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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Joseph's Choate's Biography

Edward $. Martin. at the requ.st OF Mrs;
Choate Is engaged upon the biography OF
Joseph Hodges Choate. He will be obliged
as Will Mr., Choate's family, II friends who
would be willing to intnust for information
or for publication will send them TO him In
care Of Charles Scribner's Sons. 597 Fifth
avenue New York,
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added to "MOdern Library

Four more of the usefu. and attrac-
tive leather-bound volumes that are
characteristic of the Modern Library"
have been added to the list of titles,
which Is becoming more and more COM
prehensive with each selection OF new
works worthy to be Included IN its cata-
logue.
Albert Bushnell Hart. historian and
Harvard professor. has chosen the con-
tents of Woodrow Wilson's Selected
Addresses and Public Papers and in
troduced them with a brief but UNDER
standing foreword. The Presidents
most significant and important speeches
and state papers are included, from his
first inaugural address to the speech be-
fore the Congress prior to his leaving
for Europe. A thorough index makes
the book valuable for reference.
The other titles include The Woman
Question" utterances on feminism by
such thinkers as Ellen Key, Ravelock
Ellis, Stendhal. John Stuart Mil.
Nietzsche and II. G. Wells; The Flame
of Life" Kassandra Vivaria's glowing
translation of one of D'Annunzio's most
impassioned and poetic WORKS, and vii
Ions Poems," in the Jonn Payne trans
lation, Inclusive of both the Greater"
and Lesser Testaments" of the vaga-
bond poet. Payne's sympathetic and
| erudite introduction and a number of
| renderings by Swinburne and Rosetti.
| THE MODERN LIBRARY -Four volumes.
New York: Boni Liverght. Price. Toe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
A Great Story Teller

Maxwell Struthers Burt Is one OF the
most brilliant story tellers now Writing
in America. The seven tales which have
been bound together In a single
volume are enough to give enduring
fame to any man. They are not mere
tales of adventure depending for their
interest on plot. They are adventures
of the soul Mr. Burt gets into the
heart of his characters and shows us
how the conflict of motive and desire
affects conduct. For example, in wings
of the Morning" he makes study Of
n war widow who had been supposed to
care little for her husband. She was Il
social butterfly. living on the surface
of things and when the news of her
husbands death came she apparently
took II with little corncern. She talked
of inconsequent things. She laughed a
hard metallic laugh and her friends
were shocked when they were not
yr,eyed. But an understanding man
learns that this external hardness Is
assumed to cover a great wound and to
nreyent the world from discovering what
went on inside of her heart. 1t has
been said time after time that We car
meet n person every day and know
u,,is about his real self. Mr.. Burt has
Illustrated the truth Of this In moving
tale The others in the book show as
deem an insight into the humanity.
,bpN o.MAY AND OTHER STORIES. B!
Harper Bros Sl.0o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
A NetU Philip Kent Book

T. Truxtun Hare. Philadelphian' and
football hero OF yore. has added new
volume to his series OF stories that de-
scribe life at Malvern School. Admirers
of the young hero already wei, known
to boy readers from Phillip Kent and
Phillip Kent in the Lower School," will
go with eagerness to Philip Kent in
the Upper School" Mr.. Hare's story
deals with the preliminaries of the an
nual contest for the leadership Of the
school. the highest distinction any boy
can gain from his fellows. In this book
1t takes the form Of rivalry between
Philip Kent and Jack TAFT for leader
ship CT their class. Athletics. studies
and schoolboy experiences of varied
kinds afford the material for a whole
some and entertaining story.
PHILIP KENT IN THE UPPER SCHOOL.
BY T. Truxtun Hare. Philadelphia: Penn
Publishing Company S1.35.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

WHO SHALL BE
THE AVENCER?
Mary Johnston Tries to An.
s,Uer This Question in Her
Latest Nouel

