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SUNDAY FILMS

court of heaven itself, we wonder
own purpose. On the contrary, it
reused a flame of enthusiasm and
formed the only religious instruc-
tion that an unsettled community
could receive.
Our communities today are not
unlettered. Their difficulty lies in
the multitude of books, of whose
making there is no end. which com
pete for attention. Bible reading is
so crowded out as to be Largely n
lost art. But things which people
are too lazy or too busy to read they
can generally find time to see, if the
seeing is made amusing.
There is nowhere a more powerful
or varied collection of scenario ma
terial than is found in Holy Writ At
the outset we would say that some
of these we consider unsuited to re-
presentation. First, we should
withhold the life OF our Lord A
theme so sacred as this has no place
upon the boards. No actor exists or
has ever existed who is worthy to
attempt the portrayal. Perhaps
among a simpler, obtuser people than
ourselves the representation might
result in greater religious ardor. as
among the peasants of Oberanume-
gau, but even under those circum-
stances we doubt its entire advisa-
bility. Applied to our audiences. we
have no doubt that II is certainly un-
wise. Perhaps in an indirect man
ner, as in The Servant in the House
or The Passing of the Third Floor
Back, which deal not so much with
the person "a with the spirit OF
Christ. the representation may be
borne. In the great four-barrelled
screen drama, Intolerance. many
deeply-feeling spectators found the
of Nazareth and Jerusalem alto
%2ther unbearable.
But in the Old Testament the
"hoi of subject is practically un-
United TO carry the plots out
5Empathctica!iy would Of course ne
"oss't@te N overhauling OF the
methods of tho screen drama such as
Il has never known. \ new tradition
would have TO be developed. But in
this very problem would lie a deep
fascination for some progressive inn
preHs2r'O with a vision Cf what his
art might be. new style of actor
also would have to be trained Bat
has that facile animal the actor,
ever failed to achieve natural selec-
ton and adaptation to environment.
when he once frds out what the
public wants? But the present type
would have to suffer a change Of
stars in an attempt to find out who
is capable of dealing with ms or
that ideal. disconnected by the very
few survivals. What actors call a
tailor-made part is almost to seek.
What for instance. would "our
Mary" do in that galley? She is not
only hopelessly modern. she has all
the stamp OF the popular star, of, for
and by grace of the crowd. We should
not dream OF calling her common
and unclean, because she is per-
fectly clean but she Is utterly un-
fitted for spiritual and Oriental at
mosphere. We should not trust her
with the part even OF one of King
Solomon's innumerable household.
She is simply out OF the picture
And that idol of idols. Francis X.
Bushman? There is a jauntiness
about him, a sort OF wink OF tho
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NNoluuuDld SIdle.D
In the good old days when even
the children were required to lead
at least one good young day week.
playing with toys on Sunday was dis
couraged as frivolous and secular
occupation. One plaything was ex-
cepted because OF its derivation and
associations. This was the Noahs s
Ark. Even in households where the
Pilgrims Progress or the Prodigal
Son, and played on the principle of
craps, with a dice box and colored
chips like unfedged poker ch 'ps.
were forbidden, the Noah's Ark was
considered pious and beneficial in
fluence.
Perhaps ii was. 1t is possible
that :hc pleasurahle interest excited
by the extraordinary collection of
beasts may have kindled a desire to
know more about the cause of their
coming together, and thus the pro-
CeSsiOn Of sacred animals, may have
led, two and two. straight to the
family Bible. And one wonders
whether in like manner the popular
end sometimes reprehensible moving
picture stage might not both confer
and receive profit by a cultivation
of religious themes
1t is almost appalling to find out
how little most people know OF the
book on which our civilization, as
well as our hope of salvation, rests
The familiar scriptural stories on
which previous generations have
been reared seem to have dropped
out of sight. This blankness ranges
from the child who speaks of Adam
and Eve in the Garden OF Allah, "
thus betraying the recent reading.
to the college student who is sur
prised to learn that the Babylonian
kings whose dreams Daniel inter
preted were the same monarchs
whose lives he has crammcd for aX.
aminations in history. When a play
founded on the story Of Juse~h and
his brethren was given in New York
a few seasons ago, It's striking sue
c"ss no doubt arose not only fr0m IT,
fine acting and suDorh scenery hut
also from the fact that il WAS an
absolute novelty to many of the
spectators. 1t was the first time
that they had considered one of the
most sensational ana pathetic nara
tives in the worlds treasure house
During the middle ages, which
have been called the religious cen
turies. nobody was shocked by an at
tempt to make religion popular. The
church rightly considered that there
was less risk in having il too ia
miliar than too strange. The first
medieval European theater dealt
with miracle plays and mysteries.
designated to teach the multitude in
the most realistic and unforgetta-
BILE way not only the dramatic scenes
Of Biblical lore. but even the meta
physical subtleties OF devotion.
Calderon wrote many plays of this
kind. considering the method not
beneath the notice OF the greatest
Spanish poet OF his time
1t is quite true that in this epoch
a feeling of reverence came from the
people to meet the play. No matter
how eXtravagant or absurd. the peo-
pie received them gladly. And many
Of them must have been absurd
sodes presented on the contracted
floats which were dragged into the
squares and set to reproduce kings
palaces, battlefields. or even the
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The Shift.
philadelphia RecordD

