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The times., 1901-03-24
The Use of Words

Some Il-Used Words by Alfred
Ayres, is a little book intended to cor
rect some common errors in everyday
speech and newspaper English. The an
thor begins his work with a chapter on
The Auxiliaries, in which he discusses
the proper use Of shall" and villa
matter which is always likely to be n
| VeXed question. There is certainly every
reason why Washingtonians should be
prepared TO discuss that or any other
problem, after the struggle which
we have had with the question
whether street cars should stop on
the near or the far side of the street
and it viii take every bit Of the skilIfuI
casuistry developed in the consideration
Of this matter TO untangle the mass of
mixed rules and examples which the au-
thor has contrived to get together. The
ordinary usage is that Of will in the
second and third persons to express sinopIe
futurity, and shall in the first person
TO express the same; while win used
in the first person is used to express de-
termination, and shall in the second
and third persons to express compulsion.
as He shall 60" signifies not that the
person in question wishes to go, but that
he must, while Il shall go" means that
the speaker has the intention Of going.
Mr.. Ayres, on the contrary. declares that
shall should be used all the way
around to express futurity He gives as
an example:
with this accomplished, the Chi
cago scientist believes that he will
(shall) have a fairly accurate idea Of,
etc, etc
The parenthesis indicates a correction
me author objects TO the use Of will"
in any such connection. But suppose the
sentence had read in this way:
The Chicago scientist shall believe
my theory"
Would that have expressed futuritv
or would this:
The Chicago scientist will believe
my theory
Again:
President Eliots mind is made up.
He says he won't support Mckinley
but doesn't know how he will (shalD
vote"
But would this express futurity?
President Eliot shall vote for Nc
Kiniey."
There is no question that the word
viii is often used in the wrong place
but Mr. Ayres pokes shall into places
where 1t does not seem, TO the mind of
the uninitiated. TO belong However. If
anybody can go through the mass of ex-
amples and opinions which Is put into
this first chapter, and have any ideas at
all on the question Of shall and will, when
he has finished that chapter, he is fully
The times., 1901-03-24
Beauty and the Beast.

Miss Guinevere Pratt was 50 beautiful that
She couldn't remember the day
When one OF her swains hadn't taken the pains
To send her mammoth bouquet;
And the poStman had found the whole ol
his round,
That no one received such a lot
OF bulky epistles. as, waiting his whistles
The beautiful Guinevere got
significant sign that her charm was divine
Was seen in society. when
Tn chaperons shifted with their eyebrows a-lift
'Whatever's got into the ncn?
There always a man who was holding her fan,
And twenty that danced in details,
And couple Of mourners, who brooded in
corners,
And gnawed their nustaches and nails.
John Jeremy Pratt wouldn't stay in the fat
For his beautiful daughter he missed.
When he'd taken his tub he would HE TO his club
And join in a rubber OF whist
At the end Of year it perfectly clear
That he'd never computed the cost
For he hadn't penny to settle the many
Ten thousands of dollars he'd lost.
F. Ferdinand Fife was student OF life;
He was coarse and excessively fat
With face like a goats. but he held all the
notes
OF ruined John Jeremy Pratt
With an adamant smile that brimming with
He said: II am took with the face
OF your beautiful daughter, and we'd she
Ouehter,
To save You from utter disgrace"
Miss Guinevere Pratt didn't hesitate at
Her duty's imperative call.
When they looked at the bride. all the chaperons
cried:
''She isn't so bad, after all!
OF the deSolate men, there were something like
ten
Who took up political lives,
I'D b, mr. "a
corners
And married most hideous wives.
But the beautiful wife Of F. Ferdinand Fife
Was the widest that ever was known:
She'd grumbe and glare till the man didn't dare
To say that his soul his own.
She sneered at his ills and quadrupled his bills,
And spent nearly twice what he earned;
Her husband deserted. and frivoled and firted,
Till his horrible lesson he learned.
lie repented too late. and his hideous fate
Upon him so heavily sat
That he Swore at the day when he sat down to
play
At whist with John Jeremy Pratt
He was dead in YEAR and the fair Guincvere
In society sparkled again;
And the chaperons fluttered their fans, as they
muttered:
''shes getting exceedingly plain
The Moral: Predcaments often are found
That beautiful duty contriyes to get round;
But greedy eXtortioners better beware
When dutiful beauty begins 10 get square!
Guy Wetmore Carryl in the Smart Set.
The times., 1901-03-24
New Books Received.

