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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

SO that what he has written of his
peerless Diana may aptly be said Of
himself: This was like her, and
here and there a phrase gave him the
very play of her mouth, the flash of
her eyes, Indeed, to have listened
to the talk of George Meredith for
but one brief hour is to have ADAM
doned the thought that nobody was
ever SO brilliant in speech as he
makes many of his characters to be.
He talks with 8 touch of that old
fashioned manner which sounds to-
day almost like affection but none
could be freer from suspicion of
such than George Meredith, for the
lasting impression which the man
leaves on ones mind is that the
child's heart has never changed in
him, and that he is as lacking in
self-consciousness as boy of 12.
After we have searched laboriously
for that unknown, elusive something
which constitutes genius, we shall
find that it is nothing more than the
power to keep in our old age the
spirit of our youth, and to retain to
the end the great gift of wonder.
Assuredly George Meredith has done
those things. In his 74th year we
find him as buoyant of spirit. as full
of wonder as he can ever have been.
Flint Cottage. Boxhill. has been his
home for at least one-half of his
days, and there The Egoist. that re-
lentless study of refined selfishness,
and many another masterpiece have
been written. There, too, he has
| lived his quiet days of close COM
munion with nature. and here his
happy years of family life have been
passed; his long widowhood. and now
his lonely age. Flint Cottage lies in
a hollow by the roadside. around it
spread its owners well-loved gar
dens, and perched on the hill behind
his writing for over 30 years has
been done. The well-stocked book
shelves are heavy with what the liter
airy man would call working books,
but large proportion are the fami-
liar paper-bound French novels. of
which Mr.. Meredith has been great
reader. In a corner stands the desk
wherein the master-hand has written
so long; but the quilts lie dry. the
inllbottle empty. From the window
is obtained a spacious view of the
green hills of Surrey, gentle in out
line, soft and peaceful. strangely un-
suggestive of the rugged grandeur
OF the masters work. One cannot
leave the place without Il touch Of
sadness, Knowing that the work Of
this great writer is finished while vet
he lives; but that is only the emotion
of a moment, for in the knowledge of
his splendid achievement there is
nothing but thanlsfulness.
J. A. HAMMERTON
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
GEORGE MEREDITH
The Last of a Bright Band Of
English Literary Lights.
Though Seventy-four Years of Age
He Is as Buoynnt of Spirit
To-Day as He Cnn Ever
Have Been.

BY general consent one of the most
engaging figures in literary life of
our time is that of Mr.. George Mere
dith. Now that Philip James Bailey
has passed away, he is the only sur
vivor of that bright band of British
poets and novelists that gave G1stinc-
ton to the first half of Queen Vic
toria's reign. His work is achieved,
his pen is laid aside-unless it be
that he is engaged at intervals on his
autobiography, for at the end of 1901
it was stated that he had the inten-
ton of writing the recollections of
his life.
George Eliot, Tennyson, Browning,
.Swinburne-these were among the
first to hail George Meredith as a
new force in literature; so long ago
as 1862 Mr.. Swinburne spoke of him
as zone of the leaders of English
literature" But even the imprimatur
of such authorities was powerless to
make the reading public take him to
its bosom forthwith. There are, it
need scarce be said, certain obvious
reasons why George Meredith should
have been so long winning his way
to popular approval. A brilliant
young novelist to whom I listened
the other night reading with RAPTURE
from 'Love in Valley said, very
happily. as it seemed to me, that
Meredith thinks in metaphor" That
is precisely what the rucll of man
kind never does: hence it is not sur
prising that to the avearge reader the
works OF the greatest English novel
list should present grave difficulties of
style.
1t may come as a surprise to many
to be told that his spoken words re-
semble curiously his written phrases,
with their unexpected epithets and
surprising association of thoughts;
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

