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ION Board the Beatic," is a fresh hi,
of perfect realism, spot surprisingly
ii, for the progress OF courtship.
WAR; or. What Happens when One
Loves Ones Enemy. BY John Luther
Long. author of 1.-The Fox Woman
etc. illustrated by N. C. wyeth.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill
Company.
Mr.. Long engages an old German to
tell this story Of wartime in the sixties
as it looked to him and touched him, Iiv-
ing in the border state OF Maryland,
where people were 80 hopelessly set of
against one another in their individual
feelings and ailegiances. The presence Of
actual war itself as this takes shape in
battlefelds and slaughter does not OBJ
trude here. But, rather. the minor at
tendant influences of war-bitter personal
enmities. the espionage of suspects. the
activities of spies and the OverwrOught
enthusiasm of mastering troops. The ro-
nance grows out of the love OF the old
Germans two boys for the hot-headed
young southern cousin come to live with
them, rank rebel and later. a daring spy
The story is told with the utmost sim
plicity, exactly as one expects this old
German to tell 1t. Its humor. and there
Is a good deal Of this along the way. is Of
fearful laughter. its pathos likely to bring
smiling tears. good romance, fine
picture OF wartime, and an tnimitable
way Of telling the story, OF shading the
picture, stand here to the credit Of the
author Of THE Fox-WomAn." r
SIMON BRANDIN. BY B. Paul Neu-
man, author Of 1.-THE Spells Of VIC
tory" etc. New York: George II.
Doran Company.
A Jew. Russian, an exile, plutocrat
and a revolutionist. This IL the complex
Of circumstances out Of which. with keen
discernment and admirable portraiture,
Mr. Neuman builds the character of
Simon Brandin The thread of this ro
nance is spun by the ceaseless activities
of Brandin to foment a revolution in
Russia and by his devotion to an adopt
ed daughter whom. as little child. he
rescued from the Cossacks- -Nr.-Neuman's
work is so simple in outline, SO rounded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24

BY Ethelwyn Duggan. Toror
Published by the author.

From Canada comes jolly. dehsheui
book Of verses and pictures for the young
folks. and il Is more than welcome. to'
If suggests a new maker of chiidrens
tales who has the rare art OF Interesting
and instructing and amusing at the same
time There are rhymes about and Tor
children. Jolly jingles of Imagination anu
playtime and mature lore ana iairies eA
ceptionally we'll illustrated. book ina,
every child who enjoys easy reading VIII
want to own.
ISOBEL, q Ronance Of the Northern
Trail. BY James oliver CurWood.
author of Flower of the North,
etc New York: Harper & Bros.
1t is another gripping story oil the
north that James Oliver Curwood mas
written In "Isobel." one of the stories
which he. perhaps among all the writers
of current fiction. knows best now 10 TELL
A story of a man OF the mounted.
woman. a little child and the bleak. bit
fen. frostbound lands around the head
~ H,,dson's bay. This is what Mr.. Cur
wood has put on paper for the reading OF
soft-muscled peoples of kinder chimes.
There are others In the tale; otner men
of the northwest mounted police. trap
pers. yoyageurs and q man pursued py
the notice because he did what any other
man whose veins run with RED pioou
would have done in like circumstances.
Rut the three first mentioned are those
Of whom the story really is told. or 1nelr
nerils at the hands of men more brutal
than the beasts: Of their flights through
the untracked SHOWS OF an arctic win
ter. Of the sickness that almost ends the
story: of the love that grows up unsus-
pected, and seems as hopeless ano as
cherries as the gaunt, Wlnu,s"ept ga
rans themselves. only. at the last, 10
b,rSt into glorious bloom
Mr.. Curwood writes with the precision
of the trained news chronicler he is. AT
the same time losing nothing OF style
ciearness or descriptive power photo
aro nhic in its exactness. Isobel, though
not long, is perhaps the best story OF the
north he has yet written.
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pictures possess delightful refinement
Of color and composition. Chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, academician OF the Ma
tional Academy and Societaire OF the So
ciete Rationale. his pictures hung in al
most every American and European gal
lery, our people have reason to be proud
Of this world-renowned painter.
WINFIELD SCOTT CLINE is making
W an enviable reputation for a
young painter in spite Of his long Office
days. Gifted with indomitable ambition.
he spends every hour, outside of gov
eminent employment. at his chosen
work. So long as a ray of daylight
persists. he sketches in the fields and
woods about Washington. When dark
ness closes in, he continues to paint
In his studio.
Such unflagging industry deserves a re-
ward. and the sale OF his Winter
Night" recently exhibited in the hemi-
cycle, to a Baltimore connoisseur. is
all the more pleasing because it was pur
chased by a stranger. A poetic tran
scription of moonlight this picture pos
sesses the same promise of future ac-
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NOW.
BY DIR, FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1913, by Frank Crane.)

