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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
DOUGLAS STATUE IS SAVED FROM
 BACk-TAx SALE

CHICAGO. Dec. 24.-A sta-- tue erected sn 1861 to the memory of Stephen A. Doug las. the Little Giant" which was threatened with sale to pay delinquent taxes, has been saved by the intervention of city officials.
 The state claims to own the site. but the title rests with A memorial association. An un- paid assessment of S1.960 was found in a list of judgments. but the office of the. corpora tion counsel gave an opinion that the plot was exempt be- cause it was used for public purposes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

WICHITA, Kas. Dec. 24.--Billy Stice, the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railway has converted all it's locomotives into oil burn CTS, the road Is preparing to drill its own oil wells. The company has obtained permission to drill six wells on it's right-of-way in the heart of an oil field near Nc Camery, Texas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

More than 5000 mics of coast line around Florida offer innum. erable bayous and inlets where rum runners try to land cargo To meet the situation reinforce ments are being added and a sec tion base is to be set up at St. Petersburg with an off-shore pa trol of six vessels. The coast guard also uses planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. D e. 24.-One thrilling adventure aftea another, rivalling those of days when pirate ships sailed the high seas and buccaneers compelled their prisoners to walk the plank, makes up the life of coast guards men battling rum runners in Flor ida waters.
 Prices have been put upon the heads of several guardsmen, of ficers declare, as the struggle to halt the smuggling of liquor be- comes more acute. Winters icy winds in the north are turning the bows of many runners southward, resulting in increased activity along the Florida coast.
 When slim, speedy govern ment chaser, armed with one pounders, closes in on the boat filled with illegal cargo, the off fers seldom know whether the crew will surrender, abandon the vessel or choose to flight it out" There was, for example, the re. cent battle about 30 miles off Fort Lauderdale in which three officers were killed and fourth wounded when Coast Guard Boat No. 249 captured a rum runner. : The 249 was. on it's way to Mas sau, in the Bahamas, carrying Robert K. Webster, secret service operative, to trace counterfeit $53 bills used in rum transactions, when it spotted and closed in on the rum boat and captured Horace Alderman and Robert E. Weech. ! While officers transferred the cargo, Sidney Sanderlin, boats vain, sought to get in touch by radio with the Fort Lauderdale base. Suddenly, the account goes, Alderman fired down the hatch and killed Sanderlin. Victor A. Lamby, motor machinist. rushed to aid the fallen man and was mortally wounded by bullet through his spine.
 Alderman grabbed Lamby's gur. gave it to Weech and ordered the other six government men to Tine up"
 Move the whisky back to our boat" he instructed Weech. "and then go below and set this gov crnment boat on fire"
 As Weech went into the hold Webster jumped for Alderman. He was killed instantly with a bullet through his head. Jodie L. Hollingsworth, following the secret service man, was wounded through the eye and nose. But # was the break" and the rest of the small crew rushed upon Alderman and Weech and over lowered them, and brought them to port. They now await trial at Jacksonville for first degree mur- der.
 Closely allied with rum running Is the smuggling of aliens and narcotics. An affidavit in govern ment possession tells how a rum boat took 27 aliens from Cuba to an island off Florida, only to return in few days to rob them of all they had. Other stories tell of aliens paying the snug 9lIng fees, being taken aboard, and being set adrift at sea or drowned.
 Strategy is used oftener than force to land liquor. Submersible steel tanks, carrying about 500 cases of liquor, were used with success for awhile. lowed behind boats and cut adrift if guardsmen ish Bahamas and Florida, but pressed too closely.
 Attempts to smuggle by air plane are no longer novel. Planes can easily fly between the Brit federal operatives now know how to deal with them. They are sighted in the air and kept from landing.
 Even when rum runners desert their boats, danger turks often n bombs with time fuses or ex- plosives attached to the ignition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

PARIS, Dec. 2a4.-Honey is cost ly and scarce because of the wet summer in France. The busy bee was never able to get sufficient contact with the flowers to store up the usual excess of provender for the winter. Bee raisers say he has laid by little more than he needs for his own use.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
May Admit Women
 To Bar in Japan

