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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-23

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~. Uptown. 1414 Bird Ave-; down
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-23
To Our
Visit0rs:--

In order to accommodate
the many visitors to this
city who may wish TO have
dental work done during
their stay. special and ex.
tended sittings are being
arranged in this office. Not
only Is this a favorable OPP
portunity as regards to sit
tings. but because OF the
greatly lowered price sched.
ule In force at this office
for the summer. IL must
be distinctly understood,
however. that the high
quality OF dentistry for
which this office is so well
known in the West win
not be. under any circum.
stances. departed from.
High skill and conscien-
tlousness are guaranteed In
this office. Prices are mod
crate indeed.
Dental nurse always In
attendance.
Note the location.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-23
PLUMBING GOODS TAKEN

Thieves broke the paddock on the
door of the plumbing shop owned by
C. Sweeney. at 25os w. Andover st.
Tuesday night. and helped them.
selves to a quantity OF plumbing &c.
cessories.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Behind the Scenes in Book Publishing

The other best seller, The Magnificent
Ambersons, by Booth Harrington, was also
expected to do well not only because Of
Mr.. Tarkington's great following and rep
utation in the literary world as one If
not the leading living American novelist,
but also because the book represented the
high point in his art. But even consider
ing what was expected of it the book has
gone into edition after edition. Not only
has it been best seller among so-eaiEed
mghbrow readers, but it has reached as
well the greater popular audience.
As for a book Of unusual merit over
looked by reviewers or the public or both,
we can think of several here at Garden
City. There was Selma Lagerlof's The
Holy City, for instance, Volume Ill. OF
her great classic Jerusalem. The book
was not overlooked by the reviewers, but
it has not sold anywhere near the amount
that Jerusalem did. Why hasn't it, We
aseribe the reason largely to the fact that
it was published during the height of our
war endeavor. 1t sells steadily now, but
it should have gone over 10000 copies in
the first month or so after publication, as
Jerusalem did. ...
Then another one, which was a war book
published last spring at the very height
of the interest in war books, was Gentle
me" at Arms, by Centurion" (Capt. j.
II. Morgan), which somehow or other
seems to have been overlooked by both
reviewers and the public. Here is book
of undoubted literary merit which gives
some never to be forgotten pictures Of the
war, yet even the discriminating audience
does not seem to have found it. We pre-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Doubleday, Page & Co.

"A ANSWERING Your question as to the
4 n best seller "for weight and age" on
the Doubleday, Page & Company list dur
ing the past year is not very difficult. The
Bookmdn lists as well as that own most
absorbing Of all publications privately
written and circulated for Doubleday, Page
& Company, bearing the title of the Red
Book, which gives the figures in all their
cruel nudity, show Gene Stratton-Porter's
4 Daughter Of the Land and Booth Tark-
ington's The Magnificent Ambersoms as
best sellers beyond the peradventure of
doubt.
With her large following and the un-
doubted backing which the book trade al
ways gives to Gene Stratton- Porter
novel an excellent sale is always assured.
Moreover Mrs. Porter can never be hur-
ried, pushed or bullied into letting book
come out until she is satisfied that it is a
sincere expression of the story she has in
mind. Therefore the trade know they can
depend upon her sincerity.
Thus long before 4 Daughter Of the
Land was published and before the sign
ing of the armistiee, when the paper sit
uation was at its worst, the publishers
ordered paper for very large edition and
the trade responded with an advance sale
of over quarter of million copies. That
is large order to be absorbed by the
public, but it was taken up without any
bookseller getting indigestion and recorders
began to flow in by date of publication.
Since that time the sale has continued.
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Boni & Liveright.
The Prestons, by Mary Heaton

