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"Lo, Michaelw

"Lo, Michaelw
BY Grace l. H. Lutz. J. B. Lippin-
colt Company. s125 net.
But 10, Michael, one OF the ohief
princes, came to help mcdaniel
ID.
From this text tho author has writ
ten book OF good intentions. True
they fail Of fulillment, but they were
evidently fclt.
Just as some genial one who has lost
all through "a defaulting bank fires
murderous revolver at the baby
daughter of the defunct banks presi-
dent, who stands alone in the suns
spotlight facing the angry mob seeth-
ing before her fathers house. Milky
the newsboy throws himself before
her and receives the bullet in his own
brave arm.
or course. the father, who is q bad
president but good man. takes Milky
under the shadow OF his wing educates
him, and generally fosters him.
In school, Milky, now Michael,
grows to godlike, beauty. indeed at
times. he wears IAN angel proud look"
The boys and even passing strangers
speak OF him as Angel" In short,
ne Is n human archangel He is also
a tenor
SO that. when he returns to the big
city. bent upon the salvation of his
native alley, he glows all radiant in
his beauty, particularly as, according
TO the book. the city barber had been
artist enough not TO cut tho glorious
hair too short, while yet giving II the
latest clean curve behind the ears and
In (sic) the neck" Naturally, the baby
daughter, now In the flower Of girl
hood. falls in love with him-she had
already casually kissed him occasion
ally-but her mother. Spoiled So
ciety woman" cannot see Michael as
a son-in-law, SO she bids him. again
In the words OF the book, "desist ut
once"
Michael desists. and steps back for
a proud and naughty rip-about-town
named Stuyvesant Carter, but, when he
( learns that Carter is frequenting
wretched, poverty stricken tenement
house, as is the we'll -known custom OF
many rich profigatcs he protests. The
baby daughter thinks a1ichael is sim
ply Jealous liar. such is her conf
dence in him, and the society mother
doesn't care. so he slides back again
even though he was witness to
love scene between Carter and the
tcnement-house girl when. with
curse. the man struck her a cruel blow
across the mouth"
/ So Michael goes back to his salvation
work until the night before the wed
/ ding On that eventful eve. Michael,
the baby daughter and the father all
rush into Carriers apartment 10 find
/ fifteen OF twenty men sickeningly in
toxicated. while Carter himself lies
drugged and asleep In a coffin.
! The baby daughter finds II Impossible
to stand FOR this, so she loves Michael
again, and everything ends happily
10, Michael" is a book Of good In
tentions. written in p style that com
bines the artistic abilities Of Charles
f. Blaney, Laura Jean Libbey and Old
Mex Carter
"Justice and the Modern Inv"
BY Everett V. Abbot. Houghton
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european Cities mt Works.


