fe7
J5
kt
uv.m?
M.
iVJabMl
mm
StlFF TASK
is -Fighting Deeper-
Against Fj-ench and
iAtnerican Forces
teitiks do (?onn work
SEJBrV
IUS
.rfi"v
Juadendorff Orders Show Dis
id??ne Among Enemy Sol-
V.y
ft "
Vtt r C. H. PERMS
i1S'i' Cnnr fu Kienlne Public Ledger
ftf'W'U' ' v V(o viv rwM co.
W.WMI tin Preneh Armlet. Oct 16
SWhllt the Allied armlp In Hie norlli
forinir the pnee and marking de
ve direction of ttif general ptove-
JJW'nMflt, the French, Amirlcin nnd other
VjvV j ,? '" ,he ''liter nml niulh of the
4L5fL' . ",i'i nlXe H ln,1' Peihnps lrs
f4slrlmbortant
K"M"ai. nut eqUHllv hard and etiual
r 'fiki .THia ! i .. ,i . ......
HJisJ?. , s. " ."ir.'''. inr enrmv uv uanv
LvjjSr'JJ, rou''il the crescent rroni llulse
iAl-vlM UUnfttlfhlplau tn ,1....... ..r..,.!.,.. . ..,.
?. .ft, ,'i . t, ...... ... , ,ip .. .,,.,, LliiiPiani . .:-
?3Tn.'Iorc'me'''8 thlthel nnd to ohtiln !-o-
'. 4i'. Kkni from uht. it uh. n f,i, (,..
It JjTO''1 '"'"t beglhsj mi effective put suit
fc'SfW Sf " onoe bp mlilfu
nS,vii4 n tefn- In n tug snuggle, for
'MVl. afrmli dite not nllniv llifli line
!"WiS.M bt0" at the center nml the de
MVkT"1. f.stnnce at Von Hutiri, 'Van
'imtSrWti?r'i- Von Mmlmv and Vnn
WaKriki arinle". nnv nlso be illefttM by
St.!w il of ''f'nlnu up tii)eirinccs
M" me armistice nues(irin Is seltled.
. It iH u ...t...... ,-..., .1 .. .. ... ...
Br.iC ir ,. -miiuui position, mr. wnne me
ISaii "', "ro "u"lttied through nn rffoit,
rww"""! inuuKiiL ni cimini? nn tin, :r.
S-ft !5?" ft,,n.llnn" In llntdlnt '"it and conn
Spr!?r1l'i1,lh. nR "' do with pre-t de- i
&FiiV?"""",";n'i l,aT n comfnn Inn ho.e
ii'ft2,ii.,,,y . Ip,a (,n snpf-oFcs that such
1 iit.ATh MMtllfca Ht SI ,,? .4 l..t -.1
Ifif tMUt .ii, iir ivcilCtlUV HIIU
sJJTIi"",l),'ett,l crda n ncrt coinirn
'vSltl f,,cl: townrd (lule hnd Jlarie.
Stera) S.illenfi rirr tn,. ni nn.i it.'
K&..?' i111" hut ? fh'' th" rinnot be en
E Pi'ST ,T1 north r nilieinont the
" ttWI iifc. T i iiii uiB utue ner rcron
V i,u ni ,'o , '" ,trlP' lr"" i retioii
iiflV ?.?? yilletrfe..e-S ir ,,n.l are near
Chf? tfthl rfnnltip.ndlnlnihh The
J1' TrTlV' tltdHna where tin. fi run enters
S Sefre Is tiecullnrh dlllle.itt. i.m M,.
w'i!l?. nm 1,0,as t,u" muxi' ,mnk of ll,e
i, &:, "'i'Kn' "' nfar Toiilll. three
if MiM? (,UUl of JI"rl''. and touchen the
pa rm?e canal nl P'f.trepnnt. ulilth ll
iSfhS" carried jenleid.iv moinlnir
i'Cvi- fUl.l.L ,: ....
sti iiq niiun mim li ulnr
ifi uriS'tif Trt rAi.J ..ii, ..i .
fPStii.ii.ia." . "le vllms;e ' description or life In tn.lt cl ni ui
llWki. .J 1!,Uer- ' "f ntthcl. w is cap- .)P of Titus, when the lion-ei stood on
A1!" h '""I'lTl prisoners , j" arch of Mm H"e Is a ll1vnge'
fJlc5hh5l,?l'.tlnf (r,',t, "fVouzlers the m)nihi on tllet nn I tuf- -utillfeht on
iMi.-M-Sltl(tls detaellllienL his hnun l I, B mmlm I he sl K rinrs
itK& mora aior. i
iJWi'J . i-"M(uuu anu ueneral I'ersh-lJ$&-
lfON:es hammer at ihc eastern pilot i
i?"Of the German relrrnt. ,.l-ill tl.a nu
urhiu ti .. , ... .