IN AND AROUND THE GRAND CANYON By
George Wharton James. Illustrated Boston,
Little, Brown " Co. SO.
GRAusTARK: The Story of Love Behind a
Throne BY George Barr McCuteheon Chi
cago: Herbert s Stone Co. $3.50.
SOME HL-USED WORDS. BY Alfred Ayres.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
ORATORY: Its Requirements and Its Rewards.
BY John P. Altgeid. Chicago: Charles II.
Kerr & Co.
Percival. Chicago: Herbert $. Stonf & Co.
A TRAITOR IN LONDON. BY Fergus Hume.
New York F. NJ. Buckles & Co. SI25
THE STORY OF SARAH By NJ Louise Forss-
lund. New York: Brentano's $50.
MLLY: At Loves Extremes. A Romance OF
the Southland. BY Maurice Thompson. IL
lustrated. New York: The New Amsterdam
Book Co. $50.
CHINA: Travels and Investigations in the Mid
die Kingdom" Study, of Its Civilization and
Possibilities, Together With Account of
the Boxer War BY James Harrison Wilson,
c.. G N; $l75 zL D. Ne" York; D. Appleton <
HAMLET: A Tragedy. The E. H. sothern Act
ing Version. New York; Mcclure, Phillips
THE LOVE LETTERS OF VICTOR HUGO. With
comment by Paul Meurice. Translated by
Elizabeth W. Latmer. illustrated. New
York: Harper 4 Bros. $500.
A HISTORY or THE FOUR GEORGES AND
Justin Huntly Mccarthy. Vols. III and ".
81 % each.
MARTIN BROOK. A novel. BY Morgan Bates
New York: Harper & Bros, $50.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON. With a sketch of
Josephine. By Ida NJ Tarbell. Illustrated.
New York; Mcclure. Phillips Il Co. 50 so
A SACK OF sHAKINGs. BY Frank I. Bullen,
r r. G. 5. New York: Mcclure. Phillips
/. Co. $50.
THE RAILROAD. BY EImore Elliott Peake. F.
b. Tracy etc. New York: Mcclure Phil
lips & Co.
TRUTH DEXTER. BY Sidney Mccall Boston :
Little, Brown & Co. $150.
THE POLITICAL. ECONOMY OF HUMANISM
BY Henry Wood. Boston: Lee 4 Shepard
Publishers. S1.25.
TIE NEW CONKLlN'S HANDY MANUAL OF
USEFUL INFORMATION AND WORLDS
ATLAS. BY Prof. George W Conkln. Chi
cago: Laird & Lee, Publishers
R0DARI, SCULPTOR story of Pisa. BY Vir-
ginia +. Pennoyer. San Francisco: D. Paul
Elder & Morgan Shepard.
The times., 1901-03-24
CURRENT VERSE.
An American Duchess.

