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:0U SUNDAY JOURNAL, rofeTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, OCTOBER 2, ', , n ' ,Vj "3 'T HE Autobiography of a Neuras ' thene," by, Margaret A. , Cleaves, " M. D.-MVhlle It might require ' the ,"profes slonal" to read Intelligently :, nd comprehendlngly all that thin clever physician haa written In this book. It Is nevertheless free enough from .technical--, language to be understandable, ... and i what ,, Is' -more, ..Interesting to the Jay reader. ; And it. Is really more for the , benefit of this class than for the med leal people, to moat of r whom- it would carry no new jlllnjt. .i The title page 'f states that the ;story t is i"told , by one . flf them i and recorded by .the author," . who say. In her Introduction is '-v , "If this, book teaches a, better, under . standing of this, condition from the pa ',, tlent'8 point of view-to the -end ot a more intelligent and apprecia'tivo care of this'class of cases,; a less frequent f, eendlng. of jthem from one specialist to v another, for thl or that Operation to the nd of - Inviting a till greater disaster, it wilt have served Its purpose.",: '.. V It . would be har4-to;-concelv-of book more, fitted to the needs of today thafl thlfc ; .Whether tne story Is abso ... lute fact, .or whether. it la. worked out from the experience and fancy of f he physician's brain, ltV seems to sound the call , for a., halt in , the headlong. 1 ' strenuous rush hf .the .nresent dav: It answers: professionally ' every " question i that reason puts .forward to check the ..... 4ent ruction of the nerve forces of the ..human race; It startle the busy, over rti taxed,,, worker : with Its realistic and' 'accurate descriptions of just the symp . toms he feels tugging at his nerve cen . ters and which he. has been , loath' to recognise or give name to. '.: . V: - The story begins ' in - the very -early -childhood of the neurasthene; In fact - isshe. says she was born one. - She gives some school experiences which would be well for" every teacher and mother to - read, and "then she goa from ofie stage of growth toT another, showing the A effects of Inward and outward influ . ences upon her health. It Is not a story J of gloom-and unheal tny depression, but "is quite the reverse, for with thedla i ease she' continually couples the rem- ."ledy- or '; prevention the one the busy person seldom takes the rest cure.' The author recognises the psychic ' power but has no patience with Its per- version. On this point, she expresses . , " herself definitely when she says: - ; ' ' "There is no question of the vslue '"Jot this' power of psychic suggestion in the cure and treatment 'of nerve and lk f mental ' states, but 'Unless left in the k hands of the thoroughly -trained, experl- trn puiejiiutc puysician, 11 la an Bgenv , - of. harm.,. Just as medicine is learning ,.Mq, . know something of the physical conditions underlying nerve and mental states, why It la that nerve centers be , come irritable, exhausted, poisoned, why ' there is a deficient mental activity, 1 mental depression, ' elation, confusion, , insanity even;1 the church stepk In wlth - . the Idea of using a similar pCj'erfOf the pealing anq weirars of the people. . It ISf'a step ' into the dark ages, when priestly t eontrolthe easting ; out of Revile, hypnosis even tooK the place of P Scientific medical Care.?. . I & As" whole the book tt a plain, mat- y ter of fact treatise , of our national dls- ease strenuoslty, with the .watchword t tit the hour conserVtlon. a rmoAv !? 'conservation of our' energy and of our J-vital forces. There Is a Jeason in it for every one, sna more suggestive advice f than, your family physician . will give .