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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17

The extent Of the political revolution
that has come about in England will bc
impressed upon the person who reads
the "Rccollections Of Lady Gcorgiana
Feel, and then turns to "rhc Prime
Minister" Harold Spendcr's life 6f
Lloyd George.
Lady Georgiana's book IL only incl
dentally political. She IL the daughter
of Lord John Russell. twice premier.
nnd n niece of the Duke of Bedford and
has known intimately the distinguished
people In British social aud political
foil to the life of Lloyd George. It IL
aside from our purpose to cali attcn.
tion to the multitude Of interesting
anecdotes which she tells. One might
refer to her story Of Dickcnss attend.
ing dinner at her fathers house wearing
n pink shirt embroidered in white. to the
time when Disrac'i took her out to din-
ncr with linen shirt front backed with
pink satin which showed through. And
one might call attention to her journey
10 the Vienna peace conference with her
father. or to Queen Nictoria's friend.
ship for her and her sister. or to Tom
Moorc'S singing Of his songs In her
mothers drawing room and then burying
his head in his arms In n passion of
tears over the emotions which he aroused
in his own heart. The book is full Of
this sort Of intimate gossip about men
and women who bear famous names.
She discusses the diplomatic circle in
London in her youth and says that the
representatives Of the European courts
were members Of the great continental
families socially we'll known to the mem.
bcrs of tho great British families which
were then leaders in the government.
and she gives the impression. by no
means unfounded. that government then
was in the hands of the privileged few.
Lady Georgiana, however. has lived
long enough to see the change which the
years have wrought. In referring to the
early reform bills and to the extension
Of educational privileges, she says: II
don't think they forcsaw the universal
free education that would spring from
the beginning. People who are on in
years and have watched the growth Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
IN GREAT BRITAIN
Its Extent Indicated by Comparison OF the "reminiscences OF
Lord John RusscEs Daughter With the Life
of Lloyd George

events cannot help feeling n little trcpi
dation when they sec tho nation dc.
libcrntclv reduce to helplcasncss this
same class that made her so great. which
hclpcd IN the first few. and then the
mass Of the pcople, with but little as.
sietancc from the nation in general.
Cnn Il BE- wise to drop the pilots with
such knowledge of steering. and whose
good viii has been so manifcstcd?'
Thus speaks the aristocrat. the mem.
Der Of n privileged class which Is seeing
its rolitical II not It's social prestige
fast disappearing. This class has looked
With Sc0rn upon Lloyd George because
he has nothing in common with 1t. He
Is the first prime minister to arise to
that high post from humble surround
ings. He IL not a member of the no
bility. nor does he belong to the
great county families which constitute
the minor ariStocracy. nor Is he uni
versity man. His father was the son of
a small farmer. he married the daughter
of another small farmer. He was born
in n cottage in what the aristocracy
would call poverty. He is the kind Of
A man whose political biography. IL he
lived in America. would be called From
the LOG Cabin to the White House."
We are accustomed to that kind of a
man here. But he is an astounding
phenomenon for what used to be the
british ruling class. Mr.. Spender's
life shows how he fought his. way up
bv attacking tho privileges which this
class assumed belonged to 1t, and by de.
Tending the rights of the plain people.
II II had been written as campaign
document in order to persuade the radi-
cal leaders that they can, get more
through LLOYD George than through any
nthsr man In public life it could not
have been better calculated for that
purpose. The story that Mr.. Spcnder
tells is fascinating and it is told well.
1t proves that great revolution has
taken place in England since the times
of Lord John Russell, a peaceful revo-
luton, but none the less effective.
pEcoI,l ,l,ECTIoNS OF LADY GEoRGIANA
FEEL. Complied by her daughter. Ethel
THE PRIME MINISTER. BY Hnroid
spender. New York: ueorSe H. Doran Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
BOOKS FOR STUDENTS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS
Red Cross in France

