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The Pout Girl. Br Edward C. Booth. Price.
$1.50. The Century Company, New York
City, and the J. K Gill Company, Port
land. If you have made the acquaintance of
Iady Babbie, in Barrie's "Little Minister,"
just as you closed the book, did not the
wish arise that some day Barrio would re
incorporate Lady Babbie? I know of no
more appealing heroine in modern fiction
than she.
Whisper! Lady Babbie's cousin is surely
Fam, the heroine of "The Post Girl," and
the latter i certainly the best English
novel sent across the water this season.
It belongs to that rare class good fiction.
It stirs to unusual depths, awes with its
tenderness: has almost a Scotch "pawky"
liumor; effectively mirrors Yorkshire'
country life and its character work is
skillful.
At times in 'reading: this novel, I
Tubbed my eyes and wondered if I was
again under the spell of Barrie's genius.
Booth's style is remarkably similar.
"Whoever he is. he is a new writer who
will achieve popularity at a single bound.
"The Post Girl" is not only a man's and
woman's story, but it strikes such a high,
clear note that it can with profit be re
ceived into the household.
Pam, known on state occasions as Miss
Pamela Searle, Is a girl ietter-carrier,-who,
for carrying mall to "Cliff "Wrang
ham, an Far Wrangham. an' round by
Shippers." Is paid the munificent salary of
tl.oO per week. " Ifo, she isn't a weather
beaten muscular female, with a stride like
that of a grenadier. This is her picture:
If the mere Bound of her voice (there
was the rare mellow sweetness of blown
pipes about it bad aroused his wonder,
the sight of the gtrl's face added doubly
to his surprise. A face as little to be
looked for In this place and at this time,
and under these conditions, as to make
quest for orchids down some pitmouth with
pick and Davy lamp. He cotild not main
tain the look long, for before satisfying his
own Inquiry he sought to establish the
girl's confidence, but he noted the wide,
generous forehead, the big. consuming eyes,
burning deep in sorrowing self-reproach and
giving him a moment's gaze over the up
lifted tumbler; the dispassionate, narrow
nose, sprinkled about its bridge and be
tween the brows with a pep"per-caster help
ing of freckled candor; the small Hps. part
ed submissively to the glass rim over two
illps of milky teeth: the long, sleek cheeks;
the slender, peal-shaped chin: the soft,
stipple neck of russet tan, spliced on to a
gleaming shaft of ivory, where It dipped
through her dress-collar to her bosom.
Dear Pam, freckles and all! You create
interest the moment you step across the
stage.
The man in the case? He's the "spaw
er." otherwise known as Maurice Ethel
bert Wynne, a young Englishman who
came to shy, retired Ullbrig because he
thought he could secure the 'necessary
quiet there to compose his big concerto
and although at the time he was in-a-sort-of-way
engaged to a girl in far-off
Switzerland, he promptly fell In love with
Pam. Here is the. definition of a "spaw
er:" "The class of visitor which is lack
ing to Vllbrlg is the pleasure-seeking va
riety which comes for a month, Is charged
unprotesting for lights and fire, never
lends a hand to the washing of its own
pots, and pays town price for country
butter. Our local designation for such
Sucsts when we get.them is 'epawei's.' ,"
Mr. Wynne is descrtbe4 In this fashion:
He was a tall. lithe figure or young man
hood in snowy holland. with the Idle bear
ing of one whose activity is alt in the up-J
per story; eyes brown, steadfast and kindly,'
less for tha faculty of seeing things than
of thinking them: brows lying at ease
apart, but with the tiny, tell-tale couple
crease between them for linked tussle
brows that might hitch on to thought with
the tenacity or a steel hawser: a. Jaw fine,
firm and resolute, closing strongly over de
termination, though void of the vicious set
of obstinacy, with a little Indulgent, smil
ing. V-shaped cleft In the chin for a mendi
cant to take advantage of: lips seemingly
consecrate to the sober things of this life,
yet showing, too. a sunny corner for its
niii'thmaklnga and laughters beneath the
slight slant of mustache scarcely more
tawny than its owner's sun-tanned cheeks
where it touched them.
Father Mostyn, the vicar of the parish.
Is a good Judge of wine and morals, and
his conversation Is kroken up with a mer
ry, explosive "Ha." Mostyn's chum, with
whom he disagrees on theological topics.
Is Dr. Anderson, a Scotchman, and once
In discussing miracles, Dr. Anderson asks
his friend:
"Men, hae ye ever hairrd
spesk ?"
"Hal Frequently." murmurs
ence.
