God or chance or Providence or what not. His was simply the illusion of the boy eager in his own chosen career. But in his enthusiasm there was rashness. He expected more of poetry than it could do in the hands of any master, and he was too ingenuous, too unconsciously autobiographical, if not confes sional, to venture safely on all the luxury of mood and sensation possible to a master more detached and impersonal than he was. Nor was he, in his all-consuming faith in the magic of poetic speech, sufficiently on his guard against something hectic in his blood, the inheritance of his passionate mother and the forerunner of the tuberculosis which destroyed him. He could

tion should have admired him as one of their kind. But if there was something of these Art for Art's Sake men about him, it was notwithstanding the warmth of his fellowship with all phases of manliness. He never solved the difficult problem of portraying moral character in highly stylistic verse, but no man has more heartily felt its full right to expression. The doctrinaire and rigid theories of the decadents, their painfully conscientious distrust of anything like moral values in matters artistic, were very different from his conception of the liberty of the poet. Nor was their scrupulous fear of æsthetic errors quite like the loyalty of his endeavor as a craftsman after what Sir Sidney Colvin has called "a continual positive poetic richness and felicity of phrase."

To his appreciation of this endeavor Sir Sidney has brought not only an intimate understanding of Greek art and of the most artistic traditions of English written style, but a natural responsiveness to whatever is finely tempered and chivalric in human character. Here lies his peculiar charm. No other living critic reveals so clearly the interplay that sometimes exists between high-mindedness and the search after consummate

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HERE are some things that every would-be entertainer knows. Once, as I was beating a strategic retreat after delivering my share of an Intellectual Evening, two gentlemen met me at the exit and overwhelmed me with gratitude. "Thank Heaven for you!" they said with enthusiasm. "Your dress was a dream and you spoke one minute by the watch."

To be brief to the ear and pleasing to the eye helps with any audience, but with one composed of the defenders of our country it is almost a measure of self-preservation. A more conventional assembly merely sleeps when it is bored, but a camp audience is likely to proclaim its ennui by calls of "Aw, come off! Cut it out! Get the hook!" and kindred expressions of disapproval. The other member of my family refused to accompany me on my first visit to a Y. M. C. A. tent, having, I suspect, a secret fear of seeing me egged from the platform by an infuriated populace. The tent was crowded, and the secretary in charge hastily warned me, "Don't be disturbed if they say Ah-h-h-h' when you get up-they mean it pleasantly." One who had faced with composure the barrage fire of the freshman class at more than one Yale Prom concert was not to be so easily daunted, I thought with some scorn; but the intensely personal quality of the audience_gave me one of the surprises of my life. For the first time I forgot my lines-completely and entirely forgot them; I could not find even one word to begin with. I desperately blurted out, "Boys, I've forgotten what I was going to say, and that's funny, because I wrote it myself-but, you see, I'm not used to an audience like this and I feel bashful." This painfully accurate statement was received with a roar of encouraging laughter, as an attempt at humor, and then a cheery voice observed, "Come on now, sister, go to it." Thereupon necessity galvanized my memory to life, the words returned, and sister went to it, feeling that she never could be frightened again. I must confess that while my original offering was kindly received, my real success that evening was made with the short sweet lyric, "Tobacco is a noxious weed-I like it!"

They are very strong on the proprieties. One young lady this winter, when she stood revealed in a costume which carried conservation to its extreme limits, heard this rebuke: "Hurry up and close the windows, fellers."

One evening I was at a camp with a returned missionary of international celebrity, but little did the boys know or care for that. He stood on his own merits, and they supported him amply. After that evening I understood his success in the foreign field. One of the lads volunteered to whistle. Our accompanist was absolutely unable to deliver" Listen to the Mocking

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Bird," and Dr. X offered to accompany the whistler. The young performer introduced himself as follows: " Well, fellers, these kind friends have come here to give us a good time, and it doesn't seem fair to let them do all the work, so I'm going to do our share of it by whistling for you a little and "-here he turned and gazed dispiritedly on Dr. X-" and this old gentleman thinks he can manage to play for me." Dr. X not only managed" that feat, but was the only one of the party who could play "Turkey-in-the-Straw" fast enough to suit the prize clogger of the camp, who was induced to give us an exhibition. of his art.

