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PLAN YOUR PLANTINGS NOW
Root Crops Are Particularly Desirable, Keeping Without
Special Treatment-What Vegetables Can "in
and How Long Late PlantingCan Be Delayed
By JOHN BARTRAM -
LET me suggest that every one
' who creates or cultivates a gar
den helps, and helps greatly, to solve
the problem of the feeding of the
nations. President Wilson.
Bring your gardening problems to
the Evening Ledger for practical,
helpful solution. Adress J 0 II N
BARTRAM.
There is time yet to start a home
garden. Spade the ground and start
this week. Beans (both wax and
string), corn, beets, tomato plants,
carrots, cucumbers, cabbage plants
can be put in.
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and two-cent stamp for postage to
the National Emergency Food Gar
der) Commission,' 210 Maryland
Building, Washington. D. C, will re
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Fill out the space below and mail,
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E. L.
IT IS time now to think of vegetables
which can be stored, canned, pickled or
dried The first Is the simplest method and
la adapted to a number of egetables.
It Is of the utmost Importance this jear
to plant vegetables which can be stored
and used after frost has done Us work The
root crops especially thrive on a light soil,
rich In organic matter, but will produce
favorable crops on ordinary garden soil
Many homo gardeners devote too much
time and space to the short-season and
quick-maturing crops, giving little consider
ation to succession or "follow-up" crops.
While It Is true that no home garden Is com
plete without the proverbial lettuce, radish,
peas and green Onions, tho present critical
food situation demands that the less perish
able crops, llko potatoes, beans, squash,
pumpkin and root crops, bo grown
Now that tho oarly peas, lettuce, etc . are
nearlng their end, their place should be
filled with other crops Suggestions are
herewith made as to what may be profitably
planted from now on Tlmos given arc for
the latitude of Philadelphia as a fairly cen
tral point of reference; for 100 miles north
allow a week later; for each 100 miles
south, subtract a week
BEETS For late maturity some season,
able variety like Detroit Dark Red or Ed
monds Blool turnip may be sown to July
15 In rows eighteen Inches apart and one
half to three-fourths Inches deep The
crop should be har cited before freezing
reather Light frosts will not Injure beets,
provided the ground Is well covered with
foliage. Beets should bo thinned to stand
one Inch apart when they are two to two
and one-half Inches high Beets removed
by thinning may be used for table greens
Later they may be thinned again to stand
four to six Inches apart If the second thin
ning Is done gradually, one may have n
more or less constant supply of beets during
late summer
CAIinoTP are easy to grow, and they
lend themselves to storing For winter
vise sow the seeds a week earlier than for
beets Thin first to stand ono Inch and
later three to four Inches apart In tho
row Judicious and gradual thinning will
provide a constant supply of tender car
rots for the table. Varieties adapted to
late planting are Danvers, Half Long and
Chantenay
TURNIPS mature quickly. Plant wher
ever space Is available, and especially when
It is too late to plant other succeeding
crops. Turnips aro easily grown and read-
PARMER SMITH'S
COLUMN
THE LONG, LONG DAYS
My Own Dears A few days ago (It
teems) it was dark when I got up to get my
breakfast, but now the sunshine Is up when
I take my pink toes out of bed and put them
en the floor.
The days are longer and I think 1 am
doing more work. I try to do two men's
work, and thus bring the war to a speedier
conclusion. There Is no use In my trying to
tell you to do something which I do not do
myself I would be a lazy man to ask you
to do your own work and that of some one
else while I sat up and took Ufa easy.
Try to get up early and try to work lato
Try to play just a little, but enough Make
your play different from work. Remember
that croquet and tennis are good exercise
The former might be compared to sweeping
the fpor.
We must play now and then.
Don't you think It a bad plan to play with
. LOT of children? It seems to me that
two are company and three Is a crowd. I
notice there Is not nearly so much trouble
here there are only a few children playing.
What do YOU think?
Tour loving editor.
FARMER SMITH.
STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF BILLY BUMPUS
JOCCO TRICKS BILLY
By Farmer Smith
"Jocco "
"Yes, dear."
"I wish you would be serious and i not
talk so disrespectfully to me." said Billy
Bumpus to his friend. Jocco, the monkey.
