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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
next week at the sessions Of the Ma
tlonal Tax Association, in annual cor.
ference there.
Tcecher. Sock Rai..

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.1
LYNCHBURG. VA. June l4.-wlth
number OF vacancies to NIL and other
teachers standing Off to see the action
the City Council takes relative to a
resolution to increase the pay of
teachers for tho 1919-192o session, the
school board faces It's next meeting
late this month with n feeling of con.
Germ.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
Make Awards Tucsduy Nirht.

In addition to the addresses OF Gem
eral Lyon and Dean Long on Tuesday
night, President +. w. Boatwright Will
deliver his annual address and will
award number OF medals and prizes
which are offered for meritorious work
In various departments. besides con-
ferrinE the degrees
Major G cncral Lyon Mt ono time made
his home In Richmond and Is u grad.
uate OF RICHMOND College of tho class
the Military Academy Mt West Point
and has served on the Mexican border.
In Panama and in the Philippines. He
April, 1918. and put in command OF the
pixie Division. He fought In the
Argonne Forest in some OF tho most
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
Duy. Ninetvst, Acr.,

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, June IL
Charles l.. Chesley. Of Stafford, has
purchased of G. Mofrett King, OF Rich
mond. ninety-stS acres of land at
Potomac Run station. In STAFFORD. This
Is valuable property, and adjoins the
farm OF Mr.. Chesley.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15

mond College students qualified. but
only three. B. Walter Leonard. o. C.
Trundle and r. r. Chappell. could be
elected because OF the restrictions linn
iting the selections to one-sixth of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
Finding the Right Reader

nctlon kiadlng group Inere Would DC
many who would find serious fault with
it and who would condemn heartily the
publisher who had urged it upon them.
Still another example comes to mind in
May Sinclair's Mary OErier: Life,
which is to be published in September.
Those critics who have read it are unani-
nous In their opinion that not only is it
the best work of an artist who has for
years been commanding attention by the
merit of her writing, but that it is also
one of the best pieces of fiction of all
times. Yet, while Mary Olivier: a Life,
viii most certainly sell to large body of
people who Will be pleased with it and
will second enthusiastically all that the
critics maintain, still it is hardly less
certain that there will be those who will
find little entertainment In its pages and
will characterize it simply as zone gloom
after another" There will be those
women, too, who will resent the frankness,
the absolute realism with which woman's
life is barred; who will object to the way
in which the inner1nost thoughts of the
feminine sex are set down without reserve.
Here again, if 100 per cent. efficiency
were aimed at and achieved, disappoint-
ment could only follow in certain circles.
1t does not seem to me, then, that the
publishers problem Is so much how to
secure a 100 per cent. sale as it is to
see that book reaches the group which
will receive benefit and enjoyment from
the reading of it. The publisher must
comprehend that the reading public, even
the novel reading public, is composed of
groups within groups and that what may
be one groups meat may be another
groups poison. This is not to maintain
that books are to-day sold as largely as
possible. Far from it! l agree quite un-
reservedly with you in that matter, and
would welcome anything that would bet
ter conditions. Ny point is simply that
it would be a mistake to try to sell some
books outside of the particular class for
which they are intended-that to do so
would not be sales efficiency at all, but
ineficiency resulting in general dissatis-
faction. HAROLD S. LATHAM,
Editorial Department,
The Macmillan Company.
New York, August IA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24

