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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAR(!H 27, 1915.
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'AMONG THE
f v3Hi
I) .!. M Plane.
IRVIN COBD
In his new book of caricatures,
"Tim Wcllknowns." (Doranl.
m, Jnmos Montgomery Flngg says of
the author ot "rains or tiory":
"Irvin Cobb tells tho best stories
about the worst niggers. To show
his freedom from race prejudice,
he tells stories about white folks,
too."
Conrad's "Victory"
a Splendid Novel
It; has become Joseph Conrad's habit,
n recent years, i k'vu iuh uoukh fan
tastic stibtltleH nnd to mislead hla read
er. The present volunio la called "Vic
tory," ami Is nubnnmcil "An Inland Tnle"
(Doublcdny, I'ago .fc Co.) Why It la
called "Victory" Is hard to pay. but it
certain that In calling the. book "An
Island Talo" Mr. Conrad was mnking a
pointed leinark to tho jic'oplo who Im
iigrlne that the worth and tho valuo of
Ml books lie In tho environments and
localities they exploit. It will bo remem
bered that there wcro oven thoHo who
ailed "Chance," that masterpiece of hu
man Action, a book of tho sea.
The scenes of "Victory" nro laid In
Eamburan, tho "Round Island" of the
Malay Archipelago, and In Sourabayn.
From Sambtiran comes Axel Heyst. tho
man who would keep life forever from
him: In Sourabaya, nt the hotel of a
certain Hchomberg, he meets and res
cues Lena, u girl In n( traveling orchestra,
and returns with her to his deserted
Inland. To the island come, In turn, two
desperate diameter?, lured there by tales
told of Heyst'H wealth, and In tho inex
tricable maze of misfortune mid misap
prehension tho book ends In what might
be unnecessary trngedy, wcro It not for
tho high devotion nnd sacrifice of tho
two chief agonists. Tho victory, If thero
vbe one, Is the victory of llfo over thoso
,ho fear It.
f In giving such n resume of tho book,
one docs cruel violence to tho author.
IsThe story is told in Conrad's sardonic.
Band sometimes in his worst "smart"
Iimanner. That Is whon ho seems only to
Kle writing notion. Before tho end ho
is Tvruing u hook, nnu uo it vvun nrm
idune'T simplicity. No writer of
'.our llmr 0 iiccomplish lilu miracle of
hrlttnc . oiy so unaffectedly, yet so
artistically . of making tho necessary
compromise between art and life so ex-
JqutJlte and so just And there nro very
sfew Writers ft, Knirlinb. of nllf tlnln nr
ffof other times, who ran roveal tho uni
versal emotions, tho action-snrlncs of
humanity so .truly. Because In this story
the adventure Is much; the presenco of
Ms extraordinary bad men Is not n. mero
device for telling tho talo. Hut booncl
uiai, nnu at nines engrossing mo au
thor and tho reader ns no adventure can,
Is the beautiful situation of Hevst and
the girl, of tho man who holds life in
scorn, nnu the girl who Is unconsc oirsly
winning him back to life. It may frighten
on a rew readers to say or this book that,
like all of Conrad's. It Is u psychological
I novel. Hut those who know tho author
pf "Romance" and tho nuthor of "Al
mayer's Folly," of "Tho Return" and
"Typhoon," will know that for this
,wrlter, ns for no othcr.of our time, the
psychological nroblcm weaves Itself won
derfully Into action. Is, In tho words of
another master, "ndoiably picturesque"
and abhoiblngly Interesting to tho mind.
SIR A. CONAN DOYLE
Who has resurrected Sherlock
Holmes in "tho Valley of Fear."
(Doran.)
Book Gossip
ilullll I.ana baa n en id red tlin Knirllsli
K"! American rights lit Sir Sven jredln's
Uiook, "With tho German Annies In the
IHTest," and the English translation will
puonsnea witliln the next montli or
o In England, Canada and the United
!lates, As tho book was commissioned
y the Kaiser, it naturally takes the Ger
man nOlllt of vlpuf. Klf Kvnn line! ltninun
facilities for seln- tlilnira hahlnH tho
Perman lines, and the photographs alone,
alien by the author himself at the front.
together with .his sketqhes, make a most
Valuable record from any point of view.
