' '4',i" '!? .-rV-F'"'y " ; IV ?j!1'JtW"f y fW fW ' - n f-""Jjg!7 3 I M f-i EVENING PUBLIC' CEDaEIPHrDABECfPHIA; SATUKD&Y, MAEOH 10, 192T tLT n rrrr -. SECURITIES MHKET STEEL TRADE SEES II BON NEW LIFE ENO OF DEPRESSION Week Also Foaturod by Easier Money Rates and Large Imports of Cold Veff York. March 10. The Herald's hinelil "view of the week Bays: . ...tM.r.ncri" milso in tho securities Jrlcts, efllcr monoy rates, a large import gold movement, strength In the .,i,n exchanges and some Indications f wcVess n tho blanket conferences StSSn lb? railroad executives' organ. Stps' unions, featured a period of S than usual Interest In tho week lc!n5 imlS; of two new Issues of .,iiurv certificates of Indebtedness, Krfsatlng 5400,000,000, were over ihJerlbcd to nn amount exceeding ITOO 000,000 and were nllotcd to the Swnt of $481,000,000. On Tuesday, Ji, first installment of federal Income SS nets profit taxes fell due. Pron ations for tho payment were made without any disturbance whatever to th. financial markets. There at once followed n drop In tho fill lonnlng rate to 0 per cent within iki monev market on tho stock cx fhinze and to 5 find 5 per cent out JmV The renewal figuro held nt 7 per "it" wan estimated that Incoming gold from various European sources, includ r Great Britain, Holland and Swc Xn. would total not less than $20,000, 000 for the week. Many Industrial re ports came to hand, most of which re Arctcd th"" depression of business in 1920 as whs to bo anticipated, and some tf which wcro favorable. Increase in Unemployment ' The wns nn increase in unemploy ment In February and presumably to tote, while wage revision downward continued. The Department of Labor rrportcil a decline of 0!i per cent in -LlKk.-iln commodity nrices in Fcbru- irr and of 0 per cent in the retail cost of fond ns compaicu wiin uuuuuij, All these things were developments in the domestic situation which, however listreRsing they may have been in im mailintn effect and in sncclfio cases. formed n part of tho great readjust ment movement necessary for the ere ition of a basis for ultimate recon duction along sounu lines, a great tail has been heard of tho laying off if workmen, but not much nbout real hrdship as yet to those forced into idleness. Tills deduction may be drawn, iherefore, that n considerable portion ,f workmen hnvo retained some of the irrrual of the war period. There would seem to bo little immedi ile prospect for adjustment of the rail road problem. Few of the railroad com panies which undertook to persuade heir employes to nccept wage reduc tions were successful. This made It aeceBsary that tho matter should be re- erred to ttio itaiiroaci L.auor uoaru. Railroads Report Deficits .T.munrv operations of 143 Class 1 roads disclosed a net deficit after taxes md rents of $3,120,43." as compared iith $42,751 .35." net operating income n January a year ago. in mo cast- .m district tho decrease in net was I4D.7 per cent; in tho southern, 78.0 per cent, and in the western, 110.1 per ent. Direct wneo payments of these ailroads in 1020 amounted to $3, 110,000,000. Tn 1017 tho payroll of 'he same roads was $1,730,000,000. It is interesting to observe Hint not :ttis(niulinc thnt 300.000 men hnvo own Inid off to date, the number Is Kill larger than in 1017 by 107,000, llthoush the volume of trnfflc Is far bo on thnt of 11)17. It may wen lie mat he tltuatiou calls for a congressional nustiuation. as labor has requested, tat it would havo little bearing when j.wnt nction is so urgently needed. While tho united Stntcs ii trying to taokle its problems with encrgv nnd 'oresisht. the country is sadly hnndl- avpfu ny the impediment to lorcign ni o and real nroercss crented br the Irrman reparations snag. Allied troops tare occupied tho Ruhr district and 'Ml' the Germans lemain impassive. The world is wnltlng on tho next move. Europo Still Unsettled Word tame over tho cables on Thurs- iay that Mr. Bonnr Law, long n sup porter of Lloyd Georgo In his conlltlof. 