Till SUNDAY OREGON IAN, POKTLANDy MAY 16. 1920
GOSPEL EXEMPLIFIED IN LIFE IS ABSOLUTELY INVULNERABLE
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Religion Shows Practical Utility in Affairs of Government and Business Happiness of Individual Confirmed and Increased by Sanctifying Influence.
Sermon br Rev. H. H. Griffis. First
Christian church.
Text: "If a man willeth to do his will,
lie shall know or the teaching, whether It
Is of God, or whether 1 speak of myself."
John vll:17.
THERE are two general ways of
looking at religion. One is to
look at it as a system of doc
trine; the other is to look at it as a
programme of duty. Jesus in our text
is discussing the second way. He is
urging men and women to try the
gospel and promises that a fair trial
of the thins will disclose Its truth. In
other words, Jesus is making an ap
peal to human experience: "If any
roan willeth to do his will, he shall
know of the teaching, whether it is
of God, or whether I speak of my
self." Now all this is in striking accord
with the modern trend of thought. If
I were asked to point put the dis
tinguishing characteristic of present
day religion, I would name this in
creased emphasis on the importance
of religious experience. Our foremost
thinkers along this lino are losing
sight of theories and doctrines and
speculations and traditions and are
coming more and more to see that the
whole question must rest upon the
power of Christianity to cleans and
sweeten and redeem human life.
The dogma of the virgin birth Is
beautiful, but what does it mean to
me that Christ was born in Bethlehem
of a virgin unless he be born in my
own soul to lift me into a higher and
truer life? -
The story of the resurrection is sub
lime, but what does it mean to me that
Christ was raided from the tomb of
5seph unless he has the power to
raise me from the death of sin and
- torrow?
The narrative of the miraculous
feeding of the 6000 is overawing,
but what does it mean to me that
Josus ministered to the hungry multi
tude unless he can feed the famished
affections of men and women today?
The record of the descent of the
Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost
.is thrilling, but what does it mean to
me that the 12 apostles were baptized
by the Holy Spirit unless the gospel
which they preached can cause the
spirit of God, which is the spirit of i
Justice and mercy, to permeate the
Institutions of modern soeietx?
I plead today for an experimental
religion. I would submit the problem
of our faith to the test of experience.
I . would get away from books and
ceremonies and ecclesiastics and come
down to the facts of every-day life.
In short, I would speak to you about
religion, not as a tradition or a theory,
but as a utility. Has the gospel of
our Christ any utilitarian value in the
modern world? If it has not, then let
us discard It. But it it has, then
what? Let us see.
Religion Useful In Government.
In the first place, consider the realm
of human government. Is religion a
utility in political growth and prog
ress? In answer to that question let
me ask another: Could you as person
informed about world conditions be
persuaded to make your residence un
der any government today whose sub
jects have not come in contact with
the gospel of. Jesus Christ? I imagine
some one says: ''1 wouldn't object to
living in China, if I were a Chinaman."
Now isn't that a wise reflection? I
suppose that you wouldn't object to
living in a stable, either, if you were
a horse. The trouble with your argu
ment, my friend, is that it is no argu
ment at all. I am not addressng you as
an American or a European, or a
Chinaman, but as a person who has a
mind of his own and is capable of
giving a reason for his political pref
erences, and if you have not such a
mind, but trust simply to racial in
stincts, then you had better get off
the map altogether.
"What I wish to say here is that to
the reasonable Intelligence, that gov
ernment best fulfills its functions and
is the best government whose citi
zens are, in a measure at least, under
the sway of the Christian religion.
And this fact is confirmed not only
by observation, but also by political
science. For notice, we have long ago
in our national history decided that
the true government is the govern
ment by the people and consequently
that the government can never n
above the people. This being true,
how imperative it is that these citizen-rulers
should become thoroughly
acquainted with the principles of
righteousness as they are represented
in Jesus Christ! The denial of God
and his universe of truth may be' all
right for those who live in absolute
monarchy and have no interest in gov
ernmental affairs, but it can never
serve the purposes of those who be
lieve in government by the people and
in the reign of righteous law. Little
wonder, then, that Gibbon, arch-infidel
that he was. went regularly to church
because be felt that he should indorse
an institution whose Influence made
for order and good government. Gib
bon might have. been an infidel, yet
be confessed that religion was a great
politicab utility.
The imperfections of our govern
ment today have their root not in the
limitations of our laws or law-makers
or political machinery, but in the un
godliness and immorality of our citi
zenship. How may we expect our rep
representatives to be saints in Salem
or in Washington when so many of
their constituents are devils in Port
land? O you fellows that are con
stantly harping about the corruption
in our legislatures and in our con
gress, what are you doing in your own
lives to support the cause of truth and
Righteousness and contribute to the
world's betterment the influence of an
upright example? We may as soon
expect hell to rise and sing the dox
ology as to expect' an honest govern
ment to issue from an ungodly citizen
ship. I repeat It: .Religion is a great
political utility.
Honesty Induced la Business.
