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THE BOTMm CCOTEBXPXk AUGUST 25, 191 7. falouiana the use of the rtC. Lrr end small rifles are being usl BOOKSIMIAGMIMS War And Policy. is published by the Houghton Mifqn Company. For Instance.

Mr. Murray's discussion of the relative positions ot America and Bnglsnd. written in August, 111. I could stand a good deal of revision I OMT HDESNI CK pany has printed these articles lna book; called TheHouse Of Hohen-zollern And The Monarchy. Concerts Given Behind the British Front in France and Belgium For the Soldiers-Prominent Husicians cining ths AmyMusic Season at Chautauqua ClosedMother.

ITotes of, Interest. Cheutancioa's greatest musical season dosed this week. The last works performed by the combined orchestra, choir and so J- loists, tinder direction of Alfred ed by Houghton Mifflin- were The Deacon's Masterpiece, and The Clty of God. The Deacon's Masterpiece, by in her, latest book, Towards The Tuercy E. charming setting of Goal, Sirs.

Humphrey Ward 'writC3 in-" Oliver Wendell Holmes's Wonderful One- tlmately of the progress made by Eng-Hoos May and is unique in that it is song I fond, in the face of difficulties, toward entirely by the chorus. With the Cbautau- tne overthrow of German militarism, qua choir, Hallam repeated the success The book is eomposed of a series of ef Music Week with a delightful presents- Metters Py the author to Theodore tioa of the work. 'There was not a monoto nous moment. The score replete, with I varied and charging rhythms, has a bar-aaony modern bat unaffected and a melody dietlnctiy worthy of the best grade of light opera. The composer has not lost sight of the humor of the poem he was netting and the eholr accomplished to the fullest advan- tatarpretaUea of these' features Th City was for theran quadriceotenBial in October nd sung for the first time anywhere at Chautauqua.

lit is the work of Alexander Matthews. an Bnshman. FIFTY EAGLES i PATRIOTS' BAIIlB. ln Petrograd to find the city in the throes of freedom. From revolution- Pratenuligti to Get Support of Their ary figures Toff.

T- tu, and others he got the story Lodge Brother. During of OM of aprem. Strife, and book is 5 a compelling; narra-' 1 1 i tlve of color and action. As the author Now that the Buffalo convention of says in his foreword the book is the grand, aerie, Fraternal Order of "franklv Of. th Russian now.

But this chapter and the others of this interesting book are remarkable for their depth of thought as well as their broadmmdedneas. When such controversial subjects as the justice of war. the Irish question, the sea policy of Great Britain and the British empire's foreign policy are under consideration it proves difficult to assume a stand that is at once sen siDie ana even-tempered. This distinguished Englishman seems to have done this to a greater' extent than most essayists. Among the chapters In the book are: First Thoughts on the War.

How Can War Ever Be Rightt Herd Instinct and the War. India and the Evil and the Good of the War. Democratic Control of Foreign How We 8tand Now. The Dublin Insurrection, The Execution of Casement, The Future of Ireland, America and the War, America and England, The Sea Pol icy of Great Britain, Oxford and the War, and The Turmoil of War. The.

People Balded Vehicles Carrying Tnbers For British i The Netherlands. Aug. Correspondence the Associated Press. The potato riots at Amsterdam and Rotterdam this month have given the Dutch government one of the most severe jolts It has experienced. The trouble began a request on the part of Germany that the export of new.

potatoes should be permitted immediately they began to reach the market, As It was backed up by the Intimation that only thus could be obviated a feduotioa of the ration ot German coal of 360,000 tons a month. on-which the country and its industries so vitally- depend, the Minister yof Agriculturev Poathnma, gave way. The standing agreement provided that 12,000 tons of potatoes must be delivered to Great Britain before, any further export to Germany, and as the British authorities Insisted on the strict fulfilment ef this obligation the result was that the borne market, for two or three weeks prodding the arrival of the new crop in any quantity, was. bereft of Its supplies of the old and was practically bare. Finding themselves suddenly de prived of such a conspicuous Mem In their 'dally menu, mobs of Indignant housewtves at Amsterdam and Rotterdam raided any boats or wagons con-: talning potatoes they could gat at.

and managed to plunder a certain amount destined for Great Britain, though they neither knew nor eared where the food was hound. In deed, there was no suggestion what ever of the riots being of an anti- Brttlsh character. The British authorities were the more displeased wtth the course things had token as seeming to throw, on them the odium of taking supplies which Holland herself needed, owing to shipment delays, the frontier seems to have been opened for exports to Germany, a little while before the British supply had actually left the and London apparently has made its displeasure unpleasantly plain to the Netherlands government. The market Is now flooded with po tatoes of the new crop, which besides supplying nome neeos, js expected to permit of the export of 25,000 tons each to the United Kingdom and Germany. BUFFALO BOY0 WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE.