wiij1 aiahrS. "l the north pud Uemral,
B&. Hjf"'111 ana "H'auimt at the center.
iiulij 1 ..,., v. ..iu cuiiuiiiiaiiuff I
, V,W:' cranlratlon ttniJrator to a fiesh I
fiipov(!optrtent ot the Alllet) plan of cam-
vPilitn.
iJViriW OffCnpl hai nnu lirnn m.ilntiln.
fe110'' Mee mondm without ti brenk 1
m Achleemetit which k.ioh far to ac-
77iwnt rot the irreat rteiil of for-,
r hod ! in. r in i tun (i ux up crtnm
K.ai8hal FolIi will not Jet iro tin-
'
ires-
nery1
. fed wining of cnntlmiouK :rv
ifi A (hut (kri .,.! I ( .(.
fl drtm er'ce Is belne midhed for.
iu ma i mr if r uiiii: iimr iiiiuriTinrrv
, wiZr Hi 'aien -"unu iSi;i:irii
m.J t'.,. .. .... .. . .
i'ipi'isi n jms'.ipie
yWflt noi of (he rnrnn ? I ham
It.Jgohfn of his atllt formidable numbers
ffWlUl Of his MPi It? We know Hcinnil
MWfubt from thti i-ntemeilts o prlson-
.'4. Mrd mnit lattp, u f,.M.l .... ... i.n,i.
B ..a., -- ..-. ..... ...Hi... V7. ll.tr .....Lit?.
ttV& Wd, that tliTi" has been n marked fill
irft&s&i ... i,..., ,.. .. .....:
eS if !""" runner inin inni general- i
rAWIul nna ft ., ,, illttrec IJ ., ,. nnl
K.,.. -.w.. .... .....v.... .ji .,1, -iicl-iiic
b?$ we haie eildettce that einhot I
' "iii -H ' u
iSaaail. There He before me fnr Instance i.
ftVWW.t , . ......... ...
j.ieri ecrei circuiar or Hie c neral starr le-s tjirteil person1', iciimh.-.. - -won.,tbe
relation of discipline In the miple ire llltelv tn ttimpi 10 do the
!Srfrm!e ' ., n,!.,ff t Inoks e-if l.einui the
IvMkV 0n SPtmber 3 i.udeiidoifr issued In- llunclliull'in 1" nnt linmp-reil In the ne
EJtnJCtlona on th suhVct of the sen- icsslt.i of flttlPB the thotsht and the ex-
fc1?sfioie Increase of complilnli f'om the
E? &jv-lntecl of mm on lcae from the
ClrtKft'ont who produce an unfavorable lm-
vrwijireMioii o declaration., notufcilni; on
.'.;:tinth
treason and prolotillon to ills
i&ki'i,b'1,ence'' Sut1' aite, -lis the chief
fervTr;'w-s u"i, nisnonnr inn soitntr uiul ui
KjWJJjiiorallie the comnumitv and men Built;.
t f"tt i.s... luuei 'v n-t.-iij tiui.i'.iicu
li?ft'"'.? ImnbordliKtlnn In (onrnrs
ifji From
a UrcuUt Issued li the lat
iVgrt'tttnUtrr of War Genernl von Stein
mv .-
.TlllV S Il mitw.l-a lint tnuin n.,,.
.-irA.1 a-,. . .. iU-. I...,l...t ..
jMi- T"J cc c.rii men iii.lij.us ill ui-uuur-
"IsHnntlon
frfJ'On all aides," he (.ilil we witnei-a
ttjjBaea of grae Inspbordlnntlon toniid
f'isiheadi Pf ronoc, ecorty, nation
SfAomhiandants and mlltar police' The
aXarttlllence often went to the cxtint
'3i open rra'tancf,
t"rTh manurrs to be tl en pnalnst thla
.ilrifU' ere "ilsorous dlsipllpe' before
UiAt. .L..ti ... iii ., .... I
,rt .v.,.iiiit".i rui iriini ! riliil llie
.- .uL -a . ... . . I . ... ..
nrw ot mosi seie punifninent ,u
'in a coinov must tanv ball iat -
and rr8laame miiei be Bup-
br foice of arms
AUaTt 9, (leticral Ludepdnrff In-
theae incisures (inh the
at and enrraet'c action ot all the
" he ra s. 'can sae ns frnm
HJWVijifRnaer arlalna ftom'tliia eer-
atlhr lack of discipline"
,Tee aocuments are Hear eildenie,
W Ht at they pro. There are others of
ahh ohe cannot aay more than that
.how the anxleb of the arms chiefs
M the effect upon their men of the
la of an armistice
.October IS Hindenburg- Issued the
nut telearain ;
political eienta of the last few
'aie produced on the armv, and
nv nti mp nntit nr nmpprs ,,
"Impresaloh. II Is mi tlutr' to
the iioernmnt Instituted i,vitl'er. I ne siorir-in pis new oiume.
