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New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Alcohol Figures Largely
For Literary Tug-of-W az

At first, we feared tnat it would be
impossible to find a single point of
agreement between Richmond Pearson
Hobson's "Alcohol and the Human
Race" and "Thc Whole Truth About
Alcohol" by George Elliot Flint. In
the entire two hundred and five pages
Of Hobson's book the only kindly com
mcnt on alcohol which we could dis
cover was the grudging admission: at
is good fuel for an engine or lamp"
Otherwise it fares badly at the hands
Of Hobson. After he has detailed the
pernicious effect Of alcohol upon the
heart, the kidneys and the moral char
acter, he adds: "Alcohol has an irri-
tating effect when applied externally"
Fllnt's point Of view is radically di
ferent He writes of alcohol that,
when wisely used it can be mitiga-
tor Of pain, saver of life, and fire.
qucntly great comforter to OVER
worked and unnerved humanity in their
pitiless vortex of the awful struggle to
live" Again he remarks: "Alcohol
does not ruin men-men disgrace al
cohol"
Under these conditions it seemed as
II we must give up the search for some
common meeting ground for the two
authors. At last we CHANGED unon Il
Hobson's book lays great stress upon
the assertion that harm comes TO the
moderate drinker as we'll as to the
topper, and Flint, in one Of his far
chapters, seems to agree that it NAV
be true that moderate drinkers do not
iiVc as long as abstaincrs. And yet the
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
life differently.

JUDITH OF BLUE LAKE RANCH. By
$40. Charles Scribness Sons.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Guinea Pigs and
Other Moderate Topers

The portion of "Alcohol and the
Human Race" in which we found the
greatest difficulty in keeping up with
the conclusions of the author occurs
in a chapter about series Of expert
ments with guinea pigs. conducted by
Dr. Stockardt, of Cornell. The doctor
selected pair Of guinea pigs and
treated the male once a day with the
Tunes OF alcohol for a period of five
weeks. The treatment always stopped
short of intoXication for, as Hobson
explains, the doctor was anxious to
create condition corresponding more
or less to the alcoholic condition of a
person who is regular, heavy Grinkcr,
but not confirmed drunkard" "
After five weeks the pair was mated
again and the young guinea pigs who
were born to them decreased markedly
in number and quality. The expert
mcnts were continued with the do
scendants of the guinea pig who had
been treated with the fumes Of alco-
mol and it was found that they were
below normal until the fourth genera
ton.
Up TO this point we were profoundly
intcrestcd IN the material presented
by iiobson and sympathetic as we'll.
1t seemed to us ncontrovcrtiblc that
world for guinea pigs and that they
should not be allowed to have so much
as light fumc with their meals. But
suddenly we found that the author was
done. with guinea pigs As we re-
member, it was the use of the word
"marriage" which made us perccive
that Hobson had como back to men
again: Without a single paragraph Of
transition he took every result indi
Gated about the effects Of alcohol ON
guinea pigs and gencralizpd from if
on the. subject Of the descendants Of
men who drank light wines and beers
AS result we were only partially
convinced. 1t seems to us that wav
out of the controversy between those
who want to drink and those who don't
might be achieved by adding to the
recent constitutional amendment the
sentence Everything in the above
amendment shall be construed as an
plying only to guinea pigs" Every
body, With the possible exception of
such guinea pigs as have become ad
dicted to a fume day, ought to bc
able to get together on this.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
Small Town Life
Finds a Defender
The Little Town." Written Nv
III. L. Douglass, Makes
Case

