THE SUNDAY OltEG ONI A?f, PORTLAND, MAY 10, 1903.
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THe Coast of Chance, by Esther and Lucia
Chamberlain. Illustrated. The Bobbs-Mer-rlll
Co., Indianapolis. Ind.
Men with cleanly-shaven, strong-looking
faces and with their chins defiantly
protruding; women, wilful, pretty ind
possessing an abundance of Idle time and
riches; a mysterious chase for a valuable
ring which had disappeared In San Fran
cisco In a company of presumably wealthy
men who would not stoop to theft; two
love stories going on at the same time
with varying shades of Intensity these
are a taw of the scenes pulsing through
"The Coast of Chance," a story of San
Francisco's ultra-rich set. It sparkles, and
Its rapid change of scene and piquant
conversation added to a certain element
of mystery keeps the reader wondering
and amused to the 63th page.
Miss Flora Gilsey, a patrician girl
possessing a fortune In her own right,
left by her parents, Is the principal char
acter depicted, and is an admirable foil
for her paid chaperone, Mrs. Clara
Brltton. Flora Is supposed to be In lovo
with Harry Creasy, who, like herself. Is
a recent arrival In San Francisco. Inter
est fairly begins to throb when a private
view is given of art curios and jewels
belonging to the estate of a Mrs. Eliza
beth Hunter Chatworth, a San Francisco
girl who had died suddenly In the far
Italian Alps. The gem in the art collec
tion was an Oriental ring consisting of a
bit of an old gold heathen god curled
round himself, with his head, which was
mostly two yellow sapphires, between his
knees, and a big, blue stone on top. The
yellow gold was so soft, so line that you
could almost dent it. The room was com
fortably filled by a crowd representing
San Francisco's patrician set, when as
quick as a flash the Chatworth .ring dis
appeared. Then came mental fireworks.
The police arrived and everybody In the
room was searched, but still the ring was
undiscovered. The sale had been held
Under the auspices of Major Purdie,
executor of the dead woman's estate.
A new figure Jumps Into play, an
aristocratic looking Englishman, who says
his name Is Robert Kerr and in telling
the story of the lost ring, which by this
time had become public gossip, he says:
The Chatworth ring la known as the Crew
Idol. It has a figure of Vishnu bent back
ward into a circle, with a head of sapphire;
two yellow stones for the cheeks and tha
brain of him of the blue one. No One know-s
when or where It waa made. The erst that
is known, the Bhah Jehan had It In his
treasure-house. The story Is that he stole
it, but however that may be. he gave It as
a betrothal sift to his wife possibly the
most beautiful without doubt the best
loved woman In the world. When she died.
It was burled with her not In the tomb It
self, but In the Taj Mehal; and for a century
or so It lay there and feathered legends
about It as thick as dust. It was believed to
be a talisman of good fortune especially in
love. It was the only thing of Its kind In
the world.
It was too much for old Neville Crew,
when he saw It there some couple of hun
dred years ago. When he left India the
ring went with him. He never told how he
got It, but lucky marriages came with it
and the Crews would not tuk the House of
Lords for it. Their women have worn It
ever since. Mrs. Elisabeth Hunter Chatworth
wore It as her husband's wife. The elder
Chatworth, Lord Crew, Is a bachelor, but of
course the ring- reverted to him on Chat
worth's dath. The ring had been shipped
by mistake to 8an Francisco along with
the dead woman's personal effects.
Miss Gilsey had made the mistake of
accepting Harry Cressy'g attentions just
because he happened along, helped by the
.circumstance that h was big, good-looking
and had managed to get into the club
life of San Francisco's Idle-rich set. He
was vaguely supposed to get remittances
from abroad. The girl's eyes must have
been blinded by her Harry, for at times
he was a very free-and-easy, careless,
swearing young man. He speaks of
"d d curious" and "that d d ring."
On one occasion he takes ilisa Gilsev into
San Francisco's Chinatown to get her
an engagement ring and buys a niagiini
ccnt sapphire from a Chinaman, who has
blue eyes. A clew brought out that
there is a connection with the sapphire
ring and the more famous one stolen
from the Chatworth jewel collection.
Over all hovers the menacing shadow
of Robert Kerr, blase and cynical. To
her intense surprise Miss Gilsey finds
herself In love with him. Tha novelists
use a large spoon to keep the mystery in
the cauldron stirred tip, and succeed so
well that the real thief of the ttiatworth
ring springs on you all of a audden, leav
ing you to wonder at his audacity.
The fine Illustrations are by Clarence
V. Underwood.
Beauty and Health, bv Cora Brown Potter.
Illustrated, fl.75. Paul Klder & Co., New
York Clly.
It Isn't very often that Oregon readers
get the opportunity tj get insight into
inner secrets concerning the body beauti
ful, from the standpoint of a professional
beauty such as the writer of this book one
who has also won renown as a noted
American actress. I have heard once or
twice that Mrs. Potter can't act, tut
never having seen her on any stage, I am
prepared to say all the kind things about
her that I can, especially as a woman and
beauty student. One might Jump to the
conclusion that ' such a book as hers la
emotional and Impractical. Not so. It's
sane and sensible without frills of any
sort.
Opposite the title page appears a picture
of Mrs. Potter as Calypso in "Ulysses,"
and her Grecian features favorably Im
press one. The central note In what she
so intelligently writes la that without a
healthy body no person can be beautiful.
Hear ye:
.The study of beauty necessarily entails
the study of health: the two go hand la
hand; the one can -never be divorced from
the other It Is the combination of a healthy
body and a pure mind 'that makes for hap
piness. Health is the only true and lasting
foundation on which beauty can be built.
