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THE SUNDAY OREROMAX, rORTLAM), ATRITj 1908. 14 x, little book, WOO the:ht, ft-yv them with tmime art. 0. LITTLE BOOK, STA'Y? LITTLE BOOK THAT HHOMISES TO ClE THEE 2 EST. COITE. LITTLE BOOK AGAILV TO LIE, rr no soet bosoi-t helccme' thee. MY EOND HEART SHALL HOLD A HOOK, EXf&Fl TOR THEE, LITTLE SOCK. " A jiaof frottr ffol'&rt ' Lot-v-m&n-. in Hirttdi ms.-. Illustration fpoirt Charles Frederick holder's Cf3lG GAMEV AX 3BAo Th BiurirT. Py Tl- Bath. 1 11 nitrate. Frirc, 1 1.50. URirr & Frothns, N'rir orK City. If at any time In th mlHat Of i-ivilird rflv Hfo. j-ou .mldftily wish to tHk1 a. btatlt of roM air and quickly pxperliMV tltP rliHt-ni vf nut-of-dwrs. JttPt turn to htt novo! of Al.iska arid you will Rot It. H;irrlr" tftls of firintnl ra-""slons, of Imvc, linU anrf Mood-on the efr of th lt frontier. In Its pairfs Brtt Hnrto Hv"i ovpf as; a in, and Fnn!iiioie (Voirr noor rrentc(l a braver fishtnr than Rex Hca.-li's npttpt. Iioro Poleon Dort. 1'ru h voyHRPiir and s!lnt lover. "The , Barrier." which, by tlio way, tells of a better Alaska than Jack London usually tmi s iihi mm .aim? Km i rvrilaSl ni( i e, no fool and howlin wind tella of an flifl'KH w nere nntnaii Beings no id sane cmii verso with one another, whre the lisiitni! is pood and where Hrewood Is all Is well TtiRiiHircd, often of breathtems ini-t(sity. TIm title of the nivel is aotlv chosen for it descrilws t he barrier to the mar linne of Necia (ia'c and Lieutenant Meade Rurrell, of the I'nited States Army, at the time when Necia believes that she. is km iimiijui miMiiw wnmiin. me xown 01 PlamheMn. Alntk. before th arold et- citoment reached it, is the. place around inch the characters move. The head man was John Jnb otherwise Old Man (inle, general trader, who rsnally looked at a iitianjrer once and weiglied him care- fnllv. and cencraMy lived as a stronpr man of the rude North. tiale was a squaw-man. That is, he lived with Allunn. who belonged to the Indian tribe of I'ah-l'tes. and three chil dren also occupied the Jale home Necia. Johnny and Molly. Lieutenant Hnrrolfc sent with I'nited States soldiers to Flam beau to preserve order, i a member of a proud Kentucky family, who do not look upon a half-breed with favor. Rur rell tries to riRlu down his love for Necia. as he dH-s not believe" that jae is hi social equal. This was Necin: "Her laughter was Hke the tlnsle (f silver bells. Her head, thrown back as she laughed gaily, displayed a throat round ed and full and smooth, and tunned to t!ie hue of hrr wind-beaten cheeks. Bvory move of her graceful hody was unr strained and flowing, with a hint of In dian freedom about tt. Beaded and tiimmed like a native. Princess, her gar ments manifested an ornature that spoke of Siivafcry, yet they were neatly cut and held to the pattern of the whites. Her life had been entirely spent amon men who wer her seniors, and although she had ruled them like h spoiled Queen, she knew as little of their sex as they did cf hrp." Necia loved her soldier, but renounces him when he learns for the firs time t'at ther is a social gulf between thorn. She even remembers that ho says he lors- her. but has never proposed to mat- j ber. '"What alls me?" says Necia to her father. 'Why. I'm neither whlta nor red. I'm not even a decent Indian. I've tust begun to realise what ! am. I'm not respectable. I'm not like other wo men, and never can be. I'm a piuaw. T m a vagabond. 1 can t be a wife to a dvent man.' When (ialr. realises that Necias happi ness is hound up in Rurrcll, bo confesses to th latter that thf girl is not hfs daughter, and that her father was a white man named Pan Bennett, who married a Vermont schoolteacher fn rnltfornta. t'.alt? bad been Mrs. Bennett's first lover, but l ad never openly declared his affection, and Bennett, drunkard and bad min gen erally, had married the girt Once when Mrs Bennett was brutallv beten Vy her husband, she railed on (tale then known an tray lord for protection, and he took awsy her little daughter, promising to 'bpt her as his own. About this time Mrs. Bennett was found murdered. t;le. went his way to the northward with his squaw and rcia. and began a new life., tmj of the professional had men of Vlamhsau was Ben Stark, gambler, saloon-keeper and ipute,l killer." and owner of a private graveyard. Through hi, accident. Gale learns that Stark ts his old enemy, Pan Bennett, the real father of Necia. otherwise Mfcs Merridy B. nnett. and the result ts a fight between t he two men, the weapons beir an In d:an knife, and a six-shooter. Bennett Is badly cut, and as