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and announces to the somewhat famous
painter that she has come to "see" to
him. From that instant, which means
the very first line of the story. the cabin
the waif who was born with the gift
for "neighboring." The child sets
cloggsd wheels awhir with joyful
rhythm adds to the family circle run
over dog. sick cat and like strays-
not counting the baby In a box-and
in the doing of 1t all brings soul rest
to the man whom she believes to be
poor until he surprises her with num-
gered- for pink parasol and clothes as
beautiful as dreams: Then John meets
and at first glimpse of her wholesome
sweetness the spell Of Nadine. who
loved emaralds, falls from him like the
rags of that king in fairyland and
But that would be telling the story;
When Pegeen has nursed and mothered
every unfortunate human and animal in
the neighborhood her loving care
reaches out to the rich Mr.. Meredith.
who also loved the Smiling Lady. and
who-but that is another splendid Sc
THE HOPE OF THE HOUSE. BY
Agnes and Egerton Castle. authors
of THE Haunted Heart" etc. IL
lustrated by c. H. Taffs. New YORK:
D. Appleton G. Co.
The war in Europe has created new
situation from which the current fic-
ton writers are drawing a vivid in
spiration. This story by Mr.. and Mrs.
Castle is an excellent example. In a
prologue they present David owen, a
young man suddenly confronted with
the necessity of hard work, after a
youth of luxury. in order to save the
ancestral home in Wales from fore
closure to pay the debts accumulated
by an indulGent and careless father.
David undertakes this task mainly for
the sake of his younger brother, who
develops into delightful lad who ap-
pears to be wholly frivolous and unap-
preciative of the tremendous sacrifices
of David. The war breaks and John
joins the British army. In an appall-
ingly short time he is killed at the
front, leaving completely bereft not
only his brother. but the young girl,
daughter of a wealthy neighbor, to
whom he is affianced. Then come to
her house certain Belgian refugees,
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Greeley, Wendell Phillips. Mark Twain
and John Hay are among the most ia
miliar names that appear in these
bright pages. In quite marked de-
gree the book gives out an atmosphere
OF letters, of groups of men and women
devoted sincerely to the less obviously
material things of life, while 1t has, at
the same time. the sturdy wholesome
outlook of the best of the American
people and is dominated throughout
by a characteristica1ly American sense
of humor and good humor.
FRENCH MEMORIES. OF EIGHT
EENTH-CENTuRY AMERICA. By
Charles H. Sheriff.. Illustrated
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
this writer. happily, to gather up along
'he way material for this all-round
view OF America as it presented itself
TO F'renchman when he, in company
with many of his countrymen. came to
America during the period of colonial
rebellion against Great Britain. Fol-
lowing the trail thus set, the writer
has brought together great bulk of
matter which. organized and projected,
gives realistic picture of colonial so
clety. of city life and country life, of
the conveniences and inconveniences
of travel, of education and the pro-
fessions, of labor and trade. There is,
too, survey of the allied armies bent
to the full and perfected resistance of
England. What our ancestors ate and
drank. their dress and the influence of
French fashions upon them, the full
routine of social custom in the cities
of Boston, Philadelphia and Charleston,
all this and numberless other details
come together here to make a graphic
picture of the times. A suggestive and
well chosen photography accompanies
this very entertaining and Illuminating
study.
PLASHERS MEAD. BY Compton Mac
kenZie. author of Carnival New
York: Harper & Bros.
The literary charm of this novel so
dominates it's plot interest that the
reader will feel no desire to glimpse
the last page to see how the chara cters
turn out. 1t is pleasanter to loiter
page by page. among the green shad-
ows of Plashers Mead, set in it's frame
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EXHIBITION.

ed and embroidered fabrics are beau
tiful, indeed. Miss Bush Brown makes
her own designs. which are exceeding
ly original, cuts her blocks. does her
own printing and then ADDS here ard
there such mebroidery as may seem
called for to produce the desired effect.
The result is unique and very lovely.
First, there is the interest of the de-
material, then the color. All through
taste and art. The color schemes are
peculiarly delightful-virile. rich, joy
Gus and at the same time invariab bly,
harmonious. The things Miss Bush
Brown makes are scarfs. bags. door
hangings and even blouses ano gowns.
all useful and in this instance all also
beautiful. An exhibition of her work
is to be held in New York next month
by special invitation.
