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4 A YIIK f I l VII vilTVn W lil'l.'. ViiITMDL h o. mi i tK n.fi to I RED CROSS DELIVERS MAIL Twenty Thousand Letteri and Post eanii Handled for Prisoner!. AUSTBIOS AltE FAEINQ WELL Thoa latrjreed By Resale Gettla Trriwrl-.TkUn Are t era In Rtnnlnc Smoothly la Vlrana. New Books (Correspondence of The Associated Preae) VENICE. Nov. 1-Throunh the effort of the Rd rmn society some let. left and post cards (mm Auntro-Hungar- ian wr prisoners In Russia and Krvla hav already been delivered to their rel ative and frlenda at home. Tha cor respondence from both countries cornea through tloumanta. Tha letter, of course, ara rend by the official censor In the country where thrr are written. The Aortrisn papers admit that the corres pondence on tha whole, gives the Impres sion that the prisoners are heir. well Medea. THK BALL OF FIRE. Pr Oeorra Ran dolph and Lillian Cheater. 270 Pp. II a. H.urii a liifrnallunul l.liTary com pany. The book deala with matters of religious belief, tha reaponalbtllty of the church for hideous conditions In city life, the rlrh man'a connection with the church and hi attitude toward reltirlon and moneymak lns. Tha llarket Square church haa a prominent place In the foreground all through the. story. It la an old and famous New Vork City church. wsslng among other properties, a certain Ved der court, which, although tha church Is Its landlord. Is a nolaome hole, a nwt of filth and poverty and vice. The rector, young, handsome and gifted, wants to build a $.V,Cm0.000 cathedral and the veatry la considering selling Vedder Court to raise tha necessary money. A traction emperor would buy It and make out of It a transportation center for tha whole story la sufficiently well told to com mand the Interest of ita readers. In splta of the obvious defects of Ita machinery, i - TMP! WOMAN A I)NK. Hy Mabel Her the ground beneath the trees. The pits l wnu;( rather hv? h'm have been stored awsy by the animal:'1 theaters for winter ue. Merrlt eaelly collected '' Intend therefore, tl aet mv season j .k, ,, . . ... ticket and wenr the i In, Just an the men tha fruit a pltte(1 ,y the squirrels and; do. to alt with the rlrl bunch in the, sold It ti tne canning factory at 2 cental section they have reserved: to yeil aJI I I Pr pound more thn ordinary unpltted w"nt "f"1 nv, K"'"' time. Juot as I , apricots brought. i vhv to 1" nlch "'no"l hero-tf hero he may be ca..e-of Mr ' of ,mplnylB J , ' ' hiaTrTi '-"t report, from the f vid accord-I ' '''tng to Ttie onto tat iaiiy lantern. bert rner. 2W pp. II . Hearst s Inter . nations.! J.lhrsry company. A more contemptible creature than tha l'rnr' latest novel one cannot well con celva. He o- lllates between wife and mistress, urable to be faithful to either, bound to the wife he rlf tenia by a cow ardly awareness of her power to make herself supremely disagreeable more than by any other thing; and to the mlstreaa, first, of course, by passion, then because he has forged. a chnln hard to br-ak. A contemptible scoundrel, whom one longn to kick. This very longing Is, by the by a tribute to the author' dramatic power. Her ory t well told, but la filled with most unpleasant scenes. HOW GIRLS AID THE TEAM Okie f'o-Bds Work o Mea May Harder. Reel rkesie the university publlcat'on, are to the effect Hint there Is nnv, n solid mass of eolor In the bleacher at each foot ball kainn and that the distinctive looting from this r?ctlon Is n great encourage ment to the team. ! At the Ohio State tinlvernlty at Colum bus, where more than i0 of the 4.3 students are women, the student athletic authorltiea were facing a rrlnle. Tho ays- world of travel. Rut business rivalries treated In Russia tha wounded receive! throw complicating tangles Into tha course I and meaicai attention, ana a grand 4uka vla-iof events, the question of whether a man tted them In a hospital at Moscow. Nearly can ba a Christian, no matter what hla all the unwounded and those who have business method, merely because he still ' recovered from their Injuries are being profess tllef In th Thirty-nine Ar sent to Omsk In Siberia. It I thought tldee. disturbs th vestry, and the rector -that later they may bo put to work In himself grow doubtful about hla right : th mines there, but nothing deflnl haa to enntinua. his tensions tf, An "1." Tr"T TRACK". Py Cl.ra Ix).tl Rurnham. 