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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
Ne,U One BY the WilIian,sons

Despite the death of one Of the COL
laborators of the financial firm of the
Williamsons, several novels have ap-
peared. These productive writer's had
some typical manuscripts in hand at
the time of Mr.. Williamson's demise
recently, one of which Doran has Just
issued under the title of "Vision
House" This is a typical Williamson
novel in its actively developed plot, its
speed of narration, it's underlying re-
nance and its constantly shifting To-
Gale. Travel was the prime quality of
the earlier Williamson romances, and
In this one they have certainly varied
the scene. England, Manhattan, the
West, the big pond, all furnish stage
settings for the story. it is about a
woman who whimsicaly asks n man to
marry her platonically because her
amour propre has been damaged
through her jlting by another man.
The victim selected for her sacrifice
happens to be very much in love with
her. And there you have all the max :
ings Of capital tale.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
"The Old Soak"

Squeamish and puritanical readers
should avoid Don Marquis "The Old
Soak" Doubleday, Page & Co.., as
they would avoid n cocktail. They will
find nothing but horror in it, Others
whose sense of humor is developed
enough to appreciate a light and un-
moral discussion Of the history of the
saloon and of its place in the social life
of the time when it fourished will find
Mr.. Marquis book most delightful. The
story Of the man who tried home made
hooch on parrot and and of the man
In the habit of falling downstairs when
intoxicated who tried to fall down an
escalator going in the opposite direction
will burst several buttons on the gar
ments Of the one time bibulous. The
description of the effect of prohibition
on the manners and the morals of the
community is delightfully."- distorted. 1t
is n book for the cognoscenti of highly
specialized class,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
A Century of p. NJ. c.

Under the title Pennsylvania Mill
tary College, 1921 1921" Henry John
Buxton, a well-known newspaper man
and formerly on the staff of the EVE
MING PUBLIC LEDGER, has written an
interesting narrative of the century of
history of the celebrated institutic
which by many authorities Is rated
a supplementary West Point. Founded
by Colonel Theodore Hyatt, in Will
mington, its direction has always re-
mained with his family. the present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04

head being Colonel Charles u. Hyatt:
From Wilmington the institution moved
to West Chester and later to its pres
ent location at Chester. p. NJ. @. has
furnished many notable figures in the
several wars in which this country has
engaged since its foundation. Its rec
ord In the World War was especially
distinguished. Mr.. Buxton's history,
written In graphic style and profusely
illustrated, covers all phases of past
and present activities. A feature Ia
long series Of brief individual biogra-
phies of alumni Of mark,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
The Next Var

Will Irwin has rmade an appeal to
common sense in a book on THE Next
War; "a T. Dutton & Co... 1t Is
an exhibition of how war starts and
what war costs in money and in lives.
followed by a plea for the formation of
a society of nations with body of laws.
He says that domestic peace did not
come until people living in the same
community agreed on code Of laws for
regu lnting the relation of men to one
there is no enforceable international
code regulating the affairs of nations.
war. that is, the use of force to take
what nation wants. will continue.
He is arguing by analogy. usually a
dangerous pastime, but In this case
there seems to be justification for it,
for the analogy that he draws is so
close that universal rule will apply.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
High.Hdnded York

f. Phillips Oppenheim has written
better stories than "The Profiteers"
little, Brown & Co.., but he has not
written many with more ingenious
plot. 1t is the tale Of how an Ameri-
can millionaire frustrated the plans Of
an English speculator to corner the
wheat market. The motive of the Amer
lean is revenge. The rivalry between
the two is made acute by the love of
both of them for the same woman. AS
it is story Of incident the pleasure of
the reader will not be spoiled by dis
closing the plot. 1t is enough to say
that the American millionaire. by the
use Of simple and obvious means-the
means are simple and obvious when Mr..
IOppenheim explains them-succeeds not
only in breaking the wheat corner. but
in running his rival and marrying the
woman whose husband fortunately dies
in time to prevent what would other
wise have resulted in a scandal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
At THE FREE LIBRARY

