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served the author. Art Is too elusive for this, and the mind of great writer Is something bigger and better than camera Besides, when one has once met disillusion and realized the unheroic smallneSS of his hero, he is apt to prefer to take his esti- mate of a man from his books rather than from his biographer. And, after all. his work, whatever it may be, must be the truest expression of man of genius. It is the measure of his human activity, and 1t can't be great unless he has put himself into it; for nothing that is super ficial or insincere has power to survive.
 However, for those who are interested in the man, as well as the artist, there's an admirably done drawing of the benevolent shrewd face and large, easy pose of one of the greatest of England s story tellers. And Mrs. Rttchie's notes are as tasteful and unobtrusive a biog raphy as one could wish. interspersed as they are with frequent extracts of her fathers very human, very merry letters and sketches.
 One can imagine how delightful it must have been for Thackeray's mother to re- ceive these illustrated letters of his. But one feels justified, nevertheless, in pro testing against the continuance of the Thackeray illustrations to Thackeray. Thackeray can't do Thackeray justice. Because the author was a genius, it doesn't follow that the artist was one too-or two In one, whichever you please. When you were a child do you remember how quickly you used to turn over the pages, fearing that your eye might light upon one of these sketches? Sketches, that's all they are. These absurd hints of ideas, drawn when Cari- cature was king, give one the impression of tmmaturity, incompleteness. as though if he had had the power, Thackeray would have finished, improved them.
 It's impossible to take these things seri- ously. The buffoon sameness of express sion in the faces-like the illustrations in a German comic paper, where all are monstrosities-wrecks ones mental pie lures of these famous people that the great man created for the small artist to belittle, apparently. l wonder if Thack- cray had taken to bookbinding, and had done that part of book producing as faultily as the literary portion is ever refreshing and admirable and unequaled, would publishers have found that req son for perpetuating his binding?
 o, for a picture of Becky Becky, whose small, sharp, bright clever face differs, according to Thackeray the illustrator from the rest only in the well-known Becky smirk. Here's field for the mod ern illustrator of books whose profession
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small change. There are new Americans and Americans. Some escape before he shall discover his mistake. Others tarry to set him right. But the Spanish Amerl- can is wonderfully poised. l never knew him to laugh in the face even of tourist It Is like the miracle of the loaves and fishes brought down to date and American ideals. The philosophers stone were mere mud to this. To make a salary simply by spending money-that Is precisely what we are looking for. All one mas 10 do is to bring plenty of gold and swap one dollar for two as long as one can stand prosperity"
 And the author believes that a further degradation of silver in Mexico would only again shrink importation and in- crease manufactures.
 The chapter on Spanish words, called
 'eBorrowed from the Enemy, Is good; and that on ''The Ladder which de- ! scribes the rise of Dia1, the greatest i figure, unquestionably the most ronantlHc H i is an excellent piece of work, full or | spirit. of keen, appreciative analysis, and | of rare descriptive powers to make VlVid
 battle scenes, skirmishes and the details
 The book Is most beautifully illus trated There's a profuseness of illus tration which illumines every third page, and the taste and discrimination shown i'm the selection would make one aware without the note that the author had had something to do with this part of his book too The artists work is fully satisfactory, the wonderful contrast of brilliant sun and deep shade making very effective these drawings from photo graphs.
 The Awakening of a Nation, vol. I. Charles F. Lummis. Harper Brothers.
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subject of the order, which created favorable impression on those who were not acquainted with them After that there was a dance and grab-bag for all corners The pleasant affair did not break until midnight.
 YOUNG MEMS INSTITUTE.
 It is expected that on the 1st of June the headquarters of the Young Mems h. stitute will be transferred to the Pioneer building on Fourth street, as the present quarters in the Parrott building have been found to be inadequate to the needs of the order.
 Five members of Borromean Council have enlisted in the California volunteers.
 Last Wednesday Yorke Council gave it's first entertainment in Union Square Han. and it was great success. On Thursday San Francisco Council gave its twelfth annual ball in the same hall
 Mount Carmel Council has been fnsti- tuted in Redwood City with thirty mem bers. John Cullen is president, J. J. Brown secretary and Rev. Father M. P. Kern spiritual advisor.
 The Grand Council will meet in San Jose on the 29th of August
 There was a district meeting of councils Nos. 35 55 and 460 in the hall of No. 55 last Wednesday night, it being the occa- sion of the official visit of Grand Director Hammond There was a good attendance.
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SOME WHIST "WHYS."
By P. J. ToRMEY.

