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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
DEFAMING THE REPUTATION o!
THE DEAD.


When Mr.. James NJ Smith died in
Oglethorpe county a number of months
ago. and left an estate worth $4,000, 900,
the legal fraternity saw perfect bonan-
al III tue snapeof legal fees. Mr.. Smith
left no will and the way was open
leading up to that 100000. Imme-
diately the lawyers begun to gather, like
vultures over a carcass. The owner was
dead and could not speak for himself.
and a half dozen judges appointed as
many sets of lawyers to get in control
of that Smith property.
The only hook they had was the illegit-
innate birth of the owner, charged by
some and disputed by others. A very
responsible party testified that Mr..
Smith had placed grave stones over his
parents graves. That should have set
tied the illegitimate question. But it is
lamentable fact that the rich dead
man who couldn't speak, was norated
from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light and
from the Savannah to the Chattahoochee
rivers about the very thing, which #
true, he would have paid all the money
left behind to keep out of the public
prints. 1t was cruel beyond express
sion to punish him and defame his line
age In such way after his body went
to the grave.
1 have another case in mind. A very
rich old lady married preacher with
a housefull of children. He lived with
her until she awoke to the fact that
her money was getting away from her.
He left her and is trying to break her
will, made after the preacher had de-
serted her.
In the effort to break the will, wit
nesses even brought in to prove, If they
could, that the old lady was of unsound
mind. To do this witness was brought
in to show that the old lady was crazy
to marry the preacher, that she engaged
the aforesaid witness to plead her case
with the preacher and to prove to him
what a good stepmother she would make
for his children. Evidently the preach
er overlooked the fact that she was of
unsound mind when he married her, aft
erwards and moved over to the rich
woman's home, bag and baggage, chill
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
No. 73-A Passing
Storm

h desire TO be honest Is the bud =
. from which may some day grow =
y the fine flower of true sincerity. =
TOM stood staring at my little horde
of jewels which I had tumbled
- carelessly from my dress suit case
on TO my bed. Then he raised a miser-
able glance to mine.
"Oh, Dill" he had exclaimed, where
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20

dame points out cit Glands far more
solidly established by that failure since
he wrotc). pan-Gcrmanism has achieved
more than so per cent Of Its aims the
Hamburg TO Bagdad plan. With a
peace concluded on the basis Of the
status QuO. n-GermaHism can bide
it, time TO resume the realization Of its
ambitions. Dominating Austria. the ally
of Hungary, suzerain Of the Balkans.
the predominating influence in Turkey
in Europe and Asia. German states
manship may we'll be willing to call it a
drawn game" on the basis of her mill
tary successes. That is the trap against
which NJ. Cheradame wanted to warn
the Allies. the neutrals of Europe, the
United States, South America fact,
the whole world. The trap" was
bated when his volume was hardly
of the press.
He takes the extreme theory Of pam
Germanism as his basis. and. unfortu-
nately, but for the moment perhaps
unavoidably. harms his brilliant thesis
by its one-sidedness. lie ignores Rus
sian intrigues in the Balkans, he
ascribes 10 the Allied diplomats who
were in power during the twenty years
before 1914 an innocence and lack OF
foresight when most certainly was NOT
theirs, he calls Germany's quite L.
climate need Of new markets "hypcr-
trophy Of her industries" and IN ms
enthusiasm for the moral rights OF
the subject nationalities Of Austria
Hungary and Germany conveniently
loses sight of the moral rights OF
Firms. Lithuanians, Little Russians and
Persians. Russia. he explains. IS en-
tirely misunderstood in America owing
chiefly 10 its large immigration OF Rus
sian and Polish Jews and their intlu-
ence here. The Russian alliance re-
mains a delicate point for England and
France 70 Justify in the eyes OF civil
zation. And many Inconsistencies Turk
in the small nationslities principle as
preached by the Allies. NJ. Chera-
dame suggests that the Irish question
is in large part German plot.
Incidentally, he makes some curious
revelations of the extent OF the dan
ger TO England and France IN their
1sIamic colonies in the early days OF
the war-facts carefully suppressed by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
,.oator Beverages Life Of John Marshall-A
Frenchman Anticipation of the
German Peace Terms
-n. n,RsHM.I. NATIONALIST

aim MARSHALL NN'iV'''N'-'''
,,r or rouV MARSHALL Ry Aiee- !
,...'ss. Two volumes, ~. n, -,', Nv 9Vo
~ So hV.'' '
at .,
Tie period covered by 'nese Two No'-
- ends with Marshall $ ouS'lhea'.oh
chef Justice OF the United states
1000 Court ON March 8, 1901. lie
>.l' ~,,,;rated on January 20,
sd O'.' .--..s ~, ravuarv o. hut
Ni ana ''''',' NV s.-.,.--o Lis f,rc.
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GERMANY'S CASE
Her Reserve PoWer-Her Pro-
pOsals of Peace

