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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
THE PASSIONATE ELoPEMENT.

THE PASSIONATE ELOPEMENl'
THE PAssIoNATE EIOPEMENT. ny Compton
Mackenzie. lsmo. ~. So. g. 7. fuuA'
Sous
This is Mr.. Mackenzie's first novel;
hitherto unknown TO us in this coun-
try. The Messrs. Putnam deserve
thanks for giving US this tardy oppor-
tunity to become acquainted with a
minor bit Of true literature, redolent
Of the aroma, Stepped in the at
mosphere of the period with which II
deals, the English eighteenth century
Of powder and patches, Of sparks ana
bucks and toasts, Of spas and beauX
Indeed, this is the tragi-comedy OF one
season at Curtain Wells, whose arolter
elegantiarurn. master of ceremonies
and revels. and firm yet benevolent
ruler IS Beau Ripple. He is the presId-
ing genius of the tale. but the intrigue
GETS bevond his control before he be
comes aware Of Il. With the scandal,
his reputation. the good repute OF the
Wells. threaten TO take wings as his
yellow chaise rocks and bumps IN wlid
pursuit OF the clipping pair IN ther
soacb-and-four on the road 10 London.
II is a tragic love chase, for It's heroine
awakened from her dream OF happiness
lives to be married of to the tradl--
tional prosaic, middle-aged squire OF
broad acres: the villain dies AT MS
rivals hands in the hour Of his awak-
ening 20 higher things, and the nero
well. his broken fate it is TO inherit
the Beau's rule at the Wells. There IS
irony in the tale as well as comedy and
tragedy. ,
But most Of the way It is dsint: com;
edy. with here and there q tactfvi
tonch OF burlesque. The widow, too in
tent upon her own game OF advanta-
geous remarriage 10 supervise hcF
daughters first entry into the fashion
able world: her elderly wooers, me
pompous Judge and the prosaic hall.
nav officer with his endless anecdotes OF
Ondenarde. Families and Maiplaquel'
her footman. who considers chal ybeat9
waters a Jacobite plot against homes
English ale: the rites Of the cure estaD,
isbed bv the Beau the fetes sn9
Iidottos and masquerades, the WI
doings Of the young bucks at caId5
and over their burgundy; the dsIilahc
with belles-lettres, eliminating IN
Charles Lovely's scandalous CurtslH
polls severely dashed by Curtain
Rod"-it is all of the period, tnchan},
ing as a costume play supremacy wei
presented.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
HEART or THUNDER MOUNTAIN.

TIE HEART OF THUNDER MorNiAIH. liy
Edffid A bingham. 'FRONT.' splecc p Anton o'to
Fischer lemo. % 800. Boston. Little. Brown
e..
In Nj Bingham's strong story two
overpowering influences meet and JOIN
10 shape the fate of "a man and
woman Life Force and that tower
ing. compelling expression Of Natures
grandeur. the Rocky Mountains. The
woman is from the sophisticated last
She has been reasonably considering
the advantages OF marriage with sue
cessful man-she likes him in friend
Is way and trusts him and then, hard
" realizing the sudden impulse. has
fled from him 20 Colorado ranch,
there TO consider the seriousness OF
the decisive step. Then Nature takes
her in hand. awakens her who has been
asleep. brings her face TO face with
herself teaches her the meaning OF
love that is possession as well as Civ
ing and self-sacrifce. II is instinc-
tive. emotional; she does not reason
about it. Modern theories are forgot
ten-the Life Force does not allow or
theorizing when IT sets about its eter-
nal purpose. The man becomes her
quarry. inimical 81 first, suspicious.
unwilling. until at last he, too, IL
whirled into the vortex in a climax
whose conditions 20 back TO the primi-
tive-in cave on Thunder Mountain
in the deep Of the Western winter.
This is the heart Of the story. the
backbone Of its plot. The woman
grows ever more alive as she progresses
from the shallow tricks and coquetries
Of her early interest in the man TO her
implicit obedience to the force that
drives her-a true woman bravely and
frankly seeking her own happiness and
his. He has paid the price Of an ear
ler experience. has been burnt by
fire and remembers the pain. A cattle
man he, at feud with his neighbors,
but. FOR once there is none Of the con-
ventional stage setting Of the Far
West in this phase OF the story. And,
last but not least. MIR. Bingham's un-
mistakable love for the majestic beauty
Of the country where his scene is laid
has inspired his pen. His descriptions
Of Nature are admirable. They have
atmosphere \ Capitally written, en-
crossing story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18

