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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918
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IETHLEHEM STEEL $50,000,000
NOTE ISSUE AROUSES INTEREST
IN BANKS AND BROKERS' OFFICES
Firmness of Yesterday's Market Came as Welcome Re
lief From Previous Weakness Meeting of Railroad
Executives Discussed Gossip of the Street
rpiIK excuses found e)tcrtiiij for Thursday's stock market lcccssions
Were lesion. There wum the story of n speculator who dumped
75,000 shares of United States Steel on the market, which
pained every time the tale was told, until finally It fettled down
to nn evert 100,000 shares. Then there was the German drle, which has
not as et materialized, and finally the taxation which is lieliiK discussed
at Washington. I'-perlonceii brokers take little stock In tlioe thread
bare excuses and lay the cause of the market's condition .on Thursday to
the influence of the pools, combined with tight money.
There uni n good deal of amusement in many quarters over another
excuse, not enumerated aboe, for the drop In Thuisday's quotations
as told by a New York paper which was not so veiy long ago accused
of pro-Germanism, but which now bends in the other direction so far
that It finds "German sympathizers" to blame for evertyhlns. and, there-
Isnfore, uccording to Its opinion, they
In stock prices. Although the number of transactions on the exchanges
and In brokers' olllccs cstcrday was small, the fact that the maiUet
held firm was a welcome lellef.
Bethlchem $50,000,000 Issue
There were EO'er.il Inquiries In, the Street yesterday about the pio
poscd Issue of $30,000,000 Bethlehem Steel Corporation notes, as It was
understood the capital Issues committee had passed on the issue. The
only news available on the subject was contained In a dispatch from
Washington to the effect that thee notes would bear 7 per cent, that
they would be serial notes and that they would contain a conversion
feature which would allow the holders of the $50,000,000 two-year fis
which fall due February, 1019, to convert their holdings of these notes
Into the new 7s.
There Is a difference of opinion in financial elides as to the absorp
tion of this new issue, but in view of the excellent condition of the Beth
lehem Corporation a majority tay they will be sold very rapidly.
Interest in Railroad Executives'
A good deal of Intel est was manifested In financial circles over the
meeting which tuok place ycterday In the Grand Central Station in
New York, by railroad executives on the final contract Issued by the
United States Government for the Federal operation of the nation's
railroads.
It is generallv acknowledged thai this micting was the most im
portant railroad confeience held In this country for many ear.s, as thoe
present Included the heads of the common carriers, the railway executives'
advisory committee and the two committees which represent the National
Association of Owneis of Railroad Securities. It was said yesterday that
the executives' iitlviFory committee and the two committees representing
the security owners differed on the merit.s of the lailroad contract, and
as a result an Invitation was extended by the advisory committee to the
members of the two committees lepie.senting the security owneis to
attend the conference, and the Invitation was accepted. A .
Well-known hanker said this Invitation was the direct result of a letter
sent by tho two committees to the executives' advisory committee, giving
the views of the members of the two committees arrived at In a pro
tracted conference on the subject.
According to this letter the contract falls In the following particulate.:
"It strips the company at the outset of eery vestige of right to com
plain of the destruction of Its good will and business without compensa
tion. It Is a blind blanket wa'rrant to the Government that permits it, in
the process of unifying the railway s stems of the couutiy, to abandon
the operation of any portion of a transportation system, sever and cancel
its contract agreements and connections, divert, disrupt and destroy the
business that lias taken generations and millions to upbuild and to hand
back tlie physical property, which Is the mere empty shell of what was
surrendered to the Government, stripped of everything that was of value.
"In advance of the knowledge of the extent to which the property is
thus to be dismembered under this unthinkable blank power of attorney
the company Is now required to approve all that may be done and to keep
and save the Government harmless against the destructive consequences.
If the trustees holding the securities of these roads were to acquiesce
therein without piotest they would be rightly held by the com Is to a rigid
accountability.
"Nowhere in the legislation Is there any justification or excuse for
such an extraordinary exaction.
"It contains no assurance that Intel est as heieiofcrc paid will con
tinue to be paid.
"It contains no assurancp that payments of regular dividends hete
tofore paid will be continued."
A dispatch from New York states:
"The railroad presidents' confeience adjourned at 2:20 p. m. after
adopting a resolution which In effect Ftates that the proposed railroad
contract of July 5 was in the main satisfactory to the railway executives'
advisory committee, and authorized tho chairman of the committee to take
such bteps as were necessary to effect minor changes which might be
considered desirable."
