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THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY, 21, 1903. S HOME OR SOME, f Every 'woman has in hei being a distinct strain of 'domesticity. Mrs.Mina 1 .;Glcason. , . '. ' .' - , ' X Tp every married 'woman the husband shouldbe s up reme.Miss Marie X X1 JDrofnalvVVv . ' . 'V' ' - i r -v,.t:- i- "'1 t "All creation, men and women' alike,' desires he-unobtainable. Miss Izetta X 1 Jewel. i , : ' , 7, vV :. ..''. ;uV : , .;, t X " Home and love are all : Brainy, brilliant women, wheth- er professional or not, art to life : 4 aa a eockUil to a dinner tbey 4 add uplce. t 4 Xbrs ar no average men, o 4 why can they be expected to ap- , predate tbe averagt woman? : . 4 . Brilliant women make the beat .? 4 wives, and the best wives make the best homes. , , - v4 , Mail is a pendulous being;' he ' 4 swings this way and that, yet 4 home Is always the center of 4 oscillation. , '4 Is a home all there is worth while in HTf"Tor-a;womHTi . It is -declares Miss Margaret Illlng ton. the famous actress and wife of Janlel J'Yohman. She says: "Home and it he love of a husband are all that coun 'in' life. I want warm, human ties -J am sick or the theatre. , Do men appreciate the stay-at-home woman 7 ... . .1 , - ... ; "No, no" says Mrs. Leslie Carter. "The love the gleam of eyes, the sparkle of wine ana the rasrtnauon or a big, Dm liant. brainy woman." should a woman sacrifice a career for a life of domesticity? Which will she usually choose the career or the home? Are motniirR greater man tne greatest senius mat ever uvea: Marie Irofnah, leading woman with her husband. Charles B. Hanford. now appearing at the Heilig: Miss Izetta Jewel and Mr, Mina. Gleaaon of tltf Bungalow Stock company,- and ; MIbs Anna Wchter. operatic singer,, appearing at tn orpneum.' nave answered . tneee questiona in special articles written for the Hunuay journal; , t, . ... ..- ; ; Ijovfrg Domesticity. ; Bv Mrs. M'na Gleason of the Baker ' 8 lock Company. , ' Every, woman has hidden in her being a distinct-stratn;of, domesticity. Women of lh( stage are women nevertheless, and I0ngrand crave "with a wild passion kin to ferocity for a fireplace with husband and the kidlets about It. its home then, but otherwise it is . just a f. replace. - Lova and a ' longing for. the home which f love should create and which ijraalm-aoe4iJcxeata-resiwfullyJn-ftonvenient when one has a career but what woman wouldn't give up anything Just1 to tnek the little ones in bed ? Woman can't, but know-that the ma ternal instinct In her is predominant over' 'everything- and the glamour of a career somehow seems faded and indis tinct and dulled when you take the little fellows in your arms and press their little warm cheeks against your own and kiss them and kiss thom on their, little wetr puckered , lips, .3omehow there Is nothing worth while but the hugs and kisses and pressure of the soft, round little bOdv against your own. Applause of thousand was never so sweet in mother's ; ears- as the first , halting speeches of her babe. . 1 You ; mothers . know--you know,' for you have tasted of theuiweetncsses of maternity of the eternal, wildly Un reasoning,' ' fiercely Intense passions . which all women have for children for little ones of their own,' It is the" one arrsat. grand, sweet passion that can not be fought against. True motherly love is tne grandest thing m all the world. Man. may be fascinated for a time by brilliance and wit In other women, but In the end he will always go back to the mother of his children. ' It makes no dif ference whether plutocrat or pauper, the mother Is the most wonderful woman on If necessary X believe that the major- v 01 women on tne stage wouia sacri fice a career, or prospects of a career, for a life at home. But. genius can not lie combined with domesticity. The two will not hltchr A genius Is sbnormal. od made him not for a life of domes ticity, but meant that be should be sac- nflced on th altar of the public rood. I would Hike to,; write aT great book telltna-how much I love and respect the true mother. X think perhaps I con Id make some :men , e-row to realise the sweetnessns of motherhood, the intensity of the sweetness of the pains,, the Jovs, ;the sorrows, the troubles and the cares. . They are all sweet when one Is a moth f. ' k Mn and Women Pickle. .-' Sv, Miss Izetta Jewel, leading Woman, , Baker Block Company.' AH creation, men and women alike. w'ii n 1,1m . iuMi.iLiiitiuie. 