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Just Ghosts

DO YOU like ghost stories? 1t 50. you
viii like Dorothy ScarborCueh's racv
and Informed discussion Of them IN "The
Supernatural in Modern English Eic-
ton" IN the first place II should be
said that Miss Scarborough IS an Amer
!cau. attached to the Columbia rniver-
Sity teaching force and that she usca
-hc term English as q conv.nicut word
Tor all fiction written in that language.
whether il be produced in England. the
United states or Canada And In the
second place II should he noted that
She has examined about three thou
sand examples of the ghost story in
preparation for the book and that she
was not overwhelmed 10y the flood Of
material. she keeps her head above
water all the time and writes in a
charlninRly huo? ?ant style, She describe :
the ghosts of the Gothic period and COM
nares them to their disadvantage vita
the modern speCtcr. Tho ghost Of to-
day IL recognized by those to whom
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

The boy became marine engineer.
and first went to sea in a tramp steam.
snip. He read all sorts OF literature and
haunted secondhand bookshops in
the ports at which his ship touched.
He started TO write, but the publishers
would not print the hooks. lie lived
FOR two years in Nutley. y. J.. with
an artist friend and kept on writing.
Ills 'Casuals of the Sea- is a curious
sort of book, telling the story OF a
boy and girl, children OF a London
working man. We have heard of the
short and simple annals of the poor,
but when one reads McFee one is
convinced that he who sets out to
write the real annals cannot make
them short, even If he makes the tale
of the unraveling of the tangled skein
of their lives simple. Yet, in order to
make the record interesting the man
who writes it must project it against
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WHEN LITERARY PLANETS
SWING INTO OUR KEN
Their Greatness Is Not Always Recognized.
Is William McFee Fixed Star
orr MeteOrite?

ct HAVE often wished that had
L been alive when 'PickwicS Papers
srst appeared" remarked Doctor Nc.
Fabre, as he looked over the set of
Dickens in my bookcase. "t' think
!, would have been interesting TO have
been present when new literary
planet swung into our ken"
"Do you think you would have
known that it was a planet?' I said
"of course he wouldn't have
known" said owen with n chucl<le
cone never recognizes greatness at
nrst. and the nearer one is to it the
more difficult does it become TO dis
tlnguish between it and medocrity.
This is such n tfite commonplace that
7 do not need to remind you of IT,
doctor"
But Dickens was recognized at
once" said I. Perhaps the high.
brovs did not appreciate him at first,
but the plain people, on whose liking
rreat literary success depends, knew
at once that here was a man writing
something that they liked. lie did
not have to wait for success. It came
to meet him"
If think. in spite of what Owen
saws. confound his impudence. that
would have found Pickwick Papers
worth while" Doctor McF'abre in
sisted. "I hope my tastes are not
too high to be pleased with what my
neighbors like
a more important question. doc
tor" said I, 'is whether you are able
TO recognize the literary planets mat
are swinging out of the vast void
into our intellectutual solar system
At the present time"
who are they?" This came with 4
snap from the lips OF the clergyman.
There are men who think that
william Mckee is one of them" | re-
piled.
"McFee? Who is he? l never heard
Of him."
Listen to that, owen" SAID ]. Here
Is a man who wishes he were alive
when Dickens began to write that
has never heard Of man whose first
book of Importance has been out
more than two years and has been
hailed as one of the most brilliant
novels of the generation"
Il confess that I am about as lg-
norant as the DOCTOR" said Owen.
II have heard the name in connec-
ton with n book called 'Casuals of
the Sea- but that is all / know about
! him.
e at is about time you learned some
more" went on. "McFee was born
at sea in 1881. His father was Il
4 Scotch skipper and his mother came
J. from one of the Canadian provinces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

