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expense attached. Tho club In not
only donating It's services. but in ad-
cition is not stintfhg expense in
f%urthering the events success. and
the Anderson Galleries Is printing and
distributing the catalogues. displaying
the items. and conducting the sale
free Of charge. Then there will he no
expense attached TO the funds dis
tribution at it's final destination.
But the second and chief reason the
fund should be cry large is the IN
portance of many OF the Items listed.
The entire collection, GAL items, was
placed on exhibition yesterday morn
ing. and Is attracting much attention.
Perhaps the item most interesting
from many viewpoints IL an unpub-
.ished manuscript by Mark Twain,
THE New War Scare" tw~enty-nine
pages in the late humorist's own hand
writing. As collectors value Mark
Twain script at from $50 to SIS a page
this contribution looms large, A note
in the beginning by Mr. Clemens states
tina "this was written In the threat
ening days of 1898. but was not pub
lished because the scare passed away"
Another interesting original manu-
script, but not listed IN the printed
catalogue-many contributions have
come In too late for the formal an
nouncement-is that Of an unpublished
play by Arnold Bennett.
A carbon manuscript Of Chapter 10
Of Theodore R~oosevelt's AFRICAN
Game Trails Is in the authors auto
graph throughout. with corrections,
1t has forty-six pages, and Is signed
in ink on the last page: "Theodore
Roosevelt, April 9th, 1915. For the
Belgian Sufferers sale" A copy OF
african Game Trails" contains a
note written by the author to
+. S. Van Zile, urging that the
United States prepare for war
"as an agent In producing the
peace of righteousness. China IL en-
tirely peaceful . and wholly
unable to be Of the slightest use on
the side of international peace. The
United States will be as impotcnt as
China II she permits herself to sink
into the same condition Of helpless
ness"
A few OF the other interesting items
are:
Twenty Years at Hull House. by
Jane Adams, n copy of the limited
autograph edition. with an additional
inscription by the author.
"A Kentucky CARDINAL" by James
Lane Allen, with an autograph in
scription: This copy of "A Kentucky
Cardinal goes to the Cause OF the
Belgian Sufferers-at n benefit sale
he'd by the Authors Club OF New
York City-with remembrance OF
Caesars words. James Lane Allen
AUD LIGHT Idylls," by J. NJ. Barrie,
a copy OF the first edition. with q
letter from the author inserted.
Original autograph MANUSCRIPT OF
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has compassed the uttermost parts Of
the world will there be that perfect
understanding among men which Is
necessary tor the growth OF moral
kinsh!p."
An original autograph manuscript
Of Chapter I. OF Potash and PERL
mutter" Is signed by tho author. Mon
tague Glass.
Laid in a copy OF the first edition Of
Nathaniel H~awthorne's TRUE Stories
from History and Biography" Is a
ships paper signed by Hawthorne as
United States Consul at Liverpool.
A copy Of the first edition OF WILL
lam Dean Howells's my Mark Twain"
has a signed inscription by tho au-
thor: Clemens "a Incompatible,
the Lincoln Of our literature. w. d.
Howells. New York, April ~. 1915"
Inserted in a copy Of Washington
Irving's "Bracebridge Hall" Is a small
page of manuscript In tho authors
handwriting.
Inserted in a copy OF king Albert's
Book is a typewritten letter signed
by Hall Game.
A copy Of Robert Louis S%tevenson's
Poems and Ballads" has inserted a
manuscript note of foul lines In the
autograph OF the author on Ills OF
War" When country people were
driven 'des bonnes villes' for refuge.
whatever they had was taken away
from them by the men at arms 'des
uns ct DIES autres,' &c. b. de p. 642.
Other interesting contributions are
oil paintings n original drawings ny
Walter Russell, Howard Chandler
christy, George Wharton Edwards,
Frank Vincent DuMond and others.
Penrhyn Stanlaws has offered to paint
a portrait and give the proceeds OF
It's sac TO the fund.
