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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-01-11

tyym. Meyerell i,oker, Attorneys
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New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
An Empire Builder
A Constructive Statesman OF the
Industrial World

THE LIFE OF JAMES J. HILL By joseph
Gllpiu Pyle Illustrated $40. two volumes.
pp 49s. 459. Doubleday. Page q Co.
Mr.. Pyle had been closely associated
with Mr.. Hill, and had edited "The st.
Paul Globe" for him for several years,
and was accustomed to following his
directions. Accordingly, when Mr.. Hill
commissioned him to write the story
of his life, and gave him just these
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09

instructions and no more. MAKE IT
plain and simple and true" Mr.. Pyle
knew what TO do. And he did it. Plain
ness, simplicity and truth distinguish
these volumes, in external gulse and
internal contents. from first to last.
The story of Mr. Hills career is still
fresh in the public mind. so recently
was that career ended by death; and
il is not necessary here to rehearse or
to review it in even the Darest outline
The purport of it, however, cannot be
too often or too forcibly brought to
mind. He was an empire builder, not
through military conquest, but through
industrial development. He realized
the benediction of the Brobdingnagian,
in making two blades of grass TO grow
where only one had grown before. II
is true that in so doing he himself
greatly profited. Why not? The man
who transformed a wilderness into the
home of prosperous millions was GER
tainlv himself entitled to some proht.
But il was not to make great fortune
for himself that was his first and chief
Nr. Pyle has Loyalty fulfilled his
commission. He has told his story with
painstaking fulness of detail and
with a pleasant absence Of any Of that
fuleomeness toward which there was
always certain not unnatural nor
altogether inexcusable temptation. HIS
volumes are not merely a history Of
their distinguished subject. They are
a history of large part Of American
TRANSPORTATION and industrial life and
American finance, during many OF the
most interesting years. As such they
are a valuable contribution to our per-
manent literature.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Some War Books

TuE TURNING POINT b. II Psrry Robinson.
Ilrs,rs'el. svo. rp 29i. Dodd Mead I" 70
WARS DARK FRAME BY wadsNorth camp.
Illustrated. I2mo. - 263. Dodd. Mead a 70
WITH OUR FACES ~ TIE LIGHT By Irsd,
cr.cE Palmer lsmo. ID l-a DooI' M'@1
a Co.
The first named Of these three vol
umes, an Of which are issued to-day.
Is an account Of the achievements OF
the British army in that great battle
or series Of battles of the Somme
which may not inappropriately. be re-
gardcd as the turning point OF the war
al least on that battle front. Mr. koD-
inson. the correspondent Of "The Lon
don Times" makes no attempt TO eXag-
geratc the work Of the British or 70
denrcciate that Of the French. He sim
plv did not see enough Of the splendid
doings Of the French 10 warrant nm
in writing of them. But for a careful,
spirited. informing account Of the Brit
ieh warfare on the Somme his volume
is entitled TO high rank among the
many books which have been written
upon that theme.
Mr CAMPS book is different" He
is not q professional war correspond
ent hut n romance writer, and he has
here given as "a book in the style OF ro-
mance-vivacious and full of incident
and personality, yet truthful and aecu-
rate i'm it's setting forth Of the horrors
Of war. Of the vandalism and savagery
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
An American Wrayburn
With Some Improvements Upon
His Prototype

THE DEFINITE OBJECT By Jerery Farnoi-
With a frDuusplcce hy +. Nau1 wilson. i-uo'
up 363 LAuIe Brown Co
There is no reflection upon the origl-
nality of Mr. Farnols masterpiece IN
referring TO its hero's very obvious
suggestion of Eugene Wrayburn. We
do not suppose that Mr.. Farnol had
Dickens's fascinating master OF whim-
seys in mind at all. Indeed the sug..
gestion exists not so much because OF
Tesemblances as in spite of radical dlf-
ferences. Il arises from the fact that
the two characters are essentially OF
the same kind. while they are deyel-
oped and conducted through the dra-
matte scenes of the romances IN quite
different ways. OF the two Godfrey
Ravenslee is decidedly the more i'm
portant. He is a figure that deserves
hereafter TO have conspicuous place
among the noted names Of fiction
For we do not hesitate to say that
Mr.. Farnol has here produced not
merely his own best work, but also
one of the best works of fiction that
any one has put forward this season.
We have read none in which so many
and so very different characters stand
out more vital and distinct. They are
not lay figures; they are living men
and women. No two are alike; and Of
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
BOOKS: AUTHORS UBIISHERS~NEWS REVIEWS: COMMENT

