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Of them stood for about two hours II
| front Of the map. working out tn.
Of a held marshal. He had JUS
marched across the Mons river ant
was getting along finely when one o.
the black discs attached to the maj
fell to the sidewalk. The realis
Good night" said the realist
There goes another army corps
Then he walked away.
| There was considerable complaint
about the military operations along the
Russian frontier. Most of the com.
plant is not based on questions OF
strategy. A lack of neatness on the
part of the contending armies was the
cause of the outcry.
A little old woman paused before the
map and dug around in an ample bag
she carried until she managed to dig
out pair of spectacles These she ad-
critical examination Of the map.
It's mighty big" she said to the
woman who was with her. The Other
woman nodded assent. She added that
the map reminded her something Of q
rag carpet she had at home.
'I always said them Russians WASN'T
civilized" said the little old woman.
companion.
And they amt" continued the little
old woman.
"As to how?" asked her companion
"Why, look at them German armies
all out in a nice straight line. And
look at the way them Russians is all
scrabbled in their country-mixed up
till you can tell nothin' about EN-
Don't tell me Russians is civilized"
Among the oracles who took their
position in front Of the board was a
heavy. pompous man, with a long cane.
which he waved in a PROFESSIONAL man
ner at the huge map. He was ex-
planning the war to several companions
who were standing nearby.
Now. you see." said the pompous
man, 1.-The whole theory of this attack
is based on the theory Of the " The
apex is. as you notice, the important
stra tegic point"
One of the companions looked at the
long. irregular. waving lines that rep
resented the opposing armies. He
thrust his hands deep into his pockets.
IF that is a "" he finally declared.
a% eo doat 70 get sae it, SAID said the next
compa MON. Jim here''-indicating the
bracelets talking about a Japanese
""
The oracle stalked majestica1ly away.
In the great tide Of loquacity it was
worth while standing near one man.
He was chewing. His companion was
conversing with him. The talk ran
something like this:
Great map, don't you Think"
''Uh, huh"
Something we've been needing in
Washington"
''Uh. huh"
think Germany Will VIM"
"Huh?"
"WhatT'
Huh"
The tobacco chewer turned upon his
friend in evaporation.
How kin I make out this map" he
demanded, land keep gabbin' with you
all the timer"
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one knew that Susanne's baby might
plausibly have been laid down In any one
Of half a dozen places. and since young
Terrier was really a decent sort. every
one was furious at Susanne's atrocious
conduct. and no one believed her story
that is, no one but the bride. And SO
out of this weird wedding day Ferrier
went of into the northwest and Gabri-
ellie back to her fathers house. Against
the snowy. storm-bound background Of
a Hudson bay lumber camp Mr.. Whitaker
projects the hating reconciliation Of these
two. Drifted to this camp on her way to
a post beyond 1t by the stresses Of a
Canadian blizzard, Gabrielle becomes for
a long winter through the fiercely pro-
testing guest of her own husband BY
virtue of her sex and her beauty she adds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12
GIVES RUSSIAN SIDE
Of GREAT CONFLICT
Sasha Kropotkin Shows
Eventual Outcome if the
Allies Win.
rvre,eu Correspondence Of The ssar.