Among the other authors whose
books, autographed or furnished
with Interesting addenda. are OK
hihited are: Felix Adler, Irving
Bachelor, Rex Beach. George Ran
dolph Chester, Margaret Deland,
Maurice Francis Egan, Hamlin Gar
land, Robert Grant, Edward Everett
Hale, Thomas Hardy, Robert Hichens,
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Rossiter
Johnson, j. j. Jussers nd, Joseph
s, Kennard. Charles Klein, will
lam j. Locke, Henry Cabot Lodge,
James Russell Lowell. Edwin Mark
ham, Brander Matthews. Meredith
' Nicholson. Alfred Noyes. Albert Rige-
low Paine, Gilbert P,rkcr. Robert
T.. Penry. Arthur Rackham, James
Whucomh Riley, Roman ROLAND, r.
r.. Slosson. Edmund Clarence Sted-
man, Julian Street. William IT. Taft
Booth Harrington, William Makepeace
ThniknpaN lain Tnunpnnl T,~.,
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nine pages. both written in pencil and
signed.
THE Brownies: Their Book" by
Palmer Cox. with a typewriter poem,
an original colored drawing of a
brownie. and signature of the author.
There are several interesting Rich
ard Harding Davis contributions.
They include tho original manuscript
nf THE Bar Sinister" and the original
manuscript OF THE Roy Scout" A
copy Of THE Consul has on the
title page q twelve line inscription in
the authors autograph. while there
are inserted a letter TO the author
from Admiral Dewey and a letter from
tho author explaining Dewey's letter
and its relation to the book. In q
copy Of with the Allies is the au-
thor's passport and an Inscription in
his handwriting: This is the pass
port given me or August 25 by the
German Governor in Brussels. Rich
ard Harding Davis"
There is also an Interesting collec-
ton OF autograph letters from Edwin
Booth. Grover Cleveland, Edward
Everett Hale, Rudyard Kipling and
''iVts WiiNu Will wv bplu StIuI bttlNs
A copy Of wEliam De Morgan's
Joseph Vance" has inserted "a letter
from the author requesting an Ameri-
can railway guide.
Laid in a copy Of Austin Dobson's
Horace Walpole" are two transcript
poems by the author, entitled ITO Bel
etum" written for king Albert's
Book') and ITO n Friend In America -
two printed poems and a letter to the
committe OF tho Authors Club.
Inserted In a copy of Conan Doyle's
THE White Company" Is a letter re-
gard!ng the book and American men
Of letters. In part he wrote: walt
Whitman II absolutely the only au-
thor ! know who was all himself"
This autograph makes IA copy OF
George Wharton Edwards's Some old
Flemish Towns valuable: This is
n OF two copies specially bound in
vellum. OF which No. l was presented
by the author to her Majesty Eliza.
beth Queen Of the Belstans. and nc,
knowledged by her with a cordial
letter OF appreciation from the Palace
in Bruxelles In 1911. This copy, No, 2
Is given by the author for the benefit
Of the fund OF the Authors Club of
New York In aid Of Belgian sufferers
The original typewriter manuscrip
/ Of "Credo," which John ellsworth,
wrote to defend the participation o,
Great Britain In the great war, has
attached n letter from the author e
Edwin Btorkman requesting him IL
translate "Credo" to he published IN
some Swedish paper; also there is tho
manuscript translation, in the auto.
graph of Edwin Bjorkman.
A copy Of Franklin II. Giddlngs's
democracy and Empire. has an
autograph Inscription by tAe author:
only when the democratic empire
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time much greater than tho supply.
7, of,en hannen. tha, men of a given
eating aro ,d,e IN one LEGALITY while
workers ~ tho same calling are needed
e,sewhero Tn. nroh,em h. merely 10
bring tho uan ont a, work into COM
munIcat,on u,,,h mo emn,over who IA
,nortn. TO- na,n
"No, ,o,1 oooa n.rrrer mar
,s,as ,ha ,nmta-a,,on sar,,,ca ror
n.rm,.s,on 80 nuhi,.h tr.o -, charge
nv nnnau,,naa 49, % corman.
o.. ~ - 80, ,,o. giaa,v
r,n,aS ,ha sar,,co IN ,ha A., threo
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established and has now in operation
a system Of distribution OF wage
Gamers II In prepared to receive and
to respond 10 applications for help OF
all kinds, skilled and unskilled. No
fee is charged either employer or en-
ployee for the service.
