WW. S7 i !, u ' ,PJ: .V y m-,1. irT'B ll ... r x r ,' 'Til -t , ',' ' LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1918 ,. flf.'av.,' t. i m - 1 . .. . - . .... ... . . . ji jAy i ; v trara i??ff- T T" W H- 14 m l- V Zi 1. rx S, CONAN DOYLE'S OF FAITH IN SPIRITUALISM "He Has Written a Book That Will Persuade No Oivc Not Already Convinced Experiments of an Engi neer With Levitation T SBK that Conan Doyle lias gone over to the spiritualists, body and Tireeches," narked Doctor McFabre. "Jtseems to me a remnrknble con- n.Veralon," said Owen. "Doyle was edu- eated as a physician and very few physicians believe In ghosts. Many of them are materlallstmwlth no belief tin a life after death." "That Is what Doyle says lie was," aid 1. "He has written a book that he calls 'The New Revelation.' In "which ho explains his change of opinion. It will be welcomed with enthusiasm T y a" 'he students of psychical ques- " tlons who hive already accepted the theory that the dead can communicate ""Wrlth the living." i "How about the rest of us?" Owen 'asked. "For my part," said I, "I find the book the most unconvincing discussion Of the subject that T ever read. My mind Is open. I believe In life after .death. I would not attend Doctor McFabre's church If t didn't. Hut I have yet to come across any satisfac tory evidence that the dead do com Bniunlcate with tho living." "Does not Sir Oliver Lodge say that his son Raymond communicated with t him after death?" came from the clergyman. "Yes, ho says so, but T have seen the evidence which he offers in proof oflt analyzed and pronounced falla cious," said I, "Now, the curious fact about this whole subject is that tho spiritualists say that no 'demonstra tion' of the ability of spirits to com municate with the living can be given to those who do not believe. "Conan Doyle, himself, hays it frankly and he cites the New Testa ment to prove that there Is scrip- Tke First Shot for Liberty A By Corporal Osborne dc Varila Above all an Atnertrnn hook by on American rWtmrnl H Varlln. thn red-SMilrrt HI Irlsh-Amerlcnn who flrl the FIRST IIOT FUR AMKWCA In tne vvoria War com from a heroic family that participated In all oir wars from tho Revolution down. Ilia book la a human document of a lad who left a preparatory sihoni to b among the flrat to serve his rounlry and has done bo With many thrill" and with frequent Hashes nf humor, ho tells the story from the time of his enlistment In PERSHINO'B ARMY to his going HUoara snip; ot me i'hswio buub. with Its aanKers; tne ier hrlnitlns recrptlon by the Krenrh people. life In the trenches and daring- deeds, nf our boys on the flrlna line; the exoerlence of be ing Kassed and life In the hospitals. It Is the ex perience that others of our noj s may expeci iu iiuu. rtntli. Illustrated. 282 pates. Trlre St. 211 net. At all booksellers. the joiin r. WINSTON CO. Puhllaliera I'lilUdeliiUl.i H K i P t: i! it i! I -JVO! JVO! In ! at f v. I QHE had never even seen !flP a USaVSBS&SBBBBa iioIHBbIb t. mHbKHex ki tBK?tJwI 31 -- to know her. What was she to dor I his man, so r horrible, was the only one in all that land who seemed .5f to want to help her but at such a price. What was SiiKe to do this shy little American cirl? Read what v?-,gf she did in ilk - M. . . . . :: The UNPAKIH1NAKLK MN 7, -a -. -. ri By RUPERT HUGHES a talc of the most genius needs no proof. There Si This dramatic phase of the Great 1 i, War the brutality of a vie- 7.V sf JJ. torious soldiery toward the r "women in a conquered country S V iloU5 suiuicry towara inc f f "women in a conquered country 'Si -but it is something bigger L$till it is the epic of an Ameri- -JK" -i l- 1 : r- ,l I.- y can gin s ucruism ior inc sake ifofvthose she loved it is the v-f. tale of how one little American WAii gid outwitted the whole Ger- sjj'' roan nsmy it is a great, anu "?Lpowerful story. J., If there were any need that '5, tf the genius of Rupert Huches lYgrthpuld be proved this story ,'f2 wouia prove it. But that tsr 1 ' Illustrated by James $1.50 , HARPER & BROTHERS , EtbH.hJ 1817 few York DEALING WITH CONFESSION tural authority for it; He speaks of the failure of Jesus to do many won ders in one placo or another because the people there had no faith, and he stiggests that Jesus was H 'medium.' " "Blasphemous!" exclaimed Doctor McFabre. "He goes farther than that," I went on. "He suggests that when a group of the disciples saw Jesus after his death and some of tho ancient proph ets It was merely a spiritualistic ma terialization brought about through the medlumshlp of one of the dis ciples. Conan Doyle's object Is com mendable. He wants to comfort tho fathers and mothers of the men killed I in war and assure them that their sons are enjoying a conscious exist ence In agreeable surroundings. He tells us that we shall have to change all of -our theology and all of our previous conceptions of the future