:. x
7sWO of the younger artists OF Wash
u ington have come prominently to
notice this autumn-Mss Felicie Waldo
Howell and Miss Corinne Cunningham,
both of whom are pupils of the Cor
coran School of Art.
Miss Howell is represented both in
the New York and Philadelphia Water
Color clubs annual exhibitions show
ing in each place quite group of
pictures done during the past sum
mer. One of her exhibits in Phila-
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delphia is Furthermore illustrated in
the catalogue and others have received
much favorable comment from Phila-
delphia critics.
Her work is essentially illustrative
and is done in dry color on gray paper
She pictures the wharf, presuma bly, at
Edgartown, and street scenes in this
quaint old village on Marthas Vine
yard. In a very few strokes she gives
the character of the place. picturing
the life of the street, the aspect of the
moment, with truth and vivdness
Hers is, indeed, the art of elimination,
the art of saying just enough and not
too much. And the best of it is that
she is almost at the beginning of the
road and not getting toward the end.
Miss Cunningham shows two pictures
in the Philadelphia exhibition. a study
of hollyhockS and a picture entitled
"In Virginia." both of which are very
well placed. Miss Cunningham and
Miss Howell both have been invited to
contribute to the travelling collection
of water colors sent out about January
l by the American Federation of Arts
on circuit of the leading cities in the
middle and far west.
MURING the month of December the
~ Handicraft School will conduct an
exhibition and sale of work by its
members. This will comprise baskets
book bindings, weavings, metal work
and artistic dying. The Handicraft
School made an excellent showing in
the exhibition of industrial art held
at the National Museum during the
past summer under the auspices of the
American Federation of Arts.
=
A MOTHER Washingtonian, Alexis B.
~ Many. is well represented in the
Philadelphia Water Color Clubs an
nual exhibition. Mr.. Many is repre-
sented by two paintings done in water
color on white muslin, of baskets of
flowers. Obviously the subjects were
chosen for their coorful qualities, but
it is to a great extent the technique
of their rendering which gives these
works distinction-the extraordinary
distinction they possess. The color,
which forms a delightful harmony. is
laid on with no uncertain touch and
every stroke has been made to tell.
We are reminded of what Saint-Gau-
do but the way you do it that counts"
Among the artists of Philadelphia as
well the casual visitors to the eX-
hibition these works have attracted
much attention.
IN this same exhibition, which. by
u the way, is we'll worth a trip to
interesting examples of the works of
several erstwhle Washingtonians-
etchings, for instance, by Everett War
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The PIethoric Volunteer.

II ORD READING said at a luncheon
Ia in New York:
The allies loan promises to be as
plethoric as my friend Heron Plume,
who recently enlisted.
"Heron-Plume had bowled for Rugby
and pulled stroke for Oxford in the
dear dead days beyond recall. but he
went out of training afterward. and
when he appeared at the club in khaki
few months ago he certainly made an
imposing figure. Chest 81 inches. you
know, but little low down.
"'Where are you going to fight, He
ron-P Plume? l asked. as my huge friend
sank putting into Il chair and unfas-
tened a couple of buttons at the-er-
breast of his tunic.
Dardanelles,' he answered.
"But, Heron-Plume,' said another
man. don't you know the Dardanelles
are frightfully narrow"
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m, Morehouse. F. NJ. The Discipline of the School.
Roman. +. W. The Industrial and Commercial
Schools of the United States and Germany. IKT-
R662i N
Stewart. R. NJ. Cooperative Methods in the
Development Of School Support in the United
States. IKS3-St49.
Young. ii. Z. Character Through Recreation.
IKRS-YSS.
Play and Recreation.
Curtis. H. S. Education Through Play. IRIS
C9i4e.
Curtis. H. S. The Practical Conduct of Play.
IRS-C944p
Knight, II. R. Play and Recreation in a Town
of 5000. kris kip.
Lee, Joseph. Play in Education IKLL51p.
Health and Hygiene.
Barry; ": F. The Hygiene of the Schoolroom
Rapeer. L. W. Educational Hygiene. IRP-
RlS6e.
Schneider. Franz. Public Health in Springfield
Ill. IQ-Sch56p.
Civics.
Dunn. A. W. Civic Education in Elementary
D926c
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States. Commission on the Reorganization of
Secondary Education. Committee ON Social Stud
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N2l6t
Ward, f. ]. The Schoolhouse as the Polling
Place. ICS3-W21s.