"Ah'm no speakin' nalrsonally
stand, but it wull hae been In
a donkey
hla rever-
ye under
the pulpit
have hairrd It. Men. hae ye never read
Hume on the meerales? Are ye no con
versant wl' your Gibbon? D'ye pretend to
tell me ye are Ignorant o' such men as
Reenau. an' Strauss, an" Bauerr. an Dar
win, en' Thomas Huxley? Ah doot ye've
read a wurrd o" them?"
".o much the better for me, dear
brother."
"Men." says the doctor, "ye're a peetlfu1
creatuie. an ah feel shame tae be drlnkin'
the whisky o' such as you. Te go inta
ilulrrch sn' All a lot o' pulr eegnorant
people wl malr eegnorance than they had
without ye, teachln' them your fairy tales
aboot apples, an' salrrplnts, an' women be
In made oot o man's ribs dld ano ever
bcarr the likeM. Let's awa' an", mind ye.
dtnna tek It inta yer held ta tall sick this
week, or It'll go hairrd wl' ye If ah'm
celled."
Pam hag a busy time of it saying "no"
to the proposals of marriage she receives
from various admirers. One look at Pam
-Poof! You're In love, sure. One wrig
gling lover is -Ginger, and he hints to
Pam that he must tell her something.
"Go on," says Pam. ".You'll have to tell
me now. or I'll never be friends with you
again."
"Well, then." Ginger began, pushed re
luctantly forward by this dreadful threat.
"... It's this." He held on to it as
long as he could, taking breath, and then
when he felt he couldn't hold on any
longer, tta suddenly shut his eyes and let
go. saying to himself: "Lord, help me!"
and to Pam: "Will y' 'ave me?" so quickly
and Indistinctly that it sounded like, a cat
boxed up under the counter, crying "Me
eow." Fam's most persistent lover, is a school
master, a "young man pallid and frail,
with the high, white, student's forehead,
worn smooth and rounded like the lamp
globe he'd studied under; weaic brown
mustache and .small chin, and a cough
that troubled him when the wind was
east." The most dram'atic moment in the
book is where this schoolmaster-lover and
the spawer ha.ve a life-and-death struggle
for mastery on the edge of a cliff.
The village folk think that Pam must
be some high-born lady, because she
bathes once every day and twice a day
In Summer. Of course, she is, and how
her aristocratic family is ultimately dis
covered is fashioned into a delightful end
ing for the once-aespised-J1.50-a-week-girl.
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Sir Richard Esrombe, by Mat Pemberton.
SI. 50. Harper & Brothers, New York City.
Two of the best advertised novels of
the year have been "Sir "Richard Es
combe," by Max Pemberton, and "The
Shoulders of Atlas." by Mary E. Wilkins
Freeman. The two stories were published
serially side by side in several newspapers
in this country, and as one of them is by
an Englishman and the other by an
American woman, readers were asked to
record their preference by vote as to
which story was the better of the 'two.
It does not damage "Escombe" in the
least to say that American readers gave
the majority of their preference, votes
for "The Shoulders of Atlas," principally
because the latter is a New England
story and also because it tells of condi
tions and scenes in Yankeeland as the
great body of American readers know
them.
''Escombe" belongs to the stirring
school of romance adventure made popu
lar by Alexander Dumas. G. P. R. James,
Mary Johnston, George Barr McCutcheon
and others. Pemberton tells of fighting
days, when a cross look passed between
so-called "gallant" gentlemen meant a
polite invitation to a duel; of the period
when soldier George ruled England about
the middle of the eighteenth century,
when evil lives were more common than
well-lived ones and when dissipation rati
high. The scene calls up masks, pow
dered hair, wigs, laces, three-cornered
hats and riotous love.
Mr. Pemberton in his foreword wants
you to understand exactly what sort of
a story he is presenting, and his hint
reads: "Some pages from the life story
of Sir Richard Escombe, Bart., particular
ly concerning his relations with the noto
rious society of St. Francis, as founded
at Medmenham Abbey, on the River
Thames, by Sir Francis Dashwood and
John Wilkes: of the manner In which he
brought that society to an end; also of
his relations with Kitty Dulclmore of
Sherbourn, ' in the county of "Warwick
shire: of the misfortune which befell him
when he drew her .name in the lottery;
of his subsequent service at Windsor Cas
tle; the whole giving a true account of
certain social practices in the - reign of
George II and of a club but ill remem
bered in the present day, though entitled
to perpetual obloquy."
Medmenham Abbey occupies a promi
nent place in tae story and the author in
sists that .its description of it Is more
correct than that given In the novel pub
lished 100 years ago. "Chrysal; or the Ad
ventures of a Guinea," which purported
to give a "true" account of the revels at
Medmenham and of the scandals associat
ed with the celebrated social but drunken
fraternity.
