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BVEN3XG- PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,
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?ARJ LETTERS OF
md Genet
I by Grace Ellcry Charming.
Prefatnrtl VW Iii
! r t jt
fvim ay K,napman
Genet, tho jrrcat, prcat.
n of the first French Mln-
Jfor the French Republic to
mtted States, was the first
lean aviator killed flyinc the
and Strines. Barrlv seven-
when the war came. Genet
the United States to enlist in
(Foreign Legion.
i charm in civ bovlsli letters tell
his fifterti months' service! in
S Lesion, and later, after his
iftsfer to the Lafavetto Ebca-
itle, of his life at a fighting
lator at the front, when the let-
are full or such heroic names
tin Chapman, Prince and Lufbery.
?Sl Illustrated II 3n nt
lAlU.ES SCRIBNER'S SONS
m5- -'
Flower and the Ree
M, 'plant Life and Pollination
fl John H. Lav ell
fjh popular exposition suitable
tof amateur garuenets, bee-Kocp-tri
and nature lovers of the sub
ject of pollination. Descriptions
are given of the life histones ot
blc-bec floweis, butterfly
ers. nocturnal lowers, flv
.Wers, etc., and the stiangc ad
ventures of tnetr insert guest.
Tho bec-keeDcr will here learn
where his bees gather nectar, and
the fruit-grower -why, in the ab-
wnce Of honeybees, his trees re-
mam unproductive.
,-A Profusely illustratrtt bv rhfitooraphs
A , taken bv the author. . no rl
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
A novel of which American
? fcrnest Poole's New Novel
MIS SECOND WIFE
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WHAT SHALL THE COUNTRY DO WITH THE RAILROADS?
DANGER OF POLITICAL
CONTROL OF RAILROADS
Advantages of Government Regulation Over Public
Ownership Discussed by Samuel 0. Dunn.
Railway Expert
D
pLTOlt MclWRni; and Owen were
pcra because thcj could not ngree on
.what was to be done with the rail
roads after the war. Owen Is most
blttorlv opposed to gov eminent ownrr-
I ship and Doctor Mel'iibre thinks the
j nocrnmcnt could run the railroads as
well as It runs the postofflco.
"lint It makes a miserable failure of
running the postolllcc," said Owen
"If the men who operate the lallroads
wp-c In charge of the collection and
distribution of mall the would do It
better and make nionej."
The railroads are hlghwajs and
tho nation should control them," the
clcrp31n.cn Insisted
"ou are drawing a dangerous com-pari-on
there. Doctor." aid I "I Know
that It Is customar to liken the high
wa. which are built at public ex
pense and are free to eerj one to the
rulhoads which arc prlvatelv owned
and controlled But the falseness of
the analocv became apparent vrrv
c.irl in railroading Von know that
some of the first railroads weie merelj
rail highway on which am one might
operate his own car It did not take
long to proe that such a plan was not
practicable The trains must be run
on svstcm and on a timetable con
trolled by a central authorltv So the
railroad companies built their own cars
and carried goods and passengers for
literature may well be proud"
life and human svnipathv.
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Walter Weyl'M New Booh
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ideals of ictory, explains our
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HENRY AND ME
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sannra who oancea ncr va to
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Publishers, New York
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a stranger in great teeming
a luoitioici. 1 ucrc were
that mattered, and at all
with uncertainty and peril.
Alone
is iuuiiu mi; ncipuiy nauci auu
London
Author of The Wave, Julius
Blackwood s stories, for It has the
nero s quest ot me air it?aus ine
w - v , -..
g - rfi - rr jit. ail MamMamrea.
v.- m T - .-,..
hire ami the railroads were at once i
differentiated from a public roid. ot
t
per cent onlj of the operating and
maintenance epenscs of a railroad are
consumed In keeping the roadbed In
repair. The remaining 60 per cent Is
consumed In operating tho chicles
that run oer It.
