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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20

standard English writers. ~.
mere compilation Of library e.,ss ,.s.'.''l 7.
Arnold Bennett to H. q. wsus
OF the coming men is far no-. =. q
and as he says, may Infur,... '''N
persons in delishtfully various ,.'1 .a''','
Hugh Walpole, Oliver Onions -.
Mackenzie, Gilbert Cannan, i n ',sD''a u
ford, Frank swinnerton. r n.'' 9's''
jesse D, H. Lawrence, John rr.v.a, a.'aa I
Macdousali Hay, w. S. Mausb.s.' S = =
Dane Bank, w. B. Ntaxwer, NJ y
George, Coningsby Dawson, Mos,. 4
erts, PETIT Ridge, Jam--. stenbsSy noA
nee Newte, Barry Pain, Cosrno MS t5. hef-l
Percivnl Gibbons, Edgar walIacs \ aiteA
Hutchinson, Jeffery Farnol. Ps,si,,..s.. !.
GIL, II. c. Bailey, ]. c. snaitb SS y. NV
Marriott, John Palmer. NnaFiu
VIII
Circular No. II of the sImp,,a.a
Board, says writer in the Hos,.. psr.'tHt
script, originally printed Januar,, =. Alaa,
has In the course of seven years o.,1 IN ~
with the measured progress N ,iauqA
reaching It's seventh edition. I, s "
a list Of it's ADVISORY counoii !, ,.Vn..ini
senting an imposing array Of rsnr.1ft 1spft
tlves of the arts and sciences VIII ,h.slsa' hHapa
that our English orthographv sho,,,sest vssest
subject to the sudden arbitrar-v S..
lations OF reformers rather thar .gu'
slow changes brought about by ~. 70 mt
of time. That they are willing ~ tA
mild doses of their own medlcIn. =. sn
closed by the professional taFs ~, az
append to their names. One, for NV
is a ritter" q second is a "fvss.s.NoA
and others are successfully clss,.S
superintendent of public schools |" y.
lessor of flsics," professor of w
professor Of comparativ nloloFy." sS.gs..
department of education and psvco,n.l1s.
''mecanical engineer" "ofls msn.s.-
and professor Of retoric."
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The Woman Alone

Best sellers that deal with the real
tragedies of life In serious manner are
exceedingly rare. Mabel Herbert Urner,
however, has written such book in "The
Woman Alone" GIarper g. Bros, New
York;. The eternal triangle" is the
theme, but the treatment is novel. AL
though the author occasionally lapses
into long passages of trite sentimental
writing, the predominant tone of the book
is one Of sympathy and broad under
standing for the sufferings and trials of
the unfortunate characters she writes OF.
The climax to which the entire series OF
alternating Joys and sorrows leads is the
deliberate choice of the woman to con-
fess the falsehood that she has been
trifling with her lover through the years
In which they have been dear to one an
other This she does rather than wreck
completely the life of her dear ones wife.
Aside from the commonplaces In writ
ing referred to there is a dignity and
depth TO the book which does more even,
than the story itsalf, to give the feeling
of tragedy. There are few light places
In the 2s6 pages at which the reader may
find repose, except when the two char
acters whose lives are buffeted about find
rest. The book is strongly mindful, in
effect. of the most pessimistio passages
of Omar. Two people struggling to live
honest lives and noble loves are forced to
tho passage where there Is the choice
misery for one or misery for the
other
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Higher Individualism

THE Higher fndividualism" (Ioughton
Mlffin, Boston, Is a collection of sermons
preached in Appleton Chapel, Harvard
University, by Edward Scribner Ames, a
Chicago minister and assistant professor
of philosophy In the University of Chi
cago. 1t has a most suggestive quality
and sets forth certain fundamental ideas
characteristic of the constructive ten
dency in current religious thinking"
Among these ideas are the social nature
Of the individual, the value of social serv-
ice and the naturaluess and accessibility
of the central religious experiences.
In "Thc Mystical Quality in Religion"
DR.. Ames says: THE promise of the di-
vine companionship is to an active, for
ward-striving church. The command and
promise are, Go and, 10, I am
with you always 1t is as though Jesus
were saying to the church yet Go. teach:
build schools and colleges, 90 heal the
sick; found hospitals and laboratories and
dispcnsaries; go, love your neighbors:
found settlements and peace societies and
boards of arbitration and be a friend
to man of man; go, preach the Gospel:
publish the poetry of love, dramatze the
prodigal son and the good Samaritan and
reveal to men the cross itself as the PROOF
OF the infinite compassion that throbs at
the heart of the world, and the divine
presence shall be with you pillar of
cloud by day and pillar of fire by night"
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Love. War and a Duchess

