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WHOLE WORLD BECOMING
INTERESTED I'm FORESTRY

other lands The Chinese, it is said,
are beginning to realize that their neg
lect of the country's forests accounts
largely for the low standard of living
and that with an abundant supply of
lumber and timber. comfort, health and
earning capacity would he increased.
An eminent writer on the resources of
Russia. f. K. Reynolds, in the course
of lengthy contribution in the Geo
graphic Review on the economic re-
sources of the Russian empire, said
that Russia still possesses vast tracts
Of timber for the supply of the world.
but the worlds demand is a very big
I thing and no forests are "inexhaust-
ible" before the ak and saw of timber
slayers.
In Siberia, the forest region is called
the "taiga,' which means a vast more
or less unknown surface, covered with
dense. impossible forests. heavy under
brush. fallen trunks, and endless guam
titles of game are its chief characters
tics. Comparatively little of the taiga
has been reclaimed and turned into
farming land. This taiga is one of the
greatest treasures in Russias long list
of natural resources. In round figures
1t is said to represent 90,000.0 900 acres
of magnificent timber.
That is less than one tenth of all the
timber resources of the empire, which
are estimated at one and a quarter bill
lion acres. In addition to the great
| northern forest belt. there are extern
casus. The trees of the taiga are
pines, frs, spruces. larches and allied
species, intermingled here and there
! with various kinds of birches. aspen
and a few other leafy trees. AT it's
western end in the central provinces
of Russia. the taiga abuts upon the
mixed deciduous forest, which covers
all of cool temperate Europe. Oak,
maple, elm. ash and poplar are the chief
trees. The Mediterranean vegetation
of southern Crimea and the eastern
Black sea littoral contains such species
as the cork oak and the yew.
| Most of the countries of Europe have
forest laws. the general principles un-
derlying them being that a man shall
not cut down a tree without warrant
of law, and that for every tree cut
down a tree shall be planted. In Ger
many the trees are very closely under
protection of the government. which
enforces the planting of trees for all
I trees cut, and even in Russia there is a
law that a forest cannot be cut more
| than than once In a period of eighty
years
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in New York is another example of a
supreme work of art. as is also Daniel
c. Frenchs Gallaudet group here. 1t
has been done, it can be done. it should
be done-a public monument should
never be less than this, for bronze and
stone are SO pitilessly imperishable.
y
1T HE possibilities of inherent beauty
4 in monumental sculpture is strik-
ingly shown in the works by such
French. Frederick Macmonnies and
Herbert Adams. which are at this same
time on view in the National Museum
on the floor below the auditorium as a
part of the exhibition of American in
dustrial art set forth under the auspices
of the American Federation of Arts.
These bronzes are but reductions and
are small; they are. indeed. shown
merely as decorations for a garden or
interior architectural setting, but they
possess all that latent bigness and
charm which fits them for monumental
use. The effect is altogether charming
and to many on the opening night of
the exhibition was great surprise. In
the front of the great hall leading to
the much-used auditorium are these
works in sculpture provided with a
charming setting of cedar trees. In the
center is garden well in pla ster mod
eled by the students of the Pennsyl-
vania Museum School of Industrial Art.
a replica of which in permanent form
is being made for emplacement in one
of the museums courts. On top of
this. for it is of necessity covered.
stands Mr.. Macmonnies' Pan and at
equal intervals to the front and at the
back are seen pools representing foun-
tain basins ornamented by fountain
figures. surrounded by greenery and
filled with real water. in which gold
fish swim happily about. The industrial
exhibits are found arranged in cases
beyond the garden and in the adjoin-
ing rooms.
The exhibition this year is possibly
little smaller than it was last. but it
is fully as comprehensive and of quite
a s high an order. There is much that
might be shown and is not. but what is
there is very interesting and choice.
Special attention. should be directed
to the pottery. the wood carving. the
iron work and the jewelry. which are
exceptionally fine These have been
contributed by the foremost American
craftsmen.
