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Newspaper Page TextTTTE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, MAT 30, 1915. " 11 Miranda by Orace H. IuU. Tlustrated. J. B. Llpplncott Co., Philadelphia. I'll. Reflecting, in a measure, old Oregon when It aa a wild territory, -with memories of Marcus Whltroan, Indian massacres, and the march in of white settlers, this novel pictures American Ism, courage, and high spiritual quali ties. In style, the novel is interesting and the gripping hold so strong that It la kept up. until the end.. The Miranda is Miss Miranda Gris ' om, who, in addition to other attri butes, possesses red liair and freckles. Like good old-fashioned stories, "Mi randa" pictures our heroine from her schooldays. Her youth is- passed In New England in the early- 1830s, one of her schoolmates being .Nathan Whit ney. He is the incorrigible boy of the village school, ami the despair of his cold, flshly looking father who re sembles an icicle. Miranda is more or less under a social cloud, due to the fact that her father had run away. Nathan was reckoned to.be socially hopeless, and the only true friend he had in the. place was Miranda. One Enoch Taylor is murdered, and because Nathan Is seen by gossips coming' from the scene of the crime, carrying a Itun, suspicion - points to him as the murderer. Nathan is arrested, and at the dead of night, with snow on the round, Miranda goes to the shack which serves as the village Jal. and liberates Nathan who after kissing her, leaves for parts unknown. Nathan's father had' tried to make Miranda his third wife,' but Miranda, who loved Nathan, said "Nay." After Nathan's departure, and be lieving him to be innocent of the crime charKod. against him, Miranda con tinues as maid of all work In the family of",Mr. and Mrs. Spafford. Nathan "Whitney, Jr., is made a friend of by Miranda and she and Mr. Spaf ford attend to his comfort and educa tion. ' The time is about the year 1840; Mr. Spafford becomes interested in the newly laid railroads, and also dab bles in telegraphy. Much of the un reasoning opposition to railroads is shown. Marcus Whitman comes East, from Oregon, to . arrange for settlers and attend to mission business, and meets .. Mr. Spafford who -Invites the missionary to visit his New England home. Dr. Whitman recalls the name of Whitney, and tells his astonished friends of a trapper he knew in far-off Oregon named Whitney. Miranda is sure that her Nathan Whitney is meant, and with Dr. Whitman she sends a letter of cheer to him. Miranda dealizes that the one obstacle between her happiness and Nathan, was the conviction in the village that Nathan a murderer. How she manages to discover the real murderer and free Nathan from all blame, is a clever bit of detective work. Oregon Is shown too briefly. The "Whitman massacre is just hinted at Lack , of space devoted to Oregon. Is a pity. " The love story is a line one. The Klnr. the KaiHer and Irih f reedom, by James K. McJuire. J1.35. Tno Uevln Adall' Co., New York City. Mr. McGuire dates his book: "New Turk, March. 1915." It is stated that he received education In Syracuse, N. Y.. in a Uerman school, and that he afterward became jnayor of that city. Ho iw described as a student and writer on German history, philosophy and poetry, as well as being a firm"frlend and son of Ireland. This book is unique and peculiar. It 'Js one of the few books written by an Vrishman, favoring the cause of Ger many In the present war. The pages Are 313,. and every one is hostile and anti-English. Mr. McGuire is of tho opinion that Germany-Austria will win the present war. and Its outcome will be that Ire land will bo declared a Republic 'The British Empire, like the Roman Empire. Carthage and all world-wide dominions, must perish in the fullness .and mutability of time," insists our author. "The old myth of British su premacy passes away with the defeat of England, over-populated, and with vast numbers of her ill-fed families living in single rooms In crowded cities. Liberty for Ireland can only be won through the triumphs of Germany Austria. Then, and only then, will the Republic of Ireland be a glorious re ality, and the flag of green and gold wave on the seas and over the Emerald isle. God bless Cermany. God eave Ireland. "There remains not the least ques tion that In the second month of the year J915 a clear majority of the Amer ican people, quietly or openly, fa vors Germany against England, while . i"? Prof""iIy sorry for the state of Belgium and Prance." Two of the r"'on ,m is state of things are: The discoveries that England pois oned the German news-wells. The proof that the stories of German atroci ties are false. "There are seditions In Egypt that rnake the British hold on the Suez Canal insecure," goes on Mr. McGuire In south Africa, the rebellious Boers have united with the Germans and for if U,S mnhs have been able to hold the that