I .
P'Thomas Nasf, Ills Period and Ills
fixtures," by Albert Bigelow Paine, Is
Pw to he published In a cheaper edl
iln. thus bringing- the book within the
'Web. of a wider audience. comparative
ly few newppaper readers familiar with
ws cartoons of the Tammany Tiger, the
Democratic Donkey or the Republican
EUphant know that Thomas Nast was
Bw inventory! these political symbols.
t e
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
just received as a Sift from the
Uthor. William Weigh Harrison, hUD.,
w and superbly bound volume, print
i w i)iuumana nanumaae ymxi. "
Id "The Royal Ancestiy of tieorge
fa Harrison, of Philadelphia ' Poctor
WrUon. the comolter. is the son of
vwa, ,! V t-'Mltpilt I " I
rse iAib Harrison and a'ujemoer or.
! P Hrruwn "'" ." 7 .v..
Mioy?r 30tty W " ""
ufaol swlty t fnnslTal.
Mr -t- j-
MARTIAL VOLUMES
HOT FROM THE PRESS
Three Books Thnt Tell You Alt About
War nnd How It Is Waged.
The speed of a Zeppelin, tho draught
of a dreadnought, tho range of a perl
scope, the propulsive forco of a .ecntl
mctro gun-thesc nre some of tho dally
q eries brought out by reading of tho
I I?!I...1r "'"' 'hswerB to them an.l
a mUItttlldn nf rnniinlH n...l I,..,
forth 0 thn mbuc ,.!.,.,. t. ,-.... j ...
' I.M.J ... -' iu O IUO IUUIIU 111 I
, Modern Warfnre." (Hearst International
, I'lbrary Company, .New York) by Hcnrv I
omiin Williams, M. D , U, D , nnd Kd- I
ward Huntington Williams, M U., tho i
one cdltor-ln.chlef of thp "HIslorlnirH i
Hlitorv of the World." nnd tho other mi ,
associate editor of the loth edition of the '
Km-yoWpedla Brllannlca.
Despite these somewhat formidable I
ascription, the compilers of this season
able nnd useful work have not made I
Bbstruso the chapters which deal with !
tho development of modern methods and
mechanisms of wnrfare and dcflno the I
military terms which rrnp out In every I
torj- of tho present struggle As a mat-
ter of fact, tho authors nro chiefly noted I
as ready collectors of books on tlnlelv i
topics, which aro not so erudlto ns read
able. The present work Is not scholarh, but
It gives an Intelligent Idea of tho subject
predlgosted for tho readeis who want I
acis concisely stated nnd quickly "get-at-able.'
The tot stresses tho develop
ment of arms rather to Iho exclusion of
tho nerial and submarine sides of mode in
military technique.
Although A. Hllilard Atterldgc views
exclusively from nn Kngllsh standpoint
his considerable subject, his book, "Tho
Herman Armv In Wnr" (MoBrldc. Nnst
& Co., New York), contains a grent deal
to Interest and Inform tho general reader.
Tho author's angles of vision vary from
tho offensive to tho defcnslvo powers of
tho Kaiser's great wnr machlno Its evo
lution Is traced from tho disaster of Jena,
after which Scharnhorst nnd Gnelscnau
reorganized the Prussian army, through
tho I3nnrsh, Austrian and Franco-Prussian
wars, Impressed with such names as
Clausowltz, von noon, Moltko vind Bis
marck, to Its unexampled efltclency In
tho present unplensantness. Parallel with
the treatment of tho historical develop
ment of tho Gcrmnn nrmy Is a concise
and careful account of tho practical work
ing of tho systom. It Is well Informed
and evidently first-hand.
