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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
By Old Irv Cobb

LOCAL COLOR. By Irving Cobb. George II.
Doran Company, New York.
Maintaining his preference for short
stories Mr.. Cobb has collected another
series OF his briefer works, which he pub
fishes under the name of the first and prob
ably most widely read OF them, Local
Color" that rather somber. always piuful
tale Of prison life and the harm It wrought
In one man. Unlike some of the authors
earlier collections Of stories, the present
contains only one story whose locale is laid
In Mr.. Cobb's favorite South the delightful
Judge Priest does not enter any. There
are ten tales in all three of them are pow
erful examples OF the authors serious
muse two are characterist cally humorous !:
two more are briskly dramatic. The less
said about the rest the better Field of
Honor" one OF the most serious of the
stories, may we'll be considered representa-
tive of the very best in its author. 1t shows
vividly and poignantly how the European
war finds apathetic echo in the streets
of New York. The Great AUX" is the grip
ping tale of an old actor, the victim OF a
strange hallucination, which causes him to
re-enact his old roles daily before an i'm
agnary audience in an empty and decaying
theater. Inlanother story Mr.. Cobb brings
his whimsical humor into play on the sub
ject Of undesired charitq. In general. the
author shows himself versatile and wholly
delightful.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
Travelling South

WINTER JOURNEYS IN THE SOUTH. by
John Martin Hammond. J. u. Llpplncott Com
pany, Philadelphia.
For any one planning n trip southwark
as the snow begins to fly Mr. Hammon's
book will be n humorous. a valuable and a
delightful travelling companion. And the
greater multitude. too. who remain in this
climate through the winter because finances
and not fancies determine their trips can
find in winter Journeys In the South
pleasures to fill many hours As in his pre-
vious books of travel Mr.. Hammond is
writing of something which he knows down
to the very A b C's. He has tramped
motored, golfed fshed and at times simply
rested In every corner of our southern
States. from White Sulphur to New Orleans
and from Aiken TO Palm Beach. For each
mans special hobby he has found the most
suitable place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
Round the Horn

, The late Elizabeth Christopher Hobson's
"Recollections of a Happy Life" &c. p.
Putnam's Sons, New York; has been given
to the public after private circulation
From the opening chapters which deal
with a voyage in clipper ship around
the Horn to San Francisco and with a
wedding trip across the Isthmus of Panama
in the fftes, to the record OF the organi-
cation Of the Bellevue Hospital Training
School for Nurses, New York. and thence
to the chapters dealing with travel and
sojourn this memoir. rich in personality as
It is in anecdote, offers the variety Of in
terest that attaches y a replete as well as
n happy life. y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
PHILADELPHIA WRITES
DELIGHTFUL NOVEL OF
LOVE AND LAUGHTER
William Hughes Mearns Has
Charming Humor and Fancy
in New Book, Richard
Richard" Just Out
OTHER FRESH FICTION

hiSHARD RICHARD. ny Hughes Mearns.
rem fubhshlng Company, Philadelphia.
Richard Richard" is an interesting and
amusing novel Mr.. Mearns Is to be con-
graduated on It. His short stories, while
uniformly good, gave no promise OF such
an excellent first novel. The tale has an
unusual breadth OF appeal 1t Is distinctly
amusing. vividly interesting and favored
with brightly written conversations on phi
losophy and the nature of life. which make
good reading, though they seem far re-
moved from the purpose of the story. The
sparkling wit Of Phoebe Norris, little
Irish widow, and "Jawn" Galloway, pro-
fessor Of Columbia is a thing TO chuckle
over
Richard Richard meets Miss Geraldine
Wells In Italy, Just at the time the lady
grows utterly weary OF the conducted
party her mothers 'mnd-dominion'' and
the subterfuges Of her paraoniac brother.
Richard is luxurIously lazy. and has
brains enough to keep from that which
Is likely TO disturb his ease-womanlxin
In particular. The way In which he yields
TO the wholesome influence OF Geraldine
and arouses himself to the point Of saving
the Wells name and home, and subse-
quently taking his own place in society,
makes corklng story.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
By Coningsby Dawson

