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The New York herald., 1922-04-02

TT %E springs eternal in the
human breast. Every true
reader goes on from book to
book looping that one day he will
come across the perfect detective
story. Now and then he feels he has
and the reader who takes up A. A.
Mines "The Red House Mystery"
viii know that he has. Here 1t is.
Read it and be mysiified. be thrilled,
be puzzled, be sure you have the
right answer. and then not so sure.
and then sure that 1t is another an
swer. and then again in doubt. And
at the end be everiastingly surprised
and thoroughly content. For the
end is all il should be. and II Is there
where the imperfect detective tale
50 often slips up and disappoints the
hopeful reader.
In spite OF being murder story.
it is also a charming story. and 1t Is
told with the most delightful art,
with careless grace and ease. as
though. after all. it wasn't much
and yet il is the perfect detective
story, The people in it are just the
kind OF people you like and feel at
home with and want to know lots
more about and spend week ends with
and all Take Bill. Could there be a
joilier young fellow than Eli? Or
Anthony, for that matter. the anna
teur detective himself. One mply
has 10 know more Of Anthony to
trust that Mr.. Milne isn't going to
leave us without much more OF An
thongs society. What man he is,
with his funloving spirit and his
serious side. and that fantastic past
of lis. and his strange memory and
odd. inspiring mind. A rare compan-
ion. Anthony. And he and Eli Ger
tainIy make a great combination.
We come into the story. as It were
by way OF the back door. That is. we
meet the pretty houscmaid and tho
housekeeper of Red House first, on
a pleasant summer afternoon. The
maid IS trimming hat. and the two
4 GO - t.
interrupted by ring. Some one Is a,
the front door. They know who il is
come to that. For isn't Marks
brother from Australia due for visi,
after an absence of fifteen years? He
wrote what turns out to be rather a
nasty little note to that effect. which
Mark had commented on that morn.
ing at breakfast. And as Mrs. Ste.
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New Fiction in Varied Forms

vens SO truly puts 1t, 10 one goes to
Australia. much less stays there,
without, as you might say. well, l
daresay he has his reasons. !.
And a respectfully brought UP girl
doesn't ask what reasons.
To be sure, when Audrey. the maid.
opens the door to the visitor he looks
like the kind of man who would
have had his reasons, and pretty sin
lister ones, too. for going anywhere.
Audrey can tell that in a glance. And
he's rudo to her, especially rude re-
garding her master. his brother.
Mark. She shows him into the Office,
as they call the room where Mark
does what work he ever does, which
is make believe enough, since he Is
wealthy and idle and only thinks
that he can write. and since the man
agement OF his estate is so well done
for him by his friend and secretary,
Cayiey. that he has no worries On
that score.
And i've minutes after brother
Robert is shown into the Office there
is tho report OF pistol. Mrs. Ste
vens, the houselzeeper, hears it, and
the two maids with her at the mo-
ment, and are frightened. And one
or two other people hear it. Cayiey,
Tor ono. who rushes to the door of
the office. only to find it locked. He
thumps upon it and calls to be let in.
It is just at that moment that
Anthony, who is a stranger to every
one in the Red House except, Of
course. Bill. who happens to be one
of the week end party staying there:
1t is just then that Anthony saunters
up, to hurry his steps at the sound
of the calling and the pounding and
to enter Immediately into the very
thick Of events.
For of course there is a body be-
hind tho locked door.
That is how 1t all begins Step by
step we follow the course OF An
thongs findings. and there is more
than one moment in the narrative
that makes tho breath come faster
than usual, more than once when
you feel like muttering, Hurry,
hurry" Yes. it sweeps right along,
and it doesn't sag for moment. And
always there is the charm OF the
easy. whimsical style. the delicious
bits OF wit, the sharply drawn pic
lures that make You feel so perfectly
at home in the Red House. And
Anthony is not the sort Of detective
who annoys you by making discov-
cries and simply humming and haw-
ing about them. leaving you in the
| dark. No. what he thinks he tells
and what he finds he points out. Per-
haps that is because he never was a
detective before. II Is his maiden
murder hunt. But, as he says afthe
end Of the matter 10 his, friend Bill.
who is of for another country house
party. where there is TO lie quite a
number OF guests. We'll, if any Of
them shoald happen to get murdered
you might send for me. I'm just
getting into the swing Of it."
1t is 4 horrid thing to hope for a
murder. but you can't help just wish
ing that there might be some one.
some one very undesirable anyhow.
who would get murdered at Blrs
next party. For then we should hear
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

