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The Washington times., 1918-04-17
HAvRE DE GRACE ENTRIES.

First race-Twoyear-ol maiden
illies: four furlOEgs. Cresson, ll::
I.indonis. 112: Marmon, 1l2: Mrs
Kate Leydecker, 112; Superba, H.:
Ormonds, l12; Madam Byng, II2;
Miss Inver. 1I2: 'Alarpa, H.. (Su-
perba and Ormonda, $. Ross entryD.
Second race - Four year-olds and
upward; steeplechase: selling: about
two miles Kilwinning. 139; First Out
Ump.). 139: Pandeau, l39: POrin. I3T
March Court, 149.
Third race-Three- yraT-olds and
upward: claiming: five and a half fur
longs. Tit-for-Tat. 10: Annie Edgar.
1O6: lake Argent, 100; 'AIae Murray.
1903: Wiley. ia: Paganini, lOi: Encore.
IIs; Screen Tree. 1O3
Fourth race-Three year-olds and
upward: selling handicap; six fur
longs. PulIux. 11s: Berlin. 1I5: Game
cock, III: kohinOor. III; George starr,
l2O.
Fifth race -Three-year-olds: the
Wilmington Stakes; five and a half
furlongs. Compade. III; Sweep Up II,
ia: Charlie Lcydecker, 123: Jack
Hare, jr., I23; High Cost. l20; Ballast,
ia; Foreground, ia: Atthea GmpD.
%; Dr. Johnson. III; Red Sox, III.
Foreground and Atthea. J. II. l.. Ross
entry; Dr. johnson and Rex SoX, JEFF
ferds' entry.)
sixth ce-Three-year-olds and up
ward; claiming: five furlongs. Veldt,
.1Ol; True As Steel. lO9; 'MOhican. OF;
General. ll0; Dominion Park, los;
peep Again, IO5; 'Fathom, 1903: scar
bide, 100.
Seventh race --Four-year-olds and
upward: claiming; one and one six
tsenth miles. Arbitrator. III; 'Hesse,
30: Dundreary, 1O6: 'Niss Fannie. l0i
Tootsie. lOI: SAY. lO6: Water Proof
IA: senator James. lO9; g. VI. Miller
III: CHARLES Cannell 30.
apprentice pillow ance claimed.
Weather clea; track tasI.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
WASHINGTON LOSES
ANOTHER son IN FRANCE

SerSt. John J. Loulan, twenty-five
years old. one OF the first Washington
men to be called in the draft. died in
France of meningitis on March 20. the
War Department today announced.
Sergeant Loulan arrived in France
about March 20. was taken i'll and
died before reaching the front line
trenches. He was a member Of
machine gun company which trained
at Camp Lee. Petersburg. Va. His
father. John T. Loulan, an employe
Of the Panama Canal commission. be-
lieves that his sons death was indi-
rectly due TO the ocean voyage.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
OFFICE OF THE

OFFICE OF THE
IASSTO\ MONOTYPE MAC INfs -.
Philadelphia April S'''. :lS
The annual Meeting O. The s;o~ Ehulg.rs q
tn. LANSTDN MONOTYPE NA''hINE
COMPANY vi' L- h-li at ~. i:'SS' p".".-.
corner Prince and Royal streets. AisVAnariA
IA at l. d clio - uD e.. ut. I4lt I...t'.N'. 90.
md Iay of Nay, 1913. for th- fGrpasr -
electinS q B1S-d OF Directors - $50 fr
the ensuing yea and transaCtias >CCh rttgr
business as .aay properly come b. fore =
Transfer books will he closed N Aprl IN !
Al o'ClO'k y. IA. and will he r'O''r-d n
Nav Ith At o.,ioCk a m.
Ey order OF a.. Rnari Of Dire ,Ss
". ARTHUR SE :. .N'N:;.
:
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

BALTIMORE. April 1T.-Wheat-
Firm; unchanged: No. = soft red
$2.22; No. red Western. S2.2I. Re
ceipts. 1855 bushels: shipments. 4;
bushels.
Corn New. as to grade and color
$40 to SI.SO. Receipts. I .S3I bush
els: shipments. .5OT bushels.
Oats-Easier: No. , white, % asked
Receipts. 49, .5@3 bushels; shipments
1854 bushels.
Rye-Scarce: firm: No. Western
export. spot, $500. Receipts, 3.399
bushels: shipments. 3I1 bushels.
Hsy-Steauy on better grades: com
mon hay plentiful and low.
FLOUR Steady; unchanged.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
IopAYs SALES.

