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WAR time RESTRICTIONS
ARE NUMEROUS IN BRITAIN
After Year OF Peace United Kingdom
Still Has Lid on Many
Articles.
MEAT LIMITATION is ENDED
Arrival of Large Shipments From
Antipodcs Enables England TO Eat
Flesh in Od~-Fashioncd Way.
Butter Still Scarce.
lev A,socis,.d rrsss.i

LONDON. Dec. ls.-The end OF the
year of peace finds the United King
war-tims restrictions affecting. ordin.
airy living conditions. although large
numbers of the orders have been re-
scinded and others have been modified
( and butter are now rationcd,
The regulations rega riding the amount
Of meat which might be purchased
about one year after the close OF the
war. The consumption of liquor. how
ever. is being held down riEidly under
which vitality concern the home. include
coal, gas and electricity. The short
age. Of fuel has been causing consid-
ershls hardship both TO the individual
end 10 ind ustry.
The Ministry OF Food has found it
advisable to continue the maximum
prices, both wholesale and retail,
which it fixed for q considerable num-
her CT necessities.
Controls Experts and Imports.
Apart from the matter of food aud
fuel, the hoard OF trade is maintain
ing contrh OF the sxporLation and
importation of . long list OF articles.
The ban has been removed from somc
goods. but this has been mainly IN
i Rss sa Seen o. ! fo4biddf mD0r rnd %6 81 Th t,s
country found itself short Of.
Removal of restrictions on most OF
ths food neEessi,ies has not solved
ever. There is still n great shortage
Of many things, and, moreover. prices,
which went down last summer. have
now rlounted TO about where they were
a; sisning of the arristicc.
the increase is attributed partly 10
the world scarcity Of necessities. partly
to the augmented denland from the re-
Gently beniEercnt countries and partly
II inflated currency and adverse for
eiEa exchanges. The last named have
had = pronounced influence on prices,
and II IS the belief Of economic experts
that food cannot become much cheaper
until these are adjusted, even though
there is an increase in production.
Butter !. R,SidIy R%atinncd.
The butter ration is placed al one
and ons-half ounces for each person
per week. This refers TO the imported
product only, there being no ~reStric-
ton on the use Of homemade butter.
As q matter Of fact. virtually no butter
IS being made in the United Kingdom
fhese days, so that the consumer has TO
Depend upon margarine and foreign
butter.
Tine reason there is so little home
produced butter on the market is that
She retail price. approximately CT
cents d pound. bears no relation TO the
actual cost OF butter TO the farmer.
This month farmers can sell milk az
81 cents a gallon, and IL takes two
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TIMES. DISPATCH: SUNDAY, DECEMBER Il. 1a1a

sobriety. Whisky is at present about
so per cent under proof. Alcoholic
drinks can only be purchased between
noon and 2:S0 p. NJ. and between 6
ana 10 O'Clock at night.
Fixes Wholesale Price.
The food ministry still 1xcs hole
sale prices for 4 number oe ON,
modities and the ministry Is the actual
bacon, ham. lard, dried fruits. read.
butter. Cocoa powder. condensed mills
and canned fish,: Tic Thing OF the
maximum price. it must be noted. does
not prevent tho sale OF goods for a
sum below that amount ana in many
gases foodstugs are being vendcd much
below the limit fixed by law.
The ministry is believed TO be tho
i'm the world; lis Annual SN-
object OF the department is not to make
u profit. but in transact ions OF thus
magnitude il is imrossihlr TO make
both sides of the account balance.
The actual figures arc not yet avail.
able, hut il is expected That tho profit
Last year there was a prott OF about
sS5.e00. goo. the whole OF which was eS-
pended during the summer in supply
ing certain articles of food below their
cost price. Thu thc' profit does not en-
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PLAN CLEANING HOUSE
rio DC Lanicro HnS Done Nearly All
OF Bus.aess on Caah Basis,
iEppripE Checks.

RIO De JANIERo, Dec. l3.-prcsi-
charging Dr. Curdbso dc Aimadia. pres
ident OF tho Bank Of Brazil. to ar.
range for the establishment vi II clear
ing house Tor banks in this city.
heretofore only 3 per cent or the
BUSINESS in Rio llas been done by
checks, the rest being %liquidatsd by
actuai currency, according TO an Of
fetal of u prominent American bank,
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Conxrstu,.te. sn,,.tcr.