Love and war are nicely balanced by
Percy ]. Brebner IN THE Turbulent
Duchess" little Brown q Coz, his ro-
mantle tale of Sundra and Bergolet, her
lester. who turns out quite plausibly to
be Prince Charming. It Is somewhat OF
a relief to find the war element is on an
other day, inasmuch as the scene Is
Podina, a German state; the book, there
fore, offering no opportunity for military
experts clinic -,
Technically, the story is unusually well
done. Mr.. Brebner contrives to work up
a lively interest in the mysterious abb
sentee, Prince Maurice of Savaria, with
out making It obvious that the Prince and
the eyer-present Bergolet are one and the
same. The author also is to be COM
mended in that, after af11xing the label Of
cleverness to the Jester, he does not leave
the rest to the Imagination of the reader,
but makes the character prove itself
Sandra, the Duchess, Is alluringly
drawn; a woman winsome, but firm, who
Is prepared to sacrifice her happiness to
her duty until the magic touch of fiction
makes IL unnecessary. There also is a
secondary romance for the ultra-senti-
mental, and the fighting lie of a type to
Inspire young men into enlisting, making
no mention Of the discomfort Of trenches
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Something New for
Kitchen and Nursery

These are new days, even in tho kitchen
and the nursery. and of course there are
new books to go with them.
A good many women have found sat-
isfactlon in making the rearing of chill
dren q real profession, in teaching them
a great many things that they used to
leave to kindergartens, schools and in
dulgent uncles. In line with the work of
Doctor Montessori, they are supplying
constructive materials from which their
children may develop mental and physical
skill. when Mother Lets us Make
Toys" (Moffatt, Yard, New York;, by @.
EllinEwood Rich, gives some very handy
suggestions along this line. With the
aid of knife, scissors and brass fasten-
ings, it shows any child how to make
from pasteboard boxes-the most plen-
tiful things in the house-all manner of
toys, from see-saws to street cars.
Another growing group of women,
managing small ouseholds-usually for
only their husbands and themselves
wish to reduce kitchen routine to a min
imum that will give time for other occu-
pations. The old cookbook, with recipes
built for boarding houses, and liable to
produce a regiment of buns or a noun
tain of egg souffle, Is as much a him
drance as a help. In It's place come lit
tie volumes like "The Small Family
Cook Book" CMcBride. Mast & Co., New
York;, with proportions of ingredients
based on the probable consumption of
two or three people,
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The Harhor

There is no justification for any one
being disappointed in book whieh u
advertised with Mandatory references 10
THE Jungle" Mr.. sinclair's prophyiactid
masterpiece. Ernest Poole's the har-
bor" macmillan, New York; has been 80
advertised. As result, one finishes
with distinct sense Of relief at not
being made sick. 1.-THE Harbor" Is
story of modern life. Its scene is In ana
about New York. II takes Its name
from the great harbor there, ana draws
from that It's inspiration.
The harbor, first a place OF odd en-
ohantment to the child for whom IT is
forbidden garden, becomes later a place
OF hideous menace to the artist whose
existence II threatens. 1t changes when
the artist becomes an efficiency wor-
shIper to the homo of big things" and
when this house of sand is washed away,
the harbor becomes the home or the
restless tides of humanity that labor ana
are not paid A dock strike Is the last
episode; the harbor is the home OF
tragedy. In the end the harbor speaks
only as the eternal come and go of life,
ceaseless restless and triumphant.
TO give such a resume of the book is
actually to give It's plot, because Mr.
Poole's plotting is about the thinnest
ana LIe WtdhtSl tNbil hiIplib AhiiSi
noveiists. Like Jean Chrlstophe" and
like the Garden without Wallis" this
book start with earliest recollection. I'm
like the former of these works. the prog
ress of the speaking hero is not interest
ing The accidents and incidents of his life
are banal Unfortunately the author
seems to think that they are vastly fas-
cInatlng, and the result Is woefully
treatment of practically every
detail of the action of the book. The
characterization is much better, and the
theme Of the book is quite plausibly i'm
plicated in the plot. The hero tries in the
end to be fair and pretends to be above
the cyndicallst creed. but that, too, Is
somewhat forced.
The novel of man who turned from
art to the l. w w. is here presented.
For art, one may note that on pages 21l
and 213 occurs the noble word 'enthuse."
For the l. w. w. one may note that the
of its ideal is not made
more persuasive by a patronizing attitude
toward all others.
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A Trifle Too Smart"

