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only sixteen Absentees.

The votes indicated the largest at
tendance In the House during the pres
ent session. On one roll call 41s men,
bers were recorded. only sixteen being
absent, since there are three vacancies.
The vote against the dye embargo came
as a surprise. as II was believed 1t
would be adopted by narrow margin.
Long staple cotton was placed on the
free list by the vote OF 217 TO 1873. Here
again failure to place "a compensatory
duty on cotton goods from that product
was determining factor. Earlier In
the day the House rejected 1872 to so an
amendment of Representative Treadway
Mass for an additional duty Of ~
per cent ad valorem on manufactures
of long staple cotton.
Roll calls on leaving crude and fuel
oil and asphalt OIL the free list were
not demanded. Chairman Fordney stat
ing the sentiment against tariffs on
those articles as overwhelming. The final
results show that the views of the
committee were defeated on oil, asphalt
and the dye embargo.
The final passage OF the bill came amid
a picturesque setting. The floor was
damned and each vote caused cheers and
applause. The galleries wero crowded.
many Legislative agents" for various
interests being there.
The Joker In the hides tariff was cor
rected carly In the day so as TO clint
nate skins, including furs. from the
duty. but that was OF no avail. as the
House later eliminated the entire
amendment and put all hides. skins and
furs on the free list.
Democratic members sought In vain 10
obtain vote on the potash duty. which
II was claimed would Increase the price
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Read Joseph G. Lincoin's new book "CaIusha
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MA harx VIII Testify.

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Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891. by THE New YoRK HERALD
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Fair to-day and tomorrow; no change in
temperature; north to northwest winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, IS; lowest, Go.
Detailed weather reports page.
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FIGHT. FIGHT, FIGHT!
Join the Hylan League.
Fight increases In gas rates from so
cents to $3.50: in car fares from ;
cents to 10 cents: I'm telephone rates
: OF ~ per cent; in electric light rates
OF % per cent.
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THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY.

The New York Herald, with all that was
best of The Sun intertwined with it, and
the whole revitalized, is bigger and bette:
and sounder newspaper than ever before.
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A NoueL about Immortality

The Fleming n. Rcvcll Co. has pun
lished in America Joseph Hooking s
"The Passion for Life" the third edi-
ton of which has just appeared. Mr.;
Hooking might be called the Harold
Bell Wright Of England. lie has been
writing for several years and more thnn
1000, 900 copies Of his books have Deen
sold. He was once a clergyman as
Wright was. 1.-THE Passion for Lte Is
a religious novel, in the sense that u
is occupied in showing how man VINO
thought he had only year to i've satls i, !,
fed himself that death did not emu
everything. But beside that it is story
Of German spies in England during tue
war. There is an interesting and ex-
citing plot and two love stories and q
proud father who disowns his son and
much of the conventional material OF a
typical English novel. And it is writ
ten for the great mass of people VINO
care nothing about the technique OF
literature and arc interested only IN
reading about life as they know 1t, Ihe
wide popularity Of Mr.. Hooking proves
that he is able TO interpret life for these
people. There are no sophisticated dis
cussions about Immortality in the book
II rests it's argument on the tcachingt
of the Bible and on the experience o
devout people and 1t shows how mer
and women in a great crisis are draw
together by common grief. Henry
James never could have written IT. bu
then the people who will read it woulc
throw down one of Mr.. James novels
before they had read chapter.
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NOTABLE BOOKS
OF THE WEEK
The Nobel Prize Winner

