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A Book to Keep You A,Uake

Arthur Stringcr has written book
about man who could not sleep which
IS so exciting that whoever reads il will
be in the same state as~its hero. II
Is tho story of the night adventures in
New York of n novelist who was on the
verge of nervous prostration and would
go out into the street when he could on
durc his wakcfulncss no longer. The
titles of the chapters will suggest some
thing of the nature of the things that
happened. Here arc some of them ::
"rhc Oxblood Vase" The Irrcproach
able Butler" "Thc Thumb tap Clue" "
and ''Thc Nile Green Roadster" The
tired business man could find no better
relaxation than that offered to him in
this volume.
THE MAN WHO COULDN'T SLEEP. Bv
Arthur Stringer. Indianapolis The Bobbs-
Merrill Company. S1.75
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
Cases

The way to prove that scientific farm
ing pays is to give illustrations of the
way it works out in specific cases. This
was done in series of articles printed
in the Country Gentleman in the course
of which sixteen typical examples were
found in different parts of the country
so widely separated as to indicate that
the geographical location of farm had
nothing to do with its success. The
articles have been assembled in book
How These Farmers Succeeded. -
They should be inspiring reading for
every person ambitious to own a place
in the country as we'll as to every dis =
couraged farmer.
HOW THESE FARMERS SUCCEEDED.
Edited by John r. Mcmahon. New York:
Henry Holt e. Co. $40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
Story of an Abandoned Farm

Albert Bigelow Paine has contributed
the latest book to the long series that
deals with the abandoned farm. lie
calls it "Dwellers in Already" and in it
he tells the story of his purchase Of
a Connecticut farm sixty miles from
New York. with an old house on it. 1t
is the record of what he regards as n
most pleasant and profitable experience
in country living. He does not ignore
the seamy side of adjusting an old farm
house to the needs of family accus-
toned to living in. town, but he finds
that there are compensations for all
the disadvantages. The fact that he
lived o. the farm for twelve years and
thai he left it with regret is sufficient
proof of the success of the experiment.
His book should be read by every town
dweller who longs for little place
in the country which he can call his
own.
DWELLERs IN ARCADY. The story of an
abandoned farm. BY Albert BigeIow
Paine. New York: Harper & Bros. 81 so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
Physical Reconstruction

The Redemption of the Disabled" is
the newest volume in the "Problcms of
War and Reconstruction series edited
by Francis G. Wickwirc. The author.
Garrard Harris. brings peculiarly cx-
pert equipment to his task. through his
experience and activities as a staff men
bcr of the research division of the fed
cral board for vocational education. The
informing Introductory chapter is by
Colonel Frank Billings. L. s. A, chief
of the division of reconstruction. office
of the surgeon general of the army.
Both the theory and practice of re
construction of the mon physically in
capacitated through their battling for
democracy are discussed. The law pro
vides that the federal board shall "dc-
velop and adapt the remaining faculties
of each man. so that he may again take
his place in our great civilian army
as President Wilson has pointed out in
an eloquent passage. The responsibility
of American citizens toward those who
have suffered that all might be safe and
our institutions maintained is cmpha
sized in this book, as well as the pro-
grams of physical and mental rchabii-
tation. 1t is social as well as pa
trotc obligation.
Mr.. Harris has siftcd all the plans
and methods tried out in other coun-
tries to which the problem came earlier
than it did to us. He shows what Is
valuable by careful selcctive process.
Especially he emphasizes individual
needs and the value of varied training.
His book is very timely and very help
full.
THE REDEMPTION or THE DISABLED
By Garrard Harris. New York: D. APP
pleton & Co. 81.
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NEW BOOKS BY WE'LL KNOWN AUTHORS
POET
OF REAL MEN
His NeW Volume Of Verse Is a
Metrical Commentary on
Great Issues

