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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
The Joke of Life

DO you want the answer to the riddle
OF lfe' Very well. then, read James
branch Cabell's new book, The Cream
OF the Jest" Perhaps even then YOU
won't get it. but you may be as fortu-
nate as the authors chief character. who
found fairly good substitute and one
that thoroughly satisfied him.
For that is what Felix Kennaston did
ana ne was cosmopolite, novelist,
seeker after beauty. man of the world
and hunter for sensations. He unbarred
one or the strange windows accidentally
lett unguarded for the moment by the
warder or the earth, took "a peep and
beheld another world.
IL Is strange story. a parable IL you
IKE, or maybe satire on those persons
who exhibit too great devotion TO false
gods.
But II is tremendously interesting.
And somehow or other Felix Kennaston
typlfes all men. Mr.. Cabells portrayal
or MIN Is marked by the same insight
into human nature that has Character
lied those other works of his pen that
now occupy a high place In modern
fiction.
THE CREAM OF THE JEST, A Comedy ot
Evaslons BY James Branch Cabeii New
YORK: Robert NJ. Mcbride 4 Co. s185.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
How to Be a Good Officer

Every fifth man in the army Is n
leader. The leader of least authority
leads only "a few men, but he is held
responsible for their good conduct. The
qualities which make "A good corporal
are the same as those which make II
successful commanding general Lieu
tenant Colonel Lincoln n. Andrews. OF
the United States army, commandant OF
the officers training camp at Camp Dix.
has written a book. the purpose of
which is to set forth the way to sue
cess as an officer. IL is the only book
that attempts to do this, The need
Of such book at this time Is pressing.
when men who had hitherto had no
thought of becoming soldiers are in
training to fight the armies of "A nation
which has devoted itself for genera
tions TO making soldiers Of its citizens.
The publishers announce that expe-
rienced army officers who have read
II cay that 1t has helped them. They
had never considered the psychology Of
leadership, the mysteries of which Lieu
tenant Colonel Andrews explains. The
book can be commended to every pri-
vate, for it is true in America as Il was
in France in the time Of Napoleon that
every soldier carries Il field marshals S
baton i'm his knapsaCk.
LEA DERSHIP AND MILITARY TRAIN
ING. by Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln G.
Andrews. Philadelphia: j, 3. Lippucott
Company, 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Easy French for Soldiers

Those soldiers who are about TO go
to France will get along much more
smoothly IL they know a little French at
the beginning. Many of them had n
smattering of the language In high
school and some of them learned to read
1t In college. These will find two vol
umes in Dents modern language series,
published by T.. T. Dutton & CO.. par
ticularly useful just now in helping them
to refresh their memories of French.
one Is rapid French Course by
Randall Williams and Walter Ripman
intended originally for pupils seventeen
years old or upward. 1t Is therefore
well adapted TO adults, for 1t deals with
the things which adults talk about and
consider One who has mastered it will
have good working vocabulary OF
everyday French. The other. la
France, French Life and Ways" by c.
Guibillon. is what it's title indicates, an
exposition in simple French of the man.
ner OF life of the people and n descrip-
tion of the principal points of interest
in the country. The soldier who reads
1t will get good working knowledge OF
the land in which he must live and fight
for the next many months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
SECRET SERVICE
DETECTIVE STORIES
Writers of "Thrillers" Are
Just Now Cultivating This
Fertile Field