TOKYO, Dec. 24.-Women are to
 be admitted to the Japanese bar if plan just drafted by the Min istry of Justice is approved by
 the coming session of the I'm perial Diet.
 This project, included in re- vision of the regulations govern ing lawyers. provides that women
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24

Old papers for sa,e ar rhs Empire
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Use of African Grass
For Paper Increases

Alta. or esparto grass. which Gov.
ers the highlands of north Africa
from Tunis to Morocco. is being in
creasingly utilized in the manufac.
ture of paper. Since so years ago,
when experiments on the grass for
papermaking were first carried out
in Scotland. the alta exports from AL
geria and Tunis have risen rapidly.
Great Britain is now the biggest mar
ket. receiving about 156.000 tons Of
alta paper pulp every year, against
only 1900 tons to France. The total
area of these vast evergreen steppes.
which are almost unpopulated except
for scattered tribes of nomads, who
raise sheep. is estimated at about H.
500, 900 acres. One can travel hours
and hours without seeing anything
but grass: occasionally a nomad's tent
is sighted on train journey through
the "seas of alfa." Not all the alta
in north Africa is obtainable, however
The grass in the Moroccan highlands
is at present left to waste owing to
lack of transportation and labor.
Steps will be taken by business in
terests to penetrate the region so
that the natural wealth in grass can
be FUZZY claimed.
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pices Of Gordon Dunthorne, not In the
Dunthorne Gallery but at 1110 Con-
necticut avenue. 1t was placed on
view May IA, to continue until May Is.
Chief interest in this exhibition CEN
terS upon a series of accurate copies
of frescoeS and mosaics in the ancient
Byzantine Church, Saint Saviour Kah.
rie DjamD, in Stamboul. This church
was built in the fourteenth century
and was later converted into a
mosque by the Moslems. at which
time a minaret was added. When it
became a mosque the frescOes and
the mosaics were whitewashed. Sew
enty years ago a specially intelligent
and capable Turkish ruler had the
whitewash removed. Mr.. Ismailovitch
has spent seven years in Constantine.
pie reproducing with painstaking care
all Of the frescoes and mosaics In the
mosque, copying accurately in their
present condition the figure paintings
and the ornamental borders, indicat.
ing even the shape and size of the
mosaics. So minute and accurate are
his renderings that it is said that If
anything happened to the mosque to-
day the work could be perfectly re-
produced. From historical stand.
point and particularly in connection
with the history of art, these reproduc.
tions are of genuine importance.
With these reproductions Mr.. Is
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NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Horton Painting Added Historical Collection of
Observation-Disclosures Purchase of the Ranger
Fund-Memorial Exhibition

