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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

MAILER Eighth Symphony, which. II
was declared at The time, put Phila-
dclphia on the musical map" although
music are inclined to doubt this state
ment, without in any way belittling
the achievement Of the Mailer work.
Perhaps 1t would be more CORRECT to
say that 1t made some Of our self -sat :
isfed sister cities 'sit up and take
notice."
The work requires three soioists, a
tenor, mezzo- soprano and bari
tone, and some OF the most famous
singers In the country are now being
, considered for these roles. 1t will be
performed on March and G and, to
make those concerts even more note :
worthy, Mr.. Rachmaninof will appear
at them as the soloist, performing also
for the first time in this country his
new concerto for piano and orchestra.
TIME soloists for the entire season are
L of the first rank. There will be
twenty five sets Of concerts opening
Friday and Saturday, October II and
1S, and continuing each week until
May Z and 8 inclusive, with the ex-
ceptions of Fridays. November 21, De.
ccmber IL, January 16, February 20
and March 10. and the Saturday eve
nings following these dates. The
usual change from Good Friday to
Easter Monday afternoon will take
place in April. although the Saturday
concert that week is unchanged.
OF these twenty five series, soloists
will appear in fifteen Of them, there be
ing three with the chorus and the re-
mainder being purely orchestral con
ccrts. There are six pianists, Harold
Bauer, Olga Samaroff, Alfred Cortot,
Sergei Rachmannoff, Rudolph CAM
and Katherine Goodson. Nine. Sama-
rolf will play the piano part In the
Beethoven Choral Fantasy.
| Among the violinsts, the name OF
Fritz Kreislcr takes first place as that
great artist will return to the concert
! stage this wear after his retirement
! during the war. The others are Thad-
! deus Rich, concertmeister OF the or
chestra Arrigo Serato. said to be tint
first violinist of Italy Eddy Brown ant
/ Thelma Given. two young American
performers, who have both appeared
here In recitals but not before with the
orchestra.
TIME orchestra will have busy season
l. again. as. in addition to the regular
series of fifty concerts in Philadelphi'
It will give ten In Pittsburgh. five ir
New York, five each in Baltimore
Washington and Wilmington. four II
Toronto, Canada. three in Cleveland ant
one each in Buffalo. Detroit. Columbus
and Ithaca. The subscription sale in al
these cities Is very large, and the New
York concerts. from present indica'
! tions, will be entirely sold out.
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sylvia SC4RLETT
MEETS HAPPINESS
Compton Mdckenzie's Neto
Nopel Winds Up Her
Florid Career

Sylvia Scarlet, the alluringly hec-
tic heroine Of Compton Mackenzie q
like named novel, reappears again as
the central figure of "Sylvia and
Michael" She will be remembered as
the brilliant. erratic and unconven-
tional girl of indubitaDle family, though
Of somewhat mysterious antecedents,
who marries, who runs from matrimony
who becomes an actress, and who has
many odd and some rather scanGalous
adventures.
Her later career Is as forid and
eccentric as its earlier period. AS
cabaret singer, refugee and war worker,
her adventures are many and fascinat
ing. And they are, If anything, more
unconventional than ever. Thackeray
once subtitled book, "a Novel With E
out n Hero" MIR. Mackenzie does not
80 label this novel, but Michael Fame
does not appear in his pages until the
book is two thirds under way. And
then he comes in as a typhus- stricken
patient in the riotous Balkans, at about
the time Bulgaria is entering the war
on the Huns side. Sylvia, by the
providence of fiction, happens to be at
Nish, then being evacuated by the
Serbs, and takes him in charge. Her
nursing brings him back to life again
and to her. Sylvia's and Michaels
Anabasis furnishes the highly romantic
finale of the novel. Only through many
adventures and trials are they at last
enabled to cry "Thalassos."
Mr.. Mackenzie excels in feminine
psychology and his Interpretation OF
Sylvia's moods Is well done. He also
projects a very vivid picture of the
vexed Balkans during the midwar, when
Bulgar and Austrian made their sweep
almost to Salonica His irony at the
expense Of British offcialdom, mill
tary and diplomatic. is very delicious
Altogether a readable book, and some
times a fascinating one.
SYLVIA AND MICHAEL. ny Compton. MAG
kenzie New York: Harper Bros. Sl''o
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OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW
BETTER-BUT DOESN'T
Romantic Phildnderer IL
"After Thirty" Has Nice
Wife, That's All

