THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULT 28, 1907.
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Vh fctory of ft CauHWMr TTnder gtonewall
JMkwn, by B. A. Moore. Illustrated.
(2- The Meal Publishing Co.. New York
City.
Scholars of military history are gen
erally agreed that from the viewpoint
tit tactics and strategy the greatest
literary picture ever published of
"Stonewall" Jackson is that of the late
Colonel Henderson, the celebrated Eng
lish military writer. But for a story of
"Stonewall" Jackson's artillery, told
with real human Interest by a man
from the ranks. Mr. Moore's modest
hook Is to be commended. It's a far
cry, of course, from the bloody days of
the early 60s, and careless ones are apt
o exclaim: "Hasn't the story of that
Civil War been told yetT" Not until
the last of the doughty warriors sleep
the sleep that knows no waking. Hu
man like, they wish to fight their bat
tles over again In type.
When war broke out between North
and South, Mr. Moore was a junior at
Washington College, Lexington, Va.,
the president of which was Rev. Dr.
George Junkln, one of whose daughters
was the first wife of "Stonewall" Jaek
aon. From the summit of the college
building some students had suspended
I a palmetto flag, and when the crisis
came. Dr. Junkin, who was a Northern
sympathiser, on being reminded that
the "rebel" flag still flew overhead,
said: "Tha class is dismissed. I will
never hear a recitation under a trai
tor's flag." And Dr. Junkln went
North.
Men in and around Lexington were
trrlbly In earnest to begin the war,
with military spirit as far as they were
concerned. Mr. Moore says on page 22:
"The youths of the community. Imbued
with the Idea that 'cold steel' would
play an Important part In the conflict,
provided themselves with huge bowle
knives. fashVmed by our home black
smith, and with these fierce weapons
swinging from their belts, were much
In evidence. The cadets received
marching: orders, and one morning, for
the first time since his residence In
Lexington, Major Jackson was seen in
his element. As a professor at the "Vir
ginia Military Institute, he was re
markable only for strict- punctuality
find discipline. I, with one of my
brothers, had bean assigned to his
class in Sunday school, where his
regular attendance and earnest man
ner were equally striking. It was on
a beautiful Sunday morning in May
that the cadets received orders to move,
and I remember how we were all as
tontshed to see the Christian Major
galloping to and fro on a spirited horse
preparing for their departure."
With engaging frankness, Mr. Moore
rays when he first went Into battle,
.'we began to feel that we were 'going in'
and a most weakening effect It had on
the stomach." With the careless aban
don of young warriors, the men of the
'Stonewall" brigade soon became hard
ened veterans and they applauded the
eplrlt of one of their company cooks
of whom this tory la told: "We had as
cook a very black negro boy named
Pete, who through all this marching
had carried, on a baggage wagon, a
small game rooster which he told me
had wMpped every chicken from Har
risonburg to Winchester and back
again. At last the rooster met defeat,
and Pete consigned him to the pot,
taylng. No chicken dat kin be whipped
shall go "long with Jackson's head
quarters." It Is a busy, stern, militant Jackson
lhat Mr. Moore presents. The story is
reeled off with blograph speed, scarcely
Stopping at Jackson's death, but treat
ing f battle after battle especially
Gettysburg until In natural sequence
Appomattox Is reached. Then the battle-scarred
soldier writes as he aaw
General Lee after his meeting with
General Grant: "The favorable and en
ttrely unexpected terms) cf Surrender
wonderfully restored our souls. . . .
After resting and fattening my bay, I
sold him for a good price ana was tnus
enabled to return to Washington Col
lege and serve again under General Lee."
The enrollment of Rockbridge Artil
lerv was MB. of whom 23 were killed In
battle. Ninety-three lived to be paroled
at Appomattox.
Berlx ef Clare, by John Reed Scott. Il
lustrated. $1.50. J. B. Ltpplncott Co.,
Philadelphia.
In the very nick of time there comes
for the vacation season a dashing ro
mance of mailed knights and ladies
fair, of the stirring days when Rich
srd III was King of England. The
charmer Is called "Beatrix of Clare,"
ind has peculiar attraction for a lazy
Bummer afternoon spent near some
Pacific Coast pleasure nook. It tells
of an age different from the automo
bile, money-at-any-price present cen
turies ago when If you were a mailed
knlgiit and had an enemy, you could
conveniently make an end of him with
out any officious police Interference.
Mr. Scott shows bolder grasp of fle
I tlon than In his earlier success, "Th
Colonel of the Red Huzzars," which
reached Us eleventh edition. "Beatrix
is an oasts among current romances,
and the fate of that wilful beauty
known as the Countess of Clare Is told
with such compelling interest that the
reader cheerfully follows her until the
JSdth cage to learn that all ends-well.-
Of lovers she had 'fully a score and
it Is satisfactory to know that after she
had been fought over and once abduct
ed, her personal choice turns out to be
Sir Aymer de Lacy, knight and king's
favorite. It is like reading Sir Walter
Scott over again to hear of brave
knights storming castles to save dis
tressed damsels, and the use of the
good old bow and arrow faithfully en
joined. The novel abounds in. exactitude.