1t is morally certain that the detective
story for the next few years will deal
with the war and the activities OF the
secret Service agents. An agent who Is
frustrating crimes against his country
can command the sympathy of the reader
more fully than an ordinary police de-
tective who tracks burglars and mur.
derers to their undoing
Louis Joseph Vance. writer OF melo-
dramatic novels, understands the psy-
chology of this and Is likely to profit
by 1t through the wide sale OF THE
False Faces" his latest story. The Lone
Wolf. known to Mr.. Vance's admirers,
appears as the hero, but transformed
from criminal into a Secret Service
agent In the employ OF the Entente AL
lies. lighting the German Secret Service
men, The skill and daring that he dis
played In his crimes serve him In good
stead. He appears first In the trenches
OF the French, TO which he has crawled
from the German lines. lie proves his
identity and convinces the officers that
he knows what the Germans are doing.
He is sent to America on a secret errand
for the Allies. The ship is blown up of
Martha's Vineyard after he has had an
exciting fight with German agents on
board. His life Is saved by n German
submarine which rises under him while
he Is In the sea. lie sinks the subma-
rine, escapes to New York and after as
thrilling series of adventures az the
most cxactlng can demand he finally
succeeds In his mission. 1t Is the kind
OF tale for the relation Of a man or
woman weary with the days work.
Bennett Copplestone's Secret Service
officer in "The Lost Naval Papers," an
other book Of war adventures, is Scot
land Yard detective named William
Dawson, Mr.. Copplestone has written
series of episodes connected by the
| presence of Dawson as character In
/ each. Dawson is a creation which satis-
| tlcs all the longings OF the soul for n
detective who mystifies every one. He
| has "A lot Of disguises which deceive even
! his own associates. And he has n re.
eRtlessness in pursuing the German plot.
! ters in England that is grateful to every
hator Of the Hun. If Mr.. Copplestone's S
ingenuity holds out Dawson is likely to
take the place OF Sherlock Holmes In
English detective fiction.
THE FALSE FACES. By Louis Joseph
Vance, Garden city: Doubleday. Page 6
THE LOST NAVAL PAPERS. BY Rcnnet
Sopplestone New York: T.. L. Duttor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Adventures at Sixteen

All women who are still emotionally
at the age Of sixteen will find Kate
Langley B0sher's kitty Canary" enter.
tanning Those whom tho relentless cal
endar makes more than that delightful
age will find the book pleasantly remi-
niscent, and those who have lived only
to the age Of proverbial sweetness will
envy Kitty and lGng for an opportunity
to have the same exciting but harmless
adventures that came to her. Kitty was
sent to a boarding house in the South
while her mother went to Europe fer
the summer. She liked young man
OF her acquaintance, but she finds an
other man in the South who had just
been Tilted by the daughter OF her land
lady, and became interested in him. In
fact he rather forces the interest by
introducing himself at the station when
she arrives late in the evening and finds
no one TO meet her. He carries her bag
to the boarding house. Then follows an
agreeably exciting series OF adventures,
the history. of which is graphically told
by the author.
KITTY CANARY. by Kate LANGLEY Bosher
New York: Harper Bros. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16

published in Switzerland. Geneva dis.
about two years. when he resigned and
escaped to Switzerland Escaped" is
tho. right word, for he was suspected OF
disloyalty by the German authorities and
he had great difficulty in getting per-
mission to cross the border into neu-
trail country.
The discriminating reader who knows
now TO sift the wheat from the chaff. can
hnd much worth while in Doctor Stuer-
mer's story, but II is buried I'm mass
OF unreasoning and prejudiced state
ments that defeat their own purpose.
The book has been popular In France
and England, where 1t has appeared In
tIanslations, for the reason that the
English and the French were delighted
to find a German who could beat them
at damning Germany. II will doubt
less be popular here for similar reason
TWO WAR YEARS IN coNsTANTINoPIE
Sketches of German and Young Turkish
Ethics and Politics. By Dr. Harry Stuer-
mer. late correspondent OF the kolnische
ncitunB In Constantinople, 1el5-16. Trans.
lated from the German by y. Allen and
the author. New York. George IL. Doran
Company. Sl.5O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Directions for War
Gardeners

