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The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Sleep Murdered :
In the Grey Room
THE GREY ROOM. BY Eben Phillpots.
The Macmillan Company.

THE GREY ROOM. BY Eben Phillpots
The Macmillan Company.
In his new novel Mr.. Phillpots,
chronicler of the lives Of Devon
country folk. has pitched new curve.
so to speak. In an exceedingly lively
and battling mystery story. the scene
of which is laid in Devonshire. to be
sure, but which Is quite unlike any
thing he has ever done before.
The Grey Room Is an inviting and
cheerful apartment at the end of a
long corridor in the old Tudor man
sion of Chadlands. the home OF Sir
Walter Lennox. It is. an early Italian
room, decorated with garlands OF
roses and cupids and containing Won
derful old Italian furniture. bought In
SPAIN by Sir Walters antiquarian
father Nothing could seem less sinis'
ter than this amiable. oriel- -windowed
apartment. nevertheless. as Sir Walter
explains TO some guests in the earliest
chapters, 1t has a strange history, for
two persons, in his lifetime. have come
to a tragic and unexplained death
while sleeping there, and Sir Walter
has had il shut off from the rest of
the house.
This arouses the amused remon-
STRANGE OF Sir Walters young son-in-
in-law To let him sleep in the room
that night Just to prove that the
deaths of the two occupants. an elder
~ aunt and a trained nurse. had
nothing to do with their occupation of
the gray room. but We're purely coinci-
dental Sir Walter seriously protests
and finally forbids but the young
sailor is adventurous, and quite un-
known TO anybody but Sir Walters
nephew, Henry Lennox, he goes to the
grey room for the night. and is found
the next morning dead. kneeling in
the oriel-window, with no marks OF
violence, no physical lesion. no possi-
bic explanation OF his death except
the hand OF God"
Following this tragedy comes the
death in the room OF Toms father. the
Rev. Septmus May. who insists upon
sleeping there to prove his own fa-
natic theory that witchcraft is at work
and he is divinely sent to exercise It..
Then the brilliant young detective.
Peter Hardcastle, comes from Scot
land Yard to scoff at spiritism and to
demonstrate the power of scientific in
vestigation. He, too. meets his death
IN the mystery OF the grey room.
or course we are not going to spoil
the story by limiting at the secret of
this sinister power. but we may say
that the explanation OF It is quite the
most brilliant and ingenious part of
this very lively and intriguing tale.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
MARRIAGE AND OTHER MYSTERIES IN NEW FICTION

is the solution OF the problem OF sleep
ing sickness in nutshell. Preserve
the hippo and he does the rastl One
can picture the establishment OF hippo
hatcheries' all around the lake. and
schools where youngsters will be
taught the difference between the eggs
OF crocodiles and fowls. But perhaps
the lecturer was humorist."
The suggestion which Mr. Carpenter
made to destroy the plague of sleeping
sickness would seem equally fantastic
had II not been proved by experiment,
He found that II was possible 10 du-
plicate the conditions under which
glossitans deposited its eggs so sue
cessfully that the insect preferred ar
tificial nests TO those provided by ma
ture. BY this means he Is sure the
insect can ultimately be destroyed. BY
independent investigation DIR. w. A.
Lamborn of Nyastaland reached the
same conclusion.
Mr.. Carpenter gave much attention
to butterflies. He was must interested
in the theme OF protection by imita-
tion. when a species which birds find
inedible is initiated by those which can
be eaten. This book has many plates
showing this phenomenon. In the re-
gion which ne studied Planema aganace
is initiated by pseudocrea eurytus
He makes an interesting remark
which shows his power of observation;
Altitude is of real Importance In pro-
ducing mimetic resemblance and living
specimens often appear mimetic when
IL, \, ~ hnx 1n Go s.
ignorant remark which may sometimes
be seen in print. that mimicry Is the
product of the Imagination of an arm
chair philosopher need not be serious
ly considered"
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
THE STARS IN THE Pool BY Edna
Kingsley Wallace. f. p. Dutton & Co.
Reviewed by HELEN AVERILL.


