The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 30

1 I I ry ww THE INDIANAPOLIS SUNDAY STAR OCTOBER 18 1918 i at 30 A AN ARMY Oilar banner pall Exhibition Indiana's Leading Credit Clothing House BOOK WORMS of JHtractive pome if sects 127 West Washington Street 4 Suits st ill A $2 95 RANK BALDWIN the bu Corduroy ine all Suits 95 price Attractive New Bungalow at Park Crest Preserve Your Buildings AVENUE) for Ca rti el 1 south boundary oughfare the and trees 'om with paripiottc QCj or Sake Buy Bonds 2690 Manker Avenue Main 747 SHOE SHOP USE STAR WANT ADS OR RESULTS NO CONNECTION with any other itpstHirw Mice ahop in Indianapolis See us for building material our prices and quality will please you 3d loor Occidental Building pull keep The Yoke Realty Company with ex tensive holdings In the southern part rim mings ehhnnpy at cotta sha and steps is elevated Then I did found while most of us for Then one morn that our efforts and the in Dresser Queen Anne Period lean walnut 21x40 inch top inch rench plate mir ror Special price Purpose and Advantages of an Extended Account Begin your Christmas shopping to morrow and help the work of distri bution and conserve man power to win the war A Dollar or Two a Week Will Do Napoleon street near Southern avenue It is a typical bungalow style house one story and basement finished in green We Pay reight to all Points let them fall apart when a little repairing can save them To re build will cost a lot of monev at tins time and will take labor that is needed by Uncle Sam Do your bit by putting your buildings in" good shape to protect stock' crops machinery etc You can improve the conditions of your home considerably by the use of Millwork Nice work alontr this line is a beautifier as welf as a convenience and labor saver If you intend to conserve on fuel this winter you must stop the air leaks which includes using storm windows and doors Whenever you conceive the idea to build any kind of a structure we would be pleased to estimate your bills of their efforts by seeing the continuous demand for property in their handsome addition of Dark Crest a level and nat ural residential territory of 130 ar ros Big Values at $2150 and $2950 Because of present conditions we have many uses which did not exist before for pur surplus money We buy Liberty Bonds we subscribe freely to those organizations which help our boys fabrics in the facing south and hardwood floors Interior Attractive 'Che interior woodwork throughout Is of light woods and white enamel The south wall of the living room has a Extravagances and momentary pleasures are hot in keeping with the spirit of the day And because of these conditions we spend more time in our homes We seek our homes for enjoyment 0ur homes should then be as cheerful as com fortable as attractive as possible But you need not make any great sacrifice to ac complish that Your home needs can be purchased then paid for in as many monthly remittances as will be convenient to you That is the purpose of our Extended Accounts Men 's Suits $15 to $40 1 know for I Coats and Suits $1998 to $95 Beautiful Cloth Top Boots solidity7 of that In fact everywhere the books go the men are asking for books of instruction rather than for notion Tn the average library at home the call for Action is about bO per cent of the total In the army it is just the reverge 40 per cent Action he men want books on finance law and all kinds of enflneertnf Bvery A brand new shipment of fine fall and winter suits of serge gaberdine poplin etc All the late shades including navy blues blacks browns Bnrgundys greens and taupes Exceptional values for the money Special for one week the debarkation ports JThe Askin and Marine Credit Plan We are not only showing the biggest assortment of big value clothes for i man woman and but are selling them on the most liberal terms in the city Our local store is but a unit in a nation widd organization of over sixty similar all founded on the idea of making it easy for our customers to dress well No red tape to open a charge account here Just say A dollar or two a week will do Open Until 9:30 Saturday Evening have beenr making them fancy prices The liter (pint and three quar ters) of red wine was limited by de cree to It cents and white wine to St cents The measure has not been entirely a success as may be seen from the notices which have been put up in many places in the department: wine 32 cents attendance 10 cents white wine 3d cents attendance 10 RESIDENCE ELLEN VICKERY ON NAPOLEON STREET (NEAR SOUTHERN And the soldier has We' earnestly solicit your investigation of our i Extended Ac count svstem Brannum Keene Lumber Company Wash and Belt Ry Phones Irving 404 Auto 61 415 Library Associa books last March his library and We heard funny stories as an Con Many won Blouses of Georgette and Crepe ine blouses of Georgette and crepe de chine in plain and richly decorated ef fects Beautiful cobwebby creations in all the delicate shades now in demand Davenport Specially Priced Chair Specially Priced $9800 1 Two piece Living Room Suite antique