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~ Girls and Their Affairs. Conducted by Helen H. Fetter. Matthews Woman Lawyer UST before graduation day at local high scheols a number of the irls attending the schools, mem- bers of the senlor class, were " msked what plans, if any, they had for- mulated for next fall. It was really estonishing the number of replies that gave fairly ‘definite plans not only for next year, but for several years to come. There was the usual group of Eirls fortunate enough to be able to g0 1o college and take special courses that will fit them for definite positions of Tgood salary. There were several in cach class who intended to take further commerctal courses to fit them for more immediate positions in the business world. A few girls of unusual talent in some line of music or art have planned to take concentrated training in that work. All in all, there were very few girls fn all the classes that had no plans except staying at home as the old- fashioned girl of before the world war days stayed at home. ¥ x ok X The old question—marriage or a career—seems to have been laid defl- nitely to rest as f: s (he young girl of high school age is concerned. For the girl in her twenties who is mar- ried and then has to decide whether it is wise to resume her career while married or to concentrate upon the husiness being married and a housekeeper. is another question not of special interest to any except the individual herself and her immediate relatjves. The world w proved, among other things, that girls should have prepa- vation for some definite bread-earning position before marrtage in order to have a safety valve in case of marital disaster or other sudden emergency. A little knowledge may be a danger- ous thing but a fairly detailed knowl- edge of how to do at least one thing well enough to earn one's bread and butter by it, has never hurt anybody, least of all girls. * % of * According to statistics on women in careers, particularly in the profes- sions, the number of girls specializ- ing for some one of the professions has Increased by thousands during the past few years. Until shortly before ¢ war, school teachers in public and private institutions constituted an overwhelming majority of the pro- fussional women. Now, law, medicine, soclal service, journalism~and the many branches of each of these are * professions in which many women are successfully engaged. Other lines scientific work show increase in fominine worker The industries also show marked increase. Yet, in spite of all this, the average &irl and the unusual girl of today are unfted in the one basic ideal of a _home as the real career and, as Mrs. Rinebart, the famous playwright and novelist, was quoted to.say In these columns a couple of weeks ago, the home fs the real career and the others are only “fillers in." * x The New York Times recently pub- lighed an interesting composite of the opinfons of students of Vassar College, one of the oldest and largest Amerjean colleges for girls, stating .the ambitions and desires of these girls. Nin cent of the girls ure reported looking forward to the making of successful homes and the rearing of children as their most important job in life. The report showed 141 declaring definitely for marriage against eleven who preferred “career.”” Less than 2 per cent feel that the business 1 is primary an ut n. Yet it is significant that only five voted that woman's business in life be solely marriage and child- rearing. They picture the woman of the. future as equal with her grand- mother in fondness for the home but Of the 200, 83 are domestic life, 23 for social service. 28 for teaching, 19 for writing, medlcine or art, 8 for “en- Joying life,” and 30 merely to be - melf-supporting. From these reports of Vassar girls, it may easily be seen that the girl who goes to college does not do so in « haphazard, careless frame of mind. She goes with a decided purpose and * a wor more of a cti preparing for she graduates with even more definite j These reports also prove that ! ideas. basically the American girl is not affected by the delirfous surface dis- turbances of the “jazz age” nearly so much’as some of the intelligensia of ‘receding generations would insinu- ate. * % % ¥ On the whole, the modern girl, with her level head. in spite of impulsive actfons in the little things of life, will not follow “the line of least resigtance” as did the heroines of Jane Austin’s time, but will make her decistons for usefulness and progress according to the problems and possible solutions offered her in cach case as an individual. The modern girl will not sit around wt home reading many novels, mak- ing a couple of dresses and cooking infinite amounts of fudge even in va- catlon time. It is a foregone conclu- plon that whatever she decides to do, shewill be busy and up and doing in the fall with her eye to some ac- complishment that may result in a ‘caréer and miay only be a wider edu- cation preparing her for another home. At all events she will pro- gress n spite of the many comments to the contrary. Regarding Colored Shoes and Bootblacks 1t 1s necessary for a bootblack of today to be a skillful artist with a distinct eye for the difference in the many shades of tan, blue, red, green &nd yellow that comprise the color- ings'of the popular perforated foot- wear of the girl of today. A color- blind ‘bootblack is about as useful in the shoe-shine parlor where milady goe# for a shine as a deaf telephone operator at a switchboard. Real skill is required to handle the rainbow pastes and flulds with dex- terity and neatness. Because of this many shoe-shine parlors refuse to even attempt to clean these shoes and others advocate dry é¢leaning. All in all, the advantages of colored shoes % Dbrighten up sultry -summer streets have their counterbalancing disadvantages. We wonder if the maidens of Cleopatra's day had such iroubles, too. It has been suggested that this may e the reason sé many of those girls ent barefoot. Burnita Shelton Successful BURNITA SHELTON MATTHEW TH > are several thousand women lawyers in the United States, yet many girls who are trying to declde upon a profession to follow and to whom the law might prove a successful fleld hesitate to enter