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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
BLAMES CROWNED Heads
FOR BIC EUROPEAN War

Hazleton, Pa, Dei;. S.--That the big
bosses of Europe were at the bottom
of the great war in Europe was the
statement of DR.. John Harris, president
of Bucknell University, before the
teachers of Hazletop county, who are
attending the institute here. He was
In Europe when the war began.
He declares that the people of Ger
many were opposed to hostilities, es-
pecially the women and the older sol
diers. He says the causes of the war
lay deeper than the assassination of
the Archduke of Austria.
One of the bosses, he said, was the
Gar of Russia. He alluded to the Kai-
ser of Germany as another and the En-
peror of Austria as the third. He sees
a new European aseendancy at the close
of the war and united continent. He
predicted the breaking down of racial
and linguistic barriers and forecasts
that New York will eventually be the
commercial center of the world.
That America is the dumping ground
of Europe and that it is the duty of the
United States to take the foreigner in
hand and educate him was the declara.
tion made by DR.. Nathan G. Schaeffer,
State Superintendent, of Public In.
struction, in his address to the teachers
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CAPTURE OF LODI CALLED
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT

London, Dec. S.-The success of the
Germans in occupying LODI, largely be-
cause of what preceded it, is regard
ed by military experts here .as re-
markaible achievement. Less than a
fortnight ago the army to which this
victory has fallen was surrounded by
Russians and cut its way out only at the
last moment, losing great numbers of
men and many guns. Yet it was able
within a few days to reorganize, take
the offensive and defeat the Russians
defending LODI.
This was made possible by the Won
derful network of strategic railways
on the German side of the frontier,
over which reinforcements can be sent
where they are most needed. The Rus
slams, on the other hand, vigorously
attacked both wings, were unable to
send fresh men to stiffen their centre
to meet the German wedge, and were
compelled to fall back.
There will undoubtedly be much more
fighting before the campaign in this
district is concluded. LODI was won
only after hand to hand fighting in the
suburbs of the city, and the whole Rus.
sian line, from north to south, is now
strengthened out and will contest every
foot of ground with the invaders.
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TURKS Claiming VICTORY
!. over BRITISH NEAR BATUM

= Constantinople, Dec. S.-Defeat OF
d a British landing force and an advance
to within II miles of Batum are claim,
ed in an official statement issued yes,
terday.
ga British landing force, between
the Tigris and Suvaya, which attempt
ed to take the Turkish position, was
repulsed with heavy loss" the state
ment asserts. 'Our troops captured a
machine gun and considerable ammuni-
ton.
The Tigris river flows into the
Euphrates, about 80 miles from the
Persian Gulf, but Suvaya is not men,
toned on the standard maps of Tur-
key in Asia. The British would have
access to Turkey via the Persian Gulf
from their Indian possessions.
An earlier communication SAYS:
"We have occupied Keda, an inn
portant point 2 miles east of Batum,
in Transcaucasia. BY daring coup our
troops rendered inoperable the electric
works at Batum. Three hundred Rus
slams, who were sent from Batum to
retake the bridge occupied by the
Turks, were ambushed and completely
destroyed -
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DiscoIored, ,KHnkled IT,
Skin Easily Removed

Since brown or yellow, over-red or
blotchy eomplexions are decidedly not
the fashion. l cannot understand why
SO many continue to wear them. Sure
ly every woman has heard of mercol.z-
ed wax. This i know-from my own
and others experiences-wil1 positively
Danish every unsightly tint The wax
really takes off bad complexion. 1t
gradually. harmlessly, absorbs the thin
layer of surface skin. with all its de-
fects, as chaps, liver spots, pimpies,
freckles. blackheads: Just as gradu-
ally the discarded skin is replaced by
the clear, white, youthful skin UNDER
meath. Mercolized wax, procurable at
any drug store, is applied nightly like
cold cream and erased mornings with
warm water. One ounce will produce
the loveliest girlish complexion in less
than a fortnight.
| can't understand. either. why folks
will be bothered with wrinkles since
the famous saxolite formula has be-
come. public property. One ounce of
powdered saXolite dissolved in half
pint witch hazel, makes wash lotion
that will quickly efface every line, even
the deepest.--Julia ORR in Social Mir
ror. adv
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world and their diet is principally an
enormous quantity of sugar. 1t is also
disproved that sugar induces gout. In
fact sugar is a nutritive and of itself
most wholesome.
The California Experiment Station
has made some remarkable experiments
and investigations in fruits and says
that the food value of the fruit diet is
due in large measure to the sugars
of different sorts they contain.
Dried fruits like dates, raisins and
figs contain greater amounts of sugar
than the fresh fruit, sometimes it is
over hfty per cent. Cereals and other
cooked foods sweetened with these
evaporated fruits are most wholesome.
great many statements about
glucose have been made and parents
have been prohibiting their young folks
indulging in confections supposed to be
made from it. The truth is that slu-
cose is syrup made from corn and en-
tircly harmless, when well made. This
is called Starch" sugar. It is not
so sweet as beet and cane sugar but it
has definite food value and is per-
fectly healthful. Because of its cheap
ness it enters into almost all candy
making processes and it is we'll adapted
for this purpose.
The corn syrups cannot compare with
the real sorghum or cane syrup, but this
last is difficult to secure in cities and
does not have good keeping qualities.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08

TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
Beet and Cane Sugars

What beet sugar will not do is be-
coming well known by now, for after
one has tried to make syrups with it
and failed or has boiled it until blue
sediment forms around the pan it is in,
one feels as though they knew it as-well
as they wanted to.
This sugar has as good sweetening
properties as the cane or maple and can
be used for everything but preserving
with the most satisfactory results.
The industry of growing sugar beets
is interesting; the soil where the beets
are grown Is so greatly improved by the
crop that farmers would be we'll repaid
for planting them though there was no
sale for them. 1t is in France that the
industry is carried on to the best ad.
vantage but America is now growin..
immense crops.
The price of beet sugar should be
lower than that of cane sugar because
in the former the factory and the re-
hnery are all in one, while for making
cane sugar factory is necessary to pre-
pare the raw material for the refinery,
where it is made marketable. SO far
there is no difference in the price nor
in many of the labels on sacks and bar
rels, so far as we know.
1t is not true that sugar iniures
teeth; an example that disproves this
old charge is that the negroes of the
West Indies have the finest teeth in the
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
SERVIAhS drive AUSTRIAN
WING TO KOLUBARA river

Paris, Dee. S.-A dispatch from
Nish, Servia, to the Havas Agency re-
ports that the Servians, since Decem-
ber 8, have resumed vigorous often
sive. The Servian troops ON Friday, the
dispatch says, pursued the enemy S
right wing as far as the Kolubara river
and it was there that the Austrians
abandoned four of their batteries.
London, Dec. S.-A Salonika dis
patch to the Morning POST says:
ga letter received from a member
of one of the foreign Red gross mis-
sions in Servia paints a gloomy pic
ture of conditions in Nish, the present
capital. The town is crowded with
wounded. Fresh patches are still pour
ing in and tobacco factories are being
utilized for their reception. There is
a serious shortage of dressings and
other appliances. At one hospital Wis
tied by the writer the attendants, We're
merely putting on bandages, the sup
ply of proper dressings having been
exhausted. The number of surgeons
and other workers, despite the arrival
of the foreign missions, is still too
small to deal with the enormous num-
Der of wounded.
The Servians are meeting their diff
ficulties with the greatest courage and
cheerfulness, but the situation is ex-
tremely grave, and further assistance
in the shape Of personal service, money
and stores is urgently required
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
GIVEN 45 YEARS In JAIL
j. H. Freyer Sentenced at Allentown
for Wholesale Robberies

Allentown, Pa, Dec. S.-Pleadine
guilty to thirty five indictments, j. H.
Freyer, ear inspector on the Reading
railway, 27 years old, was yesterday
afternoon sentenced by Judge Groman
to forty-fve years in the Allentown
Jail and to pay fine of $4,000.
Freyer, who is said to have been
born near Schwenkville, for time
lived in Allentown, and the scene of his
operations was in railroad stations,
postoffices, barns and homes along tine
line of the Perkiomen railroad. All his
robberies were comparatively small. He
was eventually landed by coterie of
officers from Philadelphia, with the as.
sistance of Deteetive Ziegler, of Allen
town.
Judge Groman gave him three years
each on seven charges and one year
each on twentyfour charges.
For several small postoffice robberies
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SS7 BRITISH OFFICERS DEAD:
!. 106 MET DEATH In SEVEN DAYS

London, Nov. 2S.-A list of officers
casualties for the week ended November
% shows particularly heavy losses
among British officers for these seven
days. The total is 395. which com
prises 106 killed, 23S wounded and 81
missing.
Added to the previous totals this
latest list shows that all told up to
date Great Britain has lost in the war
SS7 officers killed, 1,777 wounded, $40
missing, or a total of officers casual.
ties of 3,213 men.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Substitute for Saltueter

