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-. TH OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND,", SUNDAY MORNING,'. MARCH : 1, 1S03. ' d ConnuUa BKM'micir& Birf Watted With ViVor m tLe Land of Sunshine and Poetry AnrcresringiV TOXllSUnClCriJaCK Rival Campaign of Celibacy an ROMS. Feb. 0-In : Italy oertala doctrines are making; considerable " lavgress, whlen' show, that Ital laa and American ideas on matrl , mony, are diametrically opposed; In Italy, it'll the men .who combine to ,)' resist all temptation to marry,, while the. women have formed -an association ' to compel their men friends to marry them by the use of moral force. In f America, lf-I am not mistaken, It'ls - mere man who Is given the go-by, while, he, poor thing-, yearns for a wife. The bachelors of the north of Italy, as it Is there that single masculine bliss Is' particularly appreciated, have formed themselves Into a society with many branches, and have Just held their firth annual congress this time at Pa- . dua. The life or the society, however, . ' oates back considerably farther, as it took soma time for the novel Idea to ' sink Into the masculine mind with all Its vast consequences, freedom frnm re eponslbllltles, more wealth, liberty, gaiety and no curtain lectures! This has appealed so thoroughly to the bachelors la the north that the mem- hers of the society now number 400, but alas I there Is a rift within the lute, no matter how opposed they may be to the duties of a married life, tney still de sire to enjoy feminine society, and the " ladles do not seem Inclined to encour age'Wmlrers who have no serious ln tendons. Money But Not Good Looks. x I, .The society was founded by a cer tain Antonio Trelussa, whose pitiful story caused all true bachelors' blood to boiL Trelussa, who, by the way, Is not handsome, but possessed ef some money, was' engaged to a pretty peas ant girl below him In station, and the Wedding day was fixed,. In fact, the whet-should-have-been happy day dawned, and Trelussa was awakened by some one thumping on his door. He hurried Into his clothes and opened the door to find but a bundle, which when opened,'' was found to contain the not very laviah gifts which hs had be stowed upon his sweetheart, and a let ter saying she was already married to the" man she loved and on her way to America. Thus a mlsogamlst was formed. He was soon found out by other Ttetlms of feminine perfidy and wiles, and over their glasses and pipes the club was conceived, which was born as the "Society, of Bachelors," for the protection of the sex. But as can eas ily be understood there are many who have no bitter or lasting memories and they hanker after he sweets or remi- mne companionsnia out wunuut ....il.il f 1 1 mm W have been omitted as no man hat yet availed himself of It; . It will have" been noticed that the terrors reserved for the culprit who goes back on hlg plighted word sre not specified, and are probably all the more dreadful to the masculine Imag ination for that reaaoAo, as after all wnat can do aone to nun other than Its resDOnalbilltles. 1 This fact was productive of consider- able frenty at the congress held at Pa ' dua the other day, the older members reproaching the younger for having strayed from the strict letter of the club ruleerwhich forbid platonio friend ships with "perfidious woman." The gay young bachelors contended that if they did not marry they were quite within their rights, and called upon all to combine to light a bill which is to be introduced in parliament obliging ' unmarried men to marry unmarried women' whose reputations they have ln : Jured. t- ' Bachelors Tremble. ' ' This is Indeed a drastic measure, which makes bachelors,- even outside , those which have "oomblned," tremble . In their shoes. But there Is hope for them yet; In Italy there Is a long step between a contemplated and an accora t 'l pllshed bill, and very many slips be tween the oup and the lip, especially when the contents of the cup are as bitter as all that. The bachelors may find ways of "approaching" the depu ties' of their several districts, and 1 moral suasion and pressure can be made to go a long way. The congress thus decided to use every Inuence in their power to oppose such legislation, and the skittish youngsters have meanwhile. ' ' promised, to conduct themselves with more discretion. The Padua congress also agreed to ". establish a fund to be used In what ever way may seem best to prevent members of the Society of Bachelors - who. develop matrimonial tendencies . from taking the fatal plunge. The man who shows signs of succumbing to Cupid will, after this, be reasoned with. and