The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-20

ior itselti that we begin TO sympathiZe
with the so-called superior race. How
here came to be a Booker Washington
ia the world, how he made Tuskegee,
and what Tuskegee lie doing for the negro
OF the South is told eloquently and with
great literary skill by one OF the BEN
eficiaries Of that noble institution.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the famous
author of Robert Elsmere and Marcella,
has brought out her chefd'oeuvre,
the novel of the year, in Eleanor" 4" pub.
lished by Harper & Brothers, New York.
The dedication and scene Of the story of
this master Of women novelisis is Italy,
and we get many penetrating glances of
the state of holy Rome, the etern Al city,
and the eternal problems of life and re-
ligion. The heroine is the subjecto of the
deepest study in human motives, self.
analysis and sufferlng-too much Of the
latter. The gloomy pschycology Of the
Brton still insists we shall share with it
uhto the brink OF morbidity. Her
self torture and final self sacrlfice are
background fyr beautiful study of "A
New England girl who in the end mar
ries tho hero. The man Manist cennot
qui e keep us from thinking Of manikin.
All he men are OF a perverse, unsatis
factory, disiractiug cast, and this one
most unhappy of all. The Americaine
is somehow out place. There is no good
explanation or excuse for her presence
at the Roman villa Wa wonder why
she does not go home. Her people
should have ordered her home. But her
pereon and her pa ritanism are to be a
foil for cosmopolitan tastes and cul-
ture. We realize that she is an inds.
pensible stage presence, a property lug
ged from across the water to make the
play go forward. Still, the book is full
of the touches OF Mrs. Wards high art.
Eleanor will live in the hearts Of all who
read. Here is her picture Eleanor
saw herself always as the proud woman;
1t is guise in which we are none Of us
too loath TO masquerade. Haughtily
dumb and patient during her married
years; proud morally, socially and in.
tellectually; finding in this stiffening
Of the self her only defence against the
ugly realities of daily life. Proud. too.
in her lonliness and griet--proud OF her
very grief, of her very capacity for buf-
fering, Of all the delicate shades of
thought and sorrow which furnished the
matter OF her secret lite." Mrs. Ward
has drawn the curtains from a pathetic .
picture of woman-failure. May che not
sometime give us SUMMER mental vision
Of triumphant success2 Surely there
are literary realms 10 explore besides the
lava beds and scorie hom the land of
Mrs Wards greatness and
womanliness will yet rise TO the view.
point that sees the need OF humanity for
a different literature Of fiction than any
she has yet given the world.
Mrs. Wards works on sale at Patton
Bros. book store, Salem, Ore.
The ThanksgivingNumber OF Conkey's
Home Journal contains two copyright
ed selections Of sheet music. The darky
slumber song by Julia Marion Manley,
entitled al Guess You'd Better Hush,
Hush, Hush" and the "serenade
Schottische," by L. NJ French, il bought
at retail wonld cost at least one dollar. I
This Issue also contains number OF
interesting stories, the principal ones
being, "When King Lived in America"
by Charlotte l.. Mawson; "And II He
Wills, We Must Die" by Stephen
Crane; Famous English Cathedrals, by
Frank f.. Waska; Forgotten Celebrities,
by John Wesley Hanson. Jr., also
special departments which are both
intersting and instructive, such as
Home Dressmaking, Memory and Mental
Different Ways OF Cooking
Potatoes, and A Comfortable Cottage.
A sample copy Of this handsome Issue
will be mailed free upon request.
Address w. b. Conkey Company,
Chicago III.