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g MALL, Maynard & Co. have the
~ courage to add three more war
books to the already overburdened season
from representatives of three of the Allied
nations, The White Flame Of France, by
Maude Radford Warren, who is English
by birth though an American citizen; You
Who Can Help, the letters of the wife
of an officer on Gen. Pershing's staff, and
Beyond the Marine, the diary of Mile.
Henriette Cuvru-Magot, daughter and
granddaughter of French officers.
There is necessarily so much sameness
about such books in the way of phil
osophy and appreciation of the glory that
is France that we have come to look upon
the anecdotes as the Distinguishing fea-
lures. The author most fortunate in hav-
ing met original and captivating French
people, of whom, by the way, there
seems to be an endless stream, both sol
diers and civilians, gives us the most en-
joyable boOk-in this case Mrs. Warren's.
She is very amusing in enumerating the
multitude of sins which the expression
"C'est Ia guerre' now covers. 1t has be-
come the French explanation for every
situation and serves low purposes as well
as high. How could one complain of any
discomfort in country where peasant
women restrain themselves to such express
sions as: "Me, do not mind the shells
in the daytime, but at night it is dis
agreeable'f Mrs Warren not only
knows how to write, but during her six
months stay lover there she has sue
ceeded in collecting inimitable material,
which she has given us charmingly.
Nothing in all this host of incidents
dealing with wounded and war-worn sol
diers, heart broken women and desc
lated children, is more touching than
the description of little four-year-old
Solange Perrin, who typifes the. nation
of French children who will, pray God,
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who still pour their souls into diaries at
Is. Thus it is that We are privileged to
watch her joys, her sufferings and her
final transformation from a silly child
into the strange and heartbreaking type
of heroine that the war has developed.
The events are surprisingly true to life
sometimes and at others a bit mixed, it
seems to us, and the honors are unequally
divided.
Beth didn't suppose that people had
children before they were 20 and so her
child came as a surprise. Miss Kelley
worries us badly by keeping her in sus-
pense for such long time. Any soft
hearted woman reading this part of the
book will feel motherly desire to begin
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N/HEN a war bride wakes up in the
w night with an aching loneliness
and fear that won't let her sleep, We
wouldn't advise her to read Deer Here as
a nerve sedative But some time when
she has just had letter from the cause
of all her agony and when some one with
Inside information" has solmenly assured
her that the war can't possibly last more
than few weeks longer-then she may
turn to this book of Ethel NJ. Kelley's,
Over Here. War bride books certainly
aren't written for the comfort of the
brides themselves.
The bride in this case is named Beth
and she is one of those amazing creatures
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Prussia's Evolution.

HE Oxford University Press, Amer
L lean branch, has just issued in this
country work originally written in 1915
entitled The Evolution Of Prussia: The
Making Of an Empire, this belated pub
LEGATION in this country evidently being
the result of the idea that readers here are
taking a greater interest than heretofore
In the reasons for Prussia being what she
is in n political sense
The effort of the two authors of this
work.. A. Il. Marriott and c. Grant
Robertson-is to "fill conspicuous and
somewhat discreditable gap in our his
torical literature their contention be-
ing that "there is no single work which
tells the story of the rise and develop
ment of Brandenburg Prussianization Of
Germany under the Hohenzollern dy-
nasty" They admit that original research
on Brandenburg- Prussian history has al
ready been extensively carried out by
many scholars; the fact remains, there
fore, that the text is a repetition Of what
has gone before and throws no new light
on this subject.
For the reader who cares to specialize
on this subject in general way the text
has its merits, one being a capital sketch
of Frederick the Great.
The plan Of the book originally was to
carry it through Bismarck's time, but
for contemporaneous appeal an epilogue
has been added which sums up briefly the
period from 1890 to 1914.
THE EVOLUTION OF PRUSSIA: THE
MAKING OF AN EMPIRE. BY J. A. R
MARRIOTT AND G. GRANT ROBERTSON. Or
ford University Press, American Branch.
t2.25.
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"Over Here" a War Brides Story

