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Tavern* That Served the Traveler* in New England "OLD !CKW ENOLJLKD DOW” Mr lfarr Caroline Crawford. (“L. 0. Pag* A Co.. Boston. Maes.) Moat treasured of American tradi tion* are those cradled la New Bng l*nd. It wee of the "Wayside” Inn, that poet Longfellow sang. Distinct for architecture, replete with hlatorlo significance are th* taverns which re main to u* from th* earlier American day, A choice volume both for appear ance and contest Is the Mary Caro line Crawford volume on the Inn* of ' old New England. Miss Crawford has • already published "Old Boston In • Colonial Days," and “The Romance r of Old New England Rooftrees." Her new book Is profusely Illustrated with plotures of the old hostelriea, some of them bearing pre-revolutionary war dates. It would be Impossible to writ# a ■ story about th* yearly lnne without recounting many ei the most charm , lng scenes In Colonial history, and weaving Into the account delightful, colorful bits about the customs and manners of those sturdy founders of our home land. Contrast the present day "S50 fire proof rooms and bath" sign with the following naive advertisement: "These are to signify to all persons that travel the great Post Road southwest from Boston, that I keep a house of public entertainment 11 miles from Boston, at the sign of the sun. If i they want refreshments and see cause to be my guests, they shall be well entertained at a reasonable rate. N. Ames.” "Taverns that entertained Wash ington” is one of the Intimately hu man chapters In the book. Another chapter deals with "When Lafeyette Came Back,” and still others, are titled "Revolutionary Taverns,” and “The Inns of Old Boston.” Once, at least, a New England tavern appears to have been the scene of a hull fight. Th# affair was thus heralded In the Essex Register of June, 1809: "Sportsmen, Attend!" "The gentlemen sportsmen of this towi and Its vicinity are Informed that a grand combat will take place between the Urus, Zebu, and Spanish Bull, on the 4th of July, If fair weather, If not the next day, at the Half-Way House on the Salem Turn pike. There will also be exposed at the circus, other animals which, for courage, strength and sagacity are Inferior to none.” Again the reassuring landlord adds that “No danger need be apprehend ed during the performance!” About Arabs and the . Land Thev Live in "THE BPBXb OF ALGERlX AND TTT NI8IA." By Francis Miltonn. Illus trated by Blanche McManua ft*. C. Page A Co , Boston, Mass.) One of the “spell series” Is this re published | volume, which appeared first In 1908 under the title of “In the Land of Mosques and Minarets.” It Is not a guide book nor a photo graphic picture of today. It is the real Algeria and the real Tunisia, deep beneath ft yeneer of European civilization. Mr. Miltoun paints a land of mosques and minarets, of beautiful women and proud men; of plctureaque customs and adventures; of beauty and mystery. One chapter In the book could stand alone as a document of Interest, “Some Things That Matter—to an Arab.” , “Never ask an Arab hla age,” the author advises. “Tou will be disap pointed If Tou do. The Arabs have no civil register and generally Ignore their exact age. frequently reckoning only by some great event which may have happened within their memories. It Is a belief among the Arabs that tfcey can carry on a conversation with animals. Not all amongst them are tfuis accomplished, but the speech of animals, they say, can he learned and many of their head men know It. They believe in the evil eye, and they object most decidedly and vocifer ously If you point your finger at them: also, they wear charms and amulets against disease and disaster. They used to object to the camera man and the artist, but today, since they have come to learn that you carry away with you no actual part of themselves, only an Impression, their attitude has changed. “The hoy stays with the family and adds his strength and stalents to his father's tribe: but the daugh ter, arriving at the marrying age, which comes early with the Arabs, leaves not only her family, but the ~ \m f;RTisF.Mi:vr. Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop a little " Freeze ne" on an aching corn, In stantly that oom stops hurting, then shortly you lift It right off with finget-s. M Tour druggist sells a tiny bottle of ■ *'Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient Is remove every hard corn, soft coin, or eorn between the toes, end the foot calluses, without soreness or lr Citation- ““ - t L r " -* # ' N Warming a Lobby Chair! __ ~ The house detective pops from behind a convenient pillar derby hat and all. By O. O. M’lNTTRE. There Is no better place to study humanity than to watch the ebb and flow In a hotel lobby. All the color ing# are there. A alrenlo wisp of a girl comes In—a fluff of fur at the neck and wrists. Bhs Is greeted by one of those sleek South American youths—whose hair Is well oiled and whose feet are nimble. They drift off to the tea room. A theatrical producer strolls by. He has three plays "on Broadway”— which means in the side street For ties. There