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Portents of American History


a STRANGE effect OF the world
~ war has been the awakening
Of widely pervasive doubt
among students OF history concern
tng the possible destruction OF civin-
Eation- They ask whether the civiI
kation OF the world. which has cost
mankind SO much in the making, Is
hot 30 fatally poisoned by human
error. ignorance and lack OF self-re-
etraint as to be doomed to final ex-
tnction-and this before long. They
Seek to answer this question by q
renewal of their historical studies In
DE light of the great struggle which
has stirred all the combatant nations
The uttermost depths OF their
being And their conclusions. even
when hopeful. are By no means as
clear and confident as an optimist
Eouid prefer.
In \ volume Of commentaries on
The history Of this country, under the
title OF THE Story Of American De-
mocracy." Prof Willis Mason West
has reviewed the political develop
tnent OF the United States from the
original settlement of the colonies to
the present day. The author dates
bis foreword at windago Farm. and
tn Who's Who in America" he Is
Described as a farmer: but he was
graduated from the University Of
Minnesota in 1879 and taught history
fn that institution for twenty years,
Prom 1892 to 1912. during which pc
tiod and subsequently he has writ
ten no fewer than eight different
works on historical subjects A pro-
fessor who has occupied the chair Of
history In a great institution of
learning acceptably for so long
time must inevitably have influenced
the thought and opinions OF hun
dreds. II not thousands. OF students
who now are affected In their politi-
cal activities by views derived from
his lectures. his personal instruction
and his books The present volume
Is especially Illuminating. therefore.
as showing what sort OF history the
young people of the middle West are
being taught at college. as well as
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Syrian. but he himself would be the
last to wish to be placed on a par
with Louis Agassiz- Karl Bitter was
a lasting credit to this country, but
Augustus Saint Gaudens. to confine
ourselves to his own field. will be re-
membered longer and with greater
devotion.
There is a lesson In itself to be
learned from the foreign countries
represented in this book Of fame.
Serbia, Switzerland. Greece. Sweden.
England. Australia. Poland, Canada
and Syria have each given us one
great man. while Germany has given
us seven, Scotland four, France and
Ireland three each, and Austria, Hol-
land. Denmark and Hungary two
zach. The labor leaders may claim that
when England sent over Mr.. Com
pers she sent a lion. whereas when
little Denmark. the smallest country
represented. sent over Jacob Riis and
Niels +. Hansen. she did no more
than let us have a slum reformer
and a student of alfalfa This de-
pends on the point OF view. No one
will deny that Mr. Gompers has done
much to smooth labor's path. even II
he has trritated capital while doing
It But the Dane who introduced
alfalfa rendered a mighty service 70
mankind and one that goes much
further than merely supplying cattle
with provender. There is the case
Of the tourist through the West
Asked by his companions what tina,
queer looking grass is he can always
reply. Alfalfa And whether 1t Il
or not. the answer is somehow salts
flying.
1t is unfortunate though expn-
cable. that the writer has felt II hel
duty to enshroud these chieftains in
cloaks of moral glory. She makes Il
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New Fiction

many years since he became a pop
ular hero in serial fiction. but he
Is still going strong" and there Is
no reason why he should not keep
it up. The various episodes OF this
volume. involving our old friends
Matt Peasley. the penurious Skin
ner and others. are woven together
cleyerly. to make the book a little
more than an aggregation OF short
stories They deal in high adyen-
lures afloat and ashore: patriot
ism. business strategy and the wiles
OF the auction room II Is not for
gotten that there has been a war.
At the climax
by the Holy Pinktoed prophet! "
Cappy gasped wonderingly
II been wounded In action
with the enemies OF my country,
So help me. Mike I've actually
lived to shed my blood for the Stars
and Stripes. like any other Kicks. "
Tho stories average on the
whole rather better than previous
collections. which IS saying a good
deal.