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Upper. Harry. and others. Advertising; Its
Principles and Practice. HkA-T4?6.
Wasson: c. G. How to Compile Catalos'
Wheeler. j. f. An Advertising Manual. HKA-
w567
Wilson, G. +. The House Organ. HKA-W -W696h.
Bookkeeping and Accounting.
1911. HKB B7a5f. ~'-,
Klein. J. j. Students Handbook of Accounting.
Salicrs L. A. Principles of Depreciation.
HKB Sa34p.
Vocational Guidance.
Bloomfield, Meyer. Readings in Vocational
Hloomield, Meyer Youth, School and Vocation.
HIKE B626y.
Sociology.
Baekmar, F: W. and Gillin. ]. L. Outlines of
Elwood. c. A.. Sociology and Modern Social
Picht. w. Il. v. Toynhee Hall and the English
Settlement Movement IAS-P5S4t.
Schuster, Edgar. Eusenics. 1918. IAR-schSse
Crime and Poverty.
Bosanquet. H. D. Social Work in London,
D7s4s.
Goddard, H. H. The Criminal Imbece. IC-
Johnson. W. E. The Liquor Problem in Russia.
ICI-J63s l.
Lesson, Cecil The Probation System. IFN-
L517p.
Nassau. NJ. l.. Old Age Poverty in Greenwich
Village. IGS51N-N1I7.
Education.
Ballou. F. W. The appointment of Teachers in
Cities. IQTB216.
Binet. Alfred. and Simon. TIL. A Method of
Measuring the Development of the Intelligence of
Young C'hfldrpu. LIZ ttm.
Connolly, Louise. The Educational Value of
Dewey. John and Evelyn. Schools OF Tomorrow.
IKS3- -D513s.
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Forbush, W. B. A Manual of Stories. IPS
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Grves, F. P. Students History of Educa-
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Tx 45-L464s.
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In its fundamental idea. however. each
is so essentially human, under the full
IriShry of it's eXternalS, as to eStabllSn
1t in kinship infinitely wider than
the boundaries of it's own island. Ac-
companying the plays. and nearing
them in interest, are notes that explain
the incident or circumstance IN "hlcn
each took it's rise. writer's mental
workshop is source of endless curlos-
ity to the reader. And here, in gem
uine hospitality, Lady Gregory throws
hers open to the public. 1t is in these
notes that she tells OF the making or
'The Gaol Gate"-how it wrote itself In
three days, how she has never changed
a word of it, and how she herself likes
it better than she does any other OF
the plays in this volume. These are
conspicuously actable plays. They are
easy to produce and not overtaNlng
to the amateur One would think them
an incomparably fine means of preserV-
ing the Irishman to himself IN the
midst of any alien surroundings that
may have come to him.
THE EXTRA DAY. BY Algernon Black
wood author of "a Prisoner in
Fairyland," etc. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
II "The Extra Day. were not so en-
gaging as a story, and if, again, one
were inclined to be didactic, it would
be named "a Book on the Psychology
Of Childhood and having been so
named it would be put up on the high
dusty shelf where other such books
stay. But it is a most engaging story,
a fact calculated to permit it to
cape chi1d-study centerS and to place
it in the hands of those who are excited
and stirred and amazed at the imag-
inings and feelings, at the queer fam
cies and the poetic visions of children,
of all children, going about their pro-
digious affairs and carrying out their
own adventures right in the midst of
our commonplace, grownup triviali-
ties. Maria and Tim and Judy are
the three who here. with the in
spired partnership of Uncle Felix"
carry on the great business of being
alive from tip to toe all the waking
hours of the day, projecting these i'm
portant concerns often into the night
of dreams. A good deal of a poet he
is, the writer of this book, and one
reads in nodding, confirmatory rem
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| alike the salient things that constitute
the charm and appeal of Flanders as
distinct from the charm and appeal of
other places, say Provence, or CASTLE.
or Tuscany. The spell of Flanders is
| the spell cast by the middle ages and
embodied in architecture, sculpture,
painting and the quaint ancient quar-
ters OF its cities. Bruges. Client, Ypres,
Malines and Antwerp. So history. leg
end and art make up the substance of
this story. which moves along by way
of the engagingly informal discus
slons of the four who did take, or who
supposed to have taken, their leisureIy
way through northern Belgium in the
weeks Immediately preceding the war.
