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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
The Eternal Adolescent

PIP" A Romance ~ Youth. BY Ian Hay.
limo Up. 3e2. The Houghton Mrlin COMPANY
Your schoolboy is your true Proteus.
Hughes gave us an immortal picture OF
him; and long afterward Kipling gave
us another. equally authentic and
equally immortal, but as different as IS
day from night. Other writers, chiefly
lesser, have depicted other phases, all
with sufficient accuracy, but no two
alike. Now comes Captain Beth with
his picture Of him. which also IS life
like and deserves to live forever. and
II is quite unlike any that has gone
before.
The especial charm Of it ia that it
begins with Pip and Pipette when they
are very small children, ana conducts
them all the way up to young man
hood and womanhood. So it is instinct
with the prattle OF children, the glori-
Gus fun of boys and girls and the sentl-
ment and romance Of adolescence. We
should hesitate to say upon which
phase Of the Divina Commedia Of youth
the author touches most perfectly,
whether the fun or the romance; or
whether he draws the youth or the
maiden with the more assured and sym
pathetic strohes. When we read of
Pins attempt 20 transmit soup by tele-
phone we were cOnvulsed with glee,
and when, years afterward. he gave
Cullyngham what for" we were enrap-
tured with delight. The whole book is
deep and abiding JOY, merting the
immortality OF the youth which IT cele-
brafpg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
The Great War from
Various Points Of View

since the Marine That is the argument
of Count de SouZa's history. She aimed
o. success with her first bolt; shot it
and missed; and ever since has been
struggling against the inevitable,
doomed 10 bleed to death, to exhaust
her man-strength. and to succumb in
the end under the blows of those she
had wished TO conquer"
That Is not solitary or novel the
DRY of the war. On the contrary. II is
held BY the majority Of shrewd OBJ
servers. But il is set forth h. the
present author in o manner which few
can rival The terse, epigrammatic
style. nervous. dramatic. intense, grips
the reader with irresistible fascination,
while at the same time the deliberate
judgment and the c0gent logic convince
him of the truth of the authors views.
The present volume begins with the
Galician and Polish operations which
eliminated at LODI and ends with the
stupendous drama Of Verdun, Il is il
Illustrated with numerous maps and
plans, admirably drawn; they aud the
text vying each with the other IN
CLARITY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

little attention. For her portrayal of
them, in their virtues and their vices
alike, we owe Mrs. Martin endless graft
tude.
The other reason is. the equally per
feet portrayal Of phases of social and
religious bigotry and intolerance, which
are by no means confined to the Penn
sylvania Dutch, but which are unfortu-
nately too prevalent among them;
portrayal, too, of the partly comic,
partly pathetic narrowness and sordid-
ness Of life which prevails in some COM
munitios. Thus:
The Fitzenbergers had the distinc-
ton of being the only family of Nir-
ginsburg who ate their meals IN their
dining-room, for though the other
families had dining-rooms and "oak
sets" Gncluding, in one case, china
closet). they never used them except
on festive occasions, such as funerals,
or tragic ones, such as weddings. At
all other times dining-rooms were
preserved alright and dark. and
meals were consumed IN kitchens
where they were cooked.
No wonder. then. that them Fifteen
bergers" were interdicted; for that and
for other reasons; for all Of which,
with a wealth Of folk-sketching, OF
humorous and pathetic incident, and OF
genuine human interest, the reader IS
to be commended TO one of the very
best novels of the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Burying the Dead Past

pICCADILIY JIM b. Pelham Granville Wole-
hociss Illustrates ty MAJ Wilson freal"ii.
l9mo. 70 s63. Dodd. Mead n e..
The name suggests a farce. ana farce
IL is. But who is there who does not
hugely enjoy real farce, genulne!y
funny? Here is the nephew o. ms
uncle. fresh from stupendous e'ca-
pade in Piccadilly. escaping thence 70
a mansion on Riverside Drive, only 10
involve its occupants and some others
In complications bewIldering to behoid.
Loves and antipathies. mad lmpersoha-
tions. kidnapping, the wooing. or a
bogus English lord and the social as
pirations OF American millionalres III
Iondon-al these and many other m
gradients are mingled IN the aIeinolc'
with n result that is a scream OF de-
light from first TO last II there IS
ANYBODY in it who AZ any time IS really
serious. that seriousness IS the Iuh-
NEST thing N II all. ,,-
As relief. then. from sex problems
and esotericism and analytical psycnoI-
ogv and smoked glass views OF the
seamv side Of life and all the rest OF
il. give us now and then roaring
farce. such as Mr.. Wodehouse, Wen
knows how TO give. We may add that
Miss Preston knows. 100, how to Illus
trate such a story, her two-color plates
being DELIGHTFULLY."- funny and IN per-
feet accord with the spirit OF the tale'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