Books added to the Free Library,
thirteenth and Locust streets, during
the week ending June Q:
Miscellaneous
Bloomfield. panie-,.'Lsbor Maintenance. -.
Boyle. j. E.-''Agricultural Economics.
Eaton. W. P.-"on the Edge OF tho Will
EsSm.nG; E,pRin T. oHFaFs, gFsa Nsy Nsy.,D,.r yS.k"
KKsX Ksy 'anE9ter siaS e schGi9a inadstral s
,,;S ,,N;Sca,les. W. F.-"Puello Finances OF
Mortimer. Gsorre-"Aluminum."
SSotz; ". F.1a"AmsTicsn Forelsn Trade
shsiidsn, ,clar.-"Msytair' 70 Mo.eoy."
Wilson, n %s'd.'R g. wHow crFl1 to h: s.ars ears''
Fiction
Bates. s.: c.--"Golden Answer"
Bedford-Jones' H.-"Mardi Gras Mye
Buckrose. J. E.-Houso with the Golde
cssmSoriayhs. cs 4; 'Es' Z. s, OF "EittIe stI Bao
Dawson. coninssby--' Kingdom Round tn
kssn tssanR r ;s. HEyssso.
Morley; hrIstopher@'raIss' From a Rol
MuItord,, G. E.-"Bar-2o Three"
| Pedler. Margaret-"Lamp OF Fate"
Richardson. Norval-'Pagan Fire.
Harrington. Booth-"Alce Adams"
Vance. I. J;-''Red Masquerade"
Wells. Carolyn-"Come Back"
white. w. P.-"Heart OF the Range"
Williamson. c. N.-"Vision House"
Chlldren's Books
colum. Padrsic-"Boy Apprenticed to a
Enchanter."
Greene. F. N.-"American IDEAL"
Hairland. N. Modern Physiolog
| Hygiene and Health"
Olcott. +. J.-Story-telling Ballads"
Sanford. c. M.-"Modern Europeans"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
/, ,,fTi,I FIJFN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Broady B dyyIfLiaM sha iLa,SM'IIau I McCoRMIcK. Pastor.
1870 A. M.--"China." by Mr.. Joseph
iniaN M-Children's Church: SOLDIERS
Of the Cross" by Rev. $, r. Curry.
2:30 p. M.-Sunday School. s... >, -,
the Pa stor, Rev. VIM L. Mccormick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
naptist
EMrLE ! \ III Eh.r,.. ~. 1000 Nj

rHE TEMPLE ao x, "a
Broad and Berss sts 1000 M
Home OF the Grace Baptist Church.
RUSSELL n, CoNwELIr Pastor -.
wM, DYRE McCURDY, Associate fsstofs
j. Marvin Hanna. Musical Director. ~
Frederick Btarke, Organist ...
Mr., Conweii will preach at 1890 and 1.lk.
Temple Choruses Will sing at both services
Bible school: Jere Z, cresse Supt,,' at ESQ
Musical Extravagansa, "a Day and Might
on the Campus" Combined Temple gno.
day, June 7. si1B p. NJ. For RESERVATIONS
phone Diamond B87, -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04

ARCH STREET CHURCH. 18Th and Aroh;
io:45-The administration Of the Lords
supper Tho Communicating Prayer Meet
ing at 1915 in chapel.
i2:o0-The Bible school. 7;oo-C. y.
"Bgsss FOR Gold. The tragedy, OF fore
saken purposes, ideals from which the
which have been sold for pieces Of silver
or bits OF the tinsel vanities OF com
tian man have you sold the shield OF gold
and ignobly accepted a shield OF brass7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
srCoSD pREsBYTERIAN CHURCH

Rev. Rev; ALEXANDER MaccoLL. d. D..
ReV, ALVIN b. GURLEY. Assistant.
pr. MacColl will preach at IL and
Music al 3 p. NJ. will include:
"God He Merciful Unto Us garrett
'God That Madest' ......... Mayor
"AiIa Trinita Beata'' Fifteenth Century
1ci,rfipS AI.NAY WEI.COME.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
Friends
Mn MERION MEETING

Montgomery ave. and Meeting Houss isus:
expected to be present. First day tsun-
day) at II A. NJ. All welcome.
auto bus leaves 03d and Market SITS. every
hal hnii
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
Beauty

