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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-20
CAS- Illustrated
"SOrOsis"
Slippers
Patent or Dull
$3.50 pr.

They FIT, and they
WEAR. We've heard
women say that time and
sgain-of all "Sorosis"
shoes.
This high-arched, long,
receding toe, French
heel pump will hold its
present elegant shape for
months.
SCOTT. HALLIBURTON co.
MAIN FLOOR
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-20
A Belated Dollar Day Special!
800 ards of S1.5O and
$500 Silk ChiffOns
at $1.OO yd.

May ClO days ago at this wrtngD We received
letter from large eastern silk mill advising us the
had shipped lot Of chiffons, and although it wa
done without authority, they knew we'd have Oh
lection, because the bargain was 50 great 1t came JUS
day too late for Dollar Day bu not bt.less wei
come
26 pieces of fancy chiffon and chiffon crepes
make up the $50 yards. They in shades of
tan, gray, green, purple, brown, gold apricot,
navy and white, with figures dots batiks, floral
and conventional designs. 40 inches wide.
Used for waists dresses, etc. There'H be
ether Dollar Day jam for them at the Silk Count
Tuesday.
CONGRATULATIONS co. MAS FLOOR
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-11-02

Going 10 sunday school in Japan
and the PHILIPPINES will be shown with
moving pictures by Frank l.. Brown
of the Worlds Sunday School Asso-
citation, at the State Sunday School
Convention in Roland Park. October
l5-i7. All the Sunday Schools in
Maryland are invited to this conven-
ton The secretary is Z. NJ. Fergus
son, Fidelity Building, Baltimore.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-11-02
STORM WARNINGS
ON LIGHTSHIPS

Warnings Of storms approaching
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are TO be
disseminated from the lightships on
these coasts BY means Of system Of
flags in use by the Weather Bureau
for this purpose. Arrangements to
this effect recently have peen made
with the Lighthouse Board.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-11-02
Snow Hill Building and
Loan Association
SNOW HlLL MI
THE LATEST PATTERNS N
WALL PAPER.
IL. Apiece; Gilt Toe Apiece.
Window Shades, All C0lors

THOMAS & HRSSER co.
leI5 W. BaItimsre 81.
Baltimore. Nd.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-11-02
THIS WEAK,
MERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

Th7pl hlu Pa II was yerywcak.
usRas tired, my aaek aehed, and FIT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
Life at the Front

Life Of the common soldier at the
front in the present war is de-
scribed in a remarkably interest
ing manner by Cornelius Van Put
ten in "Kiltie Mccoy" Michigan
boy by birth. he enlisted in a Scotch
regiment at the outbreak Of the war
under the name of Patrick Torrance NC
Coy, and served for more than two years
until a severe wound disabled him. HIS
simple account OF his varied experiences
in camp and in the trenches has an un-
usual personal touch which adds much
to its interest. A strong attachment to
his comrades is shown throughout his
narrative; and there Is hearty
appreciation of their faithful serV-
ice in the statement "in the nearly
three years I was in France
never knew a coward" But he leaves
a terrible impression OF their foes, CIV
ing In one chapter an almost inconceiV-
able account of their frightful deeds.
Just once" he says, did ! know a
German to show any mercy to one OF
cur men," In one Of his most desperate
scraps" a young comrade fell at his side.
There was just a breath of life left when
he reached HIM. please, corporal, tell
mother l did my duty" he whispered
and was dead.
Irish name ighting In France as Scotch
soldier. By Patrick Torrance Mccoy.
Illustrated with photographs. Indianap-
oils: The Bobbs Merrill Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
DOROTHY CANFIELD AND W. H. HUDSON
Whose new books among the best of the year
4 Naive Optin,ist

