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New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
So This Is aris
Conscience Makes Coward
of u, S. Soldier in Love

THE LITTLE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS
By Clarence Budington Kelland Pub
lished by Harper & Bros.
The conflict between a Puritan con-
science and Partisan charm is the
subject Mr.. Kelland has chosen for his
novel, and he has handled it sympathet-
icaly If somewhat repetitiously The
Puritan conscience in this case is of
the Middle Western variety, an excep-
tionally virulent one, and belongs to
Captain Kendall Ware, of the A. f. F.,
assigned to intelligence duty in Paris
Captain Wares inheritance from his
higoted mother, to whom "anything
which appertaincd to the perpetuation
Of the species was somehow abhorrent,"
makes his love affair with little Par-
sian Andree q sore problem to him. He
made Andree's acquaintance on the
street, but soon sees plainly-and this
discernment is an inheritance from his
easy going father-that she is both
sweet and good. She comes to dine in
the apartment that he and Captain
Stanley occupy under the chaperonage
OF Arlette, the cook, model Of French
thrift and the practical virtues Made
lelne, Stanley's gay but phlosophic
friend, is guest also. When Arlette
inquiries casually if she shall serve
petit dejeuner for four the next morn
ing Ware is horrificd The girls, how
ever. are surprisingly calm and when
Kendall returns from escorting Andr6e
toward her home he finds that Made
ielnc has apparently decided to accept
the invitation. Later Andrec follows
Madelene's eXample-but with diff
terence. She is very charming, very
sedate, very much in love with Kendall
and She has her own philosophy Of
life. "ro love is to love; to marry is
to marry. 1t is not the same theeng al
together. -
1t is not fair to this charming An
dree that the author should make her
go through her little rcpertorv of
tricks like clockwork doll each time
she comes into the story Surely her
moods-the demure. the CAV. the ma
thetc and so on--dd not succeed each
other with such click as is audible in
the book. Or if they did we can al
most understand why Kendall was not
more fidele
We think that Mr. Kellands book
Will be found interesting by many read
ers, and that the problem he raises as
to the doings of American officers in
France will cast a romantic glamour
over many worthy lad whose soiourn
in Paris brought him no nearer an "af
fair" than tipping the Mattresses who
were, usually, lamentably far from
Jolle. L. S. II.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

ard it Is meant to be, it has little tha'
ls noble or illuminating.
The final impression of this lover
is of d man who is so nervously eager
to acquire the intimate vibrancy of
experience, and so clamorous to touch
the rich textures of living, that he
is always missing them. He is too
anxious His excited gesture before
the face of life is SO exaggerated that
YOU believe in the end his woman, i'm
passive and superior before him, was
probably, i'll truth rather ordinary
healthy person who was probably first
amused and then annoyed by his fidgct-
ing movement.
There is so much pat talk about the
sexes in the cause OF sweet dealism
nowadays. Honesty in the attempt To
pregure the finest and best way to
synthesize experience is not limited to
any person or any time Almost every
one is trying to put integrity into his
life, nationally, or perhaps only ntu-
lively But healthy people get their
experience one way or another in the
rush of things, mould it into the clay
of their lives, and go on with their
living Even an artist, who knows the
quickest road to knowledge, transmutes
his experience before he imparts it,
1t is only the unhealthy ones who
persist in talking about it.
RALPH BLOCK.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
RiOgranhv

THN TIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES
MUNROE TAYLOR BY Ellzaheth
Ha@olton Haight. Published by E. F.
button & Co.
The biography Of man widely
known as an educator and the president
Of Nassar College from 1886 to 1914.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
More Chronicles Of America
History as 1t Should Be Presented in
Publications of Yale University Press

