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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30
MACCAIiEFS.

The Maccabees met in their hall
in regular session March goth, with
large attendance, and Bro. c. T.
Davis was initiated in the mysteries
of the order The camp will meet
in regular session Thursday night
April Ord, and all are urged to at
tend as business of importance in
regard to the election of delegate
to the State convention in April
which is to be held in Gulfport.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30
WOODNIEN.

At the regular meeting OF Queen
City Camp No %, Woodmen OF the
World, held last Thursday night,
there was good attendance and fine
interest manifested in the work of
the order The following were elect
ed to membership in the camp:
Messrs. A. McKeough, J. W. Shack
elford, and +. p. Damon Mr. NJ.
H. Jenkins received the protection
degree of the order.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30
EASTERN STAR.

The regular semi-monthly meet
ing of Columbus Chapter No. Go,
Order OF the Eastern Star. viii take
place Tuesday night at the Masonic
Temple on Main street All mem
beers are requested TO be present.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30

Keep the bowels active and the
digestion good if you would enjoy
health. A dose OF Prickly Ash Bit
tiers whenever such disorders appear
will keep you on the right road
Price, $1.25 per bottle. Sold by all
dealers
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30
RED CROSS NOTICE.

Any one who will do Red Cross
sewing and can not go to the work
room can phone 65. The work will
be delivered to your home and called
for when finished
3-22-1ih
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30

Come look our parts and service
station over See If We are not in
better position TO render you service
than any dealer in the city Robin
son Motor Car Co.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30
MODERN wooDNTEN.

There will be regular meeting
of Columbus Camp, No. 1876. Mod
ern Woodmen of America Tuesday
night at Woodmen Hall. Business
of Importance will be transacted and
all members are expected to be pres
ent. W. G. Vaughan. Consul.
J. r. Gray. Clerk
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30

adjourned. session: Messrs. Jack Me
low eli, Willis McClanahan, Charley
Funk, Louis Lavender and j c.
n "a; dOWs.
Next Tuesday night the lodge will
work in the ranks of page and knight
and all members are urged to be
.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-03-30

W. Richardson, v b. lines, G. b
liiducr II. +. Hotfmeister, c. II
Mays,
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StacpOole's Fine Tale, "The Ghost Girl''

loss of Silas the Wild-unlcss it be his
poor old father. who does not really count
in the story and is there only because. as
an old friend of Phyllis friend, Miss
Pinckney, he helps give Silas an easy en-
trance into the now developing plot We
rather ike Silas. People do like bold,
bad men when they have good manners.
But it is difficult to realize Silas without
the half pint on his hip that would have
saved him.
So much as We have told does not rob
the book a bit. There is enough more
about the things here clumsily outlined
and so much that has not been even
limited at that when yoa take it up it viii
be a new book to you. There remains to
say only that the story, while neither big
nor great, is fine. 1t is charming; the
word is not yet dead, though so many
earnest mis1sers of language have done
their darnedest to kill it. There are re-
Elections of the life of beautiful Charles
ton and its delightful people that Hop
kinson Smith never surpassed. There is
something of the ehasteness in art that
made the earlier stories of Mr.. James
Lane Allen justly admired. And, leav-
ing aside all Improbable comparisons,
there is enough Equality" in this book
barring the high pitched passages in
which Silas Grangerson storms across the
stage-to make us say that here is
sound, sweet story that stands head and
shoulders above the average"
THE GHOST GIRL. By III. De WERE STAG
POOLE. John Lane Company. $3.50.
The sun., 1919-01-05
The Heart of Nami-San"

CINCE the average European or Amor
~ lean knows little of the life or Of
the art of present day Japan from the
Japanese standp point, the translation of
modern novel that has gone through 100
editions and Of which over 500, 900 copies
have been sold in Japan, Is of interest.
The Heart Of Ndmi-SGn, by kenJIrO To-
kutomi, is entertaining in itself but Eore
noteworthy as an example of the style
Of current japanese fiction.
TokutOmi Is announced as one Of
Japans foremost nOvelists, being called
the Japanese Tolstoy because of his lead
crship in the movement 10 introduce West
crn ideas among his countrymen. This
novel. Which is considered his best work,
evidences strongly the influence of West
ern literature
American newspapers will be likely TO
make Il joke OF this story because the
dominant character IS mOther-in-law.
But the mother-in-law in Japan IS no
iOkcl She has absolute and tyrannic
power over the Young women of her house
hold; and since young welded couples are
not allowed 10 set up separate establish
mcnts OF their own, there is no way OF
escape. She can compel her son to Ill
vorce 4 loved wife who displeases her IL
any way. And it Is estimated that 30 per
cent. of the ordinary marriages in Japan
end in divorce!
This novel has Il well developed plot and
shows skill in the Use of local color ard
characterization, but the translation seeno
inaccurate For instance, it is ineoncru-
Gus for japanese persons to call their par
ents Pa and Mia.
THE HEART OF MANI san. BY KEN
JiE0 ToKU-osr!. The StratfOrd Company.
81 50.
The sun., 1919-01-05
"The Texan"

