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The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
BOOK REVIEWS

Mrs. Rinehart has written many
charming books. But we doubt IL
she has ever written anything
more charming than this tale OF
the little Crown Prince who be-
came King.
r. was a small kingdom. and Il
was on the verge OF revoiutiOV.
All that stood between was a fran
old king and a tiny child, a boy
Of ten who wanted just 10 be a
boy and have a good time once in
q while. But then he had been
brought up TO know that a future
king must be polite and cOnsiderste
and diEnified. And nc was all.
bless his little heaTt-for being a
king and being a boy at the same
time is hard work.
The amazing part Of il is that in
the midst OF intrigue and treason
and the hanging over an abyss OF
anarchistic tendencies. the child re-
mained so much u child and 50 en-
tirely untainted. There is a de-
lightful lOve-story woven in among
the threads OF the somewhat intri-
cate plot. and We lOYf HedwiE and
the big blonde soldier nearly as
we'll as we love the little Prince.
This is a real story, rich in ro-
nance and the play Of emotion. II
comes as . real treat TO the fiction
reader who wants something fresh
and tender and human.
Banjo at ArmaGeddOn, by Ber-
ton BraIey, author OF The H-raId's
daily poem. New York: George Il.
Doran Company. Price. SI.0O not
This is a book Of verse 10y q writer
who speaks to the every DAY man.
The authors work has appeared in
about all of the most popular msgst
zines He writes in q ColloQuial styt5
Of familiar things and familiar char
aCters. His Pipes O. Pan are a street
piano, his daisy meade p base ball
game. his Sir Galshad. police re-
porter. a fireman. or a traffic sop. :
He eschews suDtitles and Is not afraid
OF hearty humor. He strikes his home
ly Tyre to the inspiration Of. the war,
in celebration OF the JOY Of outdoors.
and in honor Of many workadsy ad-
ventures. He sings the ferry boat.
the electrician. and the spell OF the
Rialto.
Conspicuous among his outstanding
qualities is a courageous Cheerfulness.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30

Bolshevki complain that the Germans are already
breaking promises given in the preliminary peace nego-
tiatons. Seems to us that, somewhere, sometime, we
have heard that song before.
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According to himself, the Kaiser has turned from
fighting for territory fighting for peace Wonder if
the people of Germany will be impressed by the diff
ference.
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That Baroness Iona Zoner, under arrest at An
napolis shows that she's not proGerman by suing her
German husband for divorce. What more can Uncle
Sam ask?
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They've got you beat at every turn The grocer
has no sugar to sell and when Cleveland druggist
gave away pound packages of it the police stopped
him.
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Kaiser Wilhelm's Christmas thoughts ran to iron
fists and shining swords 1t must be awful for fel-
low to go through life with such disposition.
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Our guess is this: War; you may remember or
probably don't remember, forced the Kaiser
Peace likewise will be forced on him.
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"Me und Gott" may be holding fast in Flanders
But "NIe und Allah" aren't getting anywhere, in
Palestine.
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"Score one for the knitting bag" postcards H. B.
"My wife brought live duck home in hers Saturday
night"
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NEWSIE NOTES.