A. R. Kleiner, hoys' work secretary of Buffalo Central T. M. C.

yesterday announced that the second annual Wfeeiern New, Tork High School Summer Conference will be held on the Medina Ti M. A. camp site Au gust to Sept. -This conference which started last year is held under the auspices of the New Tork State executive committee of the T. M.

C. A. These are the boys who will attend the conference from Buffalo; Hutch-insonentral, George A. Benny of 20 Gorham street, Harrison B. Fries of 854 Baynes street, Vernon G.

CalsweU of No. 14SParkdale avenue, Norman E. Hummst of 121 Lake lew avenue, Arthur Baldensperger of 1M Masten street, John J. Zeeb of 840 Llnwood avenue, and G. Barrett Rich, of 204 Linwood avenue; Technical, Mei-vtn Kennedy of SIS Huntington Sonch Park, Albert Dier kmarm of 25 Galloway street and Ralph A.

Holmes of 40 Woodslde arenas; and Association Institute' of the T. IS: Daniel. E. Penny of 20 Gorham street. i Employed Boys Hike.

Employed, boys 'of Buffalo are going to have another good time under the leadership of the T. M. C. according to an announcement from the Central boys division. Richard Dun-woodle.

assistant boys' work secretary at the Central branch. Is assigned ln charge of a party of forty employed boys who will hike to Camp Weona, the Central T. M. C. A.

boys camp on Lake Ontario, Saturday. Beptember 1st. 'V GENEROUS. "Do you always let your wife here her own wayT frVs, -sukd nalxss) Oourfer-Joornal. DUTCH GOV'T IT ROCHESTER WILL HAVE HORSE EHOWj AnhsAl Exposition Win- Opes ei labor Day and Continue For a 1 The teoth aaattal Eecbester Expoelftesi and Horse Shew will op Labor Day, Mas day.

September M. ajd win raa day sas, ersmlag throoxhMt the week. A leeiftng featare ef the expeefciea wra be the herse mb.tw. wbieh has attalaed Lbs repatsUoa or being the biggest and asnes saccesaful entdoor eRalr ef Its ktad ta tkm cooatry. aad hi which will be sees SCO er store prixe-wlnaing aad blae rfljboa nl-mala la competltU foe trepbtee abd TPi-Use, Jodrlag will lla each afternoo at 1 SO.

Jeea Domtojea, a aeted Swiss arteter, will loop tue loop la a noaoplaae aad 4 ether halr-ratslag ftets each afteraeea. acd. a rUat midway aad eeaaatloaal opts air performs aces will scpply the asrasesMBt end ef the shew. The serious restores win lactase exhibits ef modern defease eqnlpoteat leased by the army and jury Cepe rtmema, patrMVc ea-' Bible eeacerts ty messed beads each era-Ing. tadasuial dlspUra aad precessea of maaatactare, a flower show, dog asd poo-' try shews.

New Icrk stste eJMMta, as ex teaalTe collectloa ef birds, waterfowl aaA atilmala, aa art exhibit ef valaaWe patav lags, and laotroei ether dseiaya. 1 CRYSTAL BEACH. Snmaier Gaiety at Popular He sort fa Still In Full Swinj Lake Ride. The steamer win go aw ether lake trip tomorrow The Bey wm afford opportunity to spead tbei eattre erming on the water. Profeaeioaaf stagers will be ea tbe boat asd will geasj the latest songs for the tnterulamtnl the passengers The steamer will lear Commercial street it o'clock aad win.

fallow course lemag to Port ColbenW asd beck. "These Snnday night excursions." aaVl General Manager H. 8. Fisher ef the Lake TSrle Excursion Company, Inteaded to let families snd others here tbe erealag oa the water, and It not snaroal to te parents and their children aad otbsr small assemblages hete and there on tbe ateaut-er decks eoioylog the ride." The summer gaiety at Crystal Beach la still is foil swing. Every begt that arrives theie discharges a big complement of passengers to mlagle with thoee already enlorlng the emnsameats.

