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Evening star., 1919-03-27
MANG|N T0START
ANT|-RED STRUGGLE
French Officer Chosen for Al
lied Operations on Hun
gary's Frontier.
THUNDERSTORM URGED

PARIS, March 27 (Havas).-Gen.
Mangin, one of the leading officers OF
the French army, will be recalled
from his command at Mayence, the
newspapers announce, to undertake
mission. the character and scope OF
which sis indicated plainly by events
in Hungary" =
According to the Gahfois he would
receive q; very important command In
eastern Europe, undoubtedly the Bal
kans, with 4 view to possible opera
tions on the Hungarian frontier and
southwestern Russia. -. e.
Gen. J. M G. Malleterre, the mill
tary critic, in an article in the Matfn
apparently rejecting military opinion.
siI9eeats that, as a means OF checking
the bolsheviki and rendering dennite
the victory Of the allies, allied armies les
should march through Germany and
effect a junction with Poland.
Gen. Malleterre adds that the allies
must finish the job by thunderstroke
and declares that the sword of Mar
stal Foch is not yet sheathed-
Italians Take Pressburg.
LONDON, Wednesday, March &c
Italian troops have occupied the town
of Pressburg. thirty-fve miles south
east of Vienna, on the Hungarian side
of the border. according to dispatch
from Budapest, forwarded by the
Central News correspondent at Berlin.
BASEL, Wednesday, March 26.-
The new Hungarian government con-
sists of twenty Jews and six
Christians, the Reichspost Of Vienna
says. The newspaper expresses belief
that the Magyars will not submit to
such a government.
Evening star., 1919-03-27
Troops Not Asked For.

Neither Gov. Davis nor the adju-
tant general had received request
to send troops to Winchester today
and no military had been called out.
The Winchester authorities are re-
ported to have the situation pretty
well under control this afternoon. The
inquest over Shackleford's body is being
held this afternoon.
Evening star., 1919-03-27
HOPE TO CATCH UP
ON STREET WORK
D. C. Heads Plan for About
$500, 900 Worth of Improve
ments Held Up by War.
MAY ESTABLISH RECORD

Street improvements in the District
held up by the war are about to be un-
dertaken on large scale.
The work is about a year behind. But
contracts have been let for about $780,
600 worth of grading. macadamizing,
cementing and asphalting, which will
carry the program mapped out to the
middle of summer. and about an equal
amount of work will be done during the
1ate summer and fall
This means that more than a half
a million dollars will be spent on i'm
provements of this character during the
tablish a new record In fact, it Is
planned to do three years work in two
wears. so that the normal street de-
velopment needs of the District can be
caught up with by 1921.
Firms Awarded Contracts,
The Crawford Paving Company has
been awarded the sheet asphalt con-
tract. the Continental Contracting
Company of Baltimore, the contract
for cement roadway work. and G. B.
Mullin G. Co. the contract for macad-
amizing, while the award for grading
is to be divided between G. B. Null
lin & Co. and George Hyman.
Roughly the amount to be spent
for asphalt work between now and
the middle of summer will be $155.000.
with cement work costing about an
equal amount. Grading and macad-
aInizing will cost about So, 900 each.
improvements in Detail.
The following streets are to be
graded: Kennedy between 18th and
Goth northeast; Central avenue from
Rhode Island avenue to 200 feet south
of Brentwood road northeast; 18th
between Randolph and Quincy north
west; 18th and Kansas avenue;
Quincy street to Spring road north
west; Vista, Franklin to South Da-
kota avenue northeast.
Scheduled to be macadamized are
the following roadways: Massachu-
setts avenue between Murdock Mill
road and District line northwest; 18th
street from Montague street to Alaska
avenue northwest: Woodley road be-
tween Idaho avenue and 100 feet west
OF wisconsin avenue northwest.
.Readways to be asphalted are:
18th from B to G northwest; Phelps
from Florida avenue to s northwest;
Thornton from Wyoming street to
Hampshire avenue from Georgia
avenue to Park road northwest;
Rhode Island avenue from 4th to
18th northeast; 4th from end of as
phAH to Rhode Island avenue north
east: W from 4th to 5th northeast 9Th
from 100 feet south of W to Rhode
Island avenue northeast.
Evening star., 1919-03-27
WEATHER.