mahogany finish frame with cane panels in front Removable spring seat cushions which rest on spring foundation' Willow spring arms upholstered in blue damask with a large outside brick the south and a dark terra exten ding Trousers Extra heavy Cor el Irons ers Practically no wearout to them Will stand hard knocks and plenty of them BY ELOISE ROBINSON js Ort Books books ior books Is the demand of cun fighting man and his a appetite for good reading mat being satisfied by the seven war work agencies Our men not engaged In military affairsadlng as many of them never read before the best of thousands of libraries being placed at their disposal through the efforts of the A trip A fhp Xntlnnal C'nthnlir War Council and of the' War Camp Community Service the Jewish welfare board the American Library Association and the Salvation Army Trifling with Mr Kipling description It is safe to sisy that our fighters will return from their victories as a read line of heroes have seen When the American tlori issued its call for every one ransacked sent out books of absurd contributions such eighteenth century of nucr ror a i'eripcr anv dered if their books would reach the' boys in rance got our efforts ing in Paris I had been worth I had wandered into of the A and there in a little wooden case with a shelf through the center among other books 1 saw a beautifully hound set of bpoks on en gineering I suppose the man in charge thought I was crazir when I hugged those books but 1 knew them well or a long time they' had stood in one particular corner of the in our home hack in Ohio They had been the particular pets of my father a lawyer with leanings toward mechanical Infor mation lie had parted with them when the call came for solid reading for our soldiers and here they were marked for a station near the front! 3000000 Handed In Then I learned that more than 3000 000 volumes had been handed in at American libraries for distribution by the A 1 A About half were used in cantonments in the United States while 1500000 have already found theif way to rance where they have reached the soldiers through the CxA A the of the Salvation Army and in some eases at A A libraries In America these organizations and the Jewish welfare board and War Camp Community Service assure the books reaching the men The work of clearing the available books contributed was handled effi ciently In libraries all over the United States there existed an expert system for caring for the books as they ar Half Million Volumes Already Have Reached rance and Every One Is Read In tlio wanted shades of brown and ever a pair of boots were worth seven dollars those are Our it stores ing together prices down motor mechanic in an aviation camp is trying to become an aviator he wants a stripe on his sleeve if not chevrons So he uses his evenings and other spare time to study books on gas engines and electric engines and modern engineering Yet how they love poetry! Especially that of'Robert Service and Kipling An thologies are almost never on the shelves which proves that Miss Ixiwell and Mr Masters and his disciples and all the other poets have followers who have spread their influence farther than per haps they knew Shakespeare always is demanded and one man he must have been Irish his name was Sullivan sent in from the front to Paris for a copy of the poems of John Donne a seventeenth century divine of whom most of us never heard New Quarters Chosen New quarters have been chosen for the library bureau and the educational a beautiful building on tlie Champs Elysees Paris where it will be possible not only for these two departments to co ordinate their work more closely but for the li brary to be more efficient in supplying the book needs of the American expe ditionary force The intention is to have here a reserve supply of il books that anv American could possibly want where they can be sent out at a mo notice Sammy may read the latest books as soon as the folk at home By special arrangement the publishers sending out books for review are Inserting in all bookd a slip asking the reviewer to turn the volumes over to the nearest library for overseas service as soon as reviewed This scheme alone Is bring ing In SCO copies of the latest books each month Rerentlv while readers in America Strong Seeciinn Always at $25 New Attractive Bungalow Close to Garfield Park and in Beautiful Park Crest Six rooms ami bath thoroughly modern inclosed rear porch large corner lot Reasonable price Can be bought on easy terms Take Shelby street ear to Southern avenue and come to our office 2702 Shelby street Open for inspection ALL DAY INCLUDING: SUNDAY YOKE REALTY CO 320 Lemcke Building Bed Queen Anne Period Americanwaliyxt a beautiful piece of furni $4500 6 4 1 4 y'x brh porch front The lot a cement walk If you will make use of our credit it will enable you to buy more liberty Bonds ovArv The bonks I 4 a 1 liczLf 'The wounded man wants nothing that will" rest heavily on either his hands or ills brain Scrap books whenl well made and will lie flat when open are popular Anything to read