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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23

Harrisburg, Penn" When / was single suf-
fered great deal from female weakness because
my work compelled me to stand all day; I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for that
married took the Compound again for a female
trouble and after three months passed what the
doctor called growth. He said i6 was a miracle
that it came away as one generally goes under
the knife to have them removed. never want to
be without your Compound in the house." Mrs.
FRANZ KNOB, 1642 Fulton ST., Harrlsburg, Penn.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23
Hardly Able to Move.

Albert Mnn%For about year had sharp pains
back and hips and hardly able to around the house
taxing lydia nShams vegetab1e Compound and Liver Pills
feeling stronger than years. have little boy eight months
old doing all would not be without
remedies like them"Mrs F. T.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23
Careful.

Careful.
will the vaccination mark show,
doctor?"
THAT depends entirely on you,
madam!"-Puck
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-23

Lydia Pinkham Medi-
advceit will be confidential
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
MEXICO AGAIN
A Mexican Indictment of Our
Policy

THE WHOLE TRUTH ABorT MEXICO . l.ss,,
dent wilson's Responsibility. by trslels'o
Bulues Authorized TRANSLATION ~ Dora r,ot..
With portrait l2mo. pp \. 800. VI bulNe'
Book Company.
"The Whole Truth About Mexico
Mr.. Bulnes calls his book, and we have
no mind to challenge the correctness
of the title, nor desire 20 see II DIS
proved. II there is more 20 tell than
is contained in this little compendium
we must wonder what it can be, For
Mr. Bulnes does not content himselt
with merely going TO the root OF the
matter. He follows the root OUT
through all its ramifcations, 70 the
Tin of the uttermost fibre. Nor IS MS
subtitle less appropriate. To an Amer
ican reader il is the more signlhcahl'
the indictment Of Mr.. Wilson when
the book contains is its dominant Feat
ure II may we'll be that the framing
Of that indictment was the author
prime object, since the memorable iogle
~ the narrative and Of the expllca-
t;on of Mexican affairs demonstrates
Vr Wilson 10 be, above all other men,
,bo OWL genius Of the whole Mexican
problem. He plunged into his Mexican
meddlings ignorantly, not seeing "haI
ali other men Of brains the world over
IA secn.v He persisted in his course,
carried away by academic dreams,
sat,,ratcd with lies collated and dis
nanseJ nv his advisers for political
reasons. swayed by the pefncious IN
fuence Of the sirens who oeset MN,
traficking with the misfortlnes, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25

gaping wounds. the blood, the frenzy
and corruption" of Mexico. Tine result
has been the logical consequence:
President Wilson, by recognizing @
DO (dcto government OF the ultra -des-
potic type, after having refused TO
recognize the Huerta government be-
cause II was dictatorial, has practi-
cally acknowledged that his effort to
lmplant liberty in Mexico has been
complete failure. II is even worse.
President Wilson has not recognized
a de fdcto government, but a de fdcto
anarchy"
That is the restrained and temperate
prelude. Mr.. Bulnes proceeds 10 es-
tsblish his propositions with a mass
Of facts, keenly analysed and logically
grouped. lie dissects. one By one, the
false pretences which Mr.. Wilson with
such facie faulty adopted as his own.
lie IL catholic and impartial, too; he
cherishes no spitefulness and Guilt
Yates no kero-worship. And II at times
his irony is mordsnt and his invsctiye
seathing, a justification is surely found
in the appalling ealsmitiss. present
and inevitable, which have befallen his
(Coutiuued ON "a ~ 7. column Sd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
HISTORIC LOVE AFFAIRS
Twelve Studies of Women and
Their Fortunes

