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that could have been enjoyed quite as well In 1898
as in 1918, and it will be possible to enjoy it as
heartily in 1888 as to-day. Of how many novels
can you say thisf You cannot say it of any-even
the most brilliant-which are concerned with mod
affairs and people, for these will fade as fash
ions of thought fade A fashion, mental or merely
old and neither thinkable nor wearabe; but a
fashion that is two centuries old is not only per.
fectly proper but pleasing and becoming. Nothing
is more astonishing more stable that the youth
fulness of that which is very old.
God bless us! We are but simple folk, alack, and
easily diverted, it may be. And yet we can find
it in us to smile at Lady Belinda describing to
Major 'Arcy her troubles with her ward: eff
you only knew. The pranks she hath played me
so Wild so ungoverned, 500 unvirginal!, The
Major WINGED. Il have known her to gallOp her
horse in the paddock-man fashion! The Major
looked relieved; perceiving which, Lady Belinda,
sinking her voice. continued: And once, sir, D
heaven can | ever forget! Once-O, tremble to
speak it! Once The Major fiinched again.
Once, sir, she actually ventured forth dressed in
-in-O, l blush !-in-O Modesty! o Purity -
in-O--!'
".Madam God S name-in what?'
'''Male attire, sir-O, burn
al can conceive your days have not been-un-
eventful, man..
Thank you, Mr.. Farnol and Messrs Little, Brown
G. Co. And may we have an occasional mores
OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY. By JyFEEY FARNoL. Lit
tie, Brown G Co. s1.60. -.--.---L
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Blister Us! IT'S Lady Bet!
Our Admirable Jeffrey Farno Hath Writ Another Romance and
Extreme Entertaining and Joyous Tale of Love and Peril

