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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14


some bitter lighting yet awhile. nut
the light Ia beginning to appear and
that most rapidly. When things
start as they are now, the end will
come quickly. The spirit of both
sides will jump to both extremes
the allies to the highest fevor; the
Germans TO the other extreme-and
with such a condition, live fact, the
German ability to fight will disap-
pear to something less than even q
breath of air, during hot summer
night In Kansas, and without any
electric fan While on the contrary
the allied troops will just fairly
champ on the bit in order to end
the fray.
Paris il wonderful. The beauty
OF the place is great. The buildings
not skyscrapers-are works of art.
The streets are wide and well paved,
Beautiful little parks are everywhere.
Then the famous structures are what
take my eve. | have read about
these places for years and now when
see them | sort of breathe in ave-
So far my record is good and | have
been here only two days, part OF
which was spent on business. Arch
of Triumph, Eifet Tower, Louvre,
Opera, Chamber of Deputies, Cattle
dral. Notre Dame, Pantheon, Royal
Palace. are few Of the places of
note also. Have seen several minor
places Of note. also. However, the
work of art and antiques in mus
Gums have all been taken away and
so cannot see these. There must
be something, you know, left for my
next trip, some years hence, Oh! As
for return, that l will-but 1t viii
not be until | know more French than
at present The private who was
sent with me can speak French, since
he was raised in Canada. ] take him
along and we make it fine. He talks,
we see, and pay the bills. Good
scheme, don't you think2 1t is worth
it any way Gay Paris is phase
| have heard of for years. 1t GER
calmly is true. France is that way
If Won leave the peasant out. Even
they make a great racket when they
get together. These people, the more
fun they have, the louder they are.
Monday afternoonLAm returning
to camp tonight. Hate to return to
the khaki. Although it is tiresome
here l would much prefer Paris to q
camp full of soldiers. It is more like
real life. sleeping between clean
white sheets, eating from real china
or sitting in a real large comfortable
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14

chair-as / find them here at The
American Officers Club of Paris. 1t
has been real bright trip. Hope |
may be allowed to come again soon.
But really want to see New YORK
CITY now. Even that place would
delay me little There is no place
like homeland | am coming as fast
as | can.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14

until we get home. II / would stop
to tell all the things we saw up there
| would never get through, so | will
walt to tell my tales until l get back.
Tell all the fellows at home, hello,
and that l am o. X. l think have
seen more in the last year than | did
in all the rest of my life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14
"a m "a pa IA N @ IA

Donald Fulton, an old Abilene boy
has been transferred from San Diego
Calf, to Norfolk, Va, and Is EN-
ployed in the Naval Operating Base.
Mrs. w. S. Stambaugh of Topeka
writes that her son, Lynn has his
company ready for the front in
France. Scott, the other son, has
been in France a year but the broth
ers have not met. She says Mr.
Stambaugh's health is improving.
IA "a "a
John Gleissner writes from Camp
Johnston Florida, that he is working
for a commission and will probably
be at it until Christmas. He says;
cts rather far cry from city desk
to salvage, but | find the work inter
esting. Camp life is agreeable, and
we're kept too busy to have much
time TO notice the monotony. My
company is composed wholly of lin
tied service men, but the new com
handing general has issued guns, and
most of them have qualified for over
seas service"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14

time he had proved himself to be
very gallant and skillful pilot, and
was extremely popular amongst his
brother officers. who deeply mourn
his loss. He was officially credited
with having destroyed four enemy
aeropanes, and there isn't the slight
est doubt that had he been spared he
would have accounted for good
many more. He was noted for his
coolheadedness and fearlessness, and
feel that we have lost one Of our
most promising officers.
regret that ] cannot give you
more details and have delayed the
writing of this letter In the hope that
| would hear something Of him and
bee able to ease your mind Of the
great burden you have to bear we
are all hoping that we viii soon re-
ceive word that he is safe. My very
deepest sympathy is extended to YOU
and hope that your knowledge OF
the gallant work and faithful per
Torrance Of duty Of your son will, In
some measure relieve your anxiety
and sorrow
All effects and possessions Of your
son have been handed over to the
auartermaster, and will reach you In
due course of time
Any information receive VIII be
Immediately forwarded to you.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14
Tractor Show Seen BY Yanks.

