TITR STJXDAY OHEGONTATf, POIITLAND, NOVEMBER 1. 1914.
Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Iela-1
ware, by Jobn Martin Hammond. 65 illus-I
tratlons. (5, in l box. J. B. Llppincott !
Co.. Philadelphia,
Those who are at this time In quest
ef a ChriBtmas present to give to an
American friend of cultured tastes
on a fond of historical remembrances of
our country cannot do better than to
obtain this book as a gift, if the
donor's purse can easily stand the
strain. '
This is really an instructive and beau
tiful volume, one which the American
reader can view with patriotic pride.
The pases are 304 and the illustrations
are -superb.
"One great distinction between the
colonial homes of Maryland and Dela
ware relates to the comparatively un
important matter of size." writes our
author. "The homes of Maryland are
of much bolder conception than those of
Delaware. There are many reasons for
this, but on the surface It is apparent
that Delaware, with its unsettled early
day founded by the Dutch, wrangrled
over by the Swedes and finally wrest
ed from both of these nationalities
by the strong hand of the English
would not attract as wealthy a class
of settlers as Maryland, nor would its
people spring from a stock with as
Imperative a tradition of luxurious liv
ing as those of the cavalier life in the
Southern State. In point of charm and
historic Interest, however, one finds as
much to please the- Imagination and
the eye In (.he homes of Delaware as
in those of any other state of the
Union.
The period of fine Homebuilding in
Maryland and Delaware extended from
about 17S5 to the end or tne istn cen
tury. It. was not until the beginning
of this stretch of time that a really
wealthy class had been developed in
either of the two colonies. Now the
planter came Into his own. His acres
were 'a going concern,' a concern that
probably paid larger dlviaenas in pro
portion than the great bulk of these
commercial ventures which have been
born in the present day. His own work
was little more than casual supervi
sion; two or three months in the year
he would devote to the planting and
cutting, and the reBt of the time was
his own, overseers taking the mass of
mall details from his shoulders. It
was at this time that he began to build
himself a beautiful home, that Anna
polis in Maryland, and Dover and New
Castle in Delaware became social cap
itals, and that the lawyer class made
up chiefly of leisured men attained
that brilliance of forensic and intellec
tual achievement which was character
. lstlc of the bar of these two states, be
fore the Revolution."
Such historic houses are more than
historic They were not all places fof
cards, wine, dancing and love-making,
but places "where the occupants knew
how to live fully and frankly, and one
may be sure that they had sufficient
leisure, as well, for reflection and
rest."
Mr. Hammond has already written
similar books on historic colonial
homes of New Jersey, Virginia, and1 of
the vicinity of Philadelphia. His home
Is in Baltimore. Md and he nays that
for years he has been "a collector of
old houses." Most of the material which
appears in this book has been gathered
by him from personal visits at first
hand of the houses described. The
photographs of mansions, etc., he made
himself.
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The Development of the Dictionary of the
Knglih language, by Frank 11. Vizetelly,
l.ltt. D.. LL. i. Illustrated. Funk St
Wagnalls Company, New York City. v
It is rare that such a valuable, edu
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of the English language finds its way
In book form for review into a news
paper office. The subject rather ap
pears to be one for magazines.
This learned book of 41 pages is in
the form of a memorial to the late Dr.
Isaac K. Funk, founder and editor-in-chief
of the Standard Dictionary, and
our author says:
"It is somewhat curious that Amer
ica should owe its first dictionary to a
man who bore tho name of Samuel
Johnson. He was not related in any
way to the sage of Fleet Street, who
gave his famous work to the English
people in 175a, but was born in the
town of Guildford, Conn., March 10,
1757. The work he edited favored sim
plified spelling, and gave as its pref
ence such form as 'arbor,' 'fervor, 'pro
gram,' etc It was the first Amer
ican pronouncing dictionary in which
the macron was used to idlcate the
'first or natural sound,' as of the vowel
a In 'ale'; the breve to indicate the
'second or short' sound, as of the vowel
"a' In 'am'; the circumflex to indicate
a sound different from either, as that
of 'a in 'alL
"As this, the first American " diction
ary, was printed and published by Ed
ward O Brien, -a.t New Haven, Conn, in
1798 eight years before 'Noah Web
ster, Esq.,' issued his 'Compendious Die
tionary' Samuel Johnson was 'father
of American lexicography,' and not
Noah Webster. The second' American
dictionary was produced by Samuel
Johnson Jaintly with Rev. John Elliott
in January, 1800. The latter, who was
bor August 28. 1768. was a d.trect de
scendant of John Eliot, 'the apostle to
tne Indians.' The family name was
variously spelled "Eliot" or "Elliott.'