If German Austria should be at
tached to Germany it would not
Justify any apprehensions. Ger
many will lose it's Rhenish and Dan
ish provinces, and in addition there
to Poland and two Slav States form
ed out of the Dueal Monarchy VIII
fence it in on the east and south
east On the west Belgium is go
ing to renounce its neutrality and
assert full Independence. which
means that it will take ample means
to prevent another irruption of the
Suns.
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will ever be surrendered into the
hands of these people, but the de-
mands they are making indicate
quite plainly that wherever the
Kaiser may voluntarily GO from Hol-
land it will not be back to Ger
many.
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Entered as Second Glass Matter
October Z, 1905, at the Postotiice al
Lancaster, 5. c., under act OF Con
gress OF March 3, 1879.
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Bank No. 33.
Statement of the Condition of
The Bank of Lancaster
Located at Lancaster, S. c., at the close of bust
ness November 1st, 1918.
RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts. $674, ,326.46
Overdrafts. 11,627.75
Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Bank 95,86O.OO
Furniture and Fixtures. 100000
Banking House .... 6,042.18
Other Real Estate Owned 3,50O.OO
Due from Banks and Bankers 213,716.S8
Currency :. :. -. 28,036.OO
Gold -. ;. :. -. :. =. =. 2,735.OO
Silver and Other Minor Coin 2,921.2O
Checks and Cash Items. 10,613.59
Total. :. . :. =. =. ..... 81 ,050, ,379 .O6
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Harlan r. knowIton, GO, OF Ga New Bri-
tam avenue, Hartford. Conn, formerly Of
Brattlcbero. died yesterday afternoon IN
the Hartford hospital. OF bronchial pneu-
monia Nh knowlton was born in Roch-
ester (Nt.J, was a member Of Nantasti-
quot lodge of odd Fellows OF Brattleboro.
and married in 1876. Anna Kaye of this
town. who died in 1879. lie also was a
member OF the Patriotic Order, Sons OF
america. eli Hartford, in which city lac
was employed 10y Robbins Brothers. Mr.
Knowlton leaves son, Clarence y
kn0wlton Of Hartford, two sisters. Mrs
T.. s. Cooke OF West Halifax and Mrs
Alro ~tockwell OF Rochester and bro
thcr. Horace Kn9wlton Of Los Angeles
Cal Funeral services will be- held to
! morrow AT : o'clock in the Whitney
| q handler funeral rooms in Hartford anc
the body will b. brought here on the lbs
tr1in Friday for burial in Prospect Hi
cemetery. where a prayer and conmitta
3 service viii be held
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
LONDONDERRY.

Mrs. Carl Wright has gone to Ban
gor, Ne.
Miss Gertrude HutcAins is visiting
III Boston.
Mrs. Ella Payne has moved into the
S. Childs house for the winter
Miss Ann Smith has gone to spend the
winter with Mr.. and Mrs. y. &. Wood.
Osborn Gates is home from Camp
Upton, Yaphank. T. -, having been
discharged
Mr.. Virgins was in Rrattleboro
Monday to attend y meeting Of the
school superintendenta.
Mrs. Starks Of Comstock, \. Y. who
is visiting her son, il i'll. Air. Starks
| has returned TO his home.
AIR. aud Mr.. Herbert Williams and
Mrs. Stella Schultz we're in Brattie
boro Der. I. to attend the funeral OF
Philetus Niall
Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Mardcn received
news from their son Frank III Caml
Meade Md, that he would not b.
discharged for some time as he hat
been transferred to The motor trans
port corps driving light touring car
| and carrying officers, also that IL
had good barracks and good food.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
WILLIAMSVILLE.