The PreStons, by Mary Heaton
L. Worse. Because of its sincerity,
kindly humor and keen appreciation Of
the average problems of American family
life. Also because Of the immediate and
generous realization Of its merits by the
entire press of the country-THE SUN, by
the way, being its first sponsor. The
Prestons has sold over 10000 copies and
is selling better to-day than when it first
appeared. ~
,. Men m War, by Andreas LAtzko.
Although acclaimed by the most i'm
portant publications in the country as
one of the two or three greatest books
produced by the war, and although widely
advertised, do not believe that the sale
of this book has been one-ffth to one-tenth
as large as that of many other books far
inferior in all of the qualities that make
not only for an artistic success but also
for popular success.
3. Free and Other Stories, by Theo-
dore Dresser. Books of short stories are
not generally supposed to have a par
ticularly wide sale. Certainly not such
books written by an author who has
achieved his reputation as a novelist; but
in spite Of this basic condition and the
seanty attention given the book by re-
viewers and the absence Of any extended
advertising campaign the Dresser book
4
selling remarkably well. In this eonnee-
ton let me predict that Dreiser's new
book just published, called Twelve Men,
which is neither a novel, a collection of
short stories, essays, nor any other CLASH
fed form Of literature, will be one of the
seasons notable "upsets."
HORACE B. lIvERIGHT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

THE following articles are replies by
Il American publishers to letter
from Books and she Book World essen
tally as follows: . .-...t
n. OF the books published by you in
the last twelve months, which one has
been, all things considered, the best sellerf
And whyf ...--.
"By the best seller is meant the best
seller for weight and age as the race
track would say. For example, eonsid-
ering its character, which is. highly arts
-; its alien authorship and several other
circumstances, The -Four ROrsemes Of the
apocalypse is a best seller in the most
accurate sense of the word.
"What one of Your books has been a
best seller in this sensef
"2. Of the books published by you in
the last twelve months which one, in your
estimation, has, for book of unusual
merit, been decidedly overlooked by re-
viewers or the public, or bothf
Fol eAamplc, SO"so, ny CLepheh NC
Kenna, took six months to get started
Once started it has kept going, as 50 fine
Q novel is bound TO.
"Have you such an overlooked book,
as yet undiscovered or discovered only
after long intervali
"3. OF the books published by you in
the last twelve months which one has up
set trade precedents7 And howl
"These are matters of real importance
to publishers and to the trade, and of in
terest to the public, which, if intelligently
informed, can help both the publisher and
the bookseller"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Bobbs-Merrill Company.

II OR weight and age" our best sell
u ing book for 1918 was Hog to
EnoW The Bible, by Dean Hodges.
The most popular Of all books, Of
course, is the Bible, so it is not surpris-
ing that a book about the most popular
book should itself be popular. In addi-
ton to this, Dean Hodges, who is broad
minded ard liberal scholar, offered his
book at the moment when all classes of
readers were turning toward the things
of the spirit and away from those of the
flesh. These two reasons, together with
the inherent charm and value Of the book,
explain fairly well, 1 think, its popu-
larity. ".
With Three Armies, by Arthur STAN
ley Riggs, in our opinion, failed to re-
ceive from the critics its just measure
of praise although it had many good
reviews-while the public overlooked
book of permanent value that, published
a year earlier, would have found an en-
thusiastic welcome. Fl. II. Rowland.
w. j. Watt q co.
7 OF the books published by US in
L. the last twelve months, The
Devils Cradle has been our best seller.
The answer to this, of course, is first the
excellence of the story itself; second, its
timeliness, and third, the success Of the
authors previous book. 1t is story Of
Germany and the German people, and was
published at just about the right time.
/ doubt if it would have as good a sale
If it we're published to-day.
2. a Blue Devil Of France has been de-
cidedly overlooked by both the public
and the reviewers. l think that this
book will eventually come into its
own, whether in six months from now or
six years. Unfortunately, however, it was
published just at the signing of the
armistice. There are signs now of re-
actor and a reawakening of interest in
books of this type, but the market for
war books has been dead for the last four
months. W. ]. WATT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Fenny-
7'!GNAR;s;l
"a nystery-story Worth
reading" ..
A GOOD BOOK FOR DAIRYMEN

1.-THE Cow In Hoeltn ana Diseaso bso VI
interest Co Cattlemen.
G. 81. Conn, d. v. NJ. has issued timely Worf
which will appeal 70 all cattiemen, particularly to
dsirymen. as is comes tom the pen Of Q man who
puts lot Of eminent practicAbility into his work
IL Is very useful and carries message 20 the owners
Of cows. Bound be doth, price t1.oo postpaid.
BURTON PUB. 90. EansAs Oily. Mo-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
Dodd, Mead & Company.