SLAVES OF FREEDOM BY ConinEsby Dawson.
Henry Holt Co., New York.
SLAVES Of Freedom" is a novel which
strikes at women who value the attention
of men only for the pleasure that II brings
them, not as the means TO a richer life
The heroine is willing to receive everything
that Teddy gives her or is pleased when he
follows her across the ocean to America and
finds her greatest happiness In his presence
Yet she is unwilling TO bind herself to him
by anything which may compromise her
freedom. He. on The other hand. is SO fas-
cinated by her that he becomes her slave
temporarily. to the detriment Of his pro-
fession.
Tho greatest value of the book lies In
tho keen psychological insight that Mr..
Dawson shows in treating his characters.
especially In the discussion OF the state Of
Teddy's soul. But as the state of Teddy's
soul was rather unhealthy, and as the ex-
positions OF IL are ever present, the book
takes on a distinctly effeminate tone The
secondary characters do stand out as dis
tinct personalities, but their function is OBJ
scure. The descriptions aim at being star
ting. but they abound In overdone. pathetic
fallacies. Moreover. the book Is not. strictly
speaking, true to life there may be Slaves
OF freedom" but they are not like Desire.
AS a whole. the novel falls short OF its mark
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
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TO no one organ have we been able
to turn and get clear impression
OF what the complexion of our native
writing, picturing and music making
was.
"In the Seven Arts we shall have
such an organ. There the live
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ings' There the lover of the arts can
find out what his contemporaries are
doing. 1t is our earnest prayer that
it may reach wherever two or three
are gathered together throughout this
country, and even be a witness fer US
in foreign lands"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
A Bit of Blue Grass

KILDARES OF STORM. Ellen Mercein Kelly
Century Company, New York.
From the Blue Grass region OF Kentucky
to the crowded thoroughfares Of New York.
and even to the gates of Paris itself. Ellen
Mercein Kelly leads the characters OF her
latest story, ''Kildares of Storm" Vital
vivid personages are these products of a
semibarbarlc civilization, whose deeds and
thoughts. II lacking In conventionality and
sometimes trending suspiclously close to
themes on which polite society is wont to
draw a discreet veil, are nevertheless thor
oughly interesting as we'll as original. 1t
is modern. up-to-date Kentucky which the
author, herself a native of Maryland, but
apparently we'll acquainted with the main
locale of her romance, pictures. The CEN
trail character. Kate Kildare, a big, beauti-
full, perennially youthful and fascinating
woman. "a woman with a past" has two
daughters of widely differing temperaments.
and the love affair OF one of the latter is
little more strenuous than that Of the highly
efficient owner and manager Of a plantation
called storm"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
"The Spirit of the Age"
MR.. BRITLING
SEES 1T THROUGH
has been read by
Many Clergyman

"Has made a profound impression
upon my mind and heart. The
greatest book from Mr.. Wells pen.
Has stirred me to the very
depths. 1 shall preach this book
for many days to come."-Rev. John
Haynes Holmes, Church of the
Messiah, N. Y. C.
Il regard the closing pages of the
book as among the most powerful
Mr.. Wells has ever written. 1 think
also that from the religious stand
point these pages have Significance
as showing the trend of Mr.. Wells
mind toward deeper and more
positive faith in the spiritual veri-
ties. "-Rev. J. II. Jolcett, Fifth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church, NJ. Y. c.
II have read it with growing in
terest and wonder remarkable
certainly will give strength
TO bear orrow."-ReV. Henry A.
Stsmson, Manhattan Congregational
Church.
MY urgent advice to every reader
is that he at once buy 'Mr. Britling'
and read it through. Then let him
sit down and read IL through again"
p. /. r. in The Christian Work.
EII ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
Woman

