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The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
USE OF CHIFFON IN SKIRTS
Two Shades of Pink Material Pro- vide Combination That Is Pretty
 and Pleasing.

Two shades of pink chiffon-One a deep rose and the other pale coral make a very pretty skirt Where the bands of the darker shade are insert ed, narrow bands of shiny, pale-blue velvet satin are hemstitched into the chiffon on each side with silver threads
 The quaint, tight-fitting bodice shows a most interesting application of the satin bands on the picturesque fichu. This is attained by having the two tones of chiffon outlined by the blue violet satin, which gives a most delightful appearance. The bodice it. self is fashioned from twO-toned satin.
 In rose and white it possesses cer- tain silvery effect. The bright side of the satin is used for the corsage. which is drawn tightly to one side.
 The girdle shows the pale side Of the satin. This, however, is further enriched with a narrow band of tur- quOise satin as well as two magnif- cent flowers. One is originated in orange yellow, while the other is a rose -cOlOred creation.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
Lace Is Stylish.

Advices from Paris show that laces are being used, even to the extent of lace panels inserted in foulard dresses
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
TAILORED LINGERIE IS CHIC
Plain Tops to chemise, Nightgowns, Slips and CamisoIes Now the
 FaVorite Style.

There is a penchant for plain, or tailored, tops to chemises night gowns, slips and camisoles. This type of garment agrees in simplicity with the slim, boyish figure which still prevails in "the vogue of youthful ness.''
 Occasionally these plain hens, or castings, are edged with strips of flat insertion, which does not detract from the "cOrrectness" of the garments character, yet makes it piquantly feminine. Through the plain casings are usually run delicate ribbons of soft pastel shades, and a novel note echoes the color of the ribbon in pip ings around hems and along seams.
 Peach, apricot, rose, French blue, lavender and golden yellow are the colors that enliven the pale fabrics from which lingerie is developed.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
VEIL ADDS BEAUTY
Face Covering as Important as
 Other Articles of Dress.
All Shades Appearing in the New Suits Are Duplicated in the
 Lacy Decoration.

To be becomingly yelled aids a woman greatly in being smartly dressed. The selection of a veil is as important as the choice of any other article of dress, especially so since the right veil enhances a womans beauty to no incOnsiderable extent, while one that is not becoming will accentuate the smallest defect. Wom- ell have come to realize this and spend ever so much time and delib eration in purchasing these bits of flattering attire.
 The veil is scarcely a matter of season. yet at this time of the year it's vogue is particularly pronounced and no spring toilette appears con- pIete when it is absent. This season women are evincing an extraordinary amount of enthusiasm over wells, due to the fact that there is such great variety in color, shape and mesh.
 All the shades appearing in the new suits and dresses are duplicated in veils, although brown, gray and black predOminate. Just as two shades ap- pear in a dress, so we find different colors in single veil. The body or main portion may be of chiffon and have trimming of Shetland mesh in a contrasting hue, or it may be that of a Russian mesh of one color com bined with Shetland in decidedly contrasting hue. Then again, a woven dot or design may be of opposite tint from the veil itself.
 The uniting of different cOlOrs and materials in a veil is especially appar- ent in those for motoring, yachting and travelling. These are, of course, of the long and flowing variety. An import just arrived in this country Is of chiffon with a square piece of silk Shetland inserted in the front.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
First Use of Ether.

The first successful operation with ether was performed on Eben II. Frost, ShO testified that handkerchief sat urated with the mysterious something discovered by Dr. Morton, was pressed to his nose and he became unconsciouS awakening only to find that diseased tooth had been extracted without his Knowing anything about-it. The-draw- ing of Mir. Frost's tooth was the ini- ual operation which preceded 'the grand demonstration at the AIassa- chusetts general hospital October 16, 1s4o.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
ribet,s Sacred Mountain.

Inland, 40 days march from the las
 British outpost of the Irrawaddy, lie: the Mecca of the wOrshipers of Bud
 aha, the sacred mountain of eastern Tibet. Toward this shrine of the great Chinese god travel each year thousands of pilgrims. dirty, ill-kempt, ignorant and cheerful, writes F. Kingdom Ward
 In the Wide World magazine. The season for piiSrimages to the noun tain begins in October and ends in February. these months being the best suited for travel in mountainous Tibet.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
Prorane ExpressIsn.

