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POUTKS AND FINANCE
, ' 2 tJVO NEW NOVELS
Edwin Lefevre's "Plunderers"
, unci Snm Blythe's "A Wcst
l ern Warwick" Another
Lightning Conductor Talo
v T!i Plunderers", by Edwin Itevro
"Harrer k Brothers, New TorSO, divagates
from the- author's mual local o of the fltmn
elal canyon called Wall Btreet In tha Intro
ductory talo -which treats of tha success of.
, a. Yjp.nd of tfcm thieves' ho manage to loot
tho show -windows of soma exclusive 6th
avenue shops. Of course they do not do this
literally, but thrpuEh the Ingenious ex
pedient of buyfntf jewels for a pseudo Gov-
1 rnor General of Cahada. Tha Ingenious
Bentry are members of an organization
called tho Plunder Recovery Syndicate
which has ns Its design the Robin Hood
project of gaining large sums from nig
Business, In the nddltlonal stories Mr. Le
fovro details tho kidnapping of ono of the
leaders of American finance and other In
teresting Adventures of the Plunder Re
covery Syndicate. Tho stories nro all ex
ceedingly well -written and plausibly plotted.
An Interesting feature Is tho thinly disguised
Identity of a number of the principal figures.
Another a clef hovel Is "A "Western
Warwick" by Samuel O. Blytho (George
Doran A Co., Now York). This, one
of tho most popular Berlals ever published
In tho Saturday Evening Post, relates In
considerable detail and -with an amplitude of
personality allusions the "Inside stuff" of
tho making of a President. It Is exceedingly
informing though a bit cynical at times In
tone. It Is not at all dllTlcult to rend the
veil from somo of the personages Involved
and they stand out pretty clearly as states
men and financiers -whose records are down
In history, Tho book depends Jlttlo on plot
but much on characterization and clover
phraseology. Sometimes tho stylo Is tiro
comely brilliant. Probably tho author, like
Chesterton and Shaw, cannot help being
clever, coruscatlngly and continuously. But
It Is a strain on tho reader of averago In
tellect. C N. and A. M. Williamson have revived
tho Lightning Conductor. "The Lightning
Conductor Discovers America" (Doubleday,
Page & Co., New York) restores tho fig
ures which mado the previous book some
10 or 12 years ngo tho first as well as the
best of tho motorcar romances. Tho new
novel Is by no means a mere guidebook,
though It Is far more Interesting and ac
curate than many of tho formal manuals
for travelers. There are sentiment, love,
mystery and villainy compounded In the
plot. Tho route of tho romanco runs from
New York through New England. Tho story
makes fine hammock reading. It Is viva
clous and good humored.
As the saying goes. "History repeats It
self." And while Mr. George has not fol
lowed any of his own old patterns In "The
Strangers' Wedding," still his problem
seems to bo 'age-old, and to the statement
of ancient facts he has added not ono Jot
of new thought Wo aro facing the old
class problem. Suo, tho daughter of a
washerwoman, and Roger, of "the Hun
cotes" of England, meet, become nttached,
marry and separate, even ns the Sues and
Rogers of many generations havo done
Their class differences aro not wiped, out,
and In this particular Instanco tho lovers'
Immaturity seems to make each step In
evitable. The first call of lovo ends In tem
porary satisfaction. Then the s,clflsh young
male, -with his background of culture and
refinement unsuccessfully attempts to cdu
cato his Inferior. Love ends In dissatis
faction, gentlo reproof. In nagging brutality;
and finally like seeks like, and each goes
-whpjq .uto calls to one of his own.
Pacing -a-problem of so little novelty, wo
are Joyous when we find It presented In
such a simple and lucid manner as Mr.
George employs. Tho mass of details ar
ranged always to heighten the colors In
the picture, never seem -wasted or heavy,
and we can oven see a new light glimmering
through them. Nearer and nearer history
ts approaching the turning point; nnd
faster and faster the joys and fortunes of
one class are mingling with those of the
other. Given circumstances a little differ
ent from Sue's and Roger's, given a little
more experience and maturity, we may be
fore very long see Sir. George's problem
solved In another qui to as real way. In
the meantime let us be tgrateful for such
a genuine contribution to summer fiction.