Sophistication spoils "Angela's Busi-
ness HIouGhton-Mlflin Company. Bos-
ton). The flowing spontaneity the sense
OF naturalness, which were the essence of
"Queed," are missing in this new novel
by Henry Sydnor Harrison. The style of
his latest book Is hammered and the in
quiry into character is made with a cyn-
cal eye. Yet 1t is searching and subtle,
and to those who do not mind too great
"knowingness" on the part OF their au-
thor. with wink OF his eye and n shrug
of his shoulders as manifestation thereof.
this narrative of the feminine unrest"
will prove agreeable reading. Two women
are concerned. one type of the self-suf-
ficing, competent girls of the period, the
other an old-fashloned homemaker, who,
however. somehow seems TO lack the in
nate dignity, the lavender sweetness of
the best women of a former generation.
How their sharply divergent ideals affect
the career of a young novelist furnishes
the material for the contour of the story,
but its character and color are afforded
by it's penetrating insight and somewhat
satirical view OF feminine unrest AS an
exposition OF this movement the novel
has worth. and 1t will be appreciated by
devoted readers of Ellen Key, Charlotte
Perkins, Stetson Gilman and Floyd Dell
Others readers will be likely to keep their
loyalty to the ever-delightful "Queed" and
the quaint ''V. VS. Eyes"
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"Be-al-by"

1t Is n grave question whether any
States can find review of II. G. Wells
new novel, "Bealby" macmillan, New
York;, that doesn't begin by quoting the
subtitle, "A Holiday" OF course. there
is really no earthly objection to stan
dardizing the work of the critics. BY
enough limitations of form, they might be
driven to marvellous refinements of style
and meaning. If they knew beforehand
that they should have to fill in a stan
dard form beginning with the remark
on "A Holiday" they might get round
to asking why on earth great novelist
should have a holiday and II he insists
on one, why he should take 1t in public
by writing below his best, instead of go
ing to a summer resort like the rest of
us.
All of which doesn't make "Bealby" un-
interesting. Indeed, II Is one of the best
reels of comedy that the movie school of
novel-writing ever produced We begin
with most engaging caption:
The cat is the offspring OF cat. and the
dog OF dog, but buffers and ladys maids
do not reproduce their kind, They have other
duties.
Which introduces us to the drafting of
Bealby. gardners boy, to take up
career below stairs" in "Shonts" He
begins the first reel with rebellion and
plunges up the stairs to butt the Lord
Chancellor in the tummy and generally
play havoc before hiding in secret pas
sages and going off to tramp the discreet
English wilds. A "cut in" gives some
amusingly satirical views of the Lord
Chancellor and a lady who resembles
shockingly Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
The second reel shows Bealby in aSso-
ciation with a picknicking vanful OF
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A Reluctant Adam

First novels" differ from first babies
in being quite as interesting to spectators
| as to creators-more so, in fact. Most
of us can't expect to supply our own
mental progeny and have to depend on
comparative strangers. Hence the in
verted autopsy that welcomes each new
authors new novel.
The present instance. "a Reluctant
Adam" CHoughton. Miffiin, Boston,, at
tracts a reviewers friendly interest for
far better reasons than because It's au-
thor is the literary editor of the Boston
Herald. "a Reluctant Adam" stands on
its own feet. Behind it's engaging title
one of the best In years-there is promise
of things to come, as well as work ac-
complished.
There are flaws to be picked, of course.
The hard abstraction OF Mr.. Williams
style-there are fewer 'the's" and "a's'
here than in any book of recent memory
is turned little from the positive vir-
tue 1t should be by the fact that this
story of a mans love is written with no
mention of all the mere physical and
play upon It. We watch woman after
woman love him and lose him In some
what the atmosphere of q drawing room
problem play, where neither poverty nor
children are permitted to complcate the
solution which the author has ready.
lnlS |Audfl pTODletn is an lnulNluGal
problem, a matter of inner psychology;
yet 1t must have it's reflections. its IL
luminatons, in the life by which he
rises TO comfort and independence Rob-
ert Herrick's novels-not to mention H.
G. Wells'-keep the reality of this work.
aday world even in the deeps of emo
tional revelation.
AL of which captousness is the PEN
atty of the new author, who writes a
hook that really stimulates thought as
well as emotion. The only just recon-
pense is the frank avowal that "a Re-
luctant Adam" is a book which repays
with understanding, sympathy and those
rare touches of emotional reaction which
figure In pain does not always COM
mand. Each episode of love calls forth
memories and acquiescenee. The play OF
them upon the unanswering temperament
and yet keenly self-consciOus mentality
of this lonely hero amid adorers is
beautiful to watch. but not so easy to
bear unanswered by tears.
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IONS AS NOVELIST, ARTIST AND MILITARY
SHELTER BUILDER