Sir Richard Escombe, by ancestry, was
both English and Irish, was a gallant and
soldier of his time, and the first page of
the romance opens on him in Warwick
shire, England, in the year 1746. Sir Rich
ard was making his way to the inn at
Sherbourn occupied by old Anthony Dul
clmore, father of Kitty Dulclmore, a fa
mous beauty of the time. Sir Richard
and Frederick Lord Harborne were rivals
for Kitty's .attentions, Harborne being
Colonel of the First Royal Dragoons, who
had been sent from London to Derby
after Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Harborne Is described as "hatchet; face
and sour a damning, hectic cheek to ac
cuse him and a glassy look In his roving
eye." Coldness ensues between Kitty and
Sir Richard when the latter drew her
name in a lottery from a drinklng-bowl.
The drunken gallants had pledged each
other that lie? who drew the paper from
the bowl bearing the name of Kitty,
would marry her. Kitty finds out what
has happened and her displeasure in
creases when she learns that Sir Richard
had visited the Medmenham Abbey, which
"was a Franciscan monastery In the old
en time. Now it is the home of rakes
and rascals wits who have lost their wit,
gamesters who have no honor in their
games, the froth and scum of the palace
and the city. Young Willy Fenton. a
parson's son. fell head over heels in love
with Honor Marwood, a dancer from the
theater, who visited the Abbey in the
company of Lord Harborne. Fenton
broke the rule of the house, which says
that no man shall come between a mem
ber and his guest when that guest is a
lady. Should he do so. he shall die by
his own hand on the following day. It Is
a law made of necessity by men who
would pass in madness the philosophies
of the rosy cross. Fenton shot himself."
No wonder Kitty was shocked at the
story, but little did she dream that she
would be inveigled to visit that very Med
menham Abbey, without knowing it to be
such. Kitty was dressed "In a pretty
gown of blue and silver, and had a dark
blue velvet coat covering her from shoul
der to ankle. Her hat was immense and
feathered such as a great round hat as
the pictures of Romany and Sir Joshua
Reynolds have made known to us." Her
coach broke down near the Abbey build
ing and not knowing what the latter was,
she walked into it to seek hospitality until
the coach could be repaired. Lord Har
borne had designed tho whole thing, cal
culating that Kitty's visit to the Abbey
would so tarnish her good name that she
would yield to his evil desires.
Of course Richard geta a telepathic
message that his lady love is in danger
and he flies to the Abbey, sword in hand,
and in a duel with Harborne runs him
through. The account of the sword fight
concludes: "And. seeing only the face
before him and writing there as upon a
tablet the bitter story of his griefs. Sir
Richard steeled .his heart against com
passion and bringing every faculty to his
help, he cut the feeble guard at last, and
laid my lord a dying man upon the crim
son carpet before him.
Kitty is a fresh, rosy creation, and she
is as much snow as Sir Richard is living
flame. The romance is a pure, fighting
one and it well deserves the title it has
already earned, "a romance with a
sparkle of steel in the sunlight." if is
made for the stage. . It is satisfactory to
know that it has been dramatized and
that ' James K. Hackett, the talented
actor, will "open with it in St. Louis, Mo.,
next month.
Why Worry? By George L. Walton. M. D.
. Price $1. J. B. Lippincott Company, Phil
adelphia. Thoughtful critics are becoming con
cerned about what they- call "the
American disease of nervousness," and
the subject is getting to be so much
discussed now that one had better read
from a- first-class authority to keep
W"ell informed. Such a one is Dr. Wal
ton, consulting neurologist .to the Mas
sachusetts General Hospital, and it is
worth while to remark that his help
book is. made up from an address he
recently delivered to the students of
the Boston Normal School of Gymnas
tics. I verily believe that nervousness,
with its train of unhappiness and do
mestic turmoil, is as much a disease as
drunkennesss, and that It should be
treated as such. I think that the day
is fast coming when the state will
forcibly- separate nervous sufferers
from the society of otherwise healthy
folks, and cure them by psycho-therapy'
or treatment through the mind.
Dr. Walton's book is agreeably free
from dry, technical terms so it can
easily be understood by all. He pa
tiently discusses work' "a state of
undue solitude" hypochondria, obses
sion, doubting folly, neurasthenia,
phobia, occupation, neurosis, and
psycho-therapy. Wise advice by Epi
curus and Marcus Aurelius is also
given. '
Self-control is here taught. The cen
tral note is self-help.
A History of the Ancient Egyptian. By
.Dr. James Henry Breasted." Illustrated.