Come with me now to -the realm of
business and 1st us see what religion
has to do with the affairs of the
marketplace. We go first to the bank
and if we are so fortunate as to have
some extra currency we deposit it
with the banker whom we trust with
our funds because we trust his
honesty and integrity. We then go
to the grocery store and there we
are waited upon by a clerk by whom
we are most favorably impressed by
reason of .his courtesy and prompti
tude. We go next to'lhe drugstore
and there we come in contact with a
man who has succeeded in commercial
life because of his temperance and
sobriety. We go next to the great
department store and there: we meet
with a man who has been raised to
the office of general manager be
cause of his diligence and constancy.
And then if we had time we would
visit the great manufacturing and
wholesale enterprises of the com
mercial world where we would find
scores and scores of trusted employes
and men of honor and Influence who
owe their success In business life
not .simply to their moral intelli
gence,butalso to their moral Integrity.
Indeed, the very foundation of trade
and commerce is moral character and
you will notice that today the ma
jority of the disturbances and failures
in business affairs come as the results
of some betrayal of trust, some lack
of self-control, some dereliction of
duty.
Now what meaning has an $hls for
religion.' snail i say mat men suc
ceed in business because they are
religious and fail because they are
irreligious? No, I shall go deeper
than that and say that back of all
business, because back of all morality
which furnishes the controlling prin
ciples of business is that faith in God
and ,in his universe of truth which
leads men to appreciate the impor
tance of those qualities called hon
esty, courtesy, temperance, diligence
and veracity. It is true that as a
class our business men are not in
clined to be very religious and this,
perhaps, helps to explain also the no
torious fact that 90 per cent of men
in business fail. But granting that
these men are indifferent to the
claims of religion, let me ask: Where
would the moral principles that sup
port the kingdom of commerce come
from if religion were banished from
the lives of men and women? What
sustains these principles and what
gives them meaning and purpose?
And even If you business men do
not think that you yourselves need
religion, what do you think about the
fellow who owes y oti a big grocery
bill, or a big meat bill, or a big furni
ture bill? Don't you think that he
needs a little of that religion which
would give him a conscience about re
pudiating his honest debts? Ah. ray
friend, you know as well as I do that
a business career is impossible with
out the uplifting influence of re
ligious sentiment and that therefore
religion is a. great business utility.
Stability of Home Helped.
But come with me now Into the
home and let us see what religion has
to do with the affairs of the domestic
circle. A man and a woman decide to
accept each other for. life and for
death, for better and for worse, and
realizing the sanctity of such a union
they call upon God to witness and
solemnize its consummation, and un
der the guidance of his principles they
start out upon the tempestous sea of
matrimony. By and by the ship takes
on a new passenger, and with the
coming of the little one comes the
grave responsibility of training a hu
man soul and fitting it for the duties
of life, and thus again, as in the be
ginning, there is the consciousness of
need of help from above, for we have
long since, learned that it takes a God
to rear a child and make it a man.
And as the little one advances from
infancy to childhood and from child
hood to youth and from vouth to ma
turity, the parents' need of divine as
sistance becomes more and more evi
dent.
Of course .this need Is not felt by
all parents, for some fathers and
mothers give more attention to their
horses and their automobiles, their
fields and their factories, their hogs
and their dogs, than they do to their
own offspring. But this does not
gainsay the fact that parents need the
co-operation of the forces of right
eousness in the training of their boys
and their girls. .
And then to that household comes
days of adversity when the cords of
love are strained almost to the break
ing point. The father loses his tem
per, the mother becomes discouraged,
the children grow Indifferent, and
again there arises a serious need of
help from above the need of some
spiritual force that shall restofe af
fection and confidence to the family
circlet Or perhaps God calls for one
of the members of that household and
sends an angel to bring It to hlra and
then there is need of a voice in that
family group to tell sorrowing hearts
of a great beyond and that in reality
There Is no death! The stars so down
To rise upon some fairer shore.
And bright In heaven's jeweled crowa
They shins forevermore.
Tes, from the cradle to the casket.
from the marriage altar to the grave,
there ais need In that home of the
sanctitying influence 01 taitn in tioa
and in his son. Jesus Christ. A man
never undertook a more foolhardy job
in his life than to build a home with
out the help of true religion. He may
succeed in a way, but 93 chances to
one he will utterly fail, for human
experience has proved that religion is
an indispensable domestic utility.
Happiness Rendered Seesre.
Finally, let us leave the various re
lationshlps of society and consider the
bearing of religion upon 'the happi
ness of the individual. I know that
it is principally through the medium
of the individual that religion affects
the social organism In ways already
noted, and yet to my mind there is
always something grand and inspir
ing in looking at a man apart from
his social relationships. For a man
is the biggest thing in Old's uni
verse. I would rather be a man than
the Pacific ocean.
But what makes man great? Is It
bis power of locomotion? That is
splendid, but he makes a poor run
ning mate for the swift-footed deer.
Is it his power of sight? That is
keen, but the cunning old cat can see
in the darkness. Is it his power of
hearing? That is good, but the vig
ilant dog can hear what his master
only feels. Is it his power of levita-
tion? That Is important, nut tne
faithful horse can lift and carry the
lifter.
