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SPOTLESS IN a
NAUGHTY WORLD
anthony Pryde Has Created a
Young Woman Worthy of
Any author

Phyllida Browne ought to rank high
among the creations of the masters of
English fiction. She is the heroine of
Anthony Pryde's first novel, "Mar-
queray's Duel" n book enthusiastically
welcomed when IL first appeared anony :
mously in England The American
edition contains the authors name on
the title page. Who Mr.. Pryde il we
do not know. but we do know that no
man without uncommon gifts could have
created Phyllida Browne.
She is Irish, in the first place, and
speaks with the slightest suggestion of
a brogue. She is young and charming
and she is as pure and innocent as a
child brought up in a nunnery. When
she is introduced to the reader she Is
sitting disconsolately on bridge across
the Thames late at night. hugging in
her arms rag doll. 1t appears later
that she had made the doll to comfort
herself for the loss of her baby boy.
who had died two or three weeks earlier
in a workhouse, after living three days.
How she got into the workhouse. how
she was rescued by Marqueray and his
friend. Aubrey West, and how Mar
queray fell in love with her and finally
married her is what the story is about
'"' tut tltlt IL "
conflict between Marqueray and Lord
Marchmont, which began with Mar
queray's attempts TO ,frustrate his
crooked financial plans in Peru and end =
ed with struggle to rescue Phyllida
from Marchmont. who was the father
OF her child and villain generally
Phyllida had married Marchmont. who
was an English jew, without first get
ting a dispensation from the church.
After the man tired Of her and cast her
off, he told her that she was not his
wife; and she believed him. The CIR
Is clad in purity like a coat Of mail
IL protects her in trying situations ant
It makes dramatically pathetic her con
demnation of herself as "a faller
woman" in her first descriptions of he
misfortunes to the men who rescue her
On the surface the book is stor.
of British politics. with its rivalries ant
ambitions. Phyllida complexities tn
| plot through her relations with the mel
in it. But the real purpose Of the tall
is to exhibit feminine charm and purit,
that can keep itself spotless in {
naughty world, even though it has t
go through tragedy to do 1t.
| MARQUERAY DUEL. BY Anthony Pryde
New York: Robert Mcbride q Co. 81.
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'1n these days, when maids are so
scarce and so expensive. electricity Is
a wonderful saving. You know. 1t
seems quite wrong. but II is certainl y
true that men have their places of bust
ness fitted up in the latest, most eff
cient methods, while their homes are
most inefficient and old fashioned.
Business men are working In Offices
with every modern convenience that
will lend itSelf to their accomplishment
of the most work with the expenditure
of the least labor. And women are
bending over washtubs or kitchen sinks
or hot stoves or swirling the dust from
the floors with broom and carpet
sweeper. firmly believe that house
work should be as Systematically done
as oficework. / also think that woman
should be as well trained for her home
tasks as a man or woman is for busi :
ness positions.
mo. do not think business train
ing units a woman for marriage. The
average woman is much better off with
some business experience. She knows
better how to systematize her house
work"
And Miss Sbearer proves this In her
attractive little apartment in West
Philadelphia. ..r.
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4 MANS MISTAKES
Responsibility Singular
NopeI by Ne,u English
Writer

A singular story is Responsibility"
and it is told in a singular way by a
new English writer whose name is
James r. Agate. 1t is the tale of a
mans mistakes. and it's end is its be-
such a thing were possible.
For the story opens with it's princi-
pal lying in war hospital with much
of his life behind him. and it is with
this life which lies in the past that the
chronicle concerns itself.
A trihe tedious at times is "Respon-
sibility." due. no doubt, to the style
of it's telling; but the book has great
charm and. toward the end, keen in
terest when an illegtimste son arises
out of the unknown, seeks his father
without reproach, and inspires him
with sense of responsibility which
made of him bigger man that>he had
ever hoped to be.
RESPONSIBILITY. by James r. Agate.
New York: GeoSge II. Doran Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
GIRL APPLIES PSYCHOLOGY
IN CHOOSING LAMP SHADES
Miss Gertrude Shemer, of Phil
ddelphia Electric Company,
Qualities as Expert
For Ten Years She Has Been
Educating Folk on Uses Of
Current in Homes