IN four sonnets written In memory OF
rupert Brooke. They have imagination,
sentiment and sense OF beauty and
rhythm without which there can he no
great poetry, Tho last Of the series
runs in this way:
gold
over us as beside the stream we lav
~ ,ue old Nicarac" Eurdpn that blue day,
naiklnE OF verse and ,ll tho manifold
pnIghts a little net Of words may hold.
Mhile IN the sunlight water-voles at p.av
DiNvd under - trailing crimson brnmhle.
And wnlnuts thudded ripe on SOFT black
Your soul Locs down unto darker stream
nlght
Your eyes may grow accustomed to thn dark
tho glCam
Of Your familiar river, and Cha;on's bark
TarrH BY that old garden OF your delight,
PCEMS ih0i- -i0t7 BY wilfrid wilson Oh.
ss3h; New ioth. rne Macmillan Company,
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he appears. lie wears tho clothes Of
everyday life Sometimes he is jocular
and he Is always n real personality
rather than a misty shade from the
tomb. The cataloguing candidate for
the degree OF doctor Of philosophy would
find her story an excellent source book
20 guide him In his dry and prontlcss
studies for u thesis. but the lover Of
literature for it's own sake WIN enjoy
what IL really an essay ON ghosts aud
their characteristics as imagined hE
those who have never seen them. And
in addition. those who actually believe
In ghosts will be interested 10 discover
what mass Of literature there IL that
supportg their view,
THE SUPERNATURAL iN MODERN ENG-
LISI FICTION. by Dorothy Scarborough.
pr. -. lnstructur IN Engllsh ~ extension,
Columbia University, New York O. i.
putuHln's Sons. 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

to sea on a tramp steamship. and finds
out that his education and training
had made him an alien among the
seamen. lie marries an Italian wife
and brings her TO America, where she
lives as an alien. out of touch with
the people around her. The man him
self has an intellectual iue 60 fine
and broad that his wife is unable 10
share it and he is in Il way an alien N
his own home. This is the social
thread ON which n most uncommon
story is strung.
The construction OF the story will
interest YOU, doctor. Its scene is laid
in Nutley, barely disguised under the
name Of Netley. The engineers wife
lives. next door to an artist and his
wife who have u writer living with
them. The writer tells the story. They
all wonder who the italian woman Is
who has so little to do With her neigh
bors. They scrape an acquaintance
with her two little boys and learn tnat
the husband is at sea. They indulge
in characteristic suburban gossip
about the household. One day the
husband comes home and he IL per-
suaded to tell his story. He talks for
a long time one Saturday afternoon
resumes his tale Sunday morning and
continues II Sunday afternoon The
artist, his wife, the writer and the
village postmistress kuss!p apout Il in
chapters which come in the inter.
walls OF the tale. The plot IS unusual.
hut one would scarcely read Il for
plot. 1t is remarkable rur ,ne unre.
lenting realism of its pictures Of life.
for its tolerance OF human fo.blcs ana
failings, as If Mcfce hnu put himself
in the place OF the Judge OF all the
world, in Iowoils's fine poem and had
lifted up the pity Of his face on those
who had been made what they might
become and had refused To- condemn
any mortal entanglcd in the coils of
fate. MCFec has formed his philos
uDllN VI lllt III Nl' Sa'lN NiN'al'N vi
the night at sea. where he was alone
with the vastncss Of &c infinite
waste of waters and the Infinite dome
uf stars. There is freshness about
ii, therefore, which is delightful and
stimulating. Aliens is a book for
thoughtful people and for people whu
read for intellectual enjoyment rather
than for mere amusement. Yet. l am
not sure that Mcl'ce Is the great gen
ius that his enthusiasts admirers
would have us believe. lie is uu-
usual and refreshing ana for that rea-
son he ought to he welcomed when
there Is so much commonplace stuff
written by novclists who do nothing
but rewritc the old stories from the
old point OF view"
Your sermons might be Improved
doctor, if you should spend a ycal
at sea. thinking over what YOU be
lieve and what things really matter
said Owcl.
81 have no doubt of it," the clergy
man conceded.
GEORGE ". DOUGLAS.
tIIENs. ny william McFcc. Garden city
Doubleday, Page co. sl1O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09
The Price of War

