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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-28

time were considerably shaken up but
none seriously hurt. The engine was
practically torn out Of the transfer
car. Freight cars were parked on
either side of the street, which is given
as the reason for the driver, Rush
Green not seeing the approaching
train. Ruth Relliford, negro VINO
has been employed as a chambermaia
at Limestone College for the past hVe
wears, forfeited $2575 bond in police
court Yesterday morning on charges
of larceny. For a long time students
at the college had been missing arti-
cles of clothing and money. ChleI
of Police Bruce Bryant and his abe
assistant, Policeman Arthur Hopper
were called in on the case last week.
and in a short time they had discor-
cred a large number of the missing
articles..........W. NJ. Mitchell, post
master at Kings Creek, has been ap-
nointed rural carrier on route s, sue
ceeding the late Carl NJ. Sarratt, but
Mr.. Mitchell has not yet accepted the
appointment. 4 vacancy exists on
route on account of the resignation
of Z. Lynn Littlejohn which took .ef1ec'
the first of this month. AS there are
two names on the list OF eligibles 1t is
not thought that any examination Will
he held to fill this vacancy...............'
Floyd l.. Blease Wylie, nine year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Wylie,
who live on the lands of L. NJ. Ross
few miles north of Gaffney, was shot
through the head and instantly killed
late Saturday afternoon by his H.
wear old brother, Ralph. Coroner j.
s. Vinesett held an inquest over the
body Sunday morning, the jury re-
turning a verdict to the effect that
deoth was the result of an accident.
The funeral and burial took place
Sunday afternoon at DraytonVlile
church. The two Wylie boys were
playing on Cherokee creek late Satur-
day afternoon at distance OF about
quarter of q mile from their home
Ralph had parlor rifle with which
ne was shooting at something in\the
stream. In some way the younger boy
got in front Of the rife, and without
seeing his brother Ralph pulled the
trigger. The bullet struck the younger
boy in the top of his head, passing en-
tirely through it, causing instant
death.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-28
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County. -
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neishbors Are Saying and

Rock Hill Hsrald, Nov. 2S: Gun
Davis. a negro residing near the v
Brown McFadden place, TO-DAY re-
ported to officers that someone entered
his f,eldlast night and stole about 100
mounds Of seed cotton. The cotton had
been left in the field overnight and this
morning it-was gone.-.Mh. and Mrs M
~ 7. Johnston and Mrs. Johnston
mother, Mrs. George Donnell, were
called to Charlotte yesterday by the
death Of r. B. Caldwell, of that CITY
Mr. Caldwell being brother OF Alrs'
Donnell. He was the youngest IN the
family and by his death, Mrs. 'DonneL
is the only one remainingsa-~~v. the
many friends of Mrs. ]. P. Tucker Will
be glad to learn that she is improving
following an illness during the past
week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-28

Cleveland Star, (Shelby), Nov. 25:
Mrs. r. T. Bailey, age sc, died Sun
day evening at 6 o'clock at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Marcus NJ
Mauney near Camp Call, and her re-
mains will be buried this afternoon al
l o'clock at Union Baptist church be-
side her lamented husband who pass
ed away about four years ago. Mrs
Bailey was native of Fort Mill, S,
c., and she and her husband came to
make their home with their daughter,
Mrs. Marcus Mauney several years
ago. For some time her health has
been on the decline and she has been
unable to walk for several years..
Mr.. o. G. Thompson, surveyor, who
was injured last week when Neill's
jitney car smashed into his buggy, is
able to be out again. The accident
happened on the Kings Mountain
road and Mr.. Thompson was knocked
unconscious. His buggy was also
damaged Garrison Ware Of Kings
Mountain, was taken to the Presby-
terian hospital Saturday at Charlotte,
suffering from injuries received in an
automobile smaSh-up Friday night.
The skull is fractured and both jaw
bones broken. Condition is reported
serious S...........A telephone message re-
ceived here Saturday night brought
the sad news that Frank Powell, the
16 year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Powell accidentally shot himself at
Blythewood, $. c., with fatal results.
His body was brought to Shelby last
night and will be buried this afternoon
about one o'clock at Union Baptist
church, Rev. d. G. Washburn officiat-
ing. The young Powell boy was very
bright and promising and went with
his father from the Polkville section
to Blythewood, S. c., with Dir. w, ~.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-04-29

