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stand as anything like sympathetic es-
Inmates of boy life and character.
WILDERNESS HONEY. By Frank
Lille Pollock. Illustrations by H.
c. Edwards. New York: The Cen
fury Company.
In and Of himself Mr.. Pollock would
make a pretty good story upon the
very theme that he has here chosen for
the adventure in hand. This is a bee
story. Mr.. Pollock is bee man. Away
down upon the Alabama river he has a
bee farm. Here in early spring, when
the southern wild flowers are in bloom.
his bees gather in their first harvest.
This done they are shipped to Canada
for second season with the wild
clover and raspberry blooms of that
section. Winter sees the indefatigable
workers packed away till another
spring, while the bee. man himself goes
where he pleases. does what seems to
him the best worth his while. This
leisure takes the form. now and then,
of writing books-bee books. as a mat
ter of course. Wilderness Honey" is
one of these. Here three young folks
two brothers and a sister-go into the
business of raising honey. so to speak.
for the market. The bee ranch is in a
wild and secluded corner of Canada.
Some wildish animals. an unsociable
and resentful French Canadian neigh
Dor and the absorbing mysteries of
bee life are the elements that go into
the makeup of this captivatingly real
istic experiment of these three ener-
getic and determined adventures. A
part of what Mr.. Pollock knows SO in
timately of the subject is made here
to subserve the interest of. the story
itself. and, at the same time, to give
one a fair insight into the amazing in
stinct for organization that these lit
tie creatures possess. The commercial
purpose lying back of the enterprise is
not allowed to obtrude itself into the
distinctly poetic essence of the whole
adventure. Any one whose recollec-
tions go back to early years in the
country will take a special delight in
this freshly picturesque story.
THE GREEN JACKET By Jennette
Lee. author of Unfinished Por-
traits" etc. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
A detective story, bent to the BUSH
ness of finding the Mason emeralds,
which, through continued failure to
find either the jewels or the thief, were
gradually lapsing>to the status of the
legend. Interest in the Mason en-
eralds revives. however. with the ap-
pearance of a new detective for the
case. This is a woman. And the story
moves toward its successful issue not
only by way of her peculiar method.
but by her novel attitude toward the
criminal as well. once he is appre-
hended. The whole is SO human in
spirit and intent that one has no in
clination to bother about the means by
which this little gray woman is able
to constitute herself court and Judge
and jury all. in one-trying the case,
imposing sentence and guarding the
prisoner while he Is paying the PEN
atty Of wrong doing. The idea upon
which the story rests Is that the
familiar sequence of policeman. court
and prison is inhuman and inefica-
cious-that there is more compre-
hending way and a more e6ectual way
than this to deal with lawbreakers.
The book is in no sense preachment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
BY MONTAGUE GLASS.
Copyright. 1917. By Mcclure Syndicate

Morris Perlmutter said to his partner,
Abe Potash, as they sat in their once
one morning in September: THE Eng
fish language is practically a brand
new article since the time when used
20 went to night school In them days
when a Teller says he is feeling like a
king. 1t meant that he was feeling like
n king. aber today yet If Teller says
rot stomach and domestic trouble and
that he don't know where the money IL
coming from to pay his next weeks
laundry bill. Cars is the same way,
tpo. Former times when you called a
Teller a regular car, you meant he was
. regular car, aber nowadays IL you
say somebody is a regular car, 1t
means that the poor feiier couldn't call
his soul his own and that he must got
60 do what everybody from the ship
ping clerk up tells him to do. with no
back talk
russ" Abe commented. There was a
car, understand, which for years was
not only making out pretty good as q
car, understand. but had really as
you might say been doing something
phenomenal yet. In fact, Mawruss. il
three years ago R. G. Dun or Bradstreet
would give It a rating GEARS and people
In similar lines, understand. compared
With the car already, an old establish
- house like Hapsburg's in Vienna
would be rated N. to O.. Credit 4, see
ssotnote. And today, Mawruss. where
= her
-Say." Morris protested. ANY one
eeuld have reverses. Abe. because it
.Isn,t make no difference il it would
be- car oder . pants manufacturer.
and they both had ratings like John
r Rockafellar even. along comes two
y three had seasons Hike the Gear
had It, y'understand. and the most you
6nuld hope for would be 80 cents on the
lollar-10 cents cash and the balance
IN notes at three, six and nine months,
Endorsed by a grand duke who has got
everything he owns in his wife's name
ana amt spent an evening at home
with her since way before the Crimean
var already"
s.what happened to the car. Nav
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The. Why Of It.

