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U Childe Dorr Declares
fomen'a Worth in Actual
,.' lighting Is Proved
FPED AT AT PTRst
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leering Reception of Soldiers
Bufifprested Earlv Now Vnri,
A, Suffrage Demonstrnfinna
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fVSH ' "UJUIAM tr. HtlfcU'HERD
iJWii .... I'ETROGRAD, July 18.
fa!"11"" aa"y. through rain nnd mud.
2erca no whit better than tho lowliest
i.i private, asKlng no favors but to
IV On COUal terms, nrrnlnat thA nMAm..
vlng at first the Bnccra and Jeers of tho'
IS fighters. Russian women In !,. "t .
in of Death- have proved In the supremo
.;.u m a ,uace ior women In the neht-line.
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if' ' Thlr ls the onln,on of Rheta Childe Dorr,
. '.',;; '"uii newspaperwoman and
-1.7. i. i '""men o i'etrogrod today
f 4ii iit,viiiir irnnn in rn ronnt . .......
fc "- t. "i. .?.;"- "' v u !
I& i V w'ui me nrsi women fighters who
"" , - twwwi nvtu mmcnpn in n mminm m..i
fcr vw "When I left thev hi,i i.r, .i.u
Lw7ri .', ' uays lnat thtv be " -o th
Wi 1 A. i. -.., aw.i oaiu UZl Dili
fc-y.'.&.Proudly read d snatches telllmr nf iv, i
'rf.VdL1.herolsm of u' Blrl troops In their first
PflPC --.. ." nvuna n i liifBQ gin
Kr.Y&U ""eiicctuaH, cloctirK stonogra-
?j''5u:.',"er8' telephone operators and pa n girls."
fcAVF, - P e for women on tho fighting lino as
;Frisj itauii hi inni Tnormnn
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COOKS ANT) BAKERS
NEEDED BY THE ARMY
Shortage Causes Setting Aside of
Rule Against Married
Recruits
m.
"Leaving Petrograd wo traveled In
m
&
,ooden bunks In rceular trains. All nlone
' AIb (nlltiiAK !. 1 . . ..
. jhk.. eiiuiiuii iiwuurm crowns irrectPU
"Us with ridicule.
"Whv nfn 4.m. nnn t B.1.I4II it .
fyf- (a "'" '" "Bin i iney would
Because you men are cowards," the slrls
would shout back.
"We had a forty-hour trip to headquar
ters near Vllna. There wo were conducted
,to long woden huts half burled In the earth
and with shelves for beds.
"Thousands of soldiers gathered to greet
SgiV. ,zr' """ i"er biiouis reminueu me of .New
'Wr t -" uiviiiiir, Buuiuiii; jiaruue in me
Pi". mmriy oays wnen sunraglsts were taunted
ilA. n1 ridiculed.
li? " "ur very nrsi nignt at the front.
SS-&. We heartl a (Treat pounding on the door to
-- ..n...-, j uvi cgi ornii v i ii.iiii'iii'Pii
fftr. - lnstantlv.
SvJ . " 'Aren't there glrla here?1 demanded a
r(, yoice without.
JW&V "ol Blr's' liut soldiers,' the Jawesi
A- merniy rcturnea, -anu if you don't leave
, i we -win shoot.
. "The disturber or disturbers went. too.
!$. "The nex' day the girls bathed In the
F'! rer- Girl sentinels were statlofied In a
t . ' wm circle aooui me oanKs wniie n number
BWi, t officers all gentlemen assisted in keen.
;t ft -tog away Intruders
B" ! "It rained every day, but tho girls
E&f "Wled Just tho same. They lived Just
&K1 ,ne same. They lived Just as the men
K'Jjif. ."'a. except tnat .ume. BotchKorcva, tho
LwHiiimiiuci, ub mure eirici man xnc mens
commanaers. Tne girls called her 'Jllster
a " Commander,
l'?
l'
"I asked -why.
t. Oh. shA rnllrt 'nil m lltnri' trmn bi
? Biascullne. and It Is tnnph ton ik1ii a
1? 1.ork t0 o through the list feminizing tho
3j,fi5Vornenclaturo of war."
I'S? .' OPINIONS SOON CHANCED
efjlj ''It was natural that manv men thought
L,J? tho girls were of evil Intention But their
B.5,J , Kinds were very soon disabused.
