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V MAGAZINES
- - PORTLAND, OREGON, - SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 121916.'
I SS? 'A- small 'number - X ' (T (T , ! ( '-TT' " l',V '. ' .' If "A man trill torn ot er i
?' " choice books ,l sufft. f . .,.; . Jt . . Vy VL . . ' ' i S - J. ; . ' . , ' : A TW .T: J.Jl y . " half Ubrary to make 1
rcient." Voltaire. " ' - ' ' . 31 -7" . . ' n . - ra . a " . ... . - psTT'- - - v. . ' 0 - W , K: , one i )oolcM Johnson. , N
IS
SUBJECT OF STUDY
.; : . ,.:.f .-.t-;- ..-.;:t-.''V"' - f" V
American Attache in Europe
! Sees Enough to Convince'
. Him Action Necessary. .
Tfc Writin en the WH" Th Motion m
TrUJ) By Erie riher Wood. TUe Cejitury
Comply, Ner 1Totlt 1.00 net. .
An examinatior of th military un
preparedneas at th? United States, a
vlgorou1 exhortation to American to
stand in defense, of their Ideals, and a
-bnstructiT progrram of military re
form. , Mr. Wood's experiences as an
American attach In war-swept Europe
, convinced him that the nations have
entered upon an era of cold-blooded ag
gression, and that the United States
alone "stands unprotected amid a cans;
of -calculating international robbers,"
refusing to arm herself.1 He shows
. how , ; ,: mere -fragment of any
European army after the war could
.easily Invade and reduce us, and bow
complacent, inefficient and unpatriotic
;lw ar in tha midst of our peril.
t "Tho Writing on the Wall Is,' In a
cense, semi-official or "inspired." It
Is well known that many prominent
American officers have been eager to
. get before the public their sense of the
gravity of our ihilitary situation and
their expert Ideas with regard to mlll-
,tary reform; but , it has been impos
sible for them to do so, according to
army' etiquette, "1 except through the
agency of a 14y spokesman. Mr.
Wood's recent volume, "Note Book of
an Attache," displayed such a grasp of
military questions that some of, the
most Important officers; in our army
and navy immediateiy-r'took htm into
their confidence, feeling that he could
be trusted : to. handle expert, material
'discreetly, and - made him their unof
ficial spokesman. .
Mr. Wood's statements in "The Writ
ing on th Wall" have had the full ap
proval of these officers, and have been
verified by them. '
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
- Among the books recently added to
. the Portland public library are the fol
lowing: . v
Description mna Travel.
Mac Veajjh Fountains of Papal
"Rome.
Tlotioa. -" . -' .
Beach Heart of the Sunset. '.'
;3 Burnett Lost Prince.
' Harris- -The Co-Cltiens. .
v Maugham Of the Human Bondage.
Jvexo Pelle the f Conqueror; the
.Great Struggle. : -
Onions Oray Youth. -',
Uomervilla and Martin In Mr. Knox'
Country.
Tin Arts.
Bergholt New Book of Patience
Games. 1915.
Foster Making Curtains and Hang
ings. 1915.
-r Lindsay Art of the Moving Picture.
1916. .
.; ., Mackay Costumes and Scenery for
Amateurs. 1915.
Munsterberg Principles of Art Edu
cation. cl9l4.
-' "Pearce "Polly Peachum"; Being the
Story , of Lavinia Kenton, and "The
Beggar's Opera."- 1913.
Thomas, ed- Book of Hardy Flow
ers. 1915.
Van Atta, ed. -Treatise on the Piano
and Player Piano. :191t.
History,
GJerset History of the 'Norwegian
i People. . 1915.
Oliver Ordeal by Battle. 1915.
, Literature.
Buchanan Woman's Way. 1915.;
Butler Fair Haven; a Work In De
fense of the Miraculous Klement in
Our lord's Ministry Upon Earth-.-.- 1918.
Oawein Poet and Nature and the
Morning Road. cl91 4.
Fletcher Irradiations,: Sand and
: Spray. 19J5? -. -
Olbson Borderlands and Thorough
fares. 1914. .-T
- Hudson rSchlller and -His V Poetry.
1914. - -
Jones The Masqueraders; a Play in
Fourf Acts, cl 909
Kraemer & Humphreys i-DoUars and
Sense. cl915. -
r Lowell -Doma. of Many Colored
Glass. 1915. Sword Blades and- Poppy
Seed. 1914.
Mitchell Complete Poems. 1914.
Rhys Browning and Ifis Poetry.
1914. .
Tounr Primer of . English JLitera
ture, 1914.
' PHllosophy.
' Turck Man of Oenius. 1914..
-i ' 1 KSllfflOB.
' Adolescent Boy and the Sunday
School. 1911.
-.tarey Life In Grace. 1914.
