Investigate Before Investing (Continued) no large issues of new securities without the approval of the new Capital Issues Committee at Washington. In accordance with the plan suggested in The Outlook several months ago, the Treasury Department has named a special board of examiners to pass on the necessity, but not the merit, of all large offerings of securities. This is for the purpose of conserving capital for the prosecution of the war. But there is a very wide field for the investor to select from. He has the choice of these: United States Government securities: Liberty Bonds, War Saving Certificates, United States Certificates of Indebtedness. Railway and other public service corporation bonds, notes, and dividend-paying stocks. State, county, and municipal bonds. Farm and real estate mortgages issued by houses of high rank. Bonds and preferred stocks of seasoned industrials, and common stocks of certain of these companies. Many of these stocks and bonds are now selling at the lowest prices in years, and there are many unquestioned bargains in the investment markets. But even in buying the best, investigate before investing. Soldiers of Law Some Adventures of the Under this general title we shall begin next week the publication of a group of three striking stories by Katherine Mayo, author of "Justice to All," the standard authority on the work of the adventurous, courageous, and capable group of "troopers" who are protecting the lives and welfare of the people of the rural districts of Pennsylvania. The first story is entitled "John G." It relates the singular experience of a remarkable horse and the still more remarkable "trooper" who rides and cares for him. No one, we think, can read these stories without a thrill of satisfaction in the kind of Americanism that has led these soldiers of law and order to risk their lives in championing the weak and unprotected. THE OUTLOOK THE NEW BOOKS This department will include descriptive notes, with or without brief comments, about books received by The Outlook. Many of the important books will have more extended and critical treatment later "The people of this remote isle [Iceland] FICTION Bag of Saffron (The). By Bettina von Hutten. The bag of saffron is part of a strange, Breakfast of the Birds (The), and Other Cabin, The (La Barraca). By V. Blasco Ibáñez. City of the Discreet (The). By Pio Baroja. Family of Noblemen (A). By Mikhail Y. The author, while hardly known at all to It was an excellent idea to combine in Gulliver's Travels (The). By Jonathan Swift. Las Casas-"The Apostle of the Indies." Three Short Plays: Rococo; Vote by Ballot; Farewell to the Theatre. By Via Vitae. A Novel. By S. Slater, Jr. Illus- HISTORY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND POLITICS This is not a book of travel or explora- has produced a literature both in prose and poetry that stands among the primitive literatures next after that of ancient Greece if one regards both its quantity and its quality." The book has many attractive illustrations. History of the Pacific Northwest (A). By Joseph Schafer, Ph.D. Revised and Rewritten, with Maps and Illustrations. The Macmillan Company, New York. $2.25. This revised edition tells the story of the Pacific Northwest up to the present time. It is a plain, unembroidered narrative that derives its interest from the stirring events with which it deals rather than from its style. History of Tammany Hall (The). By Gus- of the Movement. By Theodore Marburg. The New Basis for Social Progress (A). By Will iam Charles White and Louis J. Heath. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. $1.25. Our Democracy, Its Origins and Its Tasks. By James H. Tufts. Henry Holt & Co., Now York. $1.50. Principles Governing the Retirement of Public Employees. By Lewis Meriam. (The Institute for Government Research; Principles of Administration.) D. Appleton & Co., New York. $2.75. Principles of American Diplomacy (The). By John Bassett Moore, LL.D. (Harper's Citizens' Series.) Harper & Brothers, New York. $2. Professor Moore's latest volume is practically his "American Diplomacy," "published in 1905, and brought up or downto date. There was need for this. The past thirteen years have certainly been marked by events influential in shaping our future foreign policy. Of the additions to the former volume, the new chapter on "PanAmericanism" should attract special notice. Like all of the author's writings, this volume bears the note of ripe experience and real authority. Principles of Ocean Transportation. By A useful monograph giving in one hundred and one pages a sketch of the separation of Church and State in France and the events which preceded and led up to it. The information is clearly and concisely The New Books (Continued) given. The writer's sympathies are with the American doctrines of such separation and of the supremacy of the civil authority in the State. Short History of France (A). By Victor Duruy. 