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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08
INFORMATION
DEPA.R NE mt
Conducted by National Office
Socialist Party, Carl D.
Thompson, Manager.
Duties and Work of Socialist School
Boards

Duties and Work of Socialist School
Boards.
A comrade writes that he has been
elected as a Socialist member of
the school board and asks for sugges
lions as to his duties and what is the
best line of work for him to under
take. The question was referred to
several comrades, all of whom replied
carefully and thoughtfully.
Ira Tilton gives much excellent de-
tailed advice and closes as follows:
/ Use your position to advance Social
ism in every honorable way, and if you
| are unable to secure a Socialist teach
er, see that he gets favorable i'm
preston and some knowledge of So
| cia1ism. Friendliness and tact get
the best results always. Now l want
to urge you to read the book, Among
Country Schools" by Kern published
by CHM & Co., Chicago, and assure
you that if there is more information
desired l will be glad to correspond
| further with you
Journal Of the Y. P. S. L. Of Chicago.
| The Y. P. S. L. have started the
publication of paper, Journal of the
i Young Peoples Socialist League 1t
is to be published monthly, although
it is hoped soon to make it weekly.
The first number MAY issue) con-
tains illustrations showing the library
gymnasium. women's rest room and
billiard and pool room of the new head
quarters Of the league, descriptions of
the work and study courses and social
eatures of the league, and the consti-
tuition of the league.
According to this paper there are
now $50 Y. p. S. LIS in the United
States.
A Propaganda Idea.
'COmrade R. C. McCaleb of La Crosse,
Wis, who has had long and practical
experience as manager of sign paint
ing for some of the big American con-
Germs, has brilliant idea. He suggests
that by getting number of locals to
cooperate q big sign can be printed
ITO feet by 10 feet, to be put up in
conspicuous places along railroads
and other points where thousands are
sure to see and let them proclaim.
Socialism IS Coming Soon-cet
Ready, or some similar wording.
Those who think well Of the idea
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the above address.


the above address.
A Suggestion for Socialist Writer,
Sos Socialist writer ought to
lie q pamphlet on New Zealand and
Aa lra!: Some very careful and
in disari ninating study of the great
ass OF literature should be made and
The material put into a pamphlet of
about IS to 100 pages for the use of
the Socialist Party workers.
inventive Ideas Wanted.
I A comrade would like to know of
other comrades who have ideas in the
line of patents or inventions that they
would be willing to work out and con
tribute to the. cause of Socialism
Write to this department.
Patronize Majority advertisers. They
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13


progress OF the race. its declining birth
rate. the dispersion by emigration. the
causes of its congestion In large towns
the changes Of language in the history
Of the Jews. and their adoption of the
language " the country In which they
find themselves. the Jews craving for
education and adoption OF cosmopoh-
TIM culture. destructive forces in the
decreasing importance Of religion. the
increase Of intermarriage. local segre-
gallon. the racial and cultural value OF
the Jews, and -Semitism, IAN In
effective check To assimilation More
than such a bare outline sketch OF this
significant and in every place sugges-
tive work. which in the German holds
4 recognized position. II is impossible
II give in the space at hand and main
tain any sense of proportion.
Dr. Joseph Jacobs contributes SER
viceablp introduction to this transla-
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13

their presence, upsetting though 1t
may be for the moment. Both the
positivss and the negatives Of social
usage are dealt with in this book.
which confines itself to rules, however.
and deals only occasionally with the
why and wherefore.
The arrangement Of the book is sim
pie, though not after the model OF an
encyclopedia. There are twenty-six
chapters. dealing with general sub
jects, from introductions, calls, cards
and weddings. 10 the manners that
should smooth the daily life OF the
home. Those in search Of hasty first
aid in puzzling cases will find the in
dex of immediate assistance. There
are here rules for hostesses and hosts.
for spinsters, young girls. bachelors
parties. balls. dances. house par
ties. receptions. travel, private read
ings and musicals, Of weddings
christenings and funerals, and what
behavior OF guests-even a chapter on
conversation. the lost social art. the
author mentions the desirability OF a
lounge In guest-rooms for maps and
rest when the bed is in all Its day
light array" She might well have
emphasized this point, instead OF hid
ing it at the end of sentence in the
middle OF paragraph. for II there be
one point in which American hospital
ity lags in thoughtful provision Of
comfort behind that OF Europe, ii is
in this matter Of lounge in guest
rooms whose beds look so forbiddlng
in the elaborate American luxurious
ness of their daylight array" Those
IN search OF social guidance cannot do
better than consult this excellent
manual.
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A PICTURE OF WAR DAYS.

