THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 20, 1923
SIMPLICITY AND COMPLETENESS COMBINED '
HARMONIOUSLY IN CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW
Square Plan Used on Account of Inherent Economy, but Economy Is Overcome by Clever Designing.
Built-in Features Reduce Furniture to Minimum.
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BY ANITA IDE CAMPL
""I T PTOAL of tho Californian type
I of bungalows is the one illus-
trated today, in which simplic
ity and completeness are harmo
niously combined. Though the
square plan has been used, on ac
count of its Inherent economy, fru
gality Is overcome by clever design
ing. The sizo of the rooms is di
vided in proportion to the usual
mount of time spent in each one.
Built-in features reduce the neces
sary furniture) to a minimum, and
their arrangement is such that the
executing of household duties is
greatly facilitated.
Three coats of waterproof cement
are applied over metal lath, on the
interior walls. Window and door
frames are painted delft blue, with
ivory colored sa-shes and screens.
All of the ornamental staff work is
blue, "aged" with brown and a
touch of yellow. Matching the trim
is the decorative blue lantern
which hangs over the mahogany
front door.
From one end, of the front patio
re steps, leading up to the- roof
garden, which, extend-s over the en
tire building. The double strength
roof accommodates a delft blue, wa
terproof wicker set, which consists
of a chaise longue, several comfort
able chairs, a day bed and a table.
At one side there is a large, heavy
wood n chest In which the many
cushions are put in- rainy weather.
Arranging the roof in "this way is
certainly a happy thing to do, for
there is nothing much more pieas-
GREATER NEED FOR SERIOUSNESS IN
CHRISTIANITY STRESSED BY PASTOR
World Said to Require Cheerful Officers, Teachers and Preachers Who Can Pray and Weep Oyer Sins
of Mankind Greater Devotion to Work of Kingdom Wanted.
"THE THIXGS WHICH COUNT FOR
PEACE,"
BT THE REV. ELBERT E. FLIXT,
Pastor of the Atkinson Memorial Congre.
gaMonai Church.
Luke. xix:41-42: "Ad when be drew
nigh, he saw the city and wept over it
aarine. If thou hadet known in thto day,
even thou, the things which belong unto
peace! but now they are hid from thine
eyes."
A CAREFUL study of the teach
ing and life of Jesus reveals
this fact, that 'great and strik
ing contrasts were few, but im
pressive. Jesus and the young man
furnishes us with one of the most
striking scenes in history- Authors
and artists have striven to repeat
It, but it still remains an Inex
haustible fountain. Jesus and! Nic-
odemus meeting under cover of
night, one th lowly Xazarene and
the other a great and mighty ruler,
a striking -contrast In a day when
the humility of the common-place
andi the dignity of aristocracy were
at the highest. Jesus before Pilate,
prisoner and judge meeting- in re
versed relationships Jesus and Je
rusalem, the two outstanding fig
ures in this text, are equally strik
ing and impressive.
Sting: of Rejection Felt.
Jesus is approaching Jerusalem
during his last days and among his
last visits to this notable city. As
the scope of lil vision rises above
the hllia overlooking the city, ha
eees It as never fcefore stretched out
fcofore him like a great paorama.
lie was nt unmindful of the city
as h then saw it. He was Con
scious of the divine gift of right
eousness and' peace and love- which
he carried in 'his bosom for that
mighty city of his own people. He
pondered in his thoughts the cor
rupt and wicked rulers whom he
would encounter in their influence
to put the Son of Go65 to death.
Even new he felt the sting of the
denial by his own and his rejec
tion from the holy temple. In . his
love for all classes and" condition
he thought of the oppression of one
class over another.
In his vision the banqueting halls
of the rich were too far removed
from the hovels of . the famishing
poor, and1 he paused, and for a time
Joy and hope gava way to sorrow
SS Mr
ImT w-m'nrftt
ant on warm summer evening, of
a cool, sunny day, than to be in the
open, where the wonderful sight of
the starlit or the fleeting cloud-
flecked sky may . be enjoyed with1
out hindrance.
Inside, the woodwork of living,
dining, bedrooms and hall Is done
in ivory, eggshell finish. The bath
room and kitchen are enameled with
white gloss. The bedrooms are the
same sue, 11 by 12 feet, and each is
equipped with a good-sized closet.
One bedroom is done with fin
striped yellow and white paper,
which forms a pleasing background
for the color scheme of lemon, tur
quoise and'rust colors. The other is
done in quaint flowered paper, in
nosegay colors
The 'living and dining rooms and
hall are papered in two-toned ecru,
and have electric candle chandel
iers and side lights, with frosted,
candle flame shaped lights. In the
hall there is a spacious linen closet
which has four commodious shelves
and three deep drawers. Opening
from this hall, between the two bed
rooms. Is the bathroom. This is all
tiled with a high gloss, washable
enamel. The tiled-in tub is com
pleted by a shower and draw cur
tains. A convenient cabinet, with
a mirrored door, is built in above
the lavatory,
.On one elde of the fireplace, in
the living room, there Is a built-in
bookcase and on the other a little
desk, with flap-lid drawers. Above
theWide mantel shelf, continuous
over the bookcase, fireplace and
desk, there are two small square
windows. ' The dimensions of this
and perchance faith trembled on the
brink of fear, and unlike any other
monrent save for the spiritual cru
c'fixion- for the sin of the world.
