THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, . MARCH 5, 1922
CHRIST; GUIDING STAR, IS LEADING WAR-TORN WORLD TO PEACE
Statesmanship of Jesus Appears Pre-eminent Among Men and Is Seen in Interpretation of Civil and Moral Law.
BY REV. GEORGE H. BENNETT.
Pastor of Tatton Methodist Episcopal
Church.
TTTHAT think you of the high cost
lV living; what think you of
I public operation of railroads
..what think you of the four-power
pact of the Pacific, and the league
of nations? These are questions
whose solution require the highest
type of statesmanship. What, then
think 4 you of Christ, whose ethical
and religious principles, and inter
pretation of law, whose statesmanship
Indeed, concern all the Issues of
human welfare and the very founda
tions of civilization? '.
The statesmanship of Jesus ap
pears pre-eminent among men, and
is seen in his interpretations of civil
and moral law. He proclaimed God's
forgiveness to the repentant sinner.
It is his Interpretation of God's moral
government over man, and the sin
ner's need under that government.
But someone denies the dogma of
divine forgiveness on the ground it
is irrational, there being nothing
analagous to it in the kingdom of
nature, hence we cannot hope for it
In the moral kingdom. But stop!
Tou are taken suddenly ill, or you
slip on the icy sidewalk and a bone
is broken. You summon a physician;
and in due time your health fs re
stored, or the broken bone knits and
is strong as before. Do you say
there is no pity( no forgiveness in
nature? What is the restoration of
the sick, and the mending of broken
bones, but nature's forgiveness? And '
has God withheld pardon and restora
tion from the immortal soul, while
granting it to the mortal body?
Jeans Not si Blasphemer.
Jesus was crucified as a blasphe
mer, upon his confession that he was
the son of God. Enemies of Chris
tianity, however, declare his punish
ment was merited according to the
Mosaic law.' Jesus' claim of divinity
was a bald violation of the third
law in the decalogue, which says
"Thou shalt. not take the name of
the lord thy God in vain." His very
assertion tthat he and the heavenly
father were one, and the very fact
that he, being a man made himself
God, constituted blasphemy. If this
Interpretation of the third command
ment, held by his enemies, be true.
then it precludes the possibility of
the coming of a Messiah, who, ac
cording to the Hebrew prophecfes,
would be a son of God as well as a
son of David. That this interpre
tation is false will be seen by an
appeal to the Messianic prophecies.
which clearly deify Jesus the Messiah.
Now when the Pharisee were
gathered together, Jesus asked them.
What think ye of Christ? Whose
son is he?". They say unto him, "The
son of David." He saith unto them,
How, then, .doth David in the Spirit
call him Lord, saying, 'The Lord said
unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand, till I put thine enemies under
neath thy feet? If David calleth him
Lord, how. is he his son?"" It is
clear that David deified Christ as I
Lord, hence Jesus the Chris? was not
a blasphemer, for he was a true
God-man.-
Enemies of Christianity have also
declared the exaltation of Jesus as
God by his disciples, was a violation
of the first and second command
ments In the decalogue, which read.
"Thou shalt have no other gods before
me ; and the second. "Thou shalt not
make unto thee a graven image, nor
any likeness in the heaven above, or
in the earth beneath, or In the water
under the earth; thou ehalt not bow
down thyself unto them, nor serve
them."
It is contended, the very fact that
Jesus claimed to be God in human
form, made of him a false god, a like
ness of the heavenly father; hence
as he posed as God, and was wor
shiped by his disciples, Jesus was
the founder of a system of idolatry.
Christianity has been called an an
thropomorphism deity in human
form of the Egyptians, Greeks and
Romans.
Divinity Confirmed by Prophecy.
The real divinity of Jesus is a com
plete refutation of all accusations
against him. His divine character
Is clearly announced in ten great
prophecies, besides the 53d chapter
of Isaiah. Centuries before the Chris
tian era, the coming of a true God
man was proclaimed. If the Jews of
the time misunderstood those proph
ecies, it was no fault of the prophe
cies. The Gentile worm understands
them, Isaiah predicted: "The Lord
himself shall give'you a sign: Behold,
a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call his name Imman-'
uel," a name signifying God with us.
And again: "Unto us a child is brn,
unto us a son Is given: and the gov
ernment shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderr
ful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlast
ing Father, Prince of Peace. Of the
increase of his government and of
peace shall be no end upon the throne
of David:"
Jesus, and the Hebrew writers of
the New Testament, and the Chris
tian world point to these and other
Old Testament prophecies as uivmis
takable allusions to Jesus Christ, in
which his essential deity is recog
nized. The worship of Jesus Christ
as God is therefore not idolatry.
" Jesus it True Stateaman.
It has been eald, Christ was a. man'
of no mental training, who was vis
ionary, of strong emotion, and vivid
imagination, but who labored Under
a strong delusion. .Ah, but was he?
How did he deal with the great prob
lems of his day? He displayed pro
found knowledge of human nature,
and civil and moral law.
The Mosaic law - of divorce was
oited to him one day for his decision.