3S
FRANCES WILSON IIUAUD
Wife of Charles Ilunrd, official
painter to tno sixth army of
France and authoress of "My
Homo in tho Field of Honor"
(Doran).
ZEPPELINS NOT YET
PROVED FAILURES
When tho Novelist Wove Tales,
About tho Toy Soldiers of
a Child
English Writer Gives Interesting
Estimate of Present and
Future of Air Craft
PHILADELPHIA SEEKS 1917
CONVENTION OF SALES3IEN
Delegation Goes to Detroit in Effort
To Get Meeting "
Hartley J, Doyle. In charge, pf the third
day's departmental session of the World's
Salesmanship Congress meeting at Detroit,
July 9 to 13, will lead the Chamber of Com
merce Committee in tho campaign to bring
the Congress to Philadelphia next year.
With Sir. Doyle will 1)0 Sydney J. Bur
royne, E. J. Cattell and Sydney R. Clarke.
The committee will leave this city tomor
row, Headquartered -will be opened at the De
troit Athletic Club, -where a conference will
be held Immediately upon the arrival of the
committee to which have been Invited,
among others. Hugh Chalmers, Harry
Ford, Henry Ford, F. II. Dodge and D. SI.
Barrett. At this conference letters will ba
presented from Governor Brumbaugh,
Mayor Smith, Richard Durbln, and others,
setting out the claims of the city and mak.
Ing promises of a time to equal that ten
dered the visitors to the Advertising Clubs
convention. Telegraphic reports received
at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday In
dicate that 4014 delegates will be In at
tendance at the Detroit convention. Presl.
dent Wilson has accepted an Invitation to be
present and deliver an address.
Police Court Chronicle
One of the most neutral negroes In town
ti BUI Scarborough.
He -whistles the tunes of France and
England aa well as those of Italy and Ger
many as -willingly as those of America,
In fact It seems easier for Bill to -whistle
than to stop. His llpa are constantly puck
ered -with, melody.
Often his Inspiration la due to his com
muning with the. spirits, the police say.
When he la la highly musical mood
Scarborough's taste runs to crap. H hap
pened to meet a friend at 21st and Federal
streets -with similar sentiments and they
Blunged Into a game on tha sidewalk.
While. tje bonea -were rattling a cop ap
peared, lie got BUI and the dice, but his
opponent got away,
Whin. BUI was brought before Magistrate
Baker at the !Qth and Federal streets sta-
lion h.9 latter remembered that It was the
prtvmer'fl SMh visit to the station house
UrMUC tba present year.
Ailvlc4 seenm to ba useless, ta you, said
"Tj4 no, yp hooah.' declared, BUI, J
Skiius riupscka advice an' I trlea to folly
ft, tut umbow gits on da wrong tract
Wp X B sc much ob it" t
mM'A just It," sat th JudseWou've
Vfeeh tbiirc4 lth advice for a long time.
k onl troubl," saW Bill, ta 4es
can t hli whfcMi."
Wa M4 the Magistrate, "there U
,9i ;hkS of 'jiiwlc to. Wur tha priMier
tt jTfjitfj-.'vu.trtf aa iu seyui you. iv j$s
"I must sorrowfully admit that wo have
llttlo to tench Germany, nnd much to learn
from her In all that pertains to airships,"
says It. P. Hearno In his Instructive and
Interesting book, "Zeppelins and Super
Zeppelins" (John Lane Company, New
York.)
Mr. Hearne, who Is an Englishman,
knows his subject well and ho sounds a note
of warning to England when ho writes "I
fcol I cannot over-emphasize the Importance
of airships to the nation In peace and wnr."
He has -written n book that will interest
the airman and tho landsman. It treats
the Zeppelin from a scientific standpoint
and also gives the reader who Is not famil
iar with tho subject an Inner view of the
mysteries of tho Zeppelin.