EC2elgn SUtIespOoueuc0 Oh Inc Ct3f.
PETROGRAD (St. Petersburg), Sep.
TENDER Much has been said and writ
ten since August 81 of the causes Of the
great European war and the attitudes
aims and ambitions Of Germany, Eng
land and France in the struggle, but little
has been heard of Russias side Of the
affair.
Sasha Kropotlxin, one of the best in
formed Russians and man who knows
whereof he speaks. has written the fol-
lowing article on the war from the Rus
slams viewpoint.
ITO say that the present war is wal
against militarism is to be guilty of a
platitude. For days past every leader
writer In the country has been saying so
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fuel to the flame Of personal jealousies
and general discomfort that even under
ordinary conditions beset this comfortless
existence Mr.. Whitaker makes q vivid
and absorbing picture of this winter camp
life AS a matter OF fact. it is this part
of the story that is more convincing and
more interesting than are the ups and
downs of the slow reconciliation between
the estranged pair. The girl is disappoint-
ing. She might so well have been a
bigger girl and yet not have either hur-
ried or retarded the progress Of the story.
Or at least SO it appears to one who has
the relatively easy work Of reading sto-
ries instead of making them.
THE HAPPY IRISH. By Harold Begbie,
author of THE Day that Changed
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Russia's ambitions no longer concern Eu.
rope politically.
Mr.. Shaw talks glibly of the necessity
of conserving Germany's eastern frontier
Why? Against whom and what? 1t is not
Germany's eastern frontier that has mat
tered one jot in the European balance of
civilization: it Is that Russia lay beyond
that frontier and served as the bulwark
not only of Germany, but of Europe,
against the Tartars, who overran her
and put back her civilization by a couple
OF centuries. It Is idle speculation. but
an interesting point. nevertheless. to won
tanned as much culture as Russia has
done had she been forced to bear the
brunt Of such an invasion
Democracy VIII Win.
Russian bureaucracy. as all bureau
cracies. has welcomed militarism. and has
counted on 1t confidently as a support.
With q weaker Germany there will no
longer be either excuse or necessity for
encouraging It: and the bureaucracy will
lose ground proportionately.
The democracy. having played an i'm
portant part in the campaign. will not
only be more actively conscious of Its
rights: It will find them easier to OBJ
tain. This applies not only to Russia
proper. but to Finland, Poland and the
Caucasus, which. SO far, are standing by
Russia. A government financially weak
ened. as Is inevitable after any war, be-
comes more dependent on its people-and
more tractable.
1T Is obvious that II progressive Rus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12

The subject of this study Is the last
struggle Of the Hellenes for liberty. and
the part played by Demosthenes in that
struggle. The question how far this
great statesman was justified in the pol
icy pursued by him In each OF the crises
Of the struggle in which he was so domi-
mating a feature is here discussed In q
critical survey of this period of Greek
history. The writer sums the charac-
ter of Demosthenes and reviews his place
in history. not only in Greek history, but
in that Of the universal struggle fol-
liberty.
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~VHE Stars big war map is
proving itself to be a Joy
forever, not only because Of
its inherent usefulness but
because of the variety Of
citizenship which it attracts. Eminent
tactfctans, wearing long tailed coats
and carrying umbrellas. stop and point
gravely at such portions of the map as
interest them. The honest yoeman.
carrying his lunch. gives the map the
once-over and decides which side is
winning. The valuable solver of all
the problems of the universe stands
on the corner by the hour.
Discussions among the map gazers
are better than an hour in a vaudeville
house. For instance. on the day when
the big map was being hoisted into
place a group Of "newsies' gathered
around. being under the impression
that big free show was in progress.
New style score board" conflded one.
Another was unalterably convinced
that some one would do song and
dance. after which there would be
moving pictures
Shortly after the map was put up a
couple of elderly darkies ambled by.
They squinted at the map for a minute
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Russia for the moment it is because
she feels herself strong enough to post
pone her own dema nds And in that
case she is hardly likely to allow herself
to be yoked with a homegrown mill
tarism after she has laid aside her own
grievances while helping to strike
blow at mil,tarism which, though irk-
some to other nations. has weighed most
heavily on its own people,"
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A. Cecil Curtis. New York: q. p.
Putnam'S Sons,

This Is a many sided and brilliant study
Of the antagonisms that exist. inevitably,
between old civilizations. as these here
and there survive In tradition, custom
outlook. and the new civilization, with
Its radically different characteristics,
ideals and aims A profound analysis Of
certain problems, social and philosophic,
incident to this antagonism Is made here
In the easy informalit1 Of dialogue. The
whole study Is an absorbing and delight
full blend Of historic fact and philosophy.
Of travel and romance.
QEMQaTHENESs And The Last n.x.
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or more. fixing their eyes on the red
and black discs that represent the
allies and the Germans.
What is dat?" inquired the first
brother after a survey Of the map.
Dat" replied the second. "ts
"Yourope."
"LawdE" said the first. you don't
say So"
He paused a moment, reflectively.
Then he summed up his thoughts.
Alfred" he said to his companion,
"dey certainly does have rich colors
over thar, don't dey?
Red discs (the allies) were pinned in
q circle around Paris to indicate the
army of defense there. One of those
tacticians with whom Washington Is
SO plentifully blessed drifted UP to
the map and his attention became in
stantly riveted on this circle. Clearly
he was thinking, deeply and earnestly,
for like all of the city's major gen.
erals, he hated to see the leaders of the
armies make mistakes.
Finally his voice rose, complainingly,
as he addressed the world at large.
No wonder they're getting beat" he
said. IF they'd quit playing ring-a-
round-a-rosy and go out and fight
they'd git somewhere"
There are realists in the crowd. One
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS.