In what. then, does man's essential
greatness consist? I answer-' Not so
much in the powers of his body as in
the power of his soul. His Intellect
enables him to discover the truth, his
conscience enables him to discern the
right and the wrong, while his will
guided by the truth enables him to do
the right and reject the wrong. And
these powers of mind and heart make
man truly great. But does he need
no system of culture for these higher
faculties? Must he cleanse his bodyJ
exercise nis musciest, nouns-n ma
blood, while he may leave his soul to
itself as a sort of machine of perpet
ual motion?
And then has he no need of the
conviction that ours is a universe of
truth and that be should get into
harmony with this truth that he may
be Justified from sin, comforted in
sorrow and redeemed in death? In
short, has this being whose chief
glory Is his immortal soul no need of
the soul-saving influence of the gos
pel of Jesus Crist? Oh. friends, be
lieve me when I tell you there is no
other agency in the whole wide world
that will do half as much for a man
as the agency of true religion. It
makes him honest and true" and kind
and sympathetic and. more than all
it gets htm in tune with God. It puts
him into proper relations with the
world about him and with the world
above him and with the world w.ithin
him. It is a great soul utility.
I'tilUv Affords Proof.
But now, having considered the
proofs of the utility of religion, let
us venture a step farther and consider
this utility as a proof. We have seen
that religious faith is a utility in gov
ernment. In business, in the home, and
in individual happiness. Now what
does the fact of this utility mean?.
Grant that religion Is useful in polit
ical life, in commercial life, in domes
tic life, and in the life of the indi
vidual, and what else must you grant?
Many men are wiling to admit this
much, but here they stop. .
Wherefore I wish to lay down this
fundamental and far-reaching propo
sition: Nothing in all the universe
which men continuously - and under
the most varied circumstances pro
nounce useful can be unreal. In all
your thinking you cannot conceive of
single thing universally declared
useful which is not real. Consequent
ly, if religion Is a utility, it must be
also a reality.
And was not this the thought in
Jesus' mind when he said: "If any
man willeth to do his will, he shall
know of the teaching, whether It is
of God, or whether I speak simply of
myself?" Jesus assumed that a doc
trine vindicated by experience must
be true and therefore from God. For
it is self-evident that to admit that a
thing is useful and yet to deny its
reality is to assert the utility of a
superstition, and this puts you in the
unscientific attitude of indorsing an
illusion. Indeed, it puts you out of
harmony with the spirit of modern
civilization, for the one great effort
of civilization has been to get rid
of Illusions and superstitions.
Continually our scientists are ex
posing false ideas about natural laws
and forces, for they realize that su
perstitions never help but only hin
der the ongoing of humanity. Our
political economists are trying to ar
rive at correct views about the tariff
and the trusts, for they know full
well that truth and not error is the
thing needed to conserve the wealth
of the nation. Our sensible business
men strive to build their enterprises
on facts and figures, for they under
stand that the illusions of the board
of trade are not designed to do any
man any permanent good.
And 60 it is in every sphere of mod
ern thought that men and women
have been demonstrating the utility
of the real and especially the futility
of the unreal. When, therefore, a
man concedes the utility of religion
and yet rejects its reality, he simply
places himself in open opposition to
the best thinking of our age. On the
other hand, when Jesus asked his
hearers to submit bis gospel to the
test of experience, he did so on the
basis of a scientific principle which,
the best thought of this twentieth
century has only approved and con
firmed. My friend, you cannot pet away
from the reality of the religion oC
Jesus Christ. It Is the reality of that'
which is useful. It is the reality of
the fire which warms the body. It
is the reality of the bread which sat
isfies hunger. It is the reality of
the atmosphere which feeds the lungs'."
It is the reality of the sun which
calls forth the seed to beauty and
to blossom. And when men are ready
in this world to do without heat and
food and air and light when they
are ready to do without that which
is useful then and not until then
will they be ready to dispense with
the gospel of the Son of God. .
Gospel Needed In Dally Life.
In closing, let me admonish yon to
tafce this gospel with you into your
daily life. Tou need it In discharg
ing your civil duties. Tou need, it
in meeting your business obligations.
You need it in fulfilling the func
tions of your home. Tou need it in
answering the wants of your own
soul. Tou need religion as a citizen,
Tou need it as ia business man. -Tou
need it as a home-maker. Ton need
it as a human being made in the
imago of your God.
Don't repudiate the gospel of Jesus
Christ! We may grow impatient- of
certain traditions about the gospel,
. but the gospel itself must ever re
main a great utility, even as we from
time to time reconstruct our bills of
fare, but food itself continues to be
an indispensable commodity.
Throughout the ages men "have as
sailed the. church, its priests and its
popes, its dogmas and its doctrines
But no man has ever successfully
assailed the gospel as it has been
reproduced in the lives of men and
women. The gospel clothed in spec
ulation may be open to assault, but
the gospel panoplied in flesh and
blood is absolutely invulnerable.
Therefore, my friend. get . that
which you need, get that which is
true, got that which is real, get that
which is of God, for "if any man
willeth to do his will, he shall know
of the teaching, whether it is of God,
or whether I speak of myself!"