WESTWAYS A Village Chronicle. 3.
s. Weir Mitchell, NJ. d.. Ill. ID. l2no
PIP 80. The Century Company.
This is an excellent example Of
type of fiction which is coming To lie
cultivated more and more widely
among us OF late 1t is a type distinct
in character from either romance or
novel, the two usual classifcations,
the story Of incident and the story Of
character and motive. IL aims at pre-
senting, not the lives and adventures
Of a half dozen characters. but the
life of community, section Of our
country at some period Of its history.
This type Of story. which largely dis
penses with plot, and seeks rather to
give an impression of the multitude
nous contracts which affect human
lives. now and then, as in this in
stance. is happily labelled "a chroni-
are scenes of battle and intimate and
interesting glmpses Of historic men,
together with gracefully handed
love theme. the distinguished author
has given us mainly a mellow picture
Of an old regime. Before the Civil
War there were in the Middle States
villages one or more families, impor-
tant on account of wealth or because
Of historic position, generations OF So
cial training and constant relation to
the larger world, which constituted a
class by themselves almost as much
as the long seated families of England.
and which, like these, were looked to
for helpful aid In sickness and in the
other calamities of life.
Such a family is here shown, resid-
ing in a charming country estate in
Middle Pennsylvania, in the 5Os, with
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TIE Bx>tkoAce e< 6eo<Ss
Desocy q NNo7LosMeE

again led him to suspect that the man
who tattooed them, rather than the In
dividual who bore them. was respon-
sible for the sentiments expressed
that, in other words. they had no sig
nificance whatever as indications or
criminal tendencies. Several times
when asked man why he had chosen
certain sentiments or proverbs. l was
told that the tattooist had recon-
mended them as particularly beauti-
full"
II may be worth mentioning in this
day Of our propaganda against the So
cial evil that Professor Aschahenburg
firmly holds the opinion, shared by
most European criminologists, that
prostitution cannot be eradicated and
must be controlled I'm order to insure
the minimum of harm 10 society. lie
opposes physical punishment as inef-
fective. and confirms the now generally
held opinion that even If you have the
hest law, the best judge, the best SEN
tence, and the prison official rs not
efficient. you might as well throw the
statute into the waste basket and burn
the sentence. Not from the law may
we expect an improvement in legal Sc
curity but from the execution OF the
punishment. There lies the centre or
gravity in the struggle against crime.
The reformatory possibilities OF pun
ishment are the more important in the
authors eyes because his studies have
convinced him that brutality, reck-
lessness and Righteousness are spread
ing more and more in the growing gen
eration": that whoever has once got
deep into the mire OF criminal life is
scarcely able TO regain his feet on hrn
ground. and that we have reached a
point where the apparently firm foun-
dations of criminal law appear TO
quake" The remedial agencies adVo-
Gated are sufficiently familiar-lm-
movement of the condition OF the poor
education. war upon alcoholism. the
establishment Of properly conducted
places Of recreation in the Sums the
incubation OF respect for the Ia"
Der sc-which is evidently declining In
Germany. and which may be said mover
10 have existed in younger communi-
.ies-and. so far as the first offender is
concerned. suspended sentences, paroles
and the adaptation Of the punishment
10 the requirements of the individual
case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
The Life and Career Of Admiral Dewey
German on Crime and Its Repression
The Jewish Problem Manners.