%a@, R132usiass IS pase, F4oe. Fz ":F'sG :i.s
IN America the small town has NJ
ways been a target for rdicuIc and
abuse from many sources. The sonhis-
ticated city dweler is apt to look unon
1t with mingled amusement and aver
SION as stronghold Of prohibition and
other outlandish provincialisms. On
the other hand the farmer is inclined
TO look upon its movies, its "opera
house and its other modest rccroa-
tional facilities with grave suspicion
as snarcs calculated to cntice tho
young from the paths Of honest toll
And large body Of hostile opinion is
summed up in the tippant but widely
repeated cplgram: God made the coun-
try, man made the city, but the devil
made the small towns"
Admitting the existence of these
various prejudices, Mr.. Douglass sets
out to demoAstrate that, after ali. the
small town has certain advantages and
possibilities which have hitherto PASSED
largely unnoticed. He points ont thot
communities of from 1000 to 4.no0
people enjoy more opportunities for
human fellowship than large cities.
where the individual is inevitably sub,
merged IN the mass, or isolated farr,
ing districts, where acquaintance ia
necessarily restricted to a limited civ
Gle. He shows that the small town If
animated by proper civic spirit. can
perform great service for The srr-
rounding rural community by assum.
ing the leadership in various plans for
recreation and social service
w M G
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19

TWO BANKS OF THE SEINE BY Fernand Van.
dcfem Irarsia,r' ~ George i;alfaovici. Az
pages. Price Sla0. i. T. Dutton " Co.
This novel by member of the cdi-
torial staff OF the Figaro" is some
what inaccurately described as a story
in which "thc life Of the QUARTER r
Latin is brought into sharp contrast
with that of the upper classes" But
neither genuine Bohemians, nor sub
Bohemians of the Greenwich Village
variety, seldom found in Paris, appear
IN its pages. The world of the left
bank is the world of the Institute. and
the don mating character of the book is
tusebe Raindal, scientist and historian.
1T ls the gcnteel poverty of his family
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
''Centilc Wife, Published
Rita WeIlnan's Play Proves
y ortI,y oC Tes,

THE GENTLE WIFE. Ry Rita wel,
nam. irbnshod hy NoEat, lagd q
C. i~S pages. Price. $i.e5.
Rita Wc4man's play of the marriage
problems Of d Jew and n Gentle was
not successful when presented on the
New loll1 stage this season, and yet it
was rated by al least few as among
the most interesting plays OF tho seq
son. In most respects this impression
il borne out hy reading The play now
that ii has appeared III booi, form. The
reader is likely to find the chataeter Of
Nadia more interesting than did the
playgoer who saw Miss Emily Stevens
wofully mlscast in the role.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19

admission cannot be called enthusias-
tic 1t is distinctly qualified. 'ln
word, writes Flint. in summarizing his
findings on longevity, many abstainers
live on a low plane; and low pane
may mean long life
"Ecally." he continues. taking into
consideration accomplishment and use
fulncss. it would seem better to have
lived vigorously and effectively a
slightly fewer number Of years than
to have lived sedately carefully and
lCN% but to less purpose. or course,
I do not mean to say that there are not
able. useful and noble lives, but
speaking generally-of the men who
have accomplished most, the aiority
have been at least moderate drinkers.
Both authors profess to approach
their subject in a strictly scientific
spirit Hobson declares that he has
never ceased his Investigations into
alcohol and its effects since he first
became interested in the subject in
experimental data by other men which
he has examined. Dr. Abraham Jacob
is sponsor for Flint, and says in
preface to The Whole Truth About
Alcohol" that "the authors statements
are based on scientific facts
1t must be said for Flint that he
takes much less for granted than Hob
son and makes fewer general state
mcnts. The author of "Alcohol and
the Human Race has a habit of ap-
preaching q contentious subject and
brushing it aside with some such state
ment as, "This cannot be questioned.'
or again, "The question is not debat-
able Such procedure is not general
y consistent with the scientific at
tltude. Again, the author not infre-
Qucntly yields to the temptation of
covering great deal OF ground in his
assertions. Thus. we arc told of al
cohol that "it weakens the strong,
takes away the Judgment of the wise,
makes cowardly the brave, withers 10y
atty and selfsacrifcc and Injuries the
capacity for love and DEVOTION" More
over, We learn that "alcohol is the
primary cause of the bulk of the pau
perism of the world' Also, "of the
millions of drinkers even temperate.
habitual drnkcrs-ali must surely die
before their time" But the charge
which comes after all these and seems
10 be regarded as climactic is "alcohol
is the principal cause of bachelorhood."
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
That's Yields Place
To Little Eva