The recent additions to the Public
Library include the following books on
various fne arts and on the study of
languages:
City Planning.
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st. Louis, City Plan Commission Central Traf-
st St Louis: City Plan Commission. The River
Weed II. e Modern Park Cemeteries. WE.
Architecture.
America, Is Institute of Architects Journal 1913
Neb. Homes Of DUALITY WiM-B2s4p ''"@n-'
g5nee eI A B. ard Howe. C. B. Architectu-
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Drawing.
csa5e s5es ", wit stan, and Hs%or e Yson
paper Artists WI Gssa'emen'' Of the News
Speed. Harold e@ The Prseties and n Science Of
Drawing; wM-spss.
Painting.
Bailey Fl. T Twelve Great Paintings. wP-
Biashneld r h. Mural Painting in America
Brown. Bolton. The Painters Palette and How
to Master II. WPCBS1p.
u Tield 9.I T. H. The Technique of OH Paintings.
Hughes: c. E. Early English water-colou.
Photography.
;, Hanss a 6 a,6 ". Commercial Photography of To-
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Photographing Groups wR-P5ssg.
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Rice. c. F. simplifed Photography. wR Rsss.
Needlework.
n Brown; A y; The A. W. B. Crochet Book.
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clifford. NJ K. Needlework. wUA-Gss4n.
Book. 1912. wUA-K6s3cr.
Fancy stiachery .0 is1a e. wu ns Ss At '-
Uimann. Bernhard 4 Co.. n. Y. Cro-knittinG.
Wilson. L. B. The Priscilla French and Eyelst
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House Furnishing.
v De- 1 Wolfe. Elsie The House in Good Taste.
Hunter; 6. nj, 1 Inside the House That Jsdk
Mcclure, Abbot. Making Built-in Furniture.
singleton. Esther Furniture 1911 WV
Rugs.
Hawley W. A. Oriental Rugs Antique AMI
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Hicks. A. NJ. The Craft Of Handmade Rugs.
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Foreign Languages.
Allen. P. s.. and Phillpson. P. II. Easy Ger
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Balm. C. W. First Lat Book. X36-Bl6
Boruuex de Whentiioff Aurel'a. A Series OF
Spanish Conversations in the Congregational order.
X4O- BOAT.
Escohar, J. F. The New Method 70 Learn tire
Portuguese Language Without Teac er. Nal
Martini. F. L.. comp. First German Reader.
Mierow c. G. The Essentials of Latin syttax.
1911 X36-Nt5s4.
Wilcox, c. de w. A Reader of Scientific and
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English Language.
Dixon. ]. N. English IdIoms. 1912. X-5De4s.
Hagar. H. A. Applied Business English. xG-
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Maniey. J. NJ, and Bailey. f. R. Lesson. in
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Then the artillery officer laughed.