am glad am alive and that am liv-
ing in these opening years of the
twentieth century. For these present
times are the greatest and best the world
has ever seem
The Greek thanked the gods he was
Greek and not a barbarian, a free man
and not slave. man and not woman.
shall content myself with thanking God
am living in the nineteen hundreds and
not in any previous century.
Men on earth today have more good
food to eat and purer water to drink than
ever before. Sailors can carry canned
tomatoes and succotash where formerly
they could take only salt horse and Vice.
Willy biscuit. I can stop in at the butcher
shop. get beefsteak and grill 1t on my
gas stove in jiffy. instead OF having to
build a fire and wait for bed of Goals.
If breakfast at home there are at hand
any one of thirteen kinds of scientifically
prepared cereals. instead of only the corn
meal and hominy of the days of our
fathers
We have better underwear, stockings
and outer garments than Richard Occur
de Lion or j. Caesar ever dreamed of.
We get purer water out of the kitchen
faucet than grandpa ever drew up with
his old ORken bucket.
The civilized world Is freer from pests
than ever before; the terrible black
deaths Of former ages are now unknown.
Whereas it used to be a serious and
most unpleasant Undertaking to journey
from New York to Philadelphia, one can
go these days around the circle of the
earth. travelling as comfortably as IL he
were in a city hotel.
We are living in the days of graft ex-
posures;. in former rirnes graft vas even
worse, only 1t wasn't exposed.
Above all this. it IL the era of the COM
mon people. They are getting forward,
saucy, impudent. even rampageous:
whereat / rejoice. From east To west
they are arising and shifting. They have
shipped royalty out of Portugal; they
have tweaked the distinguished nose of
arlstocracy in england; they are threat
ening to GUST Williams family anu mill
tary bureaucracy from Germany and
turn the government over to the people.
who pay for 1t: they are in the saddle In
France and giving that country the hest
government 1t ever had: they are raising
the Old Nick In the Balkans against
Turkish tyranny, and they have turned
even ancient and fixed Chint upside
down.
In the United States OF America the
welfare OF the common man is ceasing to
be politics and becoming religion.
And, speaking Of religion. was there
ever an age before this when moral sap
was flowing so free. when Righteousness
was more universally appealed to, when
ethics was less in control OF hierarchic
close corporations, when humbuggery was
more sure to be shot to pieces by ridicule
and when the river OF God flowed SO
freely through the streets Of the city?
Thank God for now.
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and whole in treatment, so much in touch
with the real spirit of the people ana
circumstances figuring here, that the
vivid realism of this invention stands as
its finest and most distinct quality.
A MERE WOMAN. BY Vera Nikto.
New York: d. Appleton & Co.
The woman who tells another woman's
secret is bad enough. The one who. ike
the mere woman of this story. tells her
own is quite too bad. One is coming to
look askance at any of the disclosures
offered as intimate ones Nine times
out of ten they are scandalous. and as
many times they are of no account IRON
whatever angle they are examined II Is
OF no earthly concern, save 10 the woman
herself, that she has jumped upon ana
kicked about conventions which. say what
one may, stand for the best Judgment ana
expediency of the world as it IL at pres
ent constituted. This romance is, In SUD
stance, womans confession OF I'M
chastity AS such it has neither point nor
value 1t is. moreover without essential
truth, since the author fails To make due
accounting for the toll exacted of worn-
en- for this transgression. One does. now
ever, have genuine pleasure In the simple
plan and good carpentry of this work. IN
its almost classic effect of structure an1
style, in its portrayal Of character and
in it's vivid picture of Russian life.
WILD JUSTICE. BY Frances Clare.
New York: Duff1eld & Co.
BY way Of .reaf1irming the familiar fact
that the fair and square behavior OF
man and woman toward each other offers
them their single hope Of happiness. this
author tells the story of fascinating Paula
Markham. This independent and clever
Young woman works out into a pleasing
personality through the scenes and situa-
tons set for her with good deal of in
sight and skill by the author. The one
note of the romance is that a woman
whatever betide, must stay within the
conventions set about her, and that a
man. married though it be never so UNI
happily, must bide by his bond. Now and
then this story loses control of itself
goes wild ard thrashes about in unre-
straint At these points one questions
the taste of the writer. Luckily they are
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ton of these rooms is now completed and
all public-spirited citizens are cordially
invited to inspect them.
Curtains. wall papers, chairs and
screens have been generously donated by
membehs of the committee and their
friends: everything was first submitted
to the selection committee, whose aim 1t
has been to choose all furnishings with
view to their influence on those who come
to these rooms for aid, the desire of this
association being to supply an object les
son in cheap but tasteful home-making.
Twenty-four of the members volunteer
ed to form themselves into small COM
mittees for the refurnishing Of the seven
remaining Associated Charities centers,
and ii is hoped that this work can be ac-
complished during the summer. Other of
the members agreed to furnish a model
tenement apartment of three rooms. to be
exhibited shortly in one of Washington S
largest furniture stores. the owner of
which has pledged his assistance.
A bedroom. kitchen and living room will
be fitted out with very inexpensive but
harmonious furnishings, the prices of
which are to be clearly marked, in order
to show people of limited means what
can be done to make their small quarters
attractive. 1t is also proposed later to
hold a competition and give prizes for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NEW FICTION RECENTLY ADDED