in war are often too little regardful of
the interests and even of the rights
Of neutral nations. be sure the rivals
IN trade afterward will be even less
so. Within the limits of law they will
be ruthless. memorable
Such is the impending condition
which will confront US, if haply we
succeed in keeping out of the military
war itself. We shall have to meet
such rivalry as we have never known
before. How shall we meet il? We
are talking much, as we have need not
only TO talk but also 10 do, about pre-
paredness for war. How about pre-
paredness for peace? For war may not
come; it may be averted by prepared
ness; but peace Is inevitable. We have
one great asset OF preparation, in the
enormously increased trade which We
we can utilize that asset and retain
considerable part of that trade. Or is
that increase mere imitation. 10 be
pricked like bubble and 10 collapse
at the return of peace?
Mr. Marcosson, in this singularly
keen and brilliant little volume, points
out our peril with unerring hand. A
single incident will suffice TO show
how in Europe we are duplicating the
disastrous faulty that has handicapped
us for years in South America:
There is something wrong with
these Frenchmen," said the first
American.
How is that?" asked his COM
panion.
ITS like this" was the reply.
81 have sold goods from the At
lantic TO the Pacific, and yet | can
get nowhere over here. ] give these
fellows the swiftest line OF selling
talk in the world and it makes no
impression"
How well do you speak French ~
Not at all"
"Have you studied the ways and
needs of the Frenchman ?"
"Of course not. I've got something
they want, and they ought to take
it,"
The man who had long lived in
France was silent for a moment.
Then he said:
"The fault is not with the French
man, my friend. Think it over" He
did. and with reflection he changed
his method.
We have seen no more suggestive and
inspiring discussion of the great after
the-war problems than Mr.. Marcosson's.
If only our government and our cap
tains of industry would take it seri-
ously to heart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
On the Verge Of Hysteria

THE LIFTED VEIL. BY Basil King illustrated
by James Montgomery flaW. l-mo, ~. 'ii.
Harper a Brothers.
Clorinda is all the time on the verge
of Mysteries. That is the obvious eX-
PLANTATION of her morbid and contra
dictory conduct. Whether coming to
closely yelled confessional, fencing
with her confessor in society, break
ing off her own wedding service by a
nervous collapse, or jilting the man to
whom she had been so nearly married
she is always more pathological than
sympathetic. She commands our IN.
terest. as a half psychical ana half
physical phenomenon, but inspires no
affection. Nor does cambridge com,
mand one-half the regard that would
be his il he were less theological ana
philosophical and more human.
Despite Mr.. Kings accomplished
craftsmanship, therefore, his latest
volume has a limited appeal. 1t VIII
be read with interest by those who
care for morbid psychical pathology
and certain degree of melancholy
nysterv. But its action is too slow
and its motives too involved and oo-
scure to be effective to the average
reader. who wants, after all, a story tot
the sake of the story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Druidic Days

THE Druid PATH. By Msrah EI9 Eisn u
'g,traicd aui decorated i-mo ~ aI'. -
McClurg Co
Mrs. Ryan is surely versatile. j we
remember Alright, we have read Win
Measure her writings about Quakers
and about Red Indians. about the Ale
qhanies and about the Rockies about
Tho loves oil the indians and about the
romances OF France. And now she
gives us half dozen tales Of Druidlc
DAYS in ireland. which we have read
with no less satisfaction. Her power
Ia imagine or 20 reconstruct the past
is no less than to portray the present;
That the present volume is largely
wild and weird is o matter Of neces-
sity. It is filled with the mystery OF
the forest and the sea and WITH the
passions of the age Of force. Yet there
IS much OF tenderness and pathos and
Motto charm. No people in the world
ever more notably combined tears and
laughter, hates and loves and the
vhole gamut of human passions than
those OF Erin, and in these tales their
mercurial dispositions are set forth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
60, LODI to Verdun

y1 5 9ag Fs,: a 81 s'; cossi a Gs. q.
- Va. ~ -',.,,fv ~ mas ard plans Emo.
49, W. p p. Du;iol & e.
. - ~ has been in defeat ever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Impossible but Fascinating