Ihors -uoub ra Iitmasar 'haf er"
stand - - fHe susf CORNERS and
dscry ~ %. naen $40 sre pthIni fnf
real rood r1ads mnfemftf H,r ="
a.an this anRr un 90 fo svfF
counIY treasure "a BIN hDN marh
noney from En- ssfonaiIis hos uufh
from she aroae pFofafs ion faf hga
mnch from s-afe ed afT.rctriat.ari
snd boa much fr0m rensrai iaK~s ard
frrn county bond lssues has is=en
spent 81 Fosr county arre sa,ehpssi
nlmns fNsife yfars ago. foT ihe con
sfruoton - T85i fnads Tn arfe-
Fats vi.i aFnaze yoa You wHl frd
tfas farouFh fte faaif % - orr and
through the fauli ~ 30 fhinz. raEe
ne serF ssmo flaa -hst ls being dan
gied before you n place - Ms ba
~ ~ - statewide hard -su~fsced dur-
a5ls road system pro os.d - - cor
esured uaier ne p-DF.sioas y ne
annerdmsnt n be submitted Nay 4
tbat yo7r coun.y has wasted NOR
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siIit tsO IOii \
Ilsa,/IIIS~ SWI,guiI,

Chicago az 'ff a0nas sfusr. cons 'uHsa
faaf Il per cent - fhn affrsefivenesa
~ Hs sainenr eh.fh nusl - oai -
hus nneF very soon IL 40. 20 asrlabl.
Ry srd only lsr cent to driat Foi
owns a1 fhf elue chifaro haa o.
eanizff e movement % provide some
sori ~ sabssfpte for saloons shere
sDc.ablf.iy Nili b. found without
booze Even IN sooablliiy 4 oarhf
noi 20 b. dlffcaH 70 improve On the
saloon.
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ct IHRiI ~iIiOOi ORt Hi~-
IRA To aIAI MtlI NJ

To G1hffe sohooi orrhestra. fo-
rr'hs- ufh fhe violin auf pisro con
tfsarfs vl'i give 3 rscifai ~ fhe PRE-
NJ rhsrrt tt's .FenInr e. = eiocs
Ttie cuncsrf wfn he r-vparafDrY 20
fhe annasi siass musaosi contsr'
-h & fssss risee a. Norman Fridar
MAJ a Fmsn sdnls saon - fen
censs vlr - charged ~ heln dssrzY
the expsn=@s of the Contestants 20
Norusr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-04-29
Says He Married
Her 10 EScarc
Military Service

ghsfasel $3.50 hsf hashsai. f.s-s~t'
oas.s fsfessa O. llss ~tn 49, tf9sf
~ .sfsfass ffsin fns aseis sea 30 a
Hs ths enEr fsasaH - afsff "a nef
49, hssssss - harsa - - saea
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siss - sots fhaf aafa8 fhs t.r,s
fra.r gaif 1872 e. netatsf f4if. sasf
fhsr Nssi iaesihsf - shasst 49,
stfasA hsf sna eaisB ne siis nsw,ss
ana fhsi - ~ass nsf teatfsHats
Is nee sapeea
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-04-29
MANY WOMEN AMONG
GERMAN DELEGATES
" ~ ~ ~is>i>a 90 Iiii.
IN ~ Niii .ss rigl-
NAii M I'M ~ niis
Niii nt ,puIIIiD
NiititN ,Igl,~


