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ton, and. in short. introduces an era
of honest politics and incorruptible
politicians This is one of the good
stories of kind that has been a trifie
overworked. Walter Parr is a lovable
person. whose course one follows with
interest and admiration. If now and
then he appears to exceed the bounds
of realism and partakes of the powers
of romantic fiction. one discounts this
because of his general genial charm.
Mr.. Holman has done more than the
usual amount of good character work
in this novel of reform.
THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA.
BY Henry Jones Ford, professor of
politics at Princeton University.
Princeton: University Press.
In substance, this is summary of
the influence of the Scotch Irish in
America. Drawing in the main from
hand. or original, sources of in
formation, the writer gives in an
abundance of detail the appreciate
service of this sturdy stock to three
important phases of our development.
The first of these covers their support
Of the growing idea of American indie
pendence and their contribution to it's
fulfillment.' Another one deals with
their work for the spread of popular
education. And another, more special
in it's nature, has to do with their zeal
and energy in organizing the Presby-
terrain Church in thi country and in
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Pedro J. Lemos. San Francisco


This volume of cat stories Is dedicateo
Sin loving memory" to THURSDAY.
The book itself is in the nature OF
memorial to the small cat bearing this
name 1t is offered. besides IN the
spirit of making reparation Tor tne
harm wrought to Thursday through
the failure of his owner. the writer OF
these tales, TO comprehend the fact
that the feline folks have a goodly
share of what we are pleased to cali
human intelligence and human FEELINGS.
Each of these seven stories has as us
center of interest one or another OF
this domestic tribe, COMFORTING itselI
at some critical juncture with a sagac-
ity of insight, tenacity of purpose, an
ingenuity of plan that are calculated
to enlist immediate consideration and
sympathy for the whole breed. THESE
are good stories-all of them believ-
able and all of them worked out from
the standpoint of intimate friendship.
Despite shocking indications to the
contrary, genuine human kindness was
never more widely diffused and nearer
to the surface than it is now. Children
were, naturally and properly. the first
to fare well from this universal bap-
tism of love. And now animals are
being taken into the tide of kindness
and consideration. Every city demon
strates the fact. And this attractive
Paul Elder publication is just the sort
of book to give another urge to the
humane and happy impulse.
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Yet. the journal does not set out to
describe the horrors of war. Its point
is. rather. to make plain statement
of the work done and the experiences
met by the field hospital and flying
column" of which the writer was a
part. From this reading alone one
would be deeply impressed with the
great usefulness of this service, with
the unfalterins energy that sustains it,
with the untiring labor and courage
and self-effacement that mark it, and
with the splendid spirit that animates
it, In finely characteristic vein the
writer herself says: MY enforced idle
ness is now over and | am on my way
back to my beloved column once more
with it's joys and sorrows, its comrade-
ship, it's pain and its ineXplicable hap
piness. And so | leave this brief ac-
count of what have seen in this great
war. Those who are workers them
selves will forgive the roughness of
the sketch in remembering that it was
written close to the turmoil of the
battlefield. to the continual music of
the cannon and the steady tramp of
feet marching past my window" Any
crudities that appear here require no
apology. The invaluable point of this
journal is that it is Il record of first
hand. participating experience with
the war itself.
THROUGH STAINED GLASS: A Novel.
BY George Agnew Chamberlain. au-
thor of Home" New York: The
Century Company.
This novel fares far both in space and
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HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

asphalt remaining the lights and
shadows Of the picture appeared in
their proper relation, or instead, the
plate was etched and linked and print
ed as in ordinary etching"
The account of the Daguerre process
was published in 1889. An exposure
of about fifteen minutes in a strong
light was required before the chemicals
could be applied for the production of
the negative. In the Daguerre process
had been silvered and highly polished.
was fumed with iodine, then exposed
in the camera and developed with
vapor of mercury. and fixed in a selu-
vent action of hyposulphite of soda on
the silver was discovered by Sir John
Herschel.
partnership was formed between
Daguerre and Niepce, and combining
their interests and experience they
continued their experiments and re-
searches together. They and other
thoughtful experimenters worked
toward giving greater sensitiveness or
speed to the Photographic plates. and
1t Is written in the records of photog-
raphy that Goddard obtained remark
able results by adding bromide to the
iodine. and Claudet by adding chlorine
in the years 1910 and 1841
Permanency was given to the daguer-
reotype by treating it with double
hyposulphate of soda and gold. which
discovery Is credited to a Frenchman
named Fizeau. The history of photog-
raphy shows that Prof. John William
Draper of New York was making
daguerreotype portraits in 1910, and it
Is reported in the annals Of the art
that the first face photographed in
America was that of Prof. Draper's
daughter, Miss Dorothy Catherine
Draper.
