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PRIDE IN JOB AND EFFICIENCY
CHARACTERIZE MEN OF NAVY
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Leadership of the Fittest Conspicuously
Displayed in Service by Officers and
' Enlisted Men Alike
BY WINSTON CHURCHILL
"4laer 0 "Klenaril Carvtt," "Tt Crf." "T Cromlno." "OonUton," "Ur. Crtwt's Carter"
ant "7ft Inildi 0 lh Cup,"
CJotrrltht. 101T, ta Nsw HspuMlo Nswa Berrlce. Copjrrttht, 191T. ths Publlo litr Companr.
Following Is the fifth of a series of articles on war subjects by "Winston
Churchill, the distinguished American author. In this article Mr. Churchill d.-
cusies the personnel of the American navv. dealing especially with the enlisted
men and showing the opportunity given them, not merely for promotion, but to
fit themselves for useful and successful oarecrs.
SOMETIMES oa I eat talking with tho captain In tho cabin of tho battleship his
yeoman trould come In. Yoomon, bo It known, nro the clerks and stenographers
of the navr but they are much more than that Most of them havo brains and
exeoutlve ability In a markod degree, and all of thorn havo a prldo In their Job, which
Is the charncterlstla of tho navy that strikes ono most forcibly. This yoeman was
tho captain's prlvato secretary; he always looked very smart In his doublo-breasted
petty offloer's ooat with brass buttons, with tho cross koys of his rating on his arm,
und hs always gave me tho Impression that ho wouldn't havo exchanged places
With the en.pta.tn himself. Tho Intercourse botwoen the two never failed to delight
rns. "When the commanding officer, after twolvo more or lens trying hours on tho
bridge of maneuvering with a groan crew and a green engine-room force, returned
to the cabin at night, the yoeman would lay a. basket full of tho day's problems
on the dosk.
There were queries from the department, from the admiral of tho fleet, from
the admiral of tho division; matters of desertion, of courts of Inquiry, of material and
personnel; thero woro appealing lottors from anxious wives and mothers of enlisted
men) each demanding, as tho lata Mr. "William James pointed out, a considerable
expenditure of energy for Its decision. And tho captain, as ho took them up, ono
by one, would try to stump that yoeman; It was a gamo playod under tho mask
of dignity, but hugely onjoyod on both sides. I novor saw tho yooman stumpod.
He had made himself master of ovory caso down to tho finger prints of a deserter.
In the navy It Is tho. prldo In the Job, the efficiency, tho honesty and Intensity of
purpose that strike, tho civilian and lead him to bellovo that In this servlco, with all
Its lnslstenoe.cn discipline and rcspectifor rank, thoro-ls an clement of truo democracy
woefully looking In tho notion1 at largo. The navy, it Is true, Is primarily a fighting
force, but it l-nrachmoro.
APPOINTMENT SYSTEM DEMOCRATIC
In the flnrtrpJaco, tho manner of selocting Its officers Is as democratto a, system
as can well be devised. The appointments by Congressmen and Senators nro vir
tually, all made from tho results of competltlvo examinations In ovory Stato and
district; the best man, mentally and physically, la supposed to win and gain ontranco
to Annapolis, The President's. appointments aro generally resorved for tho sons
of those who have- served their country. To bextn olflcor in tho navy a man must
have at least four years of o highly technical training, since it goes without eaylng
that a modern naval officer must bo-u sclontlst and a specialist. And that tho dellcato
and complicated mechanism of battleships costing millions of dollars, or even of
destroyers, cannot bo trusted to amateurs. That is one trouble with democrncy
today we need fewer amateurs and more trained specialists. Joffersonlan democracy
Was a democracy .of amatours; modern democracy is one of efTlcloncy, of leadeshlp;
and the navy, in choosing its officers, so far an possible puts this principle of leader
ship into bractloo of leadership of tho trainod, of tho flttost In tholr particular
branch. And even after tho weeding out by compotltlvo examinations, tho path
through the Naval Acadomy -Itself Isstrown with wrecks.