To show the effects Of warfare upon
women and children Is the main pur-
pose Of DIR. Esther Lovejoy in her
1.-THE House Of the Good Neighbor. "
A Red Cross woman. she went to
France in 1917 TO make survey OF
conditions for the national organizn E
tons of American women. and immc-
diatcly took up her abode In q clearing
house for people In distress. Her touch
ing account IL series of pictures Of
to us, almost inconcnivablc conditions.
The wonderful response of the French
women throughout their country to its
needs is shown by the fact that almost
n million women were employed IN ac'
tunl war work." when she was there.
In chapter. aptly entitled "a Fountain
Of Life" she describes the work Of n
hospital In Paris. A "colos-
sal exhibition Of misery" the closing
scene Of her survey work. was ut EVANS
les Bnins, small town on Lake
Geneva. Here the people OF the in-
vadrd districts. who were n burden to
the Germans. were ''dumrcd into the
open arms Of France" From n thou
snnd 60 twelve hundred. including
large number Of aged men and women,
were sent In daily.
THE house OF THE GOOD NEIGHBoR.
Iiy Esther Pohi 1.ovsloy. New York The
Macmillan Co. S2.25.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
YOUTH AND POLITICS
Ben Ames Williams and Viola
Roseboro' Write Interesting
Novels on These Themes

Viola Roscboro'. distinguished writer
Of short stories and IN editor whose
kindliness of attitude and wiscncss Of
| counsel have been strongly instrumental
In forming tho careers Of many writer's
now prominent. has turned to full
length fiction herself and. in "Storms
Of Youth" produced notable novel
of young romance and old politics. The
storms that play about the hoods Of the
group Of young people who are the
figures In her story are not always the
April showers OF youth, but sometimes
the heavy and hard tcmpests thnt beat
upon life's springtide. Characterize.
tion has always been one Of the OK.
uuisitc gifts of Miss Roscboro' and, IN
her distinctions and diffcrcntintions in
this group. subtly and finely limncd. rs
we'll as in the skctchier but firm and
true pcrsonations Of other folk In the
background. she has achieved n genuine
triumph. Her scenic setting is also
very good. Realism Is the dominating
note, but there is abundance of high
romance in the development Of the plot.
Small town life il also the back
ground Of "The Great Accident" by
Ben Amcs Williams. 1t. too. has poll
teal. romantic and social action. The
title Is taken from the fact that the
central figure Is accidentally projected
into n position of political prestige in
his native community and then takes
advantage of his official position to run
things according to the law. honoring
statutes previously preached rather
than observed. to the great 'discon-
certmcnt of the gang chicftains who
elevated him to dignity and status in
order to beat another man and have
pliablc instrument at their bchcst. The
circumstances of the campaign were
such that the protagonist of the story
was able to win the election.
Of course there is girl in the
case and she has the right civic ideas
despite her upbringing In the atmos-
nhere Of hectic and fctid politics. Mr..
Williams shows very deep and dis
eliminating knowledge of small time
politics and small town life. His sub
sidiary or supplemental characters. who
MI out the action. are we'll drawn, and
his expose of gangstcr politics of sort
that is perhaps happily passing is il.
Illuminating.
STORMS OF YOUTH. BY Viola .Roseboro'
Ncw nork: Charles Scrlbner's Sons
williams. New York: The Macmillan Co
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
ParOdies

An amusing occupation for the fire.
QucntcrS Of summer hotel piazzas can
be got out Of Jules Casters book Of
pnrodirs Of well. known English writer's.
1t would b. to read the parody on Kip
ling. for example. and then guess which
uarticular book the author had in mind
when hc wrote the parody, and 50 on
with Conrad. Wells. Galsworthy. Shaw.
Stevenson, Jacobs and the rest. Mr..
CoSticr is n Fronchman. who has writ
ten the book in English. which is Hs
good as that produced by those born to
the language. He must have read wide
ly and apprcciatively or hc could not
have captured the spirit Of the authors
so vol The book win be entertaining
to nll who appreciate literary fooling.
RATHER LIKE. Some enden vOrs 10 assume
tho NANTES ~ the great by Jules
castor Philadelphia: j. u. Lippincott Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
League-of-NationS Tract

Margaret Prescott Montaguc's short
story, which President Wilson has
praised. has been published In little
hook. 1t appeared originally in the
Atlantic Monthly under the title of
"'I'nclc Sam Of Freedom Ridge" 1t Is
the story Of an old man who believed
that his country would gee the wnr
through to the end and killed himself
when the Senate rejected the peace
treaty with its League. Of Nations cove
nnnt, \ fuc spirit Of lofty ratriotisnl
brcathes through It. 1t will stir the
heart Of every ono who believes in the
league. and 1t ought to affect the think.
ing of some of those who do not believe
in ii.
UNCLE SAM or FREEDOM RIDGE. Ry
MarEarc. Prescott Montague, Garden
City: Doubleday, Page & Co. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
slrreli on Locker Lampson