Washington Gas SIS. $1,000 95l3
81 900 as5Is. s1.O0o9s5ls.
Georgetown Gas SIS, $1,000 a 100.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
SIS. s1.OOOassia.
Potomac Consolidated SIS. 81 900 q
93la, s1,O0OG93is, Sl,0OO69
S1.OO0993ia..
Commercial Bank Rights, 2GIOIs.
10R1OIs.
MergenthaleT. 211I3.
Lanston. 1663i9. $685..
After call-Washington Gas SIS.
S5O0a95ls. $1,000 a95at.
Washington Gas, 1a5Si9
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
Objects to Being
Characterized as
Worse Than Billy

SYRACUSE. y. Y. April IL
Chancellor James r. Day, OF syria
cuse University. has been made
defendant in n suit for $4,000
Munhall. OF Philadelphia. Libel
is charged. Munhall claims he
was libeied when Chancellor Day
wrote in Zion's Herald, regarding
Billy Sunday as follows:
Nor does he ever descend TO
blackguardism and promiscuous
ISLANDERS and the coarse ignorance
OF Munhall."
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
TELEGRAPHERS PUT CASE
BEFORE SEC. OF LABOR

Resolutions OF protest against the
alleged action OF the Western Union
Company in discharging a number OF
its operators in other cities for real
or suspected membership in. a union
were today filed with the Department
OF Labor. BY Washington District
Council No. "a. Commercial Teleg-
raphers Union.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
EDUCATIONAL

FIRST GRADE Civil Service examinations
for clerks May II. l.. IS. and - Tuition
for entire course for these examinations s..
THE CIVIL SERVICE PREPARATORY
SCHOOL, :. F. Cor. 18th and II SITS. Tele-
phone Franklin $3.50 spI7-tf
STANDARDIZED TYPEwRITING.
NEW SYSTEM OF DEVELOPING HIGH
SPEED AND ACCURACY. BEGINNERS
BECOME EXPERT IN ONE-THIRD THE
TINE REQUIRED UNDER OLD METHODS.
TYPISTS DOUBLE THEIR SPEED IN TWO
OR THREE WEEKS.
THE ASHTON SCHOOL
OF STANDARDIZED TYPEwRITISG.
SO n ST n. W Il
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Furnished the washir Eton Times by " L.
Carpenter & Co. New York. Branch office
Woodward Bldg. II. II. Brown. manager.
Open. TfEh Low INN.
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TRACTIONMEN
ARE MEETING
TO CONSIDER.
RWY. MERGER
By BILL PRICE.