Whcn Dana Gatlin sent hrr short
story, "'rac Fuil Measure OF Devotion"
10 the editor of McCluge's Magazine IL
was accepted at once as one Of the hest
pieces of literature that the war has
produced. Tnos. VINO did not read IL
In the magazine now have an oppor-
tunity 20 decide Tor themselves whether
the Judgment Of the editor vas justified.
for the story has been printed all ry
Itself IN q little book. The story II Cer-
taiuly a sympathctic picture Of what has
happened In some American homes since
the war began and ia likely to happen
IN many more.
THE EClL MEASURE OF nHNOrION.
BY Dana Gatlln. Garden city. doubleday,
IHEs & o. 1ur
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

The Worlds Work has abandoned the
publication Of john Il: l.athom's series
OF articles on German spy revelations
widely announced, and dsplaces them
In the March number by tho first OF a
series On Fighting German Spies" by
French Strother. Ellwood 1Iendricb
writes on How tho Dyestuff Crisis Was
Met and the number contains an In
tereating character sketch of Lord Read
ing by Frank Dilnot. There are some
good G6lor portraits Of colonel House.
Secretary McAdoO, Mr.. Baruch and Mr..
Garfield in the number and some colorcd
maps Of the Italian front
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

AS q highly irresponsible prophet. "
begins captain Alan Bott. NJ. g.. of the
British Syyal Flying Corps in the chap
tor, '"Inds and odds" Of his graphic
war book Cavalry OF the Clouds" II
war hostilities in the air will become
as decisive as hostilltles on the land
or sea"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

Miscellany" by William McFee. Brit
lsh marine engineer. who ~ rapidly
making u name for himself as one OF
the most original and suggestive men
81 letters Of his time. Agnes ReppKer
writes of Women Enthroned," and
among the war articles Is one by Andre
Chcradamc Oh Political Strategy"
Whatever Mr.. Cheradame writes de.
serves the attention Of all students OF
the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

Colonel Harvey IN the March North
American Review asks. "can II paCifist
win the war;" And under this interro-
CATION he malGos u plea to the President
FOR the arpOirtment of "a Secretary Of
war who is not consclentiCusly opposed
To the use Of force Other contributors
are Gilbert Hhesterton. Vernon Kellogg
NJ. TtEO and Charles Johnston
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Current Magazines

The New Country Life for March ia
the annual gardening numbcr and IS
rnll of information FOR the amateur and
professional. Tho leading article on
Color in the Garden" by Louis Becbe
Wilder. is illustrated by a lot Of beau
tiful reproductions Of paintings of gar
den scenes hy Anna Vinegar. There
are articles on war gardening and ON
the work of women on the farms,
The place Of honor IN the March A'-
lantic Monthly t. given to "a Port said
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

Annette Kellsrmann in
Daughter OF the Gods
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Jewel Carmen In Girl
With Champagne Eyes
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Vivian Martin In
The Fair Barbarian
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Wallace Ried In
Nan OF Music Mountain
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Charles Ray IN
The Family Skeleton
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w. Raid-K. Williams
The Thing We Love
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Amarllly OF Clothes
Linz Alley
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The Girl With
the Champagne Eyes
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Jewel Carmen In 0irl
with Champagne Eyes
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Dougias Fairbanks IN
Hsadin' South
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Norma Talmadge In
Ghosts OF Nerterday
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J. Stuart BlRckton's
The World for Sale
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Tom Mix IN
Cupld's Roundup
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June Elyldge In The
Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
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Olive Thomas in
An Heireess for q Day
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Mabel Normand In
Dodging a Million
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William s. Hart in
Blue BlnZes RaMden
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Norma Talmadge In
Ghosts OF Yesterday
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SATURDAY

June lIlril1a-NioH'agu
Iowa Broken Ties
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Sessue IIawakAwa In
The Secret Game
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Ann Pennington In
Sunshine Man
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GeO"ga Ecbnn in
one More American
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
Bone Dry Gets Another Knock

