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The bulk uf the Boston Americans arrived Sunday morning and joined President Launon and the staff of pitchers and catchers wno had pre- vousIy b-en quartcred at the Najos- tie Hotel. The boys are in splendid fottle and are anxious to get al their work and with the fsst good wearh- CT will be lined up on the Majestic
 park field with regulars against yannigaus for the first preliminarjes of field practice
 Every player but one is here now" said Tim Muranc yesterday, "and the absentee is accounted for so the Bos tons are ready for tha field game as soon as the Weather Man gives the members the sign. The pitchers and catchers have had their work and arc ready to enter into the gama with the ficders for some fast practice games.
 Incidentally both Muruane and and Mitchell, of the Hurst press. re- gard the Boston opportunity ths year as top.notch, and have an ab.d- ing faith that in the fall days the former penanant winners will repeat and prove themselves the champions of the great American game.
 Those in the party to arrive Sun day were. Iris Speaker Mir. and Mrs. k C. HobItzell Robert Gill George E. Lewis, Guy Tutwler, Wal fer Rehg, Harold C. Janvrin, W. L Gardner Ralph Masterman, Fred V. Ostergren, David Shean, w. T. shcri- dan Olaf Henrjckseu E. l.. Riley, J.. E. Sullivan, Arthur D. Cooper. Ever cit Scott Del Ganer. M J. McNalIy, L. J. Pratt Chas. II shorten, Brad ley Kocher.
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East Arkansas is also picking itself up out of the dust and wondering what happened in the veto line.
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If an acquittal of Harry Thaw will keep him out of the front pages, the verdict is unanimous.
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An appetite that can be satisfied with boiled cabbage isn't going to find the high cost of living intolerable.
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But if we are geing to be strictly a sanitarium town then the drawing in of the lines must begin.
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The world owes every man a living except those who happen to reside in the war zone.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of lib erty and also the only feasible way of evading the bill collector.
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Little Rock will be there with bells on about the time the Southern league curtain call is made.
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Between the supreme court and the governors office there is many al slip.
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The best thing to 10 when you hear wild stories of wrongs is to deny them.
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Also Andrew Jackson came in for another birthday anniversary yester- day
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However, there are not so many minds disturbed as to which route they will take to California as there
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SEE those Shackamaxon Noolens. Kirk-A Tailor-123 Central Avenue. Telephone Sss. Cleaning and Press ing a speciality. 1-l9-f
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might have been had things been oth, erwise.
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School Shoes lbat are worth while. at Woodcoca and IaWo1s. alaGt
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And then if you didn't know it, nex Sunday is the first day of spring.
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MONEY TO lOAN s2-00 on R.IIim- proved clear property 10 per cont
 GEO (. HUTTON. -t Jefferson street ".lH-lW
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Smart Shoes for Smart women al X Lon .Ius.
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Have your lace curtains carefully laundered by hand. For particulars phone 991. 2-7-Smo
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Judge q F. Gotham tas resumed the practice Q. Iae and daa cg,a. the offices formerly occupied by A. tornay A. J Murphg located ot sHl Central avenue second floor of the old Citizens National bank JuHdug. over speucers cigar store. Phone 6l6. 125If
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FINE BARGAIN in Household urni- ture, give-away prices. King House, 2l5 Park Ave. 314-2t
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BIOGRAPHY.

The story Of Lady Hamilton has
been told repeatedly and usually with
little kindness toward her. With all
the beauty that made Romney paint
her so often and attracted her hus-
band and Nelson she has stood as the
embodiment Of the coarse vice mat
marked the end OF the eighteenth CEN
tury in other countries besides Eng
land. II seems n little hard, never
theless. that she should be vilified
again, a century after her death, by
the author who uses the pseudonym
Frank Dandy in Nelson's Legacy
(Charles Scribner's SOns). She dwells
wholly on the modifying part OF the
unfortunate woman's career, pictur-
ing her as a sort Of twentieth GEN.
tury neurotic, and employing the
novelist's Imagination for the details
of the successive i~ntrigues, which
are not recorded. With an
Of sacchartae epithets and compli-
ments she leaves Lady Hamilton not
a shred of even a bigoted up
holder of chastity and responsibility
would have treated her more charita-
bly, with no matter how harsh "A vo-
cabulary. The book IL illustrated
with many Romney portraits.