Members of the joint committee for
the unification of the Capital Traction
and Washington Railway and EIec-
1ric companies today continued hope
ful that the negotiations now going
on may have affirmative results, al
though up TO this time little has been
zone beyond laying the cards face up
ward on the table and discussing pos
sibilities.
The negotiations were begun sew
eral weeks ago, but were interrupted
by the illness of George E. Hamil-
ton, jr., son of President Hamilton OF
the Capital Traction Company Ham,
1lton has been seriously III at = mill
tary camp in New York, and his IA
ther has been with him part of the
time.
A meeting of the joint committee
was held yesterday and another was
scheduled for today. In the event of
an agreement at any time in the fu-
lure this agreement must be submit
leu to the respective boards of direc-
tors Tor ratification or rejection.
Spirit Ii Earnest.
The spirit of the members OF the
joint committee is one of earnest ef-
fort to reach a unifcation plan of
some kind and this spirit apparently
extends among the stockholders of
both concerns, who fully realize the
difnculties ahead in the street Ail-
way field of Washington and under
stand that the best way to meet them
is by consolidation.
Members of the Public Utilities
Commission who have been informed
OF the steps to date have given en-
Ccuragement to a one-company owner
ship or operating affair. but. OF
course. have not gone beyond that
without the sympathetic support OF
The commission, which guards the in
forests OF both the public and hon
estly invested money, no plan would
prove successful.
The announced intention. in the
original resolutions adopted by the
boards Of directors of the two COM
1snies, was to freely consult the It'll
les Commission regarding any un-
Outstanding that might be reached,
nd this step will doubtless precede
the submission OF plans TO the respec-
: ve boards Of directors. The Utilities
& commission would deliberate most /
carefully over an agreement.
Straight Merger Best.
The practically unanimous opinion
Of experts and officials is that a |
:-traiEht-Out financial merger, by |
which both companies would pass |
J t. '.- hands of a new one. would be |
the best solution, but this is beset by |
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
COTTON MARKET.

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Carpenter q Co.. New York. Branch office.
Woodward b.dE. Herbert II. Brown. man
aver.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

greater difficulties than any other
proposition.
The Capital Traction Company IS
one concern, not hampered by sub
sidiaries and is not pestered by the
variety OF interests making up the
Washington Railway and Electric
company. This company is a consol-
idation Of a number of subsidiary
lines and OF the Potomac Electric
Light. Company. Its interests are in
tricate and delicately interviewer. de-
spite the fact that the Washington
Railway and Electric Company owns
the control in all its subsidiaries.
There are many angles and shades 10
be considered by the joint committee,
all Of which will take time.
Next to a genuine merger, the leas-
ing OF one company by the other is
said to promise the accomplishment OF
good. This would foreshadow the
absorption of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company by the
Capital Traction, which, because OF
its dominant position and its present
satisfactory management, holds the
upper hand. There have recently been
several suggestions OF a lease for
period of years, and in financial cir
cles the opinion prevails that II there
is absorption the Capital Traction will
be the company retaining control.
UnIacatIon For Ope ration.
Contemplated in the first maneuvers
of the two boards OF directors was a
unificatiOn OF the properties for opera
tIon under one set OF officers, with
interchange of cars and such rerout
ing as would benefit the companies
and the public. This plan, the nu-I
cleus for the negotiations. would have
to eradicate possibilities of jealousies
and contention. In well-informed cir
cles the fear is expressed that IL
will be difficult OF achievement.
That the two companies and the
Utilities Commission look forward to
eventual merger is shown in the ap-
provaI by the commission OF a type
for the new cars to be bought by
each line, twenty by the Capital
Traction and twenty-five by the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. The new cars of both COM
panies are almost Identical in style.
there being so little difference as not
TO be recognizable. They can be
used on any line in the city. In case
of unification, these and any surplus |
cars could be used for reserve |
wherever traffic was heaviest and |
switched to any portion OF the city |
to accommodate large gatherings or
congestion pressure.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
WANT A0 RATES
1c A WORD

Minimum eharre IS cents each Inssrtioa
iOr the following olassincations:
HELP WANTED
ROOMS FOR RENT
LOST AND rOUND
FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS
SITUATIONS WANTED
COUNTRY BOARD
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
POULTRY. PETS AND LIVE STOCK
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS
ar Al the rate OF Q ssnts per agate line
USE A RESULT GETTER"
IN THE TINES.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

BRIGHT BOY with wheel with
automobile company; splendid
chance for advancement. Apply
between 5 and 6. COMBS MO-
TOR CO., 400 Conn. ave. 3
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
LOST AND FOUND

WArCH-Lady's. with gold fob chan. Ma
sonic charn. Monday afternoon. either at
epiphany Church. Congregational Church
Marine Barracks or A1th 81. cars. Return to
Room 2s. Interstate Commerce CommiSsion-
Reward r.
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
THE BOND MARKET.

