ETEKITO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1915. & AMONG THENEW BOOKS &us in the Trenches KrfW.r do. . " "to mil ftooK " ,Veek9 ,n tha tefVu hlon Mlfllln Company, Mtr writes there n any ordinary, &" miirlil have wmien ui mo Hy." "IK , of spirit and tho ' iv.i, mako up the. better side. fen W,r0 tie brings to hi 'm normality a higher degree. jrlll0"n ,', exactly from what ' h,? Si been fired, bo his heart Lt I"" b- "nne thattheycan " " ,t recoru mo lllt" ... il i.nY of feelings which men 'lth "1f.. One cannot Insist flre "" ., that Mr. Krelslor h . ihrn n noldlen when on . ml ". .,,!!. nna ( ltlt IW f Wm M r m mbe; tha'tho Is ;;rnd the" a violinist. L"1' .. u...ia ho Is so unusually I? Cl there Is nothing In this book F', A,va ns propaganda against i" fv thing agnlnst war which f,Amln.?lsEthat war should ttt.lt n nno a spiru, bo nuum u. film ot' And ,th0 ?uth0, ' ,ne "... u , 4h Inst to con- no8B went to war because It . alThTnV to do. and the do- ?" I camo out of It pracuca.iy L"!.r" i ..i.wotnml nc. tier- ra.te terrined, Ho gives u. .his fnd leaves Us meaBuraoiy Kruieiui ..Tho Splendid Chance fe"... . orlze In an art competition imiir.iM ;,. i King, an American H'UiDDrehcnslpn of the "splendid ft tTvelonment of, her Immature atice Va.?V "."?.,:. hoimnri tho limits of her l S!i qn sho sails away for Paris iThv hopo of absorbing tho best I IVV --,1 htt OtllfllOfl Ot IIIO Lrittl have to the worthy seeker MPiiai i cross the broad W'1 ffatfierln" forms the acquaint. T young English captain, who raKve with her: and sho hasn IMS f "". m..q nver from Eng- ffeftfi trtn. her blissful promise to EStfuLi within a short six months or r Lni before the expirauon 01 una sfflVf betrothal tho European war &wl The captain Is killed In one Hilt ' ;..,. . nnrthorn France. P".1"';. i,,nvrn.heartcd. of course. ,llenno . 1nVor ln tho Capac- K volunt er nurse, and proves her KinSin of rare courage under most I Sft circumstances-. Sho goes mck w Krthe catastrophe, having bur- 5 S h. has bravely died. And hero she Set acquaintance with an American Sffiwhom she had designated as the flStr soldier sweetheart on tho Ifeld ffi. has bravely died. And hero she 70Pl0r wi ut - - r . . ii "". -! n nnrount oi ma luutcnu ifiK y taciturn, demeanor toward all 'S ill. taciturnity Is duo to his own iK0"1, . ' .liQllltiBlnnmcnt and KhavlnTfoTlowcd his marriage -n r..Hrit Katnenne s gguumoa " K..;Shl. motherless child havi SZlt 'hi asocrlty toward her sex, n Si. toward his motherless cnuu navo &i. n.nrltv toward her sex, Kdevelops u boundless loyo for tho r.,,T,4 young woman, tnougn ne aoes a !tH her of It, rospecuns ner viuicmi. JS.fa feeling, beside, that ho has had JS chface and lost It In his ui-starreu &Sl 'venture. Ho indeed loved to Wore he knew of her betrothal to H English captain, and he bears the Appointment of his discovery with Mat fortitude. While Katherlne naa l(n oft to the war a Zeppelin has soared et'tr Tarls and dropped a. bomb on. tho tSurly Man'a" studio and lodgings, klll Br the sculptor's adored little girl. The ,,ii wn of the "Surly Man" and tho m.rim maid eventually brings them together, and the story of "The Splendid Siance," by Mary Hastings Bradley (D. fopieton & Co, New York), epds Just as he moat Bympai"ei'u rcuuci uu.u ,..... acldcntally. the novcli which ls most iivtr y wrlftcn, aDpunas m Erupiuu uo- 1X.T... .i .V J. .11 ...ttV. th'rtfAM. BI VB WBVIOT """ "" -r, tanic connici in niurupo. i" " a presented by Mrs. uradiey, me , being drawn, it Is Bald, from her perlences at tho rront. Ilrish Catholic Novel That's Neither fiitlne" (Mitchell ICennerly, New Wfim, ky Gerald O'Donovan, from one Jjifolnt Is a genro stuuy oi mn .. I,.