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The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Amusing the Soldier

ENTERTAINING THE AMERICAN ARMY.
BY James w. Evans and Gardner L. Har-
ding Association Press.
TT was discovered long ago that all work
and no play not only makes Jack a
dull boy but also nterferes after a
time with his work itself. An army in the
field and especially army trying to rest
and recuperate during the intervals of
campaign needs entertainment TO keep up
its morale Never before in any great con-
flict has there been so extensive or so Wen
organized effort to meet this want as In the
case of the A. Il. i. II was planned upon a
magnificent scale and its manoeuvres were
carried out with astonishing efficiency and
comprchensiveness The army mobilized by
the entertainers totalled more than 10000
from the American stage and lyceum-cn-
tertainers OF all sorts, professional and anna
teur. from the distinguished tragedian to
the. ventriloquist. "chalkologist" and Jazz
soubrette. Its actual field strength" in
France exceeded 90 900. with reserve corps
of 5000 working at home in the training
camps in war fund drives and in manifold
minor activities Resides this. as the preface
notes. there probably was not a profess
sonal or semi professional entertainer In
America who did not give his services either
among the soldiers or at benefit perform
anccs during the war"
A few more figures are worth cltlnB lnlS
organization actually gave 109794 separate
performances TO the soldiers, with an APP
proximate attendance overseas Of SIOOO.0OO
and more than 40. 100000 at home. Il gave
1871, 900 movie shows-more than 1900 miles
Of film. At these there was an aggregate
attendance of more than 94,00000O For
the overseas work alone II provided $4,000
costumes and accessories. $4,000 musical in
struments and $50 600 pieces of sheet music
Truly talking figures
The Craig company Of Boston was one Of
the typical stock companies in the service.
headed ~ John Craig and his wife. Mary
Young OF Castle Square fame. Their chief
standby was the Joyous farce Baby Mine
chosen partly because IL called for a mini
mum OF props" THE company" says Mr.
Craig. had TO be reduced TO six so that all
the players and properties could be gotten
into Ford" They drove this compact or
ganizaton pretty much all over France. one
day they met an outfit OF plodding dough-
boys on the march and were recognized.
The officer said These boys have been In
France six months and haven't seen a real
show Can't you give us somethingT The
reply came. Sure, Wen give you whole
play right here and now" The outfit was
established on a little hill Ia open field
and Mr.. Craig announced, our first scene
is laid In a Chicago drawing room and you
who know what a Chicago drawing room
looks like will feel perfectly at homo-the
rest can use their Imagination" n isn't
necessary 10 add that tho show was
success
II was not all comedy Thus Mrs. Craig
gave the pageant OF Joan of Arc, STACEY at
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Domremy in front of the cathedral. and,
says the narrative, "she herself. like the
stole peasant mothers in the audience, had
made the supreme sacrifice and had given
her eldest son on the battlefield"
Here is another picture: A negro regiment
about to "go in" had just listened to a
moving sermon by its chaplain when Mrs.
PATSY" Henshaw was asked to sing. She
gave the familiar melodies Deep River
and Swing Low. Sweet Chariot" and little
by little other voices stole into the refrain
and as she concluded a choir was following
her singing the eight bar harmony in accu-
rately placed male voices swelling the mel
ody to a beauty which no one who heard 1t
could ever forget"
Many times shows were given actually
under fire in front line dugouts, or while
German air raiders sailed overhead. As
Thomas McTane summarizes II is the pref
ace: Into the theatre or COW barn, 10 the
tent or station platform. they brought the
gospel of laughter"
The book is also literally illustrated from
photographs and from drawings by Neysa
McMein. Anita Parkhurst and Ethel Rund-
Quist.
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Reviewed by
A. v. WILLIAMS-JACkSON.