TILL THE CLOCK srOPS BY j. J. Bel. lemo.
%. 3Oj Duifeld & Co.
It is impossible, Of course. So, for
all that, are most detective stories.
AT the same time many things which
seem fully as impossible do actually
occur in the real life Of this workaday
world. Perhaps, therefore, we would
better not dwell too much upon the
impossibility even Of that astounding
clock, the more than human admin
strator of the fortune in diamonds.
As for the fascinating interest of 1T,
there can be no question. There IS
abundant action, most expeditions and
direct. There is mystery, deep, dark
and dreadful. There is suspense, har-
rowing and tragic. And there IS love,
lots of it, of the kind which does not
fool around with lot of incoming IN
trospection and pillling psychology, but
of that which knows what it wants and
goes to it. Just now there seems 70
be a rising tide OF detective tales. II
they were all as good as this one, we
should be glad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
The Curse of Bigotry

THOSE fITZENBERGERs By Helen r. Martin
illustrated b. ko5srt A Grse. Emo. -. s5S.
Doubleday. Page and Company
Here is n book which deserves, for
two reasons, to become a classic One
is its perfect delineation-or, rather,
reproduction-of the speech, manners
end customs. and whole life OF one Of
the most interesting and at the same
time most neglected Of the original
elements of our composite population.
New Englenders. and Tennessee noun
taineers, and Virginians, and Louisiana
creoles, and many others, old and new,
have been written wellnigh TO death.
But the sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch.
who were there "in the good old colony
days" and who have remained to'this
day less changed than perhaps any
other element, have received all too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Contraries

UPSlDONIA b. Archibald Marshall limo. -.
500 DOdd Mead - GO
Often as it has been tried. one Of the
most difficult things in imaginative
writing is 10 portray conditions re-
versed from the normal. There occurs,
OF course, the one supreme example OF
success. achieved by Lewis Carroll; but
such genius does not flash upon the
world in every publishing season. The
same theme was much cultivated, too,
by W. s. Gilbert. with equal success;
but then opera librettos are not novels.
Mr.. Guthrie (Anstey) and Mr.. Howells
have essayed the task in sustained mar
rative. with much success within GER
tain limitations. But Mr. Marshall has
striven to outdo them all by portraying
a world where not merely a few things
but all things are reversed.
In that he has attempted the impos-
sible, OF course. But We must say that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Comedy and Tragedy
Portrayed in Fiction

he has done very we'll with some phases
OF his Topsyturvy Land; and he has
succeeded in infusing into the work,
without appearing to try so 20 do, a
good deal oil shrewd philosophy, as well
as grotesque adventure and the ineyi-
table romance. The weak feature is
the lack of humor. Such story
should be embroidered and illuminated
with fantastic fun, or az least the ludl-
crous aspects which Upsidonia must
present TO folk of this world should be
made apparent, and with JUNCTION
Still. as a philosophic fantasy it viii
be read with muE pleasure and com
mendation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17

with sympathetic skill. Nor is there
any race that has retained unchanged
its ancient characteristics more fully
than the Irish. as in the closing chap
ter Of "The Druid Path" the author
deity suggests by showing US mod
ern couple who might be reincarna-
ton OF the hero and heroine of twenty
centuries ago. The volume is a fine
piece of work and will add to its au-
thor's reputation as a writer of more
than ordinary power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
A Gamblers Fortune

TIE STARS N THEIR COURSES ~ HIia
NJ. sharp I2mo. % AS. c. p. Putnam's
Sons.
II is the story Of a gambler who
stakes everything and loses and, in
losing, wins. He was a gambler by in
heritance, confirmed by inhumanity
His parents III treatment drove him
20 waywardness. and for that way
wardness his f-ther disinherited him,
giving his fortune 20 a scoundrelly
nephew the hero's cousin. I'm q Ces-
perate hazard he loses even his good
name TO that cousin and fees into IN
famous exile.
There follows the story OF his con-
nict with evil passions and his ulti-
mate victory over self; his rise to an
honorable place in the world, and,
above all. his winning the love Of the
sweetheart Of his childhood days. The
tale is dramatic, full Of action and
infused with genuine human sympathy,
and even in the seamest parts is saved
from responsiveness by the refinement
OF the writer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Preparing FOR Peace