- ..Itrrlnt.n nn.l anoint Umlnr WMb li'C, 4wiawo w. ., " -- iconomlc advantages ot mo lainy km land purchase law. rrom anoiner ilnt It Is a covert, subtlo attack on bllcism and Its priesthood, which op- ouy are concoivea ns niunBuiuom. " fls11 TI.nnlRsnnrfl and Its fresh. ipua Impetus to the perennial national mem or uarK uosaieen. jvh u '" TtM fni- bn THsh unit tho Catholics Mi dismally; neither will caro tor It. T some of tho hypnenaiea or Jants of Cromwelllan soldiers may the destructive religious criticism 'work. thouch tho majority are too "mlndfil for that, but the glowing ornatlonal aspiration lor unuy lot be? a recommendation In certain Wlwi In Ulster. 'author's "Father Italph," which 'Uf)pusly regarded by equally varied JKtrj for tho rellslous press as a adilbus attack on mother church or rchlnir. searlnc exposure of papls- Wllcles, politics and priests. Is r zorerunner of "AValtlng." rne feels again that even If the author actively unfriendly to the cause he te, the people he portrays, tho i be- describes In short, United Ire h la singularly unsympathetic to ii m cause, ana that he is unjust exposition of It because he does realize its consummation can be ted only by united strength and wid i putative breach between the lih movement and those who are t loyal.most numerous supporters. iow there Is little that Is joyous jr. O'Donnvnn'n fnU thi!r lnueh- Wd. and tho reader's ot them From their ways It would be t them In lm "Nnrth. Tha dla- In Its transliteration, suggests the "hard-mouths" of the North flannel-mouths" of the South. sonagea and customs seem to be which is hardly rutins Jn. , cross-sectional view of a Us racial moods and desires. Te Is nlentlful. hut mora than wferences to leprachauns and fre- b'9 ot Irish words and Idioms for success )r genuine realism ' otherwise wa havo here only aals that make for mere reality. osnliant of Irish history, traits 'rations Will InnV fmVnnm vn nt 'lernals" of a writer who nerslsta : "Mitchell" for the name of er Instead of tho proper form vy ma grandson, the Mayor Judge ex pede Herculera! Coming Books (yars ago the qalm of a book. frfiftble eossys written bv Allen and grouped under the title, word This month Mr. Up- u&YB tWO tuwika hrnnirht nut. lne Mysterv" and "ParnrflM hkh will be nubllshad by 'MWflln Co the latter part of " The first la a uttulv nt th element In the pr.Cbristlan m i abntruae gubjwt made fas- the erudition in. rharra. and y of the author. The second U n wninK n.-un at . 11.. W.l'acter It nlava uium Shavian PATRICK MacGILL Tho author of "Tho Rat-Pit" (Do ran) and "Children of tho Dead End," hero appears in tho uni form of tho London Irish Regi ment in which ho recently volun teered for tho Great War Many British writers besides Mr. Mac Gill are at the front or near It. John Mascfleld Is an orderly In a hospital In Franco. At about tho same time that the news arrived In this country that Cosmo Hamilton, English playwright and author, had been promoted to a lieutenancy ln the Ttoyal Naval Reserve, Information camo that Mr, Hamilton's brother, Ham ilton Olbbs, actor and author of "The Hour of Conflict," had been promoted to lieutenant ln tho Royal Field Artillery, after active servlco In tho trenches as a private Henry Sydnor Harrison, the American novelist and author of "Quced" and "Angela's Business" (Houghton Mifflin), ls serving with the American Ambulance, and writes to a friend: A little while after I arrived In Paris I secured a Job as ambulanco orderly with tho American Ambulanco nt Ncullly. I hung around nearly two weeks with practically nothing to do, and then last Saturday got a chnnco to como hero with ono section which bases at this point. Wo have ten ambulances, a supply car and a stripped car, and make a fine show ing when wo movo ln convoy. This sec tion probably does moro work than any of tho four or nvo others we nave out. I expect to havo my own ambulanco to run nfter a while, and to sco and do a good deal beforo I come home. "For a fow days wo are stationed nt "Wormhondt (find It on tho map, If you con) nn wo're right ln the midst of what will undoubtedly provo to bo a big his toric movement of troops French soldiers going south as tho. English (K's army) came In to tako up the left of tho