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Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
Whose fault is tt 1Ohen your huSband IS cross at
 breakfast?

You can avoid this possibility if you'll stop drinking tea and coffee and drink instead, rich, pleas ing Postum.
 Postum is the deli ciouscereatbeverage with a coffee like flavor. It affords the advantages of a hot drink, without the Ill effects of tea or coffee.
 Order Postum from your grocer today. Try it withthe farnilyfoT a few days, and see what ardif- ference thereT be-how 1t will permit Nature to bring sound sleep and strong, sturdy, quiet nerves. Sold by grucers.
 Poe&nm ,eoTneS-in two forms: hstant:P Postnm (int tins) madeSinstantay in the-cuP by the addition of boiling water. PossamaC Cexsxbt tinsPackages of larger 4Mik, for -thoee-who pre- ferto make ehe drink whae the nea1 is .aeing PsePared1 mads by boilingSoe Mninutea
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05

health office. Jewett City; name of first selectman. William Johnstone; name of chairman of school board, L. NJ. Carpen- ter; health officer appointed by county health officer, A. M. Brown; present health officer has served 26 years other occupation, physician, medical examiner. In his absence Dr. J. H. Mclaughlin acts; address, Jewett City. Red Cross co-operates with health officer
 Finances-Health officer is paid fees i; per annum s53.5o, which includes ex- penses.
 Approximate expenditures for the last fiscal year for the following: Control of communicable diseases, $29; school in- spection, SIP all other (unclassihed) $12.5O. Total expended for all health work, including health officer compensa- ton and excluding garbage and school inspection, $39.
 Town pays annually to state institu- tions for care of insane, s647.4S; from tuberculosis fund, S117.14.
 Communicable Diseases-Cases of the following occurred during the year: Diphtheria 3, measles 3, humps 4, tuber- culosis 1, typhoid fever l.
 Physicians report cases promptly. Nearest isolation hospital is Norwich. Vaccination in the schools is not en- forced.
 Antitoxin-I keep antitoxins and vac cines on ice. Have the following supply of antitoxins on hand: Diphtheria. Il packages 1000 units; 5 packages 5000 units; 10 packages 10. 900 units. Tetanus 4 packages 1,500 units; packages 5000 units. I keep record of antitoEins dis tributed to physicians.
 Laboratory Service-I am we'll supplied with outfits for physicians ct send speci- mems. The service of the laboratory of this department located at New Haven has been satisfactory.
 Sanitation-Garbage is collected by manufacturers in own village and is un- der supervision of health officer. Garbage after collection is carried to dump.
 Town is severed in village of Glssgo not for toilets, and in borough of Jewett City Outside toilets are maintained where sewers are available; water power not sufficient for toilets in Glasgo.
 Regular attention is given the sani- tary condition of schools and no special campagi nhas been undertaken to im- prove general sanitary conditions.
 Water, Milk and Food-Public water supply in Glasgo village and in borough of Jewett Cty the water has been in- spected by the company and the water sheds have been inspected. The condi- tion of the wells in general is fairly good.
 The approximate number of quarts of
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
Sunday at Almon Bartlett,s

Sunday at Almon Bartlett's.
 Mrs. John Whaples entertained her daughter from Hartford Sunday.
 Among the many who went Sunday to admire Cyrus A Smiths beautiful dahlias was Mir. Rutherford of Pomfret
 A good number gathered at Mrs George Handy's Saturday evening to bid God speed to the president of the Will ing Helpers, Mrs. Miner, who is soon to leave for Texas. They presented her signet ring and brooch as tokens of their appreciation of her faithfulness and work
 Mrs. Hannah Smith had a serious fSil Saturday night but escaped without brok- en bones.
 R. G. Smith and family spent punday in Gloucester R.
 A Missionary conference is to be held in the church October 8 and g. Rev. A. B. Goats, D. D.. Rev. William T. Thayer, Rev. H. B. Sloat. Rev. E. E. Gates Of Hartford, and Miss Grace Spanking of Danielson are to be the chief speakers. Rev. H. B. Sloat of Hartford will preach at the morning service Sunday and 1t fl expected he will give stereopticon lec- ture Sunday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
BORN

BARKER-In Englewood, N J., Oct. 1 1921, son to MT. and Mrs C. Starr
 Barker. formerly of Westerly, R. l.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05

If you hit your thumb with a hammer you wouldn't blame your thumb for hurting.
 Then why blame your husband whose nerves may have been pounded by coffee, and whose rest probably has been broken by the irritation of the caffeine it contains?
 If you stay awake half the night you don't feel any too cheerful.
 The caffeine of coffee and the thein of tea are known drugs. If their use is persisted n, sooner or later the nervous system may give way.
 Then you may have insoa1N1iS, or disturbed sleep. Your nerves and tissues wiH be robbed oi that stability essential for normai and happy living.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
EAST KILLiNGLY

