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The Washington herald., 1921-02-12

Minlin). IL laid partly in the old
''cloister'' Of the Seventh Day Bap-
lists in Ephrsts, near Lancaster,
Pa. The history OF Pennsylvania,
refuge of the prosecuted, has no
stranger exhibit than this settle
ment, founded by a fanatic who per-
suaded scores of practical, hard
headed eolonists OF all ages, mar
rfed and single, TO forsake their
homes and families for lives OF
poverty and ceIibacy in this com
munity. Only two curious, steep
rooted buildings survive today, and
these two are crumblinE. Samples
Of the work of the inmates, who
were adopts in all colonial handi-
crafts, are rare and valuable. A
few remain In the cioister, which Is
visited annually by hundreds OF
sightseers, and others are scattered
among museums and private own
ers. Miss Singmaster's heroine,
however, does not belong TO the
colonial period. but to the twentieth
century.
A new edition OF Gilbert X. Ches-
terton's Appropriations and Criti-
cisms OF the Work of Charles Dick
ems" is ready for immediate issue
by Z. P. Dutton & Co. Chesterton
lis widely known as a student, critic
and admirer OF Dickens by this
volume in which are collected his
brilliant introductions to the Dick
ems novels in Everyman's Library.
His visiting and lecturing tour in
this country and the revival OF in
terest in the Dickens fiction and
personality give this new edition OF
one of his best known books a spe-
ciaI timeliness.
Wallace Thompson. whose book,
The People OF Mexico" was pub
lished by Harper g. Brothers on
February l. has just returned from
Mexico City and Tampico, where he
went to gather special material for
a series Of articles on the oil IN
dustry. Mr.. Thompson has spent
more than fifteen years In Mexico.
as newspaper correspondent, inves-
tigator. and in the United states
Consular Service, and The People
OF Mexico" is a result Of this frst-
hand knowledge Of our neighbor
republic.
The second volume Of Ernest
Oldmeadow's trilogy. Of which the
quantity unusual and beautifully
written "Coggin" was the nrst, is
announced by the Century Co, as a
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SIX SECONDS OF DARKNESS. by
oCldNluS roy SOnen NDo(
Mead and Company.

Mead and Company.
Contrary to the accepted scheme
of detective stories, in which sus-
picion is directed toward several
characters one after another, in
this yarn three people confess hav-
ing shot the wealthy and socially
prominent Mr.. Hamilton. All three
confessions agree on one point
that for about six seconds the room
in which Hamilton was killed was
In darkness and during that time
the murder was committed. Those
of us who are familiar with the
ways OF the police realize instant
ly that this sort of thing is far
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Words Typical.

NEW YORK, Feb. l1.-Comment-
ing today on the interview with the
Kaiser. DR.. Arthur n. Davis, once
his dentist, said:
That's very characteristic of the
Kaiser. He leaped from one subject
lg OtN-- in his conversation.
He delighted in displaying his
knowledge Of literature, as when he
=1sEks OF the wonderfully beautiful
writings on the 'glories of the
Fatherland.'
He was especially proud of his
ancestry, and enjoyed reminiscing.
The Middle Ages and their hero .
were a hobby with him"
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February ls publication. Its titIe
is The Hare" and we are told tbat
In a. Coggtn, grown into a PROM
Using musician, on his wsnser-
jahr about the continent. has crowd
ed adventures. IN a life Of who's.
varied richness the little rars-and-
bones boy OF the earlier book coufo
never have dreamed. II IL said ~
have special interest for musician, :
wagner at Bayreuth, at the height
Of his glory. enters into ~. an
the hero makes friends with cuI-
tivated monks who cherish IN.
glories OF Palestrins-
DR.. Herbert Adams GIbbons An
thor Of The New Map Of Eurons., .,
The New Map Of Asia" The ~,
Map Of Africa" The Reconstr,,s-
tion OF Poland and the Near Easf -
and other books on matters OF in
ternationsl interest, is travelling
over a great area OF the south
giving a series Of lectures in which
he is discussing international re-
lations with particular reference To
the immediate position and inter
ests Of the United States. Dr. Glib
bons represented the Century Mac
azine at the Peace Conference. and
is thoroughly familiar with the
whirlpool OF diplomatic currents Al
that starting place Of all present
day international problems.
Does anyone now read the novels
that were the delight OF former gen
erations? Every now and then the
question is asked, with a resulting
discussion that usually releEgtes the
work Of dead and gone authors 20
oblivion. But such opinions arc
mere theory and scores Of them ar
not worth as much as one fact
when a fact can be discovered thsr
bears on the question. And here Is
a fact at once interesting and d.
Eliminating: i. j. DUtton and Com
pany are bringing out a new edition
in one volume OF Mrs. RadcIifTc.s
The Mysteries OF Udolpho." first
published almost l3O years ago It
has an introduction by D. MURRAY
Rose
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Whdf a Few of the Many
Editorials say:

