PbRTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915.
MAGAZINES FOR JULY
WAR NOTE IS STILL
Great GermdnAustrian DH in the Carpathian Mountains
OFFER DIVERSION OF
INTERESTING MATERIAL'
T IN THE
NEW
S OF BOOKSHOPS
PREOOMINAN
ly in History Now
Making But in- Fiction
Bloodj-Red Prevails,
BELGIAN SCHOLAR WRITES
3. Ettwut
Barney. Will Offer Xmag-
Jnartl
ve Tale of th End ,
Of All.
The rPutnama will purAlsh soon a
story of jthe near'-future entitled "1
P. M., Orj'the End of the Great War."
by J. Stewart Barney.
-.- J. F, destone, an American mil
lionaire dentist, tvho 1 lias decided
that war must cease, succeeds in per
fecting a startling invention, which,
properly jaed, places the controller of
its power in a supreme position.
Armed with credentials from the
United States acquired after an in
teresting and amusing interview with
the -secretary of state he sails for
Europe tp gain 4 hearing from each
of the belligerent powers.
The filial success of L. P. M. (Tho
Little Paace Maker) is never really
in doubt.
but despite this the reader's
s not for a moment allowed
interest
to lag.
"John
Muss, Ills Life, Teachings
and Death" (Scribnerel by David S.
Schall, pjrofessor of church hlstosy. in
the
Western Theological Seminary,
and
Doctrine of the Person of
Jesus Christ" (Scrlbners), by .11. R.
Mackintosh, Ph. U., professor of syu-
theology. New college, Edin
burgh, httve been adopted by the Col-
p lege of ISishops of the Methodist Epis-
, copal Crjurch South as text books for
me post graduate course or study lor
r inlnisteib.
j
: Dr. Claarles Sarolea, 'an eminent Bel
gian scholar, was an eye witness of
tne Belgian campaign. Me- describes
in his niw work, "How Belgium Saved
Europe,' (published -. by the Lippin
cotts) the destruction of Louvain as
it appeared after the. first fury had
spent Itjself: "Burning bouses were
every irilnute falling into the roads;
shooting) was still going on. The dead
f. and the (dying, burnt and burning, lay
on ail sides. Over some the Germans
K'liad . plated sacks. - I saw' about lialf
a dozen (women and children. In one
r street I sawj two little children walk
Ing ban 1 in hand over the bodies I of
ueaa nin. x n.t v e no wuras 10 ae
scribe these things. ... . . The Ger-
; man officers dashing about the streets
I in fine jmotor cars made a wonderful
sight. They were well dressed, shav-
en, contented looking; they might
have bqen assisting at a .fashionable
? race mejetlng.. The soldiers were loot
j ing everywhere."
.' "'.
"lit" is the opinion of the editor of the
Outlook that "The Scarlet Plague" is
; Jack Lindon at hia best. "Mr. Lon
don." h$ says, "has never done a truer
-. or mor4 consistent piece of imagina
tive work. The story is brief, butit
- holds the reader's attention with ex-
f traordlijary closeness. One thinks of
vine ueai eauy ur or ir. vveus ana
j even of the imaginative realism .ofj
j ueroe. '
I' A pipy set In a "village of the
t west" in England is John Galsworthy's
f"A Bt O'Love" (fe'eribners). The
theme centres about thd young curate
a strar ge character full of passion In
I restraint, who endures with a temper
i that seems the very essence of Chris-
tlanlty, his desertion by his wife, and
5 the scj)rn and gibes of the village folic
that fcjllow on the scandal. The book
j will be ready Boon.
J . ' -
! Little, Brown & Company announce
; new editions of W. I George's "The
t Second Blooming" and Stanley Shaw's
"A Siien Cf the Snows,"- being the
i ninth for the former and fourth of
i the la ter.
" j
S Payi e Ersklne, the author of "A
4 Girl ol th,j Blue Ridge," resides in the
f heart of the North Carolina mountains,
f and ig much interested in the educa-
tion o ' he . poor , whites,- about whom
J she writes so ttnderstandlngly.
thy- ' . :
if -' Las1 year, it will be 'remembered,
I President Wilson screated much com-
merit by condemning in .. a public
1 speeclj a certain hymn called "The
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Many
i people, no doubt, thought that he waa
cpeakfng as an amateur, having no
f special knowledge or Judgment about
hymn. But that is not the case. Dur
t ing his earlier years as a teacher fit
f Princeton he was a consulting editor
5 of thhymnbook "In Excelsls," pub-
lishedj by The Century company, a
t work which he fulfilled with notable
i taste.l "In Excelsis" has just gone
S ,to Jjta twenty-rninth edition.