Popular essays on simplicity in liv-
ing. cast in the semi-fictional form of
conversations, make up "Mr. Squem and
Some Male Triangles," by Arthur Rus
sell Taylor. The primary purpose of
these genial little sketches Is TO demon
strate "the massive decency at the heart
of the common man." as exemplified in
the optimistic and common, exceedingly
common, person of Peter b. Sduem, peri
patetic peddler of automobile tires
whose temperament Is as resilient as the
rubber he sells.
Mr. Squem has distinctly correspon-
a gentleman should be. But he Is
haunted by the suspicion that he does
not, somehow, manage to live up 10
the cut of his clothes. In real emergen-
cies, however he shows that his simple
philosophy Is more practical than that Of
his ''highbrow" chance acquaintances or
railway coaches and theatres. He knows
just what to do in wreck, and he
finds more plot" in Charles Chaplin
Aim than in Die Walkure." Yet, des-
pite his unashamed vulgarity he Is the
soul Of kindness. thanks to the inspir-
ing influence of a picture postcard of the
Christ child he constantly carries in his
watch. Those who revel in the obvious
may find Mr.. Squem entertaining.
MR. soUEM AND SOME MALE TRAN
Giles. BY Arthur Russell Taylor. New
York: George II. Doran Company. u.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
4 ."Ton1my Waac's" Letters

Tommy Atkins" has told US his story
of and in the great war many times and
in many ways. But now. for the first
time, "Thomasina Atkins' comes for
ward to tell us OF the bit" she: Is doing
behind the lines to aid the fighting man
in the trenches and the whole vast
British military organization.
The anonymous author or "The Let
ters of Thomasina Atkins Is a private
in the '"Waacs," more formally known
as the woman's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Mildred Aldrich, author Of "A Hilltop
on the Marne," vouches for Thomasina's 8
reality and for the authenticity Of the
letters, which are Of value, chiefly, for
the manner In which they reflect the un-
failing cheerfulness and optimism OF the
author and her fellow Tommy Waacs."
She tells Darling Peachie" very little
of actual condition in her own particular
part of the war zone somewhere In
France" But she does have great
deal to say about her own emotions and
reactions. and memories of her former
stage life, as she pursues her clerical
routine.
The letters run from last fall. during
nreliminary training in England. to the
beginning Of the German drive In March
OF this year. There they abruptly end,
but the writer's vehement cry, 1--WE Shall
win" has been splendidly vindicated
since those dark days.
THE LETTERS OF THoMAsINA ATKINS.
csmpany. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
What Our Many Has Done

Nobody who reads Lawrence Perry's
account OF our Navy in the War" will
again indulge In the thoughtless remark
that 'the navy plays no part in this
war" For he will learn just how ef-
fectively submarines have been fought
and captured, that our anti-submarine
activities now cover in war areas alone
more than 100000 square miles of sea,
that "in a six-months period one de-
tachment of destroyers steamed over
100000 of miles in the war zone. at
tackled eighty-one submarines. escorted
III single vessels. participated in eigh-
ty-sx conveys. and spent $50 days at
sea. There has been more than a six
fold increase in naval man power and
about a fourfold increase in the number
Of ships in service. When present plans
have been carried out--and all projects
are proceeding swiftly - the United
States will probably rank second to
Britain among naval Powers of the
world"
The book Is enlivened with many in
formative and interesting anecdotes.
The author covers the activity of all
branches of the service, and even pic
lures the life aboard German subma-
rine. He includes sketches of command
ers and men, tells of naval camouf1age.
and describes the organization of auXii-
iary naval departments. The scope OF
the book is as large and varied as the
navy itself
Perry. Illustrated with photographs, New
York: Charles Scrlbner's sons. sl.5o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
Verses BY Three Women

With the casualty lists wars sorrows
have Crept closer to the homelands ana
reused new poets to pour out their emo
tions in rhythm. Among these are three
women whose homes have been touched
ny the new regime.
1t was the death of her brother. Cor
poral Frank E. Leveridge, wounded In
action in France, that inspired Lillian
LeVeridge's "Over the Hills of Home
which Is already widely quoted. She
has made II the title poem In her book
of twenty-five short songs. Touched
with tenderness and pathos though they
are, there is monctony of rhythm that
wears on the reader who scans them
closely.
Katherine Lee Bates, who was previ-
ously heard from in FAIRY Gold" has
given some beautiful lyrics of the war
In her "Retinue and other Poems" She
has mastery of descriptive words that
lends itself to powerful pictures. Fer-
satility is shown in contrasting poems
or dainty humorous quality.
one cannot be satisfied with one read
ing of Margaret Widdemer's new poems.
rhey grow In depth and meaning with
acquaintance till one Is fascinated by
their artistry as well as by their innate
sweetness. The theme SO many authors
are using, that God has again been
found through the tragedy Of war. is
treated by Miss Widdemer in her title
poem. THE Old Road to Paradise"
OVER TIE HILLS OF HOME, BY LillIar
i,eFeridIe New York: l.. +. DuttOn 6
THE RETrNrE AND OTHER POEMS. Fy
1natnep'He 1attop zee Lee 'ates' New York; L. F.
THE Ts-S' SLp wii$s wE%AB no PARADISE, By Mar
Holt Co. 30
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
French for Adults