With hair like silken bronze and tea rose face
Beside her spouse, the Duke all willowy grace,
Behold her bloom. by many a gszer scanned.
Perehed on the bcx-seat Of his four-in-hand.
Two years Duchess; yet you might declare
Her birth was regal. from that pose and air.
Mems hats are lifted; ladies' heads are bowed;
An afhuent homage greets her from the crowd
Whose crest-engraven coaches. glittering pass
Between the Parks grand elms and fragrant grass.
But always following like the May winds fow,
Nurmurs the voice of gossip, swift or slow:
"a beauty, Of course. You've heard the doleful
tale;
Her marriage was the most revolting sale.
From somewhere off in Yankeeland she came;
Nevada, kansas-one foEgets the name.
'lHer father. out of penury's low lairs.
Had risen among the multi-millionaires.
This Duke of Hull, besrnrched. If not disclassed,
With ravaged income and notorious past,
,Loamins the States. in cold ennui, had seen
Her girlhood it fowered at sweet eighteen.
Daughter of slun-born upstarts. if you viii.
Culture had trained her with triumphant skill.
''Fresh from Paris pension did she CLEAN
On the Dukes jaded eyes like some rare dream.
''Thcn spoke the ambitious parents, deaf to
Three million dollars for your dueal name
Hull unused an hour or two. then tossed them
They dragged her to the altar, passionless.
''Died four months cid. They've had no chill
dren since
7 fearr ebo,s h,a,,,ad ~, -, so,,o -o-,I ,,-;neo
"But frost is tropic. if report speaks plain.
Compared with her indifference and disdain-
''wen, so it bides. You've heard what gossip
Touching the morals of these English sweils.
!" Wait laugh the cynics: all her ice and snow
VIII melt consentent in the overglow
'' 'oi sumptuous Mayfair and those revels high
At castle and park and manor. by and by
look! that consummate hOrseman, Sir Guy
Close at her carriage wheel draws courteous rein.
''she mods and smiles; there's not a man in town
Just fickering in the dukes gaze and no more;
He knows this London smart set to its core
''He knows that here is not the sole Lord Guy
His glacial duchess may be melted by
g Dollars for dignities.' the bargain read;
Twas clinched What wonder now that he should
dread
Some SCATTERING blow from circumstance? ?-espy
The insidious feet OF Nemesis draw nigh?
Come, it grows damper as the sun droops low
These treaeherous Maytide evening chill one so.
Let US go out by Hyde Park Corner here.
The ThOdOdendrons superb this year.
Edgar Facett, in the Smart Set.
The times., 1901-03-24
The Beers.

Unschooled in Letters and in Arts unversed;
Ignorant Of Empire; bounded in their view
By the lone billowing veidt where they upgrew
Amid great silences; a people nursed
Apart, the far-sown seed OF them that erst
Not Aiva's sword could tame; now hlindly hurled
Against the march Of the majestic world,
They fight and die, with dauntless bosoms eurst.
Crazed. il you will; demented. not to yield
Ere all is reft! Yet, mad though these may be.
They have striven noblest En2lishmen did use
To strive for freedom: and no Briton he.
Who to such yaor in a desperate field
A knightly salutation can refuse.
William Watson.
The times., 1901-03-24

what was the date Of Vice President Hobart.
death7 J. A
November 2i, 1899.
The times., 1901-03-24

Who the father of Anne BnIlen second
wife of Henry VIII Of EnglandG P. B. Y.
Sir Thomas Builen. who became Earl OF
wiltshire
The times., 1901-03-24

We're as many votes cast for Mckinley in
Pennsylvania at the last election as he polled
there four years ago2 C. g
No. The figures were: 1900. 7s2ss5: 1896
72S 200
The times., 1901-03-24

How many men compose the naval militia?
z Are any commands stationed along the Great
Lakes2 g. How much saving Of distance would
be made by the Nicaragua Canal in a voyage be-
tween New York and san Francisco? ". J. N.
About $500 2 Yes. 3. 1O.75O miles.
The times., 1901-03-24

What is the record Of a six-days pedestrian
match, gO-as-you-pleaSe? W.
George LittlewoOds, made at Madison
Square Garden. New York, in Novem-
Der. 1SSS; 623 miles $50 yards.
The times., 1901-03-24

Who drew up the Virginia plan Of the Consti-
tuition Of the United States2 2. Was il ae-
cepted2 G.
The times., 1901-03-24

Of Frank Norris new book, 1.-THE Oc-
topus." an advance note says:
This story is founded upon an
actual piece of history almost un-
known In the East--what is known as
the 'Mussel Slough Affair-when the
Uheat-growers of the San JOAQUIN
Valley came into actual conflict with
the railroad Cthe Octopus), which
they believed was trying to defraud
them of their land
The times., 1901-03-24

Edmund Randolph. then Governor Of
Virginia p He presented it without sue
The times., 1901-03-24

