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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
PROHIBITION.

Two years ago today the United States became
officially dry" 1t has been two years of scandal
among prohibition officials and period of lax en-
forcement. Other similar years may be expected
although there increasing evidence that the gov
eminent is gathering itself for now yigor in en-
forcement of the law.
When have fixed habits 1t is a difficult tasI,
to break them up. generation of drinkers are
certain to regard the law as an unwarranted inter-
ference with their personal liberty. The next gem
Grafton will forget it, along with slavery the lottery
and dueng.
All law abiding citizens will exert their infu-
in favor Of the energetic enforcement of this
and all other laws. We can not use our personal
Judgment about whether law should be enforced.
All laws good and bad should be obeyed. If they
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
DOCTORS ON BOOZE.

only minority of the doctors in the United
states favor alcoholic beverages as medicine A
census OF ISVOO physicians in nineteen states taken
by medical journal revealed that great majority
do not regard beer and wine as necessary in tho
practice of medicine. The majority against
whisky was smaller, but three-fourths favored re-
str1ctions on prescribing of beer wine or whisky.
The physicians viewpoint is quite different
from that of the patient who will die If he doesn't
get drink Doctors who prescribe whisky order
a dose sufficient to produce the required stimua-
uon without poisoning the patient Those who are
concerned for the freedom OF physicians to pre-
scribe alcoholic beverages without restriction do not
find any virtue in less than -four fingers"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16

are bad they should be repealed, but while they
are on the statute books they should be enforced.
There is no other safe course.
The ill-effects of the present depression have
been greatly decreased by prohibition. Much money
which in the old days passed over the bar, now
passes into saving accounts. Pauperism and dis
tress have been minimized. The happiness Of the
average American home has been vastly increased
One Of the great terrors OF childhood is being re-
moved. The average Of financial responsibility is
rising among the people.
The Journal is in favor OF the law. We stand
with the women and children, who were the worst
victims of liquor. We stand with the small business
man who finds his bills more colectabe. We stand
with deconcy in general
The United States will not turn backward
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ALMOST SWANPE ED
WITH RONAGE
Report of Last Year Shows
Increase in Readers;
SimpIified Charging SYS-
tenn Installed.

With an Increase Of over thou
sand readers in the past year the
Albuquerque public library is grad
ually drawing q patronage that
can hardly be adequately handled
by the present staff. The annual
report of Mrs. N. f. Dixon. libra
rian, shows that nearly five thou
sand more volumes were issued in
1927 than in the previous year.
The total number of books
loaned to readers in the city during
the year was 41,661. This figure
exceeds the previous years issue
by 1870. OF the books issued
during the year, 1924 were fic-
ton and 10,447 non-fiction, or
.33 1-3 per cent fiction.
IAN issue of one-third of our
books in the non-fiction class is an
indication that the library is be-
ing used extensively for reference
work" said Mrs. Dixon in COM
menting on the years resume.
"Twenty- per cent of non-fic-
ton books is considered good by
most libraries. 1t is particularly
good for the public library here
where, the only other libraries,
those of the state university and
high school are almost exclusively
reference libraries"
There were 511 new books added
to the shelves during the past
year. Among these are the latest
things In fiction and many stand
ard reference books. Not quite so
many new books were obtained as
during the previous year, but a
larger percentage Of them were
purchases rather than gifts. The
library has a total of about 5000
volumes valued at approximately
$10,672.
To facilitate the handling of the
great number Of patrons of the
library new charging system for
books is being installed. The new
plan OF filing cards will eliminate
considerable unnecessary work
which was 4 part Of the system in
stalled when the library was first
opened in 1901. With tho new
system it viii be possible to know
how many active readers are on
the list at all times.
In ordc" to got the new system
work ing the library is re-"cgister-
ing al active readers, REQUESTING
that they all sign new application
cards in order that tho lists nav
start off fresh At present tho lie;
includes nearly 10000 readers.
many Of whom have moved away
or have died. II is e~nected that
the active readers VII average
about 600.
The library was oren 90t days
during tho past wear. This does
not include Sundays whom the
reading rooms ore omen from . t.
6 o'clock. Although the library
bv-laws do not provide for ev-
change of books on Sunday this Is
done To accommodate the patrons
Publication of reviews OF now
volumes received at the public
library viii be contained n the
Mondav Book Corner of the Jour
nal. II Is announced that n num-
her of interesting new fiction vo'-
umos have been received recently
and that many more are ordered.
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NIGHTFALL
ANTHONY PRYDE GOES INTO
THIRD PRINTING.