"Is It lawful for a. man to put away
his wife?" Mis enemies point to'his
reply as an example of his ignorance
and narrowness; and! that the Catho
lics and Protestant churches fallow
ing Christ's teaching, declare dfcvoree
unlawful, or if lawful, only on the
ground of adultery. The critic says,
such a dogma might" be expected of
an unmarried zealot who knew noth
ing of the problems of marriage from
personal experience. Marriage 's a
lottery in which a- prize is not always
drawn; but this reply of Christ, de
nying divorce, presupposes men and
women are omniscient and know all
the mental, moral arid physical qual
ities of the person chosen for wed
lock. But as pepple are not- all-wise,
such' a law is void. The crit'c ob
serves further, many'other and more
potent causes of domestic woe, than
this, exist everywhere- Many homes
have been turned to a hell-upon-earth
by cruelty, drunkenness and incom
patibility. Wedlock is intended to be
a blessing, not a curse the institu
tion was made for man, not man for
the institution. And does God re
quire' people to endure such evil con
ditions and be robbed of a true home
simply because in wedlock they erred
in judgment? Wedlock does not carry
any such penalty. The cYitic says
further, if people were omniscient
they would never thus marry unhap
pily, it is a demand of nature and
good sense such ties be severed. And
so the critic denounces the. decision
of Jesus, and the churches, as con
trary to nature and reason; and de
clares the enlightened world so ''re
gards it, as 46 states in the union
recognize several causes for d'vorce.
Christ Interprets Law of Divorce.
The captious critic, and the
?h urches also, have missed the point
in this contention. The Pharisee, en
deavored to embroil Jesus in the rab
binical discussion of the opposing
schools of Hillel and Shammai, on this
question. Hillel said a man could put
away his wife for any cause; while
Shammai limited divorce to the one
cause. Jesus in his reply only gave
his interpretation of the law of Moses,
on the subject.
It should be remembered the Mo
saic laws" on . slavery, concubinage.
polygamy, Sabbaith breaking and- di
vorce have long since been abrogat
ed. Jesus was not ,a legislator to
enact laws, politics and rituals. He
did not abolish slavery, polygamy.
oppression and war. He did not give I
, any civil and religious code for state
and church. Jesus only gave inter
pretations of Mosaic law applicable
at that time, for they were then in
force. Jesus lived under those laws.
However, as a statesman, he did an
nounce the basic principles of truth
and Justice witnessed in the renais
sance and reformation, and the civil
and reliigoas progress of an age of
democracy. Society was left to work
out those principles in social, re
ligious and political life, and now,
basing their laws on those principles
of truth and justice, 46 states of the
Union have chosen a middle ground
between the two extremes of Hillel
and Shammai on divorce, recognizing
several evils as jusfcauBe for di
vorce. If the churches fail to under
stand this, it is as Jesus said, be
cause "the children of this world are
wiser in their generation than the
children of light."
The statesmanship of Jesus ap
pears in his interpretation of crim
inal laws, delivered in his Sermon on
the Mount. Moses made a distinction
between felonies- and misdemeanors.
Misdemeanors had their minor pen
alties, such as retaliation as an eye
for an eye, and compensation, either
identical or equivalent as a coat for
a coat, and stripes though not more
than 40; and scourging for some of
fenses. When Jesus -declared, "Ye
have heard it hath been said, An eye
fnr an eve and a tooth for & tooth.
but say unto you that ye resist not
evil," he was referring to misde
meanors and their minor penalties,
not td felonies and capital punish
ment. He speaks here of retalia
tion. It had become -a great evil
under the interpretation of the rab
bis. Jesus did not forbid this penalty
inflicted by the proper official with
authority, but he forbade personal
retaliation and revenge. It was be
cause this led to bloody feuds. He
stood for conciliation and for legal
infliction of the minor penalties for
misdemeanors. He .cannot be quoted
here as standing opposed to capital
punishment for felony, nor as op
posed to just war in defense of
human rights.
Jesus did not annul the Mosaic law
against murder or" any of the felonies
by his interpretations. He declared,
"I am not come to destroy the law or
the prophets, but to fulfill." More
over, he announced the laws against
murder and adultery applied to the
overt , acts, but God held as guilty
before the moral law those who in
dulged hatred and lust, which are the
motives of the overt acts. So he
made those laws even more rigid by
his Interpretation, for he said, "Till
heaven and earth pass away, one Jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass
away from the law, till all be ful
filled." Carlnt Denounced Lynch Law.
The scribes- and Pharisees brought
to Jesus a woman accused of a felony.
Judea was then subject to Roman
law, but the rebellious Jews would
try her case under the Mosaic law;
so they said to Jesus, "The law of
Moses commanded us to stone her;
what sayest thou?" Here wag a prob
lem for a statesman; and with true
statesmanship Jesus solved 'this prob
lem. He recognized the fact they
were not proceeding according to
Roman taw, then In force. They were
therefore but a lawless mob. He also
recognized the principle that the Ju
dicial office as representative of God.
Is sacred; and the Judge, as such. L
holy. How, then, could a lawless molt
serve as the holy Judge dispenwlnif
righteous law? Impossible. Jbcjuh
plainly stood for administration oC
Justice by the legal processes.
When he told them, "Ho. that !
without sin among you let film, first
cast a stone at her," he was not de
nouncing the laW and penalty, but
was denouncing lynch law and mob
rule. And when Jesus said to tha
woman, "Neither do I condemn thee.
Go and sin no more,' ho spoke as a
private citizen under the Roman law,
not as a legally constituted Judge.
He could do no more.
Jesua a Ited-Illoodrd Patriot.
