- 'THE SUNDAY OBEGOXIAy, PORTLAND, MAY 11, 19t3.
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ttr Fast, by Countess Marls T-arlsch. Illus
trated. M.5". Q. P. Putnam's tn.
York City.
Intimate, scandalous and a "roast- of
royalty. ., .
Like' t:ie identity of 1h Man T itn
the Iron Mask known in French history,
the reading public of our day and pen.
ration haa often speculated aa to the
real cause of the murder or suicide ot
frown Prince Rudolph of Austria and
the Baroness Mary Vetsera, nearly a
quarter of a century ago. The two
were lover. The Countess Marie Lar
isch. faTorite niece of the Empress
Klizabeth of Austria, and cousin of Ru
dolph, comes forward for the first time
In all those years and in this, her book
of 379 pages, tells the truth about the
matter. She was one or xne principaj
actors in effecting the meeting in
which Rudolph Induced the Baroness
Marv Vetsera to meet him at tlia lonely
ehooting lodge of Meyerling. It is
now shown that Rudolph had conspired
with the Archduke John of Tuscany for
the throne of Hungary, that this trea-
son was about to be made known to his
lather, the Emperor Francis Joseph,
and that he. Rudolph, fearing; death
for his share in that plot, killed his
sweetheart. Mary, and then killed him
self. Our aristocratic author writes with
boldness, and spares no one's feelings.
This is wise. If her book had been on;
long laudation of the house of Haps
hurg. if she had written the tirual silly,
fawning- flattery of royal people, the
book would have not been so Important
and would not hare attracted the mul-
titude. -It is an indictment of drunken
and partially insane royalty, and one of
the great books on International 'poll
tics of a decade. It Is also Interesting
to note 'that our auditor had personal
acquaintance with Dudwig II. the mad
king of Bavarln. and once had a pro
posal of marriage from no less a person
than Count Herbert Bismarck.
Exclusive circles of court life Bret
shattering; blows, and well Is the lesson
preached that uneasy Is the head that
wears a crown. The humblest peasant
In Austria-Hungary was surely happier
In the simple pleasures of the poor.
than were the Ilapsburgs. Our author's
father. Duke Ludwig of Favaria. was
the brother of those five sisters. Eliza
heth. Empress of Austria. Marle-Sophls
x-oueen of Naples.. Sophie-Charlotte
Duchesse d'Alencon. Mathllde Princess
Trani. and Helene. Princess Thurn and
Taxis. In the year after having;
oreviouslr renounced his rights as eld
est son of the Duke of Bavaria, he
contracted a morganatic marriage with
Henrietta Mendel, a beautiful youns
actress who was created Baroness von
Wallersee. and our author was the
onlv child of that union. Our author
(Marie) was brought up like a Puritan
and her lovely fair hair was smothered
In oil. to make it look darker. Her
chief pleasure was In riding horseback
When a small girl. Marie for the first
time met the Empress of Austria, who
Immediately said to her: "Oh. what
lanky little girl." The Eniress was
Aunt Ctssl to Marie. One afternoon
Marie went fishing for crayfish, wet her
stockings, climbed a tree, and placed
the stockings out to dry. The Empress
walked along, unaware that her little
niece was so near, sat under the tree
and wept because her married life was
unhappy. She hated court restrictions,
and children, but she wished a confi
dant of her own aex. and selected little
Marie, because she developed the abil
ttr to hold her tongue and to cultivate
deafness whenever necessary. Almost
against her will, the girl was taken to
the Austrian court to. be near her aunt.
and when she waa quite a young girl
was practically commanded to marry
Count George Larisch. whose father
died in a madhouse all to be useful
to the Empress Elizabeth. Nearly
every marriage at court is shown to
be a failure, and every wife Is mar
ried to the wrong husband, and vice
versa.
Here Is Marie's picture of her Cousin
Rudolph, when she was a child of 14:
The Crown prince sat nest t m and
r-nm m ,nr1 to tease me unmercifully, and.
Ht though he then was In years, be
seemed to possess the intelligence of a man.
He waa handsome, and for some time I
racked my brains to remember what wild
animal he recalled to me. for he had a
curious look, not altogether human. Then.
1 knew Rudolph reminded me of a wolf:
bis eyes biased green at times, and he
seemed almost ready to spring.
Mary Vetsera was a personal friend
of our author, and fell in love with
.Rudolph before he knew who ahe was,
A pen picture of Mary Vetsura:
The image of Mary Vetsera is unfading tn
my remembrance, and I have only to close
my eyes to see her in all the freshness of
her beauty. She was not tall, 'and her sup
ple flgnre and well-developed bust made
her look older than her 1H years. Her com
plexion was lovely and her red. voluptu
ous mouth parted over sharp little white
teeth, which I used . to call her "mouse
teeth." Mary's nosa was slightly re
trousse, but .it gave an added piquancy to
ber lovely face, and I have never seen
such beautiful eyes as she possessed deep
blue, with curling lashes set off by finely
marked eyebrows. Her dark broan hair
was very long, she had nice hands and
feet, and she walked with a seductive,
swaying grace that was Irresistible.
what a strange creature Marv was! 8h
was a coquette by instinct. um-on-toupJy
unmoral In her tendencies, almost Oriental
In her sensuous Ideas, but withal so sweet
sad lovable that she wgs a favorite with
every one. She was amorous by nature, and
ber Egyptian episode had transformed ber
from a girl Into a woman who already
knew the meaning of passion.