US out of ourselves and plant Us m
the cherry orchard or in the great
house Major d 'Arcy has inherited, or
in other romantic scenes and sur
roundings such as should set off the
people of two hundred years agone as
landscapes set off the hats, gowns, rib
bons and lovely faces Of the women
Sir Joshua Reynolds portrayed. Mr..
Farnol is a supreme master of his
method In this sort of historical ro-
mancing. His tale is here almost all
In dialogue; and the only difficulty
whatever that would be experienced
by a playwright in preparing it for
the stage would be the problem Of
eliminating many scenes and speeches
while yet preserving those scenes and
those speeches which would condense
and hurry forward the action, cover
ing the ground completely In the two
and a half or three hours which Is
the limit of stage representation.
The problem of humor and sparkle
would not exist; for while Mr.. Far
nol's humor is frequently naive it is
quite as frequently delicious; and
when it is subtle it is very subtle and
when it is pointed it is broadly point
ed that all may feel the thrust and
chuckle.
Now we submit that the writing Of
such tale as Our admirable Betty at
this time-or any time-and the pub
LEGATION of it at this time-or any
time-is something to be unaffectedly
grateful for. For the very ephemeral-
ity of this novel assures it of a GER
tain and long life. 1t is a story
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rufled the Marquis of Alton, Sir Jasper Denholm,
Mr.. Daroyd, of whom Lady Belinda said: "Such
legs my dear. o Gemni!' And there was Wis
count Merivae, positively, yes positively the most
affected fellow that appeared at his praperest
in a mauve coat, carrying his gold laced hat lest
to put it on dscOmmode his peruke. For hat as
Pancras Niscount Merivale, told his nunky, the
Major, is thing "to show off ones hand, sir, to
fan ones self gracefully, to be borne negligently
meath the arm, to point remark or lend force to
an epgram, to WOO and make love with, to offend
and nsult.wth, It's for thousand and one things,
sir but never, o, never to put on ones head-tls
a practice unmodish reprehensble, and altogether
damnabc' In other words, dem, sir dem!
The Lost Merry England
1t were unfair to 90 on in the style of Mr.. Far
no's romance, just as it would be unfair not to
have given the reader some taste of it. The story
of Our admirable Betty is timed-at least by the
American pubIshers-in the earlier half of the
eighteenth century. And indeed it may be taken
as a not llnfaithful picture Of some aspects of Eng
land between 100 and 1850. 1t is not, of course,
the merry England Of old land truthfui ira
dition for that was destroyed in the reign of Henry
NIII-or rather its destruction dates from that
reign. It is not the England of the greenwood nor
of the bowmen of AgncOurt, those valorOus and
immortal yeomen who came back vsibly and fought
like the hosts of God at Mons in 1914. 1t is the
England of the Georges, the England of affectation
in private and osteHtaton in public life the Eng
land beginning to be squire ridden, the England IN
which men who were losing their old liberties had
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I'D bless our poor perishing sawls,
IL but what have we herei IT'S
book, no less, and in the graceful
'scribed phrases of Mr.. Jeffrey Far
mol, the skilled and adroit merryteller
Of The Broad Highway, only he is
calling it after a lady of bewitching
graces and even most bold deviltries
{for female Our admirable Bet
fy. A name, toast and slogan,
that, for as brilliant band of gal
lants as ever left London town to re-
pair to the countryside and pay court
to beauty. Mistrcss--ten thousand
pardons Lady Elizabeth Carlyon;
you know herr you have seen heri
"'O sir, she is extreme beautiful, it's
said! She is toast adored! She is
seen but to be worshipped She hath
wit, beauty and thousand accom-
plishments She hath such an air!
Such killing droop of the eyelash!
She is-oh, she is irresistible!' And
so, faith, Major John 'Arcy found
her And so, 'ods blood, will full
many reader.
Divers fine gentlemen did faithfully
and devotedly drag themselves
through rural mire and kiss the hand
of Lady Belinda Damain s wilful and
capricious ward. There was the
blooming Sir Benjamin Trip who
grew purple faced more than ordinary
churning butter, our admirable Bet
ty having a mind to play at dairy
mistress this morning; Mr.. Anthony
Marchdale, who was languid and
nineteen; Lord Alvaston, with clocked
silk stockings; Captain West, be-
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not yet begun to submit to the new slaverles-Dut
yet it was England, a home of liberty loving men,
home of spirited and gracious folk both great and
humble And of these Or. Farnol has contrived to
prison number in the pages of his story. The
other kind too What blacker villain than Mr..
Dalroyd-he of the legs Lady Belinda deemed so
spendidR
To transport reader from all the cares OF
laundering and fateful present clean away into
the thrills and trvaltes of two hundred years ago
is 10 inconsiderable feat. Mr.. Farnol does it in
Our admirable Betty; and, mind you, he cannot
well be said to do it by virtue of intricate plot, by
means of racking suspense by involutions of an APP
parently insolube mystery. These things are not
the magnets he uses. Almost from the first chap
ter You are acquainted with the principal outcome
of the book The pairings are simple. There is
Major John 'Arcy, A. veteran Of the wars, clad
in his Families coat and writing his History of
FOrtfcqtion, meeting, across party wall in the
orchard the bewitching Bet. There is also Ser
geant Zebedee Tring, the Majors servant, and
there is the Majors hOusekeeper Mrs Agatha The
ladies are provocative and the men are Obtuse-
but not impenetrably so. VOLTA as Sergeant Zeb
might have said he having learned certain words
of French and Dutch while away at the wars, most
Of them regrcttably less innocent than the one we
put in his mouth.
Where Thanks Are Due
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Where Thanks Are Due.

No, the magic that Mr. Farnol so successfully
uses is the old and simple magic of atmosphere
With his archaic and quaint and prepOsterous (and
laughable) dialogue he does actually and truly lift
The evening current., 1918-08-06
ONE U.BOAT CAPTAIN
IS REALLY. HUMAN
Submarine Commander Did Aid
Wounded, So Survivors OF
British Ship Say.