lhiS Slty IL ScV
this it is necessary to drain the dairies
for 100 miles in all directions. BY do
ing this 100000 cows are found from
which the supply may be had; to get
it into the city more than 100 rail
road cars are kept constantly busy,
and whole army Of trainmen and
drivers.
The milk that reaches the back door
of the city fiat before daylight each
morning has been "a hours on the way
from the farm. 1t comes in bottles
now, the day of the can and the quart
measure having passed. From the
farm it is delivered to the great ster-
ilizing stations located at the small
towns along the railway lines. and it
is at these stations that it is thorough
ly tested, bottled, sealed and cased.
1t reaches the city in specially con-
structed milk cars. thoroughly packed
with ice, late at night, and the deliv-
cry men start on their rounds at about
four each morning.
So careful and eXacting has the city
health department been of the milk
supply that the quality has been grad
ually pushed upward until to-day Chi
cago is securing milk that is the equal.
if not the superior, of any to be OBJ
tanned in the smaller towns.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

the civil war and share in the general
humility and acts of graciousness. But
they contend that the trend of the
times is to have relaxation on that day
Ia holiday that many take advantage
of in dual manner.
Time was when Decoration day was
looked forward to by an army of cy-
clsts and their adherents as the eli
max day of the seasons sport. In the
east the lrvington-Milburn road race
and in the middle west the Chicago road
race were the great attractions. Base
ball, athletic meetings, golf Journeys,
in fact multiplicity of out door
sports marked the day. Baseball en-
thusiasts will hold the attention of
thousands this time; golfers on a thou
sand courses will have their COMPETE
tons and the pick of the athletes of
the colleges will compete for gold, sill
yer and bronze medals But the cv-
clists-they have been compelled to
recognize the decadence of the wheel
as a factor in Decoration day sports.
Dual meets, held during the cold
weather in the various university GYM
nasiums, give only u faint idea of the
talent that will be seen in the Confer
ence annual meet. Michigan by de-
feating Cornell and Illinois, showed
strength in several departments, that
iinclines critics to believe that the
wolverines and maroons will be hard
rivals for the largest number of points.
Wisconsin, too, is to be reckoned with
and Illinois has a team that will never
quit until the last event is contested,
Smaller colleges may cut in as usual
with few points, but the principal
point winners mag be computed now as
likely to come from Michigan, Chica-
go, Wisconsin, Illinois and Northwest.
ern. e. G. WEsTLAKA
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

widow" Her condition is born of the
tendency of man to claim Saturday
night as a time of masculine pleasures.
On Saturday nights the clubs ,.re
crowded, lodge halls are better filled
than on other occasions, and the prize
fight manager who must of necessity
choose some other night for his enter
tainment thinks himself in unusually
hard luck
A group of bright West Side women
have quit grieying over their Satur-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

In appearance she is bru-
nette, though not of an extreme
type. Her hair is deep dark brown;
she is tall for girl of her age, being
some five feet six inches, and still in her
teens; her complexion is as near per-
feet as woman ever attains. In every
way she resembles more the perfect
type of womanhood to be found along
the shores of the Mediterranean, in
southern France or Italy.
The artist has studio in both New
York and Paris, but he calls France his
home, and there he has achieved fame
as a portrait painter of unusual merit.
He has put upon canvas the likenesses
of crowned heads of Europe. AT his
New York studio he has painted the
portraits of the leaders of the exclusive
society for which he has received fab
ulous sums. 1t was at the request of
the social leaders of Chicago that he
came to the city to exhibit some of his
paintings at the Art institute, and it
was on the steps of the magnificent
lake front building that he first saw.
quite by accident, Miss Eytenbenz, and
at the first glance was so struck by her
wonderful beauty that he would not
leave the city until he had an oppor-
tunity of putting it on canvas. He does
not consider her typical of American
woman. Rather he classes her as the
ideal of the world so far as he has seen
it, and he has studied types over the
greater part of its civilized surface.
The portrait of this unknown Chicago
girl is to be exhibited in Paris, Rome
and other European capitals as his
masterpiece.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
The NewneSS of Life
DIR. GEORGE HARRIS.
President OF Amherst College