Editorials say:
The health, the happiness, ths vsry
life Of these 81 million children de-
Pends upon the generosity of the Ansh-
can people Albany (GY) Tinsss-
Union
''Thsss Children are our children TOO;
their future helps TO mould the dsstin-
lee OF Ameriel'-PMlsdakphs Pshifc
LedSer
we must not procrssunats; disease
and starvation Will wait for no name
Interference and thess hungry littSs mites
have nom but us TO hops for sd"--
New Hsvsn (Ct) 7imes-Lssdsr
'Tbese children are DYING Kks fiss at
frost ume and their death is q long
drawn out day by day tortur&"- San
Antonio (Tsx.s) Light
At this season of the year wbsn COR
American children are looking Toward
20 zoe JOYS OF the holiday season, thsos
little unfortunatss In Europe are lack
ing even the food to sustain Ms."-
Aanshsld (omo) Nsws.
I'VE are all sick and tired Of drives of
al sofss, but we must not grow weary
IN the son o wsn-dofng called for In
this appeal pa Intel
Hsenoer.
How can We approach ths hoBdsys
with clear conscience our read
srs close thsir ears to the cry Of these
ehiidrsnS Ninnsspeiis (kina.)
Nsws-
~The lives of thsss uuiIIioos Of children
depend upon America We can let
them die or We can savs thsm-"-
Counod Bluffs (Ia-) NonpareiL
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European
Relief Council

FRANKLIN K. LANE, Tre~sursr
HERBERT HOOVER. Chairman
ConprIsin6:
Apsriean Frisnds' Service
Committee (Qustsrsj
Anosrican Reiisf Administrator
Jewish Joint Distributor comnitsss
American Red Cross
Knights Of Columbus
Federal Council Of
Churches of Christ IN Ameriez
Y. M C A. Y w. c. A.
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Thsy are no mors my ehfidrsn tfsn yoars 1
knoS~ America has tasks and needs at home, bot
inshs DO apology for ssekns to lay your bea rts
our obligation to avert thsir Incredible tragedy
Neither ct us can dare let them suffer through
cur indt6srsnes and thsn claim ssryansship 10
chr.st' -H.rs.rf Heer.r
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hooks OF sHoRT STORIES.

In his book, he Eest short Sto-
ries of 1920 (Small -Maynard), Ed
ward j.. O'Brlen gives a list of what
he considers to be the ten best
books OF short stories published
during the past year. The short
story is the literary form which has
been most fully developed by Amer
leans and is the form most widely
practiced by our writers. In spite
OF this comparatively few OF the
stories published are preserved be-
tween the covers of a book. Thou
sands read stories OF this type IN
the magazines, but few, 1t appears.
care to invest in a book Of fiction
unless II is in the shape OF a ruff-
length novel. Because we believe
that Mr.. O'Brien's selection is an
excellent one and contains some Of
the best work of American writers,
we think it worth while to give his
list:
HoMESPUN AND GOLD. by Alice
Brown CMacmillan).
YOUTH AND THE BRIGHT ME-
DUSA, by Villa Gather (KnopO.
THE EMPEROR OF ELAN, by H..
GREAT MODERN AMERICAN sTO-
RIES. W. D. HowelIs, editor
(Boni G. Liveright).
UNDER THE ROSE, by Arthur
Johnson (Hsrpers).
CHRISTMAS ROSES, by Anne
Douglas Sedgwick (Houghton.
Miffin).
THE PAGAN, by Gordon Arthur
Smith (Scribners).
o. HENRY PRIZE STORIES-ls1s
Doubleday, Page).
THE ELDERS PEOPLE, by Harriet
Prescott Spofford (Houghton,
Miffin).
HUNGRY HEARTS. by Anzia Ye-
zierska (Houghton. Miffin).
BOOK NOTES.
The scene OF Elsie SingmEster' s
novel, ELLEN Levis' (Houghton
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Herbert Jenkins. the London pub
Usher who has shocked British con-
servatism with his lively and ener-
getic methods, announces popular
edition OF Camilla Kenyon's Span
ish Doubloons." This story. a sati-
ricsl comedy Of pirates and buried
treasure, was issued last year bs
BHbbs Merrill Mrs Kenyon Is 4
California writer
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beyond their very limited capaci-
ties. In order to get anywhere our
old friend David Carroll Is called in,
but even David is forced to admit
that this is about the deepest mys-
terry that he has yet tackled. But
David is not one to give up easily
and in due time the innocent are
cleared and the guilty one is de-
livered as is often the case in de-
tectiVe stories. Our sense of the
probabilities is sometimes assault
ed In this tale, but IL we are hard
ened detective story readers we are
used to IT
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MARCOTs PROGRESS, by Douglas
Goldring. Thomas Seltzer.