One instance In which an enemy sub.
British vessel, amazed the survivors
by giving them bandages and llnlment
for their wounds, stands out In sharp
contrast with the brutality or indiffer-
ence to suffering practlced by the Ger
man sen pirates. Nevertheless, the
survivors tell story Of extreme hard
ship endured In small boats for six
days and nights. Seventeen are miss
Ing OF the ships company Of 80.
Five hundred miles from the Irish
coast large British steamer, outward
bound In ballast, got torpedo death
blow. No time was lost 10y the ships
company In getting away from the
sinking vessel.
Many of the crew had been wound
ed especially among the engine room
force. With difficulty the injured were
placed Ia the boats.
The submarine suddenly appeared
near by and the commander came bn
deck. He noticed the wounded, and
calling the boats alongside his craft.
he went inside. returning with band
ages aud llnlment, which he handed to
the surprised officers In charge of the
boat. This act Of kindness saved sew
ernl lives.
A steamers smoke was seen on the
horizon aud the U-boat made on rap
idly. The small boats shaped n course
toward land. but the wind was light
and unfavOrable.
Only n small store OF biscuits was
carried. There was water enough for
a very limited ration and In the days
that followed the suns heat was al
most intolerable. Wounded succnmbed
one after another and were consigned
20 the sea.
Torture reached its limits. Previous
ly the officers had resorted to physical
force TO prevent the Lascars from
drinking the salt water. Now moth
ing could restrain them and they
engerly drank the brine. Soon after
ward two died Of their sufferings.
Hope had almost died when late
that evening a vessel sighted and
picked them up. They were landed In
ireland.
The evening current., 1918-08-06
Russian Court Lady Gives Some
Inside Facts.
aUGCk BRlDED BY BERLIN
Royal Pair Warned Of Their Danger
Weeks Before Revolution Started
cxar Under Influence Of Thlbetan
Drug when He Signed Abdieation---
Administered by Man In Pay Of Ger.
man Government

From a Russian Of high birth who
was n lady.ln.wnlting To the cEarinn
NJ Russia, are learned some particu-
lars OF the events which Immediately
preceded aud followed the czar's abdl.
cation which are not generally known.
The woman lost all she possessed In
the upheaval Of Russia and is now
connected with the American He'd
Cross. The cznrina bnnished her
from court before the revolution be-
cause her husband, who WAS Ia the
diplomatic service, had incurred the
imperial dlspleasure.
The lady In question says that the
czar and czarlna were warned OF their
danger some weeks before the reyolu.
tlon started In particular did Prln-
cess vaslltchioff. "A member Of the Inn
Derial court. and wife Of n prominent
member Of the council Of the empire.
warn her. The princess In good Rus-
ian patriot, aud. like many others,
vas appalled, at the signs OF coming
anarchy.
So much alarmed was she that she
wrote u personal letter Ia the czarlna,
telling her that II she wished To save
Russia aud her own family she must
dismiss Rasputin and the Germans az
court and see that the army had am.
munltiOn.
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FUNERAL or Rrv. 4. \. DAVIS.

The remains OF Rev. \. 4. Davis
accompanied by Mrs. Davis and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth. were met
at Pecos by Myron Clark. Monday.
and brought To- Carlsbad on the
evening train. Brief and simple
funeral services consisting OF
Scripture reading and prayer con-
stItuted the services az the house.
Al the cemetery the Masons took
charge and gave their full rituals
tic service over the body OF thlr
departed brother.
The pail bearers were KNIGHTS
Templar and were In uniform.
Theye were 4. n. Pratt, VI. L.
Braden. Joe Livingston. John Bol-
ton, l.. \. Crawford. and II. Purdy.
Reverend Davis was pastor OF
the Presbyterian church In Carlsbad
from the years 1909 to 1913. He
came here from Mexia. Limestone
county, Texas. where he had been
In charge OF church for several
years. He received his education
AT Trinity University, formerly at
Tehuncana. Texos. but now at Wax
ahachie, Texas. and was pastor of
the former town for several years.
and graduating from that institu-
ton when quite young.
Mr.. Davis was the father Of two
children. Miss Elizabeth and
Robert, who died about four years
ago and In buried In the city Gem
etery. The fathers body rests by
that of his beloved son.
The floral offerings were many
and beautiful. from friends IN III
Paso and friends and neirhhors IN
Carlsbad.
The sympathy of all Carlsbad i'
given the bereayed wife and dangh'
ter and may the comfort which th'
departed ever tried To bring u
Others, be theirs In full measure.
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Advice Enrseed cxsrins.

