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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
AN ORIENTAL'S MEMOIRS,
SPAIN AND THE OLD SOUTH
Ii Hung Chang's Opinion of Western Women, Statesmen
and Condons-An Optimst in Spain-Nlrs.
T. P OConnors Dixie Land.

also has no security to give-especially
the English"
And it was with Oriental eyes that
Ii saw his august mistress. the Dow
ager Empress:
She is a strange woman. contradictory,
and hcadstrong as the devil at times. q. =.
She had been 50 cordial and amiable In
comparison TO her ordinary wont that ]
did not believe my further query would
offend her. but in an instant she was alive
with wrath and angry words, and ] I'M
mediatcly withdrew. ] have seen women
something like her before, but they were
in my house, and 1t was not necessary for
me 10 get down on my knees.
The eternal feminine, indeed. seems
to have occupied Lis thoughts very
much while on his trip around the
world. In ST. Petersburg he observes
that he would not like 10 exchange
positions with the Car, even to have
the fine Czarina as wife and my choice
of the finest tea" After his visit TO
diary that II should like best Of all
women, even now before the Czarina.
one Of Fournier's lovely daughters"
Fourier was a high official OF the re-
public at the time. Finally, when he
reached the White House, he would
call Mrs. Cleveland the Mother Of Ora
ciousness and the Sister Of Heavenly
Love" But already on the trip across
an American girl had won his suscepti-
BILE old heart: she would do for a
princess at court. I told the interpreter
to tell her so, and she replied with all
the sweetness IN the world that she
would like TO be if were king | think
that was the highest praise ! ever
heard and ! shall send Miss Marvin
enough silks for the rest Of her life.
kissed her hand
Ii considered Gladstone the best"
man he had met in his travels, Bis
marck the most masterful one. The
only comparison he could find for Mr.
Cleveland was with the Iron Chancel-
lor, but, he opined, the late President
was better tempered Still, he adds
one can never tell, for he had a lesser
wife once who. before she came TO his
house, was the RECONCILIATION of meek
ness and Iowa bility. He believed that
he had found an angel but in six
weeks she began to make my tea bitter
and TO treat me as if | were the tail
instead of the head of my establish
ment."
The statesman's intellectual power is
perhaps best seen, from our point Of
view in the entries in his diary dealing
with his observations OF the countries
and peoples he visited. Russia i'm
pressed him with the unbroken con-
tinuity of its territories. as did the
United States. The Cars empire APP
peared TO him much more solid and
substantial than the British. with it's
islands and possessions scattered like
fowl over large barnyard." Bismarck
confirmed him in this belief: England
with all her buster and show. has
hundred weak points, and she knows
that conflict with power nearly her
equal will mean her undoing." Ii saw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
a NEIGHBORLY WORLD
DR.. Mabie's Interpretation OF
Us to Japan.

AMERICAN IDEALS, CHAkAt Tn
AND LIFE By Hamilton Nrlsnt Ia, ia
bic. Emo, pp. tx, 81. the Ma''''''"i'
Company.
There are Christmas books enow'
T., ali conscience. and we would not
strain a point TO drag another into 'he
number who would have supposed
thar an earnest attempt at an inter
pretation OF American Ideals, Charac-
ter and Life" had anything to do with
the idea of Christmas? Nevertheless,
this volume does give rise to some sea-
sonaDle reflection. Just the other day
we saw an article on the scientific
Christmas now proposed by students
OF society's ills, which In discussing
this matter of reforming our Christ
mas sentiment 10 conform TO our
everyday manners brought up with
the Christian. though unscientific, no.
world it could be the other way
around ana We could entertain Christ
mas feelings of brotherly love toward
all the inhabitants of the earth every
day in the year. And how does all this
touch upon DR.. Mabie and his book on
American life and ideals? Well, now
a6ays the world has become a neigh
borhood and is on the way. many hope.
to become brotherhood. Gifts, as 1t
We're. are exchanged. in a scientific
way. between nations ministers of
sympathetic understanding, who upon
delivering their messages OF peace on
earth and good will are in most sem
sible fashion exchanged back again.
We speak of the system OF exchange
lectureships. recently established. DR..
Nitobe came TO us as the first exchange
professor from Japan. And Dr. Mabie
was sent To Japan on the same endow-
ment as the first exchange lecturer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
TRAVEL DE LUXE.

