Br Nancy Katherlne Burney.
HOW do little children of the
Portland poor amuse them
selves the sad-eyed babea of
want where do they spend
their brief playtime?
If theae questions had been asked a
year ago the answer would have been:
In the streets and back alleys and
alon the waterfront. If one named all
the place where children shouldn't play
It would ive a pretty toad Idea, where
they did spend their play time. Where
alse should they got Of course, the
plasm blocks ware there, as green, per
haps greener, because the children
ahunnad them, than two of those
blocks are now. But a plasa block did
not than make an exciting playground
there was nothing there but grass and
trees, and the children ware told not
to climb the trees, and. anyway, the
loop" waa alwsys watching.
A few, a very few, had paid memor
able vlaits to the City park, and re
turned to flaunt their superior advant
ages of travel over their less fortunate
friends, and to regale a special "gang"
NEW BOOKS
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-I8TORT OF NORTH AMER
ICA" Volume XVII, edited
by Or. Ouy Carleton Lee.
"The Rise of the New
South" By Philip Alexander Bruce,
corresponding secretary Virginia His
torical Society.
In the editorial introduction Dr.
Lee aays: "The subject of the south
since the Civil wsr is an inspiring one.
The years offer such examples of heroic
effort, such persistent struggle, such
triumphant result, that the historian
finds himself tending to ma exaltation of
mind thmt requires the sternest con
trol to reduce to matter-of-fact state
ment The author ' at the
present volume has felt the inspiration
mnd tbs necessary repression incident to
his division of Hhe history of North
America. Himself a native of the south
mnd in close touch with the tremendous
advance that has axel ted well-nigh as
great admiration as did the heroism of
the south la the Civil war, an active
participant. Indeed, In the movement
that has made the south of today, he is
particularly fitted to write on the sub-
Ject assigned him. His personal
ow ledge has given him the point of
view of the southerner, and the train
ing in analytical lnvestlgsUon which
enabled him to produce the histories as
sociated with his name has caused him
to expand his field of observation to all
accessible data."
Thus the editor. Introducing the au
thor, forecasts the value and authen
ticity of the work and stimulates an
Intereet In the reader which Mr. Bruce
has found no trouble In holding through
oat the volume. The period to be cov
ered la this portion of the work be
gins Just after the decade of reconstruc
tion. The last federal aoldter was
Withdrawn from the south In 1S7, but
as the euthor says: 'The calamitous
Inheritance from devastating wsr, and
political regime even more destructive,
eould not terminate all at once: the
poisonous growth that had sprung up
eould not be cut away In a night, nor
eon Id the- malignant Influence spread
abroad die sway In a day. A decade
was to paas before the noulh would give
unmistakable signs of a new birth of
prosperity la every department of In
dustry. The period between 1 810 snd
11(0 is the most remarkable In Its re
cent history, for It wss In this Inter
val thst ths southern state reslly shook
off for the first time the frightful after
effects of the years of war snd recon
struction." The author dees not confine his his
tory to this period, however, as hs
brings It up to date, but uses It rsther
as the birth period of the New South."
The feature thst will give thin volume
Its greatest permanent value as a ref
erence book le the exceptionally clever
manner in which the author has classi
fied and systemstlsed his material. In
this age the reader, or even the aver
age student, hss not time to delve
through psgee of miscellaneous matter
to find Oae fact or comparative figures.
when a history or book of reference
material so arranged mat the
under Its own specific heading.
or tne wnrx is aouniei. rnis
hss rlmrscterlsed every
ma
.
with the population, the
iithor makes a csreful resume of
THE
with tales of their wonderful adven
tures there. They told of live animals
and real flowers and swings real
swings, where yon could awing as long
aa you liked "fer nothtn'"; but even
thla Garden of Eden was not without a
snake; you could only look at the ani
mals through the Iron bars of the
cages: the flowers of wondrous colors
ware not to be picked: and you could
not tit on the soft lawn and eat your
luncheon, for numerous signs warned
you to "Keep off the grass."
People's Institute's Work.