One Of the best books for the instruc-
tion Of those adults who wish to learn
conversational French or to refresh
their memory of what they learned of
the language in school Is "Colloquial
French" by william Robert Patterson.
The chapter on pronunciation is really
informing and its directions are so SIM
pie and Illustrated so completely by COM
parisons with familiar sounds in English
that the student can get a pretty fair
knowledge of the subject Mr.. Patter-
6 n however. wisely advises every one
to get the assistance OF a Frenchman in
perfecting his pronunciation. There fol-
low lessons in the elements of the lam
guage, the use of the article and the
gender Of words. followed by simple con-
versation, increasing In difficulty as the
lessons proceed. The idiomatic express
sions are explained and there are long
lists of them. One who goes through the
book faithfully. following tn" instruc-
tions, will be able to carry on simple
conversation in FrCs1ch
.COILOOUIAI FRENCH. By William Robert
Patterson. New York: Il. p. Dutton & co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
A Noncombatant at the Front

A vivid and informing description of
war on the firing line is to be found
in "Ambulancing on the French Front"
The author. Edward r. Coyle, one OF the
first Americans to serve as ambulance
man, spent ten months In Red Cross
ambulance service near Verdun at the
time of It's siege. The strongest i'm
preston. which his story leaves, is the
value OF the man who, though in the
heart Of the conflict, does not fire
shot If he did not take food and
munitions to the men at the front, at
tack or defense by them would be inn
possible In addition to his own ex-
periences he gives much information in
regard to some OF the present methods
OF warfare, as "snipers" or sharpshoot-
ers and hand grenade work, There Is
also an enthusiastic chapter on the
American Y. NJ. c. A. The value and
interest Of the book is increased by
the twenty-three reproductions of his
graphic photographs.
AMBULANCING ON THE FRENCH FRONT.
By Edward r. Coyle. Illustrated. New
York: Britton Publishing Company. 81. 35.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
Engineers in Var " ork

Tb. success or failure of a modern
battle may be controlled more by the
ability Of a single engineer than by
whole regiment Of infantry. Indeed.
vxithout the work of the engineering
forces no military operations of any sorr
would be possible today. While the
public realizes this in a vague way. the
fuII scope and vast Importance Of the
engineers tasks are by no means gen
arally understood. A popular account
OF ali the manifold and difficult laborb
which confront the engineer in modern
warfare is provided by Francis A. Col
Iins in 'The Fighting Engineers" He
tall. in clear, simple language how they
UInnort the fighting army in the neld
ana in tho rear. He tells of their vital
inheritance In reconstruction work. ana
in numerous illuminating anecdotes
shows how American engineering forces
have set a new pace in France. per-
forming formidable and difficult tasks
smoothly and In an incredibly short
time, The book is an admirable, we'll
rounded account of the part new being
nlayed by "the minute men of our in
dustrial army"
THE TIGHTINg ENGINEERS. By Frsnsis
- Collins. Illustrated. New York: The
Century Company. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
VAR FICTION
BASED ON FACT
Dorothy Garfield Has Pro-
duced Literature-Empey
Has Told Tales