She wrote this In Russian, which
was against Russian court etiquette
(Which admitted only French), and on
single sheets torn from a writing block
instead of on double paper-anOther
crime against etiquette.
Two more crimes were that she ad-
dressed the letter to Her Males ""
instead Of TO "Her Imperial Hlghness,"
aud posted II In Petrograd In the Or-
dlnary way instead OF sending II
through Baron Frederlcks, the court
minister. a sort OF high priest for the
observance of etiquette, an old mar of
recent German extraction, but a very
decent kind of person all the same.
In due time the cEarina received and
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quette had been broken, and still more
furious because the writer dared tell
her that she and her husband were
unpopular and were losing Russia.
II shall never have any Of the Rus
sian aristocracy to court again." she
cried angrily. III always hated them.
love only the poor people and the
soldiers. At my next hall shall have
none but poor people aud soldiers. The
soldiers adore me-"
She had this entirely false idea of
the soldiers devotion, because people
about the court used TO fake" crate
ful letters To her from imaginary sol
dlers. Thus, while the troops were al
ready cursing the imperial pair and
vowing revenge for all their sufferings,
for all the shortage OF ammunition
and for often being sent to be butch
cred just because n general needed
decoration, but had no artillery to
cover his attack. the cEarina was say
ing she "adored" soldiers and would
fill her ballroom with them.
/ She not only banished the princess
/ from court, but ordered that she and
her husband he exlled 10 Siberia. And
Prince aud Princess vasiltchlkor
would have gone TO siberia on foot In
the depth OF winter but for Baron
! Fredericks, who managed To get the
sentence softened To exile 20 the
princes estate In the heart OF Russia.
They were kept prisoners on their es-
tate tn the revolution started n cou-
pie Of months later.
The incident shows how blind the
imperial family were till the last min
ute. and how the cEarina, n German
by birth, had imblbed the autocrat
traditions Of Catherine the Great and
Ivan the Terrible.
pruaoed by kalser's Order.
The same information said that the
czar was suffering from the effects Of
a terrible Thibetan drug when he
signed his Hbdlcation.
Everybody at the court knew IT,"
the princess said. "He signed his own
abdIcotion and his sons without a
murmur, aud we all knew him for an
obstinate man. For days afterward
he was still In state of stupor. Only
when be came to himself did he real-
ixe what he had done. Then II was
too late. Hut his despair was terri.
BILE"
"who druRged himT was asked.
~ quack from Thibet. who had
risen 20 be the most influential person
st court after Rasputin's DEATH" she
answered. "Ie was n friend of Rns
putin and OF Mile. veroubha. who had
unbOunded influence over the czarina
And the quack was paid by the kaiser
10 drug the czar.
EVERY one In Petrograd knows very
well that the czar would never have
signed u separate peace with Germany
He was not u clever man. and had AL
lowed NIL kinds OF abuses To arise In
the government. but ~ was man OF
honor. The kaiser Knew he had "a
get rid ~ him. And the kaiser fos
tered the revolution and had the Cza'
drugged to hasten the anarchy thai
has ruined Russia"
The evening current., 1918-08-06
Record by Coat Miner.

william RIchey, digger In the Goa
mines at CoalbrOok, Pa, made rec
ord OF 1876 tons In two weeks time. His
pay check for the period was sloo.42
The evening current., 1918-08-06

Miss Bean. returning from a
trip south. stopped al the Crawford
en- route TO her home at Roswell
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Mrs Mccain Of Roswell, n sister
OF Mrs. A. A. Davis, Is In town
coming tn attend the funeral OBJ
seauies of the late Mr.. Davis,
The evening current., 1918-08-06

Dolph Shattuck was down Mon
day from his ranch home near
Queen. returning this morning.
The evening current., 1918-08-06

The family OF J. u, Rackley are
planning IN leave the 2lst OF THIS
month for their new home near
Colorado Springs They VIII be
greatly missed
The evening current., 1918-08-06

The Carlsbad Chapter has re.
ceIyed notice that II is expected
to make 200 T bandages and 400
triangular bandapes between now
and September LIST. $50 yards oi
outing flannel has been received
and the rooms will he kept open
every afternoon for work MI
are urged To take hold ana h'Ip
Sout with this werk. All knitiers
however are asked TO keep on KNIT
ting az that is the most important
work on hand AT this time.
The evening current., 1918-08-06

4 wedding took place at the
church et san Jose. Monday morn
Ing. the parties to the AFFAIR being
Juan Gonzales and lnocenta Mar
tinel. witnesses were Roman
Duprte and Faustina Lopez. The
ceremony was performed by rev
Father ArhOgast, priest IN charge
The evening current., 1918-08-06