TIE DIAMOND IhiM IhE sh1. hmsnue
Novel BY Roy J.. McCarisl. s,Itsen iilu.Ii-
lions i2mo % $50. The @. W. Dillingham;
COMPANY
This novelization o. a $4,000 prize
moving picture play in we don't know
how many reels il Of interest because
It's technique is not that OF the novel
but OF The photo-drama. Mr. McCar-
dell has simply thrown his scenario
into narrative form. with al the sensa-
tons. surprises. impossibilities. disre-
gard Of ;ho limitations % time and
places which the new art has made
possible. The scene shifts withou,
transitions here, there, everywhere.
And If the adventures OF the characters
are amazing. those Of the diamond
fallen from the sky in meteorite are
still more 30. IL is lost, il is found,
it is stolen. it is hunted. 1t gets into
the hands Of pawnbroker, OF a venial
beauty. of pickaninny. into an OWLS
nest; il is overlooked by Western train
robbers who drop il in the desert; it
causes hatred and murder on the way
TO the fulhlment 81 its destiny as the
talisman Of the Stanleys of Virginia,
who are heirs 10 an English title. Mr..
McCRrdell suits his style 10 his vio-
cgue, just three hundred years ago:
Finally, with superhuman ef-
fort. the white man grasps the
savage with his right hand and
arm back Of the red mans neck.
and. exerting all the force Of mis-
sinews Of steel. he brings the red
man. still clutching and shifting,
around over the shoulder OF his
lace-embroidered riding doublet.
and, holding the savage across his
saddle bow. he throttles him until
the tongue OF the painting savage
Tolls from his foaming mouth and
his eyes stare in their sockets like
those of n man in epilepsy.
This il hearty, spirited dime novel
stuff. and that. indeed, il what THE
Diamond from the Sky" is. both "a
photoplay and in the book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
SEVENTH PICKS FISK
FOR ITS NEW COLONEL
Colonel Appleton's Successor
Saw Service in Strike Duty.

The eth has a new leader. Lieu
tenant Colonel willard c. Fisk last
night was unanimously elected colonel
oil the 9Th Regiment 10 succeed Colonei
Appleton. recently retired. Fifty mem
bers Of the board Of officers met.
Their choice was unanimous on tn
first ballot Lieutenant Colonel Robert
Mclean presided.
Colonel Fisk, who was not present
a. the meeting, has been member Of
the regiment Tor forty years. During
that time he has risen from a private
through the enlisted and commissioned
grades until crowned last night with
the regiments highest honor. He j.
sixty years old.
Colonel Fisk while captain Of Com
psny ID was active in the Brooklyn car
strike and helped Quell the riots that
abounded during the .Croton dam strike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
Wills Money for Prize Fowl.

Greenport. L. l.. March IA yearly
prize for the owner Of the best barred
plymouth Rock fowl exhibited at the
Suffolk County Agricultural Society
fair is to be bought with the income
from $500 wll,ed the society by Henry
A. Reeves. late editor OF "The Repub-
lican Waterman" who for many years
was president and in charge Of poultry
eXhibltA-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
CITY BEACH PLAN HALTED
Cour, Declares Coney Awards Are TOO
High.

Il will probably take thfee Se'''
longer for the City Of New York to
acquire land az Coney Island tor
nubIic ocean front park, as me resuI'
- decision. handed down By the APP
nelIa,e Division OF the Supreme Court.
Of the four awards made by the com
ynissioners appointed several years ago.
amounting TO s2,1s5,747.97. we're set
aside. A parcel belonging TO Mrs. ';S Cath,
crime Banner, widow of the baIhhoise
keeper. appraised at sS77,247.2O' was
affirmed. 5000
ing. which began before the commits
sioners four years ago was maze %
Justice Mills. who handed down yes,
terdav's decision. which was eoneu'rea
in bv the othsr justices. Two OF the
nercels rejected By the court as tp-
praised too high. belonged 20 Mrs.
Emily Huber. A parcel I belonging T.i.I 70
the Prospect Park & Coney lsisnu
railroad Company was also rejected on
the ground that the value was inflated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
CITY TO TEACH SELLING
Ro,rd of Education 10 Develop
Courses on Salesmanship.