it. To many people the law merely means an office filled with big vellow-bound volumes with pon- derous titles on red leather strips, harangues in the courtroom and the drudging work of following out in- volved case: On the other hand. there are many fascinating subjects that may be fol- lowed up by the clever lawyer.. In fact, the scope for speclalizing in the legal profession Is fully as wide as in_ its companion profession, medi- cine. Resxearch Work Remunernative. One type of interesting legal work that is invaluable to any one wishing {0 rise high in this profession, and is also very remunerative, is legul research work of the kind handled by the Na- tional Woman's Party staff assistants. The dicector of this work and secretary of this_division of the organization is Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews, who, at twenty-three years of age, Is a practicing lawyer in Washington. Mrs. Matthews is a Mississippi girl She received her first desire to enter legal work while she was in her teens and used to hear hLer father tell of his work as clerk of the chan- court in Coplah county, Miss. siesippi is still her legal residence and she goes there to vote. She at- tended the Whitworth College of her home state and took the first part of her special legal training at Hamil- ton College of Law. She then came | to Washington to accept a govern- {ment position and while here com- pleted her law course and took post- | graduate work at the National Uni- jversity Law School of this city. Mrs. Matthews was in the first class that was graduated from the school after women were given general ad- Progressive Women Of the Philippines When Josefa Lilanes, the twent- i ty-two-year-old Filipino girl. was in Washington a couple of months ago, to attend the conference of the National Association of Social ble impression with her personal beauty and charming manner and her level-headed extemporaneous address on the work and hopes of her country. !She is studying social welfare work in New York. Even more recently word comes ‘from Chicago that Consuelo Valdez, !another attractive young Filipino girl studying in this country, has won the second prize in the annual oratorical contest at Northwestern University. These are but two examples of the ambitious young women of the Philip- pines, a type that is predominant in the islands and as interesting as the modern American girl. The girls and women of these islands are working hard, not only in their own interests as women, but in their national interests. The Fili- pino woman is interestingly sketched in the report of the Forbes-Wood commission, which says: “The Filipino woman s a strong and dominating influence in every home and community. She {s modest, loyal and hard working, and, while not much in evidence, she is, never- theless, always to be reckoned with. She is the strong, censervative influ- ence which keeps together the home, saves the money and is the founda- tion of the success of many familles. The establishment of large numbers of women’s clubs that concern them- selves with hyglene and other civic matters 8§ a most encouraging sign of the times. Incidentally, according to the latest issue of the Philippine Press Bulletin, 2 new woman's ¢lub has been organ- ized recently in Manila that promises to be one of the largest. It is the Natlonal League of Fllipino Women, having for its principal object the obtaining of Phliippine independence. This club, which already.has a mem- bership of more than 300 women, has as president Mrs. Maria Paz Mendoza- Guazon, :doctor of medicine and di- rector of women in the University of the Philippines. i1 % General Purveyors. From the Boston Transeript. A western clergyman now visiting Boston relates that at the Sumday school in his town, one Sunday, this A teacher started off her An enthusiastic little Swede sirl shouted, “Sears & Roebuck,” g of legal | ‘Welfare Workers, she made an indeli- | mittance: Belva Lockwood. the bril- llant woman lawyer. who was the only woman at any time to be a can- didate for the office of President of the United States and who secured the privileges of the United States Supreme Court for woman lawyers, was graduated from this school. Mrs. Matthews received her diploma there in 1919 and passed her bar examina- tions in 1920. Member of N. W. P. She has been a member of the National Woman's Party for several years and accepted the position as legal research secretary with that organization in September, 1921. This group of about fourteen woman law- yers undertook at that time the rather staggering task of studying| the entire problem of the position of women legally in the various states and the District of Columbia, and also the federal laws as they affected women. Thirty-slx of the forty- elght states have been thoroughly investigated by this industrious group of women and girls, and the work has been completed to such an extent that the corps of workers has been reduced from the original fourteen to ! three. The other two besides Mrs. Matthew: ho are still engaged in this work are Miss Emma Wold and Miss Fred Woodson. As work on each state has been completed bills have been drawn up for presentation at the state legisla- | tures, and several of the legislatures have ' already adopted bills drafted by these lawyers. Among the latest to do 8o are New York, which passed four such bills in the last legislature, and Delaware. Mrs. Matthews her assistants do their work in the law libra: of the Supreme Court of the ifed States, which is the largest law library In the country In addition to her research work for the woman's party, Mrs. Matthews has a sizable practice of her own and is secretary of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Colum- hin. She is a very busy and success- ful young professional woman. NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean P NELOPE, originated from the {X" Greek word meaning “weaver.” 