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New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

.'''o 'he regions Of a nature above and
+closing that recognized By the senses.
t"e'e mas been steady drift in tho
phnoscphy of John Burroughs toward
definition OF God, or quiet vet NOT
passive, acceptance of creative force
perhaps best expressed in Words
"orth's something deeply interfuse ed >"
IT IS natural that Burroughs. as h.
reached years remote from those OF
axe Robin and Winter Sunshine
should find a consolation vithou. re-
STet IN giving his readers his views
and lntimations of the universe. II
is fully as natural that in his Accent
ing the Universe, little book that
IS successful statement Of its au
thor's theology, we should discover
many pages to be set aside among the
most precious from his pen. Bur
roughs, who has dwclt with the birds
in the reccsses of the hills, who has
communed with his follow men in q
hut by river, who has strven to re-
late the swarming wild life of the
world with the restless energy Of man.
comes TO this decision
"Communing with God is commun-
ing with our own hearts, our own best
selves, not with something foreign and
accidental. Saints and dcvotees have
gone into the wilderness to find Cod;
# course, they took God with them
and the silence and detachment On.
abicG them to hear tho still, small voice
Of their own souls, as one hears the
ticking Of his own watch in the still
ness of the night. We are not cut of
we are not isolated points; the great
currents how through us and over us.
and unite Us to the whole Of nature"
There has been Of late demand,
perhaps uneXpressed, for biography
Of Burroughs. one that should cover
the range Of his life from boyhood TO
the present. We are thankful that the
awaited hook is at hand in John Bur
roughs Boy and Man. lovable, fasci-
term it "story,' although it is sarbed
IS a biography, because it is so de
iightfully written. so utterly in accord
with the spirit Of the man it records,
that az We read it We feel that we are
walking and talking with Burroughs.
Clara Barrus, the author has gone
with the naturalist back o the days
Of his youth and to The formative.
awakening years Of the period Of the
Civil War. She tells us-actually
speaking as her companions mouth
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

LABOR AND REVOLT. Rv stanlsv Frog
fuohshed by r. P. Dutton & CO.
THE scope Of the revolutionary
movement in America is dis
cussed by Stanley Frost in Labor
and Revolt (Dutton) On the basis of
information furnished by the Lusk
Committee and similar sources, Mr..
Frost describes the plots and evil de-
signs of Communists, anarchists, syn
dicalists and other radicals. He is
convinced that the Germans are re-
sponsble for much Of the extremist
agitation in this country: and traces an
Interesting connection between radical
ism in the abstract and the Teutonic
mentality.
There has always been strong Ger
man tinge to radicalism in America.
This IS to be expected, since the Ger
man mind, which operates as in vacu-
um, is the natural father of thcoretic
radicaljsm and the natural enemy of the
practica. reasoning which uuderles
Americanism. To the German and the
radical, for example, liberty is an alb
stract thing, to be viewed in the light
of pure logic and worked -Dut into
beautiful theories. To the American
liberty must be conditioned by the
rights of others, and thercupon pure
logic, Teutonsm and radicalism depart
together"
The author warns loyal American
workingmen, with whose legitimate as
pirations he expresses sympathy, to be-
ware Of the cunning Vaccinations OF
the Red malcontents. lie also reminds
them that no country is able to CON
sumo more than it produces and that
labor can only secure a genuine ad-
vance in wages by increasing produc-
ton. Returning to the Reds, he assails
them with a battery Of arguments
drawn from history, economic theory
and the experiences Of Soviet Russia.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

The way Of education. They differ in
that it was impossible to spoil the bow.
while the Job seems to have been pretty
thoroughly done with the g;rl, who IS
also. when she is first met, quite terri
Tying in personal appearance. However.
1t appears that few years under
proper tuition can work marvellous
changes In her. The spelling by her
early experiences was all on the sur
face. She emerges beauty, with ex-
quisite taste and lofty ideals.
The miracle IS wrought by Peters
uncle, Chadwick Champneys, who is
also uncle~ by marriage OF Nancy
simms, Peter and Nancy, of course,
0eing in no wise related Old Chad
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
1S1s Self Revealed and in B0grapher's Ewes

piece, for she walked and chatted with
Burroughs while deriving from him
material for her book--of his DAYS as
a little boy, Of the games he PLAYED
the books he read and the studies he
liked. Then, what interests US deeplv
she gives US an intimate account Of
the manner in which he came to find
birds and animals his own peculiar
world of friends, and how he first cs-
saycd to write about them.
If you wish to comprehend the value
of this biography, before seeing and
reading it, We quote somewhat at
length:
During the midsummer and fall for
many years past have wandered with
him over the fields and hills and
through the woods where he roamed as
a boy. In these ramblcs he has pointed
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

