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New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Negro Tales
Racy Hunor in New Sto-
ries by E. K. Means
FURTHER E. x, MEANS. Publish

FURTHER q. K. MEANS. Published BY
@. p. Putnams Sons.
II K. MEANS has won distine-
r.. tive if small niche in the
edifce Of our national litera-
ture. No one has SO skillfully exploited
the humorous aspects of the life OF
the Louisiana negro. He knows the
life of the people whom he describes;
be is good natural story teller, end
he is master Of negro dialect. With
this equipment he has written three
volumes OF unusually entertaining short
stories
Broad uproarious humor is a char
acteristic of almost all the tales in
cluded in the present collection. The
author likes to plunge his characters
into scrapes which are made doubly
funny by clever use of dialect and
then to extricate them by some literary
sleight-of device. The tragedy
that often enters the life Of the South
ern negro is never touched on.
The negroes of E. K. Means are
lovabie, simple-minded beings, occa-
sionally falling into difficulties from
which they are often rescued by the
wisdom of the two local sages: skeeter
Butts, proprietor OF the Hen Scratch
Saloon, and Vinegar Ats, pastor of
the Shoofy Church. There are many
comical situations: Pap Curtain and
Mustard Prophet contending for the
Il IL
eight negroes unwillingly confined on
the roof OF white mans house, the in
trigues for the hand Of Sister Sally
skaggs, lady possessed of abnormal
girth and $500 in the bank. Z. K
Means has by no means exhausted his
peculiar vein Of humor; and it is to
be hoped that he will give US many
more rollicking stories of the black
folk whom he describes so we'll.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Cactus Verses
Rollicking Rhymes of the
Great Far West

CACTUS CENTER BY Arthur Chapman.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Com
pany.
A Ii the vigor and zest and humor
"a of the Great Far West may be
found in this collection of poems
by the author of that widely known
and extremely popular bit Of verse,
Out Where the West Begins. Cactus
Center is an Arizona town where the
main industries are poker and gun
play. Even a discussion of such dull
subject as the tariff is apt to provoke
q shooting affray, with an extensive
casualty list. The living population
of Cactus Center naturally does not
increase very rapidly. But the town
does have one boast-the number Of
its citizens who have come to an un-
timely end. The poem, Cactus Center
and the Census" comes TO an end with
the following lines:
II seems as If some ruin ought 20 be
made Jest fer us x 49,. ,,.
Or fer any other village where the gun
men likes to fuss;
We would break all census records II tney Il
hgger up our Kill,
And would only count the tenants Of the
graves upon Boot Hill.
There is good, fresh, whole-souled
humor in these versifed tales Of Cactus
Center. Among the funniest episodes
in the life Of that enterprising COM
munity are the fate of the astronomer
who tried to survey Mars from the van
tage point Of Cactus Center and the
spirited description of the village
semi-centennial, where the towns old
est inhabitant and a replica of the
first poker club are borne in triumphal
procession.
The haunting charm and the splendor
of the Western deserts and mountains
are vividly depicted in several poems
"In Mesa-Land" is perhaps the best of
MIR. Chapman's nature pictures;
In Aesa-Land the sand dunes stretch afar
The RATHER basks unhindered in the sun,
I And there are battlements that hint of war
And in the gorges Sullen rivers run.
Aye. there are battlements from whose
high walls
/ A Front -de-Boeuf might send his challeng g.
down.
But silence rsigns. and no portcullis falls.
/ Unbroken g. he deserts somber frown.
( In Mesa Land the cloud ships 'galnst tn
blue
Are white as any sell viewed from tn,
/ strand,
! And ali the peace of years enveIops you
In Mesa Land.
In this little book OF verse, modes
and unpretentjous as it is, Mr.. Chap
man makes a distinctive contribution
TO American poetry. His work com
bines "a genuine lyric faculty and ap
probation of natural beauty with {
/ typically Western brand of humor.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

