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Brief Reviews of Books

family OF the Ormes? Why did young
Seaverns have few moments Of peace
after he entered its doors? Read and
find out. Average good thriller.
CHESS.
CHESS IN AN HOUR. BY Frank J.
Marshall. New York: Leisure
League OF America.
The chess champion OF the United
States from 1909 to 1885 gives the
fundamentals Of the game in small
pamphlet The title is not to be taken
too seriously.
POETRY.
GREAT ADVENTURE. BY Frank H.
Woodstrike New York: The
World Publishing Co.
Very, very manly verses about life
on the range and the horrors Of war
and the class struggle. Grievous stun.
JUVENILES.
MR.. PUMPS. THE POPSICLE MAN.
BY Eleanore Hubbard Wilson.
Illustrated by the author. New
York: E. P. Dutton Co.
Amusing story for the extremely
youthful about popeicle man who
did not like popsicles.
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VIRGINIA.
VIHGINIA.
TWELVE VIRGINIA COUNTIES. BY
John 0wathmey. Richmond: The


TWELVE VIRGINIA COUNTIES. BY
John 0wathmey. Richmond: The
Dietz Press.
A detailed history Of the II counties
Of Virginia. where western migration
began"-Albemarle, Augusta, Caroline,
Essex, Gloucester, Goochland, Han
over, King William, King and Queen,
Louisa, New Kent. and Orange. With
legends Of lawyers, court houses,
Justice John and the love affairs OF
Capt. John Smith. Interesting.
ART IN MEXICO.
CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN ART
lists. BY Agustin Velazquez
Chavez. New York: Covici-
Friede.
Brief biographies Of 125 artists,
with 100 reproductions OF pictures. At
tractively done and informative.
MYSTERY.
OF FEAR. BY J. U. Nicol-
son. New York: Covici-F Friede.
What was wrong in Ormesby, the
gloomy old house Of the gloomy old
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good sport generally. Her book Is
readable enough. It's title alone ought
to recommend 1t during these recent
sultry days! 4
PICTuR1NG MIRACLES OF PLANT
AND ANIMAL LIFE. BY Arthur C..
Pilkbury. Philadelphia: J. B. LIP
pincott Co. L
4 MECHANICAL engineer with an
\ eye to the heAuty Of nature, Mr..
Pillsbury not only. has devised his own
Photographic techniques but has per-
fected his own artistic applications
OF them. This book Is An anecdotal
account Of his life work, with good
deal Of popular natural history scat
tered through its pages.
He has specialized in photographing
for the screen the behavior Of plants.
He found the MECHANICS and art OF
photography seared to depicting the
explosive activtyof animal life. The
sedentary. slusgiah life Of the plant
required 4 different technique and =
different artistic outlook. This he
has supplied-T. r. H.
A SAGA or THE SEAS. BY Philip B.
Mcdonald. New York: Wilson,
Erickson, Inc.
THIS u = biography Of Cyrus W.
Fields and 80 1t is also the story
Of the laying Of the Atlantic cable. For,
though Mr.. Fields had made \ fortune
BY ths time he was 81. and might be
regarded ~ having . business career
Of some interest, his great work was
the cable. It was his insistence On it,
feasibility and his perseverance In face
Of repeated failures that brought the
project to fulfllment. According to
Mr.. McDonalds story, years might
have elapsed after the first unsuccess-
ful attempt II Mr.. Fields had not kept
dosgedly on, Drawing ridicule. financial
loss and svqR slander.
Ths stdg told here plainly and
slnply. w1,0b , tribute to those aaso-
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TIME outbreak OF hostilities be-
tween Japan and China again
L arouses fears for the integrity
OF the Chinese Republic. Faced
by the constant aggression and inter-
nal strife, the nation is unable to build
up either a governmental system or
war machine which can assure her
peoples of protection from recurring
attack and revolution.
This week the Public Library pre-
sents a list of books on contemporary
articles which throw light on her pres
ent status All books are in the CEN
trail library. at Eighth and X streets.
and the magazines may be consulted
in the central library reading and
reference room.
Background.
THE GREAT WALL CRUMBLES. BY
Grover Clark. 1885. FE66 C5%.
"Mr. Clark's long experience as
JOuI IldiLS0 Nlldl lNS llllS NCty az.
ceptable analysis of Chinese civiliza-
tion.'-G. r. B. r.
CHINA'S GEOGRAPHIC FOUNDA-
TIONS, a Survey Of the Land and
Its People. BY G. B. Cressey. 1884.
G66.C868
"One puts down the book feeling
that he has been on journey, so vivid
and clear is the writing and the
treatment reflects the most careful and
accurate methods of geographic
scholarship. p."-Ellsworth Faris.
TWILIGHT IN THE FORBIDDEN
CITY. BY r. F. Johnston. 1884.
F66J64.
Tn tutor OF the present Emperor
Of Manchuria writes of the political
conditions in China during the years
between l900-l934
THE CHINESE, Their History and
Culture. BY K. C. Latourette. 2
v. 1894 Ge6L346.
A valuable review Of China and the
Chinese by scholar recognized for