The Post Office Department 10 co.
operating in the work. and from this
time on blanks OF application for help
or for employment will be furnished
free OF charge to anybody at any time
at any post Office In the United States.
All the man out ~ work.. or the en-
ployer in need OF help, has to do is
10 MI out the blank and mall II 70
the Division OF Information. Depart
ment OF Labor, Washington. d. c.
A prompt reply will be received.
when the plan IL worked out and
perfected. II ought to be possible to
prevent any considerable number IT
people from remaining idle for any
great length OF time in IN part Of
the United States. The system, AZ
o organized. Is already in a posi-
ion to state the labor requirements
Of farmers all over the country. A
scheme OF postcard inquiry enables
those in charge to keep in touch with
agriculturists, and details Of their
wants are card indexed in such a way
as to be made known readily to appli-
cants for work on farms.
When the alien has landed on our
shores he ought not to be allowed to
rematn ignorant OF the opportunities
our country offers him. The port Of
entry is not the only place where he
,hould be able to find out what ne
wants &C know about the United
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Landing At Ellis Island, New York.

States. Every Industrial centre should
have-and doubtless VIII have, somo
day-its representative of the Immi-
grafton Bureau. prepared to tell him
about openings for employment and
whatever else may be useful to him
In the way OF information.
Men who were farmers In Europe
and who have some savings would
gladly buy cheap. productive land In
the United States in preference TO high
priced land in other countries. To
this end, they should be fully informed
OF what the States have to offer to
those In earnest in their desire to Till
the soil for a livelihood. A great part
OF tho 8 amount OF money taken
abroad each year by aliens returning
to Europe might thus he invested In
land In America, and a very desirable
class Of citizens would be kept here.
"It nas been suggested that lantern
slide lectures illustrative Of farming
subjects might be given to educate
the new arrival and to stimulate in
him q desire to become the owner Of
n piece OF land. OF utmost import
ance IL II to adopt every possible
means for breaking up the congestion
OF aliens in our large centres Of popu-
lation. Farm workers are badly
needed in many parts of the United
States. and II n method can be de-
vised by which the flow Of immigrants
ran be directed away from the cities
and toward the agricultural districts
many advantages will result.
mo man able and willing to work
should be Il of employment In this
country. The demand for farm labor
ers. common laborers and other kinds
Of workers IL, eve at the present
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nv RENE

yV YITH the establishment NJ eigh-
\A/ teen distribution branches in
ms many cities. their united
activities covering the whole
Of the United states. the Government
Bureau ~ immigration has extended
Its work into an entirely new field.
I'll aim and object Of this new de-
pnrturc is to put arriving aliens In
the way Of getting work. scattering
them over the country in places
where their labor is wanted, and Incl
dentaliy preventing them from flock
Ing together in the great centres Of
population" said Anthony Caminetti.
chief OF the bureau, in explaining his
BANS to me. THE Government does
excellent work In indicating to manu-
facturers where they may find mar
kets for their products: but it has
not hitherto undertaken the much
easier and equally important task Of
providing the manufacturers partner
n production, the workingman. with
Information that win enable him to
hssp himself steadily employed.
"As for aliens arriving on our
shores. n - obviously not beneficial
indeed, quite the opposite-that they
shouad md themselves In enforced
knsnees. or that they should sell their
labor in ruinous competition with
American w~orkingmen. Accordingly.
the promotion of q plan for their dis
tributaon, with q view 90 obtaining
employment for them. is by no means
solely in their interest but of advan-
tAgs to everybody.
the war has greatly reduced I'M
n~iGratton; but this Is merely temper
ary. When normal conditions have
been restored, II 10 to be expected
thai for an indefinite period to come.
he number Of immigrants annually
arriving In the United States will
considerably exceed 1000, 900. Most
a them, in TACT an enormous major
nv. will be tillers Of The soil, the only
craft to which they have been trained
0y habit and inheritance being agri-
culture. II follows naturally that
thsv should become in his country
farm Mborers OF farm owners.