~ ,,. g I.-, ID 1Il.
'"' u '''''' - '''
ne" book me ItFdn, u story OF 'h'
cattle country, we have an opportunity to
study the central figure of the story. His
n,;1osor,h;e,1 ,r,;,. -,- H.; eu,
the resi- Of the cbor,ct.rs IIo :. ,.r,
Gt,blc follow from ,t,r+ .o fn;h ".
Hendrvx knows his Tcv,n and LET. INN
have his head
Mr. Hendrvr has v,;,,cn roa ,Ioo5o1
romantic story of tho w;Jo onJ onan
snoces of mon who do ,,ic,,-o,,,ro ,,,;n.,,
and Of women ubo ara -, Lra,.a -.
mon, inc, nc h., d;J !. IT.. r.. ~
and in The p,on;,c TI;. a,'';.i,' ,'''
VI P'''e WIN MS 'Flchl J'Fh
stories LOT boys, such aS ms (0nUic Nor
The sun., 1919-01-05

The English Village: 4 Literary
Study, by Julia Patton, which will be put
out this month by the Macmillan COM
pany. is study of the village in English
literature during the period 1750-1S50,
with particular regard 10 lis significance
in the social and economic history of the
time
The sun., 1919-01-05
BY EDWARD N. TEALL.

MIR. STACPOOLE'S latest novel
1'A is a brilliant rcfutation of the
theory, If there is such Il one. that good
story requires / predominant percentage
OF incident in lis composition. II refutes
with equal completeness the thory, if
again, there is such n one, that a story
that Is not mostly action must be con
cerned with crises of character.
There is a minimum Of plot in The
Ghost carl; and not a bit of deliberate
character analysis" We cannot call it
big, because that would imply robustious-
ness OF action; nor great, because it does
not PROFOUND for the enlightenment of
world never weary Of trying 10 under
stand itself n Philosophy Of Life or dis
play for the ediication Of the pundits an
Interpretation IF the Universe.
Bitter-Sweet Romance.
II IS romance: not the staggering. rul-
licking kind, snaeking with blows and
hi'''7- wv iHt hIuu. II
Is the bitter sweet sort of romance that
often attends, IN real life. the mating of
men and women. Mr. StacpOole can be
sweet without being syrupy His touch
is deft and sure in the parts of his story
where delica"v is most needed Toward
the end. where there are some episodes
that might he described as rough stuff, he
might possibly be accused Of mclodrama
But again 1t may be that this impression
is only the result of contrast with the
pr reding part of the narration. Even
50 It would have 10 be called Il defect, for
the exciting scenes do not work in quite
naturally with the foregoing matter. \
little of the story is needed perhaps to
give shape to the criticism.
Phylice Rerlnowles was an Irish girl
whoze mother had been MaScarcnc, one
of IAN old adventurous family that had
settled in Virginia when Virginia was
wilderness and had spread lis branches
Though the Carolinas" When Phyl's
father died while visiting in America, he
appointed one of his relatives,
GARRISON Pncknev. guardian Of his
daughter Richard went 10 ireland TO see
what could be done with the old estate
and TO get ACQUAINTED with his ward
Irish Temper VS.. Yankee
Conscience
The estate was Old and rs some Of The
folks would say nowadays ratty: and
the girl was Young and awkward, with
marked sircak of Irish witness in her
nature. Fhyfs Irish temper and Rich
ards fGnfoc business conscience did not
jibe. The young people could not under
stand each other at all, at all. Richard
disposed of the estate and sent the girl
to live with she family Of her fathers
The sun., 1919-01-05

