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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
BACKWARD LOOKS
AND FORWARD CHANCES
A Second Book on the War by Professor Nuensterber
circumstances and Observation-Disclosures
and the World-German Americanlsm.

when l read one from Petrograd
begin to combine and to speculate
what may have been the real hap
penlng. | defend this attitude Of
mine TO my own conscience be-
cause | feel sure that the later
events have not contradicted
statement of the German bulletin
and have rather seldom confirmed,
as far as | can see, the Russian.
And yet l am psychologist enough
not TO forget how much this ac
tivity of my brain cells may be
due to the fact that | bresthed
German air through happy school
boy days.
One agrees with Professor Muenster-
berg concerning the utter lack Of value
of much of the controversial matter
that has poured from the pens of Eng
lish writer's from that of Conan Doyle,
for one, and that of II. G. Wells, for
another, who, indeed, has presented a
queer spectacle of patriotic hysteria
which led him to contradict all that he
had previously said about Germany's
services 10 civilization. William ii is
entitled to another eulogy; he has had
so much Of the other sort of thing of
late, He surpasses even Colonel
Roosevelt, Professor Muensterberg as
surcs US. in the range of his interests
and knowledge. The chapters on
Kutur and The Highest Values" are
decidedly worth while, but then, the
whole book invites consideration and
reflection.
And what Of tomorrow. of "the
Peace and America? New militarisms
or pacit'cism, a system Of multiple re-
vived nationalities or q United States
of Europe? As for US, we need neither
suspect victorious Germany nor a
conquering England. The one will
want peace and trade, not conquests (;
the other will be forced 70 return TO
her old policy of watching Russia on
the Indian frontier. Il is in the awak-
ened Far East that our author sees
Finally. there is the future OF Ameri.
cans Of German birth and descent
Combined political action, proposed
recently. the professor frowns upon
even If il could be successful, which Il
cannot: Efforts 10 join the German
and Irish vote in d movement against
too fervid pro-English policy Of the
country have been started repeatedly
but those who warned the German
Americans against such an alliance
were surely not their worst friends
This part Of the book is worth the
plain Americans while for the insight
il gives him into the complexities OF
na,ural.zed citizenship. That the Ger
man element has lost much Of the
ground it had won in this country is
Professor Muensterberg's conclusion
He eXhorts i 10 continue undismayed
20 give 90 the state the best and sound
est and noblest OF its traditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
THE PEACE AND AMERICA.

TIE PEACE AND AMERICA By Hugo Muen-
u,rbefg i2mo. Pr. 27e. d. Appleton d Go.
Notwithstanding its pacific title. this
new book by Harvard's well-known
psychologist is here and there de-
cidedly aggressive. Generally, how
ever, the author resorts 20 argument;
he seeks to convince us, most Of US, he
realizes, decidedly against our Will.
Still, he predicts that after the end Of
the war, when all Interpretations
will be exposed, when all the sup
pressed facts will come to light, Amer
lea will revise its opinion Of the rights
and the wrongs Of the tragedy, its
origins and its conduct so far as Ger
many is concerned. One wonders If,
when that time comes, Professor
Muensterborg will modify his own opia-
ion, here expressed. that since the
twelfth century, when England began
"the dastardly crushing of green Erin,
20 the twentieth century. when she
broke down the peaceful Boer republic,
her history has been one of ruthless
aggression" His protest against our
trade in war supplies with the Allies
need not be answered again. The fall
lacy Of the argument, with its specious
appeal TO morals, has already been
sufficiently exposed. That trade is
strictly neutral. and nothing else. l.
is its prohibition that would be the re-
verse. But, according 20 Professor
Muensterberg. our action has robbed
us OF our splendid opportunity TO arbi-
trate.
l. is true thLt the average American
was decidedly vague in his knowledge
of history and geography when the war
broke out, but will Professor Muenster-
berg maintain that the average Ger
man is much better informed concern
ing American history and geog-
raphy, American institutions. Amerl-
can Kultur? One doubts IL. Neither,
for that matter, is the average English
man or Frenchman. SO far as this ar
gument affects public opinion. II IS
rather on the subject Of the acknowl-
edged defects Of our educational sys-
tenn than on that Of the war. That
much OF what has come out Of England
and out Of Germany, tom the way
OF atrocities was bald invention is
unquestionably true; ~. il influenced
the attitude OF the majority Of US is
equally undeniab.e. but our psycholo-
gist himself frankly admits:
DO not deny for 4 moment that
whenever ! read an official state
fact l accept it uncritically, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
Maurice HIevetts Iceandic Saga-OProarlous Farce by
Harry Leon Wilson-A Good English story
Of Modern Woman-Ohcr Reviews.

