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A LAWYER,
Town Meeting Party's Candidate for Register of
Wills Is a Man of Force, Honest,
Earnest and Competent
TfZKA" lie management of a big and tcell-manaijed bus! less concerns finds
rr itself in, need of men to fill vacancies in Important positions It goes
Mo the market for men. liy nctctpaper advertising or other means It makes
it requirements known. It solicit applications. Statements and the records
of all applicants are Investigated and scrutlnteed. The bigger and better
managed iht. concern Is, the. more Jealous of Its good name In the business
vrortd, 'he more careful Its Inquiries. It does not mind spending tiro iceeks of a
SiOO-o-month man's time to find out which of a ,ialf dozen applicants Is the mos
desirable for a SSOa-month clerkship.
A city Is u big business concern Philadelphia Is a big business concern.
It is in the matket for men and there are many applicants. As the success of
anu other bio business concern depend upon the care and success icith ichlch
it picks its employes, so the success of Philadelphia depends upon the care and
succes telth xchlch It chooses Its.
As a man employed for the purpose would Investigate the records of applicants
for positions In a big commercial or Industrial haute the Evening Ledger has
made, for the benefit of the city of Philadelphia, some Investigations of the
records of applicants for Important city posts. The results of those Inquiries
arc Icing p.ddishcd In u sale of mtUlri. the sixth of ichlclv is printed herewith
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ALTKIt nnoiint: SmiTK, candidate
for ltegl'ter of Wills on the Town
Meeting party ticket In a lawyer Ho has
modest office In the Wltherspooit Hulldlng
He In a man of quiet rtlgnltv n man of
force and vigor held well In re-tralnt. HH
manner Is courteous, yet always direct and
businesslike.
The beit and finest members of the
learned professions are devoted to t'.iem
with a soit of religious devotion. Mr. Smith
Is one cf thee men. Tho law has been
one of the big Interests of his life In the
early years of his manhood ho wns active
in politics, but of late years his political
activities have consisted In llttlo more thin
going to the polls and voting for the men
nnd policies he believed best for tie city.
Htatonnd nation
Mr Smith was graduated from tho Uni
versity of Pennsylvania with the dtgrcp of
bachelor of arts In 1S73. and 'hen worki-1
for a year and a half as a clc-k In the olllce
of tho general superintendent -f the Penn
sylvania Itallroad at Altonna In 187G he
ntr.,l tVi. Ifln- ttnhnnl nf h. TTnllprsIt V
of Pennsylvania and upon graduation two I
VMH l.-vl.r n mlmllls.l tn th hnp under !
the nominal preceptorshlp of Kurmnn Shep-
pard
Mr Smith, then took a desk In the oTIce
of Asa I Fish, but it was not until 1879
that he began actively the practice of his
profession For seeral years ho was as
sociated with Francis Itawle The partner
ship was dissolved In t BSD. since which
time Mr Smith has practiced alone.
WON SUCCESS HAIILY
During the early period of practice Mr
Smith enjojed more than ordinary success
For many years, however, he has deoted
all his tlmo to olfice work, advising liti
gants and possible litigants and preparing
causes.
Governor Pennypacker appointed Mr
Smith a member of the Pennsylvania Com
mission on Uniform Statu I-iws. He has
been reappointed continuously by the Gov
ernors ever since. These appolntmonts
have been entirely without political sig
nificance, the men chosen being selected
because of their fitness for the work.
The Commissions on Uniform Mtate Laws
of the several States strive, ns their name
would Indicate, to hae State laws made
uniform wherever uniformity Is desirable.
The purpose Is to simplify legal forms, re
ducing their number and making thorn
easier, not only for laymen, but for lawyers
themselves to understand Uniformity Is
sought In all matters not affected by con
ditions that arc local to the severa States
Tho commissions of the States have con
ferences from time to time Mr Smith
has for three years been president of the
Conference of Commissions on Uniform
State I-aw, His present cclleagues on the
Pennsylvania Commission are Judge W II
GLI ITALIANI PRONTI
, PER LA GRANDE L0TTA
Le Truppe del Generale Cadorna
non Tarderanno a Scac-
ciare I'Invasore
HOMA. 3 novembre.
Notlzie pervenute dalla fronto dl hattaglla
recano ,che con le forze splegatc da ambo
le Parti e con l'ammns'amento delle rlserve,
delle artlglierle e munlzloni, compluto dagll
ttallanl e dagll austro-tedeschl per l'lmml
nente confllto. In grande battaglla del Ta
gllamento puo' dlrsl Inlzlata e che 1 local 1
atticchl tentatl da conttngentl teutonlcl
contro le poslzlonl itallane della nuova llnea
dl d fesa nilravano ad nsslcurare vnntaggl
Btrateglcl per I'Invasore
Un dlspacclo dalla Svlzzera annunzla
eh j I tedeschl hanno trasportato un gran
numero dl uomlnl e dl cannoni nel Tren
tlno. apparentemente con 1'ldea dl fare un
colpo da dett reglone tentando dl colplre
dl flanco le truppe del generale Cadorna.
eu'Ia llnea del Tagllamcnto.