The photograph. or deguerreotype,
was produced after an exposure of six
minutes in bright sunlight. Nearly
everybody of middle age can remember
when PHOTOGRAPHERS gave their sitters
their heads in clumsy iron brace
that they might not move during the
long exposure that was required. That
was not so many years before the
period Of instantaneous snap shots
exposures SO short that the plate or
film catches" a running horse or a
fast-moving automobile.
Since the days of Niepce, Daguerre
and Draper there have been many in
ventions and discoveries in photog-
raphy. Henry Fox Talbot is called the
father Of modern photography. because
it was he who Introduced the
negative from which
an unlimited number Of prints may
paper, then called iodized paper. In
a solution of nitrate Of silver, and after
drying was dipped in a solution of
iodide of potassium and dried again.
When 1t was desired to use this paper
it was necessary to put 1t through
other processes.
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knowing and feeling the horrid grip OF
fear, are willing and able to conquer
their failing spirits and face death
again and again for the honor of their
race is a marvellous thing. 1t is the
only inspiring thing about this whole
mad slaughter. And it is not confined
to any one nation engaged in the strug-
gle. They are all brave and they bear
toward one another the respect that
all brave men bear toward an equally
courageous adversary. You hear moth
ing of the stories of German coWardice
from the mouths of the Tommes who
have fought them all these months.
Any British or French soldier who has
been at the front any length of time
will tell you the Germans fight as
gravely. individually and collectively.
as any other people.
There are four regular occasions In
the conduct of the system of trench
warfare now in vogue on the western
front when a man is in imminent dan
ger. The first of these is when coming
into the trenches to relieve troops; the
second. when the enemy is bombarding
the trenches and making an assault;
the third is when ordered forward on
a charge, and the fourth, when leaving
the trenches to retire to a rest-camp
for a few days. OF the four the time
of most danger is, of course, the
charge, and yet it is then that the
average soldier feels the least fear.
Coming down to the trenches in the
dead of night, whether for the first
time or not. is always a nerve-racking
business One never knows whether
the enemy is aware of the movement
and at what minute the sky will blaze
with hundred star bombs. illuminat-
ing the whole plain and making ones
detachment a magnificent target for
point-blank shrapnel and machine-gun
fire. Even if nothing happens. one
reaches the sheltering walls of the
communicating trenches with sigh of
relief. 1t is far safer there than a
quarter mile back.
When the German guns begin she'll
ing the trenches in preparation for a
great assault the British soldier has a
bad time of it. Covering in dug-out
and under shelving trench walls, he
must wait, helplessly, until ordered to
line the parapet and begin pouring his
rife fire upon the advancing ranks of
the enemy. 1t is this feeling of abso-
lutte helplessness, with the earth being
torn and shattered on every side and
ones ears bursting with the frightful
din of exploding shells. that makes
ones heart grippe with terror.
1t is then that men show the stuff
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and accurate and the cannon ball"
something infinitely remote from the
modern high-powered projectile.
But out here, in this greatest of the
worlds mad conflicts. things are very
different. There are no gorgeous uni
forms and imposing arrays of multi
colored troops. no brass bands to send
the blood bounding, no tattered colors
to follow into the jaws of hell. Also,
when one goes out of a trench nova
days to charge the enemy's lines ii is
with the consciousness that the odds.
instead of being in favor of ones safe
ty, are something like two-to-one
against. for 1T has been demonstrated
again and again that every time body
of troops makes dash into concen-
trated rifle, machine gun and shrapnel
fire only about third of them come
through unscathed-often far less than
that
The only wonder Is that they can get
men to fight at all under these sordid,
hideous and hopeless conditions.
That men of modern civilization.
