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SIjJE NEWgpFRII)A :â- â-  'WW.".""' â- â-  \mti BBBBBdH SOMETHrNGHABOUTBRECENTI* BOOKS «H Weighty Book For friWeighty People 1st Si This One on Banting world, according to a certan doctor, is divided into sorts of people,â€" those who eat too much and grow fat and those vaaa eat too much and grow And the' bantings and bantams assiduously follow the latest and quirks along theUraiLJto: Thus do the doctors live. thin to music. thin both quacks normalcy. If you have grown cracked your knees with the pre scribed "daily doaenA^chew^d^md^s^eminl chewed according to directions, and, stll dread to look the mirror and the scales in the face, you are»in a recep- tive mind for Mrs. Lulu Hunt Peters' latest work. "Diet and Health with key to the Calories," (Reilly and Lee) is a se- rious subject treated with lightness and tact. Dr. Peters has reduced the Conrad and Melville i Conrad and Melville, Comparing Henry^{geideb Caitby, editor Literary Review, says that, the business of eating to an exact science _ ^___ __ _ -and in a cleverly written boot marks I microcosm, hints that^creep in-oi the out the trail those on both sides of the weight arm must follow. "The meeting is now open for dis- cussion," she writes in the opening chapter, "Jolly Mrs. Sheesasite has the floor and wants some questions answered. You know Mrs. Sheesa- site; her husband recently purchased her a set of freight scales.. " *W!hy is it, Doctor, that thin people -entv^aa* pin mnnh t^nr^ tMf* ffffr peo- ple and still not gain?^^ ^^~-"~â€" "'First: Thin people are usually more active ~tban fat people and use *up their food. "'Second: Thin people have been â€" proved to radiate fifty per cent more ____heat per pound thaa fatlpeople^ in other words, fat people are regular fireless cookers. They hold the heat in; it cannot get out through the â€"â€"packing, and the food which 1b also contained therein goes merrily on with flendsh regularty depoisting itself as fat/" * '_.. V-', &. :W:Wt^:% â- *S And so it^gMV"Mr&7~T!^::lMB7Stonr and Mrs. Knott Little are given their innings but the glib doctor pins them all down to their own folly. Having answered all objectons, Dr. Peters gets down to busness and out- lines a course of eating, sleeping and working guaranteed to make Jack rait and his wife alike as twins and Calories? -carbohydrates^â€"vitamines and' such are reduced to exact formu- lae and schedules guaranteed to make food values sit up, lie down or jump through a hoop are closely butlnedT The whole is written in a pleasant, semi-humorous style _ and illustrated by the author. The sugar-coatihg, however, does not detract from the medicinal value of the pill she offers. Harold novel is Bell Wright, "Helen of the whose latest- Old House, published by the Appletons, J has re- cently made a flying trip from his home in Arizona to witness the pro- duction in St. Louis of his play, "The Saltotihe Earth." â- ;.____^ - of "I am sure that Conrad, at his very best, is not so good as Melville, at his best, in nautical narrative; as Melville in, say, the first day of the final chase of Moby Dick. "Melville/' he continues, "writer of vivid descriptions of the South Seas, 'Typee/ 'Omoo/ which hwere perfect-of theirJkind, but still only superlative travel books, distin- guishedinr style but seldom lifting beyond autobiography,, began another arrative, in 'Moby Dick/ Very literally, the story begins as an autobiography, but even before the- Pequod leaves sane Nantucket an undercurrent begins to sweep through the narrative. This brooidng captain, Ahab, and his ivory leg, those warn- ing voices in the mist, the strange crew of all races and temperamentsâ€" the civilized, the barbarous and the savageâ€"in their ship, which is a white whale whose nature is inimical to man and arouses passions deeper than gain or revengeâ€"rail this pre- pares the reader for something more than incident. Prom the mood of De- foe one passes, by jerks and re- versions, to the atmosphere of 'The Ancient Mariner' and of 'Manfred'." The growing interest in Herman Mel- ville's writings, reflected in these many critical discussions of them, f 30ur building is strictly fireproof. We have no lelevator which "saves extfa_ handling olfti^^ lights which make it bright and free from moths, ven-^ ; tilators in roof which keep away the musty odor of- ten* found in warehouses. s©ur===Tiew~~btuld^ing^-and~ cleairterritory is free from vermm^and^li^ STORAGE ^FURNITURE CO ones: ~ . 