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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Opening Day at Panama Pacific Expo
sition Broke All Exposition
Attendance Records

n IL attendance records for expo
"a sitions We're broken at the open
Ing Of the Panama Pacific Inter
national Exposition in San Francisco
OH Feb. ~. Vast crowds thronged the
grounds when President Wilson press
ed the button IN Washington, aud each
day since the attendance has been enor-
nous. The huge buildings and beau
nful thoroughfares lummed with ac-
uvity and have continued Ia do 80.
The Exposition has already demon
straied at this early date that II will
he great success In every way.
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WILL SPEAK On DAIRYING

Proof. VIM. Hill of the agricultural
department of the University of
Chicago, has spent the week iii this
Valley investigating the dairy con-
ditlons as well as farming in general.
Prof. Hill is one of the foremost
dairy experts in the United States and
has built mp some of the leading dair-
les in this country where cows aver
age 6p pounds of butter-fat per an
mum.
He will give an illustrated lecture
on dairying al the Carson Valley I'M
proyement Club hall. Minden. Satur-
day evening from to s O'Clock. This
talk on dairying should be heard by
every farmer who hopes to improve
and increase the profits from his cows.
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For Sale-Three hundred and TWEEN
ty acres of good wood land located in
the mountains wesf of the VIM Hansen
ranch For further particulars apply
at this office.
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Anyone wishing to purchase stock
hogs will do well to apply to Ben
Clock.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD. BY John Ro.
land. New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company.
SIR JOHN FRENCH, An Authentic
biography. BY Cecil Chisholm. NJ A.
With an Introduction by STR Evelyn
Wood. V; c., and q portrait by ]. r.
L. French. New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company.
SCHOOL HYGIENE. By Leo Burger
stein, Phi. D., LII. D. Translated by
Beatrice l.. Stevenson and Anna L.
Won der Osten. with 43 illust rati ions
and diagrams. New York: Frederick
A Stokes Company.
FROM THE TRENCHES, Louyain to
the Aiane. the First Record Of an
Eyewitness. BY Geoffrey Winthrop
Young. New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company.
WORLD WAR sERIES-THE GUNS
OF EUROPE. BY Joseph A. Altshe-
Ter. author of The Guns of Bull
Run" etc. illustrated by Charles
Wrenn. New York: ID. Appleton &
Co.
RED POPPIES; q Novel. BY Marsarete
Munsterberg. author of Anna Bor-
den's Career" New York: d. Apple.
ton & Co.
THE VENGEANCE OF THE FLAG
And Other Occasional Addresses. BY
Henry d. Estabrook. New lork:
Fleming II. Revell Company.
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Biographies.
A Reaction to the Ministry.

From the Yale Alumni Weekly.
! Theological seminaries all along the
line report this year a conspicuous IN
crease in the number of students, with
prospects of even more to follow tho
fact challenges immediate inquiry. and
may lead to some hasty conclusions.
Economic conditions have not produced
it. for the material rewards of the min
istry are. if anything. comparatively
less than they were two decades ago.
Nor can the war. hastily seized upon
as the explanation of anything strange
in these times. SO soon have produced
this effect.
The most reasonable explanation 10
that. this is the beginning of the result
Of systematic and patient work by men
who have long realized growing
need to I'LL the ranks of the profession.
and have resolved that II should be
met. 1t is also in part reaction About
twenty years ago one might nave
found practically the low-water mark
of graduations from the academic into
the theological department of many of
the colleges. Yale included. Some or
the Yale classes OF that time had less
than a dozen men who avowed an in
tention,- at graduation. OF taking up
the ministry. An average class reveal
ed. at its decennial, twelve men out OK
237 graduates who were In the MIN
istry The number had fallen one at
vieennial. The ministry had regularly
stood fifth in the list of professions
chosen by Its members.
1t is not conspicuously at Yale. how.
ever, that the reaction to the ministry
appears. The recruits como chiefly from
the colleges farther west, or the
smaller colleges Of New England. The
Yale School Of Religion. in its new or
ship. is getting its fuIf share Of the
increase.
