Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-18

personality OF the great allied COM
mandcr and u critical analysis o, his
military techn!queB.
Lady Butchers Memories OF George
Meredith" which The Scribncrs pub.
lished on January .. IL remarkable for
the fact that II gives picture Of
-, ,h. d.Eei9na"em, OF me novelist seen
The pcrioi OF forty-onc years. Lady
Butcher. whom all good Mcrcdithans
win remember as Alice Brandrcth Of
his letters. has put into her 70 umc
Il Soodly portion or letters, conversa-
'ions aud anecdotes which have up to
now been private property. Charac-
GUS in the book to quote. but mere is
one remark OF Meredith preserved in
her diary giving his idea OF motoring
with the true Meredith flavor:
Three toots OF q horn. and a harem
of yelled ladies dashes By. leaving a
stencil of petrol behind that lasts FOR
Il quarter Of an hour"
"Chink" McAllister bids fair to have
MS picture in tho Hall OF Fame as
well as the Rogues' GALLERY. His
latest stunt was an. escape from Sing
brcad-crumb dummy with human hair
gathered in the barber shop. He
paced THIS dummy in his bed and thus
par;urc until it was too late to over
take him. On December 1. Ne was
again caught in the Bronx. but nearly
drawing OF tho prison locks found in
McAllis,er Is the sort OF follow Thomas
ears his nsf bo been ss.udsns for
prisons yale University Press). Mr..
Dsnornc gives much interesting and
instructive information on the prob
lem Of our criminals and on prison
reform.
on on pr iiadley's new book. "The Moral
OF today who hates two things moro
Than ANYTHING else in the world
s smo5ai''g and Democracy. This book
himself. the book to Contains "Wisse
words from brilliant mind"
The valuable literary service Of
I; GG}iiestSd , Icons. l:sl.i91sr Yale
t.aSn recoSnized by honorary degrees
He has also been decorated BY France
italy and Belgium
,op @G Mn mY ae1 1r 1Ins grites Chris
mo into ma;Sing myself ridiculoos this
Me- Years Eve with lot Of bonny
, out itmpossiele resolutions. / know my
WcahheSSeS. | know that I shall prob-
anl? continue 20 annoy newsdaiers by
feauihS the magazines on the stalls
.!iS'cdu % Du!inS them; that I shall
put OH havins my hair cut: drop to-
Sacco cinheTS on my waistcoat: feel
bored at the idea OF having 10 shave
and get dressed; be nervous when the
gas burner pops when turned off; buv
more Liberty bonds than can afford
anu nave 70 hook them at grievous
loss. ] shall continue to be pleasant
TO insurance agents, from sheer lack
or manhood; and TO keep library books
out over the date and So incur n finc
MY only nope. you see, is reso!utely 10
determine to persist in these fail;nEs.
then o.! sheer pcrversity | may grow
out of them"
s,rnction. "Eas, by West" A. J. MOP Mon
r!sons' book on the dcveiopment
Of the world trade routes. whieh the
sour Seas Co. is publishing, is s;gni-
meant not only for what IL says, but
.er what u suggests. 1t outlines the
movements OF civilization from Baby
20 Bruges, from Bruges to America
anu back to the East again in a brief
ana compEehcnsivc form, and contains
much that VIII be OF value and Interest
10 the present-doy student OF history
or economies.
gent and compassionate become less so
"hcn they are together" This remark
OF sarah Dernhardt'e. recorded in he r
autobiogrhphy. published by AppIetnn
IS All LOO true. as the recent race riots
IN chicago, and the trouble during The
po!'ce!nan IS strike In Boston eloquent.
~ testify.
The need Q: an efficient budge,ary
system IN running our cOyernmar,
grows more and more anparent CO..
ernment officials have proclaimed tho
ADVANTAGES of such a system again .,nd