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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
Grace Kings Pleasant Ways of ST. Medard - Bonnie
MAYS" World That's All Stage-"Seventeen
Again: Visits to Willie Baxer's Elders

Little Nell? Hardly, for her story Is
tragedy to the end. But we may, be-
fore going on TO the prosperous com
pany for which Bonnie May" is EVIL
IDENTIFY intended by her author. linger
moment with Mr.. Vincent Crummless
gifted daughter, the Infant Phenome-
non And now we can make the Jump
TO Little Lord Fauntleroy and Rebecca
Of Sunnybrook Farm, and Editha and
her Burglar, and Sarah Crcwe. All
these children walked out OF their
stories onto the stage, and fourished
there as greatly as they had prospered
in book form. But the only one OF
them whom we clearly remember, and
who survives to this day, is Fauntle-
roy, deservedly become a classic
among children.
Now. Bonnie May" is not intended
for children. IL is book about child,
like "Rebecca," whom, be it pointed
out incidentally, we have forgotten as
thoroughly as we have forgotten
Pam" She, be it added, certainly
was not intended virqinibus puerts-
que.
Bonnie May steps from behind the
footlights into private life at the age
of ten. She has been with travelling
companies since her birth; she has
acted little Eva since she can remem-
Der; she has seen everything on the
boards, from Shakespeare and THE
Second Mrs. Tanqueray" to melo-
drama and slapstick farce. The Ian
guage Of the profession is hers. To
her all the world is a stage: it is the
nrivate life into which she is taken
that seems make believe, unreal to her.
The furnishings of a drawing-room are
"properties"; a Sunday school class is
SHOW" and a poor one. When she
is reproyed by her elders, she is mere
ly listening 10 a Speech" The day,
according TO her experience, begins
about noon and ends some time after
midnight; and she interprets the love
affair of the daughter of the house
which does not run smooth in terms Of
the drama, from Romeo and Juliet"
to our current comedy of bad man.
ners. Real life is unreal 70 her be-
cause there is no last act in prospect
with a happy or unhappy ending dis
posing Of everybody concerned. But
budding actress TO her finger tips-she
perceives that she can learn in her
unreal environment the manners, the
usages Of good society which she
needs for her career. The child in her
is Overlaid by sophlstlcatlon that
battles and repels as much as her low
ableness attracts. And occasionally 1t
is pitiable.
The invention is a clever one, but
, it is an invention-it is not convinc-
ing in itself. The reader must take
the authors word for il all He will
be amused and interested, but always
with a doubt of probabilities. He
sees the antecedent environment and
the resultant sophistication and in
verted point of view: he sees the bud
ding temperament, the actress that is
10 be. even the actress of possible
genius, but the child beneath it all is
less successfully suggested. There is
plenty of plot, enough Of it TO make
the play in which Bonnie May" will
surely make her appearance in case
she proves popular in book form. The
story is an ingenious, engaging novelty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
PUBLISHERS NEWS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

"The Elements Of international Law"
by George B. Davis, U. S. "A new
edition, revised and enlarged-is pub
lished this week by the Harpers. Inc
new material, referring TO the Dec,
laration of London, the international
Red Cross, neutral rights and obllga-
tions in maritime war, and other SUP
iects much to the fore at present
brings this standard work up to date
BY courtesy of the Carnegie Endow-
ment for international Peace II mas
been possible to add as an appendix
valuable tables of signatures, ratlhca-
tions and reservations to the conVen-
tions of the first and second Hague
conferences. The work of revision ana
addition has been done by Gordon IL
Sherman, formerly assistant professor
of comparative and international law
at Yale University.
A Publishing Committee.
The committee on publication Of the
Princeton University Press for 1916
II. lust elected, consists Of Dean
william Magee and Professors Edward
Capps. Dana c. MOnro, V. Lansing Col
Inns and Frank J. Mather. The sec
rotary is Whitney barrow. On the
Presses full list of books six unlver-
stiles are represented: Cornell, by
President SchLrman; Indiana Univer-
sity, by Professor James A. Woodourn;
Dartmouth, by Professor Richard W.
Husband; Oxford, by Sir Walter Ra-
leigh, and Princeton, by DR.. Clifton K.
Hall, David Patton, Charles r. Williams
and Professor Hugh S. Taylor
New Books of the Week.
Dodd. Mead & Co. publish to-day
Religion in Europe and the World
Crisis" by Charles E. Osborne, a criti-
cism of the churches in this war, with
a suggestion for new religion THE
! Adventures of Despatch Rider by
| Cantain w. H. l.. Watson, of the Brit
I ish evolutionary army, narratives OF
! the great retreat, the battle of Mons
and the pursuit of the Germans TO the
! Aisne: a new novel. "In Another Girls
| Shoes" by Bertha Ruck. and reissue
of Anna Katharine Green's "The Chief
Legatee."
Published Plays.
To their growing list Of published
plays, Little, Brown g. Co. will add in
! the autumn "DJty, AID Other Irish
Comedies" by Seumas O'Brien; "Anne
Pedersdotter," a drama in four acts,
by II Wiers-Jenssen, a Danish dra-
matist discovered by John Masefeld,
and three Irish plays by Padraic Colum,
one of the most conspicuous Of the
younger Irish drama:ists and poets.
toby, NJ. p"
The third and closing volume of Sir
nounced by T. P. Dutton & Co. It is
entitled Nearing Jordan: Being the
Third and Last Volume of Sixty Years
in the Wilderness" The first Of these
chatty volumes was entitled "Sixty
Years in the Wilderness; the second,
nMnre PASSAGES by the Wavn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
SEVENTEEN.

