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i 99 .WQMER'S CLUBS' , , . Edited by MRS..SARAH A. EVANS. '- ' ' ,. " .The Department Work Of the Portland Woman's Club. KNQLISH LITERATURE. Th class In English litsrstur ws Sevrr in mora prosperous condition. himIi In the committee-room on tha lghth floor of th Marquam building .the Friday following duo nay, a y m. Thi lives of Shelley and Keata have ban cboaan aa subject for tha ftrat "naif year work, but tha former U proving aa tntereatlng It la doubtful If . tha claaa l beyoiHi uiai r tlma. Mra. Jamee Tlfft la leader of tha - lasa thta yaar. 'V.' ' ' MU8ICAL, : ', Tha moat largely attended dapartmant probably la tha muelcal, undar tha able --leadership OI Mra. r. - ormnou, u manr new member bava Joined tha club thla year for the privilege or an turlna- thta class. Feeling their work bed outgrown amateur Inatructlon, tha claaa haa engaged the aervicea 01 mrm. Hamilton, tha well known chorua leader. Tor the winter, and la anticipating not . only good work but an enjoyable time. Tha membera meet every Thuraday at tha home of tha different membera. " Last week they were entertained by Mra. George C. Flandera at her home on the Height. i 5 :- -' . 1 , - EDUCATIONAL. ! 1 . . Laat Thuraday tha educational depart ment waa delightfully entertained at the home of the club president. Mra. A. H, Breyman. General ' regrei waa x preesed tha Mra. Warren 8. Whfte, tha enthusiastic leader, waa absent, aha hav ing gone to California for aeveral week. Public playgronnda la tha subject that liaa bean occupying much of tha tlma , af tha department tor tha past yaar. and ts atill under discussion. The mattei of the atate federation aiding young glrta to .procure an education waa re ferred to thla department, and It la hoped a diacuaalon of It may bring out , some valuable suggestions for tha atate t committee to adopt.,.' ; , ' . ? ' CURRENT LITERATURE. : Tha current literature . class la ' also na of tha largely attended ' .depart ment and one which grown more tn tereating each meeting. The laat tlma tha class waa entertained by Mra. T. JL Edwards, who served a delicious lunch at the doss of the program. The rder of the day la: Anawer to roll call vby a quotation l from some) . new book or recent magaslns . article; IS minutes given to tha discussion of a snagaitn article that prevlooaly will be read by a member; 10 mlnutea to book . sews, and a half hour to the review of -- -newb Dlr by a member and tha dis cussion of K by the class. ' ' - The next meeting will be with Mrs. B. M. Denlson. (1 Broadway.. Mrs. La- brre jriu giye a, review andcrtUclan on Octave Thanet's new book. 'The Man of the Hour," and Mra. Deniaoa will ee-lect-the magaxln artlcl .for dicu - el on. . .. Tha meetings are, held th Wednesday following tha club day at t " m' . ' x ' " rlp','TJ:i ' - " ftttATORT ' Mrs. Horace Fieer. nee Miss Bill, upon her return from- her honeymoon trip-will rcaume tha leadership of tha department of oratory, and will hold rier claaa as, usual, the second and fourth "Fridays at 10 a. m. in tha committee- f"V..: x m.gj The Complete Program r - ;; For the Eighth Biennial. - - " The complete plans for the eighth bi ennial convention have Just been leaned, and wa acknowledge the receipt of a copy sent ui from tha "Federation Bul letin." which Yollowe: The eighth biennial meeting Of tha General Federation of Women's" clubs will open In tha People" a church,. Hi. Paul, Minnesota, Thursday. 'May 11. 1S, at :30 a. and eloae Thursday evening. June f, for whtcHoccaalon tha program committee submits tha roiiow. Ins outline, namely. All morning- sessions will open at t:IO and adjourn at 1:J8 p. m. Confer ancea wUl be held In tha afternoon, from 4 to L Each standing committee will be allowed ona hour during a morning session, and an afternoon conference of one hour. By thla plan nut one com' nlttee or one conference will be In ses sion at one tlma. ' Tha atate prealdenta will make their reports at a special . evening session, whleav li la hupedj will be una uf Uie - ken feature of tha nrocram. 