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LIFE OVER DEATH.

IN the mournful quiet of Easter even
ii the whole world lay we'll hushed UNI
q der the half hope, half sorrow long
ago. No happy preparations stirred the
little group of friends and believers: all
the busy ways were for the enemies
who made ready for their feast with
much outward show of ceremonial
Under the despair that overhuns the
little outcast band lay the half con-
scious. scarcely daring hope. like
mufied dream. They had seen the dead
grain sink into the ground and now
waited for tie coming forth of the fruit.
Living so long close to the presence
of the Master, it was roc strange that
they could abide apart, still under it's
influence in unquestioning simplicity
expecting the fuIfillment of his words:
EXCEPT the grain fall INTO the earth
and die il cannot bring forth fruit.
When the stiil. mouruful even was
over and the earliest Dreak king OF day
showed them the empty husk of the
tomb, the great truth of the fruit
brought forth" surged over them One
by one, breathleSsiy. each broke into a
musical utterance of faith and JOY from
clear hearts that accepted. The olden
knowle ledge of the death of the grain.
so long familiar to them as "A process
Of nature they had witnessed now as
applied to the spirit.
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II!t. Federal EXECUTIVE. Ely John
Philip Hill. Boston: Uouehton

industrial arts. and consists of exam
pies of pOrcclsins. pottery. enainelS.
faicncc. glass. pewter, silver. brass
bronze and east iron. The c&hln1ts
have been acquired by the museum
from, time to time in connection with
the work of its bureau of identification
through gift and bcnuest and through
dea lcrS. collectors and other museums
to " HON they had come as the price OF
experience This is the first education
al exhibition of the kind to be held IN
this country. and it is naturally at
tracing much attention.
Referring to it in the bulletin of the
museum. DIR. Barber. the director. says
Everything in the field of art is being
counterfeited today. aud the only way
to check the evil is by famiiiarizinG the
public with the characteristics OF the
genuine as compared with the salient
features of the false.
1t is a little melancholy to learn that
fraudulent works are to he found i'll
many of our museums and that many
are the private collectors who have
been triclled. but it IS good that there
is some possibility rf discerning be-
tween the real and the imitation. In
the catalogue Of the exhibition some
startling figures are given, which go to
show the extent to which the practice
of fraud has been carried. SO great. IT
SAYS has the manufacture of imitation
SevreS pieces gone that without exag-
geration it is estimated the sale of
these sham porceiainS nets the coun
terfeiters over $3.6oo.o0o a year, chiefly
through American importations.
This parallels a statement once made
by A travelling art dealer to the effect
that he had in n few short years sold
over one million dollars worth of
"Corots''
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rs also is his Good Shepherd and other
subjects. Like Tissot, he painted en-
tire series of pictures illustrating the life
of Christ. but. unlike Tssot. he gave them
familiar setting and spiritualized his sub
jects. He has. Furthermore genuine
pictorial sense. and his paintings appeal
very generally to all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23

r,,.., tx,,,,-o ,ho ,,o,,ar Of RISING
i'AP7 w
from death is IN man SO integral part
of his nature he uses J., Familiarity with
,>,.;.a ,,o,.or ou;,a -a.,i.7,,, ;,s
"'Ae - 49,
God-quaHty- FROM his daily aea'hs OF
trouble and struggle from the death of
oo,,. no c.,no, re,c, tho DEATHS of
gladness ana ]oVe, OF hopes that die
with each sunset he is reclaimed "A
,,o.,s ,;,,., 1Ia ,.o, ro,,Iy die
Ior all the seeming uedths tHat ddii!
attend him. They fail into the ground
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Vocational Training.

knarp. L. s. Harhia and Reed Weaving. 1914.
IHT n i..r.
Lapp. J. A.. and Mote e. H. Learning TO
Earn. IkTI151G.
Rinise. +. II. Educational Classes and Other
Service With Working iien. IkT-Ri13
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Commerce and Industry.