For Instance, the Countess Is spoken of
as a "slender figure in green velvet,
with sweet bow-shaped mouth; high
bred sensitive nose, rounded chin, tiny
ear, soft deep gray eyes and crowning
all great rolls of the auburn hair that
sunbeams spin to gold." De Lacy"s
horse, Sellm, is spoken of as a friend
and companion and is described as
possessing a "small head with bright,
full kind eyes, broad forehead,' tapered
muzzle, thin, sensitive nostrils and
ears; arched neck, deep chest,' rather
short barrel, 1 narrow waist, powerful
flanks and sinewy, springy, Blender
legs."
The clash of steel is often heard to
help the martial picture ansl the air
of royalty experienced is impressive.
The book cover is attractively designed,
two of the decorations consisting of
shields representing red chevrons
quartered with a silver stag, emblems
of De Lacy and Clare.
The British City, by Dr. Frederic C. Howe.
ai.BO. Charles Scribner's Bona, New York
City.
"Everywhere in Great Britain there
are symptoms of decay. In agriculture,
industry and every department of life
it is manifest but moat of all In the
poverty and physical deterioration of
the people. The nation seems to be in
a state of Incipient aenemia. Industry
Is lacking in that robust aggressive
ness that characterizes Germany and
America," .
So writes Dr. Howe in his thought
ful study of political economy, "The
British City, The Beginnings of De
mocracy." At the same time, Dr. Howe
does not write as an iconoclast, for he
points the way out. He does not think
that Britain's future salvation Is bound
up In Joseph Chamberlain's proposed
scheme of ft thinly disguised protective
tariff, because such a course would but
encourage further class privilege. It
Is Instead shown that the real trouble
today Is that the land of Great Britain
is owned by, a handful of persons, about
.008 of the inhabitants.
Great cities have come into existence
during the past century upon the es
tates of the nobility. For Instance, the
Duke of Norfolk recently sold the town
of Sheffield the right to maintain a
market, the purchase price for this
privilege being $2,500,000. Docks and
markets are largely owned by the land
ed gentry, the great part of London be
ing In the hands of a monopoly.
Dr. Howe believes that Britain's sal
vation will come from the growth of
democracy In her cities, governing
rights being guaranteed through a
charter convention, or by a council sub
ject to a referendum vote of the peo
ple similar to that enjoyed In Oregon.
The English village would come to life
again, it is predicted, by a wise tax
ation of land values or landlord's rent.
It is considered that owners would
thus be forced to compete for tenants
in order to meet the demands of the
state. Holdings would be developed,
not devastated for the pleasure of the
chase.
The message so skillfully presented
is a valuable contribution to civics and
will be cordially welcomed for Its cor
rectness and hope."
History of the t'nlted States and It
People, by Dr. Elory HcKendree Avery.
Volume 3. Illustrated. The Burrows
Brothers Co., Cleveland. Ohio.
Trustworthy in detail, sumptuous in
illustration and design and attractive in
general style -of writing, the third volume
of Dr. Avery's history of our country is
most notable amid the book arrivals of
this busy season. The reader's chief de
sire Is to take this book away to the
quiet of a home library and there to find
leisure to become acquainted with Its
many literary and historical treasures.
Away from the noise of the ciowd with
Dr. Avery as a mental guide, dry history
takes on a new meaning, and forgotten
men and women live again. The work is
rich in a popular sense and is without
doubt one of the most interesting works
of Its kind ever printed in the English
language.
Twenty years of faithful and conscien
tious , literary labor, searching, reading,
noting, selecting and then writing. Think
of it! , That Is Dr. Avery's record in the
preparation of this word-monument.
Twenty years ago he first became inter
ested in the preparation of the literary
plan which now sees the light, and con
tracts were drawn with his publishers.
From that day to this, his entire time
has been devoted to the authorship of this
set of 16 historical volumes.
Taking as his text the period embracing
1660-1745 dealing with active colonization
and the final struggle for the conquest f
New France. Dr. Avery has produced
this, the third volume. He admits that
u whole, the Sertoli treated and ften
called "the neglected period or Amer
ican history." lacks-the- dramatic charac
teristics of the years that went before
and those that come after. - But so well
has he performed his part In historical
-interpretation, that the fault he complains
of is not noticed by the exacting reader.
He shows the working of the law of
sharp contrasts, particularly the dispo
sition of the American colonists to stand
Tor rights that they felt were theirs by
Inheritance, contract and environment.
Carolina gets attention In the first chap
ter, and then the historian passes on to
discuss Virginia, Maryland, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, -the King
Philip war, the dominion of New Eng
land, French exploration of the West,
British colonial policy, Canada and Lou
isiana, the middle colonies, etc
As for pictures and copies, of publio
documents, critics have long complained
that Froude was notoriously careless as
to the accuracy of his pictures. Not so
Dr. Avery. Readers may have wondered
why his volumes have been bo long in
reaching them, but he wisely worked to
Insure a reputation for exactness and
accuracy, to obtain a true philosophic his
torical perspective. He wanted his work
to endure. Large sums of money hava
undoubtedly been spent to Insure this end,
and the wealth of maps, beauty of copper
etchings, fine paper and composition and
presswork furnish a striking object les
son. ,
And then the book is made In the West.
Its general excellence will make haughty
publishers of the Atlantic Coast region
sit up and take notice.
Chaperoning Adrlenne, by Alice Harrlman
Browne. Illustrated. 1.25. The J. K.
Gill Co., Portland.
Gay with the spirit of vacation and
love-making at Yellowstone Park.