If he c?eroa penitent the fund will ' be drawn upon to enable him to gO ' where his charmer cannot follow, even '. v to emigrate, specially to America, T'-wrltere- everal of the-associated bache- lors already live.. But the fund will tvA t Ka v.rv rarefiillv doled out. a. otherwise what Is to prevent a bach- L. A i A a. A r. V. n n nr A V. 1 rnol . '- denoe from pretending to be In love, and then allowing himself to be per suaded to make himself scarce T , Maids Seek Husbands. . . .While the bachelors of northern Italy are combining to protect themselves against the eternal feminine, the maids of southern Italy are doing the same to protect their - matrimonial Interests. -A club In fall swing In Rome is a type of others farther south, and, as will be , seen, holds Its masculine captives with m firm hand. The spider and the fly are not la HI The Roman club Is called the "Good ' T I name. The ladles In their organisa tion nave again proved tne superiority of the feminine mind over the mascu ' line, and that they understand human feature much better. The bachelors are ' Sternly kept away from the softer sex, hey are punished if found transgres- : sing and consequently rorDioaen rruit seems sweet, while the maids have " i '(f Ngyy wr f Jin I K Aiuifm il l vllS ill in- - ii j 1 1 1 r i 1 1 t i i i 1 n m all D ' By We Jones. - , r- I sed Bcaw that Is no ano Of lee Inn I PBB f uNCLB JACK-OranmuthSf ,''USS :? W -i: was jueer yesterday nee is gon : w hav a bigg siio fort Inn our yard tday. ," ; ; v ,r .. '1 Amm thee capUn 4 tooles Is Inn Itt ) . befour shea ealm popp Bed S .?.7L.(len! I'M ber inn Itt att 1st butl rr..i.-. i.ii.. v "w wr "d x nurses uHw... .u.u..w - . lajl xntm x u musf ntespect the nevtd un looaiea inn .snes can tnro A bawl prlttv aood i bee onl a, rl jKuiBjunaun ck aioK ami - was tne dds attacking Thee fort A I nukaif Bcaws popp wants t w-r, . ms jonsun aown with A bigg lump granmuther sed nuthlng I me butt . w toodi.s tin. t a i..i ,J went awayxkwlck 4 1 told popp That nurse him back life ft Keith shee Bed shee wooden leu mee ut snes uiawi cast Mm forth Into the outer darkness T boarding hows so when granmuther o I This, however, has happened practi- r . v ' v. ml "no bai cally only once In the three years since w" lns; off her hat I aed comma jam,( the "Good Hope" has been In existence, do uT thtnk weS keap A boarding hows .Japps i , wee kept A boarding hows ' muther looked Att popp popp hee put. On his hatt Y sed comma poo A llttel Innosent Joak muther shee has went 1 granmuthers t try te square itt shee Bed foaks Is funny , tommy deer unkel Jack teecher sed we Shudder on the brink Of the yello perl what? is that I sed the Japps Is A war like race shee Bed 1 sed I Bett the Japps dont Like war enny bettern fltlng bobb evlns I pulld A chinks Q J day S terrify Thee yello perl 1 wish u ware A sailor Inn fltlng bobb evlns Flete unkel Jack A thenn u cood send me postals our of Awl them plsces granmuther is back shee sed 2 mee comma tommy My deer gransun Tel me what yure popp Hes . so l sed popp sea eemmicoaim i sec Hndd baked itt roseveus made A word omittea root or (mister brown hee sea hes dont Carel himself agen these a words ommltted iff aiaa coodent cook for Hee wants A reepubllcklns make Mee tired . . . w f 8 not A cook butt noon laff. I so 1 took owt sum of Thee mlddel ofl thee cake 4 put inn A balloon 4 Woo Ittl 4 he grabbed her & stuck her tied Inn I theesno'A toodles mixed itt prittr good! & I sed hold him 4 we liked him A dick I uuii uooa ; so I let toodles be a Kurnel new tommy deer unkel Jack thee lite from Rum ofl the Starrs Has not gott i thee erta yettl popp red owt Of A book ' . I then whyf keep them Iff thay R tool siss calm 1 our Hows yesterr day 4 sed 2 muther comma do what? t will thatt cake wont rise 1 sed dropp sura cold mater Onn its race inait manes Mee rise inn the morn- ins popp isiia siss sed I muthAr enmma I Amm dlsstrscted thee doe ion leu Awl Ht. thenn It dont rise 4 thee cake thenn Is bevvy Iff I cood Malk thee cake lite wnnse i wooa Dee nappy . I WBB over Alt mlat.r tirnvn, hnwi a o- i,,a.w i ?' slsses Cakes, thar where slssl Bee Hadd baked ttt I Shee sed comma no 1 meen what hee Bes about mee 1 sed popp sed no words was strong enuff i express his feelings so heed say nothing b g tommy deer unkel Jack teecher asked mee why? la Itt colder Inn winter thann Inn sum mer I sed R lit fooling answer thee kwestion shee Sed upp 4 tide thee End thee cake rosel fine 4 was lite A u coodent see thee end! ut mee Da noon . , kl . niu a party att nite ar ewry 1 sea what A lite cake misses brown 41 sina was surprised & awlso tlkkled Itt popped fine when Thay trlde