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of her carriage when she rides about in
splendor may make OF mar careers by
the batting of an eye. The Queen looks
al you-that settles it--you are worth
looking at. All England gets out its
lorsnettes. Clara Butt, il seems, was
pupil at the Royal Academy, who had
never attracted any particular atten-
ton until one day the Duke of Con-
naught. the Queens second son, took
notion to visit the academy. Miss Butt
sang and his Royal Highness deiSned
to be pleased. He returned home and
communicated his pleasure to her Most
Gracious Majesty, who gractously con-
descended to have the young lady sent
for Well, she sang before the Queen.
1t appeared in the court circular that
her Majesty had deigned to listen to
young person from the academy, and
Clara Butts fortune was made. Now
she bellows forth Ben Bolt with
very little more art than the un-SVen-
CALLED Trilby and society bursts It's
gloves in applause.
The English sentiment for the royal
family is revelation and surprise
to me. | cannot get used TO 1t. so
thoroughly saturated am [ in Amerl-
canism that royalty has always seemed
to me something of a joke, little rem
nant of fairy tale days that NOBODY
took quite seriously. 1t is very slowly
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CRITICISMS IN THE BOOK WORLD LEADING ACTORS AND ACIRESSE

without so much as by your leave, she
reaches out and takes your heart ana
never seems to know she has 1t. BY
happy accident she becomes acquainted
with an eligible parti whose favor an
elder sister is trying to win, and in the
face of an astonished family steps in and
becomes his eXuberant if somewhat teary
fiancee. 1t is another example of the
charm a true man must find in the asso-
citation of a fresh, unSpoiled nature, and
vduality by becoming a pattern young
woman. The meat of the stories is hap
PLY hinted at in well-selected introduc-
tory quotations "Those Sort of People"
is interesting because, as does not often
happen in real life. when busy crowds
are elbowing, a young woman makes ner
happiness and domestic fortune by sacri-
ficing her hearts longing to make an old
friend happy. Pictures of social struggle
for recognition are well drawn, and some
apt, terse speeches are used, s for In
stance. when opposition is giving way
we are thus informed: "The truth was
that Fate-whimsical Fate-had pierced
between the Joints of armor already rat
Ting" Again, We read: Pride and So
cial ambition-those two evergreen de-
not infrequently rumple up
waves when otherwise all might have
been smooth sailing" The bad genius or
the story is one of those sort of people
we so often meet in real life, who may be
summed up in the authors words thus:
1.-The watched people go out and in, took
stock of their clothes, their movements,
their manners and their affections. She
did not like it if young visitors were
taller or smarter or wittier than her own
offspring" The book takes its name from
the initial story and is well worth the
time spent in reading 1t.
"k Little Legacy" by Mrs. L. B. Wal
ford. (Stone & Company, Chicago.)
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leaves his club and his business for trip
TO his childhoods home. where he fails IN
is beautiful, but Jack had one grave fault
in my eyes. When they go a-sweetheart-
ing and he takes the dear. old dame to
inviting another woman in to choose for
her a new bonnet. for Vanity is part of
love, if love is test of vanity, When
stories are given titles that lead you TO
expect what you don't get and are yet
consistent with the tale. the author may
safely be called original. and pleasantly
so when. as in the case in question. the
Long Howl suggests forests and from
tiers and melancholy isolation and the
need all f1ocks have for care and shelter;
If nv hatpin had chosen less wisely it
might have prevented your finding out
happily for yourselves: the reason for the
authors choice of subject. Hatpins are
not given heads for nothing!
1.-The VOLTS Long Howl" by Stanley
Waterloo.
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dawning upon me that here the divine
right of kings is a solemn dogma of faith
and that our doctrine that all men are
created equal is the most sinful species
of heresy. Think of it, the Declaration
of Independence sin! 1t is nightly
like declaring the Ten Commandments
all off! OF course one finds occasional
English subjects who criticize the royal
family and advocate social equality in
true republican fashion, but they. L
believe, are not the representative Eng
lish people.
They belong as a rule to younger.
more progressive generation; to newer
families who have no lineage to boast
Of Among the genuine old British
stock there is but one name more sacred
that Queen" God and Queen are
breathed with almost equal fervor. n
few days ago I spent the afternoon with