Here is love story. poem in prose
and an allegory. all in one--a difficult
matter to compass for when a writer's
deep intent is to exhort, the bones OF
the allegory too often obtrude them
selves through the flesh of the cover
ing and the result is homily instead
of harmony of thought and eSpres-
sion. No such misfortune attends upon
this little volume, I'm which the author
has been greatly successful in Great
ing a living thing, structurally pro-
portionate, delicatcly moulded and
clothed in exquisite phrase.
The love story of Roseheart and
Flame, son of Lol<us Is told In the
form Of a fairy tale and in the ro-
mantle spirit OF the days OF chivalry.
Fair as the dawn was Roseheart, and
about her n freshness like that Of
babes There was in her hair the rud-
diness Of tried gold, spun into a web
10 catch the sun. Like the sky in the
east at twilight were her eyes, and
the dark brows thereof as a flight OF
birds wings. The mouth Of her was
crimson, and fresh. and young, and
curved so tenderly withal that none
looking upon her might fail to love
her with the love that leaps into the
heart for all young things OF fair
seeming and promise. Tall and
straight was Flame, with hair like fire
seen through smoke. and with skin like
ripe olives IN the light Of the going
sun. Firm his mouth. and his brow
both high and wide. In his eyes were
all the changing lights and colors OF
the sea. And II was as IL the salt sea
were In his blood. so that when he
famed In the wont of youth and joy
Il seemed like driftwood, burning.
leaping, towering. in all the colors
known 70 men" And Flame,
son or Lokus. looking upon the Prin-
cess Roseheart, drew one great breath
and loved her with the love of mans
heart And Roseheart, when she looked
into the eyes OF Flame. and his heart
therein, knew him for her lord and
loved him wholly"
Tho pllghted lovers. gazing into the
pool in the forest. become aware OF
1 figure OF sorrow. wur. The Old Gray
Woman OF Shadows. whose eyes were
as misty pools AT twilight. her hair as
robwcbs matted and her garments as
the wings OF the dusk. Yet upon her,
nathless, was a wfstful beauty rs Of
moonlight, wherein were all things
wondrous"
These quotations give some hint OF
the beauty Of the style in which their
love story Is told Tho story itself Is
Of lofty distinction. Love must be
purified and strengthened into some-
thing more than earth love. and 50
Santa the Radiant One. the Voice Of
Vision separates the lovers and sends
LolSus out 70 seek his dream in the
world. 70 meet sin, and to suffer and
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
The King Was in
the Countinghouse

A COUNTING HOUSE DICTIONARY.
BY John White Kuhrt. T.. p. Dutton
4 Co.
The problems OF banking come closer
to us each year The terminology of
IN, I craft has escaped from the finan-
ciaf column. For various reasons the
head lines Of the newspapers are be-
ginning to deal in terms which were
formerly Greek TO the layman. The
income tax collector Is much less
snobbish than he used to be, and we
are all of US interested in financial
terms
Mr.. Kuhrt has collected all the
terms Of the trade. He has illustrated
the volume with specimen documents
such as the certificate OF origin bill
of lading. underwriting. and so forth.
His appendix gives the metric system
and n list Of general holidays. How
ever, the main interest of the book
is in certain additional facts. which he
fels impelled to give In the manner
Of that king OF photographers, DIR.
Samuel Johnson. For example, take
this definition:
Cert word of very common oc-
currence in connection with business
transactions. In some cases IL has
the meaning Of hundred. In others OF
hundr~dth. Thus the universal phrase
per cont. means simply per hundred
The French equivalent IS pour cent.
and the German pro cent. In it's Sec
ond meaning Of hundredth the cent as
all the world knows is one-hundredth
part cf the almighty dollar. Incl
dentally the hundredth part Of a Dutch
guilder IS also called n cent, az the
Yankee tourist will quickly discover
when h. gets within hearing OF the
picturesque but mendacious children
Y by the side OF the Zuyder Zee.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
The Book Factory