line. I have heard tho guns rumbling, too. "Excuse a short and poor letter. TVe make our working headquarters In the railroad station, and have a shed as big as a hall bedroom to sit in when not transporting maladcs and blesses. I am sitting there now on a hard bench with no back, at a table of dirty boards, with people swarming all over mo -and much noise. I forgot to say that I wear a khaki uniform and would be mistaken (at a long distance) for a soldier." Grape Juice Fiction George Randolph Chester has taken ft seat on the wagon with Mr. Ex-Secretary Bryan and other proponents of pink pop, crape balls and various citric beverages. With the collaboration of Lilian Chester ho has written "The Enemy" (Hearst In ternallonal Library, New York), a study of the progressively degenerative effects of boozo on both the business and nrtlsttc temperament. On the whole, his novel Is to mnintaln the potatory figure of speech rather a milk-and-water per formancn to deal with so horrific a text as tho demon rum. The Cheaters show none of the combined cleverness of phrase and plot found In the Walllngford tales nnd "Tho Ball of Fire." They havo very evmenuiy naa no "vocation" to be come the evangels of the temperance movement Plainly they havo written "The Enemy" not because they hnd a novel to write, but because they had to write a novel In pursuit of their dally labor. In tho burn ing sincerity of Its Inner call, "Ten Nights In a Barroom," by T. S. Arthur, despite Us otd-fahloned melodrama and stylistic crudities, Is far superior to this sentimentalized version translated Into up-to-date terms. New Books BOOK. Heine a (election from the literary remalna of Ueorgo Moon, ptepared for publi cation by ncglnald llllee, author of "Whales In Captivity.;' With an ambiguous intro duction by II. O. Welts. J1.35. George H. Doran Company. New York. TI1D 1(UCK MONK, ny 'Anton Tchekhoff, jdben out rLAt-rntNTmo I contfder it injurious to a dra matic icork that it thnuld be made accessible to the public in the first instance bv tnenn .of a stage per formance. A new play con never be considered and judged apart from its surroundings,- purelv and simply nt a literary toorfc. rhe Judgment tclll altodus comprehend both the play and its performance! these Uto entirely different things are mixed up together, and the chief attention of the pubtio Is, as a rule, attracted more by the acting and the actors than by the play itself. Translated by It. B. C. Iinr. I.S5. Fred Crick A. Stokes Company, New York. DBAD BOUtfl. By Nikolai Oorol. Trantlated from the Itusslan with an Introduction by Stephen aroham. 11.25. Frederick A. Stokes Company, Nw York. MILLSONTE. By Harold rtejble, 11.SS. Qeorsa II. Doran Company, New Yerk. pnAYKtl Fon PEACE. LHy William Samuel Johnson. l.Z3. Mitchell Kennerley, Now York. K. Py Mary Roberts ninehart. $1.33. Hough ton Mlrtlln Company, Boston. Many at Convent's Service A special service marked the commem oration of tho feast of Our Lady of Atount Carmel, which was celebrated this morn dng at the chapel of the convent, nt C6th avenuo and Old York road. The feast con cludes an eight-day Noveria, which was nttended by many Phlladelphlans. Un ustinlty largo numbers attended tho llnal service. Itnllnn residents near 61th and Vino streets began tho colebratlon yes terday afternoon with a band of 44 In struments playing In a sacred concert. PHUADELPHIAN WRITES OP TRENCH FIGHTING Letter Gives Vivid Picture of Repulse of Charge of Ger man Troops. Written in the trenches" of war-ravlshcd Europe, a graphic letter by a Philadelphia soldier to his mother, residing In this city, Rives a vivid picture of the wild dashes for safety whenever German shells or poi son gases make their appearance. The name of tho wtlter Is withheld at tho re quest of his mother. She fears If the Identity of her son Is revealed ln print It might result ln him being court-martialed, He Is prominent In society both In this city and Washington. How soldiers