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New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Stealing a Locomotive

TON OF TIE RAIDERS. BY Aus,ts
Bishop. Published b. IIarcourt, Brace
4 Co sl~Js.
THls is the best boys adventure
yarn that has appeared for lcng
time. In fact, there IS no reason Why
Its appeal should be restricted to boys,
tor the story is tod with sufficient
vividness and animation to hold any
ones attention. Tom is an Ohio boy
who volunteers for service in the
Northern army and is sen. on dam
gerous mission behind the Confederate
lines. Together with number of other
soldiers he seizes locomotive and
tears up the track in the rear Of tho
confederate army. HIS adventures and
mai escape are convincingly described
IN story that, for its kind, is amaz-
lnglv well written
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Fields of Labor

III = 'NNW LABOR OUTLOOK. BY Eoh-
er. Wiliains Published By Thomas
Settler. sl.5.
WRITTEN by social revolutionarv
this book is based on the premise
that the old order is visibly breaking
up. While three-fourths of the solid
results Of labor go to privileged few.
the mass tolls and fails to receive it's
due. The war proved the inefficiencv
OF the dominant class. for it left huge
ccnts and weIter of political chaos.
A book to be read thoughtfully, for
there is gleam OF truth in its decided
y partisan tide of argument.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

~ London. was returning one june
evening from Westminster Abbey
TO Southampton Row. He lost his way
and asked "bobby' to give him a
short cut to his hotel He was told
to 60 through passage Just ahead and
then turn to the left. He entered the
passage, it was Red Lion Street, and
found himself in q little region veilcd
in the atmosphere of the London of
Dickens. On his right, as he advanced.
was small shop through the one
window Of which he saw an old chap
pottcring around among books and an
cient pictures. IIc glanced up and
there, Just above the level Of his eyes.
hung map Of New England and New
York III 1915. one of the sncc,s of the
rare Speed atlas. And so began his
quest Of years for early maps of North
America
This is not an invitation for the
reader TO go out and do likewise. But
il is good to be able to confess to a
hobby when that hobby is one of col
lecting rare books. manuscripts or
other material native to the universe
Of publishing. From time to time, on
this page, we shall print column or
so of chat on recent "inds" and ad-
vice as to hooks in New York where
worthwhile bits can be found. Qucs-
tions sent to us. relative to any de-
partment OF book ollccting or to
quickest ways to run down and capture
items especially desired, will be an
swered or turned over to others who
can answer if we fail. You arc invited
to read the following notes:
We strollcd into X. +. Stoncstrcet :
headquarters on Fifth Avenue on day
this past week, and sew two old books
that interested us greatly The first
shown to US was Dutch Bible of the
year 1899. On the inside Of the front
cover, written in bold, flowing hand
was the name "Oliver CROMWELL" and
the date 1914. This signature is open
to much speculation. The second book
was copy Of Cotton Mathcr's Mag
MALTA Christi Americana," of tho year
1902. In it was a Moll map new to us,
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

Fls..c. U S. n illustrated. Pub
iished BY f. p. Duton & Co. 81
OSU BILLINGS used to say that
there were TO such things as in
3 ventions; all we had wero dis
coveries. Strictly interpreted,
of course. the two words mean the
same thing. An invention is simply a
discovery, as witness the "Invention of
the Cross of st. Helena" But as com
monty used they mean two different
things. and In that ordinary sense Of
them the wise huraorist's epigrarn was
true. Al. our so-called "inventions,' y
from fire to wireless telcgraphy, are
nothing in the world but "comings
upon or discoveries Of material prln-
oiples which have existed from the be-
ginning OF the world, but which were
hidden and unknown until the 'invent-
ors" found them out. 1t was as true a
thousand years ago as it was in the
latter part of the nineteenth century
that TO force an electric current
through a certain resisting medium
would produce a brilliant light, and
Mr.. Swan or Mr.. Edison when he Gin
vented" the electric light, merely dis
covered that ancient principle, Just as
truly as Admiral Peary discovered the
North Pole.
The extent to which these inventions
or discoveries have contributed to hu-
lnan progress is the major theme of
admiral Fiske's uncommonly interest
ing and instructive volume. Himself
n! inventor OF no mean rank, the au-
thor with extraordinary painstahing
and detail recalls significant inventions
IL all ages and in all lands, and con-
sidcrs the manner Of their making and
their effect upon the welfare of hu-
lnanity. 1t is a fascinating record,
often intensely romantic, and often
provoking wondermont as TO how Ger
tain inventions came 10 be made and
why some Of them were not made far
sooner.
l. IS easy to understand how primi-
tive man the Cave Man. let US say
oame to "invont' the club. the spear,
tic flint. But how were TIE bow and
arrow suggested to him? Surely not
ty any accident. nor. we should say,
ly any process OF nature. The sling
and the catapult might have been mere
adaptations or Developments Of proc
ssscs observed in nature but not the
bow and arrow. Primitive though that
weapon was. It was a genuine "inven-
ton q lighting upon something that
Lad bccu completely hidden; one Of the
very earliest that can be credited not
t. accident nor to observation but to
reason. Yet. strange TO say, it proba-
Aly aNtcaatet very much the invention
g thc wheel. which was ono Of the
most Important ever made in the whole
realm Of mechanics and which was not
due to reason bJt to mere accident or.
81 most. 10 observation. Nor are these
}y any means the only examples of
saca auachronism. Many carly invcn-
uons were the product Of reason. and
many latc Inventions were the results
of mere accident or observation.
We must wonder. too. why sorc Of
the most obvious inventions were so
long DELAYED. Printing supplies a nota-
A.e example. It's essential principle
was niact.ced IN the use or signct rings,
in remote antiquity. and the use of
liecks bearing designs. phrases or
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Successful Americans