Two rooms have been furnished as
exhibits in interior decoration as we'll
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while it is In motion the projectiles are
automatically released, and. of course,
hurled away from the wheel 1t is
said that at the tests at Fort Hamilton
the projectiles were hurled something
over eleven yards when the wheel was
given a speed of 200 revolutions per
minute, and over $500 yards when the
wheel was set in motion at the rate of
5000 revolutions per minute 1t is
claimed for the machine that a pro-
jectile may be thrown any distance de-
sired. according to the speed of the
wheel. So far In the tests, the machine
has been charged or loaded with three
inch spherical bombs filled with high
each.
In behalf of the machine. 1t is ex-
planned by the inventors that the bombs
can be released at the will of the oper-
ator; that two men can handle the ma
chine: that it weighs 400 pounds, is
three feet long, twenty inches wide and
forty-two inches high. The wheel has
a diameter of thirty eight inches, and
can be run by electricity or gasoline.
The projectiles are placed in position
while the wheel Is in a state of rest,
and are released when the wheel has
been given the number Of revolutions
required to throw the. projectile the
required range.
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Labor Will Be Scarcer,
From the Engineering Magazin,

from the Engineering Magazine.
An investigation made by some of the
railroads of the country indicated that
100000 foreign born persons would re-
turn to Europe Immediately after the
war for various reasons. Friends and
relatives have been killed. Their
homes have been devastated There
has been no communication between
millions of families for over a year.
Other evidence indicates that some of
the warning countries are planning a
campaign upon America for the pur-
pose of inducing able-bodied men to
the rebuilding process. They want
men. and they want the accumulated
capital which these men will bring
back with them. And 100000 men with
$500 each would mean an addition to
the capital resources Of Europe Of
stretches of Europe now divided into
great feudal estates will be broken
up into small holdings to be sold to
natives and return foreign born from
America as small farms. For many
mobiles of central Europe have been
killed. Many more have been bank
rupt. The shortage of labor will make
1t difficult for them to work their es-
tates. II is not impossible that the
United States may be a country from
rather than country to which they
will immigrate. This, of course. Is a
matter of speculation. 1t will depend
upon industrial conditions in Europe
on the one hand. and industrial con-
ditions in America on the other. Add
at Washington. which may restrict
immigration by means of the literacy
test and other limitations upon the
number of incoming aliens.
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Distance to Market.
From the Farmers Review.


From a study of $50 farms in John
son county of that state the Missouri
experiment station concludes that loca-
tion is more important than crop yield
as a factor in land values. Here are
the figures: Seventy mine farms with
in two miles of market averaged in
value $3.50 per acre: 1873 farms. two to
four miles from market 5000 per acre; :;
1876 farms. four to six miles from mar
ket. s6O.90; 113 farms. six to eight miles
from market, $500, and 149 farms. over
eight miles from market, averaged
$3.50 per acre. An unmentioned but
important factor is condition of the
roads Were these farms located on
hard roads or on dirt roads inclined to
be heavy in wet seasons? Most folks
would rather live six miles out on a
permanent hard road than only half as
far on a muddy road Let us have
moro light on this interesting question.
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as they found them. people Of many
races bound together in the bond of
unspeakable haJdships are the sub
jects and the heroes. Robinson" con-
pictures sketched on the spot, each a
full story in itself And Mr.. Reed. a
very human person as well as an un-
commonly fine writer, adds a text that
is altogether worth while even in this
day Of many war books.
ON THE ART OF WRITING. BY Sir
Arthur Quiller-Couch. NJ. A. fellow
of Jesus College. King Edward VII
professor of English literature. New
York: G.. P. Putnam'S Sons.
