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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
THE PERSIAN WOMAN
Mr.. w. Morgan Shuster Talks
About His New Book.

Mr.. w. Morgan ShustCr, noted as the
American Treasurer General Of Persia
whose expulsion from that country was
demanded and obtained by Russia Is
tempting fame as an author The cen
fury Company is just bringing out
under the title Of The Strangllng oil
Persia" the volume I'm which he relates
the dramatic story Of his experience at
the heart of n now historic financial ana
diplomatic imbroglio in the East ana
sets down his impressions Of the country
he tried. and tried in vain, TO serve
But when recently seen at the Hotel
Astor. i'm the midst of a struggle with
his trunks, preparatory 10 departure Tor
South America. where he Is 10 study the
financial conditions Of more than one
state. he insisted upon speaking of him
self not as a literary figure, but pri-
marily as n business man. I am an
author only by force Of circumstances
he said. Il have written a volume
simply because | have been in possession
Of certain data and have had certain eX-
periences that no one else could claim.
look upon my work more as business
mans chronicle of certain stirring events
than as literary effort"
Nor would Mr.. Shuster allow himself
TO be inveiglcd into expressions Of opin-
ion regarding other men who had writ
ten. even Of Persian poets. He hest
tatcd not so much from fear of being
involved in literary controversy az from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07

consented TO receive n delegation or
them. In his reception hall they con-
fronted him, and. lest he and his COL
leagues should doubt their meaning.
these clustered Persian mothers. wives
and daughters tore aside their wells.
showed their revolvers threateningly
and confessed their decision TO kill their
own husbands and sons and add their
own dead bodies 20 the sacrifice IL the
Deputies should waver in their duty. A
week or two later the Assembly was de-
stroyed by coup Of Russian hirelings,
but its members were guiltless OF hav-
ing sold their countrys birthright
NO" Mr. Shuster said, Il did not
have TO be literary man TO write this
narrative; there was enough melodrama,
if you will. right in things rs they hap
pened without elaboration"
The greater part OF Mr.. Shuster's book
is TO be just such a personal narrative
of the exciting events during his stay in
Persia and leading up to his final down.
fall as head Of the struggling country's
finance. He wastes little time, he said,
in arguments and historical retrospect;
no was pleased most TO call it just a
business mans chronicle OF facts that he
knew about and nobody else did know
about so intimately as to be able to tell
them as he could. So he expects his OK
perience as literary man to end there
America as the representative of certain
great business interests to investigate
for them all things regarding the COM
merce, business possibilities, banking
and railroad development OF
the countries down there. His next
composition, therefore, will be in the
form Of figures. facts and statements for
the eyes and minds OF interested bust
ness men alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07