'abinct. fnrmerlv chance lor ot trie ex- 'hfauer. bad suddenly resigned his office if lord privy seal and his leadership of the gotcrnment forces In tho House of Commons on the plea of ill-health. Ihcre huvo already been defections on She sroro of Irish reprisals, and nat irally thiB latest development gavo rlso to speculation as to the continuance. f the present ministry. Thus Europe mil nous itself in a lugtiiy unsettled note whiih cannot but react unfavor iblv on this countr. Our foreign trade figures for Fcbru iry disclosed scant improvement. Ex ports aucil nt $480',310,042 wcro (15."i,8:t 1,283 less than a year ago and 1163,420,058 less than in January. Im ports wero valued at .y!14,D2r.lH7 nalwt $208,814,733 tho previous nonth and 407.402,320 in February. IWO. The export decline In February jas moro than double the decline in January, while the decline in imports s tome $18,000,000. Indications Aro for Bettor Buy. ing in Second Quarter of Year DR. JOHNL. HANE Y'S "ENGLISH LITERATURE' The Printixtl of the Central High School Has Produced a Boole Likely to Arouse the Interest of the Reader in the Great Writers of the Language NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE WEEK I ...... 1-11 f -..... nl 4lie oi loucn an nciirnio iiiui "' " -method of his detective. ny FKL1X E. SCIIELMNO frofMsor of Rnxllsh IJtrmture In the Unhfrsltjr of I'tnnsrlrnnlA STATE OF TRADE .Tim conernt buslncbs situation con imica Irregular, according to loading ftiercantllo agencies, but Icsh pcaslmslm Phalli than last wools. Tho favorable "father nnd tho npproach of tho faster "uianu lor mcrcnanaiae lias nnmuiaieu tujlnir Tho iiutomobllo iinil the tmlld- ns trades hao becomo moro active and 'rfi filling oidern. which Is also a. Bca- Jonal development, but In cenoral the Wnipuint is atin heard that lmprove- nn n siow. uradstreet's says: The excellent eprlng weather and jenoar approach of Uaator hao brlght 1 '" Jobbing and retail trade, Tho ormer wnds about thn lKjit reports iwce the into summer of 1920, and the "ter the beat alnco the pro-Christmas Iklli f last 'car- Collections aro a wado hotter, and tho nutomobllo nnd ;ullnB nnd kindred trades liao shown ' lli and havo bought moro frooly "wateilals Trado as a wholo.Jn fact. aoout fair best reports coming from ,' nor,hern half of tho countrj' Fa- "anio w rather haa made for a great wTlc" of activity In farm work, and nV?i B ,l!"1 seeding ha,vo moved japidly "wiimard Wheat crop rcportH aro ?,r'' 'Utplto InBcct damage talk in 'hialiomn a further shrinkage In fall. "rs is indicated. .!?" glance, and taking a. bird's eye ui ii UllnR. Progress la dlBcernlblo, n, . ,'t,,al01f uch progression la halt- L! ."i"1 .Painful, proving that tlmo Is 'wmi aF "c tho world's wounds." lireH.. V ""i") "a eviuenco ot greater Ounv n ,on ln Purchasing," aays imom. 'lew ,"tho prevailing policy hanX cu crv lH ono of reducing mer i iX0 i!UockB wherever posalblo and Vun, reUln,l? cautiously In anticipating f inn Jc'.lulremcnts- T110 disinclination d?ni 'ujora to operate beyond (in- '01ato .Uld Wfll-riflllK., I im.l. unrv New York, Jfarch 10. For tho first tlmo In more than six months some of the best authorities In the fctecl trado believe that the evidence points to n turn for tho better. While, of course, the improvement thus far haB been small, theso authorities state that the Indications point to a considerable im provement In both tho domestic nnd foreign buying in the second qunrtcr of the yedr. What must be given serious consid eration is the fact that the authorities referred to wero the first to seo tho let ting up ns enrly as last August, and while their views were questioned in many quarters, it has been since dem onstratcd that their predictions on the future wcro decidedly nccuratc. Now, theso same authorities state that there arc signs of improvement, nnd it is bo llevcd they arc again absolutely correct. The authorities for these views are among tho best and most Important in the steel trade. Tucy have been iden tified with the industry In various capa cities for many years and have always made tho closest possible study of tho situntlon. They now believe that the end of the denrcsslon Is in sight, nnd beginning with the next few weeks the buving should turn upward to a notice able extent. Alrcndy there has been improvement in seasonable products, such as tin plato, wire goods and pipe nnd tubular materials. Tho demand for these articles is better than it has been in months, nnd it is stated that prices are showing n somewhat firmer tendency among tho independent makers, al though the latter arc still quoting below the levels asked by the Steel Corpora tion. Tho pig