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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23

DIR. w. H. Dodge, who has been
pastor of the ocala Presbyterian
church for the last nine years, and
has accepted call to the East Jack
sonville church, will preach his fare
well sermon next Sunday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23

Monday was the shortest day in
the year, but every day seems the
shortest to man who works on an
afternoon paper.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23

Feel like trying Scotch highba
(any other kind il you do not lil
the Scotch) then try one at JOHNNY
Place. 22.t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23

Mayor Matheson has called atten-
ton to the fact that the toy pistols
which are being sold in Gainesville
bv some of the merchants at least
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23

until he had signed pledges from
nearly hundred members THAT the7
would be on hand.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS

New York, Dec. 23.-Alfred Henry
Lewis. the noted writer and novelist,
died today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-12-23
ELKS HAD AN
ENJOYABLE EVENING

CONTINUED from First Page)
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CLAY and
RAIN BOWS
BY DION CLAYTON CAL THRoP

A story that uiH bring
sm,ic--a real romance. A
whimsical young Londoner
falls In love with a fiirt, and
tries to make her take 1t
seriously. Their adventures
in love build him 10 man
hood. ef25 net.
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HOME. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.

Two little books of unusual merit and
individuality will be found in the latest
issues of the valuable Home University
Library" civilians and Norga,e Henry
Holt and Company, books In which the
author has tried to present in his own
way subject with which he is thor
oughly conversant. Prof Raphael Mel
dola'S treatment of Chemistry" Is a
model that should be followed in the
exposition of science TO the unframed
mind. He begins with the philosophy of
his science showing what chemistry IL
and what Is its relation to other SCI
enceS, he explains the several lines OF
vestigation. and not till then does ne
give the few exact technical facts that
are essential. All readers will be able
TO learn from this little book what
chemistry means and what chemists are
doing. The same philosophical view is
taken of THE Renaissance" by Edith
Sichel. who regards tho period chiefly
from the literary point OF view. to be
sure but calls in the achievements In
thought and art and action. too, to
make II Ineligible. She makes no eff
fort to stick TO chronology nor to emu
merate facts, but marks out the main
lines in which that wonderful and gem
eral outburst OF the human mind made
itself manifest with some OF the causes
and some OF the results.
The other three volumes tthey are
numbered ss to eo) follow more conven-
tlonal models. j. NJ. Robertson gives a
readable summary OF 'Eiizabethan Lit
erature" and DR. r. II. Charles covers
an interesting and much neglected space
In the history OF religion with "Relig-
ious Development Between the Old and
the New Tes;aments." The lively vol
ume on THE Exploration Of the Alps
by Arnold Lunn seems 70 be n conces-
sion 10 readers who are fond OF ~ ort /:
II is the story of tho exploits OF the
mountain climbers.
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SOME NEW FICTION.