' Clark Liberal Orthodoxy; a Histor
ical Survey. J914. .
- Fry Some Intimations of Immortal
ity. From the Physical and Psychical
Nature of Man. 1913.
; Williams Working Faith . of a Lib
eral Theologian. - 1914. . ;
Sdeao.
Hudson- Adventures Among Birds.
i 1913. . .
. Hulme Wild Fruits of the Country
aide. 1907..; - -
r: Sociology.---
Murray Ancient- Kgyptian Legends.
--1913.- .
Petrovlc Hero ; Tales and Legends
of the Serbiana 1914.
Sharp City .Wfe and Its Ameliora
Uon. cl915.
rWoolf Bartolus ! of Sassof errato.
His Position in the History- of Medie
,val Political Thoughts." 1913.-
Vscfal Arts. .
Iunton. M. W; company. Providence.
R. I. Soldering Kinks. cl915.
Haberlein Amateur Trainer; " Force
System Without the Whip. 1915a .
Holbrook-Skunk Culture for Profit.
C1915. - ' .
- Hough Practical Exporting. cl915.
Lovejoy Forty Years Experience of
a Practical Hog Man. 1914. .
MacClintock Essentials of Business
English. 1915. . f
Children's Bdoks. -Barnum
Barn urn's Own Story; Nat
urar Hlstorv From a New Standpotnf.
' Bov- Scouts of America, Official
Handbook for Boys. - . -,
Cartel' When Railroads Were New.
-Comstock. Pet Book. . -
: Crnse Robert Louis Stevenson.
' Dickens Scenes From Dickens; for
Drawing Room- and - Platform Acting.
Ariart(lbv Rut Pertwee. ?:''
Du Puy Uncle - Sam's Modern jMlr-
fcCL;astman Index to Fairy ' Tales,
Mvths and Legends. - "
Kxquemelin -Buccaneers of America.
, Oask True Stories About Horses..
Li ndsay--Story Garden "for Little
Children. " ' -
, p.aylor Book of Alphabets for Use
It Schools. ': " " . . J -
UNPKEPAREDNESS
WRITER'S HONEYMOON
: AT BATTLE FRONT
I Iff V -s X 'V J I
I if I " a
Will Irwin, the well known author
and war correspondent, and Mrs. Inez
Haynes Glllmore, also a writer of note,
were married February 1, and on the
following day sailed for Europe, to
spend their honeymoon at the front.
Both Mr. Irwin and Mr. Glllmore
have been married '-before!.. Mr: Irwin
was divorced in 190s from Harriet So
phie, Hyde Irwin an artist, and Mrs.
Glllmore was recently divorced from
Rufus Hamilton Glllmore, a lawyer of
Boston. , . ,
Students Eat Meat;
Landladies Worried
Collage icsa Have Joined la With. In
structor to Determine Increase In
, Nitrogen; Meat Is High Priced.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 12. Boarding
house mistresses in the vicinity of
the University ' of Pennsylvania have
been wondering the last few days why
several of their student guests were
eating meat to the exclusion of many
other foods, '-hey finally learned that
members of the freshmen class are
cooperating with Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor
of the medical staff, in an experi
ment to determine the increase of
nitrogen in the blood following the
eating of large quantities of flesh.
These are dark days for the board
ing house proprietor who has a house
ful of medical students. Since the test
started they have been calling for dou
ble portions of meat at every meal
and have been leaving potatoes and
other vegetables untouched. Meat be
ing expensive and vegetables cheap
it is easy to see experiments of this
sort are not popular with these women.
A few days ago Professor Taylor
told his, class of his plans for this
experiment. There was nothing "com
pulsory about the tests,' and only
those who wanted to do so vnderwcnt
the experiment. "A large number of
young . men volunteered to go on the
diet, however, and after eating meat
for 24 hours; their blood was tested
for nitrogen. , . .
The students complain of no ill ef
fects. One youth, who lives m a Lo
cust street boarding house, after eat
ing meat for a day found that the ni
trogen in his system increased from
9 to 19 grams. Doctor Taylor con
ducted the recent uga.r tests at the
university to establish accurate sugar
indexes f6r determining the presence
of pituitary gland diseases.
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
The following periodicals have been
added to the Public library: Boy's
Life, LibVary Poster and Training
School Bulletin; also St Helens Minst
and .Stockholm Svenska-Dagbladet
(newspapers).
Ths next lecture In the course on
"History of Education" will be given
by Professor Robert Devore Leigh, of
Reed college, t Monday evening, Febru
ary . 14, in Room B, of the Central li
brary. '.. ' ': :j
"Japanese-American , Problems" will
be the ' subject, of Professor Kenneth
Scott Latourette's lecture to be given
in "Library hall Friday evening,' Febru
ary 18, at 9 o'clock. "
Thursday evening, February 17, at 8.
o'clock, Dr. Bertha Sabin Stuart' will
lecture in Room B on "Efficiency and
Jtieaitn," . .