The thousands of househclders who
started garden for the first time last
year discovered that there We're many
things which they did not know. They
are ready now to read gardening books
with interest and profit. An excellent
Frances Duncan, a gardening expert.
Her book, "Hcme Vegetables and Small
Fruits" Is intended for gardeners who
have only small space to cultivate.
1t will be helpful to the experienced
as well as TO the amateur. for il gives
adequate information about the prepara-
tion Of the soil and about planting, as
well as complete cultural directions for
growing vegetables, herbs and small
fruits 1t contains plans for II garden
in backyard of a city house. and there
are suggestions for raising things IN
boxes on the roof which will be sug-
gestive to those who live in apartments
HOME VEGETABLES AND SMALL
FRUITS. Their Culture and Preserva.
tion. BY Frances Duncan. New York:
Charles scribner's Sons. $40.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16

laborator in another book. As to nov-
els, Doctor McFabre seems to think
that they are not serious literature"
"Humph!" came from the chair in
the corner through haze of smoke.
This book is "A novel," went on.
"Beresford has chosen the novel form
for the purpose or putting over his
speculations on the philosophy of life
in such way that people will read
them. Ford, his hero, Is "A student and
thinker He was educated unconven-
tionally and escaped the bias which is
inevitable in an ordinary school He
found that under the present Organiza-
ton Of society the schools set out to
train boys for material success, to
teach them how to make money, and
not how to be committed to high ideals.
He wanted to train children to love
the good and the true. He wanted to
show them how alluring knowledge Is
and how important it is that they seek
first the kingdom of hopor in the be.
lief that all things would afterward be
added to them. He told them that 1T
Is more blessed to give than to re.
ceive' Is the statement of an esthetic
rather than of IA moral principle"
Doctor McFabre emerged from his
envelope of cigar smoke long enough
to exclaim. Rank nonsense!"
"The rest of his views are as unusual
as this / went on. Naturally, his
school failed. The parents We're not
ready to have their children educated
in such an unconventional war. Now,
Perkins, l am afraid you did not dis.
cover that his school was started as a
test of the readiness of society for
what he regarded the finest things.
When the school failed he set out TO
study society to discover what was the
matter with it. He did not formulate
his conclusions: and, indeed, he did not
reach any definite view. He was still
feeling after the truth when he died
but the word fellowship seemed to eX-
press rs well as any that essential
thing which all civilization lacked. He
hoped to find a way by which 1t could
be created. That Is, he wanted to i'm.
plant in the minds of the children a
high ideal, in order that they should
form the civilization of the future In
accordance with it. He believed this
possible, for he insisted that it is not
the external conditions which govern
| the develop of society, but that men
| form their social organizations in ac-
cordance with their beliefs; In short
that their social institutions are
poured red hot into their thought
molds, their spiritual beliefs and dis.
beliefs, and hardened there. 1t Is nee.
essary TO change the mold before the
shape Of the casting that comes ou
of it can be made different"
II must confess that did not grasr
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what the man was trying to do Per-
kins admitted.
II think IL you reread the book
and II will repay reading second
time-you will agree with me-" said j.
1T is great book, and one of the
greatest qualities In 1t is the quiet,
inquiring temper of the whole nara
tive. There is no attempt to dogma
tize. Ford. this creation of the imagi-
nation of Beresford, was seeking after
the truth. He was analyzing social
institutions and social customs and
forming hypothesis about them and
testing those hypothesis by still fur
ther inquiry. 1t is the kind of novel
that young men ought to read. Why
don't you recommend It to your class
es, professor? And II is the kind OF
n book which even Doctor McEabrc
could study with profit in spite of the
fact that Ford's religious views were
extremely unconventional"
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
Reresford and Kenneth Richmond New
York: George II. Doran Company. Si35
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16

birth was celebrated in 1892, and the
Comenian Society was then organized
by educators to study and publish his
works"
Don't let Perkins make you think
that this Ford book is nothing but an
educational tract" said /.
We'll. it's not much more" the pro.
fessor insisted.
II suppose you were so deeply In.
terested in the educational discussion
In 1t that you missed the rest" said I.
But, as n matter of fact. II is stim.
ulating and suggestive study of the
whole problem of human society. 1t
is one of the most important novels
which Beresford has written. lie pre-
tends to have collaborated with Ken
meth Richmond, whose name Is Joined
with his on the title page. 1t has been
limited that there is no such man as
Richmond. This may be true. but Ber.
esford has used the name as his col
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Blazing the Iron Trail