life, but that the gain will more than off set the loss, because, the new religion, based on spiritualistic revelation, will be true, while the old religion Is false. Doyle hns accepted the whole spir itualistic theory and believes In th genuineness of the manifestations, be ginning with those that appeared at the seances of tho Fox sisters In Rochester, N. Y., which started mod ern spiritualism. He also accepts Daniel D. Home as a successful sum moner of spirits of the dead. You know Home is tho man about whom Brown ing wrote hlh scathing poem, 'Smudge the Medium.' He takes Sir Oliver Lodge's word for the genuineness of his communications with his son Ray mond. His book is merely the con fession of a convert. ' "If you are interested in scientific Investigation Into the physics of spir itualism you will find it worth while to read "The Reality of Psychic Phe nomena,' by V. .1. Crawford, lecturer on mechanical engineering In the Mu nicipal Technical Institute of Belfast. Professor Crawford, who accepts spir itualism, spent two years conducting a series of experiments into the phys ics of table lifting. He had a medium who, with the assistance of members of her 'family sitting In a circle, could, according to Professor Crawford, per form remarkable feats of levitation. He found that when the table was lifted the muscles nf the arms nnd legs of the medium were tense. There upon he set out to measure the amount of force she exerted. In one expeii ment be put the medium on some platform scales, nfter weighing her and weighing tho table she was to lift. The table was two or three feet from her knees. Ho found that when the table was held In the air with no visible means of support the weight IACOBS 1628 UPOR CHESTNU BOOKS STREET CHESTNUT I STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING un Mr at jtcon" JVO!" him before yet lie seemed . .a. . M.. . m . m a-r- are other writers who have a brilliant style there are other writers who have a big power- ful story to tell there are other writers who know how to tell a story But rare in deed is the man who combines all three as- Rupert Hughes has done once more. Get it today at your book seller's. You have read much fiction about the men in 'this war. Now read this romance based on truth--of the glori ous deeds of an American girl. Montgomery Flagg. COMMUNICATION WITH V " ' . v r - ' , I i-r-i-T I f"M"illP' L 3X "CwQgr"" 'Ktz ppa- SIR ARTHUR of the medium was increased on tho scales by the weight of the table. Ills experiments Into the means tihcd for lifting the table convinced him that a cantilever of palpable, psychic forco extended from tho body of the medium to the table nnd that this lever did the lifting. The table was connected by the lever with the body of the medium and accordingly Increased her weight when it was suspended in the air. Professor Crawford confesses that on more than one occasion lie touched the lever with his hand. It was not solid, for he could pass his hand through It, but it felt clammy and 'reptilian.' He says that when one lias once felt this emanatioji from a medium he can never mistake It for anything Pise. In order to find out what the lever looked like he asked the 'spirits' that manipu lated it to stick the end of It In a saucer of soft putty. They compiled and he found It made an impression something like that which would have I been made by the ball of a foot. He admits that the spirits do not work well in the light nnd when he wanted to take a flashlight photograph of the psychic cantilever the spirits would not cqnsent." "Do you believe all that-.'" asked Owen. "I hope you will not press me for an answer." I replied. "If it Is not true, Professor Crawford is a liar or has hallucinations, or the medium and her family are conscious or uncon scious Impostors. You might think, Owen, that the book Ithelf provides evidence enough for forming nn opin ion on these matters, but I am not a lawyer and I want to be charitable." "Well, I don't believe It," Owen de clared with some emphasis. "Then you would not believe the stories told by J. Arthur Hill In 'Man is a Spirit.' It is a collection of cases of dream, vision and ecstasv. Mr. Hill's earlier book, 'Psychical Inves tigatlons,' Is one of those which was Influential in converting Conan Doyle. The cases which he reports lack the necessary verification required by the. Society for Psjchical Research. Per haps they are more interesting on that account. There Is one splendid ghost story in the lot. The ghost is nn oflicer killed In France, who appeared a number of times to a woman with whom he had u friendship before lie died. When he first appeared lie was haggard and wore a soiled uniform, but In later visits be was dressed in a new uniform, his boots weie pol ished, the lines had disappeared from his face and lie looked several years younger than when he was killed. When another