his reputation of being a man hard to beat goes, old enemies who had long hated him, surge- to FTitm-bt-au alt talking tight. In the meantime Neoia had confided to Bennett her desire to leave Flambeau, so that distance would separate her from her soldier, and tn a spirit uf wickednewj, I to LurE:-y sea&t, . TO ly ETT; A GA IMS TEACH BREA5T,, y Bennett sent his own daughter in a canoe with Bunion, a desperado, on the under standing that ho would take her to the nearest mission station. Rmiion brutally Ill-uses the girl. Poleon Doret. the b'if? Frenchman, follows In pursuit, and on page 573 begins a splendidly written story of how Poleon. the avenger, with, his mighty flts. beat Runion nearly to a jolty. In part: ' Kunlon and Plean fM in a . fantastic convulsion, flipping. slid lug ami rolling amonr th rock that -mote, gouged, and Vrulspd them. . The gambler fought for hts life against, the nakd f!nh nf the othr. against the distorted face that bit and snapped hke the muvsle of a wolf, while all th time he h-rtrd thn-t fearfirl. inar tiiulate notn of blod-hurfger nt hi" ur. The Canadian's clenched hands crushed wherever lhr fell upon, as -if mailed with riotal: the fingers were ltk tearing tongs that could not be )oned. It waa a fright ful ronihat. hideous from . Its Inequality, like th battle f a man against a mad dened bast whose teeth tora and whose claws ripped, whse every move was irre BlMthle. And o It was over short ly. Poteen rose and ran to the fallen girl, leaving behind him a huddled and twisted likeness of a man. . It ts satisfactory to know that Galo had X T I T TP T A FTT' PWOOT TP A fUP D Though Forty Yes n the Harness She Is Still at W1L-L1IL IMF 1 J OVrlVJVJL, 1 C(rlll,rV Her Work in Cincinnati Public Schools. IV William H. Trt Biioulil v?r b nom intd and tl'i'tfd PrW.nt of the United States,, there 1 in Cincinnati QtiK-t. lnconrl('uotw Utile womtui. who, a'llKMiih fh. has been a wage-earner for lmitft two-wore years, wotjjd In all prob ability fla-tire as the truest of honor .at the inauctiral ball and all other attendant f.-StHltl"!! The little woman Is Miss Louis D. Horsley, an old schoolteacher of William H. Taft. who. nominated him for Presi dent oyer SS years afco. Next month Miss Horsley will celebrate her th anniver sary as a teacher in the Cincinnati public honL. It was about 38 years aro she ha' anionic hex pupils. In the A intermediate (trade of the .Mount Auhurn public school. 12-yi-iir-old Willie Taft. His home was w:t!tin a stoue a throw ol the EcUoolhouie, not killed Mrs. Bennett, and the assump tion Is that she died by her own hand. Necia and her soldier disappear to honey-moon-lHtuV Mr. Beach says that Flambeau Is In re ality Rampant City, the first camp he struck when he went to the Klondike IX years ago, and that several of the char acters In "The Barrier" are real. It is possible that his next story will describe the Alaska fisheries. Adventures tn Contentment, by David Gray son. Doubleday Page A Co., New York Oty. One distinct thought, and a pleasurable one, lingers In one's mind after reading this pastoral book David's genuine Joy in having bought a farm. So warmly a nd heartily does he rejoice in the fact that he is at last a farmer and that the joys of country life are his, that the reader Instinctively feels a personal In terest In the matter. But I wonder If David does not look through rose-colored spectacles at the delights of farm life? For instance, va rious "Willamette Valley farmers have more than once expressed in my hear ing thHr regret that they ever be came farmers. They usually complained of being pinched for ready money, and said that the. life ts deprepslngly lonely. Other farmers hav Just said the oppo site. Here ts what David says about It: How tweet ad emotion is possesion. What a charm is inherent In ownership. What a foundation for vanity, even for the greater qtialltv of self-resi.ect, lies In a little prop erty! " i fell to thinking of the excellent wording of the old bonka In which land is called "real property," or "real estate." Mny we may poee, or goods or ehattels. hut tfrey give no uch lmprwlin of mln-n-jf aa the feellnw that one s fept rest upon the aoll that is his; that part of the de'p earth Is hip with all th water mmn it. all ?mall animals thnt creep or crawl In the holes of It. air birds or inserts that fly In the air above It. all trees, shrubs, flowers and grass that grow upon It. all houses. larn and fences all hi". As t strode, along that aftrrnoon I fed upon pof session. I rolled the sweet morsel of ownershln under my tomrue. I seemed to set my feet down more