The publication of new volume of
verse by Rudyard Kipling might be
maze the occasion for an extended essay
on his qualities as poet. It doubt
less viii be thus utilized by those
periodicals which have room for such
matters. In the liE-.ted space avail
able here but one or two points can
be touched upon. A reading of the
new volume. THE Years Between. +"
impresscs one with tho immunity Of
hlpling from the criticism which
'Tennyson in his later years lcvelcd
against the younger generation of
poets. He said that great social and
political questions were pressing upon
the world for solution. but that the
verse makers seemed to be unaware of
them. They were writing ballads and
rondcaux and triolets. and frittcring
away their time with amiable utilities
instead of summoning their generation
to the tasks which confronted it.
Kipliug has not wasted his time
writing pretty verses. Nor has he dc e.
voted himself TO discussion in meter OF
distractions. Perhaps he can best hc
described as n mctrical editorial writer.
dealing with the problems of the British
.Ta;ns ,, .".S "[r ahecteu os Worlo
~'"""'' ~ ""S' vi ms poetry OF recent
years has been called out by some
occasion on the significance Of which
hc has boor ,,r,nnIIod g. ,,,oL, ,,,,,
,.,, TL ", orr,
:, H. ''r eAa"'p'' me
'o"ers' written IN l!W2 whcn Ger
many proposed that England should
n''n her III naval demonstration
against venezuela to collect her debts.
lirN nrotcStcd against ieaguing anew
WIN .h" hoth ana the shameless Hun.
anu, 'n'iu'ntailE' WIS the hrSt 10 apply
to the modern Germans the term Hun.
Tho, tboro l., h.; , $50 A. I.l
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SALESMANSHIP
Noted Executive WriteS Pruc.
ticaL Book

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l ihohl"S a. r'ulH"n' me anu pr'SiuenC
OF ,h' HuiSoh i'hoh"grapn Company Is
po,n suggestive ana Stimula''ng' it
VIII open new N's'"s VI VISION ana areas
vi opportunity 10 'hc mlnds OF thou
SahnS VINO are querFlhg inc ineVitaD,c
posi- o'l'um question:. mat now
ana IN many cases give the quest an
ooJ'''l'''
Out of the breadth and ydcpth of his
Iohg ana succcsStul experience MT.
Maxwell is pmboldpncd to make thc fol
- "'i w i'""' 'h' iot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
HOSPITALS As
LOVE PROVOKERS
Mrs. Rinehart's Latest Book of
Stories Likely to Send Maid
ems Into White Uniforms

The best thing in Mary Roberts
Rinchart's book Of "Love Stories is
not in it at all. 1t is the picture on
the jacket drawn by Thclma Cudlipp.
who has recently, through the con
nivance of a clergyman and the consent
of the man who owns it, added Gros-
vcnor to the name to which she was
born. 1t shows a young man in brown
on one side of the gate in a white picket
fence facing girl in blue on the other
side. The young man has the girls
chin in his hands, raising her lips to-
ward his own. The girl stands on tip
toe TO make it easier for the lips to
meet. She has her hands behind her
back. holding n broad brimmcd hat
which might have interfered with the
main business in progress, and they
are claspcd in order that she may the
better resist the impulse to throw her
arms about the young mans neck.
Perched on the fence is a bird bark
ing its head off, as Kit Morley re-
marked when he gazed upon the allur-
ing spectacle.
The inside of the book is an cxpan.
sion and dilution of the tale on the
jacket There is young man and a
girl in every story. and the bird sings.
perhaps not audibly. but to the inner
ear. which catches the harmonics of
two hearts beating in unison. There is
no white picket fence in the stories.
The white uniforms of nurses and hos
pital intcrnes take its place, for the
scene of all but two of the stories is
laid in hospital. Patients fall in love
with nurses. and surgeons fall in love
with patients. One gets the impression,
as one reads from page to page. that
there is no greater provOcation to love
than the smell of disinfectants aud the
sight of white uniform. Mrs. ltinc-
hart must know. because she has had OK
pcrcncc in hospitals. and is "A graduate
of training school for nurses. Who
ever else reads it,, every nurse in every
training school and in every hospital in
the country will not be content until
she has copy of the book under her
pillow to solace her in her hours Of
wakcfulnesS.
They will find it worth reading. too.
for Mrs. Rinehart exhibits here to per-
fccton her great skill as constructor
of entertaining fiction. Her characters
are human, perfectly differentiated and
so true that they can be recognized as
common types. And what they do and
say is told with buoyancy and humor
and sympathy which make it pleasure
to follow the progress of the plot from
the first meeting of the eyes of the
principals till the time when they are
clasped in each others arms and the
curtain falls.
LOVE STORIES. BY Mary Roberts Rine-
hardt New York: George H. Doran Com
many, 81 so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
RUPERT HUGHES'S
wartime NOVEL
Cup of Fmy'' Forcetul. Fas-
cinating Fiction OF Battles
on Home Front