This is exactly the action which was anticipated In tills column yes
terday, and shows that the matter lias been considered by all concerned
In a broad, liberal spirit.
Oregon Highivay Bonds
A. B. Leach & Co. yesterday offered $690,000 State of Oiegon highway
4 per cent bonds ut prices ranging from 92.38 to 97.C9 and Interest, accord
ing to maturities, yielding -1.50 per cent.
The. bonds are dated July '1. 1918. and mature October 1, 1923, to
April, 1943, The total bonded debt of the State of Oregon is less than
" three-tenths of 1 per cent of the assessed valuation.
These bonds are a legal investment for New Yoik and New England
savings banks. They are acceptable at 100 per cent of their market
Value, not exceeding par, to becuie United Stales savings deposits.
Foreign Government bonds, particularly the Russian issues on the
Curb, have been unusually strong and active during the last couple of
r days, witl( the lesult that prices have advanced to much higher levels
than those previously obtained. The Russian 5s ale now quoted around
46 and the Gs at 49,2 to 50. There was a liberal turnover In both these
maturities yesterday. The advance in quotations lias been due In a
large measure to the moie faorabIe news coming fiom Russia.
Investment houses report the demand for railioad and industrial
ponds as quiet. Chesapeake and Ohio convertible -His and Bs showed
some activity and made a slight advance over the previous day's quota
tions. There seems, however, to be Indications of midsummer dullness
In the bond market.
The following dispatch came from New York yesterday:
"After a special meeting of the directors of the International Mer
cantile Marine Company Thursday afternoon,. President 1". A. Franklin
stated there was.no change in the situation as regards the negotiations
now pending calling for the sale of the company's British tonnage to an
English syndicate. 'It is a big proposition,' said Mr. Franklin, 'and natu
rally requires considerable time to arrive at a decision In the various
Intricate details that must be arranged." "
REDUCE STOPS TOMORROW
Skip-Stop Rule for Trolleys Is
Effective Suiitlay
The IUpld Transit Compaiu's skip-
If stop order, Issued as a sieii mni" -
ing fuel, Is effective tomororw
At all Intersections aim roiircm ""
the cars wilt not stop signs nave uu
posted bearing tlie words, "Cars Do Not
Stop Heie."
Of 69D stops between the Delaware
and Schuylkill Blvers. Spring Garden
and South streets. 135 wi I be abandoned
Other sections of the city will not be
affected until traffic conditions are
studied.
The transit company will comply with
the desire of the fuel administration that
the unnecessary stops in other sections
of the city phall be determined as soon
aa possible.
1- It Is estimated that the average ex-'c-ss
dlsUtnca riders will be required to
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H,e covered in about twenty-seven sec
,ndJ. .
' t LeayiGloure?tef for Hog Island
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JrjITaitC wieupeeiwrj" nf rtt
HK'jwB.er ioKeeper ai;-'
vveie the cause of Thursday's declines
Meeting
LUTHERANS TO PUBLISH HERE
Board of United Church Will
Have Headquarters in City
The board of publication of the newly
organized United Lutheran Church of
America will have its headquarters in
this city.
The new organization Is a consolida
tion of the general council, general synod
and the united synod of tho South. The
merger will be effected In New York on
November 15 at a special Jubilee cele
bration, ,
l'Idns for the merger were arranged
at a meetinz in Atlantic Cltv yester
day by representatives of tbo three
Lutheran organizations.
THREE FROM HERE PRISONERS
Reported Missing in Action, They
Are Located in Germany
Three Plilladelphians previously re
ported as missing hi action have been
located in -various German prison camps,
sccordlng -o cable dispatches from
General Pershing
fney, are Lieutenant John Joseph
Meredith, an aviator, 1509 Swain atret,
who la tn Camp Karlahrue; Harry
Svttak., 2J44 Kat Paclflo street, and
Owen fouheity.- hWdyatone, who are In
Cariui Darmstadt.
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
A Story of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehead
(Copvrloht)
i. ., (lorurialit)
Mr. uhltehentt Hill dinner lowr iiialiir...
nttrittrw on buulno, tielllno. itrti'crtl.fiio ninf
rmolojmnif. ,1.1k your miration clrarlu nnd
im.'f nit the acM. Voitr cotrrcj nnme and
I'lil ntlilrcli wmI be tfoiinl to nil ItiiiiiirlM.