work on the layette and other necessary
preparations, but finally the great truth
IL out and we are relieved of this one
worry; though goodness knows there is
still enough to keep one in continual
state Of desperation.
Tommy decided to leave the service at
once when he became engaged to Beth
and would have done so if she had not in
sisted that he continue, and it was she
who encouraged him to apply for imme-
dlate overseas service when his course at
Plattsburg was finished She didn't
dread his going as horribly as she suffered
after he had gone. All of these things i'm
press us as being n triile distorted. They
have not been true of the war coupIes of
our acquaintance, at any rate, nor have
We noticed army captains weeping when
they leave the country Tommy did, and
1t may be that many others have, but al
together our impression is that Tommy is
made rather a pitiful character.
1t isn't unfair to tell that he gets killed,
for there is hardly war bride box on
record in which the husband doesn't either
die or return without his memory. The
truth of the book lies in the astounding
bold that the war has taken on the eoun-
try. the metamorphosis that takes place
IN the soul of just such person as Beth
when the vital issues of life are to be
faced, the leaping to the surface of the
latent nobility in the least of Gods erea-
lures to meet His demands. And now as
long as we have told about Tommy's
tragic death we may quote little of
Beth's philosophy in the hope that it may
help some one else.
"lf | only hadn't let him CO. was all
l could think of at first; but see now he
had TO go. He wanted to go. He would
not have been satisfied if be hadn't Be-
sides other men go. When he went / did
not think he could be killed, and so 1
was willing that he should take his
charmed life over there among the others
whose lives were not charmed. I was
willing that they should be killed and not
he. Now l have had to have him killed.
He is just one Of the rest, and he always
was. That lesson ! have had to learn.
That he and are like the others-only
more fortunate than some of them-so
far. Well, just say to myself, What is
the meaning of itf Sacrifce-and what is
thatf C'est la guerre! If the war had
to be, all these things had to be, and
Tommy had to die. / had to bear it. It
was our war. Just as Obadiah is going
to be our childn
OVER HERE: THE STORY OF A WAR
BRIDE. By ETHEL NJ. KELLEY. The
BObbs Merrill Company SI5O,
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Under the German Shells"
Exceptionally equipped for his

EXCEPTIONALLY equipped for his
IL task, both as writer and war
rior, Emmanuel Bourcier gives us an ac-
count of the retreat to the Marine, Of
the Champagne offensive and Verdun, en-
titled Under German Shells.
Bourcier was one of the most success
full of the younger French writers be-
fore the war Twice he received the prize
of the Societe DIES Gems de Lettres. His
military experiences prior to the great
war comprised ten years of active service
in China, Madagascar, the Sahara and
Morocco.
When the war began NJ BOurcier en-
tered the trenches as private, as a sim
pie poilu, and it was largely because he
has been stirred by various writings, some
OF international reputation, grossly mis-
representing the poilu, that the author
has written of his life in the trenches
When war at first doomed on the hor-
lion, France, although better prepared
than at first appeared, was appalled,
war! War, III our century! 1t was
unbelievable" But once it was realized
rs inevitable throughout the land there
gushed forth will to battle, an admir-
able spirit of resolution of sacrifice, on
which the enemy had not counted. that
he had not forcsecn, and which all his
power could not conquer. France. in
suited, provoked, assaulted, stood erect TO
her foes"
Writing of the retreat from the Marine,
the slow falling back before the over
whelming flood of the first INVASION, Bour-
cicr says:
"Disquieting news preceded the invader,
men painting, miserable, dying of thirst
and hunger. They recounted things al
most unbelievable. Belgian villages as
flaming torches. They scarcely stopped
their march. Save yourselves they
cried to tie women, they are coming
'They have taken away my daughter
walled woman. in tears. They have
shot my husband cried another, because
he had no wine to give
Like an atom lost in immensely, from
the viewpoint of soldier in the ranks,
N. BOurcier describes the great retreat:
"The plains of Thierache and of the
Aisne alone know how many fell by the
way, victims of exhaustion, during the
great retreat, when the foul enemy al
ready scented Paris and believed it within
his grasp; superhuman retreat, which
spread for the foe the snare of the Marine,
that miracle which the passing centuries
will hold in remembrance
The poilu in action, Bourcer declares,
dis no longer the soldier of people, he
is the soldier of principle. He fights
for the triumph of ideals that are noble,
ideals that are just, ideals that are free
He knows the price of revolution: some
men must die that others may live. I
saw all this among my comrades. gath
cred it in their discussions, for we talk
at the front"
UNDER THE GERMAN SHELLS BY
EnnANyrry porpcrpp (harIos G,r,h
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Compton Mackenzie, who wrote Sim
ister Street, after being rejected several
times for the British army finally got a
place in the Medical Corps of the British
navy and is in the Mediterranean.
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nursing SINCE this portion of her diary
was written at the hospital of PUnion
des Femmes de France at Quincy. Her
home was at Voisins, a short distance
from the cottage of Mildred Aldrich, the
author of The Hilltop on the Name, to
whom this book is dedicated, and the
entries extend just beyond the battle Of
the Marine, which took place almost at
her doorstep. The book is very brief
and given in the main to descriptions Of
the flight of the villagers before the ad-
vancing Germans, and the assistance rem
dered the French troops by the few re-
naming inhabitants. The author tells Of
one occasion when a child happened to
notice the size of some nuns hands. The
nuns were found to be German officers.
She tells also of civilians who swan sew
eral times across the Marine in order to
see their families.
THE WHITE FLAME OF FRANCE. By
MAUDE RADPoRD WARREN. Small, May
nard & Co. $3.50.
YOU WHO CAN HELP. BY MARY SMITH
CHURCHILL. Small, Maynard & Co. $l.25.
BEYOND THE MARINE HENRIErrE
vRUMAGOr. Small, Maynard & Co. 81.
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OVER HERE: THE STORY OF A WAR
BRIDE. By ETHEL NJ. KELLEY. The
Bobbs Merrill Company. $1.50,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-28
NORTH BENNINGTON