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that the bands of music and streaming
banners had such a psychological ef-
feet. Nowadays it is only the uncon-
querable spirit of the men and, per-
Of encouragement from their officers
that nerve them for the dash into al
most certain death or disablement.
But, once out of the trench and dash
ing forward with fixed bayonets. fear
gives way to a form of hysteria. I have
asked hundreds of men to tell me what
they remembered of their feelings when
making charge, and never have
been able to get a satisfactory answer.
None of them remember anything more
than confusion of shells, shouts and
falling bodies, a feeling of intense de-
sire to get to the enemy's lines and
have it over with, and an overwhelming
desire to kill and kill and kill once the
trenches were reached and a tangible
enemy, gun in hand, opposed the way.
Never have I found single man will
ing to tell or able to remember. what
his feelings were when he reached the
enemy's trench and set to work with
the bayonet and rifie-butt.
Nor have I found one man willing to
admit ever having killed man in
hand-to-hand combat. Those who have
known what it is to feel the biood-lust
surging through the veins, and to bat
ter and slash to death their fellow-men,
have an instructive shrinking from
making known their sensations. When
ever one finds some braggart relating
with much gusto how he killed hfteen
or twenty Germans in one charge, 1T Is
a safe bet he's an out-and-out liar
Sergt. O'Leary, who was given the V. Z.
for outstripping has battalion In GER
tain charge, and killing or driving
twenty Germans out of their trench
single handed, has never admitted re-
Numbering anything about It..
Personally. l shall never believe any
man who tells me he enjoyed the SEN
sations of battle. l haven't found any
one out here who thinks being under
from my own experience that I should
never emulate those old warriors OF
my favorite boyhood fiction who, at
the distant thunder of the guns, fairly
snorted with their eagerness to get
into the fracas. 1t is true that there
is something thrilling about 1t. but
the thrills are not of the sort to pro-
woke desire for repetition.
In fact, every time I have been under
fire I have longed most ardently to be
somewhere else. If my sensations were
those of the average. man I marvel all
the more that an army can be made to
stick it out as 1t does.
NV most horrible moments were those
when, in line of my Army Service
Corps duty. I have had to enter
trenches under bombardment and dis
tribute rations. 1 can conceive no
keener sensation of helpless terror
than to face the explosion of several
hundred shells with nothing in ones
hands for defense but a half section Of
a dairy cheese and tin Of biscuit.
-
At such times I have found 1t all I
could do to force myself to keep NOV
ing. One feels as though the spot on
which one stands at the moment is the
only safe place. The other spots in
all directions are undergoing such dew
ahop nd,
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Special Correspondence of The Star
NORTHERN FRANCE, July 6, 1915.
~ HOW me man who doesn't
know what fear is, and LII
~ show YOU an absolute savage or
" an absolute fool. For seven
months I have been in the thick OF the
o.r,,,ie,n in northern France and
Flanders. I have seen every barnch OF
the British army and many Oh 'he
French. going into action, in action ana
after action Aside from personal oo-
seryations, / have talked with thou-
sands, both at the front and IN nos
pitals. who know what it is to be unoer
fiercest fire, and 1 repeat that there are
only two kinds of fearless" men, saw
ages and idiots.
Tho first of these is best represented
in those little brown devils of the en-
nire.s nolyglot host, the Ghurkas, These
savage hillmen of northern India, nall
Hindu and half monaghan, are truly
men without fear.
Their primitive minds seem incapable
of grasping the idea that bursting
shells and whining bullets are some
thing to be afraid of. In general they
are so obsessed with the singleness OF
their purpose, which is to be permitted
to rush upon the enemy and have
good, old-fa shioned murder party, that
the prospect of death or disablement ar
irving before their pleasant little plan
has matured doesn't seem to get home
They stand ieaning on their rifles
while German shells blow great gaps
in their ranks and tear chunks out OF
the earth all about them. and grin just
as cheerfully as those who are left of
them will grin when they reach the
German trench and get busy with bayo-
net and knife.
But in all the months have been out
here / have seen only one white man
who lived up to the description of our
hero friends of fiction and didn't know
what fear is"
This was a French peasant. who, I'M
der tremendous shell fire, calmly sat
upon a dead artillery horse with his
carving knife and turned the shattered
beast into steaks and roasts. When
ever a shell burst uncomfortably near
him the fearless peasant would look
up from his work with an expression of
amiable annoyance. We learned after
Ward tnat ne was the village 1d1Ot
of the community and was exempt from
military service because of his mental
affiiction.