OF Inc Raby family nero have ages
totsling All years. the Oldest being
Miss Jane iiaby. who has Just been
congratulated III 4 letter from the
kins on, the hundredth a~nnIversary O.
her ~birhday, Her brother won the
first Victoria Cross awarded during
tie Crimean War.
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Here List of Drinks
On Tap in London
IBS Associated rress.i

LONDON, Dee. 10.-The new wo-
mans Club In Grosvcnor Pincc, the
"forum" bus nm American bnr With
one al the hest list Of cock tails I'm
the west end of London.
"Gloem Rniscr," "~Eiepbant's
Kick" "~NIonkcy's Gland" md
@~Pussyfoot" are the names Of some
drinks, says the Globe, while
"SilYer Eizs.' "Horsc-s Neck"
"Widow's kisS," Rainbow and
"CloNer Club" also nrc available.
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which has q branch in this city. In
me united states. he said. ABOUT 90 ptr
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rIch the treasury. but goes entirely
Tor The benefit OF the
Maximum Coal NutiOn.

'"Nf"Fuuf NUHI Nut1DH'
The maximum coal ration was and
SUI Is fixed AZ five Ions for tho indi-
"idual CONSUMER for tho year Begin
are restricted accordfn~4v. Business
also is under restrictions. It Is
provided that tho board OF trade NAV
issue special RIM: for the use or
coal, gas or electricity bc.ond tho ra-
ton. If II Is deemed an absolute neces-
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a large line of
handsome Bedroom
Suits, in all the
n designs, in
CT d e II
Anne. Colonial and
others. Handsome
Mahogany Suits,
beautiful Suits in
Walnut and others.
Never before have
our stocks CON-
tanned such a COL
lection of Suits for
holiday selection.
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see and all these will set upon the page
impartiallyp
But the difference In the effect Of these
aggregHti0ns Of details comes from basis
difference In human character. Mrs.
Watts can draw scene la Pullman car
emitting no single item Of its physical
paraphernalia, and We receive from it's
humorous and cheerful clutter sense Of
delightful familiarity. But Mary OLIVIER
Is impatient of the usual in sight, sound
or smell And 30 she collects the abnOr-
NAL and the dubious, odors of clothing and
of hair, 'glassy blue eyes weeping from
rod ring; "a sharks keen tooth pointing
at the dropped jaw"
The whole book il full Of such details
gathered together with u startling vivid
ness which blinds rather than Eliminates.
Fancy sitting opposite TO Miss Sinclair,
for instance, on a long railway journey.
One would grow disagreeably conscious of
all tho physical details that really don't
matter, under the scrutiny of those pierre
ing yet mystical eyes; while one can feel
at once what differences there would be
with Mrs. Watts across the aisle, probably
knitting plaeidly while her keen yet kindly
eye missed no physical detail of our make
up, yet somehow spiritualized the whole.
This human understanding in Mrs Watts,
this sane, healthfnl, constructive federation
Of the imperfections Of human character
in all their pathetic, unaecountable love-
ableness; this gentle tonic sarcasm, which
never judges, yet never sentmentally over
looks frailty of character, are traits Of the
mature intellect. II is from maturity that
one expects, and rightly, the cheerful
philosophy which accepts the facts of life
without an unpleasant Ninsistenee upon
them until they fill the foreground and
blot out the sun with their murky, mias-
mic mist.
BY contrast with this sane and whole
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some, II sometimes perhaps bourgeois
Oh, IshmaAl among words reaction 10
life, Miss Sinclair seems 20 be still in the
adoleseent period. She has all the NOR
oddities OF adolescence, It's undue resp0n-
siveness 10 purely physical stimuli; the
neurotic fears and revulsions that como
from its inexpsrienee, its anti-social self
absorphonj its shrinking cruelty toward
failure. Could anything reflect character
more clearly than the picture Of tho
drunken father in Mary OLIVIER as con-
trasted with drunken Eugene in From
Father 10 S0Hf
The adoleseent temperament turns from
life in something very like terror. Ii
does not know, it cannot imagine, how ac-
ceptable, how even inspiring realities can
BIO when faced clear-eyed and unafraid.
One foresees for the one novelist growing
beauty and serenity Of spirit. She will be
the kind Of ''Old LADY, who will radiate
an atmosphere of cheerful steadiness In an
increasingly dizzy old world. The other,
if she continues to indulge in her self
hypnotized escape from hfe's realities, Is
in danger of spiritual drug habit. And
TO say that of the author Of The Combined
Mase, book extraordinary alike In crea-
tive insight and mastery technique, to
mention only ons OF her remarkable
achievements, is to speak with sense OF
terrible loss.
MARdARET PIAOKREY ALLEN.
81 Upton avenue, Providence, II. I.
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The Two Marys.