made arrangements tor base Oh an
isolated part of the coast OF emma
which country was unable to enforce
the neutrality laws Secretary Lons
oabled him to select Nagasakl. Inc
American Minister to Japan, on beng
consulted. stated tnat Japan would
ccncede nothing beyond strict neutral
ity." The affair Of Admiral Dledrlchs
end his squadron is handled with con-
summate tact, but between the lines
one reads the confirmation of the I'M
preston received by the nation at the
time that the behavior Of the Germans
was insolent and exceedingly bad sea
manners.
The story Of the battle of Manila
Bay has often been told. it Will con-
tinue to be told To successive genera
tons Of Americans. but this narrative
of the great event in our naval annals
by the man who fought IT is doubly
welcome. II may he well, before this
review closes. 70 quote the tribute OF
Olt 6ltdN FhllNlA NeAii ca
to another. his senior in the service:
Farracut has always been my ideal of
the naval officer, urbane. decisive. in
domitable Whenever l have been In a
difficult situation, or In the midst or such
a confusion of details that the simple
and right thing seemed hay, have
often asked myself What would Farra-
gut do?" In the course OF the prepara-
tons for Manila Bay / often asked my
self this question. and ! confess that !
was thinking of him the night we entered
the bay. and with the conviction that /
was doing precisely what he would have
done. Valuable as the training of An
napols was, il was poor schooling be-
side that OF serving under Farragut in
time of war.
Admiral Dewey ends the story of his
career with his marriage. and his book
with an expression of his confidence in
the efficiency and readiness of the
great American navy of to-day. and in
the spirit of it's officers and men.
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MR. HERRIcK IN A NEW VEIN.

HIS GREAT ADVENTURE. BY Robert
Herrick Colored frontlsplece. lEho'
Do. iOs The Macmillan Company
From social commentator ana criti0
TO teller Of an irresponsible story OF
adventure and mystery proves TO DC
an easy step for Mr.. Herrick IN inns
unexpected book OF his. AT first one
suspects satire, but gives up the idea
as the hero proceeds on his eNtraoi
binary adventures that lead to the
great one with which the story enus'
Young New York newspaper man
out Of a Job finds one night IN lron'
of his lodgings a man who mas eNi-
IDENTIFY been drugged. He takes the
victim no to his room and receives
from his dying lips the combination ol
a safe in San Francisco, fraSmentar!
directions to take its contents out Vi
the country at once, with puzzilng
.cforenccs To one MELODY" money
for his trip. and power OF attorne!
witnessed by the ambulance surgeon
who takes the man away. NOW we
are off across the continent, up to the
top Of San Francisco office buildihg
into the midst of California rali-
road war that is plain theft-aho Oh
the road 10 Europe, via Mexico. with
eager pursuers tagging after. In ber-
lin the reporter readily sells the con-
tents of his travelling bag for couple
Of millions. starts out to find the mys-
ferrous Melody and in the course
Of his search picks up copper mine
and some sulphur mines in ARIZONA.
All this property he considers as
trust held by him for the heir, should
there be one.
There is an interlude Of experiment
ing with peoples theatre in New
York, and then the pursuers appear
again. Blackmail is tried in Vain'
whereupon a widow Of the rich man
claims the estate in the courts. AS
is we'll known, every rich Californian
who dies intestate is bound TO nave
left a widow. Here the story really
grows exciting until the end, when
proves to be the beginning OF HIS
Great Adventure" Mr.. Herrick draws
lightly some well-seen characters, es-
pecially the Westerners; he handles
his plot with gusto; in short. he seems
TO have enjoyed himself greatly IN
writing this book, which Is so radical
~ different from his usual hctional
methods and interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
JEWISH PHENOMENA
A Study of the Position To- day
of an Ancient People.

THE JEWS OF TO-DAY. By DR.. Arthur
Ruppin. Translated from the German
nv Nargery Bentwich. With an miro
duction by Joseph Jacobs; Ltt' ~
12mo, PIP. xii, 80 Henry hoi' O. w.
That il is very nearly "all over with
the Jews and with Jewish culture u
the arresting thesis maintained by Inc
author of this sociological study OF the
Jewish people the world over. How lar
viii the distinctive characteristics OF
tive Jews-intellectual, cultural. re-
ligious and the rest--survive the con-
tact with modern culture; VIII they'
can they. be assimilated into modern
European culture and into Contem-
porafy American life and still remain
Jews in The characteristics they nave
retained throughout the Christian ages
This is the problem which Dr.. Ruppin
seeks to solve, and his answer Is that
the preservation OF the Jew as high
type of human culture depends upon
the cessation Of the process of dena-
tionalization, and means In practice a
constant struggle against assimilation.
Once lost, he says, "A national culture
can never be recreated, and without
culture OF their own the total abb
sorption Of the Jews by the other ma
items is only question Of time"
The tendency OF modern times tow
ard a monotonous similarity invading
o. no
dency toward giving to the whole world
a common set of ideas and ideals and
making it more and more difficult for
any special culture, like the Irish, or
the japanese or the Jewish, to hold its
own. he protests against. Just as II
would be absurd TO destroy specific
kinds OF fruit in order to produce one
general kind, 80 II is equally absurd to
wish TO wipe out national differences. "
The aim should rather be at making
use of the individuality Of every nation
for the common good In contem-
plating his people now in the "throes
OF assimilation" and the prospect OF a
total merging of the Jews into Chris
tendon, the author, an ardent Zionist
who has proved his convictions by TAX
ing up his residence In Palestine for a
number Of years, proposes as the solu-
ton OF the problem he has raised
Zionlsm as the last desperate stand
OF the Jews against annihilatlon."
Treating his subject thus from the
standpoint OF a single problem. Or.
Ruppin has written an interesting book
which touches upon most OF the other
problems which the Jewish question
raises. He discusses the distinctive
nationality, culture, intellectual and
artistic achievements of the Jews. and
their ethical and religious standards.
He studies the causes of rapid assim-
ilation in the present day, the economic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
A TANGLE OF DESIRES.