Wanted a Tortoise-Shell." by
Peter Blundell CJohn Lane Coz il
the title of a tale dealing with a
humorous and entertaining search
for a male tortoise-sheU Cat-a spy-
cies supposed not TO ,NisJ
Ellwood Hendrick. author Of the
recently published hook. Every
mans Chemistry" called attention
in an interview not long ago to the
industrial was'efUlucss 81 this
country. One Of his suggestions d
that old newspapers, saved and
repulped would replace millions OF
dollars II converted into pals, bar
rels, building board. and so forth.
But who wants to save an old news
paper? Probably SO per cent or
more OF the bIast-furnace Stag
could be turned into Portland ce-
ment. BY defective use OF coal, we
are wasting every day from IS to
SO per cent of its value"
In Mark Twain's Letters" ar
ranged by Albert Birelow Pain.
will be found Twain's answer 20 a
little French girls question about
which OF his own books he liked
best. My favorite? II Is Joan OF
Arc My next is Huckleberry
Finn but the family's next is The
Prince and the PGuper.' Yes, you
are right am a moralist in dis
guise; il gets me into heaps OF
trouble when / go thrashing around
in political questions" Just this
season tho family's neXt"-''The
Prince and the Pauper"-hRs been
brought out by the Harpers in a
special holiday dress with Colored
illustrations.
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Every day becomes better day to sell saloon hold
ings, if possible.
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The Winds of the World, by Tai
hot Mundy. illustrated by Joseph
Clement Coll. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company. Price. $3.50
net
The loyalty of India to England has
been one Of the interesting things
about this war. II is so interesting
that 1t is small wonder that II offers
material for fiction. And here, by the
author of king, of the Khyber
RIFLES" a man who knows his India
well. is a hair-raising tale Of adven-
ture, intrigue. peril. uncertainty. that
centers in the loyalty Of an Indian
regiment and the failure Of German
diplomacy"
The chief characters in the book are
three, Kirby. the English colonel Of a
sikh regiment: Risalder-Major Ran
joor Singh, whom Kirby trusts as he
trusts himself. and Yasmini, the
dancer. to whom the winds OF the
world have whispered their secrets
and who plots and plots again for the
sheer fun of the thing.
Yasmini is the most remarkable of
the three, a creature Of fiction merely.
yet unendingly interesting; only the
Russian ballet dance as she dances:
she sings, she intrigues. she holds
court among all men. great and small
she is surprisingly beautiful and in
credibly clever, and no man knows
for sure on what side she stands She
has a great part to play in the book.
and the trick by which she slays her
enemy at the end is well worth wait
ing for.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30

The Tortoise. by T.. r. Benson,
author Of Michael. New York:
George H. Doran Company. Price,
$3.50 net.
Mr.. Benson has left the realms OF
the smart set and has gone into the
country, where he pictures for us a
delightfully."- rural community. in
which a group Of fascinating though
quite Ordinary people live their drab
lives and see the sunshine shining
through the gray clouds now and
again.
This might be a new Crawford"
so wonderful is the characterization.
with just a slightly stronger toucm
Of the masculine and a little more
emphatically modern. The village
chsrch, the village artist and the viii
lage celebrity in the form Of a novel;
writer-they live and love, hate
mildly, seek romance with small en-
thusiasm. but win TO a place where
they are content. They have their
problems. but they leave the solution
to Providence.
Although THE Tortoise" is a de-
lightful experience. not SO deeply
stirring as Michael" but very salts
flying.
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The Victorious Faith, by HOratio
w. Dresser. New York: Harper and
Brothers. Price, S1.0o.
Among the books, born OF the
stress and travail OF the hour, that
seek to point The way to a con-
struCtiye faith for those who would
hold fast to eternal tEnths. is The
Victorious Faith" BY HOratiO W.
Dresser. recently published by the
Harper's 1t is most readable vol
ume. and an inspiring one. without
having recourse TO the well-mcanins :
platitudes that too often corrupt the
argument of those who seek TO up
lift the world by means Of the writ
ten word
The author succintly formulates the
only tenable philosophy. which diff
fers at many points from that Of
the typical advocate of peace or Of
prepa redness. 1t is n vOiCing of the
new vision that has been taking shape
among us as the war grows in enor-
nifty and significance. The old faith has
waned and the complacent optimism
of the past has been revealed in its
blindness to the actual state OF the
world The indifference of our own
country in the midst Of great pros
perity to the nations of the Old
World is a typical illustration.
Long Live the King, by Mary
Roberts Rinehart, author Of .K."
New York: HoughtOn Mifflin Com
pany. illustrated in color and tint.
Price, Sl5O net
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

steel plant when we say our pray.
ers and hope for still bigger and
better things so that we shall not
have to dangle our legs over the
walls of the New Jerusalem and
strum our harps when we gaze
down at a city Of 275,0O0 souls.
Dear old Duluth! Wake up,
brace up, sit up, clean up, build
up, and break up every chain
that binds. Let us all pull to.
gether. Let us reduce the Fl. G..
L. to proper proportions. Let
US cease buying gasoline for
Louis Hills red automobile, get
ting nothing in return but a
look at his golden whiskers once
in about every two years. Let us
bring the N. P. R. back from
it's wicked ways against our wei.
fare. Let us "bump off" sec
tionalism. Let us have the pop
ulation up to 275,000 souls be-
fore Chicago, the Twin Cities or
even Superior know what we
are doing.
Give a shoulder, fellows!
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DIED IN DISGRACE.

