The Washington herald., 1913-07-06


Frank A. Vanderlip. then Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury. Speaking Of the
result, Mr.. Marriott said recently: "Mr.
vanderlip asked me to write down what
I knew, so that he might see II I knew
anything. did 1t. have always been
modest, but in that letter concealed my
natural feelings and pitched II strong.
When I read the letter over was con-
WINGED that a score Of government posts
must be yearning for me. I gave 1t to
vanderiip. and he offered me the post
Of translator to the Bureau Of the Mint.
I gasped. I spoke no language but Eng
lish. though could read French. Span
ish, Portuguese. and some German. ]
managed to keep still. however. while
vanderlip explained that my duties would
be to translate into English reports that
came from foreign countries. Said he:
The former translator dropped dead
yesterday, and rhe commission hasn't
any list of eligibles- I'll be glad to let
you keep the post as long as can How
long that will be I don't know. Some
Senator or somebody may blow in here
tomorrow and demand II for a constitu-
ent, and I may have to give 1t to him.
I've got to play the game like anybody
else. you know" I took the post and
held it for three months. so far as I
know with entire satisfaction to every
body. Then I got a new newspaper job
and resigned from the government"
The late Rev. Charles Augustus Briggs
had added one more volume to the long
list of his publications Just before his
death. 1t was appropriate in coming at
that time. because II summarizes hi,
faith and expresses the results Of two
score or more years vigorous study and
thought. 1t Is called "The Fundamental
christian Faith: The Origin. History, and
Interpretation Of the Apostles and Nj
Gene Creeds." and the Scribners are the
publishers
Mr.. Thomas Nelson Pages new bool
of fiction, The Land OF the Spirit"
(Scribner's), is intended to reveal thai
deepening note in thought and feeling
which MI Page, as he says in his pref
ace, discerns in American life.
The June exodus to foreign parts will
include the author of The House of
Thane. Elizabeth Dejeans Gippin-
cott's), who has been spending the win
ter in New York. She is preparing TO
journey westward for three months
stay in Japan. though October, she says,
will bring her back to New York Mrs
Dejeans is an experienced treveler Her
father. Capt. L. L. James. was an army
officer, so she began her journeyings
early. She had the unique privilege of
a girlhood spent in the interior of Japan.
and she still speaks the language with
facility. She also has lived in China and
India.
Frances Gordon Alexander. one Of the
joint authors of "wayfarers in the Liby-
an Desert" (Putnam). has always been a
lover of the East and a reader of Orien-
tai literature. This is her first published
work. but she has previously. for her
ogn pleasure, made translations from
French versions of Eastern stories and
poems. The Near East has interested
her specially. and she has Travelled in
Egypt and the Sudan, Palestine, Tur-
key, and Persia.
Just as Louis d. Brandeis startled the
world by claiming that the American
railroads were losing N.U0000 a day
failure to practice the science
of efficiency, Christine Frederick has
the world with the statement
that American housewives are losing
Il 10000 a day by domestic inefficiency.
At least so per cent of the nerves OF
American women is due to poorly PLAN
ned housework-" Mrs. Frederick is the
author of The New Housekeeping" just
which is an exposition OF the principles
II scientific management of the home.
rhe book Is a thoroughly practical one.
argely worked out by actual experiment.
Town planning and city building is a
new art which has sprung into existence
turing the last twenty years. II reached
is first and its highest development in
Germany, from which II has spread to
EnCIand he Mt
Dr.. Frederic c. Howe describes the new
science of town planning in his new
book. European Cities at Work
Charles Scribner's Sons). and the INTEL
igent. far-seeing way in which burgo-
masters and state officials build cities in
of all needs. II is a study
4 the way the site of city is laid out
ar in advance of the city's growth, with
rovision for all of its future needs
Mr.. Dan Crawford, the author OF
Thinking Black" George II. Doran
Company, is to visit this country in the
month of August, after which he goes
n for a visit to Australia. Mr.. Craw-
ord is the greatest living authority on
he native question of Central Africa.
FOR twenty-five years he lived in the
ungle. studying the native social system
rom the European standpoint. He pene-
rated to the remote valleys which Liv-
ngstone planned to visit
The Putnams will publish a volume en-
tiled The New Agarianism," by Charles
v. Dahlinger. In it. the author presents
n intelligent survey of a great many
onspicuous tendencies in public life. and
ners a solution for much present dis
ontent The book is an appeal, as the
uthor points out, from the too general
in the widely expressed
erdict, which confuses evils apparent in
he conduct of political, economic, and
geological matters. into fundamental
rrors in the structure of government,
nd in those public and private institu-
ons which control the industry and
ommerce Of the country.
Steart Caven, author of "Palmers
reen." recently published by the Put
ans. was born in London OF Irish pa
snts twenty-eight years ago. He was
iucated at Old Hall, Ware. taking the
and part OF the theological
purses Since returning TO London five
ears ago. he has tried many occupations,
cluding a clerkship in well known
institution. Then, by the
ndly influence OF a famous ex-Lord
ayor, he drifted into Journalism on the
an of London daily, where he found
me to write "Palmers Green"
The Centenary Of the birth of the zreat
iplorer, David Livingstone. has aroused
lively interest in recent African ex-
orations. One of the most noted has
en- that OF Mr.. E. To-day, whose ex-
riences and adventures are set forth
his new book Camp and Tramp in
frican wilds" Gippincott'sl The fact