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such a war as is waginS in the pres
ent. what He would have done had He
lived in the midst of such wealth as
any great business of any country of
modern times can show. what the
ideals of life in the twentieth century
would have meant to Him. what the
church would have been under His i'm
mediate inspiration and guidance. what
web of modern circumstance and out
look. This is clear, fair-dealing,
penetrating treatment of a question
that was never more pressing in its ap
peal nor more important in its consid-
era ation than it is at the present mo-
ment. The book is one that is calcu-
lated to arrest one and set him out
again in a new direction OF thought
and purpose.
DEAR ENEMY. BY Jean Webster,
author of "Daddy-Long-Legs," etc.
illustrated by the author New
York: The Century Company.
Did you read Daddy g-Legs' or
see it played? Then you know just
about what to expect of Dear Enemy"
And as warrant against disappointment
you will be met at the outset here by
the very Sallie Mcbride who gave so
happy a cast to the earlier story In
this new adventure Sallie is engaged
in the business of running the John
Crier Home. Before the coming of
Sallie Mcbride, John Grier Home was
an orphanage of the oldest and most
orphanly type-a distressing place
stepped in immemorial dampness and
gloom and smclliness. Here old little
children comported themselves ancient
ly ami solemply. But when Sallie
breezed into the place miracles began
to be of daily familiarity. Sun. and
air. and play. and good things to eat.
and new clothes TO take the place of
institutional uniforms. and a host of
other joys joined hands to make over
the John Grier Home The dear
enemy" who has the honor of naming
this story is Robin MacRae. official
doctor at the home Being Scotch, and
unhappy besides. Robin looked with
disfavor upon the seemingly frivolous
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE
GENTLY ADDED.

The following list, arranged by sub
3ects. includes some of the latest ad.
ditions to the Public Library
The lists which appear in this col
umn each Saturday are reprinted, a,
the end OF the month, in the Library's
Monthly Bulletin. Copies of this may
be obtained free at the library or will
be sent by mail for Is cents a year
Historical Studies.
Clay. A. 7. Amurru, the Home of the North
ern ieInites: 1903: FF6l-CJ7s
Gordon; w. J. Flags OF the World. EVE -G6s4
FD-J253 "
Johnson Henry Teachin; of History in Ele.
meutary and Secondary Schools. FA-Jd5t.
~, hawii1ss @ q; r. Coins and How to Know
Symon. J. D., aud Bensusan, S. l.. The Re
Nuisance and Its Makers. 1913. Foo.sya5r.
Northern Europe, History.
Becke. A. F. Napoleon and Waterloo. F3o44
Ensor. r. c. X, Belgium. FIGS Ep77.
Lees, Is. A. Alfred the Great F15l3-ISlS
MacIDonnell. J. de e. The Life of Albert Kipa
OF the BeIgians. F46s MI46l.
Mulnby. r.. A. Elizabeth and Mary Stuart.
German History.
Ba1: z. b. German Culture. Past and Present.
Gernasy in the 10Th Century. ID Ser. F476i-
G316a.
henzaIern.. % ~ F4773S7sss. -"' Se''e'' OF 'ne no
0lIplant. T. II. G.. Germany and Good Faith.
F47Pr-Ol 49, -,
Priest. q. n. Germany Since 174o. F47-p933
Treitschke;~ H. G. von ! History OF Germany ~
the Nineteenth Century. ". l., F4764-T7l4.E-- :
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which other exhibits in this great
building and the smaller one occupied
by the same institution across the Mall
have in recent years been set forth.
The arts of the Indians are shown by
groups representing the red men at
work: the development of the textile
industry is shown by materials and
models of machines. There are no cat
alogues, but the exhibits are so labeled
that none is required 1t is interes sting
to know how progress is being made
and to what extent we here in Wash
ington are keeping in step with those
of other cities.
