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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
Suspense!

Letters in cipher. \ young woman
gliding through big house at all
sorts of unconventional hours of the
night. bearing in her hand an electric
torch. seeking some object she believes
tn be concealed with cunning not short
Of devlish. and on one of these irregular
nocturnal excursions coming across the
body of man who has just been muir
dered in the splendid dining room of the
aristocratic home Of her csllous-minded
woman employer-these are only few
Of the startling incidents that mark the
opening phases of mystery" story to
which its author. Isabel Ostrander. has
given the suggestive name of Suspense. y
The publisher confidently issues a pre-
liminary challenge on tho title page call
ing for "any one who can read the first
chapter Of this thrilling romance without
finishing it the first day
One Of the old-fashioned kind of mys-
terry yarns is Miss Ostrander's detective
story. which is entitled to special distinc-
ton by reason of the fact that the regu-
htion sleuths who figure in it. one of
whom is a youth gifted with sentiment
as well as the bloodhound instinct. make
rather Indifferent stagger at untang-
ling the threads, the elimination of the
suspense" in which the impressionable
reader is kept almost TO the very end
being brought about by the girl with the
electric torch, who eventually finds what
she is looking for and promptly de-
stroys it.
There's plenty of action in Miss Os-
tranders story. young woman's strug-
gle with unseen and upsuspected forces.
and only the light of the torch dissipates
the mystery and makes'everything clear.
surprising and satisfactory.
SUSPENSE, BY Isabel Ostrander New
York: Robert NJ, Mcbride & Co. $40.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22

aSsail the nonvotcr unless he has some
offensive reason or purpose in not voting.
Though compulsory voting is re-
garded as q reform by its advocates, it
would certainly be to the liking of the
ward bosses. Do they not try to induce
everybody to vote? Between the two
sides they get out all the vote they can.
and compulsory voting would accomplish
just what they try to accomplish. Mind
you I do not decry the ward bosses
however. there seems To be nu great
necessity for legislation in Their be-
half"
Views on Woman suffrage
Judge Su'zbergcr. do you believe
general extension of the suffrage TO
women would work any gr,at political
changer"
Il hardly think It would II would not
bring any calamity. | alu quite sure and
probably would not materially improve
the condition of the State. Women are
more emotional than n,Cn. and. being
dominated by their emotions. they may
at times take action more beneficial than
men with more reflective minds would
take. They may at other times take ac-
ons that will result in great deal OF
harm. | think n man has somewhat.
but not greatly finer. sense of justice
IMAM WtnlaIl. u Il SOL hdS ConiIllttsu
"A crime against the state his father will
be little less likely TO try to help him
escape pun shment than his mother. His
father viii not go quite to the lengths
his mother will to save him.
Il think there would be less war II
women voted all over the world a wife
seldom wants her husband to go out and
be shot"--:he ,Tudge's eyes twinkled
again--'while rs YOU know there are
quite few husbands who are quite
eager about it. They welcome any relief.
and being shot is some relief. | am not
opposed TO marriage. II Is a fine insti-
tuition, on the whole: yet we do know
theory and IN ideal makes a man and a
some times makes them two-er and even
at timcs--two-est."
fractional Politics Bene aciaI
Judge Sulzberger regarded factional
fights in political parties as of benefit
in the long run to the State. They
keep democracy alive" he said. '"They
keep reople paying attention to the af-
fairs Of state. II the public should be
come disintcrested things would soon
reach wretched condition and democ-
racy would die. or course. personal
rows and sQuahbles are rather disgrace
ful, but even they do no real harm even
to the persons concerned, who generally
shake hands eventually"
Mr.. Sul2berger, who was born at Hell
delsheim, Baden. was President Judge
of Comm n Pleas Court No. for twenty
years prior to his voluntary retiremen,
in 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
COUNT KASSLLI ADMITTED TO BE PRINCESS RADZTWILL
RING LARDNER
ON THE VAR
His account Must Be Read
Through a Laughing Gas
Mask