Time TerUng Through the Ages. Illus
trated. Doubleday, Pass & Co., Garden
Cily. X. Y.
It surely is a far cry' from the sci
entific exactness of the modern watch
or clock, where complex machinery
indicates time to a second, to the pi
oneer time indicators of our ancestors.
They knew by the manner in which
a shadow fell from the sun on a
stone or by marks on a sun-dial, what
time it was. .
In this little book of time lore,
published for Robert H. Ingersoll &
Bro., the reader is treated to' much
interesting information regarding the
development of timepieces, from the
crude sun-dials, clepsydras and hour
glasses of earlier days down to mod
ern, timepieces.
Get the significance of this word
picture of the stone age, probably in
Europe, the home of our ancestors:
"It is early morning. The soft, red
sandstone cliffs are bathed in the
golden glow of dawn. As the great
sun climbs higher in the eastern sky,
the sharply outlined shadows of the
opposite cliff descend slowly along
the western wall of the narrow can
yon. A shaggy head appears from an
opening, half way up the cliffs, and
is followed by the grotesque, stoop
figure of a long-armed man, hairy
and nearly naked, save for a girdle
of skins. He grasps a short, thick
stick, to one end of which a sharp
ened stone has been bound by many
crossing thongs, and. without a word,
ho makes his way down among the
bushes and stones toward the bed of
the creek.
"Another head appears at the same
opening in the cliff that of a brown
skinned woman, with high cheek
bones, a flat nose and tangled hair.
She shouts after the retreating form
of the man, and he stops and turns
abruptly. Then he points to the
edge of the shadow far "above him,
and, with a sweeping gesture, indi
cates a large, angular stone lying
in the bed of the creek. Apparently
understanding, the woman nods and
the man soon disappears into the
brush.
"The forenoon wears along, and the
line of shadow creeps down the face
of the canyon wall until it falls at
last across the angular stone. The
woman, who has been, moving about
near the cave opening, begins to look
expectant and to cast quick glances
up and down the canyon. Presently
the rattle of stones catches her ear
and she sees the long-armed man
picking his way down a steep trail.
He still carries his stone-headed club
in one hand, while from the other
'there swings by the tail the body of
a. small, furry animal. Her eyes
flash hungrily and she shows her
strong, white teeth in a grin of sat
If faction."
It is easy to guess this scene of the
cave-man period, possibly about 15
000 years ago. As the man left on
his errand he indicated that when the
shadow fell on a certain stone he
would return wilh the meat for
breakfast.
As to the sun-dial, the book says:
"The sun-dial has undergone so
many changes that a volume would
be needed to describe them all. For
example, it was found that the shad
ow of an upright stick or stone
varied from day to day. because the
sun rises farther north in summer
-4n the northern hemisphere than it
does in winter. So the mark for i
certain hour would change as the sea
son changed, and the dial would not
indicate time accurately.
"Berosus, a Chaldean historian and
priest of Bet. or Baal, a god of old
Babylonia, lived about the year 250
B. C, and hit upon a very ingenious
way of solving this difficulty. He
made the dial hollow like the inside
of a bowL Into this the shadow was
cast by a little round ball or bead at
the end of a pointer that stood hori
. zontally over the bowl Now the sky
itself is like a great bowl or hem
isphere, and, however the sun moved
'won it, the shadow would move in
the same way upon the inside of the
bowl. And by drawing lines In the
bowl similar to the lines of longi
tude upon the map, the hours could
be correctly measured. The 'Hemi
cycle of Berosus.' as it was called, re
mained the favorite form of sun-dial
all through the classic period of
Greece and Home. Cicero had one at
his villa near Tusculum, and one was
found in 17SS at Pompeii. 'Cleopatra's
Needle,' and other Egyptian obelisks
may have been used as huge gnomons
to cast their shadows upon mammoth
dials, for they -were dedicated to the
sun."
In ancient Babylon and Egypt folks
had the clepsydra. "The clepsydra
was an interesting instrument and
had an Interesting name, which meant
eggs. We do not know definitely
how old the hour glass is, but it is
said to have been Invented at Alexan
dria about the middle of the third cen
tury. That it was known in ancient
Athens is certain. The Athenians
used to carry these timepieces as we
do our watches. It was an ancient
custom to put an hour glass, as an
emblem that the sands of life bad
was large it could be made to re
quire 24 hours to empty. Improve
ments naturally followed and, al
though there were faults, the clepsy
dra opened a field of fascinating pos
sibilities in time recording it gave
the chance to make use of a machine.
The clepsydra was used in the Ramon
law courts in the time of Pompey to
limit the time of speakers and to
'prevent babbling'.
"We still have the hour glass, and
many stores sell it today for such
familiar use as the timing of boiling
'thief of water.' and came from two
Greek words, meaning 'thief and 'wa
ter; you can trace this in our words
'kleptomaniac' and 'hydrant.'