7ioe v filch nir anonymous must br lanorcd.
-Inm-rrt i0 lic'nifcnf nnclfo.M nil iir ''
bv mail. Other uunlfont 11 III lie niisu crnf
in Inft en In m ii. The mo.l liitrrrllliiD proli
loin nf liiviiirm irlll be uolcii Info the
ttorv nl Vettr flint.
OXXIX
T It seemed like old home
'. week ti
eek totlnj. I'd hardly got to tho
nfllce of the Magnitude Life Inruranco
Company when the phone rang for me.
"It's Graham." t thought, for he was
the cmly fellow In New York likely In
plume mo but when I picked up the re
ceiver I heard tho old familiar voice of
Wallace ltlller !
"Could you manage to have luncheon
with me tndaj?" he asked, 'lie still
spoke In that quiet, prece manner of
his
"Could 1" Could rtuch swim?" I
said excitedly. "Oh. boy; oh, Joy; where
dn we eat for fair!"
I heard him chuckle, and then "Can
,fu set uptown? If so. meet me In the
lobby of the McAlpIn at 12 o'clock."
Well, I told Perkins I wanted to lunch
with an old friend of mine from Boston,
and ht said. "Go to- It "
Or course I wns theie on time, and
theie was dear old Wallace, as quiet and ! "hlt'h "'0 other daughter, on her way
sedate as ever, but he looked more pros- to I'HBlmn after receiving the letter
tierous and seemed to have an air of con- ,ias f"nd herself, in an attempt to
fldencn that was new ' hasten her Journey delayed b a wieek
He ordered a bang-up luncheon, and.0" ,,lp rJllrnad What happened In
after we were settled he told me the 'Belgium Is disclosed inrst pklllfully by
news I Mr Hughes and the tiagedy nf It Is'
He had been promoted to assistant ad- , shown by its effect upon the unharmed
vertlsing manager at Mitrsh & Felton's. daughter The girl when liiulttd bv
nnd was lining splendldlv. A New York I
innr.rn had asked him to accept the pn.
Miion ni iHiertl-lng manager,
manager, and he
was considering It
I "My." I Fa'd. "7 certainly do congrat
I ul.ito you on jour luck How did it
1 happen"'
"You temember I took up advertising '
I .it a Boston unlveisity while you were I story by accident be Is changed from
In Boston?" 'a man who had some sympathy for the
"Well. Benton beard of it and one ' country of his mothers lilt t li Into a
I day asked me tn write a special Nat-) most bitter Hun-hater. The ghl ie-'
' orally. I was delighted to do It I turned i covers and goes on her wnv to Bel
la my copy, but It was never used and ' glum She Is followed by the ji.uugl
' f felt mightily disappointed. A month ' man. who as nil agent nf the Com-1
ifterward Benton gave me my present ,
Job-
"H(w's Billy Murray getting along?"
I not asked.
"He's still In the same old place Just
i the Mime as ever, too He told me In a
mysterious voice that the firm was
about due for a shock and be expected
,,i , iii, n,ihi, n.i '
Zh ;rt r,;;;1
- - " V i
nan iosi. up h laiKcu mat way km
n.k bov -it SI'
?eset Jryh i and
to leave' In a
n Un,i i,i mrn !
vears, w Iipii 1 naa a stock boy
TH'i and lie a in hi" pre;r
even then he was 'going
hiirrv "
I'rmp nilhv a ennd wont, and hU own
worPt fnemV 1 onler 1i he Mnyn I
.... . .. .. ..... ... ....
still while Wallace ltlller steadily climbs j
up and I drift around
"You know about Philip Bogers and
my sister. Margaret, don't you?" rhies
tlcned Wallace.
"Yes, and I want to longrntulate
them." 1 tried to feel what I said, hut
somehow I couldn't forget that once
Margaret had meant much to me nnd
but that's all gone by.
"Philip says you must come to the
wedding next month Margaret said I
was to stay here till 1 won your prom-
Ise to come It's on a Saturday."
He asked me about myself and then
aid- "Kemembor that Lever girl? She
irii ..i.ii-ii n. rriimis e,.i..,t .....o .
.U.. . 1. 1 ttn..1... ...I.nli.. AK V.AA...A
lldn't she?
Wonder whatever became
of her."
I blushed, but said- "Bosle Is working
In Newark. She's all by herself,
know that Is except
Bosle is that Is we
gaged "
"Oh," In such a disappointed tone.