When the. question' of paying tha
Roman tax levy, or resisting pay
ment, was presented to Jesus, h
quickly silenced the tax-dodgers and
conscientious objectors, with his nohlo
classic, "Render unto Caesar tha
things of Caesar, and unto Clod th
things of God." It is the duty of
every man to give civil and financial,
moral and physical support to tha
government, under whose protection
he lives. It is every man's duty to
render patriotic service to that gov
ernment, both in peace and war: st
well as to render obedience to God,
in fortune and misfortune.
Jesus was not a simpering pacifist.
nor a brawling militarist, nor a wild
eyed anarchist, lie declared patriot
ism and piety the duties of all men.
He sanctioned but ona unwritten law:
"As ye would that men should d
unto you, do ye even so unto twm.
Christ is the guiding star leading the
war-torn world to peace and right-
A viLr 1L JrJt1' . '.
My Trip Abroad, by Charlie Chaplin. Illus
trated. Harper & Bros., New York city.
Often brightly written and always
Interesting and with abundant evi
dence of overflowing spirits, this wel
come book of a professional moving
pictura hero and funny man is de
cidedly out or tne ordinary in cur
rent literature. It is a personal ac
count of Chaplin's recent trip to Eu
rope, and especially to his native
England, as he eaw the trip. It is a
book of short paragraphs and crisp,
short sentences. One of the wonder
ful pictures among the collection of
17 ia entitled "My 3,000,000 home
from an airplane.
The reason for the trip to Europe
is told by Chaplin on his first page:
"A eteak-and-kidney pie, Influenza
and a cablegram. There is tha triple
alliance that is responsible for the
whole thing. Though there might
have 'been a bit of homesickness and
a desire for applause mixed up in
tha cycle, of circumstances that start
ed mo off to Europe for a vacation.
"For seven years I have been bask
ing in California's perpetual sun
light, a sunlight artificially en
hanced by the studio Cooper-Hewitts.
For seven years I have been working
and thinking along in a single chan
nel and I wanted to get away away
from Hollywood, the cinema colony;
away from scenarios, away from the
celluloid smell of the studios,, away
from contracts, press notices, cutting
rooms, crowds, bathing beauties, cusj
tard pies, big ehoes and little mus
taches. I was in the atmosphere "of
achievement, but an achievement
which to ine was rapidly verging on
stagnation. I wanted an emotional
holiday. Perhaps I am projecting at
the start a difficult condition for con
ception, but I assure you that even
the clown has his rational moments.
and I needed a few."
The kidney-pte episode refers to
dinner at which Chaplin had been In
vited by Mr. and Mrs. Montague Glass
a: Pasadena, Cal. Chaplin discovered
that Mr. Glass knew more than as
the author of "Potash and Perlmut
i tur" :ie is also an accomplished
pianist. Back again in Los Angeles,
,i cablegram from London, England,
was handed to Chaplin, informing
him that his latest picture, "The
Kid," was about to make its first
appearance there and hinting that
' this was the time to visit his 'native
land. He had been promising him
self that trip for years. So the trip
to Europe was announced, and the
start took place next night. Chaplin
writes that everyone was shocked and
that he was glad of It. There was a
hie- crowd at the denot to see. f!han-
lln off and, his brother Sid cried out:
"For goodness sake, don't let him
get married." This raised a laugh
On the way to New York city, and
especially at Chicago, newspaper re
porters were eager to interview
Chaplain, and he pretends he does not
like such publicity. He was asked:
"Mr. Chaplin, why are you going
to Europe? -
"Just for a vacation."
"Are you' going to make pictures
while you are there?
- "No."
"What do you do with your mus
taches?" "Throw them away."
"What do you do with your old
canes and bid shoes?"
"Throw them away."
Of course. Chaplain was lionized
on board ship, and when the ship's
firemen and stokers eaw him as they
came off duty they shouted heartily:
"Hooray. Hello, Charlie.". Charlie
writes: "As those leathery faces
crack into lines through the dust I
sense security. There is friendly
feeling. I warm to them."
Chaplin has a Turkish bath, and he
writes: "I decide to take a Turkish
bath. Ah, what a difference travel
ing first class, after the experience
in the steerage. There is nothing
like money. It does make life so
easy. These thoughts come easily in
the luxury of a warm bath. I feel a
little more kindly disposed toward
the first-cabin passengers. After all,
I am an emotional cuss. Discover
that there are some nice people on
board. I get into conversation with
two or three. They have the same
ideas about lots of things that I
have. This discovery gives me a fit
of introspection, and I discover that
I am, indeed, a narrow-minded little
pinhead." '
Chaplin makes it clear that he
does not know Theda Bara and that
his two particular friends are "Doug
and Mary" meaning Douglas Fair
banks and Mary Pickford. In Lon
don Chaplin grows pathetic over
the sight of his old street, Chester
street, where he used to live. "I
wanted to shriek with laughter," he
writes, "at the joy of being in this
same familiar Kennington. I love it.
There is the same old barber shop
where I used to be lather boy. I won
der if the same old barber still is
there. I look. No, he is gone."
Crowds followed him in familiar
Kennington. "The people are in rags
the same rags, only more ragged.
They are looking into my faci, show-ine-
their blackened teeth. English
children's . teeth are terrible: Some
thing can and should be done about
,1. A- u V men . . v -J '"'.inn cjcb n mi
such a wonderful expression."
Chaplin went into a photographer's
studio, where Chaplain had been pho
tographed 15 years previously, and
he asked the clerk .If Charlie Chap
Iin's negative whs kept?"
"No," was the calm reply. "We
destroyed the negative
Ion;
Mr. Leno's
have
ago."
