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VIII he most useful to the community
| II Is constant endeavor to keep be-
| tore the student the necessity for un-
derstandins the public in its need for
the various types of literature The
principles underlying selection are
! read and discussed and short lists of
/ books compiled by the students Gov
erhment documents are lectured on in
general and as to the methods of cata-
J ioEllnG- shelving and using them
Eicne ntary cataloguing and shelf
listing of hooks in the various depart- =
ments IS followed by practical work
with the books. The card catalogue
and the best known schemes of classffi-
cation are discussed. The work which
INC library is doing in the chldren's
department and in the schools is taken
up IN all ITS phases Courses in general
literature foreign literature and chill
dren s literature make up q large part
Of the work and are for the purpose of
! fanllliarizing the student with the
books and their ada pta bility to the
needs of the readers. Biweekly discus
s1ons of national and world affairs are
held. Professional history necessary
for librarian is studied
Various lectures are given on civic
conditions. supplemented by visits to
various institutions for social better
ment. Here the student is thrown into
contact with the social settlements
the Associated Charities and other
branches of charitable work. Visits
are also made to the Library of Con-
sress and other government libraries
in the city.
After a study of each of these
classified subjects examinations are
given and the grade of the work thus
obtained. In conducting the classes"
Miss Herbert continued. Il try very
hard to prevent a certain atmosphere
of the schoolroom. which rouses a mild
antasonism in the students. from creep-
ing into the work. A certain routine is
required. but outside of that every eff
fort is made to allow the pupil to de-
velop individually, and so create a love
for the work. | sincerely believe that
a librarians work is an ideal profess
sion for women.
"A library. like home. satisfies the
housekeeping instinct of woman and
the meeting with the public and the
chance to be of service in developing
the minds and consciousness of men
and women, and of children. is cha rae
istically interesting to a woman In
! the library here the remunera ton is
so small that the woman who has to
depend absolutely upon her salary for
a living is somewhat handicapped
But for the woman who must he
partly supporting and who has in addi-
ton a real desire for a work that will
mean something to her. that of libra
rlan is splendid thing. Indeed one
wonders If there can be anything bet
Ter than meeting books and people"
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UNION PORTRAITS. BY Gamaliel
Bradford. author of Between Two
Masters etc. Boston: Houghton !
Miffiin Company.

UNION PORTRAITS. BY Gamaliel
Bradford, author of Between Two
Masters" etc. Boston: Houghton
Miffiin Company.
Mcclellan. Hooker. Meade, Thomas
and Sherman, all of civil war fame:
Stanton and Seward, Lincoln's Secre-
taries of War and State; Charles Sum
ner. anti-slavery leader. and Samuel
Bowles. one of the great journalists of
the period, are the subjects of this
service and influence. represent. in
sum, the salient features of the civil
war period from the standpoint of the
north. Largely by reason of their
proximity to the present each has.
moreover been a subject of misappre-
hension. of discussion and controversy
In these studies Mr.. Bradford has made
use of the revisions and corrections
that the latter years of this half CEN
tury have made in earlier and less con-
sdered interpretations of the motives
the attitude and the conduct Of each
of these men. He has moved them up
into the present rounding half glimpses
into whole views melting single con-
spicuous acts into the web of surround
ing circumstance. He has assigned
new knowledge 10 its proper place and
"eieht III the fundamental character
of the man and in harmony with the
general trend of his lifelong reactions
The effect of this penetrating and con-
sidered study is that of convincing
re-estimate not only Of the characters
themselves. but of the period itself in
many obscure or contested points Mr.
Bradford writes hiogra phic history with
the easy. objective. illustrative art of
the story teller. The book is 4 con-
tinuation of the series in which the
i cd fal
crate Portraits" and Lee the Ameri-
can.
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Mr.. Locke marks the plot. The ele-
ment of self-sacrifice in some form or
another. from one cause or another, is
pretty, sure in his writings to shape
That is all that there is of Mr.. Locke
in 'Viviette." The gay humor. the
whimsical joy of life. the charming
extravaganza. the genial friendliness.
here, and we miss them.
THE HIDDEN SPRING, A Novel. By
Clarence B. Kelland. Illustrated
New York: Harper & Bros.
Donald Keeth left the train at Owas-
co. Mich. with only a dress-suit case
and his dog. Mirabeau, as luggage.