NsrssHss. Apft - 10 l.sal-s
Fssssss. - ths asfs~sa p.ss. ss~
grsss asisaAila~ sfs s.s@etss - 90.
0ss here st s'slass ,hl. s.enlna.
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ntyar soar RfLirr
WILL cOnr FROM rttt

nsshingie' Apfii - i por ths NO
neas - state oftelas sns supreme
eoef- feiay fssa nsst @eaday 10
hsafn9 arguments - ssains proceed
inos brogohf ~ ths state = ssnsss
ssains' posfrasiss General n0rlasaa
qsss'ioning - asshsfsy 20 latsrssrs
~lfh infsrsiafs isisphoas tsli fs,ss
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-04-29
Mine Blonpn Up
BY Explosion
OF Coal Gas

rgAars. Ala Aprsi ~ i,s NJ
sesfte nains tssnts fse rafiss nor<h
- Bif--i rshars. has bie~e - - a.
sspiosisr 81 eeai pas. 4seofi.ns a.
inforw4iier re&chIea here fes a.
Casnt seS.frea shoris eefors nso~
Fcor ~ssn hase been taken oUg -
the uirs severely inlsres sao ferts
oteers srs eeiseee 70 ee stu in ths
r.sns acoorclne te co~esrY efn.
Gals
TIE government wins rescue ca
. enrests = tns ssers froua oora
r. Nssss sosnts
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stsr PROBLEM FACED

pars Apri 2s-Be'ore tne meeting
q ths sesns - three t.s r-orrins
preslsert ~Hsor re0esea sarer
Ssstrs nesa - ins Jspansss ralssien.
are Nsccsrt cairus. hs eoisss4s
Tnsr eerfsrrase lasted rssris A.
rcur pre. 1rans tne osssteu g
siae cnaa ~ss unssr o.seussion
r-s oosrsil a. trs bss.nnina e q
ssssieu receives eor'r'iftee frorn shs
Beielsr estsnss sna cave = hearing
rsesrs.ss 80 asss,ier - lrser'tiss
.es-~riie tire ssssr1rer, forces
are osahl.s ~'ss ,roseiss - Nsrera-
eers. ~nere tre spsrtoea- isa1sr. A..
bert sen~,os. as siiies ~ pcserr.
-,c-, ,rrsps sns q state - sises pc
eislrse. TAe spsrtAeans tnere toe.
ors = t-s 80 lesitY sseisi'ss leaders
prsc-er
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-04-29
NOISE ABROAD TOO
MUCH FOR PEITON
High School Boy Leaves School
and l. Nov SAILOR on the
Biggest Ship on the
Atlantic lx

ga nai sfay 81 my desk n -
hiEa ssheoi shiie IN ftis nols. IN
tafops ls soinK On aid Frank rex.
ion. sEea 81 81 ias hlgh school in
April - last year
- younx fssion taikef 10 Ai-
parents and fhey agreed that n.
urge" being - strong. that FRANK
nishi sniist Re went 70 Oklahoma
CITY but As a. first turned down.
beeauae of BIS axe His parents ar
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StsSANs AsG sUrriss

Pas Aur sa-Trt srrlrcHrg q
.g~ich - oer-rar government froops
rss eee~ cor .a'essc sceerc ra 20 Ger.
"a. a'spssches rcc<fses ners Ths
fss1e ~ss a1co~pl pllsntr. 4 = tfatec
- TIE occopsfier - Lan1srvt. about
Sc niles -crihtasf - vs-tcr. - e.
city nss heen closely srrreaehss o.
a. soss
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reEn0Rr Asouirn TO a0
q 3 AnnAssAoOH

tordon hprti ~ Hsftse y A.
qsift fefrier pffriisf. ls NssIy - sas
eesa ihs tsfi y Hesala8 ss sr,basss
oof % ths unHss sssiss according "a
ths official as~s today
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kIAO CHAU NEXT
BIC PEACE PROBLEM
Pm >Ini>I Nli SIN 6iNi>
FAR Iu WPRi >i\It-
IlNI~ M JAPAN PRIOR
10 mn INT oi ~.
IiiRIi lODN
BULLETIN

Rome. Ami % President
Wilson y challenged hy the
Glornale d ltAha . appeal 20
ms own parliament as Premier
Orlando hss done and 10 show the
world that kis policy has not
unanimous support like tat given
The Italian premier but that o.
simply 4 majority Of congress
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se0n'i"ued On PAse Z. Col .
New Britain herald., 1919-12-20
BUILDINGS FOR WEEK
 TOTALLED S14,7O0
But Two Dwellings Are Contracted for in Week of Inactivity in
 That Line.