The Womans Missionary society
Of the NJ +. church will meet Friday
afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. Wal
den Those who have mite boxes are
asked to bring them in.
The Methodist Sunday school picnic
will be held on the church lawn, Sat
urday afternoon OF this week The
parents are cordially invited to come
to supper, served at o'clock.
Paul and Doris Warren are visiting
an uncle in Hardwick, VT.
Leon Spencer, who has been on
leave Of absence from the Massachus-
etts Institute Of Technology, Boston,
is returning this week to his training.
over one hundred delegates-pas-
tors. visitors and speakers, attended
the meetings of the SALISBURY AS
sociation at the Baptist church, Mon
day and Tuesday. This number did
not include the local churches-The
association will melt next year with
the Manchester Baptist church
Miss Evelyn Payne has returned
from months stay in Grafton, n Y
Robert Stewart Of Sound Beach,
Conn. former resident, is spending
a few days in town.
Wayne Spencer and W R. Mattison
and son. Hugh, went to Pouehkeepsie
Tuesday with a truck of furniture for
the Vassar College trade.
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sHAFTssuRY


Mr. and Mrs William Strong and
granddaughter have been visiting rel
atives in Cambridge, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Bentley and
daughter spent Sunday with Mrs,
Bentley's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Bowen.
Mrs. II. V. Allen has been spending
2 few days in Boston.
Mr. and Mrs Chelsea Harrington
and children of Bennington spent Sun
day with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Sheldon Harrington.
The girls at Camp Avalon expect
to leave this week for their homes.
Mrs. Sidney Crofut of West Airing
ton and Mrs. Norman Mattison Of
East Arlington visited relatives in
town recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Strong, who
have been visiting relatives and
friends in Burlington and Swanton,
have returned and are now entertain
ing relatives from Bennington.
L. N. Harrington and daughter,
Ida, and Miss Agnes Whipple left
August is to visit relatives in Ohio
and Michigan They expect to be
gone two or three weeks, making the
trip by auto.
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BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Ns~. 81 re Town ans Viuas. Tao
aastls Sc s5sy asAesrs