Nightfal. by Anthony Pryde. DoId.
Mead and Co, publishers
Anthony Prydes latest novel,
"NightfaH," has its greatest claim
to distinction in the fact that it
deals with the postwar psychology
Of little English village in about
1927.
The book is unique inasmuch as
It. pictures the naGginE husband
instead Of the conventional nag
ging wife. He, an athlete and
SPORTSMAN before the war. returns
hopeless paralytic with his mind
queerly biased.
This complex IS allowed to rule
his life and home until II very un-
fortunately leads him to do MUIR
der. The crime is smcothed over
as these crimes sometimes are, ana
of course, 1t changes his whole
noint Of view and awakens him to
the appreciation of the wife who
stood by him in his mis- fortune
and who tolerated his beastial'ty.
Pryde deals with bare half
dozen characters and paints them
wildly. He gives his readers the
feeling that thew know them at
loaet as well as he does The fact
nat he faithfully depicts life in a
little village that most of his
readers will never visit, alone
makes the book worth reading
Another reason for reading it is
that It Is a subtle preachment
against war. It carries the same
message as THE Four Horscmer
of the Apocalypse" but is neither
so we'll thought out nor so well
written.
It is carefully written however,
and the fact that it has gone into
it's third edition carries its OWE
recommendation
/. de C, Z.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
|Bedtin1 g Stories
For Little Ones
Copyright, 1921. by Mcclure
Newspa per Syndicate.
UNCLE WIGGHY AND THE
DRIPPY DROPS.
BY Howard B. CARTS


when you come back | shall
not be here, Uncle Wiggly," said
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the
muskrat lady housekeeper, one
day, as the bunny rabbit gentle
man was hopping from his hollow
stump bungalow.
You will not be here? Where
will you be-" asked Mr.. Longears,
who was about to set forth and
look for an adventure. "You don't
mean that you are going to leave
me; are your
ooh, nothing like thatW laughed
Nurse Jane. Il just mean that I
am going over to see Mrs Wibble-
wobble, the duck lady. and I may
stay to tea. If you get home be-
fore / do you can get your own
supper, or come over to Mrs. Wib-
blewobble's house"
"I'll think about it." said Uncle
Wiggily. 7 hope you have a nice
time, Nurse Jane"
THANK you! The same to you
and many of them" replied the
muskrat lady.
Then she walked off one way
and Uncle Wiggily hoped the
other way to see which would get
back home first.
Uncle Wiggily Travelled on and
on and on, looking for adventures,
but the only thing that happened
was he met a little snow bug.
The snow bug was skating on n
little pond of ice-a pond about
as large as q ten-cent piece, for
you see, snow bug is only as
large as the dot over the letter !.
and, all of sudden. the little snow
bug fell down on the tiny ice pond
and bumped his nose.
BOO hoo" cried the little snow
bug.
"Oh, you poor dear chap!" said
kind Uncle Wiggily, Then he
picked up the little snow bug, and
putting him inside his pocketbook
the bunny took the cute little chap
home to his mother.
But I didn't call that much O.
an adventure" said Uncle Wlgr.ly
to himself, as hoped along again
And, as ii was getting late. he
thought he had better go home to
his bungalow. This he did, but
when he went to open the door he
found he had forgotten his key
and Nurse Jane wasn't at home
and there were no windows oper
through which Uncle Wiggily could
crawl, he had to stay outside.
"I'll have to wait until Nurse
Jane comes home from Mrs. Wib'
blewobble's,' said the bunny, "Or
better still, can go there for ms
supper. That's what I'll do
But just as he was starting out
all of 4 sudden the Woozie Vol
came around the corner of thu
bungalow and caught the bunny.
"Ah, ha Now / can nihble YOU
ears!p howled the Wolf. "But
must have some salt to sprinkle o.
before | nibble them. Have yoi
any salt"
! "There's some in the bung
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16