1s a euphonious name for girls that is exceedingly popular in England and i8 also favored among the girls of the United States. Among the an- cient Irish the name was much used, as spinning was a popular accom- plishment, and whenever a woman or girl won distinction for her spinning or weaving she was called Penelope, only the Irish form of the name was considerably different. The old Irish versions of “Penelope” include Finn- ghualas. Finnghualy, Fenella and NS bl e emblem for Penelope is, nat- urally, ‘the spinning wheel, and her sentiment is “faithful unto death.” Her flower Is the appropriate “spider wort" also called St. Bernard's flower. It is a delicate litle blue blossom when grown in its native soil, but when cultivated the blossoms are i frequently of a reddish-purple shade. The rst Penelope was a blond Greek girl, daughter of Icarios and Periboea who, when she reached womanhood, possessed such extraordi- nary beauty that she had scores of suitors. Her father promised her hand to him who won in a foot race. Ulysses, also called Odysseus, won, and his beautiful bride accompanied him to Ithaca. With other things, Penelope was noted for her skill as a weaver. During the twenty years that Ulysses was absent during the Trojan war she had new frocks of suitors, who trled to convince her that her husband was ‘dead. She promised a decision when a web which she was weaving should be completed. This was the famous Penelope's web, which she worked on industriotsly in the daytime before her admirers and un- raveled what she had done in the day at night when no one was near to see. Finally driven to decide defi- nitely, she promised to marry the winner in an archery contest. Ulysses returned home in time to hear the story and, disguised, he took part in the contest and won it. Penelope was the mother of Tele- machus and is generally considered to have also been the mother of the demi-god Pan. Among famous historical characters of this name is the charming and a complished _ Penelope Devereau: Countess of Devonshire, who was si ter to the second Earl of Essex. Both Lady Penelope and her brilliant brother were great favorites with Queen Elizabeth and prominent in her court. Penelope Deveréaux was addi- tionally famous as having inspired the poet, Philip Sidney, to dedicate 110 of his most delightful sonnets o _her. ; The nicknames for Penelope are Pen and Penny and are unusually attractive, as, in fact, 1s the full name itself, t X, THE SUNDAY STAR, WAS This column is conducted under th auspices of the District of Columb! branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assocla- tions. The greatly increased interest in parent-teacher work in the District of Columbia is due largely to two tactors. First, we have learned the value of organization in order to ac- complish any purpose whatsoever, and, second, we realize that teachers and parent the two great educa. tional forces, must get together every- where, study the needs of childhood and léarn to adapt the school and home processes to those needs. The work of every department in the organizafion shows the truth of this and that the needs of childhood are belng carefully studied. Many of our parent-teacher assoclations are making a great effort to have the school bulldings equipped with elec- tricity before September, as there h: been a great deal of poor eyesight and nervousness developed among our school pupils, due almost entirely to the . poorly lighted rooms in which they are compelled to study. Another need which s becoming more and more apparent is the great need for dental clinics, especlally in the north- cast and southwest sections of the city. A large percentage of our pu- pils have defective teeth and many of them will suffer serfous injury to their health if the teeth do mot re- ceive attention. The three clinics for the white school children can only care for a few of them and the need for more clinics is very great. The District of Columbla ~Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assocla- tions passed a resolution at the last meeting urging the health officer to include at least two new dental clinics in his budget for the coming year. It has been very truly said that play is a most important factor in the life of every growing child, yet the children of Washington are very fnadequately provided with proper play space, especially during the sum- mer months, when they need it most. The municipal playgrounds cannot provide for the children und, accord- ing to custom, the school grounds are closed when the buildings are not in use. We have not one supervised school playground, yet the leading educators of this country maintain that children need as careful direc- tion In thelr play as in thelr studies. In many of our school yards valuable space is used by empty and useless portablés, The Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations s very keen on this subject and is trying to co-operate with Mrs. Rhodes in an effort to keep the school grounds open for our children during the summer. A committee of ten, headed by president, Mrs. Rafter, had an Interview with Commissioner Oyster Tuesday and is much encour- aged by the conference. This com mittee, which was composed of rep- resentatives of parent-teacher asso- clations from all over the city. in- cluded the following members: Capt. Julius Peyser, from the Cook Parent- Teacher Assoclation and president of the District of Columbia Public School Assoctation; Mrs. G. ». Fraser, from the Falrbrother Mothers' Club; Mrs. Sentimental Sally. There was a girl in our town (She wasn't wondrous wise) But how she did enjoy To sentimentalize! She raved about the heroes In “movies” who said “Bally:" And rolled soft eves from out the screen At Sentimental Sally. “I love to go to dances And dance to jaszy tun I like to go canoing On ripply, wide lagoons: And best of all. to linger where The shadows softly dally And talk about the moonlight'— Said Sentimental Sally. She liked to look at pictures Of Broadway scenes and fights Of desert island natives, But. chief of her delights Were tangled tales of true love Her sympathy would rally Afresh to every love scene— Sweet, Sentimental Sally. She used to read the fairy tales And dream of noble knights ome riding up to woo her. “My boy friends are ‘frights’ $o_crude and coarse,” said she, “Thelr manners never tally With the hero of my day dreams. (Poor, Sentimental Sally o But, finally, she did grow up And found this world a place Of interesting adventures, And, such being the case. She married a homely chap. With a nice grin, named O'Malley, And lived happy. ever after, Did Sentimental Sally. More Printed Gowns for Girls. 