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Arizona, the Wonderland

The Page Company Of Boston, Is
doing n public scrvice by issuing sue
ccssion Of volumes in what they call n
''Sce America First SerGs" The pur-
pose is 20 draw the attention of Amer
leans to the attractions of their own
country. The latest volume to come
from the press is Arizona, the Wonder
land by George Whartok James who
has written much about The West and
may be regarded as a specialist on that
part Of the United states, lie tells the
history Of Arizona, describes the In
dians and writes Of the forests. the birds
and tho fora OF the state In addition,
he discusses the social life and the lit
craturc, a. we'll rs many other things.
The book Is Intended Tor the general
public and Is therefore written in II
popular style,
ARIZONA. THE wONpERLASD. ny George
Wharton James. with a map aud sixty
plates. twelve Of which are In color
loston The Page Company. $3.50.
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enlargement OF his irresponsible artist
life In Paris persists In winding its
meshes about his life lie has one dear
and pure idcal--love for his daughter.
She dies and simultaneously he discov-
ers the existence OF another daughter
born TO n midlnette.
The crash Of the world war sober 9
him his personal loss starts Il spiritual
izing process. His sighted wife re-
mains steadfast They take up their
disorganizcd life again under the slim
ulus OF the war, he az an aviator, she
as nurse. What begins as a domestic
modus vivendi develops through his
newly acquired sense OF ethics into life
and love for both In regaining his
own self-rcspcct he wins the respect of
his wife The telling Of this story
has much Of the nervous action aud
ieniHc style Characteristic OF Mr.. Nor
rIs' He puts into II more substance
and spirituality than has been his wont.
HlS DAUGHTER By Gouvcrncur Morri.
EeH- York: charles Scribners sons,
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War and the Church

When the historian OF this epoch
seeks to discover the attitude of the
Christian church In America toward the
war In Europe he will find valuable and
important Information In a little volume
Of sermons by the Rev DR., Ernest NJ.
Stires. rector Of st. Thomas's Episcopal
Church. IN New York. The sermons
cover the period OF hesitation before
entering the war. the time Of momentous
decision. and end with the time when
the President said the world must be
made safe for democracy. They are
significant for the reason that they were
preached in the richest and most fash
ionable Episcopal church in the whole
nation. Consequently they may be said
to represent the point of view of
powerful American group, AS literary
productions they do not rank high.
Doctor Stires Is not a great rhetorician
nor n profound thinker He talks
straight ahead and says the obvious
thing. Herein lies tho historical value
of his volume of war sermons II is
not the uttcrance Of voice crying in the
wilderness. but the expression of the
thought which was In the minds Of the
ma iority at the time.
THE HIGH CALL. ny Ernest NJ Stires
rector Of st. Thomas's Church, New York
New York: r. r. Dutton & co. $3.50.
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Real Russia

There are poets poets. distinguished
from popular poets, and there are novel;
lists novelists, distinguished from writer's
OF best sellers, OF the novelIsts' novel;
lists. one Of those who in recent years
has attracted much attention is the
Russian Anton Tchekoff His name Is
sometimes spelled Chekhov and Tchek-
hof But however it is spelled. the pro.
nunciation is always the same He has
been known in English for less than ten
years. When Arnold Bennett ran across
the first volume Of his stories In English
--Tchekof is usually called n writer of
short stories, for his novels are only
short stories expanded thought he
had discovered the greatest modern mas
ter OF realism. Bennett was interested
In him as In fellow craftsman He
took the stories apart and marveled
at their construction. But his knowl-
edge of the taste of the English-spealSing
peoples was great enough to lead him
TO say that the average magazine editor
would have sent a Tchekhoff manuscript
back with the remark that it showed
promise but that II did not hit the
reader between the eyes. and Bennett
admits that the average reader, IL he
had said anything, would have rendered
the same verdict II must be admitted.
now tnat II mas been possible for several
years to read this Russian In English.
that Bennett's verdict is IN accord with
tho facts.
Tchekhoff Is a literary artist of great
skill. He produces a picture Of Russia
and the Russian mind which one is
persuaded is true TO life. AS the Rus
sian is melancholy and has "A pessimstic
outlook, tho stories are melancholy and
pesslmistic. The characters seem 10 be
suffering from neurasthenla, Yet the
man who wishes TO know what realism
can do should read him, and the man
who wishes TO understand middle-class
Russia ought not TO neglect him, THE
House With tho Mezzanine and Other
Stories" will do very well to begin with
1t is the latest collection to appear In
the United States More than one-half
Of the volume Is taken up with a short
novel, called my Life" which Is the
story of a young nobleman who aban-
doned his social class and earned his
living as workngman. II is a tale
of social revolt leading nowhere. typical
of much that was Russia III the days
before the Revolution and unfortunately
likely to be typical Of Russia for some
years to come.
THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZzANIHE and
lated from the Russian by S. s KotoIian-
sky and Gilbert Cannan New York:
Charles SCribner's Sons. 81 49,
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GERMAN PATRIOTISM IS
LOVE. OF COUNTRY RUN MAD
A Hindu of India and Jew of New York Pro-
test Against the Inverted Loyalty of
Chauvnism-Th League Of Nations