"What of tho future?" Mr. Hearne asks.
"I have visions of London being ono day
a great aerial harbor from which airship
services will radiate all over the world.
Think of 100-mlle-an-hour ships connecting
us with New York In 30 hours, Paris In
two and ono-half hours, Pctrogrnd In 14
hours. Borne In nine hours, Constantinople
In 17 hours, Bombay In 60 hours.
"Is tho Zeppelin a failure?" Is the sub
ject of one of Mr. Hearne's chapters. He
answers by saying "Germany can strike at
our national nervo centres whilst wo have
not the corresponding arm to strlko back
at Germany In the same way.
'Then," ho continues, "n little fleet of air
vessels could not possibly Influcnco the
course of tho war, but when we aro free
to fully reveal the work done by Zeppelins
In tho great war, both. In raids and In
scouting over land and sea. It will bo dem
onstrated that our lack of nlrahlps cost us
vory dearly In lives, prestige and money."
Alter discussing tho terrors of night raids
by Zeppelins, England's refusal to engage
In reprisals and the speed and endurance
of the super-Zeppelin, Mr. Hearno ends his
book with these words: "Out of tho wars
and paislons of today, out of the preparation
of men to kill each other by every scientific
device, there will ultimately grow a sane
spirit of Internationalism, and between tho
peaceful nations of the earth the super
nlrshlp then will be a busy shuttle of Inter
communication. So may tho great science
of aerial navigation Justify Itself by service
to mankind."
Theodoro Stanton, eMinent critic and
Paris correspondent of tho Dial, writes In
the Issue of that Journal for May 11 that
the forthcoming boagraphy of O Henry by
Professor Alphonse Smith led him to inquire
Into the matter of O. Henry in France. He
reports that while he found much Interest
In O. Henry among French men of letters,
O. Henry was hardly known to the general
public In France. Tho Paris National Li
brary, however, has on Its shelves 10 O.
Henry bonks, nine purchased and one ac
quired through the dead letter office. Ono
of the librarians remarked to Mr. Stanton
that "If O. Henry Is not very well known
In France, he deserves to be." Tho National
Library also records the fact that none of
O. Henry'B stories has been published In a
translation. Mr. Stanton tells the Btory of
a translation of "Sir. Valentine's New Pro
fession" made by an acquaintance of his
which failed to find a publisher, but which
the translator saw in a pirated scenic adap
tation at a vaudeville performance.
William Warfleld, In his recent large vol
ume, "The date of Asia" (G. P. Putnam's
Sons. New York). Bays that the "old spectre
of a Muscovite Invasion of India has not
yet disappeared," and that the actions of
the recent British cabinets In permitting
other Powers to gain valuable railway con
cessions In the region between the Persian
Gulf nnd the Black Sea Is plainly an indi
cation that "England has all tho colonial
responsibility she can bear, and that on ac
count of the dangerous situation In Europe
they can do not more to check the colonial
expansion of the other Powers, We may
yet see either Germany or Russia on the
Persian aulf. possibly both."
This Is practically the only political In
terpretation which the author makes of
conditions In the territory which he trav
ersed, most of which Is under Turkish
domination. One cannot fall to be Impressed
with, the utter incapability of the Turks to
da anything constructive or lasting, Mr,
Warfleld embellishes the story of the long
trip by boat and caravan with Innumerable
Interesting anecdotes that alone would
make the book very much worth while.
William Almon Wolffs "Behind tho
Screen" (A. G. McClurg & Co., Chicago),
la a thoroughly interesting movlng-plcture
novel. Robert Lansing, the hero of the
story, becomes a bankrupt and among his
few remaining assets tie finds some film
company stock which had been purchased
by his dead father, but which paid no divi
dends. He discovers that the man who
owns the majority has made more than
1.500,000 through It This discovery sets
the young man thinking In order that he
might know the business thoroughly, he
accepts a position as a super In the fa
mous Fort Lee studios. Here he realizes
that the vast possibilities of the movies as
an artistla drama are not given even the
very slightest attention. He sets to work
under a serious financial handicap, takes a
famous Btage success of a few years back,
obtains the original star to play the lead
and films the play. HIa efforts are re
warded with success, but not before he has
met with anC scrroounted many difficul
ties. 'Behind tht Screen" should prove an
Interesting contribution to what la probably
the newest realm of fiction.
