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A Utile Brather erf the Rich. by Joseph
Meolll Patterson Illustrated. Ths Kellly
Brltton Co., Chicago. III.
Highballs. cocktails, manicures, mas
Kurs, chauffeurs, lata hour, brandy and
enria. Jewels. Farls on. chorus girls,
cigarettes, how- to-get-rlrh-wtthout-work-Inn,
gambling, and a few other odd and
ends!
International Intermit will surely be
centered on this novel ot what Mr. Pat
terson calls America's "rotten rich." It
Is not only an eye-opener and shocker,
but a sensational Socialistic document
declaring war against Insolent corporate
wealth and the money-at-any-prloe Wall
street. Idle rich, gamblers and the
. stage all feel the lash of the cat-o'-nine
' tails. Most of the society women pic
tured In it belong to New York's ultra
rich set. and live only to gratify their
1 animal passions. Their one cry to their
husbands Is: "Money. Give us morn:"
And their husbands are walking saloons.
. In the presence of whom a barnyard hog
ought to be considered clean. Married
women have their lovers, and married
men their light-o'-loves.
The author of this brimstone story,
Joseph Medlll Patterson, was born In
Chicago. 111.. 29 years ago. is the son ot
Robert TV. Patterson, editor of the Chi
cago Tribune, and his grancitatner. J"- '
seph Medill. founded that newspaper- He
Is the educative product of Oroton
School. Mass.. where the Roosevelt
bovs are preparing for college, and
Tale, where he graduated In 1901 and
Is husband of the daughter of Harlow
W. Hlgginhotham. former partner of
Marshall Field, and one of the richest
men of Chicago. It will also be recalled
that Mr. Patterson recently announced
himself as a convert to Socialism and
what he calls "the social revolution."
The novel starts with country banking
and Tale, and In describing the latter
Mr. Patterson may possibly have drawn
on hi" own collegiate experience at Yale.
The "L.lttl Brother of the Rich" is Paul
Potter, a big. strong Tale athlete who
had paid his way through college aa a
servitor for patrician students, who af
teward took him Into their social set.be-
, rause of his athletic achievements. He
Is engaged to marry Miss 8ylvla Castle,
daughter of a country banker, but when
the girl's father dies an embezzler and
almost penniless. Paul's love cools for
Miss Sylvia. His particular college
chums are three rich drunken young
men Carl Wilmerding. I-assiter Ellis and
William Ingraham Pucroix Dunbar, the
latter being known to his classmates of
Yale as "Boozy Hilly." Paul waa more
than Interested In Mrs. Dick Bver. a
vivacious New Yorker whose Pomeran
ian spaniel's ears were adorned with
pearl earrings.
Potter goes to try Ms hand at ram-
. Ming In Wall street, and Is aided by the
Tlch young men who took lilm in their
set at college, and he starts at a aalary
of $2500 per year to sell stocks on mar
gin. In Ave "years he is made a partner
of the firm he serves, and his income Is
I5,rti0 s. year. Once Taut Tislts a Mr.
Monk, a rich man In Boston, who thinks
he ia an art patron and scholar, and
suddenly Out Shoots this Socialistic flash:
"And In his mills in 8outh Carolina on
that am scorching June day, In the
mills which Mr. Monk entered not over
once or twice a year. 2rt children were
burning out their little lives In ordef that
hi pslma might be softly whits and that
he might play with Chaucer."
In conversation with his friend WII
merdlng. Potter learns that many people
of the rich set take drugs.
Sulphons.17 Lit of people take It." smld
Wllmerdln "Anita does and Muriel has
for rears wherever she couldn't sleep. It
never hurt them a hit. I'm Just as set
against drug as J"; but more people than
von would guess use It and don't seem to go
under Look at Billy Pnnbar. I can't se
that hs's a bit worse off. He doesn't drink
nearly as much as he used to. and he doesn't
make an a.s of himself halt as often. Then
again. Alatre'e wife has been dojng It for
years and everybody knows It. . . She
affects languor, dreamy eyes, world weary
and all that sort of thing noaday. It
takes two maids to keep ber tidy, though."
Faul poured filmself out a whisky and
soda.
Svlvia trie work In A Chicago depart
ment store, where her Weekly salary Is
P and often less, and her weekly ex
penses nearly tl. So she flies to the
stage. Fays one chorus girl to another:
"Why don't I get along In the ptofes
nlon? I sing better and dance better than
pft per cent of those who are striding
past me."
'Because, my dear." cornea the an
swer. "In this business, nothing la given
for nothing."
Potter marries a divorced woman who
is a spender and who ought to have lived
in Rome under Nero and moralizes about
the stage. Blanche, an ex-choru girl,
thus enlightens him:
Well. It's you and other men that make
girls wear tights. Girls don't wear them
for the fun of It. but because you men pay
them to. And they've got to have money
to live on. You pay a gtrl $S to stand up all
dav and sell goods, and $1S a week to wear
tights Let me tell you one thing. Mr. Man.
fr I had to do It over again I'm If I'd
ever go to store work at all I'd light out
straight for the, etage. Ton pay ua three
tunes as much for showing euf llmbi a fof
selling your wives hardware.
Carl Wilmerding IV. tire of spending
money without atint. hafes hie wife,
keepe up another household Where he it
known as Mr. Chester, and at hie fe.
ther'a bidding goes back to aeml-reepect-abillty.