The Office force got started on
a discussion Of what character in
fiction each of us would take out
to dinner if he had his choice.
Most of the men spoke for Becky
Sharp, although there were scat
tering bids here and there for
That's. But the night editor, who
had put in long evening Of it,
said, my choice would be little
Eva"
"Why?" we asked tactfully.
Because she'd probably have
to 20 home early!' he answered.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19


Up against bunch Of cattlemcn Who
loyalty concedc shat old Lukc's girl has
BRAINS as we'll as Drawn, can ride bet
teri most men and pull draw with The
quickest, yet doEgedly of the opinion
chat running cattle ranch is no job
tor skirt, Judith Sanford gathers un
inc feathers as controlling manager Of
Blue Lake holdings and rides the lob
with spurs that draw blood. We won't
quarrel with Jackson Grcgory's rciter-
ated avowal that judith is new
woman. She is. No old-fashioned ono
could put couple of shots into =
lractous and unscrupulous manager.
ride devil of horse before which
trained cowboys blanch with fear and
combat the plottings OF a cold-bloodol
gang with the cool dexterity and cas-
assurance Judith manifests The reader
is soon convinced, however. that her
real JOB lies in winning over Bud Lee.
whose past conceals nothing more sin.
ls1er than college degree coupled
WIN an inablllty to gamble in stocks and
Whose present conviction, built on tra-
dltion and gentle rearing. admits Of
Judith '''0' ana
Such is, briefly, the plot of Grecorv,s
new novel, laid on the sort of ranch
we We seen IN moving pictures and
peopled with Wild men and one Wild
woman. book relying for its annea1
on sWlitiy moving plot and the OK
citement Of rather overdraWn ranrl,
NE, 1T .nevertheless manages to ,nalo
convincing the sincerity of Juditb,s
,,gnt 10 win recognition OF her cana.
oIilty as ranch manager. and Iii
remain what Bud Lee terms woman1,.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19

MISS 4 MAiTLAND. PRIVATE sEGRE- RE
pleton & co. .''7
Suzanne Price, pretty and shallow
has a husband-good looking and gooc
natured, but a spendthrift. They have
a little girl, Bebita, for whom both
entertain an extravagant affection
And being detective story of the pop
ular variety, somebody, Of course, has
famous jewels-the owner in this case
being Mrs. Janney, mother of Suzanne
SO, with the stage set, things begin
to happen. Price, the jewels and Be
bita disappear-Price because he and
Suzanne are actively incompatible, and
Bebita and the jewels because some
body makes away with them. Miss
Maitland is suspected.
But five or six detectives, working on
wrong ciews and failing to convict any
one, irritate the competent Mrs. Janney.
She engages the services of one Molly
Babbitt, eX-telephone operator an
heroine Of Geraldine Bonner's previous
novel. entitled "The Girl at Central"
Molly, admittedly, is a clever de-
tective, but we heartily agree with
her own statement that she is no
author And why Geraldine Bonner
didn't realize this after writing a book
IN which she created and developed
the girl, we cant fathom. But in the
middle of q fairly wcll-told detective
yarn, in which Miss Bonner is run
ming ON rather smoothly in the third
person, in comes Molly and says she's
been asked to tell her part of the job
under an intrusive al" Perhaps Miss
Bonner felt that by this device Molly
would appear more real. Perhaps she
did it merely to be different. What
Ia,
break in the method used throughout
reader is confused by the change from
the first to the third person. Accus-
toned to accept the tale as a narra-
tive from an author who knows some
thing about mystery telling, he is
forced to change his point of view
and take Molly's story without COM
ment from the author. We're this
method held consistently it might not
be so inadequate. But in some parts
Gora idlne Bonner tells Molly's tale,
and in others Molly herself tells it
and the two view life ditferently
The book winds up with an irrcle-
want dissertation by Molly on the
skates and Chinese lamp shade she's
going to purchase with the reward
from the Janneys. and the conclusion
that She must add "the end" to the
story. Why. we don't know, for the
story was Miss Bonner's; but such is
the way of an author AS detective
story the book is interestingly written,
the plot moves along with clever COM
pNcatons and the identification of the
man who kidnaps Bcbita remains cor
cealed until the author chooses to d.
vulge It. Not so, however. with the
Jewel thief. We got the clew to him
before Molly; but this didn't hurt our
interest in the story, for We wanted to
see how Molly was going to catch HIM
New-York tribune., 1919-04-19
OF Lz1lEHOISE DESCRIBES PR4NKS OF YANKS BASEBALL
Some Recent Novels

