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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
Tale of a Brave Girl

'keineth.' by Jane D. Abbott. Is de-
scribed as the American Heidi" 1t Is
not necessary to admit the accuracy Of
this characterization to agree that it is
charming tale for young people. Klein
eth is a little motherless girl whose
father goes abroad on n secret mission
for the Government. 1t is important
that all information of his movements
be withheld. Kenneth keeps the secret
In spite Of the attempts of her friends
to extract It from her and in the end
receives the thanks of the President
In the meantime she spends a year with
the family of n friend OF her father and
has Interesting adventures with the four
children in the family. 1t Is a book
Which has already fascinated children
accustomed to the best in Juvenile fic-
tion. 1t will charm many more before 1t
Is forgotten.
KEINETH BY Jane d. Abbott. Phlladel-
phia: J. i. Lippincott Company. sl.25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
WHEN A SHOPGIRL
MARRIED A DUKE
A Ne,U English Nouelist Makes
an Amusing Tale Out of
n NoueI .SifIi0fiou

John Hastings Turner Is young
English novelist and dramatist whose
cheerful books have entertained the
British public seeking for some relaxa-
tion from III" strain of war His latest
novel, simple Souls.' is sort of
modern falry-tale, in which n dtst''-
guished duke narries p shopglrl to the
horror of his family and to his own
surprise. He married her because he
wanted to protect her from the susp'
cions OF her family. aroused because
in the generosity OF his soul he had
been giving her .wo pounds a week
with which to buy books to read or
course hc falls In love with her at the
end and the story ends pleasantly
Mr.. Turner knows his trade and de-
velops his characters with CONVINCING
skill Tho dukes sister who Is shocked
Mt his marriage, is a type with which
those familiar with the English society
rovel are we'll acquainted, to say moth
ing OF those who are so fortunate or
unfortunate as to be familiar with Eng
llsh fashionable society itself. And tn
amorous bachelor professor, a friend oe
the duke. introduced as a foil TO tn,
hero. Indifferent to women, even after y
had married one Of them, acts true to
type. The book Is full If delicious COM
cdy situations and the humor Of tho
author sOftsnS the edge Of his satira
II he keeps on in the way he has begun
he will be one CT tho best read mon
OF his generation and he will rival as an
cpigrammatist the brilliant author of
Lady Windermere's Fan" Here are
some of his epigrams. taken at random
have no theory of life. I have
theory Of living--for myself.
Women were created in order to
give man the opportunity Of be-
coming a gentleman.
Women only suffer about things that
interest them.
IF I have a creed. II Is to do what
one thinks right at the moment ard
correct ones mistakes as they occur
1t Is always women with the worst
figures who are credited with the best
Intentions.
They say that we come naked Into
the world: 1t Is untrue. woman Is
born with kiss in each hand.
Love-making is the only genuine
antique left to us.
1t Is n most entertaining and deligh'
ful novel that can be commended +,
those who are looking for somethln,
out of tine ordinary.
SIMPLE SOULS By John Has,,nr, Trrro-
New York: Charles scribncrs Sons
Sl.2j. '''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
IRISH FOLK LORE
TOLD BY THE BIRDS
Pddrdic Colrm Has Produced
a Collection Of Wonder
Tales for Children

The fascination Of folk lore is peren-
nlal Padraic Colum. who has written
a volume OF tales for children based on
Irish legends, has just proved 1t. for his
book has all the charm Of the best of
its kind. He calls II The Boy Who
Knew What the Birds Said" and starts
II with the story OF the boy who pre-
vented the world from coming to an end.
As every one in Ireland knows, when
the bird that follows the cuckoo flies
into the cuckoos mouth. that means the
end OF all things. II chanC ed that one
lay the cuckoo was sitting on a bush
with her mouth open. The bird that
Follows her flew raight for her and
would have flown into her mouth, IL n
hoy in tree had not just then thrown
his cap over the cuckoo. covering her up
go completely that the bird was foiled
and the world still goes on. The other
birds decided that the boy should be
rewarded and the crow decided to teach
him the language of all the birds Then
he could understand them and he heard
lot OF tales which Mr.. Colum has
taken the trouble to write down. There
Is the story of how a boy killed n giant
and won a kings daughter for bride
and quarter OF her fathers Kingdom,
and the story of how the wren came to
be the king Of the birds. and how a
young bride was cured of her laziness
and n lot more equally fantastic and
equally delightful to imaginative young
people. The book is most sympathetic
ally illustrated by Dugald Stewart
Walker.
THE BOY WHO KNEW WHAT THE
BIRDS SAID. BY Padraic Colum. IL
lustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker.
New. York; The Macmillan Company.
$3.50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
An Extraordinary
American Woman

