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BROTHERHOOD OF CHRISTIANITY IS ONLY ANTISEPTIC FOR WAR
Eternal International Truth Held to Show That Kindness Reacts Upon Doer and This Axiom Travels Down From National Policies Through Path Leading to Individuals and Home.
TITE SUNDAY OTIEGOXIAN, rORTXAXD, NOVEMBER 27, 192l
BY DR. CHARLEd MacCAUGHEY.
New Fastor of Centenary-Wilbur Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Judsras 12:6 "Then said they unto him,
Kay .Vow Shibboleth,' and he a!d "Slbbo
eth' because he could not frame to pro
nounce It right."
rriHIS la the record of one of the
I remarkable events 10 plentiful In
the history of Israel. The drama
kf the early history of the Jewish
race la set on a stage across which
pweep all the nations of the ancient
world, and the atory abounds In thrlll-
ng situations. In the Incident frsm
which I have taken this text, the
rlramatls personae are the Ammonites,
the GUeadltea and the tribe of Eph
raim. The Ammonites were one of
he original races of ancient Canaan,
hvho Inhabited the rough and moun
tainous country to the east of the
jJewlsh settlements. They were a
constant menace and scourge to the
Jewish tribes, and because the GUe-
ndltes were their Immediate neigh
bors they suffered the most from the
robber raids of these untamed brig
ands. Gilead was suffering the perils of
ttioae whose political borders adjoin
bad national neighbors. But moral
ponder lines are even more perilous
Khaa political boundaries. I know
that In this sophisticated age It U
bonaldered quite the proper thing not
to be too good. One Is apt to be con-
ldered narrow and provincial unless
pis life somewhere borders on some
faiiostlonable custom or evil habit. I
Want to be old-fashioned enough to-
tilght to say that such a view of life
Is not sophistication but folly. -No
pian can hope to live In spiritual
pesos or moral prosperity If his life
rorders on the edge of self, and the
tlfe and Letters of Henry Lee Hiesineon
by Ulias Perry. Illustration. The At
lantic Monthly Press, Boston,
tt must be of notable Interest In
puis city to wie maiu cu.u "
Jiave at heart the present and future
condition and prosperity of the Port
and symphony orchestra to read such
l frank and educative memoir of the
ate Major Blgglnson good citizen,
rave soldier In the civil war, stor
ing Boston merchant, founder of the
ioston symphony orchestra and pub
ic benefactor generally.
The book Is of 677 pages and is en
Iched by many personal letters writ
en by Major Hlgglnson and from h's
rlends. The latter are among the
amous men and women of this coun
rv. Mr. Perry's style of writing is
Jiolished, dignified and informing.
Although Mr. Higginson's life was
hiostly spent in and around Boston
nd' Boston somehow has been and is
ssoclated with him It is curious to
liote that he was born in New York
lty November 18. 1834. His father
vas In a small commission business in
(Jew York and had failed in the com
nerclal panlo of 1837. George Higgin-
:on. father of th subject or tnis
nemolr, took hla wife and young fam-
ly to Boston, where he engaged in
ommerclal business on India wnarr.
I'he family went to live In a small
riouse In Chauncey place, then a de-
lghtful residence section, wnere ncn
eonle and those of moderate means
lved happily together. The neighbor-
ood la now part of a busy modern
business street.
When Major Hlgglnson was 18
Mars old and away from home he
(Vrots as follows to his father: "If
Lou ask who is the family it is pretty
ard to answer, but there certainly is
i sort of combined Influence which Is..
produced from no one person or par-
lcular persons, which is very healthy
nd sound and beneficial, but which
heeds something new. Boston is not
he world, nor Bostonians always
l ight. I'm a New Yorker, thank hea
Lan, and I believe I have always had
rny eyes open to the fact that Boston
Ivas but a dot on this earth. I hope
trou will not tninK me outer or un-
rrateful, or that I'm set up in these
deas by anyone else. Very far from
t. I must be allowed my own op'n
ons, and one of them Is that the
family might be improved, though It
about the best I know."
The Hlgglnson family, because of
tnoderate means, had to live economl-
!ny.
"We had meat chiefly corned beef
about five times in the week at din
ner, had no butter, never saw an
tgg. had plenty of potatoes and baked
kpples and milk."
Sent to the Boston Latin school.
k-oung Hlgglnson did fairly .well with
tils studies, but soon suffered so much
rom colds and headaches that he
Ivent home on many occasions.
"While at the Latin school I got
wo prizes, being prompted thereto
ly my desire to please my mother,
Who was elated with my success; but
1 oannot remember that I ever cared
Lbout It myself."
The boy's mother died in August,
849, of tuberculosis, when her son
lenxy was 16 years old. The Hlg-
rlnsons had been rooted in the hard
(asaachusetts soil for nine genera
tions.
"It had bred clergymen, seamen,
old! era, administrators and mer
chants; a prolific, generous, stubborn
race, not slow to wrath, and honest
ls the sunlight. '
It seems the Hlgglnsona belonged
o a sort of Boston clan, and allied
With them were other families whom
hey called cousins Cabots, Lees,
Jacksons, Lowells, Channlngs, Per
clnaes, Tyngs, Storrows, Putnams,
fodorses, Paines and others.