1 nererore, an women of the profession of mummers, long for the comfort, the quiet and the n-stfulnessftof the , hom the hnmev 4 r,L..' ju " fJrufmx ' - , J i' "j whbwj hi H ii iifiiiDwi B 1 1 ,H . Stmosphere, even if it has to be squeezed ' Into a hall room and a gas stove. - -Kveryone wants to own something, t Most women. In fact.' want to- own . everything In sight but .uppermost Is a i desire to own a home of their own, where they can do a little cooking and , a little fixing, a little sewing, now 'and , then, Jittle darning.; perhaps and a 1 little little, remember scrubbing! i -. Did you ever just want to get down :-t and scrub, scrub, scrub for the love cf scrubbing a little? if- , ' : J Tet, If leading a home; Ufe meant to the majority of actresBes. the complete renunciation of a career, few would choose It. One's 'Career means more tlisn anything If one- has a career. Hod endows soiiie' women with su--. rreme talents and does not intend that 4hev should be: buried in a dishpan, , Would you have Maudi" Adams spend Tre raet of lierdsvs wining, the duel tff the furniture and feeding the house THE STAGE,---WHICH? FOOTLIGHT OIGRAMS there is in the world. Miss A.NN A.' TilCHTBK 4 Miss Brofnah Assarts 1 4 4 ,. Children ; ' are . 1 troublesome 4 comforts; and to a true mother 4 the more troublesome they are, 4 the more comfort. 1 4 Women , are -not the enigmas 4 rnan believe them to be; they ., 4 make puzzles of themselves be- 4 cause they know that success-' 4 ful . matrimony - Is merely a 4 guessing game. 4 Love and let love Is' the law 4 of happiness, the secret of sue- 4 cessful and permanent ser re- 4 latlonshlp, Jhe solution, of that 4 phase of the sex problem which 4 most seriously affects- the con- 4 tentnajnt - and- happtnxss of 4 woman.'. . .. , 4 rat? let I know she would make an Ideal wife, - ' .. f . How would Sarah Rprnhnrrtt ennoer in the role of a oerrect ami duUfni wife, taking the ntortaing' morning1 ii'im mi niiumin Kna sweeping ort tne front porch in a Mother Hubbard? They would both be committing ' a crime to attempt to steUle down with Jphn as a aimiiio ininacu, nouxewuejy mouse. . Women are women inat women nothing els all "over the wort. Greet numoers -orrmen are attracted for a time by women of the stage because ineyxjiave seen tnem in attractive roles. When they- meet them thev Oral , that they are lust women that wav down In their hearts they have -the women's lonsrlnr for home. . The brlarht liehta an out and pall, and there remains just the women as they really are, to, attract tbe men, - c- "i-..--1 - - -.r - Do men admire and appreciate bra In v women more, than just . wives? i They ?iost certainly do! To, keep a man at racted and in love one usually has to keep Mm guessing and amused. . This the? average housewife cannot do, and though' the brainy - woman - ca. It -Is awfully hard on her. .. v ? . a But man - is f a queer creature. He loves opposltesl tH loves nearly, every thing, .while every woman's love Is con fined to a small circle. And it keeps a woman nopping to Know wnicn way to urn. . If . woman has more than ordlnarv talents, for acting, she should act.. if sne can tin ner. career with: domes' llcity she should do It every time; If n na a career oerore her, and cannot, she should follow her. career. . Kverv woman must work out her . own salva tion.. . ... - . . . , ; . - - ' , v ' Hysband All Sopreme. .--' By Marie Urofnah. leading woman with i. her husband, Charles B. Hanford at ' the Heilig. . - . . To every j married woman the hus band, should be' all m all. supreme in her regard, first' in her affection, high est In her esteem.. To rear his children she should look upon him as capable of no "real bad and or 'all good. She must sacrifice; everything for him and his children. Real love Is bitter sweet and to appreciate the sweet" woman, must taste of the, bitter. ' - , .. -., J There Is not much ' In this life " of burs butrlove the lpva on beara for the. husband and the children., and for that which they constitute, the home. I Quite agi" with MIrh IlllriKton that there Isnothlns; like home; but to a married woman there can not be a home without the ( husband. Miaa Illington haa given up a husband for a fireplace which she would call home. - Does home depend upon environment? Permanency' of habitat means much,. ,lut . Is : It es sential? ---.-- My husband makes my home for ma. He makes It for me in a PnllmanJach, a dingy dressing room on the, ate ge. and a different hotel three "or "four times a wei-k. And every husband will make .... - : .-. 1 ;-yAi y v i, ' i l 1 , f Anna 'Lichtcr. ' X ' Hiss (liobter gays., Vanity Is a form of insanity. AM of us crave the domestic i life but soflie of us do not know '..it, .. . ', . Anyone who would devote her life to a career in preference to domesticity would never be suc cessful in 'either. The home Is never uncertain, but a career is too often so. : Men love the domestic woman; . thev are but enamored of the other kind. Love Is . life, and no woman ever loved a career, for if Is but the satisfying of 'one's vanity. his wife a home if she will let him. - , . ;We all hav obligations and duties paramount to everything else. A wo man's obligation to her husband and. to her children is th greatest thing In her life. Does the mere matter of wanting a permanent "home" alter one's obligations to her husband? . The separation of the profession and domestic nre is usually not necessaxv. The happiest hours