"The original idea was simple
enough. At first it was merely that
of a vessel of water, having a small
hole in. the bottom, so that the li
quid dripped out drop by drop.' As
the level within the jar was lowered,
it showed the time upon a scale. Thus
f the hole was small and the vessel
through the experimental stage. It
takes time to decide what one really
wants to do. But when a man is 50,
with a long lifetahead of him and a
fair notion of what he wants to do,
he begins to be hopeful.
At 60 I feel that 1 am about ready to
begin writing the eight or ten novels
I have been wanting to write. Amelia
E. Barr was about 50 years old when
she began writing novels and she
wrote about 70 of them after 'that.
Richardson wrote "Pamela" some
call it the first modern novel when
he was 60. Daniel DeFoe turned to
fiction only. w'hen. he was 55.
There are hundreds of writers who
did all their work, or most of their
best work, after 60. Oliver Wendell
Holmes was 48 when he wrote 'Auto
crat of the Breakfast Table," his first
great work. Longfellow wrote "Hia
watha" when he was 48. and much of
hisbest work followed. - Whittier
wrote "Snow-Bound" and "Maude
Muller" at 59, and continued writing
until he was 79. Tennyson was still
writing at 83. "Trilby" was written
when Du Maurier was 60; "Les Mis
eTables" when Victor Hugo was 60;
"Kenilworth" when Scott was 60, with
16 novels following it.
Reckoning a man's life by years is
the biggest sort of flapdoodle.
offer the sonnets as they stand for
publication."
The poetry is intelligent, dramatic
and possesses exquisite finish. Mr.
Bowman is now professor of philoso
phy in Princeton university. The
pages are 15z. .
1 J$ su - !
I I
4 i -
Hill, N. Y.
Sophie Kerr, anther of "Painted
Meadows, a new American
novel.
run out. into coffins at burials.
"Centuries later the hour glass.
the eleps'dra and the sun-dial were
still much in use came the clock.
On the Trail of the Pioneers, br John T..
rang. lllUHtrat-d: Uoorge il. Jjodsou
Co., New York City.
Rich in anecdote and wealth of de
tail, this book of 319 pages verily
tells "the romance, tragedy and tri
umph of the path of empire, in the
American west.
Most of the book is original, but
the author makes acknowledgment of
the use of copyrighted material, to
certain standard works, notably "The
California and the Oregon Trail." by
Francis Parkman. and "The Winning
of the West." by Theodore Roosevelt.
Chapters are: Through the Cum
berland Gap to Kentucky and Ten
nessee; Through the Pittsburg and
Wheeling Gateways: Floating Down
the Ohio and the Mississippi; From
Northern New York and New Eng'
land, to the West: - The Santa Fe
Trail; The Oregon Trail; Across the
Plains to California; and Toiling Up
the Missouri, -
Poems By a Little Girl, by Hilda Conkling.
r red A. KtoKeu Co., .New x orK city.
Really thee are remarkable poems.
written oy a little girl , who is ap
parently not more than 2u-or 10 years
old at the present time.
The verse charms by its simplicity.
naturalness and instinctive beauty of
expression. There are about 107 sep
arate poems in these 120 pages, in
cluding certain short pieces written
when our little poet was between
the ages of 5 and 6 years. The verse
shows that little Miss Hilda is a
child of intense imagination, and is
used to tne quiet color of couutry
life. She is the younger daughter of
Mrs. Grace Hazard Conkling, assistant
professor of English at Smith col
lege. Northampton. Mass. Hilda has
sister, Elsa, two years her senior.
and the two girls have been their
mother s close companion ever since
they were born-
Space is not now available to make
many quotations from these ooetns.
This poem, "For You,- Mother," shows
the kind of bright verse that Miss
Hilda creates: .
I have a dream for you. Mother,
Like a soft thick fringe to hide your
1 eyes;
I have a surprise for you. Mother,
Shaped like a- strange butterfly;
I have fo.und a way of thinking
to maKe you nappy;
I have made a song and a poem
All twisted into one.
If I sing, you listen;
If 1 think, you know.
I have a secret from everybody In
the world full of people.
But I cannot always remember hn
if goes:
It is a song
For you. Mother."'
With a curl of .-cloud and a feather
oi oiue
And a mist
Blowing along the sky.
it i sing it some day, under my voice
Will i,t make you happy?
The publishers state that this work
was accepted in October. 1919, and
that they vouch for the authentir it
An Introduction to the Peers Treaties, by
fti'Mii eo- The University of
in common-sense, informing style,
jirinur reirson acott. assistant nro
feasor of history. University of Chi
cago, tells about -the causes of the
recent world war, the -aims of the
belligerents, the peace proposals, and
the framing' of the treaty of Paris.
A detailed summary of the treaty
with Germany is furnished, including
the covenant of the league of na
tions, and explanatory comments of
many of its clauses.
Dr. Scott neither attacks nor de
fends the treaty, but shows the rea
sons which appear to have guided
the historic conference in guiding its
decisions.
A book of value at this present
time of political discussion when new
policies are formed.
Wanted, a Hosbajid. by Faranel Hopkins
Adams. Illustrated. Houghton. Mifflin
Co.. Bouton.