TWO o'clock prices furnished by W. D,
IIbbs 4 Co.. members New York Stock Ex'
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
Straight Merger Best.

The practically unanimous opinion
Of experts and officials is that a
:-traiEht-out financial merger. by
which both companies would pass
t. '.- hands of a new one. would be
the best solution, but this is beset by
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
HELP WANTED-MALE

APPRENTICE BOYS who are willing to work
and learn automobie painting and trim
ming. ACNE AUTOTOP Co, IN IryinH
st n w Is
AUTOMOBILE PAINTERsF'irst-c class, who
can paint steady employment: best wagss-
ACNE AUTOTOP CO., 1lel Irving st. N W.
l5I7 Is p q "A . 3ol
The Washington times., 1918-04-17

BCss BOY-whits or eolored; good wages.
Apply CENTRAL LUNCH. HS Sth 81. y. ".
The Washington times., 1918-04-17
THE CURB MARKET.

o'clock prices furnished ty ". D.
4 Co. msHbers New York Stock Ex-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
BAKER IN RED CROSS APPEAL
Declares Terrors of Battles Are De-
creasing and Horrors it Entail Are
Minimized by Relief Agencies.

Washington, May o. Secretary
Baker issued the following appeal for
the Red Cross: Every battlefield of
France speaks eloquent testimony of
the merciful work of the Red Cross.
If the voice of the American expedi-
tionary forces could be heard, there
would be no doubt concerning the re-
Spouse of the United States in the
second war fund campaign. The ter
rors of battles are decreasing and the
horrors it entail are minimized by the
greatest of relief agencies. No sup
port which the American people give
to II will be misconceived or misdi-
rected."
New York, May 22.-Subseriptions
in New York city toward the second
S10O,0O0,000 Red Cross war fund total
ed $7,S99,000 Tuesday, campaign man.
ayers announced. New York's quota
is $4,000, 900.
Chicago, May 22.-The official count
in Chicago's Red Cross drive late last
night was $1,300,O00D including a. single
gift of a quarter of a million.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
READING REALLY A FINE ART
Aim Should Be to Extract Best From
Book Without Having to
Read IL Through"

The duty of taking the reading of
the run of books, old and new, more
seriously, and going through the
whole with grim determination, rests
heavily on The consciences of many.
We do not here refer, says the New
York Times, to reviewers. or the old
jokes about their preserving critical
impartiality by not reading the works
of which they write notices. The
question is. rather, of those who read
for pleasure. or to amass Information,
or to keep their intellectual interests
alive. Must it be woe to them if they
do not read each volume to the bitter
end? The best answer is to be had
from the great readers. Macaulay
could dispose of half dozen books
in his cab on the way to the house of
commons. Naturally, he did not read
them through" But If there was any
thing in any of them that he wanted.
his unerring eye hit upon the passage.
That was enough for him He had
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
UNCLE SAM A SULPHUR KING
Growth OF Industry Has Been Phenor.
email, and This Country Now
Leads the World,

The United States is fast coming to
the fore as one of the greatest SULPHUR
producing countries in the world
louisiana. Nevada and Wyoming are
tue largest contributors. The output
for 1912 was S0S.472 long tons. accord
Ing to the Engineering and Mining
Journal, as compared with 265. 664
long tons in 1911. Louisiana was the
biggest producer.
During the first twelve years the
growth of the sulphur industry in the
United States has been phenomenal.
and the last seven years has seen the
reinforcement of Sicily from the domi.
mating position so long held in the
worlds sulphur market.
In 1900 the sulphur production of
the United States amounted to S,147
tons; the imports during that year
were 167.s96 tons. of which 16S. S25
tons were classified as crude sulphur.
chiefly from Sicily.
During 1912 the domestic produc-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
MUST SEND OWN SHIPS
HOLLAND TOLD TO USE OWN YES
Sells TO CARRY U. S. GRAIN.
Netherlands Government Prohibits
Dutch Craft From Sailing-Ger-
many Blamed.

