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Climates and Tuberculosis.

rom fl'' nI'it.to i'uil'Hi
The public health service reports mag
the number of rousu,nptlveS VINO seek
y curp in change of elite IL steadily
increasing, hut that ':tlctcd arc
showing better judgment an used tn
be the case. Time was len a man
stricken with the white plague would
wait till the last minute, and then go
to Colorado and New Mexico. with hard.
ly enough money to pay a weeks board
after arrival, looking to the climate to
work miracle Things are better now.
but even yet. Is per cent of all deaths
from tuberculosis in some health re.
sorts take place within thirty days
after the patient arrives.
Modern medical science has proved
that while climate is of great value in
treating tuberculosis. it is by no means
the sole factor. Other things being
equal. a moderately high altitude. and
dry. sunshiny weather will give the
best possible results. If a patient has
to choose between "A home and board
ing house in Colorado, however. tho
chances are strong that he had much
better stay at home. He will get bets
ter nourishment if less sunshine. ana
fresh air can be had almost anywhere.
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of nights. sitting there in indulgent
disbelief while the villagers told of the
strange and fearsome sights that Rom
ney marsh put up often in the dark of
the moon. Fire-snortinS horses trod
the marsh on noiseless hoof and be-
stride them We're men with faces of
pale moonshine glow. And then they
would drift off into stories of Clegg
the pirate, who was hung at Rye, add
ing always the runor that C!egg was
not hung. but that by a clever ruse he
missed his just deserts at the end of
the rope. In a press Of iusty hazard
and escape Mr.. Thorndyke keeps the
reader himself quite up to the edge of
his own nerve, while he develops the
true identity of the loVable and popu-
lar DR.. syn. He does this in a Nirile
and adventurous way that Will lead
YOU TO follow eagerly the fortunes OF
the hero of this old smussler story.
MICHAEL. O'HILLORtN Ey Gene
Stratton Porter. author of ''laddic.
etc illustrations by Frances Rog-
ers. New York: Doubleday. Page X
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IN INK clover is becoming common.
W One sees it on many of the va
q cant lots, along the parking Of
some of the streets and perhaps 1t APP
pears in your garden. A few years ago
this clover would have seemed a
strange plant, but because of its COM
monness now falls to excite attention
1t has spread over the United States
and now disputes certain situations
with red clover and white clover. This
clover, which is relatively new in the
United States and quite new in the
vacant spaces and the fields around
Washington, is known as alsike, or
Alsatian clover. The forets composed
of round flower heads are cream-col-
ored tinged with pink, or in numerous
instances, pink with touches of cream
color and are very fragrant and laden
with nectar There is another peculiar
thing to note in this clover. and that
is that it's leaves are not marked by
the white or grayish patches which
distinguish the leaves of the white
clover and the red clover. Another
point of difference between this and
white clover is that the leaves of the
alsike clover have simple. rounded
end, and are not notched, while the
edge of the leaf is very finely toothed
Alske clover Is a native of the tenn
perate portions of Europe and Asia,
and Is a perennial plant intermediate
in size ami appearance between white
clover and red clover. According to
the agrouomist of the apartment of
Agriculture alsiltc thrives we'll in cool
climates with abundant moisture. and
for this raason it's maximum yields are
produced III the north central states
especially in the great lakes region
The forage crop Investigators of the
bureau of plant Investigations say that
alsike grows successfully in the north
ern states bordering the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. In the irrigated valleys
of the Rocky mountains and in certain
portions of Kentucky and Tennessee.
It endures both cold and heat better
than red clover. although the yields
are greatly feduced by drought. 1t
needs plenty to drink, and rainy spell
is especially pleasing to 1t. The ex
perts say that this plant will grow on
a wider range of soils than red clover
provided abundant moisture is avail
able, and that it often thrives even on
waterlogged soils. On this account it
is adapted to growing under irrigation
The agronomist of the Agricultural
Department warns prospective growers
Of alsike clover that it will not usu-
ally succeed On dry. sandy or porous
soils. In a way it enjoys better health
than red clover. being not so sensitive
to acid soils or lack of humus, and will
make goed growth where red clover
will not succeed ON account Of Glover
sickness The lkrbage is smooth and
much more leafrNalliaIi red clover, and
it is computed tkat Co per cent of the
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village. The family is made up of the
father and his five daughters. The old
est girl, Prudence, pretty, well named
creature, sustains the dignity of the
ministers household. II is the twins.