'
: Thd common or garden variety, of
i meddler usually is execrated, but a
rare specimen of the " genns is pra
f sented by Leona Dalrj-mple. author, of
"Dlanje of the Green Van," one of last
$ year'ii popular successes, in her new
book, "Tbe vable Meddler." which
I J anhouRcecJ for early publication by
.Tbe Keill & Brltton company. Those
i who havVs&een the manuscript declare
I that f'JJ'fcef Ixyable Meddler" far sur-
isoaa in invGi KBi, tnarra . arxi teoo-
nicai penecuon any of; the preceding
workk of this, young novelist, although
j-ane or tne Green Van" ahe
won prize of SIO.AOtf. ",''
W jant Author to "Just Talk.'
-Josephine Daskara Bacon," author of
"Opeh aiarket." has been asked to lec
ture ion KuMcct.t ran vino- oil ,u A
from! anti-suffrage to foot and mouth
disease. A short time ago a body of
" promisea w Ilnajice, her from
Maine to California if th, i
the emlnlst movement. She admits she
KritwTs very utile about feminism, and
told them she would look into the mat
ter and decf.l latr
When -the commission asked her to
uit Boum 5ii5i us loot and
moutn aiscaae . sue asked them what
she should sajV v"Vny, they . an
swered, just talk as you always do."
W7hen WrltJne or rallln? nn tilvar.
tisers, you will confer a favor by men-
uonir.g u ne journal ( t,:; tAav.X
Not Od
'1? -Krr r -;K c' ; -- bill
This remarkable picture, taken daring the recent great drive against the Russians by the Austro-German forces, which resulted in the expulsion of the czar's troops from practically all of Galicia, shows aJ'
Austrian advance, in the face of fire. Note . that the " German military strategists have well learned their lesson, taught them in France and elsewhere, and have almost entirely abandoned- their former '
rule of advance In close formation for that seen here, the, broken, or open formation, which offers less man-food for the enemy's bullets. ' V , T . .'. 1
BEATRICE F. R. HALE
CLEARLY INTERPRETS
J
Sees Realization "of . Equality
L BroligHt About by Women
.of Education, '. '
Beatrice
Hale.
"What Women Want1 by Beatrice
Forbes Robertson Hale. An interest
Ing. clear cut, readable Interpretation
of tne feminist movement, in Amert
ca and abroad, without sob-slush ap
peal or "militant-demand for "rights;
The author handles her subject on
the promise that the full realization
of woman's, freedom in. the political,
mental, social and domestic life of the
world will come, as has the inception
of the movement,' through the efforts
of women, of the educated class above
the poverty line. ., .: ?v
"Feminism is that part of the prog
ress of democratic freedom which ap
plies to women," writes the author. "It
is & century old struggle conducted by
large groups1, of " people In - different
parts of (he world to . bring about tbe
removal of all artificial barriers to the
physical, mental, moral and economic
development of the female half of the
race. The movement is most advanced
where democracy : is best established
and most backward where autocracy is
strongest.
The author sees the ultimate goal
attained sees this result mirrored In
the drama, the changing manner-of
living in, humanity itself.
- Frederick . A., Stokes company. New
York, N. ,i . -
i
.White Alley" Is .Weak.
The White Alley," . by ' Carolyn
Wella. Miss Wells has fallen down
Apparently she has : tried' ; in " .'"The
White Alley," to make as good and
entertaining a story as she did " of
"Anybody but Ann.!', The'attempt was
a failure, . - .
- Aloes covered, dime novel, secret trap
door', tactics are the weakness, of , her
ploO Fleming Stone, her detective, is
called in, but the reader Isn't glad, par
ticularly. ' The :mystery" Isn't worth
his trouble.
. Miss Wells has either --. lost her
EMNIST
NIOKN
Iii 'Bli
"ill III
F. K.
"punch" or she has tried to put "one
oyer," for the sake of shekels, on the
strength of past successes. ':
J. B. Llppincott company,' Philadel
phia, 1.25 net. - . ;
New Pif tii Reader.