Here is the captivating story of how
bruges became the Venice Of the
north" and another one about Ypres
when it was greater city than Lon
don, and the story of Client when it
was governed by its great guilds of
Workmen. and that of Malines in the
time of Margaret of Austria. Coming
up to the time when this book was
written. there are descriptions Of Ostend
and La Plage"-''where modern Fland
ers shines Admirable pictures ac-
company the text. and the whole serves
excellently to set out the high lights
of Flemish achievement. Happily Mr.
Vose does not permit the dire disaster
that SO soon befell Belgium to obtrude
itself into the spirit of this vacation
tour.
SEVEN SHORT Plays BY Lady Greg
ory, author Of Our Irish Theater."
etc. New York: G. p Putnam's
Sons.
Each of these seven plays has already
passed the stage test, all of them hav-
ing been produced, in an atmosphere of
pretty general appreciation and ap-
proval, at the Abbey Theater and else
where within recent years. The list
consists of Spreading the News" "Hy-
aclnth Ha!wey, The Rising of the
Moon.' The Jackdaw,'' The Work.
house Ward The Travelling Nam"
The Gaol Gate" Each is a sterling
bit lifted bodily out of the everyday
life of the common people. Each in a
thorough realism of manner presents
the Irish characteristic Of outlook, at
titude and speech in respect to the
usual happenings of the neighborhood.
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ner. color etchings by George Sen
seney, animal paintings by Charles
Livingston Bull and water color by
William Silva.
A T the same time the Philadelphia
~ Water Color Club is exhibiting in
the Pennsylvania Academy the Penn
sylvania Society of Miniature Paint
ers is holding its fourteenth annual
display under the same roof, occupying
one room. In this exhibition none
makes a stronger or better showing
Miss Perrie contributes four minia-
lures, all of which have real distinc-
ton. They have the inherent qualities
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. intimacy
and at the same time have force and
strength.
Miss Margaret Foote Hawley. former
ly of this city and now of Boston. is
also admirably represented. showing
no less than five notable little por
traits. Miss Hawley had the distinc-
ton of having one of her miniatures
purchased last year by the Metropoli-
tan Museum for its permanent collec-
ton.
Mrs. Lesley Bush Brown of this city
is also an exhibitor. being represented
by a very sympathetic miniature of a
baby. Mrs. Bush Brown is to exhibit
in New York next week at the resi-
dence of Mrs. August Lewis her por-
trait of Abdul BAHIA painted a year or
more ago.
p *
AT the Moore gallery in this city
q there are now on exhibition
number of illustrative pen-and-ink
drawings by NJ E. Rost of New York
Some of these drawings are made in
colored inks and are in this respect
unique. Mr. Rost is a capable dra fts-
man and the effects he has produced
with line in color are quite remarkable
The interest is technical, however,
rather than artistic
x *
A ANNOUNCEMENT is made that Fen
~ way Court. the home of Mrs John
table palace of art, will be open to
the public for a week beginning Mon
day, November %, with the exception
of Thanksgiving day. Admission will
be given from u to 3 o'clock and the
will be limited to $50 each
day. Tickets are on sale at Herrick's
on Copley square. Boston. Mrs. Gard
ners collection is one of the finest in
this country, containing works which
are world masterpieces. and in addi-
tion it is beautifully housed Those
who are to be in Boston during the
coming week will be fortunate in hav-
ing this opportunity to visit Fenway
Court and view it's treasures
LEILA MECHLIN.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE-
GENTLY ADDED.

Che following list, arranged by sub
jects, includes some of the latest ad-
ditions to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted, at the
end of the month. in the Library's
monthly bulletin. Copies of this NAV
be obtained free at the library or will
be sent by mail for Is cents a year.
Economic Problems.
Aughlnhuugh, W. E. Selling Latin America
HC96 Au4.
Hamilton, W. II. Current Economic Problems.
HC-IIIs5.
Haworth p. l.. America in Ferment HCs3-
H316.
Howe. F. C. soeialzed Germany. HC47-
Hs33s
King W. L The Wealth and Income of the
People of the United States. HCS3 K5Sw.
Kirkpatrick. +. A. Imperial Defence and
Trade. HCi kG34i.