one of these loyal old families, in this
case old in more than one particular.
It consists of four maiden ladies. the
youngest 50. all living in an ancestral
mansion under the protection of their
father who is Sc years of age. The ex-
perience was like a chapter from an
old English novel, although l as an
American felt anonymously new. The
ladies occupied themselves with en-
broidery and we gossiped over the tea
cups quite like Jane Austen's herOines.
The cups. by the way, were $50 years
old: the spoons were 900. and so was the
clock that licked on the huge old man
tel
Have you ever made a collection of
crests?" was one of the questions that
was put to me in the course of the
conversation.
mo; I haven't. How do you begin
such a collection?"
why, simply take the crests from
note paper You very soon acquire the
Of a r.
respondents and it makes an interest
ing scrapbook.
I stated as delicately as 7 could that
the crests of hny correspondents would
probably not make very enormous
scrapbook.
The entrance of the old gentleman in
terrupted our inspection of the crest
collection. Although white and totter-
ing with his Sc years, his gallantry
could not have been surpassed by the
veriest Prince Charming. Il am de-
lighted to see you again" he said. with
his hand on his heart and the most
graceful of bows. As it was the first
time that he had ever laid eyes on me
the again seemed a trif1e superf1u-
Gus.
"This is the first time that you have
ever met Miss Green" explained his
daughter.
"Ah. is that so? Then the greater
pleasure now, was the SeI-pOsSesSeu
response.
We got along beautifully the old gen.
tleman and I, he showing me transla-
ton that he had made of Homer. and
finding it very strange that 1. living in
America. had ever heard of Homer.
Unfortunately something was said
about the Queen, and then I lost my
friend. To quote Bill Nye, "a little
cloud about the size Of a doormat
"A wonderful woman is the Queen,
said the old gentleman. enthusiastic
cally. Wonderful, wonderful Do you
not find her so? And the Prince of
Wales, magnificent characteE! Do you
not admire him?'
I'm afraid I'm. not Very well edu-
Gated in the attainments OF either the
Queen or the Prince" l said evasively,
hut the old gentleman was not content
He. became politely spiteful because L
didn't absolutely assent.
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be classic. 1t Is historically inaccu-
rate, attributing to RObespierre quail
ties of mind and heart which he could
never have possessed. The love story,
which is entirely imdginery, one can
easily forgive but l resent The honest
tears that Irving is successful in eX-
tracing over the well-deserved fate of
a monster. The fourth act, in which
RObespierre is haunted by the ghosts
of his victims, is perhaps IrVtng's great
est opportunity, although the theme is
so WOefully trite That stage ghosts
have their limitations there can be no
doubt. They are certainly not versatile
in possibilities, and yet in brand-neW
drama one expects at least a trifting
variation on the old played-out ghost,
a new style in sheets and pillOWcases
or a new trick in fitting. Sardou'S
that we all know so well, and the effect
that they produce upon RObespierre IS
the Old familiar terror of Richard III
and Macbeth. Irving's acting in this
part is all that could be desired, but
one feels that it could just as we'll have
been Richard itself instead of the imi-
tatiOn. Perhaps there is good excuse
for the lady who wears paste diamonds
when she possesses the genuine articles.
but I fail to see why Henry Irving, who
has succeeded so distinctly in Shak--
spearian drama, should cOndeScend 10
the great English tragedian is taking
up translatiOns from the French, Nc
-Sully and Bernhardt are beginning
Shakespearian roles The former, in
OthelIo, is playing to crowded houses,
and the Londoners are not scornin.g
Berrhardt's Hamlet by any means
Why is it, I wonder, that the English
speaking people are supposed tc be
weary of their classics? In Paris. Ra-
cine. Moliere and Corneille are played
constantly. There is not week dur
ing the theatrical season when it is
not possible to witness classical per
formance. yet here in the great English
metropolis the only presentation of any
English classical drama is by foreign
woman in a foreign tongue
Mrs. Patrick Campbell is devoting
herself to Sudermam's "Magda, and
the Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Her
Magda is not so deep as that of the
great Duse, but it is clever, strikingly
so. Mazda" is not play that is cal
culated to be popular. To half Of the
audience it means nothing at all; to the
other half it suggests a dilemma Tor
which there is no remedy, and what IS
the use of considering the irremedl-
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Margaret Angiin's Re-
view Of "The Wolf
Iona Howl. F."