out The places where tho narrated
events occurred. He has explained in
detail the curious and interesting WAYS
and means Of long ago, oldtime ways
which will never come again"
We need greatly in this country q
deepening sense of the beauty and the
meaning Of the nature that surrounds
US, that is for US our enfolding home.
There is, in movements like those
1ostercd by the Boy and Girl Scouts,
a sort of exodus into the out -of-doors
That this journeying may be with un-
derstanding, it is to be hoped that such
books as John Burroughs, Boy and
Man, shall be placed in the hands of
thousands Of children and OF their
fathers and mothers, that the link be-
tween the hearth and the forest may
be COmDletc
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
The Versailles Treaty Defended
Bernard M. Baruch Tells How the Economic and
Reparation Clauses Were Framed

.' Enows how much Germany can pav
mere was wide divergence amonc
."e AIMED experts as to. what Germanv
could pay. The amounts discussed
Yafled from $4,000, 100000 to s1oO ono
ooV'ooo' both extremes, sinruIar1v
oeing Of English origin. One or tbe
o'nlcuities in the situation was that .
CERTAIN great English financial cvnor+
asserted with confidence that Gcrmanv
could pay The latter figure. Tbe
amount Of damages under the +reat,,
catego''es was estimated bv various
delegates at from $4,000 600 600 to
several times that sum"
The treaty has been severely attacked
because pensions aud separation allow
aAces are included in the Allied bin of
damages. It is contcnded that this nro-
VISION runs counter to the armistice
agreement that compensation will ho
made by Germany for all damage done
TO the civilian population Of the Allies
ana their property by the aggression of
Germany by land, by sea and from the
air Mr. Baruch fairly presents both
sides Of this much debated question: re-
producing the memorial of General
smuts, which finally convinced Presi-
dent Wilson that his precious fourteen
points were not being maltreated.
The author believes that. from ma
terlal standpoint, the French we're i'll
advised in pressing the claim for pen
slons and separation allowances. True.
this claim swcllcd the nominal total of
the German indemnity; but Frances
proporlonatc share would have been
considerably larger If the reparation
figure had been based upon actual ply
sical damage. And Mr.. Baruch is in
clned to doubt whether Germany will
ever be able TO pay the additional sum
represented by the pensions and separa-
ton allowances
RcEaration Clauses AnaIyzed
The book reprints the reparation and
economic sections of the treaty. with
original notes by the. author. Mr.. Baruch
discusses in more detail certain impor-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05


a S MIGHT have boon expected
"a the World War has cXcrted
powerful influence upon the
political systems of the vari
GUS bclligercnt nations. This influence
has found diverse methods Of expression
in different Countries so in Russia the
war led up TO revolution which swent
the whole established social order out
Of existence. In Italy tho unsatisfactory
conditions which have prevailed since
the conclusion Of peace seem to have
created largo amour. of radical sen
timcnt On the other hand, France and
America seem to have derived no inten-
sided nationalism and conservatism from
the lessons OF tho war.
Charles c. Fcnwick, who is pro
fessor Of political science at Bryn Mawr
College, analyses some Of the changes
which have been wrought hv the war in
Political Systems in Transition (Cen-
tufy). Beginning with a briel sketch of
the prewar American, British. French,
German and Russian constitutions, he
shows how each country was affected
by the long struggle, laying special en-
phasis upon the experiences of England
ard America.
He devotes the concluding chapters
Of the work to a consideration Of posi-
bic and desirable changes in our own
governmental system. He does not be-
levc that Cabinet government is
practical possibility in the United States
at the present time. He is inclined to
approve some scheme Of vesting in the
President the right and duty OF mi
tiating legislation, leaving to Congress
critical rather than administrative func-
tions. lie favors an extension of the
powers Of the Federal government, and
believes that the interests of the pco-
pic as whole should be given prccc-
dcncc over those of any special group.
50 he says:
"Capital and labor cannot be allowed
to resort to the methods Of private com
but to the injury Of dcpo ndcn. public.
Unlcss the welfare Of the state as 4
whole a TO be given precedence over
that Of any group within the state,
democratic government will have reached
condition Of bankruptcy
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tant aspects of the reparaton problem,
such as coal, shipping and the restric-
tions imposed upon Germany's CONNER
cial activities. He maintains that moth
ing irremediably cruel or vindictive is
to be found in the settlement and en-
phasizes the utter ruthlessness with
which the Germans carried on the war
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
An Expanding, Philosophy
In "Acceptlng the Universe"- the Natura1js1
Seeks Definition of God