Every room has its own psychology,
according to Miss Gertrude Shearer,
lecturer for the Philadelphia Electric,
Co., Tenth and Chestnut streets, who
for the last ten years has been edu-
eating folk on the-uses Of electricity.
she has accomplished so much the com
pany counts her as almost indispensable
and gives her free rein to carry out her
ideas. t'N'
Il could never tell any one what sort
OF lamp to have till saw the room
and the person who expects to use the
room and the lamp most" she ex
planned. Though. of course. could
tell you that green shade makes any
one sallow unless It has white lining.
A blue light is always depressing. When
a woman tells me she has blue hangings
in her room and wants lamp to match,
i suggest blue shade lined with gold,
or perhaps a soft rose color. For rose
color Is, after all. the ideal one for
a lamp shade. The pink glow always
makes woman prettier."
The discussion OF color and lighting
just happened in," as Miss Shearer
told some of her experiences In business.
Like other Philadelphia women who
have made success In various CONNER :
cial and artistic lines, she urged young
women of today to enter the field and
join the ranks of broader minded. hap
| pier and more useful womankind.
More than ten years ago she came to
the city from the farm on which she
was reared to join the ranks of publicity
persons with the Philadelphia Electric.
There isn't anything about electricity
that has been put into practical use
that she doesn't know. She can talk
for hours in watts and currents. and
fuses with the most technical person in
the company. and she can turn round
and give the public virtually the same
information in simple everyday Ian
guage. She has taught thousands oi
men and women householders how tt
use electricity and how to figure up ths
cost Of electricity used.
'"The average home Is conducted In
! such an unsystematic way" she said
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PROBLEM OF SUSAN
IL Is Discussed in a Brilliant
First Novel by Lee Wilson
Dodd

Lee Wilson Dodd. poet and dramatist,
has written a novel which has more OF
the quality Of the novels Of the bright
young Englishmen who take to literature
than is common in American tales.
'rhc Book of Susan has an intellec-
tual and social background. 1t is
story. but It is more than that. 1t Is
a study of life sort Of a social allegory
in which the reader can find much or
little. according as his perceptions as
sist him.
Susan is the daughter of drunken
machinist in New Haven, brought up
in squalid street. Her mother is
dead and her father is living with
another woman. In moment OF
drunken rage he kills the woman
and then cuts bis>6wn throat. Ambrose
Hunt, whose WA, has. left him because
of his d9hocr4j@ SOD point of view,
finds Sufsu ON he Ksht of the crime
curled upfn n kttle heaP-at the door
of the garage where her father worked.
He tskesN her hSpe snd has himself
appofhtedR as hsr| Guardian. Hs->sets
maid ana COVERINGS s.fsrnsS~bu the
governess> leayss~cnd then Ne and a
bachelor friend, who is q professor in
Yale University, \ undertake. her educ.a,
and and is not afrs to face any facts.
She ds%5hps into fascinating young
womh fith brilliant intellect, and
fallsGd hove with her bcnefact0r. He
loves bSr and so does the Yale pro-
fessor The story deals with her edu-
catioH and with the love of the men
for Her and with the attitude of the
desefting wife toward the situation.
There is melodrama and pure comedy
in the book and much satiric comment
on society and many illusions to deep
social problems.
Those who read for n story will find
the plot alluring, and those who wish
something more than a story will find
what they seek.
TgF BOOK OF SUSAN. BY Lee Wilson
Dodd New York: L. p. Dutton & Co. 81.
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DREAMLAND :.
=, ADVENTURES
TODDIE PUPKINS TT
BY DADDY
CHAPTER vi