The award Of the Nobel prize for lit
erature TO Knut Hamsun. Of Norway,
brought to the attention Of the English
speaking world n novelist who has long
had a wide reputation in continental
Europe. The literary public Of Great
Britain was as ignorant Of him as the
American public. Indeed, II. G. Wells
mas confessed that he had never heard
OF him before. Hamsun. however, has
been writing for thirty years. He Wis
tied the United States in the eighties,
where he worked as q laborcr, and he
came here later and wrote book about
us which he said when he knew more
was not fair account. His first book
to be published here was Hunger"
an photographed novel which Alfred
A. knopf brought out last November.
IL has just been sent TO the press for
the fifth time. Growth Of the Soil. a."
the book which il is believed won the
Nobel prize for him, has just been pub
lished by Knopf, who has made ar
rangements to publish all his books In
this country. Knopf has issued the
book in two volumes, for which he is
asking 50, but tho price is not pre-
venting its sale. A second edition was
demanded about as soon as the first was
put on sale. It would be easy to say
that 1t is the greatest novel that has
appeared within a year. But If all the
superlatives are used up on 1t none will
be left for another occasion. II is
enough to say that it is one of the great
novels Of any language. "Growth OF
the Soil' might be called the epic oi
civilization, for it is the story Of q
simple Norwegian who goes into the un
developed state lands a long way from
his village, builds him sod hut
breaks up the soil and begins to re.
claim it for the use Of man. He get
him a wife and children are born t
him. He gets COW and horse ant
goats and they increase, and as th
years pass his life and that of his fam
lily become more complicated. Thei
minds broaden and the man and woman
inarticulate at the beginning, begin t
find words in which to express thei
were written by the recording angel
sitting up aloft and writing down wha
, the man and tho woman did and wha
| they said and what effect their action
r had on the development Of the land o.
which they were settled. 1t is realisr
, Of the most artistic and subtle kind
not the realism which sees only on
| side Of life. but which pcrecivcs lif
: whole and exercises a selective imagina
ton in the arrangement Of events. Onl
} great literary artist could have writ
. ten the book,
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NEW BOOKS
General

STAR POINTS Edited S,oE Ey MS;i; MS;ir,IS W'f9o 10
THE HISTORY OF orlI 4 LlE' by hXXs,IIir HfirW@n %H'
"ESposing' EXP one Of the most dang2SrouS Srnb lit.
SEcdit the Jews throuEhout the world.
NnmstSii Mem Of ;;io aion,' =" ('''
IoRn p. williams. Boston Four Seas
dTam~ inspired by the policemen's strike
in Boston in September lOlo.
nS5nSoS SITT shhEnS Rdsson cSrnh E E3f!SS 1.
Poems OF dignity and graCstII eIPRreSiisItH tRo iRtn
MIR. Robinson, who was well khnwh ny ont a"
cxper: on city planning and civic pet''rI''n',
THE MENACE OF TIE ynSR MOB NIsSoIss nE ss''It' T
rsssTS nsTS written \ number Of years ago by
a nHnS 1,S',S Contemporary value in the illumination
| ;hev cast on the present Torment N fuss.a a.
Wri:tfnni Wr,nins sA Of prophecy in the light OF later
| ACposs MoNGoLIAN PLAINS: BY Rov G.
| Avn nSrews New York: Appton 4, Co.
AJSnntYTes Of d naturaiis st in ChIna's great
roTthwest where twentieth century c'N'lHa
n",' iion meets .he Arabian Nights
TIE STONE AGE IN NoRrmEMNk ErW YoTk sVTre cSSrIe.
S%gaTronstr1ction OF the life OF early mar
fIToomnnsnts, iron, r'sT etc, OF Northern Europe.
THE JEW AND AMERICAN IDEALS, BY
| ihGI GInhn spargo New York: Harper a Bros
| 'SiscussIon OF the protocols" and Other
| aroma Tanda OF an.i-Semitism.
| GEOGRAPHY. BY James +. Chamberlain
pEO Phiiadelphia J. II. LippincOtt Co,
| Treats the subject concisely but authori
| ,atIveiy from the political, economic ane
| regional standpoints'
BIRTH OF OUR FLAG, AND FLAG Fiji
| " oIrETTE. BY Louis Bancroft Runk
| Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Society OF
| tho order Of Founders and Patriots Of
> ooacfs treatment of its subject re
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printed from an address delivered before the
society by Major Runi.
POEMS OF C.oRINNE ROOSEVELT n 1,,b,ol7s ROB,
A varied collection. which INCLUDES the
satire Of The Poetry Society y,ops Antnoi1pssS
Fiction
WHAT DAVID DID. Ry Helen woodruff
chsrmipSS So oye @rI ctteTs Of two babes
az this story Is subtitled did for a couple OF
self-willed grown-ups
SISTER SUE. BY Elsanor II. Porter. Bos'
The newest story by the author or Po,Iy'
anna" in her Characteristic vein OF op:im-
ISM
PEGGY STEWART. NAVY GIRL. BY Ga
brieie Jackson. New York: c. f. Put
Tells TI about 1tiP; Pcggys school experiences. A
delishtful book for girls in their teens.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE, BY
Carolyn Wells. Philadelphia: ~ b.
AnotR"r r3Rr"fHts fleming ling James detective yarn.
THE MAN IN THE DARK. BY Albert Pay
son Terhune. New York: Z. =. Dutton
& Co.
shinors itSs' Of the Wcsi VlrEinia hilIs: One OF
Mr.. TerhuneS fine characterZauons OF "a
noble dog Is an effective part OF the story
THE DIVINE ADVENTURE. Ry Theodore
A reiigious story by,a well-known English
poet now lecturing in this country. IL Is.
However, more than a religious story IN a
narrow sense. and is rich in human feeling
plot and acute characteriZa'qp.
THE NARROW HOUSE. BY Evelyn Scott
New York: Boni e. Liyeright.
The novel of n fght for freedom wased
by family bounded by domestic barriers.
OUT OF THE AIR. BY Inez Haynes irwin.
New York: Harcourt. Brace & Co.
An aviator, returned from France, ana Q
haunted house are .he factors in mystery
story OF literary distinction.
MoGENS AND OTHER STORIES. BY Jens
Peter Jacobsen. New York: Nicholas
L. Brown.
Short stories, Introducing to American read
ers one OF the most noted OF Danish writer's
WIND ALONG THE WASTE. BY Gladys
e. Jackson. New York: The Century Co
A novel with a thrill on every page.
THE NOISE OF THE WORLD. BY Adriana
Spadoni. New York: Bonl lAyertght.
story of tho struggle for readJustmen'
bctween o husband and wife. BY the author
Of THE Swing OF the Pendulum
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Value of Prayer

