? y 'ii EVUKING PUBLIC .LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAKCH 3, 1018 '? 1 a r L , "V r;s. : f t , 'A Hi i I ft i'i- m- ft." v IT Iff! ! V HP. m $ U.J m A $ lt !.', Mi '!"- . M -.tf tfSr T . vi i-H Plp-OF HORRORS CAUSED BY DEMORALIZATION MOF RUSSIA'S RAILROAD SYSTEM, fife in "Battalion of Death" Had to Stand in Line trograd, and was in One Railroad Carriage for rom "laganrog, Through Siberia, to America Was a Terrible Experience By EVA ZAINTZ, a Soldier in the Ranks . IEP, horror and Illness hart made its weak as a little child, when.) iwdr came two weeks after the llot In Petrograd that the Bat ofiDcath should be disbanded. I Inbt awaited the order lit remaining. the night when little Nussa fell a Mctlm of the mob In Tetrosrad's streets i ,ivt'hd renounced the hope of accoinpllsli- In anything for Itussla. The Impulse a'menr the women or nussta which ierouht the Battalion of Death Into ' Wn was dorlous. but It was based topM a false assumption of the patrlot 'smand rectitude of all Ilussla's people. Whether' or not the battalion was dls aMrsd. to me It was no lonecr an ac- lntttr. j-r.rzv.." - . ... i. i.. . t m cyji lived on in me uarrucus urwu i a, ?5Jn nownere eise 10 e uu j.auso i AWW too 111 tO KO ""U ' Known vmcrc i t ahauld And other shelter. I mffered f 4 Jtleo the deepest pangs of that most tcr- .. -- -A.! As.llAa tAM4fllllflh'HAt t f riDie oi menial uwuuico iiwnnn-n(li.(.r -'?! longed for my old father rind my , Vi Httle motner ana i Know mn iii v .might see them. ', , At last I managed to summon the V energy to act. I wai penniless, but w there was enough of my soldier's pay i owing to me to buy a ticket mid pay the " t ..t t.T nn It. Conditions were urowlne .canstantlv more disordered In the city ii v?i and the goernment of Kerenslty was f tottering, n wan omy mirr mt ricmvoi dimculty trial 1 lounu a niuiiaiy uuiwu, where I received Information as to the steps which would secure to me the small amount of money which I was entitled to collect At last I received H, and after visiting the overcrowded hospital and weeping over Nussa. lying there scarcely more than half conscious and still In danger of death from weak ness and shock, I started to buy a ticket for Taganrog. . Bark to TaKanroa; Five days, from morning until niBht. I stood In the line of people before I reached the window where tickets were 'oId There was some order or an at tempt at It, though, even In this confu sion. Each night an ofllcta marked the place to which I had progressed In the 'line during the long, weary hours of standing, and on the next morning I was-permltted to resume It. Only thoe who were not at hand ut the announced hour In the morning were denied thN privilege. Those who were late were required to take their places once more at the bottom of the line. I was terri fied for fear that this misery might fall toi me. I would start from my bleep In the 'middle of the night and peer out In alarm to see ir It had yet become day light. Then 1 would start, hours before the. necessary time, and trudge the weary distance to the railroad station Often I was there long before the ofll- ' cJala. The physical and mental strain Vv of this five-day experience, coupled with i the'fact that I had no proper food, al IfcV ijmost overcame me. But for my strong ,l physique and my jouth I should not have been awe to enauro .11. At last I had my ticket. The money In 'my purse was barely sufllclent to purchase It. I had In my pocket not more than the amount which I would give a beggar at home when I tool; my place on the train. And that must sup ... M ,,!., Hnrlnc the lnntr trin to WfcSi t Taganrog. Still, It may as well have been B..M miu am mufti. There was nomine 10 PsSilnjy. 1 lived upon the scanty food which iv.," outers, in mercy, ko mu num mi I'M slender stores. Tne. sorrow wnicn i ieu wnen 1 taw my, home has left Its Impress upon me forever. In our house, always so warm and comfortable and clean, so ;frt, hospitable to all who came, before the 'so war. 1 louna iny nine iiiwmci, 111 mm apparently soon about to die, My father Evening PuMic Ledger Photoplay Calend THIS. PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WEEK OF MARCH 25 TO MARCH 30 ' ALHAMBRA MONDAY Alio Brady In Her Kllent Warrlllce Mnbel Normanrl In Dodging a Milttuii APOLLO Sir CJIItHTt rrktr'i Wild Youth I'Vi "ATjr'ATiTA '&F &. HKLMONT Ollvw Thomas In Hetty Takes a Hand yr; : fl?l 1LUEBIRD lllllle Ilurkr Mysterious BROADWAY Pegyy Hylanri In The Debt of Honor Marguerite Clark Seven Sisters CEDAR r!ji' COLISEUM William-H. TUue Blazes Henry II. The Birth ,;Y' i;u.L.ur.mi EMPRESS William S. Wolves of ',, WTTOrVA Geraldlne Farrar In T.e Devil Htono rV " 1 m V tann. fi. 1 j- .Sfamily Olive Tell In Th Girl and the Judg fAIRMOUNT