THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 20, 1921
Busaia in the Shadows, by R. O. Walla
Ueorge u. Uoraa Co.. New York City.
Distinguished previously from other
English literary men by his .books,
chowlng brilliant imagination and
social platitudes Mr. Wells suddenly
blossoms out In a new direction.
In "Russia In the Shadows." Mr.
Wells writes graphically as a descrip
tive reporter, ana presents facts as to
Russia under 0oiet rule, in wreck
and disorder. He was in ilussia only
two weeks in September. 1920. and
was therefore only practically In and
around Petrograd. but be worked
busily and took numerous notes.
Mr. Wells finds the soviet srovern-
ment of Russia childish afftt visionary,
but often energetic and creative. Bu
he lssure that this same soviet gov
eminent is the only cohesive fori'
capable of governing the broken Rus
sia of today. In the absence of An
other strong- governing party o
Croup of parties.
A "way out" for Russia Is opened
ty Mr. Wells. He favors the opening
of trade relations with soviet Russia,
on a large scale, by the formation
of a big national or Internationa
trust, representing one power or
rroup of powers. That plan, he be-
lieves. would open up Russia's vast
stores of raw materials to the world
and would help Russia Industrially
and prevent the nation lapsing into
stagnation or Aslastic barbarism.
Lenlne expressed wonder, to ou
author that England had nit tasted
the so-called blessings of the social
revolution called bolshevism, and
added that he could not understand
uch people who could not see the
licht. Lenlne was confident mat
soviet Russia would yet prosper, and
keyged for mor time for the eocial
miracle, adding a hint to come bacK
In ten years and see the success
worked out.
Mr. Wells throws strong light on
the darker side of the Russian soviet
Dicture. and thus he describes the
present dying city of Petrograd:
There are perhaps half a dozen shops
till open In Petersburg-. Tnore is a rov
mment crockery shop, where I bought a
i.atit or ao a a souvenir, xor tuu or sou
rnblts each, and there are a few flower
ehora It la a wonderful fact, I think, that
In thii city. In which most of the shrink
In population u already nearly starving
and hardly anyone possesses a second suit
of clothes or more than a single change of
-rm and patched linen, flowers can be
and are still bought and sold. For E000
rublra, which is about six shilling eight'
pence at the current rate of exchange, one
can ret a very pleasing bunch of chrysan
themums. I do not know If the words- "all the
shops have ceased" convey any picture to
the western reader of what a street looks
l.ke In Rumlo. It is not like Bond street
or Piccadilly on a Sunday, with the blinds
Dear!y drawn down In a decorous sleep and
rvady to wake up and begrn again on Mon
day. The shops have an utterly wretched
and abandoned look; paint is peeling off,
windows are cracked, some are broken
and boarded up, some still display a few
fly-blown relics of stock In the window
ame have their windows covered with no
tices; the windows are crowing dim, the
fixtures have gathered two years dust.
They are dead shops. They will never opes
again.
The electric street ears are still running
r - busy until 6 o'clock. Everyone auram-
l on tne tramcar. If there Is no room
inside you cluster outside. In the busy
hours festoora of people hang outside by
any nanonoiu: people are frequently
pushed off and accidents are frequent.
Ve saw a crowd collected round a child
cut in half by a tramcar and two people
In the little circle In which we moved in
Petersburg had broken their legs in tram
way accidents.
There Is no established conclusion
In Mr. "Wells" book that the present
eovlet government of Russia soon will
collapse.
favorable criticism In his article "The
Amazing Failure of O. Henry"): "But
there is a great merit in his brevity.
Don't you think brevity a great
merit?"
Murray Hill: "I do In O. Henry."
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Aline Kilmer, widow of Joyce Kil
mer, and poet also In her own right,
has been giving lectures on poetry
and poets which for such a "home
body" of a woman seemed a remark
able thing for her to attempt. One
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The Pand Doctor, by Arnold Mulder.
Houghton, alUflln CM Boston.
A powerfully constructed, sane
American novel, picturing people liv
ing on the ever-shifting sand dunes
cf the great laJtes districts of the
ea-t.
The characters in the novel are
finely drawn with the skill of an
artist and reflect Dr. Brier Quentin,
his far-flung medical practice, his
young wife and a strange lover. The
latter occupies a principal position on
the stage. ,
.mo cver-nnrung sand as it creeps
srawaj-u, engumng not only trees, but
fcorses and even villages, is visioned
wun admirable descriptive power.
The Bad Man. by Charles Hanson Towns.
w. x uiuAiu a sons, Aew lork city.
Based on the play of that name
cy t-orter hmerjon Browne, this novel
or who cays ana wild men in Arizona
and with a live, picturesque hero
nameo. uuoert Jones, ex-lieutenant in
the American army in France, gets
one s attention ana holds it.