Dal puntl plu' orlentall del Trentlno
all'cdlerna llnea dl battaglla vl e' una dls
tanza dl circa settanta mlglln Un'offen
slva In auesta dlrezlone semtira -la stata
contemplata dal generale von Mnckenscn
net planl per 1'avanzata delle sue trupiie.
Jl "Olornale d'ltalla" cnnslderando la
cltuazlone del nostro fronte "grandemente
mlgllorata. dice che I'oblettlvci degll austro
tedeschl era nuello dl tngllare in due I'eser
clto itallano, ma tale obtetlKo puo' oggl
conslderarsl completamentn falllto
It perlodo plu' acuto della crlsl mllltare,
ereata dal crollo Inaspet'tato dl un punto
essenzlale della fronte dl battaglla Ita
llana, punto che era conslderato come la
chlave atrateglca della fronte Glulla, puo'
dlrsl brmal superato, Ieserclto Itallano
con ablllsslma manovra combatte per rl
organlzzarsl, dlnostrando devozlone all'ope
ra ed aV comando del capl, anlmnto da un
nrdore combattlvo reso plu' tenace dallo
ncacco patltd a dalla determlnazlone dl una
rhlnclta.
Ja guerra Itallana puo' dlrsl ha mutato
eompletamente I suol caratterl e do' lo
'dlmostra I'adunata .delle forze alleate nella
planura veneta. Kssa e' dlventata guerra
dl llnee strateglche, nelle quail due coall
clonl avversarle so apprestano a combat
tereln quel campi dl battaglla iu cul molte
voltenel corco del secoll furono fcegnatl I
destlnl dl Europa.
Ad ognl modo la ritlrata delle armate dl
Cadorna, secondo I plant da lut stabllltl, si
e' effettuata In pleno ordlne ed It grosso
dell'eserclto Itallano, In unlone a contingent!
francesl ed tnglesl trovaal saldamente
chlerato aulle llnee d.l Tagllamento pronto
alia rtscossa. 1
y Ia irrapde e dectrlva battaglla e perclo
immimnu anche nerche It comando Itallano
1 non vuol dar tempo all orde austro-te-.
4eha dl Dotersl consolldar nel terrltorlo
' secunato.
, 11 moral dell truppe Itallane e' ele
f -vatlsslmo e nel cuor dl tuttl I combattentl
rvBl la determlnazlone dl non toUerare a
; i Vwigo I'lnvasofe aul suolo Itallano,
Da ognl punto annua giungono prove
41 santo patrtottlsmo che oggl anlma tuttl
g'.l Italian1 Uomlnl dl ognl eta.' chledcrho
dl cftW Invlat'' tills fronte dl battarlln I
tnl. tarlbaldlnl hanno chteito dl mar
ciare In corpo contro l'lnvasora. prontl a
nacriricare la loro vita suil'altaro delU
rtrla.
'MJcllBf dl veteran) della presents guerra
fitroatlonegli otpedalt od Invalldl nelle loro
;kMiKono per ruornaro aui caropo ai
iu.
sM rlUxrno l X Vlttoricr tra
j4 ttt. Mweta ll
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SMITH,
NOT A POLITICIAN
KUake and Deputv Attorney Oeneral Wil
liam M. Knigest. of Ilirrl-Jlnug
In Uuii Mr Smith uas a member of the
"ongron on I'nlform l'nrce Law, and he
was chairman of that body's committee on
resolutions
I1AII ASSOCIATION Pltnt'IDHNT iVansiallons mide by Jewish scholars He
In the American Har Association, made r made o many changes that his translation
up of 10.000 men representative of the I i regarded as an Independent and original
highest order nnd traditions of tha pro- j work. Profesnor Pennlman made no allu
feson In .N'orih America. Mr. Kmlth has 1 rion to the German translations by Jewish
for j ears been prcmlnent Ho Is now preel-
dent nf tho ns-oclatlon. and ho hut. Fcrvod
from time to time on many of Ita mot
Important committees He Is, cf course, n
member of the haw Association of Phila
delphia, and he has senrd as ihalrmnn of
Its uniform law committee
Mr Smith Is recognized as one "t the
nation's gieatet lawyers, greatest not only
In knowledge of the law. but 'n devotion
tt; Its noblest and moit sacred traditions
In national politics Mr Smith was a
Democrat until ISSG when ho was a dele
gate lo the Indianapolis comentlon that
nominated Palmer and Huckner He stumped
I'CnnsylV nnl.l for them
In his earlv veirs he was a candidate on
the DemoTiitlc ticket for Councils and for
Congressman from tho Fifth l)ltrlrt. but
he never was elected and he did not become
a candidate again until he was named by
tho Town Meeting party
AN INDKPHNDIJNT DKMOCTIAT
Mr Smith continued as an Independent
Democrat In national politics after IS DC.
