10 jjQur Library TableJ minutes WITH BOOKS u MAGAziNES^^iff^J Mr. Bingle. by George Barr Mc- Cutcheon. The universal interest in the "Christmas Carol" which has done as much as anything else to endear Charles Dickens to the book-reading public, has again found expression in a partial successor to the "Christmas Carol." The word partial is used ad visedly, because it will take more than one man or one book to depose Dickens' beloved characters. George Barr McCutcheon. in Mr. Bingle, has given us the nearest approach to Dickens that has been published in years, however. Mr. Bingle is a real person, which is something very diffi cult for an author to create —but this author has risen to his greatest height in portraying the character. You will laugh at Mr. Bingle. you will laugh with him, and, if you are of a lachrymonlous disposition, you will cry over htm. And you will find this believer in the three ghosts as queer and dear and lovable as did his chil dren, and his wife, and the charming girl whose love affair with a gallant youngster runs like a thread through Mr. Bingle's adventures. (Dodd. Mead & Co.. $1.35 net). Full page illustra tions in color by James Montgomery Flagg are an added feature, if that were needed. I»ear Enemy, by Jean Webster. The familiarity of "Daddy-LonK- Ijegs" to every single man. woman and child who can read, either as a book, or as a play, or simply through having learned of it by word of mouth, Is the best recommendation that we can offer for the perusal of Jean Webster's newer book. Dear Enemy. (Century Co., $1.30). That Sally Mcßrlde, who is the chief char acter, is an individuality of a very marked and fascinating type is evi denced by the reading of any sample of her letters, the sum total of which are assembled Into book form to make complete the enchanting story of "Dear Enemy." The story is about one hundred and thirteen orphans, a crusty Scotch surgeon, and the afore mentioned Sally, who has been taken to the hearts of a million American people. She Is the Sally Mcßrlde who enters no heart except to make life sing in it more clearly, strongly, and sweetly. There is in the story the same deftness and tenderness of touch and of wisdom and common sense as is found in "Daddy-Long l.egs." The pen and ink sketches by the author, which frequent the pages of the book, are most expressive and are an indication of the simc humor that is found in the story. Contrary Mary, by Temple Bailey. Temple Bailey is a philosopher as well as a delightful author, and the hocks she writes bear out in concrete form just what she declares books in general should do for the reader. "The books that we own are our friends." she says, "and the true lover of books craves more than a passing acquaintance. We should read books because all of life is in them. The man who does not read is mentally dead. He is without ears and with out eyes. All the color of life is lost to him, all the music of the universe." Contrary Mary is not exactly a new book, because it is already in the hands of thirty thousand people, as owners, and as many more borrow ers. (The Penn Publishing Co., $1.25). Contrary Mary is sure to reach your heart, because the author is possessed of a graceful and cultivated style which render her books doubly at tractive and bring this characters close to you. John Wanamaker wrote. "If I had been a woman, I think I would like to have been something like Contrary Mary, standing up every day on her feet, using her mind in a womanly and sensible human way." What is the cure for a man sick at heart—one who has lost faith in him self and God and his fellows? Roger Poole found in the clear eyes of Mary Ballard something that stirred him to go out and win back a place in the world. Was she really Contrary Mary, or did she only appear so to those who did not understand her passion for work and independence—■ and real love? Read and judge for yourself. TRAVELING ON WINGS OF WIND Pneumatic tubes are tubes through which objects are drawn by exhausting the air in front of them and thus pro ducing suction. They are in use in the post offices of London, Paris, Ber lin, Vienna and New York. In 1870 Alfred Ely Beach, one of the pro prietors of the Scientific American, built a subway under Broadway, New York City, from Murray street to War ren street, in which passengers were carried in a car drawn through a great pneumatic tube. There have been other attempts to carry passengers by pneumatic railways, but it has not been found practicable on a large scale.