Cyrus A. Smith, local dahlia specialist, is attending Brockton fair this week.
 Mrs. Ellen Covey of North Scituate, R. l., spent the week end with her sis ter, Mrs. Caroline Oatley. Mrs. Oatley. although 96, works around the house and does sewing that would put many a young woman to shame.
 John Carpenter, MT. and Mrs. Louis Kimball. Master David, and Mrs. Mary Carpenter of Peace Dale. R. L, visited Mrs. Grace E. Hill, Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Isaac Hawkes. visited
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
 FOR CHILD'S BOWELS

Even a sick child loves the "fruitty' taste of "California Fig Syrup" If the little tongue is coated, or if your child is listless, cross, feverish, full of cold, or has collie, 3 teaspoonful will never fail to open the bowels. In few hours you can see for yourself how thoroughly it works all the constipation poison, sour bile and waste from the tender. little bowels and gives you well, playful child again.
 Millions of mothers keep California Fig Syrup" handy. They know tea spoonful today saves a sick child tomor- row. Ask your druggist for genuine
 california Fig Syrup" which has direc- tions for babies and children of all ages printed on the bottle. Mother You must
 say "California" or you may get an imi-
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
Cut This out-1t is Worth u,,.,

Cut out this slip, enclose with Sc and mail it 10 Foley & O., 2s35 Sheffield Ave, Chicago. H.. writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in re- turn a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds and croup: Foley Kidney Pills for pains in sides and back: rheumatism backache kidney and bladder ailments :: and Foley Cathartic Tablets. a whole some and thoroughly cleansing caihartic for constipation. biliousness. headaches and sluggish bowels. Lee & Osgood Ca.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
DIED.

THoMPsoN-1n Norwich, Oct. 3. 1921. Emily Thompson, widow of Thomas Thompson of Taftville, aged 63 years, Il months.
 Funeral at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Kramer, 10 Ninth street, Greeneville, Thursday, Oct. S. at 230 D. m. Burial in Hickory street cemetery PHILLIPs-In Danielson, Oct. 3, 1921, Jennie N. Phillips, wife of John Phil lips, aged 5S years. Funeral at her late home, No. 36 Acade- my street, Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05

Riverside.-Mr and Mrs. Irving Bach eller, who have sold their picturesque home Shutdown Hill, Riverside. to Yurai Mural, are at The Naples, Greenwich, where they will remain until their new residence at Winter Park, Fla, is com pleted.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05
MARRIED

MARRIED COGSwELL - WHITE At Windham Center. Oct. 4, 1921. by Rev Arthur ". Clifford, Lawrence F. Cogswell and Miss Mildred E. White, both of North Franklin.
 PARADIS S-PAQUETTE In Taftville. Oct. 4, 1921. by Rev. H. F. Chagnon, Joseph Paradis and Mary Paquette, both of Taftville ANGHELL-LEHoIR- Norwich, Oct. |. 1921, by Rev. Filotheos Cothilikos, Nicholas D. Anghell of 29 High street and Miss Alice Lehoir of 4S Mechanic street.
 BABARosA- TEsORA-In Norwich Oct. 3. 1921. by Rev M. H. May Francesca Barbarosa and Miss Beatrice Tesora, both of 19S Franklin street. MEADNIs-MAIN-I St James church. New London. Oct. 4, 1921, by Rev. P M. Kerridge, Robert c. Meadnis of New London and Miss Ruth E. Main of Ledyard.
 JASKIEWICZ - SNIIGIEL-In Norwich. Oct. 3, 1921, by Rev I. V. Maciejewski Michael Jaskiewicz of 51 Sherman street and Miss Eleanor Smigiel of S35 Central avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-05