"Jesus Wept."
Jesus Prophet of Life.
His was not a vision of the tra
ditional Jerusalem, but of the 'city.
"whose builder and maker is God'"
This city, as a type of all cities,
stretched out before him through
countless centuries. He was fulfill
ing the mission of a great prophet
of life rather than a student of his
tory. The walls did not enter into
his thoughts now, but compact rows
of tenements stood in their place
before him. He thought of the day
when great dark and gloomy flats
would, bejcrowded with human souls
like the rabbit pens of the dear old
Jerusalem with but this difference,
that at the top there would be but
room for one family to catch a
breath of the fresh air that swept
across the city.
His city that he wept over was not
one dotted with temples of old but
rows of tall, tower-like smoke
stacks belching out their cannons
with clouds of, smoke, with scores
upon scores of men, women and chil
dren laboring by day and by night.
The city he wept -over is not the
city where the little children heard
his voice when he said. . "Let the
little children come unto me" but
it was the city thronged with its
millions of children where his voice
is drowned with the clatter of
wheels and the thump of tha trip
hammer. He is ' not weeping over
the great cathedrals which have re
placed Herod's palace, but he is
weeping over the city whose cathe
drals are deserted, where no light
beams through the windows, where
priests still stand at the altar but
no thronging millions come to the
door for the "bread of Life."
If Teeus is what we have found
him to be in thegospels that truly
tell the story of his life, if Jesus
Is the world's savior that we believe
him to be, this was tha City that
he wept over and cried, saying, "If
thou hadst known in this day, then
thou, tho things which belong unto
peace!"
Herlonsaess la Impressive.
The question which comes to me
out of this scene in the life of Jesus
as he faced the city is the serious
ness with which he meets the world.
Tha eerious-minded person is not
H MA """M.'S-sy
room are 12 feet 6 inches by 15 feet
6 inches.
By a pair of French doors -the
living room is connected with the
dining room, which is 10 feet by
15 feet 6 Inches. The conventional
built-in buffet has two pairs of
glass doors above, a serving shelf
and long deep drawers below, for
the accommodation of silver and
table linens. There is a cupboard
for large articles in each of the low
corners.
Convenience Is the keynote of th
modern kitchen. Under a large
double window there is a breakfast
nook. The table lifts up, thus being
disposed of when cleaning is going
on. Placed back to back with th
dining room buffet there is in th
kitchen a combination kitchen buf
fet and cupboard, with one end
partitioned off for a cooler.
This cooler, vented to cellar and
attic, takes the place of an ice box.
except during the warm months.
There is a wide serving table, con
nected by a slide with the dining
room. Just around the. corner from
the breakfast nook is a double width
Ironing board, which folds up into
the wall, and is kept out of sightt
when not in use.
The Jcitehen sink is no longer an
eye-sore. The top apd back are
tiled, with a mirrored cabinet and
two windows above. A swing spou
faucet and tiled-in soap dish add
to the convenience.. Below tha tile
drainboards are four drawers, on
the left, and two tin lined remov
able bins on the right.
In one corner there is a plastered
hood for the range, which is in
conspicuous, but gets light from
two angles and is placed convenient
to Both serving table and Sink. The
laundry has a built-in tub, with
combination faucet and an auto
matic storage instantaneous heater,
which furnishes ample hot -water
for all purposes. Throughout the
floors are narrow oak board ex
cept in the bath room, where tile is
used, afld in the kitchen, which is
linoleumed.
The hardware Is sanded brass in
living, dining, bedrooms and hall
nickel in bathroom and kitchen, and
black japanned in the laundry. The
old' fashioned mold is omitted
Frames and casings are of one
piece, molded, with mltered corners.
Molded to match is the baseboard.
The base shoe mold is of oak, like
the floors.
The lot need not- be any larger
than 45 by-75 feet. A larger lot.
however, gives room for some land
scape gardening, a garage, a plant
nursery and perhaps a pond or
fountain. The back yard, which is
entirely fenced in, may be treated
to suit individual taste.
These plans were designed by
Kenneth D. Kahn of Los Angeles,
Cal.
the one in demand, he is too often
rtgarded as a joke. The world says
of him as they did of old, that
"he is drunk," "he is mad" or, "out
of his head."' Our schools are not
searching for teachers who are dead
in earnest to make scholars and
character out of boys and girls; the
directors of youth's' activities must
be those with "fads" and "notions"
of every description under the sun.
