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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-27
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-27
EIkINs PARk

READY for immediate occupancy, detached
Colonial dwelling; 10 rooms, > ba tbs. All
modern oonveniencss: near train and trolley
priCe Sl7, 800: suitable terms
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-27

NEW stone.and frame dwelling hous-, siea-
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large rooms and bath, 1T 6Ozl0b feOt; well
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CORNER dwelling S-stOry brick house oon
tainlng IL rooms, . baths and attic; large
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snces; immediate poSseston: will nnAnes 10
suit puEehase, JEROME ". JARDELfA.
JR, 1920 Chestnut a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-27
ST. DAVIDS

New white Colonial house, bed-
rooms and baths on second noor :
convenient 20 Philadelphia and West
ern Electric Road and Main Line sta
date appointments; shadet acre.;
bs rgain for quick gale: $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
The Nightingale's Notes

Debate on rival opera stars is fire.
quent, but rather novel discussion
has been raised which has for its sub
ject the respective merits of feathered
choristers. Horace Hutchinson, in the
July Cornhill Magazine takes John
Burroughs to task for not doing Justice
to certain British birds. Mr.. Burroughs.
it seems, found the willow warbler's
song the only one to compare with the
best qualities of the American birds.
and he did not rhapsodize over the
nightingale. Mr.. Burroughs studied
these birds at the wrong season, says
MIR. Hutchinson. A third name has been
brought into the discussion, and quota
lions from Frank M Chapman, author
of the recent What Bird Is That ?
(Appleton) are being made. He has said
that "as whole the nightingale's song
lacks the force, crescendo and diminu-
endo effects of a continuous effort. It
is a surprisingly loud song, in tone a
decided whistle, wonderfully voluble,
varied but rather hard performance. ="
And he points out the perspicacity of
Shakespeare in laying so much of the
rlghtingale's fame to her nocturnal
habits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Capitalizing Experience

Henry c. Rowland served during the
war IS special agent of the United
States Navy intelligence department
At the close. of the war he capitalized
this experience in writing Mile HIGH.
which tells the story of girl who
suffered so many shocks while in the
American intelligence service IN Paris
that the feeble murmurings of love
have no effect on her. Dr. Rowland
wrote this exciting novel, as we'll as
his other crook stories, buds and The
Peddler, on a quiet island which he
recently purchased on the coast of
Maine. The thrilling adventures which
take place in Mile High, both in the air
and on terra frma, form a marked
contrast to his mode of living, which
he describes as follows: 81 am sit
uated here on an enchanted island
peopled only by the fairy folk dis
covered by my little daughter. We live
on the great abundance of fish and
Holsters in the sea and fuel and pota-
toes in the clearings and sweet we'll
water.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21

A Story of the Pacific
Southland
HER FATHERS DAUGHTER. Bv Gena
Stratton Porter. Published by Douhle
day. Page &, Co. S175 "'e

HER FATHER's DAUGHTER. BY Gene
S SaH Porter Published by double
HE California zealot finds come
thing of interest in any book
dealing with the region of his
hearts delight. He is certain that no.
where else may be found such charms
as in his colorful statc-such azure
SKIES, golden sunshine, purple mount
ans! tie exhausts the contents of an
artists paintbox in finding hucs that
approximate the complexion of this
lar CLINE. And when'a writer Of note
chooses these attractions as a back
ground for a romance he is gratifed in
this Endorsement of his own sentiments
Gene Stratton Porter has written 9
truly beautiful tribute to the great
Pacific state in her latest novel. Her
Fathers Daughter. In this story she
combines fiction and study of nature
as represented in wild flowers and
plants of the desert, mountains and
canyons. The book is we'll worth
reading, if only for the information
acquired as to methods of making
certain forms of vegetation believed
to be unfit for the table edible and
even delicious. She gives instruction
as to other uses of supposedly
negligible plants, for example, the use
Of rockleek as a substitute for water
while on hunting expedition.
The main character in this novel is
Linda Strong, a seventeen year-ol d
girl, who ripens into beautiful and
capable woman as the tale progresses.
her delightful personality, her fresh
ness and frankness, coupled with un-
usual gifts, make her distinctive
heroine. Peter Morrison. writer.
several years her senior, buys an
estate in lovely Lilac Valley, near
Llndas home, where he proceeds to
build a house after the plans of a
young architect, whose designs prove
to be stolen from Lindas dearest girl
TREND, an ambitious student of archi-
lecture. The adjustment of this prob
lcm, Peters love for Linda and the
working out of her Relationship with
Eileen her stepsister, form fascinat-
ing narrative. A minor, but important
element of the story is the rivalry be
tween Donald Whiting AID Japanese
competitor for high school honors.
rms eliminates in tragic episode in
which the Oriental employs method
Of revenge that Linda's alert intcllj-
gcnce and courage Illustrate. Alto
gethcr. the reader will be clad r. fol-
low The career Of this young woman,
about whom the plot Of one Of Mrs.
forter's most entertaining stories re-
wolves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Book Gossip
How to Avoid Pulling