Charles G. Norrla, author of 'The Ama
teur," a tale of the art world of New Tork
city. Just published by George 11. Doran
Company, received his first lessons In story
telling from his brother Frank, the great
American novelist. "Sly earliest recollec
tions nro of the endless nnd Involved stories
of lovo nnd chivalry that ho wove about my
lead soldiers, to my never-falling enchant
ment and delight," says the nuthor-of "Tho
Amateur." "There wcro several thousands
of these soldiers, and each captain and lieu
tenant had n name and history of Ills own.
In these stories thero was an utter disre
gard of historical accuracy and sequence.
Thus the Veiled Prophet ot Khorassan, the
Cld and Khedive, Mnchlavelll and Corbullo
the Saxon all Iheil nnd had their being to
gether In this miniature world of lead,
Thero were 11 years between our ages,
nnd It Is Impossible to suppose that my
brother found any lasting amusement In
entertaining one so much younger than him
self. Rather, I fancy, It was his Interest In
his own mental procesici and In the fan
tastic situations ha devheO. He would spend
hours fashioning wonderful cannon out of
the thick handler of Ills paint brushes and
the sides of cigar boxes They were painted
ivory black, Uth red trimmings, and chris
tened Tho Spitfire and The Peacemaker.'
He drew maps of the two countries con
tinually nt war, 'Sparta' nnd 'ttome,' divid
ing them Into provinces, catcfully marking
the rivers and mountains, roads and rail
Cosmo Hamilton, the young English au
thor nnd dramatist, who wrote tho success
ful play, "The llllndiicss of Virtue," has
man Ird an American wife and Is now
Bettted In this country, wilt spend tho sum
mer on Long Island Mr, Hamilton ts an
ardent advocate of teaching tho fundamental
truths to the younger generation, and his
next novel, "The Sins ot tho Children," Is
likely to provoke considerable discussion
when It Is published In the autumn.
The following, entitled "Clnsslc Journal
ism," Is n fair specimen of the erse which
II C Bunner refused to Include In his two
collected volumes because of Its lightness:
A Rreal thins nai Jaurnntlr-m In Hrrtce,
When thnt nation was foremost In war and In
peace.
I vr lone on th staff of the Athena Courier,
Ami the ntyls the bo)s ran the machine you shall
heur. t
Th boin nper It iraa the Bouth-Bpartan
Tribune.
Which wat owned by n man of the name ot
f.aocooni
And hail a crent building, where down tho two
alilei
Ran two rovra of extrn.atio Caryatldea.
"rwH5 a -very lino sheet, with a halt-pac ot
locals,
Done up In neat style by J. Themhtoclei.
At the top of Its columns. Its letter-heads, bills.
It flaunted the name of Its founder, Achilles.
'Tiras so hitch-toned, the boys used to say Its
chief writer
Was nobody less than Olympian Jupiter.
The staff boasted ladles sulore. Hermlone
nan the fashion column entirely alone.
Oybele did the Art notes: the critical flail
Was skilfully wielded by Mrs. Omphale.
Hut the Hoeotlan Herald bent this a lone slcbt,
Vy en-cnnlnc on clorlous terms Aphrodite.
And the Herald had Hero, who later demanded
her
Rett by recelvlnr the visits of Leander.
The Kast-Arcanlum Times made Its rains
riy the aid nnd assistance of Aristophanes,
when the Greeks sent their troops against Troy's
forces mearro.
The Times dispatched war correspondent
Sleleaser.
