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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Observation-Disclosures

REAL. ESTATE. mortgages and conveyancinl
WM. -. CHAMBERS
ln33 HTDu1 s.
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ROOMS FOR RENT

--,o,D : alOO-Deghtful outside rooms; up
BhOAIo;; a. . N,el furnished; reasonable.
7,.o,,sSsS5liT 70 aOOV-Dsslrabe rooms, profess
slonai offices, ---,.--.-,--
CHE ie,ons: electricity, steam heat; references
5,is5.ssrNIjT s1.. 1000 - Rooms for gentlemen
only, -,i,, 6,,--
GltEl4Nh ~ water; open reception room service.
z,1s,,ear iq2g-(AIorton Apts)i furn., unfuTn;
~ . rms; hath with, without kleh, walsh 4;
s5,,,,,5,1st, lOol-TwO second-noor rooms with
sfh ~. isouihern EXPOSURE open hrei gentlemen
-, SIR soO5-Attraetivoly furnished rooms;
" AiIlvSsstef bath, excepuohhl poHFu' preston
13sT w
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SANITARIUMS

NNAlIDS-Christlau Saultarium Ckcuilworth
Inu); uTsectarian; beautiful location: 6 acres.
y spacious porchcs: moderate rates; medical
STAFF. Fern Rocl, sta, u. x Il. II. r.; 10th
and Mcd.ry ave, lha. Phone Oak Lano
1881
BEAUTIFUL LOCATION: special scientific care;
nervous elderly and rest cases: every COM
fort: nurses; booklet. Dr. Randall, Chestnut
nm philu., and Wildwood, y. J., by tho sea.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
$ll.50-NICTROLA VIII including IL selections q
90 lO-ln. ID. +. roCordg). This is "A beautiful
golden oak Nlctrola with latest improvements;
can be paid - cents weekly. call Or write
for COmulatc lists
HEPPE'S UPTOWN STORES
Cor. 9th and Thompson ste
S3S-EDISON Diamond Point Phonograph with
cabinet and records. Finished in . beautiful
Ouartered oak; cost new SsI; can he paid n
cents weekly; excellent bargain: In good CON
dition; equal to new. Write for catalogue and
HEPPE'S UPTOWN STORES
Cor. 9th and THOMPSON sts
80 CENTS WEEKLY BUYS A vICTRoLA
Call write for particulars.
HEPPE'S UPTOWN STORES
Cor 9th and Thompson Ssts
Plan O-Steinway uprlght; small
sl62 size; in fine conditions great bar
gain.
HOWARD VINCENT S3G-s3S-s4O n 9TH
Established 30 Years
PIANO-s7l cash: SS5. 81 weekly. for magnlh-
cent upright piano; been used; decided bargain.
b. p. TODD. 1906 Arch ST.
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GERMANTOWN
THE NEW ADDITION
TO PELHAM COURT
10 tAnTHNT

TO PELHAM COURT
IS OPEN
PELHAM COURT was not built to mako an
appeal to every onc--but to you who demand
the best and are accustomed to receive it--at
a price which, considering what you do de-
mand and receive, IL moderate-it Will make
a strong, compelling appeal
PELHAM COURT Is located at Carpenters
Station, Germantown Just off beautiful Lin
coin Drive, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 30
or trains day; surely transportation
enough for any one.
Suites OF rooms and bath to rooms and
. baths: the size to suit your requirements;
pTices are from $50 up.
PELHAM COURT Is a quet perfect
APARTMENT HOTEL and located In an ahso-
lutcly ideal and exclusive suburban l9G1Iion;
In word. YOU may come 10 PELHAM
COURT and find a perfect suburban legation
with TRANSFORMATION uneyCeled, an Ideally con-
struCtpd building, uulet, dlgnltied, elegant You
may select an apartment OF the size 70 sun
YOUR individual needs you viii ma an your
housekeeping problems solved and taken care
Of for you absolutely without effort on your
part; you will find table OF the utmost eN-
Cellence at most moderate price. ana the
same courtesy. service and attention Is uni
form throughout the entire establishment T.,
For full Information. arrangementS Tor m
spectiOn and reservations call phohe OF
NORMAN s. SHERWOOD & co.
1921 WALNUT ST; ~r, ooo-
SPRUCE 307i RACE 3925 -
Or their representatives on the premises ut
Pelham Court
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BOARDING.