1f one may -judge by the costumes worn by the hundreds of young girls who pass up and down F street every afternoon, the Egyptian type of long, narrow dress, with gay-colored de- signs running all around every inch of the costume is the winner for popularity during the month of July. The coyly, simple dotted voile frock. with three rows of lace as apology for sleeves, is a close second. Chinese and other oriental styles are’ also popular. In view of this, it is particularly interesting to note that in the fall, according to New York forecasts 6f fashion, we will still have the printed frock with us, but by that time, it is predicted, the gypsy patterns and de- signs from Sweden will be the lead- ing motifs for these printed gowns. It seems that the old Bohemian, Ru- manian and Hungarian peasant em- brolderies, which had a short vogue here in imported blouses last fall, will provide the colorings and gns_for most of the new printed silks. The Swedlsh designs, still more of & nov- elty with American designers, will include adaptations of scenery along the giant fords with little sheep running in and out of meadows below towering mountains or goats eating grass and flowers on the mountain sides. Even old-fashioned kings and queens will be depicted on some of these Scandinavian prints. All in all, it looks as though equally colorful fall and winter styles will follow the brilliant summer fashions. Speaking Cosmetically The day of the young girl with the very red round spots on her cheek- bones and the smow-white mountain of her nose lying between these flam- ing spots seems, fortunately, to be at last definitely on the wane. Girls In this malarial climaté still utilize the many varleties of cosmetics available, but they are becoming more artistic in the application and also somewhat more discreet in the amount used. Still, however, there is one phase to their “making up” that is grossly neglected and glves constant glaring .evidence of that fact. This fault is mentioned in & recent article pul lished in several papers and dictated by Pola Negri, the vivid young Euro- pean movie star, who has recently been transplanted to our rich soll Says Miss Negri apropos of this mat- tei “It is surprising how many well groomed women neglect the back of their necks: Yet this is one of the most exposed portions of their anat- omy. It should be powdered with the same care as the face. There is nothing more shocking than a yellow neck.” Miss Negri's suggestion might equally well apply to the front well as the back of the neck, for many girls and women do not seem to realize the distinct change in color right at the jaw line which separat the carefully powdered white face from - the sunburmed peck of much darker hue. = s Joseph Sanders and Mrs. Andrew Stewart, both from the Johnson-Pow- ell Parent-Teacher Association; Mrs. A. N. Baggs, from the Force Parent- Teacher Assoclation; Mrs. A. 8. Castell and Mrs. Bell, both from the John Burraughs Parent-Teacher Associa- tion; Mrs. J. L. Nicholas, from the Northeast; Mrs. Allen, from the Mon- roe Parent-Teacher Assoclation, and Mrs. J. L. Castell, from the Franklin- Thomson Parent-Teacher Association. During the national convention in Louisville it was very hard for the District delegates to make those from the other states belleve how depend- ent our schools are on the appropri- ations of Congre: Why cannot the voters in the states realize that it is the duty of every citizen in the coun- try to make the schools of their capi- tal city models In every respect? Would the people in the States per- mit their school children to be sup- plled with dictionaries which are not only tattered and torn, but hopelessly out of date? Such is the case in dur schools, and, though a great number of text books have been condemned, it will be hard to replace them with the available funds. = The officers of the District of Co- lumbia Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assoclations recently met and appointed the chairmen for the departments, who will compose the executive board for the next year. Some of the departments were not filled, but appointments will be made in September. The following chairmen were appointed: Health department, Mrs. Joseph Sanders; clothes con- servation, Mrs. G. 8. Fraser; shoe and rubber. Mrs. J. R. Randall; member- ship, Mrs. Andrew Stewart: Juvenile Court, Mrs. Edward Kalmbacl welfare day, Mrs. Walker Martin; children's literature. Mrs. J. H. New- t recreation, Mrs. L. H. Brown: visiting, Mrs. G. Little; kindergarten, Mins Malloy; music, Mme. von Un- chuld; church parent-teacher assocla- tions, Mrs. Gilbert Hutchinson; home ~ducation, Mrs. Alfred Tolson; program, Mrs. W. Wolf Smith; legislation, Mrs. Virginia White Speel; child labor, Mrs, 8. Ferree; hospitality, Mrs. E. H. Danlel; visiting nurses, Mrs. Ed Fuhrman: education, Mrs. Wm. Ban- nerman: magazine. Mrs. M. B. Nichols, and publicity, Mrs. J. N. Saunders. The following letter was recently sent to the board of education, super- intendent of schools and the Dlistrict Commissioners by the health chairmen: “The health committee of the Dis- trict of Columbia Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Assoclations de- sires to call ur attention to a report of the New York state committee en- titled ‘Wentilation." This report, giving results of long and careful experi- ments in varlous schools and under many conditions, concludes that the present systems of mechanical ven- tilatlon for schools are inferfor to the systems of window ventilation, with gravity ducts for the exit of bad air. Since the latter system is infinitely simpler and unquestionably less ex- peneive in operation, it would seem 10 the committee to be of benefit from the standpoint of the health of the children as well as economy to give this report careful consideration be- fore proceeding further with plans for extending the school system. The committec which formulated this big contribution to the public was composed of scientists, physiclans, gineers and soclal workers who gave their mervices for the investigation The standing of its members, their unquestioned earnestness of purpose