The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19

ways and would have all men brought
under woman's sweet and wholesome in
fuence" Naturally, he thinks thu
Frenchman is the 'happiest man in the
world for the reason that he partakeS
Of all the good things nature has placed
at his disposal. without making fool
of himself" We accept this with some
reservations. The Frenchman does re-
peatedly make a fool of himself even if
he can drink intoXicantS without getting
drunk. .O'Rell. who loves the good things
Of life, puts this in his philosophy: The
most real the sweetest pleasures in life.
are the pleasures of poverty He gives
us a lecture on punctuality, as a ''kingly
virtue;' rather a business virtue is 1t
not? For punctuality.' he says. bring
I'D your children in military style: teach
them that one minute past 10 o'clock is
not 10 o'clock; if you succeed. you will
have done them much better turn than
if you had loaded them with all that has
been written in Greek and Latin = So
we have delightful causerie on self-con-
troll. talent. character helpfulness. money
lending, etc.
CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ARTS
AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT. By Oscar l..
rriggs Phi. D. Chicago: The Bohemian Guild
OF Industrial Art League. p
In this volume DR.. Triggs commends
the arts and crafts movement which has
for it's object the making of toll pleas
ure and the release Of present day toners
from what the promoters call the per-
Torrance of an never-ending and aDnof-
rent task" The theory is that work must
be individualized: become a part of the
pleasure of mems lives: be JOY and de-
light to them. leading them to lavish all
the genius and taste they have upon what
they are making. OF course this aesthetic
philosophy of work can hardly be applied
to men who all day punch holes in metal
or continuously make the fiftieth part OF
the machinery of a watch. The reformefs
would change the character of labor and
make every worker free and self-directiEa
in his work. and they think it will be ac-
complished through the agency of Tolup-
tary cooperative individualism. The vol
ume contains interesting digests of and
comments on the views of Carlyle. Rusklr,
William Morris and Tolstoy on the sub
ject and photographed speciments OF pas
reliefs produced under the directions OF
the Bohemia Guild of the Industrial Art
league of Chicago.
MISS PETrIcoATs. BY Dwight Tilton. Tlns-
trated by Stevens. Boston: G. NJ Clark Pubs
fishing company. 1S5 Summer street.
This book has been very extensively add
vertised by the publishers and it certainly.
in the recital of Alice Renters stormy life,
will be acceptable to those novel readers
who like to be kept In ferment of what
next?'' Alice got her name. Miss Petit
coats from the fact that her mother
called her Mon petit occur and her
grandfather, not knowing French. ex-
pressed it as Miss Petticoats'' The girl
lived with her grandfather in the hull OF
an old ship and worked in a factory. How
she became a rich countess and married
country parson who was a club man. an
expert billiard player. who walked from
a game at the club to. prayer meeting
and was liked for his all-aroundness, is
well told Before the girl became a count
ess by tracing her French fathers where
abouts. she had a trying time with some
very bad men and women who insulted her
and sought to ruin her, but the jolly little
parson stood guard over her manfully and
pulled her through to better things,