THE RED MANS CONTINENT. BY Ellis
worth Huntington.
THE QUAKER COLONIES. By Sydney
q. Fisher.
COLONIAL FoLKwAYs. BY Charles NJ
TTTION. Nv Edward s. Corvin
PIONEERS OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST
by Constance Lindsay Skinner.
THE REIGN OF ANDREW JACKSON
BY Frederic Austin Ogg.
THE SEQUEL OF APPOMATTOX. BY
" alter LynWood Fleming.
THE CLEVELAND ERA. BY Henry Jones
Ford
THE PATH OF EMPIRE. BY Carl Rus
sell Fish.
THE HIsPAN1C NATIONS OF THE NEW
WORLD BY William r. Shepherd
tlseing ten Of the fifty volumes Of "rhe
chronicles OF America. Emo. illustrated
rho Yale University Press).
These ten volumes confirm the judg-
meut which was confidently expressed
at the appearance Of their twenty
predecessors in this series, that here
al last is American history as it should
be presented. We might say also, that
it is history as it should be written,
for simply as pieces of literary crafts
manship it would not be easy to find
the SUPERIOR of these volumes in the
published annals of any land. But the
former consideration is the more I'M
portant, because works of history are
above all, save only fiction, meant pri-
marily for popular reading, and the su-
preme test of their value is not in their
utility to the cloistercd academician,
but to the multitudinous citizens who
need to be and who ought to wish to be
rightly informed of the history of their
the intelligence of others as so much
merchandise, may sneer at history. The
fact is that no man can be an American
citizen of the most loyal and most
efficient type who has not an accurate
and comprehensive knowledge not only
of what his country is but also of how
and why it came to be what it is.
This, then, is the supreme virtue of
"The Chronicles of America,' that they
present history in precisely the way in
which it is at once most interestingly
and most protitably to be presented to
the general reader. They present it
topically and not as consecutive
chronological whole; and they present
it eXplanatorily and not as mere mar
rative. Yet the series will make a con-
secutive and integral whole. and the
narrative will be unbroken and COM
plete There is the advantage, too. of
having each topic treated by a special
writer, chosen because of authentic
familiarity with or adaptability to the
theme. Thus, TO note few volumes
at random, nothing could be more fell
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

A HISTORY OF THE NEW THOUGHT
MOVEMENT. BY Horatio W. Dresser
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell co.
An appreciativc study and history
of 1.-The mental healing movement"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

CAPTAIN ZILl.NER. A Human Docn-
Insd IIment' M 10y Kudoif Jerenias kreutz. trans
iat"9 ~ w. j. Alexander WOrSter Pub
pany.
A curiosity as to how ''thc others -
the Germans and Austrians really felt
about the war has been stirring IN
most OF us since 1914. and is still far
from being satisfied. "Captain Zillner,"
in its rendering Of the point of view
and the experiences of u young Aus
trian seems to be genuine stuff and is
undenlably interesting. 1t begins in
that fifth hour Of the afternoon on
August l, 19l4,' when Lieutenant Hans
Hlllner, observing the excited crowd
IN II! the street cheering and singing Die
Wacht am Rhcin" has moment of
scorn of its facile emotions. but is
presently swayed himself by the thrill
of patriotism.
Ziliner goes to the front and the
long chain of disilusionmcnt begins.
The Incompetence of the regular Off
GERS, whose whole life has been passed
IN the leading strings of rcgimental
work until they have lost all indcpend-
once and their one thought is TO escape
censurc; the nagging Of martinets;
the suiferlngs of the soldiers, harassed
by long marches, by scnselcss changes
OF orders, by mud, vermin and hunger;
and finally the insane sacrifice Of whole
regiments to satisfy the ambition of
the General Staff, those "creativc
artists at the comfortable rear, NOV
ing pins with colored flags about ON
large maps and dining in state amid
the perfume of roses all these DESTROY
Whatever tolerance of war had existed
IN Zlilncr's mind, and he sees it only
IN ITS relation TO the soldiers, for
whom his admiration grows.
There are many we'll drawn types in
this book, and the scenes of Austrian
Ire arc convincing. We like especially
the chapter W here the peppery surgeon
lhstructs class of volunteer "lady"
them out by having them attend. not a
romantically wounded soldier, but a
very dirty alcoholic woman with a boil.
a lew such touches of grim humor
hghten the inevitable tragedy Of the
volume. The translation, by the wav,
Is unusually good L.S.H
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Hugh Walpole Says

That he would like to see American
and English authors Of note get to-
ge'her IN some more friendly inter
course than what is now possible only
through the medium Of each others
writings. Asked to name the six mos1
noteworthy American novelists. he re-
piled, with the reservation that this
was, of course, only his own personal
opinion: Edith Wharton, Ellen Glas-
gov, James Lane Allen Joseph Hcrge-
sheimer, Villa Sibert Gather. RATHER
inc Fullerton Gerould.
An interview with Mr.. Walpoe will
appear on The Tribune Book Page next
Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

