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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
PROGRESS
Studies of the Race and the
World That Are To Be.

THE TASK OF SOCIAL HYGIENE. BY
Hayelock Ellis. Svo. PIP. 4lf. Boston,
The Houghton Miffiin Company
With all its confidence in the future,
with all its high hopes and expecta-
tons Of the increasing results OF the
course in which our feet are set, THIS
is a conservative book. for 1t Is fuliy
as constructive in the restraints IL
seeks to put upon headlong and imma
ture enthusiasms as in its vision TX
the things that are to be. 1t is more
than a vision, indeed. 1t Is a con-
fession Of faith in the power for human
good Of a progressively directed and
controlled evolution. The control VIII
be that of self by the light of SCIENCE
legal control will be gradually reduced
for the society Of the future VIII IN
creasingly combine collectivism with
individual liberty.
During the last hundred years ciVi'-
ization has advanced from social re-
form. from attempts to ameiiora'e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
The woman movement receives.

The woman movement receives,
therefore, generous but in no way
dsproportionate share of Mr. Ellis's
attention. Starting here. as elsewhere
in his pages, with England, he traces
the differences in form and purpose
which femnism has taken in various
countries. The struggle for the ballot,
he holds, will retard the true woman
movement, whose meaning is the higher
motherhood. until the fight has been
won, wherefore he would have us
shorten the period Of the Withholding
of woman suffrage. 1t is among the
Teutonic nations. in Germany. the
Scandinavian countries ana Holland
that this highest aim Of the cause.-The
rights of the mother Of the race and OF
her chldren-is most steadfastiy kept
in view. 1T is not. first and last, cry
for political rights, but for emotional
rights. and for the reasonable reguia-
ton OF all those social functions which
are founded on the emotions Ellen
Key is the champion of this Teutonlc
feminism best known in this country
and in England. but it has other able
spokesWomen. whose arguments MI.
Ellis analyses at length. In the in
creasng results of this simultaneous
advance and attack from dlnereht
points Of view in different countries
Mr.. Ellis sees the greater potency, USE
fulness and purposefulness OF feminism
in the future. The dangers of we'll
meant but ill-considered legislation ne
constantly keeps in view. on the Conu-
nent and in this country as well as IN
England. The United States indeed.
furnishes him with warning against
the peris OF hasty attempts at morai
prophylaxis by law. The Raines law
Is in his eyes the most appalling In
stance OF evil resulting from good IN
tent. He finds that our Puritan an
cestry inclines us far too much 10 con-
found vice with crime. one OF the re-
suI,s being. as we all agree, that our
police have alike too heavy task ana
too great an authority, not TO mention
the opportunities for corruption We
place in their way.
II IL noteworthy. however. that the
wave of moral house cleaning which
is still rising I'm Continental Europe
has revealed the same belief there IN
tho efficacy OF laws and the police.
often with the same results as with us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01

in harmony with the everyday move
ment OF life in New York in 1913. IL
is like him To begin THE Day of Days
with q colloquy between two common
place young clerks in a leather ware
house on Frankfort street Obviously
that is no environment for the growth
changes, first to department store
and then To q cheap boarding house
the outlook for adventure in the VEIN
of the aban Nights seems darker
than ever. But not if the reader knows
his Mr.. Vance. These prosaic Things
are with him, fun of the most poetic
promise. and gorgeously is that promise
fulfilled. Not one smallest passage III
The succession of sublime farce shali
we reveal. The reader must go 10 the
book himself content with our assur-
ance that I'M every chapter, If NOT on
every page. he will he mystfed, as
tonished and amused. 1t is gay pre-
posterous. delightful bit ii stun FOR
lazy hour. Mr.. Vance need not Worry
about the portcntous school of serious
novelists, who are telling us just why
Mrs. Blank left her husband and now
Mr.. Dash hrted with two by four
emotion. Let him go on writing non
sense and giving innocent pleasure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
MESSAGE pEcIPHEREO ON A FAN.
Herbert Trench, in The London Nation

