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dition —Paradoxes of THE SUNDAY: STAR, WASHINGTON, 7. ¢. AUGUST 1% REVIEWS OF SUMMER BOOKS Narrative of Hardship and Danger Based on Arctic Expe- Mystery and Ghosts in Fiction. 1DA GILBERT MYE! ACROSS ARCTIC AMERICA: Narra- tive of the Fifth Thule Expedition. By Knud Rasmussen. TIllustrated. New York: G. I, Putnam’s Son N my joy at having been permitted to take this long sledge my thoughts turn tontrasting enterprise, ending involuntarily Alaska, where last Spring people wers | Rwaiting the visit of daving aviators from the other side of the globe.” And *from my heart I bless the fate that allowed me to be born at a time when Arctic exploration by dog sledge wa hot a thing of the In this den_ retrospect, the backward view from bless the whole journey, hardship and chance mis way, in the exultation 1 feel successful conclusion of> a high venture.” Such is the key of kable rejoicing 1o which is pitched this nar- rative of hardship and danger. Right here is a_good time for us to do a little rejoicing on our own account that we are privileged to partake, though at second hand, of so great an enterprise, carried out in so gallant a spirit. The airship will, it is casy conjecture, put the dog sledge out of business as a means of exploration. Therefore, here is an_era of Arctic travel coming to an end—a fact which st to the reading of < quite apart from clear, intrinsic value of the re- cital jtself. As a record of personal experience it is amazing. with no_need of outside support of any sort. From Danish Greenland across to Alaska points out the route. Look at the map right at hand to renew your ide: ax to the enormous stretch of Ar ardship to be endured while the intervening fipu(']e‘!i. Slearly the airship will cover dis- sances more _quickly, but the dog sladge favors intimacy of contactsand provides closer means of study—for gome time vet to come, at any rate. And, besides, Rasmussen’s way now the glamour of an era that ng just distance from the present great story, by way of which we meet innumerable trib skimo, whose ways of combating the frozen North and of wresting subsistence from it become here a story of such quality as to read like romance—like the ro- mance of men and nature fighting together for supremacy. 3 The outstanding purpose of this expedition was a study of the racial element to be found in this Arctic re- gion. In pursuit and fulfiliment of such purpose_the author sa: ‘The Eskimo and North American Indians ere once the same people. It was their common forbears who came from Asia. The Eskimos are only a section of this stock which split off and migrated eastward across the northern hemisphere.” Trayveler, ex- lorer, scholar and adventuter, Knud asmussen here rounds the whole of himself, a versatile and ardent man of special training and experience, Into this absorbing story of crossing ctic rica. Arctic America. PROHIBITION AND CHRISTIAN- ITY: And other Paradoxes of the American Spirit. By John Erskine, author of “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” etc. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. OHN E! , in the same smil- ing as that which brought Miss Helen of Troy out of a long seclusion, here seats himself face to face with the American spirit in order to commune with it awhile along certain lines of its many mani- festations. And since prohibition is now pretty much to thé fore, and since the church prides itself on being the most powerful anti in the drink crusade, he naturally turns to this topic. With him right here is a friend, a devout Presbyterian, a zeal- ous prohibitionist. And they talk the question out toge no “heated argument,” wherein passions and prepudices get out of hand. Nothing like that. Instead, Erskine mentions rather casually the part that wine has played, according to the Bible, in many a Christian ritual. And then he moves on to that other topic, the dictatorship of the few to the many in this great democracy of ours, with its curb on individual lib- erty. Nothing brash about the talk. not ever from John Erskine. Just easy comment that somehow never misses the mark and that is equally sure to stit one’s own thinking along the lines laid down. Sometimes Ers- kine falls into meditations here, from which emerge his own mellowed opin- jons upon a lot of matters American— life, liberty, the pursuit of happin: marriage of the pagan brand and v tues of the same stripe. *“What We See in the Mirror” is good reading for all of us. Indeed, the whole of this book of rambling thoughts and picked-up topics is a joy of fresh out- look, of good courage. of plain sense, of honest opinion, with no nonsense about it anywhere, save the blessed nonsense of an open mind and a smil- ing philosophy and a willingness to let the other fellow live according to his lights. g THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK. By Grace MacGowan Cooke. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. WE himans love the incredible myth, legend, fable, the sheeres current invention—provided it be made up out of whole cloth. There must be a deep reason for this. Pos- sibly that life itself, as we are pe mitted to grasp broken bits of it, also wholiy unbelievable. Howeve this is 1o place to pursue so elusive a question. Let us get back to the obvl- ous and simple fact that our surest diver:ions run along the line of bizarre and unbelicvable things. And here we are facing upon a mystery story built to suit us from the ground u Not a shred of possible things any- where about it; vet it is a plausible and clever invention. once you have accepted its wholly fictitious ground- work. (C'est la guerre! The. war set it going in the person of a ma vecked and then patched up te aent home fn 2 mummy-like casing, which thereafter shut him off from the eyes of his family. A rich man— he'd have to be to account for the elaborate ceremonial of daily life in which he lived. Two devoted friends are needed to carry on. llere they are, even three of them at a pinch. One other situation must be swal- Jowed whole by the yeader in order to get along at all. This is the modern theory of throwing off the vears | way of surgery and attendant pro esses of rejuvenation. This fact is, however, completely useful only at th cifmax of the story, though along the course of the action it does add to the mystification now and then. In th ory the result is fine. The man gets rid of a family that stands in the role of a single devour blood-sucking leech. Moreover, tosses law and convention over his shoulder as he sets out anew. Whether this theo- retically useful scheme could by any hook or crook be made to work out in actuality is a question. Kven in story it is likely to bring out disa proval. because it handles an hono mhle fetish carelessly, which does not do at al. re you have an abso- Jdutely impossible foundation * upon which, with skill and genuine artful- ness, is erected a structure that looks exactly like a real building. Pretty ingenious, don’t you think? THE GHOST OF HEMLOCK CAN- YON. By Harold Bindloss, author of “The Broken Trail, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. N odd ghost haunted story. Not so weirdly spectacular as the vague re-carthing of dead-and gone John Doe in the spooky scener of the more or less familiar seance, heless a more effective one s by virtue of its nature as as by the persistence of its ap- nce. Thix ghost start- ed out as no more t conviction on the part of a man that at the criti- 1 moment of danger he might have his friend’s life had he but And the conviction grew, tak- ete. runs this |ing on substance and ubiquity and in- you come ¢ condi- could novel is the creasing reproach. When to think of it. no more pesl tion of being haunted than th be imagined. Out of it does this story grow. And such new Bindloss ture of the Northw d country which Bindloss has iy pre-empted for the purpose: ze activity projected in fi tion. Here is the wilderness up be- rond Vancouve deep for- ests, torn stretche vielding precipice and canyon and rushing waters. Here are hard men in a g ple with harder nature. Among them is the haunted man, successful and commanding, but a s ertheless, The story deepen: the advent from England of hi: friend’s nephew, come 1c tune where the uncle had found one. Thereafter the matter progresses in part by way of the haunted man'’ efforts to rid himseif of this nephew, and in other part by the romance growing between the boy and the daughter of the house. The second cumstance opens a more pleasing St of earth v. The original touch to this fa- ar Bindloss story of romance in a wild country is that of a mah haunted by an idea—a mistaken idea at that, as it turns out. BOOKS RECEIVED LOVE'S COMING OF AGE: A Series of Papers on the Relations of the xes. By Edward Carpenter. New ork: Vanguard Press, {IN'S VIEWS OF SOCIAL JUS- TICE. By John Ruskin. Edited and Introduction by James Fuchs. New York: Vanguard Press. WELLS' SOCIAL ANTICIPATIONS. By H. G. Wells. Edited, with in- { troduction, by Harry W. Laidler. New York: Vanguard Press. AN AMERICAN BOOKSHELF— SAMUEL SWALL'S ~ DIARY. 