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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-25
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1t aoas an ancient golfer,
And he stoppeth one of three
You should haze tho drfve / got"
He said, "from, off the tee"
Y on should haze seen my msoshie shot
That came out of tho rut-
And achen landed on the green
got doavm IN putt"
About, about IN reel and rout
heard about his play,
Until he'd told me eve,y stroke
That he had made that dou
Which recalls incident in the career of GEORGE
Ade An enthusiastic golfer rushed up to the sage Of
Brook, Ind. about as follows:
"On the first hole had fine drive and a good
approach; was down in two puts for par ~
Just a moment" interjected Mr.. Ade GLOW manv
holes did you play to-day?"
"Thirty-six," replied the enthusiast
"Well never mind the other thirty-fve" remarked
AIDE with detected look he started in the onnos+
direction.
What has become Of Carpenter these days?" asks
reader Who we to peer into the activities of IN
eminent movie actor? At last reports his right hook
had knocked out nine rufans but the first reel had onv
just begun.
Ihe Detroit Tigers looking for the cove who
stated that ability to score lot of runs was all INV
ball club needed '
AS an inside tip it might be suggested to the club
owner who is looking ahead for future prosperity tina,
ne ESTABLISH a Kids Day twice a week. where
he youhgstef can obtain peek at the athletes with
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Doctors Stand Amazed al Power of Bon- -0pto to Make Weak Eyes
 StrOng---AccOrding to pr. Lewis
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 Cent i'm One Weeks Time i'm Many Instances

the trouble and expense of ever getting glasses Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by the use of this prescription. Go to any active drug store and get bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in fourth of a glass of water and let it dissolve. With this liouid bathe the eyes two to four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start and inflam- nation and redness will quickly disappear. If your eyes bother you even little it is your duty to take steps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have saved their sight if they had cared for their eyes in time.
 Note: Another prominent Physician to
 whom the above article was submitted. said 'sYes, the Bon-Opto prescription is truly a wonderful eye remedy. Its constituent inGre- dients are well known to eminent eye spe- cialists and widely prescribed by them. I have used 1t very successfully in my own practice on patients whose eyes were strained through overwork or msifit glasses. I can highly recommend 1t in case of weak, watery. aching, smarting. itching. burning eyes. red lids. blurred vision or for eyes inflamed from exposure to smoke sun. dust wind. It is one of the very few preparations I feel should be kept on hand for regular use in almost every family" Bon-Opto. referred to above. is not . patent medicine or a se- cret remedy. It is an ethical preparation, the formula being printed the package. The guarantee 1t to strengthen eyesight 50 per cent in one weeks time in many ins tances or refund the money. It can be obtained from any good drugRist and is sold in this city by the leading druggists.
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''LOvE LETTERS OF BILL TO MABLl1'' lComprising "Dere Mable," That's Me
 All Over Again, Mable" and Same Old
 Bill Eh, Mable?') By Edward Streeter.
 Illustrated by "Bilr' Brecz. Frederick
 A. Stokes Company Publishers, New
 York City.
 People ask: "How do you explain the success of the Dere Mable' letters? What is the secret of their appeal?'
 The question is at once as simple and as unanswerable as What constitutes a good American?" There H no secret about their appeal. any more than there is any working formula for writing "Dere Mable" letters There is no such thing as another just as, good brand.
 The plain, simple truth is that MT. Streeter is one of the few writers who seem privileged to carry forward the tra- . ditions of the distinctive and inimtable native type of humor-a type rooted in American soil.
 If you are a real, genuine. dyed-in-the- wool American: if you are good sort, a good poker player. . loyal baseball fan; if you revelled in your youth in Tom Sawyer" and "Hucxleberry Finn" if you still respond to the magic of the Mark Twain brand of humor, then the "Dere Mable' books are for you. But if you miss the spirit of these letters, if noth-
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ing inside you answers with a joyous chortle of delight then, however loyal and serious-minded citizen you may be, there is something of the quintessence of Americanism that the good fairies left out of your makeup at birth.