Herbert Trench, in The London Nation
When rings the angelus 10 veil
With holy dusk the nightingale,
If from known lands my mistress paie.
into Cythera thou wilt sail.
q believe the summons OF That note
OF the birds, the everything throat
And OF thy daring little boat
Take nae for SAIL Afoat'' Adoat.
The rushes quake along the river.
But rot doubt i'm thee Will qulNer.
Now the night-wind begins to shlver-
II IS the wind that shall deliver.
Be quick nor let the breeze he lost!
The tot is cast the die Is tossed,
Fatcs must be faced and phantolns
crossed
Ours is a far and heavenly coast.
Now from chained doors and sulicn
clans
Steal down. and let my shining vans
Watt thee from dull Cimmerians,
Deep Venus thrills the bays eXpanse.
Now both her shrine-lit headlands
glow
Now ravelets rap the boatside-so
Now for the wide salt-scented flow
or her moon washed archipelago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
FROM A NEW ANGLE.

TUE SHADOW. BY Arthur Stringer.
i2mo. pp. S02. The Century Company.
This is the story Of one Blake, a
men,ber Of the New York police force,
who is detached from his post and sent
off TO "get" great criminal, Connie
Rinhart. From this starting point the
reader would ordinarily expect nothing
more than the usual battle Of wits be-
tween the law and its quarry. But
Mr.. Stringer looks at his motive rom
n new angle. The chase he describes is
promoted not really 10 vindicate the
law. but TO satisfy the wishes of Blake's
official superiors, who desire TO get rid
of him. A woman once allied with Bin
hart is brought into the plot. She
falsely gives Blake his first "clew,' and
thenceforth, with his pride at stake, he
wanders over the world searching for
the fugitive, who Is always just out Of
his reach. But it Is just here that Mr..
Stringer discloses a genuinely artistic
adroitness. He transforms the Wild
goose chase into an affair of tragic
gravity. Blake. though stupid, is also
logged, anH what is more, as the au-
thor very effectively brings out. his
pursuit Of Binhart, begun in vainglori-
Gus mood, develops into an authentic
human passion. In due course he
strikes his mans trail. Again and
again success is within his grasp.
Again and again its eludes him. The
day comes when Blake is compelled to
return to New York, disgraced and
ruined man, broken in health. lie
winds up as street pedler. selling glue
at one OF the crowded corners in this
city. But AR Stringer is not through
with him, and the reader viii find IT
very much worth while to follow the
story TO the end. 1t contains some ter
minology that is a little too technical.
but il is well told and the author has
got hold of an excellent idea. His ln-
alysis Of Blakc's motive and the mans
soul is above the average in current
fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01

cred that he had married the penniless
Mary Wadsworth and not the rich
widow Deleau. Without troubling
about a divorce he married the duchcss
shortly afterward. the exposure follow
ing when he began TO beat her.
Only in 1919 was the mediRyal inst'-
tuition known as appeal of Murder
or Wager OF Batter' legally sbol-
ished In England. II provided that In
cases Of murder the next OF Kin hau
the right 10 demand second trial or
the accused if he was pronounced inno-
cent at the first, the accused hirnseH
having the counter right to demand the
ordeal Of single combat to prove MS
innocence second time. The case OF
Jean Peltier, an emigre Journalist in
London, indicted for libelling Bona
parte in 1902. reveals a practically un-
known attitude OF Cancellation on the
part of the British government toward
the French Republic at that time. the
consulate through its representative,
demanded no less than the suppression
Of all English papers hostile to France.
the expulsion from British territory OF
number of prominent emigres. in
Guiding the Bourbon princes, the prose-
cuton Of Peltier, and also of Cobbett
the fou der of the new Weekly Regis
tor" and of the editor Of the Courier
Francais de Londres.' More amazing
than the arrogance of these demands,
says the author. is the fact that the
British ministry were by no means IN
disposed to concede several OF them.
The trial OF William Penn for an un-
lawful assemblage is noteworthy from
the legal point Of view as Vindicating
the right Of jures to acquit without
being punished for their verdict The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
ANOTHER PENITENT.
CLEEK: THE MAN OF THE FORTY
FACES. BY T. w. Hanshew l2mo,
PIP. 305. Casseil & Co.