Book Five of the ,Toung an4t neld
Lite rary , Readera.fi; by ; aja;--Flag S
Young, .Superintendent of the' Chicago,
Pudiic . scnooia. ana waiter xayior
Field, author of "Fingerposts to Chil
dren's. Beading," "Rome," etc. This
new book ? of a series of interesting
and instructive ''readers,' -is in keep
ing .with the foregoing ones, in that
the young pupils -to whom they: are In
tended to appeal can scarcely help but
become-Interested--.! -once. -r - -
Somffwhat advanced in material se
ledted, to meet the demands of the ad
vancing pupil, the Fifth reader Is- a
book of -heroes. In it are heroes of
all times and' all countries, from Pei-
seus the Greek to the late Captaiu
Scott of south polar fame.
The volume is illustrated.
Ginn & Co.,- Boston. Mgss. '
"Swat the Fly."
"Swat the Fly," by Eleanor Gates.
A fantastic, tragic and whimsical one
act play : by the author of the "Poor
Little Rich Girl." in which the com
mon or garden variety of fly Is ' the
deep dyed villain.
More dangerous than a tiger; more
venemous than a rattlesnake, the fly
fix all hia wickedness is. exposed in a
story play. ' ,
Arrow Publishing company. New
York. 28 cents net.
Ixrd Strathmore's Ruby.
Acknowledgment is made of the re
ceipt from Albert E. King, publisher,
Chicago, of "Lord Strathmore's Ruby."
by Ruth Earl,' the author's first effort
in the field of the novel. . '
Old Wood Cuts -
For New Volumes
It has been many years, very prob
ably since wood cuts have been'madei
to illustrate a volume. In fact, to the
majority of -Tprinters" accustomed to
tbe , mechanical photo-engraving com
monly used today, the idea of wood-
engraving Is u remote aa the thought
of a cocked hat trimmed with ostrich
edging. . ,' ,", , .
y Yet there is an artistic quality in
Wood blocks lacking In the sine plates,
which has led-. the j Yale' pniversity
Press to arrange for 30 or more wood
cuts to be Introduced . Into -the text of
"Journeys to Bagdad," a volume of
essays by Charles S. Brooks, to ' be
published In the early .ifall. t As read
ers of the Tale Review and the New
Republic know,, Mr.; Brooks writes in a
style filled " with ' graphic figures
a: quality wnjca.nas won him the. eager
cooperation, or.i'hls .illustrator. -. Mr,
Allen Lwls.r -t V'i.- f y i ' ' - ' .
The fesultlng book therefore: may
ua eipeciou iu comuins in a rare way
unique qualities or style and execu
tion which should win it general at
tention. s .... ,' i .
Primer Is Added
.' To Sloan -Readers
, Mrs. Katharine E. 'Sloan, for many
years a teacher in the -primary grades
of the ; Portland ' public schools,- and
author of the primary readers now In
use In Portland and state schools, of
fers a new edition of her two original
readers, . supplemented by new
primer. " '
Mrs. "Sloan's method is the phonetic
method reduced ?to its lowest terms.
phonetics being. applied in Interesting
reading made attractive by color illus
trations. . That the method has; been
successful is attested by the author's
success in the lo-al public school,
where she was noted for her success la
teaching children to read. "JHer meth-
ods were carefully investigated, and as
a system of teaching primary reading
were Introduced throughout the schools
of the city.
. In 1913 the Oregon text book com
mission made the Sloan readers the
state text books in reading, and in
Portland in' 191 they were readopted
at the request of 183 out at 173 pri
mary teachers. -.
The . new primer , augments and
strengthens the value of the original
readers.
The Macmillan company. New York.
Primer,. 30 cents; first reader, 30 cents;
second reader, 35 cents.
VoL 7
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Bub. Price, One Jitney.
JUNE 26, 1915.
EDITORIAL.
Aaaur. ( . -
Again this wk. we have
no ringing editorial.
We can only say that we
have been too busy making
a NEWSpaper to comment
of current events , as . they
occur.",
This may be Just as well,
and still we don't know that
it is. -
. However, if anythlm?
happens on which we snould
take firm stand, and it bap
pens early enough in the
wk., so that we can make
up . our minds which side is
best for us to stand on. we
got from
Ale
edford.
will voice our opinions
without rear or ravor.