Iron mniket docs not show any improvement, according to lenders in this branch, upcrnuons genuruiiy are unchanged on tho basis of two to four days per week. Quotations arc admitted to be below costs, but tbo mnkerft nrn tnkintr orders illst the 8amo. This is due to the fact that they havo unfilled contracts at higher figures ana no lnnir no tho nvernp nrlcC On outgoing shlDtncnts exceed costs the merchant furnaces are willing to accept new busi ness. However. In some quarters it is main tained that when the high pnecu con tracts have been filled and tho prices on shipments show an avcrngo above tho cost of making Iron tho merchant fur naces will shut down. If this is cor rect it is stated that these plants will operate onlv three or four weeks unless there is a change for the better in the situation in tho meantime. A bale of steel plates was made during the last week at 1.07 cents per pound, Pittsburgh base. This is the lowest price thus fur known on nn actual traiiBncuon. ana compares wuu i" vious low point of 2 cents per pound. Tho tonnage was rather substantial in view of the present small volume of business. Most Independent makers, however, arc asking 2 to 2.10 cents per pound for plates. Steel bars are obtainable at 2 cents per pound in small quantities, but moro than one independent has declined busi ness nt that figure and is holding for a slightly higher level. Iron bars aro lower and can bo had at 2.10 cents per pound, Pittsburgh, as compared with 2.31) cents, the minimum of only n fcfw weeks ago. This drop is duo to the fact that makers wcro compelled to put their prices down in order to compete with the low levels asked for steel bars. There is some improvement in the demand for steel wire products nnd wire nails, and independent makers, arc asking 3 cents to 3.10 cents per pound, Pittsburgh. This is the senon of the year when the spring demand for uiro niul nniln makes itself felt, and 'al though the volume of new business is far below a year ago, the increase in demand is gratifying. Structural steel shapes arc being quoted at 2.10 cents per pound, Pitts burg base, by the independents. There nro signs ot some improvement in struc tural buying, and this is believed to ue due to nn increase in building activi ties which is expected during the spring. The exemption from taxes of new build ings in this city to relieve the housing situation has caused plans to be drawn for a number of new structures which should result in somo business in struc turals. He-enforcing concrete bars nlso aro showing a firmer tendency under a better demand for the Mime reason, quotations being 2 to 2.10 cents per pound, Pittsburgh. There Is no change in the scran mar ket. Tho reduction In steel mill op erations has caused n further decline In the demand, with the result that scrap dealers are finding it difficult to work off thee material on their hands. Where the sellers nro anxious to get nn order a lower range prevails, but most dealers arc showing signs of holding for better prices, Kcrro-iiiangaiiesc is still obtainable from first hands at !l)0 per ton, deliver ed, and resales hae been made as low as $88 per ton. There U practically no demand, and no signs nro visible of a change In the near future in this branch. TT WOULD be difficult to find a more - nltrnctlvo subject than the history of English literature. Ileglnnlng In the fogs and damps, the fens nnd moorlands, that abut upon the North sen In Jutland and wherever else tire learned may place tho beginnings" of the Anglo-Saxon race, Bnirnng to n scml-fnbulous king dom of rhlvnlry. presided over by the glorious but tragic King Arthur; broad ening down Into the daylight of modern times, partaking of every great event, political, social, artistic thcro is no such theme for n historian as this. And the compnny as we pass along is always of the best, now full of the joy ousness of Chaucer, that jocund mod ern of medieval times: now In the high- blooded life of thn unnplnna time of Elizabeth, precious with Lyly, grandilo quent with Mnrlowc, worldly wise with Bacon nnd heavenly wise with Shake speare. What good fellows thcro are to know, all the way along, the raro Ben Jonson, the splendid Congrcvc, porten tous Dr. Johnson, grave, perambuln tory Wordsworth, radiant, evanescent Hhollcy, KcatR dying Just ns ho Is en tering