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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
PRESIDENT HALL BACK.

President John NJ Hall of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road. who, with his wife. has been
spending his summer vacation in Eu-
rope. arrived in New York on the Etru-
ria, Of the Cunard line, Saturday Pres
ident and Mrs. Hall have been abroad
six weeks and have spent most of the
time among the highlands and lakes of
Scotland.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
DRANK FLY POISON.

Little Adam Brinsky Frightened His
Parents
Adam Brinsky. a little boy two years
Of age, of 90 Congress avenue, drank
some fluid fly poison Saturday after
noon while left alone in room, and
gave his parents considerable of a
fright. At the hospital physicians sue
ceeded in removing the poison from the
child's stomach and the boy was sent
home later, none the worse for his ex-
perience.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10

Mrs Charles P. Merwin and family
return to-day to their. home. in New
Britain, having spent the summer, az
ia their annual custom, in their cottage
at Merwins Point.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
lost Complete Line of Paper and Irvine in the State
CRUISE OF THE ELFR1DA.

The o. S. S. Elfrida, the practice ship
Of the Connecticut Naval reserves, left
New Haven Saturday afternoon on a
short cruise to the westward. There
were about fifty officers and men
aboard, including several from the
Third division. On the return yester-
day afternoon the Elfrida stopped at
Black Rock, off the Bridgeport Yacht
club.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
HOW TO USE THE BIBLE
POWERFUL DISCOURSE DELIVER
Ed BY REV. f. W, ADAMS

AT the Epworth M. e. Church Yester-
day FOrenoOn-Man's HopelessMess
without Gods Word Its Light IL
lumines Earth -ValuubIe Hints as to
Bible study.
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when walking about have generally seen
her majesty with a bright silk kerchief
twisted capwise on her hair, and when
driving IN the shabby one horse village
cnalse. with rough coated charioteer.
and one of her ladies in waiting seated
on the driving box, the queen has some
llmes worn Wide-br1mIned straw gar
den hat.
Her majestry can speak the patois of
the various districts of Italy, and her
Englsh accent is exceedingly pretty To
an EnglIShwoman the queen said, look
ing affectienately at King Humbert. who
Vas present for few hours in the valley,
1t IS over forty years since he was here,
and then. '-Sighing-'he was a boyp
King Hunlbert. clad in borghese-that
is TO say, in a cutaway black coat. gray
trousers and hard, round hat-gave his
arm to the peasant clad queen as they
walked from the church toward the vii
iage, and it was the king who looked the
less royal
AN officer who has had ample oppor-
tunlty of observing Italy's king in the
last few years noted to me a marked
change in his majesty's appearance, and
dates 1t from the reverses to his army
IN Africa. His expression was careworn.
his hgure shrunken. the once military
squareness of the shoulders had given
way to droop, and his hair and mus
tache We're nearly white. For some years
queen Margherita had been suggesting
TO King Humbert to dye his hair and
beard, as the Piedmentese mobiles and Of
fieers make a practice of doing. On one
occasion her majesty sent for a noted
hair dye and had it placed on the king 8
toilet table. The following day came a
silent response, when the queen s favorite
poodle was powdered TO snowy wilderness
by the king and sent by him into her
maJestry.s boudoir as a practical protest
poodle became an historic dog after that,
and after hts appearance In powdered
curls the subject o.. dyetng the hair was
completely dropped In Italian court cir
cleS -
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pened. In one of her long walks Queen
Margherita passed the charred remnants
of the hamlet of Saint Antonio. She
made instant Inquiries as to the condi-
ton of the burned out families, and the
result was that each family received a
twenty dollar note from the queen-a
Veritable fortune in a poor valley, and.
being wholly unexpected, a most wei
come fortune, too. To foreigner who
had been helpful to some Italian peasants
whose industry is as great as their pow
ePty the queen devised an enchanting sur
prise making the stranger the channel of
the royal bounty to number of Piedmon-
teSe teiIePs. These are random but typi
cal instances of the queens tactful kind
ness
II Is we'll known that the emperor of
Germany, on whom royalties are apt to
pan, felt the full charm of ItaIy's queen.
a neighbor of Queen Marghertta. when
the court is at Monza, has been telling
me that when the German emperor was
IN italy oall was given IN his honor
IN the palace at Menza. Just when all
were asking, Where is the queen?' fold
ing doors flew open and her majesty ap-
peared with the silver halo of the Lucia,
pins framing her hair and face. She
walked upon the local 'zeccoli.' which are
nlgn wooden patterns. They are rather
harder to manage than stills, but the
queen tripped along. mounted upon them,
as II she had worn them all her life.
Th1s royal woman takes an artistic inter-
est in the various costumes of her realm.
1T was curious at Gressoney to con-
trast the wearers of French fashions
with those habited in the local dress.
winch the queen wears daily during her
VlllegiatuFa, or summer holiday. The
uniform of the valley looked infinitely
better than the Partisan dresses. It was
becoming to every woman, and. some
how, the peasant garb seemed more dig
nified than the fashionable one. The
Gressoney costume consists of a bright
scarlet dress. which is sleeveless. and
worn over full sleeved white linen
'smoek.' ornamented with the Alpine
point lace. The bodice in 'front.' has
black velvet. gold braided triangular
piece, with the point toward the waist.
Between the bretelles of scarlet the white
'smock shows across the chest. 1t goes
up to the throat In a straight collar. The.
Val du Lys is wide. very green valley,
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can Unsoc1n1 socin1ist.n