Building permits during the past week amounted to $14,T00 and were 15 in number, an unusually small re- nori. The coming of the cold snap is believed to be the cause of the nota ble drop in the past two weeks. But two dwellings have been started and the remaining permits were Tor additions, garages and two stores.
 Inspector Aliens report is: St. Marks church. West
 Main street, heater plant 2oo.oo Edward Ellert. 3S Green
 wood street, frame garage zoo.oo pr. J. NJ. Klein, Fl Fran
 cis street. frame coop ooo Mr. Duff, 30 Kelsey street
 steps '0''0 Toe Arbour, 56 Whiting .-~..~
 utrae+ frame garage .. 100000 Morris Brien, 364 Stanley
 street, brick store ..... l'ooo.oo Kirsh1lit and Segal, loo
 Hartford avenue, brick
 earaoe SUO.oO F Solomon. 74 Woodland
 street, re-roof ......- ZZo.oo Mrs. Anna Seipel, lS9 Cur
 tis street, re-roof l'V'oo P. F. Curtis, 67 Winthrop
New Britain herald., 1919-12-20

street, rt-roOf ......... SU0.UU William Matulis, , Rhodes
 street, re-roof ......... l2O.U0 Gust Carlson, Sefton Drive,
 frame dwelling ... 3,G00.00 Dr. Peter Fox, 9G south
 Burritt street, garage ad-
 dition ........... 1S0.0O Charles Marawa 390 East
 street. frame store ..... l,6OO.0O Joseph Benuzzus, Daly street
 frame dwelling ..... 3,400:00 Total ............. S14.70O.n0
New Britain herald., 1919-12-20

Buster Brown shoes at Long g's.--Ad.
 The Christmas party given by the City Mission to the Lafayette street sewing school yesterday afteTn oon at the Methodist church was Q, success. There were 14O children present. The children sang songs as stereOpticOl pictures were shown on the screen and
New Britain herald., 1919-12-20
MARKET AND REAL ESTATE REVIEW
FINANCIAL
WALL STREET STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPORTS

& New York, Dec. 20.--Price tenden- cles were uncertain at the opening Of today's short stock market sessi">> but soon became firm on belief that the senate would take speedy action re- gardlnS pending railroad legislation. Further recovery of the British eN change rates was another constructive factor. Trading was dull, however, consisting mainly of the week ending Settlem ent Rails, oils and steels were the prominent eatures, advancing l to , points, but realizing sales cancelled or reduced many gains later. The clos ing was irregular Sales approNimated 0.000 shares.
 New York Stock Exchange quota tfons furnished by Richter & Co.,. members ot the New York stock Exchange:
New Britain herald., 1919-12-20

ioid stories Tron the book of luke They were each presented with q gift from, ft n 'tT,;.st{;73S ;~Cr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
NO OTHER CONDITIONSI
Letters cannot be returned.
How We Fought With Gas