"Among the curious examples of def
lnitions which Dr. Vizetelly cites may
be given Bailey's idea of the definition
of 'Man a creature endued with rea
- son'; 'cat a creature well known';
' norse a beast well known. These
were first published in 1721. Although
these definitions were drafted nearly
200 j-ears ago, they do not differ ma
terially from those recently purbllshed
in one of the latest dictionaries which
defines 'horse' as 'well-known hoofed
quadruped ; and pansy' as .'a well
known garden plant and flower.' and
describes 'kite' as a well-known con
trivance for flying In the air at the
end of the strnig.'
"A dictionary that, 24 years ago, con
tained 125.000 words now claims 400,
000 an inflation of 275.000 words, from
which it may be inferred that the Eng
lish language has been enriched more
than 200 per cent in the Interval."
How an English dictionary is made.
Is told by words and pictures. Take
the case of the "Standard Dictionary,"
illustrated proofs are shown in 11 dif
ferent stages of the work, with all
-corrections made, etc.
taken prisoners by the enemy, who or-'
der Anatule to blow the "retreat." so
that the Arabs could charge and win
the battle. Instead Anatole blows the
"charge" and he and his chum are cut
down. They eventually recover. On
their return, after their term of mili
tary service, to France, they find their
own home in ruins, fired by the Prus
sians, and Oabrieile, Anatole's sister,
missing. Gabrielle had promised to
mairjr Pierre if he brought back . her
brother safely.
Abbe Agneau brings news to Anatole
that the Society of Perpetuation of
French Renown will receive Anatole as
guest of honor at its banquet in three
weeks' time, to receive for his bravery
at the attack on Sidl-Baroun, the cross
of the X-eglon of Honor, from the hands
of the President of the French Repub
lic. Anatole and Pierre and several of the
citizens of Chatillon begin the Journey
to Paris.
"We'll go like soldiers,"- roars Ana
tole. "We'll- march it on foot."
On the walk to Paris the two old
soldiers falter and Anatole succumbs
from weakness and dies. What is to be
done? The banquet is about to be held
and great men will be waiting. Pierre
Impersonates Anatole, makes the
speech of his life at. the banquet and
receives the famous cross, tie is told
of a surprise in store for him. M. Dis
sard tells him that France restores to
him his lost sister, Gabrielle. An elder
ly little woman walks up to the bril
liant company, looks at the guest of
honor and is overcome with emotion.
"Brother and sister," is the cry of
the audience.
"I knew thy voice," whispers -the old
lady to Pierre. She knew by intuition
that the guest of honor before her was
not her lotst brother, but her lover.
Pierre.
As an honorable man, what should
the Impersonator do?
who furnished what was widely ac
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war.
Now comes Mr. Low, who not only
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furnishes arguments showing that in
the present war England (Britain) and
allies are fighting in the defense of
Europe. A trenchant, authoritative
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West Winds, edited by Herman Whitaker.
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The first sentence in the foreword is
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Our day, it Is become trite " to draw
the familiar parallel between Cali
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Fifteen short stories are presented
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Cleaveland, Rebecca N. Porter, Julia
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"We Are French." by Perley Poore Sheehan
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Such a scene might suggest one of
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There are two old men who are the
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Character Reading Through Analysis of the
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With Illustrations from original
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Blackie regarded me pityingly. "You
ain't never been to Baumbach's? Why
girl, if you don't know Baumbach's, you
ain't never been properly introduced to
Milwaukee. No wonder you aln t hep
to the ways of this little community.
There ain't what the s'clety editor
would call the proper ontong cordyal
between you and the natives if you
haven't had coffee at Baumbach's. It
ain't hardly legal t' live in Milwaukee
all this time without ever having been
Inside of B
"Stop! If you do not tell me at onceJ
ust where this wonderful place may be
found, and what one does when one
finds It, and how I happened to miss
It. and why it Is so necessary to the.
proper understanding of the city"
"I'll tell you whar 111 do." said
Blackie. grinning. "I'll romp you over
there tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Ach Himmel! What will that for a
grand time be. no?"
"Blackie, you're a dear to be so po
lite to an old married cratur like me.
Did you notice that Is, does Ernst von
Gerhard drop lnr often at Baumbach's?"
CHAPTER VIII.
Kaf fee and Kaffeekncfcea.