1t is supposed generally that the latest
work Of Oliver Onions the distinguished
novelist Is his new book, Mushroom
Town" But actually Mr. Onions latest
work is characterized by several amazing
features. Its length, for instance, is to
be reckoned, not in words or pages, but
In feet and inches, ana 1t is divided not
into sections and chapters, but into cubic
space of accommodation per man. 1t is
bound, not in cloth, but in tarred and
sanded felt well battened down against
the wind, and il has been set UP, not by
composItcrs, but by contractors. In n
word. as camp quartermaster of Brit
ish voluntary defense organization, his
latest task has been to construct winter
quarters for the shelter Of some hundreds
of men.
Two rows, each of three railway coaches
with bays left between the ends, have
been set up and the intervening space
rooted over. The bays and ends have
also been boarded up, thus providing a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Book Gossip

If somebody asked you who were the
ten most famous figures In English fiction
whom would the readers of the EVENING
LEDGER select7 An Eastern critic names,
OH the spur of the moment, Hamlet, Tom
Jones, Sir Roger de Coverley, Robinson
Crusoe, Tristram Shandy, Rob Roy,
David Copperhed, Becky Sharp, Richard
Feverel and Tess Durbeyfeld. Starting
with Hamlet" TON Jones" and
David Copperfeld," who are your other
severn
On March 81 John Lane brings out the
newest novel of William ]. Locke. It Is
called The Fortunate YOUTH" and the
gentleman in question is a slum raga-
muffin who, after a vision splendid"
goes forward to great things in tho Gus
tomary way Of Mr.. Loo<e's genial vaga-
bonds.
Booth Harrington, so the publishers of
THE Turmoil" tell us, writes all his
books In pencil. In the study where he
works he has arranged on the table in
front of him 30 or 40 we'll sharpened
lead pencils. AS soon as one of his i'm
plements loses its edge he throws It aside
this way until his days work is finished.
Part of the opening chapter of Kate
Douglas Wlggin's THE Story of Wait
still Baxter was used recently in the.
Portland Daily Press in connection with
the campaign to prevent the damming
of the Saco River. This river, which Is
described vlvidly in "Waitstill Baxter"
flows by Mrs Wiggin's summer home and
figures in many of her stories. "The Saco
River" Mrs. Wiggin says, twas the
dearest friend of my childhood. The mo-
ment 1 had earned money enough by my
pen 1 flew back to its side and bought
home. The river runs through all my
books as 1t has run through my life, and
the sound of 1t ls in my ears whenever
1 am away from It,"
Tom Graham, the English essayist, has
made out q list of all the really great
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20

A list Of books received for revtetU.
More extensive comment mill be made on
those 'ohoso Importance todrrdnts further
CoNTRARY MARY. BY Temple Bailey. A
love story In which man, sick at heart
%sth the world finds cure for lost f9ith faith
wiffBEY A MAN COMES TO, HIMSELF. BY
Woodrow Wilson. The distinguished author
finds himself some day. 3S pages. so cents.
CitRIsTfAN PsYCHoLoGY. BY Pref. James
years Of psychology, used in constructing
pasas. is SIS. George IL poran' New York
Josephine Burr. The dramatic story OF
dream Of world empire, $os page pages $1a5.
THE FfErps!d SNAIL IL" FNMHILY COOK BOOK. BY
Mary benson Pretlow For the beginning
housekeeper who has to cater to two or
three persons MIG 2iS PSSSs Y6rs 10 cents Mcbride
TtfE Hfs' DiARY G AfRSY Gf| GofF| ( t0rB BEAUTY. BY Molly
Elliott seawell From assistant postmistress
OF snail New Engiand village to owner sI % Of
Iipplncott Philadelphia
THE CHALK LINE. BY Anne Warwick A
yetoFS 9ge Of modsmsity m paes By rhs author oSG
Lane, New York.
SOCIAL. EVOLUTION By Benjamin Kidd.
4 new ana revised edition OF the standard
THE THEATRES OF IDEAS. BY Henry
Arthur. Jones. A. volume from the English
and three one-act plays. 173 pages ST.
THE WAYWARD CHILD. BY Hannah Kent
Youth Series by the president of the Ma
tional Congress OF Mothers. 267 pages. ST.
hobbs, Merrill. Indianapolis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20