many cards YOU hold in his suit by your play in Why Psn is af ha Se 559P whist club mad. up of ladies and gentlemen, Will permit the Why are the plain simple American leads without any frills or fads good enough for nine-tenths of the whist players Of American
 Why do some players think 1t Is good whist to immediately return adversaries suit through the original leader the hrst chance
 Why place your score sheet and pencil on the table in the very spot where you should play Why is it that so few whist players know what is meant by the entire command of the Why don't you at once return your partners suit when you have not one in your own hand 'nN Why s not try to establish the suit your part ner originally opens, if it is good one. and
 Why doesn't every whist player in America learn Drayson's change your suit" play. and
 Why don't you stop your partner from lead ing out of turn? You have the right 70 do SO.
 Why don't you become as familiar with tha laws of whist as you are with the leads?
 Why do you ever quit your card before you know every one that was played to the trick?
 Why do many whist players change their suit at the very time they ought to continue 1t :?
 Why don't you get into the habit of counting your cards soon you take them into hand |
 Why not get in the habit of pointing your card to the winner of each trick when quit
 Why don't you treat four-card suit as 8 three late in the play of deal under certian
 Why is it that some of our Eastern whis. writers keep ringing the old chestnut reli- Long suit-short suit"-'long suit short suit? The country Is tired of it.
 Why do you record the trump on the scor> sheet? The practice Is obsolete. and dangerous If you accidentally look at it during play-vo,, subject to a penalty. ''1
 Why. without reasons of your own do .o, return your partners original lead of trumps when he leads from four tor the lowest from hvel and shows no plain suit strengthY
 Why Is It that Trist. Cavendtsh (3a,e al Drayson Bunn Briggs Paine. Fisher Ames Mitchell. Weems and score of other masters or the game nave no for the whist fa6s9
 Why Is it that any whist writer can ba .o antiquated as to use the letters in glvins tne positions Of players at a whist table instead of North. South, East West 2 4'
 Why lead conventionaily from your hest sutt when trumps strength Is declared against v-1,? 1ou should make four-card suit apnaar as . nve or six, and a five or six card suit aopsar
 Why do you say: T play old-fash,on wb,s,-, lI IS dead gtve-away that you know nothing ol lne game, Tor whist as played to-day Is ai- 1Ust i7sn ioenticai with the game in Hoylss t1ns,
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THE HERMANN's SONS.

The banuuet that was given last Mon- day night in Norman's by the Order of Hermann's Sons, at which there were present the ladies of the auxiliary lodges and invited guests, was one Of the most enioyable banquets that has been given by a fraternal organization for long time The harmony, jollity and sociabil- ity from beginning to end was one of the most convincing proofs that the Germans know how to enjoy themselves when they cast business and care aside. The dinner that was served was an excellent one and between courses there were toasts and responses, and then the orchestra played those airs that are so dear to the German heart and to show that while Germans remember the Fatherland, they are none the less imbued with American Stars spangled Banner" America,
 Marching Through Georgia" and other patriotic songs. L. Schardenberg was toastmaster, and those who composed the committee of arrangements were: c. Leidecker, G. Guenther, F. Eggerling, F. Gfell and w. Beckmann. "The Hermann s Sons" was responded to by E. Brugge, the president; German Press and Lan- guage," c. Trautner vice-president; The Treasury" C. Guenther. treasurer;
 ''The Press c. Leidecker of the finance committee; ''Huffnung's Lodge, the Ladies Auxiliary" Mrs. Woods, presi- dent; ''The Ladies' Max Bergheim of the California Demokrat, and Music" Pro- lessor Henker. During the evening Past President Ieudkke was presented a beau tiful bunch of flowers tied with the Ger man colors, and he responded in a very appropriate speech. After the dinner the
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SIMON DALE.

SIMON DALEY Anthony Hope. New
 York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
 San Francisco: William Doxey.
 'Je viens, tu viens, Il vient'' An unpromising text, surely, for whimsi- cal romance; when the poet asked where was Fancy bred he never sug- gested that her birthplace be found in the regions of prosaic conjugations. But Mir. Anthony Hope, our modern, intellectual Lord of Misrule, once more comes to overturn old-fashioned no- tions; he goes to dry grammar for his fun, and starting with the innocent lit tie lesson quoted above he leads us on a merry, madcap, riotous dance, among
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VT THY don't all whist clubs have a \ N / whist qualification clause?
 AAf Why talk of calling for trumps be- M N fore you know the leads?
 Why don't you let your partner do
 the finessing in his suit?
 Why worry over tricks that are gone? Did you ever get back?
 Why do so many others mix up the laws of whist with whist rules?
 Why do you sit down to play with a partner who doesn't know the leads?
 Why do you ever touch your adversaries cards without asking the privilege?
 Why is it that beginners always ask the question, Did you my call''?
 Why do some whist players expect the ace Of trumps to be good for two tricks?
 Why do you ever under any circumstances call the original lead forced lead' [?
 Why do you turn down the trump slip with out showing 1t to both your adversaries?
 Why don't you always show number of cards you hold In your partners suit?
 Why do you ever lead a suit that one ad- versary can ruff and the other get in a dis card?
 Why is It that the almighty dollar Is such factor with certain whist enthusiasts''! Why do some whist players pass a doubtful trick just because they hold four trumps? Why do you touch your cards to put them back in the tray before you agree the score?
 Why don't you leave the trump slip turned face up until you take up the trump card? Why don't the American Whist League for muate a system of whist play as a standard of authority for the guidance of its whist chii- dren?
 Why Is 1t so few whist players know that all questions but asked at whist tapIe should be addressed to and answered by the partner only?
 Why do yc.- do such a thing to discard to show your strong best protected suit, when you are fourth player on an adverse winning trump lead?
 Why do you neglect to remind your partner that 1t is his privilege and right 10 enforce ;i d penalty that Is due, and you can also tell him what the penalty is? . you are strong enough to lead from your pest pain suit to do so. and have the lead give double information?
 Why is 1t that so many players overiooA the great advantage of showing numper oii part ner's original lead? ., Why Is it that the man who doesn Sn know ,ia the leads is usually the one who poses as the whist critic of the club? ...,
 why is the queen marked in the third hand when the leader opens with ten from the King tack ten combination and holds the trlck! ] Why don't you always tell your partner now
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H I publishers to issue 8 new edi-
 kN tion of Thackeray it must
 M M please new books of all de-
 N grees of beauty and worth tc
 bide their time respectfully and patiently. Almost the greatest oi stories in the English language appears this month as the first of a new bio graphical edition of Thackeray's works, a volume of which Is to be issued each month till with a year of Thackeray the edition will be complete.
 Vanity Fair doesn't need the modern luxuries of the art of making DOCKS 10 play ambassador for it with the reading world. But one accepts the eXcellehce of this edition, nevertheless, as an aoul- tional inducement to read again the me old analysis of the incomparable Becky' mother of literary adventuresses since her time unnumbered. For it's all Becky Sharp. as even the author admits in that letter to the Duke of Devonshire, dated March l. 1S4S, which gives positively the latest news of the heroine of vanity Fair" that hero-less book.
 Mrs Crawley now lives in small put very pretty little house in BelgraVla; ana is conspicuous for her numerous char1ues which always get into the newspapers and her unaffected piety. Many of the most exalted and spotless of her own sex visit her. and are of opinion that she is a most injured woman. There is no sort or truth in the stories regarding Mrs Craw- ley and the late Lord Steyne. The hcen- tious character of that nobleman gave rise to reports from which, alas! the most spotless life and reputation can not al- ways defend itself. The present Sir Rawdon Crawley does not see his mother: and his undutifulness is a cause of the deepest grief to that admirable lady. If it were not for higher things, she says how could she have borne up against the worlds calumny, wicked husbands cruelty and falseness, and the thanklessness (sharper than a serpent's s tooth) of an adored child? But she has been preserved. mercifully preserved, to bear all these griefs, and awaits her re- ward elsewhere.
 Bengal Civil Service, left her two lakhs Of rupees, on the interest of which the widow lives in the practices of piety and benevolence before mentioned. She has lost what little good looks she once pos sessed and wears false hair and teeth (the latter give her rather a ghastly look when she smiles) and-for pious woman is the best crinolined lady in Knights bridge district.
 P. s. 2-The India Mall just arrived announces the utter ruin of the Union Bank of Calcutta, in which all Mrs. Crawiey's money was. Will Fate never cease to prosecute that suffering saint"
 One can almost hear the chuckle with which the great humorist must have written these lines. His daughter, Mrs. Ritchie, who writes a sort of biographical preface to each of these new old books, says: ''I can remember hearing my father say: Vanity Fair is undoubtedly the best of my books It has the best story, and for another thing, the title is such good one: you couldn't have a better
 This particular bookworm could never sympathize with the worlds desire to know the private life of celebrities. with the vanity of identifying places men toned in books with the passion for putting ones finger on the models that
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@ U MAURIER'S little talk on
 \ Social Pictorial Satire Is light,
 | agreeable reading for the world at u large. but for the student of pen
 and ink work 1t must be of deeper
 interest. The delineator of those long-limbed, beautiful-shouldered, Trilby- chinned English women, all of whom, 1t is easy to see by their striking family re- semblance, are sisters, chats pleasantly about his predecessors and co-workers on Punch" He knew them intimately and loved them well, even to the point of be- ing able to detect wit in the John Bull stolidity of some of their work. His men, tion of his own work is most pleasing.