Sinclair, Y. b., ed. The Cry for Justice. H.
si63
Veblen, T. b. Imperial Germany and the In
dustrial Revolution. EC4T-V495i.
Labor Problems.
Ashworth, J. II. The Helper and American
Trade Unions. HG-As99h.
British Association for Labour Legislation.
Child Labour in the United Kingdom. HFM-B777.
Evening star., 1915-11-21

n THOUGHT PROVOKING lecture
IN on THE Province of the Arts and
Handicrafts'' was given by
Charles R. Ashbee of London
before the Washington Society of the
Fine Arts Wednesday evening in the
auditorium of the National Museum.
Mr.. Ashbee said that we have way
Of dating things from our national view
points. In France everything is dated
from the French revolution, in England
they have a tendency to go back to
the Norman conquest, while here our
beginnings are fixed by. the Decla-
ration of Independence. So in the
industrial world today we are apt to
look back merely to the industrial rev.
olution which took place in the nine
teenth century when machinery was
invented and came into universal use.
But there was a good deal before that,
| he reminded his hearers, to whom he
described the ancient guilds and their
practices. Before the age of machin-
cry objects were made "by human be-
ing for human being" he declared, and
solely in response to need. There was
and always will be the instinct to
create and at the time of the guilds
the instinct was to create finely-to
make that which was created beauti-
ful-which is art. Machinery revolu-
tionized, not merely manufacture. but
society. changing not merely methods
of production. but modes of living. And
upon this point Mr.. Ashbee laid special
stress in insisting that the problem
of the arts and crafts was not merely
one of art but of sociology.
Among his Illustrations Mr.. Ashbee
exhibited four remarkable views of
London at the time of the guilds, show
ing how beautiful architecturally and
in its general aspect the city was then.
after which he showed pictures of mod
ern London and English towns built
since the machine reigned supreme,
which. indeed. are hideous. What is
more. he showed pictures of rooms
nished in the days when everything
was wrought by hand. and. in strik-
ing contrast, rooms of today, i'll de-
signed and horribly furnished. The
one. he said, illustrated qualitative
production. the other quantitative pro-
duction. 1t was for us to take our
choice.
OF all the arts, Mr.. Ashbee claims
that architecture and printing have
suffered least by the advent of ma
chinery. because they are elementarily
mechanical, and yet from illustrations
shown it would seem that. even these
have not escaped the blight.
The multiplicity of painters today, he
said. is the result of machinery, for
their craft alone has been unaffected.
and still offers an avenue of COM
paratively free expression. But Mr..
Ashbee deplores this fact. A short
time ago he visited an artists colony
in New York state. There were no less
than 1872 painters there, many were
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iniscence of the times when he, too,
went a-venturing through the un-
bounded spaces of childhood along
with Maria and Judy and Tim.
FANCHON THE CRICKET. By George
Sand. Translated from the French
by Jane Minot Sedgwick. Illus
trated. New York: Duffield G. Co.
The simplicity. the peculiarly French
simplicity, of this familiar story gives
it it's great beauty, beauty that the
translator has delivered over unim-
paired in this version of the romance
of little Fadette and her playfellows.
Landry and Sylvinet. the Barbeau
twins. Written by George Sand to
take her ready emotions away from
the revolutionary scenes of 1S4S and
meant for no more than diversion in
this stressful period. 'Fanchop the
Cricket has had longer life and
larger popularity than many of the
more serious works of this writer.
Fanchon appears again here. in the
midst of strenuous times and again its
immediate purpose is to divert from
the anxieties that crowd the present
The story is engaging in its own right
and curiously interesting as revela-
ton of this unfamiliar side of its
writer. The present edition is illus
trated with pictures from the play.
pictures wherein lOoh
the part of Fanchon the Cricket, or
the little Fadette.
MEMORIES AND ANECDOTES. By
Kate Sanborn, author of Adopting
an Abandoned Farm" etc Illus
trated. New York: G. p. Putnams
Sons.
This is the retrospect of woman
whose interests have been many-sided
and broad-guage, a woman of force
and personality. attracting to her other
people of like quality. In this informal
and friendly and stimulating excursion
into her own rich past the writer
brings up innumerable aspects of
American life and presents any num-
Der of worthwhile American men and
women to inform and enliven the read
err with the good company of the one
and the intrinsic Importance of the
other. Henry Ward Beecher, Emer-
son, Edward Everett Hale, Horace