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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-07-25
June27
4
Summons.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. :.
County Of Grant. s'
La Circuit Court.

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. =.
County OF Grant.
La Circuit Court.
Filth Judicial Circuit
Frank w. Dornbuech, Plaintiff.
W..
Jehn Lothian, Defendant.
The State of South Dakota to the above named
Defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required to-
answer the complaint Of the plaintiff in the
above entitled action. which 10 hereto attached
and herewith served upon you, and TO serve =
copy OF your answer to the said com piatnt on
the subscriber at his ONCE IN the city OF Milbank
In the county Of Grant. In eaid State OF sOpfh
Dakota. within thirty days after the service OF
this Summon upon you, exclusive VI the day OF
such service and II sou fell to anewer the saio
complaint within thirty days after the serves
Of this Snmmons upon yOu, the PlAintln 10 t1es1
action will apply to the Court for the relief de-
maaded In said complaint, and coete.
Dated q Mtl0ank. South Dakota. THE Slst Gay
Of Nay, 1919.
Thad /. Fuller
Attorney for plaintiff.
nilbaDk, So. OAK.
TO the defendant: Take notice that the con--
plant ~ the shove eetttlo1 ec$iou has oeoa ole9
II the once ~ Clephof Ciscuit Conyts MAlegnkr
. D. 80 onnnooe = eeI11 eervoo n pAestoas
~ NJ &A - XH+h[ EEE
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
The Man Who Won
Many Thrills in Tale of
Adventure by c. T. Brady

THE MAN WHO WON. BY Cyrus Town
send Brady A C. McClurg e. Co. Chi
CaEO.
There is an atmosphere Of battle.
murder and sudden death about the
opening of this story when the hero
kills five treacherous Malays in a
hand hand conflict and then sinks
down sorely wounded himself. The re-
mander of the narrative is naturally
somewhat less bloodcurdling, but there
are thick splashes of excitement
throughout.
The novel is built around n strug
gle for the possession of valuable
supply of platinum between the hero,
who is acting for the American gov
ernment, and willy and resourceful
German spy. In the end, of course
victory remains with the right side,
but not until after many strange and
exciting episodes have taken place. A
contest for the love Of beautiful and
fascinating girl adds another element
of zest and piquancy to the story.
The novel bristles with intrigues
plots and counterplots, which the au-
thor handles with the facility Of Z
Phillips Oppenheim. Mr.. Brady is per
haps most convincing in his numerous
action passages. He can unquestion-
ably tell good fight story; and he
gives this faculty free scope through
out the book. The novel is vividly H.
Illustrated with photographs taken from
the Vitagcaph Company's picture play
Either as fiction or drama The Mar
Who Won" possesses all the charac
teristics of good "thriller."
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29

laboratories for the seance A psychic
ancient, typical of this group, is the
disturbing factor in this curious tale.
W hen, however, one is convinced he is
reading merely an amusing satire he
suddenly finds himself in the grip of
a thrilling ghost story on the order
of de Maupassant. De Maupassant
He assumes one impossible fact and
then proceeds to unfold his story in a
thoroughly scientific and convincing
fashion. w. +. Harvey has the same
terrifying habit of creating something
monstrous, but law abiding; an evil
spirit, quite in the German manner. 1t
is to be regretted, however, that only
shrewd person Will know when to
stop laughing ard when to be scared
This uncertainty provokes the ques-
ton: w hen Is satire not a satire? In
fact, the confusion produces a fit of
Mysteries that is bound to detract from
the effect on the sides of both mirth
and terror
Mother Love. the Woman Doctors
Tale" by NJ. Storm Jameson, is an
other satirical grotesque. Although
for some time the young and impress
high feFer over the theories of Dr.
Freud, humorsts have been slow to re-
a!izc the artistic possibilities in this
undue enthusiasm. Perhaps. even, they
have grown so solemn on the subject
that they fail to see any joke. 1t
therefore happens that this story is
quite a novelty. However, the satire
is never subtle, and some of it is a
bit ridiculous
1t Is somewhat of relief to turn to
The Stone House Affair." BY NJ. Night
lngale. Her purpose is unmistaka BILE
and she achieves it in writing an eX-
cellent detective story The plot is not
a startling one, but is interesting and
we'll worked out. The denouement is
particularly ingenious.
Every one is familiar with the type
OF writer who depicts the delicate
beauties of sensuality. His hero is
usually an esthete, kind, but with a
passionate technique. The seductive
fairs with poetic license, and what he
does he does beautifully, and people
only love him the more Just such a
favorite is "rich young man, called
Aelian' in "The Upper Room" by Sher-
ard Vines. His baseness is fairly
luscious, and he is gorgeous with ere
spectacle 1bidinism" He is drawn
with such delicious satire that one
lmagines his mind merely gay bundle
OF sex desires and suppressions. The
style is in the classical vein of "Zu-
leika Dobson." The dicton is luxurious
teemlng with words actually poetic and
words mocking the poetic
1t is apparent that the cardinal sin
of this sheaf Of tales is the fact that
in several instances the authors fail
to make themselves clear. The satire
is often anything but clean cut. The
humor is sometimes rather murky
However, as indicated, there is a good
deal that is interesting and clever in
the book and it is something of lit
erary curiosity Certainly it is guar
anteed to stimulate interest in these
English authors, who show so much
promise and have so limited a ellen
tele in America V. R.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
On the Censor S Trail
Moore Cited for Free Reading
And Chicago for the Opposition