Miss Nellie Bacon has recovered
from a recent illness
William c. Rouran. the east Main
street grocer, is confined to his
home by Illness.
Miss Beryl Harrington has returned
TO Burlington after few days visit
with Mrs A. S Martin.
The Caiamount Company. which
had temporarily suspended operations
resumed work this week.
Miss Elsie Gavin and Miss Edaline
Condor have returned from visit
with relatives in Schenectady.
Senator and Mrs. George b. Well
ington and guest Miss Cora Townsend
OF Buffalo motored to Grafton today.
Rev. T. f. Carly and Rev. T. J.
Burke Of North Bennington have re-
turned from weeks stay in Burling-
ton
E. w Stegmayer of Buffalo is visit
ing at the home Of F. 0. Graves Mrs.
Stegmayer has been here for several
week..
Miss Mabel James has returned to
her home in North Hoosick after a
weeks visit with her sister, Miss
Frances James.
II Leave your fish orders at Estes
market Thursday for delivery Friday
morning as we are short Of help for
delivery. Adv.
George B, Gavin, ir., and Edward
Flynn Of Schenectady are guests of
Mr. Gavin's aunts, the Misses Laura
and Elsie Gavin
Mr. and Mrs. William Delong are
moving their household goods from
Bradford street to Saratoga where
Mr.. Delong has employment.
Mechanic Melvin r. Nichols, who
has been stationed al Fort Hancock
~ j.. has been transferred TO Camp
Eausms Virginia Battery A, AZ Regi
mem.
Edwin Desrocher musician of Tro,
has been the guest of his parents
sir. and Mrs Octavious Desrocher o.
School street for the past few days.
Harrison W. Moore, who with Mrs
Moore has been spending che summer
with relatives in town, left Tuesday
for Danbury, Conn, where he viii
teach school this year
Miss Kate A. Jordan of Hartford
Conn who has been the guest OF Mr.
and Mrs. g. r Endress, left thi
morning for Boston where she vii
visit her sister before returning home
Mr. and Mrs. Alison G. Gavin an,
family, eleven children. of ScheneC
tady motored TO Bennington recent
and were the guests OF Mr. Gavin
sisters, the Misses Gavin Of Pleasan
stree.
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Testing PIeurIsy WIN vSms.

A novel method of diagnosing pleur-
isy Is described by p. Lerebov'let in
the Paris Medical. The exam Aer APP
plies his ear to the patient chest,
closing his other ear, while MS are
clinked at the patients back. The
sound Of the coins coming through n
healthy, normally aerated lung seems
distant and dull, while through an af-
fected lung, through solid or homo
geneous tissue a clear, sllvery, metal
lie ring Is heard.
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Orange Oils in Commerce.

Unadulterated orange oil las
strong aroma, and is used in the max
ing of perfumes. essences, soaps and
beverage flavors, as well as of cakes
and confectionery. The principal use
for jamaica orange oil is in the man
ufat,ure Of fancy biscuits, particularly
Of wafer biscuit which is used ex-
tenslvely with ices and iced drinks.
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NORTH BENNINGTON

There will be an automobile ride for
the children Of The North Bennington
play ground leaving the graded school
at O'Clock tomorrow Thursday af-
ternOon. All children who have at
tended the playground this summer
are invited
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Root and Herb Mealelnes

indian medicine men contend that
the roots and herbes of the field fur
nish panacea for every i'll TO which
human flesh IS heir, Be that as IL
may, it is interesting to note that
the most successful remedy in the
world for female ills, Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, was com
pounded more than forty years ago by
Mrs Lydia e. Pinkham OF Lynn
Mass, from the roots and herbs OF
the field, and today it is recognized
from shore TO shore as the standard
remedy for female Dls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-28
Writers cramp.

Writer'S cramp is disease TO which
those who do much writing arc liable
toward middle age, and a person NJ
ilicted with it has no complete con-
troll over the muscles Of the thumb,
middle and forefnger. The typewriter
has proved the best resource Of those
who suffer from the ailment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-28
FOR Sale

Household furnishings of all
inds bought and sold. Stock al
ways on hand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-28

and big men are kept from growing
small by Life and Endowment insur.
aneo National Life ms, Co.. Of VI
MuuaD Earle s. Kinsley, General
Agent Mead Building, Rutland, VI.
ADJ
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British Possessions.

The smallest British possession is
Gibraltar with an area of two square
miles; the largest India, with an area
Of 1,S02,G29 square miles.
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The only Time.

"Some people" observed Colonel
Bcanfugle, "never stay at home except
Oh election day. and then they overdo
the thing."-St louis Globe-Democrat
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Mlstaken Feeling.