TOWN TALES.
Lloyd McDowell has a
new job.
Ev Johnson is thinking
of going -to Seaside. His
folks live at Tacoma. '
Harry Marcus ig adver
tising manager of this
paper, but- we. are 'thinking
of firing- him. .
Paul Ryan dropped up. to
see us. we thought, one day
this wk., - but he was . look
ing for Cliff Harrison.,
- U. S. Diet. Atfy Reames
Is back front ' Klam. Falls,
where he went on criminal
business,: "which was - suc
cessful. .'. ,' . .
Cap.. R. C. P. (Jack) Ast
bury , has been golfing at
Tacoma, 'and -, doing right
well 'the ' past wk we are
pleased to ba able to state.
Ring
n.a uaiawm, tick ein
nott's private sec'y, is here
from Wash.. r. C Ed looks
Just the same, all but a
new cane. - -.
L..' Van Bebber runs a col
lection -, agency, - which v Is
how we happened to make
his . esteemed acquaintance,
. L. E. Franconi. of N. Y.,
who represents - P a t h e s
Bros., a Paris movie house,
is here looking for local
sights to. film, and we sue-
fest the Press- blub picnic
uly ! 4. or the Oak Grove
beach.-. . . "
Frank .-: McGettlgan ' says
there Is a cigarette' bos at
10th and - Salmon St., and
it's been there in almost
the - same place where he
can see it" every day when
he passes, and it's making
him nervous. - -r
J. Russell . Kelley, late of
Med ford, where he operated
on the' Mail Tribune, but
now - working as an opera
tor forthe U. P. here, pas
a shirt with red. and white
stripes,-which he. ..probably
Much Copy Found
On Battle Ground
Ian Hay, author of A Knight on
Wheels,' "Happy-Go-Lucky, etc., now
a lieutenant ia the tenth- battalion of
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
writes as follows of his state as a
member of tbe British' expeditionary
force, now on duty in France: .
"J write this from the stone floor
of an outhouse where the pig-meal is
first accumulated and then bolted up, -
PORTIjAND, OR., U. S. A., JUNK 26,
Toecerv Bill in
. rinandal ' arotes. .
The N. W. Nat'l bank,
where -we leave oar money
briefly each wk, has- added
anotlier vice - president,
Lloyd Mulit, who ran a bank
at Ashland a - while 'back.
Dr. J. B. Zlegler, the wa
terfront expert, called on vs
yest., and although we like
htm, there was no reason
for. it that we could see, as
he didn't asR na to print
anything. .
The Oregon pioneers met
here this wk.. and we were
down at the Armory Thurs.
and - watched them lose
their appetites, which took
quite a while for - Judge
Wn- ' Colvlg and Kernel
Bob Miller and others we
could name t we had plen
ty of space.
D. H. (Bob) Robinson
called on us at our country
home at Oak Grove '. last
Sun., and now he says the
name of the town should
be changed to Poison Oak
Grove. - - -
B. Sleeth, ex-ect - of the
News, came out . of his
Scappoose seclusion this
wk. and did some strong
scrivening; as of yore.
We congratulate the
as we know .Lloyd,
tried to borrow some
from him one time.
If ve scribe could
bond issue this summer, be
would go to the fair at San
irran., or down 'to
or - some place, and
the worries of running this
paper, which are more thap
one would think. Just to
read it. .
Will Daly, w. ky city
com r, owes - a certain re-
not - to mention his name,
keeps-talking about it, and
we? wish -Will would - pay
him eo he - could- liquidate
himself. V . .j.-';. '
' How so We jEBowf y.
' Jack r Klrkham was . - in
the other . day and - - told
us - about the cherries - he
has on his farm out on
Buckley avenue. From his
description we would - say
they are mighty, good cher
ries, but we- reserve our
Judgment.' ,s -. .
Well, Kere Ooes.
