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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Farm Stories for Boys

w \. Freehoff is writing an excellent
series of books for boys Interested IN
farming. The first i'm the series, The
Young Farmer" tells how CLIFFORD DaNi-
son, left an orphan, set out to support
himself on "a rundown farm with the
help of Bill JeSsup. He Hon a prize
for raising corn. The second book, The
Young Farmer at College tells OF ms
work and play during two winters
which he spVut taking short course
in agriculture tic =" 'r'c"hcf = r.'' "' .''
and learns much and proves that he has
initiative INA orig udLtE Ine U'p" ."''
with his return from college. when IL"
plans to buy the farm. Tn" third in
the series, which will he watched for
with some cagcrncss by the boys who
have read the other two, is to tell what
he did with the farm. The books are
intended for boys from ten to ilttccn
years old and certainly ought to in
crease their knowledge of the possiOili-
ties that lie In farming as a career
THE YOUNG FARMER At COLLEGE. Bv
". A Freehun. Illustrated 10y E. l..
Boyer Philadelphia; Tn" Penn Publish
ing company. Si.2j
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

that he was a Mormon made him incli.
gible.. 1t is fortunate for the country
that "A precedent of unseating a Sen.
ator because of his religious views was
not set up.
you will be interested. Owen" I
went on, Ito know that Mr.. Orcutt's
book is an obituary of the Republican
party as well as a biography Of Bur
rows"
AN obituary" said owen. Does he
think the party is dead?"
"He thinks that it is so nearly dead
that there is little hope Of curing it,"
said I.
Il am willing to admit that the
party has been in a bad way" Owen
continued. but it is in a much better
state now than the Democratic party
was at any time in the fifty years pre-
ceding the election of Wilson. There
are signs today that it is getting ready
to make itself felt in the next election.
/ am willing to bet "A box of cigars,
if Doctor McFabre does not object,
that the Republicans will control the
next House Of Representatives and
will make gains in the Senate
"You will have to find some one else
to take the bet" said /, "for | agree
with you"
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
BURROWS OF MICHIGAN. AND THE RE
Pi|BLICAN PARTY: a Biography and
History BY William Dana OrCutt. New
York: Longmans, Green & Co, SO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Don Seitz, Poet

When a newspaper publisher drops
into poetry the reason cannot be found
in his vocation. II must be sought
somewhere else. Consequently the fact
that Don c. Seitz Is the publisher of
the New York World does not explain
why his name appears on the tue p ptge
of a little volume of excellent verse. Mr..
Seitz was once an editor. engaged in
intellectual pursuits. The taste for this
sort of thing Is like the taste for alec
hol: once one gets the habit 1t Is almost
Impossible to give it up. Mr.. Seitz ac-
oured the habit early and has become
an Observation-Disclosures
He calls his volume of verse TN
Praise of War" but he includes In 1t
poems on the sea. not as place for
naval lighting but as the home Of ro-
nance. And rluch of his verso is
poetry. This me lns that it Is something
more than prose chopped up into short
lines beginning with capital letters. His
tribute to an aviator killed In his air
plane ends with six as fine lines as
have been written by any one on the
subject:
The wreck Of plane and engine fell to land.
But not the airman, for to him
The golden path to glory opened VIDE;
nHer n1eru which h" strode. deathiess immorta I,
into the company of all the heroes,
This is poetry. The spirit OF red
blooded men breathes through the lines
of the poem which gives the title to the
volume. Here are two stanzas
- Did we come forth from the teeming earth
To delVe and toll and SOW.
To tame our lives to dwell in hives.
or to batter the road we go? 3
Loud as the drum e, the sGswG;T rings
Where yIctors greet the foes defeat
And peace IL n weaklnr's SIM
IN PRAISE OF WAR. Military and Sea
Verse Bv Don G. Seitz New York:
Harppr & Bros. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Spies and the Spy System