"But what 10 It that happens to the
newly arrived immigrant? The first
object on which his eyes focus In the
skyscraper, the many stored factory
or the coal mine. He sees nothing
to indicate that agriculture is a recog-
nised industry in the New world.
OwinE to such lack Of Information.
he Is only too likely TO go at once to
q locality where his labor is not In de-
mand and to remain indefinitely o
ing for employment.
1.-THE bureau a while ago made an
efrort to remedy the trouble in some
degree By establishing a division OF
information with headquarters In
Washington and branch offices In New
York and Galveston. Much practical
and effective work was done by the
New York branch located in the
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HE sale for the benefit of the Bel
gian sufferers which, under the
auspices OF the Authors Club,
Is to be held at the Anderson

gian sufferers which. under the
auspices OF the Authors Club,
Is to be held at the Anderson
Galleries on the afternoon and evening
OF Thursday next presents several
features which will make It unique
among literary sales. The Belgian
Minister to this country will pre-
side and Henry van Dyke. American
Minister to the Netherlands will
receive the proceeds and personally
see to the distribution Of the money
among destitute Belgian women and
children.
The Authors Club itself, long known
ais a social organization exclusively and
seldom v%enturing into the public light,
has in it's membership many men
prominent in the diplomatic world.
Among the members are the American
Ambassadors to Russia, Austria and
France. the American Ministers to the
Netherlands and Denmark, NJ. Jusser-
and. the French Ambassador to this
country, and viscount Bryce, former
British Ambassador to this country.
The club has always shrunk from
identifying itself with any public
movement. has never made any such
attempt, but after conditions IN Bel
GUM became known some of its
members talking together formulated
this scheme for aid. with Rossiter
Johnson. James Howard Bridge.
George Sidney Hellman and Joseph
Spencer Kennard on the committee If
arrangements.
Their first plans were tentative and
unambit Gus. aiming merely to have
members offer autographed copies OF
their own books for sale. But the
plans grew az the scheme became cir
culated. Other authors. publishers,
artists. proffcred original manuscripts,
autograph letters, original drawings,
SC, and books came In which were
unique IN having inscribed In them
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. original poems
violating to the great var and the
conditions II has brought about. until
finally there was assembled n collec-
| ton which Major Turner Of the An.
derson Galleries chAracterizes as max
ing for n literary sale such as has
never been In the history Of the world.
Fol not only are there rurp hpoks
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Big Rush Expected
After the War
and Problem Will
Be 20 Find Places
for ALL Manv
Sent to Farms

States. II has more than 10. coo w.,
GERS in the field serving in var.,..
capacities. They are expected &, g..
list farmers in the movement and ~.
other ways to promote its dcyo.u,
ment.
Tho problem Of seasonal emu,.g.
ment offers certain obvious DIT, 3d..
ties which, however, do not seem O.,
be insuperablc. Farmers ought f., d.,
able to get from colleges and 81 oo'..
during vacations. much Of the libor
they need in the summer time. Nof
few teachers and many student,
working their way through college
or perhaps merely DESTROYS Of earn.Dr
a little extra money. would be glad 10
take advantage OF such opportunl.
ties II Information in regard TO the
latter was o~btainnble.
Managers OF mines. mills and
manufacturing plants would often
gladly allow vacations 10 their ON.
ployees for a similar purpose. adopt.
ing a System OF rotation, 70 that a
number could go at one time. other,
in their turn later, and 40 on 10 the
end OF the season. Thus would Ia
provided . change from indoor 10 out.
DOR labor for q great many people
with much beneft to their health. T,
might even direct the thoughts and
ambitions Of such volunteer farm
workers to the moro healthful country
life and lead to tho making OF invest
ments in farm property. In a word.
II might start a movement back 10
tho farm. and-inasmuch az many
workpeople have savings bank de-
posits-aid In tho building up OF happy
rural communities.