"T SUPPOSE" remarked Doctor Me-
Fabrc. that when this war is
over the world will be nearer that Ted
Grafton OF man OF which Tennyson
sang than at any previous time in its
history: that is, IL the Germans are
defeated"
We had been exchanging ideas on
the nature OF the German Chauvinistlc
madness and every cone in the little
group around my library hearth was
agreed that, IL wha; the Prussians
called patriotism were the only brand,
they wanted none Of 1t.
"Intcrnationalism appeals to me-"
Doctor McFabre went on. 81 do not
believe In the selhshness OF nations
any more than l believe in the SELFISH
ness OF individuals
do you think that altruism as a
national motive is likely to control in
ternational relations Lofore It controls
the relations of individuals? l asked.
II hope the two will synchronize, ,"
the clergyman replied with quizzical
smile.
But not right away" said Owen,
rejecting the somewhat cynical point
of view of the man. dealing with facts
rather than theories.
There Is no knowing how soon it
will come about" Doctor McFabre
came back, reluctant 10 give up his
pet theory. III you believe that what
YOU know is right will soon he gen.
orally accepted, you hasten the time of
It's acceptance"
IL hope you will not take 1t amiss'
doctor, but IL patriotism is the last
refuge of scoundrel," said /, then IN
ternationalsm is the first hiding place
Of the man who has no loyalty. AS a
matter Of fact, there are many con-
scientious and thoughtful men who
do not believe that the theories OF the
extreme internationalists are either
right or possible of application"
"Why?"
az SUPPOSE the real reason Is that the
family instinct has survived all the
changes in social organization and has
grown stronger with the years" | said
"The family was the first nation ana
each fanny was at war with every
other family. The nations grew out OF
a combination of families, but the old
family loyalty remained. a new
loyalty grew up toward the nation
which protected the families. There
were historically innumerable modifi-
cations and variations in national de-
velopment and in the organization OF
social institutions, but they were all
roughly the product Of a comoinatior
of families for mutual protection"
"Then why is it not combinatior
of nations for their mutual protec
ton possible?" DR.. McFabre wanted
to know.
1T is not only possible. but prob
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able" said ]. "But such a comhina.
ton will no more destroy national
loyalty than the organization of the
state has destroyed family loyalty.
SO extreme an irteruationalist as
Rabindranath Tagore does no, look
for that. In his lecture on National
ism in the West included in his book
on 'Nationalism' which ! have lust
been reading, he says that Neither
the colorless vagueness OF cosmopol.
itanism nor the fierce sclf-l 'olatr, Of
nation.worship is the goal Of human
history He Is saner in this than
had supposed from the comments
which 7 heard when he delivered the
lecture In this coontry The vaCucncss
of cosmop9litanism' is good phrase.
Tagore protests against nationalism
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ADAM AND EVE
A LA THE MIKADO
The Interesting japanese e
Story of How the World
and Man Began