THE Pritish soldiers hrd all thcy could
do to stand it--yet into this terror
- went an American woman alone. with
no weapon but her pen. But her pen
ia n powerful weapon, and she hns writ
ten one of the most vivid. colorful. fasci-
mating books about the war She
travelled In wild places. she went without
comforts, she saw bandits. she went into
deserts and among peoples who thought
q woman should always be veiled. She
is the first one wfo ever wrote OF the
place where Mankind was born as though
Il were a real place. She Is a daring.
brilliant woman--and she can write. She
was received and welcomed by every
conceivable British high official--ambas-
sadors, governors. gcnerals--and she
lived for q month in General Maude's
own house. More than any other Amer
ican, she had a chance to study and TO
know this romantic and heroic man who
became n martyr in this wondrous land.
Get this book and follow her into the
land of FaEar and ishnael. See the
Biblical country for the first time with
out texts and commentaries. as a real.
live. modern plece--a place where the
temperature runs to 100 without a CULVER
.-where date gardens are a terror OF
fnsects--where new cities are built of
the bricks of buried and forgotten towns
where the war was cross between n
nightmare and q frantic comedy-where
only n British soldier or an American
Tommy could ind Joke = where the
British made their most dreadful mis-
takes as we'll as their most gallant and
glorious successes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07

Wonderful Land of Up

On cold winters evening. when the
snow covered hillsldes lie flooded in
beamy moonlight, and within the crack
ling logs in the fireplaces send forth
their glow. II Is n time most fitting to
let the little ones hear the stories they
love SO well. And none could be more
delightful, before bedtime, then the
quaint experiences of Dick, Rose. and
their cat, Jim Dandy. In their journeys
through the Wonderful Land Of Up"
This Is new book by Olive Roberts
Barton. sister Of Mary Roberts Rine-
hart. in which the authors imaginative
powers are brought into play in fan
ciful and unusual tale of the children's
experiences in fairy land-what they
saw In the city of Baloonatick. the place
where the runaway feathers fly. Thistle
down Land. the Land of Soap Bubbles,
and other equally fascinating places,
THE WONDERFUL LAND OF UP. BY
Olive Roberts Barton. New York: George
H. Doran Company. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
A CrOiUded and COlOyfuL
Book

TT Is AN extraordinary story-a Wild
/ Arabian Nights affair. treated as Il
joke-crowded beyond belief with incl
dent and color.
Read OF that fearful retreat through
the desert--of the long, brave. black
months at Kut. and the magnificent VIC
tory under General Maude. Here. too.
are the stories of the Thames Penny
Steamer that went under her own steam
from London to the Tisris. and that
other Penny steamer that was captured
by the Pirates-the story Of Yukon. the
wild Western pilot OF the Tigris boat
the tale OF the grand dinner at the home
OF the British Governor General OF Bom-
bay---of Ezekiel. the preposterous Indian
servant--of the special dinner given by
an Arab chief. with things to eat that
make your hair stand on ends and Mrs
Egan the only woman present-but we
can't tell you the whole hook.
It costs only 81. and It will keep you
busy reading for a week. and will give
you Interesting stories to tell your
friends for n month.
It's a wonderful Christmas present.
And Of course any soldier or sailor would
love II because it's SO wildly different
from the part OF the war that he saw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
What Two Girls Did