HEROES OF PROGRESS. BY Eva March
Tappan. Published by the Houghton
Mifflin Company. s1.o5.
TNHE stories of men and women who
have been successful in all walks
of life arc here briefly and simply told.
The authors descriptions of such
famous men as Audubon, Edison, Peary,
Carnegie and Wanamaker are admir-
ably calculatd to arouse the admiration
and emulation Of Americans.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
MacDowell Benefit.

Leading contemporary American poets
will participate in the MacDowell COZ
onists' benefit which will be held to-
morrow night at the Mcdowell Club.
1o8 West Fifty-fifth street. Among
those who will read their own work
are Amy Lowell, Maxwell Bodenhcim,
Babatte Deutsch, Padriac Colum, Elinor
Wylie, William Rose Benet, John But
Ter Yeats, Leonora Speyer, John V. A.
Weaver, Herbert S. German, and John
Farrar
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

SUOhS BOUGHT
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ueaing in Old and rare books, suses
graphs, etc. are the largest buyers ~
distributors OF old books in this countt
We are in the market to buy fYos ~
cash books in large or small ouSaMso
and entire private libraries We especially
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bought. Free packing and -cnovs..
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WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR LAMA
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Phone Cortlandt 6329.
=.
BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS - EAkLx
Printed Books First Editions: Stan15Nt StanoN
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Life. Privately printed ltd ed. sl|
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New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Kaiseris1n
Prussia Attacked
Caustic Novel

THE PATR1OTEER. BY Hcinrich Mann.
Translated by Ernest Boyd. Published
by uurcourt Brace 4 Co.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Will Harding
Make Good?

YhS. in every csmpairn speech he prom
iseH an ,feetlv, assoc iatiou OF nations
.i THE "iierua"Ns. thc League of Nations
Amer aNiIed 'if h. ia So cntwincd in
'i" in 'Fe 1T Europe that its good must he
~. Fti lie nsarf what he said
Whatever 'he trrecone li.ahies. ths hyphon-
t'e. "." .'' rnth.n"tiE aay say 20 the
'NN'iti4- '-' ltoric elected hiN4 on that
"ut t. Will keep faith. The pro
eminent Republican leaders. Root. raft
1i"- l,s "'.n the ros. popular candidates
Srprhl'"n Presidential nomination.
" "e'' l-"weeu. Hoover. promised as much
n me- election won't Republican Moro than
''p important Republican newspapers and
"a most oi great z publican lcaacrs added
- vcl-At to tho pledge The platform
''f"A'i an international assocla based
upon lnieiuaiionsi Justice 80
'oi thr nations May exercise their infu-
enc ana power Tor the ;.reVention of war
More than ai! these. Tine consistent party
lord. always NOR" potent than platform
or leaders, promises 10 decide the voters
anrc. was this. and only thls-,he
l.fas ia u Nations with the Lodge Nc
=. iiuhtt oompro1nis senate reservations
ti"N. iNer. can tie attempt to deny Hard
,nt proposals on the ground that :ho
hsiniAT Vote repudiated them be ANYTHING
'"s- iiiafi great deception" All this is
's' I. ned ll an irresistible InarshalllnC
of ID. $ ln
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
By Samuel Abbott

