The Washington herald., 1918-09-08

Mcbride and Co. II Is called s'Rines
in Olive Drab" and is by Lieut. John
Roche, Eighty-seventh Division. Z.
S. A. Lieut.. Roche was a sergeant
when the poems were written. but
received a commission shortly after
the book was printed.
Joseph II. Appel who Sc we'll
known among advertising men as
the manager ofJohn wanamakers
advertising department has written
book entitled Living the Creative
Life" which Robert ". Mcbride &
Co. will publish in September. As
! the title indicates. Mr.. AppeTs book
( is discussion OF right methods Of
living, and is based in part upon a
study Of the work Of Thomas Tro-
ward.
Through the Eye Of NEEDLE
William Dean Howells. whose works
on the Harper list number sixty-two
titles, has given permission for
Through the Eye OF a Needle TO he
done in Brsille in England. BY means
OF this remarkable type blind English
readers viii be able 20 enjoy this tale
Of Altrur.a, since 'Thr ugh the Eye
OF a Needle" tells the story Of a irsv-
cler from Al.Turia who falls in owe
with and marTies a charming Amert-
. can woman. takes her 10 AltrUrua
where she learns TO live in a country
which has no money and where one
ran get things only by working three
hours a day. In these pages William
Dean Howells shows how a certain
Kind Of what might be called Social
ism really works.
Salomon de Ia SeIva, the young
Isatin-AmeriCan poet. whose FIRST vol
ume OF poems. Tropical Town" was
published a short time ago BY John
lane Company, has Joined the British
rNpediuonary forces, and recently
allied for a British port TO enter into
training
John Lane Company has Just Issued
new editions Of The Glory OF the
4 Trenches by Lieut. ConinCsby DsW-
son; The Father OF a Soldier. by
W. J. Dawson; The Man Who Lost
Himself by II. de We're Stackpoole.
and Is now printing large second edI-
uons Of Lieut.. Dawson's most recent
book. "Out 10 Win" and W J.
Road"
The Century Co.'S announcement
n a noyelized version by David
] Gray of The BoomeranE" brings
before a now public the astonishing
success Of that very original com
/ edl on the boards i las been
PLAYED, by tho same company of
! actors that opened with It in
August. 1915 no less than 1850
times without h.rak or vacation,
winter and summer alike. estab-
! lsshiu-. IL is believed 4 record OF
/ consecutive performances for any
! play IN any country since the world
/ bean. AZ present this comedy has
! hrcu Tru1uCed. or contracts for pro-
! ducJiun have Nren made. in Eng
/ land. Australia, Italy. Sweden
/ Spain, Portugal. India, South A.
7 r.,a and Japan. Various oFers for
/ It's production in France have been
| r,rcIy Cd. but tine authors have re-
/ fused 10 permit a production there
/ until after tho close ~ the war.
/ Iu practically all cities and thea
/ tors where The Boomerang has
+ been PLAYED durin- the past three
. years 81 has established new re-
cords ~ box office receipts.
p 7. Dltton & Co. will publish
I this week Helen J. Ferris's book
/ on Girls Clubs: Their Or=anTza-
( ton and Management" Al who
gre meeting the many vital prob
| Ions connected with any kind 81
I work with girls will fnd Miss Fo~-
Tis's volume a very great relp- She
| covers the neld comPrehensivrlv
/ and is always constructive. She
/ has brought together the eNpcr-
. icuro. tho methods. the aims Of all
: successful workers with girls and
. sets it all forth in q definite, prsC-
tFcal way. The 0r-anizinC Of the
. ,nCrEIcs and cuthusiasms Of girls
J ard Young won, n and the turninS
4 Cr them into useful channels Is be-
INK moro and more recognized as
! factor ~ great consequence in
! the moulding OF the womanhood "f
I tomorrow and its possibility as
I constructive wartime policy gives
Ito the movement IMMEDIATE and
7 Greater importance. Miss Ferris
+ describes tho hest ways 10 20 about
. tho work and the methods that are
. most likely To make il successful.