Price, f.1.25. Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York City.
Belongs to the "Historical Series for
Bible Students," and the writer is pro
fessor of Egyptology and Oriental his
tory in the University of Chicago. His
meaning is illustrated by four maps
and three plans.
Generally speaking, this scholarly
and informing book is directly based
upon what the original Egyptian monu
ments reveal, and tells rather of the
Egyptian people thar. of the land which
gave them birth. The most recent dis
coveries in ancient Egypt are noted
and commented upon. Dr. Breasted
fixes tho dates o the already flour
ishing predynastic kingdoms in early
Egypt as 4500 B. C. and says that the
introduction of calendar and earliest
fixed date in history is 4241 B. C.
As to the prehistoric Immigrants that
peopled Egypt, our author has this to
say: "The Semitic immigration from
Asia, examples of which are also ob
servable in the historic age. occurred
i in an epoch that lies far below our re
motest historical horizon. . "We shall
never be able to determine when nor
with certainty through what channels
it took place, although the most prob
able route Is that along which we may
observe a similar influx from the des
erts of Arabia in historic times, the
Isthmus of Suez, by which the Moham
medan invasion entered the country."
A Week in the White Rouse With -Theodore
Roosevelt. By William Bayard Hale.
Price, $1.25. G. P. Putnam's Sons. New
York City.
Dr. Hale had the rare privilege of a
week's stay at the White House, Wash
ington, D. C, where he had abundant op
portunity to observe President Roosevelt
from morning to night. He has recorded
these intimate impressions of the Presi
dent, within the limits of 153 pages, and
the result is', I think, the newest and
most graphic story of the President that
has yet appeared. It is an historical doc
ument of more than ordinary value.
Dr. Hale wlshes.it to be clearly un
derstood that the President is in no sense
and to no degree whatsoever responsible
for any statement, sentiment, or opinion
that appears in the book.
On page 110 appears this reference to
United States Senator Bourne, of Oregon:
Senator Bourne of Oregon has been in
again today and finds it difficult to get
the President's eye. . . . Half a dozen
eallera are disposed of. Senator Bourne at
last geta a few words. - "Mr. Bonaparte will
see you. Senator. Yes, I have talked with
him. See him for yourself. When? Verj
soon, I should think. In the next day or
two. He was very reluctant about It. I
doubt If he is willing. But he will talk
with you." And the Senator- from Ore
gon is pulled along by means of a hand
shake, and tbe next in line takes his place.
'There are nine excellent photographs
shown.
Tbe Small Country Place. By Samuel T.
Maynard. One hundred Illustrations.
Price, $1.00. J. B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia. .
Appropriately enough presented in a
book cover of green, showing a country
house, trees, and grass.
The writer of this" handsomely appear
ing book of 320 pages is professor of bot
any and horticulture at the Massachu
setts Agricultural College, and is bot
anist and pomologiet to the Massachu
setts State Board of Agriculture. His
opening statement is one which most
folks will agree with: "The ideal place to
live is In the country, even though one's
business is in the city."
The general subjects Slscussed are: The
suburban home; remodeling and improv
ing old buildings; building new bouses;
decoration of home grounds; lawn and
flower garden; family garden; fruit grow
ing; pears, peaches, quinces, plums, apri
cots and nectarines; grapes; bush fruits;
market gardening; poultry , keeping;
dairying: the family horse and bees, and
the monthly calendar.
The illustrations are first class and the
whole book is on such a superior plane
that It ought to have a ready sale.
The Princes Dchra. By John Reed Scott.
Illustrated in color. J. B. Lippincott Com
pany, Philadelphia.
Mr. Scott's previous novel, "The
Colonel of the Hed Huzzars," proved to
be a popular success, having reached
the dignity of 11 editions. In this new
novel we again meet the same char
acters that made "The Colonel of the. v
Red Huzzars famous. The plot con
cerns the death of Frederick, King: of
Valeria, and a contest between the
Archduke Armand, the American, and
the Duke of Lotzen for the vacant
crown. The Princess Dehra is also a
prize. The newer novel has the clash
of awords, working of plot and sub,
plot and all the elements of a blood
pulsing romance.
Delilah of tho Snows. By Harold Bindloss".
Price, $1.50. Frederick A. Stokes Cora
t pany. New York City.
Has the ring of the frozen North in it,
and tells of hardy frontier people in the
Klondike largely made known by Jack
London and Rex Beach.
Walter Ingleby is an exile because of
his championship of popular rights, and
with a partner, who is a Socialist leader.