Fred Bell said We d better
not put his . name - - in L the
AlibL , -x. ,
Out, Wild Bells,
V - ' Sing. -1
Tom W. Gerber and
Mary. Anne Smith, of the
local - literati, got married
this week and are down at
Cannon Beach and will live
in Rose City Park on one
salary instead of two, as
they had been doing. -
Sonar.' "
L. B. Senosky, who sells
shoes and is a baron and
whose brother, is -a count,
was married a - month " ago
and . is - back . . from Cat,
where be honeymooned. Mrs:
Senosky accompanied - him
on the trip. -
'" Weekly Alf Ztnn.
Only the timely arrival of
Alf Cridge saved the life of
one of the kittens which bad
fell into the pan-which tAlf
leaves at' the back door for
the-nnilk the other night.
Alf says he has- positive
proef that the loganberry is
on invention of the Stigar
.Trust,. , . . ..
. .What Sid Xt All Msaaf '
The other day Postmaster
Myers and E Veersteg and
Will Benbow, were all talk:
in a: torether on Sd-st.- Dr.
Harry Lane - was -
st. just a little - ways. ;
Whenever That Is.
- Jack Latourette asked us
to have lunch with ' htm
some - time, -and we askd
him wheivand he
'i Hot Idaho..
"Stew Blythe had
yesterday from fits
Fam. who works for
Evg.Post. from;
it a particularly smelly French farm
which is saying a good deal. ; We
have been out' in this country for
three weeks now, but have only been
under Tire once so far. It Is a most
interesting life, and if I come through
the. present 'unpleasantness X , shall
have enough, copy accumulated to last
ma. 20 years.' -. . - t.
Kreisler WU1 ResU
-' Frits Kreisler,- whose ' small ' volume
"Four Weeks in the Trenches has
made him almost as well known an
author as he Is a violinist, will spend
the summer at Seal Harbor, Me.
1915.
No. 15.
HALL OF FAME
Ed Daly has a watch
which he keeps in his safe.
He carries a Robert Inger
soll for everyday use. -
Postmaster Myers' name
is said to be of Teutonic
origin, he himself naturally
being a Democrat.
Hoik Milt A. Miller, in
ternal revenue collector,
used to run a . drug store
and also for state senator,
at Lebanon. - ,
S. - Norton Bobo Is the
name of an editor at Stan
field, Or. The last part of
his name was inherited from
his parents. ,,.
- Hugh McCool. - noted as
the father of James McCool,
lives quietly on a farm near
Walla Walla. .
; Another IKoaopoly. -
All . the immoral obscene
and undesirable features
cut out of moving pictures
by the Censor board are be
ing assembled, by. Secretary
Colwell. - It is probable the
film when completed will be
run off to show the council
and ' invited - guests the na
ture of films being eliminated.-
News . Item., . :
N. W-,
having
money
float a
tseasiae.
- ' All StUrht. rrank.
Frank Coulter,- who makes
fiddles because he can't help
it, says he knew a man one
time who was a great music
critic, and, he had an opera
tion for . appendicitis, and
forget
i Lair -J. H- Greeorv. w. , V.-
local - litterateur; says .the
Sat. Evg . Post i sends his
stuff back quicker than any
magazine In 'America.
Addimr Maebiae Stuff . v.
Anyone who 'was in Ore-r
gon in 1852 must necessar
ily -be st least S3 years old
now. Shad Q. - Krantz, In
Oregonian. , -
Dil Choate Is back from
Dufur. .where he went -expecting
' to make some
money selling insurance. He
stayed 'longer than he. ex
pected. .- . ; ' - .'-r
- - To SCaob Seal ITews.
As we go to press we dis.
cover -there is no room for
Fire Chief Dowell's sec
tional poem this wt We
have the rest of it on ice.
and lovers of poetry should
watch ' the Alibi next wk.
for -the third section. .:
'' Slaughter mated.
The Ad club 9 is stated
for slaughterfwhen it meets
the Press club 9 -on -the dia
mond at Bonneville Julv the
down the
said, "Oh,
4.- The Press club bovs hav
been ' practicinx hard evtrv
night up at - the. club, and
sre in- -the; pink ot trim.