Tho Puppy's Magic
THE puppy that stood at the door OF
L the cave barking defiantly at Lone
some Bear, who had just fallen over
the biuff Into the cFeek. seemed like any
other cute puppy II didn't look to
Peggy and Billy as thought 1t had magic
that could make II as fierce as an eagle
and as mighty as an elephant,
The puppy jumped around in a hurry
when Billy and Peggy dropped from tne
pine tree where they had been Watching
the door of the riddle-creature's cave.
My! what fuss 1t made as 1t saw
them 1t crcuched back and 1t growled
and It snarled and 1t barked and II
showed it's teeth. 1t seemed very herce
puppy, indeed--as fierce as the magic
eagle against which Blue DAY had
warned them. .
But Billy and Peggy were not scared:
'TAey began TO coax 1t just as they wouid
coax any little dog.
Mice puppy" said Billy. Come and
Wow! Wow! Go away! -1'll bite
why should you bite us? We want
to be kind to YOU" ccaxed Billy.
Wow! Wow! You can't have my
bones You can't have my cave! III
drive you away as / drove away that
greedy pig and that giant bear. Wow
Wowi I'm a very fierce, dog" TT
puppy. growled and snarled. but Pegf
noticed there was little quaver in
voice. 81
You're just dear little doggie, and
we can have a lot Of fun playing, she
ccaxed. With that, she and Billy be-
gan to play tag.
The puppy watched them suspicously,
barking loudly Then Il became so much
Interested It forgot to bark. And finally
II began to run back and forth with
them. barking a different kind of bark
"a fun bark.
In less time than It takes to tell. all
the ferceness was out of the puppy; and
when Peggy sat down to rest, and opened
her arms to 1t. the puppy jumped into
her lap and tried to kiss her as she
Rugged 1t tight.
II knew you were nice puppy" she
said, but why did you act SO fierceT
smuggling down comfortably In her lap
II was just lost puppy In the woods
and II hadn't acted fierce I wouldn't
have been able to scare away all the
eat. eat y mey or sobble my bones or take
Aren't you magic puppy?" screached
Blue Jay. Didn't you turn into an
eagle when you bounced me out Of the
cave, all tattered and torn7 Didn't you
Lonesome Bear down the bluff?"
Wow Wow! I didn't bounce you
out of the cave. / just scared you until
you were more scared than / was; and
you bounced yourself. And I didn't
throw lonesome Bear down the BLUM;
Just scared him and he threw himself
into the creek"
"And were you really scared your
self? You growled and barked as though
you were very brave" said Billy.
"Of course / was scared" whimpered
the puppy. smuggling down still more
safely In Peggy's lap. wouldn't you be
scared. too, II you were as small as
am and out here all alone In the woods ?
was so scared 1t was awfully hard
for me to be brave enough to scare the
other animals and birds away"
Scared. yet brave-lnat's the magic
of the riddle e-creature," cried Billy. ut
made a fierce eagle Of the puppy In
fighting Blue Jay. 1t made a mighty
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Paris in Wartime

"Thc vaguest sketch of life in Paris
during the war; is the Characterization
by Mrs. Adam of her remarkable book.
1t is day to day record of life and
events from July. 1914. to July. 1910,
from an English wOman's point of view.
The hardest time was during the bonn
bardments of the city. The brightest
was when the American soldiers came
"and caused immense enthusiasm. Their
magnificent appearance was the subject
Of much talk" With many references
TO the French leaders in the army and
in civil life, her admiration is most for
Clcmenceau, who. she says, "bulks
larger in the mind of the ordinary per-
son than all the rest Of the govern
mont." His greatest service was his
bringing his country through endur-
ance to victory" OF President Wilson
we are told that "Paris greeted him as
seldom man was greeted before.
He has the biggest chance history
has ever offered to a single being. Alex
ander the Greats was baby to it. "The
most vivid and interesting part of her
book is that descriptive of the condi-
tions during the Peace Conference. A
pecially in the latter part. While mar
rating the part which Caillaux played
in the numerous treason trials, in which
his name inevitably atAears, she SAYS
at recalls the adventure of the naugh
test boy in the school, who, when the
examiner asked, who signed Magma
Charta?' sprang TO his feet and cried
please, sir, il wasn't me
PARIS SEES 1T THROUGH A Diary.
iei4-isle. BY II. Pearl Adam. New
York: George II. porap Co,
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What Happened to Marian

Margaret Ashmun has written a story
of Marian Frear's Summer" which
will delight every wholesome sixteen :.
year old girl who has the good fortune
to read 1t. 1t is the story of a girl who
is living with her mother on the shore
of lake far from any other house
Marian is shy of other young peonle
because she has seen so few. But when
family of young people comes TO tbe
lake to spend the summer she discovers
that boys and girls of her own ace
are not formidable. She has a delight
full summer, with many things happen :
ing, and it ends with the opening to her
of the opportunities for which she has
always longed.
MARIAN FREAR's SUMMER. BY MarRare,
Ashmun. New York; The Macmilian Co
u.75,
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"The Gloss of YOUTH.