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch here turns
over to the use of student and general
reader dozen of his Cambridge lee
lures on the art of writing. These
lectures in sum, impress one as richer
in inspiration and grace of manner than
in pure instruction A proper balance
this makes. Beyond very general
summary of the essentials of poetry as
distinct from those of prose, the writer
does not take into account the structure
of English composition, as one hoped
he would do. Rather does he conf1ne
himself to verbal considerations. to
such a choice and use of words as shall
produce virile English, drawing lavish
ly for illustrations here from the rich
treasure of English literature. The in
struction contained in this discussion
may be summed in half a dozen rules
bearing upon the use of words, rules
of an elementary character. In trac-
ing the lineage of English literature.
however the writer is more at home
than when he is telling off rules. There
he is animated by the freedom of wide
acquaintance and the intimacies of
friendship and ready reference. And
again in a discussion of the study of
literature in the English universities
the writer is finely stimulating and
easily at home in his subject. The
manner of these lectures in spacious
ness of view. in individuality. in natu-
ralness and ease is A model for the
unusually dry and didactic school
master to pattern himself upon.
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Mr.. Alexander has produced this COM
pact, well organized history of the
House of Representatives. The en-
phasis of this study is placed on the
evolution of procedure in this body up
to its present approach toward efficien
cy in the business of law-making. Back
of these changes in procedure the writ
er points to the changed conception Of
the congressman himself as to the func-
ton of the body of which he is a part
This new conception rests in measure
upon the growing solidarity OF the
country, upon the assured community
of its interests, upon the demand for a
national rather than a local view of
ones effort and influence. The techni-
cal points Of the business of the House
are here presented in concise and order
ly manner. making ehe book of prime
value as a text book on a subject about
which too little is generally known.
The writer describes the organization
of the House, names and defines the
duties of its officers. outlines the work
of committees and follows the making
completion. An admirable appendix
gives tabular views of certain import
ant features of House history The
book is not only authoritative and in
structive. 1t is readable as well.
FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN IDEAL
ISM. THE NEW YORK NATION,
1s6S-1915. Selections and Comm nts.
BY Gustav Pollok. Boston: Hough-
ton Mif1in Company.
The golden anniversary of the New
York Nation can receive no greater or
more lasting tribute of appreciation
than this record of its half century of
years. The author has given to his
work literary ability assured by
long connection with the publication
which all writer's will understand and
commend. The interest of the volume.
as a whole, is best conveyed by Mr..
Pollok's own foreword-separation of
his work into sections: Part I, with
various additions, represents previous
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Nm HE rotunda of the National Mu-
scum is completely filled at pres
ent by the models entered in
memorial. which is to be erected at
Fort McHenry. in Baltimore. This was
one of the largest competitions for such
a memorial that has ever been held
and the program was unusually good.
But on the whole the showing is not
felicitous. An enormous expenditure is
represented. an expenditure equaling in
all probability the total amount that
the memorial will cost. and it has been
made to a great extent by the COM
petitors.
This would be bad enough II the re-
suits secured were notable, If the ex-
penditure in money and effort went
toward securing good works. But it
has not. For the most part these mod
els show little or no inspiration and
certainly give none; they are not beau
tiful, they indicate little or no imagi-
nation and small real sense of fitness
on the part of the sculpture. yet both
men and women of considerable repu-
tation are the authors of these works.
Obviously. the fault must lie in the
method which, far from being stimu-
lating, must be quite the opposite. 10
be sure. the theme was in itself not in
spring unless the monument We're con-
strued as memorial tribute to the
flag of the nation. Every one is will
ing to acknowledge the patriotism of
the author of The Star Spangled Ban
ner," but few will declare him to have
been either a great poet or musician.
1t was evidently just here that the
embarrassment arose-was 1t a ma
tional hero or national genius who
was being memorialized? Apparently
the sculptors were of two minds. and
in some instances 1t would seem of
two minds at once.
Among the proposed schemes for the
monument the author of The Star
Spangled Banner is represented in the
moment of inspiration. on the prov of
a boat, seated in an armchair. saluting
the flag. etc. Not in one single in
stance is there a composition which in
herently is work of supreme beauty.
such as were Saint-Gaudens statues or
Daniel C. French's recently completed
Trask memorial at Saratoga Springs.
And yet it would seem as If the scuip-
| tors had full opportunity--the appro-
priation was ample-the majority OF
the designs are elaborate, too much
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, so. being fretted to death with detail.
| No doubt it was largely the simplicity
| of the design submitted by Charles n.