EVr v "Manv soldiers told the eirls thpv npvur
fcisLMfs.1 JiT'ouId be allowed to get to tho front be-
fa-Hause .the uolshevlkls would kill the girl
iVTllrhters. The Legion of Death did receive
3x7'c iT.e'usal of their request for front service
frMr'nmia meeting of Bolshevlkls, tho exnlana-
M, ,tlon being that superior officers felt tho
ti i "Women had not been sufficiently trained.
H. Zipelon wan to be sent nearer the front, thfl
i.t -.-.-. :.. :r :. ..; . :.::...;.. sz. :..."':. :."
i .stes,
El,! 1 "The women's Leclon of Death has ovcr-
fif thrown every convention. The girls In It
l&j- ' Tjftve forgotten everything they wero ever
taught ns women, nnu you vo no idea now
nice women can be when they nre nbsolute-
JJy natural and unselfish.
' "The girls did their Job In dead earnest.
"There was no nonsense. When there was
Vkylarktng, Mister Commander Eotchkoreva
'iO iead In five days.'
ffo' 7f "I never before thought women ought
tfS$ en in wnr. Hut I am conilnoed that In
PlV?' '-.. ma..hh. ..n.lA. Dtml. nnndtllnnu ma fVinaM
hT 7.-. Hf VUU1H1J UHMtl 1411 .tlM.."tl ' -" ..w..--
Sj innw fan!ne Ttussia the women oueht to sten
fjQ-1 toto the breach, gun In hand.
?.?.., "It Is their country as much as the
KU&'a"
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AU1U 1U1W3 lUlULl'.
Fi lrls" cheers and hurrahs lasted many inln-
,?&, Avoid Head-on Collision
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ssift ii.Tnnx. Ta.. Julv 28. In an attemDt
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!tj.o avert a head-on collision wun anotner
'ATcar, George E. Henderson, Pennsylvania
F?i'fc2ttatlon agent at Williamsburg, turned his
J?' automobile Into a ditch on tho Stato Hlgh-
tway at Canoe Creek, last midnight, and
fVeaused It tn turn turtle. Inlurlng himself and
M' three passengers, all of Williamsburg. The
"ij-iraetured. body bruises: Mrs. Q. n. Hender-
t,55j'son, right hip dislocated, face lacerations;
t &ivW&B Nan Metz, sprained right knee, body
K j lpbrasons. and George E. Henderson, scalp
f', ',uid face lacerations.
yiwAirrilMAN RIIRNED TO DEATH
lC"PrHerford Man's Brother Hurt in At
tempted Rescue
VvOTTSTOWN. Pa., July 28. Vincent
loyd, thirty-two years old. was burned
. Jait. lnat t I rrVl In A rt tA lltllrll fl ATrMIkr1
. lit! UCIllll IUUL IllKtli. ill I1IU ""1V.1I uinnujtu
-Viho grist mill owned by S. T. S. Wagner,
i'.jafi'Bear Parkcrford. The loss la 110,000.
5, , Lloyd slept In tne mill, acting as a watch
' .ftaa.n. His brother. J. M. Lloyd, was se-
(e'iwely burned trying to rescue him. It Is
fved the fire started from an over
ted bearing. ,
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L.B
'. itp.i.ii.iiii n nici. v 1 1 1 i.m
.7',
ki tclra or tne summer IJIMe tmblln
tint tne aunaay mornins lervlce at thi
uii iimiiiunui
Iradenblp of
MathouUt Kniacopal Church. Qcrmantown,
noia lomorrow unatr ina iraaenniD 01
, U Lawton. laadcr of the Y. M. C. A.
.Cliiifi and of the John B. Stetaon Com-
' aoon Klble elaaa.
f RtY, Dr. Edwin Ileyl Delk. paator of St.
ew:a juumeraa Liiurcn, win vpaaK 10 toe
I and tnarlnta at the navy yard tomorrow
at 8 o'clock. In t"o mornlns ha will
a at hll church tin "Th Kaca Hrt ."
fi Kev. Dr. Oeorce D, Adams, paator of tha
jfaut Street riaptut Church, will preach to.
off at ina rirai uapmi unurcn at l,m-
mj juaaa. v
rriaoitui iqh diint uir rvnai Anier-
iv mci wuv vi . ti hi viiv Binnun
et ipf tha Rev. Elmer Ellvrorth Helma
Tow ment ai ina calvary jieinooiai upii
Churrn. In tha mornlnr h will preach
Dtkar Problema That I'erplex."
uiTnai rtnow ina lommr ox ina iora
rt the Btara Shall Kail from Heaven:
I riumors 01 wan; ia -inia mi iaai
at" will ba tha seserat topic at tha
tin at Broad and XJrlatol atreata to-
vnln. conducted br J. 8. Waahburn
I. Patteraon, of tha AVilklnaon-aarrlck
leaau.
naaar tent and open-air work eon
be PreabytarUn Evanelllo Corn
ea nigocai aiienuanre 01 ina Bum-
L .I.U MMa tKan n AAA anA
Ifft. TU .uv, .,. v.wv... .vyv..'