-. "a. COR Goth (Tho 1lnraraQtl~
cttl1t m nrrafa hathsi choice iahle board.
I. rs ,.i !. WIS " r Penn .lIAtt tlee,|te
trNoI -.''' r.0nI4 private baths ~
t,4#.| ..|. |00|N. n'u@l.'fs ~" t'ni
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APARTMENT HOTELS


Continued from Prcccdag cohupn
THE GLADSTONE
APARTMENTS
llTH AND PINE STREETS
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF
THE CLINTON TFNTH EFH,,I!r A%P STs
TqG r9Gms eDsTy yI INV Furnished or
suites suites Of 'o one % to four T rooms s With bat6
IRVING HOTEL M&iErr 2l3ey7
American plan 81. European plan, 81 up.
THE LINCOLN hELqw IH,I9Ir i2rP ST.
TRANsrENr AND PERMANENT1; Gj.Esrs
THE ESMOND ,griI ii Z. Z 2GRrcr G2H.
Suites Of .. and rooms and bath
- THE TRACY ....,...,..,
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
CITY
SPECIAL BARGAIN
179G Mount Vernon; side yard. deep lot: ~
rooms and baths priced below assessment
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. co. 1901 Chestnut
81 rooms; professional offices and apartments!
2NISI NjIon% e. fe' 'WLIi&M5. tf o 737 "3 waiHat SH st.
237 n. 18TH ST.--IIaudsome brown-stouc rest
lot a4xi47 feet. Apply tRe PENNSYLVANIA CO,
III Chestnut st.
10TH fHANF2ERo XAB !WYoIii&d H&AES AVE-.
$4,000 to $4,000
REAL LpEFbER EFTATE HE&FriiAN E2E SAkEa 8 08 20 HNNr
1901 Chestnut.
212l WALNUT ST.
Cor. Van Ielt; lot 22X70.G
SAMUEL W LEWIS Real Estate Trust Bids
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Desks, Files, Safes and Household
HEATING

MAXIM KELSEY health. heat better and
chcapcr than hot watcr or steam. oOpO rnfer-
ehces; both phones 1897 Filhort ST.
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MACHINERY AND TOOLS

MACHINERY AND TOOLS
WOULD YOU RE WISE, progressive and eco
nomical? You'll give us credit for stiggpstinr
trial Of YOCOM ANTIFRTCTION NIT,'TNT
T3T lining maGhine bearings. IRON and
hiNfN'' fOtNDItNS, llh North Second
JAMES HOCON a. son.
POWER-PLANT EQUIPMENT
lynamoS. motors, boilers. steam and oil on
bHeeSS' nlinlls, air ComprossO 4.
FRANK TOOMEN, Inc, III y. 81 st.
D1NAMOS. motors and machinery bought sold
Snd rented. armatures repaired. Main ~ =.
Market 3OGi Ncarsley Co.. 29i s. 81 gt
STEAM shovel, A-yd. bucket; travelling crane
ia-Nd. clamshnll FOR rent with crew or wifi
contract ny yd H.C Amber. 37l7 old York ri
OUR PRESSES are idle part Of the time and we
VIII be glad to quote your requirements
Marshal-Ialcy Mica Co., 52O Arch ST.
fully guaranteed.
CHARLES BOND COMPANY 800 Arch st.
DIAPHRAGM PUMPS--Lot new diaphragm
pumps; also steam and belt power pumps: new
and secondhand. Seyfcrt's 437 y. 3D. st.
30 X. w. direct connected units 125 and 200
volts; 80 X. w. beltcd generator, 10 volts
NCTTALL, 17iS y. 9Th ST.
WANTED SECONDHAND q CAST STEEL
CABLE. L 2O3 LEDGER OFFICE
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OLD GOLD
PAINTING AND PAPERHaNaINa