This is a symptom. He had come to
this place to get a start in life. to set
up as an attorney-at-law. Only an
easy going, unambitious youth would
have stopped off at Owasco A really
driving fellow would have pressed on
to Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo, where
now and then things happen to enlist
the powers of the law And this symp-
tom is the key to the beginning of
Donald keeth'S career. The uuietude
of Owasco suited him. He asked moth
ing better than to be left in peace to
play with Mirabeau and read Carlyles
French Revolution. from one of whose
heroes Mlrabeau had taken MS name
The body of the story, however. is made
up of a most interesting account of the
happenings that finally electrified Don
aid keeth to as strenuous a career as
the most pushing of young fellows
could have desired. Old Quartus Hem
bly, was the tyrant of Owasco. feudal
lord. who. by virtue of his money and
power. owned this little lumber center
body and soul. keethS work. when he
finally awoke to it. was that of liber-
ating the town folk and doing away
with the deSpot. II is good story,
vigorous. picturesque and easily be-
lievable. 1t is good love story. a
fine dog story and an admirable tale
of modern feudalism. There is flaw
in the dog story alone and one does
not like this. The others round to a
more than satisfactory conclusion.
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\ RAW YOUTH: Novel in Thre

pendent thinking and original ways of
speech.
\ RAW YOITH: Novel in Three
Parts. BY FyodorI Dostoevsky,
author of Crime and Punishment"
etc. Translated from the Russian
by Constance Carnett. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
In her task of turning Dostoevsky's S
novels into English. Mrs. Ciarnett. haV
ing completed the most important of
these has now reached the lower levels
of the Russian writer's power. "A
Raw Youth" is the story of adolescence
AN Adolescent" il the name given to
the French translation of this novel
1t is a long S;ory-almoSt Unreadably
long since the way is not shortened
by matters that either hold the mind
or ScIze the heart. Ii is diffuSe. spread
ing out in all directions without APP
parent cause for these diversions. AS
a whole the book is an enormous,
ShapelesS mass of unrelated expert
euces set down at random i'll a Weari-
some wilderness of detail. However.
at frequent turns this maze is pierced
by luminous rays of truth. of amaz-
ing insight. of a profound and touch
ing tenderness. 1t is iii the search for
these open Sun-Warmed places that
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Live and Learn. etc. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
REVELATION AND THE LIFE TO
COME. Edited with an introduction
in two parts by the author of The
Way: The Nature and Means of
Revelation" New York: 6. +.
Putnams Sons.
CHILD AND BOY. BY Walter
Brooks. New York: Brentano's.
ABOUT MISS MATTE MORNING
GLORY. BY Lillian Bell. author of
The Story of the Christmas Ship"
etc Chicago: Rand. McNally &
A-B-C OF COOKING. BY Christine
Terhune Herrick. author Of A-B-c
of Housekeeping" etc. New York:
Harper < Bros.
JAPAN'S REAL ATTITUDE TOWARD
AMERICA: "a Reply to Mr. George
Bronson Rea's Japan. Place in the
Sun-the Mennce to American
Edited by Toyokichi lyenaga, Phi n.
PROFESSIONAL lecturer. department of
political science. University of Chi
cago. New York: @. P. Putnam $
Sons.
IN THE GARDEN OF ARDILLAH:
and Other Poems. BY Adolph Dam
zieer Second edition Los Angeles:
Western Authors Publishing Asso-
clatiOn.
COMMENCEMENT DAYS: Book for
Graduates. BY Washington GLADDEN..
I author of Live and Learn" etc.
New York: The Macmillan Com
panN.
Gl STAT ERODING: Selected Poems.
Translated from the Swedish with
an Introduction by Charles Whar-
ton Stork. y. NJ. Phi. II. author of
Sea and Bay. etc. New York
The Macmillan Company.
RENATING TINE. ny Jesse Lynch
Williams. With illustrations by
Henry Raleigh New York: Charles
Scribners Sons.
TOBACCO HABIT EASIiN CON-
QIERED: How T." DO II AgreenbIy Y
without Drugs. BY NJ. MacLevy.
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Work Is the Secret.

mr.. RUSSELL II. CONWELL. the
~ Philadelphia minister. said on his
seventy third birthday:
The secret OF success" We all know
the secret. 1t is work
Laziness is the one wea kness above
all others that we should try to get
rid of.
"Laziness travels so slowly that nov
erty and failure always overtake it"
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The Cynical Inventor.

A YOUNG inventor exhibited ring
SS to jeweler.
"A new type of enga cement ring" he
said. that I'm going to patent. 1t will
make my fortune"
"Humph," said the jeweler. What is
there patentable about this?'