the British troops in that land 1II be required to crush various In surrections, and there is little likeli hood of a very large number of Indian troops being sent to the continent. Re cruiting in r"- . . mVi ii . Y ' nong trie Irish Nationalists. Is a complete failure. Let ters from officers of the principal Irisb societies contain the interesting in formation that scarcely 500 Irish Na il?. !lavo "Iisted from that county- Similar reports are now being verified and accepted as true from Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. J? ItaIy as lttta as February, I!iK,8h?wAhat public sentiment Is fav orable to Germany, and that there is thVc'fller". W b6ln wnritZ AHles " S n the 8ide of the Thllt,J.oke on Mr- McGuire! Tills is May, 1915,-several months later, and reHity,manr f Mr' McGuire's'dire predictions have not bnen realized Jtaly has joined the British allies. The defend their country against Germany and have captured the capital of Ger man Africa. Troops from India and Canada have fought and are fighting the German army. Troops from both New Zealand and Australia are fight ing the Turks. Mr McGuire is unlucky in JiU role of prophet. If Germany does win, It is safe to guess that Ireland will not be an Irish republic, but a German province where everybody will be expected, by law. not to sneak Trth h r.- t. , ' . uouinu. n is also a fact, that Britain has granted Home -"1""" l" na, ana mat It Is held in abevanm rini-in k ,. - ' !- rvai. bo many Irishmen are fighting in the British i k wouia not oe fair to them to hold an election in Ireland until the living Irish soldiers retwn But, speech is free. x.mpiT t-oexeta. ty Rupert Hushes. $1.3.1 Illustrated. Harper & Bros.. Niw York This racy novel of swift and often dissipated, but always realistic. New York City life of today has Just been concluded as a serial In the Red Book magazine. It is just the red meat, clever, hurry up novel that appeals to the jaded tastes or a large class (unfortunately) of 1915 hardened novel readers, and now that It appears in book form,, it arm rind new admirers. . "Empty; Pocketa" js not tho pure. 'The .greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none" . C3rlye (snillBlllllBlHsllla) 113 ::::::::: :: ::::::: jfM W &kJj' : ' II" -y K , y , ::E:::::::::EEE EIIgB : E E :::::::: z$$M$$mMWM (111111811111111111) GRACE L.H.LUTZ,VlM(jr ojT'7rxr sica." safe novel lauding pleasant family Ufa that Thackeray would have written, but readers of hurry-up 1915 evidently don't want Thackeray. They want such novels as Empty Pockets." Hallard. a sensational reporter of the yellow Gazette newspaper; - "Merry Perry" Merithew, millionaire de bauchee, married man with a wife liv ing, the man who ruins several young women: Miss Muriel Schuyler, daugh ter of a multi-millionaire, pretty, self willed, and spoiled: various "bleached" beauties: New York tough gunmen: men. of the late Sanford White order; champagne running over are a few of the thoughts of the story. The plot is: Who murdered Mr. Meri thew? Several copper-haired beauties aro blamed. The Art of Vnblie Speaking, by J. Berg Knenweln and Dale Carnairey. $1.7r. The Home Correspondence tichooU Springfield, Mass. A foreign critic and visitor, after passing one year in the United States, said: "Americans do not talk distinct ly; their talk la too hurried; many of their words are clipped, and slang and foreign words enter too much into or dinary conversation." . There is room for thought and argu ment here. Public recitation on a plat form is not alone meant. Passing from ordinary conversation, who amongst us has not been called (unfortunately) to speak as a witness in a court of law and to speak suddenly at a meeting? We are not trained in such matters, and often In speaking at such events we fail to express ourselves intelli gently. Such a condition ought to be remedied. Here is a valuable book that will give much help In this direction. It is a wise teacher on public speaking and can be used with safety as a home help. Mr. Esenwein is an experienced writer on such a subject and three of his books are: "How to Attract and Hold an Au dience." "Writing the Short Play" and "Writing the Photo Play." Mr. Carna gey is instructor in public speaking. Y. M. C. A. schools. New York City, Brook lyn, N. Y.. Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del., and Baltimore, Md. The pages are 512. 