the threshold of achievement, Southey falling into the sere and yellow leaf on the lower slopes of Pnmnssus, but qulto worlh knowing while he flour ishes, uncrc is none so multiple and fascinating a subject as this, and, like tho great sea itself, none so easy to go to wreck In. THEUE arc ns many ways of writing a history of literature as there nrc paths on tho high robb from ono port to another; nnd, however they hnve been charted heretofore by tho mer chant, the trnmn. the freebooter or the pirate, the way Is still pathless, whether we traverse it do luxe and nt leisure with the latest appliances for our comfort on the way, or perilously. In little shackling pinnaces in danger of going to pieces on the dangerous reefs of fact. To leave figures which have a trick of entangling me. old keeper of books that I am, it would seem thnt there is no end of the variety of ways In which tho history ot a great literature can be written. Dr. Haney's book, before us, seems unusunlly successful In the man ner chosen nnd likely to fulfill its pur pose, which. I take it, is not only to convey such information as a young stu dent npproaching the subject for the first tlmo must hnve connectedly, but likewise to give thnt information in such n manner as to make tho subject interesting nnd thereby nttract the reader to a personal acquaintance with writers nnd poets themselves. connected story of how the spirit of tho growing ages expresses useiu in the works which It begets, ln the men which If stimulates Into expression, is something deeper nnd more difficult to convey thnn Mint. An Interesting and valuable feature of Dr. Haney's book mere sketch that it is, and it purports to bo no more lies In the skill with which he has subordinated the bare bones ot his topic to tho flesh with which ho has clothed them. There Is no place- In such a book for theories, nnd when thlnirs nro doubtful as they arc In so many Instances in this story Dr. Haney, for the most part, takes n conscrvntlve position nnd very prop erly feels under no obligation not to leave some problems unsolved. I T IS a common experience of those who sneak to students who tnkc notes that the nencils are most active when some definite fact, date or name is mentioned. They hnng poised motion less nnd unrccording on the promulga tion of the most important truth. Now. neither the stringing on one thread of the facts In the lives of successive nu thora nor the lilting of their works is the history of literature in nny real sense; nor, on the other hand, are vaporous generalities and the like. The I AM not quite so sure that I like certain little lnbcls which the author has prepared as the headings of para- frrnnnn devoted tn name of our nreat moderns. Jane Austen, "a quaint realist." Why quaint? Qunintncss is n subjective imprcssiou produced In n disparity between our preconceptions or our present surroundings nnd whnt we find. Miss Austen was not quaint to her time. And l)e Quincev Is neither the first "restless scholar" that has been nor the only "Imaginative essay ist." Of course. Dr. Haney docs not mnkc these inferences; but his young renders may remember Byron ns "the noble bard,'' not "a noblo bnrd," and mix this somewhat stilted use of the word with Druids and Welshmen nnd the like; ns they may recall chiefly thnt Shelley was "vlsionnry," Keats' a blighted life" and Mncaulay "n re markable youth." But I am captious. And perhaps education Is like phar macy : It is safest to label all bottles. A S I TUBN oTer the pages of this a- honest nnd oapnble book I cannot but wonder whnt must be the first thoughts of a bright high -school youth on ifirst opening its pages. It is so much simpler nnd clearer, so much better proportioned, so much more readable than that wooden old book of Shaw s, "English Literature." on whfch I re member to hnve firt cut the eyeteetli of my understanding. Docs our young hopeful of tho present know or appre ciate all this? or docs competition wMtli li Sntnrrlnv Ktenlni? Post make Dr. TTnner'R iirn'hlein renllv more difficult? Does this systematic teaching nbout writers In their environment nnd nbout tho books which thev wrote make rend ers of the books of which they hear? It was the "Biographia Jjitcraruv oi Coleridge, which was way over my boy ish head when I first looked Into it, thnt set me afire to