"Th smile that won't come off
is a blessed possession if beneath
it beats a heart of deep concern that,
"Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap." We need cheer
ful officers and teachers and preach
ers but we need those who can pray
and weep. Where are, the men and
women who are ready to weep bitter
tears over the wickedness of the
cities for which we tremble and fear
today.
"Blessed are they who can mourn
and d mourn over the world's
needs," says Dr. Charles R. Brown.
"The silly, shallow, light-hearted
mind has neither the moral capacity
for sorrow nor the clear prospect for
comfort." Thank God for your ca
pacity to know sorrow and to cher
ish sympathy. It is not said that
"When Israel travailed she 'brought
forth""
I am not aying that all the joys,
and hopes and the delights of love
shall be banished from life and re
ligion and the church, but I am con
tending that the world's need shall
bo regarded with seriousness enough
to create a devotion which win car
ry tha work of the kingdom and of
true living to the extent that it will
not sit lonely and forsaken.
But were there causes and are
there Causes for such anguish that
call for earnestness and dvotion
even to the extent of tears and ag
ony of soul? Supposing we can
number Israel by the thousands, can
we see any Justification for drawing
off the Christian army from the
commission to ''go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel?" Is it
time for us to celebrate the triumph
snd victory of Christian brotherhood
In the world? Do men love one an
other so much that the "golden
rule" has taken the place of the
'rule of gold"? Are we at a ooirtt
where we can deal so justly with
those who differ with Us in color
and station and opinion l.at we still
feel the sense of the great law that
we are all created of on flesh and
blood to dwell together upon the
face of the earth? Is human society
a redeemed society in tha real, tru
sense in which Jesus conceived re
demption for man and his condition
in body and soul? Things may pass
as tney are and Jog along-, but God
help us to arise to the anxiety and
interest for the best and highest.- -Service
First Thing.
I care not how much you can say
for what the gospel has done in
getting men and women to heaven,
I am speaking frankly for what it
Should be doing-. The gospel is
still a social failure, for society is
not redeemed. Business, pleasure,
education, international relation
ship, industry, are tlll waiting for
the redeeming touch of the spirit
of the living God. What affliction
can befall human life and cfviliza
tion is seep in the denunciation that
Jesus makes. Mark his expression
of it as, "If thou hadst known, . . . .
now they are hid from thine eyes."
Jesus has no reference to our
classical learning. In speaking
here he was not thinking of
whether one could read- Latin and
Greek and figure in terms of
higher mathematics. He was think
ing as to whether one could inter
pret aright God's communication
with Moses in terms of the Ten
Commandments. He was thinking
as to whether one-could rightly in
terpret the Golden Rule and the
Sermon on the Mount in terms of
life. He was thinking whether one
would consider increase of lands
THE- LITERARY PERISCOPE
BT JEANNETTE KENNEDY.
(Assistant, Circulation Dept., Public
Library.)
I
T IS related that a Paris journal
1st with a sense of humor re
cently played a joke on the
keepers of the Louvre museum by
placing a mock figure "of the "Mayor
of Montmarte," WTiieh had been ex
hibited in the Salon Humoristes on an
empty pedestal among the works of
Roman statuary. That the statuette
showed a figure in garters and top
hat and bore the jesting inscription,
"Julius Depaguitus, Pro Consul de
Mons Martyrum," seemed to awaken
neither surprise, incredulity nor
laughter in the attendants and visit
Ofs. Finally the joker attempted to
remove the statuette and that raised
a great hue and cry from the guar
dian of the exhibits. When the of
fender was brought before the mu
seum authorities it took some time
to fully explain the jocose nature
of the incident.
To William de Morgan's father
is attributed the sayinn that the
mark of the well-educated is "to
know everything of something and
something of everything."
Did you know that skipping-rope
exercises put one in fine condition
for mountain climbing? At least,
Samuel Turner uses that method of
keeping the muscles in play.'as re
counted in "The Conquest of the
New Zealand Alps." He declares
the New Zealand Alps have not the
great altitudes of the Swiss moun
tains, but, owing to the hazards and
variety of problems in ascent, the
sport is just as great, for the same
demands are made on the climber's
skill.
,'-
A forthcoming novel of South Af
rica before the war is by Mr. Brett
Young and entitled "Pilgrims' Rest."
Mary Johnston has chosen the
England of Henry VII's time for her
new novel, "Silver Cross," which
again exemplifies the author's in
terest in witchcraft and supersti
tion.
An interesting comparison is made
by Carl Van Doren of the relation
of Mrs. Wharton's new book, "The
Glimpse of the Moon," to her other
well-known novels. He says to
all who read with their brains her
new book must be an excitement and
a delight Without rushing, it never
fags, it cuts without drawing un
necessary blood; it convinces with
no hint of argument. If 'Ethan
Frome' is more tragic and 'The Cus
tom of the Country' more satiric and
The Age of Innocence more varied.
The Glimpse of the Moon' is more
friendly and human than any of
them."