And than the People's Institute took
the matter In hand and aaked the park
committee to grant two plasm blocks
for a children's playground. '1 he two
blocks across the street from the cus
tom house were obtained for the pur
pose and 1800 was appropriated to flt
them up for the especial use of the
children. The People' Institute agreed
to engage a superintendent for every
afternoon during the . winter and for
all day during the eunimer and a apecial
policeman was to be Win duty there from
AND THEIR
complex problem of ths south, past mnd
present, wltb mil the elements mad con
ditions which hmve brought It to Its
present status snd showing Its economic
relations with present problems. The
resources of the south mnd their de
velopment are then taken up under va
rious heads, as 'The Product of the
Farm" forests, sea, mines, hand and
machine, and one or more ohmpters are
devoted to each. Then we find the
growth of cities, exports and Imports,
financial mnd transportation facilities,
educational, literary, social and political
conditions, mnd the work concludes with
m general summary of the whole. Much
of the early part of the book la nec
essarily statistical, but la of Immense
value mnd full of Information. la
presenting the educational side of the
south we cmn notice. In view of well
known facta made public largely
through the Southern Industrial Educa
tional association that the author is
something of an apologist, for In every
case where truth compels him to give
figures snd facta not complimentary to
the aouth, he finds excellent cause for
their existence mil true, but lamentable,
mad yet given with such genulns con
viction that conditions mad not ths peo
ple are to blame for them.
In speaking Of the Invasion of the
south by the compulsory school law, Mr.
Bruce Jars a sensitive nerve In Oregon,
when he say a: "Missouri mnd Oregon
are the only American communities sit
uated beyond the borders or the south
which have so far failed to adopt-a com
pulsory attendance law." Oregon has
not failed to adopt m lmw a wall as In
corporate m olmuse In Its child labor lmw,
but has never succeeded In .making It
strong enough to be enforced by an ad
ministration thmt didn't wmnt to en
force it.
The chapter devoted to literature
casts a lass brilliant light on southern
achievement than on mny other sub
ject ths author presents. "Except Poe,
who is aow Justly considered with Haw
thorne to hmve been one of the only two
imaginative writers whom the TTnlted
states has produced, the south had not
author who compared In genersl rep
utation with Longfellow, Emerson, Low
ell, Holmes, Bryant, Motley and Pres
cott," says Mr. Brace. 'Neither does he
see any In the new dispensation ap
proaching them, though he considers
Sidney Lanier's "Marshes of Glynn"
the nobleet poem thmt hss been written
In the United States since the ead of the
war. Even In the field of literature
which the author does net attempt to
favorably compare with other sections
at any time he has m hopeful word, for
he saya: "There are now at play In
the larger centers of southern popula
tion influences that are certain to Im
prove the literary taste of men sad
women capable of fine literary achieve
ment" In the aoclal condltlone of the aouth
wa find almost ths romance of history,
so charmingly has Mr. Bruce written of
the old plantation days mad the pathos
of ths evolution to d resent conditions
If tbs south has not given us It quota
or romance writers it has given us mors
than Its share of of romantic material,
and thus history very vividly aeta forth
the conditions of ths south, past mad
present, snd shows us the truth In the
msny fanciful settlnga It has furnished
the novelist. This volume hss toe same
OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY
11 m. to t p m.
Two of the old cheerless plasa blocks
have baan transformed and the chil
dren or the poor have m real play71
givwiiw, " i ' u i v (lie vnii . 1 1 1 1 ii
and do them "fer nothln'."
When the playground was first
started the children were distrustful
of such good fortune, but the ones who
did venture through the gates of the
girls' block, which was fenced In, came
back With such glowing accounts of the
new playground and the lady who was
alwaya there- and who told beautiful
stories of the things that might have
happened If fairies and gnomes 'bad
their way that the heroines of tripe to
the City park were deserted and the
"playground kids" became the notables
of the hour.
