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The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

Probably no reries 81 books r.
. obstructive and a, the same time
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

number Of the magazine. "U-29"
by Joseph Costello, deserves men
ton FOR its restrained style. and
contains real literary merit Alto
gether. as usual this Ia a remarka-
lily good magaE.i . and the best that
we have seen N the student world
EILZ.ABETH - HITCHCOCK.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

PrtntinE--the plain neat kind--that
o. riEht-Times Job Dept --Main sa2O.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

SIXTY YEARS OF the THE
ATER, by John Rankin To~se, a
book which gives familiar his
tory OF the stage and the great
american, English and other se-
tors, and his Intimate knowL
edge Of them thru being critic
for 40 years Of the New York
Evening Post
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

f6E YOUNG FOLKS eooN or
lpEALs. BY William Byron For.
bush. which 10 intended 20 be the
ffunosmentsl book IN the library
Of girls and boys between the
saoes OF q and is yssrt.
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first payne ent, and
monthly payments

Send for the Book Of 100 Wonders"
which explains how useful the Britain
MICA would be TO you As Christmas
gift for your business partner, or your
general manager, or that boy Of yours,
or for yourself, the Britannica is with
out its equal. Send for the Book Of
100 Wonders" NOW.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

IN tElH Npluinr Ut. fff ~AoA "'
vfseiy chosen the things % write
shout which youag people IKE 70
hear and has avoided All sort OF
dogrnatlsm and advice He sng
sests. rather than tells. what bee
has 20 say and allows bic readers
"a find the answer He realize
that young people feel mat their
cvinions are 10 be- respected. and
he IA careful TO make himself cne
of their own number We believe
that we're Dr Torbush one OF o
party OF boys and girls, he would
BE- the life of the crowd. and one
Of their most cherished chums II
q little OF this book could be read
every dag hy some wldeawase
yonng person. Il would be safe %
say that within = fhori TIME e would
have its effect upon his character.
making stronger the good qualities
while Strengthening the weak, and
all without The reader being con
sc'ous OF more :hau the perusal of
pleasant. stimulating series OF
sketches on great variety OF sub
jects Too mucn cannot be said IN
praise OF This book, which treats
the young person as an equal and
thus commends itself 20 bis mind
and heart Lotn-op Lee and Shep-
ard. OF Boston. Rave published q tr
style worthy % its contents; s.
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Do you knou

what will probably hanpen after the WARP Are you fami
with those Fundamental conditions which undere the de-
opment and progress Of nations
what actually happened after other wars-n England
instance after the Napoeonic campaigns? In o
United States after the Civil warp To belgerents and
trails after the Franco-Prussan war? In international h
after the RussoJapanese war?
whether peace sends the price of commodities up dow
Makes money easy" or scarce2
If any nation actually faced bankruptcy repudated
debt2 Or how debts affect taxation?
what happens in immigration and emigradon2
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

the VAMPIRE OF THE CONT
NENT, by Count 6 ~ eeven'-
low, the famous German publicist.
whose criticisms ard comments
on international events are dis
passionate tho remorseless
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

AMERICAN exports for this year will exceed $4500000000
n according 10 estimates. They are near tat now.
This than double export trade before the war;
and two and oneha times what only years ago. Our
exports for 1916 ced imports by Of $250000OO0 which
shows remarkable balance OF trade in our favor.
These big figures They indicate tremendous business
producing and selling gigantic scale.
True much OF the increase has from war orders
But when the stops why should either the volume the
value of American exports be less2
The Detroit times., 1916-11-27

FAMOUS SCULPTURE. sy Charles
l. 5srstoyN, the thra s-c bst r
the series q hooss or a~ Ia
nous Pictures arc Famous
Buildings" 5einJ tHs otte- two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