FE is journey that takes coming back the
u 1t is full OF fresh and interesting experiences for its
~ lmtabe, of exhausng them fifty
or sixty only part and needs eternity
and appreciate the whole.
Constant life interests love lit
eraure which always unfag growth according
the pattern of Christ.
Indirectly there is constant change generations being alike
HE rise OF the peaceful intelligence comfort in power
fraugt with danger it is fraught with blessings
tncve of the modern We problems that new and
political conditions unprecedented The twentieth century
peat the nineteenth century The relations of to
Glass; OF nation to nation and of church church,
purer.
lt the selfish that lost when he grows capacity
of decays and desire fails With
to get pleasure from life must become tired of
thing over and over With motion of service of promoting the welfare
of of bearing great purpose ever
fresh and
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
When Women Will PROPOSE
By ANDREW ]. H1RscnL

I'VE her, the ballot will witness
of all customs Why will be
~ liberty and individuality that they will establish
sponsibty. I'm safe saying that
permitted to vote they will ask for the hands of marriage This
might be excellent of the conjuga uncertainties
Look the who SCOTS suffrage. He
be fond in the front the ballot The he
characterized by intellect He willing
should work but he wishes her to be of his thinking life
eternay woman place in her home Yet how many
try make home for her? has right talk
he has weighed the question from every point.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

consumption and
kindred diseases
are responsible for
some; the net work
of railways and
manufacturing in
dustries are re-
spo n S i b | e for
others, and the di-
vorce courts add
many to the gen
eral total. Then
there is another
class of widow,
which she, herself,
has classed as "the
SDt;lr1a,- :a.l4
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

tween w i d O w S,
maidens and ma
irons. o n e o f
these is the Wom-
an'3 Athletic club,
the only organiza-
ton of its kind in
the world, a II d
which is soon to be
copied by envious
New York. 1t is
a physical culture
club, pure and sim
pie, in which ath-
letics are II o t
mixed with pink
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

runni n G a f t er
manly pleasur e $
and neglecting her
traditional duties.
Chicago's CHI a M
pion heavyweight
pugilist in the fu-
ture may be a
woman, but at the
present time Chi
cago's milkm a i d
is a man.
1t takes 100000
gallons of milk
each day to supply
the demands of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

EytenDenZ, mas
recently been at
tracing attention
in New York be-
cause of a breach
of promise suit
she was prosecu't-
ing against a mer-
chant of that city,
who also was for
merly a resident OF
Chicago.
Louise M o n.
tague, the plain.
tiff in the suit,
was once a $4,000
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

two hemispheres,
has found the
ideal fem i n i n e
beauty.
The girl, Miss
Della Eytenbenz, is
a student at the
Art institute. She
comes of a family
of artists, though
of but little more
than local fame.
Her home is in the
southwest section
of the city, not far
removed from the
ghetto district.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

laiS IL iol eHS
son that may
make him aswidely
knee as. he was
when Robert Wad-
dell won the
American Derby
and a fortune in
money for the
sturdy character
from the Old Do
minion state. Ev-
ary naW-Snaner in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02


ed upon Decora-
ton day as the time
for the; annual coll
lege champion
ships, no departure
from custom was
made. Memorial
day has been OBJ
served for many
years by the ath-
letes us a time for
their big events.
Time and again
have the college
athletes said that
they revere the G.
A. X. men, honor
the dead that fell
for the uninn in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
he Evils Of Sin
RY DIR. NEWELL. DWIGHT Hi
Pastor, Plymouth Church, York.