2 vols. Everyman's Library. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. 60c. each. WAR BOOKS Comrades in Courage (Méditations dans la Tranchée). By Lieutenant Antoine Redier. Translated by Mrs. Philip Duncan Wilson. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. $1.40. Only a Frenchman could have written this book. It is meditative, reflective, undramatic. Its spirit recalls " Amiel's Journal." Incidents are related only as they suggest meditation them. It is an upon interpretation of the inner life of a French soldier at the front-interesting and suggestive. First Call. Guide Posts to Berlin. By Arthur Guy Empey. Illustrated. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. $1.50. It may safely be predicted that this book, telling the young soldier what confronts him in his new job, will have almost equal popularity with the author's first volume, "Over the Top." If there were any thin paper on the market, one would be inclined to recommend a "thin-paper edition" of the "First Call" for parents to present to their boys as a pocket companion. Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer. By R. A. L. Edited by Anna Chapin Ray. Simple but graphic descriptions of life "at the base," " up the line," and in the trenches, written by a soldier to his wife, and bearing evidence of a keen eye for facts as well as an abiding affection for the loved ones at home. Marching on Tanga. (With General Smuts in East Africa.) By Francis Brett Young. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. $1.50. My German Correspondence. Concerning Germany's Responsibility for the War and for the Method of Its Conduct. Being a Letter from a German Professor, Together with a Reply and Foreword. By Professor Douglas W. Johnson. The George H. Doran Company, New York. 50c. Wonder of War in the Air (The). By Francis Rolt-Wheeler. Illustrated. The Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, Boston. $1.35. EDUCATIONAL Exceptional Child (The). By Maximilian P. E. Groszmann, Ph.D. Containing a Medical Symposium with Contributions from a Number of Eminent Specialists. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $2.50. Foundation Course in Spanish (A). By L. Sinagnan, A.M., Pd.M. The Macmillan Company, New York. $1. School as a Social Institution (The). An Introduction to the Study of Social Education. By Charles L. Robbins, Ph.D. Allyn & Bacon, Boston. $1.50. MISCELLANEOUS Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia. By Colonel Dion Williams. Illustrated. The Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. $1.50. This volume presents, with a large number of illustrations and diagrams, information which tells the reader how to distinguish the rank, corps, and service of an officer or private in the military and naval forces of the United States, and also of foreign countries. It is complete and well arranged. Chess. By David A. Mitchell. The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia. New Business of Farming (The). By Julian A. Dimock. The Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. $1. Short Studies of Great Masterpieces. By Daniel Gregory Mason. The Appreciation of Music. Vol. III. The H. W. Gray Company, New York. $1.25. T T 426 THE PASTOR AND THE WAR Dr. Odell's article in the "Atlantic Monthly" and your editorial have greatly interested me. It becomes us as pastors and churches to profit by every criticism that comes along, and, as best we can, amend our failures and do better, keep humble, keep sweet, and keep on. I'm but one pastor of the host in churches in country towns and smaller villages. I'm wondering, however, if others haven't tried to arouse their congregations to the mighty issues of this stupendous world conflict as much as I have. It has occurred to me that perhaps a record of the special sermons I've preached since that fatal morning of August 1 might be in a way a rebuttal of some of the charges Dr. Odell brings against us preachers. Upon my return the last of August, 1914, my first sermon was "The World War." Then have come these