There are countless Shelley Wicketts
pleasant gentlemen of harmless in
tentiop and thinning hair-who, with
deep il placid affection for the wives of
their bosom, have, nevertheless, a ten
dency toward gentle philanderings.
1t is with such as these that Julian
Street deals tenderly in after
Thirty" an entertaining chronicle Of
the romantic adventurings of Shelley
Wicket, who relieves the tedium OF
coffee brokerage by falling with delicious
splashes into a succession of innocent
love affairs.
+ Mr.. Street would have it appear that
1t is difficult to put fire into such pd-
ventures "after thirty" for. with
ardor dulled, the delightful Mr.. Wicket
inevitably returns to the consoling arms
of the charming Mrs. Wicket, who in
variably has acquired complete and
sympathetic knowledge of her hus-
bands quest for conquest.
Such wives are rare and precious.
We are after thirty" ourself. And
there are countless Shelley Wicketts.
AFTER THIRTY. BY Julian street New
York: The Century Company. $3.50.
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PHILLPOTTS. AGAIN
PICTURES DARTMOOR
Storm in a Teacup" Study in
rs Matrimonial Caprice
and Reconciliation

Medora Dingle Is the most capricious
of women. She abandons devoted
husband because she believes him too
light of mood, a gay hearted, full
blooded male, who thinks only of the
joys of the present. And she clopes
with a man whose very lack Of these
qualities eventually drives her from
him.
Medora Is one of three central char
acters In Eden Phillpottss Storm in
a Teacup." which, like others of this
writer's novels, has England's Dart
moor district for its backgrounds dis :
trict Of busy and commonplace industry
whose technicalities are so abundantly
woven into the story as to make it q
bit wearisome at times.
Dingle and his wife are workers In q
great paper mill. There, also, labors
Jordan Kellock. Both men had been
rivals for Medora's hand. and Dingle
won. AS the story opens. Medora Is re
GREETING her choice. She finally per
suades Kellock, a man Of high though
cold ideals, that her husband misun
derstands and abuses her, and Kel.
lock takes her to London. =,
But the elopement is on n lofty plsne
too lofty for the buxom Mcdora, who
realizes that now she has made n rea
mistake, and who proceeds to recti
~ II by the simple cxpedient of re.
turning to an accommodating husband
STORM IN A TEACUP. by Eden Ph,llpot,,
new YORK; The Ma cmillan Company. 81, 80
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THE DRY SPELL
An Attempt by Morley and
Haley to Mitigate Its Rigors

No one who Is not a rabid advocate
of total abstinence can read "In the
Sweet Dry and Dry" a burlesaue on
the prohibition movement. without
bursting his buttons with laughter. II
is so unmitigatedly ridiculous that II
is surprising that anv sane men could
have conceived It. Yet it's authors
christopher Morley and Bart Haley
are supposed to be sane.
It Is the story Of the conflict be-
tween Bishop Chuff. who is opposed
to everything that makes life worth liv-
ing. and Virgil Quimblctoh. the pro
jector Of the Corporation for the Per
petuation Of Happiness. Quimbleton
wants drink preserved and Chuif has
succeeded in destroying it and is carry
ucts Of nature out Of which alcohol car
be made. A COMPROMISE Is finally
reached when the bishop consents tc
the creation of the Office of perpetual
souse to be held hv man who shall
be continually spifflirated, lighted up
loaded. or what YOU will. as an exam
ple to the rest Of the world and tc
preserve for the information Of anti
quarians a specimen of an extinc,
species.
Incidentally the bishops daughter
who has been brought up in the at
mosphrre of anti everything. joins with
Quimbleton in his work of preserving
happiness. She is a psychic. that is
she can put people in communication
with departed spirits. especially aleo
holic. The authors play with this idea
to some extent and produce severa
psychic jags among the characters
Those who cannot see joke without
the aid Of powerful telescope shoult
avoid the book. But for others there
is an hour or two of unal!oyed mirtt
In its pages. ... ~.
IN THE SWEET DRY AND DRY B,
Christopher Morley and and Bart Hsiey. illus
| RonI & I.iYerikht. 81 30.
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1.-THE BRANDING IRON"
NOTABLE FIRST BOOK
Both Melodrdmd and Real
Drama in Romance of
East and Vest