London, Dee. S.-A dispatch from
Berne, Switzerland, to the "Morning
Post says that while Germany admits
she cannot import Cnilian saltpeter,
she processes to have found a chemictI
substitute which answers exceflently
for her ammunition purposes, although
more expensive than natural saltpeter,
Germany has now forbidden the export
of soda
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Injured in Wrestling Match

MARIETTA, Dec. S.-Elmer link, son
OF George link, while engaged yester-
day afternoon in friendly bout and
wrestling match with one of the men
On the Druck farm, near town, was bad.
ly injured when he was thrown down
an embankment. His right shoulder
blade was broken and he is probably in
lured internally. DR.. George R. Reich
is attending him.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Won SPECS FLEET RETIRES
BEFORE SUPERIOR FORCE

Buenos Aires, Dec. 8.-Authentic in
formation has been received here that
the German fleet under Admiral Won
Spec has left for South African waters.
1t is said that the German ships fed
owing to their being outnumbered by
British and Japanese memo war, the
Japanese coming around by the Pa
eiic.
Germans in Buenos Aires assert that
the British brought great pressure to
bear on Japan who, it is said, agreed
reluctantly to send ships to these wa
ters.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Family Down With Diphtheria

Marietta, Dec. S.-The family Of
Harry Aker, of Strasburg township, is
AFFECTED with diphtheria, daughter re-
covering last week and son becoming
afflicted yesterday. To add to the mis-
fortune, the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board has found his cattle infected
with aphthous fever and the premises
are quarantined under doubled istress
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
DELAYED RUSSIAN REPORT
TELLS OF GERMAN REPULSE

Petrograd, Dec 6 delayed in Trans
mission An official communication
issued by the General Staff says:
Yesterdays fighting passed with
out change. The essential engagements
are continuing and the German attacks
have been repulsed.''
CI'he word yesterday in the foregoing
dispatch refers to Saturday, December
D, before the capture of Lodz was re-
ported from Berlin.)
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Incendiary Fire Destroys Barn

East Drumore, Dec. S.-Fire of in
cendiary origin destroyed the hand
some bank barn on the Ephraim Black
burn property, entsjling a loss of sew
eral thousand dollars. Nearly all the
live stock perished in the flames, to
gether with the farming implements, a:
help was not at hand when the fame.
were discovered shortly before daylight
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Germans Repairing Goeben

London, Dec. S.--A ''lMorning
Post" dispatch from Petrograd says:
"The German-T Turkish battle cruiser
Goeben is now undergoing re. airs at
Izmid in the sea of Marmora, workmen
having been sent from Germany for the
purpose. The Turks are confident that
the Goeben will be ready within two
weeks to take an active part in Black
Sea operations.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Death Follows Premonition

Allentown, Pa, Dec. S.-Telling his
wife he dreaded to go to work, as he
had a premonition of trouble, David
Schuler was struck an hour later by a
heavy chain at the ice dam where he
was employed and crushed to death.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
New Canadian warship Very Fast

Halifax, n. s., Dec. S.-The latest
addition to the Canadian navy, H. NJ.
>. Tuna, is making her headquarters
at the navy dock yard here. She is said
to be one of the fastest boats of the
British fleet. The Tuna was formerly
known as the Tarantula.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Old Date Inscribed on Turtle

Marietta, Dec. S.-An old turtle
bearing the date 1852 inscribed on its
shell was found by James V. Eband at
Unicorn willie out walking yesterday.
The turtle is of good size. Where the
turtle was found was ON the farm where
the uncle of the finder farmed in the
year inscribed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Date for Nobel Peace Nomination

Washington, Dec. S.-Secretary
Bryan sent to the Senate yesterday a
circular from the Nobel Committee of
the Norwegian Parliament saying that
nominations for the Nobel peace prize
to be awarded in 1915 must be form
ally presented to the committee before
February Is of that year.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
An Astronomical Theory

The moon was doing its best to flood
Indianapolis part of the earth with
light. Little Margaret and her mother
were looking at the moon.
"Oh, mamma" exclaimed Margaret
"look how bright the moon is! 1t must
be nickel plated" indianapolis
News.
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Pope Asks Yuletide Truce

Rome, Dec. S.-Pope Benedict is
urging that an understanding be ar
ranged between the warning nations
under which truce will be possible
during the Christmas holidays. 1t is
said, however, that the Pope has little
hope for the success of his efforts.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08