SEVENTEEN By Booth Harrington. nustr,-
trated. l2mo. 70. 329. Harper * Bros.
If, at this late date, one returns to
a book that has been steadily best
selling since the day of its publica-
ton, it is out of pure gratitude to the
author. Seventeen" deserves more
than one, it deserves several visits"
That's the word. OF course, we read
it right through the first time, and
recognized ourselves and our friends
and acquaintances- and hated rivals
at the age Of seventeen. We chuckled
reminiscent, over Willie Baxter's self
consciousness and awkwardness, his
despairs and bisses of calf-love. We
remembered the feeling Of immense
dignity, the discomfort, not with the
family, but with its homely ways, the
acute concern for appearances that
yet was so far from snobbery-
but now we return, and not for the
first time, TO the grown-ups whom
Willie bewildered and eXasperated, and
who exasperated him. His ten-year-
old sister Jane crept into our hearts
from the very first; indeed, we hold
that she is the greater achievement Of
the two. Willie's contemporaries we
skip; We are as content as Mr.. Parcher
himself that the Baby-talk Lady has
departed and, well, we may as we'll
visit first of all with that long-suffer-
ing host Of the girl and her train OF
callow admirers. How human he is,
how humanity middle-aged and comfor-
table-we can see it all the better
through his temporary discomfort
how typically the American of his
period and circumstances in the life OF
our small towns.
Willie's mother we watch unobtru-
sively, her love, her humor. her un-
derstanding, her tactful way with
father, who has forgotten the days
when he, too, was seyenteen-a wise
mother. and tender one. AS we
leave her porch and walk down the
path to the gate we nod to Genesi:
moving the lawn, as true a Negro in
speech and action and methods OF
thought as one can find. And We
whistle 10 his dog Clematis, Glenn fol-
short, as doggy a mongrel as Negro
ever cherished And as we pass w
the street, past the front lawns OF the
Bakers neighbors, we feel that In
deed we are where the author has laid
his scene, in truly and thoroughly
American small town, in an Ameri
can atmosphere native to the core.
All this simply means that Mr.. lark
ington is an accomplished artist witt
conscience. He might have turneC
out his best-seler with a minimum OF
effort; he might have made all these
contributory characters merely lay
figures leading up to his young here
and his affairs. Instead he has chosen
70 make living characters OF them all
recognizable and welcome TO all who
know real Americans-an in the max
ing he has turned his humorous, sym
pathetic story into literature. into art
II is an encouraging sign of the time:
that sterling work like this has me-
with such popular response from
public which has been so much bella
bored of late for its lack of taste II
the selection of its favorites.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
WHAT is BEFORE Us.

orr EASTERN QUESTION Americas Ccntse
With the orient and the Trend q belA'lo ss VIZ
CHINA and Japan. b lnomS - nina. ~
,rfho~ 81 The New Far East "Amcrics ano
fhe Far Eastern Question" etc. illustrates
win photographs and MAPS. small sVo -
v slS Tie Century Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
A CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT
A Humorist's Parable of the
POLICY of Phrases.

wAIrFrI, WATCHING Uncle Sam and the Ilght
a. Dame Furopa's school by James J.. io-d
Illustrated BY Reginald Birch l6mo, pp S.
Frederick A. Stokes COMPANY
Paying sincere compliment to
Richard Grant Whites "The Fight in
Dame Europa's School," in l870-'1,
Mr.. Ford. quite up to date, takes up
world politics in the same way. Sam,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
RONNIE MAY.