New Britain.-Nels Johnson observed his seth birthday last week, and is en- toying excellent health.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
ZONES or "wlrch"
BURNED ~ ISLANDERS



ion. in state oi fear To oifend
Ser according 90 the na ne slofy
iusaut speedy visitation ~ miefoF.
irur aieknees and even death upan
ihoac who had aroused hef displces
ure
For some timo before hor death hev
wrath had been directed against
somo o. her neatcr relatives. AMI
Cuanciour has hue ond was rear sne
warned them that her passlne won'1
ftil te relieve them from he Nenee.
aarc bei thar rson from the shades
ao, powers would prevail against
thew
curlously enough fhe uaiiye story
uns. uo sooner had the old holdafn
boen gathered TO her fathers than
thines began "a happen sickness
ngeko ous among those under hof
CURSE plgs and fowl died from no ap
parent cause TIE atmosphere aDoas
tho dwelling seemed charged win
menaeing influences
with fear ln their hearts the nf
tlges unde- aiilieiion consulted an
ancient warlock, wao advised that "a
oely way uf escape would he 20 III.
ifler the houes - ihc wtrh. bpat
item e powder aud burn them ~ .as
Rouse IN which she died This ihs
did
with much ceremony aud ms1s
insauisiions bs the old waflock 'he
. mes we're uneafihcd snS-eeanspl
fd e the house ~ Y iho house ilsee
burned down 20 u" GROUND to mag
assurance dpubIy sure
All supernatural manifestations
ihe natives declare then ceased
Bui misfortune Friovous and dire
dcrcended from another quarter Tae
governor resident. hearing OF the 4
fair sunmoned All who we're con
ntcied win u 10 MS presence and
90 the charee of a-sou seuicucnl
them io various terms OF hard laaof
on the roads or Tubal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
aose1R SUSPECT IS CAUGHT

Roanoke. Va. Jan. 24-Charles
wilkes. alleged bank robber. capiur.
"a here N0yensber 20 following a bat
lie with local police Saturday was
found guilty in corporation court FOR
saving burglar tools in his possession
and his punishment was fixed BY a
lury - fifteen years ~ the penitea-
iisry
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

section That II AZ the expiration
I -four weeks fiUn hu paaNaEv NJ
this ordinance tho amount named u
scctnn one N this otdlNapov foselh
er with The cost nf publication shall
not be pad then the Mayor an'i
Board ~ Commissioners shall caNHe
taN warrants s. 90 iasrd against
sHch lots and nivtaA ut Ground ln sad
District which tax Warrants shall
feclte the date ~ fhp paHsaEr uf the
ordinance making the assessments.
the aNOGni oi fhr Assessment the
description ~ thr property nwnlrss
which the nuio Y levied, and that
llle fAhie wli NA lA,ted against tNt
said nr petty Ia three equai ineiaii
munta with intNfesi thereon ai ia
leyind zach year tu Wrwne dne 0n
Che ffle nih ads 4 DneunHer naSf
aftor zach sneh levy ~ ~" 'he ma
turing lnWaiiments aud shall ha els
nel ~ fhe Nav1r Aud cuunteraienei
by the CitY Clerk which aaid tas
warran,a shail be delivered tp ths
contractor
section Tint thia riinante
shall take effect aria be 10 fpree ifonl
and after rs passage approval AMI
puhlieaio ION for four consecutive weeks
IN the Guthrie nailf Leader
Passed by The aai0refs ana
approved by The Mayor thla asst day
OF Drcember a99O
] W Hartman
Mayor
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
NEGRO PRISONER IS BURNED

THOMPSON. Ca. Jan z4.-coonty Of
fscials are authority for the story
that Dan Harris. negro prisoner
xho was confined in the county jail
on a charge OF burglary lost bis lifs
eaFly Sunday zhsn be set fire to the
5aiI IN irving 10 barn his way 10 free
dom. The jaii was destroyed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
ouvAaA is ENVOY TO GREECE

Athens ain. a. N Dusara. ,ne
new linmanlan minister 10 Greece
has presented hie credentials Ia 90.
Greek premier and VIII be received
officially by King Constantine within
tie next few days Ilumania thas
becomes ihe first allied government
= recognize Constantine upon his ic.
iHrn to the throne
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

AN ORDNANCE LEyYING ANo
ASSESSING a SPECIAL TAX UPON
CERTAIN LOTS ~ THE CITY on
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA ron Dis.
TRlcT SEWER.
BE IT ORDAINED by THE
BOARD or COMMISSIONERS or
THF CITY or GUTHRIg, OKLA.
HOMA
Section That a levy De md the
same Is hereby made and asseased
mon the following lots IN the CITY OF
Guthrie. Oklahoma. Tor building a
District sewer Ia Sewer District No.
~ TIE amount OF said levy and as-
sessment II The amoun, set opposite
each lot. as follows:
Lots i. ?. .. >. .. 8. Z. 8. .. 10.
i. II. II. -. IS. is. IL. 1s. 10, 20.
q. y, %. r. Block S.. Capital Hlll.
sfs 30 per each lot.
Los :. ?. 2. I. {. c, :. =. .. %.
q. ie r. ~. =. rs. IL. IS. -. 20.
=, ~. y, a. Block ", Capital Hin
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
LEVINE ORDERED TO aesr