and the conclusive nature of their tests smhould compel your attention.” The chairman of the music depart- ment has complled the following sug- gestions on which “music” as a cred- fted subject should be based in the high schools: The teachers who want to teach high school students in any instru- ment, vocal or theory, should have to prove that they have gone through a similar thorough course of study and have acquired the same high standard of knowledge in music as is required from teachers instructing other major subjects. Those who have satisfied the re- quirements of the examination should be listed as such for the free cholce of high school pupils who desire to take music as a credited major study. It should be understood that though a teacher-applicant may present a diploma this should not waive the necessity of undergoing the pre- scribed " examination (as it is the practice for other subjects). Each grade should have a distinct curriculum (as it is the practice for other studies), bearing in mind that the high school does not aim to be & rofessional school. In entering the igh school the pupil choosing music as a major study should have to prove a sufficient knowledge leading to the curriculum of the first year in the high school. Frequent recitals ought to be given to stimulate the ambition of pupils and teachers. They should also be attended by the examiners for a better judgment of the pupils’ prog- ress. As in the subject of music taught by outside teachers, the financlal question and consideration for the parents has to be reckoned with, the pupil ought to be given the choice of taking one or two lessons a week provided the curriculum is covered satisfactorily within the prescribed term .and the practice hours numbér the required period No fee of any kind should be at- tached to the examination. Examiners should be recognized speclallsts on the subject on which they are to examine. It {s suggested that a member of the board of education attend the musical examinations of both the teachers and puplis. The annual report of the Weight- man Parent-Teachers’ Association fol- lows: This association is one year old, as it was organized on October 4, 1922, at the Weightman School. Mrs. Cari H. Wisewell was elected president, Mrs. Stephen Porter vice president. Mrs. M. Phillips secretary, and Mrs. Fred Moss treasurer. Nine meetings have been held in the school and four executive meetings at homes of the members, The meetings have been well at- tended, because the children have given ‘the programs, thercby arous- ing interest among the mothers, These programs have consisted of songs, . recitations and several folk dances, which they have learned in i the class conducted under the super- | vision of the president of the club Several speakers, among them Mrs. H. L. Hodgkins, Mrs. Driscoll, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Rafter, Mrs. Ferree, have attended our meetings and have been enjoyed. Donatlons have been made to shoe and rubber fund, child wel- tare fund, etc. Two lunches have been given to raise money, which has been used for playground "equipment. About $100 was given in this way. Wall maps, a stepladder, attractive books, drum for the kindergarten, a stop watch and a marker were given to the !school. Our thanks are due to the jefforts of Miss Burbank, one of our teachers, for her efforts in making these purchases. Sewing circles have been held st the building, but the chief &ork of ithe vear was to form. under the di- rection of Mrs. C. H. Wisewell, a community center, in which the chfl- dren of the achool were taught folk dancing. These classes were held once a week, and about seventy-five children have taken the course. This provides money for playground as well as to give entertainment and exercise of a splendid kind. Scales have been purchased with the surplus milk money. Through the efforts of the president and prin- clpal, a tachers’ tollet room has been laced in the building, and electric fights are to be installed during the summer. A constitution and by-laws was adopted for the next year, and the fol- lowing officers were elected: Mrs. Carl H. “Wisewell, president; Mrs. Stephen Porter, vice president; Mrs. M. Phillips, recording secretary; Mrs. Hewston, corresponding seecretary, and Mrs. Shapter, historian. The president has attended the District of Columbia Parent-Teachers' Associa- tion and attended the national con- wvention in Loulsville, Ky, in April, 1923, HINGTON, D. C, JULY 15 1923—PART 2 Reviews_ of New Books THROUGH THE WHEAT. By Thomas Boyd. New York: Charles Scrib- nen’s Sons. HE American soldier, the com- mon fellow who really did the fighting at Chateau Thierry, Soissons and round- about, could take this story, one be- lieves, as his own personal experience in that part of the war. It is no more than a straight account of what hap- pened to any group of young soldiers in the battles of that time and lo- cality. No romance in the coloring of this account. No heroism talked about. No glory gathered up here. Instead | slogging foot-welghted marches in the woods and “through the wheat” of 1 France. And then more marches. Wearlness unspeakable, hunger ap- peased only when everything else had been done, sleep falling upon one on his feet or lying in a mudhole of a trench. Curfous hit-or-miss rushes upon the Germans—or so it appears to the| reader. The movements bear no re- semblance whatever to the orderly for- mations and sweeping advances that the distant civilian pictures and calls war. A heavy, stodgy courage—more like indifference usuaily—tfaming now and then into & sort of demonic hatred that drives the fellows forward into strange and unaccusiomed brutalities. Wet and cold and dirt and lice and stinking dead men and horses provide the setting here for these automatic and mindless advances and retreats. Good times? Yes, when one can find a dry spot, or one of falr warmth. Good times over a broken cigarette, or a basin of “slum,” or a swig of hot cof- fee—royal times these by contrast. Understand, you never get even a sus- picion here that there is any desire or attempt to overstress the personal hard- ship in this war buslness. Rather s it wholly impersonal in ts effect, though it i#, In the main, the story—if