being loyal to tho party when he could
without being unfaithful to his own politi
cal beliefs He was for Mr Wilson when
he was first n candidate for President, but
opposed him for re-election, believing his
Administration a failure Now, of course,
he supports Mr Wilson, believing that
every citizen should support the Prcs'dent
In the prosecution of the war; that vt n
time such ns this all differences of opinion
should be put aside in muer that the whole
power of the nation may be devoted to the
fight.
Mr Smith was for nineteen years n
trustee of the University of Pennsylvania
nnd for many years a manager of Hrexel
Institute He Is now a trustee of the
Catholic University of America. Wash
ington. ,
Mr Smith was surprised when he was
asked to be the Tmvn Meeting party's can
didate for Register of Wills. Ho hesitated
to accept the nomination, but ho was per
suaded that It was his duty as a good
citizen and a friend of good government to
accept.
He does not seek the office to get rich.
If elected he w II not take ;he collateral
Inheritance tax fees, even though a tech
nical Haw In the law may make It possible
for him to do so Mr Smith Is an honest,
earnest, competent man
M TICKET 'IGNORES"
PLEDGE, BALLOT SHOWS
Four 'Row' Candidates Also
Nominees of Roosevelt's Pro
gressive Party
Distribution today of otllclal sample bal
lots brought out the fact that, In spite of
their "sacred pledges," the Republican Or
ganization candidates for county olllces on
the "fifty-fifty" ticket accepted other nomi
nations than the Republican.
State Senator Hdwln II. Vare. at the time
the Town Meeting party nomination for Dis
trict Attorney was offered to Samuel P.
Rotan, vvh won tho Republican nomination
at the primary. Issued a statement In which
he asxerted that ui agreement had been
mado between the four Republican candi
dates for eount omVf, before the primary,
not to accspt am other nomination.
The official ballot however, shows that
every one of the four Organization candi
dates did accept the nomination of a second
party In addition to the Republican nomi
nation. After the names of W. Frceland Ken
drlclt. for Receiver of Taxes; Samuel P.
Rotan, for District Attorney; James II.
Shechan for Iteg'stcr of Wills, nnd Fred
erick J Shoyer for City Treasurer, there
nre printed the names of the Republican tnd
Roosevelt Piogresslve parties.
Considerable surprise was expressed that
Mr. Rotan had permitted his name to be
printed on the official ballot as the nomi
nee of any other party than the Republican.
In his letter to Thomas F Armstrong, then
chairman of the Town Meeting party, he
verified the Vare statement that an agree
ment not to accept any other nomination
had been made by himself, Kendrlck,
Shoyer and Sheehan, and gave this as hi
reason for declining the Independent selec
tion. United States Senator Boles Penrose,
when his attentlnn was called today to this
feature, of the ballot, said:
"They will have to do lots of explaining
after all the public pledges they made to
accept no other nomination than the Re
publican '
So far as Rotan Is concerned, the senior
Senator said;
"You will have to see him about It."
The placing of both the Republican and
Roosevelt Progressive party names after
the "fifty-fifty" county canatoaies Is re
garded by the independents as a trick to
catch the eye of the voter.
The names of the "fifty-fifty" candidate
are rtt the head of the column in each In
stance. All of the Town Meeting party
candidates are also the candidates of the
uemocrauo party, giving them a- double
space on the ballot The Organization trick
also
gives the "fifty-fifty" candidates a
double space, so that their name stand out
Jut prominently on the ballot as those
or the Independent candidates.
The nomination of the Roosevelt Pro
gressive party were quietly thrown to the
fifty-fifty ticket at tha primary election by
A are worker. Follower of the South
Phl'adelph a leader control the title of that
part and saw to It that Jut enough vote
were rait for tt at the primary to- give the
Organization candidate the nomination, In
spite of all of the "pledge" that wer
being made,
Another alleged trick discovered In th
ballot I th plce the Town Meeting party
square ha In th first column. Pre-empted
parties, under th law, are given the last
place In the column, Th Town Meeting
party, however, I abov th 'VTaahlngton
party on th official ballot.
C9y commlMlonar Hrry KuwhmsI,
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
WHAT JEWS
TRANSLATIONS
What the Jewish Scholars Have Done Ignored in
Current Christian Accounts of the Work Dr.