- you In exchange for your hundred dollar i check. Richard Q. Badger Co. -Price ii.5o. : ,. ki 7 "Molly Make-Bellevs,' by Eleanor a .Hallo well Abbott The Jtltle Is no more f & VfAA mnA bvbbIv .thAn tha itAi.,,' taaie ? but It is nwe flippant, and gives a J rather erroneous impression of the book, j tor while the story Is anything but , sert- mi8,' and Is at times laughably absurd. It carries an element of. human emotion that is not to be' overlooked when we are summing up the thing that make for happiness. The hero, Carl Stanton, cer tainly makes 'a most wretched bow to 1iis audience as he lays and groans In the grip of rheumatism that cold north ern morning, ; which 'is sa graphically described In the opening chapter:; Con- fined to 'his 'barren, deaqlate'room,7 not overburdened , with friends or money, t .he, contemplatthe .F..i.weeksu4)ls , flnacee,4he cold, staftely Cornelia, Js to I be Jiway enjoying the balmy climate of Florida,' while ha shivers the' time away, which la to be cheered, so his lady-love by; only six letters during her absence, and If the one just received Is to be taken as an example, without a j word to warm the cocklesiof his heart V'ln a single one of them. In this deep if ( dejection he picks up an advertisement a 'from "The Serial: Letter Co.' which -. r promises,': for a consideration, to writ " ' just the kind of a letters any One wants f to receive. The Invalid grasps at this : straw to bring ka little heart warmth i into his. lfe and this Is the-polnt of i .,.. -V.. . V... ... .11 - crstve- .at some tlnie,- or nnder some dr ift Flf rflinidtanrt,il .I'll ur. lir 4 1 1 1aV M1 f :.u. u ... ln,,.Rra, . nilivil - v ..... bn.nv t ! t i '" ' - ' ; ) it ' " - '-i : V : i . . !- - . ; W - f :-1 t - 1 ! i ' J h ; j ' r: t 1 -.1 !- si) t .c.v.v:y I , i ' ' f, ' 4 m ?' ' W) Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, author of 'Molly Make-Belleve.V warm ourselves by when It Js often only a "make-believe." Carl's letters from "Molly Make-Believe" were something wonderful. She does not confine her self to sending letters, but sends a good, warm invalid's gown, a hot-water bag,' steaming; hot from a near-by drug gists, and even a dog who will lend his company for a time, and then obligingly return to . his mistress and these are only a few, of .: the puzzles, that come from "The Serial tetter Co, u-.Jn the end "Molly Make-Believe" turns out to be. "Molly Really and Truly" and-the reader is quite Satisfied at the unexpected, turn the affair takes at the end. The book Is nicely bound and well illustrated." The Century; Co. Price il.oo: ;-;:,Li - ; '.;.:' : and dependence upon him.- This young liruce is the- hero of the story, and one reads of his love affair with a little girl acquaintance whom he chances to meet In the Yellowstone park under the most trying, though romantlo circum-" stances. ; Betsy la. as usual, "clever," and pretty little Rosalie Is rescued from her troubles through this good woman's offices, and Mr. Irving is: cautioned to keep his Interest to himself. .. Rosalie rewards her friends by making a suc cess of her talents, , and being a credit. to the ones who were so good to her In her times of trial and then, but not till then. " does Betsy, encourage Mr." Irving in his attentions - to her ward. While the story is a good one and full to the brim with Interest, the real merit Of the book lies In the well drawn char acter sketches,' of jWhich Mrs. Bruco and Betsy and Captain Hiram Salter are but a shade better than .the irrepressible college chum of Irvlngs, Robert Nixon, and the 'mother,' the wealthy widow Nixon,; and, her companion, Miss .May.- nard, who lates turns out to, be n heiress." There Is not a poorly drawn character In the story, and real enjoy merit Is to be, gotten out of the ac quaintance with them. Houghton, Mif flin Co. Price 11.50. "The Intrusion of Jimmy."' by, P. O. Wodehouse. A - quite impossible , but cleverly told yarn of a daring ' young fellow who gets Into trouble through a foolish bet. A clubman is Jimmy, and he falls heir to an immense fortune left him by an old sweetheart of his moth er's. When Jimmy has money In his pockets he ; Is a rover, welcome ' wher ever he goes, and he goes-everywhere, the world over. His friends are princi pally those belonging to. the stage, and usually In need of a dollar.. Jimmy finds his pleasures many and friends congen ial until a certain girl ho sees on the steamer takes his' peace of mind and makes life a thing not to be endured until he finds who: she Is and where she can be found. - Then Jimmy makes a bet with his friend, and before he