Goldring. Thomas Seltzer.
Margot is a heartless young per-
son who travels from shop life IN
Canada to the top of London So
ciety by way of other peoples
hearts. Her real name is Maggie
Carter. but she finds Margot Cartier
more attractive and useful. She is
undeniably clever and beautiful and
appears to earn most OF the things
that she gets by the use OF her
brain. More than that, she has a
kind of inherent honesty; she is per-
fectly honest with herself Or per-
haps 1t would be better to say that
Mr.. 'Goldring is honest with her:
that is, he does not. give her any
dark purposes or suggest any COM
plexities that do not actually exist.
The result Is that in spite of her
calculating, hard manner, there is
something direct and clear about
her that gives her the readers sym
pathy and prepares one for the feel
ing at the end that probably out of
II all she has emerged a real per-
son with no need OF climbing up by
way OF other people. 1t is a good
story. well and sincerely written,
a real study in character.
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BLINDf A Story of These Times,
by Ernest Poole CThe Macmillan
Company.
Blind" belongs to that class of
novels which received it's chief i'm
petus from H. G. Wells in that
period of his career just before
the outbreak of the war. Those
who do not care for novels OF this
type refer to them as sociological
tracts thinly disguised. 1t is the
sort of novel which is concerned
with the representation Of charac-
ters of widely varying types against
the intellectual background Of
particular period. Characters are re-
yealed through their contact with
ideas and movements rather than
by their struggle against environ
ment or fate or the will of others.
Mr.. Poole is chiefly interested in
Interpreting first that period which
began with the movement for So
cial reform and uplift and which
eliminated in the Progressive cam
paign in 1913 and later the war
period from 1914 to /, the present
time. Larry Hart, the narrator and
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REVIEWS
THE SISTERS-IN-LAw, by Ger
trude Atherton Frederick A.
Stokes CompanNO.


Mrs. Atherton has written a series
of California no q 5 of which this
is a part. but it Is not necessary
to have read the others Of the series
in order to appreciate this. The
Sisters-in-Law" is complete in itself.
The story opens on the night of
the San Francisco earthquake, and
proceeds through other upheavals,
both physical and psychological, to
the aftermath Of the late war. San
Francisco society, its customs and
mental qulrks, are carefully dis
sected in the study of the reaction
to them of Alexina GrOoms, the
main figure of the story. Alexina is
an srresting character and the story
itself is a real one, but sometimes
Mrs. AthertOn seems to be SO pre-
occupied by the social analysis she
is making. and so anxious to have
her characters prove the point she
has in mind that she sacrifices real
ism and even action to the analysis.
Once in a while her characters ap-
pear as symbols rather than as peU-
pie. And yet there are shrewd char
acteriZations, situations that attract
instant attention; there is through
the whole book, of course, the mark
of Mrs. Atherton's careful, cOnstruL-
tive method. Her way is not the
bare one of the so-called younger
novelists, who tell their story by
the selection. of incident given al
most without comment or direct in
terpretation. She comments and in
terprets at every page, and it de-
pends entirely on how much value
you place upon the society and life
she is studying whether or not you
find her interpretations Of sufficient
interest. The first part Of the story
moves very slowly because the
foundations are built with such care,
and in the middle portion there will
be persons who hnd the thing too
minUtely done. But at the end, haN-
ing removed the tale from the dis
fractions Of San Francisco and
brought it down to the dramatic
clash between the sisters in-law.
AleXina and Cora Dwight. which
gives the book its name. Mrs. Atm
erton works out the climax quickly
and surely. This climax does not
come until the actual end. The
story stops short Cora, in whom
much interest has been aroused, is
annihilated, and Alexina is left to
get her divorce and settle down hap
PLY without further heart-search-
lngs with the man whom she won
in the clash. One interesting feature
about the publication of the book
is that the Stokes Company has
brought it out in both cloth and
paper editions, in order to test the
reaction of the public to cheap edi-
tions of current novels. Mrs. Ath-
erton is a good author with whom
to make the test, because she has
a wide reputation and a real follow
ing among American readers, and
there is no doubt that this book
will attract attention.
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THE HERALD BOOKSHELF
WAITING IN THE WILDERNESS
BOOKNOTES