st-PERWOMEN. by Albert Payson Ie,hune
illustrated. $40. pp El. Mcfa' ara 90
We pass the somewhat purpiish bluro
on the slip-cover, and the authors be-
vilderment in mis- preface, over the Sc
cret Of the charm and the power oil ms
heroines. TO look at their names
"Superwomen," Mr.. Terhune calls them
But when one looks around in history
for the women who have won their title
10 this designation, we hnd thehl
mostly absent. There is Elizabeth OF
England. first Of all. She was super
woman. but what she wrought was not
won through charm or love, out
through strength of intellect and Will
There is Catharine the Great, qrdnde
oi,o,,reuse in a curiously phlegmatlc'
systcmatic way but she was super
woman for other reasons. There IS
Semiramis. the conQuering warrior
queen. but she is legend. Only two
Of Mr.. Terhunes twelve deserve the
designation Helen Of Troy and Geo
patra. But Helen became a super
woman through Homer and Marlowe'
not through Paris.
But this is taking the book with IN
due seriousness. Mr.. Terhune tells
here interestingly, for those Interested,
tho stories of Lola Montez, Ninon de
Lenclos Peg Wellington, Helen OF
Troy. Nine Jumel, Adrienne lie
conyreur. Cleopatra. George Sand,
Nine. Du Barry, Lady Blessington,
Nine. Recamier and Lady Hamilton:
There are many more "superwomen" OF
tbis particular kind to fill several more
volumes like this one There is. for in
stance. the Lithuanian serf Elizabeth,
Who passed from hand TO hand from a
rriyate in the ranks to a prince, until
Peter the Great took her and made her
his wife. Here is. indeed, the mystery
whose solution Mr.. Terhune seeks in
ali its pulling magnitude. But why
does he call a husband who is dead
husband emeritus
The twelve portraits are authentic
wherever possible. That of Helen pre-
sents at least the appearance OF hero.
inc Of Greek tragedy. A gift book that
should do we'll at this season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25

bankers. merchants and debt holders
on the one hand and the agrarian in
terests OF Virginia and the South gen
orally on the other.
Professor Beard pursues his method
Of historical Interpretation with an in
defatigable zeal for details and an I'D
mirable critical method. His portrait
of jefferson ia clear-cut. rational and
delightful. He shows that Jefferson
was thoroughly inconsistent both as a
statesman and political philosopher
seldom ever what posterity has
taken him to be. The father Of JEFF
fersonian Democracy was, OF course,
never a democrat. jefferson disliked
and feared democracy. He detested
what he called the "rabble" OF ar
tisans and wage workers in the cities
and towns. His ideal society was a
state ruled by an agrarian caste. lie
talked freely about democracy, but he
knew in his heart that any such thing
as real democracy was Impossible
under the economic conditions prevail
ing in the Slave States.
The author realizes all this-in fact,
admits it. But that admission gives
a further air Of unrealty 70 his argI-
ment. IL was not, after all, the fund
ing act alone which gave permanent
shape TO the first American parties.
Nor was it Jefferson who originated
"Jeffersonian Democracy" The real
origins of Jefersonian Democracy are
not to be sought in Virginia or in the
Virginia school of political thought.
They are TO be sought in the conscious
ness of the only societies which in JEFF
Persons time were capable Of cherish
ing and developing genuine democratic
ideals.
PENNSYLVANIA was the one state %
the Original Thirteen in which demo-
cratic ideas had really taken root.
Pennsylvania, therefore, allied itself
with the new RepublicanDemocratic
party, led by Jefferson, Madison and
Gallatin. The old South, because OF
slavery. was shut of from any demo-
cratic growth But west OF the noun
tains harder democratic splrii
emerged in Kentucky and Tennessee
while from Pennsylvania genuine
democratic Influences extended 10
Ohio. and to the rest of the Northwest
Territory.
This frontier democracy was less IN
tent on battling with capitalism than
it was on battling with social and pc,
litical conditions which it considered
srobbish and aristocratic. 1t found its
most representative leader in Andrew
Jackson. He was an ideal Jeffersonian
Democrat. But Jackson did not m
herit from jefferson. He was the
nroduct of conditions and Of spirit
which Jefferson did not create, and
with which he would have been sadly
out Of sympathy. Jackson represented
democratic equality which Jefferson
abhorred. 49,, n
But if one cannot agree with Pro-
lessor Beard in his derivations Of JET
fersonian Democracy, one can at leass
enjoy the scholarship, the mast =
his study of early American politics
exhibits. Would that American MS
tory we're written more frequently IN
SO thorough-going and finished man
ner!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
VALENTINES MANUALS
A New Series of These Records
of New York'S Growth

VALENTINES MANUAL OF THE CITY OF NV
YORK FOR 1851 New Series. Edited ~
Henri Collins Brown. illustrated limo Pr
25s New York The Valentine company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25

