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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

United States under orders from his
paper to write hack letters describlr 6
American social conditions. This, after
he had had a serious interview with .Nsint
Maud, TO whom, though she liked hiH'
he was utterly Impossible as a sutton
With the three characters of Kate.
Densac. and Aunt Maud. and 4 few
Others. like the refreshing American
heiress. Mr.. James insiEuatcs his plot
and then proceeds TO develop 1t, grinding
like the mills of the gods. slow and cx-
ceeding small.
The whole book. finally. is an cxhaus-
tive picture OF the superficial polish OF
London society and the dreadful ma
,erialism and wordiiness that underly It.
Poverty is the great crime; the crime OF
unSuccess comes next.
The lovers. face TO face every day
with these grim conditions. dare not an
nounco their onga cement 10 Aunt Maud.
the very embodiment OF British affluent
responsibility. and they linGcr on wait
ing for something to turn up. II appears
IN the shane of Densher'E ricn litt No
York friend Ailly Theale. Kate learns
OF her incurablc malady ard pushes
Dcnsher into d plot which the author IS
art pcrsuades Us is the noble course.
bu. which is in fact contemplate. lie
appears TO be interested in Miss Inea.c:
ka.e appears to be interested III Aunt
Naud's candidate. Lord Mark. who really
loves the American heiress. Miss Theaie,
dying in Venice. leaves her vast fortune
TO Densher. and then what do you sup
pose the halfway biackgua' for love
does? He refuses to touch 4 cent Of It,
And Kate? she takes the fat envelope
from the table herself and the aston
ishing pair part. fguratively naked TO
each others souls and shrieking. And
SO the story suddenly ends and leaves
the reader gaspinS.
II we may drag in some intellectual
distinctions not altogether agreeable.
then THE Wings Of the Dove is not
a book for the plain people. They will
never comprehend its subt!eues. or how
any human being can make anything
out Of it: but to those accustomed to
the finer readings, who can afford time
to linEer over sentences and ann''--'r'
paragraphs and trace the author
through chapters. and lay down the book
when tired and take it up again when
fresh. The Wings Of u Dove" (Miss
Theale IS the dove whose wings over
spread the financial DEFICIENCIES of the
lorers,. must appeal as a consummat e
work Of art and possibly the authors
rpest worl. and highest success.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
The wooinr of Judith. BY Sarah Beau

The Wooinr Of Judith. BY Sarah Eeau-
mont Kennedy. Doubleday Page &
Co., publishers, New York. sl.30.
The many readers OF Mrs kennedy's
"Joscelyn Cheshire" know her ability to
tell a. charming love-sto:y. as we'll as d
vigorous and wel-rounded tale and in
this book she has fairly surpassed her
former success. Though the scene is laid
in Colonial Virginia, THE Wooing OF
Judith is not at all an historical novel
but depends for its interest entirely upon
the romance and the dash of the story
It is a really delightful lovc-story.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
BACK TO GU|LF0RD
AZ TER MANY YEARS
An Old Man from the Far West
Tells His Story.
(specia1 dispatch to Tho Times.)

GREENSBORO. n. c.. Dec. 20 Mr.. ".
*. Lewis, who left Guilford county sixty
six years ago and settled in tho then
wild and woody" West, arrived in Green's
boro last night. on his first visit in nearly
trree-quarters of century. He is now
lightweight years of age. and looks hale
and vigorous. AS an evidence OF the
splendid material the Tar Heel State has
furnished to other portions OF tho Union
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
CHRISTMAS DAYS,
PAST IND PRESENT
Continued from Fifth Page9

lions with their pungent perfume and
thei, lasting bloom and beauty.
The florist shops are wonders of ioVll-
ness at this season. In addition to al
the varitics of cut flowers they nave
many growing plants in roses, azaieas
and hyacinths and many baskets ana
miniature ferneries, which are beautiful
ornaments for dining or living room, to
say nothing Of palms. which are perhaps
the finest thing of all.
CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY.
In the city the general ~--ristmas holi-
day is limited to one day and. barring the
time devoted to the sweet Christmas ser
vice, the whole of the remaining twenty
four houds is given over to as much mer-
trinent as can be possibly crowded into
them The Christmas germans. as
rule antedate the holiday, or come dur
ing what is known as tho Christmas
period which covers about twelve days.
There are usually number Of private
entertainments to enliven this period. but
the business world has taken up its reg
uIar rounds again and only those who
are free from such exactions as work
imposes. the young and the gay without
responsibility or thought for the TO NOR
row, keep UP the festivities. which by
associations extend into the new year.
An evening Of recreation or a few hours
OF relaxation from the daily routine is
tho utmost that many man and woman
can spare after the twentyffth of De-
cemloer has been numbered with the
paSt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
Literary Boston of To-Day. By Helen
N. Winslow. l.. c. Page & Co.. pub