IN connection with the development
and upbuilding of art museums it is
interesting to note to what extent
Americans have in the past few years
acquired valuable works of art from
Europe. 1t is true, as Mr.. Bailey said,
we cannot buy the Elgin marbles nor
the Sfstine Madonna. 1t is to be hoped
we may never be able to. But there
are great many things we can and
have gotten without seriously robbing
other nations. The great galleries
abroad are rich in possessions and it
will be our continued delight to go to
them. but there have been many treas
ures transferred from private owner
snip which we may reckon as enor-
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| Russian fort, a chapter of such sisnlf1-
| canoe that at its opening the writer urges
| its careful study. One chapter devoted to
a study of the Cossacks is of a nature to
open the eyes of the average reader. In
the course of this experience there is a
very pleasing glimpse of the tsar and OF
, the Grand Duke Nicolas. of generals one
and another, all calculated to preposseSs
one with the high qualities of these Rus
sian leaders. The writer makes a free
use of maps and charts for the sake of
rendering the text fully concrete and use
full The whole study. with its facts and
implications. is turned over to the Ameri-
can nation a possible light upon one
of ltS most urgent and important prob
len9 of the present. The general reader,
the peace man as we'll as the war man.
the pure pacitist we'll as the advocate
Of preparedness. will find this war study
as suggestive as 1t is clearly interesting.
! WHAT IS \ CHRISTIAN: BY John
Walker Powell. author of The
Poets Vision of Man." etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
For 1000 years now Christian nations
have Waged an almost continuous war,
have tyrannized over the weak. and
have stepped the world in envy. un-
charity. bitterness and hatred. To be
sure. there have been many individual
protests against this curious and ques-
tionahle form of Christianity, but the
sum total has been of this quality as
the present situation abundantly
proves. So, this book pertinently asks
What is 4 Christian" Certainly
Jesus Christ is the same as He was
1000 years ago. healing the sick. help
ing the poor. soothing the troubled,
suffering in Gethsemane and dying on
Calvary chiefly because He was a
kind Man. And the question heading
this book gets it's force from the fact
that only today and yesterday has the
world commenced to divine that to be
a Christian is to be like that good Man.
And here the author brings Jesus for
ward into this and that of modern sit
uation and occasion, to see how He
would have felt, what He would have
said, how He would have acted toward
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Sallie, much. no doubt. as John Knox
glowered over the uncanny charms OF
Mary Stuart. What happened to Robir
MacRae. and hundred orphans as
comes out in the brisk letters of ac.
counting with which Sallie supplies the
real head of the institution. Dear
Enemy" is not only good story, with
humor and kindness and common sense
as its groundwork. 1t is. besides, an
uncommonly good program for the en-
lightened management of home, a
genuine home. for little children.
DEMOCRACY AND THE NATIONS. By
j. a. Macdonald. LII. d. New York:
George II. Doran Company.
Apart from the essential worth of the
ideas and opinions embodied in this
discussion, the prime Importance OF
this study to the United States is that
it represents. in mature deliberation
and seasoned thought, the Canadian
attitude toward the principles of de-
mocracy and the vision of an abiding
good will. Broad of view
stable in thought. practical in pro-
gram. THIS writer in a full detail OF
description, exposition and argument
defines the essentials of democracy and
internationalism. More than this, he
urges their open study and indorse-
ment with an eloQuence that is as gen
uine and brilliant in it's quality as it is
pow erful in it's appeal.
THE PEOPLES GOVERNMENT. BY
David Jayne Hill. LII. D., author of
World Organization as Affected by
the Nature of the Modern State.
etc. New York: d. Appleton &
Co.
This authoritative discussion sums to
Il historical survey of the state from
its inception as an embodiment OF
force up to the present concept of the
state the embodiment of the COM
mon will, that is. as the peoples gov
ernment. In this survey the writer re-
solves this ultimate conception into its
three elements-the state, the law and
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E:<z& h I6eRealny Literature a"a4Arte MnfH

service to the end of making life
brighter and better and more sue
cessful Mrs. Thompson is not mere
theorist She has herself worked IN
various lines of social endeaNor ana
knows the difficulties that lie IN the
way, difficulties that arise from con-
ditions of life and business and others
that arise from the temperament of
the workers themselves. She presents
them in the course of her survey OF
the field and warns as well as urges her
readers
sis of the possible field of work Mrs.
Thompson indicates that there is work
for everybody along one of the three
planes of endeavor, which she Hkens
to the floors of house. The first tioor
is devoted to physical pleasures and
recreations. and the work on it COM
prises social settlement gymnasiums
and clubs. Fairgrounds. outings, Va
cation projects and outdoor nature
studies. The second floor comprises
the mental work for the studious and
Industrious. such as the settlement
classes and work groups, friendly Wis
iting, home library work. clerical work
in connection with organizations. in
vestigation, language instruction,
nursing study and reading circles. The
third floor is devoted to spiritual serv-
ice, and there the field of endeavor is
wide indeed.
