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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Current Thought in Ethics,
Philosophy and Religion

surrender the viewpoints that belong TO
the period Of immaturity, every man
may become, 10 himself at least, the
hero of an Odyssey; and as each OF US
is supposed to be possessed OF the ma
terial Of one good novel, so the story
of each mans advance in mental IL
Elimination is not without some plquant
strain. 1t must be q useful labor to
write down for ones self the story OF
ones quest for satisfaction amid the
varieties of speculative opinion. Mr.
Grsbo's reason for making public the
narrative Of his own seekings and ind
ings seems 20 lie in the belief that
questions treated by professional pm
losophers in too impersonal, technical
and abstract a manner might Just as
well be treated in a mode more human
and readable. To listen 20 an academic
philosopher OF the purely pedantlc
school as he resorts to the lazy slang
Of his department is TO run risks OF
falling into a confirmed philistinism,
while retaining our indignant conyic-
tions about the morality of style. There
are subjects, to be sure, whose OBJ
security lies in their very nature, and 1t
is hardly fair to expect even an as
sistant in the metaphysical laboratory
to give oifhand a succinct solution
whenever some hopeful student asks for
what has been cheerfully described as
the unscrewing of the unscrutable. AS
for the use Of conceptual shorthand,
teachers in philosophy are no worse
than other teachers. In the American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
A Chatty Girls Story

THE BLUE ENVELOPE. RI sophis Kerr.
Colorel Frcltsyeco by Francs Rogers limo.
pp 3O4. Doubleday. Page Co
A genuine girl, fascinated by snowy
cad, whom she has the sense and spunk
to treat as he deserves; compelled to
20 to work for her own support, sub
jected to many trials and temptations,
intrusted with an important and peril
Gus errand, remaining through it all
true to herself, and consequently "mak-
ing good" and in the end getting mar
ried to the man she loves and having a
prospect of living happily ever after
such is the story of this book.
1t isn't deep" or mysterious. II isn't
even Strong" But il is clean. whole
some. refreshing and sufficiently in
teresting TO lead the reader who begins
it TO finish it. 1t is written in the first
person, in a chatty,. informal style,
much as just such a girl would tell her
story to a chum, and it is devoid OF
needless slang. On the whole, 1t is a
book which nobody need hesitate to
take up or to recommend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Some Lenten Reading

Persons to whom the season of Lent
is the signal for turning again in their
reading to the old masters in the life
of the spirit may we'll give a hearing
also to teachers who in the thronging
perpleXltic5 Of our own day arc able
10 win the mind TO things steadfast
and enduring. Among such helpers
may be numbered Principal p. r. For
syth of Hackney College. Hampstead,
and President Henry Churchill King
of Oberin. In Fundamental Cues
tons Macmillan Dr. King goes over
the question Of suffering and sin and
the place and authority Of Jesus as
the central fact in the Christian re-
ligion. Coming TO the application Of
Christian belief TO human behavior. the
author illustrates the advantages to be
gained from the rational organization
Of personal life and eXpounds the
Christian programme as the basis Of
the new civilization. "The new age
will have a new sense of the inescapa-
Bile grip of the laws of God in the
life of nations as well as of individ-
uals."
The bold title of Dr. Forsyth's
"The Justification Of God" (Scribners)
might seem to invite the not irreverent
irony of James Hinton's exclamation.
Poor God! with no one to help Him."
II is. however, a responsible and ac-
complished scholar VINO in these pages
comes TO encounter the old dilemma
about the prevalence of evil. "If God
has power to stop these things and
does not, lie is not good; if He is good,
and does not, He has not the power"
If the author reverts to the ancient
symbols of atonement and judgment 1t
is in no obscurantist spirit. but in the
conviction that these symbols most
faithfully record the results of man
kinds long brooding on its derivation
and destiny. Questions are being re
newed that are beyond the dear old
piety of Hodge and beyond the new
piety Of culture, with it's mild anti
theology and its modest discipleship,
where we need a bold and humble
apostolate. OF the attractive piety OF
incipient culture, DR.. Forsyth says that
with its atmosphere of young hustle,
good form. gentle faith. genial love,
kindly conference and popular publ
cations, it is without the great note of
New Testament realism and magma
ton, and he adds: II IS there
fore at an utter loss when all the
world is shocked and forced upon the
question of a theodicy. What can it
do in the swellings of Jordan? II ap-
plies the commonplaces of pacific
Christianity offhand TO world move
ment5 with a grasp neither of the
Gospel nor of the world. Too white,
for the flower of life is red"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Very Pleasant Reading