421 pp. I1.J5. Houphton-MII oil rompnil. James Harries ha married a woman, cold and unloving. Rha young It lD- tenatlc rooting in ihe bleacher at the foot ball games had suffered severely se because of the genersl practice amotiir the men students of taking the . ,;co-ed" to tha foot ball game -And of siti ng In i bo xea In tha grand stand, where vigorous been heard as to this. For special ttnefl! o of unemployed ti. " Women's Fruiicl ganlied "f.'lt.ii.t- stantla) meul . pared and scr hellers (eight renttu boen provided at tbrloua centers, where the meal I served bet wee a noon and 3:30 o'clock dally; or tha food can be taken horn If desired, but person must bring their own dlfhcs for tha purpose. Among th classes benefited by this form of relief are musician, artlats, engineers, teacher, commercial clerk and shop as sistant of both ssxes. Tohseee ft apply tOT. Austrian smokers will soon have to b content with home-grown tobacco, sine Import from abroad hava been entirely topped and tha stock of foreign brand on hand la tha government store ar not very large. ' Th director of th Austrian Tahakre g)e i credited with aaylng that tha pub. lie hava been showing their loyalty by rejecting all tobaccos, cigar and cigar ette manufactured In England or France. Both there and In Budapest th tailors'' associations met and solemnly pledged - themselves not to make up any Kngllah cloth. ... . He vera 1 weeks later than usual the , Vienna theaters have begun to open their . doors, and most of them ar now giving mora or less regular performances. Dut . th two court stages th Imperial Cpera . .house and the Hofburg theater a r atlll closed. This I due to disputes ever th salaries of the performer. - Fearing that tha season might not be very successful .. and presumably anxious to apar th em- ' peror's privet purse from eey great .'-losses, th court chamberlain' depart . . ment tried to reduce th acal of salaries ' paid to the better classes of performers. It was proposed ' td fix th maximum remuneration of th chief actor and singer at U.Ooo crowns a year U3,ano) ; and the minimum, at 7,100 crown (1,0), S'o attempt wak mad ' to reduce ths wages paid to th choru girls' and airpert j and stag, mechanic and ether erayloye. '.-v'-r .. Prapaaal . Oelt ' Fair. ' . , Th court ef dotal argued that i their proposal was quit fair, a It was only InUndsd to give four performance k -. week. But two or. three of the highly paid artist offered suebj determined opr posltloa 'to accepting- any. reduction . . In ' their salaries that It waa found Imposat ) to reopen tlther opera or theater. The quarrel' at last became extremely aert- ' monlous. and th nam of th alngar who wr atandloi out for their regular ' high aa'.arle war freely mentioned In th paper. At last it was stated that ; they had yielded to th representations of th minor actor and stage employee, ' who were threatened with starvation, and agreed to accept th lower acal of re muneraUon. Rut so far neither opera nor burg theater have been reopened. the husband had known In hla youth. through all th complication and th tur- 1". " "7 , . " ' ' . M.c middle el.; moll a young woman from IhewesU niece' r"V hr had formerly .oured s. the Austrian of . Nn- Tork -an nromln.et : h'T t'mt'T nd ly" "" i m ...w.. h a tongue. But now peace and content look from her eyes, and love Is upon her lips, fhe enters the dlscordsnt house as the governess of the young wife' little step, on -and win him bck to health and good behavior. Her teaching, her being and all her Influence are bent to th f fort to bring Into th unhappy home the aame love and content that have made over her spirit. And finally she succeeds, and th book end with everybody good nd happy. terested. only In things of the Intellect. ! roo11 " In voerJe. care nothing about his home, bis' Tb '"W"11 ot rhnnge comfort or the welfare of her at.nchit. lvocatd y the men leaders. dren. The young wife has already gone Th WOMpn themselves, when the unl a little too far with her superior airs and yr,ilr optrmi In September, volunteered her Indifference. Then there enters noon : 10 brtn bo"t better rooting support the scene a woman of mlridi ... ..i, ! tor' th team. To Imsremlag the .Natives, Tn a small South American state which had recently underdone a