There is a ranch deal that has i
possibility of oil being in the ground
mo nero loves a married woman
whose husband is wicked; and there
re lots of complicated situations.
One commanding figure stands out
from the recital Pancho Lopez, Mcx
lean bandit and professional bad-
man, tie is sketched with a power
mat astonishes and delights the
reader.
H. G. We II a, author of "Kuala
in Shadows."
vanla. Is a principal story of the
season. It has a grasp on character
work that is admirable.
The two chief persona In the book
are Dr. Stephen Lanfair and Ellen
Levis. The latter desired to become
physician.
Hilda Fell, a wealthy, Imperious
girl who owns a large estate along
the river front In Harrisburg, Pa.,
strangely interests Lanfair. He is
warned by medical friends that there
Is Insanity n the girl's family, an
insanity that might develop any time
in her. As his love for Ellen Levis
sleeps, Lanfair gets intimate with
Hilda, and to h's amasement some
how he finds himself marrying her
She asks him to give up his medical
practice, and live on her money
'We are husband and wife," young
Mrs. Lanfair argues. She turns out
to be a born ecold. Their married
life Is one series of angry scenes
and heartaches In one last case of
violent outbreak of temper, Hilda is
found to be insane, and is placed
under restraint.
Then Dr. Lanfair finds that he
ovea Ellen and that she loves him
The Lanfalrs are church people and
divorce is frowned upon.
Tire novelist makes one way out,
and plays safe. She writes for se-
rlcus Deoole who are cot raaicais.
The review must be stopped! hero,
Farther, by E. K. Means. G. P. Putnam's
bona, .cw lor, city.
E. K. Means has been recognized
by experts as a new novelist who
writes new negro stories about as
entertaining as any other person in
America and that embrace wide
stretches of territory.
In these seven tales, we are treated
o amazing, laughable and patnetic
pictures of the Louisiana negroes
written by a kindly author who
knows these colored citizens appar
ently as Intimately as they know
hemselves. He is a clever master ol
negro dialect.
The Bride of Mission San Joan, by John
Augustine Cull. Tne -ADmsoon frees,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
A romantic, finely sentimental novel
f old California days of 1842-46. A
leasant love story Is revealed, to
gether with ghaphic word pictures
to the strife over California of
that period strife between Great
Britain and this country Spaniards,
Mexicans, Indians, Americans and
Englishmen all are portrayed with
fidelity.
VArt and I, by C. Lavis Hind. John Lane
A series of charming and always
pleasant-to-read essays on art and
art subjects.
ine autnor writes that lie was
commissioned in 1917 to write on art
by Frederick Dixon, editor of the
Christian Science Monitor.
One poem by Amy Lowell Is quoted
p. S3:
The cat and T,
Torether in the sultry night.
Waited.
Tie greatly desired a mouse, ,
I sn idea.
Neither ambition was gratified.
The Tteadlanrt. by C. A thiwson-Scott.
.Alfred A. iinopr. Atw York: city.
Sand, rocks, heaving tide, a sweep
of restless ocean and ever the sme'.l
cf salt water these elements and
f.rong. clear word-pictures of peo
ple make up this story of these views
of English life of our day.
The background Is the leaden sky
and the sea that beats on the narrow
neck of land that joins the south of
England and a headland. Strong real
Ism is the central note. The peoples
re English aristocrats and pleblana
There is a powerful love story.
Social Evolution, br Fertnmin Kldd. G. P.
i'utnam s Sons, Aew yvrk city.
To thoughtful readers this new
edition of an already famous book
comes as & boon and a friend. It bril
liantly discusses the conditions of hu
man progress, the central feature of
liuman history, and the function of
religions belief In the evolution of
society. It also examines modern so
ciaitsra.
Swamp Breath, by Robert Simpson. The
James A. JicCaon Co.. New York city.
Weakness and strength, love, in
difference and hate these are sharp
ly and powerfully contrasted In this
readable novel of English aristocrats
who are part of the governing class
In a far-away African swamp coun
try. Pages are 38.
rifesi I.efs. by Elsie Ringmaster.; Hougb-
loa. M:(llln Co., .Boston.
Subtle yet powerful In plot, this
novel by Miss Linjrmaster, with
scenes Laid principally ia Penruyl-
i The Girl In Fancy Drew, by J. K. Buck-
rose, ueoii. uoran Co., ivew York city.
Clothes may not every time make
or mar a woman, but In the case of
Misa Cynthia Raybom. the delight
ful, witty and otherwise charming
heroine of this novel, clothes did
1 form an Important element in her
social career. The novel is English,
is decidedly entertaining, and has the
added merits of originality and
humor.