THE NEAR EAST. BY Robert Hlchens.
With eighteen illustrations by jules
Guern. twelve i'm colCTs, ana man
Illustrations from photographs hoyai
Svo PIP. 26S. The Century COMPANY
The cola boration between Mr.
Hichens and Mr. Guerin has once more
resulted in a handsome gift book for
the season. or the artists work niue
need he said at this late day, its quaI-
tiles are so we'll known; but it may be
added that the photographs, too. are
artistic i'm the selection of their SUD-
iects as ,;el as in the matter Of Their
reproduction. AS for the text 1T flows
easily. with the trained eloquence of an
author whose talent for description ~
deseryedly famous. To be sure, MI.
Kitchens might have gone mucn deeper
INTO the enChantmoat OF the Dalmatian
shores rcdiscoyered Of recent years
after a centurys neglect by globe trot-
ters. bat in that case he would have
departed from the programme of leis-
urely. superficial sightseeing apparent
~ DECIDED upon from tne hlSl' ~
Greece it is the landscape rather than
the monuments of past beauty and
glory that enchants him-the lovely
groves and streams and mountains of
Greek myths and pastoral poets. At
Greek photographers in Constantipe,
Two Turkish women came in and re-
moved their wells. standing with ther
hacks TO the English infdel. one was op-
vlously much younger than the other anu
seemed 70 have n beautiful figure. was
gazing at IT, perhaps rather steddily'
when evidently aware OF my glance. she
turned slowly and deliberately around'
For two or three minutes she iaced me
looking 70 right and left OF me, above me,
even on the floor near my feet with neT
large and beautiful blue-gray eyes she
was lovely and her expression reaily ador
allie. 1t seemed 10 say 70 me quietly;
Yes. you are right IL is foohsh ever ~
conceal such face as this with a ven
when. really, there is not too much beauty
in the world Mails que vouleZ-vous? Les
lures And the little hanum surely
moved her shoulders contemporary.
A handsome volume. indeed. and one
rejecting placidly, enjoyably the at
mosphcre of the Near East as passing
tourists feel il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

she and abUndantly anecdotal, upon
the subject Of this symbol. this dried,
brittle but blessed and grateful leaf
whose office has often been beyond
ruhics and pearls. I'm saving the SICK,
comforting the dying and making life
bcarable on the hottest days 20 the lIv-
ing and which speaks Of sunshine,
Of the magnolia. OF the banjo. that
oldest OF musical instruments, born in
the Ark and listened 10 10y Noah.
The authors pen is charged with APP
probation Of the old South now re
ocding into the heroic past" its bound
less hospitality. its quixotic ChivaiTy,
it's daring courage. its spotless honor
its poetic understanding" And her
charm is exactly the charm one assD-
ciates with the traditional Southern
character. Her prcjudiccs. so winning
~ presented she frankly admits. Like
is she to the fiery Creole Of one Of her
stories. who replied 20 the learned
Cheyalier Tomasl, when he remarked
slssippi River: Sir. / will never, as
"A Louisianian, permit the great Missis-
sippi To be insultcd in my presence"
To try to quote from this book re-
minds us OF a story. too; that Of a
hurried writer of Sunday stories" for
a newspaper, who upon being pressed
for the copy" OF his article about a
new book. ripped out a quarter of the
volume and said, set this" Where
on earth would we begin. and whore
could we end? The authors engaging
observations range all the way from
pen pictures OF the women of New or
leans and "a Virginia gentleman" 20
an appreciation of that figure which Is
almost as much OF an institution n
the South as the palm leaf fam" that
is ''thc mule OF Georgia"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
Books ,@ AUTHORS 8 REVEN 80 COMMENT
A BOOK OF THE SEASON
AND SOME LECTURES
Robert Kitchens and Jules Guern in Collaboration Once
More-A Cleveland Memorial-Mr Mabie as
Exchange Professor in Japan

from the United States. From the adj
dresses delivered in the imperial uni
versites Of Tokyo and Kyoto, the pri-
vately endowed or supported univer-
stiles Of Waseda and Keio and the
Doshisha. in many schools and before
many popular audiences. the chapters
In this book, with one exception, have
been selected and are presented SUBJ
stantially as they were delivered.
The author says that "it must not he
forgotten that these addresses were
delivered to audiences Of unusual in
tellectual aIertness and remarkable
knowledge Of the English language,
but who were largely unfamiliar with
American history and institutions
And so the book is but an Introductory
sketch OF our nation by 4 gentleman
we'll practised in the Introductory kind
Of thing before large audiences at
home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
GLIMPSES OF SPAIN
And Pictures of It's Royalties
and Palaces.