(Jetty, J approve the chief pro.
ii.
i sonnuentn in corned me in lu ipv
being now ngan Hffnncd"
ntlj the ihlef fear at th's
was timi i in nrotprfi or iirace
',iav tne errori of Hie armies
. .. . .
IBgly
(he Crown fM'nce tele
,to Jilt staflf cuniiiind rs1 "It
'Pii'usloii tn recall mv order
h'ljh ivrry oftlcer becomes re-
1 1 when he loa a podtion or
rlllwlut exprcas dliecllon his
.tancr," .
fi on October H. (he General
raphf d :
raJoinatlc negotiations with a
urm'iwuon uf the war hate
j-tTneir conclusion
ulll hi.
In proportion as we keen
In handv. maintain the
Mi ne wy,
Af'.P'i
L.. i
Herman arm. b- ibis siiiipi i.,r 'clei who dr. the talklntt They dls
;! n,. , . V. J .' i, cuss tailhg business and l' elTectt on
&2i.?. ?, ' I h " -C " ,hB enterprise, they talk about the airman
'riffled ID pnll.'c. We shall all seivlce ahd union labor and a
(Irmly to th b principle I muni f 0.1)eP HiibJrcts, and all the time
Ammem poetry
jri
MF LOWELL'S
POEMS A' PKttS;
,4 G'roHj o Splendid Pieces
of DctoriUivd Writing Fired
frith Imagination
What N ioetr ? This ci-iectlon t
forced ntionjno wild nlcki up Am Low
ell a Intent book, 'Can Orande Cnille,"
rpfltln Ih A flrt nentence nf the preface,
hrdlnnlnir "The four poemi In thl'
hook," and turn' to the flmt poem and
lendu'
Mine no the tip Hf x inhlii li Mnnin
the ImTtert rup of the u arrhMi over the
pfl fp In niret It, Ih r flit bntil of lf
Inn riilnr, nn llie wnlT, 1 h nkj H
unifkpil In rlmtilA lull th -irft l fletkeil
nlth pink ap1 whltl' llqli t fthftdonf ant
llpr (clnlllUtP (nip hap her the top
of (he Winr-i
The lltal InLllnntlon wilt he to nv
that till' N not pitetry 1ml prue. liojh In
foim and In Hiihthitte one turns
the pifces one nll rtl'-t.nu-r Hint ii'inoi"!
the whole bnnK N In prose form 'lliete
nie perons who will n Hint If Mn
Uiwell Insists thiit tllli In lineti, tl intisi
hp so Hut Ml l.nwell ilpirtiled h
the dictionaries wh th till us Hint Implry
Is ' in loinpo'ltlnli In which the litn
jti.iRc l hlplilj ln.tiiHlle and lm
missioned ' I'ntlrr this tie niittliilt t'pr-
lilc'a "S.-iMoi llesnrtlts ' itlul Ills ' rrein.il
Itiwilutlon or ItrKC Imrta nf them
hponio polthis, nml Wilt Wnlllnnn'H
thnlHodk'il pnl.iRraih,s pie phetn In
iillc (if thell I'Hildoliltllitlnii lit thtup
Oui tf-ed to tllllll. Mill imllillm liiilld he
no ih fined which no! rlijtlillilo nml
luelilcnl
o liHiih for the form of Mls l.nwell i
biiesi t.iuii.-i r.ip lemltid one or cer
tain pissTRes In tnrhle more thnn nf
ninthlnc else, foi the aie prose rHap
sodleo th'- cills them 'inh phonic
nrose. n teim Indented 111 the Pew
poet to deiiiillie nnille inniposltlon not
In M'it Mrm '1 he first one, ' Mca-blue
.-tHil lllond-ml. ' Is ihe stnr of Nelson
mi,1 1.j,n Itnmlltnn mid tn elilsodps
VartlitB with t.-ldi llnmltttln In Nnplea.