Gallery, the Cassatt family: Adolphe
Borie, well known Philadelphia
painter, and John r. Braun. an art
collector and musician of that city, to
name only few. 1t comprises some
forty large oils and pastels. over a
hundred prints representing the entire
work of the artist in dry-point and
aquatint. besides water colors and
drawings. A beautiful illustrated cata-
logue containing a sympathetic fore
word by Mrs. Havemeyer has been
issued.
Miss Cassatt Is represented in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Ma
tional Gallery in this city, in the for
mer by a comparatively early work
representing a young woman on bal.
cony, Paris; the latter by a character
istic group, Mother and Child"
IF there ever was a true artist"
said Mrs Havemeyer. lit was Mary
CaSSatt. Always steering toward the
highest ideals, undaunted and un-
fiinching. her hand upon the tiller
she kept the true course through all
the storms of adverse criticism, rail
lery and Of encouragement. There
are two ways for a painter she has
often said to me, the broad and easy
one or the narrow and hard one.
AS Mrs Havemeyer truly says. else
where in her Introductory essay. Miss
CasSatt was painter of maternity and
has given new note to the painting of
children. namely, their infinite variety
of movement" The children she has
pictured do not simply sit still; they
are full OF life. To express this action
and virility required on the part of
the artist not only sympathy with
1N,,t Init Sft
tience.
Mary Cassatt was one OF the truly
great artists that America has pro-
duced. and it is fitting that memo
rial exhibition in her honor should be
held at this time under dignified au-
spices. Those who are passing
Philadelphia this month or
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nailovitch shows a number of sketches
in color of scenes in and around Con-
stantinople also a number of studies
of still life and a few portraits. These
are all done with the extreme care and
accuracy of a scientific illustrator.
They are realistic and traditional
works, showing no trace of modern
influence or of the influence of the
outdoor impressionist school: in fact,
this exhibition takes one into a diff.
ferent atmosphere from that which is
usual and to land very different from
our own.
Mr.. Ismailovitch served in the Rus.
sian Army during the war. He
studied his art in Russia and in Paris,
but. curiously enough, it shows little
trace of either Russian or French i'm
press! neither is it Eastern in its flavor.
unless it be the East of today. He has
come to this country with letters of
introduction from Jefferson Patterson
second secretary of our embassy in
Constantinople. who first saw his
work when exhibited last November
at Robert College, and has since be-
come well acquainted both with the
painter and his productions. Mr.. Is
mailovitch has brought about 700 Of
his works with him to America. He
is on his way to England. where. by
special invitation, he is to hold COM
prehenSive exhibition,
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great deeds are drawn, stories Of wise
men who could read the heavens, OF
warriors whom no armies could with
stand, Of strange beasts, Of dragons,
OF all manner OF wickedness and evil
TO be overcome. And here, best Of all,
Is the deathless hero. Rustem, and his
magic steed, Rakush. The way OF
these stores is charming. Listen: And
Rustem laid him downsto .slumber,
saying unto Rakush, 4 charge thee,
o my steed, that thou seek no strife
during my slunlbers. If an enemy
cometh before thee, come unto me and
neigh beside mine ear, and verify
will awaken and come to thine aid.
And Rakush listened, and when he
saw that Rustem slumbered he GAM
boiled and grazed beside him. But
when some watches of the night were
spent there came forth an angry
dragon, fierce and fiery, whom even
the Deevs dared not encounter. And
when he beheld Rakush and Rustem
he was astonished that a man dared
to slumber softly beside his lair. And
he came toward them with his breath
of poison. Then Rakush when he saw
it, stamped his hoofs and beat the air
with his tail, and Rustem was awak'
ened with the din" And he reproach'
ed Rakush for the tumult and again
lent himself to slumber. When he
was again asleep the dragon came
forth again. You know the rest Of
the story, the courage and triumph OF
Rakush, friend of the hero Rustem
and destroyer Of the evil thing that
threatened him. Beautiful work this
Is. Finely poetic in spirit, grand In its
manner of old days. yet simple and
stirring to the readers. old and young,
of the present day. Quite enchanting
pictures go along with the text to
illuminate it at high points Of action.
THE MYSTERY OF THE ASHES.
BY Anthony Wayne. author Of "Ths
Double Thirteen" etc. Philadel.
phia: ]. B. Lippincott Co.
A T the outset you need to know
= that 1.-THE Ashes is an estate,
else you will start this mystery mat
ter in the notion that the. refuse ash
Of burnt material of some sort Is
the clue to be followed. Not that. but.
instead, the house where a crime
was committed, or so 1t was supposed.
There was every reason to believe
that a young woman living there had
been done to death. Beyond this
point there is nothing but puzzle and
problem. One gropes his reading
course here through ways that are
dark past seeing even a hand before
him. No, there is no plausible line
Of connection here, even faint one,
so the adventure is throughout a
feeling in the dark through one OF
the most melodramatic and improb-
able of the current tales Of crime and
its detection. Nevertheless. you keep
on reading. just because the average
human is so curious about the hid.
den wickedness of man that he'll read
anything avidly that assumes to pro.
iect man at his worst. No, this Is
not a very capable mystery tale. Too
much of everything in it-especially
too much of Grass implausibility.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

