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THE Doubtful That Any Other Group Gets as Much Direct Help From Government—Benefits Extend to Remotest Section of the Nation. $150,000,000 immedll'eld at its disposal, the Feder: Farm Board, recently ap- inted by President Hoover, | as abundant resources with which to give aid to the farm popula- tion of the Country. But the Govern. ment spends a good deal more than this on the farmer. It is doubtful, indeed, if any other group: receives more assistance from the Federal Gov- ernment. That help comes to the farmer in many ways, from radio talks on how to solve his problems, to re- search in Government laboratories, with a view to finding out how rmnu\!‘, can be carried on more efficiently and | profitably. In the flscal year that began July 1 the Department of Agriculture has $157,455.030 to spend. Not all of this, | of course, will go directly to assist the 27,500,000 men, women and children that make up the farm population of the Country, for some of it goes for administrative expenses. ‘Yet most of this money will be spent during the next 12 months in a way experts belleve will give the maxi- mum help to the American farmer. Now, as in the past, Congress has dis- played a notable spirit of generosity toward the agricultural elements in our population. In the egate the ex- gendlf,ures are vary large, and the enefits will extend to the remotest parts of the Country. Big Increase for Research. The coming year shows a big increase in the appropriations for research. In the present appropriation act Congress has continued the policy of ex}nndln! and strengthening the work of scien- tific research so that the department | will be able to Tender even greater gervice through Its research agencies o farmers in every part of the land. Regearch 1s assigned about $13,000,000, equal t6 the annual income of the Jargest American universities, in addi- tion the Government will pav to the States for research about $3,840,000. Among the larger increases for re: search there is $160,000 for investiga- tions of the causes and means of pri vention of the desttuctive soil erosion and the conservation of rainfall by terracing, and other means; $300.000 for intensive entomelogical and plant breeding work to meet the situntlnn‘ ariging from the prevalence of leaf | hoppers and resultant curly-top dis- | ease of sugar beets and other important| truck crops: $160,000 for forestry re- search projects. Also $80,000 goes for investigational ‘work in the Bureau of Animal Industry: $97,000 for research projects in the Bureau of Dairy Industry; $325,000 for research in the Bureau of Plant Indus- try, with $85,000 additional for eradi- cation work by that bureau of the dis- ease of the peace in the South; $10( 000 for projects of the Bureau of Chem- istry and Solls: $168,000 for insect re- search by the Bureau of Entomology: $45,000 for investigations of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics; for agricul- tural engineering research projects under the Bureau of Roads, $27,000 is provided; $20,000 for investigations by the Bureau of Home Economics; and finally an increase of $60,000 for the| special research program which the | department is conducting to find ways and means to meet the situation caused by the inroads of the European corn borer. ‘This makes a total fund of | $210,000 avallable this year for the special corn borer program. Dividends Often Result. Research has often ylelded dollars and | eents dividends. An example was the service rendered to about 400,000 farm- ers who produce cane and sorghum sirups. 'These commodities are pro- duced annually to the amount of about 80,000,000 gallons. Farmers have found it difficult to get a market for these roducts, owing to their lack of uni- ormity, and to the poor keeping qual- ity of some sirups put up in retail packages, The Bureau of Chemistry and Soils began an investigation of the problem, and found a method of blending, standardizing and treating sirup. This will probably make possible the estab- lishment of co-operative blending and canning plants. Another recent achievement of the bureau, -along the same lines, was a method of making a creamed sugar residue which has been named ‘“cane créam,” and put on the market by one large producer in Louisiana. Soil sur- veys similarly have been extended, with the result that we know more about our soil resources than does any other country in the world. Throughout, research has a practical aim, and the ojectd under way all look to increas- ng the efficiency of the American farmer. Jardine Pointed o Need. “Federal expenditure for research in agriculture is not large considering the magnitude of the problems awaiting solution,” declared -former Secretary Jardine shortly before he turned over the administration of the department to Secretary Hyde. “Much less money | is expended in the United States for lfi:lcultuul than for industrial research. ‘The department's research program should be expanded. 1 need not em- phasize the fact that expenditure for wisely directed scientific research has been returned many thousandfold in savings to the farmer and the Nation, Yet many problems of the greatest im- mmnce lie practically untouched, and e department’s research units are in- artment has avail- able about $9,000,000 for extension work. This is an increase of $500,000 over last eat's appropriation. 