1 Delegatea of all foreign clubs will " snake their reports at one of "the morn Ins aeaatona. . Sunday afternoon, June S. at half paat . a. a vesper aervlc will b held. One avenlnar will be devoted to a bril liant reception to be tendered Invited, "'club women in the rotunda or tha Capi tol, one afternoon to receptions In prl- . rate houses and on entire day to out-f-door excursions and visiting Mlnne apoHa, which will probably be called "Mlnneapolia day." -, Tha houaehold economlca and pur - food committee will have an exhibition In connection with Ita report. ' The a created evenings are: "Women In Profeealona,- Journal iau,". "Our , Colaborrav and a possible business asslon, with th laat for th president's raring. Tha executive hoard meeting will con vene t 10 a. m., Wednesday, May . SO, and th counelLjneetlng at t p. m. of the asm day. - The report of th nominating commit- and tha election will . take place - Wednesday forenoon. Juna I. s K "' - The foregoing arrangement . for long morning aeaalona and afternoon confer ence makes It possible for state preal- 0ents to hold stat meetings In the ...afternoons. Ample provision for atate ' headquarters is being made by the local biennial board. . ,: -:: t. H t ;;:r;.7.:.::.-: : Aa English Scheme --'-. To Educate American Girl. 1 Th Society of American Woman, In Zxndon haa put forward, a atupehdous . ' educational achema which It proposes to bring before the general federation at Ita biennial meeting la St. Paul next June. From all - th ' Information . gleaned ao far we fall to aa but little advantage to be gained by the club women of .thla country, with the ad vantage and profit decidedly oa th sld -.ef th English. - Mra. Ulynea." who U prealdeat of the oulaty of theae expatriated women of London, - waa formerly a prominent member of New- York Soroala. In-aa Interview with a Loadon paper she said: "It Is an attempt to 4 for the women of th United States what the Rhodca cholarahlps are doing for the men.' . The ecliem Involves an outlay of several million dollars, aa It la proposed to take ! ' young women from the T'ntted State and give them a two or three year' rouraa at some of the great )!. unlverelllea. Toward raising this fund Mrs. Olrne confess- that the Society of American Women In Loa n enuld d but little, but she aays:' W pcl great raauita frum the cooperation tha General Federation of Women duns at Ita next conference. There w ar going to appeal to the educational committee to aak each atate to contribute aufnclent funda to enable each to provide In perpetuity for either the two or three-year courae." Th 1(0 American women who form this Engllah aoclety think they may Doaaibly be able to raise funda suffi clent to educate one girl from the lia- trlct of Columbia, but the greatest In ducement they offer la that tha yeung women will hapom honorary members of the English, society and, while re ceiving their education, . will have the benefit of this prestige end chaperon xa It hardly aeema possible that with Mrs. Decker's practical aense the time of . the biennial meeting will be' wanted In discussing a proposition Ilka thla In every atate there are hundreds of de serving young women eager to get an education, even in tneir own stats uni versities, -who would bo quite willing even to be put In th wsy of sarnlng this education and would obligate them selves to psy back a loan if It could be gotten, so thst with theae conditions existing it Is hardly . likely that th clubs of th country would b wining to contribute toward giving already wall educated women the advantage of foreign travel and a foreign unlveralty education. . . - - it will be . a aueatlon. however, that will be brought np and it would b well for any who fnay have in mind at tending th biennial to be prepared for It Any action the national body . might take would not. of course, be binding upon states, but it would do