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/ disclosing the opinion Of q ripe
scholar concerning the probable fu-
ture OF civilization In the light of
history.
just as we are accustomed to
think OF Macauiay as the Wing his
torian OF England. so II the Progress
siyes still existed as a national po-
htical party we should be disposed to
regard Prof. Willis Mason West as a
Progressive historian Of the United
States His sketch Of the rise Of
political parties and the contest be-
tween the Federalists, under the lead
ershlp OF Hamilton. and the RepubIi-
cans (as the Democrats were origin
ally called). under the leadership OF
Jefferson. indicates preference for
democratic principles Of government
as opposed to the artistic tendencies
Of the Federalists- 'Ths fatal fault
Of the Federalist leaders, he tells us.
was their fundamental disbelief in
popular government" With entire
fairness. however. he comedies that
Hamilton's constructive work and
genius for organization were as in
dispensable to the country as Jeffer-
sons democratic faith and inspira-
ton came to be later. and that .-ex-
cept for Hamilton there would hardly
have been nation for jefferson to
Amercanize-" The ultimate great
ness of the United States is attributed
by the author chiefly to the territor-
ial expansion OF the country west
ward during the period between the
Presidencies Of Jefferson and Lincoln.
This progressive march OF civiliza-
tion on the North American CONT
nent Is admirably described in Chap
ter XVIII OF the present work. be-
ginning thus: 'F'ron Jefferson TO
Lincoln six great lines OF growth
mark American history: its territory
expanded tremendously. the Ameri-
cans won intellectual independence
from Old World opinion, democracy
spread and deepened, the industrial
system grew vastly complex. slavery
was abolished and nationalism tri-
umpfed over disunion" Territorial
growth. says Prof. West. was the
warp through which ran all the other
threads OF growth
In the recent abundant output of
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appear that when John Ericsson
worked away at his engine he had
only the welfare OF the country at
heart; that when Percy Granger
Joined the army he did so out OF
purely patriotic motives: that when
Stephen Girard settled in Philadel-
phia he did so because he felt he
could best serve the national cause
from that point, and that when An
drew Carnegie sweated with his col
leagues in the. Crime of Pittsburgh
his one ambition was to see this
country filed with steel bridges. in
vincible battleships and skyscrapers.
money being no consideration.
None Of this Is the unrelieved
truth Each one Of these men con-
sidered himself while he considered
others: none Of them has been blind
to the acquiring OF personal wealth
and personal fame. and there has
been in the case of each a singular
streak of what can be interpreted as
iuck. and that only. Nor Is 1t
pleasure. though It is q duty. to note
that the Curriculum ritde OF these
thirty-four have been written with
an eye too tightly riveted on Who's
Who" and other sources of like kind
The life OF Prof. Pupin, for example.
as we have 1t here, could have been
pieced together from good scientific
almanac. A mere visit to the morgue
of any city newspaper would have
enabled the writer to touch it up con-
siderably. But for its purpose, the
book is perhaps adequate. And in
any event all of us little Americans
can be real glad that these big fell
lows cast their lots among us.
ALLEN w. PORTERFIELD.
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American historical literature II
would be difficult to find any single
volume superior to this as an outline
Of the political and social history Of
the United States The authors esti-
mates OF men and measures are usu-
ally fair and just, although his zeal
for reform Is characterized by an ex-
cessfve fear Of capitalism and ex-
treme confidence In the value of such
racial innovations as the initiative.
the referendum and the recall His
tender treatment OF the Bolshevists
also indicates a failure to appreciate
the true nature OF their tyranny and
the terrible menace which it Is to the
future welfare Of Russia and every
other part of the world to which its
influence may extend
Prof. Vests final chapter, entitled
The New Age" was written just
as the Washington Conference on the
Limitation OF Armaments had done
n
OF hopefulness: otherwise the au-
thor's confidence in the progress of
civilization would have been rather
doubtful While emphasizing our
glorious record in the great war, he
points out some of the more "griev-
Gus blots" thereon Referring to the
vast war fortunes made by profiteer-
ing in steel. meat packing and NUM-
tons. he says that -by common COM
putation some seventeen thousand
war miliionaires sprung up" yet, he
adds regretfully, the Government has
rot proved resolute enough to prose-
cute single big profiteer. A scholar
OF the authors standing ought not to
rely upon common computation" for
his facts.
