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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
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4 Real american

Major Henry J.. Higginson was
known outside of Boston chiefly as the
hacker of the Boston Symphony Or
chPstra. But there was q select public
which was more fully aware Of his nc-
tivities and saw in him the flower Of the
American spirit. Those who are 50 for
tunate as to read the Life and Letters
of Henry Lee Higgnson," (AtlHntic
Monthly Press, which Professor Bliss
Perry, of Harvard University. has writ :
ten will discover on what this rcputa =
ton rests. 1t comes from the sense OF
obligation to which Higginson referred
in letter written In 1883 when he
said: I've inherited from both parents
the belief that one cannot escape with
honor from the duties Of a citizen" He
never shirked these duties. He served
in the Civil War, in which he was
wounded. When he began to accumulate
a fortune he devoted part of its income
10 the general good on the theory that
he was only n trustee Of his wealth. And
he did it all without OstPntatiOn, but
with the simple modesty of man who
does what is expected Of him.
The book ought to be in the library
Of every man OF wealth for the good
that it would do. They would find that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
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MORAL SOPHISTRIES
1.-The Lark by Dana Bwnet,
Is an Unusual Sex Noyel

Dana Burnet has gone Somerset
Muugham one better in the matter Of
moral SpOhistries. In The Circle, :"
Vaughan lets one of his characters en-
Cuse her moral derelictions by the phi
losophy that she always was 'Spiritu-
ally faithful to her paramour. In
The Lark" (Little, Brown & Coz,
the heroine closes the Last chapter by
giving expression to the sentiments Ct
Laura Murdock in ''The Fastest Way
with the explanation that. regardless Of
her physical missteps, she will remain
faithful spiritually to her dead husband.
This philosophy, however. does not
sum up The Lark" by any means.
1t is merely incidental and serves to
give an unusual climax to an unusual
story. we'll told.
The Lark" is n founding brought
up In convent by the Sisters in Cuba.
She later becomes the protege of rich
American. who attempts to further her
musical gifts. Meeting his black sheen
brother, she. the innocent convent bred
girl, falls the victim to scnsuou'
Cuban night and a speedy Yankee woOer.
The brother goes to the war carol
Ing blithcly and the elder brother saves
the girl from the public's Censure, a
least. by a marriage of convenience.
Then comes the return of the de-
Spoilcr-the alternatives of a rcawaken
ed love or n newly dRwning one.
Out of this triangle Mr.. Burnct ha'
COntrived situation that will please
the realists, but which would have
brought forth anathemas not so many
years ago.
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an a nsI laughter" Popular

Dodd. Mead & Co. report that Alice
Duer Miller's novel. 'Manslaughter,'
is already in its fourth edition, and that
they are having difficulty in keeping ur
with their orders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17

in his attitude toward the repressive
legislation Of recent years Major Hig-
ginson was in hearty sympathy with every
opponent of dcmagoGy and that he al
ways insisted that whatever may have
been the provocation for the repressive
laws they were doing more harm than
good. He admitted that many Of the rich
appreciation of their moral RESPONSE
bilities, such an appreciation as he
fortunately hnd absorbed from the ex-
ample and instruction OF his parents.
He regretted the effect of the eXhibl-
tion of their arrogance and brutal self
ishness on popular sentiment. One gets
all this revealed and discussed in Pro-
fcssor Perry's book as we'll as revela-
tion of the opinions vt a clear thinking,
experienced man of business on the po-
litical and social problems of the last
sixty years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
FADE-AWAY OF KAISER
Lady Nordh Bentinck's Book
Might Haze Been
dCIose-Up

When the late J. p. Morgan wns
alive he was known as the terror Of
newspnpermen. An interview with him
In those days was accepted as an i'm
possibility. One day n Chicago news =
paper appeared with what appeared on
the surface TO be n two column inter
view with the tinancier. Next day the
earthquake! The magnate fumed end
ragged. Nary IN interview had he given.
The owners must retract. Then came n
polite note from the owners ot the
paper calling Mr.. Morgan's attention
to the fact that in the entire two col
umns he had only been quoted as say
ing. directly, II won't say word"
Probably Lady Nornh Bcntinck.
whose husband Is nephew Of the
Count Bcntinck with whom ex- Kaiser
Wilhelm took refuge in Holland when
the storm broke. never heard Of this
journalistic feat Of padding" For
some time she. too, was guest at
Amerongen Castle and 1.-THE Ex. Kaiser
in Exile" George II. Doran & Co.
Is the result. To those who expect an
intimate pen picture Of the fallen "wnr
lcrd" there will be disappointment, but
for those interested in the early and
present history Of the Bcntinck family
in Holland or England the work will
be Of interest.
If Lady Norah, during her stay at
Amerongen, had access to the ex-
Kaiser. she carefully bows to the pri
vacy due to another guest. or dcfcrs
to the divinity, even IL faded, that doth
hedge n king. Her only mention of
having seen William Mt close range is
his appearance at the marriage of his
private secretary 20 the daughter of
Graf Bentinck. Her impressions of
what the ex-Kaiser thinks Of the war
and his part are carefully shrouded in
quotations from this same secretary.
However, the volume il we'll filed
with letters written on various sub
jects by earlier Bentincks running as
far back as the seventeenth century.
Also 1t is well supplied with photo
graphs Of Bcntincks.
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Memorial to Abbey

