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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
By JOHN BARTRAM

| ny stored. Plant the late crop from July
10 to August is, preferably the last wssL
IN July Thin the plants TO stand Ave IA
SIX inches apart In the row. White Egg
OF Purple Top strap-leaved are an ex-
cellent variety.
PARsNIPs AND OYSTER PLANT or.
uinarily require the entire season to com.
plete their growth. They make the great.
est growth, however in the fall, when cool
weather arrives. It is possible that parsnips
anu anu oyster plant or satisfy. II planted at
TINS time. may mature by fall. Their Gull
Iure Is similar to carrots Use Hollow
crown for parsnips and Sandwich Island
Tor satisfy (oyster plant).
In general, the earlier ONIONS are plant-
| ed the more productive will the crop be, II
might be we'll to plant small area even
now, since they are especially valuable for
winter use. Even though they should not
mature, they will produce young green
! onions by fall.
KALE can be planted now in drills. one
70 two feet apart, half an inch thick
Dwarf Curled and New Zealand are good
varieties This grows we'll, and has no grit
like spinach, The season can be prolonged
as the plant is very hardy, by covering the
plants with straw or leaves after the first
Few frosts. At the set-in Of winter pile up
more straw and cover all with strips of old
CARPET removed in early spring. when a
fresh crop will start enough for two or
three pickings.
CUCUMBERs, Cool and Crisp or ALL
Season may be planted for late table use
and picking.
SQUASH. such as Hubbard or some other
winter variety, will mature in time for stor-
ing in cool dry place
BEANS may be planted up till the end
of August Profusion or Golden Rustproof
WAX and SfriDplaee .
for canning Dwarf Horticultural are fine
for drying for soup or baking They can
be left dry in their pods and then shelled
and stored in closed. lght-p retainers.
Do not work or pick your beans while the
foliage is wet or you will have more trou-
BILE with bean rust or anthracnose. It is too
late for pole limas, but such dwarf bush
varieties as Fordhook will mature IL planted
within a week
POTATOES for late crop can be put in
up to July to 10.
TOMATOES can be put out II II is pos
sible to obtain the plants in your vicinity.
CABBAGE, plants only, can be set out
for winter storing Late fiat Dutch and
Danish ballhead are good kinds. Seeds may
be tried in a bed Of rich soil with sunny ex.
posure, and II forced quickly and trans.
planted to mellow soil which has been well
manured beneath.
CORN can be planted up ts July is. 1t Is
best to use an early, quick growing sort,
such as Golden Bantam (yellow). Crosby OF
Earliest Of ALL
CELERY plants can be put in in rows two
feet apart, one foot apart In row, up tc
August l, but the earlier the better. This
should be earthed up from time to time tc
ensure blanching. 1t can stay in the ground
till heavy frosts. when II should be dug out
and stored. upright. leaves and stock, ir
loose, dry earth or sand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
IRWIN S. COBB.
LITERARY GENIUS
If He Lived in France He Would
Be Elected to Membership
in the French Academy

An American whose business it is to read
and appraise fiction once said that If irwin
5. Cobb lived in France he would have
been elected to the French academy long
ago When we recall tnat only the great
French masters of literature are elected to
the academy we can understand what this
American thinks Of Cobb His judgment is
not at fault. Cobb is one Of the finest lit
erary artists we have produced. lie has
style, he has pose, and breadth of vision
and broad and tender human sympathies.
The skill with which he constructs a story
is source Of constant admiration to those
interested in literary technique, but it is so
artfully concealed that those who care
nothing for literary method do not suspect
that the effect produced has been carefully
planned from the beginning The apparently
rambling, discursive narrative that wanders
on gentally from one point to another as
word or an incident suggests something
new is really a closely thought out and de-
ltbcrately constructed fabric that when COM
pleted Is like a piece of tapestry containing
the pictured story of a heroic deed or a
moving tale of seutimen'. Cobb is "A hum
ortst in the best sense Of the world, for
he looks on life with an amused and SYM
pathetic interest and with an unerring in
stinct for the finer traits of human nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
An Unvarnished Tale