A work which will doubtless in
terest those who enjoy studies in
state craft is a coming book on
'The Prime Ministers of England,"
from the Walpole of 1721' to the
little Welshman, Lloyd George of
1921.
'The Latest Thing, and Other
Things," is the title Alexander Black
has given a collection of 23 short
essays of varying quality. Some of
them are refreshingly new, others
have a, familiar we-have-always
known-it air.
.
Pioneer days are having their
'inning'" with Emerson Hough's
Covered Wagon," Herbert Quick's
Vandermark's Folly," Hamlin Gar
land's "Daughter of the Middle Bor
der," in the field against the new
school of 4,The Beautiful and
Damned,". "The" Beginning of Wis
dom," "Erik Dorn," and other prod
ucts of brand new pens.
In his role of rector of the an
cient Scottish University of St. An
drews Sir James M. Barrie deliv
ered an address to the students at the
time of his installation which was
published in full in many British and
American newspapers. These papers
were eagerly bought and the copies
containing that remarkable address
have been sold out.
Charles Scribner'si Sons have at
last published the address In book
form iwider the title, "Courage." -
-
In an article called "The Flight
From Reality," published in the
Living Age," the author, F.- A.
Hampton, makes an interesting
statement regarding the) present-day
attitude toward literature. He says
It is perhaps significant of f
change in our national psychology
that tragedy is no longer popular.
that a happy ending to the drama is
demanded. It seems as though the
deep tragic note of the old ballads
and folk-songs were no longer bear-
ble and the robust enjoyment of
Byronic melancholy or Victorian pa
thos an impossibility to the general
public of today."
.
A bit of th life-story of Louis
Hemon, who has given the world the
beautiful novel of French-Canadian
life, "Maria Chapdelaine,',' has re-
ently been unearthed. This work
f an unknown author, published in
French, has been so eagerly sought
by French people that of 1,000,000
copies sold half of them have been
bought by French readers, while the
French government has made earn
est efforts to find the author and
do him honor.
Louis Hemon went as a young
man to Canada to stsidy the French
Canadian people in the province of
Quebec, where he worked as a farm
laborer while writing his book. -He
sent it to Paris, where it was ap
pearing serially in a newspaper at
the. time the war broke out.. After
the armistice a critic who had kept
the newspaper installments of the
story took it to a publsiher, who saw
its value. A search was made for
tha author by tha publisher, the
and storehouses above the value and
meaning of the soul. It was the old
problem which has ever been with
men of. hutting first ththgs first
He was thinking of men so blinded
that they would choose, as Lot am,
things for the moment withou
weighing consequences. Jesus knew
that the time Would come whe
there-would be a great tragedy that
would overtake them and then they
wouluVfcry out in distress becaus
they had not known and had not
seen the things which were of true
reward and true value.
Then observe the great gift to
which they were blinded; the great
end for which they were to live, the
thing above every other price and
Worth, the gift which only Jesus
could make. These things belong to
peace. This was not somethin
which was bound up In a package
as a single reward; it was the great,
peaceful, placid, glassy sea, lulle
to perfect stillness into which all
the streams and rushing, rollin
rivers were gathered.
The things which count for peace
such as faith, hope, love: such
peace as Was upon the face of Ste
phen, such a peace as was given Liv
ingstone as he made his way into
the dark center of Africa, A peace
like the center of a greaf cyclone.
That gift is still the gift to man an
to the world. But eyes are blinded
and minds dulled, and "the Master
weeps."
French government; and, finally, by
the Canadian government. Louis
Hemon was at last discovered in
grave in a snowdrift. Before his
manuscript ever reached Paris he
had walked from one farm to an
other on the railroad track and been
killed by a passing engine.
He was but 33 years old, and the
Canadian government honored his
memory by naming for him two
beautiful lakes near his last resting
plpace Lac Louis and Lac Hemon.
Preachers Denounce Soci
ety as Immoral.
Englishmen and Americans' See
Vice Rampant in Cities.
I 1 E. Wakerly, the- new presiden
of the Wesleyan conference, de
nounced the Immorality existing to
day in English society both high an
low, in his presidential address.
On the same day that his utter
ances were published here, there ap
peared a dispatch from New York
in which the prevalence of vice and
immorality in America was de
nounced by the national council of
the Protestant Episcopal cnurcn.
American readers may be inter
ested in learning that according to
Dr. Wakerley, English morals an
apparently quite as bad as American
morals.
"Human life by many is held very
cheaply," was his indictment. "There
is scarce a day when you do not
open yOur paper upon some sordid
story of the slaughter of some in
nocent.
"The standards of morals Between
the sexes in many places is very
low. The . sacredness of the mar
riage relationship is openly pooh
poohed: lust tramples truth, integ
rity and domestio happiness beneath
Its feet.
"You have increased the number
of your judges in the courts which
deal with domestic tragedy because
of the number of people who have
sought relief in that direction. When
you have done that you have only
touched the fringe of the evil.
