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New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
WORKING GIRLS NEW HOME
Ladies' Christian Union Opens
Fifth One in This City.

The new home for Protestant work,r.
girls at No liS West 18th street, estah.
lished by the Ladies' Christian Union, wa,
formally opened yesterday morning whe,
the union held its annual meeting In m.
new blue parlor.
The Katherine. like the'four other horn..
maintained by this organization for sel,.
supporting girls. provides room and board
for from s. 80 10 g a week. Women over
thirty-fve are not eligible. because a.ts,
that age they are supposed TO be able "a
take care Of themselves" explained tina
head Of the house committee. Mrs. Hol.
lingshead II. Dean. land so a month is
the salary limit. Most OF our girls ara
about seventeen. believe, and are shop
girls i'm the 14th street stores.
Certainly. the house IS closed al II
O'Clock. Any one who has TO be out after
that time must arrange TO have the door
left unlocked. But our girls arc not ths,
kind. Theatre? An, II you stop 70 think
you will know that these girls don't 20 "a
the theatre. How could they7 Earning
81 or s. or Sc a week and paying for clothes
and washing, besides their board"
The Katherine provides its own entsr.
tainment and IS already preparing for 4
valentine party. Men callers are welcome.
and there IS a big parlor. with a piano and
a library, but no sewing room or laundry,
as these are thought 10 cause domestic
disorders which would mar the serenity Of
the homelike atmosphere.
The institution, which was the sift Of
Joseph Milbank, comprises two old-tash-
toned houses, which have been thrown to-
gether and completely remodelled. There
are accommodations for about thirty girls
In dormitories and single rooms. The fact
that the house is already <ull and a wait
ing list established makes II evident that
however numerous these homes seem TO be
the demand more than equals the supply.
At the meeting Of the Ladies' Christian
Union the officers were reelected, as fol-
lows: President, Mrs Joseph Milbank; vice.
presidents, Mrs. Louis II. Burr and Mrs.
James Talcott; treasurer. Mrs. William A
Cauldwell and Miss Alice r. Wilson: cor
responding secretary, Mrs. William Walton
Clark, and recording secretary. Mrs. Henry
Bowers.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
LIFE IN GEORGIA.

DIXIE HART. BY Will y. Harlem l2mo,
pp. $40 Harper & Bros.
While our sectional fiction. so far a S IT
can still he said to exist has generally
abandoned its narrower local specializa 70
tions and expanded 10 a looSer division
into East and West and the New South
with general American basis. Mr.. Har-
ben continues to cultivate his own chosen
province. that Of rural Georgia. This
new story of his has the atmosphere Of
brothers and sisters n theirs, and his in
depreciation Of, his attitude toward. the
people and their daily life remains con-
siStentlv the same. He knows his spe-
cisl subject well, and would make us see
II and understand II. sympathiza with it
and learn 10 love II. whence his eIah-
crate realism Of detail Of speech and
manners and customs. Not that he
neglects the claims Of plot on the con-
trary, Dixie Hart" has one that suf-
fees for the length Of the story and fits
the environment in which it is set. The
road that never yet ran smooth is
strevn with many obstacles in the case
Of Dixie Hart and Alfred Henley. the
authors perfectly proper version Of the
triangle being, in the last ANALYSIS, not
sectional but typically American in ifs
clean-minded respect for character and
the moral law.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
THE SIN OF THE FATHER

SIR GEORGES S OBJECTION By Mrs "
u. CHnord. l2mo, PIP. 396 Dufield e
Go.
II must be fully five years since Mrs
Clifford published a work Of fiction her
attention having been claimed chiefly by
fhe drama during the last decade. Sir
Georges Objection is perhaps best de-
scribed as an old-fashioned minor novel
carefully planned and written with III.
fluent care of the expert. It's heroine ,s
young English girl who has grown up
In Italy under the care of her widowed
mother, and who. at eighteen, begins 10
long for glimpse of her mother coun-
try and her relations. Of that English
life about which she has heard so much
In a tantalizing, fragmentary way from
English tourists visiting their remote
italian nook; and she begins 10 ask her
mother questions about the father whose
memory she has been taught to revere
Here lies the mystery Of the story. and
the explanation Of its title when young
EnSlishman wanders that way and asks
her hand In marriage. II is all accord
ing 10 a familiar formula, which still re-
mains serviceable. and the characters
match the old plot. They too. are con
ventional and conventionally drawn. the
author barely going below the surface
except I'm cut-and-dried way 70 ind-
cate the emotions proper to the situa-
tions created by the gradual unfolding
Of the mast
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
MISCELLANEO EOUS.

