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an Englishwoman never likes us. a..
writes for the American public ra,b.,
than the English and hopes for her be-,
future in this country. Something n.
these tastes In people comes out IN Nj.
last novel OF hers. where all the mn.
pleasant characters are English, N.
Americans are all pleasant. the hero,ra
IL Irish. and the English hero IA ten
pered by a Spanish grandmother on NJ.
mothers side into n pleasant mix,urs
not quite English"
Mrs. villiers-w ardelI II a sem,n,r.
kind Of person. 1t is said-ons of N.
proofs Of which. Of course. Is her choo..
Ing to write under a mans name. 81.
10 also said 70 be charming to look Al an
charmingly Irish In her animation an
friendliness. She Ia reserved about ne
work. however. and feels that her thre-
novels are only beginnings. Yet her SUI.
cess is pretty solldly on its feet-hnd an
has made good more quickly than mos,
writer's. Her first novel. "A Painter o.
Souls" was sen to a well known Ior
don publisher without introduction ard
was accepted almost At once. Stokes too
up the American publication immediate
and contracted for the authors mex.
work. II seems safe to guess. howevel
In spite Of the disclosure Of her ov n
name. that David Lisle" will stick =,
Mrs. Viliiers-Wardell as the name ST.,
began to write with.
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or distorted in the least. Each fact is recorded
FOR you without fear or favor just as it
occurred. This constantly changing film rep
resents all shades of opinion, all diversities of
thought. 1t is uniform in one respect only, its
impartiality. 1t holds the mirror up to life
and leaves you to Judge for yourself.
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inebriats. How she achisves her %.
ject and reforms the drunkard IL told
with great enthusiasm, and II ID not
astonishing that she should transfer
her affection to him In the end, az he Is
ready to do whatever she wishes.
4 VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.
tHsPpers.) ~ Grace Livingston
HiIl Luts. ta1.3O.)
1t Ia a school teachers a that
Grace l.. II. LutE has written in A
Voice In the wilderness (Harpers).
The young woman injudiciously steps
on the train In the Arizona desert
many miles from her destination. and
after some unpleasant experiences
finds shelter with . hand Of apparently
disreputable cowboys. who neverthe-
less subsequently turn out to be sound
t~heologians. she diffuses her sweet
ness ver them AZ she does ove every
one. One youth sees her safely to the
town where she IL engaged to teach.
There she is pestered by an unman-
nerly and atheistic clergyman. who
later breaches an unorthodox sermon.
is made to recant by the cowboys and
is then ducksd and run u Of town.
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CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST O
Mi. Locke Tells a Pretty Story About Pleasant
People-Mr. Oppenheim Presents a Spy.
New Fiction by Francis Lynde. Horace A. Vachel.
Edwin M. Royle. Richard W. Child and Others.