Henry Collins Brown. illustrated Emo Pr
&s. New York: The valentine COMPANY
Valentines Manuals, published an
nually between the years 1870 and 1905
are eagerly sought for by collectors
They form an invaluable record or the
growth and the many changes IN the
aspects of New York chronicled from
year TO year by this worthy City Gers
who probably gave but little thought
to the Importance Of his work 70 future
generations. Then, as now, New orA
changed from day 70 day. II tore down
old landmarks, il put up new ones
which too. we're doomed TO disappear
Even the changes of yesterday are az
ready being forgotten among US. VINO
of us remembers the aspect OF lnlrIyI
fourth Street between Broadway ana
PARK Avenue in the early nineties-o
of Fortv-second Street? The rising
generation barely retains a mehV"'
image of the old Reservoir. only those
of us in middle age still can call up the
neace and restfulness of the garden ID
front of the old St. Luke's Hospltal
in Fifth Avenue. The old Columo,A
College in Madison Avenue IS ALREADY
forgotten beyond recall. What ala the
old Aston houses look like when WeIe
razed TO give place TO the waldorf
Astoria? What sort of a residence
stood az the northwest corner OF
Thirtv-fourth Street before A. I. stew
art built his marble palace there ltsell
now a memory? Is Diana of the New
Workers doomed atop of her graceful
spire? Will her building, too, be ere
long n thing of the past, forgotten us
nicfures unobtainable Where was
"lIilliouaires' Row" in the New YORK
of 1926? What did the old Grand ZEN
trail Station look like-once the CITY
pride and boast?
Prints of old New York are exceed
ingly scarce and fetch stupendous
nrices. Pictures of the New YORK OF
Yesterday and to-day will acquire the
same value. But for Valentine much OF
the history of New York would be to-
dav a closed book, especially pictorl-
Mr. Brown is entitled to the thank!
Of all New Workers for his revival OF
these Manuals. He gives permanenee
to the romance and picturesque
the waning and waxing Of the beauly
and ugliness OF the city in this hrs'
volume, which more than closes the gap
between the last Of Valentines volumes
and the present day. This new series
will grow IN interest from year to year
il should form part of the inheritance
of new generations of New Workers. u
will do more than all the bronze tap
lets, past, present and future, put up m II.
this city to preserve the continuity OF
its history. And the pictures which ne
has gathered from so many sources
have the charm of the quaint.
HIS text ranges from the beginnings
Of free education and the first city
directory to Commodore yanderbilts
ferry and the street cries of half CEN
tury ago. In short, this first volume
of the new Valentine will arouse an in
terest in New York's history even n
tbose who thus far have been indif-
ferent to it. The undertaking has the
support Of long list Of prominent New
Workers. 1t deserves the wider sup
mort of the citizenry at large.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
,urRICAN STUDIES

rolls HIrN By Caroline N ,..... so-,
,r,u, nt,Ip rIfOnEAr A C-Hca N'4a.
~ No.. van nor. I-n' np 'H
u.-stf,r n ff.r COMPANY co... .
4 SrW rScfANp CHILDHOOD. ~. N''N n.y.,
,.. R,.raoi of Elmla. Clarence a'fdn-N ...Is
WARFARE FlNrr l-n" ir N'
Brow. q 90.
AN mankind" said Emerson. love
lovcr" There was no personal rel
80 in The remark and II there
- boor - would certainly not nave
49,, 20 Poe. not because OF Poe's dis
~ IN rut IL mildly Of Emerson
h,t because Of its iuapphcability to
Dc For i. is not as "a lover that Poe
- loved bv mankind. That fact TINS
ii,te volume makes quite clear. " :
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
The Cab Of the
Sleeping Horse
BV John Reed Scott

Author Of "The Colonel Of the Red HVs-
ears" etc. r.. Color Fronts. |i.as
Diplomatic intrigue at Washington Is the
theme upon which the amazing story is
based, and IL, somnoIent person who could
or would sleep before closing the book
Mystery has its maximum in this novel, AMI
clever indeed the reader who solves any Of
he several situations. Detective stories are
boresomely trite as a rule, but John Reed
Scott is depsndsbly original always"
The Philadelphia Record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
A PAGE OF HISTORY
An Economic Theory of the
Origin of American Parties

TIE ECONOMIC ORIGINS or JEFFERSoNlAN
DEMOCRACY By Charles 4 Beard. Professor
~ Politics boz Columbia University o'o' ID
4If The Macmillan Company,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25
The
Breath
OF the
Dragon
BV q, n, Fitch
BY a. n. Fitch
i2s. color FTOAtis.
Il an

A faithful and fascinating picture OF lie IN
China, from that in tn, Empress Dowhseri
palace to that in The House Of the Hens
Feathsrs-the court Of the King Of the Beg
fars; and, better than this, q remarkably io-
tereiting and stirring tale Of romance and
adventure.
The author has proved an admirable
siory-teller. The interest is kept at wh's
heat page after pase."-Iroy Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-25

which the more formal biographer
would neglect. and which, indeed, prob
ably no one but the present author
could readily supply yet which is es,
scntial 20 a complete appreciation. OF
one of the most charming and gifted
personalities in American literary me-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-28
AS 10 ONE EMBARGO.