How Did They Get the News?
Ralph Pultizer. . who lias given his
experiences in the war zon in his Just-
published Jook, Over the Front in an
Aeroplane," relates an interesting anec
dote - Illustrating the astonishing r ac
tivity of the. German intelligence de-
partmenf "One day,' says Mr. Pul
tiser, 'when the "' Belgian army was
being reuniformed in khaki, a certain
regiment of chasseurs vii ; ordered to
leave their trenches I right after dark
that night to march to -the rear, for
the ' purpose of having their new uni
forms Issued to them. An hour or two
after.-tbey had received; this order the
Germans Tight' opposite them hoisted
a 'great placard . above their , trenchea.'
On It was a sign painted: "Good-by.
brave Chasseurs! Run along to get
your 7 new v -uniforms at seventeen
francs fifty apiece'!" t
. . Navy Is Expensive.
William O. j Stevens, author otf The
Story xf OuriNavy, makes a point In
regard to the expense of .maintaining
our Jiavy which, is of interest at this
time of national stock-taking., "The
objection that the navy was an instru
ment of tyranny," says Professor Stevens.-
Vis heard no longer, but. opposi
tion" Is -still heard oh theground of
expense, event although the cost to the
American- people of-'our? navy ,1s ' less
per capita, today thaw It was for. the 13
frigates and; sloops Aa? hundred year 3
ago." . ". ".s--..' -
PUNCTUATION CALLS
E
Author Gives Whys, Where
fores of Use of Marks
- -Without Dry Rules, ; k
ia the Dm of Mark." WiUinm LjTiag-
stone JCleln., Revised edition. Vinneapolis.
Minn, i Tbe . Lancet Publlbiag Cotnpanr.
$1.25, postpaid. r .
Common swnse, rather than cut and
dried rule. In the use of punctuation
marks, is urged by the author, with
valid reasons for such use.
Tho plan of treating the" principal
marks together. Instead of one at a
time, and thus dealing with them In
their relations one to another; the
emphasis laid upon the grouping of
words, with the sense valuations of
Such groupings; and the differentia
tion of marks determine their own in
terpretations of the meaning or lan
guage, hava not been attempted we
believe, in any other work on punctua
tion. .
The author 'has gone further than
most, if not- all, writers on grammar
and rhetoric in the consideration of
tho&a simple, fine and beautiful sense
relations iri language that constitute
literary form, give added charm to
literary thought, and. exhibit the ex
act meanings that are Indispensable in
business language. .And this has
been done from the standpoint of com
mon sense that is. tle author points
out the , common senae relations be
tween the parts of language whiclTare
within the comprehensidn "of almost
every one, but ar not always per
ceived. . .,
Houghton Mifflin Books.
The following bookH will be pub
lished by Houghton Mifflin company
February 19: "Theodore Roosevelt;
The? Logic of His Career, by Charles
O. Washburn; "At the Door of the
Gate," a novel by one of the younger
English writers. ' Forrest Raid; , "The
Psychology of Relaxation." by G. T.
W. Patrick; "Industrial .Accident Pre
vention." by David S. Beyer, and Em
meline," a new Gettysburg story by
Elsie Slngmaster.
From Carnegie EndowTncnt. ,
From th Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, 2 Jackson place,
Washington, D. C.. - division of 'inter
course and education, has been re
ceived publication Number seven, "For
Better Relations With . Our Latin
American Neighbors; a Journey to
South America." by Robert Bacon.
FOR
COMMON
SENS
OJ.U.UUl 1' )1U 'I'll n II II ll ll ,111. miji nm n il inn inn iiiii imi n -w-ri TTrrr
- ?---wawaiiuwaMaicaiaHaAiauttiiaaiic&i4iid
The Alibi Tries to Ten the Truth,
but If) Hard Work.
VoL 7.
SAT. EWG ALIBI
Bex UmDDta, Ed. end Psb.
. Pub. frioa. On Jitney.
February 12, 1916.
EDITORIAL.
What We Think.
The way to have unanim
ity of thought and action
is to have the minority re
sign. Tha Alibi unhesitat
ingly recommends the above
receipt to President Wilson
as the only one whereby
there can be peace in- his
official family. We would
have recommended this last
week had , we known that
there was such urgent need
for , It,- but as it was we
sent a great thought wave
along the above lines of
' national, international and
political poliey to ' the
Whi te House,;, and we are
f lad that Pres. W. received
t so promptly.
Had he delayed another
week In acting on it the
Alibi would have been able
to make public record of it..