Continued delicate health meant
hat young Hlgglnson was educated
argely by private tutors. He went
O Harvard university for a few
nonths, but had to give up because of
His health. For several years there
after he seems to have been a gen-
leman of leisure, traveling in com
any with friends over portions of
Europe, supported by his father's
ounty. The musical life of Vienna,
resden and several other European
itles appealed to him much. At one
ime he though", of. becoming a pro
fessional musician, and he worked
hard at harmony. He attended many
rchestral concerts, heard many fa-
Inous singers, and writes extensively
f these experiences In letters to his
father
In 1850 a legacy of about 813,000
eft Mapjor Hlgglnson was devoted
(principally to musical pursuits in Eu-
ope. In Uome he met several Amer
icans, among them W. W. Story, and
be wrote thus to his father:
I am continually surprised to find
(how little men are that ls, that they
tmount to no more indeed, hardly so
Inuoh as the young men whom I have
ko constantly seen. It may be that
then of settled employment, whatever
l(t may be, put their whole strength
iinto their work and have none to
y-pare for ordinary occasions, for
veryday life, which Is wrong. Mr.
tory is a man of considerable talents
ind of great Industry, but of no
,-enius, so I believe. Hla theory is
hat there la no difference la will
fringe of sin. I heard of a pilot who
navigated a dangerous channel. Some
one said to him, "I suppose you know
where every rock and shoal and bar
is in this channel, and the pilot re
sponded, "I know something better
than that I know where the rocks
and shoals and bars are not.
There is a false philosophy going
tne rounds these days that a man
must be a bit of a devil to get the
most out of life, and that even a
churchman should imitate the eight
disciples who sat outside the gate
of the garden that dreadful night and
were as much In touch with Judas as
they were with Jesus. That visw of
life Is false. If you want a pure
heart, and a peaceful conscience and
a prosperous life, find your way into
the very heart of the country, and
build your homestead close under the
shadow of Mount Zion, belted round
with the hills of God.
The record says that when the Am
monites made their foray on the un
suspecting GUeadltea, the latter
turned for assistance to their breth
ren of the tribe of Ephraim, whose
territory adjoined theirs on the west,
Just across the Jordan river. They
had every reason to expect aid from
the Ephralmites because Gilead was
the buffer state between Ammon and
Ephraim, just as Belgium la the buf
fer state between Germany and
France.
Self-interest should have prompted
Ephraim to extend aid to Gilead. be
cause a weakened or defeated Gilead
exposed their own borders to the con
stant threat of invasion. However,
Ephraim Just at that time was under
the Influence of statesmen who advo
cated a policy of national isolation
and warned the people -against par
ticipating in "entangling alliances,"
so that the Ephralmites refused to
assist in the defepse of their kinsmen
of Gilead.
'
I -am surprised that there was no
prophet in Ephraim big enough and
than In ability to do, and that a man
can with induatry do anything. On
this theory he has acted, and it resta
with the world to decide whether he
has aucceeded. He ls a sculptor, a
good draftsman, writes poetry. Is
skilled In belles-lettres and in music.
Is very kind and - good-natured, very
wain, honest and true in intentlom
though he exaggerates for the sake
of a joke far too much, ls rather pre
judiced. He 'is a good fellow and a
very pleasant man and acquaintance."
When our Hlgglnson was studying
music in Europe his father wrote to
him: "Will your knowledge and de
votion to muslo enable you to look
upon it as a profession, or to render
rich service of good to society?" It is
significant that Major Higginson's
decision to found the Boston sym
phony orchestra came just 22 years
later, in the year 1881.
But the agitation preceding the
civil war drew young Hlgglnson back
to his Boston and he engaged there in
a commission business in a small way.
He was a consistent abolltrbnlst. He
hated slavery and was a strong fed
eralist. When war broke out he
helped to organize the 2d Massachu
setts regiment and was commissioned
a lieutenant. Transferred soon to the
cavalry, where he developed as a
fairly seasoned soldier, he took part
In several battles, but ultimately, in
June, 1863, was wounded so severely
In the face and spine that his further
military service became impossible.
He was then a major.
The end of the civil war found Ma
jor Hlgglnson eager for business, al
though he confessed privately that
accounts always bothered him.
Once he wrote to his father "In what
form should I keep my account?
Which side 'Is Dr. and which Cr.?"
After unprofitable speculations in oil
and cotton Major Hlgglnson returned
I to Boston and his good fortune began
I January 1, 1868, when he became a
Copyright, Bliss Perry.
The late Henry Lee Hlgglnson.
featured tn a new biography.
The photo Is dated 11)05.
partner in the well known financial
house of Lee, Hlgglnson & Co., where
he remained a member o the firm
until his death, 60 yers later.
Quincy Shaw and Alexander Agas
siz the latter a great scientific man
were both brothers-in-law of Major
Hlgglnson and were Interested in the
then unknown Calumet and Hecla
copper mines. Naturally, these men
preferred to do their business with
the firm of Lee. HlgginBon & Co. At
one time the shares were offered at
$5 each and the Higginsons and their
family connections in spite of many
discouragements and heroic struggles
at Lake Superior, invested heavily in
these properties. As all the world
knows now Calumet and Hecla have
since proved to be gold mines, prac
tically speaking, and one St the in
vestors who grew to be a very rich
man was Major Hlgglnson.
Then' came Major Higginson's dream
to found a great symphony orchestra
for the cause of musical education
and the public good. He saw that the
kind of orchestra he vlsioned, 70 men
and a conductor, could not be sup
ported by money derived from the
sale of tickets at the box office, and
that the deficit of such an orchestra
would possibly beabout year
ly. He Insisted upon "one conductor
and only one."