BONNIE MAY BY Louis Dodge. Illustrations
by Reginald Birch l2mo. pp $50 Charles
Scribner's Sons
Where shall we begin our memories
Of the children of fiction and the stage
in this review Of this latest aspirant
for share Of their honors? With
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-To hear from owner Of farm
or unimproved land for sale. o. X. Haw-
lev Baldwin, Wis.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01

ever delivered, as a temperature OF 40
and so degrees below zero discouraged
the partners in their repeated efforts
to haul loads up the steep pass.
Among the other experiences OF
Barrett in the pioneer days was the
misfortune to be taken for a rebel,
or at least rebel sympathizsr.
"We had a red and white flag"
said the ranehman as quoted in
Stones "Following Old Trails"
(which we used as signal to call the
men from the fields for dinner. In
1864 party of patriotic emigrants
saw this flag flying and at once held
an Indignation meeting over the
'secesh' flag-though l had no idea
what they were fussing about. The
emigrants reported the matter to
Governor Edgerton in Bannack and
he sent us word that we had better
take down the old signal flag. l did
this very willingly, as I had not had
q thought of any offense to anybody's
feelings. I was yet Canadian and
had no part in the local conflict"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01

M. N. A.-WK-11-27-16.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
MONEY TO LOAN-REAL ESTATE

If INTERESTED in loans. farms. stock
er-Givens Co., Great Falls, Mont.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
USE OF TRACTOR
Is INCREASING
OUTPUT FOR THIS YEAR Is ES-
TMATED AT FROM $4,000
TO 100000.
Sell All the Way From 5000 down
to $3.50; Plow Deeper Than Horse
Hauled Plows and Bring Into Bear
ing Richer Soils; About the Ford
Tractor.

Output of tractors for farm work
this year is various1y estimated at
10000 to 100000. There are now
about 95 companies producing trac-
tors for farm work. and many are
doubling last seasons output. Prac-
tical adaptation OF oil or gasolene
motive power to farm work is of COM
paratively recent origin and the farm
tractor industry may be said to be
in it's experimental stages. Tractors
now being manufactured range from
the small garden tractor, which sells
at about $3.50. to larger machines
used for drawing ten plows at a
time, selling as high as $4,000 to
$1,000. Machines for general farm
use cost $500 to $1,000 each
Will Not Replace Horse.
The tractor will probably never
replace the horse on the farm, and
it's function is only to do improbable
labor of the horse on a profitable ba-
sis. Estimates as to cost of horse
labor versus power labor on the farm
are misleading because horses are in
dispensable to the farm, and t''e only
basis for comparison, therefore
should be between cost of operating
farm with horses alone and cost O.
operating with a tractor and re
duced number of horses.
Saves Farmers Money.
Number of horses a tractor will
displace varies according to condi.
tions of farming, products raised
orr "a n r3con q r
be made except under identical con
ditions. A canvass by department Of
agriculture showed that in the corr
belt on 90 farms where 1,1O4 horses
had been kept, 263 were displaced by
tractors. These figures would indi
cate that work of one out Of foul
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
ABSORB 100000
CARSEVERY YEAR
THAT is ESTIMATE OF A. r.
ERSKINE, HEAD OF THE
STUDEBAKER COMPANY.
Replacement Sales Will Run to 0OO,.
900 Annually; American Automo-
bile Manufacturers to Dominate in
Export Trade; Excellent Prospects
for Immediate Business.

In answer to a request for his
views as to whether the saturation
point in the production of motor cars
was near, A. R. Erskine, president OF
the Studebaker Corporation, replied
as follows: "The saturation point is
far off, in fact it is doubtful il such
q point will ever be reached in motor
cars any more than in typewriters,
sewing machines or other articles Of
utility. United States market alone
will absorb in excess of 100000
cars annually for the next five years.
Furthermore, counting five years as
average life of an automobile, re-
placement sales will absorb between
100000 and 100000 cars an ually.
Farmers Are Buying.
"In addition, American automobile
manufacturers dominate the export
markets of the world, which should
supply demand for 100000 cars
annually. The motor car is as neces-
sary and practicable a utility as the
telephone. There are 6,500,0OO far
mers in the United States who can
afford to own automobiles and tn 9
are over 100000 wage earners in
the cities of the country similarly
in a position to own a motor car.
Contrasted with these figures there
are only 100000 automobiles in
use at the present time"
Willys-Overland Comment
John N. WHY'S, president of Will
lys-Overland Co., commenting on the
same question says: II consider the
motor car situation extremely good
for this season of the year." Asked
whether his company was contem-
plating any further financing, Mr..
WHY'S said: "You can say positively
and emphatically that no more fl
nancing is needed by Willys-Overland
Co."
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
AUTOMOBILE AND ROAD NEWS