life that forms the contrast for the
luxurious frivolity Of Zoze Cham
bannes's setting on the right bank. The
story makes entertaining reading. The
characters are real. shrewdly drawn.
The Partisan atmosphere is photo
graphic in its realism. AmoAG ass
sorted love affairs that are not per-
mitted to become monotonously trian-
gular is the elderly Raindals infa.u
ton for the giddy Zoze. Here IS the
tragedy Of the intellectual. who has
forgotten to live. When the Master $
belated romance is abruptly ended by
the return of Gerald, repentant and j.,
resistible, the officer of the Legion of
Honor, member OF the Institute. au-
thor of The Life of Cleopatra" and
other books, seeks soace in the society
of Mile. Clara Laneret, better known
as lIrlandaise. The translation is
excellent. X. ".
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
Briefly Answered.

The English manner Of today, Of
what are called the classes, is the
growth Of only a century or so, John
Galsworthy writes in the Yale Ee-
view. There was probably nothing at
all like 1t In the days of Elizabeth or
even Of Charles II. The English man.
ner was still racy when the Inhabitants
OF Virginia. as we are told, sent over
to ask that there might be dispatched
to them some hierarchical assistance
for the good Of their souls. and were
answered Oh your souls, grow to-
baGco."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27

Tyndall, 24.--Minulou stfedu v
sest hodin rano. kdyz marsdl Jack
Hanlon vkroGil do m9stskeho zald
Re, kde travil noe E. M. Kreber,
uzfel jej obeseneho v kleci. Kre.
Der totiz stahl electricity drat Sc
stropu zkrze ocelov6 pruty klece a
ma dratu Sc pax ob9sil. DIE vseho
byl mrtev asi p1l hodiny. Kreber
a leho man2elka bydleli dlouhou
fadu let ma sv6 farme jizn9 cd me-
sta, a pie dvouma roxy SO pfeste-
hovali do mesta. Minute Gterf
pr. Kreberova asi v IL hodin veGer
Sc odebrala ma l1zko. jeff manzel
kratce ma to j nasledoval a najed-
nou il poeal skrtiti. Qua Sc mu
v~yprostila a on il pax napadl kla-
divem, zasadiv il dive rany do hla-
Wy, a MAZE "a to, Re jest mrtvs,
POLL neco dfeveneho Thu a for
maldehydu v dmyslu sebevrazed-
mem. Jejich dcera, ktera spala v
hofejsf mfstnosti, sebehla doln a
hned telefonovala pro lekafe a pro
marsha Jonese, jenz Ola Sc dosta-
viii. Marsal Krebra zatknul a Cd
vedl do vezenf a lekaf Krebrovou
osetfil. Kreber We vezenf pravil
ze manzelku chtel Sc sv9ta sprovo-
dit jiz delsi Gas a pax sebe, a Ito
val, ze to tax 'spackal" a zenu
nedotlouk. Ma to Sc mu udelalo
cd jedi ma mic a on 81 ulevoval
zcela pfirozen5m zpGsobem. Ma
Sc "a to Re NELL mezi sebou nedoro
zum6ni zkrze penize, ale nikdo
neoGkaval takove zakonGeni.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
When Man Ate GraAa.