in ray life have been spent nt work with my husband. But 11 it snoutd be a cnolce between my "career and my husband, there would be no "career." I have no respect for a woman who would sacrifice her husband and chil dren fqr the cravings of ambition. Such a woman is unreal. Every real woman loves and longs and just wantx to be loved. Man as a lover per se Is a failure; woman la a distinct success. As a sex, men make better husbands than lovers, and it Is a wise woman who will remember that ' the worth of the husband is to be. measured in. Inverse ratio, to the skill and finesse of the lover. Woman, with her wild imaginings, in the mystic season of her maidenhood creates the ideal lover who would woo and win her after, the manner and fash ion of such a lover as never lived, or will never live, imagine her chagrin and disappointment when she discovers that the rarest and 4est of "lovers are mere clowns and that the best hus bands most' incomprehensibly V bungle and bluster . in - their lovemaklngr. Young women ' especially '' expect too much of men as lovers. And they thus -blightjnanivji good potential huBband. All my lire 1 nave 101a Riris xx oe more practical in their lovemakings , than In the baking of bread. ' Home and Love. , By Miss Anna Llchter, Operatic Blnger . , .v at the Orpheum. Home; and i love are' all there . are In the wbrld... The falntestiflicker'of the,' flames In the old fireplace will ever out-, glow the. glare of the calcium livht and the brilliancy of the footlight flare. -Home will ever be home, sweet home to every human being on this earth, and we will love it above -all things though manv of us will not make the admission. Broadly, home is the mother and the child someone to love ana oe jovea. We are- - all i domesticated animal Some of us realise it; many put off the realisation ? until too late". The white lights may.appeal for a- time, yet in the end we drift slowly but surely back to the Old fireside ana the 01a. old in comparable satisfaction of the home. . You. ask why we people of the stage carry with us" pets dogs, cats .' and birds. There is but one answerbut one natural answer: "We want some one to love, and some one to really loVe ua. Bandy legged, ugly-little Ft do Is to the chorus ;irl like a straw to a drown ing man. Love she must, but : often times sne nas no noma ana no one upon whom to lavish that which burns in the heart ot every woman. She starves and craves and. longs with a fierceness that 'cannot be quenched, for love and home and Fido really loves her in his canine way. 1 Nature Intended women for the rear Irisr of children, and nature must event ually ' triumph over every human Im pulse and inclination. , A career without a home Is unnatural. .Any, woman who would sacrifice home . for a career lav either abnormal or insane. Some' women can link the two; but this Is unusual. The stage. or any career, is ' nothing but a dlrct appeal to vanity,; and van ity and domesticity: refuse usually to go hand In hand. All the world and everything in it is good. ' Mother's old gray shawl 'will al ways be to everyone far more attract ive than the aavest tinsel evert made.. The kiddies at home will make one for get any career.; Mrs. Leslie Carter says that home Is uncertain. It Is not home that is uncertain : it is thecareer that is all too uncertain. Do men love and SDorecIate the lit tle domestic homestaylng mouse as they do a brilliant brainy professional wom an ' Mrs.-Carter asks. I ll answer by saying that they. do. every time, "The laughter and the, lights and- the gla mour are their hearts' desires" for . a short time. And then thev so back to the little womon and the kiddies with a love and appreciation grown twofold, t : variety may oe me spice or lire, put the base from which., all things of life serins all nleasurea and toys IS love aid the home. Every woman and every ; man knows It.- ; '.. - ,"--, J 1 have always" admired Margaret II-: Hngton: now I love her. Yet she has not been brave. True." she-has sacri ficed a wonderful career for the so-1 called commonplaces of home an stock- , lrtr-to. darn, but she is 'Justified in dolnar so.' She : Is" doing "what every wimpsii knows she . would do If she could. ... .. . .v ' I HYpnoTisr.i iis All AfJESTElETIC Certain XewrYork Surgeons ; Believe. Feasibility Is Established.