"Ask and Receive is thoughtful
and suggestive study Of the teaching of
Jesus in regard to prayer and its need
in life. II is not the work of a minis
ter or theologian, but Of man whose
active life was spent as a soldier in the
Civil War and in government service
and the latter years to his death. in
1914, in striving to help all who were
seeking after religious truth. In simple
language which children can understand
he shows how to pray. from the example
OF Jesus. and the certainty of the an
swer to real prayer, with special refer
cnce to the moving the mountain by
prayer. In endeavoring to explain this
he pictures Jesus standing in the midst
Of His disciples, pointing to the Mount
Of Olives. 'bathed in the glory of the
early morning sunlight and from II
taught them the absolute need Of faith
in God when praying. He closes an
impressive book with showing the i'm
portancc Of the doctrine of forgiveness
while praying and the relation of prayer
to bodily healing.
ASK AND RECEIVE. BY Aaron Martin
Crane: Boston. Lothrop. Lee & Sheparc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19
CONWELL ON PRAYER
Notable Pastor and Educator
Writes Vigorously on
Its Efficacy

Like any production of the Rev.
Russell II. Conwell, Effective
Prayer" is abounding in vigor.
There are many people today who say
they do not believe in prayer, and there
are many who if they do pray make
their supplications and precautions half
heartedly and half shamedly. The one
class have a good chance TO be converted
IL they read this informing and inspir-
ing little treatise by the noted pastor
of the Baptist Temple and the founder
and president of Temple University.
The other class will be heartened by the
tcnets and teachings which have arisen
out Of the broad and deep worldly and
spiritual experiences OF the venerable
clergyman. who sets forth here the
fruitage Of more than three score and
ten years of life upon this mundane
sphere. Those who read it to scoif may
rercad it to pray.
DR.. Conwell, the man who made
eleven million dollars and gave it all
away to the betterment of the com
munity and the race, says emphat +,
ically: Prayer, the right kind OF
PRAYER, is answered.
He gives convincing demonstration OF
this thesis Of the efficiency OF prayer
in the comparatively few but graph :
ically written pages of this book. He
shows also the uses of prayer as dis
covered by business men and men OF AZ
foirs, It may stir faith in those with e
out faith: it will be serviceabie to those
who go regularly to church and TO
those who do not attend to their re
ligious duties; it has an eVangel LOT
both the young and the old; ,,..
DR.. Conwell's book will douot,etsS tS
orouse good deal Of comment and dis
"uesion' IL so these will only add to
itS fructifying value. 1t is a worth :
whiie message to his fellow citizens from
one of the most notable and noble OF
Philadelphians.
| vEEEcTIVE PRAYER. nv Russell II. Con
| weii New York: Harper e. Bros
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STATE OF TRADE