Allowing even for the precocity that
tenement house life develops the ages
of the chief persons in Parker Fillmore's
The Rosie World Henry Holt and
Company are set trife too low. That
is done TO bring out the child side of the
little heroine, a brave Irish newsgirl
with most cheerful views of the life
around her. Her father is motorman
and the boarder in the family car
conductor of 10 who has held his Job
for three years, rather young for New
York. The incidents are natural and
humorous; the romantic part the reader
will forgive. He will like little Rosie.
the members OF her family her friend
with the inebriate father and especially
the crippled philosopher to whom the
child turns for advice.
Wearied by society life, a young mar
ried woman OF New York tramps out
into the country and takes possession
of a deserted farmhouse In Mary Brecht
Pulver's THE Spring Lady" (The Bobbs-
Merrill Company. Indianapolis). Pre-
posterous as her conduct seems. II Is
accounted for by the rather frank ex-
PLANTATION furnished later. In spite OF
the discomforts at the beginning. much
greater than they need be, owing to her
inexperience, she naturally takes to the
simple life. She secures competent help
providentially, for she is unable to look
after herself. Being an object of mys-
terry to the village she IL subjected "a
IT,. attentions OF some of the men and
to the criticisms OF the women. After
the country has worked on her she finds
that she cares for her husband. Inter
woven with her development are vii
lage tragedy and the setting straight OF
love affair. Some portions of the
story are very pretty.
A curiously mechanical method Is en-
ployed by Ronald Macdonald in telling
the story of Gamblers Advocate
John Lane Company. As each char
acter appears he Is described and his
whole past history is given. When they
meet their motives and thoughts are
explained carefully. The author seems
to he demonstrating a mathematical
problem which he wishes the reader
10 understand clearly. The story Is not
particularly edifying; Il includes one
murder and narrow escape from an
other. The hero's conduct in spite OF
the explanation is hardly laudable, but
II is difficult to think OF morals wher
the people are so evidently merely chess
men; there Is nothing human about
them or their actions.
In tragic short story. THE Hands OF
Esau" GHarper's), Margaret Delanc
makes young girl suffer for an In
herited faint in the man she loves, the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-19
GOLDSMITH'S VICAR.

First OF the holiday books OF British
manufacture TO arrive IN a season when
they will be very scarce Is a quarto edi-
ton OF Oliver Goldsniths THE Vicar
of Wakefield" illustrated by Edmund
]. Sullivan Henry Holt and Company.
The typography Is very beautiful. the
large type standing out unusually black
and clear. The characterization. how
ever, IN such editions is what chiefly
calls for comment. The head pieces to
the chapters particularly the land
scapes. are charming: the sixteen col
ored plates are pretty, the coloring
being all that could be asked for and
the AZ full page drawings are interest
ing. Mr.. Sullivan. however, has not en-
tered into the spirit of the book; the fig
ures and faces show no character and
the episodes chosen for illustration seem
taken at random. He has drawn lot
OF respectable pictures OF people In
eighteenth century costume that con-
vey little idea OF Goldsmith's lovable
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-19
THAT 50 BAD NEW YORK.

The amiable and ingenious country
people who are attracted to New York
by their belief in its wickedness will be
stated with that commodity and con-
nrmed 10 their faith by Rex Beach's
cheerful description OF life In the great
city In The Auction Block" Uiarpers).
We are introduced at the start to a
typical American family such as may
lie found IN country towns. the father
q d.sreputa ie and discredited politician.
the mother an avaricious beldame. de-
termla"d ~ sell her daughter, and the
son vicious criminal. The daughter
after assoriaung with them all her l'fe
- naturally not only beautiful but In
un"ent aud upright They succeed in
placing Aor as Il show girl In Broad
Way production, where after couple
NJ years LIVING the life of her COM
panions, she retains all her virtues,
While the family schemes to have her
marry rich man.
now comes the authors opportunity
N expose the habits of the very rich.
The heroine ~ hired to attend ban
qu't Of elderly capitalists. with others
"l Der class, this Is "A scene of wasteful
Sp" dor on which the author eXpends
great pains. one attraction IL "A per-
iorWuVoe by the wickedest woman IN
Europe, who In private life Is a simple,
YTtn"us American showgirl also. The
heroine attracts the fancy OF the
d-I'k"A spcnjthrift son of one OF the
rai ai.sts, bur repels him on account
Of his chronic state of intoXication
Later she takes midnight automobile
T'do with a dyspeptic financier, which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-19

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY
FAMOUS PEOPLE BOUGHT FOR CASH p, y.
MADIGAE. SOL FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK.
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Books Received.

