M. --V' V " r'---"J.'-rviv-ti?'l(,JAi '"OWilMt nwrv! .V EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHIIJADELTHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1010 .9 i :5f5vV' V?r,n" ' ' . ' '" t ' " ;v' v,t x El lilt r' i "What Is the Use of a Book Without Pictures or Conversations?" Said Alice in Wonderland MERICA AT THE FRONT NY Fullerton L. Waldo IAS pictures of our men nt work, nnd nt play in France; nnd it HAS conversations in their own words on shipboard, on the troop Ptrnins, nnd in the trenches. Everybody Seems (o Like the Book, Somehow For instance: Theodore Itoosevrlt wrote (January 1, 191'J) : "Your book . . . pleased mo very much." , "A delightful book," writes Major Inn Hay Bclth. The New York Times' 'Book Review says: "Good laughs arc pretty sure to bo xvaitinp; 'or any reader." , The 'ew York Evening Post, in half a column on the editorial page, points out that it is an "anecdotal history of the war." The i"'t keep it on the shelves of the public libraries, it is so t .iuch in demand. i YOU CAN GET IT AT ANY BOOKSTORE (Published by E. I Dutton & Co.) IRISH AND RUSSIAN PROBLEMS IN NEW BOOKS -. r I Published To-Day Ask Your Bookseller rc "With the Help of God and a Few Marines" By Brig. Gen. A. W. CATLIN, U. S. M. C. ' ' Commanltr of the Sixth Rc&L, U. S. Marines, at Belltau Wood. . Wiites Gtn. Catlin: "Waking or sleeping, I can still see before Vw? the dark threat "of Belleau Wood, as lull 61 menace as a tiger's ftvt, dangerous as live wire, poisonous with gas, bristling with maohine guns, alive with sniffers, scornfully beckoning us to come on and be slain waiting Tor lis like a dragon in its den." This is not alone the story ol the fight that saved Paris; it is a history of the Marines. Net, $1.50. Tl W"k 1 Tkl m me onusn navy in Battle By ARTHUR H. POLLEN England's greatest naval expert tells the vivid story of the British navy and its marvellous success in sweeping.the enemy irom the seas. Many oi the statements oi the fighting commanders are here included. "Pollen is to be congatulated. The best and foremost im portant book written about the war." London Times. The subject oi England's dependence on her navy is treated at length a topic in which we a'l e all deeply interested. Mr" $2.50 RUSSIA'S STATUS AFTER REVOLUTION Philadelphian Writes Impor tant First-Hand Discussion of Problem diaries R. Henry, a t'hllmlr Iphlan, was i ntcU by tho American Commllleo I 'inentnn nnd Syrian Jlollof to In- f o the condition of refiiRce ico- !)... tho Cauc.asiiH nnd nclehlinltina J Irkcn lands nnd by tho American Hcj i"ro8 Mission In Ilimsln to Inquire Into Its needs In tho Mine irRlonH. He as n fellow commissioner of Ir. WII- jllnm T. Kills. ( Tlndr JournejIiiR tool! tlictn oxr near ly fiO.000 miles of territory of which 1G.O0O xai In nussln.rurl(e and l'er- fin. during tho eras of war, rexolu- Hon and famine TIicpo nro the eir- 'eunntnnces which qiulllled Mr Ilcury dillnently for the task which he Iuh nerfoimed In his book "I'ussl.i nftcr tho Ucxolutlon ' He lias coered the ground, he has had Hrst-hand and close-up views !if the situations and conditions he ds 1 crlbcs and dlscussis. The result Ih a volume as InterestlnR as It Is Impor tant Just now thn Itolshevlk problem, spreading front Muscovy to ndJolnlnK war-wracked lunula, Is one of the Kraxc i concerns tjf the rarls peace conn-rente. The Itolshevlk problem was Indigenous to Hussln. ltoot and branch Mr. Ueury has seen it lit tho law and In detail ho' has seen tho ltuslan problem which Is also of treat concern to the peace table. He has not written a very long book and hence has preferred to develop only large imm mints and to Interpret broad currents of political and social ' tendcncN. On that account his book Is tli- more vital and Informing Just now. It Is the outlines and the underlying sig nificances that the American nailer needs to have explained nt this time. Therefore he elucidates llussla In chaos, tho Bolshevik theory nnd the new rela tions of the Herman menace to llussla. urssiA aftIik. tiii: hbvomtion. ity rh.irUs I!. II. ury. rhllmlelphU. tli-ome W Jiii'tilia . Co It .'