literature. It was not Shaw. Except for getting nt it when you wnnt it, is knowledge shelved nnd ticketed the licit knowledge? I do not question ns knowing, but us wondering. For years hnve not yet nnswered for me these questions. Mennwhlle we have to thank Dr. Haney for nn excellent guide to a country that he knows well and has long traveled in. T7vnTTaiT T.TTr.niTimir.. nv John I, 'irnncy. Now York: Harcourt. Brace & Howe. The Nobel Prize Winner The nwnrd of tho Nobel prize for lit erature to Knut Hamsun, of Norway, brought to the attention of the Engllsh spcaklng world n novelist who hns long had a wide reputation In continental Europe. The lltcrnry public of Great Britain was as Ignorant of him ns tho American public. Indeed, 11. G. Wells baa confessed that he had never heard of him before. Hamsun, however, has been writing for thirty years. He Is Itcd the United States In the eighties, where ho worked ns n laborer, and ho came hero later and wrote a book about us which he said when ho knew more was not a fnir account. His first hook to be published hero was "Hunger," an autobiographical novel which Alfred A. Knonf broucht out last November. It has Just been sent to the prcs for mo nun time. "Urowth of tho Soil." the book which it is believed won tho Nobel prize for him, has just been pub lished by Knopf, who has made ar rangements to publish nil his books ln this country. Knopf hns Issued the book In two volumes, for which ho is asking $5, but tho price is not nre- venting Its snle. A second edition was demanded about as soon ns the first was put on sale. It would bo easy to say that It Is the greatest novel that has appeared within a year. But If all the superlatives are used un on it none will bo left for another occasion. It is enough to say that it Is one of the great novels of any language. "Growth of the Soil" might bo called tho epic of civilization, for It is the story of a simple Norwegian who goes Into the un developed state lands n long wnv from hla village, builds him a sod hut, breaks up the soil nnd begins to re clnlm It for the use of mnn. He gets him a wife and children nre born to him. He gets a cow and a horse and gonts and they Increase, nnd ns tho years pass IiIh life nnd thnt of his fam ily become moro complicated. Their minds broaden nnd the mnn and woman, inarticulate at tho beginning, begin to find words In which to express their thoughts. The story is told ns if it wcro written by the recording nngcl. sitting up nloft nnd writing down whnt the man nnd the woman did and whnt they said and whnt effect their actions bnd on the development of the lnnd on which they were settled. It Is renlism of the most artistic and subtle kind, not the renlism which sees only one side of life, but which perceives life whole and exercises a selective imagina tion in the arrangement of events. Only a great literary artist could have writ ten tho book. A Novel About Immortality The Fleming 1 1, llcvell Co. has pub lished In America Joseph Hocking 9 "The Pasxlon for Life," the third edi tion ot which has jint appeared. Mr. Hocking might be called tlTe Harold Bell Wright of England. He hna been writing for several jears and moro thnn 2,000,000 copies of his books havo been sold. He was onco a clergyman, as Wright wns. "The Passion for Life s n religious novel, in the sense that It is occupied in showing how n mnn who thought he had only a car to live satis fied himself that death did not end ,.....ii,i,r itni boqMn thnt It Is n story o( German spies in England duiing the war. Tiicro is un lniercsiiiiK " citing plot nnd two love stories nnd a proud father who disowns his son and much of the conventional material of a ltrib.nl tfnflluli novel. Allll it Is Writ- Inn tn ilin ftront. mnKS of lieoille who care no'thlng about the technlquo of llinrntiirn unrl nrn Interested only in rending about life as they know it. The wide popularity of Mr. Hocking prove that he Is ablo to iuterpret llfo for the-e people. There are no sophisticated dis cussions about Immortality In the book. It rests Its argument on the teachings of the Bllilo and on the experience of devout people nnd It shows how men nnd women in n great crisis arc drawn together by n common grief. Henry James never could hae written it, but then the people who will read it would throw down one of Mr. James' novels