The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-21

! The boss, to whom this preachnent
was given, afterward talked to- the. bess
OF the story in this manner =
When tt comes to handin' out thu offices and
tn contracts, don't play fav' rites. Hand severy
man what's comm to him by tn rules of tn
Flatter tn mug wun1ps. OF, course, their Sbelfry
is full Of BATS but about half . TIL time they
have to be- your pals dye see, in order to be
mugwumIs. An YOU needn't be afraid Of havin'
lem around; they'll never ketch onto anything
A -mugwump, az some wise guy said, is like
man ridin' Backwards he never sees anything
! Say .'No'. nineteen times before you say
''Yes'' once. People respect the man who says
NO an, his Yes is worth more where he
passes IT, OUT, When you say stNo. !, YOU re
I,lagin s5you, Re. own game When you say - es
Always 80 with the current; that's TIL first
rule Of leadership. ~ s.
4 Think first. last and all TIL time OF yourself
|; Have people about you who distrast each other
an trust you Keep tn leaders hghtin's n,ong
tnemselyes SIS 1870 issats 7.tts, sEsh
ins. t fisse political doctfines are. set
those OF q. reputable old gentleman who:
play san import ant part iii the. story. and
early thereih seeks to influence e3ld
Alike the Tamniany patriarch. mentioned
above. He mentions the subject..of po-
lfticA duty to Old Mike. He gets this re-
ply: 'sAs.z;to rae ,jooty. ay polHics-it's
l:!th same asssevefy other mans. It's TIL
ejooty av looktns out for meself. = Il
I ! The book is not oyerburdened with this
kind Of thing. - These illustrations are
given simply to show tile Tarnrnany angle
3 Of observation as :seteforth The move
fment of the story is toesrapid to admit of
much talking. Much reading is there IN
(which the doings of great and good men
/ are followed from obscure beginnings to
thigh honors, and much Of this is OF alb
Esorbing interest, hut little Of it can exceed
in interest this story of the rise and prog,
tress; the wealth getting (graftingl, and
the loves and sorrows of! this real boss.
i The picture is altogether a startling one.
"a. book which thoughtful people will
i doubtless. read with deep interest, lis
Ellen Semple's American History and It's
Geoqrapt1Ic Conditions; a scholarly study
Of. the close relations of geographic condi-
J lions to the rise. and development OF ma
1 tions Thus, in the fifteenth century, the
1 Ottoman Turks blocked Europe's CONNER
cial access to Asia and so stimulated the
i quest for ocean routes and liastened the
/ discovery OF the Americas, Which brought
about a kind Of frenzy for westward
/ ventures. The great rivers of the Nortt
American continent brought men and civ,
4 ilization far in the interior. The rivers
1 and inland lakes became the highways fol
settlement and commerce. The author
i gives an Interesting account of the west.
4 ward movement from the Atlantic sea
board, showing how It was influenced BY
4 natural barriers. The. acceptance fol
4 twenty years after the treaty of 1888 of the
Mississippi as the western boundary o.
4 The young United States, was temporary
/ for a. political frontier line along a river
4 IS ARTIFICIAL. The author points out The
inevitable growth of this country as E
4 Pacific ocean power. She also points on
4 the natural interest Of the United States
to- 4, of "a II ofiM
A Caribbean sea and the Florida strait.
1 Miss Thtrston,s on the Road to Ar,
a eady: is her first book. 1t is a delicious
4 idyl, and the locality suburban Washing.
i ton. The two girls, Miss Persis Goodwin
and her cousin Ethelwyn Dill. who cams
to visit her in her cosy suburban cottage
/ are sweet, pure. nature-loving women
! whose natures are sensitive to every fresl
DEVELOPMENT Of natural beauty and whose
spirits rise and fall with the presence o.
i absence OF God S sunlight, The love espi
sode in which EthelWyn Dill figures a:
the heroine, Is very deliberately ant
beautifully constructed.
s. The title The Circle in the Square give
i to MI. Sears novel an an of mystery
The story. however, is a portrayal of /;
4 southern community, where a, few prom
a inent, imperious families dominate socf
4 ETY. and the young men drink and gambl
: I1leayily and fight over cards and sweet
!! hearts Shan Morgan. the hero of tn
! book aruuses the ilnmobile life around tn
q public square and stands and works 70
II sanitary aid social and political reforms
;, and tides with no little success to. pull tn
n communities but Of its hole. Incidentally
4 The negro question as put by the seut
.tI-crops QUIT ira gically The attractive Low
fsstery, in which Shan Morgan is con
3 spicudus does not draw attention from hi
,-gonaewhat heroic career. as a man of
4 new era ,a IS
Tlee volume OF addresses by Presiden
], 5sThwing OF Western Reserve uniyersft
j and AdeIbert college formerly pastor (
Plymouth Congrega tional church, this cit,
delivered ITO young men and young worne
4 of graduating classes, is characterized b
& strong pleas for liberal education and TIL
I -discusston of It's relation to faithSas libeI
4 alizing the latter. The. title OF the CO..
!. lection A Liberal Education and Liber;
]. Faith, sufficiently indicates the them
which persists thru all these addresse
: EHe would utilize the most liberala highe
{ Education as an aid to faith. srelnov1n
:. snaHfewness and accepting the work OF til
+ modern Biblical eritics-the higher crit
cfsn soc If 1T gives ms a 11liIf.