SCHOOL. FOR YOUNGSTERS ADOARD SHIP
Although tho number of midshipmen at Annapolis has been greatly Increased,
It la obvious that every boy in tho United States who desires to become an officer
cannot do so. However, the youngsters entering tho servlco as enlisted mon (appren
tices) aro given opportunities for study on board ship, and aro actually taught by
officer of the lino or tho chaplain. Evcryyear 100 of these, thoso who pass tho best
examinations, may bo takon Into Annapolis. In addition to this, which Is a compara
tively new provision, a certain number of men who hove worked tholr way up from
tho ranks and served faithfully may also bo takon In.
From the Interesting statistics compllod by the Recruiting Division of tho Bureau
of Navigation I tako at random a recruiting period from October 1 to Decembor 1,
1913. Of the 6208 who enterod the servlco In that period, 126G gavo as their chief
reason "friends In the Bervtco"; 1000, "to travel and see tho world"; 711, "to better my
condition"; while only 414 woro "out of work."
According to an export in that division, howovcr, what Is dcomed most valuable
consists in the habits of llfo acquired alertness, self-respect, subordination without
subserviency all democratic tialts, though they may not bo recognized as such.
He cited a typical case, ono of many hundreds, of a man who Is at the head of a largo
business today, and who had lately declared that his apprenticeship in the navy had
been worth moro than 10,000 to him. Ho learned self-control, ho learned how to
handle men; ho was nblo, If anything went wrong, to go and attend to It himself.
He knew how to glvo orders and to take orders.
WHAT THE NATION NEEDS
The nation, owing to many causes that need not be entered Into, Is in certain
respects slack, looso flbcrcd. Sclf-rospbct begins with an Intelligent respect for others
who deserve It. Wo lack as a whole the sense of good workmanship, tho prldo on
the Job. We do not sweep our rooms with tho proper spirit, wo worship and envy
wealth and no wonder wealth is Insolent. We need socializing, wo need a national
and international senso wo havo not got, and that is not old,-; shloned patriotism,
standing up when the "Star Spangled Uannor" Is being playod. We need tho religion
of service with which tho navy Is Imbued. An Intelligent stranger who goes to a big
dinner in Washington, tho capital of our democratic country, often remarks, seated
on the right of tho hostess, somo Congressman or Senator who has bought or bullied
or blarneyed his, way to power, and futher down the cloth, In a more humblo place,
a man with intelligence and ability and convictions who would scorn nn election by
uch means. The navy Is truer than Washington to our traditions. Thero a man
finds his place; he Is watched and Judged by his oRlcors and mates, ho Is known for
what he is and rewarded accordingly.
France, I am told, has achlovod a democratto army. The captain of a company
irtho best man In the company, or he does not remnin a captain. Ho Is also the
father of a family. Whon ho speaks to them ho ui.es tho familiar "thou," and they
tako their problems nnd troubles to him. Is dlsclplino reloxod? Tho achievements
of the French army are a sufficient answer. Here Is the democratic prlnclplo of
voluntary, enlightened submission, which, by tho way, Is tho very core of tho now
American system of education as sot forth by John Dewey. And such Is the
practice of tho American navy. I havo no doubt It holds good for an army also.
In the navy a good officer is tho father of his division, ho studies his young men,
seeks out the Individual qualities In oach and dovelops them. For tho secret of
democracy is the secret of scientific organization of putting cvory man Into his
proper Job. Then, and only then, ho ceases to be an Idler and a waster. And this
is true religion.
CAPTAIN'S EYE' ON ALL.
And the captain, as ho stands on tho-bridge looking down over tho busy fore
castle, has bis eyo upon all If ho Is a good captain. 'If ho Is not a good captain, some
body sees to it that ho does not get his promotion. What might be called service
publlo opinion sees to It Us fellow-offlcors. Thero havo boon, Indeed, casos of In
justice in tho navy but gradually conditions aro improving; year by year fewer
injustices are done, and those who havo suffered thorn do not complain. The cap
tain with whom I sailed had an orderly, a boy but recently onlIstod,,and ono evening
as he entered the cabin to mako a report ho coughed. Tho captain looked at him
sharply. "Have you been to sick call with that cough?" he asked. "No, sir," sold
the orderly. "Then don't fall to go tomorrow," tho captain admonished him and
he went.