TRAVELLERS in India, architects and
special students will welcome re-
= cent publication on the architecture,
sculpture and painting of India entitled "A
Handbook of Indian Art" by Il. b. Havell,
a well known writer on historical and artis-
tic subjects relating to Hindustan The vol
ume is elaborately illustrated by more than
one hundred and fifty half-tone reproduc-
tions. which add greatly to its value and
will be consulted with interest by all who
have to deal in any way with the artistic
side of India.
In the pages of this work it is possible to
trace in detail. in the first place, the evou-
tion of Indian architecture from the earliest
times to the triumphs of architectural art
in the Muhammadan period and to modern
blendings in architectural design under
European influence. In this division of the
book the specialist may feel that possibly
too much stress is laid on the likelihood of
any extended influences from Babyonia,
however ready he may be to recognize the
contact in ancient times between Mesopo-
tamia and India. The masterpieces of Mogul
architecture receive, in due order a schol-
arly and sympathetic treatment. II may be
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
ABOUT AUTHORS
The League Of Nations First Book
Is on Currency---Review of First Year

transit the constitution of a committee to
prepare practical plans for the reduction Of
world armaments; the registering of inter-
national agreements In accordance with the
League Covenant to prevent secret treaties;
and the call for an international military
force to assure fair plebiscite to determine
the disputed frontier between Poland and
Lithuania. This call was not an order; It
was merely an invitation for voluntary
military contribution, and by some states it
was accepted and by others declined
Mention of this measure of the league as
sembly again brings up the question of
Article X. which has been the occasion of
such widespread controversy Professor
Wilson goes out of his way to insist that
that provision is not the sinister thing its
opponents would have us believe: it is cal
culated not to increase International dissen-
sion. but to minimize it. 1T cannot be too
emphatically stated says the author, that
Article Y. does not guarantee the territorial
integrity of any member of the league. All
it does is to condemn external aggression
on the territorial integrity and political in
dependence of any member of the league
and call upon the council to consider what
can be done to resist such aggression"
For, as NJ. Hymans, Provisional President
of the Assembly, declares "The league is not
. . a super State which aims al absorb
ing national sovereignties or at reducing
establish frequent and friendly intercourse
between independent states, and to form ties
which will lead to mutual understanding and
sympathy" If the league has not yet been
wholly successful in that purpose. that does
not mean that 1t has failed. Like all
endeavors, political and otherwise, it is to be
judged by what it accomplishes, however
small the accomplishment may be. The most
favorable view of the league is that it has
begun something, sown seed which may
blossom in peace and progress for the gen.
erations to come. THE day which witnessed
the birth of the League of Nations" says
President Motta of the Swiss Republic.
witnessed event whose consequences
will have a permanent influence on the evo-
luton of nations. This fact cannot be in
fiuenced by the lacuna and inevitable imper-
fectons of the first covenant. Once the
seed is sown, the earth can never be COM
pletely barren"
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ened altruism applied to collective benefit.
Whether one agrees with all the argument
or not, one must feel the sincerity and nobil
ty Of It's purpose. Furthermore, scarcely
any one will be rash enough to gainsay
the truth of the central thesis-that If world
civilization is to continue its development
some means must be found to stop or at
least to mitigate the destructiveness of mod
ern war Otherwise, Wells has demon
strated, civilization is in danger of being
destroyed by its own inventions. There re-
mains, however, much room for difference
of opinion as to ways and means. But clearly
it is of value to have concise statement of
basic facts as a starting point.
Mr. Dickinson finds the causes of interna-
tional wars largely in the irrational elements
of the sense of community" He conceives
war between States as fundamentally preda-
tory-a generalization that is perhaps some
what too broad The remedies he foresees in
"the creation of judicial and administrative
machinery and tho adoption OF a new out
look and policy" No ono can quarrel with
that especially as he stresses the second as
the chief element. 1t amounts to saying that
will end when mankind as a whole
becomes more intelligent. more forbearng
and more judicially minded.
Mr.. woolfs treatise deals with the course
of imperialism" in Africa and Asia. to the
conclusion that II may be summarized in the
perialism," says he. lis only the logical ap-
plication Of capitalism and its principles 10
internationalism." The remedy Is a right
about face. and n determination to treat the
dependent or backward peoples with a view
primarily TO their own bettement
Mr.. Postgate's book is valuable summary
history of the three recent attempts at
labor internationalism. He had the advantage
Of examining original documents and the
minute book of the First Internationalie. His
analysis is sympathetic. but not uncritical;
his record is of great value as a reservoir
OF fact bearing upon one important section
of the whole problem.
Mr.. Stocks thesis is that "the required in
ternational organization must be real gov
ernment IL IL is to be a success. and that
the most elaborate alliance will
never solve the international problem" His
argument Is that this Is not necessarily in
consistent with nationalist ideals. "If." he
says, 1T can be shown that some function
OF government requires for its exercise an
authority embracing a number of nations
there Is nothing in the nationalist creed
which should lead one to hesitate to assent
TO the establishment Of such an authority"
BY far the most valuable and useful OF
these treatises is Mr.. Gooch's study OF mod
ern nationalism. He gives a compact adj
mirably lucid sketch OF the growth OF each
OF the modern European nations. and also
touches upon Asia II Is n prerequisite to
any further synthesis that one should un-
derstand the makeup Of the component
parts. Thus Mr.. Gooch has provided the
most necessary basis for the whole discus
sion. and he has done II with striking ef-
hciencv. His argument is marked bv calm
sanity and comprehcnsvencss ~ vision
that makes the book masterpiece. Il
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
BALZAC HAD WISE FRIENDS
BOOK REVIEWS
George Sand, Nine. Berny and Others
He Learned About Women From Them