Paderewski's.Epoch-Making Tour
With the Weber Piano Sets New
High-Water Mark for Artistic
Achievement 2 Financial Success
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places It was necessary to lilace seats on the stage. At many concerts hundreds
were turned away and often the house was sold out days in advance of his appearance.
EN0RM0CS PROFITS TO MANAGEMENT
The total financial returns of the tour mounted high in the six figures, and the .
management is said to have more than doubled the tremendous amount guaranteed
to the great Pole, which at the time startled even America, many predicting serious
loss. He drew, unaided by other attraction, $6400 in one rfecital alone (at Denver).
Invariably there was a demand for a return engagement. Such great auditoriums
as Carnegie Music Hall. New York, were packed to hear Paderewski play time and
time again. The audiences that gathered to hear him were drawn, not by curiosity,
but by a sincere desire to hear the world's master of the piano play music only as
Inimitably and irresistibly as he can play it. - -
From an artistic standpoint the tour was as notable as in other ways. Such a
wave of unanimous critical approval has never op to this time swept over a pianist,
or. for that matter, a singer either. The critics from Portland. Me., to San Francisco
agreed that time has only improved Paderewski's art; that his hold upon audiences
is more phenomenal than ever; that no other pianist has equal facility in swaying
and enthralling immense gatherings of music lovers by the witchery of his playing.
. . CONSCIENTIOUS AND PAINSTAKING
In this connection It is interesting to note that Paderewskl does not take advan
tage of his enormous popularity by slighting his auditors. Each day he enters into
tbe spirit of his art with an enthusiasm which shows his appreciation and gratitude
for the public's worship at his shrine. His performances in such little towns as
Salfna, Kan.; Allentown, Pa., and Joplin. Mo., were as conscientious, as perfect, as
finished, as delightful, as when he played in the metropolitan centers of New York,
Boston and Chicago, when seated before him were eminent critics, musicians and
brother artists. Loyalty to his public is one of Paderewski's dominant traits.
He never rushed through a performance, ignored insistent demands for encores,
or allowed trivial but annoying incidents to ruffle his equanimity or mar his playing.
. But here are some con
Modern Weber Grand Piano, (1150. the
ment ox pianoxorto building.
he goes North to hunt for gold. Most "of
the scenes are snow and ice-bound, and
suggest a Cool atmosphere peculiarly
agreeable to readem sweltering on a
warm July day. The novel entertains,
and has the true Bindloss swing and ac
tion. The Girl and the "Came. By, Jesse Lyncli
Williams. Illustrated. Price. $1.50. Charles
Scribner's Sons. New York City.
In all 17 stories and talks of college
life, principally affecting athletics and
sundry events calculated to stir things
up at institutions of learning. The
best story in the series is the first
one, in which Billy,, a big football
guard, and Ann, his best girl, are the
two chief actors. All the stories give
good advice and are clean. .Humor is
not forgotten, either. A seasonable book
to give to a youth thinking about en
tering college. The author finishes with
a thought from the song, "The Year's
at the Spring": "There is a good God
in Heaven, and all's well with the
world."
Paul the Mystic. By James M. Campbell.
Price. $1.50. . P. Putnam's Sons, New
York City. .
Many lines of St. Paul have appeared,
but this study of the great apostle
differs from all others In bringing for
ward the mystical element In his re
ligious experience and in his teaching.
Mysticism is in the air at the present
time, and it is interesting to know
that St. Paul was once within its in
fluence. "St. Paul was first of all a
poet," states Dr. Campbell, "who writes
with the exuberant imagination of a
true Oriental, often sublimely Indiffer
ent to logical sequence, and displaying
a subtlety of thought incomprehensi
ble to the mere textual critic."
South America on the Ere of K mancipa
tion. By Dr. Bernard- Moses. Price. $1.5v
G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York City.
Interesting historical pictures of the
eighteenth century, illustrating the
condition of Spanish colonies In South
America on the eve of the revolution
which gave them independence. The
story is told in 14 chapters, in which
many patriotic lessons ar,e drawn. Dr.
Moses belongs to the faculty of the
University of California, and his book
does justice to his scholarship and
skillful grouping -of facts.
Paid sin miL By Eugene Walter. Illus
trated. - G. W. Dillingham Company, New
York City.
This story of modern, industrial Amer
ican life Is novelised from the play of
that name by John W. Harding, and the
illustrations are from scenes In the play.
It starts with a strike of the longshore
men of the Latin-American Steamship
Company, of New York City, and bristles
with lurid action all the way through of
a kind warranted to please even the most
enthusiastic garrery patron. The end is
terrific, depicting the suicide of Brooks.
The Early Bird.' By David Nutt, London,
England.