History and romance blend IN nice
proportions in THE L. p. Trail" Zane
Grey's newest novel OF western adven-
ture There Is enough authentic history
in it to make the time spent on It worth
spending in fiction reading and there
Is enough romance in it to satisfy the
wholesome human craving for thrills.
There is more of n sweep about this
novel than others OF meodramatic type
from the authors pen. but the subject
Is epic In its inspiration. The blazing
OF the first trans-American iron trail.
the Union Pacific Railroad. furnishes
the historical background. A vigorous
and resourceful hero and a heroine of
charm and grit move and have their
being in the red-blooded environment OF
the plot. The u. p. Trail' is one of
the best of Mr.. Grey's adventure stories.
TIE U. =. TRAIL by Zane Grey. New
York: Harper Bros. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Alaskan Adventures

There are no more wholesome books
to put in the hands of boys than those
dealing with outdoor life. And there are
than Belmore Brownies THE White
Blanket" a story of hunting and gold
seeking in an Alaskan winter. The two
boy heroes have multitude OF inter-
trail with their dog team and in camp.
Mr.. Browne has lived the life which
he describes and writes with authority
on the perils and pleasures Of maintain
ing ones self in the open.
THE WHITE BLANKET. BY Belmore
Browne, with illustrations by the author.
New York. q. p. Putnams Sons. s1.25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
K Carries On

Major Ian Hay Beith's second war
book, "All In It." bids fair to rival
in popularity "The First Hundred Thou
sand" which preceded H. Its popularity
Is easily understandable, for 1t is book
full OF cheerfulness and courage and de-
termination TO win. II is made up of
descriptions of life in the trenches and of
character sketches OF typical fighting
men. In short. 1t Is the kind OF book
that reflects the spirit OF the Entente
Allies at its best, although 1t deals
almost exclusively with the activities
of the English. 1t is book TO read
and to thank God that there is man
who can write,
ALI. IN 1T. K1 Carries On. BY Ian Hay.
Boston; Houghton, Minlin Company.
fl,5O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
A German Attacks Ger.
many

Americans now have an opportunity
to satisfy their curiosity about the book
which II was announced year ago had
respondent of the Cologne Zeitung and
published In Switzerland. Geneva dis
patches described the book as an in
dictment OF German military methods
and German aims. and the author. DR..
who had the courage OF his convictions.
Doctor Stuermer who had lived many
years in the German. French and Eng
iish colonies in Africa. went home to
served ak months on the Russian front.
He was discharged because Of III health.
Then he was sent TO .Constantinopis ~
the celosns zsituns 70 Get q 'ts cor;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Best Sellers

The March Bookman's list of best
selling. fiction in twenty-nine American
cities follows:
THE MAJOR. Connor.
THE DWELLING PLACE OF LIGHT.
Churchill.
EXrRICATING OBADIAH. Lincoln.
THE I. r. TRAIL. Zane Grey.
CHRISTINE. Cholmondeley.
HIS LAST BOW. A. Conan Doyle.
The most popular six war books In
the same cities are:
OVER THE TOP. Empey
PRIVATE PEAT Peat.
MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY. Gerard.
ALL IN 1T. Beth,
CARRY ON. Dawson
UNDER FIRE. Barbusse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16

By IDA CLYDE CLARKE

A highly informative and susses-
tive account Of the war activities
Of American women. Packed
with the information every patriotic
woman needs. $500 net.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
An Orkney Maid
By AMELIA E. BARR

BY AMELIA +. BANK
The new Scotch romance Of love
and sacrifice during the Crimean
War. Mrs. Barr tells a good
story. and tells it WE'LL" - New
York Times. illustrated.
$l.50 nss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
Under -Four Flags
for France
By GEORGE CLARKE
MUSCRAVE.