Mary's mind had unfortunately been cor
rupted by Improper books, which ber maid
Agnes had surreptitiously procured for her.
and many of ber Ideas of love and lovers
were derived from immoral and blglily col
ored "French novels.
For state reasons. Crown Prince
Rudolph had married Princess
Stephanie of Belgium, and he and she
were, (of course) unhappy. In court
circles, people whispered about Ru
dolph's infatuation for Marie Vetsura.
A public scandal occurred at a ball
given at the German embassy in
Vienna.
The ball was a brilliant speetarle. and
the imperial family were present when the
Yetgerae arrived. Man-' was the rvnosure of
u; eyes., chlfly on account of her besutv.
bnt also because the seeds son n by Herr
von pechy s gossip were beginning to bear
fruit. Rudolph's neme mas coupled with
her, and severs 1 well-known wornn eyed
Marv with diwoDrn1n glances. This
treatment aturg the already overwrought 4
'gin Into madness, and when the imperial
guests moved about the ballroom and spoke
to their various acquaintances Mary was
burning to take her revenge. She smiled
when Rudolph exchsnged a few words with
her. but as the Crown Princess passed she
looked Stephanie fuil in the face and did not
acknowledge her presence. The eyes of the
two women met, and T am told that they
looked ror a.l the world like tigers ready
to spring.
, The onlookers were stupefied, and Just as
everybody wondered what would happen
next. Mary stampe'i her foot once twice
and then flung her head back with a move
ment of supreme contempt.
Aware that political enemies sought
his ruin. Rudolph rarely free from the
influence of drugs or brandy called on
our author, gave a steel box Into her
keeping a box containing Incriminat
ing state papers, presumably as to a
selz ire of Hungary and persuaded her
to bring Marie Vetsera to Meyerling.
The two were left to their own devices
at this place, and suddenly the world
was shocked by the news that Rudolph
and Marie Vetsera were shot to death.
It waa hinted that Rudolph was acci
dentally shot while he was hunting.
Dr. Wlederhofer gave this account of
the tragedy to the Countess Marie
Larisch:
TThe Crown Prince wrote to Ixenherg.
It appears." said the doctor, -and told his
wife he was going for three daa' shooting
to MeyerUng. but that he would return for
the family dinner January 30. There was
consequently no ansiety felt shout his
.movements and the Prince left Vienna two
"houra after Mary Vetsera. who was driven
to the shooting lodge by Brat fish. Tha
unhappy girl went In unnoticed by the pri
vate entrance, and I.oschek took ber to the
little, dressing-room in the apartments which
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th Crown Prince occupied. Phe remained
tht ri.v anH nicht alone with her lover.
and on the 29th no me of Rudolph's friends
came for the shooting.
"Was Philip of Coburff smonjr them?"
"Ho was. Philip." continued Dr. Wleder
hofer. "knew that a woman was at Meyer
lln it whs no rar even:., brcause on urh
occasions Rudolph never pat lonpc at dinner.
The Crown Prince, who pleaded a bad cold,
did not go out with the mins, and that
evening h sat at table with his throat
muffled tn a silk handkerchief.
"Hupper was served to the Prince and
Mary in their apartments, and leOschek re
ceived Instructions to awaken his master at
7 o'clock the next mornlna;.
"Downstairs a drunken orjry prevailed,
but thnne two ninful souls spent their last
nfsjht undisturbed."
"Oh. for pity's sake bo brief. I cannot
bear It!" I sobbed.
"You must hear everything. replied my
friend. '"IjOschek came to waken hln maarer
at 7 o'clock, and the Crown Prince torn him
to return in half an hour. He did so. but
as there was no answer to his repeated
knockinr he became alarmed and sent for
Count Hovon, who was at breamast.
' Ana wnat nappenea .- r
Tl,v Krnka nrien th ftnne anrl T hone
ther mav never see such a sight asraln.
There was blood everywhere, ft stained the
pillows. It bespattered the walls, and It had
flowed In a slucfrtsh stream from the bed
to the floor, where It had made a horrible
ntvti. rcniioinh lav on his side, his hand
st til holding the revolver, and the top of
hi hand was almost completely snattreo
"The bed bufs-eo a iittio ana ount noyos
lifted the coverings. Mary vetsera lay un
der them dead; she, too. had been shot
In the heai!
t aunt Hovos told I,oschrk to take the
body of the girl Into another room and to
lock all the doors ot tne ocatn cnamorr.