are few theaters on Broadway. He seems conscious of his Importance. He has broken up two homes and has a mole on his nose. An old man who Is growing old In good health. He has the ruddy air of the freshly barbered and a bright kerchief rests In his pocket. A chauf feur and a friendly passerby assist a slightly squiffed gent through the revolving door. He fumbles for tip money but reconsiders and lurches away. The house detective pops from be hind potted palms. He is ths same the world over—blue serge suit, mountainous toed shoes and derby hat at an angle. The news stand girl—bright and alert. She Is generally chosen for her ability to Indulge in airy persiflage. She eeems to like her Job and ha# a way of making you feel humble. Why is that? The head porter. He has about as much expression as a burnt carrot and he la always dashing around in cir cles. In New York the head porter s job sometimes pays a bank presi dent’s salary in gratuities. He has cold gray eyes. An adroit stags comedian. He parts his hair down the back and wears black puff ties. Comedians are almost invariably of solemn visage. Where is there a sad der face than that of Charles Chap lin? Even the derby and eplay feet do not lighten the touch of pathos. The editor of a magazine for the intelligentsia. He la forever sponsor ing new things. That die aborning. A fat aldermanio type with white aooka and frayed cigar. He Is reml nlucent of something that has hap pened the night before. And he's the sort who would welcome a friendly flask. Young girls, In ths mods of ths mo ment, going to ths beauty parlor Tiny clochs hats over ths ears. Skirts shorter than ever and heels that click. One is cool, slim and disdain ful. She married a count and found him a rotter. As they usually do— but keep on marrying them. Again, ' ancestral community, perhaps sven the tribe, and goes where her new master pleases. From this ons Judges that with the Arabs, as with many other exotic nations, the birth of a son brings real Joy, but that of a girl merely a lukewarm expression of gratification, or perhapa nothing more than a disappointed resignation." Thus is the Arab given to us, in terestlngly, painstakingly. The place of northern Africa in international af fairs! the poetry, music and dancing of the mosques, the products and trade of this section, are Included In the 400 pages of solid, informative reading. ) ' Not the least attractive feature of the book is the Illustration. Mils McManus has dons soms charming sketches which, mors truly than a photograph could, glvs ths fesllng of Algeria, that "great whits city," and other of other center# in thst part of ths world of Islam. _ Six Play* for Amateur Performance in This Volume ■ IX P1.AYH, by Keotael hymen Flel*. (Charles Bcrlbnsi^s Sons. Ntw York.) The need for clever one-act playa for young peopla eeema never to be ■atlafactorlly Ailed. Rachel I.yman Field haa dlreoted heraelf to thl* form of drama In a volume, "Six Playa." Georg* P. Baker, profeaaor of dra, malic literature at Harvard, famoue for hi* "Workahop 47" claaa. aaya In hla foreword: "Her# are alx one-act playa likely to be particularly aervlca able to amateur aotora of achool ag* —S to II. They oall for email caata, never more than eight peraona, uaualy four to alx. Th* playa mak* few. If any, demand# for th# atrong emotional acting uaually beyond the power* of tb# ralaUvaly lnoxparl anood or untrained.” The playa contained I* the volume are "Cinderella Married.” "Three Pill# In a Bottle,” "Columbine In Bualneaa," “'Th# Patehworh Quilt," "W1 adorn Teoth" and "Thoorloo and Thumb#." Of the*#, "Three Pill# In a Bottle" la probably th# beat known. Saya Mr. Baker: "Ever alaee 11a onthual aatlo reception on It# ‘Arat night* In 'The 47 Workahop' year* ago, it baa been given, week In, week out, all over the United Hlatea, under aJmoat every conceivable condition of etage equipment and caat It haa alwaya ■atiaAad the aotorg gad plaaaad Ha audience*/ • I why 1* that? In nearly every hotel lobby la the professional southemsr—a tall syca more with Vandyke, wide hst and black string tie. Hs haa an acquired drawl and has a soothing way of pre senting some flim-flam scheme. The maitre d’hotel flutters through. He Is Frenchy and high strung. His life Is a series of salaams, and yet he Is about the most aloof person about the place. There Is something of genius In commanding so much re spect for servility. Telephone girls In hotels are the gayest of all creatures under the stress of nervs killing work. It Is their Job to be cheery and they do It In a commendable way. It Is no won der so many of them marry well. I could never quit# understand why a New York hotel clerk believes his sole duty to be haughty. They are not like that In other cities. Here, the moment they get behind a desk they seem to regard every guest as an an noyance. Next to theater box office men they are the most impolite men to be found In the town. No single person about a hotel can do so much to create good will for the Institution that employs him as the hotel clerk. It Is perhaps because all New York hotels are crowded that this Important