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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

A large number of so-called bolshe-
visits are no doubt recruits from the
large number of persons who do not
investigate and are willing to join any
thing once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

1t is stated that any sudden noise
startles the ex-kaiser. It is a trifie
late in the proceedings for him to de-
velop she'll shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

With the I'd and the 14th included,
February must be regarded as having
to take care of two of the most un-
reliable holidays in the calendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Secretary Glass is not as calm and
receptive as Secretary Burleson when
suggestions arise as to the further ex-
pansion of the duties of his depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Only another Abraham Lincoln could
compose a tribute of sincere and sim
pie beauty worthy of Abraham Lin
coin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
When a Man Bluffs,

"Bliggins complains he is constant
ly being misunderstood"
'fHe isn't. He tries to assume fine
qualities that he doesn't possess.
His troubles arise from the fact that
he is too easily understood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

If Trotsky has any intelligent per-
ception of the tendency of the time,
he will drop all ambition to be ear
and star a campaign for president on
platform of genuine democracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
The Anarchist.


The anarchist
All vainly tries
For some new twist
In his disguise.
His native state,
1t has been said,
Breeds whiskers great
And noses red.
He may dress well
And get a shave,
And learn to spell
And to behave,
And manicure
His swarthy fist
And say, '1'm sure
A socialist"
With work clothes he
May try the trick,
Or claim to be
A "bolshevik";
But, left alone,
He'll soon disclose
The beard Wild blown
And rudy nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Investigation of Army injustiees dis
closes the fact that the mere assign
ment of authority does not necessarily
create an intelligent disciplinarian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Teutonic logic is expected to reach
the conclusion that any man who can
make the job pay $250,000 must be a
good president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Eggs may drop to point where the
ordinary breakfast will not start the
day with a reminder of the high cost
of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

The last sign of unemployment will
disappear when all the multitudinous
propagandists are restored to regular
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Everything comes to him who waits.
William Howard Taft is having his
own way about the league of nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
Standards.

"You find yourself compelled to
weigh your words just now"
eyes," replied Senator Sorghum.
"The time was when the size and
number of words seemed to be what
made the impression. Now the value
of talk goes by weight instead of
measure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

A greater Navy is not new idea.
American publicists have been dis
cussing it for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Many anarchists are willing to de-
pend on Germany for their ideas, but
not for their subsistence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

The "hymn of hate" has for the
present totally disappeared from the
Teutonie musical program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
February Sale Price, $149.5O
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At Special February
Sale Prices

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holstery, $500.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Russia is a riddle, but not of the
amusing variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
Robust.

Cupid is a healthy pet,
AS rugged as of old.
He wears no clothes whatever. Yet
He never catches cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Luxuries.

you're not going to kick about the
luxury taxi"
"Not word. They might put on an
extra tax for the luxury of kicking"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

"a man dat always looks like he's
good natured," said Uncle Eben, dis
generally one of de worlds greatest
actors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

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Dupont
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knnas veers sandre of
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Eyting Ghs . 6s for making and In the
collection of Chinese that
cordially
rugs gold extremely
grounds for the luxurious furnishings the modern home
the Choose spirit
a for service
Linoleums at Special February Sale Prices
of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
In the Matter of
Chinese Rugs
Of Which We Are Now Showing Most Interesting Collection
At Very Unusual Concessions in Price

Experts Chinese began rugs
of great antiquity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15

Mirrors at Special
February Sale Prices
Adam Design Mahogany Hang
ing Mirror. oval shape, $3.50.
Antique Brown NJ a h o gany
Hanging Mirror, oblong cres-
cent shape, $3.50.
Adam Design Solid Mahogany
Hanging Mirror, $3.50.
Bookcases at Special
February Sale Prices
Colonial Style Solid Mahogany
Bookcase. $500.
Chinese Chippendale Black En-
amel Bookcase. $500.
Adam Design Brown Mahog-
any-finished Bookcase, $3.50.
Queen Anne Brown Mahogany
Bookcase, large roomy drawer
at bottom, $3.50.
Adam Design Brown finished
Mahogany Bookcase, $1,000.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Fitting Phantasv