. . . When It is remarked how well any
one looks, what Is meant Is that, first, the
individual is In perfect health. In the full
enjoyment of all her faculties, exhilerated
by the very tide of life that throbs In her
veins, showing by every act and gesture
that she fools to the full that wondrous Joy
of living In short, that she is the embodi
ment of the beauty of health: secondly, that
she is handsome or beautiful, that she Is
well dressed and that her toilet has been
performed with taste and care. - The union
of health and beauty has ever, and will ever,
be the great power of our sex. Such Is the
teaching of history. All the great women,
who have left benlnd them names that live,
whose lives have altered the destinies of
nations and whose action have swayed
thousands women like Helen of Troy, Cleo
patra, Rosamund, or Mary Queen of Scots
all have shown the power of beauty and
the charm of health.
Mrs. Potter's message is written amid
the unromantic surroundings of her Lon
don flat, and she plunges into her subject
by a semi-medical talk. In ten chapters
she discusses such subjects as beauty and
sleep, exercise and diet; structure of the
skin, hair and nails; cold, warm and
medicated baths; washing, massaging,
shampooing, bleaching and dyeing the
hair: theatrical make-up of the face, face
powders, lotions, creams, etc.; mouth
washes, care of the teeth In the tropics,
manual cosmetics, chilblains. corns
(sh-h-h), types of figures, binding and
lacing, development of the torso but why
go into males which ere only surely In
telligible to our better halves?
Prescriptions, recipes? Yes, of course,
they're given. But It would manifestly
do unfair to give In cold type where all
masculine eyes would be enlightened "he
secrets connected with the manufacture
of personal beauty. It now appears that
the path is a long, thorny one, meaning
self denial and hard work. Mrs. Potter
gives plenty of her experiences gathered
from her stage life and travels In various
portions of the world. Her book is em
phatically one for women mere men are
warned away from its beckoning 253
pages.
Is it possible that to be beautiful Is
possible to all? Mrs. Potter says: "Yea."
Alice Freemaa Palmer, by George- Herbert
Palmer. Illustrated. si. Ml. Houghton.
Milt; in A Co., Boston.
Another unusual book for thoughtful
people people who appreciate the full
ness and value of a well-spent life.
Mrs. Palmer was one of the most fa
mous of American eduactors, and at
the early age of 28 years, she became
president of Wellesley College. After
an incumbency of seven years. In which
she shaped the' policies of the college
in the direction they have afterward
followed with marked success, she
married her biographer and resigned
the presidency. But she did- not re
main Idle, and became a? member of the
Massachusetts State Board of Educa
tion and of numerous other Important
boards and commissions. It should
be noted that Mrs. Palmer waa a grad
uate of the University of Michigan.
Although the biography of Mrs.
Palmer Is written by her husband, the
mental picture given does not suffer
because of Its Intimate view. It is
rather discerning and kindly critical
In Its estimation of the Woman and ed
ucator. Mrs. Palmer believed In a life
of service. She Instinctively adopted
the Idea of Jesus, that if you would
remould the world the wise way Is not
to write but to devote your fleeting
years to persistent talks with a dozen
young fishermen.
Curiously enough, this bugv woman
expected her life to be a short one.
In the midst of her activity, when her
husband attempted to make some pro
vision for her old age, he was met by
the quiet words: "You needn't. I
shan t survive you. My life will be
short. Mrs. Palmer died in Paris.
yea"06' December 6 "02 in her 47th
W,Hhn CT';Ve ' " Boy by John Corbln.
Bo?on 5 Houhton- Mifflin Co.,
For many years Mr. Corbin has become
known not only as a dramatic critic for
the New York Sun but-after graduating
from Harvard-as a well-informed writer
on educational subjects, and his critical
style is certain.- to arouse the keen inter
est of American educators. Here is a
sample of his hard-sense conclusions:
At Harvard, Yajo .Columola and other
universities of the kind, many men live on
ioo a year and leas, and many earn the
larger part, even the whole of the money
they spend. Others spend 5000, even $10,000
and sis.ouo a year. A boy who has ilooo. a
year need never feel pinched or at any real
disadvantage in college Jlfe. Twelve to
tlteen hundred dollars Is the maximum
which wise parents will allow unless it be
considered wisdom to encourage a young
fellow to seek the eororadeshlp of the sons
of the leaders In -wealth ana society.
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,collegiate university; Harvard, a Qerman-
ItaJ iinl.uHifv. lpnoll a V. . 1 .
....... ......J , I'U. ..v.... u vcv-niiium uni
versity; Michigan, a middle-eastern uni
versity; Chicago, a university by enchant
ment: Wisconsin, a utilitarian university;
the small college versus tha university,
and with the agricultural college. He
says he has personally visited all the col
leges he describes, yet his book Is not
heavy or academic. Ho . rather writes
with a c-Iever understanding of the stu
dent mind, and the result is that his book
will be found useful not only by present
or prospective graduates, but also by
inquiring parents.
Many new views are given of college
buildings, campuses, .etc. One notable
chapter of special value to agricultural
sections of the Willamette Valley Is en
titled: "The Farmer's Awakening."
But what of the big colleges Mr. Cor
bin has missed?
Santa, Lucia, by Mary Austin. I.5l. Harpers
& Brothers, New York City.
Introducing a cultured community In
California, with Its small college and nar
row, social order, this novel has artistic
sense and shapeliness and will be remem
bered as a well-told word picture of the
middle class, American life of today. I
personally will remember the story for
its restful nature pictures and for its in
centive to early rising In the mornings.