"Have you destroyed
negative?" v
"No," said the clerk, "Mr. Leno is a
famous comedian." Such Is fame.
Chaplin had compassion for home
less folk he saw sleeping in the Lon
don streets and he gave them money.
In Paris Chaplin was struck- with
tha beauty of a girl he met in a fa
mous restaurant, and she said her
name is Skaya. a Russian, a singer.
She said she would like to appear in
pictures and Chaplin promised to see
wnat ne can ao ior uer in Ameni;.
Chaplin visited France and Germany,
He does not write of any relatives he
met with during his trip. Among the
noted people he met, H. G. Wells and
Sir James Barrie'seem to have made
the most lasting impressions on hi
memory. The book is one of good
humor. Chaplin takes pleasure in
mentioning the dinners and lunches
to which he was invited.
The Psychic Ufa of Insects, by E. I..
Bouvier. The Century Co., new Yor
city., -
Monsieur Bouvier is vice-president
of the academy of agriculture- ef
France, member of the institute and
professor of the Museum d'Histoire
Naturelle. This translation of Bou-
viers book was made from ithe French
by L. O. Howard, M. D., member of
the academy of agriculture of France.
The book is fascinating and stim
ulating and kindly in tone.
Attraction-to and repulsion from
light, the reaction of insects to grav
ity, morbid "tropisms," which lead in
sects to apparent suicide, organic
memory rythms, the wisdom and olly
of wasps, the bee which must have
the leaves of the red poppy to line
its nets, but will use yellow flower
petals if the red ones are lacking;
the simulation of death by insects
(which, Bouvier discovers, is not, as
has been supposed, "playing dead"- to
dupe an enemy); the unholy marital
conduct of the female spider a thou
sand interesting problems of behavior
are discussed with admirable clear
hessl with no dogmatic assumptions
or preconceptions, and in an enjoy
able style. -That
this is not the benediction of
to proteins, carbohydrates, sugars
starches, fats, mineral matters, suc
culents, etc., with winter, spring.
summer end fall menus for business
orprofessional or working men. In
a sentence the diet question is much
simplified.
Our author resides in this city.
Notable chapters are those discuss
ing composition of .the body and foods,
rules of eating, diet for children,
preparations of foods .for the table
and alkaline foods, iron, lime, phos
phorous and sulphur, intestinal di
gestion, fermentation and putrefac
tion, effects of the emotions on di
gestive process, air and water their
place in nutrition; the "vitamins."
Pass are lol. .
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Witbout Compromise, by Lilian Bennett
: Thompson and George Hubbard. The
Century Co., NewTork city.
The town of Randolph is the scene
of this swif tly moving American story,
which has strong appeal for the
reader in search of entertainment.
The hero is Dick Lelghton, lawyer
and sheriff of the county. He loves
Jean, daughter of Congressman Ains
worth. The latter has a drunken son
Tommy, who dabbles in crooked pol-
tics, as does his father. Leighton
desires the nomination and ele'etion
as congressman and is looked on by
Congressman Ainsworth as a per
sonal enemy.
A political gang tries to ruin Dick,
to get even because Dick refuses to
be corrupt, politically.
The authors have 'made their book
(besides a fine love motif)a most in
teresting study of lynching and of a
mob. They believe that the cleansing
of politics is necessary to establish
a state of things where resistance to
mob violence and the prosecution and
punishment of mob murder will be so
sure and swift as to discourage such
outbursts.
Miss Bennet-Thompson . and Mr.
Hubbard have written together a good
deal for the magazines, but this is
their first joint novel. Mr. Hubbard,
who has been an actor chiefly in
Maude Adams' companies has ruot
acted for some years, but -has lately
been entirely occupied in writing.
Miss Bennet-Thompson" had done both
editorial work and advertising copy
before turning to fiction.
was homeless, and did not know his
father or mother. '
Peewee is recognized by an officer
and taken to a home where a sick
woman says she is his mother and
that his father is Walter . Wendall
Markyn. The sick woman dies and
Peewee again runs away.
. The story has galloping interest
and a thrill all its own. How peewee
finds out his real mother is a deli
cious surprise. .
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and Year
Book of the American Short Story, ed
ited by Edward J, O'Brien. Small, 11 ay--;.
nard & Co., Boston.
Mr. O'Brien writes from Forest Hill,
Oxfordshire, England. His represent
ative book of 506 pages and his selec
tions of stories have been wisely done
He says it has been a point of honor
with him not to republish a story by
an English author or by any foreign
author, and not to" include more than
one story by an individual author in
the volume.
Stories chosen for reproduction are
those from the Bookman, Saturday
Evening Post, American Magazine,
Scribner's, Good Housekeeping, Har
per's, Smart Set, Midland, etc.
The Year-Book of the American
Short Story, October, 1920, to Septem
ber, 1921, is filled with valuable in
formation relating to addresses of
American and English magazines, a
summary of the best books of short
stories of 1921, tc. '
Charlie Chaplin, author of "My, Trip
Abroad."
science upon that "nature faking
which imputes tp .creatures reasons
like our own for actions like our own
is clear from the fact that M. Bouvier
says of his book: "Its final estimate
of the subject is that never do in
sects differ from us more than when
they appear to resemble us most."
It seems that this book and . the
messages It brings have been in M.
Bouvier's mind for 20 years. -
What We Want and What We Are. by W.
A. Appleton. George H. Loran Co., New
York city.
