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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
THE CLEVELAND MEMORIAL
Tower at Princeton Ready for
Dedication.

The Cleveland Memorial Tower at
Princeton is to be dedicated on October
22, when the new Graduate College, of
which it forms a part. is also TO be the
object of similar ceremonies. On the
same day the Princeton University
Press will publish in three volumes the
Stafford Little Lectures which MIR.
Cleveland delivered at the university
in 1900. 1901 and 1904. The titles Of
the three volumes are THE Indepen-
dence of the Executive" The Venez-
uelan Boundary Controversy" and
"The Government in the Chicago Strike
of 1894"
The Press announces also The
Graduate College of Princeton" by
Andrew f. West. in which views Of
the new building will be shown in
twelve full-page pen and ink sketches
by John p. Cuyler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
MODERN HOLLAND
It's Past and Present, with a
Look Into the Future.

HOLLAND OF THE DUTCH. by
Dcmetrius &. Boulgcr. limo, PIP. " DO
Charles Scribners Sons.
Mr.. Boulger has certainly packed a
maximum Of information into a MN
imum Of space. Population, govern
ment, trade. industries. education
army and navy. colonies. the profess
sions. agriculture. stock raising and
dairy farming. the Dutch constitution
and the administration Of law, poliu-
cal parties and religious bodies. court
life and social intercourse in the COM
mercial cities. literature. music drama
painting-all this. and much more. he
discusses succlnctly, with a wealth oil
Statistics. In fact. his book Is in
way n Dutch statesmens year book.
1t is more. however There is hrief
survey OF Dutch history from the
dynastic point OF view; there IS an
analysis of the Dutch character, which
leaves it very much as 1t has always
been held TO be abroad; and there Is
the now almost obligatory consldera-
ton of the part Holland may choose TO
NAV in the event OF the outbreak or
that great European war which is one
OF the anticipations of English puphc
opinion. Mr.. Boulger notes the revival
of the pro-Enslish party in Holland
whose influence was disspated by re-
sentment over the Boer war. He falls
TO register. perhaps because he has
failed TO notice it, the steady encroach-
ment of German Influences in the
Netherlands.
The book is not free from errors.
Perhaps the most important or them Is
Mr.. Boulger's confusion of the Dutch
Old Catholics with the Jansenists and
the German Old Catholics Of Dol
lingers day. The "Old Catholic
Cleresy in the Netherlands" TO give 1t
its official name. antedates both jan
senius and Dollinger, and is of entirely
different origin. This is. however. a
mistake made by all foreigners who
write about the Dutch and their many
religious bodies. The author also oc-
casionally confuses the illustrious dead
with the living, as in the case of Yer
hulst, the composer, and DR.. Schaep-
man, the poet-statesmanp priest. On
the whole, this is, within its compass,
an exceptionally thorough and many
sided book on It's subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
A CENTURY OF PEACE
A Review of Our Relations with
England Since 1912.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PEACE.
BY Henry Cabot Lodge. With ilustra-
tons. l2rno. PIP. vii. 1856. The Macmillan
Company.
Senator Lodges review Of century
Of peace is a very spirited picture. The
one hundred years Of peace between
the United States and Great Britain,
the completion Of which the people Of
the two nations will celebrate in 1914.
he confesses it would be wholly mis-
leading to describe other than as a
period during which the relations be-
tween the two countries were anything
but peaceful. The Treaty of Client was
signed on Christmas Eve In 1914, since
when there has been no blood shed be-
tween the two countries. but only after
many vicissitudes, frequent perilous
situations BY slow steps and with
many interruptions and much bitter
ness on both sides, have we finally at
tanned TO the genuine friendship in
which all sensible men Of both coun-
tries rejoice to-day, and to relations
such as warrant rejecting men in be-
lieving that another war between Eng
land and the United States has be-
come an impossibility. These years of
strained relations. since the War OF
1912, which terminated in reconcilia-
ton between the two branches of the
English speaking people at the time Of
our war with Spain. are the subject Of
this concise and vigorous study, in
which the plumbers and blindnesses Of
our cousins over the sea are touched
upon with rather a caustic pen.
lust now Mr.. Lodge notes tendency
among Englshmen to regard the sepa-
ration Of the American colonies from
the mother country as a small matter.
AS an Illustration Of this attitude of
mind he cites Mr. RI. @. Wells as smil-
ing gently at the American Revolution
"as little provincial incident" To
the sound system of British education.
which has a great deal to say about
English victories great and small, and
is curiousy reticent as to English de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
A Great Foreign-Born Citizen: Carl Schurz-
Captivating Femininity Abroad-A Century
of Stormy Anglo-American Peace.