'The Capper~ eteham act authorized this increase. ‘This sum is to be divided among the States and Hawail in the ratio that the rural population of each bears to the total population of the United States, on condition that an equal amount of funds from within the State be ex- pended for extension work. ‘The primary purpose of the Capper- Ketcham act is to provide funds for the employment of additional county extension agents, more especially for the further development of home dem- onstration and boys’ and girls’ club work. The Federal Government spends money on the extension service on the basis of & 50 per cent contribution from the States. This is regarded as fair, for the reason that the work in each State is carried on for the benefit of the farmers of that State. Value of Extension Worl Farmers seem to show a high appre- ciation of extension work of an eco- nomic character. They have taken much interest in‘the department’s out- look work and in that of the co-opera- tive State agencies. In some areas farm- ers have taken the lead in calling con- ferences to discuss economic ques- Nor is the interest which they have confined to prices and market mnu They have studied the er lems pects of agricultural prob- ch as the taxation of land, rec. and reforestation and oth land problems. mf. gathered by rch workers are presented to the farmers in these meetings. Officials of the ment_belleve that economic ex- in the Iast Analysis, constructive means improving agricultural conditions the fiscal year that began July 1 #tment will have an additional | the oreulosis tested. Bovine tuberculosis in the United States is mow estimated at 2 per cent, as compared with 4 per cent a decade or so ago. * Fight Livestock Tuberculosis. Testing of individual herds will be supplemented by efforts to eliminate the disease from entire communities, counties and States. At least 1,100 counties are engaged in the work. A survey of milk ordinances has revealed that fully 1,200 municipalities require either the tuberculin testing of cattle or the teurization of milk. Officials of the department believe that, consid- ering the magnitude of the problem, the present status of the campaign is most gratifying. Secretary Hyde will have an extra $170,000 to spend during the next 12 months for plant guarantine, to stiffen, among others, the protection against the Mexican fruit worm and the Bu- ropean corn borer. From the point of view of agriculture this is regarded as one of the most important functions of the Government. In preventing the spread of plant pests the Government has acted in_the pest through three bureaus, the Fed- eral Horticultural Board, the Bureau of Entomology and the Bureau of Plant Industry. Last July & new unit was established, the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. This agency centralizes and co-ordinates all plant quarantine activity and all work in the control and prevention of plant pests. Under the new arrangement the Fed- eral Horticultural Board has been abolished and its work turned over to the new administration. Congress has given the department additional_authority to enforce quar- antines. It has done this by author- is by izing agents of the department, if they have reason to belleve that articles are moving in violation of any of the Fed- eral plant quarantines, to stop and search vehicles carrying them. Restriction of Diseased Plants. The authority has been greatly ni ed, and the addition to the powers which port inspectors and road station officers already enjoy will enable them much more effectively to prevent the importation and dissemination of plants or plant products which are infected with disease. During the flscal year just ended, the department has done much to eradicate the Mexican fruit worm from the lower Rio Grande Val- ley of Texas, and has accomplished much in its fight against the cotton pink bollworm. | The department has at its disposal during the coming year an additional $466,000 to enable the Weather Bureau to increase its mateorological service on commercial airways. ith this in- crease the total appropriation of the Weather Bureau will be $800,000. The farmer is now one of the principal in- formants of the Weather Bureau. The Government supplies a few sim- ple instruments and instructions, and year in and year out, about 3.000 farm- ers, without' compensation, make and record these simple observations. Tx- tending as they do over the whole con- tinental area of the United States, these observations are of great value in stab- ilizing the climatic characteristics of the different sections of the. United States, whether for agricultural, indus- trial, hygienic or resort purposes. Shipmasters render a somewhat simi- lar service. During the last year or so concerted international action has been taken to organize simultaneous obser- vations ever the oceans of the world. The Weather Bureau now has the funds to extend its service to aviation and transoceanic flights during the coming year. It is planning to render the air- men of the country the fullest possible degree of co-operation. Conservation of Birde. ‘This vear the department will have an initfal appropriation of $80,000 to carry out the migratory-bird sanctuary act.” This money will be used by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commis- slon and the Biological Survey for a preliminary survey of areas to be con- sidered for acquisition as sanctuaries in future vears. There is an increase also of $176,000 to cover the extension (Continued From First Page.) tivity has been along lines which do not interfere with civic beauty. “The Capital City has become a great national center for news, information, research and general educational ac- tivitles. It has attracted the head- %ulmu offices of organizations in these elds bringing new staffs of workers to Washington and thus adding to our g;)lvullllom Mention should be made. ally, of Washington's peculiar charms as a residential city. As the result of the great increase in tourist and con- vention visitors, many wealthier Am- erican folk have chosen Washington a8 their home town and the number of newcomers in this class appears to_be on the increase.” Dorsey W. Hyde, secretary of the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce, explained that two of the outstanding commercial enterprises in Washington are those of ice-making and ice cream manufacture. These, with the other industries, have brought numerous workers to the city in recent years. The great increase in “the unobjec- tionable type of manufacturing” ac- counts in large measures for the climb of Washington up the population ladder, in the belief or Edward D, Shaw, sec- retary of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Assoclation, Inc. Proof of this is reflected in the columns of figures in the Bureau of the Census reports on manufacturing, for Washing- ton's manufacturing gumped from $67.- 639,000 in to $83,676,000 in 1925, an increase of about 25 per cent in four years. Leading Industries. Leading in Washington's manufac- turing, Mr. Shaw explained, is the great printing and bookbinding in- try, which gs into the coffers of ital some $27,000,000. o including bread and bakery foodstuffs, bring _into _the ¢ity teturns aggregating $10,000000. Blaughter and meat packing, the third ‘Washington industry—outside ational Government— nets some $7,400,000, while ice cream rings the cash register to the tune of $4,000,000, Mr. Shaw asserts. Washington has several “million dol- lar” industries. Included in this cate- are beverages, ijce manufacturing, lumber and planing products, -structural iron work, lithographing and photo- engraving and the manufacture of fur. Ranging around the half-miliion dollar mark and more are concrete products, confectionery, foundries and machine shops, engraving steel and copper plate, furniture and . food preparatiens not M%l;l‘fled in the other category. th this mass of manufacturing, Mr. Shaw declares. it is little wonder that the population increased 8o Appre that in the post-war following the armistice, went out tained before the war, foreboding _has m%v:d about th.lc- rate 's prophecy, and instead of - the population wave has been mount higher with cceeding years, -to manufacturing s a popul magnet, Mr. Shaw calls attention to the other Washington Growing Fast of the leased wire market news service of the Burea Agricul - nomics to uu;'m:'u pomn{mn oo The demand for crop and livestock information is steadily growing. The department now issues ctop and live- || stock on 80 fleld crops and 10 | reports livestock commodities. Much of the work of the other bureaus is utilized ' by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics in sending out these reports. The bureéau's market news servi aims to publish information in the most useful form. The mainstay of | theumuumuuedmeuleinh\ system, - conn with most of the major markets of the United States. Additional distribution is given the bureau’s economic information by radio, telephone and commercial tele- glaph‘ as well as by mimeographed lletins and press releases. $464,000 in Roads Budget. Through the Bureau of Public Roads | the department will spend about § 000 _during the comin of Federal aid roads. Since the begin- ning of Federal co-operation in 1916, more than 72,000 miles of roads have been improved. The bureau also has a comprehensive program for the con- struction of roads in the national for- | ests. The ‘am has two prineipal | objects. The first is the improvement of the main mghwsya that cross the forest areas and connect communities ; within and adjacent to them. e | second i the construction of roads and trails for administering and developing | the forests. The Bureau of Home Economics will have approximately $148,000 to spend. The work of the bureau covers a wide range. The study of family dietaries has been one cf its main activities. It has now under way a study of 3,000 family dietaries, and this analysis 1s expected to vield valuable results. The bureau has made recommenda- tions for improving the household methods of cooking beef and lamb. It has drawn sttention to the use of the meat thermometer, and hotel and Kkeepers, as well as home own interest in this aid to_scientific cooking. The bureau likewise has under way a program for increasing the use of cotton textiles for clothing and house- hold purposes. Here, as in other of its activities, the bureau spends its money with a view to improving the technic of home making. ¢ i Radio Service Grows. The radio service of the department has grown fast, and is still growing. Its educational public from 149 broadcasting stations. These stations last year devoted in the aggregate more than 1,000 hours each month to broadcasting information from the department. At commercial rates now prevailing, this broadeasting time would cost more than $500,000. As & publisher, the department will again rank as one of the greatest in the world. Last year