TIE WAR AFTER TIE WAR By Isaac r.
Na-co-,o.. Wi.h rroTtispiace. l-mo. pp 272.
Tho JOal Lane Company.
The debts which the European bel
ligcrcnts are mourning are. like inter
stellar spaces. so vast as to battle hu-
man comprehension. Few men can
think in terms Of billions. But these
stupendous debts entail stupendous ne
cessities. Realizing that, the warning
nations even before the war reached
its climax-if indeed it has yet done so
devised and compacted ways and
means for meeting those necessities.
Great as is this military war, COM
mensurately great viii be the fiscal or
the commercial or industrial war which
will follow it. And if tho belligerents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-17
Endorsed by Major General

4 TEXTBOOK FOR FEDERAL TRAIN
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the knowledge acquired. Concluding
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working for the Officers Reserve Corps.
indispensable to anyone doing inten-
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trations picture the right way and the
wrong way Of doing essential things.
Get the book noe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-08-10

such price is only fair and just tc
insure him against loss and allow
him a fair profit for his labor and
investment.
A summary of facts, not opinions
brought out at this meeting were that
the farmers of Michigan can greatly
increase the wheat production with
out increasing the acreage by adopt
ing the following measures.
First: Sowing the best variety OF
wheat known in Michigan today
Red Rock.
Second: Treating the seed for
smut.
Third: Making a good seei bed
and sowing early enough for the
plant to get a well established root
system before winter.
Fourth: Applying 200 pounds acid
phosphate per acre.
Conserving every particle of the
animal manure, the great value of
which we all know but isn't enough
to go round and is lacking in phos-
phorus. The acid phosphate alone if
the manure is not available and a
light top dressing of manure when
1T is available REINFORCED with acid
phosphate. Lime also worked into
this system should not be neglected.
These are facts which cannot be
ignored and should be considered bv
every farmer in Van Buren, county
who is interested in his community.
county, state and nation.
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RIVERSIDE.

Mrs. r. E. Boomer who has been
on the sick list is able to be out and
around now.
Joe Janiski who has been working
in Chicago is home with his parents
for vacation.
Glenn Weatherwax of Tustin, Mich,
has been visiting the past week with
Mrs. Lena Weatherwax and family.
He left Tuesday for Plainwell where
he will visit at the Fred Weatherwax
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Wagner are en-
PERTAINING Mr.. Wagner's brother and
family from Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Halich are en-
pertaining his sister and brother from
Chicago.
The Winerski house is filled with
resorters.
Miss Marjory Jacobs entertained
the Loyal Helper Sunday school class
last Friday evening.
Miss Martha Richardson has gone
to Ancona, Illinois for the balance of
the summer where she will visit at
the homes of her brothers.
Donald Dayton has returned from
kawkawlin, Michigan where he has
been visiting his brother DR.. ID. M.
Dayton and his sister Mrs. Emil
Hutchinwrenther and family.
Huckleberry parties are popular
these days.
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CHANCERY SALE.