Before the Franco-German War it is
said that Germany sent 5000 spies into
France, who learned the unpreparedness
of the country and got possession OF
large mass of military information. Then
when she was ready to make war she
took France by surprise and won an
easy victory. This is one Of the inter-
esting bits OF information which George
Barton has put into his book on "The
Worlds Greatest Military Spies and
Secret Service Agents" He tells the
story of famous spies of the Civil War.
spies of the Spanish-American War,
spies who aided Napoleon ana spies who
served Austria and Germany in modern
times. AS the book appears at time
when there is general interest in the
subject II ought to attract the attention
Of a wide public.
SPIES AND SECRET SERVICE AGENTS.
By George Barton. Illustrated. Boston
The Page Company. ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
SCRIBNER'S FOR MARCH

Those who read magazines for sonnet thing
besides tho Hction will find plenty to interest
th"m In the March Srrihnor's. Tho maga-
zine opens With Meredith Nicholson's third
paper on The Valley of Democracy." In
which he discusses the TriondIincSs Of IN.
West aud It's freedom from snohbshnc-s
Then Winston Churchill writes most In.
t"rrstngly uf war conditions IN England and
France, describing among other things the
work Of education in progress IN England
tu prepdr" the soldiers and workers for a
largcr particirHtiur uf government when
peace comes. prussiau frlghtfulncsS h dis
,ussHd by Louis ~ Gray, and Prof. J
Laurence Daughiiu. in WRITING nf the stay.
ing powers Of Gormauy says that The
prussians can ho CONQUERED only 10y greater
man power uf the Entente Allies The
( elton is unusually good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

,UCAN you pick out from the boys
~ of your acquaintance the one
who will be United States Senator
from Pennsylvania i'm 1852" I asked
Doctor McF'abre and Dick owen last
night.
We had decided that we would
avoid the war for one evening If pos.
sible and talk about something else;
but when Mars is leading his orchestra
II Is difficult to refrain from saying
out loud what one thinks of the dis.
cordant jangle.
at would be easier to pick out the
boys who will never do anything worth
WHILE" said Doctor McFabre without
moments hesitation. "They are the
kind that spend their evenings loafing
on the corner in front of Jessups drug
store. smoking cigarettes and making
comments on the girls who go by"
That is pretty good guess" said I.
Il think | know two or three boys
who will get on ia the world. even if
they do not become United States
Senator's" said owen. "They are
spending their spare time reading
about what the great men have done
and they have an ambition to follow
their example,
THAT also is a pretty good guess"
said l. "You have seen little boy
try on his fathers coat and stretch
himself i'm an effort to- fiji il. The
boys who get on are those who look
ahead and see a big place that they
want to fill and then they spend all
their energies in stretching and cN.
panding themselves so that they may
be big enough not to rattle around in
it when the time comes"
II like the way you put that" said
Doctor McFabre.
THANK you, doctor. | always knew
you were a man Of discrimination. I
have been reading the life of the late
Senator Burrows, of Michigan. He
heard Daniel Webster speak when he
was a small boy, and decided that he
wanted to be an orator and states
man. He never was big enough to fill
Webster's clothes, but he was a great
deal bigger than he would have been
if he had not made the attempt. The
life of Burrows was a sort of an epit-
ONE of the expansion and development
of America. His father was born in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

Hewlett has rewritten the story for
adults in a novel, which he calls 'Gudrid
the Fair" Instead, however, OF making
the discovery of America the chief In
terest OF his tale, he has written human
story about the characters briefly
sketched in the old sagas
Its action turns on the love affairs
of Gudrid, who has three husbands and
goes with one Of them on voyage to
The new land. The book is really a tale
OF primitive life. with the finding 80
land To the south of Greenland as an in
cidtnt Mr. Hewlett has written with
epic simplicity and restraint. AMI has
succeeded In onlisting the syn pathy OF
Tie reader in the Fortunes of characters
which move across his Bagcs.
GIDlilp THE FAIR. 4 Talc NJ the Bls-
rovurN OF America. By Maurice Hewlett
Ne" York: Dudd. Mead q Go. si.35.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
''The Golden Block"
By SOPHIE KERR