ROYAL SPAIN or TO-DAY. BY Try
phosa Bates Batchellcr. Illustrated. SvO.
PIP xiii, GA. Longmans Green y co.
Mrs. Batchcller, who has already
written a book on Italian Court Life,
made widely known in advance ner in
tention TO write a study OF modern
Spain. Hers WAS consequently a sort
of triumphal progress. for King Al
fOnso himself expressed his interest in
her undertaking. and even the wish 10
be Of service TO her in every possible
way. What is more. the lnfanta
EulaIia accompanied the author and
Mr. Batcheller on their automobile
trip. Now, when royalty becomes the
guest of lesser mortals. the customary
rules Of hospitality are entirely re-
Nersed No wonder that Mrs. Batch
eller felt her responsibility occasionally,
especially in that hotbed Of anarchism.
Barcelona. Naturally ] am very
nervous" she writes, and shall he
until we have left this town. for, al
though | am delighted 10 come here
and see it, and am most anxious TO
have the Infanta do as she wishes, still,
there have been so many outbreaks in
the city that ! shall not take an easy
breath until we are well out of it."
The Infanta went about and did very
much as she pleased apparently with
out the slightest fear. and there can be
no doubt OF the fact that her demo-
cratic method OF sightseeing widened
considerably the scope Of Mrs Batch
eller's material.
As matter of course, this is An en-
thusiastic book about Spain and its
reviving energy and prosperity. and
about the Spaniards and their virtues.
The illustrations, some of them in
colors. are excellent. and include auto
graphed photographs Of every Spanish
and Portuguese royal parsonage to-
gether with those Of n few dukes. mar
Quesses, court dignitaries and others Of
exalted status.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
AN ENTERTAINING SOUTH
A Volatile Author on the Land
of the Palm Leaf Fan.

MY BELOVED SOUTH. BY Mrs r p.
O'CCnnOT. Frontispiece portrait OF
the author $40, PIP. tx. i21. @. r.
Eutnam'S Sons.
The volatile author talks your mead
off, so to say. in this most entertaining
volume. And, TO speak somewhat at
ter the fashion Of Nathan Hale. YOU
merely regret that YOU have not an
other head to give for her beloved
land OF her birth. after long resi-
dence in England and Ireland, her
ambition was, she says. TO write an
Informing. practical. statistical book"
setting forth the riches and abundance
of the Southern States. But her frank
friends discouraged this undertaking.
The most you can hope to do, they toll
her, is to make an entertaining South.
And the way in which she has, so Sic
cessfully, gone about this is 10 rattle
along about her charming self, reviv-
ing her memories of the ways of her
youth; TO picture her friends and kin,
among whom are numbered many who
have been a part OF the history of the
South; TO tell more stories Of the
South, romantic and amusing, than
you can shake stick at; TO recollcct
curious old-fashioned Southern books
and, particularly. poems; and to COM
pare conditions before the war times
with those obtaining to-day. And the
upshot Of the matter is that she has,
indeed. made contribution to the
social history OF the country.
Just the ordinary palm leaf fan that
is bought for a pcayune" is the odd
and effective cover design of MY Be-
loved South" eloquent in the authors
mind of the life OF the South from
Virginia to the Gulf from Texas II
the Pacific" And eloquent, indeed, is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
GROVER CLEVELAND
Three Princeton Lectures by
the Elk President Reprinted.

ECUTiVE THE GOVERNMENT IN
THE CHICAGO STRIKE. THE VIZ
EXUELAN BOUNDARY COETRo-
NERSY Three lectures by Grover
cleveland Each volume l2mo; PIP. V,
s.: y. 80: Y. i22. Princeton Princeton
University Press.
on the dedication day Of the Cleve-
and Memorial Tower, erected by ma
tiorIal subscription and built into the
Graduate College for which Grover
Cleveland labored. and also on the day
OF the dedication Of the Graduate Col
lege he strongly supported and did not
live to see realized. his Princeton lect-
ures were rcpublished in expanded form
by The Princeton University Press.
Shortly after Mr.. Cleveland went 10
live in Princeton il was proposed 10
found a lectUreship on public analrs
q, his honor. In 1899 Mr.. Henry Stat
ford Little. an alumnus Of the uni
yersity. endowed the lectureship. MI
Cleveland was at first reluctant 10
any new work at the time.
but eventually gave these three lect-
ures i'm Alexander Hall to crowded
audiences. which heard him with the
closest attention and welcomed him
with affectionate enthusiasm HIS
Stafford Little lectures here reprinted
are disclosures Of the meaning OF i'm
portant happenings in our national MS
tory. And they clearly express that
nIain strict, answering and unaf-
footed honesty which was the vigorous
central power in Grover CleveIands
lifa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