"Yes, darling." replied Jocco.
"Maybe you will not be so polite to me
hen I tell you what I have In mind." said
Billy.
"I don't care, precious," Jocco still per
sisted. "I love all those terms, but this Is se
rlous. I want you to let me Are you out
of one of the cannon." ventured Billy, eyeing
the monkey carefully.
"You have but to breathe a wish and If
It Is In my power to grant It. I will be
glad to do so, my darling," replied the
monkey,
"Please. PLEASE, don't talk like that.
I want to try an experiment one that has
never been tried before. It Is this I want
to wait until one of the guns Is loaded
nd then I will shoot you over to one of
those hills over there and then I will run
over to see If you are hurt understand?"
Bpiy looked serious.
"I understand perfectly. You are to shoot
we from one of the light artillery guns
nd then come and bury me. I understand
r better than you," replied Jocco.
Then he added! "But I'm ready to die
rl'm not a coward Jumping through bass
'rums. I want to die for my country
nd If you want to try an experiment with
E -, ucre i am."
Billy was so surprised at the willingness
of Jocco that he hesitated In going ahead
,?iijr uun you nurry up mhb mwvw,
. "I think If you will wait a while we may
D able to have .you ciawl Into one of the
"us after a soldier has loaded It," sug
ttd Billy.
Tthavyi You're getting scared already,"
'Med Jocco,
!y ' not J you cotae Ion with me,'
FOR WINTER-STORING CROPS
k A ?d' Plant lh la,e crP from July
15 to August IB. preferably the last week
,wxYi Thln the I,lanls o Bn 1e to
six inches apart In the row White T.ss
ii,!rp,e,Top "raP'lwed are an ex-
-"-"ck urieiy.
PAttHVtlta A. ..-
narl l "lulr the entire season to com
Plete their growth They make the great
est growth, however. In the fall, when cool
weather arrives It ! nn..mu n... .... ,
fill ysUr nlant or salsify. If planted at
. ume. may mature by fall Their cul
ture Is similar to carrots Use Hollow
Crown for parsnlpi and Sandwich Island
for salsify (ojster plant).
In general, the earlier ONIONS are plant,
ed the more productive will the crop be It
might be well to plant a small area even
now. since they nre especially valuable for
winter use Even though they should not
mature, they will produce young green
onions by fall
KAMI can be planted now In drills ono
to two feet apart, half nn Inch thick
Dwarf Curled and Kcw Zealand arc good
varieties This grows well, and haB no grit
like spinach The season can be prolonged,
as the plant Is very hardy, by covering the
plants with straw or leaves after the first
few frosts At the set-In of winter pile up
more straw and cover all with strips of old
carpet, removed In early spring, when a
fresh crop villi start, enough for two or
three pickings
CUCUMHKUS, Cool and Crisp or All
Season may be planted for late table use
and pickling
HQl'Asrt, such as Hubbard or some other
winter variety, will mature In time for stor
ing In a cool dry place
BEANS may bo planted up till the end
of August Profusion or Golden Rustproof
Wax nnd Stringless Greenpoa arc excellent
for canning Dwarf Horticultural aro flno
for drying for soup or baking They can
be left dry In their pods and then shelled
and stored In closed, light-proof retainers
Do not work or pick your beans while the
foliage Is wet or you will have moro trou
ble with bean rust or anthracnose It Is too
late for pole llmas, but such dwarf bush
varieties as Kordhook will mature If planted
within a week
POTATOEi for a late crop can be put In
up to July 5 to 10
TOMATOES can be put out If It Is pos
sible to obtain the plants In your vicinity
C A II It OK, plants only, can be set out
for winter storing Late flat Dutch and
Danish ballhcad are good kinds Seeds may
bo tried In a bed of rich soil with sunny ex
posure, and If forced quickly and trans
planted to mellow soil which has been well
manured beneath.