lawyer man IN Dublin. while he went back
to America and his bnsincss-letting the
giri know that welcome awaited her
over the sea whenever She chose to cross
the one and enjoy the other. Richard
would guard her financial wcllbeing and
his maiden aunt would take care of the
girl as girl.
Phyl came across. The aunt took her
to her bosom. We love that aunt! She
had Yankee ways of looking at things
and the best Of Southern manners. She
hated automobiles and loathed the phone
but would use either i'll order to help a
friend in real need. She did, in the story.
She had known Edgar Allan Poe in her
Young days and it is fine TO hear her talk
about him and his friend, Judas" Girls
void. We shall NOT quote her on the civil
war; but we give fair warning that any
body who cares for good, original ideas,
roundly outspoken, will miss something
extraordinarily well worth not missing if
he misses this. And Aunt Maria's phi
losophy of life and death is something to
stifTen the backbone of the gentle theo-
rists and namby PANTY would be molli-
6ers of fact. 1t is something of feat to
make so admirable a woman so lovable a
lady. Aunt Maria yearned to see her
Richard and her Phyliee make go of it
but don't put her down for NEEDLE
some old matchmaker if You want to be
fair!
The sun., 1919-01-05
The Charm of Phylice.

Mr.. Stacpoole takes 40 of his 307
pages TO get us thss far along in the story
of these two lives He does it, too. with Il
delicate art that must be perfectly de-
lightful to all who appreciatc-wcll, deli
cate art. In the course of the narrative
70 this point he has succeeded in letting
us into the secret of an engaging person.
atty, for that Phylice BcrknowIes GER
tainly is-Or has.
The secret of the girls personal equip
ment for facing. the ficht that life is
pretty sure TO turn into even for deli
catcly nurturcd ladies gathers about one
central fact: that she comes to regard
herself as n sort of reincarnation of an
ancestress of hers. This sounds crude in
this manner of statement. and it would
be crude if the author presented it to US
as anything but part of the young lady's
understanding of herself. Mr.. StarpOo'c
does not theorize on reincarnation. He
does not aver that it exists, or that it ex-
istcd in this particular instance. He
hardly says even that Phyl.oc definitely
believed herself to be the physical rcam-
10 .iment of the lady whose love story, re-
vealed in some old letters. she came to
think of rs her own. But We see the
living girl merging her own personality
in that of the dead Juliet Mascarene. The
strange unity was a fact-in the mind of
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cleared away all the obstacles TO the
happy event Of the affair between Rich
ard and Ply lice.
But All! The Tempters.
The obstacles were Richards engage
inent to 4 butterfly Of Charleston society,
an engagement contracted before he
awoke to recognition of the trIe state of
affairs between him and the Irish girl;
and the appearance, in the Southern par
adise over which the dear old aunt pre-
sided, Of serpent named Silas Granger
SON. SiIas was bold, bad young man.
He led Phyl to the smoking of cigar
cite, which was naughty; and, very
nearly, to the wrecking of her happiness
in hfe-whrh was wicked Silas, ike so
many bold, bad men, had strange power
of fascination over good women
At his first quite informal meeting
the very face Of her SOUL At the second,
he proposed TO run away with her in a
boat that We are sure would have been
much too small 10 be safe for such voy-
age as his mad whim would have led
them into. When he and Pinckncy quar-
relied 1t really did seem as if Juliet Mas
carene were living over again in the per-
son of Phylice Berknowlcs the tragedy
of her life. And here it is that the unex-
citing-but mighty interesting-story of
Phyl and Richard drops into the form Of
drama; movie drama, reel (not reaD stuff.
A Southerner's Unpreparedness.
Mad Silas runs away with the girl He
almost succeeds in killing the two of
them. 4 deadly snake bite-what! No
whiskey! What-for 4 Southern gentle
man Is this to be caught thus UMPIRE
pared However, all is vel! with the girl
and nobdy is left to mourn greatly the
The sun., 1919-01-05

The girl whose history is set before US. As
it affected her acts and her fate, II was a
fact 1t was certainly fact when it
cleared away all the obstacles TO the
happy event Of the affair between Rich
ard and Phylice.
The sun., 1919-01-05

THE GHOST GIRL. By III. De WERE STAG
POOLE. John Lane Company. $3.50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
This troek May he Made From n
Last Seasons Suit