AN Unsocial Socialist" by G. Bernard
Shaw. Brentano's, New York.
Mr.. Shaw is in this book the chief fig
ure and the real hero. No writer in Eng
land today has a personality more divert
Ing than Mr.. Shaw. 1t is so striking that
it obtrudes itself conspicuously in every
thing he writes. Whether it be an essay,
a novel or a play, interest centers in
him. Surely since the day Don Ouixote
was born into the literary world Wa
nave not had a more cratic hero than
Mr.. Sidney Trefusis. He Is sure to do
the opposite thing from what you expect
and he upstes all ones traditions of the
conventional lover, husband and friend.
or one thing you can be certain, neither
he nor the author will ever bore YOU
The present book which now appears
in an excellent edition for the delectatton
of American readers is perhaps as formal
an effort in fiction as Mr.. Shaw has ever
made. 1t is skillfully characterized with
a fairly continuous and connected story,
and in the end hero and heroine are al
lowed to unite as in the pacific and hap
by couples of romances. The author
monopolizes attention with his quizzical
humor, his serene pessimism and his
pleasant habit of smashing not only the
idols of others, but those of his own Gre
alton. To surprise the reader all along
the journey with a hundred inconsistent
cies and lure him with what ap5~lGGa %
be subtle argument leading to- a pFoe
foundly moral conclusion ara then tS
hurry him through another line of rea-
soning so that he must double on his
tracks and fly along in the other direc-
ton, Is a pastime which only Mr.. Shaw
could have invented. The book is full of
dellciously witty and natural dialogue
ana In spite OF its satire against social
Ism 1T conceals some splendid arguments
IN its favor As a story it is irresistibly
humorous and charming, and as a study
Of society it is fascinating.
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REVIEWS Of NEW BOOKS
GALES FROM TeKIe,, ONE OF TIE
INTERESTING PUBLICATIONS
OF RECENT DATE
ODD WAYS OF THE JAPANESE
Gan UnsociaI Socialist" and "The
Woman That's GOod"-AIsO In
teresting New voIumes-Lft-
erary Notes.

