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The New York herald., 1921-05-01
CHARLES HANSON TOWNE.

This novel-the authors frst-has
affected me as a quiet garden does. 1t
does not contain any stupid optimism:
yet there Is a valiant outlook on life.
and though the heroine suffers a good
deal she is forever looking starward.
working out her destiny in terms of
courage and health of mind and soul
and spirit This kind Of American nc-
tion has its definite place. The struc-
ture Is sure and firm. the introduction
of the various characters cleverly
brought about.
The ingredients are here for an ex-
citing Southern story that will win its
way in any section. Mrs. Railey knows
her types and locality well. Nancy
Carroll is not one of those indolent
little beauties OF the old South who can
find nothing better to do than powder
their noses and take siestas on the
balcony through drowsy afternoons
She realizes from the very start that
she is living in a thrilling world of
action. and comes home from college
with single purpose in her mind--to
clean up the municipality in which
she is to spend probably the rest Of
her natural life. Nothing could be
more authentic than the early descrip-
tons of the sleepy little neighborhood
to which Nancy returns after four
years absence. One gets a picture OF
the serenity Of the village of Carroll
ton. the dolce far niente atmosphere
where the hours drift along In a lazy
procession. How easy It would be 10
slip into this quietude and be like the
rest Of the folk there!
But Nancy Is made Of different stuff
and she is up and doing almost from
the instant she alights from the train
and her girlhood lover meets her. She
has no time to bother with love--yet
She must adjust herself, find her
niche in the world OF affaics This
she proceeds to do. not as a tiresome
reformer but as robust young woman
who has a passion for the triumph
OF right over wrong. She rouses, of
course. the enmity of politicians, who
fight her every inch of the way; and
she goes TO teaching school far out in
conditions of the prison camp near Car
rollton. Not content with these activi-
ties, she gets entangled In strike of
the telephone operators Of the town.
and there are dramatic incidents all
through that prove Mrs. Rai'ey q born
storyteller.
There are dim streets off the main
thoroughfare of her story which the
author penetrates Just sufficiently to
reveal her understanding heart. Wit
ness the episode of the girl Margery--a
briefly sketched character that leaves
its definite impression and brings tho
reader up with a gasp and a sharp
realization of the hidden currents Of
life. But all the characters stand out
against the local background, and
there Is not a moment in the whole
story when one has not the sense that
these are living, breathing cratures,
and that he is merely looking on,
through Mrs. Railey's unconscious art,
at the unfolding Of a drama which
deeply concerns one corner OF the
world
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
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The New York herald., 1921-05-01

"The Green Goddess" William
Archer's play, in which George Arliss
il now starring at the Booth Theatre.
has just been published by Alfred a.
Knopf.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01

The publishers Of Frederick O'Brien's
white Shadows In the South Sea-
and Mystic Isles of the South Sea-
have kindly sent us the proper pro-
nunciation OF the word Tahiti" The
natives and others who live there pro-
nounce 1t Tity with a long l. As an
example the following rhyme Illus
trates II for the wayfaring man
on going to Tahiti
Take along your nightie
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
She had no
time for love

SHOWDOWN. By Julia Houston Raj
ley. 6. ?. Putnams Sons.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
BY EDWARD ANTHONY.
Tomeville Anthology.

THE LIE is PASSED.
Whence comes the myth that poets do
not edfg
Who manufactured the dtrocions lief
The Jdbricdtor should like to meet
Aud ask the toretch hoiU he can justify
His statements. Only yesterday J ate.
This month not once. but half dozen
times
In 0itded cdfeterids T're safe
con, there are editors that buy my
rhymes).
Partdking. tohile the ployer-pidno played
The latest rag Jof food as cdloried
As any mans. o, mock not at nty trade !
False is the ancient jest, o false, in
deed :
Why, this tods l0Titten, pes, this very
lay,
In Mars BUSY Bee the other day.
The New York herald., 1921-05-01
ThreeS a crowd on a desert isle

TAWI-TAWT. BY Louis Dodge. Charles
Scribner's Sons.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-20
The Girl Who Had No Chance
Rx MARION RuRiNcAM