Printed on fine paper and beautified by
Illustrations from Charles M. Russell,
the story Is supposed to have been prin
cipally told by Mrs. Annabella Ellis, who
Is chaperoning her niece, Adrienne,
through the Yellowstone. Adrlenne Is
-beloved by Randolph Cecil Sears, who
Believes in the occult and writes poetry
but Adrlenne's mother wishes her daugh
ter to marry Senator Rowley, who has
already buried three wives. - Mrs. Ellis is
a giddy widow, who Is never happy un
less she basks In love's light for break-
last, lunch and dinner.
Quits accidentally the tourists meet
General Tenniel, who had loved Mrs.
Ellis when she was a blushing miss.
and he a romantic Lieutenant. Dainty
comedy Is deftly Introduced by the lit
erary skin of Mrs. Harriman-Browne,
who carries a continuous love story
inrougn extracts from the diaries of mem
bers of the party. It is an unaffected
pleasure to read a story which flows in
such natural sequence, embodying true
nouaay spirit. Nearly every pane is em
belllshed with pleasing illustrations, and
the general atmosphere Is so genial that
the book will make an acceptable gift to
a woman or girl.
Mrs. Harriman-Browne has read her
Ernest Thompson-Seton to advantage.
for on page 85 she has a feeling reference
to Johnny Bear and his mother. Grtsmov.
Read one of the author's paragraphs,
coucnea in -ner gentle style:
A buck, with horns still in the velvet, with
penile aoe close pesiae. Just crossed the
Brass in front or the hotel not ten feet
from us. Adrlenne took a picture of them
as tney stopped to graze, unafraid. Yea
leruay m soii-eyea mother watched us
curiously as we took her picture in the
woods, ner lawns nuzzling- for dinner.
I never noticed things like this before? and
I m afraid I have not seen as much of
the park as the others. But my dear one
has made me see all these things through
til) eyes ot love.
Mrs. Harriman-Browne. the authoress.
Is well known In this city, principally for
the kind words In which she spoke of
Portland In 1898 and 1S99 in the North
west Magazine of St. Paul, Minn. Port
land people have also an interest In the
picture of "Mrs. Ellis," on page 21 of
the little book, for it Is really that of
Miss Marlon Cooke, 671 Bchuyler street.
this elty. Miss Cooke kindly sat for the
picture, and two or three of the pen
sketches owe their inspiration to her
clever touch. The "Mrs. Ellis" picture la
like the gay widow In the book it is de
mure, yet with a lingering shyness that
Is fetching. Miss Cooke la a writer of
rerse.
John Bafts, the Witness, by Br. Oscar Rutins.
xi. Jennings Or ham, Cincinnati.
Particularly adapted to the Instruction
of young people Interested In the study
of ' the Reformation. John Huss, the
great Bohemian reformer, born July 8,
1869, Is often spoken of as "the morning
star of the Reformation,", and the story
of his eventful life as a theologian and
liberator up to the time his enemies
burned him at the stake. Is effectively
told.
Champion, by John Colin Dane. Illustrated.
a. W. Dillingham Co, Mew York City.
Toot-toot.
This is the autobiography of an
automobile christened by Hugh Cam
eron. Sensational, and picturing
thieves, swindlers and different brands
of love, the novel Is entertaining and
will lend solace to an idle hour. It
possesses galloping Interest.
J. M. Q
IK LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
T?brt MeCrav. a rouric farmer, near
Pith Inn, 111., is Insane from reading 8-eent
novels.
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David Homer Bates" memories of "tin
coin in the Telegraph Office" (Mr. Batea
was manager of the War Department tele
graph office and cipher-operator iwjwbooj
will be Issues, in book ions mis iui.
Ralph Connor la now working en a bio-graphl'-al
volume that will be published
early in the Fall. "The Life ef James Rob
ertson, . D." Dr. Robertson was the In-
nlrer. director and backer of au the mis
sionaries who went out In . the Canadian
Northwest.
The Midsummer holiday number of The
Century will contain an unusual magazine
feature in "The Woods of Ida." a masque
by Olive Tllford Dargan. author of "Lords
and Lovers," etc. To Illustrate this un
usual form of writing, Slgismond de Ivan-
swakthaa tainted th'rea jilctures--ld. tojture- -of his country., . Jils translations- of
be characterized by his usual sympathy-and
charm of conception which will be repro
duced in color in - the magazine.
Mrs. Edith Wharton has returned from
abroad and Is spending the Summer at her
home in Lenox, Mass.
Robert Underwood Johnson, en a" recent
visit to Philadelphia .remarked that he knew
Rome better than-the Pennsylvania elty.
Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, after his usual early
Sumtrler holidays in Canada, has taken up
his residence at his villa, "Far NIente," at
Bar Harbor. His new novel, which Arthur
Keller Is Illustrating, will begin to ap
pear in the Century Magazine in the Au
tumn.
Eleanor Gates Is home from an extended
tour through Italy, where ehe has written
"Cmlil. the Cownunrher." a humoroui novel.
dealing with the Western life of the United
btates. Miss oates recently Decamo
wife of RiohaM Watson Tully, the co-author
with David Belasco of "The Rose of
the Rancho."
Williams College has conferred an LL.D.
on Henry M. Alden, the veteran editor of
Harper's Magazine. The fiftieth anniversary
of Dr. Alden s graduation at the college was
also thus celebrated. Not long ago Mr.
Alden recalled, in Harper's Weekly, nis
early days as an editor at Franklin Square.