Carol and Lark. however. who pre-
serve the tradition that the children of
clerics are for some unknown reason
endowed with an unusual share of inn
pish and freakish traits. The other
girls are of the common garden va
riety. But these wild ones succeed in
keeping the little town wide eyed and
terribly anxious over their many in
geneous inventions toward keeping the
parsonage and the church, and even
the town itself completely upset for
at least six days in the week. 1t is a
riotous. funloving story. bound to
meet the interest of almost any
healthy. normal girl.
WAR AND WOMAN. BY Henr! Clay
Hansbrough, New York. Dutiieii "
Co.
Mr.. Hansbrough here follows thor
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! collapse of his nervous system was his
real trouble. For four days and four
! nights, or since he had been brought
to the hospital, he had not slept for
! Il second. All this time, moreover, hour
| in and hour out, he had kept counting
at the very top of his voice. Elm,
! zwei. drel.' and so on up to siXtysix
/ 1t appeared that he had been wounded
. by The sixty sixth shell that fired
while he was under bonn ba rdment. All
day and night that terrible, agonizins
| counting went on.
! Drugs are useless in his case, said
| the physician in charge, to me. We
have given him as much as we dare.
| / wish you would see what you can
do with him I have some slight hyp-
motto power and my hands are very
massagin This poor fellows hands
We're over his head most of the time.
| but 1 took him by both his wrists and
! held them down. Then, very quietly,
| in 4 lulling monotone, j began repeat
ing that old nursery rhyme:
| "One. two. buckle my snoe.
| Three. -four. shut the door.
| Five. six, pick up sticks.
| Seven, eight. lay 'em strai gbt-' etc.
over and over again I repeated that
jingle. and gradually he began to
| listen. ! kept on and on, and at last,
! after an hour or two had gone by, he
stopped counting. Finally he fell
asleep. Eventually 1 got him to sleep
| regularly. But his mind was gone. His
| case was hopeless
! In this connection, Suzanne Sheldon
declared that the worst cases of all
| those she sees among the British
wounded are the "gassed' men. "Oh.
those men" said she, they are in a
| shocking condition. Their lips are
i drawn back right over their teeth so
| tightly that they can hardly eat, their
eyes. with enlarged. staring pupils,
bulge in horrible fashion. and the
insides of their mouths are quite blue
The suffering they undergo in trying
| to breathe is agonizing Many of
recover? Yes, but terribly slowly. and
they will always be subject to bron-
| chial troubles.
| Suzanne Sheldoh's boys and girls
brigade" has been in existence a couple
of months. Any one who has ever SO
little d knowledge of the London slums
| and the folk who inh;lbit them knows,
| too how sorely the children of the
mean streets need outside influences
| for good. The American woman had it
| brought home to her somewhat forci-
bly,. Her own apartment is in New
Cavendsh street. Nigh to ST. Mary's
Hospital, in Paddington, which she
often visits. there are some of the poor
est districts In the metropolis. Among
the others who live there is a woman
| who frequently "chars'' Cor, in Ameri-
| can. cleans up,'D for Suzanne Sheldon.
| One day, accompanied by this woman's
little granddaughter, Miss Sheldon, who
| loves children. went to Paddington in
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delight of many reader. and whose
temperance here is sure to be hailed
with joy. This time Penelope goes "a
travelling through Switzerland, to
Venice. up into Wales. across into
Devon and then home. And from each
of these places Penelope sends delight
full fiuttering postscripts to readers
everywhere. touching upon this or that
OF beauty along the way. this or that of
genial good fun and ready wit and
pleasant adventure. These are called
the final adventures Of Penelope" but
one cannot resist the hope that her final
appearance is like that of so many an
other famous and fascinating person
for whom we have formed a lasting
affection.
PRI DENCE OF THE PARSONAGE. BY
Ethel HueSton. Illustrations by Ar
thur William Brown. Indianapolis
The Bobbs Merrill Company.
Girls will thoroughly enjoy This book
II is a fresh and breezy story OF a
minister's family living out in an Iowa
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quest of her char She found her in
a pub" almost helplessly drunk. So
Mrs. Ainley kept the child with her
overnight, and, next morning. brought
her home by way of Hermitage street,
one of the vilest thoroughfares in the
whole district.
This was abou, 10 O'Clock in the
morning. said she. Sitting the
edge of the curb were sixteen women.
all drinking. beer Most of them had
babies in their arms. AS it VAS before
/ /. up to which time, according to the
new law, no woman may be served with
drink in a saloon, the beer was being
brought out to them by masculine
friends. As We passed one of the women
called out to me:
"'Dearie.' she said. i am having
happy life. My husband e III the
army, SO ] don't have no meat to cook
for i'm, and on account OF my five chill
dren I'm getting thirtk-one and i tan
ner separation allowance. so l can ave
all the beer | want My gaIS big
enoug h to look after 'er two little sis
ters. too. so I've only the biby to look
after, and l can keep i'm nice and quiet
with bit of sugar tied in the corner
of me 'ankerchief an soaked in bit
of gin.