There's no sex in brains" said
Margaret-and she proves il! She
is a type that only a big American
city could produce, girl of humble
who has the spark that
makes her a marvel in business and
a Joy at home, capable of managing
her employers firm, outwitting a
political ring and fascinating two
men in and out of hours. Net, $l.40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
An Echo of Riley

Admirers of James Whitcomb Riley
will find something TO please them in the
verse of John u. Wells, that faint echo
of the Hoosier poet Mr.. Wells writes
of homely subjects in the Riley man
ner. but without the Riley genius. Yet
there is now and then touch of real
sentiment and genuine humor in his
verse that makes one smile or moistens
the eyes.
RHYMES OF OUR HOME FOLKS. BY John
u. Wells. Illustrated New York: Har-
per Bros. S1.25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Empey Writes Another

The, popularity OF Arthur Guy Empey's
cover the Top" Of which 368.000 copies
had been sold up to February !, has led
Empey to write another war book. His
new book IL First Call" a volume of
instruction for the soldier who is about
to fight the Germans There Is a mass
of valuable information between it's
covers. set forth In the slangy, colloquial
ent from the other stories from the front.
Mf. Empey traverses some OF the same
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

ground In his new book that he covered
in the first one, This is particularly
true of the chapters devoted to the lifc
of the soldier in France. First call,
however, In spite of its merits, VIII be
disappointing TO those who expect 1t to
hold the attention with the same irresist-
ihle force that chained the reader to
over the Top"
FIRST CALL. Guide Posts TO Berlin. by
Arthur Uiuy Empcy with siNty-fuur IL
lustrations New York: q. +. Putnam's =
Sons 81 so
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Timely Doran Books

By DR.. Harry Stuerrner, for
mer correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette, and late of the German
Army. Net, S1.50
By Lieut.-Cor,. Charles 6.
Gill, U.S.N. Approved by u.
s. Navy Dept. Maps, diagrams,
illustrations. Net, $1.25
BY An Exchanged Officer
A remarkable book. illustrated
from photographs. Net, SLIPS
BY J. Seiden Wiiir1ore' An H.
Eliminating summary of the i'm
mense documentary literature Of
the war. svo. Net, $500
BY Corp. Geo. Eustace Pear
son A soldier of the nation most
hated in Germany before we came
into the war. Illus. Net, $1.40
BY Martin SWayne The cam
paigns at the eerie bians
Nights front of the war. Pictures
in color. Net, $f.50
BY Mrs. Aiec-TUeedie BY
woman possessing exceptional
material. Illustrated. Net, $3.50
BY Lieut.. J. Harvey Douglas
A true, vivid and valuable account
Of what our missing" soldiers
face. Illus. Net, $1.25
By Patrick MacGiU The vivid,
humorous London Irish in France.
Net, $1.S5
ByMrs. .Beiloc LoDndes A Red
Cross epic moving, humorous,
beautiful. Net, $1.25
BY "Bartirneus" The first
great story since the war began
of life in a modern battle feet. bx.
a naval man. Net. $l.st
ByStephenMcKenna A rapid-
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Sonia" Net, $1.S6
Frank Alvah Dearbovn. q
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BY ANONYMOUS Has sst ~
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tiles of men (and women) II woU
time. Net, o0
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Ballad of Ensign Joy

Il. w. Hornung has written novel
in the form OF a ballad. II consists OF
brief space he has told the story OF
Ensign Joy and his bride. his little boy
and, finally, his death at the front, There
is enough in II to make. S00-page
novel. The reader may M out the de-
tails for himself as he chooses, but II
is a complete work of art as IL stands.
THE BALLAD OF ENSIGN JOY. by T.. w.
Hornung. New York: Il. r. Dutton Co,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Aliens"
By WILLIAM McFEE