lFRANKFORD Mary Mil. .Mlnler In PowerM That Prey tiesfftm HayakawH In Hidden Pearls ' III-' n , , 'JQREAT NORTH. Dorothy Love (IMPERIAL Mary Tlckford In The Dawn of Tomorrow JEFFERSON Clara Kimball Youna In Ths Marionettes ,. JUMBO Douglas Fairbanks In A Modern Musketeer ,MOICKERBOCKER Doualaa Fairbanks In itrssie HEADER William S. Blue Blazes LtSERXX, Kdlth Storey In Hevense JUST Ann Tennlnston In Hunshlne Nan .ST. Constance Talmartgo The Htudlo Girl kKET ST. Allea Bradr In Spurs of. Sybil DELv Eftle Shannon In Iter Boy CON Mlcm Joyce, ueiween ICE Mary Plekford. Amarll y of Clothesline Alley Theda, Du ICESS Ma Marsh In Fields, of Honor Francis -XI Buahman In, Th Brass, Cbeclc Theda Bara. tn Ths Jtosa. of Blood AVE. Fox Iw Treasure Viola Dana In A Weaver of Drtams Marlorv The Hard Harry Mofty tn The Desired Woman Mabel Normand In Toe Floo,r Batons ary Plckford ri4Niatmt , SsaaHJ rat at her bedside with his head bowed upon his hands. He looked ut me, un seelngly, for moments when I entered, and then he spoke to tne as If I had been absent only an hour, Al first I could only weep over those two old persons and our cheerless home. Tho wounded sol diers were no longer there. There was no warmth ami not sufllclent food for them. At last I realized that the lives of my father and mother depended upon what I should do. I roused myself, though I felt tlmt I would gladly lie down and die with them My fattier had, as itlnavs, n plentiful store of money lu the house. I took possession of all of II Hy standing lu the diminished and weakening lines before the shops and paying exorbitant nr ces I was able to obtain a supply of food Conditions weio terrible In Taganrog then. Air planes from the Turkish front flew over the town, apparently merely to' frighten the people. The poor wre starving. Vet they were still loyal nnd devoted to Russia. In shame before them 1 con cealed the preparations for our depar ture. 1 ney would Have looked upon 111c and rlBhtlj. I thought as a traitor, n deserter Yet I knew that m father and mother would die If I did not save them und to desert Russia was thu only way. Hought Way Out of Uus I heard of some other persons who had gone away, through Siberia. It had takn fhem live months to get a pass port, and people assured me that In no shorter time i-olild one be obtained How ever, 1 knew the value of my father's name of IiIh Influence which had ex empted 11s from nil of the laws of race rcstilctiou. I managed to rouse him 10 a realization of the ffort vie must mulir He went to the olllclals and re turned witli permission to depart nt once. through Siberia, on account of the Ill ness of Ills family. To do this. It was necessary to espend 11 considerable sum of money, r shall not tell in what way this was done. I am a Russian and I feel vhe deepest shamn that Russians are willing to accept our money, even though It was with the greatest relief that I found that wo could save my mother's llfo by dishonorable purchase of a privilege. Wo left our home as It stood, as If we 1 meant to return In an hour We carried only small parcels to distract attention from our purpose of going away forever I felt as If my heart would break when I looked my last upon the familiar things which had endenred themselves to me 111 my girlhood and then walked down the street, my father and mother both leaning upon my linns. Wo were five days 011 the train which took us the Bhott distance to Cheloblnsk. Ordinarily, It was a Journey of only a day and a half. The trip was one of discomfort, but that Is hardly worth the mention. There was tin? trip through t'o Vladivostok to follow, and of Its suffer ings nnd hardships I cannot adequately tell Wo waited three, days In Chclo blnsk for the train to Vladivostok. There was a strike on tho railroad and during this time, while wo were lu small lodg ings near the railroad station, the strik ing workmen and tliose opposed to fhem had a fight and several were shot down In our sight. When the train set out at last for Its Journey to the Pacific we were barely able to crowd upon a platform of one of the cars. I had actually to tight to prevent my father and mother from being suffocated People were crowded Into tile toilet compartments, and many lay upon tho roofH of the cars. For forty-eight hours vie remained on the platform The train was unheat ed and we were In the midst of a bitter Siberian winter Tho whole experience TUESDAY WEDNESDAY A1U Brady In Her Silent Sacrlltco Allc Brady In Hr Silent Sacrinc Itobert Warwlik In Iho family Honor L'arUl.i Illackuell In His RdVul Highness Kir Hubert Parker's Wild Touth Sir Ollbert Parker's Wild Youth Olli Thomas In Betty Takes a Hand Claire Ship In The Klele 1'ersuBon tn Barbary hheep Madgu Our Mrs. Terry I'egey Hyland In The Debt of