The petition of the attorney general for a rehearing in the bone dry law was denled yester- day by the Supreme Court. which ruled three weeks ago that under the present law liquor may be brought into the state in suit cases or on one's person No further steps can be taken, un- less the governor should call a special session of the legislature to patch up the act.
 The court reiterated it's former opinion, holding in effect that there is no provision in Section l that concerns personal transpor- tation of an individuals own liq- uors from another state into this state. The court held that this section only applies to persons who bring liquor into this state for delivery to another person Justice Humphreys again dis sented. Section [ of the act was sustained in the case of Henry Rogers versus the state, appeal from Garland Circuit Court, who was charged with keeping liquor in storage for other persons.
 Rogers was indicted under section ' of the bone dry act for
 unlawfully receiving for stor age, distribution or on consign- ment for another" alcoholic liq. uorS, and fined S100. It was al legged that he was keeping for another person the liquors found on his premises. while he con tended that the liquor was his own property, and that the liq- uor brought to his house by the other persons was poured out, and he refused to keep it for them. The jury decided this question adversely to Rogers and found that he was keeping the liquor for other persons. which is in violation of said section 2 of said act. The Supreme Court held that there was no error in the trial and affirmed the judg- ment.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
Activities of Red Cross Described in
 Statement by War Department

Describing the American Red Cross as a body authorized to do everything possible for the com fort and welfare of the soldiers, and to make use of such agencies as are authorized and are in DO sition to contribute to that end in addition to the provisions made by the Government, a general statement by the War Depart ment outlines certain approved activities:
 To distribute sweaters, muf- aers, helmets, socks, comfort kits, etc.
 To render emergency relief of every kind upon request of an of ticer in charge.
 To relieve anxiety and sustain the morale of soldiers who are worried about their families at home. and to promote the comfort and well being of these families.
 To conduct canteen service sta tions for furnishing refresh ments to soldiers when travelling through the country; to furnish emergency relief to the sick and wounded when en route and to see that they are conveyed to a hospital when necessary and re quested by the commanding off cer.
 A representative of the Red Cross may be attached to each base hospital to furnish emer- gency supplies when called upon to communicate with families oi patients. to render home service to patients, and such other as- sistance as pertains to Red Cross work.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07

Several members of the Ar kansas general assembly are averse to holding a special ses sion of the Legislature without pay. We don't blame them as the pay is too small even at the regu lar sessions. Of course, if cheap politicians can get them to hold the session without pay. they are to blame themselves, as the peo- pie don't want them to work for nothing.
 The people now know which is the biggest, the Supreme Court or Attorney General Arbuckle. Some of these politicians who have been abusing the Supreme Court should be cited for con tempt.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07

H 1. Buechley was business visitor to Little Rock Tuesday.
 -Wriglevs gum fresh from the factory at Buechley's.
 Mrs. Carl Huffman is visiting relatives and friends in Wheatley. -Beautify your lawn with flowers, Buechley has the seed
 c. s. Long of Camp Pike was here over Sunday the guest of his family.
 ROOFING PUTTY-We have it.-Arkmo Lum Der Com pany. 39-tf
 Mrs Geo Harpstrite of Deca- ter, Illinois is in the city this week the guest of relatives.
 Just received fine line of chocolates and other nice candies Al tf $. P. Pearson
 Do not forget the Lonoke County Sunday School Conven- tion, March 10 and Il at Carlisle. MT and Mrs. Taylor Ball were Stuttgart visitors Sunday. They were taken oyer by Mr. J. H Williams in his auto.
 Mir J. c. Scull of Wiimar is in the city the guest of his daugh ter Mrs. 1. T. Trussell. He will remain several days.
 J. M. Vail is spending a few days in Alexandria. La, visiting his son, Clyde Vail, who is sta. toned at Camp Beauregard.
 Woman's friend is Large Trial bot. tie of Sanol Prescription Fine for black heads, Exzema and all rough skin and clear complexion A real skin tonic. Get DOC irial bottle at the drug store | Adv. 52-tf
 Tom Lee left Sunday for Mem. phis to meet his mother Mrs. w. B. Lee, who returned home with him and will spend the summer here.
 The larger portion of the resi-. dents of Carlisle are making gar. den and there are any number ol gardens that have been planted many of which are coming up Large quantities of fine vegeta- bles will be grown this year where formerly unsightly weed patches were allowed to take thu place.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
A Cash Offer