Neither place nor date of his birth is
known, but London is believed to be the
one, and 1910 is thought to be not far
from the other
The times., 1901-03-24

gested that Mrs Allen has given to the
world love letters actually received by
hef from man socially prominent in
New u ork and in the South, and the pos
SlDliity mas been excitedly discussed in
I6ShlonaDle drawing rooms throughout
the United States. But Mrs. Allen as
sefts that the letters are entirely the Gre
alton OF her own Imagination.
The times., 1901-03-24

Before long Charles scribner's Sons
will publish My Autobiography, by
Prof. Max Muller. This is a book of inti-
mate personal charm and it's pages live
with men famous during the period COW
cred by Prof Muller's life.
The times., 1901-03-24

THE True Story of Captain John
Smith by Katherine Pearson Woods, is
among the spring publications. Miss
Woods has made an exhaustive study of
the career of the foremost explorer and
adventurer of the most adventurous era
of human history; and from historical
sources on both sides of the ocean she
has undertaken to construct the first sci
entifc biography of Smith He has been
a subject of as fierce historical conten-
tion as any figure in modern history; and
Miss Woods efforts has been TO weigh
the evidence in every case and to present
the facts.
The times., 1901-03-24

What caused the Liberty Bell to crack?
J. II. r.
Much ringing. It cracked at its
first ringing after importation in 1752.
was recast several times, and cracked
again many years ago-on July s. 1885.
while being toIled for the death Of Chief
Justice Marshall 1t is said.
The times., 1901-03-24

What was the date Of the birth Of caaace-1
The times., 1901-03-24

The scenes of the story in George Hor-
tons new novel, Like Another Helen"
are laid in Greece. 1t is dedicated. by per-
mission, to His Royal Highness, George
of Greece" High Commissioner in Crete.
''Joscelyn Cheshire" the dashing tale of
Revolutionary days in the CaroEnas,
which by serial publication is attracting
considerable attention to its author Sa-
rah Beaumont Kennedy, is to be pub
lished shortly in book form by Double
day, Page 4 Co. 1t contains some very
real pictures of life. including the con-
ditions in the dreaded prison hulks of
WaIIa hout Raw
The times., 1901-03-24

A book calculated 10 be of considerable
use in its line is an Encyclopedia of Ell
quette," by Emily Holt. Under this some
what Dretentious title, in book not so
very large for its name, the author has
collected information as to the proper
way to behave at dinners, balls, wed
dings, luncheons, and all the other func-
tions of fashionable society. 1t will be
most valuable to bewildered people who
are not familiar with the little usages of
social life, and it covers practically all
the ground that there is. CNew York:
Mcclure, Phillips & Coz
The times., 1901-03-24

Mexico City: An Idler's Note Book, 4"
is little book Of travel by Olive Percival
1t is precisely what the subtitle indicates
"A notebook. The style is exceedingly
informal. not to say sketchy, and the
book is simply a series of pictures of
Mexico, the scenery, the people, the
buildings, and the street scenes. There is
a good deal Of the first personal pronoun
in it. but if one does not object to that it
is quite charming. Chicago: Herbert S
Stone &, Coz
The times., 1901-03-24

Walter A. Wyckoff, the author of THE
Workers" has written nothing on that
subject for the past three years He will
reappear in the April ''Scribner'a" with
the first of four or five papers founded on
his experiences as day laborer
Brentano's have for immediate publica-
tion a novel by +. Frankfort Moore en-
titled Nell Gwyn, Comedian.
THE Love Letters of a Liar" that an
tedate ''The Love Letters of an English
Woman" having been printed in .'The
Smart Set" last September, are soon to
be published in book form by the Fss
Fss Publishing Company. These letters
written by an American man to an Amer
lean woman. sparkle with American
brightness. The envious have rashIy sug
The times., 1901-03-24