onttl Itt butt I dunno what thay Sed Bcaws I i went nosm awicK tnenn tommy DINKELSPIEL ON WIN TER SPORTS HE (Copyright, 1908, by amerlcanJonrnal-Eitmlnar) Examiner. rEIN LIBBER LOOEY Ve haf re ceived your letter from der Punch der Lion hotel, und ve vas glat to hear it dot your healt' gets ould In der varm sunshine und all na ture down dare In Florida has got Its peek-a-boo vaist on. Not such Is it here yet. Der t'ermometer has been down te keno ssferal times since it is der last few days, und efery time it goes up a leedle from keno der snow und der slush becomes our boom companions. Ve vas all veil at home ould here In der country mlt dor eggHceptlon dot your leedle brother Max vent ould skat ing on Bauerschmidt's pond a cubble of days ago and came home mlt his nose all blooded, mlt his kennuckles unpeeled und his trouaerlngs ripped from Alpha to Ogdensburg. It seems dot vile leedle Max vas doing der Dutch roll backvards. he suttently declsloned to fall down, und In doing so he vas foolish enough to selection a spot alretty occupied by an nuder boy much larger den Max, mlt der result dot In der mlxup vlch followed seferal teeth vlch leedle Max prised not ao much for delr beauty as for deir ac complishments got up und left der corner of his face. Vlnter la a nice time of der year, Looey, eggspeclally for dose who haf money enough to rush off to der topical itone. Ve vas all veil at home mlt der egga ceptlon dot yesterday morning at abould der hour of aefon py a goot reliable clock your leedle brother Max pushed open our bedroom door und from a snow; should you come on ould undf mase me a snow mans. Fodder!" "If you vaks me up any louder I vill maxe you sucn a lickings," I vlspered at him, but alretty he vas half vay down dar stairs und ould der front aoor. , After breakfast I vent py der porchl on to see vot is Max doing und here. xAtvoy, i. vare aer treacnery or -ou northern vtnters vent to vork, because! no sooner dit I put vun foots on der topi step to der porch 'den It flew ould In si vesteriy direction, vile der udder foot flew to der east und der rest of my per-l sonai anairs Dumped down lour ston steps und landed mlt a fud on de rrozen up ground. I supposition dot der 'surprise mltf vicn i nit aer ground must hsf shook der house, anyvay, yust at dot bitter! moment, a lavaianch of abould four tonnl of assorted snow came sliding off deri roof und landed on me, und vile I satl aare spluttering und vaving my armst und begging der police to come and help! me, up rushed leedle Max yelling, "Dot's! an rignt. rodder! sit rlKht dare till go und show mother. I knew von rniildl make a goot snow-mans If you took yourf lime 10 it : I like der vlnter. Looey, but I like 1 best ven I was rending abould It in derl goot on summer time. Yours mlt luff, U. DINKELslPIEL, Per George V. Hobart sieeD "It aln'il lev ov der Dond no more."1 he shouted "Vot Is it py der pond yet? sponsed. "It Is py der lawn ofer such I re- a vet Domesticated Prairie Chickens. From the Indianapolis News. Lemuel Andrews, near this place, has a flock of prairie chickens on his farm mat nas Decome , practically domes ticated. Some of the older birds have been on the' farm for five years, during which time they have Increased In numbers from a dosen to more than ISO birds. Andrews permits no hunting on hi si farm, and during the last five years not! s cnicken nas been Killed, not even byj mniseir. to associate with them must come la The president is Assunta Bessl, who is about 22 years old and she Is aided a hushnnd for 20 cents a month! What an attraction to all unmarried maids! Kuie third. "The aim or the uooil and abetted by 150 maids, but their Hope society is mutual help." You see ranks are consUntly growing. the form the assistance Is to take Is The rules, however, clearly show tho left purposely vague to be brought out real object of the society. They are more clearly In another rule. of course, read by the young men. Rule Fourth. "If one of the maids torn an ciud-ib caia ina uooa inui vj iuu yuuiig mn, auiq ruurwt. 