Margolis Has Covered the Whole Field
IT IS a curious and Interesting fact that
In the boohs In common circulation deal
ing with the translation of the Bible Into
the tentacular of modern nations there
, Is virtually no reference to the work of the
Jews. Vice Provost Tennlman. of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, In nn admirable
I address on the Hnglleh versions of the
nible delivered In Houston Hall two weeks
ago made absolutely no reference to the
' work of tho Jewish scholars. Yet one
1 would naturally suppoe that the "acred
book of ancient Israel would have had the
attention of the race through which It has
, come to us and that that race would have
1 made some effort to reproduce It In the
tongues understandable of the common
I people
I As a matter of fact the Jews have made
various translations Into modern languages.
1 It was In Philadelphia that Isaac l.eeser
Issued a complete version of tho Old Testa-
, ment scriptures In Kngllsh In 1853 Kor
more than half a century this has been the
accepted vers'on used In the synagogues of
Kngland and Amerlci and wherever tho
1 Ilngllsh language Is spoken Leeser based
I his version on the King .'a-nes Illhle. hut
he used. In addition to the texts of the
i A-ilHnl k.iaH.M. 1.1m , ,fU flirman
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF A LITTLE BOY
Professor Showerman Has Pro
duced a Charming Tale of
Life on a Farm
If our childhood was spent entltrely or
In part In the country or If there still lin
gers with you delightful memories of hap
py vicntlons spent on a farm, then by all
means ynu should read "A Country Child,"
by Grant Showerman, for In the pages of
the book you will live again tn those glad
some davs, jour mind will wander back to
your own childhood, and you will sense
again nil the sounds and smells and tastes
which were peculiar to that time In your
life - Mr Showerman In IiIh book has as
sumed the character of n very small boy
on a small farm In tha Middle West a gen
eration ago. He tells his story In the short,
simple words and sentences of every Bmall
boy who Is In a breathless hurry to tell
everything he knows, relevant or othcr
w lsc.
All the small things are big events to the
little boy In a home or tho really big things
happening in the adult world about him
seem very Insignificant to the joung chron
icler He tags around at play with his big
brother, he marvels at the wonderful things
at the circus, he begins his school Int.,
and with marvelous accuracy and keenness
of observation he describes all the common
place happenings about him All the simple
joys of childhood are his and all the griefs
too. The latter at first seem big and over
whelming and terrible, but they soon melt
away and nearly always the sun Is shin
ing When Mr Showerman. who Is professor
of Latin literature nt the University of
Wisconsin, wrote his first childhood book,
"A Country Chronicle," about a year ago,
that production was acclaimed a unique de
parture In fiction The latest book Is very
similar to that In style It Is the same lit
tle boy who tells the story, only now he Is
younger than In the first book Under
lying the narrative there is n masterly por
trayal of the common-sense though nar
row philosophy of a backwoods settlement.
A rOUNTItT CHILD riy Orant Hhonerman.
New York The Century Company. 11.73.
A Boy Without a Country
There Is no writer in closer touch with
the simple homely life of the country In
America than Homer Greene, of Honesdale,
Pa , unless It be C A Stephens, of Norway
Lake, Me. Mr. Greene Is nominally a writer
of Juvenile stories, but his books are read
by the fathers and mothers in the villages
and on the farms with as much Interest
as by the boys and the girls. His latest
story, "The Flag," appearing at a time
when the spirit of patriotism Is active. Is
likely to be read In the cities with as much
Interest as In the country. The enthusiastic
admirer of It who called It "u kind of Junior
'Man Without a Country ,' " was not far
wrong.
Its hero when the ttory opens Is a school
boy who In his anger nt a trick played by
the lender of the opposing forces In a
snowball battle tramples on the flag. In
which the leader had wrapped himself to
escape attack, aand sajs outrageous things
about It The other boys. Indignant at his
conduct, will have no more to do with him,
nnd when he refuses to apologize he has
to leave the home of his rich paternal
grandfather, where he has been living, and
go to his poor maternal grandfather's home.
The flag which he had desecrated had been
presented to the school by the rich grand
father, a veteran of the Civil War. The
Btory of the boy's attack on the flag fol
low him wherever he goes. When he Is
old enough he seeks to Join the National
Guard, but is turned down on account of
the flag Incident. He finally enlist In a
Canadian regiment and goes to the war In
France He becomes a lieutenant and Is
seriously wounded, Is reconciled to his
paternal grandfather and the story ends
happily. The book is likely to enlarge Mr.
Oreene's following among both the young
and mature.
THR FI.AQ, Tly Hnmer Greene, author of
'l'lrkett'a Oap " Philadelphia: Ueorie W.
