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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 27, 1920
GEORGE SHAW COOK TELLS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALING
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Mary Baker Eddy Adapted Church to Needs of Mankind, Asserts Member of Board of Lectureship of Boston Congregation. . . -
1 A lecture on Christian Scllnce entitled ,
Christian Science: the Light of Truth."
9" George Shaw Cook, C. S. B.t member
Sf the board of leeturewhip of the mother
rhnrrh. the First Church of Christ. 8rl
.sntist. In BoBlon, Mass.. recently de
.Ivered In Portland at a special noon
neetlng at the Hoilig theater.
j LITTLE more than half a cen-J-
tury ago an earnest seeker for
truth one who had long been
juffeted by the unsatisfying phlloso-
jJhies of the human mind was driven
,o the very borderland of mortal ex
istence by the all but fatal cruelty
Vf an accident. In the last extremity
jf human need this deeply religious
.voman turned unreservedly and for
jver away from matter to divine mind
the one and only savior, and was
testored to normal health. Having
)een healed by the power of God, it
jvas only natural that she should have
Jurned to the word of God for an
Explanation of her cure. Patiently
n-l prayerfully studying the scrip
.ures for the purpose of discovering
he principle and law of her deliver,
unce, this faithful woman Mary
ker Eddy continued her search
iintll it was revealed to her that the
ternal Christ, which enabled Jesus
o heal the sick and raise the dead,
:s present with and available to man
kind now.
' " This revelation of the truth was
,ut to practical test by Airs. Eddy
;.nd demonstrated beyond a shadow
f a doubt, and was then embodied
V her in' the Christian Science text
' ook, "Science and Health With Key
. 'o the Scriptures," which was first
ubllshed in 1875. Through the study
;f this book and the practice of its
cachings, many were redeemed from
in and healed of inveterate disease,
'.-A some were turned back from the
'fry patrs of death. In this manner
v-as formed a nucleus for the Qhris
an Science church, which in 1879 was
. ;rganized to "commemorate the word
ind works of our master" and to "re
. "instate primitive Christianity and its
fost element of healing" (Church
.lanual, p. 17). This church was later
Reorganized as "The First Church of
","hrist. Scientist, in Boston, Mass." of
' 'hich all authorized Christian Science
. hurches are branches. The mother
hurch and its many branches, to-
" 'ether with the denominational activi
ties of Christian Science, now con
tltute a mighty movement that is
literally encircling the globe.
Church Adopted to Needs.
"Without adaptation to the needs of
mankind the Christian Science church
as an Institution would have no good
reason for existence. In order to
justify Its presence among men, the
Church of Christ. Scientist, must be
ready to answer, not theoretically but
practically, the all-important ques
tion, "What Is Christian Science able
to do for suffering humanity?"
The answer which it makes to this
question Is, "Christian Science heals
sickness and sin. It breaks the bands
of appetite and passion. It lifts the
burden of fear and care."
Through the ministry of Christian
Science, many thousands have been
of immorality and vice. Others, still,
raised from beds of unspeakable pain.
Others have been rescued from lives
have been freed from the bondage of
poverty and incompetency. Now. it
is possible that some of these persons
would have recovered from their sick
ness under other forms of treatment
or without, any treatment. It is prob
able that some would have been re
formed by different means and that
others would have become prosperous
in another way. But It is a fact that
many of them were utterly hopeless
and apparently helpless In their
misery until Christian Science showed
them a way out of it.
How were these people healed of
diseases which, in many instances,
had baffled the physicians? They were
healed by the Christ, truth, which
takes away the sin and heals the
sickness of the world. They were
healed by reason of the knowledge
that sickness is not natural to God's
man, that it is no part of man's true
nature. They have found that the
fear of sickness and of other forms of
evil is unnecessary because every
phase of evil is temporal and destruct
ible. And. best of all, they have
gained through Christian Science a
more perfect understanding of God.
They have learned that God is as the
scriptures declare, life, truth, spirit,
love. God was revealed to Moses as
I am, and surely I am can be noth
ing less than the one self-existent and
eternal being or life. In the 32d
chapter of Deuteronomy God is re
ferred to as "a God of truth, and with
out iniquity, just and right is he."
Jesus said "God is a spirit." or, as the
revised version of the New Testa
ment puts it, "God Is spirit: and they
that worship him must worship him
in spirit and in truth." John, the
beloved disciple of Jesus, said: 'He
that lovetta not knoweth not God; for
God Is love."
Christian Science also defines God
as infinite, changeless, perfect, good,
God, good, being infinite, Is limitless
in capacity, presence power and
activity.
Christian Science further declares
God to be infinite mind or divine
Principle. But when using principle
as a name for God, Christian Scien
tists do not think of something
abstract, Mrs. Eddy, In Science and
Health, seldom refers to God as prin
ciple unless she combines it with the
word love. She says, for example,
"infinite principle," or "divine love,"
and that principle which is synony
mous with divine love must be loving,
tender, and merciful as well as exact,
invariable, and impartial. So prin
ciple as understood in Christian
Science is seen to be the one ever
present, ever operative, conscious,
living, loving principle of being the
only source, origin, cause, or creator
of all that really exists. The only
basis or foundation of all reality.
Since nothing Is more certain than
that effect must be like cause. Chris
tian Science shows that God, the only
cause, being spirit, or mind, his uni
verse must be spiritual or mental.
God's universe must, then, be a uni
verse of thought. It must consist of
thoughts or ideas that "are godlike
spiritual, good, harmonious, eternal,
divine. This infinite universe of God
or divine mind, existing here and
now, and embracing all creation, nec
essarily includes man as the image
or likeness of God, spirit, mind. Thus
we see that the present reality of man
is In his mental or spiritual identity,
This does not, however, refer to a
finite mind, generally associated with
the human brain, nor does it refer to
a sjuI that is supposed to reside else
where in the human body, but it re
fers to man as the individual spiritual
image, reflection, or idea of divine
mind, God. Mrs. Eddy says on page
475 of Science and Health, "Man is
idea, the image, of love; he is not
physique." A modern dictionary defi
nition or Idea is, "That which em
bodies the essential nature of some
thing." So man as the Idea of God,
or divine mind, is that which con
sciously and perfectly reflects, ex
presses, manifests, or embodies the
divine nature.