Imagine this scene of restfulness after
the thousand-and-ohe noises of city life:
There had been a concert going on for an
hour under the window before (Mie
William awoke. The doves began it, low
at first, then full and tender ae If the
bluish mist had thinned from the ground
and collected In soft splashes of sound .amid
the smoky boughs. Then the blackbirds
whistled warily as not being sure the day
had broke, but calling It softly until the
answer came from tne paie storm or dios-
soras among the apricots.
Then the meadowlarks. then the vtreos,
then the sparrows, buntings, finches all the
feathered-breasted, flute-voiced folk piped
up from the wet wheat, from the budding
willows, from the trim little orchard rows
that ran well into tlw lap of tne hills, from
the creek border and the blnefumi march
ing orderly on either side the stiff loam of
the Santa Lucia road. . . All tne
doors were opened to let in the morning
freshness, bloeka of soft, yellowy light fell
through the casements into the cool,
shadowy rooms; dew lay on the sills and
dripped from the lllao hedge; the grass
drooped under It and the Chinese lilies by
the driveway scarcely lifted their heavy.
sweet perfume above it.
Any one who would perversely sleep
past tha breakfast hour, under such a
picture of rural bliss, ought to be con
demned to wear a cowbell around his
neck for the remainder of his natural life.
People who live- between the, covers of
the novel are educated, some of them
highly strung, and all of them worth
knowing. The most natural' woman of
them air s Miss William. Caldwell, a
physician s daughter.
One unhappy marriage loom up towards
the end, and the lady novelist disposes of
the difficulty In the orthodox lady novel
1st way. There's a lot of talk about the
sanctity of marriage, and the vulgarity of
divorce, so the wretched wife takes poison
and dies. How much better it would have
been to have faced the hero-life and
lived on.
Tha Journal of American History. Illus
trated. SO cents. The Associated Pub
lishers ef American Records, New Haven,
Ct.
Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller, this
Is a Western number of historical fact and
is splendidly worded and illustrated. The
typographical arrangements are worthy
of special note, and the artistic cover of
canary and gold is a reproduction of an
ancient volume In tha Lenox Library,
New York City, and dated 1788.
The number contains life stories of men
and events that have entered Into the
building of the West; original researches
Into authoritative sources. American,
British and European archives, private
journals, diaries and hitherto unpublished
documents, fugitive papers, reminiscences
and memoirs, folk-lore and traditions and
reproductions from rare prints and works
of art.
The present year Is the centenary of the
birth of the author of the National hymn
'My Country Tls of Thee," and a spe
cial article is devoted to this subject.
while a new National hymn, sung to the
old tune. Is printed, the title being "The
New America," and the author, Henry
Taylor Blake, now in his 80th year. The
verses breathe patriotism and are very
appropriate to the occasion.
Two other notable articles are: The
Genesis of California," by Zoeth S.
Eldredge, of San Francisco, and "Frontier
Life in the Old Northwest," by Mrs. Clara
Paine Ohler, of Lima, O.
Chief among the fine illustrations is a
representation In color of the family arms
of President Roosevelt, inherited through
his Holland progenitors, and established
In America In 1649.
The Trnlninjr of Parents, by Ernest Hamlin
Abbott. 1. Houghton, Mtrcun & Co., .Bos
ton. Once upon a time, a little boy who had
only been accustomed to say his prayers
after he had been partially undressed for
bed, was taken by his mother to church
for the first time It waa an Episcopal
church. As the music ended, the people
knelt.
"What are they going to do now, mam
ma?" "They are going to kneel and say their
prayers?"
"What! with all their clothes on?"
As Mr. Abbott remarks In telling this
story, this little boy, untrained In eccle
siasticlsm, had developed a ritual of his
own, because, night clothes, to his mind,
were essential to the proprieties of re
ligion. !
Tha story tells Its own moral and In
such ways Mr. Abbott evolvea an .unusual
combination of psychological Information
and shrewd numor mingled with common
sense. In bringing a message home both
to parents and children.
It may astonish lots of people to know
that the commandment "Honor thy fath
er and thy mother," does not end there,
and that a new commandment is that
parents owe something to their children.
Mr. Abbott makes this truth plain, and
his suggestions are wise.
Zolleiisteln, by W. B. M. Ferguson., D.
Appleton 6k Co., New York City.
Well done, Mr. Ferguson!
You have written, a real, absorbing
"Zenda" story, built on royal lines and
possessing much of the ability -that drew
fame and a world's favor to Anthony
Hope's well-known romance. And "Zol
lenstein" has a happier ending for ics
love story all comes true. At first, the
hero, Zollenstein, Is John Mortimer, Enj
lishman, soldier and gambler, who hur
riedly left England because In a fight he
thought he had accidentally killed a man.
Then he emigrates to Zollenstein, a myth
ical, country supposed to be a buffer-state
between France and Germany, and pos
sessing about 60,000 population. Adven
tures galore fall to Mortimer, but as he is
a born adventurer who can't remember
home or parents, he comes out ahead and
falls a captive before the beauty of the
Princess Zenla. An unusually pretty
love story follows, and fighting and in
trigue spin a curious web, the culmina
tion being that Mortimer Is Innocent of
that English murder and that he Is the
long-lost Jobann Von Bulowe, King of
Zollenstein.
A bit of advice: Read "Zollenstein," a
romance worth while.
The Kconoxnlc Functions of Vice, by John
McElroy, National Tribune, Washington,
D. C
Grim and almost terrible Is this picture
of nature's way in ridding herself of
weaklings, and considered in the light of
ealm philosophy this little book of - 60
pages has so much power that it looms up
like a huge finger-post labelled: "Halt."