Ellery Sedgwick. editor Of the ATTAIN
tic Monthly, writes in the Words Work
that when the late Walter Hines Page,
n,erary adviser for the Houghton.Mif-
mn Company. at the time. received the
nrst manuscript from Mary Johnston.
tnen absolutely unknown, he was so en-
tnusiastic over It that he kept the whole
olnce excited all day with his demand
tnat the rest of the force share In his
appreciation of a good thing. There Is
lncidental encouragement in this an
houncement fer the new writer, who
may teel assured that the publishers
are as eager 20 find his work worth
printing as he is to have 1t printed. AS
matter of fact, there is no conspiracy
against the new author. But a manu-
script does sometimes have TO go to sew
eral publishers before one is found
whcse literary advisers can see any
merit In 1t. 1t happened years ago.
however more frequently than now
that a book rejected by DOZEN publish
ers was welcomed generously by the
public when 1t finally appeared.
Mary Johnston is one of the fortunate
authors whose merit was recognized at
cnce. She has in ITO Have and to
Hold one great success to her credit.
Her other novels have been popular
enough to make them profitable for her
and her publishers. Her latest, Foes
Is not likely to duplicate the success
of ITO Have and to Hold" unless the
clergymen begin to preach sermons
about 1t. Then 1t may be bought by
the ten thousands by persons interested
In the working out of an ethical prob
lem. 1t is the story of two young
Cx<x xta1,, L., Al .NF ha
eighteenth century who became warm
friends and then bitter enemies because
one betrayed the girl whom the other
loved. Later one Of them fought on
the side of the Stuarts in the uprising
of 1745, and the other fought for King
George. After the peace the man loyal
to the British King assumed the role
of an avenging fate and pursued the
other through Spain and France and
Italy. He sought vengeance in the be-
lief that he could be the instrument OF
God in bringing the other to justice.
The latter third of the book Is occupied
with his struggle with this desire for
revenge and an awakening of his spir-
itual nature to the fact that mercy Is
more divine than hate. and 1t ends with
the reconciliation of the two foes
through the confession of each that he
had wronged the other. 1t Is just the
kind of tale to appeal to the preach
ers.
II must be confessed that as story
It lacks interest, as it does not progress
smoothly from climax to climax. 1t Is
a series Of episodes loosely strung to-
gether on the thread Of the Stuart
uprising. And 1t is marred by Miss
Johnston's peculiar English style-a
style that. in this book. she has ap-.
parently tried to make romantic and
picturesque. but which is overburdeneo
with metaphor and at all times lacks
that simplicity and directness charac-
teristic of the best prose.
FOES. By Mary Johnston. New York
Harper Bros. $1.50.
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Short Stories by VdcheU

Horace Annesley Vachell shines
more brilliantly as a novelist than as a
writer of short stories, yet the nine
teen independent tales which have been
included in Some Happenings are
varied enough for almost every taste to
find one or more to its liking Their
scene is laid in California, In London,
in Paris and in Brittany and their char
acters are as varied as their locale.
Some are plain love stories and others
are whimsical psychological studies
dealing with communication with the
dead. And still others are adventure
pure and unadulterated.
SOME HAPPENINGS By Horace Annesley
Vachell. New York. George II. Doran
Company. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
A LoyaL' army Girl

Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob"
is a new sort of war book for juveniles
Most of those we have seen-and they
have been many-have dealt with red
blcoded American boys speeding to Join
the co,ors and get into the action in
France. Aline Havard's admirable
story, however, has a girl for the CEN
trail hgure-the daughter OF one army
officer and the sister of another. Her
task Is to be brave at home, to share
in the home services and sacrifices.
while he fights in and for embattled
France and the ideals OF democracy
ingra!ned in every American, Her ex-
periences give a good picture of life at
an army post and portray graphically
and intimately the feelings of an army
family In time of war. Al. Is not flag
waving and glory. and Captain Lucy
has her anxieties and difficulties. espe-
cially when Lieutenant Bob Is in dan
ger. But she. too. is a good soldier"
and her story will be of very great in
terest to girls in their teens. The au-
thor has written Captain Lucy's story
in a bright and attractive style.
CAPTAIN LUCY AND LIEUTENANT ROB.
Publishing Company, iis5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Common Superstitions

The boy who. on pretense Of feeling the
texture of a playmate's new suit, gives
his arm a sharp pinch is unwittingly
observing a very ancient custom which
prescribed that the wearer of n new
suit Of clothes should be pinched for
good luck. This is only one of the many
bits of interesting and curious informa-
ton contained in signs, Omens and
Superstitions." by Astro Cielo There
are chapters on wedding superstitions.
on lucky and unlucky days and sea-
sons. on signs connected with the body
such as moes and warts. sneezing
yawning and coughing and the evil eye.
as well as on many other different phases
of the subject. The volume closes with
a chapter on the superstitons OF the
Orthodox Jews.
sIoNs. OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONs
BY Astro Cielo. New York: George Sully
Co, 75c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Var Workers in Satire

