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By GRANT M. OVERTON.

a MY LOWELL is no neglected genius
1 n Here is q little book in stiff red
paper covers, Amy Lo1oeH:: A Critical
Appreciation, by w. Bryher, to be had of
Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, for half
a crown. And it is gem-a gem! Though
perhaps not entirely in ways its author
intended. "There was a time, loath as |
am to confess it, begins W. Byher,
when Americas place in my chart of
literature was still to mark Then he
heard a loud splash and turning he diraly
discerned A Dome Of Many Colored Glass
beneath which sat large, cheerful woman
juggling SWdrd Blades and Poppy Seeds
and discoursing OF Men, Women and
Ghosts. Miss Lowell has also had some
thing to say about Tendencies in Modern
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gently it is conducted. Her readers may
not learn that the Government Is eneour
aging the enrolment of women cooks in
the army for special services; there is
nothing but a scant reference to the ad
mirable work done by the hostesses'
houses in eantonments, camps and many
of the large cities; little of the Red Cross
work done by women; nor of the many
activities of the Y. W. c. A. and the Sal
walton Army women, not only 1t home
but back Of the firing line in France,
labor of the most fatiguing and humble
kind calamity, yes heroically, done. Nor
has the service of the permanent and
emergency eanteen workers a place IN
Mrs Blatch's record.
The chapter on A Land Army is more
complete than most, but like much that
is written about farm labor nowadays it
is singularly misinformed. There are
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"Christopher Ouarles"

THE dearth of detective stories nova
L days is probably the chief reason
for the reprinting of Percy James Breb-
ner's group of sixteen criminal tales en-
titled Christopher QaorIes, which was
originally issued in September, 1914.
Modelled after the immortal pattern ere
ated by Poe in The Purloined Letter, we
have Christopher Quarles, philosopher, re-
playing the role Of c. Auguste Dupin !;
Murray Wigan, detective, acting as the
narrator; and variety of personages
filling the third part of Monsieur G.,
the project of the Partisan police.
But the weakness of Mr.. Brebner's
method in developing his problems is that,
unlike his superbly perfect model, he does
not show his readers just how Quarles
works out his deductions in every ease, as
Poe did in the case of Dupin and the
stolen letters We have the deductions and
the results, but not the processes whereby
the ends aimed at were achieved.
The exception 10 this may be found
in the episode The Riddle Of the Circular
Counters, but for the most part the physi-
cal connecting link is missing, which gives
an unronvincing air TO the rest of the
tales. We regret that in the episode of
The VII of the Eccentric Mr. Frisby
there is an allusion TO "check' for
10000 We are certain that Wigan
would have spelled this word "cheque'
and that the emblem of larcess would have
been crossed" We insist on these con-
vcntions being maintained IN British fic-
ton. war or no war.
CHRISTOPHER QUARLEs. Bv PERCY
JAMES BREBSEE. J.. L. button Go.
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Americon Poetry. She herself Is not a
tendency; she's no symptom; she's what
they used to refer to As "a complication
and she calls for diagnosis. W. Bryher
gives us a rhapsody instead.
He invites US 'to trace the elemental
fibres Of these roots afterward to frame
that iridescent jar of dreaming, from
whose curving edges, poem after poem,
tinged and pungent with its iustre. will
escape to print" .He notes that cher per
sonality persists in rending these echoes
crash Of water throbbing through distant
grasses" He admits further: II am
dumbed with admiration as read these
poems; loving them as do, attempt to
speak of them is to be oppressed with
failure-the impossibility Of any adequate
praise
From which you will gather, and
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$4,000, 900 persons engaged in agricultural
pursuits in the United States, and of these
not more than los, 900 men had been in
Quoted into the army up to last March
out of 205,000 registered for military ser
vice And the Government has ordered
furloughs from the army for all Of these
men that can be spared. As to ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's suggestion that our Gov
eminent should welcome the service OF
women" the partial list of activities we
have given proves that this Government
has modified woman power at the present
time TO a greater extent and with broader
grasp Of woman's usefulness than ever be-
fore in the history Of the country There
is field for a book to tell this story
completely, which Mrs. Blatch does not
MOBILIZING WOMAN POWER. BY Han.
RIOT STANTON BLArCH. The WOmans
Press. $l.25.
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1.-The Light Above
the Cross Roads"
IS T is better that we learn English"