The picturesQueness as well as the
significance of the award of this years
Nobel prize for literature to the Ben
gall poet, Rabindranath Tagore. has
somewhat Ov,rshadowed the other lit
erary awards that are annually made
in different parts Of Europe. That Ro-
main ROLAND should be the recipient
OF the French ACademy's Grand PriX
de Literature for -Christoph2,
is eminently fl and proper; and for tae
first time in its history the Academy
has gone beyond tn realm of bellies
lettres To distinguish DR.. Grasset, the
eminent psychologist, with another
grand prize. The Colbert prize for MS
tory is this year divided between the
Able Sicard, for his THE French
Clergy During the Revolution and the
Vicomte de Noailles. for his book on
The Thirty Years War" The minor
awards are, no doubt. worthily be-
slowed. but their recipients are as vet
little more than names to us, whatever
they may come to signify hereafter.
For the sake Of the record II may be
added that the Goncourt prize has been
given this year TO NJ. Marc Elder the
author of a collection of fisherfolk
stories, The People Of the Sea"
Most welcome of all this years lit
erary distinctions, however are the
prompt recognition and timely encour-
agement given to James Stephens by
the Academic Committee of the Royal
Society of Literature in the bestowal
of the Edmond de Polignac prize upon
his Crock Of Cold" that charming
fantasy Of Irish fairylore, Irish wit md
Irish common sense. Mr.. Stephens IS
a coming man, there can be no doub,
about that-the Celtic renascence has
taken new and. it would appear a
more vigorous departure in the course
of the present year departure diverg-
ing from its original aims, but bringing
it nearer to the understanding and IN
joyment Of far Greater numbers Of
readers. Mr.. stephens has recently
given us a second book, Here Are
Women" differing far from The Crock
of Gold" II is a book Of the eX-
periences of life in love and marriage.
partly cynical, partly compassionate,
partly worldly-wise, again imaginative,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

the possibilities OF Russo-Chinese al
lance, III only Russia die not want 10
control us in all our home affairs" In
France he felt most nearly at home;
our West caused him TO marvel when
he remembered that It was a wilderness
still in the days when he began his
studies And everywhere in the Occi-
dent he found poverty more terrible,
more crushing, than at home.
The diary is informed with its au-
thors dignifed. not unpleasing con-
seriousness Of his own achievements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

Thackeray pronounced better than that
OF Marseilles or even OF Paris? One
wonders. however. why both these &C
ccmplishcd mistrcsses Of noble art
make no mention whatever OF the most
delicate OF all stuffings for turkeys
mushrooms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Literary Prizes of the Year-The Author Of The
Crock of Gold censored "Blurbs and
Fewer but Better Books-Reviews.

as in that charming, tender tale OF the
boy who set forth to free the princess
from the ogre's thrall. and. not unlike
Don Quixote. saw her in a stout, mid
dle-aged lady, who most unaccountablT
refused TO be rescued through the
window.
And so the "blurb," the publishers
official opinion of his own books print
ed on their paper Jackets, is to be re-
formed. Its headlong enthusiasms are
to he curbed No longer is ii TO pro-
claim greatest books of q decade,
authors supreme efforts and the like.
II is to be shOrn Of its superlatiVes ITS
revel in laudatory adjectives is 10 he
tanned. Ii is a wise measure, advocat-
ed by the Publishers Cooperative
Bureau. In It's origins the "blurb' was
a good and serviCcable thing. an non
est statement Of the contents of the
volume il introduced; it still performs
this service in the case of the htera-
ture of knowledge. But its usefulness
in the realm of belles-lettres disap-
peared long ago. together with its re-
liability. That il ever Influenced the
reviewers may safely he denied; that
il did influence book buyers may as
safely he asserted. How il will look,
censored and soberly truthful. on the
Jackets Of works Of the imagination-tc-
ton. poetry. essays. the modern printed
drama-remains still to be seen.
Then. again. under the new policy Of
fewer and better books" the aver
age Of quality may rise so markedly
that renewed outbreaks of blurbian en-
thusiasms may become altogether justi-
fable. The results Of this new de-
parture. as seen thus far. are discerni-
BILE chiefly in a decided concentration
upon two or three departments Of lit
erature-biograph as has already been
generally observed, leading in numbers
as we'll as merit. In fiction 1t leaves
a freer field TO the novelists Of estab-
lished reputation. Whether IL Will
prove a handicap or better opportu-
nitv for the lAeritorious newcomer in
fiction is as yet an open question. Ger
tain il is that our publishers are scan
ming with renewed interest the field Of
Continental European fiction, neglected
by them for several years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-20