Th Count - then went downstairs and In
formed the shooters that the Crown Prince
had been suddenly taken ill. and mat n
must leave for Vienna at once to acquaint
the Emperor and to. bring a ooctor Dane
to Meverling. lie dispatched a telegram to
me and I arrived at the Hofburg almost at
tho same time as he did.
'we saw tne Empress nrst; sne naa just
finished her gymnastics. ... It was
dreadful to fiml her so unprepared.
'The Emoress seemed like a woman sua
dentv turned to stone. She shed no tears;
all she said was, 'H'w can we tell the Em
f nu nri strenrtn to ssv. -tou musi -
him. your mnlesty yon alone can. The
Empress stared at me almost without com
prehension. Tnen snc stanea. ana siueiou
little. "Ven, ipi us sT ne -nm.
"v wilrH with the Kmoress to the Km
nurnr' tmArlments and malted Outline. 1
do not know what passed between the be
reaved parents, but when we were caned i"
VlSa.
Dr. lemeat B. Shan, Traaslator
of Tallin's -Tke Aaa;el
of Death."
Francis Joseph sat by the table with bis
face hidden in hla bands, and the Empress
stood beside him.
"I received my orders to go to MeyerUng
at once Oouut Hoyos gave me the key to
the room on my arrival.
"When the Empress came back. Madame
Ferensy told her that the Baroness Vetsera
begged for an audience. The Baroness in
sisted that the Crown Prince had abducted
her daughter and implored the Empress to
help her.
"rllsabeth hesitated and then told
Madame Kerenzy that she would receive
Madame Vetsera. The Empress stood In
the middle of the ante-room: her whole
aspect was terrible In Its unnatural calm,
and the Jlarones wns brought Into her
presence. The two mothers looked at each
other In silence: then Madame- Vetsera fell
on her knees with a despairing cry, Mar
my dauBhter '
"Elisabeth shrank back from the poor
woman's outstretched arms. she examined
her with pitiless curiosity, and then said
roldlv and crueliy. -C'est trop lard, lis sont
morts tous les deux.
Madame Vetsera fainted. The Empress
looked at ber unmoved and walked away
without a word."
The Countess Marie received a note
from "R. I. O. VV which Rudolph had
told her could be given by the person
who was entitled to claim the ateel
casket. Marie met the person by ap-J
Dr.3muel Johnson.
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pointment, and discovered that ha was
Archduke John of Tuscany. "You could
not save a coward like Rudolph, but
you've saved my life," he said to her.
She be Ran to cry, and the Archduke,
taking; her hand, said: -
"Don't regret Kudolph. If the Empero
had found these papers, matters would hav
Kuan inflnll.lv Wfimp The OAWI1 P ri III'
has killed himself, but If the Emperor had
known all. It would have been his duty
to have him tried by military law and shot
as n traitor."
rtn v-... thinlr thai TtndnlDtl's Dlans mts
carried." I asked, "and that he received
Information to this effect while he ws
Xfle.-erllnv."
The Archduke was silent. "It may be,"
he answered evasively. "But do 'OU UH
derstand what the fear of discovery must
have meant to Kudolph. with his nervous
constitution undermined by drugs and
brandv? Fear lone might have made him
commit suicide. It la a pity he was o
weair He hroke hla word to me. and
trusted him. But a bottle of brandy seems
to have turned him Into a contemptlDie
rnvinl However, we must not stand here
anv longer: there are police spies all over
Vienna. Goodbve. countess Mane; you may
never see me again, but I shall always re
member what you have done for me.
.... .rMiiv mizzled. "imperial High
ness." I asked, "are you going away from
Austria?" , .
He smiled. "Tea. I m' going to die
without dvlng. for 1 am tired of the. hoi-
low things of life, and I Intend to hegli
a new career and now farewell. Don
forget me."
It was ariven out afterward, and con
veniently enough, that Archduke John
was drowned at sea. In a shipwreck.
The Countess Marie and her husband,
who were parents of several children.
were divorced in llrSb.
Several passages In the book are too
scandalous to print.
The Sixty-First Second, by Owen Johnson.
Tllii.i rated. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New
York City.
in..rin novel- readers invariably re.
call Owen Johnson a the creator of
smart, slangy school stories mat nave
tremendous circulation, in which the
hr is stover. "Stover at Tale" Is the
last we heard about that young; man.
p.nni. wondered if this particular Mr.
Johnson could "get away from Dink
Stover, 'and write something: about the
larger' American business and social
life Mr. Johnson now fulfills this ex
pectation in "The Sixty-first Second," a
novel that describes Xw York society
and financial magnates, and also plc
turpa the fina ncial panic, of 1!07. The
story has galloping interest, and Is live.
lv and bright in oiaioguc.
" Who stole Mrs. Klta Kildair's 32,000
rubv ring given to her by jonn i.