"It would be worth jour while,
Owen, to read what Samuel O. Dunn
sajs about the relations of railroads
to government In his latest book. Mr.
Dunn Is the editor of Rallwaj Age and
Is one of the best-informed men we
hae. Ills book was written after the
Oo eminent took o rr the roads. It
Is a discussion of the railroad legisla
tion of teccnt jeirs. Its failures and
Its successes And jou. Doctor, while
jou might not be convinced that Gov
ernment ownership Is not wise, would
team a gteat deal from the xolumo.
I do not mean to Implv that ou are
not alreadj leii ncrl. hut this book
brings Into a compact form
a vast;
ma's of information which we all
should h.ue Just now when the rail
road Is-,ue is looming large on the'po
llth at hoi Izon."
"I shall be glad to read it ' said
Doctor McTabre, "but I should like to
ee the man who can persuade mo that
government ownership is unwise,"
"Suppose we should sjj Impractica
ble?" said T.
"No, I do not think it Is impractica
ble "
"It is one of the most .nexpcdlent
tilings ever suggested in this tountr,"
Owen exclaimed.
'I think I agree with j on Owen,"
saici i Ann i was conllrmed in my I p0WPr. una they would hawe It. The
Impiesslon b the summai of the pOMPr to make contracts for cxpcnell
praetlcal difficulties In th" wa which ture, amounting to billions annuilb
Mr. Dunn makes in one of his chap. wol,1(1 n gr(,,lt power: and thev
ters. In the first place, he reminds us uolll(i hlUe lt Tile power to determine
that the 'book cost' of the rallwas is whether millions of men should be al
about 1 7,000.000,000. He sa s that '.i0WC(1 t0 keep their jobs would be a
the average annual amount of newjBreat power: and the would have it.
capital Invested in railroad extensions Ti,P power largel to dctcimlne how
for the five ears preceding the millions of men would vote, and there
was more than Ti00 000 000, which Is b i,al men K)10uld hold public onice,
twelve times the maximum annual i WOuld be a great power, and they
amount appropriated for rivers andou),i ilar n And these would be
harbors and about the total appro-, poners which once acouli cd, might be
prialed for such purposes from the be-i transferred fiom one group of political
ginning or the t.ovrrnment Can v oil
, imagine the 'pork' In an annual tail
I road appropriation bill of ."i00 000 000?
I Mr, Dunn also reminds us that the
I railways spend JS30.000 000 a v ear fot
I equipment and supplies. Can't ou
Imagine Congress, f We had govern
j ment ownership, ordering that certain
I supplies should be bought In certain
parts of the country In order to build
up local Industries? And can't ou
imagine' Congress, also, ordering exten
sions ot railroads as It orders new
public buildings, regardless of the needs
of the district? Turther, there are
about L',000 000 railroad emploj es
whose wages and the conditions of
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"Krom beginning tcv end "The
Olory of tlie Trenches' la a happy
booh. It Is happy, not because the
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horror, but because whether or not
lie puts lt Into plain words of literal
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"A Book of Comfort
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THE FATHER
of a SOLDIER
Bv V. .1 DAWSON"
Author of "flobfrt Shenntone etc
Clolfc JlOO net.
Th a bevjk comes from the heart
and goes to it.. It Is the effort cyf a
father who has reached a great
c git to make others realize that
po lesser height is possible,"
.Vetc Vorfc Evening Pott.
) AM BOOKSELLERS
whose labor would bo fixed ultimate!
by politicians. The party which con
trolled this vast body of voters might
control elections. Government owner
ship, urged b some In order to take ,
the railroads out of politics, would Ut.Shp Combines ri Tale of Penn-
an proDnoiiii put mem more uoopi
into politics than they have ever been.
This, at
rale, Is Mr. Du.in's
' opinion.
"Mr. Dunn malcs another point
which dc,eres serious consideration,
lie sajs that Ooernment ownerhlp
rex crses the tendency to differentiate J
j political from economic functions
which has marked the progress of mod
ern civilization and contributed large!
to it."