In The War Workers" Miss L. NJ.
Delafield has written a witty. artistic
and interesting study of certain famil-
lar type of woman war worker to whom
the great woes of humanity In the
world war just closed offered long
sought field for her own egoism. with
a delightful satirical sense Miss Della
field depicts the character OF Miss Vivian.
director of the Midland supply Depart
ment, whose personal motives in multi
tudinous war activities are revealed 10
us through the eyes of Grace Jones. her
secretary. Miss Vivian also Is shown
through the eyes of her associate work.
ers, whom she manages to keep at a
distance, thereby forcing them to ac-
cept her at her own valuation. The
Characters are fictitious, but because
OF their authenticity seem to live In
the pages of Miss Delaheld's amusing
satire.
THE WAR WORKERS. BY L. NJ. Della.
field New York; Alfred A. Knopf. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
TEMPLE BAILEY'S
NEWEST NOVEL
"The Tin Soldier" Romance
of Justified "SIdckerism"
and Sentiment

Quite easily one can visualize count
less charming young misses all rosy
with rapture over a box OF bonbons and
The Tin Soldier" For this latest novel
by Temple Bailey is that sort OF book.
II is of the kind one associates with
box of chocolates and piled-up nest
of cushions on cosy divan any rainy
afternoon. 1t is of the kind TO which
the young librarian refers when she
reaches to a shelf and says Now here
Is a sweet story, l am sure you viii
like IT,"
And. indeed. "The Tin Soldier" is
most charmlngly written about too
good-to-be-true girl and an Adonis-llke
youth. with hair of a silvery fairness
the most wonderful gray eyes In the
world. and eyebrows that look as II they
had been penciled. only they haven't.
This hero Is Derry Drake, possessed OF
millions and desire to go to war
But as the book opens. he is still at
home and bears the slacker's brand. The
reason for his "slackerism" Is a secret
one might suppose would be kept well
on to the end of the novel, but quite
early in the action Derry confides 1t to
his fathers physician, and very soon
thereafter to the doctors daughter. who
Is Jean Mckenzie, and the girl our
hero loves. Here endeth the suspense
The author gives a delightful picture
of Derry's father, charming old rep
rebate, whose derelictions were the son S
reason for remaining from the war,
Derry's mother having enacted a pledge
| that he would always stay with General
Drake, to watch over him. And there
Is "villainess.' n cold, blond creature.
whose scheming is early discovered and
frustrated. Then there IL Washington
In wartime for a background, with local
, color cleverly applied.
And that is THE Tin Soldier" Girls
will like IL.
THE TIN SOLDIER. BY Temple Bailey.
Philadelphia Penn Publishing Company.
$3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Comfort on Education

Readers interested In novelties in
educational method will find VIII lev
ington Comforts The Hive" intensely
fascinating. Others will be bored by
the confident assurance with which he
asserts that he has discovered the only
sane and wise way for developing the
best there is in boys land girls. He is
planning to produce new race Of North
Americans whose members shall be de
veloped from the soul outward, not alone
from the brain inward He devo.es 324
pages to telling how TO do It and by CIV
Ing samples OF the progress in intel
lecturai growth Of his pupils.
THE HIVE. BY viii Lexington Comfort.
New York: George H. DorAn Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
EXPLAINS BRITISH
FOR AMERICANS
Book Written for u. S. Sailors
and Soldiers Of Interest
to Civilians Also