Slade. financial magnate? That Is the
kernel of the novel, and the mystery
is kept well under cover. Mrs. Kil
dair is a woman of mystery. She is
vountr. dashing, beautiful to look on.
with an unknown past. She gives
nartv at her swell New York house, and
suddenly startles her aristocratic guests
by announcing that some one in tne
house had stolen her ruby ring. Who
was the thief? She said she would count
100, In the darkness, and that if the
ring was not returned to her within
that limit, she would call for the po
lice. At M. the ring was nearo to
drop on the table, but on tho "100,'
the ring was gone. Mystery!
Two rival money Kings, Bernard i
Majendie and John G. Slade. are rivals
for the affections or Mrs. ivimair,
widow, and the plot is largely pulsed
bv dollar marks. Nan Charters, actress.
and Teddy Beecher. are two other types.
The novel takes on a stock exchange
tin re. In which the Atlantic Trust Com
pany is featured. Here "The Sixty-first
Second" recalls the art of Kobert vv.
Chambers, and this is written as a com.
pliment to Mr. Johnson.
The Call of the Laud, by E. Benjamin An
drews, chancellor emeritus ot the T Di
versity of Nebraska. Illustrated. Oranse
Judd Co.. New York City.
Pleasantly discoursive and lacking
dry technical detail, this well-written
book has an interest that is distinctive,
and will have special appeal to those
who feel that tpe land "calls" them to
dig; a living from actual contact with
it.
The pages are 3.5. and tne illustra
tion!. 28. Our author Invariably speaks
of the larger farms, and says that his
observations suit primarily the tier of
states north and south to- whlcB Kan
sas. Nebraska and the Dakotas belong,
half way between the Mississippi and
the Rockies. The Pacific Coaet farms
are not discussed, and actual farming
l not described in detail. The "sense
of the beautiful" In farming is rather
hrouarht forward. In the manner in
which a college lecture might be deliv.
cred.
The chapter-heads: The Farmstead
Beautiful; The National Importance of
Rural Interests: Passing of the Federal
Pasture: Sunshine Farming; Health aa a
Duty: Farmers Vacations: Three fio-
neership6; Amalgamating Our Foreign-
Born: The Beer Supply: Industrial i,au..
cation in a Prairie State: The Rising
Generation; The Crusade for the Coun.
try School: Promoters and Promoting:
Taxation and Land; Socialism and the
Farming Interest: Public Spirit, and
Medicine and Morals.
GeCtynbarg. bV Elsie Slngmaster. 1. Illus
trated. Houghton. Mifflin Co., New York
City.
.Memorial day and the-Gettysburg' an
niversary are almost ' upon us, with
memories of the red but glorious days
of our Civil War. and these nine short
stories of that period, contained in this
book of 190 pages, are not only sea
sonable but- admirable, eloquent and
pathetic in literary construction. Most
of them have been printed before, but
have been so eagerly sought, after, that
they have been reproduced In this form.
The book has special interest for Grand
Armv men, their families and friends,
and ought to have a large circulation.
Our author has written true American
stories with a National note In them,
stories that will surely live. The titles:
"July the First"; "The Home Coming";
"Victory"; "The Battle Ground": "Gun
ner CrJswelP; "The Substitute"; "The
Retreat": "The Oreat Day." and "Mary
Bowman." Several of the stories depict
actual scenes on the battlefield of Get
tysburg, and other tell of the Gettys
burg of our day. The best story of all
Is "The Battle Ground," where, against
her will, Mrs. Mary Bowman, whose
husband was killed in battle, takes her
children to hear President Lincoln make
his famous speech on the battlefield.
San Fraaclsco Relief Snrrey. 3.Sr. Illus
trated. 5H pages. Survey Associates,
Inc.. New York City. N. Y.
Free from all cheap, sensational de
tails, this survey of the organization
and methods of relief need after the
earthquake and fire in San. Francisco,
April 18. 1906. will be esteemed for Its
correctness, non-partisan spirit, and
wealth of voluminous detail, well ar
ranged. " The' book will have true,
permanent value, worthy of a place on
the family bookshelves of Pacific Coast
readers, especially. It Is a wonderful
record of the efficiency of the Red
Cross method of relief. The writers
are trained social workers, the person
nel being Dr. Charles J. O'Connor, sec
retary of the board of trustees of relief
and Red Cross funds; Francis H. Mc
Lean, secretary of the American As
sociation of Societies for Organizing
Charity; Helen Swett Artieda. secretary
of the business committee of the re
habilitation committee: Dr. James Mar
vin Motley, of Leland Stanford Uni
versity; Dr. Jessica Peixotto, of the
University of California, and Mary
Roberts CooIIege, of Leland Stanford
University.
The illustrations are many and nu
merous. The book belongs to the Russell
Sage Foundation series of publications.
The Air Pilot, by Bandall J'arrlsh. 1.23.
Illustrated. A. C. McCIurg & Co., Chicago.'