INSIDE THE GERMAN ENTIRE ~ TIE IHtR
YEAR or TIE WAR illustrated 80 heIoer.
b Swope. s'o. ID Tx. 80 The century
Company
TIE Pan GERMAN PLOT UNMAsKED. Ber-
Inns Fo-m.da. Peace Trap Of TIE uIsTn
War" By Andre Chfradtme ln,Iodueuo,n, ID os
the Ear o. CIomer. %. VI. Win Mas Izmo
pp ST. 2z5 Charles ScrbnT's Sons.
ALAS, I AN A PRC sSGAN. The so'iloquy ~ a
German in Amenca. limo. ~. a.. Ne" lof
j. A j. TiDua.s.
The hope Of an early peace. born o.
the German proposal. strengthened by
the Presidents note, has been declared
dead by the Allies. II persists in nv
w ON. unoficially. however, and even
i'm gaining strength in the neutral
countries of Europe, with whom, in
deed. the continuance Of the war has
become a question of literal and eco
nomic starvation.
Meanwhile the war is to 20 on. and
the question Of the moment is one or
mower Of endurance. The Entente, we
are told, can afford 70 carry on the war
for another year without actual bank
ruptcv: still. we are allowed TO eaten
only the dimmest glimpses OF what -
brewing in Russia. There are con-
slant rumors Of riots in the empire,
but all that we know for certain is that
the Cossack is again spreading clviliza-
ton and democracy in Finland with the
knoUt.
The great factor in the situation,
however. is the remaining power OF
endurance Of the German Empire ana
its allies. and on this subject Mr.,
Swope's volume is indispensable to all
who would form as well founded an
opinion as can be reached under pres
cut conditions Of censorship, silence
and misrepresentation. Mr.. Swope had
every opportunity 10 make has lnVesu-
cation searching; the imperial govern
ment gave him permission 10 90 WheI
over ne wished, it placed at ms as
posal all information he desired, anG
y his book is not in all respects pleas
ing TO Germans and pro-Germans. that
allowing for mistaken Impressions ana
conclusions, is perhaps, on the "hole
rather in its favor. There are chap
tiers on the Dual Monarchy, Turkey and
Hulgaria and the Balkan situation, on
partnerships that are unwlllnE ana
resentful but cemented by necessity
But the bulk Of the book is devoted
IN Cermanv's still all but infallible
efficiency under ever-increasIhg pres,
srrn She has carried 20 the utmost
Inc basis of her organization long be
fore the war; after the coming OF
peace liberal movements may ne
launched. but not till then. Meanwhile
the German people is determined, and
as vet still able TO see the tning
through"
OF wider scope. intensely interesting
ably written. is VI. Cheradames BOOK
which was published just before Ru'
mania's entrance into the war. II was
the collapse Of the now inexpliea6,lS
hopes based by the Allies upon the
Rumanian armies which enabled Ger,
many 70 make her tentative proposal
of peace: and il is this proposal whicn
the French publicist foresaw. and
against which he undertook TO warn
the world before it was made-"Ber'
Inns peace-trap Of the drawn war"
As the military record stood even be
fore the Rumanian failure. II. Chera-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
AUTOGRAPHS
"Godey's" and Its Contributors
Historic Documents