KW7 DUNG MEN talk of seeing life young man. the
VA other day. asserted hundred
thirty years of age that has have been told
that there scarcely of years old that has fallen
do not believe those hope they
the that every fall wrong When
youth knew had temptation presented me-
tered the ministry without knowing without having
thank God for those who shielded me in purity
Some time young there will day when walk
down church aisle with maid your side Then
would have your your of previous
sometimes think the Son of God this
standard of manhood Wehave had great men,
lights to the star that in Bethlehem.
If have read history Alright if have correctly interpreted the great
teachers there little pathway that leads peace prosperity
That the pathway which the feet of Jesus walked pathway
obedience to law, of mene seacfce sympathy where
are helped up and pushed down.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

situation the forces of industry order Not until the
instinct of the country put upon basis fair
alike ALL longer
feared But what fair bas What changes make
ate policy that will lead to the peopeaon of the proprop of the
country? Will the people large the field of
ownership? These practical inquiries that naturally
The pending make change the basis of
corporate organization do they provide for visitation They exhibit
least controlling purpose widen propretorsp The
publicity proposed confined the gathering publication of
tics valuable possibly the trained INVESTOR
i've and worthless the ordinary who seeking ownership What
chiefly needu the intervention
newsgaherer guarantee that when corporation created
has to it that it fairly organized statistics of
hazard organization which the people comprehend
Short the pending miss sight OF the prime mischief
remed1ed and thus running astra the remedies adopted
But though cannot expect adequate legislation IT WILL
COME The public mind is forming Unless greatly deceived
the maddo policy of treating corporations proposed will
jected. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOT, IN BLIND
FURY, PULL DOWN ABOUT THEM THE INDUSTRIAL. EDI-
will be when the public up diversion
political masquerade.
And the public mind will in the end be made up The people of the
United States will time face face with the full significance
the situation Such issues which obscure will
interests that obstruc will be brushed aside plain
that unless there be farreacng reconstruction
policy policy we are in our o way either to my
socialism form of |// 4
nlent no longer republican. 'TI
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
Clubs and Athletics.

But there are other clubs in Chicago
in which there is no discrimination be-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

Virginia Bradley. cry newspaper III
the east has devoted columns 10 the
success of "Nirginia" Bradley's sta
BILE at Bennings race track. In fact
there were days when the races seemed
to be equally divided between horses
of PA" Bradley and Father Bill
DAILY. Did some multimillionaire like
August Belmont manage to capture
purse with one of his high priced ami
mails, the race followers would say.
"Well, hespent $4,000 on that horse and
in training him to win a 5000 purse.
Wait until Virginia Bradley puts in a
six dollar horse and wins an $500 race
with him.
However, this structure is not alto
gether a just one. Robert Waddell was
fancied for the Derby by his owner
when all other experts seemed to have
been enticed to the camps of the mil
lionaire's animals. An offer of $4,000
for the gelding was refused by Brad-
ley although he needed the money, just
before the race. Waddell was badly
injured and when Bradley announced
that the gelding had been patched up
again, critics became furious. They
said it would be a shame to drag out
the old horse and race him again.
Bradley came out the other d.y with a
positive denial that Wadoell would
ever be raced again. The ole boss
done ehrned his keep fob mana yeah,'
said Bradley. EFF | takes any moh of
these yeah big classics, it will be With
some othah nag
Yet there are men who think it will
be- Bradley luck" to capture the Amer
lean Derby again with his $50 to shot
Ahola. "Any horseman who can take
runt of a horse like Boney Boy, that
did not cast a shadow on a sunny af-
ternoon, and win a small fortune with
him, might capture So 900 stake With
a wooden ANIMAL" is the way the pessi-
mists talk. Seriously speaking, how
ever, pa" Bradley is making the rae
ing game his life's business and he
wants to be called a character" 1t
helps him to win money. Personally he
has no idea of repeating" in the
American Derby.
Agitation against the foul strike
rule will not. down in eastern base
ball circles. and if the fans of Bos-
ton have their way the American
League will yet play under the old
code as it did last year. President
Ban johnson has been showered With
letters and petitions from Baseball
followers throughout the east ever
since the foul strike rule was adopt
ed by the joint conference of the
two big leagues. Boston and Phila-
delphia are the two cities in which
the agitation against the foul strike
law has been the strongest.
Hso,,,ou,nv n,,, I,..o+;,,s
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
Chicago's NIilkmaid.

