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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

The feather in the hat of Miss
Free-Trade does not pleasantly
tickle the nose of the distressed
worker on the next seat.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

In their editorials some news
papers keep on insisting that ev-
erything is lovely in the business
and industrial world; but their
news columns. when carefully
scrutinized, tell a different story.
On the 9Th inst, the New York
Sun had local article describing
the scenes at the Municipal
Lodging House" The institu-
ton was packed and jammed
withneedysouls lsagain lastnight. I
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

hlm why there was no work.
do not know" he said. 81 an
sure the President does not know
the cause, but if it is possible tc
relieve the situation, the admin.
istration will do everything to dc
it,"
The Chicago Record-Herald of
January 5 says that the Superin-
tendent of Hull House" of that
city reports that while in Nov
ember last there were so, 600 men
out of work there, the number
has already increased to $50, 900.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
has ordered a per capita ASSESS
ment of 25 cents a month to re-
lieve the distress.
Cincinnati papers report that
Italians and other foreign labor
ers are returning in large num-
bers to their own country.
Reason: Lack of work.
On January l there were 1885,
$50 idle railroad cars-171, 1872
more than a year ago. The pre-
sent number of idle cars is al
most unprecedented.
x x x
Of the steel industry the New
York Sun of recent date says:
''The tendency is downward, and
while some hopes of an improve
ment in conditions is looked for
during the present quarter or in
the second quarter of the current
year, nothing has as yet devel-
oped upon which this assumption
can rest securely. The status of
the industry is in sharp contrast
with that of one year ago. At
that time the mills had sufficient
orders on their books to warrant
a sentiment of optimism. The
Steel Corporation had untitled
tonnage of 5000, 900 tons on it's
books, against 4, ,369,347 tons on
November 80, 1918. While the
new tariff is blamed as the prime
cause of depression in the indus
try, it is noted that conditions
are also unfavorable abroad"
The Secretary Of the Bangor
(Me.) State Association reports
that the roofing slate business
has shown a falling off for the
past six months and that future
orders have dropped off to prac-
tically nothing.
Xxx x
In their editorials some news
papers keep on insisting that ev-
erything is lovely in the business
and industrial world; but their
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Confidence is an object of trust,
an assurance of safety. Conf
dence is lacking in free-trade,
because it cannot be trusted and
because it is absolutely unsafe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

When a mans hat blows off the
man goes after the hat. When a
free-trade tariff blows off the
work and wages of the workers
in America, the sensible thing to
do is to go after the blower,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22


Free-trade means that the man
ont of work in America has been
given by a Democratic Congress
to purchase with his lost wages
the kind of goods abroad that he
would like to make at home. 1t
means free-trade shingles for
American shingle-makers to buy,
and so on down the list from A
to z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
THE OTHER SIDE
japanese immigration and
Japan at Home.

ASIA At THE DOOR. A study OF the
Japanese Question in Continental United
States. Hawaii and Canada. BY kyoshi
X Kawakami. With prologue py
Hamilton W. Mabie. Svo, PIP. 269. the
Fleming II. Revell Company
THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF JAPAN.
BY Okamura- oshisa buro. Illustrated:
12mo, PIP. viii. 80 +. p. Dutton & Co
Mr.. Kawakami's defence Of his coun-
trymen as desirable and assimilable i'm
migrants is packed with information.
Apart from its direct purpose, this Is,
indeed. a book that no student OF the
vexed larger problem of the future OF
immigration in this country can AFFORD
10 leave unread If the author in
dulges for a moment in the ''tu quoque'
argument when IL comes 10 compari-
son Of commercial. financial and social
morality, he is, on the whole, moderate
i'm his statements, while his COMPARE
sons with other elements Of the pres
ent- day immigration are often sug-
gestlve. Occasionally he talks straight
10 the point. as when he bids us OBJ
serve that the japanese have neither
Highbinders nor Black Handlers.
Toward the Chinaman he is. however,
To put it mildly, not partial. To him
the difference between Orientals, by
which he means Japanese alone, and
Occidentals is only superficial; ergo. the
Japanese can be as readily turned into
good citizens as were the immigrants
of an earlier period.
HIS review OF what the japanese
have achieved in this country is inter-
esting. Most of them are agriCultur-
lists, as we know, and this is in part
the root of the trouble in California.
But he reminds us OF DR.. Jokichi Taxa
mine, the dscoverer Of adrenalin and
TAXA -diastase: OF Or. Hideyo Noguchi.
of the Rockefeller Institute, and Of DR.
Asakawa. An able book that bears the
stamp Of thorough investigation.
Professor Okamura's volume is made
up Of the lectures delivered by him
some time ago in Boston. He presents
a poetic view Of his nation and It's CIV
ilization, proving. incidentally. that the
dissemination of Japan is superficial
only, and intended to remain only that
by the country's rulers. There is great
charm in his chapters on Japanese
home life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
AGAIN THE SH0RT.ST0RY
Two New Introductions to the
Literary Profession.

THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY. BY
Carl II. Grabo. Instructor in English
the University of Chicago l2mo, PIP Xl,
32l. Charles Scribner's Sons.
THE MODERN SHORT-STORY. A study
OF the Form Its Plot. Structure. De-
velOppent aud Other Requirements. BY
Lucy Lillian Notestein. in collaboration
with Waldo Hilary Dunn, Professor OF
Rhetoric and English Composition in the
University of Wooster. Emo. PIP. Xii,
2ll. The A. :. Barnes Company.
Nobody seems to have thought of :.
before, it is not given, so far as we
have discovered, in any of the lists of
"seed-corn for stories; so we throw
on, the idea for what IL may be worth
to any eager student of the art. The
plot is one which would serve equally
well for a Shortest ~, or a short story,
or just a short story. An honest
youth, employed as a bookkeeper, is
reasonably happy. Out OF the JOY of
his heart one day he up and writes a
story, which isn't very long, about
somethins or other that happened TO
him. II is accepted by magazine.
Aha. \ career is before him. Every
body says so. All he needs to succeed.
he hears. is a little scientific know-
edge OF short stories. Somebody rec
ommends a list OF recent works on the
subject He buys a dozen or so OF the
latest. He neglects his stupid business.
We forgot TO say that in his flush Of
fame and success he married. He in
tends little later 10 settle somewhere
among the Harding Davises. the Max
field Parishes. and other interesting
people who do things. But he becomes
so wound up in the study OF structure.
characterization, atmosphere. style and
denouement that any natural aptitude
lie may have had for self-expression is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

smothered in him, though he had only
one story to tell. anyway He loses
Ills position, takes TO drink, and finally
commits suicide. Also, he had found 1t
very difficult to discover, in the wealth
of literature at hand. exactly what con-
stituted a short story"
This is not at ell to suggest that
manuals on the short story are not
Of considerable service TO mankind.
Countless persons have been known TO
earn from 50 TO $500 a week at the
literary profession after an attentive
perusal Of one of them. And regarded
merely as aids to culture, it may be
argued with great FEASIBILITY that an
intelligent understanding OF the in
gradients and composition Of short
story adds fifty per cent, or even more
to ones pleasure in reading one. even
a bad one Two perfectly new studies
Of the art offered the student are of
opposite types. Mr. Grabo's simply
written little book has nothing about II
Of the correspondence school variety OF
instruction. II approXimates, rather,
an easy college course in the general
principles of prose narrative. The
author does not find IL possible, indeed.
TO frame a definition Of the short
story" as a distinct form Of narrative.
His book, in short. seeks TO lead the
amateur worker at story composition
into an examination OF literature.
THE Modern Short Story" on the
other hand, sticks 10 Professor Bran
der Matthew's hyphen and capital 5.
1t defines with a bang just what the
Shor;-story, "in its strictly modern
form" is has nothing to do with the
history Of it's evolution, and drives at
practically of treatment. while, at the
same time, holding TO a high ideal.
Each volume is the outcome OF expert
ence in teaching college classes in short
story writing. and, doubtless, each in
its way responds to the requirements
of many aspirants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
BEAUTIFUL HOUSES
A Book for Those About to
Build.

THE HOLLOW-TILE HOUSE. By Fred
erck Squires. \. b. Il. s. With 2i5 illus
tratlons. LARGE square svo.. pp 20s.
New York: William T. Comstock Com
pany.
AS a popularizer OF the art Of the
architect, Mr.. Squires's book is very
welcome. He tells the layman frankly
about the tricks" Of the profession.
as he calls them. meaning thereby.
however. the why and how OF effects
obtained. lie discusses the manufact-
ure and use Of tile. the decorative pos
sibilitles Of stucco. the development
Of units in brick work. and finally tie
texture-tiie as an exterior finish n
itself He ardently advocates fiat
roofs. and. 10 make his book thorough
~ practical. goes at length into meth
DDS OF construction. 4 companionab bic
volume for those about 10 build"-
for themselves. OF course, for that ha :
become the primary meaning of the
verb with us. II is however, the IL
Illustrations that make the widest ap-
peal. They are well reproduced from
photographs taken by the author him
self with professional eye and pur-
pose. that OF showing these houses al.
their best There are pictures here
ranging all the way from the villa
Borghese and the Villa Medici. from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
CURRENT FICTION
Extravaganza. Humcr and the
Picturesque.