THE DESIRED WOMAN. BY VIII N.
Harden. Frontlspiece. Emo, PIP. 4Nl.
Harper & Bros.
Desires are in dreadful tangle in
this story. Mr.. Dick Mostyn, prosper
Gus Atlanta banker, good looking and
well built, did not. unfortunately. from
the very beginning desire the desired
one with might and main; and this,
very properly. got him into peck OF
trouble. First, he had an inordinatc
desire to acquire much money: and he
was somewhat inclined to desire one
Miss Irene Mitchell, spoiled pet of
society,"" who did not particularly de-
sire him. Her father however the
aristocratic j. Cuyler Mitchell. did de-
sire him as a son-in-law, very much.
An irrepressible desire for simple
scenes and simple people suddenly
comes upon Mr. Mostyn, and he repairs
TO farm in the Georgia hills, just as
a broken gentleman expresses desire
at his bank 10 tell him what he thinks
of him and his methods OF business.
Amid the scenes of simple nature
desire to be a better man awakens
within him, and he comes to desire as
his wife a strong child Of Nature. a
diamond In the rough" But his desire
for her rustic male parent as father
i.i-law Is very slight. AT this point a
very undesirable lady turns up. who
has some relation TO portion of Mr.
Mostyn's life, which he desires to for
get. From this on desires do but In
crease in number and become more
complicated In character. One desir-
Gus of pursuing the situation further
need not longer be detained from the
story itself, The setting Is the familiar
Harden country; some Of the authors
hill types are amusing In light way
but his treatment OF tragedy is not suf-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Pierre de Couevain-Loti on Literature
James McNeill Whistler Again.
Manchu Secrets.

Manchu Secrets.
What is described as a remarkable
and sensational work is to be pub
lished IN the coming season. 1t is a
collection OF Chinese documents trans
lated and edited by two Englishmen,
annals Of the Manchu Dynasty. We
are told that all sorts of unima gined
political intrigues are there for the
first time revealed TO Western read
ers.
Tales OF Hoffman,"
II appears that the Tales Of Hoff-
mann" have been retold from the
opera OF that name and are 10 be
printed in an illustrated volume. Ia
not this rather hard on the memory Of
Hoffman,?
A Departed Novelist.
The novels OF the lady who wrote
under the nom de guerre of Pierre
de Coulevain" have had a good deal
Of popularity in this country. The
author. who was In real life Mile.
Favre. died a fortnight ago in Swift
Zerland. Mile. Favre, who WAS no
longer young, was "A recluse, shrinking
from human companionship. She had
been a governess in England. where
she found the material for her book.
LILLE Inconnue" one who knew her
says that the idea of death obsessed
her, and she carried about with her in
one OF the innumerable trunks by
which she was always surrounded--for
she delighted in wandering life--the
dress and shoes she intended TO wear
In her coffin"
A Presidential Aneodote.
NJ. Poncare, in his first published
book, How France Is Governed" oc-
casionally drops into anecdote. Here
is one of his stories:
A few years ago one OF my friends, at
the time Minister of Finance, was walk
ing during the Parliamentary vacations,
In the neighborhood OF Mont-Dore, when
he heard. at few PAGES distant, AN Au-
grieved tone OF voice Get along, devllsh
Minister" Less surprised at being in
suited than at being recognized. he turned
and saw upon the roadway a man pushing
al donkey. endeavorlng 10 make II
bulge lie spoke 10 him. questioned him.
What's a man TO doT' replied the peas
ant There's no making this minister
go!" He was addressing the animal, not
the man. Ny friend. much relieved,
learned without bitterness that In certain
corners OF France an ass IL called a min
ster, because he IL. In reality, u servant
intrusted with important duties"
Sneers at His Craft.
NJ. Pierre Lott has. II is sad to say,
little respect for his own craft Asked
not long ago to contribute to n SYM
postum on contemporary literature
the author replied: Il regret my in
ability to comply with your request
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
MAN NERS
The Lubricant of the Wheels of
Social Intercourse.