Salesmanship Is taking rs Place n
skilled occupation for women. AZ
IN. .,cond annual meeting Of the
pepartn Store Education As'ocia-
tion Yesterday Miss Anne Morgan. II.
president. reported that the city. Board
Of Education has agreed 10 develop the
ASSOCIATIONS plan A. New York Uni
versity courses are given in store sys-
tenn and salesmanship" and "non-tex-
tile merchandise
stern Brothers have aided generously
in the actual training in salesmanship,
having taught during the last two
years 336 saleswomen in their store.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
,Ff0fn Ths Tribune BUssa
WAshing;on. M,rh J..
ARMY

AM
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St.y and Engine Bundlls Co.. Grotoo. 'onn.. 70
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% Nsgal Hospital puze, Sguni.
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phis April / 10 Wyomins April IA.
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Lieut. J g. NJ p REFo. detached hr' sub
Marie division. Nia'ic Feet. and 81 20 Monad-
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hCue and gaif 0rflr
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and 1au orders
un, & A LOCKWOOD sdditi0nsl duty b..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18

book with a spirited scene Of storm ard
wreck The slip-cover speaks Of the
Breton shore" hut that is one Of those
little slips % which blurbs arc peeul-
iarly prone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
You'll Like
Deerfoot Farm
Sausage 1..'-'A.
favor's so distinctive

PApFrMERIE EXQrfsIA De PARIS
our spoclaltic- Heiotrope ana
Toilet waters and Extracts. Neiou'ns -,
quls.a. Creme IIliiane. LAT IT., ias,
tor-sxes Sachet BAGS True, ns"' TA,tsteS
sal Filtn Az.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY.

TIE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY A Romantic
Novel by Roy l. NcCariel sirtsen ilusirA-
lions i2mo. ID. $50. The G. W. Dhiinshsn
COMPANY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-18

TIE HEART OF THUNDER MouNiAiH. Hy
Tifrid A bingham Front sple-c y Anion OTTO
Fischer Emo D. $780, Boston Liitie. Brown
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
Have You Tried Acorn Bread?

Although the Germans are making
war bread out of all kinds Of materials,
they will have to go long way before
they invent an entirely new kind of
; bread Beans. peas. maize and other
substances have been mixed with
wheat or rye in the past.
Mashed potatoes. mixed with wheat
or maize flour, were used by poor peo-
pie on the continent years before the
war broke out Rice flour makes fine
yellow bread, while the chestnut bread
that forms the chief food of the COrsi-
can mountaineers is very digestible,
agreeable to taste, and keeps fresh
over a fortnight.
Bread has been made from acorns,
especially by the peasants Of France.
Moses, dried and powdered, are still
used for bread by Norwegians, and
other substances that have been used,
most of them yielding little nutrition
without the addition Of cereal flour, in
clude the roots of colchicum, iris, man
dragora and hellebore.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15

tered table, Fl don't suppose you've
ever stopped to consider what an es-
sentially stupid animal a crook must
be. Most Of them are stupid because
they practice clumsily one of the most
difficult professions imaginable and in
evitably fail at it, yet persist. They
wouldn't think Of undertaking a diff
cult piece of engineering without any
sort of preparation, but they'll tackle
dangerous proposition in burglary
without a thought and pay for failure
with years of Imprisonment, and once
out, try it again. That's one kind OF
criminal - the ninety-nine-per.cent
class-incurably stupid!
There's another class, men whose
ina inations forewarn them Of dan
gers and whose mental training, tech
nical equipment, and sheer manual
dexterity enable them to attack a
formidable proposition like a modern
safe-by way of illustra tion-and force
it's secret. They're the successful
criminals, like myself-but they're no
less stupid, no less failures than the
other ninety-nine in Our every hum
dred, because they never stop to think.
1t never occurs to them that the same
intelligence, applied to any one of the
trades they must be masters of, would
not only pay them better, but leave
them their self-respect and rid them
forever Of the haunting dread of arrest
that dogs us all like the memory of
some shameful act. All of which is
much more of lecture than l meant
to inflict upon you Miss Shannon, and
sums up to just this: I've stopped to
think"
With this he stopped for breath as
we'll and momentarily was silent, his
faint, twisted smile testifying to self
GRO BE CONTINHED.,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
PADDY NEEDED THE MONEY
Respect for the Dead Evidently Had
Little Place in the Makeup Of
This lrishman.