sions? Sappho did not lack education,
nor did George Sand, and how many
moro might be mentioned; even Don
Juan will tell you that tho only women
worth while are learned women. The
question we are discussing Is beset
with prejudices, conventions, subtcr-
fuges and obtusities. You spoke just
now of Bowdlerised versions, but
Bowdlerised versions of the Bible. of
Shakespeare, Of Plato. are unacceptable
and will always remain unacceptable,
for nobody is agreed as to what should
be left out and what should be re-
tanned. There is no agreement among
the emendators themselves. If they
were locked up in different rooms they
would produce different versions Of
Plato, Shakespeare and the Bible, and
be at quarrel the moment they were let
out, and the locking up of books in the
libraries to be doled out to persons
qualified to read them calls UP to my
mind an amusing scene of a librarian
questioning a girl as to her age and
the education she has received, and
looking into her face. trying to deter
mine from the profile, as we'll as from
the full face, whether she is qualified
version-diffarent eypurgations set for
different ages: one for fifteen, another
for eighteen, another for twenty-one-
and putting the same questions to a
boy who saunters up while the girl is
at the counter. Are the boy and girl
to be called upon to affirm upon oath
that they are not actuated by desire to
read spicy passages, but are merely
anxious to acQuaint them selves with
the literature of certain period? How
can the boy or girl take such an oath
They do not know why they wish to
read these books; motives are compll-
Gated things; we are not governed by
one motive, but by many"
"BALDERSTON-In New York City
the Anglo-Saxon attitude with which
you arc familiar exists side by side
and on perfectly good terms with Con-
tinental tolerance. We have in New
York two millions Of people who read
and speak and hear in their theaters
their own language, and we let them
read what books and attend what plays
they like, without the slightest regard
for the Anglo Saxon laws of the land,
so long as they leave the English
language alone; and while vigilance
societies prosecute new novels in Eng
lsh more stringently in New York
than in London, there is no book in
any other language that cannot be
openly displayed for sale, whatever its
character, without risk of interfer-
ence."
"MOORE-I never heard Of a prose-
cution being brought in London against
book in foreign language
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
The New Decameron
Novelty and Interest in Collection of
Tales by Group of English Writers