WHO'S WHO. 1911 An Annual Biographical
Dictionary. Sixty-third year Of issue. syo'
rp XVI 22i5. 46. The Macmillan Com
psnyD
The English edition Of this publication.
In addition to the biographies, there Is iist
tionarv Of abbreviations ard an obituary of
those who died during the year 1910.
A COMPACT RHYMTNG DICTIONARY. BY F.
Z. Bennett lsmo. pp. DID tE. 7. Dut'on
The words are divided into two main
classes. Under the heading Of single, or
One syllable RHYMES" are given those words
which rhine Dnhh,a With ,he last o sELaoIs Isvrabia
Rhymes" those words are given which
rhyme on the last two syllables' with the
accent on the penultimate.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF MOVING OBJECTS
And Hand Camera Work for Advanced
Workers BY Adophe Ahrahams. F. r. p.
Illustrated. l2mo. rp. l@. 'E. p Dutton
e. co..
Dealing With topics which are general to
instantaneous work and WIN sucn sur,
plates. the use of the long focus lens and
swing lens. and press photography.
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE DIVORCE
COURT. b. Henry Edwin Fem che
Senior Reporter illustrated. syo, m. Vi
3o9 Boston Little. Brown & Coz
The material for this book was gathered
while the author was the divorce court re.
porter for the London 'pailv Telegraph.
lie discusses some famous trials" and gives
character sketches Of many well known Eng
lish lawyers.
THE KEY Contains the names. addresses and
telephone numbers ~ all prominent mhsl-
clans in Greater New York and suburbs
1smo. pp. -. key Publishing company
OPEN AIR CRUSADERS 4 Report of the
Elizabeth Mccormick open AIR school. To-
EethAr with a General Account ot open Air
School Work in Chicago and chapter on
School Ventilation. Edited b. sherman -
Kingsley. Illustrated. svo. pp. lni ''h-
cago: United Charities Of Chicago
The record NJ the results Of open air treat
nant upon group OF Chieago children IRE
disposed N sickness and failure.
OPEN AIR A Statement OF What Il Being
Done and What Should Pc Done 70 Secure
Right Air in Homes. Schools. of1ces, Fac
tories Churches. etc. Py William r. Watt,
A NJ Ph. u. 12mo. pp Vi. 2s2. Chicago:
Tho Little Chronicle Company
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. To
Promote Friendly Relations Between the
United states and Japan. illustrated 12mo.
pr "a CThA Japan Society NJ New York;
Tho wear book Of the society containing
i's rules a list Of its life and annual mem
bArs, general information about japan. the
japanese national hvmn. list ~ good books
on japan. soma English japanese pnt'ses
and sentences. etc
FAMOUS SPEECHES. Selected and edited.
With Introductory notes. hv Herbert Paul.
svo. pp. xiv 45s. Boston: Little Brown
e. CO..
Assembled here are some ~ the most
famous speeches delivered in Parliament and
elsewhere. from the time Of oliver Crom-
uell 10 Gladstone including those made by
lincoln Burke. O'Counel Grattan. chat
ham. Pitt sheridan and Bright. Each one
Is prefaced by special Introduction
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
Literary .NesOs and Criticism

reminds one pleasantly Of the daily col
umn OF Globe Sights"
And so we idle through the balmy days
and the tranquil seas. listening 10 our
chatty, observant companion. who may
suddenly remark that "a ship has a tery
convenient backyard in which to throw
things" tell an anecdote. speculate
about III or we'll assorted couples. Won
der why women look with suspicion upon
a man who does not go out of his way
and the course of incidental converse
ton to announce out loud that he is mar
ried. or inform us that
There is no real No. gossip on board
No gossip is the kind which causes
people to say in discussing il. The
law should step In and do something. All
the gossip i have heard has been OF the
No. 8 sort. very apt 10 he untrue, and not
particularly serious IL true.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
HURT IN REsCUING CHILDREN
Streetcar Hits Policeman, but He
Saves His Little Charges.

Patrolman Alfred T. Brandt, Of the East
l26th street station, was bowled over and
seriously injured Yesterday while rescuing
several children from beneath the wheels
Of a surface car at Both street and Madi-
son avenue. He IS IN the Harlem Hospital
suffering from broken rib and internal
injuries.
Brandt was guarding the crossing for the
pupils Of the All Saints Parochial School,
and was taking several little ones across
the street when a southbound car bore
down upon him. The policeman pushed the
children clear Of the tracks, but was IN.
able to escape himself.
The motorman Of the car put on all speed
and got away, bur detectives were sent to
the barns after him.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
vensky himself in an admonitory ad'