A good old story has been resurrect-
ed of Paddy Maher, who one time was
a handy man for an undertaken in a
town in the County Kerry.
So healthy had the people become
that the undertaking business was
very slack, and full time was never
certain, and overtime out of the Ques-
ton.
Therefore Paddy resolved to nj.
crate to Liverpool. Arriving there
practically penniless, he applied to an
undertaken for a job.
what can you do?" asked the I'm.
dertaker.
Anything at all about a funeral"
said Paddy.
well, l can't give you regular
job," said the man, but you can go
and lay out old Cohen, the Jew, in
Palestine str ?et, for start"
Away went our hero, and shortly re-
turned, having done his work and
brought measurements, etc.
There's nothing else fos an hour or
So" said the boss, so we'll go and
have a drink"
They had one, and then Paddy said:
"Now yell have one with me-"
Il thought you were spent up" said
the boss.
80 l was" said Paddy; "but luck
We here"
And be produced a sovereign.
Where did you get that?" asked the
astonished boss.
Il found it in the ould Jews hand
when l laid him OUT
ooh. you shouldn't have touched
that" said the boss in alarm. THE
Jews always put gold in the hand Of
their departed. You've committed
great crime
What 'ud an ould Jew want with
goold whin he's dead?" asked Fat.
ITO pay his fare across the Jordan
replied the undertaken.
"Oh." said Pat, with a broad grin,
"let the ould chap swim. What are
we drinl1in ?"-London Tit-Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
CHAPTER XIV.
Confessional.

: Confessional.
When the girl made no response, but
remained with troubled gaze focused
on some remote abstraction. "You viii
have tea, won't you?" Lanyard urged
She recalled her thoughts, nodded
with the faintest Of smiles-"Yes
thank you'-and dropped into chair
He began at once to make talk in an
effort to dissipate the constraint that
stood between them like an unseen
alien presence: "You must be very
hungry"
II am" she assented.
Sorry I've nothing better to offer
you. I'd have run out for something
more substantial, only"
"On1y-" she prompted, coolly help.
ing herself to biscuit and potted ham.
II didn't think it wise to leave you
alone"
"Was that before or after you'd made
up your mind about me-the latest
phase, I mean?" she persisted with a
trace of malice.
Before" he returned calmly-"ike-
wise, afterward. Either way you care
to take it, it wouldn't have been wise
to leave you here. Suppose you had
walked up to find me gone, yourself
alone in this strange house"
"1've been awake several hours" she
interposed-"found myself locked in,
and heard no sound to indicate that
you we're still here"
I'm sorry; was overtired and slept
like a log. But assuming the case:
you would have gone out alone, penni-
less"
Through a locked door: Mr.. Lam
yard?"
Il shouldn't have left it locked" he
explained patiently. "You would have
found yourself friendless and without
resources in city to which you are
stranger"
She nodded. "True. But what of
that?"
I'm desperation you might have been
forced to return"
And report the outcome of my in
vestigation!"
Pressure might have been brought
to bear upon you to induce admissions
damaging to me-" Lanyard submitted
pleasantly. whether or no, you'd
have been obliged to renew associa-
lions you're we'll rid Of"
"You feel sure of that?"
"Quite sure"
"How can you be?' she challenged.
you've yet to know me twenty-four
hours"
But perhaps I know the associa-
lions better. In point of fact, I do.
Even though you may have stopped to
play the spy last night, Miss Bannon-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
Not Really Ancient.