Do not think you are prefane when you say that you "dOn't care . dam." The truth is that a dam was the small est Hindu coin at a time when the English were invading India. and the expression that one didn't give a dam" naturally sprang up to mean that q natter was Oi next to no importance.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
Holbr0ok News
 Notes

Doe" Switzer has acquir- ed a handsome new Buick.
 c. E. Jennings is on the coast for a visit.
 Well, boys, the grape fruit" girls are gone.
 Gas is reported in the well of the Bankers Petroleum Co.,, at Springerville.
 Human sign posts don't seem to wear as we'll as the painted ones.
 Under the superintend- ence of Marshall McCIana- han, main street is being worked over.
 We regret to chronicle that w. o. Morgan, known to our readers as Petrificado, has departed f or California. Therefore, h is humorous writings will be lost to our readers in the future.
 The local post of t h e American Legion will again take charge of the dances at the pastime. This will be welcome news to the plea sure loving public. The first dance will be May 21st. Good music and merriment.
 J M. Lees latest suit has occasioned some comment. It is a dainty dark yellow. The collar, cuffs and trous- CT buttons are self trimmed, and all seams are heavily re- inforced. Altogether quite recherche!
 H. D. o. Hammond, gov ernment employe at Keams Canyon, spent the week end in HeIbrook. Ham" is looking we'll again.
 Overheard a lady from Cooley remarking on labor conditions in her home town, added, "and I guess condi- tions down m the world are just awful" She evidently lives on another plane.
 One of our citizens diff dently approached the booth from which the leather lung ed optimist dealt out hams, coffee, etc.. After watching the play for sometime he cautiously placed ten cents on a number and when pre- sented with a ham exclaim- ed in surprise, "Mein Gott! how long has this been go- ing on?"
 One of the "barkers" of |. the carnival was fined $250. | 00and given a sentence of six months in the County jail proven guilty of con- tributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
Prairie Doas.

The little ground squirrels, or prai- rie dogs of the western plains. have their homes 12 oc D feet underground, with corridors and rooms. In some of these chambers fine squirrel family lives, and in others food and various materials are stored.
The Holbrook news., 1921-05-20
Warnfnd.

Never tell q girl thar she is viva cious. If you do, she will think that 1t Is up to her to giggle her way ints your affections.-Hot Springs Arkan- saw Thomas Cat
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
I1l High Attitudes
Little Story of Switzerland
Is Great in Hunor

IN THE MOUNTAINS Published by DsubedN.
Page q Co.
4 7 is not very difficult to write hu.
n NOR Of the uproa1ious kind. 1t il
difficult to write humor Of the quiet
kind-that sly, sensitive fun that is ali
the richer because it requires consider
alton. SO we are genuinely peevish ct
the author of In the Mountains (Dou-
bleday, Page & Co.. for keeping his Or
her name in the cupboard under lock
and key. We want to present verbal
medal for literary excellence and don.
know where to 70 with it.
This book is a wellspring Of delight
A woman tells the story Of three o.
four months of her life through its
pages, and the keenly adroit knowledge
Of her great sisterhood Of women re-
vealed in it gives reason for our belief
that woman wrote it. This writer
has a little house on Swiss mountain,
10 recover from severe hurt Of mind.
She never obtrudes her pain, but her
subdued brooding over it tells US that
she is not yet we'll of it. To her come
suddenly, or, rather, chance upon her
and her little house, two other English
women, sisters and widows. She well
comes them and invites them TO stay
FOR a while as guests. And that, save
FOR the arrival of her uncle at the enc
IS all there is to the plot, although the
man proves to be the proper element
for the solution of a bothering prob
lem.
It is the quaint mirth that ripples II
hushed laughter through In the Noun
tains that makes the book what is IL
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Rambling Tale
Mr.. Jonas Strays Into
Many Fields