THE NEAR EAST. BY Robert Hlcnenrs:
Gu6rin. twelve in cOlCTs, and man,
Illustrations from photographs. Koyai
Svo. DID. 26S. The Century Company.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-15
DEADLOCK STILL
CONTINUES IN
ILl|N0|SH0USE
Thirty Ballots on Speakership With
-
out Any Chance to
Elect.
MOST ACRIMONIOUS DEBATES
Members Of Three Democratic Fac
tions Hurl Invectives at
Each Other,

Springfield, Ill. Jan. 1.-THE
thirty ineffective ballots In the
speakership deadlock in the legis-
lature which has delayed the inaug-
uration of Gov. Dunn. this after
noon set going one Of the most
acrimonius storms of Democratic de-
bate that has swept the Illinois
house in a decade.
Members Of three Democratic fac
tkpns hurled invectives at each other
and liberated the psat up tide OF
feeling that has been growing moro
bitter each day. As a result Of this
bitter faeling the election Of two
United States senators tonight ap-
pears more hopelessly involved than
at any time since the legislators
came to Springfield for the opening
Of the session.
Anti-Lorimerites on the Demo-
cratic siasaof the house We're tbs
principal actors In todayss fight.
Roger G. Sullivan and George
Grennan. of Chicago, were grilled
unsparingly by Democrats on both
sides of the floor. Sullivan was ac-
cused Of being responsible for the
deadlock and Brennan was called a
lobbyist.
Tonight no one was prepared to
offer a prediction of what would be
the outcome of the seorehing debate
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-15
ESTABLISH TRAFFIC
BUREAU TO PROTECT
SHIPPING INTERESTS.

At a meeting of local shippers at
the Commercial club rooms Monday
evening it was decided to establish
traffic bureau when the commit
tee has drafted necessary rules and
regulations governing the bureau.
Messrs. w. j. Johnson. ]. B,
Magee and G. G. Miller were ap-
pointed to draw up the rules and reg
ulations.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars has
been guaranteed to carry out the
work, according to the committee.
r. P. Ducker, investigating the
lumber rates has been appointed
traffic manager of the bureau.
Fully fifty mercantile establish
ments and shippers were represent
ed at the meeting.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-15
AFTER ALUMINIUM
TRUST WHICH IS
Being UNCOVERED
International Agreement Was Re-
vealed at Session Of Ways and
Means Committee.
'Es BIG PROFITS ARE BEING MADE,
Will, Capital zed at Thirty Million
0n'y Eight Million is
Paid In.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE ex-
istence of an international agree
ment covering the aluminium indus
try was revealed at tonight's session
!of the house committee on ways and
means.
President Arthur w. Davis. of the
Aluminium Company of America, adj
mitted that his company was the
only aluminium mandatory in the
Urited States owned by the Canad-
Ian Aluminium Company who in turn
had perfected agreements with all of
the six or seven foreign aluminium
|eoaeafnss, II
The agreement he said covered all
the world excepting the United
states, which he admitted to- Repre-
sentative Rainey of Illinois was ex-
6epted because there Is a law here
psGhihiting II
Examination into the so-called
Ialunlinunl trust also was made byt
tsfe eoHEasfttea. Davis testified thar
the ecsnpany's surplus Is s12,0o0,-
.000 and It is capitalized at $50, 0,OO0,-
600 upon which is issued dividends
OF 4 per cent Of the capital stock.
1t had been running between Is and
II per cent annually In 1910-11-12.
Representative Palmer OF Pennsyl-
vania brought out the fact that out
OF the $3O,OoO,0oO capital the total
amount OF cash actually put in was
$4,000, 900. the remainder represent
ing profits.