II is a eulogy Of Mrs. Catherine
Booth-Clibborn that James Strahen
has written in The MARKETABLE
,Hodder and Stoughton: George II.
Doran Company and the reader may
wish for a few more facts n a less
awestricken tone on the authors
! part. As 1t is. regardless Of what may
he thought Of the Salvation Army's
work, the |ccounts Of Miss Booths
, childhood. her peculiar bringing mp
and her work in France and Switzer-
land are very interesting. In the
later chapters 1t is evident hat the
author is holding back stories Of dis
sens.on. II would be only fair to
the subject Of his memoir and to the
reader to recite the facts as they are.
The revival of dreams Of indie
, incidence for Poland and other sup
pressed na~tionalities Is n of the
strange manifestations of the war.
, 4 glory Of Poland is revived by John
| Sobieski's The Life Of King John
Sobieski' Orchard G.. Badger. Bos-
| tom. The imam called John who
! turned the Turks back from Vienna,
! certainly deserved a memorial. The
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WAR BOOKS.

Somewhat belated appear the expe-
riences Of 4 var correspondent in the
first months Of the war. Granville
Fortescue's AT the Front With Three
Armies" (Brentano's). The author
was able to see something Of the in
vasion of Belgium. the rest Of the
time he was engaged in s%currying
from one point to another in the hope
OF being able to report something Of
importance. He did succeed in obtain
ing a few interesting interviews. He
states that his book was held up for
three months by the censorship and
ingenuously surmises that It may con
tain war intelligence Of Importance.
This the reader will fail to find. There
are many illustrations.
A demonstration that Germany Is
going along as though nothing had
happened Is contained In Economic
Life in Germany During the War"
issued by the Observation-Disclosures
Berlin. The array Of statements must
be very satisfactory to German sym
pathizers. The valuable portion OF the
pamphlet lies in the appendix. which
contains the laws and regulations con
corning business that have been pro-
mu,gated in Germany since the war
broke out.
Pamphlets intended To arouse senti-
ment against their opponents continue
to pour forth from both sides. II must
be difficult to create interest in Eng
lands past misdeeds ven in Germany
but Or. NJ. NJ. Rifat arraigns her for
the occupation of Egypt in "Damag-
ing Evide nee agai-st English Hypoc-
risy' (The author. Berlin), an eN
parte selection OF documents. Tive
pamphlets by French professors. al
ready noticed when they appeared in
the original, now come in English
translation. Andre Weiss's The Nio.a'
ton by Germany OF the Neutrality Of
Belgium and Luxenburg' and JOSEPH
Bedier's How Germany Seeks TO Jus
tify Her Atrocities" both from Ar
mand Colin. Paris. o
The intention If DR.. G. e. Young:
abused Russia" CThe Devin-Adail
Company. New York; Is better than thu
execution. The author is impressed
with American ignorance Of condition
in Russia and is misled into makinf
MANY comparisons between erroneou!
ideas In both countries instead of tell
ing plainly and directly how matters
actually stand In Russia. He does i'm
part a good deal OF curious information
for the reader who will take the
trouble to ferret 1t out, particularly
about Russia's Asiatic border prov
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A letter from Edwin l.. Shuman, the
author and critic, throws an interesting
on the writing of Eden Phillpottss
latest novel, "Brunel's Tower,' Mr..
Shuman spent a day with Mr.. and Mrs
Phillpotts in their vineclad home n,
Torauay. on the English Channel. when
the novelist was putting the finishing
touches on this book. He says:
AS we wandered through the wonder
full garden which is the Dartmoor novel
lists sole diversion. he remarked with a
twinkle In his blue-gray eyes that h
was inclined to see red just then. n
question brought out the fact that his
Imagination was stepped In the red clay
of the Devon potterles near Torquay,
where he had long been at work on
'Rruners Tower This led to AN ex-
PLANTATION OF his method NJ composition,
"'You may think II "A topsy furry way
he said. but ! always select the setting
first and evolve In" plot and characters
from II. rever create a story and then
look for scenes into which to tit It. Tn"
people OF a novel, | believe. should grow
up ou, of the soil on which they act out
their little drama
Here we have n key to much in this
authors art. What Thomas Hardy did
occasionally. as when he made Egdon
Heath an oyershadowing power In Tho
Return Of the Native Mr.. Phillpotts has
done habi,ually in the twenty volumes
Of his modest comedy Of Dartmoor.'