Over and over again we have been
told. as Prof. West tells us, that il
civilization is to be saved from world
wide collapse there must be built
new world order based not on inter-
national rivalry but on human fra
ternity and solidarity: and just as
surely within each nation we must
build a new social order based not
upon competition and class struggles,
hut upon brotherhood on a planned
and democratic cooperation in indus
try for the commea good" In the
ideal state so generally pictured as
essential to the salvation OF civiliza-
ton it will be observed that competi-
ton is always condemned; whereas
modern radical legislation In this
country for many years-ever since
the passage OF the Sherman anti
trust act OF 1S90-has been designed
TO promote competition in business
b. preventing and punishing monopo-
iistic combinations in unreasonable
restraint of trade. There is evidently
6 serious difference OF opinion among
publicists planning for the future
welfare of mankind as to the extent
to which industrial and social COM
petition may safely be allowed to
play a part in human affairs. Un-
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limited competition is declared by one
school OF thinkers to be most akin to
the struggle for existence In nature,
where we see that among plants and
animals the weakest goes to the wall,
while. on the other hand. those who
advocate the brotherhood Of man as
the highest conceivable good are un-
able to perceive how II can be at
tanned il men who would be brothers
are encouraged or even permitted to
indulge in cut throat competition in
trade and industry. Those who favor
composition. subject to reasonable
regulation so as to prevent it from
becoming destructive. are regarded
by the radicals on both sides as re-
dictionaries.
In his volume Of commentaries
on American Democracy the au-
thor's prophetic conclusions are
less hopeful than they might be. No
one should complain Of historian.
however. for pointing out clearly
the mistakes Of his country In the
past Only then can he make his
studies profitable to his fellow men.
Wisely. for example. does Professor
West concede the failure OF Presi-
dent Wilson to rise to the full
measure Of his opportunities at the
Peace Congress OF 1919. ''on the
whole, he says, Mr.. Wilson proved
unable to cope with the Old World
diplomats The Fourteen Points
had been pledged as a basis for
peace; but it is difficult to trace in
the treaty their general spirit OF
many OF their specific provisions"
Nevertheless he insists that il the
world is at last to find salvation
instead of destruction 1t will be
largely due to the work Of one man
and that man is Woodrow Wilson.
One of the most menacing perils
to civilization. in the estimation of
the group of writer's to which Pro-
fessor West belongs. is the misuse
of aggregated capital by those who
own or control it. There Is little
doubt that this power has been ex-
ercised to the detriment of the pub
lie welfare In many of the ways
specified by the author; but does
he not go too far when he speaks
OF the money trusts ownership of
Judges and Congressmen"? Does
Professor Willis Mason West know
OF a single Judge or Representative
in Congress OF whom he is willing
to assert that he belongs to the
money trust. in the sense implied
in the phrase quoted from page cal
of his book? II not. he does a seri-
Gus wrong to the public service OF
his country by lending the weight
of his name and authority to such
an injurious implication. The
same tremendous power" he goes
on to say aims intelligently at the
control of higher educational insti-
tutions and dominates multitudes OF,
newspapers. but the use of the
word "intelligently" here imports
that the author does not deem this
influence altogether an evil one.
THE STORY OF AMERICAN DE-
MOCRACY. POLITICAL AND IN
DUSTRIAL By Willis Maso
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"TIVES Of great men all remind
wv us that their greatness has
been dependent upon the
country that afforded them an oppor-
tunity for the utilization of their un-
usual talents. That is the lesson OF
this book rather than the fact that
we owe these aliens" an unpayable
debt for their activity. There was
in his early days no place in Holland
for a Ladies' Home Journal so
that Mr.. Box may well congratulate
himself on the chance TO start one
over here Had Andrew Carnegie
been Obliged TO remain in Scotland
he might have died a clerk. intestate
for the very simple reason that there
was nothing he might bequeath.
Gen Goethals struck it rich" when
his people left The Netherlands and
landed in Brooklyn. for though they
have dykes and canals a-plenty in
the land OF the Dutch they have no
A0OAL III a a A~stAAat <tfld 81 Al
IS with the whole OF the thirty -four
foreign born" immortalized in this
collection OF portraits: the wisest
step they or their parents ever took
was in the direction OF the gangplank
OF whatever steamer carried them
across the Atlantic.
There is a noticeable degree OF diff
ference in the greatness of the heroes
here depicted Michael Anagnos tho
Greek may be well known and highly
esteemed in Boston. but he can
hardly rank with the late Alexander
Graham Bell. Theodore Thomas was
good musician. but 1t Is unlikely
that he viii so down In history with
James j. HiIl Abraham NJ. Rlhbany
has done some excellent work as a
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JEANNE MARIE-S TRIUMPH. b
Clara f. Laughlin- Fleming 4
Reveu Co.