Despite the response of the
News Tribune to the S. o. S. call
from Auditor Halden's political
gang, House File No. 804, intro
duced by Messrs. Bernard and
Hicken and boosted along by
Senator Adams, failed to become
a law, thereby denying Auditor
Halden a very neat attachment
for his political machine.
House File No. 804 was that
notorious bill for an Act author
izing a committee composed Of
the county auditor, the county.
road engineer and the county
commissioners from the district
in which the road work is to be
done, in any county having an
area Of more than 5000 square
miles, to open bids and let con-
tracts in amounts not exceeding
$4,000.
Until the Rip-saw took up this
matter, hardly a soul, outside of
the Halden machine, knew any
thing about it. The bill was not
drawn because Of any great pub
lie demand. The public was not
advised in the matter. The daily
papers failed to give it publicity.
Most Of the st. Louis county
Legislators apparently were
against it. After an attempt to
"slip it over" it seems that
most of the state legislators
frowned on it. The measure:
seems to have died unwept, un-
honored, and unsung.
But the whole miserable story,
as insignificant as some may
think it to be, shows how the
Old Spider in the courthouse
spins his cunning webs and how
the taxpayers never can tell
when or where some interest,
some citizen, or even some public
servant, will become enmeshed.
Believers in efficient public
service, honest handling Of pub
lie money or personal attention
to duty, will do well never to
sleep with both eyes but to have
at least one optic constantly
turned towards the county audi
tor and even some Of the county
commissioners,
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THE NATION SHOULD BLUSH

At last we are in the world
war and the government is call
ing loudly for men. The sons
of Uncle Sam never have been
afraid to fight if the cause were
just and their country called.
We do not think that this time
will be an exception. :
But, in a rich, prosperous and
powerful country like this, it's a
shame and a disgrace to ask the
flower Of our young manhood
to become cannon fodder for
SIS a month.
In the Civil war, privates got
$13 a month and the situation
was much more desperate than
now. Today, underpopulated
Canada, with one-eighth our po-
pulation, pays her private soldiers
$50, and more, a month.
It's no fun to leave a profitable
employment, a comfortable home
and many dear ones to serve
your country with deadly weapons
in your hands. It's bad enough
to die at home and in bed, with
ones boots off. It's much worse
to leave your bones in the bot
tom of the sea or in some stencil
ing hole in Europe.
If this country were invaded
by a lusty foe, millions would
spring to arms if they had to
pay for the privilege, instead Of
getting so cents day, the wage
of a Mexican peon, the wage Of
an ignorant slave. But when the
United States is taking the war
tc the enemy; when there is not
one chance in a thousand that
foreign foe can put foot on this
soil, the entire nation should
blush to see it's soldiers march
away for SIS a month.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21
TILE GREAT GERMAN
PEOPLE,

The Rip-saw has nothing but
love, admiration and broad toler-
ance for the great German peo-
pie. That element is strong in
our population. That element
has a reputation for industry,
stability and good citizenship. It
should be kindly treated and re-
spected.
What the Rip-saw does dislike
is the ruthless spirit Of that
Prussian autocracy. It ignores
the weak. It denies the people
so many Of the things that form
the very foundations Of this free
nation. 1t is based on the feudal
idea that might makes Right. Z"
It has nothing in common with
the inalienable right to life, lib
erty and the pursuit Of happi-
ness.
The Rip-saw has no desire to
hurt the feelings Of any man be-
cause of his German blood. Any
seeming inclination in that direc-
ton is the result of haste in
choosing words in a task that is
heavy for one man.
What the Rip-saw cannot un-
derstand, however, is the fact
that some of the most rabid
apologists and even advocates
for ruthlessness, savagery and
vandalism, are grandsons of men
who left Deutschland to escape
the mailed fist, the militarism
and the stirring Of heart-calls for
freedom Of thought, speech and
private actions.
The Rip-saw believes that such
men, born, reared and educated
in America, if compelled to live
under some Of the blighting con-
ditions in the Fatherland, would
resent and flee from the everlast-
ing "Es list verboten.
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Col. A. G. Weiss has been ap.
pointed a member of the Mime
sofa commission Of public safe
ty. Col. Weiss is the man who
put IS" into the word safety.
He speaks and reads German,
therefore no spy or sneaky foe
can slip up on him. And should
the enemy be so foolhardy as to
appear in the open, broadside
from Col. Weiss's daily paper
would blow them to kingdom
come, or the place just below
there. All of us can sleep more
securely now that Col. Weiss is
on guard.
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THAT SWEET STORY OF OLD