BILE SMOKE. by Karle Wilson Baker
Vale Cniversity Press, New Haven.
The title OF this short book of verse
IS rather aptly chosen, for most of the
authors poems might we'll suggest a
passing cloud OF smoke. tenuous and
graceful. devoid of enduring quality.
but pleasing to the eye. The general
level of the verse is quite even; every
thing ls written carefully and with a
certain preclousncss Of diction; there
are no flights of genius and no mex
cusable lapscs into poor writing and
siovenly thinking. The author is per
haps at her best is brief. whimsical
fancies, Of which the following is a
good example:
Some days my thoughts are lust
cocooons-all cold, and dull, and
blind
They hang from dripping branches in
the gray woods Of my mind.
And other days they drift and shine
such free and flying things.
find the golddust in my hair, left bv
their brushing wings.
a mildly subjective quality is evident
IN some Of the poems, while others are
written on the familiar impersonal
theme Of the beauties OF nature. Sev-
eral poems on the war, including one
rather touching selection. entitled
Graves in France appear toward the
close OF the book
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
The Great IL Use
S. J. Weyman Reappears
With Romantic Novel

THE GREAT HOUSE ~ Stanley J w.--
man. Longmsns Green & Co. Hev
York
This book marks the reappesranco
Of a popular romantic novelist who
has not published anything for seyera,
years. The scene is lad IN England
in tho forties OF the last century. when
the repeal of The Corn Lava vas IL
burning issue between re landed ari.-
.ocracy Of the country ard .ne rising
manufacturers OF the toms.
The plot Of tae storv based upon
q disputed succession 70 n large estate.
whose possession depends upor sorne
documents dating back 20 the days @
Queen Elizabeth. Tho contes: IS pro
longed and complicated ~ q runibcr
Of factor. until the herosne. VT
implc good sense. declaes that tn
prize is not worth the struggle ara
deliberately burns ,ne.docnmcrts which
would have proved her cam 20 tne
t!tle
Nh We>man dep,e-s IL, srac.er.
o. the English country ioe an skil'
and sympathy. some Of his sketches
OF The quaint tastes. rabits and pre-
judices Of the >iilasers and countrr
io.h are worthy Of George Filot. A
excellent love story mirg gcd with "A
reasonable amount &c intrigue ard ex
citement, runs through re book. and
the political background supplies
number o. interesting episodes in tbs
Development OF .hc plot The move
should appe2, - tina VIDE circle OF
readers who enjoyed Nr Neyrsn'.
plentiful Output - earlier works
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Books and Things -
Philip Littell Admirable
In Series of Essays