Richard Harding Davis has Just returned
to this country from his long European
automobile trip, supplemented by a sojourn
on the west coast of Africa. He l now
spending the Summer at Mount Klseo.
Westchester County, NSw York, where he
has a farm and a famous dog kennel, in
which the original ef "The Bar Sinister" iz
still domiciled.
A work In a hitherto almost unfilled fl-Id
It coming from the Chicago University
Press. It is "The Dramatic Traditions of
the Dark Ages," and has been prepared by
Joseph S- Tunison. The usual notion of
omitting th Dark Ages from the history
of the drama Is here refuted, for Professor
Tunison has succeeded In Supplying the data
to fill in this blank.
The second volume of the collected edi
tion of the poetic works of W. B. Yeats will
b ready for publication shortly. This vol
ume will be devoted to his dramatic .work
in verse and will contain. In addition t'o the
plays which are already known ro his read
ers, the new poetic drama entitled "Defr-
dre," which was produced in Dublin last
Winter at th Abbey .Theater.
There are few writers who shun publicity
more than the Countess Von Arnhetm. au
thor of "Blisabeth and Her German Gar
den." The Countess has lately withdrawn
her name from all announcements and pub
lications of her books, and has refused her
photograph to newspapers and magazines.
She is an English woman, married to a
German count, and lives on the enormous
patronymic estates of the latter. She has
family of three children.
The chief literary event of the Summer,
according to th London Times, is the re
turn to literature of M. Jules Leinattre. a
return signalized by the publication of a
course of lectures on Rousseau. This book-
under the title of "Jean Jasques Rosseau,"
by Jules Lemaitre d l'Academle Francalse,
will be pnbUshed in America in a transla
tion made by Mme. Vlgot. The English re
viewer f the new volume describes Le
maitre as the "rare impressionist erltio
who at his best is one of th first-of living
critics."
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Miss M. P. Wlllcocks. author of "The
Wingless victory," Just published, iz an
Englishwoman, born In South Devon, near
the southern slop of Dartmoor, in an old
farmhouse. In the neighborhood Is Fardel
Barton, one a manor-house of Kalelgn s,
which Is th original of the farm "Light
and Come In" in th author's previous
novel. "'Widdleombe." All th localities in
her novels are taken from originals. For
instance, "Uppacott" In "The Wingless Vic
tory" -Is the well-known fishing place Brlx-
ham, near Dartmouth.
m
Novelists spend a deal ef time over their
titles. Dickens worked through 13 before
he found the Hth "Hard Times." TV. D.
Howells has employed "Th Undiscovered
Country": Robert Barr, "From' "Whose
Bourne." while David Christian Murray and
Henry Rarm&n twist th tall of th quo
tation by employing "On Traveler Re
turns." But is W title of such impor
tance? asks the London Chronicle. It
delightful to know that novelists search
the Scriptures and read their Shakespeare
la th quest for titles. But one recurs to
t hemetnod of Lytton when he wanted to
discover whether hi nam or his natur
were the attraction. Why should not all
six-sbllllng volumes b entitled simply
'My Novl"T
Alexander Telxetr d Mattos. the trans
lator of "The Measure of the Hours," the
new Maeterlinck volume recently published
Is of Dutch rj&rentage and birth, but has
resided for the last 30 years in England.
He was educated In London, tinder Right
Rvrend Monslgnor Capel, who ha slnci
settled in America, and near Windsor, under
the Jesuits, at their establishment known
as Beaumont Colleg. one the home of that
famous pro-consul. Warren Hastings. Be
fore taking up the translation of Maeter
linck's essays, Telxeria had achieved som
distinction as the author of th English, ver.
sion of "Th Memoirs of Chateaubrand." In
six volumes, and of The Memoirs of Presi
dent Kruger" and as the translator of sev
eral novels by Emll Zola. Louis Couperua
and other continental writers.
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A brilliant story of the rivalry of two
women. "A Woman's War." is the work of
that popular author, Warwick Deeping, -no
story Is placed In a charming English town,
and the two rival women are the wives of
the rival physicians of th plaoe. Through
out, the story Is strongly and finely wrought
and Is rich In Interesting character studies
and in strong and dramatic situations. How
Betty Steel plots against Catharln Mur-
chison, and how th rivalry comes to
culminating point when Dr. Murchlson,
after having made a brave fight for years
against a fierce inherited desire for alco
hoi, yields Just one to th desire and
blunders, is vividly told. It Is thus not
only a story of rival women, not only
story of two rival doctors, but the story of
a strong man's nght against a temptation,
ana or now in the na h conquers.
Under th title of "Bud." a story is pub
lished of a quaint and altogether lovable
little Chicago girl who is set down in an
old-fashioned Scotch village. Thar is th
constantly delightful contrast between the
clever breezlness of the American girl and
tn slowness ana conservatism or the Scot
tleh town and th delectabls contrast between
Scotticism and brzy American colloquial
isms. In fact, th whole idea of the book
Is something new this us of Soottlsh ma
terial combined with American.. Th au
thor is a Scotchman, Nli Munro, a Glas
gow editor, and author, and h present de-
ngntiui people as tnos among wnom xn
lot of th clever little American heroin is
cast. Ther Is Daniel Dye. "Cheery Dan,
the lawyer, loved by all, charitable, yet
hiding his charity. Ther is his charming-
sister Ball. Ther Is th drolly humorous
conception ef th servant Kat. Ther 1
th queer ow-hrd. with -Its bell-mouth
trousers. It 1 a book ef quaint and unex
pected humor, and on which at th asm
time deplot loving family Mfe, honesty and
faithfulness.