1 wekly report Juat.leaurd. Threa new
J lVfeV.Uof,Th.Ve0,m.r6hurch.
'jew in inv ivny w !-sni.r-fgurin
:JllrtefcnlcJr: ' Bltlmor. a
1 . worn mi in
;f street. whr
tn WaatBilnatar
Will M
The shortage of cooks and bakers, a class
of men that have failed to offer themselves
for service In sufficient numbers, has caused
the Government to set aside the rule that
prohibits tho enlistment of married men. ,
Under the new ruling mnrrlcd men, pro
vided they are either cooks or linkers, may
enlist In the quartermaster corps on condi
tion that they agree to provldo for the main
tenance of their families while In Kedpral
service and ask no nld from the Govern
ment. Colonel C. A. P. Hatfield, In charge
of recruiting for the nrmy, today received
Instructions from Washington, on the recom
mendation of the Quartermaster General, to
enlist this class of married men.
In an effort to secure the enlistment of
a number of bakers, tho Pennsylvania Field
Dakery Company will establish a branch of
tho field bakery at Uroud and Filbert
streets at Twentieth street and Indiana
avenue, Tho branch, which wilt onen .Mon
day morning, will bo In charge of Corporal
n. Weaver.
The proximity of the selections for the
first draft army today acted as n boom
for recruiting. During tho earjy hours of
the morning twenty-seven men were en
listed at tho army recruiting htntlon, 1229
Arch street Of this number, twenty-one
of tho men were of draft age
Knlletmenta retorted today
TlllltD PENNSYLVANIA INTANTRY
"'ml' n. Keymour. 50, 1272 S. V.lil at.
IMwIn A. Fnrrmt, 20. Atlantic City. N. J.
HhcMon U Major. 22, ."Mil Anaorn nve.
HEAnqr.MiTrms train
Albert II. Tounr, 2fi30 N. Orkney et.
Jonn J llnjil Mlti w Thomrnon at
Vertln A lialUiiher 1S0S 8 r.nth et
William J. Hropley, 12d at nnd Woo'llnnd ave.
CANADIAN
Clement Davlea. 2t. 304 N, lOtli st
Samuel riMflnner, 20. 000 Tree et.
Hamuel Orr. 3V cen'ral del very,
liobert I'. King, 37. 3(110 N. Manson t.
William llrooke, Su. SM! N TiilrhMI at
Illchard Wlleon. 31. .2t Hrle at. Camden. N. J.
Thom.xa William KaulUnfr 21, lledgate. School
l.nne. f'ertnantown
William V Connor. 33. 1030 N 11th at.
I'NITKD .STATES AKJIY
Oeorgo It, Newman. 20. Coatealll', Pa,
Hobley H. Klaeaden. 1H. Conteovllle. Pa,
Samuel II. a I eon, 24. Coateavllle Pn
Ilalph Cpvann, 23, 130 H. Dancroft at.
Itoland It. Fields. 22, .-.."i.'2 lKrut et
Charlre. Ipez. 23 2C I.lvlnsaton at.
IMwurd I, Schnrf 29, s.M J.ncuet ave.
Vlnccnio Cataldl. 23. 0301 llrny'a aie.
riarence 1 Mei'rmi. 31, 1.1m . .-,(nh Bt.
Trederlck A Wyld. 20. 3t21 Ella at.
William S. Whltacre, Jr., I'nttatown. Pa.
Cnrl Stolar. 10. 2114 Vine at.
Thomas Anderaon. 1R. South FJrthleliem. Pa,
Hiiydfii Einne. 2' iVIlk' s-imi-rc l'i
I'rederlck C. notwrlght. 21 e20 Corinthian ave,
Elmer M Huih. 24. .'.003 stenton ne.
John II. Hjerly, 20, 210s N Uth et.
Bolomon Hanabnum. 2, 223 N 12th at.
Itiilnll Cannrsl. 21 Mln-ola N J.
Mlcnnel .Scarpa 10, llrletol. Pn
Dinlel K. Elliott. 23, 3034 Helen et.
Thomaa Haney, Jr.. 22, 473.' X A et.
