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than history and law-peters out to the
veriest prune-and prism of high conven-
ton. 1t is not to blame this author for
refusing to post literature on rebeiilon
against the sanctity of custom Not that
His sin-purely a, sin against the logic OF
articles in projecting the matter along
/ certain definite lines of development ana
I then In abandoning these lines at the
crisis to skip to some inconsequen-
| tial side track where. not like master.
| but like a mere prentice hand, he finishes
| his job. 1t is as if of serious in
| tent and workmanly skill lays strong ana
broad foundations for some substantial
| structure and then tops them with pass
| ing summer walls of picturesque pattern
| Not that this story is without fascination
1t has great charms of manner. 1t has
distinct personality of its own. Its Situ-
ations are plausible and full. Its people
are human beings. clever people and
clean. But despite this group of fine
| qualities it has the physical defect OF
lameness In outline this is the story OF
| an artist of high degree. as degrees
count in the modern city of Manhattan,
and a beautiful model. A true love story,
| turning upon womans Spendthrift m
stinct toward love. This girls particular
| form of extravaganza with her soul stun
| is determined insiStence upon common
| law marriage alone as the consumma-
| ton of love In no least way to hinder
| the worldly success of this beloved man
| is the obseSsion out of which she cum
ninglv fashions and sets up in her heart
| the little god of self-immoation. Save
| for the purposes of captivating romance.
made out of loves strain and stress. the
delightful girl might have been saved the
travail of this creation. For at the iast,
neglectful of having fostered in her
mind and will superior to those of her
hero the author with Suaye inconse-
quence, makes this erstwhile lmperious
creature bow meekly to an exacting world
from under the marital yoke OF statutory
law. Nothing happens to the reader eX-
cept sensation of looking at brilliant
and significant picture, over winch one
suddenly hangs a chrome
a delightful studio background to the
story, together with set OF drawings
OF superlative expressive qualities.
calls both Mr.. Chambers and Charles
Dana Gibson. on demand OF eN-
cited critics to an accounting with
..Trilby' and George du Maurer.
comes off in appreciate arrears-one of
them in no arrears at all. Both of them.
besides have the distinct advantage OF
being able to try again.
THE SECRET GARDEN. BY Frances
Hodgson Burnett. author OF Little
Lord Fauntleroy." etc. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
This is exactly the kind Of book that SO
f1tly wins for its author the name be
loved. Such a fresh, ground-scented
story is rarely seen. These are the lovely
odds and ends out of which this spring
time poem grows: Three chlidren, espe-
cially .Dickon'; robin VITA ms part
ner. old Ben Weatherstaff, the gardener;
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tangle of misunderstanding between this
newly welded pair the countess and the un-
the only really interesting person in
the story. He suggests that perhaps
Mistress Elinor Glyn studied Amerie an
great men to some account. Gathered UP,
the romance is of the delightfully."- impos-
sible type that some sit up o nights. TO
read. believing that 1t might come true.
and would-if the world were what it
should be.
THE CARPET FROM BAGDAD. BY
Harold Macgrath, author of a
Splendid Hazard; with illustrations
by Andre Castaigne. Indianapolis:
Bobbs Merrill Company.
a commonplace buyer Of carpets, when
| approached by a breezy fellow-American
in Cairo. Egypt-not Illinois, for who could
think OF real adventure being met down
in that part OF the world?-and assured
that he could be given an adventure for
stipulated sum by a company organized
to supply excitement at fixed rates,
| naturally expressed disbelief. That IT
was all part of carefully planned game
to get him away from the cables and
mails for time did not, of course, sug-
gest itself to him But he soon found
| that strange things happen in Egypt. and
that though his excursion into the desert
was not according to schedule it was
nevertheless reality MIR. Macgrath
tells this brisk story with all the verve
and humor of his earlier works. and
The Carpet from Bagdad" transports
! his reader into a land OF romance The
abduction of Percival AlgeTnon Jones as
part OF nefarious plot Is accomplished
| with certain piausbility that will
arouse no disposition to criticise the
| mechanism Of the tale. Percival Alger-
| non, handicapped from infancy by this
! name, given to him by a romantic
!! mother, rises superior to the suggestion
of effeminacy and Incompetence which
| 1t conveys and wins out handsomely in
the end with both wife and priceless rug
as result Of his little venture into the
J Arabian sands.
