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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
New York in Fiction: Father Bernards Parish Mr..
Whtman's Children of Hope, International
Comedy-A Human Story of Failure.

vegetable stand are only remotely in
the picture mere touch of color, so
TO speak; the American drug clerk Is
the aristocrat Of the neighborhood. He,
too, is one Of Annie's admirers. Last,
but not least, there is the refractory
Lena Schramin, the daughter of the
Polish butcher and waitress in Mrs
Zuckerman's lunchroom. A girl with
the temperament of her nationality,
with high ideals only dimly perceived
in her untutored state. Father Ber-
nard sees what lies deep below in her
turbulent mind and heart, and, wise
and helpful and busy, he tactfully
guides her-and Tim-to the haven
of safety through the storms Of their
own direct, crude mode OF courtshlp.
One Italian plays part-a' Don Glo-
vanni who is foreman OF an excavation
gang near Central Park.
1t is all very human. These are peo-
pie like urselves-brothers and Sis
tiers Of ours under their skins. Their
outlook upon life may be narrower
so are the lives they must lead; their
manners may be more direct, their per-
ceptions less acute and far more prac-
tical in their approach TO ends; at bot
.om they face the same fundamental
questions, the struggle for existence,
on a static more than on a dynamic
scale, and the problems of love and
courtship and marriage. Father Ber-
nard fits in and out of the story, often
an unseen but always a perceptible in
huence. He, too, has his problems of
life, Of many lives, and he does not
always solve them. But he does his
best untiringly. His portrait, drawn
in so few lines, is deft piece OF work.
The story must be left 70 the reader.
II is firmly interviewer with the char
acters, calculated to bring out all there
is of them. An unassuming story, but
one eminently well worth telling, and
telling so well, contribution of gem
uine merit and many readable qualities
10 "NeW York in fiction.n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
CHILDREN OF HOPE.

CHILDREN OF HOPE. A Novel By Sspnen
whitman. illustrations by r. X 'ruse' i-''
DID, sos. The Century Company.
Mr.. Whitman has evidently turned
his back upon the realism with when
he started his career rs novelist'
"Predestined" seems to be doomed 10
stand alone, In sharp contrast TO us
comnanions, on the shelf devoted TO
the slowly growing row OF his books,
"Children of Hope" is an international
novel Of parts, amusing, cheerful not
withstanding its chapter Of tragedy,
little bit fanciful. 1t is, in way, an
"Innocents Abroad"-there are three
Daisy Millers in it, not self-reliant ana
imprudent, however, but shy and pro-
vincially conventional notwithstanding
their artistic aspirations. Their father,
impractical, amiable dreamer, ready TO
confide to whomever he meets the good
luck of the legacy which has mace
their visit to Europe possible, has 10 De
extrcated from some unfortunate al
fairs. He is a shining mark for Con
tinental swindlers, whether it be the
Greek antiquity dealer, the Swiss
waiter or the Italian music hall star
They are from Zenasyille, Ohio.
They 60 to Florence the father TO
write his epic poem, the daughters TO
study art, the one painting, the other
singing. She has been practising so
prano solos back home; an honest tai
ian teacher tells her that she has
ruined a good contralto. The third
daughter aspires to become an historical
novelist. Hers are the tragedy and the
tears. The rest is comedy, the comedy
of readjustment to foreign environ,
ment, or, at, least, OF passive, amazed
acceptance of its unfamiliar ways. The
local color is excellent, the story IS
filed with delightful minor characters
the German opera singer with heart
as big as her voice; Mne. Schwandorf,
the proprietress Of the Florence pen
sion; the Italian officers, gentlemen all;
the young Engishman who carries OIL
one of the daughters. In fact, the only
wolf in sleeps clothing in all that IN
ternational company is the rich young
American who-but read the story. 1t
will drive away the blues.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
SCULPTURE.