The following is a list Of some OF the
new novels recently added To the OPEN
shelf collection at the Public Library:
Allen, r. ". s. The Invaders.
Barclay, Mrs. Hubert. Dream af Blue Roses.
Benson. 4: G. Paul the Minstrel
Bentley, l., 4. Woman in Black.
Brady. I. + The Fetters Of Freedom.
Brown, Alice Vanishing Points.
Couievain. Pierre de. l;seud American Nobility.
caains Fl oF psrua df sa ae ordeal
Daskam, J. D. Strange Cases Of DIR. Stanchon.
Elder. r. d. The Sojourner
Farnol. Jeffery. Amateur Gentleman.
Forman. J. NJ. The Opening Door.
Fox; John jr; Heart Of the Hills IN ,,
GLASGOW Class; Z. a, 6. Virginia hnsiid
Greene. +. n The Right Of the Strongest.
Grey. Zane. Desert Gold.
Henry. o., pseud. Rolling Stones.
Herrick. Robert. One Womans Life
Hewlett. Maurice. Lore OF Prcserphe.
Johnson. owen sixty -drsi second.
kingsley. Mrs r. n. veronfca
Leblanc sn M Msuree T Tfyst Fron StEppef
Locke W. J. Stella Maris.
Mcdonald. Ronald. Lanalester Of Bnsenesa
M Ma5'a Mrs f. Ths aar as True,
Morris. Gouyerneur. The Penalty.
S Sppsnssm E. feSbsas ~
Page. T. n. Land Of the Spirit
Parker Gilbert. Judgment House.
Parrish. Randall Molly Mcdonald.
Pickthall. Msrmaduke. Yelled Woman.
Porter. Mrs. r. II. Pollyanna.
Ray, A. c. On Board the Beatic.
Reeve. A. b. Poisoned Pen.
Reynolds. G. NJ. r. Makeshift Marriage.
Riley W. Windyridge.
Roberts,. Morley. Private Life OF Henry Ma1t-
and.
ROLAND. Roman. Jean-Christophe: Journeys
End.
Rowland. H. c. Apple of Discord.
Sedgwick, A. ID. The Nest.
Silberrad, u. L. Success.
Sinclair, May. Combined Maze.
Snaith, ]. c. Affair Of State
Stevenson. II. r. tioved Hand.
Van Buren,. Evelyn. Pipnin.
Van Worst Marie. The Broken Bell.
Ward Mrs. Hunphry. Mating ~ Lydia.
Wells. Carolyn. Maxwell Mystery.
Westrup. William. The Debt.
Whitaker. Herman. Mystery Of the Barranca.
whitman. :. +. Isle Of Life.
Wrlie. /. A. r.. Daughter Of Brahma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24
few in number. and so, in the main, the
reader finds good entertainment in the
company of Paula Markham and her as
SoriafeS
THE UPHOLSTERED CAGE. BY Jo
sephine Pitcairn Knowles. New
York Hnddar 4