"Bunkl" cclalmcd Doctor Md'abrc,
with more emphasis than elegance.
"It maj be 'hunk'," I went on. "Hut
you know that feudalism was a com
bination of political and economic rule
, , . ,
and that the doctrine of
'"""
was enunciated as n protest against
meddling by government In the eco
nomic life of the people. That doe-
., ,. mi ...Mb IIIULIII l .1,11 II. I.r I .. I IIIWl
trine wiis ran led loo far, but wc findlfjs imc,,usp nl tho crM, tho ,KiltfU
Its most ardent supporters In Amei lea !
advocating government ownership of
lallroads and telegraphs and tele -
-..... . .
phones. We should not forget that
in; bn-ut uuitiuiniifiK ui luiiiiuni iit'f-jHjiu
dom accompanied Ihe cmsncipatlon of
business from feudal control and the
freeing of the hands of the industrial
forces In older that thev ml'ht nnrl.
out their own salvation, (loverntnent
ownership would pill Into the hands of
the political leaders the management
of clectli ns on the one li..nd and the
control of Industiv on the other, as
Mr. Dunn sajs. lie goes on: 'Thcj
would then exercise a total power in-I
comparably greater than was over c
erclsed by anj bod of men in this
countr They would have the samc
political pofcer of the oidlnary kind
that the leaders of the part dominant
In Government now have The power'
to determine what rates and prices
should be charged b concerns earning
billions of dollais would be a great'
leaders to another, but which could
never be dissolved Into their elements
without abolishing government owner-
shlp ' Now, this strikes me as a pretty
serious arraignment of the plan,"
"I admit I had not thought of it In
that light before," said Doctor Mc-
Tabre.
"Wise ;
tcr than
overnment regulation Is bet-.
i i- i..
government ownership, in
the present state of society," said
(Jov eminent ownership is popular in
certain quarters because of disgust .
with the abuse of piivate manage-1
re.!
ment. ISut government regulation has J
cured moat of those abuses. Now tho
abuses of regulation need to be cured.
The railroads after the war will not
go back to the old conditions. Theic
must be radical changes In the laws
Mr. Dunn has some views about what
the changes should be. One does not
need to agree with his conclusions to s,ork. and the virtual assurance m uni
find his book valuable. It is a tlmelv Ucrsal vlclor.v for "the cause" within a
discussion of a subject about which comparatlvelv short time. Ins provided
the nation should bo better Informed." the immediate iruson for the puhlicition
OrOUGI3 W DOUGLAS. iof 'Your Vote and How lo L'fo Tt" and
I.EOILVTION or BAIWAW. lnelItn. ' T" " Voter's Manual " notl.
k. dlBru&Blon of 5oernmrnt ownership r.f thpsf hooKs aro ilolKnocI not only to
rriHi coernincni i-unmn. i miuuri
O
Piinn
sew York I) Applftur A
I o
II
Major Wood's Experiences
Major Hrlc Ilt.hcr Wood's ".Vole Hook
of an Intelligence OfTlcei ' is a alu-
abl
ble addition to his alreadv well-known
olume. 'The Note Book of an AtUch."
" Ji1".' '"rKJ: "." r:eJrl ' ,
author's recent experience as an intclli-1
gence officer with tho British army.