Copenhagen. Jan. "a r. Sicol1i
Ixnine bolsheyfk premier. has been
ordered to take . complete rest b.
czuze Of illness. according 70 r.
port from Moscow Sunday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
TOWN TOPICS


pr Nicholas Mafras BVief sas hs
bad an intimate conference With sra
atoT Harding lasting sevvu huaf
There cau he no doubt ihai a pfe-
denic elect has 90 undergo many ifla s.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

II woman on the train aaks .hs
news AGENT for iIavpOh's" you know
she's from the East But II she cal.s
for 'Aiarpercrs" you are sure sn"'h
+ Wesierner
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

There ih an oid-fsshoned hos vi
Ruifaio When hie mother reminded
him Ne had not yel washed his nees
h7 replied tiee whi2. ma. aini
goin 10 wear colaf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

Women arc not onis in poiHifs la
Canada tat q woman speake oE
the house ~ British Columbia Vie
are considerably more conservative
in this country.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

One 0f the oniy two white kan
zaroos known IN the world has been
xeus 70 England from Australia
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

Antwerp was small republic ir
the eleventh century
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
PAGE SEVEN
nv a. A. AseGitI
! fsstas - tn@ t'sti kesns tiwgs


car.sr ueya nawn ~ rveeipt bn,xss
io cot .-ay them fer Leader sab'
tfip'isn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

FOR sAl.E- Old papcrs at tho Leaf
er office.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

WANTED Clean. iight eegian rags
- Leader Ofuee.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

First Published 10 the Guthrie Daily
l.aader Jan nd. 1919
ORDINANCE NO 1874
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24
CLASSIFIED WANTS
TAS1R.t-Eleen. llxnl ootton fa--
=; Leader Office

EARM FARMS. FARRMS. Crop Or
cash rental Three farms whica
may he rented for terra ~ years
rhe Gasfnev Co
FOR SALE Household furniture
rags. eas heaters, kitchen rang
aud ether articles Can al iil East
Cleveland or phone l99 hetweee
heurs of So and 8
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ATTEST Geo I Anderson
fltf CLERK
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EEMAlE &C " ANrEo
mAlE HsLP WANTED

MEN wANTED--In a.. BRANCHES q
Ike Z s Array Fog a4rtscpiaes
aeply room -2s Pcs- Ofncc BaA1.
Hr
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FOR RENT room modern spart
meat close in A y AArmatrorg &
CO
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ros RENr

F0R RENT Ms" sercs qs cultivation
resf pasture. Running water never
gees dry. phone 1866. call ilT Z
College.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

In re esert ef delivery being iw
perfect u Nsper Nesng rolled. twisted
- wsllsses. subscribers ar@ arsea
20 make Immediate complain, 70 the
aassnsss os.,oe Ia person. ~ tele
ghc1e or mai
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-24

FOR RENT ! room house. modern
No. 525 r Oka
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Losr-FoUsD

FOUND car @hcei hook oaner may
AVE samo by calling here an 4 gay
Ing for al.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-29
Immigration Problems

A man, standing at Uncle sam
nortals for thirteen years. watching m
,ncessant flow from Euronc American =
ward. would be dull and unimaginnt'v"'
indeed. who would not have on him thC
;mrrcss of the tragedy. romance com
cdy and economic seriousness OF the
Immigration question That his nina
always has been alert to this stupcndons
question, one the United States Is just
crinning to accent at Its real valua-
tion, il shown by Feri Fe'iz Weiss. In
''The Sieve" page Company, Boston,.
Mr.. Weiss presents a compilation of the
human drama that has been going on
before his eyes for years.
As an effort to present the work OF
the immigration Bureau in its true pro-
portions the book is a success. but
deeper than the collection of incidents.
now gay, now sad, that have followed
one after another before him. Mr.. WciS
makes a clean-cut argument for better
immigration laws. That some of thN
reforms he. advocates are now in force
speaks we'll for the soundness of his
ideas.
Mr.. Weiss, unlike many who are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-29
" dShingtOn Close-ups

