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"Sans Camouflage"

by Lawton Mackall

The Century Magazine, September 1918, pp. 717-725

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    January 1918 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. A Source of Irritation by Stacy Aumonier, pp. 321-330
    2. The Passing of the Black Hand by Frank Marshall White, pp. 331-337
    3. The Romance of a Great Sculptor by E.M. Chadwick, pp. 338-345
    4. Blind Vision by Mary Mitchell Freedley, pp. 346-348
    5. The Minuet by Dorothy Leonard, pp. 349-353
    6. The American Labor Situation in War-time by Ordway Tead, pp. 354-359
    7. Spain and the Great War by T.H. Pardo de Tavera, pp. 360-365
    8. Chance, the Juggler by William Caine, pp. 366-375
    9. The Tired College Man by M.E. Ravage, pp. 376-384
    10. Front Line by William Rose Benet, p. 385
    11. Francis Ledwidg by Lewis Chase, pp. 386-391
    12. The Lanawn Shee by Francis Ledwidge, pp. 392-394
    13. The Mountaineers: Our Own Lost Tribes by Rollin Lynde Hartt, pp. 395-404
    14. The Issue by Harvey O'Higgins, p. 405
    15. The Happieth Time of Their Lives by Alice Duer Miller, pp. 406-424
    16. The Furloughs of Jean-Marie by Herbert Adams Gibbons, pp. 425-435
    17. Owen Carey by Harvey O'Higgins, pp. 436-456
    18. A Confession by Rose Pastor Stokes, pp. 457-458
    19. America, p. 459
    20. To a Very Young Gentleman by Christopher Morley, p. 460
    21. The Maunderings of Momus by Leonard Bacon, pp. 461-463
    22. Is Smith Right?, pp. 464-467
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    February 1918 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, pp. 465-485
    2. Soldier-making at Camp Devens by Henry Rood, pp. 486-496
    3. The Tiger of France by Herbert Adams Gibbons, pp. 497-515
    4. The Religion of Sanity by M.E. Ravage, pp. 516-522
    5. The Genesis of the White House by Fiske Kimball, pp. 523-527
    6. After Sunset by Grace Hazard Conkling, p. 528
    7. A Timber-wolf by Erle Johnston, pp. 529-539
    8. Words by Nan Apotheker, p. 540
    9. Across Siberia, Homeward Bound by Louise De Wetter, pp. 541-548
    10. On a Certain Condescension Toward Fiction by Henry Seidel Canby, pp. 549-554
    11. Free Fantasia on Japanese Themes by Amy Lowell, pp. 555-556
    12. Raemaekers, A Mainspring of Armed Force by S. Stanwood Menken, pp. 557-560
    13. Alley Ways by Helen R. Hull, pp. 561-570
    14. An Old Poet to His Love by Maxwell Bodenheim, p. 571
    15. Appreciation of Etching by Frank Weitenkampf, pp. 572-581
    16. The Happieth Time of Their Lives by Alice Duer Miller, pp. 582-600
    17. Free by Mary Carolyn Davies, p. 601
    18. The Efficident Use of Coal, pp. 602-604
    19. The Citizen Paper by Alma Estabrook Ellerbe and Paul Lee Ellerbe, pp. 605-617
    20. "Lady Writing" by A.T. Van Laer, p. 618
    21. Little Annie by Raymond S. Harris, pp. 619-621
    22. The Hall of Infamy by W.R. Burlingame, p. 622
    23. The Man Who Reads My Paper by W.R. Burlingame, p. 623
    24. Arts and the Man by Louis Untermeyer, p. 624
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    March 1918 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Jake Bolton, 551 by John Gallishaw, pp. 625-634
    2. The Italians at Bay by G. Ward Price, pp. 635-652
    3. S.O.S. by Algernon Blackwood, pp. 653-657
    4. Forest Lake by Louis Untermeyer, p. 658
    5. The Freedom of the Seas by Ellery Stowell, pp. 659-662
    6. Louis Orr, Painter-etcher by Lawrence Chamberlain, pp. 663-672
    7. He Understood Women by Walter Prichard Eaton, pp. 673-686
    8. Jugoslavia, a New European State by Milivoy S. Stanoyevich, pp. 687-692
    9. To One Who Comes Now and Then by Francis Ledwidge, p. 693
    10. Auguste Rodin by Judith Cladel, pp. 694-696
