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Mystery. Divorce. Woman in
Business. Marrying a Title,
and Lovemaking in Paris.

AZ a detective story Geraldine Bon
ner's The Black Eagle Mystery TAP
p~letons) is wholly satisfactory, the
reader is kept puzzled from start to
finish. and at no point can he feel that
he has been misled unfairly: a number
OF persons are engaged in solving the
mystery. and while they may nave
remarkable luck occasionally, none of
them employs intuition or displays SUI
false clues and find that circumstan-
tial evidence OF the most convincing
nature only leads them astray. The
first narrator In human and amusing;
the device OF relaying her by another
narrator lest the reader grow weary
Of her is excellent. AS is almost in
evitable. the love story that is inter-
woven with the plot fails to excite
much interest. for that is d~irectedsal-
most entirely To the pursuit Of the
criminal, and there is hardly time
enough to bring II the personality Of
the characters. The reader will be sat
isfied with the excitement the story
provides; those who are fated to read
many detective ale will admire the
authors constructive skill and her de-
termination that every step shall be
probable. The story can be safely
recommended to those who wish to
stay awake.
''Only Relatives Invited"
a lot Of fun is made of the mod
ern mania for divorce in Charles Sher'
mans "Only Relatives Invited" ,The
Bobt~- Merrill. Company, I~ndianapolis) ;
and the authors satire also extends
10 labor agitators. A rich old lady who
wishes to make her will invites al,
her relatives to her home: with their
various wives and husbands and the
children of successive marriages they
form a most ingeniously mixed up
~assemblage. The author is very funny
in his hits At their complicated rela-
tiOns and their total lack IT moral
sense: nearly every woman has some
fad which is the occasion for more
soothing. Two stand out from the
crowd. One young woman meets her
father for the first time and is 81
impressed that she decides to make ir
again to the husband Of whom she had
tired. Another ingenious young person
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST BOOKS
As Mrs. Watts Sees Us--Tales of Orientals -Forceful
Stories by William Allen White.
Antwerp to Callipol-Ensland in War Time-How
the Germans Care for Prisoners.
A Great Cyclopedia Of Religion and Ethics Some
Books on the Care Of Children.

he has tried to put himself In the
kin of the native he has watched
and to express his thoughts in so
far as "A Westerner Can guess at them.
He has a quiet humor that is always
enjoyable. even when the circum-
stances make II seem grim. His in
sight INTO the Turks mind * shown
in the amazing voyage of The l.cop-
ard of the Sea- and just as surely in
'Mshmish,' which the magazine ed
itors would not take. There are four
teen If the stories, all we'll worth
reading and all fun Of information for
those who have eyes.
Goods Puppets"
Five stories. one filling half the VOL
m constitute William Allen Whites
Gods Puppets ,Macmillans). The
last and shortest Is "A pleasant retro-
spect of Mr.. Whites own boyhood,
which he contrasts with what boys do
now. In the others he describes with
much force the downfall OF the pluto
Gratis. the seekers after dollars, and
their tools and his disapproval of "A
Kansas c%oauette. The stories are
naturally readable.
"BcRHRrs on uOrscbnck."
Eight short stories. all vigorous and
most of them tragic, are included in
+. T%onnyson Ncely's "Beggars on
Horseback" George ". Doran Com
pany. The story of the murder trial
il AS horrihle as Soma nf tn, ,u.I
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01