Mr.. Charles P. Craig, retiring
president of the Duluth CONNER
cial Club, in singing his swan'
song the other night, said that
Duluth will have a population of
275,OOO in Is years IF the ratio
of growth for the past 30 years
is maintained.
That's entirely too long to
wait. The secret committee on
publicity dope should have GEN.
sored Mr.. Craig's figures. By
that time, the whole bunch Of us
will be under the sod and what
good will population Of 275,O0O
do us?
What a conservative and poky
generation this is. Thirty years
ago, the plans called for popu-
lation of 2,275,0O0 souls even
before this time. Looks like a
case of arrested development. We
fear some municipal surgery is
imperative.
Did not Mr.. Craig settle in Du-
luth about 80 long years ago be-
cause the City Of Destiny was
bound to soon surpass Chicago in
| size and importance9 How about
Banning's Line and that 500
miles Of advantage over Chicago
in fresh water navigation on the
way to Puget sound?
The wheels have skidded sadly
somewhere, in some way.
The plain fact is that Duluth
was not settled by people who
came here for their health. They
were a bold, aggressive lot of ad-
venturers, seeking to snatch a
"stake" and make their get-a-
way to the old haunts back home.
The big boom bursted and
those who did not commit sui
eide, 60 back to their wife's folks
or hike for other fields, were left
stranded high and dry, like a lot
of whales Hopping on beach
| after the quick ebb Of an unusu.
ally high tide.
The next quarter of a century
was spent in praying, hoping and
looking for second real estate
boom. It will be here at about
the same time the good people
see the second coming of Christ.
Dear old Duluth How we love
her rocks and hills, her healthful
winters and her comfortable
summers, her romantic past and
her promising future, her peren-
NAL politics and her peculiar
people.
Dear old Duluth It's the place
where rail and lake actually
meet; it's where black diamonds
are piled high for the treeless
plains; it's the storage place for
the golden grain from the fertile
fields beyond; it's the port of
hail for the mammoth carriers of
products of field, forest and
mine; it's the resting place of the
greatest ore-docks in the world
and the loading place for a ton
mage that overshadows Suez and
makes New York jealous.
Dear old Duluth! It's the
identical town whose biggest
banker is credited with saying
| and believing Duluth is large
| enough" It's the unfortunate
town where every second man of
much means suspects and fears
the motives of his neighbor. It's
the place where Big Interests sit
and where an army of wage-earn-
ers serve them.
Dear old Duluth! We turn oui
faces towards the $4,000, OOe
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

was a widower but desirious Of
wedding again. He became en+
gagged to buxon young w.man
in Minneapolis, only eighteen
years Of age. A little later, the
CID pinoeer met a widow, nei-
Their young nor handsome, but
worthy and possessed Of consid-
cradle property. The combina-
| ton looked good to Mr.. Davis
and, before he realized it, he was
engaged to her.
Finally realizing the serious
ness of being engaged to two
women at the same time, brother
Davis appealed to brother Shan
non for help. Shannon took the
train to Minneapolis and, cum
ming remarks to the young lady,
so incensed her against Mr.. Da-
Wis that she repudiated the pro-
spective union.
Returning to Duluth, Shan
non reported to Davis, who re-
ceived the report with charac-
teristic physical wriggles, rub
bling of hands and smiles.
thereafter" said Sannon
in conclusion, 81 advise that you
do not take out so many options
at a time"
A quarter of a century ago,
normal training school for teach
ers was maintained in the old
Washington school and the Gen.
tral high school buildings. A
Miss Harris was principal and
Miss Deming, now Mrs. George
A. French, was at the head Of
the kindergarten department.
Miss Harris, as time passed
by, became rather officious. She
rather took it upon herself to
keep order in the halls and to
trespass on matters rather more
properly belonging to the regu-
lar teachers.
One morning she was in the
hall in front of the office when
a young chap came jumping
down the stairs about three steps
at a time.
"Here! here! Go back and
come down those stairs in a
proper manner!" exclaimed Miss
Harris.
MADAM replied the young
man, with a most courtly bow,
81 am not a student Of this insti-
tuition. I'm a book AGENT
The lady nearly tainted and
the young man disappeared with
broad grin.
In the good old days, when
Duluth was young and frisky,
Charley Drew, now craftsman
and indispensable attache in the
city engineers office, was Zone
of the boys who feared no noise"
On one glorious Fourth Of July,
Drew strolled into the thirst par
lor then conducted by Col. Allard,
a administered individual,
where now stands the Ideal beer
hall.
At the end Of the long bar stood
a big dish Of baked pork and
beans. Slyly planting cannon
fire-cracker in the beans and
touching fire to the fuse, the
frisky engineer strolled down to
the other end of the bar.
"Give me a BEER" he COM
manded Col. Allard.
"Just as Col. Allard was SHOW
ing the schooner across the bar,
'Bang!" went the cannon fire.
cracker. Baked pork and beans
were spattered all over the ceiling
and walls.
"I'll be jumped on!'' exclaimed
Col. Allard with Yankee twang,
"what goll-darned scoundrel IS up
to tricks like that?"
"That was a mean trick," SYM
pathetically replied Drew.
The laughter Of the patrons Of
the place caused Col. Allard to
suspect Drew of the trick. A hot
wrangle ensued and, amid the ex-
citement, so the old boys around
here say, the tricky engineer
slipped away without paying for
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