TIE CRIME By Dr. Richard Grelline.
the author Of II Accuse" Vols III and
". Published by tho George II. Doran
Company.
Volume III contains opinions of Eng
lish, French and American statesmen
who have proclaimed that the most i'm
portant war aim of the allied nations
is the formation of league Of nations.
In Volume " the author discusses
the Belgian state papers which the
Germans captured in Brussels and pub
Nshed in distorted and falsified form
under the name of Belgian Documents,
-1914.'
GREECE BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
6y Polybius Published by Methuen g..
Co, Ltd, London.
- Written by an authority on Near
Eastern affairs, this book is the first
tull statement of the Greek case now
before the Paris conference.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Among Those Present
Fiction

Fiction
THE FIRST PIANO IN CAMP. BY Sam
Davis. Published by Harper & Bros.
Ihe little classic of the price paid
by small mining camp for an even
lng's entertainment has at last been
bound and brought out in book form
JACK HEAToN. WIRELESS OPERATOR.
BY \. Frederick Collins. Published bv
the Frederick A. Stokes Company
The exciting adventures of a wireless
operator who is lost off a transatlantic
liner, captured by cannibals and
eventually escapes, becoming an as
slstant to Marconi
THE BOOK OF BRAVERY. Bv Henry
W. Lanier. Published by Charles Scrib-
ners Sons.
Stories of Indians, "Greasers,o
grizzlies, lions, elephants and a whale.
Poetry and Drama
BUDDY BALLADS. BY Berton Braley
Published by the George H. Doran Com
pany.
Songs of the A. E f. IN syncopated
rhyme.
BARBED WIRE AND OTHER POEMS
the Midland Press Iowa City
Rhymes of prairie and border.
OMAR AND THE RABBIT. By Frederick
lie Roy Sargent Published by the Four
Seas Company, Boston.
Fitzgerald's translation of the
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and
Browning's Rabbi Ben Ezra arranged
in dramatic form
ANGLoPHOBIA. BY J. q. Cook. Pub
lished by the Four Seas Company, Bos-
An analysis Of anti-British preiudice
in the United States.
WHAT PEACE MEANS. BY Henry van
DyKe; i, Published by the Fleming IL
Three sermons preached in New
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Merwin Neglects Best Theme
In The Passionate Pilgrim

THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM By Samuel
Merwin. Published by Bobbs NIerrtli
10 stray in novel from the busi-
ness of mere storytelling into the
mysteries Of psychology is daring. Mr..
Merwin's seventeenth work essays the
task with commendable courage, de-
veloping an analysis of genius that
fascinates. But eventually Henry
Calverly-for he returns to fiction
here-seems to run out of situations
that require demonstrations of the
oddities OF genius. and there follows
a reversion where genius disappears
and ordinary adventure walks back in
time to make sure Of conventional
close. If the real theme had stayed
we might have said This stimulates
our August mind"
But, after all, Mr.. Merwin doesn't
convince US that his hero is a genius
or that the expressions of genius
should or do ever take the form of
falling in love or being thrilled by
every girl that comes along. Henry
Calverly gives evidence of talents, but
not always genius.
The Passionate Pilgrim" reads like
the biography of every man. because
every one does feel unappreciated. The
story is readable, but not absorb
ing. Technically, it seems, in spots.
loosely constructed. Its neglected
theme is splendid, but It's handling
gives book with the tineness but lack
ing the Furnishing of gold f. A. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

War Books
FROM VAUQTOIS HILL TO EXERMONT
by Clair kenamore Published bv tho
Guard Publishing Company Chicago.
history Of the 35th Division. illus
trated with photographs, maps, draw
ings and plans.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
War Books

York in the Easter season of 1919 in
the Park Avenue Presbyterian Church,
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Austria S Story

ZIL1NER A Human Docu-
nent, by Rudolf Jcremias Kreutz trans
iated by w. j. Alexander Worster. Pub
paNy.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Miscellaneous

BILL sEwAL1's STORY OF T. R. BY
William Wirgate Sewall Published by
Harper & Bros
Bill Sewall was Colonel Roosevelt's s
guide and friend for almost a lifetime.
It has been left for this quiet, simple
man from the Maine woods to set down
with loving insight the out-of-door
Roosevelt, his amazing endurance and
courage during big game adventures
and frontier clashes.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

BARBED WIRE AND OTHER POEMS
By Edwin Ford Piper Published bv
the Midland Press. Iowa City
Rhymes of prairie and border.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

AIRCRAFT Bv Evan J. David. Pub
iished by Charles Scribner's Sons
An untechnical description, by the
managing editor of "Flying," Of air
craft, from its earliest stages through
the completion of the successful At
lantic flights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-28