This book is prepared for the in
struction. inspiration and guidance of
the social worker. 1t is written from
the helpers point of view exclusively
and deals only incidentally with the
needs of modern society. which are ac-
cepted. How to form a league. for some
new local work. or a branch of n ma
tional organization. how to start on
a practical program, how to raise
money, all these matters are succinctly
dealt with. in a style that commands
attention and sympathy. If all the
young people of Washington who have
leisure to engage in social endeavor
would read this book the city would
be immensely benefited through the
application to its problems of null
titude of helpers. well grounded in the
first principles of service.
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the citizen. Through the perspective
of historical growth he examines these
the state first as force superimpoSed
by the strong upon the weak. then the
state as an ideal. BY way of the same
historic medium he scrutinizes the law
also. at first sovereign decree. and
later a mutual obligation. Under the
double obligation of lawmaker and
subject to the law he analyzes the
powers and responsibilities of the citi-
zen, as the instrument of the people s
government. This clear and colnpre-
hensive survey furnishes "A competent
handbook on the subject of the growth
of the state and the evolution of the
citizen in his changing relation to the
state. The study, in its conclusion.
fronts upon a future of possible gem
eral amity through the education of
the citizen in his obligations toward the
government.
EARNEST WORK FOR EARNEST
WORKERS. BY Elizabeth Moves
Thompson. Washington: National
Capital Press.
In this day of efforts on the part OF
mankind to help the less fortunate,
with numerous organizations in every
city devoted to this purpose. there is
no lack of opportunity for everybody
to be of service. Yet many young peo-
nle with leisure. who want to help in
the betterment of social conditions, are
at a loss to know where to turn and
how to serve. They have talents that
might be usefully applied, musical, ar
tistic. practical. but they wait for in
spiration and OCCASION and thus much
value is wasted. The potential social
worker remains lost asset, and loses
the chance to be of use. Yet there is
always plenty to be done by every
body. Where and how? These ques-
tions are answered by Mrs. Thompson
in this practical little book of sugges-
tions for earnest workers" which has
just been issued. 1t is a revelation
of the opportunities that are open to
the young people of today to be of
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claims. and very reasonably, that the
great city museum is becoming efficient
as a factor in the working lives of the
people, that it has to an extent outgrown
it's function as place Of resort for. pleas
ure, and that it orerwhelms by it's size
and confuses by it's wealth of exhibits.
Furthermore, such a museum has to be
visited somewhat tremendously rather
than informally. The little museums
would obviate these difficulties and Of
fer pleasure and profit to the passing
visitor. These might be made very ac-
cessible. very inviting, very beautiful
and at the same time educational.
NNT E have in this city such a little
Wv museum of art in the Corcoran
Gallery; we shall have a second in the
Freer collection, which is to be housed
in building specially designed for the
purpose to be erected comparatively
soon on site adjacent to the Smith
sonian Institution. We shall have, some
time in the future, a large museum of
the arts, the National Gallery--an art
museum broadly inclusive and worthy
of our nation.
The beginning of this museum is to
be found in the collections now housed
in the National Museum, and evidence
of the intention of making it educa-
tional will be found in the manner in
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j WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY. BY Roi-
ert r. Mccormick. New York: The
! Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Mccormick appears to have had
| every possible opportunity for making a
first hand. close-range study of the Rus
sian army in its present state of activity
That he made the best use OF such priv
ileGe is amply borne out by the excellent
quality of this informing and interesting
study of the Russians in actual warfare
Less is generally known about the ltus-
sian army than about the other armies
now in conflict More misinformation is
afioat concerning it than prevails about
the others. More pre.nldlce exists against
It, Il prejudice which seems to have its
source in nothing more dependable than
cur western connotatiolL of the word Slav
From various quarters. however. facts are
pouring in that are calculated to modify
our conception Cf the S'av. And Mr.. Nc
Cornick's book contributes most efficient
" toward Il general change of front i'll
respect to the Russian character. to Rus
sian potentia!ties and actualities. as we'll
as in respect to the army itself under
present conditions. The writer watches
the war game both at Headquarters and
in the trenches. gathering what he can of
campaign and plan and fighting technio
He fraternizes with the soldiers, cleaning
la great deal about the spirit that ami
mates the men who do the fighting. as he
moves with them from point to
point in the tactical program. He
is at Warsaw, and on the RaWlla
battle Inc. and at Ossowetz. every
where gathering illuminating facts about
the quality of the Russian army. AT one
point in this study Mr.. Mccormick makes
!, summary of the war up to the end OF
April. to show that, up to that time. the
purpose CT Russia had been in large par,
merely that of compelling the kaiser to
withdraw forces from the western front
of battle, thus dissipating something OF
his power. y chapter on modern fortifi-
cations goes into the full detail CT the
construction and use and efficiency of the
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United States History.