N. Winslow. l.. c. Page & Co., pub
fishers. Boston. Mass. S1.10.
The bool: is exactly what it sets out to
be. an interesting index to the authors of
The Boston of to-day. and an informal
summary of their work References a-c
made in tha different nineteen chapters to
many of the first literary producers in
America. such Thomas Bailey Aldrich
ard Thomas WentwortN IIigCinson. Ed
ward Everett Hale and Julia Ward Howe
and her family; Mrs. James I. Fields,
Sarah Orne Jewstt. Louise Chandler
Noulton, Helen Choate Prince Edna
Dean Proctor Margaret Dcland. Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps Ward. John Town
send Trowbridge. Hczekiah Butterwort:l,
James Jeffrey Roche. Robert Grant, Arlo
E.tes, Henry Cabot Lodge, Josephine
Preston Peabody, Beulah Marie Dix,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

Children OF tn Wild. BY Therese O.
.Deming. Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany, publishers. New York. 81.
A book Of Indian folklore stories ar
ranged for children by Thercse O. Dem
ing, with numerous ful1-page color plates
after paintings in water color. tocether
with Illustrations in black and white.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

WhIm'ets. BY c. Scott stinson. Illus
trated by Glare Victor Dwiggins.
Henry T. Coates & Co., publishers,
PHILADELPHIA Sec
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
Washirgton's Satisfaction.

Washington was asked if he way
pleased with the title OF Father OF. HE
Its great" he replied. beaming. ~
certainly wouldn't Want to father this
city"
Hastily extricating himself from tho
subway. and side-stepping from an auto
mobile, he fled to Mount Vernon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
]. M. BARRIE.
Author of Tie Little White Bird"
ferable pris that nobody would have any
thing to do with him.
Beautiful Joe's Paradise. By Marshall
Saunders. L. c. Page and Company.

Saunders. L. c. Page and Company,
Boston. $50
This is sequel to the authors story,
Beautiful joe and in it is described an
animals hereafter, a happy hunting
ground where the good creatures go to
enjoy an immortality OF happiness The
| publishers doubt not the book will bring
| bers of the S. P. c. a. The Illustrations
are excellent.
Adam Rush. By Lynn Roby Meekins.
J. 3. Lippincott Co., publishers, Phila-
| delphia. sL5U.
| Adam Rush is new and interesting
!! figure. set forth in a love story which
has the charm of country and village
! life In every chapter. The quaint say
| ings of Samuel Salt are touches of real
| humor and philanthrophy. The author
| is well known for his shorter writings.
Tom Moore. By Theodore Burt sayre.
f. A. Stokes Co., publishers, New York.
! N..5.
This is described by the author as an
unhistorical romance. founded on certain
| happenings in the life of the famous
| Irish poet. the author Of ''Lalla Rookh,'
.'The Last Rose OF Summer" and BE
! lieve Me. If All 1nose Endearins Young
| Charms. The romance IS founded OH
the play, TON Moore which was pro-
duced at the Herald Square, New York,
with Andrew Mack in the title role.
| Mr. Sayre makes his hero a rolllcking.
! charming lrishuan. whose hunor and
genial qualities entertain the readers ex-
I ceedingly. The author has not confined
| himself strictly to history but that does
/ no seem to be reprehensible In the art
! OF the lesser authors
| The L;t'le White Bird. BIRD. or Ad.
ventures in Ilensington Garden. BY
| J. NJ. Barrie. Charles Scribner's
Sons. publishers. New York. $3.50.
Nobe A. will ever tell you what this
| book is like. It is all OF the stuff that
| dreams are made Of. It is just Barrie
| through and through. and not altogether
| Barrie either. but ourselves are In It
| for time and again he touches chords
| on our heart strings that were long since
forgotten or were only just discovered
II it can be named at all it is a charm
ingly-written intimate letter Of acauain-
lance with g. child, not q particular child
like David but our. dreamcchild, the kind
! gentleman's Timothy" It is all aebit
misty, but the fairy tales and the fraS-5
| mentary letters and conversations and
apparently irrelevant happenings all
work out together. The lonely club
dwelling gentleman, who knows London,
best, and has won his medals among:
men. is shown to the very heart Eos his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