Horace Howard Furnesss little play,
"The Gloss of Youth" written for
presentation on Shakespeare's birthday
anniversary Mt the Forrest Home, has
been printed for the delight of the read :
ing public. It's first presentation at the
Franklin Inn Club last winter disclosed
it to an appreciative audience. which i'm
medately demanded that it be put in
permanent form. The characters in
clude Shakespeare himself. and John
Fletcher. as we'll as John Milton and
Oliver Cromwell in their youth. The
play reads well and is acted just as
we'll. Indeed. it's suitability for the
stage is proved by the fact that Otis
skinner has secured the acting rights
Of it.
ard Furness. Jr Philadelphia j. b. Lip
nInCott Co,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
BENNETT TO MAKE Sd PLEA
Police Lieutenant In Fifth Ward
Tragedy Holds Cell Harms Health

The third attempt to secure the re-
lease of former Police Lieutenant David
Bennett from the West Chester jail will
be made next Monday before the State
Board of Pardons. Bennett has been
serving a two year term for completely
in the fatal Fifth ward riot.
The petition to be presented Monday
asserts that imprisonment has seriously
interfered with Mr.. Bennett's health,
and because of this II is argued that
he has been punished enough and should
be released.
Five of the policemen whose work he
directed in the Fifth ward campaign
were released recently on the expira-
tion of their terms. Bennett will be
automatically released In October, for
good time of for good behavior.
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MAYORS SEWING UNDONE
Moore Can't Even Get Button Put
on-TustIn Can't Help

The problem confronting Mayor
Moore of having sewing done for the
Philadelphia General Hospital has been
further complicated by a report re-
ceived yesterday from Director Tustin,
of the Public Welfare Department, to
the effect that the women at the Home
for the INDECENT and the House of Cor
rection probably would be unable to
attempt the task.
To the Mayor the problem is acute.
He first became cognizant of it Thurs
day morning, when he applied to Mrs.
Moore to have a button attached to his
coat, and the carrying out of his re-
quest was delayed because Mrs. Moore,
as a member Of the women's advisory
committee on public health, was en-
gagged in sewing for the city's hospital.
Director Tustin, from whose depart
ment the Mayor had Immediately asked
assistance, reported that women at tlfe
House of Correction We're employed in
sewing for that institution and for the
children at Browns Farm to an extent
that apparently. excluded additional
work of that character, and that many
of the women at the Home for the
INDECENT were aged and unable to sew.
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TALKS ABOUT NEW BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS

LIMBO. BY .Aldous, Huxley. New York;
George n. Doran Co. "a
A clever piece of fiction, piuuantly written
by n new English novliat, tt f
THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. ny DouRfa1
Goldring. New York; Thomas seitzer.
a powerful drama by one OF the youngse
PIC, THE WEAPON MAKER. by Csessa
Langford. New York: Beni q Liveriufk
An interesting novel with primitive man
as the hero, .tt fHI
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IN mEM0BTAM
...,r1 IN loving memory OF our mothet
sbiiiI T1,,Jio si;ITZ. who departed this life
sAhN;o Igis SONS AND DAUSHrbh'
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By GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN


throttle. "Stopi' cried Andrea. VI
must know what you mean. How can
/ talk to you with that awful din 60
ing on?"
"Ch, you'll have lots OF time to
talk" said the man, and no sooner
were the words out OF his mouth than
they were almost wiped of the slate
of memory by the sudden oar of the
engine.
Andrea sank back in her seat, crum-
pied up In body and mind, and cried
like a baby. Great big sobs came tum-
bling up and nut Of her swelling
throat. For the first time In many
| years she Eel. that she wanted her
mother and at nee
"Oh, mummy mummy" she sobbed
like a little child, and q moment later,
just exactly like a little child. she
stopped crying. shifted twice. biinked
her eyes dry and presently smiled for
no special reason, just as a dawn
smiles when its sun breaks out from
the dewy clouds of morning. What
had happened? Why. a most impor.
tant thing. She had suddenly realized
that no one could hear her crying. not
even herself!
Every person n meets" thought
| Andrea, following the line Of her dis
covery. "has to be climbed. Some
people are Insignificant mounds and
you just walk over them ; others ara
high cliffs that it takes a long time
to climb but that give you fresh and
wider views the higher you go. And
then there are Others" she continued
with a vindictive look at the stolid
back In front of her. shat are just
great round hard powders"
Her mouth drew down at the cor
ners, but she would not succumb again
to feeling sorry for herself. Instead
she shielded her eyes once more and
took stock Of the various handiworks
| Of God. The world was good to look
upon that morning. 1t was twirifng
by in a strange rotative movement
that gave It an Elusive appearance. 1t
was like a new toy in the way of pan.
Dramas. Things started TO come nearer.
changed their minds and then swept
into the past, lingering long on a steep
horizon as though they hesitated be-
fore IN irrevocable plunge.
Andrea found that by holding back
her skirts she could look straight
down. She did so Off and on for half
an hour and the things she saw told
her much. Forest and plain. forest
and plain swept under and away In an
endless gentle undulation cut twice
by long, wandering silver bands.
From high in the air those bands
were nothing--mere strips Of ribbon
that a child could step over. But
down there? She knew that down be-
low they were mighty rivers, doubt.
less teeming with hippos. crocodiles
and snakes!
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Up to the moment OF the sudden
chilling OF her exultant blood, Andrea
had been almost oblivious OF the din
Of the engine. Now she could think OF
nothing else. The ~deafering roar that
made speech futile was a very real
barrier: It imprisoned her, held her
like the bars Of an iron cage. and ever
beat her remorselessly with It's rapid
fire explosions Of defying sound.
She sank back on her seat, painting
and sobbing. She was frightened.
Never since the day when as a little
child a closet door closed and locked
upon her and memorable darkness had
held her for moments that were such
an eternity had she known such ter
ror. The feeling that had come to
her then came to her now-darkness.
q sinking Of the heart down, down
through an interminable void and,
tumbling after II. body. soul, q leg or
two and a ~ciutchsng hand. all come
apart In the maelstrom or fear.
The present nightmare did not last
for long. Andrea gradually realized
that In fact she was quite grown up.
not . child az all but 1 strong and
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They arrive at their jour-
ney's end. You'll enjoy the
next instaIlment.
GRO BE c~oNTINUED.)
NEW PROCESS IN SCULPTURE
invention OF italian Scientist viii
RevoIutionixe Work Of Masters
OF the Chisel.

A process for producing bas.reliefs
by photography IS the fruit OF the
invention of an Italian scientist.
The basis OF the invention Is the
property possessed By a Aim Of chroEn:-
um gelatin of swelling In proportion
to the intensity Of the light failing
upon 1t. The swelling is greater with
n low than with a high intensity. so
that the Ugh. passing through a pho
tographic negative produces upon q
chromium gelatin plate a positive In
distinct relief.
The transparency Of an ordinary
negative. however, is not truly proper
tional to the relief Of the original
model. but by an ingenious automatic
device involving double exposure this
difficulty Is avoided and q negative
is obtained having Its lights and
shades correctly graded to produce the
effect Of relief.
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| her face--a light that attends the eter-
nal wistful child within us-but be-
meath their shining gaze were shad-
ows and her cheeks were over-pale.
Just to n side Of her rounded chin
was a bit OF black courtplaster, shame
full mask Of a tiny sign Of too much
chocolates and too little exercise. She
was slim enough to look tall In spite
Of that cloak-like affair of dark blue
glove cloth that fell from her shout
ders to her ankles In overwhelming
folds.
Through all his inspection the mans
face changed. He looked her
over deliberately, judged deliberately,
and deliberately let down the little
ladder that gave access to the observ.
er's seat. He helped her up without a
word. strapped her in and then turned
to pour out voluble instructions In dia-
lect to the bronze statue that stood at
attention. black eyes fixed On his mas
ter's face. red lips repeating like a
prompter In a Latin theater all that
his master said.
The white man clambered to the
drivers seat. placed before Andrea's,
and shouted a word Of command. The
plane swayed, moved slowly forward,
raced fast down the sand and faster.
until with a billowy lift II rose straight
In the eye Of the rising sun.
Andrea started to draw a full
breath Of absolute Joy and instead
swallowed an entire gale Of wind. 1t
almost burst her open. She had to
clench her teeth to conquer II. and
with her hands made a yizor for her
eyes. n wind mask for her mouth. She
wanted to sing. but she was inarticu-
late In the face OF al element at
large and sparring for another chance
to rush down her throat. She felt the
cheated song racing around In her
blood, swelling her heart, informing
all her limbs with a new Joy, a new
life.
She swayed this way and that.
looked up and down /: then she leaned
far out to study the rugged brown
face OF Mr.. Man, the face that always