{ p. Lazclle went Wednesday to
Boston
T. c. Perry Of Agowam is visiting
his father, c. +. Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. r. II. Richardson went
Tuesday to Boston to stay several
days.
Mrs. 4. l. Timfon went Monday to
burlington Ia attend the annual meet
ing Of the state Grange.
Christmas exercises will be held in
the Methodist church Christmas eve
and tic teachers Of the several classes
Of the sunday school will have the
program in charge.
John L. Sparks and Richard 4
Wheeler. Who have been IN training Of
Ciarkson college. Potsdam, \. Y. cams
home Tuesday morning, nav;ng re.
eeiyed an honorable discharge.
j Williamsville Grange elected these
officers at the annual meeting: Master
Mrs Minnie Timson overseer, Johr
+. Lewis; lecturer, Mrs Fanny vii
liams; steward, Mrs. G. r. Stedmnn
asst steward. Mrs. H. A Williams
chaplain, Hazel Warren; treas, Mrs. G
B. Williams; see. Fl. ~ Williams
gatekceper, J. W Williams; Ceres
Mrs. r. y. Farnnm; Pomona, Miss ELL
NJ Clark Flora, Mrs. +. f. Fisher
lady asst. steward, Mrs. J. L. Lewis
pianist, Mrs. r. L. Fisher; trustee 10
three years, Mrs. Ella Willard.
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VERMONT NEWS.

Herman Merrill recently shot six coons
at Dead creek in Panton. They had
climbed tree and the water rose SO that
they could not get ashore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The directors of the board Of trade met
last evening and elected four new mem.
bcrs and discussed different matters.
The Auuah Gale class, No. 10, of the
First Baptist church was planning TO
hold social i'm the yestrv room Friday
afternoon. but because Of the death Of
g. Il. lam.ou the meeting has been post
pobc1 week. Mrs. Lumson being ii
member of the class.
The women at ST. NHchnere Episcopal
church served q beet pie supper last
evening in thc parish house which was at
tended by about 100 persons. The deco.
ratious ON the tables were Of pine and
hcmloek. arti,tic1ly arranged. Mrs. W.
~ Lane was in charge Oi the supper. as
sisted by Mrs. 4. Y. ID. Piper and Mrs.
Murray A. Tucker,
The funeral of Mrs, John Guihccn was
held this morning at 9 o'clock IN 81
Michael, Roman Catholic church. Rev
james T. Rand oilicidtcd. Mr.. Katherine
OGounor Weeks sang. The bearers wcrr
NJ T. tsuhccn, j. i. Austin, John Y. Gui.
hrcu, Thomas Guihccn, Patrick w. t'ui
hecu and O~,ur Guihccu The burial took
place in the family lot in the Roman
Catholic cemetery. Those who ATTENDED
from ont Of town were NJ. j. Gujhecn ant
Mr.. and Mrs T. w t,uihccn and thrc,
children of Brooklyn, Patrick Fitzgerald
and Miss Mary Fitzgerald OF Nalpolc. y
H.. Miss Theresa Shea Daniel Moriurty
Mrs. Roger DOuoghue and Maurice Gui
hccn. all al iIolyokc. Mass, Mr. and Mrs
Michael Sullivan and john Sullivan .
Chicopcc Falls. Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
PERSONAL.

E. l.. Stickncy viii 20 to ST johns bury
tonight to represent Brattleboro at a
meeting Of the state board of patrol
Corporal Herman Crooks came last night
from Camp Devcn.. Aver. Mass, where he
was in the depot brigade, having been hon
orahl discharged from the service
Frederick L.. Houehton, secretary Of
the Holsteiu,Friesian Association of
America, has just returned from Chi
cage, where he attended meetings OF
dairy Breeders and fat stock show.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
STEAMER KRooNLAND DOCKS.
Liner With Troops Aboard Spent Last
Night III New York Bay.