Mr. and Mrs. James Walgrove, in
their country home not far from Lon- I auditor describes her thus
don, in which city Mr. Walgrove was -she stood, very erect, chin slightly
engaged In business, were awaiting tilted, looking far away straight be-
the arrival of Miss Nellie Walgrove, fore her, one arm lightly resting
a country cousin; a girl with no across the top of a little reading
money and In search of a position as stand. Girlhood, she looked, newly
governess or teacher. They also come to perfect bloom. She began in
await the arrival of an unknown Miss a little voice that soared out over
Cynthia Rayburn an Independent that space like a bird high in the
heiress. The Walgroves plan to mar- sky. It rang clear and sweet like the
ry her to young Anthony Walgrove, sound of a silver bell. Dew was on
who was "talllsh, with a pale face, the breath of it and all manner of
rather heavy-lidded eyes and black fragrant things. Elves were In it,
hair, and had a certain stiffness of too. Innocent mischievous spirits."
gait left by rheumatism la tne Sounds as though she might be good
trenches." to hear. Couldn t some society invite
M a Nellla WalBTOVS was eecrmu ner out ani trftt h and tnriiimT
engaged to marry Kv. jonn nemiei-
son, a poor curate, who had just ap- Hendrlck Willem van Loon, lecturer
pealed to- the Bishop of .Mabingstoke on history at various universities and
for an appointment as rector in. some author of several historical works
church where there was a iiveaow aeaiing with Holland, pays his tribute
stipend. 1 of appreciation to Wells' "Outline of
i On her way to the Walgrova house History" in a very interesting short
Cynthia s conveyance Became upset article in th February Dial. Ho says
and her own clothing was so wet and Mr. Wells has given us all a new home
soiled because of contact with a to replaoe the historical wreckage
ditch.-that he was glad to borrow left Dehlnd bjp the scientific histori-
clothing from a villager. Whem she can ln nlg myth-exploding research,
did reach the Walgrove home she "Some of the tenants will object to
was met by Miss Chloe Walgrove, tl8 architecture of the rook and
talkative school girl and Imp of mis- others will dislike" the arrangements
chief. Chloe mistakes Cynthia for of tha cenaj.. rhe windows of sev-
Mlss Nellie, and tells the supposedly eral rooma iet ln a draught of doubt,
absent Cynthia about the proposal to The piotures upon the walls are not
marry her and her money to ed7 of equaj vaJue- gut the building
Anthony, and aaas mat ymma. stands, firm and sound, and the
PASTOR WARNS THAT THERE IS DAY WHEN
ALL FACE RECORD AT HEAVENLY THRONE
What Are You Saying to Your God Now 7 Asks Rer. C.E Hnett of Rose City Park Methodist-Episcopal
Church; What Will You Say to Him Then?
known in the family as "the goose
with the golden eggs." That inno
cent revelation steels Cynthia in her
determination to impersonate the
absent and humble Nellie, Just for
f"n-
The Walgroves frigidly receive o
master can be proud of his handi
work." - e e
Then again here's another attitude
toward the famous "Outlines.'" Quot
ing from the history itself:
If the prominent mon of this or
the Chicago Dally News, comments:
"Who guaranteed Mr. Wells' ex
perts? No doubt when the guaran
teed slaves ventured to correct their
masters, the British or Gallic
parvenus, they were clapped into fet
ters, just as Mr. Wells has clapped
his experts into footnotes. There Is
supposed Nelly, and curiously fn"Sh I that Brltsh or Gallic city lacked any
Anthnnv trulv falls in lOVB With her I J e,.-v niiltiira Hianvulvll
and she with him, but no avowal Is they coui. aiwa.y-B turn to some slave
made. The Walgroves go to a dance, or otner Whose learning had been
and Cynthia Is taken along. guaranteed of the highest quality by
Suddenly Cynthia felt a little sport or the slaye dealer to 8uppiy the defi-
anger on betiaii oi tne rti v.u " clency." To which Keith Preston, of
Antnony nan no wuntco ..... ----- -
with a poor little country girl who had
never been anywhere, and whose head
,v, k . eaaiiv turned. It seemed dif
ficult to understand how he could, being
the man she thought him.
What's a man's cousin to nimi
retorted. "I know. Bometning a mi.e
spicier than a sister ana a iuu sai-r
il.S r.e. remained rrave. but his weeping and walling and gnashing
eyes had fleam or imuicmcni m ui iccm in me iuuuivlcs wj. j. ho w u t-
under those heavy uaa, .nu " vTi I line xli story.- ah or wnicn racKei
ha. mr I f H rrt f Pl in IT of not being B.Dtf 1 rifsocn't nratrnnr th. hnnlrctnl litrti rlfilno-
to make her out, though ahe K" d Ha bff business ia Wells, however.