II a hundred years from now an in
telligent historian comes across Mary
3. watts's "The Rudder" ,Macmil-
lans) he will he able to picture to
himself what some Americans of the
beginning Of the twentieth century
were like. how they talked and some
Il the things that occupied their
minds. II is rs bright "a book as can
10 Imagined. The people are not
merely lifelike, they are like photo
graphs of those VI know and their
talk is natural and entertaining. The
author may bc "A trife hard ON young
people and ways that ruffle her; her
" generation she reproduces ex-
aOtly as 1t IL.
There is not much plot to the story,
which merely follows the fortunes of a
group Of people gathered at a college
commencement. There Is an amlable
and mildly cynical literary man, who
delivers the Grafton and winds up with
. rhetorical quotation about holding
the rudder true. he acts as a sort of
Greek chorus. commenting on what
oes on and scoiiing in AN amusing
way at himself and every II els.
rrhor COVE, tho y,i.1,c,nri,n .n,.,
,,oLi,n ,ha.,rn.,, ,..,,h ,ha - -,
Ioho,,n, ,on,io VIII b,y. mad. cro,t
..cr,acos GA .,,a him =, ,dn,,,;n,
who ,bi,Ls or,v 40 hi,s.If nrofo,y
oh..... =. ,.a,. -" u,o., ,,,hi,,,r
h. 60 ha onrsn,,,nus ,Io n,,,r.u,
dr,f,s I'M, b,c,uipy an u~pnrinrinl.d
labor agitator.
.
leader ,ha .,n ~, - r,ch man tnrco,ni
h.,,,., iii. ,a -. m"nau. n.S,
refuses IN on int business and no.
co-n.. a nrnf.ssinr,I apI id,liycJ h,I,
nlavsr u beroira =. IA. .,..r inn.
ro,,ov. r,odarn ,,,, r,shing haad.
i..sI, ,,,a ,rn,,hio. ,ha -. uu,
-eN1nna,hiz. u.,,h bsr Efforts and adj
-. ,n ,m.,, ,h,nu. ,ha,ah
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scribes more exactly what the authori-
ties are trying to accomplish than the
aCtua. working of the system. but 1t
shows that the German machine pro-
vidcd M carefully for the handling Of
the prisoners who might be taken as
for every other consequence Of the
war and should he accepted as SUBJ
stantially true and accurate.
'.Uinde nburx's March Into London"
A German book Of different charac.
ter. "Hindenburg's March Into Lon
don" tThe John e. Winston Company.
Philadelphia), the fictitious account Of
the successful invasion Of England. "
said to have reused the British 10 the
understanding that their country was
at war. Ii is comprehensive that
stories Of this kind should he popular
in Germany. even though their literary
OF military merits he Of the slightest.
French Pamphlets.
Several pamphlets. which in their
French form We're mentioned some
months ago. are sen to us by Armand
Colin. Paris. in English TRANSACTIONS.
They are Who Wanted War;" by
Profs. r.. Durkheim and Il. Denis Of the
University Of Paris. The Violation by
Germany OF the Neutrality OF Belgium
and Luxembourg" by Prof. Andre
Weiss Of the same university. and
German Atrocities" and How Ger
many Seeks TO Justify Her Atrocities"
by Prof. Joseph Bedier Of the College
de France.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01

Though intended primarily for
youth, Joseph A.. Altshcler's ciyil war
stories will interest all readers. The
seventh Of the series. The Shades of
the Wilderness tApplctons), is told
from the Southern side, and naturally
Gen. Lee has "A large part in the ac-
,ion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01

Another popular play. Ioi Cooper
Megrue's Under Fire" has been nut
into story form by Richard Faber
tThe Macaulay Company, New York;.
1t * illustrated with photographs OF
the play.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01
SHORT STORIES.

A volume of unusual distinction and
interest is that containing II. q.
Dwight's tales of Orlentals, STEAMBOAT
Nights" doubleday. Page and Com
pany), The author knows his Con-
stantinople well, and in these tales
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parents. II the ordinary modern
novelist is to be believed. at no time
has the literature dealing with the
scientific investigation OF this branch
~ natural history been more abund-
ant. Beginning with the most ma
teTial end OF the problem. We have in
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CONCERNING CHILDREN

While the home is decaying and the
American child is becoming rapidly
extinct and what is left OF II has
passed beyond the control Of its
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01

Here is an explanation Shaw gives or
himself found ia AuGI-tn lannon's
new book, "Iicruard Shaw. The Twen-
tioth Century Molicrc' Say. Su,N:
81 dm - reasonable, pdt,cut, con.
s%',,rrl, apologize. l,npr'ous prr~uu. with
the temperament at % 'Tuolmt-,c, and
IN" pursuits Of a Nc>trNmau'
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In "Forked lightning" ~ kchlc
Howard tlohn Lane Company. we
have II novelization of the authors
play 'Thc Green FlaG." THIS en-
plains why "A whole Volume is given
up, with much banterlng. to bringing
about only two theatrical situations
and why all the characters stand for
the insolenCc and the persecution of
"A malicious oma
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LATE NEWS OF BOOKS
AND OF BOOkNlEN

"G \ birmingham ,Cauon hauuay
IN private ll"D, whose latest .porIrait
appears above, - uuN acting As chap
ain TO the Erl,~h tur'cs ~ Il hIg camu
AT liaNrc, France, llls eldest son. too,
Is soldering "sumoWh"rc i'm France"
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The Psychological side.