The writer Drone on ni sccicies at
tho
Beaux Arts ill Tarls to serve tins
American embassy during tlie trst
during the first
months of the war hince then he has i . pntreU aade from its Inform.! I
developed as a writer, a l.een observer ,he "hallot each book Ii of I
alrid a good soldier. He has been con- J , , ,, ,n aeo.iialntiug women I
'lnuou3ly In the thick of great move- Vhht'hr-lr right" citizen-. I
ment". T.p , oiume bv Mrs. Brown bears tlie
With his American birth and conncc- indorsement of the New York I
tlons and his experience In the British Won,Bn Suffrage party, and In- '
armv. he is able to give Americans an,'.. .. .... ,,.. niPa fnr the corren. i
Impression of what constitutes warfare i ' obvious wrongs agilnst
they will get in no other way than by womtn ,n Ncw York "The Woman'
i actual participation. Voter'H itanual" contains a dlgCFt of the i
' In addition to the narration of the,yfw York State election laws that will
manner in which actual fighting Is done undoubtedly prove of special value to
and the impression of the soldier whomanj readers
has been in the midst or it ana wounaeci,
lie also gives authoritative Information'
as to the manner in which soldiers are
transporccu. nuuo.-.. Ui.u .....u . .. (
hook contains a personal study of that
interesting Britisher. Lord Northcllffe, J
based on the author's close personal re.
latlonshlp with tho great journalist '
The account of the British censorship
I also is of unusual Interest Major Wood's
story of the battle in which he was
wounded Is vividly realistic. The book
is entertainingly illustrated with photo
graphic reproductions of scenes along
the battlefront
TIIK VOTKBOOK OV AN IVTP U.IOEVCB
OFFICFtl nj Kric Flhr Wood New
York' Th Century Comwni, II. 73.
7 a Man Die
At a time when so manj are suffering
from the awful harvest which death has
been reaping In the great war, the book
"If a Man Die' wll bring great com-
fort, especially to xnoe mourning tne
loss of sourg men full of vigor and
hopefulness for an active u.eful life. It'
Is the outcome of the personal grief at i l d development In outdoor life
the loss of dear ones of the writer, thai"'""' " '
Itev. Dr, J. D. Jones, of Bournemouth,
(England. His argument for the reality
of the life beyond rests, not upon con
jectures, but upon scriptural truths,
I mainly upon tho Resurrection of Jesus.
After a consideration of man's nature
lie confidently holds that "our dear lads
have not perished. They have only ex
changed time for eternity " One of tho
.great things Christ did for us was to
give us deliverance from the enslaving
pnd paralysing fear of death. The life
to come is something we should long
for "Our broken and Interrupted hap
piness Is prophetic nf a real happiness
to come." The fact that "(Jod l love"
leads to the belief "that at the long last
all men and all things will be restored
In Christ, that everyHwanderer wll) at
length be, found end oery lost son will
ftmlthl.1 wav home." k. , , u
HELEN R. MARTIN
AS A PROPAGANDIST
sylvania Dutch With a Study
of Labor Conditions
Helen U. Martin Ins written a good
old fashioned mcloilriin.i In "Fanatic or
Christian," her latent novel. Its scene
Is laid Jn New Munich, the home of the
Pennsjlvanla Dutch, whom "he has In
troduced to the public. Its hero Is a
joung man whose stepfather abandoned
him and deprived him of his fortune, and
then made a secret will restoring to him
the fortune with lis accumulations If
he ever appeared to claim It. Those who
are cnjojlng the monev when the story
opens are tho widow of tho scoundrel
and his two dan
daughters. Tho eldest
daughter Is a selfish, scheming joung
woman, who plots to get possesion of
all the property bj Influencing her Igno-
r-a1, lltnltlnH tn .. lit It . .-. lino ltflH nlnl
owner. In love with her sister, nescits
his claim and straightens out several
l,omj?,lt'al10"" - r" "l" 1,'"I flllt"1 I
her book with soilological dlstlS"! on re-
' n(r tho iIbMs r thP ,M,rI(lng people
inu ii'iuHi oi int'ir cin inn cth iu
treat them properlv She has a strike i
prevented hy the cinplo.vincnt ot a le-
vlvalltt to distract the attention of the
IICLEN
MAR TIN
workers fiom theii pin -ic.il tiouliles
and turn their minds to leliglon. The
decision to bile the revivalist Is made
bv the selfish sister, who believes that
It will be cheaper to pi him thin to
'give better wages to tno workers In the
family factory.