Lieutenant Philip Dessaud, of the
Ftveneh army, has invented a monoplane
that can. balance itself in the air, has a
silent engine, is covered with invisible
paint, weighs about 1200 pounds, and
travels under pressure, about SO miles
per hour. The monoplane is a secret,
so far as construction is concerned, as
France wishes the model as her par
ticular own.
Dessaud is sent to the aviation meet
at Chicago, with .his. machine, and the
latter is carefully guarded, but before
the flight takes place, Dessaud Is ab
ducted by German plotters, and tho
heroine arrives. Miss Helen Probyn, a
Chicago newspaper woman. Plot and
counterplot grow in action, and there
more than one murder. The inter
national system of spies Is exposed. No
flying is indulged In, until Desasud and
Miss Probyn escape their captors, and
then . The novel comes Into Its own.
The story, supposed to be told in a
steamer crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Is
a thriller, pulses with excitement, and
shows Mr. Parrlsh In a new and untried
field. He acquits himself with honor.
The New International Year Book for 101S,
edited by Frank Moore Colby, associated
with Allen Leon Churchill. 1 Illustrated.
Dodd. Mead Co.. New York City.
Eight hundred and twenty-two pages.
tilled with Instructive information.
with Just the kind of subjects called for
not only In ordinary business, but In
places where references are in demand.
The title. "A Compendium of the
World's Progress for the Year 1912."
Is well earned, for the book really
earns that name as a record or the
year. It is an honest, valuable en
cyclopedia of the year and contains de
partments which are not to be found
in any other volume. None of the
work printed belongs to the hold-over
material, but Is new and freshly writ
ten. Nearly 50 pages are given to
the last Presidential campaign and
PASADENA ONE OF FIRST
IN COMMISSION FORM
New Regime Starts With Complete Change in City Employes Love of
Adventure Leads Girls to Issue Bad Checks and Travel.
LOS ANOELES, May 10. (Special.)
At noon on Monday Pasadena, one
of the first cities In California to
adopt the commission form of govern
ment originated in Dea Moines, went
into the hands of the new Board of
Commissioners, succeeding the admin
istration headed by Mayor William
Thum.
The members on the new Commission
are T. R. Metcalf. M. H. Salisbury. W.
J. Loughery. T. D. Allin and A. L. Ham-
lton. They were elected a montn ago
at a non-partisan election, tne only
feature of which was that Metcalf. wno
polled the largest number of votes., was
defeated on the election for Mayor two
ears ago. There will bo numerous
change.' in the heads of departments at
he City Hall In the next lew uays, an
distinctively Thum 'adherents being
slated for dismissal, not on account of
any disposition to adopt the "spoils sys
tem, but because oi an enure cuausi
of policy.
There Is a liKeiinooa mat oia .-pam
will open her royal coffers and with
the good red gold there held In glltter-
nar piles restore tne lumDiea niisaiuna
of California.
The force moving in this Deiiau is
none otner tnan tne juiiuib
one of the men closest to the King, a
grandee credited with commanding in
fluence at court.
Marquis Visits California.
The Marauis Inelan was a recent vis
itor to California, his official duty being
to nave the way for Spam s participa
tion in the great Exposition of 1915.
Before coming to California he asked
that an Itinerary be made up for him
specially with a view to tracing the
footsteps of Spain in this new world,
the footsteos of Portola and of Palo.
San Anselmo and Junipero Serra with
the founding of the missions ana pueD
When the Marauls reacnea Monterey
was much in the company of Father
Mestres. of the old San Carlos cnuren
in that early California capital, and to
he good father ireeiy 101a nis imprca-
inna of his lourney tnrougn ine siaies,
He was ereatly satisfied with the
hnwlne- Snain had made In heroically
pioneering- the wilderness and setting
up the cross on what was then the
world's extreme end. He was greatly
moved bv the sacrifices the Spanish
n ad res had made to establish missions
and convert the heathen.
Romance Has Appeal.
The romance of It all appealed to him
as nothing had done in many a year
and he went over the documents and
relics that told ot the early efforts and
privations of Spain's soldiers of the
sword and the cross with the interest
of a scholar and the enthusiasm of a
caballero. '
But the sadness In his heart was
caused bv tha conditions In which he.
amonrr other subjects of special Inter
est -are: Titanic disaster, the Balkan
war, railway accidents, electoral re
form, minimum wage, workingmen's
compensation, syndicalism, surgery,
synthesis of rubber. Panama Canal,
aaueducts. citv Dlannlng. etc. The
printing and illustrations are first
class. The Upper Crust, bv Charles Sherman. Illus
trated. ai.1T. Tha Bobbs-MerrlU Co.. In
dianapolis, Ind.
Mr. Sherman Is pleasantly remem
bered for the sunshine and laughter
with Which he endowed his earlier
novel. "He Comes Up Smiling." "The
Upper Crust" is a delicious laugh, just
the merry kind of Summer, novel to
buy and read when you. need freedom
from care and worry. The necessary
relaxation is here. The hero is Alger
non Van Rensellear Todd, .with an in
come of ?500 per week, and he has
more monev and leisure than is good
for him. His father Is dead, his mother
Is young and pretty, and he, Algernon,
inherits millions of money one year
hence.