THE ETERNAL FEMININE" BY Mary Ray
mond Shipman Andrews, Charles Scribner's
Sons. New York.
Readers whose memory treasures recol-
lection of the mig perfect technique and
lofty spirituality Of The Perfect Tribute"
will hnd much to enjoy and to admire In
Mrs. Andrews's recent collection of short
stories.
She is a skilled craftsman, and II is next
to impossible to cavil at the form of these
stories now first collected. But they have
something OF a par with contour, and that
is color and character. Her people
richly human, her scenes are credible and
the reader breathes its pure serene" whilst
living In the story. Her Fling" the OPEN
ing tale, is the narrative Of a gray" emo
uonally suppressed slave to- her family type
Of woman, Of real brilllance OF mind and
mellowed loveliness OF aspect. who en-
franchises herself from the domination of
an absent-mnded professional husband and
big, blonde and somewhat stolid daugh-
ter She discovers that life can be a very
lively thing, indeed with few new gowns
spirited mare and few Of the younger
members Of the faculty dangling about Her
independence is harmless and effective. The
tale of 1t should set many woman on
the temporal latitude Of the early forties to
serious thinking. There is drollery and
nalvette in The Eternal Feminine" a very
faithful transcript Of the young roman
ticism of novel-reading miss who makes
an elder sister the subject, or victim, OF
certain laboratory experiments in match
making and the dialogue of sentiment. Mrs.
Andrews's girl is as natural and as di-
verting in her self-revelations as Mrs. wig
ginss "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
NOVELS OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN FALL LISTS
FROM THE PUBLISHERS
New Books by Will Lexington
Comfort and Mary Raymond
Shipman Andrews.
Others
EMMY LOU COMES BACK

THE LAST DITCH" ny Will I.vinrton
York. " " ~O'"p""s' Ne"
Ihere Is an unevenness about this work
that robs, that Is disappointing. At one time
the author Of "Rutledge Rides Alone" Is
again his remarkably inspired self yet later
no loosens his grip and the story oozes
away In consequence. Descriptlvely The
Last Ditch" Is an exquisite piece of work I:
lts author knows his China as he does his
Russia and has caught the spirit of the
orient Best OF all are the scenes In the
desert In these not once. but twenty times
a picture Is painted with the pen that stands
forth In vivid. bold colors, Kiplingesque,
really superb In its exotic sort of beauty.
In these Mr.. Comfort, who is nothing II not
follower OF the futuristic school, gains
ADDED effect by short. almost choppy,
phrases patched together by dashes, which
are generally pregnant with meaning. In
the matter Of characters Mr.. Comfort un-
fortunately adheres too closely TO his orr
entail touch. As a result. many Of his per-
sons are fantastically unreal. The character
OF Milton Bend Is the particular example OF
this he is Intensely fascinating. but never
quite lifelike. Both OF Mr.. Comforts wom-
en- are compelling figures. but they would
be more humanity charming II they did not
possess quite 80 much idealistic heroism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
A Novel of Variety

York.
TN the Garden OF Delight" is a story
which may be said TO include a love affair
rather than-to center AROUND IT, for a great
part OF the book is given over to descriptions
of nature-of bird life especially-and an
other great part reads like journal in
time" having more 10 do with the thoughts
and feelings OF the author than with the
romance OF her adopted son.
The love story itself is sweet and natural
and the characters throughout are very real
Moreover. the tale is told with an insight
and an unselhsh sympathy which make up
In part for the somewhat unhappy tone OF
the hook, springing from continual emphasis
on the physical and mental suffering OF the
author. We feel that the artistic effect
would have been greater II this element had
been subordlnated or left out entirely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
Oxford Life of Years Ago