I have visited Baumbach's. I have
heard Milwaukee drinking its after
noon Kaffee.
O Baumbach's, with your deliciously
crumbling butter cookies and your kaf
fee kuchen,vand your thick cream, and
your thicker waitresses and your cock
roaches, and your dinginess and your
dowdy German ladles and your black
black Kaffee, where In this country Is
there another like you!
Blackie, true to his promise, had
hailed me from the doorway on the
afternoon of the following day. In the
rush of the day's work I had. quite for
gotten about Blackie and Buumbach s.
'Come, Kindchen!" he called. "Get
your bonnet on. vV e will by Baum-
bach a go, no?
Ruefully I gazed at the grimy cuffs
of my blouse, and felt my disheveled
hair. "Oh, I'm afraid I can t go. I look
o muBsy. Haven't had time to brush
up." -
'Brush up!" scoffed Blackie. "the only
thing about you that will need brushln'
up Is your German. I waa goin' f warn
you to rumple up your hair a little so
you wouldn t feel overdressed w en you
got there. Come on. girl,
And so I came. And oh. I'm bo glad
I camel
I must have passed it a dozen times
without once noticing it just a dingy
little black shop nestling between two
taller buildings, almost within the
shadow of the City Hall. Over the
sidewalk swung a shabby black sign
with gilt letters that spelled, "Franz
Baumbach."
Blackie waved an Introductory hand
In the direction of the sign. "There he
is. That s all you'll ever see of him
Dead?" asked I, regretfully, as we
entered the narrow doorway.
No: down In the basement baking
Itaff eekuchera.
Two tiny show windows faced the
street such Queer, old-fashioned win
dows in these days of plate glass. At
the back they were quite open to, the
shop, and in one of them reposed
huge, white. Immovable structu
majestic, heavy, nutty, surely indigest
ible birthday cake. Around lts edge
were flutlngs and scrolls of white
icing, and on its broad breast reposed
cherries, and stout butterflies of Jelly
and cunning traceries of colored sugar.
It was quite the dressiest cake I had
ever beheld. Surely no human hand
could be wanton enough to guide
knife through all that magnificence.
But in the center of all this splendor
was an inscription in heavy white let
ters or Icing: " Charlottens Geburtstag.
Reluctantly I tore my gaze from thl
Imposing example of the German con
fectioner's art, for Blackie was tugging
impatiently at my sleeve.
"But Blackie," I marveled, "do youlBlackie-
. . . . . . . . . 'WtA
the narrow room. Three or four stout,
blond girls plodded back and forth,
from tables to front shop, bearing
trays of cakes and steaming cups of
coffee'. There was a rumble and clat
ter of German. Kvery one seemed to
know every one else. A game of chess
was in progress at one table, and be
tween moves each contestant would
refresh himself with a long-drawn,
sibilant mouthful of coffee. There was
nothing about the place or its occu
pants to remind one of America. This
dim, smoky, cake-scented cafe was
Germany.
"Time!" said Blackie. "Here cornea
Rosie to take our order. You can take
your choice of coffee or chocolate.
That's as fancy as they get here."
An expansive blond girl paused at
our table smiling a broad welcome at
honestly suppose that that structure is
intended for some Charlotte's birth
day?"
"In Milwaukee." explained Blackie.
"w'en you got a birthday you got t'
have a geburtstag cake, with your
name on It. and all the cousins and
aunts and members of the North Side
Frauen Turner Verein Gesellchaft In
for the day. It ain't considered decent
If you don't- Are you ready to fight
your way into the main tent?"
It was holiday time, and the single
narrow aisle of the front shop was
crowded. It was not easy to elbow one's
way through the packed little space.
Men and women were ordering reck
lessly of the cakes of every description
that were heaped In cases and on
sh elves.
Cakes! What a pale, dry name to
apply to those crumbling, melting. In
digestible German confections! Blackie
grinned with enjoyment while I gazed.
There were cakes the like of which I
had never seen and of which I did
not even know the names. There were
little round cup cakes made of almond
paste that melts In the mouth; there
were Schnecken glazed with a delicious
candied brown sugar; there were Bis-
marcks composed of layer upon layer
of flaky crust inlaid with an oozy cus
tard that evades the eager consumer
at the flrdt bite, and that slides down
one's collar when chased with a pursu
ing tongue. There were Pfeffernusse;
there were Lebkuchen: there were
cheese-kuchen, plum-kuchen. peach
kuchen. Apfelkuchen, the juicy fruit
stuck thickly Into the crust, the whole
dusted over with powdered sugar.