before they had read u chapter. Value of Prayer "Auk nnil Tteeelvo" is n tllOUEhttuI nnd suggestive study of the teaching of Jesus ln regard to prayer and Its need ln life. It is not the work or a minis ter or a theologian, but of a man whose nctlvn life wns Knent ns n soldier in tho Civil War and in government service and the latter years to his death, in 1014, in striving to help nil who were seeking nfter religious truth. In simple language which children can undcrstnnd he shows how to prny, from the cxnmplo or .lesus, nnd the certainty ot tno an swer to real prayer, with special refer ence to the moUng tho mountain by prayer. In endeavoring to cxplnin this be pictures Jesus standing in the midst of His disciples, pointing to tho Mount of OlUes. "bathed in the glory of the early morning sunlight," nnd from it taught them tho ubsolute need of faith in God when praying. He closes nn Imnrcssne book with showing the im portance of the doctrine of forgiveness while praying and the relation of prayer to bodily healing. ASK AND riKCMVE Hy Aaron Martin Crane. Boston Lothrop. Lei . Shepard Co. 2. A Cry of Fire a murder and the confession of three people to the crime. This is the bewildering problem that will befog the most astute solvers of mysterious crimes in the latest and most baffling of CAROLYN WELLS' "Fleming: Stone" Detective Stories THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE PRE-EMINEiW $3.00 AT ALL BOOKSTORES . B. LIPPINCOTT CO. DROP IN BANK CLEARINGS Local Exchanges for Week 17.9 Per Cent Below Same Week Last Year Rank clearings throughout the coun try again fell below the level of last year, during the week closed jesterday. Total exchanges of all the clearing hounos in tho United States were $7.-y2l.5-l0.221, against $0,000,028,010 this week last car, or a loss of 21.3 per cent. Local clearings wcie 17.0 per cent below the figures for the Mime period in 1020. tho aggregate being !f.'lS.-.278,-000. comp.ncd with $t00.007,0US. Details follow. ' Dcoreaae 11UI I0J0 Tet. N- Tork $3,3811. 1IS.0J1 J-l 44S.01H.IHI 4 Thlcago .. 4ll.7ao.B15 S'W.TM.OtH an. I'hlladelplilu CONWELL ON PRAYER Notable Pastor and Educator Writes Vigorously on Its Efficacy Like any production of the Itev ItiiKsell II. Conwcll. "Effective I'rnycr" is abounding In vigor. There arc many people today who say they do not believe in prayer, and there nre manv who If they do pray make lieir Nimnltcntlons and nrcentlonn hnlf- lienrtedlv nnd hnlf-shamedly. The one class havo a good chance to be converted if thev rend thla informing and inspir ing little trcntisc by the noted pastor of the Uaptlst Temple nnd the founder nnH nresldent-. of Temnlo University. The other class win oo ncaricnco. uy un tencta nnd teachinga which have arihen n..t nt Mm hrnnri nnd decn worldly nnd spiritual experiences of the venerable rlenrrmnn. who seta forth here the fruitage of more than three score nnd ten vcars of life upon thin mundane sphere. Thoso who read it to scoll may reread it to pray. Dr. Conwcll, tho mnn who mode eleven million dollars and gave, it all away to the betterment of the com munity nnd tho race, says emphat ically: "Prayer, the right hind of prnver, is answered." Ho gives convincing demonstration ot this thesis of the efficiency of prayer In tho comparatively few but graph ically written pages of this book. Ho shows also tho uses of prayer as dis covered by business men nnd men ot af fairs. It may stir faith in those with out faith: it will be serviceable to tho.se who go regularly to rliurch and to thoso who do noi uiu-uu i" "'" y llgious duties; it lias an evangel for both the oung nnd the old. Dr. Conw ell's book will doubt ess arouse n good deal of comment and dis russlou. If ho these w 11 only add o its fructlfjing value. It is, a worth wlill rawww ho his fellow citizens from one of the most notnblo and noblo of rhilndclphinns. rrrscTivr. rn.AYr.rt m rtuiii " Con- well Ntw York: Hnrpn- t. llroa. AW BOOKS General oTn l'riIVTH Kdlle'l I"' Mrr. Waldo STAntchro nonton- Houston Mifflin Co Tin- UTKTOIIY or A I.IR. Hv Hfrmnn T,"n"n-ln. New Tork' J. lj. OHM" V,? rirmilnK" one of tr mni,t riirKcrouK 111 ernrs forAlM iV "h'eli nntl-Semltlc prop nRanilla? lia" "endworeil to Injuro nn.l . I ?rcfll th .Te tlirouuhout tlio 'wJ nnm.ly. "he o callfd "Protocols of tho lo Men of Zlon ' tih: htmpatiiy or Tim rcopt.n n John 1- .Williams, lloaton. Tour Shd A 'iiram Inspired hv the policemen' Mrll.e in llonton In yeptember. I01P. rnr crrr si,ni:rs ny rhnrim Muifoni no-jineon printed from nn nddresa fleltverea before tho society by Major llunlc, FOUMfl nv CORIXNE nCKWnVEI.T JIOD- INSON. New York: Charles Scrlbner Sons. ' A arled collection, which includes tho satire pf "Tho Poetry Society Anthology and arlous tributes to Colonel nooscelt. Fiction WHAT DWID DID. rtv Helen Woodruff. New York: 1'onl A IJierlsht. A clwrmlnu nnd hlmslealtalij which shows what the "lovo let tern of tw0 bahlea, as this btory Is KUhtltlcd. did, for a couple of self.wllled cronn-ups. HlSTHIt SUB. Hy Illfanor H. Torter. Dos ton: Houchtoii Mifflin Co. Tho n.est stor by the author or Po Iv. anna." In her characteristic oln of optim um." PnOC.Y STEWAIIT. NA-IT ami.. JfOi brlello Jackson. New Yorlt: C. . Put nam's Bonn. Tells about Peltry s echool experiences. A dellchtful book for clrls In their teens. THIJ MTSTCllY Or TUB RYf'AMOrtK. riy farolyn Wells. Philadelphia: J n. I.lpplncolt Co .... Another ricinlnef James detects n arn litn MAN IN TUB DAKK llv Albert ray on Terhune. New York B. P. Dutton 4 Co. Mutery and nrtenturo amont: tho moon shiners of tho Wes, Vlronla bills. One of Mr. Terhuno'n fine eharncterlratlons of u noblo dos Is nn effcctlie part of tho story. TUB DIVINE ADVCNTUHE. flv Theodore Maynard. New York. V. A. Stokes Cn. A rellKlous story hy.e well-known l.nitllsli roet, now lecturlnc in this country It Is. howeer. moro than a rollBlous utory In a narrow sensj. and Is rich In human fcellne. plot and ncuto characterlza'lqri. TUB NAimoW HOUSE. By Ec!yn Scott. Now York: Conl k Mtcrltrht. The novel of a fleht for freedom waced by a family bounded by domestlo barriers. OUT OP THE AHl. Hy Ine7. Haynes Irwin. New York: Harcourt. llraeo A Co. An aviator, returned from 1 ranco. and a haunted house aro the factors In a mystery story of lltorary distinction. MOGKN8 AND OTHEH 6TOP.1ES. Hy Jens Potnr Jacobscn. Now York: Nicholas t. Ilrown. Short stories. Introducing to American read ers ono of tho most noted of DanUh writers. WIND AIXNO TUB WASTE. By Gladys E. Jackson. Now York Tho Century Co. A nool with a thrill on every raco. THE NOISE OK THE WORLD. Ill Adrians Hpadonl. New York: Uonl i. l.lverlnht Storv of tho HirusBio tor reaujusimeni between a husband and wife Hy the author of "Jhs Swlnir ot tho Pendulum Mrs. Richards" Anthology "Star Points" is the nnnie which Mrs. Waldo Uiehards has given to her latest antholog of modern poetry, pub lished by the Houghton, Mifflin Co. It is n collection of what she calls songs of joy, faith and promise ; that is, it's a book of poetry filled with optimism and kindliness. Among the poets rep resented arc Christopher Morlcy, Thomas A. Dalv, Charles Wharton Stork, Amory Hnre. Sara Tcasdale, John Drinkwnter. Itohert Krost. John Masefield and Kdwin Arlington Itob inson. There nre about 200 poems in the volume, written by about 100 dif ferent poets. Detective Stories "The Man in the Jury Hox," by Itohert Orr Chipperfield, published by IXobcrt M. McIJrldc & Co., is n murder .story which ends in n way to give the reader the satisfying kind of a surprise that he likes to experience when he lnys down n detective story. Those who rend "The Second lluilct"- will know what to expect. Thoso who like short detective stojies will find some to please them in II. (1. Hailcy's "Call Mr. Fortune," just from the press of 13. P. Dutton & Co. Mr. Fortune is a young Knglisli doctor who baa developed considerable skill in unraveling mjMcrics. Mr. liailey has told of how he succeeded in six different cases. He has done it with a lightness A NEW KEVEI.L, HOOK WKM Is Business Suffering for Lack of Religion? ROGER BABSON'S Jj'; Fundamentals of Prosperity shows the need of rclipion to birr, business men as well as of big business men to religion. George W. Coleman sayi: "Jnit the right tonic for a tick world." All Booksellers Only $1.00 50 1EAKS OT PL'IW.ISIIINGM A Canopic Jar A HOOK OF VKRSE BY LEONORA SPEYER In the canopic jnr of the ancient l.gptifilis wns placed the heart of the departed there to rest in the keeping of the euardlnn gods So these poems. IrHfrrant with thn memory of thoughts to deep for words, guard tho "dead dreams tlidt will not die" $2.00. Order of any bookstores or E. P. Dutton & Co.. G81 5th Av., N.Y. :i8V.:7H.oii!i Iln.tnn . 