should give US an interesting insight
into the Irish problem. =.
Next week will see a big budget OF
books issue from the press or the
George II. Doran Company, including
"Those Times and These" by Irwin ).
Cobb: pilgrims Into Folly. oy wal
lace irwin. and "For France by Cap
tain A. J. Dawson, with illustrations oy
the one and only Bruce Bairnsfather'
Little. Brown & Co. will publish this
month Food Preparedness for the
! United States" in which Charles j.
O'Brien. after months Of investigation
/ in that country, compares Germany
methods of handling the food problem
with those Of the Allies.
"His Own Country" by Paul kester
/ is announced by the Bobbs Merrill
Company for publication early in July
Artzibashef's "Pasha Tumanof" will
presently be published by B. W
/ Huebsch.
Mofat. Yard & Co. will publish next
/ fall "Gradiva," a novel By Wilhelm
| Jensen. with an exhaustive interpre-
| tation of Il in the light of psychoanaiy'
sis. By Dr.. Sigmund Freud; the latter
most portentous announcement
/ Helen Downey has translated the WORK
and DR.. G. Stanley Hall. Of Clark Uni-
versity, has written an Introduction 10
it.. Hail TO the Psychoanalyucal Ro-
mancel
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
OF the Tribe Of Rames

TIE MAN N EVENING CLOTHES. BY John
Reed scott With colored frOntsp piece. l2mO
%. 3S7. G.. z. Putuam's Sons
The next best thing to creating a
new theme is TO treat an old one in a
novel manner. Indeed, the latter is
really all that is left TO do. There are
no creations Of new themes. But there
is opportunity for innumerable new
treatments of the few themes which
exist. You cannot devise a new digit
to be placed in the decimal scale; but
you can arrange the existing ten in
millions of different ways.
SO here is another romance Of the
tribe of Rafiles, which is well, for such
story is pretty nearly certain to be
entertaining. In this one there is a
delightful novelty of treatment, and
the elimination is also out of the ordi-
nary. Some of its performances, com
plications, escapades, may seem impOs-
sible, but he is rash man who pro-
nounces anything impossible in this
world. The hero has, we must confess,
some traits now and then which are un-
pleasantly caddish, in addition to his
being an unmitigated scamp. But, in
spite Of it all, he is lovable chap, per-
haps because of his very scampishness.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
kidnapping Extraordinary

STRANDED N Already by Francis Lynie.
Illustrated hy Arthur l.. Bscher. l2mo. pp 2jI.
Charles S'rihneris sons.
1t is a fantastic conception. of course.
A young man and young woman are
kidnapped. she in her sleep, he in his
drugged cups, and are conveyed at
night by aeroplane from the heart of
the city to a remote wilderness, where
they are laid near each other on the
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Military Muddling

WATCHING AND WAITING on THE BORDER.
By Roger Bachelder. With an Introduction %
l. Alexander Powell Illustrated limo. pp
xvi. 22l Houghton Alifiin Company
Timely in the highest degree is this
remarkable book. True, our Mexican
campaigns, with all their wretched
(civilian) mismanagement, are now
things of the half-forgotten past. But
their lessons should never be forgot
ten; and they are intensely opposite to
and profitable for the present moment.
Nor have they ever been presented 10
us more directly, lucidly and convlnc-
ingly than in this personal narrative
of this inspired lad (The author was,
we believe, still in his teens when he
went to the border with the Massachu-
setts troops.)
Here is one of the lessons: At a
dance hall in Ysleta, near FL Paso, thls
sign was placed above the door: Dane
inc for Ladies and Gentlemen; Sol
diers and Dogs Not Admitted Oi
course. there was a row whenever a
group of soldiers saw that sign; and,
of course. the local press next day saw
apelv rallied against the vicious con-
duct Of the soldiery. At the same time
that was Just the sort of place that, on
sight of a single Mexican in the dls-
tance, would go into spasms OF 1rlght
and yell. "Why doesn't the government
send soldiers to protect usF" hlpnng
has read the same lesson in one OF his
Tommy Atkins" ballads.
Another lesson, which is the chief
note Of the whole book: The need OF
compulsory universal service. Some
cry. at is inconsistent with American
ideals" This, well says the author IS
untrue; "but if it were lnconsistenIt
with American ideals, it is absolutely
consistent with the inherent instinct OF
seif-preservation, which, after all, IS
the higher law"
We wish that every young man who
was registered for service the Other
day would read this book, that he might
get its soldierly inspiration; ana thay
everv other person in the United States
would also. read it, in order to be re-
minded of the regard properly due to
soldiers of the Republic
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09