COP.N can be planted up t July 15. It Is
best to use an early, quick-growing sort,
sucb as Golden Bantam (yellow), Crosby or
Earliest of All
CELEItY plants can be put In In rows two
feet apart, ono foot apart In row, up to
August 1, but tho earlier the better This
should be earthed up from time to time to
ensuro blanching It can stay In tho ground
till heavy frosts, when It should be dug out
and stored, upright, leaves and stock. In
loose, dry earth or sand
GARDEN QUERIES ANSWERED
Okra
V C S It la a litlli Into tn plant okra now
but there Is a flghtlne hance for a crop If the
fronts are late Tou can plant iff! directly In
a row about one foot apart or can plant In a
seedbed and transplant to the row a foot
apart I would advlss the latter
Cheaper Spray
MII,t,ARn Arsenate of lead and parls Brecn
have both none away up In price as ou ea
If jou have a small place I should say arsenate
of lead powder would be economical. It costs
about forty cents a, pound, and a half ounce Is
enoush for a Ballon of water. That la about
half a tablespoonful Arsenate of zinc la
cheaper and Boea farther, as a tablespoonfui of
the paste form Is sufficient for six and one
half gallons of water It Is pretty powerful In
arsenical content, too, and this Is what kills tho
chewlnc and bltlne: Insects
Rust on Hollyhocks and Phlox
K. I.. J Tour phlox and hollyhocks are
affected with rust a common disease The
remedy Is to spray with bordeaux mixture. Tou
can buy this ready prepared at the storcn or
can find a convenient formula In Errslvo
LEtwra garden article for Saturday. June 23
ground and when they reached the place
where the guns were resting Billy missed
Jocco. Turning suddenly around he could
see the little fellow nowhere
"Jocco, Jocco; Where are ou7" shouted
Billy.
"Here, dearest." said a voice behind Billy
"Where?" shouted Billy again
"Here, dearest, right In tho cannon "
Sure enough ' Jocco had climbed right
Into the cannon's mouth and when Billy
went up near to see where he was, the
monkey said "Boo1" so loud it made Billy
jump. "I told you that you were a cow
ard," said the voice from the cannon Then
It added- "I told jou this cannon was load
ed. I can feel the ball with my tall. If It
went off now It would blow your horns
off look out!" Jocco Jumped out of the
cannon's mouth and landed on Billy's back,
almost frightening him to death.
"This Is not funny," said Billy. "This
Is serious"
"I should say It was, by the way you
Jumped," answered Jocco, 'Then he added:
"But come on. You run over to that hill
and I will get In the cannon and wait until
some one fires It off."
"All right," answered Billy as he trotted
off, loolkng back to see if Jocco got Into
the cannon. Sure enough, he did, so Billy
went away thinking all was well.
Now, It happened that when Billy reached
the hill, who should be there ahead of him
but Jocco!
"How did you get here?" asked Billy,
so surprised his eyes stuck out.
"Didn't you say I was to be shot out of
the gun and you were to get me over here?"
asked Jocco.
"I did."
"Here I am," answered Jocco. "Your
scheme Is a great one."
"I didn't hear the cannon go oft,'' pleaded
Billy.
"It didn't make any noise because I
was In It." answered Jocco.
But his answer did not satisfy Billy. He
wondered.
497 DIE HERE IN WEEK
Figures Show Increase Over Preceding
Seven Days
Deaths throughout the city duuring the
week numbered 497 as compared with 462
last week and 458 the corresponding week
last year. They were divided as follows:
Males, 275; females. 222; boys, 63, and
girls, 59.
The causes of death were:
Typhoid ttytr J
Measles 2
Whooplnr couan ;
Diphtheria, and croup "
TuTtSrculosli of lunrs.
Tuberculosis meningitis . Bg
Other forms of tuberculosis a
Cancur ... 1 - ,-.' " 3
Simpla meningitis ..... yt"i- jS
Apoplexy and softening of brain 20
Organlo disease, of heart J
Acuta bronchitis .....
Chronic bronchitis
Pneumonia "
Bronchopneumonia ...... ........... i"
Othsr diseases of respiratory system 5
Diseases of the stomach
lilsrr ' no "i
Appendicitis and typhlitis.. J
Hernia ... ...... y
SKlY nVhrminrnrliiW 'AVXi,'. '. '. '. '. '. I oj
&T. ::::;::::::::::: J
cSniVnltal debility J
senility, - :::::::.':!:::;::: t
i&Wsni d,ao.:--:::::. :::::::::..