Read tho Evening Current and
avoid the embarrassment or asking
your neighbor the Latest news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21
Summary of the News
GENERAL. NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Great battle in Italy continues with victory favoring the allies. American troops storm Hun lines in front of Cnntigny. Enemy attacks on Chateau Thierry front are beaten hack. Lansing's sisters under fire in France.
 Train messenEerS of Western In. ion are placed under arrest. Contingent fee contract agents double cross their own clients. 2Austrians are demanding more bread and situation is becoming critical. 3EAIabama man Is reported killed In action. 7-Jeremiah O'Leary outlires defense while on stand in trial of hi, brother. e-Many new general officers are to he nominated for expanding
 LOCAL NEWS 3-News of Red Cross. -Merchants adopt resolutions to aid defense council.
 W. $. $. banner flung to breeze in city campaign. Pettus expected to have big crowd at speaking tonight. subcommittee makes rules for pri- mnry election. IO-Patriotism marks meeting of nllieJ armies nnd Rainbow division. 11-Young men held for investigation following fight.
 FEATURES 4-Editorinl comment. 6-Society and Dolly Da'rymple. s--Sports. M l3-Markets-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21

lying on the edge of the marsh region some 20 miles east of historic Venice FLOOD AIDING ALLIES It is not outside the range of possi- bility that large number of the Aus trians are in a fair way to be taken prisoner by the Italians, for large num- Der of the pontoon bridges which they threw across the Piave over the 141a-mie front between the Conegliano railway
 bridge and the Benson loop have been carried away on the bosom of the swollen stream. At any rate the loss of these bridges will necessarily seriously impede the reinforcement of the Austrians on the west bank of the stream and the re- plenshment of their supplies.
 FOOD SITUTION
 Meanwhile the food situation and the war weariness of the people within the l dual monarchy again are making trouble l for the authorities. Troublous times also seemingly are in store for the German l government, owing to lack of bread. In Vienna mobs are reported to have ratued | bakeries and stoned the residence of the | premier, and even to have attacked one l of the wings of the imperial palace | Troops had to be called out to restore order.
 WESTER IMPRINT o 1 Little fighting is in progress on the battlefelds in France and Belgium, all l though the artillery duels continue vio- | lent on various sectors. The Americans again have forced back the Germans | AMERICANS ADVANCE FRONT | The Americans heavily shelled a de- ! sired sector of the Belleau wood and when they had finished this and started (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21

ing of the German railroad yards at Conflans was reported today in General Pershing's communique for yesterday. Ar tilery activity at various points, the re- pulse of an enemy rail in the Woevre, and the capture of more prisoners by American patrols crossing the ,Marne also was announced.
 The communique follows:
 Section A-Artillery fighting and pa- trolling activity were again marked at several points. Gas was extensively used in the Woevre and in Lorraine On the Marne front our patrols brought back from across the river prisoners taken in the course of encounters with hostile patrols. Four of our men are missing. In the Woevre raid attempted by the enemy was repulsed with losses. Last night our aviators were again successful in bombing the railroad yard tracks at Confans.
 Section B-There is nothing to report in this section"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21
New Type of "Unsinkable' Ship Is Now Being Built

Washington, June 2.-A new type os "unsinka ble" ship is being built in America. It became known here today that contracts for 10 of the vessels had been let by the French government to an American yard, The design is the work of F'renchman and embodies principles hitherto untried. details of which are being kept secret.
 Since the adverse report on the buoy ancy box system tried out in the stean- CT Lucia the shipping board has not undertaken any new efforts to frustrate the work of the submarine torpedoes Work is continuing. however, on in- creasing the number of bulkheads in vessels which was begun some months lago.
 It has been learned that the Germans had to use three torpedoes to sink ths transport President Lincoln because the increased number of bulkheads pre- vented the first two explosions from nooaing her reserved space or sinking the vessel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21
OLD CUSTOM
REFUSE TO TALK

Newcomb Carlton. president of the Western Union Telegraph company, to- day declined to discuss the arrest of agents of the company on charges of conveying might letters' by train in- stead of by wire, saying that he deemed it improper to do so since he understood the matter had been pre- sented to the grand jury
 MT. Carlton declared. however, that the public need not be surprised al any attacks that might be made agains! the Western Union at this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21
Want Right of Way

Montgomery, June 20.-tSpeciaL) The Wisconsin-Alabama Lumber con- pany. operating a lumber mill at Syla- cauga, today petitioned the Alabama public service commission for permls- sion to begin condemnation proceed ings against certain property in Coosa county which is needed as right or way for a railroad which the company desires to construct to it's plant. The petition said it had been unable to agree with the owners on a fair price for the property Those owning the land are J. A. and l.. E. Beaird, F.. l.. and G. F. Nicholson and G. B. and Sallie Blalock, all residing at Marble Valley. The case will be considered in July,