"Then I ought to congratulate you?''
All my friends dislike Bosle it makes
It so hard for me. They say nothing
against her. of course, but they Just
freeze up whenever she's mentioned
She can't' get along with in friends
and I Just doBpise hers Frankly. I can't
enjoy a lot of silly, sloppy talk about
"girls and fellers." 1 tell Bosle that
she should drop tiem. hut she -ays she
prefers a lot of "live ones" lnstead.of a
bunch of sour-mouths.
Oh, dear, we never do seem lo agree
for long
Wallace told me that Phillips was
still manager of the kitchen goods de
partment and making it grow Seveial
other old friends were discussed I finally
asked after Mr. Benton.
"He's fine ' Say, but he's a big man.
He Is having a new accounting system
Installed to do away with tome of the
red tape. He sas that too much ot It
strangles a business."
Then we had to part. I promised to
go to Margaret's wedding if I could get
off, and he promised to let me know If
he got the Job of advertising manager
that he was after
TOIIAY'S HLMNKSS BPItiUA.U
The reil-tupc worm slows donor any
business.
What does this mean to YOU?
.
Humiicss Questions Answered
U there any place In the commercial world
., nit,, Bn.t.nnt-u'f
for u rhrnrlpr iinillHt?
AlthouKh I have rtudled written and lec
tured extensively auinB these linen I lne
never found a culnmereUl opening where
uch ability enuld be uited
Have entertained and my work liaa lieen
appreciated tn a social wa. alfio mcrpted
py technical Journals .vi u
Many employment managers have
studied character anal) sis to their
profit.
I question, however, whether a knowl
edge of character analysis, by Itself, is
of much value to the business world
If you know the physical and tempera
mental qualities required for various
kinds of work, you should be able to
secure a position as employment man
ager Why not submit an offer to the local
department stores that )ou be used to
help place workers In tho department
for which they are best fitted?
The secretary of the Hoard of Trade
may be able lo put )ou In touch with
scvnic manufacturing concern wno wouiu
be Interested In )our ability.
The educational director of the Na
tional Cash Register Company, of Day
ton, O., may be able to help you.
I have read with ureut Interest the ar
ticle In the paper und tame tn the ton
ilualon that I need advice and think that you
t-ould furnish me with It What do the
following professions consist of. Civil, me
chanical, constructing, stationary and 1011
sultlng envlneers? 1 am a mathlnlst and
don't tare much for that line of business,
as I have a liking for l!ne with more
businesslike men. but think If by laklne a
course In meihanU.il engineering I could
better mssclf I would take great Interest In
mv trade.
Do any of the evening schools leath sueh
course, and If so. which ones and which do
lou think the best? ,
Trusting that I will see mv answer In the
paper very soon and also If ou think It
wise for me to try some other kind fit work,
such ah office work. , Jf
Civil engineering is the art of direct
ing tho great sources of power in nature
for the use and convenience of man.
Under this head ccme virtually all
branches of engineering; more particu
larly It applies to the construction of
docks, city drainage, ports, river navi
gation, construction work, etc.
Mechanical engineering is concerned
with steam engines, mill work and mov
Ing machinery In general.
Consulting engineering Interests itself
In tho actual building and construction
of engines, and so forth.
Stationary engineering Is about what
its name implies. It refers to consul
tation with rractlcing engineers,
T do not know what schools teach
en'Kiiieerjng. Yott had better writ to'
the State Commissioner ot Education.
SOME NEW
THE CRIME KNOWN
ASPRUSSIANISM
Rupert Hughes Exhibits It in
His 'Novel About the
Rape of Belgium
i.n?ln0f.",r, "V" ,nrl""' " book,
calls It "Tho I'npardonalil,. Sin One
wonders at first wh.it bo me,,,,., llv ,.
but one does tint l,.,v. , ,ri, f(lr , d, '
cover that the sin for which there is
no pardon Is the rnpe of IlelRimii
Mr Hushes ., oln.Ui,,..! f,, , ,,
la n John 1-. M nf ,,, ,,.;
lot the Relief of tiolghi,,, ,,,p ,P,n,N
of some of the most rfv,,tiK ,.rno
done In tm nntm nf i.. .it..- . ,
woven them Into the nlnt ,.r . ,i!" iV
HW n tale nn be has ever written
Tils contra! characters me the wife
and two daughters of an Anirrli.in
explorer who starled for tl.e i,t( rp.
