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SHANGHA] OFFERS 00D CONTRASTS Bustling Population and Varied Entertainment Marks Paris of Orient. Shanghai is described in the fol- lowing story by Victor Eubank, who has had several years’ experience in the Far East as an Associated Press correspondent. > the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—Shanghai is the Paris of the Orient, sixth largest city in the world, the home of sing- tohg girls, Russian fan dancers and some of the world's longest -bars and loudest night clubs. In its thoroughfares more than 30 different nationalities brush elbows. | The luxurious limousine and the rick- €ha run side by side, and the man- darin, the coolie and the white mer- chant from the West mingle on the Bund. To get an idea of Shanghai one must remember it is not a single city by itself, but a mixture of several. Forming the most important part of the whole is the International Settle- ment, which houses the greatest cor- porations, ‘banks and buildings in China. Second is the French concession, third the old native city and last, but hugest of all, the surrounding uncon- ceded territory known as Greater Bhanghai, where live more than 1,500,000 Chinese, Face Busy River, ‘The international concession and French concession together are shaped considerably like Manhattan Island. The settlement faces on the yellow, | mucky Whangpoo River, on which thousands of dingy Chinese barges in- termingle with gunboats, freighters and ocean passenger liners. Coming ashore from your ship which is anchored in the stream near the Bund, you are reminded of American | cities by the skyscrapers which ccn-i front you. You are also assailed by | what seems like millions of screaming | ricksha boys, who will ride you any- | where at any price they can.dig out | | anti-Fascist elements headed a cam- | (Continued From First Page.) tion, popular in Germany, is political high explosive in the Britain of Bald- win, MacDonald, Viscount (“League- of-Nations”) Cecil and a strong So- cialist no-more-war party. . . . The Great War taught us that the modern state which does not build a war larder and stock .it and take large-scale .measures to replenish" it as rapidly as the hungry maws of men and machines empty it exposes a vul- nerable Achilles’ heel which a direct= thinking and acting enemy may reach with a fatal thrust. Twenty-five nations battered Ger- many in fighting which involyed 40,~ 000,000 warriors, of whom 8,000,000 were slain. But the German war his- forians and leaders attribute defeat to the effect, primarily uporf the civil- ian population, of the effective block= ade imposed by the British sea fleet. It is also appreciated by all students of that four-year war that Germany's submarine campaign—the final sky's- the-limit gamble of the desperate Gere man war staff—nearly knocked the keystone from the allies’ arch by pute ting Britain out of the war through cutting off her sea-borne supplies, starving her people and immobiliz- ing her fleets. Great War Lesson Pointed. Paradoxically, a “peace” campaign has lately reinforced and pointed the Great War lesson. When the Geneva League imposed sanctions upon Italy, and British pacificists and paign to put oil on the prohibited list | and so paralyze the Italian attack on | Ethopia (the desperate Fascist leader | would have retorted by attacking Brit- | ain in Egypt and the Mediterranean and attempting to explode prema- turely the war gases gathering in Europe; but that is by the way) an | intensification of the war larder proc= | ess in every state with a war (com- monly termed a *defense”) problem | was assured. The Germans, lacking essential metals, cotton, oil, rubber, fats and aware that in war they will be de- nied sea-borne supplies, have been on the larder job for three years and are already almost self-sustaining in | Europe- Stocks Up for War | British empire resources in wartime. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO lem in any war which finds her ranged against Britain. Mussolini may rapidly develop Ethiopian re- sources in minerals, agriculture and cattle; but he cannot count on draw- ing from that source unless he can keep his communication lines open. And that is even raore doubtful than -Britain’s ability in wartime to restock with meat, wheat, wool and dairy products from her Pacific dominions, or cotton from the Sudan and the United States, or sugar from any of the tropical and sub-tropical sugar bowls. The Duce, however, has been cam- paigning to induce his people to eat less meat and more home-grown vege- tables and foodstuffs. He has been spurring on his scientists and en- couraging industrialists and agricul- turists. He can count now upon a synthetic wool made from milk, while his plants lead the world in volume of synthetic cotton production. He has developed an oil field in Albania, which little kingdom he controls, and has embarked upon a $100,000,000 plan to build an oil reserve by importing and storing American crude. He also has a plan for German technicians to develop an Italian industry for the extraction of petrol substitutes from hydrocarbon. Italy’s trouble in syn- thetic oil production is that she lacks coal, In France, the war chiefs are less worried than most about the war larder problem. Being inferior in industrial resources and organization to their German neighbor, they have accumulated large stocks of war ma- chines and munitions, and are step- ping up the production program in this department. But in food they are self-sustaining. The French have an African empire to draw upon, not to mention other raw material reservoirs in Asia and the Pacific, and they can rely on the They are pretty sure of being able to keep open the Western Mediterranean | Sea lgnes, and they have Atlantic| ports. Behind their new Chinese wall | of steel and concrete they have plenty | of coal and iron. Their coastal oil | storage facilities are considerable; food. They can now supply one-third of normal motor fuel requirements | from their giant oil-from-coal plants, | of you. If you are an American, you prob- | ably will know a Shanghailander of | that nationality or have a letter of | introduction to the American Club. | ‘The latter is one of the most populnri institutions of the town, where leading business men from various nations gather to discuss the price of silver, cotton and New York stocks. Here's the Longest Bar, You, of course, later will visit the | Shanghai Club, oldest and most sedate of the city’s social centers. Here, where ginger and bitters vie with the | ancient Scotch and soda, is what is | claimed to be the longest bar to be found in any country. | Not far away is one of the modern | wonders of China—the Cathay Hotel, | which pyramids up 20 stories to & | tower dominating the Bund. Built by Sir Victor Sassoon, millionaire pioneer of the Shanghai boom, this hostelry is one of the most luxurious in the Far East, and compares favor- | ably with any in the United States | and Europe. It has air-conditioned ball rooms, tea rooms, restaurants and complete independence in oil is only a matter of money and policy. | They have the raw material—coal. | But it would cost $3,000,000,000 to expand the synthetic oil plants for 100 per cent output. | Hitler's claim that he is able to | make the Third Reich independent in cotton is no idle boast. Germany is | already the second largest producer | of a kind of synthetic cotton. Her ! plants have an output of 40,000,000 pounds a year. Synthetic rubber pro- duction is being encouraged by or- ders from all government depart- ments using motor vehicles (just as in | Britain synthetic oil production has | been aided by navy and air force | orders). | ‘The Germans conserve copper stocks by prohibiting use of the metal in building, and by encouraging substi- | The way in which the larder is being stocked with manganese—a vital armaments metal—may be gauged by comparing the 1935 imports of the three leading importing countries. The | United States took in 233,691 tons, | Britain, 222,681 tons, and Germaxy, | end bars at which neither New York nor London can sneer. The Traveler’s Notebook Talking to One’s Self Inveterate Travelers List 20 of World’s Most Beautiful Cities, BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, JR. S UIDE service has taken much of the spice of adventure | from travel in Europe, and | even Americans who cannot | be classed as timid prefer the reassur- | ing presence of one who knows the | ropes. It makes for speed. Guides settle | disputes with volatile taxi drivers, pass judgment on the size of tips, translate complicated time tables, tell the visitor what to do when a parade of the dominant political party passes | end warn that Americans can be tossed into jail for exporting money. Little things like that. But the