4" HE definite emergence Of the
u negro problem as 1t exists in
the South as subject matter
for well considered fiction is a dc
velopmcnt of importance both &c
American literature, as literature.
and to the welfare of the nation as
a whole. Such novels as this by Ms.
Stands, and "Birth-right," by Z. S.
Strieling treviewed last week.. can
not fail to stimulate discussion and
may have no slight effect upon the
current Of thought that must
eventually. lead to some sort of cor
receive, or at least palliative. action
Neither book has any solution To
offer-thero is no solution as ye;
anywhere in sight--but 1t is some
thing worth while to have the prob
lens clearly and forcefnlly stated
And the possibly reformativc
power of fiction is not TO be under
estimated: Dickens is not the only
novelist who has brought abou.
salutary legislation and created a
Tsaner and sounder body OF pabli,
opinion.
Literature is a gamer by the
frank introduction of subject mat
ter that has hitherto been ignored
or if touched at all treated either
nlppantly or as side issue. we
have heard q great deal of rather
silly talk about the great American
novel" some day to be written (as
Il Mark Twain had not already pro
duced great American novel'), a
novel that must be wholly Amer
lean in manner and matter and Ia
no way initiative. There is "a good
deal Of nonsense il that idea, but
also a mcdicum Of truth. Here are
two noteworthy novels that are al
least emphatically and entirely
American; and while neither can be
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all about it and enjoy ourselves once
more with Bili and Anthony.
IT is wonderful to think what Mr.
Milne has been doing for the last
years before the Theater Guild
showed Us the first of him in "Mr.
PIN Passes By" that success of last
season. He writes as one who has
written all his life, and that life a
long one. OF course. he has written.
Written for the English wceklies.
been assistant editor OF Pack--befcrc
the war. But here is his first book.
following his first plays, each OF
which is a shining success Upon
what meat doth this our Caesar feeds
Would that the many beginners Ia
writing could find it, and that Other
first books and first plays
However. let me repeat that here ir
The Red House Mystery" is the per
feet detective story. So what does Il
matter what the rest are or wha.
their writer's are doing? Fortunately,
sir. Milne is young, is at the begin
ming, and we are going to hear a
great deal from him on and OF the
stage
EILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE.
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No has welded greater influence those her
author
Of its author
With such guide
will surely be something than educated snob this socially shallow
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THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY. By
A. A. Milne. f. T.. Dutton 4 Co.
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Continued on FoHorcins PAGE.
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WHITE AND BLACK. by II.
Stands. Harcourt Brace & Co.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray. Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
Cd. brings back the natural color and
fustre 60 the hair when faded. streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way 10 get
this mixture was 20 make Il at home.
which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" You viii get large
bottle OF this old-time recipe improved
BY the addition OF other ingredients.
at very little cost Everybody uses
this preparation now. because no one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair. as Il does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft >brush with Il and draw this
through your hair. taking one small
strand at time: by morning the gray
hair disappears. and after another ap-
plication or two. your hair becomes
beautifully dark. thick and glossy and
you look years younger. Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound is a delightful
toilet requisite. IL is not intended for
the cure. mitigation or prevention Of
disease.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

The scuppernong grape Is peculiar
TO the south and IL will grow in all
parts OF Florida. II is a large yielder.
and a single vine will spread on an
arbor over a large area. It grows
singly or in small clusters. and not
in punches as the northern grapes,
and individual grapes are larger. The
skin is thicker. and encloses a rich
and delightfully."- tasting pulp. and sup
plies a juice making wine or jelly of
rare flavor There are sexes-male
and female vines-and both must be
grown in association. or else there
will be no grapes. The northern
bunch grapes are being introduced.
and In time will become adapted and
add new varieties to the fruit of the
state.
II. ID. Kirk. a real estate man assO-
ciated with p. +. Quinn in the First
National Bank building at Daytona.
has just sold TO l.. Hugh. of the Ster-
ling Syndicate. Geneva, Switzerland,
$1,000 acres Of land in Levy county.
Florida.
Mr.. G. X. Moore. our county demon
stratior agent. says that much inter.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