Rain this afternoon and tonight; to-
morrow fair and colder.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended pm. today: Highest. -, at
pm. yesterday; lowest, SIS, at am.
today.
Full report on page 25.
Evening star., 1919-03-27

Member OF the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclusively ertitled to
the for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited In this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication of special
dispatches herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Clear Note Is Sounded
By Brown in Yale Talks

YALE TALKS Dr Chae'ss Regnolds
brown. Ya.s University Press New
llaNsn.
These ten addresses on moral and
religious subject. delivered by nr.
Brown in the chape al Yale University.
are drought together here in The hope
that hey may be OF use % young men
who are making UP their minds to
their mode Of life and deciding upon
The purposes which are 10 rule the
great years that lie ahead
Couched in an intimate, popular
style and full Of appropriate anecdotes
and instances drawn from sacred and
secular history, these "talks' admir-
ably interpret the spirit o. combined
religious faith and moral eernestness
which is so characteristic % the spirit
ual life OF American universities. DR..
Brown warns against the Derils OF MA
terialism and urges his hearers 10 cul-
tivate quality Of strong robust ideal
ism. The author sometimes uses titles
with touch OF paradox. such as The
Value of an Empty Purse and The
Lure of Goodness; and his thinking
is always clear stimulating and PROVO
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Y hat America Did

" r5sh /! 5 ~. ~ '> 3 ~ Button u < O. Hs. .a
York
A comprehensive inventory % Amer
ica's achievements during the va s
contained in THIS book The author
and exploits OF our lighting forces
from the time when The first men be
gan 10 pour into the cantorrlents unit.
the arnistice was signed The work os
the Red Cross and OF the various wei
fare organizations which provided
comforts and amussments for tho SOL
diers and sailors is treated in more or
less detail All the manifold civilian
activities which were associated WITH
the war -muuition making. shIpbuild
ing, food and fuel conservation. Lib
erty Loan drives, erc.--cone IN for the II
share Of attention. The book crowd
ed with statistics show ng the eno,
nous military and Industrial eNpan-
sion OF ne United States during 'h-
eighteen months of the conflict
within lis limit, the book . p Gas
ant and readable summary of tte main
facts involved ~ the prosecution OF
The war. lne author lays emphas :
only upon the bright AIDE Of the pic-
.lre and omIts al reference % the
grave Administrative blunders which
appeared in me breakdown % airpla0 .
production and tie enforced curtail-
ment OF tuel consumption during the
period OF "heat.ess Mondays" How
ever in the preface the author AT
nounces her intention of connninx her
narrative 20 record OF achievements,
and the book viii probably not lose
popularity on account g. lts uniform y
optimistic tone The WORK ; illustrated
with a number os Photographic showing
typical scenes Of civilian an4 military
wsr activity
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01

streams and clear hedges. the hounds
now hot on the trail of their quarry.
now perplexed by Reynards $ willy ef
forts to throw them of the scent. the
fox himself now trusting 10 his speed.
now lurking in coverts in the hope Of
eluding the dogs who are pressing on
with such eager thirst for his blood.
Reynard Is hard put to it to escape
with his life; and two or three times
his end seems near, when he finds holes
which he looked on as havens Of refuge
stopped up with earth and stones. But
finally he hes crouched in thlcket
while the hounds pass by on fresh
scent: and the long struggle ends IN
victory for the fox. The author de-
scribes the animals flight in one
passage OF remarkably striking
imagery:
Like q rocket shot to ship ashore,
Iti.e ripple OF wiirf running swift on the
Like a shadow on wheat when a cloud
l!ke q turn at the buoy in a cutter sail
When the bright green xleam lips white
at the railing
Like the Apri! snake whipping back to
sheath,
Like the gannet's hurtle on fish beneath
LANe q kestrel chasing. Ike sickle reap
ing
Like al thinss swoopins. Ike all things
Like rouni ror stay. lti1e stag for
With us shadow beside Hike spinning drift
Throughout the poem Mr. Maseheld
displays the familiar qualities Of his
verse; rough, outspoken vigor. a
strong love of nature, a hearty con-
tempt for elegant and languorous
nicetes and subterfuges OF writing
The merit Of the work is somewhat
uneven; sometimes the author is con-
tent TO tel his story in mere versi-
ted prose; again he rises to heights
Of tine poetic beauty IN describing a
scene in the woods or an exciting
episode of the chase or one of the
characters in the hunt. Mr. Maseheld
revels in local names; he tells hoN
the fox ran "up Cleuch Royal and
Morton Tew, the Pol Brook, Cheddes
Clench St. Lawrence and Tinkers
Birch This crowd Of names, many
ot them OF old Anglo-Saxon origin,
adds an undeniably picturesque touch
to The poem.
IN It's spirited rhythm ard fast NOV
ing narrative "Reynard the Fox" sug
gests certain cantos Of The Lady Of
the Lake although Scott would prob
ably have been shocked 81. Masehelds
occasional roughness n meter and eX-
preston. As in his previous work,
the author - most successful as q
painter OF action; the progress OF the
hunt is better poetry than the de-
scription Of the hunters which pre-
cedes i. Mr. Nasefeld Is especially
lelicitous in his nature pictures; he
writes with genuine love and ardor
on the hills and streams and furze and
rhicAees through which the chase taxes
- waT and the end OF the poem.
d. n dnigat under The winter stars is
q very line piece OF imaginative writ
ng. Tie poem is always very close
% the SOIL. and II is this quality which
gives its abiding charm snd beauty
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
American History
Rhodes Describes Period
From Hayes to Mckinley