BY Frederic C Howe. Charles scrib-
ner's Sons. s1.75 net.
DR.. Howe is student of cities He
lie also an optiInist about urban life.
He stated his faith some years ago
in The Ci;y-the Hope Of Democ-
racy." and, since our municipal house
cleanings and upward tendency have
partly brought TO pass his vision Of a
beautiful city civilization. In the pres
ent volume he has gone abroad for
good news about the spacious and
charming city life rising In Germany
and England. The result is a prescn-
tation. by description. by statistics. by
analyses OF government method, and
by beautiful photographs, OF how the
European community spirit is finding
peace and happiness for its !nassed
population.
Every citizen and 7upIic man in Vir-
einia would Ice helped by reading this
book. II IS picturesque and interest
iHg II IS encouraging because II
shows what can bc done and con
structive because Il tells how things
may be done 1t sets model OF what
cities can possibly be when planned
and governed by common sense and
cooperation instead II a selfish indi-
Vidualism. II would teacn the so-called
business and better class citizens OF
Richmond what consummately iEno-
rant blind men they are.
To America, the extent and variety
OF undertakings in these modern cities
Is prcfoundly surprising They aim
al helping the people along industrial
and social lines reTarGicss of tradition
The cities own their public utilities
The build and direct transportation
TO distribute scientifically the popula-
ton and TO develop the area Suburbs
are laid out into garden residential
districts. The city IS often great
rea! estate owner Its future Is some
times planned on blucprints for thirty
years In advance. even the future NOV
ing picture shows and corner drug
stores being allowed for There are
municipal slaughter-houscs and mar
kets TO keep down the cost Of living.
Vast city farms fcrliliZcd by sewage.
serve the same end. pawnshops EN-
ployment agencies, apartment III ouses
and savings banks help the poor. Thea :
tres. operas. concerts, baths, gardens
and Fairgrounds are used TO give the
masses pleasure and culture
The secret. Of This rcsts largely in
the sensible habit of hiring municipal
experts from anywhere In the world
and keeping them the Job rs long
as they deliver the goods 7, IS case
OF scientific management Then there
is the almost sovereign power Of the
cities, free from state control. the edu-
Gated population, and the social ideals
Of all classes
Our cities could not reach those fine
results by the same methods We must
work democratically through all IN.
people; Germany seems 10 work with
comparatively small aristocracy .!
money and power. In one town.
third Of the Council is chosen by thre,
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Ing her sister. Mrs Robert Clanton. and
other friends for the past two weeks. left
Monday for her home in Dnnv!Ile.
Mr.. and Mrs Leonard Jones. OF Danv!lIe
spent Sunday here with tho formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. joiner
Frank Mills left Monday for Charleston,
W Va. where he Will visit relatives and
friends for two woeks
Row. w. ]. Byrum. OF Renewable. N. c..
was n visitor in town this week
Miss Helen Douglas Jones. of Shawsville
is visiting Misses Virginia Perrow and Miss
Leigh Arthur.
": J. Sale. of Roanoke. visited his SON.
j. r. Sale hero Sunday.
Miss Stella Garbee is entertaining tho
the following guests. Miss Julia Wilkes.
OF Richmond: Miss Florence Garbee OF
Lawyers. and Mrs. II. W. Garbec. Jr.. OF
Spencer y. c
Mrs. Saliie Cabaniss and her friend. Miss
Grace Fitzgerald. OF Chatham. left here
Tuesday for Farmvillc where they will
enter the summer normal school
Misses Ruth Slaughter. Ruth Bowman and
Matsie wilkinson. returned Saturday from
Richmond. where they attended a house
party given by Mrs. w l.. Leal.
Mrs. E. l.. Slaughter spent several days
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",Iyle. CnIthorpc, !. ID. H."

BY y Z Mills Young. John Lane
Company. Sl.25 net
Because Of his love for the sister
of the real culprit. Mylcs Calthorpe
allows himself TO be convicted Of a.
lic!t diamond buying-hcnce the l.
B.-and serves three years at hard
labor.
When he is released from prison. he
goes about his rehabilitation under an
assumed name. lie becomes respected
and popular in his new surroundings,
but is cruelty exposed to his friends
by the girl whose brother he had
saved from disgrace. True, the girl IS
ignorant Of her brothers guilt. ana
believes that Calthorpe was Justly
punished. but she knows that nc Iovcs
her and she loves him. so that her
dcnunciation OF tho convict Is not
only wildly improbable, .but is not
even attempted TO be explained by the
author.
Calthorpe sticks 10 his work. how
ever. and in due time the brother CON
fesscs his criine. Then the girl comes
hon!ns 80 her lovers breast. asking
FOR love ana forgiveness
He gladly grants both. and. after an
unpleasant matter In which Kaffir
woman 10 concerned has been settled.
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AMHERST

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Amherst. Va. July 5.--Mr. and Mrs c. I.
Scott have returned from visit to rela-
uves Keswick.
Major w. w. Brode. OF BlacksburE. this
week spent several days at tho homo OF his
brother. W. u Brodie.
Miss Ethel Wheeler. of Elma. Is the guest
OF her sister. Mrs. l.. Hunter Early.
Among the veterans from Amherst at
tending the semicentennial celebration at
gettysburg this week =. b. Rucker.
w. II. II. Winston and Mr. Ewers
Miss Margaret Burroughs. of Lynchburg,
Seay.
J; NJ Brodie. OF Lynn. Mass. this week
visited relatives here.
H. l. Page and family are at their eoun-
try home near hero for the summer
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"The Scarlet Rider"
The Century

