glad you did not bay Robert Frost or Amy Lowell," Ills uncle to marked, "Vou havo not guessed It yet," said I. I'Thero are some persons who would say Lyman Abbott, and I was talking, this week with a man Interested In American commercial expansion, who was half-way Inclined to place Frank Vandcrllp In the front rank of American prophets, for tho reason that he has a broader vision of the possibilities of the development of the material side of America than any other contemporary." "Don't torturo them any longer," pro tested The Lady. "Give them a chance to escape from paganism whilo there Is time." "John Dewey," said I, and waited. It was amusing to see tho blank ex presslon on their faces. "I've heard of George Dewey and Mel vllle Dewey," said Doctor McFabrc, "but never of John." "You needn't bo nshamed. Tho Ency clopedia Brltannlca never heard of him either," said I. "That certainly lets us out." remarked younc Ames. "Who Is he, any way?" "Ho is a worthy member of the Dewey family of Vermont - I do not know whether ha 1b a kinsman of George, but he has shown the same courage In his ex peditions In tho sea of knowledge that George showed when he dared tho Span ish torpedoes and sailed Into Manila Bay, At present he is professor of philosophy and lecturer on psychology in Columbia tJnlverslty. Mr. Blosson regards him as tho greatest American philosopher since the death of William James. He made his first Impression on tho country that Is, on those who follow those things as an educational reformer, by studying the human mind In a laboratory. Instead of being content with Introspection he as sembled groups of children In the class room, taught them according to a new method and observed Its results. He has sometimes been called a pioneer In voca tional training, but he does not think that what we know today as vocational training Is tha best thing. The primary purpose of education U to teach how to think. Ha revolted against the educa tional practices which resembled the drill jfaoldJers, the purpose of which was to JMw thtokU,fiifa nM $ sssesst uusjswa went, w M tMM "SsssplsBasaVsaK? SB HMsHasasHliaiK? EVENING to find out what a child was Interested In. Then he started with that and led the child's mind along the path of least resist ance through tho channels of absorbed Interest until ho had broadened the range of curiosity and trained tho mental facul ties so that they worked with some degree of precision. They tell me that his the ories have colored all educational prac tice for the last twenty years." "There certainly was room for reform." Doctor McFabre reflected. "His work In philosophy has been ns original as his work In education. Some one has cnlled him a pragmatlst." "What Is a pragmatlst?" Dorothy want ed to know. "Epistcmologically. It M nominalism, psychologically, voluntarism; cosmolog Ically, encrglsm; metaphysically, agnostic- Ism, ethically, meliorism on the basis of tho Bentham-Mlll. utilitarianism." Ames tried to look as If he knew what this meant. Doctor McFabre unified Dorothy was not afraid to confess Ignor ance "This Is only a German definition of It," said I "It Is safer to go to the diction ary You will find there that pragmatism Is the doctrine that the purpose of think ing Is to develop beliefs which shall cervo as general principles of conduct." "A pretty good doctrine," said the cler gyman. "But who are this man Slosson's other prophets?" "Ho Includes Rudolph Euken, a Ger man philosopher; F. C. S. Schiller, an English philosopher, and Bernard Shaw, H G. Wells and Gilbert Chesterton, also Englishmen If Shaw will permit himself to bo thus classified" "Euken might be classified as a prophet and so might Schiller," Doctor McFabre conceded, "but I am not willing at tho present moment to concede as much to any of these other Britishers. They are entertaining and they provoke thought, but Just now I would prefer to have the Mohammedans regard mo as a pagan rather than recognize them as the great Interpreters of my generation " "But Shaw Is a great man," Ames said with nn air of finality. "Perhaps," his uncle conceded; "but I havo never been able to regard a man great who had his tongue in his cheek whenever he said anything." "My experiment lias succeeded," said I with considerable satisfaction. "I was curious whether Mr. Slosson's attempt to nrouso an Interest In notable contempo raries was worth while. I am morally certain that as soon as Ames leaves Dor othy at her house tonight he will hasten to his American encyclopedia to find out what it says about Dewey. Then he will go to the library for 'How Wo Think' that is a good book to begin with and prepare to pass Judgment on tho great ness of this distinguished American. And he will read the Englishmen with a new curiosity. And I should not bo surprised If Dorothy saw more In Wells hereafter than a mere stnry. If she should read Mr. Slosson's book first she might know better what to look for. It Is an excellent guide to the social and moral philosophy of the six men." GEORGE W. DOUGLAS. SIX MAJOR PROPHETS ny Edwsrd E. Slol lon, M S , Ph 1) Hciton I.lttlo. Drown & Co. Jl SO ITALY'S OFFERING TO WORLD POLITICS Her Doctrine of Nationalism on Racial Lines May Remake Europe We are likely to have greater respect for modern Italy on this side of the ocean when tho war Is over than we ever had be fore. We are suro to have It If we have any understanding of what that country has done Those familiar with tho history nf Ilnlv fnr th nntit twpntv nr thlrtv years are continually marveling at the sublime courage of the Italians