\ ANSWERING your first question
4 \ America in France has been our
best seller, not only on account of the
number of copies sold, but also for wide
spread interest, favorable reviews and in
trinsic value. Col. Frederick Palmer was
on Gen. Pershing's staff from the time the
latter arrived in France until after the
signing of the armistiee. No other writer
had nearly such favorable opportunities
for obtaining accurate information about
the A. E. F. Coupled with this is the
fact that Col. Palmer is one Of our Oldest
and best trained war correspondents.
Theodore Roosevelt stated that Palmer
knows more about war than any other
American.
Answering your second question-We
have book called Moekery, by Alexander
MacFarlan, which has 80 far been over
looked by reviewers. 1t seemed to those
who read the manuscript that there was
story that compared not unfavorabiy
with the work of Joseph Conrad and was
even reminiscent Of The Ebb Tide and
some of the other Pacific. stories Of Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson. The author is a
young man only % years of age and he
has written story which delineates char
acter and which unfolds in the deliberate
and inevitable way that Conrad loves to
tell his stories.
I cannot say that We have upset any
trade precedents. ....,. A. M. CHASE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
George H. Doran Company.

I Of the novels published by George H.
L. Doran Company during the last
year The, amazing InterlHde, by Mary
Roberts Rinehart, IS by all odds the most
conspicuous in point of sales. Its success,
as indicated by The reviews, was due to
the fact that Mrs. Rinehart was the first
American novelist to portray the spiritual
influences at work in the hearts of Ameri-
cans as a result Of the war. The book is
having continual sale.
2. Secret Bread, by F. Tennyson Jesse,
which was issued year ago in a COM
pletely revised edition--a rather novel
procedure for a novel-has, We think,
been overlooked by the readers who enjoy
genuinely good things. The reviews made
no mistake; they called it remarkable
book for a woman to write" We believe
it VIII make its way, as Sonia did, by
personal discovery from reader to reader
8. From numerous letters we gather
that the book trade looks upon Walking
Stick Popers as an upsetter of venerable
traditions. Essays were ever restrained,
self obliterating and grave. Whereupon
Robert Cortes Holiday steps into men,
tai period room, 50 to speak, and with an
engaging grimace proceeds to move the
furniture about. WGlkinS-Stick Papers
bids lair to set q new record.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
Last Sunday
Mothers Day

During recent years the variou'
Protestant churches have been oh
serving a certain Sunday in the
month Of May, probably all the time
tn. Second Sunday, as Mothers
day" and the practice is a commend.
able one, as the whole world stands
together in the belief that the sweet
est word in the English or any other
language is Mother" We take il
that the Episcopal church observes
the one day, as is done in the other
protestant churches hut in the Cata.
Ollie church the whole month of May
is MARY" month or Mother" naont,.
the month being named for Mary, the
Mother of Jesus--and this reminds
us of little song heard many years
ago, and almost forgotten, "The
Gates Ajar" which represented some
one trying to get into the pearly
gates Of the New Jerusalem, the last
verse of which we recall:
Then up rose Mary,the blessed, Sweet
Mary, the Mother of Christ;
Her hand on the head of the Angel,
she placed and her touch sufficed.
Then turned was the key in the poral
fell ringing the golden bar,
And Lo, in the little child's fingers
were the keys to the Gates Ajar."
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
HEALTH BETTER
THAN IN YEARS
Woulden't Take $1,000
for What Meritone Has
Done For Him.