Honor Pauline Frederick tn t,)dla Ollmore Mary The Hart In Rauden William S Hart In Blue Blazes Rauden Klhel Whims Walthall In of a Man Henry H. Walthall In The Birth of a Man Henry n. The Birth Hart In the Hall DoukIuh Fairbanks In A Modern Musketeer George Ono More Jtirk und th Ueanptulk Uffle Louise LovHv In Nobody's Wife Alma Reubens In The Answer Jrk Plckford In The Spirit of '17 Kmmy Wehlen In The Shell Game BenHum Haynkawa tn Hidden IVarls Wallace Reld In Tho Thing Wo I,oie Dulton In letters Dorothy Djlton In Isove Letters I.nve The Paulino Fr'dt'rlfk In Mrs Dane's Defense Theda Bara In The Rose of Blood Clara Kimball Tountr In The Marionettes Alice llra.lv In The Sours of Sybil 8en KavnkAWH In Carlylo Btackwell In Hlfi.Roal Highness The Wrath of the Gods Earl WlllUms In A Mother's Bin Hazel Daly t T Moon In Brown tt Harvard hum In Hart tn Kanden William S Hart In IMue Diazes Rarden Francla The J, Htuart niHtkton In Julian Kiting In The Widow's Might ine woria jor naie Ann Pennington In Sunshine Nan Ann Pennington in Sunshine Nan Constance Talmadre The Studio Girl Alice Brady In Tha Glided Cage Herbert Rawllmon In "US" Alice Woman tirace Kitty (lordon In The Divine Sacrifice Clara Kimball Young In The Marionettes A Woman Alice Joyce. A Woman Alice Joyce, A Woman Between Friends Friend ueiween rrienas Mary Plckford, Amarll- Mary Plckford, Amarll. ly of Clothesline Alley ly or Clothesllie Alley Bara tn Barry 'Theda Bara In Du Barry Henry B. Hla Robe Edith Storey In Revenre Julian KIMnge ir.' The Widow's Might Francis X. Bushman In The Brass Check Francis In The . Viola Dana In A Weaver of Dreams Kids In Island Edward Karl in Tha Blind Adventure Corrlnne 1 Will Doualas Fairbanks Frank In The in Manhattan Madness Wilson In Theda Bara In Th Ross of litood Madge Our Bock Ursed Emmy Wehlen In To Shell Oama Gladys Brockwell In Tha Devil's Wheel Mabal Normand In Th Floor Below Mabel Tha lo , Mary Ptekford In Atna. Mary Plckford In Ana. rlMyofClotheslln. Alley fillof Clothesline Alley SAYS EVA ZAINTZ Five Days to Get Ticket to Three Weeks The Trip Bcoms an unreal and Imaclned horror. t cannot now realize, that It was I who passed through Its terrors. Terrors of (,e Mglit Our condition was ameliorated slight ly when I was nble, by bribing other passengers, to secure a place Inside of one of the coaches for us. You may try to Imagine now what tho remain der of our Journey meant AVo traveled thus, crowded UKo unlmals, In a shamble for three wceki. Two dreadful sensations were almost constantly with me, waking me In ter ror from my sleep One was that I was again experiencing tho horrors of tho night In l'etrograd, and the other was that I had been robbed of our store of money which I carried con cealed In the boKjm of my dress The robbery would have been easy enough, no doubt Crowded among strangers so closely that I could not escape their touch, 1 often fell Into the deep uncon sciousness of utter exhaustion. Once tho train was well Into Siberia, there was plenty of coarse food. Black brcid could be purchased In any quan tity iiii'l at a very tow price stacks of It stood In the railroad stations rot ting, became It could not be transport ed to the people back In Uussla, who were djlng for lurk of It Also, after th first week of our Journey, there was coal for fires on the train. U was plentiful, but It loiild not be trans ported to Hie places where It was so grcatlv needed, t hellcvo that the first cup of hot tea which I was able lo gle my mother saved her life Three rek In One far WI1.11. after three weeks In lh one rallnud rarriage and more than a month Kltogether of travel, we reached Vladi vostok. I found It Impossible to obtain lodgings for Us at any price. Kor three night" we were compelled t" sleep among 11 motley crowd upon the floor of the railroad station women, soldiers, children and old men. alt In 0110 heap. Finally, after much search, I found a bed which vie could secure for three nights for forty rubles. It was one of several Iti a targe room. We were not permitted to remain there In the day time, for others paid for the privilege of steeping In It through the day, being unable to secure any place to sleep ut night Purlng the day we remained In the railroad station, and t scoured the town for something like delicate food for my mother, whose illness had now alarmingly Increased. When I was not searching for food 1 was haunting the shipping ofllees to get news of tome means of leaving Vladivostok ,vt last I was lucky enough to secure passage for us on a small, badly equip ped steamship which was leaving for Japan. Tiie ship was called the Sim brisk. It had no proper accommoda tions for passengers I paid flfty-six rubles each for tickets allowing us to occupy places on ttie deck. For a day