The Washington herald., 1918-09-01

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was physician. soldier, and poe
colonel with the Canadian forces.
] In Flanders Fields.
In Flanders fields. the poppies blow
Between the crosses. row on row.
| That mark our place; and In the sky
The larks. still bravely singing. fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived. felt dawn. saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved; and now we lie
In Flanders fields
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
/ To you, from failing hands, we throw
/ The torch. Be yours to lift II hight
| II ye break faith with US who die
We shall not sleep. though poppies
/ blow
In Flanders fields
Clubs for Girls.
| We must account social organization
| TO be one Of the most conspicuous and
most significant features of the time
among the members Of the female
sex. Mems clubs Of various kinds,
and boys clubs. are old as human
society itself. But those Of US not
| yet superannuated can vividly remem-
Der the skepticism and scorn with
which some early organizations Of
women were regarded. OF course.
they were useless; that went without
saying. There was no conceivable
reason under heaven why women and
girls should form themselves into any
thing more. at any rate. than Ladies'
4 AA ~ ~
course, they were bound to be mis-
chIevous and to fail, since they could
be nothing else than centers Of gos-
sip and scandal. and women were 50
catfish" that they never could agree,
but would break up in q general orgy
Of hair pulling. etc.
Which, as Euclid says. Is absurd.
| How absurd 1t is. or was. let this
| goodly volume testify. Here IL an
+! encyclopedia handbook of girls clubs.
! their organization and man agement-
| social clubs, amusement clubs, indus
trial clubs. athletic clubs, benevolent
clubs, educational clubs, clubs of all
good kinds and for all good purposes.
Of which the name Is legion. 1t Is
reminder of what has been done, Is
being done, and will continue, with
the aid of SO adequate a guide book,
to be done. We cannot imagine a
worth while" club os any kind for
| which ample prescription and instruc-
tion Is not here given by an expert;
with photography. directory. model
constitutions and what not else. II
Is a work calculated to be of inesti-
mable interest and practical profit to
all real. live. red-blooded girls. while
perhaps II might prove the salvation
| Of those Of the other kind; and Il will
| te OF scarcely less value TO their
elders who are concerned in their ply
sicai, mental, moral and social well
fare.
Girls Clubs. BY Helen J. Ferris.
Illustrated. l2mo, PIP xiii, 3s3. E. p.
| Dutton & Co.
The Fabrics OF Dreams.
In this comprehensive volume,
| Mrs. Craig. the talented 'occultist.
| brings together from widely scat
| tered sources. many Of them in
! accessible to the ordinary reader,
| the facts and the theories about
dreams from the earliest dawn of
human history to the latest psyche
analytical discoveries of Freud and
Jung.
In addition she describes the best
| authenticated instances of dream
fulfillment. deals with the different
| old and new systems of dream in
depreciation and dream symbolism.
| and gives q very full and valuable
| reference list OF dream symbols.
She also describes fully the methods
and the narcotics used in various
| ages to produce dreams.
A unique feature of the volume
is a complete set of the geomantic
tales, with directions for interpret
ing dreams by the ancient art of
| geomancy.
The Fabric Of Dreams by Kath-
arine Taylor Craig, published by
E. P. Dutton. price $3.50.
Pinero Plays.
The second volume Of the library
| edition of the Social Plays" of Ar
thur Pinero. edited by Clayton Ham
ilton, is announced Tor issue during
the fall by E. P. Dutton & Co. The
| first volume. which the buttons pub
lished last winter. contained THE
| Second Mrs. Tanqueray" and THE
Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith." The Sec
| ond volume will have, as did the first,
| a general introduction and a critical
preface for each play by Mr.. Hamil-
| ton.
| Soldiers Spoken French.
Helene Cross little handbook for
| soldiers who want to provide them
selves with some practical knowledge
| OF the French language, Soldiers
Spoken French" which E. P. Dutton
| & Co. published in the United States
last summer, has been revised, I'M
proved and enlarged and is now ready
for issue In its new form by the Dut-
tons. 1t is still small enough to slip
into the pocket of the soldiers tunic,
i, and as 1t Is bound in waterproof, he
can have 1t always handy as an in-
structor In French at odd moments or
as a help in conversation in a moment
or need. 1t is now in its tenth large
printing. Many people have bought
the book In quantities to use As pres
ents for departing soldiers. Before its
publication in this country it had won
the favor OF the soldiers of New Zes-
land. Australia and England. where II
had had large sales and the warmest
| commentator.
| The Golden Bird.
Maria Thompson Daviess calls her.
self an exile, for since the sixty
mllnon-dollar government powder
plant came and sat down on the cor
ner or sweetbriar Farm, her Tennes-
see nome, she has lived in an apart
ment on Gramercy Park. New York,
with only a couple Of window boxes
to do farming in. "I had to flee"
she says; ''I couldn't risk seeing nv
lilacs and asparagus bed blown into
the air." When the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation was bargaining
Tor the film rights to her new ro-
nance. "The Golden Bird" Marquee
rite Clarke. who was to star in IL.
was uncertain about approving the