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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

a very important step in bringing to- gether a nonpartisan, nonpolitical group of private individuals representing all the interests of the community. whi will stand back of the city department, hold it up to a high standard of efficiency, who win see that it gets a fair deal from the city and who will work for increased ap- propriaSons and win safeguard the in- terests of municipal recreation in every possible way MT. Stutsman said
 Further, community service will help the municipal recreation system by ini- tiating activities which it may not be prepared as yet to undertake or by car ryng on certain activities which 1t is de- sirable for the municipal department later on to incorporate in the work. Many of the activities started by community serv- ice should as rapidly as possible be turned over to the municipal recreation department but there will always be cer- tain activities which it is desirable for community service itself to maintan. No city recreation department has ever yet been able to carry on all the activities with a community need, and if the mu- nicipal recreation department and com rnunity service work together under a uni fled plan there need be no duplication or confusion.
 Tn all relationships" MT. Stutsman said La conclusion. with community groups it should be borne in mind that community service is the expression ot the community itself There can, there fore, be no fixed programme and no pre- arranged method of work for an individ- ual community. Progress and methods of procedure must come as the outgrowth of community needs and conditions and of the communitys appreciation of these needs. The function of community serv- ice 0ncorporated). Is to supply the stimu- Jus, help to develop local leadership and to put at the disposal of the local com munity the experience and best thought available of community organization and recreation.
 Tn an article by H. G. Andrews, en- titled Why Community Service?' which is incorporated in folders sent out as propaganda for our work" Mir. Stuts- man said ''the following sentiment Is expressed:
 -people-constitute the constant social factor.
 Institutions pass-being instruments that grow, serve, decay and die. But folks we have always with us.
 There is no phase of industry that Is constant-no nolitica1 system that is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD
 NOISES

If you have Catarrhal Deafness or are hard of hearing or have head noises go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint tdouble strength). and add to it one-fourth pint of hot water and little granulated sugar. Take one tablespoonful four times day.
 This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises Clogged nos- trils should open. breathing become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat It is easy to prepare costs little and is peasant, to take. Anyone who has Catarrhal Deafness head noises should give this prescription 8 trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

less to be bothered with indigestion, dyspep- sa or disordered stomach. A few tab lets of Pape's Diapepsin neutralize aeidty and give relief at once-no waiting. Buy a box of Pape's Diapepsin now. Don't stay miserable. Try to regulate your stomach so you can eat favorite foods without caus- ing distress. The cost is so little. The ben- efits so great. You, too. will be 8 Diapep- sin enthusiast afterwards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
"A DAMsEL IN DIsTREss.D

By Pelham Grenville Wodehouse The
 Century company. publishers. New York
 City.
 fleeing from an irate and disapproving brother. can step into a taxi and find a young man ready to do battle for her. with no questions asked.
 When Maud clandestinely went up to London to see the young man with whom she had fallen in love, she had net counted upon walking into her brother, Lord Belpher. Neither had she counted upon the presence of George Bevan in a convenient cab, much depressed by the lack of romance in real life and fed up with the success of his musical comedy which had just come over from Broadway for a London season.
 What happens is MT. Wodehouse's own story. It may not be improper to hint, however, that the lordly brother was worsted in the first bout. But that was only beginning. How MT. Bevan lays siege to the damsel in her country estate, and the very extraordinary, not to say outrageous, manner in which he assaults the battlements of society is as good a comedy as one could possibly ask for For rollicking tale of highly amusing incident, breezy dialogue and likeable peo- pie. MT. Wodenhouse has the perfect pre- scription.
 "A SAILORS HOME" By Richard Dehan: George H. Doran
 company, publishers. New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
Cossack Camp in Siberia

William " Duncan. in the Yale Review
 If you have read ''raras Bulba," Goeors story of the Cossacks. then you will know what I mean when I say that last night I had a chance to see a real picture of the Cossack. It was at sunset when over the tops of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

Stomach acidity causes indigestion.
 Food souring. gas. distress Wonder what upset your stomach? Well, don't bother. The moment you eat a tablet two of Pape's Diapepsin all the Jumps of indiges- tion pain, the sourness, heartburn and belch- ing of gases, due to acidty, vanfsh-truly wonderful.
 Millions of people know that it is need
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
"PEGGY-ELISE."