his mastery Of the subject.
SUN YAT-SEN, His Life and Its
Meaning: a critical biography. BY
Lyon sharman. 1884. ESu73s.
'"Th4 author has attempted to ar
rive At the truth about Sun Yat-Sen." :"
CHINA CHANGES. BY Gerald Yorke
1895. G66Y8.
ITO present the Chinese scene
and behind the scene-as it is today L.
Mr. Yorke's intention in this interpre-
tive travelos.'
MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE. BY
Lin Yutang. 1895. G66.L639.
Pearl Buck says in the introduction
to this book. 1T is, think, the truest,
the most profound. the most complete,
the most important book yet written
about China"
Problems.
DANGEROUS THOUGHTS ON THE
ORIENT. BY F. r. Eldridee. 1893.
JU6O.EL2.
"The author believes that We have
no real understanding either Of China
or Japan, that We have assumed .
sentimental role as savior OF China,
that Japan, As the only world power In
the Far East, wants order, safety and
progress for the Orient and that her
course OF action In Manchuria Is wholly
justified"
CHINA AND SILVER BY Sir Arthur
Salter. 1894. HC66Sa3.
The author was for . short while
adviser to the National Economic
Council Of the Chinese government.
This Is 4 condensed version Of his re-
port on the relation Of silver to the
Chinese economic problems.
THE TINDER BOX OF ASIA. BY g.
E. Sokolsky. 1898. JU66.So35a.
Mr.. Sokolsky, who lived In China l3
years and married Chinese woman.
writes with deep understanding Of
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ciates Of Mr.. Fields who shared his
faith and enthusiasm. A number OF
chapters are given to the actual laying
Of the cable-how Mr.. Fields went
aboard the ship and watched the crew
at work in the heavy seas and foes of
Newfoundland, OF the struggles with
inadequate equipment, Of the failure Of
the cable to operate after 1t finally
had been laid-A heroic tale Of mind
struggling with obstinate matter.
Mr.. Fields efforts to interest Con-
gress in 4 Pacific cable are also de-
scribed, as are his public benefactions,
which were many. The book Is another
chapter in the history Of Americas 3
great mechanical age. For all its SIM
plicity it Is = worthy document.
THE PR1NCESSES' COOK BOOK.
From the original Swedish "Prin-
sessornas Kokbok." BY Jenny Aker-
strom. Translated and edited by
Gudrun Carlson. New York: Al
bert BONNER Publishing House.
FOR those who love Swedish cook
ing, or for those who are ever on
the alert for new ideas to try out in
their own kitchens, here Is q veritable
gold mine. The components of the
famed Swedish "smoreasbord"-that
elaborate course Of appetizers that u
= whole meal In itself-Are given in
detail, with clear, easily followed
recipes. Scandinavian culinary secrets
are laid bare, and dishes that have
long been famous among much-trav-
eled epicures are now set upon our
kitchen doorstep.
The book is dedicated to the royal
princesses who attended Jenny Aker-
strom's cooking school to learn the
practical side Of keeping house" like
other simple maidens. One Of these
honored students, whose picture ap-
pears on the dedication page. was. the
late Queea OF Belgium. the former
Grown einoess Astrid. Looking
through "a recipes one finds No. sls.
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which il titled simply Grown Princess
Astrid's Torte" 1t brings = sad re-
minder Of the young Queen who died
just at the beginning OF her career.
The book is nicely illustrated, and
all directions are clear and concise.
One notices particularly the repeated
use of Jerusalem artichokea in every
conceivable way-and Is q little over
come by the fact that there are "a
recipes for herring!-B. G.
PUIPWoOD EDITOR. BY Harold B
Hersey. New York: Stokes Il Co.
AN INTERESTING and informative
= autobiography Of an adventurer
in the magazine publishing business.
One gets = new slant on the character
and ethics Qf any OF those luridly
decorated I by 10 inch magazines
which crowd the newstands and
make their blatant appeals for perusal.
Among these cheaply manufactured
pulpwood magazines there are spe-
cialized types which cater to every
type Of fiction minded reader; mag
azines devoted entirely to detective
stories, to airplane stories. to ghost
stories, to Wild West stories. to love
stories and even to love stories with
= certain background, ~ In the case
Of Ranch Romances"
There are several interesting chap
ters on the theory and technique OF
editing pulpwood magazines and some
interesting stories about writer's for
the pulpwoods. Perhaps the most
startling thing In the whole book Il
Hersey's challenge to the publish
ers Of the Saturday Evening Post
He claims that h can turn out a
better edition Of the Post, using only
some Of his regular pulpwood writer's
than the present editors can with
their, highest-priced. featured stars.
tone. I'D love to zee him get ths
chanel 81. TT.
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BEST AEI.LERS FOR WEEK
ENDING JULY 10.
FICTION.

