New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-27

r, the July "Scribner's" Colo,e'
paase-AIt geeirs fhs narrative OF his
is;.oo,.or,, CT The RIVER Of Doubt, wh'ch
will Be continued in the Oeiooer lasus'
ord concluded In that FOR NoYehivei '
ar viow Of tire discussion thaI Nae
,sLsn rlscs about this river ne say
sit h perhapz be-. 70 make THIS shoi'
.tst,rer.. we PIT upon the map an
,,L,own river. in length ard voiutae
sor,.bIy corresponding to the Eloe' ths
Ebine and TIE Rhone and saone' lhs
pnper course Of this river, |ners We
uycn. down Il, had never hitherto been
.ravorsod nor the adjoining country
,,;sitod bv ary civilized man. The lower
course had for years been known 20
the rubber men, but the eartograpniers,
rot onlv of Europe and the United
states. but of Brazil were so totaity
IGNORANT of it that not mint OF us
existence IS to be found on the map
Richard Harding Davis, Inc
Tribure's correspondent in Mexico
describes in "When a War is Noe
WorD recent events and present con
ditions at Vera Cruz, including IN ms
article the story of his adventures our
inq his trip to Mexico City, his arreS'
and deportation In VINO Is
Silvia ?" Alice Duer Miller deals fairy
and understandihgly with that siae Oh
masculine opposition to femihisin :
which springs from the instinct Oh
chivaIrv. "But," she continues, NOT
all the masculine opposition Is on tns'
bigb plane. It is one thing to be Ola
fashioned, and another to be primitive
I'D there is a force very primitive
;ndeed at work here-man's elemental
terror of woman, his belief that sne Is
a stranger of another race, magical
holder of unexplained power, weaver
of spells. This is feeling that mas
always translated itself about rs cas-
ilv into the burning Of witches as 'ne
Worship of a goddess. Which way II
has turned has depended more on the
GOOD or evil that the sex EMOTION
aroused in the man than on the con-
aiou'e -, .,.,u,,rn Senator
Lodge devotes a paper that wlll aelignt
lovers of literature TO THE diversions
If a Couvalescent," the convalescence
having been his own after his recent
sickness. There are some eXceheh.
nassages describing the early stages Oh
perfectly passive rest and peace ana
then follow leisurely excursions OF the
memory into the field Of letters, lead
inc 10 a discovery of new beauties
new meanings in the men OF EilzS-
beths spacious period. A young
r,.n asserts in "The Point Of View
tbst our manners-by which ne means
tba manners of the American youth
ore NOT so bad; he is, at least, quite GER
t,ir that thew are no worse than those
Of the past few generations.
Gar,os Huneker, returned from abroad.
Jiseourses on "Thc Melancholy OF
Waeferpieces." and proceeds to assure
ne that American painting IS sim de-
nendent upon that of Europe IN MAY
Vows of technique. However, "lhe ques-
tion at issue is whether our new men
have ANYTHING to say, and DO tney say
II IN q nersonal manner? / think t I'M
.re,yer is decided affirmative. we
can't compete with the great names III
art. but in the contemporary SWIM we "
fairly hold our own" r. .;
Martin. that gentle philosopher ana
bnmorist. begins the story OF TRIP
"abroad with Jane" which promises to
bn we'll worth while; and there IS q
cont;vatinr account Of "a Month at