ITO THE EDITOR on Books AND THE
l. Book WoRLD-Sir: Every book is
Book Of Revelations. Whether the author
knows il or not, her character, her tenn
permanent, her reactions TO life are all
clear upon the printed page. And thus
there is spread before the reading world
q study in the personalities Of two women
nOyelists whose outward careers have some
definite points of likeness, whose gifts are
of the same degree But their tempera
ments are very different
Mary Watts was born in 1868, May Sin
clair in 1866. They have both then, been
shaped by the same Time Spirit, both
been susceptible to the saline liberating, de-
veloping influences that have resulted from
the feminist movement" Each Was edu-
Gated in convent, and thus their spirit
ual selves. at a critical formative period,
lay open 10 the same influences that would
modify, distort, stiffen or inspire their
plastic souls Each has had a long and
honorable career Of letters. And both this
year offer their wide and eager public
novels which presumably should be, at
their time Of life and with their expo
rience, the yeritabls fine flowers Of their
talents
Reality falls short of the anticipated
thrill. Mary Olivier certainly adds only
moderately shining stone 10 its authors
monument Of fame. Nor does From
Father to Bon do much more than assure
us that Mrs Watts is serenely in control
Of her admirable gifts, which show No
signs Of either diminishing In excellence
or Of outgrowing their native limitations
But without meaning 10 do so probably
each woman has given US a photograph of
herself in her slowly stiffening maturity
which no biography nor autobiography
could possibly give. Consider their very
similar powers of observation. IL is ~ IL
they had said, "NOw will see just how
many Odors the human nose can perceive
and how many objects the human eye can
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in Romoia, and one Of an irritating sue
cess in Cape God FOLKS.
Or, writer may choose the story as
the best medium for calling wide atten-
ton 10 a prevalent wrong, expecting
thereby 10 secure It's condemnation and
abolition. But the benefcent purpose can
not dispense with the necessity for inter
est as a story. The most famous example
of this il Uncle Toms Cabin, while seV-
erl by Dickens and Charles Reade como
readily 10 mind. A writer that assumes
this task is not likely 10 escape the rlio
that all art involves some degree of ex-
aggeration.
Or, the writer may use a story as the
means Of setting forth Il minute psyche
logical study of soul beset by special
circumstances or subjected to peculiar in
fuences. Here again the narrative must
have something OF life and motion;
otherwise the psychology might better be
expended in an essay for those who read
infinitely and with considerable ingre-
dent of study. The most famous example
that occurs 10 me ia Hawth0rne's Scarlet
Letter. Holiness Elsie VeHnsr Is an
otherj and, on very modest scale, Long
fellows Kavdnagh.
Or, the writer may have a conception
Of novel and interesting character and
sci ii forth as the central figure of we'll
constructed story, furnishing for this
character a good background of signih-
cant incidents and minor characters. The
central figure may DO from history, but
for the highest success IL must be pure
creation. When the novelist has added 10
the list Of fictitious personages whom we
all think OF as unique realities, he may
reasonably hope that his work will enjoy
an Immortality and a popularity APP
preaching that Of Don QurOte. Robinson
Crusoo, DR.. Primrose, Rip Van Winkis,
Sydney Carton, and DR.. JekyH and Ar.
Hyde-whether his character is heroii,
humorous, pathetic, loVable, or all these.
Here | recall remarkable instance Of
missing great opportunity by an Amer
lean writer twenty years ago. lie pro
duced AN ephemeral novel III which there
was a mere glimpse of George Rogers
Clark, the hero of the Northwest Terri
tory, one Of the noblest characters La our
history, whose life was full of action.
When read the book exclaimed, "Why
did he not bring Clark 10 the centre Of
the stage and let his wonderful personal
itv dominate tho whole narratiyeP IL
hs had done this his story might have
escaped falling into the deciduous class.
We have no need 10 go across the world
or across the centuries for the finest types
of manhood or the most romantic achieve
ments. RossITER JOHNSON,
2 West Ninety-ffth street, New York city.
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Canons of Novel Writing.