NUMBER THIRTY. BY Edward A. Jonas
Published by Stewart &. Kidd COM
pany, 81.
~ HERE is more manner than mat
ter in this rambling, discursive
tale. Mr.. Jonas likes to straw
away from the main theme of his story
and wander into various side paths;
and he really puts somewhat exces-
sive strain upon the readers atten-
ton. There isn't much excuse, for in
stance, for using such an expression
as this:
the Three Hundred-that
was the number, wasn't it? And if it
wasn't, you are to remember that no
romanccr is expected to carry q Lem
pricre around in his hcad--who fought
and died at Thcrmopyla."
Mr.. Jonas would have done better
" he had either made sure about the
Three Hundred or left out the allusion
altogether. And the novel is full Of SINH
lar pointlcss meanderings, mingled with
d formidable array Of moro or less fa-
miliar literary, historical and mytho-
logical references, which may prove the
author well read men, but which Ger
talnly do not add apprcciably to the
merit and interest Of the story.
Tho scene is laid in London and
Paris, and the book contains an. inti-
mate picture Of the life Of the English
Jcwry.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
The Gallipoli Tragedy
General Sir Ian Hamilton Describes the Dis.
astrous Campaign

Of ammunition aDg themselves rsss.
to quit He got his troops asbo,.
with moderate losses. But he h.dr,.
the artillery to prepare his subseone,.
assaults on the Turkish tre.ch Ines.
Luck seemed to turn his way for i,
sper. when he began his last operatic,
at Suvla Bay and on the Anzac front
But here the great advantage of Com.
plete surprise was neutralized h,
lethargy and poor teamwork on tn,
part of the Suvla commanders. Ham.
ilton should have got lodgment Or
the ridges overlooking the straits
He lost it through sheer blunderjns
and tragic mischances.
The story Of the Gallipoli csmpair,
is we'll enough known. Hamilton con.
tributes to it, however, his own minuts
day-to-d day observations, and makes il
vivid again in his bitter self-commupi.
cations, his pungent comment and bis
records of War Office non performance
Did he fail himself in not infusiny
more energy into the Suvla operation
and getting better results out of il,
If he did, that was only another irony
added to a situation replete with
ironies and Illustrations.
The Gallipoli venture petered on,
when it was within a short lap of sue.
cess. Hamilton lost the government,
confidence, and even Kitchener's. q,
was made a scapegoat, largely for Ii.
shortcomings of others. The Gallipol
offensive was abandoned. But whs,
Hamilton wrote at lmbros on Septem
Der Ia, 1916, remained true:
"The principles which should unds.
lie Entente strategy (the strategy o.
l915) will be clear to military his
torians, although obscured to-day b,
jealousies and amateurishness:
"(a) Hold the sea.
"(b) Held the West
"(c) Smash the Turk.
"A couple of miles won by US her
gives England wheat and Russia rifles
gives us the whip hand in the Balkans
plus security in a couple of continents
A couple of miles lost here leaves tn
German with strengthened grip upol
all the real world detectives for whicl
he went to war: it leaves US with
ruined prestige in Asia. But what /
all that to Joffre, to whom, as a goo
Frenchman, the Balkans, the bracin
up of the Russian army, all the Odess
corn, Asia and Africa thrown in, do no
count against one department of |
patrie?"
This is real diary, written by a
intelligent soldier and man OF IN
Usual character, insight and imagins
ton.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A House of Joy
Story of a Connecticut
Home Sparkles With Wit

LAUGHING HOUSE. BY Meade Ninnige-
rode. Published ny C. p. Putnam's Sons
New York.
A CHOSEN few, in q way the elect CT
che novelists, have been able to go
back over the road of the years and
don the garb of childhood. Many have
tried to make this pilgrimage to youth.
but only d little band has succeeded in
getting to the goal rejuvenated Mark
Twain became a boy again in more
than one book Hugh Walpole joined
the youngsters with complete success in
The Golden Scarecrow and Jeremy.
Clemence Dane sat down with the TOYS
IN her First the Blade. Mary Heaton
Worse forgot the years in The Prestons
and Growing Up. And now Meade
Minnigerede climbs over the fence in
his Laughing House, a novel that in
its carly chapters gives an absolutely
perfect picturing of the actions and a
true reproduction of the speech of a
group of merry boys and girls Of an
old, sleepy Connecticut village.
There is an air of old things, of the
saving graces of ancestral environ
ment, in Laughing House. 1t domi-
mates in quiet yet efficient manner
the whole trend Of the book. 1t is the
inspiration of the clean animal life of
Francis and Mary Elizabeth and their
comrades, and it is the unseen but felt
influence that controls little destinies
IN an hour of perplexity. If one is
looking for book bv new author, a
story that reveals distinct promise of
faithful work in the future and a
really remarkable ability to interpret
children as they are, then Laughing
House is the book to get and read.
Meade Minnigerode is going to count
if he keeps on doing things as good as
this book.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