THE STRENGTH OF THE PINES. BY
Edison Marshall Published by Little,
Brown & Co.
nNE has considerably more liking
for the animals in Edison Mar
shalrs The Strength of the Pines than
for most of the human beings that
figure in the story. In fact, it is sus-
pected that the author prefers to write
about animals, but, if his characters are
none too human, the huge grizzly, the
Killer, is certainly "all bear" 1t is
easier to believe that an animal SO
large and SO vicious as the Killer was
to be found wandering in the wilds of
Southern Oregon in 1920 than that
feudists like the Turner's were to be
discovered there. That there could be
q place in the modern West where Il
girl and an old woman could be held
prisoner in a valley for years, waiting
for property to come into possession
Of scoundrels who had killed off all
other claimants but one, Is rather
straining the fiction readers capacity
to believe.
Bruce, the founding who goes from
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

thetical origin Of "the social contract. ."
But, as Professor Dunning points out,
they ignored group psychology in form
ing their conclusions, and consequently
never evolved an adequate theory of the
state,
The author sets forth various consti-
tutional theories which were debated
during the nineteenth century; he de-
votes some attention to uationalism as
an important influence in the political
life Of the time, and discusses several
of the more modern political ideas
which owe their origin to industrialism
and the development Of sociology.
There is a note Of pessimism in the
concluding sentences of the book.
After describing certain conflicting
political ideals the author observes:
"These dogmas, with endless varieties
of shading and detail, were in conflict
in the philosophy Of the nineteenth
century, and the conflict is still in
progress. Greek history shows that
they were in like conflict, with different
degrees of relative strength, in the
fourth century B. C., Anarchistic indi-
vidualism was preached by Sophists
and Cynics; constitutionalism by Aris-
totle and the other conservative up
holders of the mon}oi; nationalism is
but the theory of the city-state writ
large; societarianism has never been
more completely formulated than by
Plato. In twenty-three centuries the
movement of thought has but swung
full circle"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
immigration Problems

DEMOCRACY AND ASSIMILATION. b
Julius Drachaler. Published by the Mae
milan Company.
THE problem Of assimilating our
large immigrant population is ex-
haustively and scientifically discussed
by Mr.. Drachsler, who uses as a stats
tical basis for his work the figures re
Iating TO racial intermsrriage in New
York City. He contends that NOT
racial homogeneity, but intsllectual
and emotional harmony should be the
ideal of American democracy. So he
advocates better economic conditions
for foreign-born workers and a sym
pathetic understanding OF the culturs
aspirations of the immigrant races as
essential conditions of effective Ameri-
canization work
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

MADAME GiLBERT'S CANNIBAL Ev
Bennet Copplestone. Published by E. r.
Dutton 6 Co., New York
T N the process of whipping PLAYS
into shape it has not been unusual
to change melodramas into farces,
but 1t rarely happens that farce is
changed into tragedy. In Madame Gill
bert's Cannibal, Bennett Copplestone
has wrought such change The story
begins as farce, and in the middle
contains some interesting descriptions
OF South Sea native life. and at the
end becomes tragic. Death always
opens way for the elimination Of su-
pertiuous characters and perhaps the
author saw no other avenue available.
Only he might have let Willatopy, the
half-caste Melanesian heir TO the
Earony of Topsham, drink himself to
death, which he was proceeding to
do very handily, instead of having De-
tective Madame Gilbert execute the
young man with the automatic pistol
with which she could hit silver pieces
tossed in the air and perform other
wonders which biographers of the late
Wild Bill Hickock, who was supposed
10 have been the greatest pistol expert
Of the wild West, have never claimed
for their idol.
Nine. Gilbert accepts detail" to
the South Seas, in behalf Of the Toppys
family, to prevent, by some means,
the succession of the half-caste Mela-
nesian heir Of Sir William Toppys to
the peerage which is legally his. Nine.
Gilbert is provided with luxuriously
fitted yacht. She journeys to the Tor
res Straits and finds that WilIatopy,
the half-caste son, has been brought
up with his sisters in primeval inno-
cence-a child of nature who can per
form marvels in swimming, and who
kills two sharks at time, but who
cannot resist the lure of strong drink
and madame's maid, Marie. Madame
Gilbert becomes interested in the youth
despite her mission. But an evil
"hedge lawyer" intervenes and Villa
topy starts for England and his pos
sessions.
Even though the author acquits the
( lady detective for shooting the impetu-
Gus brown youth who should have let
peerages alone and started an interna-
tional swimming school, the average
reader will hardly be inclined to for
give so freely: Likewise there are
scme attempts at humor in the book
which will draw at least suspended
sentence.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