every one Mr.. Farnol reveals the very
inmost soul. Godfrey, the knight err
rant; the egregious Brimberly, the
weak but lovable Spike, the loyal and
resourceful Spider the loathsome Nc
Ginnis, the vengeful Nemesis, Soapy;
the inimitable Old Tn. the golden
hearted Mrs. Trapes and the enchant-
ing Hermione-they all live in New
York, and all who know New York can
find them.
If we were inclined TO find any fault
with so nearly faultless a work Of art
as this it would be merely with the
subtitle. The book is described as "a
romance of New York" Well, il IS
that: but il is much more. While To-
cations and names are mentioned with
unfailing accuracy and the speech of
those parts of New York is reproduced
with faultless precision, the story is,
after all, not distinctively, essentially
and exclusively one of this city. 1t
might have been told, mutatis mutan-
dis, Of any other large city. Instead
Of being a purely local tale it is a
universal classic. So the subtitle does
not do the romance justice. That,
however, il a trhng criticism upon a
work of masterful power in invention,
Imagination. human sympathy and dra-
matte action, as well as in the tech
nical qualities of literary craftsman
shin.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Announcements
Forthcoming Volumes and News
of the Publishing World

1t is gratifying to know that there
is so much demand for George Du
Maurier's masterpiece. "Petcr Ibbet-
son." that Harper &Bros. will put it to
press next week for another edition.
G. T. Putnam's Sons announce a
forthcoming work by Theta Quay
Franks, entitled "The Margin of Hap
p;ness the Reward of Thrift" which
takes for its text President Wilson's
statement that "every woman who prac-
tises strict economy puts herself in the
ranks of those who serve the nation"
D. Appleton & Co. will publish this
month "The Latin at War" b. VIII
Irwin. and Sumner" new novel by
Edith Wharton.
"The Soul Of Ulster" by Ernest W.
Hamilton. is coming from the press OF
+. P. Dutton e. Goa book which. be
cause OF the authority of its writer,
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Nationality

THE PRINCIPLE OF NATONALITIEs; Fly
Israel ZanEwill. l6mo, %. ll6. The MacfnH-
Ian Company.
Mr.. Zangwilrs Conway Memorial
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
rivialities
TENNYsON DICTIONARY. BY Arthur =
Baker. r. Hist. S. +. l. A syo ~. 2sl
T.. +. Duton CO.

A TENNYsoN DICTIONARY. BY Arthur +.
Baker. r. 4. hist. S. T. l. A. $50 ~. 2sj.
+. L. Duiton CO.
A Tennyson Dictionary is a good
thing. True, the general clarity and
even the simplicity Of that great poets
style renders such a work less neces-
sary in his case than in that of more
than one other whose name readily
arises in mind. II is a good thing,
however, TO have the characters and
place-names which occur in his writ
ings described and defined; and so far
as the present work does that il serves
valuable purpose. We would not
have Tennysonians emulate the Boston
Browning Cult of facetious tradition; !;
yet in fact there are not half a dozen
poets of modern times whose writings
are better worth careful and systematic
study.
But this book is marred with trivial
ties. There abound on almost every
page such obvious definitions as these;
HOP: A bitter plant, the cones Of
which are much used in brewing.
HOMER: The great epic poet of
Greece, and author of the Had and
the OdusseN
> ERIN: The Celtic name for Ire
land.
ELM-TREE: A tree OF the genus
Uimus.
CROW: A large black bird.
DAISY: A common wild flower.
GOAT: A ruminating quadruped,
. allied to the sheep.
GOOSE: An aquatic fowl Of the
genus Anser.
SNAKE: A serpent.
To scatter such definitions through
a book of such purport as this is not
merely trivial. 1t is not merely super
fuous. IL is an impertinence.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
A Forest Idyl