THE CONFLICT: 4 Novel. by David
Graham Phillips. New York and
| London, D. Appleton & Co.
When David Graham Phillips died of
the wounds inflicted upon him by an assas-
sin who conceived that he had drawn
his characters from real life, he left the
manuscripts of four finished stories. one
of which appears now as The Conflict
a tale Of today. It deals with the strug-
gle for political mastery in a western
CITY and introduces some unusually in
teresting types. quite different from most
Of this authors characters. The daugh-
| ter of the richest local man. traction
magnate and commander of all the big
| forces Of finance and politics, conceives
an interest in the leader of the working
! men, the son of poverty, who has edu-
Gated himself to become a power. The
romance is not less interesting than the
method whereby Mr.. Phillips laid down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

DR.. Ladd writes to the point on tne
teachers full equipment and Celebrates
the particulars of his functions. "A DIG
program spreads here. But teachers do
not dread big things, large responsloii-
tiles. They do not fear life and its activ-
tiles. Being dead is what terrif1es them
This volume will be useful and slim
ulating influence i'll education.
YELLOW STAR: 4 story of East and
West BY Elaine Goodaie Eastman
author of "Wigwam Evenings, etc
Illustrations by Angel de Cora and
Brown & Co.
Both boys and girls will enjoy Mrs
Eastman's fresh and spirited story OF the
school life of Yellow Star, little Indian
girl. among white companions In the
east Woven incidents OF school and play
swift SUGGESTIONS of interesting Things
to do. all natural and lifelike. and a per-
yasive out-of- doors atmosphere brighten
the story from first to last. Its particu-
lar charm however. lies in the personal
itv of the little alien. Yellow Star. Out
of her acquaintance with Indian life. her
reading of the Indian heart and her feel
ing for the poetry or the indian traoit'oi
Mrs Eastman makes an Indian girl OF
winning grace and beauty. This is moi
history nor is it pure invention. Rather
an idealization. beautiful and inspiring
S,lch 40 poets are always making out oil
the commonplace. even out OF the coarse
Indeed, that Is the poets business. AND
Mrs Eastman is Of this brood. as The
Little Brother o. Dreams even more
openly than this bright story so fully
atteStS.
THE REASON WHY. BY Elinor Glyn
author of Three Weeks" etc. IL
Illustrations by Edmund Frederick
New York: d. Appleton & CO.
The warp is old. the wool not new. Th'
colors glare in elementary violence. UNI
assuaged by tint or shade. Eiinor Giyr
writes another melodramatic romance-s
distinct gain. however, on Three weeks.
A marriage beginning in hatred and END
ing in passionate love is the miracle o.
this vivid story. A countess, RUSSIAN !
annears. is the heroine A lusty, lmpe
cunious Englishman-a nice 1eiioW-lt
moi oyer-original hero. The early Done
hot ween the two is an uncle of the coun
tess-a fabulous fnancier the story i
.retting as familiar as the muitlpi1catloi
fable. and something like it,. such
6naneier as only the United States caI
breed. a mysterious man, sphlnA-nk'
nerson of Morgan Hartman pronie. ii
the hodgepodge of American ahcee,r
This uncle turns out to be son-unde
tha bend sinister-of the emperor of some
where-or-other. What is much more q
the point he turns out. also. to De I'M
means of rehabilitating the cellars an,
tnrrets and towers Of this Old Enslsl
house with which his beautiful niece i
now allied Better still. this amazini
uncle is the god in the machne Wn
! straightens out the we'll nlsh hopeies
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here a formula of American political
regeneration. He shows municipal cor
ruption in its worst forms. the secret
union between parties. the prostitution OF
the suffrage 10 business ends, the selling
of elections. the control of judges and
juries. the buying and selling OF nomina-
tionS. with the whole corrupt mass or
civic degradation. 1t is against such a
system that Victor Dorm struggles. build
ing up a party by slow degrees and ris-
ing at last to gain the mastery. Per-
haps there is prophecy I'm THE Conflict.