This receipt works in pri
vate . partnerships, --v both
business ana aomesiic. ana
results in complete har
mony every time, although
the courts may have, to but,
in and decide some , of thex
minor points. We have
known a majority of a wife
to secure - unanimity of
thought on domestic mat
ters in - this manner; also
minorities. Pres. Woodrow
Wilson is on the Job, and
the majority Is with him. ?
not only in his cabinet but
on ' the -outside, and he
knows .how to secure It. re-.
. tain it, obtain it. and deliv
er. the goods.
The chief use or a minor- '
Ity, however, - is - to become
a majority when the major."
ity is wrong.
town tales;
Claude Bristol, : Mayor
Albee's little - newspaper
chum .has the -flossiest line.
;of millinery .-we know.,of.v .
Speaking of ' prepared-:
ness. there's the bonds' that
were voted several years ,
ago for- a public auditor
ium. , . , - . .--.
' One ' thing about a com--
- muter,". Will" Benbow, who
- lives out at Courtney, says
he learns how to tie his'
'-: necktie . on the run t - -
Miss Gertie Huf fmann, of1
N. -T. Is here on business -this
wk. - Gertie ain't much
on - clothes,'' but she : CAN
dance., . ,-'u.-.'i.- . -:
Ex-Sheriff ob Stevena
: was . seen walking rapidly
.south on Broadway several
i afternoons ' this. wk. Each
-time he turned In just be-
WHO. KNOWS WHERE
FAVOR MAY REST?
f
John Welhardt, one of the . lesser
known-to-American authors, gives
promise of winning his way to popu
larity. He will be heard from this
summer. i
New Barter Publishers.
Little. Brown & Company of Boston
have become Granville Barker's Ameri
can publishers and on February 9 they
will reissue in separate, volumes, three
of his best plays, "The i Marrying of
Ann Leete." "The .Vorsey Inheritance"
and "Waste." The same firm will sup
ply "The Madras House" and "Anatol,"
and will also, bring out a new edition
of "Prunella," by Lawrence Housmali
and Mr. Barker-. A new book from Mr.
Barker's pen will be announced
shortly. , -
Author Designs Homes.
Besides being a successful author,
Payne Ersklne (Emma Payne Erskine,
to give her full name) is the proprie
tor of several hundred bf acres of land
in the most desirable part of the Blue
Ridge mountains of North Carolina.
When not engaged in writing a-uch
novels as "The Mountain Girl," "The
Girl of the Blue Ridge. eta, Mrs.
Erskine is ousy designing and build
ing cottages for. occupancy - by north
erners. "
"BTSBTBOOT
PORTLAND, T OR- 0. 8.
YES, WILLIE ALWAYS
fjj JIpv- f 7V, O'YO WNk
If v XI 11 7rVftE" KV HeVNC
W YKP - n I 1 rof A raxuCRro .
f '-- ( Be V4KE UNCPUN J
' r 7 J 1!WMM((J MOW -DrXV ? , j
. : H r- : -ft. '
fore he got- to Yamhill et.,
and then sat down and
waited for Frank McGetti
gan. - While he was wait
ing he tried to-keep inter
ested in what was going on
on the stage. -; . ;-
Geo. I, - Baker has been,
repairing the- big truck1
which has been stuck in
the mud the last two weeks
between .here and Juntura.
Drewsey Pioneer-Sun.
j LETTERS TQ US j 1
Doubls-Barxeled
Ed Alibi: . .
(1) We ain't in that Ad
Club "Shirt-sleeve picture.
(See Journal. Jan. 19.).
(2) At the solemn moment-that
-historic stunt
: was being pulled lot f. we
were out at our country
villa in Rose City park
suggesting - to the ."plumber
that he could make better
-headway by tearing, out the
floors in the . living-room,
dining room And pantry, the
; north wall of thai kitchen
and library and the ceiling
of the den and front ball,'
. Sadly yours, i
- BILL STRAN DBQRG, -.
- Ed ; "Watts j Watt,"
Ed - Higgins asked ye
scribe to go up to the
'Mult, club and play volley
ball with him Thurs but
we had to stay on the lob
and set up the ads for . this
wk.'s Alibi. : . :
Jim Kyle, "celebrated as
boy mayor of JStanf ield,
was here again - this -wk
Just as soon as Jim gets a
jlnch on. the republican nom
ination for, public futility
comm'r. he is going boms
on a furlough- . r'-v-'-'
-.' Judson Henhing.of Lake--wood.
says the - goldbria;
market is not confined to '
countrv towns. Judson has.
some Mexican mining stock
that he is willing to sell.
as he has ' decided "not to
.move ' down there -on acc't
of his health. . -
Henry .Berger Is now in
(Wah, K -.C. with the Co U
highway and Portland rose
pictures He is proving to
everybody what Sen. Harry
Lane, the '.mushroom ex-,
pert, bas been telling about
this vicinity.? Henry '-was.
