New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-30

essaved 10 make and unmeke govern.
ments during r great foreign war mat
naper is seeking, apparently, 20 play
again such parts, In r war immeasuia-
INV greater than the Crimean, WIN
what success remains 10 be seen. Amer.
ican readers and observers VIII ma
ground for an estimate Of its attitude
and work I'm Alfred G.. Gardeners aru-
cle on 1.-THE Times' and the Man VINO
Makes H." In the January ATLANTIC.
Pretty Pierre" In Reprint
Uarper's reprint % pierre and His
People" will be welcome TO the legion
Of lovers OF Sir Gilbert Parkers iasci.
mating vagsbond. the hero o. some OF
tho first and best % the innumera0le
tales Of tho great Northwest
VIZ. Root on Current Problems
The Philippine bill. the Danish Isl
auds purchase. and half dozen other
achievements OF the last year are re-
minders Of the increasing Importance
% Americas colonial problems, with
which. obviously, military and naval
problems are closely connected. J me
IS, therefore. is the publication b. me
Harvard University Press OF the mira
volume OF Elihu Roots addresses and
papers. entitled "Ihe Military and Co
ionial Policy Of the United states AZ
formerly a great War Secretary and a
great Secretary Of State. his words on
these topics are invested with unsur-
passed authority.
Personally Conducted Prize Winners
THE Twenty four" by the late
George Fitch-an oldtime Tribune
writer will be published by Little
Brown & Co.. next week. IL is the story
Of reporter who personally conducted
on a foreign tour the winners Of a
newspaper prize contest. Stories about
newspapers by real newspaper men
have this advantage over the vast ma
iority OF such productions, that they
are often true to life. Readers Of
Fiich's inimitable "Siwssh" tales Will
look for much Joy in this new post
humous volume.
Rita" at Forty
II is the fortieth volume. or there
abouts not, Of course, the fortieth year,
Of the charmingly strenuous Scottish
Australian-lrish-E English lady who Is
best known 70 readers under the Span
ism name Of Rita" 1t Is called The
Rubbish Heap" and is a mystery tale
of the Victorian era. Putnams viii pub
lish it next month.
Belgian Poetry
A few days before Emile Verhaeren
death the John Lans Company pub
lished an English translation or a se-
lection of his poems, "SunlIt Hours, a
volume Of love songs, OF golden days
spent in a garden IN spfingtIme. rms
house has COW in preparation, Tor the
end of January, another volume OF
trsnslations, entitled Afternoon" The
death OF Vsrhaeeen leaves Emile Cam
maerts the greatest living poet OF Bel
rldm. His works, too, are published by
the Johu Lane Company, the latest be-
ing New Belgian Poems: Les Irols
Rois' ct Autres Poemes," which mas
fast been issued.
villa and the Camera Man.
During one Of his earlier campaigns
Francisco Villa had an American
movie" photographer, Burrud by
name, attached to MS staff, who spent
a good deal of his time taking pct
] ures of the excessively vain general
/ himself. Sometimes. however, Burruc
/ was called upon 70 undertake more
/ strenuous operations. The following
| story. for instance, is told in Francis
A. Collins 1.-THE Camera Man:
"Burrud was called outdoors unex.
pectedy at sunrise one morning, and
( directed to report with his camera al
once TO headquarters. When he ar
+ rived. coatless and breakfastless, be
fore Villas tent. ne was told that the
general had decided 10 have some
twenty prisoners shot, and wanted
motion picture taken Of the execution
, The prisoners, most OF them political
merely, were to be butchered 70 make
motion picture scene. Burrud
+ feigned to examine his camera close.
w. and then explained to the general
/ that his films were bad and that II
would be impossible TO take the plct-
ure until a new supply had arrived
| Villa was Disguised to miss the en-
tertainment, but the camera man m
/ sisted that there was no use In making
/ the exposure, and the picture and the
execution were put off several days
/ Bv the time the next supply Of films
arrived the general had, fortunately
changed his mind, and the men were
saved"