change of ad min'etration the new potertate summoned an a'tlst and ordered new designs for ail the o'flcinl uniforms. "1 wirh oliowy costumes very showy," he aald, "for people are impressed by j them. I have here some sketches that I i my-elf have made. Look them over and I le glided hy these Ideus as far as pos ellile." ! The srtl.it examined the rkctches care fully. This," he snld. turning the pages, i ' la evidently for the navy and this Is i for the army: but If you please, what Is! whs not i this a long plume on a three-cornered however I . yellow coat trimmed with .V-toe have or-, ln tn4 Market Street' church, wends her! way, one of , the most disturbing factors in the whole affair. Hha has much more Intelligence than I usually accorded to fiction heroines by their creators; she has thought much about; religion and the moral, or Immoral, of business and she Is abl to vole her idea with force and efficiency. . Inner." A ub-i "Tr, nicely pre supplied for forty' I lining rooms have PINK PAJAMAS PEEVED. HIM Nevada . Bheriff Dlda't Appreciate the ' Herel ' Proprteter' ' ' ... . Thewahtfalaeea. . Trouble reigned In the Hotel Crellln. Oakland, Cel., aad all because of a pair -"-of pink pa)amaa. If Proprietor Louis .. Abor hadn'r Invented new way to etm '. medate transient gueata, or If he had ma 3 th palame blue or green, perhaps ' ' all would ha-e been well but Edward ' Kqulrea, deputy sheriff from Nevada, will not wear 'em pink, that' a final! , Aber bad star led a nsw scheme. Many belated dweUorVln th outskirts of Oak. : land had appeared at hi hotel, after missing their last cars, for night accom , r. modationa, Aber thought that It wouU j be a clever concession to provide them " with all th ' comfort ot home so he ; ' prdcred that pajamas be t urnlalied along with pillow cases and the rest ot a hotel loora'i dornment. Squire appeared" to announce that" ht had missed l lut boat to San Francisco.' T lie wanted a room. Dasli Katona. chief :l clerk, showed Mm to a room and Jeft '. A few momenta later the Neva J' sheriff appeared In the office, red jid angry; and wllh a pair of pink pajamaa sus pended scornfully from thumb and finger. "Bay." demanded the deputy sheriff, i'Un't It bad enough to put mo tn an. other man's room, without putting me In a room -with a pair of pink silk nlght pentaT I'm acre'." The matter w explained. , ani th enerm rMurned mo Uted, to sgleep. but be didn t wear th 1 -Irlbuu. MONfilONOR VTLLAROBA. Ry Pompeo. Duke Lltta. .!tr Pp. U.K. U. P. Putnain Bona l ; Monslgnor VUlarnsa la a saintly prelate with silver-white cum and a heart big with sympathy. In hi youth he had been a follower of Oiirlbuldl and beneath hi veatment still wear the "Htar of the Thousand." Her we have a fight still sterner than that waged In hlg youth a fight to aid In the moral and material redemption ot th peasants and to teach th true meaning of Christ's message to humanity. It la a story In which love, heroism and a great laaue jointly com mand the reader' attention. THK FOLK OF FL' RRT FARM. Rv K F. Purdon. 349 Pp. tl.36. O. P. Putnam Boos. Furry Farm takes It nam from the Furry Hill, which run, steep and sharp, Ilk th fin of a fish, through the land ef Michael Heffernan. the hero of the story, who, stiff ot limb and tight of flat, turn wooer ln his old age. Ther 1 wooing by proxy and elopement In person, a daylight ghost, a cattl thief, a little child, and th life of hill and hearth, Above all, the book 1 a real picture of an unspoiled section of Ireland where limited means, tha struggle for life and age-old traditions have left their stamp on the Individual and on the community. THTCT TVIIfJ QUK8TION. Anonymou 84 pp. . l. U. . The Maemillan company, ' The pressing question of everyday re ligion I tb theme of thl book, and the tory show th contrasted mode In which different member ot the am family, some of whom are orthodo In their convlcltlons and other not, meet th.ir ahar nf "unmerited suffering. There la an absorbing love story running through the whole "which reveal that only, through suffering comei character, spiritual Insight and moral heroism. Cor' the team. Te this end. so.rnlled "declaration of Independence'" were dis tributed among the women of the uni versity, . aad each , woman student, was aeked to sign on. , Tlili is the declara tion; , I nm-a. free