Charles A. Plat. the we'll known
architect of New York, is president Of
the board of trustees. Robert w. de
Forest and Daniel c. French are vice
presidents and katherine G. Norton
Is treasurer.
Those motoring through New Eng.
land during the coming Summer
should so route their trips as to In.
clude visit to this memorial.
X y X X
GENERAL great paintings have
~ lately come to America to remain
permanently. This includes a portrait
by Titan OF Alfonso D'Este, Duke OF
Ferrara. and Sargent's portrait Of
THE Three Sisters" both OF which
have been purchased by the Metropoli.
tan Museum of Art: Master Heath
cote" by Gainsborough, purchased by
Gov. Fuller Of Massachusetts, com.
parable in artistic interest to "Pinkie."
recently purchased by Sir Joseph Du-
veen. and The Blue Boy" purchased
by Henry E. Huntington Of California
some years ago, both by this same
great master, and portrait of Nine.
d 'Haussonville by Ingres, secured by
the Frick Gallery, the first important
purchase made by this gallery since
Mr.. Frick's death.
X
WELLS NJ. SAWYER, formerly Of
w this city, but who for some years
has maintained a studio in the vicin-
ity of New York, is spending a couple
of years abroad. He and Mrs. SAY yer
were in Malaga last month, after hav.
ing spent nearly year in Spain. Mr..
Sawyer is painting regularly now, and
expects to have material for an eXhibi-
tion upon his return.
X X X
the 350th anniversary of
AVA the birth Of Peter Paul Rubens,
an exhibition Of paintings by Rubens
has lately been held in the galleries
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painting by Gilbert Stuart Of John
Singleton Copley, his fellow-artist; the
other is crayon drawing Of John
Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst,
son of the painter, by George Rich.
mond. Both portraits were bequeathed
by Lady Lyndhurst, who died in 1901.
Copley and Gilbert Stuart are both, it
will be remembered, among the great.
est Of our early American portrait
painters.
X X
4 SPECIAL exhibition of Oil paint.
"A ings made in Constantinople by
Dimitry v. Ismailovitch, a Russian
artist, who has lately come ito this
country. 10 being shown un6r aus.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY. ~
Harry N. Holmes, Professor of
Chemistry in Oberlin College. and
Louis w. Mattern. Head Teacher
of Chemistry in Mckinley Techni-
cal High School, Washington. D. C..
New York: The Macmillan Co.
ANTONIO DE MENDOZA, First Vice.
roy of New Spain. By Arthur
Scott Alton, Associate Professor OF
History in the University Of Michi-
gan. Durham: Duke University
Press.
THE BOSS OF THE TUMBLING H.
BY Frank C.. Robertson. author OF
1.-The Foreman Of the Forty.Bar, "
etc. New York: Barse & Hopkins.
THE BEGINNERS GARDEN. BY
Mrs. Frances King. Illustrated.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
DOES PROHIBITION WORK? A
Study of the Operation OF the
Eighteenth Amendment, Made by
the National Federation of Settle.
ments, Assisted by Social Workers
in Different Parts Of the United
States. BY Martha Bensley Bruere,
word by Lillian d. Wald. Chairman
of the Committee. New York:
Harper & Bros.
PRESSURE. BY Margaret Culkin
Banning. lew York: Harper &
Bros.
PENELOPE and Other Poems. BY
Sister M. Badeleva of the Congre-
cation Of the Holy Cross. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
SECRETS OF BASE BALL, TOLD
b. BIZ LEAGTT PLAYERS.
Rogers Hornsby, Edward Collins,
Har..d Traynor, Tristram Speaker,
Roger Peckinpaugh, Louis Gehrig.
George Sisler, Adolfo Luque,
Charles Hnrtnett. Edited by Mitch
ell C. Charnley. New York: D. APP
pleton & Co.
REN- REV RIDES AGAIN. By
Laurie York Erskine, author of
"Renfrew Of the Royal Mounted"
etc. New York: d. Appleton & Co.
FROM SIX TO SIX. BY w. Bert
Foster. New York: Edward j.
Clode, Inc.
TRAVELLING LIGHT; How to See
Great Britain, France. Belgium and
Holland Economically. Indepen-
IDENTIFY and Enjoyably. BY M. H.
Harrigan. New York: Brentano'c.
TEN YEARS OF WAR AND PEACE.
Rv Archibald Cary Coolidge. Cam
bridge: Harvard University Press.
HANDMADE RUGS. By ELL Shan
non Dowles. Illustrated. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
BLONDES PREFER GENTLEMEN;
A Satire. The Ingenious Diary OF
an Amateur, by an Englishwoman.
Nora X. Strange. Illustrated by
Merle johnson. New York: j. s.
Ogilvie Publishing Co.
GUESS AGAIN; The New Question
Book. BY James Monahan and
Tom DAWN. New York: Duffield 4
Co.
PRETTY CREATURES. BY William
Gerhardi. New York: Duffield & Co.
HOW RED Is AMERICA? By Will
Irwin. New York: J. Fl. Sears &
Co, Inc.
FIRST CROSSING OF THE POLAR
SEA. BY Roald Amundsen and
Lincoln Ellsworth. With Addi.
tional Chapters by Other Members
of the Expedition. New York:
George II. Doran Co.
THE ADVENTURES OF AN OAF.
BY Herb Roth. Text by Frank
Sullivan. New York: Macy-Masius.
ALL ABOUT GOING ABROAD: With
Maps and a Handy Travel Diary.
BY Harry A. F'ranck. New York:
Brentanos.
CRAFTSMANSHIP OR WAR. BY
John McAuley Palmer, Brigadier
General, United States Army, Re-
tired. Introduction by James w.
Wadsworth, jr., Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Military At
fairs. New York: Doubleday, Page
& Co.
THESE FRANTIC YEARS. BY
James Warner Bellah. New York:
ID. Appleton q Co.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