American Dream. yostss. Nor
row.
Bugles Blow No Mors. Dovdsy,
Littls-Brown.
Northwest PaAsAgs. Koberts. Dou-
bleday Doran.
The Years. Wooli. Aarcourt
Brace.
Wind From the Mountains. 0U!-
branMen. Putnam's.
Neighbor TO the Sky. Carroll
Macmillan.
NON-rOITON.
Lord Boutwell, and Mary. Queen
OF Scots. Gore Brown. Dou-
bleday Doran.
Mathematics for the Million.
Hogben. Norton.
Bulwark Of the Republic. Hen
bricks. Little-Brown. ..
Integrity. Neuberger and Kahn.
Vanguard.
T. E. Lawrence. BY his friends.
Doubleday Doran.
Orchids on Your Budget. Hillii
Bobbs Merrill.
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CHINA.

THE outbreak OF hostilities be-
tween Japan and China again
L arouses fears for the integrity
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NORTH TO TIM RIME-RIN0BD
SUN. BY 1sobel W. Hutchinson.
New York: HillmAn Curl.

New York: Hillman Curl.
THIS u one Of those stories Of adj
venturous travel which IL 70 per.
feet - to be irritating and yet which
u vouched for beyond any possible
question. The author, an Anglish-
woman, WAS commissioned by Cam
bridge University to 60 into the back
country Of Alaska and gather ethno-
logical specimens there; she combined
with this undertaking \ second COM
mission to bring back botanical speci-
mems to Kew Gardens. She made
dimcult and dangerous trip. "by rail
to Whitehorse. by river steamboat to
Dawson and Nenana. by airplane to
Nome, by schooner to Point Barrow
and Martin Point, BY dog sled to Her.
schel Island. 9hingle Point and Aka
vik, by airplane to waterways and BY
train to Edmonton" After that she
was awarded the Munso Park Medal
Of the Royal Scottish Geographical
Society by the Duke Of York.
She writes rather bubblingly and
artlsssly, - u the melancholy habit
Of many woman scientists who, taking
up their pens for self-expreasion, seem
to consider It neceasary to become un-
naturally kittenish, but she tells her
tale and It i 4 good one. She met
queer characters, she travelled long
distances alone except for native
guides. she had Tow shaves from
danger and aheWia1hseself b - .
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
When Town Dies. Move II