Every early race has q story Of the
creation colored by tho Imagination Of
those who have put Il into permanent
form The Japanese story Is one OF the
most poetic OF the whole collection. We
are tod by their sages that before the
beginning " time all was gloomy chaos,
Out OF the emptiness n cloud arose. and
out OF the cloud a bud expanded and
shot into the air like an iris stalk and
on the stalk there was blossom which
became the sun Vt the same time a
nigAt-blooming flower sprang from the
cloud aud shOf It's stalk downward aud
became the moon. \ score oc gods and
goddcsscs spraug from these blossoms
the last Of whom wero Izanag!, the god
pf the air, and Izauami, the goddess OF
the clouds. f2anag said to laauami
that there must be Kingdom below and
he plunged his jewrltd spear into the
cnldron or the sea and stirred II about
When he lifted 1t up drops Of LIQUID fell
from its point which cougpalcd INTO an
island. The two descended by a floating
bridge TO the island and Izanag, turned
to the right and skirtcd the base of this
pillar of earth and lzanami turned 10
the left, when they met the goddess
OF the clouds addressed the goa or thc
air saying
who art thou, fair and lovely
youth2"
The god of the air was angry and re-
tortcd
Il. that am n man. should have been
me nrSt To speak, whereas, thou a wo-
man dd9t address mo. This is III
omened That our wedding may he aus
picious let us begin anew"
Then they skirtcd the base of the
pillar OF earth again in opposite dlrcc-
| lions and when they met the god OF the
air exclaimed
Who art thou, fair and lovely
maldcn2'
And the goddess Of the clouds re-
"llow delightful, have met With a
far and lovely YOUTH
Thrreupon they were married aud
/ their offspring pcoplcu the earth
TINS, briefly, is the story AZ Elizabeth
Wells Champuey tells It ia her most en-
tertaining and instructive volume "Ro-
nance Of old Japan" The book is a
collection Of the NEUROLOGICAL tales OF
the early japanese and of the stories
which have developed ns the nation has
emerged from its chiIdnood into contac,
with the western civilization. Th,
volume Is entertaining on It's own ac.
count and II VIII disclose to those look,
Ing for It the spirit of an Oriental rae,
and the ideas which are wrought into
| It's civilization II Is beautifully Il.
! lustratcd in colors from drawings b,
/ frcrc Champney and from rcproduc.
tion9 OF prints by famous japanese ar.
| lists
| ROMANCE OF OLD JAPAN. Ev Eliyabctt
| W. champnry and Frere Champrcy. witt
| Ph Illustrations New York: q. T. Put.
| mans Sons $3.50.
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CIRCUS LIFE SOUND
TRAINING FOR ACTOR
Comedian Watson Calls Small
Town Parade Best Cure for
1 Self-Consciousness

Harry watson, Jr., IN odds and
Ends" the Lyrics bill next week. viii
no remembered by many Philadelphia
playgoers as prominent actor and later
as leading comedian with the "Follies."
Few are aware however, that Mr..
watson's early professional days were
spent as one Of the leading lights of a
ANAL travelling circus. The vicissitudcs
A. circus life are legion and. the comedian
recently consented To- rem!nisce.
"After the evening show says Mr..
watson, "wc used TO strike the tent,
mack up the fittings and props, harness
The horses. get started about In the
morning, getting to the next place about
a. m. OF course. II was too late to go
IN bed then, so we got up and had
breakfast, pitched the tent, banked up
,be ring. got ready for the grand parade
at IL, dinner at /, afternoon show at
a tea at 6. evening show at 8 and then,
after a cleanup and a bit of supper
about IL o'clock at night you <ot >'e
rest ofgthe day TO yourself--tD Dless, of
course, "Mr watson hurried added,
at was one-night stand, when we
started off to the next town with the
same routine all over again"
In those days the theatrical profession
vas infinitely less well organized than
at present, and It thus often happened
that the wealthiest member of the com
pany was the man who could most
quickly detect coins which had been
dropped in the sawdust at the pay
booths by patrons overnight.
"As for being funny" he says, street
parades quickly rid one of that self
Consciousness which Is often perform
er's prime handicap. Moreover, the man
who can get laughs in clowns dress on
a cold, windy day in draughty circus
tent with meager audience need have
no fear of facing the most relentless
or Sophisticated of critics"
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Ten Years of Bettina