grain it is bound to do by an ever
truer measure of the same law for the
spiritual grain.
one can turn better. after that reaiiz
alton, to the full springtide and feei
even gladder than nature. knowing
the touch of the eternal flower Witnin:
Wandering amid the old myths. hlled
with their beauty and their dcathless
attachment to life. one feels always
under the shadow of ended things. upon
the verge where all reality has gone
down in darkness The lasting and
perfect poetry of these myths fingers
like gorgeous unsunken sunsets AS
the latest conner among them many
NAV class the great Christian story OF
the resurrection. 1t is indeed a great
myth n Superlative myth in the real
meaning of the word as a narrative
founded on a remote event. But the
singular, lone truth it SymboliZeS IKE
a direct shaft of light separates it
from the darkness of the old myths
forever.
They taught the underworld, where
the shades moved in a half life of pale
regret conscious of lost joy. without
hope. a mournful idea of immortality
that satisfied no heart and from which
the great thinkers of that age reached
out in vain for light.
| That light appears in the great simple
! law. Except the grain fall in the
earth and die it can not bring forth
| fruit
II is not that death puts out the
! light of life. or turns it to only A pale
! reflection of itself in the far fields Of
asphodel. 1t is that life working
| the beating pulse of it, rising out of
| the dark. fecund earth into the newer
bloom and fruit. life that ,riumphs
/ over death. a. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
Strange Animal Traps.

II n the east the native professional an
u imaI-takers sometimes catch leop-
ards in nooses. The leopard. like the
tiger and the panther. has the feline's
habit of sharpening and cleaning its
paws on treetrunks. The natives say
that the big cats viii preferably use
for this purpose tree that bears claw
marks previously made. Accordingly
the animal hunters select such tree
and round and round about the trunk
set their strong snares.
A cheetah secured for hunting must
he caught when full grown and accom-
plished in his knack of pulling down
game. otherwise, no matter to what
extent il were trained, it would never
acquire the quickness and perception
rs in the wild state, when it has to OBJ
tain for itself each and every meal
In India these cheetahs may be seen
tied to bedsteads and holding a place
of their own among their keepers
families. The latter seem not in the
least to fear the beasts The cheetahs
are carted to the scene of action with
hoods on. and these are removed when
the animal is shown the quarry.
Monkeys are sometimes secured in In
dia by the simple method of putting
some grain in a heavy but small
mouthed chatty or gharrah. AS soon
as the monkey learns what is inside it
thrusts in it's fist. The object is to have
the opening too small to allow the
monkeys doubled-up fist to be with
drawn. 1t has not the sense that is
generally attributed to it, for evidently
it never occurs to it in this instance to
empty its hand of grain and so get
free.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

CONSTANCE ID MAP: " oman Detect
i've. Ey Arthur Il. Reeve. author of
pream Doctor. etc. New York:
Hearst's International Library Com
pany.
THE ROMANCE OF ELAINE: sequel
to "EApIoitS of EIHiDe.' By Arthur
f. Reeve, author of THE War Ter
ror.' etc. illustrated with photos
from film play. New York: Hearst's
international Library Company.
THt: STRANGE STORY OF WILLIAM
HYDE. BY Patrick and Terrence
Casey. New York: Hearsts Inter-
national Library Company.
THE CoMRaDE IN WHITE. BY the
Rev. w. II. Leatham. NJ. 4. Intro
duction by Hugh Black. New York:
Fleming II. Eevell Company.
BELGIUM AND GERMANY: Dutch
View. BY pr. J. n. Labberton Trans
lated by W f.. Leonard Chicago:
The Open Court Publishing COM
pany-
GERMANY WISH DICED: An Appeal to
International Good VIII In the In
tercsf of "a Lasting Peace. BY Roland
Higgins. Chicago: The Open Court
Publishing Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

of tobacco and forty-fve pounds in
money were subscribed, and Col. John
Bradford of Prince Georges county.
who had been a member of the vestry
of Broad Creek since l112, wrote in tho
subscription PAPER: 'Iohn Bradford
100 acres of land called 'Cicnerosity.'
whcreon is timber for building said
hapcll and necessary houses for u
@ieab for the use of the present and
future minister for which intent the
said hundred acres of land is given
forever Ii is this original gift which
is now the glehe and cemetery of Rock
Creek parish. which lies north of the
Old Soldiers Home. and which is Wis
tied every year by hundreds of tour
lists.
A little frame chapel was soon built
and was consecrated St PauiS-though
called Rock Creek then. as today. The
membership grew so rapidly that in
l726 the colonial assembly passed an
act separating it from st. Johns par
ish and creating Il new parish. which
act was approved July %, 1126. on be-
half of LORD Baltimore, the proprietary
of the province. The creation Of this
parish marked Il religious era in the
capital, and for Seventy-five years its
history vas the history of the Epis
copal Church in the District. as well
as of the social life of many of the
prominent families whose fashionable
weddings were celebrated at st. pauIs.
and whose dead were buried from this
quaint country church set in the midst
of eighteenth century tombs reSen1-
bling the quiet of an English church,
yard.
James Holmead. who owned the prop
erty now known as "Holmead Manor
was one of the Vestry, and one of his
descendants was a rector of the parish:
Joseph Chew. Caleb Luton and Will
liam Hardin We're also members whose
names helped to make up the Substan-
tal history of Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