 By Frederic Arnold Hummer and May Christian The Century company, pup fishers, New York City
 Frederic Arnold Hummer and May Christian in 'Peggy-Elise" has written the story of an unusual and fascinating girl--a product of the new era brought about by the great war. Half French half American she combines the lovable quail ities of the two great races in way which makes her irresistibly appealing and attractive. Obliged as a result or the war to earn her living by posing in the nude for d sculptor in the studios ot Paris, she faces the trying ordeal with the same modest yet exalted courage with which her father, French officer, gave his life for his country in the trenches at verdun. The manner of her coming to America, the effect of her brave spirit and example upon the rather chaotic household of her American aunt, her final regeneration of Gilbert Venable, her arti3t lover, all form a rarely human and ap- sorbing story.
 To depict the character of fine. strong. lovable woman presents to the novehst one cf his most difficult tasks The au- thors of Peggy-Elise have accomplished an unusual feat-the creation of char acter so wildly human, so frank ana sincere, so free from the conventionanty feminie affections of the average woman of fiction that to know her is to love her and 10 read her story is to look into brave and very tender heart. nghting with unfaltering courage for the same ideals which insired her father-ideals'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

parte. Miss Patterson has been edu- cated abroad. and studied for her pro- fession under Sir Frank Benson. She has taken leading parts in F. R. Ben land. and scored success in Ameri- ca as Pferrot in 'Pierrot. Prodigal." She is the author of "Fortunata," Dust of the Road," and also Pan in Ambush" |" play m verse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

ened to the out-o doors. Their eschelon was not there, so they made themselves at home for the night on the ground. It was sight to remember as our train pulled out from the station. those Cos- sack groups around the fire, singing the songs of war in which their spirits revel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

hold. the eye for an eye, tooth for tooth. blow for blow, hate for hate. con tempt for contempt formula does.
 What you think if the other fellow and what the other fellow thinks of you Is the most important thing in the whole world.
 why Is 1t so important what you think of the other fellow and what the other fellow thinks of you?
 "The reason is so simple and has been stated so conclusively that every man who is at all concerned about his social obligations should have a copy of the formula pasted in his hat;
 "Unless this country Is made a
 good place for all of us to
 live in, it won't be good place
 for any of us to live in
 'Doubtless even that statement needs amending. Why limit benefits to our own land? The whole world must be made a good place for all of us or it won't be a good place for any of us."
 Continuing, Mir. Stutsman said:
 we also find. the following express sion embodied in this Why Community Service pamphlet; '"Community Service provides the opportunity for people to meet as folks -as neighbors representing no one but themselves-and the ideas they cherish most
 "You can't kill the neighborhcod idea You can either use or misuse it You can harness it to load or permit it to run light. During recent years great many cities have cried out stridently to the world, watch us grow" Growth requires more than watching. A field that is simply watched grows grain amid the weeds | more weeds than grain. There are ! weeds that cities grow. Do you know the Who Cares weed? "Danny Deever faced Sergeant Null | vane.
 "You're drunk, said the sergeant. "who cares?' said Danny. "'You're a dirty bum.' accused the sergeant.
 "'who cares? said Danny. "'You're a disgrace to the mother l that bore you roared the sergeant ".She's dead. What tho hell Who cares? Nobody said Danny. "'You're & blasted liar. I care said ! the sergeant.
 "Danny looked at the sergeant: the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

white birches the heavens looked as if
 on fire, while over to the right the
 clouds were like waves rolling over a
 sea of pink. I heard a shout, "The
 Cossacks are coming" and through the
 opening in the woods rode these lovers
 of war. The horse and rider are one;
 both were tired but there was some
 thing that told you that if the bugle
 had blown, all the tiredness would have
 fallen away. They are soldiers to the
 manner born, war is life to them. If
 thing Is worth having, it is worth
 fighting for Even when they gathered in groups around the common paifs and borrowed one another's spoons to eat
 the common meal, their bearing was that of soldiers. Pigs can feed from a trough and you go away disgusted, but when you see these fellows back from a fight, delving into their mess you stand to admire Their leader was fully six feet seven inches tall with beard that
 said he was Russian of the Russians. All were we'll formed, strong men, hard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

indeed, for which humanity must fight now, more than ever, honor and duty, duty to ones self and to the world at large. MT. Hummer and Miss Christian have written a novel possessing both real literary value and popular appeal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
THE BOOK g[HlE[L,lF1