reward q. Lowry, who was q Wash :
"gton correspondent for years, mas
written under his own name series of
sketches of men Of national prominence
intended to compete for popularity with
the anonymous Mirrors of Washing
ton. Those who have read the Mir
rors' will want to read Mr.. Ilowry's
Washington Close Ups" (Houghton,
Mihlin Company If for no other rea
son than to compare his appraisals with
those Of the anonymous author. There
Will be some who will like Lowry and
others who will prefer the Mirrors"
Inc two books are radically different
IN manner and temper. Mr.. Lowry
does not write with the brilliance that
chnracterizes most Of the chapters in
the other book. He Is less caustic in
some Of his judgments and more toll
Grant in all Of them. in fact, he writes
as though he were turning out a series
OF special articles for the Sunday sup
plement Of n daily newspaper intended
to appeal to the taste Of the greatest
number Of readers. The author of the
'Mrrors' wrote as though he were pro-
ducing book 10 Be judged by the high
est standards and was not considering
the susceptibilities Of any one. least
of all the feelings Of men whom he was
appraising.
1t is gratifying that two such books
as these can appear in a single season
with the assurance that they will have
wide sale, for It is evidence of an in
creasing intellectual interest in public
questions and q desire to measure them
by permanent standards
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-29
An almanac for Any Year

The Reilly & Lee Company, of Chi.
cagO, have issued this year in "Clifford
and Johns Almanack," by Clifford
Raymond and John McCutcheon. a
volume that is likely to be longer lived
than most almanacs. This Is because
the almanac form is used a. a convent
ent way for setting forth the quaint
wisdom and philosophical reflections Of
Mr.. Raymond. Those who read this
page will recall that be is the author Of
-Four Corners" distinguished novel
published last spring. Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon's contribution to the book
is a series of twelve headpieces in the
style of the old wood cuts, one for each
month. Mr.. Raymond has written ap-
rropriats remarks for each day. indi-
eating that he has observed much and
thought to some purpose.
There is included also a remarkable
essay on Hut Happiness" by Mr..
Raymond, which alone Is worth the
price Of the book. Hut happiness,
he writes, ''is protective state sought
continually by some and occasionally
by all as an escape from events and
prospects which dismay. The human
being is most sufficient when least in
contact with conditions which dwarf
his personality and suggest the insg
nificance Of his tenure, his work and his
emotions. Within garden walls his
tenure, work and emotions have i'm
portance created by the close definition
Of his horizon. It is difficult for the
individual 20 remain great when the
distances make the species small. Man
looks at a primrose and is u man; at
Sirius and IS a midge."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-29
NOTABLE NEW BOOKS
OF THE FALL SEASON
aThree Soldiers

s,rce its publication by Doran on
c.ntember 2S, "Three Soldiers" by
Iobn Dos Passos. has been the subject
more controversy than any other
Unvel Of the year, to put II mildly. It
hos been damned rs a piece Of propa-
no,,da against war as though such prop
soaanda we're damnable. Most of us
20 onnonents of war. We do not need
60 no convinced of its inhumanities by
sn, arguments or by any exhibition OF
.bc,r. But if man wishes to engage
- such propaganda he has a perfect
.Isbt 10 do It. The book has also been
,.yJed AZ a splendid piece of literary
rosBsm. The publishers call the author
'sn American modernist," so that the
rcader may be forewarncd of what to
oynect by way of manner of treatment.
The book is realistic. The picture Of
The life of the soldier In the training
camp and on board the transport and in
Franco Is accurate with the photo
graphic detail disclosed by a narrow
oreled lens in perfect focus aimed at a
small part of the landscape. If MIR:
Dos fassos had tried to give a view OF
The whole army his book might be re-
uarded as important. But he has con.
6ned his attention to the seamy side ot
army life and to the experience OF three
men whom their associates would have
called "rotters." AS an exhibition OF
the reactions Of this kind of men to
army life It cannot be surpassed.
There is not decent man in the
uhole book. The chaplains are canting
hypocrites, the officers are cads, the pri-
Yates are dissolute wastrels. Of course,
nm author Is at liberty to choose what
no will to write about and to decide Tor
himself the manner Of his treatment.
But he must abide by the judgment of
dis readers. There was an opportunity |
for Mr.. Dos Passos, with his first hand |
experience, to write great novel OF
the war which should give as realistic n
view Of all the types with some evidence
that there was humanity and ideaIism
and adjustment of the civilian to the |
discipline Of army life as we'll as revolt
against discipline and drowning of dis
gust in drunkenness and lust. Mr.. Dos
Passos has the literary skill to have
written such n novel, but there is no
evidence in this book that he has the
brealth of vision or the human toll
uance required to do 1t.
Whether he intended the book to be
propaganda has not been disclosed, but
il is more than likely that those who
have insisted that it is an attack on the
army are men who are disgusted with
the one sidedness of the story and as
sumo that it could not have been so
written with any other purpose than
that of attack. They may be right, but
We prefer to assume that Mr.. Dos Pas
sos deSpaired of doing the novel that
ought to be done and contented himself
with doing the kind Of novel that was
within his abilities.