Jacobs Co. 11.29.
Native Fairy Tales
American children have been fed for so
many year on the fairy stories and the
myths and legend of the old world that
It Is about time their attention was direct
ed toward tha body of American myth.
Patient men have gathered a largo body
of Indian love and written It down, but It
ha been prepared almost exclusively by
ethnologlit Interested In tha itudy of th
primitive Americans. In order to make It
understandable by the average reader It
murt be rewritten from the literal tran
script of the Indian story teller' version
Into connected narrative. Frances Jenkins
Olcott ha undertaken this task and ha
rewritten a large mas of these Indian
miry atorlej and put them Into a book along
with other Indian atorlea rewritten by
ether author. Bhe ha grouped them In
twelve division classified according to the
month of the year, and she ha Indicated
the tribe of Indians with which each tae
originated, Th collection will be enter
taining to children, and adult who have
given no terlou thought to the native l:sr
tur of early America wilt discover that
th aborigine hid si mass of Imaginative
tale worthy, to be compared with that of
HAVE DONE FOR THE BIBLE
OF THE BIBLE
"cholars. He did not offend In this respect
more deeply than the average man who dis
cusses the subject The work of the Jews 1
mentators and historians.
The Jews however, hate taken n broader
view of the subject. In an excellent little
handbook on "The Story of niblo Transla
tions." Dr. Max I,. Mnreolls. of this cllv.
j edltor-ln-chlef of the hoard of Jewish
scholars, who hnve recently completed a
new translation of the Old Testament, re
1 views the whole field. He tells tho story
of the Septungtnt. the Vulgate, of I.uther'fl
lllble, of the early English translation!? and
I of the King James verRlon, bringing his
narrative down to the latest revision by
Christian scholars and concluding with an
account of the method! of the Jewish board
which produced the latest version. Ills
book will receive the attentlnn of the Jews
as a matter of course The Christian.
however, who would like to get a completer
account of what has been done with the Old
Testnmenf nunhl (n .-.nrl It for nntirhar.
else has the story been told so completely
nr so compactly.
The Christians ought to be particularly
interested In Doctor Margolls's chapter on
tho targum the Aramaic paraphrase of
the or'glnal Hebrew which w.ib produced
for the benefit of the Jewish people after
the Aramaic became their common
language
Tun story or ntnr.E TrtANSLATtoNs. ny
Max I, Ma refill" Philadelphia: The Jcnlah
Publication Society of America.
WOMAN'S RIGHT
TO RENUNCIATION
The Japanese Girl Is Brought Up
to Believe That She Must
Sacrifice Herself
Feminist movements have grown with
such rapidity In America during the last
decade that a portrayal of the Japanese
woman of today affords an Interesting nnd
enlightening contrast. "The Heart of O
Sono San." by 7IIzabeth Cooper, nlthough
written In the form of flct'on, gives an un
usual preentatl',n of the life of Japanese
women of the mlddlo and upper classes and
of the intlmnte homo life of thnt much
mlsunderrtood people
O Sono San, a daughter of tho Illustrious
but Impecunious clan of Tokuwara and the
leading character In the story, waa trained
from Infancy to understand that tho two
guiding principles In the life of a Japaneso
woman must be renunciation and obedlt-nce.
In babyhood she was taught to say "Sayo
nnra," good-by. to her dearest treasure:
In young girlhood to her most cherished
dreams of love and happiness, and In worn,
anhood to more than life Itself.
When told that she must marry a man of
fortune fir the good of her family, she
smothered her grief and replied to tho pro
tests of her voulhul sweetheart, "I rm h
lapanese; I must obey" Later In a fleet
ing moment of bitterness she complained, of
the cruelty of her fate, nnd she was told
"a Japanese w-iman should not sperk of
love Love Is a .Mjliiect for singing girls
and geishas " Years later happiness came
Into her life again, and her great nnd pa
thetic Joy over the b'rth of her son, her
training of his early jears and her re
nunciation of all for his go ,d, give a clear
and beautiful Insight Into the mother heart
of Japan
And then came the war. Her one happi
ness In llfo was Jeopardized, but all must
wnii'f,! t0 .the,,l:mperor Sh0 ave """
willingly, and when an officer came f till
her that the boy had died In nctlon. she wns
benumbed with sorrow, but bravely she
snia to tn messenger. "I have had tho I
..-.,.,. iu kivb my son tor nis Majesty and
for Japan
The story Is written with a deep t-uch
of sympathy and with the Intimate knowl
edge of Nippon, which the author acquired
by a ten years' Fojourn In the flr'ent In
the preface of tho b ok she says that the
law of renunciation and absolute obedience
seems hard to the woman of the West, but
nevertheless. In Japan It has "produced one
?ht 1h"W"t'r.,,J?ne"t U'pes of 'nlrod
that the world has ever known" Thirty,
one Illustrations In duo tone from original
srs-ya vaod,umrch to the att-"1
TUB HEART OF O BONO SAN llv t-h..k ...