THE MAN WHO FELL THROUGH
 THE EARTH" By Carolyn Wells. George H. Doran Co, publishers, New York city. There was a revolver shot, pierc- ing scream-a woman's scream-and the little stenographer and young lawyer from the office across the hall rushed into the private office of the bank president, and found-nothing at all.
 Amos Galley had disappeared. Man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
NAME 'bAYER' ON
 s.. GENUINE ASPIRIN

You want relief-quickly and safely! Then insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspi- rim" stamped with the "Bayer Cross. "
 The name "Bayer' means you are get ting genuine Aspirin prescribed by phy- sicians for over eighteen years, and proved safe by millions of people
 For a few cents you get a handy tin box of genuine "Bayer Tablets of As pirin," containing twelve tablets. Drug gists also sell larger "Bayer" pack ages. Aspirin is the trade mark Of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacides- ter of Salicylcacid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
"oPEN SESAME. -

By Mrs. Baillie Reynolds George M.
 Doran company, publishers, New York
 City.
 Mrs. Baillie Reynolds who won her iaurels in the kingdom of pure romance, says of her own work. T always was, and stEl am, the story teller pure and simple. l do not like the didaceic novei. my favorite authors are those who pro- duce romance, whether upon the ivory of the miniature CT upon the large canvas of adventure"
 In Open Sesame" she has portrayed the tremendous adventure of the war as experienced by those who stayed at home lsmay Waldron and ber swift poignant friendship with Hammond, the American boy whom she met at an old French chauteau at Fort d Olonne, is the heroine of the title story, and a promise of what the other stories achieve in the line Of mlstery and adventure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16

ming, who had just asked Galley to consent to his marriage with Gatleys ward, had also disappeared. After wards theT found the financier shot through the heart in a secret elevator which was generally unknown to ex- ist.
 The finding of Manning and the trac- ing of the crime is due to the igenuity of that master detective Penny Wise and hIs vivacious little assistant Zizi, who worked indefatigably on every clue and then scored by a stroke of genius.
 Penny Wise and Zizi are familiar characters to many readers of detective stories It will be remembered that they solved the mystery in Carolyn Wells last book, "The Room With the Tassels."
 "A WOMANS MAN" By Marjorie Patterson. George H.
 Doran Co, publishers, New York city.
 With great artistry and ruthless analysis and vivisection this book un- folds the life of an artist, literary man, who, meeting a measure of suc- cess, is forsaken by his talent in mid- dle life.
 Larger and larger upon his horizon looms the shadow of sensuality. At the outset of his career De Vancourt is possessed by purer ambitions. And throughout his life, by fits and starts, they reassert themselves, only to be en- gulfed and eventually perish by reason of his eternal infatuations.
 The book is remarkable for its di- abolically clever study of the human spirit. Torn between his passion for art and his obsession for women, vain, selfish and weak De Vancourt is in striking contract with the figure of Barnadette, his wife, beautiful and Madonna-like presence whose existence is joy and who comes into the story like a scent of lavender in old gar dens.
 Marjorie Patterson is the daughter of the late Wilson Patterson of Baltimore. She is of old colonial stock, and a de- scendant of Madame Jerome Bona
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This collection of short stories, each one a complete and delightful narra- tive. in inclined to represent the humor- ous situations of life. They are stories of England and English types, ranging from the aristocracy to the cockney strata.
 "A Sailors Home,' the title story, is concerned with Cap'n Honeyblow, who was absent from his home two long years, and was confronted, up on his unhearsled return to his native health, with two separate and distinct spouses. Mrs Heneyblow finally established her claim, and the cap'n can best be de- scribed in her own words: "Oh! There never was q man like him-neyerf
 The author has proved his versatility of style and command of original situa- tions in his past books, but there is a lightness and modernity about these stories which will interest those who know his earlier work
 Richard Dehan is the author of many well known books, among them "The Dop Doctor" That Which Hath Wings" "One Braver Thing" "A Gilded Vanity" etc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
THE HEARTS DOMAIN"