The wblcb. has bees christened The Laae ef Laughter." attracts a big majority of the visitors. Of the many derleee ea thaS "Psth of Pleasare" none ts more poi-nlar than the Cearter Ride, which ta a hare concern, offer! eg a ride a mile teag. and a-Jonraey, by the way. that la fan ef thrOa from start to.

finish. i The 'Steeslecbase grows Is pocolartty with each passing day. The. exterior 'ot this baudtag resembles aa asclent eartia. Israde It maestro walls are many winding.

paaeageways, through which thoea, wfea enter Its portals, moat pass before they There are at the beach many devices for ehildroa and ae ths eemlng week is tb lt one-before the opening ef achool.lti la expected ataay pareste whl take ttrir boys and girts to Crystal be give thm as maea healthful reereatiea aa possible tbcr before they go back to the eonftaemsat the schoolroom. Bedseed boat fare will prevnC for yengseere sert Wednesday. vasttj paper wnx but BAUD AGES FOB FIGHTERS, The Camp fire Otrta are bvaQy spreadlnsi the campaign, begun recently, ser the cm-lectloa ot wst rape and eld msga tines, which are to be said at the saarket rate fes. waste Irer, ths proceeds to be naed re tbe purchase of tsdagea, Sanaa, mtuess, socks and ether vesfai things for the saee) who are flgtrtag t'ools Ssua'a battles est the front la rraaoe and spoa the high seast The campatrB was berna ta Seattle. and is spreajtlag with great, npLdlry throsghont the country.

In praetieally erery heme In ameriea; waste paper aoeamvatMs wtth ems stag sapidity. CsnaUy tt Is toroed to -gt tt eat ef the tbenght being gtren the fact that tela paper has distinct vain. This is eepecaBy troe at this time where conserrsrtoji ef all mataiiais is tbs watchword. Vor tbe past two or these yeare paper has steadily rlaen in vnlae aa4 old paper can conrsrted into ynlp tnas be coaaUeratIs niM. Tbe Camp Fire Girls have thersfeie Sit mined to pvt this weet paper to nee foe tbe good ct the eosstry.

i son firing te pree- ent arrsngemeata the Camp rvrs OrOs wt ask the people la their neighborhood bsts their waste neper aad ea certala day wfll collect It- The etryers ec waste neper are te be oa baa 1 the same day at eaeh local headfanarUrs with taaar. acalaa readr to weigh and pay. i It will, readily 1-e eees that grans tmmev will be collected la this manner, sasas wairhi will Ugh ten TjA'-Je Sams harden is carry-lag ea the war te victory. I A WHOfPErl. Borne soldiers home on Wave from, the front were discussing the differ-: set things they had seen when ra France and among them were the number and sis.

of the rats they, had, been troubled with. Said one Talk about rats! Why, seem big as seeking pigs. That's nowt," spoke up snotherv "One night ln my billet I wok up! and there was one of them trying mr coat oa." Birch anga. THat S-CAKNS UNmrOftMlD. .4 -What a man doeettt know doearstw hurt htm.

said ths suoerflcial cTaUo- sophsr. replied the cmical atate-' man; -but it he gets into a respotv-' sible position what he doesn't know-' Is likely to hurt a whole lot of othe people." Wwhington Star. THE NON-PROfHJCfJa. The Idler eats: and hangs tarmm of amrtblr beings are wttnottt. Tbe eld potato beg gets hia.

wasblagteei INTERRUPTED. Vra rscetved as ss-fnl frlgtt terday aftemeos. ISrs. B. -Tm: I saw bar ringing roar eoor ben." Too Traneerti.

HOTICf TO CETfOTTOItS. TWXVLXT ts ss erder ef Hen. Legfs B. Hart. Sorrogau sf Erie aQ persons ha ring tlalxes against Jibs hi.

Lehmas. late of ths City of BsftaK de ceased, am hereby req aired te esHIlHt the same with vneichere thereof be the na deratgned executor eg the WtU Admtalare tor the Kocsto mC mmi. imn) at jt-j SOS t. S. Marann SnZldlag.

Barralo. X. T. oa or hefsi tbe 10th Say ef Dvemner 11 T. Dated ranS Stk.

1917. CHAELBB It EiemlsS. WVLU.XM R. DASItU. Attorney for execofer, TO.

ft. bflllil-j. In his book, The Mexican Problem, C. W. Barron offer what ho calls a business solution of the difficulties in that country.