/ learn the names OF authors" replies
Mr.. Bucket, II am going TO have an
| occasional QUESTIONABLE, and the clerk
who comes out highest will receive a
prize The first question will be, Who
wrote THE HANDBOOK OF METAL
LURGYg You don't know by any
chance, do you, Mr.. Fiick?"
"Er, no-that is-let me think-I
don't believe So"
II didn't think you did. It is by DR..
Carl Schnable. Roeni0l Preuss. Ober
Ber0rdth, professor of metallurgy, and
was translated from the German by
Henry Louis, NJ. A., D. &C.. A. r. 8.
NJ. NJ. Inst. c. E., F. /. c.. etc, pro-
fessor OF mining. and William Coch-
rane, lecturer on metallurgy at Arm
strong College, Newcastle e-on-Tyne."
TN bet you've been memorizing that
all morning"
You're wrong, Mr.. Flick. 1t only
took me an hour"
yIOLETSl NICE FRESH vIOLETS!
Writing from Battle Creek lss<Afich.. to
THE HERALD, one B. F. woodcox says:
| ! wish to thank you personally /.
| for the reviews Of my books and my
| self in the past and to call your atten-
| ton to the little book that is sent you
herewith. entitled: Spiritual Evolution" ]"
| am not writer, but one who writes
in moments OF Inspiration, or clairyoy-
ant perception, that which comes to me.
! and / cannot interfere with
what my soul, or spirit life. is project
1 ing, nor would It be wise for me to do
So ! am Of the opinion that
1 hat n ore ha ha
part of that message at least is In 'Spir-
itual Evolution"
If we remember rightly, Battle Creek
| is the home Of a well-known breakfast
food so Mr.. Woodcox oughtn't to have
any trouble getting his book cereal
1 ized. BjIt he'll never accomplish this
or any other worthy purpose-until he
sheds his modesty. We have reference
| to the fact that he magnanim6usly
gives his soul credit for projecting the
messages contained in his book when
| lie himself deserves credit fo" this,
Even at the risk Of seemin- immodest,
Mr.. Woodcox should take the credit.
PUBLIC CONFESSION.
! If you haven't seen the play
\ Luiu Bett,
Go 10 gee II right away
Lulu Bett.
But be sure you don't forget,
/ If you haven't done il yet
Buy the book-you won't regret
Lulu Bett.
-GERTRUpE O'BRTN,
One of the prize winners in the Miss
Lulu Bett Rhymed Ad Contest.
Gosh. hdrent seen the pidp
/ Lulu Beft
/ nd tack the price to-day.
i Lulu Bett.
\ And I hdTeH't read the book.
And I lCon't untH the crook
| Who The Herdid's copy took
Puts II back upon the hook,
| Laln Bett.
| II occurs 10 us that in reading June
Jamison Kings "Soul," which the
author calls verse without punctua- :
tion." one frequently reaches the ex-
| clamatlon point.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
The Bull=Whacker
in Western Fiction

MEET MR.. STEGG. BY Kenneth Har-
ris. Henry Holt q Co.
The cowpuncher has almost a mo-
nopoly of Western fiction However.
there were other men who did a great
deal to build up the West whose lives
were equally picturesque. Mr.. Harris
has introduced a new type of Western
hero. the bull-whacker. He feels it
necessary to explain this term. 1T
may be well to explain that a bull
whacker and a cowpuncher are two
different things. A pull-whacker Is
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Roger and Anne Find Life Puzzle
But They Work Out Solution

Anne IS worried by the confusion Of
the intellectual world and makes a
fuss about it. though she ultimately
learns that if you look at II broadly
enough it's not so very annoyingly
noisy a world after all. The whole
development is skilfully handled, max
ing an interesting psychological study.
AS to things in general. Roger
points out that the trouble with the
nation is that II has too much midst
He complains: It's the great, sane
middle class that is holding back lib
erty-killing il. The rich. TO GER
tain extent, have 1t. The poor are
struggling for ii. It's only In the
middle that they're dead and safe.
The middle class it's the blow
neither hot-nor-cold. It's the lackey
souled. It's the misfortune of any
country that has X, this great. sane.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
THE NOISE OF THE WORLD. b,