"Your cities have no monopoly of
vice. Get rid of the impression tha
because your villages are pictur
esquely placed they are therefore
homes of deep spirituality. Alas! it
is not so.
"You have frequently in what you
think your fair village life a low
moral sense, which is indicated by
an unworthy estimate of woman
hood.
"We have been remihded in the
last few weeljs that materialism Is
trebly bankrupt in philosophy, in
the natural sciences, and in practi
cal life, and that the only alterna
tives are a continuance of the pres
ent chaos till It ends in a crash, or
a return to a spiritual view of the
universe."
Pope Appoints Monsignor
Orsenigo to Hague.
Pontiff Selects Man of Culture
for Important Place,
R
OME, July 30, "Priests and sol
diers receive orders and must
obey them," were the words of the
pope in deciding the question who
should become papal internuncio at
The Hague. "You will ba the right
man in the right place." . Monsignor
Orsenigo bowed, and the, matter was
closed.
The monsignor had hesitated for
conscientious reasons, not consider
ing himself fitted to deal with the
responsibilities of the position. But
the pontiff thought otherwise, and
thus disposed of a problem which
for some time has caused specula
tion in Vatican circles.
Monsignor Orsenigo's life for tha
past 25 years has been devoted to
works of charity. To be torn from
the paths he had chosen for himself
made him hold back; he was '
piexed by the possible difficulties
of a diplomatic post which has
acquired special importance in view
of the Russian conference recently
held at The Hague.
Usually the representatives of the
holy see abroad are chosen from
among the young priests who have
attended the Academy of Noble
Ecclesiastics in Rome, which has so
aptly been called ."the nursery of
cardinals." They are generally first
sent out as secretaries and are later
promoted Until they reach the rank
of papal nuncio. The pope had met
Monsignor Orsenigo in Milan, where
he had collaborated with him in a
church paper called St. Charles Bor-
romeo. Pius XI noticed then his
great culture; his fluent knowledge
of most modern languages and the
historical insight shown In some
books which Monsignor Orsenigo
had published. These qualities the
pope remarked When the question
arose of who to send to The Hague,
and the decision was quickly made.
Green Mountain. Boys Historic.
Tha "Green Mountain Boys" were
a band of Vermont settlers, organ
ized la 1""3, under the leadership of
Ethan -41len, Seth Baker, and others,
for the purpose of protecting" them
selves against the attempts of vthe
governor of New York to drive them
from their land's and take posses
sion of their territory On the ground
that it belonged to New York, under
the charter granted by Charles II.
During the revolutionary war the
Green Mountain Boys, 300 in num
ber, led by Ethan Allen, rendered
great, service In securing the passes
into Canada, and thus preventing
the British troops from overrunning
Vermont.
Senator's Wife Unappreciatlve.
"Do you know 'The Star-Spangled
Banner?"
"I thought I knew it," repled Sen
ator Sorghum, "but my wife says
the way I sing it nobody would
know it."
Pour and Twenty Minds, by Giovanni
Fapinij translated from the Italian by
Ernest faatch Wilkins. The Thomas Y.
Crowell company. New York -city,
The critic and reviewer who pe
ruses these 24 rhapsodical essays
with attention Is almost bound to
wonder, when hs lays asidethe Vol
ume and assumes the contemplative,
whether he has a fight to express
an opinion on this particular book
or any other. His opihlorf-f orming
code is apt to be rather upset and his
reflection is likely to be barbed with
many conflicting ideas. Giovanni
Papini writes his critical essays
from a Viewpoint all his own.
Papini ia recognized as one of the
greatest critics and essayists in
Italy. He writes with a mordant
and relentless pen and is a man of
obvious wide . reading, but. With
further faculty of digesting and
making his own the things Which in
terest him. It is probable that a
profound scholar could Inform him
self to such an extent that he could
discuss intimately two dozen men
such as the Unknown Man, Dante
Leonardo da Vinci. Albert!,. Berke
ley. Spencer, F. C. 8. Schiller, Hegel,
Nietsche, Walt Whitman, Croce, Ar
mando Spadini, Hamlet, Remy de
Gourmont, Ardengo Soffici, Swift
Carolina Ihvef nizlo, Alfredo Oriana,
AVilliam Tell,. Do Quixote, Kwang
Tse, Calderon, Maeterlinck and Gio-
vani Papini himself, but Such exten
sive acq'ualntanceship would -seem
rather befuddling. But -Papini does
not need intimacy as a medium
through Which to formulate' his
ideas. His impressions, although
he has apparently studied and di
gested much, are luminous flashes.
sometimes rationally white, often a
heated red and occasionally a beau
tiful blue. -
The essay on the Unknown Man Is
one of the latter hue in substance,
but the coVr is in the thought and
not tha Words, In ending it Papini
says! "All men must have Images
when tney attempt adoration, if
they do hot know tha name afld tea
tures of the man who has achieved
they cannot fix their thoughts upon
him . . . It is our ineradicable
-laziness that ha led Us to forget
the unknown i.vm, the age-long ben
efactor of the human race. . ; .
