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this introduction OF the dramatic ele-
ment into the ballet as "Duncanism.'
TO Isadora Duncan, deliberately ig-
noring classicism, the authors pay the
tribute that IS her due without. how
ever, blinking the limitations Of her
art Her influence indeed, has been of
far greater service to dancing than her
performance:
OF recent years good deal Of ingenuity
has gone into study OF the dances or
classic Greece with view 70 their recrea-
ton From paintings on vases, pas-Ie
liefs and tho Tanagra statuettes mas oceu
gathered a general idea Of the character
OF Greek movement The results nave
been pleasing and ln Miss Duncan case
radical. as an influence on contemporary
photographic art But. bcautliul ana
descriptive as they arc. tho plastic repre-
sensations are OF scattered poses
If. therefore, present day recreauons
often fail 10 show cumulative interest,
the shortening is due at least IN part
10 the lack Of explicit records OF Sc
quences Of step, movement and pahto-
mimic symbol
II is. indeed in the comparative ann
lessness Of Miss Duncan's transitions
from pose to pose that lies the weak
ness Of her ar,S on the other hand t
is more than likely that. where she has
led the way. others, If not herself, VIII
work out the connecting steps and
movements. OF La Loie' the authors
dispose briefly, yet without Injustice
her innovation was one Of draperies
and light effects, In which dancing
played but a subordinate part. Ruth
ST. Deniss service lies in her interpre-
tation OF the spirit OF the Oriental
dance to Western eyes. Hers IS not an
exposition Of Oriental dances, but an
atmospheric adaptation, whose sue
cess in conveying an impression Of
the very essence OF an aspect OF India
is asserted most emphatically by those
to whom that mysterious land Is best
known"
The historical survey with which the
book opens serves all purposes OF the
reader; the chapters dealing with ma
tional dances. it may be repeated here,
are uniformly informing and spirited
whether it be the dances Of Spaniards
and Italians, or Of the Scotch and Irish
that are under discussion. Never be-
fore have the folkdances OF Germany
been dealt with so understandingly In
English. The authors, be il observed
in passing. hold that the day Of the
ballet as part OF the opera is gone,
never to return. They also make a
plea for the private endowment and
support OF the ballet I'm this country,
after the manner OF our great orches-
tras and the Metropolitan Opera. There
Is closing chapter on the dances OF
the hour.
The Illustrations are rarely interest
ing. They picture the dance. not
favorite dancers. and they invariably
illuminate the text. This is altogether
an admirable book, covering it's sub
ject in all its phases. not only win
thoroughness OF knowledge. but with
genuine and discriminating artistic ap-
probation.
The lt,ls volume of the Castles, IN
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MORE SHAW PLAYS.

In addition TO "Misslliance,' 'Fanny'
First Play" and The Dark Lady Of
the Sonnets.' George Bernard Shsw's
new volume Of plays TO be published
by Brentanos on the 10Th Of this
month. will contain two profaccs. The
first. "On Parents and Children is a
treatise setting forth Mr. Shaw's views
On family life. and supplement the the
cries expounded in his former profaces
"On Poverty" and con Marriage The
preface 10 THE Dark Lady OF tho SON
nets" gives sketch Of Thomas Tyler
who first identified the Dark Lady
with Mary Elton; and it also touches
on tho Bacnian theory Mr. Frank
Harris and other topics. In the fail
" are to have another Shaw volume,
which will contain "Androcics and the
Lion" "Pygmalion" and Great Cata-
crime"
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geniously illustrated from moving pict
such a work. and deals in a technical
and colorless fashion with things and
events rather than with the lives of
men and women Yet As history Of
affairs rather than Of humanity It is
comprehensive and perspicuous
But II IS also much more than a
mere history in its detailed consldera-
ton OF the philosophy OF migration.
both emigration and immigration: OF
the causes and conditions Of It. and of
its effects. between the British Isles
and North America. Assisted emisra-
ton restrictions upon immigration,
methods Of transportation. reception
and distribution of Immigrants, land
systems. the balance Of the sexes, col
onizat ton, social effects, and what not
else, are made subjects OF painstaking
research and thoughtful discuNion.
There are also copiOus appendices, with
a wealth OF statistics, citations of laws,
and "A photography. IT is really = con
else yet compendious handbook Of the
subject as between the British Isles and
North America, but it also contains a
wealth Of suggestion profitable to that
larger phase of our immigration prob
lens which has 10 do with other lands
and peoples than those Of which the
book specifically treats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02
MEXICO ONCE MORE.

