Show I aai 0 L J Ii I WILLiAM u rIC O ox ON o. o H William author o of Casuals Casu of the tho Se Sea and Aliens Alien published b 11 Page Co in n a letter to toa toa o oa a friend In this country countr thus comments on tho O. O stories which ho he has hal been reading In Ihn tho Ith leisure moments u of ut utan an engineer of 0 the royal naval na reserve of or Great Grent Britain I am vary vury much Impre Impressed ell with tho won wonderful wonder wonder- er- er ful tul case cue with which he ho weaves wc his sto rIca ries Ho must have hll worked man many of ot them over and over o to get them to road read like a a. of ot laughter on the surface fur sur ur- ur faco face of or life A SIG SIGNIFICANT T Blue Aloes Aloe b by author of ot Poppy ThO C Claw 11 etc is a volume of or novelettes rather than u a volume volume vol vol- ume of ot short abort for Cor each o of tho tour four tales Included runs to tu a substantial length enabling the thc rca reader cr to secure se- se curo cure within tho the co covers cors rs of a single lo volume vol vol- ume a n. well blended diversity of ot plots without that brevity In tho telling which stands S In the tue wa way of ot an au abiding Impression of cach each flue Blue Juc Aloes Is an allusion to tho cactus of oC the South Arfin Af- Af a 1 i. i or of fantastic beauty but not t- t infrequently i tI sheltering 1 eit b in Its gnarled nC roots the poisonous creeping things 6 whoso whose bite Is death Tho Blue Aloes Farm offers therefore a suggestive sug sug- e setting for Cor the tale of ot m I and m crime with which t the e volume opens nUs RUSSIA l. nC C In The Thc Village Russian Impressions published hed b by Macmillan company company com corn pany o of New York Ernest Poole has written a n now new book boole which ha has an tn Im Imme Immediate Im- Im me mediate late and inescapable importance with tho a advent of ot allied Intervention In Russia Earl Early In tho revolution he hemet hemet met met an old friend who vho ll In Invited d him to I his small estate in the north of oC Russia Rus nus- sia With this friend as interpreter Ir Ur Poole got ot in touch with tho the Inhabitants in inhabitants In- In habitants h C of oC the village s so o that In liln Jun foreword ho he declares I I 1 am nm writing this true narrative e o of a village In Russia Rus HUI- sia sla In August 1 1017 17 because It Is thero there thereIn In the tho heart of ot the country that the thc great mass o of th the Russians dwell Jf Jr we do 10 not help them Germany will wili Illand Ill and If It f Germany is allowed to dominate Russia no now the thc war is lost for racy His ills book bool The Tho Dar Dark People Russia's Crisis has hns been called calle l one ono of ot the finest human documents of the tho It Il also is 18 war ar a a. tion tiun DA DANA iD RUI RULES S. S Mr Ir Dana the famous editor of tho the Sun lad had a a fine tine scorn for tor rules J there had lund been rules b by which a living newspaper could bo maUc maUe rom from t n nn Ink u An S m l In T n would 1 have i known wn th them m tb but t there C I none nor are there now Mr E E. E P P. Mitchell the present c 1 edi l tor tOi of or tho the Sun who knew Dana bettor bolter than any other man knew him said Inan in inan inan an address at the Pulitzer school of oC journalism now novo Included ed in The Story of ot the tho Sun Doran For the ancl ancient nt common law of oC Journalism as derived ed from England md perhaps before beCore that from tram aWl away hack back In n Mr r. r Dana didn't care one une comic supplement nt If lC anybody had Mr Ir Dana to compile a set set of ot specific directions for running a newspaper news news- paper his reply I am sure would have been something something- like 1110 this Heaven bless you OU young oun man there arent aren't an any rules Go ahead nn and w rite ito when you ou have h something fo to say not when you ou think you OU ought to eny t something Ill I'll edit out tho the non non- sense sanse And b by tho way unless there happens to have h been born Into Inlo 3 ybur ur n a little bit of ot the f native O wu LUY yuu vu 10 to go and be bo a lawyer Ja or VI a farmer or a a. banker or a a. great statesman C ClEU lEU EARS API-EARS DESPITE ADVERSE AD WAIL AVAR ll CO CONDITIONS S Whim When Whon the children wake vaka up pp IP on Christmas morning an and find a 1 1019 1919 Chatterbox left 1 uy Santa Claus tho they will not realize how nearly nearh the war came to robbin robbing them of ot th their lr coveted CO story boo book First tho ship hip carrying tho the original plates o of Tho The 1 King of oC Juveniles from England land was torpo- torpo doo dood nn and l arrived at an Atlantic port long Jong n overdue j Congested freight con con- then had to bo overcome o an and when whon th the plates arrived in Boston haher la ha- ha her bor shortage e and 1111 other war con conditions maelo maclo It Impossible for rOl the Page lage co coin coin- n- n any pany to have havo tho work wurl done at Its Doston Doston Dos Dos- ton binderies Thero Thera was but one ono so- so to the problem sew problem New ew York Yore via Ia automobile an and tho the head of their manufacturing department carried tho the scheme through with hi his I IA personal car m u n. possible lor or the children to have The King of or All Juveniles on schedule time II HIE S