MADAME PRINCE By W Pet Ridge Emo
pp go. George n Doran Company.
A novel without dialect. without
slang, without scandal, without sex
problem, without a moral pointed, and
without single thrilling climax or
scene-surely it is an anomaly in these
days; concerning which we might well
ask, how can such thing be? But it is,
and we should not be bit surprised
if it were highly successful. For, truth
to tell, it is very pleasant reading. It's
placidity is welcome relief from "the
tumult and the shouting" and its quiet
and subtle humor presents a grateful
contrast to the slapstick business
which passes muster too often for
tracy American humor."
But what puzzles us is TO determine
why on earth anybody ever introduced
Mr.. Ridge TO Samuel l.. Clemens as
"the Mark Twain" of England. He
wasn't, and he isn't; which is not to
be taken as reflection upon either
him or Mark. There need be no ques-
ton Of comparative merits. The sufii-
cient point is that the two were and
are quite different. If we were 70 draw
comparisons we should be far more IN
clined to regard Mr. Ridge, at least as
disclosed in this book. as modernlzed
and modified Thackeray. However that
may be, we must repeat hat the BOOK
is very pleasant reading as story OF
London life neither in palaces nor
slums, and filled all the way through
with genuine, sympathetic, humor-glft-
ed human nature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Morbidity

N THE WILDERNESS By Robert Hchsns
With q frcntispicce In color ny 1eofse W. 49, -"
lgmo. 9p $50 The Frederick A. stokes ION
pany
Is it worth while 70 be 40 morbid ana
so realistic? And are morbidlty ana
realism. after all, congruous? "hetner
il be in the serene seclusion OF
cathedral close and cloisters, IN
streaming London's central roar. amld
the marble ruins of Greece or whelmed
in the reeking moral mire of CONSTANT
nople, the passions in this book are al
WAYS overweight, abnormal. Surely
such things are exceptional, not aver
age; fantastic, not realistic. Yet real
ism" must be carried so far as TO de-
scribe the trimming of stage strump-
cts undergarments!
Divested of exaggeration, however,
the story is a good one. No normal
woman would be so hard as the hero
inc, no normal man would be so splr-
itually priggish as the hero; while as
for the perhaps there IS no
normal wanton save the abnormal. AT
any rate, she is the truest to life OF
the three. But the climax of it is
what it should be. The softest paws
of a cat have the sharpest, cruellest
claws, and the hardest gem is the most
fiawless. Mr.. Hichens's best writing is
in this book, and he will have for 1t
multitude OF fascinated readers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
ROCKS AND AJyTHORS--NEWS, REVIEWS AND CONN1EN

tradition such teachers as william
James and his colleague. josiah Royce
nave left a testament wherein hlgh
themes are set forth in prose marKed
by clearness, distinction and havor',
In attaching TO intuition worth be-
ycnd that of the intellect and IN postu,,
iating a God such as John Stuart Mil
described, as more or less mite OUT
author follows the lead Of Professor
Bergson. Morality is itself q by-prod-
uct of life, but il is only in religion
that the moral energy can be developed
which is necessary 10 action. vi the
authors conclusions respecting
future life and the higher human IN
terests in general, il may be said that
they accord with the tendencies char
acteristic of modern thought" The
account of the authors progress from
the simple orthodoxy of his boyhood
Sunday school TO points OF sight that
his former associates would nave
deemed heretical is not without its les
son. The effect would be happier, no
doubt, if the questions Of ethics ana
religion were considered IN the light OF
the best that has been thought and said
on these matters. 1t may well be that
religion at its worthiest has been found
in Sunday schools and camp meetings,
but il is not in these places that one
looks for an instructed philosophical
defence of the foundations Of religion.
1t was not yesterday that Emmanuel
Kant affected profoundly the whole
method of apologize. or that Schleier-
nacher gave his testimony. or that the
historical and critical and evolutionary
movements were taken Hospitality into
consideration by theological scholar
ship. Exhilarating as it is TO have
left the shadows near the shore of a
childhood understanding of the uni
verse. we may reflect as we make for
the open that we are not the first
that ever burst into that silent sea-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Overwrought Philandering