JEANNE -MARIES TRIUMPH. BY
Clara f. Laughlin- Fleming H
Reven Co
TEANNE-MARIE's father was
/ killed at yerdun. but IN the
- troubled days after the war
when she felt that the people were not
carrying on as they should and were
leaving the work begun by the dead
unfinished Jeanne-Marie began 10
have visions OF her dead father and
OF other and greater heroes OF
Franco They inspired her to begin
a sort or spiritual crusade 10 lead
the nation In the right direction.
jeanne Marie also had a lover. Lu-
cien. who fell into the entangie-
ments OF foreign plotters who were
preaching internationalism, "the
brotherhood OF man" and Bolshevis-
tic doctrines Among them she rec
ognizes a German whom she had
known before the war. now mas
querading as a French patriot. She
exposes him and Is. not long after,
stabbed by a mysterious woman
Lucien meanwhile has found" him
self and recognizes the enemies OF
France. Jeanne-M Marie RECEIVERS and
the future looks better. 1t Is a sim
ply told tale. with some charm Of
manner. a mixture OF mysticism and
romance. with . little hardening
cement OF anti-radicarism-
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CoHfisHed from Preceding Paoe.

the track and dispeiling the Illusion
which Is necessary to a ghost story
in the end he fully rationalizes it.
and resolves the mystery after the
fashion OF the usual mystery story.
He makes good use Of clairvoyance.
telepathy and even OF fantastic black
magic. but the mystery element re-
mains more effective than the super
natural Nevertheless. IT Is often
Saitus At his best, and as q ghost
story II Is far above the standardized
article
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In answering the question. Which
is your favorite among all the char
acters in your books?" put to him
recently by the London Bookman,
Mr.. Locke made a Enthusiastically
"Lockean" reply. Perhaps Sepu-
mus. who has always struck me as
being rather a dear ass"
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60 HENRY was only Funny
Man" So reads. in black
capital letters, the announcement
OF Fred Lewis Pattee's "Sidelights
on American Literature" published
by the Century Company. In tho
writing OF the novel and OF the
moving picture scenario the quest
for the sensational is perfectly le-
gitimate. But is it legitimate in q
book purporting. to be serious lite
rary criticism? Mr.. Pattee's vol
ume is a clever bit of writing. In
his estimate of the work of William
Sidney Porter he makes many
shrewd though not particularly
original observations. No one is
likely to dispute his contention that
o. Henry overworked "Malaprop-
ism" or that he was too much given
to the translation OF simple words
and phrases into "resounding and
inflated circumlocutions." But al
ways, beneath the riotous humor.
there was an undercurrent of weary
sadness. When, on his deathbed, he
said: Pull up the shades; | don't
want to go home in the dark" il
was not merely funny. If Mr.. Pat
tee really believes that o. Henry
was "only funny man." the OBJ
vious suggestion is that he sit down
and reread, say, a Municipal Re-
port" "The Defeat of the City" and
THE Furnished Room"
MR.. PATTEE calls II. L. Mencken
- the Billy Sunday of Ameri-
can letters" and he may be right
Mr.. Mencken is an able man. Mr..
Haywood Broun is an able man
Through sheer cleverness they "get
away with It." But they set an ex-
ceedingly bad example for writing
persons OF smaller stature. The
half baked young man or young
woman clinging to the fringe OF
Greenwich Village, when given a
chance to write, does not recognize
responsibility. but perceives an
opportunity. The evident thought
Is not: How can l do this work
honestly, to- the best OF my ability.
in accordance with such Judgment
as ! possess. and in the simplest.
cleanest English at my command,"
but What eccentricity is likely to
make me most conspicuous?" In
other words, What shall I write
to be thought a Haywood Broun or
an II. L. Mencken?-
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GRANITE AND CLAY BY Sara
Weare Bassett. Little. Brown & Co.
HAPE COD IS stin an inexhaust-
ible mine from which mildly
humorous or pathetic char
acters'' can be dug up Miss Bassett
has n nice. pleasant touch in her
handling OF them. busting of the
sand deftly and with tenderness. The
old Cap'n Jabez OF this tale. who
functions as grandfather of the hero
Ina. and Aunt Martha and Aunt
Elizabeth are good specimens. Pc
neiope herself 5 also a familiar va
riety Of heroine and very welI done.
She begins the story by pining over
the supposed death OF her soldier
lover. but he returns and is not alto
gether pleased with her. She there
upon decides to buck up and show
20 literary Boston to live her own
Life and become duly famous. She
follows the recognized course toward
that goal by authorship. but, Incl
dentally. picks out better variety
OF lover than the returned soldier
Naturally there are heartrend &
MISUNDERSTANDING and Cap'n Jabez
has 70 venture into the wickedness OF
Boston to rescue her. but he is sool
enlightened and even the returned
soldier finds happiness A pleasant.
mildly romantic tale.