Among tho bost seamen wo get-in-our navy nnd, thanks to the material as well
as the system, they aro the best In tho world aro those who como from tho inland
States. They are a now kind of tar, and in Initiative, In dlsclplino and intelligence a
vast improvement over tho swaggering, tobacco-chewing, yet loveable bluejackot of
tradition. He Is becoming as raro as the buffalo, and tobacco chewing Is almost a
lost art. We have reason to be proud of our new personnel; we shall have moro reason
to be proud of thero when they show tuelr grit and their lntolligenco in action with
the enemy.
HEALTH GOOD AT NAVY YARD
League Island Conditions Not Abnor
mal, Daniels Is Told
WASHINGTON, Juno 23. Secretary
Daniels today Instructed Admiral Unlisted,
surgeon general of the navy, to Investigate
immediately the report that there Is an
alarming Increase In sickness at the Phila
delphia Navy Yard. The latter communi
cated with the commandant and the physi
cians at the yard, and issued this state
ment! 'The condition at League Island Is not
abnormal. Everything Is In good shape,
there is no sickness of any great moment
and nothing to cause any uneasiness or
alarm,"
Accused of Robbing Shoe Store
tfhe sudden departure of James F. Don.
nelly, HI Preston street, at the sight of
rollceman Otstatt, of the Thirty-ninth street
and Lancaster avenue station, who was up
preaching him, warned Otstatt that some
thine was. -prong. Ho chased Donnelly
evwalfjblpcks andilnally caught him. Ac-
unr v lesumony at a. nearing before
11U jstevenson today. Donnelly had
BStiM.&sm&'&
RELIGIOUS DREVITIES
Ballon" Nltht will be. observed tomorrow eve.
nlnr at the Arch Street rr-sbyt-rlin Church.
Dr. Clarence Edward Macartney will preach
at B o'clock on "Four Anchors," an incident
from the shlpwr-ck of St. Paul, The choir,
under the direction of Leonard Auty, will clve
a program of patriotic music At 7. SO Or
sanlat Alton K. Dougherty will slve a recital
on the Turner memorial organ. Soldiers,
allor', marine and tho publlo are cordially
Invited to be present. .
The Iter. A. J, Coleman will preach tomor
row morntna- at 11 o'clock In the Oertnantown
Unitarian Church. Oreene street and Chelten
avenue, ot which ho la pastor, on "The Whole,
pes of the Law."
Tomorrow will be Review Sunday at Denton
Preabyierlan Sunday School. Kleventh street
and Ixhleh avenue. For the fourth consecu.
tlvj year the Ilev. Howard K. Williams will
address th Summer Sunday School Class.
Lockjaw Victim lias Recovered
David Lambert, eleven years old, of E10
South Fourth street, Camden, the first
lockjaw case Handled by the Cooper Ho.
pltal this summer, has been discharged as
cured. The boy was taken to the hospital
on May tt. He waa 1inooncioiu ior two
days after enterlrue the hospital and waa
f4 ariWelallr ana; tr-h4 ft? Ipjoto at
mVi&m & M (
on alkf a risa4 -- . v.
rnulUir recovered.
EVENING-
I ORNITHOLOGY A STUDY FOR WOMEN
HOW AN INDIANA WOMAN
BECAME AN ORNITHOLOGIST
Mrs. Stratton-Porter Loved Birds as. a Child, and
When Sha Was Old Enough Endured All Sorts
of Hardships to Learn Their Ways
ATIUM, brown bird with n topknot
alighted on an ovcrgreon trco a few
feet from whoro wo were sitting on tho
piazza. He flitted about among tho
branches nnd then flew away.
"What bird Is that?" nsked Tho Lady.
"He hns boen around hero for several
wooks, always looking ns If ho had Just
stopped from a bandbox."
"I Baw him on tho grnpovlno yester
day." said nlno-yenr-old Gortrudo, who
had a bonrd nailed to tho top of a stump
to mako a dlnlng-tnblo for hor feathored
friends.
"That Is a cedar wnxwlng," said I.
"I wish I know moro about birds,"
Dorothy Owen remarked, "but n girl can
not very well go Into tho woods to study
them "
"I know of ono girl she Is a woman
now who did not think so," I said.