knrfws it he la in hot water up to his neck. In England, under the most absurd circum stances, he meets the girl again, ' and then the scenes shift pretty fast. - The predominating .feature of the story Is that Jimmy always, under all circum stances, wins put With every ' card against him. He Is never downed, he gets the best of every bout he enters, and his opponent; always suffers first, and then Jimmy eases up Snd makes the enemy a friend. Watt Publishing Co., Prl:e. $1.50. ft i, says. ' "Westover, of Wanalah." by George Cary Eggleaton. This. Is one of tho best efforts -of a; great master, of southern romance. It deals' with:, social and po litical conditions aj they existed In , ante belium .Virginia, and shows the honor of man under trying conditions, with th hero;, who Jmay, lightly '. class hlhiself ,;as a ? gentleman' fn th highest ! and ? best sense of the word. triumphantly vindi cated and rehabilitated: An important part is played by Judy Peters, a singu lar female politlaal boss. In the moun tain, idlptrlqt, ,wlio ; has appeared; In. a previous book.' and Is one of, the :nwst unique cnarsciers, ever.createa m; Amer-'lean- f lot ioirivQt. course, there-is ,lov Slory and, a r vey, charming one,, with a heroine . as well quailfle.d '; to maintain ths'hohor." of a, family: true: to' the best traditions as Is the exceptionally pre sented hero." : Mr. ETggleston's audience Is secure. It Is only necessary to say that here Is some of his best work. - The book Is nicely bound and well Illustrated by Emlli Pollak Ottendorff. , , . .- Lothrop, Lee A Shepard. Price 1.50. " ' ' .-..I . 'r "Clever Betsy." by Clara Louise Burn ham. if one Is ; looking-for . ral,VIiva, fun provoking common- sense,, with a ftntf description' Of the national - park, and splendid character sketches worked In, then one should read "Clever Betsy." These are New England people, "born and bred"; they have money and posi tion, but 'like all other people, they "have troubles of their own." and 'tClev- er Bety ijthe cleverest ; one, even If iw oiiiy in.-j.a ismiiy servant, as much a part of the Bruce household as the antique furniture. Betsy has all the wit and sternness of the proverbial New England spinster, and Is the exact an tithesis of her mistress, the second Mrs. Bruce. - Mr. Irving; the heir to the Bruce estates, loves Betsy, with a devotion he would have given his own mother had she lived; while for his stepmother he tolerates ner for . the sake of her love "The Journey BoOk," by De Witt Clin ton Falls. The past week Ip the book world might truthfully be designated "children's Week," for from every nota ble publishing- house .has come review copies or notices of juvenile books fully ... two weeks earlier than, on pre vious years. This js well, for the cau tious parent ' Will study no feature of theV Christmas., season more, carefully than the books that are to be 'added to the nursery, or young people's collec tion. Indeed, there, is , nothing that should be dons more wisely or carefuly. Books Simply te amuse children with thelt grotesqueness or unspeakable col oring, should find no place In the 'child's home; for while coloring, and a. certain amount of healthful amusement, should be given, j.he ' book that . does not aim to leave a permanent lesson has fallen short of Its mission. This story of Mr. Falls' is . distinctly in the class that is instructive as well as amusing and la "among the" first to deserve recogni tion and commendation for the holiday trade.- It Is written for the. average child or s or T years,, and Is equally in terestlng to boys and girls, and . It Is Something quite original and different from' the .ordinary child s, book. . The author takes the children abroad ' and through many- lands, but first shows them the United States. Here, is a sample page; at the .top tho text says; '.'We go by railroad, and . you are sure tot see some of these things,, either on the train or out of the window." Then come nine Illustrations; there is the train of oars, the conductor, the bag gage check, the ticket, the switch sig nal, etc. . At the bottom the text says: Look, carefully at them all, so that you will know them another