    11. Mars, Revolutionist of Industry by Harold Kellock, pp. 697-704
    12. The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, pp. 705-729
    13. The Drafted Man by Badger Clark, pp. 730-731
    14. World Justice for France by Herbert Adams Gibbons, pp. 732-746
    15. The Republic of Finland by Aino Malmberg, pp. 747-750
    16. The Happieth Time of Their Lives by Alice Duer Miller, pp. 751-763
    17. Vintage by Mary Carolyn Davies, p. 764
    18. The Deer-Hunt by Raymond S. Harris, pp. 765-770
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    April 1918 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Number Ten Downing Street by Harold Spender, pp. 771-779
    2. The Return by Stacy Aumonier, pp. 780-790
    3. The Threshing-floor by Dorothy Paul, p. 791
    4. The War-whirl in Washington by Frank Ward O'Malley, pp. 792-802
    5. The Mood of an American Ship by Nelson Collins, pp. 803-815
    6. The Man in the National Army by Henry Rood, pp. 816-826
    7. Butterfly Dust by Fanny Kemble Johnson, pp. 827-841
    8. One Weight and One Measure by Herbert Adams Gibbons, pp. 842-848
    9. Plane Tales from the Skies by Laurence La Tourette Driggs, pp. 849-857
    10. Piegan Pines by Walter Prichard Eaton, pp. 858-859
    11. A General Staff for Peace by Glenn Frank, pp. 860-864
    12. The Bell-Tower of P'an-ku by John Brangwyn, pp. 865-873
    13. Soil Hunger in Russia by Edward Alsworth Ross, pp. 874-880
    14. Edwin Booth, the Actor by David Belasco, pp. 881-883
    15. The Happieth Time of Their Lives by Alice Duer Miller, pp. 884-897
    16. Young April by Cale Young Rice, p. 898
    17. War-time Pleasures of the Table by Henry T. Finck, pp. 899-904
    18. The Canary Bird by Charles D. Stewart, pp. 905-912
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    May 1918 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Spring, 1918 by Sara Teasdale, p. 17
    2. Message from General Pershing, pp. 18-19
    3. The Patient Parisians by John N. Anderson, pp. 20-32
    4. The Black Key by Joseph Hergesheimer, pp. 33-44
    5. Had I a Golden Pound by Francis Ledwidge, p. 45
    6. The New Art of the Theater by Samuel A. Eliot, Jr., pp. 46-60
    7. "My Grief that I Married a Gipsy Man" by Ruth Comfort Mitchell, p. 61
    8. The War-Whirl in the White House by Frank Ward O'Malley, pp. 62-72
    9. Venizelos by Jules Bois, pp. 73-87
    10. War and the Physician by Frederick Peterson, pp. 88-95
    11. Scheherazade by Mary Carolyn Davies, p. 96
    12. New Ideals for Peace by Frederic C. Howe, pp. 97-104
    13. Ardessa by Willa Sibert Cather, pp. 105-115
    14. The Blurred Twig by Mary Carolyn Davies, p. 116
    15. Government by Impression by David Lawrence, pp. 117-123
    16. The Second-Rater by James Oppenheim, pp. 124-131
    17. Labor and Capital in Russia by Edward Alsworth Ross, pp. 132-140
    18. An Ancient Scottish Ballad by Wallace Irwin, pp. 141-143
    19. Afterward by Channing Pollock, pp. 144-148
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    June 1918 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. On Hearing the Carillon of Antwerp Cathedral by Perceval M. Barker, pp. 145-146
    2. The Emerald of Tamerland by H.G. Dwight and John Taylor, pp. 147-161
    3. The Religion of a Man of Letters by Gilbert Murray, pp. 162-171
    4. Prayer for Courage by Louis Untermeyer, p. 172
    5. The Renaissance of the Puppet Play by Anne Stoddard, pp. 173-186
    6. Nature Lore by John Burroughs, pp. 187-196
    7. Nettle and Foxglove by Marjory Morten, pp. 197-205
    8. Quebec and the Draft by Henry Franklyn Gadsby, pp. 206-214
    9. The Russian Revolution---An Interpretation by Rose Strunsky, pp. 215-221
    10. To Diana by Edwin Bjorkman, p. 222
    11. A Living Picture-Book for Artists by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, pp. 223-228