What is believed by the publishers to
be one Of the most distinguished OK
amplcs of bookmaking ever issued is the
biography. Edwin Austin Abbey. r..
A." which has just been published in
two volumes by Charles Scribncr's Sons
The life story of this great American
artist has been written by f. V. Lucas.
which in itself is sufficient guarantee Of
n high literary quality. A notable fca-
ture Of the publication is its more than
200 photographers. halftonc and line
plates, representing the best reproduc-
tions attainnble of Abbcy's important
works In every genre-pen and ink.
charcoal, water color, pastel and oil.
The selection OF the more important Of
these was made by John s. Sargent. r..
A.. Abbey's friend and compntriot.
Abbey was born in Philadelphia in 1SJ2
and died in England at the age of fifty
nine years, with many projects unful-
filed, but leaving behind MIN IN ns-
tonishing mass of work completed and q
reputation as one Of the foremost paint
ers Of his period.
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he infomousr But as il i'll contempt
even for the preference, he had during
the last half of his life cruised oil anu
away upon foundlcss and uncnat'eu
waters: and in the end he sank DOWN
into death, without ripple OF renown'
oh, what a Quenchless fcud is TINS tnat
Time hath with the sons OF Men.
Yet the first two books of this man
who died IN obsCurity were the nrst
4sbooks by an American, il not the hrst
-by any one. to be published slmu!,"-
neously in London and New York. They
rave him instant fame. and when
Moby Dick appeared in 1851 he was
acclaimed one of the great literary hg-
ures of the time. He was intimate with
Hawthorne, and Mrs. Hawthorne wns
awestruck by the spirit that ShOne out
Of his somber eyes.
Tn the intervening years he has had
small but loyal following. And it was
these admirers who made n stir about
him in 1910 on the one hundredth an
niversary Of his birth. They had brought
about a revival Of interest in him, one
result Of which Is Mr.. Viewers biogra =
phy. The book makes the most OF the
meager material available. While II
is regretted that there was not more
data at hand, every student of Ameri-
can literature and every one interested
in the reactions of a fine and sensitive
mind to the problem of life will be
grateful to It's author.
Some regret may be felt thai Mr
Weaver did not make a greater effort
to trace Melville 5 literary gPnealogy.
There is internal evidence in Moby-
Dick" that he was profoundly inhu
enced by Carlyle. II. 7. c., who Oc
cupies the desk next 70 mine, said yes
terday that "Moby Dick was the work
Of a Carlylean mystic aboard a whalcr
when l was remarking to him on the
undoubted influence of the great Scot
upon Melville, and he expressed his
surprise that no writers on Melville had
made a note of It. To say that "Moby-
Dick Is one of the greatest works Of
fiction ever produced in America is to
repeat only what is now widely admit
Z red. 1t is a book ty man who, ns
Clarence Day, Jr., Of whom | shall
say more presently. remarks, has left
the comfortable Goblin Of the ship Of life
and gone on deck and faced the turbu-
lent sea. II Melville could have re-
mained on deck instead of going below
egain and hiding in n stateroom. it
could not have been said of him that "he
sank down into death without a ripple
Of renown.
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a AMERICAN AUTHORS WITH
A SPIRITUAL CONTENT