If Dorothy Garfield had written
nothing else her latest book, Home
Fires in France" would assure her of
ulstlnction. 1t Is made up of a series
OF tales of the war, based on facts
She has assimilated her material 20
completely that her narrative moves
with freedom and ease. Her style and
method Of treatment remind one of
the French masters Of fiction at their
best The Permissionaire," for in
instance. is equal to any tale that has
come out of the war and 1t Is su-
perior to most. 1t tells of a po!lu who
mad fought for three years without 60
ing home, for the Germans were in pos
session of the village where his wife
and family lived. AS soon as the Ger
mans were pushed back last spring he
asked permission to go home and re.
ceived leave for all the time due him.
He starts joyously. stops in Paris to
buy tools and seeds to cultivate and
plant his little garden, leaves the train
miles from his destination and walks
on still cheerful. But his steps lag
as he sees the devastation that has
been wrought. Finally he reaches his
| village Not n house Is standing.
Everything has been laid waste AZ
| ter a. little search he finds where his
own home had been and falls face
downward upon the ruins in an agony
OF despair. His wife, who had taken
| refuge in dugout some distance away.
! discovers him there some hours later.
| What happened is told with a sym
pathy and restraint such as one finds
only In literature of the highest class.
| II Is great story. The volume con-
tains others almost as good
book of an entirely different quail
ity Is Arthur Guy Empey's third vol
ume about the war. 1t is a group of
tales of the soldiers and their life in
and out of the trenches based on the
No one has ever accused Mr.. Empey of
being a man of letters, and he is like
ly to escape the charge The new book
is as lacking in literary quality as
his other two. "Ovcr the Top" was
popular because OF the slangy and un-
conventional way in which the life OF
the soldiers was described This new
book, Tales From Dugout," is writ
ten in the same style. A literary 'ar-
tist, handing his material, might have
made something out of 1t that would be
of more than temporary interest. But
Mr.. ltmpey handles 1t so Crudely that
those who will find Dorothy Cantield's
book so moving that they will treasure
it will be likely to forget Empeys af-
ter the first reading.
HOME FIRES FROM FRANCE. By Doro.
thy CandGld. New York: Henry Holt 6
TALES FROM A DuGOUT. BY Arthur Guy
Empey. New York: The Century Co.
| $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
4 Jockey Who Fought

Some additional sidelights on the
workings of German Kultur upon the
noncombatants of France and Belgium
have been assembled in book form by
Fred Mitchell, noted jockey, who OBJ
tained mis- information through personal
observations In the war zone at heavy
cost In the woy of danger and hardship
OF particular interest is the authors
narrative of his experiences while a
prisoner in the hands of the invaders.
FRED MITCHELL'S WAR STORY. BY Fred
Mitchell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
A Christmas Masq,le

Percy Mackaye has written so many
plays. operas and community dramas
that he needs no introduction as the
author of The Evergreen Tree"
of Christmas time for community
singing and acting. The scenic and cos
tune designs are by Robert Edmond
Jones, This volume also cotains three
monographs on the masque written by
the author. the scenic designer and by
Arthur Farwell, composer of the music.
THE EVERGREEN TREE. BY Percy Mac
kaye. New York; Appleton q Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
Paris Sketches by Symons

A series of sketches written by Arthur
symons between the years 1890 and 1907
have been gathered In a book called
colour Studies In Paris" They include
a description of the gingerbread fair at
Vincennes. criticism of Yvette Gull
bert when she had Just emerged from
obscurity. notes on the Paris of Paul
Verlaine, songs Of the streets and similar
matters. TheyNwill be priced highly by
admirers Of Paris and those who delight
In the limpid English OF Mr.. Symons.
COLOUR STUDIES IN PARIS. by Arthur
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-16
GIVE BOOKS!
Successful NerU N0Uels
The Golden Bough
By GEORGE GIBBS

By GEORGE GIBBS
A continuous succession of thrilling incidents
with young American and girl trying to
outwit Germany's cleverest agents
81 IN
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28
E DIT O [
THE WESTERN REPUBLICANS.