32. Etj|dge^educed To sis lAn ExactScieneeJ* R. F, Foster's Effort HOULD you be the blithe- some blight of little green, table, that sort of person that is given to trumping your partner's ace, rais- ing your own bid, con- tracting a no trump against a strong suit, etc., you are recommended a session with "Foster on Auction," that latest authoritative work on the great game how published by Dutton* and writtten by*« R. P. !ftttfflc^£:.... :': 'â- 'â- '•"'•"â-  : â- '"'•-â- ":• -'f^"-â- :n:"'.â- â- 'â- â- â€¢â€¢ In this work Mr. Foster gives the beginner a complete guide to Auction with all its most recent variations the full code of the official laws and 137 deals from actual play. The theory of auction in the past has been vague. Mr. Foster estab- lishes the fact and proves it by actual shown in the increased demand for his books reported by E. P. Dutton who have recently hroughtnout new Moby Dick," "Typee" in .their Everyman's printings of and "Ombo* Library. play that every hand has a fixed value for ~at£ack or defense which can be depended upon to yield a certain re- turn in tricks to the player who un- derstands these values and bases his bids upon them. That the Ace, King in five of suit is worth four tricks in actual play is a fact that has long been understood by the better players, but no attempt has before been made to analyze the act- ual value of each card and demon- strate bow each plays its. part in the hand.;i::;: â-  â-  One certain trick for the ace and one half of a trick for the unprotect- ed King is the basis of Mr. Foster's calculation of values. But the King topped by the Ace is worth as much as the Ace itself so the two together worth two certain tricks. __The third round in actual play being prob- lematical, the Queen is estimated at rtecr-b; higher cards, one-fourth of a trick. orMEp?- ,.:; ^^^^t'i^WMM' The play of the dummy is worth, one trick in actual play and the ad- vantage of naming of the trump auto- matically doubles the value of each tain trick. This is the basis of the valuation system for the purposes of bidding, according to Mr. Foster. How he works this system into a com- tack and defense is a pretty problem in mathematics. For the beginner or the seasoned player, the book will be Continuance of the film *The Chosen Prince," the stoj-yâ- â- â- â- â- 'â- â- :^~-K-;iJM^Ui David, will be shown: at the Children's Movies at St. Augustine's PariBh House, Thursday afternoon and ever ning, March 16. An added feature will be the short story "Little Jimmy's Prayer." The films for next week are^ provided by Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Alger, ; 256 Sberldan Road. â-  ^-: â- â€¢.â- .â- ./ â- ,*â- --â- ;,,'^Ia* m ;.'â- ;,â- â- %:' "'^^eaandSenrice"||l The car everyone would like to own REAL HELPFUL SERVICE On All- Veur Paint Problem* AH 8txe Cent, Tubee, SttfrSiaT Colo You Can Do Better Here Than BOsewhere RASMESEN'S $f»W32ti liouse^eanm fill will prbbably; decide to replace with "'hew ones.lllllliiS wr irig"iity|f3tt -to-~ymt||^^ -8HH Why "Statioti to Station^ Long- Distance CaHs Cost You Less zX^aoaHlji^ejrt^^ toll bills by using our "Station to Station" lon^-^islance service. 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In: a ver^gi^ea^faa|a(T^r of cases i t is found that a call made in this way either reaches the particular person wanted or the person who answers canl take message ui handle the busincssr1 * __ Specimen rates for "Station to Station" and other classes of long-distance service may be found in the telephone directory.^Themanager^ additional information. EJJ3NOIS®0L1. TEE^PHCHm GOMRM rgfSflltflf. SKftld"yiti-'-bI^ iisli MM Mf f K artomrijai]^ beaufi? ful assortmentp)f O.ri'e n tal^ an d Jrench I Wiltoiis^ 1 most | reason lli"fiiiili|IM88': wm'>> '^yw'tlp^ Fountain ..v.i,ifia V..MK'