American still is an in- genius person; for instance, the At- lanta woman who visited Berlin. She passes along the clever device she em- ployed in the hope that it will stand . travelers in good stead if ever they meet with such a peculiar condition. THE Atlanta woman had her heart '™ set on a certain concert. None of the members of her party wanted to go. Though she knew not a word of German, she struck off alone for the auditorium, declining to employ an interpreter for such a tame excursion. Hardly had she been seated for the program before the audience rose en masse, arms raised in the Nazi salute. Taking her cue from the adage, when in Rome do as the Romans do, she rose and, too, saluted. B The salut® was & lengthy one, and | she began to have some misgiving. ‘Was she, she wondered, swearing her life away? Was she espousing some doctrine odious to her conscience? She began to talk aloud to herself, loud enough for those about her to hear. “I do wish,” she said, “I knew what I am standing for. What am I saluting?” People about her eyed her curiously, but she continued her mon- ‘otone in the silent, crowded hall: “T do wish some one near could speak ‘English and tell me why I'm stand- “ng here.” ¢ From & couple of rows ahead came ithe voice of a man, speaking perfect English. “You are making yourself svery conspicuous,” the man said, with- out turning to face her. “I will see you after the performance and talk ‘with you not only in English but in “American. Herr Goering has entered his box. Every one‘is saluting him. Be quiet.” TWO inveterate world travelers have \" compiled a list of 20 of the most beau cities of the world. It is not surprising that the lists fail to agree, but the duplication of 11 cities goes so far to hint a consensus of ex- “ perienced travelers. " The connoisseurs are Sir Michael Sadler, recently of Oxford University, and Malcolm La Prade, New York's “Man From Cooks.” Sir Michael finds ‘no city in the United States worthy -of mention, including this continent :with only one city, Quebec. La Prade omits Quebec, but includes New York and Washington. The lists rank no one city above the other, being compiled in & collec- tive sense. La Prade explains that . he makes his choice on broad lines, omitting smaller cities that have per- " haps one or two outstanding attrac- | travelers co-incidé on Paris, Istanbul, "highway lighthouses, 394,256 tons. Italy has a tough war larder prob- Gets Results Abroad. and Disagree. ceptional architecture and unique ap- ‘ pearance. | The choices of these two experienced | Rome, Vienna, Edinburgh, Nuremburg, | The = Hague, Budapest, Florence, | Stockholm and Venice. Sir Michael names in addition, Gothenburg, Agra, Benares, Dijon, Angouleme, Quebec, Oxford, Bath and Athens. La Prade makes these substitutions: New York, Washington, Brussels, Dresden, Nice, Rio de Janeiro, Naples, Prague and Geneva, In general planning, La Prade ranks Paris first; for general situation, Rio de Janeiro. As to New York, he| says: “Because of its modernistic | skyline, its magnificent towers, its rivers and harbor, New York repre- | sents the city of the future. Alto- | gether, it is one of the world's most impressive sights.” The artistic lay- out of the Nation's Capital, arrange- ments of the streets and the magnifi- cent Government buildings induce him to include Washington. . CRIBBLINGS: While the Statue of Liberty, which was dedicated 50 years ago this month, was a gift from | the people of France, the $100,000 fund to build the pedestal was raised in the United States. The chanty “Fifteen Men on Dead Man’s Chest” originated in a discipli- nary episode in the life of the pirate, Teach. “Dead Man's Chest” is a bar- ren rock in the Virgin Islands. Teach marooned 15 of his men there without Tum or water. Trinidad’s famous Lake of Pitch has no bottom; at least, it has never been found. ¥ Germany starts its Christmas shop- ping in the middle of November, when the “Dom” Christmas Fair opens on Holy Ghost Field, in the heart of Hamburg. Like every city in theq United States, shopping goes on until the last minute. Stores remain open on the two Sundays before Christmas to accommodate people who cannot make their purchases on week days. They are “silver” and “golden” Sun- days. 4 Recently in Europe have appeared whose beams show the motorists the general direc- tion of large cities. . The structures are alive with informative