Mary moment You can phone Lane
while she's in here, then gel the nurse.
Though it's no use. In the morn
ing
The voice stopped from weakness.
Ruth, half faintins from anxiety and
nervousness, did as her father asked.
And as he said, in the morning he
was no more.
AS was to be expected, Mrs. O'Neil
kept her head and attended to all the
many prictical details that follow the
passing of a life from this earth. She
turned the care of the house owe: to
little Mrs. Belding, and herself took
charge of all the necessary funeral
preparations. Ruth, who mad collapsed
half way through the morning, was not
given anything to do. Mrs. O'Niel
even sent the kilograms to reiatis es
who had to be told, for once sparing
no expense to do the thing right" as
she expressed it.
! Langley came in the evening. Ruth
was lying on the couch in the big liv'
ing room-the funeral was to be held
in the long usused ''parlous" on The
other side of the house. Mrs. Bedding
had built fire Of logs, and the girl
was on the couch before It's warmth
| Langley stretched his great length in
an armchair nearby.
| They did not talk for awhile. Thai
was one of the things she enjoyed mos
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-20
Chapter II
SENTIM ENT.

Don't call the others just yet" her
father said.
DO you feel we'll enough to talk?
Don't you think you'd better Sleep"
Ruth asked. though she knew in her
heart that the next sleep was the one
from which he would not come back
for her.
II feel all right. You can call Mary
in and the nurses and the doctor, too,
IL you want, but not for a few mo-
ments. I'd like-iust TO lie here and
lold your hand awhile
Yes" Ruth whispered. patting the
hand, her voice ready TO choke again.
used to grieve because you were
deprived of all the Size things A
girl should have-because I was so
careless when l was young. I had
money enough to send you 10 college,
10 send you at least to the city. when
YOU wanted so much to 60"
I'm glad I didn't" Ruth insisted.
I'D rather stay here with you"
But was always a fool with money.
Everything I bought turned out a
fake. You have your mothers sense,
I'm glad of that You'll be a great
success. where I was a great failure.
Look what you're doing-you are
taking a dead town and making it a
live one, and you are building city
where there were only fields-'
I'm only helping" Ruth said, her
curious shyness coming out again.
Ruth" he said. after a silence.
Yes, Father
Did YOU care very much for TIM
Ruth thought rapidly Then she lied
bravely.
Il did at the time, but I've been all
over it long ago.
I'm glad of that. | wish You liked
Williams-but there are plenty OF good
men. J hope you marry someone
worthy of you sometime"
There was silence again. Ruth felt
her hand tremble, as she held tight
to her father-tightly enough, she felt
>ubconsciously, to keep him from slip,
Ling away from her.
Ruth" he said whimsically after a
time. It's always seemed to me, in
reading the lives of great mon, that
they said a lot of bromide things on
their deathbeds. I'm not great but
shan't do that at least. I'd rather die
saying nothins-but l want to l1lk to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-20

about this unsentimental comrade of
hers-the long periods OF silence that
brought no embarrassment to either of
them.
She watched him now as the fire.
light played over his face it made
lis uneven profile look still more ir-
regular because it threw strange lights
and shadows on his features. Shadows
were in the hollows of his cheeks,
around the eyes-the small eyes that
were SO keen and intelligent The
light made his blonde hair still bright
er--he wore it even longer these days.
and familiar gesture was to run his
fingers through it. brushing it straight
, back from his high forehead
Silly and feminine to go to pieces
like this" Ruth apologized.
Perfectly natural result of a silly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-20

and feminine attempt to work all day
and sit up all night" he answered, a
little brutally.
But had to sit up, The nurse all
day-mother couldn't all night"
you worked all day."
In spite of herself, the tears came
to her eyes. She was too weak and
too nervously worn to keep them back.
The man was out of his chair and
over to her couch in an instant. His
arms we're around her, he pulled her
close against him
You poor little kid. I'm beast to
have said that.
NO, you were right / did over
work, and I knew I could not keep it
up-only ] liked sitting with Father
at highland I'm glad l did, because
l saw a little more of him
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-20