'"Tales from Toxic" by Clarence Ludlow
Brownell. Warner & Brownel, New
York.
Japan, the ''new-old'' nation Of the
East. is always a country which appeals
to the Imagination Of the Western peo-
pies. Now it is Of especial interest when
the troops of the Mikado are marching on
Pekin, and a Japanese general is in COM
mand of the allied forces. An interesting
and beautifully bound and printed book
on Japan and things Japanese, called
'"Tales from Toxic" has just
been published. The author, Clar-
ence Ludlow Brownell, lived for
several years in Japan, where he
was instructor in the government school
In Toxic. Mr.. BrownelPs stories are most
pleasant reading and from the pages one
unconsciously imbibes pretty clear idea
of japanese methods of thought and ac-
ton. OF Japanese business methods the
author does not think highly. He says in
one Of his stories: zone might as we'll ex-
the moral obligation Of a promise as to
expect a Japanese merchant to DO as he
has agreed to do merely for the sake CT
keeping his word His mind changes as
the childs mind-as blithely and as un-
reasonably.
This is a Janapese trait that discovers
itself in all classes Of society. For in
stance. the spokesman in class in the
DaI Gakko. the imperial university Of
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fist pursues his game to believe that
Lombroso and his fellow scientists are
serious In their discussion. The story
told of Isaac Newton, who enunciated the
law OF universal gravitatiOn, that he or
dered two holes cut in the door to ad-
init the entrance Of his cats, one big
hole for the mother cat and one small
hole for the kitten, is entirely credible
So is the story of the tail mathematician
who, finding the hotel bed too short,
discovered, by dint of extended figuring,
that by lying diagona1ly he would have
room enough.
Such scientists would probably, if once
fairly started on the quest, reason with
great eru6itton as to how the practice
Of walking, or seeing. or eating. origin
ated.
While the scientists are pIung1ng deep
into ethnologic mazes to discover how the
practice of kissing originated, the I'M
scientific. but sensible, man, who discov-
cred the practice for himself without
observing birds or Terra del Fuegans,
looks on with smile of superiority like
that which the lad told the archaeologist
who was cherishing scrap of ancient
pottery he had dug UP, That's piece
OF one of mas old flower pots
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WHEN KISSING WAS INVENTED.

Scientists Searching for the Begin
ming of the Practice.
st. Louis Republic.
A saving common sense is as whole
some in science as elsewhere The re-
finement Of absurdity into which scien-
tific men sometimes follow their re-
searches has often laid them open to
ridicule of unscientific but sensible men
A case in point is the discussion regard
ing the origin Of the practice Of kissing
in which scientists, led by Cesare Lom-
broso, the Italian criminologist, are now
engaged.
Lombroso declares that Hector did not
kiss Andromache, nor Paris Helen, nor
Ulysses Penelope. He declares that
kissing originated In the practice Of
mothers in Terra del Fuego-where he
asserts, drinking vessels are not known
of filing their mouths with water and
transferring 1t thence to the mouths Of
their babies. This, he surmises, the
mothers learned by observing birds feed
their young. This genesis of the practice
Of kissing has been questioned by some
Of LombroSo's fellow scientists, and one
of them asserts that the practice orig
mated in Rome with husbands who de-
sired to ascertain surreptitiously whether
or not their wives had been drinking
wine.
1t is hard for a man who has never
noted the absorption with which a scien-
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and these scarlet dresses Of ,ts dauoh-
tiers at WORK IN the rich meadows are
most beautl1u touches of color where ii
is 1oveliness. Other Italian Anime vallava
have their traditional costumes. Soma
being richer and more original, as the
Fohello ana rlmelia uniforms while
others are lar less striking than that Of
GressoneY.
mot long ago at VaraIlo-sesia there
were some well set un CHARACTERISTICS, Sdris
very taut and trim, some brightly clad,
rather overtrimmed Italian rnatrons, and
hundreds nS f 81 peasants, with their time.
from each other materially in theft garb.
Some wore Empire waists. others defined
the waist at the so-eaIied 'naturaP level.
A few were Fooelline,9 Who ha4F been
styled the Amazons Of the Alps because
their richly embroidered leggings look
trouser4tke and their high boots suggest
the trappings of a huzzar. All had on
sleeves and macrame-like point lace Of
the region. A bright silk apron gave
happy touch of color to some of the plain
est uniforms Rtmellese and Fobelline use
broideries, with tassals in profusion on
their dark cloth garb. At Fobello, too,
a deep red band ends the short dark
nue h ane ed0e fb skirts RS 1t may be read
this motley crowd were lost to view.
The queen holds an informal recep-
ton at the door of the parish church
every Sunday and holiday during her
stay at Gressoney. One Of her many adj
miring subjects to me: our queen comes
to the Val du Lys for little peace and
quiet. It is very fatiguing to live in
crowd and to be the center and main
spring Of everything. That is the queens
life at Rome, at Monza and everywhere
else, but here at Gressoney she COM
presses all her social duties into her
church door receptions. And she Is
perfect wonder, too. She never forgets
a. face, and she omits to notice none of
those waiting outside the church who
have even the smallest right to be spok-
en- to, and to each she finds the right
thing to say
'"Fhe Queen talks rapidly, In true Ital-
ian fashion. with hands no less than
lips smiling gayly, turning this way and
that, ever in movement, and sparkling
always.
''Headgear Is certainly the obstacle for
strangers dressing a la Gresscnaise, as
bonnet is a soleeism there, and so are
milliners' hats. The, queen. when in the
town, usually wears great. gray, Rem
brandt-like felt hat, which does not look
out of keeping with the peasant dress.
For church she wears a black lace veil
arranged over high Spanish comb, but
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CHARM OF TIALY'S QUEEN
SUBJECTS OF THE GRACIOUS MAR
GHERrTA LAMENT THE DEATH
OF HUMBERT
COSTUMES oF HER MAJESTY
What an American Woman Abroad
Has to Say About Her Pop
u1ar Church Door Re-
ceptiOns.