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There are two things that one must not-indeed cannot-do with a camp audience: it can be neither patronized nor ignored. You must be one of them from the moment you face them, ready to give back joke for joke and to take good-naturedly any comment that comes, knowing it is never meant uncivilly. If you can greet them with, "Hello, boys!" right from your heart, then you are all right-you will have them with you for the rest of the time; but beware of a "Hello, boys!" from the lips out. They know the difference, and have as little use for such spurious comradeship as a child has.

An audience that looks utterly discouraging may give you a richer return of appreciation than many a crowd of more promising aspect. One night I visited one of the camps that was still under construction, prepared for an audience of soldiers, to find on my arrival that I was more needed at the workmen's tent, where they were short of entertainers. It meant a rapid readjustment of programme, and, in addition to that, I was somewhat unnerved by a youth standing just behind me who continually soliloquized down my back, "Gee, but it's a tough bunch here to-night!" It was. There were a few soldiers, and the rest, a crowd that jammed the tent and extended out under the looped-back flaps, were the most disreputable collection I had ever seen. I did the best I could, hopelessly wishing I could give them something worth while, and ended with a little story of Irish heroism in the great war, which the soldiers always liked, but which I considered rather pearls before swine in the present assembly, God forgive me! When I had finished, one of the soldiers whispered, consolingly, "It just spoils it, having all those muckers here-what can you do with them?" What can you? I thought then I felt a touch. I turned to see one of the "tough bunch"-a man about fifty, shabby, dirty, unshaven-who gripped my hand (I felt it for nearly an hour afterward; for that matter, I can feel it now) and said, “I wanted to say, Thank ye and God bless ye, just. I've two brothers dead in the British army, an' I'm proud of it. I'm Irish meself.”

Discreet Adventure (The). By Helen C. Roberts. T Fisher Unwin, Ltd., London. A mildly agreeable novel about a wellbred English girl intensely ignorant of the world at large who is forced to become a governess. She is looking in a modest way for an ideal man; he never appears, but she suddenly finds that she cares for one of the just ordinary men.

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Many readers will remember a detective story called "The Hampstead Mystery." In this column, and by many other review

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The key to this war fantasy is found in a sentence quoted on the "jacket" of the book: "German women will show their men the way to freedom." One certainly hopes so, but it takes a strong imagination to believe that it will be through physical force rather than through mind and heart. The offhand way in which in the latter part of the romance Mrs. Atherton carries her insurgent women through a revolution in which, by airplanes, bomb explosions, and armed forces of women in the street, German cities are captured, armies reduced to impotence, and the Kaiser himself driven home like a whipped hound to his Berlin palace-all seems fantastic enough. The earlier part of the book is extremely interesting, for Mrs. Atherton's knowledge of Munich and of the social conditions of Germany generally is thorough.

Second Diary of the Great Warr (A). By Samuel Pepys, Jr. Illustrated. The John Lane Company, New York. $1.50.

Like its predecessor, this volume is rich in quiet humor and chronicles war events as the original Samuel Pepys might have done. Much art has been employed to make the style and diction of the modern Pepys accord with those of his reputed ancestor. The result is a triumph, and all the more so because the reader rarely thinks of the ingenuity and care involved. Sam Pepys, Jr., is a rounded character.

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THE OUTLOOK

DO GERMS and CLIMATE CAUSE CATARRH, COUGHS AND COLDS?

R. L. ALSAKER, M.D.

By R. L. Alsaker, M.D.