Through understanding the suprem
acy, the omnipotence of good. Chris
tian Scientists are proving step by
step their ability to comply with the
Injunction of Paul to "put off the old
man" (the mortal, material, sinful
sense of man), and to "put on hte
new man" (the Immortal, spiritual,
sinless manhood), which "is created
in righteousness apd true holiness."
In this endeavor they are finding that
their success is In proportion to the
faithfulness and persistence with
which they return in thought to the
fundamental fact which is the basis
of all right thinking and living,
namely, that when God made all that
is and pronounced it "very good," he
made man in his likeness: and that
nothing has since happened or will
ever happen to unmake or undo
God's perfect work. The writer of
Ecclesiastes said: - "I know that, what
soever God doeth. It shall be forever:
nothing can be put to it, nor anything
taken from It." And on page 557 of
Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says:
"Divine Science rolls back the clouds
of error with the light of truth, and
lifts the curtain on man as never
born and as never dying, but as co
existent with his creator."
Paul's Injunction Compiled With.
According to Christian Science the
putting on of immortality is not nec
essarily deferred until after passing
through an experience called death,
but may begin now and must con
tinue until tn perfect recognition of
the immortality and supremacy of
life displaces all belief In the exist
ence of something . which is the oppo
site of life in sin, disease, death.
Christian Scientists admit that to
human, or mortal sense, evil and mat
ter appear real, but Christian Science
agrees exactly with the prophet
Habakkuk, that God is "of purer eyes
than to behold evil." It explains that
man as the perfect likeness of "God
cannot If now something which God
does not know. And Christian Science
shows that the mind which is God,
infinite good, cannot embrace
knowledge of evil any more than
light can include darkness. It ex
plans that evil is contrary to the will
of God, who is always good in pur
pose and in manifestation. Thus it
induces the sinner to abandon his be
lief of satisfaction in sin and enables
him to win forgiveness by forsaking
sin. It Is. therefore, a mistake to
suppose that in teaching, the unreal
nature of sin. Christian Science en
courages the indulgence of sin. The
fact is that it awakens its students
to the absolute necessity of .gaining a
love for goodness that will enable
them to abandon, willingly and gladly,
not only the more flagrant forms of
Immorality and vice, but also the
more subtle phases of evil. And Chris
tian Scientists realize the ' need of
recognizing eln or evil as a claim, or
false belief, of the carnal mind in
order that it may be demonstrated in
human experience to be powerless and,
in the absolute sense, unreal. For one
Is not likely to correct a moral error
without first seeing It for what It is
or what it claims to be, any more
than he would correct a mathematical
mistake without first recognizing it.
And just as mathematical error is
not disposed of by ignoring It, so one
cannot free himself from sin by Ignor
ing it. Christian Science, therefore,
shows the need of handling sin, or
evil, as error, as a mistake, and of
correcting It with truth. Furthermore.
It shows that- true forgiveness of sin
consists in its destruction, in the
proof of its unreality. On page 497
of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy
says, "We acknowledge God's forgive
ness of sin In the destruction of sin
and the spiritual understanding that
casts out evil as unreal. But the be
lief in sin is punished so long as the
belief lasts."
" Matter viewed In the light of Chris
tian Science Is seen not to be sub
stantial, for it is not the manifesta
tion of that mind whose creation
alone is incapable of decay. It is
contended . by some that matter Is.
directly or indirectly, the. creation of
God, who Is admitted by them to be
spirit. But it should be plain that
God, who is spirit and life, could not
possibly create that which Is capable
of disease, decay and dissolution.
To the physical senses matter seems
real and substantial. But Christian
Science shows that these sense can
not be depended upon to tetify to the
existence of that which is. in the best
sense, real. Paul said "the natural
man" cannot know the things of God,
for they are "spiritually discerned."
And he also said: "The things which
are seen (cognized ty the senses) are
temporal; but the things which are
not seen (by the senses) are eterjial."
So Christian Science shows that mil
ter is in fact temporal, destructible.
illusive, while the things of spirit
the ideas of God, or divine mind
alone are really . substantial and en
during. The teaching of Christian Science
that matter exists only as belief, as a
concept of the human or carnal mind,
enables one to deal more intelli
gently, hence mors successfully, with
disease than was possible without
such knowledge. For it enables one
to see, more clearly than he was for
merly able to see, that pain and suf
fering are not material but mental.
Ordinary experience shows that pain
Is difficult to locate. The senses often
make pain appear to be where it Is
not. Christian Science says that pain
is never in the body but always In
thought or belief. So the Christian
Scientist in his treatment of sickness
goes directly to the seat of the trou
ble. His endeavor is to correct or re
move through righteous prayer, or
right thinking, the mental cause of
the disease.
Cause and Cure of Disease.