THE NOISE OF THE WORLD. BY
Adriana spadoni. Boni & Liveright.
This is seriously purposeful,
problem novel," somewhat medicated
with sociology though not to the ex-
tent OF making It tract instead of
story Its Weltschmers is an integral
part of the problem and is handled
with sufficient artistic restraint and
good temper. If its conclusions are
a little vague. perhaps that is inher-
ent in the subject matter. Its main
theme is the process OF reciprocal adj
justment between husband and
wife, each of whom is burdened with
ideals" and inclined TO take things
hard" Anne is a middle class prod
uct. a sport" from a soggily bour-
geois family. Her husband. Roger,
comes of more highly differentiated
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

stratum and is equipped with uni
versity degree, &c. They begin life
by chucking up their jobs, If one may
use such vulgar terms in connection
with such idealists. because they do
not like their employers moral char
acter. Anne has been his stenog-
rapher and Roger a minor member
Of his law firm. The thing that will
strike most readers is that the EN-
plcyer's moral obliquity is not such
a very tremendous affair and that
Roger is something of an ass, though
very earnest one.
1t would take too much space to
follow their subsequent adventures.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

safe middle class" Naturally Roger
takes to the lecture platform, like a
duck 20 water. In the end he and
Anne come together again. and the
implication is that they're going to
do pretty we'll after all
The book. as a whole, leaves one
wondering how many Annes and
Rogers there are at large, and
whether they are really so significant
or important as they honestly con-
ceive themselves to be. Doubtless
they exist, and the noveist's presen-
tation Of them is a truthful enough
picture and therein has a real value,
but-do they matter SO very much?
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
BY EDWARD ANTHONY,
TomeYiiIe Anthology.

THE PUBLISHERS READER.
Oh. there are NAM, mann times
When I an, puszIed quite.
No1o, hore haze a book OF rhymes
That seem to be oil right.
The author Is likely poet,
Though certain things displedse.
I think III hedge. But hotof hnoio'
1T
Has pozsibtnttssi"
And here's a r0vet-rdtheT GOOD;
But Is il good enop0hp
Search me! There Is Likelihood
That 1 shall hare TO bluff.
III sGy-dnd t0hat could be potter,
Or easter to distiH,
Than a report Ike this: THE writer
Is not without some skill"
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
The Morse Sagas Retold

THE CHILDREN OF ODIN. BY Padraic
Colum The Macmillan Company.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
In Buckets Bookshop.


~Whew!" whistles Mr.. Flick in
amazement as he opens letter and
reads 1t.
What's the mater with youF" asks
Mr.. Bucket as he tides a book that
threatens to slip out Of its jacket.
"Goshi" exclaims the plainly awed
head clerk as he continues TO read.
why all the exclamations. Mr..
Flick?" queries Mr.. Bucket again.
Holy smokesl" calculates the as
tonished head clerk continuing his
perusal of the startling epistle.
I'm heavens name, what is it,"
shouts Mr.. Bucket. "A dispessess. a
Black Hand letter, or an order for
some books?"
Wrong on all three counts. Listen
to this announcement: No descriptive
criticism. nor any advertisement, no
matter how forcefully presented, could
give the faintest conception of the
soul-sweeping and heart-gripping
power that is within the covers OF this
great work."
Gosh, what is it?'
Whats your hurry? Let me con-
tinue: "A thousand things could be
said in praise of 1t, but nothing that
could add to the greatness of the book
itself 1t is an inspirational
word picture of high lights and deep
shadows, OF great emotions and strong
scenes that shift and move before the
minds eye. 1t is a work of
supreme vision. It 49,
Great Cesar What masterpiece is
this?"
"Wait q minute. Let me resume:
No thinking person, regardless Of sex
or creed. can read this book without
having life's horizon broadened. for in
the greatness of its scope ii embraces
all the many varied phases of human
emotion. from the lowest TO the most
divine-the whole litany of life. We
have reference To DIR. Burris Jenkins
Princess Salome," which--And an
other page of the same"
"An order pad quick If the book
is anything like that we can sell a
million. And, incidentally, now know
who writes the circus posters"
What's this I hear about the eff
cheney tests you're going to hold In the
store" SAYS Mr.. Flick, changing the
subject.
I'm an effort to get the clerks to
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

A NATURALIST ON LAKE VICTORIA.
BY G. p Hale Carpenter. Z. p. Dut-
ton & Co.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-12-02
ESQ PERSONS
ATTENDBOUTS
Athletic Club Formed After
Close of Battery B Ath.
letic Carnival.