It is a matter Of some speculation
among persons who have met the gra-
cious Queen Marghertta Of Italy, as to
whether the great grief which has fallen
upon her through the untimelY death
OF King Humbert, viii crush out that
democratic buoyancy Of spirit for which
her majesty has been world famous and
which has endeared her so truly to her
subjects.
An American woman abroad. In writing
about her, says:
Queen Margherita is, in the parlance
OF her Alpine subjects, our kind queen ;
with strong emphasis on the adjective.
She charms everyone with whom she
comes in contact. A little housemaid in
the mountain hosiery Of Casa Yanzo,
where the queen stopped on two of her
excursions from Gressoney, said: The
queen patted my cheek. Just think how
friendly is our kind queen! She ID far
more affable than her lady in waiting
1.-The kind queen heard Of a peasant
girl who had met with an accident and
broken her leg. Forthwith her majesty
dispatched a messenger with inquiries
and a present, and a promise of a car
rage to convey doctor and patient to the
nearest hospital, which was a whole
days drive from where the accident hap
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I Japan, which had entered upon the study
of American history with aFdor. addressed
the professor after the third lesson:
| please, honorable master, we wish not
to perGse the grand American history fur
ther; we would rejoice. instead, to read
how balloons are made" So the merchant
who has ordered a thousand bolts of
| flannel at the agency of some foreign
house is likely to appear a few days
later, after a chance meeting with a
friend and a little chat on business, to
say he does not care for flannel, but
thinks he would l5lze to have a dozen
COWS to start a eaith farm with. On
the morrow he nay have changed again
and be eager for Waterbury, watches or
'mustache producing elixir
Should the merchant say that 1t Is too
late to change, as he has ordered the fam
pels, the gentle native would say. o
kino doku san-'August sorry, mister
or, freely translated, the joke is on Won
The agent, If he Is a griffin "a person
newly arrived in the country may ex-
plain that, having ordered the goods n
would be dishonorable to Withdraw
That augustly is honorably existing
truth, replies the deferentiaI little Ian
,out do not want farnels: I wo,,Jd
nave cows and waterbury watches and
elixir. But you should have warned No
earlier says the griffin. The order hos
oeen caoied already. cannot change it
now. The goods are on the way so
augustly, probably, honorably it NAV
De- observes the native. bowling low. IF
70 do not accept the goods I shall be en1-
earrassed, continues the agent .SaJo
de gozlamasho.' observes the native az
before. And trust you will honor yorr
order, continues the griffin. That Is
quite Impossible, as l have changed nv
mind, and with another profound sa1aan,
the little one smiles eheerfully and with
draws. leaving the agent wrapped in
realizing sense of that most freouent -
all japanese expressions, 'SlSikate 30
nai'' or, as the Yankee hath it, It's 10
use kicking"
Journalism IN Japan. according to Mr.
Brownell, has It's drawbacks. He saws:
Wearing and vexatious enough in ali
countries. in the land of the rising sun
the business of editing and publishing a
daily paper has been so uncertain that It
is marvel 1t has been carried on at all.
To an American such certainty would
be intolerable The Japanese editor,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
"QUafnt Nuggets"