OFT or A CLEAR SKY. By Maria Thompson
Davies with coored frontispie'e. l.ino. pp
1856. Harper q Bros.
This is excellent fantasy. A little
Belgian princess, fleeing from the de-
vastated Fatherland, is pursued by a
tyrannical uncle, who would force her
to marry German prince. To escape
him she slips from the railroad train
on which they are both travelling in
the midst of the Tennessee forests, and
there plays great game OF hide and
seek until the uncle is persuaded that
she was killed in a dynamite explosion
or otherwise, and therefore abandons
the search. The chivalrous young Ten
nesseean, farmer and forester, but for
mer Heidelberg student, who finds her
on her escape from the train, cares
for her and conceals her from her pur-
suer, of course marries her at the end
and they doubtless live happy ever
after.
It is a delightful little story, told by
the princess in the first person in a de-
liciously quaint, natural, childlike
broken English, and is altogether worth
while telling and reading.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09

Lecture is another reminder of the
complexity of the problem which would
be involved in undertaking TO recast
the map of Europe on distinctively ma
tional lines. In fact, 1t practically
demonstrates the impossibility of soly-
ing that problem. For the moment a
simple nationality is born it begins
trans forming itself into a complex ma
tionality; and likewise a complex ma
tionality changes itself into simple
nationality. Through such intermi-
nable cycles do the nations run.
As the question Of natiOnalities is
bound to figure very largely, however,
in the making of peace at the end Of
this war. all intelligent suggestions
concerning it are 10 be welcomed; par
ticularly those which. like Mr.. Zang-
Wills. come from a source so detached
at to be practically disinterestcd. A
careful reading and pondering Of his
weighty thoughts will conduce TO a
more just appreciation Of the tasks
which will presently confront the
peacemakers Of the world, and may
inspire prudence and discretion in the
advance declarations of what the terms
of peace must and must not be.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Some Noteworthy Books About War
Biography Of James J. Hill

Of the German invasion of Belgium
and France. II is a book Of an un-
usual style for a war book, and is to
be commended as giving view Of war
which should be especially forceful In
its appeal to the average layman.
The little volume by Mr.. Palmer is
partly descriptive, partly meditative
and partly hortatory. It's purpose IS to
rouse Americans to an appreciation OF
the fact that we are at war, and OF
what war means, and of how we should
face it-and must face II II we are 10
win. IL is a veritable little handbook
Of militant patriotism.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
The Comedy and Tragedy Of Life
Miscellaneous Reviews and News

shore OF lake. 10 awaken next morn,
ing to find themselves thus maroonea
and abandoned quite to their own dGe-
vices. After adventures lnnumeraoie
and often most humorous, they get PACK
10 civilization. and being much IN love
with each other refrain from Staying
the practical joker who Kidnapped
them. Instead, they get married and
live happily ever after.
Fantastic, we have said; Impossible
the reader will add. Maybe. But it is
excellent fooling. all the same. 1t is
an ingenious story, well told; which
holds the interest from first TO last
and which reserves for the ending a
very complete and happy surprise.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
The Fascinating Flapper

BAB sJ-B-D b Mar Roberts Rinehsrt
Illustrated BY May Wilson Preston LIMO pp'
$50 George II. Dofan Company
Sub-Deb"-meaning a girl in the
year before her coming-out-may seem
preferable to its long-established Eng
lish equivalent, "Flappcr" but we doubt
if 1t will ever become one-tenth so
widely used. If it should come into
vogue, however, il would probably be
because of its use in Mrs. Rnehart's 5
immensely amusing book-amusng, and
something more. Bah is fascinating
creature. with her contrasting mixture
of ingenuousness and ingenuity, and in
her most eXtrayagant and fantastlc
escapades, even those which the skepti-
cal reader will regard as ridiculously
impossible. she is true 10 the life OF
American girlhood. II is book which
will add to the joy and will also deepen
some of the best sentiments of life.
Nevertheless, we have little fault to
find with it. Here is q girl of zone of
our best families" who has finished her
course at a select school and is only
waiting for her twenty-months-older
sisters engagement TO be announced to
make her own debut into society and in
her turn become engaged. Yet on every
page. in almost every sentence, she
makes the most obvious and vulgar mis-
takes in spelling and grammar, such as
would be inexcusable even in an inky-
fingered child in the grammar grades.
Many of them are very amusing, of
course. which is presumably why they
were put into the book. But this Sub
Deb" is supposed to be typical. Are we
20 understand that the typical young
lady enters society speaking of her
dairy" instead of diary" of her
'noze," and her "Familey"? In her own
orthography, it is "imposable"l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21
p. M. Lawrence Co. Enlaraes Business
Takes on Agency for Popular Dodge
Brothers Motor Cars"

