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The Dolores star., 1915-06-18

md q piece Of the broken jawbone Of
Q prehistoric cat. whose species IL
now extinct. and whose age is about
10000 years.
This deposit was opened about
three years ago by workmen digging
in a cut Of the Western Maryland
railroad. 1t Is about 1875 feet from the
surface, which is a ridge composed
at the bottom Of limestone probably
15,OO0.000 years old. From the top Of
the ground there was kind of tun-
mel, ending at the cave. which IL now
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
DRAMA AND STAGE
A Doubling Veteran and a
Young Enthusiast.

rHY THEATRE OF IDEAS. A buri.s9us Ale
sorv and Three One Act rlsys, BY Henry Az
thur Jones lzmo. rp lS' George H. pof'n
THE NEW MOVEMENT IN THE THEATRE. u
lustTsted BY sheldon Cheney $40. %. oo5.
Mitchell Kern.rey
Amid the babel OF many mentors
telling us that in the theatre lies our
moral and social salvation. that the
play's the greatest educational infu-
ence Of our day, the easiest way TO at
tain what our growing disinclination
towards serious application refuses to
master thoroughly by hard work, the
veteran Henry Arthur Jones raises his
voice In protest. Hence his burlesque,
"The Theatre Of Ideas" 1t is not q
plav, but is cast in narrative form. In
this theatre Of ideas playwrights ride
hobbyhorses, and attack everything,
from marriage to private property.
The bewildered intellectual public mis-
takes the rocking wooden contrivsnces
for fiery steeds. Their riders find their
call to battle in parliamentary reports;
in fact, the director OF the enterprise
plans to have the sessions OF Psrlia-
ment dramatiZed, so that the members
will only have 70 vote after the curtain
has come down on the conclusion OF
the play. On the facade Of the build
ing are many inscriptions. among them
this: What Is Art? Something. Any
thing. Everything" OF course. since
all life is the province of this theatre
/ Of ideas, il has a training school for
/ those who would knock down brick
walls with their heads; one original
genius stands on his hands and thus
| interest the world; and popular edu-
cation and feminism and pscihsm all
| come within the scope of the institu-
! tion. And the subscribers grow ever
more bewildered, without daring TO
[ confess that they do not understand
This, be it remembered, is burlesque
20 Mr.. Jone. has the right 10 go as far
ss he does 60 That he goes too far oc-
! casionslly, that ne lays himself open
| TO the charge OF being resctionsry, not
so much in the matter OF the super-sol-
| emn drama Of idoas as in that of fem.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
SANINE.

sANINF Ry Michael ArtzibesheT Trans
lated by Percy Plnkerton. With q Prsfa .
by Gilbert Cannsn. limo, pp. sl3. B w
Huebsch.
This novel has been for the last few
years the sensation not only Of Russia
but OF the Continent. Mr.. Gilbert Can
nan tells us in his introduction that 1t
was written ain the despair which
seized the intettgentsid OF Russia after
the last abortive revolution; and, on
the sip-cover Professor William Lyon
Phelps calls it "the most sensational
novel published in Russia during the
last FIVE years, written with great
power and art
That the book is typically Russian is
true. 1t bewlders one as much as
Dostolevsky's own novels. That II
was written "in the despair that fol-
lowed" etc. (see Mr.. Csnnan above,
one may we'll doubt. For, really, we
have had Sanines in Western fiction
since the days Of Stendhsl, the literary
father OF what some thirty years ago
became known in France az jc men
f-HSme. As for the failure of the
revolution which engendered the de-
spair that inspired this story, one can
not wonder at it after making the ac-
quaintance Of its revolutionarles and
wading through their endless, groplng,
simless discussions OF life and death.
Their pessimism ia mostly the result
of m-ntal indigestion caused oy un-
systematic, fragmentary reading A
queer crew. conspirng 10 reform all
Russia. but unable 10 deal with their
own Rcur0ses. SO several OF them COM
nit suicide as the easiest way out
As for Sanine himself, he is the sort
of superman who proves his own su-
perority by sneering at everybody and
everything. That, too, is an easiest
way. "He deifes," says Professor
Phelps, "the natural instincts OF man"
Not only his own, for when a cavalry
officer seduces his sister he is perfect
ly consistent in his attitude toward
both her and him. They have merely
"deified their natural instincts" Nay,
more; he considers the officers deser-
tion Of the girl as only the wise in
diligence of another natural instinct.
And when the man offers him the usual
satisfaction, the superman refuses 20
risk his life in duel instead, he gives
the fellow a beating in public, and thus
drives him 70 suicide. He persuades a
friend to marry his sister, though
afterward he wonders il he would not
have done wiser 70 advise her to do
away with herself. That, indeed, is his
advice to all who are less superior 70
everybody and everything than he is.
II is his counsel TO the young jew with
the defective teeth and the sensitive
mouth" who would be of service TO
humanity and looks in vain for guild
snce in the endless talk of the intel
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
THE MAN OF IRON.