CLEEK: THE NAN OF THE FORTY
FACES. BY T. w. Hanshew. l2mo,
PIP. So5. Cassell & Co.
The hero Of "Cleek," like the hero of
THE Closing Net" is gentleman
turned scamp. who decides to go in for
clean living. In this tale the scene is
laid in London. where the man Of the
forty faces fills the prologue of the book
with his renown as an incredibly skill
full thief No treasure on which he has
once set his heart can possibly be kept
from his miraculous clutches. He gets
III even after he has given. warning OF
his fell intentions TO do So and. not
content with laughing in the faces Of
the detectives, he sends them souvenirs
of his exploits. In the course Of one of
I'm the world at whose feet he would
wish TO lay his heart. and thenceforth
the hunted is the hunter. Cleek adopts
the role OF detective. and In the Sue
cessive independent stories Of which
this book is composed he applies his
genius to the prevention OF wrongs or
the Fighting Of them. The author
misses a valuable opportunity In failing
to show, as he goes along. any conflict
between his hero's old nature and his
new resolves. This penitent works out
no gradual reformation. He becomes
virtuous in a trice. and evidently finds
no difficulty whatever in ranging him
self on the side Of the angels. But we
cannot seriously blame Mr.. Hanshew
for missing the psychological chance
offered to him. We get too much
amusement out Of his tales. some OF
which are devised with remarkable in
genuity. Very engaging, too. is the
strain OF sentiment running through
the book and the wholesome atmos-
phere in which the latter is enveloped
"Cleek," in short. is in its modest way
book apart. a work with a certain
originality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
THE WILLOW WREN.

]. s. Phillimore, in The Saturday Re-
view.
Twas in the well-belo%ed shire, be-
heath an oak.
Beside a brown eyed, shyly glancing
brook, | lay
one afternoon, a-drcaming, wnen
methought a fay
ODryad or Naiad-who can tell these
fairy folko
Stole forth and dipt an urn and poured.
A long slant stroke
OF light on her and on her lucent
toy did play.
Nine times she stopped and dipt and,
lifting, loosed away
The little cascatelle OF crystal, ere
woke
And saw no nymph nor urn; only
amongst the bOughs
That little gray-brown bird they call
the willow-wren.
Implying his whole hearts peace
in one quntessenced phrase.
Which. oft ingcminating. he as oft
allows
The expectant ear to gather appetite
again.
So pure and fine he forms each
lyric flower OF praise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
LITERARY NEWS
ID mo i
a. CRITICISM 20

Blu. il would also seem as If this were
the one subject fitted 10 the writers of
cOntemporary fiction They are All
tacklng it, and a surprising number
of them do their work surprisingly
we'll Mr.. Rowland offers a case IN
point He attempts TO do someth'AS
of what Mr. Hornung long az" ~
peared to have done once and for all
but his gentleman burglar. his Franco
American Rafiies," is a sympathetic
character, making an appeal Of MS
own This American, with good bloon
in his veins, who enters the conpan!
of those French sCoundrels who go
about their villanes in good clothes
and with the best of fine manners, mas
good reason to amend his ways. IN
fortunately. fate is stronger than he IL.
The past rises up to mock him. ana he
is actually compelled by circumstances
TO plunge once more into paths on
wickedness. This is not to say, how
ever. that he has himself any wicked
giles with his old comrades in crime II
is for purposes not unrighteously re-
vengeful and to fight fire with fre.
Thus he retains the readers good will
and as he continues his long duel one
develops more and more the hope mat
he may win through to the rehabilita-
ton and happiness which he deserves.
Mr.. Rowland is the master of a good
narrative method, he paints really dis
tinctive and interesting portraits Of his
various rascals and THE Closing Net
turns out TO be a fresh, dramatic story.
full of excitement, showing here and
there a feeling for human nature. and
altogether proving that the criminal
motive is not by any means played
out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01

case Of Elizabeth Canning. who pre-
tended 10 have been kidnapped in order
10 explain a prolonged absence from
home. was the first instance OF a trial
conducted on modern principles or re
spect for the rights Of the accused.
Elsewhere are other Illustrations OF the
way Of British common sense with an
tiquated legal precedent. There d"e
more historic trials here, that Of tho
Duchess OF Kingston for bigamy, OF the
murderer OF Thomas Thyme. In wh'ch
n younger brother OF the famous count
Donnersmarck was involved. OF Dis
raeli for criminal libel in the House "f
Commons 1S3S) and OF Lord Cardigan
for duclling The illustrations from
contemporary prints deserve special
mention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
THE AESTHETIC PASSION.