firmly on the good earth. I straight ened my shoulders; tltt land was mine. I pfrked up a' clod of earth and let tt crum ble and drop through my fingers; it gave me a peculiar and poignant feeling of j,os-sf-stlon. I can understand why the miser enjoys the very physical contact of his gold. Every sense I possessed sight, hearing, smell, tottcb fed upon the now Joy. I looked u? and about me not to miss anything Cf the morning and I drew In a .good big breath and I thought the world had never .been so open to my senses. t wonder why H ts that the sense of smell la so commonly underrated. To me It is the source of mme uf my greatest pleasures. No one of the senses. ( more often allied with robtfticlf y of physical health. A man who smells aautely may be set down as en joying that which la normal, wholesome, plain. He does not require seasoning; the ordinary earth la good enough for him. Be is. likely th be sane which means ound, healthy in his outlook on life. tf all hours of the day there la none like the early mnrnmg for downright good odors -the. morning- before eating. Fresh from sleep and uncloreed with food a man'a senses rut Hke knives. The whole world comes !n upon him. A srt tit morning ts best, for the mist and the moisture aeem to retain the odors which they have dis tilled through the night. Big (;nm At Sea By Charles Frederick Holder. Illustrated. $2. The Outing Publishing Company. New York City. rtilaes with the tanr ofjthe salt breeze and the everlasting light between man and the finny tribe underathe blue. waters. So vivid are this fisherman's experiences In mastering strange lislies that the ac count of-hia conflicts re as exciting as if a real battle scene were being enacted. The desire to kill fierce, wild thincrs is omnipresent, and Is contrasted side by side with calm, scientific facts. The Il lustrations' are many, and picture stirring scenes. The author mvlnly ' writes of game fishes off Florida, Carolina and Cali fornia coasts. In describing a start made to capture the sea-bat In Florida waters thts scene la spotted: The outer Florida reef where the army of cdrat polyps made Its last stand against th Oulf Stream was lying on the eurfare of what seemed a sea of molten steel. Tbe wind was dead and tbe blue expanse, of the gulf had that strange oily appearance so nnten characteristic of a dead calm in the tropica. In the west vermilion-tipped clouds mountains of airi rose high In the heavens, t-astlng deep shadows over the green-topped rreatlona of the wind, hurri cane, or the prevailing tides. For days the dead calm bad continued. There was an hour or two at sunrise for -barracuda spearing, er for the heating Jacks: a siesta at midday, then a while toward evening perhaps when one emild love the dainty grey snapper, or test conclusions with the big sharks which swam tha blue channel at all times. This Is a mJld yelude to an exciting; chase" after & vampire fish which, after Z27 OZJ TAFT JIQim STEAD 7 I ' 1 JZforas corjaszei-tT jby sghmzdt In - $ j CLLTCLTJALATL T j ' and the old homestead ptiU stands there. At that time thy Mount Auburn school where Visa llor?!py is still teachinp. con niste1 of but three rooms, over one of which she presided. Just how well she did so Is Indicated by a story told by one of her "hoys," a cla-ssmate of Willie Taft. The boy in question Is now a man of mat'-re years, prominent In the busi nesa life of Cincinnati and other cities. Tet his face lights up with pleased rec ollection and his ej'es soften with loyal tenderness aa he speaks of his teacher friend. "We were all sitting around the stove one day toward the close of the year." he said. "Will Taft was there. Miss Horsley had been talking- to us as she OPren did. She saMd she was pleased with what we had accomplished, but that we could do lots better if we tried. 'One of you boys could likely be President. Why not try?" she said. "This incident has beeji frequently dls,-. being lanced, was landed cm a mud-flat, and was found to be 13 feet from tip to tip, ten feet long from mouth to base of tail, which was about seven feet In length,. A "creepy"- account ts given of an en counter with a devfl-Ash. Once Holder ws wading; in the water up to his waist and In turnlrar over coral feund one of his bare arms seised by a devil-fish with iti eight sucker-lined legs. The Intensely cold tentacles pressed their suckers Into his flesh, and It seemed as if h had been grasped by something which felt like a ball of snakes. The animal's body changed color, from brown to black, then white, gray and red: and Its eyes gleamed with a baneful light, altogether