The young lady across the way
says they evidently expect bigger
football crowds than ever after the
war and she sees by the paper that
they're talking Of enlarging the
Harvard curriculum.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25
HURRY STRING BEANS FROM
THE FIELD TO THE CAN

Select small, tender wax or green
beans for canning purposes. Beans
which have grown within the pod to
any size are difficult to can and the
resulting product is not as satisfac-
tory as one from younger beans. The
sooner the beans are in the jar after
picking, the better the flavor, and the
more uncertain they are to keep.
Wash, string and cut off the ends of
the beans. Whole beans may be can
ned or they may be cut in short
lengths. Those cut diagonally are at
tractlve in appearance.
Place the beans in a wire sieve or
in cheesccloth and blanch (scald) in
hot water or live steam for minutes
or until the pod VIII bend without
breaking. On removal, drain well
and pack into hot jars which have
been boiled for Is minutes. On the
jars place lubbers which have been
boiled in Il solution Of 1 tablespoon
of soda to l quart of water.
Cover beans with hot brine made
from level tablespoons of salt to A
quarts Of boiling water. Put on top,
which has been boiled Is minutes.
With glass-top jars put one wire bail
in position. Make screw tops about
half tight. Processing beans under
ctpnnl nrpeSIrn * recommended
Quart jars should be processed As
minutes under pressure Of 10 pounds
With hot-water Gamer or with a
homemade Gamer, made out of a
wash boiler or lard can, process the
jars two hours if the one-peliod pro-
cedure is used. Make sure the water
is boiling before starting to count
time. When boiled, tighten the GOV
ers ard cool.
If the intermittent boiling proceed
urc is used, boil for 45 minutes or
three successive days. Before each
boiling loosen the covers. Tighten
covers after each boiling. When the
processing is finished lift the jars
from the Gamer. Cool in a spot free
from drafts, test and store. In event
of leakage when jar is tested remove
rubber, put on new, wet, boiled one
and process Is minutes more.
One of the best varieties of beans
for canning is the Rcfugce.-United
States Department Of Agriculture.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25
BENEFITS FROM FRUITS y

Fruits are also very important in
the child's diet. They supply mild
acids, and they are important for
their flavor, for their laxative effects,
and no doubt for other reasons. This
laxative effect is we'll recognized in
the very general use of prunes,
orange juice, and apples. Fruits, like
the vegetables, have mineral elements
which the body requires. Serve
fruits in some form at least once a
day. In general, follow the same rule
Us for vegetables in deciding in what
form they should be served.
Fruit juices and the pulp of cooked
fruit, baked apples and pears, and
stewed pruncs, for example, are SAT-
est for children. Whether the skins
are given depends partly on the age
and health of the child and partly on
the way fruit is prepared If the
skins are very tender, they are not
likely to cause trouble, except with
very young children. When apples
and pears are baked the skins can be
made tender by frequent basting.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25
STOP WINTER WORRIES,
PUT UP SOME BERRIES

The following directions may be
used with dewberries, blackberries,
Logan blackberries, raspberries,
Strawberries and currants. The bet
ter the condition Of the fruit the
finer the quality of the canned pro-
duct. Berries should be gathered and
kept only in shallow baskets or YES
sells. They become bruised and
crushed if too many arc in ole con-
tainer. Only sound, uniformly ripe
berries should be canned.
Sort the berries carefully. Wash by
placing them in a colander and pour
ing water over them. Pack as closely
as possible without crushing, in jar
which has been boiled for Is MIMI
ties. When the jar is full of fruit, fill
with a strip made as sweet as the in
dividual taste desires. Sirups vary
from 2 cups of sugar in 4 quarts of
water to 13 cups of sugar in quarts
of water. A richer color and flavor
will be obtained by using berry juice
instead of water in making the sirup.
Remove the rubber from the hot
soda solution in which it has been
soaked Il tablespoon of cooking soda
to / quart of hot watcr) and put on
lar. Put top, which has been boiled,
in place. Partially screw on screw
tops, and with glass tops, put one
hail in position. ...
Place jars on the false bottom Of
wood in a commercial hot water bath
Gamer or in a wash boiler or lard
can. Have sufficient water to cover
the Jars, or if the cover fits tightly
on the vessel for boiling the jars.
water to the shoulders of the jars
will be sufficient. Boil pint jars 10
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25