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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30,' 1917
PHILLPOTTS
ADAM BLAMED THE WOMAN,
MODERN MAN BLAMES GOD
Thus Does the World Progress in Its Search for
the Ultimately Responsible Eden Phill-
potts Exhibits the Situation
TT WAS twilight. The shadows were
deepening under the trees on the ex
pansive lawn of tho Rich Man across
tho street. The willows at the foot of
tho slope In tho distance were changing
from a mass of uiry streamers Into
clumps of solid gloom. A slnglo star
shone In the western sky and one-half
of my mind was watching for other to
appear llko golden pin points pricking
their way through tho heavens.
Suddenly I was cwaro of Doctor Mc
Pabro and Dorothy Owen standing In
front of me at the foot of the steps.
"What are you dreaming about?" Doc
tor McFabre asked. "We've been waiting
for you to wako up."
"I thought you would never see us,"
said Dorothy.
After Doctor McFabre had settled him
self In tho Gloucester hammock nnd
Dorothy was comfortable In a rocklnc;
chair tho question of my preoccupation
was taken up.
"To tell the truth." I said. "I was
thinking of tho progress tho race has
mado. Adam was an Infant without rea
son. Ho simply blamed tho woman
Nowadays we blame God."
"What do you mean?" asked the clergy
man In a little alarm.
"I can tell you best by repeating n little
poem by William Dean Howells."
"Howells Isn't u poet. He's a novelist,"
said tho doctor.
"Listen to this that lie wrote mora
than twenty venrs ago and then tell mo
AN ENGLlbH CARICATURE OF
EDEN PHILLPOTTS
whether he Is a poet or not" Tlfii I
repeated these lines:
Before Him weltered like a shoreless sea
The souls of them that had not sought to be,
With all their guilt upon them, and they
cried.
They that had sinned from hate and lust
and pride,
"Thou that dldit make us what we might
become.
Judge us'" The Judge of all the earth was
dumb ;
But high above them In His sovereign place.
He lifted up the pity of His face
"Yes, that Is poetry," admitted the
clergyman. "The same thought has
passed through my mind more than
once, but I could not have expressed It
so compactly. Here we nre, creature
of heredity and environment, tossed about
by the winds of circumstances over which
we have no control. We must move a
merc.ful God to deep compassion."
"I suppose that may be so," said Doro
thy, but with the fine intuition of her
feminine mind she went on: "But how
contemptible It is to blame it all on God.
You might as well blame Him when jour
house burned down after you had neg
lected to pour a pailful of water on tho
tiny blaze that started the fire right under
your nose."
"Good for you, Dorothy," said I.
Cabot Ames Just then came up, and
wo asked him what he thought of It.
He specialized in philosophy and ethics at
Harvard. In the presence of Dorothy,
however, he was cautious. Her lndlgna
tlon at his unwillingness to respond
when his country needed soldiers had
evidently taught him that there was
more than one point of view. Finally he
said:
"Intellectually, I am Inclined to place
the responsibility on God, but when I
look Into my own mind I discover that I
cannot escape part of the responsibility."
Dorothy beamed on him, then with a
little malicious look she asked: "So you
are not going to blame God for your un
willingness to be a soldier?"
He winced, but with a stiffening of his
back he retorted: "My ancestors fought
when they were needed, and I have been
thinking lately that I should be pol
troon If I proved unworthy of them. I
may go to war yet."
"Heredity Is asserting Itself," Doctor
McFabre chuckled. "Instead of blaming
God you are giving him credit. That Is a
little better."
"I don't care what he calls it so Ions
as he " Dorothy began, but stopped
suddenly, blushing up to the roots of her
hair.
And Ames settled down again and
looked at her with more happiness In his
face than I had seen for two or three)
weeks.
"Well, I have noticed," said I, "that
we blame God only for our misdeeds.
When we get tangled up In a mass of com
plications arising out of our own selfish
ness and irresponsibility we talk about
fate and destiny and othor scapegoats.
Now ajnd then we nnd a novelist who ex
hibits what Henry James once called the
immltlgablllty of the human predicament.
If he have any spiritual discernment,
however, he does not blame the Creator
for everything. Eden Phlllpotts has bare
ly escaped Joining James's immltlgabllltv
school of writers in his latest story."
