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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
SHORT STORIES OF
GREAT DISTINCTION
Melville Dauisson Posts Latest
Volume the York Of a
Master Craftsman

Melville Davisson Post is a poet who
writes in prose. He is juggler,
tossing into the air the great human
emotions and catching them again,
turning them about for the enter
tainment of the spectators. He Is a
constructor of tales the like of which
have not been written by any one else
in this generation. Proof of these as :
sertions will be found in his latest vol
ume, published under the title of 'The
Mystery of the Blue Villa"
This title is also the title of the. in :
troductory tale. the scene of which is
laid at Port Said. 1t deals with d dy :
ing sculptor of erratic genius and dls-
graccd British Indian official. and in a
most surprising and alluring way It
tells how the sculptor got money enough
out of the official to enable him to die In
decent surroundings in Italy: 1t Is % an
ordinary mystery story. But "Thc
Great Legend and Behind the Stars
are great prose poems. One is the trag-
edy of France, of the seething under :
world of Paris. into which men sink and
disappear, tied up with the great French
legend of Charlemagne sitting beneath
the cathedral of AK la Chapelle,
awaiting the time when he shall be
needed to save his people. The other is
a lyric of romance. happening in the
Adriatic sea, but told to the accom-
paniment of the Creation symphony,
played in Paris by Paderewski. 1t is
work of art. OF an entirely different
type is the satire on the administra
ton Of justice in THE New Admins
tration,' story of how the real Grim
inals in a bank wrecking conspiracy
were punished while the stupid instru-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14

BLOOD rs. HONOR
IN "THE BLACK DROP
Alice Bro,Un's New Novel I'm
pressiue Study in Family
Psychology

Two figures dominated the Tracy
family. One is "Grandsir. The other
is Charles, in whose blue blooded veins
there runs one black drop. And this is
the title, 1.-THE Black Drop" which
Alice Brown gives the novel that is her
latest and best.
The Tracys live in New England, in
Boston, and the days are those of the
war, The head of the family is "Srand-
SIR patriarch who is the gentle ruler
OF the Tracy flock, only Charles re
naming outside his benign influence
Charles is his grandson. and unscru-
pulous ambitions lead him into an in
trigue with Germany when this country
is rocking on the verge of war.
Discovery of the treacherous plot =
ing of Charles stuns his family, and
brings into action the New England
conscience of his father, who finally
offers all which he prizes most, re'pu-
tation, family, pride, everything, in his
supreme resolve to put loyalty to his
country above the bond of blood.
Miss Brown gives deftly etched
picture of old "Grandsir," severely
lovable. Impressively she paints in the
black for Charles, the renegade. And
the touch of an artist is equally an
parent in the characters of the father,
of Charles's forsaken wife and his i'm :
pulsivc brother, and of the band of
brave young spirits who. rejected for
war service. give of their best in an
other way.
THE BLACK DROP. By Alice Brown, New
York: Macmillan Co. 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
An abducted BRIDEGROOM

Kimball Webb gave a bachelor sup
per to his friends on the night before
his wedding, returned to his New York
home late and went to bed. He roomed
on the third floor of his mothers house
and had been in the habit of locking
his door at night and fastening the
windows SO that even though they were
down from the top they could not be
opened from the outside. He did not
come down to breakfast the next morn
ing. The butler called him but got no
response. Then the door was forced
open. The bed had been occupied, but
Webb was not in the room. His night
clothes and the suit of evening clothes
which he had taken off when he went
to bed had also disappeared.
Rowland Wright in THE Disap-
pearance of Kimball Webb" tells of
the excitement which followed the dis
appearance of the man, of the shock
to the girl who was to be his bride
of the suspicion that was directed
against his mother and sister who hao
objected to his marriage, and of the
fortune that the prospective bride will
lose unless she is married before she
is twenty four years old. The disap-
pearance of her promised husband oc-
ours three months before her birthday.
1t takes three months to solve the mys-
terry of the abducting of the man. but
before it is solved the girl herself is
abducted. Mr.. Wright has written a
mystery story with love interest
which will keep the reader up long
into the night following the unfold
ing of the plot.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIMBAI,I
WEBB. BY Rowland Wright New York
Dodd. Mead & Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14