IS 7 is better that we learn English
L said Schmidt, Q pale specialized
boy of twelve, "ance later, England will
be a German colony" Such sentiments
as these were among the daily trials in
the life of Marcus hanover during his
schooldays in Berlin, where he was sent
by his father to lay the Foundation for
his career as . diplomat. Ms. Victor
Rickard has made him the hero Of The
Light Above the Gross Roads, very en-
crossing novel with the war for back
ground and foreground.
After his German schooling, Marcus
spent several years IN Paris and later ac-
cepted diplomatic position which led to
his being requested by his country to make
the supreme sacrifice Of becoming a spy
in German diplomatic circles. For this
his wears in Germany, and his extreme in
timacy with many of the very men whom
he was set to watch, fitted him so per-
fectly as to make it impossible to re-
fuse.
Marcus and his dearest frien&. Ger
man, both loved Hesper, and they both
gave her up, Eitel becau'e she loved
Marcus and Marcus because he felt HIM
self unworthy after seeming to renounee
his country. Hesper is q very lovely hero
inc and it hurts to have her suffer as
she does, but everything ends better than
we had believed possible-Eitel alone OF
the three being sacrificed to accomplish it.
We always admire an author who can
make clever letter writers Of her charae-
ters, and Mrs. Richard has succeeded in
making Hesper's letters not only clever
but charming.
"What do YOU do, Marcus?" she writes
Diplomacy calls up visions of armed be-
ings sitting with map on q table, play
ing at land grab, and making quotations
from Alice in Wonderland. The very
word European Powers makes my head
whirl. Are they men, dear man of mine,
who walk up staircases, or do they con
gregate like Macbeth's witehesf"
The picture of social Germany before
and after the outbreak of the war is made
vivid and repulsive, and there are the
usual intrigues necessary to diplomatic
novel. One beautiful spy who loves
Marcus gives her life for him and makes
possible his eventual happiness. But the
story is too good to tell here.
THE LIGHT ABOVE THE CROSS
ROADS BY MRS. VICTOR RICKsED.
Dodd, Mead 4 Co. $50.
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"Mobilizing Woman
Power"
MRS. HARRIOT STANTON
lN1 BLATCH seems to belong to that

MRS. HARRIOT STANTON
1N1 BLATCH seems to belong to that
minority Of Americans who cannot see
what is being done by the United States
Government in this war toward the win
ming of it. In her new book, Modelling
Woman Po,cer, she has ignored much of
what the Government is doing in the way
of using women toward the winning of the
war, miiitarily. economically and socially.
E1-President Roosevelt has contributed
foreword to Aobilisisg Woman Po,oer, in
which he also ignores what the Govern
ment IL actually doing in encouraging
women 10 work with it and for it in the
three phases we have mentioned above.
Mrs. Blatch does not tell her readers
that our Government has enlisted women
telephone operators in the Signal Corps
of the army for the first time in the
history of the country nor that these
women are a part of the service of sup
PLY In France She does not tell that the
Government has enrolled many young
women as women in the reserve force of
the navy, also for the first time in our
military history. She does not describe
the ''mobilizing" of the Women's Motor
Corps by the Government, one of the
hardest working bodies OF aids in the
war that we have
The work of the women's press division
Of the Committee on Pubic information
is referred to without telling how inteih
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The Amable Art of Approaching Amy Lowell