In Explaining the Britishers" the
author has a distinctly pro-British
purpose. That purpose was
to reach American sailors and soldiers
In Great Britain en- route to the battle
fields OF the great war with a sympa-
thetic and informing account OF what
England and it's colonies and dominions
had accomplished In the fight for free
DOM the sacrifices and services Of mill
tary, naval and home civilian forces
and the peculiarities OF disposition and
differences of trait and custom that
characterize the Britisher distinctively.
The author, Frederick William VILE, for
many years an American newspaper cor
respondent In Europe, has taken up and
answered many Of the charges of the
poisonous Prussian propaganda circu-
lated in this country. some OF them
with a shred of fact at base. most Of
them without a shred OF basis and all
of them, one is convinced. secuted or
Ignored by fair-minded Americans. even
by those who hold close TO our own
national traditions and who are not per-
suaded that this republic Is essentially
Anglo-Saxon and that England still. or
Tor many decades, has borne to II the
relation Of Motherland.
Americans everywhere recognized the
absurdities of such claims as that the
British were not brave, that they were
not fghting to the limit of their ca
pacity, but ito the last Frenchman or
Coloniar'; that their great navy was
not proving effective that Britain was
not fghting for a great ideal, etc. Mr..
VILE considers and elucidates these and
similar charges, replying with argument
and statistics. In the peroration of his
volume he adjures his hearers not to
believe the story that we went into the
war to save England" He very
rightly points out that we went into the
war to save ourselves in a sense by
saving our sort of democracy; but no
where does Mr. Vile make clear that
England went into the war for precisely
the same reason, for seif-salvation, botf
OF the liberty which she cherished and
very Immediately for the preservation
of her territorial and imperial integrity
Mr.. Wile's chapters are written In ar
easy, flowing style, with a good deal o.
personal address to his hearers among
Yanks and "gobs" and with an abun
| dance of our native slang. His picture II
altogether roseate and sometimes out o.
perspective, which might have been eS
pected of special pleading of its kind
but 1t Is seldom offensive to Americana
or those of other races.
The chapter on how England is gov
erned is an understanding analysis re
duced to simple terms Of the essentia
democracy of British institutions undel
their, monarchical forms. The chaptel
on the real Britisher, as well as allu
sions throughout other chapters, will g,
! far to reduce some American miscon
ceptions of British character and char
acteristics.
| EXPLAINING THE BRITISHERS. Il!
Frederick William Vile. New York
| George Ii. Doran q Co. 81.
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Walking-Sfick Papers

Between prologue on Carrying a
Cane" and an epilogue ION Wearing a
Hat" Robert Cortess Holiday has COM
pacted twenty-five delightful essays on
a variety OF diverting subjects, ranging
from the fish reporter to why men can't
read novels by women. The essay about
women novelists deals with the mod
erns and is so pungently satirical that
II is likely to attract the attention OF
the women's clubs Some woman ought
to answer II and thus add to the joys
Of life for the rest OF US. Mr. Holiday
writes with a grace and an originality
that make his essays. whatever be the
subject. most entertaining.
WAI.KINQ-SrICK PAPERS. Bv Robert
Cortes Holiday; Nswyo York; George II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
J. Fl. Cramb Wrote IL

J. II. Cramb. of Redlands, North Hill
Minehesd. England. calls our attention
TO the fact that in the notice OF his ex-
celient Eapoleonic novel, The Rule OF
Might" some weeks ago we spelled his
name Comb" Instead OF "Cramb." We
are glad TO call the attention OF the
readers 70 the correct name Of the
author 81 the book and we regret that
" u>h0k apQleofse % him and 70 the
: llss; sssfss :sss;' s''ss v under
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
SUPREME COUNCIL
DECIDES TO TALK
To JOURNALS
Official Con1muniQue Says
Newspaper Men VIII Be
Given Chance to Show
Cause at Conference,

Paris, Jan. 16 (by the Associated
Press) The supreme council today.
after considering the matter of the
relations between the conference and
the press, decided to call meeting
ut O'Clock this afternoon to be at
tended by the members of the press
and representatives of the various
nations in the conference to inter
change views on publicity methods.
The official commupiaue reads:
THE president of the United States
Of America and the prime ministers
and foreign secretaries of the allied
powers, assisted by the Japanese
ambassadors in Paris and London,
met today at the Quay D'Orsay from
1890 m. to 1890 p. m.
THE question of the relations be-
tween the conference and the press
was first taken up It was decided
to call a meeting of the members
of the press ard the allied and as
sociated countries at the Press club,
number 80 Avenue Des Champs Ely
see, today at O'Clock for the in
terchange of views as TO the method
to he adopted.
THE meeting then took up the
question of the situation in Russia
and agreed that the government
should acquaint each other with the
latest information at their disposal,
with q view TO the joint examination
Of the question.
THE next meeting will be held
tomorrow, Friday, at 1890 a. M
Supreme Council Holds Full Session.
Paris, Jan. IS, (by The Associated
Press. 1.-The supreme council of the
five greater powers resumed its ses-
sion at 1920 O'Clock today
There were present for France,
Premier ClemenCeau and Foreign
Minister Pichon; for the United States
President Wilson and Secretary of
State Lansing; for Great Britain, Pre-
mier Lloyd George and Foreign Sec
rotary Balfour; for Italy, Foreign
Minister Sonnino and for Japan Wis
count Chinda and Baron Matsui
Vittorio Orlando, the Italian pre-
mier, was the only absentee. He still
is detailed in Rome.
President Wilson arrived at the
meeting place accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson and her secretary Miss Ben
ham.
The impression prevailed today
that following the protests that have
arisen against the decision of the
NouilSii IeSlllcllitS al lue news OF It's
sessions to formal communicates
some explanation or statement on
the subject might appear in tonights
communique to the effect that the
restriction will apply only to the ac-
tual proceedings of the current day
and not to any comment by the dele
gates on the general question before
the council.
This impression cannot be official
ly confirmed but it finds "A place
among the reports in circulation to-
day.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
CocOanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