Niehaus which won it first award. In
| the front of a simple. low platform
framed by a semicircular seat stands
| colossal figure of youth touching
| lightly the strings of Tyre as he steps
forth into the world singing a song. A
:, laurel wreath graces his head-cloth-
| ing he has none-it is primitive man,
strong, we'll formed, spirited. Instantly
| one recalls Longfellow's poem, The
Singers" and that verse which runs
| The first a youth with soul afre.
Held in his hand golden Tyre:
Through groves he wandered and by streams
Playing the music of our dreams.
1t is beautiful thought and out of
| the common Just how well it satisfies
| the present demand others may decide.
AS the figure stands now 1t is forceful
but awkward: that it will be restudied
and developed before it takes perma-
nent form is, however. to be taken for
granted.
Three of the best statues we have in
Washington are the work of Charles
Henry Niehaus-the Hahnemann on
Capitol and the John Paul Jones at the
! foot of 18th street. Niehaus was born
| in Cincinnati in 1855 and studied first
| at the academy there, then in Munich.
He is a member of the National Acad-
emy of Design and from the several
| great worlds fairs he has received
gold medals. His was the great statue
of st. Louis which dominated the expo
sition held in that city. Whatever he
does will undoubtedly be done skill
fully.
! The fact remains, however, that in
most instances the best sculpture We
have today is not that which has been
obtained through public competitions.
| There is no question that the sculptorS
| of America have rendered notable serv-
| ice in the field of art-even more nota-
| BILE. perhaps, than the painters-yet it
| is true that the two finest soldiers
! monuments we have are almost ex-
| clusively architectural-the Soldiers
| and Sailors Monument in New York
and the Soldiers Monument at Whit
| insville. Mass, and probably the most
| ornamental fountain is that in the rear
of the White House. which is neither
sculptural nor architectural.
And still one returns again and gain
| to the works of Saint-Gaudens-the
| Sherman and Farragut in New York.
| the Lincoln in Chicago, the Adams Me-
| mortal here-all SO different, each so
| impressive through simple beauty and
| dignity. Macmonnies' Nathan Hale"
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HISTORY AND PROCEDURE OF THE
House 0E REPREraEHTAT TIYIcS.

as furniture making-one in the Adam.
the other in colonial style. Neither
purports to be complete or entirely sat-
isfactory. but both are suggestive and
go to show that excellent designs in
these styles are being manufactured
today in this country. The mantels in
these two rooms are exceptionally in
teresting, both the work of a present.
day maker.
A n exhibition of printing occupies al
~ most all the wall space in one
large room. This is an exhibit assem-
bled and lent by the National 1nsti-
tute of Graphic Art in New York and
is the major portion of an exhibit re-
Gently set forth in the National Arts
Club. 1t shows circulars. catalogues,
printed in supposedly good form with
artistic use and spacing of type. Print
ing is essentially an art, but unluckily
many look upon 1t merely as a mechan-
ical process and business-hence that
which might be delightful to the eye is
often offensive.
Not only is printing as much an art
today as when all ,ypesetting was
done by hand. but 1t is no less fasci-
mating as an art and therefore to find
it included in such an exhibition as this
is a real satisfaction. The exhibits
are carefully arranged in frames and
so placed that they can readily be ex-
amined. The industrial art exhibition
continues until the 18th of June and is
free to the public. Catalogues are OBJ
tainab1e upon request
a T this time. when the tercentenary
6A of Shakespeare's death is being
celebrated in many cities throughout
the United States. special interest will
be felt in the statue of Lady Mac.
beth. by the late. Elizabet Ney. which
has just been placed as a loan in the
National Museum. 1t Is full size and
in marble Elizabet Ney nodded the
statue in her studio in Austin. Tex, in
1900. and it was cut in marble in Italy
in 1905. 1t was the sculptor's wish
that it might be shown in Washington
where people of all nations assemble" /"
After her death in 1907 it was placed
in the hands of friend with the un-
derstanding that it should be exhib-
tied and eventually sold. the proceeds
to go toward establishing an art school
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which all in attendance at the auction
were invited. Among the members OF
the advisory board are Miss Sarah
Munroe, Mrs. Leisenring. Miss Perrie
and Mrs. Zolnay.