"FredpriCk locker LampsOn \ Char.
acter Sketch" by his son in law. Au-
gustinc Birrcll, has just been published
by Charles Srribncr's Sons. Besides Il
critical and biographical study, the book
contains n selection Of letters received
by Locker Lampson from Leigh Hunt.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Tennyson. Rob
prt Browning. Thackcray, Ruskin,
Dickens. George Eliot, Swinburne, Mat.
thew Arnold, Robert Louis Stevenson,
Thomas Hardy and others. The vol.
umc. which concludes with n careful
annotntion of the principal hooks in
the Rowfant Library. II illustrated with
photogravure reproduction Of Du
Maurier's portrait of Locker Lampson,
two color plates. and three pages OF
book plates belonging TO the Locker
family.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
NEW BOOKS

More extended notice. a. space permits.
will b- given 10 such books Rs seem TO
merit II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
Charnwood's Lincoln

The demand for Abraham Lincoln.
bv Lord Charnwood. steadily increases
announce that they have ordered the
tenth printing of this remarkable book.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17

The Thompson Lundin machine, the
Chicago TammAny Hall, and a much
more efficient organization than Tam.
many Hall, is reaching out to control
the state. With it's vast patronage and
great contracts the country voter hates
and fears the Thompson machine, cs.
peeially because of the mayors atti. 4.
rude during the war. as much as the
hp state vote in New York hates aud
fears Tammany.
Involved in the contest is big news
paper fight, with the Chicago Tribune
supporting the Lowden forces and tn,
Hearst newspapers supporting ThOmp-
son. The Tribune il especially inter
ested because Thompson's control of
the state will meas the elimination Of
Medill Mccormick. a member of the
iamily owning the Tribune, from the
Knitted States Senate when his present
Nm expires. The Thompson faction
~, take that revenge on the Tribune
its persistent opposition to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17

More extended notice. as space permits.
Will ,. given to such books M seem to
General
.ny Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pcnn"ll.
~, ,Philadciphia: J: y Liprnco%,t &c. &C..
mastcrrIrc" Of sympathetic, approcintive
and Informed nIogTNphy; So wcll r"coeni2et
the sixth edition II contains new material
and additional Illustrations. I: is the nu.
that. and s especially rich in It's plcnitude
OF reproductions OF his paintings and etch-
ings.
MaroN"ld. Now YORK: The Macmillan Co Co.
The latest collection OF the works Of
DISTINGUISHED poet. The narrative poem which
n.y poetic in .absnncc " scvcr"r I%% iyr,cs s'np npc
included, among them the, memornby lovely
pntr p,11"ns|n OF sGnn''s "E% -I" Growing Dd,
BY 4. +. Collins. New York: y. Apple
car when III" electrical equipment won't
work and whH' to do to fix Il. vHlusb
handbook for the motorist, in which the
mechanical principles are explained clearly
and untrchntcally.
J, W!LBGR CHAPMAN ~ Ford ottman,
-, N"w York: Doubleday, Page Co,
a dF'nFuishod member Of the Presbyterian
Church. noted FOR his evnngelistic work. Doc
S9r ,hnnmrn; whose death was caused ey
aftcr the arrlis:ice-was once pastor Of
BETHANY church in this city. and was u
collahorator II the late John II. Converse,
Of ths city. In a great program OF Presby
terrain evangelism,
BLASCu II'ANEZ ON MEXGCo IN REVOLT.
Tn" dHInEuished Spanish novelist writes
his onSrrvAt'ona on conditions below the Rio
Grandc 10th personal interpretation Of
and movements in that turbulent land. which
should be read hy the general reader who
wishes 70 he informed.
Richards New York: T Y, Crowell.
practical book on vocational guidance.
oi "hoicc Of @ wocatlons study Of vari"Is ocrGpH
t'ons and prerequisite for them, and the
scn"rql condi'tons for vocational success. \
an abou: to embark on career.
Fiction
UNCLE SAM or FREED0M RIDGE. BY
Mlrgaret Prescott Montague. New York.
Doubleday. Page Co.
tho % author fn OF ot ''EnslHni to Am"rica."' Il Il
has been praised by President Wilson as con.
ducnv toward public approval Of the League
Of Nations.
WHEN TYTGE CAME. ny Alfred Macherd.
Translated by Howard Vincent o Brien,
Chicago: Reilly & Lee.
An idyi Gf Paris. a comedy Of childhood.
by one Of the mogt prominent o. the Younger
French writerS, The hook @a, r2Id 10, 900 crples.
itR publication.
THE HAND IN THE DARK Ry Arthur i
Rccs New York; John Lane Co
An Ingenious and thrilling detective story
laid in an English country house,
MARY GIRL. ny Mrs. Leonard Merrick
| New York: Il. y. Dutton 4 Co
posthumouS novel by III" wife Of the
! ceirbra.ed British novelist II II the story
| Of the struggle AGAINST DOvcrty and prid,
and religious fnnatiClsm Of u good woman
THE PRAIRIE MOTHER BY Arthur
| StrlnEcr. lndannpois; Rohbs Merrill 20
| A continuation OF the story. told by thr
| n Jew years ago, The title character IL n
! wonderful woman, poised. TrsOurceful, witt
| senses Of humOr and sentiment.
HIDDEN TRAILS. By William Patterson
| white. New York Doubleday, Pagt
Co,
The stirring West OF years ago is the local,
intrepidity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-03
USED TOBACCO AS INCENSE
American indians Inhaled Fumes az
They Burned the Fragrant "Weed"
to Their Gods.