The most interesting chapter In the
book is page 10, which has this sig
nificant heading: "The Symphony
Orchestra of 18Slrl914." The account
of the rise of what followed, the fa
mous Boston Symphony orchestra, is
told by our biographer in modest;
condensed fashion. Ma, or Hlgglnson
said openly that he would work along
State street Boston's financial cen
r i i
. :
clear-brained enough, to rise up and
rebuke his people for their f oily and
provincialism. It seems strange that
there was no statesman in that day
who couldi see that the hopes of all
the tribes of Israel were bound up
in a bundle together, and that the
defeat of one meant Irreparable In'
Jury to all. Then I would like to
have the spirit of that ancient
prophet, had there been, such a one
walk through tha nation' of the
world today and teach ns the same
lesson that God hath made of one
flesh all the nations" of the earth;
someone, speaking of the solidarity
of the human race, that an Athabasca
Indian cannot whip his squaw with
out the heart of the world shudder
ing beneath his blows. That is prob
ably an hyperbole, but it contains
the glimmer of a very vital truth.
The thing that makes war so In
finitely hideous Is that no matter
who seems to be victorious, the whole
race is vanquished. The red blood
that gushes from the torn bodies of
our enemies is drained from our own
hearts. The world is a very little
place and no man can be Indifferent
to anything that transpires in it.
San Francisco burns down and Lon
don and Glasgow suffer financial
prostration because of It. Some years
ago the kaiser and the czar were to
have met somewhere In the North sea.
On ttre appointed day It was dis
covered that the uniform to be worn
by one of them had been, mislaid.
and the meeting was postponed for
two days The rumor went out that
there had been a misunderstanding
that might lea to war. There was
a financial panic on the exchanges
of Europe and thousands of persons
were ruined.
Somewhere In northern, Asia, in
some foul but, a new disease germ
waa hnm Mftn oaIIaA It influenza.
and It circled the globe, digging mil
lions of graves in Portland, and'
ter for money to finance this or
chestra. It is estimated that In the
33 years In which he was the or
chestra's financial supporter, out of
his own money he paid away for the
cause more than 81,000,000 (p. 463).
Major Higginson's experiences with
the various conductors of the Boston
Symphony orchestra are narrated
Henschel, Gerlcke, Niklsch, Paur,
Fiedler and the jnuch-talked-about
Dr. Muck.
Major Hlgglnson wrote In the be
ginning that he thought the conduc
tor should be engaged for eight
months, or a year, or less; "that the'
salary would be $8000; the conduc
tor to. have the entire management
of the concerts, and that the conduc
tor should 'hire or fire' musicians, as
he should see fit; that the conductor
should make up programmes. Of
course, this will be done with my
assistance. If I can help him. He has
sole power in all these matters."
In 1917, when agitation began in
Providence, R. I., Boston and other
townsa to request Dr. Muck to play
the "Star Spangled Banner" at con
certs of the Boston Symphony or
chestra. Major Higginson thought the
patriotic question '"did not belong in
the programmes." He was then "a
weary, perplexed old man of 83, who
was simply trying, as always, to dis
cover his duty and to do it" (p. 486).
In a conference with Major Higgin
son, Dr. Muck said he would play the
"Star Spangled Banner,", and it is
recorded that he did so. But, the
biographer intimates, the objection
to Dr. Muck was political and due to
war-causes. Dr. Muck offered to re
sign his position. It seems that sev
eral abusive letters about this mat
ter reached Major Higginson, and
.that some were Indecent (p. 488).
On page 491 it is related that the
unpleasantness at the time, and the
false charges of disloyalty made
against hlm made Major Higginson
"-iiia iu mo cunvicuuo mat an lur
ther pleasure in the 'orchestra was
destroyed so far as he was con
cerned (p. 491).'
Early in 1918, Major Higginson de
cided that as he was tired of the
clamor against the orchestra. Dr.
Muck and himself, he would resign.
He notified Dr. Muck in March, 1918,
that his engagement with the orches
tra would terminate May 4; and
March 25 Dr. Muck was arrested and
interned as a public enemy. A Mr.
Schmidt, a German, completed the
season as conductor, and the orig
inal orchestra ceased to be, so far as
Major Higginson's liberal connection
with It was concerned. May 4, 1918.
Major Higginson's relatives and
friends insisted upon his taking a
rest, and for a short time he did so.
But he continued his activities, par
ticularly in letter writing, as a sup
porter of the entente allies, in the
world war.
Unable to recover from troubles In
cident to age, and also from weak
ness from a surgical operation, Major
Higginson died within four days of
reaching his 85th birthday.
Such is the public and musical rec
ord of a noted American who left his
lmpreas for good symphony music in
this country, but "who bluntly stated
(April 27, 1914) his conviction
formed 60 years previously that he
had "no talent for music" (p. 291).
The frnlse of the Dream Ship, by Ralph
Stock. Illustrated. Doubleday, Pace A
Co., Garden City, N. Y. ' "
Illustrated from photographs and
with -line drawings by Lynn Bogue
Hunt, this is a fascinating narrative
of a voyage In a 41-foot Norwegian
built auxiliary cutter of 23 tons reg
ister a voyage (on a captal of 8500)
that Included trips to the British In
dies, the Marquesas islands. Tahiti,
SavaKTft island and nihor
spots in the South seas. A suitable
gut oooa tor me Holiday season and
told by a former English soldier In
the big war.
March On, by Geora- Madden Martin. D.
Appleton & Co., New York City.
A sterling American novel of love
and sacrifice In the recent war pe
riod through which this country has
Just experienced. The heroine is
Lucy Wing, a southern girl, and she
emerges as one with high ideals and
ambitions. One word-picture that has
outstanding force in tht recital is a
thrilling description of Armistice day
in New York in 1918.