LADY CONNIE. BY Mrs Humphry Ward
Heartss International Library Company, New
York.
While the scene is laid in oxford some
thirty years ago, Mrs. Ward has made Lady
Constance Bledlow, or Lady Connie" a
very lovable and ultra-nodern young
woman. Although she is only young girl,
Connie is as much spoiled, as self-centered
and as charming as any petted society bud
of today. Besides, she rides alone, meets
the man she has refused to marry unchap-
eroned In enhancing forests, smokes ciga-
rettes and has acquired the art of turning
the heads of the stronger sex with an ease
which is surprising.
The book deals to a great extent with the
havoc a young, spirited and beautiful girl
can wreck even unintentionally. Connie
is twenty, beautiful. rich and amazingly
clever. She captures the hearts OF ''profs,"
"dons" and the "bloods' alike, and oom-
pletely shocks her aunt and uncle. with
whom she has come to stay. Not that Con-
ME is bad. Far from II. She has lived most
of her young years abroad In the best So
ciety, and oxford is too slow for her. so
she proceeds to wake the old university
town up.
Connie is deluged with attentions and in
vitatlons, and suitors flock about her. or
these, however, the story deals chiefly with
two-Douglas Falloden nephew and heir
TO a MARQUIS who is arrogant handsome
and snobbishness personified, and Otto
Radowitz, an interesting and lovable young
musician
Both adore Connie but hate each other
as only the bitterest rivals can When
Connie dances all one evening with the
artistic and soulful Otto, Falloden and
some OF the other 'bloods' haze the musi-
clan numerically. In the mix-up Otto's
hand is injured permanently. and he pines
away almost. seeing that through the in
jury TO his hand his career as musician
Is wrecked.
The romance centers about this accident
Falloden has an awakening. He changes
his mode OF life and his spirit is trans
formed. Although the episode has made
Connie hate him, her heart softens when
she learns that he has lost his money and
is devoting the little he has left TO taking
care OF Otto, formerly his most hated
enemy. Both Connie and Falloden take TO
nursing the young musician. and the end ng
is happy even for him. He sees his way
clear TO realize his ambition as a composer.
Cora Harris Once More :.
THE CIRCUIT RIDERS WIDOW BY Cora
Harris Doubleday. Pase Co., Garden City.
The Circuit Riders Widow" by Mrs
Cora Harris doubleday. Page 4 Coz, is a
vivid, clever and convincing character
sketch OF a church. The weaknesses and
shortcomings. the ideals and dreams. the
bigotry and faith, the real inside OF the
village Methodist church. with its itinerant
pastors, are described with a fidelity and
felicity that make the book stimulating and
charming at the same time. Mrs. ThOmp-
son. the circuit riders widow" church
member for thirty-hye years. declares at
tho outset that she Is going TO tell the
family history Of church." and the result
Is procession o. clearly recognizable char
acters. chiefly those who are indubit&bly
church system md church politics that b.
not far short of >.<onIshIns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
$3.50 a year

During the fret three months, there
'0iA be contributions by:
Robert Frost
Sherwood Anderson
Amy Lowell
Van Wyck Brooks
Wilbur Daniel Steele
James Oppenheim
Edgar Lee Masters
Theodore Dresser
Louis Untermeyer
Willard Huntington Wright
Barry Benefited
and such Europeans as
Roman ROLAND
J. ID, Beresford
Allen Upward and
ID. H. Lawrence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-11
Emmy Lou Is Back

EMMY LOUIS ROAD TO GRACE" BY GEORGE
MADDEN Martin. ID. Appleton a Co.. New
AS an attempted treatment OF juvenile
psychology and the queer philosophy OF
childhood this new Emmy Lou" book may
be decidedly worth reading. II Is not,
however, anything like what its name
its advertising or It's general appearances
would lead one TO suspect II may be a
sympathetic study, but Il Is certainly not
pleasant one, The religious element
which Is 30 constantly introduced seems in
congruous and out OF place. At times II
CRATES harshly upon the lighter mood which
accompanies IL. Every chapter deals with
one Or another OF Emmy Lou's perplexties
regarding forms Of worship. why some OF
her friends 80 70 other churches than her
sell and Whist ~ the real definition Of
rc4p><< can cert|InIy - questioned. not
ooc>. but many t|mes ofhor~I.e. Il would
Be <nar4''ns IItlIe sto1v.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-24
FOREST KING FALLS.
Oregon Loses Giant Spruce Said to
Have Been 1000 Years Old.