The stern law of all life is shown that
but one fish out of a thousand reaches
maturity, and that out of a thousand
children born, only 604 attain adult age. 1
It Is argued that if nature allowed both
the stronger and weaker to live, that the
earth could not find room for all her
swarming progeny. The family trees of
tha kings and the queens of Europe and
Asia are laid, bare, showing that the un
fortunates had simply obeyed a natural
law by allowing a weak race to die out
to make way for a newer, stronger
branch.
The Next Step In Evolution, by J. K. Funk,
DD and L.L.D. 50 cents. Funk & Wag
nalla Co., New York City. ,
We who are becoming weary of the
muck-rakers and stories generally show
ing that human nature Is retrogressing,
will find comfort in reading the fourth
edition of this reverently-worded book,
filled with spiritual good cheer.
Dr. Funk's argument, is that Christ
came the first time into men's vision by
coming on the plane of their senses, and
that he comes a second time into men's
vision by lifting them up to his plana of
spiritual comprehension showing that a
new step In the evolution of man has be
gun and now Is. He is sure that the
re-appearance of Christ in the character
of those who truly follow htm. is becom
ing Increasingly manifest. Never was the
race of man so unselfish as now, says
our author, and the brotherhood of men
appears dimly, but It appears above
the .horizon.
A remarkable statement of belief, writ
ten with the power of a -Henry Drura
mond. a
The Trininherlted. hy George Wallace, tl. J.
fi. Oglrvie Publishing Co.. New York City.
This is a series of observations, re
ceived both from foreign and borne travel.
In which the author preaches the doc
trine tnat the majority of the human
race suffers from poverty because the
land which belongs to all the people
has been taken from them. Briefly, they
are disinherited. Mr. Wallace says that
the Increase in the value of all land, less
the value of the Improvements, must be
long to the people as represented by the
government, and that this restoration will
be made when Christ's, teachings are
applied to the affairs of earth. "
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Astronomy With the Nake4 Ky. By Oar.
rett P. Servlss. With charts, price, 1.0.
Harper & Brothers, New York City.
Lay readers need not be frightened
away by the scientific prospect opened
up by the mere title of this book of til
pages. It Is rather written (Jons; pop
ular lines, the general plan being to
give the casual observer of the night
skies a chance to appreciate the
scheme of the constellations. Mr. Ser
vlss begins with a discussion of two
constellations visible in the meridian
shortly after New Year's, and next
comes a treatment of these constella
tlon's brightest stars.
Tne Emily Emmons Papers, by 'Carolyn
wens, illustrated, u. i Putnam s Sons,
isew xora ,iiy.
Written in that tone ef elegant leisure
that marks Miss Well's prose, and made
up Into an entertaining book to lighten
a dull hour. There are 13 chapters, about
a round dozen of them being devoted to
a trip to England, particularly London.
One of the "spinster" comments: "Aside
from Lord Nelson's declaration. If there
Is one thing that England expects. It is
tea; and tea she gets every day." The
last chapter gives a hurried glimpse of
i-ans ana otner Tench cities.
Throug-b. the Magic Ioor, br Sir A. Conan
Doyle. 1.25. The McCJure Co., New York
Sparkling with conversational charm,
this series of essays by a celebrated
novelist gives a breezy account of hi
literary tastes and experiences, mostly
English. The book will be esteemed
by younger readers for its literary esti
mates. Sir Conan Doyle thus write of
Kobert Louis Stevenson: "If Stevenson
had only realized how beautiful and
nervous was his own natural, God
given style, he would never have been
at pains to acquire another."
Bourne Books of Medieval History , by Fred
eric a Ogg. tl.50. American Book Com
. pany, New York City.
Mr. Ogg Is assistant In history in Har
vard TTnlverititv nnil Inatniyitn, in de
mons' College, and in this scholarly book
of 604 pages he presents a number of
well arranged documents Illustrative of
European nte and institutions, from the
German fnvnjlinna ri ttiA .omo1.D.nA.
The popular study of medieval history
i u-uiieu a.1, etiner in seconaary scnools
or in earlier years at college. An ex
cellent source-oooK.
William Jordan, nntor, by J. C. Bnalth.
tuao. Moffat, Fc-rd at Co., New York
City.
Mr. Sn&lth'S nnVftls a fit t. VAmtylr-
able kind they step out from the com
mon rut. "William Jordan, Junior" be
longs to this class. In being a high-class
story In which a tragic poet lives his
little day and passes on. The strange
moods of genius are played on, as with a
harp, and the powerful yet cynical pic
ture of literary London elven will llno-er
a long time In one's memory.
A Soldier' Letters to chsnnhig Nellie. Br
General J. B. Poller. Illustrated. Prioe,
The Neole Publishing Company. New
York City.
A gossipy, original view of the Civil
War, from a Southern soldier's stand
point the author belonged to Hood's
Texas Brigade. His letters were writ
ten to a woman friend and curiously
enough it was not until March, 1865,
that they ever met General Pollev
shows a natural ability as a graphic
story-teller.
Woven in the Tapestry, by Bmity Post.
.mon-at, xara & Co., New York City.
Possessing marked poetic beautv ef
thought, these fairy stories belong to
Ateria, a country which long lay on dls
tant borderlands, and It is a literary treat
to read about the nagan Kins Thvaterinn.
his daughter the Princess Alaeia, the
hermit In the forest, and the stranger
wno came to live as tne hermit s dlseiple.
Few better-phrased books are issued this
Spring than this one.