The P. NJ. Lawrence 60. of this city
distributors for the Hudson motor
cars for kennebec and Somerset coun-
ties, have also taken the agency for
the Dodge Brothers motor cars and
will have exclusive sale of these cars
in Augusta, Hallowell, Gardiner, Win
throp, Monmouth, Manchester, Itch
field. Chelsea, Farmingdale, Pittston
and Windsor.
1t has always been the aim of Mr..
Lawrence to sell to the public mer-
chandise pertaining to quality. endur-
ance. economy and service and he be
lieves that in the taking on Of the
Dodge Brothers motor cars that he
can speak from conviction as his car
in the hands Of the users has always
spoken for itself. Nothing that We
might say of this car would be as i'm
pressive as what people think and say
of it everywhere. It's standing in THIS
community is as strong a recommend
alton as you could seek 1t is perfect
~ safe to refer you for information
to your own friends and neighbors be-
cause the car is noted for the same
thing in one section as in another.
It's reputation for steady, consistent
performance is SO well and universal
~ established that ii is taken for
granted. Their efficiency Of the car
are generally conceded. In the same
way, the reputation of the car for
economy is 30 we'll understood that
the dealer feels that he rarely has to
dwell upon that subject. and because
of its standing the company feels that
it can speak from conviction as the
car in itself speaks for itself"
A carload Of these cars Is now on
the way and one should decide early
to get prompt delivery. A service sta
ton for these cars will be maintained
at Stebbins' garage and the p. NJ
Lawrence Co. will keep a generous
supply Of parts on hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21
Notice to Contractors

se1led proposals .or the completion of
~ third floor OF the boys dormitory at
r. MAZDA ~aska Training school at Fort
Krr' Maine viii be received By the
Board 81 state Normal School Trustees
gr'. p NJ Friday July q. 1917
TIC work W II include interior construc-
t0l and the extension Of the heating and
plumbing system from the second floor.
Contractors may bIG on all or part Of the
vnrk Plans and specifications may be
o. red from Astle and Page. Architects.
Car.boC. Name. or from 4. 9. Thomas
= rotary ~ the Trustees, Augusta.
ne
Tao right is reserved TO reject any or
al p oposals. Each must be plainly
rr7rked on tho outside Of the envelope
afl addressed 20
A o. THOMAS.
Secretary Normal school Trustees,
Augusta. Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21
Dental Work
Why not attend to your Teeth?

highest authorities now place the
d4sc Of many diseases to the i'm
proper condition OF peoples mouths
among which are Rheumatism
b SHIFTS Disease, Dyspepsia, Tonsilitis,
So itagla. Diabetes. etc, etc.
These troubles can often be traced
o. N,Dayed Teeth. Recession of the
Gums and absorption Of tho bony sup
port - tho teeth. abscessed roots and
constant pus condition around the
reCk- ~ the teeth
4m prepared Ia undertake all
ratrhcs Of Dentistry and at prices
"a' rrw make It possible for you to
..tL inc work done.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21

The only occupant of the police sta
ton Thursday night was one ledger
who had arrived in town early that
evening on his private freight train.
being on his way TO his home in Boston.
He was allowed to depart yesterday
morning after having been given the
once over" by the city marshal. his re-
lease being made on the ground that he
should continue his journey toward
home without any stopover on his part
for the purpose Of admiring the beau
ties Of the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21

The hot weather specials at the Au-
custa Furniture Co. include SIG Hey
wood & Wakefield leather back baby
sulky at $3.50; $500 alfred H. &
w. sulky at $3.50; a combination offer
of s4.75 white iron bed with s4.75 Ma
tional spring and a 81 soft-top mat
tress-a total of $3.50 regularly, but a
hot weather special at s11. Also SIS
brass bed at s24; So brass bed at SIS;
a 1907. Khaki couch hammock with
National spring and soft-top mattress
special $3.50. The new auto truck
delivers anywhere
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-21
A drawing was held q

A drawing was held at 10 o'clock
Friday morning at the Office Of the
city clerk of three traverse jurors to
serve at the coming September term
of the superior court for Kennebec
county. The names drawn from the
box were as follows: Fred Chase of
Ward 4: c. W. Richards of Ward 3,
and Nathan S. Weston of Ward 3.