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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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, 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.
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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.