- raised over on . Wheeler
street, and sed to go over
'to June' McMillan Ordway'a
house on Crosby street
nearly every day for1 a piece
of - bread and butter and
jelly. . . .
Juror Was Bebukad. ; ' ' .
Jackson Johnson mgr. of
the-. Pantages, wasi a juror
.in a liquor-selling case.
One of the chief exhibits of
' the prosecution was a bar-
. re. - labeled) "Bauerk raut"
The diet, atfy took off the
lid. and . showed --the jury
that the bbL - was filled
w4th bottles t labeled 'Peb
bleford." He seemed to
' think that was enough' for
the present, but Jack took
him to one! side, and - said
how are we to know what'
in them - bottles and v the
Cist, att'y said
per; time the
' further evidence
sr eviaence oearing on
question and Jack
that
said "oh." and
eown. ; - - t '. -
'..'- - 1 .
r- Owl Ctab- mmtmmmy,-;'
' "E.----J.' Stewart of ' Rose-5
' bur jr. "whose ? double is
Woodrow . Wilson, . of .Wash
ID. -C, is in our mist again.,
and the Owl v club now
-meets eVery night) at the
Oregon, house. Tonight they:
are going toi take in We
.... i . i - - i - ... .
New Lights on th
1 Eie volntionary
Thatj roost ol, our historians ijiave
been 4 f raid to tell the real'.ifiHh
about jthe Revolution for fear oftln"
charged with disloyalty and a uispo
sltlon j to destroy patriotic ideafjC Is
the assertion-of Roland O. Ushjr In
his unconventional "Rise of the iV-mer-ican
People." ". S .
No parlous student now deniefhat
we won , the war with an army Ijntjch
less numerous and efficient than the
British force, and' with gener&W cer
tainly not comparable to CaesaK and
Croimf ell, he says. We , lost, jwith
some Striking exceptions, every ttattle
of note. The English marched where
they pleased and, except at Saratoga,
the Americans retreated before Jhem
or followed. - . -3- "
The! English were never driven out
of the country, Pi-ofessor Usheicon
cludes; they ended the wax;; not be
cause j they were defeated, but because
they were convinced ' of the imjftossi
bility J of ever" holding the -country
without subduing it, and of th' Im
practicability of trying to conquer
and hold in subjection a land or;. con
tinental dimensions 3000 miles dis
tant from their own source of sup&lies.-
National Issues asp
Fowler Sees Them
"The National Itsnes of 19ie."--B--?tarle
N. Fovler of New Jersey. Printed and
boond by Harper & Brother Kew fx era.
$1.C0 net. ,
Largely an attack on Presidenlf Wil
son and Democracy, dedicated "to the
young men of this republic and' to
the cause of Republicanism, beat ex
pressed in .the principle arfd beat . ex
emplified in the life and charagter. of
Abraham Lincoln." ' ?
Mr, Fowler was a member of the
house of representatives for 16 tears
(1895 to 1911), and was for eigh't jMgrs
chairman of the banking and currjflcy
committee. ' . - - '
Hopper Goes' to War. i ' ,
James Hopper, author of "Cbming
Back With the Bpitball." . has - - just
been ordered by the French govern
ment to military duty. Although Mr.
Hopper grew up in California, where
he was educated and married. he Is
unable to prove his American dstisen
ship. He was born in 'Paria .f a
French mother, and all the records
which might prove- his naturalization
are said to hava perished in the San
Francisco fire. If a knowledge of
baseball be a test of Americanism, It
might be worth while to send a copy
of "Coming BacV With the. Spitball"
to the French war office to prove
Mr. Hopper's claim. - - - . - -
XTESOS OVE.1
A FEBRUARY 12, 1916;
Caviness. "the
rustler from.
Ale.
loined the El)
been man-haf
and
Ad,
banged, ripped; x khe-
.rasooe
;0. ao u Die xssea
lef t-f or dead ini y time,
I guess these c Is can
nothing to me f it aint al
ready been , be," ,Wes
' " Xuak AidayJnasJt. '-;
1 Geo. R. Kunk -dictator of
the Moooe and; Her.thmgs,'
got a pain in Abe middle
and a little to -JB side, and
the doctors tqt him he'd
have to have it Jut, and he
didn't flunk, a, W l,et them
do whatever - tk, ty thought
was right, aw The ' don't
know what itbtlras except
that hi clothr -feel, as
empty as a ha arn in the
spring. , .. i .
9n& Xm Se-iaetie. '
i Judson Hennt Tg. of Lake
wood, says, a 'hie people
blamed the comt- 3sson form
of government t- for - the
weather In For land .which
ia natural- " nourh. . of
course: but T t ty lived in
northern Russia j they would
have to be migftty careful
how1 they talk id . treason
like that. r -
' - rtuuy TtsasTfi." i
Wes Cavtnesei:' the Sage
of Malheur C0.4 , has ' been
prevalent : here of ' late.