woman beside the one to whom he. had appeared saw him lie stopped coming. Now this is the kind of evidence that convinces those willing to be convinced that the dead do communicate with the living." "It would not be ncceptcd In court," said Owen. "No, and I do not think any one would accept It who was not con vinced of its truth in advance. Camllle Marbo, the wife of a distinguished Frenchman, has put one phase of the spiritualists' theories to what seems to me a very proper use. You know they say that men' have died and left their bodies and returned to them again. Madame Marbo has used a variation of this Interesting theory as the motive of aromaritle novel, "The Man Who Survived.' She has two French ofllcers, friends, killed with the Bame bullet. Some time later one of the officers returns to consciousness In a hospital, reads his wife's letters with delight and longs for the time when she may visit him. One day he looks In a mirror and discovers that it Is not he at all, but his friend whom he sees. Then he learns that he Is In the hospital under tho name of his friend and he remembers that when he went Into battle be had asked his friend to take care of his wife's letters In case anything happened to Jilm. Ills friend was to remain behind, but he disobeyed orders and went along. He learned that his body has been buried and that IiIb wife was mourn. Ing him. Wo must assume that when the two men died the body of one of them revived, with the nplrU of the CONAN DOYLK visits thp frlenri nf her liililmtul It, tli i.i.i .i i., .i, ,.e ,i i.J "U1 ' " '"""-- "' """- --"lllfe that Marlon Hill piesents In "The falls in love with hi in and marries , Toll of the Road." Allthcnuatlileith.it him. IJut her real husband, living In the body of his friend, Is continually . .- - ,, , . , . , ., ., jealous of the body which his wife loves without knowing that the spirit In It is the sphlt of the husband whom she thought was dead. The story ends , i ., . . . .ii i . """'it , mill llir II 111 Iltl K I'l XIIIJ III tragically, 'i e. I think It is very , duccM hrr to cmhark llmn n Btaco carfer suitable to write fantastic romance ! makes her small-town lover stem hope around the mysteries that we do not I lessly dull and uninteresting In contract understand " ' Tl,c s,ol'y traeds the inaldlous Influ- ... j ' at i , ,.., ,. ! e"re which the stage eterts on Oert Madame Mat bo has doubtless writ- IIan inverting accepted moral standards ten a very Interesting story." said Owen, "Rut I think It is fatally de- ' "Rut I think It is fatally de- ' fectlvc as ou describe It. lldgar Fnvvcett some yours ago wrote a novel I about tho transfer of personalities j ... .. . from ono bod.v to another. A man desperately in love with the wife ,,f i ul his friend succeeded a mysterious cncnucai jirocess in ir.insierring ins , personality from his own liodv to that' of his friend nnd his friend's per-! sonality to Ills body, hut his body bad to die to have the thing succeed. Their, be wont to his friend's house and greeted his 'wife.' She discovered in-1 btantiy mat vvlille inc Doay was the body of her husband tho man inside of it was some one else And this story ends tiaglcally also." "If sucli a thing could happen," said I, "I think Fawcett's story Is nearer , to the wa.v it would be." GKORGK W. DOUGI.AS. TUB NBW ltUVEI.ATION T Sir Arthur t'onan I)ole New- York liturKe H Dorun Cnnipuny SI THK RKAI.ITV OP I'SVCIIIC PHKNOMHNA Hy VV, J. I'ranfprri, I J S( New York K. V Dutton t l'o J.' MAN IS A SIMUIT Hj J Arthur Mill. New York Uuorff'j H Poran Company. J1.50 Tltn MAN Will) SITtVIVIIIJ Hv Camllle .VUrbo N'iw Yorlt Mnrper A llros $1 35 The Scandinavians To the already numerous list of vol umes in th" des-ervedly popular "Story of the Nations" series Is now added "Denmark and Sweden." The volume, which also Includes Iceland and Finland, Is by Jon Stefansson, lecturer In Ice landic at King's College, Ixindon. Vis count Bryce lias provided an interesting preface In which he points out that of all the Kuropean countries the, Scandi navians are nearest to the Anglo-Saxons In blood kinship and ideas. From the beginning of their history, in the ninth century, the Scandinavian countries have matei tally affected the course of Kinopean affairs. Tho hardy nnd adventurous Vikings fared far afield, and it is primarily to their early influence thai Kngland today owes her prestige on tho seven seas. Their cru saders and leaders found their way to both France and Russia, in each case lending their sturdy Norse strength to great constructive tasks. Not only is the physical hardihood of the Scandi navians renowned; their contribution to the intellectual life and development of F.urope has been enormous, and Iceland, particularly, was a pioneer In democratic government. The story of the Scandinavians Is told by Doctor Stefansson in fascinating style. Kxccss of detail is