FROM HAYES TO MHiN.EY -
James Ford Rhodes Tho Macmillan
COMPANY. Nv York.
This volume, covering The period
from 1877 to 1895, is a continuation Of
Dr.. Rhodes s earlier work on American
history from The compromise OF 1850
70 the Close OF Grants Administration.
characterized by eminent scholarship
and strict mpartlality. it throws light
upon an important period % our ma
cional development.
The author reviews the political
campaigns Of the past generation in
considerable de-aii. He describes the
furious contest over the Eaves-Tilden
election, the influences which prevented
Grant from being nominated for third
term, the various factors, slight in
themselves. which tipped The scale
against Blaine IN favor of Cleveland in
one Of The closest elections in the his
cory Of the country Ie also discusse es
such measures Of foreign policy gs the
Venezuelan .mbroglio and President
narrlson's ) tTuculent note 10 Chilli.
EVon more interesting. IL the l.ght
Of preseut-day occurrences, u Nh
Nnodes account o. me labor troubles
which looned large on several occa-
sions during The period under discus
SION. This IS particularly true of the
year is77, when the railroads we've
practically tied up tor some time and
when the militia often refused 10 fire
on the strikers. However, the subver-
sive movements eventuany collapsed
and Law and order prevailed. The
author devotes one very interesting
chapter TO the tracking down OF the
Molly Maguires, a secret criminal or
ganization among the Irish coal min
..re Of PnnnsVINauin
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Joy in the Morning %
Mrs. Andrews Sees the
Inspiring Side of War

mond shpman Andrev. A G Charles res scrib. eI
ner'a Sons. New York
spirit Of exalted patriotism is ex~
pressed in this collection of war
stories. There is comparatively little
subtlety in the plots; many OF them
deal With the familiar theme of man
overcoming his physical aversion to
the horrors OF the trenches through
his sense Of duty and the influence Of
his loved ones. Mrs. Andrews gives
a stirring picture Of America at war,
the men vying with each other in their
eagerness to reach the front, the
women united in spirit OF fervent
patriotic devotion and service.
There Is touch of the fary tale.
OF unreality about one or two Of the
stories SO the author describes an
liIiterate young Russian, assisted to
enlist by an American Judge, saving
his benefsctor's life on the battlefield
and marrying the lady Of his dreams,
IN true storybook fashion. Mrs. An
romantic imagination in "Dundonald' 3
destroyer" the story of a young Eng
llsh hero who destroyed the German
navy by miraculous invention at the
moment when the war seemed lost.
Mrs. Andrews achieves a strong
dramatic effect in "The Di.ch,' an
Irregular drama based upon the death
OF an American regiment after des-
perate charge. The author tells how
the grave Of this gallant band was Wis
tied with tenderness and love CEN
tury afterward by French children and
by American descendants Of the dead
who fell there. Here, 80 throughou,
the book, the author insists that the
spiritual advantages OF the var rar
outweighed its physical Inconvenience
Mrs. Andrews often refers 20 the grim
aspects of the conflict for tho purpose
of emphasizing the heroism % the men
who fought in II: but she prefers to
dwell upon the more pleasant side Of
the war. upon the fond farewells. the
expressions Of high patriotism. the
comfortable "reminiscences after the
guns have all beer riienced and the
ombatants have peacefully settled bac 4
IN their armchairs. Some Of the SEN
tences in the authors Introduction in
terpret her own conception of the func-
tion and significance OF the stories:
For possibly ten centuries the great
war will be q background for fiction
To "a, who have lived those years, any
tale of them will be personal affair
Crushed and glorlfied beyond all gen
erations Of the planet. var stories prick
this generation like family records II
is from Us Of to-day that the lsad /.
lifted. We have weathered the hoaYi.
ness o. the night; TO us 'jov cometh in
the morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Lion and Lamb Law
for Problems of Labor