no VV 11 OP UP THEODORE I The nO Boys Boys' Life LICe of or Theo Theodore ore Roose Yell veil I la tin Iho title of or a new book h by Hermann orn to be published Immediately b by the Harpers When hen Mr tIr Roosevelt was asked to pick Jilek out ome torne one to write this book bool ho e coee Mr lr Ir who has lund had access to private p papers pcr cr and the fullest coo 00 oration o of men and W women who In know enow no Roosevelt elt best best The author lUthor tells of oC 1110 young cung Roosevelt's carl early carly life hl hi hb nursery activities altI Us hll playmates hi his trail health and d the vho attitude he too took toward IL it giving an insight Into the character of thu tho man he ho hovas was vas to beCome be be- come The he Boys Boys' Life Lifo of oC Th Theodore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt hows that tho child Was father to the man W We c see oe the boy whose whoso Interest in natural history beGan began ln ln the nursery develop clop into the hunter and traveler ler Ills His lifo life In ln tho the west Is fully Pictured as aB Is hi huts hll mili tary career In the thic Spanish war var his hla life a as 88 Provident and his Ills travels els ira around the world CANADA'S CANADAS S IMMIGRANTS IS Tho The work worl Canada has hins been ce I ft doinG In assimilating Immigrants through h e education Is described In hI n a now book JU juat l issued by 11 Robert M. M McBrIde Co entitled Tho rho tion of the New Ness Canadian The book hook Ii Ia tho the work of ot Dr J j. j T. T M. M An Anderson erson In of oC schools at Yorktown f-a f Saskatchewan katchel n 4 c loero says as a's a titer in iii the New ew ful rul iW English Y York Sun Is ls the tho now non tn meaningful meaning meaning- word our soldier boys bus are arc wringing bringing back from Crom ron u overseas O C Is 15 also ahlo the title of oC a moin- moin book of or sparkling and anul whim whim- bum humor or according to tho X New w York ore Tribune which should comfort and cheer every ory Invalid In and entertain Instruct those thoo who are aro fortunate enough l to b be Tho TI Romans Roman's Press X-rew ess HOOK STILL SLL J Tau may come coma and InrI wars Waru 1111 may go th all 1111 their curtailments JIL lot of the pleasures of or tho table but stilt current of or I flows Clows on the ne el never ending those Chose who wish that this this too solid flesh Jesh would melt and find tho thu m means an anto to realize their theil longing in Vanco Thompsons Thompson's Eat and Grow Thin whoso whose sales are arc report reported h by Its publishers pub I lishers E. E P P. Dutton Co to continue continue con coui- without an any lessening right along through the tho restricted diet lct of wartime It H has sold to tho the extent of or copies which means that probably two or three times timos that many people have read It and mado made at least oa t tho the beginning of an nn effort to put its a advice l Into practice even if Ie some fome of or them wearied of tho tim en endeavor or ca early carty In the game garno an and did not seriously at attempt at- at tempt to follow Its simple regimen I In InI HEALTH I ln BOOK POPULAR ll Dr Clella Dual DUll little book Health and tho the Woman Movement Mo has been heen In such demand deman that It was necessary to bring out a new and ro- ro edition Tt Tl will bo be off ocr the press pres shortly Dr D. Mosher was one o of timo tho first American women to respond to o othe tho the nee needs ls o of France and this the delay in reprinting her book boole has been duo luo to the difficulty o of getting her revisions re I for tor the thc new c edition Tho Tha Tha Womans Woman's Pres Press THE TIEC GREAT l tl ADVENTURE ne This volume by Theodore Roosevelt dedicated to all who In hi this war have ha pall paid with their bodies for Cor their souls' souls desire contains Colonel Roosevelt's most recent expressions on the tho world war var lie JIo tells wh why men aro arc willing willingto to give I e their lives JI or to offer their i sons in tIme the Great Adventure He lie takes tale 0 occasion I 0 a t to 0 CUS castigate t I ga atc t C particularly particular t r t i c U La rh y parlor Bolshevists those styled self intellectuals who pIa play with vIthu treason i under the name of or I specially Especially interesting is his estimation estima tion of or tim the peace penco terms to Germans Germans' Germany Ger Ger- many mans should be as ts given sl in his foreword fore fore- word vord to this volume In broad outline It Is il possible now t to state what hat peace terms should include e Hel Restitution by 11 German Germany of or what she has taken tal-lell antI and atonement for Cor tIme tile wrong sho she has done clone her complete com corn military withdrawal from froni e every ry foot of oC territory her own limits limits lim Jim its an and tho giving 1 not of autonomy autonom a a slippery slipper word used IRed by slippery slipper people to mean anything or nothing nothing- but of ot complete Independence ence to the tho races racca subject to the dominion of or Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many Austria and lId Turkey which moans ans tho creation of or the free Cree commonwealths com corn o of the Poles CzechoSlovaks Czecho ales valts and Armenians and therefore thee the tho e expulsion of or the Turk from Europe