no harm to enter a good hearty protest In time. t . The 14 Grande Club Studies Some Vital Subjects. Not many cluba ar ao ' fortunate when deciding -aeveral montha In ad vene what their next year" work will be as th Neighborhood club of La Grande, which aelected a aubjeot that la oc cupying the attention of tha entire world. . -V ,. Th woman have taken for th first half of tha year's study "Russia." It Is an apropos study and ona to be com mended, for by studying Its paat tha La Grande women will be more able to appreciate tha awful condition of that country today. Th yaar book, whloh haa Just reached ua, with the ' compliments of tha president. Mra George Carpjr, 1 a neat little . book of convenient also, printed on white paper and giving a touch of the club color in tn gold cord that blnda it together. The Bay View course haa been adopted for.ih year, which embracea Ruaala and Japan, th latter country" belnr takes np at tha meeting on March I. Each meeting of tha year 1 opened with a roll call, which la responded to with aomething . relating . to the day's work, aa, for lnatance, whan Finland I under . consideration th reaponse ar "Customs in Finland"; on Poland fay. "Poland a National Heroes," t. February 10 will be social day and will b under the auspice of Mra Turner Oliver. Mlaa SlaUr and Mrs. Oarpjh Mar -SO t annual meeting day. j The laat two pagea or tne dook are dedicated to th memory of Mra Robert Smith and Mr. H. A. Fodmer with touching tribute t their Uvea ofTisai fulneaa. ... -. , - Th yaar book enrolls It active and I honorary member. , ... Tha officers for this year ar: Preel dent. Mra Carey? vioe-praaldent, Mr. Kiddle; recording secretary, Mra Sim mons; - corresponding; . secretary, Mra George Currey ; treasurer, Mrs. Bren holta; librarian, Mra Wore tell; critic, Mra Oaborn; directors, Mr. OHvr, Mra'Cavana and Mlaa 81aler. .. . . Civil Service Reform'. r Work of State Committee, " .. Doubtlaaa much of Intereat will be reported by Individual cluba of work done for and In connection with tha pub lic schools. The educational committee has nothing further to report than tha distribution of tha civil service reform pamphlets furnished free of charge by tha Maaaachusetta Women' auxiliary to tha Civil Service Reform association. In eastern Oregon 100 copies were dis tribute, chiefly In tha Pendleton schools. One member of the committee was unable to - serve owing to -un settled plans, and has since moved out of the state. 1 1 Th. Tanrllitrn ' ..-....a. . a th is literature valuable! and report hav ing -e4sM -oplca-ajnodela 10fa savs: some they have need imerely aa collateral reading In their civil -govemjllpgjn the right, they are afraid to com ment classes, and soma few subjects have been well atudled. There are 1 or 12 different kinds, bealde a syllabus for th atudy of th history of th subject. Some of the topics ar a primer of th civil aervlc and th merit sysbem, th merit and spoil avatera. every man on hla own merit, th merit syatem In munlcipalltlea, civil aervlce reform aa demanded by preal dents and statesmen, th selection of Duhlle officials. Thev are condensed Into brief but satisfactory eaaaya. At a meeting of the Women' olubo of Pendleton a vot of thanka waa tendered the Maeeacnu setts women for their generosity in sending this literature. From the western pert of th slat It waa reported' that copies or the pampn lets were sent. to Eugene, Grant Paas, Medford. . DralT"Canyonvllle. Wilbur. Oakland and Roseburg. eSofh of th teachers received them so near tha end of th term, and they ware o busy with other work, that no report waa mad a to th method of nalng. them ir we nav rauea in amy as com mittee w. hop for leniency. All Ore gon haa been preparing for and keeping holiday thla year, whicn m our piea. Respectfully submitted. - " - - : ' PARALEB HA1LET, IL R, BENSON. :.