| had a fine mind" which he consciously
set himself to enrich 'by the persistent
study Of the best that is known ana
thought in the world. Mr.. Day re-
marks that this was deadening, for
gentlemen who teach themselves just
how and what to appreciate take half
the vitality out Of their appreciation
thereafter. They 20 out and collect all
the best and bring it carefully home
and faithfully pour it down their
throats--nnd get drunk? No! It loses
itsA lift and intoXication, taken like
that" The proper way, though Mr..
Day does not say so, Is to follow the
practice Of the discreet reviewer OF
books, who goes about tasting the
various brcws in the hope that he may
find something with more than one
half Of 1 per cent spiritual content
and then exhilarnting himself on 1t.
The Crows Nest" Is heady stuff. All
that innumerablc company Tor whom the
fubdub OF the commonplace is sacred
will find Mr.. Day wicked merely be-
cause he says something different. And
those who are welded to the old maxims
which every one repeats and urges the
Young to practice will denouncc him
as wicked. to be Stunned as one would
shun bootleg whisky. But for all this
he is a harmless and comforting stimu-
lnnt, sparkling with an Cffcrvesccnt
humor and bubbling over with whole
some vitality, and as welcome, as
Colonel Mccain would say. as the
shadow OF great rock in weary land.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17

Modern Essays

Modern Essays
one should choose one 5 antholOgist,
" to paraphrasc Goldsmith. as ono
chooses ones novelist or historian. for
qualities that match with ones desires
at the moment There will be readers.
therefore. who will find Christopher
Morley anthologizing to their taste in
his collections of Modern Essays
mas written an Introduction in the form
Of an essay on the essay which will not
suffer by comparison with any other
essay in the volume. And his remark
that the perfection of the familiar
essay is conscious revelation Of self
done inadvertently" is an admirable IL
lustration of the way such thing
should be said.
There are thirty three essays in the
volume, almost evenly divided between
British and American writer's. The in =
trOductOry chapter of John Mays The
Spirit Of American Literature" is given
the place of honor at the beginning.
Then follows William Allen White $
story of the death and burial of his
daughter Mary. printed originally ms a
piece of news in the Emporia Gazette.
which is one of the most moving things
1t Is fortunate that it has been thus
preserved in permanent form for re-
reading by those who wish to know how
and what man can be stirred to write
when under the stress of strong emo :
tions, he seeks to tell the simple truth
about one whom he loved and lost. And
then there are Robert G.. Holidays
THE Fish Reporter" Max Beerbohm'
"a Clergyman" Stuart =. Sherman's s
Samuel Butler" and many others Oh
I variety of topics, grave ns life ant
gay as triumphant death. The Sherman
essay exhibits the professor of Englisi
literature of the University Of Illinoi!
in lighter and more satirical veil
than he usually works. He remarks tha
he has learned from the Butlerians tha
the religious spirit cannot be destroyed
Destroy n mans faith in Cod" h
remarks, and he will worship hu
manity; destroy his faith in humNnit,
and he will worship science destroy hi
faith in science md he will worship
himself; destroy his faith In himself anC
he will worship Samuel Butler" As
revelation Of the literary mind of thi'
period the book will be invaluable to al
who have not time 70 read all the othe
books from which the essays have beer
taken. G.. w. D.
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I~S'xEF,SsHsE
Spirited Essays

NOV for Clarence Day, Jr. His
IN book. This Simian World, pub
lished last year, revealed him as
satirist with foundation Of solid Wis
dom and an cSsayist with an original
manner. He could say the profoundcst
things in the airy manner Of dinner
table banter. Every one who read This
Simian World and the thousands who
didn't but wished they had, will wish
90 read his second book. The Crow 5
Nest" (Alfred a. KnoffD. 1t is a col
lection of essays with less connection
than those in the previous volume. They
deal with all sorts of subjects from why
cows are melancholy to a description
of the work of the League for Improv-
ing the Lives of the Rich, with record
Of typical eases that have been re-
lieved.
In one of the essays he has some
thing to say of Matthew Arnold, "who
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
Movies OF jungle Life

Charles Mayer. whose book, Trap
ping Wild Animals in Malay .Iunges, 4"
was recently published by DufField &
Co.. starts in February for the Malay
Peninsula with a party to hunt. trap
and take moving pictures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
ON SUNSET HIGHWAYS
SMILING PASS
A Sequel to SMILES
By ELIOT n. ROBINSON

Everywhere throughout America the read
ers OF that wholesome book OF lie and love
by Mr.. RobInsn-SMILES-w!l welcome this
sequel. 1t Is such a book as one can read
oneself. hand 10 ones daughter or discuss
In self-respecting society without whit OF
embarrassment because OF either Its laxlty or
It's lacks.
ThIrd m
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18
To Correspondents