l.. Savers. w. F. Harvey. Helen Hamil-
NJ ~. ~ Storm meson Bill Nobbs, NJ;
NlghtlnEsle. Basil Blackwell. Sherard
Vines, Michael sadler, Francis CARGO
an. . d. u. a. Wallace. Published by
Nceert Rob NJ. Mcbride & Co, New York,
Those who expect "The New Decam-
eron' to afford the delightful shocks
provided by the thirteenth century
tales will be disappointed. The initial
situation. however. is reminiscent of
tAe plight Of the Boccaccio story
tellers. An inexperienced courier has
undertaken to personally conduct a
strangely heterogeneous crowd through
Europe. On the first day they are
stranded and each one is urged to tell
tale and so while away the hours.
This idea occurs to group of able
young English authors. Each one has
chosen different tourist and proceeds
to narrate after his own fashion. Par
ticularly we'll known in England are
Michael Sadler, the author of two
novels, "Hyssop" and The Anchor" j"
and Dorothy L. sayers: daring re-
lgious reactionary. Miss Sayers is
best known for her Catholic Tales"
ard "Christian Songs" poems resem-
bling those of Hiaire Belloc and G.
K. Chesterton. She tells the priests
tale and so the stories begin with a
note of religious mysticism.
The tales are many and diverse. BY
the time the psychic researcher. the
.ady of fashion, the master printer and
the rest of the motley gathering have
related their narratives there is
scarcely type of current literature
left unreprcsentcd. The psychological
story, the ghost story, the plain tale
If tradesman, the rambling string of
"reminiscences are all present. Many
Of them are satires and some are
Straightforward and sincere Occa-
sionally it is hard to calculate where
satire stops and mere narration be-
gins.
The most absorbing of all the tales
is "The Beast With the Five Fingers,
by w. F. Harvey. The style and con-
struction are good and the story full
of dramatic interest. At the outset the
author pokes fun at spiritualism
Since the war there has been a
spiritualistic wave in England, sup
ported chiefly by scientists, who, in
their senility, have forsaken their
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE READ AND
ENJOYED THE WORKS OF
IRVING BACHELLER

n ceof
t stand mehin ngmeano
stand
untold last
amiEary Of
life maker of of the
to kin
in sol
dhnnelt
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
The Builders
Ellen Glasgow's New Novel
Lacks a Saving Subtlety

THIN BUILDTRS" by Hllen e.,s.~o~
Published by Doubleday Page
The fact that ono had been led to
expect SO much from Ellen Glasgow
may serve to hcighten the disappoint-
ment which it seems to us is likely to
be the reaction of the reader Of her
new novel, "The Builders" It is true
that the theme which she has chosen is
difficult one, and. unfortunately.
after devising n scheme requiring the
most subtle sort of treatment she has
handled it heavily.
The novel concerns the deyclonmcnt
of the chief characters state of mind
toward husband and WIFE This chief
character, a nurse, Caroline Meade. "a
called to the home Of Mr.. and Mira.
blackburn to take charge of their one
child, daughter, who is delicate. Miss
Meade has been told that the ch,ld's
Ill health was caused by an injury in
hicted by Mr. Blackburn in fit of
temper She is further informed bv
gossip that Mr. Blackburn is a brute
and Mrs. Blackburn an angel. In tho
course of the story it develops that
gossip is quite inaccurate and that
Mrs. Blackburn is a sturdy mollusk and
her husband much misunderstood and
maligned individual. Unfortunately.
this fact is perfectly evident 20 the
reader from the very moment the two
characters are introduced in an early
chapter, and from there on until the
end of the book he is pretty sure to be
assalled by corroding wond,r as to
why Miss Meade, the nurse. is 80 sinru-
larly slow in making the same dis
covcry.
Mrs Blackburn is a moderately we'll
drawn character, although there is at
least suggestion that she is sort
of warmed over Hedda Gabler, chafinr
dish Hedda, if YOU like: Blackburn,
however, is even further below the
temperature of reality. One or two in
cldents arc strikingly done, notably
chapter in which an acute illness of
the little girl is described. Here Ellen
Glasgow writes vividy and effectively.
The various political speculations in
which the book INDUCES are not yerv
clear and rather tedious. The authors
suggestion seems to be that all that is
needed to do away with practically
every economic or social i'll which we
have or think we have is to have the
South 60 Republican. There is, how
ever, at least an implication hat it
might be fair and just for the rock
ribbed Republican states Of the north
ern Atlantic coast to repay the S3uth's
llberality in breaking away from ira
dlton by matching the Republican vote
of the South with Democratic maiori-
ties in the North
But, at any rate, the book contains
one excellent simile "She was as
devoid of charm,' writes Mrs. Glasgow.
"as an organized charity" 4. b.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
A Slovak Epic

