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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-08
STALKS
AMONG BELgIANS
Within Month Nearly All Persons
IiBeI6idmMas Be Fed y .
ByAmcrica

Y. u e. . O.. b - . u N ~ d.
LONDON, December 6.--lAssociated
Press bx Federal Wirsiess) --oomnis.
aioner Hoover who s Ia charge Of the
distribuiien Of the provisions ana sup
plies bought BY the American.R slsisn
Belief COMMITTEES, reports that the dis
tribniion Of tho goods on hand has bee A
successfully carried out, bit adds that
the help given as vet meats only \ small
part N DE need. ~
4 .FAatINE rs DEsPERATE
The famine through@at pelat9m ,hs
reports ts desperate and thore A. great
and widespread suffering. ssvep out
a every ten men and wonnn are with.
out employment or means whereby 70
fecnfo lnonev with which TO help foed
themselves and those qspendent upon
',Thsrs has been no broad for tne
past two weeks IN some iocali ios -
reports Mr.. Hoover, aud the suffering
people IRE living on roots ana what.
ever little else they ran scrape up. So
AMERICA ONLY RELIEF
.'Withtp thirty days nearly All the
Bclgiens stu Remaining III their oKn
country Will depend upon the Uni ed
etatat for bread $3.50.
There, are no courts IN session: all
the prisons have been emptiedt BY tbs
qermfns and the ecndar1ncTie end
police force have been disbandad, DO
9pite which the people are ali law
abiding. ~ n
1.-THE fslief committee at the present
time Is feeding a third Of the pQpAla-
tion Of Brussels. ~ n 4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
American Women
Imprisoned on Island

Given young, healthy, adventurous,
rich millionaire with a big steam yacht.
Given as ship guests a charming and vi
vacious sister, an equally charming cha
peron and an older man friend who has
been getting surcease from touch Of
the heart by shooting feroclous animals
in the jungles of Africa with these four
meeting in patrlcian Charleston mys-
terious man with a French name and a
curious abnoTmallty Of eye that repels
the men and charms the women, who
tells of mysterious island in the Carib-
bean-a regular Flying Dutchman OF an
island, surrounded by a thick fog, and
which has never been put on the map
We have an adventure material that makes
we have an adventure yarn that makes
the connoisseur smack his lips with an
ticipatory delight John Reed Scott, In
THE Duke of oblivion" u. B. Lippincott,
Philadelphia), proves a fiction chef wor-
thy of his opportunities,
Brinsmade, the millionaire; Cardigan,
the mighty hunter; Rosalind the sister.
and Justine, the chaperon, not only ac-
tually reach the island but unwisely land
on 1t, through a long, tortuous tunnel
under cliffs against which the heaving
billows Of the Atlantic dash and thunder.
Waves always do that In this kind of a
book. A peaceful wave would be as out
Of place as an ear Of corn in n bouquet
Of orchids. The island Is inhabited by
the descendants of English refugees who
fled there before the Revolutionary War
and know nothing of the outside world.
They have carried as best they can
the traditions and customs of the life of
"Merrie England" of l7G0. Their clothing
Is such that the silk stockings OF Edith
and Justine excite unbiased curiosity.
The Americans have an amiable lunch
with the Duke. who quite abruptly be-
comes unamiable. ~ this critical juno
ture, de Verdenois. the man with the
bad eye, also happens into the island.
Then, for some 200 pages and rather less
than 12 hours of stage time, the Ameri-
can party try industriously to get away.
Prisoners are made and lost. Guns are
fired. charges and counter charges dash
madly down a page, all the Ameri-
cans are captured and shut up in tower
on a cliff, from which they escape by
one OF those threads all good heroines
have about them. Then they swim for
home and safety, taking the two beautl-
full but scantily attired daughters of the
Duke of Oblivion with them OF course.
after such experiences every man gets
the right girl. And, let us hope every
girl the right man. This book is unique
there's a girl left over.
Mr.. Scott writes smoothly and per-
suasively An excellent book for, let us
saw the Philadelphia-New York trip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
Mirandy Tells Why
Men Don't Marrv