to the psychology of the racial groups
with which they are working.
Mr.. Daniels quotes the opinions of a
number of representative immigrants
to the effect that the excellent inten-
tion of settlement work is often de-
feated by the spirit of patronage aud
condescension. in which 1t is sometimes
carried on He gives a thorough and
very encouraging survey of the fruitful
and encouraging results which have al
ready been achieved by the many spou-
taneous organizations which have
sprung up among our foreign born
population. His book should be REG
commended to the attention of every
individual and group interested in the
problems of Americaniaation.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
By William L. Mcpherson

FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY U59s-islB.
BY Graham II. Stuart. Published by
the Century Company.
N ROFESS0R STUART'S study of
French foreign policy covers the
second period Of the republics
effort to insure herself by foreign COM
pacts against repetition of the mis-
fortunes of 1870-'71. The Dual Alliance
with Russia, announced in 1895, had
been established several years earlier.
But Russia, though most desirable
friend, was broken reed to lean on,
if the French desired to create a real
European counterbalance to the Triple
Alliance of Germany, Austria Hungary
and Italy. The Japanese wax, when it
came, showed that Russia had ceased
to be a first-class military power, The
Czar's personal relations with William
II were also constant danger The
most farsighted Fren3h statesmen,
therefore, conceived the idea of winning
over Great Britain and facing the
Triple Alliance with q rival Triple
Entente.
Theophile DeIcasse's seven years of
continuous service as Frances Minister
of Foreign Affairs was dedicated TO
this task. The awkward Fasboda Incl
dent confronted him when he took Of
tice. France abandoned M&rchand's s
claims, but Delcasse skillfully made
that remuneration the foundation Of
lasting accord with Great Britain.
Moreover, he partly detached Italy
from the Triple Alliance by COM
ing to an agreement with her on Medi-
terranean questions. When he was
driven out of power in 1905 by German
Vaccinations he had so shaped Frances
foreign commitments that the danger
of isolation or fatal weakness, in case
of another conflict with Germany, was
past.
If Delcasse's policy was sagacious
and brilliant, that of some OF his sue
cessors was lamentably weak or vi
cious. The bottom was reached under
Joseph Caillaux, whose sinister activi-
/ ties made him, in 1911, as again dur
ing the war period, the French states
man most highly appraised and ten
derly considered in Berlin. Agadir was
bitter humiliation to France. But
from that humiliation France rallied
under Poincare, and at last made seri-
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20


TAGU BUTLER. BY Edward Graham.
Published by Longmans, Green CO.
UT ENRY MCNTAGU BUTLER is
n one of the great teachers who
have helped to create the high
reputation of the English public
schools as makers of character and
scholarship. His career as ,udent
at Harrow and Cambridge was a sue
cession of scholastic triumphs. He won
scholarship after scholarship; and he
read widely and deeply, especially in
classical literature and in English po-
litical ecclesiastical history.
At the age of twenty-six Butler was
chosen Head Master of Harrow post
which his father, Dr.. George Butler,
had held many years before, He had
previously been ordained a minister of
the Church of England. AS teacher
and an ecclesiastic he was inclined TO
pursue policy of broadminded con-
servatism. He was not q radical in
novator at Harrow; but he did work
hard and conscientiously TO secure the
best results from the application of
the old educational ideas. He believed
that Head Master should be teacher
as we'll as an executive; and Mr..
Graham tells many anecdotes showing
Buffers zeal to infect his boys with
some of his own enthusiasm for Greek
and Roman culture.
1t is tradition that the Head
Master OF en- English school must be a
rather formidable potentate; and But
Ter believed in upholding traditions.
But, aside from formal occasions, he
could unbend and be very kindly and
human.
AS churchman he always pleaded
for toleration and abhorred heresy bait
ing. At the same time he never en-
tertained any disturbing or heterodox
convictions himself. His tastes in
English literature seem a trife naive
and old-fashioned. Scott and George
Eliot were his favorite novelists, and
Tennyson was his ideal poet.
Mr.. Graham's memoir is written in a
spirit Of thorough scholarship and af-
9ectionsts esteem.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
The City Child and the Law
h Quicksands of Youth Judge Hoyt Writes
of Children's Court