Most Of the books which have come from
the trenches have been characterized by a
sort of literary sophistication. The authors
have sought to do something fine. But II
they had sat down with friend under
tree and talked to him they would have told
much that they have left out of their mar
ratiye, and they would have told II more
simply and directly, Arthur Guy Empey
a kinsman of the late Richard Henry Dana
has told in "Over the Top" the, story Of his
experiences very much as he would have
told il to a friend In private conversation
Empey is a sort Of a soldier Of fortune. He
has travelled over the world. on sea and
land. He served for a while in the United
states cavalry, rising TO the rank OF SER
geant major. When the Lusitania was sunk
he expected to go into the war under the
American flag, but when he grew tired Of
waiting he went over 10 England and en-
listed In the British army as a private He
served for eighteen months and was
wounded seven times, the last time so seri-
ously that he was discharged as incapaci-
tated for further duty In describing what
happened durlng his period Of servioe he
uses the colloqoial. slangg language OF tho
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
IRWIN S. COBB

Mr. Cobb's latest volume OF short stories
is a worthy successor of its predecessors
Judge Priest and his friends appear in Il,
as well as some other characters not so well
known. There are two stories dealing with
Herman Felsburg, the little German jew.
which deserve to take their place along
with the Judge Priest stories for their in
sight and their literary merit. How the
spirit that made the South fight a losing
war for four years coud be invoked to pre-
vent defeat of a Southern college team on
the football field is told i'm cinnamon
Seed and Sandy Bottom" the climax Of
which the sporting reporters would do well
to read II they want to discover how to
describe a football game. And in The
Garb Of Men" Mr.. Cobb has given a descrip-
tion Of a small section of war-torn France
that is worthy of the best French literary
traditions And There Was Light" is a
poetic alegory fashioned for the relief of
neurasthenic women. Its materials are COM
mon, but they are used with such skill as
to create the impression that they are new
Admirers of this Kentucky genius will hope
that he may live long and continue to tell
us stories about likabe people whom he
has created and to create more of the same
kind.
THOSE TIMES AND THESE. By Irwin S. Cobb
George II, Doran Company. Sl.35.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
Giants at Grips

Rapid action, bold adventure interviewer
with love story of considerably more
than the ordinary sentimentality that
makes the modern novel attractive to read
ers who delight in the episodes of Phyllis
and her Corydon of the twentieth century
are the outstanding features of n tale of
the frozen North fresh from the Vrile fancy
of William Macleod Raine The author
of Steve Yeager" has entitled his latest
production, The Yukon Trail" In vivid
portraiture of country in which right
makes right, or at least did before the
United States Government turned large
share of its attention to DEVELOPMENT of
the vast Alaska domaiI, and began the
policy of conservation designed to prevent
fraudulent absorption of the limitless pos
sibilities and resources of wonderful
region, the author shows a familiarity with
his subject that betrays personal knowledge
of life on the country's last frontier.
Throughout Mr. Raines story runs the
thread of history. One of the principals of
"The Yukon Trail" is a strong man"
closely identified with the attempt to seize
the immense tracts involved in the Alaska
coal claims of national notoriety. His
Vaccinations are crippled II not entirely
overthrown by another strong man" who
happens TO be Government agent sent out
from Washington TO investigate the opera
tions Of constituencies and wonderfully
skillfu syndicate. The investigator and
hero of Mr.. Raines story is a college
graduate and football hero, whose physical
talents and mental aertness are put TO a
severe test in preventing a gigantic swindle
OF Uncle Sam well as of bona ide pros
pectors and miners. Both tho agent and
the syndicate chief are in love with the
same girl, a perfectly delightful Irish
maiden, who lends charm 10 the story of
giants at grip.
THE YUKON TRAIL BY William McIeod
Raine Boston' Houghton Mifiin Company
81 .35.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30

TET me suggest that every one
IL who creates or cultivates a gar
den helps, and helps greatly, to solve
the problem of the feeding of the
nations.-President Wilson.
Bring your gardening problems to
the Evening Ledger for practical,
helpful solution. Address JOHN
BARTRAM.
There is time yet to start a home
garden. Spade the ground and start
this week. Beans (both wax and
string), corn, beets, tomato plants,
carrots, cucumbers, cabbage plants
can be put in.
Readers by sending this coupon
and two-cent stamp for postage to
the National Emergency Food Gar
den Commission, 210 Maryland
Building, Washington. D. c., will re-
ceive FREE OF ANY CHARGE a
primer on canning and drying vege-
tables and fruits
Fill out the space below and mail,
as this is a part of the personal
service this paper aims to give its
readers.
Name ................
Street ................
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E. L.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30