Rupert Hughes has made his contri
button to war fiction in The Cup of
Fury II is not a novel Of action at
the front, but uses as Its background
and substance the battles fought on the
lines at home against espionage.
sabotage, indifference and like mcnarcs
TO Americas s triumph. More particu-
larly is it concerned with the ship
yards mortal strife with L -boats
The hero is a shipbuildcr. and the
very individual. self assured and re-
sourccful heroine. after wearying of
war work as Red Cross bandagc maker.
motor messenger. etc. becomes first n
stcnographer in a shipyarL and later
passer boy to Il champion rivctcr. Al
though she is under surveillance when
she returns TO her country on account
of connection. innocent on hcr part. /.
with some camoufagcd German agents
in England. she ultimately vindicatcs
her proud claim to true blue Amcri
caniSm. and in tho sensational and
powerfully stirring climax of the story
proves the instrumcntality that thwarts
pro-Gcrman plot TO blow mp vital
machinery of the yard and ship ready
for launching. Her crratic love affair
is full of oddity, quaint sentiment and
surprises.
The plot is undeniably mclodramatic
but one would hesitate to call it i'm
plausible. after the melodrama of the
war. Certainly tho situations mounting
from one sensation tn another, keep the
reader agog with thrills and quite be-
yond analysis of crcdiblity. The novel
is, moreover. more than novel of plot
as it is rich in varied and keen char
acterizations and sugacious obScrva
tions and valid interpretations. 1t is
written in Major Hughcs's vigorous
and vivid style. which means that it is
picturesque, active and happily turned
Of phrase.
TIE CUP OF FURY BY Rupert Hughes
New York: Harper Bros SIZE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
General

Books added to the Free Library.
Thirteenth and Locust streets, during
the week ending May 10:
General
American Library ssocation--''Your
RSwsTs' Rsyr,; Aini, a ,m"REsntai Work" ,u,
Brazilian Green Book
Broughton' Hugh-"Open-A School"
Brown. F. H.-CIay Modelling for Juniors -
=, Carr. f. .-"Putnam's Handbook of
ren Chapman; APR s6,,dyl Mrs woodaIlen-How Shall I
Cooper T. H,-"How to Prepare for Civil
BaGlsSe aGsSn e ~ M-"kStting5 MfkSfhfn o. Soldier
Eden. Bertha-''Toy-m king for Infants"
=, Exner. NJ. Irrational Sex Life for
Ef.Sdc EefyTier FenTy-%GIsmGnda R,GinIsSmISGn s,,on, ,,
Foster. W. T;-"..SSSoclal Emergency"
Gaiioway. t. W, w,S"Rlolosy of Sex"
Gawthorpe., Annie-"Busy Work for MINI
Geddes Patrick-"Sex.
Hsddon. =. G.-'Nature Games for the
Hall. w. s." Biology. Physiology and So
cLology of Reproduction from Youth 10
Manhood ;Life's Beginnings"
Hambridge' E.N R-'Simple Dressmak-
Hood c,iLi 81 G-''FOr Girls and the Moth
CTS OF pHlS.
Institute for Government Research
United States Reclamation Service"
Jessie, Lonie-"Songs and Games"
Jessup, Alexander Book OF the Short
story"
McMsnus. Geo" bringing Up Father"
Macnutt. F. b Church in the Furnace, -
Mencken. H. L-"American Language"
Moore II H.-'KeepnE in Condition"
Paeuw. Leon de--''Voca tional re-education
of Manned soldiers,
Princeton University Library-"War Pos
ter Collections
Rabaud. Henri-"Marouf."
RANKIN. II A.-"Lessons in Colour ;
Pastel Work; Flowers: Pencil Draw
ing; Teaching OF Color
Reed, T.. H.-''Form and Function of
American Government"
stokes. ]. H-"Third Great Plague
Tolson, J, E,-"Paper Cutting and Model.
wanbank. Emily--"Dress Cutting and
waring. NJ E-"Embroidery Pattern
Weinbers. Lous-"color in Everyday
Fiction
Bonner, Geraldne-'iMiss Maitland, Pri-
yate Secretary.'
!. Hutehip,son. Horace Mystery of the
Nssc: NJ A. rells The conqueror--D Day
Sai1us. Edear.--. .'paiiscr Case,
Worse. ~ H.r' Eve Come 10 STAY"
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GENE STRATTON PORTER writes:
Ny dear Mr. Cooks