One long, merry run of laughter
from beginning to end. jtnd a novel
that is a sugar plum of genuine en
tertainment. Miss Amanda Darcy Cole, romantic,
foolish, crabbed in disposition, and
the owner of a peppery temper, won
ders why young men don't fall in
love with her. She was a designer
in wall paper for B. Riegel & Sons,
and recently her aunt had given her
S2000.
Two of Darcys girl friends get
sweethearts, and Darcy also longs
for one. She consults her chum. Miss
Gloria Greene, actress, and that smart
girl sends whining Darcy to Andy
Dunne, professor of physical culture,
to be "licked into shape." Darcy
comes out as a boxer. She tells her
envious girl friends she is engaged
to marry a distinguished English
aristocrat and army officer. Sir Mont
rose Veyze. She had never met him,
but bad taken his name out of a
book.
Ludicrous complications ensue, ami
Darcy unearths Jacob Rerasen, a
wealthy New York young man. The
two have surprising and wonderful
matrimonial adventures. For a short
time, Remsen has to pretend that he
and Darcy are married.
THE UTBRARY PERISCOPE'
B
The Lone Scoet, by .Edward Ch&mpe Car
ter. Mlie cornnill Co., .Boston.
Just the bright, healthful, manly
story to ask boys to read The hero
is William Prendergast Hoover, bet
ter known as First Class Scout Bill
Hoover of troop No. S, Charleston,
S. C.
Billy Hoover went to Camp Ross
as cook for United States-service men
who went to clear away malaria from
Doollttle county. The workers pre
vented the production of the malaria
agencies known as "anapheles" mos
quitoes by destroying the breeding
places of the pests.
ETHHL R. SAWYER.
(Director of Training- Clase. library Asso
ciation ox I'ortiaua.
ARELY more than 15 years ago
Emile Verhaeren had received
from his countrymen little ex
cept mockery. Insults and sarcasm.
Recently in Brussels a great me
morial service was held in the state
chamber attended by the king and
queen of Belgium, many ministers
and diplomats, and a large gathering
of writers and artists from many
countries. Gregoire Le Roy wrote a
commemorative poem and actors from
the Comedle Francaise recited char
acteristic selections from the poet's
work. Henri de Regnier delivered
an address in the name of the French
academy and Brand Whitlock repre
sented the United States. H. G.
Wells and Sem Benelli were to have
spoken for England and Italy but
were unable to be present. This
service was to consecrate officially
the genius of Emile Verhaeren whose
tragic death deprived Belgian litera
ture of one of its most signal names.
Ships Across the 8ra by Ralph T. Paine.
illustrated. .Houghton, illiriln & Co.,
Bostpn.
Told with the practiced skill of the
veteran, experienced story teller, this
collection of sea stories reflect nearly
all ordinary naval activities of the
recent great war.
There are tales of young Ameri
cans in both submarine and anti-submarine
work, in destroyers and simi
lar craft. There is plenty of conver
sation, and the bright, crisp para
graphs are about as admirable as the
host of anecdotes.
The Crestinr Wave, by Edwin Bateman
Morris. The 1'cnn Publishing Co., Phila
delphia. William Spade, son of an inventor
who loses his fortune, is a born spec
ulator who thinks that money is the
principal thing in life just money
and nothing else. He dabbles in life
insurance and in stocks, and once he
makes a profit on stocks of $100,000.
Then he meets the girl of his life
Miss Ruth Dunbar. She teaches feim
that money is not all in all.
A sacrifice is cooked up in clever
ana entertaining style.
How It Fels to Bo SS. by Ellis Parker
ftuuer. noufencon, Aiuinn to,, uosion.
Mr. Butler's opinion is that at 60
years old. the man is at his most ma
ture, most sensible, most enjoyable,
most workable time. It's no time for
whining over "what might have been."
Here are a few thoughts from Mr.
Butler's sound, helpful philosophy of
life taken at random from this pleas
ant little book, a sort of public bene
factor in its way.
At 60 I feel that I am about ready
to begin my life work as a writer. For
the past few years, 30 or 40 of them.
I have been experimenting around
and trying to. get my bearings and
learn what life .really is. I have done
some pretty raw, inexperienced stuff,
because a young fellow has to go
Sonnets Front a Prison Camp, by Archi
bald. Altma Sowman. John Lsne Co.,
New York City. i
Our . friend Vie poet was bora In
ScoHaiad. and when the recent great
war broke out he enlisted in the
ranks and s subsequently obtained a
commission, being unfortunately
taken as a prisoner in France. As
the title of this volume indicates,
these poems were written in captiv
ity, as a solace they stood, accord
ing to Mr. Bowman, "between my soul
and madness.
Different from most prisoners In
the hands of the enemy, Mr. Bowman
was well used by the Germans, and
Fhe prints his indebtedness to Cap
tain Hohnholz, commandant of the
prison ;camp at Hesepe. "to whose
kindness I owe it that I am able to
EfOciewey Brfrar. by Clsrenee Budlnirton
nnAuu. aiwi sc joroiners. Aew loric
Written in an 'amusing vein, this
little sketch showing how Edgar
Bumpus, apostle of efficiency, thought
ue anew it ail ana was made to see
mac ne aid not. is warranted to en
tertaln. Ninety-four pages.