TT is time now to think of vegetables
L which can be stored, canned, picked or
dried The first is the simplest method and
is adapted to a number Of vegetables.
It is of the utmost Importance this year
TO plant vegetables which can be stored
and used after frost has done its work. The
root crops especially thrive on light soil,
rich in organic matter, but will produce
favorable crops on ordinary garden soil
Many home gardeners devote too much
time and space to the short-season and
ouick-maturing crops, giving little consider
alton to succession or "follow-up" crops.
While II Is true that no home garden is COM
plete without the proverbial lettuce radish,
peas and green onions, the present critical
food situation demands that the less perish
able crops, like potatoes, beans, squash,
pumpkin and root crops, be grown.
Now that the early peas, lettuce, etc, are
nearing their end, their place should be
filled with other crops. Suggestions are
herewith made as to what may be profitably
planted from now on. Times given are for
the latitude of Philadelphia as fairly CEN
trail point of reference for 100 miles north
allow a week later; for each 100 miles
south, subtract a week.
BEETs-For late maturity some season.
able variety like Detroit Dark Red or Ed
mond's Blood turnip may be sown to July
IS in rows eighteen inches apart and one
half to three-fourths inches deep. The
crop should be harvested before freezing
weather Light frosts will not injure beets.
provided the ground is well covered with
foliage. Beets should be thinned to stand
one inch apart when they are two TO two
and one-half inches high Beets removed
by thinning may be used for table greens,
Later they may be thinned again to stand
four to six inches apart II the second thin
ming is done gradually, one may have a
more or less constant supply of beets during
late summer.
CARROTS are easy to grow. and they
lend themselves to storing For winter
use SOW the seeds a week earlier than for
beets Thin first to stand one inch and
later three TO four inches apart in the
row. Judicious and gradual thinning will
provide a constant supply of tender car
rots for the table. Varieties adapted to
late planting are Danvers Half Long and
Chantenay.
TURNIPs mature quickly. Plant wher-
ever space is available, and especially when
It is too late to plant other succeeding
crops. Turnips are easily grown and read
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
Just a Story

The social philosophers who say that a
man needs about half dozen wives to sat
isfy him, one for each mood. have not found
way to provide them. Perhaps II is be-
cause there are not women enough to go
around. Fortunately, however, there are
books enough to appeal to the varying
moods There were times when the late
John G. Johnson found pleasure I'm the
lightest French fiction. Other men find re-
Taxation in reading books on mathematics
Arthur J. Balfour halls with joy the pub
lication of a new story by f. Phillips on
penheim. Mr.. Oppenheim's following is not
confined to men like Mr.. Balfour. II it were
he would have to earn his living i'm some
other way for there are comparatively few
Balfours in the world, not enough to sup.
port novelist. Mr. Oppenheim's latest
book, THE Cinema Murder" will appeal to
all lovers Of story. II is a tale of mys-
cruelty. While reading it one is not trou-
or about the adequacy of the motives which
cause the action. Those familiar with the
authors method will continually wonder
how he will bring the story to a satsfac-
tory conclusion. But he does end It pleas
antly, and the lovers live together happily
ever afterward. II takes its title from an
incident witnessed by a moving picture
promoter, which, he says, would make a
good opening for a film story. 1t looks like
a murder, and is in reality the beginning of
the complications that Mr. Oppenhelm un-
ravels in the novel.
THE CINEMA MURDER. BY r. Phillips Op-
penheim. Boston; Little, Brown Co. 81 35,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
Inheritance Tax Laws

When investors pick out the securities Of
companies in which TO place their idle funds
little consideration is given on many occa-
sions as to what the inheritance taxes are
in the various States. This has cost many
estates large sums. Coming at a time when
the Government is giving much considera-
tion to various kinds OF taxation, an in
formative book on inheritance taxes in the
different States is very useful. II Is just
such a book that Hugh Bancroft has writ
ten. It can be said that the book is one
of the most Informative along its line that
have been placed at the disposal of in
yestors, and indeed it fills a want
INHERITANCE TAXES FOR INVESTORS. BY
Hugh Bancroft Boston; Houghton Mlfdin
Company. 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
PHILLPOTTS DISCUSSES THE EASY Way BLAME DESTINY