Vonnd Stripes, by Bertha Lfpplncott Coles.
J. 14. lfpplncott company, 'hlladelphia.
Written with fine sentiment and
good taste, these 187 pages contain
five admirable "after-the-war" ro
mance stories. The book Is dedicated
not only to those American soldiers
killed in battle, but to those Ameri
can soldiers who, were wounded or
are otherwise disabled and have to
'carry on" bravely.
Children's Game for All Seasons, by Te
resa M. Brock. Illustrated. Stanton A
Van Vilet Co., Chicago.
With attractive pictures some In
color this ls a book of 119 pages
that will bring, joy to children. It's
an admirable book of games and fun.
More That Mont Be Told, by Sir Philip
Uibbe. Harper & Bros., New York City.
Written with that realism and
sweep of action that , make anything
he writes interesting, this is a power
fully presented message on the so-
Paris, and Yokohama, and every city
and hamlet In the world.
We are all bound up in -a bundle
together and there can be no "splen
did. Isolation" anil no talk of avoiding
"entangling alliances" That is- the
strategy of the idea behind foreign
missions. It says that life cannot
be safe anywhere until it is safe
everywhere, and sets Itself to the task
of establishing safe standards of
conduct throughout the entire world.
The modern Ephraimite who refuses
to support missions should not com
plain of the cost of war, for Chris
tianity is the only antiseptic for war,
because it establishes that atmosphere
of comity and brotherhood in which
war cannot germinate. It is eternally
true Internationally that acts of
kindness Yeact upon the doer. When
Italy was struggling for her free
dom, England of all the great Euro
pean nations was frlendJy and sympa
thetic. It was that tradition of
friendship that more than anything
else brought Italy into the entente
during the world war. It was so
with France and the United, States.
The one act of our government, after
the Boxer rebellion, in returning
part of the indemnity paid by China
at that time. Inspired such confidence
in our country on the part of the
Chinee that a hint from our presi
dent that we would welcome the en
trance of China into the war on the
side of the allies was all that was
sufficient to get its co-operation. A
hundred years of peace between
America and Canada Is eloquent testi
mony that courtesy and ' nelghborll
ness are more potent weapons in the
preservation of international amity
than forts and fleets.
The selfish policy of Ephraim,
"each nation for itself, and the devil
take the hindmost," has had Its day,
but its day is drawing to a close
and more and more that Idea Is be
ing discredited In International af-l
clal changes that have taken place in
Europe since the armistice in Novem
ber, 1918 changes that have grown
out of conditions caused by the late
world war. Occasionally Sir Philip
writes in pessimistic fashion, but he
digs at the social truth as he sees it
and presents social scenes in words
that burn.
Chapter heads are: Leaders of the
old tradition; Ideals of the humorists;
the need of the spirit; the new Ger
many; the price of victory In France;
the social revolution in English life;
the warning of Austria; the truth
about Ireland; the United States and
world peace, and tha chance of youth.
Present and coming economic death
ls a condition we must face, says our
author, and he is sure in more than
one European nation general starva
tion Impends. In England some re
lief may come, it ls stated, by an exo
dus from the overcrowded towns to
agricultural pursuits on the farms.
Harvard's Military Record In the World
War, edited by Frederick S. Mead. The
Harvard Alumni association, Boston,
Mass.
A sterling record of splendid and
patriotic Americanism, and worth
keeping, not only as a book of refer
ence, but as a record of what the
men of one American university
Harvard, near Boston did in helping
subdue Germany and autocracy in the
recent world war.
,The book extends to 1142 pages and
ls a presentation of "Harvard men in
the, armies and navies of the United
States and the nations associated with
this country in the world war." The
message so presented contains the
service records of 11.319 men, includ
ing 371 men whose names are on the
roil of honor.
Naturally, the editor, who has done
his work well, does not pretend the
record to be complete, and It is rather
a compilation of the reports sent In
at the request of the Harvard war
office, by the men themselves, or by
their families. Errors or omissions
may have crept in, but all care, no
doubt, has been exercised to prevent
their appearance. Editors of such a
mass of material are, after all, human
beings, and human beings are not
perfect machines of never-falling and
everlasting accuracy.
' Record of service is in each case
gien chronologically, followed by the
engagements taken part in, and dis
tinctions won. If a man died after
leaving the service but not from dis
ability clearly Incurred in service,
the date and place of his death .are
stated.
The editor gives credit to Major
General Leonard Wood, M. D., '84, and
LL.D., '79, and also to he late be
loved Theodore Roosevelt, '80. "for
arousing this country to prepare fcr
the world war. The nation owes them
a debt of gratitude for their fore
sight" Bonn -of a Man Vi'ho Failed, by -Henry
Clinton Parkhurst. The Woodruff Press,
Lincoln. Nob.
There ls pathetic interest in this
book of 37-6 pages, containing 303
pages of Mr. Parkhurst's poems and
69 pages of his prose writings.
It seems that Mr. Parkhurst, an
honored veteran of the civil war of
1861-65, ls now 77 years old and for
the greater part of his life has been
writing poetry. He complains of a
legacyyof hard luck and personal mis
fortunes, and states that three times
accidents, happened through which he
lost books of his own poems, repre
senting his labor for many years. He
complains also that famous authors
have unblushingly used his poetry as
their own, and gives Instances of this.
He writes that he does not print this
book for gain, but that he prints it
as a gladiator Tights to the end
"because It ls his nature to do so."