The Greeks had at least the pro
found and prudent idea Of raising an
altar to the unknown god."
Papini evidently loved the un
known man far mora than those
wearing, haios of fame, for he is
not often kind, and when he is the
kindness is a personal tribute due to
his like for some characteristic
rather than some act, and ha says
too many men have been mads fa
mous because they have "merely
written a tiresome tragedy or given
a lucky saber thrust."
The greatest Surprise in tne z
essays, although it should hot be a
surprise after the preceding eight
have been read, is his .devotion ' to
Nietzsche, to whom, he says, "we
owe a debt of love, all of Us, and it
is time to pay it. Our , turn ha
come at last. There is room now
for love. The smirching caresses of
fashion are bestowed elsewhere,"
and in another paragraph, as though
the thought were continued, "how
different such a tribute from the
utterance of the bloodthirsty mon
keys Who have disported themselves,
in parlors and in novels, under the
utterly false name of disciples of
Zarathustra."
The popular -impression of
Nietzsche is not at all in accord with
the beautv of the love Papini de
scribes which the philosopher bore
Cosima Wagner, ot that "it Was in
deed of love, shut up and unap
peased, that Nietzsche died. - We
slew him all of us by our common
behavior. Nor will he be our last
victim."
At any Jrate It is fascinating to
read the dictation of an impulsive
mind, especially when that mind is
sharp enough to probe Without' dig
ging. Self-Discovery, by Orison Swett Harden.
The Thomas X. croweii company, atvi
York city.
By explaining tha effects of en
vironment and association the au
thor has formed a readable essay
rff man's potenrian power, and has
illed it with no small quantity of
good logic. The greatest human
nroblem is held to be finding one's
self and getting the best out Of
one s self in much the same manner
that men make machines do all the
work they are capable of..
Self-Confldence, setting tasks that
require full power, the ability to see
yourself as others see you ana
raining are some of the points
taken up in the brief work. The
author holds that a great many per
sons never find themselves and plod
along through life with great latent
power within them, but never called
nto use. How to get this power
nto action is the theme of his
essay. -
His reasoning Is simple and direct
nd frequently he uses interpreta
tions of old proverbs- to expound his
points. Most reaaers will know
most everything Mr. Marden has to
say in some form pf other, but the
book serves as a concrete exposition
f the wisdom of self-achievement.
What Became of Mr. Desmond, by C.
.-iina Boyle. Thomas Heltjer, jnsw lor
Mr. Desmond, happily- married, of
assured income and nothing to ao
but "potter" around the house, steps
out for a, handful of nails and disap
pears to return 15 years later to the
dot and take his place at the head
of tho table at dinner without a
ord of explanafon then nor untu
tho end of the tale, nearly a year
fter. His middle-aged wile, who
loves his body but loathes his soul,"
because of her suspicions of inti
macy with others in the interim, and
his children, many full grown, re
ceive him with a tolerance thinly
uised until the "brow up" m tne
last chapter, of which tha reader is
soosed to take a surreptitious peep.
Tho strong character is a young
oman of free-love propensities.
ho makes Mr. Desmond a mere in
cident.
The Modern Credit Company, Its Place
In Business Financing, by Robert G.
Merrick, the Norman, Remington com-
company, Baltimore, Md.
From the time John Jacob Astor
used to borrow money on the in
voices of cargoes en route from the
Dutch East Indies until the present,
with 125 credit banking companies
functioning In tha United States, the
history of this particular type of
bank is told and its workings ex
plained. Tha small volume, which
can bo read in an hour' time and
easily comprehended by the aver
age layman, is a complete exposition
of credit companies. It explains
how they are organized, how they
work in handling accounts as col
lateral, and justifies them in the
eyes of the banking and business
world.
The Return, by Walter de la Mare.
Alfred A. Knopf, Nw York city.
Walter de ' la Mara has told in
"The Return" a fantastic, vivid
story, which uses with such sincer
ity and reticence a strange, super
natural occurrence that the cheap
ness customary in wierd stories,
with their usual thrills and horror,
is entirely avoided.
There is an ease and naturalness
h - ,
- V if
hi -yv I L
Giovanni Pajplni, whose critical
essays have just been translated
from' the Kalian.
to the poet's prose style, which, no
matter what the subject may be,
will always be found charming. He
has that careful attention to detail
which insists the reader visualize
during the unfolding of each event,
but at the same time his impres
sions are conveyed without catering
tha least to the unpleasant or mor
bid.
Stories of the supernatural are
the easiest stories to write or tell.
It is always easier for a story teller
to create an impression, to sustain
atmosphere and hold the attention
of his audience with a "ghost" story.
The reason is simple. Fear Is a
fundamental emotion. It is an emo
tion easy to arouse because tho in
stinct of self-preservation inherited
through all ages has developed in
the human race a keen reaction to
the minutest impression conveyed
by tha senses in tha presence of
danger or the semblance of danger.