One night in my dressing-room 1 took
up the very attractive looking volume left
here for me, or rather for my opinion
If were to read with view to criticism
should never read at all, for no one
knows so well as my own poor pen how
thoroughly incompetent 1t Is to pass 1uog-
ment on the work of any other pen. The
pleasure of reading good books from
cover to cover is a luxury granted to
those with time to command. end so. not
knowing what choice to make from the
collection of stories in 1.-THE VOLTS Long
Howl" my hatpin was called upon to do
the duty of selection, and 1t slipped in be-
tween the pages of 1.-The Man Who Fell
in Love" The title promised trouble, and
the tale fulfilled tho promise. The hero
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more than you can help, but come down
here and have a private talk with me
about it. It was so light in value that 1T
wouldn't sink and as it may be run down
any day by a well-steered reporting ship
L have strong reasons for lying low.
Yours -.
Verify this is a book-making age. and
various are the causes that have induced
men to become authors. Chill penury,
ambition. benevolence, avarice and re-
venge have influenced the speed of the
pen and given us the incurable disease
called "intolerable WEAKNESS" trying to
* Girl of Grit" by Major Arthur Grif-
fths R. F. Fenno & Co., New York and
London; cloth, 75c).
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Y DON'T know in What uSnl MAX Deer
bohm's More" is regarded, whether
as q great work or not, and nave no
/ desire TO appear caustic in my crltl-
,!sm. You need not break the butter
fv's back with Il wheel. Ny opinions may
be quite wrong-likeiy they are-for l am
not a critic and the shoemaker should
stick to his last" However, in his
sketches he seems to have given the full
est rein to a meandering mind ana ms
philosophy, If we may call 1t that, seems
to he the result of looking at things with
haIf-closed eyes. He INDUCES in certain
whimsicaities, reasoning from peculiar
standpoints, and lacks the power our
American writers have displayed in the
same field of literary work. The book IS
a very superior instance of journalistic
skill in space writing and undisputed clev-
erness is shown in using that skill.
An author of this class has his counter
part in the actor whose ability lies chief
~ in mis- makeup box. Mr.. Beerbohm s
memory serves him well. The quotation
mark seems to have been invented for
his especial benefit and he thoroughly
understands the effect of garnishing for
the public taste. He knows how to make
himself impressive by dragging in bits of
verse. not always relevant to the subject
in hand. I don't know why so many
authors do this. Perhaps it saves time
and is less fatiguing than original
thought. The title seems to strike the
keynote of the composition. You have
but TO turn the tap on at any moment
and get more" To me. as an author he
IS much like his brother as an actor The
aroma of numberless afternoon teas
seems to watt itself from the pages as
we read. Nothing could be more fatuous
than his remark in regard 10 grand opera,
How can man be so rancidly conceted
as TO set such an opinion before the pub
lie? He would not care if all grand opera
were burned. To blazon such narrow
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The Rubaiyat of Tommy Kelly, by Ray
nfond F. Ayers, as published in Book
Notes for July contains this final verse
of keen and widely applicable humor:
He wrote of things he did not know about,
Rut no one ever found his secret out.
he used so many polysyllables
His meaning was forever wrapped In oouot'
His articles created much surprise
The critics scarcely could believe their eyeA-
Here was man they could not understand.
Unanimously they said HE is wise.
Walter Paters advice to writer's to take
any pains to secure the one word which
exactly conveys their meaning would. if
followed. lift from much modern fiction a
tiresome weight Of verbostty,
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Hattie Bell Lddd Stud
les "A Little Legacy"

"a Little Legacy" is a collection of
short stories presenting phases of English
life and carrying us from London and her
environs to the beautiful out-of-town
houses of British wealth and hospitality.
Short stories are wise provision for the
busy and when we'll told, as they are in
"A Little Legacy" they prove a pleasant
recreation ''Only Kitty is one of the
best, telling the story of an ingenuously
happy young girl who takes her pleasures
in defiance of that bugbear. good form,
and enjoys herself to the top Of her bent.
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mindedness in print savors Of asininity
There is common trick used from time
to time by workers in all fields of art
the trick Of shocking the public into
belief in their greatness. To be supercil-
iousy iconoclastic is thought to be cour-
ageous, to be clever; when in reality it
is only to be impertinent, and stupidly
fmpertinent at that.
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You cannot read the work without hear
ing the seductive voice of Mother nature
calling YOU to the Terai, and, what is
more, longing to go.
flaming the Jungle" by r. Conan
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Henry Miller Gives the
AK to Mox Beerbobnn's
More"
8 More.

r DON'T know in what light Max Beer
! b3hm's More" is regarded, whether
as a great work or not, and have no
/ desire TO appear caustic in my .criti-
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I AN in London. Something that I
should call fog is hanging over
the city, but IS il is possible to see
4 across the street I am laughed at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-02
SHAW AT TOLEDO.
Governor Given Warm Reception b
Tama County Republicans.