Those parents who have kept a rec.
ord of the interesting remarks of their
little children and those who wished
they had will both find the story of
Bettina Brown fascinating. Bettina's $
father wrote down what his little girl
said and did from her earliest days
He has made n connected narrative
out of his data, bringing the biography
of the child down to her tenth year
She wrote verse and prose and she
offered prayers constructed on an orig
inal plan, Specimens Of ali these forms
Of literary composition are included in
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that era which the Christian theolo.
gians call the millennium. We all
hope for its dawn, but In the mean.
time we must live in the world as II
is and make the best Of it,
Aren't you pessimistic?" DIR. Nc.
Fahre asked
"Not at ALL" I denied. 1T Is not
pessimlsm 20 recognize .acts as they
are. And it is evidence Of confused
thinking to assume that there is not
wide gulf fixed between the inte.
lectual amusemcnts of the idealist un.
hampered with the necessity Of ap.
plying his theories, and the work Of
the man Of affairs. either commercial
or political who has TO deal with
the material at his hand. Sir Charles
Waldstciu, who has written OF Pa.
triotism, National and International
Is a much more practical man than
TaLore. Sir Charles is an American
jew. Born IN New York In 1886, cdu.
Gated at Columbia, Heidelberg and
Leipzig, married to- the widow OF
Theodore Seligman, and now fellow
and lecturer IN Cambridge University.
He was made knight by King
George in 1912 His book is a de.
mand that the social standards OF gen.
tlemen should guide the nations In
their international relations. Patciut.
ism, according to him. Is a worthy
motive. as distinguished from the un.
worth'ncss of Chauvinsm, which Is
love of country transformed into ha
tired Of other countries. He protests
AGAINST the tendency to make the
prosperity Of the State the sole OBJ
ject of its citizens to the destruction
OF sense Of human brotherhood
and he insists that the true patriotism
| is that which is broad minded enough
to include recognition Of the rights
Of people of other nations"
Il would hc tho last to dispute such
a proposition" said Doctor McFabre.
And SO would l." said Owen. "Or
at any rate, if Doctor McFabre wants
to be the last | would be the next to
| the last"
We all seem TO be agreed on that
| | admitted While we are on this
subject YOU may be Interested "a
know that the story or the origin OF
the movement for the organization OF
a League of Nations has been told
by Theodore Marburg, one OF it's prime
movers. 1t started with "A League &c
Enforce Peace, which was organized
in Independence Hall here In Philadel.
phia in June, 1915, the outcome OF dis
cussions extending over several years
The League of Nations idea has beer
Hospitality received in England anc
when peace comes 1t is morally Ger
tain that an attempt will be made tc
organize such league for the purpos,
of introducing among nations thu
principles of conciliation which pre-,
vail among gentlemen. II is likely
ultimately to result in the formation o
some kind of an international agree.
ment intended to make It difficult tc
break the peace of the world. Tha
will be a step in the right direction"
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
NATIONAL1SM. BY Rabindranath Tagore
New York; The Macmillan Company
sl.25.
PATRIOTISM; National and International
!, An Essay. by sir Charles Waldsteln
i.DrETnAns tlrPpn X
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. A Chapter In tn
| History of the Movement. Bv Theodor
Marburg NJ. A. LII D., formerly Unite'
states Minister to Belgium. New York
| Thn Macmillan CnmnhnN. hnc.
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Long Season for Shubert Houses

Present indications are that the Chest
nut Street Opera House, the Lyric and
Adelphi Theatros will keep open until
late In the summer, as there are some
playhouses. Among the productions
listed are: Lord and Lady Algy," with
star cast; Fancy Free" with Clifton
Crawford and Marilynn Miller; "Oh,
to Jane" Lieutenant Teddy" May
time" "Old Lady 81" "Thn Eyes Of
Youth" THE Very Idea" and why
Marry?"
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CURRENT MAGAZINES