"Who is sho7" t
"Mrs. Gene Strntton-Portcr. Before sho
was nlno years old sho had discovered
sixty bird nests about her house, and sho
got on nieh terms of Intimacy with the
birds that as sho stood beside their nests
they would alight on her head before hop
ping down to food thtlr young. A wicn
built a nest over tho kitchen door and
littered the stops in her work. Tho little
girl swept up tho llttor every day for fenr
hor mother would order tho nest de
stroyed. This fondness for birds led her
when she grow up to spend days nnd
weeks In the woods and swamps getting
ncqualnted with the timid creatures and
photographing thom. Sho made tho first
and probably tho only photographs of the
adult cuckoo, and has dono other things
with birds almost if not qulto as un
usual." "Is sho tho samo woman who wrote
Laddlo' nnd 'Freckles'? Dorothy wanted
to know.
"Tho samo woman. Sho llvos In a
small Indiana town, yet she has won a
wlda reputation as a naturalist, becauso
she has studlod tho things at her door
and In tho country about hor homo. Sho
has dono In a small way that Is, with
a fow subjects what I havo ofton wished
I hnd timo to do with tho variety of plant
and animal llfo that I could find In my
lawn and garden. Tho study of tho nat
ural history of a quarter of an acre
would occupy a man a llfotlmo nnd would
111! many volumes. A wild rabbit fre
quently suns himself bexldo my hedge. I
do not know how many different kinds of
birds nest In tho trees or alight on them
In passing. And Insects without number
live In tho grass nnd on tho plants, and
tho plant llfo Is so varied oven in tho
grass that It Is beyond my slight knowl
edge of botany to namo a hundredth part
MRS. GENE STRATTON-PORTER
of tho things that I find. For oxamplo,
thore Is a tiny purplo blossom, little larger
than a plnhcad, that looks HUo a snap
dragon, but Isn't. Somo day I am going
to find out what It Is. Gertrudo occa
sionally uses It to adorn tho bonnets of
her smallest dolls."
"I know something about botany and
bugs," said Dorothy. "I havo a notion
to see what I can find In our lawn."
"It would bo worth while," said I, "and
If you should write the story of your
great adventures In so small nn area
you might suddenly find yourself famous.
That Is what has happened to Mrs. Strat-ton-Portor.
Sho wroto a book about ten
years ago on 'What I Havo Dono With
lilrds,' In which sho told of some of her
experiences. Sho has Just rewritten and
enlarged It, nndjt Is now published under
the title of 'Friends In Feathers.' If you
are interested In birds you ought to read
It."
"That's so, Dorothy," said Gertrude.
"It Is Interesting and it teaches you a
lot."
"It Is ono of tho most restful books I
havo read In months," said Tho Lady.
"It takes you out of doors and makes
you forgot household cares. I haven't
finished it yet, but I nm going to."
"You will havo n greater respect for
birds when you do finish It than you
have now. If that Is possible" said I.
"Mrs. Stratton-Porter has succeeded in
interpreting bird ways most successfully.