~s.vns or YOUTH. Tsy Franklin
yseyf Judge of the New Yorls
'esss - Court Published by Charles
'ssssers Sons-
..sErs is, the author says, q book o.
| stories telling of youths en-
| tounter with the law, which
s.lngs out graphically the need
, ...S,cting that encounter so that
MA will not become an enemy OF
,,w The main object Of the Chill
=, Court is to restore each child to
,ormsl balance and protect its
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
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A Great Teacher
Life of a Distinguished
Harrow Head Master

THE HARROW LIFE OF HENRY NON
TAGU BUTLER BY Edward Graham.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
South Sea Romance
A Bar Sinister Cannibal Is
the Hero

MADAME GILBERT's cANNIBAL. pv
Benhet SoppIestone. Published by E. r.
Dutton 6 Co, New York
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Two Studies In Political Theory
American Ideas Analysed of
Thought From Rousseau to Spencer

AMERICAN POLITICAL IDEAS. BY
Charles Edward Merriam, Published by
the Macmillan Company
POLITICAL THEORIES FROM ROUS-
SEAU TO SPENCER. BY william
Archibald Dunning. Published by the
Macmillan Company
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Making Americans
Plea for Democracy in AS
sirnilating Immigrants

AMERICA VIA THE NEIGRBORHOoD
BY John Daniels. Published by Harper
New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Grizzlies and Feudists

THE STRENGTH OF THE PINES. BY
Edison Marshall Published by Little,
Brown & Co.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-02
eyes, but Columbus did not
inveigle conGding old lady to
go along with him."
GRO BE CoNTINUED.)
UNDOUBTEDLY HIS BY RIGHT
BoorIsh Stranger Surely Proved His
Claim to Possession of That Match
box Without Argument.

The car on an English railway was
not overcrowded. There was a goodly
number of persons sitting in it, but
evidently there was not room for the
fussy man who entered last.
He stood on every ones toes.
He pushed his luggage in every ones
eyes and placed his heaviest bag on
some ones hat.
He elbowed himself plenty of room
on the side of the compartment
"Infernal railway!" he muttered to
the man next to him.
''Thank goodness" replied the
stranger, that you spoke first!'
"What do you mean?" asked the
rude man.
"Well," said the stranger, handing
him gold matchbox, II must give you
this, sir"
But" exclaimed the other, 1--WE are
complete strangers
"Yes, sir, know that, but I am
a member of a society, and we have
subscribed for that matchbox, which
we were going to give to member
whom we considered the rudest man
on earth-but / think you deserve ii
far more than he doesW
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-02

ers declare they are having difficulty
In meeting the widespread demand for
black caracul, Persian lamb and Amer
lean broadtail. Monkey remains a
trimming favorite, and suits of cloth
or velvet are heavily garnitured with
this novelty.
Very effective black cloth suits for
young girls have collar and cuffs Of
gray squirrel or krimmer, with which
is worn a silver or steel link girdle.
Not all fur-trimmed suits are black.
however, for the season abounds in
lovely models in glowing rich rust
tones, Oriental reds, taupe or beige,
contrasted with handsome fur trim
mings.
For her morning constitutional or
shopping tour milady of fashion feels
the assurance of correct apparel when
she wears a conservative tailored suit
of African brown wool velours, dollared
with Hudson seal, the tie ends fin
ished with fur balls, such as our Illus
tration shows. Her companion in
dulges in a becoming semi-tailored eff
feet (see illustration) of Pompeian
red duvetyn with scroll of matched
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-02