TEE WONDERFUL YEAR. tJeAn
Lane Company ~ Willian
J. Locke. (e1.4O.)
Il 10 q pretty with pleasant
people that William ]. Locke spins In
TIE Wonderful Year (John Lane Com.
pany) to foster friendly feelings be.
tween EnGlish and French. The hero
has been pounded into a spiritlsss ma.
chine by years Of drudgsry in teach.
ing. He 10 persuaded by a philosopher
Of ths Paris Latin quarter to start
on an adventure with no thought Of
the faturs, In company with = disoon-
tented English girl craving indepen-
denoe. The man enters into the ad.
venture In the right spirit: the girl
with less confidence. They travel
through France IN bicycles, enabling
the author to give brilliant descrip-
items Of some places that will be ap-
preoiAted by those who know them
well. and the two wind up In a quaint
old inn in a small town in the Perisord
district. The innkeeper 10 a delight
ful spitome OF all that II attractive
in the French character; he takes the
two travellers to his heart. and while
the sirl chafes and loon goes back to
England. the hero re~ciprocates his
hosts feelings and works his way
Into the life Of the town. He has
managed to avoid loving the girl: now
he learns what French patriotic feel
Ing =. When his money gives out he
becomes . waiter in the n and 10 At
tfActed TO his hosts niece. The idyl
10 spoiled by the coming Of . beautiful
American. who induces him to follow
her to Egypt. His i~nfatuation for
her 10 a necessary stage for his mental
emancipation and Is told with much
dash. but the Egyptian episode seems
to b dragged In and occasionally has
a guide book tone. The hero RECEIVERS.
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however. and returns to France Just
as the war breaks out. He enhsts In
the French army, and the innkesper
serves too. which 10 the occasion for
the utterance Of many pleasant senti-
ments about the two allied countries;
both men are wounded. thereby draw
ing 10 themselves the proper express
sion Of affection from the sirls they
love. The story ID told with all the
charm that Mr.. Locke can use when
he chooses 70; his knowledge Of
France and Of the French 10 thorough
and the manner In which he turns
French phrases into English will de-
light all who know the language.
Tho KlN0DOM - TINE BLIND,
tLittSs. Drown = Oe.D ~ q.
PAilllps OpDsnhein. (e1.3B)
The spy fever from which England
has suffered 10 utilised BY e. Phillips
Oppenheim in The Kingdom Of the
Blind (Littis. Brown q Coy and. II
taken seriously. might easily DO harm
In that country. The oulprit ID . dis
tinsuished English army ofacer and at
the same time . German SPY. He has
the knack OF making people talk about
the things he wishes to know. while the
secret service man who 10 following
becomes extremely unpopular through
his requests that people shall keep
their mouths shut. There 10 much
complaint Of the English blindness to
the need Of caution IN military and
naval matters. The manner In which
men end women alike blurt out In
mixed society the things they should
keep to themselves 10 very natural.
The excitement Of the story turns on
the ingenuity with which the spy is
folled and v kept up BY his being al
lowed to 70 on in his course instead Of
being arrested when the proof against
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PORTRAITS OF TINE SEVENTIES.
(Chsrles seribner's sons.) ~
0esrse W. r. Russell.
In the preface Of his Portraits Of the
tCharles Scribner's Sons) the
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him 10 obtained. The various episodes
are thrilling. though the secret service
seems pretty omnbcient. The as
sumption that there IL truth in the
wild accusations made in some quarters
against Cabinet Ministers and other
men high in station who bear foreign
names is not in the best taste In a
work of fiction.
AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN.
(Charles scribner's sens.) ~
Francis Lynae. (aI.3B.)
In q pleasant story told entertain
ingly, After the Manner Of Men
Charles Scribner's sons). Francis
Lynde makes a young man who has
been very rich undertake to develop .
mining district In the mountains Of the
South. He has little faculty for read
Ing men or handling them and makes
determination take the place OF intel
,igence. When things begin to 60
wrong h" suspects the people around
him. the %southerners who have been
swindled out Of their lands by a pro-
itiOlSi, tue UUUufltdifetTS t16 dHtntB Oh
a corporation that seeks to monopollze
the coal lands and a professor in an
academy near by whom he regards as
his rival In love. He also muddles his
love affairs with much thoroughness.
He Is helped by a friend who u Q
charming fellow besides being ex.
tremely rich, and who uses the sense
and tact that are lacking In the hero
to help that young man out Of his
scrapes. The hero grows violent as
he meets with violence: he In not to
blame II ne fails TO discover the melo-
dramatic cause Of some of his troubles.
Though the author seems to admire
the methods of primitive man. We pre-.
fer the more ingenious tactics of the
sophisticated wealthy friend: he In al
ways kind and thoughtful and uses his
brains in fighting. Some interesting
people come into the story. and Of
course there are attractive young
women also.
THE TRIUMPH OF TIM. (Gesrxe
II. Doran Company ~ Horace
Annesley vacheiI. (el.4O.)
II - q QUEER SucCession OF auVeh-
lures through which Horace Annesley
Nachell puts the hero of The Trtxrn ph
Of Tim George II. Doran Company
while he evolves into authorship and
ut last inds himself: they read like
episodes in a real life. The boy has
a knack of getting into bad messes at
critical moments. beginning in an
English village. ne bungles things at
school, Is expelled and later gets into
trouble about a girl. He runs away to
sea, goes around the Horn to Cali
fornia. there. after tramping around
for a time. he works on a ranch. mar
ries. and zoe into land speculation.
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AN IDENTITY DISCLOSED