is especially appreciated in the contagious wards where no entertainers or visitors are allowed The man demanding and re ceiving the biggest number of books In one hospital recently was just recover ing from spinal meningitis Although the books are burned so soon as he has finished them he never lacks a supply for lie lives in a glass case witli none near but his nurse for fear of con tagion The A library force cele brated the ourth of July in a typical act of service It placed on every American ambulance train in rance a case of books to be used not only for the men whose wounds are slight cnouli to permit their enjoying read ing but for the train crew and nurses who spend their time traveling back and forth and often have tiresome half hours to wlille away' One secretary at a small port town where American destroyerti put In and out constantly obtained ten eases of the most popular books and distributed them to the warships When the crew of one destroyer finishes reading a case It swaps eases with the next destroyer which it meets Now some of these im provised outllts are going down to the American fighters in Italy American soldiers in German prison camps are readied by these traveling" libraries Probably because it helps to keep the men quiet and 1 1ms more easily taken eare of Germany has per mitted books to be sent in through Switzerland books written before Au gust 1914 and which contain no asper sions on tlie fatherland The aim of the Library Bureau is to ship one book a month to every prisoner In Germany At first only 250 were needed but this number increased Reading for Prisoners Contraiy to the prevailing belief the prisoners do not prefer tlction Each prison camp is organized into groups and lias selected a central committee through which all requests for books are sent to the A These pris oners asked first of all for English German German English dictionaries then rench English dictionaries geog raphies histories books of general ref erence and books for the study of spe cial subjects or those men are trying to occupy their minds with something wlildi nut only will help them endure their present conditions out which win make th better men and citizens rived sorting those which would be of use for tlie men from those to be sold for what they would bring cataloging them and pasting into them the book plates and pockets which distinguish them as library books There were not many hooks to be sold for in spite of the funny stories we heardmost of the books were of the sort the soldiers desired recent novels books of refer ence history autobiographies plays dictionaries anl books of travel To transport these books the govern ment allows the A cargo space for fifty tons a mrfnth about T90000 volumes This was not enough Sammy is a bookworm and needs 200000 So A and Knights of Columbus secretaries on hoard transports bring over in addition as many packages as the captains will permit Also they bring the magazines on which you placed 1 cent stamps These are sorted and bundled in New York for distribu tion to front line trenches where there is no time for consecutive reading of books While speaking of ships 250000 volumes are placed on board our war ships for our reading Distributed in rance The book cargoes on arriving In rance arc placed in storehouses long enough to be divided for distribution in plain sectional bookcases Two cases packed with fiction and one with at lases year books dictionaries and simi lar reference works make the unit which goes to every camp as the basis of a library More are added as rapidly as they can be obtained On each volume is a bookplate which Gen Pershing has signed reading as follows: books come overseas from home To read them is a privi lege to restore them promptly un abused a duty" Inside the cover of each volume is the regulation library pocket for a card for the name of the man who borrows it and the usual fly leaf record There is the usual rule that books may not be kept out longer than four or live days but the army readers usually return tlie volumes in three days In a collection of 3000 vol umes whieh were turned over every three days only ten or books were lost in a period of several months Signs on the library walls explain the difficulty of getting books to rance and ask the soldiers to square with the other fellow played square Of rnnrsA were first to be outfitted with libraries but by September more than 200 points had them At general headquarters there were forty three cases more than 3000 volumes' when I investigated But the men were insatiable they howled for more They never before had had so much time for it was light until 10 on summer evenings Consequently it was almost ssiuie io Keep me uuuha un So 'the men at called000 more books because the first 3000 always were in use Recently the Paris office of the sent down a photographer to take a pic ture of a soldier reading a book to show the folks back home that their contribu tions were appreciated The Paris sec retary responsible this move was to: see when the print was made a photograph of a