A number of things not customary in
the musical artist no matter how nota-
BILE his or her achievement in the realm
of specialized career, unite in David
Bispham to make him the distinctive
and unique figure he is in the records
OF American art. In addition to the
scope and fneness of his technical artis-
tic accomplishment and his pioneering
when American artists of distinguished
taients were so few as to be notable
on that score alone. he is the man of
culture, man of affairs and college
man. Nowadays when orchestras and
opera companies have dozens if not
scores of Americans among their princi-
pals, the mere fact of a singer being an
American by birth or even by training
is accepted as commonplace. But
when David Bispham won his success
and was cast for important roles in the
Wagnerian and other operas-his Kur-
menal in Tristan his Telramund in
"Lohengrin" and Beckmesser in Die
Meistersinger' are remembered almost
as classics of the type of Scotti's
American in the Metropolitan Opera
Company was a distinction in itself.
Mr. Bispham. of course, added many
another distinction of talent, capacity
and power to the adventitious one of his
Philadelphia nativity and his Friendly
derivation. His notable career is told
in genial fashion by himself in "a
Quaker Singers Recollections. There
are interesting glimpses of boys life
il the Philadelphia of more than half
century ago. at the Friends School and
elsewhere, and of life in the zone of the
Quaker Meeting at Moorestowu. where
IA
like to have these more extended. Then
there are as interesting passages CON
cerning his collegiate career at Haver-
ford College, from which he graduated
after some difficulties with fral exams.
Music. certainly music of the type he
was to become so proficient in as a
practitioner, was banned in meeting.
His father had left meeting in order
to volunteer in the Civil War. He
played the flute and when David was
lad presented the mother with an organ
on which the boy learned to pick out
accompaniments to the fiutist's melo-
dies. One of his grandfathers had
good voice and trolled many an old
fashioned English roundelay. He at
tended Episcopal services and went to
some concerts In these elements were
the beginnings of his musical career
At college he had n either, but the fac
ulty objected to such frivolous instru-
mpnt and he made the stationmaster
monitor of it, going over to the depot"
when he wished to fill his soul with
music.
OF course Mr.. Bispham, with his
anteccdents. was not destined for the
career which was eventually to be his.
A brief experience in the study of
| medicine showed that he was not fitted
for that profession, he used to faint
and have to be carried out of the amphi-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
DAVID BISPHAM WRITES
HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
"A Quaker Singers Recouecons Rich in Memories and
Distinctive in Personal Touch

theatre during operations. Then he
tried job with his uncle, wool
factor, at S4 week. This was inter.
rupted by his opportunity to go abroad
for nearly year with his uncle.
trim that not only gave him knowledge
of the world. and what culture meant.
and tbe chance to see and hear things
far from Moorcstown or Haverford, or
even Philadelphia, but awakened in him
the aspirations which were to be finally
realized in his career as great opera
singer.
Philadelphia will be keenly interested
in the earlier parts of Mr.. Blspham s
autobiography for its reflections OF life
in what was even then metropolitan
center. for its pages studded with not
able names and interesting incidents,
for its pictures of men and manners of
the time Musicians, of course, will be
interested in it more from the stand
poipt of the larger world of art in
which Mr.. Bispham became dis
tinguished citizen. His first endeavors
were as a member of one of the anna
teur dramatic troupes which flourished
in those days He sang in such things
as Sullivan's BOX and Cox" written
in collaboration with Burnand; Trial
by Jury" and Offcnbach's "Chouf1euri. y
Mainly. however, he took straight dra-
matte parts in a long list of contem-
poraneous comedies; had he not become
a notable singing actor his theatrical
ATTITUDES would have made him high
class speaking actor. During these
wears in his early twenties he studied
voice culture and mingled much with
musical and theatrical folk. Minton
Pypp, organist at st. Marks. gave him
his first professional engagement as q
singer in the choir, where the music
was appropriate to the very high
services. He also belonged to the
Cccelian and other choral bodies and
developed good oratorio repertory
Finally he went to Europe, studying
with the best masters in London and
Italy. But it was not till 1891 that he
made his debut as the duke in "The
Basoche," at the age of thirty five, and
II should have been able to do this ten
years before at the very least Shortly
at Covent Garden. His career from this
time forward. as opera singer and con
cert artist. is replete with contact with
potabilitics. That he acted in the
spoken as we'll as in the lyric drama
is recalled by his account of his ap-
pearance as Beethoven in Hugo Muller's
nlay. "Adelaide." His natural re-
semblance to the composer was made
complete by perfect make up. To
read his recollections of it is to span
the narrative of musical America for
nearly three decades.
The book is written in an agreeably
egotistic style-the inoffensive and per.
missible ego of the autobiographer-and
has much literary charm and some dis
tinction, despite some mispellings and
confusions of names and personalities.
A QUAKER SINGERS RECOLLECTIoNS.
BY David Bispham. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
THE VERDICT