The teaching of Christian Science
relative to the mental nature of dis
ease has to a very great extent
changed the world's thought on this
subject. Many observing physicians
ore willing to admit much in this dl
rection; more Indeed than some lay
men. 'Physicians of standing have
agreed that rage and fear will Imme
diately produce a radical chemical
change In the blood. Daily experi
ence shows that acute fear will often
be directly expressed in a pale, and
anger In a flushed, face. Grief brings
tears to the eyes and worry causes
Insomnia and indigestion. Since we
are convinced of -the mental causes .of
these physical effects, "does It not
seem entirely reasonable to agree
with the statement of Christian Sci
ence that, primarily, ail disease has a
mental cause? But Christian Scien
tists do not contend that all sickness
1j the resttlt of conscious (ear or of
willful wrongdoing on the part of the
victims of disease. They merely claim
that somewhere back of all bodily dis
eases there are erroneous conditions
of though; which must be discovered
and corrected before there can be
permanent cure. May not this explain
why Christian Science has healed
many chronic cases that medicine had
failed to cure? Is it not -plain thai.
physicians in their treatment of these
cases were not getting at the root of
the difficulty, because the drugs and
medicines which they prescribed could
not reach, nor have any effect upon
the mental causo of disease? Can
r.on-intelligent drugs reasonably be
expected to influence thought? Could
one well expect medicines to have
power over such emotions as anger.
ealousy, worry, rear, ana grieif Ana
yet. even from the medical point oi
view, these erroneous thoughts are
seen to be frequent causes of disease.
Perhaps the most prolific cause of
disease Is fear. Fear is In fact the
greatest nnemy of mankind. If one
doubts this somewhat radical state
ment, let htm pause Ion? enough to
consider some of the things of which
people are afraid. They are afraid of
weatner, looa. germs, criticism, ten
ure, and poverty. And the Bibie tells
us of those who "through fear- of
death" arc all their lifetime subject
to bondage. The complete removal of
fear from the consciousness of hu
manlty would unquestionably be a
wonderful blessing. Christian Science
shows that fear is needless. It ex
plains why it is needless. Thus it
removes fear. Take the fear of criti.
clsm as an example. Christian Sci
ence helps one to see that he need
not fear criticism. If criticism is just
it should be welcomed, because just
criticism helps one to correct mis
takes. But even when criticism is un
just it need not be feared, because in
the last analysis It cannot make much
difference what other people think. It
is only what we think that should
seriously concern us. If what others
think is not true it may injure them
but It cannot harm us it what
think is true Hence we should be
sure that our thoughts are honest,
just, pure, loving, considerate, and
if they are we need not be in the
least afraid of what others are think
lng about us or about anything.-
Undeniably, however, the tendency
of the human- mind is to resist that
which in any manner differs from the
existing order of things. Thus it
stands in the way of its own progress.
When Marconi announced that he had
discovered a method of transmitting
telegraph messages without the use of
wires, he was scoffed at as a dreamer;
but he had faith in his discovery and
perseverance in perfecting it. so that,
in spite of the erstwhile skeptics, tho
transmission of wireless messages is
now an hourly occurrence.
. When Mary Baker Eddy announced
that she had discovered the principle
and law of primitive Christian heal
ing, and that because of this discov
ery it would become universally pos
sible for the sick to be healed by di
vine power as in the time of Christ
Jesus, her announcement met with,
ridicule and scorn. But Mrs. Eddy,
too, had faith in her discovery. Tes,
more than faith she had the absolute
conviction and confidence begotten of
understanding and demonstration.
Therefore, she was not dismayed by
the storm of doubt which beat in upon
her as the result of her proclamation
to mankind. Because she knew her
discovery to be genuine, she had the
courage and faithfulness to perfect it
and give it to humanity in the form
of a textbook of demonstrable sci
ence. Little by little, scoffers and
skeptics were compelled bo admit that
there is a power on earth today which
heals sickness and sin as It did cen
turies ago. When the works of Chris
tian Science thus compelled recogni
tion, effort was made to discredit Mrs.
Eddy as its discoverer; but this, too,
signally failed. Today, when thera
are in different parts of the world
more titan 1S00 Christian Science or
ganizations founded upon the rock of
Christ-healing, Mrs. Eddy is justly
acknowledged not only as the discov
erer of Christian Science and the re
vered leader of the Christian Science,
movement, but as one of the world's
greatest religionists. And Christian
Science is gradually coming to be rec
ognized as the re-establishment or
restoration of primitive Christianity.
As this understanding becomes more)
general and consequently the reslst
ence to Christian Science mind-healing
lessens, distressing conditions of
human existence will continue to be
ameliorated until they finally disap
pear. Each case healed In Christian
Science practice makes humanity's
burden lighter; and even now. through
its beneficent ministrations, those
who still feel obliged to doubt are
being brought nearer to the light.
Mrs. Eddy has said of her discovery
and of its reception. "I have never
supposed the world would immediately
witness the full fruitage of Christian
Science, or that sin, disease and death,
would not be believed for an indef
inite time: but this I do aver. that,
as a result of teaching Christian
Science, ethics and temperance have
received an impulse, health has been
restored, and longevity increased. If
such are the present fruits, what will
the harvest be, when this science Is
more generally understood T' (Science,
and Health, p. 34S.)
; ."rench Literature in the Great War. by
4 Albert schinz. D. Appleloa & Co.. New
'. k York city.
. .. , A vast amount of research work
, 3 noted in the preparation of this
' ble book, which is written by the I
irofessor of " French language at I
-. mith college, Northampton, Mass.
t is equipped with a complete biog
raphy and index, valuable for re
. '.rence purposes.
' The book discusses the work of
. 'veil-known Frcnca authors Anatole
prance, Rostand, Loti and Maeter
linck as well as ihat of the many
- ..Titers who were practically un
. . nown before the war. It specially
.escribes some soldier types In war
ovels, such as Benjamin's "Gas-
- "ard," Tabureau's "Bourru," the men
'f Barbusse's squad in "Under Fire,"
;tc. This is followed by an account
' -.f some of the most remarkable of
.he war diaries sucn as betray a phil
. 'sophical or religious turn of mind,
including the anonymous "Letters of
-i Soldier," the Diaries of Benvoix,
'ribourg. Malherbe, Duhamel, etc.
. Then those books are dealt with
Vhich have more particularly won the
ar of the people, such as Erlande's
'. '-Memoirs of a Volunteer," and "The
.'odyssey of a Torpedoed Transport."