rlcmories OF yailina. BY Isobel.
Strong and Lloyd osbournc. With IL
Illustrations from Photographs. Charles
scribncr's Sons. publishers, New York.
s1eo.
Mrs, Isobel Strong and Mr.. Lloyd Ds-
bourne, Mr.. Robert Louis stevenson's
step-children. have here brought together
their recollections of life in Stcvenson's
Samoan homo and elsewhere on the
Island. Their descriptions. anecdotes,
and pictures OF the now world-known
household arc most attractively intimate,
and add to the knowledge Of u person.
atty which, each new revelation only
makes moro lIlkablc. The pictures arc
from photogra pfs made generally by the
brother and sister themselves; and the
book contains a chapter on Mrs. Strons's
charming little Samoan protege, and on
Samoan songs. There is also z hitherto
unpublished poem by Stevenson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
XMAS IN THE COUNTRY.

\ feature OF this twentieth century
Christmas will be the number of house
parties which will be held throughout the
State of Virginia. Numbers of families
scattered by marriage and by the break
ing of family ties will gather again to
celebrate Christmas In reunion and to
experience the joy Of renewing and re-
viVifying sentiments and tendernesses
that such an environment must awaken
brandon on the James will have its
Christmas house party and Westover on
tho James. too, SO 1t Is said. The grace
ard the life Of old-time hospitality. chilled
and deadened under the numbing hand
OF poverty, has put on new growth Old
t-s ditions are being recalled. and, looking
ahead, vision OF. the Christmas thu +
used-to-be, in all its simple hearted ioy.
and in all of its picturesquesness, bea utv
seems to mingle and blend into the
Christmas of the future.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
HENRY JAMES,
Author OF The Wings Of the Dave"

THE Cambridge Set and such host Of
others that one Is almost tempted to
suspect logrolling interest somewhere.
The book is handsomely printed and
bound in holiday covers. and it is well
illustrated from photographs of the more
distinguished authors and their homes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
PASSING BOOKS.
Wol,vilc Nights. BY Alfred Henry Lew
is. Frederick a. Stokes Company,

publishers. New York. 1926
This is a, true companion volume to
"Wolfyille Days. in which the familiar
characters Of the old cattlen1an Dan
Boggs, Dock Poets Enright, Texas Thomp-
son. Jack Moore, Dare Tut. Cherokee
Hall, Faro Nell, Colonel William Greene
Street and others take part. Their grim
bunlor and exuberantly sanguinary tone
is peculiarly the authors own develop
nent out OF tho picturesque and unique
conditions on the old Arizona frontier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
Stories OF Authors Loves. BY cara L.
I,aughlin. The J. 3. Pippincott Com

This book is ono of two fascinating
volumes Of the romanees of the most
widely-known American. English and .1
European authors. The volumes have the
hold ali .he charm OF a, novel. Their
author auth ri is the literary editor of the Chi
caro Interior The books have photo
gravure frontispieces and forty-three duo.
gravure portraits and views: stores esq or
somelv in cloth and comes in box at
s. and in three-quartcrs Morocco at So
net.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21
JAMES, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE
BARRIE'S THELITTLE WHITE BIRD

plane. a leading thought brought out Is
that the city should not be run strictly
on business lines but rather as a we'll
ordered household. and that the mayor
atty should be regarded as profession.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

The Pete and Polly Stories. BY Carolyn
Weiss. autor OF 'The Jingle Book"
etc. Illustrated by Fanny Young Cory.
A. C. McClurg & Co., publishers, Chi
cago. Large vo. $3.50 net.
No writer Of books for young people
is more adept at the clever nonsense de-
manded by modern children than Miss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