MILLER " BROAD STORAGE CO., Broad and
Lehigh ave, new hreproof addlti rooms fire.
proof; furniture and china packers; automobile
vans; estimate free. Bell phone Diamond 1890.
FIDELITY FIREPROOF WAREHOUSES;
1S11-1slO MARKET ST.
MILLION DOLLAR concrete freproof ware hse,
finest in the world for furniture, Est. free,
~ Phila, Storage Co, 2033 Lehigh. Da 1860.
WEST PHILA. MONARCFIy STORAGE co.
AUTO Packing and shipping
SERVICE 1870 LANCASTER AVE.
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TYPEwR1TERs AND SUPPLIES

FULLY guaranteed; standard keyboard
sac exactly the same machine used by
farmer price 800; before getting even a
second hand rebuilt or rental machine tnyesti-
gate latest oliver plan TO save Sbl; easy
5syments II you Wish; telephone or call Oliver
fypewriter, Mr.. Roseyear, corner Walnut and
TYPEWRITERS RENTED
NONNISIBI.E-t MONTHS, 50
VISIBLE--a MONTHS, 81
cprCTAI MONARCH VISIBLE MONTHS, IS
81 ~ FACTORY REBUILT TYPEWRlTERS
AMFRICAN WRITING MACHINE co.
sos CHESTNUT ST. WAL 2549. MAIN 32G,
RENT A REMINGTON from the manufactprers
,,istble models, SO month; $3.50 for
,nonths. rental payment applies on purchase,
REWiNGTON TYPEWRITER CO., INC, ITO
s. 9th ST.. Philadelphia.
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APARTMENTS

APARTMENTS
DE 1.ANCEY APIS, 1900 PINE ST.
Suite rooms and bath.
Suite rooms and baths.
MINTURN Y. WRIGHT co.
4l2 Morris Bldg.
CENTRAL APARTMENTS
NORMAN $. SHERWOOD q co.
Spruce 307l 1921 WALNUT ST. Race 3O25.
PEQUOrT APARTMENTS. 1900 Pine st.-3
WILLIs.WtNCHEsTER co, 1901 Chestnut
18TH S. a2s-Fur unfurn. I, room bath.
with. without kitChCUCtte. cleo, hOt-water
heat; janitor service. Phone Walnut san.
1912 y. sTH ST. Cor. ONFORD--Thlrd- floor
apartment = rooms; rent Sla, including heat.
WM. l.. CRANEN'S sons 154d y. 9TH st
I2OTIT, s.. 1l5-Beautifully turn. suite, private
bath exclusive house central: gentlemen.
APARTMENTS-l-2 rms, with priv bath; all
cows; furn. or unfurn, Apply $40 n, 18th ST.
WEST PHILADELPHIA
ARCH. 33O3-Large 2 and room unfur. apis.
private baths, S25 and $50. Nantassell.
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reason is that he doesn't know how
he did it. The lightning just hap
pened to strike him. It's the failures
we make that teach us, If we are
capable of being taught at all.
The fellow who wakes up the
morning after to the jubilant song
of the victor and a sheaf of glow
ing press notices is not going to
question very much how the result
was obtained. He simply ascribes
it to his own transcendent genius,
and by the time he gets ready to
start down town discovers that his
hat has suddenly grown too small
for him.
But the one who rises after
sleepless night, sore and aching in
every joint from a drubbing at the
hands of fortune, is very apt to
study out how it all happened and
take thought to avoid q similar ex-
perience the next time.
"One who has never handled q
rifle may by chance blaze away, and
hit the bulls-eye; but it's the man
who goes to the range day after day.
correcting his errors of aim and ac-
curing steadiness and poise who be-
comes a sharpshooter. -...
Beginners luck is proverbial in
every sport and enterprise from
trout fishing to playing the stock
market: but it is the old stager. with
his expert knowledge gained from
many a wearisome and empty-hand-
ed day along the river, upon whom
we have to depend for our supply of
fish.
Ride with an idle whip, ride with
an unused heel;
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But once in way there will come
When the colt will be taught to
feel
The lash that falls, and the curb
that gals.
And the sting of the rowelled steel
Sweet are the uses of adver-
sity,' Is no mere figure of Speech"
he continued. "Adversity is our most
valuable schoolmaster There is not
a success in the world to-day-a real
success, l mean, not u mere flash in
the pan-Which, if the truth were
known, is not the evolution and
flower of a long line of failures
perhaps not always what the world
counts failures, but to the men them
selves, reckoned in that category in
which misses are as good as miles.
Mature had to experiment a long
while the three-toed eohippuses be-
fore she evolved anything so perfect
as. the horse. 1t took thousands of
generations of ugly and missharen
beasts to reach the stage of man.
And the process Is still going on.
From failure to failure we progress
until at last we reach success"
The inventor paused. His wife,
noticed. had Joined only half
heartedly in our laughter at his
hard luck anecdotes. and had shown
some symptoms of impatience at his
philosophizing.
We'll" she said a little grfmly.
failure and adversely may all be
as wonderful and desirable as you
say, but for my part I'd rather have
the peace and comfort of success.
Those stories that my husband
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Are Discussed
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW

ID Mhos NIIEoON "OODIOO"
The host at our dinner party
very successful inventor-had fall
len to reminiscing and was giving
broadly humorous account of some
of the shifts and subterfuges to
which he had been put in the effort
to keep up appearances before for
tune came his way.
He told. l remember, of his hor-
ror on one occasion when he had
invited n number of capitalists to
his office to discuss a proposition he
wanted them to back, and not half
an hour before the conference the
sheriff walked in and took possess
sion of the place Under an execu-
ton.
The inventor was nonplussed. He
paced the floor, uncertain what to
do. All the structure of bright hopes
he had been building on the strength
of the coming interview crashed
about him; for he knew that this
exposure of his financial weakness
would scare off the support for
which he was angling.
Then he remembered poker
game, where he had laid down a
full hand before the superb bluff
of an opponent who held absolutely
nothing, and it offered him a sug-
gestion.
When the financiers arrived he led
them into his inner office. Gentle
men," he said. you will have to
give me an answer to my proposition
yes or no-within five minutes.
| That man outside Is a representa-
tive of one of the biggest corpora
tions in the country" And so the
sheriff was-a representative of the
| State of New York. HE wants to
take over this whole concern with
out delay, and unless you agree to
my terms, l am going to let them
do it,"
The stratagem worked to a charm.
| As one of the syndicate afterward
confessed, theY had come there pre-
pared to haggle and to keep him dan
| Cling on in uncertainty for weeks
! But the idea of competition and the
! bold front he put up brought them
| to time, and the deal went through
| that afternoon.
IF people would only recall their
past mistakes" the inventor drew
! his moral, they could extricate
| themselves from many q dilemma
| The sense OF foolish ineptitude which
| swept over me when l discovered
that L had been bluffed out in that
| poker game stood me In good stead
! i'll this game for a vastly more i'm
| pOi ,'h' StahC' L ollllpiy boIIoWeu lne
tactics which had been used against
me, and played my busted straight
as If l had q royal flush"
! You evidently believe" I said,
! that we learn more from our fail
ures than from our successes?"
'More?" he spoke with an en-
| phasis which repudiated even the
suggestion. mo man yet ever learn
ed anything from a success. And the
proof of it is that successes do not
often repeat.
"A person may score a success
on the first trial. Sometimes he
may follow it up with a second sue
cess. But rarely with a third. The
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emulate the clinging vine, even II
thereby she could have secured a
continuance of that silk lined exist
ence which had been her fortunate
lot. Her pride revolted against
parasitism. 1t was therefore GER
tain personal satisfaction to have
achieved self support at stroke,
in so far as that in the sweat of
her brow-all too literally - she
earned her bread and q compensa-
ton besides. But there were times
when that solace seemed scarcely to
weigh against her growing detest
for the endless routine of her task,
the eXasperating physical WEAKNESS
and irritations that it brought upon
her.
For to prepare three times daily
food for a dozen hungry men is no
mean undertaking. One cannot have
in a logging camp the conVeniences
of a hotel kitchen. The water must
be carried in buckets from the creek
nearby and wood brought in arm
fuls from the pile of sawn blocks
outside. The low rooted kitchen
shanty was always like an oven. The
flies swarmed in their tens of
thousands. AS the men sweated
with the ak and saw in the woods,
so she sweated in the kitchen. And
her work began two hours before
their days labor and continued two
hours after they were done. She
slept like one exhausted and rose
full of sleep heaviness, full of bodily
soreness and spiritual protest when
the alarm clock raised it's din in the
cool morning.
For a week thereafter Benton de-
veloped moods of sourness, periods
of scowling thought. He tried to
speed up his gang, and, having all
spring driven them at top speed. the
added straw roke the back of their
patience, anu Stella heard some
sharp interchanging of words. He
quelled one incipient mutiny through
sheer dominance, but it left him
more short of temper, more crab
bedly moody than ever. Eventually
his i'll nature broke out against
Stella over some trifle, and she, be-
ing herself an aggrieved party to
his transactions, surprised her own
sense of fitness of things by retaliat
ing in kind.
(To be continued)
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Fashions of To-Day BY May Manton