It is usually said to be the duty Of
reviewer to strive to find out what
an author attempted to do and then to
tell whether he has succeeded. A con-
scientious reviewer would find 1t diff
cult to apply this rule to a considera-
ton Of Rupert Hughes novel,
Beauty" (Harper & Bros.), for it is
impossible to discover just what Mr..
Hughes was trying to do. 1t may be
argued that beauty is its own excuse
for being, but this remark was not made
about the product of this novelist's pen.
The book is the story Of the adventures
of a Texas cowpuncher in the fashion =
able society of New York. 1t begins
in the Adirondacks when the body of
one of the heroincs is found frozen in
the ice of n lake. The reader Is led
to suppose that the young woman has
been murdered. The book ends on the
plains Of Texas. to which the cowboy
returned and whittier he has been fol.
lowed by the real heroine Of the book
a member of the fashionable set, who
has fallen In love with him. Mr.. Hughes
has stretched the probabilities so fal
that il they we're rubber they woulC
break and fly back with stinging blow
on the hands that held them. But whC
cares about the probabilities when read
ing a story of life in New York society
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04

2I25 Chestnut street. . .,,
Rev. FREDERlcK =; GRIFFIN ISIE, I'm Minister.
Subject: who Is Philadelphia's Most
Useful CitIzen?'
i2:l5-Communion service. s..
UNITARIAN CHCRCHH H,o,or az GERhANro"N aIs
sunday JHne p r6RREs ssTX5isss a Minister III A NJ
EgSject: THE Lesson OF Holland"
Glasses for children In parish house ~
The same hour. All arc invited
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04

VALIANT is Mr.. Yeomans' attack
upon the idcn, only too prevalent.
that "the Way, the Truth and the Life
are along road that leads to recogni
ton" In our colloquial phrase, Am.
bition is the vice of noble minds" And
we lay a stronger emphasis on the no.
bility than on the vice. Here in Amer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
NOTABLE BOOKS
OF THE WEEK
Correcting Popular Errors

lt Is the prevailing impression that
New england was founded and devel-
oped py group of men fleeing from
rengious persecution and that nopody
e,se had anything to do with It. John
;lrusiow Adams. who Is not New Eng
,snder, has in 'The Founding Of New
England (Atlantic Monthly Press
done his best to tell the true story OF
Wnat happened. He has done 1t so wen
ume VIII lay 1t down willingly. In
fact he rms put the discovery of America
qno IT'S subsequent settlement by the
Efgilsh IN its proper place In world
history. The discovery in the. fifteenth
century, ne says. was inevitable because
the expansion Of the power of the TURK
along the eastern shores Of the Mediter-
ranean had forced Europe to find new
route to the Indies. The average school
boy knows that 1t was to find such O
route that Columbus sailed. but he does
not Know why IL was necessary to nnu
Il. Then the economic condition In
england was more responsible than re-
iigious persecution for the migration tC
the new world. Sixty Ave thousand
persons left England in the twenty years
between 1870 and 1910 for America
only 5000 of them landed in New
England, and Of these 10000 only 4OO(
joined the New England churches, al
though they were disfrnnchised IL the.
were not members. The 10000 cam'
because they wished to improve thei
economic condition. They could ge
title to land which they wished so mucl
that they. were willing to submit t.
political disabilities incident to their un
willingness to affiliate themselves wit
the Puritan churches. And this migra
tory movement, says Mr.. Adams, wa
not confined to America. 1t was par
of the expansion of the Empire. Mr.
Adams book is a careful and pains
taking study of the question made in tn
light of the most recent available data
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Britain's Crown-Up Children.
THERE was time when Great Brits