"Baltazar is always a joy
-NeU York Times.
"a novel worthy to rank with Will
lam Locke's best is The House of
Baltazar. This novel has in it the
same ingratiating qualities that made
The Beloved Vagabond' and The Nor
ais of Marcus Ordeyne' literary gems
Of extraordinary brilliancS."
-PhiEddelphid Record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
Blondes in Dancer

Science may step in and change the
plans of nature. In his book "The
Passing of Great Race" published
by Scribner's, Madison Grant points
out that the blonde races are passing
from the earth because their skin lacks
the pigment or coloring to protect them
from the destroying actinic rays of the
sun. Scientists have already devised
the use of let-tinted glasses to keep
Guilty for blondes to live, which Mr..
Grants illuminating book points out,
may lead science to supply some new
kind of clothes for blondes that will
succeed in acting as a substitute for
the missing pigment, the stuff that
makes brunettes look dark.
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ment through which they worked was
allowed to go free.
There are two moving stories written
about the wreck of the Titanic-one
dealing with Bruce Ismay and another
with the yarn of man who escaped
with his life and hid himself in the
Far East. THE Pacifst" shows how
the German agents could use the woody
minded senators in Washington to serve
their ends, and THE Ally" is a Ger
man spy story staged in Paris. There is
enough difference of subject and OF
treatment to please a variety of tastes
but each story is written with that
economy of words and that directness
of process which characterize the work
of the best craftsmen.
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE VILLA. By
Melville Davisson Post. New York: D.
Appleton Co. Sits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
Beaconsfleid Is Still Read

Longmans, Green & Co. announce
the publication of complete edition of
the novels of the Earl of Beaconsfield.
Vivian Grey" first published in 1926.
is more in demand than any other
English novel published in that year.
and "Endymion," published in 1880.
has had a continuous sale ever since.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
BOOKS RECEIVED
Fiction


THE STARS INCLINE. BY Jeanne Judson,
New York: Dodd. Mead Co.
VILLA ELSA. BY stuart Henry. New
York: L. p. Dutton e. Co.
REBELS: BY Marie Gang and Nat ]. Fer
Der. New York; Dodd, Mead & Co. SO.
THE INSCRUTABLE LOVERS. BY Aiexan.
der MacFarlan. New York: Dodd Mead
Co.
General
FOREIGN EXCHANGE. BY A. c. Whit.
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THE ENEMY WITHIN. BY Severance John
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MYSELF AND DREAMS. BY Frank Con.
stable New York: Dodd. Mead & Co.
$3.50.
POSSESSED. By Cleveland Moffett New
York: James A. Mccain Co. $l.75.
THE PROOFS OF ,sPIRITUALISM. BY
Rev, Prof. G. aensow. New York: Dodd
GEORGE Won LENGERKE MEYER. BY
N. A. De Wolfe Howe. New York Dodd
EFFEcTIvE HOUSE ORGANS. By Robert
e. Ramsey New York: D. A. Appleton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
he KE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"BEST-
. THE STORY

In Locke novel there is always
some one to love. This time it is
John Baltazar, who renounced the
world because of the love of a
woman. How, after twenty years
of self-exile, he redeemed himself
how John Baltazar came back
that is the story; a big story of
love, ambition and fatherly sacri-
foo
The Coconino sun., 1920-03-26
RULES FOR TESTING
 STORAGE BATTERY