"A History of Sculpture" by Harold
Y. Fowler, Phi, D., one of the months
new books from the Macmillan Com
pany. gives a history of the art from
the beginnings of civilization in Egypt
and Babylonia 70 the present day. A
single chapter deals with the art of
the Far East, because II has devel-
oped separate from Western art; the
sculpture Of American aborlgines. OF
the negro races and the tribes of Gee
ania has been omitted on account or
its lack of intrinsic value as well as
influence. With these exceptions, the
authors discussion includes all impor-
tant developments in the art of sculpt-
ure in ancient, medieval and modern
times, with such descriptions of indi-
vidual works and accounts Of individual
artists as illustrate the main tendencies
in artistic history. The book is pro-
fusely illustrated with half-tones from
photographs, showing not only the
masterpieces Of sculpture, but those
works. which have been epoch-making
or have influenced artistic develop
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

Yet they had their fixed customs. their
general traditional code of proprieties.
They had knowledge of the properties
Of plants which no others possessed;
they had highly developed dramatic
art. As limners they excelled, and
keen sense of humor, akin to our own,
is evinced in many Of their paintings
Only two Bushmen survive to-day in
the desert that bears their name. AS
for the Hottentots, their Monaghan
cast of features and their horseman-
ship have convinced Mr.. Scully that
their progenitors came from Asia; that,
if not Huns, they are mainly descended
from the same branch of the human
race.
The desert has made Mr.. Scully a
philosopher. He reflects much upon
life and fate, and what he says is worth
saving. But, first of all, this is a book
Of impressive description of Nature in
her hardest mood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
THOSE GILLESPIES.

THOSE GuIEsPIES By William John
Hopkins. illustrated by Lester q. horhoy'
l2mo. pp. 325. Houghton Mifhin 60.
Mr.. Hopkins's first book remains his
most truly representative one so far
as that whimsical flavor is concerned
which, slightly exotic in his New Eng
land settings, served TO draw immedi-
ate and delighted attention 70 his work.
The whimsicality is found again in this
new novel of his, chiefly embodied IN
ouiet. purposeful child of fiction rath-
or than of life, it is true, but neatly
fulfilling its far from unconscious part
as the deus er 1NdchinG. In fact, after
one has finished the book one apprecl-
ates not so much it's characters and us
story as the unerring cleverness OF us
authors workmanship. Those Giles
pies are a Boston family-Brahmlns
there can be no doubt about that. MI.
Gillespie has lost his health; his wlie
has lost her interest in him and IN
her enigmatic child, and transferred
it to another Bostonian, an eXpatriate,
who. but for her, would have continued
his sybaritic life in Europe. The real
romance, the counterpart, is furnished
by Mrs. Gillespie's sister-in-law ana
still another Bostonian, a playwright
The humor of Boston's golf links IS
somewhat primitive, according to TINS
story, but this by the way: Mr.. Gil
lespie's handling of the triangle that
threatens him goes to pieces, but then,
he is a nervous wreck. And the author
makes only a poor hand Of patching
things up again. At the same time ne
could not write an uninterestlng book
if he tried, and if, at the end, the read
or is left rather Indifferent and some
what disappointed by the story. he has
the compensation of his appreciation OF
Mr.. Hopkins's technical dexterlty.. Mr..
Hornby's illustrations are delightful. In
them the dignifed Boston scene domi-
mates the story with picturesque results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
AN AFRICAN DESERT
A British Magistrates Colorful
Book of Exploration.

LODGES ~ THE WILDERNESS ~ W; g
Scully. Illustrated. l@mo. pp III. -3- hehiy
llol. & CO.
Apart from its authors descriptive
power and his sensitive imagination
which responds TO every pulsation OF
the awe-inspiring soul Of wilderness
which has been moribund for ages un-
told. which threatens death 70 all who
invade its scorched parched, sandy
wastes, this book contains a great deal
Of observation of Bushmen and Hotten-
tots and half-breeds, and Of the habits
Of the scant fauna Of the region. MT;
Scully was for many years Special
Magistrate for the northern border or
Cape Colony. the Bushmanland Desert,
beyond which, until its recent conquest
by the Beers. lay German East Africa.
II is a tract of $4,000 square miles, con
sisting Of vast arid plains, naked rock
formations and immense sand dunes,
swept and driven by violent winds. II
is waterless; the only large game that
can exist in its wastes are the oryX and
the ostrich. It's aborigines have long
since disappeared. Into this trackless
country Of desolation Mr.. Scully made
repeated ventures in the course OF his
duties, always accompanied by Boer,
Cornet Andres Esterhuizen, and Hot
tentot, Hendrick, both of whom pos
sesscd the unerring "instinct Of direc-
ton" They never allowed Mr. Scully
to wander beyond their sight.
His pages simmer with the merci-
less heat OF the region; they are
parched with the sufcrings of its
thirst. They whisper the uncanny, un-
escapable, unforgettable mystery Of its
nights:
Once more night puts on the gar
ments of life. over the desert the
stars, unfolding a glory not re-
vealed elsewhere, descend like
swarm Of bees. and seem to busy
themselves with destiny. Whis-
Ders of ehostly voices close at hand
faint and far-of cries pulse
through the darkness. In the des-
ert. the brighter the armament at
night the more intensely darkness
seems TO brood over the earth-the
more insistent becomes the idea
that one is surrounded by living
beings, unhuman and unimagin-
able. Sleep, sudden and I'M
perative. will not be denied. Dune,
desert and star-past, present and
future-what are they? Where are
they? Whittier is the awakening
night-wind bearing US?
The Bushmen have vanished-they
have been exterminated "by us" They
were in many respects d wonderful
people. They obeyed no chief; they
had no political organizations; each
family governed itself independently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