rHE MAN OF IRON BY Richard Dehsn. limo.
pp ss7 Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Miss Graves once more gives us full
measure, pressed down and running
over. Indeed, hers is spacious sub
ject-Bismarck and the Frsnco-Ger-
man War In former book OF hers
she expressed her admiration for the
Man of Iron and his work; here, again,
she pays tribute to his greatness, and
lauds the spirit Of the race that under
his guidance welded itself into a
mighty nation. She wrote the story be-
fore the outbreak Of the war, she ex-
plains in her preface. and would not
blot out one line of IL now, for "the
Germany Of 1914 is not the Germany
OF 1870" However that may be, here
is tale of diplomacy and warfare,
from Ems and its telegram TO the
throne room at Versailles and the sc-
clsmation Of a reborn Empire. Bis
marck, Moltke and Room are its his
torical protagonists; IT'S fictional hero
is an Irish youth, a free lance news
paper correspondent, who, thanks TO
the Chancellor's patronage, is in the
midst of it all. The heroine Is a
French girl, the daughter OF one Of
Nspoleon's officers-the road Of love is,
of course, rough among the slsrums
of battle and victory and defeat, and
Continued on page II, column I.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06

prevails IN Germany, but stu more
the mere appearance Of such a do
minion in the eyes of democratic coun-
tries. That an indefatigible interns-
tional press campaign has been car
ried on for many years TO mlsrepresent
German political institutions. and tina,
these Misrepresentation have tound
ready credence cannot be denied; that
Germany has not succeeded IN counter
acting this systematic press warfare Is.
according 70 Professor Rohrbach. PROOF
of "our innocence in matters of foreign
policy" He quotes "The London Satur-
day Reviews" famous "Germanism
esse delendam" article. His criticism
Of the growth OF ostentatious luxury.
the spread of arrogance-of all the bad
qualities OF a rOureGu rtche nation-is
caustic.
Considering Germany's international
position two years ago, Mr.. Rohrbach
foresaw the struggle that has come,
unless England would consent 10 toll
crate by the side of her own imperial
ism the expansion of Germany. And
for the Fatherland il was matter OF
growth or death. II was Edward VII
who turned the scales against com
promise, he holds; therefore he con-
sistently calls him the greatest states
man of Europe since Bismarck "a Judg-
ment that awaits the outcome of the
war for its confirmation. It would
carry US too FAR 70 follow the author
into his discussion Of German colonial
administration, but it is worth while
10 quote his statement that in German
Southwest Africa matters have already
reached the stage Of mo taxation with
out representation" A valuable, a
most informing book, which az the
present hour acquires q doubled sig
nificance.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
CA &C E;f,h Avenue. New York.

One envies him his optimism con-
..rr;no the nresent state and the i'm
mediate prospect Of the American
drama. He is. indeed. more than optl-
n,i.,ic in the inclusiyeness or ms IlsV
Of PROMISING American dramstists; ne
ia Generous. This in the face or ms
adm ssjon that we are tagging tsr pc
hind England. certainly IN VIVA ne
csile the "drama of sincerity" and else
where the drama of thought. One
agrees with him thoroughly that france
has ceased 20 count in the advance OF
ho,h the drama itself and the arts cf
tho rev producer, and that Germany
ia Of interest 20 US to-day only in the
Iatte- province. One is inclined, fur-
ther 10 think that he does David Be
Iasco less than justice. Mr.. Belascos
stage realism may no longer be az con-
vincing as it once was; he may nave
nlacod TOO much faith in details, out
he has nevertheless rendered great ser
vice 10 the American theatre, and II is
rot unlikely, moreover, that he VIII
hereafter take "son bien on Il le
trouve" in the new school OF produc-
tion. ,,
II ie in the experimental playhouses
Of this country. in the little theatres, toy
theatres, and the like, Of this city ana
Chicago and Boston that Mr.. Cheney
sees the greatest promise. He dis
cusses them and what they have. done
thus far at length; and, for the future
OF our drama, ne looks to our univer9l-
ties and their courses in playwriting.
But Cne cannot share his buovant con
fjdence that to-day there is very Der
mite promise OF such towering as me
Jroma mas not known since the days OF
Queen Elizabeth" The evidence un-
fortunately rather points the other way,
the earnest activity of the enthusiasts
TO the contrary notwithstanding. The
books illustrations Of the new art OF
the theatre are worth while.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06