THE CHAsTE WIFE, By Frank ,svinnerton
l2mo ~. yhi, ilj. The George II. Doran Com
pany.
1t is not so much frank realism as
overweight philandering that Mr..
Swinnerton has here perpetrated. or
plot and of action there Is minimum;
of morbid and exaggerated incoming,
a maximum. OF humor there is not
a touch; n fatal lack in any human
story. The appeal 10 sympathy IS
scarcely existent. unless in the case
of the wife who is made a victim Of
her husbands sublimated priggsh-
ness and whom neither her husband
nor the author begins 20 appreciate
Really, We are inclined TO think that
Mr.. Swinnerton unconsciously charac-
terized his own work in the words
which he puts upon the lips of one OF
his figures: r, ....,;u,.;,
ford. otiose works rolling
in fluent volubility, and as empty as
balloons. Plenty of time,
says Agg; let's dwell on the sig
nifcance of every minute and every
word. So these huge. formless,
swollen masses OF empty pseudo
psychology come wallowing out
In addition to which. we must say
that. however vile the wastrel was, the
attitude Of his children toward the
old man" is made revoltingly inhu-
man; that to regard well preserved
man Of fifty-six as an ancient survi-
val of senility is to out-Osler the fc-
ton of DR.. Osler; and that "beauti-
full" does not seem to US the most ap-
propriate adjective with which to de-
scribe a particularly stalwart. athletic
and virile young man. However, each
to his own taste. We once knew
most estimable lady who declared Nj
agara Falls to be Gust too cute for
apvtbinOi"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Faith in Daily Life

WHEN FAITHS FLASH OFT Essays In spiritual
Ropicnishment BY David Baines Grtfiihs. VI. A
i.ino. ID 1872 Tie Fleming II. Reyel Company
Spirituality without sanctimonious-
ness is the keynote of the Rev. Mr.;
Baincs- Grifiith's essays. here collected
and amplifed. The appeal is not alone
TO his fellow clergy. but laymen 10
less; and il is sane and direct. Dogma
is conspcuously absent. Propaganda is
in desuctude. Faith is regarded as an
intrinsic and essential part of daily
life, and every phase of it is presented
in so sweetly reasonable and yet manly
and vigorous a manner that 1t is din.
cult to see how the reader can avoid
being drawn into accord with the writer
and with the eternal truths which he
declares.
The phrase Spiritual replenishment"
is happily chosen, for it expresses pre-.
cisely what the essays are designed to
effect. They give TO the reader fuller
sense of divine communion and ac-
cord, fuller appreciation of the func-
tons of faith in the everyday life OF
the soul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
More Detectives

THE POSTAiASTERS DAUGHTER By LOuL,
Tray. l2mo. 10. 800. Edward j. Clode.
Mr. Tracy has given US a capital de
tectve story, but it was not intended
primarily as such. It is partly ro-
nance, partly idyl. and partly a psyche
logical study of hayward love, divorce.
maniacal frenzy, murder, suicide and
neighborhood gossip in rural village,
with the interposition of Scotland Yard.
it is an interesting compact of the bu-
collie and the metropolitan, with an in
genious and intricate plot, and enough
racy humor TO Tighten the tragic gloom
Il is not classic, and It may not out
rank others on the long list of Mr.
Tracy's writings, but it is a good bit Of
craftsmanship, which nobody should
find dull and which many will find alb
sorbing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Lies Comedy and Tragedy
Portrayed by Fiction Writers

least We wish that she might. we
should hesitate TO say how many years
she has been writing, or how many
works she has produced; but we are
quite sure that she has written notn-
ing which either she or the reading
public wishes she had left unwritten.
There have been few writers who DUR
ing the last two generations have gwen
more genuine. wholesome pleasure
than she. and it is gratifying TO per
ceive that her brain has not lost us
cunning.
In Joan" she gives us a pure, fresh
tale, which contains enough plot 70 De
interesting. enough spirited action to
BIO thrilling. and enough of the ro-
nance of love to appeal TO the best
sentiments and sympathies of the
human heart. To begin 1t is to READ
it, and to read it is to be glad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Harvard Undergraduate Essays