11 one ui ma lutuuR and. has really .Justified its but probably after they have already becomes engaged outside the club she had their heads turned to tneir danger. Some of the Rules. The first rule runs: "All girls over 16 years "of age may Join." Experience nas snown tnat tne ages In the ma- blind Is permitted to Introduce her fiance. who thus becomes a member and sub ject to the rules." Rule firth. "All the maids belong ing to the society will pay a small sum Into a fund which Is set aside to aid the maids who are about to marry In the necessary expenses there must be good and sufficient, reft- hex present, predicament sons why these things are right or l) wrong, and when once the reason Is established this very reason will pro . voko the love of any child , for birds, trees or flowers, and the care and pro tection follow. It Is right along this line of procedure this book works. Its first chapters give a chatty, pleasant description of the life and growth of a country boy; his first fishing, his ad vance In sports, his notice of the signs of nature, his comradeship with the birds and all creatures of the wood, and with it all is that strong invigorating atmosphere of wholesale country liv ing and the Joys that only the coun try lad knows anything about In read ing the first chapter one almost feels It's Whlttler's "Barefoot Boy" reduced to prose. Later, the bonk specialises and takes up the various kinds of jlrds, dwelling briefly on many that are familiar to every one. It takes no unusual keen ness to discover the fact thai the au thor of this book has been born and reared In the country and that If he is now a resident of the city, It has never entirely succeeded in brushing from him tne glow and enthusiasm Is thousrht bii an s wire and a lew others, to be ai just punishment. One of the best bits! of worldly wisdom displayed by the! author Is her portrayal of the dlscus-1 slon of Mrs. Hammel and her trial byl ine Daughter or Endeavor of Stlll-l water. Here the author scores a Dolnn in favor of equal suffrage r Indeed, next! to tne question or capital punishment that of injustice to women and sex dls-l crimination, she brings out most clearly and does it so cleverly by 'pitting? against it the women who have ail theyt want ana tnose mat aisnae mannlsiil women." Each member of the Drayton! ramiiy, including tne coiorea contingent, Is excellently well drawn' and each! plays an interesting and Important parti in fact, the book has no lay figures fort tne purpose or rilling in. From start tol finish it Is full of life and colOr, 1 strong and tense, and contains, ' Bed crumbs, but great handfuls of wisdom! ana stimulating thought. The book 1st neatly bound. Is printed in good bold type and contains a colored frontispiece. Robert Drier Cook. Price $1.50. word, the other members are The young man who fell from grace bound to revenge her." was hauled up before the entire dub Rule elarhtn. "in tne case or a maia ana maae 10 give nis reasons, oui. having been deceived, It is the duty he pleaded youth (he was only 18), of the members to try and find her nothinawwaa done except expel him with anotner nusDana. seems sweet, while the maids have . . , ,' , brought about by that event made pleasure and amicable Intercourse Jorlty of cases run from 16 to 22, prob- RUin sixth. 'The betrothe between the sexes the ostensible object of their club, most astutely arguing that the men are easier caught in their hours of ease and relaxation. So there are dances, card parties and music of sorts, etc., among the 'members, the frirls refusing their company outside he club, so that the men who want ably because by that time the fly has been caught. Rule second establishes that "the en trance fee Is two lire (forty cents), and the monthly subscription one lire, which may be paid weekly If the maid finds It more convenient." Just fancy betrothed of a maid member assumes a moral respons ibility before the whole society, snd should he fall in his word his caso becomes the affair of the society." Here we see the first sign of the cloven foot. ' Rule seventh. 'Tf the fiance of a maid member Is unfaithful or breaks Rule ninth. "If a maid member marries the club Is not to lose sight of her and will aid her if the necessity arises." Rule tenth. "A man may spontane ously ask to be made a member, even if he does not know any of the maids, provided he Is animated by the right sentiment, and if after one week he chooses a member as his fiancee." This last rule might Just as well contumely. Another case befell, but was patched up within the club. A man transferred his affection, but It was to another member, and as the brother of the faithless one offered to take his place, the peace was not broken, there was merely an amicable settlement. Thus even the punishment for faith less man has not been specified; 'faith less woman apparently goes unsoathed. CONSTANCE HARRIM AN. ests and their tenants. This freshness and enthusiasm shows on every page of the book. There are some very pretty colored as well as black and white Il lustrations. L. C. Page 4 Co. Price $1.60. The Victorian Are in Hlstorr. JtiaJ oi tne ror- tin Mcuartnys work, A Short Hist archy of France stands In a class by it self with regard to the romance and chivalry