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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1914)
ST. HELENS GROWS AS BEAUTY OF TOWN AND VICINITY BECOMES KNOWN Many Plants Established Attract Large Numbers of Laborers to City, While Activity in Business and Profes sional Fields Is Marked Highway Advertises Scenery of Valley. t-n T. HELENS. Or.. Au(. 1. (Special.) Much has been written about Ore- con. Many pictures ti lure the people to whom the slogan "Go West, young man." has a charm have been drawn. A great deal more could have been said about Oregon that has not been told generally. Columbia County has come In for Its share of inflated advertising-. What ever has been -aid. more of the real conditions can be told. The City of St. Helens, the county seat of Colum bia County, has been making a growth and is becoming a factor In the devel opment of Oregon without making very much noise about it. St. Helens is sit uated on the west bank of the Colum bia River at the point where the Wil lamette Slough Joins, the river, and di rectly opposite the lower point of Sau vies Island. From Portland it is al most due north VI miles. Before the river was made navigable above, St. Helens was the farthest in land Oregon port. The terminus of the Northern Pacltlc Railroad was here and connected with the steamship lines. Six years ago St. Helens was a vil lage of a few hundred inhabitants. It had a small sawmill. Today the population is above the 2000 mark. The reason for the increase Is that the St. Helens Mill Company, one of the Charles R. McCormick's mills, was established here, with facilities for logging with several hundred men. Camps and logging roads la the timber take several hundred more. This mill ships more than 80,000.000 feet of lum ber a year to its own lumber yards in San Pedro and San Francisco, and much is shipped to foreign ports. This same company operates the St. Helens Ship building Company, where four lumber schooners have been constructed since lta beginning In 1912. These boats were built for the company's own use and are now in operation by the com pany. Creoaotlng riant Built. It next established the St. Helens creosoting plant, where now ties, pil ing and other lumber are sctenuncauy treated and sent to all parts of the world. Employing a large number of men also Is the Columbia County Mill, lo cated on the Willamette Slough. Other industries for which St. Helens Is noted are block-making, quarrying and fishing. The Belgian blocks taken from the St. Helens cuts are world famous. The quarries operated by Mon tague O'Reilly Company and Columbia Contract Company supply much of the crushed rock used In the state. The income to fishermen of St. Helens for their season's catchings runs close to the $100,000 mark. Wlth-n four years the city has in stalled a water system with fresh mountain water in abundance that would supply a great city. An electric light plant also has been put in opera tion within that time, and a lighted boulevard from the river bank to the railroad station, more than a mile, is the city's main street. The river bank is one of the per petual assets of the town. The river Is deep enough so that harbor facilities for large vessels are afforded. The bank stands some 25 feet above the water. There Is a flat for several blocks and another bank gives a plateau that affords an unsurpassed view. On the bank next to the river stand the business houses of the city. Just on the edge with the docks is the stone courthouse, standing like a sentinel and a lasting advertisement to all the boats that pass to Portland of St. Helens beautiful rock. From this bank the verdant hills of Washington, maple massed below, and green-belted with firs above, aro within constant view across the river. Behind these two mountain peaks. Mount St. Helens and Mount Hood, rise up in all their snow-capped beauty. An ideal dream of the citizens is to have a beautiful drive all along this bank and around a point just north of the city. Within the past year two new busi ness blocks have been constructed and a fine new Masonic building completed. The St. Helens Mill Company is plan ning an addition that will increase its already extensive plant by half. It has just completed a modern wood-burner that cost into the thousands. If the city has developed in the past six years, the past year has seen even more growth, as marked by a new drug store, candy factory, merchandise store, two grocery stores, ice cream and con fectionery parlors, undertaking estab lishment and a moving picture theater. Additional professional men have come into the city the past year in the way of a dentist, a doctor and two attor neys. The city has expended and is expend ing for sewer work and street improve ment the past year more than $80,000, and ha? just made arrangements to ' construct a new city dock costing J5000. A consolidation with the town of Houlton was perfected a few months ago. so that St. Helens has increased in area a considerable number of miles. ' A modernly equipped four-year high school and two grade schools are main tained within the city limits. Highway Wears St. Helens. The State Highway Commission has, only last- month, decided to run the Co lumbia Highway into St. Helens down almost to