What is a Whimlet? III order to fore
stall possible inquiries Of the curious,
the artist has drawn one on the cover.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

heart ina manner beyond comparison.
Love Is the whole spirit and theme Of
the book and it is most OF 1t hung about
David who represents no less than the
indescribable charm OF little child:
The book is ended, happily, before David
leaves off playing in the gardens and
s.'roes 10 Piillington's.'' And in the end
IL looks MS though Mary A. brave little
,nother-would bring things about as they
should be for the hungering heart in.
which twenty years of affection were.
stored away. Barrie is Il subtle wonder.
Either you like him or you don't; and
il YOU don't. am sorry At any rate.
those who only like him will read this
book to love him; 'and tnose VINO AZ
ready love him, must certainly met
their hearts in tears here and there III
THE Little White Bird
yive IEmncrcur By Mary Raymond Ship
man Andrews illustrated by F. c..
Yohn. Charles scribner's Sons, New
York. ST.
Mrs Andrews has used two or three of
the old hatfield Napoleonic legends to
weave n Very remarkable story, which
is so we'll woven indeed that YOU are be-
Iieting it at the end IN spite OF the MS
tory you learned at school,
Who would believe. for instance, that
the Duke Of Reichstadt rA;gton was
the son of an Irish colonel e,, born at tn, the
same hour Napoleon's daughter came INTO
the world, and that the man of expedi-
ency changed them without the he kn apch
bishop, Colonel Fitzgerald. Talleyrand.
Ney and himself cqone ld Fitzge 5p7na
to his castle on the Irish coast. and when
she is grown and loyable in the eI It re e.
the Banapartist leaders came to him to
take her to appear at the head of thItr
coup d'etat,, for in war ar and ne &c, cooked mat
New, YOU must believe, was not shot
at all, but got away to virginia ,ni s ana
died a planter there. his robust son;
Michael Ney, going back with 4 real
tidewater acent} to take part in the con-
spiracy to visit at the cyahs.le and win
the high heart of the. daughter of Ma
poleon. Then Norah. having found me
the statesman, the general. the father
of her heart. the brothers. even her
lovers call to duty. and losses the pa
pers that would have made her empress
from the castle window into the sea
beating against the cliff below them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

The pictures are quite as good as Ele
verse. Indeed they are often half the
wit. They illuminate and give additional
cleverness to the epigrammatic rhymes.
Whimlets is uniform with Mr.. Matthew
mans "Crankisms." and consists of 100 hui
morous, sometimes satirical. rhymed con-
ceits embodied in Mr.. Dwiggns' mimi
table drawings. In Crankisms'' the ar
fist gained reputation by the unusual
and genuine illustrative ability display
ed in picturing Mr.. Matthewmans keen
satire as well as by the grace and beauty
of his drawings, and in '.Whimlets" he
has rendered the same services for Mr..
Stinsons clever conce!ts
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-21

ginllet,
She holds baby Whm. and that's a
'FWhimlet."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-25
THEY'LL BE READY
Commissioner E. F. Comstock Says
New City Hall Offices Will Be
Finished Oct. II.
But Officials at EsThe Old Stand
Look for Delays Until
..- III Jan. l, 1903.

Commissioner e. b. Comstock Of the
board Of courthouse and city hall commits
sioners and w. J. Oker, superintendent
Of construction for the new city hall, are
little nettled by the predictions at the
old city hall that the new one will not be
ready for occupancy by Jan. I. There are
many who share in this opinion but those
in charge of the work say that if the city
officials want to move on Oct II as de-
cided by the council everything will be
quite ready. .-,.-
1--WE have a whole room full Of book
cases to distribute, several carloads OF
chairs have arrived at the building and
local factory is turning out desks every
day." said Mr.. Comstock this morning,
land I can't see why everything should
not be in readiness by Oct IL. At any
rate every office in the new building will
be several hundred per cent better off by
that date than the offices in the old city
hall. I don't say that every last desk
ordered will be ready by Oct. II, but a
great many have been finished and are
raedy for delivery while the others are
coming as fast as the factory can turn
them out .-.....- .E..1
1.-THE water department wants an ele-
vator from the basement to the sub
basement, but we can't put it in. We
never agreed to and If the water depart
ment. wants an elevator at this late day
it will have to do the work itself.
"Mr. Oker has force Of six men clean
ing the building and if they can't clean VI
in three weeks it will be strange"
Mr.. Comstock admitted that the coun-
Gil chamber was not completed. The TIL
| ing for the floor is here, but not the mar.
| BILE for the wainscoting. They say 1t vii
| not take more than week to put up the
| marble watnscoting and lay the fool
| thing in the council chamber, but unit
the marble arrives it is useless to make
| any predictions. The first council meet
| ing in the new building will not be helt
| until October. 4
Nevertheless Colonel Joshua Rogers !!
willing to lay small wagers that the sea-
Of government will not be moved OF
Oct II,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-25
THE CITY
TOWN TALK