The Independent has made a special clubbing rate with The Memphis Weekly Commercial Appeal by which we will furnish both papers for one year for the sum of S1.2 25. The Com mercial Appeal is one of the largest and best papers in the South, and we hope to receive many new sub scriptions on this offer; S1 9 cash for both papers. 35-tf
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
Please Call and Settle

All parties knowing themselves indebted to the Plantation Drug store and to Dr. A. B. Tapscott for medical services are request ed to please call and settle same with Mrs. A. B. Tapscott. ad minlstrator.
 Mrs. A. B. Tapscott, fl If Administrator
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
Methodist Church

Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Preaching at II a m. by the pastor. Epworth League at 2 p. m.; all are cordially invited to attend these services.
 J. T. J. Fizer, P. c.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
Corporal Fred Lanier

Searcy, March 5.-Corporal Fred Lanier, aged 23, of Company L, 154th Infantry, who died at Camp Beauregard of appendici- tis, was buried at Oak Grove cem etery in Searcy yesterday. All business houses were closed dur. ing the hours of the service. The White County Home Guard, in uniform, acted as a military es- cort. Services at the First Meth odiSt church were conducted by the Rev T. Y. Ramsey and the Rev. T. T. Trimble. Mr Lanier is survived by five brothers, Wal ter, Frazier, Hugh, Bruce and Frank, and three sisters, Leska. Ona Kate and Mary, all of Scar cy, with the exception of Bruce, who lives in Little Rock, and Frank. who has enlisted in the United States navy and is in training at Philadelphia, but came home on leave to attend the funeral. Corporal Lanier was born and reared at Center Hill, 10 miles west of Searcy, but had made his home here for the last three years.-Gazette.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07

Plans of the American Library Association include the estab lishment of book and library service in Army and Navy hos pitals Tn America and France.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07
Baptist Church

Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Preaching 1 l a m and 7:3O D m. All are invited to attend any or all of these services.
 l.. Tomme, Pastor.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07

MT. Lanier was first cousin of Mrs. Blanche Lam bert, of the Carlisle Independent force, and was the third to die in his imme- diate family within the past eighteen months.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-03-07

Break your Cold or LaGrippe with B few doses of 666. 35-l3t
The Washington times., 1918-11-16
The Curse of the Hapsburgs
The world believes in blessings
It Was Pronounced by Woman.

The world believes in blessings Does it still believe
in the efficacy of curses?
The first of which have record resulted from
the episode the garden of Eden when the serpent was
condemned to crawl woman sentenced to bear chill
ren and man his bread by the sweat OF his face
curse of which recent events said to be the result
was that pronounced in 1848 by the Hungarian Countess
Karolyi.
The house of Hapsburg the object OF her maedlc
ton and whatever may believe as to the efficacy OF
is certain that since that hour to the present the
Hapsbug family has been the slang OF the soldiers has
L. "out of luck" .
This was the pronouncement of the countess as she
deivered upon the late Emperor Francis Joseph OF
Austria:
Sec May HeGuen and He'll blast his hdppi-
ness! May his family be ertermindted!
III Nay he be smitten in the presence Ofthose he
8 EoUes! Aay his life be uDrecked, and may
ss a his children be brought to ruin.
81 score of msfortunes have followed the curse, the
latest of which the downfall of the Austrian govern
ment and the fight of Emperor Charles to place Of tenn
poraTy safety
The details of the of the curse why and
where made and the long list Of tragedies that fol
lowed is told in most interesting page article profusey
illustrated, in tomorows Sunday Evening Times. .
In view of history made in the last month it is start
gly interesting story whether you believe in curses
not.