signs, eas- ily read. Other types of road light- houses serve as a warning of sharp curves, steep hills and other traffic hazards. One of the largest collections of totem poles, those armorial bearings of angient Indian families, is found at Kitwanga, & little-known place in British Columbia, which may be reached, however, by railroad. The carved cedar logs vary in height from 25 to 50 feet. The name of the town itself means “People of place of plenty of rabbits.” Ramps used to drive autos to upper floors in the modern garage are an old idea. Near Tours, France, is the nevertheless, they are developing a synthetic oil industry. Soviet Also Active. The Soviet Union has been taking | in abnormal quantities of rubber, cop= per and lead and developing their own ; wool and cotton resources (Japan has been doing likewise, besides starting a synthetic oil industry and planning | to make herself independent of for- | eign lead). The Red war larder prob- | lem is mainly one of stocks and stor- age. The war chiefs have to envisage probably war on two fronts, west and east, with inadequate rail and road communications. Hence the energetic | organization which has made—or 5o, | at least, the Red war staff calculates— each of the two zones self-contained, | each with its own larder. Russia’s stocks of military trans- port machines are probably the largest | of any power. Barring agricultural tractor output, the giant mass-pro- duction automobile plants are used for nothing else. Even government | grandees cannot get automobiles; they have to wait for the next used foreign | car to come on the market, as some foreigner imports a new one or has no use for his old one. s The development of aircraft and the new weapons, gerial bombs and gas, has imported a third dimension into war. The revolutionary change wrought in the technique of war by | this third dimension is vividly illus- | trated by the fact that Britain, guard- | ed by her sea moats, and with the | world's biggest and richest empire to draw upon for food and raw materials, | has the togghest larder problem of all It was a new machine, the under- sea gun and torpedo carrier and mine | layer, moving invisibly through his moats and under his protecting sea fleets, which came close to starving | out John Bull in the war of 1914-18— and probably would have starved him ‘ out, owing to the inadequacy of his | old war larder preparations, if he had | not been able to draw freely upon American resources. A newer machine, the high-speed bombing and gas- spraying airplane, now presents an even greater menace to his ability to feed himself and keep his navy on the seas, his air fleets in the air and his armies in the field. Directors Appointed. In this dilemma John has for a long time now been doing quietly what Hitler has been shouting about; and this year has even appointed a brace of war larder lords in the persons of | Sir William Beveridge, famous econo- mist, now chairman of the cabinet | subcommyittee charged to organize sup- plies and food rationing, and Engineer Vice Admiral Sir Harold Brown, whose job it is to organize industry for a quick change-over from a peace to a war basis, and also to accumulate sufficient stores of essential supplies to meet immediate demands of all the fighting services. A glance at the high lights of the problem these two men confront illu- minates the whole war larder phenom- enon against the background of latter- day war and war strategy and tactics as they have been changed by the air machine. The energetic people crowded in this small island in the North Atlantic bring in now, to sustain their life and trade, $5,000,000,000 worth of goods and commodities annually. This stuff is carried over 80,000 miles of sea- ways in the 120,000 ships which enter and leave British home ports in the course of a year. Every day these ships unload 50,000 tons of foodstuffs and 150,000 tons of raw materials and fabricated or partly fabricated goods. John Bull is so used to getting these supplies in when and as he wants them that normally he carries only small stocks—with the exception of Tubber, of which he carries an 18- month stock, the world’s largest. Half of these imports are handled in the single enormous port of Lon- don. Sixty thousand ships enter and leave that port in a year. They dump their cargoes over 45 miles of quays, whose warehouses have a storage ca- pacity of a million tons. The