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Gunda and his keeper. Walter Thumann.

and clean 1t rs usual. He opened the
big iron doors leading out into the cor
raj. took Gunda's left ear I'm his right
hand. and with his elephant hook N
the other hand led Gunda to the door
Just as Thumann came flush with the
doorjamb Gunda made n sudden lunge
To the left. hurting the keeper against
the jamb and knocking him down.
Thumann was taken by surprise. but
he kept his wits about him and era wIea
into the nearest corner. made by two
OF the solid brick walls. Gunda was
close upon him. however. and stabbed
at him repeatedly with his usks. one OF
which i've succeeded In driving into
Humans right thigh just below the
groin. Thumann wedged himself as
closely as possible into the corner and
called for help. while Gunda did his
best to tramplc the man under his
forefeet and made repeated lunges AZ
him with his tusks.
But Gunda's great bulk prevented him
from reaching Thumann with his fee.
and In one of hts unge he struck the
wall with the tusk he had splintered h.
fore and broke off nineteen inches more
OF ivory. This apparently stunned MIN
somewhat. and before he had recov-
cred enough 10 r. new his attack Keeper
Richards rushed In. jabbei his pitch
fork into Gunda's side and managed 10
drag Thumann out Of The cage. For
a few days Gunda had the freedom OF
his corral, but Keeper Richards finally
outwitted him and got "A chain around
one of his legs. Since tina. day he had
had two long chains ,except for a few
days last summer when one OF them
parted) 10 prevent him from charging
or turning suddenlv on his keeper.
The accompanying picture of Gunda
on his vacation was taken in August.
1913. when Gundt was having a few
days in his corral while his cage was
being painted. Though he was very
vicious at the time Keeper Richards
MANAGED II get him into the corral
and chain him to me fence.
Gund was a gift TO the park from
Col. oliver II payne, end came from
Assam. northern India. where e was
born about 1895 In 1904, when H.
Mas received AT the park, ho was { feet
, inches high at the shoulder and
weighed 3,74O pounds. In 1910. when
he was last measured and weighed. ms
height was : feet . inches and hi
weight s,ol0 pounds, Keeper Thumann
says that this weight had increased
to very nearly If not quite 5000
pounds-that IL. four and a half tons,
| MANY visitors 10 the park got the i'm
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HOW EDEN PHILLPOTTS
WROTE "BRUNEL'S TOWER

Though he IL now working In other parts
of Devonshire. his method is the same,
In the case of 'Brunel's Tower he told
me, he lived among the peters three
months before setting pen 10 paper. maxi
ing friends among the workmen and
even shaping earthenware with his own
hands. until the red of the clay got into
the blood of his characters,
Knowing the authors method. ono
reads 'Brunel's Tower with a fresh in
tcrcst. Every man and woman IN the
story IL seen to live and move In tn"
atmosphere of George Easterhrook's pot
terry as completely as a goldfish in an
aquarium. Not only their bodies, but
their souls, are suhdued to the color Of
the clay. From the wise and kindly
master to the ambitious and faulty Har-
vey Porter, all have been created out Of
the matter and spirit of the place, Tho
whole group il typitied in old Tom Body.
who comes to believe that the clay has
a soul, and finally talks to the pots as
he shapes them on the wheel. To my
mind Bruncls Tower is among the best
OF this autfor's work
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preston that Guuda mus, bo vo-. o.
comfortable as he swung back lHl Oh
on his chains, and not y Few tdIt,..t1
letters TO the park authorities d,rpurc.
ing his captivity ~ "cIuci' ur "b4.t"
As a mstter of fac Guudi p%rubah.' SUI.
fered very little Inconvenience N, aa.'
ways had plenty to eat, plenty OF A,'a-
and plenty of light and air. and a' u.r,
one Of his shag<lcs was east loose. 81, N,
might lie down II he wished 'Tto
shackles did not prevent mir sw urilr
and forth. but they I'D proven
from charging or turning suddenly
on his keeper when 1t was ueccsSi~, or
him TO entoc the cage. which ne ht' 20
dc several times n day. Furthermore. q.
was unlikely that he was much auar.~
by the restraint Of The chains. ~. ,v.,
when he had the freedom Of hs orr,
he took little exercise. and fr'1Icr''-
stood for hours az a time in the sam.
spot. swinging back and forth-"vca-.
ing" as the elephant men say.