CAPPY RfCKS RETIRES. BY Peter
Il. Kyne. Cosmopolitan Book Cor
poration-
"HE myriad admirers Of Captain
Alden p. Kicks OF San Fran
cisco and the world in gen
eraI need not be worried by the
title OF this collection. Cappy Picks
? - stin very much IN the ring
despite any pretense OF retirement.
He Is growing old and II L. a good
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Naturalized Americans

OUR FOREIGN BORN CITIZENSs
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR
AMERICA BY Annie T.. S. Beard
New York T. Y. Crowell Company.
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HTIVES OF great men all remind
Wv US that their greatness has
been dependent upon the
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cAPPY RfCKS RETIRES. BY Peter
Il. Kyne. Cosmopolitan Book Cor
poration
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Chronicle and
Comment
Continued from Page Thirteen.

defeat before Garry" Cochran's
eleven
90 HENRY was only a Funny
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MAY BE SERVED
IN MANY DIFFERENT Wa VS.
Important to Remember When Cooking Vegetable That
1t Is Essential 1t Be Not observation-disclosures
Given by Culinary Expert.

who shall decide when Courmets
disagree? The discussion as to the
rival merits OF hot asparagus and
cold asparagus must be as old as the
plant itself.
Alexander Dumas tells an amusing
ah""doic of two gourmcts. Fontencllc.
and the Able Tcrrason. both passion
a'"ly addicted to asparagus, which
illustrates how vital !s the point,
writes n correspondent OF the Lon
d"n Times. The Fontcncllc they were
ruined unless served cold with n
sauce vinaiErc. while for his friend
unless eaten hot with melted butter
they had but little interest The alb
u" arrived unexpectedly to lunch with
fonicncllc. who had promised Ia
r"galc himself with an early dish of
asparagus. and the host cluctantly
gave orders that half should he served
according To one taste and half To
IN" other. But on the able being
taken i'll shortly before the meal was
served. so i'll indeed that apoplcXy
s"pcrvcned. the hosts first though,
/ was 10 run TO the Kitchen. shouting
MI cold. all cold"
For the sauce vinaigrc French
authority recommends:
The yolli OF an egg mixed with n
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tEA1NVG CHEA1ERS' AT ACADEMY; VAUDEVILLE AT LYRIC

times In tho summer. and have been
RECALLED with the inevitable Asperges
en- branches, VIC begin to wish for
something moro original on our own
menu. and II creme dAsperges cx-
actly meets the case:
Cook about half pound OF as
paragus with little salt. and put
through sieve, mix with one ounce
butter. and add two tablcspoonfuls
of rcloute sauce: the mixture should
be thickened with gclatine In pro-
portion to the amount made, about
eight leaves to Il quart. IT is diff
hcult to say exactly the amount OF
asparagus to use. as il is largely "A
question of flavor. some kinds being
stronger in this respect than others.
Tammy the mixture. and when nearly
cold add about half the amount Of
the mixture Of very lightly whipped
cream. and color with spinach to a
good green. II when /, is tasted Il
seems dull in flavor. add further Il
squeeze of lemon juice pinch OF
salt and cayenne. Serve very cold.
II this is served in coronet mould.
the center can he filled with cold
asparagus standing erect, or il in n
%mhe mould little bundles OF as
paraEus held together by narrow
ribbon of colorcd Eelatinc laid round
tn" dish make pretty ornament.
Then If one should soar Ia even
higher flights. glacc d'AspcrRcs
makes n real sensation. And II IL
not at all difficult If achievement.
Take AN average bundle OF aspara-
gus. cut OFF about three inches Of
point and lay aside: cook. crush and
fanny the remainder for a PURGE.
Roll half pint OF milk, then add tho
yoiks Of six eggs and one table
spoonful OF fine sugar. WhIsk
briskly until quite smooth. but do
not let II come again Ia tn" boil.
Let II cool and when cold add tho
asparagus PURGE. half a pint Of cream
and enough spinach for coloring.
Line brick mould with Aspic jelly
and some OF the mixture, and put
thereon double layer of the aspar-
agus points. which have been scpa-
rately cooked: cover with the mix
ture and freeze.
II Is important TO remember in
cooking asparagus. that IL is essen
tial they shall not he o:Yrlnne:
hence the old provcrh: "Faites la IN
m"ins de temps qu'il men faurait
pour CURE DIES asrcrgcs.'