Imagine the surprise of Yank,
who had spent seven months In
France, with only the occasional let
ter to remind him of home-with
perhaps a longing for new sights
new scenery-with that every long
ing for something truly American
TO step into a picture show at I.
NJ G. A. building and see thrown on
the screen moving picture OF the
Salina tractor show with It's thous-
ands of people, viewing the modern
Americanized way of farming as
compared with the primitive methods
Of the country where the big war
is staged.
Such was the experience Of La
verne Wilcox, who told Of seeing the
salina show in a recent letter to an
old schoolmate. ITO say I enjoyed
IT.. he remarked, docs not begin to
express my feelings.
"There were many other boys from
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14

''corns Never Trouble Mel Use 'Gets-if I
Why hump yourself up on the floor
and with your Jaws set and eyes pop
ping from pain. Jerk and gougo
and cut your corns2 Why irritate your
toes with some salve or wrap your zoe
into q big painful bundle Win sollo
stictcv tape or plaster7 Life is too short.
Use "Gets-It,i-it takes a few seconds
10 apply and there's no fussing. Corn
pains 20. Wear new shoes II you want
Peel on the corn with your hngers-the
whole thing. root and all, clear ana
clean, and it's gonei Only Gets-1t"
can do this. Take no chances.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed, money
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but trifie at any drug sto H1,
Sold in Abilene and recommended
ia the worlds best corn remedy BY
C. e. Northcrart & Co., Druggists
ABILENE. KANSAS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14
Hooray for Banana
Peel "Gets-lt'

Only Real Way to Get Rid of CornA
Which do you prefer a corn that
DulIa or n corn that peels2 Butchery
or biessednessf Only "Gets-It" can get
rid OF your corn the peel-on way. tne
pleased way. You don't need q pull
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-11-14

n N "a - "a "a ~ ~ "a
OUR SOLDIER BOYS IN -
CAMP AND FIELD. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
BESSIE BEATTY AND CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
Who have written books about Russia

seizure Of power by the Bolsheviki and
both accounts must be read by one who
wants IA thorough knowledge Of the
situation.
Miss Buchanan, although she Is an
ambassadors daughter, is not a trained
writer. and her book is not SO easy to
read as those of Miss Beatty and Mrs,
Bryant, but It is an entertaining account
of the experiences of highly placed
young woman during the days of the
revolution. She starts with review
OF the troops by the car while he was
still in power and gives a graphic pic
ture of the splendor Of imperial Rus
sia There quickly follows the tale of
the dethronement the story of the
kerensliy and Korniloff disagreement
arising out of MISUNDERSTANDING. the
fighting i'm the streets, and the attack
on the Winter Palace, her fathers state
ment to the press on the mistakes OF
the Russians and the desire of the
Allies. and ends with an account OF
the departure from Petrograd OF the
family of the ambassador. It is an
interesting and informing volume
UNCLAIMED RUSSIA. BY Charles Edward
Russell. New York: u. Appleton GO.
SIX RED MONTHS IN RUSSIA. ,Ry Louise
Bry yant. New York: George H. Doran
THE RED HEART OF RUssIA.-By Bessie
beatty, New York: The century roii ~
chanan. New York: Charles scribner
sons 81 35
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
The Making of a Soldier

The facility with which America .has
taken men from civil life and converted
them into soldiers of the shock variety
has commanded the wonder OF mlhtaiE
Europe, not to mention ourselves.
very thorough explanation Of the policies
and methods of training which had most
to do with that military miracle is con-
tained in william Slavens McNutts vol
ume. "The Nanks Ate Coming II is a
breezy portrayal of the intimate side OF
cantonment life vita which the author
came i'm touch through his studies at
number of the larger encampments.
chiefly is one impressed by the spirit
and enthusiasm wh.ch animates the
work of the citizen -oldiers and their
officers But the author does not in
dulge in generalities--to the contrary,
he is very specific as to the principles
and basic ideas of the national army, as
TO what they are taught at the various
camps, and how; why they sdute their
officers who are representatives of the
power of the people; why the flag is held
as the sacred symbol of American lib
erty etc The volume, because OF it's
simplicity of expression, should have an
appeal for all the persons with relatives
IN the national army.
THE YANKS ARE COMING BY William
Slavens MCNutt. Boston: The Page Com
pany, 81 so
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
Philip Gibbs's Dispatches

One Of the most Illuminating and
spirited of all the war correspondents
who have won fame during the past four
years is Philip Gibbs. as readers of
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER are aware.
Many of his dispatches have been OF
enduring historical value, presenting not
only the sweep of military events on the
western front, but also constituting an
informing, human account of social
aspects in war-torn France and among
the various British forces in the
trenches.
The dispatches which have been in
cluded in From Bapaume to Passchen-
daele" cover practically everything OF
interest and importance that happened
on the western battlefront during 1917.
The authors facilities for obtaining re-
liable information were unusual, and
this, with his highly-trained news sense
and faculty of observation, gives his
book definite and unique value as a con-
tribuiion to the literature Of the war
Vivid accounts Of the battles of Atras
and Messines are sharply contrasted
with appealing episodes of bravery In
action. the fortitude of the old women
OF France, the humor of the trenches,
encounters with obstreperous movie
men. and fighting under all kinds OF
circumstances.
FROM BAPAINIE TO PASSCHESDAElH q
nv philiD Gibbs New York: George IL
Doran company. $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
RatiOns for Every Day