day. They come out half stripped:
they stop at nothing 20 excite the
men they want; they're l.nglng
every restraint behind them; lts
scramble that's getting horcer and
more braZen and more shameless
because it's a scramble IN 2 losing
zane. We can't afford them, and
the world IS waking up 20 the fact.
and they've got % be p!tchioEked
on. Of their nests and made 70 toe
the lire.
But the working girl simply answer,
that she wants "those things. the thing.
that make women happy" OF course,
as yet only one ending has been found
for the fiction Of the woman on the
firing line marriage. Perhaps there is
as vet no other solution in real lie ior
the vast majority Of her Neyerthe.
less, one wishes for a novel whose
heroine treads the path Of economic
independence 70 the very end In our
present socio-economic system. 70 the
hour when her energies flag and her
strength fails, when ner fighting days
are ever and yet the fight must be
carried on. That, too, is a situation
ong familiar 20 men. Such a novel
Of the new woman might be worth
while.
{. O. ID.
g o ID IS Natalie sumner Lincoln nl1sya,ec
by Charles L. Wfeun. l2uso. D $40. D. Ao-
pctou * Co
This is not only the best story Mrs.
Lincoln has written thus far il Is also
as expressing a detective story as one
is likely to find nowadays. The nara
tive is most ingeniousiy constructed, Il
presents new complications, new pur.
Continued on page IS. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
THE CONSTITUTION.

THg DEMOCRACY or THE THE CONSTITUTION, AM An
CTIER ADDRESSES AND ESSAYS. By heur
CaeH Lc~s,. S'o. ~. zsl' Charles ScHo"e'
So.s.
The fads and fancies Of politics have
10 be shot at as they fly. Otherwise
they may recede rapidly into the void
and shooting at them may become q
form OF targetless target practice
-Four Of the addresses which Senator
Lodge has incorporated in this new
volume Of his essays and speeches deal
with the conflict between direct gov
eminent methods. like the initiative
the referendum and the judicial re-
call. and the system Of indirect gov
eminent worked out with so much
elaboration in the Federal Constitu-
ton. The addresses date from 1911,
1912 and 1918. Those were years of I'M
rest and Of sharp dissatisfaction at
least on the surface-with constitu-
t;onal restrictions. Colonel Roosevelt
was advocating the recall of judicial
decisions and many other innovations
in the line Of advanced democracy.
Justice Clark. Of the North Carolina
Supreme Court, an intimate political
friend Of NJ Bryan, was agltatlng for
the annulment of the power of the
Federal Supreme Court 20 declare fed
cral and state laws void. because IN
constitutional Mr.. Bryan was going
about the country saying that nobody
could be classified as a Democrat who
didn't believe in the sanctity Of the
initiative and referendum.
Mr. Lodge was discussing an issue
which doomed large and excited much
angry feeling. His addresses were
polemics against the heresies Of the
new Constitutional theorists. He stood
fast on the wisdom Of the Fathers and
eagerly defended the indirect or repre-
sentative system Of government. This
is 1915. and already the agitation for
revolutionary changes in governmental
methods has largely abated. So far as
the federal system is concerned, II Is
dead. The Massachusetts Senator'S
speeches deal, therefore, with what is
in the main. ia closed incident. They
have lost a good deal of their contem-
porancous interest. But their value as
contribution 20 the philosophy Of
democratic government remains.
These essays are controversial rather
than critical They have all the virtues
of polemics and some Of the defects.
in order to combat the application Of
the direct government theory in ma
t!onal affairs Mr. Lodge lays great en-
uhasis on the value Of representative
government" The one great contribu-
ton of modern times to the science Of
government" he says, "has been the
representative system" But "repre-
sentative government" is unfortunately
an ambiguous term. All the govern
ments we know Of are representative.
As Mr. Lodge points out in one Of his
addresses. even in an advanced democ-
racy the voters, though they exercise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
4 LOVERS TALE.