Mr. Attcrldgo Is described on the slip
cover of the book ns a writer qualified to
glvo a comprehensive and striking ac
count of the German nrmy, nnd his text,
barring a few obvious inaccuracies of
dates nnd partisan statements (duo to
national bias) admirably achieves Its pur
poses of an exposition of tho Prussian
hegemony and consequent Gcrmnnlo mili
tarism and of a description of tho or-
' ganlmtlon of its armies nnd defenses.
xno operations or Germany s army and
the ambitions of Its dominant militaristic
casto have had no clearer explanation
tha Is given In this book.
Of pertinent concern to Americans now
that the military maelstrom of Kurope
has proved not merely tho possibility,
but the actuality, of wnr, despite Hague
tribunals, Lake Mohonk conferences,
Andrew Carnegie, Norman Angell, Ed
win D. Mead and thnt arch-proponent of
disarmament. Nicholas, Czar of alt tho
nusslas Is "Our Navy nnd the Next
War" (Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New
York), by Robert W. Neeser.
Mr. Neeser'a thesis Is: "If ever tho
navy of tho United Slates needed tho
support of tho American people. It lsnt
tho present moment." He calls upon cit
izens to forco nctlon toward meeting tho
needs of tha naval arm of tho service.
Yet .lis Is not n belligerent book, but n
snno and sensible though Imperative de
mand for "safety first" applied to tho
American naval program. Ho sees se
"curlty only in complete preparation nnd
efficacy In time of pence.
Ho pleads for nn up-to-date, progres
sive policy which will not be satisfied
with the glories of slnglo great battle
ships, such ns the recently launched
Pennsylvania, but which Insists on n.
thoroughly organized navy, modcrnly nnd
fully equipped with every accessory.
Power on the sea means a largo handi
cap townrd the goal of victory In tho
next war and tho next wnr may not bo
ns far off for us ns onco wo thought be
fore Kuropo forgot civilization and
plunged Into tho present Inferno. So long
n Brltnnnla ruled tho waves, the right
little, tight llttlo islnnd had naught to
fear. So long as tho United States, with
Its Inrtnltelv extended trast line, has nn
ellk-lent nnd arlequnto navy, it need not
leel nnxloty.
These are tho considerations urged by
Mr. Neeser In his discussion of our diplo
matic situation, naval nnd military prepa
ration, rcmlrementH, policy, oiganlzation
nnd administration. He hns written a
thoughtful and thought-compelling book.
"Pennsylvania"
Harvey Muttland Watts' poem. "Penn
sylvania!" wrltU-n for tho dedication ot
the State pavilion nt the Panama-Paclllo
Exposition, has been printed In a hand
some little paper edition. Its merits are
ns evident as Its possible shortcoming.
Jlr. Watts' richly stocked pen overflows
with poetic Image nnd metnphoro; the
only plaint on thnt tcoro is that the store
may be too datzllng, too freely given for
tho tnsto of reposeful souls. Undeniably,
however1, tho poem brings up n skilful plc
tuie ot thft historical and physical riches
of Pennsylvania. Our only quarrel might
bo with n tendency to overlook the politi
cal and social shortcomings of our State
In tho zeal to coifbrato her many power
ful viitucs.
A Gay Composite
Quito a largo chunk of "Robert Mn
calrc" brought up to date, a bit of "Raf
fles" nnd Just u soupcon of "Huckleberry
Piim" thei-e are the Ingredients from
which Francis P. KUIott has concocted hla
story "Pals First'' (Harper & Bros. New
York). Naturally, one coum 1101 etpn-i
great oUgliiality undtr tho circumstances,
but It will l admitted by tho average
leader that "Pals First" Is an unusual
book, a very readable book, and might bo
almost a great book were t not for Its
weak and Ihibby ending, II. G. Wells' re
cent diatribe scoring the novel with the
"happy ending" can easily be applied to
Mr. Klllott' work, for the author has
been nt such pains to bring happiness to
his principal characters that he has vio
lated every law of life'B logic.
The story deals with the lemarkable ad
voutuies, of tV crooks at least wa are
led to believe That they are crooks intll
the final chapter, every detail of.evldenco
pointing tu that conclusion. Not until the
very end do wo learn that one of the
pseudo rogues Is a mere masquerader and
the other Is a long suffering and much
abused victim of the law's injustice.