the river bank. In fact, ao near to it that all tourists will make the drive into lower St. Helens to tike a view of the Columbia River from the Courthouse Park. The Commission also decided to spend on appropriation hard surfacing the road from Multnomah County, so that soon the first county seat north of Portland will be con nected to Portland by a continuous boulevard. Someone said that he has lived among the luxuries of the wide streets and magnolia shades of the famed city, Washington: that he has driven up the historical Potomac from the falls util ized by George Wiishington to the walled embattlements at Harper's Ferry: followed the beautiful Shenan doah through Virginia overhung by the verdure of Blue Ridge Hills; that he has tramped the Appalachians at their highest points, Alte Monte and Terra Alte. Maryland, where the world renowned Deer Park lies; that he has sailed up the mighty Hudson viewing nature's majestic wonders there and stood enraptured many times with eyes upturned at Niagara Falls. He said he has seen the Rocky Mountains from Montana to Colorado, and in Southern California with snow-capped Old Baldy always in sight; that he has hastened to get out of Yellowstone National Park and been inspired with Seattle's view of sea and mountain sky line, but FEEBLfi MINDS IN NEW YORK AROUSE GOVERNOR State Commission Investigating With View of Preventing Increased Num ber of Mentally Weak Persons. BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN. NEW YORK, Aug. 1. (Special.) New Yorkers are becoming so feeble mindod that Governor Glynn has felt called upon to name a state commission to investigate the subject. Robert W. Hebberd. secretary of the State Board of Charities, heads this fjens- of Sf JZeF. ; .T. IML . fill IP lils Wj SS ., R in i mi ....in ii i i . .-i--:-SsV't'tTf--TlW1WlTliBmh'iWEg' jr IF r i - us a A i 4 J M I I 114 I that the most beautiful of all is along the route -of the Columbia Highway. That there a combination of city, plain, river and lakes, surrounding green hills overtopped with great snow-capped organization, the members of which serve without pay. They are directed to work as hard as they can until next February, when they are obli gated to submit a report to the Legis lature with recommendations for legis lation. Figures which cause Governor Glynn much concern, and have led him to mountain peaks in seeming command of all is given, and that the culmination of all was attained on the ride from Portland to the county seat of Colum bia County, St. Helens. take action, show that although there are 30,000 feeble-minded persons in the state, there are oniy accommodations in the various institutions for 4000. On the other hand, the insane asylums care for 30,000. One of the greatest dangers to so ciety is that the majority of the feeble minded are unable to provide for the care of their children, the latter find ing their way into foundling asylums. In many cases these foundlings are adopted into normal families, and grow up to spread a moral and physical con tagion into otherwise normal homes. Dr. Max G. Schlapp. one of the Gov ernor's committee, a professor of neu ropathology at the Post Graduate Med ical School, has made an exhaustive study of conditions. In his report, he says: "These defectives have cost the com- munity a fortune in hospital and court expenses, in funds for foundling asy lums, and in the actual destruction of the lives, health and property of nor mal citizens. "The most pathetic aspect of the problem is perhaps the suffering of tlie incompetents themselves. They are at the mercy of the vilest and most un scrupulous elements In society, help less before suggestion, coerced ' Into anything. Our data on the matter of economic status reveal that 'society finds a use for mentally defective fe males; they are to be found in the kitchens of cheap hotels, as chamber maids in boarding-houses and as wo men of the streets. Thus they are ex posed to all those dangers that bring them finally into grave conflict with so ciety." Prisoaera to Hide In Autos. Under the old system, convicts were taken to Sing Sing by prison van to the Grand Central station, and thence by train. Sheriff Griffenhagen has insti tuted a change, and hereafter all pii.--oners will travel In style in autos. True, their conveyances will not be expensive touring cars, but large steel vans. Tlie experiment nas aireaoy uceu tried, and has met with approval from both guurds and prisoners. The men are loaded into the vans at the Tombs prison, have a brief rest at Police Headquarters, where they are photo graphed and fingerprinted, and then bowl along over excellent roads to the prison up the Hudson. Not only is the new plan more satisfactory, but there is a considerable gain financially. Hence it is not likely to be changed for some time at least. Police Commissioner Woods is highly pleased over the result of a secret in vestigation of his department. Chari ties Commissioner Kingsbury, it seems, decided to find out if the men of the force were kind hearted or not. He ordered Sam Rhodes, one of his investi gators, to find out. Rhodes dressed himself up as a tramp, and started out on a tour of the city. At various times he approached 50 patrolmen, and told each one that he had beaten