A volume of selections from "The
Harvard Advocate" in the fiftieth year
since its foundation, has been pub
lshed by "The Advocate" and it is
now on sale at the Scribner Bookstore.
"The Advocate" is an undergraduate
bi-monthly publication which has had
many distinguished literary men upon
its staff. The present volume includes
undergraduate contributions OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Arthur 5. Pier, Arthur
Train. Percy Mackaye, Herman Hage-
dorm. Edward b. Sheldon. Holworthy
Hall. Richard Washburn Child, John
Hall Wheelock, Van Wyck Brooks,
Jerome d. Greene, Leonard Wood, jr..
etc. Collections Of contributions have
been made on several earlier occasions
at intervals of ten years, beginning
with 1876; but this is the first which
has included prose as well as verse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Extravaganza

GUIIIBLE'S TRAVELS. ETC BY Ring ". Lard
ncr illustrated by MAY Wilson Preston. LIMO
Do 2J6 The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
"You know me, AL" said Mr.. Lardner
in a former work We do. We know
Mr.. Lardner, and that is all that needs
to be said about this book. 1t is his.
1t is in his most Characteristic style;
wildly extravagant. yet with a racy
humor which more than half reconciles
us to its impossibilties. The slang
and persihage are true 10 life, and
there are genial kindness, perva-
sive shrewdness and clean and whole
some air which are refreshing and at
tractiyc. A sample of hotel seeking in
Florida:
"You can't get in there" he says.
They're full for the season."
That's n long spree" ! says.
eve want room with a bath
says she.
"Thatd be more" says he.
"That'd be fifteen dollars or SIX
teen dollars and up
What do we want Of bath"
says, with the whole Atlantic
Ocean in the front yard? ?"
Not "high brow" literature. of course
but excellent fooling. which will take
none OF the JOY out of life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
PhiIosophic Ventures

THE AMATEUR PHILOSOPHER BY cal "
Grabo. syo. pp ~ ~. '"~'s 0''''''''
Sons
Since every thoughtful person on
awaking to the criticism Of life has to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
An Idyl of the Mines

JOAN. A Romance O. ~ English Mining Village
b. Amelia =. Bar. rIth front!spiece by
S.ocS.on AluiOrd. lemo ~ 3e5. ID. Appleton
4 Go.
Writers may come and writers may
20, but Mrs. Barr goes on forever. At
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
.u*nam's Mich.
! New Publications 9Th
Life and Times OF
David Humphreys
"Relov'd of Washington"
SoIdier-Statesman-Poet.
1752-1818.
By Frank Landon Hum
phreys
s.. 2 vols. 80 illus. $3.50.

s.. 2 vols. 80 illus. $3.50.
The life of David Humphreys
was so intimately connected with
that of the father of the Republic
that it is well-nigh impossible to
write of one without writing OF
the other. The singular neglect
of historians to give Humphreys
his proper place in the annals OF
American history is at last RENE
died by the publication of this
sympathetic biography that sheds
a new light not only upon the
personality of Humphreys but
upon his relations to his time:
To the stern patriotism of this
great leader we owe the sup
preston of the Barbary Pirates,
10 whom even England and
France had been paying tribute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10

"Doubloons and the Girl" by John
Maxwell Forbes, and "The Mission OF
Janice Day." by Helen Beecher Long,
are on the Sully e. Kleinteich March
list.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Business Compe-
tition and The Law
Ry Gilbert n. Montague

II. Sl.IJ net.
An account of the pitfalls of
merchandising plans and cam
paigns. and the dangers Of ag-
eressivc craftsmanship and trade
association work.
Mr.. Montague has been in al
most constant consultation with
the Federal Trade Commission of
late. particularly as counsel, with
Judge Payne Of Chicago, for the
news print manufacturers. lie
also appeared before the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee,
at that body's request, to explain
the workings of the proposed bill
to relieve export trade from the
Sherman Act.
No one could be better fitted to
write on the present subject.
All Booksellers-AH Prices Mel
Add So for Postage
@. p. PUTkAM's SONS
New York London
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
MONEY OO[SN. 7 Il. ..
GROW ON TREES, .
. SAYS KOS|1zKy
II a':rf - -
5,'-s... III p..... &&t
State Auditor Holds up Attorney
Generals Bill for Public
Utilities Survey.
NORTH DAKOTA NOW OWES
$350,000 TO CREDITORS