4 miscellaneous collection OF auto
graphs will be sold at the Anderson
Galleries on the afternoons OF January
p and 20. II includes hitherto
unpublished letter by Warrington
numerous letters and other autograph
material by Revolutionary soldiers
among them specimen OF Baron dc
Kalb. rarcet Of finds selections from
the correspondence of the late MAJOR
General David Hunter, L. ). A. OF
Civil War fame, letters by Lincoln
Dickens. Mrs. Browning, Mark Twain
and set OF authors autograph pre-
sentation copies Of James Whltcomp
Riley's books. The sale Is 50 heter-
oqcnoous I'm it's contents. and, IN parts
so interesting, that collectors c"n"o'
afford 10 miss the catalogue.
OC epeciaI interest is the correspond
once OF Mrs. Sarah JOsepha Hale, inc
editor Of "The Ladies Magazine an"
"Godev's I.ady's Book" Cls28-'6o). WIN
various contributors 10 these pcrlodi-
Gals. They throw a curious ilgnl upon
tho rates OF payment for literary WORK
i'm those days. and prove that authors
were then no less concerned win In''
phase OF their laoors than they arr
now. I'm 1850 Alice Cary agreed 70
write for five dollars an article, mo
some OF the magazines pay me TOUT OUT
times that amount" Oliver WendelI
Holmes at various times graclously az
clned to contribute to Cooley s. OK
pressing on one occasion the hope
that Mrs. Hale might find a dozen
willing Apolios when YOU meet WIN
one reluctant Ksculapius.
Longfellow wrote to her IN 1910
$50 far from feeling grieved at not
finding the first place occupied by the
little trihe ] sent you, ! was reloiced
to see you occupying so gracefully the
station which not only by courtesy
but By right. belongs to you at tne
head of your own table In looV
Lowell refused to contribute 70
"Godey's" on the terms proposed
"These are purely matters OF business
and as my living depends IN part upon
my pen, ! cannot consent to cheapel5,
myself. Five years ago was pal9
$50. and for longer poem Sop' ana
do not think my market value mas
fallen since then" In an undated letter
Nathaniel p. Willis tells Mrs. HAZE;
"You could not afford, and ] would
never receive from you, the price
which my poetry brings me. get for
every article five dollars often more.
The great prize of this literary,,colm-
mercial correspondence is the letter
written by Poe in 1874;
II you will be so good as 70 keep
omen for me the ten pages OF
which YOU speak, I will forward
YOU. in two or three days, an
article which will about occupy
that space. and which | will en-
dcavor 10 adapt 20 the character
of"The Opal" The price you men
tiop so cents per page will be
amply sufficient: and ! am exceed
ingly anxious 10 be ranked in your
list OF contributors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
SUSSEX CORSE

SUSSEX GORsE The story o. FEht b.
Shela Kaye Smith. l2mo. - t6-. Ne" lof"
Alfred A knop'
This novel comes 10 us with the
weighty approval Of w. l.. George
and. indeed. ~ - a remarkable piece
Of work. which wildly suggests com
parison with the earlier Eden PM.
potts-the Phillpotts OF children OF
The Mist" IL is a notable addition 20
the study Of the peasantries Of Europe
bound TO the soil by bonds far older,
stronger. more intimate and more com
plex than those which link Il 20 even
the oldest of landed aristocracles, a
study of a form of land hunger when
we. with our Astounding acres. shall
probably not know for another cen
iurv TO come. A study, also, OF the
failure of success. A, fifteen Reuben
Backfeid the son Of small Sussex
farmer. determines that he will make
himself the master Of BoarZeU, the
barren village common which the squire
has seized under the Enclosure Act
this is in the first half OF the last
century. Henceforth che youth mas
hut this one passion. which grows with
his growth in years. TO its grat.tica-
ton he sacrifices his widowed mother,
his brother his wife. his children, THEN
cducation. their comfort. their rights,
their happiness. One by one they leave
him. in his old age he is alone, but
he il the master of Boarzell.
The authors canvas is enormous. Il
spans lifetime of English agriculture
and English politics as seen through the
interests of an ignorant but shr6wd
farmer from the repeal of the Com
Laws 20 the Boer War, with its tardy
awakening 20 the weakness OF country
which had come 70 depend upon im-
ports for rs daily bread--s danger
come so dangerously close to-day. The
characters with which The story IS
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the Allied censorship. His book, though
partisan and open TO arguments just as
cogcnt from the other side. is a far
ADLER and more comprehensive and
frankor reply 20 the German peace pro-
posal and Mr. Wilson's note than are
the answers TO them issued by the
Allied diplomats.
We have had the anonymous Be
cause ! Am a German Why not the
also anonymous -"Alasl Am Prus-
sian? II is printed to look like CCrS
Hbrc. We may look forward to more
specimens o. this kind Of unburthen-
ing OF the soul: "Woe's Me, Am a
Cossack," "Alas, Am Bashibazouk. W
the possibilities are endless.
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MYSTERY