vensky himself in an admonitory "u-
dress:
II addressed to Young middies lnsse ,sr
n1Iords Of adn,onition'' on good hehaNloT
p,isht NOT have been altogether mlspldCetu.
But senior officers. Win mar ,an -
turning gray. and, above an ant,ai an com
m the Emreror and vice.admitai IN !,
Wander in chief did not feel altogether az at
their ease when thus receiving. SUI siu 80
side with midshpmen' Ine me aun,nopImendrg e
major general VINO ,ar,nnrancei /
them to abstain from lntempeTshc' T,
eho,,id have Iiked 10 believe that the jap
anese only countenanced such ceIenHv.i,L ~,
owing 10 sheer artessness' OF pecdnSp oi,,o re-
did not really know me n,onIy Lv'e1 nsed in Eu-
rone bnt found n very hard 10 he con.
vinced that IT was so.
csptain Semenoff heightens the ehect
of this general impression by mention
ing every exception TO the rule ne e"-
countered. According TO these Japanese
natterns Of military courtesy, most VI
tbsm ex-attaches. the rudeness pro-
ceaded from colleagues who had never
visited the Western world ana were con
seauently ignorant of it's ways pu' 'he
author is not satisfied with the eN-
n,anation and gives instance after IN
stance Of offence in which he traces 'he
hand Of the japanese government one
cannot help rejecting upon the kind OF
treatment that might have betalien jap
anese prisoners Of war under the charse
of some Russian reserve officer, the more
so as Captain semenoff states Incl
dentally that there was a rowdy element
among the younger captive Russian OH
GERS. The japanese governments en-
couragement Of the distribution OF reVo-
lutionary and even anarchistic tracts
among the commissioned prisoners
resulted. first Of all, in barely pre-
vented mutiny on board the ship carry
ing Captain Semenoff and some 3'oo'
men TO Vladivostok on the conclusion
of peace. The story ends with an ac-
count of the policy OF suppression oil all
independent reports on the mismanage-
ment of the war at St Petersburg SO
far as II affected the authors own enorts
and career.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
TRANEI.

AN EASTERN VOYAGE. A Journal or the
Travels ~ Count Fritz Uochbevg Through
the British Empire IN the East and japan.
In two volumes. Twenty Eve colored and
forty-eight black and white illustrations
$50. pr. viii, 35l: vlii. 3la ,E y. Dutton
& Coz
Describing the countries ana cities through
which he travelled Australia. Adelaide, Mel
bourne Tasmania the Philippines Hong
Kong the Strait Settlements Burmah.
Shanghai Japan. the people their festivals,
industries, customs and sports, etc. With
Incidents and anecdotes az life aboard vart-
Gus passenger ships and Of fellow-tavelers.
We OF THE NEVER NEVER BY Mrs.
Asneas Gum. With illustrations from photo
s1aphs l2mc m. Yi. 389 Ihe Macmillan
COMPANY
The account ~ year ~ vomsn's life
sr"n' In homestead IN tho Australian
Push
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
SAMUEL ROGERS
A Book of Lively Gossip About
Him.
SAMUEL ROGERS AND HIS CIRCLE.
By r. Ellis Roberts. Illustrated No'
pp. goa r. =. Dutton CO.

SAMUEL ROGERS AND HIS CIRCLE.
Nv r. Ellis Roberts. Illustrated. svo,
pp. goa r. =. Dutton CO.
The reader who has not the leisure
or thinks he has not the leisure-to ac-
ouire IN many scattered volumes an ac-
nuaintance with the more or less distin-
guished literary personages Of the early
nineteenth century in England will hnd
resource in Mr.. Robertss discursiVe
volume II Is a representative speci-
men NJ the gossipping collections Of per
sonsl details and anecdote which so
strongly appeal to current taste. In this
case the gossip is mingled with critical
excursions which. If sometimes too OBJ
vious or hackneyed are often useful and
sufficiently entertaining.
Samuel Rogers as a poet interests the
world Of to-day little more than does
Sqmuel Rogers, the banker, and as a
poet Mr. Roberts makes few claims for
him. Probably nobody now could he
persuaded TO read through The Pleas
ures OF Memory" that very Jog trot of
rhyrne with which its author busted him
self for many years, and which In It's
time had so extraordinary success His
shorter poems were lyrics only i'm form.
and have no title 20 continued existence
He spent sixteen years IN writing his
ITALY" and II anything renned by him
has merit IL is this. He felt the beauty
the romance, the historic charm of that
magic land. and something of his genu-
inc feeling gave a little vitality 10 his
verse. Mr. Roberts thinks that II Is
"eminently esdable'-without going so
far we may admit that there are pas
sages here and there which appeal to
those who themselves know the real
.,i,,s. ll,,ca IL, A-nrinn All,-n
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21