of feudal days. There is a subtle charm and appeal in the mag nificent feudal chateaux and fortified bourgs of thts region which is quite dif ferent from the warmer emotions awak ened by the great Renaissance master pieces of Touraine and the Loire coun try. Each is Irresistible. Whether one contemplates the imposing chateau at Pau, or the more delicately Conceived chenonceaux; the walled cite of Car assonne. or the walls and ramparts of w toun, witn pictures Dy ruancne at Jimes or tne Koman Arc de Trlomphe Mew Books And Their Publishers y-aASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF f Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces, by Francis Mii- McManus. This is the eighth Of a series of books written by Mr. Mil toun. all of which, except "Rambles on the Rlverla," have taken some feature or province of France for their subject France, from whatever point of view It Is eonaldered, Is a country of ro mance and chivalry, but about Navarr.e there dings more of the ancient glory; "Bd poetlo legendary than perhaps any ether f the old provinces of France. Ia locating and describing this ancient province., the author says, "Henri of ii.rir.ta the nlef yemantlo and his- ' tortCBl f lirtirel nf all ti.a M x.- ?.1f J?,nc aoutlv by the Pyrenean at Saints, there is equal charm and contrast. And It is of these people of southern France and the gallant types of the Pyrenean provinces that the author has so charmingly depicted, and written of in this book. After giving country, ana a nai France l teaux," the author takes up, one by one, tne various reatures or me country ten, for they take one into the by paths of history and open new vistas of en joyment to the student-traveler that no conventional guide would ever point to. The Illustrations of this volume are excellent a number of which are In rich coloring, and the book itself is as "quaint and beautiful as the stories en closed. L. C. Page & Co. Price $3.00. "Dr. Ellen," by Juliet Wilbur Tomp-jtin,i-"Dr. Ellen," even as a book, en ters the field not wholly unbiased; for the "woman doctor, whether In fiction or reality, has to overcome Just so much prejudiced before she can do accepted; and, while this particular woman doc tor has nothing against her but her sex no doubt many a cynical reader has cast the book aside on account of Its title. If they did, they had better lay aside that "gnosr- ox me past. nu srive "Dr. Ellen" an emergency call, for ambitions, and his acquaintance with Dr. Ellen began with a deeply grounded grievance against her. When Amsden went to the mountains, Christine O'Hara and Will Wallace completed the party. Christine was a worldly wise, calculating society girl. Just passing beyond the years of "the younger set," and at exactly the right age to Influence a girl of Ruth's years and temperament and throughout the entire hook the Influence of this young woman ;has a bearing on the story. Will Wallace is the wit and mirth of the book, and is almost too ood and true to have fallen under the spell of Christine, though he plays no very sig nificant part In the story. About the time this party arrives in the mountains Dr. Ellen loses a cise the only child of mountaineers and the father, almost bereft of reason, be lieves It to be Dr. Ellen's fault In ' u "n9raI survey of the Bht, )a qute worth having and staying which opinion he Is encouraged by a chapter devoted to Feu- wlth untu tney naT found to. their new "man doctor" who has Just come H?, .0iPiS .,lnd Cha satisfaction that she Is no ordinary to-the village and hung out his shin- matures of the country the geography and tonography, and the history of tne people, then the pro vinces, castles, and all that pertains to them. The whole book is something of a running history, though, with little that .a .wubuuu. in aumor. on every of Bra whwe 5th S"a,r, Ti P-.. "hows familiarity with his sub- ; b r t bVcamthi vlri A1J ect- While there Is a feeling that he 1 Naverrs! C Tof6 Sesb2PthJ,.S?BMh L" only skipnmlng the top from a great ti?