my aunt as well my father had horror
OF leaving letters after them. and strange
to say. they were right in fearing to leave
them, because in both cases papers had a
fate they would not have liked them to
have"
The Princess adds the information that
Nine. HanSka's sister, Caroline PzeWuska,
the Madame Cherkowitsch" of Balzac's let
ters, came near marrying the critic Saint
Beuve, but the marriage was broken off just
before the appointed day.
The real value of such a book as this,
however, lies not in its treatment of eX-
ternals but in the truer, better unified view
it presents of the growth of a great creative
mind. Nine. Hanska. according to her niece,
actually wrote a large part of Modesto
Mignon." Whatever be the fact as to her
direct contribution, she affected deeply much
Of his later work. Il cannot put two ideas
together" he wrote to her. that you do
not come between them" She did better
than that. Instead of dividing his thoughts
she informed them all. One of Balzac's
noblest works is "The Brotherhood of Con-
ISOLATION" Nine. Hanska has been named as
the inspiration of it's Madame de la Chan
terie."
The young girl has usurped larger place
in modern fction-especialiy in that of Eng
land and America-than she deserves. From
the youthful period when he met the
Duchesse d'Abrantes then 40, to the end Of
his life he had the good fortune to know
intimately such mature women as would
give him true insight into the wealth of
the ripened nature of woman and complete
through them his profounder consciousness
Of the possibilities of life itself.
His boyish ears having been charmed with
echoes of the empire, it was natural enough
that young Honore should find in the
Duchess who had observed the whole career
a
living volume of history Here is the pas
sage relating to the Duchesse dAbrantes:
Her words pierced the very soul Of Bal
zac and kindled an enthusiasm which made
her appear to him greater than she really
was; she literally daZZled and subjugated
him. Her gaety and animation in relating
Incidents of the imperial court, and her
autumnal sunshine its rays still glowing
with warmth as well as brightness, com
PEELED Balzac to perceive for the second time
in his life the instability of the woman
who has passed her first youth-the woman
of 80 or the tender woman of 40. The fact
is, however, not that Balzac created la
femme sensible de qudrdnte ans as is stated
by Philarete Chasles, much that two
women of 40 Nine. de Berny and Nine.
d'Abrantes, created him.
To the rising stars of his own day the
young observer of the intellectual universe
was not blind. George Sand apparently did
not put him in her list Of great conquests
with Chopin and De Musset. But they were
friends.
"They seem to have had many enjoyable
hours with each other. She relates that one
evening when she and some friends had been
dining with Balzac, after a rather peculiar
dinner he put on with childish glee a beau
tiful brand new robe de chdnbre to show 1t
to them. and purposed to accompany them
IN this costume to the Luxembourg. with a
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painting from the earliest frescoes on the
walls of the cave temples at Atlanta down
to the exquisite productions from the brush
of the leading Indian artist Of the present
day, Abanindro Nath Tagore. of the distin-
guished Tagore family, so well known to-day
through the famous modern Hindu poet
Mr.. Havel's long association with the art
gallery at Calcutta and his wide acquaint-
ance with Indian subjects. evidenced by
a number of earlier publications on Indian
art and history. render him well qualified to
deal with the topic in hand, and his mani
fest interest in this field brings about a
sympathetic presentation that will appeal to
the general reader and special student alike.
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WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALzAC. BY
Juanita Helm Floyd. Henry Holt & Co.
..TO love her was a liberal education"
has too often been classified as
a pretty compliment But when
Sir Richard Steele wrote that he was writ
ing scientific and historic truth as we'll as
literature. And the new book about the
great French novelist is in the nature OF
illustration. For certainly these women
whom Balzac loved were his teachers. And
the world owes them a good deal for the
justice, breadth and sanity of their lessons.
Nine. Hanska whom Balzac married at
last, would naturally be the central figure
in such presentation. The author is able
10 bring some hitherto unpublished testi-
mony on his relationship. secured directly
from the Princess RadZiwlll Nine. Hanska's
riece. The facts vary widely in importance.
but their publication is in the interest of
accuracy. Certain alleged errors in dates
are corrected. But more interesting is the
statement about the destruction OF letters
from the woman who was to become Nine.
de Balzac. The assertion has beer made
that the novelist burned all ier letters, in
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mentioned I'm this connection that the author
is strongly opposed to the claim that the
credit for the gem Of Mogul architecture, the
Tai Mahal. should be assigned to the Italian.
Geronimo Veroneo. The design well as
the Workmanship he believes to be preemi-
nently Indian, and he supports his view by
citing sources and authorities of the time.
In the realm Of sculpture, particularly
that of the Buddhist monuments Of Gand-
haran art, where Greek influence Is gen
orally acknowledged, Mr. Havcll draws at
tention to the fact that the difference be-
tween the Indian and Greek ideal lies in
the metaphysical outlook" The photo
graphic Illustrations are particularly valu-
able throughout this entire section.
The third division Of the volume is de-
voted to a somewhat briefer sketch of the
history of Indian painting. The principles
OF this branch Of Indian art and the char
acteristics Of the principal schools are con
cisely presented with touches likewise in re-
gard TO the philosophy of Indian art. Here.
again tho eye iS led forward. In conjunction
with the tcAt, by appropriate examples OF
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
He Comes at Last
Into the Shade
By SAMUEL HoFFENsTEIN.