account of the period which has JUS
closed.
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wise deprived of mach of his glory
and a great many other. myths
which are frequent in animal fiction
are treated with little consideration.
The range and variety of the mat
ters contained in this book may be
indicated by some of the chapter
headings: "Coasting on the Roof
OF the World" Pirates in the Noun
taiIs," Travelling With a Beaver
"A Collie in the Desert" "BilI Nc
Clain--Prospector," "An Open Sea-
son on Nature Stories" All boys
with taste for adventure in the
open should have this book.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
AUTO OVERTURNS;
PINS TWO BENEATH

Phoenix David Thomas, auto
tank truck driver for the Stand
ard Oil Company, was reported
injured as the result of an auto
mobile accident in the Yuma road
early Sunday night, when a
Dodge roadster in which he was
riding with Al Rawls, another
Standard Oil Company employe,
turned over and pinned both of
them beneath it.
According to the reports of the
accident the two were returning
to Phoenix on the Yuma road
when another automobile passed
them about 8 miles west of Phoe-
nix. Thomas drew to the edge
of the road when the second ma
chine approached and the Dodge
slipped off the cement highway,
one wheel collapsing as it struck
the soft dirt, throwing the ma
chine over upon the two men.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
BOY KILLED; FIRES
INTO DYNAMITE

Flagstaff-One little boy lost
his life and three others were
slightly injured in a peculiar ac-
cident at Williams, Wednesday
noon.
The dead boy is Clarence, H.
year-old son of Charles Sullivant,
of Williams. Two of the others,
about the same age, are: William,
son of George Spellmire, of Will
Jams; Miles, son of Professor I.
H. Cureton, of Williams. The
fourth boy was a Mexican, whose
name was unknown to Deputy
Sheriff w. Y. Campbell, of Will
Jams, who described the accident
over the phone to a newspaper
representative Wednesday night
just before the inquest was held.
Mr.. Campbell said the four
boys were hunting, some of them
having heavy calibred guns.
They were out near the Nicker-
son place, about a mile west of
Williams, at a cinder pit. The
cinders were being hauled from
there to use on the streets of
Williams, and dynamite had been
used in loosening them. A box
of dynamite was cached in a
short tunnel in the cinders.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
FREAK LIGHTNING
STRIKES GROOM CREE K

Prescott-The freak lightning
which has been playing tricks at
Mayer lately, paid a visit to
Groom Creek, where it fright
ened a houseful of people with a
spectacular display of harmless
high-tension electricity. A. H.
Edwards and his family, together
with several neighbors who had
dropped in to while away the
rainy afternoon. were gathered
around a stove in the living room
of his cabin when the lightning
struck. A ball of fire descended
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
C. D. CARLOS KILLED
BY LIGHTNING

Flagstaff George Dewey Car
los, Oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. S. Carlos, was killed by light
ming during the noon hour We'd
nesday of last week.
The tragedy occurred at some
distance from the Carlos ranch,
about a mile north of Cosnino.
George and a younger brother,
Wilbur. were cutting wood. They
had just finished lunch. George,
with his axe over his shoulder,
was standing near a cedar tree,
when lightning struck the tree,
uprooting it, striking George on
the right side of the head and
passing down the front of his
body to the ground.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
INJUNCTION ASKED
AGAINST RAILROAD

Phoenix = Application for q
temporary injunction, both pro-
hibitory and mandatory, requir-
ing the Arizona Eastern Railroad
Company to restore daily passen.
ger service between Phoenix and
Winkleman and prohibiting the
road from further violation of its
lawful running schedules and
passenger service until further
order of the State Corporation
Commission, is made in suit
filed Saturday in the Superior
Court. by Assistant Attorney
General George H. Hill, on be-
half of the State of Arizona.
Judge Jenckes issued an order
instructing the defendant com.
pany to appear in his court Au-
gust %, at 1000 O'Clock in the
morning, to show cause why an
interlocutory injunction should
not be granted. The State asks
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
Thatcher Garden
Clubs Organized