An AMERICAN LABOR pOLyrY By
Julius Henry Conen. Published oy Mac
milan
Mr., julius Henry Cohen devote. so
much space in his iit.le BOOK Amer
can Labor Policy 20 Speaking severe
II 10 the !nsurgent group Who are
urging work.ngman control OF indus
,rles that the alternative which his
book promisee between the present
admittedly unsatisfactory condition Of
affairs and the violont state which he
fears more, does nor begin 20 be ap-
parent until the last ten pages When
i does come i does 50 IN al ne com
pactness Of the pill which is @ make
society we'll again. l. las a -he sim
plicity of remedy formula lat Will
cover any emergency. l. = that en-
ployer and employe organize INTO .wo
strong opposing organizations. with
the right vested in some rational body
similar to the War Trade Board 70
enforce discipline or 10th She Ion
ard the lamb urged on 10 The millen-
MUM by some stasWart police system.
Il may strike some That there - &
deceptive gllnneSs about SO pat 2 SO
lution. Like all mediatory offers. i.
leaves the Imagination cold. The com
mon cause Of the war being over. Il
will be somewhat difficult, one iuS-
agines, 10 convince suspicious proie-
tariat that the hard OF the Ian rests
with equal trmneSs or .he collars o.
both Nevertheless, Il Is ar interest
.ng cOntrib button to The never-e nd! ue
literature that ia TO save the country
from going TO he eternal dogs
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Esrbous. Published BY Dodd. Mead a
Co. New York
Another football story by this popu-

Co. New York q
Another football story by this popu-
lar boys writer
I4S pSn1Is,Sd 1mInARpsMAN Isl IN Hy Homer or..n..
Philadelphia. ~
A patriotic story Of young Ameri-
can Guardsman who shows his mettle
In an emergency.
THE HILLTOP TROOP. BY Arthur
Mtn" sM'nnT00a agIesnv X,ss Published BY Houshsan.
boys. :
WEE ANN. by Ethel Ca,vert ph,lltn,
Published by Iioughton Mifflin Company
A story for little girls.
BELGIAN FAIRY TALES BY william,
E.l'ot Grifila Published by Thomas Y
collection Of fairy tales new in
background
TALES OF FOLK AND FAIRIES. r.
katharine Pyle. Published by Little.
For boys and girls from ten to hf
tcrn.
Miscellaneous
TIIE ART oV THE NOVELIST. By Henry
Burrowes Lathrop. Published b. Dodd.
Mead x Co. New York
discussion of the art and structure
of the modern novel.
THE HIGH ROAD TO HEALTH Bv
James % E. Kelly. Published BY Dodd,
variety of ways and means to keen
we'll, by al experienced surgeon.
WHEN THE WORKMEN HELP YOU
MANACiE BY William II. Basset. Pub
lished b. the Century Company New
York.
A book on workmens partnership in
tho control of industry, by a member
of q firm of industrial engineers.
THE LABOR SITUATION IN GREAT
BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Dy the Com
mission mission on, on Foreisn Inquiry 81 tho Ma
Fl p. Dutton Co.. New York.
Tho results OF an exhaustive investi-
CATION of industrial conditions in
France and England.
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS Published
tor friends OF Doubleday, Page g. Co
description of the company's es-
tablishment at Garden City, Long
Island.
NEW YORK TO-DAY By william col-
Inns Brown. Valentincs Manual. mo,
New Yorh.
"reminiscences and skctche. of New
York, old and new
Law AND THE FAMILY Bv Robert
gran Grahr puoilshsd .I by Charles scribnsr''
study of the law as it affects do
mestic relations. by justice Of the
Boston Probate Court.
JUSTICE AND TIE POOR By Reginald
Ileher smith Published By Charle.
scribners Song. New York.
An arraignment OF the treatment Of
the poor under the present legal sys-
tenn, by Boston lawyer. With a fore
word by Elihu Root.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
abular Views Of Universal
History. Issued by Putnam