It's adjustable" said the inventor"
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1NdIS month Of MAJ, important as "
II is in the chronicle Of national af-
y fairs. holds. seemingly, no more
serious problems for the nation as whole
than II does for = small group Of Young
women here in the city. win" on ~ 2oth
n the month must face an examination
which decides The value o. uselessness Of
eight months Of hard work
With a.. average Of sundays and one
or TWO nights a week Only for recreation.
the students in tie training class Of the
Public Library are necessarily eager for
tn. reward Of success and probable APP
stitutiou. BY one Of those magical
changes possible sometimes to janitGrs
what is officially known as the trustees
roorG O! the library has become Il model
lecture room and study hall for the class.
AS the purpose of this course is frankly
To prepare persons for Junior positions
in the library here. with no pretense Of
fitting them for positions in other libra
ries. there is no absolute certainty of APP
p"4hti!eht |" t'''9' VIM I'm
pletc tie course. However. experience IN
TN ,,.,e. has shawn tha1 owing to resig-
nations on the regular staff and the crea-
tiOn Of new positions by Congress, prac-
,t,..,II,. .,..-,- student desiror,s Of apuoint-
-..'.l.,,.
ineht mas receive" II "iti'''
time.
T. .. , ,--,a ,,orcon,.ga nf tho IL
III
brary force Is made UP OF graduate MEM
b"rs OF the training class. IN 'ills par
tictlar the library OF washington Qs
unique. for the majority OF pubhc hDra-
ries nf other cities find IL possible to draw
upon the big library schools or experience
Ell librarians III making up their force.
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employment to occupy the time be-
tween school days and marriage.
The payment of better professional
salaries would result in securing and
retaining in the service of the library
a larger proportion of men: also the
woman employees would be more large
ly composed of those who regard IL
brary service as their life work rather
than as a stop-gap."
training class the effort has been made
to model il more closely by the me ethods
employed in the big library schools. Of
these DR.. Bowerman has very definite
knowledge. for he is himself grad
uate of the New York State Library
School. at Albany. The success and
value of the course is suggested by the
fact that the pupils themselves have
on two different occasions asked that
it be extended month. From the
original course of six months il now
has been extended to eight
A specimen entrance examination
published by the library affords an in
sight into the knowledge which the
training class students must possess.
Under general Information comes the
request: Name four matters of grave
import which the present administra-
ton has had conspicuously before il
and tell briefly of one of them" Under
history Is required about two pages on
the current history of Mexico. Ireland,
China or Turkey.
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author Of Back to Life" etc. New
York: Albro Society, Inc.

author of "Back to Life" etc. New
York: Albro Society. Inc.
LEADING OPINIONS BOTH FOR AND
AGAINST NATIONAL DEFENSEs 4
Symposium Of Opinions Of the Emil
nent Leaders Of American Thought
on the Subject Of Our Needs for
National Defense. Collected and Ar
ranged by Hudson Maxim. hand
book and Guide for Debaters and
Public Speakers. Presenting Both
Sides Of the Question with Absolute
Impnrtinlity. New York: Hearsts
International Library Company.
LYRICS OF WAR AND PEACE. BY
William Dudley Foulke. Ii. r.,
author of ''Slat and saxon" etc.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-M Merrill Conn
pany.
|QIACkN DOODLEs' AND DANNY
Hubhell- Illustrations by Johnny
Gruelle- chicago: =. r. Nolland
Company.
THE CASE or JOHN SMITH; His
Heaven and His Hell. BY Eliza
beth Eisland. author of The Life
and Letters OF Lafcadio Hearn.'
etc. New York: q. r. Putnam's
THE SON OF MaN: An Epic. BY Per-
cival W. Wells. author of Lilies Of
tn. Valley" etc. Illustrations by
rercival and Lillian Wells. Wan
tagh. y Y: Bartlett Publishing
Company.
FREE SPEECH FOR RADICALS; En-
inreed Edition. RN Theodor"
Schroeder. attorney for the Free
speech League. etc. Riverside.
conn. iillacre Rool>house.
SONGS THE CHILDREN LOVE TO
SING: Collection Of More Than
Three Hundred Songs for Mothers
and Children OF All Ages. Arranged
| fOr Singing Playing. BN Albert
| +. Wier. editor of The Ideal Home
Music Library New York: n.
| Appleton n 90.
GRAND OPERA WITH NICTROLA,
Conta lining the stories. the Most
| Popular Music of Victor Record
Numbers. Arranged for Pinyins.
Singing and the Selection Of Victor
! Records. BY Albert L. wier editor
The Ideal Home Music Library
| Published with record annotations
| by courtesy of the Victor Talking
Machine Company. New York: L.
| Appleton & 60.