AUTHOR OF "CURING CATARRH, COUGHS AND COLDS" Dear Doctor Alsaker: I have had catarrh since boyhood, and now my two children have it. During the fall and winter months my wife suffers with bad colds and the children frequently have a bad cough or sore throat.

We have taken treatment from local physicians, using the medicines prescribed; we have used sprays and salves, but have derived no lasting benefit. We live well, eating and drinking whatever we want, but we do not dissipate in any way. Our family physician tells us that catarrh is caused by germs. Another doctor told us to blame it on the climate. If germs and the climate are the cause of these annoying troubles of the nose, throat and lungs, I don't see how any of them can be prevented, or even cured. What have you to say on the subject? J. B. W.

THIS family is no exception. The ma

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jority have catarrh, either chronic or acute. Catarrh of the head is annoying-and filthy. In the throat it causes irritating cough. When it is seated in the chest it is called bronchitis. If allowed to continue, the bronchitis becomes chronic and robs the individual of refreshing sleep, comfort and health. It weakens the lungs and paves the way for pneumonia and consumption.

Catarrh of the stomach and intestines points toward indigestion. So does catarrh of the liver, which produces various ills, such as jaundice and gall-stones, often ending in disagreeable and painful liver colic.

Catarrh sometimes causes earache, headache and other forms of pain, and it lays the foundation for many diseases.

catarrh you will rid yourself of other physical ills: The dirty tongue, that tired feeling, the bad taste in the mouth in the morning, the gas in the stomach and bowels, the headache, and other aches, pains and disabilities will clear up and vanish.

Catarrh is a luxury, not a necessity. Those who get it can keep it indefinitely. They should not complain, for there is knowledge at hand that will show them how to get rid of it and stay rid of it. It is marvelous what the common foods do for the sick, when properly combined and intelligently Meat, fish, dairy products, eggs, cereal foods, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts contain all the "medicinal" elements needed to build health or cure disease, if rightly used.

In appreciation of Dr. Alsaker's works, the NEW YORK TRIBUNE says: "Written by a competent professional authority, they are fitted for the instruction and profit of the laity; being simple, direct and nontechical. They contain no scientfic disquisitions on calories; they exploit no fads; they recommend no impossibilities. If the public would read them and be guided by them, there would be less illness and the high cost of living would come down with a run."

This gentleman says that he lives well, but no one lives well who is ill. That is poor living. He can continue to eat what he likes, and grow healthy, if he will only learn how.

He thinks that germs and the climate are to blame, and as germs and climate are everywhere, we are helpless. It is a tragic fate, or would be, if it were true, for we can't escape the omnipresent germs and climate.

But neither germs nor the climate cause catarrh. Catarrh is due to improper eating -so are coughs and colds-and these conditions can be prevented and cured through right eating. And here is how it hap

pens:

When people eat as they should not, they get indigestion, which fills the stomach and bowels with acid, gases and poisons; a part of these abnormal products are absorbed into the blood, which becomes very impure and the whole body gets acid. The blood tries to purify itself, and a lot of the waste attempts to escape by way of the mucous membrane. This causes irritation, and the result is colds and catarrhis.

The right kind of food, properly eaten, makes pure blood and produces health, vigor and strength. The right kind of food builds a sound body, puts catarrh, coughs and colds to flight, and paints roses on the cheeks.

Catarrh can be conquered quickly, surely and permanently. It has been done in thousands of cases. If you have catarrh you have eaten your way to it. You can cure yourself--you can eat your way out of catarrh into health, and while you are losing your

eaten.

Health, barring accidents, is within your control. It is your privilege to break the laws of Nature and be sick, or you may observe them and be well. Your duty

to yourself and your country is clear, for the Nation needs healthy men and women in this crisis. Health, which is principally the effect of foods rightly used, will win.

In my new book Curing Catarrh, Coughs and Colds I have explained the true cause of these annoying troubles and have outlined a pleasant plan of living that cures these ills and prevents a return.