That may? not be the . right
color," but time will tell.
a letter
- father.
the' Sat,
Moscow.
mum i nifn
COMES
UUAUIMIUVLL
IS GIVEN A .GRILLING
IIO III
Looks Like a Book, Marketed
' Like Wine of Cardui and
Castoria. -
"The quack-novel is a. thing which
looks like a book, and which is com
pounded, advertised, " and marketed ; In
precisely the same fashion as Castoria,
Wine of Car Jul, Alcola, Mrs. Summer's
f ree-io-you-my-slster Harmless Head
ache Remedy, Viavi Tablets, and other
patent medicines, harmful and harm
less. As the patent medicine is made
of perfectly, well-known drugs, so the
quack-novel of course contains per
fectly" familiar elements; and like ' the
medicine, Jit comes wrapped in superlative-
testimonials from those who say
they have swallowed, it to. their advan
tage." ;1 "..', - ri-Jr . - ,V , .
So Owen Wlster. , in the brilliant ar
ticle on "Quack-Novels and Democ
racy" which opens the June Atlantic.
describes the type of book - manufac
tured by . Harold "Bell Wright and
other popular authors.: Mr. Wlster
puts American fiction under the mi
croscope, from . Robert ' W. Chambers"
and Mr; Wright to Anne : Douglas
Sedgwick and Mrs. Wharton; he sifts
the true from the false, and. comes to
the conclusion that the wide popular
ity of , the quack-novel is due to our
national preference for; sham, :
The Atlantic s other articles cover
wide ! range of- interesting subjects.
Professor W,' J. Ashley, perhaps the
foremost British student of German
commercial conditions, estimates
Germany's " Resources . under tha
Blockade" And gives 'prfof of - an
alarming shortage in the German food
supply. L. Ames Brown aiscusses the
statu of the. ? prohibition movement-
showing .the forces- and argument
for and against it, and pointing out
its probable future course, J. O. P.
Bland reveals the tremendous chances
which have quietly taken place during
tne past year or two-m nhe govern
ment -of - -China; ; Roland,. G, Usher
writes Of "Ths Cost of the War" from
an , entirely new, standpoint; , other il
luminating war- articles are , contri
buted by Gilbert Murray and Henry
W, , Nevinson. ? Mary Leal . Harkness
comes ably land vigorously, to thede
fense of "The Calumniated Collegian,"
There are Interesting paper by Wil
liam jy Tucker and Robert ; X. - Ray
mond:, the fourth installment of Lil
lian D.Wald's human story of settle
ment work; oni the Kast , Side, , and a
concluding series of "Letters . on . an
lk Hunt" by the-Woman Homestead
er; noteworthy stories -.by Wilbur- D.
Steele and. X P., Jacks, and poems by
Amory Hare Cook and Conrad Aiken.
Brief omment -in - the , Contributors
club, closes the number. . . .. ,
"Arotmd ihe World Number,
July Wide World Is an interesting
"around the world'.: number. "-.,
. There lsan article on war 'time wan
derings In the Italian Alps, which is
timely and particularly interesting just
now with Italy entered into the Eu
ropean conflict. Vlotor Pltt-Kethley
contributes a' breathlessly, interesting
account of a thrilling. -rescue from a
caved in wHl. .- fs
There is another "thriller" In "A
Fight for Ufa In Mid-Air," not.- how
ever., pertaining to. Zeppelins, and all
sorts -of 'gripping stories of adventure.
true stories, of thrilling deed's and hap
penlngs that keep the reader "guessing.
The Karftas"eftVJltney- companies
have decided to run an all-night or
"owl" service. ' '-- y -
BY ONE AVEN WISTER
Here, Too, One Finds a Bat
tleground Color, But There ,
Is Humor, Too,
AIR CONQUEST IS THEME
Sport, Travel, Romance and Uplift
Propaganda All Save Niche Be
: tweea Faper Covers.
'The Wall of Dim Faces," "by Loulae
Winter, opening novelette In July
Young's magazine, is the story of a
modern problem. Eve Cameron, a beau
tiful ultra-modern woman. Is married
rto a man whose business Is a failure.
n.vo rinus that by writing she can
greatly improve the family Income, but
Donald Cameron Is a narrow minded
man and her success hurts his self lovo.
He orders Eve to ' discontinue writing, -
and she struggles to reconcile her nwr
rlage vow of obedience with her right
as an individual.' But when her child
falls 111, she openly defies her1 husband
in order to provide what the - child
needs, and Donald retaliates by fllrtliiK
with a pretty widow. Freda "Ware.