THREE CROSSES. By FEDERICO Tozzi
Published by Moffat. Yard & Co
THE sCHOOLMASTER AID OTBER
STORIES. BY Anton Chekhov. Publi sh et
BY The Macmillan Co. y 90
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
By Willis Fletcher Johnso,

fNVENTION. THE MASTER KEY 70
PROGRESS. BY Rear Admiral Bradley
FtsSc, T. $. n Illustrated. Pub
iished by f. r. Duton & Co. 81
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

y ZEN Of genius are apt to be
lAH peculiarly merciless in ex-
" posing the faults and stu
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Book-Nooks in Old Manhattan
Days Rarable Through Treasure Stores of
Rare Volumes
By Ben Bodleian

FEW Years writer, then but nough for it VI
~ London returning June 1880. On it
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

ARCHITECTURE, DECORATION AND
costume books are to be had at benses
Book Store. 81 Fourth ave.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
German Aviators
Dramatic History Of War
in the Air

THE GERMAN AIR FORCE ~ THE
GREAT WAR. By Major George Pau
NeVmanN. Published by Nodler g.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR Large
or small collections of books at hisne.t
cash prices. MARCUS, As Vesey os
Phone Cortlandt 6329
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

USH BiLLINGS used to say that
there were 10 such things as in
ventions; all we had wero dis
~ coveries Strictly in.ernre+ed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

Fortunately, we do not have to
delve Tito the mysteries Of pSych-
ology to confute these absurd fall
lasies. History is an irrefutable
argument against them. Napo-
leon; while fond OF chess; his only
game, was a nototio1sly bad play
er. In otir own country, the good
keer-players, the Professionals
If YOU please, are good at nothing
else, and finally wiRd UP in the
gutter or worse! The good chess
PLAYERS, from Paul Morphy down,
have been seni-idiots in every
thing else. As for amateurs, no
man of our own day ever succeed
ed at poker who had a record for
any other achievement. Poker,
forsooth We would rather trust
our money to a man who drank
than to gambler! The drunkard
is his own worst enemy, the
gambler is the enemy Of ever
man.
Oh course the Sun will say its
editorial was in Jest! But there is
just enough Of plausibility in its
huinof to make it dangerous to the
young man who plays poker as a
pastime.
Wherefore we have written,
half in jest ourselves, and half in
earnest. Let not the young MAN
who may read tie Suns flippant
augmentation be beguiled with
an ambition to become good
poker-piayer lie is skating OH
thin ice, and it will break with him
sooner or later. Let him improve
his mind and his time in almost
any other direction Poker-play-
ing for money is gambling, and
any pokcr-player will tell you that
without the incentive TO win money
the game is as stale and flat as
{ h a rlpagne without its ilzz.
Pardon the sinilc-but that's
what they say! Recreation is nee
essary to any human being, and
OH. advice is to play ball, play
golf, or go to the movies! But
leave poker alone!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

Hamlet with Hamlet left out. Yet
the reading public wanted the text
of the play and will be richer in mind
for having read it.
While the words are simple, with
the stark Simplicity Of Eugene Q'Neil,
the mind hurries on past them TO the
spirit of the play and grasps its es-
sential truths. Molnar alone could have
gwen this view of the soul of Liiiom
or of Julie who. loved .hin-Who de-
MED her love to Liliom living but con-
fessed it to Liliom dead.
There are scenes so moving. that
one forgets the mechanism OF the
Dlay: scenes so sordid they bring
sh.idder Of disgust; scenes as tender
as Divine mercy. The characters are
strongly contradictory; Liliom. the
roughneck, who beats his wife be-
cause she cries, but snatches a star
from Heaven to bring as q gift to
sheir child; Julie who denies her love
Cor Liliom because he strikes her but
confesses to Louise, ut is possible
that someone may beat you and beat
you, and not hurt you at all"
Poor struggling, stubborn Liliom,
Molnar has given him neither out
ward MOI: inward grace and yet ne
arouses infinite pity. 1t is comfort
ing to know that the eye of the
Heavenly Judge can look through the
rugged exterior and see the cropping
soul beneath.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
TO
COAST ROAD