Imple. How came he to ay things line I
T-,.-ri think th life of nursery-I . . .
ioverne.rwould not have provided exercise " ""nK tna I me,
. ... 1 1 -I nTA t ho. nnA nt'f rpf r, f lift, I t t r rvavA
. . ,i , n fnr utrh TCrDU OUiui. - I ' ' - '
she really know about Hie?
A little safer than a
plies to both sexes," he replied, lm S'
you feel that." He saw tne cnimisn .
of her cheek as she turned and his voice
changed. "It's true, thoug-h. iou can
trust me, Nellie." .
The Nellie" disturbed her apaln. Where
were they driftinE? What was he, rea ly.
at the bottom? She gave a proning pnea
to his vanity. v,.i-
'Let us stop, please, sue
Sorry!" he said. I know I m not
much of a dancer now. . .
As she remembered how he had gained
his stiffness and the red deepened in her
cheeks, he could feel the slim fin" sud
denly tighten on his sleeve. "Oh. I . dldn ,t
mean that. 1 warn to an .,
hastily. ,
von m tn manage all right Io rear
S.P.ndTBB France' Feb' 6 Anatole
piled that he had leen hurt and was now J France, the aged French author
apFtafh.V ,., fnre cleared and the spirit and critic, who has announced his
of happy mischief awoke again In her. I adherence to the communist party of
"Oh! we do dance in our village i some, -w I France Uvea ln a large vUlai abou,t 25
in OUr Own jiieuiBunii-
ways for the firmer footing of those
who succeed us. Close knowledge of
our fellows, discernment of the laws
of existence, these lead to great
civilization. I have supposed that
the novel, exposing and Illustrating
the natural history of man, may help
us to such sustaining roadside gifts."
GEORGE MEREDITH.
Anatole France Entertains
Rich and Poor Alike.
Aged French Antbor and Critic
Keeps Open Ilouae Sundays.
he said.
Several ludicrous social mixups fol
low when the real Nellie does appear,
and the two girls' identities n"
about like clouds in a spring sky,
until calm is established.
minutes' walk from the nearest tram
way terminus running out of town,
and is known to the peasants for
miles around for his democratic man
ner and his weekly Sunday receptions
to which everyone, rich or poor, bour
geois or worker, peasant or city
dweller, is received on the same
footing.
Sunday is the day of rest for the
peasants and time hangs heavily on
the hands of the hardy tillers of the
soil. The father often proposes the
moving-picture house, but the hard
working, centime-saving mother balks
Prairie Flowers, by James B. Hendryx. G.
P. Futnaraa bom, c " v" "
Tex Benton, cowboy, dead shot and
lover. Is the ataman nero vi
novel of Montana. After a year of
hard work and drought, he invades
Timber City to get "lickered up." but
1,,.,.. -niildas with his fate. He
meets Mr. and airs, n inuiroii nuu, m epenumg iu to ia irancs lor iick-
Endicott, old friends, wnom ue uu i ets to tne cinema ana tries to com-
met in the west just one year previ- promise by suggesting the zoological
nnalv. Tex had lovea jars. gardens.
before her marriage. I The urchins, however, with visions
Instead of breaking his heart j.ex 0f fruit cakes and candies and choco
gets Bober and another girl wins his I lates dispensed at the France villa.
attention. often settle the argument. x.et s go
Cattle and sheep reuas stir up - i to Anatoie s," they beg, and to Ana
tlon and cowboy lire is surnuB'y ioie tney go.
trayed. The cowboys use strong lan- I The master, sitting in the large re-
gaage and it appears plentiiuny m ception room, greets them all with
his story.
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BT ETHEL R. SAWYER,
Director Training Class Library Association
ol I'ortlanu.
KE of the most helpful after-war
signs Is the way ln which lead
ers In the religious world are
carrying the contest against narrow
partisanship and blind allegiance into
the field of church matters. It may
be that the church failed us during
the great strain of the war, but she is
making heroic efforts ln many quar
ters at least to prepare to lead us into
a greater peace. Bishop Inge's vol
ume entitled "Outspoken essays" came
like a clarion call to many readers a
few years ago. (i suppose it was
mistaken for the cracK of doom by
some startled souls.) Now comes a
volume from the recently eiectea
bishop of the diocese of isew xorK,
William T. Manning. "The Call to
Unity" sounds like real Christianity.
it speaks right out to tne nouer-inau-
thous in words line tnese: i
Christian community is called upon to
acknowledge its share in tne sin oi
making schism or of helping to per
petuate It. There is no church on
earth. Catholic or Protestant, which is
not a sharer in this sin. There is not
a church which has done all that it
should have done to prevent It or to
bring it to an end." And later, "We
need to recognize more clearly that
It is not so much agreement which
produces unity as it is unity and fel
lowship which produces agreement."