dally nre mowed down by cannon shots Is described by the writer. Tho letter In full follows: "IN THE TRENCHES. "Dearest Mother Another fow hours' rest, so I'm writing. The fight has been very hard, but turned to our advantage. All this afternoon wo wcro bombarded, I estlmato that IOtOOO shells fell on our front of th re o kilometers. As usual, our poor regiment Is a good receiver of shells but we did not budge. They ore die BUetcd tho Bodies. Beforo us, It was tho 40th Division, a tired and worn-out division, nnd so wo took their placo. wo are fresh men The enemy did not sus pert this chango and attacked, and. as we say in the language of soldiers, "Sent tombca gur un bee de gut " In the evening, when thoPrulan guard thought they could advance on i" In columns of fours, wo kept absolutely quiet no sound, no movement to por suodo them even more that they were surprising us. Everything was calm! not a sound only a few rolling stones, and small broken bfahches and tho wind sighing. One feels that there Is some thing stirring nnd ono has queer feeling from looking Intently In tho dark before one nnd seeing nothing; ono wishes they would hurry so that It might be over. "Then suddenly the earth seems to rise, howling, 'Hock HochI Hoohl der Kaiser!' Yelling llko madmen they advance rapidly now they aro only 2G yards oft. Wo let them get en tangled In our wire and abatis and stumblo In the holes made by shells. 'Hold your flro,' says our captain. Every one Is calmly nervous, Then, llko a flash ot lightning nnd roll of thunder, a tele phone call and our whole line spits lire, tho mortars, the 75 hand bombs and rides all belch forth. Our first volley mows down tho first ranks; our second nnd third volleys see them fall llko trees mown down. In a fow moments the attack is broken their charge wavers, hesitates a fow turn their backs. Then comes tho retreat and finally n wild dash to safety. The day Is won. Wo will bo left quiet for a lltllo whllo now. To finish tliem up, our mltrnltlouses begin to spit llko volcanoes. All Is ovor. "Now wo are sleeping quietly not too soon. "Will you send mo as Boon as pOBslblo two moro masks for protection against the poison gases and motor goggles With mica eyes? They must bo absolutely her metically seated. Send two pair Hi dif ferent parcels "You see T don't worry much ! am not affected. All it well and I am ha good health. Love W Muier, "YOUR LOVING BON. ''ft B. It's terrible Trot very tmpostns, all this." LANCASTER'S POLITICAL 'SLATE' It Includes "Regulars," "Rebels" and "Just Plain Good Follows." LANCASTBIt, I'a., July 1.-The fol lowing stato probably will i6 presented by tho Itepublleah party, according (o "Insldo" advtees. Tho string Include regulars, rebels and Just plain good fet tows: District Attorney S. V. Hosternmn, Lancaster. ProthonotaryJohn F. Long, Laiy-as1!, County Treasurer Dr. B. IT. Wllmer. Neffsvllle. Heglstcr of Wills Samuel Frant Bohrcrstown. Sheriff-Christian Oarber, Jit Joy. Clerk of tho Quarter Sessions Levi Slot Alllster, Quarryvllle. County Controller Bnos Mowrer, New (Providence. County Commissioners Samuel W. Dlk ler, Lancaster; John B. Shirk, West Co. cnllco. Prison Keeper A. Carson Obetz, Stan helm. Tho Republican County Committee will meet on tho first Monday of August for organization. Poems From a Pennsyl vania! A dozen and a half of subjects aro care fully and capably poetized In a little volume entitled, "Besurgam: Poems and LVrics," by O. R. Howard Thomson, of Williamsport, Pa. (William F. Bains, publisher). All of the suDjecis aro poeuc and Sir. Thomson's handling of them is. in almost every instance, sinipie, musum and Inspired. There Is genuine feeling and beauty In the Introductory poem. "Resurgnm," lyrical verses aneni wo in toxicating spring, with nn original touch, too, though countless bards havo count less times held Bweet converse with the eager insatiable Muse of Spring. In "nesurgam" and In "Llllth" the Pennsylvania poet Jias sung moro sweet ly with lovely rhythm in tho ono and clear colorful vision ln the other, than ln any of the other poems In the volume. In "Llllth" there ls Btrength and beauty of imagination. Descriptive lines glow vigorously and there Is keen atmospheric feeling ln Lllith's picture of the sadly waning Eden, when as "last night the moon grew old," SnTthu,,Bhntho,rorve. on bar.