They-call Wes the cage of
Malheur because he wants
to get water" WJ the land
and replace the sage with
alfalfa. f;jv'j;;V:
Bfela atari Eastara rlve.
Skin Miller, w. k. bond
expert, went east Sunday to
size up the financial situation..-
We expect Skin -to
.make rmore of k -noise- ia
Reetor'e than he does In
"Wall mtJr but he might do
both.- ' .- . -.
at the pro-
jury- iwill get
Went j and aat
SHAKESPEARE HIMSELF !
1$ CHARACTER IN PLAY
Ben Jonson, Too,. Queen Eliz
abeth and. Other Historical '
H'; Figures Tread Boards. "
"Haater SkyUrk." a play in fire art, drama-
tlaed by Eilsar Whit- Bnrrlll from John Ben
. nett'a novel of aaine name.. The CMtary
company. Kew :rk. St. go net.
This play, reproducing Shakespeare's
birthplace - and the scenes of his
achievements n London, and introduc
ing "him as a character,-is of especial
Interest In this year of 1916 when the
Shakespeare tercentenary is to be
widely celebrated in America. - It give
the feel and the flavor cf the times
wen 'Shakespeare was young. ; 1
' Clayton Hamilton, the welt known;
dramatic authority, having read ini
manuscript many plays designed for j
presentation during the Shakespeare
tercentenary celebrations, says "Mas
ter Skylark" Is the only one he has
seen "worthy of the great - occasion,"
and that "Mr. Burrill has charmingly
recaptured the 'spirit and the atmo
sphere of Shakespeare's England. ;
The play introduces as dramatis
personae, in addition to Shakespeare.
Ben Jonson. Thomas Hey wood. Queen
Elisabeth and other famous historical
figures of England's Golden Age of the
Drama. 1 ' . '
The eight full page illustrations.
S
Reginald ' Birch, besides their- vivifi-:
cation' of the text, give a historically
accurate idea of the costumes worn
during , the period to which the play
belongs. . , - 1
Mystery in the "Way
' Of These Women"
."The Way of These Women." by E.
Phillfps Oppenbelm. Little Brown Sc
Co.. Boston. $1.35 net.
Mystery has an' important' part In
this new novel, but it may best be
described as a most unusual love story
containing splendid traiture of the fair
sex. . . '
Imagine a man and bis fiancee each
believing the other guilty of a mur
der, each desiring to shield the other,
and a second woman ready to take ad
vantage of the situation by giving tha
man oholca of marriage with bar . or
the disclosure of his fiancee's guilt.
Here is a tensely written story woven
around on event with the whole love
interest of the book centered upon two
people. ..
13
Nobody Knows This; Better Than
Those Who Have Tried It.
Vo. 48..
POET'S CORNER
the nnmi -
Tbe printer la a aober mi
lie oerer takea a an p.
And yet ) ia ai irttMi
Wbo likea to act 'em p.
- Cincinnati Enquirer.
He also is a kindly chap:' I '
The ra he will not ebew, -And
if yoa saoekl fall eat with
btm
Be will saac ap with yea.
Macoa Telegraph. -
He's only just Dumas man,
And sometimes atepa aride; -
Bat all the work tbe printer does .
We find ia justified. . ,
Houatoo Poet-
Bat whea he's raaaiag true to
. type - , . ' ' '
- How ba ran a wear, my eye! ;
One dropped kis p-i-p-e pipe !
And it vm B-t--pI. ?-
PhiUdelpbls Ledger. -
Tbe prrnters'ea Tbe Joernat
A gang, bora, yoo aboeld Join;
Toa never seed to peg them. -And
tbey alwajs have tbe quota.
.' a ..- ... , ,
Per ha pa I'Q be locked us for
that, but I'll try and get out ia
the first edition. : , .
catile
"I've
Police Court News.
- Police Capt. Chester Ins
keep has organized a quart-,
et on the first relief. These
be desperate measures. Capt.
Detectives Charles Hill
says if the llnotypers miss
the vOwel in his name again
he'll give it to. them.
T.' Lansing. elongated .
- i ve
slam -
back.
ana
so
t do
press-agent-journaustr met.
Dick Delch. asst. d'st atty..
irv a friendly bout last wk.
A pleasant ; time was bad
by all and ' only one win-,
dow was broken, '
- Jaa. Hunter, our foot
print expert, says that all
his friends took pictures of
the sUver thw. "But I
didn't see a picture' of ma
developing their - films ' for
them," says James, who is
a photo bug.- : - - - -Jos.
Day, the S5-years-a-detective
gent, hasn't sald
a word this winter about r
the - cold ; spell of- 1887.