TSHERE was time when Great Britain
i essential to her colonies great balance
wheel She fixed their policies, They came to her
as children to mother for counsel advice and pro-
lection. They needed her mature judgment and
tried wisdom They relied upon her and had
failing confidence in her decisions. ..r.
The most significant change in world affairs
is that these grown-up children are now gathering
in London rather to counsel than to be counselled.
They are not the less but the more loyal, but
they have learned, they have experienced for them
selves and have had their distinctive part in great
affairs. The Boer opening incident.
The great a postgraduate course. II
developed them in four years from adolescence to
ripened adultness.
They are now called into the family circle to
give rather than ask advice, to speak rather than
listen. The immediate troubles are those of the
parent The colonies have proved themselves cap
able of managing their own affairs with their own
resources. Moreover their very distance has given
them clearer vision and a dispassoned
judgment as to the empire whole as to Great
Britain as the central power and to imperial
policies.
The conference of the great commonwealth
which has replaced the great empire will decide
as TO the renewal of the treaty with Japan and just
what form it shall have. 1t will decide body,
what shall be the policy as to disarmament 1t is
quite conceivable that not only as to purely inn
perial problems, but to Ireland there will be
frank speaking and earnest advice. 1t is peculiar,
but quite natural that the point of view of Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa is
as much, or more, American than dstinctively
British
Here again distance tends to clarity. But the
situation as whole, as given by every news story
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

A good stay-at-home season Is Autumn: then
there's work to be done by all:
Speckled fawns. where the brackens make COW
ert. range away undetered;
And stays that were seen upon hillocks now give
heed to the call.
To the believing call of the binds. and they
draw back to the herd.
A good stay-at-home season is Autumn: the brown
worlds striped into fields;
The corn is up to its growth; there are acorns IN
e. the deep wood
Bv the side Of a down-falien fort even the thorn.
bush yields
A crop. and there by the rath the hazel nuts
drop from load
--Padraic Colum in the Dial
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
1890, 4 Ia Shaw.

wv RITERS never weary of trying to
Nv peer into the future Not so much that
of tomorrow, for their prophecies or de-
ductions would be subjected to comparison with
facts too swiftly arrived not with a century
hence, for the labor of following the mazed lines
Of present society to logical ends would be too
great, but with periods very remote, anthropoogic
ally, if not geoogically.
The fiery Bernard Shaw has latterly contrib
uted his bit to this increasing literature, sketching
out for us that numerically. weighty year, 1890
Of his findings. Francis Hacket says in the cur
rent issue of the New Republic:
an that year, mothers may be interested to
know, the young will be born out Of egg shells at
the age of eighteen or so, very much in the size
and mood of present Aappers, squads and
chickens. With romantic love at this period Shaw
is even more bored than he is now His really
mature He-Ancients and She Ancents have lost
their play instincts their absorption in art or
personal passion They immensely expert
enced that they go around in kind of germ,-free
austcrty, fairly beyond sleep food love or
hair bent only on omnipotence and omniscence
knowledge and power. Nine. Curie, one feels
and Thomas Edison vsiby en- route, but few
others. Most of hopeIessly food-ridden,
secp-ridden and hairy, with the thickest personal
preoc equations We'd have as miserable time
with the Ancients Cleopatra and Ozymandias
did" .t.r.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
EDITORIALS AND COMMENT
From the Near East.
CAPE HELLES

SAfE nElsIEo
This water is all rich and no great wave.
Rushing, can sweep from the old ooze
The witnesses of simple men who gave
Their lives here to the
Our ships foot goes
Warily now for here she treads above
The giobed mortal homes Of dreams all drowned
Sometimes, as il man smiled at his love,
A smile turns in the water. Round and round
Sometimes, a hundred cries go swimming. while
Such common woes and hopes ocean-frcight, q
That every eddy of the grey sea-mie
Is strewn with ardors inarticulate
And homing memories.
Yet this must be:
That mems ghosts ever shame old pagan Earth,
With human blood crimson grey Neptune's sea,
Snap the Fates' thread with high impetuous mirth,
Cast in the dcing game mortality,
Slip from the moorings of sweet flesh, and then
Clean past the loom of the Ultimate Islands ride,
To bring a vision down to the sea again
In ships, and keep the faith and take the tide,
THE BoULGHAR DAGH
Day by day the sun booms this long valley.
And the mountains are sunAowers
And smile fondy at him he goes by.
For only Gunesh, the sun,
Of all the people they have seen pass,
Is steadfast
Alexander came through this valley,
And did not return.
At its mouth a lass unparalleled
Found Antony in market place,
Whistling to the air; they sailed away together
A man named Saul trudged up this road soon after;
He went on to Rome.
Godfrey de Bouillon passed this way, to drown
In Cydnus.
Some troopers from Bavaria and Pesth
Were here last year--and they fed
Now Pathans and Sikhs
And other swarthy fighting men camp hcreabouts,
But presently they'll be gone
Morris Gilbert, in Poetry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
No Tyre Is Mine.
By JAMES cREESE.