Il feel better than for five years
since I've been taking Meritone and |
want to let others know what this
medicine has done for me, said W. R.
Kirkpatrick, of 5lO2 Illinois avenue,
West Nashville.
For five years was bothered
with a soreness in wy stomach and
pains in my leg and ! think | tried
every medicine on the market, but
nothing gave me relief. Why I've
got a bushel basket of empty bottles
of medicines | have taken.
"Meritone is the first thing that
really helped me. I've taken one bot
tie now and it has made me feel bet
ter than | have felt in five years and
| wouldn't AXE $1,000 for what Mer-
!tone did for me, In fact this one bot
tie of Meritone has done me more
good than all the other medicines put
lOStIHSIs
I'm going to tell all my friends
about Meritone,"
The fame af Meritone has spreao
with such astounding rapidity and
such marvellous sales have been made
that old and experienced drug men
are amazed, but it's all due to Meri-
tones real merit,
Mcritone is excellent for stomach
liver or kidney trouble, catarrh, rheu-
matism, nervousness or for building
up strong system,
Meritone is sold exclusively il
Lexington at Stewart Drug Co.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
A Novel Idea on
Female Fuffrage

We have heard a man express a
novel opinion of the principal inten
ton of the urging and adoption of
female suffrage. He says that it IS
fact that many Of the good women
Of the country will not vote for a
long time if ut all, while the votes Of
most all of the bad women can be
marshalled at all t'mes-and will be
at some agreed time in behalf of res
toration of the saloon. We can not
say that we agree with the man re-
ferred to, but it is fact that many
of the best women ESPECIALLY in the
South will never vote, while the
votes Of the bad women can doubtless
be commanded for a bad purpose-as
was recently shown in an election in
a Northern city.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
ALBERTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Morthland
and children, of Memphis, are here
visiting the family of C. T. lowers.
Brother Lewis, of Stray Leaf, was
here this week.
Jim Cox and wife have been visit
ing Mrs. Cox mother, Mrs. lowers.
Jessie lowers is with her sister,
Mrs, Cox.
Bob Evans and wife have both
been sick this week.
Mrs. Addie Stanford has returned
from Paducah and we are glad to
have her with us again.
Nicely Azbill and family have been
visiting near Sweet Bud.
Addie Cozart has been visiting the
Misses Hamilton of Sweet Bud.
Hulan Hamilton spent the week
end with home folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zelon Johnson, o.
Stafford, were here few days ago as
guests of Sam Cozart.
Mr.. Bartholomew was here last
Saturday enroute to Center Grove to
preach.
Clayton Wood and family have
been visiting here. \
Harrison Arnold and family have
been visiting II. II. Wood.
Miss Ida lowers attended decora.
ton at Center Grove.
Hulen Hamlet and Glenn lowers
helped swell the crowd at Center
Grove.
Dick Lindsey writes from Texas
that crops are fine and so many gar
den vegetables that they are tired of
them. He also says that they are to
have II months free school for all
free school ages to 81.
Don't forget that there will be two
sermons at the Christian on the 18th
Sunday in May. Dinner will be serv-
ed on the ground.
Nicely Azbilt says he has all his
cotton planted and a good stand up,
but very few farmers here have fin
ished planting.
Mrs, Logan Sego, Of Lexington.
has been very sick at the home Of her
father, Jno. Small.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
AGOOD FRIEND.

A good friend stands by you wher
in need. Lexington people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test. Mrs. Ryanna Dennison, of Ried
avenue, Lexington, endorsed Doan's
three years ago and again confirms
the story. Could you ask for more
convincing testimony?
81 suffered off and on from kid.
ney trouble for several years." says
Mrs. Dennison. 81 had the worst kind
of shooting pain across my back and
suffered from severe headaches and
dizzy spells. My condition was crit
ical and lost in weight. After all the
medicines | took brought no relief !
thought | could not be cured. Final
ly | begun taking Doan's Kidney
Pills and they entirely cured me"
Statement given December 18th,
1914.
On May oath, 1918, Mrs. Denni-
son said: Il recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills as highly now as when
| gave my last endorsement. / wish
to confirm my last endorsement.
Price Coo, at all druggist. Don't
simply aek for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Dennison had. Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

The greatest surprise in connection
with the Victory Loan was the
statement made by the Treasury De
rartment--that the loan was over
subscribed by the people without the
AID of banks. Over fifteen milinos
Of people bought Victory Bonds as
compared with tweuty-one million of
tic Fourth Loan and seventeen mil
lion in the Third, Total figures will
be given out by Tire government on
the Goth day Of MAY.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