IN the Perkiomen Valley Freyer is
wanted by the United States authori-
ties, and Marshal McCaffrey, who was
IN court exercising the prior claim of
the government, took the prisoner to
Philadelphia on an early evening train.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Apoplexy Fatal to Aged Woman

Mountville, Dec. S.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Cohn, Sc years old, the Oldest woman
in this section, died yesterday from "a
stroke of apoplexy. Prior to this illness
she was seldom i'll. One brother, a
daughter and two sisters survive. She
was lifelong member of the United
Brethren church.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
Christmas Shin at Genoa

Genoa, Italy, Dec. S.-The United
States naval collier Jason arrived here
yesterday from Marseilles to unload
some of the presents this "Christmas
ship" brought for the children of the
Narring States.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
General Killed By Aviator

London, Dee. S.-A Berne dispatch
to the Morning POST says the Ba-
varian press reports that Major Gen
eral Won Meyer while entering motor
car was killed by an arrow shot by a
hostile aviator.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
81 Head of Cattle Killed

Drumore, Dec. .S.-Twenty-one fine
head of cattle were killed yesterday
for Joseph Marks and buried in a huge
trench. The mouth and hoof disease
has broken out in a number of places
the past few days in the county. On
the Engle farm, near Marietta, it was
discovered in some of the young cattle.
Allen Brubaker, of Mount Hope, will
lose 20 head.
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Horse Frightens at Auto

Terre Hill, Dec. 8.-While DR.. j. NJ.
Wenger was returning Sunday evening
from seeing patient on the Bowmans.
vile road, he met an automobile driven
by the Weber brothers. His horse
frightened and ran over a 1O-foot en-
bankment, throwing him out and de.
molishing the buggy. The doctor es-
capped with few bruises, but the Web
er brothers, who, through the accident,
lost control of the machine, were bad.
lY hurt when IL nnset
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-13

ters commit tee for the coming year 10 ~
follows: Andrew Wilson. James L. EWfh,
Rev. A. w. Spooner. Rev. Charles II. But.
ler Rev. ]. Milton waldron. II. Virgil
Easterling, George w. Callahan, Jesse c.
Suter. Hugh A. Thrift Mrs. Don p.
Blaine and Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton.
Officers and Trustees.
The officers and trustees for 1914 arc
as follows: President. Andrew Wilson:
president pro tempore James L. Ewin:
viz - esdents. Bishop Earl Cranston, A.
B. Browne. William Knowles Cooper.
Rev. Charles Wood. T. A. Hostetler.
Rev. ]. Henning helms, Greed w. Childs:
chaplain. Rev. 4. w Spooner: secretary,
George W. Callahan: financial secretary.
Jesse c. Suter; treasurer. Edward Tar
ring: trustees Rev. c. Z. FuitA Rev.
Harry L. Hout. Rev. J. c. ..all, Rev. H.
v. Hewlett, Rev. D. e wiseman. Rev.
L. NJ. Chambers. Rev. W. A. Hasgerty,
Rev. George A. Miller. Rev. Charles II.
Butler. Rev. Clarence 4. Vincent, Rev.
]. A. Campbell. Henry E Williams. Rev.
j. w. Frizzell. Francis NJ. Bradley. Henry
NJ Shook, Rev. Z. A. Hannah. w. W.
MILAN. Mrs. Suessa B. Blaine. Mrs.
Emma Sanford Shelton. Mrs. ]. N. Cul-
bertson Mrs. Isabel Helmick, Mrs Car
RE w. Harris. James Fraser. Edward 6.
Taft. Rev. Henry Anstadt. Owen kellaE,
Hugh A. Thrift. Fl. V. Easterling. Rev
George F. Dudley, Rev A. w. Spoonei
Rev ]. Milton Waldron. Rev. J.
Marshall Rev. W. a. Melvin. Rev. =. T..
Kicks and Rev. NJ. w. Clair
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SALOONS FOES WANT
$4,000 FOR THE WORK
Mass Meetings Will Be Held to
Further Activities in the
District.