Thank you very much for your
Kindness IN giving me such great treat
that Of having my attention called to "The
Great HUNGER" sorry that unabla
to read this book imnedi ately upon receipt Of
1t. am in the midst of the galley proof of
q book upon which working, and I had read
until was mentally and physically very tired.
Upon, receipt Of your second letter, took time
to scan the book. Having done so, shall not
be satisfied until reread 1T without mis ssins
q single word.
The book is written In such fine literary
style that one reads 1t wi thout giving q
sctous thought to the question of style, the
entire attention being concentrated upon the
faithful simplicity of -the deltneat alton of char
acter. can not recall having read book in
years, which is so utterly satisfying from every
point Of view, and imagine the denouement is
that at which all of us arrive after Fate has
done her worst I wi ish that the book might have
very wide circulation, since the idea that 1T
embodtes Of helping God to materialize through
each human being following God-siven impulse
In a Last extremity is the only way In which
happy millennium can come to earth.
Again thanking you
Very truly yours,
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ghQ
Urlta1Iled

One can get more real entertainn,snt
out of Max Brands tale of Whistlius
Dan, Kate Cumberland, Satan and Bart
-woolly westerners all in the wool
liest of wildernesses-than you would
imagine possible in such a world full
of new romances, each claiming to
have eornered all the thrills.
At all booksellers $3.50 vet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
THE VALLEY
OF VISION
By Henry van Dyke

Eloquent testimony
in fiction form of a
great American who
has come through the
war with a message
that may not be ig-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-17
At THE FREE LIBRARY

Books added to tho Free Library.
Thirteenth and Locust streets, during
the week ending May 10:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26

fore. even tho his face was disfigured
by scant black visor across his eyes
and the bridge OF his nose.
He was Red November.
What T.. Syharite would have done
had he been armed is problema teal.
What he did was remain -noveless.
even as he was hreathless and power.
less. but for his naked hands, either
for oTense or defense. For that No
vember was armed was as unques.
tionable as his mastery OF the long.
barreled revolver OF blue steel ia.
vored by gunner OF the underworld
which he held AT poise all the while
he carefully surveyed his line of re.
treat.
At length. releasing the curtain.
the gang leader hoped lightly out
upon the grating. and disappeared.
In another breath Il. Sybarite him.
self was at the window. A single
glance thru the curtains showed the
grating untenanted: and boldly polk.
ing his head forth. he looked down to
see the figure OF the gunman. fore
shortened unrecognizably, moving
down the iron tangle already several
flights below, singularly resembling
q spider in some extraordinary web.
Incontinently. the little man ran
back thru the dining room and down
the private hail. abandoning every ef.
fort 20 avert noise.
No need now for caution. II his pre-
monition wasn't worthless-if I h e
vengeful spirit of Mrs. 1nche n a d
not stopped short of embroiling son
with father. but had gone on to the
end ominously Swallowed forth by the
appearance of the gunman in those
rooms.
What he saw from the threshold
OF the lighted room was Bay ard
Shaynon still in death upon the floor.
one temple shattered by shot fred
Mt close range from n revolver that
lay with butt close 10 his right hand
carefully disposed with evident in.
tent 20 indicate case OF suicide |
rather than OF murder.
Continued Tomorrow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26