WORLD PEACE: How War Cannot r..
Abolished: How IL Nay Re Abol-
| ished. BY John Bigelow tmajo L
| :. A. retiredD. New York: Mitchell
! kennerley.
IA NORTHERN OUNTRYSIDE Rv
| Rosalind Richards. illustrated from
! photographs by Bertrand II. Went
worth. New York: Henry Holt &
| Co.
THE CITIZENS BOOK. Editors. Charles
L. Hebble, manager civic and in
| dustrial department Cincinnati
| chamber of Commerce: Frank T.
Goodwin director of vocational and
! ciy'c service Cincinnati public
| schools. Published under auspices
of the Cincinnati Chamber of Com
| merce. Cincinnati: Stewart G. Kidd
| COMPANY.
RESERIES OVER CHILDHOOD AND
Youth. BY William Butler Yeats
New York The Macmillan Com
| pany.
IN MEMORY or t-NDON W. BATES.
| Jr. Born : SS3: died May I,
| 1915.
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A y exhibition of paintings contrib
uted by the artists for the fund
being raised to furnish the clubhouse
to he opened shortly by the newly or
ganized Art Club will be opened in the
blue room of the New Willard tomor-
row. ON MAY 20 these pictures are 10
he sold to the highest bidder. one of
the artists acting as auctioneer The
exhibition is free to the public Cards
of admission viii. however he required
for the auction.
LEILA MECHLIN
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"Of the various branches of the
course book selection is probably one
of the most interesting. for there We
discuss the problems which confront
the librarian In selecting books that
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John Lane Company.
the woman question is not the que.-
tion of voting IT is rather the prob
lem ot support The great majority
OF the women of today find themselves
without any means Of support of their
own. The worlds work j. open to them,
but they cannot do IL. This rs not the.
common understanding Of this subject
among women. But this is the truth.
II Vi easier Tor women to make The
claim that they are shut out from do
ing the worlds work by nen than il
is to look around them for the truth
Of the matter. There is no reason why
women should not be bankers. and
merchants, and railroad mana f-ers and
editors of great newspapers, ard doc
for2, and lawyers, and civil euVsre-rS.
and 80 on through the lists Of those
doing the work Of the world. uo req
son except that they cannot do the
work There l. no law that fpr-idS
them. II Is only their own inability
TO deliver the goods that stands in
the way. stephen Leacock says she
cannot do the work, first, because she
lacks the physical strength for the
labor that men contribute TO the ma
terial progress Of the world. and sec
oud he declares that for the pursuit
Of business her head is "aIl wrong
Figures confuse her She lacks sus-
tanned attention and in point of morals
the average woman IL. even for bust
f
ogize for this last assertion lie. sim
Siy emphasizes IL. shut out from mans
labor and man : business there is left
foc women only one pursuit marriage
Buy marriage is not 80 easy. and. any
waE-. the home has passed or is passing
Md. finally, after Siziug up the tru.
Ease 81 III" woman ia the problem set
about her support, u Leacock comes
:" the conclusion that women are ir-
TecQNeraDly dependent. that their own
nature and limitations make them de
pendent and that women need not
more freedom. but less They should
"re aud al, be taken care Off they
cannot be looked after by an ind iyIriu- .
a.. they must be looked after by the
S'ats. This * a perfectly shoCk king
So Of opinions for one 10 give our hut
~ is all 80 true that even the most
nUtra ged senstbility must. privately at
least, own UP that Mr. Leacock is eX-
act'y right. There are eight other
ESSAYS IN this volume. all as sound as
this one. Six Of the nine included here
are on the subjects OF education aud
literature in America. one of these
i n special appreciation Of the amaz-
ing genius of o. Henry" One is a
discussion Of modern morality. in view
of the fact that there is no longer a
devil 10 prod society to seemly be-
havior. Another is "a rehabilitation
of Charles II tribute long overdue
this particular king. one, too. in which
this writer is at his best of indie
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have been issued and- cards Of admission
Will be required.
| TFHE memorial exhibition of paint
q ings by the late John w. Alexan-
der will continue in the Corcoran Cal
lery until week from today. closing
on Sunday afternoon. May p. This is
undoubtedly one of the most nota BILE
exhibitions held in Washington. and
that the people of Washington have
had the privilege of seeing these paint
ings is largely due not only to the
initiative of the American Federation
the Corcoran Gallery, but the co-opera
tion of John W. Beatty of the Carnegie
Institute. who originally assembled the
collection, and of the owners of the
works shown.