as5.rnrNfrT.7art r"rt.k nyA ."'sags
Encyclopedia of Flag Lore
,.C"f"s.s- by "solution adopted on June
thlrf.Vn7' ?C,Creed hat th0 nae shM have
thirteen stripes, alternately red and white
ofV ?Md. f 'Ue ulth a "ar or each
m1 th!rt"n stat" With such modlfl
cations as the growth of the nation has
made necessary tho flag has remained the
same ns that first decreed. It Is consc-
nM.nnii,T f th.e Idest' lf not "' oWe.t.
national banner in the world today The
present British flag dates from 1801. the
?mif4i".l!.'r5ln 1"5Atho flf f France
from 1,34, the flag of Germany from 1870
The Chinese flag and tho flag of Japan are
much newer than tho Stars and Stripes
and all the South American flags date from
the revolutions In the early years of the
last century.
These are a few of the Interesting facts
contained In the late Rear Admiral Preble's
admirable "Origin and History of the Amer
ican Flag," which has Just been Issued in
a new edition after having been out of
print since 1890. The history was first
published in 1872 and a second and re
vised edition appeared In 1880. The pres
ent edition contains a chapter ndded by
Charles Edward Asnls, of the University
of Pennsylvania, In which tho story of the
planting of tho flag In our new possessions
beyond the seas and Its voyage across the
Atlantic with our troops preparing to fight
with the Allies In France Is briefly told
The book Is more than a history of the
American flag. Admiral Preble gathered
"Next to tlie Russian Revolution
the Biggest Event of the Wai-"
Such is one reviewer's opinion of Henri Barbusse's
great war novel
UNDER FIRE
THE STORY OF A SQUAD
Here are some othar eplnlona;
"The strtnacit and srlnmeit bosk 7ft
written abeut the war." K. Y. NA
TION.) "It Is eple In nronortlona. . . It
rednrra Mr, llrltllns'i InUllertnal re
actions to Inalinlneanr." NKv RH.
I'VdLIC.t
"t'NDnn niUV' l th greatest literary aenaatlon of recant years. Tbrea hundred
thouaand copies nave already been sold In Franr. It waa recently awarded the Ooncourt
Prln of 8000 franc' tha chief literary prlie of the world, Everyone In Franca and
England la reading and dlaeuaaln It. "I'NDEIt FIRE" la not only tha aupr.ma book of
tMt war, but on of tha auprema books of av wr, It 1 th war itialf, with (All Ita
borror and harolam and terrific human lntncane, as It unfolda itatlt day by day to
th consciousness of tbt ordinary man In tha trcnehta. And withal. It 1 th moat
trtmandous lndlctmant of war that ha ever batn panned.
BUT IT TODAT HEAD IT TELfc TOUR FMENpa ABOUT IT.
together a mass of Information about the
history of flags In general, which Ho in
cluded In his story. He produced a . Bort
of a flag cyclopedia. The value of tho
work as a book of referenco would be mucn
greater If the now publisher had Included
a comprehensive Index, but even without
the index It H bound to havo a new leaso
of life because of the renewed Interest in
the subject which It discusses
ontaiN and HiHTonv or tiii: ameiucan
n,AO. liy Ueerito Henry Treble. rear an
mlral I' R N. New edition In two volumes.
Supplemented, by Charlei Kdward ";
M,M H. Philadelphia: Nicholas V. Uronn.
17.50.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
AFTER THE WAR?
George L. Beer Forecasts 11
Closer Relation Between the
English-Speaking Nations
Men who look ahead havo been thinking
for months about the posslblo effect tho
war in which we arc now engaged In In
formal alliance with England. Trance, IMS'
I ? Italy and Japan, not to mention tn
"r lowers, win nave upon mo I.-..."""
between the two. great Lngllsh-spcaklnff
nations. There nre dreamers who lorcseo
' the UltlmatO Union Of AmCnCa Willi It
mother nation with the political capital on
this continent reached easily from Aus-"
tralla and from South Africa, while the
Ilrltlsh isles will become of less commercial
and industrial Importance than Australia.
This drenm in not within the domain of
practical politics and will not be for gen
erations ,o far as can be Judged from
preent Indications Hut it is significant
that It Is dreamed now.
What tho relations of tho two Hngllsh
spcaklng Powers are to be vslll soon be
come of great practical moment Tho war
has changed the temper of mind of Hrltlsh
statesmen They are now speaking of the
Ilrltl'h Commonwealth Instead of the Brit
ish Umpire An Imperial war cabinet has
horn created In which the premiers of tho
dominions, no longer called colonies, sit.