Wilson on Finding Oneself
President Wilson has published In book
form his j'avorlte essay, "When a Man
Comes to Himself" (Harper & Brothers,
New York). A man comes to himself,
or finds himself, the distinguished au
thor believes, when he appreciates
that the world demands his best ef
forts, and that he is but a, secondary
consideration. As long as he acts,
talks, feels or plans for himself, con
sidering only how he himself will be
affected he has not found himself. He
comes to himself as toon as be acquires
a full realization of what, his mind needs
or Its complete satisfaction; when he dis-
" .. t-Jil- ,!! li
i,cove "M umhwhiw n h en-
L...l ami bnw. to, nan hut rol!.l.-
dowmt, aod bom he ean. beat mtnlflaUe
Ws dejects sua use 5w tor wiistr-
BOOKS
JAMES LANE ALLEN
Whose "Tho Sword of Youth" hns
just been published by the Cen
tury Company.
ests ot the society In which ho lives.
When n, man onco realizes ho Is part of
a whole, he has found himself. This llttlo
book Is written with tho flno appreciation
of word vnlues and tho rounded stylo
which characterize all tho writer's manu
scripts. "Pan-American"
As diplomatic history is always a closed
book to tho layman wo will probably
never know how much serious thought
the great statesmen of our country have
given to tho problem of Latin-America
and Its relationship to tho United States.
But others havo studied and thought of
tho complexities. -Mr, Kolnnd Ushor, In
his "Pan-Aitiericanlsm" (Century Com
pany, Now York), is full' of suggestions
and possibilities. Ho frankly docs not
try to solvo any of tho problems, and a
prejudiced reader will find him a most
Irritating compromlsor so clear nnd con
vincing on all sides of tho questions that
prejudices of tho render take tho dls
tinrt form of uncertainty.
But Mr. Usher wants to Insplro
thought. His book Is wrltterrrather for
tho layman, becnusc It Is not elaborated
with sources and footnotes which tho
student demands Henco tho possibility
of flaws and Inaccuracies. But there can
bo no doubt that Mr. Usher has a deep
appreciation of tho problems under dis
cussion. Ho hecs clearly how economic
relationship affects all Internationalism.
Ho lenves not a stone unturned In his ef
fort to Indicate possibilities nnd probabil
ities which tho United States may havo
to faco when tho victor ot the great
Kuropean war turns his Interests townrd
the South American states. Whon th's
happens what will bo our attitude? Can
wo meet tho situntlon with our dinall
army, hacked by tho ethics nnd custom
of the Monroo Doctrine? Shall we In
crease our armaments to copo with this
possibility? Will it pay us, economically,
and Is. it Ptl1lc.1I to be expansionists? Or
shall wo better put our trust Into Pnn
Amcrlcanlsm a confederation with tho
I.atlii-Amcricau stnte. on terms of
equality dcspllo thi' differing tindltlons,
social, administrative and economic
needs which exist on the two conti
nents? All these questions nro for our
considerations, not for Mr. Usher's solu
tion. That tho victor of tho present war is
Justified In turning to tho conquest of
South America Is without question If
any of tho Ideas of expansion for econo
mic reasons which domlnato tho present
war are still In existence when It Is over.
Mr. Ushor presents South America as
u rich nnd luciativo continent, full of
hidden possibilities, and rightly the env
of nny growing power. This part of tho
author's exposition Is most fascinating,
for there Is a general lack of appreciation
nmong tho uninitiated for tho other half
of this hemisphere, nnd perhaps a feeling
of superiority among thoso of us in the
United States.
If Mr. Usher has done nothing moro I
than to present nil tho complex points in- '
volvcd In this nuestlon, the book would
bo worth tho effort Mo read though we ,
might hopo that Mr. Usher had seen lit
to wrlto his thoughts more concisely, 10
that wo could comprehend without qulto
so much explanation.
Shaw, Harlequin
or Patriot?
Qultrt probably no one has written a
keener nnalysls of Ihigland's leading play
wright than John Palmer's "Cleorgn
Uernard Shaw; Harlequin or Patriot?"