unpleas ant, while from Its siphon streams of Ink were expelled over his Injured arm, drip ping Into the water and clouding It for several feet. Fortunately for Holder, the devil-fish detached Itself. One chapter, "The Biography of a Man Eater." is of course fiction, but is remark ably clever and tells the sensations of a giant shark which ceased to eat fish when once he tasted the flesh of human beings. Other chapters are: Diving for turtles; an ocean swashbuckler; a tiger of the sea; fl? hitter in Southern California; wing shots at sea; the man behind the angler; the duel; madness of fishes; and the new game fish, the tuna, which is supposed to" arrive on the Pacific Coast with the warm Japanese current. These latter fishes range from 75 to pounds, doubtless larger ones being In the shoals, and are found at their best In August or September in the lee of Santa Catallna, fal. Generally, only one out of every five tuna hooked Is brought to gaff. The Vermilion Penell, by TJeutenant-Oeneral Homer L-ea, of the Chinese Reform army. l The Mot'lure "o.. New York City. Unique In fiction aa being probably the first novel of modern Chinese life and character that has so far appeared In English at least so the publishers rvport. And I am inclined to be lieve it. 'The 'Vermilion Pencil" In literary treatment pulses with excitement, and In a. vivid scries of thrills. It awakens a new picture, the hero being- an Im pressionable young Breton priest who falls In love with the charming glrl wlfe of a wealthy Chinese mandarin and carries her away with him to the wilderness, where they hope to lead a pastoral life, forgettlnff the world and such things as the law and Incidentally a husband's vengeance. Remember, the affair happened In China. It was a case of "T.ove Is all." But pursuit Is hot and the eloping couple are tracked to a hidden cave that Is supposed to be held sacred. Every avenue of escape Is closed, the pair surrender, and the young wife Is taken before a Chinese judge for trial. She Is found guljty and condemned to suffer the penalty of the "Llngchee," a terrible punish ment still actually in vogue In China. "The Vermilion Pencil" Is the offi cial Chinese symbol of death. Is placed before a magistrate officiating at an execution, and Is used by htm o dis sect the various stages of torture be foro the victims of the "Llngchee." In the words of thi author: The magistrate hesitated, and thn picked up the vermilion pencil. Slowly, weighing ly, he lifted It, and two of the executioners sprang forward and sMzed the wife, dragged her over to the crucifix. " The vermilion pencil was again lifted, from the crimson table. The executioners that had dragged the wife from the crucifix tore in t wain her loi.g outer robe and threw It aside. At this ber tears and supplications ceased. Two spots burned redly in her cheeks. It is a dramatic scene, and with con siderable Ingenuity a satisfactory end ing ts arrived at. The "Llngchee' is described In the last chapter. This account of the author furnishes a peep Into the life of an unusual man who some day may he privileged to change the history of the Chinese em pire; Homer Lea Is a descendant from tha col lateral branch of the iea family which gave the South a great fighting general. A stu dent at Stanford Vnlverslty. Jlomer Kea began to ttirn hts attention to military mat ters and also triad e a study of Chinese. Be was thought to be eccentric and when pre vented by an attack of smallpox from grad uating, he suddenly lrft California for China, and the mystery of him was deepened. Be coming interested rn the secret revott to make a new China by securing the release of the Emperor, who Mince 1833 had been a helpless prisoner In the Purple Palace. I-ea. two years later, when the Boxer rebellion had thrown China Into civil war, thought he saw a chance to strike. Pekln was occupied by eight foreign na tions and the court had fled from the Im perial ctty to the fortress of Flamfu. l.ea was away in the southern provinces raising recruits, but as soon aa he heard what had happened in Pekln he determined to travel alone with two of his Chinese officers a dis cussed of late and plans hare been infor mally talked of for a i?rand reunion of teacher and ex-pupil in Washington in the event that Miss Horsley should her prediction verified." The little lady laughed heartily when her possible honors were mentioned to her. ''I remember the Incident well,' she said. "I would certainly be exceedingly pleased to see William Taft occupy the place for which lie Is so well fitted. "VVil liam Taft was a first-class pupil. He