Little by little the children gained
confidence: nothing waa expected of
them beyond having a good time and
playing fair, so the "playground kids"
gained In number mad Importance, until
every spare moment was spent there
and their old bugaboo, the "cop," be
came their beet friend and was often
PUBLISHERS
chronological table as thoss before it,
and has a great number of handsome Il
lustrations, none of which la subject to
criticism save the portrait of Andrew
Carnegie, which seems Incongruous, and
omn only be excused as the donor of sev
eral monumental libraries which Illus
trate his generosity to the south.
The portrait of Booker T. Washington
Is much more significant of ths new
south, as It speaks volumes for Indus
trial and race development, while the
other savors of benefits unearned. On
m general aummary, however, one cmn
not fall to be impressed at the magnifi
cent manner In which the author has
handled, a difficult subject, with Justice
at every point, and yet with that in
spired admiration which Is Illuminating
and helpful. George Barrle Sc Sons, 1113
Wall street, Philadelphia.
"Brlar-Pmtch Philosophy" By "Peter
Rabbit," translated by William J. Long.
Aa one turns almost nauseated from the
overabundance of fiction, yet too weary
from the wear and tear of the world to
read Its science and philosophy, or even
Its ponderous literature, one may aeek
the philosophy of "Peter Rabbit" mad
learn the sweet remsonmbleness of hu
man Ufa as well as the sweet reason
ableness of animal thinking."
It Is a rare book In Its restfulness, and
the wholesome outlook It gives one on
life ofall kinds and Its possibilities. It
la not, as ons might Infer from its title,
an animal story, or book for children.
The character of the "Babbitt" la simply
assumed In order to look at every doubt
ful question in an Impartial way. The
author rides no hobby, he challenges no
controversy, and he Insists upon no sci
entific theories; he simply takes the
"Rabbit's" view of animal mnd hummn
life m'nd works It out with sweet reason
ableness, y
To be sure "Peter Rabbit" explodes
some of the established mnd most deep
ly grounded scientific facts regarding
animal life and habits, but it is done In
such a quiet, convincing wsy one hardly
observes the rupture. If Mr. Long's
book was, however, but, m treaty on ani
mal life It would be Interesting, but It Is
much more, for It brings the hummn
mnd four-footed animals so near together
that the characteristics of the ons
merge Into the other, and the gap be
tween them perceptibly narrowa. The
human traits of animals has been m
fmvortte theme with several well-known
writers of recent years, some of whom
endowed them with , human attributes
and proved their tbaorlea by the poasl
bllltles that have been; developed by
training. The "Rabbit" does exactly the
reverse; he takes the animal In his
natural atate, and the man in bla artifi
cial state of being, clothed and housed,
and polnta out the resembling traits,
showing how the human animal has
grown away from nature, while the
other animal remained, and then adorns
the comparison with the most Irresist
ibly charming philosophy which Is
sometimes humorous, but which Is
oftener given with m greet pathos that
carries It direct to th heart
Could anything be more touchlngly
beautiful than when the "Rabbit" say
ing ha will consider the subject of snl
msl demth In another meditation,
continues: "Just now, It 1 enough fo
our purpose to remind you, ss one of
your own naturalists has suggested,
that all animals have a strange con
sciousness of a Journey from which
appealed to for the time of amy, es
pecially on school days.
Where the Little Girls Play.
The girls' playground Is furnished
with every variety of swings, and spin
ning Jennys and see-saws are there for
those who prefer m more strenuous
amusement. The younger children have
aand boxes, where they can build cas
tles mad make plee to their hearts' con
tent. Next year It Is hoped that money
will be forthcoming to build a pavilion
where the institute classes may be Held.
The boys' block Is not fenced, si-,
though It should be, In order to keep the
men from bothering the lade. Around,
the whole block la a race track, and
there Is m handball court, horiaontal
and swinging bars, climbing pole and
swings, mad theae make the time pass
agreeably for the little fellows, who
without the means of using their sur
plus energy In harmless sport, would
probably find themselves la the Juve
nile court much oftener If It. were not
for the playground.