THE American Natural History" vols
william T. Hornaday, Sc. d. tcharles Serb
"F-eemont and 'ie" Frederick 2. Deli.n-
bauRh, 90, + Putnam's Sons.)
Peru A Land Of Contrasts" Millicent
Todd Little, Brown and Company
sPer," z. e. Vivian. tAppletons.)
North Brazil" r. g. Buley Apple
"The Life and Trials OF Cleopatra, Queen
Of Egypt." Arthur Y. p. Bronze weigall
90. p. Putnam's sons
what Can I Know" George Trumbull
Ladd. LII. u. 1ongmans. Green and Com
* History OF England and Greater
Britain" Arthur Lyon Cross. Mac
''The Life Of Louise de la valliere." Claude
Fcrval. translated BY sidney Dark
(Brentano's)
(Charles scribners Sons.)
Love Insurance" Earl Derr BEgera
tT'he Bohbs-Merrill company indianapolisl
steclo George II. Doran Company
(Houghton Mifnin Company
Tess Harcourt" Rosanond Napier
George II. Dorsn Company
Just Around the Corner" Fannie Hurst
THE Copy-cat" Mary y. wilkins Free
man tHsrpers.)
ION the Staircase" Frank Swinnerton
George II Doran Company
MAID Neliccnt." Beulah Marie Dix.
(Hearsts International Library
The Dread Of Responsibility" Emile
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-19
BOOKS OF THE WEEK SEEN IN REVIEW AND COMMENT


selfish insincerity that makes him keep
TO himself matters that arc not favor
able TO him. His inability to understand
her point of view adds to tho wrong.
The story Is written with all of Mrs.
Deland's skill and the reader will SYM
pathize with the two men who look on.
A more cheerful and healthy view Of
heredity Is held by Edna rerber In
Personality Plus" (Fredcrick Stokes
Company. Ave scenes in which her
business woman heroine, Mrs. McChes-
ney, plays the principal part. They
have TO do with the beginning Of tho
business career Of her son and demon
strate how his mothers caro- has
eliminated tho yellow streak In his
character that came from his father.
The authors extraordinary business men
appear In these tales also. and her
heroine Is as energetic and full OF slang
az ever.
Wives will insist on their husbands
reading Jennette Lees short romance
OF clothes. "The Woman in the Alcove"
tCharles Scribner's Sons). A husband
who has skimped and neglected his
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BOOKS-Ali out OF print books supplied, no
m ltteT on what sub ect write mo snunY hooks
" 'ntod; ! can get you any book ever published,
" zen In England call and inspect my stock OF
SHOP John Bright ST.. Birmingham, England
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creations. The book is handsome. all
the same. and recipients OF gifts are not
likely to be too critical.
A dozen pretty colored pictures by
Robert Hope. mostly landscapes, but
among them a portrait OF Stevenson,
seem to he the cause for the publication
in a single volume OF I.auchlan Maclean
Watts appreciative biographical essay,
"The Hills OF Home" and Robert Louis
Stevenson's four Pentland articles. "a
Pastoral" IAN Old Scotch Gardener"
"The Manse" and The Pentland Ris-
ing" The matter In the volume har-
monies. a very pleasing side OF Steven
son appears in his Scottish memories
and the Typography Is artistic, so that
admirers OF Stevenson will be glad to
add the book to their libraries, while
those who have not read the essays
already have a treat before them.
A helpful little manual for home gar
deners has been prepared by Maurice
Fluid In Growing Bulbs" Ctnight and
Struck Company. New York;. He be-
gins by describing the way In which
bulbs may be cultivated indoors. whether
In soil or in fibre or in water and peb-
bles or In air alone describing the varie-
ties adapted to each method OF culture.
Next he deals with the planting out OF
doors OF bulbs which flower In the
spring, leaving out those that are
planted then to bloom In summer. AZ
the end Is descriptive list OF bulbs
The information Is clear and practical.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-19
WELL KNOWN
NOVELISTS SEEN IN
THE WEEKS FICTION
Conmgsby Dawsons Smilc Concerning Marriage
Rex Beach on the Wickedness of New York.
An Irish Tenement Rosie Mrs. Delands Tragic
Story A Cheerful Story by Edna Ferber.
Five New Volumes in the Home University Library
Holiday Edition of The Vicar"