Mote than any other emotion it
demands and obtains complete
"right of way," for when fear is
predominant no other emotion is
admissible. In this respect it is
eldsely akin to anger.
For this reason stories of fear
and supernatural have almost domi
nated the field of the short story,
where a singleness of impression Is
desired. There are many excellent
examples of the short-story of tha
phantom motif, but in novels where
a sustained plot and more delicate
shading and balancing of numerous
impressions is required the venture
is more hazardous and frequently
disastrous.
Walter de la Mare has not made
The Return" a ghost story, a thing
that nearly any other modern writer
would have done, and done badly.
He has not sought merely to create
wiefd. story.
The development and revelation of
character has been the consistent
purpose of the novel, the super
natural motif merely a minor
theme Which is woven along
through the story with consummate
skill.
Briefly, the story is concerned
with a terrible misfortune which
comes to Arthur Lawford and makes
it necessary for him to retire from
the world for a time until he recov
ers from this change. The reaction
upon his intimate associates, his
Wife, himself, and the manner In
which he is saved from a more
hideous doom give occasion for the
development of the story.
Frontiers ot the After-I.ife, by Edward C.
Kandall Alfred A. Knopf, New York
. city.
That books on spiritualistic com
munication can be interesting to
non-believers as well as the follow
ers of the spirit theory is proved
in the writing of Edward C. Randall.
In spite of the growth of this kind
of faith in recent years, its adher
ents are still only a small handful in
comparison with the entire popula
tion of any country. Nevertheless,
most everybody is interested and
Willing to be shown, and this new
book gives more angles, although it
does not convince, and explanations
of actual spiritual life than most of
the many which have been written
since Swedenborg first propounded
his theories. Surprising, too, some
of the ideas advanced in their logi
cal explanations. ,
The author claims to have talked
voice to voice with the living dead
on over 700 nights in a period cov
ering 22 years. His idea of the spir
itual body is gained from a reply he
received: "There is an inner, etheric
body, composed of minute particles
of such substance that it can and
does pass into spirit life." This
body, other communicants informed
him. Is beautiful or ugly according
to the character of the person in
life, and can be remolded by the
good done in spirit life.
Similarly the- houses lived In are
built and furnished and lighted by
the character of the spirit, according
to one message: "This room so beau
tiful Is the result of your self-denial
and the happiness you brought to
others, but there are others not so
pleasing, and wo passed iuio one
that was dark and filled with rub
bish; the air was heavy. This, my
guide said, was builded through my
selfishness," etc.
Different spirits gave different
answers to the same question, much
as living persons woujd, according
to their philosophy and Interpreta
tion.' To the question "Where is tha
after life?" there is a similarity in
all the "answers, but the most ex
plicit was: "Your earth has belts,
but they exist in a cruder condition
than those of Jupiter and Saturn.
The belts or zones that lie around
your earth are designed for the hab
itation of spirits out of the body
and as they outgrow th passions of
earth and become more refined, they
pass to another or higher zone."
m 3
The Country Bjj-od, r James Ollrer
Curwood. The Cosmopolitan Book Cor
poration, New" York city.
A alight twist to separate litera
ture from popular fiction and James
Oliver ,Curwood can be praised. He
has the knack, as few other authors
have, of not holding but gripping
the imagination with blood-red
stories, skillfully handled, lurid
with Interesting situations and
chuckful of sympathy directed al
ways in the direction of popular
taste. In "The Country Beyond" he
has combined a number of age-old
and trustworthy themes into a sin
gle story so smooth that even the
scorner will read with avidity and
never pause to reflect or to reproach
himself until the end is reached.
Consider the familiar features of
the story; an extremely beautiful
and young girl, orphaned and tyran
nized by a villiandus protector who
reeks with the odor of smuggled
whisky, a veritable berolna in dis
tress; a hero and an outlaw in one,
noble and forced to hide away In
the woods, constantly separated j
from the girl he loves and desires
to free from bondage; Royal North
west mounted policemen and a tribe
of Indians, one, of whom has spir
itualistic communication to help
out the plot. -
Yet these element are molded
Into a slick story and tha corners
are so carefully rounded off with
good taste and ftn adept mty'd that
they are even, more full of thrills
than is the average story uring ose
or more of the usual situations.
As a reward fr this Mr. Curwood
is extremely popular. He makes
countless young men long to be
outlaws and rescue beautiful maid
ens from Villains. As a literary
figure - he may be , but of slight
importance, but as a narrator of
popular fiction ho must be accorded
a prominent place. His skill at
holding up a narrative with the
most acute suspense Is undeniable,
and he is never ridiculous or forced
in his scenes, climaxes or charac
terizations. He is, wise enough al
ways to be plausible, and apparently
he does know the great northwest
well enough to suggest its grandeur
and desolation to the reader. "The
Country Beyond" will undoubtedly
achieve remarkable popularity.