BoGart. L. l.. The Economic History Of the
United States. Sd Edition. HEs3- BG.'in
Cotter. Arundel. The Authentic, History OF
III" United States Steel Corporation. HEI-t's.1
Hucbncr, e. g. Agricultural Commerce Ht,SS-
iIs73.
Laut. A. G. The Canadian Commonwealth,
HES2It517.
Smith. J. Il. Commerce and Industry He
Sn,G.
Ieeie Il. p. Irrigation in the United States.
HES,- T...,:i.
Weld, L. u. H. The Marketing Of Farm
Products HES3- 3,Im
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THE RIDDLE OF PERSON Atty. BY
II. Arlington Bruce. New York:
Moffat Yard & co.

This is a new and revised edition of
Mr. Bruce's earlier work on the sub
ject of personality. In substance IL is
a summary of the results achieved by
scientific investigation into the nature
of human personality and a review. as
we'll Of the conclusions reached as to
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Ter a year. Robinson was. first and

over year. Robinson was. first and
last. dragon and guar asman. dispatch
rider and motor car driver. In the sum
of these capacities he covered the
length of the British line in France
and Belgium. 1t is an amazing record
of activity. of danger and escape. And
il has i'll the recounting of all these
horrors the touch of youth. kind of
unconGuerab buoyancy. Il high spirit.
that lifts the whole terrible experience
up into an atmosphere of wonderful
and vivid living. 1t is n book of in
Vulnerable incidents. war incidents. of
hard times and tight places. and of IN
credible dangers, of which. in so far as
he himself is concerned. he does not
make over much. 1t is in the nature
of camera record-vivid. clean cut.
clear black -and-white And 1t is. with :
al. a personally modest story. Its char
acter makes it invaluable as part or
the vast amount of frst-hand material
that is now collecting for the great
uses of future historians.
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But he knows il is III the churches
that he viii find the mystery of the
new. flower that is to rise. II is al
ways there. To be realized at each
knecliHg, to be sown anew in each
heart. to give fostering care. to brood
oYer and bless the soil of the heart
while waiting. to tell over and over
s@aiu at every time the questioning
h"a"' is lifted uD to il that what the
my siery o. life can do for the lesser
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of Christ. but. unlike Tissot. he gave them
familiar setting and spiritualzed his sub
jects. He has Furthermore. genuine
pictorial sense. and his paintings appeal
very generally to all
MFRS. ANDREWS has recently placed
@V" in the National Museum group
Of studio effects collected by Mir. An
drews during his many visits 10 Eu-
rope. There is fine bit of tapestry
a suit of armor, some carved chairs
and other things of artistic interest and
intrinsic value. They are the choice
and unusual objects which a painter
acquires when opportunity offers. real
izns their worth as witnesses of the
past and examples of art.
Several of Mr.. Andrews paintings
Mrs. Andrews has presented to his
native town. Steubenville, Ohio, where
one day is set aside each year for the
school children to commemorate his life
and work.
There are many that owe Mr.. An
drews debt of gratitude for patient
teaching and wise guidance in, early
student days. These will be glad to
know that his memory is being cher
ished by the children in his home town.
and that the things he valued are to he
kept together here and made accessible
to others through Mrs. Andrews
Thought and generosity.
THERE is plan being formulated
for the establishment of an art
club in this city somewhat on the lines
of the Art Club of Providence. r. I.
The idea is to have clubhouse with
studios which may be rented in which
meetings can be held and exhibitions
given. The membership is to be made
I'd of both artists and laymen, and
the general club plan is to be followed.
H. X Bush-Brown has been elected
president.
To raise money for furnishing the
club it is proposed to hold an exhibit
ton of works by local artists which
at the conclusion of the exhibition are
to be auctioned to the highest bidders
1t is an ambitious plan. but those who
have formulated ii are very much IN
earnest. LEILA MECftLiN-
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A r the Yamanaka Gallery. on Con-
&N necticut avenue. there will he ex-
hibited Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, pair of T ang
seDulchral horses. about sixteen inches
in height, which will be found of great
interest. The Tang dynasty was from
SIS to 906 AID, so these equestrian
statuettes are in all prooa bility consid-
era bly, more than 1000 years old. They
were modelled in clay. given a liquid
pottery glaze. colored anG fired. and APP
pear today as though OF comparatively
recent production. so excellent is the
state of their preservation. 1t is star
thing to find how extremely modern the
ancients were when Judged by such
tokens as these.
Aside from historical and intrinsic
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readers. too. have an uneasy sense of
Strangeness as they follow the real
design of this war parable.
THE SPINSTER. BY Sarah n. Cleg
horn New York: Henry Holt e
Co.
"Spinster," ""id maid. bachelor
Sirl'--as YOU please-she is. at her
best. striking figure in modern life.
an unapologetic and even Il gallant
figure. The ways by which she has
arrived the place that she has made.
her share in the sum of general well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE.
GENTLY ADDED.