1t is. at all events. an absorbing and sin
cere narrative.
A PERSON OF SOME IMPORTANCE.
BY Lloyd Osbourne. author of THE
Adventurer." etc; with illustrations
by A. B. Wenzell Indianapolis:
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
Far off in the south seas a man who
was once "a person of some importance
in the big world beyond has built him
self tiny empire. In lis service as mas
ter Of his fleet consisting of a single
schooner is a young man who was once
unjustly dropped from the American
Naval Academy. Homesickness calls this
young man back to the states, charged
to keep the secret Of the island where
the exile is hidden. A singular fatality
pursues the returning American. Through
the wreck OF his vessel he loses fortune
III gold in the Pacific. He makes his way
across the continent to his native villa sc
and there becomes enmeshed in love and
trouble An effort is made to wiring from
him the secret OF his former employer.
and on his refusal every device conceiv-
able is applied to force him to tell where
rests the person of some importance. "
With ingenious craftsmanship Mr.. Os-
bourne brings his story 70 a dramatic
climax as his hero and his bride make
their way back toward the island as a
place Of refuge. and the identity of the
person Of some importance is finally dis
closed. There are no dull pages here. II
is q. story that stirs the blood and keeps
the lima gination alert.
LIVING WITHOUT BOSS. Illus
trated. New York and London
Harper & Bros.
When a New York newspaper man gets
the blue envelope notifying him that
his services are no longer needed he
shop and secures a position without diff
Guilty. The anonymous narrator Of thi.
veracious account OF how one man In
such circumstances gained "a living
without a boss" did otherwise. With some.
thing less than 81 900 in bank he and his
wife moved from their metropolitan flat
into the country. renting an old house
with about twelve acres of land. which
they proceeded to make their home. This
book is an account of how they sue
ceeded against the handicap of ineXpe-
rience and insufficient capital, regaining
their health and widening their view, and
finally. after various experiments, al
times disheartening failures. working on,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
Workingman's Parson Who
Preached Hard Work
Special Correspondence of The star.

LONDON, September II, 1911.
VVTALWORTH. one of the largest and
w poorest parishes in London. and
East London generally, will lose not only
a picturesque character. but mighty
worker for social and civic improv ements,
when Canon Horsley gives up his rector
ship of the parish in November next to
take charge of little village in Kent
where he will have only 800 people to
look after. The change is his own choice
and is due he announces. to his keen
sense of the fact that he is growing old.
and that the big London parish needs a
younger and more active man. For thirty
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to a point of liberty and a competence.
Tt In an important human document that
may be read proftably by every city man
who is dependent upon a salary and longs
for greater freedom.
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She-But how am | to know you will
be patient and forbearing when we're
married?
Hc-I can put a lax stand-up collar
OF a No. II shirt without saying . word.
Variety Lie.
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of the survival of the fittest left to worl
itself out among them unhampered.
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Here. in his best and most ambitious
book. Mr.. Chambers starts something
that he is not able to finish. AS this spir-
tied tale progresses its author grows
skittish. shies the issue and runs
awsy-doubtless that he may live to write
noi,te and acceptable stories another day.
In this richly dyed romance an important
theme of elemental strain--a thing older
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-06
The Real Pension Issue.

Congress will probably be quite willing
TO let the District spend enough of its
own tax funds to take care OF the police
and firemen's pension fund. The rea
point at issue, however. Is to have this
fund placed where it belongs. within the
category of the regular annual charges
upon the municipality. to be borne by
equal contributions by the District anc
the federal government. IL police and
firemens pensions can be made de-
pendent upon District resources exclu
sively. why cannot the pay of the mem
bers Of the two departments? What diff
ference is there in logic and in equity
between the pay of a policeman or fire.
man who is on active duty and the pay
of one who has been hurt while at work
and has been compelled to retire? The
District Commissioners should vigorously
contend that there is no difference be-
tween the two and urge that the retire
nent and pension provision be placed on
The same basis - the appropriations fol
the maintenance OF the two departments.
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The Geneology of Bings.

They've studied up the family tree Of
Ebenezer Bings
And proved that his descent Is straigh,
from dukes and earls and kings.