ITO THE EDITOR OF BOOKS AND THE
Il Book WoRLD-Sir: The editorial
in Books and the Book World for August
10 ON The Secret of the Best Seller deals
with one of the real problems of publish
ing. am quite willing to accept your
statement that the general book does not
reach more than one-quarter of the
whole body of readers. With the large
majority of books this is not, however
or so If seems to me-a condition to be
remedied or one that can be remedied.
Books have to fit the mind Just as clothes
have to fit the body. A clothing manu-
facturer does not feel that he can put out
a universal suit either of style or of size.
Books are little more universal on the
average than clothes. They must vary
70 suit individual tastes and sizes. Of
course there are exceptions-the books
with message for every reader and
which every reader would enjoy and by
which he would profit-but these are
rarities and we are not dealing with these
but with the general run of books.
Every book, no matter how great or
how small has its friends and its enemies;
those whom it fits and those whom it does
not fit. A publishers announcements
and advertisements should set forth In
SO far as is possible the nature of the
book In such way that those to whom it
is most likely to appeal will be attracted
to II without attracting those to whom the
reading will prove disappointing. If it
were possible for publisher to word his
appeals in such way that all of the read
ing public could be induced to read GER
tain book, the result, far from being
gratifying as might at first appear, would
be disasterous. Thousands of dis
g-untled readers would feel that they
had been defrauded; they would
complain of the publisher for not
making it evident that the volume was
of such and such class, and they would
mistrust every pronouneement of his in
the future. Untold damage would thus
be done, not TO one book but to all books
and to the cause of publishing.
/ have one or two examples In mind: :
The Macmillan Company recently
issued The Gy-DOmbeys by Sir Harry
Johnston, one of the finest novels shat
ever came down the pike; novel of a
great deal of charm and quality, making
an instant appeal to many lovers of real
literature. The Gdy-Dombeys on the
other hand, demands for its appreci-
alton a certain background, a certain
knowledge Of literature, which not every
reader possesses. l have among my
friends several who have read it and ad-
mired it and who are now re-reading it.
also have number of equally good
friends to whom it would be worse than
useless to recommend the story. They
would miss its clever satire, its humOr, the
truth of its pictures of society life. Ii
The Gay-Dombeys were sold to all in the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
Mr.. Vaughan En- Route

friends and computation of the revenue
from popular plays and novels, we have
figured that Mr.. Vaughan will be able
to afford about 500 servants in China
Frankly, l am surprised at the success
Of The Moon and Sirpence," he con-
tinued. Il wrote it wholly to please my
self and l always imagined that if YOU
tried to please yourself you wouldn't
please any one else. I'm as happy as
child about it. Because there has been
give this explanation in an introduction
to the next edition. When | was
young they used to tell me that a
person who looked for the moon would
urged to look for the sixpenee. But now
that l am older and can think what |
wish, l believe in looking for the moon
and letting the sixpence go to hell"
"What have you to say in reply to those
persons who complain that you have de-
nuded human nature of its fundamental
goodness in The Noon and Sirpence, par
ticularly in the character of Charles
Strickland, and ought not to be encour-
agedF
'The character Of Strickland, as has
already been discovered, is moulded upon
that of the French artist, Paul Gaugtin,
who declared himself sick of the disease
of civilization and found barbarism the
only restoration to health in art" he said.
"and as the career of Gauguin was shaped
by other hands than mine l feel that the
blame ought to be shifted
If Mr.. Vaughan hadn't been hurrying
10 China we might have persuaded him
to talk at greater length on all these sub
jects. 1t would have been good to have
a more detailed explanation for instance,
of the title of The Noon and Sirpence.
True, the connection between the moon
and the sixpence has been established, but
difficulty may be discovered even vet in
placing them in the novel. We would
suggest the disease of civilization, as
represented by the artists abandoned wife
and children, for the sixpence; and art,
as represented by the island of Tahiti,
native costume and barbarous wife, for
the moon.
Mr. Vaughan comes out strongly in
his novel against the practice of white
washing celebrities. We do not know
whether he invented the following story
to fit Strickland or whether it originated
with Gauguin. One biographer quotes
Strickland as having described his wife
as "an excellent woman" and when a
second biographer produces the same let
ter in full it reads: ''God damn my wife.
She is an excellent woman. | wish she
was in hell"
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By CONSTANCE MURRAY GREENE