The follow ing list. arranged by sub
jects, includes some of the latest ad-
ditions to the Public Library
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted. at the end
of the month. in the iibrary's monthly
bulletin. Copies of this may be OBJ
tanned free at the library or will be
sent by mail for D CONT; a year
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knollys opens the play with perjury
and bribery at the customs Office. Then
she is forever tampering with the laws
OF marriage, but never breaking them
a perfectly chaSte woman who is hap
piest when she is inviting and then re-
polling unchastity. Her husband has
gone quite over. quite openly over. the
fence of his own marriage. The an
archist down in the Sums where the
i'm possible dinner gathers all the char
acters together in a hopeless tumble
of antag onisms. is a rebel against the
laws of property. The girl whom he is
going to marry. or take over. or
quire. is already the mistress of HUI
bert knoIyS-and so this modern COM
edy goes on in a way that is no more
modern than the behavior of lust this
assortment of people among the cliff
jewellers could have been called mod
ern. Actors may secure an effect Of
cleverness here. One reading and Wis
Mailing. on the other hand. is all the
time protesting. denying. refusing the
play either p1ausiiility or cleverEcss or
conference or pictorial veracity.
'iI!t: Federal EXECUTIVE. Ely John
Philip Hill. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company.
Mr. Hill here offers in compact and
easily available form the history of the
federal executive, a study whose pri-
mary purpose is to point out and en-
pnaSiZe the growth Of executive power
since the formation of our government.
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as against the relatively static condi-
ton of the Legislative and judicial pow
ers within this period. The steps by
which the executive has enlarged its
functions and influence are pointed out
here by way of a study of the crea-
ton and development of the executive
departments and the Presidents cabi-
net The writer discusses the status of
the heads of these departments in their
unofficial capacity as body of presi-
Dental advisers and again in their in
dividual and legal capacity as officers
of the government. He defines the
functions of the executive departments
fundamental facts Of national safety
and well being, projecting these func-
tons into the field of military pre-
parcdness against outside molestation.
This concise and clear handling of the
subject brings most important body
of facts sharply before the reader.
causing him to wonder meanwhile if
the country is not moving toward ideas
Of monarchy, rather than toward those
Of boasted democracy.
Ny E'TEE-. MONTHS At THE:
FRONT. Fly William !. Robinson.
illustrated. Boston: Little. Brown
{. Co.
William Robinson is Boston boy.
only shade above twenty years of
age. Just home from France. he here
tells his story of serving al the front
under the British flag for something
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period is very obviously the express
sion of the time, its thought and its
feeling. but here are we today think
ing and feeling in half dozen differ
ent styles at the same time. Naturally
there is no strictly Hational nor CO.
temporary form of expression In fur
niture and decorate today the period
! idea dominates, hence to meet the de-
mand the silvcrsmiths are producing
period silver. And in some Instances
| they are out-Herodine H"Tod. for they
are doing better work than was done
! in the periSds they are initiating save
| ing.
| All this silver, Furthermore. was what
| is known machine work, augmented.
to be sure by hand. but not hamines ed
out as was the silverware of our fore
fathers. The Workmanship is admir-
able, but it is not intimate or personal
and the worker is obliteratcd by the
machine. or. more properly, the me
chanics of the production. And yet THIS
silver is distinctly a product of the
present era and stands as truly for the
life of today as does work of telllnl
for that of the Italian Renaissance. 1t
/ is beautiful, it is fine, in form it is
often good and in pattern pleasing, but
lit is seldom unique or precious. It's
cost rather than its workmanship and
intrinsic beauty measures it's value.
There is no reason to urge return
to old methods and customs. Few would
is forward. Put it does seem as though
some way should he devised by which
he best of the past could be kept, some
way by which man might dominate the
ma chine, the place of the artisan in the
economic and social scheme of every
day life be restored aud the dignity of
labor brought to fuller realization. The
arts and crafts movement was initiated
with this object. but SO far has failed
of accomplishment. Most likely the
solution of the problem will come from
the manufacturers and makers. and as
the result of just such exhibitions as
that held here last week.
| A UNIQUE exhibition of fakes and
EA reproductions is being held in
the PENNSYLVANIA Museum, Memorial
Hall, Paramount Park, Philadelphia.
The purpose X the education and pro-
lection of collectors and the general
public, as far as may be, against the
wiles of the forgers. and to this end
genuine antiques and their modern
couHterpartS are exhibited side by
side. The collection is confined to the
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The affairs of the parish must have
been well administered, for in 1867 it
owned its own tobacco warehouse in
Georgetown and seemed to do a thriv-
ing business.
During the French-Indian wars
tax was laid upon all bachelors above
the age of twenty-five to aid in the
expenses, and it was the duty of the
parochial vestries to ascertain and
certify such bachelors with the value
of their estates. The bachelors of
Rock Creek parish did not take kindly
to the tax, but the vestry were Jealous
iii rounding them UP and saw that
ronc escaped except by the legitimate
pa;h % nat"i!aony, and it is recorded
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Auditing and Accounting
Banking and Investments.