And Independent girl and loyal to my university. I like to go to the yjames. but t do not Want to depend on be'ng taken . by a man when 1 know he would rather be up In the student bleachers with thn crowd. dress purple, nd- "That." replied the chief of state, gravely, "Is the secret police." Kvcry I'ooy's Magazine. A Settlement. Mr. frolden had a new office boy. A few daya after his arrival some money wns missed from the cash drawer. Calling the new boy , into hla private of fice. All. tlolilen said severely: "Tliero Is tt) gone from my casTi drawer. Albert. Now. you and I are- the oniy people .who have keys to that drawer." "Well." replied the hoy cheerfully, "s'pose we each pay IH'nnd say no more about It?" Harper's Maxashne. Choice of any Man's Hat in our store (Stet sons excepted) $ T 50 "Wednesday at. . OMAHA'S FASTEST GROWING STORE. 1516-18-20 FARNAM STREET Overcoat Sale Wednesday Men s Overcoats $ worth up to $20, for Men's Overcoats $ worth up to $30, for Tuesday Night's Ad Contains the Story 13 1850 OI3L.TVTON.' By John $1.26. J. It. Llppln l pajamas! Oakland ran ' ltra(3 Treatment lor il PoOe . . flam pi treatment of Pyramid Pile) KeuMMly mailed free for trial give Quick rehxt, slop ttcblug, bleeding or protroxim plies, beuiwrrliuias aud all recii trouble, tn itie privacy of your wq bsiiH. lyrmld I'll Kenifdy U M aaia at all tlruglsta. We a boa. Mail this Coupon totbe PYRAMID DRAG COMPANT. 6 r-yreiuid lildg.. UarshalL Mlcb. with puur full bum bud a'iJreM oa a slip of (pr. and sample trcat uint of tli areat Priaiul4 I'll Kcuiedy, wt'l t boa le snt yuu at once ty umii, tHUK. In pUiia wrapper. TTTB TMTKK OT Heed Hcott. S61 Pp. cott company. Th acen . open at . the Charleston Tacht olub, where Cardigan and Brtna- made, bosom frlenda, are plannln yachting amis In the Caribbean. They hare heard of a mysterious Island which eerJ mariners claim to have seen, but never explored. After cruising more or less aimlessly, they come acrosa thl 1st- land, and finally discover nn tinder- ground passage Into th Interior, itere they find 4 Strang peoptethe descend ants ot a British duke and his family and retainer. Thl little community ha been living ln strict seclusion for several gen eration a whim of th original ruler, who waa a misanthrope end at war with th world. Tha present duke ha retained hi progenitor' adopted title,, "Th Duk ot Oblivion." There follow many adven ture, quit sufficient to stir th heart of the meat Jaded reader. THB MUTINY OF THB BI.KINORE. By Jack London. 871 Pp. I1.3& The Mac- . m llan company, Th tale of an American coal -carrying hip wind-jamming around the Horn, captained by a upr-man. th "Samu rai" of H. Qy Wells' "Modern Utopia," as the observing passenger decides, officered by mate o( the old. hard-driving, man killing breed, and manned by a crew ot Insane, crippled and criminal seamen. The observing passenger I a world weary rich man, a dramatist and philoso pher.' and whe It Is mentioned that th captain' daughter, a capabl and beautl TUB rtANCH AT WOMTER1NK. .Tty R. M. Hower. VA Pp. $1.30. Little, Brown . Co. wr. nowers new novel of western life Is, like Its predecessors, full of movement and of thrilling Incident. Its hero, Ward Warren, I the atrong man who alwaye dominates such tales of adventure. He stands up against all aorta of untoward fate. Including a broken leg, which, per force, he himself set. A ha declares! "Dam Fortune spotted him In the crowd nd proceeded to use him for a foot ball.' It I pleasant to read that luck turned:, that he found th right girl, who all herl life had been "doing something for some-! br.dy," and that he never more com-' plained of filling the role of the much-! kicked foot ball In the trenuou game of. lire. THK MJN'P r-POT. " By Justus Miles Forman. M Pp. $I.3S. Harper 4 Bros. The story of a man who deceived him self, a New York oclety man 1 st.rred by the new wind of civic responsibility. Hailed tha nrnnhet nt fnmmn , - " rvum i th hero won famo a a aoclolnaicai worker, an arbitrator of Industrial dis putes. HI influence waa wide, and he' wa welcomed equally at Cooper Union' meeting and In Fifth avenue drawing' room. . It wa long before the girl who! believed In him found out that It wa ambition, not lov of hi fellows, which moved him and longer still before he him-' self acknowledged the blind spot