Chnrl K Frlck VI 4i V Wiomlns ale,
Nlcholaa Plccone, 23. Illierelde. N. J.
Ccelmo Talnletta. 23, Hlvrrelde N J.
Alfred Johneon 2H 1430 W. nauphln t.
Erwln Manz, 22, 2023 N. 0th et.
Jnmid J Mmin, 23, 437 N Tranklln at.
MUfont It P'lersin '" ciaj'nn N J.
Solomon Peak. 29. 2123 N. 20th et.
Janus Uolan, 24. 312 N. 7th at.
Michael ltado, 21. 209 Green at.
llttlTlSIl
Arthur E. HemmlnKH, 22. ltldley Park, Pa.
Harry Packer, 21 1327 Onturlo at
Alfred rsnn. 43. Trenton. N. J
David Miller. 21, 431 Lombard at.
rharlea L. Will. 27. Orionwlch. Conn.
Erneat Eckeralcy, 21. 023 Pearl at., Camden.
N. J
Charlea W. Kail. 23, Mooreatnwn, N. J
John W. Kanklln. 21, Carneja 1'oint, N. J.
PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY
Oeorup A I.unt. 20, 2344 Hutchlneon etreet
Danlal J. Kane. 21. 101 Wine street
John II. McKee, 18. ill Waahlnston nvenue.
Peter P. Oelzlner 27. 1223 Hummer etreet.
John J. Conley, is, 812 South Hlteth street
William M. Cualck, 10, 300 North Eighteenth
atreet.
James A. Morris, Jr., 20, 170S North Second
atreet
Amos K. Celkler, 29. 332S North Sydenham
atreet.
VNITED STATES MAItlNE CORPS
Edwin Edcar Dal la, 23. 1027 N Oth at.
UNITED STATES NAVY
Philip LeyvA. 2S, Wllmlneton Del.
Itaiinond Mitchell Foulk. 20, Wllmlncton, Del.
William Warren Donclaon, 23, Huntingdon, I'a.
PENNSYLVANIA FIELD IJAKERY COMPANY
William S Htenart, 1000 K. Lehlsh ale.
Kaphasele Corao, 008 Annln et.
Harold II Freelond Easley. Pa.
1 .mil It. Long, Shamnkln. I'a.
Hrnver C Crone. Shamokln. Pa.
,'rnomaa Hehulte. 30 N Yedall at
'James II Hardc. 2020 Christian et
John J. tirowne, .I'JJ .n utn at.
QUARTEJtMASTER ENLISTED RESERVE
COUPS
Francla C. Sellers, 82. 1310 S. Ilalley at.
HOW WAR REACTS ON DEMOCRACY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA
CxREAT ISSUES REACT ON THE SOUL
AND INSPIRE TO BETTER LIVES
Alice Brown Elaborates This Proposition in a
Fine War Novel, "Bromley Neighborhood."
An American "Mr. Britling"
OFFICIAL INSPECTION
OF CAMP MEADE SUNDAY
Lieutenant Colonel Lytell, With Staff,
to Make Morning Trip From
Washington
DALTI.MORK. Md., July 28. Lieutenant
Colonel I, W. I.yteil, of thu iiuattcrmasler's
department of the United States army, who
has charge of tho construction of all the
cantonmont3 In the country. Is expected to
visit Camp Meade at Admiral, Md., to
morrow with his staff on an Inspection trip.
Tho olllclal will leave Washington come
time culy In tho forenoon probably In an
nutomulille for the Maryland camp.
Major W. W. Crosby, of the Engineers
Corps, was at brigade headquarters In the
Maryland Trust liullding today wltn a
report on the progress that Is being made
at Camp Meade. Ho told of his Ilndings
to Brigadier General Charles D. Uulthcr
and Adjutant General Henry M. Warlleld.
Two points stood out In the report of
Major Crosby, one dealing with how the
army engineers and contractors are hurry
ing building construction by tho assembly
process and the other showing that the pine
thicket trouble Is being met by tho use
of American tractors, which made the Brit
ish tank such a marked success In trench
warfure. Thicket roots ore being icat
tered by use of the tractor, Major Crosby
said, to clear the way for the parade
ground.
There are 600 buildings to be erected at
Camp Meade, where the Pennsylvania
drafted men will be sent for training, and
one of tho biggest problems that the con
tractors for the Government have to meet
with ls the construction of these buildings
In time to caro for the men who will go
Into tho trenches. It Is to meet this prob
lem thnt the Government contractors and
engineers on the ground agreed upon tho
assembly plan.