The best poem, for sterling dra
matic ability, ls "Judith," and It ex
tends to 23 pages. Other of Mr. Park
hurst's poems reflect the civil war
and the world war just passed, and
have a brave ring to them. Others
d,epict beauty of nature, philosophy,
common sense, observation, morals,
etc. All are worth reading.
Nobody's Man, by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
Illustrated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Told in an interesting fashion and
with a powerfully drawn plot that
commands the reader's attention, this
is an up-to-date English novel, told
by a novel-wizard. It visions po
litical life In England and the birth
of a new force, the democratic party.
Andrew Tallente, after losing his
seat in the English parliament, has a
fracas with his secretary, Hon. An
thony Palliser. The latter, Mr. Tal
lente suspects, had an Intrigue with
Mrs. Tallente, who had stolen valu
able political papers from her hus
band. Standing near a cliff, Tal
lente strikes his secretary and Pal
liser falls to the shore below. On
investigation no trace of him can be
found and the police wish to arrest
Tallente "tor murder.
A daring love story runs through
the recital.
A Fenny Whistle, by Bert Leston Taylor.
A. Knopf. New York city.
In a short preface, Franklin P.
Adams says:
"When Bert Leston Taylor died last
March at the bottom of the column
'A Line-o'-Type-or-Two,' in the Chi
cago Tribune, which he created 20
fairs. Lowell Is the prophet of the
new day when he says:
True freedom Is to share
All the bonds our brothers wear.
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to set others free.
The sam thing is true in our per
sonal relationships. An old proverb
says "There is a double wage for a
helpful heart." Kind deeds sow seeds
that bring a kindly harvest. Kind
words awaken kind echoes. That is
what Tennyson meant when -he said,
speaking of the bugle call:
O love, they die on yon rich sky.
They faint -on hill and field and river.
Our echoes roll from soul to aoul
And grow forever and forever.
I heard the other day of a woman
who talked herself to death in the
Grand canyon, trying to have the last
word with the famous echo. I am sure
that is a slander on the women, but it
still remains true that the echo has
the last word, whether it be in acous
tics or life. The man whose religion
is to look out for Number One finds
in time that the shell of his own
selfishness closes about him, trapping
him in the'tomb of a fearful isolation.
But the man who takes time to plant
a flower on another's pathway finds
himself comforted by a fragrance
that Is wafted along his own. I like
the spirit of that song that says:
la a world where sorrow ever will be
known.
Where are found the needy and the sad
and lone.
How much joy and eomfort we can all be
stow If we scatter sunshine everywhere we (e.
This ancient story tells us that
when the Ephralmites refused to help
Gilead against Ammon, the Gilead
ltes, In desperation, led by their in
trepid Jephtha, went against the en
emy, completely routed and defeated
them and returned home laden with
abundant spoil. Then a very human
thing happened. The Ephraimites,
chagrined at their own stupid failure
to participate In a victorious cause.
years ago, and which he stopped con
ducting only a week before his
death a sense of acute and personal
loss was felt py more readers than
could be felt by the taking away of
any other writer in American Journal
ism. He was about to issue these
verses, his best, to his notion, of the
past eight years. The title and the
sequence of the poems are his also.
The best of ft L T.'s verse means
that no better light verse has- ever
been printed." The late Mr. Taylor
was born in 1866, and died in Chicago.
It ls not possible, in the present
crowded condition of the columns of
The Oregonian, to quote any of these
sterling poems at length, all of which
ring true. The commendation of Mr.
Adams as to his friend's versa ls true.
The world has lost a gifted poet lii
the death of this American, in his
55th year.
The Drama of the Fosrsts, by Arthur Hem
ing. Illustrated. Doubleday, Page & Co..
Garden City, N. Y.
Illustrated by the author wjth re
productions from a series of his
paintings owned by the Royal Ontario
museum, this la a series of romantic
and picturesque adventures describ
ing a young artist's . trip during a
winter spent In the Canadian north
woods with one of the famous old
Indian trappers of the Hudson's Bay
company. Wood lore of Indians and
bears, the Joy of tramping in snow
shoes over virgin snow and the
warmth of the wigwam fire at night
lend charm to the book.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Good Night Storlea by Laura Rountree
Smith,' Illustrated. 120 paces. 18 short
stories for children, and luid with entertaining-
skill, from a new angle (Stanton
A Van Villet Co., Chicago).
The Glorious Hope, by Jane Burr, a
clererly-told novel for nature girls, de
picting New York city life and featuring
artists, sculptors, actors, etc. (Th,,m.
Seltier, N. Y.
Famous Leaders of Industry, by Bdwln
Wildinan, admirably written short
chapters. featuring the careers of
28 men who have won fame and founded
businesses, and who generally have been
architects of their own advancement; and,
Wlhl Wings, by Margaret R. Piper, a good
New England novel for growing girls (The
Fage Co., Boston).
The Price of Honor, by Anne Arrington
Tyson, a novel of love and marriage (Four
I Seas Co., Boston),
The Harp of Life, by J. Hartley Manners,
a play In three acta, splendidly fashioned,
sensing the love for a 18-year-old youth
by a good woman and also a bad one a
study of two kinds of love; and The Young
Enchanted, by Hugh Walpole. a fine and
interesting novel describing life In Lon
don, England, In the year 1U20 (Doran
Co.. N. Y.).
The Heart of Canyon Paas. by Thomas
West, in which the hero is a clergyman
who is determined to work In a locality
that had never known a church or a
preacher with various love problems la
the recital (George Sullv A Co., N. Y ).