others-special sermons: "The Great War and Its Issues," "The Spirit of Devils Working Miracles," "Predictions Inspired by Hope," "The Day We Long to See," "What Makes a Nation Great?" "The New Epoch-After the War, What?" "Further Reflections upon the War," "National Defense." I won't take the space to mention others. I inclose, however, an address I preached October 28 on "The Germans and the War." Out of a meager salary ($1,100 and parsonage) I paid $14 for the printing of this address and its distribution. Early in the fall of 1914 I joined the Red Cross. A small church three miles out of the village, supplied by me on Sunday afternoon, on Christmas, 1914, took an offering for Bel"banker" gian relief of $15. The banker of the town, when I sent on the check, said: 66 Elder, it's a mistake to send that money over there. They started this fuss among themselves. Let them fix it up." That banker has a son over there to-day 66 and a fine chap too. I helped out a bit in furnishing a French soldier with underwear. Later I helped a bit in "Life's contributions to our noble work for French orphans. And etc.,etc. Pardon the use of "I." Its use is representative, for I believe that what I have done is but representative of the vast majority of my brethren who in the seclusion of their parishes never come into the limelight. Of late activities it has been my privilege to aid to no small extent in Red Triangle and the Red Cross (chairman Membership Committee, and secured 850 new members, bringing total up to over 1,050 for town of 4,000 people). Now it's the W. S. S. programme, and with the mercury 10° below zero I went out over the hills to take twenty of the certificates to a customer! This war has been a bolt out of the blue. But if the utterances of the preachers of America could be assembled I have an idea that from them those who have attended church have learned in no uncertain terms of crimes of the Huns and that for them they must answer at the bar of both human and divine justice. It appears to me that it is to the eternal credit of the churches that upon the eve of this war representatives of the churches were assembling for a great World Church Peace Conference when the Kaiser and his war lords said, "We will have war," and slapped their faces and sent them home. My church has a Service Flag with six DURAND Steel Racks IN N building a new factory or an addition to your plant, consider the many advantages of a complete equipment of Durand Steel Racks. Durand Steel Racks are very strong, neat in appearance, fireproof, convenient, durable, will increase your storage capacity and reduce losses, waste and delays. Write today for catalogue. We are also manufacturers of Durand DURAND STEEL LOCKER CO. BY THE WAY An American girl, Mary Ethel McAuley, describes amusingly in "Germany in War Time" her experiences in trying to get an egg in Berlin last year. Only one egg a week was allowed to each person. First she had to get an egg card. Presenting this to a dealer, she was told that she must be registered before he could sell her the eg egg. After a long trip she arrived at the Eierzimmer, where, when she had waited in line for an hour, she was sent back home for an Ausweiskarte. The porter, in turn, sent her to the bread commission for this. Another hour in line. Then back to the Eierzimmer, where, after another long wait, she received the coveted authoriza tion. She had spent the whole day trying to get the egg, and hoped it wouldn't be a bad one, after all! At last she reached the dealer's shop again, "I have it!" she cried, triumphantly. He calmly pointed to the sign, Eier ausverkauft" (Eggs sold out). "I looked at it," says Miss McAuley, "then staggered, then fainted dead away in the greasy arms of the astonished Herr Blumfeld, Eier-Grosshändler." The traveler of superior knowledge doesn't always impress the "native," or, indeed, get the better of him in a contest of wits. A story is told of Sir John Lub bock that a countryman was assisting him in a field. Sir John, who was always ready to quicken the intelligence of any one who might be in his company, said to him, pointing to a heap of stones: "Do you know how these stones were made?" "Why, sir, I 'spect they growed, same as 66 taturs." "Well," rejoined Lubbock, "it they lay there for fifty years, they would not get any bigger." No, sir," was the reply, "in course they wouldn't-same as 'taturs. Take 'taturs out o' the ground and they stops growin'!" In connection with the comment on the word "cantonment," a subscriber writes that the term was used by the United States Army at least as early as 1830. "Cantonment Leavenworth," "Cantonment Gibson," etc., are cited as thus used. Washington Irving in 1837, it may be remarked, used the word as if it were well established, "All hands now set to work to prepare a winter cantonment," as indeed he might, for in 1813 Wellington wrote, "The distress of the Spanish troops induced me to order them into cantonments," and as far back as 1756 the "Gentleman's Magazine" said, "They rerespective cantonments." Your Property paired to their respective Is It For Sale or To Rent? If so, use the next Special Real (The March 20 Real Estate THE OUTLOOK after The "peerless" Patti celebrated her diamond jubilee recently, her seventy-fifth birthday occurring February 10. The New York Times" says that "the first published notice rating her a supreme artist and singer was written by Henry J. Raymond," the founder of that paper, her début in New York City in 1859. It further says, as attesting her financial suc cess, that she was the "only one who sang for a $5,000 certified check which her manager must present before she would set foot on his stage," and that as a result she is now worth a million pounds sterling. A subscriber tells this story of a friend who lately passed away: In 1851 he, then a boy of fifteen, went with his parents to England and saw the great Crystal Palace Exhibition. An inquisitive young Ameri can, he became interested in an exhibit there of a hotel annunciator, then a novelty. At the noon hour one day he took the place of By the Way (Continued) the regular attendant. A fine-looking gentleman came along, and the intricacies of the new device were explained to him by the intelligent boy. Learning that he was from America, the gentleman asked many questions about life there. Presently a crowd gathered; the boy noticed spurs at his visitor's heels; and, as he left, the boy was informed that his questioner was no less a personage than the great Duke of Wellington, the "hero of Waterloo." The Duke, it will be remembered, once had under consideration a voyage to America, in the interest of British arms, during the War of 1812; instead, his brother-in-law, Sir Edward Pakenham, went, and was killed at the Battle of New Orleans. A "rodeo" is Spanish-American for a cattle round-up. As applied to a theatrical performance it seems to denote something akin to a circus. At any rate, a despatch announces that two "rodeos "in San Francisco for the benefit of the National War Camp Community Recreation Fund brought in $40.000, over and above expenses"probably the largest sum ever donated from any one benefit, for any cause." This handsome sum was realized under the management of Douglas Fairbanks-" Mr. Fairbanks personally paying the greater percentage of the expense" of the rodeos. Dryburgh Abbey, in Scotland, which not long ago was advertised for sale, has, it is announced, been given to the British nation by Lord Glenconner. The body of Sir Walter Scott is buried in the north transept of the Abbey church, in St. Mary's Aisle. All admirers of the great novelist will rejoice that his burial-place thus passes permanently into public possession. An attractive variety of Sweaters for Women and Misses is shown in reliable qualities and smart styles. Special mention is made of the following unusual values: Scotch Wool Spencers-Black, White, Purple, Green, Sky and Gray, $1.95. Shetland Wool Spencer Coats-Obtainable in Sky, Rose, Reseda, Pink, Purple, Lavender, Gray, Sand, $3.95. Shetland Wool Sweaters-Large sailor collar and sash; Rose, Nile, Lavender, and Corn, $7.50. Fiber Silk Sweaters-Sailor collar and sash; Black, White, Watermelon, Pink, Maize, and Purple, $9.75. Brushed Scotch Wool Sweaters-Shawl-collar, in Copenhagen, Emerald, Purple, Reseda, Rose, Heather-mixture and Black or White, $11.95. Pure Silk Sweaters-The most desirable weaves and models, $24.50 to 47.50. Imported Wool Sweaters-Chiffon weight, Llama Wool, smart model, with sash; Navy, Copenhagen, Tan, Apricot, and Nile, $15.75. Orders by mail given special attention. James McCutcheon & Co. The palaces of royalty are special marks for vengeance in revolutionary times. The Winter Palace in Petrograd has proved no exception. A Russian paper describes this beautiful palace as a wreck: "Everywhere absolute chaos. The soldiers, having carried Important to Subscribers off everything that seemed to have any value, were amusing themselves by smashing electric