-;r;.: Many Governoro, -But Not of Many Minda. ' A letter waa recently sent from the national suffrage headquarter to th governor of each atate and ' territory, aaklng how h stood on woman auffrage. Anawer were received from SS. Three frankly ex preened themselves as op posed, six were "too busy to give a de tailed opinion," and several were , non committal. . , Among those' cxpreaalng ' themxelve In favor wer W. L. Douglas of Massa chuaatts, who wrote; 'T am on record as member f th leglslatur of ItSS, 1184. and lilt aa favoring th surf rag of women." f 4 - . ; - Governor Robert M. La Follett of Wlsootnin wrote: "In reply to your quaation M to whether I bellev In the principle of woman luffi-age, I reply In th affirmative." j Governor George C. Parde of Call fornla wrote: "1 see no reaeon why worn ansimply hecaue I hay are- omen ahould not bava .the privilege of th suffrage. ; - , Governor jobs H. Johnson of Uloaa- sota wrote: "I m a thorough believer in woman ulfrag. Governor John H. Mickey of N- braeka: "When I waa In the Nebraaka legialature, S4 yeara ago, I voted ay on the aubmlaaion of a auirrage amana ment to tha votara of Nebraaka. I have never had occasion sine to Chang my view.' , - Governor W. C Blanchard of Louis iana: ."When th intelligent women of Louisiana, or a majority qf them, make a demand for woman suffrage, men hold ing the opinions I do would not resist the demand for it. Governor George E. Chamberlain ot Oregon: "I hope that th! stat will give women th ballot, and I hop that every atate will do It." . Governor Hoch of Kansas: "Municipal suffrage In Kansas haa worked no 111 to womanhood or to th atat. and it seems to be satisfactory to th people. Let the man who thinks hla mother, wife, sister or sweetheart cannot contribute aa much virtue and intelligence to government as h can, vot to dlafranchtse them. I think better than that of th woman who ar near and dear to me. and th women In general nanoe 1 vot in other way. . . . , "Again, taxation, without repraaenta- tlnn la wrong In theory and, practice, and opposed to th ganlua - of our govern ment. Yet woman ar denied a vole in a government to which they ar a much subject -in property rights, a well a In person, as men. This in my judg ment cannot be defended. ' It seems too plain and elementary for argument" Governor FS. R. Gooding of Idaho: "I am vary atrongly In favor of woman auffrage. and regret that t hav not tlm -to tell you all th benefit It ha been to Idaho politics." . ,. Oovsrnor John C Cutter of Utah: "1 have been for a long time, and still am convinced that It 1 both right and de- alrable for woman to hav th privilege of th auffrage.. Utah haa been an equal suffrage atate vr sine statehood waa granted' and my observation haa led m to believe that th reault of giving th franchise to th women hav been bene ficial." - r Governor Jesse F. McDonald, of Colo rado: "I am a firm believer in th prin ciple of woman suffrage.".' Governor Brook of Wyoming: "Wy oming holda th distinction of being th original territory and atat to grant qua! right to women, and we hav never had reason to regret our action in that matter, a woman suffrag here ha been uniformly successful snd ma terially helped In placing our politic on a higher plane." , OlSA-at But One Way For Wage-Earning Womeri. The "Labor "Press of Portland. 'edited by H. G. Kundre't, who 1 chairman of tha atat child labor commlaalon, con tain a an able editorial. In Ita Issue of November S, on George Bernard Shaw's play, "Mrs. Warren'a Profession." It quot from Mr, Shaw' remarks when told .thatxh- poUo had etopped - the production of hla play aa "offenalv to publlo decency." when h ald h did not qneatlon their right to stop th pro duction, but h would prefer a-jury of spirited women with experience la rescue work and alum Mf to any other Jury whatever. They know how aoclety makes vie by refusing to pay virtue decently." Th Labor Preaa Is quit right tn say lng that the production of auch plays aa Mr. Bhaw'a la not th way to remedy the existing stat of affairs, and In stating that the only way la for th good women of every community to cry