In pursuance and by virtue of a Ger
tain decree, of the Circuit Court for
the county of Van Buren,, State of
Michigan, In Chancery, made and
dated the 25th, day of July, A. D.
1917, in a cause therein pending in
said court, wherein George j. Carpen-
ter and leila L. Carpenter are Plain
tiffs and Thomas Barnum, Elmer
Savage, Oma Savage, George B. Glib
son and Efie NJ. Gibson are defen
dants said cause being for the pur-
pose of foreclosure of certain mort
gage given by defendants, Thomas
Barnum, Elmer Savage and Oma
Savage to one l.. A. Carpenter now
deceased, which said mortgage is set
forth and described in the Bill of
Complaint in said cause, and in said
decree.
Notice is hereby given that / shall
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder at the north front door of the
Court House in the Village of Paw
Paw, County of Van Buren,, State of
Michigan, (Said Court House being
the place Of holding the Circuit Court
in and for said County, on Saturday
the Sth, day of September A. D..
1917, at 1000 o'clock in the forenoon
Of said day, all or so much thereof as
may be necessary to raise the amount
due to said plaintiff, by the terms of
said decree, together costs and ex-
penses- of sale, of the following des-
cribed premises, towit: The north
half (1a) of the north east quarter
% of the north east quarter (A)
of section twenty-one (2D, town two
(2) south, range seventeen az west
Van Buren, County, Michigan.
Dated, this 25th, day of July, A. d.
1917.
Oran w. Rowland
Circuit Court Commissioner,
Van Buren, County, Mich,
Fred c. Cogshall, Atty. for Plaintiffs
Business Address, South Haven, Mich.
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Mrs. Lydia Carr who has been a
guest at the Will Warner home was
called home Monday owing to the
sudden death of her son-in-law, Carl
Healy.
Mrs. Charles Johnson who has been
i'll for long time is gaining nicely
at this writing. She is at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Duane Smith.
Charles Durham is home from De-
troit for his vacation. He is employ
ed by the Detroit Steel Products Co.
Miss Sadie Thorpe is visiting at the
home of Carl rr----a for two weeks.
She is employed by the Board of
Health in Detroit.
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SOUTHWEST PAW PAW.

Dean Rich spent Sunday at home.
Mary A. Lee has sold her auto
mobile to Almena parties.
Robert Graham lost a horse last
week
Mrs. Robert Graham and daughter
Mrs. Herbert Alden and children
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Ira Cole.
Mrs. Toney has returned from a
visit with her daughter very much
improved in health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-08-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

John w. Heron & w. to Nancy
Thayer, Pei. Blk. 2, Gobleville-S1.0O
Kasper C. LANCE e. w. to Anton
Kowalski & w. SO acres, Secs. G. A
Covert-S10.00
Frederick w. TraXler & w. to Geo.
H. Cillins & w. SO acres, Sec. s, Hart
ford-S1000.00
VIM. Dade & w. to George H. Col
Inns & w. % acres, Sec. II, Hartford
S1250.00
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-08-10

Number of subscribers January 1,
1917, 2704.
Number of subscribers July 1, 1917,
1925.
Net increase in six months, 121.
Every one of our ten exchanges
made a net gain.
Toll connections with over 200
Mutual subscribers at Glenn and Pull
man and the Bell System.
Now is the time to become q sub
scriber of growing company owned
and controlled by local people.
VAN BUREN, COUNTY
TELEPHONE co.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.
Harry Ora Shaw, 20, Paw Paw
Golden Ikelburger, q, Paw Paw.
Walton E. Milliman, 27, Greenville
M. Marie Clement, %, Gobleville.
Grafton l.. Parker, 20, Chicago
Martha S. Eubank, 81, Chicago.
John Bailey, Fl, South Haven
Grace Miles, Is, Locota.
Ebert Dykstra, 25, South Haven
Barline Drinks, 10, South Haven.
Floyd ]. Taplin, 81, Hartford
Olive Goodenough, 80, Hartford.
Chauncey Foster, 10, South Haven
Alice Wilmot, II, South Haven.
Dudley S. Edwards, 30, Glencoe, H.,
Anna Bahr, 20, Highland Park, ILL.,,
Ernest d. Finch, 81, Union, Idaho
Hattie Pioch, %, South Haven.
Frank Z. Warner, %, South Haven
Martha w. Hodge, 10, South Haven.
John Keag, %, South Haven
Eva Mcconnell, 20, Bangor.
Ebert Dykastra, 25, South Haven
Barline Drinks, 18, South Haven.
Ernest Vanderveen, 26, Walker twp.
Flossie NJ. Taylor, %, South Haven.
Robert H. Paulus, Fl, Chicago
Martha Kopenhoefer, 10, Chicago.
Paul Carl Kjelstrom, 26, Chicago
Helga Ruth Johnson, %, Chicago.
Charles VIM. Schwartz, p, Chicago
Ruth Alice Sigred Janson Fl Chicago.
John Ulrich Holman, %, Cd. Junction
Blanche Louise Siggins,, 25, Grand
Junction.
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Mrs. r. E. Boomer who has been
on the sick list is able to be out and
around now.