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HEALTH FIMT, THI FINE A* 1
OF LIVING, by Hsnry Dwight
Chapin, M. D. r *•»"• « * ,d
to th«
The swence of medicine has on
♦Urgone a great change during the
Inst sft years. instead oi confining
..itself to sick people, It now gives
~ ih*> best part of Ha attention to the
. wall. To prevent sickness and dia
.•««< is its* htfbast aim and toward
»nd we have antl-tubwreuloata
-orielies, vaccines. all kloda of sani
tation, etc. The best of the pmfes
slon feels, almoat that It la a crime
t<» be sick and two yeara ago the
College of Medicine of Detroit car
t»«d out an educational campaign,
{riving their services aa lecturers
fi c. Tha' the public did not re
spond with much enthualaam la to
-the public's discredit, not the doc
-tor*' We have often wondered why
when the good fairy taka the new
mother what gift she will have for
-her child, the mother doea not pass
«.\*>- riches, beauty, etc., beloved In
fain lor*, and demand good health.,
-When the pre ent day fairy tales are
-written, we feel, sure tha* the new
"♦other wilt do ao. Aa another shv
"an. much needed in America, ‘he
*> rit* r of this valuable book sugge*’*
-that if add to “safety flrat." a still
mon important one, “health first.”
The chaptera in this book include
'.Con>en ation. The Food Question,
avoiding infection. Moral Influences,
The Right Start and others. The
Century company, publiahera. New
"York. 11.50.
» » »
OREGON THE PICTURESQUE, by
Thomas D. Morphy.- ♦ -**♦*• *t
rambles in the Oregon country
and in the wilds of northern Cali
fornia.
One cannot say too much for the
beauty of this book regarding the
publisher’s art There (a nothing left
undone to make it a tnoat attractive
•volume from the artistic cover,
splendid and print and the
charming colored illustrations It
f>. one of the "Bee America First
Series" and since Europe baa been
torn by war, Americana have been
forced to follow this advice. That
*hey have felt amply repaid we all
know from the glowing accounts we
have been obligated to Uaten to from
returned travelers. It la safe to say
that most of these rhapsodies do lit
;le but give a sort of supplementary
* njoyment to the reciter and that
the patient listener sometimes walks
round the block to eecape. A book
Is another matter, however. It may
be laid down and shut up when the
reader is tired; a great advantage
to the tired buslneat man and the
tired business man’s tJred wife, of
whom we do not hear so much At
nny rate any normal human being
' ould like to poesesa this beautiful
BOOK REVIEWS
.volume and read Mr. Murphys de
scription of his tour
The Pag* company, rublishere.
Boston f i 50
• • •
UNDER THE WITCHES MOON, by
Nathan Galltg-sr. a romant>c novsl
of Roma In ths tenth century.
This is not an historical novel
but it ha<- an historical value, n* ' <
tkeless. The uthor know- hi.- Kt :n
well, as anyone acquainted with the
Immortal < it> can H 1* K -"
good as a boon of travels in medl*
val times with an ncitine > or.'
thrown in. This was the. period
when Pagan end Christian 11 no
had not nmaitsmat-d The •»; 1»•«!
heathen religi- n «:< 1 civ.r * r.
were disintegrating .ml the id
tian religion ♦*<*« t >* interpret.,*
Its real e*nv' The b< *s *
In the woin*-what silted - vl» al
way« employed bv the wri -r of
earlier times and *rr,< .* a certa n
dignity with it Th* lor- story >
flne and lofi\ and '.here Is a r*s’ful
ness in g-ttmg a * from 'he hec
tic fiction of the present day -n’o
this remoter atmosph* r* Thi- i
not a great :>ook but- ver
eeadable and might he compared
with Ren-Hur. Quo Yadis and simi
lar stories.
Page Publishing cempanv. Boston
11.50.
• • •
WITH THE COLORS, by Eve-ard
Jack Appiston. a small volume e*
vor#«, which, wo a**# told, la “per.
foct'y aafe for anyone to read *»•
C*pt trgttora."
These are rhymes and poems in
spired by the war There ts no
dnuht conccmiaa ihe- qualuy |m
t"lotlsm possessed by the author He
Is bursting with righteous Indigna
tion against all foes of the I’nited
States and is almost Roo-eveltlan
in his denunciation of quibblers, pa-
ClfivSt*. etc., fho he preaches hi«
| creed in verse instead of speeches
| There is much “pep." slang, etc.,
s *n the rhymes and they are intense
j ly American in spite of hating a
tang of Kipling about them It will
be natural If they become wi*ll
known, especially to our soldier
bovs, during iheae days, for they are
l ; ke!y to bring courage and cheer to
tad and timid souls
Stewart * Kidd company, publish
era. Cincinnati. SIOO.