Four per cent paid on savings deposits.
Minnesota Title ms. & Trust company.
A $50, 900 sale of oriental and domestic
rugs and lace curtains begins at Good
fellows Tuesday. ..... II
Monitor hive, No. 81, L. O. T. NJ will
give a dramatic entertainment In Rich
mond hall Friday evening, Sept. rs.
George Foley, young man arrested in
milwaukee, recently, was arraigned in mu-
nicipal court this morning charged with
burglary. He asked for an examina ton
and the hearing was set for tomorrow.
Samuel Hunter pleaded guilty this
morning to violating the plumbing ordi-
nance and was fined SIS. He tapped a
water main without first having perml,
from tho water department. He main
tanned, however, that he had made appl1-
cation for the permit
The Park Boulevard association has
greatly enlarged it's territory and the
name has been changed to the Under
Hills Improvement association. G. w. Val
Tuyl is the president Of the new organ.
ization. An effort will be made to bring
every property owner in the Lake Harriet
district into the association.
1t is four days since Ira D. Jones Of 10:
komo. Ind, a modern prototype of RiI
Van Wrinkle, who was found wandering
aimlessly about the streets, was brought
to the county jail. During that time not
word has escaped him, and although
he was closely examined in the probate
court yesterday he still remained silent
He Is evidently demented.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-25
STAND BY OLD GUNS
Governor Herreid of South Dakota
Urges Republicans to Stick
to Protection.
South Dakotans, He Says, Are Too
Busy Now to Discuss Tariff
Revision.

"Now is the time for republicans to
stand UP for sound republican doctrines"
said Governor Herreid Of South Dakota,
who was at the Nicollet last night. II
have heard of no demand among repub-
licans OF my state for so-called tariff re-
form. We had an experience with tariff
reform few years ago and our. people
have not forgotten it. The epidemic
which seems to affl1ct Iowa and Wiscon-
sin has not spread to us.
1T seems to me the good old repub-
lican doctrine Of protection Is just as true
to-day as it ever was-a tariff on what
we can produce in our own country equal
to the difference in the cost Of produc-
ton. This talk Of regulating the trusts
by free trade principles is nonsense. Eng
land has free trade and all kinds Of trusts.
If our monopolies are larger and more ag-
gressive it is because most everything
over here is run on a larger scale.
South Dakotans are pretty we'll salts
fed with the way things are running.
They are more prosperous than they have
ever been before. Mark Hanra's bon mot,
Let well enough alone naturally appeals
to them with great force.
"Our people have been and are too busy
to take their customary interest In poll
tics This may explain to some why we
are not in a stew and panic over tarif1
revision But for one am satisfied that
Dakotans do not want the question re-
opened at this time They have learned
some bitter lessons in the past. Tinker
ing the tariff to spite the trusts seems
to them poor business. 1 predict thai
the Iowa idea will not get any help from
South Dakota in the present campaign
The governor went from here to Sioux
Falls. He has recently moved his family
to Pierre, the capital, and Is giving al
his time to the business Of the executive
office. He predicts a big republican ma
jority if the farmers get over their apa'
thy and go to the polls.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-25
SMALL BOYS SMOKED
A South Side Storekeeper Fined $40 for
Selling Them the To-.

G.. A. Borden, a small storekeeper at
2s4S Fifteenth avenue s stood up in the
police court this morning, charged with
selling tobacco to boys under the age linl-
it, and pleaded guilty before word OF
evidence against him was put In He was
fined $40.
Bordeen's conviction Is the result of an
investigation made by Mary s. Howe,
principal Of Irving school, and some of the
mothers in that school district. Every fall
it has been apparent to the Irving teach
ers that many of their boys have been
freely supplied with cigarettes and tobacco
through the summer vacation and We'll
along into the fall term. Inquiries from
the boys have been futile but finally one
was seen to go to Bordeen's place and re-
turn with tobacco and cigarette papers
"for the crowd" With this boys mother,
who was anxious to correct the practice.
Miss Howe was able finally to get all the
facts, which were laid before the city at
torney. It was developed that Borden
had been selling tobacco to boys indis~
criminately his customers ages ranging
from 10 years up.
With the prestige Of this conviction,
the Irving school principal will continue
her investigation with reference to other
dealers In the vicinity Of the school who
have been lax in permitting young boys
to secure beer as we'll as tobacco. The
fact that boys who hold back information
thereby render themselves liable to pun
ishnent will materially assist in the In.
yestigation of any future cases.