Most motorists and mechanics know that it is necessary to use a hydrometer syringe to test a storage battery, but many of them do not know how to use one to get the best results. The reason for this is that most descriptions of hydrometers and ins .ructions for using them have been written in such strictly technical terms as to be far beyond the csm- prGhension of the ordinary layman. A hydrometer test is, after all, a sim pie procedure.
 The instructions in plain words fol- low:
 {. Remove vent plug from top of cell.
 2 Force the air out of the hydro meter syringe by squeezing the rup- Der bulb.
 3 Insert rubber tube through the vent plug hole into the electrolyte, or battery solution.
 4, Release the bulb and draw up sufficient electrolyte into the glass tube to float the hydrometer.
 5. See that the hydrometer floats freely, touching neither top, bottom nor sides.
 6. Move the hydrometer syringe so that the level of the electrolyte in the glass tube is on the level of the eye.
 2. Read the point on the hydrom- eter scale which appears level with the top of the electrolyte.
 8. Then force the electrolyte back into the cell from which it was re- moved
 In some cars the battery is so placed that it is difficult or impossi- ble to hold the syringe in an bright position over the battery. Under such circumstances, pinch the rubber tube with the left hand so that the battery solution will not run out of the hy- drometer. Then, lifting the hydro meter out and away from the car, hold it upright and take the reading. Be it is again placed over the hole in the top of the cell.
 The hydrometer test should be made before distilled water is added. If distilled water is added to the bat tery solution just before the test is made, the reading will not be correct.
 The hydrometer has d scale grad uation in the upper part of the tube ranging from 1150 to 1900 with 005 graduations and reads correctly at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. A fully charge cell should read about 12S0 and a completely discharged cell should read about 1150 specific gravity. Both of these readings are marked by red line on the scale.
The Coconino sun., 1920-03-26
FIGURES OF
 AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

Unofficial figures compiled from va rious sources tell wonderful and amazing story of the automobile in dustry in 1919.
 Ninety of manufacturers of passen- ger automobiles and ITO builders of motor trucks in 32 states, employing 5S0,00O produced approximately l.. 586,7S7 passenger cars and 3O5,l AZ trucks valued at $1 ,S07 ,593, 1929 in the last 12 months.
 A small group of automobile tire manufacturers produced more than half of the 3OO00,OOO tires made in 1919, with the other half manufac- tured by 213 small companies. Of the entire total The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company made nearly 7,000,- 900 tires, or 20 per cent. In 1920 it is estimated that 40,000,000 tires will be produced, of which this company will produce about 25 per cent.
 Automobile exports last year were of startling totals. The value of mo- tor vehicles and parts sent abroad to S1 countries was $146,334 ,516, of which 62,624 were passenger cars val ued at S6S,945, TAO, while 14,748 were commercial vehicles worth $35,372,- 419. The value of parts exported was S42,016,2S4.
 It is estimated that there were in 1919, 62.036 automobile dealers, gar ages and repair shops in the United States. Of the total, 32,317 were pas senger car dealers, 1S,942 were truck dealers, 36,427 were karages and 43,- 3S1 were repair shops.
 Farmers were the largest users of motor trucks, owning 10 per cent more than manufacturers and 15 per cent more than retailers. It is estimated that 40 per cent of the car output was sold to farmers last year.
 The 7,100,000 motor vehicles in use in the United States, of which 7O0,- 900 are motor trucks, brought $65,- 100000 revenue to states from license fees
The Coconino sun., 1920-03-26
Legion Wants Definition of "Americanism."

The American Legion will attempt to obtain a definition of American ism," one that will embrace all that the name implies and that will be ac- cepted as the true meaning of the term.
 As frequently as the word is used it is not likely that any two persons would define it in the same way. Yet a correct and definite understanding of what is meant when the word is employed is needed. The definition should be short, yet comprehensive. It should be expressed in simple lan- guage.
 It should be broad, yet affording no place for the unpatriotic to stand.
 The demand for an expression of the meaning is required in order to make clear to all for what the Amer ican Legion stands. The Legion has pledged itself to defend and support Americanism, and it wants concrete statement of it's platform so that there can be no misunderstanding of its principles.
 The effort to reduce Americanism to definite terms is commendable. If any acceptable definition is framed it will convey an exact meaning when- ever used. It will remove the term from individual interpretation.
 Even the revolutionkt who plats the overthrow of the government by arm ed force and bloodshed will contend that he is an American, but he applies his own construction of what Ameri- canism means.
 The two million members of the American Legion by their acts have demonstrated that they know what Americanism means. It remains for them to express the. meaning in embellishments Journal.
The Coconino sun., 1920-03-26
MILLIONS SPENT ON
 ROADS AND FEW GOOD