• • •
AMONG US MORTALS, by W. E.
HIM and Frankllh P Adams. Mr.
HIM makes th« picturaa. which
| have previously appeared in the
Naw York Sunday Tribuna, and
Mr. Adame writes the comments.
These are humorous and good naf
nred cartoons of Americans an they
go about their dally business. You
may begin looking thru this book
and make up your mind that It is too
silly to laugh at. and while you are
NOTICE to the Retail Grocers and Bread
Consuming Public—
The U. S. Food Administration has issued to the Bakers of the
country an Operating License and a set of rules governing the making
and selling of their product.
The bread which you will buy from your grocer on and after
Monday, December 10th, will be made according to these rules as set
forth by the Food Administration, the purpose and intent being the conserving of sugar,
lard and milk, and we wish to assure you that the bread made under these regulations
will be a most WHOLESOME and NUTRITIOUS loaf, and the most ECONOMICAL
article in the food line.
These rules include an order prohibiting the return of unsold bread
by the grocer to the baker. We ask that you co-operate with your
grocer in every way possible so that he may order his requirements to your needs and
with your assistance not have any left-overs.
The Baking Industry of the country is making every effort to assist
the Food Administration in their work and we ask you also to lend
your support. Thanking you, we are
The Detroit Wholesale Bakers
j coming ic that conclusion you Just
I haw, haw, and everyone in the
j office, where appetit* - for mtr’h ar**
j Jaded and worn, looks up to see
what It is all About You show it
| so the worried, harried city editor ,
j and he permits himself to grin. you j
I even ge* a rise out of the nianag
ing editor; the reporter* forget
th*'r mad rush after a emok or the
interesting tale they must write re- 1
ganling sh« lady suing for breach j
of {rnnii-e and turn over the pages j
for mom It sure is a take off on 1
Americans. And each American rue
♦grilses himself, or something ao !
*-!\ ':k* • th it e an’t d<t:y the
resemblance Yea, for a good laugh,
rh* nerve specialist recommends i
‘Among l*s Mortals
H'-nghvin. Mifflin company, pub
i Hshers. Boston, tl 0C
• « •
THE CHRISTIANITY OF CHRIST,
by Eroast Schna'dsr, a book with
a d'stinct •▼’••aaqe to th# “civil. !
iz#d" eountr e# of th# wfitrn
we rid
Mr 5' m*td«r tells us what we
j all know it* our better moments, tho
we haio little ume to think about
it Perhaps *he greatest faul f we,
| as a people, bare is tha? we so ar- .
range our lives that we have no*
time for the serious, real thing* |
Those of us who are not piling up !
fortune> are trying to mak*’ both
ends meet The author see* the in j
constat Tcie- of our social order.;
th« inequalities in a country where [
! all men are supposed to be equal. !
and Instead of applying single tax. j
municipal ownership, socialism, etc ,;
he would apply the simple remedy
If ’he Golden Rule I>p awry with j
icb'ithT 1 becoti.e a Teat"]
j Christian, a ‘ollower of Christ, and |
these evils wrill disappear We will i
( all become one beautiful family. J
! brothers, as the Rtble would have!
ius This is not a sentimental book ,
{lt deala with fundamentals. It as
satis religion, claiming tha* T has
been substituted for Christianity.
| and challenges us to prove our j
right to call ourselves ( hr.stlans He
ha* some things to sa> of the evtl«
which have come out of the war
Sherman. French A t'ompany
i publishers. Boston; s'. 20.
• • .
WEBSTER MAN'S MAN, by Petar
B, Kyst, a rtlrring story of ad
ventur# In a loweehat thadowy
pljc# in Latin Am#rica “i»me
where south of Mexico" we take
I »«•
i
The tired bnstnes man will forget
! his tiredness and think himself sev
j #ral years younger when b* gets
! Into th t thick of this book He
' won't worry over how that deal la
coming off. or the decline in stock*.