    12. "Oh, about Average" by Nelson Collins, pp. 229-240
    13. The Pink Crane by Kate E. Horton, pp. 241-248
    14. Russian Women and Their Outlook by Edward Alsworth Ross, pp. 249-257
    15. The Boomerang by David Gray, pp. 258-274
    16. Garden Conscription by Lewis Theiss and Mary Theiss, pp. 275-283
    17. To a Hen Crossing a Road by Oliver Herford, p. 284
    18. Iron Heroines by Burges Johnson, pp. 285-287
    19. Mexican Serenade by Arthur Guiterman, pp. 288-293
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    1. American Army Discipline by L. Frank Tooker, pp. 289-292
    2. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, pp. 293-308
    3. East Africa by Jan Christiaan Smuts, pp. 309-318
    4. Cobbler's Wax by Achmed Abdullah, pp. 319-328
    5. A Casualty List by Mary Carolyn Davies, p. 329
    6. Rumania's Soldier Queen by William T. Ellis, pp. 330-338
    7. What shall We Win with the War? by Ernest Hunter Wright, pp. 339-346
    8. The Rug Market at Merv by Edward Alsworth Ross, pp. 347-352
    9. Steam Heat by Gertrude M. Shields, pp. 353-364
    10. General Order No. 38 by Charles D. Stewart, pp. 365-366
    11. Athletics for the Army by Raymond B. Fosdick and Edward F. Allen, pp. 367-374
    12. The Germans in South America by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper, pp. 375-384
    13. Sister Eloise by Edith Ballinger Price, pp. 385-394
    14. A Ballad of Doris Ritter by Ruth Comfort Mitchell, pp. 395-397
    15. Garden Conscription by Lewis Theiss and Mary Theiss, pp. 398-403
    16. The Boomerang by David Gray, pp. 404-421
    17. Idyll by S. Foster Damon, p. 422
    18. Defeating the German Spy System in America by Henry Rood, pp. 423-430
    19. To a Sheep by Oliver Herford, p. 431
    20. Gargantua of Gotham by Arthur Guiterman, p. 432
    21. A Ballade of Ambition by Corinne Rockwell Swain, pp. 432-436
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    1. Miss Mink's Soldier by Alice Hegan Rice, pp. 433-440
    2. The A.E.F. at Play by Herbert Adams Gibbons, pp. 441-452
    3. Beneficiary by Thomas Beer, pp. 453-464
    4. Claude Debussy by Lawrence Gilman, pp. 465-474
    5. His New Mortal Coil by Arthur Johnson, pp. 475-484
    6. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, pp. 485-499
    7. Daybreak by Louis Untermeyer, pp. 500-501
    8. Skeepie's Agent by Izola Forrester and Mann Page, pp. 502-521
    9. Forecast by William Rose Benet, p. 522
    10. The Fall of the Winter Palace by Bessie Beatty, pp. 523-532
    11. The Man Who was Made in His Own Image by L. Frank Tooker, pp. 533-541
    12. The Boomerang by David Gray, pp. 542-558
    13. The War and Spiritual Honesty by P. Gavan Duffy, S.D.C., pp. 559-568
    14. In an Italian Garden by Charles Hanson Towne, p. 569
    15. An Excursion into Feminism by Adele Force Kollock, pp. 570-575
    16. "A Little, Called Pauline" by S. Foster Damon, p. 576
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    September 1918 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Secretary Baker at the Front by Ralph A. Hayes, pp. 579-590
    2. Under the Owl by Marjory Morten, pp. 591-604
    3. The Future of India by Sir John Foster Fraser, pp. 605-611
    4. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, pp. 612-633
    5. Blood and Water by Henry Seidel Canby, pp. 634-641
    6. Braveries by Irwin Edman, pp. 642-643
    7. Conrad Norman by Harvey O'Higgins, pp. 644-659
    8. Persecuted Armenia by Nishan Der Hagopian, pp. 660-667
    9. Three Sketches by James Stephens, pp. 668-677
    10. Confessions of a Grafting Wife by Helen Davenport Gibbons, pp. 678-680
    11. Training to Fly and Fight by Paul Fortier Jones, pp. 681-688
    12. Eagles of Democracy by John Hall Wheelock, p. 689