At what hour should you retire to
lcep, and awake, daily? This help
ful little book of "rood advice counsels
that you should not only awaken, but
Ignace Jan Paderewskl. greatest of
living pianists. . has returned to Europe
after the most phenomenally successful
tour of this country ever made by an
artist. It was a sweeping triumph, arous
ing greater enthusiasm drawing larger
audiences and appealing to a wider mus
ical public than has yet characterized
the tour of any pianist or singer. This,
too. In face of the fact that Rubinstein.
Jennv Lind. PattI and others are among
the magic names of celebrities who have
made tours of -America. Playing the
Weber piano. Paderewski's success eclipsed
them all. It was in every sense an epoch
making event in the world of music.
Beginning in New England, the great
Polish pianist and composer" played al
most continuously out to the Pacific
Coast, then down almost to the Mexican
border and up through the North. Every -where
he was greeted by audiences
which filled halls and theaters, breaking
all former records -for receipts, arousing
his auditors to scenes of tumultuous ap
preciation, in many cities the stage be
ing stormed by those who had listened
enthralled to his marvelous playing and
had demanded and secured innumerable
encores.
Financial depression In many commun
ities which affected other amusement and
artistic atttractions had no efrecc upon
the Paderekski tour. The public seemed
afire with a determination to hear him
play. In Boston and other cities Btudents
formed In line and waited for hours until
the box office o'nened. while in some
crete facts regarding this
unprecedented and phe
nomenally success ful
tour:
Paderewski was heard
by no less than 250,000
Tersons from the time he
began his tour m Bridge
port, Conn., in -November.
1907. until the final
New York engagement in
May. 1908. He played in
93 concerts, the original
number of bookings hav
ing been enlarged-by the
demands of the public.
Fifteen of these concerts
were played with orches
tras, while the rest were
recitals. He traveled
35.000 miles, .iourneying
from Vancouver and
Victoria in the North
west to Albuquerque. N.
M.. in the South, and
from Portland. Me., to
San Francisco,
A $10,000 CONCERT
The maximum number
of concerts played in a
single week . was six.
when the following cities
heard the great Polish
pianist play: New York.
Brooklyn. Philadelphia.
Washington. Baltimore
and Boston. Four ap-'
pearances a week were
the average. He ap
peared four times In
Chicago, twice with the
Theodore Thomas Or
chestra and twice in re
cital; four times in' Bos
ton, twice with the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra
there and twice in recit-'
al, and five times In New
York, At one of the New
highest develop
arise in Summer at 5 A. ,M. and Win
ter at 6 A. M., and gives as & parting
hint that one hour's sleep before mid
night is worth two hours after. All
of which is well, and is especially di
rected to everybody except night work
ers in newspaper offices, who are a law
unto themselves.
J. M. QUENTIN.
IN LIBRARY AXD AVORKSltOP
New books received: "The Profligate,"
by Arthur Homblow, $1.50 (Dillingham);
"Nature Study." by "Frederick L. Holts
(Scribner's): "The Greater Love," by Anna
McClure, Sholl, $1.,"0 (Outing Publishing
Company): "The Philosophy of the Spirit,
by Dr. Horatio W. , Dresser. $2.50 (Put
nam): "Four Plays for Children." by John
Jay Chapman, $1 (Moffat, Yard & Co.)
.
These ,books were received through tbe
kindness of the J. K. Gill Company: The
Profligate; Nature Study: The Girl and the
Game; A History of the Ancient Egyptians;
Paid In Full: The Cobbler Delilah of the
Snows: Tho Princess Dehra; Why Worry?
The Philosophy of the Spirit; Paul, tho
Mystic; South America on the Eve of Eman
cipation; The Small Country Place; A Week
In the White House.
Not for a long time has one read such a
thrilling Western atorv of a bad man as
"Billy the Kid." In this month's Pacific
Monthly. It's by William MacLeod Raine
and Is so good that it ought to be a West
ern classic. Peter Robinson continues his
series. "Great Actors of Old San Francisco."
and John Fleming Wilson makes good in a
curious race-study, "The Restoration of
Zlon." The editor of the Pacific Monthly
announces that with the September number
he will begin the publication of a new story
by Jaack l.ondon, entitled "Martin Eden,"
for which the management of the magazine
is stated to have paid $7000. That's going
some.
Rosy-Cheeked
RAYMOND, "Wash., April 2R. (Special.)
In a little old log cabin on the
banks near the head of North River,
far' remote from civilization. Uvea a little
old woman and her adopted daughter.
Mrs. Charles McDonald, who ha Just
celebrated her 116th birthday, was born on
the banks of the Hudson, In the year
1792. To look at the picture you would
scarcely believe that she was an old
woman at the outbreak of the Civil War.