But he 1 tired of the grind and
says:
Its "getting pretty tiresome, game old
people, same old food and same old boose:
same old bridge, same old racket: same old
staying up all night: same old horrible,
deadly, changeless boredom. I've teat Inter
est. It's all over with' me. Inside of me.
Nothing matters much, anyway: at least,
nothing around here. I don't even rive a
d n any longer how. much that man Alsire
hangs around the bouse, nor how much
people laugh at me for It. Do you know,
I seriously think of chucking It all. every
thing, and going back to Blanche and
marrying her. Anita'd marry Alalra now.
Sylvia turns out to be an actress of
International celebrity, and -after yeans,
when she and Potter meet, ahe flnda that
he is unhappy, principally because this
Is hie wife's attitude: "You are only a
VUvy-a-year-man. Why aren't you a
2on.ooo-a-year-man, like my ex-husband?
T need the money to spend." Sylvia and
Paul discover that they love each other,
and the reader wonder if the novel ia
to ring false by marrying these two,
somehow? Mr. Patteraon obligingly kills
Mrs. Potter In an automobile accident,
and really It looks as if Paul Potter,
widower, would marry the sweetheart of
his youth. But it is wisely planned dif
ferently. Potter advances the wife-writh-out-marrlage
Idea, and Sylvia ultimately
drives him from her as a voluptuary, aay--
lng:
Tou lire uselessly. The world were bet
ter without you. Ton should be swept away,
you and those like you. You add not one
lot of knowledge, or health., or virtue to the
world, and yet. by the skillful, crooked
tricks of your vicious trade you have filched
from It ease, emolument, respect, luxury and
power, and you sit above the reet of us,
drawing sway In your hideous pride that you
may not be contaminated by our touch.
So, Potter of Wall atreet passe Into
outer darkness to marry the only daugh
ter of a rich brewer, while Sylvia's fu
ture i well assured.
"My life is a lie, a poisonous blunder,
a soul destroyer," confesses the voluptu
ary, "but It's too late to change. I am
nearly 40 years old. Yes, I'm a
nulllr. Good-bye."
New edition for 100 of Webster's Interna
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In the army of the American Revolu
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the mingling of the honored New Eng
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Among the specially Valuable fea
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Right and Riches. By Charles. O. McCsa
land. Price, 81.30. The Y.11bur Publish
ing Company. Paaadena. Cal.
A thoughtful book on eoonomica. re
markable for its optimism, easily un
derstood propositions and number or
query marks. It is the work of Charles
r-o.i.r,H of Pasadena. Cal., who
seems Impelled by a strong love for
humanity. In the kernel, his way-out
to make this world again the scene of
the golden age of happiness i the ex
tinction of the right of private Proper
ty on almost the confiscatory lines laid
down by the late iienry ucumr.
Mr McCaaland starts out by show
ing that the benefits of this world are
unequally distributed and also pictures
the suffering- Induced by lack of em
ployment. Insufficient wages, the rent
or tenement system, and what we call
poverty. Ho presents the solution or
the Socialist on the one hand and that
of the individualist on the other, and
points out the errors of both. The
importance of true capital is empha
sized, without which, he thinks, labor
would be nonexistent. At the same time
A Soclllstlc ring creeps Into hi teach
in. For Instance, he writes:
To whom does Boston Common belong?
1 ho Ifirtlvldtlsla who landed on Ply
mouth Reek and died centuries ago? No;
to ever Inhabitant e.f visitor of Boston
whenever or wnerevsr bom. To whom does
Toeemlte belong? To whom doe New York
CHy rlghtfullv heieng? To every American,
native or adopted: to society, and society
does iiM mean part of the people, but all
of the eopl at all time.
This 1 nothing less than A plea for
the single tax.
A declaration from President Rdose
velt is quoted as to the trumped-up
elAlm te, water needed 16 Supply one
of our ultles: "The rights of a great
city to a supply of water, transcend the
supposed rights of any corporation." A
protest is made against the common
method of rating values .merely fcy the
dollar mark, rating things hy which
they will bring on the market. Instead
of what they mean In comfort, health,
happiness and human life.
It Is urged that th Ideal Of eco
nomics 1 ih complete elimination of
hindrance to the plenteous supply " of
the Wholesome desire of all. While
th relative importance 6f labor 18 com
monly exaggerated, says our author,
capital has a hundredfold the product
ive effect of labor and henee the rela
tively greater Importance of Its proper
reward. He also argues that the dis
couragements against jlhe accumulation
and conversion of wealth Into product
ive capital, la the vital cause of our
Industrial trouble.
Christianity and economics are
thought to be inseparable, and a
knowledge among; the people of the
economics Jesus taught Is a better
guarantee of peace than navies and
forts for "leva is the fulfilling of the
law.-
Here is Mr. McCaelaAd'S most Shining
thought, toward the close of his book:
The eomwand "Then shall teve thy neigh
bor aa thyself" In Its fulthest means the
ultimate elimination of private property, fof
when we do love our neighbor aa ourself w
cannot then wish Id hinder or deprive blm
of what Is good. It means Christian social
ism. All christian prlnolple of brother
hood, all true toonomld science, converge
toward the one perfect economic ideal, the
complete elimination of hindrance to use
which la the basis of private property.
The Standard Concert Guide. By George t.
I pton. Price, 1.TA. A, G. McClurg A
Co.. Chicago, and th J. JL Gill Company,
Portland.