Then comes the automobile accident.
with Don and Freda both Injured and .
an unexplained hotel bill in Don's pock
et. And still Eve tries to be true to
that shattered marriage vow, and also
true to herself, but Don cannot forglvo
the hurt to his vanity, and as mun u.
his health is assured gof-H back to the
clinging Freda. Eve, freed at last
from an outgrown tle, turns to John
Koyce, tha friend whose quiet sym
pathy has given her courage through
out tho struggle.
"Tho Comet," by Lawrence G. Bailey,
Is the story of a young, man who is
entangled deep in the meshes of sin,
when suddenly he is placed face to face
with death, widespread an4 cataclys
mic. Tnen he sees vice as It 1m, and
decides for honor against the woman.
Other good stories In this number
are, "What the Hatyr Saw," by May
Emery Hall;, "The Brass Cage," by
Georgia' Maxwell; ' "Mrs. Mallery's
Method," by Harold Susman, and "Ttio
Man That Hath a Tongue," by E.
Mathews OJiver. ,
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Writing on "Current Literature and
the Colleges" In Harper's- magazine for
July, Professor II. -B. Canby of. Yale, -denies
the often ventured excuse that
we are too commercial a people to
produce good literature., - ,
."Excuses are -as plentiful as black
berriesand, to a critic with some na
tional pride, as sour. - The commonest
of them take the form of that, ogre
which lurks in all the dreams of cul
tured commercialism. It Is a fallacy.
Venice was commercial and hadGJor
gions and ' Titian.' The Florence of
Boccaccio was the center of fourteenth
century commercialism. The Holland
Of Itembrandt-fWas commercial to tin
core. There 1 si sure to be a vast out
put of low grade literary ware when,
as with, us, the vast majority of read
ers are money makers necessarily in
tent on their gains, and deprived of
the leisure necessary to form a taste;
exactly as there Is an enormous pro
duction of the common conveniences of
life shoes, newspapers, collars and
photographs.
"But this is no necessary deterrent
to high grade work. The more money,
the more chance for the artist with
high ideals to Live. Surely our indus
trial development since the Civil war
has brought us to the level of old New
England of 70 years ago, when the ex
ploitation of the seaboard states had.
ended in an accumulation of wealth
and a freeing of time and energy for -our
on great literary period."
Commercialism may be a proffered
excuse, but it certainly Is not a, neces
sary cause of our mediocrity in liter
ature. -,
'";y ' - '
"Our Land of Peace," featured la
tbe current issue of the American Boy.
is a Fourth of July story. Tucked
away in it Is a tlrnely lesson on tho
question of national defenne. It !
from- the pen of Thomas Budlngtoru
The - Stubbornness Champions," by
Harold William Flfellk, la an Inde
pendence day story of quite another
sorta ta'.e packed with laughs. "The
Flight of the Wlngedi Victory," by
Walter Scott Story is a atory of the
remarkable exploit of 4 0? in an
aeroplane which1 typlfles the courage
and ability of the boy of today. "Itan
dall Forbes One Man Band," by Harold
Titus, is another excellent .short story
offering. . - .
Mark Tidd in Business." latest of
the ever popular Mark Tldd series by
Clarence B, Kelland, continues in this
issue in its second installment.
Against Odds," by William Heyllgcr
also appears serially in this lsue.
There are many short articles and at
tractive departments that will pleaso
the active boy. Published by the
Sprague Publishing company, Detroit,
Mich,
The Strand magazine for July con
tains eight short stories and eight ar
ticles, besides a continued symposium
of particular interest and the usual
pages of "Perplexities," a page of puz
zles, and "Curiosities."
There are war stories and feature.
Including the continued story by Kich-
ard Marsh, "bam Briggs Becumei a
Soldier."-
An article rich In romance and In
terest Is that of "A City Built for Mo
tion Pictures," and in his regular
monthly dramatic department, "Marks
and Faces," Wendell - Phillips Dodgn
contributes an interesting first hand
account of the reuniting of Charles
Frohman. who lost his life aboard ts t
torpedoed .Lusitanla, and David Belux
co, with whom Mr. Dodge la associ
ated in an important capacity, after 2)
year a .
Tho number is replete with illustra
tions. - v
(Tonlstent.
:"H' consistent, at leafiU"
"lit what way?" -"He
not only won't spend any rr
himself, but he also hatei to tea c
people spending J'