- i?ih C.? !.iluJJ?,0.mnto deal cf material he haa done It thor- Ufe wlOch had centered arowd 1 the ai- v.. w : u.w.i vi was such that "doctor woman." Dr. Ellen Roderick is a young woman who, after the deatn of her husband and hlld, elected to Study medicine, and arter the comple tion of her course took her young sis ter, Ruth Chantry, out into a moun tain settlement In the Sierras and there established a satisfactory practice' and made herself a power among the moun taineers. At the time the story pens, Ruth was visiting a friend, Christine O'Hara, down at San Rafael, where she met Philip Amsden, a young architect. wno naa already begun to snake a name ouKhlv enouah to relieve the book of , : ' vtifri. an V ana inw ai nn.ririrl.l .ffit S training In T Chivalry - and ,7 VI v In each province he takes up. he en- for himself. Amsden was immediate pom panTsplenr which wmI ri? lnto .th ot th people,- giving ly attracted by RutH's vivacity, and nlvo at if Francois T when she found sympathetic ears she "The little kingdom of Navarre "' ie, i ih,n" that so to .make up the his- told him how she loathed the moun prlnclpallty of Bel?n Tana tiTES-J ' w h "fs she war compelled to end ftuntshlps wale surrounded thi -ri:J4H 9-wfni- nt,on-' "- ,,v 1n ccount of Dr. Ellen's selflsh from the Mediterranean on the east To thi Ln?.?tu.a? ? f history, or nesS'ln staying In the detestable place, .v. is,,t . .tourist who wishes tn lMva tha and her lonelnr tor- ttw thin. anlatv Intimately connected with T th alaV 1.25 r0 wltH ll" beaten path, and offered her. When a few months later per-lor," but there are plmty Dr. Ellens doings of saen and women of those old hardTv im.-Ti. w,on. one can Amsden mads one of a party that went In the world, too. sys that the region known aV mV iB,twctlv I 2P lnt0 .he mountains to visit Ruth, " The writer has been very clever in lreoeaa provinces ..eliUM Uter.moa- m ihi hatptoffl.5-ttJSSi h' -w'"-..th.?ro,iRhJLT Sr,vll?c,J that Ruth fringing her ohanetere Into relation f. m ww w . . v- ,ww a.Tivvuu w vi, jtuwi proieMioaai w wut uunr, wu- gle. Between them they almost Incite a riot against Dr. Ellen. She allows things to go on until such time as she finds hot", the health and morals ef the community are being corrupted by an unscrupulous man who has no just right to the title of Joctor, and then she meets the case In a strong, eon vlnclng snd masterful way and vanquishes-her enemy. All this the vis itors ' see from various points of view: and. while Amsden gets the truest prospectus, It is only at the very end that he sees her real character through what he had always supposed was self ishness In her treatment of Ruth. The pic- of v.ie story, while Inter, estlng. Is not strenuous, but the power of ' the writer is concentrated In her nese cook, has his indispensable part to play. But the finest bit of human philosophy tn the whole book comes when ut. Ellen speaks to Amsden about her treatment of Ruth, and for the first time mentions her dead husband and says: "It may be tyranny to try to bear her burden for her. I have made her hate me. She can love, other people, but not me. It was the same In ,my marriage. We were both young, but my husband had al ways been the center of an adoring fam ily of women helpless women and my life had made me more mature. He hated me for It as Ruth does. Oh, I tried so hard not to be! It was like walking with bent knees so as not to seem taller. But It was no use. It was always there, and he couldn't forgive it. He said to me once, "No man could stay in love with you you're too infernally strong.' " ., Dr. Ellen was not the first and will not be the last woman who haa to pay the penalty for man's weakness, snd in this passage the author has given a very keen tn ust at the economic condi tion of women and the price she some times pays fbr peace and happiness. The book 'l as handsome portrait illus trations of Ruth. Christine and Dr. Ellen, and -is strikingly bound. The Baker Taylor company. price $1.60. - "In the First Degree," by Margaret Holmes Bates. This is one of the most cleverly constructed stories of the pres ent year. It is written for a most pro nounced purpose tne purpose or creat ing public sentiment against capital punishment. But It does not approach its purpose rough-shod and in a repul sive manner, but treats It in a refined and artistic way, playing two sets of people and circumstances against each other to develop the plot and the prob lem as the two equations, while the reader works out the solution by means of both. The 'Inhumanity, Injustice, the crime of capital punishment, does not, however, comprise the whole phyloso phy of this story, for It has many other strong points, stronger, in fact, than many flctloTf-wrlters give to their main feature. First comes the lesson In the Drayton family. The Draytons, father, mother, three sons and a daughter, were of the substantial, cultured class, who had enough of this world's goods to sat isfy every want, and who valued the place they had made for themselves In the hearts and homes of Stillwater so ciety. Their social position, as well as their honesty and Integrity were above question, when the story opens, Dan, the second son, had but recently gone over to the Philistines and taken him a Wife that was in every