2dited by Mark Van Doren. New York: Macy-Masius. THE DEVIL OF PEI-LING. By Her- bert Asbury. New York: Macy- Masius. MAKE 'EM LAUGH; Humorous Sto- ries for All Occasions. By Charles N. Lurie, author of “How to Say etc. New York: G. P. Putnam'’s ons. AFTER SCHOOL; A Story of Patriot- ism. By Laurie York Erskine, au thor of “Renfrew Rides Again, etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. THE OCTOPUS OF PARIS. By Gas- ton Laroux, author of “The Phan- tom Clue,” etc, New York: The Macaulay Co. A CRUMBLING WALLS. By Joan Con- quest, author of “Desert Love Frontispiece by Victor Beals. York: The Macaulay Co. THE GILT CAGE. By Marguerite Steen. New York: George H. Do- ran Co. WIND THAT WOULDN'T BLOW; Stories of the Merry Middle Kingdom for Children, and Myself. By Arthur Bowie Chrisman, author of “Shen of the Sea.” With silhou- ette decorations cut by Else Has- selriis, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, MERRY-GO-ROUND OF MODERN TALES. By Caroline D. Emerson. Tllustrated by Lois Lenski. New . York: E. P. Dutton & Co. CARMEL; Its History, Spirit and Saints. Compiled from Approved Sources by The Discalced Carmel- ites of Boston and Santa Clara. New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons. THE CRISIS IN CHINA. By Lieut. Col. P. T. Etherton, Late H. M. Consul General in Chinese Turkes- tan and Additional Assistant Judge of H. M. Supreme Court for China. Auther of “Across the Roof of the World,” etc. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. THE MODERN LIBRARY — THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM. By Olive Schreiner. Introduction by Francis Breet Young. New York: The Modern Library. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR; An Historical Survey. By C. L. M. Brown, M. A. London: Oxford Uni- versity Press. GEMIXTE PICKLES. By K. M. §., author of “Die Schonste Legne- vitch.” Chicago: Pascal Covici. JIM_ SPURLING, TRAWLER: Or, Fishing with Cap’n Tom. - ert W. Tolman, au purling, Fishermar £ trated. New Yopk: Harper & Broth- ers, MARRIAGE OF HARLEQUIN. Pamela Frankau, New Y per & Brothers THE ENTERTAINMENT; And Other Stories. By E. M. Delafleld. New York: Harper & Brothers, RUS! By l THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions Library and lists reading will appear ch Sunday. at the TPublic of recommended in this column Biographical. Who's Who in Colored America. Ref. E-5W6 Abbott, T ists, Casson, 1927. on Leadership. ns of Under the Andes. Lister as T Knew Him. Lindbergh, C. 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Bernard Quesnay Henry 1766h. Ils Etaient Quatre i Lettres a Cor Montherlant de. Les Besti aires, 3 Poulai] 1 | sarment, Jean. sande 1 3 Y3OF Wrist Watch Winds Self. A wrist watch that does not require winding has been invented by a watchmaker at Bolton, Bngland. Tn- side is a small weight or balance, and with each move of the wrist the bal- » swings and glves turn to the spring. Half hour's wear will wind the spring fAlly, and there is an arrangement to guard a, nst overwinding. The watch will run 40 hours when not worn, and will re sume ticking soon as it is placed on the wrist again. One being tested has run three years without being wound. an an Thanks for Soap Rapturous. How a cake of soap brought rap- turous thanks from Rajah Tahamal Shah, Governor of Yasin, was reveal- ed recently during the compi a blography of Gen. Sir Townsend, who presented Writing in Persian, the Raj the soap to be ‘“so ma were a man to heat his hands and his feet 100 times such soap could never come to his hands. The smell of musk and of ambergris mixed with attar of r o he continued, “reaches the pores of my soul and has, moreover, sealed the brain of | Council, No. Cleveland Kennicutt, department pa- triotic instructor of the District Span- ish War Veterans,. served in Troop E, 3d United States Cavalry, during the ! Spanish-American War. He is a na- tive of New York, where he was edu- cated in the pub- lic schools, com- ing to Washing 0 yenrs ago, for the past 4 hins been engagzed in husi- ness here axnn in terior decornting contractor He s past chancellor commander of Webster Lodge, Knights of P'yth- ins, und grand lec: turer of the Grand Lodge; past coun- eflor " of Capltal 5, Jr. O. U. A. M.; mem- ber of the Washington Lodge of Elks, Chamber of Commerce and Master Painters’ Association. Mr. Kennicutt, who Jjoined Gen. Nelson A. Miles amp 19 years ago, resides at 1236 Quiney street morthwest. Cloveland Kennicutt. Department Comdr. Albert Michaud announces that the District de tion to the natlonal encampment at Detroit, Mich., August 2831, will leave Washington August 27 at 5 p.m. and arrive in Detroft at 1:25 o'clock p.m. August 28, via_Philadelphia_and Buf- falo over the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road. Department headquarters in Detroit will be in the Book-Cadillac Hotel. In order to take advantage of the low rate it will be nec have an identification which can be secured from c jutants. Those desiring to tr t from Buffalo to Dotroit L may do so on their ra by paying the cost of the state- room on the boat. The ations are that there will be cars in use by the , one of these cars to be a * ar. In order to be assured a berth in the spe- cial