2I3..1UH. II Kans City 14H.LMi2.niU St. riuis ii7.iih:.oio H.Eranclsco lSVnoo.nno IMttsburxh 111. Mir, III I Detroit iiOHlnjai lialtlmore 07. 8U7.711 N Orleans IS.70a.Uir, I 4iin.iWi7.nns I7.it niiio.i4.aM ift.s I'M 1.11.(110 .10.5 inn r,n '.'ns :ni.4 till. nuo nun in.4 1ft'. 2111,0(1-.! 8.8 l.-.o iino wi fla.s 7S,RI.1,0.'I) 14.11 U7.3-M.11U 33.U AT THE FREE LIBRARY nooks silrted tn the Free I.lliniry. Tlilr tenth and 1xust streets, rturln the week cndlnc .March 17: Miscellaneous rrinl,ater. John "Pawns." i:aton, W. P "In llerkbhlrn I'lclds l'arls, J. T. "On tho Trail ot tho Pioneers," ....... Ouest, V. A. "Heap o' I.lvln' " Ilellner. V C. "Call of tho Hurt." Holllrtay. II, C. "Men and Hooka nnd Cities Tltdcn. W. T. "Art of Lawn Tennis." Fiction riiekliuv Anton "Tho Schoolmistress" anil other stories, l'lshcr. Dorothy Canlleld "Drlmmlni Cup " Irwin. I, If ' Out of the Air I'lilllpottH Kden "Ono Itbom ' UUInj. Lawrence "hc Who Was Helena Cass." tor.iV;, ,a wcll-detlnoil iieittB serve: let v?"! ""' revival In primary cliiin ...," 'ind oiilerlnir In mnjll lmu lu ti iu ft . .. .... ..- " . ... ih(Wa. w"em HtippiicH of goods have torvJ.?.".0 ro.'"Udernblo depletion. Cuuho depl 1. in Mlli .in..,,: "'v"1 ..i"1 uncertainties, itni nf ,1 " repruinir tlio probablo on M.ki ii a"JU"neni, ana-tlio threat I ""I alinr If....!!.... 1., i. ......... Dur0',',inueJ hesitation, moreover, ap IJIlll ,, HKwmrH 111 somo inilUNlIK Hi !ioifv,fr,ni,,lto ,ho wnlllnB attltud 'ie Hopeful nsnectH In thn itii,,iin nr "i mo m u... 1. ....1 .-..'. bhaire.r . ;""'" uouir moro ireeiy cm Pent 1, r'iml,B0.n! uaala for encourage. KHLl,Mnfff0.ru',d by tlio Indications oC a PSota&SL "p.r ? ulWln activity In ious Parts of tho country," Fewer Failures Last Week With 277 commercial failures In the United States, tills week's Insohcncy record, for tlio fourth consccutlo week, rollects moderate Improvement. Tlio number of business defaults was sixteen Uss than reported to It O. Oun & Co lust week and contrasts with SI I fail ures two weeks ago and BH as tho high point for tlio current jear, reached In thn wek of Januiuy 13 Comparison with th returns of tils period of 1920 was mill unfnorablo, thcro halng been only 124 Insolvencies at that time. Tho ih crease In number of defaults thla week, as compared with those of last week, was inainlv on tlio Tucltlc Coast, whoro a reduction of 10 failures was noted, Tho statement for the .South shows a Bllulit falllnif off, whereas there are six moro failures In the West, in the East no change appears. itnulnn ("nrnh'll Co Poems of dlunltv and Braretul "Predion an I short stlniulatlnK csas b li i Is it" lr Itnblnson, who was well known ni an er- on , city Planning and clvlo betterment. Tim Mn.s'Acn or tiibmoh 10 nmini MareJkuw.UI New York: NUholas I,. r,HiHrwrlttn 1 number of ear ajrp by .e..Si i. V wiriilnii thn hne taken on JomMMnS "? Pn"hS In the Unlit of later m?nti ... ... kn I. . 11.. 1 AHS-narul.fKW.na'fSreat iiVsTosE Aon in NoiiTiinnN simon: 1,,BIlv John It Tler. New York: Charles Hcrlimer a ij"n. f m "the rec.Tr. In the "shell hear.. f stone mSSutnenta. etc . of Northern Europe TUP ii:W AND AMKIUt'AN IPHALH Hy Till. .!' "'A w vnri Harner ft Ilros . 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NKW amcl in which the huRC, lonEr-lccced crim inal lawyer, psychologiHt I and philosopher Samuel Lyle Koca to a quiet and fashion able seaside resort and dis proves a local theory that no one except a ghost could have committed a celebrated rob bery, exorcising at the sumo time a very real "p;hobt'' threatening the happiness of u beautiful and appealing woman. A mystery story told with literary distinction. Price $2.00 Published by THE CENTURY CO. New York City THIS pro-eminence bids fair to be maintained and strengthened thfe season by the publication of the follow ing remarkable booVs: 'May fair to Moscow, Clara SherV dan'a sparkling Diary. The Narrow House, by Evelyn Scott, one of the great novels of this seneratlon. The Noise of the World, by Adrians Spadonl, author of'The Swing of the Pendulum". Jake: A Novel, by Eunice Tletjenv Red Flowers, by Francis HeCUne Snow. The Emperor Jones, Diff'rent, The Straw, by Eucene O'Neill. 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