inism, for instance, he humorou'ly 'd-
mits:
"When were you born" asked
the Director Of the Theatre OF
Ideas?
"In 1851" replied.
Then you are a Trilobite," he
declared. "You are an ancient and
confirmed Trilobte OF the most
Trilobitish order Of Trilobites.'
There Is only one question which
bothers the director, and that Is the
boredom Of his subscribers.
In an interesting preface Mr. Jone.
tells US why, under existing theatrical
conditions on both sides OF the cur
tain, and long before that stage is
reached, the dramatlst cannot always
do his best; and why, in his own case,
mis- best dramas have almost uniformly
: failed-"Michael and His Lost Angel.
( for instance. or the three one-act plays
/ that make up the rest of the volume
THE Goal" was produced in this city
at the Princess Theatre early this sea
! son. "Her Tongue" comedy Of a
woman who talks too much and there
| by loses her chance Of making good
marriage, is a gem, natural throughout,
with never trace Of exsggeration.
"Grace Mary" Is little tragedy OF
Wales, with touch Of the supernatu-
raj in it's endng-an impressive playlet
! in the reading. But Mr.. Jones himself
is Of the opinion that "it would be sue
cessfrl in keeping people out Of the
/ theatre"
/ Mr.. Cheney. book deserves place
beside the many serious studies Of the
subject that have been published in the
last few years. He is, on the whole,
more concerned here with the theatre
than with tho drama, with the new art
Of the producer in England, Germany
and Russia, which is as yet with US
somewhat OF an exotic. a novelty. IL
IL unavoidable that, with such a multi
tuds of teachers all writing at the same
time and with the same intense enthu-
/ siasm, repetitions should become more
and more frequent; but Mr.. Cheney
can claim the merit Of being clear and
70 the point. He understands and
makes his reader understand with him.
/ And he is not faddist, even though
he would rather be futurist than an
archivist" in the theatre.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06

Since everything Belgian is deserved
~ nonular lust now. a neat little paper
hound volume OF contemporary BeI
cian Poetry" selected and translated
bv Jethro Bithell, VI. A. London: wal
ter Scott Publishing Co.. should ma
ready market here. The translator mas
performed his difficult task with laud-
able noetic skill. Nerhaeren, Belgl-
um's foremost poet, is amply represent
ed in this collection. From John Lane
We are TO have new edition OF Alma
Strettell's translations Of Ncrhaeren's
Poems" first published in 1899. The
new edition will contain additional
poems and a portrait Of the poet by
Sargent.
From Jungle TO Zoo.
Those who remember Ellen Nelvln's
interesting books, "Wild Animal Celeb
rites" and Behind the Scenes with
wild Animals" will welcome the an
nouncement of third volume from her
pen. in which she deals with the capt
ure. transportation and tanning OF wild
animals. Mofat, Yard Co. are her
publishers.
Hauptmann and "Parslfsl."
Gerhardt Hauptmann's rendering OF
the Parsifal legend is announced for
March IN an English version prepared
bv Oakley Williams. The book is SAID
to give new significance to the famous
myth
Book. and War In Germany.
According 70 the publishers Week
w." the war has stimulated the produc-
ton Of poetry in Germany TO sucn an
extent that the stupendous record OF
$4,000 poems day may be accepted as
true One Berlin daily alone receives
900 poems day. From German pub
fishers and private sources 1000 books
are sent out daily to the TWO fronts
and 70 the military hospitals. A col
lection Of documents of Hate has
been made by DR.. Hans Floerke. IL
consists OF extracts from foreign news.
papers, letters and public announce
ments made by prominent men IN many
countries. and bears tho subtitle
"Glimpses Into the Souls OF Our Enc
mics" America is said 10 be rlchly
represented in its pages. George Ber-
rard Shaw's German publisher has an
nounced that he will continue 10 pub
lish that authors works because we
need criticism Of England, and Shaw
is Englsnd's sharpest critic
Twilight Sleep.
painless Childbirth" The only com
prehensive frst-hsnd account OF the
famous method for painless childbirth
perfected By Dr. Kronig and DR.. Gauss
at Freiburg, Germany, will be pup
lshed this month by Frederick a.
Stokes Company. Marguerite Tracy
and Mary Boyd. the authors, were the
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06