such an existence can be named a story—of young Hicks and u few of his com- punions. Too late for a war story? Tired of them? Not too late, nor will you be tired of them after reading this undeniably straight story of the actu- ality of war as it is pursued day by day. Yes, some of the soldiers are ter- ribly grouchy—but they know more about war than we do. Read this. Great story. And who is this Thomas Boyd, the writer? Now he is a news- paper man and something else in the way of business—lives in St. Paul. In war time, however, he was a soldier, not quite twenty vears old, private in the Marine Corps and then a member of the 6th Regiment. He fought with the marines at Belleau Wood, Soissons and elsewhere roundabout. He was se- verely gassed and, finally, came home by way of hospitals in both France and Germany. Thomas Boyd appears to have hud something real to write about in "Through the Wheat.” And he has done it in a way to give you a new heart tug over that young fellow, the common soldier, the man who did the Job. THE DECADENCE OF EUROPE. By Francesco Nitti, former premier of Italy, author of “Peaceless Europe.” Translated by F. Brit- tain. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Probably not one of the many who have written of the European chaos. not one of the many who have of- fered solutions of its tragic problem, is better qualified for this task than Signor Nittl, former premier of Italy and a member of the allied confer- ence for the year immediately fol- lowing the end of the war. So placed as to be in actual touch with the condition of Europe as this was acknowledged by members of the conference, so placed as to be able to weigh at first hand the delibera- tions tending toward a settlement of the war, he here places this imme- diate knowledge in the hands of the American public for their informa- tion and guidance. The various lines of European dissolution are here traced from their sources to their inevitable conclusion. The failure of the peace settlement is here set out in & . courageous frankness _that leaves no doubt in the mind of the reader as to the author's convictions, supported here by a convincing array of facts bearing upon this result. Out of it all stands, square-footed, the statement that France is the chief obstructionist in the rebuilding of Europe. And at this point Signor Nitti gives in adequate detail the concrete evidence of French short- sightedness, not only for itself but for Europe as a whole hesides. His first concluslon is that the Treaty of Versailles is impossible of fultill- ment and that. therefore, no substan- tial progress can be made till this is revised. Turning away from the obstructive policy of France the author fronts upon England and the United States as offering the only means by which a construetive pol- icy can be made to supplant the cer- tain destruction for Europe which now menaces it. The author claims for the book only this—that it is a “relation of documentary facts,” that it is evidence from unguestion- able sources, set out frankly for the use of those who must finally put through the work of rebuilding Eu- rope. GENEVRA’S MONEY. By E. V. Lucas. author of “Verena in the Midst,” etc. New York: George H. Doran Company. Genevra died, leaving only some money and a husband—these only, | save for & flock of young nephews and nieces, toward whom the mind of the husband immediately turned. Like most newly bereft people, hel was filled with a desire to carry for- ward the wishes of the beloved one jwho had been definitely shut off from lacting further in any earthly capac- ity. To help these voung folks would have delighted Genevra. Therefore, acting for her, he would hunt them out_and look them over. Then, ac- cording to their respective needs and deservings, he would distribute Ge- nevra’s money among them. This project sets a situatfon of pure Lucas brand. It provides plenty of young folks to distill the spirit of youth, without which no Lucas r mance would attempt to sustain it- self. A judicious scattering of thesc nephews and nieces furnishes con- stantly changing fields of advanture, that “change of scene” that freshens romance as well as reality. Over into France and down into Spain on the trail of a nephew who Is going to be an artist opens the way for some easy and clever talk about artists and art, touching upon the Barbizon painters, together with some very famous French painters near to the Barbizon group, but outside of it by virtue of a fundamental difference. In Spain the Prado continues this delightful | touch-and-go of talk. with Velasquez, El Greco, Murlllo and the rest to in- inspire and lift it to an {lluminating level. Not all of the quest is on this art plane, but it is all of It alive to one or another of youth's preposses- sions. It is all spirited and gay, whatever the level upon which these various_young folks are met. The money itself? Well, the money, after all, does not cut 8o much of a figure, except to open the way for the whole engaging business of trying to find the proper places to put it. Just de- | lightful—in the famillar Lucas way DOCTOR HERACLIUS GLOSS, By Guy de Maupassant. Translated by Jeffery E. Jeffery. Introduction by Ernest Boyd. New York: Bren- wano's. Dr. Heraclius Gloss was a very learned man. And all of his great learning led him along the way of trying to discover the causes and consequences of human life itself as these have been brought forward and discussed by the great philosophers of all recorded time. Poring over musty volumes, the great doctor ac- cepted and rejected in a wearying routine, till at last he came upon the theory of metaphysics as set out in a bulky parchment manuscript. And he knew at once that he had reached his goal. Animals are but) forms embodying the souls of men ving to regain their original high estate, an estate -lost by crimes com- mitted as human beings, and regained only by this ascent from animal back to man. This theory took the good old doctor captive and led him into mi odd ways of life. He would set his beaide him at the table | one unreal touch in the story. the fire he would try to discover in the eye of his companion the mystery of its previous existence. Yes, a mad- house at the last—the fate of de Maupassant