SsH ERMANY wants peace. but the Il.
~ lies want pieces. In the begin.
ming It was the other way about"
The speaker was novelist.
II the allies win." he resumed. Il for
one shall be in favor OF their annexfng
considerable parts Of Germany. I'll tell
you why.
I'll tell you With q story story
"'Red-face Leary IL q better man
than he was week ago. said the
bartender of the Tin Can Hostel.
Has he reformedr asked Z oitissn.
The bartender rubbed down the bar
with a grey rag. -, ~
No. he said; he's had two fngsru
bit OH in fight There's less Of hin
now. You know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
Like the Human Hair Business and the Green
Goods Business, Il Is Not What It
Used to Be.

russ" Abe said. bad seasons didn't
done It. Not reckoning quick assets.
like crowns actually in stock, fixtures,
etc, the Teller must Of owned a couple
million versts high grade real property,
to say nothing of his life insurance,
Mawruss"
Gear and life insurance amt in the
same dictionary at all, Abe" Morris
interrupted. I'm the insurance bust
ness. Abe. czars comes under the same
head as avfators with heart trouble,
understand. I bet yer over half
czar's morning mail already is circu-
lars from casket concerns alone, Abe,
so that only goes to show how much
you know from cars.
We'll, know this much anyhow"
Abe continued What put the car out
of business didn't happen this season
or last season neither, Mawruss. 1t
dates back already twenty years ago.
which you can take it from me, Nav
russ. it don't make no difference what
line a Teller would be in-czars whole
sale. czars retail or czars supplies and
sundries, including bombproof under
wear and the Little Wonder Poison De-
tector. y'understand. the moment such
a Teller marries into the family of his
nearest competitor, Mawruss. he might
Just as well go down to lawyers Of
fee and hand him the names he wants
inserted in Schedule AS of his petit
ton in bankruptcy"
Did the car marry into such fam
ilyr" Morris asked.
"A question:" Abe exclaimed. Didn't
you know that the cars wife is the
kaiser's mothers a sisters daughter
Say" Morris retorted. 81 didn't even
know. that the kaiser had a mother.
From the heart that feller's got it,
you might suppose he was raised in an
incubator and that the only parents he
ever knew was a couple of packages
absorbent cotton and an alcohol lamp"
We'll. that's what I am telling you.
Mawruss." Abe said. with all the
millionaires in Russland which would
be ticlkled to pieces to get car for
son-in-law, cumberland. the Teller
goes to work and ties up to a family
with somebody like the kaiser in it,
and you know as well as I do, Nav
russ, one crook in your wife's family
can stick you worser than all your
poor relations put together
Even when your wifes relations are
honest. what is it," Morris asked.
"Gewiss," Abe agreed. And can you
imagine when such a crook in-law is
also your biggest competitor? I bet
yer. Mawruss, tho poor nebich wasn't
home from his honeymoon yet before
the kaiser starts in cutting prices on
him."
Cutting prices was the least" Nor
ris said. Take Bulgaria. for instance.
and MP to q few years ago that was
ono Of the cars best selling terri
tories. In fact. Abe, whenever the car
stops OFF at Sophia. him and the King
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OF course, there was a celebration with
the band, all of which stimulated the
hearts Of the townspeople, whose thoughts
were far away at the front with absent
sons and husbands.
Next Miss Crawford heard that the
babies in the asylum, part OF them father
less through the war and nearly all OF
them children Of men at the front, were
in need Of shoes The American woman
quickly supplied shoes for the whole in
stitution, buyins $500 worth of tiny foot
gear.
Later came an agitation among the
women on account of shortage of -four,
for in the days when grain is requisi-
toned by the government all classes bear
tho burden But Miss Crawford found q
way and gave money for -four to be sup
piled to the citizens. Thereupon sprang
into existence the Crawford fund.
Everything the American woman had
been doing was in the most modest
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fruitful years in the evolution Of the
modern municipality. The various
agencies that contribute to this devel.
opment are discussed here, with an
evaluation of those of permanent
value, and an open door of discussion
Tor those still on trial. The whole is an
up-to-date survey. which offers in an
available form the salient facts of
A book of value to. the student of. this
SUBJECT and to civic workers in general
THE VICTORIOUS FAITH. BY Ho-
ratio w. Dresser. author OF "Ths
Power Of Silence" etc New York:
Harper & Bros.
1t is good for readers that books OF
this mold should begin to emerge
from the confusion of war itself. II n
time for readers to build within them
selves the ideals that this particular
war is calculated to create For this
building direction and inspiration are
required. Just that direction Is the
avowed purpose of the book. The in
SEPARATION comes. as it must come from
the spirit and quality of the book IT.
SELF Written in the midst of war, this
Is not a war book. Rather is il an
examination of the spirit of man by the
light of the world on fire with war II
Is reaccounting of moral values. an
urge toward understanding the things
upon the new opportunities that tho
coming days OF peace are going to
oner to all men: A book of high ideals
worked out in the practical pattern Of
everyday accomplishment.
MRS. HOPES HUSBAND. By ce,e,t
Burgess. Illustrated by Henry Rail
eigh- New York: The Century Com
pany.
AS the title implies. man is domt-
nated-socially-by a literary wife who
has done something" Mr. Hope him
self is merely successful lawyer, who
is called on-socially-to tag along in
the shadow of his lady's fame. Among
Mrs. Hopes admirers is a mysterious
John Irons. whose love letters are ee
fascinating as to lure her to the danger
zone of disloyalty to her husband. but
from which she saves herself by ending
the correspondence. Then the hidden
John writes a book powerful enough 10
cause his publishers to simply baxH
with appreciation, q weakness NOT usn.
ally associated with publishers. and the
lady sends him invitations to take nm
the correspondence where IL left of.
only to discover at last that John Irons
is really her-but that would be telling
the story. While the plot bears stron1
family resemblance to plots gone ne
fore, the situations are depicted WITH
the narrative quality Characteristic 81
the authors moro important work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-07
ny ALICE RoHE.