Simple dresses are always be-
coming to school girls. This one
is very pretty made of the
checked gingham shown here
and also is quite appropriate for
linen and for cotton gabardine,
and for all those washable ma
terials that girls wear through
out the Autumn and also for
the more dressy frock of simple
silk or wool. The blouse is
prettily tucked but simple and
easy to make. If you use a
washable material, it naturally
would be made of white lawn,
but you could use the model
for a dressy afternoon frock and
make the dress and suspenders
of some simple child-like silk
and the blouse of crepe de chine
to be pretty, or you could make
the dress of one of the attractive
plaid wool materials that are
always childlike and simple and
use crepe de chine or fine white
lawn for the blouse.
For the Io-year size will be
needed 3 yards of material a7
inches wide, 2H yards SO, Q
yards a., for the skirt with sus-
penders, 2H yards II, I5s yards
SO, Iss yards a. for the blouse.
The pattern No. o4oo is cut
in sizes from E to IL years. 1t
will be mailed to any address
by the Fashion Department of
this paper, on receipt of
fifteen cents.
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CHAPTER ".
The Dignity (?) OF Toll.

y
BY such imperceptible degrees
bat she was scarce aware OF it,
leila took her place as a cog in
er brothers. logging machine, a
hit in the human mechanism which
operated skillfuly and relentlessly
top speed to achieve his desired
hd - 100000 feet of timber in
pomsticks by Sept. l.
From the evening that she stepped
to the breach created by a
funken cook the kitchen burden
titled steadily upon l1r shoulders.
or week Bento' ally expected
hd spoke of the rival of new
pok. Fyfe had wired a Vancouver
nplCyment agency to send one the
~ he took Jim Renfrew down. But
ther cooks were scarce or the
Fder went astray, for no rough and
.ady kitchen mechanic arrived.
enton in the meantime ceased to
ok for one. He worked like Il
orse, unsparing of himself, un-
barring of others. lie rose at half
bst 4, lighted the kitchen fire,
bused Stella and helped her, pre-
bre breakfast, preliminary to his
by in the woods. Later he inn
ressed Katy John, a half breed
iwash girl, into service to wait on
he table and wash dishes. He
bored patiently to teach Stella GER
lin simple tricks of cooking that
he did not know.
Quick of perception, as thorough
her brotheI in whatsoever she set
er hand to do, Stella was soon
hual to the job. And as the days
assed and no camp cook came
their relief Benton left the job
her as a matter of course.
You can handle that kitchen
18th Katy as well as a man." he
hid to her at last. And it will give
ou something to occupy your time.
d have to pay a cook $40 a month.
katy draws $25. You can. credit
ourself with the balance and I'll
ay off when the contract comes in.
Ne might as well keep the coin in
he family. I'll feel easier, because
ou won't get drunk and jump the
bb in a pinch. What do you say?"
She said the only possible thing to
by under the circumstances But
he did not say it with pleasure nor
ith any feeling of gratitude. 1t
iS lldIu NOiht anu ollC anu lleil VI
FORK were utter strangers. Her feet
ched from continual standing on
hem. The heat and the smell of
tewing meat and vegetables sick
ned her. Her hands were growing
bugh and red from dabbling in
later. punching bread dough, hand
ng the varied articles of food that
to make up a meal. Upon hands
nd forearms there stung continu-
llv. certain small cuts and burns
bat lack of experience over a hot
hinge inevitably inflicted upon her.
Whereas time had promised to hang
eavy on her hands. now an hour
idleness in the day became pre-
Gus boon.
Yet in her own way she was as
Ill of determination as her brother.
he saw plainly enough that she
Pust leave the drone stage behind.
he perceived that to be fed and
othed and house and to have her
ishes readily gratified was not an
Iherent right; that some one must
bot the bill; that now for all she
fceived she must return equitable
blue. At home she had never
bought of 1t ut all. Now that she
las beginning to get a glimmering
her true economic relation to the
|orld at large she had no wish to
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BIG
TIMBER
By
BERTRAND w.
SINCLAIR
Cspyrishs. 1916. by LttlS. BCsws
f Co.
(Continued)