. "JAVA HEAD" COMES NEAR BEING A VERY GREA T NOVEL Joseph Itergesheimer's Tttlc of Salem in the Forties of the Lust Cen tury a Work of Intellectual Brilliance It Is doubifii If any other American', novelist than Joseph llergeshehner, of West Chester, could have written "Java Head." The book luo n combination of qualities cvccdlngly rare In coulempo- . rarj fkilon. It has atmosphere, to ui a hncknevrd word fiom the vocabulnr.v of the critic of painting, but no other expression seems to describe that which distinguishes n gloat painting from a photograph. The tale has pontic Imael- 'nation whlih trnnsfouns the Salem of i the Into forties of the last century Into a place of romance, appealing to all tin i senses. The thimmerlng sea becomes n t-llkcn fabric wrapping In lis folds and glorifying the commerce of the port. Tin perfume of the lllnui In tile spring Is transformed Into nn enchanting fra grance, suggesting tho softnesses nnd allurements of the tropics rnther than tho rigor of N'ew i:ngland And the char acters seen through this translucent me. Hum nre colored by It There Is no man writing In America today who can equal Mr. llergeshclnicr In creating out of the ordinary materials nn ntmo.phcie for a tale which surprises at first by Its ap parently e.xotlc warmth, but at lmst commands admiration for Its revelation of uususp4ttctl qualities In common things Hesldes Us coufhlnatlon i f rare quali ties the book ban grave deficts but for ulilih It would be n very great novel It somehow Is lacking In human s.vmpa Ihy, In spite of the fact that the fate of two or three of the chaiacteis ought to move one to tears Mr. Ilergesliehner apparently derided to unfold his tale as a lapidary discloses with his tools the slihnmirlng f.uets of the diamond hidden In the uncut stone. As a icsult he has produced a work In Intellectual brilliance with little heart. dflkttttttSH JO.si'J'H HKlU.i:.silKIMKU characters. There Is Jeremy Ammldon, for example, tetlred sea captain, about whose Salem house, called Java Head, the story revolves He is an honest, choleric, lovable Aid man. So far as Tin unknown author of "The Straight , ' I'"- ' comosis in ine oevciop. Iload" has easilv surpassed his work In "'e"t of the mntlt.il experiences of Cierrlt i., i..,.i, i.t- i ho .n.... iw,v..l "Willi Aii. Ammldon, the younger on of Jcrem.v. i.Ipm" The.; Ik a Mirem-Hi o'f touch amliwll "'"lv '" ' -". after his ship a definite piogtam of purpose that was Wild Apples pritii'iss, lid him to lotisent. Hut he hail been intcrtktt-d with similar ehlvnlry in nn unfortunate Salem gill, and on his return the gill's brother, an opium ad dict, does his best to revive the interest Kate Ida's its game, and opium l.s one of Its weapons Illscovcl lug that his son William was em-iireil In the iiliinm trnde Yet the render Is drawn to some of the 'kills Jerimy. and tin .Manchu princess. to escape the contaminating touch of the Salem girl's brother, kills hers. If with opium Vnd the tale ends with (Jerrlt having Inlu riled Ills share of his father's fortune nnd having burled his Manchu wife, setting sail for the l"ast in his own ship with his Salun bride "It was the lie ginning," as Mr. lleigcshelmer re marks, "ves, and the end of almost the whole sweep of human suffering and DOUBLED AY, PAGE & COMPANY partially lacking