Please do not send unimport-
ant items. such as visits between
neiGhbors. Personals of people
visiting from other counties or
where home people go to another
county are always wanted. Also
send all items such as deaths.
births, marriages, accidents. fires,
Rur9laries, land sales. live stock
sales, changes of firms. church
services, school and public meet
ings, etc If a death or other i'm
portant item occurs after you
have mailed your correspond
ence call phone % and we will
write the item in the Office after
learning the particulars. We APP
preciate Your good work in send
ing in items, but it will improve
your department as well as the
paper in general if the above rules
are followed.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18
Here's Some More "Normalcy''
Cincinnati POst)

Cincinnati Post)
A calf was shipped to Cincin-
matt by II. r Reynolds. OF Pike
vile, Ky.
He wanted the Flatow & Reil-
ly Co. OF Walnut street, to sell
the calf for him on commission.
Prices are so low now that all
the commission merchants were
able to get for Reynolds calf
was $1,000.
But while prices are down ex-
press rates remain so high that
it cost $11.S7 to ship Reynolds
5000 calf to Cincinnati. So that
instead of making any money on
his calf Reynolds lost $1.S3 cents
on the deal. Besides he must
pay the commission merchants
so cents for handling the calf.
But Reynolds is not the only
victim of low prices and high
freight rates, according to Gin
cinnati business men. The woes
OF life on the farm just now are
being told to Joint agricultural
committee of Congress by Gray
Silver, spokesman for the Ohio
farmers. He told Saturday about
a Champaign county farmer who
shipped alfalfa hay to Cincinnati,
receiving $l4 4 ton. His freight,
commission and handling charges
were ST. ton. J
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18
AN ORDINANCE

Providing for the issuance of
Eighty Thousand Dollars
worth Of School Improvement
Bonds.
Whereas, it appears from the
certificate of the County Clerk
and the Board of Election Com
missioners of Madison county.
that at the election held on June
18th, 1921, more than two-thirds
of the qualified voters of the city
voted in favor of mourning an in
debtedness of Eighty Thousand
($SO,O0OOO) Dollars, for providing
funds for constructing new
school building and for other
school purposes, and in favor of
an annual tax upon all the prop
erty, real and personal, in said
city, sufficient to pay the interest
on said indebtedness, as it falls
due and to constitute sinking
fund for the payment of the prin-
cipal thereof, within a period of
not more than twenty years from
the time of contracting said in
debtedness and
Whereas, the Beard of Educa
tion of the city of Richmond has
certified as required by law that
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18
SO Below Zero Is
Found Ey Aviator

Paris, July 16-Lieut. Kirsch,
the French aviator, is declared to
have reached an altitude of 10000
meters (about 34.768 feet) today
in an unofficial attempt to break
the worlds altitude record.
Although the official worlds
altitude record, made by Capt.
r. w. Schroeder, OF the L. S.
Army, at Dayton, o., February
u, 1920, is only $4,000 feet it is
thought probable that the Aero
Club Of France will not certify
Lieut.. Kirsch's record.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

of said indebtedness shall be pay
able in annual installments OF
Four Thousand ($4,OOO.OO) Dol
lars each. That said bonds shall
bear interest at the rate of SIX
per cent from date, payable semi
annually, and shall have attached
thereto interest coupons to be
signed by the Mayor OF the city
of Richmond, and Clerk of the
Board of Council, and shall be
made payable, principal and in
terest, at the Mechanics and Me-
tails Bank of New York City,
New York.
Be it further ordained that
there shall be levied ANNUALLY
hereafter a tax on the real and
personal property, subject to tax.
alton in the city of Richmond,
sufficient to pay the interest upon
said bonds and to create a sink
ing fund at the rate Of Four
thousand ($4,OOO.OO) Dollars pei
annun1. That after said bonds
have been prepared and executed
in conformity herewith, that they
shall be turned over to, the Board
of Education of the city of Rich
mond for sale and delivery. Said
bonds shall be signed by the
President and Secretary of the
Board of Education and shall
not be sold for. less than par and
accrued interest.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18
aid bonds shall be in either de

said bonds shall be in either de
nominations of $4,000 or
100000, as the purchaser might
elect, shall bear six per cent in
terest per annurn, payable semi
annually from date until paid,
and that twenty-five per cent OF
the total number of bonds, or
Twenty Thousand ($2O,OoO-OO)
Dollars, par value of said bonds
shall mature at the end of five
years from the date thereof, and
thereafter FIVE per cent or -Four
Thousand ($4,O0O.O0) Dollars par
value shall mature annually, and
that each individual bond shall
have a date of maturity, so that
the bonds will mature as above
set forth.
Now, be it ordained by the
Board Of Council that said in.
debtedness Of Eighty Thousand
($8O, OOOOO) Dollars, for the pur-
pose aboye stated, shall be Great,
ed by the issue and sale of not
exceeding One Hundred and Six.
ty bonds, of the aggregate par
value of not exceeding Eighty
thousand ($o0,O00OO) Dollars,
payable as follows, to-wit:
Twenty thousand ($20,0OO.OO)
Dollars of said principal indebt-
edness shall be payable at the ex-
piration of five years, after date
of their issue, and the remainder
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