! Smoking was habit acquired by
European nations from the Indians
of America. In 1892 Columbus found
them using tobacco, not as is now
done, but as an incense burned in
homer of their deity.
Tobacco smoking began as a re
ligious rite Tobacco was used by the
Indians much as oriental nations made
use of myrrh or frankincence In their
religious observances. V0yagers to
America after Columbus revealed diff
ferent customs in the tobacco habit.
, 1t was discovered that in certain parts
of the continent the natives inhaled
the incense until they became exhil-
arated or even intoxicated by the
fumes This meant for them that they
derived inspiration from the good
pleasure of their deity. The honor
paid to the deity came back upon them
in exhilarating profusion.
From that step was not far to as
certain that incense offered TO god
could be employed as medicine. 1t
was drawn into the mouth through a
hollow tube-a kind of pipe-and
then expelled as smoking. To the RAJ
ti0nalizing European it was left to
transmit the poor Indians worship into
an ordinary pleasurable habit
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-03
GIVE STIMULATION TO GENIUS
System Powerfully Affect the
] Associative Faculties.

Genius is a question of sensitiza-
tion of protoplasm-it goes back to
physical fact. And the foundation of
the greatest cathedral of beauty ever
erected by the mind of genius rests
gquarely upon the flesh of mans
body, writes Jeanette Marks In the
Yale Review Sensitized protoplasm
vibrateS in answer to outside impress
sions, with concentric waves of vary
ing diameter. The stimulated, sensi-
tized protoplasm sets the associative
faculties to work, and the bigger this
associative faculty, the bigger the
genius. 1t is just here in the morbid
stimulation Of protoplasm that tox-
ms, drugs, alcohol, enter in. Disorder
reigns supreme, chaos, noise. nervous
ness, near madness, through the stim-
illus of some toxins manufactured in
a mans own system. Tea, coffee,
drugs, alcohol seem temporarily at
least to put the mental furniture in
order, to bring harmony where there
has been disorder. Opium is not
genius. Madness is not genius. But
both would sometimes appear to have
the power to act as umpire for genius
where its right to go forward is in
question. And it would seem that
the purchasing power in dreams was
even greater in insanity than with
either alcohol or opium.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-03
AMERICAS FRUIT, THE APPLE
People Are Beginning to Show II
Proper Appreciation, and Crop
Should Be Increased.