By CONSTANCE MURRAY GREENE
TT is not altogether pleasant TO be mis-
Il taken for striking actor, but it is
one of the pleasantest things in the world
to interview W. Somerset Vaughan, Eng
hsh playwright and actor. You might
have had both Of these experiences if you
had gone with us on the evening of
August II to the Hudson Theatre, where
Mr.. Maugham's play Too Many Has
bands was in rehearsal by Miss Estelle
Winwood and q company. Mr.. Maugh-
ans Caesars Wife, with Billie Burke
in the lead, is also in preparation and his
novel, The Noon and Sirpence, is selling
on every stand In the country. Two
plays and book in a season is a rare
batting average but Mr.. Vaughan has
Outdone it with four successes on the
London stage at once, thus establishing a
record which "outshines all dramatists
from Aristophanes to Hall Came" as
some one has said.
Escorted through the lobby by no less
a person that Mr.. Al Woods we were
privileged to lie in wait for our celebrity
beside large blond lady who was agree
ably open to questions. She had, it APP
peared, met Mr.. Vaughan often at the
Drews' in 1908 when John Drew was
playing in his comedy Jack SfrDu. Since
that time, she declared, he has been grow
ing steadily younger, which would make
him about twenty-three years old now,
if you count the intervening years back
ward. During the war he served first as
an ambulance surgeon and later in the
intelligence department, in addition to
which he is a married man.
When Mr. Vaughan finally material
lied he proved q most affable gentleman
-affable as only an Englishman in the
best of humor can be-who takes long,
long while to say what he wants to say,
owing to charming but time-consuming
stammer. 1t is probable that on the eve
ming of August y his time was about the
most precious in the country, all things
considered.
give been in New York three minutes"
he began, "and / am leaving for China
in three minutes more, partly because l
want to and partly because I think I
ought to study the effect of Eastern
civilization on American and European
minds
allow long will that take?" asked.
at can be done in six months" Mr.
Vaughan replied, and with a sudden
Frightening of the eyes, Il expect to live
decently in China for the first time in
my life"
(After consultation with Chinese
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
"Wits and the Woman"

IF moving picture fans read novels
Il they will take huge delight in the
pages of Violet Twins Wits aud the
Woman, for Miss Irwin believes in action
all the way and lays it on good and
plenty. Indeed Clarissa, who tells the
story and does most of the acting in it,
says of it: my tale is good tale, a
hinety-fve horsepower, twelve cylinder
scooter" IT'S that every bit of it. Like
wise it is a story based on dual personal
ity, which is to say that when Lady Deer
ing shoots and kills Henri de Grasse dur
ing a seance in the theatre of the depart
ment store where Clarissa is employed his
spirit passes into that of Clarissa's and
forces her to take up the life of high
adventure.
This life includes going up TO the
Cobalt country and helping Torrance
O'Shaughnessy get possession of mine;
her share In the proceeds being million
dollars. 1t includes becoming entangled
in diamond smuggling plot, which neces-
states atmospheric journeys to thrilling
accomplishments; to the Long Island
beach opposite Babylon and to Toronto.
Also to Europe, to stock speculations,
to displaying her curious psychic con-
dition to a group of titled members of
the British Psychical Research Society
and finally back to the arms of Torrance,
who puts Clarissa into her true meter,
that Of being moving picture actress.
Clarssa's narrative style reads like that
of an English woman trying to write New
Yorkese. She says her telling Of the
story is @going to be done on my own
method, regardless. There's no
more art about it than in a eubist statue;
the plot resembles most a ragged bunch
of cold slaw" The scene in the tale i'm
mediately above the words "The End
gives a complete impression of the hero
ines dialogue.
"Clarissa," be said sternly, "when will
you marry me and put an end TO all this
nonsensep
"We're in New jersey" merely men
toned. jbf
When came up for air he roared at me
care you ready?" and 1 answered:
"Shootp
WITS AND THE WOMAN. By VIOLET
- TsxTf,l RoSton. Small MAYNARD A. IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24

WITS AND, THE WOMAN. By VIOLET
,sIEwN. Boston: Small, Maynard q Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
CHAPTER XIII.