The tears, once started, could not
be checked.
GO on and cry, it's the best thing
to do Langley said, his arms still
around her. Ruth found herself curled
up on his lap as though she were a
small child, while he sat in the corner
of the couch. Her head was hidden
against his shoulder and in some fash.
ion, one of his big and perfectly con-
petent handkerchiefs as in her hands,
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
puREsr Gov s IONS Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska

been notified by the representative of the bureau of mining, that they were located on mineral lands and were compelled to surrender their land. Under the present laws and regulations, settlers have no right to take up a homestead upon mission sites on hot springs reservations, mineral lands or townsitcs. All these different classes of land are under different bureaus, and a su- preme court judge would be called upon to test the limit of his legal knowledge to determine just what land in Alaska is open to settlement.
 The central idea of the new bill, as well as the old Curry bill, will be to create resident commission with authority to exercise all of the rights of the general government. This badly in the present bill is called the Alaska development com mission, and it is the purpose of Chairman Curry to make the new body a developing organization in fact as well as in name.
 Of course, the different depart ments and bureaus will be loath to give up any of their authority over the territory, but the present or ganization has been such dis graceful failure that Chairman Curry is confident he will have the support of the house in his effort to pass a truly constructive meascre for the relief of Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
MA ACHINERY GOES
 FROM TREADWELL

Another substantial indication of the large operations being carried OH by the Treadwell company on quartz properties on the Kuskokwim river was found in lO2 tons of machinery from the old stamp mill which was loaded on to the Alameda. and will be transferred at Seattle to a vessel headed for the KuskOkwim river, to be used on the new property.
 Livingston Werneke. geologist and engineer for the Treadwell interests, who was in Juneau recently and mad who was in Juneau recently and made a full report of operations aud mad a full report Of operations on the new Kuskokwim property, is now on the scene of operations and made ar. engagements while here for the ma chinery to be sent.
 Much ore running high in values already has been blocked out under the direction Of Mir. Wcrncke, and on additional crew of men were put to work this spring. Tie property IS near McGrath, to which place \. x. Grant, a well known newspaper nan of the interior, recently moved his plant from Marshal City. in order to be, on hand for the expected boom. A number of people went over the win ter trail to McGrath. The only way now open to get into the country, without encountermg hardships, is up tie kuskOkwim river via boat.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
Kills Alaska
 Publicity Bureau

The Alaska Publicity Bureau is 90 be abolished under provisions O. d bill passed by tha territorial Senate at this mornings session The meas ure. introduced by senator Collins. was strenuously o9NESed by Senators Britt. and Price. who claimed that abolition of the institution a. this time was a step backward,
 We cannot afford to stop adyer- Using at any time" said Senator Britt in defending the bureau and it's work during past years. During the past year have received several hundred letters addressed to me as the representative of the Norwegian government in this country, written by people of Norway who considered immigration to and settlement in this country. Most of those letters were turned over to the publicity bureau for disposition.
 Senator Frawley of Nome replied that no benefits had accrued to the territory by existaucc or work of the bureau. and that the only good thing that might be said of il was that it had spent money in the city of Juneau.
 "The bureau of publicity said M" Frawley. can be entirely dispensed with without any loss whatever to the territory.
 Senator Price took the floor in de- fense of the bureau. claiming that its work in connection with dispeEsatioa of information about the territory. and as an employment bureau had proved valuable To the territory. em- ployers and seekers of employment also claiming that il constituted tme only means Of advertising Alaska un- til some better means were provided. Senator Hess remarked that cur tailment of appropriation for this item might be better than entire abolition of the bureau, while S-ua- tor Chamberlain claimed that credit for any advertising of the territory should be credited to the various chambers of commerce.
 Roll call found to in favor of abolition. Senators Price and Britt voting against it.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
THE TEACHERS CALLING.

