The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-27
II. The swift trial and execution of

Itself The swift trial and execution of
murderers and the amazing infrequency OF
murders are commended. Women's colleges
are depicted with a delight in their gardens
and landscapes. fine lawns. beautiful shrub
berry. brilliant and luxuriant flowers. lilies
pansies and forget-Ine-nots, tennis courts,
sheltered hooks and shaded seats. roads for
cyclists. narrow. shady alleys, with 4aour-
NUNS iilacs and chestnuts meeting over
head and knit together by the wandering
tendrils Of the honeysuckie and bordered by
rainbow-hued ANNALS. Here student life Is
trahquil.y pursued in an atmosphere OF
learning. In the seclusion which study de-
mands. and by girls wearing short dresses
and having their hair down their backs.
Though past eighteen years OF age. English
village life and rustic Efe have place in
Miss Krout's pages. She lived in lodgings
in a Kentish village; she had fourteen nose
gays, fye of them cowslips. in her room;
she dwelt on winding street of Sagging-
rooted, fifteenth-century houses, with fine
gardens and noble trees: she took walks on
May evenings amid herb Robert and
broom in magnificent bloom; at dusk she
heard the nightingale. which, she says. has
a, note so rich and thrilling that IL stirs
had supoers of Drawn. called headcheese
by us. with cod mutton, salad. ale. bread
and cheese. in farmhouse kitchens. where
the. floors are tagged and where shining
cooking utensils hung in rows upon the
wainscoting. There is a deal of good eat
ing" in the book. She visited ancient great
houses, the public being admitted for six
pence. The fee. she says, keeps out the idle
and lawless. The Yale crew rowed against
the Leanders in the Henley boat race that
year. The author witnessed the race from
one of the houseboats anchored along the
shore. Zach houseboat was a blooming
garden of pink hydrangeas. geraniums and
trailing vines that made a thick fringe,
swaylng in The wind. The setting Of tae
race among rich fields along the Thames.
wooded hills, and vistas showing hall and
manor in their stretches of lawns, made the
event enjoyable.
The account of the Jameson trial is an
interesting feature of the book. Miss Krout
begins it with the story of the famous
Ghartered Company of South Africa.
The trial is a good picture of a high court
of law in England. The neat, small court
room, into which spectators are admitted
by ticket only. the spectators. refined peo-
pie, exchanging inquiries and compliments
as II they were at an ''at-home," the dig
Dity and ability of the magistrate. the i'm
portance of the persons sitting guests
on the bench, the stateliness of wig and
gown on lawyers and judge, and the
aaek are all Hf we see at the Sa
ers were mostly broad-shouldered. mus
en;,u eHlar, handsome isIr young sons of great great
toric names. and they were bronzed by Af-
rican wind and sun. They came at once
from their ship on their arrival in London
trial, and they were dressed in the clothes
worn on the Jameson raid and afterward
in the Boer prison. sciled and weather
stained from head TO foot. Next morning.
however. they appeared point device, sphinx
and span, fresh from the hands of a Bond
street tailor, to whom they must have
of this trial is Interesting. 1t is full of
lively dialogue, questioning and cross-ques-
uoning about wild, daring adventure in
South Africa among the beautifully named
Boer places, which show that the Beers
have still ''the genius for naming" a
genius now lost, Carlyle says. to English
speaking races. The London Jews are deftly
pictured in the course of the trial. ar0ent
and voluble sympathizers with Jameson
the Jews are strong in South Africa. The
Beers OF the younger sort who appeared
fine-looking. educatedH well-dressed men
too, of tire gentlest OF elegant manners; In
their mild composure and indifference they
spoke beautiful English. The trial was car.
ried up. Vefore the lord chief justice. who
made quick work of it, and this second
ers in its amazing and pictorial details
The story of the raid was related by tbs
prosecution, the witnesses merely confirmed
the statement of the counsel for the prose
cution. During the trial nothing so mucf
as suggested the bullying of a witness. th'
magistrate displayed no autocratic author
ity. The eminent men employed on ethel
side were as courteous as they were learned
and they showed marked disposition Il
get at the truth. Embarrassed and difhden
witnesses were treated with consideration
that restored their confidence and ther
was no elation over any advantage gained
The entire proceedings create the profound
est respect for the decency of an Englisl
court.
Miss Krout causes the Queens jubilee I,
pass before the minds eye. The Canadians
the negro police of South Africa, the grace
full Maories of New Zealand and the nativ
East Indian soldiers, swarthy, powerfu
Sikhs, Burmese and Siamese in mapy col
ored turbans, and fine, delicate draperies
the Rhodesian Mounted Rifles, the foreig
ENJOYS, glittering with gold lace and jew
WV ~ w. " MARY DEAN.