his way from Chicago on a freight train, and that his money, a $10 bill, had been stolen from him. He variously de scribed himself as a carpenter's helper, a laborer, a farmhand and a railroad hrakeman. Policemen Arc Kindly, Rhodes reports that with but three exceptions, the policemen were kindly and sympathetic. Forty-four directed him how to get to the Municipal lodging-house, and three others gave him other practical suggestions. Several gave him money, and one secured a meal at Churchills, a Broadway lobster palace. The publication of the investigator's report-has aroused much interest among policemen, and the standard of polite ness has increased, for no one knows whether or not other representatives of the department of charities are out. These are lively days for the offi cials of the "Life Fresh Air Farm," a charitable Summer home conducted un der the auspices of Life, the weekly paper. A number of children, who have been guests there, swear that the Rev. U. O. Mohr, the superintendent, beat and ill-fed them, and that their Summer "outing" was a terrible experi ence. They say that immediately after breakfast they were turned out of doors no matter what the weather, and that if thev tried to return to the house thev were driven away by "Papa Mohr, who whacked them with a lawn tennis racquet. Now Superintendent Moore, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, is making an In vestigation. Complaint First in 27 Years. In justice to the farm officials it must be stated that the establishment is a 27-year-old charity, has cared for nearly 36,000 children, and that this is the first time that any complaint has been made. Heretofore it has always been regarded as a valuable factor in helping the poor to enjoy a Summer outing. Most of the children sent to it come from the upper Fast Side of town and there is naturally much excitement in that section of the city at present. Mrs. Filomena Costa is one of the ost interesting prisoners In the Jer sey Citv jail. She Is being held pend lng indictment by the grand jury on a chaise of selling love powders ana telling fortunes. The woman does not denv it. but declares she does not fear inf jury, for if it makes trouble for her she will "cast a spell' over the men responsible. The police say they have known of the woman's activities for some time, but were unable to get any of her cus tomers to testify against her. Finally, a female detective called, and bought three love powders. Mrs. Costa as sured her that "the first will make a strange man love the woman who sprinkles it on his coat tails; the sec ond will drive away a bad husband or an unwelcome admirer: while the third sprinkled in food, will revive a flicker ing love into undying flumes." When the police broke into the house In response to a signal from the wo man detective. Mrs. Costa was putting on the final touches on her incanta tions before an altar. She submitted to arrest, but not until she had for mallv "cast a spell of hatred upon each individual member of the police delegation. lTD to date, none of them have been injured by her magic. "WITCH" ASKS DAMAGES Storekeeper Demands $10,000 From Woman Accusing Her of Sorcery. MAUCH CHUNK, Pa., July 26. Mrs Emma Hollenbach, who is engaged in the egg. butter, poultry and produce business in Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, has brought suit against Lizzie Sllliman. a neigh bor, for $10,000 damages on the ground that sine has lost much of her trade and her reputation had been ruined because the Sllliman woman circulated the report that she is a witch. One of Mrs. Hollenbach's allegations, specifically stated, is as follows: "On April 25 last Lizzie Silliman, the defendant, said: 'Old Mrs. Hollenbach is a witch. She can practice witch craft. She was after my baby, and she also was after your twins. She-has bewitched them. Sho also bewitched Jimmy Bchler. and after she had brought up fish to him in the evening she tormented him ail night." " As a result. Mrs. Hollenbach declares her patronage has fallen off 75 per cent, and her income from the produce business, which formerly kept her and her family very comfortably, sow has dwindled to such an extent that she is scarcely able to make enough to feed herself let alone anybody else. The suit has occasioned great amusement all around this section, and it was believed that the excitement caused several years ago by the dis covery of a "hexcat" had died and been forgotten. NEW. CHECK IS DEVISED St. Jxmis Company's Carfares Re corded In Office Also. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 27. (Special.) A newly invented electric automatic register that records every fare paid on streetcars, both on the car and at the office of the auditor of the car company, has been proved perfect after a month's trial on the Cleveland avenue line of Eas St. Louis, it was announced today. Both the 5 and 10-cent fares are re corded and when the car passes the Metropolitan building the number of fares recorded in the car is shown on the recorder in the office, which Is operated by an electric connection ;is the car passes the registor point. mam tp na ? Ptfrc Tlio Training: Pinchot. ftl. of a Forester, by Gilford Illustrated. J. B. l.lupin- cott Co, Philadelphia. "I urge no man to make forestry his profession, but rather to keep away from it if he can. In forestry, a man is altogether at home, or very much "ut of place. Unless he has a con pelling love for the forester's life and the forester's work, let him keep out of it." So writes Mr. Pinchot.' as a warn ing to the unwary. His new book of 149 pages Is instructive, coldly logical, and one of the really important books on the subject, written by an expert with whom many critics can't agree. Yet with all his cautious warnings. .Mr Pinchot is an enthusiast on his hobby. and he is frankly a recruiting sergeant anxious to hunt up worthy recruits. We are informed that a forest, like a citv. is a complex community, with a life all its own. and that the mem bers of the forest live In an exact ami Intricate system of competition and mutual assistance, of help or harm. which extends to all the inhabitants of the complicated city of trees. "The trees in a forest aro all helped by mu tually protecting each other against high winds and by producing a richer and moister soil than would bo possi ble if the trees stood singly and apart. They compete among themselves by their roots for moisture, in the sol and for light and space by the gfowth of their crowns in height and breadth. Perhaps the strongest- weapon whlcn trees have against each other is growtn in height. In certain species intolerant of shade the tree which is overtopped has lost the race for good." What is the central idea of the for ester in handling the forest? Mr. Pin chot says it is to promote and perpet uate its greatest use to men. "His purpose is to make it the greatest good of the greatest number for the long est time. The forester must look for ward because ' the natural resources with which ho deals matures so slowly and because if steps are to be taken to insure for succeeding generations a supply of the things the forest needs they" must be taken long In advance. "Forestry is peculiarly essential to the national prosperity, both n w and hereafter. National degradation and decay have uniformly followed the. ex cessive destruction of forests by other nations, and will inevitably become our portion if we continue t: destroy our forests three times faster than they are produced, as we are doing now. "The principles of forestry, there fore, must occupy a commanding place in determining the future prosperity or failure of our nation. This command ing position in the field of ideas is nat urally and properly reflected in the dignity and high standing which the profession of forestry, young as it is, has already acquired in the United States. . The sort of man to whom for estry appeals is the man with high powers of observation, who does not shrink from responsibility and whose mental stamina is balanced by physical streirgth and hardiness." We are familiar with the statements that the forest regulates and protects the flow of streams, and that its ef fect is to reduce the height of floods and to moderate extremes of low water. Our National forests now cover an area of 187,000,000 acres. On page 50 we learn of the examina tions tho applicant passes before he graduates as a forest assistant. The list of district offices of the Forest Serv ice shows. Missoula, Denver, Albu querque, Portland, Ogden and San Fran cisco. Silvics is stated to be the knowledge how trees behave in health and dis ease toward each other and toward lierht. heat, moisture and tlie soil. Silvi culture is the art of caring for forests.! One of the most interesting chapters Is the record of fires extinguished In forests. The first forest school in this coun try was founded in 1898 and today there are 23 forest schools which prepare men for tho practice of forestry as a pro fession and 51 schools which "devote themselves to general instruction in forestry or to courses for forest rangers and guards." There are about 335 trained foresters' in the United States Forest Service. Publications of the United States For est Service can be obtained by address ing a letter ;if application to the For ester, Washington, D. C. Letters of Woman Homesteader, by Bit- noi-o pruitt Stewart. $1.25. Illustrated Huug-hton, Mifflin Co., Benton. To those who wish "to go back to the land" and to the big-hearted Amer ican public ever on the lookout for a likable, sensible. healthy Story one lilled with common sense and minus those foolish things called "nerves" this tale of tlie West. "Letters of i Woman Homesteader," can be cordial ly commended- The story is told in the form of let ters and the writer certainly display extraordinary insight into human iar acter and a cheerful humor all her own. It is to be assumed that tlie story Is one from real life, if one may judge from the published preface: "The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a ral road accident and went to Denver, Colo., to seek support for herself and her 2-year-old daughter. Jerrine. Turn ing her hand to her nearest work, she went out by the day as housccleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to bet ter herself, she accepted employment as a housekeeper for a well-to-do Scotch cattleman, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a quarter section in Wyoming. The letters, written through several years to a former employer In Denver, tell the story of her new life In the new country. They are genuine letters and are printed as wrotten, ex cept for occasional omissions and the alteration of some of the names." The first letter is dated from Burnt Fork, Wyo., April 18, l'JO'J, is addressed to "Dear Mrs. Coney," and the first part reads: "Are you thinking I am lost, like the Babes in the Wood? Well, I am not and I'm sure the robins would have the time of their lives getting leaves to cover mo out here. I am way up close to the forest reserve of Utah, within half a -mile of the line. 60 miles from the railroad. 