was so intelligent that he learned without much effort, but he was not careless for that reason. I remember that in correct ing mental arithmetic papers I was In the habit of comparing my answers with his before going over tliem a second time. I do not remember of Tilm ever having one Incorrect. As in arithmetic, little Willie was a wonderfully apt scholar in reograph;- and history. I believe he could I . tance of abeiit loon miles, form a conjunc tion with Tong Tsol Phang. a powerful friend of the Emperor, who had 20.oM men at his command, and 'march with them on Slamfu. After an extraordinary Journey through a remote nart of the eoutitry. In fested with robbers and river pirates, and when he had got within about H'O miles of hfs destination, word was brought him of Tong Tsol Hhang's execution. He Immedi ately disyatched a courier to the mountain cantonmerte of Tong Tsol -Phanr'i forces with orders to await hl arrival, but It was too late, as the Empress Dowager had al ready caused the trooj.s to be dispersed, and she Incidentally set a price on Homer Lea'a head. There Is little doubt. In view of The chaotic condition of the empire at the time and of subsequent events, that had Lea succeeded In reselling and laying siege to Rlamfu with the maj'-r part or Tong Tsof Bhang's forces, armed as they were with Mausers, and tn4 structed. by him on the European plan, the lowagT. would have been forred into sub mission, and reformation tn China would have been a century ahead of what It la at present. The Orphnn. by Charles K. Mulford. Illus trated. $1 50. The Outing Publishing Co.. New York City. v All readers who like to read about the life in the open, remember that breezy tale, "Bar 20.". Well, this dupli cate cowboy storv, "The Orphan." la by the same author, with Illustrations In color by Allan True. It Is bold, racy, smacks of the prairie, with pistol -shot accompaniment, and stlra the blood. The Orphan Is a sort of cowboy out law, who Is such a living spitfire that he Is popularly supposed' to have a private graveyard of hla own some where In Arizona. .His whole life, until he la tamed, Is one long bang! bang! AVhen he Is subdued he Is foreman of the A-Y ranch. In the last chapter he kills the men who pnee killed hla father and l.e goes to. 'hts sweethea-t Helen for forgiveness: Bending, she touched him ami then placed her hands on his head, tenderly ktsslng the tangled hair In loving forgiveness. "Dear, dear boy." she murmured softly. The Orphan sprang to his. feet, all Ms nerves tingling and hla quirt hissed through the air and snapped a deHance, a warning to the world as he clasped her to him. 'I knew. I knew.", he cried passionately, "In my hea-rt I knew you were a thoroughbred." It's too bad that a real shotgun Sheriff didn't live near that Orphan. Cupid's rack of Cards, by Walter Puiltxer. Illustrated. Luce a: Co.. Boston. -Just the kind of an amusing, original book that, orjoa seen and smiled upon, la hardly -forgotten afterward the kind of a book, in fact, o look at lh one's idle mo menta and chuckle over.' Mr. Pulitzer gives an epigram for every card and a saw for every chip.- What he says1 so amusingly appears in scaring red, black and yellow. A few samples: Every girl regards a kiss on the hand as a promissory note. It Isn't so much what a women does that fascinates a man It's what she won't do. , If she suys: "I ran never love you," take hope. Hut if ahe says: "I'll be a alater to you." take your hat. tn the game of love It Is often tha devil who wins the jackpot. A woman's heart is like a Yale lock there's but one key that flts It. The roan wins a wife, but lose his heart, and tha maiden wins a husband but loses a friend. In choosing a wife, the difficulty Is to find th Ice-c.r am complexion without the crab apple temper. W hen the American marries an heiress he settles down. When the foreigner mar ries one, he settles up. Half a loaf Is better thsut a complete loafer. Some wives won't speak a, word to theln husbands when they drink. Thy do men drink? i Priest and Pagan, by Rev. Herbert M. Hop Itlne. 