out agalnat thla social and dbmmerclal vU. Ia closing, th editorial manfully aaya: -. '-. ' ; 'There ar enough decent an J gallant men to aid them to protect .virtu against th commercial depravity of th money-grabber." L This latter la so true It has aJmoat become axiomatic and w bellev when ever woman demand aqua! pay for equal work men will b th flrat to recognls the Justice of It. That woman don't aak It now ha It cans mainly In the fact that women ar just beginning to know themselvea and are timid about putting a commercial valu upon their tlm and work, which, hut a few year ago, was freely given to whosoever asked them for it without money and without price. Thla haa no doubt also prevented thlr forming pinion for self-protection, aa men -nave been' Bomg.ana-wttgtt"ad-Tn- Juatlce or wrong la done a working girl, whllJierfellow employe may jymp:. thlxe and be perfectly aware of her bo out iiiiMllr III liai ilafnnae Ws bellev th first step toward pay ing virtue decently is for women and girls to organise for their own protec tion. a year ago ths taxpayers of Port land voted a sum for Increasing tha pay of th teachera In our publlo schoola Have them got ItT Not at all. If the women teacher of Portland had been organised Into a self-protactiv union It would not have been long until th merit system had received Its quietus, and the women would have had their salaries raised aa well as the "man be hind the gun." - It might have worked a hardship to a few, but It would be no easy matter to have filled the school with a new corpaof teacher. If th nurse war , organised how long would a boapltal In thla city, pro tected by and masquerading under th guise or a religious institution,.- pt -allowed to accept the services of sn af prentice at SS a ' month, by promising a diploma at th end of three yeara and. then for en me trivial, trumped-up reason dismiss har after a year or mor of service? It I not th aoclety woman or th much decried woman of the world that refuses ,to pay virtue decently, for about th beat paid claaa of women In the olty ar thoa in domestic - service, snd virtu wage at any tlm. Th largeJ bodies of women working together, like In the hoepltal referred to, where girl are driven to desperation and" have no redress, ar the one that uffr. Thee things are not known to women gener ally, but when the wage-earning women decide to protect themselves and thslr grievances become known, aa men's are, th hour will have struck when the whole community will rise up In thlr defense, and without th aid. either, of one of Mr. Shaw's problem plays. - , -St K St:.,,'- v Many Home Topics ' Studied st Home Training Society, Thar is no organisation In th dty that 1 doing so much silent good aa the Horn Training aaaoclation, and a visit to on' of It weekly meeting will con vince any on ot th fact Th asso ciation Is putting Into rrgrtlre on of th motto-that standa on th title P"S of It yearly program, "Th work of th horn Is a writing on wax which become adamant, and retains, the mark of very lighten totted forever," . At the meeting laat Thuraday th o elety llatened to a most instructive talk on "The far of the Teeth," by Dr Lwla Xr. Lwie gav , plain, ocs prehanslv talk, containing much that waa a reveianon to moat mother. - In place of th uaual Thuraday meet lng. a fathera' and mothera' rally will be held in th Taylor Street Method! Eplsoopsl church on Wedneaday ven lng, November 16, at 1:4i o'clook. Fifteen-minute addreaaea will b mad by Judge A. L. Fraser, Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher and Profeaaor Frank Rlgler. A cordial invitation 1 extended te th public Th following week Mia Har riet Haaaler of th publlo library will addreee th mother on "Th Influence of Book la Moulding Character." BOOKS H HARTS' HAVEN By Katharine Evana 1 jsiaxe. Th author . truthfully urn. tn opening her story! that "Slno th flrt exllee aat. homa Ick for th loat garden f Edn and reoounted It glorle to their leond- anta, th race or man nasi . bi w.m. nilnf hone that would not die' to a naradls Into which neither, pain nor oar, navtrea . nor . w . - wher all ar bound together In th tie of brotherhood and th day slip by n hMnI oeac.