Mr. Appleton is secretary of the
general federation of trades unions,
England. He writes forcibly and
with clarity in this book-of 197 pages
as to what the working man in Eng
land wants in the way of wages, etc.,
and the position of unionism with
regard to capitalism'.
Chapter heads are: Relations of
labor and capital; trade-unionism;
pertinent interrogations; unemploy
mentcauses and remedies; labor un
rest; strikes, wages, and values;
wages and methods; housing; educa
tion; war -and armies; the soldier and
labor; syndicalism; communism In
Russia and Britain; co-partnership,
and trade and taxes.'
Fariro Guides: See America, by Dr. Wilf
ium Farso. World Traffic Publishing
Co., Zurich, Switzerland.
The Pacific coast, and with about
half a dozen pages devoted' to . Ore'
gonr forms the text of this charming
little book of travel in this region.
Pages are 114, with index. -
On -page seven we read: VOregon
has many good roads, but not of a
considerable length in one direction,
except the wonderful drive along the
Columbia river, with Portland as
headquarters. A partly, well depend
able auto road on the Pacific side
from Waldo to Portland, and on the
east side of the state from Payette
to Walla Walla in the state of
Washington."
As for this city, we are told "since
1850 the growth was rapid, until the
great city of Portland of today, with
beautiful boulevards, a park system
so complete as few cities in the
United States possesses, a residential
district which is the pride of the
Pacific coast."
The scope of the book begins at
Chicago and journeys through Den
ver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Ta
coma, Seattle, Spokane and east
through Idaho. '
The sfcenic illustrations are splen
did and rarely equalled by artistry in
books of this kind.
Elements of Political Science, by Stephen
Leacock, LL. . Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
Boston.
Our author is head of the depart
ment of economics and political
science, McGill omiversity, Montreal,
Canada.
This is a new and enlarged edition,
brought up to February, 1921, of a
survey of the fundamental principles
of political science and the theory
of government It is written in the
light of lessons of the recent world
war, in which autocratic govern
ments were sent into ruin, and also
the newer forms of democracy.
The book, which is an admirable,
educational one, deals with three de
partments: the nature of the state,
the structure of the government and
the province of government. The
Oregon system of direct legislation
by the people is reviewed. , A British
empire view of many public questions
is after presented. 0
THE- LITERARY PERISCOPE:
Liv-Co.,
Eat and Be Healthy, by Dr. Virgil Mac
MicUle. C. W. Daniel, limited, Tudor
street, London, England.
If we all read and obeyed tha wise
advice' given in books written by sci
entific authorities as to what kinds
of food we should eat and what kinds
to avoid, our lives undoubtedly would
be healthier and happier. We should
then know that bad food combina
tions mean disease.
One of the safe, sensible, proved
books on the diet question is now
under review. We are instructed as
The Cae and the Girl, by Randall Parrish.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York city.
Written with all that power bf fas
cination of which Randall Parrish is
master.
Captain Matthew West of Georgia,
newly discharged from the American
army, after service in France, sees an
advertisement in a "newspaper in
which a young man is desired for a
service which involves personal peril,
and his application is accepted. He is
directed to meet his new emnlover at
a park entrance in Chicago and finds
she is Miss Natalie Coolidge. appar
ently wealthy. She introduces him at
her home as her fiance to the wrath
of plotters, who seek to deprive her
of her fortune.
A girl who resembles Miss Coolidge
impersonates her and has even forged
her signature at her bank. Captain
West falls In love with Mis Coolidge
and then he meets with a series of
adventures, in which "tie nearly loses
his life. Desperate people fight for
the Coolidge ' money and often West
is a victim. -
The Girl From Montana, by Grace
ingstone Hill. J. B. Lippincott
Philadelphia. , . -
A good novel, filled with entertain
ment and fashioned from a new view
point. It teaches religion. The heroin
Is Miss Elizabeth Bailey and her nam
is learned with difficulty, so curiously
are the names "she" and "girl" used
to excess in the recital.
The story opens in Montana and
Miss Bailey is left alone, with all her
immediate family dead. A bad man
pursues her with unwelcome atten
tions and in fright she mounts her
horse, en route for Philadelphia where
her two grandmothers live; antl on
the way, meets a young man a na
tive Philadeiphian George . Trescott
Benedict.
Elizabeth's arrival and life in Phila
delphia and her experiences with rel
atives, are told wi,th marked literary
ability.
Timely Truths on Human Health, by Si
mon Louis Katzoff, M, D. Co-opera
tive Publishing Co.r Inc., Bridgeport,
Conn.
A common-sense helpful book of 389
pages oiv public health, with lota of
good advice what to do if one wants
to keep well. Many sound health max
ims are taught. The author shows
many other cures, apart from med
icine or surgery.
G.
Oh. Susanna by Meade MInnlgerode.
P. putnam s eons, in. lorK city.
A rousing, bravely-told tale of the
old American merchant marine, in
stinct with the smell of the sea and
with sea pictures that all red-blooded
readers love.
Why Lincoln Laughed, by Rev. Russell H.
Conwell. Harper & Bros., New York city.
It is stated that humor to.Abraham
Lincoln "seemed to be a safety valve,
without which . he would have col
lapsed under the crushing burden
which he carried during the civil
war."
Dr. Corewell takes this view of the
"medicine of laughter" in presenting
merry, cheerful viewpoints of Lin
coln's life, and the entire message is
written in eloquent, forcible language.