publications to the number of 33,716,481 were distrib- uted te the farmers. This year the number promises to be even greater. The farm population, large as it is, is now the smallest in 20 On January 1, 1929, it was estimated to number 27,511,000 persons as compared with a peak of 32,000,000 in 1809. The farm population has decreased not- withstanding _ improved agricultural conditions and a slight slackening in industrial employment. In all, 1,960, 000 persons left the farms last year, and 1,361,000 persons moved from cities to farms. The fiscal year that just begins will see an expansion in the range of the work which the Department of Agricul- ture does for the farm population of the country. Economic information now bulks larger than heretofore in im- portance in its program. Furthermore, | much of the work is of assistance to industry as well, notably the activities of the Bureau of Public Roads and the Bureau of Chemistry and Scils. ‘Whatever else he may have to com- plain of, the American farmer cannot complain of the negligence of the Federal Government. For Congress has given to the farmer a generous ap- propriation all down the line. year, excluSive retire, but desire to come and be inter- ested in some activity to take up their time. Thousands who come here each Spring .on the outings are attracted :z the city and want to make it their me. “People are amazed when they are informed that there is more manu- facturing in Washington than _in Lawrence, Mass, or Reading, Pa., which are admittedly industrial areas— and this is exclusive of the great work of the Federal Government, Mr. Shaw asserts. Manufacturing Grows. Pigures of the Department of Com- merce’s Bureau of the Census, which have just been Treleased, show that ‘Washington's manufacturing prowess is _steaming steadily forward. The value of its ";n’:n:x;uml ;aead roducu; has jumped e ire of ‘03,5404000 to $90,389,000 in 1927, the year for which figures have just been announced. The fact. that more than 400 organ- isations have now established their national headquarters in Washington and that more and more Washington is becoming & city of professional men and mtfann leaders accounts in lu—g measure for the march forward &:,pulmcn, in the opinion of Robert J. tirell, executive secretary of the ‘Washington Board of Trade. The Washington population, which has been steadily bk led“n&% w;:'l:h amounts o AD| ly 13.000 a year, is, in the opinion of the Washington Board of Trade, due primarily to the growing im] ince of Washington as a world canital and as the nerve center of the Nation, Mr. Cottrell e = “Naturally the extension of the city's influence brings here representatives of ‘American, endeavor of every kind and this trend is illustrated by the fact that more than 400 organizations have now established their national headquarters in Washington,” Mr. Cottrell said. “The increasing activity of the govern- mental, departments has ini enced many persons to locate here so that they can be close to the executive, I Iative' and general bureaus of the Na- tion. “Apart from this, however, the sta- economic of as has naturally for local to the printing and amounts 5 to SUNDAY STAR, programs reach the [T SECRLTA Timber Depletion WASHINGTON, D. €, JULY 7, 1929—PART 2 |lA Record of Travel in Palestine by Sir Frederick Treves. A Volume From a Former Washingtonian—E. W. Howe Writes of Plain People! o | 8 led also |l ‘| | kling; tent dwellings, ruined structures, RY HYDE. in Michigan Comes as Wam‘ing to Other States With the season of forest fires at hand and the news columns carTying stories of thousands of acres of timber consumed 1in single conflagrations, the result of a survey carried on in Mici igan by the Forest Service of the De- partment of Agriculture comes as a timely warning of what the depletion of the forest lands of the country threatens to the future prosperity of the United States. Pifty years ago, with her huge virgin stands of timber seemingly inex- of the lumber producing States and maintained this proud position for 30 Around this great industry other d industries sprang up. Com- munities grew where once a few rude shacks had been the only human habi- tation. Business boomed and, as 8o often happens when business booms, carelessness and waste crept in. Michigan Now Seventeenth. Michigan now stands seventeenth as & lumber producing State and her wood- land, which covered nearly 35,000,000 acres a hundred years ago. has now dwindled almost to the disappearing point. Michigan once could boast of approximately 380 billion board feet of saw timber. Now she has less than 8 per cent of it left. This depletion of one of her great natural resources has been a serious blow to the prosperity of the State and, serious as it is, what makes it even more regrettable is the fact that ful 25 per cent of the original stand has been wasted either through fire, care- less lumbering or clearing and burning over of forest areas. ¥ An indication of how the State has dropped back in its lumber output is [h-ufllble. Michigan stood at the head yea to be found in acomparison of the fig- | ures for 1889 and those representing an_average over the period from 1919 to 1025. In 1389, 5,400,000,000 board feet of lumber were produced 1928 period. the annual output was 750,000,000 board feet. With the decline of lumbering has| come a companion decline in rural pros- perity. Entire communities have been practically abandoned and the loss of market