The claim is made that a Maya in
scription in Yucatan fixes the date of
building in that region at 200 years
3. c. How accurate this claim is,
only experts can tell. and proba bly,
they will wrangle about it for half 4
generation before deciding. If es-
tablished. it will be the oldest date in
the history of the western continent
but how modern compared to the rec
ords of the lands by the Euphrates
and the Nile!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
Remarkable East Indian Tree.

A tree remarkable for it's long tap
root. sometimes meas uring 81 feet and
descending to vertical depth OF "a
feet. has been brought to notice by B.
o. Coventry 1t is the jand tree, which
forms small forests on the arid allu'
vial plains of the Pun jab, where the
rainfall is ten inches or less. and the
taproot is supposed to have developed
gradually as the ground-water level
was lowered by the lowering of the
rivers through erosion of their beds
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
CHAPTER XVI.

Decision.
Poor child" he heard himself MUIR
muring-"poor child"
Don't pity mel" she insisted, still
with face averted. 81 don't deserve it.
If I had the spirit of a mouse I'd have
defied him; it needed only courage
enough to whisper one word to the
police
"But who is he, then?" Lanyard de-
manded. What is he, mean?"
Il hardly know how to tell you. And
hardly dare. l feel as if these walls
would betray me If 1 whispered even.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
SYNOPSIS.
Is

,CHAf1ER lat = royons. a Paris inn
be known as Michae. Lanyard. Is caugh
stealing by Burke, TN expert thief, VIII
takes the boy with him to America an,
makes Of him finished craftsman.
CHAPTER II-After stealing the ombe
Jewels and the Huysman war plans II
London Lanyard returns to Troyon's To-
the first time in many years because h.
hs tT RGddy " sGota nc Yard
ready installed as a guest.
CHAPTER III-At a dinner converse.
non and Mile Bannon about the Lone
Wolf, celebrated craftsman who works
alone. puzzles and alarms him as tc
known.
Roddy is not watching him, Lanyard
dresses and goes out, leaving Roddy an.
parentiy o asleep and snoring in the next
q girl in hta room
CHAPTER v-The girl turns out to be
Mile. Bannon. who explains her presence
by saying that she was sleep-walking.
CHAPTER Win his apartment near
the Trocadero he finds written on the back
OF g. tWenty-pound note, part Of his con-
s9o ha heard an i9vttatt9n
them
CHAPTER V1I-Lanyard attempts to
dispose OF the Omber jewels, but finds
that The Pack has forbidden the buyers to
deal with him. He decides to meet The
Pack
CHAPTER WILDE Morbihan mee.s
members Of The Pack.
CHAPTER Lx-He recognizes Popino,,
apache, and Wertheimer. English rnobs-
man. but the third. an American, IS un-
known to him. He refuses alliance with
them.
CHAPTER x-On his return to his room
he Is attacked in the dark, but knocks
CHAPTER XI-He gives the uncon-
scious man. who proves to be the mys-
him quiet discovers that Roddy has been
murdered In his bed with the evident in.
tent1on OF fastening the crime on him.
ana changing the appearance Of the un-
conscious American to resemble his own
starts to leave the house.
CHAPTER KILN the corridor he en-.
counters Lucia Bannon, who insists on
'~avfna With him
CHAPTER XIII - Having no money
Lucia is obliged to take refuge with Lam
friend Of his. He locks her in a room
alone and retires to get some rest him.
CHAPTER xIV-After sleep Lanyard
finds his viewpoint changed. He tells
Lucia who he is
It must be BECAUSE can't help be-
1ieving in you.''
Her glance wavered, her color deep
ened II don't understand" she
murmured.
= Nor t.. he confessed in tone as
low.
A sudden grumble from the teakettle
on the table between them provided
welcome distraction. Lanyard lifted
1t off and slowly poured the boiling
water on measure of tea in an earth
enware pot.
"A cup of this and something to
eatll do us no HARM" he ventured,
smiling uneasily-''especially if we're
to pursue" our psychological inquiry
into the whereforeness of the human
tendency to change ones mind!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
Both MYTHICAL.

A report is going the rounds that
there is Pullman porter who refused
to take tips. We have also heard
something about sea serpents-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-15
OF Course Babx Cried

Mrs Giddigad's baby cried the
other day when she wanted to take
it from nurse a moment" Yes, the
poor little dear is afraid of strangers. IS
Judge