Nannie Walters. By Mrs. Allle 8 leper.
j-iii-w, wnuv. j. a. uguvie njDllsnlng
Company, New York City.
A short. well.wrlttAn itipw with
. - - .'I nil.,, l
religious. Hpttinir nontAinlnn. a nallA
to the order of the Eastern Star that
its ritualistic ceremonies De so amended
that the point of Martha be revised and
rnvrlttun tn iwrmfl panHiHati.. 11..
Jewish faith to consistently subscribe
w me uuiigaiiuns ot uie oraer.
The Man of Yeeterday. Br Mary Holland
iimm. iiiuDUHtaa in color. irtce,
$1.50. Frederick A. Stokes Company
New York City.
Oklahoma 1 ranlrilv mrrlnv ini t. -
spotlight. This novel pictures Indian Ter-
nivi-y uurms mo isbi ess or triDai rule,
before the admission of Oklahoma to
statehood. Indians figure largely in the
telling, and a romance of woll-simtainai
interest is evolved.
bide -Stepping With Shorty, by Sewell Ford.
iiiuetraiea. si.ou. Mitchell Kenaoriey,
New York City.
Twenty stories, crisp, llvelv. and
American In spirit. Illustrating Shorty
McCabe, professor of physical culture,
in New York City. There's only one
"Shorty" and this is he known wher
ever "sports" gather, from Portland.
Mc, to Portland, Or. He's a sure cure
for the blues.
The Destroyer, by John F. Carter, Jr. i.50.
w fiw ruouaumi wi., saw xorn City.
Mr. Carter writps n. .Hrrfn tr i
..'o u iw. J , J 1 1
which he depicts Thomas Steele, of
Yale '06. a stronar man whn o an .m -
ployer of labor, meets organised union
ism and crushes It. Steele Is a Na
poleon of the coal fields.
Eleotm, a Tragedy in .One Act, by 'Hugo
vii nuiumviiaiiiM wiu translated by
Arthur 8yman.a. Bretano's, New York City.
A wild, pagan play of revenue and
blood, told with powerful sweep and vig
orous action.
J. M. QUENTHJ
IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
That a new Juvenile story br E. Nesbit ta
soon to be printed Is good news for the
children. The popular "Wouldbegoods," by
this author has Just been announced for a
new printing.
e e
It has been decided to withhold the pub
lication of "Sowing Keeds in Danny.' by
the new Canadian humorist. Mrs, Nellie
L. McClung. until July 15. The book Is ap
propriate for Summer reading-.
e
Hugo M-unsterberg. professor of psychol
ogy at Harvard University, Is the author of
the new book explaining deduction. "On the
Witness Stand." reviewed In last week's
Oregonlan. His Investigations add Import
ant chapters to this country's studies In
criminology. His picture la given on this
book page- see
The publishers of -Lord Cromer's "Mod
ern Egypt." announce that It has gone Into
a second edition. Jn this; country, as well
Eatered m 2nd CUm Male Matter
r
Under
Royal
Patronage
PA THUNDERBOLT No. 1
Pwrt extriie from our Prtsfdential Met'
- tag Coigrett. Martk 3. 1909.
In aeeordancB with th lw of the
tfniteif State, (better known In Con
gress and he Senate at "this broad
land Of oure" It become our duty
t tend you few modest reco ra
in en da (ions.
under tne Constitution you are ex
pected to deliberate on tbera wisely;
tat aa moat of you are unconstitu
tional in this recpoet, wa wilt con
tent ourselves with the remark that
you may aoeept or discard them as
t-o ehooM. we wilt merely extend
the bumble bat friendly tip that If
yoti discard thorn, tbo eomlng session
sriu bo hot noocb to boil egrs.
Out first roeommendatrdn con
cerns that important public nuisance,
tbo tariff. Under our predecessors,
Congress ha patiently
tried to cure this disease
by liberal application of
language. Hitherto w
have had web. enormous
acreage devoted' to the
production of this crop
that the oountry ha not
felt the extravagance.
A LseWee-
Cnwer
Sat wo need different treatment
how. as the last. Congress consumed
most of the available stfpply.
Tndtr Decision No. 1. 10 0,900.0 00
of the U. 8. supreme
Court It Is illegal for
any 2 or more persons
to combine for any
thing except baseball.
This makes It clearly
naconstltutlonal for
more than person
to agree . at..4ny 00a . ttma . on the
tariff. ' ' - .
Wa therefora recommend that you
Cass a law imposing a high tariff in
the first degree on all supporters of
tiigh tariff; a tariff in the second de
gree on all who want a reformed
tariff: and frea trade without ball on
fell who want so tariff.
Lech lor' aAst terrk'g IhunJtrlcttl
BM In England, it ! neutrally regarded aa
the "big book" of the year,, and tu total
pales are said to be actually greater than
those of many novels rvcogntxed aa popu
lar successes. -
man with a hand sickle can cut AO
times his own weight In wheat In one har
vest; but a self-binder, which Is 11 times
heavier than a man. can cut a hundred
times Its own weight. This is the most im
portant economic fact of our times, and It
s fully brought to light by Herbert N.
C a M on la hi new book. "Romance of tha
Reaper."
a
The MacmlUan comnanv is to mihilh
soon the sixth Installment of Sir Walter
Besant's magnum opus, "The Survey of
London," which deals with- prehistoric
Roman, Saxon and Norman London. With
this volume is completed an unbroken his
tory of the Engiish metropolis from its
earliest beginnings to the end of the
eighteenth century.
