The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02
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* ~ and Excerpts.


Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr., who was a well known
speaker during the last presidential campaign,
writes of the work Of The Spcllbinder" II is
perfectly frank and humorous account OF the
hard work involved IN political campaigning, ard
contains many shrcwd and very practical ohser-
yations regarding the management Of meetings
character of speakers and the methods that have
been found most effective in dealing with misce
laneous audiences There arc many good stories
of those unexpected happenings that often play
so large part either in making meeting en-
urey successful or utterly and ridieuousy in
effective THE illustrations Of typical campaign
scenes by Edward Potthast
Miss Margaret Shcrwoods story of tho Princess
| Pourquoi, the woman who was cursed with the
gift OF a mind, is fancifu and amusngly satir-
| ieal commentary the question of the modern
higher education" The illustrations by Sarah
S. Still we'll have been made the chief color
feature Of the number and arc beautifully re-
produced in six printings,
Mercutio wrealed all his dislike upon man
that fought "by the book" l have a mortal
grudge against one that talks by the book Let
man write himself into syntactical tsngles that
| would befuddle German philosopher; let him
be pompous as Sir William Temple; let him be
purposely archaic as Spenser as full OF coin
! ages as Shakespeare, parentheteal as Brown
! ing antithetical as Swinburne let him fol-
] low any whim or scholastcism to the death so
! long he commits bookishness only on paper
! But heaven preserve me from frequent encounter
| with the fatal bore that talks bookishly. | am
not patient with the unco' learned who inter
| lard their speech with those cracking "by
which's" and Ito whom's" rather than seek the
! direct colloquial fortnight that gives them an
! honest, stout proposition to end sentence with
Now. the torment OF boolishness in actual talk is
bad enough but you can always escape by run
ming, or at least call the police What refuge
is there, though from the bookish talk Of the
characters in hctionI When an author is before
the curtain in proPyid PERSONA one is not Of
Tended necessarily by magniloquence or over
nicely of construction, but when he steps back
and pulls the strings that work his puppets Jaws
then surely, surely he must talk like talk, and not
like composition--From The Point OF View" in /
the November ScyibHers
An interesting short paper in the latest Lttes
is on The Nature of Hallucinations" and
vivid word-picture of a Enthusiastically sweet !
and simple evenings pleasure is called "a Ba- |
varian Literary Gathering" This numbers lead. |
which is taken from the Church Quarterly Re /
view is an able exposition OF some of Maurice /
Maeterlincks mental moods and attitudes, and the
interest grows as one turns the pages,
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The latest issue of the Quarterly of the Texas
State Historical association contains of course,
several interesting articles valuable for reference
and has besides some things entertainingly read
able. 1t is satisfactory note how faithfully
ana aDundantly credit is given to the
from which any information is drawn. The foot
notes to Mr.. Barkers paper on THE African
Slave Trade in Texas" shows thorough and pains
taking research
President William De Witt Hyde, of Bowdoin
College, opens the November Atlantic with an
impressive discussion of The New Ethics"-the
moral laws and safeguards of our race the spirit
of which all laws but the symbolic impress
sion. The Atlantic contains other valuable so
Geologic and economic essays, notably "A Quar-
ter Century of Labor Strikes" the first of an
interesting and timely series of papers on trades
unions by Ambrose P. Winston; labor paper
entitled The Australasian Cures for Coal Wars"
by II. D. Lloyd The End of an Economic Cy-
Gle" a thoughtful treatise current conditions
by Frederic C. Howe instructive paper "On
the Care Of the Eyes" by Or. A. r. Norton
and study OF Modern Artistic Handcrah," !
by Prof Charles H. Moore.
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have before me photograph Of a silver ever
OF the school of Benvenuto Cellini. Its general
outline is graceful in the abstract, being one
which, with many minor variations characterzes
large class OF Greek vases But the neck Is so
small, and the shoulder OF the body is so pro-
that the vessel would have to be com
pletely inverted TO empty II. The ornamental ,
handle is shaped and adjusted with no respect to !
facility of grasp, case of pouring. II rises ,
from the tops of the shoulder. close to the neck J
so that it would require a painful effort to tilt
the jug when filled. II is rendered further diff !.
hcult to handle by very salient ornaments which y
leave no portion smooth enough for comfort 10
the hand. A silver cup with handles, of the
same school of workmen, has rim which flares
so that it must be difficult to drink from and
the handles, here also are armed with project 3
ing points of ornament painful 70 grasp. OF the |
numerous silver plates by Cen and his follow :
ers, few il any, could be made serviceable on
account Of the ornaments in high relief with
which their surfaces are loaded The forms OF I
these objects are not always beautiful even in
the abstract; but in respect to adaptation to use
they are often ridiculous, and as models they a.
can be only stumbling blocks to the Craftsman
Useless Beauty" by Charles II. Moore, in the
November atlantic
think the most sereney happy person I have )
ever known was a young woman starting out 70 I;
travel around the world with very little scrip in
her purse, and no appreciabc amount OF luggage o
In the ships hold. She was as nearly care-f free f
as it is given 10 be in these days of civiiza-
lion. She could leave her stateroom with 10 fear c
her bag Of jewels would be discovered and alb a
had no bag Of jewels; wore on her !,
person the brooch that had descended to her
from her mother, the tiny Swiss watch her father r.
mad given her, her sole golden possessions. She II
mad money enough TO take her TO the next port ! q
aud confident there she could earn sufficient AZ
% take her TO the one beyond, e,
And the friends she made she could accept n
IS seeking her for her own worth, she had not il
wealth nor power TO as decoys. And friends e,
rot few there were she gathered to herself on Il
ler travels men and women attracted by her G,
truthful, buoyant personality whose contagiou Ii
hey sought as the moth the fame, but with y,
happier result. The last heard Of her she was II