ssxons. II /. no accident that the
Reformed Church has grown
strong among the Anglo-SaXons,
and the Lutheran Church among
the Germans. The latter appears
from the first 70 be the church OF
princes and classes, and has re
NAMED so faithful to itself that
the principle OF worldly authority
and class superiority has been bet
ter developed within its walls than
anywhere else. The Swiss Ca /
vinists, the English and Scotch
Independents, the Puritans and the
Pilgrim Fathers who laid the foun-
dation OF the transatlantic strength
OF the Anglo-Saxons, all Of them
profess a religion much freer than
the others from the duties OF ser
vitude TO the privileged classes.
In Germany the churches
are ineffective for the very reason
that they are the servants OF the
principle OF class distinctions.
As for the obstructions from with
,ut, the greatest Of them, according I
Mr.. Rohrbach, is not only what actua
dominion Of reactionary political idea
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06

on the obstructions within the empire
TO a realization of the mission OF tiils
"German idea" that are most inform
ing for us. The greatest OF them nc
oording TO him, arc en- as yet but IN
perfectlv welded unity surviving par
ticularisms the caste system. and re
ligious cleavage. And, considering the
latter two. this German critic or ms
own nation again points TO England
Professor Cramb pays a glowing trio-
ute to the influence Of English Prot
estantism on the progress OF the ma
,ion, the formation of the character
ard the political institutions Of the
race. In Germany. on the other hand
according to Mr.. Rohrbach,
Both churches. the Protestant
ncrhaps even more than the Catho-
Tic. administer their wealth OF re-
ligious ideas consciously or uncon-
sciously in the interest of some
social and privileged classes within
tho nation. The inability
Of our Protestanti7m to overcome
our natural national sin caste
worship is apparent whom we com
pare i with that Of the Anglo
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
BOOKS AND AUTHORS -

ton. however. lacks the national
propelling power, because IT ~ un-
able to erect national ideal ior
the future in which each one may
be interested with his whole heart
National enthusiasm. as
fact. cannot be lastingly hndled on
ANYTHING that has been achieved
and now exists. for il must be per.
meated, IL it is TO be strong and
genuine, with the wish to press
forward and with hopes Of the fut-
ure. This is the very thing lacking
in our education. Where is the
youth who hears anything of the
future Of the German idea in the
world Nothing at all. " what
use to them is an occasional word
from high places. sour future lies
on the water" or something like
this How many OF US, old or
young, know that a new period IN
The development of mankind has
begun?
II Is. indeed, Mr.. Rohrbsch's chapter
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
CURRENT TALK ABOUT
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Beloan Poets and Poetry-Books and War in Ger
manv-Twight Sleep-ComPletlon OF the Col-
lected Works of William Morris.

first 70 introduce the subject gener-
ally in America and are among the
founders of the Twilight Sleep Asso-
citation to further the movement here
Miss Tracy spent nearly year
studying the method at the Freiburg
clinic; Mrs. Boyd's son was born
there.
"Out Of Work"
Under this title G. p. Putnam's Sons
publish this week a study OF unem-
ploymcnt IN America, with pro-
gramme for dealing with 1t, by Frances
A. Kellor. The author deals with her
subject under three heads: What Does
Il Mean? How America Markets Its
Labor, and What Can Be Done About
1t?
Courses in BooksellinE.
A scientific course in bookselling is
10 be given by the West Side Young
Mems Christian Association in this
CITY. The course will be under the di-
rectorship Of B. ". Huebsch, the pub
Usher, assisted by number of ex-
perts in the book trade. Although lect-
ures on the subject have been conduct
ed during the last two or three years
by the Booksellers League Of New
York and By the Evening High School
Of Philadelphia, this will be the first
regular class 70 be established in this
country.
Mary Stuart's Maxim.
An interesting bypath Of history has
been explored in Children of France"
by f.. Maxtone Graham, which deals
with the families of the Royal Valois
and Bourbons, ending with the tragedy
OF the Temple. It will be news to
most readers that Mary. the future
Queen of Scots, once wrote Latin
theme on the misbehsvior OF one of
her princely plsymates. in which she
observed: I'VE should be examples
to the people. How can we reprove
others, unless We ourselves are fault
Less"
William Morris's Collected Works.
The last two volumes Of "The Col
lected Works Of William Morris are
announced. The twenty-third volume
contains collection of Morris's So
cialist lectures and essays, while in
the twenty-fourth are a number of
verse fragments that have never be-
fore been published. Among the lat
ter the most considerable is perhaps
the unfinished Scenes from the Fall
Of Troy" an early poem In dramatic
form Each Of the two volumes is pre-
faced with one of those delightful in
Productions by Miss May Morris. which
give such a special charm to the ed-
ton. The last of them deals mainly
with Morris's collection OF manuscripts
and early printed books, and with the
Kelmscott Press. The unpublished
poems must be left for future consid-
Grafton, but room may be made here
for the lines written by Morris for the
tapestry of a bed at Kelmsco.t, which
fall most appropriately on the last
page of the last volume OF this col
lected edition.:
am old and have seen
Many things that have been,
Both grief and peace,
And wsne and increase.
No tale ] tell
OF i'll or well.
But this | say.
Night tresdeth on day,
And for worst and best
Right good is rest.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
"Saninc": A BesSeer from Russia-Bismarck and
His Contemporaries in English Novel-A
Clever Tale of the Pennsy lvania Dutch.