- 'j ' ' New-York, Feb. 20. A. test In the He brew hospital ? has ' convinced the phy sicians' who witnessed it that it will be possible in the future to perform inlnor operations and affect " cures by means of ; hypnotism or psycho-therapy, as It ; Is known among physicians. : Members of ' tbe'. medical profession . have often j wondered . if hypnotism : could not be fullv Droved that it could, and that a patient so treated would suffer no pain under treatment when once thrown into the cataleptic state by a hypnotist. The test was made, by 'Dr. Alfred J. Fox of 164. - West One 1 Hundred . and Thlrty-seoond street, ManhaHan, who was brought to the hospital by Dr. Henry A ron son of 64 Twelfth street, Brooklyn. The subject of the test was John ...Murphy, of 472 Iexlnifton avenue. who has been, a suffered from chronlo rheumatism for some time. He had the most agonizing pains in his left leg and could scarcely walk. -- ... - After Dr. Fox had thrown hfm into the hypnotic state, he told Murphy to hold up his crippled leg, and the pa tient did so, not seeming to suffer tho Inast pain, although a minute before he had been groaning. Dr. Fox showed the witnessing physicians that he had prfet't control over Murphsv and he even thrust 'the point of a pin through the patient's ear without causing him to wince. . . After various tests had -been -made, Pr. Fox awakened Murphy, and to the surprise of everybody the man seemed to suffer no more pain in his crippled leg. He stated that the pangs had van ished and that he was not aware of anything that had been done by Dr. Fox. The physical deformity- of the limb, of course, still remained.'but the shooting pains troubled him no more. Believes) Test Oennint. ' "I am fully convinced that the test was srenulne in every way," said Dr. Aronson this afternoon. "The patient did not appear to surfer in the least when tne pin was tnrusi inrougn 111s ear and it was evident to all of us that Dr. Fox had htm under perfect control all the time, the patient obeying all of his commands lmoncitiy "The test was made to find out if it were possible to throw, a person Into such a state as to be lmpcrvfout to pain In order that an operation might' be performed. It resulted so satisfactorily that I expect to perform an operation short v- nnon a natient under the hyp notic Influence. I am certain that the result will be satisfactory. Of course It wlir be onlwsa minor operation.",. The attention of Dr. Aronson was called to the case of a patient operated upon several years ago for appendicitis while hypnotised, and who subsequently said that he experienced all of the ter rible pain but was unable to give any indication of It. "I have no knowledge of the case you refer to." said Dr. Aronson, "but It was certainly evident from the test made vesterday that.no pain was felt by Murphy, 'if his own words are to be be lieved." THOUSANDS TO PTS: " XARY BEAN TO HUBBY -1 ... I, 1. ..I . Hartford, Conn,, Feb. 20. The Will Of Mrs. Mary B. Snow, who died in this city on January 1. has been offered In the probate court. To the husband Is given onlv what the law provides. The reslduu or the estate, which is val ued at about $50,000, is left for the care and malntennnce of Mrs. Snow's horses and dogs. The will was drawn In 1900. At that time Mrs. Hnow owned 30 dogs and soven horses, and it was her in- tention that her estate should be used entirely for the care of these animals. A trust fund of 132,000 Is set aside for the care of the horses, which, are to be turned over to William Putnam of Boston. He Is to pay James Morlar tty, Mrs. Snow's coachman. $1600 a year as long as any horse survives, and $900 annually after the last one dies. The sum of $10,000 Is left to Miss Phtla C. Miller of Orange, Mass., to be. used In caring for the dogs. At the death Of the. last dog the sum will go to, Miss Miller. All hut.one of the horses have died since the will was drawn, and only 10 dogs are now alive. Mrs. Snow- was the daug-hter o( P. B. Francis of Brattleboro, Vt. and In early life was married to Dr. Henry P. Ducloa, who ' was connected with the Hartford Life-and Annuity Insurance company. In the early part of last year she brought suit for divorce against Dr. Snow. He contested the suit and thetcourt decided In his favor. Mn fim. fa vp nntlce oe in'mtwil Mrs. to the sunreme court and the record of the-case was being prepared for the printer when tnescierK or tne court learned that Mrs. Snow had died on January 19. It, la expected Dr. Snow will contest the wilt, . , , WHITE MAX'S BOOZE: "WHITE .'MAX'S CUKE Minneapolis, Feb. ' SO. Twenty ' 81a seton Indians have left the Keeley insti tute to return to their reservation In South nakota. The white man taught these Indians to drink whlskey. so they came to the white man to cure them of the whiskey habit. i The Indians are the' sons -and grand sons of chiefs who used to fight, the white man Instead of fighting his fire water. All who are left of the 8lsscton tribe seem to have taken-the bottle as their totem. For, lo, these many moons they hove been corning, by twos or threes or fours, to Minneapolis, seeking the "medicine needle,", entirely willing to'be "jabbed" In the arm. " These -20 were the only ones of the tribe's aristocracy who hat not taken the treatment ana. theysay,- they hope they are cured. - j ".:"', "Slchl (bad) Indian once; hope washtl (good) Indian now,'' said 8ittlng Bear earnestly. . .' . s . The physicians of the institute could not discover that whiskey affects the rd man differently from tbe white. The learned doctors, after close study, decided that when a man. red or white. Is