The Shorn Lamb, by Emmi Spped Samp
son. Tne Keilly & Lee company, Chi
cago, 111.
This is wholesome, sprightly fic
tion of the sort to satisfy those
readers who have graduated from
juvenile books but are not quite
up to maturity in taste. For this
class of readers it is difficult to
imagine a better style and better
equipment than that of Emma Speed
Sampson. She Is extremely original
in thought and manner of address,
her descriptive passages are pleas
ant and easy paragraphs to read
and her characterization is simple
and effective. Never does her sym
pathy jump out of the groove in
which It should run to assure popu
larity for her books.
The story concerns Rebecca Tay
lor, an orphan of New York and
granddaughter of Major Taylor, a
southern gentleman. The son ot
Major Taylor left the farm and
went to New York to study art.
He married a woman his father
did not approve, of and Was cut of;'
for the offense. Shortly after th
daughter was born, the father die
and the mother married again. Then
the mother died and the step-father
married again. Through several
stages of such step-parents ItebeccH
was handed along, as sort of studio
property, for this zlg-zaglng linn
of married persons always stayed
in the original studio.
Finally both parents died ami
Rebecca was left alone. The exlnt
enca of her grandfather was learned
and the young girl whs shipped
Off to him with a brief letter of
introduction. Her now family war '
cold in heart and the child had n '
hard path to follow. There wan "
a family feud, with frlendHhlps car
ried on clandestinely, and thefe I"
tho usual love story, running through
the troubles of Kehecra, Which
culminates In the essentially happy
ending.
Hie Dlngbnt of .Ar.-a.1r, by Margaret Wli
Kinpoii. i n MacMiiiau company. Ne
York city. .
It would ba ridiculous to try -In
estimate the number of Oregon persons-
who go up and down the Wi'.-
lamette river by boat in the coum
of a summer, but it is safe to asse: t
that few of them saw all that Mat-
garet Wilkinson arid her husliai.d
took note of when they came down
the river In tha "tHnffbat of A -
cadj.
Her account ot that trip Is. I i
both style and content, all that tl i
narne of the book Implies. Tl
"Dingbat" was a home-made era"
and not as graceful in appeararn i
as the author's account of the crui
is In sound and spirit, but in spt- v
of Its leaks and lack of speed
floated with the current In keepli
with the playtime moods of tl .
mated philosophers who contci -plated
the eddies and ripples of tl -stream
and the sands and shad I
banks of its shores.
All Oregonlans can learn som. -
'Vt' from h... .T 1 k " '
""'"ese stranger, who cl.o,-
thing of the charm of the Wlllai:
J L u .vi IIICII 41111 1 11 L I t., -
ture. and who kent th rharai-u .-
of the river close to their hearts i
matter on what streams they sul -sequently
sailed, or on what roar! '
they afterward motored in a m
chine as graceless and happy-goii. ;
as was the "Dingbat."
There is a tribute to Oregon fo".
of the country in the story tin. I
should make even their city brothers
and sisters proud. The Oreg i
farmer, says Margaret Wilkinson,
did not give to us from his crops tu
much as he shared with us from
abundance. There was a chanpe ft:
ther down, she adds, but along tli
upper stream, they shared with ui"
Happiness is a state of mlml
statement of triteness uml in searc'
of it Oregon travels to beach nn I
mountain. Happiness is elsewhere .
usually, seldom to be found when
he who wishes it habitually is, bi t
few who dwell here would seek i!
on the Willamette in a home-mac
flat-bottomed boat; yet few woui:
find the happiness these two pei
sons found, regardless of where th
went. Much of it was due the!
own contentment, but the rest w; r
due to the river.
Perhaps a less skillful writer tluir
Margaret Wilkinson, or one wlioci
observing eye was less subtle, wouli!
find little rapture to reminisce over. -No
doubt a great deal of the charm
of her story is in her own charm
of retelling, for she has a pro
nounced charm that is light an'!
happy. The big point is that Ore
gon should be grateful for thf
character she has given a rivtr
within the state.
Kl'HOPE LIKK9 COWBOY HOOK
With the approach of the Pendle
ton roundup, Charles Wellington
Furlong, author of "Let 'Kr Buck,'
tv.story of that famous annual tour
nament so accurate and realist!'
that even cowboys have been known
to thrill at its reading, Is hack It:
Oregon again, keenly anticipating
the coming festivities.
"Let 'Er Buck" was first published
last year just before the roundup
and almost Immediately went into
its second printing. Now Colonel
Furlong is busy reading copy for a
third reprinting, which will be
slightly revised. The publishers have
had more than one surprise since the
book wa put on. For Instance, the
volume has had a surprisingly larse
European sale, and omy a (r days
ago an order came from Belgrade.
Servia. Taking the western product
as the typical American, the book is
nterpreted as expounding American
life as It really was before It became
too tame, and Englishmen, especi-
B:1y, have prajped It gPneronly
iohTTprocured