The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

COOKING recipes. The entire book
has undergone revision 20 add the
results Of recent experiments. II ts
now in use in every part Of the
United States. a. hrst aid TO food
conservation. and the new edition
will be eagerly welcomed a. adding
much to the variety of food possible
during the coming winter.
Sir william r. Barretfs View Book.
Sir william y. Barrett's -on the
Threshold Of the Unseen" . careful
scientific examfnation OF the phe-
nomena OF spirituelism and OF the
evidence for survtgal after death
recently published by 4. p. putton a
Co. is already in its fourth edition.
Sir William. who IL q famous author
ity upon the science OF physics. be-
lieves that the evidence 10 In favor
Of the truth Of psychical phenoneua
and OF the survival Of personality.
He has been investigating the sub
ject for forty years and he says that
when 'the rapidly accommodating
weight of evidence on behalf OF phe-
nomena, hitherto unreeognized by
Official science. Is critically and fair
ly examined the general acceptance
OF these phencmena by science can
be only q question Of time"
where the Doctor stsrves.
Lovely st. John. Of the Virgin Is
lands De Booy and Faris' 'sThe Vir-
gin Islands,. Lippincott Company, is
unable to support Q single doctor. IL
possesses q bracing climate (blankets
needed at night. scenery Of the most
exquisite kind. great possibilities Of
an agricultural and commercial vari-
ETY., the finest hsrbor In the Lesser
Antilles. fishing grounds without a
rival anywhere, and almost no pests.
Only the doctor could possibly suffer
there. unless he chose to occupy him
self with some other pursuit. Yet so
little Is this island of our new posses
sions known, that De Booy calls IL
THE Cinderella Of the Virgin Islands"
Private Pest Praises @OutwittIng the
Hum
Lieut. Pat O'Brien. author of "out-
whiting the Hun" received recently a
letter from Private Peat, in which
he says: May I offer my most sin
cere congratulations upon producing
the most interesting book of expert
ences which have read as yet Of the
war-I have read all which are out,
believe. Not only is 1t a matter of
wonderment that you kept your reason
and morale during such trials, but
your book Is written in so frank and
unassuming n way that IL is a double
pleasure to read it." "Outwitting the
Hun" which is published by the Har-
pers, has been listed among the best
sellers all over the country.
Margaret DeIand I'm Paris.
Margaret Deland. author Of Around
Old Chester" The Rising Tide" and
other novels. has contributed an
article to the July issue of "Harper's
Magazine" giving her wartime re-
Elections in Paris. In a letter to
Harper & Brothers, her publishers,
she writes: over in America we
thought We knew something about the
war and the conditions in France, but
when You get here, the difference In
as the difference between studying the
laws OF electricity and being struck
by lightning. / have been struck by
lightning. The only way in which
can keep sane and steady is to look
very. very closely at my own inn
mediate little trivial. foolish >job-
writing or working in the canteen.
for If / dare to lift my eyes to the
black horizons. lose my balance"
Making Men. Net Machines.
''one Of the chief objects of the
physical drill Is to instiIl into the
men a bouyant enthusiasm. The
physical drill Affords an opportunity
for the instructor to lift his men out
OF themselves and make them not
only stronger and more alert as indi-
viduals. but happier. healthier. more
enthusiastic as group, be it OF
citizens or soldiers. Physical drill,
properly used Is an essential element
in the making Of good soldiers and
better citizens. And it should be
gwen by men of character, ability,
mentality and discernment, men who
can be held UP as an example OF
everything that a man should be-"
SSapt Wilbur. L. s. A. in The
koehler Method Of Physical Drill
Lippincott Company -
How Col. Heuse Became Interested
In Gov. woodrow Wilson.
There have been all sorts of stories
purporting to tell how Col House be-
came interested in Wilson. The plain.
unvarnished fact is that Col. House
was attracted. first, by the far-sight-
ed policies Wilson put forward at
Princeton. and later. by the legisla-
tion. which, as governor, he sponsored
in New Jersey. To begin with, Col.
Houses interest was the casual inter-
est OF any man who reads of good
work well done. Evidently, he told
himself. this Woodrow Wilson was a
person of ideals. But as House read
more and more about New JERSEYS
new governor and examined closely
the laws her legislature was passing,
he was amazed and delighted to dis
cover that here was a man who was
doing things after his own heart,
whose ideas were Of a piece with the
ideas that he himself had been cher
ishing. Here was an eastern Demo-
crat Of forceful personality and lib
eral views. independent and fearless.
The fact that Wilson had had no
previous political career House count
ed as an advantage, for it narrowed
by just so much the grounds for at
tacking him. 1t meant that the at
tacks upon him would have to be
based upon his radical doctrines, and
Col. House was inclined to welcome
such Republican tactics.
From THE Real Colonel House."
by Arthur d. Howden Smith. George
II. Doran Company.
Maids, wives and Widows.
Mrs. Rose Falls Bres, whose book
on the status of women in the law
and the laws Of the several States
regarding women called Maids,
Wives and widows" has just been
published by E. p. Dutton & Co., in
the course of a long interview in
the New York EYening Sun insisted