"I like Phlllpotta's Devonshire stories."
aid Ames. "They remind m of Black
robre,M ..."..
"They y Willlpotj h written
DISCUSSES THE EASY WAY: TO BLAME DESTINY
beautiful descriptions of rural England,"
said I, "but I do not read novels for scen
ery. Local color Is as necessary as
clothes, but clothes do not make a man
or a woman, cither. Somo one has said
that Phlllpotti In his new novel has dono
for the nursery workers nnd oyster
dredgers of Essex what he did for tho
workers of Devonshire, as though tho
clothes of his novel vvero of Importance.
Ho has really exhibited the actions of a
group of peoplo In which there aro two
or thrco who blame God when they do
wrong. I was thinking about them and
tho problems they rnlso when Doctor Mc
Fabro nnd Dorothy enme up. Tho heroine
Is n charming young woman, gracious,
educated, with somo flno gifts, but she
has no moro sense of moral responsibility
than a whirlwind. Her selfishness Is
monumentnl. Sho marries a man whom
she does not love and leaves him without
any compunctions of conscience. Sho
then poses ns n widow and falls In love
with another man, who also loves her
,and marries her. Sho has not tho cour
age to tell him tho truth beforo marrlago
nnd when ho docs learn It and her happi
ness Is wrecked ns tho inevitable result
of her deceit sho does not blame herself.
'I am what I am,' she walls, 'and I can't
help It.' And then she tells n friend that
sho has not forgiven God for making her
wnai sno is.-"
"Contemptible." t,ald Dorothy.
"Yes. She violated tho codo of honor.
Phlllpotts does not let us tcmaln in Ignor
ance of tho existence of such a code, for
ho has a social outcast who has been
tramping around the country with a
woman to whom he Is not married tell
the girl about this code, tho second aitlcle
of which is that vou must not love where
you cannot marry. Ho cared nothing
for the marriage forms, but ho did cire
tor tno fundamental lov allies of the
human relations. Though not married
to. the woman he was living with they
might have been vveddell. This outlaw
couple Is used as n foil for those who
were pretending to observe the social
conventions but weio violating the
eternal moralities nnd disregarding tho
understandings which keep society to
gethcr. Mr. Phlllpotts h.is written u
great social satire. Its setting among
the nursery workers nnu ister dredgers
of Ksse Is ni'cldentnl. It might have
been written about a similar group of
people anywhere in the world. Its value
lies In Its studv of the human soul. It is
a moving moral tragedy, lighted up with
flashes "of comedy."
"Somewhat after the manner of 'Ham
let'?" asked Ames.
"Well, I would not compare It to
'Hamlet, but the man w hfl reads 'Hamlet'
for the sake of tho local color will fall
as lamentably to see tho significance of
tho piny ns tho man who reads 'The
Banks of Colno' for tho sake of Hssev
scenery."
Just then Dorothy arose to go nnd
Ames went with her. Tho pair disap
peared In tho gathering darkness with
the girl's hand resting' tightly on the
young mnn's arm.
"Ames Is all right at bottom," his uncle
remarked when they vvero out of
hearing.
"Llfo Is n curious thing," said I, Ir
relevantly, "Wo do not know much about
II." GEORGE W. DOUGLAS.
T,ifi nA,?,8 .?' rI-N5 The Nurserj.) Ilv
KJen Phlllpolls. author of ' nrunel's Tower "
llC-50 tS'W Yrk The Mcml"',n Company
Just a Story
The social philosophers who say that a
man needs about half a dozen wives to t,at
Isfy him, one for each mood, have not found
a wny to provide them Perhaps It Is be
cause there are not women enough to go
around Fortunately, however, there are
books enough to appeal to the varjlng
moods. Thero were times when the late
John Q Johnson found pleasure In tho
lightest French Action Other men find re
laxation in reading books on mathematics
Arthur J Balfour halls with Joy tho pub
lication of a new story by K Phillips Op
penhelm. Mr Oppenhelm's following Is not
confined to men like Mr. Balfour If it were
he would have to earn his living In some
other way. for there are compaiatlvely few
Hal fours In the world, not enough to sup
port a novelist. Mr. Oppenhelm's latest
book, "The Cinema Murder," will appeal to
all lovers of a story It Is a tale of mys
tery, of love and ambition, of deceit and
cruelty While reading it one Is not trou
bled by any doubts about its plausibility,
or about the adequacy of the motives which
cause the action Thoso famllla- with the
author's method will continually wonder
how he will bring the story to a satisfac
tory conclusion. But he does end It pleas
antly, and the lovers live together happily
ever afterward It takes Its title from an
Incident witnessed by a moving picture
promoter, which, he savs, would make a
good opening for a film story. It looks like
a murder, and Is in reality the beginning of
the complications that Mr Oppenhelm un
ravels In the novel.