THE MEXICAN PEOPLE. THEIR
STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. BY i.
Gutierrez de Lara and EdgcumD Pm
chon. illustrated from photog aphs.
Emo. pp XII 800. Doubleday, Page a 60
This latest Of many books on Mexico
and It's affairs has the merit Of new
point of view. One OF its authors,
Senior dc Lara, is n well-known radical
the champion Of the real common peo-
pie Of his country, who. he says. are
neither Spanish, Indian nor half
breeds, but pure descendants OF the
Aztecs. ToItecs, Zapotecs. Mistecs,
Mayas and allied races. At the be
ginning Of the modern era, we are told,
their ancestors had reached higher
degree Of civilization than that Of their
Western conduerCrs-a debatable point,
by the way-and 10 this day, after CEN
turtles Of oppression and spoliation,
they still retain the dormant qualities
Of a superior race. All they need is a
free, untrammolled opportunity to de-
velop their innate possibilities 10 bring
Mexico in line with the leading nations
Of this continent Above ALL. there
must be no foreign Intervention.
This, then, is an economic. and
chiefly an agrarian history Of the Mex
lean people. a long chronicle Of their
oppression by three interests-feudal-
ism. the Church and. in later days, in
ternational capitalism. According TO
the authors exploitation" is the key
word Of Mexican history exploitation
by the Spaniards, by the native Span
ish landowners and their half-caste fol-
lowers. as genuine a form Of feudalism
as ever Europe knew I'm the MIDI .
Ages, and. on reaching the present day,
exploitation through concessions made
by Porfrio Diaz to American and
European syndicates and interests.
The Texan war. according to the
authors. was welcome TO the ruling
classes i'm Mexico as desperate means
OF averting more serious troubles at
home and the same was true Of the
war of 1917, which. they insist. had
been planned long beforehand at
Washington. Napoleon III was only
the tool Of capitalism and the Church;
and, for while at least, this country
PLAYED his game-again according 10
our authors. Madero was placed i'm
power by Standard Oil money, and
ousted by tho Pearson interests. As
for our Official policy toward the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02
THE DANCE
From Greek Vases and Tana-
gra Figures to the Tango.

THE DANCE: ITS PLACE ~ ART
AND LIFE By Troy and Margaret
West Kinney 1.-THE kinncys'0. Fronts
piece i'm color and l7s line drawings and
diagrams by the authors, and '.4 Illus
trations from photographs. Svo. PIP.
XiX. 3Gi. Frederick \. Stokes Company.
MODERN DANCING BY Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Castle Illustrations from pho
tographs and moving pictures. Intro
duction by Elizabeth Marhury. 12mo,
PIP. li6 Harper & Bros.
Several excellent books on dancing
have been published in recent years in
answer TO the world wide revival Of in
terest I'm an art that had been declining
since the middle OF the last century.
To these the Kinneys now add vol
ume which is worthy to rank with the
best Of them. and which, in many ways.
surpa sses them all. Not only is its
scope more comprehensive, and its
treatment OF the whole subject more
thorough, but the authors give us
much needed dissertation on the tech
niauc of the ballet. abundantly Illus
trated with diagrams OF It's positions
and steps. and with explanations Of It's
French Technology, for which our lam
guage has no equivalents. The chapter
on Arab dances. again, is pioneer work
in a field hitherto practically unex-
plored beyond the sensations OF Mid
way memory; and throughout national
dances are treated with a fulness OF
understanding and appreciation that
leaves nothing 10 be desired. The an
alysis of the characteristics OF Scotch
dancing, for instance. is a gem.
The viewpoint is that OF pure optical
beauty Of decorative values. The au-
thors do not lose sight Of the fact that
the choreographic revival was caused.
In the first place, by a revolt against
this pure beauty aimed at by classi
cism. become an 'infiexible tradition no.
where else so much as in the famous
Russian ballet school. but they seek out
the new beauties added TO the old, and
based upon them; for, they maintain,
without the continued mastery Of the
French Italian technique OF the ballet,
no sound, enduring progress Is possible.
The wider field Of emotion and its
expression. the more varied, more dra-
matte meaning Of the STORY" told I'm
the dance, insisted upon by the Russian
secesslonists, could not have tri-
umphed so readily and so widely with
out their thorough command OF the
traditional technique. NJ. Legatt OF
the ST. Petersburg academy, designates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02
CHRONI0UE SCANDALEUSE
A Gallery of Highly Colored
Portraits.