until the world has been made free for
democracy forever" This Is the spirit in
which he has written, and Il is the spirit
without which we cannot succeed, Mr.
Powell Is familiar with the strength OF the
Germans and with their methods on the
field. He speaks with the authority Of an
expert when he tells us what we must do.
His book. therefore deserves the attention
or all who wish TO get a better understand
ing of the situation and to receive inspira-
uon from the knowledge that the opportu-
nifty has come to serve France as well as
ourselves and the general cause of civil
ization.
BROTHERS IN ARMS BY Y. Alcxa nder Pow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF BILLY BUMPUS
JOCCO TRICKS BILLY
By Farmer Smith

"Jocco"
Yes, dear"
II wish you would be serious and not
talk so disrespectfully to me-" said Billy
Bumpus to his friend, Jocco, the monkey
Yes, darling" replied Jocco
Maybe you will not be so polite TO me
when tell you what have in mind said
Billy.
II don't care, precious" Jocco still per-
sisted
II love all those terms, but this is Sc
rous i want you to let me nre you OUT
OF one Of the cannon" ventured Billy eyeihs
the monkey carefully.
You have but to breathe a wish and II
IL is In my power to grant 1t, l VIII De
glad to do 50, my darling, replied he
monkey.
please, PLEASE, don't talk like that.
want TO try an experiment-one that mas
never been tried before. 1t is this-l want
to wait until one of the guns is loaded
and then 1 will shoot you over to one OF
those hills over there and then l VIII run
over to see II you are hurt-understandT
Bply looked serious
I understand perfectly. You are to shoot
me from one OF the light artillery guns
ana then come and bury me. unuerstahu
Tar better than you," replied Jocco.
Then he added: "But I'm ready 10 die
I'm not a coward jumping through bass
erums. ! want to die for my country
ana II you want to try an experiment win
me, here I am"
Billy was so surprised at the willingness
Oi Jocco that he hesitated in going ahead
Why don't you hurry up?" asked Jocco'
think II you will wait while we may
De able TO have you crawl into one OF the
suns after soldier has loaded II" sug-
gested Billy.
~pshawl You're getting scared already
teased Jocco
Nc I'm mott you come along with me-
zen q them started aeroas the parade
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
ADAM BLAMED THE WOMAN,
MODERN MAN BLAMES GOD
thus Does the World Progress in It's Search for
the Ultimately Responsible Phil
potts Exhibits the Situation

TT WAS twilight. The shadows were
L deepening under the trees on the ex-
pansive lawn Of the Rich Man across
the street. The willows at the foot Of
the slope in the distance were changing
from a mass Of airy streamers into
clumps of solid gloom. single star
shone In the western sky and one-half
of my mind was watching for others to
appear like golden pin points prici<ing
their way through the heavens.
Suddenly i was aware OF Doctor Nc
Fabre and Dorothy owen standing in
front of me at the foot of the steps.
What are you dreaming about?" Doc
tor McFabre asked. We've been waiting
for you TO wake up"
81 thought you would never see u.s."
said Dorothy
After Doctor McFabre had settled him
self in the Gloucester hammock and
Dorothy was comfortable in a rocking
chair the question of my preoccupation
was taken up.
ITO tell the truth" said, 81 was
thinking Of the progress the race has
made. Adam was an infant without rea.
son. He simply blamed the woman
Nowadays we blame God"
What do you mean?" asked the clergy.
man in little alarm.
"I can tell you best by repeating a little
poem by William Dean Howells."
"Howells isn't poet. He's a novelist" ="
said the doctor.
Listen to this that he wrote more
than twenty years ago and then tell me
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
Best Sellers

According to reports sent 10 the Bookman
from forty cities the best selling novel in
the United States during the month of Nav
was "Nr. Britling Sees 1t Through" II
was first on the list in Boston, Baltimore.
birmingham, Chicago, Cleveland Kansas
CITY. Mo. Milwaukee, New Orleans, Nor
folk, Portland, Me- Seattle, ST. Louis.
Spokane and Toledo. The Bookman's best
six sellers follow
Mr.. Britling Sees II Through" Wells.
'sThe Light In the Clearing" Bacheller.
ssThe Hundredth Chance" Dell
'srhe Road 10 Understanding. Porter.
A sffis Family" Poole.
I'm the Wilderness Hichens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30
FARMER SMITHS
COLUMN
THE LONG. LONG DAYS