point Is overlooked. There hasn’t been a hotel failure here in years. It Is one business that suc ceeds In spits of Itself, One of the charming things about London Is the tvarni hospitality of Its hotels. It begins with the clerk when you register and continues until the starter outside bids you a cherry goodby. It Is a trick New York should learn. There Is a .poet In Canada by the SAY “BAYER ASPlRIN”-<^W^te Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets, you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over 24 years for Colds Headache Pain Neuralgia Toothache Lumbago Neuritis Rheumatism Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer’' boxes of twelve tablets Also bottles of 24 and loo—Druggists. Aaoirin U the trade auuk of Davcr Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicvlicadd i * name of O. O. McIntyre. Now and then people write to me thinking I am responsible for his verse. I have been accused of lots of thing* but I don't like to be accused of poetry. I have no gift for writing or reading it. I was once Intrigued by socialism. I used to go to meetings over-the Rhine In Cincinnati. I became very friendly with a cigar maker and we planed to aid In making the world a better place. One day he was ar rested for racing a horse along a Kentucky turnpike and somehow I gave up socialism, although I don’t see exactly why. Heywood Broun has written a most excellent book In “Sitting on the World.’’ It Is a collection of his news paper stories. They were dashed off In the hurly burly of the newspaper shop and this sort of stuff Is general ly very good or very bad. In this Instance It Is very good. Broun more than any newspaper writer I know has the power to Illuminate the In consequential and make It a debat able toplo. A socialist, by ths way. was flay ing the middle man’s extortions. “In pre war days,’’ he said “ths middle man sold us eggs for 30 cents a doz en. Now he makes us pay 90 cents a dozen. And the worst of It Is—they're the same eggs.” From a Cleveland letter: “I went home the other night very late and my wife was up reading a book of yours. She asked ms where I had been. I told her to the club. This was true but there was something doubt ful In her manner. It Is ths first time sha ever doubted me and it was the first time I ever caught her read ing a book of yours. Maks the most of It." Brooklyn Is a city of churches. Manhattan Is a city of lurches. Three men were taken to hospitals In a sin gle day as the result of sprained William A. Carroll Resolved to Fight “Dope Traffic” 10 Years Ago. William A. Carroll lived In Boston and worked at ths drug profession. He was a pharmacist for many years. But on# day an Idea struck Car roll. He had read the newspaper and seen nidving pictures of “human wreckage.’’ He had read of how thousands of persons died after years of suffering from the narcotic habit. Carroll hit upon tha Idea that by being employed as a narcotic agent he could do his bit to stop the drug traffic. This was almdst 10 ysars ago. A few days ago Carroll received word from Washington that he was promoted to agent In charge of the Omaha district to succeed Jo# Man ning, who la transferred to the Ha waiian Island# January 1. During the 10 years Carroll has been In this work he has participated In several large seizures. Hla fit**, work took him up to Maine, where he battled smugglers, mo'et of them Chinese who were arrested with large stocks of drugs. backs suffered while riding in taxis. Taxicabs have the habit of stopping suddenly but the passenger# go right on—sometimes right on through the windshield. Bus thers Is Balm In (Jllead. Taxi cab rates are coming down rapidly. They have decreased “about 40 per cent In the past six months. (Copyrlxht. 1111 ) Be# Want Ade Produce Results. WANTED! 15,000 SIFFEREK_FMM 15,000 TREATMENTS TO FREE* BE GIVEN THIS MONTH r l'"1 I am an nroud of nr treatment and ao anxious to claim that 90% of ail flaafneoo ■ eauaafl pnmar heln ShSKSSertn? with deafnesshead notoes or Hy by catarrh of the bead and air passage* catarrh that I will have packed and ready for ship- Other* state that catarrh cause* lndtraruon. T-w la rraA noise* ofr nasal catarrh. 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Tha big snowstorm shut off outdoor or tlvity and also electric light*. In honor of these primitive condition* President Parrell spoke in chapel Friday about the old boyhood home of John G. Whittier. Much Interest la abwn In the on coming Intercollegiate debate*. Fifteen student* have drawn *ldea for the pre liminaries. Professor Foster h*« presented to the college w picture he ha* painted entitled. Your Dollar Buys More PRACTICAL GIFTS Bibles, dictionaries, photo albums, i fountain pen sets. fine writing papers. J Vast assortment Xmas cards, memory books, Xmas seals, tags and tinsel \ cords, holly paper. W. B. DAILEY CO. 315 South 15th St., Ea»t Side. Between Farnam and Harney "Ruth, the .Meaner upon the weet wall «f tha chapel. President Uarrall and Guy W. holt have gone to Indiana to attend aom* meeting* of committee of tha -Flv, Y**r. 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