1.J50. Bouthton. Mifflin Co., Boston. Mass. . A lamp which sheds light on the subtler complications of character. Tha scenes are mostly laid In the Bronx district of New York, the pagan being George Ber wyn, alias l Strange, a sentimental, neurotic worldling, and the priest, Rev. Cyril Cresson. Berwyn allows his rela tives to assume that he was drowned off the coast of Algeria and he begins a new life under the name of Le Strange. On the arrival of the Inevitable woman In the case. Ie Strange'a house of cards falls. Ho finds that the woman he mar ries loves another, and what's to he done? Remember that the author Is a New York clergyman, and that there must be an orthodox denouement. So. a violent death bo dear to the heart of the lady novelist In the long ago Is 'called up. A church atmosphere pervades the story, and among the scenes depicted are: The IjorlUard mansion In Bronx Park, the Poe cottage, 'Nolan's" tavern and St. John's College at Fordham. One of Josephine Berwyn'a thoughts: I A S IS JL0UZ3A. TT-ST TOFT'S OZJ recite his lessons after reading them oer once or twice. His alertness and prompt answers were features which made him a priie scholar. Willie was a lively boy and always led the other boys in the class as well aa in the school-yard frolic. "There are many men In the world a woman might get along with, who might be her dear friends, but there Is only one man she loves, who can Influence her to do things, one man who makes her heart stand still when she sees him." If that is so. what about the wife who persists in having her own way? V The Tit Inking Machine on the Case, by Jacques Futrelle. f 1.50. D. Apple ton tk Co., New fork City. A reincarnation of Conan Doyle, show ing the Intellectual grasp of Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van lusen, alias the thinking machine. A fine specimen of clever, entertaining fiction. Reflect 1 oris on the Psalms, by Janet K. - riuuts-Kees. Newxm ft Co.. New York city. Six short, religious talks on the Psalms of David, written revently and possessing such knowledge of the inner life that they can be read with profit. J. M. QCENTIM. t IN LIBRARY AMI WORKSHOP. "J edge Waxem'a focketbook of Politics" will be eut In a few days The book con tains soma Soo fearless political maxims bv ".ledge" Wabash Q. Waxm member of Congress from Way back. They have been compiled by W. 3. i.ampton. well known to newspaper readers for his humorous verso on current topics. In October, 1900, the Atlatitlo Monthly published a story by Charles Warren en titled "Tha Dramn I1nners." In January, lfMtft, a writer called Frederick llerron sold the same story to the editors of the Pmart Set under the title "The fihurtleff iMnners " The two narratives are almost identical. X somewhat bald attempt. In Rather Wngleton e "Story of the White House," recently Issued, tt related mat during Fillmore's Administration the old black rook of long White House aervlce waa s-reatlv unset upon the Installation .it a ranse in hla kitchen. "He had manag-t to prepare a fins state dinner for an people every Thursday In a huge fireplace with cranes, and he said he could not manage the draught of the range." - Permission baa recently been requested to translate A Oood Pamarttan." by Mary Raymond Fhinman Andrewa. Into terman. for use In the schools In thle country. It Is aajd that Mrs ' Andrews collected amusing anecdotes bearing upon the state of In toxication for yeara befor ahe wrote this tory. which la the ciaaaio account qr an Intoxicated college yojutk. While It embod ies the very Quintessence of alcoholic Irre sponsibility It Is etttrely free from offensive element and Its humor la of the brightest sort. e Mrs. Post Wheeler has what few women In the United Ptates have a Japanese wedding ring. For Halite Ermlnle Rivea, as she ll knowh to the literary world, was married in Japan to Post Wheeler. Hqrretary of the American Legation, says the New York Bun. Although the Kpiscopal cere- monrwwa used, ahe chose tne Japanese mar rlage aymbol in preference to that of her wn country. It la a little wider than tne ordinary band and la beautifully carved In Oriental dee'gn. Between the chased work are Inserted Javanese characters that reart "My beloved la mine and I am his." This la the favorite sentiment for the Oriental wedding. Thla sentiment is repeated several times around the band. Alfred Noyes. a young English poet, baa Issued a new collection of verse: "Tn Gulden Hlnde. and Other Poems." It com- o rises songs of love, romance and dating, and la strongest in that flne lyrical expres sion iwhfch marks the best ef Mr. Noyes work. There are certain themes which glow with strong patrlotla feeling, such as: "England, by God's grace aet apart to ponder A little while from battle, th! take h-ed Keep watch, keep watch, beeide thy sleep In thunder: Call down Christ's ptty while those others Meed: Waken the God within thee, while the sorrow Of battle surges round m. distant shore. Tha Overland Monthly magazine will soon be celebrating Its fortieth birthday. It was founded In July. ISrts, by Bret Harte. the most famous snort story writer or the early