Some of our state departments
seem to have gained the impression
that money grows on trees in this
state" said State Auditor kositzky
this morning as he pigeon-holed a bill
from high-priced firm of Chicago en-
gincers calling for part payment on
a public utilities survey. The bill was
for $2,4OO; 1t represented just half of
the contract price, and the attorney
general had asked that it be paid out
Of his huge legal expense fund. State
Auditor Kosi:zky fails to see where
this item can be listed as legal ex-
pense in the attorney generals office.
IF any state department has a right
to contract for such survey" said
the auditor, Il should think it would
be the tax commission. The state
auditing board has had the matter up
once and has held the bill over. When
it comes up again, think l will op.
pose its payment
There have accumulated in the
state auditors office bills approved by
the state auditing board calling for
$3.50, 900, and there are no funds with
which to pay them. The state auditor
has been very diligent in collecting
delinquent taxes and in increasing the
states revenues wherever possible,
but at this moment the income Is
about a third of a million behind the
outgo, and The state auditor has put &
substantial foot down very flatly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
ROADS APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT

Washington, Nov. 19.-Formal an.
nouncement was made today that the
railroads of the United States had de
cided If any crisis should arise to
place their interests in the hands of
President Wilson for their protection
and such disposition as ne may deem
necessary to prevent interruption of
the transportation during the war.
The four brotherhoods who have made
increased demands have agreed to
mediation Of the disputes but have
refused to submission of the questions
to a board of arbitration.
Today's announcement by the rail
road war board is regarded by officials
as eliminating the possibility of q
strike by giving the president a free
Land so far as the railroads are con
cerned. when he meets the brother
hood leaders in conference here next
, Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
PERSONAL NOTES

Miss Gladys Severson OF Seventh
street whose illness has been noted
has entered the Bismarck hospital for
treatment.
Mrs. Benjamin Tillotson and child
who have been visiting the formers
parents in Fargo, are expected to re
turn this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. l.. Vespermar
of Avenue l., and William Engle OF
this city, have returned from Huron
S. d., where they attended The fun
eral of William J. Hart. Mr.. Hart was
a. brother Of Mrs Vesperman and :
brother-in-law of Mr.. Engle.
Miss Carlton has arrived in thu
city from Spokane. Wash, and tOda,
assumed her duties in the travelin,
department of the state library com
mission. Miss Carlton succeeds Mis-
Florence. McPhec.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
COLONEL WEIGHS 103 POUNDS
offieer Called From Retirement !
%, Probably Smallest Officer In
.-'I. the Army.

St. Louis.-Col. Cunliffe H. Murray
who recently was recalled from retire
men, has become commandant at JEFF
ferson barracks. He is probably the
smallest officer, physically, in the
army. being 5 feet ~ inches tall and
weighing i03 pounds.
He was graduated from West Point
in 1877 and served IN the cavalry. In
1909 he was made colonel. He reached
the age limit of sixty-four in August
1916. and retired. but upon the entry
Of the United States into the war Of.
fcred himself for any service.
Colonel Murray was appointed to
West Point from New York city and
when not with a command at some
other place has made that his home.
The minimum height for the army Is
now 5 feet 4 inches.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-19
WARTIME SIMPLICITY IS SHOWN
IN ATTRACTIVE EVENING cow
ev BETTY BROWN,

New Y0rk-M0st Of the seasons
costumes depend upon beauty Of ma
terial and correctness of line rather
than on ornamentation for their at
Effectiveness.
This wartime evening gown Is a
simple frock of white satin finely shir-
red into very full skirt, with a soft
and graceful fold arranged at each
side. ..,.,g,.. ,..- ,.... 3. 49,.
The bodice is a very wide band OF
crystal embraidery over which are
draped three folds of the satin. each
caught st. the front under tiny Jew
eled buckle. The shoulder straps and
the scraps of sleeves are mere wisps
of the tulle with small crisp ruffles!
and the curve of the shoulder left un
covered. 49, , - AZ, +
The hem of this gown is worthy of
special note for it is merely, a cord
The skirt shows the accepted length
six inches from the floor. $",sS