Is attracted by a jew socialist gardener,
I who pours out his wrath over tho
| oppression of the rich. Her innocent
reuding to pieces of his arguments is
extremely amusing and will make the
reader pass over her ~infdtua;.on fo-
the youth. from which the author
saves her at tie last There
j. "A good deal Of hurscpiay as the story
proceeds and an epidemic Of incun-
Sruous love making at the end. There
L. so much brightness and huinor in
the talk that the reader will regret
the |tarcical deviations at the close.
..OuT Miss York."
An attractive and sensible girl de-
vclop~ great business ability IN Edwin
Eaternan Morr!s's "Our Miss York'
the Penn Publishing Company. Phila-
uelphia). She il taken in hdUd hy an
efficient manager ana sets N order a
business that IL going to the dogs. She
Is Interested in her career ana proud
OF her success. ~ the same time she
preserves "A liking foI a boy who has
grown up into "A shift!esS sort of a
person, following every fancy that
strikes him. When the time comes
She refuses the manager. gives mp her
career for "a home life and takes up
with the man she loves. lie for
tunatcly loves her enough 10 settle
GOWN to a definite job. Through many
Details uf business methods the author
manages 10 keep ms heroine natural
and human. We feel obliged to him
for declining 10 bow to the efficiency
! fetish.
- Sentimental Dragon"
There * humor enough 20 make up
Tor an excess of m~elodinnatic situa-
tions IN MIN larr"y duryea's A
Sentimental Dragon" George IL.
luran Company. An ambitious
' American mother wishes to have her
daughter marry a title So as TO attain
social prominence in Paris: the author
assures us that the mother has excel
lent qualities. but fails to- exhibit them.
The girl l. uatura, and likahlr; her
irritation with a small boy leads to her
meeting the right man, an eStimab,e
young French uuhl" The tNu. Wllh
the assistance of Il lady ,ompuni,N,
who hdr mysterious detective traits,
max" !QNc very Pleasantly and effect
lively n foil "A wicked u coNctuIs
suitur, who Is favored 10y the mother.
The author draws man. pleasing pie
lures of Paris, including the time when
the Seine overlooked: she introduces
some charming French poop -, but
seems to have "a strong dislike for the
American colony.
~'.Babcttc."
Paris auuin 10 rho ,hpmn ,f L.
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WAR BOOKS.

selected picturesque episodes. eN-
tending over a w!dc area. as the
Ute. Antwerp To Gdllipoli.' implies
OF his endeavors TO sc. something of
the war are related 10y Arthur Ruhl
one of the tribe of thwarted CORE
s~pondents Charles S~cribncr's sons,
He is able to tell OF personal expert
ences in trying 10 get about, which
~ interesting, and to describe some
thInG of what could be seen behind the
lines. Just as his energetic colleagues
have, and To many eager readers this
VIII give satisfaction. He extended
his operations from Constant,nople
back of the Russian lines. which gives
a certain completeness 10 his account,
The book is illustrated with many
photographs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01

Louise T.. Hogan's "Diet for Children
CThe Bobbs- Merrill Company explicit
directions for feeding the young ones
with the scientific reason for employ
ing each ingredient. the right bills Of
fare and the correct methods " cook
Ing. The period when the infant turns
to its mother for sust,Oance Is O n
sidcred. a. well as the. later stage 81
nursery life. Though Or. Walter
Reeve Ramsey in Infancy and Child
hood" ,k'unk and Wagnalis Company
takes food into consideration, 1t Is
mainly from the medical side. He Is
chiefly concerned in telling the mother
how she shall keep her infant in good
condition and in informing her about
the minor ailments 10 which child
hood is subject. More purely medical
* DR.. Louis Fischer's The Health
care Of the Growing child" ,Funk and
Wagnalls Company.
The Psychological side.
ON the psychological side We have
the effect To- Instruct with book knoWl-
edge the mothers hf n or two in the
things that their mothers and grand
mothers with their families of five OF
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ia rirxsgcfa