bung-bungalow!" stammered the
bunny.
well, get me somev' ordered
the Wolf.
II can't" said Mr.. Longears.
THE door is locked, l have no key
and We'll have to wait until Nurse
Jane comes back. unless you want
to go get her." he said to the Wols,
hopeful like. The bunny thought
If the Wolf went away it would
be good thing.
mo, indeed! I'm not going to
leave you!" howled the Wolf. "I'll
sit here with you, on bench out
side, and we'll wait for Nurse Jane
to come back with her key. Then
III sprinkle some salt on your ears
and nibble themw
ooh dearr" thought Uncle Wig
gily as the Wolf, keeping hold of
the bunny, sat down on bench
against the side of the bungalow.
How can l make the Wolf run
away?"
Now 1t happened that right over
the VOLTS head, hanging dow
from the bungalow roof. was a
large icicle. Uncle Wiggily
thought IL the icicle would only
break off, and fall on the VOLTS
head, 1t would drive the bad chap
away. But the icicle did something
almost as good as that. 1t was
warm-getting ready to rain-and
the icicle began to melt.
Soon drippy drops fell from the
icicle and splashed on the head of
the Woozie Wolf as he sat on the
bench holding Uncle Wigglly.
Here! Who's dropping water
on me?" howled the Wolf, not see-
ing the icicle.
mot J." said the bunny.
Down fell some more drippy
drops from the melting icicle.
Stop splashing me, Uncle Wig
gily" howled the Wolf, "or I'll
nibble your ears without any salt!'
I'm not doing it," said the bun
ny. Down fell more drippy drops
splashing on the VOLTS nose, max.
ing it cold and clammy.
"Oh, this is too much!" howle
You have a policeman dog in YOU
bungalow, and he's dropping water
on me from a window! I'm off
You can't get me that way"' Then
letting go of the bunny. away rar
the Wolf.
THANK you, Mir. Icicle," said thu
bunny, making low and polite
bow with his tall silk hat. "Yol
saved my ears." Then he wen
over to Mrs. Wibblewobble's ant
had tea with Nurse Jane, ant
| everything came out all right.
And il the ice cream cone doesn'
try to go down street all by itsel
and break its point off In a side
walk crack, I'll tell you next abou
| Uncle Wiggily and the squeak
! drawer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
CIRCLE
EDWARD JEWELS REFRESH
ING FIRST NOVEL.