go. - -, 80.
FI' .N '.- i'' vi me i'ait 'henry
iio'' 1ul Company tonlngsby Dawson
constructs a Hmuc: We're two girls
.l..,. ., raft and We cant swim
,...... 4,. i,,I ~ ,,orr,,ro ,,,,,,
wv
a' ''
the husbands, we've no means OF get
tn- to &c. l'uicss some OF tho men
SOC u. aud put or In boats to our
-....., ,,,.u hn caught IN thn curren,
an, .,..,, ,,,, into ~,
- .,,..I...',r In. ,ba,,ra 600
.'.. rs" Tbts a. uttorod
,,,.-5 ,.,,,,. Woman who e. -,
....r,.,,.+c ,.i,ss krovr In o,r
....,,......, ,,,yrs as college widows
t,'. ..,,,.,, r,.. al, i,,rross.d vr Dawson
,t., la r,.irs ~ II thr,upbout tho
..,I...,,. a. , .,rt ~ wagnerian ,beme
a,d ,,,,+. 90 In his title. no seems tn
Nou.,, th,t d .xnresses the attitude
- r.,,,,r 10, general toward man Tho
,so,r,. 90 j..,strotIs To the Young woman
,.b,. .,,rs.,fc. II. for her haste turns
ou.,v tho man she wishes for and drives
ror INTO marrying twice without refiec.
lion II is unfortunate too in Mr.. Daw-
III
..ps from the oath on the most unlikely
elderly splnsters The impatient young
woman with her selhshness and her
NOR. fortunate friend who marries
sapp.ly are all thrown into the back
ground. however. when the author takes
M Peter.
Ev this time readers of fiction know
what On expect from the name: our own
earliest experience Of il IL from Mr.
Hopkinson Smith. Peter II noble, gem
,,c dreamy. unworldly and in most
cases mus, suffer deep sorrow Mr.
Dawson takes him In the cradle and
shows MS all his inner thoughts till he
IS ready 90 20 10 school. He is an i'm
aFina..y,. child with a marked wcakne as
for human derclicts; his affection for
bis little sister il almost morbid: he
sees tho good in things that the world
Judges harshlv. he becomes very young
Ink IN a chain OF persons. each loving
IN. who loves somebody else. az in
Holne's song. An inordinate proportion
- tho story IS devoted TO the doings Of
children as seen by the fond ewes Of
older persons. all pretty enough but
rather satiat!ng In the quantity Mr.
Dawson serves. particularly as he Is by
no means The only writer who forces
childhood upon us. When Peter grows
old enough 20 enter oxford he loses
some " h.. attractiveness. for the child
l.lr,.s gl.nrs 20 him and is not made
ip for bv Mr.. Dawson's descriptions Of
,S. It.,f.,. regotta NJ tho tornids and
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Fsguet. translated by Emily James Putnam.
90. y. Putnam's Sons)
Della Blanchnower." Mrs. Humphry
psny, New York;
"A Lady Of Leisure" Ethel sidrwick.
tsmall. Maynard and Company. Bos,onJ
How i Happened" Kate Langley
The Scarlet wogan" Claude NJ
oirardeau, Henry Holt and Company
The Torch OF Life" Rachel syete Mao.
nAmars, GO. l.. Putnam's Sons)
TO MY Beloved" George II. poran
Her Wings" Frances Newton symm,s
Alien, thoushton Mltiln Company
"The swindler' Ethel VI. DELL "a. r.
Lady Cassandra." Mrs George dc Horn,
valley 90. 7. Putnam's Sons
Nancy the J Joyous" Edit s'H sinS I'm.
heiIry ana britton Company. Chicago.)
The New MIR. Howerson." Opie Read
'The Reilly and Britton Company
Afterwards" Emma s. Allen. edward
j. Clode. New York;
The House Of Love" Elizabeth Chencv
'Inr Abingdon Press, New York;
The Clean Heart" A. n NJ Uu,ch,,.o,
'tisi,e. Brown and Company
"Lismoyle." u. NJ. Croker. tBren,sno..
The Wonder Worker" Vincent Brovn
chapman and Hail; Brentano'sD
The Breath OF the Karr,o." L. II
btinkman. tHerbsrt jenkins Brentano'.
The Woman Alone" Mabel Herber,
C Crner tHearsts International Library
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gives the opportunity for an account
OF automobile roads and resorts on Long
Island. This draws her into a theatrical
pIackmailng plot concocted by her
brother and his criminal associates. one
incident In which is a murder. Her
brother also DULLES her into New
jersey marriage with her drunken
adorer when he Ia hardly conscious OF
what he IL doing. Thereupon she starts
IN to make him reform, but he keeps
falling from grace.
he is cut OFT without cent by his
stern parent, but manages to get money
IN absurd and not very honest WAYS.
He takes his wife to week end party
IN country house, where she meets
the younger smart set. Their coarse
ness and immortality disgusts her. as
It will the reader for the author uses
the frankness OF expression customary
among upllft writer's. and she fees
from the house. She forgives her hus-
band however. for baby is coming,
whose arrival completely reforms him
and reconciles his parents.
There are gangsters and gamblers;
there Is the corrupt police, OF course, and
there are the influential political ms
whose word is law in the underworld.
Every one will recognize New York:
moreover, to increase the sense II
reality the author has dshed together
the sensational theories regarding a
number Of crimes that have busted the
newspapers in late years and has
altered only slightly the names of many
well known establishments that he drags
into the story. Not so many years ago
milder literature of this type was rele-
gated to the kitchen. II does Mr.. Beach
no credit; New York will survive his
abuse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-25
ARBITRATES R. R. AWARD
Board Sitting Again to Inter
pref Disputed Provisions.