1 Too long the art of public speech of persuasion, of conviction has been hedged about by rules, ridiculous rules, the most of them, because each of us has been built according to different specifications. But once show a man how to discover and how to captain the team of his life-forces mental, voli tional, emotional, physical and you have given him himself. That is pre cisely what "The Art of Public Speak ing" does. All who ever speak to those whom they hope to convince, and in fluence to action, will find so mucti dynamic force in the clear, cheery, in spiring words of this helxful book that they will feel like rivaling the power of the many effective speakers whose admirable talks are quoted as speci mens of the best modern product. Contents of the volume: Chapter I Acquiring Confidenco Be fore an Audience. Chapter II Tho Sin of Monotony. Chapter III Efficiency Through Emphasis and Subordination. Chapter IV Efficiency Through Change of Pitch. Chapter V Efficiency Through Change of Pace. Chapter VI Pause and Power. Chapter VII Effi ciency Through Inflection. Chapter VIII Concentration in relivery. Chap ter IX Force. Chapter X Feeling and Knthusiasm. Chapter XI Fluency Through Preparation. Chapter XII The Voice.. Chapter XIII Voice Charm, Chapter XIV Distinctness and Preci sion of Utterance. Chapter XV The Truth About Gesture. Chapter XVI Methods of Delivery. Chapter XVII Thought and Reserve Power. Chapter XV11I Subject and Preparation. Chap ter XIX Iufluencing by Exposition. Chapter XX Influencing by Descrip tion. Chapter XXI Influencing by Narration. Chapter XXII Influencing by Suggestion. Chapter XXIII Influ encing by Argument. Chapter XXIV Influencing by Persuasion. Chapter XXV Influencing the Crowd. Chapter XXVI Riding the Winged Horse. Chap ter XXVII Growing a Vocabulary. Chapter XXVIII Memory Training. Chapter XXIX Right Thinking and Personality. Chapter XXX After-Dinner and Other Occasional Speaking. Chapter XXXI Making Conversation Effective. The Modern Family rtijsirlan. edited by Ke-nelnn "Wlnalow, M. t. In two volumes. S.'i. inutratrd. Kevlew of Revlew Co.. Krw York City. Hero arc two volumes filled with, medical information of the right :rt, information furnished by experts who are regularly qualified practitioners. The index is well arranged and compre hensive, and eo placed that, treatment Ell SAJ'- .... ' ffi Ell for a symptom can be obtained without unnecessary loss of time. Volume on has "Eye. Ear, Nose. Throat." etc., by Dr. Winslow, and "Insanity," by Dr. Ferris. Volume two contains: "Water Supply and Purification," by William Paul Gerhard, C. C. ; "Pure Food for the Housekeeper," by S. Josephine Baker. Af. D. ; "Personal Hygiene and First Aid," by - Kenelem Winslow, M. D. : "Practical Kitchen Science," by Janet McKensie Hill, and "Exercise," by Dudley Allen Sargent. M. D. Emphatically, two handy books to have as one's servants. 1030 pages in all. Human Motives, by James Jackson Putnam, M. D. SI. Little. Brown & Co., Boston. The average man thinks of psychol ogy as being "dry" and difficult to un derstand. Here is a helpful, educative book that "the man, in the street" can read with both pleasure and profit. It is a scholarly study In the psychology and OREGON VANILLA LEAF INTERESTS BOTANISTS Many Inquiries Reach University Regarding Plant Found in Macleay Park and Also in Forests. BY ALBERT it. BWEETSER, Professor of Bontany in the University of Oregon. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, May 29. (Special.) That the In teresting vanilla leaf of Oregon is at tracting the attention of plant lovers Is evinced by the number of inquiries concerning It received by the Univers ity Herbarium. It is difficult to believe that the van illa leaf is a relative of the Oregon grape but an examination of the struc ture) of the flower reveals characteris tics which place it in the barberry family, to which the Oregon grape also belongs.' There is no true stem, but leaf and flowers all arise from a trailing under ground stem. The single leaf has a - philosophy of human conduct, based' largely on Dr. Putnam's use of the Freudian psycho-analytio method of mental diagnosis. It is a medicine help for physician, clergyman, educa tor and the home folks. 179 pages. The Breath f life, by John Burrousha 1.15. Houghton Mifflin Co.. Boston. One dozen serious, friendly essays on problems of evolution and life, simply and eloquently presented. Mr. Bur roughs is a writer of commanding tal ent and his audience Is large and ad miring. His newest book, with Its appreciation of the open and of God is sure to be widely read and com mented upon. Sundown Slim, by II. H. Mntbiba. L&5. Il lustrated. Houghton. Mifflin Co, Boston. An American novel that has tho nec essary merits of sound entertainment to make It a quick seller and success. It is a novel of the open In tho big Southwest and Sundown Slim is at first a hobo. Feuds between cowpunchers and sheepherders break, loose. Slim gets in the spotlight. A B C of Electricity, by William H. Meadow croft. Illuatrated. 50 centa Harper Bros., Now York City. A new and up-to-date edition of a favorite and tried text-book on elec tricity, one that is marked "correct" by the great Thomas A. Edison himself. Just the very article, say for a boy of 14 years who is eager to learn what the subject means. Funabont Fords, by J. J. White. The Howell Co., Chicago, 111. Forty-five pages of amusing stories about a certain make of auto. These stories are clean, well selected and can bear repeating. There's probably an ad somewhere In this bright little book, but if so it Is well hidden. The Travelling, by Jackson Boyd. 1.25. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City. A serious, excellent poetic drama in five acts. The text given is a picture of a dream world. Worthy the atten tion of college students. 255 pages. The Tamins of Zenas Henry, by Sara War Bassett. $1.23. George it. Ooraa Co.. New York City. Zenas Henry Brewster 'is a Cape Cod. Mass., weather prophet and general sea-dog. and this is his story frank, blustery, wjth a tang of the wind, brine and New England. Mary Mereland, by Marie Van Vorst. 11.35. Little, Brown St Co., Boston. Miss Moreland is a stenographer em ployed by Thomas Waughn. who la un happily married. He wants Miss More land as his affinity. Temptation. A clever novel on these lines. A Bride of the Plains, by Baroness Orczy. Si.Si. Oeorg-e H. Do ran Co., New York City. A dashing romance of love and mili tary service in Austria-Hungary. EVANGELIST IS DENOUNCED Cleveland . Clergyman Calls Billy Sunday Coward and Blasphemer. CLEVELAND. May 21. Billy Sunday was excoriated by Rev. Mr. Dan F. Bradley, pastor of Pilgrim Congrega tional Church, and chief opponent of the plan to bring the evangelist here. before 300 members of the Chamber of Commerce at their weekly luncheon. with a verbal castigation such as one minister was probably never heard to give another In Cleveland before. lt. rsraaiey propnesiea tnat "con fusion, bitterness and intellectual, moral and social tragedies. antago nizing and disrupting churches, would follow in the baseball evangelist's wake and be found at tho end of his sawdust trail. Depicting Sunday as a "preacher of hate," with a philosophy as crude as that of a ditch digger, and a coward. Bradley declared that Cleveland needs "no ignorant ruffian to come here and stir it up. His utterances were received with enthusiasm by the members. " who cheered him for some time when he had finished an hour a vigorous de nunciation of Sunday, his manner and methods. long slender leaf-stalk with three leaf lets. The flower-stalk exceeds that of the leaf and bears on Its summit a spike-like cluster of naked flowers, having neither calyx nor corolla. The drying leaves give out the fam ilier odor of vanilla, hence Its name. Mr. Bradley, formerly chemist at the Oregon Experiment Station, analysed them and found that they contained minute quantities of coumarin, which is the active principle of tonka bean, from which cheap vanilla extract is made. Vanilla plants are found in Macleay Park, Portland, and are . widely dis tributed in the moist woods of Western Oregon. The scientific name Is achlys triphylla, achlys being the Greek for mist and referring to the misty flow ers, triphylla, meaning three leaves. : -9 : Y ;' ,1 .1 .1 w s MEN WHO FIGURE IN NEWS EVENTS OF WORLD ARE CAUGHT BY CAMERA Dr. Harry Plots Isolates Bacillus of Typhus Prefatory" Note to Edward S. Van Zile's Book Written by Colonel Roosevelt Professor Paul Milyukoff Says Russia Is to Have Constantinople. f a I J. - N - :vt ; . II ; f X - I ? v - i li I r - c;;i L i : l, - - y . , t ; N : It- II 1 It - A II i !vy : 1 - J. i x3'j 11 f A?: : -. -J ill iv; : ' j l . S 111 ' ' s t " " HARRY Poltz. of Mount Sinai Hos pital. New York, is credited with a very valuable medical discovery. Though less than 25 years old, . he is said to have Isolated the bacillus of typhus and-discovered a vaccine which will act as a prophylactic against it. Dr. Hans Zinsser, the eminent bacteri ologist who Is on his way to Servia to fight the typhoid epidemic which threatens that country, was Inoculated with this vaccine before his departure. The discovery is regarded as one of the most Important contributions to medi cal science made in America. Tho Authors Club, of New York, is going to hold a sale of autographed books and manuscripts for the benefit of the sufferers, by the war, and one of its prize offerings will be a "prefatory note" written by Theodore Roosevelt for the book on "The Game of Empires," which has been written by Edward S. Van Zile. Mr. Van Zile is an old mem ber of the Authors and he Is as much interested in public questions as he is In writing fiction. Hence his book on preparedness for war which has a pe culiar timeliness and his appreciation of the fact that a note by Colonel Roosevelt on preparedness has a pecu liar value at this time. For if Colonel Roosevelt figures in the next Presiden tial campaign, and already his attitude toward various Republican candidates for the nomination is being canvassed, he will work for a National ticket which will decla're for an adequate army and navy. The Colonel's "prefa tory note" therefore should fetch the Authors a good price. Moreover, It should make "The Game of Empires' a peculiarly interesting and timely book. Mr. Van Zile .is a newspaper editor