THE POEMS 0F SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. Edited
with an Introduction by John Drinkwater.
Small limo. pp. xvi 800 ~ p. Dutton &
CO..
THIS edition inclutes "Astsophsl and
Stella poems from the Arcadia" and
miscellaneous poems In the appendix are a
few poems collected from miscellanies by
I'rosart There l. an index 10 hrsr lines.
Issued in The MUSES. Library series.
TIE CRADLE OF THE DEEP. An Account al
a Voyage 20 the West Indies BY Sir Fred
erok Treves. Bart. .. G. Y. o. Z. r.
II. D With "a illustrations from photo
craphs hy the author. and four maps Popu-
lar edition. syo. pp Hii 3IS. ,E. p Dut-
ton e CO..
Describing q visit 10 Barbados Trinidad.
Martinique. Dominica and the other West
Irdan Islan'S and telling something Of their
history. their inhabitants and plantations. \
chapter Is devoted 20 the Sargasso Sea.
PATSY Ey n De Vers Stacpoole. l2mo. pp.
viil. $40 Dufned & Coz
The story a. an IriFh hoy.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
THE RUSSO.J JAPANESE WAR
The Last Phase of Captain
Semenoff's Service.
THE PRICE OF BLOOD. The sequel to
"Rasplata" and The Battle OF Tsu-
shima." BY captain Vladimir Semenon,
J. r y. Translated ny Leonard Lew
l.. J. Emo. PIP. A. Is r. P. Dutton


Captain SomenoT tells in this third
volume from his pen the last chapter of
his experiences during the Russo-Jap-
anese War. II lacks the deep interest Of
"RaspIata" az a revelation Of the Rus
fian temperament- soul" is the word
used by preference I'm this connection bv
literary psychologists. II Is almost eX-
cluSivelv objective. but II has interest AS
pendant TO other pictures of the treat
ment Of Russian prisoners Of war in
Japan, which generally have been en-
thusiastcally laudatory.
The Japanese physicians Captain Sem
enoff praises without stint, not only their
skin out their sympathetic attitude
toward their captive patients, and he
Worshps the japanese women nurses as
later on he sings the praises of the quiet,
graceful gracious angels Of comfort that
were the ladies composing the commit
tees appointed by patriotic societies 10
look after the wellbeing Of their nations
prisoners. But as for their treatment by
the japanese men. that was a different
matter, according 10 Captain Semenoff,
who wss taken, heavily wounded. from
one Of Roiestvensky's surrendered YES
sells. II was. he saws, a policy Of pin
pricks and petty humiliations. ranging
all the way from the insolence Of hospi-
tai OTdcrlies TO open breaches Of the rules
Of military courtesy by Japanese officers.
Distinctions Of official rank among the
prisoners, he adds, were barely respected
by the military authorities in charge Of
them. the climax being reached when a
japanese general included even Rojest-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
FICTION.

THE TRAIL OF as. A Northland Romance. By
Robert W Service. With illustrations by
Maynard Dixon. 12mo. pp VIII 5l4. dDodd.
Mead & COZ
story Of the great stampede OF gold
seekers 10 Alaska
THE MAGNET Romance By Henry G.
Rowland Illustrations by Clarence r.
Underwood 12mo, PIP. 32S. Dodd. Mead q
Coz
Chronicling the love affairs and adventures
Of three Pretty girls who are cruising on a
yacht with their father and uncle. and or
Harold Applebo. who is described as a poet,
q dreamer. and a man OF action. The story
was published serially under the title OF
he I-iebf
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
ROME
A Chance for the American Poet to
Compete in Latin Verse

Rome" rs the subject ot the interna-
tional competition in Latin poetry which
is Ia he held in the Eternal city. The
prizes are 10 be awarded at the Capitol
on the anniversary Of the Birth Of
Rome" April 81. 1911 The chief prize
is a gold medal 10 which IS attached
further prize OF 1000 lire; to each OF two
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
DINNER OF KANSAS SOCIETY.