How many signed our Declaration OF lnde-
| pendence what we're their names and birthDlaces
and how many Roman CatholicsI
Fifty-six: John Hancock, born in part
of Braintree, Mass, that now Is in
Quincy; Samuel Adams, Boston. Mass. !;
Philip Livingston Albany. n. Y; Robert
Treat Paine, Boston, Mass; William
Floyd, Brook Haven, Long Island, n. Y;
John Adams. Braintree, Mass; Francis
Lewis, LANDAU. Wales; EIbridge Gerry.
Marblehead, Mass; Josiah Bartlett.
Amesbury, Mass: Richard Stockton, near
Princeton, n. j.: Samuel Huntington.
Windham, Conn; Stephen Hopkins.
Providence. r l.; John Hart, Hopewell,
N j.; Abraham Clark. EliZabethtOwn, y.
J.: Lewis Morris, Morrisania (nOw New
York City: John Morton Ridley, Penn
sylvania; Matthew Thornton, Ireland:
John Penn, Caroline county. Va: Roger
Sherman Newton Mass: William Whip
pie, Kitterv Me; John Witherspoon.
Yester. Scotland; William Elery, New
port, r. l.: William Hooper. Boston,
Mass: Oliver Woicott. Windsor. Conn:
Robert Morris. Lancashire. England; Ben
Franklin Boston. Mass; William VIII
liams. Lebanon. Conn; William Paca,
wye Hall. Hartford County. Md; Francis
Hopkinson, Philadelphia, Pa: Thomas
Stone, Pointon Manor. Charles County
Md; Charles Carroll of CarrOllton, An
napolis. Md; Thomas Jefferson. Shad-
well Albemarle County, Va: George Tay-
Ior, Ireland; Edward Rutledge. Charles
ton, S. c.: Joseph Hewes Kingston. n
j.; James Smith, Ireland; George Ross
Newcastle, Del; George CIymcr. PhiIa-
delphia. Pa; Thomas Mexican. New Lon
don, Pa; Button Gwinnett, England:
George Read, Cecn County, Md: James
Wilson. near St. Andrews. Scotland:
Thomas Lynch. jr., Prince George Parish,
s. c.: Samuel Chase Somerset County.
Md; George Wythe, Elizabeth County.
Va; Ben Rush. Byberry. Pa; Lyman
Hall. Connecticut: Richard Henry Lee.
Stratford, Va; Arthur Middleton. Middle
ton Plantations. s c.; Thomas Nelson.
jr., York County. Va; Caesar Rodney,
Dover, Del; Carter Braxton Newington,
Va; Benjamin Harrison. Berkeley, Va:
George Walton, Frederick County Va;
Frances LightfOot Lee, Stratford Va.
and Thomas Haywood. jr., st. Luke's
Parish, S. c. There were Roman Catho-
lies among them. how many it is impos-
sible to say.
The times., 1901-03-24

VIII You name the States whose nicknames are
based On the names Of plants or trees?
RH
Nutmeg State; Kansas, SunfOwer State;
Kentucky, Blue Grass State; Maine. Pine
Tree State; Nevada. Sagebrush State:
Ohio, Buckeye State; South Carolina.
Palmetto State.
The times., 1901-03-24

Who was the wife Of the present Emperor Of
Germany? 2. Who was Oscar II of sxeden7
3. What family did the late King HumbeFt Of
Italy spring from? L. b.
Princess Augusta Victoria Of Schleswig-
tein-Augustenburg. 2. He was OF
the house of Bernadotte, and before he
succeeded his brother. Charles XIV, was
Frederick. Duke Of OstergotIand. g. The
house of Savoy.
The times., 1901-03-24


THE results of Prof GroOs' original
and acute Investigations are of pecul-
lar value TO those who are interested
in psychology and sociology, and they
are OF great Importance to educators.
He presents the anthropological as
poets of the subject treated in his
psychological study of the Play of An
imals,' which has already become a
classic. Prof GroUs, who agrees with
the followers of Weismann, develops
the great Importance of the child's
play as tending 10 strengthen his in
heritance in the acquisition of adapta-
tions to his environment. The influ-
ence of play on character and its rela-
tion to education are suggestiveIy in
dicated The playful manifestations
affecting the child himself and those
affecting his relations to others have
been carefully classified, and the reader
Is led from the sim pier exercises of the
sensory apparatus through a variety
of divisions 10 inner limitations and
social play. The biological, esthetic
ethical, and pedagogical standpoints
receive much attention from the inves-
tigator While his book Is an iiluminat-
ing contribution to scientific literature
it is of eminently practical value
It's illustrations. and lessons will be
studied and applied by educators. and
the importance of this original presen-
tation of most fertile subject will be
appreciated by parents as well as by
those who are interested as general
students of sociological and psychology
ical themes.
The times., 1901-03-24