her Beautiful Joe have been sold, and
it is tribute both to the author. and
her readers to bear witness to the
popularity Of her writings, for the rare
fact that she interests a host of people
proves that humanity does not forget
its duty to faithful animals that love
and serve and defend.
Miss Saunders in her latest story,
Bonnie Prince Fetlar (Doran), intro
duces young boy, Dallas Duff, to a
Shetland pony, Prince Fetlar, on a
country estate in Canada. The boy
has come from the city life Of Boston
and is timid in the midst of the unex-
pectedly strange surroundings of his
new environment. The pony tells the
story of the growth of love between
him and his new friend, and this
record, not at all preachy, weaves
along through series of incidents that
will be sure to interest children, and
are not too juvenile to hold the atten-
ton of many fathers, mothers and
other etceteras of maturity.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Soldier Merchant

THE MERCHANT AT ARMS. BY Ronald
Oakeshott: Published by Longmans,
Green & Co.
THERE is a wealth of color and cx-
citement in this stirring tale of
England in the days of King Henry VII
The hero is young merchant who
is also an expert swordsman; and he
|cncountcrs his full measure Of adven-
lures both on land and sea. AS a boy
he fights on the side of the defeated
King Richard III at Bosworth Later
he is sent to Antwerp by his father to
look after business affairs, and there
he becomes involved in a network Of
irtrigues and plots Eventually the
villain is discounted, the heroine is
rescued and n good. rousing story of
England about 1900 comes to happy
end. There is excellent spirit in the
descriptions Of the battle Of Bosworth
and of an encounter between mer-
oh"nt ship and pirate; and tho spirit
of tho time is faithfully interpreted.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
American Colleges
President Meiklejohn of
Amherst Begins History

TIE LIRERAI. COLLEGE,. BY Alexander
Meiklcjohn- Marshall Jones Company,
Boston.
TN 1921 Amherst College will round
out her first century. An appro-
pirate part Of the celebration in
commemoration of the history of the
institution will be the publishing of a
series Of books to be known as the AM
herst Books. The opening volume, The
Liberal College (Marshall Jones Com
pany), by Alexander Meiklcjohn, presi-
dent Of the college, has just come from
the presses.
In the preface Of this book is a pas
sage that sums up so much of the argu-
ment of its entire contents that we
quote from it: Education, we shall be
told, should make not minds of men, but
men. And, again, it will be said that
it is nonsense to speak Of making minds
or making men; such living things as
these must grow; they are not made.
And, finally, we shall be told that
whether the process be one of minds or
of men, be one of growth or of manu-
facture, the college has little to do with
the achievement Of the end; the college
tends to take itself too seriously; men
earn to live by living and not by spend
ing four short years cut off from life
by college walls and college customs"
That sounds heretcal coming from a
book written by college president. But
we have heard President Meiklejohn
deliver one Of his public addresses rich
IN sound modern sense, and we assure
the reader of this review that he will
find in the pages Of The Liberal College
many sentences and paragraphs that re-
veal mind earnestly striving to relate
the needs of the day in men and affairs
to the intellectual laboratories of our
colleges and universities.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
By William L. Mcpherson