drunk., h is an "Indian" often on the warpath, too. , The British navy includes 2 6 armored shins exceeding 28 knots - in speed. In addition to II, unarmored onea Three of the" former are rated at better than $4 knots. and three of the latter at. 25. New iflethod o! Reducing Fat . A news Item from Parts Informs us that the American method of producing a slim, trim figure Is meeting with as tonishing; eucoesa. Thls syetem, which has made such a, wonderful Impression over there, must be the Marmola Pre scription Tablet method of reducing fat It Is safe to say that we have nothing better for this purpose In this country. Anything: that will "reduce the excess flesft a pound a day without Injury to the stomach,, the causing of wrinkles. the help '-of exercising or-dieting, or in terference with One's meals Is a mighty Important and useful addition -to civil isation's necessities. Just such a cata log of good result, however, follow the use -of these -pleasant, harmlees and economical little fat, reducer We say economical, (because Marmola Prescrip tion Tablet, (made in accordance with the 'famous prescription k can be. b--talned of any druggist oi" the makers, the - Marmola - U.; iJetrolt,- Mich.. for 75 rents the large ease, which" Is de cidedly economical price considering: the nuinher of tablets each case onls. In a. NEW'B AND THLIR Clara K. Laug'hlin, . Author of "The of a Girl.". "When OMRADES," ) by Thomas Dixon Jr. Few books since ths civil war have created a "more pro found sensation than the. pre vious works of Thomas Dixon Jr. "The Clansman," ' deriving its greatest notoriety, and If, perhaps not popularity, certainly its great army of readers, through the negroes- of the counttv objecting, even to the extent of legal proceedings to Its presentation on the stage. Like "The Leopard's Spots," it Is a frightful arraignment of political conditions which are directly responsi ble for many of the atrocities in the south since the war. Both books strike dlrectlv at the taproot and lay bare, with the skill Of the surgeon and the brutality almost or tne savage, me this same force and vigor the U-1,,XI lays hold of a newer and more menacing Ann ser and treats it with the same strong unrelenting hand. ' In "Comrades," he holds up to public gaae the fabric f socialism as it pre sents its alluring ironi 10 me auiume, the emotional, the youth and the riff raff of humanity. The story opens at the palatial home of Colonel Worth, near San Francisco. who reads In the same issue of the morning paper an account of Dewey a victory In Manila bav and a notice for a roaring 'Socialist meeting that even ing. The colonel. :eing a veteran of lu" ?' J?T nvSP'ked up by Captain Allan McLane, It ciyJL,..t"mo.fcLwiiTiit..nJ fflTend from that time on eventa of Inter- over the Joy of national success and gives expression to it in an explosion of oratory, which is taken rather good humoredlv by his handsome, lasy son. Norman, and his wardElena, who Is also the young man's fiance. Norman was fresh from the university, where he had been captain of his football team and the leader of athletics, with a handsome physique, plenty of money and a good natured, winsome dlsposl tion. and above all, just at the age when' enthusiasm was held In bounds for want of opportunity to break loose. As a Joke upon his father more than for anv sother reason, he proposed to Klena to go to the Socialist meeting that evening, and alter some remon strance on her part, tbe two threaded their way throuah the slums and found themselves in "high seats In the syna gogue" where the red flag ruled su preme. That Norman Worth, the young millionaire, was In the audience was -not long in communicaftmr Itself to the speakers, who trimmed their sail ac cordlntrly. A beautiful young girl. Bar bara, the adopted daughter of Wolf. and his affinity wife, carried the audience by storm, landing Norman among the wreckage. Then began putting; Into practice the theories of socialism as taught by Wolf, for nothing short of this would satisfy the enthusiasm of Norman. Elena at once withdrew to the excluslveness In Which she was reared and drops out of the storv, ex cept, that before doing so, sh Is the intermediary between father and son and makes It financially nosslble for the young: man , to try his Utopian scheme. The island of Ventura Is bought and 2000 Socialists ro out on the first char tered ship. Kverv condition upon the Island Is Ideal, no handicap Is given at. the start, and there a typical band of Socialists begin to put Into practice the theories that have sounded so rose ate from the .. rostrum, and grandilo quent from the street corner. The author does not make the mis take of establishing- false premises and argniing from a warped point of view, nor does he eliminate human nature, he simply takes his group or numan am mats as- thev may be round at any av erage Socialist meeting, where the whole trend of oratory la to break down, without corresponding