Those not acquainted With the sci
ence of music, but who can appreciate
a high-class concert, will find In this
conveniently arranged volume A Safe
guide to thoroughly understand more
about composers, symphony, symphonic
poem, oratorio, Arid cantata. The text
is not technical, but each attraction IS
alphabetically arranged, and what is
written will make you drink in the In
spiration from the next concert you
attend.
Many of the operas, long, et., of.
these composers are explained: Bach,
Beethoven. Benedict, Bennett, Berlins,
Brahms, Bruch, Bruckner, Buck, Cord
er, Costa, Cowen, Dvorak. Elgar, Foote,
Franck, Gade. Goetz, Ooldmark, Gou
nod, Bandel, Hatton, Haydn, Hofmann,
Leslie, Liszt, MacFarren, Mackenzie,
Massenet, Mendelesohn, MoSftrt, Paine,
H. W. Parker, J. C. tK Parker, Parry,
Raft, Randegger, ftheinbergef. Rom
berg;, Rossini, Rubinstein, Haiht-Paens,
Schubert, Schumann. Finding, Smart,
Spohr. Stanford, Stratlss. Bulllvsn,
Tchalkovaky, Verdi, Volkmatt, Wag
ner, Weber.
Pictures of these composers are Also
given: Bach, Beethoven, Benedict, Ben
nett, Berlioz, Brahms. Bruch, Brnckder,
Buck. Corder. Costa, Cowen,- Dvorak,
Elgar, Foote, Franck, Gade, Goeta,
Volkmann, Romberg, Goldmark, Gou
nod, Handel, Novello, . Mara, Haydn,
Lloyd, Hofmann, Leslie, Liszt, Mac
Farren, Mackenzie, Massenet, BarthOl
dy. Mozart, Paine, the Parkers, Parry,
Raff. Randegger. Rheinberger, Roeslnl,
Rubinstein, Saint - Saens, BcHubert,
Schumann, Slnding. Smart, Spohr, Stan
ford, Strauss, Sullivan, Tchaikovsky,
Verdi, Wagner and Weber.
In the appendix the modern orches
tra Is described, and a list of the most
prominent musical organizations In
this country is given. I observe with
regret that Portland, Or., la not on the
list. Other place are mentioned,
places with not one-quarter our popu
lation. The Realm of Light, hr rrerk Hatneld.
Reld publishing Co., Boston. Mass.
Now 4hd then a strange, prose-poem
novel Stands out from among the stories
of the year. One of those original, poetld
Offeringe Is "The Realm of Light."
It is highly creditable to it author
srid ought to to of permanent value. It
gives the life story of Frank Hatfield, his
chum Torn, and a supposed Hungarian
named AdolpB Hum, wbo-all Inft, town
In thd Middle west tr proceed to the In
terior Of the west Coast of Africa to
search for a lost people of double Color,
very" tail, posleeslng immense treasure
and A strange power over life who re
Sided oh A great mountain which arose
out of a hot sea
The Journey hither tells of romafitia
experiences. Something like those related
in Bulwer Lytton'S "The Coming Race"
and Rider Haggard'S "King Solomon'
Mine." The strange land sought for by
the explorer is found, nd turnSt out to
be Sn Island named Zoela. The 'people,
who are highly elvlllsed, appear to live
In an Utopian land, the dreamland of So
cialism. Their average age is 2W year,
each prsoh. and their motive power
for rhorlng th machinery In their fac-1
toflefc M derived frOm solar energy. Their
life la a beautiful dream, one where gold
has no commercial value, where the Ufa
of ho Snlmal IS needlessly taken, and
where every person who must 'eat must
fid work Of some kind. The people sus
pect that they are of mixed Celestial ori
gin, and that their remote ancestor were
"the ton of God" mentioned in Gene
sis. Thef worship one Father, and
their fiAmd for JesuS Is Kesn.
Here Is A word picture of life in
US sd Son th AcScM avenue to a
isie netled amid t-lch foliage. Here and
there were clusters of riarriasu. camellias,
azaleas and other flowering plants. Wista
rias in full bloom, climbed the tall cy
presses and on ths emerald slopes rested the
Impalpable blue garments of the gentians.
On the lake black and white swans were
floating Above circled bright-robed birds,
carolling their Joy sometimes sporting on
the mirror surface, from which they tossed
aloft miniature cascades of Iridescent light.
The Zoellans only numbered 1.000.000
people, and they poaaessea one instru
ment, of the telescope family, by which
the moon was brought within 60 miles.
War and disease were hardly known,
and love ruled all.
Of courae, Hatfield and Tom. after
they had learned the Zoeian language.
fnnnH their afflnitieB in two maidens
in that atrange land. They marry, and
curious to note, return to the com
plexities of civilization, except Hum.
who turns out to be a descendant of
the Zoelas.
Now you see that the plot is a dar
ing one. don't you? It Is well and in
terestingly told, with a devout, relig
ious undercurrent. Here and there,
however, are portions of the story'
which betray the beginner.
The Wooing of Calvin Parks, by Laura E.
Richards. tl.SS. Dana. Estes & o..
Boston.
A delicloua tale of New England
life, filled with that "homey" atmos
phere and quiet, almost dry but with
a cackle at the end humor, for wjiich
Mrs. Richards" stories are noted. Cal
vin Parks' wooing, quaint taiK, ana
neighbors, and his pie are enjoyable
features of a' study type which, alas!
seems to fade away in the surge of our
National Americanism. And Calvin
is an original, good-to-know middle- ;
aged lover.