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It costs nothing to put this successful plan for getting rid of catarrh, coughs and colds into practice. You don't have to buy medicines or special foods. You don't have to pay doctor bills or go to health resorts. Simply follow these commonsense instructions regarding the care of the body and the correct use of the foods you like and you will get well and remain well. Don't take my word for the splendid results obtained; prove it in your own case and in your own home.

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Way of Success (The). If a Man Fails Seven Times, and Other Stories. By William H. Hamby. Laird & Lee, Inc., Chicago. $1. Homely homilies about practical problems, thinly disguised as fiction. Will give inspiration to large numbers of people who do not care for too much subtlety in their intellectual excursions of this kind.

WAR BOOKS Bolsheviki and World Peace (The). By Leon Trotzky. Introduction by Lincoln Steffens. Boni & Liveright, New York. $1.50. Mr. Steffens, in his Introduction to this book, notes that the ideas and views here put forward by Mr. Trotsky, although written some time ago, throw light on his present policy and theories about the Russian Revolution and on the application of Socialistic doctrines to actual conditions the world over. These views were lately summarized in The Outlook. Trotsky has apparently no confidence in anything whatever but government by class-that is, by the proletariat class to the exclusion of all other classes.

Labour-Saving House (The). By Mrs. C. S. Peel. Illustrated. The John Lane Company, New York.

This book describes the problem of living in England since domestic workers have largely gone into war service; it tells about labor-saving devices that may take the place of servants, and gives sidelights on social problems with which American housekeepers are also familiar. A really suggestive little book that will not fail to stir the woman reader.

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Practical Child Training. Book I-Obedience; Book II-Self-Control; Book III-Body and Mind; Book IV-Morality. By Ray C. Beery, A.B., M.A. Parents' Association, Inc., 449 Fourth Avenue, New York. $12. Taking up this set of books with no predisposition in favor of such works and possibly with a slight prejudice against them.

the reviewer was soon won over to a decided interest in and approval of the author's methods. The lesson, "To teach an infant to obey the command Don't touch,'" with its charming photographic illustrations, is a model of terse and appealing suggestion that is characteristic of the work. The style is simple and clear; the work nevertheless calls for close and thoughtful study: but it is safe to say that any intelligent parent or teacher who will give this study will derive from these books invaluable help in dealing with "difficult" childrenand is not that, in these days, an inclusive

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Believing that the advance of business is a subject of vital interest and importance, The Outlook will present in this department each month an article treating some phase of the country's commercial development. These articles will be educational in character and will set forth in a comprehensive way the industrial upbuilding of the Nation. This department is designed to be of service to readers of The Outlook, and inquiries in regard to industrial subjects will be answered by letter or in these pages. All letters of inquiry should be addressed to the Industrial Editor of The Outlook, 381 4th Ave., N.Y.

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10 much has been said and written of the automobile of to-day, and it has become so intimately connected with the life and progress of the Nation, that the average man or woman is surprisingly familiar with its general construction and mode of operation. The man next door owns and drives his motor car, and his wife and son are equally skilled drivers. They can talk intelligently of gear shifts, transmissions, differentials, and the relative advantages of four, six, or eight cylinders. Any general discussion of the ordinary details of motor-car construction would therefore be covering familiar ground and is to be avoided. The motorist is, however, much interested in any new developments which may tend to simplify the operation or care of his car, or which will lessen the chances of engine trouble or other more or less serious breakdowns which serve to take the pleasure out of motoring. In buying a car, the intelligent purchaser will therefore demand as much in the way of standard parts and special equipment as he can secure for the price he is willing to pay. Attention to such details is much more important than the name of the car, the color it is painted, or mere beauty of design. It must be said, however, that the make of car may mean a great deal, as the leading manufacturers employ recognized standard parts and equipment in every car that they turn out. Mr. W. L. Kissel, a well-known automobile manufacturer, says: "The man who has owned an automobile considers the purchase of a second car from a different standpoint than when he purchased his first one. His experience has taught him to carefully inspect, examine, and compare the vital parts of the car, such as the springs, brakes, axles, chassis, frame, transmission, motor, and construction of the body. In other words, he has found that, while finish and appearance are necessary, he should make sure that its beauty is more than skin deep."