In the first novel. The ! work Is dlrcitly of that large I'ngllsh ' school led by Vncbcl anil Wnlpole which delights to tell of its huto's life In a j long comfortable, rambling fashion, but In "Wild Apples" there Is less of the very obvious pandering to the seual ' which so often piedomlnates in the I mix tls of th English writers I There ate some nally excellent char niter poitravals, with that of the young hero particularly Iniprisslve and the scenes between hint and Ids father and mother particularly poignant. The lat ter Is tinhellcvnM cohl-bloodid, but Is nevertheless well drawn throughout. The story In general Is one of calf love and its trulv disastrous results to both boy and girl because of their dif ferent ranks in suclet.i. The telling of their clandestine nn clings takes up a greater part of the book and Is unusually v. ell handled had been long overdue, ri turns with a Manchu princess for a wife home She IRELAND DISCUSSED BY 1R1SU-AMER1CAX Francis llavhett X rites a Study in Rational- I ism Finucls Hnckett, a native, of Ireland and a cltlren of America, has written a study of Irish nationalism, the reading of which would be profitable to ovcrv stude-nt ot the subject Just now. He divides his discussion into three parts tho cnucs, the consequences nnd the remedies The causes and consequents are found in n resunie of the Mstnrv of the country nnd in the miserable failure of the laiglish to uudetstnnd, and svm pathlze with the legitimate ambitions of tho Itlsh people. In the course of a discussion i.'f the remedies Mr. HaekeM sas that the alternatives for Inland an not federalism and uprising, but the nijnjment genuine homo tule "Ily genuine 'home rule," he eonllnues 'Is meant a measure which gives Ireland lomplele control of its own llnnncis, Ita own excise and customs. Its conscrlp 'Ini. Its administration of evervthlng 'mni pol'ce forte to land purchase and 'ts plate alongside of I'liiada and Aus tralia and South Africa and New Zi aland n Imperial representation nnd confer ence In brief he woultl have the ling llsh trust the Irish Instead of eontinu nbi treating them with suspicion nnd be woultl have the lingllsl nttimpt to 'ikt the point of v'ew f the Irishman as a self-respecting mnn deslrmfs of governing himself In his own wav and 'esentful .,t being governed by otln rs n their wa without regard to his twn dislris r susceptibilities There Is little ti the book to please i lie I'ligllsli and there Is much In it that villi displease the professional Irishman for Mr Hackett Is not blind to the de ft otn of Itlsh temperament The mm of his race ale tint nugels, nor are they demons, but very human with m.inv hu man frailties It Is because he fares the problem boldly without hi nklng anv of Its dllllciiltles that Mr. Hacketfa dis cussion deserves serious consideration. lltKr.V.NI) A stu. 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He did not 'and If Mr llergesheituer could have want to dlsgraie her by sending her forced the reader to make this comment back to her own famllv. And he could because tf the dramatic power of his not bring himself to murder her or order ' narrative, he woultl have piotlucetl one her to l;IU herself. So he suggested that 'of the gnat novels In the language. (ieirlt marry her. (lerrlt's ihlvairlc ,,,..,, , , ,, , ..., ,,i , . ., i ,...,. . ,ii. JAVA HI. All Hi JiiFepb Id ri. shi liner sew spirit, re-enforced Iij the beaulv of this yrk. Airred V Knniif II "in MEMORIA L EDITION ' FINANCE EXPLA IN ED OF .JOYCE KILMER FOR THE LAYMAN Poems. Essays and Letters of Principles and Methods of Football Heroes "The Hlg Camp" Is the newest store of sports hi Uiwrence l'erri. one of the best known sporting editors on the eountr.v's