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;I h 6eRealnly q Literature anaArb NHfhy

It heartily and loving II quite little
Caroline Cafin writes here with un-
|dersthnding and in the fttest kind OF
mood Of the men and women who have
made vaudeville the delight Of the
general public. Here are sketches OF
those who shine in their various ways,
in the dance, in music and near-mu-
sic," in mysteries and illusions. in I'M
presentations and character studies, Al
feats of strength, and so through the
list of this order of entertainment.
Here are pictures OF Sarah Bernhard i.
Ethel Barrymore. Nance o'Neil. Ruth
ST. Denis, Gertrude Hoffman. Harry
Lauder, the lamented Marshall Wilder,
Houdini and q host of others. Each
little drawing Is filled out with fine
bit of analysis Of the wsrk of ats orig
inal, and with a description of this
work that is poetic as wtll as intellec.
tually true. And the illustrations, Ions
What can one say about these! Here
are cartoons that are all made OF
swirls and curves and rhythmic grotes-
Querie Absurd combinations they ap-
pear to be, and yet, within their
ludicrously sinuous movements. they
have. without mistake. gathered UP the
single dominant personal note Of the
particular artist around whom these
lines have been cast.
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those Of the sparkling incident. fresh
situation and bright humor in which
this novel abounds. When a story uses
as its center two attractive young
women, feminists to the hearts core.
despising men with every outgoing
breath, and follows them with two
men, fine, considerable fellows, the end
Of that story Is already in sight. ana
so it is here. There are glimpses Of
background in this romance that pre-
sent men as a pretty shady sort of
creature. The story itse,f, however, is
a very entertaining demonstration OF
the immortal fact that If any really
effective man-hating In the name of
feminism Is going to be done. 1t must
be left to the women whose conjugal
relations have been a disappointment
There is no hope in the girls to whom
this relation is naturally and ineradic-
ably the end-all of their aims and
dreams
VAUDEVILLE. The book. by Caroline
Caf11n. Tho pictures by Marius De
Zayas. New York: Mitchell Ken
nerley.
The cream Of the vaudeville stage is
SKINNED OF into this volume. Know
ing vaudeville thoroughly. believing in
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and its numerous. but far fainter.
neighbors.
There is so much in this region that
will prove of interest to the possessor
of small telescope that 1t is. of
course, quite impossible to mention
everything. We select a few objects
in the Greater Dog, but Lepus. Co
lumba. Eridanus. Argo and Hydra
would all have equally we'll repaid our
examination.
The white star at A, Figure I. was
known to the Arabs as the AN
nouncer," because 1t preceded by few
steps the great Sirius in its passage
across the sky; the yellow star at B
was the Heavy One" because this star
rises but slowly and with difficulty
from the ground. while the orange star
at C. with several fainter stars near
it. was known by the less poetic title
of the Apes"
The star at F is an interesting double
in moderately large telescope; those
at b and c can be seen to be double.
and that at e can be seen to the triple
with a pair of opera glasses. and even
with SO small an instrument as this
many other beautiful objects can be
found in this constellation, which Is a
very rich one for such study.
Thus. extending upward to the left
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By Prof. Doolittle of the University
of PENNSYLVANIA.

TN the early evenings of this mid
II winter month the southern heavens
q present their most attractive ap-
pearance of the entire year. Here we
see Gemini, Auriga and the two Dog
stars. all very near the meridian, and
each at very nearly the highest point
it ever attains in the sky. while to the
west of these there shine out Taurus
and Orion. probably the most striking
star groups of the heavens.
1t Is at this time of the year that
the large area of the sky below and
to the left of this very bright region
is in its best position for exploration
and study. There are a very great
many interesting objects here. though
the attention of the casual observer is
apt to be drawn away from this inter-
esting area by its very brilliant neigh
boring stars. Thus. for example. nearly
every one Is able to recognize the
beautiful Dog star Sirius. but far
fewer number are familiar with the
outlines of the delicate and most inter-
esting constellation formed by Sirius
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lutioned theatrical production. To
serve the purposes Of this investiga-
tion, these forces are grouped as me-
chanical. artistic, intellectual and So
cial forces. Broad Information and a
trained critical sense are brought to
bear upon these influences. describing
the rise and development Of each. ex-
planning its operations. and estimating
the value of the more important and
permanent of them. Much more than
a study Of dramatic literature is re-
quired in this connection. The mod
ern theater employs the arts of paint
ing. architecture. design, music and
dancing. 1t implies also a knowledge
of many branches Of scientific knowl-
edge, a familiarity with social theory
and practical use of business meth
ods All of these topics enter into
this discussion. In so large and COM
plex a subject the matter of choice be-
comes important. So, for the purposes
of broad illustration this writer selects
the theaters Of Germany and Russia as
the ones that are perhaps most fully
conscious Of the powers and possibili-
ties Of the modern drama. The book is
a finely informing and stimulating ex-
position of this potentially universal
instrument" as the writer with enthu-
siasm names tho modern theater.