nnd succeeded In Nelson at Abouk'r
Bav, the ineetlntr of the two In Naples
tii.. iclsnrplf Inurnei home across I3u-
rope, the nrrhal In HiiRlnnd mid the
nml ,ltipn Ihri mthill.il pl es Ills life for
his countr Il Is ,t pleie nf IniHRlnathe
t.i. ttiipsnue Mrlllnir thiit wou il pe turn
cult to surpass. She Heals the openlnc
of Jrpati bv ("omnindme l'en In the
satno wa In 'nuns as Ies and thf
f.rui i.iIp twines 'the nroBieits of
this piose poini Is Intel united perlodl
. niit- ht.ilm Insertion of Utile llliaKlst
poems in etse, filcturlliR pllnves of life
In Japan In contrast with the lrillltry
ri.nfrttitniitifin of the coiiunndiiro and
i.i. o.t -,..-. nf thee I ttle poems are
.. , r ih-ir i.'lnd and the malie the
...,.,1. nhetn a work i f art, like the Inlaid.
mnstii pieces of the JaluntFe them
spHes
-n.., nl ililnr In IhP collection Is
The Uronze Horses,1 In which the iitorv
of the horses of l. Mirk 1 Is o,d It
starts In Home with u neiiuuiui tiu.c
it..... ..Ill, i,n i.tiil shining srll)S of spl
Inn K'.ritJS uf lilui. nepner-ilulii nt purple
and oianm It hip lnneii tilt four Brea
hnrsps nf Kllilm lironre hrnfjiil In ills
linmi-c fiuiilrlsn on the Ann ; n( .Sirn and
the trot slnnll forHrd nltbnut tniiilnn.
rhp linrln-s treml the ni irlilon nf Rntne
h'neulh their feet Th-lr Bnlilen fpinkt
OUIrir In th sunllkht One foot niw the
II- A ton nnd tin. will 1nnn Inm lh
lr PcriIsus like, strpplns the wlml Hul
ttip ito nnt takn the 'ip, nn '"''
nolsi-,1 treii.llnB flnmo l e thP trnJ Ale'l
nnilrla as the- trn.l the nirrnw l jml
nf l ns The npnkis nt Hie tundrUn wheels
fliah hut thr. .In not turn Tb" Mrn
likp .lu-lara ,l' the rch ! Nfrn.
ltm lnrps p.iliie nrr ttnnin, n . tmeleiiu
Inn nt mnrnlnu irlumohnnl niw ''n';r
nrs prnud lnl!ft-renl eiiliirlnjf ft'""
I.SkI. 5hurnlnir th. hnt .hist of, flnm
W pl'r elV-HCl 1 "to "th-ir Vllfn man- J
i,..,.' I, nnthliK. nien iranki nf ills
IXJ'l l-n-Vra ..lo2'; .,th 'nn for
ilt attt c nilrls Mil nlnin IFI-r-l .mii .....
nn
wnr.I without, mm lnr no t tin" WW ?,',"
lirtjsrs nod
nnD, uni hrUHh nff aionn Ilinr mu" "'
ThP poem I panoranni m .m- ";
tllrles as the horses hine seen it un
wlnillnp In Ilolne. fnlitnntlnnple am
Venice, i nnnrinia rlclv. In the cor
. wiinr nf Orient and the chin tlnl
. .., il... Venetian nepublli Those
u o.. III., ,
.. . ,..,r.oti.fn n sunrenle triumph of
i""" " -. i:.'. t., ... 1.1. . I.
the lm.lRlnatlon nnen lurnuu . uii.,..-
... ...,. ..Ill ..nt Mlllf-lM Will! tllP
(i iieFcripuon IU II.'. .r...... -.-
enrm In which Mir I.onell ha c'iicn
th Put thlR conirinuiniii i m-
nr ibo time The nnl.v rrRret is thai
... . ....1 l.i tin. av
ICSSlt.l Ot I1II111K inc ""'li.'" "" - ' -
presslon tn the piittein of metet, Jiiit
llio c-'enthil, thlch the imitators will
fijjEii Is the topic wnicn icim- i--fu
siu'i treatment and the Imislnutlon to
tni'.nnldei 1' with the approiirlalt
phi tse1-
' . ....,.,.. I.. II...U In
i IVIII l I'HI l"!!. i" ,M ,'.'t
N 5urli
, .... - - .... i ,.,
Trie Muinl li'in Coinp.ni 1 Oil
The War in Africa
Mnrcu'iiK n TniiR.i s an out-of-the-way
hi ho from a i ornei of the
wor'd war, a phase of the nntlsli ton-
, .. ..... , VflRt rriP.t
tmr-L ill .I'lin.t ,..-. ........
i run n
froni the i lew pilot nf an arim medical
ofllc r I'ra'ils Jtrift Youiik the Miliime
rotitn'ii' inmli tint Is infreshlnB In all
the pletho'a of Minlinnkn tl p'ctili c
wiu In the tton'is il t-lralice warfare
which tiinml tnkali' le't It" Impress
upon the iifipe mitlo m'nd nf the nu-tho-.