Students of cook books have despaired
Of finding one that was different. II
has remained for Theta Quay Franks
to produce a cook book the like of which
has never before apDeared. She calls II
DAILY Menus for War Service" and in
it she has given three menus for break
fast, luncheon and dinner for every day
in the year. with an indication of the
size of the portion 10 be served to each
person, together with the number of
calorles in the portions. In her intro
duction she estimates the cost per
person OF each of the three menus for
each maal. For example, one dinner
will cost sixty-siX cents and provide
1925 calorles, another will cost forty
cents and provide 1910 calories and the
third will cost only 23.9 cents, while It
gives fO15 Calories TO the eater.
The book contains mass of recipes.
simply set forth and easy to compre-
hend. and opposite the page of menus
for the day there is a blank space for
entering the costs OF the food provided,
While it is written to assist in the con-
servation of food during wartime, those
who have learned by practice what
economies can be practiced without loss
of health or strength will be likely to
find ,she book useful when peace comes,
DAILY MENUS FOR WAR SERVICE. Ry
Theta Quay Franks. New Nork; u. y.
. Putnam Sons. ".
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
Soldier SilhOuetteS

Admitting the fascination of stories of
trench life. descriptions of the actual
scenes of battle and all that, it never
theless is refreshing to come across
somewhat philosophical study of the re-
action of the experiences of battle upon
the thoughts and behavior of our Amer
lean soldiers. Such a study, in nut
she'll are the Soldier Silhouettes,"
brought into relief by a Y. NJ. c. A,
worker at the front. True, the author
is concerned chiefly with the religious
reactions upon the thousands of men he
worked with, but at the same time his
"silhouettes' reflect the comradeships.
the loyalties, pleasantries and even come
dies that belong to soldier life just as
do the heart-rending scenes Of battle.
SOLDIER sITHoUETTEs on OUR FRONT.
BY william l.. Stidger New York
Charles Scrbner's Sons. SIPS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF SUCCESS
Explained From the Point of
Tie,c of a Theorist and of a
Practical Business Man

Much has been written about making
others efficient, but comparatively little
has been said about ones own method
OF thinking. working and acting. BY way
Of relieving this dirth of introspective
writing two books have just been put
forward to help the aspirant for success
in developing his mental and physical
faculties to the end Of getting the most
out OF them in that struggle
II may never have occurred to you
that even in your digestion and in your
hours of fatigue psychology plays its
little part and yet not so little at that,
as Edgar James Swift will convince you
should you read his Psychology and
the Days Work" IT really opens ones
eyes TO learn how persistently psychol-
ogv interpolates itself into most every
thing we come to do, even into actions
which one would think quite devoid OF the
thought processes. All of which behooNes
US in our quest OF efficiency TO surrender
ourselves now and then to introspectiNe
thinking which may be the means of
removing great obstacles from our road
to success Among other interesting
topics, the author has good deal to say
about the psychology OF learning.
curiosities of memory and suggestions
for its Improvement. and the part habit
plays in ones preparation for efficiency.
SO many persons are wont to regard
a successful business man as curious
combination of flint and soullessness that
il is pleasing TO come across man OF
commercial affairs discoursinS an the
spiritual side of success. In his Living
the creative Life" Joseph II Appel en-
deavors to establish the thesis that all
creative power, that power which has
made possible the great Industrial ana
commercial achievements, comes from
within, from the all-originating force of
original thought. Successful men, he
says. built up their machinery of sue
cess through thought. application and
hard work. and then give themselves up
to the creative power which runs the
machine. This volume is not so abstract
as a brief digest would lead one to be
lieve. and has added force in coming
from a man who really has done things.
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE DAYS WORK.
BY Edgar james Swift. New York: Charles
IlViNG THE cREATTvE LIFE. BY Joseph
II. Appel. New York; Robert NJ. Mcbride
81 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
EE WOMEN AND ONE MAN DESCRIBE RUSSIA n
LOVE LETTERS TO
WAIT WHITMAN
Those Written by a Brilliant
English " oman Are
Printed at Last