It is the bame plan adopted by tho mak
ers of popular priced automobiles, '
THREE WOMEN DIE IN STORM
Nurse and Soldier Among Those Killed
x Near "tioston
BOSTON, July 28. Three women are
dead, anotner Is dying, a soldier was In
stantly killed and scores are suffering from
burns and shock today as the result of a
violent thunderstorm and gale which swept
over this section.
Miss Eliza Curry, ntty-flve, a nurse, and
Miss Lillian Fletcher, fifty-one, of Middle
ton, were Instantly killed when the house
in which they took refuge was picked up
by tha rale and crushed like an eggshell.
James F. Broderlck, twenty, a soldier at
camp in- Boxford, was Instantly killed and
scores of soldiers were injured.
Mrs. MRUrlce Reardon, forty-three, died
In her home of fright. Mrs. George H.
Smith I In a hospital with a broken back
and little hope for recovery. She took
refuge tn the house which was wrecked.'
Nine etreet care were struck by lightning
and many injured.
tiTTTHEN 1 carried tho news to Mrs.
Woray that her son had been drafted,"
I was Haying to Doctor McFnbrc, "she
told me with n wry Btnllo thnt uho used
to regard mo ns a good neighbor, but
that sho dli! not think ho any longer."
When I lind got thus far Dick Owen
and his sister Dorothy walked up the
Steps Of tllO pl.17.711.
"Dick's drafted!" Dorothy announced
with pride,
"Wc wcro Just talking of Tom Gray,"
said I. "His mother finds it hard to liavo
him go."
"Of courro hlie docs," said Doctor Mo
Fabro. "Sho ought to. Hut what does
Tom say?"
"Well, when wo called tip tho news to
him ho wa.i upstairs In 1i!b room ho
shouted down, 'Sn bo It!' nnd took no
further lntt'cst in the now. Ho had de
rided to volunteer anyway."
"Dick wiii' BohtK to volunteer, too,"
said Dorothy, not willing that uny other
young man Rhould outdo her brother In
patriotism. And sho looked nt lilm with
tho pride a mother might feel In her
first-born.
"What has beconu' of Atnei?" Owen
wanted to know. "I haven't Heen him
since tho draft numbers wore published.
They've got hi number."
"He'll be hero pretty soon to give nn
nccotint of himself," said Doctor Mo
Fabro. "He has been unusually thought
ful all the week."
"I sympathize with him," said' Owen.
, ia DIE IN GERMAN PLANT
- LONDON. July 81. A Chronicle dispatch
frota SuHek ys that according to thi
Bule'Fr A German hand-grenade factory
at' EsrUefs. . -was destroyed, by, an
WPKKM fcWP Mlir W
ALICE DROWN
"When the wnr began I felt very much as
lie was feeling a few weeks ago. I could
not seo that It was our war. I was will
ing to let those who started it fight it
out. But when tho Germans began to
act llko brute beasts I began to seo that
It was not merely a European quairel
that had begun."
"Yes, I was slow, too, in coming to a
realization of what was going on," Doctor
McFabro confessed.
"When tho Germans trampled on all
the decencies of life," Owen went on;
"when thoy toro up written ngieemcntH
nnd broke their plighted word; when
they attempted to force their standard
of civilization on tho rest of tho world
by tho perpetration of incredible atroci
ties, I concluded that It was our duty to
Join In tho work of destroying this mad
beabt of Prusslnnlsm, and that if we
neglected It wo were likely to suffer the
consequences in the future consequences
that would not be at all ngieeablo. So
I am ready to fight for tho preservation
of the decencieH of life and for tho per
petuation of honor among nations."
Cabot Ames Joined us while Owen was
talking.
"How nbout it Ames?" Owen asked
when he had finished his last sentence.
"I am ready to go," said he quietly.
"I don't want to, but It !s my duty. It Is
a dlsagreeablo duty, but I have concluded
that I would be unworthy to bo a citizen
of tho United States if I did not respond
when It called me."
Dorothy had been watching him lit-'
tontly. Sho started to speak, but thought
hotter of it and sat back In her chair,
clasped her hands in her lap nnd looked
at the rest of us, Now and then, how
over, sho cast a furtive glance at Ames,
"You have progressed farther than the
peoplo of Bromley neighborhood when
Alice Brown told us about them," said I,
" 'Bromley Njlghborhood'?" asked Doc
tor McFabre. "Isn't that tho llamo of
Miss Brown's novol?"
"Yes," said I. "You ought to read it.