for farm owners has resulted in a loss in farm population. The great increase in lapd producing no revenues has added to the burden of taxes borne by other parts of the State. In Northern Michigan it is estimated that fully 50 per cent of the land is idle or bearing inferior stands of tim- ber of little potential value. In the upper peninsula 30 per cent of the land i3 in a similar situation. This land is of little value for agricultural purposes and as it now is, it represents a heavy waste of large sections which could be employed in growing new forests. e situation in Michigan is not a condition confined to the State, but stands as an example of what may hap- pen all'over the country if careless in- dividuals continue to start fires that sweep to vast destruction before they can_be controlled; if lumber companies slash thelr way wastefully through the timberlands they are working; and if land once bearing trees is left to stand idle or overgrown with scrub after the lumbering operations are cohpleted. Serfous as are the conditions in Michigan, they are not hopeless, for the State officials have awakened to the needs of the situation and the \planting of State forests is already un- derw Some 350,000 acres, about 1 self, is sufficient reason for population | growth. To no oné thing can be at- tributed this increase, but the growing importance of the National Capital r sulted from a prosperity and advance- ment in all of its endeavors, with the absence of industrial depression and | dangerous booms, which presents such an unusual picture that it cannot help but attract people of the Nation to the city” ‘X consideration of the District of Columbia _vital statistics for the past few years throws little light on the in- crease in the- city's growth. The Health Department asserts that in 126, there were 9,004 births and 7.388 deaths, 1In 1927, there were 9,175 births and 6987 deaths. Last year there were 8,994 births and 7,230 deaths. | Wh! Health Department officials point out that some of these infants die in early life and still others are moved away with their parents. There is a feeling in some quarters that the estimated increase in the Dis- citrt of Columbia, as set forth by the Census Bureau, i8 too high and that the 1030 census will show a materially reduced re. At any rate, the bureau has set down these estimated figures for the post-war years, as the popula- tion for .Washington:. 1921 459,00; , 470,000; 1924, 501,000; 1925, 514,000 1926, 5: ; 1927, 540,000 and 1928, 552,000. States Also Grow. The population curve has risen steadily in the past few years in the he | adjoining States of Maryland and Vir- 4 on the market. Several of the large local houses have established business records in the past few months of this ear. With such business stability, e nhoiany v remain in the O ns to rem: - tal instead of leaving their home cfi‘y. as was the case 10 or 15 years ago. point stressed also by | lea t n I8 for | 000 and 1928, 1,616,000, For V! the bure ia, the Bureau of the Census shows Maryland, these are the estimated fgures: 1921 1,481,000 1923, 1,497,000 1923, 1,517,000: 1924, 1541.000; 1925, 1,560,000 1926, 1,580,000 1927, 1,597, , 1! res 1 165 585, 2,456,000; 1935, 2.486,000; 1 000; 1027, 2,546,000 and 19: A share of this increase for both !llal:nd and Virginia is attributable to de of Greater Wi ington, into tates. runs over this area, which comprised ation of some 3,000 persons on banks of the Potomac'River, when it moved In the 1919- those | Bedford-Jones, Henry. Andre. The the original stand, has been and the work is being car- riexl forward as rapidly as an awakened public realization countenances the ex- penditures. Buxperts Estimate Cost of Work. The' Federal experts estimate that to carry the work on properly and prompt- ly, it is'vital that the State appropriate $1,050,000 in the first year, increasing to a maximum of $2,750,000 in the thir- tieth year. This sum, annually, repre- sents ‘abou one-sixth of the total the people of the State now pay for lumber brought in ‘from other States. A properly carried out program bringing the \forest lands of the State once more into maximum production would give employment to 100,000 men who, with thefr families, would repre- sent about 450,000 mouths to feed. Such an increased demand for farm products would react favorably to the prosperity of tine farmers and as the farmers would prosper, business would prosper likewise, ) Other States wihose forests are now | ylelding great stcks of saw timber | might well take warning from Michigan |and conserve thair supply of trees. Other States which have gone through | what Michigan has might well copy the courage of the leaders of the State and launch a reforestation program_ which, { while it might not. prove bencficial to the present generation, might well | spell prosperity for the nexs. |Residents of Berlin Marry Local Women por_cent of ré-forested ‘The Berliner is conserwative, espe- clally in the mast important event in life—marrying. Statistics show that the Berliner, male and female, chooses his mate inside the ciy limits. It is even unusual to marry into a distant quar- ter of the town; the majority of the unions are between residents of the same or neighboring quarters. Of a total of 40,937 marriages in 1827 in Berlin, 48,528 were contracted between parties living there. How difficult it is to win the heart of a Berlin fraulein is proved by the fact that during the same year only 998 men from Bran- denburg Province, in which Berlin is situated; 1,277 from other parts of Ger- many and 133 forefgners were able to capture Berlin brides. The number of Berliners who imported their brides is even lower. l UBLIC LIBRARY l Regent accessions at the Public Li- brary and lists of recommended reading :-m appear in this column each Sun- ay. Art and Artists. Capart, Jean. Lectures on Egvptian Art. W121-C171. Chumbfi;fi, F. P. Cycles of Taste. W- 1C356. . Chase, J. C. The Romance of an Art Career. W10-C385. Cotterill, H. B. History of Art, 3 v. 1922-24. W11-C82. Fl’."hfi. E. Flemish Art. 1927. WP468- Grundy, C. R. English Art in the XVIII Century. G45-G92. Hobson, R. L. Chinese Art. 1927. (Ref. does not_circulate). W66-H65. Hogarth, William. Willlam Hogarth. 