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With such books as these, interest
ing not merely to churchmen, but of
moment to every citizen who is look
ing for constructive lines of future
activity, there is peculiar interest in
the book week for the advertisement
of religious literature. Perhaps it
would be a good thing for all of us.
whatever our personal churchly or
antl-churchly sympathies, to look
into these modern utterances of great
churchmen and sort over and perhaps
revise some of our mental stock in
trade along the religious line. Re
member the date, March 13-20.
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"Kenelm Digby" says sometimes it
looks to him as though the next great
war was going to be fought over the
question as to whether New York or
Chicago s the literary capital of the
United States. "And then the deci
sion will probably bs awarded, to Indianapolis."
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More diaries are being kept In Ger
many at present, it Is said, than at
any other time in the history of that
country. The assigned reason is that
people of today wish their grandchil
dren to know the conditions under
which life went on in the days fol
lowing war. Alfred Field, editor of
Frlcdenswarte, has just published bis
war diary, ln four Bizable volumes.
At that rate we shall have another
paper famine when the publication
fever gets in full swing. Undoubted
ly, however, most valuable material
for future historians is being pre
pared. Fremont Older, now editor of the
can ti-mnciscn Call ever see him?
They say he looks Just like what he October last he married Mile. Emma
anDarentlv is a veteran, grart-Ilgni- Ja r-revone.
cordiality, and the children make
themselves at home.
The servants and the gardener gen
erally spent the whole day Monday
in repairing the damage and clearing
the wreckage left behind by Anatole
I ranee s Sunday visitors.
Anatole France has long been a
leading critic, is author of the opera
"Thais" and of numerous works of
fancy, fiction and satire. , He is 76
years old, a member of the French
academy and his real name is Jacques
Ttibault.
He served in the world war as
private, having prevailed upon He
premier to permit him to enlist. In
For many years he has been a
member of the French socialist party.
He announced his adherence to the
French communists after the French
socialists ln their convention at
The Boston Transcript reminds us Tours, In January, voted to join the
Inar newsDaDer man. He has the rec
ord of having put more of San Fran
cisco's "best citizens" ln jail than
anybody else ln town.
third Internationale.
Infant-wonder worshipers that Lord
Macaulay at the age of seven wrote
a history of the world from the cre
ation to his own times. I wonder
whether Mr. Wells knows about that?
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The latest thing in California
propaganda is reported by Robert C.
Holliday in his book, "Men and Books
and Cities." It seems that the bar
bers on the trains attempt to con
vert men to the California religion
en route. When Mr. Holliday got into
the chair his particular missionary
took up the tale to this effect: "And
so I was 'from New York?" Well,
he knew a man who had six children
five of them born in. California,
without any trouble." The sixth was
born In New York; and the birth of
this child nearly cost the life of the
gentleman's wife. Indeed, he only
'saved her by the skin of his teeth."
Shows the effect of climate," com
ments R. C. H.
It appears that the original of Jack
London's "Sea Wolf" was a well-
known figure around San Francisco
until a few years ago. He is de
scribed thus: "Looked like anything I certain that the unfortunate manu
but .a sea-farer. Conveyed the idea facturer was robbed and killed, al-
of a "Salvation Army Man." Prince though neither the perpetrators nor
Albert coat; broad-brimmed, black felt I the body of the victim were found.
hat; long, flowing, dark mustaches.
Professional smuggler. Revenue of
ficers after him for years; they knew
perfectly well what he was doing; he
knew that they knew It; never able
to 'connect him up' with anything.
Dare-devil of the deep strangely
ironic end. Met his death In a few
inches of water, by a pier; got drunk,
asleep, rolled off a small boat." And
so we lost his vote for the 18th
amendment.
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RICH JEWS ARE KIDNAPED
Mysterious Disappearances Indi
cate Slurder and Police Puzzled.
BUDAPEST. Mysterious kidnaping
of rich Jews continues here and the
police seem unable to end it or to de
tect the criminals.
Recently three wine merchants who
had gone to the country disappeared.
The police followed their tracks to the
lake Balaton, where the water washed
ashore a boat, ln which the hats of
the merchants were found. All fur
ther trace was lost and their fate still
is unknown, although there is every
Indication of murder.
The case of Jacob Reissman, a rich
piano manufacturer, belongs to the
same category. Reissman was car
ried away from his home in Budapest
by three man, who pretended to be
detectives of the military police.