armistice until it was finally demobilizel
in March, 1919, after participating in 1873
actions, a record unique in our army his
tory. This narrative of Mr.. Addison's is
unusual in three respects. He always uses
the unit of miles In giving distances; he is
the first historian Of the American forces
in France who has ever referred to tie
telephone girls of the army; and he never
utters a word of complaint about condi-
tons in France until he reaches Brest on
the homeward journey. Then he delivers
himself of the most seathing one we re-
call reading, since it is so brief and so III
tensive, so to speak. He says of Camp
Pontanezen: 'In the course of ten months
at the front, in every variety of position
and circumstances from Ypres to TIE
Swiss border, orr men had never had tG
submit to living conditions worse than
those which surrounded them during their
first week at Brest-and this. too, in
camp which had been under construction
for over a year and which had been IL
constant use by most of our debarkiny
troops. Conditions there were chronic,
which would not have been permitted by
one of our commanders for more than a
single day, even under shell fire. But the
story Of needless and arrogant mismanaga-
ment-later remedied through influences
outside the army-is too familiar both to
us and to the public to require repetition
in detail"
Among the unusual features in this
work IS the appendix giving the name of
every officer and man who won any honor;
the name of every officer and enlisted mar
in the regiment: photographs of every Of
fcer and man in groups; and technical
map OF one of the operations Of the regi-
ment, the first of its kind to be published
In an American book.
THE STORY OF THE FIRST GAS REGI-
MENT. By JAMES THAYER ADDISON
Boston. Houghton MiAln Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
By w. B. MCCORMICK.

UNTIL the great war for civilization
~ was in the beginning Of Its fifth
year the United States Army never had
known such an organization as a gas
regiment. Under the title of the TEirtieth
Engineers it had unit for fighting tie
enemy with "gas and flame from Au-
gust, 1917, until July, a year later; but it
was not until August, 1918, that the first
gas regiment came officially into being;
and then its work was, almost done. What
that regiment was, how it was organized,
and what work it did, is set down in Silt
pie, direct style in the pages of The Story
of the First Gas Regiment, by james
Thayer Addison, regimental chaplain. l:
is one of the seeming anomalies Of MIL
tary life that a regiment designed to KIP
men by the ghastliest mems known TO
warfare must still have its chaplain.
This regiment was ordered to be or
gained on August Is, 1917, as, in tie
language of the War Departments ger
eral order, "A Gas and Flame Service"
lone regi1nent). To the then Capt. Earl
J. Atkisson, U. S. A., was given the as
signment of raising and training the Thir-
tieth Engineers, as we have noted it wa9
first called. Trained in the beginning a.
Camp American University, District of
Columbia, the regiment entrained for
France on Christmas Day, 1917, and dis
embarked at Brest on January Is, 1918.
Immediately the men began that intensive
course of training all our troops had to
undergo in France OF course this was
only a portion of the regiment, tie
remaining battalions coming along as
rapidly as circumstances would permit.
The First Battalion of the regiment, how
ever, was actually engaged in front lire
warfare in less than three months after
completing its organization and six weeks
after landing On French soil, this making
the record, among combatant troops, for
speed.
As early as March 10 platoOns of tie
Thirtieth Engineers were in action with
British troops east of Messines Ridge, los
ing its first men two nights later in at
tacks. The three months work of this BAT.
TALON brought high praise from the COM
manding British General. In fact the regi-
ment made high place for itself among
the British officers, for one of them stated,
as recorded later in the narrative, that i
"show" conducted by this unit was Il e
most perfect thing of its kind he had ever
seen. This was a real engagement and not
the exhibitions the regiment was wont to
give, for the entertainment of other So
diers, "of the night life of gas work with
the British"
There are chapters devoted TO the work
of the First Battalion in the Chateau
Thierry offensive, to the operation at ST.
Mihiel, and the greater one which followed
in the Argonne. Then follows The Last
Days describing the career of the regi-
ment from the time of the signing of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31

THE STORY OF THE FIRST GAS REGI-
MENT. By JAMES TEAYER ADDISON.
Boston. Hougbton Miflin Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