1926. W10-H6T5. Hooch. Pieter de. Pleter de Hooch. eier-Graefe, Julius. . 1923, W10- Soupanlt, PAllippe. William Bla upault, 3 m Blake. W10~ Strong. E.5 :: in Ancter ong. E. 8. cient Rome. 2 v. W129-5t.866. Peace. Matthews, J. B. Youfh Looks at World Peace. JXARM¢434y. Mead, Mrs. L. T. A. Law or War. JQ- MA464 1. Norris, Mrs. Kathleen. What Price . L._The American Peace Society. JQ-Wsl. "\ Aviation. Aero Mechanics, v 1. SZ-AesS. Black, Archibald. Civil Airports and Alr- ways. 8Z-B563c. Collins, A. F. Aviation and All About It. 82-C6d4. : Modern Mechanics and Iriventions, Fly- ing Manual. 83-M72. Thoén’n':n. J. E. Aviation Stories. 8Z- Poetry. Blo'esn.“ls(. L, ed. Ballad Book. YP- Dickinson, Emlly. Further Poems. YP- |~ Ds66ad, | Frost, Robert. Selected Poems. YP- j 8 | Gilbert, Mrs. A. K. The 1 of the | tiene, rpeasee e YP-] 5 Robinson, E. A. Cavender's House. YP- Sullivan, A. M. n. YP-Sussp. Wosd, Giement. ‘The Ot of BoEts. 853c. Z 3 Wyl Elinor, _Angels lie, Creatures, YP-W975an. Fiction. D'Artagnan. Road. Barthly Chilton, E, C. The Burning Fountain. E. M. All Quiet on the West- ern Front. Babatini, Rafael. The Romantic Prince, Mary. The Good Red Bricks. , Louls. When He Came to, "5, # The Iuiand of Csptain IDA: GILBERT MYERS. THE LAND THAT 18 DESOLATE. B: Prederick Treves, author of “The the ete. Tlus- : E. P. Dutton HE land is Palestine. And from it this writer has not only drawn off to the full its effect of deep desolation, but he has in conveying this ’lmfiuflm to the reader. A gray and ! forbidding country. Merely a record of travel, this. e story of a lone locality of hills and desert, sand, rocks, | infrequent waterways, thin and tric- fragments of city walls — desolation. “The most living thing in Jerusalem is the spectacle at the Jews' walling place. For centuries pious Jews have gathered at the wall their de- serted sanctuary and have there be- wailed the downfall of Jerusalem, and have there prayed for the restoration of their once great kingdom.” Beside this broken wall men and women are huddled. They mutter melancholy words. They 9n¥l and kiss the wall, touching it comfort to them. And gnplore the return of the e | | always glory of the account of travel go revealing pictures. | Shrine sepulchre, Thurch and chapel, Calvary and Gethsemane come out to meet the reader in this way. This journey through the Holy Land, vivid and impressive, is another con- tribution to current writings whose ef- fect is to produce upon readers a sense of reality about places and events that are upon the whole most unreal to m. 'These writings serve as part of the modern movement covery of Jesus and His life upon earth, Such, to be sure, is not the prime pur- pose of the book, but such, neverthe- Jess, is its effect. A goodgeffect. that issues from & most interesfing account of travel in a lonely land. - o ® NATURE CRUISINGS: - To the Old Home Town and _the Little Hill Farm. By John Van Schaick, Jr. Boston: The Murray Press. WABHINOTONIANB are bound to give to this book a warm welqome. For 50 many years its author was abtive and well known in the Capital that these “cruisings” will stand as some- thing like the coming back home of Dr. Van Schaick. Indeed, many of the nature outings recorded in this volume have Washington as their back- ground and setting, no doubt, hun- dreds in the city will go along with the adventures in & mood of clear reminiscence as partakers in the ex- perience of holding hands with nature. Bostonians, likewise, and the people of Northern New York will share this sense of partnership, for it is in these three localities that the book 1s sourced. The outcoming spirit of these recordings is the gusto in which the “cruisings” were put through. And that, 1 take it, is the first thing to pack into the sack when one goes off with nature, Without it the adventure is none such thing at all. Well. it is—the ardor of pursuit, the joy of discovery, the growing delight of com- panionship, the unfolding wonders of the natural world, All here. Birds, lants, rocks, soll, the face of the coun- r . the moods of seasons and weather: the look of the sky by sunlight an in ‘moonshine—all here. No ponderous | learning goes along upon these expedi- tions. Just simple things, instead, that warm the heart of one without the dampening effect of mere words and Jetters. Dr. van Schaick many times goes back to the days when he. was a little boy up in Northern New York. And that is good thing for any| woman, to do. For in those| t vs are the roots of all that fol-| jows. To those fortunate enough to, | have hailed from that region these rec- | { ollections are specially dear. I know.