About two hundred and fifty boxing
and wrestling enthusiasts attended the
Battery B Athletic Carnival held last
night in the 0'Rear Building. One
wrestling match between Joe Muster.
weight l76 pounds, and Will Brink, 1870
pounds, was called of after fifteen min.
utes Of action due to a strained arm Of
one Of the contestants. Max Woods; 100,
and NJ. W. Zumalt. 1874. fought four
rounds to a draw. Willard Forbis, l25
pounds, and Clifford Nevins, l29 pounds
also put on four.round exhibition. As
wind-up, Cless Pollock, l42. and Pos
sum Crump, las, gave clean exhibition
Of four rounds.
After the bouts were over an Athletic
Club was formed for the purpose Of pro
noting some good boxing and wrestling
matches in Columbia and bring in som,
good matches from the cities. Under tht
laws Of the state Of Missouri it is neces
sary TO incorporate an athletic club ant
only members are allowed to witness thu
bouts. The club elected as officers las
night: President, Capt. Pierce Nieder
meyer; secretary, John F. Tehan; treas
urer, Jack Daily. 1t was agreed to sci
the members shares at S. which entitle
the active members to all the privilege.
Of the association. About thirty mer
joined last night. A meeting will be held
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-12-02
In the Field of Short

than the Tigers in keeping their veterans,
Herb Bunker showed up for his first
practice Of the season at Rothwell Cym.
nasium last evening. Unless Ruby is
forced 10 shift to an entire new line of
attack, Bunker will again be holding
down the back guard job throughout the
greatest portion of the season. Bunk" !"
II will be remembered, captured All.val.
ley honors at this position in his first
year out. unquestionably the big assign.
ment before Coach Ruby is the selection
and training Of an adequate running
mate for the huge all.around athlete.
Bun" Browning, Captain George
Bond and John Knight are again in the
running for forward berths and will
doubtless be seen at those positions for
the major portion Of the season.
Coach Ruby has some other good ma.
terial. As many as ten graduates from
the freshman team are working out daily
trying for position on the Varsity. OF
these the leading candidates al the pres
emit time are Lester, Storms, Van Nice
Thompson, Van Horn, Faurot. Hays and
Terry, 2l 49,
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-12-02
M. U. OUTLOOK
NBA.SK,ET'B4A|..L||.L, ] y
DISCOURACNG
Replacement of Four Letter Men
Lost from Last Year
Is Problem for
Coach Ruby.
X. U. PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Kansas Has Excellent Material
for Winning Team, With
Seven *" Men Avail
able

Kansas University is proud of her
prospects for winning basketball team,
while Missouri is not so elaied over the
chances for successful season. Encour-
aged by the two.ply, football and cross
country, win registered Thanksgiving
Day over the Tigers. the Jayhawkers are
now laying plans to defeat the Old Gold
and Black on the indoor court.
The situation that confronts Coach
Ruby is the replacing Of four letter men
Of last season, who are either no longer
eligible for the Tiger quintet or who
have passed their undergraduate days.
The first problem for the youthful Mis-.
souri, mentor is the selection of q man
TO replace the redoubtable George vii.
liams, twice named as the Missouri Val.
ley's most useful center. Ex-captain
George Browning, a forward and guard,
Leslie Wackher and Ralph Coffey, vete.
ran guards. are also through in compe.
tition for Missouri.
Forrest c. Allen, the X. u. director
who also dabbles in the game Of basket
ball, is justly enthusiastic concerning
the coming season. Last year the Kan
! sas team was one Of the fastest and
scrappiest aggregations in the Valley. OF
that entire list only sx-Captain Urhlaut
is lost. Hauk, Wo.stemeyer. Captain
Rody, Wulf and Endicott remain from
| Il J.. d
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-12-02
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI,