cars, those who intend to pfake the trip should immediately inform Joseph J. Harvey, 428 Fourth street northeast. Reports received at na- tlonal headquarters indicate that this will be the largest attended encamp- 1997 _PART 1. — ment in the history of the organiza- tion. Richard J. Harden Camp at its last meeting mustered in Frederick Jan sen, Company ¥, First Florida V unteer Infantr: d A. R. Colema Battery D, Fifth United State. Artillery. Chairman William 0. Ohm of the relief committee reported Mat- thew Mulroney in Walter Reed Gen- eral Hospital and Jacob Orken fur- loughed from th Hospital, the leav. ttle Creek, Mich., E. Chase and J. en discharged 1 Hospital Reynoids from Walter nd the United States Soldiers’ Home Hospital, respectiv Department Albert Michaud, Department n 1. Jenkins, National Staff William 1 . James B. Smith of Col tit Camp, Jacob Orken and E. yrd Doran made short talks. A number of veterans of the depart- ment attended the funeral of the late Gen. Wood at Arlington Na- tional last, Tuesday. De- partment Michaud_sent the following of condolence to Cemete Comdr. telegram shalt of the District of Colum. Veterans 1 extend to you in the death of your hed “husband. He was well depart- nt and loved for st in the welfare of our com! His comrades of the Spanish throughout the Nation mourn you.” Comdr. Robert 5. Washiurn of Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, of which Gen. Wood was a charter member, sent the following telegram “I extend to you the sympathy of M. Emmet Urell Camp of Span- s ar Vi in the death of our llus ind._Gen. Wood s a charter member of our camp, and his active interest in the welfare of his comrades as well as his lovable personality had gained for him the love and deep respect of our member- ship. His death is a great loss to us.” William L. Mattocks, national chiet of staff of the United Spanish War Veterans, who served as sergeant of Troop F, Roosevelt Rough Riders, in Cuba under Gen. Wood, issued the fol- lowing statement “Gien. Wood was a cool and coura- with geous soldier under fire and was in- tensely solicitous of the health and welfare of the troops under his com- mand. While military governor of Santiago during the Spanish-American War he instituted a .campaign of cleanliness, and following the war while governor general of Cuba re- claimed Habana from an unhealthful, fever-infested city to one of the clean- nst sanitary districts in the world. . Wood was a charter member of ~en. M. Emmet Urell Camp of =ton and was active in the re- uik of the camp.” ‘The meetings of the camps and aux- iliaries for the week ar Richard J. Harden Camp, Thursday night, Pyth- ian Temple; Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, Wednesday ht, Pythian : ieorge Dewey Nawal night, 921 Penn- G Urell Auxiliary, night, Pythian Temple John Ja cob Astor Auxiliary, Thursday night, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. - Gets $1.87 for 20 fiorses. Automobiles, trucks and tractor: supplanting the hos to such an tent in Australia that the steeds are | being sold for next to nothing. At a recent horse falr at Famworth the highest prices paid were between and $10 a head. One farmer shipped 20 horses, and after all charges, in- uding freight, had been paid, he re- ceived $1.87 in full. Had the aue- tioneer not remitted certain unloading and droving charges, the farmer would have owed him money. Comb Sea Bottom With Net. Tiny creatures which live on the bottom of the sea are to be captured by use of a net invented by Dr. O. T. J. Mortensen, a Danish ~naturalist. he device is a veritable undersea “butterfly net,” and is expected to gather many specimens that hitherto have escaped the dredge or bucket. The fine silk net is attached to a metal sled. The sled is lowered at the end of a cable, then puiled along the floor of the sea, the net gathering the specimens to be hauled to the surface for study. il IS Aonther War Result. ch, is stated to have been a great increase in the newspaper reading habit since the war. The war gets blamed for everything. NASH Leads the World in Mo Car Value ARMY AND NAVY UNION I One of the features in connection with the thirty-ninth annual conven- tion of the Army and Navy Union, to be held in this city September 4.5, will be a banquet under auspices of President’s Own Garrison, No. 104, to be given in honor of visiting members of the organization, The banquet will be held September 7. Ma). W. L. Peak, commander of President’s Own Garrison. has ap- pointed the following members of the garrison to arrange the details of th affair: Adolph J. Schippert, chairma Howard 5. ¥isk and Edward ¥ ivan The following were elected gates and alternates to represent the coming conve: . H. Harris, Miss Mare. I.. 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