(Century Company, New York). Certain
ly not In so small a compass-SWi words
It Is not the recognizing of Shaw as a
serious writer as well as a great play-
Y
Victory
?s
The Book That Will
Wiiv America for
frOSEPII CONRAIV
The Story of a
Woman's Love that
is superb in its Faith
and Triumph.
JUST OVtI-Nct,$UoJ
IMlUnLEDAY,
r.uii: i- co.
Joseph Conrad
The Little Mother
Who Sits at Home
makes a subtle appeal to both
men and women based on its
wonderful revelation of that uni
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wrlghl that reflects credit on Mr. Palmer.
It Is rather his analysis of tho motive
behind Shaw's "Tho Commonsense About
the War "
Shaw's primal passion, Mr. Palmer
finds, Is neither aesthetic nor Intellectual,
but moral. Ho passionately hates "all
that Is complacent, malevolent, callous,
Inequitable, oppressive, unsocial, stupid,
Irreligious, encrvntlng, narrow, misin
formed, unimaginative, lazy, envlouB, dis
loyal, mcrcennry and extravagant." Hnt
Ing these very typical aspects ot our
civilization, he searches for n stick, the
biggest slick, with which to hit them.
It happens to he tho socialist stick. In
another ago It would havo been another,
"Tho Commonsense About the War" la
simply the sharpest nttack Shaw can
mnko upon tho complaconcy of an Eng
Intnl that will not recognlzo Its faults
nnd mend Its ways. Mr. Pnlmor believes
this "nnturnl sequel of nil Shaw has
hitherto wiltten" to be a mistake, bo
cnuso tho faults ot England which til
leclcil tho nttack nro quite as much tho
faults of her enemies. Shaw would prob
ably answer him with tho plea ot neces
sity it is no use telling a world of war
that It Is a wicket world. But It Is
torrlblv efllcnclous to Indict your part of
that struggling world. Attention, If not
always tesulln, Is bound to conic.
It mav bo doubted whether Mr. Palmer
really regrets what ho calls Shaw's "mis
take." Ho has given him support in a
most sympathetic, brochure. 'Mr. Pal
mer Insists on tho render seeing that
"The Commonscnso about tho War" lays
forever the fable that Shaw Is "a very
discreet and llnnnclnlly successful mounte
bank." Ho cries that In writing such
a book at such a time Shaw " Is simply
thn priest who insists Upon it.icrlflco bo
foio going Into battle, or believes that
every good tight should bo preceded by
confession, absolution nnd high mass."
The New Books
.1 Ifst 0 tooH rreelved for rmicio.
More rxtenstve comment uiff M tnmf? on
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attention,
VICTOHV. lly Joffph Cnnrnil. "An Isl.in.1
Tnlr" of a girl from a ladlw?' orchpstiu and
her rtrango Itrn Hllh ntie Axel Heyst on a
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in, of nuch. letters as tho tltln Indicates ho
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f'OM.lirVBIl 1't.AVS AND 1'OtlMS. Ity Cafe
Vounp Itlco. Two volumes of prse, dranmtlc,
narmtlvw nnd lrlo. 12fl' pp. M.oo. Doi'ble
day. t'nge. New York,
TlinKt: TIIIN'UR ll Kllnor (ilyn. "The
mature expression ot a worldly and wlso
woman's Mew oil tho deeiier problem ot
treent-dflv pxIMcnce." Ill PP. "
llFiintt's International Library, Nmv York.
Till! UNKNOWN COUNTRY. Ry fonllnesby
Diwson A story of tho loo ot brother and
sister. In which tho author describes their
pjtporlMicefl In the World !teond. t- PP.
Mi. Hearst's International Library, New
vorli.
.MOIMIItN A UFAUI:. Uy Henry Smith Wil
liams. A nook drscrlblnar Modem war meth
ods mcrhunlsms and military iprms. 314 pp.
f-'un. lUnnt's International Library, Now
York.
CIIITIC'ISMS OF 1.1111 lly Horaco J. ilrldsne.