0Dee1Al Corre1poooeneS
ROME, September 20. 1917.
7o 0HEN italian women are grant,
AhM ed suffrage there is one
-NVW American citizeness who will
:. " " have the right to vote. She
A. Miss Elisabeth King Crawford of
New York city and she is 100 per
cent American citizen. Yet she can
vote in Italy because she is an Italian
eitixsn. This unusual status is due
70 the fact that distinctive honors have
been accorded the American "signor-
ina" The historic and picturesque
town Of Bagnaia has bestowed upon
her Italian citizenship. And the reason
a. Bs~uaia.s appreciation and gratitude
for Miss Crawford's spontaneous gem
arcsity in the hour Of wartime sacri-
nee.
Miss Crawford is the only woman to
one which can be offered. The COM
munal coAncil of Bagnaia in solemn
session bestowed honorary citizenship
upon the unsuspecting American wom-
IN. To-day she 10 the possessor of
uaagninasptly illuminated parchment
executed in m edieval style by an artist
of viterbo. The parchment was pre-
scented several months after the action
Of the council. for the making Of this
rarely beautiful document required the
work Of months in the Illuminating.
The mayor Of Bagnaia, accompanied
by his secretary, called upon Miss
Crawford at her hotel in Rome to pre-
sent the scroll Naturally, there was
speech making of thanks and apprecia-
tion.
But before this happened Miss Craw-
,1ord. daughter of John Crawford. mer-
chant of New York. later of Cincinnati,
and, prior to his death. wealthy retired
citizen of Brooklyn. had won her way
into the hearts of Bagnaites without
sven knowing she was doing SO.
First Of all. Bagnaia, which IL tho his
fprio town above viterbo. where tho ia
na0us vignola villa Of the Lante della
2svsre dukes - situated. had to suspend
N Sunday band concerts because the
ear had depleted the funds. Lack Of
uunic TO the Italian - just about equal TO
rex Of food. Consequently, when Miss
Crawford. hearing Of the absence Of the
1DYn's: ono form Of pleasure. promptly
0unplit4 the necAanAxy money. II ID un.
Reqe641ty 70 stats that tho gratitude Of
m p9feaD Was instantaneous. Then came
- fnSlmg Of ooFisia, and Miss Craw-
- mo next to being American II .
1yuf lillian. thought the town should be
"A fsq4Fe state But In q little war-rtd-
- c5F thero 10 not much paraphernaliA
- bretions. There was not q BAN
II - thst a., n: no money to buy deoo go
nlfphed away to night for the patria.
- Crawford immediately sent 10 Vi
- nor bunting and paid wives Of re-
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Business