My Own Dears-A few days ago Qt
seems) 1t was dark when got up to get my
breakfast, but now the sunshine is up when
I take my pink toes out of bed and put them
on the floor.
The days are longer and 1 think l am
doing more work. 1 try to do two men $
work. and thus bring the war to speedier
conclusion There is no use in my trying to
tell you to do something which do not do
myself, 1 would be lazy man to ask you
to do your own work and that OF some one
else while I sat up and took life easy.
Try to get up early and try to work late
Try to play just little, but enough. Make
your play different from work. Remember
that croquet and tennis are good exercise
The former might be compared to sweeping
the floor.
We must play now and then.
Don't you think II a bad plan to play with
LOT of children? 1t seems to me that
two are company and three is crowd
notice there is not nearly so much trouble
where there are only few children playing
What do YOU think?
Your loving editor
FARMER SMITH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-30

soldier in the trenches. II is the story OF
man out for adventure without any heroIcn
or any mental analysis or any dream, about
hghting for the freedom Of tho world but
Just red-blooded narrative OF lighting IL
is' therefore, in strong contrast 10 the pro-
auctions OF the poets and novelsta who
have been telling us about their mental
processes, II must be read by those who
wish TO check up the observations Of tho
thinking men with the experiences Of man
Of action.
oNER THE TOP. BY an American soldier who
Meui, Afthur Guy Empey, machine gunner.
SSfrMng IN France. Together with Tommy :
Pputtonary or the trenches. New York. q. r.
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whether he is poet or not" Then
repeated these lines:
Before Him weltered like a shoreless sea
The souls of them that had not sought to be,
With all their guilt upon them, and they
cried,
They that had sinned from hate and lust
and pride
Thou that ddst make us what we might
become.
Judge u.s." The Judge of all the earth was
dumb;
But high above them. in His sovereign place
He lifted up the pity of His face.
Yes, that is poetry" admitted the
clergyman. THE same thought has
passed through my mind more than
once. but l could not have expressed it
so .compactly. Here we are, creatures
of heredty and environment, tossed about
by the winds of circumstances over which
we have no control. We must move
merc.ful God to deep compassion"
81 suppose that may be So" said Doro-
thy but with the fine intuition of her
feminine mind she went on: But how
contemplate it is to blame 1t all on God
You might as we'll blame Him when your
house burned down after you had neg
lected to pour a pailful of water on the
tiny blaze that started the fire right under
your nose"
Good for you Dorothy" said l.
Cabot Ames just then came up, and
we asked him what he thought of it,
He specialized in philosophy and ethics az
Harvard. In the presence OF Dorothy
however, he was cautious. Her indigna
ton at his unwillingness to respond
when his country needed soldiers had
evidently taught him that there was
more than one point Of view. Finally he
said:
intellectually, I am inclined to place
the responsibility on God but when
look into my own mind discover that
cannot escape part of the responsibility"
Dorothy beamed on him, then with a
little malicious look she asked: 80 you
are not going to blame God for your un-
willingness to be a soldier?"
He WINGED, but with a stiffening of his
back he retorted: MY ancestors fought
when they were needed, and have been
thinking lately that I should be a pol.
troon IL proved unworthy of them.
may go to war yet"
"Heredity is asserting itself" Doctor
McFabre chuckled. Instead of blaming
God you are giving him credit. That is a
little better"
81 don't care what he calls IL so long
as he -" Dorothy began. but stopped
suddenly, blushing up to the roots Of her
hair.
And Ames settled down again and
looked at her with more happiness in his
face than had seen for two or three
weeks.
"wen, / have noticed" said I, that
we blame God only for our misdeeds
When we get tangled up in a mass OF COM
rlications arising out OF our own selfish
ness and irresponsibility we talk about
fate and destiny and other scapegoats.
Now and then we find novelist who ex-
hibits what Henry James once called the
Municipality Of the human predicament
II he have any spiritual discernment,
however he does not blame the Creator
for everything Eden Phillpotts has bare
ly escaped joining Jamess Municipality
school Of writer's in his latest story"
'I like Phillpotts's Devonshire stories. I"
said Ames. They remind me OF Black
more.H
! -rhey say PhiIlpotts has written some