TABULAR VIEWS OF UNIVERSAL liIs-
TORY Compiled By George Palmer
Putnam ana continued BY George Itavan
purnan. q. p. Purnar n 9 sons New
york
The idea of this comprehensive sum
mary Of world history, showing the
simultaneous progress OF events OF vart-
Gus countries from the earliest times
down TO the present day, originated in
notes taken by the late George P. Fut-
nam as an aid TO his historical reading
In its present revised and expanded
form tl%4 book is a tabular record OF
important occurrences from 5000 3. G..
20 the signing OF the armistice Par
,icular emphasis is laid upon the events
OF the laat century. and the develop
ment of the larger nations is shown in
parallel columns Of facts and dates.
The interest and value Of such ii
work are unmistakable. 1t give. g
panoramic view o. history in rs broad
est aspects. With the vividness OF a
graphic chart il reveals the interrela
tion between she historical evolution Of
different countries. For example, Il
shows the connection between the par
titions o3 Poland and the success Of the
French Revolution through the preoc-
cupatlOn OF the reactionary European
state with the spollation OF cheir
reighbor. Poland. supplementary chap
ters give y full chronological summary
Of the var and the period OF the aTms-
tice and the author also appends
genealogical tables OF some OF the lead
ing European royal families.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
The elbow Typhoon

fHE YTT-INN TTfHNNN n Is-'-t W-,,-,'1
Published 9y Hafrer b.
To be hero or heroine In Tho agile
mind OF Harold MacGrath mus. be both
a psipita.ing and uncomfortable e~-
perience. However. tae most serene
and prosaic ind.vidual Is not slrer - a
happy end Mr NacGrath loves PERI
and does not ainca at CRIME, bu- he
has an unusually keen and conventional
sense Of poetic justice
One original episode in -his exciting
novel IS the close Friendship between
the hero and 'he heroine Disguised as
an old lady. To fall IN love With a
young old person is uncommon neither
IN fiction or llfe. bu, 20 fee 90 strong =
the mental quality CT youth IN - e
appearance is stronger bir OF psy-
cnology.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
Iron City
Power and Promise IN
Novel by New Author

'H2S i1Tsrlsh. 4xaT Nv Ry Y Yort K Hedges bon
Mr.. Hedges. first novel is a work
of remarkable power and promise. The
author takes the struggle between
capital and labor az mis- background
but, unlike most American writers who
choose this theme, Re handles il as ar
artist. not q propagandist. The in
fuence OF the struggle is suotly per
vasive throughout the book. Il appears
in tae frigid atmO phere q the college,
dependent upon the benefacclons OF
rich men, which carefully excludes
Norhmea from - campus and main
lains an attitude Of r.gfd aloofness or
open hostility 70 the claims OF labor
II eNerts more Or less profound
at'ect upon the lives Of the various
characters: TIE young professor who
veinlY tries 10 reconcile the a.Inos-
phere OF the college With his concep-
uOn o. democracy. the manufacturers
son who iirds ms Impulse toward
beauty thwarted by matcria.istic
environment, the devoted labor leader
who dies leading E hopeless ser.k,.
But the author never forgets that
the true function Of the novelis, s %
interpret life, n0r - act as 4 special
p.eater fol some particular cause. His
characters are warm. breathing. art.cu-
la.e human beings not wooden pegs
or which to hang sociological. theories.
Ia attitude toward life is thai OF The
seeker and observer. not that Of the
convinced dogmatis, And his keen
Psychological IN igh- into human
character j. always warmed and llu-
minated BY an ardent snd passionate
love of beauty IN every form.
Az result, Mr.. Hedges has created
al Interpretation OF modern American
life which should prove popular tic-
ton i'll the best sense of tae term
popular not through itS appeal 80 chea Z
and bana, sen.imentalIty. bur through
is warm. vital grasp Of the problem
Of modern existence. 4 metlcIlou>
critic might take exception % one o.
$50 details oi the story, there is or
rather melOdramatic suicide VT cr
seems insUtiic ientlv justified N the
ght Of What mas gone before 81. i
is impossible 70 deny the emire}'
merits cf the uoYel; It's consistent
deep and genuine emotional power III
franN repudatior ol the puritauica'
5ubjectlon OF HE 10 morals y mich ex-
errs i more or less baleiUl Influence
upon English and American i.ctior
even down 20 the pcesen. day A move
Ike Iron City = hopeful augur5
Of the time when Wa viii haze genu-
laeiy good popular i.terature ai.o-
getGar fseo ron the faint of "a ga
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