Mr.. Alexander's style was entirely
his own-hs work could never be mis-
taken for that Of another-yet it was reti-
cent rather than aggressive and while
virile was very full of delicate and
refined sentiment 1t was very beau
tiful art which he possessed and COM
manded and through it others have
been immea surably enriched. To have
seen these paintings is to have added
to ones store of precious memories.
4
| concluded by a dinner to be given
at Rauschers on the evening of the
10th. For three days art will have been
discussed from the standpoint of the
people. At the dinner the arts will. as
| it We're. speak for themselves through
distinguished representatives.
| Cass Gilbert. past president of the
American institute of Architects. and
architect of the state capitol of Mime
sofa and the Woolworth building. New
York. will speak for architecture: Her
bert Adams. president of the National
Sculpture Society and sculptor of the
Mcmillan fountain. the doors of st.
Barthoiomew's Chuich New York, and
the Library of Congress here. will
speak for sculpture; Alfred Moves. the
British poet. for poetry: Horatio Par
ker, twice winner Of the $4,000 prize
for the best opera by an American COM
poser. will speak for music, and Will
liam NJ Chase. national academician
and distinguished painter. win speak
for painting Thus viii be emphasized
the interrelation of the arts and their
real significance.
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one presses forward till "a Raw Youth"
is finally achieved and assigned to its
place in ones study of DostoevSky.
One can we'll believe the rumor that
this novel was written along beside
Dostoevsky's work on his great story.
THE Brothers Karamazov." This fact
serves to explain its character as a
work carried out in :he off moments
of one of his supreme literary under
takings. The novel is a sideHght in
the study of Dostoevsky as a great
representative of Russian literature.
Its appeal is to the student of this
theme rather than to the general
reader.
WE THREE. BY Gouverneur Morris.
author of THE Seven Darlines,"
etc. Illustrations by Henry Hutt.
New York: u. Appleton e CO.
This is the old story-a man. his
wife. the other man. Gouverneur
Morris. however. knows how to create
people of refined and agreeable per-
soma lity. people who wear good clothes
and have good manners. who think Il
bit and talk well enough to keep the
company awake. He has. too. the gift
of depicting smart society, or polite
society, leaning toward the latter in
this development. With these powers
he succeeds in giving a fresh aspect to
Evening star., 1916-05-14

How is the District of Columbia
governed%' is probably not so difficult.
but even such hardened sighteeer a.
a WashingtoniaR must nibbls his pen
Evening star., 1916-05-14

Chicago schools-that directed by Miss
Emma Church.
In another room work in stained
glass will be shown, the panels them
selves being placed in the large win
dows. and designs shown upon the
walls. These are from Mr.. Connick of
Boston. who received a gold medal for
stained glass at the Panama Paclhc
exposition. and sends his medaled de-
sign. and by the Willets of Philadel-
phia. who designed and executed the
great window in the chapel at West
Point. and also that in the graduate
hall a Princeton.
In the main hall sculpture is to be dis
played-decorative works especially suit
able for garden display and emplace-
ment: These. it is understood. are to be
shown with interesting setting Among
the bronzes to be included in this col
lection will be the Victory. by Saint
Gsudens. which has been loaned by spe-
cial permission of Mrs. Saint-Gaudens.
Such an exhibition has endless possl-
bilities. and those who have the present
display in charge wish it clearly under
stood that, comprehensive as It may
seem. it is in reality little more than
of art in America it must be not merely
through interest in painting and
sculpture. but rather through a general
and widespread appreciation Of the value
Of art in everything in which design is
determining factor. Appreciation of art
is measure of civilization. Of refine
ment. and. to extent. education, but
it touches and affects every day life to
. much greater extent than many sup
lose That art is not merely a luxury
and non-eSsential-a "fri1l'-such an
exhibition as this goes far TO prove.
TT HU RSDAY evening. in connection
with the memorial exhibition now
on view in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
meeting will he held by the American
Federation of Arts in the auditorium of
the Corcoran Gallery in commemoration
of the life and services of the late John
w Alexander one Of our nations most
distinguished artists. The president Of
the federation Will preside at this meet
ing and the speakers Will be DR.. Finley
president Of the University of the State
Of New York Edwin n. Blashfield. mural
painter and writer Charles Dana Glib
son. the illustrator. who was a personal
friend of Mr. Alexander. and Mrs. Ed
ward MacDowell. widow of the composer
who will tell Of Mr.. AleXanders interest
in the work of the MarDowell Association
al Peterborough. As the seating capacity
of this hall is limited special invitations