docks spread over 4,203 acres—a nice, large, concentrated target for bombing squadrons. Ports Held Easy Targets. One does not need to be a Wwar technician to perceive that the de- struction of London port would be & major disaster for an embattled Brit- ain. Add the destruction of the ports of Liverpodl, Southampton, Glasgow, built somewhat Ilater. Winding, sloping passages run to the top of the towers, and it is known that 1539, Charles V. drove coach: " tive features. He considers the loca- tion, surroundings, ;nun.l plan, ex- LH i £ it § g H E § § 2 i fense chiefs may be able to achieve the apparently impossible, and pro- vide gas-proof shelter for several mil- lion citizens in Londcu's fremendous tube railway system (the tethnical side of that job is being tackled now). But although a wheat subsidy has stepped up home production from an average 47,000,000 bushels in 1929- 1933 to 65,000,000 bushels, it is im- possible for the island people to grow in home fields the other 230,000,000 hushels that they annually. consume. However, storage for a year's supply in silos may yet be provided. The larder chief has considered a proposal made in Parliament to buy, transport ead store in Britain the Canadian sur- plus, which is equal to a year’s British consumption, Pish and potatoes are about the only important foodstuffs (if one ex- cepts beer, and even there the British brewers cannot-get all the hops they need at home) of which John Bull has an adequacy. But a large quantity of those potatoes are grown in Ireland and shipped, and although his fisher- men catch a surplus of fish and sell from 200,000 to 250,000 tons abroad annually, as far east as Russia, John has to keep his fishing fleets manned and afloat to get his fish. And the call by the navy on the fishing fleet personnel in wartime is heavy. During the last 10 years John has doubled the chicken population, stepped up his cattle herds to 8,500, 000 head and his sheep flocks to 25,- 000,000, and nearly doubled the pig population. But his 4,500,000 pigs still leave him short by 50,000 tons of pork annually and 375,000 tons of bacon and hams. Wool Imports Are Large. Britain’s sheep provide her with a sixth of the raw wool her mills use, but she has to import the balance— | along with 350,000 tons of mutton. The chickens lay 4,000,000,000 eggs & year, but that is still 2,000,000,000 short of the total needed. John's | dairy herds now provide him with 50,000 tons of cheese, but he still has to bring in another 500,000 tons of butter and 135,000 tons of cheese. As for beef, the home supply falls short by 700,000 tons a year. John has stimulated fruit and vege- | table production until he now has over a million acres in production. He | remains short by 1,150,000 tons of | raw fruit and $50,000,000's worth of | vegetables, In the last decade he has | forced up his beet crops by subsidy from a sugar yield of 75,000 tons to | one of 500,000 tons, but this covers less than a third of his annual needs. In oats and barley he has done better. He used to import 900,000 tons of oats a year. Now he brings in only 170,000 tons, and grows a million tons himself. 1In barley he has cut his intake from 1,250,000 tons to 850,000 tons. But, of course, he has replaced horses—he has a herd of 900,000 to | feed—Ilargely by machines, and the | machines create an even larger larder | problem, In the last eight years John's con- sumption of motor fuel has doubled. He is now producing 100,000,000 gal- lans a year (thanks to a government duty concession; petroleum is nowhere a commercial proposition without government aid). But this represents only 3.7 per cent of his total requirements. This has made the larder chiefs thoughtful; in- ‘tensive efforts are being made to find oil. The Anglo-Persian company has its experts prospecting under special license over 7,000 square miles of the island. Coal Supplies a Factor. In a jam, John might produce all the oil he needs from-his own coal. He digs 220,000,000 tons a year, and | exports a fourth of that. But it would cost $4,000,000,000, and disrupt vast industries in which billions of British capital are sunk, to make Britain independent of sea-borne oil and motor fuel. ~ He now has his various new plants and processes for producing synthetic paint, varnish and solvents. 