BY Bertha Rumble The Century
Company. sl95 net.
In 1850. George the Third was King
of England. and there had been an an
noying tea party or two on this side
the water 10 vex His Majesty. but mat
ters Of history are mentioned only in
cidentally In the authors colorful ro-
nance OF that period. The difference
Of. opinion between the Lords anoint-
ed and his d!sloyal colonsts Is dwelt
upon only so far ms TO introduce high
spirited lover TO Lettice. only daugh
ter and heir 10 the Earl OF Yarra
cornbe.
Mistress Lettice. who is an arogeth-
er adorable character, hides in the
garb OF servant hunted man whom
House. under the belief that he Is the
Scarlet Rider, hiGhwayman OF the
Robin Hood type, in that he robs the
rich and loves the poo-. save that he
roVes alone.
Follows then the romance moving
rapidly. Troopers arrive and search
the house. II appears that an old man
has been murdered by the Scarlet
Rider, and Mistress Lettices heart
grows sick.
There are plots and counter plots
The Earl OF Yarracomoe himself be-
/ comes involved. eStricates himself
! with the SELF sacrificing aid OF the
masquerader. and fnaily--but read the
tale.
! The author o, The Helmet OF
/ Navarro" has again written a red
/ blooded, stirring romance. wherein the
/ love ot n man and a maid is set out
/ in a fast moving. cventful story.
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Mifiin Company; s1.0O net.

Some of the complex phases of the
administration of justice in this day
of rapidly changing conditions dis
cussed by nm able lawyer under four
headings: 1.-The Ethical Principles OF the
Law" The Law as II IL Practiced,"
The Law rs 1t Is Administered" and
THE Principle OF Sufficient Reason" In
the consideration OF which the author
reaches the optimistical conclusion that
Justice, that Is TO say, a real equality
in opportunity and a real brotherhood
in effort, Is much nearer to us as the
feasible reality OF hard and work "a
day world than any man dreams.
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various kinds OF preparations which seemed
10 only mako 1t worse. saw tho advertise
ment OF Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
sent to my druggist for three cakes OF Cuu.
cura boap and box OF Cuticura Ointment,
washed my scalp with warm water ,,ron,
with the Cuticura Soap and driod. af,or.
wards applying tho CuticurA Ointment
wording IL in tho scalp slowly with nv
fingers. After using them for several day,
my hair began to stop coming out. Tho
oandrun all disappeared and in les, than
Tour weeks euro was accomplished Der
msnently." (signed) Miss Lucy May, Nov
9. 1919.
Outicura Soap and ointmen, 10 10 much
Tor pimpies. blackheads. red. rough akin,
ltehinS aoaly scalps. dAndru1. dry. thin and
failing hAir. chapped hands and shapele..
nails that 1t IN alnost criminal not TO u,o
thom. Bold everywhere. Liberal sAmpls OF
each mailed free. With Sap. Skin Book Adj
GROSS postcard Cuticura. Dept. T. ao,ton."
ATMen who shave and sham poo with Gu.
acura Soap will nnd It best for skin and scalp.
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ALTAVISTA


Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
Atavista. va, July 5-Mr. and Mira. P.
d. Shaw left Wednesday for Columbia.
S. c.
Mira o. e Short. OF Lawrenceville, is
visiting r. T. Short.
Miss Isis Hutton. of Huttonvile w. Va.
who has been visiting Miss Florence Lane.
left this week for Ashevllle. y. c.
Mrs. r. Is. SilcoX and little sister. OF
Lynchburg. are visiting their brother. F. II
Leaner. Sixth Street
Mrs. w. Z. Jacobs and two children left
Friday for two weeks visit to relatives
and friends in Lynchburg.
Miss Dora Lewis spent from Saturday
till Monday visiting In the Hill City.
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men-the biggest taxpayers This is
not our ideal.
However, we arc shamed by the
achievements OF this other ideal. II
YOU want new hope, and a sting to
that narrow home town" pride, get
this volume and learn how much bet
ter they do things abroad.
80 PionccrS."
Ry villa Sibert Gather. Ioughton
Niniin Company. s1.2b net.
In the great plains OF Nebraska, peo-
pied only generation or two ago by
Scandinavian. bohemian and French
settlers. Miss Gather has chosen prac-
tically virgin field in American nc
ton for the scene of her novel.
The story begins Mt a time when the
second generation is In Its youth, so
that the intimate knowledge OF the
American thought gained by the au-
thor during her life IN that section OF
the Middle West finds natural express
sion IN the development OF the story
Men and women TOLL in the fields.
some OF them speak no English, but
their sons, attaining manhood. attend
American schools and finally universe
ties or the West Big. brawny, blond
Slavs, or restless volatile CZechs. they
swarm into the colleges OF their State
and become earnest students and
mighty warriors of the gridironed field
II is OF this period. some thirty
years ago, that Miss Gather writes. and
she writes so convinc!ngly, SO evident
~ from personal familiarity with the
locale. its people. and their life. that
80 Pionecrs"' Is very vivid eXposi-
ton of phase of Amerlcanism In the
making concerning which we of the
East have been almost entirely ignor-
ant.
While there arc two heroines: one
strong, self-reliant. glowing Swede,
a potential mother OF sturdy sons, the
other warm, pnlpitant, brilliant Be-
hemian. doomed TO a tragic death. and
while the happiness OF both. each in
her foreordained manner. is wrought
with skill and a keen sense of artistic
values, the leading theme of the book
lies in the love OF the land that ami
mated the pioneers,
The story may not be called absorb
ing as q romance. but e study and
representation Of hitherto little
known side OF our national life. II Is
very distinctly an achievement.
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Csc Colored PopIin and Pique,
IL 1-2c ward