glons Jut before the war began leaving
one daughter In a convent In Iinfnav
Belgium, nnd his wife and the other
iiiiugnier in inliroinln
war
solves where no one can ever find them
rue storv onens In a uphIpmi . niirm i.. i "
"'e man who had taken her from
the wreck to tho Milage where be slid
she ci.uld get another tialn. had fallen
In a faint, or had gone into air hi stoical
ittnnce. Klie was picked up and taken1
Into the house of a German-American
vvldow with a son. The sotr falls In
love with her and when he Icarti" her
mission for the Belief of Belgium helps i
her hi tho search for her mother and I
breaks out the mother Imiii.na i,. HttWr.M- ' Bi 1 1
Belgium to hi lug her daughter home :5&i i ? ,1, ,i
but Phe gets there jut as the Germans XWWViti L$8 W- - '
are overrunning thnt part of the conn- w;i" ' uWafflSK'! ' ',','
try Both mother and daughter f.UI s'frf'X-y'& WMmM Ic f,,H
victims L, the lust ,,f the German of- ;&:$&& 3t&iW H!' A?
fleer, and In their shame write homo KI;?WS?lfc 'f "'Mi-fel
what has happened to them ind an- P.yi?::-',;7ikr W
nounee that they Intend tn bide them. ki,v:.tvK,iV,lV! Jl. '
sister. ine iseigi.m .a t m m- i.i,llr!,e ()f u wptk
exhibits lire irermaiis in at unu, nun
discloses the bonois (f which they1
were the cause, the murder of innocent
women and chlldien, the torture of)
prisoners, the outraging of every sense i
-...".. 1.. ii.i ..-.I
," "rS ,..,",, '' " "
ritiKiiun'u'. s nn'-"""' i.,v s,.u..
71,e bo"K "ltl'il1 N '' '''"'",l,"; '" ,out afftctation by Major W. A. Bishop
-ttry told with a sympathetic apprecia- , .-winged Warfare." The significant
,l0" of ,lu l'--e"ol("!-v ot "oman '"letters M r . D. S O . and V i- ...etbe
rare as it Is penetrating. visible sjmbol of the majoi's hre.it h-
THE fM'AUIKJNAIl.l.B SIN .lit r.upi-rt stopping exploits fighting the Hermans
iTJlR rNrAUDOXA." HIN llx nupfrt
V.X'WVrTH:"!'
'. I
Manhood in the Mailing
The moat Important work accom
plished at thexarlous National Armv
ntonments lifthe phase or w men me
c-eneral nubllc'ils pel haps least aware
(The military training which the young
manhood of tllo nation Is getting will
i,p of vai,,0 during the war. but the
influence exerted In character building
wm remain In the years to come Just
what this Influence is. bow It Is being
.i,,.. ,i ,..i i1QW u iH affecting the
i . llvc, ,)f nur snidleis ,n train-1
, , , p'ctured aomiraoiy ami nnii.ti
. ' .. . . .. ..,.1. I.
tlally bv tho Itev Joseph 11. nueu in
"The New Spirit nt the New Arnij."
How ltal this vast work of character
for me-yo'u "see I building has been, how great the con
are kind of en--truotive Influenco In the lives of each
fresh contingent oi urunecn, i" r "-
sized by the author when he says, "If
wo have lavished btllKns dollars to
tiain men for battles they will never
fight, yet tho money has been well spent,
and I consider It the best Investment
In citizenship the country could have
made "
The book Is of enduring value because
It is Invariably sane, simple and human
It holds an int-plrbig message of good
cheer for ever body concerned In the
welfare of the (iith of America and
that means all
TIIK NBW SPIRIT OP TUP. XP.JV ARMY
llv llv. Jimeph H Odell N-w York
Plcmllic 11 Itevell I'nmpanv 7.V.
An Experiment in War Worh
"Neither jou nor I, Kinlly. Justify
our existence nt this crisis by our per
sonal usefulness "
With this .Miss Caroline Bartons, head
of the household at Bartonsniulr. Lng
land, In Janet Lalng's new novel, "Be
fore the Wind." left the. room where she
id had a discussion with her sister
Emily, and Ann fharteris, their com
panion They had plenty of money,
plenty ot servants and Miss Oharterls
thought she could be much more useful
doing war work, even though she had
been working to pay off a debt contract
ed by her parents. All during the ulcnt
Miss Caroline stajed awake and thought
I "I remember numbers or people, ww
i ,...iin i.ud nid. -rich, like ouiselves;
'personally useless, like ourselves ; wrack-
I ... .. l ..a . ni ricirlnC
straws, line ourselves, no mc u, .......
labor. Then the thougiit came suddenly f
to me. why not corner 'them' why not i
stack them all together?"