Americans are coming to treat APP
pies more as a food and less as a
between-meals superiority than they
used to do, yet when the north wind
blows and the fireside glows they
can't refrain from paving especial at
tention to the question whether there
is q plenty Of them. This year, the
farm reports tells us, there is not.
There are, in the whole country,
1901 900 barrels fewer than there
were in 1918, and almost the same
shortage from the crop of 1915,
though we are considerably better off
than we were in 1917. That is, we
have 24,OO0OO0 barrels this year.
That's about one for each family in
the country, and each family, not each
member thereof, might, If they were
evenly distributed, have one apple
day. The true lover of apples Will
never admit this to be sufficient. and
he should not.
1t is not especially cheering to
learn that the country's crop OF ap-
pies does not tend to increase. Our
record crop was In 1912, but we had
almost as many in 1896, and the crop
In 1895 was greater than that in
either of the past four years. But
the apple is Americas fruit, the most
satisfactory, the most dependable, the
most healthful fruit in the world
Hartford Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-03
Cork Fabric.

Not so long ago we saw a descrfp-
ton in a foreign paper of fabric
which was made from cork by re-
Gently discovered French process. 1t
was said to be waterproof, non-con-
Iductor of heat and unbreakable. By
using special machine, thin slices of
cork are placed in chemical baths to
remove the resinouS parts which
make cork more or less brittle. Upon
the removal of the resin the sheets
of cork become flexible and may be
compared in that respect with leather.
In fact the sheets may be folded and
bent without breaking. BY combining
the cork sheets with any suitable
cloth, preferably a thin and strong
cloth of good color, an excellent
waterproof material may be obtained.
According to the description given an
adhesive preparation is employed to
glue the cork to the cloth; or If a
stronger garment is desired, che cork
sheets are placed between two layers
Of cloth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-03
LAST FRAGMENTS OF EMPIRE
Romance in Disappearance of Red
Dots From the Map Of West
ern Canada.

A map 81 western Canada kept In
the Offices of the Hudson Bay COM
pay in Winnipeg is sprinkled with
tiny red dots. Two centuries and
half Of romance and history focus in
these little red dots.
When the Hudson Bay company in
1870 surrendered to Canada the vast
territory granted to it by Charles II
of England, it retained one-twentieth
Of all the land In the fertile belt" of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
between the North Saskatchewan
river and the international boundary.
This Une~twentieth was distributed
throughout every township and each
of these red dots on the map repre-
sents an area Of from 100 to $40
acres.
These lands are today just as they
were when the company's first forts
were erected on Hudson bay. They
are just as they were when the buff
falo pastured upon them and Indians
and trappers shared or shot fur-bear-
ing animals in this domain half a
century ago.
Though now surrounded by farms,
they have never been touched by a
pillow. They are still islands OF
primeval soil in the midst of rich
farming districts.
The little red dots are disappearing
one by one from the map. Each one
that disappears means that the land
1t represents has become a settlers
farm. All the dots represent 3,OOO,-
600 acres.
The company is rapidly disposfhg OF
all its remaining land to settlers.
When the last dot disappears from
the map, the last fragment Of Hudson
Bay company's old empire will have
disappeared from the North Ameri-
can continent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-03
GOT FACTS SLIGHTLY MIXED
Representative Osborne Evidently Had
Not Taken Keen Notice Of Posi-
ton Of Sherman Statue.

= One of the best speeches in the
house in years came from Representa-
tive Osborne of California the day Of
the Pershing parade. says the Los An
geles Times. Having been one Of the
soldiers who marched up Pennsylva-
MIA avenue at the close Of the Civil
war for final review by General
Sherman, he was able to draw a beau
tifui and striking contrast with the
return of the veterans of 1919.
At one point in the address the rep
resentative spoke feelingly of how
Sherman, at the head of the column,
at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue had turned on his horse and
looked back at the advancing veter-
ans.
"Thus," said Mr.. Osborne, "the fig
ure of Sherman, cast in bronze, sits to-
day at the head of Pennsylvania ave-
nue., as he sat that day more than fif-
ty years ago."
The reference to the Sherman statue
aroused great interest and many were
the pilgrimages made to the statue
within the next few days to see how
Sherman looked gazing down the ave-
nue.. But horror of horrors 1t de-
veloped that Sherman was looking not
toward the advancing column, but to-
ward the White House, which stands
in an opposite direction.
Now Osborne is looking for the man
who placed 1t thus