NEW YORK, Dee. 1.-THE steamer
Kroonland locked today after spending
the night down the bay. She left Liv-
erpool more than week ago with 81
officers, l.lS6 enlisted men and loo
civilians The soldiers included casuals,
30lth ambulance company, headquar.
ters detachment, headquarters troops
and postal unit Of the 10th division,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
BREWERS GOING EAST.
California Beer Maker Says China is
Place to Locate.

san FRANCISCO, Dee ll.A general
exodus Of brewery capital from the United
States to the Orient IS predicted by Ru
doiph Samet, president Of the California
state Brewers association, which has con
ended its annual meeting here I'VE arr
locking to CHINA as the best place to g.,
he said. Il am leaving in a few DAYS fol
that country to arrange for the construc
tion Of 100000 plant. Oth,r breweric.
are making similar arrangements
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
FOR PRISONERS RETURN.
French Commission In Berlin to Regu
late Matter.

PARIS. Dee 1i.-A French commits
the return Of French released prisoners
from Germany. The commission also
will investigate the recent affairs in
the prison camps at Iangensalza
Prussian Saxony, in which nine French
prisoners were shot BY Germans and
- wounded seriously.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
LILLE MOTHERS ACT.
Start Legal Proceedings Against For
mer Kaiser.

PARIS, Dee. Illegal action against
tbo former German emperor has been
started by an organization Of Lille moth
cts" The demand for prosecution state,
chat the commanders OF the German ARMY
in April 1915 directed that minor qiris b.
carried away from their families and thcy
were forced into close contact with noto
rIous women.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
BIRTHS.

In West Brattleboro (Melrose hos
pital], Dee 10, daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward ]. Bouche of Ashuclot,
y II.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro (Memorial Hospital,
Dee. 10, Caleb Blakeslee L-amson, Is.
In Hartford. Conn, Dee 10, Harlan +
knowlton. 90, formerly 81 Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11

While on his way to church Sunday
IS i. Whitney OF South Franklin was
thrown from his sleigh and dragged He
suffered compound fracture Of one hip,
q severe cash on the back OF his head. two
broken ribs. and bad bruises on his shoul-
aers The horses became frightened when
something on the sleigh broke.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-11

For women and children, that is
reduced considerably-from our
own stock. No need to say more.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-12
4 REPORTER At
ARMACEDDON
VII IriUin Writes of What He
SaU on the Long West-
ern Front

so many avowed chroniclers of scenes
at or near the battlefront have been more
the psuedo-philosophe than the authentic
reporter. that II is relief to md IN
Will Irwin's fourth war book a vivid
description of what the author saw and
heard, unclouded by a plethora of per-
sonal speculation.
Except for the casual record of i'm
pressions en- route, "A Reporter at
Armageddon' deals chiefly with the
authors observations in France and
Italy. as well as Switzerland. He re-
turned TO the western front by way of
Spain in the spring of 1917. and found
many things of interest in that country
full of spies of both groups of belliger-
ents. After various difficulties at the
frontier, he eventually got into France.
and he bears eloquent testimony to the
high courage of the French on every
hand. Despite the increasing pail of the
world tragedy, he found their spirits
ebullient; but 1t was the ebullience OF
dauntless resolution.
The long journey which Mr.. Irwin
took extended from the upper French
battlefront, through Switzerland and into
Italy. He witnessed the work of the
British flying forces. he heard stories of
the cruelties practiced upon Belgian
workmen who refused to accept meekly
and without protest the deportation
edcts, removing them from their homes
in contravention of International law
He also saw in Switzerland the
stupendous task which the British are
doing in rehablitating those sorry
wrecks of men released from German
prison camps, incapacitated for further
usefulness. The splendid feats of the
Italian military engineers are en-
Enthusiastically praised, and of special in
terest is the account of the impression
created by the aAival of the splendid
American soldiers in France. 1t rs
vivid recital, and its enthusiasm is al
ways controlled and animated by a
sound sense of proportion. by the
veteran writer's faculty of discriminate
ing observation.
REPORTER AT ARMAGEDDoN. By
Win Irwin. New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
81. 80.
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Var Speeches

Virtually every phase of the war Is
discussed in the various papers by many
public men and women of international
fame which make up the 36s-page octave
published under the title. What Every
American Should Know About the War"
The book Is the direct outcome uf the
national conference of American lee
turers held in. Washington last April ;
the speeches delivered on that occasion
have been grouped for the present pub
lication. according to subject, by Mont
avile Flowers, secretary of the. con-
ference, who is thus ideally equipped
to edit them in this permanent form.
The avowed purpose of the conference
was "to organize the American platform
into power to win the war" The scope
of the volume is actually broader than
this, however, for the remarks con-
tributed by the distinguished European
delegates give II a truly International
character. The case of France. for in
stance, Is presented by NJ Andre Tar
dieu. French high commissioner to the
United States. In like manner the Earl
of Reading. the minister from Belgium,
and the minister from Serbia present
the causes of their respective countries
in the war.
WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THE WAR. A sympos um
of the leaders In all branches of war
activity. Edited nv Montayille Flowers.
New YORK: George II. Doran Company. 81.
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Christian Verities