central hail. 100 feet by 20 feet, exclusive
of the depth of the coaches themselves.
To these additional hunks have been
fitted, so that each compartment provides
sleeping accommodations for four men.
The sketch of the interior above is from
the novGlist's own hand.
In addition to the construction of these
winter quarters, Mr. Onions has also been
Jointly responsible with his superior. the
battalion quartermaster "a distinguished
London solictor), in the feeding of 81
Weekend camp, including the running Of
the corps caEteen. This has been done,
not by contract, but by free" system
of purchasing the best food wherever it
could be bought at the lowest price. Thus
the author of Mushroom Town" may be
seen eny Saturday night plowing through
the rain and mud to taste the stew, align
ing the orderly serseants, making n sig
nal to the bugler and seeing the camp
ready before departing to eat his own
supper.
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ladies'; the third, his brief ana 1isastrous
travels with tramp, Including the Bat
tie OF Crayminster; and fourth-weli. the
final catastrophe OF the Lord Chancellor,
Bealby, and a military gentleman must
be left for the audience TO enjoy.
One other fact Of this Silent drama"
remains to be mentioned. It isn't inn
portant, of course in connection with n
movie; but the hero's name is pronounced
as In the headline above.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20

7. ITIbuns -
This is a remarkable boqA
an achievement n
self. It is one of the aDlesI
novels added TO American hesiOs ~.
in many a year. Inc Its
really notable novel produced Y
the new democracy q DOCS
of the past and the present sla
the future, not only of New foIhh
and of this country, but OF ="
the world"
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7. IImes--
This FIRST book of his is by
all odds the best American novel
that has appeared in many a
long day. 1t is earnest, sincere,
broad in scope and purpose. we'll
balanced, combining intellect
and emotion, The char
acters are ably drawn, striking
ly contrasted, essentially Amer
ican. -. Accordingly inter-
ssting and very significant"
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-BostOn Transcript
at touches lightly upon love,
upon the pathos of old age, upon
the workman's passion tor DIS
work, upon the artists worship
of his art, upon an inhnlIs
variety of human ways ane
moods, and it is filled to l!s
depth with reflections upon w
that are very near to lie itssn
1t is Mr.. PhillPotts at his enA'
acteristic best"
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The story of the regeneration of a
faulty character through assoeia-
tion With dignifsd, honest work and
simple, sincere people. AIways an
artist, Mr.. PhhlPOtts has here
I1Tittsn hiS most notable eonfribu-
tion to literature. A genuine IN
tsrPTstatiOn and sympathstie un-
dsTstGnding of human nature.
Cloth, I2mo. $3.50.
. Epna.t pooI.1. NJ, Nj
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Published AZ
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= Ernest Poole's New Novel
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-06
SMOKY ROW

Fred Benton and family were Sun
day dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Witt
Otis Seeley went to Lakeview Sat
urday for a weeks visit with his
brother, Sam Seeley and family
The New Years guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Tillotson were their son
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Tillotson
of Grand Rapids, VIM Sparks, Henry
Witt and Mrs. Chattie Crozier. Mr..
and Mrs. Tillotson stayed until Mon
day for longer visit.
Miss Nettie Davis was in Smyrna
from Thursday until Sunday visiting
relatives.
DIR. and Mrs. j. r Pinkham We're
dinner guests Of Eli Wits New Years.
The Misses Tina Benton and Ethel
Witt called on Miss Myra Kilborn Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Myra Kilborn, Mrs Henry Kill
born and son Lester called on Mrs. Eli
Witt Tuesday and on Wednesday Mrs
John Kohn called on Mrs. Witt.
Miss Ethel Witt visited Miss Esther
Pinkham IN Belding Friday and Sat
urday.
Miss Eva Benton was caller at Eli
Wits Tuesday.
Miss Rena Currie OF Belding was the
Saturday night guest OF the Misses Eva
and Tina Benton.
The Sunday guests Of the Misses Eva
and Tina Benton were Miss Rena Cur
RE, Loren Chickering and Art Hall.
Miss Eva Benton returned to her
school duties in Big Rapids Monday