rightly, that to those who enjoy Miss Low
ellis verse W. Bryhsr will be able to i'm
part an intensifcation Of their enjoyment,
and to those to whom Miss Lowell is
nothing W. Bryher will be less than moth
ing. Nevertheless if this book Of his shall
become easily available in this country it
will be worth the while Of those who care
to study Miss Lowell to acquire it. Bry-
her, in the case of some particular poems
of Miss Lowelrs, does indicate, merely by
the effort to express his own raptures,
some of the things to be looked for in
them provided you approach them with
mind willing or eager to extract pleasure.
II it will be of any service to those
readers of Books and tho Book World
who lack all sympathy with Miss Lowelrs
work few principles may be laid down
for their guidance in reading her. Put
as matter Of factly as possible these are
the things to bear in mind:
/. A word or a phrase Is frequently
made TO carry meanings which most OF US
tdhc WHVlC SChtCHNto VI Puh ieph' ~
express. 1t is necessary to read very
slowly and let the words summon up as
many mental images as possible. Select
the one that seems to you best.
2. II you don't admire color for its
own sake much of the verse will be lost
on you.
3. In place of rhyme and regular beats
or metre you must get pleasure from the
sounds of the words, from rhythms Of
Your own making formed by little runs
and pauses, like musical notes of varying
duration. Best read the lines aloud at
first anyway Some words are TO be lin
eered over, some to be taken rapidly to-
gether: YOU must decide which for your
self.
4. The purpose is always to strike your
senses first. your emotions afterward and
only through your senses. There is no
appeal to the intellect directly; there
are figures of speech but no distractions.
Many. misunderstanding Miss Lowelfs
aim, think her verses highbrow. II is
lowbrow stuff always She means TO hit
you squarely between the eyes and when
once You grasp her method she does just
that
People who cannot or will not go be-
hind the sensuous images that she puts
before them can still get keen enjoyment
from these images. Those capable OF
contributing something of their own to
her pictures can get double satisfaction.
Everybody has heard the old story
about the young artist who asked Sir
Joshua Reynolds what he mixed his zig
ments with, and who was told: "With
brains, sir," Miss Lowelrs verse will
stand all the brains You can mix with
it. If your contribution to the result is
greater than hers she will not mind. You
may call yourself the poet then, or she
will split the honors with you ffty-ffty.
s. A eorollary Of Principle No. a.
What You get out Of poetry-or any
other kind Of ar-depends always on
what you put in. Don't be afraid to in
vest heavily. You cant lose. And you
may net big return.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
By The Associated Press.

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 26.-(Morning The
entire German position within the
Marne salient is such that il may fall
at any instant as the result OF some
sharp forward movements by the allies
affecting a vital part. 1t is for this
reason that t'e German commanders
have order their men to hold on a,
all costs while a defensive position is
prepared upon which the German armies
AN fall back.
Day after day the allies, now the
French, now the Americans. and now
the British, are encroaching upon the
triangular salient, at some places max
ing deep dents in the enemy positions,
and at others progressing more slowly
Every line OF communication within
the German salient is under lombard
ment night and day, either from the
allied artillery or airplanes. II is only
with the greatest difficulty and with
heavy sacrifices that the enemy is able
to hold on within this area. All the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
Czechs Capture
important CITY

AMSTERDAM, July 8.-With the
canture Of Simbirsk. on the Volga, 600
miles east OF Moscow, the Czecho- Slo-
wax troops now control not only the
let bank of the river but part Of the
territory on the right bank. The fall
of Simbirsk. which is announced in a
telegram from Moscow by way Of
Berlin. occurred after the soviet troops
had made a strong defense.
The Pravda, the official soviet or
gan, commenting on the advance of the
Czecho- Slovaks, says:
"The rising is spreading like a patch
Of oil on water. May the capture of
Simbirsk awaken the sleepers. Sim
birsk was one sf the bases OF the
councils power and also the corn
grnnary. The danger is growing. 1t
is war. The enemy is numerous and
we'll organized II the fall Of Samara
has not awakened the workers may
the fall of Simbirsk make the pro-
letariat tremble for the fate Of the
proletariat revolution"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
$4,000 Airplane Flights,
1000 Aerial Combats Is
Allied Record for 2 Weeks

WASHINGTON, July 26-An
account OF the activities OF the
French air service obtained from
authentic sources, today shows the
suffering being inflicted on the
German army crowded into the
Aisne- Marine salient Tons of
bombs are being rained from the air
night and day
During the period of the first
two weeks OF June, French airmen
alone dropped 600 tons OF high ex-
plosiveS on the Germans in the
trenches, on rest billets. railway
stations, and on munition works far
back OF the fighting lines.
A total OF 1908 flights were
made for military purposes during
that time, and more than 1000 com
bats occurred in the air. In this
fighting 10Y German planes we're
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destroyed or forced to land in
French territory, and l6l others
were damaged and probably de-
stroyed, makingsa total OF 800 en-
emy machines brought down against
loss of seventy-two machines by
be French. Twelve OF the French
planes brought down were only
damaged.
Coupled with this French effort
today in the Aisne salient is the
work OF concentrated British and
American squadrons and the airmen
are at work nighs and day. Not a
spot within the enemy lines is neg
lected and his retreat is carried on
under the same deluge OF bombs
and machine gun fire from the air
that played an important part in
forcing a. way for the advancing
Franco-American armies to cross
the Marine.
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Allies Lose Slightly
In Vrigny Counter