ITO THR EDITOR OF Books AND THE
l. BooR WoRLD-Sir. If one would
write successful novel he should have
clearly In mind, at the outset, the kind
Of success at which he will chose TO aim F;
In general, whether he looks for imme-
diate financial reward, for great moral
effect, to exploit a favorite theory, or for
q permanent artistic creation.
He may intend to write a story that
shall simply entertain the reader in a
pleasant way, like stroll through gar
den full OF flowers in full bloom, but all
Of which aTe common and familiar. This
Is the easiest story TO write and in this
field facility may be most certainly cul-
tivated and most extensively exercised.
The reader will readily recall writers who
supply the market by steady output,
which finds an immediate sale and year
or two later appears in abundance on the
second hand stalls at one-sixth OF the
publishers price. These writer's some
times candidly reveal their process US 10
many hours day at the typewriter, pro-
ducing SO many words each week. They
never are like Dickens, who sometimes
Sat all day, pen il hand, without think
ing Of a word TO write. But IL ID not
necessary 10 despise these deeiduous nov
els; they have their place as properly as
the candy shop has its place among the
more serious establishments in Main
street. Children are not the only lovers
Of candy.
Or, the writer may choose to entertain
by constructing a plot that will arouse
the readers curiosity and challenge his
ingenuity at guessing in advance Of its
successive revelations. This Includes the
detective story. II can not be produced
by any measured click of the writing
machine and by many good writers it
can not BIO produced at all. If the plot
Is its only characteristic, all the other
elements being commonplace, it may be
fairly suceessful-even largely successful
In immediate sales-but, as the rocket
stick descends in the last chapter no one
ever turns TO the book second time and
the circulation comes to an early end. Two
notable examples were Called Back and
The Prisoner Of Zendd.
Or, the writer's main purpose may be
to set forth picturesquely tho peculiar
traits and social habits OF chosen com
munity at some definite period. This,
whether Of a long past or of recent
time, is the historical novel. The more
ambitious ones are founded on d real or
pretended study Of people and manners
ia q remote time and region, with unnec-
essarily careful attention to costumes.
Some Of the best known are Of question:
able accuracy; and the value OF some,
even If accurate, is subject 10 doubt. An
example Of labored failure may be seen
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>,WOMAN NAMED SMITH, the new

II novel Of the South by Marie Con
way Oemler, has called fsr third edition
In less than a month after Its publisa-
ton. White Shadows IN the South Seas,
by Frederic o'Bien, has called for sec
ond edition within less than month after
publication. Both are published by the
Century Company.
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Continued from srieonth PaOs