and 11 hair we endured the miseries of such a vojage In a rough tea, and then the machinery of the ship broke down. It was repaired" with much illmoulty and delay, and the ship then put back toward Vladivostok. Five da.vs after our departure, and when at many times the hlp had seemed about to sink, we arrived again at Vladivostok. .N'ow we were compelled to live In the filthy and uncomfortable, rooms of the steamship pier. After ono more miserable week of watting a big ship came, and on this vessel we safely made the voage to the town of Suruga, In Japan. I cannot de scribe the feeling of Joy and relief which was ours when vie landed In this clean, comfortable, well-kept city. I gave thanks fervently to llod when I saw my ' Hle mother beginning to regain her THURSDAY Mftdee Knnrty In uur Mttl- Wlf K X. Hutimin t D I3anp. Under tiuaplcioii Uorothy DHon In McDowell In of Doom CUIr If Powell In Ship of Doom Kennedv In Uttlo Wife Madce Krnnedy In Our Mttlo wife Pegar Hland the Dpt of Honor OItdK IlrockweM In The petit' Wheel Plekfnrd In Foundllnc The Old Homestead Clayton In of Society Kthrl CIton In Whims of Society Walthall In of a Man Hnry It. Wnlthall In The Ulrth of r Mn Henry The Beban In American Km.ly Ktevt-nH In Alias Mr. Jpsnup Shannon In Her Boy Alice Brady In The Spurs cf Hybll Carmcl Meyers In The Wine Girl Charl nay In Tha Hired Man Wallace RelU In , The Thing Wo Love anil Nagela In Crosa Bearer Iivn and Nagels In The Cross Bearer Maclate In The Warrior Tom Mix In Six-Shooter Andv Vivian Martin In The Fair Barbarian Enid Bennett In Keys of the Righteous X Bushman In Brass Check Francis X, Bushman in Tha Brass Check William Farrium in Les Mlserables nulla Burke In Uvo's Daughter Mary Miles Mlnter In Beauty and the Jlogus Brady In und Wife Kmmv Wehlen In The Shell Game Tom Mix In Six-shooter Andy Alice Joyce, A Woman Between Friends Marr Plckford, Amarll. ly of Clothesline Alley Walthall In of Honor Henry B, Walthall In Ills Robe of Honor Tarlyle Btackwell In Hla Royal Highness X. Bushman Brats Check Virginia Pearson tn 1 Daughter of France ay In Man Wlllam B. Hart In Wolves of the Rati Griffith In Repay Evart Overton In The Menace Keenan Phantom Glady Brockwell In Tha Devil's Wheel, Kennedy In Utile Wife Floret ca Deshnn In Enid hen The Desire d woman Kitty Gordon In The Wasp Normand In Floor Below Mabel Normand In Tha Floor Below Sir nilbart Parktr'i Wild Touth Sir ks'ln V tbr Jatr,,. strength as a result of the ministrations of the quiet, friendly people with whom we hid found shelter. From Suruga, when my mother was somewhat recovered, we traveled by train, sixteen hours, to Yokohama, Our tickets for this Journey cost 180 rubles. After ten days In Yokohama we secured passage on a large steamship for San Francisco, Only second-cabin tickets were to be had and they cost, for the three of Us, 6000 rubles, Safe In Amerlea Our voyage to America was uneventful We were told that' there was danger of submarines, and the lifeboats were kept In readiness, but that was 110 doubt a groundless alarm, Before it Herman submarine shall do murder In the Pacific I I hope that snail again set root in ourihlch he considered that ho had dell house In Taganrog, with Russia again nltfy become an American. The tule at peace nnd happiness restored to her r u10 Immigrant In America has oft People. been told during tho last decade, so that Since my arrival In Ameilca many I H ever-Increasing numliir of tho na persons have asked me to tell about the , tUc 1)orn Hrc nroUKlt to Iltl understand Battalion of Death. In these stories 1 1 s, or ,,;,rt,ni understanding. .r tho have told al-slmply, and truthfully. ,,,,. Chlcriy. we have heard the voice and sorrowfully. It was a mistaken but ; of ,,, uusslaii Jew. which lends a a splendid sacrifice for Russia It prov.d ( . ,,t mcy ,0 Mr, ,jH,agcs tale of that women may have the hearts and ((1 Uumi(ll,a Jcw r) A,ncriC!1 r,U .1? ,?L I""": W, 'J"?:?... '.ft. " .V" . -!!. .! . ns others see us Is ...viu nian.c-ivi "'"- ". 'i"i" l """ ' for the work of soldiers. I have rend one frightfully heartless, untruthful I statement concerning the women who so bravely offered their lives for tliclr conn- ' try. It was attributed to a lieutenant Hall, an aviator It could onlv have, been a reckless misstatement born of the acceptance of rumor for fact This I find lu a newspaper n-i Lieutenant 1 Hall's statement: "Lieutenant Hatl bald that th revo. Union started In Russia only after the I Church had given Its consent to It One day the word went out from Moscow that Hod didn't love the Czar any moie and the revolution started next day. lu Petrograd a new revolution would start every few minutes." Lieutenant Hall recounted tho career of the "Battalion of Death." "This battalion went Into