1 was 24 hours on the train and two days on the stasse and oh! those two days! The snow was beginning to melt and the mud was about the worst I ever heard of. The first stage we tackled was just about as rickety as it could very well be and I had to sit with the driver, who was a Mormon and so handsome that I was not a bit offended when he insisted on making love all the way, especially after he told me he was a widower Mormon. But, of course, as 1 had no chaperone, I looked very fierce (not that that was very difficult with tlie wind and mud as allies) and told him y actual opinion of Mormons in gen eral and particular." The letters teem with witty and crisp observances concerning men and women neighbors and ranch life in par ticular. The widow had an easy po sition of it as Mr. Stewart's House keeper and she had various outings, visiting neighbors outings wnich were both enjoyable :ind Instructive. hue had only known her employer for sev eral months, when no proposed to her and flvey were married Such a cheer ful, willing, hearty, gooo-natured help meet did she become! A baby was born to the Stewr's and it died suddenly. The incident is re ferred to in this touching fashion: 'Give ci man a taste for reading ajjd the meatus of 'ratifyin$ it and you can hardly fail to weke a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books." 4 you remember I wrote you of a little baby boy dying? That was my own Jamie, our first little son. For a long time my heart was crushed. He was such a sweet, beautiful boy. I wanted him so much. He died of erysipelas. I held him In my arms till the last agony was over. Then 1 aressea me beautiful little body for the grave. Clyde Is a carpenter: so I wanted him to make the little cotrin. He na it every bit and I lined and padded It. trimmed and covered it. Not that we couldn't afford to buy one or that our neighbors wero not all that were kind and willing; but because it was a sad pleasure. to do everything for our lit tle first born ourselves. Mrs. Stewart read the funeral service," as these was no clergyman near, and neighbors for 30 miles were present. It should be noted that the young widow's principal purpose to go to the wilds of Wyoming was to secure a homestead, to file on land for herself. She succeeded. These selected paragraphs show Mrs. Stewart's sturdy spirit: "In Wyoming quantity has a great deal more to do with satisfaction than does quality: after half a day's drive you won't care so much what It is you're going to eat as you will that there Is enough of it. . . . There were no ants in the pie, but that Is ac counted for' by there being no pie. "I want to earn every cent that goes Into my own land and improvements mvscif. Sometimes I almost have a brain storm wondering how I am going to do it. but 1 know 1 shall succeed other women have succeeded. I know of several whb are now where they can lauuh at past trials. Do you know? I am a firm believer In laughter. I am real superstitious about it. I think if Bad Luck came along lie would take to his heels if someone laughed right loudly. "To mo homesteading is the solution .of all poverty's problems, but 1 realize that temperament has much to do with success In any undertaking. At tli same time, any woman who can stand her own company, can see the beauty of the sunset, loves growing things and Is willing to put in as much time at careful labor as she does over the waslitub. will certainly succeed, will huw-j independence, plenty to eat all the time, and a home of her own iu tlie end. "When I read of the hard times amonir the Denver poor. 1 feel llko urging them every one to get out and file on land. I am very enthusiastic about women homesteading. It really requires less strength and labor to raise plenty to satisfy a large family than It does to .go out to wash, with the added satisfctlon of knowing that their job will not be lost to them If thev tare to keep it. "Kven if Improving the place does go slowly, It Is that much done to stay done. Whatever is raised is tlie Home steader's own, and there Is no house, rent to pay. This year Jerrine cut and dropped enough potatoes to raise a ton of fine potatoes. She wanted to try, so we let her. and you will remember that she Is but 6 years old. We had a man break the ground and cover the potatoes for her and the man Irrigated them once. That was all that was done until digging time, when they were plowed out and Jerrine picked them up. "Any woman strong enough to go out by the day could haV"e done every bit of the work and put In two or three times that much, and it would have been so much more pleasant than to work so hard In the city and then be on starvation rations in the Winter." Neighbors such as Mrs. Louderer, Mrs. O'Shaughnessy. Cora Belle. Zeb ble, und Gavotte, are so well drawn that they fairly seem to live In the pages. A liberal review has been written of this helpful book, because such sturdy households as that of Mrs. Stewart form the backbone of our common country, and because much of the book describes conditions similar to those on an Oregon ranch. The Crime Doctor, by B. tv. Hornunp. tl.