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On ef th most Interesting of present
day novel writers Is Florence Morse Kings
ley. She is th wlf of a mlnlstor. Rev.
Charles R. Klngsley, who presides over a
union church at a charming little town on
Btaten Island- A colony of literary and
artlstlo folk have gathered there, and. al
though of creeds various, tbey united In
asking Mr. Klngsley to act a pastor for
them. Th Klngsley hava two sons at a
unlvsrsity, and a daughter at Wellesley,
where Mrs. Klngsley. herself was educated.
But. although th mother of a family, Mrs.
Klngsley writes with all th buoyant light
someness of youth, and her friends like to
say that it Is because sh looks young and
feels young and keeps young. Her latest
book Is "The Prinoess and th Ploughman."
he Is an ardent assistant to her husband
In bis church work, and teaches a class tn
the Sunday school connected with it. Sh
is a thorough- optimist, and holds to th
chrful creed that on 1 pretty sur to
get what he ardently hopes for. "Girls, b
careful what yeu wish for," eh likes to
tell her class, warnlngly, and. far more in
earnest than in playfulness, "be careful
what you wish for, because you ax going
to get It."
It has been noted that King Edward of
England is at present actively engaged lo
editing the letters of his mother. Queen
Victoria, for publication. Another royal
literary worker is King Oscar of Sweden,
whose golden wedding was celebrated re
cently. He ts not a strong as h was, but,
tn spite of his illness, he devote the hours
between 6 and 10 in th morning to hi
literary work. He has a working knowl
edge of seven languages, of which English
Is said to be hi favorite. Ha ha already
wrought considerable service to th liter
Goethe hav made that poet familiar to
hi countrymen. In the schools of Franc
his history of "Charles XII" Is familiar,
and one or the most popular poems in
Sweden is "The Battle of the Baltic." writ
ten by King Oscar. The royal author is
now engaged en his "Memoirs." which are
not to b published until after his death.
and It is said that he has expressed mm
self very frankly not only about the af
fairs of his own country, but about other
nations in Europe. The latter part or nia
"Memoirs" will deal. It U said, with what
he calls "the most bitter etab of my life."
th Norwegian secession, for which King
Oscar holds himself responsible In no way.
Tn the current number of Harper's Bazar
Henry James continues his desperate task
bf reforming th women of America. It i
their manners that concern him now. and he
writes of them ssdly but frankly: "Let m
thus. then, maklns- mv Imax comprehen
sive. Invite it to cover the case of the whol
social opportunity of women In our rough
American world that world. Indeed, whose
apparently admirable capacity for still feed
ing innumerable millions makes us even yet
resent the application to Its liberality oc
any tnvlduous epithet. W have to breath
low that it la rough, and that the free hand
we have given on all sides to our women
ha done much less ttr&n we might hav
dreamed to smooth It; w otherwise lnvita
ourselves to taste overmuch Of certain
forms of th roughnees. This, however, is
a trifle tf we only succeed In Insisting with
lucidity: than which there Is no better way.
doubtless, than to appeal with directness.
Directness p achieved, accordingly, when
this petition to the American woman is
made. . absolutely, against her much-misguided
eelf, and when It Is asked of her te,
recognise, not that her path Is more lighted
than that of her downtrodden sisters in
other worlds, but that sh literally stands in
neei nf tnree times their sufficiency of ad
monition. It is. In other words, not three
times easier for her to please nd soothe
and happily to exemplify, but thre times
more difficult by reason of th false lights
that have multiplied about her and that an
atmosphere absolutely uncritical has done
nothing te Extinguish.
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.Someone, who is tnetrosted in statistics
of the sort, has ben compiling flsrures to
show what proportion of the hooks bor
rowed from public libraries throughout the
country are works of fiction, remark th
Indianapolis News. As a result of the
Investigator's labor, we have the follow
ing table, the figures Indicating what per
centage of the total circulation Is fiction:
Readlnr '. .. 57.-75
Louisville 83.60
Salem 78.73
Paterson i 73.40
Davenport 78.00
Washington, D. C , 71.S0
Joseph 69.22
Baltimore I f.9.00
Boston 6S.80
New Bedferd .- 67.70
Brooklyn 67.00
Newark : 64.20
Buffalo .' 64.10
Haverhill 64.00
Allegheny 63.60
Lynn 61.44
Dayton 6O.00
Pittsburg 58.83
Hartford 56.36
Detroit . 53.65
Cambridge 63.40
Minneapolis' . . . . . . 'i . . . . . . 62.53
Worcester 52.O0
Scranton 60.76
Los Angeles 50.50
Chicago 46.67
St. Louis 8K.80
Grand Rapids 87.70
New York ..; (No report)
San Francisco (No report)
Indianapolis doe not appear on the list,
but a &pecial report of the librarian, made
to conform to the table, shows that 43 per
cent of th total circulation from the mam
library is fiction, while bnly 86 per cent
of . the total circulation of the sub-sta- j
tlons is fiction. Apparently there Is no ac
counting for this difference in figures.
..which, as a matter of fact, on would ex
pect to find reversed, .the sub-stations cir
culating mdr fiction than - work of a
weightier natur.