and have you ever seen me hop
ping in the branches OF a tree per
sisted SKINNER.
Again Johnny Chuck admitted that
he never had
The only use I have for feet. .
continued Skinner. ''is for perehing
while rest don't need long legs
for walking or hopping about. so
Mother Nature has made my legs
very short You see. / spend most
Of my time In the air"
The only use I have for feet. =
continued Skinner, ''is for p~rchlng
while ] rest"
Il suppose It's tho same way with
your cousin. Sooty the Chimney
Swallow" said Johnny.
That shows just how much some
people know twittered Skinner.
Indignantly. The idea OF calling
sooty a Swallow ia have you 10
know. Johnny Chuck. that sooty
isn't even related 10 me. He's a
swift. and not a Swallow" With this
Skinner darted away. leaving
Johnny Chuck to think II over
Next story: Skimmcr's Biggest
Cousin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26
cOpYaionr eY LOUIS

scalp and his fi.ah acrccp.
when AZ length he rose and drew
away Il was with all stealth. an
tho he too moved in tho shadows Of
awful terror bred VI a nanelsEs
crime
once more At Peter Kennv's door.
his dlffidcnt fingers evoked from the
bell but a single chlrp--a sound that
would by no means have gained him
admission had Peter not been sitting
up IN bed. reading 10 while away tho
ache q his wound
Hut IL was ordered 50. Peter was
quick TO answer the door. and =. sy.
barite. pulling himself together NOW
that he had audience critical Of his
demeanori walked tn with n very toll
cradle uwaRRor--with a careless. good
humorcd nod for his host and a quick
look round the room 10 make certain
they were alone.
Doctor BEEN"
'Oh--an hour ago
And"
Says I'm all rlsht u blood poison.
Ing doesn't set tn"
shutting the door. Peter Rrlnned
not altogether happily That's one
OF tho most fetching features Of the
new code OF medical ethics. you know
complete confidence inspired IN pa.
tiont BY utter frankncas on doctors
part--and alb that
IAN Insignificant puncturc' he
mlmicked: "'you'il be right az rain In
wcek-unicas the wound decides TO
gangrene--i,'s apt 20. all on lis own.
spite OF anything we can do--in
which case. wen have to a-nputate
your body TO prevent infection
spreading 20 your head
"Well7'' he wound up almost Eaily.
what luck1"
The worst. Where arc my raFsf
I've got 10 change and run. Also
while you're up"--Petcr had Just
dropped into ohair--'you might be
good enough to mix me a Scotch and
/ soda
Wheroupon. while exchanging his
clothes, and between breatha and
gulps OF whisky and water. T.. Sy-
barite delivered himself OF an nbbre-
Waited summary OF what had hap.
pened at the ball and after
But why" he would wind up pee.
vIshly-"why didn't you tell me Bay.
ard shaynon lived In the nat below
your"
Didn't occur 90 me. and II you
ask me. don't see why II should In.
tercst you now"
because" said r. sybarito, uui.
city. I'm going down there n q
break in as soon as I'm dressed NJ 20
go to Jail"
in the sacred name OF Insan.
ity--
III he's out. I'll steal that telegram
and find out whether Il has any bear
ing on the case. II It hasn't. I'll sift
every inch OF the room for a suspi.
cion OF a leading clue"
"But II he's in"
"J'n take my chances" said r. sly.
barite, with grim brevity.
"Unarmed2"
NOT II I know the nature OF the
brute" He stood up. fully dressed
but for his shoes. "Now-ny gun,
please"
TOP drawer OF the buffet there
How are you Roing7 Fire escape7"
where Is ft?" y. Sybarite asked.
as he possessed himself OF his weapon,
Half minute" Peter Kenny held
out his hand. Lots have a look at
that gun-wiil your"
what for7"
zone OF those new.fanRled auto.
matte plstols--isn't itY I've never
seen one before"
"But-Great Scottl--you've had
this here"
IT know. but I didn't pay much at
tention-thinking OF other things"
But you're delaying me-"
Mean to- said Peter Kenny pur'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26