for its superior in classic eloqueICe'
as YOU will also search far for truer
definition of American ideals-ldeals
which. he said, "are like stars; YOU VIII
not succeed in touching them WIN your
hands. But like the seafaring man OH
the desert of waters, you choose thei"
as YOUR guides, and following them
YOU will reach your destiny. Again'
i'm the same memorable Grafton thIs
pure blooded Teuton spoke OF 'i"'
Anglo Saxon race, between when anu
the German a certain antagonlsm mas
been imagined in these later years
The Anglo-Saxon may justly be pr00u9u
Of the growth and development VI ~ 90
country, and if he ascribes most W r,ay
the undaunted spirit of his race We nc
not accuse him Of overweenlng SeH-s
Ocation He possesses in an elnllelt -, -
gree the enviable talent OF aching W, VIZ
others only think. or proinptlS ~ 80 ,hs
his own ideas and OF appoprlatils ~.
ideas of other people TO ms owl US,
There is. perhaps no other race tua' az
so carly a day would nave ioun",u 1.,in-
stern democracy OF the Plymouth seu,e
ment: no other race that would nave ng
fled the trials and hardships OF W o, .hsn,
nal settlers life so victoriOusly NO otIei
race perhaps, possesses IN so lllsn
gree not only the daring splrlt ol I!i i,.o
pendent enterprise. but AT mo eal,ie , 10 20
the stubborn steadfastness necessary W
the final execution of great deslghs' ino
Anglo-Saxon spirit has been tne TO-,
motive of progress; but 40 not ~ u.s.Y
that this locomotive would DC vi NY.
use 70 the world If il refused 10 draw its
train over the iron highway ana carr
its valuable freight toward IT'S des.lla
ton: that train consists OF the NlsoIo ~
clements of all nations; that ifelght rs ''is
vital ideas of our age. that destination 10
universal freedom and the ideal develop
,nent of man That is the true greatness
of the Anglo-SaXon race: that ought ~
be the source of Anglo-SaXon prlde'
In the same address we have
warning against what the speaker de-
scribed as things of small begin
njngs. but fearful in their growth.
Such as what? He tells us in the next
sentence: "One of these rs the propen-
sitv of men to lose sight OF tHndo-
mental principles tchen passing abuses
are TO be corrected The italics are
those of the discriminating editor OF
the volume. They are well placed
For we are not sure that in all OF
Schurzs voluminous correspondence
and oratory. rich as it is IN shreWo
suggestion and discreet philosophy
there is another single passage OF so
small compass which is in a more note
worthy degree typical of the genius OF
the man and of his attitude toward the
institutions Of his adopted land. Nor
is there one more pithily applicable,
not merely to the time when 1t was
uttered, but still more to the time. two
generations later, when il is being
published and reviewed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04

THE THIRTEENTH JUROR. a 1919
out Of Court, BY FREDERICK Trevor
mo, PIP. 21l. The Century Company.
Mr.. Hill has his circle Of apprecia-
tive readers, but II is not nearly so
large as the many merits Of his stories
OF the practice and the perversion OF
the law of the land require. He has
purpose, and 1t touches the possible
interest of every citizen; he Is also a
capital story teller. The way OF
large interest to crush a small concern
by preventing its just cause from COM
ing to trial was dealt with In Mr..
Hills The Case and Exceptions In
THE Accomplish" he presented an eX-
ceptionally striking instance OF Grim
inal case as seen from the jury box.
and now, in The Thirteenth Juror"
he exposes the connection between
politics and the bench. You know all
a bout that? Read this book; you will
add considerably TO your stock Of in
formation, and. perhaps. II you are a
conscientious citizen, you Will think
hard. And, while reading, you will
make the acquaintance of shre"d
politician Of the right sort, the pro-
prictor of the Reeve House. in coun-
ty seat, and of judge who is placed
between two fires in the matter Of his
anxiety to secure denomination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
W(N,fReo JAMES AUTHOR OF
tTns MULBERRY VREe1