West, and Anton Reman, at that period the leading book publisher of the pactnc coast. A send a led with Mr. Harte In the editorial work of the magaslne were. Charles Warren Ptoddard and Noah Brooks, while Miss tna Coolbrlth. "the sweetest note In Callfornli literature." also had a part In the making Of the magaslne, Samuel tt. Clemens, who had been a writer on the San Francisco Call, also assisted in establishing Overland through the contribution of a long seriea of articles tinner tne nom oe plume or Mara Twain. Pince then "Overland" has been mirrored In the heart of the Went. May It prosper and have many more liappy birth days. e , Kugene Wood, author of '-Folks Back Home." says that one of the stories In "Folks Back Hora" is a tragedy, the etorj called "The Seventh Trumpet." When It first appeared a friend said to Mr. Ward "For gnftdness sake, whatever possessed you to write a story Irkethat? I started to read J). JTanST.Try - CffOOZ. -TLTACIIEJl I often look out of the school room win dow now. as I did years ago and see the old Taft homestead over there almost aa It was when Willie walked back and forth. It seems but such a short time &50. It on my way to business, thinking I'd have nme fun. .urh as you uennlly .lv. me, and Instead of tft.t you Just tore my heart In two Why did ymi and hill tho two little Innocent children? It Just unfitted me for buslne.. all that day. Take It from me; It's a great mistake to write a .tory like that. Alw.ya have It end cheerfully, old .man. Dorrt ev.r make a Hrenk Ilk. that aitRtm" Mr. Ward dldnt ... ht. friend .sain tor three year, or . Then, after th. tieu.t ' greetings, h. broke ont with: Pay! When are vou going to write an other story Ilka The Seventh Trumpet!' Ml never forst It." But he had forgotten an th. ones that had ended happily. . . . Th. Pacific Monthly for April attractively mirror. Uf.. .tid condition. In, our net.hhor. In. Stat, of Washington, w.ll written arti cles hHng presented from Jim'l B Melkl., a.ahel f-urtl. Victor H. Beckman. rV A. Prv.n. Congressman Wesley U. Jones. M. V. Mattleoti and -ethers. Francis J. ltney has a not.Mn antf-.raft meesage, -It Hurt. Buslnew." and John Fleming Wilson wrltr. a typical Wl!cn-a-.trry-wlth-a-death-endlng. In "Th. Twin, of yaqulna. Mr. llseri. a llttl. mere humor. pt.Ase. Tou'v. got plentw of It. Splendid plotur. Scene, ar. given of Washington, ami 4he numhrr I. a superior on. Th. paclflo Monthlv for tv .tmounrement. show that M Is golti. to h. a mtmher of general llteneTure with other attractions of special Interest navld Btsrr Jordan will writ, of "Thw Pageant of the Ship": Baron Kogoro Takahlr., the Jnp anee. Ambassador to thl. country, presents his view of "International Cood will"! Major Thomas MrArthur Anderson, t S A retired, dlruses war problems In "Th. Battle of tiorklng." and William I,. Klnlev, of this city, one of the most famous student, of Western hlrde. will tell How Birds Fish " The number will .lag be especially strung In fiction. A paper entitled. "Unrmsn Influei lit nmnrica,-- written by Alfred V Sears. I- K, and whlrh orlslnslly appeared In the popu lar SelerK-e Monthly, for February, too. 1m. been reprinted In pamphlet form and will be welcomed aa giving- an lllumlnat lug view f s" Important social and political question. The author Is well tiuallfled to discuss It, for Ii. has spent ninny years In a piofes lonaJ rapacity In Mrxlcr and Centre.! ,( South America. H ahows the ninsnttud. and character of Herman emigration In Latin America, the romlltlun fif the societies Invaded hs It, and Uerman Influence In that region. The ecclesiastical end of the oue tlon discussed with fenrleesness and ability. A hlsh compliment Is pnld Ucrmnn migrant, for the tnct tliev used In making frl.nds In the country of their adoption, and Tor their fin business qualities, ft i the sense of the author, however? "Notwith standing the fact that (lertnan antKonlm to mental and spiritual tyrannv I. awaking Hi. popular sense to freedom, the moulding of social conditions and the phlloanphlo thought, are distinctly French. The truth is that th. Ltln spirit Is French rather than Herman, so that Paris and not Berlin, Is shaping th. social llf. of l,atln America." Summer Life in Greenland CERTAtM white men government eerv.ee in flfie Hanlsli live alone the southwest coHft of Greenland. How d the European women and children thrlvo in that Arctic land? It ts Interesting 1 hear from one of three women, who haa written to the German paper Ausland, that on the whole they like Greenland, have many simple pleasures there, their children are happy and rohunt, and