Mrs. Todd goes to Europe, and Alger
non is supposed to be on his travels.
Instead, he goes to the Todds' country
house In Maine, where be had - neve
previously resided, and. there he finds
Miss Molly O'Toole posing as his mom
er! Miss O'Toole had been engaged as
Mrs. Todd's housekeeper. Miss O'Toole
has an adorable mouth, a pretty face .
You can-aruess -the rest.
It's a love story, and a fresh, healthy
one.
U-.llinn.J In HU PrlltH- hV fleOTK Ban
dolDh Chester. SI. The Bobbs-Merrill
Co., Indianapolis. Ind.
J. Rufus Wallingford's name as an
hot-air artist and champion magnet
for wanderins dollars. Is established in
current .American fiction and his de-J
lighted following is large. In this
novel of 2i pages Mr. Walllngford is
again up- to his former tricks in at
tracting, getting and losing easy money
and much laughter ensues. He is in a
train on the road owned by L. H. Falls,
railroad king, when the driving-rod of
the engine breaks and. tne train comes
1 to a sudden stop. "Benssy" Falls, son
of the said railroad king, is also on the
train, accompanied by several other
Idle-rich youths, and Wallingford pro
ceeds to own them. His first graft is
the formation of the Speckled Bass
Hollow-Walled Portable Bungalow
Company and the fun gets fast and' fu
rious. The very novel for a vacation,
where no call is made on brain power
to understand it. One huge laugh.
Four Summer Novels, 50 cents each. The
Maemillan Company, New York City.
"The Colonel's Story," by Mrs. Roger
A. Pryor; "The Wheels of Chance," by
H. G. Wells; "Elizabeth and Her Ger
man Garden," by an anonymous author:
and "The Common Lot," by Robert
Herrick. These are the names of the
four novels in question, all classics.
They are familiar to ordinary novel
readers who are members of public li
braries, but it has not been possible up
to now to "buy copies without paying
the usual $1.50 or J1.25. Now we have
the four, bound in stiff covers, clearly
printed, and sold at the price of 50
cents each, as part of Macmillan's
modern fiction library. Just the kind
of entertaining stories to take to the
mountains or seashore when that va
cation time of yours come around.
The Mystery of 81 New Inn, by B. Austin
Freeman, illustrated. '-30. The John
C. Winston Co., Philadelphia.
An English novel, with a good, old.
fashioned murder mystery of the kind
made familiar to us by Conan Doyle
in "Sherlock Holmes." The story Is
told by Dr. Jervis, a medical man who
afterward turns lawyer, to oblige his
old friend. John Thorndyke. lawyer and
criminologist. Dr. Jervis is called to
attend a new patient, who is Introduced
as Mr. Graves. The latter Is apparently
suffering from morphine poisoning, and
dies. The dead man turns out to be
Jeffcry Blackmore. and two wills of his
are discovered. Mr. Thorndyke goes to
work to ferret out the mystery, and
the result is sensational.
The Banner With the New Derlce, by Wil
liam W. Hicks. $1.50. The sanctuary
Publishing Company. Boston.
Thoughtrully written, mis dook oi
280 pages is a presentation of the doc
trine of healing without drugs, but
with prayer. It is a protest against
the use of medicine.
The Angel of Death, by J. O. Wallln, Trans
lated by Dr. Clement B. Shaw, A. M. The
Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company,
Chicago. ,
This book of poetry, translated from
the Swedish in the original meters, was
reviewed In The Oregonian of last Sun
day. JOSEPH M. QUENTIN.
found the missions, particularly those
like Palo, Soledad and some others that
have been permitted to sink into ruin
and decay.
And out of this sadness he confided
to Father Mestres his purpose to ask
the King of Spain to take 'up the work
of restoring the missions to about the
condition in which they were at the
time of their prosperity.
Exactly 99,885.78 acres of the Los
Angeles forest reserve lands are- to be
thrown open to the public entry under
the homestead act. The land in ques
tion lies between the little Rock Creek
and tho Mojave River on the Sierra
Mad re range.
Miss Mabel Johnson, who recently
lost her nose through an operation, is
having It replaced In one of the most
remarkable operations ever performed
in Southern California, nnd probably in
the world, but she will probably be
without a left ring finger. Through
the grafting process the finger is be
ing made to grow where the nose was,
Finger Grows to Face.
The operation was begun In the Pas
adena Hospital two weeks ago by Dr.
C. D. Lockwood. assisted by Dr. Jj 11
Breycr. The third bone of the finger,
next to the palm of the hand, was re
moved. The tip of the finger was
placed between the eyes and the two
remaining bones formed the structure
to give shape to the nose and of the
boneless section the end of the nose
and nostrils will be molded.