though altogether sound and lauda5le.
Concerning the noble" architecture OF
the old Kings House at Spanish Town.
the author says that she never VIII
forget the box Of bricks which she had
when little, and out Of which she could,
with the exception of the windows,
pretty well reconstruct such a build
ing.
She is clever in sketching With line
native types: Joe, the butler. looked
as If he were, made Of very black wood
very highly .beeswaXed'; and of the
Haytian she says, he is "a Frenchman
colored black, brown or olive. as the
case may be" Some interesting char
acters she meets; among them an &c
centric lady who was the author of
Male and Female, the Origin of He
and She. and Their Course 10 Suprem-
acy, Based on Facts and observations,
with a Sprinkle of Imagination. 10y
Hatmaker. in Jamaica" The West
Indian negro is her cue, for preach
ment Of some warmth on the negro
race and the color question; and she
exclaims that never has she seen such
lovely shawls as those Of Chinese orr
gin that she saw on the shoulders OF
the villagers OF Alajuela- The com
panv OF small Adams and Ewes OF all
shades at Panama calls forth the phil
osophical rejection that 1T would seem
as II the next greatest pleasure to
clothes is no clothes at all And I'M
stinted is her admiration for the
Americans magnificent way OF bring
ing the tropics to heel' with his ice
boxes and his porcelain baths.
Most Of her objective observation IS
familiar enough-as there is. indeed
little new to be observed just now in
the region Of her travels-Dut IL is IN
subjective quality that this writer
shines. She has personality. gamboi-
ling humor, quick sympathy with pictu-
rescue life. lively fancy and a enc
literary style. One must leave OIL
writing. she says. somewhere. and per-
baps with this case for coincidence
good place is here:
"'You are a Haytian monsieur:
asked, for something 10 say. ,,..
"He twirled his mustaches furiousiE
and looked down his nose. H.
'''But yes madame, | am truly nay
tian.' he stroked his shiny broadciotn De
lghtedly. and also am Whoever SINCE
three weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04

ma H.,
nv II NJ. Brett. 12mo, PIP. 3lS. Inc
Houghton Miffiin Company.
II cannot be said that Mrs. Wiggin
is AT her best in this tale of village HE
in Maine in the first half Of the last
century. That sympathy with her
characters. that appeal to her readers
feelings. however artificial at times
which contributed so much toward the
success of her earlier books. Is
strangely lacking in this chronicle OF
the stunted lives of Waitstill Baxter
and her stepsister under the roof OF
their mean. grasping widowed father.
This man, indeed, is the real leadlng
character of the STORY, though II was
palpably not the authors intention to
give him that role. He is cHche,
merely still another OF a long line OF
studies of tha Yankee at his worst, but
he sounds true, especially in his con-
slant juxtaposition with the author
tepid sketches of the two sisters. who.
indeed. serve only 10 bring out point
eddy the insigniticance Of the book as a
study Of local character and life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
NOT A SUBJECT.
om The Manchester Guardian.

/ had often heard a man describe
himself as an American citizen,
writes &c. NJ" but the phrase never
struck me so forcibly as it did last
week. 1t was on the boat for Dieppe.
The steward came round 10 warn pas
sengers to get ready for landing. He
also took occasion to ascertain our ma
tionalty, asking. What subject are
you? British subject? French sub
ject?" and so on. AT last he came to
an American passenger with the ques-
ton, "And yours-whose subject are
you?" IL amt subject" was his in
dignant reply. II amt anybody's sub
feet. am an American citizen" And
he looked II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
BIOGRAPHY OF CERVANTEs.

The long expected Life OF Miguel NC
Cervantes" In preparation by PROBES
sor ]. Fitzmaurice-K Kelly Is at iast "
see the light. 1t will be publiShed !"
the opening season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
.xALL-oUT-OF-PRINT-BOOKS"

n WRITE ME: can get you any book ever
,pblishcd On any subject Tho most expert
k.ok fnder estant. When ~ England call ana
80 nv 100 600 rare books BAKEPS G.EAI
HOOK SHOP. John Bright st.. Eirminshain'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
MAINE FOLKS.

THE STORY OF WAITSTILL BANTER.
Nv Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrati14'ih,s s
nv III NJ. Brett. 12mo, PIP. 3lS' Inc
Houphton Mifflin Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
JUSTICE AND THE LAW,

THE THIRTEENTH JUROR. A Tale
out OF Court BY Frederick Trevor
Hill. illustrated by Gordon Grant. IL
mo, pp. 2ll. The Century Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
A NATuRALIzED AMERICAN.