Washington, May 22-Holland has
been notified by the United States gov
eminent that its request for three
ships now in American ports to carry
the balance of the grain promised it
by President Wilson cannot be grant
ed, and that to prevent further delay
in the movement of the grain Dutch
ships should be sent for it at once.
The fact that this step had been
taken became known soon after the re-
ceipt of press dispatches announcing
that the Netherlands government had
prohibited the departure of Dutch
ships from it's ports. Officials We're at
loss to understand the meaning of
Hollands action, though it was as
sumed that the attitude of Germany
was responsible.
More than 100000 tons of Dutch
cording to information in the posses
sion of the state department. 1t is
from this fleet of tied-up tonnage that
the war trade board holds the ships
necessary to transport the grain must
be taken.
Fifteen thousand tons of cereals are
now at ports of embarkatiOn for Hol-
land and by the time ships come for it
there will be enough to make up the
$4,000 tons remaining to be supplied
of the $4,000 promised. Holland has
been warned that this supply cannot
be maintained indefinitely.
The state department pointed out to
the Netherlands government that as
special concession to provide for ur-
gent needs of that country the war
trade board permitted the departure
from the United States of three ships
with $4,000 tons of cereals on condi-
ton that replacing ships would be sent
from Dutch ports simultaneously.
In addition to the grain from this
country being accumulated at Atlantic
ports $4,000 tons are being concentrat-
ed at Argentine ports. 1t is under
stood Holland will be asked to send
ships for this also.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
FIRST U. S. FIELD ARMY
FORCE OF 100000 AMERICANS
FORMED IN FRANCE.
Unless British Are Reinforced Soon
Pershing Will Have Army as
Large as Haig Has.

Washington, May 22-America,s first
held approximately 100000 men
has been formed in France.
IL is understood to consist of two
army corps of three divisions each.
with Col. A. w. Bjornstad as chief of
stan. Maj. General Hunter Liggett is
UNDERSTOOD to command one of the
army corps.
"hiie no official announcement has
Deen made of the makeup of the first
army, 1t was suggested by army Off
GERS here that Maj. Gen. Charles IT.
Menoher probably will be it's COM
mander. Both field and corps com
nanders are expected to receive the
rank OF lieutenant general by act of
congress when Pershing makes his rec
cancellations.
The American division. of which il
is understood there will be three to a
corps, consists of 10000 men. In addi-
tioh' however, EACH corps has some
lo,ooO corps troops"-signal bat
tailons, field artillery, cavalry and pio-
neer regiments, heavy artillery and
new squadrons--making each corps an
proXimately 100000 men.
Unless the British army is greatly re-
enforced in the next two or three
months it is likely that by August 1
the number of United States troops in
France will closely approximate the
size of Haig's forces now facing the
Germans.
This startling revelation of gigantic
strides being made by this country in
putting men on the firing line came
from authoritative circles here.
Estimates by Major General Crowd
er, provost marshal general indicate
that probably 10000 men will be OBJ
tanned for the army by the registration
on June 8 of all youths who have at
tanned twenty-one years of age since
June last.
Fully 100000 youths, according to
General Crowder's estimate, will be
registered. At least one-fourth of
them, he thinks, will be exempted on
various grounds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
U. S. MEN ROUT GERMANS
Huns Fail in Attempt to Surround
American Patrol-Scattered by
RifIefire.

With the American Army on the
French Battle Front, May 22.-A
strong BOche patrol attempted to sur
round part of an American patrol at
dawn, but the main body poured in
such hot fire from their rifles that
the enemy was scattered. The Ger
mans used both hand grenades and
rifles.
During the night our front line is
occasionally kept under machine-gun
fire. The Boche artillery and infan-
try, however, are unusually quiet.
When they lombard the Germans
use quite number of high-explosive
shells made from galvanized iron.
These have been nicknamed sc. 1.
buckets" by the dOughboyS.
The aviators on both sides are busy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
IRISH LOYAL, SAYS DILLON
Nationalist Leader Calls Sim Fein
Policy Foolish and Bound to
End in Disaster.