No Tyre is mine, nor sweet-toned flute
To pipe upon
When shepherds dance, foot-bare OF boot
Upon the lawn;
But can sing a song or two
And whistle many
And when. my love, dance with you
dance as well as any.
Contemporary Verse.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

and political writer tends to indicate that this
eminent may have been unduly alarmed and, per-
haps, supersensitive to those sit votes the en-
pte has in the assembly of the league Of nations.
Four of those votes now being cast within the
commonwealth which was the empire, in harmony
with the United States. -, vs>a.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
Metropolitan Noeturne.
By PHILIP A. oRME.

A girl, and lost butterfly,
And a night wind wander by; 40
Three that seem about to die.
Three that from the hills danced down.,
Seeking beauty in the town;
(Glad they were, and beauty-blown)
The butterfly has torn its wings;
The girl is trapped in tawdry things;
The night wind sobs, and the town sings.
Words are the physicians of q mind disease.
-Theognis Uine 378), "Prometheus."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19
AT THE OPERA

tcspyrisht. 1871. ~ The chicago rrisuA..)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

This water is all rich; and no great wave,
Rushing can ever sweep from the old ooze
The witnesses OF simple men who gave
Their lives here to the sea.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-25
Protection From Cave Creek Flood
 Waters Sure If City Bonds Carry

years. This is often the case with community faults, but all agree that it would be great improvement when informed as to the actual dam age in dollars and cents that this flood has caused property owners in the section affected.
 Why not make our surroundings as perfect as possible to induce outside capital to invest here? Why not make a perfect system of water dis tribution to land owners when we have all the necessary material at hand? The whole bond issue, this is, the six items, can be carried with a tax of 62 cents for every s1,o00 of taxable property. Is this cost too great for the immense improvement which would follow? The large owner may argue against it. but at the same time he knows just to what extent f enhances the value of his holdings.
 Some argued against the road bonds. but the news that Phoenix is paving PTS miles of country roads has travelled to all parts of the United States and Phoenix and Maricopa county have come into great promi- hence by the biggest contract ever let for road buildings in the United States" Think what that alone means to Phoenix and the valley. The date the citizens will be giver the opportunity to say whether they want to make Phoenix modern is May 27. Do not neglect to vote on that day Polling places will be definitely mapped for those who are not fami- liar with the precincts, and an auto mobile will be at the disposal of any one at once by telephoning the cham
 Der of commerce, phone 1294.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-25

The Cave Creek wash menace ss something that is quite vague ID sne minds of Salt River valley residents, and it should be made clear that pro- lection from it is urgently needed to make the valley absolutely safe, rom an investors standpoint, aside from the inconvenience to individuals. The man who owns land directly in the path of this flood section knows bet ter than anyone else what a terror the flood is when started, the amount of land that is lying idle for want of Improvements.
 Engineers of several large com panies have made surveys and all agree that this menace must in time be overcome absolutely, and they are all in hearty accord with the spend- ing of money to accomplish this The Water Users must do something 10 protect the large Arizona canal in that district, and they estimate 1t Will require at least $50.000 to put their canals and laterals~under ground, but would much prefer to cooperate with other interests of the valley and make the improvement permanent and pro- tect the farm lands and the city of Phoenix at tho same time
 The following is a tentative distrib- ution of the expense incurred: 5o,o00 already appropriated by the state; s5o,oo0, Water Users association: 25,000, Santa Fe; s1eo,e00, city o' Phoenix: s10o.ooo, county of Marico- pa; s10.00o Arizona Eastern railroad: s5,000, Standard oil company: s5.00o Union oil company: s2,oo0. Green wood Cemetery company: s5.0o0, Gil lespie and Texas Oil company.
 These contributions have not beer all agreed to as yet, however. but the start must be made sometime and thu present bond issue will put the bal rolling and save the expense of an other election for the same purpose There are some who will argue tha for 40 years they have lived in thu valley without this protection, so wh. make the improvement now? Th' outsider is able to judge what il 1 needed perhaps more definitely thar those who have lived here these man,