'. - r here are accounts of c.iaries of pris
oners In Germany, like Hennebois
jolume; of civilians of the invaded
districts, like Basly's "Martyre de
'. c.ens"; and of people In the rear, like
, Blanche's "Cahiers." Other chapters
. treat of the effects of the war on
Vriters on religion, philosophy and!
. . t v iniLs, luc una icauueu
, rom the war an I the plays and
'ramaa which have been produced In
ranee under war conditions, and the
-time novel, ii.i pages.
lng all shades of opinion as to the
causes of the war, what the Germans
intended to do in the future, etc.
Lieutenant Berger carried influen
tial introductions and he showed un
expected ability and tact in his in
terviews. He found Germans, as a rule.
in the attitude of the weeping and
"sore" small boy who is defeated in a
fist-fight and who says:
"Just you wait. Some day I'll get
you!"
Whenever an interview was com
pleted, the lieutenant went to hi3 ho
tel and wrote it out. Among other
notables he saw Graf Brockdorff-
Rantzau, Prince Lichnowsky, General
Kluck, General Boehn, Walter Rathe-
nau, Karl Helferich, Hugo Haase, Ed
uard Bernstein, Karl Kautsky. Theo-
dor Wolff, Graf Reventlow, Maximil
ian Harden, Richard Strauss, Her
mann Sudermann, Cardinal Hartmann,
Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxem
burg. The interview with the former fire-
eater, Generak von Kluck, shows that
warrior in a tame, chastened frame of
mind and what he says is disappoint
ing in its flatness of utterance.
The most interesting talk was with
that firebrand, Maximilian Harden,
and a portion of what Harden says
is now reproduced:
"Our enemies demand, not without rea
son, that we confess our wrongs. ' Such
a confession 16 Indispensable. It is neces
sary, besides, that we evince an evident
purpose to make reparation, so far as
reparation is possible. By postponing the
opening of Germany's eyes the govern-
would not understand an extreme punish
ment. We have no longer any hatred
against the allies, even against England.
We do not cherish any idea of revenge.
But national wrath should not again be
kindled."
Harden's confession was ended. For It
was a confession, which he made to me,
as if he had willingly unburdened his
heart. In fact, he suggested to me the
monk of long ago, who, without having
been always the greatest sinner in his com
munity, took on himself publicly the
sum of the sins committed by his brethren.
Comedian? Tragedian? It is possible. Hut
it is also only Just to note that Harden
is one of those who are fighting now, with
the greatest courage and perseverance, to
open the eyes of the German people to
their own faults.
Moreover, comedian or not. he knows
how to create the impression of sincere re
pentance and sincere suffering. And his
unrestrained confession is. without doubt.
the best plea which can be made for Ger
many.
Outwitting the "T. B. Burs." by Mary
Alack. Cahill Publishing Co., San tran
cisco. Cal.
Written In common-sense, helpful
fashion, this is a message how to. win
out and get well when attacked by
tuberculosis. It is the frank testi
mony of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blair, show-
is the people. He believes that the
president and the- people ought to get
together more and be better friends,
and that politicians who work for
self, had better stand aside.
The name of the president Is not
given. This is the kernel of the en
tire message: "An executive is ' the
man whose work is making other peo
ple work. We call the place in which
we nave our president live, the execu
tive mansion. The best man to elect
to live In it, is the man who can make
100,000,000 people work."
university In June, 1919, by the classes
in pageantry, under the personal di
rection of Miss Lamkin.
The pageant is sacred In character
and its subject is the coming of Christ
and the beginning of the kingdom of
God. The construction of the pageant
is admirable, and complete directions
for producing it are given.
The Human Costs of the War, by Homer
Folks. Illustrated. Harper & Brothers,
New Tork city.
Mr. Folks was organizer and direct
or of the department of civil affairs
of the American Red Cross of France,
and later special commissioner to
southeastern Europe.
In this searching, informing book
of 426 pages, with 30 illustrations,
our author reviews the wastage in
Europe caused by the late war and
aftermath of that conflict. He shows
clearly that we in America who did
not suffer by the invasion of the
! Hun, should, out of our bounty, give
Var-tii
Vapan,
Heal and Imaginary, by Sidney
. reenme. Illustrated. Harper & Broth
; ( era, New Tork city.
f Profusely illustrated with attract
. . -ive pictures, this informing book of
7 social Japan and intimate revelations
- .Concerning life there, as viewed by a
' I ispassionate observer who lived in
. ''rapan for a little more than two
-'. j-'eWs, will awaken sympathetic in-
crest.
J Mr. Greenbie lived in Japanese inns.
' ,-ioarding houses, etc., and presents a
i portrait-gallery in print as to what
' Me saw and hc.'d, and especially
ibout the strane collection of smells
- he encountered in houses, baths,- etc.
' . jle is frank and often critical in what
- -,ie says. ne is sure inai to maKe
V , better Japan, Shintoism must be dis-
placed, and that Japan should get one
. . eiroiiK; inAu ana a cause.
' Some of the material now presented
iy our author appeared recently In
Viifferent magazines.
"4lie It
vory Ball, y Chauncey C. Hotchklss.
Mustrated. W. J. Watt &. Co.. New
M Tork cily.
1 John Lawrence is the hero of this
'' iovel of excitement, romance, adven
- 'iure and love.
The sequel of the plot Is the pos-
' '-session of an ivory ball, and when a
Spring is touched, this ball opens and
Exposes a diamond of unusual cut.
j Plenty of fighting is met with in the
jecital around California and one of
;he best-drawn characters is that of
- vhow Tsu, a Chinese mandarin.
; j The ivory ball was originally stolen
rom a temnle in China duriner the
'oxer rebellion and attack by soldiers
f allied powers, and the diamond was
T galled by the priests "the eye of God."
Much of the recital is a battle of
fvits between Chou Tsu, Chinese, and
The Mshked Woman, by Johnston Sic
i t'ullcy. W. J. Watt &. Co.,-New York
J city.