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TAXATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION
OF WEALTH. Studies in the Eco
nomic, Ethical and Practical ReIa-
tiOns Of Fiscal Systems to Social Or
ganization. BY Frederic Mathews.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
This Is comprehensive, concrete re-
view Of taxation from the common
standpoint that taxation is a positive
factor in the production of wealth and
in its distribution. The work includes a
study of the tariff as the generally ac-
cepted agent of industrial protection
whose purpose is to stimulate tho pro-
ductive capacity of the state. 1t covers
also a statement of the principle of
taxation, a description of its various
forms and an analysis of the effect of
each of these upon the progress of so
ciety. Half Of its seven hundred
pages are given over to tracing out the
applications of these principles of tax
alton to practical political and social
problems. In substance and design,
however. the book brands the present
fiscal system as an unnatural and
abortive product, based on a false con-
ception Of economies and a woeful
mismanagement Of industry. For the
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peculiarly endowed with artistic in
stinct.
Royal cortissoz; writing Of Mr.: Piatt
tributions to exhibitions of paintings
has said:
1.-TWO points in his work remain clear
in my memory. placing him apart from
the merely clever technicians. In the
method: second. unlike many of his
comrades, he had something to say.
The beauty that he loved he did not
seek in deftly manipulated paint alone.
but in the hills and skies. and he
gave these their chance. He did more
than that; he painted them fervently
and Understandings, and I can realize
as though 1t were yesterday the lift
that one got on coming across a pic
ture of his on the line. 1t revived ma
invigorating airs and SO often. too,
brought home to the spectator her
breadth and dignity. That Is the i'm
preston I have preserved from all my
preston of delicacy and strength. of a
kind Of masculine serenity"
This reference to Mr.. Platt's paint
ings is equally applicable to his etch-
ings, all of which have pictorial quail
ity, a certain vigor and dignity. The
of Congress is that which he, himself,
owns, and was loaned upon earnest
solicitation. 1t represents almost en-
tirely the output of ten years, those
between 1880 and 1890. Some of the
plates were very large-much too
large-all were seriously etched and
carefully studied. That was time
when there was not much very good
etching being done In this country. yet
when there was considerable demand
and sale for etchings.
Examining these exhibits carefully
one cannot but incline to the belief
that Mr.. Platt used etching merely
as a convenient means for pictorial ex-
preston rather than through sheer de-
light in its potentialities. One feels
fairly certain that his first interest was
in his themes-and surely this is no
crime. Many Of these themes he found
at Gloucester. SO rich in pictorial ma
terial with its fishing boats, its
wharves. its moors, its crooked streets.
Gloucester in the early eighties was
much less sophisticated than it is to-
day, but those who know 1t well will
find much that Is familiar in Mr.. Platt' S
transcriptions. There are some very
numerous etchings-works which have
virility and beauty-not great works
nor yet works showing an acutely
artistic touch or vision, but soundly
good, sincere and Individual That fa-
cility which enabled Mr.. Platt to do
whatever he turns his attention to
well made it possible for him to take
his place most creditably among Sc
rious and gifted American etchers.
That he could have done SO we'll and
no better, SO much and no more, must
indeed puzzle those who view this very
interesting and unusual exhibition.
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NHONDAY of this week there was for
4V4 mally opened in the Metropolitan
Museum. New York, the Riggs collec-
tion of arms and armor, presented to
that great American museum two years
ago and now permanently placed on
exhibition. Through Mr.. Riggs gener-
Gus permission this collection is not
shown in isolation, but with other
arms and armor previously acquired by
the museum which are now enhanced
in value and interest through chrono-
logical arrangement and additional ex-
hibits.
