Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-14
THE SATURDAY STAR.
Announcement Of Important Features
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The Saturday Star this week will con-
tain, among long list of good things the
first of a series Of irish folk stories by
seufdas MacManus Under the title ''Droll-
cries of Donegal" Ehe stories are full of
rare wit and humor and are sure to prove
an attractive feature. The hills and wales
Of Donegal are full Sf legendary lore, and
the stories are often told of the times when
.ould Ireland was happy and contented
with LAWNS and lashan s-plenty to ait and
little to do; when she had her own kings
half a dozen of them in every courtyard
guineas as common as ten-pennies; and the
farmers had fields of whate that It was a
days journey to walk over and the smell
of them was enough to satisfy a hungry
man, If the like could be found in the
kingdom
MacManus grew up in Donegal and while
boy gained the reputation of being the
best story-teller in the countryside A
peasant himself, he Joined in all the we'd
dings, wakes, fairs and sprees in the neigh
borhood. At nineteen he became the dis
trict schoolmaster. At twenty he began to
write and for several years contributed to
leading Irish papers. Previous to his recent
visit to America he had published several
successful books in London and made an
enviable name as an Irish humorist
The tales are the real fairy tales of Done
gal They have all the charm of Jack and
the Beanstalk,' Jack, the Giant Killer
and Little Red Riding Hood" Indeed, the
titles of some of the tales, Jack and the
King Who Was a Gentleman 1.-THE Giant
of the Band Beggars' Hail." 1.-The Queen of
the Golden Mines" ETC., suggest the jul
venile tales. There is in the stories, too,
something of the same kind of heroes, bold
Adventures and human-like animals, yet
the tales are told in such a rolicking hap
Ply manner and with such genuine reality
that they cannot fail of wide reading by
old as well as young. MacManus has gath
cred together the best of the old folk tales
of Donegal and presented them in series
of most attractive short stories. The story
of willy, the Blacksmith who played
will O. the Wisp," is most ingenious. In
deed, the whole series is notable and will
be eagerly read.
Among other special features of interest
in tomorrow's big literary supplement are
the following:
TOOK HIGH POSITION Qllustrated).
ba oil
paper man, who was so badly wounded
in Cuba. describes the stand that the
United States has taken in the peace
conference at The Hague.
SAN JUAN'S STORES illustrated.
This week Frank Carpenter tells of some
Of the queer business methods of Uncle
Sans West Indian subjects
JOE HOLIDAYS. CoURTsHIP Qllus-
trated).
A capital railroad story by Herbert E.
Hamblen, in which, incidentally, the i'm
possible happens.
ON THE OPEN CARS Gllustrated).
Some amusing side lights on human ma
ture that one may see any summer
evening in Washington.
STYLES FROM PARIS dllustrated).
Fashions keep pace with latter-day poll
tics; revival of the old-time fchu; lace
jackets are popular again.
A MODERN MERCENARY Qllustrated).
The fifth installment of the thrilling serial
by E. and H. Heron.
FEELING RUNS HIGH Qllustrated).
Sterling Heilig says that the French peo-
pie are worked up to a state of madness
over the Dreyfus case and may go to
any extremes.
THE GOLF BONNET Qllustrated).
The weekly fashion letter from The Stars
special correspondent in New York
touches on a number of subjects of
timely interest to women.
THE NAVAL MILITIA Qllustrated).
An account of the good work that is be-
ing done this summer in the way of
training amateur sailors.
OUR TRADE RIVALS.
Germany is the country that we have
most to fear in our battle for the
worlds commerce.
MATTERS IN EUROPE.
L. II. Moore, The Stars special CORE
spondent, sends a particularly newsy
letter this week.
LEAD SIMPLE LIVES
An interesting description of the people
and customs of Tangier Island which is
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strife.
DOWN IN A CRATER.
A visit to town that may well be called
one of the queerest in the world, for it
is built at the bottom of an extinct vol
cano.
MAY INTERFERE IN TRANSVAAL.
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