horses can be profitably done with a
tractor. Census Bureau has estimat-
ed that substitution of a tractor, cost
ing about $500, for some Of the
horses used on 160-acre farm in
Illinois would result in saving more
than 5000 annually, not including
profit that can be made by having
available belt power for daily miscel-
laneous work.
The greatest economy in use of
the tractor lies in the fact that work
can be done on time and advantage
taken of favorable weather. It is
estimated that farmers lose millions
annually because plowing, tilling and
threshing cannot be done Just when
it should. A tractor may be made to
work "a hours in the day, il neces-
sary, under conditions where horse
cannot.
Increases the Yield.
Whereas, the horse-drawn plow
will furrow to depth of about five
and one-half inches under normal
conditions, the tractor plow can con-
veniently turn over to a depth of
seven inches. Exposure of these ad-
ditional one and one-half inches of
rich subsoil means increased crops
and increased crops mean increased
revenue for the farmers.
There are about Is agricultural
implement manufacturers who are
also producing tractors. Internation-
al Harvester Co. and J. I. Case
Threshing Machine Co. each have
four models on the market and Ad-
vance-Rumely Co. and Avery Co.
have five models. There are in the
United States alone over 2,7OO,00O
farms on which present models of
tractors can be economically used.
In Illinois, of 200 farms using trac-
tors, so per cent of the machines
were purchased in 1915. In the COM
ing season the quantity in use will
probably be doubled. Approximately
IS per cent of owners report the
tractor a profitable investment.
Helps to "Do the Chores"
Tractor manufacturers are aiming
to produce light low-priced ma
chine capable not only of doing
draught work, but powerful enough
to do belt work such as ensilage cut
ting, threshing, saving, pumping, ele-
waiting, hay baling, etc., etc. Some
to perform about so functions.
Henry Ford has been the pioneer
automobile manufacturer to expert
ment with tractor, and it is under
stood to be his aim to furnish the
farmer an automobile, a motor truck
and tractor at total price of $500
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
HELP WANTED-MALE

H611 W z2N 16O-I1zA1u
wANTED-Good all round country printer
Steady Job. Rudyard Dispatch, Rudyard
Montana.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01

beat the stage people, who, after buy
ing hay from Barrett, retailed it at Is
cents pound-the equivalent of $500
ton.
In partnership with Joe Shineber-
ger, Martin Barrett, who had emf
grated in his childhood from Ireland
to Ontario, located ranch eleven
miles south of Bannack, July II, 1863,
Barrett gave his whole attention to
ranching from the start, while for
the first few seasons his partner
mined in the summer at Alder gulch.
Lived 48 Years on Ranch.
Barrett lived on his ranch for 48
years, or until 1911. He built two
story brick house, which was the fin
est of its day in Beaverhead county
Barrett and his wife for several years
past have been residents of Dillon
And the mention of Mrs. Barrett re-
calls a romance Of those pioneer days.
In the spring of '67 Barrett re-
turned from visit to his mother
back in Canada. In Barrett's own
words: "When we got to our ranch
on the trail, I found my partner sit
ting in the doorway Of the cabin,
mending his clothes. He hadn t heard
from me since I left the fall before
and he had concluded that I was dead.
When I spoke to him as I came up,
he jumped and lost his needle-the
only one he had. He asked me if
had brought back wife. told him
that I had not, but that knew a
mighty fine girl. go and get her,
he said, 'as I have lost my needle.
All right I replied, and I went and
got her."
Only Woman in Party.
This girl, Alice E. Cook, the only
woman among the emigrants, and
her brother at Fort Kearney had
joined the wagon train with which
Barrett was travelling back to Mon
tana. At Denver her uncle tried to
lure her away from the caravan by
proffering her a position at seven dol
lars week-big wages in those days
for girl-but she refused the offer
while announcing that she intended to
teach school in Montana. Miss Cook s
father, in the meantime, was also on
his way to Montana, voyaging up the
Missouri on a steamboat. The son
and the daughter were to meet him at
Benton or Helena, but for some rea-
son never explicitly explained, Miss
Cook halted her journey tc make her
home for a brief period with friends
at Red Rock, not far from Barrett s
ranch on Horse Prairie. Barrett and
Miss Cook were marrier at Red Rock
on the sixth Of August of that year.
Ranched Freight Cattle.
Barrett did well from the start by
ranching" freight cattle and horses
Only part of the hay called for under
the $100-a-ton contract, however, was
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
MONTANA LAND.