The Charmed Circle. BY Edward Al
den Jewell Alfred A. Knopf.
Lines crossing and crossing an1
our destinies make up the plan
q charmed circle" This is the
philosophy of Nine. Cyprienne up
on which Edward Alden Jewell has
created a cycle of "epochs" with
subtle pathos and appealing but
jovial humor.
The events move about MI
Bromley, guardian of Kenneth. the
young hero. The matrimonial
epoch with which the story opens
is in a better class Partisan board
ing house with a family air"
created by Nine. Bernard and an
initiated all too often by her hum
bled but belligerent husband.
The force which rushes the story
through to such satisfaction is en-
bodied in Kenneth, the typical
American youth. His energies and
strenuous activities rise to theif
climax on the last page without
anti-climax. Alden's best charac-
ter is Senorita Ferruco, former
wife of Bromley. She occupies the
room next to his and keeps him In
hot water for fear of disclosing
their former relationship and so
running his affair with Timothy
Brather's widow. La Ferruco
gnaws white turnips for her diges
ton and nerves, carries many vii
famous stilletos and daggers
smokes strong Spanish cigarettes
and tells fortunes with cards. The
whole, topped by eyes too bright
and smashing Spanish shawls,
gives a vivid picture.
The only calm spot in the "cir-
Gle" is the home of Nine. Cyprien-
ne. the opera singer down stairs
from "Maison Bernard" AS Ken
meth sits Turk fashion on one Of
her fur rugs, she tells him of her
mighty hunter" who miraculously
and rather imnrobably proves to
be one OF Kenneth's Partisan
friends.
Mr.. JEWELS best picture is Of
the Xmas midnight mass which
Kenneth and Nine. Cyprlenne at
tend at st. Eustache cathedral, Tin
which the finesse and grandeur of
Notre Dame IS not duplicated and
there is none of the glass which
charms the eve in many an OBJ
scure and half-forgotten OLD
church. But the nave is high and
grey and the length thereof Is like
the majesty of a good sovereign"
The book is notable for the
rousing humor, and n we'll devel-
oped but remarkably brisk and in
formal style.
NJ. M. NJ.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
ANOTHER A. f. F. MAN
THINKS DOS PASS0S'
BOOK is DESTRUCTIVE

Excerpts from a letter of an AL
buquerque ex-soldier commending
John. Dos Passos' famous book of
the war Three Soldiers" printed
in the Book Corner last week has
called forth a reply from another
former service man in the city who
disagrees heartily on the story.
A review Of this book by a local
world war veteran will be pub
lished soon.
A letter addressed to the literary
staff of the Journal follows:
In last Mondays Journal I read
copy of an ex-service mans let
ter to a girl of this city. COM
menting favorably on Dos Passes
book, "Three Soldiers"
My opinion greatly differs. To
me the book is not fair but de-
structive, not just trough in spots"
but a mass of vulgarity, and a
stain, if taken seriously. as it is
apt to be by those not Gin the
know" on the A. E. L. and it's
commander.
I feel somewhat qualified to
speak in that I served for two years
in the infantry. of which time I
was in France over year and
half and was with five American
divisions as enlisted man, nom
com. and officer. associated with
all classes and creeds and all
ranks.
OF course there were few iso-
lated cases, circumstances and
conditions as bad as those de-
picted, but after the big struggle
to raise that marvellous army that
did such tremendous good-why
write such morbid tale of isolat-
ed exceptions?
There are some who will think
the book modern and up to date
because 1t calls a spade a-shovel
but beyond that does it do other
for the reader than leave him with
a dark brown taste?
The enlisted men were not all
weak sisters succumbing to each
and every temptation, and cursing
those above them; the non-coms.
were not all thugs; the officers
were not all abnormal DULLES,
whose only redeeming features
were their polished boots. These
men were not all psalm-singing
sissies, and cowardly and the
nurses and other women concerned
were not all immoral.
/ should like to see all the
printed copies OF this book shipped
to distant and uninhabited island
along with Senator Watson and he
| be made to read each and every
copy before given permission to
return.
One deserves the other.
FAIR PLAY.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16

Beverly Nichols, author Of
Patchwork" to be published early
in the spring by Holt, is said to he
an English Scott Fitzgerald. Eng
lish youth at oxford after the war
is the subject of the book. which
is being brought back by Lincoln
MacVeagh, who has been spend
ing several months in England and
France for the above firm.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16

A potential purchaser at a local
book dealers stand asked for
copy of A. s. NJ. Hutchinson's "It
Winter Comes" one of the reign
ing best sellers. I'VE don't have
any of that out in this country"
was the clerks reply. Speaks we'll
for the climate but makes 1t diff
cult for ambitious readers who
like to keep up on the new
hooks"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16