J. M. QUENTIN.
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IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
Artists, printers and bookbinder are now
placing the finishing touches on Chrlmmas
stories. . s
George Moore, the great novelist has Just ;
nnlBbed a new novel, the scene of which Is
laid in Dublin. Ireland It Is said that
every cailve of Dublin Is wondering If be,
or she. la In the plot.
The authorized bicgrsrhy of "' -Cleveland
is to be written by Dr. John , H. J.
president of the College of the thy of New
Y..rk It will be published under the title
"Life of Grover Cleveland."
The Musical Leader and Concert Goer says:
"Ella V,'beeler Wilcox is America's greatest
living poet. She says so herself so it tnt
be true " Thle criticism is hay. The poet
named 1 a vital force for saner, purer liv
ing. ...
The late Mrs. Houlton'. three
poitry. "Bwallow Flights." "In the Garden
of Dream "and "At the Wind s Will. . win
?l. Winter bs gathered In a f,
edition. Each one has sold
three combined will ptbably be in popular
demand. ... "
lhr-wlng his pes euMe;
"If I knew life," he cried,
"Then could I . M.
But when with knowledge w de.
Stained by life's pnrrle fruit.
Taking his pen one night
Lo. he was mute.
"The Poet," by Armin Trebor, In Apple-
" ...
Tnera will be special Interest In Helen ft
MaVtms ne'w novel. "Tb,
Role" as It Is announced that this dellne
ftoV of Pennsylvania pu.ch , llf. snd charac
ter has departed entirely from the field of
her rll.r successes. Te characters are of
the college and- ehuch circles of a small
Pennsylvania town; and the i "
first, last, and all the time a love story.
Otto H Bacber. the Amerleen artist snd
etcher knew intimately Vh1lcrthatmot
rgHi.,nSt.ynmWVennUeal ,'i'u, 'men'or
noS.hd.yr made toZi en n,'
cloth volume with reP'ntfcnP'apns
Whistler etchings, three V. hlst.er l''f1"(1
snd five Whietler letters and """J r
etchings and photographs by Mr. Bacher. win
Aw published In a few days
The first of a eerles of unusual covers in
f,m colorfapppear, In the current "umber
hVC Wter-pre-. and "icforlally. to the sport
if h. season-boating although carrrplng.
e.Mo bunting golf, motoring and other
HOTiHttSHi
to any men who Is Interested In getting "
from recreation that H possible. ,
Mr Ollbert Parker's new
V.rof 'way'; did" m tS-.-'Hnt
public favor. ...
. . i lha stlhfect
"The sisters or spj ,i it is
of a bgok e-n to be 'fTuTquan," nd
""""""m"' amied kid It "as undoubtedly
nr.al !?. "1CT..' ma more to damage him
r'".'' nf th. French people that his
interminable wars. ...
g veS ailtnentio Tier" It WSS
much XTT Sfst "eS after his
written In the pc- 8it 0ctob.r.
: ."d" 'Thatch, ' crown
evening 1 said: Trial is y . B
Ilfs-g work." He answered. It cams
moment.' " ...
tohn t.ane who reads the novels be pub-
S .nn'overvrh
mlteri.l views of human relationships. He
rrnVTowardTan ideal
vagnelv formulate and which develops Into
In Ideal love for a strange g Irl. Th-y marry
and live a peaceful, satisfactory life.
...
rUm- "Londoners
A Tendon Dowu,M .-
Oaraen may be glad to know that so
,",,"; , writer a. Allan Pea ha. been
;'pM hE pen on the career of this
tmpopular, but interesting King Jam"
IT and his Wives" is Mr. Fps's IndlratHe
tit!, and I understand that the "
n,.h has been left severely slone. 1 be
w7rkh sn8uldb be" an Interesting addition to
the ever-growing list of anecdotal and well
Illustrated books of history.
.
A work that will have early London pub
lication 1. "A cyclopaedic Dictionary, or
Hand-Lexicon of, Music." compiled by Dr.
Ralph Dun.tsn. It contain, explanations
of nearly 14.000 musical terms and phrases
6000 bio graph leal notices. M0 article, of
special length and Interest, and a vast
amount of abstruse and rarely accessible
information. It alms at being a compre
hensive and up-to-date compendium of
musical Information, a supplement to the
more expensive works of reference, and a
musical library for the musician.
...
Tou cannot afford to ridicule the whole
Some, restful effect of fiction upon a tired
intellectual mind, aften, the active tol s of
the day ars over. There's a very highly
educated man in Oregon whose Intellectual
Work is really leaving its Impress on the
Hues of thousands of people with whom he
come, in contact in this section of the
country, and when he goes tired out to his
home, .what do you think he takes to rest
his nerve force and as a sedative? Some
patent medicine with a fancy namef Cof
fee tobacco, or alcohol? No. Just elean
Action, wisely selected. I'm sorry I can t
tell this man' name.
What can b the matter with Stanley
Weyman? He thr-atens to stop writing rtc
tlon. aaying that his new novel The V. nd
Gf.e." will be hie lsst. This la hi mes-
""V have told all the tales I have to fell. I
should not care to go on writing till the
critics besan to hint that 1 repeating
mys-lf. and the public was beginning In feel
that It hsd had about enough of me. I on
s'tter I have be-n fortunate: crltl.s, publish
ers, th trabrtc have sll treated me well and
I am ot going to presume upon It. -I am
la; I have had a long run and would far
e.ener quit the stage now whilst I am still
Playing to a full house, than go on snd tire
the audl'nce .and ring the .curtain down at
bust on half-empty bem-hes.