the absolute freeing of oC Russia from flom fromy t h 1 1 y sll t aliI gull gull- furnished b by us to Russia the thc retention b by England and Japan of the tho colonies they have ha conquered conc the time re restoration st 0 ra t i on ln an and d I indemnification n d c mu a I fica t I o n of Belgium the o of Alsace Lor raino raine to France the creating of a Jug Jug- Jugo Slav Slav commonwealth the joining to Ilal Italy of ot Italian Austria an and to Rumania Rumania Ru Ru- mania of or Rumanian Hungary Ou Our present business is to fight J ht and nd to continue fighting until Germany Is brought to her J knees Our next business busi busl- n ness floss ss will ill he be to help guarantee tile tic peace of 0 justice for the world at nt large Jarc-e and to set In or order er the tho affairs of our OUI own o household household Charies Charles Sons New Nc York FIGHTERS YOU YOUNG n AMERICANS WANT ANT T TO lOW KNOW Everett I Tomlinson that popular veteran et vet eran stor story teller has lias written twenty twenty- five l stories about boys who have o done something to help their countr country maintain maintain main maln- tain her liberty These I ar th usual l worn well tales about aboul our great t rc American generals admirals an and Presidents Pres Pros of whom the average a boy has heard hear too often otten and Is tired but but a set pet of or little known yet ct thrilling stories of or boys hos who never noyer became 1 famous but I mild did their bit manfully an anti and passed on oil I Into history's 5 obscurer pages All AH the stories In this book are arc true all the tho Information and md incidents contained In them have been proved and verified The cover different periods In the history of or tho the United States and andare aro are Illustrative of or the Ifo an and struggles of different stages in our national nation nation- al existence existence- Thelo stories are taken from the different struggles IJes in which the United States Staten has h been engaged e says th tha anthor anthor an- an thor in his preface and all of ot them aro are authentic Many Ian have ha not been recorded in our histories but e every one is founded upon an event ent tl that at actually happened D happened D. D Appleton Co Xo Now New York Ul oi STRUGGLE Under the title of ot The Law La of oC Struggle Hman Segal author luthor of ot The Book Dook of Pain Struggle Je has sounded cd the spiritual note noto in iii the world orl war and arid applied psychology to tho every day I struggles of or peaceful life lite as well cli In fact his work might be termed a a. Psychology Applied to toI E Every day n da Problems I so ao full of practical cal work work-a- work day a suggestions In his liEs foreword ord the tho author has this to say which the helpfulness of or his at- at toward his subject We c have promised prom ourselves that this Will war I Is to ho bo th the tho last Still sun how howo do o wo we know We P dl did not seek It yet It came caine We c in aro are the grip of momentous mo mo- currents wo we o know not h how Evidently wo we still do not know the I laws b by which we Jh live Jive Though we se have Po stored store up rat grat accumulations of or ml miscellaneous colln unrelated unassimilated facts concerning ourselves cs these accumulations accumulations ac ac- ac- ac have o only e served to make confusion contusion worse worse- confounded And n 1 yet ot the tho great problems with which tho time world worM Is wrestling so 60 bloodily today are compounded of ot the measure an and qualIty quality ity o of our self knowledge W Wo Wu still do 10 donot donot not flot know lenon our place In the scheme schema of ot I things thing and t the tho blows of the Germans er s i rt h 1 A wv w ra t n n b. b b CJ UL 01 i 13 bent beat also upon the faith In tho the hearts of or men nen Is ls s this war o of us 18 or of or another Is it Inherent In our life or not if Ie It Is ls wh why do we not adjust our life lIro and our sense of or values alues to It If H not how comes this eruption in our midst and what whal can we do cIo to avoid old its repetition In short what hat has been een wronG with our thinking that is Is wanting In our aol self knowledge f. f ed ge 7 Such topics as prayer faith l Ideas of ot Gout God the social problem labors labor's Questions questions ques Ques- which demand solution are arc dealt with In a new but entirely sympathetic spanner manner b by this writer whose work worl Is of unusual Interest a Publishing Publishing Pub Pub- lishing Co New cw York CIl City Till fIiG STRINGS STRINGS' Natalie Sumner Lincoln author of or that thrilling talc of or mystery Tho Time Moving 1 Finger has hero written another another another an an- other equally interesting story o of tho the mysterious It is I The Three Strings When E cin H n Evelyn Preston re returns returns returns re- re turns to open her mothers mother's house In InI inI I Washington after th the summer holidays holi holl- I I days dalI ah abe b finds a 61 nan an dead ead In the library lIbary Of Jr Co course this a aST ST great at amount or of excitement as the till theman theman man and his lits manner r of death are a i complete compete Vs s tho the iden c e I is unfolded ed nearly ever e one une who has hai been in iii on any wa way vay associated with the thc hOIl household house hOIlo o oho ho |