An indispcn sable item OF the fall
and winter wardrobr In the tailored
frock Of some sort Of wool fabric.
NeiYets and vcivutcena are smart
and drcnsy looking: bu, the utility
Frock must be OF wool material This
SEASON the soft, ilght weight vclours
and twilled materials nueh aA fine
mems wear. serge and trtcotine. share
houofH about evenly The veiours are
possibly a trifl~ more exclusive look
ing. and the AofineaA % These fabrics
unaucatlonabiy Is becoming. hut
serge and tricotine wear like iron.
and certainly they stand a great deal
Of handling hy the CLEANER without
showing n suggestion Of wear or tear.
The sketch illustrates how smart
really simple frock may h~. one Of
It's attractive features - that II may
easily bc made from two-plrce mul,
~ last seasons vintage. II desired.
lsosh men and woAnsn are economic
ing IN this expensive season by
having last years garments turned
and made over. and when a suit may
h. turned into fnodlnh srock. the
effort really seems very much worth
while.
Tho back os the suit shown carries
out the coat effect featured In front.
and the little bel, extends all around
the waist. Skirt and waist sections
arc. Of course. attached in thu back.
whereas the coat ia frankly separate
from the skirt in front. making II no,
only easier 20 fashion. hut also casicr
10 get into, Front panel and collar
arc embroidered In color. A navy
dress would be smart embroidered IN
red or blue. or tan-coinred frock In
dark brown. red. or green.
A high-necked ves'ee may be worn
with this frock. N preferred. small
fur reckptecc and n becoming hat
help To complete an outfit suitable
for wear turnout the entire fall and
winter season.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
Turn Joke
Into a Hony

Dear Miss Grey: ] read Just a
Mans" letter In your column. He
thinks his wife unreasonable and
jealous because he promised little
iT-yearoid neIghbor girl pair OF
slippers Jokingiy. and she N serious.
81 holding him TO his promise.
Suppose his wife had tokingly
promised some man acquaintance Of
theirs the slippers. wouldn't he
think her unladyiike II she insisted
upon giving them To hlmg
III he stu wishes 10 give the slip
pera why not have his wife go with
the girl and select and purchase
them for herr
The average man cannot see the
unbecoming acts OF any other
woman except his wife.
lie jokcd himself In. why not joke
himself out by telling the girl that
he had just purchased a new pair for
himself or wife and hasn't enough
left to buy "A sandwich. BY not Civ
inR them to- the girl. he may teach
her lesson. Some girls are born
10 Tightly they need few Jolts 20
make them sensible.
Men should learn 20 safeguard
themselves and the young women In
place of kidding them along and
making them feel so big-headcd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
Increase Income
In the Home

Dear Miss Grey: This letter 4 4
answer 20 the lady who signed -.
self In Need Of Advice"
Ny dear woman: Could you M
raise flower seeds al home foy -
market Foxglovc. pansies, sse,s
peas, and many others bear Z er~f
profusion Of seed.
Also you could specialsxs o. n
broiiers and ducks. Or II you -
artistic, there are so many preffy
things 20 gather in the country tn
the big hotels would be glad 70 ~
a good price for.
Or perhaps you could raise urs
certain vegetable that you could ~
for your own. My mother raises ye,T
fine potatoes for the market On h.
five-acre tract.
Whatever you do. don't rive =,
trying. and keep a smiiy, sweet foa
for those babies sake and let 4
hope that your stingy husband "
grow ashamed OF himself, and n
you have an allowance
Sincerely,
MR8 c
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
MORE BABIES
FOR ENGLAND
Unusual Number Of BOYS
Making Up War Losses

LONDON. Oct i7.--L.atest returns
show that the birth rate I'm crea,
Britain. which suffered a serious de.
cline during the war. is now incrcas.
inE rapidly.
between 400 and 500 more children
are being born every month than In
the same months OF 1918.
The usual ratio OF males ana fe
males shows marked change. In
peace times a slightly larger number
OF girls ar" born. During the war.
and since. there In an extra number
OF boys. bearing out the ancient be-
lief that war or famine always raises
the relative birth rate OF males.
The high cost of living. which has
doubled the expense of rearing a
child. evidently has not interfered
with parenthood In any class.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
DIFFERENCE between
WOOL AND 'WORSTED'

The ordinary housewife is puzzled
by the difference between wool yarn
and worsted yarn and is not aware
Just what the difference Is.
Several distinctions are made
such as the statement that wool
yarn is made from short wool fibers
and the worsted is made from long
wool, while wooden is carded. and
worsted wool Is combed.
Both these distinctions are true
but the real fact which makes the
difference IL that In wooden thread
the fibers are somewhat tangled and
running In all directions, while in
worstod the flbers run exactly par.
allel Wool fabrics are largely felt.
ed and the criss.crosslng Of threads
leaves loose ends on the surface TO
mat together. In worsteds the ma.
terial show the threads OF the weave
and the ends Of the material are
carefully woven In not to show.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
ClNa1bD