The arm was encased in a plaster
cast with the hand resting against the
face, and has remained there while the
two surfaces of flesh have been knit
ting. The blood supply has been un
interrupted and the physicians report
that the results have been entirely sat
isfactory. Miss Johnson has endured
the discomfort with remarkable forti
tude.
Some time this week the finger will
be severed from the hand and the pro
cess of forming the nostrils will begin
The physicians expect to meet with
equal success In this part of the sur
gery and to be able to mold a nose that
will approximate natural lines.
Women Tolice Recommended.
That women on the police force is
becoming more .and more in vogue. In
Los Angeles was made evident this
week by the fact that the police com
mission in special session recommended
five additional patrolwomen to be paid
salaries and 25 who will volunteer
their services to the police department
for occasional service without pay and
the request presented to the Council.
Chief Sebastian in his' recommenda
tion to the police commission, stated
that the five additional women on sal
ary, to devote their entire time to the
city, were badly needed and that the
three policewomen now employed were
overburdened with work. .
That Peter Morrison, who recently
arrived In this city and who claims to
NIGHT BOARD FAILS AND
TWO WOMEN SAVE DAY
Count of Votes in Precinct 13, Ward 2, Made by Single Set of Officials
Working Continuously for 19 Hours.
THERE are gome women patriots in
Portland and they have the real
simon-pure, blown-in-the-bottle..
none-genuine-without - the - signature
brand of patriotism, too. It isn't the
grab-a-flag-and-sing-a-song variety
one finds in the George M. Cohan music
shows. This is the really-for-truly
sort, because just look!
Up In Precinct IS, Ward 2, at the
corner of Twenty-first and Irving
streets there has been a tent pitched
these last few days, same as Is the case
on many other Portland corners. When
the election officials lined up for busi
ness; there last Saturday morning there
were members of the fair sex among
the workers, of course. "Everybody's
doin' it," and this particular precinct
in 'this particular ward wasn't going
to be at all behind, so there were wo
men to watch the balloting, as well as
men. Among these women were Mrs.
J. Arch Stewart and Mrs. M. M. Mc
Corkle. It was 8 o'clock when the gong
sounded and all hands turned In to
see that tne sacred American privilege
be 100 years old. Is a confidence man
and has carried off money and clothing
from small towns in various parts of
the state, was the information received
from the Lodi police by the detectives
here.
Morrison, who arrived here the first
part of the week, represented to
charitable organizations and members
of various churches that he had come
from Albany. N. YM walking part of the
way and riding when he had money. He
placed his age at 100, but the Lodi po
lice believe that he Is much younger,
and only says It to gain sympathy and
assistance. So successfully has he
played his part that he has been able
to get away with considerable money
and clothing by working on the sym
pathy of the people.
Art Collection Increased.
Two remarkable art works will soon
arrive in Los Angeles to be added to
the collection of Henry E. Huntington,
already famous for the works of early
English masters of portraiture.
The two paintings are by Sir Joshua
Reynolds and were purchased by Mr.
Huntington just before he left for Eu-
rODe.
Both are full length portraits and are
from the collection of the Earl of Har
rington. which was disposed of at pri
vate sale a few months ago. One Is
of the Countess of Harrington, who
was a contemporary of Reynolds, and
the other a portrait of her mother. The
pictures are in Reynolds' most charac
teristic style.
John King Samuels, zi, wno nas jusx
re-enlisted in the avy, must wor
four more years for Uncle Sam for $20
a month ana louna, aespue me iuci
that his aunt, Fannie M. Samuels, or
New York, says he is heir to $2,000,000
from an uncle.
Mrs. Samuels came from the East to
seek her nephew. She pleaded to Louis
Randell, chief yeoman in charge of the
recruiting office, that her nephew had
no reason for re-enlisting when he was
a millionaire.
Burro Hunting New Sport.
Far out on the desert, on the border
of Death Valley, beyond San Bernar
dino, prospectors are engaged in the
rare sport of hunting young wild bur
ros to replenish their larders.
Vallery White and Herbert Taylor,
young mining men of Ballaret. who
have come into the land of civilization
to overhaul their equipment, declare
that burro hunting in the Argus and
Panamont ranges' is the latest sport.
The burros have never felt the touch
of saddle or pack and are as wild and
as fleet-footed as deer. It Is a hard
matter to get within rifle range of the
same. The prospectors declare m?
meat of the young burros equal to veal
and is much more tender tnan venison
The Kern County Board of Trade, at
Bakersfield. has just received from the
United States Government Agricultural
Department a small lot of genuine
Egyptian cottonseed. This seed will
be given out to the farmers In small
quantities for experimental purposes,
statistics show that the climatic con
ditions in Kern County are superb for
growing cotton and a successtui piani
Intr is exnected.
rians have been completed for a
magnificent $500,000 hotel to be erected
on a commanding site in Ocean Park
Heights. The grounds and street will
be improved at a cost of some $150,000.
The site for the new notei is one irom
which many miles of the coast, the
mountains and the city of Los Angeles
can be obtained. TUe Duiiaings inte
rior fittings and furnishings will be
elaborate and costly.
World Lores Girl Forcer.
"I wanted to see the world. And I
wanted adventure something different
from the every-day things that happen
at home."
In the simplest manner as though she
was explaining the breaking of some
trivial engagement, "Frances Day," the
girl with 18 names, arrested for pass
Ing bad checks, and wanted in Berke
bv made this statement.
"I admit I passed three false checks
for $14 that is, I and my friend, Julia
Rernardou but it was tne only way
we could manage to travel in search of
romance and adventure.
Whv do I change my name every
time I meet a new man I like? Well, it
is romantic. Romance and aaventure
are so exciting ana i nave always
wanted them.
And anyway, Julia and I saw lots of
new places on this trip. We went to
Seattle. Portland. El Paso. San Antonio
and San Diego. Julia was arrested in
San Diego and after that I visited
Fresno and Bakersfield before coming
to Los Angeles."
Henry Maag was an entertainer in a
Seattle cafe when he first saw Gladys,
his wife-to-be. She came In for a
meal. Maag smiled; the girl smiled
back. Three weeks later they eloped
VtlT (S. Arc?? Stewart
of voting was gone through with ac
cording to Hoyle and George. Baker.
Well, time- passed and then some mora
time passed, and finally It was time
for the night board to come on duty.
But the members of the night board
wotted not of the passing of the hours,
and lo, they arrived not.
Now the law is that when the night
board fails to appear the day board Is
compelled to continue serving. And
in this case the Second Ward women
are strong for the law. The day board
remained at its post, at least, part of
it did. and in the busy part were Mrs.
Stewart and Mrs. McCorkle. Darkness
settled down, as it has a habit of doing
every little while, and the night was
upon the little tent. In days of old
the Turk used to fold his tent and
steal away, or something like that, but
there could be no tent-folding in this
case. Only unfolding ballots.
And, to get to the climax, which has
been hanging around waiting to be
pushed into the middle of the ring, it
was 2 o'clock Sunday morning when
Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. McCorkle and
the rest of the election officials in
that precinct finished.
The two women had worked continu
ously from 8 A. M. Saturday to 3 A. M.
Sunday, a stretch of 19 hours.
and were married. Now Mrs. Maaa,
charges her husband with failure to
provide.
Judge Monroe showed little sympa
thy for either husband or wifo when lie
found they h.ld never been introduced
and that their marriage was merely a
result of a pick-up acquaintance. lie
dismissed the case. Mrs. .Maas will sue
for separate- maintenance.
Romance Leads to Koumanla.
A romance begun in Santa Monica
will end In a wedding in far-off Ron
mania, if Miss Cecilia Cady. a pretty
Scotch girl, carries out her declaration
made when the California Limited took
"her fiancee, Louis Dane, an oil driller,
on the first lap towards the Roumanian
oil fields. With tears in her eyes, the
young girl clung to her suitor and Just
as the train pulled out she vowed that
before a year she would find a way to
Join him.
The la oil drillers departed In chars
of John Cady, of Santa Monica, a broth
er of Miss Cady, to Roumania, where
they have been engaged by the Rouma
nian Oil & Drilling Company, an Eng
lish syndicate. Miss Cady's father was
also a member of the party.
Dane has promised the girl to work
hard for her and endecvor to make a
little home in Roumania. a country ho
had seen only on the map. Glowing
things had been promised and he felt
confident. The girl share'd his optimism.
She declared if Dane was unable to
send for her, she would find a way
to go to him. Later they are to return
to this city.
Residents of Weld street In Holly
wood have presented a petition to the
Council asking that the name of that
thoroughfare be changed to Holly drive.
The petition is headed by the name of
William W. Morgan.
"I don't blame the property owners
for wanting that name changed," re
marked Councilman Topham, when the
petition came before the street and
boulevards committee. "It certainly j
doesn't sound very esthetic when pro- -.
nounced. I move that the petition be
granted."
SLAYER OF CAT IS FINED
Courts Hold Man Has 'o Kisht to
Kill Domestic Animal.
PARIS. May 10. (Special.) Last
year a farmer of Bry-sur-Marne shot a ;
cat he found basking in his field, and
the Nogent jude de paix,. who is pro
ably a cat-lover, fined him $20. The
motive of the judgment was set forth -thus:
"Although a land owner has the
right to defend himself at night against
any animal trespassing on his prop
erty, yet that this theory should not
become ridiculous. It Is presumed that
wild animals are meant, such as lions, '
wolves, or even men, and not a do
mestic creature whose species could 1
not be mistaken."
Tho farmer appealed to the Tribunal -of
the Seine, and after the case had "
thoroughly been argued, tho court con
firmed the Nogent judgment, "seeing
that it is not proved that the cat was
doing any harm when It was killed." ''
At the same time, though, it reduced
the fine to $.
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