time.,. And tell your little brother and sister what they are." The next page Is devoted to rural objects familiar in the United States, with suitable text, and so on through the bookas- they travel , over various countries and amidst changing scenes, wnue at tne ena ot eaca country there is a page for a sort of memory lesson. where the things that have been seen are to be jotted' down. As the young traveler proceeds through the various countries the Interest grows, as does the difficulty n studying out-tha varl ous things. On the whole, It is one cf the finest books for children that has been presented in a long time. The Illustrations are grotesque enough , to be a good second to the Sunday supple ment, aad yet have character and accur acy enough to give valuable Informa tion f to the child. , The Century ? Co. rnce, ti.uu. LittleHomeHelps On How To Be Beautiful BY MADAMS MAKES if - - r : v- . ,., "- v - . . - .-. 1 : fi . OAftB 07 RX BAZB. .- f:"s Switches will be unknown among 1 ,omtn when, they give as much care f;;and attention1 to the" hair and scalp-as they do to the face and hands, $ t Women troubled with falling, or thin, straggly hair, excess dandruff or oily ? Condition of the scalp, will do well to ,S ;.slmmpoo with eggol, which I have often. yadvlsed.' This removes the accumula 4 Hon of oil, cleanses and -feeds th- scalp . ""d,. stops itchiness. The shampoo , "hould be used twice a month, for a. ; n f time, then once a month. A -rinlicrhtfiil ?s hair tonic to use In connection Is made 3 by . mixing ne ounce of beta-canthol 5 wun eigni ounces each. of al?ohol and i. water. A gentle taiassage. wltlvthls every j'flay for a few weeks, then once a week, ', Will Ston falllnr hnlr a nri annn nrnrtiwa . .a fine, long, glorsy and luxuriant growth., ' ANSWERS TO QUERIES. , Beaut yr (1) Cohfide In your mother. -.,-(2) : Powder or, greasy creams often 1 clog the skflvand cauee blackheads, en1 j i largement of' pores afido wrinkles. - If ;t you win get three ounces of eerol from (. water that has been; brought to the boiling point, stirring :; until cold, you , i will have an excellent .and Inexpensive skin food, MassBRu the sk(n' gently " . snd thoroughly,. With th1s at night and ,. the wrinkles will-Noon disannesr. lea v- ff-rrtTK -rrrar Kkln clHr, pink' and satlnv ' 'and, tnr Wj resume. their natural l; -J ,-. A JS.! The electric needle is painful and not always a success. Superfluous hairs can be permanently removed, y. .mum. jmiii, mrougn tne use or deioi, which any drusrtlst ean mmniv n.t Ounce of delol and with warm wr mix Into a soft paste enough to cover ma nairy pans, spread on thickly and let remain two or three minutes, then ,v r4 in naira . wm nave vanished.'-'-;' -.. ,-.;-..-.. . . Dots (1) I do .not artvla in ff.lM the heart A (3) Roughness and redness of , the skin can be quickly overcome If ..tu-iy,ii in an mines 01 amaroi rrom your drUgglSt and dlHnlv If In . nlnl o' hot water, then apply after drying It: ' , , ." lve weu. rnis soon rias we its rougn, ugly condition and brings back that pink and white givw cnaraciensiic or youth and health. Mrs; Jack: (1) Massaging for scraw nlness or unrterdevelonment la not' sat lsfactory. - (2) The Vaucalre treatment of which- you write I have described be fore, but for your benefit I. will repeat It. 'Make a avrun with on n Voir sr'Tlflt'-of'mrproflftThitatedBugari using enough' T.nirr hi ijinnrj n tuni, ana in mis stir one ounce-of true gallol be sure jtot to nei ,ao Bynmewc). Take two . table spoonfuls twice daily and drink plenty of water; 'This treatment with outdoor ej(6rolHe-anil-- sufflrtr?nr "sleep, '"aoon ruimun i.nn inn rorill and ilevHlnps the symmetrical, lines rightly' -belonging- to ral thtnRS which, as yet, we do not understand." Will all the phenomena which men class 'psychic' now be eventually ex plained, and understood as manifesta tinns of natural lawsr "If It IS ever-explained, undoubtedly. I have read "ROENTGEN" through 38 Inches of solid wood. That would prob ably have been considered supernatural. 