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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

War and as he might be in any future
war if time were afforded for his
training. After two or three years OF
actual military experience in camp and
on battlefield the volunteer Is equal
TO the regular. Why not? By that
time he Is regular. in ell but name.
But that very statement Of the con-
ditions OF volunteer efficiency con-
dennis the system. What foe is going
10 give us two or three years Of pre-
paratory and disciplinary time? When
we fight again the decisive blows will
be struck speedily We shall face an
army. not Of volunteers. but of ycter-
an troops. largely tried IN battle. and
led hy officers who received their edu-
cation 90 che school Of actual war.
What would have happened at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

Marne if the French army had been
composed of volunteers led by volun-
teer officers? What would have nap
pened in 1861 If either army had bcen
composed of seasoned veterans? Nay
what will happen in oul next war II 10
an army such az now is battling OF
either side in Northern France we op-
pose such q force-we viii not call II
army-as we sent Forward TO Kich-
mond" NJ Bull Run?
This. then, is the argument OF Cen
eral Woodhull's timely and lucid little
volume. The volunteer system requires
too much time for preparation. We
must abandon 10 and have a regular
army, OF trained and disciplined men,
always ready .a- Instant action, strong
enough whel mobihzcd for war to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

Still another Shakcspearian discov-
cry is impending. Il is heralded by a
neat httle folder showing side by side
tho original Mystic Shakespeare
Stone" of 1916 and the present False
Shakespeare Epitaph" The original
inscription on Shakespeare's grave Is
an "anagram telling of the unscknowl-
edged royal Tudor parentage OF Shake
speare. not his dummy Shax-spur, OF
Standardization Il states the su-
thorship Of the plays and poems, and
reveals the secret Of the tomb. After
three centuries this anagram has az
last been perfectly deciphered. Why,
wheL and by whom was the original
mystic stone removed. and where is IT
nov o" All this Is 20 be revealed in a
forthcoming book. the names Of whose
author and publisher are not revealed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

TO that Of any other nation in thr
world, save perhaps one. Whether
such naval increase could be effected
more expeditiously than the develop
ment Of army strength is, however a
problem 20 which ne does not aford
convincing answer. II not, the course
Of prudence is obvious. 1t Is TO push
both army and navy at the same time'
with all the might Of the nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

hills YOU see before you. They
have no tradition, no names even,
they arc only pools of water ana
Jumps of earth, some day, perhaps,
10 be clothed with loves and mem
cries and the comings and golnGs
Of men. but now dumbly awaiting
their Wordsworth. IN such coun-
try a. this there Is rariiied' clean
sweetness. The air is unbredthed,
and the earth untroddcn. Al
things share this chi.dlike lowell
ness, the gray whispering reeds,
the pure blue Of the sky, the
birches and thin fir trees that make
up these forests. There are the
wrinkied. gray-bluo lake. Sliding
ever sideways. and the gray ROCKS,
and the cliffs and hills. covered
with birch trees. and the fresh wind
among the birches. and quiet. and
that urscizable virgiuity. Dawn IS
always o pear.y glow in the asn"n
skies. and sunset a multitude OF
softly United mis;s sliding before
remotely 20 den West. They fol-
low one another with an infinite
loneliness And there is a far and
solitary beach OF dark golden sand.
where. II YOU drift quietly round
the corner .1 q canoe. YOU may see
bear stumbling along. or great
caribou. or little red deer com
ing down 20 the water % drink.
trcadng the wild edge Of lake and
forest wish light, secret and
melancholy grace.
This Is literature. This is the bool
AZ It's best. What matters IL thai
Brooke failed 20 see below the surfac.
1f our civil zation. that ne despaireC
of Canada's future as Britain's dau-h
ter The war has answered thai
doubt. at least. The rapiditv, the
surety with which these pages pro.
yress from the immaturity Of their be
ginning TO the superb quality Of theil
end are the measure OF the talent
which we have lost. This volume wa,
as well worth preserving % is thC
slender sheaf Of Brooke's verse.
On board the steamer out from Liv-
arpool he made the acquaintance o. ar
American youth. THAT simplicity thai
Is not far down in any American was
very beautifully on the delightful sur
lace Of him" Said this ingenious young
Of Mark Twain demurely
Would you like TO hear ne re-cite c
you the Declaration OF independence ?
He did. leaving his hearer with "a
fairly blank mind" Il is cause for re
yret that the guileless ones version
)f the historic document was not
'otted down by his sophisticated Eng
ish listener
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
PREPAREDNESS
A Veteran on the Volunteer Sys-
tem-Civilian Control.