sociates.
THE UPHOLSTERED CAGE. BY Jo-
sephine Pitcairn Knowles. New
York: Holder & Stoughton.
The cage is the home of the unmar-
ried daughter in the English family Of
moderate means: a girl of no vocational
training, whose pleasures and wants are
limited to the pocket money her parents
choose to give her: whose education must
be sacrificed that her brother be properly
equipped for his position in the world;
who fritters away her youth In the al
ways disappointed hope of marriage or
some other escape from her domestic
bondage, and who finds herself, perhaps
through the death of her father or by
some investment failure, forced to seek
work without training of any sort to give
to her services a market value There
are motiveless, lonely. cramped-in lives OF
elderly spinsters all over England" VIC
Tins of the upholstered cage" The au-
thor considers that the feminist uprising
is the key which is to open the door of
this woman-cage and give the unmarried
girl a freedom which will bring her self
respect and financial independence. wheth-
er she marries or remains single. The
remedies presented include emigration to
British colonies. where there are few
women and many men; work in country
inns, garden growing and the many OPEN
ings for young and willing workers, from
the professions that require studiOus
training to the unskilled labor that most
any earnest girl may perform. Belle
Lindner Israels, in her Introduction to the
book. declares that there are upholstered
cages in America as well as in England.
80 while the technical setting of the
book Is English and the spirit OF empire
the dominant note of its remedies we
can test the bars of our own cages to no
small purpose" Mrs. Knowles has stud
led conditions with intimate closeness,
basing her book upon addresses made by
her in London this spring.
OUTSIDE THE ARK. BY Adelaide
Holt New York: John Lane Com
pany
Those outside the ark are the people or
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the most successfully home-furnished
bedroom. kitchen and living room, for
which these will serve as model; the
price of-the furnishings, as well as their
usefulness and beauty. to be a deciding
factor in this contest.
X x
TWO Very interesting portraits may be
scene in the studio of Miss Meta
Craig. Both are painted in the high.
hsst key that this artist most enjoys.
The first is of young girl, Carolyn
LouShborough. who wears a light blue
gown and white hat almost covered
with delicate spring blossoms She Is
seated on white stool, her hands
-elasped loosely on her knees, and leans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE MESSAGE OF THE DISCIPLES
FOR THE UNION OF THE CHURCH,
Including Their Origin and History.
Lectures Delivered Before the Yale
Divinity School. New Haven. By
Peter Ainslie. minister Christian
Temple. baltimore. Md. New York:
Fleming II. Reyell Company.
THE Bt SINEsS OF PAWNBROKING,
Guide and Defense. BY Samuel
W Levine. one OF the New York
bar. author of THE Law OF Pawn
brokine.' etc. New York: ID. Hall
perm Complain
COLI MBIA UNIVERSITY LECTURES
THOMAS JEFFERSON, His Per-
manent Influence ON American In
stitutsons. by John Sharp Williams.
United States senator from Missfs-
sfppf. New York: Columbia Uni
yersity Press.
THE GIRLS FIGHT FOR A LIVING,
How 80 Protect Working Women
From Dangers Due Ia Low Wages.
BY Thomas III. Russell. A. NJ. LII. D..
associate of the American Academy
of Political and Social Science. IL
Illustrated with portraits. Chicago:
NJ. A. Donohue & Co.
THE .MADAME MERIT" SERIES
THE ART OF ENTERTAINING
for Old and Young at Home. Church.
Club and school Arranged ny
Months. BY Madame. Merri" Chi
cago: +. c. Browne Il ca.
THE BUGLEs OF GETTYsBURG. BY
Lasalle Corbell Pickett author OF
Pickett and His Men, etc. CLi-
cago: r. G.. Browne a. co.
SAFEGUARDING: THE SPECIAL
SENSES; General Advice Regarding
the Use and Preservation Of the
Eyes. Ears Nose and Throat. BY
Henry q. Reik. NJ. d.. formerly as
sociate i'm ophthalmoiogy and otol-
ogy in the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. etc. Illustrated PhilaJfelphia:
F. A. Davis Company. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
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complishment shown in many of his re-
cent canvassS. Mr.. Cline has been an
earnest student In the Corcoran Night
School, and seems destined ITO become
one OF itz most famous scholars. Doubt
less. he owes much to the, able ~teachers
there. but natys has endowed him hin with
tbs emotions which he experiences and
which must deepen with time and a
greater knowledge of technique !
T'HE homemaking c9mmAee of the
= Associated Charities, whose recent
fOr1a6Rlpn was noted in these. columns,
held third conference Thursday. in the
centr bfice. 923 Fl street The decora-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24
Favorite Fiction.