Katharine Newlin Burt, who Is, BY
the way, one Of the Newlins of Chest :
nut Hill, and the wife Of Maxwell
Struthers Burt, we'll known short story
writer, has achieved distinction in her
first novel, "The Branding Iron" Such
judge Of red blood in fiction as Rex
Beach is on record with the wish that
this Romance Of West and East"
were catalogued among his books, and
Rupert Hughes, novelist of another
type, that of the social analyst and the
prober of passions. also accords high
praise. The commendation OF her older
colleague is well deserved, for Mrs.
Burt has written q story with the ele-
mental emotions, the clash Of wills,
the conflict of variant characters, and
the sweep of large. fine passion, all
prominent, yet all proportional to the
scale of her theme.
That theme is the rise, interruption
and revival Of love between two print
tive. passionate beings, in a wild en-
vironment. The forward surge of the
story has constant clima1es in melo-
drama, vet not theatricalized melo
drama. and in the major culminations
of interest has real drama Of impressive
moving quality and almost august sim
plicity las, for instance, the closing
passage, where Pierre and Joan arc
united). Ranch life is vividly described
in the earlier parts of the book ant
the more sophisticated life Of the East
is equally we'll portrayed in the sec
tions describing Joan's stage triumphs
The portrait of the VILLAIN" Gael, Ii
mastery in Its subtle lines.
THE BRANDING IRON. BY Katharine
Newiin Burt. Boston: HouEhton Mifflir
Company. N.6b.
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Boozeless BibuIations

"On Uncle Sans Water Wagon"
will be very helpful volume to such
of his nephews and neces as wish to
abide by the new amendment to his
constitution. In 1t Helen Watkeys
Moore has compiled five hundred recipes
for delicious drinks that can be made
and consumed-at home. None OF
them will develop an alcoholic content
of even two and three -fourths. Fruit
punch, fruit vinegars, fruit juices.
sundaes, milk drinks, egg drinks and
invalid drinks are some Of the cate
gories under which the author aims to
aid the thirsty to quench the fevered
palate. A hasty glance at all the
recipes and trial of some of them in
dicate that these beverages are potable.
Mrs. Moore is, appropriately, the au,
thor of "Camoufage Cookery"
ON UNCLE SANS WATER WAGON. BY
Helen Watkeys Moore New York: G. p.
Putnam's Sons. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
THE WAY TO SAVE
Thrift and Conservation Sho,c
Mileposts on the Route

Universal democracy was the preat
moral and spiritual lesson taught by
the war. But also 1t taught an equally
great social and economic lesson.
Thrift and Conservation" is a text
book deducing and co ordinating the
vital phases of the economical and so {.
Geological lessons of the war. It Ia the
product of the joint knowledge and wis.,
dom OF Arthur Henry and james Frank
lin Chamberlain, who speak with aca
demic authority from their professional
chairs, and with what is more impor-
tant, practical quality from their ex =
perience in war work.
Their book is manual of both ma =
tional and individual thrift. 1t makes
plea for the continuation Of the say
ing ways and thoughtful expenditures
inculcnted by Americas s participation in
the war. In support Of its purpose the
book is richer in practical expedients
and methods leading to personal thrift
and general conservation than it Is in
mere preachment concerning the emf =
nent values and virtues of those two
distractions. For they are vain, futile
and meaningless If the abstract is not
made concrete. The distinction is log =
ically drawn between true and false
economy. Extravaganza, both outright
and subtle. is def ned Waste, n big
ger, wider and deeper sin than most of
us realize. is reprehended. Saving OF
time is stressed. Dress, personal ex-
penses, food, etc. are considered. HUI
man resources and natural resources are
discussed as the bases for conservation.
1t is n very complete, stimulating and
useful book.
THRIFT AND CONSERVATION. BY Ar.
thur Henry and James Franklin Cham.
6erlain. Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
BLASCO IBANEZ'S
GREAT SPY STORY
"Mare NoStrum' Is a Tale of
German Intrigue Such as Has
Never Before Been Written