Odd pieces. 81 inches wide. in
tan, cream, light blue, lavender,
gray and Copenhagen. for wo-
mems and misses skirts and
dresses. Half price in this sale.
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Tic and l9c Tan Dress Linens,
II l-2c ward

All pure linen. without dressing:
good weight. 81 inches wide for
~omen's and children's waists,
dresses and aprons and boys
shirts and suits.
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IN Lynchburs this week tho guest of her
Mr. and Mrs. W. T Jefferson, daughter
MISS Sal!te- and sons. Rorer and Thomas
OF Sparta. Wis. are guests OF Mrs. Jener-
sons sister Mrs. w G. Lane
Elmer l. Hundley. of For, Thomas KY.
is visiting his brother. VIII 81. Hundley
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the combfuls. / almost be-
camo frantic. fearful that I
would lose all OF my hair
which was my pride. There
were Some pimples on my
scalp and / scratched them
until they made sores. Ny
hair was dry and IIfeless.
l was bothered abous
four month"; and h,J ,5.d
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"1Iinimum Wage and SyndicnIism."
Company: 81 net.
This book appears to be an impartial
exposition of the two subjects indicated
in Its title.
The author believes that "syndf-
calism must be considered as n tenn
porary psychological hysterical pine
nomenon" and that at Is doomed to
extinction as q permanent force in the
evolution OF industrial and social
economies" but that before syndi
calisrn has been consigned to the fate
Of aaarchism ard nihilism II is posi-
BILE that IT will bring much suffering.
turmoil, and even bloodshed."
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ALMOST FRANTIC
WITH DANDRUFF
Tormented by Itching. Hair Came
Out by CombfuIs. Pimpes on
Scalp. Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment Made Permanent Cure.

Bisseil. Ala. ~ had a very bad case OF
dandrun on my had I was tormentod BIZ
Itching and my hair began 20 como out by
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Sc Black Wolfe, 29c yard

A thin, sheer cotton fabric, 40
inches wide, with a hemstitched
and ratine border.
Nearly two thirds cut from the
price OF these goods.
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they receive the due reward OF their
suffering.
Most OF the dialogue is high nown
and suited. and the exposure of the
punished man by the woman who loves
him is, as has been said, wildly i'm
probable. but the story ia readable
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story, in behalf OF that splendid or
ganization-the Boy Scouts OF America.


"Modern Golf"
BY Harold II. Hilton. Outing Pub
fishing Company. 20 cents.
Another OF the projected 200 volume
series of "Outing Handbooks"
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"The New Unionism."

"The New Untontsm."
Ely Andre Tridon. B. w. Hueosch.
81 net.
or very different nature from Mr..
Boylc's minimum Wage and Syndical-
ISM is Andre Tridons The New
Unionism." which he describes as "the
practice which will enable the work
crs to assume as the return for their
labor the full control Of the various
industries."
1t Is necessary to read only a page
or two of the chapter devoted to the
sympathetic discussion OF tho hideoua
ia botage to learn Mr.. Tridon's attitude
toward what he calls 1.-The ethics" of
that form OF direct action"
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"a Scout of To-Day"
BY Isabel Hornibrook. HouShton
Mifflin Company. 81 net
Not only q good, wholesome book for
boyH who love tho out of doors. but
practical argument, in the form OF a
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Lingeries. plain white voiles
and crepe voiles, in square
neck. round neck and fiat collar
styles.
Dozens OF models, some
touched with color, some with
fancy Bulgarian collars, others
hand embroidered.
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Plain voiles, white stripe
voiles and crepe voiles--some
In coat effects, plain or mate
lasse; others made with touches
OF Bulgarian embroidery or
trimmed with filet lace.
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"Cnim Yourseif."