IF THE recommendations of a SUBJ
committee of the Presidents ma
tional resources committee is adopt
ed, there will be a lot of "ghost
towns" in the country. In brief, its
advice is that every town that is
dying economically be abandoned
and the inhabitants moved.
Studying the subject of depressed
cities and industries, the commit
tee reported:
Generally speaking, the contin-
ued existence of a community and
an industry cannot be justified if in
the long run it fails to afford it's in
habitants or workers a minimum
level of existence consistent with an
expanding American standard of
living. Such communities and such
industries are liabilities to the ma
tion because they do not make their
full contribution to our national
life"
This would be resettlement with
vengeance and probably would be
deeply resented by thousands of cit
izens who love their home towns
even if they are not very prosper
Gus.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
What Will Huqhes Do?

OBJECTIONS to the seating of
~ Hugo Black as a justice of the
Supreme court on the constitutional
ground that the emoluments of the
Office were raised while Black was
a senator brought Chief Justice
Hughes back to Washington before
his vacation was ended. Associate
Justice Brandeis also returned to
the capital and he and Hughes were
expected to confer on the matter
and to examine the objections. Just
what Mr.. Hughes or any other men,
Der of the court could do was un-
certain. Constitutional lawyers
agree that Black could not be de-
MED his seat because he was a
member of the Ku Klux K1an, but
many of them thought the court, if
it decides to take jurisdiction, could
bar him on constitutional grounds.
There was reason to believe this So
luton of the exceedingly unpleasant
matter would suit President Roose-
welt. Should the President ask
Black to resign, the latter might re-
fuse, and that would be most en-
barrassing for Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
I'LL M Quiz With
LON liz Answers Offering
HI1 Information on
z14LOL4LOx Various Subjects

l. How much wood will giant
Sequoia tree yield?
2. How many persons out of a
million will live to be one hun
dred years old?
8. Who was the first American
to receive the Nobel prize for
peace?
4. How fast can currency be
counted?
S. Where is the oldest painting
of the Virgin and Child in exist
ence?
6. Does it cost more to educate
child in a city school than in
a rural school?
z. When gold is hammered into
the thinnest gold leaf possible,
what color is it?
8. What is the definition of split
infnitive?
9. What profit do the Federal
Reserve banks make?
Answers
l. a giant California Sequola
tree yielded 5000 posts, $4,000
shingles and 100 cords of firewood.
The upper one-third and the
branches of the huge tree were not
used.
2. 1t is estimated about thirty
in million will live to this ad-
vanced age.
8. Theodore Roosevelt, for his
efforts in bringing about the treaty
of peace between Japan and Rus
sia in 1905. 1t was awarded him
in 1906.
4. The expert counters of the
Department of the Treasury have
counted approximately as many
as 10000 new notes a day, and
$4,000 old ones.
5. The oldest painting of the
Virgin and Child in existence,
done about $50 A. D., is on a wall
in the famous Priscilla catacombs
in Rome.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

notable report on his stewardship,
warning against dangers confront
ing the nation from within and with
out.
Colmer declared attempts to SUBJ
jugate judiciary would destroy the
"checks and balances" in govern
ment; and he proposed that the
American Legion undertake an edu-
cational program on the principles
set forth in the Constitution. He
asked each post to hold at least
one meeting this fall on the basic
law.
The commanders warning against
perils from without led him to con-
denim severely German propaganda
in the United States and the alleged
action of the German government
in fostering the organization of Nazi
groups and camps in this country.
This he called ga gratuitous insult
% our free institutions.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