Newport News, Va, Jan. 26.--All
cities and many of the counties OF
Eastern Virginia are united in q
fight to get strip of road 81 miles
long, and in Importance, state wide;
butt in the next two years, and after
formal appearance Of representa-
yves before the state highway com
mission, that commission has placed
upon IL the stamp Of approval.
This strip of road lies between a
point Is miles south of Richmond an:
another point two miles north OF
williamsburg, When it is paved, this
missing link, the capital will be
connected to the coast by hard high
way.
i The Hampton Roads Gloucester
Richmond Highway Association
composed of representative business
men of Tidewater cities and Rich
mond, and farmers of the to be-
t.raversed counties, is making thi>
fight, contending that this compile
ted road will bring tourists from all
parts of the country to Tidewater.
Virginia's gold mine of historical
points.
"Such road will bring in tour.
lists from the North through Alex
andria and Fredericksburg; from
the West through Clifton Forge.
through Staunton or through Roa-
noke," said Guy P. Murray, of this
city, president of the highway asso,
CATION. Wherever they stop, they'll
spend. | believe than in one year
the tourists will bring in enough
money to pay for that strip of road,
The association will build this road
within two years, said President
Murray yesterday.
Elf the bond issue providing g.
600 900 this year and the same
amount, next year.. is passed, the
association will count on the COM
mission to use enough of it to con.
struct the road immediately. Com.
missioner George P. Coleman has
pledged his word that if the bond is.
sue succeeds, the missing link viii!
be paved in that time.
Should the bond issue fail; the as
ISOLATION will insist upon enough u
the funds to be allocated regularly
this year and next, being spent to
Complete the Estate asset"
Failing in that, The association
will borrow from the people of the
cities and the counties in the State
enough money to pave half of the
road calling on federal aid for the
remainder. The people will have to
pay but therinterest on the loan, the
state finally paying back the princi-
pal. !. {, ::
eve are going to complete the
road" said the president. 81 can't
GOV how. just now; but we believe
Virrinia needs it, and we believe
she'll have it."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

Enter.d at 80, Postoffice ar Alexundrlu,
-. Vireinin. us second class naotter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
For Greater Alexandria

Ferry to Maryland Shore.
IMPROVED Highway to FdirtaT.
Great White Vay on King Street.
Belaian Blocks replaced on Washing
ton Higktvay b. asphalt.
North Alfred and Columbus Streets
improved 30 Washington Bo"leOard'
New Public School.
Washington sBosleuard made safe bg
Auditing strips.
More Fairgrounds for the children.
Public Park.
Modern Y. ~. C. A. Building.
Reduction in Gas Rates.
Reduction IN City Ta1es.
500 Houses or Apartments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
Scrap The Warship

Scrap War Ships?
Lord help US thai we may
Wreck every warlike craft
Despised and used today.
Scrap War Ships?
Gun, mortar, shot and shell,
Ban deadly poison gas
Death fumes from fires Of He'll.
Scrap War Ships?
Lord help US realize
The ruin war has wrought
Lord open now our eyes.
Scrap War Ships?
Let friendship take its place;
Let love for one another,
The thoughts of hate deface.
Scrap War Ships?
Let fellowship abound;
Plan, work and walk together
On holier, higher ground.
C. NJ. II.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
. POKER IN THE CURRICULUM