Undoubtedly both Thumann and Rich.
ards were entirely willing to turn Gunlt
loose in his corral. or even TO marcia him
around the park with no othe- wcapu,
than an elephant hook for their profcr.
ton. But Dr. %lIornaday viewed me q
physical courage from n different angle
when a human life was AZ stake.
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Nobody knows, and probably nobody
Gunda. the elephant that was shot two
weeks ago in the Bronx Zoo. became
dangerous. What all naturalists and all
elephant men 10 know. however. is
that any male elephant is likely TO be
savage and ~treacherous during his nat
ural breeding season. And II IL sig
nifcant, at least. that all Of Gunda's
serious outbreaks occurred during that
period.
II will be remembered that for about
two years after Gunda came 20 the ZOO
Tin 1900 he was much used for carry
ing children-and adults. too-on short
Journeys around the enclosure. At that
time the elephant house was not built
and Gunda's home was in ;he antelope
house. During these years he showed
no signs of dangerous III nature. and
one OF his keepers, Gleason by name.
seemed to have absolute contro over
him. In fact. there could be no doub.
that Gunda was MORALLY afraid of
Gleason. II was one of those curiou
and inexplicable cases OF the power u
man over a huge. highly intelligent and
naturally courageous animal.
But presently Gunda began to show
dangerous symptoms. and Or. Horna-
day. director OF the park. decided II was
no longer safe to have him about the
grounds. even in the care OF n man who
seemed TO have complete mastery OF
him.
Walter Thumann became Gunda's
keeper in 1906. and by this time he
had begun 10 show unmistakable signs
Of viciousness during the breeding sea-
son one day. In July. 1903. he sud-
denly turned on Thumann in the corral
OF his quarters IN the present elephant
house. knocked him down with his trunk
and stabbed at him with his great
tusks. breaking OF nine inches of the
left one by striking IL against the con-
crete pavement. Thurman escaped with
out serious injury. A year later Gin
the same month"; Gunda had another
ugly spell. but Thumann was careful
to keep out of reach OF his trunk. In
the following year the elephant man
aged to reach Thumann again with his
trunk, but without serious results.
ON July IL, 1912, Gunda made his
most vicious and determined attack.
from which Humans escape was
almost miraculous, The keeper entered
the cage carly that morning TO sweep
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OTHER BOOKS.

4 triumph Of science which in many
eyes is greater than the construction
of the canal is described by Surgeon
General William Crawford Gorgas in
Sanitation in Panama" IAppleton's).
The first part OF the book Is taken
up with the story Of the conquest of
yellow fever, in which the author had
So large "A share. This is followed by
the o Of the work done in tine
Canal Zone under his direction in
fighting the fever and malaria and a
description of the methods and or
ganization by which the health OF the
region is preserved.
\ study Of "Chinese Currency and
Banking" has been made by Srvinas
r. Wagel (North China Daily News
and Herald. Shanghai). The author
is thoroughly familiar with the ur-
rency problems o. India. with which
he compares Chinese conditions, and
that part OF his work will he of
value to the specialists who ave to
dea, with the question. He also has
a wide knowledge Of general economic
works. which he employs in leading
up to his theories. beginning often
with elementary notions. This method
has the disadvantage OF leaving the
reader sometimes at variance with
the author at the outset. He makes
clear the great difficulties which the
Chinese currency problem presents.
A timely little handbook Is James
Burns's How TO Play Tennis" (Out-
ing Publishing Company. The prin-
ciples are laid down clearly and are
helped out by illustrations. so that
the beginner can make a good start.
Three aids for the study Of the
Bible are issued by Charles S%cribner's
Sons. In The Testing Of a Nations
Ideals Or. Charles Foster Kent and
Or. Jeremiah Whipple jerks relate
the history OF the Old Testament in
terms Of modern American political
science. Their text is interesting.
though IL may startle the more or
thodox Sunday school teachers, and
though many OF the comparisons are
forced. The questions attached 10
the text may seem rather dangerous.
in the hands Of an intelligent teacher
they will carry out the plans Of the
authors. but We can easily see what
harm both 10 Bible study and to po-
litical science may come from their
use by mechanical and half educated
teachers. The outline of Old Tesla
ment history entitled How TO Study
the Old Testament" by Or. Frank
knight Saunders and Henry A. Sher-
man. follows more conventional lines
The curse is purely historical and
the directions given TO teachers leave
no o for mistakes. In his His
torical Geography Of Bible Lands Or
Richard Morse Hodge employs the
method Of personally conducted voy-
ages for instruction, aided by many
maps. The teachers book Is accom-
panied nv a pamphlet NJ outline map:
10 he filled in by the pupil.