 And so here we have the opportunity all in bunch, a volume Of Love Let ters of Bill to Mable." comprising the complete 'Mable' correspondence pro- ducing the entire clever series, convent ently arranged. They form the humorous epic of the war-a book that will live as the leading work of humor of the day.
 THE FORBIDDEN TRAIL" By Honore Wilse. Frontispece in Color.
 Frederick A itolses Company, Publish
 CTS New York City.
 A drama in the desert Is "The Forbid den Trail,' Mrs. Willsies new novel, which might well be so described "a drama of human strivings and courage, of human weakness and failing. drama of love and beauty-all heightened by the light, the unearthly fascination. the strange power o fthe Arizona desert to which even readers who have never been there must yield.
 "Still Jim'' and The Heart of the Desert established Mrs. Willsie as the writer who from actual experience could
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1 don't know whether you read The Masquerader" when this delightful story came out some years ago. but if you did. l think you'll agree with me that it is one of the most fascinat- ing things MT. Temple Thurston has ever done.
 l can close my eyes and almost pie ture MT. Post in the dual role of John Chilcote renowned leader of the goy- ernment forces in the British parlia- which is well nigh destroying him, and then as John Loder. the cousin and physical double of Chilcote and his superior in statecraft and in charac- ter.
 The situation suggested the famous Dr. Jekyl and MT. Hyde again. MT. Richard Mansfield and MT. Post are associated it would seem; any way the book always Sseemed to me redolent of tremenodus possibilities with the right sort of actor-which undoubtedly MT. Post has proven to be.
 Mir Guy Bates Post-the man and the artist-are closely associated and if Who's Who" is guide to character. and career we may believe that on the stage as the artist MT. Post reflects the love, of the man for his art which breathes bigness simplicity. light heartedness and lovableness in every thing that he does.
 recall something MT. Post said to me when l went in to talk to him
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A Fres Prescriptoin You Can Have
 Filled and Use at Home

Philadelphia, Pa. Victims of eyestrain and other eye weaknesses. and those who wear siasses, will be glad to know that ac- cording to Dr. Lewis there is real hope and help for them. Many whose eyes were fail ing say they have had their eyes restored by this remarkable prescription and many who once wore glasses say they have thrown. them away. One man says. after using 1t : T wss almost blind. Could not see to read at all Now can read everything without
 my glasses and my eyes do not hurt any more At night they would pain dreadfully. Now they feel fine all the time. It was like . miracle to me-" A lady who used it says: ssThs atmosphere seemed haxy with or with out rlssses, but after using this prescrip- tiou for 15 days everything seems clear. can read even fine print without glasses" Another who used it says:.'I was bothered with eyestrain caused by overworked, tired eves which induced fierce headaches. have worn glasses for several years both for dis tance and work, and without them l could not read my own name on an envelope or the typewriting on the machine before me. can do both now and have discarded my long distance glasses altogether. can count the Huttering leaves on the trees across the street now. which for several years have looked like dim green blur to me. cannot exrress my joy at what it has done for me-"
 It is believed that thousands who wear elasses can now discard them in reason- able tims and multitudes more will be able to stxsngthsn their eyes % e to be spared
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he prefers a play that shows an ideal. He believes in adherence to the best: never in compromise of any sort. Ills optimism permeates both his personal life and his professional. loving the drama he IS confident that If there were more plays of the elevating type, the tired business man, seeking for somthing to relieve his mind would come to appreciate them just as much each play were like a flower springing out of a place where you would least expect to find a flower bearing bloom of fragrance that would surprise and exhilerate. is but one vision of this realist"
 MT. Post does not try to interpret art from one angle or by one rule. He has liberated ideas because he finds them free in life and forth he goes and gathers them into fragrant punches, his humor flashes like the morning light; an idealist he lives among life's supremacies and greets the drama world with a night good will His message that art is beauty passed through thought and fixed in form is genuine thought. or, contribution to the authors, dramatists and actor be- cause it sets before them in a fresh and clearer way beliefs and truths hitherto but vaguely held, the play must be richly inspirational in it's ef- feet. for the birth of the super-drama"
 Mir Post speaks convincingly, simp- ly' forcibly. rather tersely than other wise. He is rich with simile and
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VI
 Ak\U meeting Mir Guy Bates Post.