Finding fun in the bloodiest OF al
wars may seem. at first e.ance a. a..
coneruous as Maypole frolic In d.
cemetery. Ring w Lardners MY -Four
weeks In France" Is a broadside of
twenty-five centimeter. high power fun.
But 1t is innocent of offense because its'
target is never the really tragic ssnects
of the war. but the officiousness Of
petty oHicials. the senselessness OF red
tape. Inconsistencies that make for
waste and lost motion. and the many
other Things that creep into the COM
duct OF any great enterprise when ita
workers do not always think sanely and
SIMPLY, clogging the machinery and de-
laying the result And Mr. Lardne-
scores knockout" invariably The
tribulations that annoy or exasperate
the average individual seeking to pene-
trate the war zone are grist for the
authors mirth mill. and although he
does not grind slowly. he grinds ex.
ceeding small His book amply iusti-
fies the favoritc slogan of the vaude-
vile press agent. There is literally n
laugh in every line" And 1t is not
smile, but real laugh--the ear to ear,
nosiiy bosterous variety. as effuIseni
as sunlight. and as healthy
Mr.. bardner was asked by gentle.
man from Somewhere In Connecticut'
to go to France as war correspondent
The Connecticut man would arrange
with the War Department for hir, 10
go in a troopship and there would he
mo trouble about it, Mr. Lardner
went to "a Potomac port" and asked
Mr. Cree, for permission to 60 in
troopship. Mr.. Creel said, NO" There
was no trouble about it,
That preliminary incident is typical
of the books pervasive flavor. of its In.
corrigiby robust humor Even French
cocktails made of ether. arsenic and
carbolic acid in quantities not quite
sufficient to cause death" stimulate Mr..
Lardner's sense of humor, while the in
spector in Bordeaux was as mystified
by his answers as was the guide in
"lnnocents Abroad by the crazy Ameri-
cans who berated him for hauling OUT
an ancient mummy instead of mice,
fresh corpse" Mr., Lardner's four
weeks yielded more fun than most per-
sons get out of an entire lifetime.
Ny FOUR WEEKS IN FRANCE By Ring
w Lsrdner: Indianapolis; Bobbs-Merrill
Company. S1.25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
Ladies From HEIR

II was with good reason that the Ger
mans dubbed the killed Scotchmen VINO
rushed upon them like demons and
fought with frenzy the Ladies from
He'll For us there is touch Of
humor in the phrase. but for the enemy
ii was fraught with fear. To read Ser
geant Pinkerton's vivid. kalaidoscopic
account of his war experiences is to
smell the very smoke of the battlefield,
to feel the emotions of the fighting man
in action, to understand his most inti-
mate. personal thoughts above ALL to
know why the Germans quailed at the
very thought Of these implacable.
Ladies' from He'll"
The author was reused to enlisting
in the London Scottish Regiment by one
of the early stories of a wounded Ger
man officer who deliberately shot the
gentle old Scotch doctor who was min
lsterng to him In first aid hospital.
He describes his, varied experiences
from the moment he signed up
through training days. and in the in
cessant hell at the front which speedily
followed. There is thrill in his
account of how the Black Watch. 500
strong, stormcd the German trenches in
the Battle Of Lille and was wiped out
TO the last man. There is poignancy
In his description of what Therese. a
little French girl, told him of her ex-
periences at the hands OF German
officers during the occupation Of Lille.
There are panoramic pictures of the
larger aspects OF the war: there are
graphic "close ups" which strikingly
point OUT the generalizations.
Ebullent humor and stark tragedy
are blended in the book. The author
has been in the thickest of the fray,
and he does not minimize its horrors.
LADIES FROM HE'LL" BY r. Dougla
Pinkerton. illustrated from photogrs phs
New York: The Century Company. H.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
MONS HERO GUARDS
CHESTER SHIPYARD
Walter Harris, Invalided After
Three Wounds, Assumes
New Post of Duty

A hero of the, battle of Mons, Walter
Harris, was hired as guard at the Ches-
tier Shipyard. Chester today. With three
machine gun wounds in his left leg, Har-
|rls was invalided out of the British army,
and has his discharge to show for II.
Harris, whose home Is in Toronto. en-
|1fsted in the Canadian expedltionary
force In his home city and spent twenty
{1hree months In the tront-llne trenches.
fDiucharged April s.-after having lain in
hospital several months he returned
kome unable to fight any longer But
|<is spirit 10 very much alive, and he now
1beis that he will still be able to help,
[I1e Is on duty at the company's home
E6ntration in South Chester.
*Our brigade went i'm at the battle Of
Mons with about 100 men and came out
tmrith only about 300.'' sa d Harris. 'On
Mater Monday morning the British at
| lacked the Germans and captured about
1ooO prisoners. Our brigade attacked Mt
Yin,y Ridge with about 900 men, and
about one.half of our boys were lost.
Ihree Inachine-gun balls struck me In
| <he left leg and ] was gassed besides.
|1cor that reason prefer to work outside
now
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
Rome in the Making