progress in business. It Is this con
slderation, brought home 10 her by het
sister, which saves out OF the wreck
OF ambition, money and jealousy their
further life In common.
rinrly. He sees and understands inc
failures that are part Of the foqnda-
tons OF others successes. And he IS
allowed to see much more: lie has
glimpse of the night life OF New YORK,
which nowadays is so often taken as
evidence of such successes, and MADE
IN serve as evidence of them; he has
a glimpse Of the wise callousness OF
moneved relatives who refuse TO help;
and he passes through poignant ex,
perience with n married young, girl
who energies n woman after Inucn 90
restic infeIicity borne in bewilder-
ment For her husband, weakling that
he Is. lays the blame for his failure
upon her ambition for him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
@ utna ANS May
4 New Novels 10Th
Unhappy i'm
Thy Daring
MariuS Lyle
l2o. SI.35.

10. Sl.35.
The scene of this story. which
has won the highest praise from
such masters of fiction as II. @.
Wells and A. J.. w. Mason, is laid
in ireland, and the action has to
do with the growing estrangement
of husband and wife, carefully
nurtured by the wife's sister, who
finally oversteps herself and be-
comes the cause of bringing the
unhappy couple back to a closer
companionship than they had
known.
"There is something Of the real
strength of the old Greek dram
atist in the handling of it, and the
climax is dramatic and unexpec-
ted. We congratulate author and
publisher on a book of exception
al merit."-The Globe, London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
DORIAN BOOKS

Rare genius is dis
covered by great
events. My Home
inthe Field ofHon-
our, the pictureofa
woman's adven-
lures in war, is a
gem Of narrative
writing-by Fran
ces Wilson Huard.
It's sparkling - fen1i-
nine, and inimitably IL
Illustrated by Charles
Huard, Official Painter
TO the Sixth Army of
France. Get $3.50
Published today is a ma
ior book by Hugh Wal
pole. InThe Dark Forest
he has written like a
Russian, givingth eworld
a mystical love story
which cannot be char
acterized as less than
mastery. U% n,o
Next comes A Western
Warwick, In which Sam
Blythe gives US a power
full tale of American pol
itics, convincing as he
knows how to make his
revelations. A real story
of the making of a Pres
ident. M., 1883
That charming author J.
E. Buckrose has come to
Observation-Disclosures
ent In The Roundabout,
a book you will want on
your permanent shelf of
novels which will invite
re-reading. CEot nz9
There are the loyal Irish
and they deserve their
innings-here it is in THE
IRISH AT THE FRONT,
with an introduction by
John Redmond. Na sO.zs)
oss BSoks &c oil b0ok.sIi~rs
Num@>~E
Adds.. GEORGE ~. DoRAR COMPANY
~ hsst S2nd Street. hsse Yesh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
PORTUGUESE POETRY.