The author OF "Casuals of the Sea"
tells the story of two brothers and
the wife of one. From the quiet Of
a Jersey suburb to the wonders of an
Italian seaport the narrative weaves
the spell of sinister personality's
effect upon the happiness of fam
ily's life. Net, Sl.S0
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
"Conrades in Courage

By LIEUT.. ANTOINE REDIER
What do the trenches think? How
do they feel about it all, those men
out there in the mud? If you would
know at first hand the very inner
most thoughts of the men who are
doing the actual fighting, then you
must read Lieut.. Antoine Redier's
touching, thrilling story. The war
is easier to understand once you
have read it. Net, Sl.40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

"Sinba''
" STEWART EDWARD WHITE

BY STEWART EDWARD WHITE
With half dozen armed men, young
Trelawney, fresh from England,
tramped off into savage Africa to
lay British law and order over mil
lions of blacks. But with him was
Kingozi, the ivory hunter, seeped in
the lure and lore of the country
silent, inscrutable, omniscient - so
what had Trelawney to fear? Rare
adventure awaits you. Net, $l.4o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
The Sagas Rewritten

Every school boy knows the story uf
the discovery of America 10y Lief Eric
SON II is told IN the Morse sagas and
rctOd by the textbook writers. Maurice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
Booth Harrington"
By

ROBERT CORTES HOLIDAY
An honest appreciation of the quail
ties that have given Mr.. Harrington
his enviable following. Net, $l.25
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
live new BOOKS
Neu Y0rk's Latest
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DANCING WITH
HELEN M0llER

Her Own Statement OF her
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Introduction by
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means of dancing. In doing so
she goes wisely back to the funda-
mental principles which are the
bases of all folk-arts, particularly
OF the folk-dances, and the ancient
Cxaat dances
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02
A RainbOW Romance
Set in Venice
the BEST
IN LIFE

By MURIEL HINE
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The romance OF a young Eng
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-02

OF MICHIGAN. AND THE RE
PtTBI,JC'AN PARTY: Biography and Il
History. BY William Dana Orcutt. New
York: Longmans. Green Co, vi.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-28
MANY NEW OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WOMEN CHEMISTS.

&c zee sss
Women chemists are now in great
demand. according TO a Caicago
chemist. Mrs. W :. jefferson Of the
committee on courses OF instruction,
woman's committee. council OF ma
tional defense, Illinois division. who
SAYS
Since the draft went into effect
the majority of chemists of draft
age have volunteered or have gone
To- training camps because they feel
that they have special training and
prefer 20 enlist in scientific branches
OF the service A. a result the lab
orGtories have 10 draw from a great
~ depleted body OF men
This opens the way TO women.
as chemistry happens 10 be field
in which the properly educated
woman should De able 10 meet the
man on an equal footing There is
no physical obstacle which would
prevent her from making a success
i'm many branches of chemistry.
Women are especially fitted for
chemical or technical work in the
laboratories OF bakeries food man
uiactories canuing and preserving
companies ina manufacturing or
handling textiles with reference 10
doing bleaching. cleaning and dye
ing There are also opportunities
Tor women chemists I'm hospital labo-
rttor4es 300 connection with research
work amt as assistants bon doctors
offices where the doctor handles
vvork which caus for certain rou-
tire analysis from time 10 time or
the preparation 90 chemical or
.7odical articles
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-18
It's Foolish to Suffer
When so Many SkOBhegan People Are
Pointing the Way Out