The children who play In the plmaae
they will aot return to their accus
tomed haunts; and stnos they lovs the
accustomed haunts they put off the
Journey as long as possible. When the
time comes. If they are not hurried
swiftly away la the meantime, they go
quickly to a good hldlng-placa and lis
down to sleep, still thinking to put off
ths Journey. What follows ths sleep
we do not know. Our first sleep Is per
haps ss great a mystery as our last.
To sleep st all, to lose consciousness of
the glad bright world In a mass of
darkness and dreams, would seem a
terrible thing if we had not grown ac
customed to It when we were too young
to think So with this laat slsep whose
long silence pussies urn We expect to
awaken and nature has never yet de
ceived ua Therefore, we sleep at last,
aa we have lived, gladly and witflout
anxiety."
Mr. Long has shown m wonderful
breadth of observation and hla pure
simplicity of style makes his writings
almost classic. In tone the book Is ele
vmtlng and Inspiring. No one could read
It and not be better morally and have
purer thoughts, snd a book that will do
lifts without leaving an aftermath of
huge question' masks) when It la preach
ing the philosophy of human life and
love deserves a permanent place In the
literature of the age. The book Is
handsomely bound snd Illustrated.
Olnn A Co. Price $1.80.
"The Upper Hand" By Emerson Olf
ford Taylor This is a tale so full of
hate and revenge It almost seems to be
long to s psst age. and without a re-'
deeming moral to lighten It somber ef
fect. Squire Warden was what he
pleased to term himself, "m respectable
member of society." He wss scrupulous
In all the observances demanded of that
position, careful of his appearance, and
regular In hla habits, ana exceedingly
proud of hla ancestors, and felt It his
duty to become as rich ss possible, with
little regard as to how the money cam.
In achieving his wealth two Instances
came to the notice of the villagers of
Klngsford; one when he made the will
of Ztbm Wilder mnd the money earns to
himself Instead of to m worthless son,
Jsmes, and the ether when he foreclosed
and took the mill property away from
shiftless French.
The story Is one of mystery from be
ginning to end. It opens with the meld
finding Squire Warden one morning In a
disheveled condition, the room In dis
order and the squire suffering from s
severe bum on the wrist, and m tiny
girl, the permanent guest of the home.
Instead of unraveling aa the story
goes on It becomes more and more
complicated, and when trouble arose at
the mill with young French as leader
and a certain Captain Bsssett appears,
a little light begins to break, but the
cruelty and Inhumanity of the man who
had the upper hand makes a story al
most repulsive and hardly credible,
while It le neither elevating nor educa
tive; but It haa the merit of being Inter
esting and without a page that oan be
omitted without losing the thread of
the story. A. S. Barnes eV Co. Price
tl.it,
The second of Lmngdon Warner's
papers on Khlvs, la the October Cen
tury, a description of "Khiva From ths
Inside," haa reproductions of a number
of photographs made by Mr. Warner
during his sojourn In thst almost for
bidden city. These are probably the
fir at nlcturea evar made In that ramnt
and JJtU kown spot, where Mr.
MQRWIWQ, , OCTOBB1
under the care of the People's Institute
live close to the realities of Ufa, and
often the superintendent Is startled at
some of the woaldly wise sayings of
these young old babes.
They always enjoy the etory hour,
although they prefer Mother Goose 'and
tattle Red Riding Hood to more classi
cal tales.
Little girls lug big bmby brothers to
the playground to spend the afternoon,
and children of all agee make their way
to their own plasm block.
Saturday afternoon the playgrounds
are usually crowded. One UtUe fellow,
who was barely 6, and so was allowed to
play In the girls' block, was doing his
best to do the high lump and amuse his
youngser sister at the same time. After
swinging her In one of the basket
swings until his little arms ached, he
said disgustedly: "Aw, shut up, cmn't
yer, mnd watch brother Jump."..
Nothing Could Escape It.
Although oae youngster had m pretty
good opinion of providence, he had m
better one of the mutomobtle. He was
WORLD'S CHAMPION BULLDOG OWNED
BY WOMAN
St St K
(By a Buff Corresnoseset. )
WHT English women who ex
hibit dogs for prise at shows
should affeot bulldogs, the
most homely-visaged of the
canine species. In preference to any other
type, must ever remain a psychological
pussle to the mere man. The most suc
cessful exhibitors of bulldogs In England
are women.