A King county OSteopathic meet
ing. with full attendance. WINS held
Tuesday evening at the offices of
Drs Ford. Wimer-Ford and Ford.
The following officers were elected.
President. DR. James r. Slaughter.
vicc-prcsldcnt. DIR Gertrude Phillips.
secretary. Dr. Lawrence NJ. Hart.
treasurer. DR. Lydia Merrineld; cor.
responding secretary. Dr. Roberta
Wimer.Ford.
DIR. James r. Slaughter. the new
president. was In government scrv.
Ice almost two years. much OF that
time overseas. Dr. Slaughter went
across with the esd Base Hospital
unit, but later was chief laboratory
technician at Base Hospital No. 4.
at Nice.
Lieut. J. X. Honuold. just returned
from France. company 37S. tank
corps. company commander. told Of
many experiences overseas Dr..
Honnold Is located for practice in Sc.
attic. Among the out-of.town ply
sicians In attendance Mt this meeting
were DIR. Eta Chambers. Genesec,
H.; DIR. Russ Coplantz. Portage.
Via: DIR, Elizabeth Hall Lane of Los
Angeles, and DIR Lucy r. Thompson.
recently from Walla Walla.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
Confessions of a Bride
Copyrighted 1919 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association
AN. AMAZING MEETING AND A CLASH
OF WITS WITH THE SIREN

brushed the red and gold leaves.
wet with the cold October dew, from
u bench behind screen OF bitter
sweet and sat down 10 mediate
upon the familiar envelope and the
strange address Bob was awake. ]
knew. lie might wonder what had
become Of me. decided 20 stay
out OF doors until after he had had
his breakfast. IL would give him
quite shock. perhaps. but the
shock would do him good
stayed longer than ! intended
10 do. building up and tearing down
IA dozen theories about that scrap OF
paper
! saw Herghoff arrive and I kept
very stiil lest he should sca me. lie
counted his bills and pocketed them.
Turning Ia assure myself that he
had departed. I beheld the lovely
chrystohei certeis coming down the
lane between the olms. She. too, was
out 10 enjoy the splendid autumn
morning. l concluded. but my sup
position was spoiled by an amazing
incident
Berghoff went directly 20 her. as
II he had been waiting 10 keep an
appointment with herr After "A few
respectful sentences. he handed her
an envelope~-and Il was a duplicate
OF the one l held In my hand
| was stupefied. what letter could
that dreadful man have which was
valuable 60 my sister ln.lawr Which
was 80 unusual that II must be dc.
llvcred In person. rather than sent
thru the mailf
ilerRhoff was certainly clever
villain 10 make three respectable
young women pay him for important
information. felt like a fly In a
spiders web. but IL WAS useless for
mo TO struggle until had that sweet
little baby In my arms. And them
Then~-the Hon. James -. Lorimer
could he trusted 10 attend 10 Mr.
BerEhoff.
ragged inwardiy against the orra-
ture until Chryn turned back 10 the
house and Bcrghoff disappeared un.
der the rooted gate. Ny mind whiri.
ed thru a chain OF nurmises concern.
ing their odd meeting.
Was the ghost which Jim. Jr.. had
discovered and addressed ms DR.
certeln Some imponior working
chrys thru Herghoff7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-17
Here Are Words 10
Pacific Fleet Soma

Dear Miss Grey. A cilppgnv a..
your columns contained sun
asking for the words 10 the r.Y
Fleet song which was sung :.
theatres during fleet week ira. 'ss
the music Of Nanny o. Mlnss =
been sent 10 me -
/ wrote these words while r
Seattle az that time and / Am 80
ing them herewith 20 Mis-. ~
crime may have the informatlon ~
desires. ~
sailors 30 grand. you are IN. -,
Va the land.
We are 10 tickled 10 rnee, va,
glad 10 greet you, that'r ~.
Wen entertain you each day. IN -.
own Seattle way, w
For We remember those days 4 -.
ago. Oh.
Iordy. we were glad that We Ia.
you.
Not a thing we won't do 70 maxi -.
ray ~
You want 10 stay,
Seattle folks all say that wiz.
blessed us
When he sent you here 'cause vou,..
the bestest
Men In the land. American sailor, :.
grand"
Sincerely.
FRANK SNowDEy
San Francisco. Cal.
Thanks a lot for your kindns..
and trouble. have had nt1rnern,..
requests for these words, aside ~.
Katherine's. but could find Nc -
who had a copy OF them. II 4 ouiss
a coincidence to receive them d;,s~s
from the author.