camp near Petrograd " he said, "and somebody dug up sonio rusty guns for the women Kverythlng went smoothly until a quar. rel among them took place one night, followed by u free-for-all fight. In which about thirty or forty of them wero killed. Then their suns were taken away from them, and that was the. end of the "Battalion of Death"' To you, who have read my story, I do not deem a word of denial of this state ment necessary Yet "t Is a shameful thing that such words as thrse should I be spoken und printed after n tragedj Tho !2nd. JESS SMITH IS VERY BUSY Former Movif Man Now Devoting His Genius to Musical Shows und Vaudeville H Jes Smith Is trjlng to take, the devil out of vaudeville, jnd by all ac counts of his work he is succeeding. Formerly a member of the Lubln movie studio, he left this city, his home one, to produce vaudeville and other arts for the spoken stage. A recent produc tion was the musical version of "Sweet Kitty Bellalrs." which featured Alice Nellsen and played for a few weeks under tho title "Kitty Darlln'." An other act. soon to be seen here, Is that of Lady Duff-(!ordon and her review of fashions. The "Viol-Inn." lu which Herman Tlmberg and five girls are' now appearing at the local theatres. Is un der his direction and shows his clever handiwork. This act Is scheduled to appear at the Palace lu New York, fol lowing its engagement next week at the William Penn and Broadway The atres. THREE SPANISH SHIPS SUNK llareelonn, Hpaln, March 33. The Spanish ships Jolct, Joaqulua and Ouadalqulvlr havo been sunk lu the Atlantic, It was announced hero to day. No details viere given. The Guadalquivir was a Meel steam ship of 2078 tons, built In 1807 and owned by the Cuad.ilqulvlr Navigation Company of Seville. The Joaqulna was a 333-ton three-masted viooden sailing vessel, built In 1877, and registered at Torrevleja. The Jolet Is not listed lu Lloyd's. ar FRIDAY SATURDAY Madge Kennedy In Our Mill, wife Madge Kennedv In Our Utile Wife DoUKlaa Fairbanks In Reaihlng for th Moon fouKlaa Fairbanks In Beaching for the Moon Dorothy Dalton In J.OI Mo Durothv Dalton in Love Mo Aim Reubens In Tho Answer Almn Reubens In Tho Answer Alice Bradv In The Spurs of Sbll Heseue Haaknua In Hidden Pearls GIndy'a Brockwell In The Devil's Wheel Ci?dy" Brockwell tn The Devil's Wheel Marguerite Clark In Still Waters Mary Plckford In Thw Mttle American Carlyln Blackuell In Hla Royal Hlttmess Carl!. Blarkwell In His Royal Highness n. Walthall In Birth of a Man Tho Birth of a. Man Wallace Reld In The Thing We i,oU SesUH Haiakawa n The Secret (lame Emrt Overton In The Bottom of the Well Emily Stevens in Daybreak noy Stewart In Faith Hndurlng William H. Hart In Tha Patriot ..Torn Mix In Six-Shooter Andy Ella Hall In Beauty In Chutns tleorgn Beban In One Mora American Oeorge Bebnn In one More American Alice Brady In Woman and Wife Alice Brady In Woman arid Wife Rita Olivet In The Masque Life Douglas Fairbanks In Manhattan Madness Vivian Martin In A Petticoat Pilot Jack Plckford In Huck and Tom Surprise and The Mystery Ship Fannie Ward In Innocent Jack Plckford In Huck & Tom Charles Ray In Tha Hired Man Virginia Pearson In Stolen Honor Fannie Ward In Innocent Jack Plckford In Huck 4 Tom Oenree Walsh In Jack Spurlock, Prodigal Blllla Burke Kve'a Daughter , IHIIle Burke In Kie's Daughter Rex Beach's story. Tho .Auction Illotk Ma Marsh In Tha Cinderella Man Theda Bara In Du Barry Paulina Frederick In 1 Madame Jealousy Olga Petrova In Tho Light Within Olga Petrova In Tha Light Within 4 1 Alice Jojce, A Woman Between Friends Alice Joyce, A Woman Between Friends Mary Plckford. Amarll. ly of Clothesline Alley William S. Hart In Wolves of the Rati Mary Plikford, Amarll. ly of Clothesline Alley William B. Hart In Wolves of the Rait Monroe Salisbury In Hungry ISyes Marjery Wilson tn Hurd Rock Breed Virginia Pearson In A Daughter of Franco Virginia Pearson In A Daughter of Frame William Farnum In Tha Heart of a Lion Mary Plckford In Stella Marls Marsh and Walthall In Her Condoned Sin Theda Bara In Du Barry William f. Hart In Return ot Draw Kgan Kltlr Gordon In The -Wasp 'Bennett In Tha of ths Righteous Douglas Fairbanks In The Umli Theda Bara In The Rose of Blood Hessue 'Hayakawe, In Hidden Pearls Mabel Normand In Tha Flqor Below Mabel Normand In Th Floor Below Ollbert Parker's Wild Touth . alr SJici"r'. pKk,r' . WI4 Touth, & & AMERICA IS THE MAKING 'OF AN AMERICAN Story of a Rumanian Jew Who Absorbed the Spirit of Liberty A slncularlv honest book Is tills of Mr. Ravage lu which he recounts his own llfo history up to the point at v dolii I! mi 1 1 r v 1 1 1 .