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 ABOUT BOOKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE T£EM A Romance of Lincoln v "THE SOUL OF LINCOLN" By Bernie Babcock The author of "The Soul of Ann Rut- ledge" has toiiowed it up with another moving romance through which we glimpse the lofty soul of the immortal Lincoln. There is no more difficult form of tale nor-anyimore alluring than the historical romance.. The author has made this one very effective. It covers the period of the Civil War and has caught the atmosphere of that turbulent period with singular accuracy and yet with a fine spirit of charity and under- standing. This is a tale of love and adventure. The lovely Ann Louin Laury, daughter of the South and true to it even in re- bellion; Dell Norcrosse, her lover, a Southerner who fights with the North; his rival, to whom the situation gives such an apparent advantage; the compli- cations that naturally ensue; all these furnish the materials for story that never flags. Lincoln is not obtruded but his spirit pervades the book and in the end we have a true and vivid account of the as- sasination that gave flight to his soul. , James Walter Doughty. Hot Weather Fiction "THE WOMAN OF THE HORIZON" By-Gilbert Frankan ^«iJ1?°nalltlfs' "aw**"* with their People, their real worth or worthiness, £K?er Wlth 8hrewd *»esses as to their future prospects, are set forth in a crisp, in«nal,?ICuSty,e- Your admiration for 22Lof them, *mll ** increased, for others you will feel a little more kindly ESL? anJ CMC ;y°u w>" have a much better understanding of kings! h^kLS?11^* TO a. *ood k"*1*ou* this book, though life is a serious enough business for most of those about whom it is written. . James Waiter Doughty. ^mm^mmmm,:m$m:M WHO WILL SAY "The Woman WWHonzon*ns^mar£ ufactured fantasy, at best, hot weather fiction. Given Francis Gordon, brilliant Eng- lish satirist, almost decadent at twenty- six, inadvertently and ignorantly rich, what can one expect ? Margaretta, Gemma, Madame la Duchesse, Murielâ€" can there be any Horizon? Tfie hero encircles the globe and the author follows as best he can. He finds India and the Orient hard sledding but picks up measurably in Australia with her London Sidney and maintains the pace pretty through South America. The book has a dozen brilliant pas- sages and one or two high pointsâ€"the Taj of Agra, a typhoon, a prayer. Globe trotting gives one much to see. "A French honeymoon" couple almost too devoted to be legitimate"; rubber cultivation with its commercialism-â€""an octopus twining iis tenacles around all men's thoughts"; and "American school marms who sprout miraculously from the soil wherever sights exist". But even at Borneo Wharf one tries to "get blood out of a stone", and at Hong Kong one meets "Elva, an extraordinary beautiful person but^unat- tractive in spite of all her attractions." "Came morning" and "came twilight" suggests that the travelling is perhaps being done via the cinema. That would be nearly as satisfying. Young Gordon_!s_joJL sourjLeJikeaJMe, with a trace of realism. There is some truth in his impossible end, even aside from the convenient financial embarrass- ment which precipitates it. Martin Dodge. «,,«..£, MovM1& Picture of Royalty "THIS KING BUSINESS" _. By Frederick L. Collins There is not a dull line in this book. It is all fact, or-what the author believes to be fact, and yet it has the fascinating pull of the liveliest romance. You stay up with it and burn the midnight oil__ â€". -The-autharv-a^staunch -republican, runs a keen, searching, critical but kindly and sympathetic eye over the kings and near kings of Europe, together with their queens and their sons and daughters, and gives us a most vivid and entertaining picture of what he saw. Their charac- A young^man ran for the legisla- ture of Illinois, and was badly swamped. | J4 ' He next entered business, failed, and spent seventeen years of his life paying up the debts of a worthless partner. He was in love with a beautiful young woman to whom he became engagedâ€"then she died. Entering politics again, he ran for Congress, and was badly defeated. He then tried to get an appointment to the United States land office, but failed. He became a candidate for the United States Senate, and was badly defeated. ,,.Tne!l he became a candidate for the Vice Presidency and was once more defeated. One failure! after anotherâ€"bad fail- uresâ€"great setbacks. Then he be- came one of the greatest of men of Americaâ€"Abraham Lincoln. Who says, "Oh, what's the"use?" â€"Reprinted from The American Press, Local Knights Templar at Chicago Festivities Evanston Commandery Knights Tem- plar, which has many members on the north shore, was represented in the mammoth parade in Woodlawn, Chi- cago, Tuesday by two hundred uni- .tended various other events of the con- clave, which began Monday and closed on Thursday, but the parade brought out a larger number of the Evanston com- mandery. Three of their members are officers in the grand commandery, including Joseph Atkinson Painter, grand com- mander of Illinois; William Henry Jen- nings, grand recorder, and past grand commander; jmd S. O. Spring, grand treasurer. E Newspaperman'* Prayer About a dozen years ago Walter Rauschenbusch composed "A Prayer for Newspaper )Mten and Writers," and it was printed in the American Magazine in July, 1910. Doubtless many^ readers would like to have it for their scrap bookâ€"if for no other Purposeâ€"so here it is reprinted: O Thou* great source of truth and knowledge, we remember before thee the writers of books, the newspaper men, and all whose calling it is to ?lather and winnow factsâ€"amf-to-iii orin the people. Grant them a de- termined love for honest work and a staunch hatred for the making of lies,! lest they pervert the judgments of our : nation antf teach \ us to- call light1 darkness and darkness light. Suffer them not to drug the minds of our §eople with falsehood and prejudice, mce the sanity and wisdom of a na- tion are in their charge, may they count it shame to set the baser pas- sions of men on fire for the sake of gam. "Grant them boldness to turn the unwelcome light On those who love the darkness because their deeds are evil. Put into their hands the shin- ing sword of truth, and make them worthy sons of the champions of the J ' in the pasc, who held truth to Notice has been received by the local post-office that the new Hard- ing Memorial t stamps are being printed and wilt soon be sent out to the various offices through-out the country for use in the ma« aerVice.g The stamps are the same size as the regular two-cent stamp and have an, engraving of the late president in the center surrounded by a black border. In the upptr left' ind .. stamp window, the new stamp memorial is quite favorable but the colp» makes it unpopular io$ comma cial Use. The^regular two-cent stasw now in besie^e new Harding ^Mem«Ial^"stamp|i ' Miss Alice; Wessa, - who has teen talc ing a course at Columbia university thi« summer, returned last^:week Wn m people be a hi >e a holy thing for which men should «ie. Make them realize that they have a public function in the com- monwealth, and that their country may be saved by their courage and undone by their cowardice and si- lence. ; "Grant them the heart of manhood to cast their mighty influence with the forces which make the people "Strong and free, anffTT~th^â„¢Mfi%" loss may they rejoice in that as proof of their own souls that they, too, have been friends of the common man and â€"Reprinted from The American Press. Mrs. John P. Oleson's aunt, Mrs. Burt Olney, of Rome, New York, is here for a visit.................... OfteittM^^...... will always fill the bill because t prepared||^ We also serve Business A .'::lWILMETTEsGAFE 1181 Wilmette Ave^, oppoaite Village Hall DOLLARDAY BARGAINS Woolen or Silk Stockings $1.50 Value____ $1.00 $2.25 Value ...... $1.50 Koverall Aprons $1.50 Value .... $1.00 50 Children's Dresses Value $5.00 each. .$1.50 A discount of $1.00 will be given on every gar- ment over $1.00. 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