.>-rFTiNG rNE UNIVERSE. az roh,
IHnrrcughs published hy IIoughton
vTl.n conpsny
,,,,N BURROUGHS. ROY AND NAN. Bv
rs~a Rarrus, published by Doubleday,
Ysse ( 60.
A LONDON paper once spoke
a of John Burroughs as "the
American Gilbert White"
There are resemblances to be
found in the pages Of the two men,
but. Burroughs goes beyond the Eng
.shman in blazing trails that reach
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

" DtiHS dple 10 write ABOUT
the South aympathctically.
lovingly and yet not mushily. The
South and the Southern people in Mrs.
Oemler's books are the South and the
Southern people FOR which one has
both love and respect. She depicts the
real people and the real environment.
and in her latest book, The Purple
Heights, she has an old negro woman
who is as true as Uncle Remus. 1t is
not often one comes across writer
who knows the negroes as does Mrs.
Oemler and who is able to paint them
as surely and defty Both Emma
Campbell and Uncle Neptune arc flesh
and blood. Moreover, Mrs Ocmler is
able to say "nigger' naturally and
without ohense, and in these days that
is q gift.
But the negroes are only minor char
acters in The Purple Heights. Tie
chief persons arc Peter Devereaux
Champneys, South Carolina boy. and
Anne or Nancy Simms. a Middle West
ern girl. They are alike in two. things,
both being born to poverty and hard
ship and neither having had much in
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Hughes's Short Stories

NTOMMA, AND OTHER VNIM-
" PORTANT PEOPLE is the title
of a collection of short stories by
Rupert Hughes (IIarper's). The sub
iects are for the most part types
familiar to popular fiction the doS'dy
countrywoman, blossoming under the
fingers Of the masseusc into siren;
the reform school girl who deceivcs
every one by her limpid innocence, the
college firt. It cannot be said that
they acquire any added Importance
under Mr.. Hughes's manipulation, but
they arc sustained by trained and
practiced hand.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

AND EtONoMl' SECTIONS OF Iiti>
TREATY. BY Bernard NJ. Baruch. pub
lished 10y Harper ana Brothers.
a s MIGHT have been antici-
~ patcd, the Treaty Of Yer
"A sailes has been subjected
to widespread and vigorous
criticism from many quarters. Mr..
Keynes believes that the settlement is
apworkablc on account Of its severity;
NJ Tardeu feels that the Germans were
;rcated with almos. culpable lenioncy.
Moreover, the treaty has been perhaps
yniustly blamed for many inevitable
evil consequences of the war
Bernard NJ. Baruch, who was one
OF the economic advisers to the
American delegation, undertakes the
task Of defending the economic and
rcparation sections of the Versailles
settlement. He takes issue with Mr..
Keynes on a number OF points, al
though the British economist is never
mentioned by name. Mr Baruch does
not think that Germany was treated
with undue harshncss, in view Of the
enormty Of her crimes. He sees in
the Reparation Commission an instru-
ment for eftecting such notifications Of
the treaty as may ultimately be shown
10 be cXpcdent and desirable
Difficulty Of Fixing Indemnity
The author admits that it would
have been wiser to fix the indemnity at
q definite sum at the outset However,
he contends that practical considcra-
tions made such course impossible
The Allies were unwilling 10 let Ger
many escape without paying the larg-
est possible indemnity. And no one
knew just how large this maximum
Indemnity would be- AS Mr. Baruch
says:
"No one knew how much Germany
owed. No one yet knows how much
Germany owes. No one knew how
r'uch Germany could pay. No ono yet
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Mrs. Oemler Knows the South
The Author Of The Purple Heights and Slppy
MCGEE Is Never Mushv

THE PURPLE HEIGHTS By Marie Con
way Oenler Published by the Century
Company.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Ullr N-ruAltru Uhllnrrm f Bunk
THE BURGESS ANIMAL BOOK
FOR CHILDREN
Eu THORNTON ". BURGESS

A'af0r q "IAe Bef3lmc S'o7Y- Books cfo.
This is a companion volume to The Burgess Bird
Book for Children, which has had such wonderful
reception since its publication year ago 1t IS
written in the same vein, story book which At
the same time IS an authoritative handbook
the land animals Of America describing them
and their habits that they will be instantly
recognized when seen. Every child and not icw
adults VIII delight going to school 20 Old NfothcT
Nature with Peter Rabbit and his friends I}tth
f,Al- page illustrations IN color ord 10 fnN boge
illustrations IN AaoRaud-1ghte from dra1pings BY
LoaNS Aedssls FucyicS $500 MT
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Changing Systems
Of the War Upon
Political Institutions

rOlITlcAI sYSTEMs lN wRANs1Tl0N.
~ ChalIe7 G.. Fenwich. Published 10y
the Century Company.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