~ ENERAL SIR IAN HAMILToN's
+ Gallipoli Diary George H. Doran
Company, two volumes) tells in
an intimate way the story Of the En-
tente's tragical campaign for Constan-
tinople. This campaign was the one
inspiration of Allied strategy until Foch
came. 1t showed breadth and boldness
of judgment. If it had succeeded, the
war probably would have been short
ened and the Entente might have had
a chance of winning without American
aid.
1t failed, however, through blunders
and half-heartedness in execution
Great Britain had to assume most of
the burden. She had the ships to
spare and could have furnished the
men, too, if the government had had
the courage Of its original convictions.
Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener
grasped the idea that the foremost aim
OF Allied policy was to link up the
Western and the Russian fronts by
gaining possession of the Dardanelles.
But most of the military men in Lon
don were shortsighted "Westerners."
They fought more and more aggres-
sively against what they called the
Gallipoli "sideshow," wanting to stake
everything on the task Gas hopeless in
1915 as it was in 1916 or 1910 of
breaking through the German positions
in France.
Ian Hamilton gives due credit to
Kitchener for seeing what the Dar-
danelles offensive meant. But the lat
ter was no organizer, no warmaker
in the modern sense. He sent Hamil-
ton off on a few hours notice, without
definite plans, without any matured
instructions, without maps, and with
only the vaguest assurances of proper
support. A German commander in
chief, Hamilton says, going on such a
mission would have had "every posi-
Die contingency worked out for him
beforehand" He himself had "literally
nothing in his portfolio except blank
check signed with these grand and SIM
pie words-John Bull" Kitchener never
had any use for staff work or the ira
ditions of a general staff.
Hamilton tells in hundreds of entries
how he was hampered by delays, con-
fusion in organization, shortages in
Nd
replacement troops. The. fates were
against him. His original landing had
to be postponed too long. The feet
had failed to clear the Dardanelles
narrows, abandoning the attack at the
very moment when the Turks were out
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Psychic Novel
Writer Entangles Heroine
in Spiritisrn

THE DIVINE EVENT BY Will \. Har-
pen. published by Harper & Bros, New
York.
IT HERE have been attempts to trans
port matter OF the realm of psy-
chic phenomena over to that of
fiction, with varying degrees of success.
The two regions have little in common
and the two roads of communication are
but misty trails. The residue of the
veridical is SC slight, when filtered
through the mass of the unreliable and
the distorted in the evidence for the
fact OF spiritism, that the novelist
must play with fancies or spin his story
around a very slight nucleus of reality.
Will N. Harben has dared to attack
the impossible in his Divine Event. He
places forlorn young woman, a refu-
gee from a California insane asylum.
IN the slums of the New York East
Side. Her step brother, thief, had
forced her into the asylum that he
might get control of her property
Chance brings to her hiding place a
wealthy young fellow who is seeking
surcease from ennui in brief exis-
tence as tramp, as a man down and
out. He meets the girl, learns her Sc
cret, introduces doctor who is
famous alienist, and, later, drags
medium into the train OF characters
following the fortunes Of the girl,
Lucia.
All through The Divine Event there
are weird seances, at which revelations
are made and warnings given. In fact,
it is the guidance of two discarnate
souls, supposedly acting from the spiris
world, that leads the girl and her lover,
the pseudo-tramp, to safety and mar
riage. That this novel is cleverly
thought out one must admit. That it
conveys forceful message, that of the
actuality of a watchful and influencing
spirit world that merges with our own
universe of flesh and steel, we question
seriously.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
Tales of Horror
Imaginative Stories OF
Ghosts and Murders
SILENT WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL BY
Tod Robbins. Published by Boni &
Liveright

SILENT. WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL. BY
Tod Robbins Published by Bon &
HDGAR ALLAN POE'S genius for
r. the conjuring up of gruesome
and fantastic images is sug-
gested by these four tales of fantasy
and terror. "Silent, White and Beauti-
ful' is the story of an artist who mur-
ders two women and two children and
preserves their bodies in magnificent
statues. "Who Wants a Green Bottle 2"
gives most vivid picture of the last
hours of a Scotch nobleman, who feels
that his end is near and believes that
his soul can be saved from the devils
only if it is caught and kept in a green
bottle.
There is a CLINT Of ghostly humor in
"Wild Wullie the Waster." The spirits
Of two old men, who quarreled with
fatal results over q billiard game in
their mortal existence, return to watch
two Of their descendants compete in
the same sport. The two young men
also quarrel, and the tragedy is on the
point of being repeated when one of the
ghosts saves the situation by revealing
himself and soaring the players almost
out OF their wits
For Arts sake" IS o novelette, rather
than a short story. With thrilling, au-
thentic power it describes the strange
career of morbid individual who COM
mits murders for the sake of aesthetic
pleasure and records his experiences
in works Of perverted genius. Eventu-
ally he conceives the happy inspiration
Of taking his own life in order to enjoy
the sensation of d. ing.
Mr.. Robbins displays noteworthy in
vcntive faculty and weird, bizarre I'M
aginative gifts. He stands out among
living American writer's in his peculiar
field.