A LOVERS TALE. BY Maurice he"ie'' '4"'''
% ZgT Char.ss ScriDneTs Son'.
Mr.. Hewlett reteils in this short mover
the Icelandic saga Of Cormac, the son
of Ogmund the Viking, and Of ms love
for Stangerd, the woman beyond COM
mare. In the original version, "hlch
dates from the tenth century, WITCH
woman casts a spell over Cormac when
causes him to continue TO love stan
gerd while ceasing % desire TO marry
her. and this is perhaps the more uhc
Jerstaudable version. With the aid Oh
the supernatural, COrmGc behavior u
more easily explained than 1t IS by M
Hewlett, ps5 cnOlog,cal lnterpfc'aV'on '
According 70 him, Cormac was a skald.
a poet-throughout we get snatches OF
his song and 70 the poet desire IS
greater than attainment, ldeahzation
higher than possession. One need NOT
however, take this modern view OF an
nge-old tale too seriously IN order 20
cniov the Morse spirit Of Mr.. HewletIs
tale. His men have the heroic stature
of their semi historic period; the retold
lovers tale remains saga still One
revels in the primitive simplicity OF
this company of Norsemen, IN their re-
lance upon their proves ond IN the
virtue Of their swords.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
SWIFT AND THE DUBLIN BEADLE.

When Swift was first appointed Dean
of ST. Pstrick's he was informed by
one of the Chapter that the Beadle Of
the cathedral was a poet. Swift sent
for the man, so we are told in that
Georgian scrapbcok, Strings "a
Painter of Dreams" John Lane, but
found him most reticent. At last he
commanded the Beadle to compose
some verses on November 5. with this
result:
"To-night's the Day, | speak Il with
great sorrow,
That we were all t'have been blown up
Tomorrow.
Therefore take care Of Fires and Can
delight;
It's a cold frosty Morn; and so Good
night"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03

twenty years administered the law IN
the Supreme Court of Scotland. Here
is a passage from one Of his addresses
to the jury: and so. gentlemen, hay-
ing shown you that the panels argu-
ment is impossible, shall now pro-
coed for to show you that it is eX-
tremely improbable" There was Lord
Hermand. confirmed drunkard, who
objected to light sentence pro-
nounced by another judge upon man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03

Edinburgh Review" is Of their number
Indeed, the strangest feature Of these
twelve biographical sketches is the
sharp contrast some Of their subjects
present in their quality as judges and
as men. At the same time, one can dip
into these pages for an abundance OF
anecdotes.
There was Lord Eskgrove, who has
his place here because he was ian alb
surd person" who yet for two and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
RUGGLES OF RED GAP,

rrccIEs or RED GAP. - Ha-sy Leon Wilson.
lustraied by +. Il. CTuger LIMO D. ''''
Doubleday. Page * Go.
Mr.. Wilson deserves vote OF thanHs
for this roaring farce, which ne man 70
tains at its top level Of fun through
nearly four hundred pages. Mr.. Rug.
giles is a correct English valet; Red
Gan ia in the State of Washington.
The contrast is the foundation Of It all.
Ruggles's adventures with Americans
begin in Paris, however. where his
master and another Wild Westerner
break away from the reservation, TAX
ing poor Ruggles along. In Red Gap
he begins to find himself He starts an
up-to-date restaurant, invents Rug
gies's International Relish and grad
ually begins TO feel that, since these
cheerful, free people consider him as
GOOD as themselves, he may, after all,
be just as good as they are. There Is
a well-born Englishman in the story,
and his broth =, who is an earl, and
both are good mixers; there is also
a Bostonian. who won't mix at all. But
his mother-ln-law is the best mixer or
the whole string. Then there is Klon-
dixie Kate, the bewitching widow with
somewhat Of an arctic past.
But the plot is only the thread upon
which the fun is strung. One laughs
necessarily from beginning to end, the
more heartily because true American
ism is always discernible below the
humorous cxaggeration. And here and
there Mr.. Wilson neatly burlesques the
conception Of the American current IN
British fiction and the British press.
The book is robust, wholesome, hearty
fun. One wishes it large circle Of
readers-for the readers sake even
more than for that of the author, who
certainly deserves the fruits Of his
loh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03

vANDERyR IN VENICE By z. Y. Lucas
sixteen Illustrations In colors by Harry Morley
and thirty-tSo photographs from paintings ana
map 8yo pp. 1922. The Macmillan Oomp"'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03

Continued on page IS. column
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09

The county court met Tuesday
with Presiding Judge 2. w.
Wright, Judge julius G. Vogt,
from the eastern district, Dep
uty Sheriff Joe Waddell, and
County Clerk Geo. w. Bates
present. The following bust
ness was transacted:
Court ordered warrant for SIS
be drawn in favor of Clayton
Williams, colored, secretary of
the Lafayette County Negro
Fair, to be awarded as Lafayette
county premiums.
The Concordia Special Road
District presented requisition
for money in the hands of the
county treasurer, due the dis
trict, and same was ordered paid
in the sum of $1O9.98.
The court ordered that the
salary of the deputy circuit
clerk Of Lexington, as recently
fixed by the circuit judge, to be
filed and acknowledged.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Criminal Court Jury.