In the days of our civil war, and even
in more recent times. warfare offered
something of pomp and display and
soul-stirring 'appurtenances, such as
flags and brass bands. to bolster up a
mans failing spirit and send him with
great hurrah Into the cannon's
mouth" Also. you went into a charge
in those days with the odds very much
in favor of your returning safe and
sound. That was because the rifles
were muzzle loading and less powerful
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE-
GENTLY ADDED.

The following list. arranged by sub
jects, includes some of the latest addi-
lions to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this column
each Saturday are reprinted, at 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 year.
Arctic Regions.
Mawson, Sir Douglas The Home of the BIi.'
za Scot. "a; Ei4s, SSatt:. Ice. r.,,,,o, ..
1918. Gi49-scoss
Sem. Nicholas. In the Heart of the Arctics.
stefansson, vilhjalmur Ny Life With the
Eskimo. G14-St34m.
Turkey.
Cobb. Stanwood. The Real Turk. G59-C633r.
Jenkins. II. d. Behind Turkish Lattices. 1911.
Lnkach, H. c. The Fringe of the East.
Peacock, wadham. Albania. G5ss-Ps13.
Italy and Greece.
Rattys, A. B. R. T. Camping in Crete 1919.
IF Fox. Fran Frank. Italy. 1918. Gs5-Fssi.
Fraser. Mrs. NJ. C. Italian Yesterdays. G35-
Fss7i -
Manatt, J. 1. Aegean Days. 1918. Gs2-M31s.
Shores G35-M3s6ss.
Williams, e. R. Lombard Towns of Italy.
Switzerland.
cadby: Will carine. Switzerland in Winter.
FlemweIl. c. Lausanne and Its Environs.
Fox Frank. Switzerland. Gss-Fsss.
Lunn A. H. NJ. The Exploration of the Alps.
Scandinavia.
Clark. F: E and S. A. The Charm of scandi-
Edwards, W. S. Through Scandinavia to Mos
Hargroye. 2 G. The Charm of Copenhagen.
stroup. =. "; Norway, the New Switzerland.
Bashford, H. H. vagabonds in Perigord Gss-
Bickne! elm e E Paris and Her Treasures.
Home, c. C. France. G39-H753f.
Canada.
Bickersteth, J. B. The Land of Open Doors.
Dunraven. W. t. w.-o. Canadian Nights.
Wilson. Beckles. Quebec. Gsa7-wess
United States
Campbell NJ. R. The Glacier National Park.
Dowst. Il. P. Random Notes of Boston. 1913.
johnson, Clifton aa,s Highways and Byways Of
Koib. z. L. Through the Grand Canyon From
Wyoming to Mexico Gsss ts ,-,d,. ~ Cali.
fornia's Romance; Goal; Ml62m. n..-o,,
Markham. Edwin. California the WONDERFUL
Mills. d A. The Rocky Mountain Wonder
National PARK Conference. Proceedings, 1912.
la13 G93-N216.
Rand, McSaIly 4 Co, pub; Commercial Atlas
Of ssnnssrs O. f. and cSsse T. s. The CALI
rornia Padres and Their Missions. G941-Sass.
Sem, Nicholas. Our National Recreation PARKS
Williams. J. H. Yosemite and Its High sierrs.
Wilson s. T. The Southern Mountaineers.
NV Washingtoniana.
Bryce. James. Washington. 1918. +Gsssw-
Cosmos Club. WASHINGTON, D. C. rt.o, Record q
Sili, washington, D. G. 1912. +E-G4lc c
e Ewln Review 0 OF the History and Tr.di
lions of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church.
Hasner, A B. Some Remarks on the e, History His
md Uses Of Potomac Park tFsSs ~ ths SOL.
Hers, Home" washington. D. G. tuM 81,
McKim. R; n ;o,s Romanism in the Light OF
South America.
Argentine Republic. Northern Patagonia
1886 Ar34. -.
Enock. c. R. The Republics of Central ana
,onth America 1913. COG En66r.
Holland w J. To the River Plate and BACK.