THH CINEMA MUKDER ny B. Thllllps Op
penhelm Hoston Little, llrown Co. 1133,
Our Friends the French
The significance of the visit of General
Joffre and his companions to America was
not lost upon those familiar with the history
of the two nations. This means the school
children and the adults who have not forgot
ten what they learned In their youth When
this infant nation was struggling for exist
ence France lent us large sums, which we
have never repaid, and she sent her soldiers
over here to help us. France Is now In
need, and we are threatened also. We have
admitted the force of the considerations of
honor and of gratitude and have become an
ally of the French. The expedition of den
eral Pershing, which Is but a hint of what
Is to follow. Is an echo of the visit of Lafay
ette and his associates to America, sounding
across more than a century. E. Alexander
Powell In "Brothers In Arms," a little vol
ume of less than sixty-five pages, has sought
to draw the historical parallel and to re
mind us of the greatness of our opportunity.
He has written an eloquent and moving ap
peal to American patriotism, starting with a
brief resume of the part that Frenchmen
took tn our early history, and concluding
with a call to our citizens to take up the
burden placed upon them by the arrogance
of a military despotism. "The surest way,"
says he. "to bring about an early peace Is
to convince Germany, beyond the possibility
of misunderstanding, that we stand behind
the Government to the last cent In our
purses and the last breath in our bodies;
that In our vocabulary there la no such
word 'quit' t that no matUr how appall
lag the price that may be exacted from us,
'we .H not rlx our effort by one lou
until the world has been 'mado free for
democracy' forever" This Is the spirit In
which ho has written, and It Is tho spirit
without which wo cannot succeed Mr.
Powell Is familiar with tho strength of the
Germans nnd with their methods on the
field Ho speaks with the; authority of an
expert when he tells us what we must do.
Ills book, therefore, deserves tho attention
of all who wish to get a bolter understand
ing of the situation and to receive inspira
tion from the knowledge that tho opportu
nity has coinn to serve France as well ns
ourselves and the general cause of civil
ization. linoTHKns IN AIUH By n Alexander Pow
ell lloston Houghton Mifflin Co'npany 50
cents.
IRVIN S. COBB,
LITERARY GENIUS
If He Lived in France He Would
Be Elected to Membership
in the French Academy
An American whoso business It Is to read
and nppralse fiction once said that It Irvln
R Cobb lived In Franco ho would have
been elected to the Fr-ncli academy long
ago When we recall tnat only the great
French masters of literature nre elected to
the Acidemy wo can understand what this
American thinks of Cobb His Judgment Is
not at fnult. Cobb Is one of the finest lit
erary artists we have produced Ho has
Btylc. ho has poli.e, and breadth of vision
and broid and tender human svmpathies
The skill with which ho constructs a story
Is a source of constant admiration to those
Interested Iti literary technique, but It is so
nrtfullv concealed that thoo who caro
nothing for llterar) method do not suspect
that the effect produird his been carefully
planned from the beginning The apparently
rambling, discursive nniratlve that wanders
on genlill from one point to another as
a word nr an incident suggests something
new Is really a ilosely thought out nnd de
liberately constructed fabric that when com
pleted Is like a piece of tapestrj containing
the pictured storv of a heroic deed or a
moving tale of sentlmen' Cobb Is a hum
orist In the best sense of the world, for
he looks on life with an amused nnd svm
patlietle Interest and with nn unerring In
stinct for tho finer trails of human nature
IRVIN S. COBB
Mr Cobb s latest volume of short stories
Is a worthy successor of Hh predecessors
Judge Pi lest and his friends appear In It.