TcacherS worthy of places in the schools in which American children are prepared for life, for making q living, for the duties and responsibili- ties of democratic citizenship and for eternal destiny, can never be fully paid In money, writes Dr. r. r. CIaX- lon in an exchange. Men and women worthy of this highest of all callings will moi think first of the pay in mon ey or in any other form. For teach. CTS. as for other workers, RuSkin holds: If they think first of pay and only second of work, they are servants of him who is the ford of pTy, the most uuerect friend that fell. If they think first of the work and its results, and only second of their pay, however i'm portant that may be, then they are servants of Him who Is the Lord Uf all work. Then they belong 10 the great guild Of workers and builders and SayIors ot the world together with Him, for whom to do the will of Him that sent Him and finish His work is both meat aud drink"
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Bubbles light as air are notorious for the wrigniy possibilities that may develop from them. To thr lay mind, however. it is astonishing that the de strucrion of the land by iuruads of the sea can be comh0trd more chcaply and afrctuaNy hy coaHr,SN1d air released from tubes sunk in the sea floor. than by the uld-fasniaHrd method of solid masonry. The ascending bubbles break the force ut the waves, as has been concluSircly shown by recent eX- pcrimcutS.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
Jefferson Arrived
 About Midnight

The S. S. Jefferson of the AlasAa Steamship Co. reached port about .1l:OO p. m. Sunday. Mr8. II. Cngc- froren, who has been in Portland, visiting relatives for q number of weeks, returned.
 Mrs. Max NJ. Smith returned from Ketchikan, where. she has been as sisting MT. Smith in getting the new store in that city under operation.
 Mrs. Smith will reopen th2ir stor1 in Skagway for the summer trade.
 Mir. Clarence Pyke was a passen- ger on the Jefferson, having come up to resume his duties as classilier on the wharf, for the White Pass & Yukon Route. MT. Pyke spent the winter with his parents, in Centralia, Washington.
 Twenty five men of the river boats came in on the Jefferson. She left for the south about 800 am.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Perhaps there Is nothing so very strange in the enthusiasm that is now apparent in Argentina for everything associated with aviation, says Chris tan Science Monitor The Andes, on Argcutina'S western boundary, are rather high mountains. the crossing of which has always constituted prob lem for the inhabitants upon either side. Aviation simply offers a new method, which the South Americans have been quick to exploit. It is also to be remembered that Argentina is a country of both magnificent dis tanccs and magnificent fortunes. What more natural than that the lat ter should hc used, ou occasion, to overcome the former, now that air planes can be hud- at a price?
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
DEplHTMENT o@ IHa.I&rEIOR
General L.ld 0gI;tc

Juneau, AIusaa, ApgiI II, 1921 Notice I5 hereby gi5cD that the Arctic Bro.4er.o-l Cemetery Asso- ciattoa, a Corporation, by ". 5. Stout, R. .a. Ud9i yLl II. 0. Bant;., it's trustees, ..s lied notice ol it's intention JJ .-..uy final proof ia support 0. i. application, serial U4tyG, 10. g-u.- vuucs tue DroyIs- ions oi tae .s. oI .44rcu l, 1907, (34 Stat. luy-5 ry. lands embraced within L. 5, .&.,ey No. l25j, sit uatcd ou t.g iatJ bank of the ChiI- kat River, one m..e west oi IIaines, Alaska, ill Latitude J9 degrees II minutes Month aad Longitude I35 degrees 2U minutes West, and more particularly described as follows:
 COmmon3-s at Corner l, whence '. 5. l.. ai. No. 513 bears North SJ degrees O4 minutes East Sg.40 ,auius distance; thence South ly.5o c.a.Ls 10 Corner No. ,; thence West 1929 chains 10 Corner NJ. g; thence North S.SO chains 10 Corner No. 4, meander corner ou line or ordinary high tide ol Chi.ae. River; thence me mdcrlEa tAe su.d river CD North 57 degrees I1 minutes East I2.2J chains to Corner Nc. , M. c.; Jacuce East 5.gJ chains to Corner NO. l, the place of begin ming, containing all area of 2l.66 acres. Variation GI degrees 90 minutes East.
 Proof in support Of the applica- ton Will be submitted by the appIi- cant and two of the following wit ucsses; Carl Djornstad, Erik Os- lund, j.. A. Burnett and c. II. Lind holm, ail ot IIu.Aes, Alaska, before q. N,. IHucUMau, |, $. Commission CT ul IIa.u.z, -Alas..a, on June I, 1921.
 FRANK 4. uDYLE,
 Register. First Publication April II, 1921. Final Publication May II, 1921.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Looking into a mirror in his store, a Chicago icwrlcr Was just in time to see thug nrH.ud his back. aiming q blow at his skull with a heavy Slcd@c. This man can do lot of looking into the mirror in tho future without the risk of being called vain.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