nor the false cigale Of the North. THIS
| is an assassin which, though smaller
than our true Cigale of the South' rarely
fails to capture and devour It's squeak
ing quarry. The Provencal housewife
vhilo she loves the cigale, OFTEN 100,
makes ruthless Use of her. The insects,
collected in summer, are dried In the
sun and an infusion OF them 10 coiisiu
cred sovereign as a diuretic' IN this inc
good woman is merely following the ad-
vice of the physicians of ancient tlncs'
| The chapters on the Praying Mant's
are as beguiling as those on the clgaio'
IL without that atmosphere CT affection
which the old Frenchman unmistakaDly
feels for the dainty singer of the Sou'h'
He dispels any illusion which we may
have entertained regarding the insect
called by the Greeks the divine, th@
prophet." He points out that the mantis
ls really the tiger of the insect peoples
living exclusively on living prey ana
merciless in its attacks. Face 10 race
with its victim it takes on so threaten
ing an aspect, reared on its hind Claws
that II might well brighten the wretched
creature into immobility. For immobils
IL is. though it may he normally re-
markable jumper, and it falls unresist-
ingly into the murderous claws. NJ
Fabre does not positively say that fright
Is an element in this easy conquest, but
he suggests the possibility. The mantls
Is more than a murderess. She ~ t
cannibal. and when she gets tired OF ne;
husband she eats him, and, widowed
seeks another. who in turn suffers the
same fate.
NJ. Fabre pursucs his subject with |
philosophizings slight but genial, with a
simplicity which is singuarly winning |
Mr.. MiaI has translated the work with |
admirable limpidty and grace.
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tho apprehension that, In speaking on
things outside his own province, lie
might unjustly be accused of knowing
less of his own subject than is actually
the case. "Of course" he said. II can
speak about literature I'm n general way,
OF English, French. even Greek and
Latin literature, as the ordinarily well
educated man can, but my opinions in
those matters are not worth anything
not worth as much as my opinions about
Persia. for instance, and about English
and Russian conduct in Persian affairs.
"As to Persian literature-wcll / can
say something about what the people
themselves think. Contrary to what
might be thought here they do not con-
slider Omar Khayyam among their great
poets. FltzGerald's verses have made
him greatly esteemed among us. But.
then, the Persians have not the benefit
of F'itzGeralds verses. AS TO popularity,
/ should say that Hafiz and Sadi are
possb'y the most generally liked, espe-
cially among the lower classes. Their
songs are almost like a folklore there,
and the most ignorant muleteer. as he
drives along the roads. can be heard
singing the songs OF these poets. But
please put the emphasis on the fact that
these are merely observations not liter
airy opinions"
There was. however, one very non
financial subject on which Mr.. Shuster
was glad to speak and which has a par
ticular interest in these days when fem
inism is having pretty much its own way.
That is about the Persian women. and
he devotes a great deal OF space in his
book to telling OF the wonderful new
force In their awakening. I'VE are liv-
Ing to-day in an era OF great surprises"
no said, and perhaps one of the greatest
OF these is the awakening of the Persian
women. During the last five years they
have become almost at q bound the most
progressive, not to say radical, women
in the world. 1t was they, from their
clustered lives, who, with the patriotic
support Of the Islamic priests, fomented
tho national movement of the Persian
PSoPi" IVA VIZ "uoptiOn VI
forms OF government and for the incul-
cation OF Western political, commercial
and ethical codes"
In his book Mr.. Shuster devotes an in
tensely interesting chapter TO telling OF
the secret societies that these secluded
women had among themselves and the
marvellous means they had OF learning
all that was going On IN the outside So
cial and political world, knowing. in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07

we move with them, even when we are
grandparents.
Grandfather and GRANDMOTHER discuss
many things with their children and
their children-in-law; they occasionally
listen to their grandchildren, these
youngsters furnishing them with many
topics for talks en- tete-a-tete We be-
gin with a consideration Of the stand
ards of wealth once and now, and their
relation to happiness. There is, for an
other topic, the growing neglect or self
culture for the sake Of social service
Then there are our millionaires as de-
sirable and useful citizens. and there is
that strange thirst which already had
begun TO show itself twenty years ago,
the thirst for social publicity.
When 1t comes 10 Woman with capt.
tai W. Grandfather is discreet listener
to his wife, his daughters aud his
daughters in-lsw. only occasionally does
he, mere man. proffer q conviction, but
II Is always very much to the point ana
leads to further talk. There Is divorce
and the causes Of its increase; there rs
the neglect OF domestic economy IN the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
LITERARY NEWS
d. no b.
a. CRITICISM %