invitation he gave a talk to the to-
mato and watermelon growers at
Spar.
A Word About Ticks
The Otter Greek correspondent of
the Bronson Democrat says: S. c.
Clyatt (brother of our Mr.. w w
Clyatt) prominent merchant and stock
'aiser. is making a study of the tick.
lie has samples of the seed tick, the
large dog tick, the small red tick
with the white spot on the back. the
gopher tick. the large white tick off
of old Daisy and medium one from
the calf. and he claims that any of
them will bite a man. woman, child,
dog, hog or a gopher; in fact a tick
is a tick and is no respecter of per-
sons. and the only kind he knows that
won't bite is the one his watch makes,
and he even gets bit when putting the
tick back in the watch.
Chips Worthy the Trainers Worth
While
(From the Agricultural News Ser
vice.
II you are trying to defeat the high
cost of living, plant a kitchen garden.
There is still time to plant velxet
beans. probably the most valuable
legume crop for Florida conditions.
Fruit trees that get no care pro-
duce about as we'll as do corn that is
not worked
More cowpeas hay and less timothy
will lower the fertilizer bill as we'll
as the forage bill
The health fairy doesn't live in
tea or coffee cup, but little folks can
see one in the bottom of a glass of
milk
Flowers around the yard add great
ly; but put them around, not in the
middle. Open spaces make the lawn
look larger.
No cropping system should exclude
legumes. In Florida no legume is
better than velvet beans, cowpeas,
peanuts or beggarweeds.
According TO Miss Sarah W. Part
ridge. state home demonstration
agent. the st. Augustine meeting of
Southeastern Home Economics Work
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07
ANNOUNCEMENT

To the Democratic Voters of Marion
County, Florida:
| hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office of Supervisor of Regis
tration for Marion county. I honest
ly solicit your vote and support and
viii appreciate both in the coming
primary.
Respectfully,
A J. STEPHENS.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

w. Partridge, state home demonstra-
ton agent, states that this effort met
with most encouraging success, the
Spanish residents showing keen desire
to learn all they can about food se-
lection
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

"The old gray mare amt what she
used to be-" No, nor is the method of
planting corn and other seed what it
was when father was a lad.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

ers, April 1915, will be success.
Members of the home demonstration
extension staff and of the State Col
lege faculty are taking active parts
in this gathering of women workers
from fifteen southern states.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

The life and future value of the
young pig is absolutely in its owners
hands. Stunt it at the start and it
goes thru life a runt. Start it right
and it viii be big, healthy hog.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

During the recent milk campaign
In Tampa, literature on the selection
of foods was tranlated into Spanish
and printed and distributed among
the Spanish population. Miss Sarah
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

A Southern
Institution
The business activities of the Standard
Oil Company Kentucky) are confined
to the South.
The Company has progressed with the
marvellous growth of the South and is
today vital part of the business and
economic life of its people.
The following data gives some idea of
the operations of the Standard Oil Com
pany Kentucky) in the State of Florida:
1t operates 12O tank stations and service
stations.
The Company pays in salaries and COM
missions to its representatives In the
State of Florida over $6OO,OOO.OO per
year.
Under the various City, State and County
License, Tax and Inspection laws, it pays
over $26O,OOO.O0 per year.
The cooperation, loyalty and efficiency
of the Company's employees have con-
tributed largely to the building up and
maintaining of its Statewide service to
the public.
The Company hopes to merit the public's
continued patronage based upon the
superior quality of its products, its effic-
lent organization and its service and tank
station system throughout the State.
STANDARD OlLCOMPANY
lNCORP GRATED IN KENTUCKY
w. w. ZACFIRY, Manager
STATE FLORIDA
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

Mr.. Farmer, do not nsake the mis-
take of planting all of your land to
Just one or two crops. Take more
chances and less risks.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

est is being shown in spraying to-
matoes and watermelons. BY special
invitation he gave talk to the to-
mato and watermelon growers at
Spar.
The Ocala banner., 1922-04-07