According to the author, the need in Mexico today is "opportunity to labor; opportunity for the family, opportunity for food, clothing, better shelter and better social That is what American and European capital and organization have given to the author, and he believes it js what will ultimately redeem Mexico. The book is publish- Roosevelt. She tells, of her visits to various points of military activity and to scenes where the war has passed by and left desolation. There Is a pre. face by Mr.

Roosevelt. The book gives Americans a more definite understanding of what' England been' through. -v eMMSM What Is called a flrstrhand account the Russian reyolation is Isaac F. Mareosson'i new' book. The Rebirth Of Russia published by John Lane Com pany.

The author was in London when the great Slav1 upheaval began. After an adventurous trip, 'he arrived revolution he declares: "It wrote on the walls ot tt world the solemn warning that autocracy's day was v' Jieaders of St Nicholas will wel-come. in book worm Dorothy Canfleld's story. Understood Betsy, just published by Henry Holt A Co. As the story starts, Betsy is a sickly, worried, little girl of who has been conscientiously brought up by nervous apprehensive aunts determined to "do their duty by Circumstances suddenly sec her down on a Vermont farm in the midst of a simple, j.

natural life and sinjplo, natural people who have a deep, unconscious, trust in life and the principle of growth. The experiences of little Elisabeth Ann in the first years of her new life, as she slowly expands and develops'" like- a plant placed in the sunshine, make up the narrative. It Is a book with more than one moral, well told and always interesting snd "worth whlle. A book which will prove of great Interest to all; who find in spiritism a subject for study and discussion is Spirit Intercourse; Its Theory and Practice, by J. Hewat McKenrie, which has just, been published by Mitchell Kennerley.

The author develops his ease with great care and attention to quoting the latest authorities and evidence In support of the belief In the continuity, of life after death, and the possibility of communication between human beings and the world. The ie jof modern spiritualism and various psyohio phenomena, lncludllng the first steps in the science of spirit Intercourse, are discussed at length with the aid of practical illustrations. jap rierron would be an entertaining and readable story even without the; interesting Information apprend-ed to Its publication that it la-supposed to have been a practical dictation to the ouija board of a spirit world com munlcation from the Samuel L. Clemens. An introduction, entitled The Coming of Jap Herron, by Emily Grant Hutchings, explains the writing of the book through -the medium of the planchette.

The tela swings about the life of a small western town, the trials and tribulations of the editors of a small town newspaper such as those met in so many of Mark Twain's writing. It la a tale of mingled laughter, and tsars, and love and. politics, and is full of action front beginnings itof, end. Pubtished by Mitchell Kennerley. -s.

Amarilly In, Love, by Belle K. Man-lates, furnishes some new chapters ln the cheerful life of the Jenkins family who became known to readers ln Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley. This new Amarilly story is fully as good as Its psedeeessor, and, like that delightful bit of fiction, brims over with humor An occasional touch of pathos is never overdone. The lovable heroine doesn't stay on. the farm entirely in this book, however.

She' goes to the city to try to make good, works in a store, writes' a play, and helps a great many people In one-way, or another, 'Including, the one lucky man of several whQ have been seeking the way to her heart The "glad-yon-arV alive" feeling permeates this volume from cover to cover. Published by Little. Brown -and Company. Most of us are wondering what the future holds for the General European powers. are asking whether their alliance will stand the shock of Even if the Teutons won.

would Austria-Hungary and small German states brook Prussian dominance What of the, prospect for a Central Europe? Gustave Pollak has had exceptional opportunities for a first-hand study of the factors that enter Into these questions and he has written seven articles which will help to a comprehension of them. They deal with the; present, but do not neglect the historical background. They lift the curtain on dissensions and antipathies among the people now aligned under WlUlann II. The New Tork Evening Poet Cora- OIiildfeiL Ory TZ2 FLETCHER'S Care of Armament at Front Second Only to That of lien. SKILLED WORKMEN.

Axtifloer Capable of Attending Complicated llechanigBi and Pre-, rentinf Breaks. Behind British Lines In France, Aug. 26. (Correspondenos of the Associated Press.) In; war the question of wastage of material is second only to that of men. Armaments become rapidly unserviceable through old age and casualties, the big guns most of alL For gun casualties a regular system of hospitals exists.