wEsr roINT Is orR NENr WAN To o.5
WAY fl Great arf fo NgHfi!g an Army r..
Navel Naa sat WH-iulL A late
llrtrra.t r.o.a .aI Assistant AIutsut g.I.
era l'fl ANY Corp. a.t Army ~ o. T.ure.-
30 brcr b-gailer tcatsI Tinted state. Nou~
to.rs. l-uo. ~ 1'. -tt @ lli.-..'s
Sons
TIE WRITING oN rrE WALL I'll. Na~,- rr
Trial By Etc Fisher Wool author . Tile
No.c Box q al Au4-At VIA Fhoosrs p.
an Map. limo. ~. Al. -gs. TAs Century Com.
paly.
General Woodruff was educated at
Miami. fresh water" civilian insti-
tuition; vet he believes supremely in
West Point training. lie was a volun-
teer officer in the Civil War. and as
such had a successful and honorable
career; yet he believes that the volun-
teer is PLAYED out" Such convic-
tons. cherished by UGH man. in tine
face of such experience, challenge cu-
riosity; 20 which efficient response j.
made iu the volume before us.
. Full credit is given ,o the value OF
the volunteer Us he was in the Civil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

The Macmillan Company has as
sum@d the publication in this country
of this tragedy by John Masefeld. The
volume is uniform with the firms edi-
ton Of his other plays and contains,
% addition 70 Nan" two other dramas,
The Camden Wonder" and "Mrs. Har-
rison."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
Kultur

"The Making Of Germany" by Pro-
fcssor Ferdinand Schevill, of the Uni
versity o. Chicago. Will be published in
the course Of the month by A. c. Nc
Clurs a Co. The authors definition Of
"Kultur' IS worth quoting: "Kultur
means the national progress, and when
The Germans declare that in this war
they are defending their Kultur they
are Affirming nothing more or less than
that they are dedicated heart and soul
20 the peculiar collectiyist form Of
progress and civilization which their
past has evolved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
Shakespeare's England.

In recognition Of the approaching
Shakespeare Tercenienary Commence
ration, Mofat, Yard d Co. announce a
special, limited edition of William Win
tiers "Shakespeare's England Each
COPY Is % he sIgneA by the author.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
lIadero.

In his novel Of the Mexican border,
Heart Of the Sunset Harper, Rex
Beach makes his hero, an American ad-
yenturer, say: II believed he was
honest and would give the poems land.
An honest Mexican is worth tightin' for,
anywhere. The 'pelados' are still
struggling for their land for tina, and
a chance TO live and work and be
happy" Then. when some one sug-
rested that they had no patriotism and
only fought because they were told 10
night. ne asserted: Il think the ma
jorIty feel something big and vague
and powerful stirring inside them.
They don't know exactly what u is.
perhaps, but II is there. Mexico has
Cutgrown her dictators. They have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

uALt-ouT-oF PRINT BOOKS

IA WRITE NE. can get yo1 sns hook ever
published on any subject. The most expert
book nncer sxtant. when In England call tns
.ss my 500 OOo rare books. BAKER GREAT
nook sHoP. John Bright st.. Birmingham
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

!, is welcome news that the delight
ful books Of Frank R. Stockton con
tinue 20 be read. The Century Com.
pany announces the tenth edition Of
Tho Casting Away Of Mrs. LecAs and
Mrs.. Alesh.ne.' What Of its sequel?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
Scandinavian History.

Sweden ard Denmark. with Finland
and Iceland" by Jon Stefanson, is the
latest addition 10 the Messrs. Putnsm's
Stories OF the Nations Series.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
4 New Hewlett Novel.