ENSLANERS or KINGS. BY Thornton
Hall. +. S. A.. author of Love Intrigues
OF Royal Courts" etc. Illustrated Svo,
PIP. 405 Brentano's.
There is a lack Of half tones on Mr..
Halls pictures All his work Is in
what Ruskin called "1ampblack and
lightning" Every crowned or un-
crowned strumpet whom he exploits for
morbid delectation is either divinely
gifted and beautiful or devilshly hide
Gus and repulsive. In such extrava-
gances he doubtless follows the oldtime
chroniclers who wrote IN hystericsl
hyperbole. yet at times he goes beyond
even their limit. We have no doubt
that some of the mistresses of kings
were very lovely to look upon. and that
some Of them had enchanting graces OF
mind and spirit. But we cannot be-
lieve that they were so superlatively
endowed as Mr.. HAHN common with
other chroniclers Of the scandalous-
would often have us believe.
Moreover. as is almost invariably the
case with such writers. the author con-
tradcts himself and records some i'm
possibilities. Thus, he tells us that "of
all the women who have worn crowns,
Catherine ii of Russia was at once the
most splendid and the most inscrut-
able That cocksure generalization
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02

ures. is entirely devoted 70 the dances
If Tho hour with brief. sensible re-
Elections here and there upon the ehfh-
nation Of all the vuIgarities that char
acterlzed their beginnings In turkey
trot, grizzly bear, and the like. EN-
phasis is laid upon their tendency
toward q return 20 the charm and
dignity Of earlier days The directions
given are clear and to the point. not
the Last important Of them being, per-
haps. the numerous don s.' To ie-
spairiug beginners it will. no doubt, he
Il consolation 10 learn from these
that FOR the average ball
room tango q knowledge Of six funda-
mental steps is quito enough
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02

NOTES OF A son AND BROTHER. BY
Henry James. illustrated Syo, PIP. 0l5.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF NOTABLE BOOKS
The Kinneys Book on the Art OF Dancing Past an
Present-A Mexican Plea tor the Common
People-Engish immigration,

public under Taft. no more sac.
criticism OF It could be made than T. +.
be found in the simple fact "a.
UadeyO. in order 10 checkmGte Il. Ma,
committed 70 hrOc himself into a,
arms of japan" The italics are n.
authors own.
A century OF Mexican history sh...
summed I'D as the ever-renewed rsvs,
OF the downtrodden common pcopl.
the 90 per cent Of autochthones robe
of the soil and its fruits-aganst the,
oppressors and exploiters. Their Il.
umph is approaching NJ last. n,
authors believe. The confscation 4
the estates Of the landowners By Is.
Constituencies they affirm, hos ,s.
suited in conscious sense ~ oww-.
ship OF the land in the poems Thel-
cause, they conclude. IS that II o.
world proletariat. u Is a struggle p.
true democracy This new poin, q
view. ably presented, places into the
foreground the very element IL he
present Mexican crisis which has thus
far been considered abroad as an alto
gether negligible quantity. ignored bg
most writer's on the subject. That ,hs
authors historical views do not Away,
concur with those accepted among U.
does not affect their main argument
still. it would seem that the psci.l
for intelligent government Of hes
illiterate, degraded Mexican peasanu
must be matter Of slow growth. Cav
ing a period during which wise an
benevolent guidance win have 10 o.
provided
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-02
ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS
The Anglo Saxon Element in
the United States.