There were Torten and Hornchen and
butter cookies.
Blackie touched my arm, and I tore
my gaze from a cherry-studded
Scharmtorte that waa being reverently
packed for delivery,
My. what a greedy girl! Now get
your mind all made up. This is your
chance. You know you re supposed t
take" a slant at th' things an' make
up your mlndw'at you want before you
go back w ere th tables are. Don t
fumble this thing. When Olga or
Minna comes waddlin' up V you an1
says: Nu, Fraulein?" you gotto tell her
whether your heart says plumkuchen
Oder Nusstorte. or both, see?' Just like
that. Now make up your mind. I'd
hate f have you blunder. Have you
decided?"
' "Decided! How can- I?" I moaned.
watching a black-haired, black-eyed
Alsatian girl behind the counter as she
rolled a piece of white paper into a
cone and dipped a spoonful of whipped
cream from a great brown bowl heaped
high with the snowy stuff. She filled
the paper cone, inserted the point of It
into one end of a hollow pastry horn
and gently squeezed. Presto! A cream
filled Hornchen!
"Oh, Blackie!" I gasped. "Come on.
I want to go In and eat.'
As we elbowed our -way to the rear
room separated from the front shop
only by a flimsy wooden partition,
expected I know not what.
But surely this was not Blackle's
much-Taunted Baumbach s: This long,
narrow, dingy room, with Its bare floor
and its iron-legged tables, whose bare
ma4-ble tops were yellow with age and
use! I said nothing as we seated our
selves. Blackie was watching me out
of the tail of his eye. My glance wan
dered about the shabby,- smoke-filled
room, and slowly and surely the charm
of that musty, dingy little cafe came
upon me.
A huge stove glowed red In one cor
ner. On tne wail oenina tne stove was
suspended a wooden rack, black with
age, its compartments holding German,
Austrian and Hungarian newspapers.
Against the opposite wall stood an an
cient walnut mirror, and above it hung
a colored print of Bismarck, helmeted,
uniformed, and fiercely mustached.
The clumsy iron-legged tables stood in
two solemn rows down the length of
tier.
"Wie geht's, Roschen?" he greeted
Roschen's smile became 6till more
pervasive, so that her blue eyes dis
appeared in creases cf good humor. She
wiped the marble table top with a
large and cireless gesture that pre
cipitated stray crumbs into our laps.
Gut! . murmured she, coyly. ana
leaned one hand on as portly hip in an
attitude of waiting.
'Coffee?" asked Blackie, turning to
me. I nodded.
Zwelmal Kaffee?" beamed Roschen
grasping the idea.
NoWs your time to speak up, tirgea
Blackie. "Go ahead an' order all the
cream geflllte things that looked good
to you out in front.
But I leaned forward, lowering my
voice discreetly. "Blackie. before I
plunge in too recklessly, tell me, are
their prices very
"Sa-a-ay, child, you just can't spend
half a dollar here if you try. The
flossiest kind of thing they got is
only 10 cents a order. They'll smother
you in . whipped cream r r a quarter.
You c'n come in here an' eat an' eat
an' put away piles of cakes till you
feel like a combination ,ot Little Jack
Horner ani old Doc Johnson. An' w'en
you're all through, they hand yuh your
check, an , say it says 4S cents, iou
can't beat it, so wade right in an' spoil
your complexion."
With enthusiasm 1 turned upon the
patient Rosie. "O, bring me some of
those cunning little round things with
the cream on 'em, you know two of
those, eh Blackie? And a couple of
those with the flaky crust and the
custard between, and a slice of that
fluffy-looking cake and some of those
funny cocked-hat shaped cookies
But a pall of bewilderment waB
slowlv settling over Rosie's erstwhile
smiling face. Her plump shoulders
went up in a helpless shrug, and she
turned her round blue eyes appealingly
to Blackie.
"Was meint sie alles?" eho asked.
So I began at over again, with the
assistance of Blackie. We went into
minute detail. We made elaborate ges
tures. We drew pictures of our desired
goodies on the marble-topped table,
using a soft-lead pencil. Rosie's
countenance wore a distracted look. In
desperation I was about to accompany
her to the crowded shop, there to point
out my chosen dainties when suddenly,
as they would put.lt here, a light went
her over.
"Ach. yes-s-s-s! Sle wollten
vlelleicht abgeruhrter Gugellhopf
haben. und auch Schaumtorte. und Bis-
marcks. und Hornchen mit cream
gefullt. nicht?"