that many a lagsard in love FASTENED
to the altar rather than give up his
worldly goods to help fight the In
dams.
In the early days a rector of a par
ish looked after his flock in a mora!
and mental well as "A spiritual
sense. and was the one to whom all
sins of commission and omission were
confessed for comfort and instruction.
He was part of the social life of the
colonies. and while he has been much
misreprcsented and sometimes SLAM
dered because he rode to the hounds
attended cock fights. gave his small
bit to the horse races and later en-
joyed his bottle of port with the best
of them. still he was a potent inf1u-
ence for good among his people. and.
with few exceptions. was the comforter
of the poor in their misfortunes and
the adviser of the rich. whose daily
contact with him was for their better
ment. In the better parishes in Mary
land ministers were paid in tobacco to
the value of hundred pounds English
money.
Out of the seven men appointed to
establish the town of Georgetown,
five were officers of the Rock Creek
parish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

R0HF, American academy of Arts ana
II Letters was granted a charter by
q Congress last week. In no way
does this commit the government to
it's support, but it does give it nation
al standing. And in small way 'he
granting of this charter may be inter-
nreted as recognition on the part OF
Congress of the value of the arts ana
letters in the life of the people
This academy was organized IN i'o9
nv the National Institute OF Arts anu
Letters, which, in turn, was eslao'lsheo
in 1885 by the American Social science
Association. 1t consists of fifty mem
hers who are selected from the lnstl-
,u,e which is composed of 80 mem
hers-men prominent in literature. arr
and music chosen for dlstlhsuAshe"
achievement. Thus it afords "ouoio
incentive to effort and accomplishment.
for fba main object of both acaaeih!
.,,a INSTITUTE is to promote creative
work along the lines of the pest stalp-
ards. In this respect these ofSa
lions occupy unique poslt,oh III the
ica-one somewhat similar ~
Lrench academy, which. in France Is
tbe chief influence and inspiration ioi
I;t.rature and in fact, the most ui"
tinsuished body of it's kind IN 'he
As one writer has truly said. 1T woulo
saem hardly necessary to SPEAK OF 'ne
Iationship of literature ana the a'ts "
The higher life of the American people.
but in a democracy the d1thcultE Is 70
est blish and MAINTAIN hIsh idcalS-
For this very reason the late johh nay
thought an academy such as TINS more
necessary in democracy than IN an
,ristocracy. In this country we nave
no official patronage of literature ana me
arts and none. it is said, IS desreo-
BUT the need of large support OF such ac-
tivities gives opportunity to puoilc SPIT
tied men of means to cooperate Win
artists and authors in these important
fields. :.
Membership in the academy is some
thing to strive fora soa!-a royal re-
ward. But besides this the academy Is
bu,wark of defense against the swift
and ruinous invasion OF false prophets
i, stands as authority. The president at
th},: time is William Dean Howeils, tfe
secretary. Robert Underwood johnson.
and among its members are John :. Sar-
gent Edwin II. Blashfield. Kenyon COX,
paul Bartlett. Daniel Chester French.
Herbert Adams, Cass Gilbert. Augustus
Thomas. Eoratio Parker. Henry van
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
The CIeverness of Bees.