sANCTus. sP1RITrs &, CO. BY Edward
a. Steiner. George II. Doran Company,
New York.
DR.. Steiner's novel is remarkably
successful experiment in external
Characterization. All the familiar
figures Of a little Slovak village in
Hungary are sketched with warmth
and fidelity. The author is especially
fortunate in his description of "Sanc-
lar name for three old friends, the
gentle village priest, a kindly Jewish
dlstiller and peppery old Pan Yam
Szenltzky, prosperous Slovak land
owner.
The novel is far from perfect from
a structural standpoint. The plot has
little continuity; the author presents
series OF episodes rather than con-
nected story Then the central figure,
young Slovak who has studied for
the ministry in America, is a trifle
irritating in his superlative righteous
ness; and the author never displays
any particular subtlety of psychologist
cal insight.
On the other hand, DR.. Steiner's in
innate knowledge of his background
and his warm affection for the kind
hearted, simple minded folk whose life
ne describes invest his book with a
touch of authentic realism. Some of
the episodes which he introduces may
bear comparatively little relation to
the story as whole, but they are ap-
pcaling and interesting 2 tales in them
selves. Throughout ehe book there
runs strain Of ny elancholy quite
appropriate to an epic of folk who
have always been doomed to live under
foreign domination. The author takes
very sensible and manly stand
against hatred and contempt between
one race and another, whether prac-
ticed by arrogant Maygars against
their Slovak subjects, or by ignorant
and prejudiced Americans against these
same Slovaks, who have come to new
world seeking liberty and justice.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
His New Lincoln Novel
A MAN FOR THE AGES
By the Author Of The Light in the Clearing

w HEN Abraham Lincoln closed his for the lat
lntoday
him ha
and nd
Ab walks
white
4 beamu knowing
o % OF the
humanity il all mbho wisom
hrewdnes charity md the
Mr.
unoelTh in the Clearing
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
BY EDITH HYDE,


Can woman attain beauty by the
use of cosmetics?
Certainly it is always a woman's
duty to look her best-to be beautiful
If possible-and it is sometimes neces.
sary to assist nature bit in this direc-
ton.
The beauties of the oriental harems
were perhaps the originators of the
use of cosmetics. But while they
adopted these artificial methods of i'm
proving or enhancing beauty, they
have never jeopardized health and
beauty itself by using coating of en-
amels and paints such as the supposed
ly more Civilized" women of the occi.
dent have done.
The oriental woman will make a
very simple and effective rouge from
the petals of damask roses, crushed
In white-wine vinegar. Another meth
cd they use is to dip crimson silk in
spirits of wine and rub upon the
checks, chin and ears.
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1t requires an artists hand 10 nut

1t requires an artists hand to put
cosmetics on effectively. The aver.
age woman will do well to confine her.
self to the smallest possible amount
of rouge lipstick or eyebrow pencil.
Many preparations are very danger
Gus; some are absolutely poisonous.
Before using any cosmetic, the user
should know exactly what it contains
Paints injure the skin and age it rap
idly.
For the eyes, kohol may be used,
after the oriental fashion. For the
lips, stick" composed of coca but
ter and wax as a base, to which has
been added oil of sweet almonds. hon
ey of rosess and glycerine, and COL
oring matter of carmine or eosine to
make it more or less pink, is about as
good as any,
Any woman who thinks she needs
to use rouge, paint, lipstick and eye
brow pencil had better consult her
physician about the preparations she
uses if she would be safe.
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l followed the black passage to my
right until my finger tips touched the
franc VI closed door. l opened it
upon darkness but as usual there was
an electric button at hand in the wall.
BY the Light Of several small bulbs, l
discovered / was in an underground
room about thirty feet square. 1t ap-
peared to be only huge storeroom.
Having looked into the many rough
boxes 1t contained and found them all
empty. was about to leave the place,
hut before switched off the lights,
n little scattered debris aroused me to
4 row and acute interest in my sur
roundings.
investigated my clue and imme-
diately l decided that l was standing
In club room or assembly hall,
was positive that the place was used
for holding secret meetings although
it contained neither desks nor chairs.
And Bolshevik meetings they must be
since the cellar was beneath Certeis'
garden.
How did know? Because man is
forever betrayed by his vices.
Tobacco ash was my only clue-and
] needed no other. Tobacco ashes do
not look AL alike, and it was clear to
me at a glance, that no one man would
have knocked so many varities OF ash
from his pipe, nor have Uttered the
floor with such large assortment of
cigaret ends and cigar stunps.
Many men Of many tastes in nico-
tine-and assorted sizes of purses
had smoked together in that cellar,
Moreover they had been in council re-
Gently for the dust had been brushed
from tho boxes where the smokers
had perched, and the matches which
Uttered the floor snapped with brit
tic sound under my feet. They had
not lain there long enough to soak up
the moisture OF the cellar.
ooh la! la! There's a secret door
somewhere around" was my inward
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Find the Secret Conference R com of consprstors.