IN Interesting % OF some of
the methods which the Germans are
employing In caring for their prisoners
viii be found in the second number of
Aus deutschen kriegsgefangenen-
LaScrn' Itucttcn and LoeniG. Frank
furt am Main). The articles are writ
ten by the persons IN charge of the
s.vera. departments; they treat Of
housing aud feeding, Of the health
regulations. Of religious care for
Protestants. Catholics. Jews and Mo-
hammedans, and of the mail repula-
tons. The pamphlet Is illustrated with
many photographs. 1t Is naturally an
tx parte statement and possibly de-
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''News From SOmcw here"

impressions Of England in wal times
winch are later extended across the
Channel and Gto Spain are offered by
James Milne in News from Some
where &c. l.. putnam'S Sons).
They are Intentionally literary and
aesthetic, as the author seems par
ticulary interested in the effect ex-
ternal events rave ON himself and in
the expression Of his opinions on a
variety Of subjects. He writes grace
fully, hut seems to- hold himself some
what aloof from the feelings that are
inspiring a good many Eng,ishmen.
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Misery Pennsylvania Dutch,
Two More Plays Novelized,
and a Civil War Story.

have visited a Provencal village, which
Is described. and have roamed about
the Paris which Mr.. Smith has known
and Of which he draws elaborate and
poetic pictures. 1t includes Of course
the Montmartre of the artists with ITS
bohemian denizens. MIR. Smith fire.
ouent.y employs a quaint Gallicized
English that calls for some knowledge
Of French 70 understand. while the
French he uses occasionally needs cor
rcct!on.
..IIrr Uusbn Purse"
The heroine of Helen Il. Martins
Her husbands Purse" doubleday,
Page and Company is II long suffer-
.ns woman. She is a Southerner and
il first troIden under foot 10y u des-
potts uncle who cducatcs her We'll and
is then made a drudge 10y d selfish
sister. She marries without love a
Pennsylvania Dutch lawyer who j.
u miser and lives with i've equally
miscrly sisters. They try to rule her.
but she asserts herself: she huds a
woman friend with whom she can dis
cusS the rights Of woman. she ha>
twins on whom she "a hestuw her
care and her affections and she finally
obtains enough money to le indepcnd-
ent Of her husband. Then she looks
forward 10 domestic peace. The petty
life and the of the Penn
~sylvania Dutch community, which the
author knows SO well, are described
with great relish and much livelinesS.
The doings of the various members
of the misery family are amusing as
well as pitlablc. The only kindly and
cstimahlc persons who appear in the
story besides the heroine ar. her
friend and the old Mennonite lady
who makes her independent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-20


the bones of the turkey which has al
ready nobly served the family as a
piece de resistance for two days. To
make 1t break the turkey carcass into
pieces and put in soup kettle with
any bits of meat and stuffing that
have been left. Cover with cold water,
bring slowly to the boiling point and
allow to cook slowly for two or three
hours Add celery salt and some
stalks Of celery, and salt and pepper
Remove from the fire. allow to cool,
remove fat, reheat and serve.
A nice luncheon dish consists of a
blanquette made either Of cold chicken
or of turkey. Use for this two cups
Of the cooked meat cut in strips, and
heat in one cup of rich white sauce.
Then add the yolks Of two eggs slight
ly beaten and diluted with two table,
spoonfuls of milk. Cook two minutes.
add tablespoonful of chopped pars-
ley and serve.
Mock terrapin is made in much the
same fashion. Heat the diced chicken
in rich white sauce, adding the yolks
and whites of two hard-boiled eggs
chopped fine, salt and cayenne pep
per Cook two minutes and then add
three tablespoons of sherry wine and
serve very hot.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-20
The Old Fashioned Quilt Has Come Back