By George DuhaInel (tranSlated Dy Elea-
 nor Stimson Crooks). The Century con-
 pany, publishers, New York City.
 Is this the great and sweet book that was bound to come out of the war? M. DuhameI himself, in the midst of the blazing hell-flre Of the conflict, wrote two books tha wers splendid but bitter. To one of them, Civilization" the famous Goncourt fiction prize for 1918 was award ed But NJ. Duhamel. poet. philosopher, surgeon for four years just behind the fighting lines at the front, has come up out of the depaths He has fought out with himself, under an extraordinary stimulation and with remarkable equip ment of mind and heart, the greatest in- dividual fight in the world-the fight for personal happiness.
 For himself he has won, in the midst oi things that threatened black despair and worse than death. an equilibrium. poise, a peace that may well be permanent be- cause 1t is founded, not on shifting ma terial things, but on things without change.
 The book is a beautiful and thrilling record of a great souls adventures among the terrors of ressimism. It cannot heil pointing the way to peace for many thou sand others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
FIELD. FOREST AND FARM"

By Jean Henri EaDre; the Century com
 pany, publishers, New York city.
 rms is at once fascinating story as well as an explanation of farming, gar dening and fruit raising, and one Of Fabre famous proserpoems that com pei an added interest in nature. It is one of the celebrated series written primarily for young people, but full of Information and charm tor any reader.
 Field, Forest and Farm" comes at most opportune time for America Probably as a reaction from war, which also taught the emphatic lesson of the nations dependence on those who pro- duce the elements of food and clothes, the attention of millions of Americans is turning to the farm. And more than ever before young America is achiev- ing great things by harnessing himself with the sun and the soil.
 The 62 chapters in the book deal with soils, fertilizers. most useful plants and their insect and bird enemies and friends. etc, and the information is as authoritative as the story is fas- cinating.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

quest may be conducted tonight or
tomorrow night.
Fellows and Mikesell are being
held at the police station pending
the outcome of the coroner's in
quest.
Believes It Suicide.
That his wife had on several oc-
casions threatened to take her life,
was the statement made by Eel
lows when able to talk this after
noon. she had been acting very
queerly for long time" he said,
sometimes sitting in a chair in
the kitchen for long hours at a
time and saying nothing. l have
found her seated in buggy, stored
at the rear of our home, late at
night and she would say that she
was Just sitting there when
asked her why she was staying
outside of the house.
She threatened to take her life
many times when l was preparing
to go out in the evening and has
told me just as l would leave the
door, that she wouldn't be there
when l came home" Fellows said.
Mikesell said he lived near Sew
enth street and Seventeenth avenue,
East Moline. He and Fellows are
engaged as painters by the Abrams
Porter company in work at the r.
& V. plant He said he had come
to Rock Island last night to confer
on matters pertaining to their
trade, and for that purpose he was
in the home of Fellows He was
pursuaded to stay all night, and he
and Fellows occupied the room ar
ranged for a dining room, but
which was changed by Mr.. and
Mrs. Fellows to a sleeping apart
ment.
He said he did not know it then
but found he had deprived Mrs.
Fellows of her bed, and that she
kitchen, which she had done be-
fore.
Claimed to Be Sober.
Early in the morning, Mfkesell
said, a young woman who occupied
other apartments on the first
floor, raped at their door and
said she smelled gas. MikeseIl
rushed to the kitchen where he
found Mrs. Fellows on the floor.
He began attempting to resuscitate
her, and Fellows turned off a gas
jet of the stove.
That, they said, is all they re-
member, and while they admit hav-
ing had few drinks, they con-
tend that they were overcome by
effects of the gas and were not in
toxicated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
DOUBLE STATES
QUOTA To fund
Illinois Share Of Millions Luth-
Grams are to Raise Made
100000 at Meeting.
NOW WORKING UP INTEREST
DIR. BrandeIle and DR.. Andreen
Called to Make Speaking
Tours in East.