The county court Wednesday
drew the following gentlemen
for the jury for the August
term of the criminal court:
Clay-George Alumbaugh, Ju-
lius Doelling, William Keller.
Davis-Frank Ellmaker, Her
man Kalthoff, H. G. Kirchoff.
Dover-L. w. VanAnglen, R.
L. Rider, Hy. w. Tempel.
Freedom-George Helt, w. D.
Bastain, Thomas Littlejohn.
Lexington-Vernon Barnett,
Charles Hacker, C. Con Barron.
Middleton-H. w. Wisler, F.
c. Schroeder, Aug. Erdman.
Sni-a-Bar-T. w. Gott, James
Gautier, G. T. Proctor.
Neutrality-suspicious. David
son, John McFadin, Thomas
Stockton.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Greys Take Two More.

Just to show the know-alls and
chronic knockers that winning
twelve straight games in base
ball is not all luck, the Greys
Sunday and Monday added two
more to their string of victor
les, making fourteen straight,
and fifteen out Of seventeen for
the season thus far. The Ar
gentine Club which came here
Sunday for two games, was the
best all-round aggregation seen
here this year. The game Sun
day resulted in a 4 to 3 verdict
for the Greys, and just to show
that they had another punch,
won Mondays game by the
same score.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
HENS FED BEEF SCRAPS
LAY MANY MORE EGGS
Experiment at the University
Shows that Protein Food
Increases Food PrOduc-
ductiOn.

That it is a poor policy for
farmers not to feed some kind
of food to their chickens which
is high in protein value-such
as beef scraps or sour milk-is
the opinion of H. L. Kempster,
associate professor of poultry
husbandry at the University of
Missouri.
In three separate pens the
same number of chickens were
kept. All were fed corn all the
time, wheat part of the time,
and in addition ground grain
rations of bran, middlings, and
corn meal. Besides this regular
feed for the chickens in all three
pens, those in pen one were fed
beef scraps, and those in pen
three were given all the sour
milk they wanted. The hens
were about the same age. The
experiment covered the time
between November / and June l.
Those hens in pen two-given
only the regular feed-produced
only 300 eggs; those in pen one
given beef scraps-produced
1913 eggs, and those in pen
three-fed sour milk-produced
1425 eggs. The hens in pen one
ate 923 pounds Of grain, those
in pen two 944 pounds and those
in pen three 1886 pounds.
The amount of beef scraps
feed to the chickens in pen one
was 60 pounds, costing $1.80.
These hens produced 718 more
eggs than those chickens fed
only the regular rations. In
other words, these chickens
produced 718 additional eggs on
feed which cost but $1.8O more
than the regular ration. Those
hens fed sour milk produced
nearly as many eggs as those
fed the beef scrap ration.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
DEMONSTRATING.

Mr.. Murray Gibbons of Pur-
cell, Oklahoma, and Miss Anna
Phetzing, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. U. G. Phetzing of this city,
were married Wednesday night
at Z o'clock at the First Presby-
terian church at Stockton, Cali
fornia.
The Phetzing party left here
about three weeks ago for a trip
through the west. Miss Phetz-
ing had confded to a few of her
most intimate friends of her
wedding arrangements, and that
Mr.. Gibbons would meet them
in California and after the we'd
ding they would visit the expos
ition and continue with Mr.. and
Mrs. Phetzing on their trip.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
New Motor Truck.

Fred Wilmot has recently
bought Ford motor truck from
the local agents of the Ford
Motor Car Company, John Nor
rison & Sons. Mr.. Wilmot and
Guy Morrison went to Kansas
City Tuesday morning on the
rattler and returned in the even
ing with the truck. The truck
is painted in the colors of the
Pin-Ton grocery and will be used
in making deliveries in town.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Contract Let Tor Normal
Building.

c. A. Keith, member of the
Board of Curators of the War
rensburg Normal, was in War
rensburg Wednesday on busi-
ness in connection with the let
ting of a contract for the con-
struction of Science Hall, which
was destroyed by fire last win
ter. The Capitol City Planning
Mill Company of Jefferson City
secured the contract for $63, 1865.
This amount includes wiring,
plumbing, heating and ventilat-
ing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Cutting Serape.