LONDON, July h.-On all sides Of
the German salient the allies are re-
ported today to be continuing to make
progress, except on the heights behind
Soissons. The German resistance to
the French pressure has been very de-
termined in this latter sector Tho
advances reported elsewhere are for
the most part slipht.
On the other side Of the salient Just
to the west OF Rheims the allies lost
the town Of Merry ami Hill .204 to .
German counter attack. but retained
Vrigny and the greater part OF The
line thereabouts looking toward
Fismes. The allies In this sector hold
Marfsux, Bouilly, ST. Euphraise sn1
fourton wood.
Between the Outcq and Chsseau
Thierry the Franeo- American line NJ
shows an advance beyond the Iise q
a week ago Of from six to eight -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
BELLE ISLE PARK
DANCE HALL IS
SWEPT BY FIRE
Early Morning Blaze Destroys
Structure,

The dance pavilion at Belle Isle park
was destroyed by fire early this morn.
ing. Answering to an alarm which was
turned in at 2:2S o'clock at the Central
fire station, firemen Hurried to the re-
sort only to find that the big frame
building was destroyed.
The cause of the fire is unknown
say park officials.
? Work will be begun today on tenn
porary dance hall. says c, G. Pickering
manager of the park. The temporary
building will be completed in about five
days.
The fire damage will amount to abou,
$4,000 No insurance could be carried
on the building.
In about thirty days a 5000 perman-
ent hall will be complete, says Mr.
Pickering. Work on it will be begun
Immediately.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
EVERY MOB. ACT
AID TO GERMANY" :"
WILSON DECLARES
President Issues Appeal for
Preservation Of Democracy,
1--WE FIGHT LAWLESSNESS"
"Let Us Not, Therefore, Ceun-
tenanCe Mob Spirit at Home, 4"

WASHINGTON, July 26-Preddent
Wilson today in a personal statement
addressed 10 his fellow countrymen de-
nouncing mob spirit and mob action.
called upon the nation 10 show the world
that while / fights for democracy on
foreign fields it is not destroying de-
mocfacy az home.
The president referred not alone to
mob action against those suspected OF
being enemy aliens or enemy synpa-
thlzers he denounced most emphatical-
ly mob action OF all sorts, especially
lynchngs, and while he, did not refer
specifically to lynchings OF negroes in
the south ~ is known that he included
them in his Characterization of mob
spirit as "a blow al the heart Of Or
dered law and humane justice"
Huns Use as Propaganda.
II is known that the lynchingy Of
negroes, as well as attacks upon those
suspected Of being enemies or syrnpa-
,hlzcrs, have been used by the German
propaganda throughout central and
South America. as we'll as in Europe,
to contend that the pretensions of the
United States as Champion OF de
mocracy are sham Deeply con-
cerned by the situation the president
decided to address his fellow country
men and to declare that every mob
contributes to German lies about the
United States what her most gifted
liars cannot improve upon by way OF
calumny."
The Presidents Word.
The presidents statement in full
follows
INV Fellow Countrymen
81 take the liberty of addressing you
upon a subject which so vitality sf-
(contInued on Pace z; Column A.
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DpERATIC STARS
WILL PRESENT
TWO BILLS HERE
|ThalS" and Barber Of Se-
Vile" to Be Offerings,

Formal announcement OF the operas
! be presented during the visit OF the
ihicago Opera company to Oklahoma
|iy October 28 and % was made to-
ky BY the committee in charge OF ar
AnRemens composed OF G.. 6. Kerr
b. Scott and George Fredericl,son.
On the first night OF the companys
lsy in Oklahoma City Massenets
rhais" will be the offering with Mary
arden, Georges Baklanoff, Forest La
ont Louise Berat, Vra Amazar, Wit
Srio Trevisan and Constantin Nicolsy
the cast
On Tuesday night. October 2o, the
bmpsny will present Rossini's charm
4 opera, "The Barber OF Seville" The
II will feature Amelita Galli-Curci
iccardo> Stracciari, Fernando Carpi
ittorio Arimondi, Louise Berat, Con
antin Nicolay and Octave Qua.
Cleofante Campanini will conduct the
|itial performance and Giuseppe
kurano will conduct "The Barber oi
willie" Both performance will be in
3 evening at the auditorium
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
Class One Men
Cannot Enlist,
For the Present