Since th publication" of th story of the
present poverty in Italy of Louise de la
Kamee ("Oulda"), to whom the British
government has granted a pension of $7r0
a year, the novelist who was for many
years extremely popular, has ' telegraphed
the London Daily Mall from Valparaiso, say
ing: "I absolutely forbid any mention of
me."
. Marie Oorelll writes to the press urging
a popular subscription .to Insure comfort
for Miss d la Ramee in her declining year.
She contributes 9125 herself.
' The venerable author, now TS years old,
has been latterly in such poverty that
sometimes sb was complled to go without
food.
Th Florence ' correspondent of th Daily
Mail sent a story of her recent life before
the receipt of the message from her. H
says that until two years aa-o Miss de la
Ramee occupied a splendid three-etory villa
at Lucca. She was known as "The Lady
of the Dogs," as h Invariably had 30,
and was always seen with a number of
them around her. Her intense fondneaa
for dogs, with a certain megalomania,
caused hr on on occasion to give a meal
of milk, bread and meat to every dog In
Lucca. She paid the bill for this extra
ordinary banquet willingly, although heavy
debte were crowding upon her through
her utter Ignorance of the value of money.
It Is stated that on several occasions at
about this time she went without food for
a whole day. remarking that it was suffi
cient If'her dogs ate. Frequently her maid
appealed to the owner of the villa for sup
per for her mistress. A dispute with her
landlord about some furniture led to three
lawsuits, which Oulda won, but th costs
further crippled her purse, and her landlord
then turned her out
After staying at one or two places sh
went to a first-class hotel at Vlaregglo.
Again thoughtless expenditures exhauated
her resources, and her plight was such
that last September she passed a night un
der the tree on th sea front. The remain
ing few of her large family of beloved
dogs were at her side. When her maid's
mother found her at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing on th beach sh took her to her hum
ble cottage at Monti and kept her ther
for several months.
But that homeless night on the cold
beach cansed Oulda to lose the sight of
her left eve, and also brought about deaf
ness, from which she has never recovered.
In February last h went to another hotel
at ViareFSlo, where ahe stayed some time,
when, being aealn In financial straits, she
went with her ex-matd's mother to the
village of Maesarosa, five miles distant,
where sh is now llvlpg In a milkman's
squalid cottage. -
Lady'Tlpplerg in Ixradon.
Harriet Quimby In Leslie's "Weekly.
London tearooms are Interesting to a
degree, and In many ways they are a
revelation to one accustomed to the tea
rooms in other countries. One of the
mnt nnnnlar. which is situated in the
4 fashionable shopping district on Regent
street, not tar irom umuu euooi.
penses, besides the cup that cheers,
champagne, cordials, brandy and soda,
and numerous other liquids which seem
to be much in demand by the dainty shop
pers. The latter order quite unabashed
and drink their tipple openly. The wine
list of this tearoom, which opens wide
on the street and tn no way suggests the
nature of the refreshments within, con
tains all the well-known brands of
wines and Whisky. Tea also la served
here, and sandwiches and cakes. The
surprising feature about this place
which has duplicates In other parts of
London Is not that champagne Is bought
and drunk by women, but that It Is sold
on draught and Is to be had for nine
pence a glass (18 cents).
Some of the tearooms have accompany
ing smoking-rooms, but one will see much
less smoking In London than Is seen in
the fashionable tearooms and hotels on
the continent. It must not be considered
that thBe tea, tipple and smoking-rooms
of London- are questionable. They are no
better and no worse, as far as general
patronage goes, than those at which tea
only is served, and It is quite respectable
to stray Into one which opens wide on the
street, sans screen floors or anything to
suggest the wine list within.
The Difference.
The June bride frowned.
"These tomatoes." she said, "are just
twice as -dear as those across the street.
Why is it?"
"Ah, 'ma'am, these "
And the grocer smiled In pity of her ig
norance. -
these are hand-picked."
Sh blushed. "Of course." she added
hastily, "T might have known. Give me a
bushel, please.". -
EntertainingRoyalty inEngland
FOR SOME FOLK, If IS A DREAM;
FOR OTHERS IT IS A BUGBEAR
TO entertain royalty la the dream of
some people, the bugbear of oth
ers. In olden times the enter
tainment of royalty taxed to their ut
termost the resources of the richest
noblemen, whoseemed like monarchs
themselves In their power and prodi
gality. Queen Elisabeth's progresses
ruined her hosts, though they vied
with each other In offering her th
gorgeous masques, the fantastic pa
geants and splendid feastlngs In
which her soul delighted. But in this
democratic age, writes Lady Violet
GrevllJe In the London Chronicle, roy
alty shows itself less exacting and en
tertaining is conducted on far simpler
lines. ,
The late Queen Victoria payed brief
visits to the caBtles of the great peers
and has left on record In her diary the
unaffected pleasure she derived from
her stay In Highland homes like Tay
mouth. and Blair Atholl, where the
simple, feudal life and the splendid
scenery of mountain and loch appealed
lo. her, usrgophlstlcated taste. These
Sojourns, Indeed, decided her to pur
chase the Balmoral .estates, where the
happiest hours of her active life were
spent.
English royalty loves to dispense as
much as possible with unnecessary eti
quette and to join In field sports and
country pastimes... Even the foreign
ers who land on our hospitable shores
enter keenly, into our games our pdlo.
our cricket and our hunting. I vividly
remember the Intense delight evinced
by the Comte de Paris On the occasion
of his landing his first salmon on the
banks of a wild Highland river. His
pride and joy were those of a school
boy and the fish, carefully wrapped
In heather was promptly dispatched as
a welcome gift to the Comtesse de
Paris.