A HISTORY or EMIGRATION FROM
THE UNITED KINGDOM TO
NORTH AMERICA l763-f9f2 BY
sian,"y, {. Johnson 5'l,. ~ ~ SYo' pp'
This thesis-it was written for the
degree Of Sc. n. in Economies at Lon
don University-is at once something
less and something more than its title
implies II IS less than a history, In
that It omits much Of tho human "le-
ment which may properly enter into
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-27
EccleSiaSteS.

But it shall not be we'll with the wicked,
neither shall he prolong his days, which
are as shadow; because he feareth not
before Goodwill, 10.
Also take no heed unto all words that are
spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse
thee: for ofientimes also thine own heart
knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast
cursed others.-vii, 21-22.
Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth !;
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of
thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine
heart, and 10 the sight of thine eyes: but
know thou, that for all these things God
will bring thee into judgment.-xi, 8.
There is vanity which is done upon the
earth; that there be just men, unto whom
it happeneth according to the work of the
wicked; again, there be wicked men, to
whom it happeneth according to the work
of the righteous: l said that this also is
vanity.-viii, IA.
l counsel thee to keep the kings COM
mandment, and that in regard of the oath
of God. Be not hasty to go out of his
sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he
doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. Where
the word of a king is, there is power: and
who may say unto him, What doest thou
viii, "a.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal: There
were many ex-solders in the South who
showed ability of the highest order in the
profession of arms and yet could accom-
plish little in peaceful pursuits. Some of
our more enterprising spirits went to Mex
leo A few sought service as soldiers of
fortune in Egypt. The Confederate soldier
for 20 years after the war had no pension
if he were manned. The wounded Federal
soldier was cared for from the beginning
The soldiers of both armies were tremen-
dous assets to the nation. In the South
and North they went into law and medicine.
On both sides of the line they assumed the
leadership in politics and it must be said
for both of them that the bitterness that
followed the war war not of their creation.
They fought great fight until '65. They
fought another great fight after '65. They
were chiefly instrumental in bringing this
nation into the splendid position it now oc-
cupies in the worlds family.
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Confederate Forces and Losses.

AS to the whole number of Confederate
troops engaged in the war, General Wright
of the War Record Office says: Absence
of full official data makes it impossible to
give the exact numbers of the Confederate
troops, but the most careful estimates fix
the forces at between 10000 and 700, 900.
A note at the end of the fourth volume of
BATTLES and Leaders of the Civil War;"
issued by, the Century Company, gives
$4,000 men in the Confederate service at
the beginning of 1854, and adds $4,000
for deaths prior to that date, making total
of over 100000. The late DR.. Joseph Jones
Of New Orleans, at the time of his death Sur
geon General of the United Confederate
Veterans, after making careful tabulations
from the medical and hospital reports, puts
the Confederate losses by death from all
causes at 100000. This would make up
the forces, dead and living, at the begin
ming of 1854 at $4,000 men, which is
doubtless correct. DR.. Jones makes the
number of Confederates killed in battle to
be 53,973.
The total OF forces of the United States
service during the war of 1876 is given
officially at 2,859,O00. Of these, $50, 1922
died from all causes, a, 238 having been
killed in battle. The heavy losses of the
Confederates in actual killed show how
much more desperately they had to fight
in order to meet odds of more than four to
one.
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The First Newspapers.