It wouldn't be safe for man who an
preciates true humor to read "NIrandy." +"
by Dorothy Dix (Hearst's international
Library Co., N. ". in a crowded street
car. First thing, he would chuckIe, then
he'd laugh. Then he'd probably show II
to the conductor. and he'd show II to the
motorman. and there would be much fun
but no transit thenceforth The hook is
a gem. The high spots of its hurnor are
so frequent, SO exasperatlngly and unrea-
sonably funny, that even among books Of
character monoogues 1t is rare,
"Yessum," says Mirandy, "hit's n great
thing to be woman. Hits bout de hest
excuse. goin' an comm, dat anybody has
ever invented yet And she knows about
herself and her kind, because abe ssvs
that vacation, even when de wife takes
hit, does de husband good" She discusses
other peoples children and whv men
don't marry In her trenchant. punHent
fashion. Matrlmony a favorite tonic With
MISS DIX is one of Mlrandy's best, She
discusses different types Of husbands.
AN man what can't manage one M
little measly woman dat he's married TO
an who Is dat henpecked dat he alwavs
says our pants when he talks about his
britches, amt 30 al-hred sho' dat he
could run de country better dan dem what
is doin' hit, so he Jest sort of let's da
President rock along de best he can via
out his advice. Yassum, all de reforrnars
dat ever / seed was ole maids mr. oIa
bachelors, but I don't took notice dat de
most rambustious reformers after 49,,
tackles matermony SINNERS down might.
ly an amt nigh so certain dat dew Lpn1,,
hit all" 0"'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
DR.. Van Dykes
Daring Venture

THE Lost Boy" in Henry van Dykes
book OF that name CHarper g. Bro" new
York;, is the Boy Jesus, and the story
revolves about the famous Incident re-
ferred TO briefly in the scriptures. Ihe
biblical version accepted by church peo-
pie as inspired is used merely as peg
and hardly that-upon which to hang
tale Infused but very little with what
might be called a divine atmosphere.
Strange II Is 10 read Of Jesus being made
the butt of boys Jokes, being stoned 30
that the blood ran from his cheek, and
then talking In a fatherly way to
sinful woman to whose bagnio he uad
gone in innocence. Even in the temple
before Maiy and Joseph come and find
hlm--the character in the book does not
chow the wisdom which the faithful
peruser of the Word would expect. So
artistlcally does the author handle
the delicate situations that hardly any
one will charge him with irreverence;
and yet there will be many church peo-
pie, no doubt, who will refuse to accept
his effort on the ground that 1t ls a
needless and none too respectful. elabor-
alton Of an account which required no
padding.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07

Prof. Perry on
Literary Criticism

To the current number Of that excellent
periodical. the Yale Review. member Of
the Harvard faculty, Prof. Bliss Perry, Of
the English department, contributes an
article that deserves wide reading News.
paper editors should read It Publishers
should read II. All lovers Of literature
should take II to heart
Professor Perry laments the absence Of
real literary criticism in this country. II
Is something of a phenomenon that we
have never enjoyed much of this rare
commodity. Emerson complained Of the
same lack In his day. In our own time
a very few journals very occasionally
publish serious reviews OF books and Of
literary artists, by the very few persons
among us who venture into the field Of
criticism AS for the newspapers, says
Professor Perry they perform In the
most perfunctory manner, where they
perform at all, one Of their really Inn
portant duties. There Is entirely lacking
that combined corrective and stimulant
which our literature should be drawing
from thoughtful criticism.
Well, the newspapers have some excuse
for their apparent slackness In this re-
speot. One Of the prominent papers Of
the East reviewed, al best IL could, no
less than $500 books last year. Mr.. Brett
lne pTeSlueIl VI AuS "hSiilliiah CVliipdhilyt
recently computed that rome 1900 books
of all descriptions had been published in
one year; and they, by the way, repre-
sented but 2 per cent. of the total num-
ber Of manuscripts submitted to the pub
lishersi One reason why the newspapers
discharge this function no better than
they do is that Il. job is so big. Never
theless, Professor Perrys inJunctions will
bear attention. The newspapers in these
days are undertaking larger responsible
ties than ever. This Is one of them that
must be better handled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
Shall a Wife Co on Strike?