BY SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN.
He comes at last into the shade
Where men and women weep;
He gives the lover to his maid,
The shepherd to his sheep.
His presence Gains the weeping wild
OF the confused throng;
He gives the mother to her child,
The poet to his song.
Peace to the broken heart He brings
And to the mind repose;
lie gives the bird untiring wings
And summer to tho rose.
And though His staff is like sword
And like cloud His breath
How shall we hail His coming, Lord
That guise Of Thee called Deathi
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tS47. But letters attributed to her and
dated before 1S47 have been since published.
Here is the explanation by Nine. Hanska's
niece quoted in the volume under review:
"Balzac said that he burned my aunt's
letters in order to reassure her one day
when she had reasons to fear they would
fall into other hands than those to whom
they belonged. After his death my aunt
found them all, and | am sorry to say that
IL aods she acho burned them. and that was
present at this autoddfe, and rememfser to
this day my horror and indignation. But
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Bismarck's S Memoirs

THE KAISER vs.. BISMARCK. Suppressed
Letters by the Kaiser and New Chapters
from the Autobiography OF the Iron Chancel-
lor. With Introduction by Prof Charles
Downer Hazen. Translation by Bernard Mall
Harper & Brothers.
TIME publication of the hitherto missing
concluding sections of Bismarck's
autobiography adds most important
chapter to recent European history The
substance of IL has, OF course long been
known, but here for the first time we have
the actual. first hand record OF world shak
ing events II covers the period from the
Kaiser's accession TO the throne TO his famous
dropping the pilot" in 1890 one great fact
sticks out OF IL in Blsmarcks clear realiza-
tion that n great world war was inevitable.
1T also makes n vivid portrayal Of the
character of Bismarck himself. as well as
that Of the Kaiser. with side lights upon the
Car and many minor personages, "If ever
there was a maker Of emperors." says Prof.
Hazcn. Bismarck was that man"
Here we have a full presentation OF Bis
marck's relation 10 William III. and a fore
shadowing OF its consequences. Without
wishing to moralize unduly," Prof. Hazen
comments, "one may distil from a contempia-
ton Of these two careers the reflection. by
no means new but always timely that the
possession OF power is apt to poison its
possessor."
The appendices Of tho book contain a mum
her Of hitherto unpublished letters. The
volume is amply illustrated, including IN its
pictures the famous Punch cartoons and
suppressed portrait Of the Kaiser with a
beard
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The League on Money