Perhaps there is no fault in golf
more irritating to the enthusiast than
pulling, yet it is very simple thing to
correct, says Dave Hunter, the we'll
known instructor, in his Golf Simpli-
fed Doubleday, Page & co.,. pull
ing is very often case Of turning the
wrist over at the moment of impact.
This is the result of incorporating
Cor turning the wrist too much) in
leaving the ball on the back swing.
The result of over-pronating on the
back swing is that you must also turn
the wrist too much in the down swing
in order to meet the ball squarely-
and when you do this it is impossible
to check the turning Of the wrist at
the moment you hit the ball If you
find you are pulling, take a few very
slow swings see that the back move
ment and the turning of the wrists and
forearms start at exactly the same
moment, and that you are not over-pro-
mating, and see also that you aren't
gripping too tightly with the rign.
hand, as this is a frequent cause of
pulling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
A Life of Christ
Written in Scholarly and
Churchly Vein

THE LIFE OF CHRIST. BY the Rev. K
j. Campbell. ID, Vicar Of Christ
Church, Westminster. Published by D.
Appleton & Co. So.
Exceptional fitness marks DR..
r Campbell as the author of the
latest essay at the impossible
He possesses the ripe scholarship of
Oxford. The son and grandson of Non
conformist ministers and himself for
years minister Of the City Temple, one
of the most noted Congregational
churches in the world, he takes the
broad and liberal view Of his august
theme. In the prime of mature life,
through the spiritual Pilgrimage"
which he has himself so fascinatingly
described, taking orders in the Estab-
iished Church of England, ne addresses
himself to the task in the spirit of the
most reverent churchman. Thus he
might be expected to produce a work
scholarly without being skeptical or
thodox without being superstitious.
1t is indeed such work that he has
here produced, plus the engaging lit
erary charm to which listeners to his
sermons and readers Of his former
volumes have been delightfully."- accus-
toned. The task Of writing a wholly
satisfactory life Of Christ is, as we
have suggested, impossible But DR..
Campbell achieves success not sur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
An American Ambassador Face
To Face With Soviet Russia
Kaleidoscope Changes of Revolution Described
by David r. Francis From Vantage
Point of Embassy