f FARMER possessed a few swarms
ia of bees which he kept in what
are called bcX-hives. Inside these were
small boxes. which would hold about
two or three pounds of honey each.
on the top of the hive. ard as
at least side of each hos
was of glass. the keeper could easily
look into the hive aad see when the
boxes were filed with honey.
The farmer usually chose to do this
early in the morning, before the bees
came out to begin the labors of the
dag. or at night when they had fin
ahcd them Bees do not like to have
their dwelling places molested. and
usually try to sting the intruder.
one day some friends were at the
farmers house and as they wanted
honey. the farmer thought he would
venture to take it out in the afternoon.
He knew that some of the boxes were
quite full. The hives stood a few rods
from the house. and on that side of the
house were large doors leading into the
cellar While the boxes were partly of
glass, the bottom of each was made of
little Stats, so that the bees could so
in and out as they liked
The farmer took out several boxes.
carried them into the cellar. shut the
cellar doors nearly together and hur
ried away. He put the boxes into the
cellar in order to allow any bees which
might be in them to fly out and return
TO the hive. But, in his haste to avoid
being stung. the farmer left the doors
open too much. so that the cellar was
quite light. whereas 1T should have
been nearly dark.
The bees were SO excited and en-
ragged that they flew in all directions,
attacking every one who came in their
way. When supper time came there
were so many bees flying about the
cellar doors that no one cared to go
near them. Early the next morning
the farmer looked out of the dining
room window and observed that the
air was still full of bees.
At about 10 o'clock he looked again
and not a bee could be seen. He went
down and brought up the boxes But,
instead of being heavy with honey. as
they were the day before when taken
from the hive, they were almost as
light as air. being filled only with
empty comb. The bees had worked
with a will ard had carried all the
honey bac. to the hives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

its possibilities and its ultimate destirf>
Within the limits of this treatment the
writer includes. In their essential
points. the work of eminent medical
psychologists in their contributions to
this subject through the study of nerv-
Gus diseases and consequent mental dis
orders. He records. also. the advance
made by psychology applied
science within recent years and points
out in many specific ways how this
progress has assisted in the UNDER
standing of the subject of personality.
A critica! photography accompanies this
discussion for the purpose Of encouras-
ing further STUDY of n theme whose
possibilities of widening INTO an inn
portant field lift il to the level of seri-
Gus investigation and increasing con-
sideration.
ADAMS GARDEN. a novel. by Nina
Wilcox Putnam. With frontis-
piece in color by II Weston Ia Nior.
Philadelphia: J. +. Lippncott Com
pany.
one of the fine Things about thi;
author is her ability 20 reflect other
authors while keeping to her own in
dividuality of plot and style. Mr.. kipp.
the catnip man, and lonesome Jerry.
who steals the hero's hurdy- Gurdy. but
leaves his junk shop in pay. are entire
ly Nina Wilcox Putnam. but. also. they
hlsht nave been created by Dickens.
and though no one. before her. ever
planted a fiction garden in the ground
instead of on roof of New York's
auick-pulse section. the green. friendly
'Flace insists upon evoking the memory
of q. Henry. who might have grown
just such a garden in story-and did
not
The plot introduces Adam Van Week,
Il iovable spendthrift who has squan-
dered half of his fortune and. by the
terms of his Srandfather's will. stands
to forfeit the balance to "A secretly
diSSolute cousin unless he adds to the
value of his estate within six months
to the DAY. la the gray dawn follow
ing an all-nisht farewell to the white
lights. Adam. unwelcome at hotel and
club. spends his last cent TO buy a
hurdy- gurdy which a passing grinder
is compelled to sell. This eccentric
benevolence reduces the hero to grind
ing tunes for his breakfast and after
a days realization of what life means
when not huttered, Fate leads him to
Jerry Of the junk yard who gives him
shelter for the night. The ramshackle
old house set in a lot that would he
vacant except for its piled-up odds and
ends. is a lonely place for old Jerry
since his only daughter went astray.
so he steals off with the hurdy -gurdy
and Jerry's new life begins. An ex-
priZefighter comes along and the two
turn the junk yard into a flower garden
and make money selling plants. Bust
ness f1ourishes. and they take in Mr.
kipp who sows a catniD bed and boards
dogs and cats on the side. Then ro-
nance. melodrama. tears and laughter
come into the garden. by turns and of
course. Adam wins his inheritance
though even to breathe the unexpected
happenings that lead to his vindication
would be to give away the secrets of
one of the most captivating stories of
the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
Cheeses.

HARRY LEHR, the viveur. was talk
Z ing in New York about cheeses
why is it that overripe cheese is
so Sood?' he asked. "A man once COM
planned to the waiter that the cheese
was eating his bread-and yet it was
an excellent cheese-Fd sampled it
myself.
Another man. gourmet of renown,
real high liver. forgot a cheese once
at a railway station. Two or three
days went by without his calling for 1t,
and then the station master sent him a
note that said:
Dear sir: If you do not call within
twenty-four hours for your cheese,
which have chained up in the bag
gage room. ii will be shot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

being. the efficiency of her service. the
nature and adequacy of her compensa-
tions-these are some of the provoca-
tive questions that rise around the
modern spinster. Miss cleghorn uses
questions of similar sort out
line of her new novel in which Ellen
Graham, Spinster, is the chief char
acter. AS little girl in a New England
community, as young woman at college
and later in the many-Sided interests
created by a finely sincere intelligence.
Ellen Graham is a very real and be-
lievabie person. some one good to know
and stimulating somebody to read
about. Girls who have the notion that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
Fiction.