Reissman vanished and with him the
contents of his safe. It Is considered
BY REV. C. W. HUETT.
-Jlose City Park M. E. Church.
Conaerlptlom. '
Matthew xxvii:sa "And as they came
out they found a man of Cyrene. Simon
by name; him they compelled to bear his
oroaa."
f IMON, the man mentioned ln the
text, we knew little about. He
was a native of Cyrene, a city of
North Africa, in the part called Libya,
now a part of Egypt, and was the
father of Alexander and Rufus, well
known characters to St. Mark's read
ers. After the trial of Jesus, con
trary to every form of Roman and
Jewish jurisprudence and custom, and
the condemnation, a travesty on jus
tice, Jesus was taken into the "com
mon hall," mocked and Insulted by
the soldiers, struck, and epit upon,
and after the rude Roman soldiery
had vented their cruel buffonery
upon him until satisfied they leave
the ball, for Calvary. The lowly Jesus
has been tasked beyond his physical
strength and was unable to carry his
cross to the place of execution, and,
laying hands upon Simon, apparently
a passerby or spectator, they compel
him either to carry or aid the savior
in carrying his cross to the appointed
place.
We want to use. this occurrence As
the theme for a common experience
until very recently immensely dis
liked in the three largest countries on
earth, viz. TJhina, Great Britain and
the United States. - Conscription is
common to most modern countries,
but not until the exigencies of the
world war arose, imperatively de
manding drastic measures, did Great
Britain and the United States consent
to employ it, and hence in these coun
tries at least it is or was a very un
popular theme.
Conscript Taken Away.
Some years ago it was my prlvl
lege to spend a week In Palestine,
and while there a trip was made to
the Dead sea, Jericho and the Jordan
river. While waiting in the Jericho
hotel room for the heat to abate so
that the trip to the Jordan river and
Dead sea could be made, as the ther
mometer stood at 114 in the shade,
a tremendous commotion was heard
outside with a lot of wailing and
weeping and wo were drawn to the
window almost against our will to
see what was going on. We saw
young man with a couple of soldiers,
one on either side, walking along the
street surrounded by quite a large
company of men, women and children
shrieking, weeping and tearing their
hair and rending their garments as
though some terrible calamity had
happened or was about to happen.
We hurriedly hunted up our interpre-
1 ter and wanted to know what was
the matter and if the young man
was being led away to death. The In
terpreter told ns he was just a con
script being taken away for military
service. We had just come from
Japan, then engaged ln her life and
death struggle with the great Rus
sian bear, and had seen literally tens
of thousands of Japanese soldiers
speeded on their way by streaming
banners and cheering crowds of com
patriots, and the sight at Jericho was
ludricuous In the extreme. Only a
conscript!
The idea behind conscription, how
ever, is a very common one, and no
civilized country Is free from It ln
some form. Aside from our recent
experience during the great war,
when all, irrespective of race, color,
wealth or political influence, were
compelled to render service and ln
defiance of which Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll is now an exile (?) In Ger
many, we meet this .fact every day of
our lives. Nobody Is asked whether
he will pay taxes or not; he is sim
ply told what he is to pay- and he
pays It or wishes he had. We are not
asked to volunteer for jury duty; we
are drawn and a refusal to answer
tne summons win Dring a court offi
cial with a warrant In short order.
We do not ask parents whether they
want to send their children to school
or not, nor do we gain the consent of
the children before they go. They
are told to go and a, failure to do so
brings the truant officer ln record
time.
Majority Are Forced.
The ideal that we hold up and the
principle we try to Inculcate is that
every citizen should gladly volunteer
to do the things necessary to an or
derly and civilized life; the facts are
that the great majority have to be
conscripted. No Intelligent man of
today, despite the very evident fact
of our great and substantial progress,
could be made to believe that suffi
cient revenue could be raised by vol
untary gifts to maintain the state, or
that a sufficiently large number or
men could be obtained by this method
of voluntary service to man juries,
or that parents and children together
would cive careful attention eneugn
to dally school attendance to keep
isnorance from being a menace to
our life and institutions without con
scription. Such is lite as we know it.