Sometimes we feel Ike we are real
snnppy and positive. when we are only
impatient and dsagreeable.-Our Boys
Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-08-31
WIN. +. JOHNSON, Att'y-at-Law
Notice to Creditors

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Worcester County. Maryland.
letters Testamentary on the personal
estate of
ELLEN A. ROBINS,
late of Worcester County. deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned TO exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof. to
the subscriber. on or before the llth
day of March. 1919. They may other
wise by law be excluded from all bene-
fits of the said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given un-
der my hand this 3lst day Of August.
1918.
WILLIAM l.. ROBINS,
Executor.
Test:-ASBURY C. RILEY
Register Of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-08-31
Notice 10 Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scribers have obtained from the Orphans
Court for Worcester County. Maryland.
letters Testamentary on the personal
estate of
Margaret Duer Bowen Purnell
late ca Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased. are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof.
TO the subscribers. on'or before the 25th
day of February, 1919. They may other
wise by law be excluded from all bene-
fits of the said estate. All persons in
debted TO said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, Given under
our hands this oath day of August. 1918.
ETHEL PURNELL GREGOR
FRANCES PURNELL
Executrices.
C. RILEY.
Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-08-31
Gov. Harrington Addresses the
MARYLAND Editorial Association
Went to Ocean City Last Monday to be With
the Maryland Editors and to Visit
Harrisons' Orchards

Bill also model for other states,
We have seen the Agricultural Col
lege which was football of politics
transformed into an ideal institution
We asked farmers Of this state to
frame the bill placing the agricul-
tural interests of our state on a high
pedestal.
Il appeal to you editors and to the
people Of this state to uphold the
Conservation Commission created two
years ago. which is determined TO re-
habilitatc our fish, crab, and oyster
INDUSTRIES
The editors present were:
Harry Brewington. Wicomico News,
{. l.. Vincent, Snow Hill Messenger;
Il. II. Collins, Chestertown Trans
cript; John d. Worthington. Belair
Aegis; X. Watson Webb, Cambridge
Record; J. VI. Street,. Belair Hartford
Democrat; W. S. McCombs, Havre dc
Grace; George I. Melvin, Annapolis
Republican; $. +. Shannahan, Easton
Star Democrat; Howard Melvin, Den
ton Journal; Fred Usilton, Kent
News; c. c. Holloway. The People
Snow Hill; +. o. Ewing. Rising Sun
Midland Journal; c. V White, Snow
Hill Messenger; j. X. White, Sails
bury Advertiser; John T.. Raine, Tow
son New Era; L. o. Johnson, Ledger.
Enterprise. Pocomoke City; Samuel
Crockett, Worcester Democrat; l.. NJ
Moore lIavrc de Grace; Il. f. Bond
Jr.. Henry Rcitcr and Il. B. Babbagc
a resolution, offered by George +
Melvin, of Annapolis, was adopted
giving approval.to the acts Of Gov
crnor Harrington's administration. +
c. Brown, who is identified with the
management of the Harrison Nur.
series, spoke Of the responsibilities
OF county editors in developing the
agricultural resources of the county
Senator Harrison also made a
forceful speech devoting himself par
ticularly to the need of State Road
upkeep and the need of conservation
of food during the war.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-08-31

Members Of the Maryland Editorial
Association were at Ocean City last
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and
they had a splendid trip. Consider
ing that most Of the newspaper offices
are short of help at this time. the at
tendance was good.
On Monday Governor Harrington
and members of the Association were
guests Of Senator Harrison who took
them in automobiles over the Harri-
son Nurseries, and to visit Snow Hill
and Pocomoke City. At one o'clock a
splendid dinner was served AT the At
lantic Hotel, Berlin. al which Cover
nor Harrington and the Editors were
guests of Senator Harrison. II was
some dinner, all right, served in the
Harmonsonian style. In the evening
the host also entertained the Editors
and the Governor at a special supper
in the Atlantic Hotel dining room.
On Tuesday Senator Harrison took
the Editors to the Riddle farm where
Mr. Yarnal, the manager showed
them many valuable and high priced
horses after which he carried them
back to Ocean City in one Of the Rid
die yachts. The entire trip to Ocean
City and adjacent county was much
enjoyed by the newspaper men.
In his address to the Editors Gov
crnor Harrington said:
IF am entitled to a tribute at the
close of my administration, that trib-
ute is that | did my full power as the
chief executive of the state TO pre-
pare Maryland for the war with Ger
many. that lost no opportunity to
encourage our young men TO enlist
and have done everything could to
help our young men in the trenches. .
IL appeal to the Maryland country
editors" continued the Governor, Ito
send your message to Van Lear Black
chairman of the publicity committee
Of the Liberty Loan Committee, that
Maryland country editors will do
their full duty.
I'VE have passed the Educational