souls. Tho true bookseller, however he
set by tho myriad demands of the mer-
chandising side Of his business, will never
DO content with the cash register returns
but will constantly devise new ways for
excellence In his real task-tho puryeying
Of the worlds literature
WARD MACAULEY.
70 Library avenue, Detroit, Mich.
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Nome King picked up a pipe. and.
taking glowing red coal out Of his
pocket. he placed 1t in tho bowl Of the
pipe and began putting out clouds Of
smoke that curled in rings above his
head. Dorothy thought this made tho
little monarch look more like Santa
Claus than ever: but Ozma now be-
gan speaking. and every one listened
intently to her words.
your majesty" said she. II am the
ruler OF the Land Of OF. and I have
come here to ask you to release the
good Queen of Ev and her ten chill
dren. whom you have enchanted and
hold as your prisoners"
"Oh. no; you are mistaken about
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that" replied the king. They are not
my prisoners. but my slaves, whom
purchased from the King of Ev."
But that was wrong" said Ozma
According to the laws Of Ev, the
king can do no wrong" answered the
monarch. eying ring of smoke he
had just blown from his mouth: 80
that he had a perfect right to sell his
family to me in exchange for a long
life"
you cheated him, though" declared
Dorothy: for the King of Ev did not
have a long life. He jumped into the
sea and was drowned
THAT was not my fault" said the
Nome King. crossing his legs and
smiling contentedly. II gave him the
long life. all right; but he destroyed
it,. =,
Then how could it be a long lifew
asked Dorothy.
Easily enough" was the reply.
Now, suppose, my dear. that l gave
you a pretty doll in exchange for a
lock Of your hair, and that after you
had received the doll you smashed it
into pieces and destroyed it. Could
you say that l had not given you
pretty doll?"
NO" answered Dorothy.
And could you, in fairness. ask me
to return to you the lock of hair just
because you had smashed the doll?"
NO" said Dorothy, again.
"Of course, not" the Nome King re-
turned. Nor will I give up the queen
and her children because the King of
Ev destroyed his long life by jumping
into the sea. They belong to me and
l shall keep them"
y X X X
But you are treating them cruelty"
said Ozma, who was much distressed
by the kings refusal.
I'm what way?" he asked
by making them your slaves" said
she.
Cruelty" remarked the monarch,
putting out wreaths of smoke and
watching them float into the air. lis
a thing / can't abide. So, as slaves
must work hard. and the Queen of Ev
and her children were delicate and
tender. 1 transformed them all into
articles of ornament and brio -brac
and scattered them around tho vari-
Gus rooms Of my palace. Instead of
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to obey my wishes"
The Nome King laughed until he
choked: and he choked until he
coughed; and he coughed until his
face turned from grayish brown to
bright red. And then he wiped his
eyes with a rock -colored handker-
CHIEF and grew grave again.
You are as brave as you are
pretty, my dear" he said to Ozma.
But you have little idea of the ex-
tent Of the task you have undertaken.
Come with me for moment"
He arose and took Ozma's hand.
leading her>t little door at one side
of the room. This he opened and they
stepped out upon balcony, from
whence they obtained wonderful
view OF the underground world. -..
A vast cave extended for miles and
miles under the mountain. and in
every direction were furnaces and
forges glowing brightly and MONIES
hammering upon precious metals or
polishing cleaning jewels. All around
the walls of the cave were thousands
of doors of silver and gold, built into
the solid rock, and these extended in
rows far away into the distance, as
far as Ozma's eyes could follow them,
While the little maid from or gazed
wonderingly upon this scene the Nome
King uttered shrill whistle. and at
once all the silver and gold doors
flew open and solid ranks of Nome
soldiers marched out from every one.
SO great were their numbers that they
quickly filled the immense under
ground cavern and forced the busy
workmen to abandon their tasks.
Although this tremendous army
consisted of rock colored MONIES. all
squat and fat, they We're clothed in
glittering armor of polished steel in :
laid with beautiful gems. Upon his
brow each wore brilliant electric
light. and they bore sharp spears and
sword and battle-axes of solid
bronze. 1t. was evident they were
perfectly trained. for they stood in
straight rows, rank after rank, with
their weapons held erect and true, as
IL awaiting but the word Of command
to level them upon their foes.
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X The W4nQer4l Stories !.
WA q <n8xA y lfrank Baum II
% L,Frank Baum

being obliged to labor they merely
decorate my apartments. and I really
think have treated them with great
kindness" "-t --,' t-,i'5@ =
But what a dreadful fate is theirs"
exclaimed Ozma. earnestly. And the
Kingdom Of Ev is in great need Of
Its royal family to govern it. If you
will liberate them. and restore them
to their proper forms, will give you
ten ornaments to replace each one
you lose"
The Nome King looked grave.
Suppose l refuse?" he asked.
Then" said Ozma. firmly, II am
here with my friends and my army to
conquer your kingdom and oblige you
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Faithful Unto Death.

THE death of Navarro, the famous
young French ace--Navarre was
considered the best flyer in the world
led Orville Wright to say:
"The fascination that flying exerts
over its devotees Is the strangest
thing imaginable. If men and women
were as faithful to their love as air.
men are to their art. the divorce
courts would disappear !,
Two young airmen were talking
one day at our flying school at Isl
soudun. tes- - 80, ,.. .'.. ~ ~
81 hear that Jones has given up
flying said the first airman. >
"Gee" said the second. 'when's the
funeralr" ..