Moodys Manual Complete List Of Securities
Maturing 19f6-l9l1. HWI-M7im.
Public Utility Economics. 1914. HI HOG.
United States Laws. Statutes. etc. The Ma
tional- bank Act Amended. HIN Cn33.
Willis. II. +. The Federal Reserve. HN-
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In the early colonial days in Amer
lea, and after the establishment of the
states religion, fashion and tobacco
went hand in hand, and had it not
been for the generous supplies of the
comforting weed which were donated
to build churches and to aid the cause
Of missionaries among the savage tribes
of Indians, the spread of the gospel
would have suffered: and without the
hogsheads of this brown currency
which were yearly shipped to London
the colonial belle would have lacked
her brocades and the hundred and one
little Injuries necessary for her toilet
SO 1T this fret meeting, 1850 pounds
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4 T old ST. PauI's Church, Rock
~ creek, in 1891. was celebrated
the first Easter service to be
held in the present territory of the
District of Columbia. and today. l25
years later. another Easter service is
being celebrated Isl tho same historic
church so filed with intero sting and
ha1loWed memories to many of the old
families of the District, whose an
ccstors attended that first service.
The Rev John Frazier. who in 17I9
was rector of Broad Creek Church. in
St Johns parish, Prince Georges
county. OF Broad creek, which empties
into the Potomac below Fort Foote
found that his parish was growing to
such proportions that chapel was
necessary, -. on September 49, 1719
the people OF the Eastern branch and
Rock creek called Il meeting for the
purpose of talking over and selecting
a place to build the chapel, and discuss
ed means for raising the necessary
funds.
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One is of opinion that a clever act
ress one who is on good working terms
with the Becky Sharp side of her
nature. might give a most brilliant,
Oscar Wilde-iSh turn to this modern
comedy. With any other sort of prin-
cipal it would turn out to he a too
blatantly sordid matter. If Mr.. Ans
pacher had any controlling idea at all
upon which to shape this play it must
have been that of lawle< suess. Every
body in it is a law breaker. Caroline
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the District of Columbia. and the rec
tory in which he lived stood until 1866
when it was destroyed by fire. He was
succeeded by Alexander Williamson
who was rector until 1916 when the
present brick church was begun. The
body of the church was forty by sixty
feet, but this seemed too large, and in
1870 walls were erected within walls
which stood until 1850, when they were
removed and the building restored to
its original size. a gallery built in
The church in 1875 was also torn out in
1865, and since then the present chancel
was added. as well as a Vestibule
capped by tower.
In Il glass case near the chancel is
the large folio Bible. bought in 1927,
which WIS i'll use for many years and
which was paid for in tobacco along
with two large folio common prayer
books. the price of which was stipu-
lated 10 a quantity of tobacco which
was not to bring less than I'D p.
pound \ 5 there were not many of
the congregation who could read in
those days. one of the prayer books
WAS for the use OF the rector and the
her for the clerk. who sat beneath
the pulpit and read the responses on
behalf of the congregation.
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missing a husband is missing all of
life will have a chance to correct this
false view by making the acquaintance
and following the career of this hero
inc For here is a happy girl. though
husbandless. and one that is of i'm
mense Importance in her own chosen
field. Miss Cleghorn has developed this
story by the natural sequences of all
sustained growth. There is no broken
heart. no disappointment in love. none
of the oId-tiIne romanticism about this
girl The book is consistent and i'm
preSsive accounting in the terms of
novel of one of the common and most
interesting of the aspects of modern
womanh God.
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MY FoUETEE-. MONTHS At THE