THE MAKING orr TIE PREPARATIONS
AND ECONOMIC SECTIONS OF THE
TREATY. BY Bernard NJ. Baruch. pub
Nshed by Harper and Brothers.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

MIGHT have boon expected,
the World War has cxerted a
powerful influence upon the
political systcms Of tie vari-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
TL4E BLUE ROOM
Into the Blue Room tllou shalt not took
Nu (NN1fO u. ffILTON

IN this powcrIul new novel &c autN0r q ScandaI'
cndcavors to show the ater-csfec.s Of the war on
the souls OF two men Of Numerically opposite
tcmperamcnts ard upbrinsins. The Bluc Room
IS to be one of TIC most widely discussed
ooclyo ~ 90 ,rt
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

ARIE CONWAY OEMLER en-
joys the great good fortune
CT being able TO write about
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
t.3iatillt1iue q ut5nll
P(j$3 MANS ROCK
Du BERTRAND y. SINCLAIR

rccom@endcd TO YOU as The 6ess book f' r5sf sa'
popular author has yet written.
There can be question OF Mr.. Sinclar's ability
TO tell an entertaining story. Few Of us ever
doubted it after North Of FityThrcc, but Poor
Mans Rock settles the matter once and for all
Boston Transcript.
~
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

lcffcry FaInol brings back the pirate days Of t.
Spanish Main in this ncw novc-and not since
The Broad Highway and "Thc Amateur Gentle
man has nc created such a picturesque company
OF characters related such romantic adventures.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

a S MIGHT have been antici-
~ patcd, the Treaty Of Yer
sailles has been subjected
% uidesnrnad and NimnroNs
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
The HyDhen

lBr Ida c. SCHEM
N-irs anf .Str4orIl4srl.
-.4 OFF r--r lfo he values DI Auleri-
IN -l---.- IN 10 AnluMes 500
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Rcraration Clauses AnaIyzcd

The book reprints The reparation and
economic sections of the treaty. with
original notes by the author. Mr. Baruch
discusses in more detail certain impor-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
a WORLD TO MEND
D. agSyp/- r,,rrr C4ryT-y, rr-Ann

DD N = E1'F7tE 'S-7E.t " O07
A new book by thc aathor Of The Worn Doorstep,
har is sure to appeal to all thinking Americans.
"A World to Mend is very different bat IS
WORTHY successor to The Worn Doorstep. 1t
is book that any novelist might be glad 10 own
-Poofn, J,1rc~y,ht ~ ut
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
American Reds
Their Plots Described by
Stanley Frost

LABOR AND REVOLT. Ry Stanley rrcs.
PuoNshed by q. z. Dutton &: -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13

Gibbes, of Atlanta, connected with
the Southern Division OF the Rec
Cross, made a brief address outlinin:
the needs for such d public nurse
and the benefits to The COMMUNITY TO
accrue from maintaining one.
The action of the officials, however,
was only tentative, as all the officers
were not present and tha two county
branch chapters. Plain and Leslie,
were not represented, and it Is de-
sired to consult til them.
Miss Gibbes cmphasiz Z that tn
Red Cross is not q charitable ustitu-
ton; that its purpose IL uFHiu. to
put those needing its assistance in a
position to help themselves. PartIcu-
larly is this true in the work in the
home. Much Of the wora Of the
resident nurse, it was pointed olt,
win be found in thl homes OF de
pcndents Of soldiers and ex-sollier,,
several hundred Of whom are located
in this county and many Of whom, it
is said, would benefit by The assis-
lance of such nurse.
The salary to be apportioned for
the resident nurse is 70 be decided
later at a rol. arcl.e IF the officials
Of the Sumter county chapter, At
which plans viii be iaId for the early
coming of the cOanty nurse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13