The first-aid station is ln the battery itself, where, much as a medical orderly keeps a supply of medicine and bandages, a trained artificer keeps a supply of tools and spare parts. He can deal with any trifling that may occur, or replace any small part that may be broken. The modern gun or howitzer is a complicated piece of mechanism, requiring constant skill, ed attention if the best results are to be obtained. This attention the artificer supplies. But.

should the gun develop a complaint beyond the powers of his tools to rectify, or should an untuck, splinter of shell wound it ln some vulnerable part its removal to hospital become necessary. Gun hospitals are workshops, wonderfully organized to deal with the work that falls to then-, lot staffed by skilled men of the Ordnance These workshops are. graded according to mobility, and are. all capable of more or less rapid transfer from one. point to another.

They are styled light, medium, or heavy, according to their powers of movement and their capacity for dealing with work' requiring light or heavy A. "Light Ordnance Mobile Workshop," to give it its full title, is self, contained upon two or three Ingeniously arranged. The-floor of the lorries carries light lathes and drilling machines, driven by electric transmission, driven by engine of the light being furnished from the same The trucks look like ordinary closed motor vans when travelling, but on duty the -sides of the' vans drop down to form' platforms around the machinery, and the Interiors are transformed Into buxdng 'hives of activity. Their capacity Is limited to the work that can be handled on the comparatively light tools that they carry. The next stage Is the "Medium Mo bile Workshop.

This is no longer self-contained oa motor trucks, ready to limber up and be oft at a moment. It carries mechlnery that must be un loaded and hMtalled ln some convenient shed. The whole fs transported on motor trucks, but the work Is not carried on ln the trucks. There to a compact oil engine and dynamo, to be bolted down to a hastily constructed foundation- There are lathes, milling every sort of machine tool that Is to be found ln-a general glneerlng shop. The whole concern requires about two days to set up and pat in running order.

Nearly every thing except; certain Intricate repairs. can he performed here. It is rarely neceary for a wounded gun to proceed any. further. But, for the accommodatJon of real ly bad cases, there are a few "Heavy Mobile Workshops.

where anything that Is susceptible-of repair may be dealt with. These are equipped not only with heavier machxoery than' the Medium workshops, but with elaborate additional machinery lor sped si work. In addition to the big machine- shop, there are pattern-making shops. wheeler's shops, a foundry, air com- and every sort of device to suotIt the needs of an army that fights with highly scientific weapons. The whole outfit' Is onstrented so that it may be taken down and packed Into trucks' drawn by great tractor engines.

The whole system a miracle of organisation for a war which, al though at present mainly one of position, may. at any moment develop into one of movement. Everything, work shops Included, must be ready to fol low nn an advance. Provision of machine shops at fixed points might meet the conditions of trench warfare but they Vould become useless ss the line of battle left them behind. So the Gun Hospitals, like the Field Ambsl-anoes and Casualty Clearing Stations, are fashioned upon a plan that allows of ready movement.

There remains the ease of the gun that through long and honorable service Is worn out. Is removed from the battery, to be replaced by one of a number that lie ln readiness at one of the gun parts behind the line, and la taken back to an arsenal to he rebuilt. The Inner whose rifling ln some oases is worn nearly smooth, is removed and another Insert e4 ln Its 'Stead, after which the gun is ready to take Its' place ones more In the emplacements ef an active battery' RIFLE CLUB 13 NATIONAL UNIT. TL. White, secretary In charge of technical education at the Central T.

M. C. A. and organlxer of the Central BIfls Club, announced that the organisation is now affiliated with the National Rifle Association. Through the courtesy ot J.

D. Howland, pennhmlon has been greaAed the dub so nss tbe rifle and revolver range at tbe Hasten Park apnory on each Tuesday night. Until this time they have used the the Broadway eudttorttun range but as ths armory range is much better, the clcb Is creating much more fcster-cst ia it-s plans mere 3 7 The Junior Plattaburg Manqal la a worthy follower to The Flattsburg Manual, which 'has become the handbook of the citizen- soldier throughout the country. This book, written by the -same man, Captain E. B.

Oarey and Captain O. O. Cilia, has been prepared especially for boys of high school age and thereabouts, not with the primary object of making soldiers out of them, but rather to tend, through the course military training outlined," to make "straight bodies. straight minds and straight morals." The military instruction contained in the book is invaluable, also, to the youths 'who are today mobilizing in every part of the land and will be found useful by boys everywhere. Ma- 3or-General John CRyan contrib utes an endorsing foreword.