- In uolf.romli nectlt'V. and Mr, Ravage holds the minor up lo Americans with ruthless candor Yet M. E. RAVAGE Author of "An American in the Mnking" he Is equally unfparins of himself and of Ills own people, mill tlio American vho may he wounded by extremely ml verse criticism should feel balm for Ills troubled spirit when JJr. Havage nt last admltH that the end of Ills KtniRKle saw lilm turn from his own kindred to find liHpplnesH lu American associations The value of a boolt III10 this Is Inestl. inahln to those who look for salvation through Intellectual honesty. Tn contrast to Mary Antln's hvmn of praise, "Tho Promised Land," It is particularly wel come. The alien becomes nn American, hut In the course of his transformation he Rives to his adopted land fully as much ns he receives a fact that most Americans have entirely overlooked Mr. Ravago is concerned nf.t so much with the linmlRrant's phvslcal struggle for exlstencn in America as with that far more hitter struggle, tho adjustment ot his spirit and temperament to tliose utterly foreign In bis soul. Any ono wishing 11 tonipleto picture of tho dual life cf New York's 1,'ast t-'ldo ghetto would do well to combluo Mr. Ravage's personal narrative with Abra. ham Cahan's recent novel, "Tho Rise of David Levlnsky." Tho ono reveals the llfo of the "Intelllgents," those who toil that they may achieve education; the other deals entirely with the "clod- pates," or those who toll In order that they may some day own a, factciy and a house uptown. AN AMERICAN IN THH MAKINO. The Life Sterv of an immigrant. By M. I;. Ravage. New York: Harper & Bros. $1.10. Charm of the West Indies Thoso who are so fortunate as to he able to go to a warmer clime to encape the rigors 'of late February and March ouglil to read A. Hyatt VerrlU's "Book of tho West Indies" before deciding on tho place of their recreation. Mr. Ver rill has told the story of tho great semi circle of Islands which Inclosj the Caribbean, and lias described their charms In a most alluring way. Ho has compressed nn astonishing amount of Information Jnto the 450 pages of tho volume. For example, he tells us that "uba, If placed on the map of the United States, would stretch from New York to Indianapolis; that Santo Do mingo Is as large ns Maine, three times the size of Ilelglum and only a little smaller than Portugal ; that more ship ping enters and leaves the port of Ua. vanna than any other American port save New York, and that the lirwt American university vias In tlio West Indies, and that students were graduated from It 100 years before tho rilgrlms landed at Plymouth. TUB BOOK OF THE WKST INDIES, fly A. Hyatt Verrlll. New Tork: L P, Dut. ton C t'o, 12.50. What Sylvia Decided The careers and romances of Sylvia Arden and her two Impish college chums. Harb nnd Suzanne, simply crowd every minute of Margaret It Piper's third "Cheerful Book," "Sylvia Arden De. cldes," full of activities, mostly directed toward making other persons happy. Syl via's, innocent sympathy lu some cases, however, nearly leads to grief. All three havo their taste of New York society, but are strong enough to see through Its shallow veneer. Sylvia and her friends are all so completely bewitching that their tove entanglements are neces sarily of the heart-breaking order. Not one comes through this greatest of all life's mysteries without a deeper Insight and a humbler understanding of the world's multifarious humanity, If .Sylvia tries to "live as quick and deep as I can," she succeeds In doing a lot of good with her wealth, but In her effort to find herself she breaks an en gagement with Jack Amldon and mar ries Doctor I'hll, although lie nearly sacrifices .his life before she yields to the true voice of tier heart. Jack goes to France with the American expeditionary forces and wins a bride there. Suzanne carries her resolve to be u successful playwright to a happy conclusion and marries Roger Mlnot, who "wouul stir things up In a graveyard." Barb re mains single and blossoms Into an ar dent suffrage advocate, with life's young days still before her. The, author preserves the same at mosphere of buoyant spirits and good fellowship that made her previous Sylvia stories popular, and shows an Intimate understanding of the many knotty per plexities', that place a girl betwixt and MY TWO KINGS By 'Mrs. Evan Nepean The most brilliant historical novel of recent years dealing with the Restoration. The author believes that she Is the reincarnation of Char lotto fcituart, vy ho played an Important part liv the Uvea of Charles II und his son. (he Duke of Monmouth, tlMJftf. rotlaat ilttra. All Bookitmt. E. f . BUTTON CO., Ml M Ave. N.T, AVIrf . JL to "J U '-4- . , . W... '!.'. 4H".JM!r- V. - i ?;. -.x.j: ... i-i"- r.i L'J fK-'r..,.'