The newest Shskespeare gospel Is
re-hed bv Dr. Peter A Ivor. who. in a
nook Just published at Hanover, and en
titled ' Das Neue Shskesreare-Evahg-llum.
endeavors to perSuade the world that all
the sn-ralled Shakespeare tragedies were
Written bv the Earl of Southampton and all
the comedies by the pari nf Rutland: but
that In order to escape political persecu
tion' these noble authors Induced a second
rate' Sctor William Shakespeare by name,
to assume responsibility for the plays, and
paid him well for this use of his name.
Rutland's claims to the authorship not only
of the comedies, but of all of the plays, have
already been defended by another tiTman
Shakespeare scholar. Professor Karl Breib
treu who ridicules this notion of a divided
authorship. "All for Rutland" is his motto;
nothing for Southampton, . nothing for
Shakespeare, nothing lor Bacon even, does
he allow. ...
In honor of the" Pope's golden Jubilee,
which w-lll occur in December, the first vol
ume of the monumental history of "The
Catholic Church In the United States of
America" has just appeared, bearing the
Imprint of the Catholic Editing Company,
of New York City. The work was under
taken two years ago with the approval of
his holiness, and Is Issued under the patron-
age or i araiow wwiwu,
nent prelates The first -volume, a Sr"'
folio of some 500 pages, sumptuously Illus
trated with over 100t photographs and en
graving., gives a history from the earliest
days of the religious orders and communi
ties within the I'nited States. It has been
prepared under the direct sanction of the
beads or the famous orders in Rome: the
work has been compiled by 116 able writers
of these different societies that are scattered
over the entire ration, and each contributor
has been especially assigned to the duty by
his reverend eupcrlor. The coming five vol
umes, beginning with Baltimore and N
York, and embracing the 14 Catholic prov
inces of the United States, will deal with the
secular clergy, and like the present volume.
In a different sphere, will cover every phase
of Tatholic life In the Republic: Churches,
missions, charities, education, literature, jour
nalism, eoclal life, clubs, etc.
...
I Elizabeth Bleland contrinutee to ine -"i"
American iteview a .,,.,i -.. -
Morals of the Modern Heroine. She eays.
"In the new and Intense self-consi-lousness
of women and of the men dominated by the
modern f. mir Inlsm, one of the oldest and most
Important facts of life Is in danger of being
obscured. The woman of our day. with
orly half a century of education, has eue
ceeded In stepping into a new pla ce upon the
human stage. She is eo new in this Place
that every eve la turned upon her " "
deavor to analyze and place hr
eral scheme of things. But. If she Is to be
placed apart from the higher Idealism, she
will have lost something for which all he
treasure-trove of liberty and tlor. will
be but amsll compensation. Tilth
c.lumnr and scorn that men have ' heapeu
upon women, they have yet kept her an Idea
Thv have treated h-r much a the I.alian
fisherman does the knaae of hie pstron Mint
he smack It when in a teener, bu "orshlpj
l" and loos, op to It as something better
than hlmrelf all the while. Now. an Ideal,
even when treated pretty roughly. Is a po
tent thing. It assimilates the "older
itself, as the green leaf turns a ch"m"'T
n Its own tint, snd sll th.t ws do snd are.
of the b-et. result from our contact with,
"ur value of. thst immediate jewel of our
souls. It IS sell that the capacity
aed development In a race rrtsy always be
"ted accurately by the race's attitude to It.
won-n Jlf Its Ideal of women is low snd
gross. Its genersl progres- Is !
Jm,, And this is Siva" true of the In
dividual. N-o one ever knew a really admira
ble men who thought badly of wJ"'". "J
the nature of a women Is euepected who
thinks meanly of her nm e.
Books Added to
the Library
The following books at the Public Library
Will go Into, circulation September 14:
Biography.
Colonna Vlttnrla Colonna, her
and her times, by Mrs. M. F. Jrrold inofl
Howard-My life and l,n,7Vrsonal
our hostile Indians; a record of personal
observations. lnT inoa
Ibsen Ibsen, by Edmund Goese. lwua.
Bouks in Foreign languages.
Fsrrre 1,'lls Inconntie. ,.
: Oorky (pseud.l Eln.t Im herbst; ansge
wahlte erzahlungen. ,... ...-
fjorky (psend ) In der Bteipe; ausge
wahlte ersahlungen,
Ls Bras Le gardlen do feu.
Description and Travel.
Bruce In the Footstep, of Marco Fold;
being sn acount of s Journey ov.rlnd from
Simla to Fokln. Iftnf.
Fiction.
Dean Travers; a story of the 9an Fran
cisco earthquake.
Howells Fennel and rue. , .
orrisThe Footprint and other sluires.
Vance The Black Bag.
Flue Arts.
Barber Td glazed pottery "J- t
UR- Enamelling: a comparative aeount
of the development and practice of tno
rpunc'arl-frhe house beautiful and useful.
18HoHsid Design fox schools. 1907. .
radereweki Piano works. 3 v. n. o.
Sullivan Patience; or Bunthorne s Bride,
Word by W. S. Gilbert. 1881.
History.
Foreman Russfl. on the Pacittc: and tha
Siberian Railway. 1W9.
Ladd In Corea with Marairls Ito. 190S.
literature.
Cairns Introduction to rhetoric. lftol.
Ryland Chronological outlines of Eng
lish literature. 3907.
rhilosophy.
r.ahody. ed. The liquor prrmlem: a
summsrv of Investigations conducted by
the committee of fifty. 1906.
Religion.
Aston Shinto; tha ancient religion of
Japnn. 19"7.
yield Heroes of missionary enterprise.
Hutchinson The Golden Porch; a book
of Oreek fairy tales. 1H0T.
grlnnce.
Ames Text-book of general physics, for
high schools and coljegfs. 1904.
Benedict Chemical lecture experiments
1CH
Brrant History, of astronomy. 1907.
Elliot The romance of envag ll'e. 1fn.
Heseler A Smith The essentials of chem
istry. 11102.
Martin The friendly stars.- WOT.
Sociology.
Bell -At the Works; a study of man
ufacturing town. 1W7.
Benedict Waifs of the Plum and Their
Way Out. ln7.
Falrlle Essays In municipal administra
tion. liKis. .
Hunter Socialists st work. 1908.
Useful Arts.
American School of Correspondence St
Armour Institute Highway construction; a
practical guide to modern methods of road
buil'tling. .
Gamble Straight talks on business. 1907.
Jones Notes on drainage; classroom,
field and laboratnrv exerci6ea for students
of land drainage. 10U.
Books Added to the Juvenile Department.
Aesop Hundert und acht Aaop'sche
fabeln fur die Jugend.
(Slbson In Eastern Wonderlands.
Grimm A Grimm -Household stories; tr.
by Lucy Crane and illustrated by B. H.
VTehnert.
Nugent New gSmes and amusements.
rr Mustnfs. the Egyptian Boy.
White A Smith South Africa today.
The Miser.
By George W. Cutter.
An old man sat by a tireless hparth.
Though the night was dark and chill,
And mournfully over the froxr-n earth
The vind sobbed loud and shrill.
His locks were gray, and ti is) eyes wefe gray,
And dim, but not with tears;
And his skeleton form had wasted away
With penury, mors than years.
A rush-light wse casting Its fttfuj glare
O'er the damp and dingy walls. ,
Where the llrard hath n'sde his slimy Jarr,
And the venomous spider crawls:
But the meanest thing in this lonesome room
We. the misr worn and here.
Where he sat like a ghoxt In an empty tomb
On his broken and only chair.
H had bolted the window and barred th
door.
And every nook had scanned.
And felt the fastening o'er and o'er.
With file cold and skinny hand;
And yet he set gaslng Intently mund, .
And trembled with silent fear.
And started and shudde-.1 at every sound
That fell on his coward sar.
1"He, hs!" laughed the miser, "I'm safe at
last
From this night so cold snd drear.
From the drenching rain sad driving blast,
With my gold snd treasures here,
f ' am cold and wet with the icy rain.
And my health is bad. 'lis true.
Tet if I should light that nro sgaln
It would cost me a cest or two.
"But I'll tsks a sip of ths pre-lous wine;
It will banish my cold snd fears;
It tvss given long since by a friend of mine
t have kept It for many years."
So he drew a flask from a mouldy nook
And drank of Its rubv tide.
And his eyes grew bright with each draught
he took.
And his bosom swelled with pride.
"Let me see; let m see!", said the miser
then.
" 'TIs somS sixty years or mors
Bln-e the happy hour when I began
To hesp up the glittering store:
And well have I spe'l with my anxious toll.
As mv crowded chest will show;
I've more than would ransom a kingdom's
spoil
Or an emperor could bestow.
He turned to an old. worm-eaten chest
nd cautiously rateed the lid.
And then It shone like the clouds of the
Wlfhthe sun In their splendor hid;
And gem after gem. in precious store.
Are raised with exulting smile.
And he counted and counted them o'er and
Inmany a glittering pile.
Why comes the flush to his pallid brow.
While his eyes like diamonds shine?
Whv writhes he thus In puh torture now?
What was there in the wine?
He strove his lonely seat to gain.
To crawl to his nest he tried.
But finding his efforts all in vain.
He clasped his sold, and-x-died.
Hunting in the Philippines
w S American man-o'-warsman who ,
j ' got shore leave in various PhH-
lppine ports and improved the
opportunity to hunt whatever game
was available sends to Fur Neus an
account of his experlencesl
In one afternoon he shot 53 snipes:
Another time he got 27 ducks In two
shots and there were two others
wourided; but the Moros. who tried
to retrieve, were afraid of alligators
and would not go after the birds.
' "I quit shooting that afternoon about
3 o'olock," he says, "and then I had
200 ducks and five hens, something
Ilk the mud hen In the States. I had
a bo and three-quarters left out of
four boxes of shells. The captain used
to go out every day and come back
at noon with fully 100 ttucks ana at
ways have Some shells left.
"We didn't shoot at the ducks that
were flying over ouf heads. We would
watch where they set. Sometimes
there would be a mud flat Or a pond
as big as 15 acre Just gray with ducks.
Then we would crawl up into the
weeds and fire into them. There
would he" lots of Wounded birds, but I
had two Moroa along to help me catch
and kill them.
"It's fun to see ths natives hunt
deef Ouf here. They have lots of small
cur dogs and each man has spear or
bold. When they get to where there
are deer they turn the doga loose, and
they soon play the deer out and hold
them till the natives come up and
spear them.
"Different tribes have different ways
of hunting, pome shoot them with
Bow arid arrows and some set fir tl
big plateaus and burn all the tall
grass doWh So the deer go in ravines;
then thsy stretch long lines alOng the
outside and put a net at one end.
Then they all go down there and chaso
the deer in the nets and spear them.
And some hunt them with horses.
"I think ths beet way to hunt deer
out here is with a bullseys light. Tou
can get within ten or 15 steps Of
them. I never Saw any one hunt def
with a light in Michigan or Wiscon
sin. Furthermore, I guess It. Isn't al
lowed. I always used number one
buckshot Out here for deer, which I
think i the best
"The deer out here start t6 feed
Just after dark, nd they cOme out 'to
feed on the young grass along tha
edges of the bamboo thickets;. If
pretty near Impossible to get a deer
out here without a bulfseye light be
cause in the daytime they stay in these
jungles, and In some places a man
can't see six feet ahead of him.
"I think the best hunting In th
Philippine Islands is on the Island of
Mindanao. It seemed as if In every
place we went around that island we
saw different kinds 6f pigeons snd
dove. I shot some white and soma
blue plgeona there fully as large- as
the big Oerman pigeons they have in
the ftate with those big bills.'
"The monkeys are plentiful out hers
In some places. I have stood along
the edges of the woods In the evening
picking poppies and seen as high as
25 monkeys on one tree. Wherever
there are lots of monks you generally
see the trees full of them In the morn
ing and evening.
"In the daytime when it la so- hot
they stay down on the ground in the
thick brush. I never oared to kill a
monkey. The natives out here eat
them.
I think the hardest thing to kill in
TIJE practice of filling cavities in
trees with cement has long been In
use, but when carried out along th usuai
lines, says the Cement Age," it only
serves to add to the original trouble. The
method ot sealing up the decayed section
simply increased ths decay. Many ex
amples may bt serti where ye berk at
the side of the cavity was covered by
the cement, no regard having been paid
to drainage or the subsequent healing of
the Wound. As the cement did not stick
to the wooci and the swaying ot the tres
by th wind often enlarged the crack be
tween the wood and the filling, water
penetrated behind the cement, and. decay
went on even more rapidly than before.
The tree grows In girth by the deposit
of a thin layer of new Wood between the
wood and the bark. There are three lay
ers In this coat "the middle one being
composed of thin forming tlssiues known
as the "cambium." Th inner side of this
layer forms new Wood, the outer new
bark. It 1 this hew layer and the layers
of the four or fiv previous years which
are known as the sap-wood, and form
the active section of the trunk and
branches. The cells of these Inner rings
are gradually covered by the yearly de-
posit of new growth, and from living
sapwood become hoartwood, which Is
dead and serves merely ss a strong
framework for the living part of the
tree and as storehouses for excess ma
terial. Flourishing Thodgh Hollow.
Tills is the reason Why hollow trees
may often be rnunu in a nourisnum uun
dlti'on when the heartwood may have
entirely disappeared. However, a land
scape tree In this condition, deprived Of
the ahelter of its fellows, is In gray
A Broken M
Saving Tiees From Decay
Continued Frofn rge Ten.
alon on th after dck watohln; the
snakes that dolled and twisted In th
branches that Almost swept the sides
of the boat. They had no horror for
me, for, as yo'tl know; I hav A strange
power over all animal llf. Suddenly
a peculiar little green snake fell from
a tree limb onto the deck almost at
my feet. From its triangular head I
knew It to be deadly poisonous. Her
was my weapon, t snatched it up and
concealed it in my dress. I might b
able to turn It upon the count If hot
I should force It to bite myself. When
I dressed for the-ceremony I placed it
at my throat t was about to reach
for It when it Struck."
"And th . Sheet of flam and th
lights1" I Interposed. unbl longer
to restrain my curiosity on these two
points.
"Oh, that's All slmpl enough. An
swered Clarke. "Mere buffoonery. I
saw through It at the time. The count
was no mean electrician. He had his
own plant. A for the aheet of flame,
hive you ever seen a high frequency
current pass between two poles? Two
million volts of rldlet rays from such
an apparatus have been sent through
the human body with no effect but a
slight tingling and the visible stre -i
0fWe.rewere silent. For the first time
the horror of our night on the island
seemed to come upon us. Had we
RDilled blood? What had been the ef
fect of our fire in that terrible cav
ern' We knew not. For many rea
sons we 'did not care to return to the
city We felt no guilt. but there
might be questionings and unpleasant
notoriety. Bloc more than any of us
wished to put as many miles as pos
sible between himself and. the Satan-
the Philippines is a flying fox or fruit
eating bat. Those fruit-eating bats
come flying over by the thousands
from the Island of Bassalan to the is
land of Mindanao Just at sunset, and
fly back between 4 and 5 in the morn
ing. . ,
"I went out hunting with two ship
mates about 1! miles outside of Zam
boanga one day and about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon the natives took us
to some rice paddies where, about 5
o'clock, the dove and rice hens were
flvlng around so thick we sat In one
place and kept on shooting till our
shells were very near all gone.