tiewspaicrs fuder the pen nnmie of l-'iilr llaj Mr lvrri ,,,s tlevelnpetl a wide following anil attained recognition as an authority on his sub ject, and he bids f,(r in attain to large libpularltv its the writer of wholesome, hut never namby-pamby tales fur bovs "The Kullbat k" Introduced his v oung renders to Ilalefotd. "1 h,. nig Came ' takes them further into the Inttnstlng life of the school The voung htm sets hlinsi If against piofessl mallsm In school sport", lias to light the Issue with his mates xnd i ven has to "but k up" against some of the alumni Hut he gains his point .inil although the team loses two of its best livers, It wins the big Thanksgiving game mi the gridiron. 1 1 irc mi. tiv.vii; in mr,.nt., IV ...... v n.tri. i .-rn inpr s s.,r WILD Al'l'LLS Struluhl KimlI " Dtinitl I'omn i n Hi tin' Neil St. SO allllinr of ' Vurk: tl-orNt Tie' H. 5' 'Boo: by the author of DERE MABLF. Coiitiiuiing the famous Loyc betters ot'a Rookie- uproariously funny from first page to last. By Lieut. EDWARD STREETERj THATS ME ALL OVER, MABLE" With Jj fult-piigt ill'jitratwi t Corp. Bill B'ii Four Printings, totalling 200,000! tijplibllshers FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY New York Cooking With Ei .conomy The economies eif war time looking must be continued for many months if there is to be food enough for the na tions of Hurojio. Still further, they must be practlcttl hi petstius of small Income even after normal conditions re turn Jnnet McKenzlc Hill's "I'eonom Ical War Time fool, Mool." will there fore have more than a transient value. It contains a large number eif recipes for biead, cake, blsiuils, vtgt table, ftsn and meat dishes which tan be prepared for liltle monev. As the author is tile etlitoi ol Ainerlinii rookery she has the etiulpiuent that makts her leclpfs trust wot thv. i:i'iiiimii ai w vi: H Jane VI. K, iiy.! t'.eul Sjlli .? t'o nvti, eotiu Itill -Nei "el ii'iits. llmiK Vurw tilEW MERRICK'S latest novel While Paris Laughed Being Pranks and Passions of the Poet Tricotrin Anyone who Knew Paris when that laughing city was the worlil's playground will find hen- u delicately tinted portrait in luinintuie , of the tiling lie loved gay, brilliant Paris at plaj. The book's . light inconsequence is extraordinarily skilful, exceedingly nmus- !.,. rri,n ..nnn.lnj n f ,1,.. Jai,.i,,l ., ... ...... . HI. I... ,'..!.. . , Wgi eos.. ti t-.-wts-uwe.-i ui viiu i;ikkhiii, fi ejiuiici uus l I 1CUU 111 aiKI ijythis absurd companions are ridiculous in the extreme, but they Eiftaie the effervescence of nu irrepressible liehtheattedness that l wl" K'1 "" '10 J'0'-5' 'l'lel'e is scarcely one novelist in a gener kTC "" w'10 can tra,,!fc'' ' print without dulling its sparkle. ' ese days there is only Leonard Merrick. hKitv J l.eonaid Merrn-k- been bolu m 1'ianee his bnlllauti n Ii naihos SJ.iji4 k'i Insight Into llfo woiild have made Ins name a household word ;k I'rhe, SI. ,3 nrl (pnalUKe extrnl. 1 all lunik stores. gE. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Ave., New York IX t ' Tlic Soulv v f of America Iimonjse . novel by bauuicl Htipkiiis Sfc 4 . " 11..M.C0. lllu il.h0i:rt Read X EYES OF ASIA I Rudyard I V Kipling" J k Willi the old F Kipling flaxor W.)f . PCUMCVI UllllB'C DDniin Br-om... ., -" --"" - . w nct,unv uf innM niuiciAM (111 m M II mM ! MM M -H 11 I &V- vrr -- - m mm M$ y- ;:iii Tur PT-""- ff R V THE NATIONAL GUARD i M ft i .1 .tiir'Fh, ,1' i fv ' m:r ' v . x. WW , -s mm mmi- i mm . . " ,, OF PENNSYLVANIA WORLD WAR IY G.PR0CT0R V aulhentic itiveof lhc lousAchieveA L of the 28th of Penn T names, and sea ot fenn Heroes. "VK. ' l I Hh JOHN C. WINSTON CO. What- Your Hoy Yo.ui" Neighbor's I Boy or the joys oi x o u r Town did