From the Chicago Tribune.
"Old Chap. You Haven't Changed a
Bit i'm Thirty Years.
Dear Maria: l Eagerly Seize the
First Opportunity to Write to YOU
Universally Pronounced by Press and
Public to Be the Greatest Play of Mod
ern Times"
Mr.. Chairman. ] Rise with the Great
est Reluctance. but
II Don't Know Whether You Owe Us
or Not, Mr.. Smith, hut I'll See"
George. I Wouldn't Say = Word TO
Hurt Your Feelings for the Y1rld.''
Il Admire Your Nerve!.
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HE fourth annual convention of
the American Federation OF
Arts, held May 10 and 16 liz
the New Willard, will doubt
less have far-reaching results
IN ,he DEVELOPMENT of our national art
Tbsre arc now 172 chapters belonging
To the federation comprising almost
avary state in the Union), from .wnlch
delegates were present, and papers were
read by the ablest representatives or
the larger museums and art societies.
The first session was devoted to a re-
sumo of the years work by Miss Leila
Mechlin and to ten-minute speeches. oy
these representing general declarations
of womens clubs, colleges and fine arts
commissions. The afternoon was con-
secrated to Small Art Museums" their
management needs and the benefits con-
ferred by them on the community.
Very able addresses were made by H.
W. Kent of the Metropolitan Museum
Mrs. George W. Stevens. Toledo Mu-
scum and Francis J. Mather. Marquand
professor OF art. Princeton University
An animated discussion followed. in
which many prominent in museum work
took part
The Friday session was confined en-
tirely to Industrial art-its relation to
education in the public schools. to man
ufactures and to the fine arts. Ralph
Adams Cram, C.. Howard Walker ana
Charles Russell Hewlett contributed
papers; these were followed by most
Interesting general discussion as to how
art and machinery might work together
for the benefit of our manufactures.
The character-building power OF IN
dustrial art was dwelt upon, good WORK.
manship urged in public schoo! hand-
crafts. and a plea made for their intro
duction into all penal institutions. where
much of the mechanical work now sup.
piled by unscrupulous bosses Is hot
only brutalizing to the prisoner: p pa
ruinous to the outside manufacturer De.
cause ii can be placed on the market
al a price impossible to compete Win
when engaging free labor.
THE corcoran Gallery is to be con-
! graduated on its recent acquisition
Of one of John w. Alexander's loveiiest
pa,ntings-the decorative figure OF a
young girl seated before bowl of gold
fish. Last winter Mr.. Alexander gave
one of his illuminating art talks before
the Washington Fine Arts Society. He
spoke especially on the importance OF
line in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., unin-
terrupted line.
Those who were SO fortunate as to hear
this lecture will now have an opportunity
OF seeing a concrete example Of such
line drawing and its resultant beauty
above all. when pra cticed By a past mas
iridescent colors. The whole picture
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pressed regret that these pleasant re-
unions had come to an end. notwithstano-
ing the summer holidays to which many
were looking forward with enthusiasm
because of the opportunity afforded Tor
outdoor sketching. The models have been
particularly interesting during the past
winter and much good work has been &C,
complished. Miss Perrie, who organized
this club. has been busily engaged with
her teaching and miniature painting.
Twice every week she has taken q
sketching class to the country, where the
pupils have worked en- plein air with
great success. This artists last minia-
ture is an attractive portrait of young
girl in a decollete gown of white lace
over pale pink brocade, seated In an Old
fashioned high-backed chair, against
which her fair head. with its softly coiled
hair, makes fascinating picture.
Miss Perrie sailed today for Eng
land. where she expects to do some out
door sketchng: later she will go to
France and work among the peasants of
Brittany.
11HE Moore Gallery has lust placed or
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When ClGaimk-a- I ink Refused to S@c@d@

turn Of the two schooners to Chink- a.
Tink island a Federal gunboat steamed
into the anchorage and made of the island
its headquarters during the remainder of
the war. The second nag hoisted by the
men of Chink-a-Tink was never lowered
for many a day from its rude staff.
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BOOK REVIEWS.

rHE: LIFE STORY OF }. PIERPONT
: MORGAN, n Biography. By carr
Hoyey New York: Sturgis & wal
= ton Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24

THE Moore Gallery has just placed Q
exhibition picture that must prov
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!, the little Island of Chink-a-
Tink. four miles OF the north
ern coast Of Virginia, a small
band of fishermen gather to-
gether Memorial day to revere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24

HE fourth annual convention OF
the American Federation OF
Arts. held May 10 and 16 in
the New Willard, will doubt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-24

ION Board the Beatic," is a fresh bit
OF perfect realism, a spot surprisingly
ii, for the progress OF courtship
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Notwithstanding their precarious COM
dition. they remained unmolested for
months. Virginia was too busy to attend
to them At last Confederate war ves-
sci bore down upon them one fine morn
ing. 1t dropped -4echor a short distance
away, and its c1tmanding officer came
ashore to den1aAQ allegiance to the Con-