How two girls literally "swapped"
careers and the amusing complication.
which followed form the rather en-.
tertaining theme Of Elsie Marie,
Honey" by Joslyn Gray. Elsie Marie,
and Elsie Moss happen to meet on
their journey from the Pacific coas-
to live with unknown relatives in tn,
east. The staid Elsie Marley breads
her future In noisy New York with =
journalistic aunt. and the vivacous Fl
sic Moss. ambitious for the stage. ha,
wholesome adherence for the life ir
the quiet Of n rural rectory with he,
uncle. As n solution for their difficult
ties the girls exchange names and guar
dams and amusing complications re-
suit. OF course the story abounds with
strange condolences
ELSIE MARLEY. HONEY BY Joslyn GRAY
N"w York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ST 85
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
KATHLEEN NORRIS
CREATES A VAMPIRE
Josselyn's Wife" Is a Tale Of
Contrasting Womanhood
With a Tragic Climax

kind Providence gratifled Ellen Lati-
mers longing for happiness just when It
eemed fate was about to thrust her
INTO a more copmon mold. II was the
wealthy Mrs Rose, girlhood friend Of
her mother, who made It possible for her
To pursue her art studies and later IN
Vited her to the house party, where she
met Gibbs Josselyn. Wearied with So
ciety's Establishments he found a re-
sponsive soul In Ellen Latimer and she
In him.
In France. whittier Ellen and Gibbs set
SAL the day after their marriage they
were supremely happy in their little
STUDIO home. Six years later when they
returned to America little Tommy JOS
selyn accompanied them. much to the
delight of Gibbs father, with whom they
went to live. The elder Josselyn, though
wei advanced In years. had taken a
young woman OF remarkable beauty and
~ unknown antecedents for his Wife
For time happiness still characterized
the union OF the younger Josselyns un-
I'll the maneuvers OF the fascinating
young stepmother brought down the first
cloud upon It, After that the story OF
the Josselyn's follows the usual triangle,
nr. perhaps. 1t Is better described as
being quadrllateral. with the elder
Josselyn at first taking only passive
part. Then one winter day comes the
unmasking of the stepmother with the
resultant bitter quarrel between father
and son. the exchange of blows and the
younger Josselyn's impassioned threat
TO kill.
| When the elder Josselyn is found dea d
IN his library from u bullet wound the
hnger of accusation points to Gibbs.
Then follows the trial, the conviction
and, when all hope for saving Gibbs
seems dead. the discovery Of the true
slayer. All through this trying ordea
the unswerving faithfulness Of Ellen Is
n thing Of surprising beauty and Is
the means Of accomplishing a touching
reconciliation with her husband.
In "Josselyn's Wife" Kathleen Norris
has written an alluring story about the
love tangles Of an American household
That the plot Is rather labored in IT.
early episodes Is forgiven when the rea
conflict of the Josselyns becomes in.
tense. To be sure, the author has made
rather liberal use Of the customary de
vices in plot and character building
1t is when building up the character!
of her women that Kathleen Norris is n
her best. In Ellen she has portrayed
n wife and mother possessed Of all the
attributes we SO love and admire Con
trastingly, through the medium of tht
stepmo her. she has painted for US
the picture Of the woman with the
charms OF the much capitalized vampire
JossELYN's WIFE. BY Kathleen Norris
Garden City: Doubleday. Page = Co
81 40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
Adventures of Boy Scouts

Scout Drake in wartime" follows up
the adventures of the street loafing lad
who turned into manly boy in Isabel
Hornibrook's Drake of Troop One"
Patriotism is the keynote of Miss
Hornibrook's new book. which all boy
scouts and all boys. for the matter OF
fact. will relish immensely Members
Of the troop. too young TO enlist IN the
service. do their bit by becoming farmer
boys, needing the slogan, Food will
Win the War" Lonny Drake provep a
real leader In the new work. The boys
work hard, but they have a lot Of fun
too.
SCOUT DRAKE IN WARTIME. BY isabel
Hornibrook. Boston: Little. Brown Co.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12

on the ground that he did not believe the construction of roads at this time a patriotic measure
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12
TWO CARLOADS 0F ELK WILL bE
 SENT ID ARIZONA FUR RANGES