Our respected contemporary,
the Washington Herald, editorial
ICES on the national game Of poker,
in a recent issue. 1t announces
that the Columbia University has
included the game in its list OF stu
dent subjects. We doubt the arl-
thenticityj;- Of this Information, and
were that all, would refrain from
criticism. But when the Herald
quotes the lucubrations Of the
Baltimore Sun in its editorial, and
thus apparently lends them its own
dignified approval, we must enter
a protest.
Poker" says the Sun, is an
exercise for the highbrow, not for
the lowbrow. To excel in the
game requires rare combination
Unnatural genius, acquired science,
self-control, and a temperament
that is born, not made We diff
fer. Poker requires an oX-like
temperament. to give the natural,
but necessary bovine expression to
the countenance, nerve that has
all the retklessress OF stupidity,
and a sense OF hoi,or bltinted to
everything except losses Incurred
in the game itself. These are, in
deed, debts OF honor that must be
paid while the tradeslnan and
Others Of that lowbroWed ilk, go
unpaid.
The Sun goes on with its rays
fostering carbon on a dunghlll;
and says:
universities being instituted for
the development O. the brain, the
study Of the poker mind is obviously
of the highest Importance, because its
peculiarities suggest qualities that
might be applied with advantage to
more serious business. In point of
fact, the Napoleons of poker arc often
the Ndpoieons of finance and Of
constructive industry, and possibly the
Investigations at Col u m b a may
demonstrate that such men as John
D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford would
have been poker players of the first
class if they had given attention to
the game. It would be interesting if
they would submit to- tests on this sub
ject in the psychological laboratory Of
Columbia.
i. emu h tine has been FILTERED away
in the universities /: culture studies.
in grubbng around in the dead
ashes Of the classics. in examination
of sociSl philosophers, human his
torical experience and economic
theories. All this evidently has been
so much waste motion. The poker
mind is the highest study of mankind
1t acts BY the lightning Of intuition,
by it's instant mastery of the situa-
ton. Il secs in moment what the
PHILOSOPHER takes months to grind out.
sweatinrs patiently ov his midnight
lamp Could Socrates have held a
winning hand at notor? We are
afraid It noker had been in vogue
in his day he would have had to pawn
Xantippe if he had sat in for a SINGLE
evening with the Athenian sports. We
have a notion that he could have been
beaten ny the most ordinary professor
of psychology. julius Caesar, Han
nital and other great belligerents
would probably have proved them
selves experts, and men who do,things
are the kind of men that colleges
should encourage. Psychology has
discovered way to make colleges
really useful as we'll as ornamental
=
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
The Gazstte,s Book shelf
THE RAGGED EDGE
By Harold McGrath.
Doubleday, PageSand Company

The style of the book is above the
average and it is interesting to see
what Mr.. McGrath can. do. with hack
ueyyed. plot and characters. They are
all old friends in the story-the beau
tiful and guileless heroine born in
the South Seas; the hero who appears
to be a william, though an engag-
ing one; the stern father; the beach
conlber; the kindly doctor-surely
shey must have long ago grown weary
in their rounds. Appearing In one or
two novels every year is hard work
for even the most accommodating
characters, so we think the author
must have ent;ced them into taking
on just one more job by the promise
of new dresses and new traits. If so
ne kept his promise nobly. The Stern
aren't does not relent at the last
moment; the beachcomber is not
guilty of a single kind act; the hero
really. and truly steals the money
but why go on? .!, /,
The story is distinctly readable and
Enthusiastically the best the author
has given his public for some time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

The Heron sought to sup his fill
Upon the Clam who caught his bill
And held him fast. till, nothing
loath, i. ). !, !,
The Hungry Fisher bagged them Both
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

Make friends with Northumberland
your Wealth will grow;
Make friends with Noblcs-and your
Wealth will go;
Make friends with Boors--and learn
- to use your Fists;
Make friends with Priests-and
SIGN Suhscrintinn lists
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27
LILIOM

BY Franz Molnar
Boui and Liveright
This is "Liliom" without the artis-
try of Joseph Schildkraut and Eva
La Gallienne, which is very much like
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

will Carl Bonner, disabled
n of the late the sight of both
handicap, typewriter he IS
his ability General Sawyer the President
Italian during the
Hospital the Blind Baltimore Md
attending the conference the rehabilitation disabled soldiers
ing held at the a Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-27

For two years Charles refused accept left by his
father on grounds that he had earned it. He lived on farm WI"
wife and suddenly claimed the inheritance at the same
amazing the proposal that Lillian Conrad art student snare
their fortune
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-14
Has Ambition Get
Wheat Corner But
OlCes Board Bills


Chicago. June li.-James IIollon
beck. with offices at 7Oi Bryant
building. Kansas City. who claims
TO have lost 100000 in wheat spec
ulation, is In cell at detectivi
headquarters here. held until ho
can make settlement for a twelve
dollar hotel bill.
Police today started an investiga.
tion of his story that the wheat
market didn't act as his financial
advisers had promised. thus wreck
ing his ambition to secure corner
on wheat" .f
An unexpected tangle In the af-
fairs of Hollonbeck came when Il
woman giving the name of Mrs.
Mary Maison. declared In court that
she had come toDGhicago in search
of Hollonbeck. who had married her
daughter in Kansas City two weeks
ago.
Mrs. Maison was arrested Mon
day night when she was found
wandering about the corridors of the
Great Northern Hotel She explain
cd that she was looking for Hollon-
beck"
Hollonbeek was called to the court
room to meet Mrs. Maison, but the
woman had disappeared He denied
knowledge of Mrs. Maison and said
he was unmarried.