NJ. Marcel Baudouin, who has been
examining some human remains, dat.
Ing from the neolithlc epoch (the
latest period Of the stone age). has pre-
sented the Academy of Science with
a curious report. The shape Of the
incisor teeth of two young children
Of this distant epoch leads him to the
conclusion that the present single root
teeth of human beings are In reality
q development from three germs, and
that man is descended from the herb
ivorous animal with an ancestor Dos
sessing 1872 dental germs.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
Historians Differ as to SUGAR.

Historians say that the sugar cane
a introduced by Columbus in Santo
Domingo. that it spread from that
island to Cuba and Mexico and that
the Portuguese introduced the cane
into Brazil, bringing 1t from Madeira.
Some authorities have said that sugar
zane was introduced into Louisiana In
1851 by Jesuit priests. who had 1t
brought from Santo Domingo. while
others give the date Of the frst plant.
Ing OF sugar cane as 1887 and make no
reference to its having been brought
In by tho Jesuits.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
October.

October is so called from being the
eighth in the year, according to the
old Latin calendar. It was styled wine
month" by our Saxon ancestors. The
festival Of the Rosary is celebrates
Oct. 1 in honor Of the Virgin, who Is
especially invoked In the devotions for
success, believed to have been obtain
ed through her intercession In the bat.
tie Of Lepanto, in 1871, when the Turks
were defeated.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
Parcel Post In the Arctic.

The Esklmos, who live on the shores
Of Boring sea and the Arctic ocean
r now making use Of the parcel post
to the discontinue Of the local traders
who often took advantage Of them In
the early days. They send their furs
ivory and w%halebone by parcel post
to the bureau Of education at Seattle,
where the agents dispose Of the goods
by auction, and with the proceeds buy
at wholesale prices such supplies al
the natives want.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
Wanted Information.

While I was upstairs, u little Eliz-
abeth called that the cat wanted to
get outdoors because she had been
teasing him. I replied; 81" will be
down In a minute and let him out, but
don't tickle him In the meantime"
When I got down she had been look.
Ing him all over. aud said: Daddy,
where Is his meantimeT-Chicago Ex.
aminer.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27

Yankton, 24-Minule pondelf Sc
Sc zde srazila mala kolejnf karka
5 automobilem DIR. Hofa u stanice
Milwaukee,. Lekaf a w.
j. Fantle jeli ma sever a pon6vac
ma trait stale mnoho nakladnfch
vozd nebylo dobfe videti, a prave
kdyz pfejfzdel trate vrazila mu do
.zad ona karka. Auto odletel asi
deset stfevfcd, ale obema Sc nice
sho nestalo, "a to ale Perry Mallett
sjenz iel ma k&fe byl omraGen ra-
nou do spanku a byl wat do ne
mocnice. Weylan jenz S MIN v
k arce. jel byl potluGen ma ruce.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
Greatness and strenath.

Greatness lies not in being strong,
but In the right using of strength, and
strength is not rightly used when 1t
only serves to carry a man above his
fellows for his WI solitary glory.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27

Ma prodej, pona s let stard, 900
liber, ma sedlo a jizde dobra.
Tsz vejce z plnokrevnfch rose
comb brown leg-horn slepic. Chas
Stibral. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27
RHINE zpravy.