Maurice lIewlett's new book is an
nounced for this spring by Robert Me-
Bride Co. 1t is called Frey and His
lie and Is d tale OF Norway IN the
ninth century. Other new fiction in
the press Of this firm includes THE
Return OF Fu-Manchu." THE Bridge of
Desire b. Warwick Deeping. and
"Iraumerei,' by Leona Dalrymple.
Japan and America: A Contrast" by
Carl Grow. formerly Of the editorial
staf Of the japanese Advertiser" is
the firms second non-fction book OF
the year, the first being the still miss
ing Mr. Lincoln's Revelations Of an
international Spy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

The George II. Doran Company an
noUnces for publication in the course
Of the presen. month "Gossamer." by
G. \. birmingham; The Oakleyites, -
by +. j. Benson; The Kennedy Peo-
pie" by W. Petit Ridge; The In
mortal Gymnasts, by a new author,
Marie Cher; "Beggars on Horseback
a volume OF love tales Of primitive
women" by MISS +. Tennyson Jesse.
and The Beloved Traitor" by Frank
/. Packard, author Of The Miracle
Man" Mr. Birmingham's novel deals
with the complicated affairs of a Brit
ish banker Of German parentage when
the war breaks out-a new field for
this author. Mr.. Benson's new hook
is study Of the first love of woman
Of forty. The Doran Company an
nounces one non-fction book for this
month, What Germany Thinks" bv
Thomas 7. A. Smith. Pm. D.. the au-
rhor Of THE Soul Of Germany"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN
The Man and the Scientist, His Work
and His Friends.

An AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY Tdvsrd Evinn'on
Iutcsl NJ illustrated wv ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
Central Park.

neat little illustrated pamphlet
guide TO Central Park is published by
the Fifth Avenue Coach Company and
sold az 10 cents a copy. the net pro-
ceeds 20 be devoted TO the purposes OF
the Public Schools Athletic League
New Workers, VIGOROUSLY ignorant OF
their own city, will find in the booklet
great deal Of interesting information.
So will all visitors 10 the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
The Apocrypha.

A recent discussion Of the practical
suppression Of the Apocrypha by our
Bible societies directs attention 20 the
Fleming II. Revell Company's recent
publication Of the Rev DR.. ". W. Z.
Oesterley's study Of THE Books of the
Apocrypha," their origin, history and
rich contents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05

TuY RTIOVTD PHYSICIAN EDWARD LlV-
INCSDlN TKlDEAr By stephen Chalmers
Md Illustrations. HHushton Mfi.n Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-05
Fieldins,s "Coyent.Garden Journal
Ireland and Germany,

What Could Germany Do for Ire
land" is the title Of new book by
James X. Mcclure. author Of The
King. the Kaiser and Irish Freedom.
published last year Mr.. Mcclure adj
yocates an independent Ireland, the ally
of the German Empire, for the reduc-
ton of Great Britain 20 the rank of a
second-class power. This Is, IN the Ian
guage of the day, Large order" The
book has an introduction by Dr
Thomas Emmett, and is published by
the Wolfe Tone Company, Of this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Shark Invasion Due to the War.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Among the many current questions o.
vital interest which are causing much spees'
lation throughout our country is, What Is y
that brings sharks Of so bolG a nature 10 ss'
shores for the first time within memory
Just previous TO the war sea traffic m
never gained such rapid growth Each W.
sci, as was customary. threw overheard 8
that refuse which had been left from
tables. The sharks satisfied their hu;e
upon the edibles which the steamers /"
carded
For the past two years, however, there
been practically no transatlantic traffic. ~
sharks supply OF maintenance sudds'a
ceased. Gradually through the insafslo'
amount Of food and through sheer de'pes
ton they have shown their unbeliev,s0,.
audacity in fighting for one last hope OF w
by coming 10 our shores. a.
Do you not think that this is possl''
theory? TRUDA T. WE'LL
New York, July 10, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
The Hard Row of the Farmer.