Gaining the beach and laying the
limal across a bowlder he straight
led himself up and drew a long
|eath. Then he wiped the sweat
his face. A sturdily built man
|out thirty of Saxon fairness, with
tinge of red in the hair and a
,eral display of freckles across
ross nose and cheek bones. He
rs no beauty, she decided, albeit
displayed a frank and pleasing
untenance. That he was a re-
strong and active man she
d seen for herself. and if the firm
und of his jaw counted for any
ing an individual OF considerable
termination besideA Miss Ben
IL conceived herself to be possessed
considerable skill at character
alySiS.
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tells" she turned to the rest of us,
ARE very amusing now no doubt;
but, believe me, they were not so
funny as actual experiences either
to him or to myself"
MY dear" he corrected her, "I
did not claim that failures are ever
humorous or agreeable at the time.
The philosophic mind may say with
Aeneas, 'Meminisse juvabit,' but it
Is pretty cold consolation.
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What I asserted was. that fail
ure is one of the most valuable
things that can happen to a man
or woman, provided that he or she
has the gumption to learn from the
experience. and the nerve to watch
the things that you gave life to
broken; and stoop and build 'em up
with worn-out tools
Naturally also the more severe
the hardships which result from the
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Bv McMdnuS1

failure or mistake, the more valu-
able the experience proves; for it Is
then spur to extra effort. One may
lament that he has to ride in q
crowded street car rather than I'M
luxurious motor; one may COM
plain of the little inconveniences. Of
life. But when one finds himself .ac-l
tually in hell. one gets out. Fort
where the will is strong enough,i
there is always a way"
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BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

William Yorke Stevenson, the
Philadelphia boy who succeeded to
the steering wheel of Ambulance
No. TO-" WEIGH Leslie Buswell drove
in France. and later immortalized in
book form, has been decorated with
the CroiXe de Guerre. Mr.. Steven
son drove his ambulance through the
Somme drive, in the midst of the
great fighting about Verdun, at the
battle of uville-Trevannes, and at
other important engagements. His
diary, written offhand, is as read
able as it is authentic. and will be
published under the title of "At the
Front in a Flivver" by Houghton
Mifflin Company, on September 15.
The news of his decoration was re-
ceived by his mother, who writes to
his publishers: MY son who was
promoted to the leadership of his
section last month, has just received
the CroiX de Guerre. / received yes
terday a cablegram from Major Piatt
Andrews which reads. 'Yorke's
splendid leadership rewarded with
CroiX de Guerre.'
Owing to the extremely hot wealth
er, which delayed the printing of the
book by its effect upon the rollers of
the printing press, E. p. Dutton &
Co. announce that they had to post
pone the publication of Herman
Fernau's "The Coming Democracy"
until the latter part of August. The
book, which was to have been issued
last week, is an appeal to Germans
by a man of German birth and train
ing to throw down their allegiance
to the present German government
and put Germany beside the demo-
cratic nations of the world.