interest rs works of art. these horses
have very deIlnite interest as small
models of equestrian statues OF Wh1ch
this city has an exceptionally large
share. of this type of monument there
are less than one hundred in the world,
yet there is nothing so imposing as the
hero mounted upon fine horse. In
the National Museum in Florence is a
wonderful little model of an equestrian
statue not much larger than these
Chinese horses. but very spirited and
impressive, which belongs to the earll-
est of the Renaissance days.
These Tang figures are h! no means
.of the hobbyhorse variety: they.
too, are spirited and were modelled
by som" one who studied the
mouth omen, his head thrown to one
after the same horse, moreover. each
has its own characteristics One is yell
low. the other reddish brown, presuina-
bly, representing d bay and a chestnut.
The riders in both instances sit their
steeds well and are interestinG-one is
"A man. a drummer. with drum swung
over his saddle and stick in appraised
hand; the other is "A woman. preSuma-
bly, the cmperors companion. Both
ride astride and though they were
a part of the horse. If the figures
were glazed the glaze has worn off and
in its place is seen the patina which
buried treasures take on. Just how
many years they were buried. just how
and when they we're found. is not
known, bat that they are a product of
the Tang dynasty is, it is understood,
we'll attested.
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Business Methods.

Forbes. Il. &. Finance. Business and the
Business of Life. Hk-FIf.r.
Hall :. Il. Short Talks Retail Selling.
HkF HIS.
Hotchkin. ". L. The Manual Of Successful
Bookkeeping. Hk HT3sm.
Hudders Il. X. lndcning and Filing. HkCA-
HIST
Ii53op.
Auditing and Accounting.
BALLET. H. +. overhead Expense and Percent
age Methods. kRCBI5.
Davies. A. u. department Store Auditing and
Accounting. 1914. HkBA-D .sS.
t;oodyear. l.. l.. Principles, Rules aud Deini-
tions for bookkeeping. HkBG631pr.
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BOOK REVIEWS.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: The Lawyer
Statesman. BY John T Richards
former president of the Chicago Bar
Association. Boston: HouEhton
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THE UNCHASTENED WOMAN: 4
Modern Comedy in Three Acts. BY

louis NaUlmdn AnSpaCheF, aUthOr
of THE Woman of Impulse" etc.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Com
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THE BATTLE MONTHS OF GEORGE
DACRELLA. BY Beulah Marie Dix

y u
Upon its face this is war romance,
rising out OF the current of the present
strife and shaped by one and another
of It's characteristic events. On the
one hand is young soldier. George
Daurella, ahame with military ambi-
ton. On the other is a girl, capabIy
ardent in the interests of peace The
story runs along the common road of
romance until the reader is repeatedly
and persistently made aware of the
fact that its characters and situations
and events stand in nid-air so TO
spca y, the author refusing them local
habitation specific nationality. To
be sure. the curious idiom of George
DaUrella's labored English is a straw
of identification. is also the i'm
Partial conduct OF certain aircraft
toward the unfortified places and eli
VILLAINS below well as toward the
forts and Soldiery. But these are only
ssfrawS and may mean nothing at all
What one does finally gather out of
this studied evasion is that the story
Stands II the nature of an aliegory. in
the middle ground between fact and
pure fancy. George Daurella is war
belated wanderer along the ways Of
civilization. 2t first truculcnt and ag-
ETessive toward the new order III which
he finds himself. then bewiidered. and
then. finally. converted TO the rule of
Intelligent and constructive peace. One
has the feeling throughout that Marie
DIX Is more at home with the stcry
than with the ailegory. Therefore.