Notwithstanding this laudable desire
for simplicity, the entertaining of roy
alty will remain a ticklish thing.
Kings and princes are often as exact
ing and capricious as spoilt beauties
the Shah when tired frequently re
fused to budge or to fulfill the en
gagements he had contracted and If
things do not go quite smoothly they
'are apt to visit the annoyance on the
unoffending host. It Is sjaid that Louis
XVIII., after he was restored to the
throne by the allied forces, mortally of
fended Czar Alexander by allowing his
family to annex all the tate rooms in
the chateau where he was entertain
ing and compelling th Czar to con
tent himself with more humble apartments":-
The king also suffered himself to
be served first at dinner, an unpar
donable breach of etiquette. The Czar,
in high dudgeon, ordered his carriage
and left next day, feeling himself
from that day on more drawn to the
Bonapartists, who had shown him
courtesy and regard It Is on such
lapses from etiquette and good breed
ing that hosts are apt to make ship
wreck. When English royalty visits a coun
try house it is usual to submit before
hand a list of the visitors that are apt
to be received, which the great per
sonage approves, deletes or adds to
as he prefers.
On the occasion of the king visit
his apartments are redecorated and re
furnished In the style ha Is supposed
to prefer, the dally menu Is passed
by him, and his principal attendant
points out the dishes preferred and the
hour at which he wishes his meals
served. Usually the monarch break
fasts In Ms own apartments. Queen
Victoria made her midday meal the
principal one of the Jay. and her din
ner, taken late, served the purpose of
supper. No mutton was ever eaten at
her table, but chicken always figured
there.
The present king's gastronomic in
fluence has been exerted in favor of
smaller and lighter dinners, and he
prefers French cookery, though he
also , likes such thoroughly English
dishes as beans and bacon. The late
Duke of Cambridge showed great par
tiality for ham, which, cold or hot,
always appeared at dinner.
Cooks of royal houses are much appre
ciated, and according to the old custom
rewarded and even decorated. The pres
ent King has given the Vlctoran order to
two ducal cooks who have afforded him
satisfaction. Notwithstanding the extra
trouble caused In the household the serv
ants are delighted and flattered by the
advent of the King, for tbey are hand
somely remunerated, while the host and
FIGHTING
Continued
It Is In the Navy, however, where we
see the most distinguished services of
this family. David and his brother
Samuel were both captured by the Brit
ish and confined In a prison ship. Sam
uel, died, but the Indomitable David
managed to escape and had a double
reason for doing some good, hard fight
ing thereafter. David, Jr., entered the
service soon after, took part In the
campaign against Tripoli, and later In
the War of 1812. "His son. William
David, reached the rank of Commodore,
while his posterity was the no less
than great Admiral Porter of the Civil
War fame. General Fits John Porter
was a cousin of the Admiral, also, a
cousin of David Porter, Jr.
The "Yankee" Greenes, as they are
called, gave of blood and treasure
without stint. Nathaniel, Christopher
and othe need no eulogy. This name
has furnished nine In the Army and
seven In the Navy, during the War of
the Revolution and Civil, while during
this latter campaign no less than 13
of the family were with the Army at
one time a fatal ouraber for the
enemy.
Who would not raise hia voice In
praise at the mention of the name
Craven T Commodores Tingley and
Truxton did some very hard fighting
during the colonial period. Captain
Tingley Craven commanded a flotilla
at the beginning of the Civil War.
Some have not forgotten his part in
protecting the flagship Hartford, how
at the peril of his ship and the lives
of his men he came to the rescue of
his commanding officer. Tunis August
Macdonough Craven went down In the
monitor Tecumseh.
John and Thomas are still In the
Navy, so the name Is written there, and
occasion may arise when their names
will be as prominently mentioned as
those honored before.
Another strong type of the good old
fighting stock is' In the blood of the
Stevens ramily.- "Holdup" is a rather
euphonious cognomen, but It came hon
estly, so we accept it, as It were. In
the same sptrit as It - originated.
Thomas Holdup was a fighting devil
wh 3 came to the front in the battle of
Lake Erie, his decendants thought it a
good name and have held onto it ever
since. Captain ThrmaS Holdup Ste
vens is a name on the roster today,
ifonorably borne.
Where would this list end did we at
tempt to carry It out to the final limit.
What of the Bainbridges. Hoffs,
caseys, Riddles. Grants, pattetsbns,
Howes, Putnams? Where .would you
hostess themselves, generally receive
some charming presenta pin or brooch
or cigarette case with the royal Initials
in diamonds as a souvenir. "
The King is exceedingly careful to .se
lect gifts appropriate to the friend on
whom he confers thehi, and chooses and
bestows them himself, knowing the im
portance of tact and the personal touch
in all such matters.
Two kinds of royal vtstts take place,
state visits, when everything is ceremoni
ous and a certain amount of etiquette Is
exacted, and the Informal week-end visits
to friends In which the King delightsr On
these occasions he brings only a small
retinue with him. two motors and five
thauffeurs. Including a mecanlcien. and
he treats everything with the charming
gaiety and bonhomie which has done so
much to Increase our popularity abroad.