Ten letters wero sent out t. vvealtn
friends and relatives: Ann Oharterls
waB satisfied to fivefold her duties and
remain at Kartonsmulr. She would wait
on ten people instead or two. mu re
lieving about sixty servants to go to war.
It Is a wholesome and Inspiriting re
flection of life during the war in its
aspect of service real work to Justi
fy the existence of individuals and of
nations.
BP.FOIli: TUB WIND llv Janet Lying.
New York. E. P Outton & Co. 1 50.
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known to the public, who prefers, for a
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picturesque and semimythical lands of j
tho easiern Mediterranean,
'Till! QUKKN'S IinAHT" comes as
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MOST FAMOUS
AIR FIGHTER
J,,,',,,. ,.mn Tnllv ttf is
' r " i
Hairbreadth Escape in. a
Booh Full of Adventure
It is a platitude that wat tnda'v is
devoid of romance and ndventuie But
the warrior or the air has a different
story to tell. All the excitement that
the trench and the long-range gun have
drlvin from the Infantryman's life has
been concentrated In the tlylng corps
The aviator has moie thrills and e-
lenences more acute danger in the
than the fighters In
fonner wars encountered in months.
One of the most famous of all aerial
fighters has at length come forwaid
with his own story the story of a brave
"" " wnoui aiivemuie is me ei
"..rati, of life, anil for ivi fear dne-
not exist, told slinplv and utterly with-
stojipinp onlofts flu'litinK the Oenuaiis
" the cloud-, Uut only by reading his
r.lGl' nqflnir Imr.l. ...in i.Hn ......... ........ .1.
I '" VMHlllllh IJ.J.Mt Srtll .!!,- H ' 1 I t I I it I f I I It'
full extent and character of the heroic
and haiMidous deeds of wb'cb he writes
1 so diffidently and mndestl
Tlie author went to tho war with n
contingent ot I'.inadlan cavaliy In the
summer of 1015. But in utter disgust
at the Interminable mud at a training
camp in Bnglaud, be resolved to inter
the fljiiig corps. Thus was one ot the
greatest av'ators of all bom The or
dinary Individual, errdowed with natural
Impulses of fear and caution, wntild have
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Hermann Hagednrn. Poet, Can
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of Fine Quality
Nil erarv metamnrphosls thnt Is lit tl
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Hiighis as a skillful Interpreter of t tic-, fill (lnw.,, the typical small boy hlm
v.med and swirling eddies of the hectic, , self might saj "skinned a mile." '
luihaii life of present-day America Baddle I'retlow. sophistlcal-d but en-'
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ment that Mr 1 ngedoiu sees and depk is "liist Side" tells the story. It Is mound
Manhattan H tho moment and the folk her picturesque personality that the tan-1
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fl.i-.lies of wit and genuine and petvas've Kaddle's life has almost Inured her lo I
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TliKiiighout. the autbnr's cense nf pro- eiues In Manhattan's crime pales beside i
iniitinn In. iharacter porlra.val and plot th. amazing things that happen w hen j
devi lopnient is admirable. Bach tlcm" she uncetemnnlouslv l"uvs a detective
is limd with Incisive, telling strokes, ngiiuy, where she has been employed
and fviniitud minutely under the e- after n sloini with the "big boss' On'
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unlyst lint the reHllstle mil ro'cope Is her past, but finding that an.vthlng but
jfoiiisid most caiofullj nf all nn Bar- filling tn an empty stomach, sh- navels
ban Ci lllngwnod utterlv selfish nnd ( on to limp snme fond She discovers1
siipeillii.il heedless of her own best that she Is being followed by a wizened
interes-ts in her headlong quest for a lt, .I man in a rusty black emit He
good time." and jlelding unreservedly nllir- her "oino riionev to pa.v the lead-I
tn hit infatuation fm a shnddv. ups-tait inR role In fmging the will nf a iljlng'
satellite w no lias nesceiineo m.isiei mn.
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figuirs n' Tom's vi woin.inlj and ca
pable mother, and the tine-grained, tlior
nughlj patrician mother of the willful
Barbara
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