This pleasant person, Miss Sheldon
discovered a bit later. was the mother
of one of her charwoman's grandchil-
tlren's little girl playmates. The family
proved an interesting one. Not count
ing the husband, a decent type of man,
now being trained as a soldier at Ply
mouth, it numbered six members. The
! eldest, a youth of eighteen, is named
Alt, and Aft is bit of a terror. With
in the last few months ALI has had
exactly sixteen different berths. and
been fired from all sixteen. He resides
under the paternal rooftree until such
time as he strikes his mother, after
which he betakes himself to his grand
mothers. and there dWells until, in the
natural course of things. he assaults
her, after which he returns to the
bosom of his own family. A lovable
chara cter, ALI!
The younger brother. Harry, now the
"Star member" of Suzanne Sheldon'S
little brigade, is to the low browed ALI
as sunshine to darkness. Suzanne Shell
He Is learning all sorts of things, and
meanwhile is holding down mes
, sengers job which she got him at
Paddington railway station. On the
morning she met him, his breakfast
had consisted of part of can of
salmon, a piece of cocoanut cake and
glass OF gin and water
Gin is pet beverage of these peo-
ple." said the actress. They always
speak of a drink of it as a drip And
on 1t they become very drunk. One
night. ] remember. while l was play
ing at the Globe Theater, 1 saw two
women. one quite evidently the worse
for drink, standing outside of public
house, near there, and called. The
Intrepid Fox.
"'Wot's the drink like in there.
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in beautiful and complete accord, to
see that the love adventure of the story
does not get out of hand at any point.
to adopt little cripple girl and estab-
lish family" of his own-these are
Il part of the achievements of Michael
OHalloran. A good fresh breeze floats
these adventures along. and when it
comes to the nature-loving part of the
matter, the writer makes it clear that
this is her own particular field, while
the action of a story is not quite so
we'll within her management. Still.
those who love Gene Porter
are bound to like her whatever she
does, and these will swell the praise
of Michael O'Halloran along with. that
of "Freckles,' "A Girl of the Limhsr-
lost and all the rest.
FENELOPE'S POSTSCRIPTS. BY Kate
Douglas Virgins, author of THE
Birds Christmas Carol etc. BoS-
ton: HoughtOn Miff1in Company.
Penelope is an old friend. whose
doings and sayings have made her the
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economy in cooking. They bon thsat ,
the water, if regulated. could he used
afterward as the basis of a soup; they
never think of saving the outer leaves
of cabbage. Nothing truer has ever
been said than that the waste IN any
English household would keep French
family.
IN their school these children are
indifferently taught Miss Sheldon
went on They take no interest IN
I what they learn there. but they simply
| love to be read TO. We meet on st
Nary'S Green every saturday after
noon. and As many other days as ] can
manage. | am teaching the girls ban
da,ius and tell the boys to 90 to
! the barracks nearby and see now
stretcher- bearing is done. Besides
reading stories to them | read from the
papers about how the big guns are
| used and how wire entanglementS are
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handfu1-would take up all of any one
woman's time, but meanwhile Suzanne
Sheldon is also playing hostess pretty
constantly and proving mighty good
friend to various young Americans who
| have crossed the Atlantic to help Brit
ain in the big job which she now has
on her hands.
| You should just hear the letters from
the mothers and the fathers Of some
of these boys that she read to me
not by any means in the spirit of the
, gratifIed Samaritan, but just in that
| of "A woman who, having known sor-
row herself. is glad to get the chance
to make somebody else's heart bit
less achy. And mighty sad and anxious
are the hearts of some of these Ameri-
can mothers, who cant understand why
their boys, too, need to endanger their
| lives In the great world conflict. Prob
ably few people, least of all in the
| United States, have any idea how many
young Americans are now wearing
Khaki and what prominent part many
! of them are taking in the fighting.
| Suzanne Sheldon knows, and she has
| been getting up every morning at ten
| minutes to 6 of late to cook real
| American breakfast" for her soldier
guests, and by pretty nearly every post
| she manages to tell one another Of
| their families whatever news there
may be to relate about their boy
news that, more often than not, the
| boy himself has quite forgotten to send.
