The Washington herald., 1918-02-24

her happy to chat bit for the
Capital friends.
"war books" Miss Jewel (becarst
there are so few jewels and SO many
browns) exclaimed seriously. II de-
vote all of my leisure time to them
mo one enjoys good novels any bet
ter then / do, but ! think that II Il
the duty of all thinking Americans
to devote their attention to tho array
of absorbing war publications at th'
present time.
"I particularly like the writings o.
Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson. I have reat
his "Carry on" and many shortei
articles appearing In the magazin'
from his pen and find delicately wover
through them a spiritual thread which
pleases me immensely.
TOO. I receive many original wal
documents direct from the warrins
countries, all Of which aid me IL
gaining a fairly clear insight into thu
true causes and conditions 'ovel
there
Until the war is over. and maybe
some time afterwards. 1 AM afraid
best sellers will be absent from my
bookshelves. In the meantime 1 an
ticipate many more pleasant hours
over the quantity Of quality wal
books which are being supplied in The
public's interest"
Greeting.
To Private Peat, who will lecture ir
this city tonight:
Oh, you Peati
You smiling little private!
They smashed your fighting wing,
And then they made 4 drive at .
Your lungs, and every thing
Except your happy features;
And even for a while
The clumsy Teuton creatures
They tried to get your smile.
But they couldn't quite contrive It.
Oh. you Peat!
You smiling little privatel
Hearts Undaunted.
Hearts Undaunted. q Romance o.
Four Frontiers" by Eleanor Atkin
son, recently published by the Har
pers. is a spirited tale Of the Middl'
West spanning the years between th'
American Revolution and the war o.
1s12
It has a noble setting for romance
but the commonplace that truth 4.
stranger than fiction Is again bornt
out by the fact that the author ha!
drawn largely from history in th'
telling OF this tale Of stirring events
The story opens in the summer Of
lT72, with the evacuation by the Brit
ish of Fort Pitt-the Pittsburgh o.
today.
Itswould be idle TO attempt to dis
entangle the threads OF history from
the threads of romance that arr
woven together to make this charm
ing tale. Fiction and fact together
combine to give 4 wonderfully .viviC
and glowing picture of our countr,
in one of the most interesting periods
Of its development.
The Terror.
There Is a horrible fascination abou
uncanny incidents in others lives
consequently this book by Arthu,
Machen should arouse much interest
inasmuch as IL abounds in the mos
unheard-of horrors. 1t tells of tht
death of an aviator in the European
conflict whose machine was wrecked
by a mighty flock Of birds; an ex
plosion at munition works and II
fatalities; terrible calamities near anS
far; families wiped out by death
farmers stricken in the fields; children
overcome at play: animals scattered
by fright, and yet all from differen
unknown causes. but presumably from
some fiendish German war tactic
Truly enough. England has had I
reign Of terror covering a period o
two years. with sufficient sorrow I,
embitter every heart and shatter tn,
nerves of even the most complacen
persons. This book is from the pres
of Robert Mcbride & Co. It's pric,
is $l&.
Books Treasured in Trenches.
Frank A. Lewis who has serve,
in the American Field Ambulanc
abroad, writes to the Publishers
Weekly something about the nee
for books in the trenches.
For several weeks no reading
matter could be located in tn
section to which l was attached,
writes Mr.. Lewis. Finally. one o
the DOAS TtttNtu Il copy OIL y
Henry's Options in a packag
from home and an hour of insan
jubilaticn ensued. The book wa
seized by indelicate hands and tori
into segments, each part represent
ing a story. The pages of eacl
story were pinned together. TIL
original owner of the volume wa
selected to serve as Section Libra
rian. We pored over those storie
until the printing actually wore OF
the pages. When The Head Hun
ter came to me for the seventl
time the only thing could be sur
of was the title. But I didn't nee,
to re-read it. 1 could have toll
that tale almost by rote.
Just to show you what W
thought of books, Brentano's Pari
store was the second place w
visited on our first leave from tn
front-the first was a restaurant.
Will Itf
When things go wrong, as they oftel
will,
With the work you have in hand.
Just whistle a song of cheer unit
planned;
And do your best, however, mel
sneer,
And all will be right in the end, m.
dear.
Just do the work that you have to dc
And whatever it is you'll find
II you keep a song In the heart o
you,
To help what you have in mind.
And do your best, however, mel
sneer,
All will be right in the end, my dear
MADISON CAWEIN,
the pote of the bluegrass country.