bOO>s AND THINGS. ny philip Iitteh
lIarCourt. Brace g. Howe. New York
"Vhc New Republic" like all cstim-
able instructions. has its critics and
detractors. 1t is sometimes accused
Of being dull in style. acrid in tone
and unduly cocksurc in its expression
OF opinion. This collection Of essays,
all OF which wNc originally printed in
"Thc New Republic" constitutes a
rather effective relutation of these
charges. For Mr.. Littcll is always
witty, and not obstrusivcly so. his
satire Is invariably playful, not bitter;
and he writes in a spirit of suggestive
inquiry. hot of dogmatic ccrtitude.
The essays on "Things." taken col
lcctivcly, may be described as a
critiQuc of modern American life, un-
pretcntiously philosophical and tinged
throughout with gentle irony and mel
low humor The forecast of the prob
Dinner" is delicious piece Of bur
lcsQue. The author strikes more
serious note in "Ilenry and Edna. "
whore ne creates a picture Of an
cmincntly respectable American citi-
zen, equally immune from moral ir-
rcguarities, new ideas and a sense Of
humor. The deft strokes in this essay
IN characterization suggest the timely
chiselled figures of Turrcnievs novels.
Mr.. Littcll pays a fine tribute to
France in "Nerdun"; and the contrib
utcs two or three admirable sketches
based upon the Presidential campaign
or 1916 and he treats number of
other subjects. both grave and gay,
,i.-t, u
and shrewd common sense. The author
possesses the knacl. Of investing themes
Of local and temporary interest with
the sbidinp charm Of his urbane wit
and lucid, penetrating style.
1t is rather difficult for Mr. ittell
to draw n sharp distinction between
Books and "Thines." His literary
criticism deals largely in terms of life :
and his observations on life ore often
saturated with literature. Some Of the
moro purely literary essyas discuss
Browning, Tennyson, George Moore
Rernard Shaw and Swinburnc. The au-
thor forgives Brownings painfully ear
nest optimism in view of tho poets
ardent love Of life in many respect He
likes Tennyson's nature poetry, but
finds the 'b!amclcssness of his blame
less stainless king quite insufFerahle
He feels that Shaw's hatred of illusion
sometimes leads him to ignore ccr,ais
very genuine, if sentimental realities
One of the authors most successful
studies in literary Interpretation is tho
concluding essay OF the book. ''lC
Petit Pierre Here Mr.. Llttell OK
presses his appreciation Of the in
lmitable art Of Anatolc France with
fineness Of touch and delioacy OF
thought that might we'll win the ap
proval of the venerable French prose
master himself. In this essay the
authors excellent critical sense is a
once softened and illuminated BY
warm love and ardent cnthusias
Written with scholarship and grace
free from the two familiar sins 20
dullncss and frothinesa, Nj Littell:
book deserves Z high place in the lit
eraturc OF American criticism. Mossrs
fIarcourt. Brace {. Howe arc TO BE-
congratulated on such an auspicious
opening of their publishing career.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Love Among the Mountains

lSIoPHER LAIRD Bv Sidney
Mccall. Published BY Dodd Mead e. Co..
Some day we hope to write story
about dodo, nice, feminine dodo.
who faints and loses her head when
the house Is on fire. and has little
hands like flowers. and hcavcn-blue
eyes, and bushes when you mention
babies. and all that kind of thing. And
we shall lay the scene in the South
ana honest mountaineers shall remark
casually at supper: "Theys bin no
other rose on the mountings as sweet
as the one that blowed for you.
loved her. boy as | was, an had
thought not to love uairv other. II
didn't seem like in nature thar ever
could be sech anothcr.- but I've found
out tonight as they be-" That is. wc
VIII # we can, before life in New YorI,
mas shattered our last lingering belief
II the dodO's existence But in the
meantime Sidney Mccall has written
southern story of q delicious dodoish
cast, which we can recommend for
emotions which twang like banjo
strings and characters whose simnle
eloqucncc makes, or should make. the
persons IN real life ashamed of their
Inadequate mumblings. (The noun
talneer's speech above quoted NAV be
found in this volume on page 205J. In
spite of some palpablc unrealities.
there is good deal of human nature
IN this story, and the diatory court
ship of Chrlstoper. the naturalist, is
toid with real understanding and
Skill. +. s n
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Wonderful Unreality
MIR. Thurston' 8 Novel
Light But Charming

THE WORLD or WONDERFUL REAL
lTY. +. Temple Thurston. D Apple
ton & Co. New York.
Those who enjoy their fiction served
up in quick-lunch style viii find little
appeal in TINS sequel TO "The City of
Beautiful Nonsense" Utterly ignoring
the modern tendency to demand speed
at all costs and in all places. IN ltera-
ture as we'll as in automobiles. Mrs.
Thurston develops his narrative with
the most leisurely nonchalance. Again
ond again he ncglects his plot to in
dulgc in the most unNarrantablc and
delightful digrcssions about love, and
spring morning in kensington Gar
dens, and the crowds in the London
Zoo. and life in general.
The story itself is quite simple.
John and Jill 90 on with the romance
which commenced at Venice. IN "Thc
City of Beautiful Nonsense Despite
the warning Of her worldly wise par
ents. the girl returns the love OF the
lmpecunlous young poet and almost
brings herself 20 the point of mar
rying him. At the last moment. how
ever, the Inconvenience of living on
little but airy fancies is forciblv
brought hoiAc to her. and she decides
that her parents are ali right. after all.
Inc guileless, simple minded hero
gocs through life like a modern Sir
Galahad, refusing 10 believe evil oS
any one. cherishng the most impra@
ticable ideals and insisting that they
are the most genuine realities Even
the failure Of his love dream does no
make him embittcred, the end Of the
story only leaves him little sad, and
puzzled, and Wistful
The author imparts q CERTAIN eeric
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01