Mr.. G. X. Moore. our county demon
stratior agent. says that much inter.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06

Fargo. N. Done OF North Dakota's
most perplexIng political campaigns
termed by many a campaign OF sill
e~nce"-ended the state wide primary
centered In the fate of Senator p. j.
McCumber. chairman Of the finance
committee of the United States senate.
Frazier is again In the political
scramble. this time for the Republican
senatorial nomination In opposition to
Senator Mee umber and 0rmsby Mc.
Harg. the latter NcCumber's former
private secretary. The Nonpartlsan
league state convention endorsed Fra
zier. Republican and Democratic can
hldates will be nominated for all state
offices. as well as for the senate and
congress.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06

Chicago Federal Intervention by
the United States railroad labor hoard
failed to halt the strike Of 400.O0O rail-
way shopmeR. Fiouting the boards
efforts TO effect a settlement of the
shipments grievances before the walk
out took place, II. NJ. Jewell. head OF
the shop crafts unions. aud the six In
ternational union heads. refused to APP
pear for an official investigation of the
strike by the board. No further at
tempt TO forestall the strike was made.
A threatened strike OF 100000 rail-
way maintenance of way employees was
AT least postponed. however, by the
boards Intervention. The strike of
this group had been expected 10 paral-
lei that OF the shopmen.
Twelve railroad representatives an
nOunced their willingness TO cancel all
existing contracts for the perforsance
of railroad work by outside firms.
Practically all maintained that II was
their legal right to contract such work
but expressed a desire to comply with
the boards rulings. II thereby the
strike crisis might be relieved.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
TEN PER CENT SLASH IN
FREIGHT RATES EFFECTIVE
New Schedules Are In
~oorporated

Washlngton.-Frelght rates through
OUT the United States on practically ali
commodities were reduced by 10 per
cent when the carriers Of the country
put into effect the decision rendered
last month by the Interstate
commission In the general rate case.
New schedules Incorporated In the re-
ductIon have been completed since the
decision was handed down. although "A
series of orders %abrogating rules and
regulations concerning publication OF
new rates md like details were neces-
snry TO prevent delays In some In
stances.
Agricultural commodities will be the
only important traffic which the 10
per cent cut Will not affect. races on
these commodities having been reduced
last January. One or two other CLASH
flcations Of freight have also been
given lower rates by commission or
ders In recent months and these also
are excluded from the new cuts. Rail
road statisticians have worked out the
estimate that the general rate decision
Will cause u decrease of x350.0O0.OO0
annually In the nations freight bill.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
To Model China After u. 8.

PekIng.-Gen. VT Pel-Fu, dominant
figure OF Northern China. endorsed the
outstanding leader Of the South. that n
federal system be adopted for reunited
China. patterned after that OF the
United States Of America. General Wu
suggested that the reorganized repub-
lie be known as the United States OF
China"
The majority Of the provinces nj
ready havr SfEnfffed their approval Of
the proposal to reunlte the country
under a federal government at Picking.
with each province enjoying rights
similar to those accorded the separate
states Of the American union.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
ARMY WILL STAGE WAR
SCENE At Fl. MISSOULA
Secretary of War Weeks Approves
Military Display for Benefit
OF Editors

MISUNDERSTANDING OF War Weeks
has put his stamp of approval on a big
military spectacle planned at Fort Mis-
soula for the National Editorial asso-
citation convention here In July. accord
ing to kilograms from Montana's con-
%gressional delegation.
Airplanes, field batteries. tanks and
pyrotechnics are proposed for the dis
play. which is TO reproduce a major
action of AmeEieaaZfo
during the world war. At least a reg
iment OF soldiers are expected TO take
part in the show.
The editors convention. for whose
benefit the display is to be made, is to
be In Missoula July 1921.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
SEIZURE Of YANKS BY
MExICANS STIRS CAPITAL
Act OF Bandits VIII Not Affect Rela.
lions of United States With
obrepon 10 Claim