In hi vision.' . , - . Z3I n SHORT LIFE OF HORSE IN WAR Tea Daye fk Xlnalt AsaasareJ by "st Officer of British Araay. That th average life of a horse on the firing line in France la about ten day waa the astonishing declaration of a British army officer identified with th remount department who visited th FIs, Doerr At Carroll Horse company's big .mart In East Twenty-fourth street. New York, a few day ago. Horsemen wr prepared to hear of unexampled waatage after reading about the ravoo wrought by modern artillery and machine guns, but thl report indicate such laughter a had not been dreamed of here, , In the civil war ln thl country th wastage of hone wa at th rat of about 600 day in th union army, and th service of a cavalry horee under an active commander then averaged about tour month. During hi Shenandoah vaiiey campaign Bhertdaa required 150 fresh horse a day, and In eight month the cavalry of the Army of the Potomao waa remounted twice, nearly 40,000 borse having been required. If the British officer' estimate of the wastage is not wide of the mark It Is foregone conclusion that verore the car nage end there will be such a shortage of horse a Kurop ha never acen. A most of th animal which equipped th vast armies now In th field were com mandeered from farmers and others who had been using them tn agriculture and Industry, they will hava to ft replaced for this work whsn peac t restore! and thl demand, added to that ef the war, wilL It 1 believed, seriously affect y. ifpM Mi jje Vr ! U i1m bJ"3 La Every Bascburncr in our stock at just ONE-THIRD LESS, includ ing the famous GOLD COIN. CHARTER OAK, HOME CORAL and every other Bascburncr in our entire stock, and you make YOUR WTJ GOLD COiri BASEBUltilEElS 1-3 QFIF EASY TERMS Charter Oak and Home Coral Baseburners 1-3 EHF EASY TERMS aTC. I'.eUI .VWvV -v. fch&M Km . . nil mm ful young woman, "a daughter of Herod-, the price ef horses the world over aurlng tne nest lew years. New York Herald. PROFIT BY SQUIRRELS' WORK Kaeraetle Aalaaale pit Aprteeta, Savlag the Fralt Crewer Mark Hoaey. When F. F. Merrltt of Grand June Hon, Colo., because of hi love for ani mate, refused to shoot a colony of gray squirrel that made their home under his apricot treea, he added many dollar to hie bank roll. The squirrel stripped hi tree of every aprluot. but took only the plf The apri cot pit la extremely sweet and juicy. Th squirrel carefully opened th fruit and extracted the seed. The fruit, devoid of pita, waa left on las," "born neat-builder." and a number ot other thing, all Interesting, Is pro vided '14 be 'his play-fellow, that aid ot tb story la sufficiently Indicated. The atory has th real wlldnea and savor of the thrill of adventure and conquest, but rather lacks the finish of some of Mr. London's earlier stories. 8iriL,Y ANN. P.v Fannie Heaallp Lea. pp. 1. Harper A Brothere. The etory la about the love affairs of a Virginia girl whe visits her married slater ia Honolulu, has a delightful time every day of her life, and attracts men and 'proposals 'of marriage a a saucer ot syrup' attracts bvea. Her creator did hot.. mtnly.. think It worth while to glv her roach save aurfac manifes tations of character, but these phases 1 are. treated "with skill; and a far a there Is anything to know about Nelly Ann, th reader feel when he gets through that h know her pretty well. She I docile and demare and ha th very old Eve's facility In making the suitor of th moment believe that she Is pertlcularly Interested In whatever In terests him. la the end. after all th other varied suitors have been disposed of, she get th man she has really wanted to marry all the time. THE SOCXD OF WATER. My Margarita 8. Gerry. DM PP. tl. Harper brother A etory of a mystery which. It 1 safe t eey, no reader can guess until It la re vealed. To keep the secret of th sup posed crime the anther haa (allsn Into aa error almost a fatal a that of per mitting It to leak out prematurely. She haa made the central sttyatloa ani all ths details too Impossible for credibility. However, any mystery, though clumsily contrived. Is certain to lure a number ef readers. A medical mystery holds a special fcinatlun for tho laity, and thl at vi 4 mi ! 33 S24.50 For tho Union's Special $35.00 Steel Range. Six larg S-tnch lid. 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