Trouble-the-Roue. by Kate Jordan, a
novel that is a delight, and picturing the
envelopment of a distracting heroine called
Susy Gilvarry. the owner of freehlea. an
ambition to write stories and who often
was in love (Little. Brown & Co.. Boston)
More About Unknown London, by Walter
George Bell, with 16 Illustrations, a
gossipy, attractively written book, pictur
ing strange and historic nooks In London
(John Lane Co., N. Y.).
Trapping Wild Animals In Malay Jungles,
by Charles Mayer, with 16 illustrations,
fascinating, cleverly-told description of
exciting adventures In the Malay penin
sula, catching elephants, tigers, snakes
and many other kinds of wild beasts for
use and exhibition In great circuses and
menageries (Duf field & Co.. JS". Y.)
The Little Garden, by Mrs. Francis
King, 04 pages, with about a doxen illus
trations, a helpful, educative book de
scribing the planting, planning and treat
ment of a plot of ground usually to be
found in towns and suburbs a book that
will be a treasure next spring and sure
to please the children (The Atlantic
Monthly Press, Boston).
Egg Slicers Make Clever
Week End Gifts.
Contrivance Hu Two Jaws Which
Clip Off Thin 'Wafers.
""V NCE you have possessed one of
inese cmver cunir&ptions lor sue-
lng eggs for salad you will never be
without one again. And you will see
to it that every housewife-friend of
yours has one of the clever things.
In fact these intriguing slicers are
offered now in gift shops as pres
ents to take to the week-end hostess
the bright metal sllcer Backed in a
little box along with a rhyme which
describes the uses of the gift. Tht
sMcer has two Jaws with thin, sharr
bars across ana an egg clamped be
tween the jaws emerges in paper-this
slices of white and yellow. Crean,
cheese, potato, "beets and other things
may be sliced in the same way to
make attractive garnish for salads
and other dishes
- "Bloody Sunday" Celebrated.
DUBLIN. -"The anniversary of
"bloody Sunday" was celebrated, No
vember 20, In many churches by
masses for the repose of the souls of
the victims. There was a procession
which .went to Glasnevln cemetery
to- decorate the graves of those who
fell. It was one year ago when
military men and auxiliary police
were killed during the morning hours
and there were reprisals during, the
afternoon at a football game In Croke
park where there were casualties.
said to the people of Gilead, "Why did
ye not ask us to go with thee, when
ye went tip to fight against Ammon?
Now we will burn thine house upon
thee with fire'
We can understand these Ephralm
ites very well, because we have them
with us until this day, and we have
suffered because tf them many a time.
They are in this church and In this
city. If same daring Jepthah in the
church fix. poses a project that re
quires courage and hard work and
risk, these modern sons of Ephraim
remain smugly noncommittal until
the undertaking is an assured success,
but when that happens they are nois
ily Insistent on securing a prominent
place in the enterprise. There are
some very prominent Ephraimites in
the city of Portland tonight who are
maintaining a discreet silence regard
ing the proposed fair.. It is not quite
clear to them yet whether those who
are" promoting the fair are fools or
patriots, but when it becomes evldetit
that they are not fools but very real
patriots, the foremost ranks of the
procession will become congested
with a sudden influx of these children
of Ephraim.
The curtain now lifts on the last
act of this ancient drama. The in
solence of the Ephraimites has met
a grim rebuke from the swords of
Gilead. The fugitive survivors,
anxious to cross the Jordan to their
own country, are met at the fords
by Jepthah's sentinels.
"Art thou an Ephraimite?" Is the
question put to each one, and If he
says "No," "Say now Shibboleth
(river)," say the guardians of the
fords. And the fugitive betrays his
nationality, for he says "Sibboleth"
he could not frame to pronounce It
right. In the emergency he betrayed
his racial inheritance.
How significant an illustration that
Is of life's unconscious betrayals. It
Is in the unguarded moment that the
real man stands out, when the veneer
THE LITERARY PERISCOPE I
BT JEANXETTE KENNEDY.
Assistant in Circulation Department, Pub
lic Library.
((rpHE Home of Fadeless Splen
I dor" is a book on Palestine
announced for early publica
tion. George Napier Whlttingham is
the auhor, and the volume deals with
the author, and the volume deals with
present-day mixture of races there,
resulting in friction between the es
tablished Arabs and the Zionists who
have begun to migrate to their long
lost home. The work will be hand
somely illustrated, partly in colors
and partly from etchingis.
A book of humorous verse by Ed
ward Anthony, which has been com
pared in style to that of Gilbert &
Sullivan, is his "Merry-Go-Roundelays."
Arthur Train, who' enjoys pursuing
legal questions from a world of ac
tuality into the realm of fiction, has
a new exploit for his Mr.Tutt, attor
ney and councillor-at-law, in his lat
est detective story, "The Hermit of
Turkey Hollow."
Julian Street has produced a book
of impressions of Japan and her peo
ple in his late successful publication,
"Mysterious Japan."
The collection of South sea tales
called "Where the Pavement Ends"
has had a checkered career in the
world of books. They have been de-
' scribed in glowing terms by various
writers, one pronouncing them the
"finest collection of swiftly-moving,
colorful, highly dramatic stories of
the South seas that we have ever
read." That praise has been granted
since the English publication of the
.stories last spring, and they doubt
less deserved It. But a few years ago
the fame group of stories was pub
lished in America " under the title
"The Red Mark," and they attained
but slight recognition and few sales.