The methods of the newer and more
rational type Of historian are well ex-
cmpliticd in the two-volume Short His
tory Cf Rome" by Profs. GuglieImo
Ferrero and Corrado Barbagallu The
first Of the two volumes. "Thc Monarchy
and the Republic" car"ics the chronicle
from the foundation Of Rome to the
death of Julius Caesar. 13j to a II. e.
II follows in condensed form the general
principles observed in Professor Fer
rero's account of The Greatness and
Decline of Rome" in five volumes. Less
a a.tenton Is devoted to detail, but the
continuity of events. their relation to
ore another. and their relative impor
tance arc presented by the authors with
unimpaircd proportion.
Within very recent years Professor
Terrero has established himself as an
unaucstioncd authority on Roman his
tory. His scholarly equipment makes
him specially fitted for the task here
undertaken and performed with con-
spicuous success with his collaboration
who is professor of history in the Tech
nical Institute of Milan. For the petit
fogging methods and hair-splitting
pedan:ry Gf the German school Of his
torical criticism these authors have lit
tie time and no patience. They believe.
and rightly, that efforts to reconcile
known facts with some individual theory
may destroy entirely the real Significance
Of important episodes. Their treatment
is synthetic; their main purpose, indeed,
has been to show The connection between
ma jcr events. not to present them as
separate periods. What they do not un-
ders:and such as the problem OF the
many early races in Italy. they da not
undertake to explain. The style is tcrse
clear and meaty.
A SHORT HISTORY or ROME. Volume !.
Ry Guglielmo Ferrrro and corradO Bar
bagaIlo. Transacted from the Italian by
George ChrSstal. New York: O. T Put
nam's Sons. SlaO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22

Those people are not yet At for self
government. and au;oCracy is better
than anarchy-chaos, which they have
now. The republican form of govern
ment Kercnsky tried TO establish was
good government, but il was overthrown
by people who were not capable of con-
Quoting a republican government after it
was established 1t will be good thing
for Russia If any man that is strong
enough will rise up-and he may rise
where least eNpected-and rule. rule as
an autocrat until Russia is fiji to rule
itself"
Dictatorship Necessary In War
The former Judge was asked what
stock he took in the theory that the
various relationships established in pop
ularly governed countries under wars
necessity constituted Il menace to demo-
cratic institutions.
None he said. They are necessary
in wartime. We have n sort of limited
martial Law. But democracy is no;
threatened | know some persons con
ceive the possibility Of a Chief ENccu-
tive elected by the people declaring.
Now I'm in and I'm going to stay in
But there viii he nothing of the sort
You don't believe President will
ever be able to declare himself Presi-
dent for life them" ..H
Yes" the Judge said with profoundly
serious mein. 'Ile can do that and he
can remain President for life How
ever'--his lips curled ever SO slightly
and merry twinkle came into his
eyes-'he would not live more thar
forty-eight hours after that"
Judge SulzberCer believed that no
President of the United States would or
could ever serve three terms. AS for
Secretary McAdoo's succeeding his
father-in-law in the presidency, he said
1t was too early to speak of that. 1t
was a matter that would take care of
itself
Voting Duty and Privilege
Now the conversation turned 10 the
subject of voting, and first the wisdom
of compulsory voting
DO you regard voting as duty or a
privlege?"
at may very well be both. have
always voted regardless. I should vote
for either reason ] do not tnink COM
pulsory voting would result IN any par
ticular good or harm. think IT would
not be followed by any noticeable change
I'm political affairs.
Il would not compel man to vote,
but just have him free to vote II he
pleases. ! have sat on many boards and
in meetings where ] didn't vote, but |
knew things were going as | thought
they should go. IL | hadn't ! would have
voted. II $4,000 men in Philadelphia
fail to vote at an election II just means
they are satisfied with the way things
are going II they are 1t should be
their privilege not to vote. do not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
about Dyesiufs

American manufacturers. with char
acteristc enterprise, have met the
emergency created when the supply of
German dyestuffs was suddenly cut of
by the war 1t is said that the dyes
now produced here rank with the best
but the need for the dissemination OF
accurate scientific knowledge is great
and to meet it this manual has been
prepared, While necessarily technical
it Is clear and exact and tells in de-
tail how dyes are made, gives formulas
and describes their various uses.
ARTIFICIAL DyEsTUFFs, By Albert r.
j. Ramsey and II. Claude Weston. Illus
trsted New York: Il. p Dutton & Co
81 GO,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
FAMILY OF SHIpMEN
Spiegclhaltcrs Help to Make
Pusey & Jones Yard Famous