THE CYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL Us
AGE. Manners and Customs OF the
Twentieth Century By Helen l. Rob
erts. Syo. pp. SO c. T.. Putnam's Sons.
So many books OF etiquette" appeal
10 snobbery that this commonsense,
clear and comprehensive manual is
doubly welcome. Social usage is. ar
ter all. extremely simple. the result
of long experience, designed to make
the wheels OF social intercourse run
smoothly. a system OF dos" that Is
half "don'ts." And 1t is part OF the
service Of the dos" 10 know how to
glide over don't" committed In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13

My private opinion-Which will doubt
less make you shudder--is that the
less people concern themselves about
literature the better II will be for
them"
a FarcicaI Romance.
What would happen if all Western
Europe were conquered by the Turk
and his dogma OF abstinence from
wine We're enforced? MIR. G.. X. Ches-
terton tells US what might have been
in forthcoming book, "A kind of fare
zeal romance. which is called The
Flying Inn
Characteristic Whistler Letter.
There has just been sold in London
a highly characteristic letter in which
Whistler addressed to Lord Leighton
protest at being omitted from the
list of guests at Burlington House. 1t
runs thus:
No, my dear Leighton-permit me! II
really was "A pretty little recognition of
my own personality beneath the cloak OF
ofiice-fallen by chance upon me-that
formal invitations To the Soirte at Burl-
ington House, OF the customary card To
the President OF the Society OF British
Artists. ! am told In n letter from the
acting secretary In Suffolk street that no
invitation has been delivered for the Pres
ident-mOrcover that This Is the FIRST time
the President OF our Society has been ig-
nored by the Royal Academy Platter
ing admission surely was never more deli
cately conveyed than by this dainty de-
parture from Notwithstanding, as II
does. that, I'm my case, President has not
ceased To be Paintcr-and that no official
courtesies may be offered TO the one that
were not ventured upon with the other.
AinSi done, mon cher, CONNIE toujours.
j. MNEIL WHISTLER.
PrinceIy Authors.
King Nicholas Of Montenegro whose
drama, The Empress Of the Balk-
ans Is soon to be published in an
English translation. is "a lyric poet as
we'll as a dramatst. His house has
boosted an earlier author In the per-
son Of his great-uncle, Peter. the last
Prince Bishop OF Montenegro This
worthy produced an epic on the model
OF Paradise Lost" but his most ad-
mired work Is poem called Tho
Mountain Wreath"
A Shrine for Tourists.
1t is pleasant to note that Dr. John
sons house in Cough Square. London,
is now being carefully restored by Its
purchaser, Mr.. Cecil Harmsworth.
-Four or five months will be required
TO bring II into the condition In which
the good doctor last saw it. Here he
began and finished his dictionary and
here the Rambler" was first pub
lished. 1t is to be a Johnsonian muse
um or home tor Johnsonian and
other learned societies-probably both;
and American tourists. it Is certain,
will visit 1t in great numbers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
MORE AUTUMN NOVELS.
Robert Hcrrick's' Tale of Bold Adventure-Dr Weir
MITCHELL Nineteenth Century Chroncle-A
Striking Novel by Mrs Dudeney.

ficiently profound to make II deeply
painful To- the reader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-13
EMOTIONS.

THE SUPPLANTER. BY Grace Dufhe
Boylan. Frontispiece by Stanley l.
Wood l2mo. PIP. S62.. Boston. Inc
I,othrop, Lee K Shepard Company.