COUNTY OF BOONE, }
In the Circuit Court in vacation before
January Term, 1922.
Dora E. Stokes and Jesse W. Stokes,
plaintiffs. against t27O6O The un-
known heirs. devisees, assignees, con.
sorts and alienees Of Marcus B. Bul.
lard, deceased; Of ]. Welch. deceased;
Of Hy Smith, deceased; of Washing
ton Brown, deceased; of Elizabeth
Hendricks, deceased; of Mary F.
Brown, deceased; Of George W. Brown,
deceased; Of ..ohn W. Brown, Of
Nancy r. Brown, deceased; Of
Nathan ". Brown, deceashed
of John A. Leopard, alias John
Leopard, alias John A. Leopard.
deceased: Of Edward Minnick, alias
Edward Minick, alias Edward Mimic,
deceased; of Charles Cause, deceased; !;
of George W. warder, deceased: Of
Dan1 W. Brown, deceased; E. M. Fu-
qua. deceased; and Of Daniel H.
Smith. deceased; respectively; and 9.
". Trimble, Jn,. A. Stewart and W.
F. Robinson, ..--....... Defendants
THE STATE OF MISSOURI. to the
above named unknown defendants,
GREETINGS
You are hereby notified that an action
has been commenced against you in the
Circuit Court Of Boone County, Missouri
affecting the title to the following de-
ecribed lands and :enements lying, bsins
md situate in Boone County, Missouri
,o.wit:-The Southwest Quarter OF the
Nouhwes, Fractiona! Quarter, the Wes'
! half Of the Southwest Quarter. both IN
Section 8; the Southeast Quarter OF tile
Northeast Quarter, and the Southeas'
Quarter Of Section q; all in Township
Is Of Range IL; which said action Il
rrsarnablc on the first day OF the mex
regular term of this court to be held q
tke Courthouse in the City Of Columbia
hsone County. Missouri, on Monday
Jsnuary 2, 1922. when and where yot
ny appear and answer or otherwise de
ind such action; otherwise plaintiffs pc
siaiou will be taken as confessed 'ns
jsasment rendered accordingly.
Atsue copy from the records:
Witness nv hand as clerk oi the Cir
edl Court Of Boone County, Missouri
nd the seal Of said court. Done at oi
tee ia Columbia. Missouri, this 10th da,
q November, 1921.
r. S. POLAND,
Clerk Of Circuit Corr'
&ALl
N. H. Sapp, Atty. for Plainiif.
tIast insertion-Dec. I'D
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-12-02
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

ORDER OF PUBLiCAllON.
State Of Missouri, }
IS.
County Of Boone.
In the Circuit Court, in vacation be.
fore January, 1922, Term.
Wilma Hancock, ....-...... Plaintiff.
against (26898)
Roy Hancock .............. Defendant
The State Of Missouri, to the above nam
ed defendant, Creeting:-
Now on this 2sth day Of November,
1921, in vacation before the January
Term, 1922 of the Circuit Court Of Boone
County, Missouri, comes the plaintiff,
by her attorney, and files her affidavit,
stating among other things, that the
above named defendant, Roy Hancock
is nonresident Of the State Of Mis-
souri, and that the ordinary process OF
law cannot be served upon him.
1t is therefore ordered by the clerk OF
said court, in vacation. that the said de-
fendant be notified by publication that
the plaintiff by petition herein filed OF
date September 3rd, 1921, has com.
menced against him in the Circuit Court
e - r. County Missouri. an action in
:, .ar;,v | II. immediate object and gen.
eral nature of which is to obtain de-
cree Of divorce from the defendant on
the grounds Of desertion and vagrancy.
f,,-.L.r ordered nv said clerk
,b,, the said defendant be and appear
N mi this cour, on the FRS, day of the ne1i
regular term thereof to be holden at the
eour, House in the City Of columbis'