The memorial consists of the home
of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. known as
Aspect; his two studios, his tomb and
about 20 acres of land, in the midst
Of the colony of which the sculptor
and the late Charles c. Beaman were
the founders. The property has been
formally turned over to the Saint
Gaudens Memorial Association by
Homer Saint -Gaudens, the only son of
the sculptor. 1t is u unique memorial.
The home is practically as it was dur
ing the lifetime of the sculptor, and
the studios contain originals and rep
licas of all of his works. His work
shops are as he, left them 20 years
ago. IL ,%sE. .--.-. risss~
Evening star., 1927-05-22
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Recent accessions at the Public Lii.
brary and lists OF recommended read
ing will appear in this column each
Sunday.
Essays and Works.
American Academy of Arts and Let.
ters. Four Addresses in Com.
memoration of the Twentieth Ami.
versary. Y.Am35.
Arblay, Nine. F. B. d.. Fanny Bur.
ney and the Burneys. Y-Ar17.
Bachelor, Irving. Opinions of a
Cheerful kankee. Y-B124o.
Belloc, Hilaire. On Nothing. 1908.
Y-B4159on.
Belloc, Hilaire. Short Talks with the
Dead and Others. Y-B4159s.
Benson. A. c. Rambles and Refiec.
tions. Y.B447r.
Bowman, J. c. Contemporary Ameri.
can Criticism. Y-B6S6c.
Brady, Nella. comp. One Weeks
Reading. Y.9B725o.
Browning, Mrs. E. B. Life, Letters
and Essays. 3v. 1889. Y-BS26.
Carver. George, and Geyer, Z. M, eds.
Representative Catholic Essays. Y.
9C257r.
Copeland. c. T., ed. The Copeland
ftGdu6F. 1-5CIJ0.
Defoe, Daniel. The Earlier Life and
the Chief Earlier Works. 1889
Y-D364a
Eliot. c. w. The Man and His Be.
liefs, ". Y-E145Sa.
Emerson, R. w. Essays and Poems
ed. by e. M. Tappan. Y-Em3al.
Engleman, J. O.. and McTurnan, Law.
renee. Guide Book to Literature
Senior High School, First Year.
eal1en. f,nhnfs' =. H. How People Are
Chosen. Y-G135h.
Grey, E. G. First Viscount. Fallodon
Papers. Y-GS68f.
Harte. Bret. Sketches Of the Sixties.
Y-H256s.
Hazlitt, William. New Writings. X.
Inge. w. r. Lay Thoughts Of a
Dean. Y-In43l.
McCord, D. T. w. Oddly Enough.
narden. rM.'f9' p s. Detours. Y,Msssd.
Mencken, Fl. L. Prejudices; fifth Sc.
ries. Y-M523pd.
Milne, A. A. The Days Play. Y
M636d
Norlin, George. Integrity in Educa.
ton and other Papers. Y-N77S.
The oxford Book Of English Prose.
Y.9Ox25.
Phelps, w. L. Adventures and Con.
fessions. Y.P515ad.
Schauffler. r. H. Peter Pantheism.
1925. Y.Sch127p.
Harrington, Booth. Looking Forward.
Y-T173l.
Wann, Louis, ed. Century Readings
in the English Essay. Y-9W1s6c.
Whitman. Walt. Two Prefaces. Y
Wilde, oscar. Complete Works. 10 v.
1921. Y-W6457.
Rhetoric.
Bechtel; J: H. Errors in English
ZB-B386e.
Carpenter, M. F., and others. Hand.
book Of Correct Writing. ZB'
C225h.
Cook, L. B. Experiments in Writing.
ZB-C775e.