The author Of THE Impossible Mrs.
Bellew" q not been suspected Of being
anybody but David Llsle. But II now
turns out that David Lisle'' is a mi
Where are the sharp critics who u
ferret out the feminine style n the
masculine pen name? David Lisle has
had two other books published In this
country since 1912, but has gone unchal-
ienEed. The Stokes Company have Just
known that she Is Mrs. Villiers-
wardell. They say. however. that they
were out of the secret, too-they had no
idea she was not q man I'LL she a
been on their list Two years and her Sec
ond novel had been accepted
Mrs. villiers-wardell. like tho impos-
sible Betty Bellew herself. Is an Irish
woman, born in County Cork. and a
irish" she declares. "in upbrlngine n
sympathy" Since the death Of her hus-
band, though. she has lived on the Con-
tinent. and SO has come at hrst hand by
the sparkling. sophisticated background
she draws into her novels. She knows
the literary and art sets OF Paris and
Rome, and the cosmopolitan crowd OF
the Riviera, which she has used to stage
THE Impossible Mrs. Bellew." She IL
fonder. however, of out OF tho way
places. the Pyrenees In the dead OF win
ter. or Andalusia. where h often trav-
els; southern Spain, in fact. she knows
more Intimately than most Spaniards.
and her spain Of the Spanish" is the
standard book on modern Spain that no
cultivated Spanish ~gentleman's library
is correct. without. Every year she goes
back TO his favorite country. Ooca-
~sionally she has time to go only rs far
"a San Sebastian. sometimes che spends
weeks in Sevilla OF Granada n the
country round in the full glory Of mid
summer when all other foreigners have
fed and southern Spain il at its best.
She has not yet put Spain into a I'VE
II Is David Lisle's Irish blood. she
thinks. that makes her like Americans as
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frankly declares that ne has no inten-
ton Of disclosing matters entrusted to
him In confidence. even II II were done
many years ago. SO hat tho reader
need not be disappointed II he meets
with no political or social revelations.
He also tells a good story Of Justin Nc
Carthy's against himself. Of which the
point IL his Haunting his relationship
to Lord John Russell and unconsci-
ously keeps the fact that he was that
s~tatesman's nephew steadily before
our eyes. In his book he gives brief
impressions Of Statesmen and other
famous men he had to do with and Of
many distinguished women. telling In
O chatty way much that may he found
in reference books intermingled with
entertaining anecdotes. but at the same
time saying what he thought Of the
men. In his case familiarity seems to
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The teacher wins her scholars to her
by her sweetness. but rouse the
enmity Of one girl, whose beau shows
attention to the stranger. The girl
hires a drunken Indian to lead her
into the wilderness; the teacher falls
into the trap but 10 rescued in the
nick of time by Q gallant cowboy
whose conduct throughout II unexcep-
tional. In spite Of the authors imputa-
lions a. to the wickedness Of his past.
rUMDLDwBED. (The DobSs-Msr-
sAll Company ~ Alice NJ. Csi-
ter. ts1.sS.)
The vision Of the impulsive little girl
whose father IL the wind" with which
Alice NJ. Golfers Tum bleDeed (The
Bobbs- Merrill Company begins Is
charming and poetical and she con-
tinues to b attractive IN her later adj
ventures, sven II she then becomes the
usual heroine Of girls stories. A. the
story goes on the inspiration Of the
wind becomes moro and more literary
"Reminiscences. though II In described
daintily with some outbursts of poetic
feeling. Her letting her fancy turn on
the esthetic instructor seeris uncalled
for. while his spasmodio Q In
Irritation may appear reprehensible to
some unless they are the product Of the
young wotman's Imagination. The love
making with which the story ends, on
the other hand. u pretty in spite Of the
literary quotations. It 10 an interest
ing study Of the psychology Of the
young girl.
THE TRAIL OF THE PEARL.
tHsrpers.) ~ GarraIA Harris,
tS1.)
Though the young hero's good for
tune after he starts u to emancipate
himself in Qarrard Harris's The Tat
Of tho Pearl (fIarpers) belongs to the
realm Of fairy tales rather than real
life, his adventures are exciting and
viii hold the readers attention till the
youth disposes OF tho pearl he has dis.
covered. The author makes use Of the
story. however. TO describe the life OF
the lawless mountaIneers Of Kentucky
and Tennessee. The characters are
depicted with Photographic accuracy
and through them ar insight Is given
into the deplorabie condition Of the
jewellers in the mountains.
PORTRAITS OF TINE SEVENTIES,
tChsrles seribnep's sons.) ~
0esrge W. r. Russell.
In the preface Of his Portraits Of the
6srenttes (ChArles Scribner's Sons) the
Right Hon. George ". ID. Russell
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5EK SEEN IN REVIEW AND COMMENT