"It la all we have that matters. Other
nations have to learn it. here in fcSpain we
know it." says Fray Juan. Manuela, Es-
taban Don Luis Ram ones who might wear
his hat in the presence of the Queen, and
lived upon five pence a day yes, even Gil
Peres of Sergovla. the valet knew It. How
Osmund Man vers, the English squire from
Somersetshire, came also to realise- it. Is
persuasively told in Maurice Hewlett's new
novel, "The Spanish Jade," to be vubliahed
In a few days. ,
e
"Prese Every Child Should Know." edited
by Miss Mary E. Burt, contains enough se
lections from Lincoln and about Lincoln to
make an entire programme for children 8,
9, 10. 11 and 12 years old. There are 170
selection In addition to thosa on Lincoln,
making a book which will be of undoubted
value this year to schools in preparing for
last a ay" exercises. Among the writers
lnculded are Homer. Aesop. Marcus Au
relius,. Shakespeare, Franklin. Washington,
Clay, Lamb, Irving. Hugo. Lincoln, Glad
stone, Burroughs. Luther, Mark ham, etc.
"The Roman Empire. B. C. 20 Jl. tv
76." by H. Stuart Jonee. M. A., tells the
story of the Roman Craplre as founded by
Augustus, tracing its history until the trans
ference of the capital from Rome to By
zantium by Constantlna. and treating the
last century and a half of the Western Em
pire by way of epilogue. The author has
endeavored to popularize the results of re
cent research based on the evidence of
monuments and Inscriptions, and to exhibit
the gradual transformation of society cul
minating in the triumph of Christianity.
m m m
While there are histories of .itratnf- t
Plenty, stramrely enough few. If anv- wrirr
have preoccupied the field exploited bv
Charles F. Home. Ph.D.. in 'Tha Technique
of the Novel," which Is a forthcoming publi
cation. The book will follow the historio
method of clear and precise statements, no
where trenching on debatable ground, and
will aim to trace, with appropriate exam
ples, the evolution, of story writing. It is
expected to suppiy a mucn neeaea text as
a guide for college work, at the same time
that It should afford entertaining readinar
for those who are interested In the qualities
imi muo or oo not mane a novel.
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Miss Alice McGowan 1st just finishlns a
novel that deals with the Tennessee moun
tain life, with which the author Is per
fectly familiar. It will combine, as has
been noted from an examination of ad
vance sheets, with the admirable love
making that goes on In these tales a feud
tn full career, plenty of illicit distilling of
mountain aew, ana enoucn nre-eatlng
and assault and battery to enliven the plot.
All these transactions go on before a wild
background of mountain and forests. It Is
understood that after "The Strength of the
Hills" nas run its course as a serial In
Putnam's and The Reader, beginning with
the June number, it will be published In
book form.
m
Miss Marlon Cook, a talented writer nf
verse In this city, expects about May 15 to
issue a nretty little memo-book with rrsnrri
and programme for Portland's week of roses
and it will be one of the features of the
rose festival worthy to be sent away in
letters to Eastern friends. The booklet wilt
measure three-and-one-half Inches by six
Inches, and will contain S2 pages. Appro
priately enough, the book will have as its
title, "A Week of Roses." and will contain
ten half-tones of scenes In this citv ihsHa
from photographs taken by Miss Cook, and
seieciet poetry. in snorx, urn a new Idea
In the souvenir line. MIm P.onlt'n knnw A
poetry issued about two months ago and
entitled, "Where Flows Hood River," la
already having an encouraging sale.
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"The Heart of a Chile V Frank Danhv'a
Aw novel, has gona into a second A merl
es a edition, while reports from England
Indicate that it Is one of the best-selling
novels of the season over there. English
reviewers have not always taken kindly to
Frank Dan fay's vigorous realism, but they
seem to be In thorough agreement as to
the remarkable ability she has displayed
In this book. For Instance. James Douglas,
who acknowledges that he "detested her
last novel." rha-psodlses thus of The Heart
of a Child": "For those who know their
London this novel is Uka the first mouthful
SSXSg3SXSBXg
Ae nUeal
CeesbiosisMI
MAY 10. 1908
THE FATAL EGG; or,
chapter nr.
The gentle reader will now gld-ap
and follow the gifted author to the
imperial pomp of the exclusively
American government in Washing
ton. While the preceding chapter was
still vibrating in the nervously
twitching ears of Willie Colander
the-beautiful vest-model, a thrilling
scene was enacting itself in the
Throne Room of the White House. .
A Confidential Inves
tigator, garbed in the
resplendent costume of
bis rank, strode in and
cried in a voice trem
bling with the well
known emotion:
"We are undone! The
TasCisaissiisI railroad rebate has slip-
IsiMisalsr pe(j from our grasp!"'
Hurling his crown -with excellent
aim at the faithful Count of Loeb,
the President turned from a fettered
and gagged 8enator who was kneel
ing before him, and with one moun-tain-llon-Hke
leap sprang at the' mes
senger. Turning hlra swiftly upside down
and shaking him reassuringly by the
feet, he said in a firm, coot vole that
Sounded even above the silence of
the rest:
"Be calm! Be collected! Tell me
In a few well-chosen but simple
words what has happened!'
"Tbe Dukess of Arfenarf hag fled
with, it!" replied the Confidential
Investigator with chattering teeth.
The President dropped him ten
derly on his head and recoiled. He
took out his watch and for 1 mln. 34
sec. he stood immersed almost to
tally In extra deep thought, while
the brilliant throng of embassadors,
cowboys, authors, financiers. Sena
tors, rubbernecks. Generals and na-ture-dntectlves
stood In awed silence.,
broke only by the attempt of the
NEWS FROM THE FARM.
