-. 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
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' 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.
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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.
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chivalry of feudal days. There is
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nificent feudal chateaux and fortified
bourgs of thts region which is quite dif
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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
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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
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"quaint and beautiful as the stories en
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"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. '