Sometimes Jos. forgets to
remember this cold spell. '
' Weekly Alf Ztem.
" Alf C ridge has fallen un
der the hypnotic influence
of Frank T. - Rogers, the :
barber, and has been' grad-'
nally reducing his . once
flowing mustache to a
point of disappearance. The
indications are that ; 'Alf
will be as barefaced . as
William Jennings Bryan in
another month. . In 'many
ways ne Is about as bare-"
faced as a man can be al-
ready.-,, . , '
HT. Bfflr
' We heard Billy Paagle
talking about somebody the
other day, and he .was just
saying "convolutions of the
vacuum in his think-tank."
when w came along, and"
he quit, and we wondered
If he was talking about us.
and so we didn't ask him. .-"
COLLEGE MEN ARE -
SUBJECT OF NOVEL
William Dana'Orcutt. author of ."The
Bachelors,'' a story of American col
lege men of a number of types, and of
their lives in the work of the world.
Harper V Brothers, New York. IU5
net. . -
VISTA HOUSE FUND
CAMPAIGN VrILL BE
REN EfED WITH VIM
Quest for Moieyfor-Erection
of Pioneer-Memorial to Be
" Extended J Next Weekvf r
The YIsta: House association In
tends next week actively to renew its
canvass for funds with which to- bui!d
on Crown : Point along the Columbia
river highway, the memorial, to Oregon
pioneers, Observatory for the , wonder
ful view and "public comfort station
Subscriptions are being jrecelved from
automobile owners and - pioneers but
schools and. business men and women's
and civic organizations are to: be ap
pealed to a well. i - v ? -.-
The .contributions and pledges of
tbe automobile . owners and ' pioneers
ascended a little nearer the S3 000 mark
today, the acknowledgments : being as
follows: ' ' - ---- '
Auto owners, previously, acknowl
edged, 11467.25; new donations of 1 5
Andrew Gordon, Mrs. Abe Cohn, Frank
C. Savage, Elizabeth 2. - Zane, G. A
Taylor, S.-W. Lawrence. Claude Starr.
E. 8. Jackson, Mrs. Mary J. Anderson,
C S. Jacobson, F. A. Rosenkrans, K. L.
Lathrop, John E. Cronin, C. We Klnjf.
Geo." C. j Flanders, Frame S Johhsott,
Jacob sen-Btde. Co., J. C. Moon; Warren
Knight (Mil waukie), W, Hull. Holt O.
Wilson. Ben Rlesland. Total, $1677.25.
, Pledges, previously 1 acknowledged.
1993.25; new : pledges- of $5 - James
Twohy,-R, JjPaterson,' S. II. Graham,
Jno.- A. Lain;. Dr C. J.- Marsh, .' X
A -Ronson,' E. W. Matthews, H. .
Reed, Harry Wordhouse, F, A Faun
Cher, Edw. Kraenlck. C. A. iGreen.
- Total, $1052,25. -. r -
Total ante ownera $2629.C0. -
Pioneers' donations: . ; Frederick V.
Holm&n, Mrs. R. Howe, . Capt J. I
Reader. Mrs. Gertrude Hall Denny. Mr
and Mr. J. H. . Coasley, D. Creighton,
Wm. W, Eastman.. L. M. Davis.-Elisaa-btb
. 8hute, Elizabeth Ryan. ' Portland;
Mrs. M. M. Henderson. Lents; Melissa
Klinger, Dufur, Or.; Novey M. Bogart,
Tacoma. - ' -; - " .- -
"Total pioneers' previously acknowl
edged, 9128.60; above." S3 8.50; total to
date, 4167.14..
Grand total,- auto men and pioneers,
$2796.60. -
LINCOLN C0LC0RD
" IS MAKING-NAME
Lincoln Colcord. for- a number, of
years contributor to the magazines, is
among the Tounger' American writers
just coming into hi a own as V fittion-
1st. Colcord has been compared, -in its
stories f the . sea, to Morgan Robert
son and Joseph Conrad. s ' v
1
M'CLELLAN TELLS OF
EUROPE IN VAR Ti".
Former Mayor of New Yc
, : Found Germany Norm
" Belgium Nearly So.
or
"Tna Haal f 'War." Bt Gnrr P. M'f-.W'r .
i.,J WUlagbasa Cocopa&y, New Yon.
' ll.no net
11 Mr MoClellan. - for six years mayc
of New York city and now professor f f
economic history In Princeton univc -slty.
spent six months of last ye
traveling through the war strict '
countries of Europe that he mijrht
J conditions with bis own eves and -.
f, draw his own conclusion. His im ¬
pressions were first published in n
series of . articles In the New Yo r
times, from which they are reprint-. :
with revision, in this volume.