soldier read ing soil He had selected several copies of that desert island story for this library and gloated over the visible proof of lais good judg ment Then the photographer brought him down out of control by explaining that the soldier who posed took the only book left in the library excepting four other copies of Why poor Robinson was neglected no one could explain unless it was that boy had reau it in cany yvum PT1L L( nuspjiaia literally and ilterarily Star Carrier Backs Uncle i Sam by Purchasing Bonos Dressing Table Queen Anne Period American walnut 3 mir dM1? EA ror Special price I Jv rank Baldwin a carrier of The In dianapolis Star has made a record of which any Indianapolis boy may well be proud He has bought 100 of each of the third and fourth Liberty Ixians He has been the carrier of The Star at ort Benjamin Harrison continuously since May 15 1917 He lives at 945 Stillwell street and is the son of Mr and Mrs John Baldwin Mr Baldwin is the district manager of the circula tion department of The Star he latest addition to tills inviting suburban section is the cozy home of roomy fireplace and mantel flanked on either side by built in bookcase There is an ornamental front door and a white enamel swinging door at the east leads to the kitchen finished in white enamel with built in conveniences along the entire south wall A door at the north enters into an Individual hall from which two bedrooms at the north are reached and a complete bathroom In white enamel and immaculate furniture facing east East of the kitchen there is an enclosed sun porch room The large and well finished basement is rorir heil from the kitchen It is given up to storage laundry fuel and furnace room The Shelby car line runs to Southern avenue touching this pretty place of homes as well as Garfield Park or a 'pleasure jafint one can wander through the beauties of Garfield Park and take another city car at the oppo th? park' being the regular Garfield Pa line This beauty spot is well worth a visit at tills season of tlie year when the nmimerabie trees have on their golden hue and incidentally look over Park Crest Each day brings nearer the reality of the elevated tracks destined to work wonders for the South Side ARIS Oct In the department of the Seine and Olsne the authorities have fixed the price of ordinary wine with a view to preventing eoldlere from beln the victlme of exploiters who Adventured of Henry and the of the narrative wae called up by telephone In Barto by Burton Hen drick on American writer formerly The "advantages of our Extended Accounts are manyU The extending of your morithlv remit tances over any period satisfactory to you does not call for a sacrifice of some other essential our money in bank need not be touched You receive the benefit of our marked price without interest or extra charge? You capitalize your greatest asset your 'credit You add to your dollar greater buying power Yoli receive the' use and enjoyment of the art icles you buy while paying for them And tlie "furniture and rugs we sell arc good The utmost eare is taken in their selection for construction and finish are the' factors that govern value We guarantee every article we sell ana our price is as low as possible con sistent i with such quality roofshmm that have borne the heavy winter snows often develop leaks damaging to buildings when the spring rains begin Protect your property by re roofing now I will pay you to investigate fire resisting roofing and self spacing shingles Our men will put on over old roofs rine'valleys and wooden gutters with same material thus saving owners considerable expense Material and workmanship guaranteed GREER HANKINS LUMBER CO 624 Massachusett Avenue i auio 2221J Strictly Pure Anti Trust OC House Paint per gallon Guaranteed for 3 Years Pure Linseed OH 70 with paint 4 MARION PAINT CO 8 'Meridian lrxtDoor South Elevated Tracka Oilar fanner (W 33 Jouth Meridian Street ing into tho Depot were using ilio elevated tracks One of the noticeable features of the interior of this home featured today is the extensive use of ornamental mill work which not only beautifies but makes conveniences It was all sup plied along with all the lumber by the Brannum Keene Lumber Company The house was designed and built by the contractor Leroy Wakefield for the Yoko Realtj Company Chiffonier Queen Anne Period Amer ican walnut 19x32 inch top 3 large drawers and 2 small CO drawers Special price The strongest showing of suits in the city Blue serges are included at this special Also a big variety of novelty new fall styles and colors the city park It cement sidewalks lights as well as ir HKVATOR SAMPLE librarian at Chillicothe OXY and now head of the reference library work of the American Library Association in T've just been reading Tbe Martial Adventures of Henry and an nounced Mr Hendrick came In our last lot of books for the soldiers exclaimed Henry Ive just had my own copy from the publish Yes the army of drafted bnoks has reached rance and is on active service OH HUM! 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