yielding to Mussolini in this matter.
British public opinion was said to
be strongly against complete con-
cesSion.
Meanwhile events in the Mediter-
ranean were not such as to bolster
Eden's peaceful designs. The Brit
ish aircraft carrier Glorious report
ed it had been attacked by a SUBJ
marine near Malta just as it ar
rived to take part in the patrol of
the sea. Also the admiralty an
nounced an unidentified airplane
dropped six bombs close to the de-
stroyer Fearless. The British and
French fleets began their search for
pirate" submarines,
Spain's premier, Juan Negrin,
stood up before the League of Ma
tions and fearlessly presented the
evidence of Italian and German in
tervention in the Spanish civil war,
demanding that the league take steps
to stop it. He called Mussolini and
Hitler international highwaymen."
French Foreign Minister Delbos
backed up Negrin's demands in
words which were taken to mean
that if Italy sends substantial re-
Inducements to Franco, Spanish
rebel leader, or perhaps if she even
refuses to withdraw her forces al
ready there, France would consider
her security menaced.
The assembly of the League of
Nations voted down the Spanish
governments request for reelection
as member of the league council.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

6. The average cost to educate a
child in a rural school in the
United States is $53.31 a year,
and the average in a city school is
about $96.18.
z. In this condition it appears
green by transmitted light.
8. A split infnitive is one in
which an adverb is introduced be-
tween the word ''to,'' and the
verb form, such as to largely de-
crease" The word "to" as used
with the infnitive is not to be
classed as a propositions; it is an
integral part of the infnitive and
hence should not be separated
from the verb form.
9. Federal Reserve banks are
not operated for profit. After all
necessary expenses have been
provided for, the stockholding
member banks are entitled to re-
ceive a cumulative annual divi-
dent of 6 per cent on the paid-in
capital stock. After dividend
claims have been fully met, the
net earnings are paid into the sur
plus fund of the Federal Reserve
bank.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
The Sucker Crop.

PARLIAMENT, next month, will
l pass statutes to curb stock mar
ket tricksters, fy-by-night brokers,
and bucket shop operators who, it's
estimated, are fleeing the British
public to the tune of $25, 100000 an
nually.
We've tried it and it doesn't work
AS Barnum stated, a sucker is born
every minute - and sometimes
twins. But the crooks who prey or
the sucker crop, like the Dionne
quintuplets, come along in patches
That breed spawn close to shore and
the young all survive.
Thus is the rule of supply and de.
mand balanced. In good times,
there are just enough suckers to &C
around. In hard times, the suckers
grow scarce, but, when one comes
along, the crooks rattle him off and
the winner takes all.
Anyhow, legislation won't save g
sucker from himself-at least not
in this country. He'll break through
the law in order to prove he's q
sucker in good standing in the suck.
ers' lodge.
BY the way, brother-member, how
many degrees have you taken?
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Just a Myth

1t appears that water won't
run uphill' is just another myth,
according to computations by the
United States Geological survey.
They've figured out that a point
at sea level on the equator is
about Is miles farther away from
the center of the earth than
sea-level point at either of the
earth's poles. Their calculations
show that the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi river is four miles farther
from the earth's center than it's
source.
Thus, to be exact about it, the
waters of the Mississippi run up
hill. This is because the water
in the river obeys the natural laws
of gravity, causing it to run from
the higher surface level at its
source to the lesser at its mouth.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Green Slams Lewis
DENUNCIATIONS