, for several hours, at least He will
consider Webster a real man ■ which
really la) and true to *be ethic*
of American life m th* matter of
I fricndahlp. love, buslne«* and
OETROIT TIMES
pluck fi»: ih> truly American
phraseology, probably he will love
that too, it will make him feel thor
oly at home We quote what nat>
pered to our hero: “Without 24
hours after binding you have
ch.nged your mind three time*, lost
the be.-t Job in the world, had your
fortune told. been marked for
♦daughter acquired anew found
*ri nd. and commenced actively the
work of reforming him; received a
h.llcng* to uht a duel, engaged
m a street fight; shot a man thru
th“ hand. and. we add. fallen In
love. If this is not enough pep for
the average American reader we
giv. it up The book i- ‘.veil writ
ten and entertaining thruout
Ikmbltdav. Pa|** * Company, pub
lishers. New York SI 35
• • •
IN DIVERS TONES, by Cisrcncs
W.tt Hsaalitt, a small volume of
poem# of the highest order.
Read merely ' Solitude ’ and "A
Woman and Sic Galahad,' and you
know that Mr Heailitt t- not a
rhvmster. a verse maker, a rhythmic
philosopher, but a poet, which, we
iak< it. means a conce \er of beau
tiful, true thoughts, expressed In
lofty, poetic form ‘The Fallen
Lead'-r’ is a little epl, in two
verses The tru*- Christianity of
being my brother's keeper ts here
summed up When our fanh tn
others is hurt, our burden j* a two
fold burden
“Just a little grayer glooms the sky.
Just a little darker my pathway
J'im a little drearier falU the m«h’.
Stncc I los* faith in you ’’
"Just a little lower hows ruy head.
Jus* ? little fain*er beats my
hear*
Just a little heavier burdens weigh
Since l lost faith in you."
This is not the bes* poem but it
is the one which will appeal most
strongly to *he average person in
the battle and struggle of life.
Sherman. French company, pub
,:*hrr*. lioaiac. U
THE CALENOAR OF IMPRES
SIONS and Ths Reviasd Cynic's
Calenoar, published by Paul Eider
A Company, San Franc>sco.
The lmpres-ion« Calendar, which
hangs ooniemently over the library
table, is beautifully gotten up with
an illustration for every month and
choice selection- from modern au
thors on *acb page It is one of
•h * gifts tha' rs always acceptable
it < hrlstmas time*, ornamental, use
f.;l and .n.-piring This year s es.
fort is * particularly good one The
Revived Cynic's Calendar is illus
trated and comp led. with original
remark 1 , by Ethel Watts M imford
(Oliver Herford and Addison Mizner
;It 1* strictly up to-date There are
no stale, left-over joke- th« cyni
cism is the good natured kin-1 which
leu'-es no had ta*fe in the mouth,
tho some of It cuts deep. For in
stance “the slacker Is a refuse by
product in the tempering of a na
tion,” If Justice IS meled OUt
somebody ought to watch the me
te*- “ This Is an at'raciiv.- little
book whi"h may b- carried in the
pocket. It ha.*- a brilliant red cover
; with a vellow and bla- k de«ign. a
tiny picinte of hla Satauic majesty
and ecorating the center
• • •
THE FRIENDS, by Stacy Aumomar;
three short, atorlea which compare
favorably with the best short
stones m French literature.
The** are Knglisth stories tho
written with the suggestive reserve
of th« French. The author'* name
would indica'e French blood. It
makes no diflf renre where he wa.»
born. h* is a cosmopolitan, and la
ible to pprtraj life wuh all the dra
matic ability of a great writer. He
side "The Packet" the usual short
story, resd tn the current retag*
zinc . pales into nothingness The
oh. racier of Hultishaw. Tlcknett and
Percy will not be easily forgotten
bv any reader The Intenae life go
m/t on about hint, among the ordi
nary people lie meet.*, Impresaes
Stacy Autnottier with all the tragic
realica'iun which a great calamity
stirs 1u the usual person. It is not
nereasarj for him to have war, fa
mine ut *uy cataclysm occur In or
-4-" to understand the eternal strife,
pam and suffering which always is
a> hand These are not cheerful
st irtej. tut they are so gripping that
It i* impossible to lay down the
b*> >k -intll evi*r> word has been
r.ud We <an »*asily award the
palm to this author for the best
short stories of the day. in the Kng
ll-ii speaking world.
The ( entury company, publishers,
N.-w York sl.
BALFOUR. VIVIANI AND JOFFRE. |
tofir speeches and other public ut
terances in America collected i
and compilod from contemporary ’
reports by Francis W Halsey.