Washington. May 9. The Dep. of
Agriculture has Invented a gasoline
motor hen that lays ham and eggs.
New York, May 9. The celebrated
Wall street stock farm is being deci
mated by the rinderpest.
London, May 4. There fa renewed
import demand for American peach
es with-layers of dough.
Lincoln, May 9. Farmer Bryan
rerorts the last iot of trouble sowed
by him coming up nicely.
of Spring asparagus, the first morsel of
baby lamb, ths first snowdrop, or-the first
daffodil. its freshness of style is aa de
lightful as Its freshness of theme."
SJ
With the arrival of Spring has come a
revival of interest in Bolton Hall's "Thres
Acres and Liberty," published about a year
ago, and a new edition, the fourth, hss
just gone to press. It is the standard work
of convenient reference with regard to the
possibilities of intensive cultivation of the
land.
e
Mary E. Wllklns Freeman's and Max
Pemberton's newest novels, -which have been
running side by side in newspaper serial
form for purposes of comparison, are to be
published simultaneously in book form.
"The Shoulders of Atlas," Mrs. Freeman's
story. Is a New England study of character
In the present day, and evokes the addi
tional interest of a mystery bewildering
as a plot in a detective story. As Mr.
Pemberton's' "Sir Richard Escombe la a
stalwart romance in the days of George II,
with a gallant chevalier as hero and a plot
more concerned with action than reflection,
it will be seen that these two stories are In
strong contrast and should afford telling
examples of the masculine end feminine
attitudes of mind. The Harpers are arrang
ing that both books shall be ready fur pub
lication in a few days.
e
The recent Socialist meeting in Union
Square, New York City, which was signal
ised by a fatal throwing of a bomb was
called by Morris Hlllquit, a New York law
yer of Russian origin, to whom W. H. Mai
loek paid his respects In Putnams's for Oc
tober, 1U07, as a man who bad often been
pointed out to him as "the moat brilliant
exponent of socialism now living in the
United States." In the April number of the
same magazine, Mr. Hlllquit explains "Ths
Socialist Plan of Wealth Distribution." his
article being a reply to Mr. Mallock's paper
on "Christian Socialism." It Is only just to
the writer to say that when he found that
the police would not give a permit for the
Union Square meeting, he notified his fol
lowers not to assemble, and remained away
himself.
Holman 'Day. author of "King Spruce,"
which seems likely to become a good seller
this season, knows some things of interest
about a Maine bank. "For more than thirty
years the most popular woodsman's bank in
Mains was a bank on two legs." says Major
Day. "Until he was over 70 years old.
Uncle Kate Swan was conductor on the
Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad, running be
tween the city and Moosehead Lake. With
him rode the woods and driving crew s.
When they forgot themselves and made a
racket on his train, he used to cuff them
Into submission, and no mau ever raised his
hand against Uncle Nate. When the men
came out of the woods with their pay, mont
of them realised from bitter experience that
the oity folks would get all their money
away from them In a few days. As soon
as they would get aboard the train, they
would begin to strip ten-dollar hills off their
Books Added to Library
The following1 books at the Public
Library will go into circulation May 11:
BIOGRAPHT.
Claude Memoirs of Monsieur Claude,
chief of police under the second empire;
tr. by K P. Wormeley. 10O7.
Feasenden Ilfe and public services of
William Pitt Fessond?n. tlnlted States Sen
ator from Maine; by his son. 2 v. 1307.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEU
Fraprie Among Bavarian Inns. lOOe.
Huntington Tne pulae of Asia; a Journey
In Central Asia. 1U07.
Hutton Florence and the cities of north'
em Tuscany. Ittt7.
Irtie The color of London, historic, per
sonal and local, n. d.
FICTION.
Bailey A gentleman of fortune.
Ie Morgan Somehow good.
Diederichs Reglne Vosgerau.
Erlln-Bchmeckebier Dor mut sum" gluck.
Fischer Auf dem wege xum paradies.
Kinkead The courage of Blackburn Blair.
IjjTide Empire builders.
Kiley Christy of Rathglin.
FINE. ARTS,
Crnttwell A guide to the paintings In
the Florentine fralleries; a critical cata
logue, with quotations from Vasarl. 1O07.
Holder Big game at sea. 1908.
Klngsley The Eversley gardens and oth
ers 1907.
Mathewson Notes for mechanical draw
ing. Ed. 5. llrU7. ,
Rowe Practical wood-carving. 1&0T.
6herrlH Stained-glass tours in France.
1008.
HISTORY.
Cromer Modern Egypt. 2 r. 190 S.
Fynn The American Indian as a product
of environment. 1U07.
Van Norman Poland, ths knight among
nations. 1907.
LITERATURE.
Albright The short story t Its principles
and structure. 11M7.
Benson The altar fire. 1908.
Chisholm, ed. The Golden etalrcase;
poems and verses for children, n. d.
PA SUNSHINE SOCIETY
A WOEFUL WOOING
gagged Senator to breath through,
his nose.
"Take this away." said the Presi
dent at last, touching the captive
with his foot, "and read an entire)
copy or the Congressional Record to
him, word fof word."
A frightral scream'
burst through the gag.1
Even the hardened Count
of Loeb shuddered as tha,
ferocious Official Execu
tloner seised the un
happy viotlm.
"Arfenarf! Arfenarft
muttered the President
to himself, abstractedly
stepping on the feet of the throng'
Irtg courtiers. "What dark destiny
doom you to erosa my path, despite
its 'No Trespass' sign and spring
guns? But what of dauntless Susan
Endive, the Lady Chauffeur?" cone
tlnued he, approaching this Confident
tlal Investigator, who Immediately
climbed up the wall. "Did she be
tray our trust?"