The arbitration board which made it's
award in the case OF the demands OF the
trainmen and conductors OF the Eastern
railroads in November began yesterday
its final hearing at the Manhattan Hotel
on complaints that number OF the rail-
roads misinterpreted certain provisions IN
the award.
The hearings Yesterday were called By
Seth Low. as chairman, who. with j. J.
Finley, represents the pubic. and are be-
ing held in executive session. \. H.
Smith and w W. Atterbury represent the
railroads and Lucius T. Sheppard and
Daniel l.. Cease represent the trainmen.
The board expecrs 10 make its decision
some time this week. and both the rail-
roads and the tranmen have agreed to
abide by its Interpretation OF the disputed
provisions. w. q. Lee, OF the trainmen,
and A. b. Garretson. OF the conductors,
arrived yesterday They will accept the
decision on behalf OF the men. Elisha
Lee. chairman Of the conference commit
tee Of the railroads. Is also in town, and
will accept the decision on hehalf OF the
roads
The conditions and wages under the
award are TO continue for year after
the time the award went into effect, and
will hold further unless thirty DAYS
notice is given by either side OF a desire
10 change than.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-25
AMATEURS PRIZE WINNERS
Private Growers Successful in
international Flower Show.

The private growers won most or the
prizes yesterday in the carna ton cOmpe-
ttlon at the International Flower Show,
in the Grand Central Palace.
The special prize was taken by Mrs
y. Willis James. Of Madison, for the
best collection of not less than twenty
five bulbs in bloom. Four first prizes We're
won by Mrs. \. NJ. Booth, Of Great Neck
Long Island. with tulips. hyacinths and
specimens Of the narcissus.
A splendid white specimen Match
less" shown by the Cottage Gardens
Company. of Queens. Long Island, took
the silver medal offered by the American
Carnation Society for the best new Varl-
ETY. Other private growers who were
awarded prizes were George Mason. OF
Tuxedo Park; Winthrop Sargent, OF
Peekskin: Daniel q. Reid. OF Irvington.
Miss G. A Bliss. of New Canaan, Conn;
John Wanamaker. Of Wyncote, Penn,
and II. NJ. Tilford. OF Tuxedo Park.
The cut carnations represented an in
vestment of 100000 in gardens and
greenhouses. The exhibitors were drawn
from Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Con-
recticut. Pennsylvania. New Jersey and
New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-25
PAPA. Sinking DUTY, GIVES
BRONX KIDNAPPING QUIVERS
Left in Charge of Baby, He Transfers Responsibility to
Eldest Son, Who Deserts Post at
Call of the Gang