lectuals. Then sanine seduces the be-
trothed Of a friend, and leaves the
town for good. The friend commits sui
eide, but only because on that very day
he had at last reached the conviction
Of the nothingness Of everything. 1t is
Bedlsm; it is also Russian srt-of
sorf
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06

THE ORIGINS And DESTINY or IN;
FFRIAL Britain AID NINETEEN n
CENTURY FL ROPE. BY the late v a.
Srsnnh' NJ 4 With n Memoir and Portrait
% The Author. Syo., ~ :i6 =. 7. button
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
Hauptmann and "Parslfal."

Gerhardt Hauptmann's rendering OF
the Parsifal legend is announced for
March in an English version prepared d
by Oakley Williams. The book is said
TO give new significance to the famous
mvth
New-York tribune., 1915-03-06
DON'T MISS READING
CUPID IN QUARANTINE
THE
CHALK LINE

BY ANNE WARWICK. sas,o- % -ve.
tory Law" etc. Cio,h. 81 75 -,f
A woman arrives az the home q
her lover. having determined 10
leave her husband. She is FOLLOWED
hy a former lover. ito save her"
from this one; then by the hu''
band. who closes up the quad
rangle. The Chinese servant one
scene is Shanghai Is stricken With
cholera, and the quadrangle Is
quarantined for eight days
Much may happen In eight daya
and much does happen In the way
of an emotional qusdrsngulsr mix
ur, before the affair is resolved
into simple right angle again.
consisting OF one man and on,
woman. But which mani Thl, Is
the story--and there is no, a dull
page in IT,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-17

WILLIAM and
LEE AXWORTHY
RACING KINGS

Cleveland, Aug. 16.-Lee Axworthy and
William were crowned, respectively. trot-
ting and pacing kings today following
two of the most sensational match races
witnessed by the horse world in years at
the North Randall track.
Lee Axworthy battled three heats be-
fore defeating Peter Volo, while William
won his race with Directum l in two
straight heats. Worlds records took the
count as a result of the afternoons ex-
hibition. Cleveland hackers of the AK
worthy horse, owned by the Pastime
stables here and driven by Billy An
drews. were well rewarded for their con-
fidence, as Peter Volo was the favorte
in the auction pools. Other matches
were for purses of 5000.
In the first heat Of the Axworthy-Volo
contest the latter trotted in 2.02. tying the
worlds stallion mark held by The Har-
vester and creating a new record for a
four-year-old stallion. In the next two
heats Axworthy won in 203 ! and 20a.
making an average time for a three-heat
race of 2.03 1-6, a new worlds record.
Williams. in the first heat of the pace,
ford for a fve-year-old pacing stallion.
His second heat in two minutes was an
other worlds stallion record and his COM
bined average time of 1854 is a world
mark for a five-year-old PAGER. William
also smashed the local track record of
2.0ls and paced the fastest heat of 1915.
Lee Axworthy lost the first heat of the
trot by shade. In the second Andrews
rushed Axworthy out at the start, took
the pole and sent Peter Volo to a break.
The latter expended so much energy
closing up the gap on the back stretch
that the home stretch found him spent.
The third heat was easy for Axworthy.
William won his race handily, keeping
the lead from the first turn in each heat
and maintaining it all around.