There Is a growing demand that In the
future the dominions be consulted In alt
great matters of foreign policy In which the
conduct of the whole group of self-governing
nations IS Involved. The old theory
that the colonies should be trained In tho
nrts of self-government ho that they might
ultimately set up for themselves as free
and Independent States has been aban
doned If there were any supporters of It
when the war began they have long since
changed their views. The war has revo
lutionized British thinking
Will it revolutionize Amerlcvn thinking
so far as that Is concerned with the attitude
nf the United States? This Is the question
to which George Louis Beer, sometime lec
turer In Kuropean history in Columbia Uni
versity, has addressed himself In nr. Im
portant book that he calls "The Ungllsh
spcaklng Peoples." Mr. Beer Is perouaded
that there ought to be closer relations
between the British Commonwealth nnd
Amerlct. and that there must be If the
German menace Is to be overcome. He says
that a mere alliance would not in Itself be
alluring. "But " he continues, "one can
dimly perceive In It (the present situation)
the vague outlines of some new, unprece
dented form of political association which,
though preserving to each part Its full
freedom, not onlv fir the defense of their
own common civilization and its Ideals, but
also In support of tho liberty of nil threat
ened by the sword of those who worship nt
the shrine of organized power."
Mr Beer's book ought to be read by
every one who has unv thing to do with the
education of pub'le f-entlment, because It is
an admirable statement of a caso that will
moro'and more occupy the ittentlon of tho
world as the ears go by.
Till: KNOI.ISir-SPnAKINfl PKOPLnS Their
future relations and joint International obll
gntlons Iiy Oeorse Louis Heer. Ntw York:
Tho Maemll'an Company SI r,0
Masqueraders, All
"The llak," by 1'lorence Irwin, is a tale
cf New York's social and business life.
Overcoming, by a stanch faith In her early
training, the wiles nnd fetters of New
York's degrading maels-trom. Into which
she Is dragged by her husband. Alteon
Terry wins him from his evil surroundings
and carries him to the very pinnacle of
popular success through n novel of her
own writing disclosing the world's universal
mask of artificiality the mask of sophisti
cation from which not one Is free Halted
In tho sheltered Innocence and love o,f a
minister's home, Alison, as the wife of
Phil Howland. whose talent for literary
work Is crushed In youth through fear of I
his father. herelf unconsciously assumes !
n, mask in meeting the various problems
of disillusionment In the world'? evil
The haven at which Alison and I'hil ulti
mately arrive, their mutual success and at
tainment of all that Alison set out to
achieve, Including the renewal of all family
ties In a sweet circle of love, reward tho
reader for being carried through a some
what bald revelation of a strangely uncon
ventional phase of life The almost Incon
gruous yoking of Phil's early latent bril
liancy with some of the lowest of moral
Instincts taxes credulity, but the natural
sequenco so smoothly portrayed by the au
thor restore3 conviction.
THE MASK. By Klorenen Irwin, with frontla
pier by Paul Stahr. lioston. Little, Uronn
i. Co. S1.4U
A Great Ghost Story
One of the best short ghost stories of
recent jears Is "The Red noom," by II. G
Wells, published In tho Chap Book In
ISSG. A. B. W. Mason, In "The House of
Tenor," ha produced n tory which Is
equal to that of Wells. There members of
tho riychlcal Research Society would bo
much more Interested In Mason's story
than In the story of Wells, for the reason
that Mrfson has hla chief character see a
ghost, talk with it, train his dog to
see It and persuade his wife that It may
be present and almost persuade a level
headed man that It is In tho houso.
Nervous persons would do well to read
It In broad daylight. Alienists and psycho
logists, however, can read it with curi
ous interest at the witching hour when
graveyards yawn. The story Is ; one of
"Tha iiprrma notel of the war.
If anr book rould kill war, tots Is that
book." LOUDON OBSERVER.)
"Tlil plrtura of war from nei pelnl
of view . make nn nnfortttlabla
" lmnr...lon.' W.V, J TlilEB.)
1917
- ALLIANCES
thirteen Included In a volume entitled
"Tho Four Corners of the World. Tne
othern aro Interesting In a different vvaj.
but they nro all unusual In plot nnd treat
ment. Lovers of detective literature will
be pleased with "Tho Affair nt tho Semlra
mls Hotel," nnd students of South Amer
ican Boclal nnd political conditions will
recognize Castro of Venezuela as tho orig
inal of the President of tho' republic of
Maldlvla In "Green Paint." Mr. Mason
is n literary artist of parts and he has
never dono better work than that Included
In this volume.
thi: rot'it cortNnrtff of tub woni.i v
A. K. V. Manon New York. Charles Scrlb
ner's Son. Jl r,n.