    13. A Sentimental Tramp Along Inter-State Park by Richard Le Gallienne, pp. 690-701
    14. The Boomerang by David Gray, pp. 702-716
    15. "Sans Camouflage" by Lawton Mackall, pp. 717-725
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    October 1918 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. "Nothing Is Lost" by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, pp. 721-732
    2. The High Seas by Elinor Mordaunt, pp. 733-744
    3. Secretary Baker at the Front by Ralph A. Hayes, pp. 745-763
    4. The Good Shepherd of Mechlin by John C. Reville, S.J., pp. 764-774
    5. My Last Visit to My Mother by Count Ilya Tolstoy, pp. 775-778
    6. Drawings of Old Masters by Sir Sidney Colvin, pp. 779-784
    7. Culture by Margaret Ashmun, pp. 785-795
    8. Song by Edward J. O'Brien, p. 796
    9. Our "Toy" Dreadnoughts by Herman Whitaker, pp. 797-804
    10. The Grave of Hope by Bessie Beatty, pp. 805-811
    11. After the War by S. Foster Damon, p. 812
    12. The Eternal Balance by Helen Raymond Abbott, pp. 813-824
    13. Letters of a V.A.D. by Miriam Clark Kane, pp. 825-838
    14. The Bond by Louis Untermeyer, p. 839
    15. The Boomerang by David Gray, pp. 840-858
    16. Latin America and the War by Frederick Bliss Luquiens, pp. 859-864
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    November 1918 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins, pp. 1-22
    2. And the Mayor Replied by John Lowrey Simpson, pp. 23-26
    3. The Heseltine Collection by Sir Sidney Colvin, pp. 27-36
    4. Letters of a V.A.D., II by Miriam Clark Kane, pp. 37-49
    5. The Last Stand of the Submarine: The Mediterranean by Herman Whitaker, pp. 50-63
    6. A Honeymoon by Mary Carolyn Davies, p. 64
    7. The Rebound by Helen Page, pp. 65-76
    8. Feeding the American Army by Robert Forrest Wilson, pp. 77-81
    9. Henry W. Ranger by Elliott Daingerfield, pp. 82-88
    10. The Merciful by Robert Nichols, p. 89
    11. The Little Speckled Hen by L. Frank Tooker, pp. 90-99
    12. The Making of an Army Doctor by A.F. Harlow, pp. 100-113
    13. A Song of St. Helena and the Two Emperors by Harry Kemp, pp. 114-115
    14. Raided by St. John G. Ervine, pp. 116-120
    15. A Study in Light and Shade by Cornelia Throop Geer, pp. 121-131
    16. The Rhythm of the East by Dorothy Paul, pp. 132-136
    17. Commercial Policy and the War by William S. Culbertson, pp. 137-143
    18. Rheims---1918 by Grace Hazard Conkling, pp. 144-145
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    December 1918 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. "Tuez! Tuez!" by Stacy Aumonier, pp. 145-148
    2. L'Envoi by Dorothea Lawrance Mann, p. 149
    3. Under a Wine-Glass by Ellen N. La Motte, pp. 150-154
    4. The House on the Bay by Harry Esty Dounce, pp. 155-169
    5. The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins, pp. 170-200
    6. The Roots of the War by William Stearns David, William Anderson, and Mason W. Tyler, ..., pp. 201-218
    7. The Poet of This War by Nelson Collins, pp. 219-225
    8. A War-Time Christmas by Agnes Repplier, pp. 226-229
    9. Driftwood by Sara Teasdale, p. 230
    10. Innocents Abroad by Henry Seidel Canby, pp. 231-236
    11. Bulgaria Quits by Lothrop Stoddard, pp. 237-242
    12. "Any Vinders to Mend?" by Temple Scott, pp. 243-248
    13. R. Tait McKenzie, Physician and Sculptor by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, pp. 249-257
    14. The Secret Garden by Robert Nichols, pp. 258-259
    15. Our Village by William Henry Shelton, pp. 260-271
    16. The Flute by Amy Lowell, p. 272
    17. The Heseltine Collection by Sir Sidney Colvin, pp. 273-282
    18. Acquintance by Brian Hooker, p. 283
    19. Holiday Sketches by Thomas Nast, pp. 284-286
    20. Correspondence, pp. 287-289
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