The Smith -Hughs and Univer-
sity Extension people are cooper
ating in the formation of Winter
Garden Clubs. At Thatcher. the
east side of town is organized un-
der the leadership of Ray Els
worth: the boys of the west side
are joining under the leadership
of Eugene Tyler.
The purposes of garden club
work are:
/. To stimulate the planting
of more gardens. We shall keep
more money at home, and have
better health, when we have
more gardens.
2. To direct the minds of our
boys during, the impressionable
ago, toward the resources of the
soil and the best methods of gar.
dening. This is real education
not just something to talk about.
3. To develop organization and
leadership among those who will
be the farmers of the future.
Our present farmers are good
workers, but they do not plan
far enough, and they are not
well enough organized to get the
full value of their labor. A bet
ter day is coming. Give the boys
a chance.
RUPERT E. LEE WIXoM.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
ON ARMY HONOR LIST

The University of California is
one Of the thirty-four educational
institutions of the United States
recently named by the War De-
partment as the distinguished
colleges and honor military
schools. respectively, for 1921. "
As a distinguished college" the
university is given the right to
one appointment, virtually with.
out examination, to the regular
army each year, and to maintain
one representative candidate at
West Point.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
OSTEOPATHS HAVE
RECIPROCITY RIGHT

Phoenix Osteopaths have the
right to enjoy the privilege of
reciprocity in the matter of cer-
tifcates under certain conditions,
according to an opinion made
public Saturday by the attorney
generals office.
"We are of the opinion, = said
the ruling, that the practice of
osteopathy is the practice of med.
icine as the term practice of
medicine is defined in Paragraph
4738 of the Revised Statutes of
Arizona, 1918.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
THE COMING BOOM

Few Americans will question
che confident prophecy of Judge
Gary that "at some future date
there awaits the biggest business
boom this cauntry has ever seen. "
Business men merely want TO
know the date.
The fundamental facts" as
Judge Gary says, are assured.
The period of readjustment thru
which the country has been pass
Ing was necessary, and has done
much good, because it restores a
solid, safe foundation to build
on hereafter. The material re-
sources are unequalled, and most
of them are virtually inexhausti-
BILE. The home market. always
great, is nearly emptied OF ac-
eumulated products, and industry
will be called on to provide a
new stock. The prospect OF an
improved foreign market is bet
ter, owing to more stable con-
ditions abroad. At last there is
q fair prospect of world peace.
The disarmament conference al
ready gives ground for hope OF
greater safety and lower taxes.
Congress at last is taking up
some of the, ESSENTIAL tasks of re-
construction. Credit is sound
and bank rates are coming down.
Prices are near their proper level,
thus affording the necessary con-
dition for increased demand.
Though the precise time for
this new boom to begin cannot
be set with certainty, it is prob
ably nearer than most people
have imagined.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
EXPECT ADDITIONAL
FARM LOAN MONEY

phoenix-After the 18th of
September, a sum to exceed
S100, 600 will be added to the loan
quota of the Salt River valley. is
the opinion of w. ID. Ellis, presi-
dent of the Federal Land Bank,
of Berkeley, who visited Phoe-
nix last week. While Mr.. Ellis
stated that the acts being con-
sidered by congress will not as
sist the loan board, he feels con-
fident that the loan bonds will be
sold by the date mentioned.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
CATTLE THRIVE
SINCE THE RAINS

Patagonia From light toheavy
local showers have been so well
distributed over the entire Pata-
gonia country that nearly all of
the ranges have been benefited
and the condition of all stock
greatly improved.
1t is predicted among the cat
tlemen of this section, that the
fall growth of grass and every
thing else will be most wonder
full. More rains are still likely
to follow. and with the warm
days in between, it is going to
make a remarkable growth every
where in this area.
Graham guardian., 1921-08-19
State Historian Is
Seeking Data

Under preparation by the State
historian and adjutant general of
Arizona is a work of very large
Importance, covering the service
of all Arizona men in the great
war, lately closed, as we'll as the
service of all Arizona organiza-
tions and men in wars of the
past, such as the Civil and Span
ish wars. In the office of the
adjutant general now are record
cards covering the service of
about IL, 600 Arizona men in the
army, navy and marine corps.
The mere listing of this number,
alphabetically, in book form will
take about 600 closely printed
pages.
There is to be special mention
of those who died on the field of
battle or in the service and of
those upon whom special honors
! were conferred. 1t is proposed
also to give due recognition to
the voluntary and loyal service
that was given during the war,
in such organizations as the
Council of Defense and Red
Cross, by men and women of the
State who were backing up the
boys on the firing line.
1t is asked that all Arizonans
contribute data in their posses
sion, concerning any of the fea-
lures that will be covered within
the book. This data, with any
photographs, should be addressed
to State historian, James H. Nc
Clintock, the Capitol, Phoenix,
Arizona.