Doubleday. Page & Co. announce the
spring appearance in book form of Mas
ters of Men," the story by Morgan Rob
ertson now running in the Saturday
Evening Post"
The times., 1901-03-24

Frederick D. Chester bacteriologist of
the Delaware Agricultural Experiment
Station and director of the State Bac-
THEOLOGICAL Laboratory, has just COM
peted "A Manual of Determinative Bac-
terology.' The work aims to arrange all
sufficiently described bacteria in such
way that they can be determined by the
laboratory worker.
The times., 1901-03-24

Among the new books to be issued by
.. Appleton & Co. is "A Landmark His
tory of New York by Albert Ulmann,
who has treated the city's story from a
novel point of view. Instead of following
the customary plan Of dealing with facts
and alluding incidentally to historic sites,
the author has described a series of ex-
cursions to old landmarks and woven the
history about them. The erection of
tablets within recent years in many parts
of the city has helped materially to iden-
tify important sites, and to give def
mite sense of realism to the story of the
past. To make tour of these memorials
in their proper order and relate the in
teresting events connected Herewith is
the plan of the book
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-25
"a CLASS
OlRSMEN NOW IN TRIM.

The Yale Varsity went out last night
with the intention Of going over the four
mile course An excursion steamer came
down the Thames just as the oarsmen
were starting and kicked up such a wash
as to make any kind OF rowing impossi-
BILE. After being Joined by the Freshmen.
the veterans and youngsters padded
down the course TO point about "a mile
from the finish for two-mile brush
back. The Freshmen got the jump on the
Varsity at the start, but their lead was
only temporary. and the University eight
won out by some four lengths.
The coachers were hardly satisfied, with
the performance. however, for the time
was poor. IL il said The row was the
last hard one before the race, and from
this time on all attention will be turned
toward bringing the men who are TO de-
fend the honor OF Yale into the best ply
-..ursday afternoon.
The Harvard Varsity and Freshman
eights had an extended practice with
racing starts and half-mile stretches
last night and now will probably be
given lighter work until the day OF the
race. The Freshman crew had some DIFF
Guilty I'm getting the racing start, and
when -botA-hnaiA- we're lined M together
the Varsity fairly jumped away from
the Youngsters Later a number Of
stretches were tried with lead OF cou-
pie OF lengths conceded 20 the Fresh
men, and they I'D better. succeeding
once In keeping the Varsity from quite
overhsuling them in half-mile
hcn the eights came In the two fours
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-25

ternoon at the Colosseum track. Linton
took a ten-mile spin behind his motors
and after he was through pronounced the
track the best and fastest he ever rode
on. He says that he will make Stinson
ride faster than he did at Boston when
Stinson broke the track record. Linton
has not made the showing he Is capable
OF thus far as he has not become thor
ough.y acclimated.
He is now rounding into shape and yes
terday i'm his workout reeled of 10 miles
at a 1:30 clip. Stinson took his 10 mile
spin and his miles averaged a 1880 clip.
IL is predicted that the local records
will go by the board. There will be two
bands at the track. the Banda Napoli
and the American. The following are the
entries TO the amateur events.
one mile open, amateur--E l.. Lennon,
Cambridge; w. III. Senter, Jr.. Brockton;
Geo Schoheld. Richmond Hill; l.. n.
Lake Brighton; Harry Orcutt, Brockton:
Harry Edwards Brockton; Louis +. Met
Ting Charles Mcconnell Boston; Sam
Sulkin. Boston: c. Madsen, Prov; HUI
bert Martin. row; s. Williams. Prov;