Mrs. Edgsr Waterlow has Just achieved
a world's record with her Nuthurst Doc
tor, which at ths London Bulldog so
ciety's show has Just registered his
eighteenth championship. Moreover,
these championships .have been won la m
fair field; not by the too frequent pro
cess of following the same Judge round
the country. No less than 11 different
Judgea have accorded championships to
Nuthurst Doctor. He has won more than
500 prises. At this lsat show he was
mwmrded no less than It "specials." So
far as show purposes are concerned,
Ths Doctor" as hs Is fondly called by
his legion of admirers la the monarch
of bulldogdom. His supremacy In ugli
ness there Is none to dispute. Money
could not buy htm. His fair owner has
rsfused 18,000 for him. She is m wealthy
woman, and has gone In for breeding
bulldogs aa a hobby, and to win prises
by exhibiting them. A slender delicate
looking little woman, without the faint
est suggestion of anything "sporty"
about her. she Is about the laat person
In the world one would set down as the
owner of the world's champion bulldog.
"At first." she told me. "I was disposed
to take up horse breeding ss a hobby,
but you cannot keep a foal by your side
continually, and somehow I always
wanted something that I could look after
personally mnd make a companion of.
My husband made me a present of a
couple of bullpupe, which we nsmed
Nuthurst BUI snd Nuthurst Doctor
Nuthurst after our place In the country.
Bill was the one I fancied, and Mr.
Waterlow paid If pounds (171) for him.
The seller was anxious to get rid of his
Warner's adventures wsrs decidedly un
usual. The Delineator.- The October num
ber make It one of the greet magaslnee
of the country, few of whloh compare
with It in variety and quality of the
articles presented. The Countess von
Arnhlm, who 'is Elisabeth of the
German Garden fame, begins a aortal
thla month, and the etory by ths Wil
liamsons goes merrily on. Besides these
there are several short stories. All the
departments, suck aa kltchsn, dress and
fashions, art and literature, are well
sustained, with several new features
added.
POISONOUS BEANS
Their Importation Prom Java
Stopped by the French.
The Importers of dry beans at Mar
seilles, where thie trade le consider
able, are much agitated In consequence
of the Interpretation placed on the fact
that oertmla livestock U various parte
1MM.
bout to cross the street with a com
panion, when they saw an automobile
coming full apeed up the street.
"Gee, let'e hurry across." said the
older.
"No, we mustn't." said the other, go
ing back to the walk In mil haste. "I'll
bet God hlsself couldn't get out of the
way of that thing."
One of the most pathetic things Is the
love that the little girls have for flow
ers, mnd their extreme Ignorance about
them. One afternoon In the story hoar
the teacher had m bunch of violets which
she divided among the children.
"Is they euro enough flowers T" one
little girl asksd In awe-struck tones.
"No, course they's not." replied sn
older girl scornfully, "they's Just goods
with 'fumery thrown oa 'em."
It le the endeavor of the institute
workers to get the children into the
Institute classes, mad what la of stUl
more Importance and really harder to
do te to get them to consent to take m
bath at the Institute.
- Rosle was ssked when she had taken
a bath.
"The doctor made my mamma give
me m bath after I was alck with the
smallpox."
"Why, how long ago was fbatT"
asked the superintendent. Immediately
fearing contagion.
"Why, that was when I was t: I'm
now, going on It." said Rosle.
calmly. -
A dm or two after Roele had been
given her first bath in four years, her
mother appeared at the Institute ar
rayed moat gorgeously In sn evident
attempt to Impress i tt women In
charge.
brother also, and offered him for 10
pounds (160) at which price my husband
bought him mainly that BUI might have
soms ons of his kind to frolic with ss
hs grew up and not feel lonesome.