"7 Professor James Xenophon Salwlck
professor of physics and also an au
hority on anthropology; "Red" Riley
IBrute" Wilgor; "Shifty" Slade, Ma
ilam Madcap, the masked woman, an
i few others the latter being prin
j irally members of New York City
Lnderworld, made up this exoitlng
iiovel of American realism.
Police, criminals and society folk
Imingle together in the recital. There's
ijtotn of fighting and other action, also
i. love story.
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ing how they defeated the old enemy to aiiinsr and food-lacking peoples in
that laid both of them low. Of course f Europe the aid they need toward- re-
"" .o establishment. He inquires if we
It is stated that ten years ago Mr. should not even cancel Bome of the
w giveu uy mi f "uc... loans we made to foreign countries,
,. - fry i, I f " L i and suggests a gift to stricken Serbia.
was ordered to Arizona. Then he
went for treatment to a Denver san
itarium. He had weighed around 125
pounds. After treatment, he weighed
215 pounds and today he weighs 190
pounds. He met a "T. B." girl named
Mary Mack, who recovered he usual
good health and she became Mrs.
Blair.
The Blairs tell how they got well.
and relate their treatment, so that
other sufferers may profit. Today
Blair is president of an advertising
company and getting along well. The
statement is made that tuberculosis
i3 not hereditary and that, although
it is an infectious and communicable
disease, It Is not a contagious one.
It is advised that tuberculosis may
be avoided by insisting on fresh air
The Release of the Soul, by Gilbert Can
nan. Bonl & Llveright, New York cit)
A message of spiritual significance,
told In phrases of marked beauty of
thought. Love and God are discussed
reverently and with clear vision. So
charming is our author's message on
love and sentiment, that his prose be
comes near-poetry. 166 pages. One
of the "great uncut" books.
The Spacious Times and Others, by Francis
Coutts. John Lane Co.. New Tork cltv.
About 45 poems, reflecting princi
pally England and the late war
verse that stirs the blood with, pleas
ure.
The general quality of the verse Is
excellent. The best, and likewise the
longest, poem In the collection is "A
Ballad of Mons," which has patriotic
fire in its message.
SMOKE SCREEN IS TRIUMPH
OF AMERICAN INVENTIVENESS
Vital Element in Modern Warfare Was Result of Much Practice on Part
of Naval Officers Who Early Realized Its Value.
Christopher Morley,
"Kathleen.'
author of
My Second Country (France), by Robert
Dell. John Lane Co., New York city.
Mr. Dell writes from London. Eng
land, and says that he has lived in
France for more than 12 years. He
insists that he went to live In France
of his own free will, and that France
now is his home.
Fault is found with certain French
social and political institutions, and
the conviction is expressed that the
true France is the France of Voltaire
and the rationalism which he taught.
France comes back "to the predomi
nance of the economic factor in
human affairs. The revival of ration
alism can only aid the trlmph of
socialism.
T. T,ntl . V. : 1r that V. -.1, n
bu.uu. o.ccti.UB UULUU.. I1S , France ha8 iost rather than gained by
heartily, resting absolutely, insisting j . t !
The Explorer, by W. Somerset Maugham.
George a. Doran Co., New York city.
Marrying, getting married, and so
cial events in the placid England be
fore the war. make up the kernel of
this entertaining novel, with Alec
MacKenz'e, explorer, as hero.
Mr. Maugham shows he has the gift
of creating characters that really are
profitable to meet with In fiction. '
A Critic in Pall Mall, by the late Oscar
v line. u. f. fumam a eons, jew lorn
City.
Forty-one essays or articles left
by the late Oscar Wilde, mostly on
literary and historical subjects, and
written In that cultivated expression
of which this stylist was a consum
mate master. The collection of ar-
tides has been made by E. V. Lucas.
HE value of the smoke screen as a
vital element or warfare nas
hAAn V, rr. , i tr Vi t t n tto-Vit TArflntlv as
a result of the testimony before the
senate naval investigating committee
during the airing of the Admiral Sims
Secretary of the Navy Daniels contro
versy. According to the testimony.
President Wilson In 1917 became im
patient with the failure to suppress
the submarine menace up to the sum
mer of that year. Daniels charged
that the North sea barrage was de
layed six months because of the oppo-
I sition of Rear-Admiral Sims and the
British admiralty. At the time, ac
cording to the testimony. President
Wilson advocated bold and audacious
methods in combating the submarine
menace. Included among these meth
ods was the smoke screen as an ele
ment of warfare, which eventually
won recognition, although at first
pooh-poohed.
The story of the smoke screen and
what It accomplished during the re
cent war Is, because of these facts, of
considerable timely Interest. Long be
fore the outbreak of hostilities in
1914, the smoke screen had been em
ployed as an element of warfare, but
only by the military on land. It was
used exclusively for field operations.
It was only after the waging of a sub
marine warfare on the part of Ger
many that it received serious atten
tion for naval use.
For a long time it has been known
in the navy that thick black smoke
could be emitted from the funnels
on a bowel evacuation daily, avoiding
all Infection and maintaining a cheer
ful, confident frame of mind. Consult
a good physician and follow his ad
vice.
What causes tuberculosis? "Imper
fect breathing, lack of fresh air, ir
regular and insufficient sleep, lack
of proper exercise. Insanitary sur
roundings, lack of nourishing food
or improper combination of food, use
of stimulants, dissipation, overwork,
overstudy, thoughts of fear, jealousy
and hate that poison the blood." p.
37.)
The patient Is taught that the blood
is the life stream of existence.' The
beneficial effects of light and sun
shine are pointed out. "Get serenity
of mind. Practice the United States
army setting-up exercises. Baked or
boiled foods are best. Eat lots of
fruit."
The little book of 71 pages Is clear.
ly printed, and It is a pleasure to read
It. The cure won by the Blairs is
stated to have taken place recently in
actual life.