| | And this warm looking backward consti- | tutes one of the lovely features of the | record. But, after all, it is something | of & mine of facts as well as an ad- | venturing of t:e heart. ::l‘h ::;;lbe;\:‘ on knowing things, on | plans to this end, will find the book | of great usefulness. If 1 were gomli to say a word against it in any direc- tion {! would be to express the wish that two books had been made out of this one. Why? Well, taking it in hand, it looks and feels a bit packed, as if it were carrying a load. instead of dispensing happy largess of delight. A slight objeétion, maybe & captious thing to say. But I'm just telling you that, in one case at least. the volume | misrepresented itself—as now and then & person does by looking & shade pon- derods when he is, at heart, a well- spring of lightness and joy. However, read the book, since it is 50 intimately worth your while. . * ok xR s { TLLAGE DOCTOR. By Shella | T L?!YL author of “Iron and/ ete. New York: E.P.Dut- ERE’ Sheila Kay-Smith gathers up the whole of a Sussex village and sets it down bodily before the reader. | The ancient land soaked in immemo- rial custom, the countryside sometimes smiling. but never gay, the ycomanry sturdy and as proud of their lot as it | the prince of Dis ‘Tineage, the neigh- borhood ways of living—these provide the background upon which more than once this author has woven the fabric of human intercourse and individual ad- | It is such Ir;tdim:‘ra‘ \:‘l:eh";l:e lish e, coupl - fintrzy of mxupuonul novelist, that constitutes the distinction of this writer and assures to her novels a warm wel- come from intelligently eritical readers. To read one of these novels is an ad- venture of the mind. not a mere tickling of the senses for the moment. Against this background is set the domestic drama which has only recently been allowed to o%me ln"t‘a; &he.%%enbo;r& , t drama :“mmn G iffered to write the marital infidelities and such, but these were s0 infrequently read as still to keep the disgraceful and demoralizing business unsx: cover. Only within a few years has the grip of Puritan England and America loosened sufficiently to let one of the commonest of social errancies have place as theme of literature. Now- sdays we read freely in novels, as we do in the daily press, of these sin- Lul mortals who, Al Fe, expecly shift to live uj eir v : he 30-:. takes a high the ma ‘That it degree of heroism is conceded more and more. Well, this is that kind of is the village doctor, newly come to Sussex, who has to-carry the role of good husband, of great man even, by the way in which he sustains himself through the trial of discovering an unfaithful - wife. Indeed, the de- ceived husband and the lover & here, It is the girl who rather falls away from the u-s-lamcn-l role of the women, Weil, that merely tests power of the author to carry an unusual_situation through in a sert ously convincing and highly dramatic nunml;.’Arnd this she does as one % |new author. | comes, fhow stand o numerously around the American world. Here is, in glimpses, Y | the story of the “covered wagon” and the opening out of the land toward the West., But above all, here is the solid sense and deep wisdom in which this man of tranquil spirit and steady heart has met the marvels of change that have surrounded him. The book is one for many readings through the half hours that slip in be- tween the whiles of work. It is a book to take up and put down in the prom- ise of & near-meeting again. It is & book to carry out with one into the stresses of the street and the office. “Human advice is not very important”; therefore kee& away from it. “I do not regard the old days as better than the new. The wonderful days,.the days of most comfort and intelligence, of kind- ness and helpfulness are being lived now"—pretty fine, and unusual, talk from an octogenarian! But exactly this spirit of youthful outlook may be found on almost every page of the free self-communing that stands as the autoblography of this noted original thinker in American life—a tonic kK for the disheartened, a bracing book for the one who feels hjmself weaken- ing at any point, in any measure. * ok ok K SAND CASTLE. By Walter Millis. Boston: Houghton Miffiin Co. ¢¢] DON'T care what you'e plaving it with, whether it's love, or a good job, or getting your name in the papers, or making money, you can't win. TI've seen too much of it. It's no use to try. I know that. It' 1 know.” “You can’t win,” such is the phils ophy that backs this new novel by & Incidentally. it is this losophy that names the novel also. Imtxir:enwlch Village provides the set- ting for the business in hand, as it aleo roundabout her borders. The novel is new and fresh. You will say so. Not a sign of the rubber stamp about it anywhere. A waywise author—"sophis- I think this brand is named. Yet here is no cynic, no pessimist, no ironist. ~ Just a wideawake onlooker who knows how to round into dramatic content the most conspicuous fact that he has plucked out of the matter of be- ing alive, Learned the job of writing by being a newspaper man. by rubbing shouiders with things generally. Learned it well, you'll discover. Don't like his philosophy? Hopeless? Gloomy? Al right. Look at it. Think about it. “You can’t win!” Well, can you? % & k% THE DUCHESS OF YORK. By Lady Cynthia Asquith. Tllustrated. Phila- delphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. Hm is the story of a nice girl. An intimate story that begins early and in fine detail