SPEECHES. CORRESPONDENCE AND
POLITICAL PAPERS OF CARL
SCHUl2Z. Selected and Edited by Fred.
erie bancroft on behalf of the Carl
Schurz Memorial Committee Svo. Six
volumes. PIP xviii. ~; vii 5S4; xiv. JOS;
xix, SIS: XII, 531 81, 1896 With portrait
and irdpv q - putnar1'G Sons
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
THAT DEAR

Charlotte. 50 chronicles the Charlotte OBJ
OF Friday, was stirred from center 10 c-.-
ference, or Whereabouts. on THURSDAY. That $50
village, which now and then arouses is.
shout that it IS a great place, was Thoroughly
awakened. 1t was a harem skirt that did
Great is Charlotte.
The account Of the appearance OF the ..
and its wearer on the streets Of Charlotte rea4s
like a rhapsody in E fat. or it may be q mac
or F minor. Anyway all the pedals were f.,
out BY the roots IN telling OF the ecsta.ic e.a..
of mind achieved by some Of the citv'e ne.
prominent citizens who looked with rapt,-.r
upon the vision, even unto the moment Wien
the elevator at the hotel climbed out OF ~et,
with the lady and the skirt.
That this was a scream of lov TO the AFORESAID
prominent citizens is revealed BY the serb. II
the Observer, who thus MARBLES: Mon Dieu br,
she was a queen, graceful as the gaelic and
reused by the undue curiosity she was crearrp
by her modish-er-gown no, trousers, or bias, i.
whatever they were. or it was, her eyes flashed
like a tigress mot blind and 'Sdeth. but Sc
looked perfectly stunning, doncherknow
No wonder the prominent citizens went Wild
on the emotion line, and that men upon the
streets asked each other in hushed whispers:
Did YOU see it," for the sight was so great IN
the people of that dear Charlotte as to warrant
the Observer man to recount that There is no
question that business of every class and char
acter was paralyzed."
We extend our sympathy to the dazed Char
lotteans, and hope that they will have BY TIN,
time fully recovered, are able to sit up and take
nourishrent, and unite in their accustomed shou,
of Behold, this is indeed a great city But
con1dentially, we have to observe that it must
get over being SO wonder struck by the sight OF
a harem skirt if it proposes to be really a grea,
city.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
THE HOME CALL.

The call to the home, to the old home, and TO
the home which has been made, now rings loudly
in the ears of all who are distant from those
places dear to the heart and of tender memories.
The traveller, the business man and the bushes.
woman, who in the year now closing have been
away from home find in the Christmas season an
urgent call to be at home even for a briet
period. The members of family groups which
abide at various places have an intense longing
to spend a season beneath the roof which shelters
their parents, to see father and mother, to be IN
the family circle at the Christmas time.
The homing instinct has lived in all ages, and
it is here today as it was in the yesterdays
Stronger 1t is at the Christmas time, and from
all parts Of the country home draws as a power
full magnet which cannot be resisted, which ought
not to be resisted.
1t is the right thing. The old home. the loved
ones there, the memories Of those who have gone.
the thoughts of childhood's days, should ever be
a lure to draw us back. And life is ever the
sweeter because of the returns made to those
places where our infant cries first were heard.
into the paths of the long ago. 1t is now upon
us and to all who go home this week here are
wishes for the merriest, brightest, happiest Christ
mas season Of all the years. May it bring JOY to
those who go home, and those who are at home
to give welcome.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
THE THIRD TASK.