Kteryone realised that the visl*
of these men to America was a die
tinn epoch making event in Ameri
can history It was the admission
hat th*- policy, advised by Washing
:nn and adhered to since his time,
_M.d been abandoned for— an — tn.'cr .
n ni’ policy, embracing ’he Al
| l;»*d powers of Europe against the
! German cause. These three repre
4,-r.tative* of England. France and
I w*re received writh great
; honor a”d th 5 country resounded
with 'heir pral«e The speeches
which they made, on various occa
! inr.r. In the house, the senate and
‘ in other public places are here re
| corded. Naturally they are all re
i markab!> complimentary to th 1
I fnlted States, for their mission w-a»
Ito enlis* our help There is constd-
I «raMe sentiment mixed with busi
! n *'s matters The tombs of our
great men were visited and decor
a’»d by our visitors It will be in
teresting, In year.* to come, to see
whether the violent friendship
, which has sprung up between us
and Great Britain will survive and
gri w a’ronger, or whether it 1* an
emotional thing horn of fear and
ntiressit) These speeches are in*
te- Hting tho they contain little that
th. average reader did not already
know
Funk * Watnalls. publishers. New
York ll.Sti
Z. 8 HITC HCOCK.
I'rinl.ns—«he plain neat *•*-■«
‘ |a rlgh t—Tlm»« J«h tHJ*.
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
By THOIt MC Y IV HUK'iLSti
Farmer Brown’s Boy Tries To Smoke Out Yowler.
(Copyright I*l7. by T. W Hurzoia »
If there is any one wttb an uglier |
sounding snarl or • more threatening ,
growl than. Yowler the Bob-cat I •
<1 .*i t k n » who It Is Neither does
Farmer Urown’s R.iy Wh*n he heard |
it i. in* itrst time issuing from the
little v svs in the ledge of rocks
deep in the Green Forest where Y>>wl
er had made his home he hacked off
In a burry, and funny little creepy. [
chilly feeling* ran ail over hint tie
began to have a feeling of sympathy)
for Bowser the Hound. He dldn t j
wonder that I»>w**r tefuaed to hunt
any one who could *uarl and growl
like that, especially after having felt
the teeth and clawa with which Yowl
er ws» armed
Now that he had found Yowler. he
Wondered what he ehnuld do neat
There was go wav he could get al
Yowler in that l'ttle cave He couldn't
crawl In there If he wanted tn. and i
he dldn t want to. No. »ir»e. that
was the laet thing he wanted to do.
He couldn’t get at Yowler. but )
Yow ler could get at him any time lie ,
chase to rush out units* he waa care,
ful not to get too near Farmer
Brown * Boy went off a little way to .
mt down and think It over Bow **r I
eat down at a safe (listen*# and
wati bed He wondered If thing* i
would happen as they had happened ,
with him when be ha.l found Yowler
n the heap of fallen tree# If they |
did perhap* his master would under
stand lust how he tait and why he
had no desire to hunt Towler any
more
’ter awh'l* Farmer Brown's ®oy [
jathered some atone* and sticks and
threw them In the little rav.- At
!ea*t he thr*w them in *• the en- (
trance But th* only result wa* re- )
newed snarling and growling Y"U I
eee t > ,«e atones and *tlrks -ouldn t I
--each Towler because there were sev* j
eral turns In the pateage to the lit- *
tie cave where he was. hut th*v ■
made him tngrv Finding that he ,
couldn't make Yc wler cc*m» out *n j
•h'» way, Farmer Brown* Bov derid
ed the’ t.e * o.jld try tfMoklng him)
out He no Iftnftr f#ir#d that j
tr might ruth <vjt tnd attack him j
H* knew- that Towler was a coward
and would right only when he had
to He knew too. that Yowler was
smart enough to know that *o long
as he remetned in hi* cave he was,
•|U'te safe
** Farmer Brown’s Boy laid aside
his gin trd a lot of diy,
leaven Then he found a lot of damp
ones and tn*»e he piled on the dry
ultra When he had a hig enough ,
pil« to autt him he puahed trie whole .
sgame* the entrance to the cave i
where Yowler w** and then aet firs
to the drv leaves underneath. They
biased up merrily but the damp ]
leave* on th* top were too damp to |
Ma*e and they «ti 'dered end mad* ■
a great deal «.f snick* With a long
stick f armer Brown's Boy pushed the
Bit 'king pile of leave* .n at th*
h i* Then he went hack to a safe
distant* and waited He knew t v st
that smoke would work back Into
the cave and that Yowler would not
he able to stand It long
Th* snarling and spitting and
igrowllng Increased, and now and then
there was a cough which ahowed that
Towler was becoming very uncom
fortable in the -ave With Ms gun
ready Farm-r Brown's Boy waited,
but he waited In vain. He gathered
mor* leaves snd pushed them in. hut
wt ill Yowler refused to come out.