as well ns some other characters not so well
known There are two stories dealing with
Heinian l'elsburg, the little German Jew,
which deserve ti take their place nlong
with the Judge Pi lest stories for their in
sight and their llterarj merit How the
spirit that made the South fight n losing
war for four vears coula be InvokPd to pre
vent defeat of a Southern collego team on
tho football field Is told in ' Cinnamon
Seed and Kand Bottoi," the climax, of
which the sporting reporters would do well
to tead If thej want to discover how to
describe a football game And In "The
Garb of Men ' Mr fobh hai given a descrip
tion of a snitll section of wai-torn Fiance
that Is worth of the best French literary
traditions "And There Was Light" Is a
poetic allegory fashioned for the relief of
neurasthenic women Its materials ale com
mon, but they are used with such skill as.
to create the Impression that they aro new
Admlrei i of this Kentucky genius will hope
that he may live long and continue to tell
us stories about likable people whom he
has created and to create moro of the same
kind
TIIOSK 1IMKS AND THESK ns Irvln S. Cobb
Ocotbo II Doran Comp-vny. 91 3"
Giants at Grips
Ilapld action, bold adventure, Interwoven
with a love storv of considerably more
than the ordinary sentimentality that
makes the modern novel attractive to read
ers who delight In the episodes of Phvllis
and her Cordou of the twentieth century,
nre the outstanding features of n tale of
the frozen North fresh from the virile fancy
of William MacLeod Halne The author
of "Stevo Yeager' has entitled his latest
production, "The Yukon Trail" In vivid
portralturo of a country in which right
makes right, or nt least did before the
United States Government turned a large
share of Its attention to development of
the vast Alaska domatc, nnd began the
policy of conservation designed to prevent
fraudulent absorption of tho limitless pos
sibilities and resources of n wonderful
region, the author shows a familiarity with
his subject that betrays personal knowledge
of life on the country's last frontier
Throughout Mr Ralne's story runs the
thread of history Ono of the principals of
'The Yukon Trail" Is a "strong man"
closely Identified with the attempt to seize
the Immense tracts Involved in the Alaska
coal claims of national notoriety. His
machinations are crippled if not entirely
overthrown by another "strong man" who
happens to be a Government agent sent out
from Washington to investigate the opera
tions of a conscienceless and wonderfully
skillful syndicate The Investigator and
hero of Mr Italne'a story is a college
graduate and football hero, whose physical
talents and mental alertness nre put to a
severe test In preventing a gigantic swindle
of Uncle Sam as well ns of bona fide pros
pectors and miners Both tho agent and
tho syndicate chief are In love with the
same girl, a perfectly delightful Irish
maiden, who lends charm to the story of
giants at grip
TUB YUKON TRAIU By William McLeod
Halne. lloston: Ilouchton Mifflin Company
11.33.
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from forty cities the best selling novel In
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was "Mr. Brltllng Sees It Through." It
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Birmingham. Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas
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SMALL TOWN
LOVE AFFAIRS
They Have All the Complications
of Those in Cities The Psy
chology of the Affections
Suppose Hilda Fordham never had made
that visit to her cousin Harriet Sterling?
Tho reader of "Anchorage" shudders to
think what then, might have happened to
Harriet and Paul Osborne Day after day,
perhaps, would have been disposed of by
droning through golden hours of spring
sunshine, reading nnd making notes on
speculative philosophy. Instead of finally
realizing their love for each other Can one
Imaglno nnv thing like It?
llcforo Hilda's nrrlval It happened that
Hnrilct, one glorious dny while bees were
droning among tho morning glories and
the fragrance of flowers wafted from the
garden, said:
"It's too pretty n day for Huxley"
Answered Paul- "Do you think science
must adapt Itself to the weather'"
Fancy that '
This situation Is relieved by the arrival
of Bill Splinters, who pops his head above
the blossom-covered wall and In a wlzzcned
voice pipes, "Any klmltln' this mawnln 7'
Everything changes with tho advent of
Hilda, a girl of twenty, sweet, attractive,
clever, accustomed to receive ndmlratlon,
possessing rare tact and a fair knowledge
of human nature
Happens, tho obvious Paul, who for
vears has been treated ns n professional
Invalid Invites the pity of Harriet's spright
ly guest and falls In love Speculative
philosophy Is neglected for long walks The
human heart becomes of greater Interest
than the pages of Huxley Finally tho
grecn-ejed monster Introduces himself to
complete the triangle Harriet goes about
her work ns usual , for she Is a lady Anil
ladles' hearts nro not worn on the sleevr
Somo women wear them there: a lady
never But the little llcorgla town where
the sccno of the story Is laid talks about It
Flnallv Paul nnd Hilda nre to be married
Hill Splinter frankly opposes the match
' This here marriage Is agin human natur."