Buy It the EQUITY WAY. Why pay ex-
cessive commissions and unnecessary pro
! fits when you can buy directly from the
land owners. Write us what you want. we
have 1t or can find It,
20O acres within six miles Of Great Falls
good spring. 176 acres splendid tillable soil.
t22.50.
$40 acres in Teton county. five miles
from railroad town. 80 per cent tillable'
SO acres in Choteau county. 30 acres
plowed. price $21 an acre. crop payment.
1900 acres stock ranch. 600 to 800 acres
good hay or grain land. good stream close
to open range. $18 per acre.
500 acres near Fort BENTON. all t1l!ab!e
good buildings. 100 acres In wheat. Il
horses. fnll eQuipment machinery. splendid
water $50 an acre.
Large and small tracts. raw and improved
lands in al! portions Of the I,, state At hest mn
possible prices and terms. EQUITY Co
OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. Great Falls.
Montana.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
WHEN HAY SOLD
FOR $lOO A TON
MARTIN BARRETT DISPOSED OF
TONS AT THUS PRICE
IN EARLY DAYS.
A Story of Pioneer Ranching; Dinner
Flag Taken for Rebel Ensign;
Shineberger and Barrett Lived 48
Years on Ranch; Dinner Flag
Arouses Suspicion of Unionist.

Though the farmers Of this state
are selling their hay this season at
better than $12 a ton, they will have
to go some to beat the record Of the
first farmer in southern Montana,
Martin Barrett, who contracted in the
winter of 1865 to deliver 100 tons of
hay at Pine Buttes, stage station
near the divide, at $100 ton. And
they will have to 60 some more yet to
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
COLLECTIONS.

BYRON DeFOREST, collector Of bad bills
Great Falls, Mont.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01

FARM LANDs-FOR SALE
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01

There are many mugs, plenty of
cheek, and lots Of chin in barber
shop.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01

IN OUR great-gr -great-grandfathers' many
H New England families had cask of
b in the cellar.
b 1t was freely offered to guests (except chill
b dren) and freely partaken of, coffee is
IN today.
III 7 This old-time custom gradually passed
of existence, for forefathers recognized it
harmful.
H Another old time custom-coffee drinking
b is slowly passing in the fashion and for
the same reason
n The abandonment of coffee drinking is made
A easy nowadays by the of Instant Postum, the
H pure cereal beverage with the cofee-ike taste.
Unlike coffee, this purely American table
drink contains "caffeine" or other harmful
substance.
Postum is used daily in tens of thou
sands of the best of American homes where
III son rules and health is valued
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-01
TO TRADE.

TO TRADE.
WE HAVE a number Of houses and prop
erty in Spokane and Seattle we want to
trade for Montana land. What have you
to offer? The "New Montana" Land Co..
Box 733. Great Falls.
The evening leader., 1916-11-20
CATTLE TICK WILL BE HELD
TO STRICT ACCOUNT

Since the Texas fever tick is the
greatest enemy Of cattle production in
Florida, it will receive q great deal
of attention at the livestock meeting
at the University Of Florida, Gaines
vile, January 16 to 10 inclusive. Meth
DDS of eradication are uppermost in
the minds of most stockmen. Plans
for the campaign will be discussed.
The life history of the insect will be
given. Few farmers realize the toll
which they are paying the tick in ami
mails, blood and feed. The annual
price for entertaining the pest is
enormous. These and other subjects
incident to eradication will receive at
tention at the meeting.
Some of the best tick eradication
authorities in the United States have
been promised for the meeting. The
subject is of vast Importance to farm
ers, stockmen and representatives of
allied industries. Everybody who is
interested in the agricultural develop
ment of the state is urged to attend
the sessions.
The evening leader., 1916-11-20

The present cigar strike in Tampa
opens an excellent opportunity for
Tarpon Springs to become an import
ant cigar manufacturing city if the
matter. is properly taken hold of by
the city council and the board of trade.
Opportunity is loudly knocking and
all that Tarpon Springs has got to do
to become a commercial center is to
take advantage Of her opportunities.
The evening leader., 1916-11-20

John West, Of the West Drug Co.,
donated a fine set of Spaulding boxing
gloves to the Tarpon Springs Athletic
association today. Gradually the as
sociation is getting together a collec-
ton Of all that goes to make up the
utensils required by an organization
of this character. Donations toward
enabling the members properly to
equip themselves in gymnasium appa-
ratus are thankfully received.