THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY, 21, 1903.
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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, .
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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.. . ...
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' , 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
....
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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-
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"A Venture in 17T7,'" by Dr. S. Weir
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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
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wnose isiner was a military prisoner
a
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their residence with heTlitPRnaaeTplila
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The boys, who are1 taken for a Sleigh
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party goes orr to make a survey. Know
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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
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ard Valley Forge. They -are eventually
est follow thick and fast
In the preface the author gtves a brief
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during a half century 1000- girls have
been educated for domestic service. A t
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"With high appreciation of the women
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kept up the perfect ' methods of this
most Christian labor. I offer with my
admiration and sympathy whatever this
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the public' "the book, itself is a work
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linnn with quaint embellishment of blue
and gold. It is printed on heavy cream
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''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
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issued periodically from-the same press.
We believe there are few, If any. books
now being printed for children that are
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strongly remind one of the kindergarten
method of Instructing- children, in that
they amuse and entertain while impart
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and have them come in contact with ths
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In all the habits, custom traditions,
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(tus and Jean, a boy and girl of 12 and 8,
respectively, were going with their par
ents from Scotland, and where the fath
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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-;
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"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
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poor enough to claim the benefit of the
act.
Of the 69,0S8 nensloners, BJ9.38
receive the full allowance of $1.20
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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
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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
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that eventually, from its aptness and
keen edge, grows Into good Ktiglish. and
the slang that has no purpose but -to
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"The Two Hague Conferences." bv
William I. Hull. There is no subject so
ever present with us, or so Important,
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it has been the dream of dreamers, th
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vague picture of Christ upon earth, but
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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
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.ra linn I- , 1, a -At, I , l , i
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