Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-26
WHEN M'KENLEY
INTERVIEWED DEWEY
Facsimile Notes Made by the
President Appear in New
Book

AN interesting feature or CharleS >. Ol-
colts Life of william Mckinley" is the
facsimile of McIilnley's memorandum OF
his conversation with Admiral Dewey re-
garding the Philippines. The questions
were written in advance, and Deweys re-
plies noted. The following is a transcript
ton of the memorandum:
Talk with pewsy octoser g. fsS9 .. 's" ''''o"'
No. and Will not be FOR many years.
The GniteS Stats mus; sGntrol and supervise
what does As. AEuinaldo) represert7
He has no more than 1000 followers of all
kinds out OF eight or ten millions in popula-
What tOs IS Sn4 onq dsRsinent' SntHg
Keep TIE Islands permanently.
Hoy, many troops needed?
Hay. we ships enoush7
rokyn 10 send sen s sSms @ that
ssSculd we give up the Islands?
liie stories of church desecratIon and lnhu-
Although Meredith Nicholson is best
known as writer of best Sellers" espe-
cially his latest novel. THE Proof of the
Pudding" his literary accomplishments are
not limited always to published works
Perhaps II his sons were asked what they
regard as their fathers masterpiece. they
would submit the following note which
Mr. Nicholson recently sent to the boys
teacher:
par sir-It is with deep regret that I am
L,onei. we're taken seriously Tit III today. just
sot,o S5t,G iunShton; S We hnrrlsdy summoned the
bounced their mSladS wei;marEed and Clearly. PiS
se IN the Sohsashp %hsp o oS ed
every sprins from this painful disease. It Is Is
IN end is IsG6
rNl anont tne time the green comes back in the
pRyscan H presSTSgd SGS the usual Esedy
IN such cases-an afternoon under large tent.
noecroses hppopotEmi and the common or gar
] am glad to say that tNis tr-atnort proud
enlcacious and that both boys are now in prime
~, ,.!sse circumstances beg that you Will
excuse their unayoida6le and resrettable absence
MgREpITH NICHOLSON.
p. S.-The boys had bully good time.
The Page Company's June list of new
publications includes n work OF travel and
description-"Texas. the Marvellous" the
State of the six flags, whose border line
is the scene of conflict" in our present
war with Mexico. The volume will be con-
tributed to the 'See America First" series
by Nevin o. Winter, author of Mexico
and Her People of Today" etc Because of
his intimate knowledge of Mexico and Mexi-
cans, Mr. Winter is able to trace the dis
semblances of character in the two races
that settled in Texas. the cause that led
to their inability to coalesce and the reason
for the supremacy of the Americans.
An unusually varied assortment of books
are published this week by Doubleday,
Page Co. These books are wild Animal
Ways" Ernest Thompson Seton's first book
since wild Animals at Home" was pub
lished more than 10 years ago Tennis for
Women" by Molla Bjurstedt. the new
woman champion. which aims to be both
NNrnI -.
the authors spectacular career in many
countries; the Work and Play Books" a
series of IL volumes sold separately,
planned and written TO meet the widespread
demand for vocational training in home and
school; Scouting With Kit Carson" by
Everett T. TOmlinson. the second of Mr.
Tomlinsons stories for American boys OF
the great scouts who opened up the West
and THE Mothers" by George Hirschfeld
volume Is in the Drama League Series of
Plays" concerning which Prof. Ludwig
Lewisohn says in the Introduction of his
translation, g The Mothers is one of the
memorable dramas of our time
Some time ago II was announced that the
publication OF the second volume of Maxim
Gorky's autobiography would be indefinitely
postponed. owing TO the fact that the Eng
llsh translation and printed sheets of the
book were lnterned in Berlin for the dura-
tion OF the war. But the Century Com
pany. which published the first volume,
My Childhood" has just received word
that the second volume is now running
serially In a Russian magazine. Hopes are
entertained that a fresh translation may
be undertaken Immediately and that the
book may appear sooner than had been sup
posed possible. II is 10 be called "In the
World"
Another popular novel soon 10 appear in
dramatic form is THE Jack-Knife Man"
Ellis Parker Buffers humorous story OF a
little cripple and the two shlftless old men
who befTiended him. II is to be staged this
fall by the II. 3. Harris Estate. under the
fifla "peter lane