A PORTRAIT of Mrs. Grayson. the
u bride of DR.. Grayson. painted when
she was Miss Gordon by T. Anthony
Tauszky of New York. is now on view
in the Veerhoff galleries. 1t is a three
quarter length and shows her in rid
ing costume with crop in hand. The
treatment is broad and simple the
coloring good and the work as whole
very spirited. 1t is far and away from
the commercial portrait of society, an
excellent characterization and a real
work of art
Mr.. Tauszky is Cincinnatian and
studied under Laurnes and Constant in
Paris
IT. HE closing exercises of the Cor.
coran School of Art will be held
Wednesday evening in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. At this time the gold
medal and other awards will be made
anu lne "oTk Oh the SIuQentS Tor the
past year exhibited The jury of award
this year comprised Paul Bartlett
chairman: Hugh Breckenridge and John
Brayfogle.
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art has an.
u nounced its sixth exhibition of CO.
temporary American paintings to oper
to the public December l.. and cen
tinue until January 81. The last day
for receiving in this city will be No.
vember %. Circulars and entry card.
will be obtai BILE on or before October
l5. Five thousand dollars. donated by
Mr.. W. A. Clark. will again be dis
tributed in prizes.
TT WO very interesting portraits oi
q Mr.. David Jayne Hill by Ander.
Zorn have recently been lent to the
Corcoran Gallery of Art by Mrs Hill
One was painted in Stockholm in 1910
the other in Berlin in 1911 Both are
brilliant paintings showing mastery
skill and great virility.
LEILA MECHLIN
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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-
tions to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted. at the end
of the month. in the library's monthly
bulletin. Copies of this may be obtain
ed free at the library or will be sent by
mail for Is cents a year. ...
Fiction.
Renson. +. F. The oaklcyites.
Brown. Ivor. Years Of Plenty.
Rurnham. Mrs. {. l.. Instead of the T,t"rn.
Chamberlain q. 4. John Bogardus.
f'leghorn. $. y. The Spnst~r
Dwight. II. G.. STEAMBOAT Nights
':alsworthy. John. villa RUBEN.
Hacgard. II. II. The Ivory Child
Hawirey. Valentino. In a Desert Land.
Hindcnburgh's March Into London.
London. Jack. The Little Lady Of the Big
House.
Nyburg. $. L. Tho Conquest
Paine. X. y. The Twisted skein.
SidSwck. Ethel. The AccolRde.
Spcarman. F. II. Nan Of Music Mountain.
Stewart. Mrs. E. T. Letters on an Elk Hunt.
Van Schaick. George. Tho Son Of the Otter.
Wyllarde Dolf. Exile.
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waginE. reveals a beauty of sacrifice
which makes common men into golden
lads" And this is the theme with
which one fingers long, feeling again
under the vigorous and sensitive guild
ance of this writer the glory of these
two stricken countries. Mr. Gleason's s
testimony of what he saw at the front
is incorporated in the Bryce report.
and his dispositions have been re-
served by the French government to be
used as material for it's future official
history of the war. Mrs. Gleason, in
company with two British nurses, con-
Quoted the now famous dressing sta
ton at Pervyse, thirty yards from the
Belgian trenches. For her gallantry
in this situation she was knighted by
the King of Belgium. AS a journalist
of training and distinction. Mr.. Glea-
son adds to this vital experience the
power of discriminating and telling re-
port.
THE WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE.
Described by John Reed. Pictured
by Roardman Robinson. New York ::
Charles Scribners Sons.
Mr. Reed says: 1T was to be a
three months flying journey; we were
going to see Italy enter the war, Ven
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Playing Too Safe.

From the New York Evening Post.
The defendant in a case tried in q
western court had been duly convicted
of theft, when il was seen, on proving
previous convictions" that he had ac.
tually been in prison at the time the
theft was committed.
why didn't you say so?" angrily de.
manded the judge of the prisoner
Your honor" said the man apologet.
ically. Il was afraid of prejudicing the
jury against me-"