Published by the Century Company. You could hardly expect the Galsworthy, way to be the conventional one. Beyond, John Galsworthy's latest production in the. fiction Una, tig nothing if not unconventional In Its main theme. But the new people whom introduces to some with fine aisregara.

ior tne world may think" are very much alive, none of them too idealistic and none of them tod bad save those who err by being too, crude. This Is the story of "Gyp;" the daughter of an English army officer. Between father and daughter exists a remarkable sympathy which is well developed by the author. The girl's marriage is a she' discovers all but too -t In any but the of such a 'master at the art of writing as Galsworthy the situations which arise after the true nature of the Jlorsen, a musician with a propensity, for following the easiest is disclosed, might essily become offensive. They are handled delicately, however.

Psychology rather than action keeps up the but -there is enough of thi latter- to entertain the casual reader, and no sickly sentimentality mars the progress of the tle. Tragedy staJks on the heels of happiness, and the ending may be considered somewhat of an anti-climax. Published by Charles Scribner's 1 Good-Morning, Rosamond, the novel by Constance Lindsay Skinner from which the delightful play seen in Buffalo: last week was taken, tells a whimsical story ln a most entertaining manner. Rosamond Mearely finds herself freed, accidentally, from the thrall of two terrible servants who are a legacy from. her.

puritanical husband, who has died a year or so before. She prepares for ne wonderful day of freedom, and it becomes a' wonderful day In more ways than one. At least the fali" Rosamond suffers from no lack of attention. A remarkable, but mysterious, violinlstj a judge who suffers a mishap of the road; a cousin whose motives seem to be purely mercenary: a terrible, black-bearded, anarchistic sort of person who has a habit of peering' windows and over porch rails; and finally a prince of the land of combine to keep things stirring during the hours that follow the departure of Amanda and Jemina Frlgget of melancholy mien and habit. There are plots and suspicions ot plots, a visit from an unsu-ual shooting ln the darkness, the discovery o.

royalty in unsuspected places and other bright and diverting experiences coming to a happy conclusion for most of those concerned. There is a goodly quantity of breery humor In the conversation and situations in the' book. The scene is set in a quaint English village, which affords epportanity for: plenty, of 'display of character. Published by Doubleday, Page and Company The September; Scribner contains the first of a rsmaritaW series of articles by Henry van Dyke, recently TS. minister to Holland.

It opens with some plain words on the kind of diplomacy that' America stands for, land goes on to give a quickly expressed, but powerful Impression of the con-dftiorsi that just preceded and ended to the beglnnlng of the war. His pictures of the German army's taking possession of Luxembourg show how ready, they were also to overwhelm Fairfax. Harrison, chairman of the railroads' war board, tells of the Railroads' War Problem and how tt Is being solved wtth success A valuable and illuminating article is the one by Raoul Elan chard, professor of Geography at the University of Grenotfte The English Flgbttnar-Groosid in France and Tlaoders. It makes very clear the tremeadous difficulties to be overcome and the exact nature of the territory fought over. Colonel Roosevelt's account of Harpooning a Devilfish off the Florida coast gives you a share of some exciting and novel sport and a lot of Interesting natural history about this great fish.

Vernon Howe Bailey contributes a eerie of pencil drawings of The Navy on Shore at Work in Gun-Shops and Navy-Yard 1 Thousands of men. in khaki win live in Our Soldier Towns, that are going up all over the United States, and everyone will be interested in knowing how they are being constructed and how they will safeguard against any repetition of the camps of Spanish War tknea. NeSson Lloyd makes It all very plain in article. -There is a great fair-aad-equare stand-up fight between two rival mountain boys In John Fox, The Marquise of Queenaberry, a Happy Valley story. James B.

Connttly's Breath o' Dawn is a stirring story of the nary. Hugh Wiley's A Mnshroom Midas, shows this new writer to be possessed of sa unusual veto of droll Nerval Richardson has another of his amusing Dr. Brooke's Jjr-ttlT Vra. Mer-ryweather. The kaleldescoplc.

shlftlngs In the world brought about by the war have made many recent changes la subjects treated cf In Gillfert Iirray's leading opera house, the Costaszl, i fr.anciai diffietfltlea. It creditors -oed toaces sad Med the proprietor money they ewe them. The prtn-! sa tbe Bank Some, the Ennk and'CaBto-Soqntn, win knows 3 isnpTeenrJo. The exact valuation of tfceatre Itself do mat: exceed $300,000. leblsnc.