IL you want TO keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoes
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp. makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful Just plain mulsi.
fled cocoanut oil (Which is pure and
entirely greaseless), is much better
than the most expensive soap or any
thing else you can use for shampoo
ing. as this can't possibly injure the
hair.
Simply moisten your hair with wa.
ter and rub 1t in. One or two teaspoon.
fuls will make an abundance of rich,
creamy lather. and cleanses the hair
and scalp thoroughly. The lather
rinses out easily, and removes every
particle of dust. dirt. dandruff and ex-
cessive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and 1t leaves it fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man
Hage.
You can ret mulsified cocoanut oil
1t most any drug store. IT is very
i heap. and few ounces Is enough to
tast everyone In the family for
anonthA
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
ANDREWS DIES At
CARLSBAD AF TER
ATTACK OF FLU
Former Delegate in Congress
From Territory Of New Mex
leo Passes Away in City
Beautiful, Aged IT.
ESPECIAL DISPATCH 10 MOANING Iou.s.,,

lSPGClAL plSrArcH 10 MORNING JOURNAL
Carlsbad. n. M. Jan. 16.--Ex-S Sen
ator w. II, Andrews died last night
from complications following influ-
enza pneumonia. He had been sick
for about five weeks and up until a
a week ago was believed to be on the
way to recovery. He was here de-
veloping an extensive OIL field east of
town. The body is being held here
pending instructions regarding funeral
arrangements.
William II. Andrews was born at
Youngstown, Pa, January IA, 1912.
He was chairman of the republican
state committee in 1SS9-90, q mem
Der of the senate from 1895 to 1898
and a member of the house of repre-
sentatives in 1880. lie came to
New Mexico in 1902 and was a mem
her Of the territorial council in 1903-4.
From 1905 to 1911 he was New Mex
ico's delegate in congress.
During the time he was in congress
he worked indefatigably for the in
tercsts Of the then territory of New
Mexico. He secured large number
of appropriations for the state in the
way Of postoffices, etc. He was large
~ instrumental in getting a federal
appropriation of $4,000 toward de-
fraying the expenses of the irrigation
congress which met in Albuquerque in
1908. Mr.. Andrews financed and built
what is now the New Mexico Central
railway and was its first president.
He was one of the pioneers in oil de-
velopment in the Pecos valley. rem
dered valuable service in the way of
encouraging farming in the Estancia
valley, where he held large interests.
He is survived by his widow, son
and married daughter living at Titus
vile, Pa.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-17
MEXICAN FAMILIES
FLEE INTO AMERICA

El Paso Texas, Jan. l6.--Mexcan
families are moving to the Ameri-
can side of the border from Ojinaga,
chihuahua, fearing an attack by the
rebel forces under Gen. Felipe An
geles, according TO a special dispatch
from Preside, printed tonight in La
Republica, a Mexican daily here ia
vorable, to the Angeles movement
Ojinagn Is opposite Preside, Texas
The dispatch stated that Angeles
column was advancing from Cuchillo
Parade which was occupied Monday,
advance guards having been seen at
La Mula Pass, 20 miles south of
Ojihaga. American military sources
here have no confirmation of the re-
ported advance of the Angeles force
toward the border
The article also stated that An
geles had machine guns and cannon
for use in besieging Ojinaga.