Over 100 years ago she was a rosy -cheeked
girl, playing on the banks of the blue
Hudson. She spent her girlhood days
there and saw the trial trip of Bobest
Fulton's first steamboat; she remembers
when the country rang with the pfaise of
General George Washingtont she remem
bers "the War of 1812 an.d recalls most of
the principal events that have taken place
during her life time. Mrs. McDonald talks
Intelligently upon the topics of the day.
She says Roosevelt has made the best
President since Washington, but admits
that he is wise in not accepting the nom
ination for another term. The latter-day
inventions, such as 'automobiles, wireless
York concerts appearing with
Jlnie. Mareella Sembrich. also a
Pole, a $10,000 house greeted them.
He also played with the Minneapo
lis and the Pittsburg orchestras.
Probably the most popular num
ber was. his own "Minuet." the)
.-ogue of which in this country sur
prised him greatly, for. while he
knew it was in some demand, he
had no Idea that It la oi.
iiJi'W V1.5, " America, even in the smallest towns. Whenever Paderewskl
;. ltr"i' the owning notes of the "Minuet" the audience Invariably ap
?IH At tn? end of tne number, which Paderewskl plays with unusual
teeiing and tender expression, the plaudits were torrllic.
IN AN IMPROVISED HALL
Probably the most enthusiastic scenes In the Paderewski iour were
those on the Pacific Coast, where the halls were not large enough to ac
commodate the crowds. In San Francisco a canvas dressing-room had been
erected in a room ofT the stage, and after the last number the crowd made
a rash for the pianist. Cheering wildly, thev gathered about the canvas
house and a turbulent scene followed. It finally renulred the aid of the po
lice to rescue him from his admirers. Music students In Boston. Toronto,
Los Angeles and other cities seemed to go wild over Paderewskl. The re
ception he received at Leland Stanford University was one of the many
magnificent tributes paid him.
WEBER SHARES IMMENSE SUCCESS
Sharing in Paderewski's success was the Weber piano, which he used
In all of his concerts and which brought out everv bit of feeling and ro
mance in his playing. The broad depth of tone, the puritv and sweetness
of each note, the unlimited resources of this famous instrument were never
more impressed upon the public than when played bv this great, artist.
Upon deciding again to tour America Paderewski spent considerable
time in choosing the instrument upon which so much would depend in
making the visit here an artistic success. He was besiege'd by many an
enterprising piano maker to play his particular make of Instrument. He
selected the Weber because it dellghter him and he felt confident that It
would answer every demand. The selection quickly turned out to be a wise
one. and gave the pianist much satisfaction. During the tour he lost no
opportunity to praise the instrument which was doing him such splendid
service, and to express his delight with the remarkable manner, under his
gifted fingers. In which It responded to his moods, whether in plavtng for
tissimo passages, which reflect tragic and powerful emotions, or in the
finely attuned moments when it Is required to bring out -sweet and sym
pathetic movements in a score. Ellers Piano House here has a number of
letters from him In which he expressed his deep and sincere admiration
for the Weber.
The Weber piano used In Portland was used in 40 concerts, another in
26 concerts. In addition Paderewski had a Weber upright In his private
car. on which he practiced assiduously. Frequently he has remained seated
at a piano ten hours a day and sometimes even longer, for he believes a
pianist must grow artistically by constant work.
Eight persons comprised his entourage and they lived permanently in
his car. even in the big cities. All of the artist's bodilv comforts were
looked after by experts, and his chef was the best known in the entire
Pullman service.
BUYS A 56000 LOT IN SEATTLE
That Paderewski was pleased with the remarkable series of ovations
accorded him Is but natural, and he has a great admiration for the Ameri
can people. While in Seattle a residence tract struck his fancy while
driving in the Capitol Hill section, and he bought it. He saw much of
American cities, and contracted the automobile habit while here. Next
year he may return and play again. For years to come the tour of Pader
ewski will be remembered by musical historians. The record of triumphant
success made will be hard to equal. ,
Weber Pianola Piano with Metrostyle and Themodlst for which Pader
ewski has marked nearly 40 rolls
Books Added to Library
The following books at the Public Library
will go into circulation July 6:
BIOGRAPHY.
Johnson Stephen A. Douglas: a tudy in
American politics. 1908.
Mauclair August Rodin, the man, his
Ideas, his works; tr. by Clementina Black.
1905.
Palmer The lite of Alice Freeman Palm
er. 1908.
Watson Napoleon ; a Bketch of his life,
character, struggles and achievements. 1906.
FICTION.
Marshall Exton manor.