charm to the whole novel. Although
the scene Is laid in the heart of Lon
don, fairyland never seems very far
away. The story moves along in half
playful, half serious and altogether ro-
mantle atmosphere, infinitely far re
moved from the vulgar thrills and
hackneyed backgrounds that are so
common in ordinary novels.
The authors hulnor in his best mo-
ments is irresistible His description
of John and Jill inadvertently. caugh.
behind cage in the Zoo and exposed
to the gaze of wondering tirong is
one Of the funniest incidents that can
well be imagined. Mrs. Thurston's
novel is undeniabiy light fiction, but
II is light fiction of an unusual type
characterized by a continual play Of
delicate art and quantity original
thought, The World of Wonderful
Realty deserves the same large and
enthusiastic audience that greeted is
predecessor ". Il. G..
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
List OF Labor Books

A. constant reader os your
columns. have noted with great
deal Of interest the lists Of books
which YOU have from time to time
published. and have always found them
very helpful.
Since this country indeed the whole
world-scems TO be in turmoil Of
labor upheavals. and since they tell
me at the library that the call for
books on the subject has tremendous
~ increased during the past few
months, applicants constantly asking
for guidance in their selections, it has
occurred TO me that the result of come
research on my part might be of inter
est for publication in your coltmns.
The books mentioned present the
subject from many asnects. They are
fair to both sides and give very
impartial discussion OF labor problems
The American Labor Policy Julius
"Americanisms and Social Democ-
racy." John Spargo Harper & Bros
"The Armies of Labor Samuel T.
Orth. Chronicles OF America Yale
University Press.
"American Labor aud the War"
Samuel Gompers George H. Doran
Company.
"SyndicaNsm and the General
Strike" Arthur D. Lewis Small. May
nard & Co...
Fair Play for the Workers. Percy
S. Grant Motfat, Yard & Co..
"The Masters of Capital John
Moody. Chronicles OF America CYale
University Press).
History Of Labor n the United
States, . volumes. John K. Commons
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
About a Column
From the New York Iibrary

Please do not you Join the unntcl-
ligcnt chorus which charges Librarians
with saying, This is book which YOU
must not read" Few librarians say
that; what good would it do them to
say it? Some of them say: "Ths is a
book which we have not money enough
to buy Some Of them say. some
times. "This is book which would
please a few of our readers. and make
most OF them raise Hob Is il worth
the ructlon it would cause"
AS TO "Thc Moon and Sixpencc." I
think 1t IS an immoral book I'm the
nrst place, your extraordinary praise
OF 1T made me waste four evenings
which might have spent in rc-rcad
ing Nyivra Scarlett' or gioating over
the World Almanac. Next, the favor
lte and reiterated remark Of the hero,
go to Hell! made me remember the
days when | was writing daily themes
tor Professor Wendell, when would
nave considered such rcparjcc witty.
Now 1t makes me realize my are and
cynicism. Third, since Stevenson. who
could do this South Sea island bust
ness, with complaisant damscls and
wastrcl European men. with charm and
artlstlc restraint. who did not have to
'ilN"iE' III :. Ilol Vl ltpfOSN to get his
effect. since he is dead, and Mr.. Somer-
set M&ugh@m is living, that fact made
me curse and use immoral language.
Mr. Joseph d. Codcn complains that
nc could not get "Thc Moon and Six
pence at "the library" He has also
been Uniformed" that even "headouar-
ters' Will not take in the book. He
does not say which library. Complaints
ABOUT the llbrary' IN our papers are
frequently found. upon investigation.
TO refer TO any library between Tren-
ton and New Haven. # / were head
librarian anywhere, and were short of
money to buy books (thc one follows
tie other as the nigh. The dav). !
would buy another copy Of "Sylvia and
Michael or Of "Thc Gay-Dombeys"
or Of Tess and let "The Moon and
SlXpence' 20 hang. But the New York
Public Library, at least, does not agree
with me, Eleven Of its branches, in
Guiding Central Circulation. have the
book
FDNT1ND IF9TEp prApo0>r
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
By Haywood Broun