Despite the fact that the United States has 1000 000 motor driven ve- hicles in operation-leading the world in this respect-motorists will be sur prised to learn that but 12 per cent of roads in this country are surfaced. Out of an estimated total of 2,478,552 miles of public rural roads, only about 299,135 are surfaced or improved.
 Indiana shows the greatest percent age of improved highways, 42.5 per cent of its roads being surfaced, based on the last available figures of 1918.
 That there is a great need for good roads can be deduced from the in creased tendecy for long distance hauling by motor truck and particu- larly by the fact that 60,000 employ ees of the United States postoffice de- partment travel 1,400,000 miles daily in delivering mail on rural routes.
 With an estimated 1920 production of 100000 automobiles the need for better highways is evident. That this fact is recognized by states and mu- inequalities is shown by estimated ap- propriations of $600,000,000 to be spent on hard-surfaced roads during the year.
 In 1918 approximately 11,944 miles of roads were improved in this coun- try and the enormous sum of $34 ,974,- 900 was spent on maintenance. More than $20,000,000 have been spent on the 3320 miles of Lincoln Highway be- tween the Hudson river and San Francisco in the last six years.
 To stimulate the interest of both public and states in the value of bet ter roads, The Goodyear Tire & Rub Der company has created new de- partment to be devoted entirely to this work. It is in charge of C. M. Wood, who is exceptionally well qualified for the work. This department will gath CT data on the cost of good roads, methods of taxation and other valu- able information necessary before leg islatures can frame and pass good roads legislation.
 So great is the interest of F. A. Seiberling, president of the company and former head of the Lincoln High way association, that the new Good Roads bureau vii have the aid of all Goodyear salesmen and much educa-
The Coconino sun., 1920-03-26
WATT THE STATES ARE
 DOING FOR THE SOLDIERS

The list below shows what the var ious states have and have not done to- ward making awards in bonuses, land grants, loans or other form of gratu- ity to the states citizens who served in the military or naval forces during the late war.
 Several of the states report that al- though no emolument has been pro- vided yet, the matter is being consid- cred and will be presented to the next session of the legislature of the re- spective states. Residents of any of the states should communicate with the adjutant general at the state cap- ital for full information about what that particular state is doing for its men. The list shown is the result of communication with the adjutant gen. eral of each state:
 State. Award. Alabama-None. Arizona-None. Arkansas-None. California-None. Colorado-Appropriation of money for
 loans for farms. Connecticut-None. Delaware-Medal. Florida--None. Georgia-None. Idaho-None. Illinois-None. 1ndiana--Preparing official roster of
 service men. Iowa-Endeavoring to call special ses-
 sion of legislature to act on
 question of gratuity. Kansas-None. Kentucky--None. Louisana-None. Maine-Act passed granting $10O. To
 be referred to vote of people
 September, 1920. Maryland-Pending in legislature. Massachusetts-$100. Michigan-None. Minnesota-Cash bonus of $15 per
 month; minimum $50. Mississippi-None. Missouri-To erect memorial. Has em-
 ployment commission. Montana-Appropriation of $225,000
 to aid disabled soldiers. Act
 cooperating with U S. land
 settlement bill. Nebraska-Certificate of service. Nevada-Act passed to cooperate
 with U. S. land settlement
 proposition. N. Hampshire-$100 bonus. New Jersey-Bill pending in legisla-
 ture. New Mexico-None. New York-Three bills pending ia
 legislature. \. North Carolina-Plans to award med
 al. North Dakota-Cash bonus of $25 for
 each months service. Ohio-None. Oklahoma-None. Oregon-$25 per month to any of it's
 ex-service men attending
 state institution of learning. Pennsylvania-None. Rhode Island-$1O0 cash bonus. South Carolina-None. South Dakota--No bonus. Free tui-
 tion to state institution of
The Coconino sun., 1920-03-26
Ne,os of Soldiers and Sailors

learning. Land settlement
 bill passed. Provision for
 loans for farming. Tennessee-Will erect memorial. Texas-None. Utah-Free tuition to the state uni
 versity and state agricultur-
 al college. Velmont-Cash bonus of $1O for each months service not to exceed
 twelve months. Virginia-Bills now under considera-
 tion of present session of the
 state legislature. Washington-None. West Virginia-None. Wisconsin-Cash bonus of $10 for each months service. Wyoming-Bronze medal and certifi-
 cation with federal land pro-
 ject.