Small boys little girls. iratc citizens
and anxious parents Joined Mrs Mary
Margolos, Of No. 5G7 Southern Boulevard,
in a foot by foot search OF st. Mary
Park from s o'clock until $50 last night
while The Bronx labored under the ex-
element Of kidnapping scare.
Policemen on fixed posts were asked 10
leave them, pedestrians were halted on
the street and storekeepers were called
from their counters TO disappoint wor-
ried persons who wanted 10 know n they
had seen nine-months' old Benjamin Mar
golos.
The search proceeded with vigor and
growing excitement until somebody. after
alIeways. tenement porches, roofs and
rivers had been examined. thought it
would be good idea TO call up the Alex
arder avenue police station.
Mrs. MargOlos did not trust the tele-
phone She ran as fast as she could TO
the station and there she found Benja-
min deeply immersed in the wonders OF
policemen's shields. brass buttons, call
box keys. whistles and patrolmen. Ben
jarin didn't seem TO mind his absence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-25
A Kipling Story-American
Art-England's Internal
Problems.
COL. ROOSEVELT IN
BRAZILIAN WILDS
Hon. David Jayne Hills Primer of
Diplomacy-When Deeds Do Not
Speak Louder than Words.

The leading features Of the April issue
Of THE Century" are Rudyard Kipling'
short story, THE Dog Harvey;
posthumous poem by Browning. Ger
ousios Ounos": an appeal 10 President
Wilson on behalf of American literature,
BY Edwin Bjorkman: an article on
"Shavian Religion" by the Rev. p. Gavan
Duffy, and a symposium on This
Transitional Age in Art in America
which the art editor OF The Tribune Will
discuss at an early date in his own de-
partment. Suffice it to say for the
moment that both the 3cademicans and
the moderns are represented in the DIS
cussion, and that the reproductions OF
paintings accompanying it are excellent.
Kiping's story, as we were told in adj
vance OF its publication, has touch or
the extra-natural rather than OF the
mystic. il is also somewhat neDulous.
Browning's poem is a satire on the Eng
lish poets OF lesser breed. who succeeded
the giants of his own day-a satire that iits
well the period between the Victorian age
of singers and this day Of reborn promise.
Mr.. Bjorkman, in his open letter TO Presi-
dent Wilson, pleads for some method, not
defined. OF giving timely help to our lit
erary beginners OF parts-after the man.
ner. he suggests Of the subsidies given by
Norway to struggling young writer's, or
the British way OF helping them with
minor posts in the civil service. And he
would have some official system of
recognizing and rewarding those who
have arrived. The Rev r. Gavan Duffy
sees in Shaw a constructive religious
force, seeking to show US "how TO achieve
spirituality by placing before US the way
not to achieve. which is consciously or
unconscously TIE path many of US take
In other words, the iconoclast of religious
shams The article is written with feryent
seriousness. No doubt Shaw himself Will
be heard from. In The English and
Their England" James Davenport Whelp-
ley presents, in admirably condensed
form. the problems and difficulties that
confront the kingdom az the present hour.
An exceptionally timely article. There are
stories and verses In different moods, and
Professor Brander Matthews writes of the
predecessors of the movies. the shadow
plays (oDiJres chiH0iscs) of our parents
and grandparents.