Nashville Christian Advocated
The first newspaper published in Europe
was the Gazetta, of Venice, which was
issued in manuscript in 1886. But it was
not until the first of the seventeenth CEN
fury that the newspaper appeared IN Eng
land. In 1922 one Nathaniel Butler began
to publish a newspaper bearing fixed
title and appearing at stated intervals.
All newspapers about that time were known
under the general name of Wercu,y-as
lMercurius Anglicus, Mercurius P,agmati-
Gus, and .Nercurius Politicus. The word
Mercury Is the name of the heather god
who was represented as having wings on
his feet, denoting that he was prepared to
carry the news swiftly. Nopaper in Eng
land could be issued without the consent
of Parliament. And in 1868 the govern
ment monopolized the right'to publish all
the news.
The first daily newspaper appeared in
! 1902, and was called the Daily Courrant.
1t could provide matter enough to cover
only one side Of a half sheet of paper when
it first appeared, but it was soon able to
cover the other side of the sheet. In this
form it continued until 1885.
The headlines in newspapers in those
days resembled very much the headlines
of papers in these days. A headline from
paper of 1888 read as follows: ''Won-
derful and strange newes out of Suffolk
and Essex, where it rained wheat the space
of six or seven miles," Another headline
in 1907 read "Lamentable newes out Of
Monmouthshire, containing the wonderful
and fearful accounts of the great overflow
ing of the waters in the said countrye.'
In 1890 John Dunton published paper
in London called the Athenian Mercury.
The object of this paper was to answer
questions put to the editor by the public
upon the subjects of religion, love, litera-
ture and manners. 1t was something like
the "Notes and Queries found in the
papers of to-day. The papers of early
} times contained advertisements also, SAM
Piles of which are as follows: eff | can
meet with sober man that has counter
tenor voice, can help him to place worth
thirty pounds the year or more" eff any
noble or other gentleman wants porter
that is very lusty, comely, and six foot
; nigh and two inches, can help" ~''l
want a complete young man that will wear
a livery, to wait on very valuable gen.
tleman; but he must know how to play on
a violin or flute"
t The above advertisements remind one oil
, the "want ads" of the papers of the pres
, ent day.
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Camp Elects Representatives.

At a meeting of Camp Loudon Butler,
United Confederate Veterans, No. 400,
the following named delegates, sponsor,
maids of honor and chaperon were elected
to represent the camp at the annual con-
vention of the Louisiana State Division,
United Confederate Veterans, which will
be held in Lafayette during the second
week in October, next:
Delegates Paul Lawrence, w. H.
Bledsoe, ]. S. Overcast, E. S. Dortch,
]. S. Alison, E. M. Laughlin, John H.
Nattin, J. A. Ford, Thomas P. Larkin
and w. H. Scanland.
Sponsor-Miss Eppie Nattin.
Maids OF Honor-Miss Mary Colquitt,
Miss Lille May Sentell and Miss Con-
way Logan.
Chaperon-Mrs. J. S. Alison.
The delegate or delegates who attend
the meeting of the State Division are
authorized to cast the vote of the camp.
On motion and second, 81 was donated
to the Christian Church at Dayton, KY.
The camp then adjourned until the
next regular meeting, to be held on the
second Saturday in March, 1915, at which
time officers for the ensuing year and
delegates to the Richmond Reunion will
be elected. j. S. ALISON, Adjutant.
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SUGAR AND WAR.-A hundred years ago
in the days of the great Napoleon, sugar
had already become more than a luxury
and was much sought. AS England con-
trolied the seas and controlled the sugar
industry of the West Indies, Napoleon
Bonaparte conceived the idea of develop
ing the beet sugar industry SO that France
might be made independent of the rest of
the world so far as its sugar supply was
concerned. Our sugar books are full OF
the history of the gradual development of
the beet sugar industry, the extraction of
the beet juice by the old roller mills and
later by hydraulic presses, and we might
say only recently by diffusion, and this
great industry producing now nearly half
the sugar of the world, was the child of the
Napoleonic wars that sprung direct from
the brain of Napoleonic wars that sprung
direct from the brain of Napoleon Bona
parte when he was at the zenith of his
powers.-Louisiana Planter.