In another column TODAY wo ars
printing letter from reader Who
takes exception TO our statement that
the business Of public libraries is NOT
20 promote morality. hut 70 rromote
reading. She favors careful censor
snip. and, although she has not read il.
she belleves that "Tho Moon and Six
pence should be banned because, &C
cording to her WAY Of thinkinr. thc
junction of public library is not SIM
ply TO promote reading but to "promotc
such reading as Will benefit. or at least
not inJure. the morals of the people"
W course, It might be possible to
Nlspu'e TINS position by saying, What
$ immoral ?" and to carry the discus
SION INTO columns and columns We
might point out that what is held TO
's perfer rtly harmless in the literature
at one land is considered shocking in
another. An American missionary. for
'stance. who had "John Halifax. Cen
ieman' translated into Japanese in the
reHef that 1t would be a wholesome
DOCK for the heathoN, was surprised to
hnd that government censor had
siashed out an entire chapter dealing
with the courtship Of the hero and had
substituted row of asterishs and Il
footnotc, Here he asks her to marry
him'
Rut We are not Of mind for such
Quibbling. We would rather boldly
take the stand that anybody who re-
stricts his reading to moral books will
miss much delightful literature. When
we were in college, q book agent came
20 our room and called to our attention
his combination offer Of the complete
works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and
Guy de MaupaSsant. illustrated. for So
down and 81 week for the next
T1nrfnC tc lo
set Of Emerson had no pictures. but
no agent showed US a prospectus Of
he de Maupassant illustrations which
we're i'll five colors. mostly pink lie
also talked about the binding and the
quality Of the paper and we purchas sed
The set. II later developed that some
# the illustrations were mere decoys
5U. de Maupassant, who was then
stranger to us. proved just as immoral
as the agent had promised.
The books revived in us q taste for
literature which had been dormant for
several years. We read them al and
one volume OF Emerson. We do not
feel that we are better citizen for
having read de Maupassant in our
formative years. The stories added
nothing 70 our passion for righteous
ness or our desire to supervise the con-
duct Of other men. but We did have
1eener apprec ation for the art of tell
ing short story. We did grasp in
some feeble degree the mastery of the
nlan IN setting down the details which
count and leaving out tho rest We
Aad fun ont Of de Maupassant and in
.a,er years we read with keener 2cst
'be work OF other men in TIE short
story Nrid
The taet % the matter is that.
whether We Hike = or not, a number
or litcl.tfr alf SIS have c~C-c ahpaT ON
t1o assumption thai there is no definite
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
New England Anthology

TIE TOWNSHIP LINE. b. Albeit Tr.d-
orict Wilson Harper < Bros. New
York. s. 30 net
II requires no Baedeker TO discover
that "The Township Line runs parallel
to spoon River" Mr.. Wilson mas doac
series of New England narratives
in simple. not altogether anrhythmic.
prose, the gloomy elements OF rural
hfe being predominant There Is a
drab simplicity about his mood pict-
ures that lends dramatic touch. al
though occasionally the starkness runs
TO aAectation. Simplicity may be Just
as artificial "a ornateness, ana some
times Mr.. Wilson gives the impression
of man attending a wedding ia ovcr-
alls. But on the whole -horc are power
and acute observation IN these
sketches. The author has heard hs
masters voice, and he has understood
its meSSRgc