in the World War. Clntli i2mo. li!)8 pages, illustrated. Price $1.00 On Sale Today At All Booksellers. PHILADELPHIA 1919 Is to be a year of unusual pros perity. Be up-to-date in method nnd efficiency. Call and see our special exhibit of BUSINESS BOOKS George W. Jacobs & Company Booksellers Stationers 1628 Chestnut Street W THE VALLEYX OFTHE GIANTS 1 Peter B. J L "A tale of big umher-Ay ing and love." W Soldier Poet With Sympa thetic Introduction l'etwcen the coxers of two portly ivid haiiflsoine xolunie are contained Ihe literary remains, poiil, nnd prose, of the American pott ho made tin supreme sacrifice for the two land lie loved the L'nited Statin nnd l'ranct -In a ch.iritf on the Ourcii, July :i, 1'iis ".lo.vce Kilmer: I'oeins, Ussajs and I-ttlers." holds those HrllhiRM of the poet which his family and his lliei.ny executor, r.ohcrl Cortes llolliila', deem Ii ilcslr.ihle to preserxc. The xoluine tontains the ehol.esi of the poems which he had piihllshed In the pitss. magazines and hotd; form and addition all" fhe poems of i.ue nuality hllhcrto uniiuhllshrd, xxlilxh h- sent fiom Kiarice. Of these "lioUBe Hoiniutt." ilcli In meloUx and dei p In poetic fpeliiur. "I'raxcr of a Soldlet In France." of lofiy dixotlonal chaiacttr. and the son net '"he I'eai-e MaKi:" loucli the IiIrIi atr.' mail; of Serneant KUn.ei s Kenjos The rssaxi. 1111:11111111,' one on H','- 'irelautl." show 'he xxiilt r in rlV'Cttl tlUc-urslxe ami whimsical "mood .I'll! wjll In' a fuMher icxelatton to those ' rf.ide,N whose KuonliilRe and ailmlia- Ion of 11I111 haw lieen Ihnlleil to his ' poetry1! ''"lit letters aie characlerlstl .all hliiih''. . llxo and huiiimi. .Mr. Uol nl,i h N tp.vfaif-il ,1 memtni of cuii sideiali.c ieiitih and tiitit lendir up pritlatloi. Ills he.iit N In ecr liic oT :i uHimc, xxliUli lunvextr. tlucs not sc ithnxiitiili or ohtinslxely herolre his ' t'l.tml the pod. luvt 1: Mi.:rliii: i"ni:.is. is.v .wn l.l.ri'l.l"- K'lllnl rtitli n ini'iunlr ' Uiiln-ii t'.ni'H Kullltli" Ni Vi.rl, : iShuib, II 11 u.in 1'iiip.ii'. 'I wo toluni'"" Tii1' in American Girl in Berlin M.ui.i .111 Anifitcan uiii oultl shuildi 1 .11 tl e ihouMil of lliidliisT he:.-eif In ilei m,in tlurlUK tliote tlas when the 'hole iieiii.,111 piople tt rt. tlcMiilm; thtlr tw'iv tfTof! in the wlnniiiK of 11 imli lailstii. Mtmr.x, xx hen th oincslous of iiciin.iu olllclaltlom were n. the.i worst and when Americans and our I'rcHident were cpidlully haKtl li the whole of 'he Teuton populace et siKh xias the expcileia.e of a Ioj.il AnittU.in Klrl, one .losephlne Thettse, who went to Herliu in lniii to stud niutlc llci stors of what she 1 1 x - I thtouuh then dots' not tllffer malt il.tllx from tile v.i ilnus reports which 1 cached this countiy fiom time 10 rime through tuutral chan nels, onl In this uase there is 11 mi nuteness of detail xvhli'h leiis little to 1 the liniiBhiatlon. She tells of the hoaid-liift- mid luctiualltlcs III footl dlstnhutlon and tl.e Impoxerishmelit which nsultetl fin her own c,is? she fell in wtlcht from 113 to loj pounds). Mio foiiml the people convinced that they were not otil rlghi in their palilotlc lnipuls.es. hut tli.il the could not ho xwoiir. She le couuls the rejoicings over the l'-ho,il outr.mes and the hland explanations for the whole llsi of Herman utiocltles And sho lcxi-als, toii her own close-liantl ex periences xvlth I'ruksliiu brutality ami dlsiegard lor the stnius of woman. with ni.t ur.nm i iiKnr.r.N Hy .! si'liliinu 'Iherese. Uumon: Ihe I'niie Cual lianv ! ' Ghosts or Criminals? i',irol.n Wills 111 "The loom Willi the Tassels' has produced a mjster story with sutpiiM's and tin Ills enouKh to snt lsf the most exnclliiK' It heKlns with n dlstussloii of Bhotts nnil the