" irrelevant is at any rate out OF pro-
portion. This fact is thrown into sharper
relief h. one very grave omission.
The life of an artist should surely ne
written, In part at least. from the point
of view Of art. While the authors are
not chary of praise for their master or
slow TO cite the tributes paid to him by
other writer's, they have failed somehow
to realize his artistic individuality to
characterize and illuminate his genius
and to show II in relation to the plastic
art of the period. This last point is par
ticularly important. The authors admit
at the end OF their narrative that 1T
seems pertinent to inquire if any influ-
ence controlled Houdon. in the develop
ment Of his art beyond his own tran
scendent genius" but. save for a Few
unimportant remarks on the question or
his Indebtedness to Diderot they leave
the subject where they found it. Now,
in Houdons very isolation in eighteenth
century plastic art there lie some OF the
most interesting and suggestive points
for the critical historian to discuss. Like
Chardin, in painting, he opposed to the
decorative elegance Of a frivolous epoch
the wholesome and forceful qualities OF
simple naturalism. Mr.. Hart and Mr.
Bidde are aware of his noble traits, but
they do nothing to emphasize them Tor
the reader, to bring them out in full and
vivid view.
The uninstructed reader who does not
elsewhere seek light on what was done
in the eighteenth century by PigalIe,
I.emoyne. FalcOnct. the Ca1ileris Clodion
and others. and on the elements
of style developed by their immediate
predecessors. will fail TO grasp the sig
nifcance of IIoudon's art as contribu-
ton TO the history of sculpture. Will
ingly would he give much OF the ma
terial hero presented for one carefully
wrought chapter exposing the broad per
spective of IIoudOn's career and per-
hans another supplemcnting well Knit
estimate Of the artist with really re-
vealing study of the man. As 1t is, Mr..
Hart and Mr. Biddle have allowed both
the personality and the artistic origi-
nality Of their hero to elude them
through their absorption in external
facts and controversial issues, Perhaps
II is the necessarily awkward process of
cola boration that has kept them from
achieving the unity which would have
made their book an unequivocal success.
But at least for their Facts, and for their
clearing up of this or that obscurity, We
are grateful. The record which they
have framed through their labor of love
will always have its solid value.
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deed, Of many events that were to hap
pen before even those who were TO par
ticipate in them knew. But this KnoWi-
edge was not for intrigue or curiosity. IL
was their way Of keeping closely In touch
with political conditions for patriotic
purposes 1t was interesting TO con-
slider" he said, whence came their de-
sire to play part in the political ana
social regeneration of their country ana
their unwavering faith in the 'pollticai
and social institutions Of the west.
They showed the discriminating inteli-
gence that as a rule comes only from
long years Of practical experience Inc
Persian women have given to the "orid
q notable example of the ability OF mex
norienced minds TO assimilate rapidly an
absolutely new idea.
Let me give you an example, 100 OF
their courage and heroism, worthy 10 oe
sung in imperishable verse. The Rus
sian government had issued an ult-
matum for my expulsion, the acceptance
Of which meant the complete abdicatlon
by Perslans OF their sovereignty. the
National Assembly rejected it by unam-
nous vote, and the Cabinet was panic
stricken. They were days of gloom; the
Cabinet was terrified and bribed into
submission by Russian emissarles. Then
came darker days. when IT was whis-
pered that the Assembly was weaken
ing. Comes forward now the Persian
woman. out from their walled court
yards and harems marched three nun
dred Of that weaker sex with the flush
Of undying determination on their
cheeks. Many held pistols under their
skirts or in the folds of their sleeves.
They went straight to the Assembly and
demanded admission, and the president
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
THE PASSING SHOW
Reflections of a Married Man
Grown Older.

THE CONVICTIONS OF 4 GRAND
FATHER. BY Robert Grant. 12rno m.
os9 Charles Scribner's Sons.
II is just twenty years since the Mar d.
ried Man published his Reflections"
He now returns 10 give us In print the
benefit Of his subsequent observations
and experiences OF life, which he pre-
fers to call his Convictions" though
reflections they mainly are. He has not
stood still. neither has Josephine, his
wife. They have kept step with their
children as they grew up, they are keep
ing step to-day with their grandchil-
dren, II not without occasional amaze
ings are very few. The times move, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
THE EMPRESs's. MESSAGE.
From The London Telegraph.