Safely behind the Democratic party as repre-
sented by the majority in Congress IS tariff legs
lation and currency legislation in behalf OF the
people. And the Denoeratic majority now turns
towards the call for legislation in another matter
which has in it the essence of great good for the
people.
This is with regard to measures which will
prove more eficacious in handling the trusts and
the monopolies, agencies which in their operation
bring hardships Of the greatest kind upon many
enterprises and upon the public as a whole. It is
a matter which the Democratic party IN conven-
ton at Baltimore declared to the people it would
give its earnest attention.
The platform adopted at that convention de
clared that "A private monopoly is lndefensioie
and intolerable' and that the Democracy tavors
q vigorous enforcement of the criminal as well
as the civil law against trusts and trust offlclals'
and demands the enactment OF such additional
legislation as may be necessary to make 1t impos-
sible for a private monopoly to exist IN the
United States"
That clearly states the position of the Democ-
racy, and it is to the fulhllment Of this task to
which President Wilson has directed the atten-
ton Of Congress, a task which the Democratic
majority is expected to next take up and with
such legislation as is necessary give rellet from
conditions which should not be allowed TO exist.
So important is this matter that President Wilson
will address a special message to Congress on the
subject. And when that is done it is expected of
the Democratic majority that it will lose no time
in SO adding to the present antitrust law that it
will have arms long enough and powerful enough
to reach out and lay hold upon all who endeavor
to Cypress by trusts and monopolies. And to
this end both the criminal and the civil law should
be such as to cry danger" to all who would VIC
late them.
The country is to be congratulated that it's
need for tariff revision and currency legislation
has been met by the Democracy. The action on
these two great mea sures of relief are a guaran-
tee to the people that the Democracy will con-
tlnue to go forward On lines of service to the
country, and is such as to entitle it to be given
a continued lease Of power, that it may continue
in its work of service to the masses. The passage
Of additional legislation to make thoroughly eff
cacious the present antitrust law will be a third
accomplishment in constructive legislation which
will rebound to the credit of the Democratic party
and prove of incalculable benefit to the people of
this country. And to this end the Democratic
majority in Congress will soon set its hand, guided
by the purpose to throw wide open the door Of
opportunity to every legitimate industry through
out all this great country.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
THE EMPTY

Saddest Of all thoughts which come at the
Christmas time is that there will be in homes
throughout this broad land enlpt stockings, that
there will be homes where no stockings will be
hung to be filed by Santa Claus. homes where
bitter poverty is found and where Christmas is a
day forgotten, where childhood and its pleasures
are neglected.
But there are stockings which will not be empty
if those who have the means realize the oppor-
tunity at hand to make glad some hearts which
otherwise would be saddened. To you, oh man
or woman who reads these lines, there is oppor-
tunity this week to put sunshine into the hearts
Of some children. Do not neglect it, for your
Christmas day will be the happier because you
have made others happy. Seek the way to Go
this and you may find it close at hand. Let
there be no empty stockings which you have
power to fill. Take part this year in making the
Christmas a real Christmas to those wlO but for
you would rot find in the day that spirit which
should animate all Chnstendom.
The force of a good exanple-it IS endless! A
while ago President Wilson, by his announce
nent. delivered a blow at the social precedent Of
a Presidents standing on New Years Day and
having his arm wrung OF b. a few thousand of
the one hundred millions OF United States folks
who might happen to be il Washington at the
time, and before that he knocked the Inaugural
ton ball into srnithereens. Now comes his apt
pupil, John Purroy Mitchell, the newly elected
Mayor OF New York, who, burdened by the social
attentions hcared upon him by parties who will
want something from his administration, rebels
against the numerous functions which he is SID
posed TO have to attend, and declares he won't
undertake the task. Mitchell IS night. He should
save his strength, as he says, for after-breaLfast
business instead OF afterdinner oratory.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23

Presidents Yuan Shi Kai and Victoriana Huerta
are two powerful men. Whenever they get tired
of a Congress or a Parliament all they have to
do is to say scat and he legislative BODY &C
conlmodatingly fades away.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
Nxck Nall maecx

THE rain has fallen night and day, a never
y ceasng food and everywhere I chance to
stray there's naught in view but mud. Some
weeks ago, I sadly feared, with rain we'd ne'er be
blest; and now the mud drips from my beard
and trickles down my vest. Wet gumbo splashes
in my face when horses
WET WEATHER. travel by, and liquid land
scape leaves its place, and
hits me in the eye. The gents wear soaking
handmedowns and swear beneath their breath,
the women view their spattered gowns and long
for sudden death. The merchants dreams Of
business fade, he mutters low, "Ods blood! The
farmers won't come in to trade through all these
seas Of mud" And in my mudhole I recline,
and beg you not to fret; why should We murmur
or repine because the world is wet? You know
how bitterly you roared last August and July,
because the torrents never poured, and all the
world was dry. No matter what the gods may
send, your face looks panied and grieved; 'twere
better to be glad, my friend, for good you have
received.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23
NJ forming Tonic

(Pliny.)
A CCUSTOM yourself to master and overcome
~ things of difficulty; for if you observe-the
left hand for want of practice is insignificant
and not adapted to general business; yet it holds
the bride better than the right-from constant
use.