Like all the exhibits recently set
forth by this museum, much attention
has been given to the method of dis
play. SO that the galleries given over
to this interesting and unique collec-
ton present an appearance which is
engaging upon a glance. There are
comparatively few large and important
collections of armor in the world and
but few of these are accessible to the
public. But one has heretofore been
shown in this country-the collection
of Privy Councillor Zschille of Grossen-
hahn, which was exhibited at the
worlds fair in Chicago. Much of the
fine armor Of other days has perished,
some being ruthlessly destroyed, some
falling victim to age and lack of care
in keeping. And yet the armorer was
a great craftman, an artist, and held in
high esteem by other artists as well as
by royalty. There is an artistic. hu-
man and a historical interest in the
great collection which is now 10 be
seen in New York For sixty years
William Henry Riggs devoted his time
and fortune to collecting the arms and
armor which he has now given to the
museum-one of the most valuable and
noteworthy gifts that institution has
received.
Since the early ffties Mr.. Riggs has
made his home in Paris, the greatest
art market of the world, and has kept
in constant touch with collectors and
antiquity merchants. He has, Bashford
Dean tells US. in the handbook to the
collection published by the museum,
made this his life work. his desire
being to bring together for the art
loving people of his own country a
collection of arms and armor which in
its scope and quality would rank with
European national collections. He
early collectors" to continue Mr..
portunity. he gathered from them,
sooner or later, the pieces he coveted.
In fact, the history of hts objects is the
history of the great collectors. Not in
frequently his treasures could be traced
to national collections. Mr.. Riggs pa
tient watchfulness brought him many
historical pieces, and he did not allow
them to slip through his fingers when
once captured. His work went on SO
quietly that few, even amateurs, re-
allied the value of the collection which
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THE THEATER OF TODAY. BY Hiram
Kelly Moderwell illustrated. New
York: John Lane Company.

TN the southwest gallery Of the LIZ
brary Of Congress is now dis
q played an exceedingly interesting
and comprehensive collection Of etch-
ings by Charles Adams Platt, best
known. perhaps. as an architect and a
designer of landscape in relation to
dwelling houses. Mr.. Platt was born In
1861, the son Of a New York lawyer.
His mother was q member OF the
Cheney family of Manchester. the man
ufacturers of silk. AS child, one OF
his biographers tells US. he used to de-
light in cutting out things with the
scissors and at one time he was known
to thus with the help Of a paste pot
build up an entire house with essen
tial furnishings.
This may and may not have fore
shadowed his career. At all events his
inclination from the first was toward
art and before he was twenty-one he
had evinced pronounced ability in
both his paintings and etchings. In the
early eighties he went abroad and
studied for a time at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts under Boulanger and Le-
Febvre. Upon his return to America
he was gladly welcomed by his fellow
artists and made a member OF me So
ciety Of American Artists and the So
ciety Of American Etchers.
The verdict of all who saw his work
was that here was a man with excep-
tional talent and marked Individual
ity While he was painting and etch-
ing and working his way rapidly to
the front rank of artists his atten-
tion was diverted In the direction OF
landscape architecture by one of his
brothers who was or had been study
ing in the Office of Frederick Law
Olmsted. With his intimate love OF
nature he had q keen sense Of compo-
sition and design and also the power
tions. This made the field of archi-
lecture and landscape design most al
Turing to him and trip to Europe was
planned and carried out with his
brother which resulted in q book on
european gardens and the abandon
ment on the part Of the artist Of etch-
ing and painting as mediums of ex-
preston.
An editorial writer has recently call
ed attention to the fact that limita-
tions may be regarded as no less val
effort and preventing a confusion In
choice. Mr.. Platt was apparently not
blessed by limitations. He might have
been a distinguished etcher, painter.
architect or landscape gardener. He
has chosen to give his chief attention
to the last two. and whereas in these
capacities he has made valuable con-
tributions, still there are those who
lament his choice, feeling that the
world has lost thereby the paintings
and etchings Of one rarely gifted and
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he was bringing together. For one
thing, he permitted very few people to
see 1t; and in later years, when acces-
sions were made, they were apt merely
to be stored away in his home in
Paris, which came finally to be SC
filled with packing cases that the owner
himself could hardly find access to his
purchases.
the late ]. Pierpont Morgan that the
collection was given to the Metropol1-
tan Museum. Some years ago this col
lection. when arriving at one of our
ports, would have been found duttable
as manufactured metal ware, regardless
of its artistic merit or fnterest-today 1t
must be and is considered one of the most
valuable assets of a great art museum.