Although tho matters 7 have -.
cussed have relation mainly IN ~.
labor problem as It concerns lmu,.
grants. they possess. even whore ma
latter are directly and exclusive.
concerned. an important bearing mo,
welfare or our citizen workpeor,a
the Idle allen Is a disturbance 70 600.
nomic conditions. In congested con.
tres or population he is a menace IN
me iabor market. II he gets a 'os
It may be at the expense OF the Amer.
a workingman. There is a place
for him somewhere else. II he On,
get the Information that leads HIM %
seek IL, ne VIII be in the way Of n
body else and will actually be us.s.,
instead Of a detriment.
The enterprise o being urd,r.
taken by the Government. therefor.
Ia quite a. much for the bcnad, arr
advantage OF native American wo,l.
people as for that OF the aliens w'
pouring into this country in a n.y..
ending stream. are destined to furn
so large a part of the popu'a,ior
the United States In coming gene
tons and future centuries"
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THEORY AND PRACTICE.

40 oMETIMEs." said an observant
man, "a wide difference be-
tween exhortation and execu-
ton occurs. I saw an instance the
other day.
Il was walking through a street
In one Of the poorer sections Of the
city when q gust Of wind blew a great
cloud Of dust into my face. 1t almost
blinded mo and certainly my clothing
needed brushing after II.
when I could open my eyes again I
looked for the ource OF the un-
pleasant experience. It came from a
cart belonging to the Street Cleaning
Department. The vehicle was piled
HIN with ashes. Two men had Just
thrown 4 big canful on top Of the
SulsanS heap. The wind had caught
the night stun and SEN II whirllng all
along the block. I happened to be on
he other side Of the street, but just in
ths way of the cloud.
We New Workers. are 20 u
tsWed to having dust blown into u
oyss thAk there was nothing unusual
Of extraordinary about h happening.
WhAt was unusual was the relation OF
the dust cloud to . big sign that was
On the cart. Tho latter read:
"You live In the greatest city in
IL world. Help US make II the clean
ct and the h%ealthiest.'
II hastsned TO . place where I might
avoid Q possible repetition OF the
diaster and looked down the street
Just ~ the men threw another canful
Of ashes into the cart-no. not into
tho cart, on top of the load. The day
M bright and sunny. and all along
the block of tenements people had
opened their windows to let in the
fresh. spring air.
There was another cloud Of dust,
and I followed II a. 1t drifted In
through the open windows or spread
itself along the sidewalks and on the
stoops. Then I watched the a r drive
to the e place. scattering, as II
jolted along. little splashes OF ashes
that fell from the sides.
II cannot say whether or not there
are germs dangerous to heath in
ashes. am sure. however. that to
scatter ashes In hat way cannot be
OF material assistance in making New
York the 'h~eaithiest city in the world
Certainly it does not help to make it
the c~leanest.
Yet these men, representatives OF
the authorities who are publicly adj
Turing the people to help them make
this the cleanest city in the world,
were themselves filling the living
rooms of those same people with dust
and dirt. l wondered what a police
man would say II he saw some chill
dren, or some grownups, Ringing a
cloud of ashes into the air for the
wind to carry wnere It would. I
zondered also what tho men who
drove that cart through the streets
all day thought OF the sign they
carried with them.
ITO place a sign OF that kind on
. covered art and then to insist that
the men who All 1t shall be careful
that the wind shall not blow some OF
the ashes through the windows, and
that they shall not themselves scatter
1t on the pavement OF the streets,
Would be all right and proper; but to
caNry such a sign and fagrantly
vinRate Its message seems incongru.
Gus 70 msr
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THE IMMIGRANTS is NEW TASK
Bureau Opens Entirely New Field in
Putting Arriving Aliens in Touch
With Needs for Labor

Barge Office, Battery Park In di-
rcct!ng not only aliens but others 10
opportunities for employment and in
rendering assistance TO employers of
agricultural and common laborers
who needed help.
This work Ia still going on. The
offices newly established in Other
cities under the name of distribution
branches are designed to extend II.
each of them having n certain as
signed territory to cover Thus. for
example. the Office In Battery Park.
on Manhattan Island. Is expected to
attend to all such business within
the limits Of five states. New York,
New Jers'N. Connecticut. New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. one distribution
branch co\rs northern California
and Nevada. another southern Calf
fornia and Arizona.