He has Il brand-new coat of arms sc
handsome and so gay
crochet
They only mention relatives who fought
with courage fine
Or rose to great distinction in the in
tellectual line.
But if they searched enough, I'll bet the
fact they'd run across
That somewhere in that family tree some
body stole a boss.
Them family trees don't allus tell a:
much as they keep hid.
1t wouldn't be a thing 'gainst Ebenezer il
they did.
He's generous an he's kind and allus
pays his honest debts.
He doesn't drink, nor chew, nor smoke
not even cigarettes.
But then ii takes all kinds o folks Il
make a world, you see.
There's a mighty wide assortment il
most every family tree.
Let's just admire the gliding an the
trimmings an the floss
An be content to overlook the chap thai
stole boss.
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Turkeys Protest.

Tic protest of the Turkish govern
Inent 10 the United States and other
powers against the italian atrocities in
Trir~li would he impressive were II
not Tor certain facts which are well
known 10 all the world, and which,
without in any way condonins the of
lenses Of Italy in this case, IL they
have been committed. deprive Turkey
Of any possible claim upon the SYM
patty OF the nations. Whatever the
Ital ans may be doing in Tripoli, ii is
impossible To forget the things Turkey
has done In Armenia. Change the
names in the cablegram of the Turk
ish minister OF foreign affairs TO the
ambassador In this city. and the pro-
test would easily pass for one that
might have been wr.lten on a score
or more of occasions In complaint
AGAINST the sultans forces. 1t may
indeed. be doubted whether Ita'y il
guilty In TripoIi Of atrocities COM
parable with those committed by Turk
ish troops against non-combatants, wome,
and children.
The spectacle OF Turkey appealing I,
the powers 10 compel Italy to observe tn,
rules OF warfare and humanity woul,
be ludicrous IL IL were not so tragic
And 1t is 10 be remembered. with shame
that Turkey has never been checked Of
fectively by the civilized governments ii
its abominable practices against its unof
Tending and helpless subjects. 1t doe
not, OF course, follow that the Unite'
States should hold It's hand In this In
rtance bees use Turkey has been IN In
.l+fSf -, Tff1tiulI~lE guilty Of lie .t,JUuiua
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tions which IL now charges against Italy.
Civilization would never advance If all
the nations OF the world fell back upon
past performances as precedents and ex-
cuses. The world has reached its pres
ent state Of enlightenment because of a
disposition to profit by the mistakes of
earlier days.
Whether the United States can take
part in any effective intervention to pre-
vent Italy from continuing to practice
the wanton cruelties alleged against the
government In Tripoli is quite another
question. This country stands for hui
name methods OF warfare. 1t enjoys the
confidence OF the world as do few of
the other powers for sincerity of pur-
pose In endeavoring to decrease the
chances of war and to lessen the suffer
ings caused by international conflicts. 1t
has Joined Its voice with those of other
governments against the massacres of
the Christian subjects of Turkey. and it
has protested to Russia against the per-
secutions of the Jews. Should it be made
plain to 1t that Italy has violated the
pledges given by it at the second Hague
conference IL may be in a position to
enter an emphatic protest TO the govern
ment at Rome. II would probably un-
hesitatinsly join in an international rep
resentation on the subject. But. whatever
it does, it will not fulfill its highest duty
in the premises if it does not couple
with its action a statement of the Amer
lean Indignation at Turkeys past sins
In this very respect.
Unfortunately there Is no way to force
Turkey in this crisis to pledge effectively
strict observance of the laws of hui
mainly In the future. There can be lit
tie confidence in Turkish promises on
this score. They have been given in
the past again and again and promptly
violated.
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Mexico.

Telicitations to the Mexican statesman
who has just laid down the duties of
president of his country. De la Barra
took office at time and under circun-
stances calling for a level head and a
stout heart. and he manifested both while
on duty. The country was rocking with
unrest. a great individual power had
fallen, and something must be reared at
once on the ruins of DiaZism.
Fortunately for his country and himself.
the new man had credit which extended
beyond the Mexican borders In particu-
lar he was well known and highly es-
teemed in the United States. We were
following Mexican developments then most
so'icitous'v We had much at stake.
and an army of observation was dis
patched to the neighhorhood. and re-
manned while the situation was grave.