In asserting their Independence of Germany and mtcr Ing the war on the sldo of the Allies Tho story of this period has boen written by William Kay Wallace In "Greater Italy," a book that ought to bo read by every Ameri can who wishes to know the details of the political, social and moral revolution thai haB been going on In tho land that was once the center of the world. Mr. Waljace calls attention to the fact that the Italians are the people who blazed thr trail of nationalism on racial lines when they formed the union of petty states and created a new nation. He declares that this contribution to the historical evolution of Europe Is one of the most Important factors In the political progress of the nineteenth century. It has been the inspiration of the Serbs, the Bulgars and the Rumanians President Wilson has Indorsed It In his dis cussion of the principles on which peace must be made. Out of nationalism on racial lines grew the Issue of trredenttsm in Italy. Italians had settled In the neigh boring countries. Thoy were the dominant race in the districts they Inhabited. The demand was made that these districts be annexed to Italy even though they had not been under Italian rule In modern times Italy now demands the Trentlno and Trieste at the point of the Bword in order that the Italians of that part of Burope may be Incorporated In the Italian nation. Italy will come out of the war a much stronger nation than she entered It. She has grown weary of playing the role of curator of a museum of historical antiqui ties and her eyes are fixed on the future. Marlnettt, who planted the seed of what Is known as futurism, la an extremist, but he had to exaggerate to attract attention. The seed has been planted, and Italians are now thinking of something beside the achievements of great men long dead and burled. They are trying to achieve some thing for themselves. The race has expe Ing I rienced a new birth. The weakness of Italy In past years was tho opportunity of Germany. Soon after the Kaiser came to the throne he began a policy of peaceful penetration of the country. His plan was to make Italy a commercial dependency of Germany. Italy was weak and poor. lie sent German cap ital there and organized the Banca Com mercials In Milan. As It grew Its capital was expanded to 130,000,000. It controlled, through loans and voting agreements, nearly 100 Italian Industrial corporations, with a capital of three-quarters of a billion dol lars. No Italian could get a loan In his business If he competed with Germany. If he worked In harmony with the Germans he could get all the money he wanted Italian Industry flourished under the stimu lus of new caDital thus Drovlded. A Wealth was ritd flarmanv untanrijhW ,. hare rf tho .Milan bank, but Germans re- LEDGER-PHIIADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917 BE CURATOR war broke Germany was confident that Italy would remain neutral She had been working to that end for a generation. But tho far-sighted Italians perceived that If their country was ever to be Independent it was necessary to overcome the Influence of German agents In Rome, chief of whom was Prince llulow, the most skillful diplomatist that Berlin tins produced. He failed, mid Itnly is now fight hi? both Austria and Ger many and Is beginning to see some signs of tho realization of her dream of a na tion based on racial lines looking toward a glorious future. Mr. Wallace makes all this clear In his book, one of the most fas cinating stories of the nwakenlng of a great race that has err been written. OnKATnit ITALY it.T Hy Wlltim Knj- WAlli'e. Charles Scrlbner's Mom I.TSO. veric RUSSIA EXPLAINED FOR AMERICANS Richardson Wright's Interpreta tion of the Land of the Czars Is Sane and Sympathetic Ulchardson Wright who lived In Phlla dclphla from his birth In 18SG until his paduatlun from Trinity College In 1910. is a oung man who docs not take his opinions ready-made from others He lias Intelligence enough to discount ex parte statements about Itussla made b revolu tionists and exiles, who have been the chief purveors of Information In America about the empire of the czars He spent 1911 in Ilussla as a correspondent for two Ameri can and cio Hngllsh newspaper, and he used his time to good purpoie Ho discovered, for example, that "active and destructive rev on in nussia has often been the doing of adolescents, the Idealistic madness of undergraduates and of men and women with sophomoric minds " There was a time when It was about as much as an American's rep utation for democratic sympathies was worth for him to make such a statement. vc have been taught that official Itussla was wholly bad. and that the only hope of the country lay In those who were continu ally In revolt ng.ilnst the established order. Mr Wright also discovered that the sources of news about Ilussla have for years been ccmtrolled by Germany, and that a per sistent attempt has been mndo to create the Impression In other countries that such riots and revolts as occurred wero of greater significance than the facts Justi fied. He has cvldentl made a sympathetic attempt to understand Kussla Since his return to America he has kept himself In formed on what has been happening In the empire Ho has embodied the result of his Investigations In a book In which he has tried to Interpret Ilussla to the United States Tho result Is ono of tho sanest expositions of Ilusslan institutions and Ilus slan habits of thought and Ilusslan Ideals that has appeared In this country. In these dajs when the world is deeply Interested in tho