CURRENCIEs AFTER THE WAR. A Survey
of Conditions in Various Countries. Com
piled under the auspices OF the International
secretariat of the League of Nations. Lon
don: Harrison and Sons, St Martins Lane.
W. G. 2
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THE FIRST YEAR OF THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS. BY George Grafton Wilson.
Little. Brown Co
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Reviewed by H. L. PANGBORN.

have. Il bad sound but IL is well to
remember that the power of per-
suasion may be exercised unselfishly, with
true nobility of aim, as well as malevolently.
This series Of "Handbooks on International
Relations is frankly aimed at the develop
ment Of what III. g. Wells has called the
international mind" But there is no sign
Of any desire to distort the facts: rather. it
is a sincere attempt to state the case fairly
and fully, though some of the writer's are
not quite able to avoid a certain tendency
toward special pleading in their arguments.
The series is edited by G. Loves Dickinson.
Its primary object, as Mr. Dickinson states
it in his general preface, is to promote the
peace of the world. He concludes
"The world cannot be saved by Govern
ments and governing classes. 1t can be
saved only by the creation, among the peo-
pies of the world of such a public opinion
as cannot be duped by misrepresentation nor
mised by passion. The difficulties of that
achievement can hardly be exaggerated but
ought not to daunt And the editor ventures
to hope for support of men of good will in
this one attempt, among many others, to en-
tighten the intelligence and direct the will"
1t is. indeed new thing in the develop
ment of cvilization-this conscious attempt
to bring about betterment and further
progress by means Of wide spreading edu-
cation. the keynote to which is an enlight-
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Five Authorities Examine the Bases
OF National and international Structures

CAUSES OF INTERNATIONAL WAR, by
G. Loves Dickinson ECONOMIC I'M
PERIALISM. by Leonard Woolf; PATRIOT
ISM AND THE SUPER-STATE, by J. L..
Stocks The WORKERS INTERNA-
TIONAL. by K. w. Postgate, and NATION
ALISM by C. p. Gooch. All published
bv Harcourt, Brace & Co.
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Indian Art From Muhammadan Period
To the Days of European Influence

A HANDBOOK OF INDIAN ART. BY f. B.
Havel F. T. Dutton & Co.
The Coconino sun., 1921-02-25
EMBARRASSING FLAGSTAFF

Flagstaff, Ariz., has two big ideas. One is to build large lake and the other is to bring state university experiment farm into the vicinity. The Coconino Sun and other enterprising mem- bers of the chamber of commerce have made sur veys of the topography around Flagstaff and have come to the conclusion that lake could be constructed in Switzer canyon on the Babbitt brothers ranch that would give central aandnorth- ern Arizona as fine water resort as could be found east of the coast and south of Great Salt Lake, The cost, it has been found, would not be great, as the main piece of engineering that would have to be done would be the elevation of the Flagstaff -Winslow road where it crosses Switzer canyon. In the summer the lake would provide boating and fishing and in the winter, skating.
 The other enterprise the city of Flagstaff is interested in would serve more practical pur- pose It would at the same time enhance the rep utation Flagstaff already has as center of sci entifc investigation. The county farm bureau has joined with business men in working to ob- tain the experiment farm for the advancement of horticulture agronomy and animal husbandry. The country around Flagstaff needs such farm. -El Paso Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1921-02-25

There is feeling that things are strangely muddled on this old mundane sphere. While millions are reported as starving to death in China, we are passing laws to prevent their ship ping eggs and foodstuffs to this country; when you can't sell a COW hide for over $2, shoes are priced from SIP to $20 and up; hundreds of men, are idle while others want to cut down the num- Der of hours of work the cost of building houses is too great and lumber mills are shut down with an over-supply of lumber and builders are idle wool cannot be sold and many sheepmen are broke, and woolen clothes are too expensive to buy; there is an over-supply of food stuffs yet the cost of living does not show it. Still there is hope that things will adjust themselves if a req sonable amount of horse sense is used.