bred contempt and ne dee. M,
hesitate to tell the faults he foun5
with them. Mr.. Gladstone was no her
to him. Lord Harrington was s4ln.b
and unmannerly, John Bright a dems.
gogue and D on; not that he Is III M
tured at all. but simply a BIT con
temptuous. To the ladies he 4, IN
variably polite. His point Of view Is
hardly that Of a serious politician: I,
Is rather the somewhat di~sdainful man.
ner in which a man Of fashion to whom
society is everything regards the m.n
who stoop TO do the work. To him
Cardinal Newman. for instance. ia m,
the saint his admirers make him on, :,
be. but a rather peevish old man. zeal.
Gus OF Manning and angry because NJ,
services have not been rewarded b,
Rome. 1t Is an interesting book ard
IL illustrated with portraits.
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Poetry for October. for the second tn.
only in the history OF the magazine, /.
given over TO a single poem. and TIA
poem In illustrated. something which ha.
never before been attempted In the,
pages. The work is a poetic drama N
one act called "Grotesques." II II bv
young Chicago plsywr ght and poe
Cloyd Head. and is already known 90
Chicago through It's production at n.
Chicago Little Theatre last November
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
The Acon Globe Says During the Picnic Season Young
MRS. G. F. EDMUNDs DEAD
Wife of Former Senator Passed Away
at Pasadena.


Elias Lyman OF Burlington received
word Of the death of his cousin, Mrs.
George F. Edmunds, wife of ex-Sen-
ator Edmunds at the Edmund's home
in Pasadena, California.
Mrs. Edmunds was a woman over
80 years of age. She was born in
Burlington, the only daughter of Wyl-
lis and Susan (Marsh Lyman.
Mrs. Edmunds was a lovable woman.
She was of an artistic nature and
highly educated. She had been in
feeble health for many years.
Her husband, ex-senator Edmunds,
represented Vermont as senator at
Washington from 1861. At the Re-
publican convention in 1880 he was
largely supported for president.
Neither he nor his daughter will be
able to accompany the body of Mrs
Edmunds, which will be sent to Burl-
ington as soon as possible, consider
ing the railroad strike. Mr.. Edmunds
has been very ill himself, lately, so i'll
in fact that he could not see Charles
+. Hughes, republican candidate for
president, who called on him at his
home a short time ago. DR.. Mcbride,
the family physician, will accompany
the body of Mrs. Edmunds to Burl-
ingtOr.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
MBRlDGE FAIR
Annual Event Should Draw Large
Crowds Next Week.

Without a doubt more people will
visit Cambridge from September 10th
TO 18th next, than ever before in any
one week. The Cambridge Fair has
always drawn great crowds and en-
tertains them royalty. but in combin.
ing the fair with old home week cele.
bration this year a new chord has been
touched and the response seems uni
versal.
Thousands of former residents will
return from distant points to visit the
old home and meet old friends while
to other thousands the fair will be the
magnet. but whether they come to
celebrate the Tooth anniversary of the
founding OF the towns of Cambridge,
White Creek and Jackson or the 50th
anniversary of the incorporation OF
the village OF Cambridge or the 25th
anniversary OF the Cambridge Union
school or the 9th anniversary OF the
Great Cambridge Fair or whatever
the reason for coming may be. they
will find Cambridge ready with roy
al welcome and every arrangement
made for royal good time.
Did you ever live In Cambridge
| II not. why not?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
TO klDNAP HARRlMAN'S SON
Son OF Railroad Magnate To Be Held
For Big Ransom.