Andrea did not awake until Trevor
withdrew his arm, which was when
they were already In sight Of their
home landing.
BY the time she reached the camp
she was In no mood to welcome tho
astonishing sight Of three white men
calmly taking siesta in Trevor's most
comfortable chairs, their helmets and
dolmans tossed aside and their short
slseved undershirts unbuttoned at tho
neck. The only thing to be discerned
In their favor was that they were oil
freshly shaven. 1t did not cheer her
to see that upon catching sight Of
them. Trevor's face cleared.
"Who are the lnterlopersT she
asked shortly.
His eyebrows went up. ''Intsrlopers.
Andrea Pellor7'' he asked with .
smile. Then his face turned grim.
"Will you do what ask this timer
he inquired.
She stified the feeling Of rebellion
that Immediately rose in her at this
recurrence OF his fighting voice. "Yss,'
she said meokly.
'Please slip quietly to your room.
have your tea and bath alone and
dress In your smartest khaki out6t,
legsings and all. When you have done
that. please wait till come"
Andrea could not resist Z single
shot. Yea" she said dsmprelx, ".lust
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06

sUnAes ~ circumstances ana &C.
knewIedsia0 ny faulG csuld Do 10
less than otRef N marry you IN spite
~ your high station II life. ! felt that
you might think yourself compromised
TO such an extent that even my humble
person would prove some sort Of m
amend. It's q great relief to know
that I overcstimated the situation all
around"
Andrea realized that the false start
had thrown her out Of tho normal
stride OF the game and she was ready
10 clutch at q straw. "Why. I hadn't
thought Of that--I mean. I'd forgotten
II somehow--but ! do feel compro-
m!sed-awfully." She looked hopeful.
ly nj his set face.
"No need to-" said Trevor briskly.
I've got these three missionary chaps
here for witnesses to tho fact that We
went up In perfectly good faith, that
was forced to bad landing and got
fearfully cut up and burned and that
l was only Just backing out Of deaths
door when they turned up and found
you intact"
"Why. White Mani" exclaimed An
drea, show could you got them to tell
that awful lief"
Easily" answered Trevor promptly.
"They wouldn't know II was lie. You
see. these missionary chaps will still
believe . native: they can't afford to
conceds the immutsble fact that \
black consistently makes only one
constant effort In his llfe-an effort to
give always the answer that he thinks
It will please you most to hear. Why,
don't even have to Tx II up with my
people. You'd believe the lie yourself
II you could understand half they will
say"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
NO surrGR in sioux CITY.


Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City. Dec. 6,--Country butter
IL an article almost unknown to sioux
City households. unless they secure II
direct from the makers. according to
members OF the retail grocers' associa-
ton, who assert they are unable TO
buy 1t at any price.
This does not mean. however, that
creamery butter IL being used In all.
nor even majority Of the homes, Of
the city. the erocers say. They claim
their sales Of butter substitutes are
several times greater than those OF
real butter. The consumption of but
ter substitutes has been gradually in
creaslng during the last three or four
years and many families uso them In
preference to butter. for the quality Is
always the same. winter and summer.
and there Is no fear Of getting bad
batch" as occasionally occurs when
butter Is secured from the woman re-
puted to make the best butter In the
county"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
Iowa sinccr Wods in ee,oium.

Brussels, Dec. 6.-A recent wedding
Of interest to Americans is that OF the
well-known American singer, Miss
Eleonore Leclair to Senior Don Augusta
Teran, vice consul at Antwerp for
Ecuador. Miss Leclair. who is an
Iowa girl. came to Europe for her mu
steal studies and made her debut in
Brussels in concert in 1914. She has
sung with brilliant success in Belgium
England and italy and will be heard
in the United States next season
Senior Teran Is the son Of the late Cen
eral Emilio NJ. Teran, former Ecua.
dorian Ambassador to Great Britain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
Plead Guilty 70 Sabotage.