Grant Hultberg and Rev. c. J.
Bengston of Grace Lutheran
church, returned yesterday from
Chicago where they attended a
meeting of representatives OF
Lutheran church in Illinois, held
at the LaSalle hotel or Monday
and Tuesday to arrange for the
coming campaign on Feb. 1928 to
raise a million dollars in the Luth-
eran churches for reconstruction
work.
some four hundred representatives
from the various Lutheran
churches in the state. The princi
pal addresses were given by Rev
]. z. Stub, general secretary of the
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
and Rev. DR.. C. ]. Smith of New
York, who visited France in Octo-
Der and November as the represeG-
tative of the National Lutheran
council, of which DR.. G. A. Bran
dele of Grace church, president
of Augustana synod, is a leading
member. Rev. Mr.. Stub sketched
the work done by I he National
Lutheran commission for soldiers
and sailors during the past year,
and DR.. Smith depicted the ruin
and devastation wrought by the
war in France.
The Illinois quota in this drive
is $4,000, but the delegates de-
cided with enthusiasm 10 double
this quota and raise at least 500,
900, same as they did a year ago
when the campaign was on for the
soldiers and sailors welfare work.
Hold Preliminary Meetings.
Preparatory to this campaign,
mass meetings are being held dur
ing this next week in the larger
centers of the country, at which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

addresses are given by prominent
Lutherans. DR.. Bra1delle Il
scheduled for mass meetings TINS
week and next throughout New
York and New England and Dr. e.
A Andreen has been assigned TO
Pennsylvania, Maryland and VIZ
GINA. DR.. Brandelle viii wind up
his tour by speaking at a large
meeting in New York City. DR..
Andreen will finish in Philadelphia.
The tri-cities are scheduled Tor
one of these mass meetings, which
will be held at the Augustana col
lege auditorium next Sunday after
noon at o'clock At this meeting
addresses will be given by DR.. Otto
Mees, president of Capital unlVer-
sity, Columbus, Ohio, and DR..
Lauritz Larsen, secretary of the
National Lutheran council OF
Washington, d. C. All Lutherans
are urged to attend this meeting
and it is hoped, by the local COM
mittee of arrangements. that the
spacious auditorium will be filled
to- the doors Sunday afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Rest of House Empty.

The entire house, with the excep-
ton of the kitchen, where the dead
woman and the two men were
found, was vacated when the police
arrived on the scene.
Acting Coroner Joseph P. Kelly
was summoned after the discovery
of the dead woman and he spent
the day attempting to locate rela-
tives of the dead woman An in
The sun., 1919-01-13
DROUGHT OF HUMOR ALSO.
Ultimate Effect Of Prohibition as II
Appears to the Professor.

To THE EHlroR OF THE SuN---Sir: l
mad discussion the other evening with
my friend the Professor on prohibition.
If there WAS only one man in the
couutry who wanted Il drink" he said
the other ge.ooO,0o0 have no right to
deprive him Of it."
"Wry so?"
"pecausc MAN has an inaienable
right to personal liberty. Indeed, with
out personal liberty there Is no liberty
'But suppose the country really goes
dry. what then? I mean what will be
the effect on us as people 49,
I'VE shall become far too serious and
Sc. conscious We shall lose our humo-.
And with that We shall lose our toler-
ance We shall. sink into a long faced,
fanatical people. And money making
will become more and more Of n passion
with us Furthermore. we shall lose
our Inspiration. Art and literature will
wither and die or will only flourish like
the sagebrush of the desert"
THE prospect Is sufficiently alarm
ing" ! sighed.
ayes. SIR" said the Professor. but,
thank God, shall not he alive to see it,
STRINUs.
Nrw YoRX, January II.