New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-23
CURRENT TALK ABOUT
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Marie Coreli's Forthcoming Novel-Novelists and the
Photo-Play-Mr. McCures Autobiography
Count Vassil in France.

/ French art. literature and finance. His
bool. is not OF vast Importance histori-
cally-lt contains no Professionalism
Il is filed with interesting gossip.
Or. Hills "History Of Diplomacy"
Longmans, Green e. Co. announce Tor
early publication the third volume Uf
David Jayne Hills History OF Dip!o'
macy in the international Developmen;
of Europe" The new volume is called
The Diplomacy of the Age OF Abso-
lutism,' and covers the period from fhe
peace of westphalia to the Revolution
airy era, 16fS-1715.
Womsn Workers.
Thirty essays upon the conditions
under which women are working In GER
tain professions which large numbers
of them have entered make up a new
book edited by Edith J. Morley and Is
sued by Z. p. Dutton & Co. under the
title OF Women Workers in Seven Pro-
fessions." SIS Morley raises at the
outset the two questions which lie at
he very root Of the problem Of wom-
ems economic independence: the princi-
pie of equal pay for equal work, and
the question OF the employment OF mar
ried women. The special articles on
the different fields OF responsible, wei!
Maid work for women cover the training
required TO- each and the prospects
offered TO ole who undertakes one of
them as a life work. The seven pro-
fessions studied are teaching, medi-
cine nursing sanitary inspection ana
Health Visiting, the civil service, Sec
retarial work, and acting.
The United States and Mexico.
At the present moment 1t may not be
amiss to quote the terms in which An
drew Jackson called the attention OF
Congress to the American account with
Mexico as reported in Albert Bush
nell Harris THE American Nation
The length Of time said Jackson,
.since some of the injuries have been
committed. the repeated and unavaii-
ing applications for redress, the wanton
character of some Of the outrages upon
the property and persons of our ctti-
zens. upon the officers and flag OF the
United States, independent of recent In
suits to this government and people by
the late ExtraC AIRY Mexican Minis
ter. would Justify in the eyes of all ma
lions immediate war" He accordingly
recommended reprisals. enforced by Tie
use of the navy in case Mexico should
refuse to settle upon another demand
made from on board one OF our
vessels of war on the coast OF Mex
ico." In his History of the Amerl-
can People" Woodrow Wilson charac-
terized the war Of 1S4I as one OF IN
excusable aggression and fine fight
ing"
The Mexican Capital.
Margaret Cameron draws In her
travel novel, 1.-The Pretender Person
CHarper), this picture OF the mingling
of old and new in the aspect OF Mexico
City: Automobiles pause in its as
phalted streets to let train OF burros
under pack go by; its magnificent
cathedral towers, covering the spots
where the Aztecs made their human
sacrifices. look down on network or
telephone wires and convergent electric
tram lines: Indians in sandals and
zarapes, carrying heavy burdens or
their heads or shoulders, brush elbows
with alert business men; and bare
headed women, often with babies slung
in their rebozos, stop TO gaze at the
Partisan novelties in the shop win
dows."
WI -fans's Dress Suit
The whimsical humor. which makes
Dr. WI Ting-fang's America Through
the spectacles OF an Oriental Diplo-
mat" so delightful is characteristic OF
the Chinese statesman. When, some
years ago, DR.. WI was recalled by his
government there was some doubt as TO
his reception in Picking. Nevertheless.
he was in cheerful mood.
You can't imagine" he said. VIA,
though not An American dress suit
To wear? Certainly not! 1 called OH
a lady the other day and observed a
blue and gold mandarin coat. hanging
or her wall. IT was a good idea
snail hang the dress suit on my wall
when get back to Picking, for decora-
ton: