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FOR FIRST TIME AMERICAN TENOR
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Orville Harrold, Although Only 22, Has Made Tremendous Hit in Operatic Circles DrBoutrcrax.Will Give Series
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The firsj American tenor who
promises to take his place' among:
the singrers of the world's operatic
stage made Ills debut at the Manhattan
Opera-House on February 19, as Canio,
In "PaKliaccl." scoring an immediate
and tremendous success. Orville Har
rold, who was born in Muncie, Ind., is
only 22 years old but notwithstanding
his youth-, knows already how to use a
voice that is more than lovely. It is
really beautiful, with a remarkably
clear, free, rich upper register. He is
another discovery of the wizard of
grand opera, Oscar Hammerstein, who
found him in a vaudeville quartet, had
him trained, and sent him on a concert
tour with Mme. Tetraszini. Mr. Ham
merstein has engaged him for a' num
ber of years and will send him, to Paris
this Spring to acquire a repertory un
der Jeaa-de Keszke.
W, J. Conners was recently after the
scalp of Charles Murphy of Tammany
Hall. Murphy helped Conners to get
the position of chairman of the Demo
cratic state committee of New York
and. having a disagreement with" him,
, made a combination of his friends on
the committee to have Conners re
moved. Conners retorted by saying, he
would show up Murphy. Later, how
ever, he retracted every charge made
and agreed to resign from his position
at the termination of his present term.
Dr. Bontroujc, of the Institute of
France and director of the Foundation
Thiers , Is on his way to America with
his wife to lecture at Harvard. He
will be the guest at Cambridge of Pro
fessor William James. He will give
eight lectures In French March 18 to
23. and will deliver four public lectures
under the auspices of the Cercle de
Francals da TUntversite de Harvard.
He will lecture on Pascal," "The Es
sence of Religion." and the "Contem
poraneous Philosophical Movement In
France."
- The name of Colonel George" Dunn
was recently brought into the lnvestl-
CHICAGO'S "DRY" ELECTION WOULD
APPEAR TO BE VERY GREAT FIASCO
Fewer Votes Polled Than Clerks Needed to Man Voting Places, and Thirsty Ones From Other Parties Who Need
$5 Have to Be Called in to Help Hegewisch Off Map Since Idol, Battling Nelson, Loses.
BT JONATHAN" PAJLMER. ,
CHICAGO, March 5. (Special.) If the
antl saloon element of .Chicago
makes as sorry a showing at the
April election, when there wilf be a vote
on the question of making Chicago dry,
as the Prohibition party did at Its alder
manic primary Just held, the saloon will
be secure in a long lease of life. No such
fiasco is expected, but the Prohibition
primary seems to suggest the need of a
lot of campaign galvanizing to work up
sentiment to a point where victory may
be espied.
The "drys" who wear a party label
had & chance to show their banners and
to attest their faith. Throughout the
nearly 1300 precincts of the city they cast
a vote of 776. The primary cost Chicago
J9000 for manning the polls. Mathematics
demonstrates, thereVre. that the expense
was at the rate of $11.60 a vote. The Pro
hibition leaders estimate that 20 per cent
of the .total vote was cast. The normal
vote, according to these figures, ie 4000
for the city, going to show that the 38,000
votos cast for the Prohibition candidate
for the State's Attorney at the last coun
ty election were not a fair measure of
the strength of the party.
rtie party was entitled to employ 1024
clerks and judges, at a. compensation of
JC for the day. Could it have used ita
own supporters exclusively there might
have been a nice campaign fund avail
able. It so happened that there were 224
more judges and clerks at the polls than
-there were voters, and that the party
had to make requisition on men of other
parties to handle the voting booths. Some
of these Judges and clerks were glad
enough to draw the J5 for irrigation pur
poses. They came straggling into the
rooms of the Election Board in a fash
' ion that proved they were not in sym
pathy with the proceedings of the day.
It was one of the ironies of the election.
Another was that the "drys" had for
their primary one of the wettest, soggiest
.lays of the year.
The Prohibition leaders say the small
ness of the vote Is not a forecast of what
will happen when Chicago votes on the
saloon question in April. In the Ninth
and Tenth Wards not a. vote was cast at
the primary. In the Sixteenth only one
vote was cast, and In the Nineteenth only
two. In 36 of the 204 primary districts
no vote was registered. The highest vote
In any ward was 74, and- the- average tor
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gation at Albany because Colonel Dunn
was chairman of the Republican state
committee at the time Senator Conger
says the bridge interests contributed
a large amount to the campaign fund
of the Republican party. Colonel Dunn
denies any knowledge of such a con
tribution. I .
Cortland F. Bishop, president of the
Aero Club of America, recently called
on President Taft about the develop
ment of aviation In the Army. Mr.
Bishop has on his shoulders the re
all the wards was 22. To put a full ticket
in the field the leaders will have to go out
and beat the bushes In SI wards for Al
derman lo candidates. -
San Diego Ahead of San Francisco.
As the progenitor of the strictly mod
ern world's fair, Chicago is taking a
lively interest in the expositions that
are projected for 1915, and in the riv
alry of the cities planning to hold
them. In engaging actively the atten
tion of the Middle West, San Diego has
"put one over" on San Francisco by
getting the floor first. The ambitious
town of the south which calls Itself
pridefully the "first port of call af
ter Panama," has come to the front
with a full section of eight pages In
a Chicago Sunday newspaper. Prev
iously there was a page story In an
other paper here. San Francisco has
landed scarcely more than a bare- an
nouncement that she Is In the field for
an exposition In 1915. On the same'
day that San Diego unrolled her ban
ner New Orleans came along with the
promise of a $30,000,000 show over
which .Theodore Roosevelt would be
asked to preside as director-general.
Chicago merchants and manufac
turers quail a bit before the avalanche
that is offered them, but there Is no
doubt they will be Impartial and will
be well represented. If asked, at all
the expositions that may be held. The
Association of Commerce could not
adopt any other policy and come off
with glory and profit. ' Its trade ex
ploring excursions have not yet pene
trated to San Diego, but Its eyes are
on that town as well as on San Fran
icsco and New Orleans. When Colonel
D. Charles Collier, director-general at
San Diego, comes to Chicago, he will
find the Association of Commerce
granting him a cordial welcome. Other
organizations will be equally warm In
their greetings.
Hegewisch Is Off Map.
Hegewisch, a Chicago suburb, has
been wiped temporarily off the map.
Battling Nelson, the good angel of the
town, is to blame for its eclipse, be
cause he did not happen -to Wing back
a pugilistic scalp from the Coast. Two
things stand out in happy light since
the defeat of this Hegewisch hero the
finishing of "Bat's" autobiography be
sponsibility for the selection of a place
for the great international aviation
meet a.t which the annual contest for
the Aero cup held by Glenn Curtiss will
occur. Baltimore and Washington have
banded together to obtain this event
for some point intermediate between
the two cities. Kansas City, Cincin
nattl and other cities in the West are
also bidding for the meet.
The Duke of Sutherland proposes to
challenge for -the America cup with a
yacht of moderate size. Yachtsmen In
New York believe the idea a good one
A 70-footer built for this race would
be of use afterward, while 'the 90-foot
freaks are valueless after 4he big cup
race. -,
fore the dire blow fell and the stopping
of trains at Hegewisch as1 the result
of his efforts with the railroad mag
nates. "Bat" had prestige and fame
when he . tackled the latter job. The
town was behind him to the man. The
newspapers gave his place on the first
pages, thus boosting his- campaign.
HegewiBch has not forgotten that ser
vice of its idol. And he Is, therefore,
an idol tHl. Hegewisch is- as before
behind "Bat" to a man. It. is his In
spiration for future ring achievements.
up through the mass of academic dis
cussion of the cost of living problems
of the day there has come to Chicago
a concrete pathetic story telling what i
stressful thing it Is these days to sup
ply the family larder and keep the din
ner pail full. It was told by men- and
women before the State Board of Arbl
tration, . whose task It- is to decide
whether the switchmen of -Chicago are
drawing a living wage. The dangerous
features of the switchmen's life were
grimly . illustrated by the number of
men oa crutches or with empty sleeves
or hands bereft of fingers. The meet
ing place reminded one of a soldiers'
home, whose inmates were maimed
relics of war.-
One wife told the story of her hus
band coming home from work at such.
hours tnat he rarely had a chance to
see or talk to his children. . She feared
her little ones might In time lose the
natural affection they should have for
their father because he could not, under
the circumstances of his employment,
be a part of their lives. The husband
was obliged to work 16 or 17 hours a
day Jto earn enough to keep his family
In fdod and clothing. The struggle was
becoming harder with every increase
In the price of .things. In cases where
the price was not raised the quantity of
goods was reduced. Butter and eggs
were out of J.he question.
I thought the other day," said the
woman, "that I would .like to have a
ham once more. I looked at one In tne
store but when I was told the price
I turned away. ' 1 took instead - the
cheapest roast I could, find and the
rest of the week I had to ave on other
things to make up for my extrava
gance.
Another woman said she had to fore
go sending her daughter o high school
because the father could not earn
enough to buy the necessary books' and
clothjng. The girl herself had worked
until she had money enough to enter
scnooi. A butcher whose trade Is
chiefly among railroad men said prices
nad advanced about 80 per cent in five
years for some articles corn meal.
lard and bacon, for Instance. Shoe
dealers testified that footwear had ad
vanced it) per cent in five years, that
the price of rubber goods- had gone up
30 per cent, thanks to the rubber trust,
and that there would be another in
crease June 1.
"The trust sets the price," he said,
and it makes no' difference where vou
buy. It's the same."
A grocer gave detailed figures show
ing an Increase in the price of mutton,
steak, butter, eggs, sugar, flour, ap
ples, bread, brooms and canned goods.
Those who had a notion when twisk
Belle Squires refused to pay taxes be
cause she was not allowed to vote that
her position was a whimsical Idea that
began and would end with her ap
parently will have to amend their way
or tmnKlng. The "No Vote. No (Tax.
League," mention of which was made
recently In The Oregonlan, has come
to be a thing of vitality. The women
expect to make it a thing of potency.
A full-fledged organization called "The
League Of Unrepresented Taxpayers,"
nas been formed with' the motto
"Back to the principles of our fore-fathers-
taxation without representa
tion Is tyranny."
Primarily it Is a Chicago movement.
but its ultimate plan is to be National
In scope. To that end it is suggested
that peaceful, but eloquent, parades and
demonstrations of various kinds be
made here and elsewhere and that chap
ters be. formed in every city in the
country. It seems likely, therefore.
that the letter of Miss Squires to the
County Attorney refusing to pay taxes
will be referred back to as the real
"Declaration of Independence" by wo
men. Women doctors, lawyers, busi
ness women and suffragists generally
are allying themselves actively in the
movement, and It Is hoped by the lead
ers that the clubs of the country may
be appealed to with success.
In one of, the meetings held here
it was assertedthat 207 women in Cook
County are taxed more than all the
saloons and restaurants' in the county.
Miss Margaret Haley, far-famed as an
agitator in the interest of her sex.
called attention to the fact that one
corporation obtained an ' injunction
against the s collection of taxes which
enabled all other like corporations to
win exemption. She said it. was a good
cue. If any action were taken against
Miss Squires, why not apply for an in
junction in her case and cite the Con
stitution of the. United States?
Taft to Stand' on "Ould Sod."
When President Taft comes to Chi
cago to deliver his St. Patrick's day
address he will stand upon "the sod of
ould Ireland," literally speaking. And
there will be real shamrocks still in
the sod. A cable order has been for
warded for the immediate shipment
across the Atlantic of a carpet of sod
12 feet square taken from the most
historic spot in the Emerald Isle. The
environment of the hall will smack
of Ireland in many ways, flags, harps
and bunting being a part of the set
ting. It is the purpose to make the
celebration unique in the history' of
the city. ..
-A close-range view of the packers
who are under indictment for alleged
conspiracy against the pocketbooks of
the people leads to the inevitable con
elusion that, aside from the business
annoyance it may cause them, they are
not losing any sleep over the coming
prosecution. Price changes for meats
are going on right along as if there
were no Federal or state courts. It
costs more to buy beef, mutton and
pork now than it did when the three
cornered Investigation started, the
grand Jury inquisitions, the meat boy
cott and the popular protest against
butcher bills to the contrary notwith
standing. It is not the will or the
pleasure of the packers that hogs have
gone up t9 J10 a hundred weight. There
seems to be something wrong "before
the hog gets to the slaughtering pens,
granting for the time that the packers
are everything black they are painted.
The packers do not care to go to
New Jersey. It is not the fear of a
penitentiary sentence that gives them
pause, they say. They naturally do not
wish to go on the etand and talk about
the details of their business, whether it
is legal or Illegal, and they are loth to
give the time .from their offices. Some
lawyers and financiers here who have
no connection with the packing bus!
ness are inclined to scoff at the New
Jersey procedings. They speak rather
contemptuously of New Jersey as the
state of all states "where you can put
in a few dollars-any time, turn a crank
and bring out a corporation that is
good anywhere. "
. The Economist, a local financial pa
per, referring ironically to the distin
guished character and wealth of the
men indicted in New Jersey says, edi
torially: "One can fancy a farmer
aspiring to Join this charmed circle,
and for that purpose keeping a ton
of hay or a bin of oats in his barn to
raise the price or merely to wait until
the price got up ol its own accord
But it would be no use; nobody would
indict the farmer. But Mr. Heinz, who
stores cucumbers in salt and water on
a large scale, had better look out."
Halley's Comet Causes Anxiety.
The comparisons will not suggest
themselves as happy ones' to the man
who is familiar with the provisions of
the anti-trust law, but they Indicate
in a way what is in the minds of some
of the La Salle-street. men of millions.
These men say if the National Packing
Company is to be dissolved It is up to
the courts to dissolve also the United
States Steel Corporation, the Interna-
tlonal Harvester Company and like or
ganisations of- capital.
Anxious inquiries are coming in from
many points to members of the faculty
of the, Universities of Chicago and
Northwestern and the astronomers at
the Yerkes observatory as to what
Halley's comet is likely to do us all
when it comes this way in May. A
nervous correspondent from Texas,
color not known, says there is general
trepidation in the Lone Star state that
the celestial wanderer will bring
storms, floods, droughts, famine and
pestilence." It is also feared the comet
may swish its tail around and knock
the earth "clear out of Its orbit and set
the universe wholly awry.
HOPE.
From the German of Gibel.
Fear not fierce Winter's icy reign.
His howling- winds and naked fields;
Soon, vanquished by her balmy breath.
To Spring be yields.
Let heavy clouds obscure the far
Of nery Phoebus from our sight;
At last he makes the Earth to Joy
With glowing light.
And let the Storm King show his might
Fierce though his rage 'twill soon be past;
With gentl footsteps, In a night.
Spring cometh fast.
Then wakes the Earth to verdure new
Anu smiles up to the sky;
And at the West Wind's gentle touch
Her heart melts, with a sigh.
She deeks herself with roses gay.
Twines blooming garlands in her hair.
She bids the little brooks run free.
To tears of Joy turns chill despair.
Then, weary heart, be comforted.
Though forjd hopes chill in Life's cold
blast.
There's One above who has prepared
A May Day for the worl-1 at last.
Though heavy burdens press thee sors.
And o'er dull skies no ray is cast.
Gtill. undismayed, trust In thy God.
For Spring; will come, at lajrt. -
; Mae Beadle Frlnk. Cagene. Or.
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Thurston. SI. 50. Mitchell Kennerley. Iv
Tork City.
A heathen cynic has observed, with
an air of experience that a woman has
one romance In her life, a romance in
which she luces to be the hunted, pur
sued by a bold hunter her one man
among men. Another cynic says, but
sneeringly, that every woman has one
love story, and only one, said love
being represented by two powders re
quired to make the necessary com
posite. That is to say: It is absolutely
necessary to mix the two powders to
obtain the medicine, but once mixed,
it is of course absolutely impossible
to separate one powder from the oth
er. The act is done. That is one idea
of love. Of course there are other
milder experiences, but it is not these
mild cases with which we have to deal
just now.
"Sally Bishop" is a raging tornado
of a novel in which love is crucified,
and marriage shown to be a farce, a
step to be avoided. If such a theory
were true, opposed to all the best teach
ings, for instance, of the Bible, this
world would soon become a lifeless,
howling wilderness, where the only
pulsating creatures would be wild ani
mals. Yet, such a novel is perhaps nec
essary. Just as Ibsen and Bernard Shaw
are necessary as finger posts in our
complex civilization. We could do
without them, of course, but conditions
would evolve more brutal teachers,
whose lash would constantly say: "Thou
Shalt Not." One also wishes that "Sally
Bishop," brilliant, daring, cynical and
witty although it be, were not such a
scavenger of morals. No such merciless
exposure of moral rottenness affect
ing lives in most of our large cities
has appeared for ever so long. Mr.
Thurston is Zola, Oulda and Sarah
Grand without gloves and he fairly
revels In dirt. He is objectionable when
he. makes his types speak flippantly of
God, but more so when he tells the
incident of consecrated wine making
drunk the priest who had used it in
holy communion of the Church of Eng
land. Such a scene reads like a blow
In the face. Again. "Sally Bishop" is like
"Camille" or Thomas Hardy's "Tess,"
but not so artistic as they.
Why, then, read the novel, at all?
Why not cast it into outer darkness?
Because it has a mission, and tells the
brutal truth that illicit love is a con
dition only made for devils, and that
the only safe refuge for a woman hun
gry for the love of a man is her hus
band's arms or her father's arms.
Anywhere else, look out! The novel
also has a certain fascination, like the
basilisk glare of a serpent. It is a story
for mature folk, especially young men,
but Is not the message to be read by
babies and young girls. Another reason
why the author has the claim to be
heard is that he fashions two terrible
examples in Miss Sally Bishop, 21 years
old, at first a pure. Innocent typewriter
operator in the office of Bonsfield &
Co., London, and John Hewitt Traill,
lawyer, newspaperman, a. sneerer of all
that is good In the family life a yawn
er of ail that Is weary, tired and bo
hemian until Sally Bishop comes Into
his life.
Join H. Traill was the eldest son of
the late Sir William Hewitt Traill, of
Apsley Manor, near High Wycombe,
Bucks, with bachelor rooms in Regent
street, London. His recreations, as
printed in "Who's Who." were riding,
shooting and fishing. To these should
be added breaking women's hearts and
fondness for a dirty life, and calling
the experience 'love."
Sally's father was an Episcopalian
clergyman in Kent, but he was more
or less a social and business failure
in that line, because he wasn't quali
fied for it. Poor man, he had a worth
less but otherwise moral family. When
the bishop's finances suffered a loss,
Sally announced that she was going
to work for her living In a London of
fice, and the other members of the
family heard with wondering gasps. Of
course, Sally had golden hair. Too bad,
is it not, that so many unhappy hero
ines have golden hair? It was when
Rally was seated at a typewriter in
Bonsfield & Co.'s office that Traill
like a big, hungry spider after prey
saw her and determined to possess her.
Sally Is pictured as "a girl to be
loved." Hunter and hunted have "bo
hemlan" suppers together, and just then
Miss Sally Bishop evolves into Sally
Bishop, fool. She accepts an invitation
to visit Traill's bachelor rooms, and
while there is an unwilling witness to
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a fitit fight between two men in the
yard at the rear of Traill's rooms. She
faints with horror of the some men
blood spilled and language used.
Traill's better nature appears for a mo
ment, and he tells her roughly to be
gone and not to come back. His reason
is a shocker.
But, after a piteous interval, in which
Sally discovers that she loves Traill
and that he doesn't love her, she visits
his rooms, unannounced, heedless of the
warning he gave her. Then? Page 230:
The noose of fate drawn tight, the ac
count reckoned. She swayed into his
arms and he held her kissing her
hair, kissing her shoulders, her cheeks.
her eyes then, gently putting his hand
beneath her chin, he lifted her face
upwards, and crushed her lips against
her teeth with kisses."
Voluptuary that he was, Traill had
selfish reasons why he should not
marry Sally. Her life with him may
be guessed. Sally's one woman friend
was Miss Janet Hallard, artist and
smoker of cigarettes. But Sally, Traill
and wicked London life? It's another
echo of an Incident told long ago: "And
the man said, "The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me. she gave me
of the tree and I did eat.' "
Ring down the curtain.
The Last American Frontier, by Frederio:
L. Parson. Illustrated. J1.50. The Mac
millan Co.. New York City.
Frederick Logan Paxson is junior
professor of American history In the
University of Michigan, and in this up-to-date
account of the last frontier
within the United States he has not
only preserved the romantic . atmos
phere of the story, but has strength
ened his pages, with enough of the
fruits of research that his presentation
forms a picture that will live and will
have historical value. At the same
time he has gone over the ground that
so many writers have discussed, but
gives no startling views of new history
and tells his story in common-sense,
easily understood style that is sure to
be appreciated, especially in the Ore
gon country. His condensation of
fact and use of crisp phrasing, when
one would naturally drift into weary
descriptive matter, are to be com
mended. Oregon gets a fair share of atten
tion, but not much space. Professor
Paxson's chapters are headed: The
Westward Movement; The Indian
Frontier ; Iowa and the New North
west; the Santa Fe Trail; Overland
With the Mormons; California and the
Forty-niners; Kansas and the Indian
Frontier; Pike's Peak or Bust; From
Arizona to Montana; The Overland
Mail; The Engineers Frontier; The
Union Pacific Railroad; The Plains in
the Civil War; The Cheyenne War; The
Sioux War; The Peace Commission and
the Open Way; Black Kettle's Last
Raid; The First of the Railways; The
New Indian Policy; The Last Stand;
Chief Joseph and Sitting Bull; Letting
in the Population, and Biographical
Notes.
"The Oregon Trail" begins at page
70 and extends to page 85, one of the
pictures In this section being a view of
Fort Laramie in 1843, from a sketch
made to Illustrate Fremont's report.
In speaking of Oregon, at the period
of Whitman's famous ride to- the East,
our author says: "Sometimes the ac
tions of the Americans must have been
meddlesome and annoying to the Can
adian trappers. In the free manners
of the first half of the 19th century, the
use of free drink was common through
out the country and universal along the
frontier. A family could get along
very well without butter, wheat bread,
sugar or tea. but whisky was as in
dispensable to housekeeping as corn
meal, bacon, coffee, tobacco or molas
ses. It was always present at the
house-raising, harvesting, road work
ing, shooting matclies, corn-husking,
weddings and dances. It was never
out of order where two or three were
gathered together." From which it
would appear that there must have
been quite an active thirst abroad In
the Oregon country at the time de
scribed. In speaking of General Custer, our
author remarks on page 362 that Cus
ter's "showy vanity and his admitted
courage had already got him into more
than one admitted difficulty. If he
had lived, he might have been cleared
of the charge of disobedience, as Fet
terman might JO years- before, but, as
it turned out. there were many to lay
his death to his own rashness." If this
statement does not involve Professor
Paxson Into dispute with the Custer
worshippers. It will he remarkable.
Professor Paxson acknowledges' as
sistance for material referred to ant
borrowed from the Oregon Historical
Society and F. G. Young's and F. Park
man's "The Oregon Trail."
Porflrlo Diaz. By Jose F. Godoy. Illus
trated. Price. $2. G. P. Putnam's Sons,
New Tork City.
It was Ellhu Root, former Secretary
of State of the United States, who re
cently said: "I look to Porfirio Diaz,
the President of Mexico, as one of the
greatest men to be held up for the
hero-worship of mankind."
Jose F. Godoy. of New York, favor
ably known heretofore as the author
of "A Few Facts About Mexico" and the
Legal and Mercantile Handbook of
Mexico," presents in this handsonve '
volume a critical yet eminently just
appreciation of Porfirio Diaz, Preeident
of Mexico, the master builder of a great
commonwealth. President Diaz is ex
hibited as patriot, fighter, statesman
the man who has made possible modern
Mexico, and the recital will stir the
most sluggish blood. A fairer estimats
could not be imagined.
Granted that Diaz has made mis
takes, and that he has been forced to
blot out human lives. But would mod-;
ern Mexico have lived. If these rebel-'
lious sons of hers had been allowed t
spread the doctrine of what they named
"liberty" hut which spelled ruin to their
country. The latter needed, and needs
today, a man of blood-and-iron. a mas
ter statesman and fighter to insure the
preservation of law and order, and it
Is just such a national character that
Godoy makes us acquainted with.
Kings In Exile, by Charles G. D. Roberts.
Illustrated. The Macmillan Co., New
York City.
No, this isn't a dry record of decayed:
European monarchies, the hungry sons
of which live on frontier towns waiting
for the right moment to swoop with
fire and sword on certain lands which
these aristocrats claim by inherited
right. It is a book of thrilling animal
stories of the wild, told by a master
story-teller and may all good luck at
tend him. Roberts' wild animal stories
have touches of realism, combat, and
the true spirit of the untamed. These
new stories are worthy in every way
of their daring predecessors, and in
clude: "Last Bull." "The King of the
Flaming Hoops." "The Monarch of Park
Barren." "The Gray Master." "The Sun
Gazer," 'The Lord of the Glass House."
"Back to the Water World." "Lone
Wolf," "The Bear's Face," and "The
Duel on the Trail."
The Garden in the Wilderness. By A Her
mit. Illustrated. Price, fl.no. The Baker
A Taylor Co.. New York City.
Beautifully fashioned and worded, this
sentimental account of the experiences
of an artist and wife who plant their
garden in a wilderness near the Hudson
River ought to be acceptable to those
wishing an out-of-doors book breathing
the charm of he Spring season, the ad
vent of the magic time of new growth in
trees and blades of grass. The scene of
this pastoral experiment is a riotous wil
derness of life and color, and in the
words of one of the principal actors:
"It's about rs near Paradise as we'll
probably ever get or want." There's
nothing dry or moth-eaten in the book
It fairly radiates life. Jind all is told In
the form of a home story.
The Great English Short Story-Wrltem,
with introductory essays and notes by
William J. and Coningsby W. Dawson.
Two volumes. Trice fl. Harper & Broth
ers. New York City.
The best short stories, attractively
presented and explained, quite a help
to those studying advanced English.
Stories given are by Defoe. Washing
ton Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Dickens,
Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Hardy. James.
Stevenson, Ambrose Bierce. Margaret
Deland, Conan Doyle, Maurice Hewlett.
May E. Wilkins, Freeman. Sir Gilbert
Parkeri Anthony Hope, Richard Hard
ing Davis, Rudyard Kipling, Lloyrl
Osborne, jack London, O. Henry, etc
The print is a delight to the eyes.
A Child's Guide to Musii. By Daniel Greg
ory Mason. Price, fl.2.'. Illustrated. Ths)
Baker Taylor Co., New York City.
Mr. Mason haa surely earned the grat
itude of parents, and older brothers and
sisters in large families, in writing such a,
helpful book which in a fashion is so sim
ple that even young folks can read and
understand what is meant, guides a child
to know music. The book is dedicated
"To EJlen and Billy," and stories about
eminent musicians are skilfully leavened
with 'the lessons, so that knowledge is
absorbed unawares. Piano, orchestral
and vocal music, and composers and their
work forrn the principal text.
In After Ifcays. Thoughts on the Future Life
Illustrated. Price, f 1.23. Harper & Broth
ers., New York City.
What happens after death? This
hook gives a serious and well-balanced
study of the matter, with papers by
William Dean Howells, Thomas Went
worth Hlgglnson, John Bigelow. Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps, Julia Ward Howe,
H. M..Alden, William Hanna Thompson.
M. D. Henry James, and Guglielno Fer
rero. An Apprentice to Truth,
lngdon. Price. il.jO.
By Helen Hunt
G. P. Putnam's
Sons, New York Oty.
A powerfully fashioned story of a
psychological study, opening in Ver
mont where one of the most interest
ing characters is Dr. Ols Langdon.
drunkard and atheist, but yet skilled,
physician.
JOSEPH M. QUENTIN.
STEW BOOKS RECEIVE P.
Washington's Birthday, edited by Robert
Haven Schauffler, selections showing a common-sense,
modern. National hero, fl ( Moffat-Yard).
Harper" Handy Book for Girls, edited by
Anna Parmly Paret. 31.75. lessons in hom
decoration, arts, crafts, entertaining, etc.
(Harper's).
A Message to the Well, by Horatio W.
Dresser, Ph. D., fl.2.. one dozen sensible
chapters on how -to keep and stay well, pre
sented without regard to the therapeutisms
of our day (Putnam's).
The Snare of Circumstance, by Edith E.
Buckley, a crime mystery, well told, fl.50
(Little-Brown).
The Isle of Whispers, by E. Lawrer.ee
Dudley, a remarkably strong story of the
New England seas, crime, adventure, etc
(Holt A Co.).
Religion Rationalized, by Rev. Hiram
Vrooman. 75 cents, a. thoughtful plea for
more organized effort in church work to
lead on to the best possible progress of
civilization (Nunc Licet Press, Philadel
phia). Something About Singiefoot. tv John
Hicks. LL D., fl.62. story of rural life in
tho West, principally Wisconsin. (Cochrane
Pub. Co:)
Far Away, but a Good Guessrr.
Harney County News.
The Portland papers declare that at the
close of its deliberations the Hermann
jury stood eleven for conviction and one
for acquittal, which Is a great surprise)
to those who have watched the progress
of the ease at a distance. To show that
we haVtt good readers of character in
Burns it is only necessary to say that
J. C. Welcome. Jr.. in looking over the
picture of the jury published in tho Ore
gonlan picked out the man who stood
out against the eleven, before the result
was known here.