who l'dl deritihes the prnRie-s
of the column that he ne nuipnn'ed down
.!, Pmimnl nllP!l. with Its P'Oiirnfllll
hpimtifiil sie-tr-. Ms IIIISH pud
arin
...---.. . ., -, .
ii.... I., .ot. itu suns i Brnss. Ha feer
"""" "" .......' A . ...
ladfn nwanips ami ua i.e. . ... -. w
' lne to.u.ie .. ""."""""',-?,
i iiior p.niii i "r i'" ". -
the 1'itor'ois bdt aar troops d'recled
liv Smuts hae lpdrd len a until to
a "couptr without n soul," An excel
lent mail, whlih aicompmles the pho
topraphlc lllusttatlons Illuminates the
bits of strategy that are outlined In the
book.
MttCHINO i) TASOA Hi K, llrett
Ynimif New yorl.' I,, P Duttun Co.
II, VI
Potash and Perlmutter on the
War
Mnn'nKue Class has m-d his familiar
iharac'ers. Potash and Perlmutter. at
,inp nieaiu li inruusii wnii' l liy bci iuiiii
ome amuslnr and irenehant ler of
' "w
I'orrvlng Wont Win" are connected
l only by tho thread of the iw-o char-
..(... .i,... ,nitnru nf Mmmnn.uiiu ami
I ..hiniskal humor which have made Ihem
mi.ir. '
.......... i. .. .. ,.v-r wisr u. vt,ni..,.
I UluM Ni Vorki Harptr nro ii
i ..lu. . ... , ., - ...... -- r-r"
The Heart of Europe
lialn'i Adams Crain'a lnlelllgentlv dls
criminating survey of the architectural
and art treasure of that part of Kurope
devastatrd h the Hermans, which was
first published In 1916 under the title
pf the "Heart of Huron," and, reprinted
within a few months, hat appeared In a
new edition to meet tne continued tie
mard for It. Mr, Cram "deserves the
thanks nf all Ioers-of the beautiful for
ih, fympathetlc discussion of the great
lwru5,Hr,Y "' V. .. . I .
MM' .HMMM-sjil IP creat dead.
TWO NOVELS ON
WOMEN AND WAR
Mrs. Ward and Mr. Vachell
Have Treated Contrasting
Types in Masterly Manner
When the war ends there will he a
different sort of Dnalnnd. This Is cl
lent from the dally news, from the de
murs m farnamem nnd rroin tne pro-
trams of the linlllli.nl nnrlles The
nmelists, fuinitlnir their fn Ion of re
cordln the life tf the timet nie de
voting thenmelvts to eshlhlilna- the
chanftts in process of ninkliiR.
The latest hoxe's of Mia lltlltiphri
Ward and Horace Atihesley Vnchell nre
occupied with llie eftecl of i(r tin social
life Mrs Ward .wrltpt rf llie uentry
nrd Mr. Vnchell Ukrs Us ntnonir the
xlllniter Mr. Vnchell a "Thb Soul of
Susan Vellam" Is one of the most nin
Iiik wnr tales that lime pome out of IIpr
land Sunn Vcllatn ! the widow of n
carrier, wtuap ton has Inheilled lilt
fi hot s business Miisiin loes her son
Hid hopes lift will not Un to the war.
Hut llie man, meted bj his sense, df
dut, enllstR soon nrifi heioitiltip- en
piKcd to tnnrtv the parloriliuld hf the
rector. We hae the rpicllnns nt wnr
upon the Hl.iRe laborets and ilpntl Hie
mind of the pniloriualil and of the pat,
tiers widow. And. tiicldt ntillv. tr
hue I he Icfiur-slandliiK lirvtiHtj between
the Liberal rectm nnd the t'onstiinllio
niu to Irrcnli down undei a conlinnit
f.eliiiE of ihelr obllBiillons lo thilr conn
try Hut It Is Mis Vellum wlnse inornl
'tiUjrglcs hold the book tt.fclher, tfhc
Hois to church when sip- has fallh In
rellalon nnd whin affliction comes she
slais at home. There ionics news that
her son Is missing; hud she dftihlH floil
nnd U In tile depths of despair. The I
Inuhtf man had mail led his sweetheart
tihefi home oil leave and the tftla ends a
few d1vs nrter his child unit born. The i
Pens had come thai he hid becii iilnwn1
'o pines hv a shell, but the wife H kepi i
in iitnnrnnce necliiisc she is left In n
cilllcil condition hi the birth df her
child (Inn stormv nluht, however, She1
savs she hears her husband coming: 8he
sees him en'er her (oom and Roes I
through the motions of eiulitiiLltig hlln '
and tilts Mis Reliant, assured bv this
fllinprnntllMI 1 Isttutlr.t, tui nl nta lull .