"BUI died young, and the dog bought
for a mere song to provide him with a
playmate haa lived, as you know, to
beat, all championship records, and Is
today worth a small fortune. Tet I hmve
always believed that BUI, had he lived,
would hmve proved the liner dog. But
after Bill went I transferred sll my af
fections to the Doctor. His' looks as Is
always the case with bulldogs when
properly treated belle his character. He
of Europe died after eating Javanese
beans.
In a lsttsr addressed to the minister
of commerce by the president of the
Mareelllee dry vegetable and grain
syndicate It la stated that the mayor of
Havre has interdicted the sals and de
tention or beans from Burnish. Java
and ths Sunda Islands snd elsewhere.
Several ether severe snd Important sim
ilar measures are reported to have been
taken. The president of the syndicate,
Mr. Plassa. says:
"A alrlgls fact has given this alarm
to th public- and It Is not imputable
to Burmah beans th importation In
1JS at Rotterdam ef 1,000 bales of
East India beans, generally denominated
Java beans. Four cases of poisoning
were established after their arrival.
"In November and December other ac
cidents were reported smong the horses,
cattle anftV, hogs In three localities In
Hanover. Another case was established
In Scotland clearly due to Javanese
beans At Psrls some horses died from
the same cause, end In the Euro some
barnyard animals were poisoned. These
scotdents in France were caused fn re
ality by beans whloh could hot be cold I
"'TsB 3gMBl
asmser
Enough for Life.
She wanted m bath mnd was most
effusive In thanking them for the
transformation in Roele. She took m
bmth mad appeared promptly the next
morning for another, and continued this
program for four days. Then she
stopped coming, mad the mttendsnts
think she fancied that she wss bathed
enough for m lifetime.
A small boy when asked about bath
ing looked very much frightened, mad
replied thmt he did take m bath once,
but it nearly killed him mnd he didn't
want to try It again.
All nationalities meet on the play
ground, and though they are generally
unable to understand a word of each
other's conversation, they manage to
play together, the more peaceably per
haps on account of the Impossibility of
argument.
Many kinky-halrod. dark-skinned lit
tle tots enjoy both the playground and
the institute classes, mnd ma usual with
thla race they take mm especial Interest
In religion.
Two little colored lads who had been
sttendlng Sunday school were arguing
ma to whether there were may "nig"
children In heaven, oae Insisting posi
tively thmt there mere not mny there.
"Haw, course they is," said the Other
child triumphantly: "didn't you hear
the Sunday school teacher tell about
nigger Demus he other day. an' he's
In heaven." The argument was olosed.
All the work the People's Institute Is
doing is good.but nothing it has ever done
gives more Joy to the hummn heart than
has the providing of the playgrounds
for the little children of the poor.
is aa gentle mnd playful as a kitten. For
all the blue ribbons thst have been tied
to his collar he Isn't a bit stuck up, and
haa no Idea that he I th finest bulldog
that ever faced' a Judge. Only once hae
he shown any temper. That wa when
a postman tried to hit him with a stick.
The postmsn missed, but the Doctor
didn't, and that postman nsver tried to
hit him again."
The Doctor la only five years old, but
Is already the grandfather of several
prise winner. There are. now 23 bull
dogs st Mrs. Waterlow's kennels, most
of them the Doctor's progeny.
for alimentation In Holland, Germany
and Scotland"
Mr. Plassa explains thmt th further
Importation of these beans will be
fought by hi syndicate, and that the
Burmah beans have never given cauee
for complaint or administrative meas
ures. "We are persuaded." ha writes,
"that ths sdralnlstratlon will maintain
rigorous measures only against Java
beans, alone dangerous and destructive.
We are at your disposition to submit
type aamplea of Burmah white beans
to the lntereated service. The Impor
tance of the Interests engaged la so con
siderable that a prompt decision should
be forthcoming."
"Tea," sighed Mrs. Lapsllng, "Sopb
rony suffers terrible from neuralgia.
The only relief she ever gets Is whan
she has sn epidemic inserted In her
mrm."
From the New Tort Ttlbaas.
The aettlaeftles "esaaot ge to the mam.'
sera the Coses Isaorgents. True, bet ttey
pa nriti isai we
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