Tho hoad of thn Chlcano Ethical Society
dlmuases Francli Thompson, Chesterton,
lfneckel. Winston Churchill, Captain Scott
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TIIII OKIIMAN ARMY IN WAVt. By A. Hit
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Us operations. t'.T pp. t.Hi. McUrldo, Xsast
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PALS KtltST Hi Kramls t' r.Ilott. A mys
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mjnee 'Cli: pp. Jlw. Harpers, Now York.
HWtU.WIA'S MARUIACJiy. Hv Maudo ltad
ford Warren, 'tho story of a .woman who
searches for happiness and finds wmn blind
alles. 3.11 pp. JSl.H.'.. Harper's. New York.
JOHNNY AI'I'LIJSKRD lly Hleanor Atkinson.
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Harper's, New York.
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Scrlhn.Ts. New York
AtHH'ST FIltHT. By Marv lnmond Shlpmnn
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pp. 51.00. SorlbnerM, Now York.
OIIR NAVY AND THIS NBXT W R. Ilr Rob
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New York.
Ri;n KLL'KCJi-Jli Will LeMiiKlnn Comfort
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who inarches wllh tho Russian
army
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Hloven stories by tho distinguished HnKllsh
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popular but nnonsmous noellst tells of his
falsp starts. 111 pages, ft. Macmltlan, Now
Yor't.
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about
Fathers and Mothers
feLix
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Author of "EzekUl," tte.
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Leader of Philadelphia Oi'ches
tra Has Given Many Odd
Hours to Hobby.
Leopold Btokowfikl, loader of tho Phila
delphia Orchestra, lias ambitions In a
realm of nrt other than that of music. Ito
is learning to etch and has becomo facile
In manipulating the toots of this most
difficult and elusive nrt. With his friend,
Leopold Seyffcrt, tho artist, ho 1ins been
studying etching nt odd hours thn greater
,part of thn winter, nnd when summer
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tion to It.
"Mr. Stokowskl shows marked talent
for otehlng," said Mr. Sevffcrt today. "It
Is to be expected, for a man who has ac
complished what ho has In muslo Is gen
erally proficient In anything thnt Is nrtls
tic. We nro only learning now, but we
have planned greater things for the sum
mer." Tho two men havo practiced etching
whenever opportunity offered, generally
In tho Into afternoon houra or on Sun
days. Neither hns hnd much tlmo to
sparo for It, ns this season hns been par
ticularly busy for tho orchestra director,
nnd Mr. Seyffert's attention hn boen di
rected chiefly to his canvases, but their
efforts hnvo been In earnest, and Mr.
Seyffert's studios on the third floor of
tho Fuller llulldlng contain many sam
ples of their collaboration. Their Instruc
tion has been dorlvcd mostly fiom books
and stnndnrd works on etching.
"I nm afraid that our friends are dis
appointed," said Jlr. Soyffert. "They hear
of this new activity of ours nnd como
horo expecting to see great results mas
terpieces, perhaps whereas they seo only
tho product of our practice, nut we nro
only lenrnlng now."
HEQUEST TO CHUIlCIf
Snrnh Craig Loaves $G0 to St. An
drew's, West Philadelphia.
St. Andrew's Pioteslnnt Kplscopol
Church, of West Philadelphia, will receive
n homiest of V) from thn sinm ruinin nt
Sarah II. Crnlg. lato of SOOS lletm street,
Wlioso will was ndmlttcd to probate to
tlnv. Tho rcsldtio of tho estnto Is IcTt U
rolutlves.
Other wills probated today Includo those
of John A. Hnll. Wl.OflO; Sarah Clark. '15,-Om-.
Mary M. Xlogler. JIII.OOO: f'nthcilno
Mnhonoy. $2SW), ,1pms Hnnsen, J21IH.
Porsonal property of John abiding has
been appraised at tC2,733.1l; Thomas J.
Ilrady, M.620 2.X
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In A Kreat concerto tor the plftnlAt, hot
for tho listener. What tvre Jlr Hof
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which mamhalcd the whole keyboard Into
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