At the word "trust" tha Count of
Loeb drew his sword, but recovering
his presence of mind, said ouickly:
"My mistake! It always is."
"Sire I mean plain Mister Presl
dent." said tbe Confidential In vest U
gator, "she is as true as your nature)
tales! She Is now pursuing the)
Dukess of Arfenarf, who has hooked
not only the 'railroad rebate, but
peerless Willie Colander, the beautf
ful vest-model!"
"What!" shouted the President
hurling the Count of Loeb out of the)
window. "Then wa must follow?
Ho, without there! Faithful Loeb
hasten to my Secretary of War and
command- him to appear Instantly
disguised as a Jockey!"
Within five minutes' the sound ol
a terrible explosion was heard!
It was the Secretary of War get
ting out of his clothes!
Tkti terribl terial will b eoHinned tit
our next.
WANTED t
By retiring
gentleman.
A Quiet home id) .
a peaceful neigh
1 0 r h 0 0 d. Ad
dresa Capitalist. ,
F6R SALE CHEAP!
One lar erow. extra else, geeimeteeet
fU. ILhiu sm L .I!k.l -1 J U
sitro-glresrine.
o eeea mesne irsesl tatrs tree brass)
rolls and hand ths money to Uncle Nate tn
'sink for thnv banking It on call. Thej
never forgot, nor did he; and In all the
years there was never a dispute between
Conductor Swan and any of his depositors.
When they came back on his train, they
wers sure of enough money for their fare
and their tobacco at the lake outfitting
store. They wouldn't have known very well
what to do with more."
e
It is welcome news that Marion Craw
ford's 'The Primadonna," the expected se
quel to "Fair Margaret," Is to be published
in a few days. "Fair Margaret" is prob
ably the most popular story Mr. Crawford
has written slnre ths "Saracinesca" series,
and the demand for a sequel Is said to
have been so Insistent that the author could
scarcely have resisted It, even had he
wished to. The new book takes up ths
story of Margaret Donne when she has be
come the greatest singer in the world.
It is more truly an international novel
than any other Mr. Crawford has written.
Its scenes are enacted in the lobbies and
behind the curtain ef the Metropolitan
Opera-house In New York ; en the deck
of an ocean liner; In English country houses
and ths streets and drawing-rooms of Lon
don. s s
Jn "The Iron Heel" Jack London makes
some startling prophecies which have been
generally ridiculed on the ground that
there Is not ths slightest possibility of
their realisation. Among these Is his rep
resentation of tha regular army as having
been enormously Increased, and of the
manipulation of the militia, under the Dick
militia law by which clttsens of the United
States could be shipped here and there and
made to perform police duty in suppressing
ths popular party. London has been round
ly scolded for suggesting the possibility of
using ths army for any such purpose; and
yet tn an address lately delivered in Ohio,
Secretary Taft himself used these words:
"Of course there Is no probability of a
recurrence of a great civil war, but should
the forces of anarchism and socialism and
revolt against organised government mani
fest themselves, a well organised militia
would be most necessary. Suppression of
local disturbances is to the regular army
an unpleasant duty, and It Is one to which
ths president would summon-regular troops
with great reluctance. Aa increase In the
efficiency of ths militia may well rsllevs
the regular army of any such duty."
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
"T-.se and His Cause," by Rev. John R.
Deertng, D.D. $1.50. (Neale publishing Com
pany.) "The Jesters." adapted from the French
of Miguel Lamacols, by John N- Bsphael.
(Btentano's, New York.)
"Rets," by Van Lo Post, and "The Post
script," by Eleanor Stuart. (McClures.)
"Rose Macleod," by Alice Brown, l.M;
and "The New American Type and Other
Essays." by Henry r. Sedge wick. $1.50.
Houghton. Mifflin A Co.
Homer Ths Iliads; tr. ty George Chap
man. Ed. 2. ISM.
Philosophy.
Peabody Jesus Christ and the IThrlstina
character; an examination ol the teaching
of Jesus tn Us relation to some of the
moral problems of personal life. 1906.
RELIGION.
Black Christ's service of love. 1907.
SCIENCE.
Kellogg Darwinism today: a discussion
of present-day sclentllle criticism of the
Darwinian selection theories. ltH7.
Porter What I have done with birds;
character studies of native American birds.
l!M)7.
Weed, comp. The Insect world: s, read
ing book of entomology. 1899.
Wright The Gray Lady and the birds;
stories of the bird year for home and
school. 1907,
" SOCIOLOGY.
Macgregoi- Industrial combination. 1908.
Smith How to collect postage stamps.
1907.
Vanderlip Bualness and education. 1907.
USEFUL ARTS.
Bruette Modern breaking of setters and
pointers. 1906.
Harris Talks on manures. New. ed. 1006.
Hibbert Electric ignition for motor ve
hicles. Ed. 2. rev. 1908.
McKay & Larsen Principles and practice
of butter-making. 1906.
O'Connor The gas engineer's pocketbook.
Ed. 3. rev. 1907.
Standard handbook for electrical engi
neers, written and compiled by a staff of
speclalltrta. 1908.
Stlllwell ft Putnam Substitution of the
electric locomotive for the steam locomo
tive. 1907.
BOOK3 ADDED TO THE JUVENILE DE
PARTMENT. Doming Little red people.
Halns Japanese boys and girls.
Halnes Little Japs at home.
Hatnes Pets, .verses and otorles.
Heck, ed. Living picture of the animal
kingdom, .
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TUOScal
f ssi Mlsinef