II a woman is given a house, a car
riAge and clothing. II her bills are paid
promptly and without question. but is
given no money of her own with which
TO do as she pleases, has she right to
go on striker
Such is the question raised by H. @.
Wells in his novel, THE Wife of Sir Isaac
Harmon CNdacmillan's. New York;, a fas-
cinatingly interesting work and far su-
perior TO 1.-THE Passionate Friends"
Lady Harmon was married to Sir Isaac
when she was but q, and he was 20
years her senior. The husband, Jealous.
suspicious, is immensely rich, having
made a fortune through the consolida-
tiOn of a chain of bread shops known
as the international Bread. Limited"
Lady Harmon desires a weekend cot
tage, and In search of one meets Brum-
ley, a writer OF some note. Through her
intercourse with a man mixing with the
world, she begins to realize the lmita-
tons OF her position and the narrowness
OF the life she is forced to lead. So she
plans to gain her personal autonomy"
and finally revolts. Forcing her husband
to start a chain OF homes for the girls
in his employ, she decides to make their
management the work OF her life. But
even here she hnds that her husbands
keen commercial sense has debased these
hostels until they are little better than
boarding houses saddled with string Of
irkSome rules.
Suffrage appeals TO Lady Harmon for q
time and in burst OF enthusiasm she
breaks a window and hnds herself in jail
for n month. Through all OF this she and
BrumIey are drawn closer to each other
until at last Sir Isaac, becoming wildly
Jealous, packs his lady off to Spain. But
this course does him little good. for just
as he Is about TO disinherit her his death
gives Lady Harmon welcome release
Back to London she goes and devOtss
herself TO the serious management OF her
hostels.
Mr.. Wells portrait OF Sir Isaac is one
Of his most successful character delinea-
tions and ranks with Pondereyo. the
pFotagonist OF his former novel. ''Tono-
Bungay." Indeed. while the two men are
utterly dtsslmilar. they stand for much
the same thing-predatOry capital Lady
Harmon stands out strongly as the mod
ern woman. dissatisfied with what she
has. and reaches out vaguely, Instructive
iy. for what she knows not The humor
Is keen. The novel Is delightful, par
ticularly those chapters which Mr.. Wells
has devoted to the study OF the novelist,
Brumley. There is little that Is heroic
about this figure. but much that Is essen
tally human.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
Mrs. Pamell's
Intimate Revelations

On station platform, bleak, lonely,
hidden away in a slum OF London, a
pretty woman with a bonnet hiding her
creeps shIverIngly on from midnight TIL
3. Then a cab hurls up to tho platform,
and out springs a stern-looking, bearded
man. He hurrles up to her; they embrace,
then, chatterlng like children, seek an
all-nlght coffee stall and drink penny cof-
tiously all about hlm-a hollow gold
bracelet containing two tissue paper docu-
ments with secrets which would have
caused his arrest They part.
Is the scene from n qulck-fre novel
of mystery and lover Not at all; 1t is
literal transcript from real life, and
the quiet, stern man is Charles Stewart
Parnel, the "uncrowned king Of ireland" /"
slipping away from his titanic struggles
in the House of Commons-where he bore
all of Ireland's grief on his shoulders-to
meet Mrs. Katharine O'Shea, whom he
was later to marry.
And now, with the great leader dead
and opponents to his cause even now
unwearied OF spreading rumors about
Parnell's romance, Mrs. O'Shea Qater
Mrs. ParnelD has frankly told the whole
story in Charles Stewart Parnell'
Doran), a biography true to fact yet
written like a novel, giving the inside not
only of the struggle for Home Rule, but
of her relations with Parnell. 1t Is a
story of n wonderful love, revealed with
simplicity and sincerity.
The fire, the wonder which this ap-
parenty cold political champion put into
the one romance of his life would have
glorified a new "Paolo and francesca" or
"Aucassin and Nicolette' or Romeo and
Juliet" To her he gave all his life; not
a day for years, but, If he was absent
from her. he telegraphed her a good
night. There Is plenty of charming hui
man nature in the account-as we'll as
hlgh-pitched passion and rather sensa-
tlonal unmasking of such heroes as Glad
stone.
Although Parnell was a great hero in
the eyes of every Irishman, and accus-
toned to ovations wherever he went in
Ireland, any servility or excessive zeal
on the part of admirers always dis
tressed him.
I'VE had new Irish cook from
County Tipperary, and her Joy exceeded
all bounds when she learned that the
Irish leader was really in the house and
that she was to cook for him, l had
to ask Mr. Parnell to see her for mo-
ment, as she was too excited TO settle to
her cooking. Directly she got into the
room, Ellen fell down on her knees and
kissed his hands, much to his horror
He told me with some reproach that he
had expected to be quite free from this
sort of thing in my house"
Like most men with claims for great
ness, Parnell had his peculiarities as
we'll One OF them was a distressing
lapse Of memory on occasions. which
often caused him to be late to-indeed.
sometimes 10 miss-meetings where he
had promised TO speak.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
by the Bend of the River" by
Charles Heber Clark--Winston
Barrie's Condolences
a anew Delight