Sho has becomo so intlmata with them
that she has discovered that tho theory
of instinct is not suulclent to explain all
they do. Tako the caso of the pair of
doves .which she was studying. She
found their nest on tho end vf a fence
rail. A day or two later aorao cattle, let
Into tho field, scratched their backs on
the rail and destroyed tho nest. The
birds, profiting by this lesson, chose a
new site In a maple tree on a limb about
twenty feet from tho ground, and there
resumed their family life. Human fami
lies build their houses' on river bottoms,
and when the flood washes the house
away they rebuild in the same place. Yet
we deny reason to tho birds and concede
it to men, "We pay that instinct guides
In the building of the neat, and that an
oriole's nest 1 always ho sm, nut
W. Wr.Mi-y3rt,;..U;w.
rfetttiw; in k ' t.'tNM Mm
ly prlolcn. She ha lnefcgirabe on
Lfesgm'a7wraTsrasfi
LEDGEE-PHILADELPHIA, SATUEDAY, JUNE 23, 1017
with a window In it for light and ventila
tion. Sho found a woodthrush nest built
of raspberry and nottle roots woven to
gether while thoy wero still wet. Tho
thrush usually solects straw and grass
nnd wisps of corn husk. Tho birds who
built this nest had a wide range of choice,
nnd they selected tho roots Instead of
tho. materials that the Instinct school of
naturalists say they must hnvo chosen
becauso their ancestors for generations
had used It. Wo got the Impression from
this book that birds are Individuals, vary
ing In taste nnd temperament almost ns
much as men nnd women. Such natural
history writing Is worth whllo, beraueo
It Is basod on accurate knowledgo. Mrs,
Htrntton-Portor has proved by her own
observation nf birds that many of the
statemonts In tho ornithologies aro Inac
curate for tho simple reason that tho mon
who havo written them had not tho pa
tienco to find out the truth. Sho has had
Infinite patlonce. Otherwise she could
not havo sot up hor camera closo to tho
nosts of the wildest birds nnd photo
graphed them. Whon sho has sought to
mako a ploturo of tho young she has
lifted them from tho nest and peiched
them on a twig, but so gently and care
fully has sho worked that it has takon
her half an hour to get tho fledglings
from tho nest and another half hour to
put them back again without frightening
them or alarming tho old birds. Indeed.
In many an Instance tho old birds havo
sat on tho trco watching her handle their
young without Bhowlng any fear that
harm would come to them. Would you
havo patlenco to do that, Dorothy?"
"I am afraid not, unless I was moro
deeply Interested than I am now," sho
answered.
"But It isn't always hard to get near
tho birds," said Gertrude. "Don't you
remember how near we got to a quail at
tho Pines in tho Poconos last summer?
Wo heard him whistling, and then we
walked quIeMy around a clump of bushos
until wo woro ns near to him as across
tho piazza."
"Yes, that is so. But I wish Mrs.
Mrs. Stratton-Porter had not written so
much about tho dimcultlos bIio over
came. It makoi ono think that she
wants to crcnto the Impression that no
one else has beon ablo to do what sho
has dono."
"I know you feel that way," said Tho
Lady, "but it docs not Impress mo llko
that. Her descriptions of wading in
swamps and lying on a bluff In tho hot
sun and falling from the stopladder on
which slm put her camera make her story
moro inti estlng."
"Well, wo are agreed that Is a mighty
entertaining book. No ono who wants
to know the truth about a lot of Ameri
can birds, from tho vulture to tho wrens,
Bhould leavo it unread, for it contains
Information that can bo obtained no
whero else. I sometimes wonder whether
Mrs. Stratton-Porter will be known In
twenty-five years as a naturalist or as u
novelist. Her novels havo had a wlrlo
sale, but I am Inclined to think that they
will bo forgotten when her books on birds
nnd moths will bo remembered. Fashions
in fiction change, but tho oriole and vul
ture of tho next contury will bo like tho
vulture and orlolo sho studied along the
Wabash In central Indiana in this ccn
tury "
"I think I will take up tho study of
birds," said Dorothy, who had been rest
less slnco Cabot Ames, whom sho first
treated with gracious and winning worn
nnllness, had disappointed her by his un
patriotic attitude toward the call to servo
his country.
Amed pabsed the house Just then, but
sho pretended not to see him. In a few
moments she loft, and, as wo watched her
go down the street, wo saw Ames waiting
for hor on tho corner.
GEORGE W. DOUGLAS.
rniENDS IM FEATHEnS: Character studies of
native American birds which, throuth friend
ly advenes. I Induced to pose for me or sue
ceded In photographing- by Bood fortune, with
the story of my experiences In obtaining their
pictures Ily Qene Stratton-Port-r ilaVden
City: Doubleday, Pago & Co 13 50 '""'
Victor Chapman Hero
Tho handful of heroic young Americans
who enlisted In the French Foreign Legion
when the war broke out set nn Inspiring
oxamplo to tholr compatriots. If they
could flght the Boche when it seemed as If
only European nations were threatened how
much more eager must young Americans
bo to enter the war now that their own
country Is Involved! Rockwell, McConnall
Secger nnd Chapman are only a few of
thoso who have given their lives to the
cauao, and every one of tljem said before
death came that he was doing the only
thing worth while. There Is a particularly
moving appeal In tho cobo of Chapman He
wan the son of the distinguished man of
lettors, John Jay Chapman. He wbb reared
In luxury and when tho war began he
had been studying architecture In Paris
for a year. He was a man of oducation
nnd refinement, yet ho entered tho Foroign
Legion, tho greater part of which was made
up of petty criminals picked up in the
Mreets. One company was composed almost
entirely of pickpockets who had beon ar
retted and marched to the recruiting office
and ordered to enlist Chapman and the
rest had to live with such men. They
were lonesome, without congenial compan
Ions Chapman's letters home, which have
Just been published along with a memoir
by his father, reveal his hunger for In
tellectual Intercourse during the long months
of comparative Inaction. When he was
transferred to the aviation corps he was
delighted to be closely aBsoclated with other
Americans like him. His letters dealinc
with that phase of his military experience
give the Information about flying which the
world haa been waiting to find out. Ho
tells of the clouds and how they look when
he Is among them j he df scribes how. when
he descends, It seems as If the earth rose
to meet him. He write of his ability
to move In three dimensions, and the charm
of It, and he says; "This flying ia much
too romantlo to be real modern war with
all Its horrors. There Is something o ur!.