State Game Warden Closes Contract Whereby the Elk In Game Preserve, Estimated at 200 Head, May Be Sup
 plemented by New Supply forwarded By Henry Ander- son of Gardiner, WyO, Raiser of Beautiful Animals
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12

lieved that money should not be spent for improvements.
 We can get along without per- manent roads until after the war" said MT. Orme.
 MT. McClung seconded MT. Heard S plan of awaiting the impartial report of MT. Lynch, sent here by the bureau of good roads at the instigation of the Capital Issues committee.
 MT. McClung took occasion to remark that after the war there would be countless men in need of employment to be cared for while now labor is scarce and high and material for road building excessively expensive. If re- ferred to him, he would not recommend the S2,000,000 bond issue he said.
 In fairness to those who undertook the preliminary work and as a cour- tesy to MT. Lynch, the board decided to call meeting of the commission at later date when dennite action will be taken.
 Besides Mr. Orme, P. T. Hurley and J. G. Peterson of Mesa were members of the commission present at the meet ing. The absent members were Dan Millett. whC forwarded his resignation | a few days ago and which has not yet been accepted by the board, and J. B Cook of Tempe who is not in the state l at present.
 l MT. Millett's resignation was based
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12
GOVERNOR NUT
 CERTAIN ABOUT
 SESSION DATE
May Pick Hottest Month In
 Year to Insure Short
 Meeting of Solons and Close Meeting Promptly

Several months are to elapse before the special session of the Arizona legis- lature is to be called, according to a statement made yesterday by Cover nor Hunt upon his return from Camp Kearney. As to a more definite date, the governor would not commit him. self, although he did state that he was going to select the hottest month of the year," thus intimating that he did not intend to encourage lengthy ses- sion.
 The call for the special session is certain to include consideration of en- franchisement of the Arizona soldiers away from home, woman suffrage and national prohibition and may include other matters. Governor Hunt, how ever, did not say yesterday what, if any, the others might be.
 T am not ready to say definitely as to what the call for the special session will include he declared. T have not given it consideration yet The governor and his party returned yesterday from Camp Kearney where on Saturday they witnessed the review of the 10th division and the special parade of the 15Sth infantry and the 1 presentation of the flag to that regi- ment from the Arizona chapter of the | Sons of the American Revolution. All were profuse in their praise of the | 15Sth regiment of which former First Arizona regiment of state militia, is part.
 They are fine soldiers" declared al official yesterday. They are certain
 to give a good account of themselves and will be . credit to their state wher l they get into action in France. ,They
 all expect to be sent over within $ i short time"
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12
Henry B. WalthalI Last Time

There is a fascinating something about story written of the methods used by those in power in the govern ment of a great city. There is also a fascinating something in learning of
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12

head of elk will be loaded in the two cars, for which Henry Anderson is to receive 8 per head for capturing them and loading them in the cars at Gardiner. They will be what is known as Tong and short" yearlings, and according to the terms of the contract, must be good, strong elk"
 One carload of elk, Mir. Willard stated yesterday will be shipped to Pima where it will be unloaded, ths animals being driven to the Graham Mountain preserve. The other car load will be unloaded at Metcalf and the elk driven to the Blue Range preserve in northern Greenlee county.
 We were in doubt that the elk could be captured at this late date said State Game Warden Willard yesterday, but the snow up there must be unusually heavy, for both Anderson and Superintendent Linds- ley of Yellowstone park wire that the elk can be captured if it is done at once.
 There are two government feed | ing grounds for the elk that come out of the park" said Mir. Willard. "One is north, at Gardiner, and the other south, at Jackson Hole. As soon as the snow gets sufficiently light to allow the elk to get away from the feeding grounds, there is no chance to capture them
 1 When the elk arrive at Pima and | Metcalf they will not be placed in | crates and hauled in wagons to the | preserves, as the previous elk sent
 to this state were, MT. Willard stated
 but will be driven. In this way it is | hoped that there will be none die 1 enroute.
 The first shipment of Yellowstone
 elk to Arizona was made in 1913, and
 was done at the expense of the B
 P. o. Elks of this state. Eighty six
 elk were shipped to this state. Two
 were dead when the cars reached their shipping points, and three more
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12
Marvellous Gowns Shown