'supernormal, at one time. But now the scientist Is prepared to find . any thing along purely natural or normal, lines. . ' 4 . .'' -. . - ; "It would be hard to - really astonish ; us, ,We, are learning - how to do all. sorts of - things to make life comfort able we shall keep on learning. "Ibt.lleye, for Instance, that the time win curat wnen a man wim a Daa kiq ney, If he has good money, will be able to go Into the open market and pur chase a good kidney of some one else who has -a godd one, but who needs the money more than he needs the kidney and have It Inserted In the place of his Imperfect one. , - : - . ' . - .... "We shall, I think, be able to repair the body much more cleverly than we do fiow, and more effectively, even to the extent of -replacing 111 or worn-out parts of It" with good .ones,' as we do broken, or worn-out parts of an inani mate machine. Bife will be very much extended In the .years to come. From now on the number of healthy and vig orous old people the number of healthy and vigorous people-over 90 years will increase very .rapidly." . "Shall we, In the course of time, dis cover life's actual sourcet" .He shook his head, not in a positive negative,, but doubtfully. . " ' i"Oh, I don't know. Those thioM.a? pretty small. Too small to flnd?' haps. The world, you know, and'Tmi yerse, are' full Of the Infinitely small as well as , the InflnUely great. We are, as I said early In this talk, all aggregates. To get us down to tho ultimate division to trace life ' down to Its ultimate source! wellI don't know '"I'll tell you what is very wonderful and very modern. It Is the ultra-microscope. The ultra-microscope Is getting to b a great things ,W can't tell what It will reve'al. , . -v;;; ; Spted of Xilgfet. ; v "Light, striking orf ah objeot of a certain size, vibrates at the rate of 400,000.000 times a second as It goes into olor above the violet . That is too fast for the human eye. and, hitherto, tho things which might have been re vealed by this extraordinary light have been concealed from us because our eyes could not make use of such In credibly fast vibrations. ; But the ultra-mlcrosoope permits us to actually see the things revealed by the ultra-violet rays things which, un til this - instrument was Invented, were as invisible to us as tilings , existent where there is no light at all. "This microscope makes four photo graphsmakes four simultaneous pho tographs from four different angles, in these photographs we Indirectly see the things which we cannot see ai recti y. : 'Among the revelations or. tne pnoio- graphs, so far, have been the Brownlan movements.' and by means of them It is hoped that we may, eventually, be actually enabled to see the Inner struc ture of matter. Thus, through the use of three thousand million million light waves per second we hope to learn tne facts about the molecule. 'We -shall never be able to actually seo them, directly, with the human eye, probably, but we shill b able to see those four photographs, ana rrom tnem, perhaps perhaps " Then the one inventor, wnose name Is known from earth s end to earth s end. who Is regarded by a world of for eigners who take no account or states men, as the very gneatest of Americans, shook his" head, ss If In palement He had -been considering, with a news- naner man. ' the problems of the unl verse, and saying very startling things. 'You have demolished much of the old, suggested mufih that Is new," I ven tured. "Shall we ever really solve the problems of our What and Why?" "I'll be aarnea u x Know, ne repiiea Therapeutic massage and corrective manipulations. J. Wm. Lewis, M. T., 401 Dekum building. . . ; SOCIETY AND HORSES PREPARE TO SHOW (fit - 'r- r I Si I. .J:f W!YW fhrtBVt M Si " P.: S- C -i "Larry Burke. Freshman." bv Frank t". Odell. If ever a boy went through ; a freshmaff year worth reading about It Is Larry Burke, and If ever a freshman deserved his many friends. It Is the same modest athlete, bright student and all-around good fellow. The book bristles with activity; baseball, foot ball,' Ice hockey, basketball, track and field events, and a regatta appear, and each sport la brought in with expert accuracy of .detail and the realism that makes one live over-his own most thrilling athletic - experiences. Along with this Is a charming, narrative