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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
Career of Mirandy

The series of short stories written by
Armistead c. Gordon and published under
the name of "Ommirandy" really constitute
one character study and very little more
There is not much of the DIR lmatic about
these tales Of a Virginia plantation. and the
comparison which they naturally invite with
the work of certain well-known writer's
of southern stories is perhaps not fiattering
TO Mr.. Gordon. But there can be no deny
ing the fact that the one central figure of
the old before-the-war neeress transplantcd
TO the unfamiliar environment 4 postwar
days is finely sketched. The theme of the
devotion of a former slave to the master
and family she has lived her life with is
not new in fiction; lis, so trite. indeed
that It is all the more to this authors credit
that he has made the type seem not only
convincing, but almost originll. Loyalty
Is old Mirandvs most notable attribute. but
she is interesting in other ways. Her satiri-
cal hlunor her sharp tongue, her manner Of
ruling all the other servants of the run
down pantation-all these make her a
character that one cln study with interest.
oMMIRANDY. Fly Armistead C. Gordon. H.
Illustrated by Walter Biggs. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. l.35.
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Century for December

When the first detachment Of American
troops marched through the streets of Lon
don they were welcomed with enthusiastic
cheers' but the men marched silently. look
ing neither to the right nor TO the left A
cockney who was watching them remarked
10 the man beside him. They're solemn
looking blokes. amt they?" Stacy Au-
monier tells In the December Century Mara-
zinc the story Of this famous march and
ne discovered on the faces of the Ameri-
cans an expression of determination and
or solemn realization of the task which
they had undertaken. And when a friend
asked MIN that night what news he had he
rcpiicd nave seen portent. The
world is safe for dem cracy." Whatever
else one may read In this or any of the
other current magazines no one should neg
Iect to read Stacy Aumonier's article. II is
as moving piece of literature as has been
written about the entrance of America
INTO the war. There are Christmas stories
III the number, as there should be and
articles on different phases Of the war
and a continuation of Alice Duer Miller's
serial, The Happiest Time of Their
Lives"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17

iHose are all great Names" | admitted,
pu' think there is a greater one. We
nave produced Il man who even now takes
rank along with Cervantes. the Spaniard,
ana lie Sage, the ,Trenchman, and as we
get farther from him we are likely to
recognize his greatness more and more.
lie looms above the rest as Pixies Peak
mus itself above the plains His name is
Mark Twain"
What! You don't call that buffoon
great?" said Doctor McFabre.
You interest me very much, doctor"
| said. You are the second man of in.
'elilgence who has made such a remark
10 me. The first one was the editor of
weekly magazine of large circulation.
toId him when Mark Twain died that re
ought TO have an editorial article about
him, but he said that the man was not OF
enough importance to justify the use of
'he necessary space My friend was a
good editor. however. and when he dis
covered that the whole world was paving
tribute to the dead author he consented.
Mark Twain was more than humor
ist. like Artemus ward" went on. Il
would not say this If you did not seem
to be unaware of it, doctor. We do not
think of Cervantes as primarily a humor.
ist nor does the fame of lie Sage rest
on his ability to make a joke. Humof
with these three giants is merely the
cloak or tolerance which they throw over
human ioibles. Thy all wrote commen-
taricS on life, commentaries so true and
so full of insight that Cervantes and lie
Sage are still read with pleasure ana
profit. And if | mistake not Mark Twain
Will be read when ninetenths OF his
contemporaries are forgotten He was
one Of the biggest mon of letters that the
world mas produced. In spite of the fail.
urc of some to appreciate him. he was
admittedly the greatest living American
writer for several years before his death.
| There are men who say that Howells is
now our greatest living writer. Curl.
ousIy enough, these two men who were
| so different We're intimate friends. Two
| volumes of Mark Twain's letters have
| inst been published. More &C them are
| written to Howells than to any one else.
Letters are dreary reading" said Doc.
tor McFabre.
You would make an exception in favor
| of Mark Twain If you should read those
he wrote replied. mo NOR. delightful
correspondent than this genial Missourian
ever sent message to a friend through
| the post. They are full of humor and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
A PHILADELPHIA
POET IN PROSE
Logan Pearsall Smith Has Writ
ten a Volume of Enchant-
ing Little Essays