as shock from being connected mp with
the electric light plant by party or par
ties unknown and Long Live Kaiser
Schmooel the second-or' whatever the
crown princes rotten name Isl
ANY one who done such a thing In
the hopes Of making change for the
better. Mawruss." Abe commented.
would certainly be jumping from the
frying pan into the soup. because If the
Germans got rid Of the kaiser in favor
Of the crown prince it would be a case
Of discarding king and drawing a
Deuce"
Sure I know" Norris said. but what
the Germans need is a new deal all
around. AS the game stands now in
Germany, Abe. only a limited few sits
in, while the rest Of the country hus-
ties the refreshments and pays for the
lights and the cigars. and they're such
a poor-spirited bunch. understand.
that they amt got nerve enough to sug-
gest kitty even
well, it's too late for them to start
a kitty now, Mawruss," Abe said.
Which you could take it from me.
Mawruss. the house is going to be pull
ed most any day. Several million husky
cops is going up the front stoop right
this minute, Mawruss. and while they
now-ice-box style of doors. it's only q
question of time when they would back
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up the patrol wagon. yundsrstan6, b.
cause II the Germans wouidn't slese y
the game Of their own accord. 1Taw.nsa
the allies must Got to, do II for thsA-
But the Germans DON'T want - -
help 'em." Morris said. They're -
fectly satisfied ~ they are"
ct know IT," Abe said. They're .
nation Of shipping clerkss Mawruss.
They're in rut. y'understand. They've
all got rotten Jobs and they're scared
to death that they're going to loss
them. Also the boss works them lflEs
dawgs and makes their lives miserable.
understand. and yet they're trembling
in their pants for fear he Is going to
bust up on them"
Then 1 guess it's up to US arlies b
show them poor chamorrim how they
could be bosses for themselves" Morris
suggested.
Sure 1t Is" Abe concluded. "and nsxt
year In Tobolsk when the kaiser joins
his relations by marriage. Mawruss.
he's going to pick up the Tobolsker
Freie Presse some morning and see
where there has been Incorporated at
last the Deutche Allgemeine Wohl-
fahrtfabrik. with capital Of q hundred
billion marks. to take over the business
of the K. K. Mfg. Co.. and he's going to
say the same as everybody else: Well.
what do you know about them Heiniesf
never thought they had It in them"
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and retiring way. In fact. she is q
reticent type. who shrinks from pub
licity. For some time she had been
sending on every festal day lire to
each Of the eighty men from the town
of Bagnaia who were serving at the
front. That act of kindness brought
glowing letters from the front to
mothers and wives and sweethearts in
Bagnaia, which made it impossible for
the New York woman. who was living
quietly in villa for the summer sea-
son. to escape attention. Women who
could Ill afford the sacrifice used to APP
pear at the Kitchen door. sometimes
with three fresh eggs, another time
with chicken or q SQUAD, or fresh
vegetables. There was always a SIM
liar speech: For the American lady
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Miss Crawford American Wonnam Homor@d by Italians

with a mass of flowers tied with the tri-
colors. Then the band played the hymn
composed in her honor, and all those
little war orphans and half orphan
babies. whose fathers, fighting in the
trenches. had felt the thrill from Miss
Crawfords generosity. burst forth in
a real paean OF praise.
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Reviews of New Books
THE PARTY: And Other stories. B

'ARTY: And Other Stories. BY
on Chekhov. From the Russian
Garrett New York !:
Macmillan Company.
. HE PARTY" is a infinitely
realistic description of
the social function i'm
piled by this name. There
is a DhotopraDhfc view
The evening world., 1917-06-14
100000 CUT
IN WAR TAX BILL
MADE BY SENATE
Patent Medicine Revenues Re-
duced by S5,Ooo,oOo, Ath.
letic Goods by 81, 100000.

WASHINGTON. June - = The
House War Tax Blil was decreased
about t9,OO0,OOO more to-day BY the
Senate Finance COMMITTEES ~ decid-
ing TO reduce the manufact Irers' tar
on athletic goods. patent medicines.
perfumeries and cosmetics from ) N
. per cent.
Rates on distilled spirits, malt
Liquors, wines and soft drinks. rpising
an aggregate NJ about si65. 900 600,
were approved The committee also
ratified it's former tentative approval
OF amendments by Senator Gore of
Oklahoma placing prohibitory taxes
upon cereals used In manufacturing
distilled spirits for beverage purposes
and also prohibiting importation o!
such beverages. The House rates OF
S2.2O per gallon on distilled spirits and
$2.75 barrel on malt liquors were
retained
The reduction Of the tax on patent
medicines involves n revenue loss OF
more than S5,O00.O0o.
The reduction in the rate on athletic
goods will reduce prospective reve-
nues from that source from $1,000, 900
to $500, 600 - n
The evening world., 1917-06-14
NATIONAL GUARD UNITS
ARE NEAR FULL STRENGTH