' jCermany After the Armistice, by Lleuten
I hut Mawrice Merger. li. P. Putnam's
, ' 4 Sous. New York city.
. .l Tr8nsiated from the French lan
" iruasre undoubtedly this frank nar
rative of a Belgian army engineer is
- -a wonderful pen-picture of -conditions
, in Germany, just after the signing of
' he armistice.
14 2The book contains 333 pages and is
' historical interest.
. a Lieutenant Berger was commis
sionod by hisgovernment to visit Ger
,many after the armistice and find out
from representative Germans reflect-
ment does the country the greatest Injury.
i-'arty quarrels absorb us exclusively, at
though they are of no consequence alonf?
side the questions of life and death which
now confront our people. These politicians
don t look far enough nor hisrh enousth.
The international proletariat is, in their
view, the universal panacea -which must
save Germany and the world.
'Erzberger was a bad choice for mem
ber of the armistice commission. He has
lively intelligence, but at a time when
a man has been sowing corruption in all
otner countries, ne ceases to be a desirable
article of export. Scheidemann would be no
better as a German delegate to the peace
conference."
"Who ' is. In your view, the best man
for president of the republic ?"
"No name stands out. There are some
who favor General Groener, Ludendorf fa
successor on Hindenburg's staff, who en
joys a good deal of credit nowadays with
the reirhstag. There is some talk also
of the Wurttemberger, Pays, who was vice
chancellor under Hertling. Prince Max of
Baden would do very well, if he were not
a princti. Herr Ebert, who has a socialist
majority behind him, may aspire to this
post, rterr joert is an nonesc working man.
My candidate would be frince licti-
nowsky. He, too, is a prince; but he
doesn't belong to a ruling house. A dem
ocrat from the first hour, he has proved
his courage and is without stain."
Outside the snow had begun to fall. A
perfect calm reigned in the comfortable
and Impeccably furnished Interior, so dif
ferent from the surroundings in which my
imagination had installed the ferocious ed- i
itor of Die Zukunf t.
"Our future," said Harden, "Is filled with
fears. Our fall has been so great that I
don't yet see the end of it. We are walk
ing towards an economic cataclysm. J
hope that France will content herself with
Alsace-Lorraine, without seeking to tear
from us territories which are German and
whose products are Indispensable to our
industry. I have confidence in the spirit
of justice which will inspire the- plenipo
tentiaries. I know Mr. Wilson, and I have
no fear of M. Clemenceau.
'I hope that the conditions which will
be imposed will not bo excessive. Our
pcoplu axe isaoiauL of their crimes and
A Pawn In Pawn, by Hilda M. Sharp. G.
P. Putnam's Sons, New York city.
This splendid English novel, or
rather a delineation of life in Eng
land, Is quite an achievement as a
bit of readable fiction. Its one in
portant character is Jane Lydia, a
little girl, adopted by a-queer poet,
from an orphans' convent. .
The Superstition of Divorce, by Gilbert K.
Chesterton. John Laoe Co., 2ew York
City.
Gilbert Chesterton is a noted Ens
lish humorist, and in these fcix essays
he does his best and it is a difficult
job to live up to that reputation
Mr. Chesterton skirmishes around
divorce in general and writes about
it in his clever way. But it is diffi
cult now and then to decipher what
he is driving- at. He cautiously hints
that he is in favor of a more liberal
divorce policy presumably in Eng
seems to be a believer in the ikdis- LONDON IN NEED OF HOWIES
suiuunity ul liio mat natje ue.
Indications Point to Unprecedented
Era of Rebuilding
iTON'DON. London, which travelers
maintain changes more slowly than
any other great capital, is yielding
Tobias o' tho I leht, by Jsms A. Cooper.
Ueorge Sully & Co.. New York city.
Tobias Bassett. keeper of a lig-ht-
house at Cape Cod, Mass., is the cen
tral figure of this novel, which is
wholesome, amusing and filled with
the tang- of the sea-
Kathleen, by Christopher Marlev. TDou.
bleday. Page & Co.. Garden City. N. Y.
Mr. Morley's novel "Kathleen" was
reviewed recently in The Oregonian.
The story shows that Mr. Morley is
making- rapid progress as an able
creator of readable fiction. He has
long been a favorite with American
readers. His "Parnassus on Wheels"
is in Us seventh edition, "Shandy
gaff" its fifth and "The Haunted
Bookshop" is also running through a
fifth.
The New Industrial Unrest, by Ray Stan
nard Baker. Doubleday, Page it Co.,
Garden City, N. x. .
Mr. Baker agrees that the old
methods of settlement between capi
tal o nH lnhnt -wnn't An nnri b n
new plan of shop-council system is In to the necessity of providing for con
the saddle. He reviews employment I tinued inrushes of population. .There
troubles in various trades for and I ara many indications that the city
against. He thinks that the solution I
lies in the attitude, the spirit, which
one maintains toward the labor prob-
em "an adventurous. Inquiring, ex
perimental attitude, ever hospitable
toward new facts; and a generous and
democratic spirit.- .
Mawreen, by Patrick MscGlll. Robert M.
McBride & Co., New York city.
In this realistic novel of Ireland of
the present, Mr. MacGill has evolved
peasant folks who are poor, hard
working, and with little comforts, but
who belong to the best of noteworthy
folks. In the heroine. Miss Mawreen
struggling against tragic destiny,
Sinn Fein members, and one Eamon
na Sgaddan, -we meet with people who
grip our interest and hold it.
Too Can. But Will Von? by Orison Swett
Harden. Thomas J. Crowell Co., New
Tork city.
Mr. Marden is a voluminous writer,
and one whose Inspirational messages
are always welcomed by the reader.
In this message of 338 pages, there
are IS chapters of good counsel and
cheerfulness the reading of which
ought to and will make any reader
feel better. The way to mental health
Is. a man's job, though.