Nehalem. Ore.-The Nehalem forests
have lost a king. \ giant spruce tree
that Is estimated to be nearly 1000
years old mas fallen a victim 10 the
havoc az a storm.
This representative Of the earliest Of
Oregon trees measured some nineteen
feet at the point whpre 1t was broken.
Throngs continue 10 visit this fallen
wonder of wonders. and moi n few In
awe have attempted 10 count the mum
tcrleSs rings by which It's age is com
putcd by scientists.
Al WatScCo a huge cedar tree holds
a place OF honor among the attractions.
II is seventeen feet in diameter and
is said to be about 1000 years old.
The Nehalem country claims some
unequaled records for the age OF ore.
gon native trees. The violence OF the
gales sweeping up into the Gods val
ley district have laid low many wood
land lords.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-24
NO REASON FOR 1T
When Madison Citizens Show "a Way.

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-24
PREACHER, Al, ADOPTED.
Rev. Henry Nstsch to Take Name OF
His Legal Mother.

New York.-The new law permitting
the adoption of adults made it possible
for Mrs. Sarah Ella Furnald, seventy
one years old and widow OF Francis l..
Furnald. to fulfill a hope of years
when Surrogate Fowler permitted her
to adopt the Rev. Henry Natsch, forty
n years Did. With his wife the cler-
gyman resides at the home of Mrs.
Furnald. "a West Seventy second
street.
Mrs. Furnald was the mother of four
children. all of whom are dead. the last
dying in 1899. Her husband died in
1907. Her only living relative is an
aunt. eighty years old, who has no rela-
tives. She had hoped TO be able to per
petuate the family name through nm
adoption.
She met Mr.. NatSch when he was n
student in the Union Theological sem.
mary in 1902 and shortly after he
went west to live with Mr.. and Mrs.
Furnald. He married Miss Ethel Hele-
ma Burlington on Dec. 2. 1914. and the
two made their home with Mrs. Fur
maid. Mr. Natsch now becomes Henry
Natsch Furnald. and his wife's name
changes accordingly. Mrs. Furnald
has a substantial estate. which. she
says. she Will leave To her adopted son
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-24
DIE IN KANSAS
BECAUSE IT'S DRY"
Lowest Death Rate of Any State
Explained by StaiiStician.

Topeka. kan.-"kansas, with "A rate
of 9.s In each 1000 population, has the
lowest death rate of any state in the
Union. because the people do not drink
liquor, because they have money
enough TO live right and because they
have the intelligence to read of the
conditions that make for short lives
and know how TO dodge them
That is the answer of w. j. V. Dea-
con, registrar of the Kansas vital sta
tistics bureau, to Samuel l.. Rogers, di-
rector of the United States bureau of
the census. The government official
wrote to Mr.. Deacon to get an explana-
ton OF why the Kansas death rate is
so low. In reply Mr.. Deacon wrote:
kansas Is almost wholly I'm agricul
tural state: there are only twelve cities
In the state of more than 100000 popu-
lation. and there Is a gratifying alb
sence of slum districts in the cities.
Aside from the southeast corner OF the
state there Is no mining.
The density OF the population in the
state Is only 20.7 persons to the square
mile, and 70.S per cen of the popula
ton reside outside of towns of 300
population OF more. The climate,
while showing extremes OF tempera-
ture. is usually mild enough 10 permit
much outdoor work and open windows.
But Ii is to the people themselves
that we must look for those minor and
subtle qualities that make for better
and longer living. Kansas il rich. her
per capita wealth is great and the peo-
Pile are enabled to live well, to clothe
themselves properly. to have comforta-
bile homes and TO load their tables with
n%ourishing foods.
Kansas Is a prohibition state. and
in Kansas prohibition really prohibits
| do not mean by this that there is no
alcohol consumed in the state, but the
absence of the saloon means much 10
growing young men. who in the alb
sence of the barroom find more health
full pastimes than loaflng in an alcohol
laden atmosphere
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