5,000,000 gallons of imported turpen- tine; so today hydrogenated naphtha- lene is being produced by a new process as a substitute. He has a new factory which will in- crease his synthetic cotton output from 8,000,000 to 30,000,000 pounds annually. He is rather proud—seeing that in 1914 he found himself with barely enough dye to color the uni- forms of the first citizen armies—of having built up a great heavy chem- ical industry which now supplies 90 per cent of his needs in chemicals and even outputs a $100,000,000 surplus. Looking back two decades, one per- ceives that the money and energy ex- pended under the spur of the great war enormously accelerated technical progress and brought new knowledge, skill and methods in fields ranging from surgery and medicine to metal- lurgy, chemistry and aviation. It was only when they were besieged that the German chemists finally solved the riddle of producing oil from coal and of making the nitrogen of the air ayailable for industrial uses. Generations to come may look back to this time and see that the triumphs of chemistry, which ultimately revolu- tionized human life, were pioneered or achieved when highly organized peo- ples, commanding teams of scientific brains, set out as a matter of self- preservation to solve the problem of how to avoid defeat in war through stoppage of food and essential sup- plies. May Emancipate Humanity, It may be that out of Britain’s food problem may emerge the solution of nature’s most closely guarded secret to date, and the emancipation of man from his present fantastically cum- berson method of fueling the human machine. Up to this year Nature had closely guarded the secret of plant life. Scientists had tried vainly to turn water into sugar, as the plant does. By absorbing chemicals from the earth, the plant, under the reaction of the sun's rays, transforms them into nutritious foods. Vast herds of animals feed on the most elementary of these plants, and transform the nutritious substance. through a rel- atively simple chemical process into liquid and solid foods, which' men in turn feed into their stomachs to sus- tain life. 3 But last Spring the biochemist, Bayly, professor at the University of Liverpool, succeeded in producing sugar from water and carbon dioxide gas in the laboratory. He used arti- ficial sunlight and a catalyst to speed up the chemical processes. He still does not quite know how it happened, and is now pursuifig his experiments and working out the mathematics of the ‘The larder chiefs are interasted. But theirs is not the calm scientific interest of thinkers who see in. this laboratory experiment a first step to- ward discoveries which may change the whole of human life, and perhaps, through human-machine fuel changes. the very shape and form of homo sapiens and the course of his earthly adventure, It the Bayly experiments succeed, and next steps can be taken in a matter of months and years instead of decades and centuries (the next stage would be large-scale production . 2 synthetic oil and | His | larder chiefs did not like an item of | C., OCTOBER 25, PUBLIC LIBRARY EDGAR ALLAN POE. Tlll opening of “Plumes in the Dust,” with Henry Hull in the stellar role of Edgar Allan Poe, in Washington, the week of October 25, will revive interest in the mysterious writer who has been called the greatest American author, par- ticularly in point of international rec- ognition. ] ‘The Public Library presents a list of Poe biographies, emphasizing those of recent years, and a selected list of his works in collected form. Other volumes may be found in the fiction room or culled from the general liter- ature collection by consulting the cat- alogue or asking at the information desk of the Central Library or major branches. Biography. ISRAFEL, the Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe, by Hervey Allen. 2 v. 1936. EP753aa. ” A thoughtfully conceived and well documented life of Poe, lavishly illus- trated with portraits, facsimilies and photographs of the places associated with Poe's life, The library has also the later one-volume edition (E.P7532a2). EDGAR ALLAN POE, 1809-1849; a Critical Biography, by Una Birch. (Una Pope-Hennessy). 1934. E.P753bi. £ “Less than any other writer who has taken Poe for his subject, does she arouse in the reader impatience with that unhappy and remarkable man.” POE AND THE SOUTHERN LIT- ERARY MESSENGER, by D. K. Jackson. 1934. EP753ja. “Much of Edgar Allan Poe's pic- turesque personality, as well as his literary career, is inseparably asso- ciated with ‘The Southern Literary Mesenger.'” EDGAR ALLAN POE, a Study in Genius, by J. W. Krutch. 