Governor Woodrow Wilson OF New Jer-
sey, Hamilton W Mabie, associate editor
Of The Outlook and President T. F.
Nichols of Dartmouth College win be the
principal speakers AT the annual dinner OF
the Waldorf on January 2S Thomas III.
Dinsmore. the president Cf the society, has
received letters OF acceptance from a num-
ber Of other speakers OF prominence. The
dinner will be the largest ever held by the
society
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21


Romance. BY Fred Jackson i2mo. PIP
263 Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs
& Co
4 duel in London between an English
peer and French baron. caused bv an
indiscreet remark concerning a duchess
furnishes the prologue Of this little
story. which Is evidently its authors
first attempt The peer must disap-
pear for a while. and selects for his
hiding place this boundless country. fnd-
ing II in the country place Of a hospi-
table friend. Rut we are not yet done
with Burke and the nobilIties Of the
Continent, as the title sufficiently ind-
Gates. The finding Of the hidden princess
must be left 20 the reader The book Is
lightly written. and is the result, I'm
conception and treatment. OF much read
ing Of the romantic fiction of the day.
rather than the product Of an indepen-
dent ina gination.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
pouTICAI ECONOMY.

INDUSTRIAL. ACCIDENTS AND THEIR COM
PENSATTON. By Gilbert Lewis Campbell
r. $ 12mo. pp. All. 105. CThe Houshton
Mifiin Company
A brief study OF the statistics ana the 50
ciaI cost or Industrial accidents In the United
states and Of the efforts being made h7th
nv legal and private agencies 70 effect an
equitable distribution of the charge upon the
working clagses, with some suggested rene
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
EDUCATIONAL.

HUXLEY AND EDUCATION. Address at the
Opening Of the College Year. Columbia Unit
vcTsity. September 2S, 1910. BY Henry Fair
field Osborn, L. b. l2mo. ~. -. Charles
SCribnor's SOnsD
Presenting the lesson Of HuXley's life, that
productive thinking is the chief means as
well as the chief end Of education.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
RELIGIOUS.

THE SIGNS OF THE TINES By / NJ. Halo
man, n n. Pastor First Baptist church
New York city. l2mo pp. 400 tharles c
Cookb
collection Of sermons II which some o.
the titles are The Zionist Mo- ement
Jericho Theology" Present Day Miracles
"The Scarlet Woman" Tho New Reii-
eior." '''rhe SiEas OF the Times " "sociGi-
ism +" and "E,mmanuelsm.'
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
POETRX.

POEMS Ry II Cordelis Ray. 12mo. pp. *
l6a CThe Grafton PressD
Containing sonnets. ballads, qustrains and
verses on the seasons love. music, nature,
AsPHoDEL By Mary J. serrano. limo. pp.
63 &C. 2 Pgtnam's Sons)
4 noen1 IN four cantos.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART.

BL.AKE's VISION OF THE BOOK OF JOB
With Reproductions of the Illustrations. a
study By Joseph II Wicksteed NJ a.
svo Pr. lSs. r. P. Dutton & Coz
An Interpretation Of the meaning Of Blake G
Illustrations for the book Of JOB
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
BIOGRAPHY.

THE LIFE OF FRIEDRICH NIETzSCHE. By
Daniel Halevy. Translated by J. NJ. Hone.
with an Introduction by r. NJ. Kettle VI. =.
Frontispiece. syo, pp. 3Gs. The Macmillan
Company
Tracing the spiritual adventures OF the
German philosopher, relating the Incidents OF
his life. and the story Of his intimacy with
Wagner.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21

The latest American and English
books, also French and German
novels, may be had at the Mer'
camille Library, Astor Place q eta
St. Branch, III B'way, Room TO-
Books delivered at residences.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
IN "MASTER
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Presents a character convincing
in the charm attributed to her be-
cause her fascination for the reader
is as strong as II is for the men and
women who come TO life for too
short a time between the covers OF
the book.
The Northern Whig, Of Belfast, Ire
land -
"Lallie is one Of the pleasantest pOr-
traits of an Irish girl ever presented In
fiction, true 10 life in every detail and
wholly Irresistible
The Birmingham Daily Post
Reveals notable talent for the crea-
ton of thoroughly engaging characters
The book IS full of charm
The London MorniHg POST
"Lallie is charming; she IS so sponta'
neous and spriChtly and natural"
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21

a curious book which is coming out in
Paris next month is entitled "Mademoi-
selle de Bertin, Marchande de Modes de
Ia Refine, 1141-1S13." Its material has
teen drawn from private documents by
NJ. Pierre de Nouvion and NJ. Emile Liez.
II is an edition de luxe limited to four
hundred copies. Its portraits and plates.
eleven in number, have been engraved
by NJ. G. Ripart. Mile. Bertin was the
most fashionable dressmaker Of her
time. She made not only the beautiful
costumes of Marie Antoinette. but sent
her wares to the women Of other coun-
tries far and near.
One American book for which there is
an unfailing demand is General Wal
lace's "Ben-Hur" With every year
new readers arise 10 enjoy the pathetic
and exciting story.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE.

THE HIDDEN PRINCESS Modern
Romance. BY Fred Jackson i2mo, pp.
263. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs