Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-20
FICTION FOR BOYS.

Saturday Star This Week.
The Saturday Star this week will be I'M
usually rich IL good fiction. There will be
three clever stories by well-known and
always popular writer's, Robert w. Cham
bers. Bret Harte and w. Murray Graydon
The announcement that the last mention
! ed writer has story In The Star will be
| OF the utmost interest to boys, for he be-
gins tomorrow a series Of ten tales Of ad-
venture intended especially for them The
hero Of them all is Matthew Quin, who is
the agent of European firm of collectors
| OF wild beasts, and whose calling carries
him into many strange places and into
many startling adventures. Each INSTALL
| ment is complete in itself
For manly active boys this series of
stories is good and inspiring literature
| The author Of these adventures startling
as they may seem, never oversteps the
/ bounds of possibility, even in that most
exciting narrative where the mastodon is
discovered by Crane, the shrewd Yankee
IN the golden valley of Alaska. AS means
! for impressing on youthful minds a clear
knowledge Of the geography of this weird
they live in, these stories serve a double
| and valuable purpose.
/ Bret Harte's story is entitled "Saiomy
James Kiss" and will be complete In two
parts. 1t is one of Bret Harte's most de-
lightful tales of far western life. Its lead
ing characters are two horse thieves, the
| ringleader Of the vigilantes a stock raiser
| and his daughter Salomy Jane. 1t is a
story of love, with the courtship COM
| mencing amid the grim surroundings of a
lynching, but ending happily enough at
| last.
These two short pieces of fiction will be
| in ad lition to the regular weekly INSTALL
ment of Robert w. Chambers serial
Ashes of Empire" which grows more
thrilling and interesting each week.
To such an extent is public interest CEN
tered in the West Indies just now that
| The Star takes natural pride in the several
| articles which have been printed lately on
| the different groups. Tomorrow there will
be timely and valuable article outlining
| the history and present conditions of life
In the islands which still belong to the
| French
Additional features of interest in tomor-
| rows big paper are as follows:
THE CAPITAL OF PERU. 0llustrated.)
Frank Carpenters South American letter
this week describes the magnificent city
OF Lima, which contains 100000 people
and has houses two hundred years older
than Chicago or Cincinnati.
FELIX ON FASHIONS. ullustrated1
An article that women are sure to appre-
ciate. for IT comes direct from the pen
of the great arbiter OF styles.
FRENCH WEST INDIES. Qllustrated)
Life in Martinique and Guadeloupe, where
thrift and good management prevail, in
marked contrast to the condition of
affairs in the Spanish holdings in the
West Indies.
| WILL DO GOOD WORK. Olustrated.)
Some interesting information as to the
duties of the auxiliary ships in the
American navy. golfers, hospital and
repair ships and the like.
PATRIOTIC IN DRESS. Qllustrated)
Inc rational colors play prominent
part in the fashions for the summer;
just how far they may be used with
good taste and propriety.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvORERS.
Plans that are beng made for the WASH
ington contingent that will attend the
coming international convention in
Nashville.
MAKING EXTRA MONEY.
Some of the clever schemes to which
sailors in the American navy resort in
order to exc out their incomes.
ARE AFRAID OF WAR.
Sterling Heilig, in his letter from Paris,
takes the ground that the European ma
lions have so Complicated the ma
chile that they dread to see America
put 1t in motion.
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS.
They are still kept up, notwithstanding
the extra duties that devolve upon the
President.