turned novelist and playwright. He has seldom strayed outside the field of fiction, but he has always had a lively interest in international questions and the discussion of the condition of the United States brought about by the great European war moved him to write his present volume. Professor Paul Milyukoff. leader of the Constitutionalist Democratic party in the Russian Duma, has been inter viewed at Petrograd and he- is quoted as saying that the allies have already disposed of Constantinople by agree ment and that it is to go to Russia at the end of the war. m m m Though the German raider Emden has been sunk, the members of her crew who escaped capture at tho time are adding from time to time to the romance of the ship. Under the leader ship of Lieutenant von Mucke a land ing psrty went ashore on Cocoa Island and when the Sydney sank the Emden Lieutenant von Mucke and his men es caped from the Island on the schooner Aysha. It was reported later that th Ayeha had mounted some Maxim guns, .that h nad captured a collier and converted her' Into a raider. But a later report said that the Aysha, with the German sailors aboard, had reached Hodelda, and later came the story that Lieutenant von Mucke and hisme-n had cruised to the Red Sea coast of Arabia, avoiding the ships of the allies, but having many perilous adventures and losing many Uvea Jules Bois, a well-known French poet and playwright, has arrived in this country to thank the American people for their generosity to the people of France and Belgium in the war crisis. He will visit the exposition at San Francisco and make a study of cattle raising in California for the French Department of Agriculture. He will deliver some lectures on the war while here. e The Maharajah of Kapurthala, one of the reigning princes of India, ar rived in New York recently, accompa nied by one of his sons and one of his wives. He chose for the journey the youngest and prettiest of his wives. But the question of pulchritude was not the only one which decided him to bring thin particular member of his harem. ' The other wives are all Hin dus and so are barred from world travel. The Maharajah has supplied many troops to Great Britain for the present war and he has a son some where at the front. . Captain Smith, of the Evelyn, has broken the record for adventure at sea. He was on two sinking ships wtlhin a month. The first was the Evelyn, of which he was commander. It went out side the safety zone and was sunk by a German mine. The captain and crew were rescued. Captain Smith started home on the Denver, which bad taken a- cargo of cotton to Germany, and in midocean the Denver sank. Captain Smith, wtih the officers and crew of the Denver, was rescued by the Me gantic. Admiral Friedrich von Inghold, ac cording to reports, from Germany, has been removed from the command of the high seas fleet of the German navy and has been succeeded by Prince Hen ry of Prussia, the Kaiser's brother. - Karl Buenz, managing director of the Hamburg-American line, wan one of those held to answer the charge of con spiracy to defraud the United States Government. Mr. Buenz .and other Hamburg-American line officials were Indicted by the Federal grand Jury as a result of investigation of charces that vessels under charter to the company , had. been used, as eupplx i)lps tor ttr j - -rltf : ' ' j r 'i man men-of-war in these and nearby waters. PRELATE GIVES HIS VIEWS Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Secular izing or Christian Charity. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 30. Cardi nal Gibbons, who, in making his first visit to this section in 12 years, during which he will confirm 1500. recently In an Interview spoke, against seculariz ing Christian charity. His views came as the result of a report of the Na tional Charities Conference, now in-session in Baltimore. He spoke of the movement as "unfortunate" and said: "If the state were to assume entire control of these charities the state could not carry them on as economical ly as they are conducted now. On the contrary, the expense would be doubled or quadrupled and they would be de prived of the beautiful religious ele ment which now dominates them." Cardinal Gibbons said the slato should foster and encourage hospitals, asylums, and such institutions as the Houses of Good Shepherd for Fallen Women and should have the right of visiting and examining institutions partly supported by its money and should be satisfied and convinced that the state puts its money where it does the most good. Co-Kds in Panic Flee Snakes. OLIVET. Mich.. Mav 21 Prxt,..,,. John Baxter's biology class at Olivet College broke up in a panic when a box containing J0 varieties of snakes was overturned. Co-eda have refused to return to tho building until all the reptiles are .-- counted for. Any Book rrrWwed on. this page caa to found at your Book store. The J. K. GILL CO. Third and Alder.