1926, E.P753kr. “Mr. Krutch has written a brilliant- ly illuminating study of Poe. This book marks the definite arrival of a fresh and candid mind, with modern psychological equipment, lively curi- | osity, critical objectivity and singula ly lucid, persuasive exposition. . . . It has had the effect of raising Poe from the dead.”—Stuart Sherman. THE STRANGE LIFE AND STRANGE LOVES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, by Emile Lauvriere; English version ,by E. G, Rich. 1935. E.P753Las. “A study of Poe’s life and works in which the author, a student of ab- | normal psychology, advances the the- | sis that Poe's strange life and strange loves prove he was a victim of a tainted inheritance, a morbid genius— in psychological phraseology, a su- perior degenerate.” EDGAR A. POE, a Psychopathic | Study, by J. W. Robertson. 1923. | EP753r. | “A psychopathic investigation of facts of Poe’s life interpreted in ac- cordante with such medical consider- ation as was warranted by his in- | herited neurosis.” | FACTS ABOUT POE; Portraits and | Daguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe, by A. P. Schulte, with a| sketch of the life of Poe by J. 8. | ‘Wilson. 1926. E.P753sc. ‘ Interesting data on Poe portraits. THE DREAMER: a Romantic Ren- | | dering of the Life Story of Edgar Allan Poe, by M. N. Stanard, 1925, EP753s. Entertaining biography by a well- known writer on Richmond and its people, POE'S HELEN, by Caroline Ticknor. | 1917, E.W592t. | *A biography of Sarah Helen Whit- | man, to whom Poe was once engaged | to be married.” THE HOME MIFE OF POE, by S. A. Weiss. 1907. E.P753we. “The author makes a distinct con- | tribution to an understanding of Poe !as a man. No future historian of American literature can neglect it or | is likely to do so.” EDGAR ALLAN POE. by G. E. Wood- | berry. 1913. EP753wo. Long the standard biography of Poe, Prof. Woodberry's volume is still | of synthetic proteins, the important | | feature of animal’ | chemists and engineers can be ha | nessed to the job of producing essen- | and synthetic sunlight. These would | | come, in tabloid form, from great | sieged people largely independent in | | a war emergency of bulky foodstuffs | which have to be hauled in thou- sands of ships over dangerous oceans |and unloaded at ports exposed to aerial bombs and gas attack. | | the most vital of all his war problems | —would be solved. 'i'lAVEL RESORTS. PENNSYLVANIA. ATLANTIC CITYS DISTINCTIVE HOTEL 3/ Deaside nourishinent), | § tial foodstuffs from chemicals, water | § | 1aboratories, and would render a be- | § 1936—PART TWO. & reliable source for the facts in small compass. THE LIFE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, Personal and’ Literary, With His Chief Correspondence With Men of Letters, by G. E. Woodberry. 1909. EP.753woo. v. 1. “As an encyclopedia of the profes- sional and private adventures of Poe, this new memoir is, indeed, of the highest value.”—W. B. Blake, Criticism. POE AND HIS POETRY, by L. N. Chase. 1929. E.P753c. Evaluation of Poe’s genius in rela- tion to his poetical work. LE GENIE DEDGAR POE; Ia legende et la verite, la methode la pensee, l'influence en France, by Camille Mauclair, 1925. ZYA P753m. A Prench critic's estimate of Poe and his influence on French litera~ ture, EDGAR ALLAN POE; How to Know | 1921. Him, by C. ZYA P753s. “A detailed and informative dis- cussion. The work of Poe as a critic STEAMSHIPS. A. Smith. REGULAR FALL CRUISES 1o BERMUDA of Bormuda . .‘.',‘.::::. 9 Days $85 W 13Days $113 s lar tripe of vat Sl eching p st sboard oblp 0 ding Bermuda botel. Round trip $50 up- TWICE WEEKLY A CTOMING! \ EN_of |_MUDA.” JANUARY B 28— Ask your TRAVEL AGENT or Furness Bermuda Line. 34 White- hall St. (where Broadway begins), New York. TRAVEL. FOUR $TAR CRUISES Christmas in BERMUDA /Vewyut'l in Sail out of Winter into sunny Spring on this joyous Yuletide ruise to the three pleasure capitals of the near-Tropics. * BERMUDA . 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KINGSTON HAVANA Jan. 22 Feb. 2 10 Days *110up * Double Holiday Cruise Feb.5 + Feb.22 PORT OF SPAIN LA GUAYRA ¢ CURACAO CARTAGENA e« COLON HAVANA 17 Days$180up Comprehensive program of shore cursi under management of "Mc?a'kl:u—'uurl-iulu- is emphasised somewhat more than his better known work as a creative artist.” ‘Works. THE BEST KNOWN WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. Poems, tales, essays, criticisms, with new notes, special biographical intro- duétion by Hervey Allen. 