The general business situation con-
thues irregular. according to leading
mercantile agencies, but less pessimsim
prevails than last week. The favorable
weather. and tho approach of the Easter
,emand for merchandise has stimulated
Gaying. The automobile and the build
ng trades have become more active and
IRE hlling orders, which Is also a sea-
soNal development. but in general the
complaint Is still heard that improve
meht Is SLOW
bradstreets says:
,ne near approach of Easter have bright
t1sd W. Iobbing and retail trade. The
%rnler sends about the best reports
"1ee oe inc late summer OF 1920, and the
F sHeF the best since the pre-ChriStmas
SS Of last year. Collections are a
S"WIi %Gs better. and the automobile and
uuding and kindred trades have shown
more life and have bought more freely
materials. Trade as a whole, in fact
aDout fair, best reports coming from
M ne northern half OF the country Fa-
.,,%ole weather has made for a great
n1m4isloh of activity in farm work, and
SSNWw,,Lns and seeding have moved rapidly
hIT9u; despite insect damage talk in
'NldnNma. A further shrirkage in fail.
"'s IS indicated,
yIsU, Uh balance. and taking a birds eye
s ms" OF things, progress Is discernible
rS ,,e rate of such progression is halt
ana painful, proving that time is
'"e evTItGe soc healer of the worlds wounds"
Win multiplying evidence OF greater
b%SSrruhination in purchasing" says
MIS- MIS- iseVlew, the prevailing policy
sbonS dealers Is one of reducing mer,
s'S,ulse nroe stocks wherever possible ant
mtpp'roceeding cautiously in anticipating
requirements The disincllnatior
msdiost most buyers to operate beyond i'm,
'r,ate rne and well-defined needs serves
Se,s ,etard the revival in primary chan,
mis iis and ana ordering in small lots Is tn,
InGorSnnen even where supplies of goods have
Ior gone considerable depletion. Caus,
bear SSolilnued hesitation, moreover, ap
siW IN current price uncertainties
fnt " gonots regarding the probable eX
Snd me reimbursement, and the threat
tnd DaDor troubles in some industries
Hmo W accentuate the waiting attitude
1,p ~ ihmopetul aspects In the situation are
,haslvooy' o'her hand, being more freely en-
pent and some basis for encourage
,rin, Afforded by the Indications of
sssio,,.n OF spring building activity II
"us parts OF the country"
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Mrs. Richards Anthology

''Star Points" is the name which
Mrs. Waldo Richards has given to her
latest anthology of modern poetry. pub
lished by the Houghton, Mifflin Co. 1t
is a collection of what she calls songs
of joy, faith and promise; that is, it's
a book of poetry filled with optimism
and kindlness. Among the poets rep
resented are Christopher Morley
Thomas A. DAILY, Charles Wharton
Stork. Amory Hare. Sara Tcasdale,
John Drinkwater. Robert Frost, John
Masefeld and Edwin Arlington Rob
inson. There are about 200 poems in
the volume. written by about $50 diff
| ferent poets
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Fewer Failures Last Week

with Ell commercial failures in the
United States, this weeks insolvency
record, for the fourth consecutive week,
reflects moderate Improvement The
number of business defaults was sixteen
less than reported to II. G. Dun & Co.
last week and contrasts with 81 fail
ures two weeks ago and 5l4 as the high
point for the current year, reached IN
tho week OF January 10. Comparison
With the returns of tails period of 1920
was still unfavorable, there having been
only l24 insolvencies at that time. The
decrease in number of defaults this
week. as compared with those OF last
week, was mainly on the Pacihc Coast,
where a reduction of 10 failures was
noted. The statement for the south
shows a slight falling Off whereas there
are six more failures In the West In
the East no change appears.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19
DIR. .JOHNL. HANEYS
"ENGLLSHL HLITERATURE'
The Principal of the Central High School Has Produced
Book Likely arouse the Interest of the Reader in
the Great Writer'S Of the Language
BY FELIX r. SCHELLING