Fulton. NJ. G.. comp. Writing Crafts.
manship. ZB.F955w.
Jefferson, b. L., and Peckham, III. H.
Creative Prose Writing. ZB-JS5S.
Johnson, r. l., and Searcy.. L. A.
English Expressional Activities
ZB.J636.
Ryan, M. e. English Review Exer.
cises. ZB-R95e.
Journalism.
Bastian. G.. C.. Graded Exercises In
News Editing. ZCJ-B29sg.
Bleyer, w. G. Main Currents in the
History of American Journalism
ZCJ-B614m.
Davis. H. w. The Column. ZCJ'
D295.
Steffier. G. w. Columbia Journalism
Graduates: ZCJ-St34.
Short Story Writing.
Bildersee, Adele. Imaginative Writ
ing. ZCF.B49.
| Williams, b. c. Studying the Short
Story. ZCF.W676s.
Wright, l.. B. Studies in the De
velopment Of the Short Story
ZCF.W92Aa
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have the leisure to make a special
trip for the purpose will find this ex-
hibition fully rewarding.
X X X
WORD has been received that the
w Saint-Gaudens Memorial at Cor
nish, y. H., has been officially opened
under the auspices of the Saint -Gau-
dens Memorial Association, the $780,
900 required for its maintenance hav.
ing been raised. This sum was Sc.
cured by donations from over 900
people in gifts of from % cents to
$4,000.
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war, with the purpose of forming the
nucleus of a national portrait collec.
tion.
y X y X
"A NOTABLE memorial exhibition Of
4 u The works OF Mary Cassatt is now
in rogress and will continue to the
end of this month in Memorial Hall,
Paramount Park, Philadelphia. This
exhibition was assembled and is set
forth by the Pennsylvania Museum
and School of Industrial Art and en-
braces some of Miss Cassatt's most
important works. These have been
lent by Mrs. Henry o. Havemeyer of
New York, Miss Cassatt's intimate
k14ead OF Saapy years; the D4rant Ruel
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of p. Jackson Higgs, New York.
Among the works shown was a nota-
BILE portrait of the artists wife and
son; also a portrait of Anthony
Triest, the Archbishop of Ghent, both
important examples. Such works are
a national enrichment and will un.
doubtedly in time find their way into
public collections
X X X
TT is learned that the National Por.
= trait Gallery, London, has lately ac-
quired portraits of two generations of
the Copley family. One of these is a
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BY LEILA MECHLIN.

A PAINTING by William S.
"a Horton. an American artist
"A residing in Paris, representing
4 a Gen. pershing and the Ameri.
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HERE are hero tales from ancient
Persia retold to suit our own
fashion in words. Firdusi's Shah
Nameh" is the treasure chest from
which these stories cf great mon and
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THE EPIC OF KINGS. BY Helen
Zimmern. Illustrated by Wilfred
Jones. New York: The Macmillan