When a great novelist writes Ger
man spy story the reader expects some
thing worth while. The reader then
will not be disappointed with Blasco
Ibancz's "Marc Nostrum," for the
Spaniard is without doubt one Of the
greatest novelists now writing. One
feels his mastery in every page Of this
remarkable book. II reminds one of
Hugo and Dumas in its dramatic power,
and In the wide range that It covers.
The title is taken from the affec
tionate name of the Latins for the
Mediterranean, n name which its hero
gave to ship which he commanded.
The book Is the story of the life and
adventures Of Captain Ulysses Farra-
gut, q Spanish sailor, of Valencia, born
of a seafaring family, which had taken
up less adventurous life upon land.
But Ulysses felt the lure OF the sea and
yielded to 1t. When the war broke out
he was seeking cargoes in every port Of
the world While waiting in Naples to
fill his hold he met brilliantly seduc-
tive woman who proved to be a Ger
man spy. He woos her in vain until
her associates decide they can use him.
then she surrcnders herself to his de-
sires and holds him a captive to her
charms for weeks until the plans to use
him are perfected. He has pledged his
word to do anything for her and when
he is asked to carry oil to German
submarines he Is forced to keep his
promise. When he returns to port Italy
has entered the war and the vampire
has disappeared with her associates. On
his way home he learns that the sub
marines to which he had carried sup
plies have sunk the vessel on which his
only son was passenger. His love
for the woman changes to hate. and he
devotes himself thereafter to serving the
Allies. The woman pursues him, how
ever, and does her best to ensnare him
again, but she fails. A more convincing
portrait of an adventures has never
been drawn than that which Blasco
Ibnncz has made of Freya. She has
the sex lure that is indispensable, and
she Is as regardless of truth as though
1t did not exist, but withal she is most
pathetic figure. And Ulysses himself,
torn between his passion and his better
nature, is n creation which would make
the reputation of any novelist. 1t is
not at all surprising that the book,
which was published early in August,
had to be put to press thirty times be-
fore the month was ended.
MARE NosTRUM (Our Seal. b. Vicente
| Blasco Ibanez New York. Il. 2. Dutton
Co. 81 90.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
More about CAROLYN

Those young people who mace the
acquaintance of Carolyn in Carolyn
of the Corners" will be anxious to
pursue the matter further in Carolyn
of the Sunny Heart" in which the
story is told Of how she reunited a
family which had been separated by
Misunderstanding. The scene is laid
in New York and Block Island. The
little heroine makes many friends in
both places. The story is wholesome
and cheerful and can be recommended
to boys and girls.
CAROLYN F,THE SUNNY HEART. BY
Ruth BeImore EndIcott. New York: Dodd
.r Mead a. Co, 81. 90. 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
What a Woman Did

A woman's experience during the
war, not at the front but at home, is
described in Mrs. Private Peat" by
herself. 1t gives graphic account OF
a strenuous life in London, with many
interesting incidents, especially Of
scenes during the bombardments of the
city. For nearly two years she was
member of the efficiency staff of Her
bert n. Casson and was instrumental
in securing employment for great
many young women. Mrs. Peat spent
the last year of the war in this
country, and she wrote her book here.
MRS. PRIVATE PEAT. BY herself. Illus.
trated. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill
Company. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Three on an Island

The jacket on Leslie Burton Blades's
novel, claire" describes it as an
amazingly unconventional romance.
This is a conservative estimate of the
book. 1t tells the story of a woman
and two men stranded on an island of
the coast of Chile. One of the men Is
blind. The other is recluse and q
dreamer. to whom the woman comes as
a resplendent vision. Those who like
the conventional in fiction would better
read something else, but whoever is In
search of the unusual will find 1t In
this.
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More Raemaekers Cartoons

The new volume of "Raemaekers'
Cartoon History of the War" covers the
third twelvemonth of the great battle
Of the nations. The drawings, In the
characteristic craftsmanship and pun
gent irony of Louis Raemaekers, are re-
produced on an adequate scale and are
supplemented by reading matter selected
by ]. Murray Allison from the various
Official reports and other sources on
Gccount of appropriateness or illumina-
tion in connection with the cartoons.
Some of the artists most pointed and
effective sketches are included in this
volume.
RAEMAEKERS CARTOON HISTORY OF
THE WAR. Complied by J, Murray Alll-
sen. New York; The Century Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Sinn Fein Explained