To all those who have enjoyed the
pranks of Harlequin and the prouettes
OF Columbine James NJ Barres con-
fdences In regard to their home life in
his new volume OF one-act plays, Half
Hours" (Charles scribner's Sons. N. ",
will afford keen delight.
In Harlequin" the first play, we are
given a charming picture OF Columbine
in the midst OF her family, OF her elope-
ment and her final return. Particularly
delightful are the little essays in italics
that take the place of more weIghty stage
directions. Through all there Is thread
OF pathos that seems half tender, half
bitter. The "Twelve-Pound Look" needs
no comment, for it Is already familiar to
the public through the clever interpre-
tatlon OF Ethel Barrymore In 1t we
find the story OF a woman who revoted
from the limitations of a home where
she was but the mere plaything OF an
u., a SU.. cSs ul husband-an old story,
perhaps, but treated with just that touch
of the original that never fails to raise
Barrie above the commonplace. In "Ros-
alind" We find chapter from the life
of an actress who, tired by the constant
drain upon her youth, has decided to
court middle age. We see her in retreat
In cottage in the country, posing to
her landlady as her own daughter. Then
enters a man who has known her in
town and has been the most favored of
her many lovers, Gradually recognition
uaWns upon him. then dsillustonment
But at last Rosalind feels again the call
80 ~" footlights and hears from afar
the clamor of her beloved public. Once
more she becomes the girl that has en-
slayed London, and her admirers faith
IS restored. She and her young sui or
leave hand In hand for the train that
shall take them back to town.
In this play, too, the Stage directions
add a pquant pleasure.
THE WILL" which closes the volume,
adds q new note in Mr.. Barrie's already
wide range. Possessing the same whimsi-
cal humor as all of his work. we here find
a haunting sadness, a regret for the days
that can never come again. While In
reality no longer than the other plays
that make up this volume, 1t is divided
INTO three short acts, and covers a psrlod
of some Is years. Only so far can 1t be
said to resemble "Milestones," for the
entire objects OF these two plays are diff
ferent Barrie has written a strong plea
for the forbearance that makes life pos
sible when complicated by the various
divergent currents of modern life. Taken
as different viewpoint OF the same ques-
tlon that is placed before US In the
''Twelye-Pound Look" II has a poig-
nantly keen appeal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
Edison a Peaceful Inventor

Thomas Edison stated recently that
making things which kill men Is against
my fibre." Frank L. Dyer and Thomas c,
Martin, authors OF Edison: His Life and
Inventions" state, however, that he Is
Joint inventor of the EdIson-sims torpedo,
and that during the Spanlsh-American
War the inventor suggested to the Navy
Department the adoption of certain
compound which. placed in a she'll and
fired from a gun, would explode as soon
as 1t struck water, producing a blaze that
could not be extngushed and which
would make the enemy's ships visible for
four or fivs miles. I'm general" they say,
Edison has never paid much attention
to warfare, and has disdalned to develop
inventions for the destruction OF life and
property"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
Tale of Vigorous Manhood