| linen Ile artillery Object lAukHSO
| Now the facts are" he said, that
modern field guns may be put behind
the shoulder of hill, though they may
be concealed from the enemy in many
other ways. Where artillery has to go
into action there may be no hill with a
shoulder, and there are few hills with
shoulders broad enough to conceal the
artillery that goes into action in wars
like this.
IF they were placed behind the Shout
der Of hill three miles away. or $3.50
yards. they would probably not do very
much execution against hostile troops.
1t is probably not true that the gunners
will never get sight of the enemy, for
probably look at the enemy through the
panoramic sight or through the peep
sight and the cross-wires OF the front
sight. The man guiding the fire. or con-
Quoting the fire need not be an expert
| mathematician, though he knows certain
formulate and can apply them. / never
heard of this man being in a hole in
the ground. though the exigencies of the
ally on ground higher than the guns. on
ladder called an observation ladder.
or In the upper story of house or
barn. He is not bothering himself about
He is concerned with DETECTION, dehec-
ton difference, height of burst of shrap-
mel and range. And If you will sit down
and quote me attentively 1 will tell you
in an elementary way about those things.
1t is an interestingssubject and may not
be over your head. or the head of a
reader who will read closely and sin
cerely.
Artillery is a progressive science and
| progressive art. The field piece of to-
day is not merely weapon with which
| to produce moral effect on the enemy,
i but is built and shot to produce physical
effect. Field artillery with fire direction
and fire control by men who are masters
Of their weapons Is playing a big part,
perhaps a dominating part, in the world
war.
Time wa: when artillery fire had to
be 'direct'-that is. the gunner had to see
the target over or through his sights. It
is In indirect fire. where the target Is
not visible from the guns nor the guns
risible to the enemy. that one of the
ong strides toward perfection in ar
tillery fire has been made. It Is a
pretty subject, which should make appeal
20 a man even though he does not know
The difference between a section column
md a double-section column. or between
right front into line right into line or
on right into line
ITO grasp the idea Of Indirect fire 1t
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The Boy With the Explanation is not
particularly relished by the crowds who
visit the map. One Of these was doing a
bit Of calculation which resembled the
efforts of q squid to hide itself by mixing
up the waters. He talked on and on and
on. He said that if the Germans cap
tured Gosidufncmdurig and were able to
enter Observation-Disclosures, then the Aus
TRANS would be bettered. He went fur
Their than this.
One of those annoying newsboys who
have weakness for toppling the mighty
from their pedestals, stopped in front
of this gentleman.
You're right. KID" he said. The gen.
tleman with the explanation must have
been fifty. You are right. But you
forgot to say that If Columbus hadn't
discovered America there wouldn't have
been no United States
At night the crowd in front of the map
Is almost as big as the daylight congre-
cation. They are always there with Their
comments, assistance to armies and gen
eral advice. The uninterested individual
finds new lease of life after an hour or
| SO before The Stars war map.
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the World" etc. New York: George
II. Doran Company.