real and fairylike about It, which oueht
to be told and described by poets, as Tjason's
voyage, or that Clreek chap who wandered
about the Oulf of Corinth and had giants
try to put him In beds that were too small
for him." One has to read between the line,
to discover the daring of his attacks upon
the aermans. The young man' father
howevar, has inlcudea tribute paid to him
y M,mslt Ht lve ro one '2
chlvmlrmi i"r fn his upportef ft
men who flr with Jilm nnd )il undnmXi
courago In attacking the enemy, yhen
the sons of our millionaires can live such
worthy lives nnd die such herolo deaths
tho state of Arrferlca Is not quite so de-
plorablo as somo pessimists would havo us
believe.
vir-Ton cifAATOfAN-B i.irrrrcrtfl from
ntA.VCnt With memoir by John Jay Chap
man New Tork. The Macmlllan Company.
1.SJ.
MR. BANGS'S IDIOT
DOES NOT GROW OLD
His Companions in tho Home for
Single Men Also Enjoy a
Vicarious Youth
It Is twenty-one years since tho Idiot
was born. Llko Minerva from tho brow of
Joe, he aprang full-grown from the wit of
John Kendrlck Dang. Ho seems to bo
possessed of an Immortal youth, for tt Is
the same witling who appears In "Half
Hours With tho Idiot" that first made his
bow to the readers of Harper's Bazaar In
tho early nineties of tho last century. Ho
lles in the samo boarding houso for single
gentlemen Tho samo Hlhllomnnlnc, tho
samo Mr Brief, thn samo Mr 1'edagoguo
and tho same Mrs Smlthers-Pedagoguo act
UK a foil for tho Idiot's remarks ns served
the samo purpose In 'Toffee and Repartee "
Ho confers a vicarious immortality upon
his associates Boston would doubtless
consider It sacrilege to comparo the Idiot
with Doctor Holmes's genial Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table. Vet, ns a matter of fact,
tho Idiot Is tho Autocrat transferred from
Boston to Now York Instead of talking
Bostoneio ho speaks In the slang of tho
day Instead of taking llfo and litera
ture seriously, ho treats both with 11 flip
pancy that marks tho difference between
tho self-conscious Intellectuality of Boston
and the no lees profound and wlso but
moro cosmopolitan culture of the great
money-making center of tho nation.
Mr Bangs's Idiot Is a molt engaging per
son, Impudent, Irreverent, sophisticated, yet
U ELZZ.. IZIZl U
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
with n sound heart nnd an ability to do
somo pretty straight thinking As ho dis
ports himself In this latest oIume, he lets
fall from hlB lips pearls of wit, sarcasm
nnd wisdom that will delight thoso grown
weary with taking their llteraturo In the
manner of thoso who think that one must
nppronch nn Idea with bared head ami
speak of It In awed whispers Thero Is
many a chuckle for tho render ns ho turns
the pages of tho thin volume. If we aro to
keep our reaion in these serious dajs we
should seek relaxation now nnd then In
such books ns this.
HALr-HOUHS WITH TUB IDIOT. Hy John
Kendrlck ltanga. Doston: Little, lirown &
Co. tt -5.
"Rita" in a New Vein '
Tho Mrs Desmond Humphreys of "Tho
Rubbish Heap" differs as widely from tho
"Rita" of "A Yellow Aster" as the fiction
of todiy differs from tho uitrn-sensatlonnl
and sentimentalized r.ovelH of a certain
school of which Mrs Humphreys under her
nom de plumo was a leading exponent.