Happily chosen indeed is the title of Mr..
Ridgwell Cullom's latest story of West
ern ranch and mine life, THE Way Of the
Strong Jacobs), for II deals with the
struggle for mastery-vigorous manhood
that comes of long associations with the
life of the open combatted with the cruel
elemental forces of nature that confront
country.
In Alexander Hendric the author has
presented a magnificent character, and the
realistic narrative of his early struggle
against almost superhuman difficulties, his
powerful love romance and the eventual
triumphant success IF his ambitions, Inn
throughout.
AS an interpreter Of life in that rugged
elemental country, with its now pic
turesque environs, Mr.. Cullom is without
peer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
Village Life in New York"

So long as there Is no law compelling
people to read the essays of Simeon
strunsky It is likely that there will be
a great many people who will not read
them. More's the pity. There may be
people to whom that sort of humor does
not appeal" That too, is too bad. Be-
cause Mr.. Strunsky. unlike a great many
Of our professional humorists, knows wit
from humor, and prefers the latter.
That's why there is a comfortable human
aura about his books, especially this
last one "Belshazzar Court" (Henry Holt
& Coz, which deals with Village
life in New York city," and is concerned
with a great many Of the authors af-
fairs, chief among them being Emmeline,
his wife, and Harold, his boy. The book
begins with that great modern miracle,
the apartment house, treats of the ball
game and the night life of the city, and
is concerned throughout with, seriously
now the greatest miracle Of all-the soul
OF human beings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
ABOLISHMENT OF
PRISONS ADVOCATED
BY HAWTHORNE
In New Book Author Makes
Sensational Charges of
Evils in Atlanta Prison.
A Notable Book.

Not original. yet startling. In oonnec-
ton with the arguments and exhibits in
the case, Is the proposal which forms
the refrain OF Julian Hawthorne's book
The subterranean Brotherhood" (Mc.
Bride. Mast 8 Co., New York;. It is
nothing less than that penal imprison-
ment for crime be abolished.
That the Federal prison at Atlanta
was grossly misInanaged during his stay
there: that the whole tendency was to
break the prisoners down and destroy
self-respect rather than reform them;
that the dark hole persists despite de-
malls, and that convicts are hung
up BY the hands for long periods for
trivial breaches of rules; that inspectors
sent to study conditions indulge in jun
ket parties with the officials and learn
nothing; that reforms ordered by Con-
gress were never put into practice-these
and other accusations, some even more
astounding. are made by Hawthorne. He
does not plead that prisons should be
converted into gentlemens clubs, but
rather insists that they be abolished al
together. ''The deepest and essential
evil of prisons" he says, ''is not hardship
out lLlpElhOlllilthNs IL ShSASS
could be made between the two, every
manly man would choose the former
The inference is plain throughout these
pages that the realization of having COM
mitted crime IL the real and adequate
punishment. And this perforce causes
ones mind to revert to Arthur DIM
Inesdale, whose guilt, suffered in silence,
weighed with much more killing force
than did the sin of her who wore The
Scarlet Letter" How strange the whlrl
OF events which places the son OF the
immortal Nathaniel Hawthorne In posi-
ton to demonstrate by his personal ex-
perience the theory presented by the
father in the chapters OF novel!
While 1t is unavoidable to read this
latest prison book without thinking OF
Oscar Wilde, yet there Ia hardly any
point of similarity between these snappy'
newsy, practical descriptions and the
poetic philosophy running through DE
Profundis." Hawthorne like Wilde, had
made his mark in the field of poetry, the
novel and the essay; but the particular
equipment he brought to this task was
the observation and analysis or the
veteran newspaper reporter; he was not
30 much intent upon unburdening his
soul as upon presenting facts.
To boolSish people, one OF the most In
keresting features of the volume will be
the study of prison types. The conclusion
arrived at by the author Is that Hugo
Dickens and Charles Read were all wrong
in taking certain types, like Jean Val
Jean, and playing them up as exceptions
to the unregeneracy OF convicts In gen.
eral. For the fact Is, Hawthorne main
tains, that convicts are normal human
beings Just like the rest OF us, with the
same love for their fellows. the same
sense of honor, the same charity and
Appreciation of kindly treatment, and the
same-no more and no less-tendency to
unfortunate error.