When this book was published in Eng
land Mr.. Begbie called it 1.-THE Lady
Next Door" and a very beautiful picture
Of 1.-The lady" adorns its front page. IN
der either name 1t is a study Of Ireland
and the Irish people by one who has
been there. Innumerable sketches of
Irish scenes and Irish characters are Of
fered here. And, what Is most important,
Mr.. Begbie has given in perfect fairness
both sides, and every side. Of what. for
want of a name. are called the Irish
questions" He says himself that ian
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papers during this war and I
want to present to you another. %
said an artillery officer as he closed a
book which he was reading and which
was Challeat's Masked Fire.
Newspaper men," the officer continued.
ARE sometimes imposed upon by mill
tary experts just as we soldiers are.
Now and then we run against an officer
who is of warm Evolutionary excellence,
extensive reading and gorgeous theories
which he has demonstrated at his Office
desk, but who does not know much about
the work Of handling men, horses and
guns.
Here is newspaper paragraph which
I have clipped for your benefit, or rather
for your discontinue. Read it."
The Star man read this:
Modern field guns ara located out of
sight over the shoulder Of a hill three
miles or more away. The gunners never
even get sight of the army they are
firing at. Their fire Is guided by calcula-
lions carefully made by an expert mathe-
matician who sits down in hole in the
ground and figures trajectories and
curves and makes allowances for wind
pressure"
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barbados disappeared, and the men who
had held them were the first to join the
army. They were willing to lay aside
their personal grievances in the desire to
strike blow at Germany; and it is
military Germany at which they are aim
ing the blow. For those men and women
owe an enormous debt to the culture of
Germany. They know more about it. too.
than the men and women of many other
countries, having studied 1t more closely.
eager to assimilate what was best in it.
At the same time they realize perfectly
that the first culture to droop and wither
in the sitting atmosphere Of German mill
tarism Is German culture. From suDply-
Ing the world with the best music and
ltetature and philosophy. Germany has be-
orative dinnerware. The Germans may
have fashioned great empire, but they
have become a small people.
May Become Great People.
Nov, at last, they may become a
great people. If Europe succeeds in burst
ing the bonds Of militarism the first To
benefit by the change will be GERMANY
How much remains to be seen: but it is
interesting to remember Bebers words
Behind every war Of the future there
turks revolution Many, on he Other
hand. expect a revolution in Russia. II 10
too early to foresee what exactly the Wa
will bring, and I do not say that Russia
will necessarily have a revolution whan
the war ends: but what 1 do affirm is
country in Europe, there will be a ranid
evolution of the present forms of eovarn-
ment
''Since the declaration of the war !,
Russia there has been the most extraor'
binary spontaneous truce between all
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Yet the attitude on this subject Of a
great number of people Is extremely curl
GUS. They seem to be oppressed by the
thought that they may have to cry when
the war is over, LIE roi est mort; vive
lie roir After Germany-Russia.
England cannot crush German militar-
ism alone. All Of US who have followed
the lead of Germany for forty years
must strike together. Belgium has struck
her. blow. France and Russia will strike
harder Perhaps the heaviest blow will
come from Russia. And there is the rub.
Germany, develops a psychology analo-
gous to that Of Germany after 1870. and
after tasting power decides to become the
greatest Of all-fosters the spirit OF mill
tarism which we are now arrayed
against7
80 argues Mr. Bernard Shaw land in the
given case he represents not only HIM
self, but quite number Of other peo-
ple), the Russian government Will trl-
umph. Germany will be crushed. the
balance of power will incline in favor Of
Russia After that the situation becomes
too horrible to contemplate.
Another Russia.
Mr.. Shaw might be reminded that
there is another Russia-the Bussia Of
Tolstoy, Borodine and Cork. But for the
time that is forgotten. or people refuse
to realize the extremely important fact
that II Russia is instrumental In defeat
ing Germany it will be largely owing to
the intelligence of that other Russia
Russians have sunk their differences !:
they are showing a united front. A month
ago there were barricades In st. Peters
burg; the day the war was declared the
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Of Greek Freedom, sS4-322 b. o.
By A. w. Pickard- Cambridge. fell
low of Balliol College. oxford. New
York: g p Putnam's Sons
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Keen disappointment awaited nurse
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HOW HIDDEN CANNON HIT THE MARK

~ HAVE called your attention to
number Of curious things
which have appeared In news
papers during this war and I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12
THE NVENTOR-E4 Magnet Demon Drawing
India Invasion DOGGY.

downright. 1914, by W. Werner)
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SATURDAYS CHILD. BY Kathleen
Norris, author of Mother" etc.
Frontispiece of F. Graham Cootes.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-06-26
Story of a Proud Cat.

One day there lived Il very proud
cat whose name was Kitty. She had
soft. black and glossy fur. with II blue
ribbon round her neck. The house in
which she lived was Il big. beautiful
building. Opposite her lived poor
dog named Toby. who. being unused
to the luxuries of Kitty. did not know
what it was to lie proud. At this time
there was Il certain law between dogs
and eats. This law was that when you
are pleased you must wag your tail. but
when you are angry you must keep it
stiff. Kitty. thinking that as she was so
rich it was unfair to make her do even
one thing the same as such poor
creature AS Toby. broke this law and
did just the opposite. She was. OF
course. punished. and since then cats
wag their tails when they are angry
instead of when they are pleased.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-06-26
The Oak Tree,

The oak is one of the largest. hand
soonest trees, often living to Il great
age and easily holding its place as
monarch of the forest" The historic
oak at Salem. y. j.. and the Blunston
oak. at Darby. Pa, can each lay claim
to between POO and 800 years of age.
Sometimes these trees live for centu
ries longer. We have different kinds
of oaks. Some of the best known are
the white, scarlet, pin. bur. chestnut
oak, black and bear. Their leaves
vary in shape, but gil are wavy edged.
When hese Gfe fbout half grown the
tiny fM and yellow blossoms appear.
growing N little clusters the whole
length Of the long. dropping stems. The
oaks are the only trees bearing seeds
called acorns. Each nut is in cup or
shell, which protects it. The bur oak
bears acorns having a pretty fringe of
scales, which has given them the name
Of messy cup acOrns.