n, ThoThton Oakley is competing with. Joseph
irunn'ii i,,rn, t3r POPULAR favor by painting pic
Elptar IN the March Century reproduced
IN two colors. Other art features OF the
inaa OF acrncs In France by Louis orr
Win ~ due rcspec, TO Pcnncii and Oakley
" must ne said that the French scenes
lures than the shipyard aud iuachine.shop
now rerT6dgcrr WmiSc e shn ethsr tW9 men are Just
turn ~ the soldier . is completed. and there s
,Hmgasn by O. Ward PricS." ." 5nothSr 'no rSr'Sr an
world Justice, for France by Herbert Adams
Milivoy stanoyeylch.
W. J. .Lccte's serial. "rho Rough Road"
has reached the point, in the February GOOD
Housekeeping, where the hero ls getting on
|rmsr whnsn i'9sry fstSsr wa a,1 xGunY Ercnch
Killed by the Germans. The young woman
rrpa%s aSsgrn"s M%r "spsrgncH Hnd SAYS ,hGt th
she were God she would eNtermnate the
w,ni" w,0, ,CutrsGd r rae" & iitc wolves: Those who
would better read this story.
the Inconsistencies Of the English marriage
customs In her serial, Camilla " running
m ent h' cxRpg RipGoa smm1 se FSsTaTTy install
American social customs where divorce and
while. '0'' " ''''0.'H o'''''' ''''N "o''"
Political practices In tho Southwest are
described by Champ Clark Ia the install-rrnt
~ hlH r"miri sciences IN the FEBRUARY
HeHrtH's Msgazino. He tells how more than
four thousand ballots were takNn IN the
nominating convention in hts ConRrcssiouai
district without making Il nomination, and
that IN the adjourned convention tho dele.
gates ballotted four thousand times more he.
fore they were able To agree on n candidate
The three serials are continued and there
are nvc short stories.
Admirers Of Amy Iowclrs yer-. oueh, IN
buy the latest number OF tho Dial for the
sake OF the pieces on 1.-THE Two Rains''
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which she contributes 20 II. one 10 q ~
rain Of spring and the other on the ro8 &|
summer. Each nls four llnes. and we UC
30 much beauty compressed into 90 ANAL d
space, Those who are not imasists will ~
something different. 't
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Douglas Fairbanks in
Man From Painted Post
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Theda Bara m
The Rose OF Blood
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SATURDAY

Norma Talmadge in
Ghosts Of Yesterday
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Alice Brady
Her Silent Sacrifice
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Marguerite Clark
The Matinee idol
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William Farnum
Les Miserables
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NATIoNALrSM. BY Rabindranath Tagore.
New York. The Macmillan Company.
sl25
PATRIOTISM: National and International.
An Essay. BY sir Charles Waldsteln.
New York longmans Green & Co. 81.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS. A Chapter In the
History OF the Movement By Theodore
Marburg. NJ A. Ii. p, formerly United
states Minister to BelEium, New York:
The Macmillan Company. SOC.
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Clara Kimball Young
IN Shirley Kaye
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-07-30

Il has been the opinion Of the military
Oxports that tina allied armies, 4outnum-s
bered a. the result Of Russian ,coUardice
would attempt no GENERAL e 1enl6ve b.
fore next spring. The droary period Of
waiting for positive ACTION m, seemed
intermdltable. It has been q severe strain
on the morale Of the nation& ss
1 TO 80 the enemy advancing time af.
ter time, steadily gaining moro territory,
seizing great areas and valuable points
Of defense, with nothing apparently do
ing to drive him out, has taken al our
faith and courage.
The smashing sttack. delivered By the
French and Americans the paSt week
with splendid results, leads IN IN 10 hope
the new phase Of the war may have Be-
gun. There are times when III offensive
seems safer than . defensive. In . SIN
gle operation the defensive may seem to
save men and avoid risks, yet vantage
points 50 vital may be lost as to risk
eliminating defeat. This had not seemed
quite the case in this campaign, as the
German attacks have grown steadily
weaker. But the longer time the Ger
mans have to create strong defences in
new territory, the longer it will take to
drive them out
The Supreme War Council must be
greatly treasured by the fighting ability
the American troops have shown. It has
far exceeded what was expected in Eur
ope. With great reinforcement al
rady in the trenches, and millions more
coming, why wait until next spring be-
fore striking some real blows?
A campaign of iraction from now un-
til next April will be a severe demand on
the endurance Of the allied peoples. We
can stand it if necessary. But waiting
game is not always the safest. 1t gives
the Germans too much chance to organ
ize the resources they now control in
Russia.