Folded 1t the foot OF that bed Is,
however, the thing that makes tho
mouths Of the spectators water, and
that brings back delightful visions of
great -Crandmama II is Il quilted COW
Crlct in pink and white, rs dainty
as Il piece OF Dresden china, rs dec.
orativc as water color picture. Linen
shooting had been used us II founda-
ton for it ana upon the top side roses
fashioned of pink linen had been ap-
piiqucd broadcast. Around tho edges
OF the four sides was u wide border
of pink in u conI ontionaliZed rose de-
sign.
A thin sheet of wadding had been
placed between the linen top and the
linen lining and tho whole had been
carefully quilted by hanG in delicate
stitches which followed an intricate
pattern.
Never was q dainticr nor a lovelior
covcrlct seen. 1t was far, far prcttier
than the most expensive down cover
let ever bought, no matter at what
price: it was far, far prctticr if the
truth must be told, than the old fash
toned quilt which was only too often
made of scraps of impossible ging-
hams and hideous calicocs.
And it harmonized exactly with the
pink chamber of which it was the
chiefcst treasure; with the pink rugs,
the lamp shades, the toilet articles
the bureau cover.
But when the proud owner of the
coVcrlct was bcsought almost with
tears to explain where she had found
it she shut her lips firmly and shook
her head.
There arc no moro to be had"
said she. 81 discovered an old lady
who knew how to quilt and l had
her make me threc-onc for my blue
room, black and white one, and
this rose colored one. 1t took her
ages to 90 them and when they were
flnished'-her voice sank to a whis-
per "she died. There are no more
to be had"
And with that pronunciamento the
visitors had to be satisfied. But they
are wondering!
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cost IA pretty penny
"My goodness, Frieda." he ex-
claimed. "IIow did that happen-has
John been giving them plenty of warm
bedding? l was speaking to him
about that only the other day, and
If he has failed to"
1T isn't Johns fault at ALL" Mrs.
Townbred fastened TO speak up. He
has fairly piled in the straw-I've seen
him do it. But that barn, you know,
is like a sieve. Mr.. Shawkey was over
this afternoon and he says that every
bit of 1t around the horses should be
weather stripped with siding - and
right away, too. The wind just whis-
ties in through the cracks between the
boards and-and Mr.. Shawkey says
there's regular blizzard coming
and--and that as weather prophet
he hasn't an equal anywhere around
here. even If he does say so himself"
We'll, you surely didn't expect I'd
be able to do the job after dinner, did
you, Frieda?" asked Mr.. Townbred
with no little sarcasm in his voice.
NO, OF course not" replied his
wife patiently, but Mr.. Shawkey says
that Griggs. the carpenter, who lives
about a mile from here, has an off day
tomorrow and that If you'll see him
tonight and engage him to"
"For-th'-love-of-M ike!" cried Mr..
Townbred. IT'S just one derned thing
after another Couldn't you have
waited until I'd finished my dinner,
Frieda, before springing this on me-,
suppose, then. I've got to tramp all
the way over to his house and-and
get down on my hands and knees to
get him to come over here tomorrow!
Well"
John has spent nearly the whole
afternoon mailing on what few pieces
of board he could find." Mrs. Town
bred explained, land stuffing up the
cracks with old rags. I had n veteri-
marian come up from Vienna and he
says the siding should be put on right
away"
Mr.. Townbred sighed. He thought
of a nice, steam heated apartment In
the city with no horses and chickens
and dogs and pigs and goodness knows
what else to look after--a place where
a man, tired out from his day at the
office, can come home, snap on the
light and sink down in an easy chair
after a good dinner. and be at peace
with the whole world.
Presently he looked up. "All right
Frieda." he said. YEARLY, "Tll go. OF
course we can't have Old Bob crippled
up that way and-and Lady Flirt Is
too-but If that darned Griggs tries
to give me any song and dance about
maybe he'll come If this. or that OF
the other doesn't prevent. Ill-lll cu
his thoat! These people out here
make me tired anyway. You'd THINK
they'd be grabbing any odd Job thai
came their way: but they don't
Lazy?
''Why. you remember the awful
time l had getting this same Griggt
to come over and build that new pig
sly for US only few months ago. don't
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These likcncsscs were almost invari-
ably pronounced good by the family
and when finished were placed in the
plush album on the sitting-room table
where they remained until you grew
up sufficiently TO dare to steal them
out and tear them up.
LATER on the photographer aban-
doned the iron" wise and the look
pleasant" but lie still used the Italian
garden as n background, and he still
retouched every line out of the faces
Of the sittcrs and made them as blank
and lovely as was possible, regardless
of whether that was or was not con-
sistcnt with the facts in tho case.
And so by slow degrees we come to
the newer photography. The newer
photography is studied at a college
and j. takes three years 20 learn it.
When You 30 to newer photogra-
phcr to sit for a portrait--not n photo
graph you find her Cfor of course
it's a woman cnsconccd in re-
formed stable, its waiting room beau
tilted with old mahogany pieces, Won
derful hangings of Chntz, u tea-tablc,
a spinning wheel. There is a dress
Iing-room charmingly done in pink and
GRAY with ivory toilet things Tho
..,.ii. .. 30, -, ,,.,.,i,,. 49,,
- go,
o,''' '' -"
Ahcro 10 ~ N"'"c'" III S'3ht' Inc
photographer attef greeting you takes
this from the drawer of Il highboy
and puts it together talking cheer
fully the while about the war.