n the University Of PennsyIvania
connected story Of how the spirit OF
the growing ages expresses ITSELF In
the works which it begets, in the men
which 1t stimulates into expression, Is
something deeper and more difficult TO
convey than that. An interesting and
valuable feature Of DIR. Haney's book
mere sketch that It is, and it purports
to be no more--lies in the skill with
which he has subordnated the bare
bones Of his topic to the flesh with
which he has clothed them. There IS
no place in such book for theories,
and when things are doubtful-as they
are in so many instances in this story
DR.. Haney, for the most part, takes
a conservative position and very prop
erly feels under no obligation not to
leave some problems unsolved.
T AM not quite so sure that I like
L certain little labels which the author
has prepared as the headings of para :
moderns. Jane Austen. "a quaint
realist." Why quaint? Quaintness is
subjective impression produced in a
disparity between our preconceptions or
our present surroundings and what we
find. Miss Austen was not quaint to
her time. And DE Quincy is neither
the first "restlcss scholar that has
been nor the only Imaginative essay :
ist." OF course. DR.. Haney does not
make these inferences; but his young
readers may remember Byron as "the
noble bard" not "a noble bard and
mix this somewhat stilted use of the
word with Druds and Welshmen and
the like; as they may recall chiefly, that
Shelley was visionary Keats "a
blighted life" and Macaulay "a re-
markable youth But / am captious
And perhaps education is like phar'
macy: 1t is safest to label all bottles
ASH TURN over the pages of this
n honest and capable book ! canno
but wonder what must be the frs
thoughts Of a bright high school youtil
on first opening its pages. 1t is so mucl
simpler and clearer, so much bette
proportioned. so much more readabl
than that wooden old book of Shaw's
"Tnglish Literature on which / re
member to have first cut the eyeteet
of my understanding. Does our youn
hopeful of the present know or appre
ciate all this? or does competition wit
the Saturday Evening Post make Dr
Hancy's problem really more difficult
Does this systematic teaching abou
writer's in their environment and aboul
the books which they wrote make read
ers of the books Of which they hear
1t was the "Biographia Literaria'
Coleridge. which was way over my boy
ish head when / first looked into it, thf
set me afire to literature. 1t was nj
Shaw. Except for getting at it whe
you want it. is knowledge shelved an
ticketed the best knowledge? / do NJ
question as knowing, but as wonderinl
For years have not yet answered, ft
. me these questions. Meanwhile we hay
to thank DR.. Haney for an excellei
guide to country that he knows we
and has long Travelled in.
ENGLISH LITERATURE. BY John
Haney. New York: Harcourt. Brace
3 Howe
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Detective Stories

"The Man in the Jury Box" by
Robert Orr Chipperfeld, published by
Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co., is a murder
story which ends in way to give the
reader the satisfying kind Of a surprise
that he likes to experience when he lays
down detective story. Those who
read "The Second Bullet will know
what to expect.
Those who like short detective stories
will find some to please them in II. c.
Railey's "Call Mr.. Fortune" just
from the press Of Il. p. Dutton & Co.
Mr.. Fortune is young English doctor
who has developed considerable skill in
unraveIing mysteries. Mr.. Bailey has
told of how he succeeded in six different
cases. He has done it with lightness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19
DROP IN BANK CLEARlNGS
Local Exchanges for Week 17.s Per
Cent Below Same Week Last Year

Bank clearings throughout the coun-
try again fell below the level of last
year, during the week closed yesterday.
Total exchanges of all the clearing
houses in the United States were ST.
321 $40, ,224. against $0,GG0, ,92S, GIG
this week last year, or a loss of 24.3
per cent.
Local clcarings were 17.9 per cent
below the figures for the same period
in 1920. the aggregate being $3.50 .2IS,- =
0G0, compared with S469 ,6O1 sos.
Details follow.