Governor Given Warm Reception by
Tama County Republicans.
Special to Times-Republican.
Toledo, Nov. 2.-The political meeting
of the campaign was held at the armory
last evening, addressed by Governor
Shaw. Long before the hour of opening
the hall was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. Many turned away disappoint-
ed because they could not get to hear
Young Business" the popular COVER
nor of Iowa. The meeting was called
to order by County Chairman d. Cam
cry, who introduced Hon. G. r. Struble
as chairman. Music by the college quar-
Itet and cornet band followed. The gov
ernor was at his very best. The enthu-
siasm Of the large audience gave an in
spiration to the governor, which
brought forth the very best political
speech ever heard in Tama county. His
statements We're so concise, his argu-
ments SO clear, that even child in
politics could understand. On the ques-
ton of loyalty to country and flag the
governor gives no uncertain sound and
insists on maintaining the honor and
integrity of both. Although the eve
ming was cold many farmers drove from
four to eight miles to attend the meet
ing.
Hon. Joseph e. Blythe of Mason City
and f. w. Bicknell of Des Moines We're
in attendance at the meeting.
County politics are warming up this
last week and full vote will be gotten
out next Tuesday. A conservative es-
innate gives Governor Shaw 200 major
ity in Tama county, which means the
election of the whole county ticket.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-02
FIND OUT YOURSELF.

Why ask physician to find out
whether your kidneys are diseased.
Take glass tumbler and fill 1t with
urine. II there Is a sediment after
standing twenty-four hours your kid
neys are sick. If you have a desire to
urinate often. pain in the back or II
your urine stains linen you should at
once take DR.. David Kennedy's Fa-
vorite Remedy, as delay is dangerous.
There is no question about 1t being the
best and surest medicine In the world
for any and all diseases of the kidneys,
liver. bladder and OF the urinary pas
sages, rheumatism, dyspepsia or con-
stipation of the bowels. 1t quickly re-
lieves inability to hold urine and the
necessity OF getting up often during
the night. 1t stops that scalding pain
when passing urine and corrects the
bad effects Of whisky and beer.
1t is sold by all druggists at 81 bot
tie. You can have trial bottle and
pamphlet Of valuable medical advice
sent free by mail. postpaid, by men,
tioning this paper and sending your adj
dress to the DR.. Kennedy Corporation,
Rondout, N. 7.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-02
Met Horrible Death.

Chicago, Nov. Hundreds of people
powerles to effect rescue watched Jo-
seph Buntee, of Des Noines, lineman
for the Commonwealth Electric Com
pany, burn to death at the top of a tel
egraph pole at West Madison and Pau
lima street here Tuesday. While en-
gagged in repairing defective wires Bun
tee came in contact with live wire.
The shock threw his body forward on
net work Of live wires, where 1t hung
limp. People in the street below set up
a shout, and in few moments an i'm
mense crowd had gathered. Fear Of the
live wires prevented attempts to as
cend the pole. William Patterson, a
lineman who had been working near
Buntee, ran to n drug store and tele-
phoned OF the company Office for the
current to be shut off. When he re-
turned Buntee's body was lying face
downward on the wires, blush flames
and thin blue smoke showing that flesh
and clothing were burning. Firemen OF
truck company No. raised ladder to
a level with the body, and Patterson,
wearing rubber gloves and carrying a
stout rope, was sent up. The body was
| tied to the ladder and lowered to the
ground. Buntee lay on the wires near
| ly half hour, and when the body
reached the ground life was extinct.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-02
THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
Now Believed That Wayne Bnsl,