Those who incline to accept an EN-
barge on food stuffs as cure for the
high cost of living should read the his
tory of embargoes carefully. Without
doubt the increasing prices OF food
stuffs are driving the poor to the wal!
and the immense quantities of food
products demanded abroad are having
their effect upon prices along with
speculative holding of food products in
storage and rapacity upon the part of
dealers
But that an embargo would not pro-
vide a cure worse than the disease is
not evident from the lesson OF history.
AS reprlsal against British AFRO
ganCe it would be effective So was
the plan Of burning the barn to get rid
Of rats Without doubt il would as
sist TO an earlier close of the war, and
as certainly ii would assist the central
powers. The latter considerations.
however. should not enter into con-
temptation or discussion Of the prop
osition. We would be justified in an
embargo at least partially by reason OF
need at home or as reprsal Tor treaty
violations, but not at all as an inf1u-
ence for or against any nation at war.
Perhaps before agreeing upon an
embargo it would be we'll enough to
read McMaster's description of the eff
fects Of the embargo OF 1907. 1t lasted
from Dec. %, 1907. to February. 1909.
That it was reasonably effective is evil
denced by the. figures of exports which
fell from SOS, 900, 900 in 1897 10 s22,-
600. 900 the following year.
The result Of that embargo seems to
have been TO have kept American ex-
ports al home. There were other re-
suits chronicled by the historian re-
ferred 10. who says in 'fMcMaste-s
History OF the United States:
Unable TO bear the strain. thous
anGs on thousands went TO the wall.
The newspapers were full OF insOlvent
debtor notices. All over the country
the court house doors. the tavern doors,
the posIoffices. the crossroads posts.
were covered with advertisements OF
sherifs sales. In the cities the ja.is
were not large enough 10 hold the
debtors AT New York. during 1909. l..
800 men were imprisoned for no other
crime than being ruined by the en-
barge.
A traveller who saw the city in this
day Of distress assures US that il look
ed like a town ravased by the pesti-
lence. The counting houses were shut
or advertised 10 let. The coffee houses
were almost empty The streets along
the watsrside were almost deserted.
The ships were dismantled: their
decks We're cleared. their matches were
battened down. Not box. not a cask.
not barrel not & bale was to be seen
on the wharTes, where the grass had
begun to grow luxuriantly. A year la
ter 1.l5o men We're confined for debts
under s25, and were clothed by the HUI
name Society
while the poor and destitute were
thus languishing in the jaiis Of the
great northern cities. the planters Of
the southern states were saved from,
immediate ruin by stay laws
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-28
THE MASnER PROBLEM.

The newspapers have been printing
a relation of the manner in which a
Mason City girl held up an annoying
masher at the point of a revolver and
marched the fellow to an officer Of the
law. He had followed and annoyed her
in an insulting way. Finally she pu.
the pistol In her pocket and took him
in. And all OF us who read 1t were
pleased with the pluck of the young
woman.
At the same time the press reports
related the story Of merchant at
Jamaica, little town on the Milwau-
kee west and north of Des Moines One
Of the same creatures had followed and
insulred his daughter. The merchant
went out with shotgun and arrested
him on the street and was taking him
to a magistrate for a hearing when
the masher attacked him. The mer-
chant shot him. He was convicted Of
manslaughter and sentenced to prison
The supreme cour. refused to intervene
tho Judge Evans dissented on the
ground that the merchant was in fear
Of his own life and was thus justified
Suppose the Mason City case had
turned out thus; that the masher had
attacked the girl and she had shot him
dead. Isn't it fact that most OF US
would have approved her act? We are
pleased that she arrested him. We
would have justified the father at
Jamaica in arresting the masher at the
gun muzzle and turning him over TO
the authorities, if he hadn't killed the
man. And it is likely that most OF US
will agree with Judge Evans and dis
sent with him from the verdict 'of his
associates on the supreme court. The
more so that the supreme court, at
practically the same time that it re-
fused to interfere with the lower
courts adjudication Of the Jamaica
case. ordered a new trial in the case
of PIERCE, convicted chief of police who
had been found guilty of conspiring
with the vicious underworld Of Sioux
City headed by Gunman Ford.
Most of US would sign petition for
an early parole of the Jamaica man
as most of us would contribute to a
fund for a medal for the Mason City
girl There is no vast sense Of public
| loss when one Of those providers who
| annoy women is killed. Our objection
| is to the promiscuous taking of the
law in private hands, not to the penalty
| inflicted, for the death Of the average
masner is beneficial rather than other
wise to society.
A local incident may be Of interest.
The other afternoon little maid, a
foreigner and timed and unused to the
American masher, waited for a car al
the switch At Tenth street. She was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-28