avoided, en hancing the-avowedly opular character of the series, but the notable events are covered adequately and accurately. Kn Icrtalnment and Information are ideally bfended, making the book au admirable history for younger readers. DENMARK AND HVAEDKN. Hy John Stef ansson. With map and Illustrations. New York: CI. P. Putnam's Huns. Socializing Religion Ethical and spiritual values have been more deeply shaken during the last four years than during the four preceding centuries. .The vvar has vitally altered the aspect of religion and Its function In the present-day world, and in the opinion of Eugene W. Lyman, professor of the philosophy of religion at Union Theological Seminary, the need of the hour Is to accept Go,d as an active, help, fulforce, ' In "The Experience of God In Modern Life" Doctor Lyman deals with the sub ject In relation to the development of personality, social progress and cosmic evolution. Without denying the attri butes of omnipotence or Infinity, his In terpretation of God as a spiritual force In the lives of men is essentially rational. Istlc. and so appeals strongly to the ma. Joritjv His views are set forth hoiustly and vigorously; he protests against any "nioratorlum, for theological and reli gious thinking during the period of the war." Society has thoroughly discred ited "the old empirical medicine by which we used to poultice the social order." It Is the mission of religion to promote social health through the new spiritual antisepsis and hygiene. The very simplicity and reasonableness with which Doctor Lyman presents his plea for co-operative social Intelligence In sure of It sympathetic attention. THE EXpfejUENfcEH or OOP' IN MODRBN THE DEAD THE HAFriUST TIME OF THEIR LIVES ,.,, Mrs. Miller 7 has Character. izcs the Wooing Period of TWO Yotinc Peonle 'the Herman empire." 110 children lmld Allce Ducr Miller Is nnt or those- who Ing a picnic near nerlln one day In Au achieve burlesque only when they under-i gust. 13U. were driven to their homes take to put the socially elect of Man- by the Herman police Tills Is acenrd battan within the pages of n novel Her Ing to Andre Aretiscn, Russian singer characters of the "smart et" Hip, move The real reason hack nf the breaking up and talk lth a convincing nlr of reality, of the picnic, Mr. Areiifen said, nas that and their affairs possess the unfailing the children were members of families Interest that Inheres In genuine human I which had left the Herman Lutheran drama. Her new story, "Tho Hspplest Church and had established a reform Time of Their I.lxcs," Is her most am-rhurch. contrary to the dictates of the Mtloun pleco of llrtlon It tells nf the I Kaiser vicissitudes that attend the romnnce of Mr Aretien was held n nrlanner In a patrician, sheltered girl and a sturdy i youth of the business world, wlme ante- cedents and station are leed nkance by the relatives of the girl. Clenla humor, deft charaPlerlwatlou, lacy dialogue and penetrating ohera tlons about numerous social Inconsis tencies lend rlchnehs and arlet) to the development of the plot The mother of the girl Is astly concerned with the social eligibility of oung Wnjue of i whom little Mathlldc Severance has be- stowed her girlish affection. It nir- ' prises her to learn that tho jouth's ery capable mother Is equally tomerned about the effect a girl accuitotneil to luxury may have upon her on and Ills I career. The adjustment and reconcllla- ,lnM nf I.J.a ..111., nlaM.nnta ..WnJ.. !. . iivii jl x ni .-n; n.itii uitiiivuil. nil'HUI. lilt author an opportunity to Introduce I varied incidental cplhodes of unu'ual In terest, such as the ward "bos," Martv wllllnc marrlnire of a slum -rft 1 and the i ,. " .i" '-..7i.. ..,. iefivun im n .ill. J j.iri nuunui,. wi . , Wayne. j "The Happiest Time of Their I.Ives" Is a delightful tale of oung love that Is I very much more than a romance It has the whole modern, urban panorama as Its background: Its presentation is en gagingly human, and Mrs. Mlllrr never loses her sound, sane sense of propor tion and Value. , Tim HArpinsT timi: or Tiimn i.ivf.p Hv Alice Duer Miller New York The t'entury Company. II 10 Stage Life It I" not a pleasant plctuie of st!H-e 'give to youth Its freshness1 and to girl-' !100'1 lts charm "",kp " ,h" to" that Is I here Implacably exacted from a small- tmvn R,rl who H1Iccunln, tn the footllBnt fever. The Bohemlanlsm of the life. ' contrasting sharply with the prim, drab , u'e , "h", "ilH "'" enrhsnts and, rlllTvllil lini lirirl tl-. la,a,n -.ma .. I I -. In an atmosphere of easy fnnilllarlty. i nrm ''reeding contempt for conventional "respectability The process of char acter disintegration Is t-rarlMnl I,,.. !' s one the less thorough. On even-1 hand "Gert" sees the personal tragedies a, 111 Hmnoat U I .. I..I ll. I . - . -"...!.-...,- niii-iii.-iiit-'. umi come to her fellow- plavers. T7..4 ...I ,. . I . . ..i,7..