-—The Christian Herald. Get Rid of Scrofula How? TakeS.S.S. Fifty Yearj' Uie Proves S. S. S. Will Relieve Stubborn Cases You have noticed the little fester ing pimples on the face and body— swelling of the glands—soreness In the logs and arm muscles. These are the symptoms of Scrofula. You may have some of these symptoms, possibly the CLIP THIS COUPON FOR The American Government AND The Panama Canal BV FREDERIC J. HAKKIN The Books That Show Uncle Sam at Work. The Harrisburg Telegraph HOW TO GET THKSE TWO BOOKS FOR 98 CENTS—Cut out thl» coupon, present It at our office with 98 cents, to cover the cost of production and distribution, and the set is yours. Fif teen cents extra by mall. SOME FACTS ABOUT THESE BOOKS—Both are the same size and bound exactly alike in heavy cloth. Each has about 400 paces printed on One book paper. Both are profusely Illus trated with official etchings, drawings and maps. OUR GUARANTEE—This is not a money-making propo sition. We are distributing these patriotic books at cost solely because of their educational merit. FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 5, 1915. The Indiscreet Letter, by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. Do you want to spend an hour very pleasantly, snug ly ensconced in your big chair be side the library table, forgetful of the worries and vexations that the day brings? The new book by the author who wrote "Molly Make-Belleve," and you will recall Its popularity, reveals J the same ecstatic gaiety of personal- the same appealing whimsicality, the same Instant Intimacy between the characters of the story and the read er. as did "Molly Make-Believe." It is about the traveling salesman, the young electrician, the youngish girl with a high forehead and a sense of humor, and an unknown voice and hand. And the end?—well, the end is a kind of "Molly Make-Believe" conclusion that takes vour breath away, delightfully. (The Century Com pany, $1.50). POT-POVRIU HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT IT IX THIS LI<;HT ? "I haven't much hope of a coun try which is not filled with people who read," writes Herbert Quick, edi tor of Farm and Fireside, in the cur rent issue of the paper. "When I say read, I mean real reading. Everybody reads a little from a sense of duty— the dally paper, the farm paper, and occasionally a story or a book de voted to some special topic in which the reader is interested. But that is not real reading, because it is not done for the love of reading. "The real reader reads because reading puts him in intimate rela tions with the greatest minds of all the ages. • • • -\v e ahall cease to be a great people just In propor tion to our general failure to make friends with the great minds of the past and the great minds of the pres ent." HOW TO TELL A WOMAN'S AGE In the JCovember American Maga zine Gelett Burgess writing "The Maxims of Japhet" presents the fol lowing rule for telling a woman's age: "My son, wouldst thou know a wo man's age? Watch her when she putteth on her hat, whether; she rameth it on carelessly, or regardeth the mirror with overmuch care; for, behold, her eyes shall tell thee where her mind wandereth." A high class novel, acording to Pro fessor Williams Lyon Phelps, of Yale University, is "a good story well told." It should therefore be easy for critics to classify books in the category of novels without including psychologi cal treatises and economic pamphlets, and moral essays in the list. The old and popular notion that the Indian was a cruel and bloodthirsty savage without any human instinct is giving way gradually to a fairer and better conception of him. He had his vices. It is true, but his graces, as well. He was courageous, had a sense of honor, and responded to kindness like a child. If he hated his enemies, he was ever loyal to his friends. In "The White Captive" (Rand McNally & Company), by R. Clyde Ford, we have an admirable, almost lovable, In dian, Wa-boose. To a good many readers he will prove a revelation of Indian character, but he Is true to type, and our early history furnishes many like him. "TREASURE ISLAND" A new edition of Stevenson's "Treasure Island," illustrated by Louis Rhead. was published last week by Harper A Brothers. Like the other books of children's classics which Mr. Rhead has illustrated, "Treasure Island" contains a wealth of full-page pictures