. Not only is this idea common in
the life of everyday affairs, but also
it is very familiar in religion. When
God in past ages could find no peo
ple of sufficiently trustworthy char
acter to make the religious teachers
of men, he laid hold upon a man of
Mesopotamia, by name Abram, took
him away from the life and people
he knew and started him out to found
a new nation, fitted to be for that
time the religious teachers of the
world. Abram becomes Abraham, the
father of the faithful, and the found
er of tie great Hebrew people and
a notable conscript ln the kingdom
of God. Three generations later
Joseph, the beloved son of Jacob and
Rachel, becomes, through many vicis
situdes and a long painful experience,
the savior of his people. He did not
volunteer, but was conscripted, and
only after years of bitter experience
could he recognize the hand of God
in providential leadings. Long after
ward Moses is born, beautiful ln form
and feature, and his mother braves
the wrath of the mighty Pharaoh to
save his life. Providentially educated
and trained In the palace of the king
his Impetuous temper causes him to
commit murder and he flees for his
life and spends a long time in Midlan,
where he learns patience and trust in
God. Then he sees the "burning bush
that is not consumed," fit symbol of
Judaism today, hears God's call and
eventually becomes the great emancl
pator and lawgiver of his people. An
other magnificent example of con
scription. Elisha Is plowing in the
field. Elijah, passing by, throws Ills
garment upon him and from hence
forth he becomes the great prophet
and leader of his people. The Old
Testament is full of this Idea from
beginning to end.
Idea Seen Everywhere.
In the New Testament the idea is
everywhere. Joseph Is betrothed to
a beautiful young woman when grave
complications arise and he Is "minded
to put her away privately," but God
appears to him ln a dream, clears
away his doubts and makes him the
humble but hasty messenger and
agent under God to save the life of
the Infant Jesus from the wrath of
Herod the king. A case pure and
simple of conscription. Jesus, having
come to years and begun his ministry.
sees Matthew, the publican, sitting at
the receipt of custom, calls him Fol
low me" and Matthew follows him.
He sees Andrew and Peter with their
father mending nets and calls, "Fol
low me and I will make you fishers
of men," and they follow him. James
and John are called ln the same way,
as we learn from Matt. iv:21, every
one a case of conscription.
Years later Peter, while at Joppa,
goes upon the housetop to rest while
a meal Is being prepared and there
falls into a trance and sees the great
sheet full of all manner of unlawful
things to eat let down from heaven
and hears the command, "Rise, Peter,
slay and eat." He has to see it thrice
and hear the command again and
again before he can, with his narrow
Jewish prejudice and bigoted view,
get the idea it comes from God, and
then the messengers from Cornelius
are at the door and he is ready to go
all who continue in these societies
that they shall continue to evidence
their desire of salvation. By doing
good, by being In every kind merci
ful, after their power, as they have
opportunity, doing good of every pos
sible sort, and, so far as possible, to
all men: To their bodies, of the abil
ity which God glveth, by giving food
to the hungry, by clothing the naked,
by visiting or helping them that are
sick or in prison; to their souls, by
instructing, reprieving, or exhorting
all we have any intercourse with,"
trampling under feet that enthusi
astic doctrine, that we are not to do
good unless our hearts are free to it
Why will men twist the plain mean
ing of Christ to mean the thing he
did not mean? They read, "He that
looketh upon a woman to lust after
her hath already committed adultery
in his heart" and instead of taking
these words in their plain and ob
vious Intent and meaning they. Im
mediately say, "Christianity teaches
that It is as bad to think a thing as to
do it" instead of taking what Jesus
actually means, viz. That hs who
thinks adultery is a potential adult
erer, he that thinks theft is a poten
tial thief. Just use ordinary common
sense and we will not go far astray.
Let some enthusiast try paying taxes
just as he feels like it, try going into
the army or not just as he pleases,
and see what happens. Quite a bunch
of folk tried the latter down in Ar
kansas and a lot of them are still ln
the federal penitentiaries as a result.
Law Practically Universal.
The law of conscription is prac
tically a universal law. We were not
consulted about coming into this
world, nor the conditions under which
we should come, nor the circumstances
to surround us after we safely ar
rived. Had I been consulted, without
question I would have chosen to come
as Mr. Rockefeller's little boy. We
do a host of things we do not choose
to do, like getting up ln the morn
ing, going to work, attending school
and a multitude of irksome tasks we
would rather not perform. Did we
but use the same common sense ln
religious matters that we are com
pelled to use in everyday life we will
have very little If any difficulty In
making a magnificent success of the
religious life.
The New Testament tells us that
we are co-workers with God, that Is,
partners with him. ln saving the old
world from ruin, misery and eternal
woe. There is an old legend which
tells us that when Jesus went back
to the glory world the angels who
"desire to look into mans estate,
that is, have his opportunities and
privileges, were talking with the
master about his life ln the world
and the arrangements be had made
for carrying on the task of evangeli
zation after his ascension, and Jesus
told . them that Peter, James, John
and the others were to tell others,
and they in turn to tell others, and
they others until all should have
heard and had a chance to accept the
gospel. One of the angels is supposed
to have said to him, "But, Master, if
some of these pepole should fall to
tell the others, what other provision
Is there for them to hear?" and Jesus
Is supposed to have said, "There Is
no other provision. If my followers
fall all will fail." This Is Just a
legend, but it is nevertheless a great
truth. If Christians fall to do the
allotted tasks Christianity will fail
and the world will bs lost. Let us
ask ourselves
In honor of the Lord and kins.