-. uu neii isne niusl , HpeMo nf ftio ii.l V.,.,.. .1.- , , . i . ,,,, unnn-ii i in- f H nvinciai i and intrant buT sincere 'VouVh who I "" "-r anti tne suave, conscience-1 m"Br. she shows how- completely aXr" " "ndertnlned her char- i 1 lie slnry Is rather nrtlessK t-nittA.. but that, perhaps, is because Gerf'' ! te"R " herself. Iu spite of a certain ! il,,hw'"'dness of expression, the reader! i m un iii-uuiitui iinpressiou or the ehnr-I I ncters about her. and the somher si-. ' ' nlflcanco of the story Is most striklnelv I apparent In retlospect THK Till I (IF tiii.- riri.t-. Hill. New- TorU D Appl-lon t Co ' T Hri Youth Finds Adventu re New lork is seen through the fresh eves of vouth in i:iMheth Jordan's novel. "The Wings of Vouth" And since we proverbially And that for which we look, the big tltv proves to he a region of romance and adventure for Lawrence and Barbara Devon. Tile re alities of life In New York, its rutbless ness and heedlessness. Its bitterness and searing materialism, are obligingly Ironed out of Miss Jordan's fictional picture, that no unpleasant colors inav linger In the reader's memorv The two voung people whom Miss Jnr dan presents have a delightful, aristo cratic home In their own town, hut their enforced inactivity chafes them I they become discontented for very lack of something to do So the girl prp poses that they try their luck in New York, and the story tells of their va ried struggles and eventual success and happiness. Laurie discovers that he has latont ability as a playwright, and his experiences with folk of the stage are interestingly described. Barbara meets persons of widely dissimilar types, and her adventures range from long and te. dinus work addressing envelopes, where she comes to know the P'jlshevlk stratum of New York life, to the love " a man well worth while 'The Wings of Youth" Is written in the same sprightly manner that won manyrcaders for the author's stories of schoolgirk life. Us view of life is optimistic and its characters and their concerns are always wholesome THR WINOP OF TOt'TH By Klliabfth Jorrlnn New York Harper Bros II 40 A Boy Farmer's Success Even the thrilling Joys of the circus are dwarfed beside the fun of farm life as depleted for youthful readers In Lewis Edwin Theiss's "A Champion of the Foothills." For there Ib far more adventure than work for the boy hero of the tale, and the marvelous success that rewaros nun is caicuiaitr.i (u oc. reason f0r wishing to return, the "back to the land" movement among in response to his request that an op the vouths of the nation to the propor-1 portunlty be gJLveu for him to return to lions' of a tidal wave. Ned Hlggins not France and "iThlsh off the Bcrap." Lieu , i !, -vitoment nf a lifetime tenant Skldmore has been summoned only enjoys e eltenient or a l retime trenches by the British army In hunting and fishing, but also w ns the , coll1nmnd lespect of his neighbors and rehabilitates Lieutenant Skldmore will leave here au old farm In a lasnion mat vie wm the wonders of tame, ine story biwuiu appeal to the imagination of every potential boy farmer. A CHAMPION OP THE TOOTH ILLS By Lewis Kdwln Thflss Oarnn City Double day, rage Co. tl '- A Patriotic Warning America Is still asleep, or at least lethargic, in the face of many German perils which threaten ner, in the opinion of William T Hornaday In vitrolic language that fairly slzrles with wrath and scorn he verbally burns to a cinder those whom ho considers indifferent to these perils in "Awake! America." His rallying cry Is virtually: No quarter, military, economic or spiritual to any thing or anybody German, now; or after the war. The author claims the distinction of being the first to warn America against unpreparedness. His present task Is to warn against German influence and acti vities mow, and against commercial in tercourse with Germany after the war. The book Is not limited entirely to denunciation of Germans. The author finds time for discussion of "socialistic snakes" nder the nead of "The Anarchist Fetish Called 'Free Speech'," "The Horrible Cheapening of Citizen ship," dealing with giving aliens the. ballot, ,and "Tho Abuse of Personal Utxrty. MENACE TO GERMAN EMJPIRE SEEN TN CHILDREN'S P1CNTC - .Berlin Polite Also Disperse Religious Gathering al Clergy- man's Home as Peril to National Safety, g y., Russian g. "DECAI'SC the were considered , -Li "menaces to the Kifety nnd peace of I Herman' foi a rear At the beginning f the uar he waa Interned as au alien enemy He had permission, however, to go where he wanted at nnv time nro- vld'ng he made detailed reports to the pollee of his every movement , During one of his trips awav 'from the Internment camp he saw the picnic In cident As another Instance of kultur Mr Arenspn ealrl tbuf nnn nlsl.l t. -n... ' a religious gathering in a clergyman's home dlipeised on tho ground that the nsserrbUge was ;i danger to the em pire The meeting was broken up for the same reason the picnic was stopped While walking iu Berlin one day Mr Arenen said he was attacked bv it fterman singer Mr. Arensen brought ...t. . .. --.