But how Is ore 70 keep free from tn sc
mental microbes that worm-eat peoples
hrains-those Theories and Diets and En-
thuSiasms and infectious Doctrines that we
are always liable to catch from what seem
the most innocuous cCntacts?" asks Logan
iearsal Smith In a remarkable and unusual
volume Of little essays. He remarks that
books and newspapers are simply creeping
with them" and wonders whether this
struggle for healthy mind in maggoty
universe Is really after all worth It." The
answer. after re ,ding his book which shows
that he has succeeded IN escaping the con-
tagion. is that the effort is worth while.
Mr.. Smith IL phladelphian by birth His
father was the late Il. pearsall Smith and
his sister A.ys married Bertrand Russell.
di di"tingushcd British philosopher he was
educated at Haverford and Harvard and
added to his mental equipment by reading
at oxford. He has lived in England for
several years and has produced one or two
books Of solid and scrj pus character that
please men without imagination HIS new
book has been written because he had some
things he felt like saying lie confesses
"a wonder what his Great Work shall be.
should he complain against the mutabil-
ity Of Fortune and impuEn Fate and the
Consultations" or,shOuld he denounCe con-
temporary Vices but as he reads in mod
ern books about the Ntcd of tho Age" he
feels "an Impulse to 20 out and comfort
II and speak earnest words of Consolation
to it," Then he wonders what people would
read his book--"thcse Thoughts (f | may
call them so) dipped up from that phan-
taSmaEoria and phoSphorcsCencc which, by
some unexplained process Of combustion,
nickers over the large lump of soft gray
matter in the bowl of my skull" and he
speculateS about them. Their tlste Is eX-
0uisite," he writes they live In Georgian
houses, In a world OF ivory and precious
china. Of old brick work and stone plasters
In white drawing rooms I see them. or on
bluehird-haunted lawns"
He will certainly have readers. for a
moro enchanting book has not come from
the presses in a year at any rate II Is
filed with the reflections of a poetic and
original mind, detached from the turmoil
of life but sensitvcly conscious of It all
Tho thoughts that fit through his mind,
yet not SO quickly that he cannot capture
them and imprison them in paper bonds for
us. are those which have found lodgment
in the minds of thousands Of thinking men
and women And tho way in which he has
expressed them could not be improved.
| There are whole poems sometimes In sin
gle phrase. as for example when he speaks
of the spell and tremendous incarnation of
the Thought Of Death" The book Is one
which those who delight In literature cam
not afford to miss
TRIVIA. Dy Ioran Pcarsall Smith Garden
CITY; Doubleday. raSr Co. Sl25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
SCHOOLGIRL Allies

Life in n Belgian boarding school for
girls IS not so very different from life In
such a school in America II one may trust
Rebecca Middleton Samson's description OF
IT, In schoolgirl Allies CLothrop, Lee &
Shepard Company, Boston,. she has written
a story of the experiences of two American
sisters in a. fashionable finishing school in
Brussels Their schoolmates come from
distinguished families in France and Eng
land as well as In Belgium. We are told
that many Of the characters are drawn
from life. but this assurance that the story
Il founded on fact does not detract from IT.
h,(Arest, Tor q II most Ankertatning to glrla
mn ton years ~ .sDVey}. 4, &,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
MARK TWAIN, CERVANTES, LIE SAGE,
GIANTS Of WORLD LITERATURE
character and Methods of the American Revealed
IN HIS Letters-A Book That Supple
ments the Earlier Biography
"T HAVE been looking over the ks

HAVE been looking over the ks
in my library lately" said Doctor
McFabre as he stood before my book.
cases, "and | have been impressed by the
large number of great works by foreign.
ers. | have begun to wonder whether
America has produced any men of letters
who can take rank with the big men OF
other nations"
There is J. Fenimore Cooper" re.
marked Owen. His stories are read in
England, France and Russia as well as
in America. And do not know into how
many languages Uncle Toms Cabin has
been translated"
But YOU don't call Uncle Toms Cabin
literature, do you?" Miss Ames wanted
to know And Cooper's stories are writ.
ten in slovenly English"
People read them and like them. all
the same" Owen insisted. "And YOU
know Longfellow IS one of the favoritc
poets of the English"
You have not Yet mentioned the great.
est name in American literature" | said.
What is it?" Miss Ames asked. is il
Howells or James or Poe or Walt Whit.
MANI"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17