construc tion, the institutions of government and he works out their theories In prac tical and logical demonstration. - If . one has kept In touch with the personnel of the socialist movement thev may meet, somewhat disguised. through the book, some familiar fig ures; here, for instance. Is -one. who happens to be In the first meetlna- Norman .and Klena attend, who will not be so hard to recognize: "in the front row, packed close against the platform, were a number of famous peo- nie conspicuous amone- wnom was an author whose Impassioned stories of comma social upheaval nad resulted in fame for himself, and a divorce suit by his first wife. -His new wife, the af finity, who caused the disturbance, sat bv bis side." Then follows, a descrip tion of several others which i have an air of familiarity Shout them, and who are Inimitably described by Mr. Dixon's facile pen. In these personal descrip tions the author, at times, brings to bear npon them the keenest wit- and broadest humor.-as in the Instaace of the German who Insists upon sauer kraut for breakfast and gives his fath er's record In the civil war to substan tiate his claim for consideration and special privileges. Many of the inci dent of the book have Intense dramat ic action, one of which is, when Nor man In his young enthusiasm tears down the American flag- on hi father's lawn the Fourth of July that Cevera's fleet is sunk In - Santiago harbor, and hoists the "red flag of liberty," and the righteously. Indignant colonel'-mounts the platform and replaces It - with Old Glorv and aend the rabbling' crowd of Socialists hurtying from his premises. It has been a long time since a book Of ' ' Interesting: j fiction came - to f us , so pregnant with thoughtful and present day issues' as "Comrades,' which, of course, takes , Its name from the title fiven by the Socialists' to each . other t Is also a book destined to attract as much unfavorable attention as the author's former works, thonarh Its de tractors will come from an entirely dlf- QOKS PUBLISHERS Death of Lincoln." "The Evolution Joy Begins." ferent source and they will- not be ac tuated by as. pure - motives or with the same amount of Justifiable race pride. . The: book is -well-bound and Is Illus trated In the striking colors of "blood red" so dear to the Socialist's heart Doubleday. Page A Co. Price $1.80. , "A Venture in 17T7,'" by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. ; Dr. - Mitchell's charming stories, of revolutionary times are so well known they no longer need crrtlcal notice.-It being: sufficient, to call atten tion to them to secure, a multitude of readers. The present story,- while full of pleasureable Interest for adult read era, la primarily intended for juveniles, as It is the story of three young boys. wnose isiner was a military prisoner a In New York, and whose mother was the their residence with heTlitPRnaaeTplila in tne winter or ij?y. The boys, who are1 taken for a Sleigh rlde'bv the English officers, are left In the sleigh alone while the rest of . the party goes orr to make a survey. Know Ing that . a map that would be. of im mense value to the army at Valley Forge Is in the pocket of one of the fur coats that is left In the sleigh,: the oldest boy determines to make the venture of get ting it into Washington's hands. !Hb cleverly contrives to have ' the horses run -awav with their heads tow ard Valley Forge. They -are eventually est follow thick and fast In the preface the author gtves a brief sketch of the Church Home for Chil dren near Philadelphia, saying "that during a half century 1000- girls have been educated for domestic service. A t ths age of 1 these girls are placed In carefully selected homes( and for years thereafter their wages, usage and sur roundings remain the object of thought ful inquiry and kindly interest on the part of the managing board." In con clusion Dr. Mitchell says: , " "With high appreciation of the women whose dutiful constancy has created and kept up the perfect ' methods of this most Christian labor. I offer with my admiration and sympathy whatever this little story may win from the pockets of the public' "the book, itself is a work of art in its dress of coarse yellow linnn with quaint embellishment of blue and gold. It is printed on heavy cream paper, with many tinted Illustrations and marginal decorations. -. ,4 The writer, the object for which the bookiswrittenand the- book itself make a trio or attractions that is al most Impossible to resist. George W. Jacobs Co. Price $1.00.