With fresh fruit in plenty the
housekeeper's problem of what to
serve for dessert should not prove
difficult. She can take vacation
from dessert making and at the same
time serve her family with delicious
refreshing desserts. Make the most
of the fresh fruit while it is in sea-
son. All ripe fruit contains sugar and
by using it the craving for sweets can
be satisfied without using much cane
sugar. The family will be better off
What better dessert is needed than
slice Of cold watermelon or half
Of delicious cantaloupe? 1t is mere
custom that makes people feel that
4 bowl of fresh fruit-pears, peaches,
or plums-are not as good served in
their native state for dinner as they
are for breakfast. A return to sim
pier desserts would be of advantage
both from a dictitic and economic
standpoint.
But a voice protests, 1--WE grow tir-
ed Of fresh fruit day after day" For
the person who wishes q change from
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25

to remove the fuzz, and cook whole
without removing the stones. Add
a little water and cook until the
peaches are somewhat tender. Split,
add l tablespoon of corn strip and
bake in the oven, or add 1 teaspoon
OF sugar for each half peach.
BAKED APPLES
Whole apples with the cores remov-
ed may be cooked in the same way.
The hole left after the core has
been removed may be filed with rails
ms and nuts if desired
SNOW PUDDING
This dessert is very attractive for a
summer day.
3 tablespoons gelatin
tablespoons cold water
| cup boiling water
Pinch salt
l cup corr sirup
4 cup lemon juice
8 egg whites
/ cup cocoanut
Soften the gelatin in the cold wat
CT. Let it stand ten minutes. Add
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25
Thing, Know zss Should VONAV'S PAGE s'i e;ais

ficient to cover tops, and process 90
minutes.
For canning, select small tender
carrots not more than 1 IL inches in
diameter. Wash, scrape carefully and
steam OF boil until three-fourths cook
ed. Slice, dice or cut the carrots into
lengths of the can. For quart jars
add one level teaspoon of salt and
cover with boiling water. Follow the
same procedure as for beets and pros
cess one hour-United States De-
parJment of Agriculture.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25
VEGETABLES NEED CLEANING

Wash all vegetables with great
care, whether served raw or
cooked. Scrub large vegetables,
such as potatoes and carrots, with a
brush. Greens should be washed leaf
by leaf under running water, or in a
large amount of water, until free
from grit and visible dirt. In the
latter case any sand which clings to
them is likely to sink. To prevent it
from again getting on the vegetables
lift them from the water instead of
pouring the water off.
Serve most vegetables when cooked
as a separate dish, either steamed,
boiled, baked or stewed. If the sup
ply of fresh vegetables is not gener-
Gus, use with them the juice in which
they are cooked, as far as possible, or
put it into soups or stews.
Experience has shown that vege-
tables, particularly green vegetables,
are at their best when cooked until
tender, but not until completely wilt
ed.
Spinach requires from 20 to 80
minutes cooking.
Vegetables may be served either
quite simply seasoned with salt or
with little milk. cream, or butter, to
improve or vary the flavor.
be used to dress greens instead of
butter. These simple methods are
better for children than complicated
ones like fryino or scalloping. For
ne smallest children, chop fl
vegetables as greens, and if the
tougher portions of other vegetables,
such as the skins of green peas, are
found to disagree with a child, re-
move them by putting the cooked We
getable through sieve. Do not give
small children such vegetables as raw
radishes or cucumbers, which might
easily be swallowed in large pieces
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-25
BABY BETS, CARROTS
HOME-CANNED, EXCELLENT

Use only small beets of a variety
which has deep red color through
out when cooked One of the best
varieties of beets for canning is the
Detroit. Sort the beets, cut off all
but an inch or two of roots and leav-
es, put uniform sizes together and
steam for 20 minutes or boil until
three-fourths cooked to loosen the
skins. Do not allow cold water to
touch the beets after they have been
boiled as sometimes is causes them
to lose color. Beets which average
one inch in diameter may be boiled
and packed whole in jars which have
been sterilized Is minutes. Those
more than two inches in diameter
should be cut in slices. Cover The
beets in the can with clear hot water.
The flavor of the finished product is
better if no seasoning is added during
the canning.
Remove bubbles with a flexible pad
die and put rubber, which has been
soaked in a solution made from one
tablespoon soda and one quart water,
in place. Adjust the top, which has
been boiled Is minutes, and screw
until half tight, it it is a screw top
jar. With the glass top jars, one bail
is adjusted and the other left free I'M
til the process is finished. If
steam pressure Gamer is used, pro-
cess jars one hour at 5 pounds pres
sure. With commercial hot water
Gamer or homemade one in which
wash boiler or lard can is used to
process the jars, place the jars on a
false bottom of wood, with water suf-