-.oled. .tealtby Crept wh'iapers, uttering ilea. "Temples and Tabernacles" Is interest ing for Its timeliness and for Its stereo typed objection to Sundayesque revival ism. Mr. Thomson holds that t tho woods, eaft with the hae Of Boring's awakenlnc. or later all ablaie With , Autumn's tints should teach mankind nmw.i nt what true worship is; should show that not From noise, and shouting cometh wortny Peace. Alls the places which Ood roa raise. tor s? No Bounds 'obttudo save whispering winds and nong of ... Trusting birds The poems and lyrics of O. H. Howard Thomson aro In no wise foolish or un worthy despite ineir dcvc.hi ii. There la thought and meaning In all of them, and their simple and conservative styleone knows that Mr. Thomson has read and appreciated the golden treasury ot the immortals-Is a welcome relief In this choked period of straining ultra-modernists. Once our flag waved in every great port of the yorld. Where it now.' Keaa is the romantic story nf American ship- Ling and the ideals of the merchant snippers of the past in Mr. Ernest Poole's great new novel THE HARBOR un ...ininiiiH '.v;.,i.v.'.::,V fmi L&vJvXifc: &A &&&-:;::V'1 ';:.'. :'': mix !!: it:: m siss m mm ..MW'V; iVv..i.:'i:. :.:' m mm W. m ivAfti .v.....;v::.'.v..:a mmmm A-?Wi 'vwyi'i stlf1'..'" tmmmi mm :ii ':::':': rl'i':- te$?J!iV& SM f$M&': i0m .'.SVA.V.l wml ''':!!! wm& mm mm y.Vv.vXv.V: I'.'.tt':; II $$$$u mm ji;V.vVjt;.a ;:v.v.v-i;;J pill -;... i .Vftwas-vj mm 'mim l.::::. .V: Call the roll! 52 Illustrations. "What the Hotel Is Up Against," by Edward Hungerford. "Beauty Instead of Pep," by Marian Bruntwell Powell. New York's Busy Bomb Inspector. "Interesting People" that our subscribers have sent us. Shown in beautiful Intaglio-Gravure pictures. Dogs that Work for Charity. "Investigating Before Investing," by Albert W. Atwood. A Tiny Parachute Artist New "stunts" in the Movies. Making Your Bed Out of Doors. Traveling 200 Miles an Hour. He's the Father of Fifteen Children. Racing Buffaloes against Bronchos. Another "TORCHY" Story. The Handsomest Bald-headed American. Women Aviators Famed for Bravery. "If the Movies Hurt Your Eyes," by Edwin F. Bowers, M. D. One Minute with the Editor. "Who Was Marie Dupont?H , & 'iA mm mm Mii W& m m wmm mwmMimmm if.'UKftlil iff: W(MW, ,": Wl r.'.lt.! !!' rTTW 'Vi&X M y&M .wft nmmm $:$$ ' MVX&S&X SiiiSiiS Mart lo The Nutmeg Isle! here's a place for romance and adventure. The "Empress of Singapore" is bound for the South Seas. Her whistle is blowing and you hear the last "any more for the sho-ore?" Hurry along there, young Paul Corbet? There's a place on board for you, but you've got to fight for it. "Red Bob" needs a brave man this trip, because it's pearls he's after and enemies flood the coast. Hurry! Isola is fleeing the man she will not marry. Here's a story for all adventure lovers. It's a story you can reit's vivid and full of action. For Beatrice Grimshaw knows the fascinating South Sea Islands, and she will take you there. Start today. The first instalment of "The Girl of the Nut meg Isle" in this week's issue of All in this Issue Get it Today mm The fitst IUttsttatect PRT. weekly in-Atnetica. fm ! 'S If in M I' i as I i .! 31 i m M th phrases as searching-, "y. as any the, great Q. B. ever u,ed in bia ridicule qf morality gjjl M rorlfaW Ml ussy."- r. j-rtts. on asitvnt I" on Day precautions rrh 13th Edition aow ready. ? ?? Uli you fevar- J1.40. THE MACMILUAN CO.. Pub., N. Y. & " ju t war Mrtr hU tu luv lutu iM&w swat tba 41ld 04t4- KHilSW- - W&f!&5 :- Cv-'Sp rfffi-
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