Atherton. Mrs. G. +. Mrs. Balfame.
Bank. W. d.. pseud Treasure.
Benson. Stella. ] Pose.
birmingham. q. A., pseud. Gossamer.
Bryant, Marguerite. Felicity Crofton.
Rucl,an John. The Thirty mine Steps.
Comfort, w. l.. Red Fleece.
tomstock, Mrs. II. T. The Nindicato
Crespigny, Charles de. Where the Path
Breaks.
Davis. &. b. Nothin: Year.
Dawson. A. J. Ian.
Dix b. NJ The Battle Months of George
Daurella.
krvine. st. ]. G. Eight O'Clock.
King. Basil. The Side Of the Angels.
kussy, Nathan. The Abyss
Lewis, 4. II. Those About Trench.
Maciarg. William. and Bamer. Edwin. The
Blind Mans Eyes.
Martin IL. il. Her Husbands Purse.
onions. Mrs. h: Il. The Boy With Wings.
Paine Il. d. The Long Road Home.
Porter Mrs. f. n. Just David.
Prichard. X S. The Pioneers.
Prouty. o. II. The Fifth Wheel.
Putnam, y. W. Adams Garden.
Riley, W. Netherleigh.
Rose, +. II. Golden Glory.
Smith. r. B. Babette.
Smith. q. A. The Crown of Life.
Someryille. Il. A. ~. and Ross, Martin. pseud.
In Mr.. knoxs Country
Struyels Stijn. pseud The Path of Life.
Harrington. Booth. Seventeen.
riyhc +. u. The Portion of Champion.
TurnlulI. Margaret. Handle With Care.
Van Dresser, j. S. t;ibby Of Clamshel Afey.
Watts NJ. S. The Rudder.
White, W. A. Gods Puppets.
Wolf, Emma. Fulhllment
Yost. C. S. Patience Worth.
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Dyke. Thomas Nelson Page Henry
Cabot Lodge and Brander Matthews.
Part of the practical work the academy
proposes to do is to give series OF Zee
lures by members in New York and IN
other cities: to hold annual joint meet
ings with the institute. open to the pub
lie: to collect and preserve important
and interesting memorblia relating to
American authors, artists and composers
OF distinction: to induce the establish
ment of art museums: to encourage the
improvement of style and to recognize
distinguished ability in letters or the
arts by the bestowal of the gold medal
of the academy.
home for the academy is to be
erected in New York. Il site for which.
comprising eight city lots has been
donated by Archer NJ Huntington. For
this building the Clark estate has pre-
scented the two large and beautiful
decorative panels painted by Robert
Blum for Mendelssohn Hall a donor
whose name is not made pubic mas
given 100000 toward the endoW ment
fund of one million. which will assure
the academys permanency so far as
material matters may go
We owe more to our great writers.
composers and artists than we know.
and whatever can strengthen produc-
ton as we'll as increase appreciation,
as it seems the academy will. is to be
counted of the utmost value.
X
a \ extremely interesting exhibition
~ of silver was held at the New Will
lard Hotel by well known out-of-
town business firm during the past
week The silver shown was III some
instances reproductions of old designs.
For example. there was Paul Revere
tea set teapot of which was an eX-
act reproduction of one by this famous
colonial maker which is now in the
Boston Museum. There was tank
ard. moreover. which was an exact re-
production of one owned by the late
J. pierpont Morgan. which originally
was the gift OF crowned head OF
England.
But the main portion of the exhibit
comprised what may be termed period
siIver-silver in the Adam style, sill
ycr of the style of the Louis, silver of
the period of the Georges, which was
not necessarily copied from pieces IN
existence but rather designed IN the
st vles OF these times. This fact made
the product rather more interesting. as
it sgnified "A remarkable adaptabiilfy
or the part of our cotemporary de-
sisners and slversmiths. The style OF