It Is generally expected that every
one should be ready and assembled be
fore the King- appears for dinner, and
at formal receptions ladies must always
wear gloves, even in the house. Ther
Is usually some sport or event for which
the King visits his host, such as races,
shootlnjr or the opening of a publio
building, but when he is quietly stay
ing with Intimate friends, "golf, bridg
or a motor drive amply suffices for his
amusement. . ,
The King is very proud of his beauti
ful gardens at Frogmore, where more
than a hundred gardeners are em
ployed, and of the arapes and peaches,
which take prizes at the principal flow
er shows: but even these magnificent
gardens, with their long vistas of gla-'s
houses, do not suffice for the royal
needs, and many thousands of pounds
are expended annually in fruits and
vegetables. Hostesses must provide
fruit of the very best and most delect
able quality, "prlmeurs" of all kinds,
and the finest asparagus, preen peas,
or whatever delicacy is In season.
The arrangements of the royal apart
ments, the color of the hangings, the
choice of flowers, books and brica
brac, demand forethought and knowl
edge On the part of the hostess. Queen
Alexandra likes pale and pretty colors,
and she expects fresh sheet. - edged
with lace, laid on her bed each night
Queen Victoria disliked highly scented
flowers, a prejudice shared by all the
ladies of that period, who considered
them 'unwholesome. The late Duke of
Albany, on the contrary, loved them in
great variety, and preferred his table
strewn with books of poetry and the
walls covered with good prints. Pets,
dogs and parrakeets are frequently car
ried about by royalty. The King him
self never stirs without his favorite
dog. Caesar, and the Queen likes her
Japanese dogs and her singing birds
around her. and even takes them on her
foreign trips.
Foreign royalties rise uncomfortably
early, to our Idea, and others gr to bed
very late, but as a rule they retire at a
reasonable hour. Entertaining Orien
tals Is a more difficult affair. The Shah's
suite carried on culinary operations In
their bedrooms, threw the chicken
bones on the floor and left a terrible
mess of litter behind them. Carpets
were ruined and curtains destroyed.
Russian visitors In the last century re
fused to sleep in beds, and lay on the
floor. Prince Fushlmt, who spoke no
English, liked BJuropean fashions and
preferred to dine late. His suite were
remarkably pleasant, stately and cour
teus in their manners. - -
Often, however, it is the dependents
and servants who give the most trou
ble; their rooms do not please them or
the food is not to their liking or they
are quick to resent imaginary slights
or forgetfulness. Queen Victoria's In
dian attendants expected the finest of
hothouse fruits to be provided for them.
Catholic Kings and their servants re
quire all kinds of delicate maigre dishes
to be served pn fast days, ana rrma.
while Hindoos eat nothing a Christian
has touched. ' ,
Thus many little stumbling blork
must be avoided by the prudent hostess.
Many anxious cares and worries fears
lest th" dinner should not be punctual,
hot and well cooked and the arrange
ments go without a hitch assail her.
Royalty sometimes expresses a wish t'o
change the plans or go on some expedi
tion which has not been suggested be
fore, and it is then that the ingenuity
of the hostess is put to the proof. With
lightning-like celerity she must decide,
issue orders and see that they are
obeyed. In fact, the woman who is a
good entertainer of royalty Is a born
diplomat and fit to take the place of
Prime Minister. It Is every one's am
bition to reach the dizzy height, but
for one who succeeds many fall igno
mlnlously and retire, forever abashed
and disappointed from the contest.
FAMILIES
From Page 4.
find in the history of nations, great
and small, so much of that which dis
tinguishes men, as in the records, in
the archives of our state and nation.
The U. S. A. and the U. S. N. is one
great roll of honor, and no nation on
earth can point to such a heritage.
True, there are In Europe familtos
whose names run back to the Dark
Ages, but some of them, at least, are
not honorably borne at this time; the
blood has run out. as it were.
We have no so-called royal blood,
but we do have a "royal blood" which
has been purged through a toil for the
upbuilding of a republic whose ex
ample is one which others could well
emulate.
Scions of nobility come and go, but
there has been no ripple on the sur
face of "nation building." The history
of this nation is Inseparably linked
with men whose names will ever be
honored in the annals of our beloved
free America
Courage we have in plenty, - but
courage with cool Judgment needs
something aside from brute force. It
Is not necessarily Inherent, but it Is
most apt to come that way.
What would we think had the Jap
anese generals and admirals gone down
to defeat? The former, after repeated
fearful charges, the latter no less
grand in onslaughts. They won vic
tory, and Admiral Togo, General Ku
rokl,' together with the battles before
Gal-Pin, Tukurigl, Nan-San, Kln-ChojI.
Fen-Feng. Hwang-Ching, Toalu. and
the terrible battles on sea before Port
Arthur, JIn-SIn, etc., will ever live lrt
history as examples of the "blood which
tells." -
The United Stales wants no war, but
In the steady preparation which goes
on. on both land and sea, we have the
best answer for peace. We do not
want war. I snv, but should It come,
hall, thrice hail. to those heroes,
those old families who have fougut
and are ready to fight again, these, not
less than the undeveloped and now un
known fighters who would rise to
every occasion.
Peace we now have, but who shall
say that another war Is not brooding,
In some unexpected place, over some
incident, trivial perhaps, but neverthe
less Important, to some nation's code
of honor, and which they perforce will
resent.
Whisky by the Glassful.
Baltimore News.
Frank W. Chaffee, Just committed to
an asylum In Chicago, had a record of
drinking 65 glassfuls of whisky in a day.
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