For once in his lifetime, Robert M. IatoHette is right, II he
has been correctly reported by a Washington correspondent as
having determined to make war on Boise Pemose's elevator. to
the Craftsmanship of the principal senate committee under the
republican reorganization.
Boise Penrose, admittedly a man of commanding talents,
represents no vital phase Of the republicanism Of the great
middle west and northwest.
He is distinctively a man of autocratc ideas, OF reaction
av tendencies, of the rankest sort Of bossism.
We hardly think the great republican party can afford
to place at the head Of one of the chief committees of the SEN
ate a man who has been affiliated with the operations of the
notorious German-American Alliance, an auxiliary to the
brewery combine which was the principal prop of the proGer-
man propaganda in America.
The republican party made its campaign upon what it de
picion,-and yet today it is threatened with a leadership III
pro- German organization that has become a stencil to the
nostrls of patriotic Americans.
The republican party will have but made a mockery Of its
the United States senate.
The party can better afford to lose Pennsylvania with all
its iron-clad repubhcanism than to ALLEVIATE the rank and file OF
the great middle west. No particular political good has come
out of Pennsylvania fer generation. The old state Is hog
tied to party bossism. 1t arouses itself from the sleep of the
dead about once. in half a century, remains awake only long
enough to brush the political cobwebs from its eyes, and then
falls back into the quagnire of political power and pef for
another protracted snooze.
The repubicanism Of the great west does not propose to
follow the leadership of Pennsylvania brand OF politics.
From the day Of Matt Quay dictatorship to the present, Penn
sylvania has been anything but truly republican i'll spirit, since
its democracy has been a party autoeraey.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

The WatertoWn hotels propose to feature South Dakota
products, SO far as feasible, on their tolnorrow's bills Of fare.
The idea is splendid. Other things being equal. the fea-
turing of South Dakota products by the South Dakota hotels
Nonld give South Dakota-made goods a wonderful impetus.
What d u magnificent thing, too, it would be, If all Water
town Joined i'll the featuring Of Watertown-made prelnetsl
IT, it were a ease of hod-up it would be different, but it Is
not. Those things which WatertoWn produces compare favor
ably with other makes of similar goods, both with regard to
quality and price.
Suppose, for instance, that not a pound of meat were con-
sHlneds III WatertoWn that does not come from the Water
town packing plant, what a stimulant It would be for the man
ayers Of the plant!
And meat isn't the only product that is produced IN Wa
tertoWn, nor is 1t the only thing made in Watertown that a very
large percentage ct Watertown people are inclined to ignore.
Watertown needs q little leayening within itself a little
moresco-opeIation; a little more standing together for the up
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

Those Minneapolis socialist speakers who proclaim them
selves boishevlsts are not thereby eevatng themselves In the
estimation of the public. While there is no danger of bolshevism
III America, such talk s@these fellows put up in the twin cities
has a tendency to CRATE harshly upon the public mind.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

\ Sioux City rabbi, in a sermon the other day, said that
the Monroe Doctrine is no longer applicable to American aft
fairs. We have become a part and parcel Of world affairs and,
therefore, must govern ourselves accordingly, thinks this jew
ISL minister. Perhaps he is right.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

Despite all the efforts of the politicians, Mr.. Bates receiv
ed approximately twenty-five thousand votes IN South Dakota
That's a nucleus worthy of thoughtful consideration.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

The mooted question whether a man should break a prom
Use, like death and taxes, will ever be present Ii a man
promised to do that which he afterward concludes he should not
do, and should not have agreed to do, what should he do about
it,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

The South Dakota legislature will be in session in about
six weeks. If there is anything that you wish to have done in
a legislative way, see the representatives of your district. You
may depend upon it that as a rule they will listen attentively
and will comply with your request if they believe it would sub
serve the best interests of the state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

The restoration OF Emperor Charles OF Austria will not
relieve Austria Of paying its share of the cost of restoration
Of the. devastated sections of its %neiglbors.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

Be thankful, all the same, even though You may be de-
prived Of the privilege of attending church for the purpose OF
returning thanks.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

The '1fu'' operates to prevent public gatherings tomor-
row, but you don't have to appear IN public III order to be
thankful.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

Some correspondent has figured that Count Hohenzollern
(the late kaiser) has a bank fund of five million dollars from
Whiclhe will besable to derive an income Of fofty-fve thousand
dollars a year. If that is all Of the kaiser's fortune, he will
miss many things to which he has been accustomed. Forty
five thousand dollars a year isn't much for each of a thou
send Americans. Not a few over here are drawing salaries in
excess Of that sum.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

- -. aaa
Watertown. in common with MANY other cities in the
state fails to practice what it breaches
-
y man Is IL necessarily "hal ne pretenas " o' put WAL
oao
ooath DaAota VIII Aho 'otole ~ Noe ~ ~ IVY
tnat Oh 1910
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-28

As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is, says the old
proverb, the author of which was certainly a discerning per
5 n.