Monday night about 8:15
o'clock, Clarence Hall, negro
porter at the Veach salon, was
severely cut about the body by
William Renick, brother of Neil
Renick, who assaulted Sheriff
William H. Waddell, about a
year ago. The cutting took place
on Eighth Street. Renick is
still at large.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Slusher of
Bronaugh, Mo-, announce the
birth of a son, Elliott Madison,
at their home yesterday morn
ing. Mrs. Slusher was formerly
Miss Estelle Cullom, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Cullom
of this city.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Death of Mrs. Carrie Ryland
Sharp.

Mrs. Carrie Ryland Sharp, sis
ter of Rev. Xenophon Ryland,
died Wednesday in a hospital in
Kansas City at the age of 62
years. The body was brought to
Lexington last night and taken
to the home Of her nephew, DR..
c. 7. Ryland. The funeral SER
vices conducted by Rev. S. O.
Hall, were held at DR.. Ryland's
residence this morning at 9 o.
clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Dover Notes.

II man w AllIC VI hdlloolo ClIJ
was here Sunday.
Al Lewis had business in Lex
ington Saturday.
w. T. Starke of Higginsville
was here this week.
F. L. Cox and Capt. Erx. Zey-
sing had business in Lexington
Monday evening.
William Dysart, Jr., Of Kansas
City arrived Saturday night for
a few days visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dysart.
Mrs. M. L. Montague and two
children Of Marshall visited re-
latives here this week.
Mrs. Hertha Brown of Kansas
City spent Sunday here with
Mrs. VIII Straight.
Mrs. Mary Willie Ragland and
small daughter, Mildred, are
visiting with relatives in Kansas
City.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
Harmon Wahl, Sr., and Miss
Elizabeth Slusher are both get
ting along nicely after under
going surgical operations about
two weeks ago. Mrs. Wahl is at
her home here and Miss Slusher
is at a hospital in Kansas City.
Will Neer is having a six room
modern residence erected on his
farm south of town.
Mrs. Meng Shelby of Lexing-
ton spent Sunday here. She was
accompanied home Monday by
her mother, Mrs. w. w. Cole and
small sister, Elaine.
Mrs. Eliza Cox came home last
Thursday from an extended Wis
it to different points in Colorado
and Kansas.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson and her
daughter, Miss Bess, Of Kansas
City are visiting relatives here
this week.
Mrs. Walter Pollard of Madi-
son, Mo-, arrived last week for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Evans, and other relatives.
Miss Bessie Hall of Sweet
Springs is the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. John Hodges.
Mrs. Hugh T. Winn and son,
Hugh, Jr., left Tuesday for their
home in Joplin after a short
visit here with Mr.. and Mrs.
T. B. Vim.
Mrs. J. M. Winn went to Kan
sas City Saturday night to
spend the fourth with her son,
Hub Winn and family.
Mrs. Fred Zeysing was shop
ping in Lexington Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Slusher
and baby son spent Sunday with
Mrs. Slusher's sister, Mrs. Ben
VESSEL, near Waverly.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Redd, j. M.
Redd and son, Menifee, and VIM.
Straight were in Lexington Sun
day afternoon.
Dover has real live up-to-
date Tennis Club, which prom
ises to afford much pleasure to
the young men and ladies of the
town.
Miss Jean Zeysing came home
Tuesday from a visit in Lexing-
ton.
Ar,o,,o. +Io fo,,, -, ,,.,.,4 l..
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
HOmesIey- -CruncletOn.

Bailey Homesley of this city
and Miss Emma Cruncleton of
Higginsville were married at
Higginsville Monday by Rev.
T. M. Cobb. The newly married
couple arrived Monday night on
the westbound train, and will
make their home in this city.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09

Mrs. J. S. Ragland went to
Kansas City yesterday morning
to spend the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-09
Yince Owen SeIls Prize Hogs

Vince Owen Sells Prize Hogs.
Vince E. Owen Tuesday ship
ped twenty of his prize Duroc
Jersey hogs to Hilcrest Stock
Farm, Zarah, Kansas. The hogs
were bought by A. D. Flinton,
president of the Paramount Film
Company. The hogs were all
Grated and shipped by express.
Chris Walk went to Kansas
City yesterday morning on bus
mess.
Otto L. Long went to Kansas
City yesterday to spend the
day on business.