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Books Received.

ton Of the state Of New York. Frederic
u stevens. doubleday. Page and Com
Youth, school and Vocation" Meyer
bloomfield, uH%oughton Mifflin COMPANY
Good English" John Louis Haney, Ph.
L. ,The Egerton Press, Philadelphia
The Young and Field Literary Read.
crs. Book Five" Fila Flagg Young and
walter Taylor Field. "iinn and Company
The breaking Point" Annie Austin
Flint. broadway Publishing Company
love in Danger" Mrs. Havelock Ellis,
uIoughton Miffin Company
"sonne's to sidney l%nnier,,, C,linord An
derson Lani"r. 81 W huehsch' New
'",'Sod and war Daniel Roy Freeman.
Orchard q Badscr BOSTON,. -
clowns courage" Patrick Scarlet.
Orchard q. BalEern
IForh.s and Company, chicago
The Treasure Of Hidden Valley" VII
rs GEORGE Emerson. Forbes and Com
'contcmporary Portraits" Frank Har-
ris mitchell Kenncrl'y, New York
The New York stock Exchange In the
TN Life Press, Garden city, y, "
The Life Of Henry I.aurens" David
Duncan wallace fh ID. 0, +, Putnam's
Common Sense Applied to Woman SUI
fragc," Mary pu'nam-ja""hi 90. p, Put
MANS SonsD
"The Gold headed Cane" William Mac.
michael VI, u paul u, Hochcr. New
York,
'Stampkran, The Three Bears
Omitted Art Publishing Company. New
York;
Letters from Brother nm. Varsity
sub Walter Kellogg Towers. IThomas
Y. crowrll Company
T h Higher Patriotism, John Grier
Hibhen. iCharles Scrihner's Sons.)
"A Woman Alone" Mrs. W, *, chr.
ford. ,Charles Scrihner's Sens
THE Iandloper." Holman Day. IHnr
persl
Manual of the sherman Law Everett
y. curtis, Baker. Noorhis and Company,
New York;
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PICTURE OF ) STEWART
BARNEY PAINTED BY HIMSELF
Author of =. 7. NJ" Putnam

men must form their opinions for the
time being. Ii reed not be said that
the book has been prepared with no
partisan bias but with the desire To
present facts as they are so that the
student OF international law may
Judge.
The book opens with a brief sketch
Of the condition OF Europe before the
war broke out and OF the more i'm
portant questions that had caused
friction. Then follows Prof. Stowelrs
analysis OF the documents arranged
so as to tell each portion OF the story
by itself: first the Austro-Serb con-
nict, then the discussions with Rus
sia. Germany's situation, Frances sup
port OF Russia. mobilization, the
breakdown of the European concert.
the attitude Of England. the neutrality
OF Belgium. the position OF Italy and
finally the attitude of the United
States. In each Of these divisions
the official documents exchanged are
made to tell the story. Only in the
chapters on Belgium and the United
States does the author bring in his
own conclusions. The last part OF the
volume contains the text OF the more
important documents. Here is all the
material hat is at hand. or is likely
to be at hand for some time. regard
ing the beginning Of the war. arranged
methodically in the that will
be most convenient to the vast ma
jority Of persons who will use 1t.
In the nature OF things II Is not the
most entertaining form Of reading, hut
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WAR PRELIMINARIES

An extremely valuable and helpful
book. that will tighten the toll of all
who have to write about the war or
to study Il for any reason and will
eliminate a asst mass OF ephemeral
literature, has boon written and put
together by Prof, Ellcry G. Stowcll
Of Columbia in The Diplomacy of the
War Of 1914. The Beginnings of the
War" Houghton Miflin Company,
the first authoritative treatise that
has come to hand. Prof. Stowell ad-
mits frankly in his preface that the
real truth abou many matters and
the secret causes will only he known
In after years, and that the documents
that have been published must be
taken with caution and probably do
not record all the negotiations. II IL
possible, however, to describe what
has been done on the surface, and to
summarize the materials from which