THE VALUE OF STANDARDIZED PARTS

There are, of course, certain essential parts of an automobile which must be able to stand the most rigid tests, for on them the life of the car and the safety of its passengers depend. Such parts might include the springs, axles, bearings, brakes, and steering apparatus. In the early days of the automobile, the merit of these essential parts was taken for granted and the purchaser pinned his faith entirely on the reputation and standing of the individual manufacturer whose car he was considering. If the car were an assembled one, no particular inquiry was made concerning the reliability of the manufacturers who supplied the various parts which made up the completed machine. In fact, the names of

One of the most important of recent developments was the introduction of electric cranking and electric lighting. This brought about a very radical change in the autor bile industry. We all remember the laborious cranking which was necessary to start the motor and how often the embarrassed amateur motorist was compelled to alight and repeat the operation after stalling his car in the midst of crowded traffic. Then, too, many a broken arm or sprained wrist resulted from a sudden kick of the engine, and it was only a very brave woman who would venture forth in her car without a male beside her to "turn the crank" when the necessity arose. Now a simple pressure of the foot will accomplish the desired result, and my lady may drive her car as far

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as she likes with no fear of being stranded beyond the reach of help.

There are a number of reliable electric starting systems, and practically every make of car is regularly equipped with the system best suited to its requirements.

The same magneto or battery which starts the motor also furnishes a lighting system for side, rear, and head lights. One simply needs to push a button on the dashboard and the desired lights flash on or off. This is again a pleasant contrast to the old kerosene side lights and acetylene head lights, which often ran out of fuel unexpectedly and were most troublesome to light on a windy or rainy night. The electric headlights give a clearer, smoother, and better diffused light. Another very important advantage is that they can be readily dimmed or entirely turned out when passing other cars on the road, thus avoiding the possibility of a serious accident.

A more recent development towards simplicity of operation, and one that may be said to be still in the experimental stage, is the electric or pneumatic gear shift. Many systems have been tried out, and, indeed, form part of the equipment of some cars. Such a device, of course, does away with the task of manipulating a gear shift lever, and substitutes the pressure of a button or the moving of a small indicator arm upon the steering post. This operation requires no more exertion than the operation of the spark or throttle levers. Such a system has not, however, been generally adopted as yet, as perfection of operation is still to be attained.

OTHER DEVICES FOR SIMPLIFIED MOTORING

Carbon is one of the most fertile sources of trouble to the motorist. Every motorist knows how carbon in the engine means loss

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power and less responsiveness. Many devices have been developed for the ready removal of carbon, for cleaning cylinders, and for the permanent elimination of carbon. Some of these are simply cleaning compounds which quickly remove the carbon, while others serve to decrease fuel consumption and bring about more perfect combustion.

A motor meter is a very convenient little device for indicating the exact temperature at which the motor is operating. One glance at this readily visible instrument shows the driver just how hot or how cold his motor is while operating. This often prevents careless overheating of the motor with the resulting burned-out bearing or cylinder.

Practically all cars are equipped with primers which serve to heat the fuel, and at the same time heat the air with which it is mixed in the carbureter. A good primer will start a cold engine in zero weather in from five to seven seconds.

There are, of course, numerous other appliances of all descriptions for the convenience and comfort of the motorist, most of which do not come within the scope of this article.

COLD-WEATHER OPERATION

The automobile is no longer merely a warm-weather vehicle, but is now in constant use throughout the entire year. Antifreezing solutions are used to assure free water circulation; most of these contain alcohol. A new device prevents the evaporation of the alcohol by condensing it and returning it to the radiator, where it again mixes with the water. This device is screwed on to the top of the radiator instead of the regular cap.

Many styles of warmers are also being