I There are pagri of Mis Martin's char
acteristic rennsivama nmcn ronvirsa-
tlou which lighten a somewhat somber
and preachy tale. The title suggests
the point of view. Tlieie is no doubt
that the author icgaids the attitude rif
the ung sister and that or tne bero
as gejiulnely Christian and not fanatical
and that the application of the theories
which thev advocate would solve the
."' " nr- ,, ,. M,rtci fIO, what
Mr- "iBPPHl
R.
'Mimm alreadv been tald that the novel It
a sociological tract as well as a melo
drama. Tho-e who rein ror me cxiir
Hlfi 31UI. 111.1 cni, .i. i'vr. " --.e-
ment. and those who are InUresiei! in
propaB,inaa ma skip the stmv and find
food for thought In the niguimut
rANAnc Oil LlimsTlVN" A Slm "f Hit
I'cnlnolcunlH Uutili Hv llrlcn It Marlln
r.ar'ln c'ln PoubWlav !ce . Co
il 40
Aids for Women Voters
Woman's suffrage triumph In New
ncqualnt the noman votir with the
technical machinery of the ballot and Its
use hut also to quicken cfresh her civ In
consciousness, hy providing a clear and
concise account of social conditions una
liws which the authors believe should
be reformed. The wealth of practical
mronn. i.or Sl" PV of aufVi.ntlal
t",,tn; ! majority of men as well
I ac;eito .mmarl.J- th. scope f these
information contained In ine volumes
... Knnira la manlfestlv Impossible The I
.iine nf each lies In the fact that It Is
., irthook. not merely a prop
I" ', ,-,,. a.,i t, ,
...!.. vnri, lnli iq nriornerl riv an
. , . Mr Carrie Chapman!
TO,,u otb ANn HOW TO t'.sn IT ny
Mrn Itasnmnd Hrown Ne Tori., llurrcr
I ("' 7V VOTr:n.p MAN, AI,
nv f
New
v t'nmiju onH Mfir lorli MlUil
Tork Thf Ccntun Compuin Jl
Information for Campers
Man of die disappointments and mis.
takes that are commonly deemed In
evitable In the amateur camper's e
perlenee may be. avoided by utilizing
the knowledge which the veteran has
laboriously acculred. Such knowledge
is provided in palatable and beguiling
form In a ccasonable book hy the editor
of Field and Stream. The book Ir
partly nandBook, partly personal narra
tive, presenting a wealth of useful ln-
formation ;n the author's chatty and In
. inrmai np.,itint of the adventures of
i nnlf,if and his friends. Ho covers every i
pms0 ,f thc MJt,ject. discussing outfit I
and m.thod for "de luxe" ramping. .
lnt(,r and automobile camping, horse-.
b . hoatinr and mountain adventures
To apply the suggestions embodied In
the book Is to enjoy a substantial, all-
civipin otTT ny
Warren H
Vllller.
Jrofusly lllutrll.
II lorn Company.
New Tork,
II SO.
Qeorca j
Spiritual Realities
It is a brief but stimulating little
essay that Doctor Matter, rcctgr of I
Grare Church. New York, haa written,
under the title 'The Holy Communion."
His purpose Is to Imbue the yoinmuni-'
cant with a deeper, personal sense of,
Christ's presence hy emphasizing the
close and Intimate relationship between
the phjslcal and the spiritual 1 Iniploy
Ing tlie atomic law as the basis of IiIh .