"Cnlm Yourneif."
BY George Lincoln Walton, M. ID.
Houghton Minlin Company. 80 cents
net.
In book OF forty-hve little pages.
a neurolog!st pleasantly Celebrates his
dictum that nervousness Is often only
another name for faulty habit OF
mind" to be cured by simple psy-
chotherapy. When this set OF rules
was delivered by tho author as a lee
ture before the Harvard medical
school. It was entitled Glow to Guilt
vatc Emotional Poise In n Strenuous
Age" an excellent indication OF the
books purpoBc.
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Voiles and lingeries, in square
and high neck styles.
Some trimmed with embroid-
cry, others trimmed with Cluny
or Val. lace; quite a number
have velvet ties.
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poses. 1928, S11.OO, S12.bO,
$3.50, S22.5O and $500.
Steamer Trunks, $3.50, $1,000,
S11.OO and upwards.
"Likly" Travelling Bags, S1.05
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-27
THE DAILY SENTINEL
Keeps Men From Religious Services.

We know that will be severely taken task in some
quarters for the criticism about make but nevertheless
feel that will be committing wrong and will be guilty
of no saorilege in offering this criticism.
The many who will agree with have perfect right
their opinion We simply ask be granted the right
We do think that public religious gathering, especial
y where held church and where every effort made
churches frequently the discriminating entirely cfens
bic separating he saved from the unsaved the good
from the bad, should be called into practice.
We contend that such customs this drive from
religious secespehaps had better put keep them from
religious services.
For A meeting held in theater instead of
church Why Because is desired reach the who WILL
for another the service if held in public
hall of theater but will attend the church Then after
cosmopolitan audience has been gathered the request made that
all who Christians their feet and all who for
given for their remain seated.
This is always embarrassing proposition We contend
Especially should be pacticed meetings held primarily
for the purpose of getting in touch with nonchurchgong
This somehow makes recall the parable of the
who the temple pray the Pharisee and the
Publican, as a friend remarked o Yesterday
We do believe that either he who stands up when the
request that a who saved arise made he who
in his seat, feels good
1t always appealed that the who stands is IN
VOLUNTARILY and in UNWILLINGLY parad
ing his virtues, and the who remains seated lNNOLUN
TARII1l paradng his sins.
We hold that it custom that effectively reaches mems
hearts.
There other and effective ways of bringing mans
sins home to him and touching his heart.
We have known time and again of the fear of encouneng
such embarrassing keeping from church
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-27
PORTION OF FAMOUS PARK SOLD
ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH TAXES

Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 27.-Great perturba-
tion was aroused in the breasts of
lovers of Paris by the report that
the Count dc Franqueville has sold
the historic Chateau de "a Muettc
and its wonderful old park, ON the
Passy border OF the Bois de Boulogne
to Il speculating builder, who was
SoinS to cut down the centenarian
treesiand Build large blocks OF 1big
apartment houses. A letter from the
count, however, allayed puoiic opin-c
ion.
lie had net, and did not intend, to
sell his house, but in view of the
tremendously heavy tax on unbuilt
land in Paris, he had sold a portion
of the park, including the beautiful
avenue OF lime trees at Ranelagh
and the fine old garden at the edge
of the Bois de Doulogne The groHnd
sold totals altogether about 5000
square meters, and the price paid is
understood TO be s1,S0O.00
The chateau was originally n big
hunting lodge in the time OF Louis
NV. Philippe, Duke of Orleans,
the Regent, built house of one
story there for his daughter, the
Duchess of Berry. who rendered it
famous by her entertainments. The
second story and the sarret were ad-
ded by Louis XIV. 1t is associateY
with the residence of Madame DH.
barry and afterwards of Louis XVI
After the revolution, during which
period ii became national property,
it was sold TO NJ. Erard. who COM
pletely transformed and added to it
considerably, so that it now possess
es little historic interest On the
death of Madame Erard it passed to
her daughter, who had married the
Count de Fsfanqueville.