rHE cLrE or THE rwis IT'D ,AEDLE ~
Ifssr wallace fr0rf'fue0e ID T. %. rIran.
leno - "a Boston small. Nalnarf e.
All readers Of detective fiction are
familiar with the puzzle o. the man
found murdered in room locked and
barricaded or the inside. with no se-
cret entrances Or practicable escape b.
windows to explain the departure Of
the murderer Mr. Wallace gives the
only thoroughly convincing eNpisna-
ton o. the mystery the present re-
viewer has ever seen. But ~ Is
not until we'll past the middle Of the
story that the clew OF the twisted
candle is found We start with an
other murder. that Of Greek money
lender resident in London. and thence
forth r. Y. Of Scotland Yard. is on The
lob with an ingenuity that holds the
reader. and with sense Of humor that
appeals TO him This is altogether the
most satisfactory book Of It's kind that
has been produced in some time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
Charles Lister

Iord Ribblesdale has written q
memoir Of his second son, Charles lot
a volume entitled "Chsrles Lister: Let
tors and Recollections," which VIII be
nublished shortly by the Scrioners.
Charles Lister died in hospital Of
wounds received in the Gallipoll cam.
paign in August, 1915. at the age OF
twenty-eight. After Eton he went to
Balliol: then entered the diplomatic
service and was at Rome under Slr Ken
reu Rodd and later al ConstantlnoPie'
then the army called HIM. necoiIee-
tions Of Charles Lister are conti;D I1el
by Sir Renne!l Rodd' mrs; ware
Cornish. Cyril Bailey and the Kew. Ron
aid Knox.
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TtIT CAREER or FATHEElNE 81 SIT ~
TIiror Oyu l.l-trs..I Dbl Edmund ffeiefl A
I.uo. ID $685. p Appleton so.

TIE CAREER or EATHEElNE ~ 80. by
Tfiror O.yu L.l-.rst.I Dbl Edmund FREEZER. A
i1mo. D. SOB. p Appleton s. 90.
This IS clever story. with the oldest
az plots .r most Iugcn.ous ultra mod
ern guise and disguise. King Cophetua
and the Beggar Maid will never lose
their interest for readers. or their value
pa material Tor noy..ist-. So here we
have Katherine Bush. the daughter OF a
London auctioneer. the granddaughter
OF a hutche~, VINO wins-aud deserves
p duke. From childhood on she has
felt apart from her vulgar family ana
its social circle After on apprentice
shin as bookkecrer IN butcher shop
sbc becom th. confidential stenog-
~snhor and correspondence clerk Of a
trri Of money Lenders. II .7 in their
offices that She gets her first oppor-
trnity 10 study Che look, The manners
and the manner. the unconscious sue
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Two biographies Of Swinburne are
announced in England one by Edmond
Gcsse. the other by Egmont Hake ana
Compton Rickett.
"The Worn Doorstep
This notable war story by Margaret
Sherwood. now in its twelfth edition.
will be issued in England by Holder
G. Stoughton. under special agreement
with the American publishers, Little'
Brown & Co.
W. W. Jacobs
A new novel by this always enter
tanning English humorist, The CAST
awavs." is announced for early pun
LEGATION in this country by the MesSrs'
Scribner. The scene Of the greater
part Of the story is laid aboard a
Yacht And there is plenty OF love
making. "The first time see you
said the boatswain) / says to the
carpenter. That's a dainty little piece
of goods | says" and what did he
saw" inquired Miss Nudge carelessly.
The boatswain was not prepared lol
Tho question. at don't matter VIVA,
g said" he replied guardedly, but |
told i'm if ever he said IT agin ia
give him something for himself he d
remember all his lifetime
4 New Religious Era
Under the title OF THE Dawn OF a
New Religious Era" DR.. Paul Carus has
collected from THE Open Court and
"The Monist" his essays rejecting the
changes that have been taking place IN
recent years all over the religious
world. 1--WE are now witnessing he
saws in his preface, "a reformation
which is not q moral rebirth as that OF
Luther's time. but an intellectual de-
velopment toward a deeper comprehen-
sion of our religious aspirations. We
are coming 10 understand the religious
problem in its scientific significance.
Biblical criticismA a comparative study
Of religion and the scientific method IN
philosophy have broadeued our minds,
vet we have not lost thereby IN re
iigious fervor or devotion TO truth. The
result is the new era into which the
religious world is now entering
The Pennsylvania State Police
In May. 1905, Governor PenaypacSer
OF Pennsylvania signed the act that
created the Pennsylvania State Police.
In the ten years that have since
elapsed this body has patrolled with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
REVIEWS AND COMMENT

crowded are firmly handled, in short
this engrossng novel deserves compsri-
son no. only with Phillpotts. but with
the peasant studies Of Zola and Nau-
PEASANT as well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
Charles VI. Schwab
Florence wilkinson's Readings