the slnglng-actreM of Menrlee Maeteittnek recently made art tear of tun Tend. Her cmeieted sang'eotOng of her U-" homjuod's poema'made by Gabriel ire, Henri Fevrler and "other" French and readtnc from the worke 'terbnek, Bmlle'Vertaeren and otir 'in poets members of the Connecticut State have been notified that the has been postponed indefinitely; teat the business corrrerUlon, scheduled thm same dry. has been similarly post- eoidt Tie reason gtvea is that the brought on by the entrance of e-3 States into the war make It laadrls- to conduct ndi affsdm -The action taken at a recent iinetlng' nf the H- of tae-ergaalsatlon and meets wtth iPToral of the New Brhsini mem hers. the definite assutaace that San iiiclAco is to enjeyaaotheri sea sen of the hony Orcheetna, with Alfred Herts the program, plans for 'tae com-i series are attracting much public tn-- it. Mr.

Herts annonneei, flret an, at he will give a prominent place to atift of the works of eeveral local coin. -a. Amsng these so far-chosen are the Jornia Butte, by Tred JEaeoby; a Srm-Tic Poem, by Frederick Zech, and, an -rture, by Banana Genas. Other Ameri-a works wiH lacing Chadwick'e Tarn 5' Shsnter. and Tlctor Herbert's Irtah -0-! Ernest Rebelling, widely known as a pt-nit, was Uet week named a captain in i s.

cited States Keaerve Corps, according tres despatches. Mr. ScheUing, whose vne is in PhDadelphia, some time ago re-; iiaiihed all of his iwdtal -snse of ale as a linguist. It is ieved Oat beiwtn be assigned to duties i tiis dlrecOoa. Another mneHclan who rscalred a eommlsatoa last week was Mar-mil Kernocban, the -composer, who la now a seooad' lieutenant in the field artillery tpnt a few days is (Now York late last -k and than left for his summer home at Ptttafleld.

where he remains until Aug. 37, leevsag then acure amy. am in th Flattsburg camp. Ragglero Leoncavallo, Dame Bumoe has to write an opera especially ir Lnisa Tetrajalni. The, subject is to be taken from one of Goldoni's plays, and' It expected that the prerolere will take place ia Florence, where, it may be recalled, vme.

Tetraaelal made hecdebnt ln opera, iti Beginning m- camw for the most part away from the cfuntrv of her birth. How successfully the 'composer. ojt I Pagllaccl wfll be able to fashion's' muaical garment to tha gifts i personality of the Florentine dtva ot brilliant top, notes, will doubtless be A subject uly speculation -until the f-tiilie "try-on" takes place, At the Hotel Broeael tomorrow the fol-i program will be givenv Vu'ch, Trat Trl alts, Unrequited txve Orerture. Merry Wires of The- Broken Melody tij the Tavern March, Zumar it Trot Tan Blene --tinn, UUac -aade Mignonne Aet. The Charmer ,.4...

paneeuse -JMies Come Out of the Kitchen. klary Ann k.Bayha The time for enbmlttfng the, scores ln the UOOO ESaahaw Prise Opera Competition Sas ben deflnttely set by 'WBHam Wade whaw, the American baritone and donor c-t "the prize. ContesUnta must send their to reach Mr. Hlnsbaw between Sep- 3 ber 15 and October 1. WIT, at his per-, al address, 1 West 51t street.

New i city. The composers and the general win be interested to know that Mr, lawbas arranged with the Society tt Bingera for production of a nrWiwwlnnlne: opera. wlU isnred of an expert, professional, pro- rtlon of hie Topers, for it will be. given IS regular iora -ataon. The.

Society American Bing. it wll be remembered, was founded ireb by American artists to put opera lev Bnglisto on a sound basis, fol-the successful producttoa tf" the I Mosart opeTaa, The Impresario I Baiaen at the.Empb'e N. last October. f-rts are eing gea behind the Brit. rrBt in Frame and Belgium at 'the rate y0 a year.