1 Mr. McClellan went through France,
feelglum, Holland,, Oermany, Switzer
land and Italy. In Germany he four :
conditions practically normal, he -with
the gold reserve larger than ft I
the beginning of the war, and buiklir r
operations on the increase. In Belgiu
he found . : conditions not abnorm I
in j any way unemployment ex: t -tng
because the capitalist class wi 1
not resume the usual industrial activ.
I ties. The work of the American re
lief commissions Is highly commendr :.
In France Mr. McClellan found r :
real hatred for Germany exec; i
among the American colony and
small section of . unrepresentat
French." The French people, he-observed,'
are - making exceptional ar r . .
flees Tor their country. Ita.ly
strength, he found,' not equal to h e -political
ambitlona
Mr. McClellan has attempted to .
forth the situation, as he. a neutr-. '.
found it, and has made no effort t
go into the rights nor wrongs of t:
situation, nor to predict th outcon:
IN
MAGAZINES
'-' Poetry for February. ,
' The opening number of Poetry for
February is a group or nine recer t
I poems by William Butler Teats, who-
present mood, whether lytic or sat
iric shows no loss of Inspiration. A
signal, feature of tbe number is a
narrative in - free verse by Henry .it.
Fuller, the Chicago novelise author t "
"The Chevalier of . Peneiert-Va r. i , " '
which James Huneker recently jr.--clalmedf
"a neglected American rri
terpiece." ,
- A. dramatic poem by Agnes Lee 1
based on an episode of the Xaetia;
disaster. F." S. Flint, the ilns;;
imagist, bas a group of 'London pvv.
one. of which, "War Time," gives 1
vivid .picture of the great city's prr -ent
mood. .Another poignant IHt:
poem of city life is by William Lair
: American -Review of Review.
The American Review of Review
for February, in addition to its pit
ress of the world, current events f
American cartoons departments, i
eludes the folTowlng articles:
Power in the War," by Frank H. -monds;
"The Smouldering East," toy .
Lathrop Stoddard; "Our Canadii
American High Court." by Iawrt r
J. Barpee; Americanising Nlcarakr: .
by Clifford D. Ham; "The Pen.:.:
Treaty With , Colombia," . by .
Maxey; "From Diaz to Carransa," n .
illustration; "Training Student He -diers'
by Wyatt Rushton ; "The Wa s t
by Floods," by Pervlvai Fasmig;
Monarchy . for Old." ; by Stanley K.
Hornbeck; - "'China's Vast Rtsourcea."
by. Adachl Kinnoauke; "Economic l,ri
prepajredness." by David Y. Thomas
February World's Work.
In World's Work for February Ott
H. Kshn. perhaps the greatest lurking-authority
en railroads, in lilt, s -tide,
"WTtat - - American Italiro.. .
Need, explains why, in this Unie "
great prosperity. - one-sixth of t .
railroad mileage In the United .-Litis
In the hands of receivers, and !
heralds the beginning of a new ,
Of- mutual cooperation bttwecn t
railroads and the people.
'Bud ton J. Hendricks, explaining 1'
wsjt of the pork barrel system 1
ouar publie buildings bill, advocate a V
only feasible remedy a budget ."--tenv
- - ; . '
'"Assassination and Intervention i-:
Haiti." by George Marvin, reads like .
melor)nuua,v;:..
There are numerous ptber article
- Time Current History.
"Current History," a monthly mac -sine
of the New York Times, for Feb
ruary, has 22j pages of text and li I tj a--trations,
with 16 full page roto-fc-i.u-ure
portraits, 1 24 cartoons from n.f
ferent European publications, best
numerous maps, charts, diagrams, e'. -.
Some of the dlsttrrguishing featur- -are:
The text in fuil of the hUtoric
"Too Late" speech of David Lioy -George;.
George Bernard Shaw's ad
mirable artiele on "Great Britain's--Vitality";
Albert. Ballin, head of ti
Hamburg-American line, writes inter
estingly on the "Freedom of .the eu!."
Thirty-four pages are given to -tracts
from the most important masj
rpe of the nations tt the world.
The number contains - of ficlal r -ports,
authorized statements and t
important literature of all the nat
of the world on current events broug
down to date, -
' Chat the Columbia river from C
down to the mouth is one of the gra.
est scenic stretches in America. ;
immense -possibilities for exploit v
and tbebuUding up of a great .tour
travel by automobile, motor boat t
steamer, is the contention of A.
Comings,-who recently mw
from Priest ' Rapids to- .
who telle about It In th c-.r?. .
bar of Pacific Motor n.t. '
one of the publishers r the 1
and 'Walter Miller, a con;n Crt : s -tograpber,
made the trip in a a 3
motor boat,-the 'first craft cf S t
to traverse these waters e.r.-e t 1
Celllo car.al was opened.