Gov. Burnquist may be a
champion pie dispenser, but he
certainly showed great judgment
and good sense when he appoint
ed John Lind on the Minnesota
commission of public safety.
When it comes to real ability,
manhood, good citizenship and
patriotism, John Lind stands
right up in the front rank.
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TALES OF THE TOWN

"
| quickly drew the blue pencil
through the list and Mr.. Par
dee had received the first de-
gree Of his initiation.
A score Of years ago, William
HARDWOOD was an alderman in
the common council. Your uncle
William was refreshingly origi-
nal and picturesque. He was
| dubbed "The Grand Old Man"
and "The William E. Gladstone
of the Common Council" by the
reporters. Today, in private life,
he resides on Duluth Heights but
still drives a team Of dray mules,
as he did then. Once, in oppo-
sition to resolution, he ex-
claimed: "Mr. President, if I
supported this measure, my very
mules would laugh at me-" On
another occasion, resolution
was up for consideration where
by some citizen wished to get an
adjustment of a claim against
the city. "Mr. President, "said
the old alderman, II maintain
that this man is entitled to his
little modicum of relief"
Long years ago, before Lee
Willcuts or Odin Halden were
known in Duluth politics, Frank
Burke, Jr., was local boss. He
was a daring and resourceful
man and stopped at nothing to
carry an election. Old settlers
still tell with delight about tho
time Burke and a lady friend be-.
came so fuddled with "bubbling
water" that they drove up and
down Superior St., in a deep
sea- going hack, with their feet
sticking out of the windows in
the doors Of the vehicle.
THE late R. G. Mitchell at one
time fought the Burke machine
both personally and with his
par.r, the old daily Tribune. h
was a most vitriolic writer and
so ;ncensed Burke and his
friends by an article that ap-
peared in one issue that they
! decided to 60 to the old war
ricr's office and give him
good threshing.
Editor Mitchell sat on a stool,
at a high desk, trying to figure
out his bank balance, when three
big bruisers entered his office,
Frank Burke foremost. Mr.. Nit
chel gazed at them over the top
of his spectacles and then re-
marked:
"If you fellows are gentle.
men, you will come in behind
this desk one at time"
Frank Burke had consider
able chivalry as we'll as a very
keen sense Of humor. He burst
into hearty laugh which so
cleared the atmosphere that the
two factions came to an AMIGA
BILE understanding.
In those days, R. G. Mitchell
was a bitter opponent Of G. G.
Shannon, a lanky hoosier, who
was a lawyer, real estate deal
er, politician and very strong
anti-saloon man.
For several years, editor Nit
chell always dubbed Mr.. Shan
non "Applejack Charley in his
paper. The beginning of that
habit was bitter newspaper ar
ticle in which Shannon was &C
cused Of getting drunk on zap
rlejack" very humble but stall
wart drink made from the i'll
nocent apple.
AS an outcome, Shannon pub
licly knocked Mitchell down.
Just about 20 years ago, Mr..
Shannon was elected alderman
| en- a ticket hostile to the old gas
and water company. The Klon-
dixie excitement broke out in
1897 and Mr.. Shannon very quick
ly resigned and went in search
of the pot Of gold beneath the
aurora borealis. His enemies al
! ways declared that some agert
| Of the old Duluth Gas & Water
Company grubstaked him so as
| to cripple the counclmanic op-
position.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

When the boys and girls clam.
or for and read the Rip-saw, the
old folks cannot be blamed very
much for wanting it.