conflict between Bonapartlsts and Royaiists
was accentuated by the lack Of any luke
warm supporters of either side. In spite Of
the dangers. the newly crowned emperor
generously granted amnesty to a number
OF his bitterest enemies. who renewed the
plots against his head as soon as they re.
turned from exile. The story works out tn
details of one OF these MANY plots and
interviewer in the fabric Of the plot is the
love affair of two OF the leaders Of opposing
FACTIONS. In the end love conquers fac
tonalisn. and concident with the collapse
or the Vaccinations against the emperor
comes the happy elimination of the Low
ahair. Like most of Baroness Orczy's
move $, "a Sheaf of Bluebells" is a grimm,
story which stirs the blood to action and
arouses every scintilla of patriotism in the
soul of a man.
y SHEAF OF BLUEREJLS, Ry garoness
orc@F .New York; George II. Doran Com.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17

MARK TWhIN'S LETTERS. Arranged with
comment Gv Albert R'VolCw Paine. Two vol
um,s. New York; Harper & Bros.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
Iii the Days of NAPOLEON

With the greatest war Of all history in
progress. il seems bit odd to de've into
the conflicts of the past to find n martial
setting for novel. and vet that Is wha'
Baroness Orcav has done In ~ Sheaf os
Bluebcls" The story is n romance %
France in the days of Bonapartc. when the
Royalists were fomcntins plots to overthrow
Napoleon just at time when victory over
all foreign enemies seemed within his grasp
In those days, as now, there were no slack
ers in France and the bitterness of the
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
A Suggestion As To Dirt Roads.


To The Midland Journal:
In reviewing the past and the
present, we cannot help realizing we
are living in progressive age.
Casting aside, and behind, customs
of years gone by, so great is the
change in the mode of doing, and
living, the varieties of food eaten,
and the preparation of the same,
causes one to feel we as a people
are living in hew world. In days
gone by, every household baked
bread, pies and cake; today the bake
wagon makes the daily trip. The
stores and butchers serve sliced boil
ed ham, the ladies can meats, and
sausage for future supplies. Nothing
is done as in days gone by, only eat,
and sleep, the same.
In days gone by, we walked be-
hind the plow and harrow, now we
ride-.-the horse and the OK being the
motive power Today the tractor
has in many sections superseded the
horse. Hay was all loaded by hand,
today the loader elevates and de-
livers on the wagons. We in days
gone by, had stones to pick off the
fields for the repair of roads, no
stone are picked at this day. We
have two classes of roads in this
section n,-improved roads, and stony
roads, which are terrors.
We realize the automobile is here
to stay. Each year more are added
to the many, and in order that our
dirt roads might be infinitely i'm
proved, can the farmers not form an
association, each farmer owning an
auto keep the loose stone picked Off
a certain section, and add a few
shovels of dirt to the stony places;
and suggest to the pedestrian the
Importance of kicking loose stone
from the highways, would add to
their comfort of driving and walk
ing Not in the spirit of serving the
public, but for our own comfort, of
which we all share.
We cannot hope by this plan of
general neglect to force at an earlier
day an improved road. Really it is
folly for us to allow ourselves to be
tortured riding over roads that are
neglected year after year. Let us as
| farmers and taxpayers add to our
comfort in the hope some day in the
near future we may enjoy the bless
ings of improved roads.
A READER.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
Our Chosen Ones OF the Draft.
Editors Midland Journal