THE FLYING Inn. ~ Gilbert X Ches-
terton. Emo, ~. 32D. The Jonn Lane
Company.
THE Lying Inn is a story about
the introduction Of total abstinence IN
Engsrd by act Of Parliament-a tract
one supposes. against paternalism.
This amazing proceeding, we are To
understand il bat q symptom OF the
coming conquest of the West b. the
East. of the kingdom by is Indian en-
plre. by the sobriety OF its Mahometan
subjects. tho vegetarianism of its
Hindus not 10 forget its mysticism. In
fact. the fakir Misysra Ammon main
tains that British civilization was Ma
hometan before IL became Christian.
There are many crosses in London, he
Loints out. of which Charing Cross IS
the best known but there are even
more crescents: St Marks Crescent,
St. Georges Crescent. Regents Park
Crescent, nay more, Royal Crescent
And the Arabic article al Is con-
stantly found in English speech-in al
cohol. Alsop's ale, Ally Sloper, and the
the Albert Memorial, for instance.
To return to British total abstinence
by act Of Parliament. however. An
equivocal clause in the act causes all
the trouble by attaching TO the sign OF
an inn the right to sell intoxicants
wherever it shall be put UP. And so 4
gigantic Irishman goes around the
country with the sign of THE Old
Ship" a barrel Of rum and cheese,
opening pubs wherever his perverse
fancy dictates, revelling in the Irish
mans dearest occupation Of being
"agin' the government" He had been
"agin'" all the great powers in the
Near East, where. as King Of Ithaca,
he had fought Turkey and threatened
TO upset the peace of Europe. AT
home-if England can be called this
Irishman's home-he outdoes the Wild
est OF his earlier exploits.
Throughout Mr.. Chesterton calls our
attention in his usual way TO things
that are upside down in this world, and
stands on his head before things that
are sufficiently shipshape to serve. He
directs his humor, his satire, his love
of paradox against mysticism and poll
tics, socialism, the House of Commons,
the British aristocracy and the British
common peOple-against everything
that can be crowded into his pages.
And, as we have referred above to the
passages IN his earlier extravaganZas
that we like best. so we select from
this new one Mr.. Chesterton's savage
satire on the immoral politics Of the
Great Powers in the Near East. 1t is
gem. The nonsense verse, original
~ published elsewhere and scattered
through the narrative. is capital. and,
before we finish. a word must be said
in appreciation of Quoodle, as delight
fully doggy" a dog as We have found
In many day in an English book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