he explodes And he expresses public opln
Ion pretty well It could not be possible for
Paul, the perpetual Invalid, to be happy
with this new-fangled wife Hut the Wed
ding took plnie, ns weddings have a habit
of doing Paul delaved things at the laBt
moment by forgetting tho ring, Hilda's
mother cried: Harriet continued to main
tain a reserve; Doctor Hrsklne. u peasant
charactet In the book, looked grave and
thought of the future, and Hilda was
happy
'Poor man" said Hildas mother, who
knew her d mghter, (is her eves followed
the carriage bearing off the bridal couple.
"I hope she loves him"
' 1 hope so," Harriet echoed, nnd, turn
ing, the both entered tho house
And how does It turn out' Pretty much
ns one might expect Hilda, the butterfly,
Is unable to MhiiiI being "housed In " Nor
Is she able to agree with Louisa, Paul's
maiden sister nnd an excellent housekeeper
I think It's chlll " hald Hilda one' rainy
morning
I never have a fire this time of the
venr, stiffly responds Loula
Hilda drums upon the window pane
'Those window r were washed jesterday,"
snaps Louisa Louisa has a big heart and
a svstem She permits Hilda only to see
the lattei
Unable to bear much of this sort of thing,
and, never entirely In sympathy with Paul's
activities. Hilda goes nwny There Is the
customary neighborhood gossip, but Paul
gradually gets over the shock and resumes
Ills work Louisa and Harriet help hltn
Three jears later Paul meets Hilda In
New York They talk over matters and
agreo on a divorce Paul's book of specu
lative philosophy never Is published In
stead, he becomes a poet He and Harriet
finally stumble over their love for each
other Harriet knew It, but Paul did not
Tlorenco Olmstead, the author of "An
chorage," has In her book pleasantly deline
ated the psjchology of human affections.
She has carefully kept to tho small-town In
dividual nnd has thereby chosen perhaps
the most Interesting tMie of persons to dis
'cuss The book Is well worth while
ANfHOrtAon IU Florence Olmsteid. author
nf A Cloistered Romance" and ' Father
Pernard a rarlsh ' New York Charles
Prrlbner's Rons II 3!
How to Run a Home
The multiplicity of books on home-making
Indicates that the old-fashioned method of
training the daughters has fallen Into dis
use and that the girls must get their knowl
edge from somo one who knows moro than
their mothers, or from those who are more
Interested than tho mothers In training
them for their duties as wives "The Home
nnd Its Management," one of the latest
textbooks on the subject has been prepared
by Mabel Hjde Kittredge, president of the
Association of Practical Housekeeping
Ccntors In New York Ity It is an ele
mentary handbook, beginning with the
simplest statements about the kind of a
house or apartment to live In, followed by
Instructions In the caro of the kitchen stove,
tho icebox, the kitchen utensils and the like
How to set a tablo is explained, with direc
tions for placing tho knives nnd forks They
aro so clear that a savage who had nlways
eaten squatting on tho ground, using his
fingers to handle his food, could understand
them The care of Infnnts Is discussed In
the same way and elementary nurRing Is
explained In ndditlon there nre 300 cook
ing recipes for Inexpensive dishes The
book adapts Itself equally well to use In
the classroom of the training school and to
the needs of the bride who has never given
u thought to the duties which marrlago
brings upon her
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rative, and they would have told It more
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experiences very much as he would have
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Empey Is a sort of a soldier of fortune. He
has traveled over the world, on sea and
land. He served for a while In the United
States cavalry, rising to the rank of ser
eeant major. When the Lusltanla was sunk
,he expected to go Into the war under the
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