THE COLLECTORS. Being Cases Mostly
Under the Ninth and Tenth Command
ments BY Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
l2mo PIP. 1873 Henry Holt Co.
The publishers have appropriately
made an exquisite little volume out Of
these stories of Mr.. Mathers They
are stories in the exact sense of the
term. but even without the graceful
"Ballade" introducing them, and the
essay on art collecting thrown in for
good measure. this would he a book for
the novel reader to put aside on that
shelf dedicated TO more serious hobbies.
Mr.. Mather's figures are the artists,
amateurs. critics, antiquaries and other
denizens of the world in which pictures
are not merely painted. but are talked
about and are bought and sold. II ID
especially the world where the collector
roams and if he sometimes has good
luck. not infrequently suffers quaint
discontinue In one of the best Of
these tales. The Del Puente Gior-
gione." we have to do with one OF those
droll matters Of "attribution' which OF
late have passed with peculiarly de-
lightful effect across the aesthetic hori-
zon They have Welded good material
to Paul Bourget. Henry James. ST. John
Lucas and others. and now they serve
Mr.. Mather 10 admirable purpose. He
treats them with the right touch.
lightly and with sufficient humor. In
all his stories he deity revives the at
mosphere of his reconcile yet very hu-
man subject. These are clever. read
able narratives. which we commend
both to those who care for fiction ana
TO those who care for art
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
%. busting apparatus. and

spray pumps. busting apparatus ana
the like.
There is a chapter on household ana
storeroom pests, on the fly. mosquitoes
reaches, beetles, moths, weevils. meal
worms. and the like. This is, IN snort
a book in which others beside agricuit-
wrists will find something OF pract'cal
interest. The illustrations deserve spe-
cial mention. They are all originals
each subject being presented in its nat
uraI size and enlarged mary times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
THROUGH FRENCH EYES
M. Rene Bazin on His Visit 70
America.
Paris. February y.

Paris. February Il
NJ. Rene Bazin. of the French Acad'
envy, who recently made lying trp
TO the United States with the French
mission TO honor Champlain. has VIII
ten his impressions in a delightful little
volume of $50 pages. published by car
mann-Levy. entitled Nord-Sud "a
modest name for Parisians. for II
the popular designation Of the under
ground metropolitan tube that con-
veys passengers from Montmsrtre 70
Montparnasse. NJ. Bazin's "Nord-sud'
however, describes journeys ron
Spitzbergen TO Corsica, with CASUAL
visits to England. the United STATES
and Canada. Just now il will he SUI
ficient to point out that the descrip
tons OF scenery In the United state
and especially Of the banks OF the fo
tomac River near Mount Vernon. gNea
IVY the author of Les Oberle ana
La Douce France" are exquisite. ~
contrasts the yellow tone OF the rive
with the fanlike flowers Of the dogwoo'
bushes, which he first supposed we''
hawthorn shrubs; he notes fer'c"s
almost religious undercurrent OF p'
triotism In the masses Of the peop's.
and he expresses his conviction ''''
before long the United States VIII hA"
its grand triumphant epoch OF ''''
allure and Of art
During brief chat on the Do'pn1
during the trip up the Potomac a q.
zen OF considerable Importance tolo ~
Balm that it was a hopeless. vain INV
sion to imagine that the United sts's
could reach a period OF pure
erary and artistic glory. w"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
DElECTABCE FARCE.

THE DAY OF DAYS. An EXTRAVAGANZA.
BY Louis Joseph Vance, With illustra-
tons by Arthur W lillian Brown Emo.
pp. coo. Boston: Little. Brown q co.
For sheer entertainment we would
back Mr. Vance against any of his
rivals. He knows how 10 be absurd,
how to give his mind 10 il ana carry
the thing off so that the reader is in
clined TO believe anything. And he has
a style TO match his substance, spir-
tied slangy when need be. and exactly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
AUTUMN.

Arthur C. Armstrong. in The Pail Mall
Gazette.
Like sad nun who wends her quiet
way
To Compline at the passing Of the day.
And leaves the world upon the wings
OF prayer.
So passeth Summers opulent array.
Or like song interpreting a tear:
Like half-forgotten things for ever
dear:
A long-lo face remembered in a
dream.
So all the sunlit fragrance Of a year!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01

High moon had wondrous beauty to
enthrall d.
The soul Of man responsive 10 her call
And yet when shadows lengthen on tn.
grass.
And night approached. sleep wer.
best OF all.
Aye. sleep were best OF all, though no
birds sing.
And summer leaves have ceased their
murmurIng.
Man. like the seasons. hath his It'll.
hour
And after every Winter comes the
Spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
A Rea|iSt'S Romance and Some
Tales of Adventure.
BYRoNiC.