It is an interesting and useful work
which the Wicks investigating committee
has begun at Ithaca in undertaking to find
out why the farmers of New York are so
hard put to it to make both ends meet. The
facts Of rural decline in all the Eastern
states, with a partial improvement in re-
cent years have been generally conceded.
The reasons therefor, as well as any ac-
curate analysis of conditions, have not been
available on any large scale.
The evidence thus far adduced at Ithaca
shows that only one New York farmer out
of twenty-eight is making as much as
1000 a year. One-third Of the farmers
would do better if they could invest their
capital at per cent and hire out as farm
laborers. Another third are breaking even,
while the remaining third are making a
profit beyond interest on capital and wages
for their labor. This is a pretty gloomy
picture. and it is scarcely to be wondered
that the back-to-the-farm movement makes
such slow progress in districts where such
meagre returns prevail.
Such hope as there is lies chiefly in the
reports as to the part played by education
in increasing profits. Even the boy who
goes TO high school has an advantage, his
ultimate returns proving to he twice as
great as for the unframed competitor. The
college man makes three times as much. It
seems fairly clear that agricultural school;
and an extension of agricultural knowl-
edge by every available means offer the
surest chance of better and more profitable
farms. A condition has been reached SINH
lar to that of the extreme competition pre-
vailing in general industry quarter CEN
fury ago. and short of cooperation on a
large scale only widely diffused knowl-
edge of scientific farming seems likely to
improve it materially.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
The Son Who Raised Himself.

1t might have been more convenient if
the song Il Did Not Raise My Boy To Be a
Soldier" had been written by some good
pacifist who had no son. In that case the
author would have been saved any possible
embarrassment which might arise from the
difficulty of applying his sentiment in his
own house. 1t appears that the author,
Alfred Bryan, has a son Of military age.
Moreover, rumor will have it that this
Alfred Junior, whether or not he was
raised to be a soldier" is prepared TO join
the army, if need be, in defence of his home
and country. The father gives qualified
assent.
So it seems that the difference between
the writer of this anti-militarist jingle and
the majority of patriotic Americans is
chiefly a literary matter. Or it may be
that young Bryan has something on his
own account to say about the case He
would hardly be an average American
youth if he did not. AS a matter Of fact,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16

ume a chapter, GLOW War Seems TO a
Woman" II is straightforward. uncol-
ored, beautifully restrained in its descrip-
tion of the actualities of life under fire
very similar in quality to the article on
The Psychology of Fear which she re-
Gently wrote for this page.
Mr.. Gleason's work for humanity on the
war front and in the French hospitals has
been labor of love. He is an American
trying to repay his individual share of
Americas great debt to France. The
profits of his book go to the American
Committee for Training in Suitable Trades
the Manned Soldiers of France. 1t is a
volume with a laudable purpose and OF an
exceptional interest and value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Germany and the Foreign Market.

That Germany is getting ready TO re-
enter the foreign markets which she mas
lost partlv through the British embargo
but also in no small measure by her own
prohibition of certain exports, needs no
proof since the arrival here of the flrst OF
her submarine merchandise carriers. Inc
Deutschland's cargo is, however, only
drop from the bucket of the nations new
organization to meet the altered conditions
Of trade which will prevail on the return
of neace. Whatever may be the outcome
of the Allied economic war 20 be waged
against Germany then, certain II Is tna'
she will have to meet competition IN neius
where once she had a practical monopoly.
II is not in America alone that dye ana
drug industries have been established 70
supply what Germany could no longer fur-
nisb. In France and England, at least, II
NOT in Russia. manufacturers and chemists
are busy experimenting and succeeding in
varying measures.
The German countermove, carried out
in secrecy, is a consolidation or trust OF all
the dive and chemical establishments WITHIN
the empire. This Community Of inter
estsr is capitalized at 35O,O00,OOo marks
its initial purpose being the elimination OF
all competition in the home market. inns
will give the organization free hand IN
the fixing of prices for export according
70 the new conditions to be met and over
come abroad. In addition to this, 1t Is
stated that new processes perfected since
tho heginning of the war have consider
ably reduced the cost of dye and drug pro-
duction in Germany. According to the
"Frankfurter Zeitung," the trust was
formed in last May for period OF ftty
years.
There are other indications of German
preparation for reNivaho of international
trade. The embargoes on woollen and cot
ton goods. for instance, have been modi-
fed TO the extent that infants and wom-
ems underwear, stockings, gloves, etc, may
aqain be exported. The absolute embargo
nlaced on all such goods in May, 1918, dealt
the manufacturers of Saxony hard blow.
No doubt it is their accumulated stocks
which are now being thrown upon the
neighboring neutral markets in order to
hold them for the future. The German
military establishment long ago seized all
woollen goods for men, so that these can
not as vet be sold abroad, however great
the demand for them, however tempting
the offers made.
Germany, too, is Enthusiastically prepar-
inc for an economic war to come. 1t VIII
not be waged with the Allies alone Du'
with neutrals as well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16