. Ja"-'" " n .jIiLLLLHP 'i r W KfF. JSts -fc El mmss&zsMza&sszzzM THE HOME OF THE between In that stage of her life where in sho must form conclusions that will Influence, for good or bad her entire later course. This latest talc of Sy'vla Is full of wisdom and profit for young ladles In particular and every one In general. BYt.VtA AltURN' IiRCIDKS. ttf Msntsrel n, Plpr. t'rontlsptee. In full inlor, by TlHakell rornn Huston! 'Hie Page Ooin rny. 11,35, What Happened to Kelly Of tho numerous books that Arthur Train has written In tho last few years "The World and Thomas Kelly," tils latest production, Is perhaps deservlne of thn most serious consideration. Tho story of n iouiiR man who, upon leaving college, became entangled In the tnoshes of so-called "roclety," It Is to a certain extent an Html) Ileal study of those temp tntloni which many American youth en counter lu the days of their callovvness. Tom Kelly Is undoubtedly a real tpe Riiperllclalty weak, hut with nn Inijalo strength of character that In the end re deems hhn There are many In the real world like lilm; IT there were fewer there would not be so many human tragedies to be blamed on what for n better name is still hnoiin as tho "smart set." I.Ike nil of. Mr. Train's novels, "Tom Kelly," breezily written, i highly enter taining. U has the further merit, not nlvias lo be found In fiction, of ringing true Tlio characterizations are not ex aggerated, nntviltlistandlng thai, lu tho main, the slory W a satire. The joung married woman with whom Tom fancies himself III love i tjplcal of a clasv ! so Is her husband, who promises the jouth ful hero a sound thrashing Tho char acters of the mllllonaiie and his daugh ter, who are so iiiixlnus 'to drag young Mr Kellv to Hie Hltnr. are a little more vague and perhaps not quite fo convinc ing l'.irradyni. the onlcal parasite, may not have been taken from real life, but there are many "In society who cloxely reieniblo lilm. An unherole hero Is hj no nieatu a novelty In fiction, but few of their creators have been so successful as Mr, Train In making human fault nnd weak nesses so appealing as to nroue and re tain the reader's Interest nnd sympathy. tub wtmt.n and thomah kki.ly Hr Arlhur Train. New York Charles Sirlb lier's Sons. $1.60. The demand for I.ady Stanley's new novel, "Mis rim's Camouflage," Is so large that a seionu primmK i',n oven Lorossarv before publication. 'Hie book will be published March 38 bv Itough- nn.Mimin Company. On Marcli 11 Houghton-Mifflin Company will publish the following- "On the Stairs," by Henry B Fuller: "In the Heart of Oerman Intrleue." by Dctnrtra Vaka: "Serbia Crucllled," bv Lieutenant M. Krunlcli i "Creatine Capital," by Frederick I Unman, and "Higher Hducatlon and Business Standards," by Wlllard U. Hotchklss. INSIDE CONSTANTINOPLE An American Diplomatist's Diary By Lewis Einstein Mr. Hlnsteln kept ,1 diary from day to day while 11 member of tho United .States Hmbassy In Constan tinople during the Dardanelles Kx pedltion, and in his book he gives a remarkable plcturo of Ufa Inside the Turkish Capital. Sl.nO .Yrl. rostaae r.xlra. All Bookjlorcs E.P.DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Av.,N. Y. "The Place Called Crucifix Corner" T HERE lay the Huns, huddled, menacing and mem swoopca the last plane, dropping death. burst around the bird man he was hit hit . - his pilot vounded and outcome? Read THE FIGHTER by Lieutenant E. ML Roberts, R. F. C Robets is an American ace. He was two months in the wilds of Canada before he knew the "war was on. Then he heard went straight to the front, first as a private, then as a despatch rider, then on bombing expeditions, then in the 'Royal Fly ing Corps, where he fought in the air until he was discharged, permanently .disabled Dy wounds received in action. He has been gassed and wounded and shell-shocked ; he was brought down from the air four times in four days by the Germans.- He has volumes and volumes to tell, to tell with a humor, a ,.. sincerity, a charm as delight ful as his keen face as alert as his slim athletic body.' He has packed it.all into one gorgeous,, vivid, thrilling book. Harper & Brothers EaUblUhed 1817 New York Today at All Book stores $1.50 .v - . V .. , -. -- Nri d Viu'ifH tlrf. J"fJk- rt f"-v.,;,aiia.'.l.i .l5iU ;i 'tc. -".-"J Jack London's New Dog Story That Jack London wn at Ills best when ho wrote stories of animals, moro especially dogs, most person who havo read his books will Hgree, even though soma of them may say his dogs nro not true to life "Tho Call of tho Wild" will probably bo lemeni bered long after most of tho versatile author's other stories luivo been foigot ten. II Is. therefore, a matter of no little satisfaction lo Jack London's ad mirers that the latest ot his works, pub. Ilshed posthumously, rhould be unother dog story, "Michael, Brother of Jerry." Is the title. It tell of another "singing" dog, even moro highly nci'onipllfhed In the vocal art than was "Jerry of the Islands " The chief purpose of tho author III writing this blory seems to havo been to prepaie as Mrong an Indictment us possible ngnlns-t tlio performance of trained animals, Ills nttack upon tills form of public entertainment Is scath; Ing, but perhaps u trifle too sweeping to carry conviction. That cruel nnd In-liL.