Dr. Conwell knew President Lincoln
personally, and it is related he spent
many hours in the president's com
pany. His book is an important con
tribution to Lincoln literature. A
lofty, grand Lincoln is visloned in
these 148 pages.
Peewee, by William MacHarg. Reilly &
Lee. Chicago.
His name was' variously Peewee
and H. Seabury, anwhen the novel
opens he was 8 years old and a news
boy on the streets of Chicago. He
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Fifty-fitty, by Frederick G. Jonnson, an
excellent American farce in three acts,
creating fun and laughter, and with five
men and five women Jn the cast (T. S.
Davison Co., Chicago).
The Ways of Laughter, by Harold Beg
bie. a sparkling, good-humored English
novel (G. P. Putnam s. New York).
Caravans by night, by Harry Harvey,
splendidly told, romantic novel, featuring
India, Burmah and Tibet, with plots and
counter plots; and The Isle of Vanishing
Men, by W. F. Alder, a bewildering and
daring book which gives the results of our
author's trip among the cannibals of the
fSV-away islands .of New Guinea (Century
Co., New York). j.
Veils of Samite, by "J. Carson Miller. 162
pages, reverent, soulful, -excellent verse,
much of it reflecting ' the - recent world
war. sacred things, etc, (Small-Maynard,
Boston).
The Road, by Ellas Tobenkin, a realistic
novel, depicting love and maternity (Har
court. Brace & Howe, New York).
A Little More. . by W. B. Maxwell, a
great, well-written English novel which
touches on the recent world war, and
visions a family who suddenly got a leg
acy a novel by one of the best of the
new British novelists (Dodd, Mead & Co.,
New York).
William Penn on Vay to London.
SHANGHAI. The ship William
Penn, said to be the first motorship
owned by the United States govern
ment and the first vessel of this type
to come to China, after visiting
Shanghai is proceeding to London by
way of the Suez canal. The William
Penn is 455 feet 6 inches long, 60
feet beam and is equipped with a
power plant of 4500 h6rse power with
auxiliaries of 300 horse power that
gave the ship an average speed on its
voyage to the far east from New York
at 11.1 knots an hour.
BY JENNETTE KENNEDY,
Assistant in the Circulation Department,
Publlo Library.
IS THE cement which holds fam
ilies together made of money or
property? That is the cynical
query which is .aroused by Herbert
Tremaine's new novel "The Tribal
God." However, one can recall in
stantly just as many instances where
it was the rock on which the family
ark split.
An interesting bit of news regard
ing the Mayflower " appeared in a
regent article by Dr. J. W. Horrocks
in the Mariner's Mirror. He states
that for 10 years before her famous
landing on the American snore sne
was engaged in the carrying trade
between. England and France; from
England she bore cargoes of cloth
and brought back wines.
A "second Crawford" is one de
scription given of "A Vagrant Tune,
a delicately-to Id tale, of English vil
lage life written in a humorous vein
by Bryant T. Holland, a grandson or
Mrs. Gaskell. The story is one of a
modern village.
H. G. Wells' work on thlTarmament
conference is called "Washington
and the Hope of Peace." An advance
notice of it by Mr. Reynolds saysr
Rverv man or woman who takes an
interest in real politics should read
it not merely is It a triumph of jour
nalism, it is a survey of the clash of
thought and action in the chief coun
tries of the world."
May Sinclair's new novel, "The Life
and Death of Harriett Frean," is a
work declared to be influenced by the
new psychology, and is an attempt to
show the tremendous pressure of
parental influence on the heroine's
life extending over a period ot vu
years.
- x .
A new book on the fascinating
came of golf, with illustrations, is
by David Hunter---"Golf Simpl'fied
Cause ahd Effect."
A biographical dictionary which
might prove valuable to anyone po
litlcally or commercially interested
In South America is "Argentines of
Today" put out by the Hispanic So
ciety of America and dealing with
nearly 600 representative citizens of
Argentina.
The -'rrepressible humorist, P. G.
Wodehouse. has a new novel built
around the humor of golf, called "The
Clicking of Cuthbert." Some of the
romances and comedies of the links
are told by the ojdest member of the
golf club.
The. new pope, Pius XI, is the sub
ject of a sketch, in Current Opinion
for March and is described as the
possessor of unusually long legs and
arms, and an athletic vigor due to
much open-air .exercise mountain
climbing, quoit throwing and also
the indoor sport of billiards. He Is
said to speak six modern languages
fluently, and to know four ancient
ones.
He is the son of poor parents, and
his father was opposed to hs en
trance into the priesthood, desiring
him to be "a lawyer instead. The
Italian press declares that the new
pope is unbending in all matters of
principle, and Is anything but diplo
matic in his dealings, being inclined
to brusqueness of speech.
-
How Nick Vedder, the innkeeper, in
Rip Van Winkle" as produced by
Tony Sarg's Marionettes manages to
produce real puffs of smoke from his
long Dutch pipe, is the wonder of all
beholders. Tony Sarg explains the
miracle: "A rubber tube runs through
Vedder and emerges at the middle of
his back. Another tube goes through
one of the legs of the chair in which
ho sits, and runs back stage. When
Nick is seate'd the tube in his back is
connected with the tube in his chair;
when he rises he disconnects him
self. Directly back of Vedder, be
hind the back-drop, stands one of the
puppeteers with a lighted cigarette.
Through a tiny hole in the curtain he
watches the motions of Vedder, and
when he puts his pipe lnhis mouth
blows a puff of smoke through the
tube" with the amazing natural ef
fect observed by a curious audience.