Instructive, interesting, beautiful and
rare-in short, gift and enrichment
to not merely the Metropolitan Mu-
scum, but the whole nation.
|. A LITTLE over a fortnight ago the
~ National Sculpture Society. the
membership of which comprises those
from all the belligerent nations. drew
up and unanimously adopted an appeal
for the preservation of works of art
by those at war. The spirit of this ap.
peal is such that the American Fedora
truly national. with headquarters here
in Washington, felt that 1t should have
wide and general Endorsement and
therefore has adopted it and sent it
out to all of its chapters in all parts OF
the United States for Endorsement.
None could find in 1t any possible
breech of neutrality, but rather a
recognition of common kinship and
common right of possession in the
great and unrestricted field of art. This
appeal drawn up by the National Sculp-
ture Society and now sent out by the
follows:
THE American Federation of Arts of
the United States of America, a ma
tional organization, whose membership
includes men and women of American
and European birth, united by COM
mon aim to cherish art in this country,
hereby makes an earnest petition to all
those now engaged in warfare. whether
offensive or defensive; and prays that
they may respect and spare the worlds
works of art, wherever found.
MANS pictures, sculptures, temples
and libraries are his monuments to the
long not only to the races that create
them and the places that enshrine them.
but to the whole world They are held
in trust, as an inheritance. Whether
such memorials of the spirit are tn
France or in Germany, in Belgium or
in Britain, in Austria or in Asia, the
destruction of them shames the de-
stroyer, and makes all peoples poorer.
THE American Federation of Arts
does not portion blame or praise for
acts of war when it states fact which
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, earth between Mercury and the sun
will be the greatest But as the planet
will reach the point A but three days
later, 1t is evident that this angle
time.
Mersury will reach the position N,
and SO pass to the right of the sun
and become morning star, February
81. On the evening of February l II
will be very near the bright planet
Jupiter; it will then lie to the right
and above this planet, being separated
from it by a distance about equal to
the moons apparent diameter. The
two bright objects will then form a
most interesting sky figure, but. un-
fortunately, they will be very low in
the southwest and will set soon after
sunset at this time.
Venus is still most brilliant OBJ
ject In the morning sky. 1t reaches
it's greatest distance west of the sun
three hours before sunrise. 1t is now
far below the equator and must there
fore be looked for well toward the
south of the east point of the horizon.
Both Mars and Jupiter are too near
the sun to be satisfactorily observed
the morning sky, rising but few
minutes before sunrise February l.
which time is Increased to forty-nve
minutes by February 2S. The latter
toward the beginning of the month
sets far toward the southwest. one
and one-half hours after sunset, but
it is steadily drawing nearer the sun
and will pass to the west of that body
and become a morning star February
"a.
Saturn rules the evening skies. and
will at once be detected shining out
brightly high In tho heavens. almost
on the border line between Taurus and
Gemini. The planet is in excellent
position for observation; the rings are
WidAlY 0nAnAd mt and. In fnQt, OF all
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man republic toward its conquered
peoples. This is an attitude OF rela-
lively easy guardianship, of respect
toward local forms of government. of
powerful protection. measures calcu-
lated to assuage. discomfort. reduce re-
bellion and make absorption a COM
paratively simple and speedy process.
In modern states. the policy of Great
Britain toward its colonists gives the
most marked extension of the plan
adopted by the republic. This Is a
book for the student of comparative
political history. 1t is an important
and timely study drawn from authen-
tic sources of information. 1t is a we'll
organized survey presented in a spirit
of modern outlook and in a manner
that makes it readable and most in
teresting.
THE THEATER OF TODAY. By Hiram
Kelly Moderwell. Illustrated. New
York: John Lane Company.
This study, So admirable in every re-
spect, approaches the modern theater
from every possible avenue, In order
to present a complete and coherent
view Of the forces that, within the past
decade. have pretty thoroughly revo-