The master of the harvest wide.
Who lor a world of sinners died.
And oh, how we could sing that
chorus, and would sing it:
To the harvest fie!d away
For the , master calloth:
There is work tor all today.
Kre the darkness falleth.
Swiftly do the moments fly.
Harvest daya are going by.
Going, going, going, going by.
How about it, friends? Has God
called you, and have you, unlike Paul
of old, been "disobedient unto the
heavenly vision?" Have you said "no"
to God? Remember! O, remember!
Some day we will face our record, we
will meet the master face to face, he
who bore the bitter cross for our
sakea and brought us back to purity
and to God with his own blood. What
are we .saying to him now? What
will we say to him then?
Tarnish on Steel Knives
Easily Prevented.
Chemical Action of Acids Stopped
by Immediate Cleaning.
What kind of a church
Would my church be
If every member
Were Just like me?
Record to Be Faced.
If all were as faithful as some In
THE so-called tarnishing of steel
knives is the result as much of
the wrong method of cleaning as it
is of a chemical decomposition of the
surface of the blade, according to of
ficial advice from the American Cut
lery bureau of Information. A badly
polished steel knife will show more
easily the effect of tarnishing than
will one that has been well cleaned
and polished before use. Experience
In fact has proven that the best pol
ished American steel knives, made of
high-class steel, are less Inclined to
tarnish than those of inferior quality.
All tarnishing of steel knives can
be avoided If the knives are cleaned
Immediately afteruse. The chemical
action of the acids which causes
tarnishing requires a certain time to
accomplish Us purpose and the
quicker it is Interrupted the better
It is for the future use of the knife.
Do not leave steel knives lying HQ-
cleaned overnight Rinse the blade
carefully ln hot water after use and
wipe it dry with a clean cloth. This
will destroy the acids. If there is
time polish the blade with a fine
powder polish. The polish upon the
blade of a good steel knife is pro
duced by very r.pld friction which
makes the surface of the blade ab
solutely smooth until it shines as
does the polish on high-class furni
ture or glass.
Acids destroy the smoothness of the
surface and eat not only into the pol
ish but create small Indentures ln
which food will decompose and help
to make the tarnishing of the blade
permanent. Many machines and ap
pliances for polishing knives are sold.
The best to us,. however, is an ordi
nary bottle cork and some fine pol
lening powder. No appliance con re
place the sensitiveness of the hand
and a few rubbings with the cork
will not only remove all the un'
cleanliness from the blade but also
renew the polish which Is Its natural
protector.
Before polishing rinse the blade
thoroughly with warm water and dry
It. After polishing a renewed rinsing
and careful drying will remove the
remains of the polishing powder. The
essential purpose of a knife Is to cut.
Buying cheap cutlery, is false econ
omy. Ask your dea;er for the best
table cutlery, which Is made in America.
another conscript for the sake of the their gifts for the kingdom the cause
kingdom. Saul, that Hebrew of the
Hebrews, of the tribe of Benjamin,
circumclzed the eigthth day. brought
un at the feet of Gamellel. one of the
really great Jewish teachers of the
law, a Pharisee devout, earnest, in
tense and mightily in earnest, is on
his way from Jerusalem to Damascus j
to arrest any that are "followers of i
the way" and bring them bound to
Jerusalem for trial, Is stricken to the
earth, hears the query, "Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me?" and be
comes the eloquent Paul, the great
est conscript, ln all probability,
Christianity ever had, and a mighty
advocate and defender of the faith.
Even Jesus, we learn from Romans
xv53, "pleased not himself." The Holy
Scriptures, both the Old and New
Testament and all Christian experi
ence is full of the Idea. Turn where
you will, go where you may. It is
found everywhere.
The Methodist discipline has this in
her general ruleB: "It Is expected of
would never lack money for actual
needs, the treasurer would have am
ple funds to meet all needs and a
great reproach -would be taken away.
If all were as willing to serve as
some are, the Sunday school would
never lack teachers, the sick and the
shut-Ins would be visited, cheered
and comforted and a tie stronger than
custom, civilization, patriotism or
blood would be forged to bind us to
gether and we could sing that beau
tiful gospel hymn of C. H. Gabriel
with full hearts:
A band of faithful reapers we.
Who gather for eternitv
The golden sheaves of ripened grain
From every valley, hill and plain:
Our son? Is one the reaper? plnir
Literary criticism a
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It is also reported that, in the cur
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time, will again be introduced by Mr.
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