This Is believed now to be due to the
fact that the' Interest in the South
seas then was less intense, and not
due to any lack of Interest in the
storied
e e
"Chance Encounters" Is a volume
of shorts torles by Haxwell Struthers
Bert, which contains among others
"Each In His Own Generation," the
story which won the O. Henry prize
for the beat short story in 1S20.
e
"Main Street" has Its parody in
Carolyn Wells' "Ptomaine Street."
The central character is Warble Pet
ticoat, and her descent upon Butter
fly Center provides Incidents for the
story, which lb told In a spirit of rol
licking humor.
Post-war romances -collected under
the title "Wound Stripes" are pub
lished in a volume of five stories by
Bertha Lippincott Coles.
e
Dr. E. J. Dillon, the recognized ex
pert on International affairs, has re
cently - published a book on Mexico
called "Mexico on the Verge." Her
relations to world reconstruction ls
the theme of the book.
A book of remlnie-cences by so young
a novelist as Stephen McKenna
should have a certain hlsto-ric inter
est, for it deals with the men, women
and manners of the period just be
fore the war. He calls It "While I
Remember." as if to fix the impres
sions which cover the years between
1890-1914.
The cartoonist, John McCutcheon,
has gently satirized modern life in
"The Restless Age." which contains
more than 30 cartoons in tint.
Following ln the footsteps of Jo
seph Conrad, whose novel3 are writ
ten In English Instead of in his na
tive lans-uare. the Polish, a young
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Th2 VOLLAND IDEAL t$
that bocks rhould make
children happy and build
character uncorytlcayty
and should contain notrv
Infcto caue frithtjueyt
fear 0torify mijcWeexcuje
malice or condone cruelty
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reviewed
onthis
GlLVS
is off and the mask Is down. We
go on day after day, building.- build
ing an edifice of character; weaving,
weaving the warp and woof of the
sort of men and women we are.
People associate with us and form
opinions of us, sometimes right and
sometimes wrong. Then comes the
emergency, and as one flash of light
ning will photograph a whole land
scape, so one emergent moment can
blaze with all-revealing intensity.
They say that If you want to kmow
what sort of person a man really is,
go camping with him, far from
civilization, and In the hour when he
is irritated with fatigue and incon
veniences, he will stand forth as he
really Is, whether a true man or a
sham.
Be that as It may, I know that life
has a habit of confronting us In un
expected moments and saying, "Say
now "Shibboleth," and that hour is a
poor time to begin to learn how to
pronounce it right. I have many a
time stood by the bedside of men
who were dying, and I have often
been appalled by the revelations that
came from their muttered lncoher
encles. I hive heard them talk In
that solemn hour of money and wom
en and tobacco and wheat terrible
proof that the soul had learned a
vocabulary fraught with fearful be
trayal as these men stood at the
fords of the river.
In her book, "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm," Mrs. Wiggin says of
Miranda Sawyer:
"Poor Miranda Sawyer, hovering on
the verge of the great beyond. No
divine visions floated across her tired
brain nothing but petty cares and
sordid anxieties. Not all at once can
the soul talk with God, be he ever so
near. If the heavenly language
never has been learned, quick as Is
the spiritual sense In seizing on the
faots it needs, then the poor aoul
must use the words and phrases it
Swiss, John Knlttel, has written in
English a first novel, also of the sea.
The story, "Aaron West," is the story
of the struggle between good and
evil In a seafaring man.
"Taking It On High" should be the
natural successor of Arnold Ben
nett's "How to Live on Twenty-four
Hours a Day," for the publishers de
cribe It as a book on 'How to live
and work at top speed without wear
and tear on nerves and stamina."
K. R. Daniels and Bertrand Lyon col
laborated in writing it.
e -s
"The Girls" is what Edna Ferber
calls her story dealing with a maiden
of 76, another one 33 and a third
ISM. What age could such a trio
Interest? Well, it ls by Edna Ferber,
who has a sense of humor.
In a "Defense of Superstition" in a
recent number of the Living Age, the
author, in speaking of the supersti
tions of actors, says one of them la
that it is unlucky to quote "Mac
beth"; another one is that to quote
the catchword of a forthcoming play
In casual conversation during re
hearsals is also unlucky. Certain
theaters are also declared unlucky,
and the actor who appears there suf
fers depression if he is superstitious.
A change of name for the playhouse
may bring success.
When Stephen Leacock was intro
duced as a speaker on "Education as
1 See It" at a university meeting, he
observed that no applause aeeted
the chairman's mention of him as a
professor of political ecdnomy, but
prolonged applause greeted a refer
ence to his humorous writings.
e
"The White Riband." by F. Tenny
on Jesse, has been called "A Ballet
in Words."
e e
Stephen Graham hn.i written a book
called "Europe: vWhlther Bound?"
wheh he himself describes as "a rec
ord of what Europe looks like now,
a series of true reflections and verbal
photographs of swirling humanity at
the great congregating- places, the
capitals." Some of thene are Athens,
Constantinople. Budapest, Trague,
Berlin. Munich, Monte Carlo, Rome,
London, Paris and others.
MINERS' UNION 31 YEARS
Strong Labor Organization Faces
l's8il)lc Natlon-Wlde Strike.
INDIANAPOLIS. The United Mine
Workers of America Is Just round
ing out the 31st year of its existence.