- whll th - soul atretches it wing and grow to god Ilk Btatura - ' Tha Raoolt movement la th early .rt e th nineteenth century wa on of thes "yearning hope," and Ilk thai of th Mnonlt, Amisn, ana awn more, they had their Inception In Ger many gnd wer. brought to" Pennsyl vania, where greater rMglou liberty waa enjoyed than In any ef th othex SUtea . . ... ' Like many, m fact, use au tnese early leader. George Rapp wa a man of atrong personality, keen Intellect, ... . rw avaoutlva ability, and what counted for more than all, a pronaJ magneUam that couia away s wnman with th semblano ' of love whU ruling them with th rod of Iron, From vr th aea George Rapp brought hi colony and aattled them near Pitts burg, but later moved them Into UUnola They held all thlnga tn common, and oh the Oiu-man thrift and Industry prospered and war abundantly fed and clothed, whll mny accumulated - la the "atrong room" of th community. - 'A - mor spiritual lire" wa wna nana aaiA to hla follower; -roreater power." he said to himself and assumed for himself th dictatorship of both th body and soul of bis follower. With th Rapplte cam Laurence and Leah von KoraaseJ. to whom shortly after waa born a son. but George Rapp oo found that family ttee wer antagonis ts to community of Interests, and watching hi opportunity, took advan tage of a moment of rellgloua nthu. staam to separaU husbands, wlv and children and extort from th adults a vow of celibacy. Laurence von Koras- Sraamar and fanatio, wuuagiy relinquished his family, but Leah, re belled to th and and died before her son Hugh wa old 'nough t " know " hi father ar mother, and h waa brought up to magnificent manhood without be ing told that Ms teacher and dear friend was hi father. . Todir. with tha bom) aa th recog nised foundation ot ootty. It la hardly conceivable that lea thaa a century g family ties wer destroyed aa a aarrlca to God. and Tot tne anuoi ha not vTdrawav- ha pietut. Bttt on thing could be advanced as an ex tenuation for auch fanatical Ideas and that waa their belief la th cond coming of Christ before th death of their tender. - "Hearts' Haven" Js a valuanie noes tor tha, sldallahta It throws on thee queer people and th author ha atudled her subject carefully, and aa they hav been a factor In making American hla tory thy can no mor t overlooked thaa th Purl tans, th Quakere ar th Mormons, though leas recognised than any. of thes. . - v. Th romance or tne story i . tn natural outoom of conditions where th will and ambition of on man attempt to reverse th law of nature. Ia pic turing thi th writer haa uaed a mastet pen; sh haa ketchad la the moat oaii cat altuatlon with modeaty, but with out sacrificing strength or fore and ha written a pathetic, but . beautiful, tale of lov and parental devotion, col ored from local hlatorlo acta. Th book 1 exquisitely Illustrated la color and prettily bound. Bobb-Mr rill company. Plic 11.60. "Brothor of Peril" By Theodora Roberta Thi la a rare good story ot adventure, peril, friendship and romance. Th brother ar a whit man and a little Indian boy, who have formed th cloeaat frlendahlp for each other, and theirjloyaltyanddevotron havewelded. a love nike unto a Trother." it la.dia tlnetly an Indian atory, with th scene Uidnoldewtoundland h apolled child of Canada, aom on has called It and deal with th whit tradera, their honesty and their diahoneaty, their trick and schemes against ths Indiana, and all that went to make up th fron tier when Indiana, Frenchmen and Eng. llahmen wer struggling In a hand-to-hand conflict for mastery; greed and avarice on on aid and horn and nativ land th etaka on th othr. Together theae two brothers of alien race fought th common enemy, whether It waa 1 redmen. the aea, th atorm or the treacherous Frenchman. A very pretty and