The circumstances under which
The Gambler" was written by Fyo-
dor Dostoicuski, as related by his
daughter Almee in her life study of
her gifted father, constitute a page
of romance and drama in themselves.
She states that at a time when her
father was beginning to make a
name for hlmserr. ne was hampered
botfh by a horde of clinging relatives
and the fact that he had obligated
himself to assume the debts of a de
ceased elder brother, and also was
himself unbusinesslike in his trans
actions with publishers, etc. As a
consequence, an unscrupulous pub
lisher had made a compact with him
by which Dostoicuskil was to forfeit
11 royalties and copyright on a
complete edition of his works up to
that time, if he did not finish "The
Camber by a certain date.
The poor novelist accepted the
terms and nearly lost his eyesight
working day and night on the manu
script. An oculist warned him that
be would go blind unless he secured' a
tenographer.
The upshot was that In Russia,
where stenographers were rare, he
finally secured a girl of good family,
who had taken up stenography as a
pastime, and with her aid "The Gam
bier" was finished in time to defeat
the greedy designs of the publisher.
The young stenographer later be
came the wife of Dostoicuskil, in
spite of family oppos'tion on ail sides,
and the present biography is by a
daughter by that marriage. Mile.
Dostoicuskil promises a memoir of
her mother, which will give more
details of the Dostoicuskil family life.
'
Some -impressions of the Japanese
statesman, Mr. Suzuki, on American
traits and customs are amusing. He
says: "Business - is the art for the
Americans. Artists have artist con
science, schoolars have scholastic
conscience. The Flatiron building,
the Singer building, the Metropolitan
building and other big buildings of
New York bespeak the American
boastfulness In a sense, and in a sense
they bespeak the valuableness of land
in New York. However, boastful
Americans may be, they would not
invest large fortunes to building
devilish big buildings If unneces
sary." William McFee is reported to have
said that "The business of women
writing and reading such books has
got to stop!" (He refers to "Vera"
by Elizabeth, alias Lady Russell,
alias the Baroness von Arnim.)
The retort courteous to the asser
tions of "Main Street" is "The Eyes
of the Village" by Mrs. Anico Ter-
hune a defender of the small town
who has drawn many of her types
from life in the New England hills.
.
Thomas Beer has written a novel
of .the American, stage dating back
to the production of "The Prisoner of
Zenda" and coming down to tecenl
date and "The Jest." It is called
"The Fair Rewards."
"Rose and Rose" has been called
tandem title for a novel by E. V. Lucas
dealing with a mother and daughter,
each bearing that name.
with the finder's name and forwarded
to the navy department In Washing
ton, xne native departed still con
vinced that some great reward was
his, and about two months later
rushed into the same office again.
demanding further elucidation on a
newly acquired paper. In his hand he
waved a large pilot's chart of his na
tive waters and a letter from the
hydrographer thanking him for his
service. The chart, he insisted, was
a draft on the American government
Its size, he believed, indicated a large
sum of money, and he demanded in
dignantly to know why the local bank
would not cash it for him.
Bryan Makes Offer of Home
to Church.
Hospltnl for Those Preabyteriana
Incapacitated in Service Ia Proposed,
Bottles Used for Study of
Ocean Currents.
Hydrographic Office Collect Data
From Findera.
1 1 7 ASHINGTON, D.. C, March 4.
vv Nearly -every day the hydro
graphic office of the navy depart
ment receives several "bottle papers'
picked up In the sea by ships, which
while not as thrilling as the -famous
"Ms" found in a bottle and revealed
by Poe, .nevertheless carry Interest
ing and valuable data to the makers
of marine maps and those who seek
to make navigation safe.
These bottle papers are dropped in
the seven seas to study the flow of
currents. Thousands of email slips,
with instructions printed in nine
languages, are sent annually to ali
mariners-, with the request that they
be filled out, placed in a well-corked
bottle and dropped every now and
then during voyages about the world.
The name of the "dropper," the ship,
the date and the latitude and longi
tude are recorded. In another space
the finder writes his name, the date
and spot In which the bottle was
found, forwarding the slip to the hy-
drographic office in . Washington,
The data tmis obtained is used in
checking currents and in correcting
pilots' charta. Sometimes the bottles
drift for thousands or miles ana are
years on their erratic cruises, dui
when returned, the papers inside
usually carry a message of value to
the hydrographers. Occasionally
there is an unusual tale" connected
with their discovery.
Some time ago a bottle with its
paper was dropped in tne inaian
oceaTi and picked up in the Red' sea
off the coast of British Somallland by
Mohammedan named Mohamed
Mustapha, who believed the paper of
mystic or Intrinsic value. Being un
able to read its message in any of the
several languages In which it was
displayed, he mounted his camel and
rode miles across the desert to the
nearest British agent. After endeav
oring to explain the nature of the
find, the agent filled out the blank
HUTCHINSON'S
"If Winter Comes
ft
345th Thousand. 2.00
LITTLE, .BROWN & CO.
Publishera.
IXCOLN, Neb., March 4. The
J home of William Jennings Bryan
and a ten-acre plot surrounding the
scene of the earlier life of the now
famous lecturer, orator and states
man, located on a hilltop southeast
of Lincoln, has been offered tenta
tively to the Presbyterian church as a
permanent home and hospital for mis
sionaries, teacliers and members of
families that have become incapacl
tatad in the service of the church.