Its leaders believe this will be a
memorable year In the history of the
organization. This union., one of
tha strongest of the labor organiza
tions In the United States is now
confronted with the possibility of a
nation-wldo strike In protest against
the decision of United States District
Judge A. B. Anderson to enjoin coal
operators from continuing the check
off system by which the companies
deduct miners' union dues from their
wages, turning the money over to
local union officials
The union -will complete Its 32d year
January 20, 1922. It came into ex
istence January 20, 1890. at a meet
ing held in Columbus, O., two rival
organization deciding at that time
The Sort of Novels that Vigorous Folk
Like to Read
23&' ELssna Bteszsff
By James Oliver Curwood
AJur 4 TU Rivcr'i End." "ThM Vallcr oSilmi Mn"
EVER feel mentally fagged? Then
adventure with Curwood into
the wild North Woods "the last
outpost of romance" where
men and women still live .
rugged lives and die with
the grandeur of pioneer
His latest and greatest novel
The Flaming Forest
W7urretr Boolu
are Sold
days. ,
I $2.00 rr
has lived on and grown Into day by
day. Poor Miranda. Held fast in the
narrow walls of her own nature.
Blind In the presence of revelation,
because she had never used her
spiritual eyes. Deaf to angelic voices,
because she had never used her
spiritual ears."
e
A great many persons think of
Christianity as a sort of magic for
mula to be used in the emergencies of
life. It is not that. It is an attitude
and atmosphere of the soul that fits
us for the emergencies of life, as
well as its everyday occurrences.
Just before I came to Portland I
participated in a memorial . service
held in a little town of eastern
Washington, In honor of a woman
who was lost on the Alaska off
Blunt's Koef, last August For thirty
years this woman had never been be
yond the confines of her own county.
She had a beautiful home and lived a
peculiarly cultured and protected life,
devoted to her family and her church.
No rough nor discordant note had
ever penetrated her life. After all
that time she decided to travel to
Los Angeles, to visit her daughter,
and she took with her little Betty
Jean,- her grandchild. They were
asleep In their berth when the Alaska
crashed on the reef. Betty was saved,
and she said: "It was dark aad they
said we were going to sink. People
were crying, and I was afraid and I
wanted to cry. but grandma was not
afraid. She put my clothes on me
and then put a big blanket around
me and tied me into a life preserver.
Then she kissed me and put me Into
a boat and said, 'Don't be afraid Betty
Jean, for God will take of you.' But
there was not time for grandma to
get into the-boat, and I never saw her
again." In the crash and terror of
midnight shipwreck, life said to that
splendid woman, "Say now Shibbo
leth." Gloriously and triumphantly
she met the emergency. She had
learned to pronounce It right.
to unite tinder the name whloh Is
still in use.
The history of the union movement
among the miners of this country
starts with a local union organised
in the anthracite coal region of
Pennsylvania in 1849. The union of
the miners into the present organiza
tion only came about after the num
erous difficulties that mark the evo
lution of the labor movement. Strikes,
Internal wars and opposition from
mine operators are all written In the
history of the miners.
Any efforts that the union may
make as a national body in the pres
ent situation will be directed from
the headquarters hern. John L. Lewis,
president, with members of the In
ternational executlvo board, and Will
lam Green, secretary-treasurer, will
be In charge of the administration of
strike activities, if this course ls de
cided upon.
The membership of the union at the
present time Is approximately 600,000,
this number including miners of the
anthracite fields who probably would
not be affected by a strike inasmuch
as the check-off system, the point
at issue in the present controversy,
is applied onlyln.the bituminous
fields.
Colored Borders Are Not
Used on Towels.
Immamlatrly W hite Hath Room la
Just Right These Days.
COLORED borders have quite gone
out on towels. The white im
maculately . wfelte bathroom is the
Ideal these days and not even a touch
of color Is permitted In towels. Col
ored borders disappeared from damask
and huckaback towels some years ago
and not even in a hotel towel or the
minute affairs you get in Pullman
dressing rooms ls a hint of color evi
dent. For some time, however, tne bath
towel retained Its blue or pink bor
der and its Initial in a hnde to match.
Now even the bath towel must be
pure, unblemished white. The most
desirable bath towels are of linen
rranh with a doep border in plain
weave. Near the edge of tho rougher
weave which makes the absorbent
center 6f the towel Is an oval of plain
weave and In this oval ls put the
hand-embroldered monogram or group
of Initials that every self-respect ing,
exclusive towel must boast.
The supply of towels should always
be as generous as one s purse will per
mit. Great piles of beautif ully Ironed
and folded towels bring Joy to the
heart of a good housewife; and It Is
well to replenish the towel supply oc
casionally whenever you see a good
opportunity to pick up two or threo
fine linen towels at a bargain price.
There should be plenty of good-sized
linen huckaback towels for ordinary
family use; a dozen very large pure
damnsk towels for guest-room use;
smaller guest towels of damask to
hang in the bathroom for occasional
use, and two dozen bath towels of
Kenerous size. Never skimp on the
size of bath towels. The bigger they
are the more distinction will they lend
your bathroom.
Overheard In a Hrnlnursnl.
Angry Customer Look here, wait
er; I have just found this trousers
button in my soup.
Walter (with a beaming smile)
Oh, thank you, sir. I couldn't think
what had neconie of It.
M .
Those brain
workers to farthest
who can put other
thinrs aside (or brief daily
vacations with great present-
Action lucfi as this:
pRIDEy 'pALOMAR
By Peter B. Kyne
Author of "Kindrrd of the Duum
A MIGHTY drama of the New
West, o "alive" that vcm'U
feel tempted to cheer aloud for
its characters when the surpris
ing climax matches you otf your
guard.
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