( OF course when a girl who has bob
bed hair decides to let it grow again
she can camoufage it with a hair
net and nobody be the wiser. But
it is different with the man who is
letting his beard grow.
After careful observations of the
results of a fiapper's work with paint,
powder and lipsticks we still are con
WINGED that you can't improve on ma
ture and it's a waste of time to paint
the rose.
Some peoples heads are like their
attics. Just chuck full of junk, dust
and cobwebs.
Some of our modern people spend
so little time at home that we. often
wonder if they do not have to look up
their address in the directory before
they make their occasional visit to
them.
All marriages are love matches. If
the man is poor a girl takes him be.
cause she loves him; if he is rich she
grabs him because she loves his
money.
Most men are born without sense
or cents and lot of them never could
acquire either. even if they lived a
million years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-02


The center veil is a novelty. which,
as you see, is not intended to
cover the face at all but is frankly
decorative, imparting certain at
Effectiveness to the entire costume
The chantilly drape in the oval Is of
exquisite texture and demonstrates
the alluring charm of the eyebrow
curtain drop. The scarf ends are
weighted with huge hollow jet rings.
The black lace yelled hat is the
leading vogue for dress occasions. AT
all times these Grapes are adjusted
for esthetic effect rather than for
utility purposes.
Fur hats have eyebrow curtains of
gold or silver lace. In these the brims
are of the upturned cuff shape. Some
times gold flowers are bordered at the
top rim of the hat apparently holding
the metal lace in place.
The newest black and white inter-
probation, is for a brim of ermine,
over which is thrown black lace
VEIL caught with jet pins.
The dinner hat, with transparent
metal lace, wide brim, has cob-web
mesh Of gold thread. half yelling it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-02
SPANISH By f f4s555A
.DOUBLOONS . =.==

and somehow make it seem so much
more difficult ~
I rose. Every well, Aunt Jane"
said, coldly. "Expand all you like.
When you get to the bursting point
I'll do my best to save the pieces.
For the present / suppose had bet
ter leave you to company so much
more favorable to your soul develop
ment !" And walked away with my
head in the air.
1t was so much in The air, and the
deck of the Rufus Smith was so un-
stable, that I fell over a coil of rope
and fetched up in the arms of the
Honorable Cuthbert Vane. Fortu-
nately this occurred around the cor
ner of the deck-house, out Of sight
of my aunt and Miss Browne, so the
latter was unable to shed the lurid
light on the episode which she doubt
less would if she had seen it. Mr..
Vane stood the shock we'll and prompt
~ set me on my feet.
.'I say!'' he exclaimed sympathetical-
ly, mot hurt, are you? Beastly nui-
sance, you know, these ropes lying
about-regular man-traps, call en-
Thanks, I'm quite all right" / said,
and as / spoke two large genuine tears
welled up into my eyes. I hadn't re-
allied till / felt them smarting on my
eyelids how deeply hurt was at the
unnatural behavior Of Aunt Jane.
"Ah-Im afraid you are really not
quite all right!,. returned the Honor
able Cuthbert with profound concern.
Tell me what's the masterpieces
dor
1 shook my head. cts nothing
you couldn't help me. It's just-Aunt
Jane. She has let this awful Higgles-
by-Browne person get possession OF
her, body and soul"
ooh, say, aren't you a bit rough on
Miss Browne? Thought she was q
rather remarkable old party-goes in
strong for intellect and all that, you
know"
"That's just what fooled Aunt Jane
so-but I thought a man would know
better" My feathers were ruf1ed
again.
.Well, fact is, I'm not so much up
in that sort of thing myself" he adj
mitted modestly. Rather took her
word for it and all that, you know.
There's Shaw, though -cleverest chap
going, assure you. I rather fancy
Miss Browne couldn't pull the wool
over his eyes much"
"She evidently did, though" said
snappishly, "since he's let her rope
him in for such wild goose chase as
this y
"Oh, really, now, Miss Harding, you
don't think it's that-that the things
all moonshine?'
''Why, what else can it be?" I de
handed, driven by my wrongs to the
cruelty of shattering his illusions.
''Who ever heard of pirates treasure