The London, England, Star remarks that the United States intends 10 let the rest of the world sink or swim as 1t may. 1T ihc rest of the world does not know how to swim hy this time, it is certainly old enough to learn.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

The United States Supreme court has decided lhat mans home is wherever he says it is. no matter if it is warehouse. II isn't a far-rcaching decision hvrausc il has not been the good fortune of many ,u succeed in getting into even a warehouse.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

A Toronto man has sung bass in q church choir for GS years. but that isn't his real distinction. His voice is believed to be the only thing that didn't go higher on account of the Nyur
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

RoyaliSts planned to have cN-En- peror Charles enter Budapest by means of an airplanc and seize the Hungarian throne, but Charles frowu- ed on the idea. Experience has taught him the dangers uf aviation.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

A nasty inquiry reveals the fact that the United States is about In the same place it used to be and going along without much change, even though the women did vote.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Several rn"u>aud fools are going to divide a half million dollars between two rulltan~. just tn' see them pummcl each other for few minutes, says Houston Post And the two rough necks will 1" thr most respectable part of 'hr show.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

That man who h.d his whisky still in a COrnfeld certainly had the man. ufarturer'S Instinct for getting close to hiS raw material.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

London ladies are finding quick cures by failing in love with their doctors. Its all right with cooing, but how about the billing?
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

CubanS whc a~r tretful because they can't sell Su-ar should be reminded ot a time whrn consumers couldn't buy b,r;tus" ut the shortage"
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
To Cure $ Cold in One Day

Take Groves LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE tablets, The genuine bears the signature ot r.. V. Grove. soc.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

A prnfc~>nr-uf En-lish says he has found out aflrr go years that beauty and no, brains is the ideal of the majority ur modern women. How ap- parent it brruwrS at once that he is a professor of English and not of history.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Between Illicit commercial booze which impoveriSheS, and the home made that Kills. the consumer Is Ike ly to become dryer and dryer.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

For getting results with thrills, smoking over a powder barrel seems Co have nothing on guarding a cache of "loOch."
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

+, as alleged. lot of people are get ting rich from the Illicit sale of booze, it can also be Said that those who buy i- are getting poorer.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Former King Ferdinand popular as a speuder." says 8 Berlin cable. One doesn't have to be king to gain pop ularlCy in that way.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
HOUs" FOR SALE

Four-room, substantial cottage, ad- joining my home. Best offer takes it. House must be moved from present location. Cash or terms. Apply ". c. Blanchard.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

The weather man. isn't paying much attention to the "bue sky" law.
 The latest confccuon is the ralsln- ette-the candy with q kick.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

The m#u who rouucctS with the idea that the time i> al hand 10 put more elbow grease. enthusiasm and fidelity into his work is the man wh" wiiI win. There are a good many people who would be wise to turn the farr pf the clock to the wall and pay attention 10 huSincSs.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03
EDITORIAL

l. gives au American girl almost as much trouble tn -rt rti ut duke aS ir does Co get one.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Minneapolis reports flour at pre- war prices, but you cant make break fast toast out of reports, even from Minneapolis.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Philosophy is what enables sports man who has failed 10 bag an ele- phuut to turn his attention cheerful y sO squirrels.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

There k this CumpenSating thought: While prices generally are going down, the dollar k going up.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Doctors in Spain are up in arms over an .nyasiuu ns fhe;r country by doctors fru.I other countries. They look upon II as an unhealthy sign.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

r. -.me k wruey. the man who has Jus, been seat up 70 the pen for life k independently rich.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

T. thc Bo'>heytkt seek a preteXt for another war with Poland they will find one, cen if they have to mauu- fracture .-.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

Appendicitis has grown so com mon that rhe exclusive set Is now turning tu acuv>ia.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

From a meteorological rather than an economical point ot view the pub lie l> becoming interested in wOOlenS,
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

T. looks more and more as If prices wer" going Co get down to where the Fest Ot Us have been for so long.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-03

That suggested school for wives" brings the couuterpropoSal that there hc also a Kindergarten for husbands.