&l . .-J TV. n..kk..U...II1 I-.-. Initlan UiaVWWI 1C v,uwo-fc. . ... b , ,. apolle, Ind. Where have we met previously that crime expert, mai master mino. through the workings of which crim inals are run down by the most shadowy of clews? In Sherlock Holmes, the wonderful detective created by Co nan Doyle. Mr. Hornung in "The Crime Doctor." has written a detective story which is of genuine Sherlock Holmes iualily, wonderful, puzzling and tantalizing to the end. His hero Is Dr. John Dollar, and most of the scenes are laid in Lon don. Dr. Dollar is a crime-doctor. z.n sML ssHL M alienist who saves society criminals from themselves, wheu they are worth saving. Ills methods are largely men tal. In a wild suffragette demonstra tion in London. Police Sergeant Slmp kins is stabbed by someone and mur dered. Alfred Atouchcr was arrested, charged with Jpvint,' committed the crime. Croucher "had the refreshing attribute of looking almost as great a ruffian as he really was. His eyes swelled with a vulgar cunning; his mouth was coarse and pitiless; no ped estal of fine raiment could have cor rected so low a cast of countenance, or enabled Its possessor to pass for a mo ment as a gentleman or a decent liver." Croucher is about to bo hanged, and Just then Lady Vera Moyle, Irish, beau tiful and a wild woman of the Kngllsh suffragettes, visits Dr. Dollar and con fesses that she struck Sergeant Simp kins with a life-preserver and a blad attachment. Dollar calls on Home 8n relary Vinson, and. without mention ing Lady Vera's name, tolls enough of the story to persuade Mr. Vinson to or der Crouoher's release. Croucher is taken to Dr. Dollar's house, where ho Is fed like a prince, and by queer luck, learns that huh Vera was tho murderer. He tries to blackmail her In a Journey to Rome. Italy, but she Is saved by Dr. Dollar. Various clients employ Dr. Dollar, but the Lady Vera mystery at last bobs up, and to everybody's great sur prise and relief Dr. Dollar proves conclusively that the murderer was not Lady Vera. Clever work. I.erenrta and TradlllvBa of Northwest lor, bv ijlrim ,. Ktilivk. Illustrated. American Printline and Stationery Co., Vancouver. Wash. Our author bj register of tho United States land office at Vancouver. Wash , und this book In prose and verso of 152 pages Is a souvenir edition of a publication of much public and his torical value. Pacific Northwest his tory, and especially the men who have made it loom large In aehlcvoment. Is fuithfully and graphically mirrored. It Is to the "sturdy pioneer and his noble wife" that the book is "humbly and reverently dedicated." Mr. Ranck was born of pioneer parents at Vancouver, Wash., und his maternal grandparents were oaj-ly pionecrs of the Oregon Territory. Ho taught in country schools and kept a, country store, und wus for some years the editor of u Vancouver, Wash., news paper. He grew up In that region and became familiar with Its history. He served as private, corporal and ser geant In the Spanish-American War and subsequent campaigns ugalnst tho Filipinos. To young Americans just beginning to leurn United Stales history, to those citizens of more muturo years who like to recall bygone days, und to for eigners who uro anxious to have a better mental grasp of historical be ginnings connected with this region, this book can be commended confi dently. One of the most powerfully written sketches In the book Is "A Western Cromwell." being an appreciation of Colonel B. F. Shaw, of Urund Rondc. hilrirrn In llondusr. I i:d ln Markiiam, .lude Ben II. I.liiiii'-y ana tieorge t reel. Illustrsted. " Hearst's International Library Co., New York Clt. In words that burn Into our con sciences, these authors fi ll us the ter rible story f child labor In our fac tories, and of laws that arc evaded so that no mutter how many children lose health or life dividends are paid on commercial investments, ino waawsai uses of this sort ar stated to - henn discovered III .south Carolina una Pennsylvania, l-'our hundred and el n . pag'es of startling facts and ohsui tlons. Kdueiltins the Child at Ity F.lls France Lynch. II. Hooper Brotheta, New York city. Children are not taught only educat in. school. What of fundamental by the mother at home? Wl not her child learn at her km quiet of the home, before going to tha crowded schoolroom? These questions. and more are answered in this valuable little book, where personal training and tlie work habit at home are at tractively depleted. The laiaaai si 1 Lily. By Oouverntur rim. (1.23. Charles Hcrlbner's Kolis, Nsw York City. Ten short stories, told in M pages, and attractive for lazy, kill - time Sum mer reading. Ootiverneur Morris Is an artist in t'.iis line, and here he Is at his best. The most likeablu of these sto ries hark back to Harvard and Boston. JOSriI M. QULNTIN.