in Louisiana and in the French West
Indies. Here he draws freely from his
correspondence with Lafcadio Hearn,
both published and unpublished. Hearn
was not musical. but was keenly IN
terested in anything having to do with
folklore, and his feeling for words
their meaning and color. was sensitive
in rare degree. Moreover Hearn had
an adorable sense of humor and his
descriptions of West Indian rites, with
dances or songs. and of the satirical
songs, the billiards. directed against
some object Of popular scorn or ridi-
Guile, will not readily he forgotten.
As already indicated, Mr.. Krehbiel
has enriched this book with large
collection of folksongs, text and music,
with accomplishments for pianoforte
made by II. r. Burleigh. Henry Holden
Huss. Arthur Mees and John Van
BroeKhoven. He points out that in
some cases it might have conduced TO
a more exact rendering to have given
only the melodies of these songs, since
harmony was not always implied. But
practical considerations ruled, and the
reader will find himself duly grateful
even though certain Of the harmonlZa-
tions leave something TO be desired in
point of distinction.
Notwithstanding the fact that monot-
ony is an inherent characteristic OF
some folksongs, denominations. when
they are made should have regard for
the ears of musically conventional
white persons. That is to say, chords
in the accOmpa niment should avoid
repetitions Of certain notes or effects
unless such are obviously of the es-
sence of the music, as implied by the
melody itself. TO emphasize this point,
let the reader try over some Of the
rather commonplace denominations
made by Mr. Burleigh and compare
them with the simple yet curiously eio-
quent arrangements made by Mr.
krehbiel himself OF songs collected for
him by Southern women, or with sGch
an dulnHdDIe Dll OF NOIk as the ~
compartment to Weeping Mary" ar
ranged by Mr.. Huss. Mr.. Mees, as di-
rector Of the Mendelssohn Glee Club,
arranged some of the best Of these cid
folksongs for four-part male chorus,
and thus they appear here, though also
having piano accompaniment.
To say that these songs brought to-
gether by Mr.. Krehbiel some of them
not before published, will prove a
source of much pleasure to the anna
teur and to the general musical reader
is TO speak with moderation. Any Of
them can be played by persons OF the
most ordinary musical SKILL their sim
plicity is a part of their charm. They
range from grave TO the gayest of the
gay, and they are so placed in the
pages of the book as to illustrate most
APPLY and clearly the comments the
author makes as to interval, rhythm,
fiatted seventies or other distinctive
elements. on the whole. then, this
book is one of real musical and scien-
tifc importance. yet it need not
frighten the VeTiest amateur in music
or in folklore II is welcome addi-
tion TO the literature Of its subject
SAMUEL SWIFT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
STRONG ARMS AND QUICK n
THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT Il
A Sequel TO Alias the Might've
Varick Nanardy. l2mo. pp. 5A 4
w. Dillingham; Company.

THE RETURN OF THE MIGHT Il
A SEQUEL TO Alias the Nightvist
Varick Nanardy. l2mo. pp. ~ 4
w. Dillingham; Company
Detective stories promise 10 Y
prominent place among the no'''
the reviving publishing season
are beginning to come in from al
ters. Mr.. Vanardy's sequel TO hs
story OF Bingham Harvard. suuI
arm and quick of brain, OF u,
theft that was framed up Y
him, OF his desperate encounisn
the police, and of his escape 10 l.
carries on the young mans adss|
with undiminished zest. There s
of desperate encounters here arr
return 10 clear himself, for the
have learned 10 respect his brssi
he himself, under the influence q
wife, Lady Kate, has grown 10
lent, but there is enough going /
these pages TO satisfy the reaes|
the earlier book. Mr.. Chests
banker, is hard 10 be convincS
corrupt police lieutenant. K11
plays an impudent game, ana Y
Drawn and wits and consciou
tude threaten TO fail. kindly q
dence helps out. II is all yery =
ious, with its constant referrS
police conditions with which w
all familiar. and the end VIII "
all lovers Of poetic justice. Ins
stories are capital exciting lisn
ing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
OUR ISLANDS"

THE STREAK. BY David Potter With
Illustrations by Gayle Haslsins and
NJ. J. Spero. 12mo, PIP. 34S. Ehiladel-
phia: j. y. Lippincott Company.
THE Streak" is a much better novel
than one might suppose from its lurd
title and CHASTITY cover. Among the
the American occupation Of the Philip
pines it is an exceptionally interesting
story. The background OF social life
in Manila is effectively presented; the
motley throngs Of Americans, Filipinos
and Europeans which move across the
scene are painted deity, with much
color: there is an undercurrent OF deep
politics and dark intrigue in the story
that is we'll handled; and the group Of
characters which plays out the drama
contains several very believable figures.
Especially convincing is the fine Major
Crittendon, constabulary officer, a
man of a sort often found In our gov
eminent service; a sort whose exist
ence is too little known to the aver
age American" An admixture of Fill
pino blood with white in the person OF
the young university business
man, Dick Nelson, is the streak in
question. His having hidden the fact
of it from his South Carolina bride
Is one of the causes of the gradual
estrangement of the pair. The story
comes to dramatic conclusion. in
which Fate leads Anne Nelson out Of
deep waters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
GOOD READING
New Volumes of the Home Uni
versity Library.