From llt’ie crack* among the ro k*
Farmer Brown's Hoy could see 1 1 <*
etnoke working up ao he knew that
It must be filling the cave. It wa*
queer that Yf>» i»r should or could
stand It s> long
Fuddenly Sammy Jay began *o
scream at the top of hi* lungs some
distance off to th* right. Farmer
Brown e Boy looked over there lua»
In ttme to **e a big brown form
1 nd awa A - -a th« trtu Ikfuilt
p- i Tin • 'a* fell v
i HOW StUgid ■ * • t'-Js'md
"rft'W stupid The • w\ * an
MONDAY, DECEMBER l 0 # 1917.
ram*, Ik., r-.k.l
aawaklag pile wf leaves In at the hole
other entrance to thnt cave I ought
to have thought •*f that and looked i
for It Yowler has g<>l away this)
time, but he wu-n't again '
Confessions
Margie Attends Ihe Convention
IJftle hook, ts j? impossible f.«r a
man t• • b* h<>n**t with a woman*
I 'lc'( ha* kn wn *ll along that thia
meeting waa to be held tn Chicago
He e«peeled to *tk>p iff here, and I
«m r- t sure ’hat he did not e«pe<-t
to meet Jim her* and merely becauee
he knew that 1 would want th# boat
n*ss *»p ained to me if he told n.e
thta. he simply put the matter off
thinking h* <«uild Muff me thru.
T wonder if Dick an 1 I are g 'ng
'fo“ba\e dlff-rcm ■ s hu-oie -k. *
Sometimes I wish Mr# Belwyn bat 1
left th.- n.or*> t' r*lck ami then I (
would feel that 1 had i»k» right to in
terfere
I e*pect. little book If anyone
should read w hat I ha <* written here
he would aay. "If that la the case,
why do you Interfere n<-w*"
Simply because It is now my *to*k
snd my h leiness to |.>c.k after It Just
as Dick would feel that he must
look after hi# own and not entruat It
to ni# It la mv Job juat as It la his
I hear Tim going tn the other room
s.» I'll Just turn out my light and go
to bed and act as tho T vs*r* asle»p
for fear that Hick will try to open
up controversy again
s s # •
Y****rday when I awoke I found
that Hie., had already gone ut. 1
dressed leisurely and went and wn to
breakfast. I had hardly finished
when Jim called me on the telephone
and said that if l wanted to attend
the meeting of the school hook pub-
Ushers l miiat hurry over to the
Congress hotel
“You will find us in the Gold room.
hs said
Where Is Dick?" 1 asked
'*He ha* g m* up to the Gold room,"
he answered rather apologetically
"All right. I'll be right over, I
1 answered as 1 hung up the phone I
i knew, little book, that Master Dick
, was in for one of Ms grouchy spells
: that I used to dread go much I
i sighed, and then 1 laughed a* It ram*
i to me that I did not rare so notch
j now whether f>! k was displeased
with me or not. T and and not have the
: slightest Intention of acting any dtf
t ferently than I had declared I would
l act. As the majority atk>ckh"ld*r of
the Bejwyp Bonk concern. I intended
I t<> vote my st pc k.
I took a malicious pleasure In put
ting on iny most frivolous frock,
changed my stout walking shoe* to
patent leather colonial pumps with
big steel buckles Then with my
white fox fur collar and a n.-w pair
of white kid gloves. T set forth know-
Ing I was looking Ilk* nothing *D*
than a very pretty woman who was
I defermln»<l t<* Interrupt the game
1 and "spill the b*ana" as Dick hud
sail the night before T knew that
every man there would hat* me and
; T wee glad of It.
Mv h<art was beating Ilk* a trlp
t hammer a* 1 opened the door and
walked Into th* Gold room of the
|''>ng:<-** hotel where about 50 men
> were asaemhled
They all looked at m* Inquiringly.
! a. me admiringly, and a few Indtg
| nantly as Jim rose and said:
"Gentlemen, thle Is bDa Waverly,
I th* largest stockholder In the Helwyn
Book concern. Mr Waverly and I
thot she had better he called Into
this conference
I looked at Jim reproachfully. I
j did not know he could lie so grace*
fully and glibly as he had Just done.
The men all arose as Jlnt led me
to a seat at a little table where he
I and Dick were sitting I could see
*om* of the men w«r* quite angry
that I had hutted In hut I was da
determined that I would not be led
i Into talking befors It was necessary,
so I Just smiled, bowed, and took
my seat
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