Adolphe Appia and other of the Euro
pean scenic artists, he turns his at
tention directly to the Metropolitan,
accusing its settings of being, with
few exceptions, unimaginative or even
stupid. One suggestion which Mr.. Van
Nechten makes deserves to be quoted.
Zone of the worst faults of produc-
tions at the Metropolitan Opera House
Is the effect of unmeasurcd space that
the stage usually affords. Even on
large stage it is possible to secure an
effect of intimacy, whether BY setting
Or lighting. a skilful use of shadows
would make US believe in Rodolfo's at
tic, or in Marguerite's garden. Certain
scenes are built out of all proportion
for the drama they are supposed to
frame. The setting for the second act
Of Der Rosenkavalier' for example,
IS excellent in itself, but after the first
five minutes of the act the space is
much too vast. IF I were asked to
stage this scene l should provide
small reception room in the first plan
nous arch to the hallway behind. Once
SOPHIE and Octavia were alone, the
servitors would draw green or black
curtain across this opening, and for
the ensuing Scene the attention would
be focused where it belongs"
In the charter on "Tho Great Amer
ican Composer" Mr.. Van Vechten makes
a plea in favor of raetime, as be-
ing the only music which is really
vitality American. and declares with
point that the curious critic Of hun
dred years hence, in attempting to dis
cover the state of American music at
the beginning of the twentieth century,
will find. as the grandfathers Of the
great American composer of POOL. not
Henry Hadley, Arthur Foote, George
W. Chadwick oh Uoratio Parker. but
Louis F. Muir. Irving Berlin and Louis
A. Hirsch! The book closes with sew
cral chapters on musical novels EN-
ternreters and interpretations" is not,
perhaps, a work of profound scholar
ship or brlliancy of treatment, but it
IS alive, and life is always to be de-
sired. G.V
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01

new n. work that comes from her pen
1t IS pleasant to find her in these con-
structlng the compact plots within
constructed scenes With the same deft
care and skill that marked her more
extended works, and it is surprising to
hno now much OF plot, of mystery and
Oh action postmaster Of the story
telling art can put into a score Of
pages without making them seem I'M
duly crowded.
MY Cohen is a comparatively new
Writer but he is obviously q force to
be very seriously reckoned with in the
realm of fiction. He has taken one Of
ehe most familiar Of themes, d man
lound mysteriously murdered, and has
treated 1t IN the most familiar of ways,
oy subJectlng a number of persons to
s,rong suspicion of guilt, and then
eliminating them one by one through
force OF circumstances or of disclos-
ures until only the actual criminal is
lelt. But he has done this with a
freshness, spontaneity, naturalness
OF speech and action and a convincing
plauslblllty for which no praise could
easily be toe high, and the result is
one OF the most thoroughly enjoyable
ana workmanike pieces of mystery
hctlon that have appeared for many
year. II he can write more books like
Inc Crimson Alibi" his high rank in
authorship is assured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
Fiction by lbanez, Doyle,
Green and Other Masters
By Willis Fletcher johnson

not, however, to intimate that this
Spanish master suffers in the present
work any disastrous lapse from the
sublime standard set in "The Four
Horsemen OF the Apocalypse" Indeed,
IN consummate craftsmanship and dra-
matte power there is no decline at all.
The decline of interest, if any there be,
is In the theme and in the writer's in
depreciation of it, and therein not en-
tirely subjectively but, perhaps. even
more effectively. In brief, the infu-
ence of ecclesiasticism upon the peo-
ple,, IN Spain, is not calculated to APP
peal to American sympathies and in
terest as much as did and do the
transcendant issues of the world war.
Moreover, if we were to separate our
selves entirely from all nsderation
OF the tastes and needs of our own con-
stl1uency-which, if you please, we
should have no moral right to do--and
should regard the book from the most
abstract and detached point of view of
sheer academicism, we should still be
constrained to criticise it's indulgence
in certain degree of propaganda. We
shall not assume to say how much or
now little that propaganda may be
justifiabe or desirable, in itself. We
must doubt the fitness of putting it
into q romance intended for universal
reading.
To those, however, who can regard
the book as work of literary art
apart from the palpable propaganda, it
VIII come as one of -ne noblest compo-
sitions Of our time; sometimes exqu-
sitely tender, sometimes inexpressibly
awful; with a mastery of scene, of ac-
ton, and of dramatic sequence which
no writer of our time has surpassed
Not the least of it's merits is that it
does not depend upon love between the
sexes for its appeal to human interest
There is really no Glove affair" in the
book. One of the greatest English
writer's Of the age taught US long ago
cinating without love-making, and Mr.
lbanez has here applied the same prin-
ciple in this gigantic work.