of student life and comradeship the gold en; days that have none other like them Larry and his friends' are as decent as theyare active, and their fun Is of the sort one can enjoy. Every boy and man .that ever heard of a college can take delight in this book. Lothrop, Lee at uo. Jrrice, fi.z&. HOW CAN- CELLS HAVE SOULS? (Continued from Page One.) these were discovered accidentally to all practical Intents and purposes. "Chemical analysis Vers being made of certain substances, and ,tnejJUfl-fiot check up. This showed 'that something was existent which had. not been reo ognised as being there, and Investlga iilQii-JvaaUhuatlmiilalsd , , it uiud in the discovery of these elements. But they' wero all results of organized In vestlgatlon. J. ; 1 t " - , "In other words, if we don't go flsh-imjr-e won't cstch any ftstr. A, "Tot or us arA fishing nowadays. ' ' " -"Ths-psychic forces? -. -The wipernatu ralV Merely words for perfectly natu- tij hi r ? i.U " .vnr," . ' i ,11 t'V' St ,"" . - n "'Us. 7" - ' ' ' Vi si . '. ft, ? o s u Ml if ' T yt n Ik Bragada, a dassy mare ol royal blood, belonging to H. M; Kerron, of Portland. n Meet of Seattle Hnnt "Club after paper chase. Two expert teams will come to Portland from this club. Though almost two weeks will lapse before- the opening day of the Horse show, .many of the boxes have ben already, sold, and Vice-President -Harry L. Corbott, who has this matter in charge, . reports an active inquiry and Interest The llet will be ready for publication early in the week., , There are eighty boxiJs and Mr, t-orbett Is assured all will be taken. The sale of reserved -seats has not been an nounced, but 'as there are lens than a thousand" of these It is expected they will be at a premium at each perform ance... :": Mr, Corbett has on tho wav from the east to the Bhow a pair of new saddle horses, one for himself and one for Mrs. Corbett Mr. Corbett was a little reticent about acclaim ing theln. merits. "I hope they are prize-winning horses, but first of all I trust they will be useful, hardy fel lows, for . constant' saddle work on . the road and In the country." Mr. and Mrs. Corbett who are finished riders, are planning to take up horseback riding on an extensive seals In the future. - - . Will Exoeed all Others. t Never in the history of. the north west has any show announced such an array - of steeplechaslng, post and bar and water Jumps as are on the pro gram of the Portland Horse show. And the reason for this is quite plain. For never before have the cities north of Portland taken an active Interest In these events. The Seattle Hunt club Is sending down two teams of three each Under the leadership of Robert P. Smith,: a most enthusiastic horseman. At the Seattle show which is Just ever, and which was an out of doors event. the ,Hunt club did most excellent ana spectacular work taking the hurdles by ones -and by twos and by threes. These were the 'regulation four-foot Jumps.. . James Nicol watched this work and -was much Interested. He has . Just . come hdme from England and attnri'd the Olympla elpw thr and his In terest in horsemanship has: never .been at such "a-hlghr pltchf as Just now. He Is new - at work arranging for local teams of jumpers and this, when called off, will be an event of most stirring. Interest jumping Entries. Among the entries to be shown In this nUmber will be such famous names as Fayette, Allanthus, :. Klndler, Big Frank' (who has-won a fortune In sli ver oups), Oregon Frank,- Will Wer- bung. Johnny H. Sunday. Mac, and Ore-' gon Maid. : - ' ' ' " A ?v" - . pm . ' ' '..'.-- $18 Values at $12.75 Full Size Dresser with 21x43 inch top; made ; of best Indiana solid oak, with quarter sawed oak : top draw-' ers and French bevel mirror. -$18-rVaIucs-al-S12.5- Ua-tJi. caafe.tr.Mt ,;r " """" gglWsWSJiaji slMHliM-'yasSsW - TfiADE MAKs Truss Brace BED SPRING The strong, rigid frame, the heavy oil-tempered springs, and the truss-brace 'on the two outer slats ol tho. fabric are compelling evidence of the superior Bleep-inducing qualities of this spring, as it ensures for all time a level resilient bed thaicannot hammock. 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