following the baby, the little girl, the big girl, the young wom- an and finally the wife of Kin, George’s second son. And that culmina- tion makes this the story of a real princess, most captivating of themes for lovers of the fairy tale. And that is just about everybody. So transferred to real life the fairy story of a modern young woman becomes matter of mo- ment here. To the encouragement of grown people so hopeless over the pres- ent generation this intimate record For though wholly of the hour, and a princess at that, here !5 a young woman of such good sense, of such kindly heart, of such sympathy and understanding and practical helpful- ness, of such intelligence and charm, that the old ones must throw up their hands in acknowledgment of the out- standing fact that virtue and good con- duct are not dying out after all. A heartening story is this one of the king's daughter who, nevertheless, is quite completely the daughter of the kingdom as well. The author is an en- thusiast on het subject, but who wouldn't be! The best effect of the account is to bring .forward such in- dubitable and concrete evidence of beau- tiful sincerity and simple heartiness on the part of this English-girl. * % % % QUEEN DICK. By Nalbro Bartley, au- thor of “The Fox Woman,” etc. go" York: Doubleday, Doran & A STORY of the efficient woman. Efficiency, run to excess in the female of the species, presents a most devastating individual. Here she is. Competent, exact, never wrong, on the Job at every possible demand, gradually usurping the rights of all aroundq her, turning out a model house, & model husband, an exemplary neighborhood and community even. That is the situ- ation. Against it is defined. in daily scene and incident, the slow rise revolt against this human perfection of ‘purpose and plan. First the out- posts of neighbor and townsman turn against the fine woman of such super- lative powers. Naturally it is the hus- band who last becomes a rebel. 5 - bands are enduring things. So. partly from self-pride and partly from laziness, they hold to the family tyrannies longer than the mere outsider could be expected to do. The man of this model house does this. But, finally—well, you would better read of this special case of rebellion in the household. You may say—I do—that in this case Nelbro Bartley overplayed her hand. No one— that is—almost no one—is so insuffer- ‘good wife” and here serves her as the center and the | core of her newest novel. * K K % SPIES. By Thea von Harbou, author of “Metropolis.”. Translated from the German.by Helen Stiegler. New, York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. F mystery, change, speedy action be the measure of the good crime story—why, here you are! Interna- tional polities provides the roomy field for this whirligig of crime. Prideful people take part in it. The mechanics of modern science complicate and con- ceal its activities. A stupendous organ- ization directs and controls the vari- ous departments of ecriminal industry that engage the reader. Spies—not of the usual sort—become the intelligence lines of the great body. Of these a| beautiful woman—oh, & most beautiful woman—opens the way to something beside murder and other law viol I tions as_the sole motive power of the A physician’s response to a midnight telephone call uncovers a baf- fling murder. Is this “cat’s whi ker” o el There are a number of By Natalie Sumner Lincoln D. A4 and Co 35 ¥ gh 3ind Sv New York of | tremendous to-do. Here is the chanc- for a love story, without which ever crime fails to prove a continuou: source of delight. So, with a young sleuth doing his best to uphold safety and lawfull in his country, there comes the fatal handicap of love. A {truly terrible situation—or woul be were it not for the inventive skill ef | the muystery-story maker. Therefore. after & quite unbelievable orgy of crime and the evasion of justice, after im- personations and masqueradings of an incredible perfection. after impendine dangers that give the reader not one second of respite—then the whole busi. ness settles into a love tale, with noth- ing more than the prospect of “happ" forever and forever” to anti-climax ¢ most tremendous matter. BOOKS RECEIVED AMERICA'S NAVAL CHALLENGE. By Frederick Moore, formerly a cor- respondent of the Associated Press in London and Peking of the New York Times, etc. New York: The Macmillan Company. RELIGION AND THE MODERN AGE SERIES—RELIGION _AND THE MODERN WORLD. By John Her- man Randall and John Herman | Randall, §r. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. THREE PERSONS. By Sir Andrew Macphail, 0. E. C., LL. D. New York: Louis Carrier & Co. ANCIENT PAGAN SYMBOLS. 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Its destruction |of birds, small poul! perennial and extensiv ago the legislature put a bounty on the mongoose in the hope that sufficient sealps would be collected to diminish its ravages. However, the mongoose is both wily and prolific, and his kind has not appreciably diminished. A bill in the present territorial legislature proposes to do away with the mongoose bounty on the grounds that were the little chap welcomed and encouraged instead of chased and persecuted, he migh co-operae wih society more cordially in campaigning against the sweet-toothed rats. i | I i ‘!‘Imm\ii:;,! !4“. —RENT Those That ! Are ;Igw and Popular | WOMRATH J LIBRARY P (Oven Erenings Tinl § F.0) JANE Ifil’lll'l‘.-! m Ave. N.W. BENRER RN SRR AR ARERES