-. II-.I.M 1.. ..a lsu ,,. -1m.., 41.. 41.A ,.. n '
are virtually identical. Hence his con
clusion, "the only happy way to live, Is
to have God's character, through
hrlst fused -nltli ours,'
MISS DEWS DRAM A OF
ELEMENTAL NATURES
'Greallipart" Is Moved by
Powerful Dynamos of
iwmantu: rassion
1 thel M Dell's gifts as a story teller
are levcaled nt their very best In
'(reatlitart ' The novel has great
emotional force, roinblnlng In greater
degree than an of lis prcllecesors tho
quilltles which bavo undo her stories
enormoufly popular Strong, unsterful
rlminctera such as Miss Uell delights
in drawing are tare in nresent-dav lie
tlou The) are reall.v eleinenlal tjpes,
placed In a modem "-citing, and It Is
doubtless because of this that their foi
times appeal so powerfully to tho most
primal emotions of the reader
The liaracters in "Urentheart" arc
presented with bold, virile strokes,
frankly devoid of siibllet. They aic
vei liable cJ;nunos of romantic passion,
and In the drama beie woiked out the
veneer of iinivenilonal clvlllitlon Is
frenucnth peillonxlv thin, "Greathearf
Is an j;nglsim in whose unbllltv ot soul
shines In striking outlast to the plnsl
Cll ,rutnlitv mid oveiwhelmliie rcmi.in
0r i,, titled anil hiindoiiici brother Sir
i:utncc lirrathcuf rets himself res-
oluttlv to save an inicnnliMli ill il vnimtr
Sri flom the ,""l"i"l?lnB sir ulZl
nnfi hIo to c a n for their sister v bov
bealth and inlml have become KerlmwU
deranged from blooding over the tiaglo
drntli of bet ndci-eil husband. Tin- hero
pits IiIh iilct but reroluto rtrcnglh or
character against Hie bull lug vva.vs of
Ills masterful hmthci until his liltiuiph
Is complete mill a loinmtlc lomluslou
rinhientlv siuMm torv u the mmiIci'h
, s.vnipatliles is re.u lied
The Ititnis.- Invi'-in.iMiig of the titled
i"iavc man' Is clironlchd b Mis Dell
without a slnei of lettrvi 'I lie em
ph.isls or inelodtanvi Is frev Invoked,
I both In portraiture and In Incident, but
clesptto t lie roughness bc readers at
tention is riveted bv the author's un
deniable power to keep tho emotional in
terest at fever beat The M-cims, of the
story are lild in Switzerland null Hue.
kliiid and the dcsetlntloiis oMbe foimer
are excellent while tho author makes
Ihe moiinnins ii0 (.ettlng of an Incident I
of much dr.innlic significance I
r,ni:,vTin vnr i i:u,ri ji
Vorlt II I' I'lilniniH shiib
J I Vi
Over There and Bach
I Over llien mil Mack a vivid pen
plrluie of life (t tbe fiont. In a eoldler
I who has served in tluee uuifoinis should
eanv ,i pirticulir appeil tn I'hll idel
phlans b. i,iue Its author was born In
I thl't rllv lie is Lieutenant Joseph
Smith, at present serving with the arniv
of the I'nitcd Slates
I I.lelitcnint Slultlt first enllste,) u nil
with the '1 went -ninth A uiicnuvei'
Rattntlon In I'an.cd.r, and went in
Plain c. lie scivcil Willi tbe Ciindi.ins
received a comnils-hioii In the Hrltlsb
armv -1111 was attached lo Ihe Itoval
Suits lie was at the flout with his icgl
ment until August. I!il7. when be ie
signed his commission, i itne home and
put on Ihe uuifniin of Ids own couutrc
During his three mis ef lighting lie
went through everv big battle on the
Ilrltlsh einl of the western front. In
cluding St i:ioi, the S'omnie, the Am.ro
and Arras
There Is no plcisc of flgbtlng tint is
mil de ill with In Lieutenant Smith's
book Tbe aiccunt of the "zero hour."
which is whin the men go over the lop,
Is more thin vivid The ai count of the.
ami s first cxpnience with Oennan
g is also lf Riaphlc Tbe book Is well
Illustrated
ov 1:11 iiii.ni. n nrk m lieutenant
losn.lt s stnlih .e Vork. K V Dut
Inn S. l 11 SI .Ml
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