The Bryan mansion, which has been
idle and devoid of activity most of
the time since the commoner changed
his residence to Florida, recently was
visited by representatives of the
board of relief of the church. .The
members reported the home admir
ably suited for this purpose and
would accommodate about 40 patients
after a few alterations and repairs
have been made. Henry B. Master,
one of the members of the board, said
it would report on the offer when
the board returned to Philadelphia.
This board represents the Presby
terian church of the north. The' pro
posal suggested the use of the home
as an infirmary for patients from
China and Japan. Far eastern mis
sionaries and teachers of the church.
Incapacitated In service, now are sent
to hospitals farther east, members of
the board stated.
ivir. nryan is reporiea to nava -
one time offered to sell part of thr
land but the home and ten cre--wer.
reserved.
Christians Declare for l'racc,
TOKIO. A telegram from Osaka; to
The Associated Press eaya: "All
Christian churehna, of "Osaka strongly
desire the AVashington conference ti
take every possible step to reduce
national armaments and make, war
impossible. In addition we earnestly
pray that all oriental problems ma
be amicably settled and lasting- peaco
and good-will may prevail in thin
rnrt rvf the- world."
Get Rid of Fat
Where It Shows
Dn you realise that nothing but go 4,
ubatantlal food, and plenty of It, wlil
build muscular inerg, and that you. muiC
at and eat properly la order to re sal a.
your strength?
CORNS
Lift Off with Fingers
Dieting weakens you and over-exerclae
tlree you because the former retards the
development ot mu-vcular energy, and
the latter coniumte too much of It.
That 1 why you find the old-faahlond
method of fat reduction such a hardship.
Why not get rid of your excess fat in the
harmless, scientific, easy wavby taking
1 a harmless Marmola l'rpscriptlon Tablet
j after each meal and at bedtime T Mar
mola Prescription tablats are prepared
in exact accordance with the famous Mar
mola Prescription, are perfectly safe to
use and have been used by hundred of
persons In this country and Europe with
wonderful success.
Within a short time you can be rotting
rid of fat steadily and easily without star
vation diet or tiresome exercise. You can
be comfortable and you can enjoy the
food you like and want. Even after tak
ing off many pounds there will be no
flabbinnss or wrinkles remaining, and
you will feel 100 per cent better. Good
druggists the worla over evil Marmola
Prescription Tablets at ona dollar for a
cam, or the Marmnia company, 4612
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich., will
gladly send them to you on receipt of
price. Adv.
GAS IN THE STOMACH
IS
Doesn't hurt a bit1. Drop a little
Freezone" on an aching corn, in
stantly that corn etops hurting, then
shortly you lift It right off with fin
gers. Trulyl
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle or
IFreezone" for a few cents, sufficient
to rem,ove every hard corn, soft corn.
or corn between tne toes, and tne
calluses, without soreness or irrita
tion. Adv.
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause Take
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets.
looks procured
U7 40
may
GILL'S
Thirds Mfar h
That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics, or trying to patch up
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment clogged
liver and disordered bowels.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per
forming their natural functions, away
go indigestion and stomach troubles.
Have you a bad taste, coated
tongue, poor appetite, a lazy, don't
care feeling, no ambition or energy,
trouble with undigested foodsT Tak,
Olive Tablets, tha substitute for cal
omel. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil. Tou will know them by
their olive color. They do the work
without griping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for
quick relief. Eat what you like. 15o
and 30c. Adv.
1
Recommend Dally I'M of Magneala to
Overcome Trouble Canoed by Fer
menting; Food and Acid
Indlgentlon.
Uaa and wind in tho atomach accom
panied by that dull, bloated faellnir after
eating- are almost certain evidence ot Vn
presence of excessive hydroclorio acid In
the stomach, creating- mj-called acid indigestion."
Acid stomachs are dangerous bscau
too much acid Irritates the delk-ats llnlrue
ot the stomach, often lradlng to gastrin
accompanied by serious stomach ulcers.
Food ferments and soum, creating; the, distressing-
gas which distends the stomaon
and hampers the normal functions of tt
vital internal organs, often atleotlng tlv
heart.
It is the worst of folly to neglect auchb
serious condition or to frost with ordi
nary digestive aids which have no neu
tralising effect on thn stomach, acids. In
stead get from any druggist a few ounces
of lilsuratsd Magnesia and take a tea
poonful In a quarter glass of water right
after eating. This will drive tho ga.
wind and bloat right out of the body,
aweotan the stomach, neutralise the ex
cess acid and prevent its formation and
there Is no sourness or pain. Jtisuraied
Magnesia (in powder or tablet form
never liquid or milk) Is harmless to th
stomach. Inexpensive to tska and the bt
form of magnesia for stomach purpose.
It Is used by thousands of people who en
Joy their meals with no more fear of in
digestion. All druggists. Adv.
Broke His Vow
"After trying all remedies anti doc
tors for atomach trouble for eight
long years I decided I couldn't be
helped and swore I would never take
another dose of any kind of medicine,
but when I saw what Mayr's Wonder
ful Remedy did for a friend, who also
suffered from bloating as I did, 1 con
cluded to try It myaelf. It helped me
at once." It is a simple, h armies
preparation that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from tha intestinal
tract and allays the inflammation
which cauRes practically all stomach,
liver and intestinal ailments, includ
ing appendicitis. One dose will con
vince or money refunded. For aaia
at all druggists. Adv.