Our Chosen Ones OF the Draft.
Editors Midland Journal
Gentlemen:
AS an interested reader of your
paper, / beg space to communicate
with our chosen ones of the War
Draft.
In a recent editorial in the the
youths Companion" is beautiful
sentiment referring to the drafted
as our chosen ones, rather than the
victims of chance.
There is a time in the life of a
young person when he values his
liberty as second only to life itself.
And it may be hard for him to see
how he is to be repaid for the sacri-
fee of compulsory service in the
army.
But we must consider that to be
free means to do as we should rather
: than to follow inclinations that lead
to personal qualification. For the
worst slaves are those VINO are the
victims of bad habits and dissipation.
Also you must consider it an
honor to uphold the dignity of the
United States of America when
President Wilson says the supreme
hour to the Nation has come.
Were we to sit idly and see our
shipping tied up in our harbors
while an autocratic power worked
havoc on the seas and reduced the
world to the standard of their ideas
We prefer to serve masters of our
choosing and will temporarily sur
render our personal freedom to see
that our free institutions are per
petuated.
May it not be that a Divine pur-
pose throws us into the balance al
this time to aid the cause OF popular
government. And this country, the
most blest on the face of the earth
today, should not shrink from duty
So in you our young men, the hope
of our future lies. You are TO be
cared for by the most generous gov
ernment to her soldiers in all the
world.
The sons of the rich must &C
shoulder to shoulder with the sons OF
the poor, for exemption can not be
bought.
You are to be looked up to by
those who stay at home as the bear
ers of their burden of military duty.
And you are entitled to expect them
to make like sacrifice for the COM
mon cause.
You are to have the unmeasured
affection of the home folks go with
you, and it will be with you where
ever you may be called upon to go.
You are to have the sweet con-
sciousness of life of service and OF
self sacrifice, which after all is the
only proper life to lead.
We choose as our standard bear
ers high spirited young Americans
who will carry cheer to the camps
and who will, as far as in them lies
keep up courageous spirit.
Very Respt.,
SAM'L D. WILSON.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
Mr.. Crothers and Local Option.

Under date of April 13, 1912,
1.-THE American ISSUE" official organ
of the Anti-Saloon League of Mary
land, spoke of Mr.. Crothers' record
on Local Option as follows
Senator Omar D. Crotners, Dem
ocrat, whose term expires this time,
proved to be one of the most active,
resourceful and trustworthy friends
of the Local Option Bill in the
Senate"
Political advertisement
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
CANDIDATES CARDS.
Candidate For Sheriff.

l hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination for Sheriff by the
Democratic party Of Cecil County,
Md, and earnestly solicit the support
Of my fellow Democrats at the forth
coming primary.
A. j. Jones, Sr.
Rising Sun, Md.
/ hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office of Sheriff of Cecil
County, and respectfully solicit the
support of the voters at the coming
Democratic primary. My reference
is my record as Deputy Sheriff.
Jacob H. Reynolds.
Elkton, Md.
/ hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Sheriff, and solicit the
support of the voters of Cecil County.
Taylor w. McKeDncy.
Elkton, Md, July 20, 1917.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

A fund for the purpose or advanc-
ing money to members of Company
E, of Elkton, for necessary expenses
has been started by j. Allison Ott
with check for $50. The fund is
to be kept intact the money advanc-
ed to soldiers being withheld from
their next pay Any one who wishes
to aid in establishing the fund
should send check to Lieutenant
Harlan Johnson, who has been made
treasurer of the fund.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the sub
scriber, of Cecil County, has obtained
from the Orphans Court of said
county, letters of administration OIL
the personal estate of
THEODORE GARVIN
late of said county. deceased, All
persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated,
on or before the End day of
March, 1918,
they may otherwise, by law, be eX-
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
All indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make Immediate payment
to the subscriber. Given under my
hand this 3rd day of August, 1917.
MARY " GARVIN.
Administrative C. t. a. of
Theodore Garvin, decd.
Test: R. D. Bowland, Register.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
SELL YOUR
WHITE CoRN-Now

Never before has the farmer
had the opportunity to sell his
corn at such profitable prices as
it has been bringing recently.
But prices are now declining
so do not hold over until too
late. Otherwise with the new
crop coming in, you will have to
sell at a much lower price than
the market now affords.
You will have no trouble dis
posing of your crop if you act
quickly. We will make you a
satisfactory offer on all white
corn you have, on the cob or
shelled. Also yellow corn.
Write or wire us Immediately,
and we will make arrangements
to take your corn before prices
drop further.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
For County Commissioner.

hereby announce myself candi-
date for County Commissioner Oong
term,) subject to the Democratic
primaries. Your support earnestly
solicited.
1. G. Griffith.
Second District.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