-.ian methods aro oftcntlme used to teach nlilmal those tricks which elicit applause nnd laughter from unthliiklus nudlence nobody will deny, hut that all animal trainers 'rely entirely upon such methods may well be doubted, There Is much of real palhos In "Michael" that will arouse and hold.the attention of any one possessed of affec tion for dogs, Fortunately, It Is a tale with a "pleasant ending," which com pensates f ,r sonic of the grlmness of tho earlier chapters. MtrifAlH.. tmoniKft of JKnrtr By Jack Iindon New York The Maimlllan Com. ran. l ". Instructions for Airmen ijic long series of books about avia tion dealing vvllli the adventurous side of the craft I now being followed by the publication of technical handbooks for tho guidance of those who must man tho new aerial fleets. Lieutenant Albert H. aiunday, of the Itoyal Naval Air Service, has written olio Intended to give to tho'recrult mi elementary knowl edge of the art of (lying and of the woik whli h the airmen must do Tlu-fe UNDER FIRE Flnlrt Herrlrk tn Thr plat, pai. Th book li.ii nil tlione Intimate nlpn of truth that ratrv ImrnlUte ronlrtloti, Uarliuttso kHm tho thing Heir War." UNDER FIRE t.ofdon Obiertcr sa( "Tlio t-u rrem noel of the wr. The rich urlety vt tiie book is lncIacrlbdbtrV UNDER FIRE Th .Katinn faji "The preat&t of th books that oke tho new soul of 1'ranrr ' UNDER FIRE 'thf tJflhnnn nn "The mot ttntable lontrlbutlon to tho enduring literature of humanity. UNDER FIRE Chicago Dailu .Vf 1 pvm: "A piece of literature which posterity will re icl.o hh Immortal.' UNDER FIRE Chicago Dailu Tribune" ni. "The cieateit book of the war that I have re.nl." u v 11 1: it r 1 it r. By Henri Barbusse (Le Feu) $I.S0 h'rl. Postage Extra. All Bookstores E.P.DUTT0N & CO., 681 Fifth AvN. Y. ' ' still he drove on. What was FLYING J i'.aKv . k JttSft'. .,J mf, I tiZmMWWmif- A sai .u iBBwsssssK W. BssssssssssssssssssVaV ,w 1 mm'rrkwK mmmxWWWv -'A VxU,rWM .i xW ' VJH liBBBBBBBBBBBBt S BaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBBnaBBr 1 kWT .... T ..'" -'MTbbssssssssssssssssssF asl --i .''' '--.-!-. , iA-s-.-1'..- m.1.. t.iui - -S?WiP?.taft ' -4 .-ft iitffW itfridmiAl-ri ii i i" ii- 'm NATIONLE! aro chanters on the theorv ... tnarj reading; charts and ni... "rh lowed by other chapters on the conTui! Si tlon and caro of the airshln J alrshlp, ei'hhlnn book is written lu nontechnical 1.. eaucre. and nus-hr In , .. ... '. .'B- gauge, and ought to bo most valuM.E tho men In tho aviation camn. " to Vi Captain N, J. aill, of the Hoy.! Ami. cry, has written a smaller book iiti ess techn cal delnll ,,!.. .. . .. ""4 excellently as an Introduction to t'i"' '' tenant Mttnday's manual, it. . "."" (a the same ground, but covers It u., ,i" t oiichlv. l "V " S oiighly. THF. BYES OF TUB AIlMr A'r ,.. Practical Aviation, lly A itl iim'?. flight llenteimnt. II. ti, Illustii.!i,BB,r. York! Harper & Ilros. Moo r N, THr; I liTISH'D CJUIDr,', An rt. Handbook for Aviators Hv r. !? 0 V, '. -TO J..Ar". " w Yo York: E. f i 'O .U-.U.. M. J, . King Cophetua of Today The somewhat worn theme of . rnu lonalre's son's marriage to one M.' humble emplojes Is resurrected hv r. , Lee Luther In "The II01" Che 'ThVr. are. however, a novel posture of clrcim stances, out-of-the-ordlnary chariwiS' nnd fresh handling. T he trSK..1."?' breezy and the persons InVoh'vJj human and not at all the stock .' of the Bertha M. Clay schoo?. &L' voting hero, son of the nronrl.ii. .!"' national chain of candy stores wits' J IX liviiciiaiii iur oeauiy in Ills SdWrl,!. M marries tho loveliest of the lot JM' 9 the two filially get beneath the hi.l?"r 4 sweet chocolate coating of lfe'.blvL"' iW bons to tho real sweetness Is amS.iS!?' 9 told by Mr. Luther. He Is mi ' ' In disposing of his subsidiary charae.'1 till at the end. The reader vvouij" 1 know w-hHt became of Daddy J0.1H.JU miscniet-inaKing Line!, the .1.1- Z l Stotighton, and the Irrepressible jftu rinn irn.,,1 Initio- In !,. ..' ?","! WOllv. ,'j Bertha M. " cKy' .chool' wTC ' .ft Jl ucioiy ivvraiuuiK or punish ng of .r. til body In the story anordliiiM J "? M her deserts. Ia " Jla TUB HOPf! CHUST Ily Mark Lc. Lull, Uoston: Mttle, Brown t Co ll.M."1"' r'- u Lookup, r i m St. iSiS M iTuCaalcA l5iMrM rvu9 au rveio idiA-lriis SpMnn.tOoA. limts Kx.ro iwouLc KU oV di'jeulbi; litthrOv.lrJruv ie ujiII bnrvj o.-,y tolo,, j fao a usual bubtn. 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