From The London Telegraph
A pathetic, almost a tragic, anecdote
Is told of the Empress Eugeni by The
Paris Journal" which those who have
approached the former Empress of tho
French say Is at least plausible. The
aged lady, who Is close on eighty-six,
while stopping in her beautiful villa n
Cap Martin, received the visits OF an
Hungarian autograph collector, who has
specimens Of the handwriting of all the
crowned heads of Europe and their chief
kinsmen. He came straight from Hun
gary to Cap Martin TO beg the Empress
Eugene for her autograph She refused
to see him and sent Out by servant
this spoken message Of three words: Il
am dead"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
An American Memoir OF Jean
Antoine HoudOn.

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WORKS
OF JEAN ANTOINE HOtDON. Ihe
Sculptor of Voltaire and or Washing
ION. BY Charles Henry Hart and I'd
ward Biddle. With thirty-three Illus
trations. ITO. pp. xiii SAL Philadelphia:
Printed for the Authors.
The authors of this work have taken
advantage Of an opportunity both envia-
bic and curious They have been lucky
I'm their subject and even luckier in the
privilege Of giving to 1t for the hrst
time something of the treatment which
It deserves. IT is odd that French biog-
raphers should have neglected Houdon'
Two brief memoirs of him were pub
lished in his native land some fifty-odd
years ago, and he has been eulogized, Of
course, in countless scattered pages. hut
81 has been left TO Mr.. Hart and Mr.
Biddle to traverse his career with thor
oughness. Their book includes some in
teresting documents as well as a cata-
iogue of the works. and it is well illus
trated. Students of sculpture every
where will read it with appreciation. and
!n France It ought to receive the honor
Of prompt translation.
Houdon was born in 1141 and died in
1898, his career thus embracing period
of unusual length, and. by the same
token. of extremely varied developments.
aIe began life under the old regime, he
passed through the turmoil of the Revo-
luton and he witnessed both the rise and
the fall Of Napoleon. He had, too an
experience rare for an artist of his time.
making a journey to America, where he
executed the statue Of Washington which
stands to-day in the Capitol at Rich
mond. There never was more indus
trious man Of genius. He left a really
remarkable number of works, and these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
JACOB STAHL AGAIN.

A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH. BY ,JJ,,I =.
Beresford i2mo PIP. iss. Boston: h'''7'
Brown & Co.
Mr.. Beresford has thus fsr fshe'
win the success he so fully deserves n'
EARLY History Of jacob etahi wac
ceived with unanimous praise by rs'~S-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07

THE CITADEL. A Romance OF Unrest
BY samuel Merwin. limo. pp. f9. Inc
Century Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
THE CABINET
A History of the Presidents
Official Family"

THE PRESIDENTS CABINET. Studies
in the Origin, Formation and structure
Of an American Institution. BY henry
Barrett Learned. $40, PIP. xii, Al New
Haven: Yale University Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD.
By ]. II. Fabre. Translated los Bor-
nard Mai Illustrated svo. Up 32G
Tho Century Company.
The evening world., 1912-11-20
THE SECRET Of SUCCESS
Genuine Merit Required TO Win
tha Peoples Confidence

Have you ever stopped to reason why
il is that SO many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgottcn? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfil
the promises Of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
cured. to those who are in need Of it,
In an interview on the subject u prom
inent local druggist says Take for ex-
ample DR.. kilmer's Swamp-Roo pre-
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and never hesitate to recommend, for
in almost every case II shows immediate
results, as many Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy that ] know Of
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The success Of DIR. kilmer's Swamp
Root is due to the fact that it fulfls every
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The evening world., 1912-11-20

aohds Of Los Angeles aorsptsd her husband o7tt
sorry dtdnt longer sued for DIVORCE
The evening world., 1912-11-20
headache?- PITS Your Livsr
Too Many People Take Hea dache
Powders When Liver
Tonic Is Needed
Try Olive Tablets-the Substitute
for Calomel.