The covenant of the League Of Ma
tons, in its revised form, moved by
Woodrow Wilson, President Of the
United States, was adopted last Mon.
day by the peace conference with
out dissenting vote. The Japs and
French withdrew their amendments
and accepted the covenant, the Jap
anese racial question to be left open
and for solution after the world has
given the plan trial. In spite Of all,
President Wilson seems to have
known what he was doing and to
have been confident all along of the
final outcome.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

Catholic young meu, like thousands
of Protestant brothers in the cities
Joined the "Y" to get he benefit Of
its conveniences-baths libraries,
gymnasiums, etc, in fact places to
live often offered at cheaper prices
than ordinary; but no Catholic on
other person outside Of the protes-
tant evangelical churches could hold
any office or place of honor or emol-
ument in the "Y"-simply member
ship, nothing more, hence the report
ed betrayals of trust in the conduct
of the ~" overseas, were committed
by men in the fullest fellowship and
confidence.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

On account of the scarcity of labor
in the section of Crystal Springs.
Miss, at this time the supply of which
is used in the vegetable farms, the
ladies of the town instead of attend
ing pink teas these long afternoons
are devoting their time and energies
in working the home garden. Every
afternoon may be seen the society
women of the town engaged indus.
triously in farming the gardens, hoe
ing and wedding, with the result that
Crystal Springs will be able to feed
itself during the coming summer. La
Dor cannot be held for private uses
and it is thing Of the past to get a
negro TO work around the premises
Farmers are paying big wages in the
country, and town prices have no at
traction for the ordinary laborer
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
VI. +. CHURCH NOTES.

Mothers Day. was appropriately
observed last Sunday at Center
Ridge and Union Cross Churches
Next Sunday morning a Mother S
Day program will be held at the
church here in town-the Sacramen.
tai service also.
Last Sunday the Sunday School
reached the highest in attendane dur
ing the year. Let's make il bigger
and better next Sunday.
I. J. STRICKLIN, Pastor.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16
There was rioting between sailo

There was rioting between sailors
and white civilians on one side and
negroes on the other in Charleston
South Carolina, last Sunday night
Two negroes were killed, II wounded
snd seven hluejsckets also reported
wounded, There will be more of il
nud in the long run the negro will
set the worst Of it. The negroes Of
Memphis are reported unusually bad
and impudcnt lately. The whites are
lot r,o;ng to allow the negro to stay
long out Of his place.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

The government is turning on!
two million pennies day and still!
that is not enough. The war and lux
ury taxes make the demand for "cor.
pers" greater than the supply and all
minis are working double time.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

Think of 1.-THE New York FEEDER
al Reserve District took more than
its quota Of 81 ,35O,OOO,0OO in the Vic
tary Loan, which campaign closed
last Saturday-nearly one-third Of
the entire loan.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

When the war begun--the big war
not technically concluded until the
Germans sign the peace pact--ore
hundred and fifty thousand Catholic
ycmg men had membership in the
Young Mems Christian Association
something like one.fifth of the mem.
bsrship of that organization. The
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

II is reported that the United
States Navy took twenty-five million
dollars or more Of Victory Bonds.
just doubling its quota.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

1t is said that $4,000 entente
troops will go into the operation
against the city of st. Petersburg,
Russia, for the purpose of dislodgng
the Bolsheviki,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

-Four houses and five lots at bar
gain. Good rental property. Pays
good interest. Nice homes.-W A.
LAWYER at Elk Drug Store.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

FOR SALE-Fiye- Passenger Ford
car, 1917 model, in good condition.
Price s40O-Mrs. A. L. Waller. Juno.
Tenn.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

Make your buggy and wagon last
much longer with True Tagg rarri-
age and wagon paint II i. the best
easy to put on. The varnish stain
for your furniture.-Elk Drug Store
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

The army has secured 28,737 vol.
ur,tary enlstments since the armis-
tee was signed last November the
18th.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

PLUMBING am licensed
plumber and prepared to do guaran-
teed work.. H. SCOTT. Cumber-
land Phone $50.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16

BY Act Of the legislature the mar
,.age age has been advanced in Ten.
he zee from &c to IL years.