success of tho experiments which tho Ilusslan people are making In tho manage ment of their own affairs, after deposing their hereditary rulers on account of their German sympathies, the book should bo read by every ono who wants to get a correct Uew of tho conditions that have RICHARDSON WRIGHT ' "P '" "" t' experiment in democracy iM l""bIUU Mr Wright gives a brief resume of the history of Ilussla and the Ilusslan people. He discusses tho Jewish question, explaining why the Ilusslan, hates the Jew He ex plains how tho Germans have controlled the Ilusslan foreign policy for years and have engaged In n policy of peaceful penetration for tho purpose of controlling so far as posslbla the commercial destinies of tho empire He writes nn illuminating chapter on tho placo occupied by the HO.000,000 peasants, who through all the years have Jieen working together for their own eleva tion, with llttlo interference from I'etro grad He discusses Husslan literature nnd Ilusslan music, Ilusslan religion and Ilus slan business methods. Although one may disagree with some of his statements, the book is on th whole an Interpretation' as accurate as It Is friendly and sympathetic. Tlin RUSSIANS: An Interpretation Ily nieh nrdson Wrlsht, author of "Throueh Siberia." New York: Frederick A. Stokes ft Co $1.50. Anthology of German 'Thought It has been assumed In America that there are two Oermanys, one the Imperial German Government and the other the aerman people We are not making war upon tho German people, but upon tho Ger man Government The German people, In Increasing numbers, have been expressing their discontent with their Government for many years. An attempt has been made In England to create the Impression that all Oermany Is wholly bad The purpose of this attempt Is, perhaps, to strengthen the British war spirit. There Is danger, however, that the effort may overreach It self and produce a reaction. William Archer has compiled about BOO patriotic sayings of Germans In which appear the belief that the German nation has a divine mission In the world. This belief finds expression In various forms. When the war Is over and we can approach such matters with an unprejudiced mind we shall be bet ter able to decide whether German patriot Ism Is worse than American or Drltlsh or French patriotism. At present, however, most of us are disposed to assume that there la something offensive In the German assumption of superiority to .the rest jof tho world. Mr. Archer's anthology will doubtless firo the "War spirit of many anti Germans and may serve a good purpose His extracts are briefer than those quoted by Professor Bang of the University of Copenhagen, In "Hurrah and Hallelujah" already printed on this side of the ocean. In fact Mr. Archer uses Professor Bang's collection as one of his source books. His collection Is 'an excellent epitome of the Z1 Zwl.rZ.V. :. -- " ' IT J u' sks.w " ai i r J i ! V. j 1 OF A HISTORICAL MUSEUM GREAT WORK OF ITALY IN THE WAR E. Alexander Powell Tells the Story of Victories Won Over Great Obstacles The author of "Fighting In Flanders" and "Vivo la France," to cite only two of his more recent books, has written a book on Italy at war. It Is a new and valuable con tribution to the war literature, and. one which does not come as an unnecessary addltlafi to an overcrowded field It sccm. Indeed, that the great mass of the Ameri can public has Just realized the fact that Italy's forces, by no means negligible ns to numbers and quality, have been decpy In volved In this world war against militarism and autocracy, for only recently, since E. ALEXANDER POWELL English-speaking correspondents took the trouble to Inform their readers that the Carso front was tho worst any army could fight upon, nnd that tho Italian Alpine had been heavily engaged for two whole years In a battle against nature and military foes on the roof of Europe, has the Italian war and Italian efficiency begun to rccclvo an ndequato nnd Just recognition. Italians' alms havo finally appealed to tho official hearts at Washington as they had appealed to tho hearts of men elsewhere who hae the cult of liberty and democracy Irrespective of national sympathy. Mr. Powell's book on Italy appeals to tho American readers today moro than at any other tlmo An Itnllan mission, headed by a Savoy prince, who has been fighting for two years with the Duke of the Abruzzl, and Including In Its membership Marconi, to whom the civilized world owes tho radlo telegraphy, is here In tho United States, the olllclal guests of the President and the nation, and will shortly be on a tour to visit many American cities. Our Interest Is Increased by reports of the achievement of Cadorna's army, which has been engaged for more than two weeks In one of thn most powerful offensives of tho wholo war, against odds which war correspondents havo de scribed as simply frightful, and has been victorious over a tough and tenacious foe, whose power the broken, barren plateau of the Carso has Increased tenfold Mr. Powell gives us a brief and effective description of this plateau unique In Its features, "treeless and waterless as tho des ert of Chihuahua, desolate and forbidding as , i we iMMim uaa l.anas, torn and twisted i and Jagged as tho lava beds of Utah, with a ' summer climate like that of tho Death I Valley In July a land which has been i'iuucu mr centuries, wnere no bird or In sect can find nourishment, whero eggs can be cooked without a fire and rifles soon become too hot to touch when left oxposed. 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