Storm Center Polly, by Grace Miller
mi. i.nLie, re rown ft jo., Boston.
Miss Polly Hopkins and her com
munity or squatters located in "the
silent city," near Ithaca, N. Y.. is
fascinating heroine. This story of
aoveniure is ner mirror. A well writ
ten taie oi realism and love.
Painted Meadows, by Sophie Kerr. Georre
H. Ioran Co.. New York city. .
A wholesome and amusing Ameri
can novel picturing the early 90s. also
high collars. love affairs, free silver
arguments and other topics of that
time.
And now the author and his public
are getting together in a new and
vital way. At all the book fairs and
exhibits that have been held li
various large cities and book centers
one of the exhibits has been an
author or so. He (or they) has (or
have) read or lectured or just auto
graphed copies of his works and
shaken hands with his readers or bis
sellers. It Is certainly one means
of eliminating the gulf between the
writer and his audience, of making
him "Just folks" with the average
I citizen. Possibly too it might be
gooa lor nis art y giving nim a
better understanding of his patrons.
as well as good for his business by
stimulating in the book sellers an
interest in bim as a person.
Witter Bynner's repartee at the
Poetry society banquet reminds one
of the old riddle "if you were
watching a sudden blaze In a paper
box factory what three author's
names would express your senti
ments?" Answer is "Dickens Howltt
Burns." Mr. -Bynner was presiding
officer of the aforementioned banquet
at which some murmurs of dissent
were occasioned by the speaker's
comparison of the work of Alfred
Noyes to that of Bums. One of the
ladies present propounded to Mr.
Bynrfer the question: "Why cannot
Burns and Noyes be likened to each
other?" eliciting this reply "perhaps
because while you can feel Burns,
you can only hear Noyes.
If you have been puzzled to recon
cile the rampageous humor of some
of Mark Twain's books with the
heartbreaking bitterness and tragic
cynicism of such of his writings as
"What Is Man?" and "The Mys
terious Stranger, you will look with
eagerness for the announced study
by Van Brook's entitled "The Ordeal
of Mark Twain." Several of the
chapters have been attracting a good
deal of attention as they have ap
peared in magazine form.
.Lord Charnwood's life of Lincoln
contines to be in steadily increasing
demand. The publishers announce a
f ninth printing of sthis splendid bio
graphy, which served as the chief
source for Mr. Drinkwater"a "Abra
ham Lincoln," the play which set all
London agog.
The amentlties of novel writing
could be greatly increased if more
readers would Imitate the apprecia
tive candy maker whose enjoyment of
Sheila Kaye-Smith's "Tamarisk
Town" took practical form as fol
lows: A toffee maker had read' and
enjoyed this novel and wrote to her
saying that as her work had given
him so much pleasure he wished to
see . if he could in return give her
pleasure with a little work of his
own. The letter was accompanied
with six pounds of toffee. If Miss
Kaye-Smith can so touch the active
emotions a great future may safely
be predicted for her. In pure philan
thropy (I am not an author) let me
call out to tailors and boot and shoe
makers to take particular notlcs of
this article.
a humor which, if a stranger may
hazard an opinion, it is even more
noticeable than in the American man.
The American woman reads the news
papers fervently." And yet with a
sense of humor?
A practical approach to interna
tionalism was made by the University
of Chicago last February. During
Maurice Maeterlinck's visit to the
university he was presented with a
copy of Professor Van der Essen's
"Short History of Belgium." A copy
of the same volume Is to be presented
to King Albert of Belgium to whom
the book is dedicated. Professor
van der Essen is a member of the
faculty of the University of Louvain,
the book was published by the Uni
versity oi unicago, sewed by an
Englishman, bound by a Belgian and
finished by a Czecho-Slovak.
Reactionary fervor in Hungary is
apparently entering into the stage of
dementia intelligentzia or however
you indicate extreme craziness. It ap
pears that white guards have taken
to -searching houses and libraries
with a view of removing dangerous
literature. Every book treating of
social and economic questions, any
work justifying the socialization of
government or better living condi
tions for workers is gathered up and
burned. From the library at Buda
pest 15,000 volumes were recently re
moved ana ourned In the courtyard.
It will be curious to see what new
Phoenix will arise from these ashes.
That something will arise all history
ana science iorwarns us nothing in
this world can be destroyed, it can
only be changed, and changes
wrought through hate burnings and
club arguments rarely seem to be to
our liking. How old history is and
yet it would seem too new to be
grasped by men's minds.
Another recognition of the im
portant part literature and art may
play in building up genuine union
between countries is found in the
new periodical. "The Anglo-French
Review." This publication announces
its purpose the promotion of a
each selection appears in the lan
guage in which it was written.