A great deal has been said and
written about the cost of making mo-
ton pictures, and yet the public has
no adequate realization of the i'm
mense amount Of money invested in
the entertainment that is presented
to them for such a small comparative
admission price. Many big features
involve from three to ten times the
cost Of production that some of the
biggest musical and dramatic plays
do; for which the public pays two
and three dollars a seat. One scene
in the Helen Keller picture "Deliv-
erance" cost more than $35, 900.
There are ten thousand people in the
scene and a whole day was devoted
to it.
Helen Keller in 'Deliverance" will
be the attraction at the Opera House
Saturday, Jan. II.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13

q only weighed ninety pounds
when l started taking Tanlac and now
l weigh hundred and twelve" said
Mrs. j. W. Binkley, Of 51O4 Ilinos
Ave, West Nashville, Tenn
Il suffered terribly fer the past
eighteen years" she continued, and
my stomach was in such an awful
condition that l had to live on the
lightest kind of diet Even milk
would sour on my stomach and form
gas that would keep me in misery for
hours. l had little strength left, and
although | tried the best medicines
and treatments | could find, | Just
kept going down hill anc suffered
agonies until finally I was told that
my only hope lay in operation.
"a friend of my husbands per-
suaded him to get me some Tanlac,
and it not only saved me from the
operating table, but l have gained
twenty-five pounds and am a well
woman today. I can eat anything !
want without suffering any inconven-
fence afterwards and am feeling lust
fine. | shall always praise Tanlac
for restoring my health and wish ev-
erybody knew about this wonderful
medicine"
All druggists sell Tanlac. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13
Blame Nightmare on Demon.

In some portions of the continent o.
Europe nightmare is believed to he IL
pectral creature that comes and takes
/ seat on the breast Of the unconscious
Ileepe" half smOtherlng him and not
permitting him to me =. AS those
Tho have suffered therefrom say they
1annot so much as bend the little finger
mrIng those moments Of anguish, It
: not surprising that the supersttlOus
explained the condition as malicious
lemon crushing his victim.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13

IT is difficult to estimate the value
of a systematic course of reading
in the greater literature of the world
1t widens ones horizon, deepens
ones current of thought, quickens
ones interest, and makes all life
richer and fuller; not only the life
of the individual, but of the nation
as we'll That individual and nation
alike may be thus enriched, the Unit
ed States Bureau of Education is is
suing, through its Home Education
Division, several carefully planned
courses in reading.
To each person who submits salts
factory evidence of having read all
the books on this list within three
years from the time of joining the
circle, a certificate will be awarded
bearing the seal Of the United States
Bureau of Education and signed by
the Commissioner of Education. All
young men and women who wish to
lay a good foundation for knowl-
edge of the best literature are invit-
ed to join this circle.
Charles Alphonso Smith, professor
of English in the University of Vir-
ginia; Charles Forster Smith, pro-
fessor of Greek in the University of
Wisconsin; Richard Burton, profess
sor of English literature in the Uni
versity of Monnesota; and William
Lyon Phelps, professor of English
literature in Yale University, have
assisted the Bureau of Education in
directing this course of reading
In writing about this course, refer
to it as Omitted States Bureau of
Education, Home Education Division,
Reading Course No. g" or "Great
Observation-Disclosures, Medieval and
Modern"
Reading Course No. 2.
l. The Book of Job Mouaon's Mod
ern Readers Bible.
2. Deuteronomy. Moulton's Modern
Readers Bible.
3. Isaiah. Moulton's Modern Read
er's Bible.
4. The Had of Homer Lang, Leaf
and Myer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13
Worlds Smallest Violin,

Perfect in every detail and so small
i will lie within a space covered by
Two half crowns laid side ny side,
London now boasts of having the
sinai est fiddle In the world. II was
made by the weIl-know violniSt, b.
Vandermeulen, and is eXquistcIy con
structed as TO scale The exacr meas
urements are: Violin body, l 11-16
inches; violin, over all, 2% inches ;
bow, 3 9.16 inches. - Philadelphia
Record.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13
SUMTER TO HAVE
RESIDENT NURSE
Decision Reached At
Meeting Addressed
By Miss Gibbes

Sumter county is to have a resi-
dent Red Cross nurse, to go into the
home where needed, assist the health
officers in public health measures and
education, and act in any manner
called upon or where there is oppor
unity in her line of work
This was decided at a meeting of
local Red Cross officials this mora,ag
at the Red Cross headquarters at the
postofice, at which Miss Virginia
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-13
Great Msn Sunerstitinus.

Charles Dickens, Lord Macaulay and
Max Muller are numbered among the
Teat m"n av0Wedly ~lpprStitiOus,
Dickens refused to lie down on bed
lnless it was placed due north and
'outh, and he gave ample notice of his
ule before arriving ut a friends
Iouse or hotel. 1t is SAID he car
led a compass in his baggage TO make
ure, and the $: iii s"st error had to
De corrected be- nLd -uru in