Wonder Why, by Milton Goldsmith.
George Sully & Co., New York city.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have th
young sons and two daughters who
ask so many questions from their par
ents that the latter, in self-defense
form a "I-Wonder-Why club," when
questions can be asked and answered.
Information is given to the chil
dren as to: Light, sun, moon, air,
water, fire, motion, energy, coal,
metals, electricity, the ocean, etc.
A capital entertaining story In
which much real, educative informa
tion is furnished.
is on the eve of an unprecedented era
of rebuilding.
Instead of stretching further Into
the beautiful country lying immedi
ately outside its bounds, the predicted
building boom is likely to be a proc
ess of tightening up and leveling up.
by better utilization of wasted spaces
and acceptance of the American sky
scraper idea.
Evidences of tne last-named influ
ence are V be seen today along Lon
don's newest downtown thoroughfare.
Kingsway, near the Strand. Here
number of buildings, either built ly
Americans or designed for American
occupancy, are in the process of con
struction. Shortage of skilled men in
the building trades and hindrances
due to England s leasehold system
are the main handicaps, but the fact
remains that London Is verging to
ward marked physical changeb.
A Short Tfistory of the American Tabor
io"emeDt. ty Mary Beard. fiarcourt.
Erace Howe, xsew Tork city.
Written in conservative, disrjasslon
ate style, this book of 174 pages is an Seven
admirable, condensed rtview of the
aims and achievements of the labor
movement, from the end of the 18th
century, to the present day. The
author says she has b se-i her presen
tation of facts principally from His
tory of Labor In the United States,'
by Professor Commons and others.
The Ghost In the White Honstt. by Gerald
Stanley Lee. E. P. Dutton & Co., New
York city.
A curious, wordy, buf able book of
310 pages on politics and the pres
ident of the United States.
The "chest" meant by the author
The Faoxing of the Klnrs, by Nina Lam
kin. Illustrated. T. S. enison & Co.,
Chicago.
"With Illustrations of costumes in
colors by Buckton Nendick. this book
of 104 pages tells the story - of
pageant that had its initial perform
ance on the campus oi Northwestern
THURINGIA NEW STATE
Lilliputian Princlpalltic
United by Law Into One.
BERLIN. Seven Lilliputian Ger
man principalities have been unite
by a law into one new state officially
known as Thurlngia. It is little more
than half the size of New Jersey and
has a population of 1,584,324. It con
sists of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach. Saxe
Meiningen, Schwarzburg-Kudolstadt,
Schwarzburg - Sondershausen. Saxe
Cotha, Saxe-Altenberg and Reuss.
The Coburg district in what was
formerly Saxe-Coburg-Gotha have
been joined to Bavaria by the same
law. Thuringia will be represented
by two votes in the federal council.
nd used to an extent as a method of
protection. But this fact had received
o serious attention from. a. sclentmc
basis. In order to protect transports
and other shipping and to contend
with submarine warfare successfully,
it was found necessary to devise new
methods of sea fighting.
It was then soon found that the
smoke which was emitted from the
funnels was too heavy. Because of
this fact it would sink rapidly and
soon disappear in the sea, thus losing
its effectiveness after a few moments,
whereas to be effective it was of
vital importance that It stay near the
surface of the water or land. It was
readily seen that a smoke screen
ought by all reasons to be If anything
more effective on land than on wa
ter. The reason for this is that the
ground Is usually hotter than the air
above it'. The hot air rising causes
the smoke to raise and thus drives it
further away from the ground. The
sea air, however, is usually colder
than the water itself, with the result
that the smoke is more apt, if it is
not too heavy, to stay near the sur
face of the water.
In the main, the idea of the effect
ive smoke screen at sea originated
from a careful study of the London
fogs, which conclusively showed tlfat
these fogs were not due to carbon
smoke and moisture, but were caused
by the su.lphur in the coal, which, on
being burned, emitted tractors of sul
phur dioxide, which was subsequently
oxidized by atmospheric oxygen to
sulphur trioxlde. This compound being
very hydroscopic combined with mots
ture In the air to form minute drop
lets of sulphuric acid, whose vapor
pressure was so low that it was not
easily dissipated or evaporated by the
J rays of the sun, and therefore persists
for a long time.
While scientists were experiment
lng 'with different producing agents
for a feasible smoke screen, an
American university professor was
putting the finishing touches on
practical device. Dr. Leigh was his
name, and he was head of the cherais
try department at the University of
Florida. He completed his invention
and then requested that the United
States government allow him a dem
onstration. The result was that the
United States engineering department
was instructed to prepare for making
a demonstration of his smoke screen
The demonstration was held at New
London and lasted one hour. A truck
was sent to Berlin, N. H., to obtain
a 14.000-pound drum of sulphur chlo
ride and the remaining necessary ma
terial was ordered. The demonstra
tion was made on the U. S. S. Owera
on August 5. 1918. at New London
4 P. M. A trip was therefore made on
July 31 to New London for the pur
pose of inspecting the ship Owera.
After difficulties, the naval board
was reached, and the suggestion made
that the smoke screen used by the
merchants' officers' school also in
stalled on the Owera be demon
strated as well. This was finally
agreed on and the arrangement made
to meet the board at S'.ia on the
Owera. At 5 P. M. the board arrived
and discussed the possibilities of
making the demonstration at the
dock. As the dock is at the railroad
station, Mr. Wood expressed fears of
the Leigh smoke screen preventing
any train passing through for some
time after. It was therefore decided to
move out into the harbor and on a
signal from the board who were to
be in a launch to blow the mer
chants' smoke screen for five minutes
and then the Leigh smoke screen for
five minutes. When the Owera ar
rived far enough out the merchants'
smoke screen was started. This screen
is made by uniting hydrochloric acid
with anhydrous ammonia in a tube
about IS inches in diameter and five
feet long, at one end of which is a
fan, operated by hand. This screen
consisted in a thin white smoke of
small volume, which rose and soon
dissipated. Those in the launch fol
lowed. Tuning in and out of the screen.