Anyone who takes DIR. Edwards Olive
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There is no necessity, when you take
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Olive Tablets do not contain calomel or
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The evening world., 1912-11-20

and IN Injunction - restrain the COM
pany from putting in force Its twenty
five-year trafiio agreement with the
Grand Trunk
The Grand Trunk of1ciais are quite
outside the jurisdiction of the United
States Government. Theirs 10 Can
adian corporation. All OF Its directors
are residents of England. The South
ern New England Railway Company
which che Grand Trunk owns. was char
tered m April. 1910. 10 build connections
with the Central vermoot Railroad. a
company also owned by tho Grand
Trunk. The capital of the Southern
New England Railway Company 10 S.
100000 with s6.oOo.0Oo worth Of bonds
! authorised.
President Mellen OF the New Haven
| Railroad, declined to make any state
ment to-day regarding the report that he
had already signed trafic agreement
with the Grand Trunk Railway.
| while the Department Of Justice is
conducting Its Investigation ! have no
statement TO make" said Mr.. Mellen.
when the Department IL through will
be very willing TO make n statement.
do not care to try the case In the news
papers"
The evening world., 1912-11-20

Federal Judge Hollistsr ruled that al
though CumninGs b sisk at his Brock
iyn home. - u sn trsal aioaG With the
ochr twsnty.nins AsfsnaAnts IN the suit
against shs ossh register company ONO
ials. Attorneys for tse dsfsnss argued
that . separate trisa would have 70 Be
given Curnminss. but they were over.
ruled. The Court held that ~ Cum
niings 10 only charged With . misde-
msanor his pSsssnos b not nscsssary.l
The evening world., 1912-11-20

PAU Allen of the Hotel Gerard in
forms The Evening World that he was
not in the rooms OF the Grosvenor Club,
on the tenth floor Of tho Hotel Gerard.
at the time when the rooms were
cleared by the police Monday evening,
on tho ground that gambling was going
on there.
The evening world., 1912-11-20
News Oddities

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70 us
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The evening world., 1912-11-20
DISSOLUTION OF THE ROAD MAY
BE SOUGHT.

Local Federal officials were Of the opin-
oon that the various directors would be
interrogated before Federal Grand Jur-
oes In their respective Jurisdictions and
that later this testimony would be as
Oembled in Washington by Attorney
General Wickersham. There Is project
ed in addition to the criminal prosecu-
tion OF the New Haven people under
the antitrust law, the dissolution of
the road In Federal court OF equity
The evening world., 1912-11-20
MAN SICK IN BROOKLYN
TRIED IN CINCINNATI,

CINCINNATr. Nov. D.-wnliam NJ.
Cummings. sales manager at Brooklyn.
N. Y. for tho National Cash REGISTER
Company Of Dayton. o.. 10 being tried
to-day on q charge Of conspiracy in
violation OF the Sherman Antitrust
law, although he - not present in court.
The evening world., 1912-11-20
MAY INDicT UNDER SHERMAN
ANTl.TRUsT LAW.

Beyond the fact that these mon have
been called before the Federal Grand
Jury. there 10 only speculation. The
presumption Is that the Government In
tends TO find Indictments against vio-
aators Of the Sherman Antitrust law
Only after a personal examination of
che members Of the New Haven direc-
torate will the Federal ofiicials be able
% determine Just what the railroad d
oeople have done.
Ugly stories are anoat IN Providence
and Boston to the effect that the Grand
Trunk was bought up. II the New
Haven dh not pay Q lump sum and re-
1mbrrse the Grand Trunk people f0
2s expenditure in the building OF the
Southern New England Railway Com
peny. the kickers say that the Grand
Trunk cot the equivalent In the twenty.
0ve-year traffic agreement which wal
formally indorsed by the New Haven
airectors yesterday at Providence.
Two Of the New Haven directors hvt
m Philadelphia. They are James McCres
and Thomas Dewitt Cuyler. Three liv,
In Bost1--Alexandsr Coohrane, Amor!
n. Lawrence and Nathaniel Thayer
President Mellen. George ]. Brush
James 8. Hemingway. A Heaton Rob
0rtson and Frederick r, Brewster ilv,
on New Haven.