The ranks OF the various units in
the New York National Guard are
being filled 80 rapidly and satisfactor-
lily that Major Gen. John T.. oRyan
will no longer have 10 resort TO re-
cruitlng campaigns. Announcement
to this effect was made to-day by the
commander himself.
mo more drives for recruits 20 the
ranks OF the National Guard win be
necessary in this state said the
General. for We are filling our ranks
as quickly as we can pass upon the
applicants who apply. There are now
eleven fully recruited units, as fol-
lows: Twenty-secOnd Engineers,
First Cavalry, Eighth. Ninth and
Thirteenth Coast Defense commands
Second Field Artillery, Fifteenth In
fantry and the First, Second. Third
and Fourth Field Hospitals.
"Realizing that the regiments VIII
be about recruited 10 their war
strength before the first OF next
month. We are now devotng all our
time and energy 10 the ammunition
train and the supply train.
Capt. George Robertson, who Is re-
cruiting men at the State Arsenal,
Thirty-fifth Street and Seventh Ave
nue., for the Division Supply Train.
reported at Division Headquarters
this morning that he had accepted
102 recruits during the past forty
eight hours.
Major Farrell. who Is recruiting
men for the Division Headouarters
Company, announced to-day that 500
chauffeurs and mechanics are needed.
Applicants may apply to Major Far
| rell at Division Headquarters, eighth
! floor Municipal Building
The evening world., 1917-06-14
THE FALSE BETRAY THEM
SELVES IN EVERY ACCENT"

but they will make no hcadway.
The false betray themselves always In
every accent II Ia only friends and
partisans OF the German Government
whom we have already Identified
who utter these thinly disguised dis
loyalties.
The facts are patent to all the
world, and nowhere are they more
mainly seen than In the United States,
where We are accustomed 10 deal with
facts and not with sophistries. and
the great fact that stands out above
all the rest is that this Is Peoples
war. a war for freedom and justice
and self government amongst all the
nations Of the world, "A war to make
the world safe for the peoples who
live upon n and have made Il their
own, the German people themselves
included; and that with us rests the
choice To break through AN these
hypocrisies and patent cheats and
masks ~ brute force and help set the
world free, or else stand aside ana
let II TOO dominated a long age
through by sheer weight ~ arms and
tho arbitrary choices ~ sclf-con-
stimtcd masters, by the nation which
can maintain the biggest armies and
tho most Irresistible armaments n
mower To which the world has aford-
cd no parallel, and in the face Of
which political freedom must wither
and perish.
"For US there is but one choice. We
have made Il, WOE BE TO THE
MAN OR GROUP or MEN THAI
SEEKS TO STAND IN OUR WAY
i'm This DAY or HIGH REsoLu.
TioH WHEN EVERY PRINCIPLE
We HOLD DEAREST rs TO BE
VINpicATEO AND MADE Sc.
CURE FOR THE SALVATION OF
THE NATIONS. Wo are ready 10
plead at the bar Of history, and our
ilso shalt wear a new lustre. Once
more we shall make good with our
lives and fortunes the great faith TO
which we were born. and a new
alory shall shine IN the face Of our
peo ople."
The evening world., 1917-06-14
"PEAcE NOW WOULD MEAN &c.
eURlTY FOR GERMANY"

They have but one chance 10 per-
petuate their military power or even
their controlling political influence.
II they can secure peace now with the
immense advantages still in their
hands which they have up TO this
point apparently gained, they will
have justified themselves before the
German people: they will have gained
by force what they promised 10 gain
by tan immense expansion OF Ger
man power, an immense enlargement
OF German Industrial and commercial
opportunities. Their prestige will be
secure, and with their prestige their
political power. IL they fail. their
people will thrust them aside; a gov
ernmcut accountable TO the people
themselves will be set up In Germany
az It has been In England. in the
United States. In France. and in all
the great countries OF the. modern
time except Germany. n they sue
ceed they are safe and Germany and
the world are undOne: if they fail
Germany Is saved and the world will
be at peace. II they succeed. Amer
lea will fan within the menace. We
and all the rest OF the world must
remain armed. as they viii remain
and must make ready for the next
step In their aggression; II they fail
the world may unite for peace and
Germany may be of the union.
do you not now understand the
new intrigue. the intrigue for peace.
and why the masters OF Germany do
not hesitate TO use any agency that
promises 20 effect their purpose. the
deceit Of the nations7 Their present
particular claim Is 10 deceive all those
who throughout the world stand for
the rights OF peoples and the self
government OF nations; for they see
what immense strength the forces Of
Justice and OF liberalism are gather
ing out OF this war.