bulbs. In one room I saw a soldier hacking away the valuable tapestry from a couch with a table knife. Everywhere dirt indescribable, mattresses over all the floors, soldiers squatted at their meals on the wonderful couches of the imperial furniture, spilling soup and greasy bits of meat upon the priceless tapestries. In the picture gallery many pictures had been slashed to strips of painted rags. In one room heavy guns had been set up. Windows were pierced with bullets. It was a nightmare of destruction." In a familiar story a man on trial for pocket-picking asked the Judge, "Now, Judge, supposing you picked my pocket"But that's not a supposable case.' "Well, Judge, supposing I picked your pocket"Ah, very supposable; go on." The motif of this story is repeated in the following from a current magazine: When you notify The Outlook of a change in your address, both old and new address should be given. Kindly write, if possible, two weeks before the change is to take effect. THE OUTLOOK CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SECTION Advertising rates are: Hotels and Resorts, Apartments, Camps, Tours and Travel, Real Estate, Live Stock and Poultry, fifty cents per agate line, four columns to the page. Not less than four lines accepted. In calculating space required for an advertisement, count an average of six words to the line unless display type is desired. "Want" advertisements, under the various headings, "Board and Rooms," "Help Wanted," etc., ten cents for each word or initial, including the address for each insertion. The first word of each "Want" advertisement is set in capital letters without additional charge. Other words may be set in capitals, if desired, at double rates. If answers are to be addressed in care of The Outlook, twenty-five cents is charged for the box number named in the advertisement. Replies will be forwarded by us to the advertiser and bill for postage rendered. Special headings appropriate to the department may be arranged for on application. Orders and copy for Classified Advertisements must be received with remittance ten days before the Wednesday on which it is intended the advertisement shall first appear. Address: ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, THE OUTLOOK, 381 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY Hotels and Resorts CONNECTICUT NEW MILFORD Wayside Inn Litchfield Co., Conn. The foothills of the Berkshires. A restful place for tired people. Good food and a comfortable home. 2 hours from New York. $14 a week and up. Booklet A. Mrs. J. E. CASTLE, Proprietor. MASSACHUSETTS HOTEL PURITAN Commonwealth Ave. Boston If You Are Tired or Not Feeling Well THE WELDON HOTEL It affords all the comforts of home without extravagance. Outdoor sports if desired. Good sleighing and skating is now being enjoyed. NEW YORK DIRONDACKS, The CRATER A CLUB Essex-on-Lake-Cham plain. Cottages with central club house where meals are served. References required. For circular or information address JOHN B. BURNHAM, 233 Broadway, New York. NEW YORK CITY ton Square CONNECTICUT FOR RENT HELP WANTED Business Situations POSITIONS open for experienced editors on editorial staff World Outlook. Address W. G. Parker, 150 Fifth Ave., New York City. Companions and Domestic Helpers MOTHER'S helper or nursery governess. Young or middle-aged, Protestant. Two chil dren. 5,699, Outlook. MATRONS, governesses, mothers' helpers, cafeteria managers, dietitians. Miss Richards, 537 Howard Providence. IDYLEASE INN Attractively Furnished Bungalow Jackson Hall, Trinity Court, Thursday, Newfoundland, New Jersey A quiet, restful health resort among the hills Sanford Hall, est. 1841 HOTEL JUDSON 53 Washing- Comfortable, homelike surroundings; modern methods of treatment; competent nurses. 15 acres of lawn, park, flower and vegetable gardens. Food the best. Write for booklet. Sanford Hall Flushing New York Crest View Sanatorium Greenwich, Ct. First-class in all respects, Woodlawn Sanitarium For Epileptics A high-class place combining facilities of a Newton, Conn., among the Berkshires, MASSACHUSETTS FOR RENT AT 16 11 to 1. WANTED-Experienced young woman as mother's helper and nursery governess in family where there are two little girls, ages 2 and 3 years; ALSO competent NURSE, some hospital training, preferred. Personal interview desired. Address Mrs. E. M. Bull, 45 Beverly Road, Ridgewood, N. J. Teachers and Governesses WANTED, next summer, an experi TRURO, MASS. enced teacher for three children; eldest fair for the summer months, overlooking the NEW HAMPSHIRE teen. Must be able to play tennis well. Wages $100 a month or $70 and board. Personal interview in New York required. 