Christianity is futile in so far as 1t
fails 10 harmonize intellect and emotion.
This IL the keystone of modernist
Christian philosophy enunciated by A.
Clutton7 Brock in the five chapters on
Christian ethics and philosophy which
make up Studies in Christianity"
The authors primary purpose has been
to vitalize ancient truths by emphasiz-
ing their significance for the present
generation. Practical Christianity he
believes to be entirely compatible with
the conditions of the day. by diligent
search for the immutable principles of
the Faith which survive through the
shifting theories of successive periods of
time. Even war. the author believes,
would end. II men would forget theories
and think only of men end women.
STUDIES IN CHRISTIANITY. BY A. Clut.
Co. SIPS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-12
Conan Doyle's Var History

The third volume of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's History of the Great War
deals with British operations on the
western front during 1916. It's chief
claim to attention is that it presents the
most detailed account of the battle of
the Somme which has yet been published,
in which specific information about the
various forces employed replaces the
dramatic but generalized recitals that
have been published hitherto.
The authors ardent patriotism as an
Englishman lends considerable warmth
to his chronicle. which is calculated to
leave no doubt in the mind of even the
most casual reader of the part played
by the British In the world conflict.
None who reads the book can doubt the
unquenchable character of England's
confidence after the most desperate cam
paigns of the war. The work thus far
might more accurately be called "A
History of Great Britain's Conduct of
the Great War"
A HISTORY or THE GREAT WAR, Volume
three. BY Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New
York: George II. Doran Company. ".
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THE FIFTH WARD
IN A NOVEL
Macfdrlane's "Crack in the
BeH' appears Between
Book Covers

story OF vivid human interest. filled
I with incident. character drawing and
tempered with philosophical observation,
drama In which love PLAYS n sufficient
" conspicuous part in the development
or an instructive lesson In the solution
OF political problems and their relation
to the honest and economical adminis-
tration OF municipal governmcnt-this
~ what that capital writer of fiction
and expert In the science of investiga-
tton. Peter Clark Macfarlane. achieved
IN his novel Of real life. The Crack in
the Bell" Readers OF the EvENtNG
PUBLIC LEDGER will recall with lively
pleasure the admirable tale. which had
Philadelphia as It's setting and which
was published in serial form In the col
umns OF this newspaper several months
ago.
II need not he told here what a pro-
found impression Mr. Macfarlanes pic
ture produced In the public mind during
the period in which the mirror was held
up to nature day by day to the gaze Of
more or less startled citizens: and Il can
be left only for the future to demon
strate whether the truths depisted with
a master hand shall have lasting effect
on the public conscience. With uncrrlng
strokes of an artist brush the author
of THE Crack in the Bell delineated
political bosses" big and little. and 1t
did not require very acute imagina-
tion for the informed reader 10 adjust
the portraitures to certain individuals
seen and heard in and around city Nall
and in the councils of party politicians.
Imaginary events were recounted in this
stirring serial with realism that
brought distinctly to mind sundry hap
penings in Phladelphia's municipal life.
In its way the tai, is entitled to the
dpStpDaton of ola asip
II must not be supposed because the
political element IL given conspicuous
play. and the story has Philadelphia as,
its environment, it is purely local in it's
appeal and contracted in its interest. or
that the tale is lacking in the softer
touch of romance that nowadays Is re-
garded as essential to the modern novel.
on the contrary, The Crack in the
Bell" is wide-reaching in its scope and
may well be enjoyed by the discriminate
ing reader. be he or she within the
shadow of independence Hall or thou
sands of miles distant from that his
toric shrine of liberty. while as all the
world loves lover" 1t Is safe to say
the young fighting hero of THE Crack in
the Bell" and the equally courageous
sweetheart heroine. daughter of the
dominant personality who bosses the
bosses, will engage ths sympathetic at
tention and admiration of readers of both
sexes and In all places.
THE CRACK IN THE BELL by Peter
clark Macfarlane. Illustrated Garden
city Doubleday. Page Co, N.fo'