 NN the eminent romantic actor, a
 few years ago. to be exact, when he played so charmingly here the exotic title role of Omar the Tentmaker" l became greatly interested in the artist and his art.
 I recall the very instructive as well as entertaining talk I had with MT. Post later his appreciation of my story which he gracefully expressed in q very gracious letter-and since them I have followed his career with unusual interest-both because of his attractive personality and his tremendous ambition to leave a name for himself in histrionic circles, which will so down in history side by side with the names of such stars as Sir Henry Irving, MT Richard Mansfield and others.
 Mr. Post has chosen his plays from among the most classical; from among the most romantic; from among the really worth while" modern dramas, and in every instance he has proven himself "A True Artist of Drama"-a personality to be reckoned with-an actor whose star Is in the ascendency. IF Z in "rhe Masquerader' it may be said, if the critics write down their impressions with precision and thought, that MT. Post has reached the very height of ex- quisite interpretation for without a single exception from New York to- San Fran cisco and back again the concensus ot opinion is that "The Masquerader'' is superb presentation worthy of the genius of the eminent artist that Mir. Post is.
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has lived it under the revolution in Mos COW and Petrograd, in Samara and the various towns and cities along the trans siberian railroad. with chapters on inc November, 1917, revolution and the great funerals that followed, the problem Of food. the survival of order within dis order, the Kremlin today. the Czecfo- Slovaks, the German advance, and the American points of contact with revoIsi-
 tionary Russia, concluding with a chap ter on the reactions of liberal in the presence of class warfare Russia. White or Red" is illustrated with forty-two photographs taken by the author, depict ing wildly aspects of life in Russia today.
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"RUssIA. WHITF OR REDr

By Oliver II. Sayler. Illustrated Little,
 Brown & Co.,, Publishers. Boston.
 This volume is a narrative of six months on Russian soil under the bol- shevik regime by an American newspaper correspondent whose aim is to view dis passionately both extremes of the Russ sian social scale, the White of Tsarist re- action and the red or bolshevik revolt The volume is largely m intimate daily record of. life as the average Russian
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came the seneralissimo of the alliance, how he beat Ludendorff and drove the Germans out of France He describes the part played by the American army in the succession of victories from Chateau Thierry to Sedan and Mons.
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anecdote, with comparative matter and illustration. 4 linguist. is immensely
 well read. familiar with sudermann, saby. A close student of the Oriental literature. and ancient classic dramas
 lover of the beautiful. who knows
 the sense of beauty is never dead--it
 may lie dormant for while; but It Is always possible to reawaken it."
 in art the visualization and characteri-
 Today Mir. Post is tfp acknowledged peer in the temple where all that is royal ation, he Is the high priest, and the only artist of the American stage with his straight-away triumphs"
 Year after year Mir. Post has handled the most difficult roles with the finesse possible only from born artist and has made an enviable national name for him. self now at the zenith. CT golden miie- stone in the dramatic world in his art he will be found even greater than eyer. With the passing of Richard Mansfield. and Sir Henry Irving. the theatre lost two of it's greatest dramatic stars, and it Is seldom in lifetime one has the privilege of seeing three really great geniuses. MT. Post is the only great ar tist whose admirable and versatile DOT trayals are being extolled in all the land It is the dream. the vision, and the energy of the true successor comes true. and the real artist has not let the glory of this templa of art ovarshado that nf ite ideal creators. Thousands of people who throng the theatre to see Guy Bates Post performance today. discovered in hts
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acting such vivid realism that awed with hreathless wonder and thrilling incidents those of Richard Mansfield and Henry Irving. Many stars have appeared on the horizon. swung the arc to temporary bril- liance and almost as rapidly sung again to forgotten regions
 But. this genius. anu world, famous star who Is always opening up another chapter of his paramount achievements fin the drama Is the sole originator of A Dream Come True. Who could forget his splendid work in The Heir to the Hoorah?' Who could forget The Mig ger and the wonder play of the ages, Omar. the Tent Maker Mir. Richard Walton Tully's beautiful masterpiece. the only Persian classic drama given to the theatre?"