- . -- ''Our Little Australian Cousins " hv Mary F. Nixon-ftoulet. It Is always a renewed pleasure to receive a. new book rrom this wonderful "Little Cousin" se ries, which for several years has been issued periodically from-the same press. We believe there are few, If any. books now being printed for children that are so ' wholly acceptable as these. They strongly remind one of the kindergarten method of Instructing- children, in that they amuse and entertain while impart ing , knowledge that Willi last .through life.' . -V ;.i I'D to the present there are t? books in the series, and all are written along the same general plan, which Is to have one or more children visit a distant land and have them come in contact with ths children of that land, who Instruct them In all the habits, custom traditions, etc., of that country. In this book Fer (tus and Jean, a boy and girl of 12 and 8, respectively, were going with their par ents from Scotland, and where the fath er had met with financial reverses to the gold fields of Australia.' The father had been to Australia before, and even before they landed at Sydney, their first stopping place, the father- began to tell the children interesting and Instructive things . about the various ' places they were passing;, an Tor instance, nearlng Melbourne, the father tells -them: "It was in 1836 that Robert RusfieU came here to survey the shore near Port Phil tip and find out whether boat could ro up the river Yana. He felt this to be Inst the place for a city, planned Mel bourne and laid out the streets. - It seems strane to think that "then the blacks owned all this land, the' 'Waweor ong, Boonoorong; a ad Wau tourong tribes roamed these shores, and that when Russell laid out his -city there were na tive hots standing. - The r0s.ee was called Bear Orass, -and In 1ST there were 13 building's, e'a-ht of which were turf huts. Now, Melbourne - is seven miles square, and the principal street is a mile long.- And thus the children (and reader) et much from th rath and others, while .later-- on, through rough and thrilling experiences thev learn for themselves of the rantitmi nrf oeople. This book is. fuller of adven ture than many of tbe series, am m.,.. quentlv Is more caotlva ting. inron,nn Tnrouan, it Is rood, wholesome reading for children ' about the aarea ef the little 'hero and heroine. Fergus and, Jean. The books are all well bound In uniform, heavy buff linen, and the present one is prettily 111ns-; t rated with tinted nlrturea . T . r" t... "The Girl Ouestlon." t. Harding. As an attraction ' for the stag, for jwhleh it was nrst written, this work might find nlun hut w doubt It vtiless it was in cheap vaude ville, ana ii one round attractive there it never K should have mtten am-a v to pnrsoe as merauire, even of th yellow hade. . .: , . The plot amounts to nothln. and, the character and their actions are so ut terly incongruous and unnatural that even as statre people, who are licensed to indulge in anwn iti. ther would hardly be- scce rtt: Almost the en- OLD ME PEOSIOII LIST IS. 600,000 Little as tho "-Tension . Is, ' John' Bull "Makes It. - I Hard to Get. - (Cnlteil Press based Wlre.i " , London, Feb, '20. England, Scotland. Wales and Ireland have 698,038 old-age pensioners, according; to , official fig ures just mude public , Previous state ments of the number have been mer'y estimates and nearly 100,000 too low. A large number of claims are-also under consideration. When they have been acted on, estimating again, tho total will be about 6O0.0QO. - . i oe united Kingdom s population r. the last census was 42,000,000. so thet ' about one person In 70 is on the old ge pension roll. Inhabitants as much as -70 years old. 'he lowest pensionable age. number only 1.264.286, however. This means that nearly half the' coun try a population of, the required age Is poor enough to claim the benefit of the act. Of the 69,0S8 nensloners, BJ9.38 receive the full allowance of $1.20 weeklv. To receive this amount It is necessary for the applicant to prove that his private income does not ex ceed 11,92." Those whose incomes do exceed this amount, are pensioned onlv enough to bring the total up to $3.12 weekly. . Of the 668,248 who have been refused or have not asked pensions, it is sot. 10 oe presumed tnat all or even a large proportion have private Incomes ex- , n a .1 i n . , . , . , Anyone wno . jibs evsr received Public 'relief even to the extent ) of having; a tooth- nullnt t nnhll,- dispensary or has been accidentally in jure, ana carried unconscious into -a and is, aa such, Ineligible. The same, applies to anyone ever convicted , even of a minor offense. Or who has been at anv time in his life a permanent resi dent of a foreign country. , . A illustrating the varying decrees of prosperity in different parts of th I nlted King-dom, 38 per cent of the Eng lish and Welsh nenslnnahlns ure re ceiving pensions, while in Scotland the percentage is 4 and in Ireland 98. $20,000,000 COST OF BATTLESHIP CRUISE Washington, Feb. 20. In round num bers the cruise of the battleship fleet, when it is finished at Hampton Roads on February J2, will' have cost ' the American people $20,000,000. That cost is figured on "the prices prevailing in the latter part of 1906. The 18,000 men aboard have spent about $6,400.000 an allowance of $400 for each officer and man, spread over 14 months. . - r, The repair bill, after the. ships reach their home ports, Is expected to run up to between $6,000,0QA and $6.000,000.. tire story is told Jn slang. Now, there are two classes of slang the slang that eventually, from its aptness and keen edge, grows Into good Ktiglish. and the slang that has no purpose but -to vulgarise the people that use It and the people that-hear It, and this latter! la the class this book belongs to. I. JhjubUshers have more than done inmr pari, ana 11 is a pity so much handsome paper and artistic work should be, wasted by a book whose circulation must , of .necessity be., very limited. George W, Dillingham company. , Price $X '. v - , r. , ' tt , - . ii. . . 