There Will always he disagreement
about the propriety Of publishing the
intimate love letters Of the dead. Thomas
u. Harmed, who has edited the letters
of Mrs Anne GilChrst. widow Of Alex
ander Gilchrist, to Walt Whitman offers
a half apology for making them public
by citing precedents and insisting that
'one must look upon this form Of pre-
sentng biographical material as a we'll
established II not valuable, convention
of letters"
What Mrs Gilchrist thought Of other
eyes seeing her confession of love for
Whitman we know. for in writing Of her
fear that her first letters had not
reached him, she wrote: Il cannot
face the thought Of these words Of ut
termcst trust and love having fallen
into other hands. Can both be simply
lost? Could any man suffer base
curiosity to make him so meanly treach-
erously cruel? 1t seems to cut and then
burn me-" Yet in spite OF this Mr.
Harmed prints the only one of these
letters that he could find and he would
doubtless have printed the other II II
had been in his possession whitman
kept most if not all, of the letters that
he received from this gifted admirer.
when she came TO Philadelphia in 1876
and remained here till 1873 he called
on her frequently and the friendship
continued until her death IN 1885 But
he did not love her enough to marry
her. Tt is explained that in 1864 he
had fallen inl owe with a married
woman to whom he remained loyal al
though they were never able to seal
their mutual affection, II was to her
that he wrote "Out of the rolling ocean.
the crowd" lyric of poignant grief
at separation.
Mrs. Gilchrist became a passionate
admlrer Of Whitman's poetry in 1869,
when she first came across it. She
wrote to w. NJ. Rossetti who gave her
the volume. that until she read it she
had not dreamed that words could
cease 10 be words and become electric
streams like these" She later wrote
an essay of appreciation published in
the Boston Radical in May, 1870. in
which she enlarges upon this sentence,
and in her letters to whitman she con-
fessed that as revealed in what he had
written he was her ideal and besought
him to make her his wife and the
mother of his children.
n we pass over the propriety Of pub
fishing the most intimate or the letters,
every admirer of the great poet will
welcome this contribution to whitman
literature, No one has surrendered
more completely to his mastery than
Mrs. Gilchrist. and she did it when
most of the other people qualified to
pass judgment on his merits were ridi-
culing him, attacking hinr or passing
him by in scorn.
THE LETTERS OF ANNE GuCHRGST
AND WALT WHITMAN. Edited BY
Thomas B. Harmed Garden city. Double
day, Page co. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
The Great Expectancy

Another of the little books just off
the press is Margaret Prescott Mon
tagues THE Great Expectancy which
first made its appearance in the col
umns of the Atlantic Monthly as one of
a series Of papers about the effect or
the war on secluded southern valley
The special message which ls holds
seemed to make it's publication in some
permanent form desirable. The author
describes 'The Grea.er Expectancy as
a fuller incarnation of the spirit, and
she pictures many souls as uneasy In
the expectation OF some great develop
ment to arise from the war, At the end
she asks: What does the future holdT
And she answers: agony death and
war. no doubt, but also our souls God
and the Great Expectancy"
THE GREAT EXPECTANCY. BY Margaret
Prescott Montague, New YORK T., 4. Out
ton COMPANY. 81 cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
Last Days OF Jesus

A helpful book, especially in this
time of great stress, is DR.. Lyman Abb
bott's THE Last Days of Jesus Christ"
1t is series Of seven meditations, each
prefaced by a selected poem and fol-
lowed by prayer. on the main truths
affecting our beliefs and lives brought
out in the closing scenes of our Sa-
viour's life. II will help to dispel doubts.
strengthen faith. and lead to greater
service and sacrifice. TO many who are
at the front facing death it would prove
most encouraging and inspiring.
THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS CHRIST. by
Lyman Abbott, New York: Il. p Dut-
ton e. Co. 80 cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
The Heart of Lee

4 graciousness Of style entirely in
l,eeping with the charm which charac-
terized the life of Robert r. Lee has
been attained by Wayne Whipple in an
intimate study Of the remarkable per-
sonaIity which i'm every sense was the
heart of the rebellion. 1t is entirely an
unbiased study which does splendid JUS
tice TO Lee the man, Zee the soldier, and
Lee the Christian. md that chapter
which deIineates the fearful mental and
moral struggle Though which Lee went
in arriving at his decision to support the
South is especially FINE. Equally touch
ing is the authors portrayal of the clos
ing years Of the great southerner's life
and the pathns which pervaded them
THE HEART OF LEE. BY Wayne Whipple
Philadelphia; George W. Jacobs Co. ~
cents,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
Between Them
Stood the Other Man

She loved him--but he knew that she be-
lonsed to the other man--the man who was
his dearest friend in all the world. And yet.
in that hidden cave, where they had 1ed to
be safe from the raging storm. the girl--so
fair--so lovely-so unhappy-was the one
thing his soul desired.
Read about this confic, between Low. and
frendship-the bitter struggle in a mans
soul that poisoned three lives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
A Christmas Picture Book

T. Boyd Smith has completed his story
of Noah's ark in pictures in a volume
which he calls After They Came out
of the Ark. There are twenty-five
delightfully."- humorous colored plates
with brief explanatory text. The art Will
crafty the adults and the humor Will
please the children.
AFTER THEY CAME OUT OF THE ARK.
nv e. Boyd Smith. New York; u. Il.
!. Iutnam's Sons. S2.3l.