 MT. Post was the only star with every dramatic quality and finesse who could interpret the ancient philosopher Omar and truly imnortalize tho memorable character in the hearts of the audience embracing many of the most cultured and keenest of intellects and its three years run was far too short for many who al tended this wonderful production and those who missed the privilige.
 In regard to his present vehicle, The Masquerader." which. Birmingham the atregoers have in store for them at an early date, an eminent New York critic has said:
 "Mr. Posts present vehicle, another oe werful drama, The Masquerader.' in which he portrays masterful dual role. a romance or life and love, sweet. ap-
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, about "Omar the Tent Maker concern ing this very thing:
 Tn my method of work l try to i'm bue my comrades behind the curtain with the spirit of cherrinesee and com radeship; I feel as if we are all part of great big happy family; like for the most unimportant actor in my com pany to feel the esprit de corps the 'all-together boys spirit. which is so necessary for the limitless betterment of their work and mine Knowing as I do that in this true happiness, har- mony and success lie''
 The art of pleasing people" he said. 'is an art sufficient to tempt any mans ambition; it is big enough to be worth while without any thought of doing more than brightening the play time of the world. It is a large con tract to fill and it cannot be done by one man alone-it must be accom- plished by unity, by team work, by everybody connected with an organiza- tion whether it be & theatrical com pany, bank. newspaper. anything everybody working together
 f,-----
 One of MT, Posts critics has said this of him:
 Whenever he has had a role worthy of his talent he has made it stand out like great towering monument. his wholesome sentiment in every sort of dramatic production bringing the rul- ing tone to the theatre.
 
 For the latter, he is convinced that there is the higher art. that is why
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pesling In It's pathos and vibrant with coior-you cannot resist the fascinating power of his magnetic portraya1s so tense
 with skilifur visualization of the clash and conflict of life. So invisible and ciear-cut are the forces of which the in- cidents come, that one Is awed with
 breathless wonder and interest to the end. What a stimulus thIs True Artist of the Drama should furnish for each actor aspiring to find ths best that is In him to each part. for MT. Post is the highest standard in the spoken drama He has gathered together all that Is beautiful in art. events true to life, both of the dramatic. humorous and tragic sort. with his unquestionable ability moulded an unsurpassed monument In the life of the theatre"
 The world has again demonstrated that nothing succeeds like success. how praise and expressions of admiration and gratitude are heaping up from every part oe the globe over the three years of The Masquerader's' stupendous success, and to the beloved artist who made 1t pos sipio. 1uy bttes fosl dedlcated ms life on the altar of his chosen love and cali- irg, the drama twenty-five years ago This magnificent. vow has been the me- dium of giving entertainment and hap piress to thousands of the drama-loving people all over the world. To conceive such thought is generous. to live up to 1t and pass the hundred per cent mark is kingly." '
 Tn the future let an who avail them selves of the art in drama recall Mir Guy Bates Post, the reincarnation Of Sir Henry Irving and Richard Mansfield. the greatest Enslish-speaklng actor of the day. ana A True Artist of the Drama.
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All records of shiphuilding in the state of Maine for more than half century were broken last year
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The Lure of the North" one of the very best novels that Harold Blindloss has ever written. Is story of lost treasure in which the chief seeker is fearless girl. Unusual and stirring adventures in the trackless forests of northern Canada add zest to the hunt for lost silver lode and make the story one of intense interest
 Here Is one of the most consistent Of our popular writers; man whose works have wide and steady sale in the United States and England. . No two of his books. not even two of his people, are alike. His works need no boosting; his name on the title page is sufficient. He sells because he grips the reader . The average mans preference for such writers as Bindloss is because in their books life is presented as a hard but always hopeful struggle"
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 (Being the letters of Citron. Gumbiner
 & Co., By Joseph Austrian. Fred
 erick A. Stokes Company. publishers,
 New York City.