The above ordinance was al
fered by Mr.. John Altman, who
moved its adoption, and this mo-
ton was seconded by Mr.. ]. a.
Mershon. After discussion a vote
was taken on same and resulted
as follows:
Ayes-Allman, Golden, Whit
tington, Terrill, Mershon.
Noes-None.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

Whereupon said ordinance was
declared adopted and on motion
OF Mr.. Altman, seconded by Mr..
MerShon, the City Clerk is order
ed to cause, said ordinance to be
published i'll the Richmond Daily
Register as required by law.
{. B. TE.RRILL, Mayor Pro Tenn
Attest-W. E. BLANTON, Clerk
July I, 1921.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

Sign on Chestnut Street Says
Ladies Ready to wear clothes. .
Penn. Punch Bowl. -
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

Sign on Farm Fence: Eggs
for settin' on and to be ct. -
Westfeld, N. ]. Leader.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

Sign on Farm Gate: "Six hens
for sale, some laying 81 each, -
Pathe Sidelights.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18
Political announcements

OlS1Cdk ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Daily Register 80 authorized t,
announce the following as candidate.
or office subject TO the primary cleo
ion August 6, 1924, and the regular
lection November 1921:
DEMOCRATIC CANDID ATxos
For Representative in Legislature
ALBIN CORNELIsoN
n. WILLIS KENNEDY
For County Attorney
JOE p. CnENAULT
ror comn.onwealth's Attorney
WM. J. BAXTER
of JesSamine County
BEN A. CsUTCHER
of Clark County
For County Judge
G Is. ANGEL
JOHN ID. GOOOLOE
For County Clerk
HUGH SAMUELS
For Tax Commissioner
BEN r. POWELL
WILL w. ADAMS
For Circuit Clerk
JAMES w. WAGERS
For Sheriff
VAN BENTON
ELMER DEATHERAGE
For JaIler
SAM HUNTER
CHAS. s. ROGERS
=. ID. JONES
49, FOR MAGISTRATE
J. w. GUYN
ALEX TURPIN
DAVID G. MARTIN
JACOB HACiZETT
G. O. BURGIN
OTIS TEATER
G. l.. Upton
For Mayor
ROBERT GOLDEN
w. f. BLANTON
l.. II. EVANS
JEFF MITCHELL
For City Attorney
EUGENE MOYNAHAN
I'll. c. RICE
For Chief of Police
CLAUDE DEVOPE
JAMES p. kSTrS
For City Councilman
WILLIAM O'NEIL
JAS. w. HAMILTON
}. S. CRUTCHER
SIM TURPIN
J. r. MCKINNEY
III. l.. DARGAVEL
JAMES c. HAWKINS
PLEAS BENTON
BIGE MCGOWAN
REID JUETT
w. l.. LEEDS
CHARLES MARTIN
For Police Judge
DAVE POWERS
G. MURRAY SMITH
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
For Tax Commissioner
EMMETT TAYLOR
For Sheriff
WILLIAM VI. BURGESS
For Circuit Clerk
LUTHER TODD
For County Judge
W. X. PRICE
For Jailer
OWEN DOUGLAS
For Magistrate-Sth Dist.
GRAFTON WHITAKER
FOR COUNTY CLERK
w. ID. tBROTHER) TURLEV
FOR COUNCHMEN
ERNEST T. PARKS
MAGISTRATE 9Th DISTRIC T
DAVE SMITH
FOR REPRESENTATIvE
JAMES PARKS
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

Sign on Toxic, Japan, Dairy
Cows MIXED and retailed here
City Tribune.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

LOST-Friday broad, ria'n go1I
ring. Ever Thine E A. NJ. 1899"
engraved inside. S. reward. Pli. he
255 10 4p
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms
for housekeeping on Woodland
ave. Phone Oil. Also car stor-
age at the Bogie garage on r.
vine street at $500 per month.
16o 2t
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-18

Entered at the postofdce at Rich.
mond, as second class mail matter, un-
der act of Congress of 1875.