It has long been a habit in the the ater to write plays for the express purpose of exhibiting gowns; and it rarely happens that play including a fashion revue has not lost its plot in maZes of crepe de chine. But a play that includes a fashion revue. with every garment up to the minute. and the plot of which survives the distrac ton because it is so full of what is known technically as the punch" is "Dodging a Million" the new Goldwyn starring vehicle of Mabel Normand which is to be seen at the Empress theater today.
 The plot of .'Dodging a Million is so constructed that much of it's early action takes place in the shop of a fashionable modiste; and here is shown a dazzling array of the latest examples of the couturier's art. It is said that the gowns exhibited are valued at more than million dollars; and that mil lion is not the one referred to in the title either.
 A well known Fifth Avenue fashion maker co-operated with G0ldwyn ir making the part of the play that deal: with his profession. A setting wa: constructed by the technical depart ment that duplicated one of his show rooms revolving model stands and all and here the artist and the youns women who assisted him displayed thu finest gowns procurable.
 Columbia Offering
 There had been a terrific struggle but in the end the mans strength hat
 triumphed over the woman's frenzy He had Wrested from her her husband and little son, and now Mme de Gau tier The Passion Flower" lay in
 hovel unconscious and completely
 the power of Jules Mardon, famou
 young painter. He had tried hard, wit
 every vile, to lure her from her family
 They were thrown together daily whil
 he painted her picture. But his charm
 irresistible to most, had failed, and S
 he had resorted to cave-man method. But as Jules Mardon stood gloatin over her wonderful beauty a strang fear tugged at his very soul, if he ha one.
 What dire punishment was wrecke on the head of Mardon in that yer hovel and when success seemed in hi very grasp. is one of the big surprise in the new Triangle seven reel featur T Love You" at the Columbia theate today and tomorrow. Beautiful Aln Rubens plays The Passion Flower | and is supported by Wheeler Oakma | and Francis Mcdonald.
 | A Hoyt comedy entitled "A Dog | a Manager" is an added attraction. | Henry B. WalthalI Last Time se. Co | @l.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12
Comfort Kit on Second Trip to
 Front im France

There is one man now on his way to the front who takes with him an outfit which should constantly spur him on to do his best. That man is Walter Curlette, formerly night clerk at the Hotel Adams, who left for the aviation section, Camp kel- ley field. last Friday.
 Gassed at the front and sent to Arizona in the hope that this cli- mate might counteract the work of "frightfuIness" of the Hun, Captain Jack Warwick of an English regi- rent, reached this state long before the United States had gone to war. He spent several months in the Garden of Allah and died, for noth- ing could undo the effect of the German poison. In dying, he left his comfort kit, bedding roll and so forth, with his friend Joseph Dalton, clerk at the Adams. who had been his friend when he came among strangers. Dalton retained the out : fit until Curlette was about to go to the front and feeling that no better use could be made of the kit than to send it back to punish the enemy which had killed the kits owner, he gave the outfit to Cur. iette, who. is by now in service, not of the nation Captain Warwick served. but of it's ally
Arizona republican., 1918-03-12

G. M. Willard, state game warden, yesterday closed a contract by wire with Henry Anderson of Gardiner, Wyoming, whereby the latter is to capture and load for shipment to Arizona two carloads of elk. These elk will be liberated in the Mount Graham ana the Blue Range state game preserves and will supplement the elk brought to this state five years ago and which are now esti- mated to number 200 head.
 The contract made yesterday with Anderson followed as a successful termination of considerable corre- spondence which the state game warden had carried on for some weeks in his effort to secure the elk. Much red tape had to be un- wound before the contract could be made and assented to.
 Permission of the secretary of the interior had first to be secured, as the elk to be captured are a part of the Yellowstone park herd, and it also was necessary to get the con- sent of the superintendent of Yel- lowstone park. All these were se- cured by MT. Willard, however, and the contract with Anderson at Gardi- ner Wyoming, was closed yesterday.
 Congressman Carl Hayden of All zona aided in securing permission for the capture of the elk and their shipment to Arizona, which came in the following telegram from the secretary of the interior:
 Tn reference to your wire, first to Congressman Hayden, authority is granted the state of Arizona to se- cure two carloads of elk from Vel lowstone park. Condition upon that state defraying all expenses. Sug- gest you take up matter without delay with Superintendent Lindsley of Yellowstone park, Wyoming, as it will soon be impracticabe to cap ture them"
 More than fifty, and possibly sixty