himself. However, this story was written in the youth of de 'Maupassant, long before any slightest sign of his own malady came to light. Lost for fifty years, it now comes to light (thls is its first English appearance), to take its place among the most virile, the most fin- ishedg the most characteristic of the stor{€s of the great and unfortunate de Maupassant. MARK TWAIN'S SPEECHES. by Albert Bigelow Paine. York: Harper and Brothers, Mark Twain's speeches, collected hero by his biographer, Albert Bige- low Paine, are arranged in three somewhat ioose groupings. The first belongs to that period in the wes when Mark Twaln was & young man, attracting attention by his now fa- mous lecture of ‘“The Sandwich Is- lands,” & time when the “gods were kind” to this youth and his words were, In the maln, but “a lilt of good- natured foolery. The middle period includes the years when public af- fairs began to make their appeal. when ubuses and injustices, political and social, turned Mark Twain into a somewhat vitriolic reformer. The last one presents him as a philosopher and a sage. the famlliar humor softened, the judgment ripened. the opinions on many public questions cagerly sought and respected. A whimsical set of titles, characteristically, head some of his soundest and most serious lec tures—“Adam,” “Authors and Hats, “The Weather,” “Bables.” and so on. The volume {ncludes, also, the ad- dresses at the Lotos Club dinner, in honor of Mark Twain and the ad- dress of Col, Harvey at the dinner in honor of Mr. Clemens' seventieth birthday. Other addresses by notable people fn honor of Mark Twain are included here, with an_introductory appreciation, also, by William Dean Howells. The personality of the man himself, the quality of his public serv- fce and the substance of those who here pay him honor stand out in this volume to reafirm the Americanism of this great American humorist. TOMORROW ABOUT THIS TIME. By Grace Livingston Hill, author of “Marcla Schuyler,” etc| Phila- delphia: J. B, Lippincott Company. It is not possible to avold a clear, personal responsibility. On a definite hour of some “tomorrow,” far or near, the responsibility comes back, laden a hundredfold with the neglected days lying in between its denial and the “tomorrow about this time” of its return. Such is the foundation of this story. A man, upon the death of his young wife, gives his baby daugh- ter to the wife's parents. Marrying again, he once more gives a second daughter to the wife whom he di- vorces. A man of scholarly pursuits, of arduous labors in the field of re- search, of many public honors, he finally’ retires for a perlod of ‘well earned rest. At this moment both of his daughters come back to him. Strangers, all three. The story that of the adjustment of these di- verse elements—that of the assump- tion on the father's part of a re- v too long evaded. One of of the lovely pattern of v young girls. The other is - “flapper type. This s the We all know the flapper. There is much to be said in explanation of her, much to be sald in her defense. At any rate, we all know her. Now, this particu- lar flapper is the essence of all of them. Nothing short of this in her making could have produced such an utterly obnoxious little devil as this girl is. However, let thdt go. The story proceeds by way of stirring up gome father love in this rather neg- ligible man through the devoted at- tentions of the one daughter. Then these two, in combination, succeed, at the last moment, in gathering some faint promise of hope that the other one may, possibly, shed her foolish flapperism and become a real girl after all. The originality of this story lles in making a study of de- linquent fatherhood. Fiction _is crowded with delinquent mothers, but such fathers are scarce in it. The strong point of the story is the ad- mirably consistent study of this man and father. MINGLESTREAMS. By Jane Abbott, author of “Highacres,” ete. Fron- tispiece by H. Weston Taylor. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Not €0 many years ago this story would have béen classed as pure fic- tion. Plenty of strange things have come to pass in these few interven- ing year. Girls nowadays do declare their independence, going Off on their own to earn a living. So there is nothing particularly unreal to find. in this story, a couple of girls running Apple Tree Inn up in the Adiron- dacks and doing it extremely well, too—with the help of that famous cook. Aunt Sapphy. And today there are young men roaming the country strangely beset by some effect of the war. So, nothing remarkable about the loss of memory to & young man who came to the inn and found work there while he was trying to remem- ber just who he was. Upon this foundation there is built & bright and active story of good work, of plenty of fun, of fine neighborline of stimulating surroundings —to say nothing of a somewhat complicated love story besides. All love storles are complicated, and this one, like the rest, finally straightens out to the simple procedure of getting mar- ried without too disastrous results in the way of disappointed lovers. Good contracts are set up here—city life on the one hand, life in the beautiful Adirondacks on the other: idle folks of fashion against working folks the simple 1t actual kindness against artificlal gestures of mere good manners. A story that girls will like and one, too. that their elders will find worth while. BOOKS RECEIVED. THE BIRTH OF HUMANITY. (Sequel to “Tuned Higher Than the Race.”) By Michael Reepmaker, author of “Vengeance,” etc. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press. WALTER OF TIBERTON. By Ber- nard Marshal, author of “Cedric, the Forester,” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. PERSEPHONE OF ELEUSIS; A Ro- mance of Ancient Greece, By Clare Winger Harris. Boston The Strat- ford Company. THE BIRD OF PASSAGE. By John Schoolcraft. New York: George H. Doran Company. MASQUES. By Elizabeth Hall Yates. Tllustrated by Ralph P. Colema Philadelphia: The Penn Compan THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMER- ICAN ENTIMENT TOWARD GERMANY, Eve Schieber, Ph. D. New York: The Cornhill Publishing Company. NED BEALS WORKS HIS WAY. By Earl Reed Silvers, author of “Ned Beals, Freshman,” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. PULLING TOGETHER (with sequel), By John T. Broderick. With in- troduction by Charles P. Steinmetz, Phi D. New York: Robson & Aldee. THE WAKE OF SETTING SUN. By Willlam Averill Stowell. New York: D. Appleton & Co. DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL THE- ORY. By James P. Lichtenberger, Ph. D. New York: The Century Company. CAVE BOYS. By H. M. Burr, author of “Areund the Fire” etc. New York: Assoclation Press. TRAGEDIES OF SEX. By Frank ‘Wedekind. Translation and in- troduction by Samuel A. Eliot, jr. New York: Bonl & Liverjght. THE ETHICS OF CAPITALISM. By Judson G. Rosebush. New York: Association Press. THE SOUL OF ABE LINCOLN., By Bernie Babcock, author of “The Soul of Ann Rutledge.” With a frontispiece in color by Gayle Hoskins. Philadelphia: J. B. Lip- pincott Co. MAN ALIVE! Blodgett. Pres: DREAM SHIPS: A Book of Foems. By Beth Walker.. New York: Peter G. Boyle, Edited New By Harvey 'Alvaro St. Paul: The Blodgett and in splemn talks with him before IN DIVERSE MOOD. By Cletus Zem- 1870-1914. By Clara [THE s Unable to Take Her Boys on Trip, Mother Mails ’Em Special Dispatch to The Btar. CHATSWORTH. Ga.. July 14.—The ‘Whitefield boys, Sam and Bill, aged five and six respectively, ara back home tonight witit a fine sense of ap- preciation of their Uncle Sam. When their mother, Mrs. Al- bert Whitefield, who lives on rural route No. 2, near here, decided to send her two boys to visit her aunt, Mrs. Olin Lot- speich, who lives eleven miles down the road, she found there was nobody to go with them. “Reckon we couldn’t mail them?” she asked J. T. Tucker, rural mail carrier, whose route passes hoth her home and that of Mrs. Lotspeich. You can send animals by parcel Post.” replied Tucker, “so I don't Why you can't send . and ac- cordingly he welghed the two young- sters. Sam welghed fifty-five pounds, and took 32 cents worth of stamps Blll weighed sixty pounds, and needed 35 cents postage. Tucker canceled the stamps, bundled the boys into his fiivver. and delivered them to their sunt. he two boys did a lot of eatin at thelr aunt’s, and when Tucker welghed them for the homebound trip he found Sam had gained one pound and Bill two pounds. Accordingly the parcel post rate on each increased for the return trip, and they were delfvered safe and so\ c deliven und back to their SENTIMENT FOR ROADS GROWS, SAYS RAILMAN Illinois Central Head Predicts Com- plete Electrification of His System Soon. the ARsociated Press. SW YORK, July 14.—Public senti- ment toward the railroads is more fa- vorable today than for many years, de- clared Charles H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central, as he sailed to- day with Samuel M. Felton, president of the Chicago and Great Western, on the Majestic for a pleasure trip abroad lasting until September, T expect a fair cotton crop at a fair price,” sald Mr. Markham, “The wheat crop will curtail buying of farmers to a certain extent, but I don’t think it will retard prosperity For the first six months of 1023 we have earned more than 38,000,000 to- ward dividends. We will continue ou present dividend rate. As to any in crease, of course, I cannot say. “We expect to have our suburban electrification completed by 1926, and Wwe are making plans to completely electrify our whole system. We esti- mate the cost will be between $50,000.- 000 and $60.000,000. “Railroad conditions vary between the east and west and at present | think they are good In the east, but not 80 good in the west, due to agricultural conditions.” By The Stratford Co. > By Carolyn Ren- drew. New York: Moffatt, Yard & Co. AT THE ROOTS OF GRASSES. By Murlel Strode, author of “My Little Book of Prayer,” etc. New York Moffat, Yard & Co. EN STARS. By L. H. Baile: New York: The Macmillan Com- pany. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Public Library and lists of recommended reading will appear in this column each Sunday. Philosophy. I Believe in God and in BGE-K231. 2 Man and the Cosmos Keen, W. W Evolution Leighton, J BG-Lo34m Lubbock, Si A John. The Destiny 6. BSS-L963. Matter and Spirit of BGA- nglish and American nce 1800. BD-R633e o Studies in Philosophy and_Theology. B-W686s. Wulf, M. M. C. J. de. Mediaeval Phi- losophy Illustrated From the Sys- fem of Thomes Aquinae. BCS- Conduct of Life. James. Eight Pillars of Pros- v. 1911, BQS-ALS53e. Sir J. M, bart. BNCOU-B2' Allen, Courage. BL- The Thoughts of Youth of Griggs, E. H. For What Do We Live? BM-G874fo. Hazlitt. Henry. The Way to Wil Power. BIW-H339w. Huyke, J. B. Estimulos. BQS-H388e Marden, O. S. Prosperity. BQS- M3329p. Marden, O. S. Self-Discovery. BQS- M3329s. Marden, O. S. The Joys of Living. 1913, BMP-M334j. Mitchell, T. H. The Drama of Life. BM-M637d. Psychology. Drever, James. The Psychology Eyveryday Life. BI-D8i9p. MacCurdy, J. T. Problems in Dynamic Psychoiogy. ~ BJ-M138p. Moore, J. S.” The Foundations of Psy- chology. BI-M783f. Mudge, E. 1. Psychology of Early Adolescence. BI-M883 Porter, M. F. Applied Psychology for Nurses. 1921. BI-P833. Riddell, G. A. R, baron. Some Things That Matter. BI-R433s. Warren. H. C.” Elements of Human Psychology. BI-W253e. Religion. Clutton-Brock, Arthur. What. Is the Kingdom of Heaven? 1921. CF- C28w. Coffin, H. S. What Is There in Re- liglon? CC-Cé54w. F. J. Eschatology. CF-Hlde. F. A. Knowledge of Religious Truth. BR-H397k. Jones, R. M, ed. Religious Founda- tions. BR-J727r. Le Roy, Alexandre, bp. The Religion of the Primitives. BT-L366r. Maeterlinck, Maurice. The Great Se- cret. BT-M263.E. Reld, Gilbert. A Christian's Apprecia tion of Other Faliths. ,BT-R2724c. Thouless, R. H. An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion. BR- T3981. Underhill, Evelyn. The Essentials of Mysticism. 1920. CIMY-Un23e. Preaching. Brown, C. R. The Art of Preaching. CY-B816. Bull, P. B. Preaching and Sermes Construction. CY-BS75h. Gifford, O. P. Honest Debtors. CZ- G364h. Phelps, Austin. The Theory of Preaching. 1918. CY-P516t. Scofield, C. I. In Many Pulpits With Dr. C. I Scofleld. CZ-Sco24i. Smith, R. C. Preaching as a Fine Art. CY-Smé7p. Sneath, E. H., ed. Modern Christian Callings. CX-Sn27m. Talmage, T. D. Wisdom ana Wit CZ-T146w. ‘Webb, R. L. _The Ministry as & Life ‘Work. CXC-W3s3m. s