Dublin, May 22.-John Dillon, the
nationalist leader, in an interview,
emphasized the divergence between
his party and the Sim Fein, whose
policy he declared to be wrong and
foolish and bound to end in disaster"
Mr.. Dillon said he still believed in
a friendly settlement with Great Brit
ain. He adhered to the declaration
of the late John e. Redmond, made
at the outbreak Of the war, that the
"cause of the allies is the cause of
freedom"
In an appeal to the American peo-
pie Mr.. Dillon SAID that the Sim Fein
had been supplied with unlimited
financial resources from New York,
and he urgently asked all those of
Irish blood in the United States to
support his party as against the Sim
Fein.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
Sponge Is a Deep Sea Animal.

Few people realize the sponge is
really marine animal. If one couId
take trip to the Mediterranean one
would be extremely interested at the
sponge fisheries there.
When the sponge is taken from the
water 1t resembles a piece of raw
meat 1t is covered with thick out
er SKIN under which is a glutinous
substance not unlike molasses. This
is called the milk of the sponge and
Is quickly drained out. otherwise de-
composition would set in and make
the article useless. Next the sponge
is soaked in a bath of Condy and aft
erwards comes the process of souins.
and bleaching.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
lndlviduaIism.

A condition of society that will per.
nit the individual to acquire the full
measure of reward for labor, be II
done with brain or Drawn; that will
restrain the strong from impinging
on the weak; that will nurture a
kindly humanity for the helpless and
afflicted; that will not coddle in in
dolence the degenerate progeny of
worthy parents; that will assure to
the thrifty the necessities and a fair
share OF the pleasures of life, and
yet permit of an accumulation to this
end; and that they may provide for
themselves and their dear ones
against the time of the frightening
shadows. when the days work SHAH
have been done.-John B. Miller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
TROOP TRAIN is WRECKED
Engineer Killed and Soldier Missing
Eighteen Injured in Accident
Near Garland, Ark.

Texarkana, Ark, May 22.-One SOL.
der is missing, Is were injured, A. J..
McAllister, engineer, was killed, and:
several trainmen badly injured when.
a north-bound st. Louis Southwestern,
train was derailed by broken anglei
bar at Mayton station just south of
Garland, Ark. The soldiers on the.
train belonged to the Six Hundred and
Nineteenth Aerial squadron. The mill
tary authorities refused to make,
known the names of the injured men.
L. P. Smith of st. Louis, travelling pas
senger agent, was injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
TAKE SO BODIES FROM RUINS
Workmen Still Searching Debris Of
Aetna Plant at Oak
dale, Pa.

Pittsburgh. May 22.-Two more
bodies were found in the ruins of the
explosives plant of the Aetna Cbemi-
cal company, destroyed by series of
explosions ut Oakdale last Saturday.
This brings the total dead to 90, of
which 4S have been identified Work
men attacked the ruins of the T. n. T.
building, where it was expected more
bodies would be fourd
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28
u. S. AIRPLANES DESTROYED
Fifty Machines Being Constructed for
the Government Burned at
San Francisco.

San Francisco, May 22.-Fifty air
planes being constructed for the gov
eminent were destroyed here when six
buildings occupied by the Fowler Air
plane corporation and the L. and S.
Emanuel company, dealers in hard
wood floors, were burned. j. E..
Howell, proprietor of the company,
stated the fire started in the Emanuel
plant and that there was no suspicion
in his mind of an enemy plot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28

squeezed out the juice, and what did
he care about the pulp? DR.. johnson
had similar habits. Adam Smith said
OF him: johnson knew more books
than any man." yet, Immediately aft
er recording this tribute, Boswell
wrote of his hero: HE had a peculiar
facility In seizing at once what was
valuable in any book, without submit.
ting 1t to the labor of perusing it
from beginning to end"