UNA MJ0VA EDIZIONE
H0EPLIDEL"PRINCIPE,,
Michele Scherillo Rivendica la
Rettitudine ed il Genio del
Segreta'rio Fiorentino
Harvard's Dean 111, Resigns
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 7. The resig
nation of Byron S. Hurjbu- aa dean of
Harvard College haa been announced. He
aald that UX health compelled hlra to give
up the position. He win retain, the profea- I
eorahlp of Engllab in tho college- He baa I
ra dean. It years, Henry A. Yeomans, I
swtlstaat dton, wW sucu4 bim. '
Preceduto da una dedlca all'on. Antonio
Salandra e da una Icttera dl rlngrazlamcnto
deU'allorn presldcnto del Connlgllo Itallano
che qunlche rneso prima aieva avuto la
forza dl rompere le relazlonl con gll lm
perl central! o dlchtarare la guerra all'Aus
trla, e" usclto un magnlflco volume nuovo dl
tecchl scrlttl che oggl sono ferse plu' freschl
che mal: II Principe o Altrt Scrlttl Minor!
dl Nlcolo' Machlavelll, a cura dl Michele
Scherillo (Edltore Ulrlco Hocpll. M llano,
lire 3 SO). La pubbllcazlone degll scrlttl del
grande statlsta fiorentino. cho contemporanel
suol e nostrl dlegrnzlatamente hanno mal
comprcso e bI son flgurato "maestro dl ognl
ncqulzla." e cho quella mente molto medi
ocre del cancelllero tcdesco cltava nel suo
plu' Incosclente dlcorso per rlmprovorare at
governo Itallana dl ner presto lo arml con
tro 1 'Austria, rion sarebbc stata ccrto neces
sarla, dopo che ne eslstono tante, so non
fosse stata preceduta da un acutlsslmo,
studio crltlco del prof. Scherillo, che e
tutta una rlvendlcazlone del retto sentlre
del segretarlo fiorentino, tutta una con
futazlone fellclsslma delle accuse che e lul
si mossero e che grandl pensatorl come
Vlncenzo Globertt smussarono altru- volta ed
In altre occasion).
Dice Ton. Antonio Salandra nella sua
lettera nl prof. Scherillo;
"Ma Ella certamente porra' li. iuj5 un
altro Machlavelll, 11 Machlavelll icllo ar
dente scntlmento clvlco a ltu.llct. ji,elIo
che amava la patrla sua 'pia' delj'snlma,'
In omngglo a Lul lo nccrtto rtoonob(.ente
la dedlca. In questt gloml fatal), nel uall,
per tuttl gll Itallanl, la patrla dovrebbe
essero ne plu' ne' meno dell'nnlm.-.. ma
1'anltna atessa 1'anlma quale Egll 1'avrebbo
volifta, pronta ad ognl ardlmento e ad
ognl sacrlflzlo, ma governata dalla luclda
calma consapevole percezlone della realta."
Ed e' ben questo II Machlavelll vero,
1'uomo dl Stato che al dl sopra dl tutto
metteva e sapeva mottere con fellce Intulto
e con pronta prevlslone gll Interessj delta
sua patrla.
Rlleggere questl scrlttl del segretarlo
fiorentino oggl, mentro Imperversa la guerra
plu sangulnosa che abbla mal devastate
I'umanlta,' e' rltempraral nella fede delta
patrla e nella fede del dlrltto che non puo"
essere mal contrnrlo aglt Interesst verl e
glustl dl una nazlone, agl! tnteress! perma
nent), non flttizli, non artificial!, non creatl
dallo amblzlonl dl pochl ma dal sentlmenio
nazlonale e dalle leggt dell'umanlta' che
rlnnegano la prepotenza ed asserlscono II
dlrltto dl vlvere. 1 dlrltto dl dtfendersl.
C. dl S Willow Grove, Pa Lo abblama
gla' detto due settlmane fa; Inventors de
telefono fu l'ltallano emlgrato In America
Antonio Meuccl. Oell'lnvenzlone pero' l
appropro' II Bell che ottenne II brevetto a
clie fondo' la compagnla che tuttora ealste.
Giorgio Washington non era ne' repubbtl
cano ne' democratic) nella manlera come si
Intends oggl In America. Era federallsta.