Doctor, for it shows what great issues
can do to stir men a souls and women's,
too. It reminds me In a way of Locke's
war novel. Locko tells how tho conflict
affects tho lives of the people in an Eng
lish village. Miss Brown tells how it re
acts upon the lives of the peoplo In a
small New England farming community.
Locke calls his book by the grandiose
title of 'The Red Planet,' as though he
would include the stellar system in its
scope. Mlsa Brown calls hers 'The Brom
ley Neighborhood,' as though It were the'
world In little, ind gives us tho impres.
eton that her characters are types of
civilized people of all nations. Her hero
is a mature New England Idealist, who
falls in love with a young girl. Locke's
hero is an old, crippled soldier, who also
loves a girl. They both act as a sort of
father confessor for the girl. And they
are both men of fine Instincts and honor
able purposes. It is a curious arid Inter
esting coincidence that two novelists
writing on different sides of the ocean
should have accidentally built their nov
els around the same centra! idea."
t, "I d not 4nnd, any .similarity between
The Bt4,PM!.Ad.'r.,BrfOliMr
i M
ranTPgwi
"There is none," said I, "but 'Larry
Greene,' MIk.i Brown's hero, Is a sort of
nn Ameilcnn Mr. Britling. Ho wnH
quicker than Britling in seeing what tho
war meant, nnd Its moral uplift also
seized lilm 11101 o quickly. The world had
not been kind to him, and when he was
afraid to face hit burdens ho would hang
a little flag outsldo of the house wheio
he lived alone ns a signal that he was
not ?o bo disturbed, and then ho drowned
himself In drink. But when tho Germans
invaded Belgium, when, ns he put It, tho
reptiles enmo up from tho bottomless pit
and began to spawn in the sunlight and
defile the world, he decided that it was
time for decent men to hold their heads
up, act like men and bo truo to tho high
est thnt they knew. Ho tries to aiouso
his neighbors to an Interest In tho war,
but It ls uphill work. Then when an op
portunity comes to marry tho young girl
he loves the new soul In him H tested.
With a fine spirit of s-clf-sacilflco he de
nies himself nnd saves tho girl as tho
mate of a young man nearer her own
age. Tho young man runs away from
home, n mero boy In moral development,
goes to Franco and enlists In the Foreign
Legion. Within a year he tettinn on
furlough. The great experiences through
which he has passed In tho trenches have
made a man of him, and the girl, who has
been dreaming of a lover, iccognlzes him
as her hero as soon ns she sees lilm on
his return. He had wooed her In vain be
fore his departure. She had married his
brother, to plcaso his mother. Just before
ho got back. Tho gill, who will not live
with her husband, rlees for refuge to u
New England splutter. The spinster tells
ner that before tho war she might have
hclpcil her to flight with tho man of her
choice, but that now, when sho had bo
Ktlii to sec the necessity of respecting the
higher moralities, she can only advise her
to wait until tho tanglo can be unraveled
In an orderly manner."
"Sho must have been a ccilous girl to
marry a man sho did not love," s-nld
Dorothy.
"She Is as curiously Interesting a char,
acter ns has appeared In tocent fiction,"
said I. "Miss Brown makes her a suit of
a New England Diana, virginal as the
snow on a mountain peak, with a loyal,
trusting nnd generous heait. When lovo
comes to her It overwhelms her and she
cares not who knows It. Thero has always
been a frankness In her attitude towatd I
her friends that shows her to bo of tho
rarest purity. Ellen Brock, that Is her
name, will delight you. And Lany
Greene, the mature man who loves her
and protects her. Is a chatacter whom
any writer might be proud of creating.
With all his faults ho ls a worthy citi
zen, because his heait ls sound and his
sympathies responsive."
"Is tho book the first Amerjcan war
novel?" Owen asked.
"It is not tho first In which the war
has flguted, but It is tho first one In
which any adequate attempt has been
mado to describe how tho Americans of
flno fiber have felt about tho war since It
started, and It Is dono so well that It ls
worthy to bo compared with tho best war
novels written In England."
"The material for nnothor war novel
may bo developing right hero among us,"
said DoCtor McFabre with a glanco at
Dorothy.
"It ls developing all over tho country,"
said I. "But who has tho eyes to see It
nnd tho wit to wilte down what ho sees?"
"Pet haps I will try," said Ames.
"Will It be autobiographical?" asked
Owen, but beforo Ames could answer
Dorothy had risen In confused haste and
carried her brother off with her.
GEOltGE W DOUGLAS.
