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in reference TO his rather free crit
ic.sm %. two outStHndinS leaders OF
his own party. Colonel Wattcrson says:
taken TO task by thick and thin
Degenerate parrSans for my criticism
OF the only two Democratic Presidents
We have had since the War OF Sec
IONS. Clcyelay and WI son. | have
answered by asserting The right and
meeting. hatly rcpudia;inu the ella ms
duty cf tho journal - 20 talk out in
AS well rs the oh ications OF the organ
grinder they bad sought 10 pu; upon
me. aud oSinI with the knife grind
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Things have como to hell of a
pass
When man can't waIlop his own
Al in all. il is the spicicst and most
Informative book OF "reminiscences is
sued in great while and us such Il
WI. ions be cherished. because in r
ilNcly and fHNorSonC way Il commem-
crates 4 brilliant and evcntrui croch
III American life.
FATHER DUFlHY'S STORY. By
Francis +. Duty. Chaplain Of tho One
i Run ; and SiSty>hf,h Infantry.
This story of the Fight ng sixty
ninth has TO recommend il the fac,
that II is not only. the chronicle of
my W Allt mus hrlpNpN ana Die
,uresauc Of regiments. but also that
since his return the fame Of Father
nmny has gone abroad in the land
anG ne ms become q national figure.
FROM the moment OF it's call TO arms
Father Duny follows the story of tho
SIM -ninth from Camp Mills to the
Tic DIS Of France. All The things that
people nave wondered ahou; came out
IN IN The hasty ana stcaithy de-
nnrinrc on october ~ OF Colonel
M ELL Donovan and his men, the
I,,.,
kiImor mentions in his appcndiX as
having made .Napoicon's retreat from
Moscow look like n Fifth Avenue pa.
rTado." the frs, cnrngcmcnts in the
i@neNiltc sector, tho Champagne de-
:"nS:ve and the famous battles at tho
D?urcd and ON hill 49, It was AT this
A.res and scores of ether mem 'Sers
OF nc regiment were killed. Then
ment Al st. Mihici. in the Nrgonno
and hnally the armiStice which tbcv
utiinEly celebrated.
The SiNtyn:nth invaded Germany on
Dec.mbcr D. with the band playing the
which sounded again on Filth Avenue
whcn the regiment marched with col
ors, hxing led by Wild Bill Donovan
with historical index by Joyee
MINER and comnletc lists or citations
ana engagements Father Duffy was
FRENCH government and both the DIS
tiuSu:shcd Service Cross ana the Dis
linrn tShcd Service Media by our own
republic. AS an author. Father Dunv
Is second To none. He writes in his
prefncc that lie is very American.
very IRISH and very Catholic" hut II
Is very evident that his appreciation
of patriotism or courage. or any other
attractive human trait. is no; limited
~ any degree by sociol or religious or
sectional prejudice. lis story brist'cs
with names OF men. with humorous
stories about them about the war.
about everything, His ready irish wit
makes him IN ahlc and fcl ChtruI ra-
c"nte"T.. II is book which is likely
20 remain the most moving and brill
rant PADRES story OF the war.
TRAVELLING SALESM A,NSlIP Bv
,rchyr Wall Douglas. The Macmillan
Co Nrw York
g. n comparatively recent time 4;
was almost universally held by tho
business world That y travelling sales.
man was born, no: made. that saics-
mauship could not he taught by books.
md ;ha, success in this pursuit was
the result only OF experience in
developing a NATURAL instinct. \ more
modern and trucr conception is that
salcsmanshir, like any other calling
must come no, only from native ca
Dacity. but from Intelligent study as
We'll. This book has been written out
OF the experience derived from forty
years Of close contact with the travel
ing statesmen OF one of the LARGEST dis
tributing mercantile ORGANIZATIONS nr