The first complete history 81 -
war on the Western front from ~
beginning. Accurate. informs1Itp
and invariably interesting. "Pji)
ddelphia Telegraph. Many ~
lures and maps. $500 ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
The Bag Of
Saffron
BY BETTINA Won HUTTEN

The romance Of a woman who
accomplishes her own regeneration
in earning the right to wear the
bag of saffron" Very delight
full reading; in every part well
DONE" - Philadelphia Ledger.
Pictures in full color. $l.50 net.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
The American
Year Book

A full record Of the important
events and Developments Of the past
year. arranged for instant refer
ence. $500 net.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
WheatIess and
MeatIess Days
d RooL of I2ccihes

By PAULINE D. PARTRIDGE.
and HESTER M. CONKLIN
Over 200 simple, easy-to-maks
recipes with common foods As
basis. 1T is all practical. straight
forward and devoid Of camou-
Aage, frills or nonsense" ."-Phild-
dclphia North american.
$I.25 net.
For Sale at all booksellers
THESE ARE APPLETON BOOKS
D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, NY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
tWHCLESALE
 BAKERS

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Mohave County miner., 1918-02-09

from the United States, which is the ordinary source Of supply and includes what is produced in Mexico, was of- fered freely in the market day by day to meet the wants of India, China and the European continent, but in the ear ly part of this year some arrangement was made by which large proportion of these supplies was put at the dis posal of the government on terms that are not generally known but the effect was that the large public needs power previously alluded to were more easily l bought and was attained to supply the remaining reduced buying at prices that were more convenient to the au- thorities, and by which lower rates have from time to time been brought about than otherwise would have been the case.
 This position was accentuated by the request made to the silver brokers by the treasury that speculative trans actions should not be countenanced, which request has been greatly ob- served; later on, a regulation came in to force restricting the shipment of sil yer to Scandinavia and adjacent coun- tries, which had a further result of obstructing the purchases which usu- ally take place for those quarters, by no means inconsiderable portion of the buying which usually had to be satis- fled. The result has been that the scope of business on the London mar ket has been much smaller than for merly, and in forming an opinion as to the future these factors have to be taken into consideration"
Mohave County miner., 1918-02-09
LAWYER DARRow SIZES UP THE WAR

Attorney Clarence S. DarrOw, the great labor ad- vOeate has stated the war situation it applies to labor in the following convincing manner:
 @The war doesn't cost the poor cent IL may cost the poor mems lives, but more will be killed in industry and by such diseases as tubercuo- sis. The toll will be upon land and upon capital. Large parts of big incomes will be taken. They are taking them now. Labor has more to win than any other class The rich man will pay nearly all the cost of the war, because he is the only who has the money to pay.
 "It is not Wall Streets war. It is the peoples war. Wall Street never made Germany violate Bel gium. Wall Street did not tell Germany to sink the Lusitania Wall Street did not bring the sub marine warfare.
 Germany or America must win. No working man can afford to be neutral. Labor must say what side will have its full support If America wins, a- bor will emerge supreme. If Germany wins, the ib- erty of labor will perish"
Mohave County miner., 1918-02-09
A JAPANESE COMPOSING ROOM

The most interesting department of a Japanese printing plant is the com posing room. Great cases of type of gil sizes extend the whole length of the mammoth room. As the Chinese and Japanese characters used in a printing office run far into the tens of thousands, the life of the compost tor must be continual search for the letter he desires to use.
 The compositors were scuffling around the aisles of the room hunting for these characters and all singing at the tops of their voices, which appa- rently' caused them to forget the ter TOTS of their work. There seemed to be hundreds of them, and the din was deafenipg.
 After the proof is finally corrected thd forms are made up, quite as they are in an American newspaper office, stereotyped and sent down to big cyl finder presses.-Archie Bell in World Outlook.