I welcome an opportunity to ex-
press myself in regard to the
much advertised book of Harvey
FERGUSON, 1.-THE Blood of the Con-
querors." Seldom does a publisher
like Knopf offer the public
novel so filled with narrowmind-
edness as the one before us. There
| is no excuse for the book, except
! it be the numerous smutty pass
ages.
The reader who Is unacquainted
with New Mexico and Albuquer.
que, who does not know the truth
about the natives and the class of
Anglo-Americans who live here,
will come to the conclusion that we
are a lot of thugs and thieves and
land-robbers, licentious gamblers
and drunkards. Those of us who
have lived in the southwest for
number of years do not thank
Ferguson for his gross misrepre-
sentation of the actual state of
affairs.
1t seems that the author under
stands little of the life of the
! northumberland any rate,
he is not trustworthy in what he
says. Why malign the Catholic
church. the penitentes who arc
practically thing OF the past, the
half-bred Indians? One reason is
apparent, viz: to produce some
thing that is yellow and sensation
al, vulgar and degrading to the
boy or girl who may chance to
read the book.
The book, is from literary
point of view. not worth mention
ing. Proof-reading is sloppy. and
needs no comment. 1t is an out
rage to ask two dollars and fifty
cents for this grotesque mon
strosity.
(signed) HENRY OFT.
1.-THE Blood of the Conquerors"
seems to have stirred the blood Of
more than one of u.s. I do not
profess to be either an able judge
or an impartial critic of books. |
confess rather to know the kind OF
q book, of either fact or fiction
that interests and appeals to me
as worth while or readable. |
read some books that are readable,
which may and should, in my
opinion, clearly be considered as
not worthwhile. / may class 1.-THE
Blood of the Conquerors" here.
] read it because 1t was readable.
and then refused to send out the
copy / purchased as a present for
my mother-inlaw after / had read
the book. for the reason that / did
49, L
looking for this much-tallSed of
book by Mr.. Ferguson with much
INTEREST," My interest was again
aroused when l read the splendid
criticisms by some Of our coun-
try's good critics, among them Mr..
Mencken.
I am not particularly afraid OF
n book because 1t may be called a
bad" book. and maybe for this
reason l read 1t through after
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16

In 1.-THE Blood of the Conquer
ors," Harvey Ferguson has writ
ten a book which purports to be
Ia picture Of New Mexico. He is
New Mexico born and bred and he
ought to know the country and the
people. His book has been hailed
by his admirers as a true picture
and he as a coming author of the
state. But it is not true. TT is
not only deeply and fundamentally
untrue: ii Is a malicious Islander
against a great state and a great
people. 1t is disgraceful that such a
tale should come from an Albu-
nuerque man. 1t is disgusting
that would-be intellectuals should
greet it with approval.
The story deals with the amours
of a degenerate native. It drama
tizes his so-called conflict with the
civilization of the Yankee and il
brings him through a series of dis
graz eful episodes to an ending
which IS after all just where he
began. sitting with his back against
a wall waited on by the native
woman whom he wronged II this
is a true picture Of New Mexico,
then the deeper we bury 1t the bet
ter. While there may he cases
similar to this which are true. whv
should they be emphasized? Why
dwell on the unhappy and unlovelv
aspects OF life? The episode of the
priest undoubtedly gives an idea
Of the dangers of Catholicism and
the final collapse of the young
mans moral nature shows only too
we'll the dangers of such life as
his. But the author fails utterly
to bring out the lessons necessary
to make such matters even toIer.
able in decent fiction.
There can be no question in the
minds of those who know that the
coming of the Yankee has meant
the development of all natural re-
sources in this state, the putting
of progress and decency in the
place Of a half-civllized uncon-
trolled society. But this point Is
not brought out at all. No char
acter in the book represents the
fine, outstanding knglo-Saxon quail
tiles which have made our glorious
country what 1t is; no plea Is
made by the author for the MAIN
tenance of our best standards. In
fact 1t Is a book which no clean
minded woman could WISH to read
and as a club-woman and earnest
student of New Mexican history, I
wish to protest against It. I found
it too vile to finish and my copy
went into the fire.
(Signed) A CLUB WOMAN