between old Nicholas Tschaikovsky's
anti Bolshevik Russian government and
the British military authorities.
Ambassador Francis left Russia very
reluctantly, in order to undergo n
necessary operation, and he was eaper
to return as soon as his health was
restored. He suggested to President
Wilson that he be sent back to tho
American Embassy in Petrograd, &C.
companied by $4,000 American soldier.
He believes that Bolshevsm would
have been overthrown if this plan had
been adopted. However, the Presi.
dent, who was always skeptical about
the benefits of military intervention
in Russia, failed to agree with Ambas.
sador Francis about the practicabilitv
of the scheme, although King George
Of England heartily Endorsed it.
During his stay in Russia Ambas-
sador Francis received a number ~
insulting and threatening messages
from groups of Russian anarchists WIN
Hdu iSluiuSu 4IolN America. LarpA
demon STATIONS were held, demandinv
that the American government release
Mooney, Berkman and Emma Goldman.
However, Mr. Francis, in his communi.
cations to the State Department and to
his friends, always processes entire
confidence, so far as his personal safe.
ty is concerned; and it does not appear
Tat the embassy ever suffered physi-
cal molesta ton.
Russia From the American Embassy
is an important contribution to our
knowledge and understanding of our
governments Russian policy Mr..
Francis relieves the comparative dry
ness of his documentary material with
numerous entertaining anecdotes and
shrewd comments upon the PERSONAL
ities Of the revolutionary leaders.
Patriotic Americans may well be proud
OF the activities Of an ambassador who
used all the influence of his position
to combat Bolshevism and stimulate
Russia to play a more vigorous part in
the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Civil War In Mohawk Valley
Gives Lurid Color to Novel
Robert w. Chambers, in The Little Red Foot
Returns to His Early Field of
Historical Fiction

long road of uncertainty and depres-
sion ere he wins her. We prefer the
Chambers of the wholly beautiful story
of the love Of the two to the Chambers
Of The Common Law and other similar
novels. The dark background of the
feud Of the two graphing parties
locked in the battle Of the great Mo-
hawk Valley campaign of 1777 gives
vivid setting to this delicate account
Of the wavering theme that centers in
the young man and his unusual
heroine.
The novel receives it's title from the
Indian emblem of death, small red
foot painted on scalps or embroidered
is astonishingly at home with the lore
of the North American Indian of Cen
trail New York, in all the particulars
that concern this bloody sign, as we'll
as the legends, the battle customs and
the native stealth he portrays so faith
fully. He gives us, in The Little Red
Foot as no other work of modern fic-
ton succeeds in doing, graphic mar
rative of period superlatively rich
in clashing interest and hued in the
high and low lights of history that
always treads close on the heels of
romance.
All this leads to a conclusion we
cannot escape. The United States of
to-day is one of dawning recognition
Of the singular vitality in beauty of
our romantic past. A famous English
dean, visiting us few years ago, re-
marked that we have no significant
ruins. He forgot, Or was ignorant Of
Ticonderoga, Crown Point and the
scattered memorials of the valleys of
the Hudson and the Mohawk, to say
nothing of our many shrines dotted
all over our broad expanse We have
noble American past, and we are
marching over a divide on the long
trail of our fiction and historical writ
ings that gives US an interpretativc
vista of that past. National roads-the
Lincoln Highway is one of them-not
only link ocean and ocean; they fur
nish paths along which to place tablets
that remind US that our fathers
tramped, suffered and died that we
might possess a nation in unity 1t is
duty to welcome the writings of men
who strive honestly, with the truths
of history at their elbow, to make plain
the meaning Of what those men did for
present inspiration. And so, a right
hand to Robert W. Chambers. and a
hope that he will add more novels Of
the type of The Little Red Foot to a
cherished shelf in our library.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Our Power Resources

Americas Power Resources. bv C.
Il. Gilbert and J. E. Pogue, the two
engineers who made an exhaustive
study of this subject for the Smith
sonian Institution, will be ready August
~, the Century Company announces.
Their work for the Smithsonian In
stltutlon was covered by a series of
reports on various phases which were
issued from time to4time as pamphlets.
Echoes of startling revelations con-
tanned in these found their wav to
the pages of newspapers and a grea
number of articles appeared upon the
alarming waste Of power and of our
power resources which was going on,
The present work is, say the publish
ers, thoroughly popular, non-technical
exposition Of the subject. That our
American standard of living depends
absolutely upon the high productivity
per man which our society has at
tanned, and that this in turn is de-
pendent upon the use of power ma
chinery, make it obvious that this is a
subject of Importance to every one. and
the publishers believe these authors
have succeeded in so dramatizine its
appeal that it is of interest to everv
one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21