 Meet MT. Citron of the 'Readyto Wearsw Meet all the other notables of the waist industry-manufact salesmen. buyers. credit men, design CTS. Here's the whole busy life of the ready -to-wear" tras.$ told in se- ries of inimitable letters from the head of big waist house to his part ners and his salesmen. Full of humor conscious and unconscious-over- flowing with shrewd philosophy, they are a running fire of comment on com petitors trade conditions, rival sales men, "lady buyers" and every other aspect of the great 'ready-to wear" industry, together with choice bits of information about the personal prob lems of mem bers of the firm. Witness this sample paragraph:
 Now. Able. my boy. in regards your playing baseball in one of the com panies of the ready-to-wear salesmen. have talked 1t over with mamma and she agrees I'm not in favor of it. It's too dangerous and interferes with business. MT. Birnbaum of the Sex tuple Waist Company told me at pi- nichle last night that Larry Litwin. their Pennsylvania man. had his trunk check to Allentown last Friday all, ready. He's still at home and can't start his territory for a week. He played baseball on Saturday. His face is all torn up and he got his leg strained when he tried to steal cushion. He's SO sore and lame he can't travel yet. and the worst is his accident policy don't cover this grade of injuries. No. Abe. I would rather see you learn to play golf. It's more high toned and safer and you don't lave to wear a uniform"
 THE LURE OF THE NORTH" By Harold Blindloss. Frederick A.
 Stokes Company, publishers. New
 York Cffv
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she goes. is a good second and fine foil to Aunt Jane
 Sentimental Aunt Jane, the managerial Violet Higglesby Brown. the superlatve
 Mr. Shaw the honorable Cuthbert. the viilainous Captain Magnus. the unprlnci- pied Hamilton Tubbs. the fat black Cookie, and lastly the red-haired and hu- mcrous Virginia make up the party.
 Later they are joined by four freeboot- CTS, Spanish prime minister and
 nice litle dog named Crusoe. The board ing of the freighter. the. arrival on the island. the methodical search. led up to Virginia's solitary discovery which points the way to the cave. It is she who explores the derelict sloop and finds Peters diary and the one silver shoe buckle of the original Pirates. Then comes the revelation by MT. Tubbs and the unexpectea oaptnre of the party by Captain Magnus. after which Don Con zales appears. explains the removal of the million dollars in doubloons and gives to Virginia the sloop and it's contents supposed to be only the sands of the sea, and then-but the end is too n.- liehtful to be told in any but the au- . thors own words
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THE FOUR LAST MoNTHs7,


 tHow the War Was Won) By Maj. Gen.
 Sir F. Maurice, K C. NJ. G., c. B. Lit
 tie, Brown & Co.,, Publishers, Boston.
 Many accounts have been written Of the decisive days of tine great war. but it has remained for General Maurice, the former director of military operations on the British general staff, to tell the story of how and why Foch became the gen eralissimo of the alliance, how he beat Ludendorffs and drove the Germans out of France. General Maurice describes the marvellous recovery of the British army from it's defeats in the spring, the power of the American army and the part 1t played in the succession of victories. which began at Chateau-Thierry and ended at Sedan and Mons.
 The London Times termed General Maurice 'one of the most authoritative military historians and critics who write in the English language" His recently published book, Forty Days in 1914" and his successful lecture tour have resulted in making this distinguished general al- most as we'll known in this country as he is in England With his sources of denied to other writers, and his undenahle skill as a military writer. this narrative of the winning of the great conflict will be regarded as. one of the war histories of permanent value.
 General Maurice, formerly director cf operations on the British staff,