f.ilth nnd goes to church the net Hun- bt llls "''"'t lr'' 'ls bioil devokd to the
dav This. In brief. Is the storv. it It I arduous lnbors of a pailv leader, In
told wl.h skill The villagers are hit-1 dudlne those of pilule mlnlstei. Ills
mm belilrs with whom we feel fhi- ... , , ,, , ,
palhj Indeed. Ml. Vachell creates it l,rh"t .ccrelai. has lonipllid a volume
filendlv and klndlv atmosphere foi lilsf selections from his nonpolltlcal wt It
characters to move In If he had writ- lugs and speeches which It would do oui
tin a book intended to coinfo.t those 0H) , .onKrt,Sbmen Rood , slu(U ThPV
bereaved hi the war he could not have , , " , ,
made a better one He writes wtll svm-I "oul'' discover the qualities of mind
patln for such as his own son nat necessai v to iie-cmlnenie In the old
killed In battle and Is honoted bv a school of Hrltlsh politics), and they mlulit
dedication of the tale to his menUiri. ,ealM somp thnw an, ione
pat" SSfrlS,.'So.' S"SSa"; M ) h,"h -Uld "e "" "
wnm.111. incaged as the secretarj of a outlook
nun IndllTeieiit to the war, succeeds In '-'ortie of the subjects which Mr. Bal
Bt.nlrlnB him to an appreclatlop of his fom i,dS ,-.cused ellhci Hi public fpcech
oom "u?funl , nieT n'f "fl! ' "' " -ulhorlt, and reason,
until his vounges son dies of lis , , crk,l8m of bwt
wound, ricelve.1 In inttle hefo.e She UergV arwln ueiatlcnce. the defense
win he assured that the man Is rcnllv or 1)i1,osn)lc llou))l cnus ,, 1P
awni.e He t Interested In mill Iiik h p10(iua!l)n of Bcllues naturalism and
nialocuc of his collection of t.i eeU ah-, lth, ,,,,,, osUushl nt..Cal te-
t null es He insists tha It Is not his ,earc, gr Wal(el yL0U am, rober(
war, tint no one consulted hlni about . ,mi. tla,tl,.n
1 aim inai innsenuemiv ne iciutnt. 10 ne
bothered with it or to penult nnv
Ot
h.s Immediate famllv over whom he his n 01 hu BerB,u s oi what Is
coilrol tn do nnv wai work His tolment n positivism or nuturallsm The
mns enter the nrni). It Is true, but lie look under it.nslderatlon leallv deserves
would have slopped them If II had been tnL, attention of serious-minded Ainw
v Mli'n his iiower He declines to allow tnt), ,ii,0 wish to understand the fotcen
his patk to he plowed up for crops lie wh'ch mold Urltlsh public pollcv
objects to nustlllfc ills jthlftlcss tetintits . . ....... ....,. ,,
that capable men can he put in their ' , )tr!"& nVmenl
paces and he is In Bi neral a positive i wrltlnus nml nine ies uml nddrissi r 1S7I)
tel-lstei In nit pfr.ir's to Inilme lilm In HUT eeilt-.l ml urrannul In Wilfrid
LO-operate with Ills fellow citizens nil i-
""i'i .urives on i nc scene nnu mpi.es ner-
se f lndlspennble She etends bet
lork from I.I. llbrnrv until hIh l man-
iiBt.'K nil Ills business and she ends bv
coming to an understanding with him
which will dpubtle-s end In bet mnrrv-
nir hlin although she had once refused
his Inr.d
rsesides being the storv of how the
"at cilsls ha awal.ene.1 the most In-'
l!IITrent the book s the epic or the
mnlern woni-in lust a- Mr. Vnchell s
hook might be lalled the epic of theold-
fTlilnned mother, nilralietli Is cthlh-
ited ns more capable ihan ahv man
with whom s. is nssociated She
l-uows (lietk nrt and llternture and'he
niiilprstnnds iiinctleril accounts and
f"inilne nml forestry and housing In
short she is a paragon x,f nil the pcifcc
t'nps and an eintnple of whnt Mrs,
Ward thinks woman ctn become . lieu
Hi" npprrlunlty Is offered to her Those
fnmlli.T- with Mrs Ward! methods will
he Inclined to believe that the heioliie
Is modeled on otnii joung woman of
whom she has learned and Is not merilv
a creature of the Imagination.
rhps (wo bonks, remi tnnetliM. will
Che one n prett good Idea ot the social
evolution that Is in progress jir. gin is kiuiiuppcu .... ... p..c. v.,.-
Vaihell's tile is charming Airs Ward's agents Adventure after adventure fol
. ..,,i,i hi-ii. i. a.pii.pa i.. u.,i, lows tacb other In iiiilck succession.
i iMii't iiniiUI I t' iirv.i i" ii ncil.il .
term. She Hikes ever.vihlm: ho strlouslv
th.it It Is difficult for hei to treat a
siihlrit with the llglilness which Is Mr.