-... .i1'??'""' "p ,'Pna." '" '" w'" , apologize to Mr Arensen The rirrnun I lefused and appealed to a higher court. I" ,hp. "',.nr cour'' ih J"dKf declared lron' "ic I'cncn ion (meaning the fierman) did right That Is the spirit of Prussia, to slum to all enemies of the Prussian rule nothing but the Iron fist. Had T been In your place. I, too, would have ex hibited the Iron fist and did as you acted " Mr. Arenscu then was assessed the costs of the case. For the next few months he was con tinually watched and his trips were viewed by many agents of the flennan polite who compared his reports with their own At the end of a year, Mr. Ai ensen w as advised by a Cennan singer who wanted to see the llussUn obtain his liberty to appeal to the kaiser for a pass out of tierinany STRIKING PATRIOTIC SACRIFICE FOR COUNTRY BY IRISH MOTHER "I've Done Nothing," Says Mrc. Bridget Keiiney, Who Gives Three Sons and Two Sons-in-Law to Servire, ' and Adopts Their Families 1TIK BrtlDC.IIT KlIXXHT, 2414 1T1 Waverly street, savs she has done nothing wotthy if passing notice, nor more than Is the duty of all mothers. In giving three fons. and two sons-in-law to the service of their country and In adopting their families while tlie.v are gone glvhig" shehor"a,,d VnoTlo ,TtZm All ale children and wives of lier sons who are with the (olors. Five children of the men who have gone tn whip the i rv.-user are eaiing at ner lame. line .vounsr mother and three children am shew t'd across the ticet, for tne small t'.at ',aM "ol 'Pace enough for all to sleep, Wlt'i her allotment from the Govern- meni ano inc neip ine v ounger war mothers will add Mrs. Kenney Is fighting the wolf from the door. Is watching cheer- fully for the postman's whistle twice a naJ ana ,s cioseiy scanning i lie casuany lists lest bad news escape her ce I "My boy Dan was my sole support," . I she said "He wanted to enlist, but for 1 a long while he wouldn't because he lelt I needed him. I found he wanted to fsu, nn I told him I could manage without him. lie arrived safelyv In France a month ago Beyond that I don't Knov, lut if anything was the matter I believe the Gov eminent would let me knuw 'Of course, I work sometimes That's what mothers arc for, but I trust in God " A flag studded with four stars floats from an upper w Indow of the small Kinnev d.it The soldiers in the service from that house are within draft age But all volunteered Daniel Kenney was in ''lass 4, but when his mother agreed with him that it was his duty he offered himself to his country and Is now with tho engineers. Late In May Kdward Kenney, another son, enlisted. His young wife and their child became inmates of the Kenney lionie when the mother suggested that it could be made to accommodate more The wee daughter of IMwnrd Kenney is Just able to Hip "daddy's gone to war," but she sajs It with a pride that is apparently heredltaiy. for her hand some young mother said she also ad vised her husband to answer the call He is encamped In Indiana awaiting the Government's call to go abroad. When John McCullom nnd IMward Lane, both sons-in-law, felt the stir of HASTENS BACK TO TRENCHES Lieut. Skitlniore, Wounded at Start, Kager to See War's End "I vi as in at the start and I don't want to miss the finish," Wounded at the battle of Vpres in 1P15, confined to a hospital for several months then discharged as unfit for further service, only to re-enllst In Canada and go back to the trenches, where he was gassed and burled by an exploding German shell. Lieutenant W P J. Skldmore, stationed at the British Canadian recruiting mission. Sixteenth iind Chestnut streets, is going back for , i))orp am, (0,Hy ,je t,JUH explanetl hs jionday tor Canada, from where he will go overseas. During nis stay In this city Lieutenant Skldmore lias given inanv sthring descriptions of life In the trenches and has been a prominent figure. In many Ited Cross entertainments and benefits. TENT SERVICES SUCCESS Inasmuch Mission tn Conduct Meeting All Summer at Sixlielli ami Locust The success of the Inasmuch Mission tent at Sixtieth and Locust streets since Its opening a week ago haB been remark able, and It Is planned to conduct meet ings' every evening except Monday all summer. There has been an average at tendance of one thousand. One of the features of the programs is the music, under the direction of Watkin Davis, the converted actor To. morrow night the topic for George Long's address will be "Saved by Science." The campaign of the Inas much Mission is being assisted by West I hlladelphia churcheB arid letters of ap preclatlon have been received from many residents of the neighborhood. Car Traps Three on Undue Wilmington, Pel., July 