 ''Of all my little piebald puppets, the one value the most is my pretty woman I am as fond of her as Leech was of his, of whom, by the way. she is the great granddaughter! This is not artistic van- ity; 1t Is pure paternal affection, and by no means prevents me from seeing her faults; 1t only prevents me from seeing them as clearly as you do! He is dissatisfied with the means at my command to do the living beauty justice little bit of paper, a steel pen and a bottle of ink, and alas! fingers and an eye less skilled than they would have been if I had gone straight to school of art instead of a laboratory of chemstryl"
 
 social pictorial artist. Tt is kind of hybrid profession still in its infancy hardly recognized as a profession at all something half way be- tween literature and art. The quality of black and white illustrations of modern life is immeasurably higher than 1t was thirty or forty years ago. The number of youths who can draw beauti- fully is quite appalling. All we want for my little dream to be realized is that among these precocious wielders of the pencil there should arise, here a Dickens, there a Thackeray, there a George Eliot or an Anthony Trollope, who, finding quite early in life that he can draw as easily as other men can spell, that he can express himself and all that he hears and sees and feels, more easily, more completely, in that way than in any other, will devote himself heart and soul to that form of expression-as I and others have tried to debut with the ad- vantages of nature, circumstances and education that have been denied to us!'
 
 Social Pictorial Satire. George du Maurier Harper & Brothers. Price s1 90.
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1 has made greater strides in the past twenty years than any other pertaining to belles lettres. If Dickens may be hu-
 manized, if his people who are exaggera-
 tions of human beings are to be pictured
 for us as living. why not the breathing | lovable, hateful immortals everybody who knows and loves Thackeray Is int1-
 mately acquainted with? Biographical Edition of Thackerays Com
 plete Works. Harper & Brothers. Price $1 50 per volume.
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THE ODD FELLOWS.

The monthly smoker of Cosmopolitan Lodge last Wednesday was well attended. J. M Williston, J. Jarvis and J. Su1tch, the committee on entertainment, proVloeu a fine programme and cigars Among those present were many of the repre- sentatives of the Grand Lodge. MT. Ras- mussen favored with musical selections Past Grand Gillis of Tuolumne spoke on Odd Fellowship, Past Grand Steer, ser geant of the Fourteenth Infantry Of Washington, told of the order in that State. Private Farrell of the same regf- ment delivered a short address, ana others sang songs and gave recitadons- IoyAI. REBEKAH'S ANNIVERSARY.
 large number of the. friends accepted the invitation of Loyal Rebekah Lodge to attend the entertainment and dance given last Monday night in celebration of the second anniversary of the institution of the lodge While the affair was not as elaborate as some that the lodge has given, it was a very pleasing one ana was much enjoyed by all. The entertainment committee consisted of Florence D. Line han. Augusta B. Warren, Margaret J. ReII EoIa. NJ. Cynus, Ella Bourne, M. Marjorie Jannings, Minerva Van Doren, b A N Copsey, c. w. Smith, Ii. J. Simpson. c. F. O'Neil and Mrs. Helm. The programme included orchestral music 'oy the Aeolian Boys Orchestra under the leadership of Professor Simon. It was the first appearance in public of the the youths, and their execution was remark- ably good Then followed vocal solo by Florence Gardner; recitation, Miss Baldwin; original cat song, Il. ID. Page; violin duet, Miss Minerva Van Doren ana Miss Annie Benson. This number was meritoriously applauded Miss Ten Eyck favored with recitation, Dr. D A. Hodges sang a tenor solo and the orcheS- tra played national airs. Dancing fol lowed.
 The exemplification of the work by the officers of this lodge before the delegates 10 the assembly of California under the direction of D. A N Copsey was exceed ingly well done and was highly com lI,d oll
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COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST.
 The Supreme Grand Circle of the Con- panions of the Forest, A. O. E., will meet in this city tomorrow and will remain
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FORESTERs OF AMERICA At the meeting of Court Sutro Heights.
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THE AMERICAN GUILD. At the meeting of San Francisco Chap ter last Wednesday evening there was
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> U MAURIER'S little talk on
 Social Pictorial Satire" Is light, agreeable reading for the world at ! large, but for the student of pen
 and ink work 1t must be of deeper
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" THY don't all whist clubs have N [ whist qualification clause?
 WY Why talk of calling for trumps be- N hf fore you know the leads?
 x U Why don't you let your partner do
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