1931 'Y.P53a6. THE BOOK OF POE. Tales, criti- cism, poems, edited with introduc- tion by Addison Hibbard. 1929. Y.P753ah. THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, collected, edited and arranged with memoir, textual notes and bibliography by J. H. Whitty. 1917. YP.P75. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ED STEAMSHIPS. GAR ALLEN () POE; edited by J. A. Harrison. 17 v, Y.P753. ¢ (Reference, does not circulate.) POE—Man, Poet and Creative Thinker, by Sherwin Cody. 1924, Y.P153ac. THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE; newly collected and edited with & memoir, eritical introduce tions and notes. by E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry. 1503. 10 v, Y.P753a8. Fallen Horse Hauled to Hoist. SCOTTS BLUFF, Nebr. (#).—Leo Schumacher’s 1,900-pound draft horse | fell from a sugar beet dump into a | railroad car. The horse wasn't hurt, but had to be hauled 30 miles in the | to & hoist that lifted it out. All aboard for FLORIDA STEAMSHIPS. Go South this year pleasantly and economically onluxurious M.& M. liners. Thefare includes delicious mealsand comfortable berth. Take your car if you wish-- for the cost islow. Through fares to all points. MIAMI Round trip from Baltimore-(18 dy Jacksenville #38 return limit) *54 o emileenoideiig Also, all-expense tours to old St. Augustine, Jacksonville, etc. For full information, write, phone or call atM.& M. Travel Bureau, 1418 H Street, N. W., Washington (National 4612)--or authorized tourist agents. = = AMPLE TIME IN MOST FAMOUS PORTS OF THE INDIES and the 4 EACH OF THE WEST. CARIBBEAN almost from New York DEC. 23 12 DAYS...%152%9 # KINGSTON . . CRISTOBAL HAVANA . . . NASSAU Newly remodeled, the Sarurnia offers the most brilliant Christmas Cruise of her career ! Lido Deck doubled in &ize ., . new openair swimming pool ... new, apeedier engines ... more rooms with bath. Also famous deck of verandh suites? IT Apply TRAVEL Ave, New York. from PHILADELPHIA HE sea-going cruise of o lifefi ell the info of o sea rover's | You'l ing Guatemola on fine while liners with ail ALIAN LINE AGENT or 624 Fifth @ F 1] EVERY TUESDAY Commencing April 14 19 DAYS s197 All-Expenses Il sail to enchant- outside staterooms, real beds, permonen! out door pools, deck sports and the famous intimate, personalized service of the Greot White Fle pend o full week in mile-high Guate: mala City, including spectaculor rail trip, com prehensive sightseeing, motor fours fo encient lokes and colorful pueblos, os well d inn accommodations throughout the entire trip. 12 Days *130 Whi A shorter cruise on the o fom G Fi ing e full GUEST CRUISES /rom NEW 101 18 DAYS ... $125 veriously to Havano, Jomei UNIT A., Coste Rico, Thursdeys and Saturdays. iy any euthorized Travel Agent or ED FRUIT CO. Pier 9. North Wharves, Philadelohis MUNSON LINE CRUISES 2 DAYS IN NASSAU 2 DAYS IN 3 DAYS - 2 NIGHTS IN HAVANA 12DAYS—$115 ALL-EXPENSE (imcl. extensive shore excur- sions) Winter season sate $120 (effective Dec. 26) thereafter all year "reund Here's a cruise that's particularly delightful at thistimel If youmakeres- ervations early, you are assured a better choice of accommodations. The ship is the popu- lar S. S. Munargo, with an outdoor pool and dancefloor...decksports «.orchestra...entertal ment ... cruise director. Ashore, you take com- prehensive sightseeing tours—at no extra cost! Also Nassau All-Expense Tours— round trip, week at Royal Victoria Hotel, Eure- pean Plan, $97.50. SAIL NOW... ENJOY SPRING IN Sail now. Enjoy exhila- rating Spring in South America. Visit Rio de Janeiro (with extra day ashore, thanks to new faster schedule), Santos,Montevideo and Buenos Aires . . . tities where Old World cus- toms live in a modern atmosphere. Sailing now means saving almost 20% on round trip because of seasonal rate reductions. 21,000-ton Munson Line sister-ships sail formight- ly. And one of them, the S.S.Pan America, offers you a new, built-in out- door swimming pool, air- conditioned dining salon and enlarged sports deck. All provide every facility for utmost com- fort. Northbound call at Trinidad. Full information from your Travel Agent MUNSON 5. S. LINES 67 WALL STREET, NEW YORK W. P. Wolfe, General Agent, 1600 Walnut St. Phils., Pa.