This new novel is a serious piece of con
structive fiction, the fiction that might be
raid to bo semblablo In its separate literary
form to tho comedies of manners nnd char
acter, whereas tho earlier works of the
author wero stories of plot and denoue
ment. That was approximately threo dec
ades ago. Tho new novel antedates the
old in temporal environment; theso wore
contemporaneous with tho finals of tho
"Victorian era In llfo and customs and Ideas.
Tho two ancient sisters who form the
wholly delightful and quaint main char
acter of "Tho Rubbish Heap" belong to
tho very early Victorian In Ideas and Ideals :
they classify with the prunes, prisms and
pyramids genus in philosophy nnd modes
of thought. Into their quiet nnd settled
no to say "sot" life at tho wonderfully
described unusual seafaring town of Prawle
steps a nephew, a French lad with the odd
namo of Ohrlsrophe; odd, that Is, to Miss
Jane and Miss Augusta, to whom most
outsldo the zone of their parish is hardty
respectable If Indeed not anathema. These
estlmablo ladies might well havo graced
the stago in "Pomander Walk." Not merely
1b tholr nephew's namo strango to them, but
his ways and his aspirations aro stranger.
Ho Is a devotee of art, and art Is something
that la not dono or encouraged In their
circle. Hero, then, Is tho conlllct ot char
actor which "Rita" sets out to hnrmonlze
and docs reconcile with flno sympathy for
the Ideals of tho parties of the first and
tho second parts. Thero Is boiiio excollent
reconstruction of Old-World and old-timo
sentiment and a good ileal of understanding
and appreciating humnn feeling In the
novel. There Is a deal of charming nnd
feeling description of the old niarlno town
Thero is also evidence that the author has
not lost her skill in concocting an intricate
and absorbing plot, the "rubbish hean" of
the title In Prawle's old'curloslty shop be-.
Ing a veritable treasure of mystery. Soma
readers will like this book simply for the
story: others will nnd engaging qualities
of stylo and description in It. ,Jua""es
the nunnisii heap. By -nita" iun
mond Humphreys) New York: a 1?'
nam's Bone 1140.
Des-1'ut-
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For those who are beginning to cultivate
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contains Just the Information that the in
experienced amateur needs. It begins with
suggestions for planning the garden This
chapter Is followed by a discussion of meth
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den to a large suburban garden covering
an acre or more. Then there Is an alnha.
betloal list of vegetables with directions for
planting and cultivating, made so simple
and dear that the most Inexperienced can
understand them, The concluding chanter
deals with Insect pests and how rti
of them, and .the volume closes with tables
giving the nutritive value of foods and
compact planting directions for vegsUbleiL
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AN AIR HERO
SUCCESSOR OP
SHERLOCK" HOLMES
Craig Kennedy Unravels Mys
teries by'Using tho Latest
Scientific'Discoveries
The popolarlty of Conan Doyle's stories
about Sherlock Holmes was due In largo
mcasuro to the fact that the detectlvo suc
ceeded In unraveling mysteries by a study
of unconsldirod trifles, the significance of
which ho could Internret. Every reader
Imagined that ho might also unravel mys
teries by tho same method. Arthur Reeve
has created, in Craig Kennedy, n detective
of an entirely different kind. Kennedy Is a
scientific expert, familiar with the tech
nicalities of chemistry and physics nnd
learned In poisons and their antidotes Mr
Rcce's method Is to start with tho effect
of radium on the pituitary gland, for ex
nmple, and then build n story around it.