On Tuesday, January %. Florence
wilkinson will open at the Harris Thea
ire a series Of poetry matinees with
reading from her own published verse
and from manuscript. There Will be
musical accompaniment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
CECLy AND THE WIDE WORLD

Il
cEcrIY AND THE WIDE WORLD. BY E,4. ..
beth F. Corbet. l2no. 10. @f hen' nun
q Co.
From being the novelty she was
few Years ago in our fiction, the woman
who leaves her husband because mar
riage has disappointed her. 20 seek the
happiness she has missed IN sel-suP-
mort. in an Independent career, mas
already become one OF It's traditions
a cHch6. 10 be used over and over
again by our novelists. Even the emo
ing has become a convention the re-
union Of husband and wife TO 1--we nap
PLY forever after.
All the more honor, then. to Eliza
beth F. Corbett for having gwen 20
this theme comm so many Original sno
telling variations. First OF all, Cecily
sticks to her disillusioning bargain
with the fidelity Of the average DIS
illusioned husband. As she remarks az
the crisis. with her unfailing sense OF
humor. it il the doctor her husband
Who "loaves the dolls house HIS
practice. which she has done so much'
socially. TO build up. no longer satishes
him. lie feels he must live ms own
life i'm serving the propaganda OF pub
TIC hygiene. RtNliA - a. "NNNN'"
old-fashioned woman. But once she
has faced the facts she does not finch
from the conclusion 10 be reached
When her husband, his noyltiate over
proposes that they resume their hte
in common, she announces that she mas
learned 20 live without him, that
henceforth she will face the wide word
alone. that she will make her own way
- 4uxyn n.
though she will not refuse ms ald'
when he is able, in their support
Cecily gives her name 10 the booA'
she is its heroine. and the author sue
ceeds in enlsting the readers sym
pathies for her-the male readers per
hans most of all. The husband de-
serves the lesson which the story
teaches him. Not but that Cecily, TOO,
learns many things. There are IN TINS
hook. Furthermore, three other char
acters worth our while the husbands
inspiration and counsellor in his career
of public service. her wise. adorlng'
wondrously adaptable husband, the nrst
man we have seen in notion VINO IS
fitted to the modern woman lhis
wealth makes the role easier. now
ever): and a most conventional woman,
a widow, full Of the oldtime FEM
mime wisdom. She knows that she IA
attractive. desirable only against the
background of what she has that
wealth is the indispensable adornment
Of her beauty and charm. and that no
happiness is possible for her with 4
man who. while he sees the adorn-
ment. fails 10 understand and value
n. whose heart is set on being and
not on the advantages, the blessings,
Of having. And it is possible that this
woman will interest the reader most
81 oil
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Two Biographies of Swinburne-lhe PennsylVana oa'e
Polce-Dr Paul Carus and New Religious Ira
John Illus in a Russian Novel

noteworthy efficiency and freedom
from political contamination the rural
sections Of the state, where. before
the ADVENT OF the state police, lawless-
ness had been all too frequent. The
constabulary has preserved order, has
hunted down crime. has made raids
into the haunts of black hand organ
izations. has protected life and prop
erty from mob violence and has risen
10 every emergency. In Justice 90
All" Katherine Mayo tells the story
Of the constabulary and its notable
achievements from the organization OF
the body 20 the present day. theodore
Roosevelt contributes an introduction.
The book is published by the Messrs.
Putnam.
Charles VI. Schwab
"Succeeding with What You Have.
Mr.. Schwab's little book on his own
career and the Bethlehem Steel Cor
roration. will be published by the Cen
tLry Company on the 10Th OF TINS
month.
John Hus in Fiction
THE Torch-Bearers Of Bohemia is
the title of a novel by new Russian
author, Y. !. Kryshanoyskaya, when
Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co. will publish
shortly. The scene is laid IN Bohemia
during the fifteenth. century. Inc BOOK
gives a picture Of the life and charac-
ter Of John Hus and his contempora-
ries