6. Trapped on the trestle bridge across lied Clay Creek, near Brandyvvlne Springs Park, late es terday by a crowded trolley car, Sam. uel B Medkeff and his fourteen-year-old daughter. Mary were knocked from the structure Into the creek, a distance of twenty feet, Allen, a small son of 2 .v" -vw ;, ,H I i ' M I HIXU YKH IN l.FRMWY Andre rcn-cn, a rtuian Miiger, tells of tvrdtinv of Berlin polirc Mr Arensen made the appeal The Kaiser granted the renuert and Mr Aiensen went to .Switzerland, from which country he came tn America Mr Arensen has brought suit here against Harry Davis, Pittsburgh the atrical manager, alleging breach of con tract, when the recent opera festival vi as held In Philadelphia under Mr. Davis's direction The singer, through his attorney, Daniel O'C'onnell, asks for $700, which he savs Is due him for time the niannger cancelled before the ex piration of the contract. patriotism urging them to enlist. Mrs. Kenney said- "Go ahead Don't stand b.uk on account of the wives and chil dren I' take care of them some way" A. id she Is doing II McCiillom is ill the engineers So Is Lane. There Is another Kcnnev son of the age of the best fighting forces 'of the army. Will he May out while his hrothers fight In his stead? Not he' There Is a small daughter seven da.vs old at his house. When the little one Is large enough anil the mother feels safe and strong, .hums W. Kenney ex pects to enl'st. Mrs. Kenney is already going through thoso marvelous calcula tions that enable a housekeeper to pro vide for one nr two more Her Ingenuity Is apparently not taxed, for she cheei- ful'v sajs "Why. I will make room .somehow of course M son's wife and two babies " i"nn- nnc mm e u n aiong. " " another hoy just fifteen." she added "He Is making $6 a week and hn helps He's doing h's bit. too. I tell nlm. for hu Is hujlng a Liberty Bond at $1 a week But he wants tn go t owar. and says he only hopes it will last until he Is old enough to go "No. I m not doing anj thing." said Mrs Kenney. "Other women have money to give They are giving that M.v boys have ttitlr lives to offer. They will give them without complaining If necessar.v. I'm only doing on a little Itss and work ing a little harder Surelv ever.v woman ought willingly to dn that. "I'm Irish and proud of It Bom in Ireland and mv name Is Bridget I ve worked hard all m.v life and It hasn't hurt me vet If It helps m.v mutiny for me to work harder now so that five more men are added to the arms it will Just make me happier in m old age So why shouldn't I"" riioToruws The Stanley Booking Corporation THE following theatres obtain their pictures through the STANLEY Booking' Corporation, which la a guarantee of early showing of the finest produc tions AU pictures reviewed before exhibition Ask for the theatre In your ' locality obtaining pictures through the STANLEY Booking Corporation. AIL Lw J-'lh. Morris 4 F'ass)Ullk Ave. Alhambra Mat.uiivncj. i-.i o mi maugckmiti: clank in TIU'NBI.LA" ADil I n S!U AND THOMPSON STS ArULLAJ MATINKK DAILY ClAHA Kl.VinAl.l, YOt'Nl! in "TUT. REASON WHY" ARCADIA 10 A. M toll 15 P. M JACK PICKFOTUJ In "sANDf ' di f itrniDr iinovn ktrket and h5LUh.t)lKU srSQCKIIANNA AV c VIVIAN MARTIN in ViVinTTl". ' rTrVtDDnCC MAIN HT , MaNAYINK bmrKbiao matinee daily SBRSU'E HAYAKAWA In "THE WHITE MAN'S LAW" FA1RMOUNT 20,h&,?Agi,,IyAV- JUNE CAPRICE In "1U.UE-EYED MARY" CAIVIM V THEATRE--inll Market P A1V111I (l A. M to Midnight. DOUOLAS FAIRBANKS In ' FLIRTING) WITH PATE" St tTU CT THEATRE llelou Sprue DtJ 1 rl D 1 . MATINEE DAILY- JUNE Ki.vmm: in A WOMAN OF REDEMPTION" GREAT NORTHERN "'TSS V:m "THE BLINDNESS OF DIVORCE" IMPERIAL a't.SoJ, n o FANNIE WARD In "THE YELLOW TICKET" I CAriCD '1ST ft LANCASTEt L.tLfUtL.t Matinee Dally STER AVE ELSIE FERGUSON 111 "A DOLL'S HOUSE" THEATRES OWNED AND MANAOED BT MEMBERS OF THE UNITED EXHIBITORS' ASSOCIATION BELMONT MU ABOV$wuw JUNE ELVIDOE and JOHN DOWERS In "THE OLDEST LAW" CEDAR B0TH CEDAR AVENUE TODAY C.... Hl,n,. In "THE HONOR w,tiux. ..UJUn.u..u OF HIS HOUSE' COLISEUM J"'"t "t&a'y ?uu WALLACE REID In "RELIEVE ME, XANTIPPE" COLONIAL Uin,S!r .n?: Henry B. Walthall " ,wiP,gg? EUREKA . AIIKKT UTS. i "1i'' ' . iCOELKSWCb TO ATTEND BIG r Special Train to Run Profit! Washington to Atlantic CkVi. H ! Next Week HI' m i m Atlsmtlr I'llr. .tlllv'r5V One hundred members of CongressKanVVi of them KIks, will forget all aboutWarV. - and Its legislative attributes when tWT.Lifc come to Atlantic Clt' for a grarid,'tidfi?v58 glorious time during the national reUhoM&rvy'J 'of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Klks next week. They are to " boV&ftRa .Jointly the guests of Atlantic City andtii&l tlantlc City Lodge of Elks, which 1i.1b'-WM raised a convention entertainment fund V fJ'J of $2S.noo, and nothing In the big shore' Mjgl town t, locker will.be too good for them. .k.'J'i The "Congressional special" tralnM,ES8fl