OMAHA. Eeb., June "a troop
train carrying 1873 soldiers for the
Preside. san Francisco. was wrecked
at Schuyler. Neb.. near here, this
morning when the engine blew up.
Engineer Norris, of Omaha. was Sc
yereiy scalded. Three baggage cars
left the track but all the coaches re
manned on the rails. Aside from a
shaking up. the soldiers were none
tho worse for their experience. and
the train proceeded westward after
an hours delay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26
Find I.W.W. Leader
by Two-Year Hunt

DENVER. Colo. June 2s.-Phin.
cas- Eastman. alleged /. w. w. lead.
or. and indicted in Kansas two years
ago on charges OF sabotage in the
wheat fields. is lodged in the Fort
Morgan. Colo. jail today. A nation.
wide search for Eastman was ended
yesterday when on a tip" Denver
department OF justice agents arrest.
ed him in New Raymer. Colo. res
aurant he was conducting under the
name OF Pat Early"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-26


The gate changed, the cage mount
81 10 the neat noor. and +. Syh2r1tr
got out. requiring no direction: for
fcscr kenny'S door was immediately
above Bayard shsynonr-
IA he touched the heii button for
tho benefit Of the elevator man-but
for his own. failed to presx /, home
could be heard family thru muffilng
1rr.briek walls.
The Rrr-nblc persisted long after
the elevator had dropped back to the
eleventh floor.
And presently the voice OF West.
ern Union was nrtsd in no,ir erpoutu.
laiion.
SAY. whatcha s'poae e IN malta
wid dis guy 4 been rinrin' haitian.
hour
That's funny commented the el..
vator boy. He came In only about 10
minutes ago"
'fYuh wuddn' thfnl. he r,,a ma.
away = quicks all that--uudiia7'
"Ah. I dunno. Mebbe n. had n
bun on when he come In. Gently has
didn't notice"
Well. tn way he ruurt be rounain'
his ear nOw-notta hear dis racket
yud think he was tralnln' for n hin
van Wrinkle Marathon"
Pause-mads audible By the per
tinaclous bell. grinding away like a
dentists drill In a vacant tooth
'Waitin' here all day won't get me
nothln' Here. what's tn malta wild
you signing for -"
unda the door. whydonchs7
Second pause-the bell boring on.
but more faint-heartedly. as II doubt
ing whether II ever would reach that
nerve
Finally Western Union gave IL up
Alright. Guess | will"
Clsng OF the gate. whine Of the do
scending car: silence.
stairs.
Disappointment. however. lay in
ambush for him al his nefariotis goal;
evidently Western Union had been
punctiiious about his duty; not even
SO fnuEh as the lid OF a corner OF vel.
low envelope pccped from under tho
door.
Reckless In transportation. =. sy.
barite first wasted time educing a
series OF short. sharp barks from the
bella peculiarly Irritating noise cal.
culated lone would think 10 rouse the
dead-then tried the door ana and.
ing A. fast I'm the end knelt ana bcnt
an ear 10 tho tevhoie listening
Not n sound. ailsnos of the crave.
tho bopsa deadly atm TIC co,,ia b.ar
h,s o,yn heart dr,,rnr,tr,. ~, f,o-,,
sbavnon,. eaf no,hing