romantio lov story develops and make the main feature ot the book, but th loyalty of tha littl Indian boy, sod -his sworn hatred to their nemy, "Wolf Slayer," 1 nvf loat tight of., ' 1 The marriage of Master Klogswal) and. Beatrix, and their safe and happy return to old England, make a dallght- 4ful finish to a thrilling story. Many such storlea w hav of th Indiana and ventureaom tradera In th United State, but It la xcoptlonal to find on dealing with -the Indian of Newfound land, and th book receive it greatest value, from this fact, and Mr. Rdbert seems to hav studied hla aubect "well and ha preaented It In a pleasing and Interesting" manner. It 1 handsomely bound and quite worthy a plac on th library ahelf. L. C. Pag at C. . . K OtlU Portland, Prlc $1.10, ""Re! .Boys" By Henry' A. Shuts. Those who - hav read th ."Real Diary" and "Sequll" and. know all about thoae delightful Exeter boy wUl w tntereated to meet thm . all again, though, unlike th other book, the story Is told from a man's standpoint, but It loses nothing In th telling thereby. . The author ha don what n other writer ha vr been abl to do with anvthina- Ilka th auoceaa attained bs Judge Shute; to produce photograph lo reproduction of actual oharaetera, with abaolut fidelity, reproducing their p cullarltlca, their humorou adventure their fun, their love and thalr sorrow; calling them by namea by which they were known to their parent and th ridiculous nickname with which they were hailed by their aaaoclates. And what la most remarkable, he has don all this with th utmost delicacy and modeaty and with such considerate kind. lines .o( treatment that he ha not only trengthvened thlr friendship, but haa aarned tnetc gratitude ana con vinced his readsra That J?xetr Is a most delightful piece- to llve-ln. The charac tera nf Plnpy, Rasny, Pewt, and In fart all the boy a, wh today ar grows Btea, f ' ' V ' : ' ' - - The World's n j 1 a. 3E3Q to to 4 aw Mail iThis Coupon v By eliminating thmiadlemanrs ara ahla to nasi the work, on to irica. When the sets at our command are disposed of, the' price will be advanced. We advise yon to you are thinking, about It and let remarkable book. bargain. 'Upon we will forward beautifully illustrated . sample pages and full particulars of our offer, by means of which you can save more than half ths cost ot tn books and pay in easy monthly .payments. . war real boy, who will laugh, and per chance Vn cry, over annn me lot Inn thriy rrt nf thmslva la Jadg Shut' story. .. . Th book is a string of adventure ndxprence, pleasant, Joyoua, dla aatroua ' and ' hasardoua," jusfaa eome into th llv of a boy; but It 1 glTn to few to record tnem in so al together delightful and Interesting a manner, iih w. - - , - deneed by th agerness with which thi laat la Bought, xor it loraium pen that reader feel they hv had too much of vn a goo& thing. But that tlm has not yet arrived with thi group of real llv Extr boy. n.. kMk i- vtrnfiiMlv llluatrated with many character sketches, singly and In groups, ana ia vrx O. W. Dillingham Co. . Prlc $.tl. i "Oat Nxt" Th author of thi book I In ry-day life Oeorg V. Hobart, a former Baltimore nowepaper man. and la well known to th world both th author of theTJohn Henry", book and through th column of th news paper "Dtnkelsplel." , - , "Qt Next" I ngm in una wnu "John Henry," and Ilk It, 1 diatln amiahad for Ita nlotureaau us of slang. Theae book hav a trpe of wit all their own and th author can hardly b com pared with any of hi prweceiaor in th Held of humor. unla Jt b Oeorg Ada. and than th comparison would not b specially apt. for whll both ar built upon their facile us of slangy George Ad make ua of what I al ready created but use It In a Original manner, while Mr. Hobart creates his by making familiar expressions take th color and - complexion or aiang, wne much of It had never before been re garded In that light" "Oct Next" enow no threadbare apot and th wit and humor ar Juat aa 'rich and highly colored whan . "John Henry" mad hi bow to th public. O. -W. Dilling ham company.,' Price 75 cnta, "Th Advantnre of Tommy Post offle" By Qabrlell 9L Jaekaon. Thi la th true atory of a littl eat hero, who !! live and noy th davotlon and car of "th boy" tn th. Hartford poatofnoa. .Thi forunat eat I ao longer youthful. 