Special to- Timed Hepuplcan'
Iowa City, DEC. 6.-Four Of seven
alleged conspirators and sabotage
artists pleaded guilty IN the Johnson
county district court. Thursday. and
were penalized. y I'LL.
They are Charles Fowler. Gregg H.
Patterson, Joe Ehimon. and FranH
Brand. Judge Otto fined them 5000
apiece, and sentenced them, to year
each, in the county jail. suspendsns
sentence as TO the imprisonment The
men admitted thu: they mad conspired
to dismantle the Isva City Light and
Power Companys gas plant. during the
fall. and had actually committed the
sabotage but they stated they were
beguiled by other union men. Yet to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06

DO tricd are the president OF che
union. Francis Murphy. and II. o,
Bush. and Truman Fox.
County Attorney z. NJ. Miller admit
ted that the men were probably mis-
led. and. as they are poor have
families. and homes unpaid for, he
waived the right to demand $500
fino and the 6-year penitentiary SEN
tence, tho law allows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
WHY COUGH AND
COUGH AND COUGH?
Relieve It with DR.. Bells
Pine.Tar-Honey

n RE you going to let It stick and
~ become chronic condition.
Of course notl Not when you
know you have preparation like Dr.,
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey to loosen it up
and so allow Nature to rid you OF it.
The first dose will produce gratifying
results. The second and third will con.
vince you that DR.. Bells Pine Tar.
Honey is an enemy to a cold.
The preparation is second to none
for its soothing, relieving effects.
Coughs, Ia grippe, bronchitis, asthma
quickly relieved by DR.. Bells Pine Tar.
Honey. &c., Co.,, $40. All Druesists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
ERECT NURSES MEMORIAL.
Nurses Of Northwest Iowa to Build
Club House.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City Dec. at the meeting
of nurses OF the first district of tho
Iowa Nursos' Association held here
yesterday II fund was started for the
erection here Of nurses club house
"A mcmoria! to those Iowa nurses who
lost their lives while serving the coun-
try during the war In Europe. II Is not
expected now to build during the COM
ing year, tho that IL not impossible
providing sufficient funds are avail
nblc and It Is believed they may be for
number of substa nt'al donati tons have
been received from doctors and other
professional men of this part of the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
DO NOT FEED pRohEs.

Feed ID too expensive to waste. II
IL wasted II your hens do not show
results. Add g little B. A. THOMAS
POULTRY REMEDY to their rood
ana yoH Will have . full egg basket
0so ~ o1Sea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
ITO Be Continued.)

American banking interests In China
have increased considerably. especial
iy at Shanghai. and with additional
shipping facilities, with fair field
and no favor. and with proper safe
guards in regard to trade marks. there
docs not appear to bo any reason why
the United States should not hold. or
even Increase. It's present share OF
Chtna's foreign trade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
Owe MEMORIAL TO CHURCH.
Storm Lake Church Gwen Clock ana
Bell Honorine Former Resident.

Storm Lake Church Given CLOCK ana
Bell Honorins Former Resident.
SDecial to Times Republican.
storm Luke. Dec. e.--F. r. fa'h'e.
Of Fort Dodge, formerly a resident OF
mia citv. ma son, Stanton. and daugh-
ter. Miss Marion have presented to the
Lakeside Presbyterian church OF storm
Lake a clock and a bell which will be
placed in the tower soon after the first
of the year. The gift Is in memory OF
the wife and mother. Mrs. Cora Tho1u-
burg Faville who died on the four
tenth Of last March. Mrs. Favslle was
known over the state. as she was one
CT the leaders In the Iowa Federation
Of Women's Clubs, and at tho time OF
her death was the organizations cor
responding secretary. She was one OF
the most beloved women who ever Nv
ed in this community, and her influ-
ence for good was great.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06

Don't stay stufYed-up! Quit blowing
and snufflng! A dose OF "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours un-
til three doses are taken usually breaks
up n severe cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your clog
gcL-up nostrils and the air passages
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06

OF the head: stops nose running: re-
lieves the headache. duilness. fever
ishness. sneezing. soreness and STIFF
ness.
"pape's Cold Compound" is tho
quickest. surest relief known and costs
only IA few cents at drug stores. 1t acts
without assistance. tastes nice. no
Qulnine.