passed, we should say, by any of his
predecessors in the quest. And that
is because he makes his work primarily
and essentially biography and not a
volume of doctrinal polemics. Utiliz-
ing the fruits of the best modern
scholarship, he pictures to us the place
of religion in the worlds history and
the condition of the world at the be-
ginning OF our era, and then relates
the story of Christ's life as a man
among men, according to the material
provided for us in the Gospels.
1t goes without saying that he i'm
rllcltly believes in and gives full
credit to those features of the nara
tive which are commonly regarded as
supernatural or miraculous. thouph in
more than one case he points out, with
the authority of modern scientific
scholarship, that so-called miracles
were susceptible of entirely normal
explanation. With the apparent dis
crepancles among the Gospel narra-
tlves he concerns himself in a man.
ner which will inspire the Joy and
satisfaction Of every sincere and un-
p1eJudlced reader; showing why the
Gospels differ and yet how in their
apparent differing they, in fact, agree
anc strlklngly confirm each other. He
adopts the theory which we believe to
be in accord with the best scholarship
and the soundest judgment, that Mark
wrote, first Of all, probably from in
formation largely received from Simon
Peter; that Matthew wrote especially
for Hebrew and Luke for Gentle read
ers, both drawing to some extent from
Mark, and Luke being somewhat under
the influence of Paul; and that John
wrote in entire independence of the
others, emitting many facts apparently
because they were already told BY
them, and seeking to treat the whole
| subject from an entirely different point
of view. While the three synoptical
Gospels are chiefly narrative that
OF John is primarily doctrinal and
Philosophical.
Between mere traditions and the
actual records of the evangelsts DR..
Campbell discriminates sharply. The
latter he accepts, and of them he shows
himself to be an uncommonly effective
champion. To the former he holds
himself to be in TO wise bound. no
matter with what wealth of ecclesiast i-
cal authority they may be invested.
lie, however, scrupulously avoids dog
matism and controversy contenting
himself with those interpretations of
Christ's words and acts which must
commend themselves to every rcvcrent
and unbiased mind Thus he has pro-
duced a book which will provoke little
controversy, save on the part of intrin-
sically irrcconcilab,e skeptics, but
which will give incstimable informa-
ton, reinsurance and spiritual salts
faction to readers Of even the most
varying Christian faiths. 1t is a
Judicious anticipation that it will rank
among the very foremost works on the
life Of Christ, alike for students. for
dcvout believers and for general lovers
Of sterling literature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
By Samuel Abbott

hambers. Published by George H.
boran Company. $3.50.
" n September. 1919, the writer of this
n review was in the Mohawk Valley
q for q few days. While there he
visited the field of Orskany and
other historic spots. He learns that Rob-
ert w. Chambers was on the same ground
& month later, undoubtedly collecting
data for his novel just published, The
Little Red Foot. 1t is good news, this re-
turn Of Chambers to his early love, the
historical novel, for which he has I'M
usual aptitude. He does not invite COM
PARSONS with Harold Frederics In the
Valley in this romance of the cruel
warfare that made New York from
what is now Rome to Albany and up
the reaches of Lakes George and Cham
plain a region of fame and death.
Chambers can stand on his own feet,
safe in the assurance that in this book
he has presented veritable and awful
picture of the civil war that devastated
the Mohawk country in the late sum-
mer of 1777.
Nowhere in the world, on no page
Of history can be found more terrific
record of the fierce bitterness of civil
war than in the bald facts of the
struggle between American and Tory
in the quiet wales and forests of the
New York of the Revolution Chambers
invents a John Drogue and gives him
q tongue to relate the chain of stirring
incidents that lead up to the wild
week of Stanwix and Oriskany. Swung
by the crooked John Johnson, dismal
son of good old Sir William, many men
long friends of Drogue go over mind
and musket to the British cause. Allied
with the 1roquois, they became treach-
erous scalp-hunters. But John is able
to hold together a courageous little
body of men, dangerous group in
their ability to shoot to kill with their
long barreled rifles and schooled in
woodcraft and the ways of the Indians.
This band of patriots is Joined by
a few braves of the Oneida tribe, with
whom is a young Indian girl with the
power of foretelling or foreseeing
events to come. She furnishes thread
of definite romantic color to the tapes
try of the novel.
Drogue meets Penelope Grant,
who proves to be kinswoman. Pene-
lope is beset by importunate lovers in
British red and Continental buff and
blue. She is no hirt, but she succeeds,
snvoluntarily, in leading John over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
America and the Future Novel