IJROMI.EY Ni:iOimonHOOD Ily Allee llrown,
author ut 'Tho Prisoner." New York: Tho
Macmlllan Company. Il.r.0.
plants nnd strategically protected land and
wntcrways throughout tho empire
His Impressions of tho system of Ger
man press censorship and tho nppallng
Ignoranco of the mass of German people as
to tho cause, effects and possible results of
tho present war correspond with those
given by many other observers.
IintllNI) THU OKH.MAN Villi.: A ord of a
Journalistic War I'lUrlmaee. I , -J1,'
da Ueaufort (Count van Maurlk d '"'or''
recently war correspondent of the 1"""
Dally Telegraph. With" Illustrations nnd
maps. New York! Dortd.Mearl & Lo. J-
Why Merchants Fail
A surprisingly largo number of retail
merchants find It Impossible to make money.
After trying to run nn Independent busi
ness for a whllo they give up and sccuro
employment with n man who has 'earned
the tccret of success. If somo of the fail
ures had carefully studied such a book
as "rtctnll Buying," by Clifton Field, for
merly with Marshall Field & Co., of Chi
cago, they would have learned how to find
the leaks which drained away all their
profits. The nuthor has covered a larger
field than the title of his hook would Indi
cate for he discusses not only tho best
way to buy, but ho explains tho principles
on which letall prices should be fixed and
thu best way to compute profits. Special
chapters aro g!cn to meeting competition,
to ptockkeeplng. to Judging qualities of
goods nnd to similar matters of first Im
portance In any successful business, 'I no
book Is the second volume In a Fcrles on
retail business edited by John 11, Swlnney,
lecturer on merchandising In the Now York
University School of Commerce.
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SPANISH PLAYS FOR
ENGLISH READERS
Jacinto Benavente's Dramas Bet
ter Adapted for tho Library
Than the Stage
In tho matter of fecundity nt least
Spanish dramatists usually run pretty true
to foim Old I.ope do Vega's record, of
course, stands unbeaten. He Is accredited
with having written more than 1800 plays I
Modem Peninsular literature ncccssailly
What Hindenburg Is Like
Perhaps a more Intel estlng portrait of
General von Hindenburg" never has been
prct anted for puhllc Inspection than that
offered hy J. M. de Beaufort In his book,
' Behind the German Veil."
Do Beaufort's chronicle Is a record of
a Journalistic war pilgrimage Into places
dllllcult to penetrate nnd at present no
lonncr visited by any save those of Teu
tonic sympathy.
His Imprebslon of tho man In whose re
sourcefulness Germany's military hopes
ore cradled, as he say may be summed
uii In two words, "strei-:h" and "cruelty."
Wiltes de Beaufort! "His wholo personal
Ity radiates strength, brute, animal strength.
Until I met Hindenburg 1 always thought
tho eyes of the Mexican rebel Villa were
tho most cruel I had ever been. They are
mild compared with thoBe of Hindenburg',
Never In my life have I seen such. hard,
cruel, nay, BUch utterly brutal eybs as
those of Hindenburg," Asldo from that,
and tho fact that tho general has a habit
of looking at 0110 ns though he believed
not a word said to him, and reveral other
unpleasant characteristics, the German mil
itary genius In quito a pleasant person.
One of the Blorlcs De Beaufort tells of him
concerns his rage at finding that Jthe Bus
Elans had poured paraffin over bread they
knew would fall into tne nanas of the
enemy. After his rage von Hindenburg
calmed down sufficiently to say, "Very well,
give It to the Russian prisoners." Which
proves he has a sense of humor, accord
ing to the Germanic Idea.
The author has many other Interesting
accounts of great men of the German em
pire. One of these Includes the unique
experience of going to church with the
Kaiser to hear prayers petitioning the
Almighty to look with favor on the German
arms. Also he tells of his visits to each
of the principal shipbuilding and armament
JACINTO BENAVENTE
has to surrender before such an astonish
ing feat, nnd yet, compared to playwrights
of other lands, Spain's aio conspicuously
productive.
It Is a mere sample, therefore, of the art
of Jacinto Benavente that John Gnrtctt
Underbill now introduces in an admirable
translation to tho English-speaking world.
Bennentc has produced eighty plays In
twenty years. Four ate submitted hy Mr
Underbill threo comedies and one ttagedy.