You may be brave enough to stand
backaehe or headache or dizziness
But. if. in addition urination is dis
ordered, look out, If you don't try
to fix your sick kidneys, you may fall
into the clutches of dangerous disease
before you know it. But, if you live
more carefully and help your kidneys
with Doan's Kidney Pills. you can stop
the pains you have and avoid future
danger as well Don't experiment.
use the remedy Skowhegan people are
publicly endorsing Read this case.
Mrs. ID. Clukey. q French St,
Skowhegan. says II suffered a great
deal from a dull, heavy ache across
my kidneys. 1t hurt me to stoop
over and | felt lame and sore across
the small of my back. Occasionally,
had headaches and dizzy spells. |
decided to try Doan's Kidney Pills and
got some at Fogg's Drug Store, About
five boxes strengthened my kidneys
and my back. again felt as 1t should.
The other symptoms were relieved.
also.
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
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ANY PAGE
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-18
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Whereas George Hebert of Skqwhe-
gan in the County of Somerset and
State of Maine, by his mortgage deed
dated November Is, 1912. recorded in
the Somerset Registry of Deeds. Book
313. Page IS, conveyed to me. the un-
dersigned. certain parcel of real es-
tate situated In Embden in said County
of Somerset, bounded and described as
follows, to wit:
on the easterly side of the road lead
ing from North Arson to Scion, and
bounded and described as follows viz:
on the North by land of q. G. Palmer,
on the East by the Kennebec River;
on the South by land of said Palmer;
and on the West by the road aforesaid;
also the islands in the Kennebec River
known as the Great, Little, Stephens
Cove and Fowl Meadow Islands.
Also another lot or parcel of land sit
uated in Skowhegan in said County of
Somerset. and bounded and described
as follows. viz:
Lying on both sides of the Middle
Road. 80 called, and bounded North
by lands of Charles f. Beatham, Mrs.
Frank Green and land formerly owned
by Samuel Bicknell, now owned by Mrs.
Elmira Farney; East by land of said
Narney and the Cross Road. 80 called.
leading to Pishons Ferry and land for
merly of Frank Thompson; South by
land of said Thompson. land of Loren
Allen. Charles Narney and Beatham,
and West by the twenty-acre pasture
so called, and land of said Beatham;
being the same known as the Benja-
min K, Snow homestead: also the land
known as the Varney Hill pasture.
The first lots being the same convey
ed by me to said Hebert. The last
described lots being the same convey
ed TO said Hebert by Thomas F. Welch
b. deed dated November 20. 1907, and
recorded in the Somerset County Reg
istry Of Deeds, Book 2sS. Page 1913.
The last described lots being subject
to mortgages held by the SkoWhegan
Savings Bank and Charles Conforth
And whereas the condition of said
mortgage has been broken, NOW
THEREFORE,. by reason of the breach
of the condition thereof / claim a fore
closure of said Mortgage.
Dated at Norridgewock. Me, this
4th day of April 1918.
WILLIAM r. WHITNEY,
By l.. r. Folsom,
3w15 His Atty. duly authorized
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-18
Purchase Made for New Hospital

The trade between DR.. Young and
J. Harvey White whereby the former
becomes the owner of the White home
stead, corner of Madison avenue and
Maple street. was completed yesterday
This handsome home was erected by
the late Henry K White, in 1876. and
vas At the time. and still Is. one OF
The most pretentious residences in
town. Dr Young will proceed al
once 10 modernize it for hospital pur-
poses. Hardwood floors will be laid
taruout modern plumbing installed
and other necessary changes made
There are. at present, six rooms below
and six above One or more of the
first floor rooms will be fitted up as a
ward
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-18
Highway Is Getting Into Shape

The roads are settling rapidly, and
1t will soon be possible to get to any
point in this vicinity by auto. M. r.
DARCY left here for Boston, last week,
and 1t is understood the machine ac-
complished the round trip without diff
fculty. Cars have been here from
Lewiston, Waterville, Bangor and
Pittsfield. They report some pretty
bad spots, but really nothing but what
could be negotiated \ The Athens
stage made its trip by auto. Tuesday
Cars have been up river as far as
Caratunk, the route chosen being by
way of Norridgewock and Madison. DR.
Young has been to Cornyille and
Smithfield by auto
1t should be borne in mind that as
the machines commence to use the
highway, bad holes sometimes develop,
but it is believed that there will be
much less trouble this year than for
merly, 1t should also be stated that
most of the machines which made the
above mentioned trips were of the
lighter type. Some of the drivers say
that on roads they came over, heavy
cars might not be able to get thru,
altho by tomorrow or Saturday quite
possibly this caution would not be
necessary.