"Certainly," I murmured, quite
crushed. Roschen waddled merrily off
to the shop.
Blackie was rolling a cigarette. He
ran his funny little red tongue along
the edge of the paper and glanced up
at me in glee. "Don't bother about me."
he generously observed. "Just set still
and let the atmosphere soak in."
But already I was lost in contempla
tion of a red-faced, pompadoured Ger
man who was drinking coffee and
reading the Fliegende Blatter at
table just across the way. There were
counterparts of my aborigines at
Knapf's thick spectacled engineers
with high foreheads actors and act
resses from the German stock company
reporters from the English and Ger
man newspapers business men with
comfortable German consciences
long-haired musicians dapper young
lawyers a giggling group of college
girls and boys a couple of smartly
dressed women nibbling appreciatively
at slices of Nusstorte low-voiced
lovers whose coffee cups stood un
touched at their elbows' while no tra
grant cloud of steam rose to Indicate
that there was warmth within. Their
glances grow warmer as the neglected
Kaffee grows colder. The color-comes
and goes In the girl's face and I watch
It, a bit enviously, marveling that the
old story still should be so new.
At a largo square table near the door
way a group of eight men were ab
sorbed In an animated political dis
cussion, accompanied by much waving
of arms and thundering of gutturals.
It appeared to be a table of importance. "
for the high-backed bench that ran. '
along one side was upholstered in worn
red velvet and every newcomer paused
a moment to pod or to say a wurd in
greeting. It was not American poli- :
tics that they talked, but of the poli
tics of Austria and Hungary. Finally
the argument resolved itself into a
duel of words between a handsome,
red-faced German, whose rosy skin'
seemed to take on a deeper tone in
contrast to tho whiteness of his hair
and mustache, and a swarthy young"
fellow whose thick -spectacles ana.
heavy mane of black hair gave him
the look of a caricature out of an il
lustrated German weekly. The red
faced man argued loudly, with much,
rapping of bare knuckles on the table)
top. But the dark man spoke seldom .
and softly, with a little twisted half- ;
smile on his lips: and whenever he ;
spoke tho red-faced man grew redder r
and there came a litifre iaugn iroin tne
others who sat listening.
Say, wouldn't it curdle your Eng
lish'.'" Blackie laughed.
Solemnly I turned to him. "Blackie
Griffith, theso people do hot even
realize that there is anything unusual
about this."
'Sure not: that's' the beauty of 4t.
They don't need to make an artificial
atmosphere for this place: it Just
grows wild, like dandelions. Everybody
comes here for their coffeo becaufie
their aunts an' uncles und Grossmuttcrs -and
Grosspapas used t' come, and coma
yet. if they re livin'! An", arter all.
what is it but a little German bakery ?"
"But O. wise Herr Baumbach down
in the kitchen! O, subtle Fraud Baum
bach back of the desk!" said I. "Others
may fit their shops with mirrors and.
cut-glass chandeliers and Oriental
rugs and mahogany, but you sit se
renely, by and you smile and you,
change nothing. You let the brown
walls grow dimmer with ago: you see
the marble-topped tables turning yel
low; you leave- bare your wooden floor
and you smile, and smile .and smile."
"Fine!" applauded Blackie. "lours
on. And hero comes Rosie."
Rosie. the radiant, placed on the table
cups and saucers of unbelievable thick
ness. She set them down on the mar
ble surface with a crash as one who
knows well that no mere marble or
granite could shatter the solidity of
thoFo stout earthenware receptacles.
Napkins there were none. I was to
learn that fingers wore rid of any
clinging rernnants of cream or crum
by the simple expedient of licking
them. -
Blackie emptied his pitcher of cream
into his cup of black, black coffee.
sugared It. stirred, tasted and then.
with a wicked gleam in his black eyes,
he lifted thj heavy cup to his lips and
took a long, gurgling mouthful.
"Blackie, I hissed, if you do that
again I shall refuse to speak to you!"
"Do what? demanded he, all in
jured Innocence.
"shuffle up your coffee like that.
"Why, girl, that's th" proper way
t' drink coffee here. Listen f every
body else." And while 1 glared he
wrapped his hand lovingly about his
cup, holding the spoon imprisoned be
tween first and - second fingers, and
took another sibilant mouthful. "Any
more of your back talk and I'll drink
it out of m' saucer an" blow on it like
the hefty party over there In the ear
rings is doin'. Calm yourself an" try a
Bismarck."
I picked up one of the flaky confec
tions and eyed it in despair. There
were no plates except that on which
the cakes reposed.
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