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In thla littl book th author discusses th problem to whether, after all. her and now lit our human lgfe. the joy that the world cannot give nor tak away may not b achieved by the soul "so that neither death, nor . privation nor loea nor disappointment, nor trial In any of Ita Innumerable forma, shall dim thla radiance or dlmlnlah thla nergy." WhU thV author, both In thi and hef other books, shows sh haa theories, sh ha an Intenaaly practical aid and In thla book ah make an Impaaaloned appeal for th practicality, a well aa tha aplrituallty of th Chrlatlan faith. Thla littl book 1 written with nnuua earneatireaa and In a moat direct and convincing manner, nrlchd with man quotatlona. from : poet nd myatle wall a from Scripture, Mlaa Whiting ha dedicated her book To, th beauti ful and bleased mamory of Mary A. Llvrraore, who' friendship waa' dlvln gift .In IU aaqulalt power of ympatWio divination, and Inaplrlng nergy, who exaltation of character I a treasured heritage of our national Uf.! Littl. Brown C. Pric SS ents. i -v , . - ' , J " Literary Note's '. "Shakespeare" Sweetheart la th lov try of William Shakeapear and Ann Hathaway, related la auch a quaint yet finished tyl that It bus geat th rhythm of Shakespeare's own poetry and th literary tmophr In which h lived. Th scheme through eut-1 on ef much novelty; th Idea of having Ben Johnson appear la Strat ford'' and -ask Ann Hathaway to tall har lov (tory,, than to fll It away In a London vault to hav It discovered only at thi day I quit unlqu. Moat of th Incident ar nearly enough cor rect historically - to giv n, th Il lusion of a biography. Sara Hawk Sterling I th author and Oeorg T7. Jacob gt Co. ar th publlahera. . ' " 1 - . - "Bvoilutlon; th Master Ky" Th author, Mr. C W. "Raleeby, I known to a a el the ablest and mat scholarly; (.rv."..: FREE ! .7 . r Var ten cent a dT left S ghoff. lima .J . .7 , . volumes or ordinary sue. n is - . . , - . ' : - a in volumes of American ad- AmerfceUi Newspaper CS . iVMOciatlot. 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Thi I th Utl of a book by Walter L. Fleming, Pb. D., profeaaor nf history In th University ot We Virginia, which th Macmillan eompany will publlah t one with many Uluatsatlona. Th au thor' aim la to atudy f h political, ao etal and conomlo ffct of th war and, reconstruction upon , Institutions that xltd before th war. Empha! I laid on th Influence upon Alabama history ot the segregation of th negro Into th "Black Bait" and th whit Into th whit count!, Jlor than any othsr book thla, velum describee the part ef tn negro whether active or peaalv m th history ef th southern tataa - '- ' ' - . Hagaslnes. , ' The Aran Th November Isaue I alive with the moat vital ubjot of th day, which ar treated In erery case by th beat authorltla on th subject. , ' . "Th Boumvlll VBlag Experlmant I well written up by Lyra Dal True blood and I Intensely interesting. Bournvlll. England, Is -th village founded by Mr. Oeorg Cadbury and I aa attempt at property housing th 10th oentury wrkra -- " ' "Soolal Scarecrow," by Linton Bat terthwalt ta an un-to-dat artlcl and I profuly . llluatrated with telling cartoon-'' - "A Phyalcian'e View of th rUvnrc Ouaation. bv Dr. ' Ai Tl Suih nt Ma Orleans, preeants a decidedly practical "A Id or tn question and prononnoad view on th light of human being f thu relieve thameelve of an onereu rslatloa. - ' ' Th editor of Th Arena, Mr.' 8. O. Flower, haa a wall written and thought ful artlcl. on "Th Vital Iaau In th Preeent Battle- for a Great Amerloan Art- .-.:-. -.- Thi ln I alaborarery lllastratad and contains svral handaoma India tlat4 portrsita, - - . , ... X