Wolf stein Idyls of the Gats.,
FINE ARTS.
Gil man Debussy's Pelleas t Mellsande.
1907.
HISTORY.
,Bfrt Elizabethan religious settlement; a
study of contemporary documents. 1907.
Denny Pioneer days on Puget Sound; d.
by Alice Harriman. 190S.
PHILOSOPHY.
Beers A mind that found Itself; an auto
biography. 1908.
Fairbanks First philosophers of Greece.
1907.
Flammarion Mysterious psychic forces;
an account of the author investigations in
psychical research, together with those of
Other European savants. 1907.
RELIGION.
Strong The next great awakening. 1902.
SOCIOLOGY.
Flsk International commercial policies,
with special reference to the United states;
a text-book. 1907.
Hyslop Democracy; a study of govern
ment. 3 809.
Sumner Folkways; a study of the socio
logical Importance of usages; manners,
customs, mores and morales. 1907.
ITBEFUL ARTS.
Johnstone The horse book; a practical
Girl One Hundred Years Ago
SEE ILLtSTHATION ON FIRST PAGE.
telegraphy and all the latest improve
ments, are not amazing to Mrs. McDonald.
She has seen so many things come truo
that she believes nothing impossible. In
fact, she predicts that within the next
decade passenger transportation by water
and rail will be a thing of the past.
Steam will be supplemented by electricity
or some other, at present unknown,
power. And Mrs. McDonald goes still
farther in her statements, declaring that
the chemical action of different mineral
substances will be all that is necessary
to revolve machinery. She believes that
perpetual or voluntary motion is possible
and will be discovered within the next
few years, doing away with the burning
of all kinds of fuel. She also contends
that aerial navagation will never be a
success until this discovery, and all
money expended in this direction will be
a total loss. Speaking about her health.
Mrs. McDonald says that she has taken
no medicine In the last 100 years. She
attributes her present good health to her
simple way of living, remembering that
people get sick because they do not know
how to take proper care of themselves,
eating what does not agree with them
Modem Weber Art Piano, 1MK.
recently sold to one of Portland's
magnificent homes.
treatise on the American horsd breeding in
dustry as allied to the farm. 190S.
Kenyon Spanish commercial correspond
ence, with exercises, notes and vocabulary.
1907.
Mechnikov-The prolongation of life; op
timlstio studies. 1908.
OPERAS.
Sullivan Yeomen of he guard; or. The
Merryman and his maid, written by W. S.
Gilbert, arrangement for pianoforte by J.
H. Wad&worth, n. d.
Verdi Falstaff; com media lirica tn$ tre
atti di Arrigo Bo I to, opera completa, rldu
zione dl Carlo Carignanl. 1S03.
PIANO COMPOSITIONS.
Bach Inventions, In two and thre- parts,
n. d.
Bach Preludes.
Mac Do well Piano collection. 3v.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Kiavier compos! -tionen
herausgegeben von Rob. Fishhof. n. d.
Rubinstein Op. 70; concerto No. 4 in D
Minor, n. d.
SONGS.
MacDowell Songs.
Neyin -Songs. 3v.
Schubert Songs, wtih pianoforte accom
paniment, 7v.
Schumann Songs, 3v.
SYMPHONIES.
Schubert Symplionie fur orchoster; ar
rangement fur das pianoforte zu vier handen
n. d.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFERENCE
DEPARTMENT.
Stevens, comp. The copper handbook.
V. T-
"The Studio" year-book of decorative art.
1908.
Thompson Cost, capitalization and esti
mated value of American railways: an an
alysis of current fallacies. Ed ... 190&
U. S Controller of the currency. Digest
of National bank decisions. 190S.
and taking little or no outdoor exercise.
Mrs. McDonald claims that to be tem
perate In all things is the secret to a
long and happy life. Few of us have any
conception of so long a lapse of time.
During her life she has retired to bed
upwards of 40,000 times, spent upwards of
320,000 hours in slumber, prepared and
eaten over 120,000 meals; digested at least
SO tons of food and has drank enough
water to float a good-sized schooner. Mrs.
McDonald spends most of her time at her
spinning wheel, which, like herself, be
longs to an almost forgotten time. Every
garment that she wears, as well as nearly
every piece of fabric in her humble home.
Is home-spun goods, the work of her own
hands.
"Phlloaopbx of tbe Angler.
Charles c. Mullin In Ivlpplncott'a.
The angler angles all day long;
Tn fish bite mighty fast.
He grimly baits his hook until
He's up against the last.
Then, cursing, he reels in his line
And rises te his feet;
For of all tbe bites he's had today.
There' not one bit to eat.