the natives are simple. Jolly and industrious. The writer saya that life in not Irksome, thouah the roast is bleak and the Winter mows are deep. She lives tn Godthash, the capital of the colony of South Green land. The white women upend many of the Summer hours on the hills or In thfj gardens. "My Harden,' . she writes, "from the Greenlajid point of view, Is a great sur eeas. A hroad walk divides it into twi parts. On on side beets, radishes, oah bares and some other veftahles jrrflw lustily and mature even in the short Summer. "On the other te a beautiful rras. plot, sprinkled with dandelion and dabdes. and In a eomer is a little hothouse in which we or ins; a few FSurnpean flowrs and strawberries to perfection. Near the entrance are garden chairs and a little tahle, and Often, In the afternoon, all the white women In the colony sit here with their needles, enjoyins; their tea and tlio bouquets of rosea And gillyflowers which the hothouse providea." The JDanlah mothers and their children are often seen on flne Suminrr davs climbiiia; the hills behind the settlements, some with- their sewing, others with booka, while a tea kettle and a hoHket of fresh baked cake aro carried by young Esquimaux. In sunny places, protected from the wind, the picnic party enjoys the glorious view of the blue ppa, and. the entertainment Is varied by visits from the village goat, Imported from Kuropo generations ago and thriving in their new home. The single street of Godthaab If lined with houses nd bears the name of Iangn Unle, in memory of the famous prome nade of that name in Copenhagen. It fi a notey street in Summer, for it is the center of the happy out-of-door life vt the people and the playground of the children, both Greenlanders and Euro pean. The little folks recognize no racial dis tinction. They are all playmates to gether, and in fact there is a large Euro pean admixture in all the Esquimaux, old and young. "Sometimes." the narrative continues, "we hear a joyous shout. 'The post, the post!' and in an instant the whole colony Is out of doors. "We see a boat coming up the bay pro pelled by the paddle of one of the Esqui maux whose business Is to travel from, one settlement to another with the mall. The Esquimaux are juat as Interested a we are. for all can read and write and ar eager for news from their friends in thi other colonies. Only a few old women standing in their doors or sitting on th flat roofs have no part in the general ex citement. "But the stir and bustle are greatest Iff an oar is flxd upright like a mast hi the boat. This means that the boat Is) from one of the southern, settlements where a vessel from Denmark 1ms ar rived, and the Esquimaux postmen are trusrtetf with letters from our dear ones la the homo. land, as the ship is unloading a part of "her cargo and will not arrive for several days. The Governor of tins colony opens the post bag. and Its con tents are for days the chief topic of con versation." A .different aspect Godthaa-h wears in the Winter months. Even in South Green land there Is a long period when the moon. nd stars are the only illumination and there is just enough of their light to make the settlement look dimly ghostlike, nearly buri4, as It i. in the dep snow. Home of the Esquimaux give all their time to shoveling the snow out of Iatifte Linie, so' that there may be one plaep of promenade between the dwlllnps, th schoolhotfse, the kirk, the store and lite meat houses where supplies of frozen flesh and birds are kept. The path Is wkle and walled in on either side by sngw piles. But even in this gloomy season the white women, wrapped In furs, have their walks and picnies. There, is seat in thelr air, and in flno weather the women enlov a scramble among flie frozen hills and valleys; and If fresh snow lies deep and soft they wear snowshoee. It Is a buy time for the Esquimaux, for their main business is to look out for the comfort of Denmark's agents fin Greenland. They hake, brew, forge, sweep and clean. In Summer they carry whites in their boats alnnsj the ceast. and in Winter dig paths for them through the snow. The coastal waters are not always frozn'over Irr Winter, and the boats sometimes make ther way along the shores carrying f rose it hares or bird or other neeUeJ supplies from one post to another. The houses of the whites are warmly built of weod and stone, with commodious rooms and an air of genufne comfort. The Winter months pass quickly, for they ar niid -with amy ana with social inter course, which Is almost Invariably pleas ant, hetween the white families and tha aatlves among whom they live.