pla; Becker rss 6 Hasa L Beginnings of the American
rfSliS nnd W. E, 'of Expansion and Conflict rsss-
Eastman, c. A. The Indian of Today Fso4-
Ea75i
Essary. j. F. Maryland in National Politics.
Xoyes. =. J. Il: c. The Women of Plymouth
Taxson, f. L. The New Nation. Fsa5 -l'2Son.
washnson in Wa TPs Tro and
Williams Sherman New York's Part in His
tory. Fs5l-WGIG.
Voyages and Travel.
Black. W. H: The Real Round the World
Kane. E. X. Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack.
G1ikl3a.
Milton; C, E. Round the Wonderful World.
olcott, c. $. The Lure of the Camera. G2e-
Oh l5l
Islands of the Sea.
Coombe. Florence. Islands of Enchantment.
isll G19-C7s3i.
Du Faur. Frc,la. The Conquest of Mount Cook
schnacL, F. ]. H. The Aloha Guide. G16l-
Sch56.
Northern Europe, Description.
Fox, Frank England. G45-Fs3c.
Hubback ]. II. Russian Realities G54-Hsf2r.
Hutton, Edward. England of My Heart. Cas-
H977.
G54 M192r.
KaTnsley. W: F; Highways and Dyways in
Steveni. W. B. Things Seen in Sweden CO.
StiSt.
Young. c. C. Abused Russia. Go4-Yss.
Southern Europe, Description.
Bennett Arnold. From the Log of the velsa.
G3O- -Bi37f
,,,p capss Tss%ar ss9si ed Bohemia Under HapsbuFs
Dwight H. q. Constantinople, Old ard New
GJ9C- D964.
Edmundson. George, and others. Belgium
italy, and Switzerland GIGS -Ei56.
) Fitch. J. f. c. An Idler il Spain Gi0- -F8aSi.
Hargrove, u. C. Progresl Ee Portugal. G4l-
H224p. a..+
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No Other Possibility.

From London Sketch.
The sergeant (sternly)-Nah. then, yer
young blighter, you amt larfn' at me.
are yer?
The young blighter-Oh, no, SER
geant; no. sir,
The sergeant (more sternly)-Then
what the ell else is there on parade
ter larf at?
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Smith. T. F. A. The soul OF Germany. G4f:
Sm67s.
Asia, Description.
Bell. Archie. The Spell of the Holy Land
Christie. Dusald. Thirty Years in Moukden
Icadland. 1. 7. Home Life in China. G6s
II342h.
Hodge. r. "; Historical Geography of Bible
Town Life in Chi China anu Gds' dG f55e q ~ iase aD'
Madden. N: "; In the Land OF the Cherry
Valley. 4. 5. The Re maxim: of China Ges-
Wl5Jr.
Africa, Description.
cdasF nsFnss ss o5ass 5aaes IsEHgse Africa From
Holt. G. T. Morocco the Piquant. G796- n 47m.
H%f the lGst rlentifT in frica GSns7s
T39G
Canada, Description.
Black. W. II: The Real United States and
Lee. Cuthbert. With DIR. Grenfell In Labrador.
Wood r. X. The Tourists Maritime Provinces
Gs2- ws54t.
United States, Description.
Allen. E. +: A Guide to the National Parks of
american ASSOCIATION Tor inc -Au' 'auteHieut "
Science. Pacific Coast Committee. Nature and
Science on the Pacific Coast. Ga4'Am37.
Boyce. W. ID. United States Colonies and De-
pendencies. GS3S- B635.
Estournelles de Constant, 2. II. B.. Baron d..
America and Her Problems. GS3- -EsS6.E
Huneker, j. .G. New Cosmopolis. GS3-HS93n.
James, &. W. The Lake of the Sky. G341-
J237 l.
Jones, j. E. Mount Vernon. GsG3M jill.
Leupp, f. +. Walks About Washington
+GS59W- -L5T6w.
Powell. J. w. First Through the Grand Canyon.
--= :
Rand, McNally & Co. Washington. Guide to
the City and Environs. +iS58W W-R153w. Refer
ence.
Rhodes, H. G. In Vacation America. Gs3
R346
Russell. Lindsay. America to Japan. Gss-
shelley, H. C. Americs of the Americas.