Vnchell s peculiar gift. liut her nil-
miters will find It the most Interesting
r.ov el slip Iuib written in Recent j eais
THR Win. OH rAN TBI.I.1M IP lln,
in mii'sievnfh. II. n York: Urorge
IT l)n-in I'nmnan. II 111
i:i iivmrurs: campviiin ii. virs
yTfiirli"1' N,w "r" ","'1 M""1i
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Tho Sltiti'K nt ihn IFrtr
I fie Sianes Of llie ar
One Of the most silsiv'hg handbooks
of the wn- Is the nue prepiird In l.o-
'limp N'ofinnni ami uie-n rrank it
Is i. co'iipMat'on nf the fv s abnui Hie
polltlinl and geogrnpli'c status of all the
slates and piovlnces Hie rale nf which
' Involved In the outcomi The history
n' the frrmatloii of nelglpm Is given.
Wn are told about Alsace-Lorraine Its .
present status nnd the nrnpns-d change. ,ile farmei and his progress and Hla
Including autnnonn under Clermanv. n. poln, 0( xje. He wrote an UlunilnBt
dependrnce n a buffer state, comblna- ing Bmi critical estimate of OhLago and
Hon with Belgium and Switzerland. an-'lle attempted to exjllaln the political
ic-vmion io i-innca ann several inner ,
pans The Herman interests In the
piovlncu are set forth anil the French
Interests, and there Is a aummart of the
ecnrrmle resources and the character
of 'be population b) race and language.
What Is done for Alsace-Lorraine, la
done for Belgium rtchlesivlg.ffolstelp,
Finland, the liable provinces, the
I kralne, the Czeeho-Slovnk territories,
Rumania, Albania, Asia Minor and all
the other territories the status of which
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sible conveniently to get the Informa
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'Ma Invaluable Volume
T,J?d"rfTAiiKK'? ifnt,,B l.wai' " l'tirp
fttoadtril nnd. Ulenn Frank .Nmv y0rk:
The Cfnmrl I'ompanj, fj.SO
i
Colonel House
Arthur I low den Hinllh a reporter on
the -New York F.ierliig I'ns' thlhka
that colonel House Is one of Mij great
eit men America has produced and has
written a book about him which he culls
'The Heal Colonel House." There Is po
doubt that the Texas politician Is a mun
of unusual gifts, but ah Impartial nnd !
unprejudiced onsen e.- will conclude thai
Mr. .Smith has come a long Wa from
describing the real man. Yet his book
la worth while because It contains
mass of Intimate Information which will
help the discriminating render lo under.
stand the President's confidential ad-
laer,
m; pRomrnDsoME -ENmf-:wmn
i mzLKmmm&tjm .
mL - r mmm i
i itaaaaaaaaaHrltaaaitB' tR
AnJY LOWEtr.
Vtillior of "Can Grande's Castle"
Mind of a British Statesman
Anierlinii politics dots not often
piodure such a mitn as Allhui .lames
Balfour, if it piodticcs one at all Mt.
tlalfout Is a iian of manv Itilricst. be
sides politics, allhoiiRh the Rtcalei iait
i Siitmo lit i.m mi. II rnnirl Pssmnii wnlllil
l.rilr, ti. tfr, In Hi- pm plntiMlltnu lr. lpnrn
,wr,
tih imrtnlt.
,
urn
I) irdn Cniiitmnx
J.' .VI
-
QporK(t Gibbs's LatCSt SuCCCSS
"""'B"- "
The Inventive powoih of (IcoIku nibb
seem to be inehatistlble He has used
them to good effect once more In a
thrllllnuc adventuic tale cf mvslerv of-
fered for the relaxation of statesmen
and the tired husluess inan His new
book Is cfllleu i ne lionu-u num.... ..
tale of a vounu American soldier, vvjio
eciped Into swltzennrio irom "-"-"-'
man prison emu. ...... "'"'", i""
wiihln twehlj-four hours the head ot
the powerful aecret society of the -Nemj
with funds amounting to Ii.UuO.UuO se-
creted In a vault.