due to arrive at the shore at Bj49 ' i&gi o'clock Wednesday direct from Wnahlnr. wi'-sSl ton After dinner at G:30 the guests "are i E to be exercised nn the swings, tho slid ISf ntiM Ing boards and various other concessions rvipl to get them in condition to enjoy a boyna "'tSa tlful supper-smoker at the Hlackstone.'M 10 .'in ,, ! No stipulations as to retlrlne tlmn.ura I, .Si4 pret-crlhed in the program, but It is nfo- ' -t v ded that the Washington delegation jff. snail ne naci on tile OoardwalK at 10:30 i n m to participate in a Congressional ? ill bathing nartv at Senator Imeraon I.. Itlchnrds's bathing establishment , J$ At noon motor cars will carry the Con- h Ms ' gressmen to the exclusive precincts lot . '' ?5m the Atlantic City Yacht Club for a, lunch lion as the guests of Penresentatlva 1 banc Bacharach, of the Second Kpvv 1sa .icrM'v iiisir ci. n. jioiner oi fliavor nar ry Bacharach, who Is the chief engineer I of the whole Wits' show t&j xi j 3U o ciocit Thursday afternoon .f the Congressmen will take their places f'ijii in ineir respective nome uivistons.oi xna 'fi w big parade and inarch In review before V j5ja Kecretarv of the N'avv Danlela. whn lt'.- - ft?l coming to deliver a message from Presl-j sfijm 'I' III It-Ull 11. HIV 1UII-.IILUI.C-U tcjjicavii - "il tatlves of half a million Elks, some wv!l .10.000 of whom, Including General Pershing, are either "over there or try- j . frt'l Ing to get there as soon as possible. The Hlks as an organization have been doing big things to help win the war nnd they, are going to lay the foundation f6r a w hole lot more at their shore convoca tion The Congressmen expect to returp to Washington Thursday evening. Chalr- rman P.iggett. of the Naval Committee, win ne tn tne pariy l'ennsyivanians who 'have accepted included Vare. But-1 ler. ranking Republican member of tho Naval Affairs Committee; Graham', C'rago and McLaughlin. Samuel Gompers, Jresldent of th American Federation of Labor, also will be a convention guest OPTIMISM FROM TRENCHES Amcriran Machine Gunners on Job, WritcH Philadclphian From out of the trenches comes as surance by letter that the American ma chine (runners will do awav with ihou- enmts nf f!ari,i;iie Tl.a Inllan la enm "3&.1- Oscar Kcrensk.v. who savs lie is a sec- J5i ond cousin of Alexander Kerensky, tho fhi deposed Premier of Russia. !& It was received hy a mother, Isaac, - un vvainui street i-revious lo Kerenawy skv s enlistment with a mnrhlne.irtin hm-'i tnllntl tlF llviarl nl R3i IMai, air.at "You ask me to kill as many Germans as i can. wrnen uscar. "You net W' will do it and with the aid of our in chine guns we will kill as many Genua a u t'iii civ iieaf The w rlter tells of encounters with tha Germans in the trenches and assures hkj broiher that "I am lucky as jet " TRAINING FOR VILLANOVA War Course Will He Introduced in Autumn A military training course will be pro vided at Vlllanova College In the autumn. One, professor and eight students vvjjl sptntl the summer In the Plattsburg training camp so that they may conduct the course. Announcements to this ef feet have just been made liy Vlllanova Professor - McGceban and tho following students will go to Plattsburg: Kdward Higgles John Magnlre. Alfred. Kane. Frank Murnhv. David Fnrlev. Wil liam Bride. Harold Welgand. Michael j Blanchfleld - I'llllTOri.AYS r. j CTD AND ,n- "' vnan0 K of Broad iSessue Hayakawa V7vfIt wat- 333 MARKET FFStZWSfiPS. HERBERT RAWLlNbON In SMAHHINO THROUGH" MODEL 45 frOLTII ST Orchestra. IV1WLCU Continuous I In II. VIOLA DANA In "HLl'E JEANS" No U "WOMAN IN THE WEB" PAI APP 121' MARKET STREUT 1 "LjrtVL in A. M tn 11.15 K M. MARY P1CKFORP In "HOW COULD YOU. JEAN?" PRINPP 118 MARKET STREET rrIlVEA30 8:.1UA M. toll 15 P. M M. jai t uiv M.wtutiur in ' HIS ENEMY THE UW" RFP.FNT MARKET ST. Below 1TTH I2J1I1 BENNETT In "A DESERT WOOING" R1A1 TH OEUMANTOWN AVE rl-U. IVJ AT TULPKHOCK! KEN ST. MABEL NOHMAND In "JOAN OF PLATTSHURQ rUVWL.1 MATINEE DAILV WM. S HART In H ''WOLF LOVVRY" RUBY MARKET RT. BELOW TTH 10 A M. to 11:16 P. U. MABEL NOHMAS-r In i . v- r I ' "JOAN OP I'LATTSUURO1 (JAVOY 12n MARKET STREET J- VUI 8 A. M TO MIO.NI ICHT lil-.JIlUli VYAU5M In "THE KID IS CLEVER' TANI FY markitt above ioth jirtnuLi jiii.i a.m. ton ;isr.u U. POPULAR FAIRBANKS' In pai, iui'.-iu rra.iAJVYi ' victoria MuKM"rn8,-,!,5BvrTnWi WILLIAM FARNUM In "Ulli I'liUJMUiillUIl" FRANKFORD &$ Ay- IM 1 INA PAVA1.IRR1 hi -LOVE'S !!a co.NQUEsr t 1 lf--X L'llllVf UT M. fltOLtie. . ... if1-" j uivibu , j,A,v.0n ,5Wfr sj..v William Russell '" '",,BATVoKlni,i . as I fin KT B5U AN" I''UST BTHKKT LULUol tt.,i;3o. sao Evi.ei ("14 k D:.l.f 1 In "HOW fnitriiFv iviary 1 iv-muiu voi, VSrta - 1 T- :-ZLt N!XON?Bw."A3BK S S? ta m a lM C- F4 rm M &j i ?. :i flftl m 'M "M v$ '. jm KM m $m i;;ja & me niercna.ni, wivu wsb wuh wicoi. DoroAjr.; V.JAiiM 7W m
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