WASHINGTON, July 8--Local
draft boards have been instructed by
Provost Marshal general Crowder to
refuse the release Of registrans in
class one for enlistment in the navy
marine corps or the emergency fleet
until il has been determined that there
will be a sufficient number Of such
registrants physically qualified for
general military service to- fiji prompt
ly all August calls. State adjutant
generals have been notified that the
August acquisitions will be approxi-
mately equal to those Of July when
367,o6l regibtrants were called to the
colors.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
German Military
Authorities Given
All Civil Powers

LONDON, July 26-A striking and
revolutionary political change has just
been made in Germany, says a Daily
Mail dispatch from Berne. Very quiet
ly and unostentatiously 4 is added, full
active and state rights have been grant
ed to the imperial general staff. This
means, il is declared, that the civil and
military executives have been placed on
an equal basis.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
Washington Waits
For Wilson's Word

WASHINGTON, July P6,-News
that an official announcement had
been made in London that Japan had
decided TO accept the proposal OF the
United States TO give military assist
ance to the Czccho- Slovak army in ST.
IBERIA. did not alter the course OF the
government here in still making no
statement on the status Of the negotia-
tiOns
On the other hand variously pub
li,hed accounts OF the negotiations
were denounced as speculative and as
possibly giving information to the en-
emy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
$4,000 Ukranians
March on Germans

LONDON, July M-A peasant re-
belion has broken out in the Ukraine
on a formidable scale. according to in
formation received today, Seventy-fivc
thousand peasants. fairly efficient
troops, with their British officers and
instructors, are advancing against the
Germans, detachments of whom have
been withdrawn before the hostile ad-
vance retreatng to Kiev. The peasants
are well armed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
'alfour Is Hopeful
War Will Settle
Balkan Problems

LONDON, July 2S-A, J. Balfour,
cretary for foreign aifars, speaking
day at meeting to inaugura'e the
berian aims committee yof London,
I'd he hoped that one Of the results
the war would be the solution Of
3 Balkan problem.
sPlease heaven" he added. "thc
alkan states will share the allied
|umph and when peace is declared
h German. nor a British, nor a
tench peace. but the peace OF civili-
tion--they who, with us, have poured
their blood and treasure in the
tuggie. will enjoy the fruits of their
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
HOW MANY SONS
have YOU L0ST7"
WIRE TO KAISER
By The Associated Press.

GENEVA, July 2S.-"How many
sons has your majesty lost? How
many have been wounded or mutt
lated?"
These questions, incorporated in
n telegram were sent to the German
emperor yesterday by Pastor Dry
ander, founder OF the new liberal
German-Anerican paper Friedensrue
Peace CalD OF Zurich.
an the event that there have been
no casualties in the imperial fam
ily," the telegram continues, we
demand an immediate explanation"
Emperor William has not replied
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
Much Shipping
Devoted to Swiss

WASHINGTON, July 26-More
than 100000 tons of shipping, chiefly
new vessels constructed for the emer-
gency fleet corporation, are engaged
in Transporting foodstuffs and other
much-needed supplies to Switzerland.
under convoy Officials today said
this Is twice the tonnage the govern
ment arranged to place at Switzer-
lands disposal to carry out the state
department, food agreement with that
country.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
lenine Admits
He's in Bad Fix

AMSTERDAM, July b.-Premier
Lenine in a speech at Moscow before
the government conference OF factory
committees, said the position Of tNe
soviet republic had become extremely
acute In view Of International compli-
cations. counter-revolutionary conspira-
cies and the food crisis according TO
a Moscow dispatch received by way of
Berlin.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-26
|YPHUS EPIDEm!C
APPEARS IN berlin

WASHINGTON. July 26,-Several
idemics are sweeping Germany in
)dition to influenza, according to an
ficial Dispatch received from Swift.
riand. Typhus is said to have ap
AIRED in epidemic forr al Berlin
|slaria is reported in the grand duchN
Baden. the germs of which are sup
Sssd to have been carried by TROOPS
nm the Balkans.