St Anthony, Idaho, Aug. 2S.-Ro-
land n Hartman, twenty years old.
son of the late Il. H. Hartman, rail
road magnate, learned today from the
police of this city OF plot to kidnap
him and hold him in 100000 ransom.
Young Hartman is spending his vaca.
ton at Island Park. the Hartman
ranch in Idaho, where he was to have
been joined by his mother ten days
ago. Mrs. Hartman was detained by
the threatened railroad strike.
The three men who were prepared
to execute the kidnapping plot, the po.
lice assert. are under arrest Two OF
them-Marion A. Lufkin and David
McLoy-are alleged to have confessed
Ralph Zufelt, the third prisoner
denies that he was implicated in the
scheme. A letter demanding SlO0,
600 ransoms from Mrs. Hartman is
declared to have been found In the
possession OF one OF the three men.
Luikin, an employe of the Hartman
ranch. was recently arrested on sus
picion of burglary. A third degree
the police say. brought forth his con
fession that he had gone to the ranch
for the purpose of kidnapping younl
| Hartman. II the ransom was moi
paid. conspiracy leader asserted, the
young man was to be blinded ant
otherwise dishgured.
McLoy and Zufelt were taken intt
custody after Lufkin had implicated
them In the plot
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
CHILD A WAR VICTIM
History Of Little Herman Prouix, Wis.
itor in Rutland, a Pltlful Case.

Little Herman Prouix, one and one
half years old, victim of the Euro
pean war. is visiting in Rutland. The
little chap is having the time of his
life, without bit of the shadow of the
war clouding his good time. for the
whole family where he is visiting is
devoting its time to his amusement.
The lads father was Canadian
reserve who had come with his wife TO
Marlboro, Mass. When war was de-
Clared he was called to the front and
was injured in battle and little later
died in the military hospital. The
mother was left with two small chill.
dren and was abliged to earn living
for the three. She went into n factory
and put her year old baby out to board
with Mrs. William Cheney, sister OF
o, A. Waite of Woodstock avenue, who
is visiting in Rutland at present.
Besides working all day in the shop
the boys mother is attending bust
ness night school to prepare herself
for a stenographer that she may Sc
cure a better position. The baby has
two uncles who are lighting at the
| front.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
MILITIA READY TO GO
Expect to Leave Fort Ethan Allen
Some Time Today.

Burlington. Aug. 30,-The State
militia remaining at he mobilization
camp, Fort Ethan Allen. is ready TO EN-
train at short notice for the Mexican
border, and 1t looks as II It would
leave some time today. The large
tents were taken down yesterday and
slowed aboard baggage car at the
fort, the men spent last night in shelf
er tents, several tourist cars and bag
gage cars have been ordered from
the Central Vermont, although no
orders had been received at Essex
Junction up to 4 late hour last night
TO forward them, and the camp ex.
poets to dissolve soon Most all Of
these ears are at the post. But after
the experience OF two or three weeks
ago. when the order from the war de.
partment at Washington was can
cered, that seems TO be about "a much
as can be said Capt n 5. lHylund OF
Rutland. officer IN command Of tho,
camp. said tho mllitia's cpuipmont
was practically complete. ralions
could be obtained ut once from the
fort. and an vas ready to break camp
at short notice. As TO the hour or
even the day for the actual departure
he would not commit himself absolute.
lie I'd.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-30
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Large Gathering at Shaftsbury AS
sociation Annual.


Brandon. Aug. 29.-The second day
of the meetings of the SALISBURY
Association of Baptist Churches was
very largely attended. The Rev. A. r.
Mills of the local Baptist church, the
Rev. G. A. Kerr and Walter Thorpe
of the Methodist and Congregational
churches welcomed the members and
the Rev. w. A. Davisson. D. D., gave
an address. At 1.45 the Rev. Thomas
Adams of Ira conducted devotional
services. There was woman's service
at $3.50 o'clock, addresses being given
by Mrs. A. B. Upham, Miss Clara A.
Converse and Miss Alice Bixby of
Japan. In the evening DR.. p. II. ].
Lerrigo of Boston and the Rev. DR..
F. \ Agar of New York city gave ad-
dresses. The meetings will close to-
morrow morning with doctrinal SER
mon by the Rev. Charles Jones of Mid
dletown Springs.
The following officers were elected
at the ministers conference: Presi-
dent, the Rev. j. S, Brown Of Manches-
ter; vice-president. the Rev. Geo. w.
Peck. Jr. of Rutland; secretary, the
Rev. j. Fl Blackburn of Fair Haven.
The officers elected for the SALISBURY
association were: Moderator, the
Rev. T.. ]. Nye of East Hubbardton;
clerk, the Rev. A. Aubert of Walling-
ford; treasurer, Il. NJ. Bixby of Poult-
ner.