accosted by man in an automobile
who proposed to take her for ride
Much frightened. she got her car
while the. fellow continued to annoy
her. On her return from uptown she
met the same fellow near the same
place. He continued his solicitations
and the badly frightened girl appealed
to couple of women who were nearby,
strangers to her but women well known
and respected in the city. They ac-
companed her to the home where she
is employed The fellow followed them.
Instead of stopping at the girls home,
the women brought her beyond to an
other residence, thinking to conceal the
place of her real residence and thus
save her further annoyance. Then the
women of the house where they finally
stopped went out. The fellow was still
waiting near in the machine. They
spoke to him and took the machine
number. The machine belonged to q
Main street woman who supposed it
was in the garage where it was being
repaired or where she keeps it. The
fellow. an employe, had the car out
without her knowledge annoying de-
cent women on the streets. Nothing
was done about it because the maid
and the women themselves who aided
her desired to avoid the notoriety An
arrest would bring, but If the girl had
shot him or if her father had happened
to let gun go off when the masher
CHANGED to be in range our indignation
would be stirred more deeply than our
sympathies while the doctor was pick
ing the shot out OF the target.
The ulasher has an advantage. Most
women refuse to share notoriety with
him by demanding his arrest. So his
pursuit Of decen, women with indecent
purpose goes on practically unchecked.
He stands before the smokehouses and
picture shows with an insult in his
glance. prowls awheel or afoot about
the streets. His safety lies entirely In
the desire Of those he annoEs to avoid
notorsety Otherwise more of the
genus would be arrested or beaten "
killed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-28

The dry goods clerk is patient
beast Of burden with a vast store Of
knowledge and vanadlum steel feet. VI
A great many people have attempted
to become dry goods clerks and have
failed because their feet were not case
hardened. The average set Of feet Is
too soft and pliable for this work, and
Is liable to fatten out in the form of q
twelve-egg omelet. The annals of bus
mess are strewn with the wrecks Of
promising young men who started out
to learn the dry goods business, but
who got no farther than the difference
between organdy and canton flannel
before both feet gave way at the waist
line and had to be jellied along BY the
hot sitz bath.
II person has been sent forth into
the world with q wide durable form Of
feet, however, there is no reason why
he should not succeed as q dry goods
clerk. Lots OF men have done 10, and
by becoming the sole beneficiary Of the
will Of rich relative have been able
to buy store of their own. One Of the
first things the dry goods clerk learns
Is never to talk back to a customer who
pays cash. 1t is too often the case that
rich. aristocratic customers look down
on the dry goods clerk and run him up
and down the store until he is CLASSY
eyed. but If the clerk could see their
dying bed he would forgive all.
An expert dry goods clerk knows the
exact location Of everything in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-28
Ripping Rhymes
1y WALT MASON
The Safe Driver

Inc SAFE Drlyef
Along the street drive my car, my
rate Of speed Is safe and slow. pull
up where the children are. and give
pedestrians show. Some day pedes-
.rians will he, By statute, from Cur
highways cast, for any candid man
must see that they're a nuisance. first
and last. But since they are permit
ted here, in spite OF motorists appeals.
/ hold it wise my car to steer so they
won't get beneath the wheels. / watch
the street Nhere'er 70. and dodge all
live stock gone astray, and toot my
horn that men may know my juggeS-
naut y on the way. The road rules ]
have ali by haArt-I learned the whole
blamed list. complete, and no man ever
sees my cart upon the wrong side Of
the street And while I exercise such
care. while modestly my motor huns.
along the teeming thoroughfare some
badly LOGGED speed fan comes. He
knocks the sawdust from some gent
who hasn't time to climb tree, and
then. without or with intent, he slams
his car right into me. ! say, when
from the a;sn;s, =rsok climb, and
realize the worst. The man who gets
it in the neck, Is be who swears by
Safety Ffrst!"