That the future of the novel lies in
America and that England is losing,
If it has not already lost, its suprem-
acy in this field of creative literature,
is the belief of an English novelist,
W. Douglas Newton. His new novel,
Low Ceilings (Appleton), has been d.
scrlbed by some of our reviewers as
OF the Miss Lulu Bett type of fiction,
but Mr.. Newton says that the book
was planned before he knew anything
of the novels of the Miss Lulu Bctt-
Main Street school. But he expresses
pleasure at the fact that he may be
"one of the first to apply the American
technique to English affairs and writ
ing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Missionary Ideals

WORLD FRIENDSHIP. INC. BY ]. Lowell
Murray. Published by Missionary Edu.
cation Movement. so cents.
'ENHE past achievements and future
ambitions of Christian mission
aries in Oriental countries are reviewed
in this little book The author lays
particular stress upon the service
which the missionary should render in
ministering to the physical, as well as
to the spiritual needs of the people
whom he visits. The book closes With
an earnest plea for spirit of Chris
tian Cancellation and good will in our
dealings with the Eastern nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Mohawk Valley in Fic0n Viewing the Russian Storm
Despoiled China
A Plea for Fair Play in
the Orient
CHINA. CAPTIVE OR FREE? BY Gil
bert Reid. Published by Dodd, Mead &

CHINA. CAPTIVE OR FREE? BY Gil
bert Reid. Published by Dodd. Mead &
~ HIS is a vigorous and searching
analysis of the Far Eastern
~ situation. in the light of Chris
tian ethics and morality. The author
shows how China has been systemat-
cally despoilcd by practically all the
great powers which have come into
contact with her. Chnas wrongs are
commonly thought Of chiefly in terms
of the Shantung settlement. The ALL
thor points out that this is too narrow
view of the case.
England and France began the work
of plundering China long before Japan
entered the field. The partition of the
Celestial Empire into what are euphu-
unsteady called spheres of influence
had proceeded far before Japan
lsunchcd her policy Of expansion on the
Asiatic mainland.
While severely condemning the ruth
lessly aggressive tendencies which
sometimes manifest themselves in Jap
anese foreign policy, Mr.. Reid is will
ing to admit the force of the Japanese
contention that it is a matter of life
and death for Japan to prevent any
European power from acquiring a pre-
dominant position in China.
Even in the matter of Shantunr the
author Feels that the Allies and Amer
lea must be held jointly responsible
with Japan. BY concluding secret
treaties with Japan in 1917, which rec
ognlzed the claims to Shantung, Eng
land and France gave strong color Of
legality to the Japanese demands at
the Versailles conference. Mr.. Reid
accuses DR.. Paul Reinsch, the Amer
lean Minister in Picking, of Turing
China into the war by promising a
measure of support for Chinese claims
at the peace settlement which Presi-
dent Wilson was unable, or unwilling.
to give.
Ihe author deprecates any exclusive
ly anti-Japanese agitation in China.
He is convinced that China's eriev-
ances must be ascribed not merely to
Japan, but to the wrongdoing of some
OF the European powers as we'll. And
he urges the Chinese people to strive
for liberation by putting their own
house in order, by effecting a recon-
Citation between the rival govern
ments at Picking and Canton, by adopt-
ing more efficient commercial methods
and by cultivating friendly relations
with all nations, Japan included
Mr. Reid's book is animated bv q
slngleminded zeal for truth and ius-
tlce that is seldom found in Diplomatic
circles. 1t is we'll documented; the
author bases his statements upon nu-
merous authoritative sources. as we'll
as upon his own years of experience in
Eastern affairs. 1t is we'll calculated
to give the American reader clear
insight into the Far Eastern situation.
which is peculiarly desirable in view
Of the approaching conference at
Washington.