Now Believed That Wayne Bagley
Enlisted In Army-Local Items.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell. Nov. I'm View of the fact
that all other theories regarding the
disappearance of Wayne Bagley have
proved unteaable, people-that is. some
people-are inclined to the opinion that
he skipped away and enlisted in the
army under an assumed name. The
fact that he asked Maj Norris some
questions about army life and about
enlistment strengthens this theory, and
yet there are many reasons for the
opinion that he has not done that. On
the whole the enlistment idea shows
fewer objections than any other yet
suggested.
Erwin Duftin is in hard luck. bruise
on his hand having developed erysipe-
las, and for four weeks past he has
been unable to work at his trade car
penter and joiner. He hopes TO be fit
for duty in couple OF weeks more.
With the amount of work on hand at
this season. his loss is a severe one.
The members OF Grinnell Lodge No.
35s while at work last night We're in
formed that the Rebekahs We're de-
manding admission. They entered,
bringing a grand oyster supper, which
was discussed as only Odd Fellows
know how. The lodge is in a flourish
ing condition.
C. l.. Hulsizer is a substitute mail
carrier whose name was inadvertently
!omitted yesterday.
Frank King, of the Red Front force,
has been off duty for some days from
the effects of rheumatism.
Max Hoffman will lecture in the ar
mory on the evening of November ).
Miss Edith NJ. Dyer gave Hal
lowe'en party Tuesday night at which
a score of young people thoroughly en-
Iioyed themselves until a late hour. Ten
young women and the same number of
Young men evolved a scheme whereby
! 1.-The young women We're to hide, With
1.-THE proviso that those who We're TO hide
should keep within certain designated
4 bounds. notwithstanding the natural
Instinct of man which urges him for
/ ward in search OF the gentle and better
SEX, they We're so we'll hidden that all
the efforts to find them We're Of nc
lavail. The boys became first tired
then discouraged and when s O'Clock
ARRIVED and no girls, they began to bs
alarmed. But there is an end TO nearly
Everything, and at $50 p m. the ladies
becoming weary of the apparent ZACH
Iof diligence or of resource of the gal
liant knights who We're searching foi
1.-THE maidens fair. gave up. came in from
their hiding and all went merry as {
wedding bell
The directors of the schools expect T.
Ihaye the Cooper school ready for occu
lpancy by November 10.
A peddler of cheap millinery good.
vas arrested Tuesday and brought t,
lGrinneM from New sharon, and by vlr
Itue Of a search warrant his trunks ant
grips We're searched, hui nothing wa
found that had belonged TO the Meano
sisters. A small bill of goods wa
bought and his bill, a printed form
lgave the name of A. b. Todd. In penci
vas written 1S5 Wabash avenue. I
telephone message TO the block from
which he purported to come received
reply that no such firm WAS in the vi
tcinity. When the peddler wrote hi
name on the recelpted bill it was A. 4
TODD, which aroused suspicion, henc
tine search
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-02
OFFICERS AFTER ]. w. HooT.
Black Hawk County sheriff Looking
for Internal Machine Man.

for Internal Machine Man.
Waterloo. NOV. THE belief that
Jerome w. Hool who is supposed to be
IN Chicago, is the person guilty of send
ing 10 his Wife. Nette NJ Hoot the
internal MACHINE received by her. and
chat he intended to murder her for the
purpose of gaining possession of her
property, is gaining strength here. Mrs.
Hoot is 50 thoroughly convinced of the
guilt OF her husband that Yesterday she
swore OFT warrant for his arrest on
the charge of assault with intent to
commit murder. The warrant has been
forwarded to Sheriff w. NJ. Law, who
lis in Chicago in search OF Hoot, and
who mas authority TO employ private
detectives and take what other action
ne may deem necessary The police
have learned that Hoot has been on
Iclose terms Of friendship With a young
woman in Chicago, who is known To
her intimate friends by the name of
Tab This is the name signed to the
note which preceded the arrival of the
package containing the death-dealing
weapon al Mrs. Hoot,s home The
package as we'll as the note We're adj
dressed to Mr. jerome ". Hoot TIE
nt'icers beiieHe this is a Fart of the
husbands Plan 70 make it appear the
package was iutended for MIN, and
thus throw suspicion on one whom he
believed would be unknown. The young
woman is known here, where she has
relatives. Her name is Addie Norce.
| She has been in Chicago for some time,
ibut her address can not be given.
Those who know her say that it is an