Notice to Executors, Administrators
and Trustees.
ORDERED, By the Orphans Court
for Cecil County, this 18th day of
April, 1917, that R. D. Bowland,
Register of Wills for the County
aforesaid, be and is hereby request
ed to notify all Executors, Admins
traitors, Trustees and any others who
may be settling estates in this Court,
to appear in person before the Or
prans' Court at least one week be-
fore they state an account, to the
end that the. Orphans Court may fix
then the rate of commissionk, m
JAMES j. McCAULEY(
MILTON S. SENTMAN!
ALEXANDER P. JACKSON.
True Copy-Test:
r. d. ROWLAND, Register.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
NOTICE
Warning To The Public

Notice is hereby given that the
Rising Sun-Porters Bridge public
road at present is under construction
and is dangerous to travel. All
persons using same do so at their
own risk.
The Juniata Company.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
For County Treasurer.

l hereby announce to the Demo
cratic voters of Cecil county that, l
will be candidate for County
Treasurer at the coming primaries
Your support is, earnestly solicited
George Benson.
Chesapeake City.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
Port Deposit, Md.

take this means of announcing to
the voters of Cecil county, that l will
be a candidate for House of Dele
gates at the coming Democratic
primaries. 1t will be impossible for
me to see all voters personally. Your
support solicited.
Frederick H. Letter.
Elkton. Md.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

FOUND-On State road, near Oak
wood. Md, bunch of keys. own
er can have same by proving prop
erty and paying for this advertise
ment.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
NOTICE

The following rates for telephone
service of this Company, effective
October 1, 1917 have been filed with
the Public Service Commission OF
Maryland.
Residence. ...... $21. per annum
Business. $50. &c
The usual rebates for prompt pay
ment will be allowed as heretofore.
Cecil Farmers Telephone Company.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

WANTED-Old Gold, Silver and
Platinum. Highest cash prices,
Also Beeswax, Golden Seal and
Ginsing Root.
Rising Sun Pharmacy.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
For House OF Delegates.

Thereby announce my candidacy
for the House of Delegates, subject
to the Democratic primary, and
solicit the support of the voters of
Cecil county.
John Anderson.
Cecilton, Md, Aug. 16, 1917
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
Omar ID. CrOtherS.
Elkton, Md.

l hereby announce myself candi-
date for State Senator, subject to the
Democratic primaries. Your support
earnestly solicited.
John III. Kimble.
Port Deposit, Md.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

BALTIMORE PEARL HOMINY co.
S. F. Evans, Manager
Seaboard Corn Mills Baltimore
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

hereby announce myself candi'
date for the House of Delegates
subject to the Democratic primary
Election.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31

NOTICE TO GUNNERS and TRES
PASSERS.
Notice is hereby given that tres
passing with dog or gun on the
premises of the undersigned is pos
lively forbidden. under penalty or
law.
]. G. RICHARDS.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
For State Senator.

1 hereby announce myself as
candidate for the State Senate, sub
iect to the rules of the Democratic
primary.
The midland journal., 1917-08-31
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Stetsons and Dunlaps
New Fall Ties
New Fall Shoes
New Fall Tailoring.
Everything to wear for Men and
Boys, Young Men and Little
Boys.
Our New Building
operation is going right along
without interfering whatever
with our facilities for your ac-
commodation.
MULLINS HOME STORE
WILMINGTON
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
VILLA WINS AGAIN
Decisively Routs De Factos in Biggest
Battle Yet.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. In the big
gest battle in point of NUMBER OF men
engaged since Villa regained power
in northern Mexico, Villistas have de-
cisively defeated column OF govern
ment troops sent out by General Muir
guia to halt to the northward prog
ress of the bandit forces. The battle
occurred at La Cruz. the first station
on the railroad line north of Santa
Rosalia, according to reports obtain
ed by United States authorities here
today
Mexican government officials here
announced that the Villista forces
numbered 5000 against 1000 govern
ment troops. A large number of
wounded have already been brought
to Chihuahua City.
The northward movement of Vii
listas is believed by military men here
to be Villas boldest stroke in his eff
fort to eliminate General MurgUia' s
army of the north, now the strongest
government force outside of Mexico
City Within q few days an assault
upon Chihuahua City will be begun,
they believe.