There ate ijeiinan seoiet seivicc
agents IP the soclet.v who want to get
possession rf Hie !iione. The voutig
American, assisted bv a llusslnn prin
. pss who had been the secretnrv to Ills
predecessor As head of the soclctv, ut-i
temnt lo nrotecl It, nut ine i.eriiiuiio
get pnsstsslon of the money. This
hafinens calls In the tale The rest of
the bcol. is the storj of the. efforts
made to ncOver the treasure I ne
money Is taken Info lletniailv and the
...... -
midnight Hdes, the stormlpgof barrlcad-
ed bouses, tne niumiiit ni wi-uim.. B..-
rals, tightH wllh pistols in the dark, a
flnnl rescue of the girl and nn escape
back into Switzerland again, with 10-
mnnce crowning the whole.
1 'krU'MlPllton" &or""laob'-
,N' r ' ii'i'ieiun
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The Valley of Democracy
The admliable ferles of hi tides whlijh
Meredith .Nicholson contilbuted tOSdilb-
ner.B Mpg,,xne last aummtr under the
title of 'The Valle) of nemociacj," has
been nl.llslied In a book bearing the
same title
Mi. .Nicholson set out 'to Interpret
the gieat Mississippi Vallev to the rest
of the uiuntiv. He wrote of the "folio
slncss" of th" folks, w hili Is lirobabl)
their most dlstligulshlng trait tne
,n.Jt,,a r.r il.iiinruip. . lln discussed
i.mn.r of the middle west and Its
spirit,
The articles, which wele entertaining
and Inatruitive as they appeared In the
magazine, seem even more Important
between the covers of a book. We
need more of this sort of thing that
inav be Interpreted to ourselves
TUB VAI.I.Kl HP DKMOCRtU'T. ' I!v Merc-
dllh Miti.ilto
lion "New lursi inarics
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hirioner a hi
Ridgwell CullunVt
new story
of tht Yukon
Itldrwell CullUin author of
thh way or tHKurnoxa:1
voted by the soldiers Jn France
to be among the four most popu
lar living authors has pro
duced In his new book u strongly
written story of mystery and
adventure
The Triumph
of John Kan
Illustrated Ih Cater M
Etery botkttllrr hat II.
1
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HJkUaf(tt1M t 'tfcil il lllii
k
General Foch at the Manic
The liatt'o of the Alarne nfler foui
lens still icnialiis surrounded with a'
certain nivstfeiv and vagueness which
to those convinced or the woild inlssloti
of dembciilcv savois of divine luierven- '
Hotl And (litit Ingtiimss ptevnlls rvin
In the flee Of a i-htohologlcal narrative I
of the adlnltleilh miu-iiindp episodes
whifh IMI lip lo that s!i iteglcil m.istei-
piece; thai great ane-tlng Rtroku vhlili
luiilitl tin. Invadei luck from the verv ,
gates of MiR
KVpu one of the I'ipihIi gtnprals who
went through Hip filinue of the Maim,
contributed In sonic special genius, to
tho brilliant vlilon, the peisotial ipn
tilbutloh Of (Jeneial rerdln.ind Coih,
now KcneraMsslnio f Hie Allied ainiles.
In the tenis or one of his fellow nfjlccis.
as Ihc 'lalculateU tenacllv " It will
be tecalled (hat It was I'uch who com
manded the Ninth Trench Arnlv, as
sembled bv Hernial .loffle during the
heartbi caking reheat to the unlions'of
I'm Is .is a nservi aunt foi the puippsi.
or regaining tin inlilnllle alid repelling
the invader The appointment of Koib
though hot Inphazanl was vet a lupin
one
A desclple r the offensive. Cucli
wished foi nntliliig betlet than lo tians-
ale Into nchleiciiient on the hitlleflenl
the stiategv wlili-h he had lauglu llie
voutlger i'leiiih oilktrs In the cl.nsioom
I rom his position icstliig on the mrishm
or halnt Honil In the I'h.imp igne, he
sent foi th the older which sent Hie
Ninth Aimv happll.v io the offensive
The situation is excellent," he wrote
"I commatiil thiU the offensive shall
again be vlgoiouslv pibsecuted" No
wonder, then, at Hie confidence. w!,i
whli h ho Insplied his men.
Poena tote at the Maine must not be
supposed Ih Itselr to comprise all that
Is wot Ih vvhllo In l.ucn Mclizless Hans
.allon fiom "J.es Matals He Hilnt Oond"
alid presented with the mote tlmeii
He of llenel.il Foil, at (,L. Maine"
hi the ihionologleal na,ratlve of emits
elding up lo Hie gl.ll rilre.it ,,r
I iini-ii generals, notublv ul0 eool-ills.
positioned Humbeit, i.imio be , ro,
into the liackgioiind inrown
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