Spiegelhalter Is name to conjure
with at the Wilmington yard of the
Pussy & Jones shin Conpany.
Many year" AGO Andre" q c~.iogel-
halter enterod the co~'oanv's ernloy
and worked his way IN to q rNsnNns'bla
position, Then Andrew Ir. Matthew
and Charles. his sons. followed his ex,
amp,e, one at time, and all of them
have responsible places as reward for
good service.
Last of all. daughter, Miss Laura
Spiegelhalter. took employment there
and Is now photographer to Clare nee
b. Lynch. assistant treasurer. Andrew
Jr., Il in the Office. Matthew Is head
of the training school, while Cherries 4
lsss5ss: ~ eIss.t. !. "a ssIx e:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS
FROM THREE POINTS OF VIEW
Sdu Princess. French Journalist and an american
Professor OF Sociology Write OF Conditions
attending the Revolution

teresting incidents. 1t has the jour.
nalistic faults. in that 1t lacks ade-
quatc background. SO far as it has
any point of view 1t is that OF q
revolutionist rather than Of q scien.
titic observer. But for all that, one
can get from 1t an excellent impress.
sion of the decentralization that has
been going by the name of Russia FOR
more than a year. He tells of the ar
rogance OF the soldiers after the revo.
luton. They insisted that their trains
should have the right of way on the
tracks, and when a station agent re-
fused to send soldier train ahead of
an express they put his head on the
rails and ran the train over him. This
was typical of the anarchy that pre-.
vailed last year. Professor Ross re-
ports an interview with Leon Trotsky
on the economic program of tile Boil
sheviki which should be read i'm Amer
aica by all those who are hoping that
The state socialism into which the ne
cessities of making war on q gigantic
| scale nave forced us will be aba ndoned
as soon AS possible after the armies
are disbanded.
'In default Of the perfect book about
Russia each of these three will help
to an understanding of the subject
but they must be read with discretion
or one will be misled by them"
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
CONFESSIONS oF THE CZARINA BY
Count Paul NassiN. Illustrated. New
York: Harper & Brothers. SO
TIE LAST or THE ROMANOFFS. BY
Charles Rivot. Translated by Hardrcse
0GradN: Illustrated New York Il p.
RUSSIA IN CPHEANAL. Rv Edward Ais.
worth Ross rh. u, Ill. y. Illustrated
New York: The century Company. s." 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
Transferred TO Hog Island

grounds al the Gloucester Immigrant
station will be transferred to Hog
Island Monday. Nj. Gould has becn n
:sssf1 ~ 2 - 1s ssSosarc' X .a.. e 'es q |1Scs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
sHIPYARD TYPIsTs MOVE
stno srsphers Qui, Chester Jobs fo'
New Posts

(. Miss Marie Hoog. Collingswood, \. j.,
a. the night school at the Chester
Snrd, leaves there today to 60 to
NeH York yard, South Camden.
1Soepn for the change was to get
2xshrel! ~ il Ste
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
Watch Nervous Children

81 NItus' dance IL a disease easier
90 prevent than TO cure Ser
vous children should. therefore. BE-
carefully watched for symptoms 81
the approach OF This dlacAHc
Long before the child bccunea
awkward and begins dropping Things
ther~ f. "a period IN which tho ap.
petite iH tickle and iho patient ls
Tired and iiatlcas The Jerking move.
mruts. characteristic Of the disease.
come much later
In the early stages good tonic
Tor ~" blood and nerves viii 80 far
toward preventing tho development
~ the disease liut the tonic must
be free from alcohol and oplatos for
these make tho nervous condition
much worse when your child ap.
pears listicss prefers GO cit and read
rather than so out and play and re-
quircs altogether too much time 20
K~t hts or her lessons. give course
% treatment with Dr. Williams Pink
pllls
These pills build up the blood.
nourish the starved nerves and i'm
prove the general health
There has been no Increase In tho
price % pr Williams Pink pills.
Your druggist sells the-n or you can
order direct from the Or Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady \ y.
Tticc so cents per box. six boxes
s. so. Booklet on nervous disorders
free
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
Try This if You
Have Dandruff