The publication of Henry James'
letters has brought us into cozy
intimacy with some of our younger
English writers as well as added to
our knowledge of the Jamesiaq
theories of art. Here is an interest
ing bit from one of 'his letters to
Hugh Walpole:
"I rejoice in the getting on of your
work how splendidly copious your
flow; and am much Interested in what
you tell me of your readings and
your literary emotions. These latter
indeed, or some of them, as you ex
press them, I don't think I fully
share. At least when you ask me
If I don't feel Dostoief tsky's mad
jumble, that flings things down in a
heap.' nearer truth and beauty than
the picking and composing that you
instance in Stevenson, I reply with
emphasis that I feel nothing of the
sort, and that the older 1 grow and
the more I go, the more sacred to
me do picking and composing be
come, though I naturally don't limit
myself to Stevenson's kind of the
same. Don't let anyone persuade you
(there are plenty of ignorant and
fatuous duffers to try to do it) that
strenuous selection and comparison
are not the very essence of art, and
form is substance to that degree that
there is absolutely no substance
without it. Form alone takes and
holds and preserves substance, saves
it from the welter of helpless verbiage
that we swim in as in a sea of taste
less tepid pudding."
Another letter to the same fellow
writer he concludes thus: "I think
I shall know your. rattle of the tele
phone as soon as ever I shall hear
it- Heaven speed it, and keep me all
fondestly yours, H. J.
Romance Starts in Italy,
Ends in Aberdeen.
Child Thoughtful of Parents.
London Tit-Bits.
"Have you said your prayers?
asked Willie's mother.
"Of course!" replied the child.
"And did you ask to be made a bet
ter little boy?"
"Yes, and I put in a word for you
and father, too."
Carmine Cnndarl Sends to Itoyhood
Home for ItOKlnn Iorio and Wed
ding Takes Place After Six
1 ears.
ABERDEEN. V
Cial.) A V(
Wash.. May 15. (Spe-
ery pretty romance.
started more than six years ago In
Italy, culminated here, last Monday
in the marriage of Rosina lorio to.
Carmine Cundari.
Six years ago Carmine, then 1?; and .
Rosina, 14. parted with mutual prom-.'
ises of faithfulness. He promised -that
wicn he was able he would send
for Rosina to come to America for the .
wedding. Rosina, who just a month
and a week ago set sail from Naples,
was a charming and typically Italian
bride as she and Carmine pledged
troth before Judge Baumert. Although
there had. been some concessions in
dress to American customs, Rosina
wore a quantity of beautiful Italian
lace of the kind dear to brides.
Carmine, a very proud young man,
whose six years of struggle with the
English language have jiot beenr in
vain, talked of his position at the
Western mill, of his present status as
an American citizen on probation-.
he has taken out first papers and Is
anxious to complete his citizenship
and of the home he h:rd prepared for
his bride on Division street. - -
There was a dinner at the- new -home
following the wedding, a din
ner at which the cookery and .he
language of the two nations were
quaintly blended and at which hap
piness reigned supreme.
Woman Elected
BUDAPEST. May
l Hungary.
15. The first
union between the two countries that woman elected to office in Hungary
shall be not merely commercial but I is Margarete Schlachta, successful
intellectual and artistic as well. I Christian nationalist candidate for
Articles and poems of widely diverse I the national assembly from the first
character are contained therein and district of this city.
Hawaiian Scout Honored. .
HONOLULU. T. H., May 15. Ezra
J. Crane, an Eagle Scout, the highest
honor attainable in the Boy Scouts
organization, and the son of Char-les
S. Crane, manager of the Honolulu
Commercial Advertiser, has been
chosen by the Honolulu Boy Scouts-
council as Hawaii's representotivo
at the world scout gathering in Lon
don. England, July 26. Young Crane
will accompany 199 ,other American
scouts to the international meet.
Red Cross Head Resigns. - .
TOKIO, May 15. Baron Ishiguro,
president of the Japan Red Cros so
ciety, has resiirned.
Identifies the true, world-famous Aspirin, prescribed by physicians
for over eighteen years
Gold Out of Celebes, by Captain A. E.
Dingle. Little. Brown & Co.. Boston!
A sea and adventure story, of gal
loping interest. Full of thrills.
-
Young; Hraaewife Has Problem.
Washington Star.
'We must economize on our table,"
said young Mrs. Torkins.
"That should be easy enough."
"Yes. But it must be managed with
a little discretion so that Charley
won't spend all his money on lunches
down-town."
This from Frank Dilnot's new book,
"The New America." is interesting.
Mr. Dilnot is an English journalist.
"One of the charms of the best
American women, is her vivid in
terest in those affairs of life in which
an ordinary well-read man finds ma
terial for thought and activity. Right
down from the richer circles to the
woman in , what may be called the
lower middle class there s a pulsing
curiosity about life, a desire to know
and understand, a courage which
flinches from no unpleasant knowl
edge, indeed asks for it, and withal
The "Bayer Cross" is the thumb-print of genu
ine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." In each un
broken "Bayer package" are safe and proper
directions for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Tooth
ache, Earache,, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis
and for Pain in general. Handy tin boxes of
twelve tablets cost but a few cents. Druggists
also sell larger Bayer packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of lono
acetwacidestcr of Salicylicacid.
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