| The American wonlans foolish dining
| room" as she calls it, where these
! breakfasts and other meals, often pre-
| pared by the hostess own hands, are
discussed, is quite a wonderful one. 1t
| is paneled in old oak. and the table,
! fashioned of the same wood. once
ito in lnnk
and dates back to 1900
| suzanne Sheldon is fair-hairedt and
sood-looking. she is an out -ann out
good sort of an essentially American
type. She knows Everybody ana has
no end of good stories to tell of many
| ce!e brities. She has had hcr own war
adventures, one may mention, ana not
uncXciting ones. In order TO convoy
an American woman friend. who spoke
neither Dutch nor German and whose
husband, a war correspondent. WAS in
Germany, Miss Sheldon Travelled with
the former far as the Dutch German
frontier. There it was at least expected
| that communications from the husband
would be found. But there was no mes
sage. In order to telephone, suzanne
| Sheldon crossed the German frontier
| and was promptly arrested. She re-
manned Il virtual prisoner for over a
month, meanwhile being 'interrogated
| two or three times a day. At the out
| set no doubt. she was in real danger.
! Later she nursed in one of the Ger
| man war hospitals. She did the same
| kind of nursing that she is now doing
at the London hospital, namely, min
| istering to the cases. of men whose
| nerves have been destroyed on the
| battlefieIds either temporarily or
/ permanently. Some of these cases are
! terrible One of those in the German
hospital was the worst she has yet
had to deal with.
| :;
! That was really awful" she said.
| The man was Prussian lieutenant
who had lost his reason result
+ e sI..li ir. lie had been wounded
: II y. ill.A hA slll:.u nel ~ die leg. but tue
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Many Won Her With Inngy
WaBe
She Wounded Soldiers the Blind Ones
the Home Made Possible MlGonanShe Was
Arrested Germany Early the War and Was Held Prisoner for More Than Month";
Her in az ussan
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made. This interests them hugely. The
boys have magazines to read and, when
they have finished with them, take
them to different hospitals. One of my
hopefuls is named George Moore. E>
has keen black eyes. not bit like the
real George Moore's watery blue ones.
But L never look at him without think
ing Of Confessions OF My Dead Youth. ."
Copyright 1915, 10y rurtis Br"wu.'
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ing contrast to her own well groomed"
look and unmistakable air of distinc-
ton.
These children. boys and girls in
about equal numbers, and aged some
where between eight and sixteen, are
representative little denizens of the
surrounding slums, than which there
are few worse In London. Did you
hearken you would discover that what
they are listening to SO greedily is
mayhap chapter from Kenneth
rahame's Golden Age or from that
classic Peter Pan"
Occasionally, however. the woman.
who, you notice, is wearing the red
cross. ceases to read and, instead, talks
earnestly to these slum kids" about
their own lives and how they can be
made sweeter-talks in which she tries
her hardest to inStil into them what
she calls sense Of "responsibility,"
or perhaps dwells on some phase of
the great war or some other everyday
topic which is likely to interest them
, The woman is Suzanne Sheldon the
American actress. Born In Rutland
VI. she has achieved too large a meas
| ure OF fame, especially in London, TO
| make 1t necessary to introduce her to
readers of her own nationality She
was educated partly in Germany and
partly in France. and speaks the Ian
9uage of couple of other countries
but she remains A loyal daughter of
! the Stars and Stripes. She began her
stage career in London as super
| under Sir Henry Irving, whose warm
| friendship she gained. and she is best
known. perhaps, by reason of her per
| Torrance. first in America and then in
| England, of the part of Hugette in
Justin Huntly McCarthy's play, IF ]
| Were King" the title OF which, by the
bye, she herself suggested. Since then
| she literally has played many parts y
| notably with Laurence Irving in Bon
\ ME Dundee and with Oscar Asche in
| "Kismet." and, in the United states
with both Ellen Terry and Lady Forbes
| Robertson. Her last appearance on our
own side of the water was In THE
Barrie's playlets.
| The delightful way in which Suzanne
Sheldon is befriending and trying to
make better little citizens of her small
| Stun proteges, many of whom are the
children of soldiers. is only one of sew
eral forms of war work" in which this
American woman is engaged. One of
the others is nursing. and AN especially
| trying form Of nursing. at the London
| hospital, which is now filled to over
flowing with wounded soldiers and
also at two maternity hospitals. She
pays regular visits, too, to ST. Dun
| STAINS House, the wonderful institution
| for the British fighting men who have
been blinded for life on the battlefield
II was founded by c. Arthur Pearson,
who formerly was one of the lives,
wires in the whole London publishing
! world, but who is now blind himself
The mansion in which in is housed was
/ given to Pearson by OTTO Kahn. the
| American millionaire.
One would think that tn" activities
F, ALREADY 'Gcutiored--and We" Iittl.
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