nENUNCIATIONS OF William
- Green by John Lewis and of
Lewis by Green come almost daily,
but the attack on the G. I. 0. leader
by the president of the A. F. of L.
in a speech in Washington was es-
pecially vigorous. He declared the
beetle-browed Lewis was an oppor-
tunist who hopes to gain political
power through the formation of a
party combining labor and agricul-
ture, and reiterated the opposition
of the federation to the organization
of such party.
Lewis, said Green, was to blame
for the bloody strike in little steep
plants and for its collapse which he
attributed to c. I. O.'s disregard of
the rule that the workers them
selves should decide when to strike.
"Surely those who are to suffer
and sacrifice in strike ought to be
accorded the right to say whether
they are ready and willing to do
so," Green asserted. 'The issues
involved in any impending indus
trial conflict ought to be made clear
and thoroughly understood"
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
Fatal Prison Riot

g EVEN convicts made a desper.
y ate attempt to escape from the
Folsom penitentiary in California,
and when the battle was over two
of them lay dead, Warden Clarence
Larkin and two guards were in hos
pital with serious knife wounds and
seven other persons were nursing
injuries. Quick, work by the war
den's secretary prevented the es-
cape of the convicts, all long term
prisoners. Though Larkin was held
as a shield, the guards did not hesi-
tate to use their rifles, for the war
den told them recently, eff I am
ever kidnapped and I order you not
to shoot and you obey my order,
you won't be here the next day. No
matter what I tell you, you start
shooting"
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
President on Constitution

A LII orators on the one hundred
fiftieth anniversary of the sign
ing of the Constitution were loud in
praise of that great document. Pres
ident Roosevelt, speaking from the
foot of the Washington monument,
was emphatic in his expression of
admiration for and loyalty to the
basic law which his opponents have
accused him of trying to under
mine. But he called it 'layman's
constitution" and lawyers con-
tract" He reiterated his asser-
tions that the Constitution was in
tended by its makers to be state
ment of objectives and not rigid
document, and declared democratic
government in this country can do
all things which 'commonsense peo-
pie, seeing the picture as whole,
have the right to expect"
ST believe that these things can
be done under the Constitution with
out the surrender of single one
of the civil and religious liberties
it was intended to safeguard" Mr..
Roosevelt continued, land / am de-
termined that under the Constitu-
ton those things shall be DONE"
Sharply condemning relationships
abroad, Mr.. Roosevelt said there is
a crisis in American affairs that
threatens our democracy and that
if that democracy is to survive, it
must meet the demands of the peo-
pie for economic and social secur-
ity and improved standards of liv-
ing. Plutocratic and proletarian die
tatorships, said he, are equally dam
gerous.
That the President has not aban-
doned his fight for "rejuvenation"
of the Supreme court was made
clear by the tenor of his address,
and it was expected that he would
continue that campaign on his trip
to the Pacific Coast, which he began
in a private car equipped with a
loud speaker. On his way to visit
his daughter in Seattle and on the
return trip he was to enter the
home states of several senators who
were active in opposition to the Su-
preme court enlargement scheme.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30

passes down a narrow tunnel. Ev-
cry fifty feet it intersects beam of
light falling on a photocell, resulting
in a permanent record on photo
graphic film.
The curtains of light are created
by metal frames whose upper and
lower surfaces consist of mirrors.
A light beam started from the bot
tom is reflected back and forth un-
til its ray finally touches the photo
cell concealed in small box at the
top of the frame. Thus the entire
space is filed with a light beam.
The Ely miner., 1937-09-30
HXazvued ~ NckG1d
SUMMARIZES THE VIZ
@ western Newspaper Union.

nomination in 1910. He made it evil
dent that he hopes to be the stand
ard bearer for coalition party, as
serting that realignment of politi-
cal parties is inevitable. Indeed,
he declared, this probably was the
one thing that could save our ma
tional institutions. He was not so
sure that the opposition to the Roose-
welt policies would unite under new
party name. Said he:
There may be a realistic realign-
ment which will bring ike-thinking
patriots into common battle front,
whether they live north or south of
the Mason and Dixon line, whether
they live east or west of the Mis-
sissippi."