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF 40 Ameri.
can employees Of the Cortez OH com.
pany at TampIco. Mexico, reported to
the state department. as security for
n ransom of 1900 pesos. created a
stir In official circles In Washington.
Lacking further information as to
what happened behind what Ia ap-
parently a rigid censorship at Tam
pieo, however, there was little TO in.
dictate whether the Incident would lead
toward any change of attitude here
toward the Obregon government In
Mexico.
In fact at the White House 1t was
said that. relations between the United
States and Mexico were not likely TO
be affected In any way by the bandits
outbreak.
Beyond a brief report stating that
In addition to the two score American
employees. a quarter of a million dol
lars worth OF destructible property of
the eortez 0fi company was being held
as security for the payment demanded.
no other word has reached the state
department concerning the bandit &C.
tlon In Tampico.
At least, so far as known. the state
department had not reported the Cor
tez company incident 10 either army
or navy officials or inquired as to- the
availability of navy ships to send TO
the scene. There is no American war
ship In waters adjacent TO Tampico.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
ODDS OF 500 MEN TO rs 5000
Wife Makes Last Stand In President
iai Palace

-ShanEhaL=Madam -S1n|YHtsSen
wife of the deposed president of South
China, who arrived here from Canton.
described In an Interview her husbands
flight and her last stand in the presi-
Dental palace with a ~bodyguard Of 20
soldiers against Chen Chung Ming,s
troopers.
Madame Sun declared that n scant
800 men under her husbands command
were opposed to an army Of 25,0D
led by Chen Chiung-Ming. and that the
~bodyguard Of 80 soldiers left with her
In the presidential palace when her
husband, after her repeated urglngs.
took refuge In flight, was killed al
most to a man.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
CAT CREEK SAND
YIELDS BIG WELL
Produetivitty Of Lower Stratum VIII
More Than pouhls Life
of Field

BiIifngs.-The Franz producer from
the deep sand. brought In last week
IN the Cat Greek field. Is a tremend
Gus of Well, according to news which
has Inst reached here.
The well was drilled seven feet fur,
Their into the sand. and n now making
over 1000 flush. This Is said 10 be a
conservative estimate of the Increased
flow.
The Franz well Is offset to the Mid
Northern gusher. Clayton-1S No. =, and
IS 40 feet due south Of the Clayton
The latter well Is making 1880 barrels
a day. The Franz corporation has
the new well connected up with the
pipe line, and is handling the big Flow
In good shape, II is said.
The two hig producers In the second
Cat Greek sand Of the Wild Schultz
tract indicate a tremendous quantity Of
oil remains In this field. despite the
fact that scores of wells have been pro-
ducing the liquid wealth for three or
four years from the first sands. The
productivity Of the lower stratum will
double the life OF the field. II Is be-
lieved by biologists and experienced
operators.
The Mid-Northern and Frantz cor
porattOnS are said to hold practically
all the ground on which wells can be
drilled to the second sands. Officials
of the Mid-Northern company. said that
there are nc immediate plans 70 drill
a new well to the deep sand.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06

Observation-Disclosures were given
NJ The White House that the govern.
meni soon would be able to make an
announcement In the coal strike sItua-
ton and that the steps contemplated
was a move to bring leaders ~ the
union miners and representative OPP
orators together for a dicussion Of wage
differences. The coal situation In all
=fFSrFdfHffrati6nS Vas understood to be
one of the chief topics for consldera-
flOn.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
TWO MORE GUSHERS FOR
THE SALT CREEK FIELD
One Has Estimated Production OF
$500 Barrels Daily; Other
a Little Less

Casper. wyo.-Two monster wells
were brought In recently In the Salt
Greek. oil. fields. The greater of the
two was brought In by Bonflls-StIdger
company, oil being encountered ut n
depth Of PISS feet. The oil shot high
over the derrick, and the production is
estimated at 1880 barrels daily. The
other strike was made by the Midwest
Refining company, and has a produc-
ton a little under the first well.
The Bonfils-Stldger well is believed
by oil men to be the greatest producer
In the entire field.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-06
increase In Production

Observation-Disclosures and note
worthy increases In the physical vol
ume of production and n further adj.
vance in prices were the outstanding
features of the economic development
Of the country during June. according
to the monthly survey of business con
ditions issued by fhe Federal Reserve
board. Increased production was noted
in highly finished lines of manufacture
as well as basic industries.