Ho has dono this In "The Beauty Mask,"
a talo of Ioo and greed and marital com
plications that is as good ns any in his
new volume of stories about Konnetly's suc
cesses. A physician, In order to delay tho
marriage of his son to nn heiress until a
dying claimant to her fortune has passed
nway, surreptitiously places a bit of radium
In a beauty mask so that when tho mask Is
worn it will rest Just above the noso be
tween tho ejebrows and paralyze tho pitu
itary gland Tho effect of this paraljsls
Is to produco coma or n state slml'ar to
that which accompanies and perhaps In
duces hibernation In animals Kennedy Is
called In to discover the caupe of the mys
terious sleep into which the young woman
has fallen Of course, ho succeeds nnd dis
covers why the radium was used "Tho
Love Meter" Is a story of murder and the
detection of tho criminal by tho combined
uso of a knowledge of chemistry and a de
vice Invented by psychological experiment
ers to record the emotions Thero is hardly
a recent discovery In chemistry or pltislcs
or mctaphjsics that Mr. Reeve has not
turned to account In tho volume, and when
tho difficulties In tho way of popular ex
planation of tho technicalities of tho subjects
are considered ho has succeeded remark
ably. Somo of tho stories lack plausibility,
but they aro intorostlng nevertheless, and
no smnli port of tho Interest Is duo to tho
author's ability to keep the reader guessing
to tho end about tho Identity of tho real
criminal Craig Kennedy hns not yet at
tained tho popularity of Sherlock Holmes,
but If Mr Rcove continues to write about
him nnd succeeds In making his stories n
littlo moro plauslblo thero Is no reason why
Kennedy should not becomo one of the char
acters of fiction that will live
THE THBASUKK TRAIN. Adcntures of Craig
Kennids, scientific clelecme, which ultimately
take him abroad Hv Arthur U Keeve Nei
York Harper JL Bros Jl 35.
Liverpool in Pictures
Philadelphia lias beon said to rosemblo
an English city moro nearly than any other
American town except Boston. Tho truth
of this statement vv 111 be borne In upon
whoever looks over tho pagos of "Bygone
Liverpool," a collection of ninety-seven
plates reproduced from original paintings,
drawings and manuscripts and prints The
plates are accompanied by historical de
scriptive text and there Is an Introduc
tion by Itnmeny Mulr containing a brief
summary of tho story of tho growth of tho
city Students of tho growth of English
communities will bo Intensely Interested In
this pictorial record, nnd Americans who
sometimes think that wo have nrl history
that can bo compared with that of the older
communities across the ocean will bo Im
pressed by tho likeness, say, to tho Phila
delphia of that period of tho Liverpool of
a hundred and fifty jears ago
BYGONE LIVr.ltrOOI. New York. E T. But
ton & Co. 17
The July Magazines
Tho World's Work for July Is notable
for two articles, ono tho record of what
happened during tho seven critical days
In l'etrograd whon tho people took clinrge
of their Government and deposed tho Czar,
nnd tho other an nccount of an Interview
between Mr. Hoover and Mr. Lloyd George
on tho Belgium food situation, together
with a German general's reasons for order
ing the execution of Edith Cavell. The
magazine has the usual number of excellent
portraits ot men prominent in tho public
eye.
Scrlbncr's Magazine for July has a pa
triotic drawing In colors for a frontlspleco
nn'd other war pictures and articles. Ernest
Pclxotto writes on "Special Servlco for
Artibts In War Time," nnd there Is a re
cruitlng artlclo by Nelson Loyd, with
sketches from life. Raymond Recouly tells
of Russia In revolution and Major M B.
Stewart, U. S A, discusses "Tho First
Half-Million Army" Tho fiction is un
usually good Readers who want to get
away from fighting for a while will be In
terested In tho third of Kcnyon Cox's
nrtlclca on tho golden ago of painting
This one Is dovoted to Dutch and Flemish
painters of tho seventeenth century.
Another artlclo on art that comes nearer
home deals with Violet Oakley decora
tions of the Stato Capitol in Harrlsburir
with Illustrations
Germany and Russia in the war are dls
cuesed in tho July Century, the first by
David Jayno Hill, who contrasts the Ideals
of democratic nations with the Prussian
Imperialistic theories and practices, nnd by
Peter Mlchaelson, who writes on a German
prison camp; tho second by Stephen
Graham, who explains Internal conditions
In Russia. Rollln Lynde Hart has a criti
cal article about Washington, tho capital
city, illustrated by Joseph Pennell and
Jules Guerln. Tho magazine opens with
a story of mysticism by E. F. Benbon.
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(.wV, whloh h?, 'I'1 no knowledge
Jsew Englandors will bo particularly In
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Boston by Sears Gallagher. Including the
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King's Chapel. The Customs House tower
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iI mL" nnW.,an? l00lti' Btra"Se'3J unfamiliar
as Mr Gallagher represents It looming
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