There is one sure way that never
falls 20 remove dtndruff completed,
and that ls 90 dissolve It, This he
stFoya II entirely To do this. just
got about four ounces Of plain. ordin.
AIRY liquid arvon. apply 1t at night
when retiring use enough 10 moist
on the scalp and rub IL In gently
with the finger tips.
by morning. most II not all. 81
your dandruff VIII bc gone. and
three or four more applications Will
completely dissolve and entirely de-.
stroy every single sign and trac"
OF u. no matter how much dandruff
you may have.
You viii find too, that an itch
ing and digging OF the scalp Will
atop instantly. ana your hair Will
hc fluffy. lustrous, glossy silky and
soft. and look. and feel a hundred
times better
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. IT IL inexpensive, and
four ounces IL all you will need.
This simple remedy has never been
known to fail. Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
SPRING AILMENTS
Relieved by a Good Medicine-Forty
Years OF Success

People sun take Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla because IL is an old family
friend. has proved its merit TO three
generations in purifying and en-
r.ching the blood. expelling humors
restoring appetite. relieving rheu.
matism. and hanishing that tired
feeling. so common at this time OF
year
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the standard
Spring medicine. blood purifier and
general tonic II originated in a
well known Boston physicians sue.
cossful prescription. and combines
medicinal roots harks herbs and
berries such as are often prescribed
for ailments OF the blood. stomach.
liver and kidneys Buy IL in the
same style package as that in which
your mother bought it-same good
formula. same fine appearance san.
pleasant taste. same certainty OF
good results.
Your druggist knows how much
satisfaction this good medicine has
given
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SAYS
DRAFT STORY is UNTRUE

Los ANGELES. May - Nehcm
cut denial of the report that Charlie
Chaplin has circulated petitions
among the womon's clubs OF the ma.
ton to win exemption from war ser
vice. was made hy the comedian To-
day. with statement that suit for
damages might be filed against the
film magazine printing the story.
Chaplin was placed in Class 5,
owing 90 his British citizenship.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
No PROTECTING Here"

Although the cos, Of dental mate.
rial and high class dental skin has
shown a marked increase In recent
months. che National Dentists. Third
Ave. and Pike 81. sun adhere to the
long established rule % the highest
class OF dental services at tho lowest
prices II Is possible 20 make Nov,
ing into larger and better equipped
quarters has not added cent 10 the
extremely reasonable charges here.
tofor- maintained
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
When Itching Stops

There IN one safe. dependable treat
rncnt that relieves itching torture and
skin irritation almost Instantly and
that cleanses and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggis; for a 35c or 81 bottle
Of reno and apply II as directed. Soon
you will find that irri,a,ions. pimples.
blackhcads. eczema. blotcheS ring~orm
and similar skin troubles will disappear
A little xcfno. the penetrating. salts
tying liquid. Is all that Is needed. fog Il
banishes most skin erup,ionA. makes
the skin soft. smooth and healthy.
The T. W. kose Co, C.cveland. o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-15
HANSON CALLS
HOTEL men TO
HIT AT CROOKS

we are going Ia make Il "a
hot for cheap crooks la seattle
that the, viii be glad to quit
business"
This was the statement Of
MAYOR Hanson. contained Wed.
nesday In an appeal Ia 200 hotel
and lodging housc keepers Ia ~.
semble At the Chamber of Com
mercc Ma, - To tahc steps to
stamp out bookkeeping aud vice.
Threats OF u licensing system that
VIII place hotels under supervision
az the police department viii he the
alternative II hotel men fail 20 solve
their own problem. Hanson SAYS. lie
called the conference with approval
~ federal authorities. who 8rr keep.
ing a constant check ou conditions.
The great majority OF lodging
house and hotel mon are anxious 20
do the right thing. aud u b az to
them Co see that the cheap crooks
are put out 81 business. cl-e strict
regulation must hc instituted. said
Mayor Hanson.
Ills letter, in part, follows
Complaints are continually com
INK Co the city and federal Authori.
ties IN relation 10 certain hotels and
lodging houses In seattle. In order
that the Innocent may not suffer
with tho guilty meeting has been
called Tor O'Clock Thursday after.
noon. May "a. 1918. IN tho Chamber
of Commerce and Commercial club
rooms. IN the Arctic building.
At this meeting governmental and
city authorities VIII make u plain
Just what ~ expected 81 the hotel and
lodging house Keepers 81 this city.
You should attend