Johnston. Sir H. II. Pioneers in Tropical
America GSO1-J646.
Ross z A. South of Panama. G9s-R737s.
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fire and whose nerves played upon GER
tain muscles of his face in such a way
as to make it necessary to adopt a
mechanical device to prevent making a
spectacle of himself
Another sergeant told me of his cap
tain, who. when waiting helplessiy
deathly white in the face. He was often
joked about it by other officers until he
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spot seems SO comfortable and secure.
ing at one of those other spots sinful
taneously with the screaming object
that bursts with such overpowering
din and makes such a mess of said
spot? But duty and the gruff voice of
a sergeant compel one to keep going
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Schayr Newspaper
Men Who Strangers Fea-How Officer Uses Device
Idiots Fea-No
Pomp
Mans O Coming a Battle Alive
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BOOK REVIEWS

WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES IN
THE WEST. BY Sven Hedin. Trans
lated from the Swedish by H. e. de
Walterstorff Illustrated. New
York: John Lane Company.
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At such times I have found 1t all I
could do to force myself to keep NOV
ing. One feels as though the spot on
which one stands at the moment is the
only safe place. The other spots in
all directions are undergoing such dew
astating changes, and ones own little
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tertaining from the present point of
view and in modern complex of situa-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-17
American League Peace
Enjoys Leave Chicago

siderstion Is practical. and Il differs
considerably from plans which have
been discussed In public. cannot dis
cuss the specific terms.
There will be no hitch from the
American League end. No club owner
will object TO Federal League hackers
buying into our organization II they
can make terms with individual club
owners. 1t seems certain that Charles
Weeghman will get the Chicago Cubs
and will have as partner wealthy Chi
csgo business man not previously con-
nocted with baseball. understand
that Charles P. Taft has set price for
tho club which is satisfactory.
az anticipate little trouble from the
player question. There were not many
starr who Jumped from our league, and
the few who leaped In mid-season will
never be taken back"
This last was taken TO mean that
Hal Chase, who jumped the White Sox
IN mid-season, will get no berth in the
American League, but will have 70 take
his chances OF receiving his salary
from the hackers % the Federal
League or Of being drafted into the
National League.
Connie Mack made Il plain that
Frank Baker, the much sought third
bsseman of the Athletics. would have
10 wait before he would know the uni
form ne Is to wear.
II thought everybody wanted Baker"
said Mack, "but I find this TO be all
talk. didn't get an offer for him TO
day"
Y was learned that there probably
will be no legal objection 10 with
drawal Of the Federal Leagues injunc-
ton suit, which has been before Judge
X. ". Lands in tho United States Dis
trict Court for many months. Such
action has been mentioned az q neces-
sary step IN the peace negotiations
To conclude the business Of the an
nusl meeting the American League club
owners remained In session until long
after last midnight.
The reelection OF G. w. Somers, %
Cleveland, as vice president and the
fact that President Johnson was in
structed 70 stop on At Cleveland on his
return from the peace conference and
Interview bankers who arc expected 10
take charge OF the affairs Of the club
were taken as evidence that Mr.. Somsrs
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Baseball Lions and Lambs
NON Lying Down Together

The National League men are eating
soup from the same dish with the Fed
erals these days. Garry Hermann and
Harry /. Sinclair are calling each other
by their first names now, and are little
pals together Drink a highball, at
nightfall, and be happy while VIC may,
for tomorrow may bring sorrow, we'll
drink toast to-day" is their song.
Sammy Lichtenstein, owner Of the
Montreal Royals, is one Of the busiest
little birds a. the meeting. Up to q
late hour last night Sammy had worn
out two perfectly good pairs Of glove.
shaking hands with people.
81 wouldn't sell anybody q crippled
ball player" says Sammy. And every
body believes him.
Sinister Dick Kinsells is looking FOR a
Rainey expedition 10 start. Dick claims
all records at ivory hunting, and would
be valuable man for such an outing.
No one has christened the New York
club OF the Nsshfederal League. We
suggest the Gifeds.
The Chicago club might we'll be
called the Whslesox.
Governor Tcner admitted at late
hour last night that Barney Dreyfuss
had been IN Chicago. Sam Crane doesn't
believe II.
Ihe minor leagues also held Q meet.