The following stsnzas by a contem-
porary Portuguese poet, Guerro Jun
oueiro. the champion Of the poor and
the oppressed, are taken from George
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
The Might
COnefh
Paul Bourget

10. Sl.35.
One bf the most important
works of imagination yet written
under the influence of the war. A
French military hospital is the
scene of the story, and its chief
characters are a famous Paris
surgeon and a young wounded
officer, whose fervent Catholic
piety is in sharp contrast with
the doctors philosophic material
ism. Death threatens both, and
their opposing theories with re-
gard to it are displayed in their
relation to a drama of the most
intense human passion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

TIRE OBSERVATIONS OF PROFESSOR NiATU-
Rim. BY Cyd. fursf. l.mo. ~. If. 2-3
Columbia University Frcss
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-08

ones inherited name when the
fear of being spitefully suspect
ed of disloyalty to America in
spires and would justify the ca
PRECIOUS disowning of the parental
family appellation. Yet | for one
shall not repress the disgust that these
magnates of the slavemarket have not
been tempted to veil their birth con-
nection with Jewry by Anglocising
their names. AS it is, the CRUEL shame
stares us in the face and it is charged
against us by our ubiquitous friends
that in the main the operators in this
line are sons of Jewish mothers. But
their victims too hail almost exclu
sivcly from the poverty stricken
haunts where the daughters of the
sufferers from centuries persecution
and injustice have been forced to hud
die and herd together. Not an easier
conscience but graver economic pres
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-08

decay inevitably affecting SO spicy a
hash
Alas the Jew once more has pain
full cause to deplore the sight of this
article on the newspapers catering
stand. The names of the chief cooks
that had hand in the mixing of this
peppered devils stew indicate descent
from unfortunate natives of East
European Pales and Ghettos Of
course it is cowardice to change
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-08
A BURNING DISGRACE
Dr. Emil G. Hirsch in the Reform Advocate

M&MMMMMMMMMmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMSM
1t may be doubted whether sensi-
tive not to say sensible minds derive
undiluted pleasure and intellectual
stimulus from the perusing of the
daily press even in ordinary times
of calm and peace. Now that pas
sions are stirred as they but rarely
were before and the air is filled with
the roar of cannons and the cry Of
battling armies one is safe IN assum-
ing that even men Of grosser grain
are not overjoyed at the bill of fare
set before them four or five times
every day by our many columned and
gloriously headlined "inAamers and
defamers" politely credited with the
noble mission of moulding public
opinion Alright and purveying good
wholesome intellectual pabulum to the
multitude. Not to speak of the war
news which help us to know that viz
tue and bravery, humanity and JUS
tice are all on one side Of the lines
of trenches while on the other cow
ardice and barbarism, cruelty and in
Justice prevail to the repression of
any other ambition but that of tor
turing innocent babies and outraging
helpless women Our breakfast table IS
weighted down with information and
comment concerning impending
strikes, the ravages of epidemics, the
fatalities in the wake of that noblest OF
all Our great industries, the main feed
er of Our national prosperity, the max
ing of instruments of murder. The
reports on crime and the doings in the
underworld expose not merely Ger
man Plots but also familiar trickery
and conspiracy in which Police Graft
is the ever recurrent suspicion. At
tractive reading is furnished by the
chronicles of the divorce courts and
lest the frequent appearance OF this
dish on the menu blunt our appetite
an eyeopener is generously provided
in the confessions made before Grand
Juries by hardened and expert traf-
fickers in human flesh, the magnates
of the white slave markets.
Unfortunately the last named course
is served the guest at the breakfast
table with all the rehnements that eX-
pert culinary art commands to dis
guise the hautgout of corruption and
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-09-08
St. Paul and Minneapolis Sep,enb Der 8, 1916.

sure has led to these conditions which
to remedy indeed should be the holi
est endeavor of every lover Of Israels
honor.
Are then they right who pointing to
these shameful and horrible revela-
tons in the grand jury rooms and the
criminal courts argue that removal to
Palestine would at once eradicate the
evil as thereby its chief cause would
also be neutralsed? At it's best the
proposed cure would be only partially
effective Granted that economic con-
ditions in the main account for the
replenishing of the supply of goods
for this iniquitous trade the other as
pect of the evil is thereby entirely ig-
nored. What about the demando
Who has created this? Economic and
geographical conditions have but lit
tie bearing on this factor.
True it is good Rabbinic tradition
has it that the air of Palestine brings
about wonderful cures 1t develops
wisdom we are told in Baba Bathra
folio 158 Yet even in that atnos-
phere if we may believe the prophets,
levity and frivolity we're not altogether
strangers and intruders The third
chapter of Isaiah for instance lifts the
curtain from off some fashionable
follies in which the daughters of Is
rael INDUCED much to the injury of
their soul and the indignation of the
preacher The Rabbinical commentar-
les on this indictment draw upon the
doings of their own day to illustrate
the details which the prophets ar
raignment of his contemporaries left
somewhat obscure. From these
sources the sad inference is assured
that both in Jerusalem and in other
centers of old Jewish life influences
were at work making for the loosen
ing of the hold of sound morality on
those inclined to frivolity and levity.
And here is the rub. Wealth as we'll
as poverty are gates to dissolute prac-
ticcs. The substituting of Mammon
for God tells in one word where the
infection has it's principal focus. The
denunciatory description of the third
chapter of Isaiah mirrors modern do
ings. The sense of responsibility
seems to be extinct in circles where
it should be intense. Can one Won
der that girls are easily led astray
when they who should set them the
example faunt before their eyes all
the shamelessness of high fashion?
Have they never thought of the effect
their shaving to the whims and i'm
moralities and imprudences of "soci-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07
WHAT Is A DOLLAR.