Our confidence In De la Barra was thor
ou~hlv justified. He held down the lid ex-
ce1'entlv Now and then the brbh'ing was
fierce. and the lid seemed in danger. Ban
dts were afield operating with patriotic
proclamations and another revolution or
two looked imminent. But the man at
the helm steered a safe course, and local
troubles did not take on national aspect
or difficulty.
1t is now up to Madero. What manner
of S heo what qualifications does
ne rossess for his task?
We may credit him with a talent for
organization. When he tackled Diaz he
had need of large powers The old man
had long held sway. and to the outside
'-cr'd 'oo'-cd 1'l-a a otter" When he an \
his friends made light Of Made their
appraisement was accepted Nobody in
this country believed that the revolt
against the government would go beyond
the record of many similar ones that had
failed. A little galloping about. a few
"brusheS" with government troops, and
all would be over.
But the revolt grew. Presently it
dawned both upon Diaz and the ou'sds
word that strong man was in charge
and stood chances of effectins revolu-
ton And at last the revolution was ac-
comn'ished What bad apreared i"orossihle
became an established fact. Diaz was
forced to his knees. and then forced out
of the country. and his conqueror was
hailed as his logical successor.
The election which brought Madero his
commission as president was not unlike
the elections which had retained Diaz in
Office for wears That is 70 II was In
large measure a cut-and-dried affair.
There was hut one candidate. Madero
was chosen before a vote had been cast.
No other result was possible on election
day.
The new order-or. as 1t may appear,
the old order under new and younger
leader-has the good wishes of the Ameri-
can people. We want sound and stable
government in Mexico. as well because OF
our interests in the country as because
of the benefit that will accrue to the
Mexican people: and as Madero has been
called to the chair by the regular process.
may all success attend him in all efforts
to serve the people through constitutional
agencies.
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Tomorrow at the Polls.

an interesting tale will be told at the
polls tomorrow. Forecasts are numerous
1t Is anybodys guess. and many are
guessing. Campaign managers, as usual
are full OF confidence We've got EN-,
boys IS the exclamation on both sides
the line.
II the general result favors the demo-
Gratis VIC shall see the republican diff
culties emphasized and increased. The In
surgents Will insist that III their program
alone is hope: that unless they are per-
mitted TO write the platform and name
one OF their number for leader the game
is up. Two reverses running. they Will
argue. make new deal Imperative.
The regulars will not concede this but
hold that a reputation of the admins
tration in national convention would sur
render the fortress and settle matters
then and there in favor of the democrats
Why campaign in such circumstances:
II the general result favors the re-
publicans we shall see the democratic di-
visions widen and deepen A lively dis
cussion will grow out of attempts to fix
the blame, and much strong language be
hurled back and forth. The English
tongue when freely drawn upon affords
much entertainment in that way.
In the matter OF presidential speculation
this much may be said on the democratic
side \ democratic victory in New York
viii hardly make Gov. Dix a candidate.
Tammany will be strengthened in the
state. but Tammany has never yet nomi-
mated a candidate for President The Tiger
as White House pet is not thinkable.
democratic reverse in New Jersey
need not seriously affect the Wilson boom.
although a victory would be mighty COM
Portable Gov. Wilson's strength abroad
as well as at home is with the extreme
progressives of his party; and republican
legislature in New Jersey would mean to
them a machine challenge. which they
would speedily take up everywhere.
A Foss victory in Massachusetts would
not develop a real Foss boom for Presl-
dent. An effort might follow to commit
the democratic state organization TO him.
but only for trading purposes at the ma
tional convention.
Neither Maryland nor Kentucky has a
local candidate for President, and the
democracy of neither state Is committed
on the subject of the nomination. MIR.
Bryan helped in the Kentucky campaign,
and may influence the Blue Grass uuie-
cation next year; but he did not visit
Maryland and has no following In that
state of consequence.
For an off year interest in the state
races has been gratifying to those who
think there should be no off years in mat
tiers relating TO the public business: that
whenever public policies. city. state or
national are under consideration every
body should give attention and every
voter record himself at the polls.