no intelligent, up-to-date parent brings up
his son to he a soldier or anything else. IL
10 tho hov's task 10 find out and decide
what no must be. What is done is to try
TO make man of him, make HIM able ana
worthy to take the responsibilities oil man
hood when they come to him and then trust
that he will have gumpton enough 10 ue-
eide for himself what he ought TO 40 Inc
son who allowed his opinions on the sun
iect of pacifsm or any open question 10 w
made for him in advance, even by the most
devoted parents. would be something OF an
execution in modern free America.
II is q natural temptation to parents 10
sock 70 fasten their beliefs and interests
upon the succeeding generation. IL Is aiso
not an unqualified evil that such well lalo
nlans are generally knocked in the mead py
each generation as it claims the r'en' %
arrange its life in the way 1t thinks pest
People no longer inherit their conVic.iohS
in This country. The most hopeful thing
about the new generation is its disposition
10 think for itself. We are all little sus-
melons of the man who is either mllitar-
list or a pacifist, a Socialist or Kepuoh-
can. a Presbyterian or Free lhinker
simply because he wears the hat his father
wore. The un-American thing IN MI
Brvan's song is not so much its pacliism as
the uninteresting and impossible kind OF
nrorenv which it would imply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
Flavoring Herbs.



Those who are fortunate enough to journey
in the right direction and to the right places
will occasionally come across country cook
in Indiana who has not forgotten how to
make use of favorinc herbs. Rarer, however
arc these old-time aids to culinary art, appe-
tite and digestion, and rarer still is the mis-
tress of the kitchen who employs them. Time
was. of course, when no kitchen garden was
considered complete without its bed Of herbs.
There, ready to the cooks hand, grew mint,
sace. summer savory, marjoram, dill, balm
and fennol There were others, but they were
valued chiefly for their medicinal properties.
In the East, especially in the New England
States, an effort is being made to revive the
old-timc herb garden. The United States De-
partment Of Agriculture approves the move
ment But as it suggests, there is no reason
WHY it should be confined 70 the East. Fifty
years ago dried herbs from the herb garden
formed an essential part of the pantry stores
Of every well-conductcd Hoosier farmhouse.
Flavoring extracts and spices, now so COM
mon, were in those days Injuries that few
could afford
Gradually the prices on these various con-
diments were reduced, and as their use spread
the herb gardens were neglected As they
passed there passed also the old-time skill in
their use. If more people were aware Of what
substantial value they can add to a meal they
would return to favor with little delay. Many
a DISH as the wise housewife who still uses
them can testify, is made palatable through
the admixture Of herbs that otherwise would
seem TO the consumer fat and insipid.
Economists say that the herb will con-
tribute literally to the reduction Of the cost
Of living if il is used as it was in the past
Soups Of almost unlimited variety can be
made through its employment. Cheap cuts of
meat that otherwise would be almost taste
less can be converted into palatablc dishes
when treated 70 q sauce made Of mint, sage
OF parsley. Stews Of every sort are improved
l,y tho same means. In short, so the experts
If the Department Of Agriculture say, we
are regleot:ng a cheap and inexpensive
method Of adding materially TO the SAVIOR
q our food when we ignore the oli-time gar
Iea herbs. Incidentally. perhaps. Keats was
something OF a domestic ecoaorais, as well as
poe. when he wrote:
Fill your baskets high
With fcnnel grccn ani balm and golden pines.
sa,ory. latter mint AMI columbines
Cool iarsley. basil sweet and sunny thyme.