After about six minutes from the
start of this smoke screen, the Leigh
smoke screen was started. The clouds
poured out in huge volume, like enor
mous balls of cotton slightly tinged
with yellow. The smoke slung to the
water and extended up for a height
of about 60 or 70 feet. From the deck
of the Owera the launch could be
seen to run Into the screen, disappear
and emerge on the other side. After
the screen was once started, no fur
ther attention was -necessary except
to turn on a little more ammonia as
litmus paper test showed a slight.
cid reaction. After running five min-
tes, the nozzle was shut off and the
Owera ran up about a quarter of a
mile and turned around.
Jewish Homeland Project
Subject at Conference.
American Zionists Formulate Pol
Icy for Palestine Land Owner
ship, Co-operative Commonwealth
and Equal Rights to Be Dealt
With.
th-e Zionists of America are resolved
to encourage co-operative enterprise
to the largest extent possible, so that
a co-operative commonwealth may ba
gradually evolved, without, however,
crushing individual initiative. There
is no simple formula by which the
co-operative commonwealth can be
achieved; it must be developed
through struggle and experimenta
tion. In any event, we have set the
goal.
Co-Operratlon to Be Encouraged.
"The third principle is one with
which all Americans are familiar, at
least in theory, though we may fall
short in actual practice. Whereas, we
confine our programme of 'equal
rights' to the narrow field of politics,
the Zionists of America would apply
it to all of Palestinian life to poli
tics and economics, to law and indus
try, to man and woman, to every sect
and every creed."
LIVING FOR CHILE CHEAP
Inability of Railroads to More
Crops Causes Rise In Prices.
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 26. All
people coming from abroad remarked
on the general abundance and cheap
cess in Chile as compared with other
countries. Residents are nevertheless
suffering from the gradual increase
in the cost of life, as the movement
of increase felt over the world can
not be avoided here. Foreign products
rise, salaries increase, prices of do
mestic vproducts advance.
There have Deen some labor move
ments in the nitrate region in the
north and in the coal fields in the
south, both strikes ending with arbi
tration of the demands of the work
men. Trade appears to be very active
and, although the market appears to
be well stocked In most trading lines,
good orders are being placed for Brit
ish and American goods for the com
ing winter.
The crops have been good, but
prices are going up owing to inability
of the railroads to transport crops to
the great centers. Great prices mark
the scarcity of foreign products like
sugar, print paper, rice, which are
not produced in the country.
OKDON, June 28. Public owner
ship of land, & co - operative
commonwealth and equal rights
for all were advocated here today as
the three leading principles in the
social programme American Zionists
desire Incorporated in the project for
Jewish homeland in Palestine, by
Jacob do Haas, executive secretarj
of the Zionist Organization of Amer
ica.
Mr. De Haas arrived in London with
United States Supreme Court Justice
Louis D. Brandels. honorary president
of the Zionist organization of Amer
ica; Judge Julian W. Mack, president;
Nathan Straus, Mrs. Mary Fels, Pro
fessor Felix Frankfurter, Captain
Abraham Tulln, David Rosenbloom
and Louis Lipsky, organization secre
tary. These are the advance guard
of the 39 delegates of American Zion
ists to the World Zionist conference.
convening in London July 4.
Vnlted Effort to Be Made.'
American Zionists will make a
united effort to have the Pittsburg
programme, which they adopted in
191S. as the guiding social principles
for the Jewish homeland, approved
by the world conference in the pro
gramme it will formulate for the
policy to be carried out in Palestine.
Mr. De Haas In the statement he gave
out on the eve of what is considered
the most significant Jewisn world
conference ever held stressed the
progressive tenets of the Pittsburg
programme, declaring:
"The Zionists are not going to be
satisfied with a Palestine or land of
Israel, which will be a mere dupli
cate of the numerous small states of
Europe or South America. They be
lieve that the 2000 years of suffering
and martyrdom of the wandering Jew
has given to our race a wealth of ex
perience which, added to the ancient
heritage of the Jew, can be made
fruitful in the creation of a model set
tlement in the tend of our forefathers.
"The Pittsburg platform may be
summarized as follows: (1). Public
ownership of land; (2), the co-operative
commonwealth: (3). equal rights.
The first is expressed in the phrase
that the land of Palestine shall be
owned or controlled for the benefit
of the people of Palestine as a whole.
The Zionists of America have resolved
that the benefits which come through
increasing land values will not go
into the pockets of land speculators
but will always remain "community
values,' which will go into, the public
treasury.
"The second principle indicates that
CLUB CHARTERS GRANTED
Progress Made by Boys and Girls
of Oregon Indicated In Report.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis. June 26. (Special.)
Boys and girls' club work in Ore
gon is attaining a high degree of
efficiency, according to reports re
ceived by the state leader, H. C. Sey
mour. Standard charters have bean
granted by Mr. Seymour to many
clubs in Oregon.
Those standard clubs receiving
charters recently are as follows: Leap
Year Sewing club, Clackamas; Blue
Bird Sewing club. Lents; Wilsonville
Sewing club. Clackamas; Beaver
Creek Sewing club, Hoff; Estacada
Garden club, Estacada: Milwatikle
Seed Sowers' Garden club; Colton
Poultry club; Hoff Poultry club; Kelso
Poultry club"; Concord Cookery club;
Estacada Sewing club; Sunnyslde
Sewing club. Turner; Fruitland Cook
ing club. Cloverdale Sewing club;
St. Helen's Sewing club; Gresham
Garden club: Busy Bee Sewing club,
Prinevillo; Odell Sewing club; Miller
Hill Garden club; Miller Hill Calf
club: Ftilton Park Garden club.
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