II partito democratic fu fondato verso II
1821 ed 11 partito repubbllcano verso 11
1856.
Radnor Police Arrest Motorists
Radnor township's police department has
started a "drive" against low-breaking
automoblllsts, and more than forty arreutu
have been made by order of Chief of Police
Martin Mulhall, with hearings set for the
rest of this week and during next week.
Most charges are the result of speeding at
dangeroua crossings and failure to blow
horns at such points, but the police an
nounce their determination to atop all speed
ing In the township.
ACOBS mm
raiLre STREET
raW VrkO nm-nim
Dy the Author ot "Tbs laudlopfr'
"BLOW THE WAN DOWN"
By tictman Day. $1,3$
J
H(CT ME AT JACOBS'
Help us to Hold Down
Tire Prices
fit''
TIRES, and QASOLENE, "mako the Wheel"
go round I"
A Car in tho Garago COSTS as much aa
n Car-on4he-lioad, but It pays no dividends, on tho
Investment, so lone aa it STAYS in Vie Garage.
Tho VALUE of the Car, to its Owner, narrows
down, in tho ultimate, to tho precise number of Hours
ho USES that Car, yearly.
If a $2,000 Car be owned for, say, 4 years (then
sold for $600.) thero has been $1,400 of Car-Valuo
absorbed by tho Ownor, equal to, say, $350. per year.
If then, that Car be USED 913 Hours in tho year,
it would cost him but 88 CENTS per Hour, for Car-Use.
But, if ho used it only HALF that number of
Hours, yearly, tho Car would cost him 100fo. MORE
for every Hour he used it,
How MUCH ho uses it will depend, to a consid
erable extent, upon tho PRICE of TIRES and GASOLENE.
THIS was ono of tho reasons why wo (Jan.
81st, 1915) inaugurated the Goodrich
"FAIR-LIST" Propaganda against High
iprices, and Padded-Price-Lists, on Tires.
It is a further reason why we NOW keep our own
Goodrich Prices D.OWN to tno very moderate "Fair
List" figures here quoted.
In keeping OUR Tiro prices down we (being, by
far, the largest Auto and Truck Tire Mfrs. in America)
restrain others "from unduly raising THEIR Tiro
Prices to the limit which a fast-rising demand, foe
Tiros, sorely tempts manufacturers to charge.
BETTER Fabric Tires are NOT mado, and
cannot be made, at ANY price, than are
produced by The B. F. Goodrich Co.
A 15o, to 509&, higher price could well be justi
fied for these same Tires, by fair comparison with
other Tires sold at 15 to 50 higher prices.
Will you help your own interests (present and
future), by further expanding the Sale of that Tire
which demonstrates its Intention, through LOWER
ING the Cost of its Tires to you, with every IN
CREASE in its Volume?
Will you thus endorse, and support, a Policy which
PREVENTS OTHERS from forcing UP the Market
on Tires?
Compare Goodrich Fair-List prices, here quoted.
Bear in mind that NO Fabric Tires, at ANY
price, are "better," no House more Fair, and
LIBERAL, on pi.per Adjustment.
THE B. F. GOODRICH CO., Akron, O.
" 34x4 - Hety:Tre.a . $22.40
35x4 $31.20
36x4 ------ ($31.60
37x5 $37.35
NOTICE, These Tires are as perfect as Fabric Tires can be made.
But, should any dissatisfaction whatever arise, with any Goodrich
Tire, Its Owner is invited, and REQUESTED, to take the matter up
promptly with us, tho Makers. 1
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" J g Comer Broad and 1
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m mm & Wft&T m m BaaaiBH ti"1
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30x3 r -,,-,.-- -( $10.40
30 x 3 H- . "" . .1 $13.40
32x3 $15.45
33x4 V " 7.eLrvV -n ' ; $22.00
34x4 f - v;-, --, m a $22.40
35x4 $31.20
36x41------ ($31.60
37x5 $37.35
TEXTAN"
Does for your SHOE Soles what
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