As a rendering of certain aspects of Spanish
llfo and tasto "The Widow's Husband" Is
facile and lightly nmuslng, "Tho Evil Doers
of Good" a social satire suggests tho
Influence of Ibsen even so far away from
Chrlstlanla as Madrid "Tho Bonds of In
terest" Is a kind of modem application
of tho principles of tho i-.rtastlc Italian
"Commedla dell'Arte," whlU -I'.ie sordid grlm
ness of "La Malquorlda" (The lll-Deslred
(lit I) somewhat lecalls tho mood of D'An
nunzlo In "Tho Daughter of Jorlo," But
this marshaling of literary "roots" must
not ho misinterpreted as rellectlng on Senor
Benavente's dlst;nctlo qualities His treat
ment uf themes, Ills development of
cha.-acter and sense of situation nie all
thoroughly Iberian so much so In fact
that tho appeal of any of this quaitet of
footllght offerings on the English-speaking
stage Is likely to bo negligible.
In this regard Ilenavcnto ls stilklngly
dissimilar to both Echegaray and Gulmera,
whose art has long since crossed tho Pyre
nees. Tho former's "El Gran -Oaleoto" and
"Mariana" aro easily understood abroad.
So are tho "Marta of the Lowlands" (TIerra
Baja) and "Maria Hosa" of Angel Gulmera
of metropolitan Barcelona.
Benavente In English seems rather to be
long to tho exotic class, "Adapting" his
plays would stultify them Presenting them
with all theli Intense, racial qualities, with
their subtleties of Hispanic flavoring for
eign to the outside world would probably
bo equally futile What seem to be some
what staggering unrealities of character
and motivation aro In all likelihood tho
very essences of icallsm In their habitat
Tho very surety of Bennvento's manner,
strange as It often Is, Impels this convic
tion. As library plays, however, they very
effectively reflect tho coloring and scope
ne nnn nf the lenrllnr- rlr.imntlRtn nf (Inaln
though not yet, of Europe and Amefica, as
was tno great t.cncgaray.
It may bo added that It Is a relief to
denote tho paucity of stage directions, and
Italicized character analysis In Benavente.
Bernard Shaw and Granville Barker have
lately carried that procedure to somewhat
wcarlsomo excess. Tho return to simplicity
Is docldely welcome
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Andre Chevril Ion's Book About
England Applies With Equal
Force to America
When a Frenchman sets out to explain
a situation he does It with a brilliant clarity
that ls tho despair of Anglo-Saxon writers.
When the Frenchman Is an expert he leaves
nothing to be desired after ho has finished
his task. Andre Chevrlllon Is such an ex
pert. Ho Is a mature student of politics
who has written much. Therefore It ls
not surprising that Budyard Kipling says
of one of the chapters In Chovrlllon's "Eng
land and the War" tljat It Is nearer the
root of the matter than nnythlng yet written
by an Englishman. Chevrlllon wrote tho
chapters that constitute tho book ns a series
of nrtlcles In tho Revue de Paris In order
to explain to tho French why the English
were bo slow In getting Into action.
Tho British democracy so closely re
sembles that of America that If Mr. Chevrll
lon should substitute "America" for "Eng
land" In his discussion largo parts of his
book would aptly describe what has been
going on hero fur tho past year or more. As
an exposition of how a democracy makes
war it is more Illuminating than anything
that has ever before been written. Every
member of Congress ought to read It and
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Klato and by every person who has any In
fluence whatever on public opinion or on
the action of Government. This Is so for
the reason that democracies cannot make
war after the manner of an nutocracy
Public sentiment Is the supremo power.
Government cannot act faster than the will
of tho people themselves, whoso agents the
Government Is.
Tho British theory pf the' Independence
01 tne iniiiviutial and his right to act In ac
cordance with his Individual Judgment,
coupled with the ancient British tradition
that It Is the duty of the Englishman to
defend his rights by force of arms if need
be, prevented the passage of a conscription
act for nearly three years. Threo million
Englishmen volunteeied to fight In the
armies, moved by the compelling sense of
duty The enlistment campaigns were con
ducted very much after the manner of re
ligious revival meetings, and the volunteers
came forward as If they were converts. The
genius of the British lace found expression
In this way.
The slowness with which public senti
ment crystnlllzed, however, hampered the
Government, It knew what must be done,
but It could not do It without tho support
of tho nation. This Is equally true In
America, Tho Administration In Wash
ington Is suffering In the name way that
tho Asqulth Government RUffercd In the be
ginning of tho war, because It Is necessary
Jo une methods different from those to which
wo aro accustomed. There must be con
centration of authority. Prlvnto citizens
must surrender f-omo of their rights for
the general good. They must consent to
Government control to n degree never be
foro dreamed of. If Mr. Chevrlllon's boon
Is widely read and carefully digested tne
task of the Government In Washington will
become eaRler.
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