1 "The Two Hague Conferences." bv William I. Hull. There is no subject so ever present with us, or so Important, as that of - universal peace. For years it has been the dream of dreamers, th goal of an Ideal millennium, and the vague picture of Christ upon earth, but never really considered within the realm of possibilities UBtlWwithin the past two decades, when the world was star tled bV a call for n iin1vratl nan. conference, by the most autocratic ruler of all the nations of tbe earth,' the csar of Russia, then on the eve war him- telf...-. -.-vti.' .;-,,i..o,..,.-- - - .... t , j no iM.nierunce wfs to D Held awav rrom any of the powerful nations of the earth and The Hague was chosen, as th most conducive to -success of ell the irnny places Considered. Every civ ilised being upon th earth knows that such conference was held, and that, again In 1907 the second conference was held at . the same place, but how few there, are who have ever gone Into the detail of th work of these conferences or could even name tne personnel of the members, the nations represented or-the direct Issue and results of the conferences. . Every act and feature-is portent with , future possibilities, snd should be of vital importance and in terest to every one. regardless of race,' creed or. nationality, and It should be particularly so to Americans, who are. evennovrthe' greatest world power and will 7n ruTurebifioT In fl t tenced fi vt these conferences than any nation oil earth. And Mo give this information this book has been most carefully and intelligently prepared by Professor Hull. Who is eminently qualified to j writ upon the. subject. . The book is the outgrowth or a' reso lution adopted at the session of the National Educational association, which was held In Los Angeles something over year ago. The resolution approved th work of the conference and rvrom-' mended a careful study of the matter with a view to giving it proper conslrt-v .ra linn I- , 1, a -At, I , l , i 1-eArtItltifln u r. a n lh. . . , V. I. . was In Th Hague endeavoring to f . fill th mission of an American journal istic representative at the second peace ' conference.-... , f. : -.-.f , , , - . The book will be found particularly useful in carrying out the spirit anil Intent of the resolution and will be of ' Immense value to teachers who-see the necessity of this kind of instruction to pupils. But H wlH be none the less in. teresting to those who read for general information. Glnn & Co. Price $1.25. - i "In lh, SI,,!,,. RAlh hi. atrlcet Grlmshaw This Is one- of the : cleverest books of travel of the season, and ha but recently been published hv" the J. B. IJpplncott company.- It I record of a two and a half years ioti ney around the world, the author's time being epent principally In Tahiti. Ran- ; tonga, Penrhyn, Tonga, Samoa, . New. Zealand and a hundred other Islands of the South Pacific. She dwells nartl? : ularly on the aesthetic aspect of thos Islands and the ueonomlc and social, life, quelnt customs, amusements, native fes tivals, religious rites and ife like. . Miss Grlmshaw ha the happy faculty of making friends with her readers on the first pnere of her book and her. de scriptions are sut-h - as to mske the reader who Is barred from ilsltlng tho South Sea Island feel that his pun's. i ment Is such as there is no crime to fit . The work is ilhistrated with ' f; full page 'plates .which are chleflv re productions of the author's own photo graphs. Indlo, It's Life and Its people" hv John P. Jone. I, D. There is alwnv a - fescfnatlon in the Study of the i,. habitants of India, In trie story of thei history, politic or jellgion, pruSn1- . because thev are sntinodal of -the wi t th farthest removed in thought mil life. Because of their secretlveii-s . ., ( their perennial delight In ronr. , , and evasion; It Is exceedingly ... tar a man of the west est.,, !, i , , be, of the Anglo-Saxon tipe, in -, hehd the full significance ..-t t rect drift of life m! Ihiu- t this heterog-eneoiis peorlf. -i of this valuable work shows r insight Into, the problems i .i i. ctes of the present day I' i spent $0 yesrs In the lund t living In constant t--.--i ! . n! mnA -tii,1vtrtff wHh a. Hf and thoiinht. The book is an a- ... peojde's : life; att-- from .-, , . thor snd fw-!it 1-aval nf c' Mscn!i!l.n r . . i (