At the same time the BrJt-troops in Egypt and. Malta are receiving it -aty almost as generous musical atten- Such is the development of the sye-, or.nuised by. Lena Ashwell. the English si, actinlfa cou Junction with the we-tiiixClary cuiun.Ittees of the T. C.

keeping the. soldier entertained In his hours. Miss Ashwell and he tku tab concert parties, ol cf) t4i are a permanent basis, whlle-f ining onr, so-csHed Visiting partlea, i rtf Uly orgsalaed for each tour of fte weeks. While most of the soldiers a saatlmental song and the Tery tew saccessful war songs, so-called, have 1 undoubtedly on the atrengOt of ia Jereurrett of simple, homely eeati- the London DaUy Telegraph points speaking, the songs the r-s like are on a higher plane. Of this ere bea ampls evidence.

MUSIC AND VOICE. ML GOLDBERG ice' and Violin over, local aerie 46, will settle back again, into the regular channels, of work-. Local Eagles feel that the passage of the plan for soldiers, each Eagle good standing who enters any branch of the military service will be. given a life insurance Policy for 1,000, premiums to be paid by the grand aerie, will be a big thing in the history of the organization and will -mean, a great deal to thousands of The Buffalo organization now has more than fifty men enlisted in the service and the draft will take a great many more. Each of these men will get the lnsuranae benefit as well as having his duen in the nest kept up and any sick benefits paid to him the same as thought 'he were not at war.

It Is also felt that the new lif tn-surance department voted at this convention to be organized or all members in good standing who wish take advantage of it, will go down in the history of the organization as one of the greatest -advancements ever made by the order. Mow that Buffalo aerie with its 3,650 members Is the largest aerie in the United. States, the local officials will eiert every to keej? Aerie No. 43 la the trottt. Secretary.

John Lyons said that a membership campaign would be started immediately to bring the local membership up to 4,000 by January 1918. He said that tie interest In the organization created by the convention would make this a comparatively easy drive. S- LANCA8TER PER8ONAL8. Special to The Commercial- Lancaster. Aug.

25. -Mrs. M. Toon and Mrs. Norman Toung have returned from a eojonrn at Crystal Beach.

Mrs. 3. O. Gsrretsee and Ruth, axe touring through the Berkshire. Rev.

J. Fnerl of Cohoeton, N. has been, spending the week here wKh rela. i -4 Mrs. C.

K. Imbrtes'bas returned front's month's visit in Harrisburg. The engagement is announced ef atlss Cecelia. ,0. Bauer, to SU Graney, wedding to take place next month.

F. Johnsonfcnd" Porter and wives are tourtftg through Pennsylvania. They 'will visit rein tires at Pittsburg and Fairhaven. 1 Mrs. Janet Smiley and Miss Bell have been spending the week in Toronto, J.

O. Gsrretsee' and C. K. Porter are home from a trip- to Denver. Ur." Robert Hummell is home from a trip through the Berkshlres.

Frank McGrafh If spending the week Hn Auburn. Paul TSeyer Is spending a fortnight with' her daughter, Mrs. Frank Jrau 'at Ohio. M. Jenkins of New Tork -is the guest of Mrs.

O. B. Young. Fred Ielnincer and wife have spending the week among relatives in D. J.

Dickinson and wife are- visiting a Cambridge Springs, Ps. The engagement -1 announced of Mies Anna Deutschiander to William M. Berent. 'i-y'--' Miss. Marion Jackeon i the guest of friends In Wen.

Charles" H. Mohr and wife are visiting In Cleveland. The girls of meet Monday evenings at the ParSeh' House for Red Cross work. Barbara Merkle of Wigjrfus. Colorado, is visiting her mother, Mrs.

Margaret Soemaon. Jay C. King attended the Odd Fellow convention in Kew Tork this week. Mrs. C.

J. Krehl entertained the' ladies of the Baptist church yesterday. John Dieffenbsch of Renora, was in tows this week. Mrs. C.

H. Mackey has gone to Indiana, where her husband has enlisted in government army hospital work. Mrs. 'Mackey enUst in Bed Cross work. -4 REAL CLAMS AT Fork and tomatoes are to high, The chef's complaints grow lender; "As substitutes they'll have to try The use of clams ln chowder.

Washington Star. PERPLEXING INQUIRY. "Father," said the small boy, "what Is senatorial courtesy?" "I am sot exactly clear on that point, tny sen. But it seems to be some sort of arrangement that permits a senator to be as hieonsidsrate as he chooses. "Washington Star.

PERSONAL FREEDOM. "A man has a perfect right to drink." "It's too warm to argue. But it's a sure he hasn't any right to do a lot of things he thinks he has a perfect right. to do after he has been drinking." Washington Star. 1- CMldren 07 FC.1 FLETCHER'S ACTO TO A.