TIE ISLE OF LIFE. Romance. BY
stephen French " hitman. l2mo, PIP. 49S
charles Scribner's Sons.
Mr.. Whitman made his literary debut
with an exceptionally able, realistic
study of New York life, "Predestined."
In his new book he turns over a new
leaf, gives us strenuous romance, and,
While interesting us most Of the way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
THE SWELL MOB" IN PARIS

THE CLOSING NET. BY Henry &. Row
land Illustrations by A. &. Michael.
emo. Do. S35. Dodd, Mead e. Co.
70 ring the changes on that now well
uorn theme, "gilt-edged crime" would
seem to be an almost hopeless task.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-01
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Some Historic Cases of the
Last Three Centuries.

ROMANTIC TRIALS OF THREE CEN
TURIES BY Hugh Childers. Win y
illustrations svo. PIP, XVII. 30. Inc
John Lane Company
The daily sentinel., 1913-06-26
MYSTERY IN
SLAY|NG OF
RICH man
Money Gone but Book
of Loan Records is
Also Missing Now
II WAS TERRIBLE MURDER
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal, June 26.-The
search for a motive today occupied
the attention of the detectives who
are trying to solve the mystery sur
rounding the murder OF Charles +
Pendell, wealthy money lender who
was found beaten to death last night
at his office desk.
The theory that the crime was the
work of professional thieves is sup
ported by the fact that two diamond
studs and probably a quantity of
money are missing. The situation.
however, is complicated by the fact
that the book. in which PendelI kept
the personal record of his dealings
with his borrowers, is Also missing
Harry Pendell, son, told the po-
lice that his father had been threat
ened by kansas rancher," who
claimed to have been cheated by the
money lender. A search for this
roncher was instituted today.
Pendell was given little chance to
fight for his life A loaded revolver
lay on his desk before the body, in
dicating that he had not been given
time to use the weapon. His skull
had been crushed in and a pillow
bound over his face to smother any
cry should the victim recover after
the assailant left.
The daily sentinel., 1913-06-26
W. HARRISON WOULD MEET FRUIT men
OF VALLEY TO DISCUSS COLLEGE PLANS
Leaders Of Orchard Culture
Should Talk Over Issues
With Clifton Member.

members of the board must look for
information as to the special needs
of the industry they represent. May
| suggest that from now until De-
cember next, when attend my first
board meeting. we be given an op-
portunity of getting together to be-
come acquainted. that | may learn
from them what their views and
wishes are.
DR.. Lory informs me my appoint
ment was due to Governor Ammons'
specific instructions that fruit
grower be selected to represent the
horticultural interests of the state.
appreciate the honor of being so,
as well as the responsibility 1t en-
tails. But the board represents the
stockman, the farmer. the dairyman
as well as the horticulturist, in ad-
dition to caring for our schools and
colleges.
Would it be too much to ask for
opportunities of meeting the repre-
sentatives of each of the foregoing
industries and in particular those of
our leading citizens who are interest
edd in education, that | may learn
from them their views and wishes
regarding the teaching of agriculture
and horticulture in our local schools,
as well as their views as to the flu
ture of the valuable property known
as the Indian school?
l ask their cooperation and sup
port in these matters and in return
will endeavor to represent them and
forward their interests to the best
of my ability.
Yours faithfully.
W. HARRISON.
The daily sentinel., 1913-06-26
Last Rites OuerH
Mrs. AL. Pitzer

The funeral of Mrs. A. l.. Pitzer
was held at the Hattie G. Pearson
funeral chapel this afternoon at 3
o'clock, with Rev. Il. G. Lane of the
Baptist Church officiating The
chapel was filled with the many
friends of the deceased, who knew
Mrs. Pitzer when she made her home
here. The casket, with its load of
flowers, was mute evidence of the
esteem with which she was held.
Appropriate vocal music was fur
nished by Mrs. +. G. Lane. with Mrs.
Kicks at the piano. II was a solemn,
sad and impressive service. The bur
ial was made in the Masonic Gene
terry.