perfection of the plan of a compaux of nine men nnd women to rent 11 haunted house in older to dtscoxor whether shosts are real or not. Thej find a house In Xew Hampshire xilth n ghost story attached, Governmental Cred't. Fund , Jfg if Expenditure Th Atnirli.in people h.ixe .1 urt.itci lntircst In finance than oxer hefoio in I heir hlstoi) The nre.it war lias lnoUKht them Into personal participation xvlth Roxernmental fiscal anil funding prohltnis through the ImnoMUon of new taxes and the n.illon-w Ide Male of Liber t Ilonils ami War Sax Ing-i Stamps. .Mole than I'li.iiiiii.oiiii Ann 1 leans are now bondholtleis contrasted with about half a million the land oxer before xe , 11 tt red the conlllet Nol onlv are Aiueri tans im 1 stors In goei iimeiit securities to an uiipi'tcttleutcil nimibir but also .1 number ttiu.illv unparalliletl Is atficl ed by the new ! h s mi 1 ousumption, lutomts and piullf Tin ltiteitsi ,. filed In S!'f, In matteiH of fin, line it. the first tite sllvtr 1 auipalgu was llglu and acnilemli loo. lomiiaittl with the interesi brought about h Hit great w.r llltheno, also, the only (,'intinmeiit in xosinienls held In t'te peoplt m laige i.ero In ihe postal casings haul, niei leans xvlth thi.t new uiti'itsi in Ilnanii' will naturally desire some ,iu tiiiirltntue attojut of the pilnti)ili s and methods of finance Tho umi llml a xciy good acioiuii 111 ' I'he llusiness e b'liiauct " b ll.HUcy Wllliei", .1.1 in ternational expeit. whose soPial pu xlnus JiooUs on the -.ubjeci ari- tonsul ertil ft.tuduid Mr. Witheis ni.iKu 1 plain ihat "ti the stablllt.x of national llnaint ilepfiids tl.e posshit of hum Hess tohumiug iis iioima' tomsi iv that the nar is cntltil llostlliii'h ol tourse h.m been teim.nateil bv tlm aimlsibe but aftcr-tlu-war piobliins ait ptrlini'iit nnd impoi tmit. We tuiis ahsohe tiutschts of all ininniitiuent .mil ohliBiittons our win tlebts, 111 slioit , iii'jol. sli.idx imlustr.v, Inspltc umll tlence in t.ipltal. Mr. Witheis shows the wa. m his chapters, on uiifin ' titdlt. tapllal. iiiternatloual 111 1 i-m . InxistiBeiit ahio.ul atnl the iclation I r.vceii llit.iiHV ami goxctnineni. so la as the in nail guiding piluilples .11 "" .lined hpecillcall.v his x lew point is Hi 1 ush lie has wiilteii n thoughiful and llsflftll hook. Tl.i: lll'MM'.s.s til' riSlN'K H- H..H t .-. i Pretty Poor Spy How ,111 CuKlMminu. (iigaccci in s.i e' work for Hie guxvi iiiiie.it tlui'ug the h.ii without the knowledge of his fiuaili. Iiusti.iled tlie plans o" a M' eta to waul him i- the theme of The Zep pelln s 1'as.senger." b h I'hlllips nppeu helm The spy Is lauded from a Zepp, l.n In ihe mnn village fiom which tho Ihig llshnnin Is operating l nnd nttt mini i college with Ihe lumber uf the I'ns llslinian's xlfe who xx-as a pilsomi u. liermauy. With knowledge of the broil i as hU imUutl.ila he goe to the I'm: llshnuin's bouse, meet tun xlfe and. h pioinismg to secure her biother's le lease, Induces her to xuiit.h for him. so that be can stay in the neiRlilicrl ood 'Ihe wife, disgusted Nx.it i what she re gnids 1 er husband's Inillfferenie.rn the war, permits the spy to make line to her. t the crlt'ial moment, when n looks as If eierylliliiR were solng to smash, tl e tangled sl.eln of the plot is unra.e'ed and cxei.unlilg ends ImpplU for tho lCngllsli and haillx for the Uei mans ljplc.il Oppolihehu stoij iriK zKi'PKi.r.N's i'.ssi:ni-:n. nt y I'hllllm Opiienhelin llonton l.lttle, llrewn 4 Co tl 0 It .11. Read r Ambassador genthau5 Story Mor llistorx for now and all lime Set, S2.00 Read m f E d n a Ferber's i I CHEERFUL BY 1 1 REQUEST I and learn thai much line- JB ncss can be I'mind in MB L uncxpcclcd places. 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