The exceptionally high average OF
merit Of the little volumes OF the Home
University Library, which now counts
seventy-seven numbers, has already
turned the inclusion Of an author
among it's contributors into certifl-
cate of his high standing as an author
ity on his special subject. This is true
of all the departments OF human
knowledge TO which the library is de-
voted-science, economics. history, art,
literature. OF the FIVE new volumes
that form the latest addition 10 the
series two are devoted TO literature.
and take their place at once with the
best OF their predecessors in this sec
ton. The Shelley. Goodwin. and Their
Circle" of II. n. Braisford NJ. A., is
a model Of ripe scholarship and OF
competent, progressive handling Of its
material. The book is, in substance,
a history Of the influences OF the
II
their beginnings in DR.. Richard Prices
discourse on the love of country,
preached in 1889, to the publication Of
Shelley's "Hellas." Within the linn
tied space at his command Mr.. Brails-
ford has managed TO deal fully with
the larger historical and philosophical
aspects OF the movement-with Burke
and Paine as fully as with Price and
Goodwin. adequately with figures more
afar. fully again with Shelley. and I'M
derstandingly and sympathetcally
with Mary Wollstonecraft. The chap
ter devoted TO her deserves. indeed. to
be read by all modern women.
Professor Gilbert Murray's "Eurip,-
des." like Mr.. Brailsford's volume. IS
distinguished by its readable quality
as well as by scholarship. In this day
of much invocation OF the Greek dram
atists this book should have many
readers II deserves them. and they
will find their profit in it.
In the field OF economics we have
Co-partnership and Profit Sharing"
by Aneurin Williams. N. A.. chairman
Of the International Cooperative ALI
ance. Mr. Williams deals with what
has already been done in this field in
England. France and this country.
both by workingmen and by employers.
Unfortunately, the profit sharing plan
OF Mr.. Ford has come too late to DE
included in this survey. The author
does not consider the two movements
az panaceas, but as measures that may
bring closer the solution Of the greater
problem. He believes. however. that
the two. acting in accord with other
great forces Of reform. will do away
with the old distinction between own
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

whole, successfully. in that adap1
OF Eliza bethan English with whit
torical novelists have made Us "a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

AFRO AMERICAN FOLl<SO\GS \
study in Racial and National MUSE l,,,
BY IL. L. krehoieL lncludihS r; MIms
EXAMPLES OF Folksongs. with ran"
forfc Accompaniments Arranged 10y IN.
Author and bv NJ 7. Burleigh' ArtnI.
Mces. Henry Holden Huss and. Jonnn ..
Rroekhoven. octave, PIP. XII I'o' -"
Schirmer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
IN TIE DAYS OF ELIZABETH

IDONIA. A Tale OF Old London. BY
Arthur +. Wallis illustrated by
Charles f. Brock. limo. PIP 3l9 Bos-
tom Little, Brown & co.
The chief merit of this story OF a
young country gentleman who came TO
London in Elizabeth's day and found
himself enmeshed in plots and conn
terplots too numerous and intricate
to be detailed here is that il constantly
grows in quality and interest We are,
for once. not at court: servant OF
My Lord Pembroke Is the nearest az
preach 10 the centre OF things. Neither
do we visit, In our heros company.
the haunts OF the FOSTERING immortals.
or the playhouse. We are among the
obscure multitude, in the corners whore
hide the hunted Pop,sh plotters. i'm
Petty Wales" which was refuge of
thieves and cutthroats; in obscure tey-
erns and on the river bank for this
is essentially picturesque novel-a
tale of roguery There is a multitude
of villains, and the arch-villains are
two; there is also maiden fair. who
gives her name TO the story. OF course.
We go down TO the sea in ships. but
that is only an episode the real n
terest centres in London town. \
brave story, unf1agging In the multi
plicity Of its incidents. and told. on tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

picturesque old houses in Strassburg
and Amiens, from the lowly loneliness
Of English village streets, to modern
American country dwellings, these
again ranging from palaces in all Bat
name to the simple dwellings within
the reach of the majority of us who
contemplate building"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

THE FLYING Inn By Gilbert X. Ches
terton. Emo, ~. 32D. The Jonn Lah'
Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

org and workers. and change capital
ism into a form OF cooperation. DT.
David Fraser Harris writes of
"Nerves," Of which we talk so sholy
and know so little. and Sir John Mur-
ray Of oceanography, in The ocean
Henry Holt & Coz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

THE STREAK. BY David Potter. With
illustrations by Gayle Hasleins and
NJ. J. Spero. 12mo, PIP. 34s. Fhiladel-
phia: j. y. Lippincott Company.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-10

Bernard Kelly public guardian Peoria
County to succeed E. D. McCabe, re-
signed. - 81.
New York.-Jane Est, |. w. w.
leader, sentenced to months on
Blackwell's Island for disturbing re-
igious meeting of Peace Forum.
Madrid.-King AIphoso and Queen