GS3-Sh45. e.se
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their own significance. The fact is that
we are little in danger nowadays of
being SO intent upon the educational
side of the art museum that we forget
it's other function-the giving of es-
thetic pleasure, refreshment, ,uplift An
art museum should not only be a
schoolhouse. but an isle of delight. an
oasis in the desert, a well spring of
higher ideals. bigger vision. knowl-
edge certainly increases ones powers
of enjoyment. but it cannot be sub
stituted for that sensitiveness to beauty
which responds without reason. And
this is either inherent or acquired
through association with those who
possess it,
A MOTHER kind of museum is being
~ proposed at this same time by an
other Boston man-Fitz Roy Darlington
of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts He
with others is planning children's
museum, which shall be both esthetic
and educational. which will have some
Of the features Mr.. Bailey suggests,
and also certain features of the public
library.
Mr.. Darlington Is a believer in the
small museum established on the basis
of the branch library. conveniently
placed, with changing exhibits. He
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Looks Down on Common Folk

From the Boston Transcript.
That aviator is quite uppish.''
:. Considers himself one Of the aero.
|stocracy, suppose"
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BOOK REVIEWS.

ETHAN HOUSE. By Mrs. Humphry
W. Ward author of Della Blanchflow-
er." etc Frontispiece by Frank
Craig New York: HearSt'S inter-
national Library Company.
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WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY. BY Roi

again? 1 wonder-I WONDER A
greatly impressive story in whichever
aspect it is taken.
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FULL century has gone by
since Lord Holland ran away
with his neigh5or's wife. 1t
was, too, as you remember
long after the eloDenlent that
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OBJECT TO FREIGHT
increase ON MILK
Delaware City Dairymen
Talk OF Patronizing
Auto Line
CHURCH PASTOR
IS AFFLICTED

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, March 23.-Nilliam
Beck, farmer and dairyman Of Delaware
City, has consulted John b. Montgom-
cry regarding operating his automobile
between Delaware City and Wilmington.
The trolley company having increased
the freight rates on milk cans two cents.
the farmers say they cannot afford TO
pay the increase The shipments
amount to l25 cans a day.
This is going to be a lively week here
paseball is all the talk. Every rootcr Is
roofing like good fellow TO get back
OF the New Castle A. c., and guarantee
The club financial support during the
year. The club can get part Of the
ocean Beach Park grounds and everyone
is urged TO help.
Within a few days the famous Della
ware shad will be ON the tables. Charles
Sidney King today put over his net just
to sec how the Delaware feels. Other
fishermen will dip their nets during the
week.
DIR. and Mrs. r. r. Roth and son, who
went TO Sarasota, Fla, few weeks ago,
have returned home. While DR.. Roth
was in Florida the hotel where they
were stopping caught ON fire and they
had a narrow escape. DIR. Roth viii re-
move from New Castle. but will not To-
cate in Florida. The Rev. John J.. John
son, pastor of the Nj. h Church, is con
fined TO his home by sickness.
Miss Anna AlcCue will address n suf-
fragc mass meeting here on Friday even
ing
The Pastimc Athletic Club will hold a
smoker on Friday evening and the
George and John Athletic Club win be
the guests of the Pastimo. The cluns
have always shown a friendly spirit and
now that the baseball season is ap-
preaching the Pastime Club wishes TO
show its best wishes for the west end
club, which has done SO much to pro-
mote athletics.
The members of the Good VIII Fire
Company last night gave Chauncey p.
Holcomb a farewell surprise. lie and
Airs. Holcomb will sail tomorrow for
Shanghai, China, where Mr.. Holcomb
win become district attorney of the
court at that place.
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The natives. many o. whom never had
seen a white man before, attacked
the crew with spears. but the sailors
arrived with rifles. went ashore and
captured several of the natives. The
white men, thirty-five in number, lived
on the island for months. suhsisting
mainly on cOcOanuts and birds eggs.
All hands finally were rescued by a
passing vessel and brought to San
Francisco.
The wreck was sold at auction in
San Francisco for 1925 to Captain
Thayer, who fitted out a wrecking ex-
pedition and fioated the ship on March,
1902. placed her under the American
| flag. and named her the Manga Reva.
| In October, 1913. while the Manga
Reva was on a voyage from Philadel-
phia to San Francisco. the majority
of the crew mutinied, bound the cap
tain and first mate. locked them in
their cabins. and took the vessel bach
10 the Delaware Breakwater. There
the men were arrested and some o
them we're sent 10 prison by the United
States District Court here