Quaint Nuggets" selections from Full
Ter, Hall, Selden, Herbert and Walton.
Copied by EVeline Warner Bratnerd,
FoIds, Howard & Hubert, New York.
The Age Of Elizabeth" Is a phrase
synonymous with the most brilliant era
of English history. at least down to that
OF Victoria, but the men who made 1t
so had line Of successors during the
next fifty years, who left the reigns Of
James, Charles L. Cromwell and Charles
IL. hardly less notable. The authors
from whom selections have been made for
this latest addition to the friendly and
helpful Nugget Series" were all born
while Elizabeth was on the throne,
which she assembled in 1547, and the latest
survivor Of them lived till $685. only two
years before the death of Charles II.
An excellent portrait of fuller opens
the book, and discriminating introduc-
ton by the compiler awakens an inter
est which her intelligently gathered
nuggets more than sustain.
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have but a small sum for this purpose,
select good quality of mating rather
than cheap quality Of carpet Later on
a rug may be placed over the mating.
Shades for the windows should be the
next choice. A good walnut or oak ex-
tension table may usually be purchased
at a secondhand store for a very small
amount. Next should come the chairs,
and If there Is any money left over add
a dinner wagon or sideboard, according
to the amount in hand.
When ready to purchase your dishes
let your choice be delicate colors and
small designs rather than those that are
stylish" patterns, for Of these one Is
sure to tire. Never overcrowd the table.
and make 1t point to see that every
thing in the dining room is fresh and as
clean as 1t can possibly be made.
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''The Lunatic at Large"

The Lunatic at Large" by J. Slower
Glouston. D. Appleton & Co., New
York
a story Of a young English gentleman.
who after severe mental shock, follower
by brain fever, is temporarily deranged.
His condition Is such that ARRANGEMENTS
are made for him to travel abroad in
charge Of a physician as the best means
Of his recovery.
The doctor "a young man described as
having weak mustache and st1ll weaker
CHM and blackguard friend, who domi-
mates him to a great degree, decide to
place the young gentleman in an asylum
and enjoy the trip themselves, the sal
airy and expense money being liberal.
The imprisoned young man contrives
his escape in a few weeks to London
lie is gradually recovering his mental
strength, but Is unable to remember who
he is or who are his friends During hfa
residence in the city and neighboring
towns his naturally spOrtive disposition
combined with the cunning OF an unbal.
aneed person, carry him through soma
very startling and amusing escapades
constituting the major portion OF the
tale.
He finally discovers his identity. and bv
this time being himself again, Is able to
get even with the doctor and friend who
nave been enjoying themselves at bIs
expense The story Is worth the perusaI
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"In CentraI Africa

"a White Woman in Central Africa" by
BHlen Caddtck. Published by CasseiI
q Co., Limited. New York
For an English woman to taRe Jour
ney III the Zambesi into Central Africa
absolutely alone, although warned Of the
difficulties attending it ana being unfo-
familiar with the language of the ma
uves, seems a strange sort of pleasure
trip-for we have her assurance that she
went merely for pleasure and obserya-
ton. The natives, on finding she had no
definite mission. at first Thought her a
lupatic, and were thankful she was harm
less. but the author Is DESTROYS of i'm
pressing readers with the fact that these
beings commonly called "savages'' were
extremely kind and attentive at all times
Trips overland were made in a machila.
sort of hammock made of sail cloth
swung on pole. each end Of which was
supported on a natives shoulder. All the
european government stations and mis-
s1ons en- route were visited. The suthor
Is Of the opinion that, IL directors Of
companies sending agents in.o thts conn
try were obliged to work under the cor
rugated iron roofs Of the offices provided
they would leave eff thinking of dividends
long enough to contrive some mora com
PORTABLE quarters better suited to the OK
treme heat Of that climate Most read.
ers will agree with the sound criticism
made of some of the missions In Africa
to the effect that in teaching the natives
industrial pursuits OF civilized nations-
they create in them fondness for finerv
entirely unsuited to their condition OF
life, and greed for money with which to
OBTAIN it One can imagine the grctesoue
appearance Of an African attired In al
old military coat, a cast-off hat of almost
any description and clumsy boots which
MAKE II Impossible for him to walk with
ease, Also, IN teaching them new indus
tries they forget their own. and In max
ing the few articles needed In their sim