To inform Americans Of precisely
what is the platform, policy and phil
osophy of Sim Fein, j. st. George
Joyce, for many years a well-known
Philadelphia journalist, has prepared
"a Manual Of Sim Fein."
In the form of questions and answers
he covers the subject ccncisely, but
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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-12-11
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday school at s:4S a. m. with
T. X. Sisk as Superintendent. Inter.
esting classes for everybody, and all
are invited to attend this Sunday
school.
Preaching Sunday morning at II
O'Clock by the pastor, Rev. A. p.
Walker, subject: "Old Time Relig-
ion.' Also preaching at GAS p. m.
All are cordially invi-ed to attend
these services.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night,
promptly at $50 followed by choir
practice under direction of Prof
Richmond
Teacher training class meets Fri
day night at $3.50, with Prof. Sisk in
charge. This meeting is also follow
ed by choir practice.
The Ladies Aid Society has placed
an order for a $4,000 pipe organ for
the Methodist Church.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
with Mesdames Virginia Allison and
Cora Burlington next Monday after
noon.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-12-11
DOCTORS HAVE MEETING

The Putnam County Medical SOcie
ty met Dec 4, 1919 in Drs. Dyer and
Shipley's office, Dr. S. Denton, Pres,
presiding. Other members present
were Drs. 2. l.. Shipley, J. R. Storie,
]. F. and Lex Dyer, and L. d. j. En-
sor. DR.. R. H. Mills Of Baxter was
also present. l.. d. ]. Ensor read an
article on tuberculosi written by DR..
J. D. Gibson of Denver Colo. In ad-
dition to the ordinary treatment OF
that dread disease, he gives electro
therapy and X-Rays, which seems to
be very valuable adjunct, indeed.
DR.. r. H. Mills was elected mem
ber of the Society. Officers elected
for the ensuing year are 2. L. Ship
ley, President; Drs. J. r. Storie and
R. H. Mills, 1st and End vice presi-
dents; and Dr. L. d. ]. Ensor, Sec
Treas. This society mets the 1st
Thursday in each month at l p. m.
All members are urged, and all doc
tors in good standing respectfully
requested to attend
Papers to be read at next meeting,
whic will be Jan. 1, next, Medical
Fraternity" by DR.. s. Denton. "Influ
enz y" by DR.. R. H. Mills.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-12-11
A GILT EDGED SECURITY

A new security, snfe and sans,
carrying dividends payable monthly
will be placed on sale december IL
in Tennessee 1t is the health bond
issued by the National tuberculosis
Association and which will be sold
in this state by the Tennessee Ant
tuberculosis Association.
The div dends carried by the bond
are Good Health, and money invested
in their purchase is to be expende ed
in the locality where they are sold,
in promoting the health of the COM
munity and in wiping out tuberculos-
is, preventable disease which killed
1851 Tennesseans last year and
which infected more than 10000 citi-
zens of this commonwe lth
The bonds are to be sold In con-
nection with the 'enth annual sale OF
Red Cross Christmas seals, those lit
tie penny messages Of hope and
health which have so far financed
the fight against tuberculosis. Next
year broad program of health i'm
provement and disease eradication
will be carried on in every county In
this state by the Ten essee Anti
tuberculosis Association.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1919-12-11
CHURCH OF CHRIST
(DiseipIes)

Located ON Broad Street Minis.
ters residence, Gil Washington, Ave.
Phone IS.
Sunday school meets each Sunday
morning at 9:45 a. m, Hapden Clark
Supt. Classes suited to all ages
and conditions, You and your child
rem are invited and urged to at
tend.
Preaching by the minister at both
IL a. M, and $50 p. m. To which
the public, all visitors and strangers
will find very cordial welcome.
Services short, instructive and in the
spirit of Christian fellowship.
Subject for the morning, Rebuild
the Walls" For the evening service,
"Popedom." this being the second
lecture on the great menace to civili-
cation. You will learn with much as
tonishment something about him who
claims ito be- tho very God, the one
that opposeth all that is called of
God"