respect the antl thlsls of the Drayton family. Added to her coarse manner and uncultured per sonality was a small and petty jealousy of her relatlons-tn-law arid an unbound ed ambition to be a "swell." This man ifested Itself when the opportunity was offered Dan to go Into politics and stand for prosecuting attorney. Against the wishes of his entire family he al lowed himself to become a candidate and was finally elected, which the wife considered her triumph over the whole Drayton family, underneath the oppo of Our Own Times," has been revised! and brought to date with special ref erence to the years extending from 1880 to the present day. Certain It is that some of the events occurring at home and abroad during that time have been among the roost thrilling and important in modern history, am the record of them as contained in this present volume Is accurate on th one hand, and suggestive, clear and vivid on the other. The author Is a master- of a vigorous, yet smooth and lucid, style and he is especially happy in the portraiture of various states men, reformers, authors and scientist whose lives figure prominently in th times of which he writes. This Is one of the few historian that deserve a place also as literature, and in its present form recommends itselft to inose wno line a oondensed narra-l tlve in readable style, not requiring! iTiaiiy volumes or mucn sneif space, iiarper oc uroiners. "Through the Magic Door.'M by Slnj Arthur conan Doyle. This is an, ln4 troductlon to literature for youngei readers and will be published by the McClure company shortly. The author nas m a genial, leisurely fashion, glv en an account of his own literary! tastes ana experiences, it can be seen for example, how "Sherlock Holmes' has read Poe, how the author of "Thai White Company" has read Charles! neaae, now tne autnor or "Sir Nigel ! has read Scott and Dumas, and last J out not least, now mo author of "Thai Croxley Master" has familiarised hlm-l seir witn tne fascinating records on the old English prize ring. Everybody almost will . want tof Know the possibilities of a happy ami! profitable living on a single acre ofl Irrigated land, and in the March Cn-I tury is toia tne interesting and sug gestive story or what one man eJ nroKen-aown city worker is acoom-4 pnsning in Washington. In this issue, too, Andrew Carnegie writes . of "My "Tenants of the Trees," by Clarence Hawkens. 'There are few subjects of more growing Interest than nature study. We find It showing itself in the Impetus the protection of the forests has taken under the wise system of for est reserves; In the interesting of chil- sltion of the Draytons to Dan taking Rebates," and Henry B.'Hersey, United experiences with Railway Rates andf Inspector. do this office, was the dread of the mother that he might have to prosecute a crim inal case and if successful would have been the Instrument by which a person would be sent to the gallows. The ex ecution of a woman nad at 'one time been the means of a trade incident in dren In tree and flower planting: and. Mrs. Drayton's life, and one which gives the recognition the schools are artvin strong coloring to the story. It so hap- to Arbor dav but mora eaneclallv is It pened that Dan's very first case ss ful yowna woman's wonderful sift being-manifest through the Audubon so prosecuting - attorney Was against a There will be widespread interest In woman, a aevotea ev. samuei Mouomn i paper on "jnris- and a sort of early tlanity and Health." an authoritative States -weather biirAsu scribes enthusiastically his "Experi-I ences in tne city. or rareiy unusual biographical Interest are the account! or -j.no jjatest work vor Augustus Baint-aaudens" by his son, and thel second of Helen Kellers essays, "sense and Sensibility," even more of a reve-l iation than the first of this wonder character portraval. Every. one of her being manifest through the Audubon so -proseoutlnf attorney fieople may be picked out from human cletles who are educating all people, young and gifted w Ife. s Christine says, "Ellen is su- both old and young, along the lines of friend of the family a; bird orotecflon. To Insure protection sweetheart-of Dan's. She was found for any of the handlworrks of the Cre- guilty of murder In the first degree, ator, a love for these things must be This woman Is a strong eharacter. created. It le not enough to teach, you bright, capable and with some very un must, and you must not, do so and so, orthodox Ideas regarding society, and presentation of Emmanuel Church's ex-l penment in practical religion, by the associate dlrectqr of the church's class for the moral treatment ef nervous disorders. '