5,698, Outlook. TEACHERS needed now, and for positions opening September, 1918. Address THE INTERSTATE TEACHERS' AGENCY, Macheca Building, New Orleans, La. WANTED-Competent teachers for public and private schools and colleges. Send for bul LAKE SUNAPEE, N. H. letin. Albany Teachers' Agency, Albany, NY. Charming Summer Homes and Cottages, fur- TO LET An artistic, sparsely furnished NEW YORK FOR SALE AT LOW PRICE CALIFORNIA needs teachers with graduate study. Consult Boynton-Esterly Teachers' Agency, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cal. WANTED-Young woman as nursery gov erness for two little boys, aged 2% and 5% years. Education and refinement more essential than experience. Permanent position. Send references and photograph. 5,707, Outlook. AT once, young man to teach science or English or elementary branches, $1,000; for September; history or mathematics, $1,100; manual training, $900 to $1,200; French and Latin, $1,200. The Pratt Teachers Agency, 70 Fifth Ave., N. Y. SITUATIONS WANTED Business Situations COLLEGE man, experienced chauffeurmechanic, capable child's tutor, summer position. References. 5,681, Outlook. YOUNG woman desires position as secretary-stenographer. Good education, experience; excellent references. Preferably in Washington. Salary $1,260. 5,705, Outlook. POSITION, by trained, experienced woman, sanitarium with comforts and freedom of a CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. as director religious education, elementary private home. Established 1907. 8 miles from Greenacre Farm AIKEN, S. C. Can accommodate guests who wish to rest and live outdoors in the ideal winter climate of the high pine and sand country. Excellent food and care. Furnished Bungalows. Dr. Reeves' Sanitarium A Private Home for chronic, nervous, and LINDEN The Ideal Place for Sick Real Estate CANADA LIVE STOCK WANTED A Pony-Horse about 13 hands high. Must be quiet, gentle, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SCHOOL FOR SALE. Two or three women teachers of right training and experience, pooling interests for ownership of first-class, splendidly equipped school for girls, may, for $25,000 cash, secure desirable interest in and entire immediate management and possession of a school most desirably located, conservatively valued at $150,000 to $175,000. Owner, advanced in years, wishes to retire. Future income will provide means to complete ownership. Please give full information in first letter. 5,702, Outlook. CAPITAL WANTED CAPITAL TO DEVELOP CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN FRUIT RANCH. Three hundred acres on top of broad ridge. Beautiful location. Conditions right for producing the most perfect apples and pears that can be grown. Timber, live stock, and potatoes will contribute to development cost. $15,000 to $25,000 required. An opportunity to build up a fascinating and profitable business. 5,710, Outlook. LADY, French widow, desires to be companion in refined and quiet home. Willing to travel. 5,700, Outlook. GENTLEWOMAN with well-trained baby girl, 3 years, desires position as housekeeper, mother's helper, office assistant in doctor's home, private sanatorium, or housekeeper in nurses' home. Good home rather than remn neration. 5,682, Outlook. WANTED-Position as managing hostess of camp or hotel. Highest references. 5,708, Outlook. ACTIVE, refined middle-aged lady desires position, helper, congenial family adults. 5,713, Outlook. Teachers and Covernesses ART AND CRAFTS. Graduate normal and Pratt Institute, experienced city supervisor and normal teacher, wishes normal or private school position. References. Ida Benedict, Kasson, Minnesota. TEACHER wants summer position as governess, companion, or private secretary. College graduate. References. Experience. 5,696, Outlook. COLLEGE English position, college graduate, woman, traveled, cultured, experienced, who can make two authors grow in minds where one or none has grown. 5,685, Outlook. EXPERIENCED governess, musical. Little children preferred. Gives excellent physical care. 5,704, Outlook. WANTED, for the summer, by a lady, college graduate and student at the Instituto Internacional, Madrid, position as instructor in Spanish or lip-reading, Nitchie method, to an adult-deaf. 5,711, Outlook. MISCELLANEOUS WANTED-Defective persons to board. Address W., Pawling, N. Y. |