and decorations —more than one hundred in all. Each year, just in time for Christmas, Mr. Rhead issues a new volume of some chil dren's favorite to which he has de voted months of work. Last year it was "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." POLICE THAT ARE ALL EARS A British ambassador once hdd oc casion to tell a Grand Vizier of Tur key that he had incontestable proof that there sat at the Grand Vizier's table every evening a man who re ported all that passed to the ambas sador of another power the next morn ing. It is said that the police of Paris and London vie with each other year after year in their claim that no im portant crime ever goes undiscovered. It was once wittily said of the police of Beirut under the old regime, that they surpassed those of London and Paris in the fact that they knew of every crime and robbery before it occurred.—The Christian Herald. taint of Scrofula infection. But in either case it Is a dangerous condition. Your blood Is infected, impure, and you can never hope to gain perfect health until the impurities are washed from the system. If you feel badly ail the time, you must crave health. If you want to feel renewed spirits, the glow of perfect health, bright eyes, clear skin, the knowledge that you are well, you can do so. Cleanse your blood by taking S. S. S. For fifty years it has been the standard blood purifier. 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'<« »00 1! ♦♦ 7 * ' SOME ARE SLIGHTLY SOILED. | SI.OO a Week- jjjg Modern Way--Alterations Free a | I w COT I INS ro m I SATURDAY NIGHT ' X A V^/• SATURDAY NIGHT H TILL 10 O'CLOCK 29 NORTH SECOND TILL 10 O'CLOCK || H THE STORE WHERE YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD g SCHEDULE READY BY END OF MONTH "Hardscrabble" Property Own ers Can Sec Scale of Bene fits and Damages "Hardscrabble" jjtj L ll] I property owners will I have a chance be sJPj tore December 1 to ' ns P ect th® schedule of benefits and dam ages Incident to the ;i}JT elimination by the Steward and J. D. Saltsman, comprise the board of viewers, said to-day that the figures will be ready by not later than the end of November or the be ginning of next month, and that a time for exhibition of the schedule will be fixed as early as possible. The viewers had been expected to report on September 27, but they asked for an extension of time, and January quarter sessions was fixed as the time. Mr. Smith said the report will certainly be ready by January 10. Election Cost $5,300. Dauphin county paid out more than $5,300 for Tuesday's election. About $1,2 50 went to property owners In whose stores, business places or houses the election booths were erected. The county al lows $lO apiece for each of the 125 districts. The remainder was paid to election boards, etc. Tax Revision Appeals Begin Novem ber 10. —Beginning next, Wednesday, November 10, the Board of Tax Re vision and Appeals will sit every day for a week to hear appeals on the 1918 triennial assessment. The First and Second ward property owners will be heard Wednesday from 9 In the morn- Ins until 4 in the afternoon. City raid Out Thousands.—October's cily treasury report was completed yesterday and showed the receipts to have been $35,668.70 and the expendi tures $99,102.27. The big Items of ex pense were $15,289 for motor appa ratus and $16,000 to local contractors for paving, etc. The city balance is $430,424.25. Few Military Enrollments Out. Only a few of the township and ward assessors have failed to report to the County Commissioners on the military enrollment—the number of men be tween the ages of 21 and 45 eligible for military duties—and these are ex pected before the end of next week The districts still out Include the Sec ond, Seventh. Ninth and Thirteenth wards of the city and Jackson, Lon donderry, Susquehanna, Wayne, Upper Po::ton and Lower Swatara townships. IJKT ITS TRY TO MAKE IT SO It Is claimed that the decade begin ning with 1880 saw more progress in Invention than any other decade in history. But it would seem that the period on which we are now enter ing promises to be richer in moral and spiritual progress than any former period in the world's history—at least let us hope so. and let us try to make It so.—The Christian Herald. tt ' ** Yellowstone »%J | Park ff ££ —— mmm—mm —— ♦♦ i 7/le lan <* of Nature's M MUSIc f L E^ A 0 L GRAM g H TONIGHT CHESTNUT ST. 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