Obchodnfci v Avon Sc rozhodli
zaloziti akciovou sroleGnost a pos
velkou sf6.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27

Pffpad Katefiny Sternhagenove
proti Louis Kozlovi a AL Scottovi
jenS Sc projednaval phi pravidel-
nem zasedani obvodniho soudu v
Tyndall, porota vynesla rozsudek
We prospsch obzalovanSch. Pr.
Sternhagenova zalovala ma nahra-
du Re prS byla ~polekana slfdicfmi
psy a cd te DOLBY jest dplne znes-
chopnena. ~> Obzalovanf uvad6li
PROT tomu, Re prS 81 to zavinila
sama phi tezke praci ma poli.-An-
drew Gleich byl uznan vinn5m pc
kusu enlistment 6 rokh stare diven
Ky a byl poslan do kaznice cd de-
sfti do patnacti let. Gleich jiz
olive dvakrate 81 odpvkal trest v
kaznici pro podobnou zhovadilost.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-03-27

We vGkolnfch Gasopisech anglic-
|kych jest zprava, ze pr. .Josefa Pa
pikova, jenz bydlf v Yankton, ma
gelkou bibli, ktera byla tistena v
roce 1913, Samuelem Adamou v
Praze. Bible jest 10x15 coulech
Gelka a $ could tlusta s mnoha Wy.
|obrazenfmi, a v ceskem iazyku.
Rodina Papfkova il zdedila pc
pfedcfch.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-30
SOLDIER WITH BROKEN
BACK IS MADE WHOLE

CONVICTION, Tenn, May 80. (Spl)--
A remarkabel instance of the skill Of
the army surgeons in the great war Is
that of Fletcher Woodruff, a young
man recently returned to his home in
this county from France.
The young man was wounded at the
battle of Ypres on Aug. 3, his back be-
ing broken by a piece of shrapnel. For
five months afterward he was under
treatment Of various army hospitals,
and later returning to the United
States.
An operation was performed OF Feb,
3, 1919, Upon the soldier at Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga. by Capt. Wilson, an army
surgeon, in which a ~seven-inch section
Of bone was removed from his right leg
below the knee and grated into his
spine. The young man is now we'll on
the road to recovery, and is able to
get about with the assistance Of only
a cane is in excellent spirits and says
his health Is perfect.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-30
WORTH MORE
THAN MONEY
Mrs. Hunt Wouldn't Take
$500 for Good TanIaC
Did Her,

Five hundred dollars wouldn't buy
tne good that five bottles Of Tanlac
nave done for me, and l Just think it's
worth Its weight in gold" said Mrs.
Mamie Hunt, Of 6019 New York ave
nue, Nashville, Tenn.
Il was told repeatedly that my ner-
vousness couldn't be cured and that
made me Respondent so that | didn't
know what to do. Even the noise OF
q passing street car would upset me
so that | would shake like a leaf, My
heart fluttered and palpitated and many
q time / have had fainting spells and
have fallen to the floor. My stomach
was In such a bad condition that |
couldn't even digest an egg. and this
had tone on for five years until | was
on the verge Of nervous prostration.
"A friend Of mine, who knew that my
case had been given up as hopeless,
made me a present Of three bottles OF
Tanlac, and II proved to be a priceless
gift. / have taken five bottles alto
gether n have gained eleven pounds
In weight and haven't had n nervous
spell since. | can eat anything l want
and am building up every day. l just
can't say too much in praise Of Tan
lac"
Taniac is sold in Memphis by War
mock Drug Co. and Weiss Pharmacy
and all the leading druggists IN prac-
tically every city, town and village in
America. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-30
ARKANSAS LUMBER MEN
MEET AT PINE BLUFF

PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 30, tSpl)-
The Arkansas Association Of Lumber
Dealers convened here this morning for
their annual convention, and about 100
members are expected 10 be in attend
ance.
The convention is being held in the
Hotel Pines, and Mayor Hollis made the
address Of welcome and the Rev. +. r.,
Steel led the invocation.
A number of interesting talks on the
lumber business are. on the program,
and the following are among the we'll
known speakers: J. c. Dionne, of Hous-
ton, Tex, J., B.ePutnam, Of New Or
leans, La; ] r. Moorehead, of Kansas
City, Mo, and Kurt G, Bargh.