comment. mo gang of conspirators
would ever get together in a place
with but one exit"
made survey Of the floor and
walls, but couldn't find a break in
them. Then there's an opening In
the ceiling-that's perfectly Obvious
/ thought. And piled up some boxes
and l found neatly hinged above the
cross beams, the exit of which had
been so sure.
But all my strength would not
bulge the door. However, didn't
wonder at that when considered the
plan of the garden above me. knew
Certeis' famous blue garden very we'll
Mother I.crimer was fond OF it. /
reckoned that the door l, had discover
ed opened into the pergola walk.
Once mother had criticised Certeis'
pergola pavement when we were hay.
ing tea in the garden. She asserted
that it should have been OF red brick
with grass grow'g between, and Ger
tets contended that his white Tagging
harmoni2ed better with his blue flow
ers.
ITS well laid flagging-and most
ingeniously drained" thought, "or
this secret meeting place would be a
pond, just now"
Again l pushed upward on the slab
with all my strength. l might as we'll
have tried to raise the slab from my
own tomb.
Thinking thus, of MY grave and of
the Belgian girl who slept there made
my heart sink. got down from M
perch and scattered the boxes as l
had found them.
Then l felt my way back through
the tunnel toward the fountain. When
l was within six feet of the alley door.
had a sudden need of courage.
Without sound and without warn
ing, the alley door swung open. A
great flash of sunlight filled the space
below the fountain.
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your father hand over enough for US
to live on until he passed along" she
said. you've grown more the past
two months than you ever did all your
life before. I'm going to say yes"
Who'll ever break the news to
dad?" said Arch gloomily. after tho
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most wonderful five minutes of his
life. Il just can't tell him that he's
lost you dear"
II will said Patience laughing at
him. We arranged the whole thing
in Paris, Arch to see II we couldn't
make you real husband"
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FACTS AND FANCIES FOR WOMAN AND THE HOME CIRCLE
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
DAILY SHORT STORY r.. N
The FUTURE MRS. TEWS
By IONA FROST.

Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.l
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-11
THE NEW CONGRESS.

\ MERICA rejOices at the convocation OF the new
u congress as much as it rejoiced at the ex-
piration OF the old. May this body profit by the ex-
perience OF its predecessor,
There are big tasks TO be done, most OF which
ought TO have been finished long ago. First Of all.
there are appropriation measures absolutely neces-
sary for the payment of war bills. the preservation
Of the national credit and the easing OF an intoIer-
able situation in the federal treasury. Then there
are reconstruction measures, foremost among which
is the land reclamation plan of sec'y Lane. intended
There will be the question Of r~atifying the great
peace treaty. There will be no lack Of important
work to do. IL congress has the will and talent to
do IL.
There should he no repetition Of either Of the
evils which marred the record Of the last congress
neglect Of vital measures by the majority and OBJ
structive hlibusters by the minority. The party roles
sure a reversal Of procedure. Politicians will be
politicians. regardless OF national obligations or the
permanent welfare OF their own party. And this is
a time when any neglect OF duty by either the re-
publican majority or the democratic minority will
certainly be observed and punished by the great
public which Is the arbiter between the parties
and the master Of both Of them.
II is largely upon the record Of this congress that
the next presidential campaign will be decided. II
either party earns the condemnation OF the great
body Of critical and untrammeled citizens. it can
have no hope Of either the presidency or the con-
troll OF congress two years hence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-11
PARCEL POST GROWTH.

IN many cities it is being found necessary 70 e.
tablish new parcel post divisions in connection With
the post office. In some cases special buildings are
being fitted up for this purpose. The enlarged facili-
ties are intended TO accommodate an increase OF
parcel post mail which amounts in some cities 10
as much as lee percent in the last three years.
This is a pleasing development. Government and
public alike rejoice in every extension OF the useful
parcel post system. and do not grudge the money
required TO provide adequate quarters and clerical
forces. since the business amply pays for itself
The only complaint anyone has 10 offer is that the
patronage does not grow even more rapidly.
In comparison with the advantages offered by
this service. most citizens are surprisingly slow to
avail themselves Of it. This is particularly true with
regard TO the shipping OF foodstuns from producers
20 consumers.