Boche Barbarians
If the reader of Itobert W Chambers'
latest novel, "Barbarans," finds the details
a bit too gruesome for fiction it Is perhaps
because this world war, which nftords tho
background for tho story. Is tho most grue
some tragedy history has even known, nnd
because Mr. Chambers strives for his usu,
effect of realism The depressing tendency
is relieved toward the end of the story, how
ever, by the Introduction of a charming
I'rench girl, nnd the last chapter Is rounded
out finally with the conventional, hnppy,
love-story ending.
Tha story Is concerned with the early
years of the war before America had taken
any decisive steps to determine her posi
tion or enforce her rights. Sickened by
what seemed to them at that tlmo the
Indifference of our Government, a group of
twelve men set oJt to do their bit for the
freedom of the world. They meet, most
of them for tho first time, on the decks of
a mule transport. The varloup succeeding
chapters are disconnected tales of the ad
ventures of these twelve, some single and
some In groups The barbarism and tho
brutality of the Boche are scored merciless
ly In tho story, nnd to make his typo seem
even moro black, tho beauty and charm
of the French national soul Is pet of. In
contrast.
UAHluniANP Hy Robert W Chambers,
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is full of tho intimate details of the life
of the Dutch, especially the life In the
country. How the children play and how
the ndults work, the birthday parties and
wedding feasts arc described as well as the
schools, the canals and the farms. The
book will give a lot of Information to school
children In America who read it and will
make their own geographical studies more
interesting.
WHKN I WAS A OIRt, IN' HOLLAND J1y
ornella rt-Groot. Illustrated from photo,
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The Mexican Problem
By
C. W. Barron
Author of "THE AUDACIOUS WAR"
i
War'to nnVi,X.,r,'..r.arronJwfnL ". ,:uri oon after the breaking out of th
waa th. ..!!?' ?nd Prohttl''e duration. His book. "Tho Audacious War."
peace that mn.r ,?u',tr,Y ,,et '"P". lhn "oheni-ollerii ambitions and the world
, ultimately result from their defeat,
went tS'T.mni".1"! ,u'.'. " bli,a !" Mexico seem endangered. Mr. Barron
and devoted Fhim..i ,ln"t,18 " o altuatlon Ho fonnd a larger problem
The result i.mI'kLJ,0.?..!''' "J 1" ,'iuestlon of vUiat would redeem Moxlco.
ino result i his book "Tho Mexican 1'roblcm."
,i .n'' mt" "" tro"S Poem, the clear foreword and
the illuminating introduction of Dr. Taleott Williams,
tram these you will learn history and the causes of all
wars at you never found them set forth elsewhere.
Edwin Markham, the poet, write the author as follows:
,'7 " read with interest your volume, 'The Mexican
Problem. It gives a large view of the struggles, the needs ami
the possibilities of this sister-land. It is an immense cosmic enter
prise this amalgamating into one nation a people of so many
races and tongues, a people that has never got into step with
modern progress, a people with no security of life, labor or liberty.
You have thrown light upon some of the dark problems to be
worked out by destiny; and you have given an exhilarating vision
of what Mexico could be, if rightly ordered, protected and edu
cated she took her true place in the sun.
"I agree with you that her salvation must be thru the
redemption of The Man With the Hoe' and in the practice of
the brotherhood of man. You will agree with me, I know, that
life tsnow left too much to the direction of chance and chaos.
Out of the earth comes all our sustenance, and each one should
have access to the bounty of this our common heritage. Be the
medium the gold, the whjat, the oil. still they are in the ground
and labor must turn the product into human use. And when
men finally organixe a providence in human industry as they have
in war we will discover the Golden Rule as the working princi
ple ofjife, and God will then have a working-form on earth.
"You nave done a distinguished piece of work in giving
rr '!'!, T? ! ,X,i C,!e, Up'' with- w'"h yu- at these
United States might be to Mexico as France was once to us; an
arm to lean upon and a heart to trust. Our brother-love, better
than our bayonets, can help to guide Mexico toward the march of
civilization. '
"Again my thanks for your writings"
EDWIN MARKHAM,
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novel, "Tho Heart of Her Hlghntss" J?
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likeness be found, but throughout ivf? "
traces of Mr. Barr'a work. "The H.,'
Her Highness" lacks almost wholl h?.1
nnd life that such tale rtould .fc
Lovo Is plentiful; there, la almoat s. J
of It, but tho nuthor has done her werv?'
enough to merit respectful attention if '
eager interest. It Is her own inaliu?
work that Interests the reader. lnaWlll
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