We think the following definition of
a dollar is a pretty good one:
"a dollar is what some men promise
to pay for their home paper. 1t is some.
thing a newspaper man enjoys more in
anticipation than in reality. 1t is the
price of a days work for som men and
a single nights drink for others. 1t
is what the wife frequently needs, but
seldom has. 1t is the power that makes
or unmakes men. 1t is the hardest
thing to get and the easiest thing to get
rid of known to mankind. 1t is a bless.
ing in q small measure and a curse in
many instances, 1t is mighty and
scarce. No man ever had more than he
wanted and no man ever will. A dol.
lar is a snare and a delusion and every
one of us are chasing a d%elusion.'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07
SENATOR sTUBBLEFIELD's CAM.
PAIGN MANAGER.


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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07

War, war; nothing but warl There's
the war in Europe, and the war in Mex.
leo, and the war on the boil weevil, and
the wal on the tick, and the Meridian
hospital war, and the war over a decent
courthouse, and the shell war-and the
express agent won't let us have another
quart for ten days, and it's twelve miles
to Biloxi!--Gulfport Advocate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07

A Boston man found at . coal en-
porium In that city . shsp who man
aged to infuss . degree Of f~aestiess-
ness into the transaction. How much
ID chestnut coai!" timidly inquired the
prospective customer. THAT dsDsnds."
said tho salesman. "A h eafts. rs
eight dollars; cui-Assan, Il WI essS
o 50 cents extra"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07
Cypress Shingles for sale
by c. 6. Nichols, Swiftown,
Miss, Phone 14-5 rings.
Promised Not 70 Repeat.

There are more good stories to he
square inch In Doctor Maonamara's
hook on "schoolroom Humor' than in
any other book OF it, kind. says an ~.
change. One section ID devoted 70
u~nconsciously humorous letters ffon
fathers and mothers exeusing their
boys nonattendancs 1t school. Per.
haps thu best Of ali ID the following
from . mother to the teacher: please
sur, jennie was KEEP homo today. ]
have had twins. II shA'n't occur
again.-Yours truly"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07

The 0uIalns INT Does Mt Affsst IN Rsad
Because Of its tonic and laxative effect, LAxA.
TIVE EROMO QUINiNE Ii better than ordinary
Qujnine and does mot cause nervousness NOT
ringing In head. Remember the full name and
LOOK for the signature Of E. W. GROVE. 1Se,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07
swell, shsaIi Say
'ests.If' DOES Work
sIook 9.ThsrA II You Dou't Thiak
III Juet Wonderful Sbr Ces1sl"

sDiess my stars, look # ~ Land q
ths iivin'i why. just look st ltl That
corn came right o6,--just lks peel.
lnE bananas. Put your oogee % N
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-07
SAME A FOR
DEAR In mind that the Maxwell
- Car has not been changed.

DEAR In mind that the Maxwell
- Car has not been changed.
1t Is standardized. II viii not
be changed except in minor
respects -- where we see oppor-
tunities from time to time TO
make refnements and additional
improvements.
The new price Of s595 Is only
made possible by our greatly
increased production and the fact
that we specialize in Only one
automobile.
Every Maxwell car is iderrticaiiy
the same as every other Maxwell
car.
Last year the Maxwell car rep
resented a big value. Many
thousands of satisfied Maxwell
owners are the evidence Of that.
But this year-at the reduced
price of $595-the Maxwell stands
out as the one big automobile
value Of all time.