With the purpose OF greatly extending
and organizing the work OF the Anti-Sa-
loon League Of the District, a campaign
to raise $4,000 for the use of the league
during the present year is to be started
January % and continued for two weeks.
Sunday. January IS. it is planned to hold
mass meetings in downtown theaters or
churches
The plans of the heads OF the league in
clude the engagement OF a downtown Of
nee for its work in the future. speak
ers' bureau is to be established to supply
speakers whenever needed.
The committee in charge of the ten,
thousand-dollar campaign is composed Of
Andrew Wilson. president Of the league
Mrs. Don P. Blaine. Jesse c. Suter, Over
P. Kellar and II. Virgil Eas,erling Al
bert E. Shoemaker has been reelected
attorney for the league. The headquar
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Real Estate Transfers.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s. Roth ct
,yir' Joseph P, to Roscoe c. Bruce
F1r e 81 1faare A isf; '1G 8 STREETS
soUTHEAsT-Rose Davis to Simon
Blumberg. lot ~, square 1861: $40.
ELEVENTH AND STREETS, -
Eleanora Nolte to Frank G. Nolte'
BukRv1ILE-IFSraank 7. Rawlings ct
u TX; to Mittie E Gray, lot 7. square
NO: 7oi sTH STREET NORTHEAST
WI Montgomery ct al. trus-
square 912: $2.425.
NO; 6ss L STREET NORTHEAST
Louise E: Rinck to Samuel e. Corn
well; lot 227. square s55: $40. Samuel
EIGHTEENTH sTREET AND KALo-
RAMA ROAD (the adridl-Tho ma
II. Pfckford ct ux. to Samuel E.
Gornwell, lot l. block s. WASHINGTON
B. Moran: $40.
NO; 12s5 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE
NoR.THWEsT-Jane W. B. Moran
to Thomas H. Pickford, part orig
inal lot 5, square 90; $40. Thomas
H. Pickford conveys same property
TO Clarence W. Colliere: SO.
CHILLUM CASTLE HEIGHTS-Wash-
ing Ioil 41dnO anu MOTL6d6c Company
to Cora e. Hodges, lot SO. square
NO. 142 x STREET NORTHEAST
Ralph T. Willis ct al. to George r.
Hagan, part lots % and "a. square
1877; $40.
x sTREET NORTHEAST between 9Th
and It'll streets-James ]. Cranston
to John H. Stadtler lot 40, square
s57: SO. John H. Stadtler conveys
same property to James ]. Cranston
and Margaret vierkorn.
GARFIELD-JamesS S. Fraser ct ux. to
Thomas F. Coram. lot 5. square
$40: 81.
NO. 2016 THIRTEENTH STREET
THWEST-Laborers' Building
and Loan Association to Laborers
and Mechanics Realty Company
part original lot 20, square 23S.
ALLEY between 14th and 18th. L and
NJ streets northwest-Cecelia Craven
to Joseph and William E Reynolds
part lots 10 and II, square PA; $40
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Nellie e. Cain
ct vlr. Paul F.. to Charles A. Lowe
lot so, block IS; $40.
CHEVY CHASE GROVE-Pierre Du
Bots ct ux. to Fulton r. Gordon
lot IA, square 2o14: $40.
CHEVY CHASE GRovE-Fulton r
Gordon ct ux. to Pierre Du Bois LOT
81, square 2024: $40.
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TWO OPPORTUNITIES
OF SEEING PHOTOPLkY
Second Installment of "The Adven.
lures of Kathlyn" Is Being
Exhibited Today.

Readers of The Star who have follow
ed Kathlyn Hare's adventures through
two installments of Harold MacGrath's
vivid story, THE Adventures Of Kath-
iyn," have two opportunities today OF
seeing the photoplay, 1.-THE Two Ordeals. T"
the second in the tremendous twenty-six-
reel motion picture production built
around the novelists work. The pictures
are TO be shown tonight at the new Ma
sonic Temple Auditorium, and another
set of the same pictures was presented
this afternoon at the Olympic. 1431 U
street northwest, where the pictures Will
be repeated tonight.
No booking has been arranged yet for
the presentation tomorrow of the second
part pictures. The Circle Theater, 21Os
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, will
show 1.-THE Two Ordeals'' Thursday aft
ernoon and night
First Part Shown Tomorrow.
The first part of the movie reproduc-
ton of The Adventures Of Kathlyn.' -
entitled The Unwelcome Throne" are
not running today in Washington, but
will be shown tomorrow afternoon and
night at the Orpheum Theater 4th street
and Massachusetts avenue northeast
The third installment of the great mar
rative the best work of the author who
wrote THE Man on the Box" The Car
pet of Bagdad' and half dozen other
novels. all of which have ranked with
the best sellers, will be published in next
Sundays Star. Lovers of the kind of fic-
ton that grips and holds the attention
from beginning to end should not miss a
single installment of THE Adventures of
Kathlyn."