1t might be unfair to the sex to say
that woman is forgetting her place
in tho world in +his
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
A $4,000 Beauty,

Another Chicago beauty, possibly
more typical of the city than is Miss
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
A Club Of widow.

Chicago has its full share of widows.
The lake winds and the prevalence of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS

Preparing a Turf Campaign.
Americas most unique turf charac-
ter, PA" Bradley, is preparing cam
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
The Trusts and the People
BY PETER g. GROSSCUP.
Justice of the United States Court of Appeals.

Men who do not see their way clear to the improve
ment of their conditions under the old forms of indus
trial liberty will entertain sympathy for system that
promises something new Yet the separation of labor
from proprietorship the mobilization of capital and
labor enemies, is the most unrepublican and men
acing fact that now confronts the American people.
Consolidation is narrowing the personnel of the pro
of this country in detachng from the friends
of property the great liberal body of citizenship.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02
TIE Things Which Keep
Chicago Talking ~ *
Types Of Tx,esfern Beauty. and Types Of the
Feminine Clubs in the City

Chicago-1t is in Chicago that Rich
ard Hall, portrait painter, famous in :
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-02

Memorial Day Practices.
When the graduate committee of the
intercollegiate Conference Athletic
association .decid-
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
REDUCED RATE 10 CALIFORNIA.

REDUCED RATE TO CALIFORNIA.
The Southern Pacific has made a
big reduction in the round trip rate
to California, and announces rates
from the following points to San Fran
cisco and return as follows: Beau
mont, $3.50; Houston $1,000; Calves
ton S51.45; San Antonio, $4,000.
This big reduction is made on ac-
count of the convention of the Nation
al Bankers' Association at San Fran
cisco. Tickets will be placed on sale
Oct. IL to II Inclusive, good for return
until Nov. 80 General Passenger Agent
I. ]. Anderson of the Southern Pacific
expects big Texas delegation to take
advantage OF the rate and VIII be glad
10 give any additional information to
parties desiring to go.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
Mue VS.. zehorska.


TITS all OFT" snorted the bay mule.
as she dangled her long ears detected
ly in the empty manger. TITS all of
nowl Henceforth the zebrula is 1T
but I'll bet my oats this new tangled
usurper can't sing The Alamo in
double c. with little cupalo on top
of II, as / CAM"
He, haw! He, haw!" brayed the old
maid mule in the corner stall--."He
hawi"
This sebrula, or zehorska, or mule
ovitch. or whatever it is, may please
with Its gaudy striped coat, for time,
but they will miss-they-w ill-miss
us" slobbered the bay mule with
her voice full of wet chat; "they-will
-miss--us at daybreall when our
our-our clarion cry awoke them to
anw the morning wood! Oh! he hawi
OH he haw!" and the gray mule
abandoned herself to grief. while her
stomach twitched and twitched as
a horsehy fed thereon.
"And tn think" sobbed the mouse
colored mule with the gray whiskers,
I'VE have been so good, we haven't
kicked the boss in six weeks! Oh
woel He hawl Oh zebralRt Oh 20
horski4 Oh muleovitchi He haw!"
AT this junCture the "old man" came
In to set mouse trap where 1t would
do the most good.
The resentment that ranked and
wrangled in the hearts of those
apurned and olteast dumb brutes, ex-
lied servants OF man, took fiendish
form and fell upon the boss.
The bay mule "histed" first, but 1t
is still matter of dispute as to
which killed himl
There's one less nan to buy re.
horslsiesi" gritted the mouse colored
mule He haw- Haw hawi"
When the coroner arrived with the
local reporter, they let the boss body
down from the branches of an elm
tree in the next block and returned q
verdict In accordance with the hoof-
print on his spine.
over in the barn the docile mules
were munching their hay piously and
refusing to notice manipulated
feather-duster fastened to fish-pole
in the hands OF neighbors boy.
Mans snre-footed friends were be
ing good again, just to get chance
to kick another zebrula advocate into
the reception room of st. Peter.
Never slap mule ON the rump;
she may be loaded.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

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