Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-06
MANY THRILLS IN BOOK
/ UPON WAR BY "C0NTACT"
''>h Author OF Cavalry Of the
Clouds" to Tell OF New
Adventures
WAS SLOT DOWN IN PALESTINE
'c'Shcd Madness In Order to Get to
ntinoplc-Escapcd Turkish
'aptorS In Train Wreck-Cuptaiii
oIan 5ctt Gains Fame.
ny HAYDEN cuunCu.

contact O: Cavalry of the Clouds
"he' Is now engaged III putting the
'n'sh!hs touches on a new book which
"i!i contain about ten thrills for every
'hc i'll his earlier volume. in which
mriIs were many and which was
published on this side Of the Atlantic
ngs"
The news was nist given in this
fespondencc that Captain Bot had
,een shot down with his plane dur
ne an air night on the Palestine front.
hd that. rather badly wounded, he
nas, Il prisoner in TIA" hands OF the
, H9ihs, ~ was then remarked that
vhtactb many readers would pro-
,hoi: nay" 10 wnit a long time for
uIther tales from his vigorous pea.
'-t' IN making this prediction. one
aiIcu 70 anticipate the series OF arinis-
ices, the irst of witch tn. bulgarian
ne, gave Captain Bot his liberty
IL was In April las; that he fol- into
-. hands OF the gentle Turk. and
nc" then nc has had adventures in
c.uty; seems that his book.
cavalry Of Inc Clouds" which was so
yen liked IN The United states. was
ne cause Of all his subsequent troubles.
Nter J. appeared tn. authorities Sc
sct.d Contact" "ho has the Military
an air hsht"r 10 write up the work
BTlnsh airmcu all over the world.
I'm Mediterranean. II was in the
econd of his flights on the Palestine
ront that ne was shot down, wounded,
~ plan. failing In faincS
Twice Sought to t;nin Ills Liberty.
i'm thereafter:
Having recovered from my wound"
ic said. i t"is" attempted to escape
rom syria. and result. suffered
oltary confinement IN Nazareth ANA
damascus. then slammed mental
ernnHe'ncnt 80 a to DC sent TO hos
TIA! IN constantinOpl.. where / hoped
get IN touch wiki friends
iihEinE coihilcicd our plans Cap
,in White an Australian officer. and
"a H.
own railway slope during train
oi!ision in the suburbs Of Constan-
idden IN the city. White under tho
Wise OF a fro"sy Turk and myself
oInetimcs as German officer and
omctimes as "A Ru&sinn sailor Then
e were smuEGlcd on board "a Russian
ramp steamer that was 10 cross the
Hack Sea 10 odessa. The Turkish
dice suspected that we were on the
cat. and searched IL six times for
urselres and some fellow stowaways.
no included woman international
ohtswain'a bcd) and a Turkish de-
erter.
Each time the police came we
allast tanks undernc.s4, the propeller
iaft a, the very hoGGm OF the ship.
dessa was In .Austro-German occupa-
on 80 we lay low in tiny room in
he Bolshcvist quarter. We obtained
read and sugar rations on the
9TH caught the 'fiu in odessa, and /
SO had the jaundicc
blended to secure AirpInne In Sib-rIn.
When We recovered we intended to
ave tor Siberia. as the RUSSIAN volun-
ser army in the Caucasus had
Tomised TO lend us AN airplanc Then
ne bulgarian armisi!ce happened, So
slowed away on another boat. this
me gong TO the bulgarian coast. y
ussian general who pretended to be
engineer accompanied US. Finally
= met the Hrit!sh in Bulgaria. and
ere told that we looked Al scare
When he completes the book in which
Describes Ties: and other expert
tlf-way through this latter cook
hen he was captured. and though
that have narrated were noi
rough, the manuscript was Sent to the
pttom OF the Mediterranean when ::
boat torpcdoed the vessel in which
6 Kit was being sent home. Mean
lille. he has just arranged y lecture
ur in the United States.
You can never tell in what direction
at versatile craftsman Arnold Ben
1T. viii break OUT next. but about
last thing that one would have
pectcd even him to do would have
ven TO find inspiration for a play IN
C dramatic story from the Apo
ypha" OF Judith and iIolofcrnes
ound II web of comedy" Jas;
Nv the oppression 81 the isr"eiites by
e Assyrians and their i.liveranac
no cut on the head OF Holofcrnes
I'd put IL into her bag Of meat. can
subjected 10 comedy treatment IS al
esent Mr.. Bennett's closely guarded
cret. But much * possible "hcn
e has his magic touch,
ny Term Garments A. .Glad Rags"
Judith's garments OF gIldness''
II doubtless--and lcgitim:tcly.-nc
thor Of the "Hpoeryn6a'' c!sarly a ans
.ipated Bcnnett's uaw play has
e. en- secured by i.illah Mccarthy, who
II make it the first pro Iuc.ioh Of her
Engagement a: the <ingsway Ihcat.r,
hdor. twnCrc the American mdscai
~. oh. Boy" here rLllcd "Dh joy
presents holds IN: Stago) early in
Meanwhile, BENEFITS witty comedy.
Me Title" which is satire on ,u,.
stem by which handles" To names
d other distinctions are awarded in
is country. is still going strong At
Royalty Theater. where it has
erybody seems 10 he reading Ben
us new novel, THE Roll CALI Ger
inly, If anybody in the writing bust
SIS has discovered the recipe for con-
ao Gus success is iha the nay author Of
Glory part Of IL is that the principal
which Bennett indcfatigably prac-
es, as well as persistently. preaching
in the stimulating little books that
throws off so frequently on the sub
Il of efficiency
Alec Waugh. about whose Loom OF
nth" and surprising career gencr-
v i wrote at length last week. was
prisoner at Mainz for more than cigh;
Snths. He tells of his experiences
erc in Il hook. written since his re-
IN and just published. which is en-
lied The Prisoners OF MainZ" As /
ignt have been expected from a
Filter who, though he is now only
'enty-onc unites quite uncommon
ginality and faculties for ohserva-
IN and analysis To a really bcauti-
literary style, the viewpoint set
tn in "The Prisoners OF Manz" is
ginal throughout. On the whole |
iugh and his fellow prisoners were |
namely treated. 1t is true they were |
if-starved until parcels from home |
gan to arrive. but the civilians out
g the prison walls were in not much |
eter case.
JicuIes Soldiers Attempting Escnpe |
tho attempts which the more ardent |
trits frequently made to escape |
lrally reacted unfavrraby upon the |
= ambitious and were not always re- |
.ded with favor. Waugh goes so far |
to pour some ridicue upon them.
1T was great nuisance. They |
uld do the mystery stunt so very |
,roughly. and IL was such noisy |
,iness opening their underground |
aboard
cartainly there was somcthinp |