"We had 45 birds altogether. But
we lost lots of rice hens in the tall
grass along the edge of the rice
paddies. We had about A box and a
half of ahella left altogether. So we
thought we had better keep them, be
cause the Moros are pretty nan in uumr,
places out here.
"Just aa we were going io start back
to the ship a Moro told one of tha
Filipinos about some big birds which
roosted at night In the trees close by.
As near as we could maka out It was
some hind of a wild turkey, os we
concluded to try to get one.
' "While we were Sitting there drink
ing and waiting patiently for turkeys
the Moro came running up and pointed
into one of the big. tree, and what did
we see but a big rult-eating bat sail
ing around the tree. My two partners
were disgusted over the funny turkeys
and wanted to start back, but I w-anted
to get a bat and See what it looked
like.
"After wasting a box of ahella I
auoceeded in bresklng . one's wing.
When he came down h started to
screech, or rather I don't know what
kind of a nois you would call It. till
we couldn't hear. I hit him on the
head with the gun barrel About four
times and it didn't seem to faxe him.
One of the Moros said he wanted him
for chew eat. ao 1 blew the bat's head
Off snd gave it to him.
"These bat are about the sire of a
half grown cat in body, and this One's
wings spread from tip to tip about
three feet. They have a head.Ju?t line
a fog. and their Bodies sre covered
with fine fur. Something like a musk
rat's, but not ss thick. They have
two hind legs with heavy cIrws on
them for hanging on trees and they
also have a hook on each Joint1 on their
wings so they can hang either way.
"I examined this bat and found out
it had no stomach. I wanted to find
Out what they lived on, but sll I could
find was water of the fruit. I think
all they eat is fruit growing wild In
the mountains.
"Their wings er Ilk fine rubber
ind you can fill 1hm full of holes
and it won't faxe them. If you hit
them In the body they will sail oft
and drop so fsr away that you won't
be able to find them.
"The only way to get them 1s to
break a wing Or go whet they hang
in the trees in the daytime und kill
them with clubs. I never saw them
hanging In the treea in the daytime,
but soldiers told me they saw them
in the mountains hanging on trees so
thick that the branches were about
to break under their weight.
"The fur bearers out here . don't
amount to much. The only thing I
saw that might be of any use was a
mountain cat and those flying foxes.
The deer hideB have only got. coarse
hair on them and they haven't got a
nice pelt like the deer In the States."
danger, for a. high wind or a heavy snow
fall may find It an easy victim.
After the mass of decay has been re
moved from the Interior of a rotting
trunk there remains a shell Of living sap
wood and bark. Into this cavity a steel
brace Is Inserted anil bolted in place.
This gives to the tree a stability which
by the decay of the supporting heart
wood It had lost. Now comes an import
ant operation, the cutting of the water
sheds. Which prevent the entrance of
moleturs. The Wslershsds consist of a
deep groove cut about an Inch, Inside the
edge and opening to the ground below.
The cement, being packed tightly into
these grooves, forms a channel down
which the water flows, to lie led out at
the base. Th cavity Is then wired
throughout, h wire bslng stretched from
rtalls dlven into ths Wood snd acting as
reinforcing for the csment. This work
having been completed, th cement Is
made as moist ss possible, snd then built
out Into the original outline of the tree.
The bark, which has been cut back for
an Inch or So In order io prevent bruising
while ih work Is In progress, will event
ually rover the fllld-in wound, the tree
thus regaining Ita normal appearance..
Exceptional Cavities.
In the case of exceptionally large
cavities the openlnt,ls covered by large
strips of sine. The cement Is then forced
down Into every crevice and allowed to
set, after which the slnri is removed and
A coat of fine finishing cement put on
snd painted the color of the bark. By
this method the tree surgeon Is enabled
to build out trees where fully half the
wood may have been destroyed by lijrht
ning of from some other cause. This
treatment serves as a fine example of the
healing powers of nature, for it is re
markable now onickly these wounds will
heal when protected from moisture and
further decay by the cement filling in
sured by the watersheds.
arcomgram
ists which h said had extensive rami
fications in th city. To return to his
own haunts was the equivalent of sui
cide. "I hav A plan," suddenly said Clarke
after w had talked the situation over.
"This boat Is the only obstacle. But It
will b worth th prioe. and I can send
Its valu to th mm from whom I rented
It.
Then Clark outlined the plan, and rbis
U how we put It Into execution: We laid
off th delta until Sighted an outward
bound Morgan liner for New York bear
ing down past the Outermost Jetties. Ws
Immediately showed a signal of distress.
Clarke stood with his hand on the sea
cocks until w saw her slow down and a
boat come over the side. Then he let in
the water. We were struggling In the
choppy sea when th boat reached us.
but we wer soon hauled In and over the
vessel's side.
"A close call. Sir." said Clarke to the
captain, who came to Interview us. "Tou
Will lake us back to port, I hope."
The captain would not. He would take
us to New TOrk free of passage, if neces
sary, but he could not delay his ship for
any castaways. Our pleadings were of
no avail, but we were well able to pay,
our passage, and the passengers were
kind to us. so that we found dry clothing
and suitable apparel for Thalda, and that
was something.
The production of turpentine snd resin
developed rapidly In Nalnl Tal forest di
vision In the United Provinces of India dur
ing 1000-7. The profits for the year
amounted to 111.333. The Government hav
ing put the industry on a paying balls,
the enterprise will he turned over to In
dividuals. The taiplng of trees, however,
will be retained urder Government control-