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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

new lights in the heavens, new angel songs,
the spirit of good will to men is in the air.
He who was rich yet for our sakes became
poor is teaching us to be rich toward God
other and with God. Christmas day is
the birthday of true human brotherhood
and is the greatest birthday of the year.
Christ is governing men. We see not yet
all things put under Him. but through the
ages one increasing purpose runs, and the
of the
There have been seventy or more dis
putes between nations settled by arbitration
since the famous Alabama arbitra ton de-
cided by the tribunal of Geneva. And this
year of our Lord has witnessed important
decisions also. Terrible wars have at every
previous period of our human his
tory been caused by disputes far
less serious than the least signif-
icant of these, all Of which have been
human blood Each of these cases is an
example and a precedent. Peace hath her
victories, no less renowned than war The
great warrior who sleeps upon the banks of
the Hudson breathed the spirit of Christ
when, AS President Grant, he addressed
the Pennsylvania Peace Society in the men,
orable words: Although | have been
trained as a soldier and have participated
in many battles. there never was time
when in my opinion, some way could not
have been found of preventing the drawing
of the sword 1 look forward to an epoch
when a court recognized by all nations will
settle all international differences, instead
of keeping large standing armies, as they
do in Europe. To this end teach and
write and preach and pray, and for this
purpose Christ was born, that He might
destroy the works of the devil and establish
the reign of universal peace on earth and
good will toward men. when all mems good
shall be each mans rule"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

This is big book and a glorious one. and.
withal, 1t is very beautiful too. The draw
ings in color by Jessie Wilcox Smith and
Elizabeth Shipper Green are remarkable
studies. These are real chldren-so real
that one greets child friend in each pic
ture. The artists have been successful in
catching the unaffected attitude Of chill
dren unobserved; the grave concentration Of
baby faces intent on the serious business of
play-"The mute, glad godhead felt within
a boys eyes!' There is little boy warm
ing his toes before the fire preparatory to
going to bed. He contemplates his stock
inged feet as though they were the riddle
of existence, and his face is sphinx-like.
There is delicious little tot who is making
garden; big sunhat hides her face and she
turns her back on you and bends to her task
in blissful Inconsistencies of the expos
ure of her chubby legs. And there are-but
there is no use I'm describing them ALL
Mabel Humphrey has written stories and
verses to accompany the pictures, and these
stories are printed in immense black type
with red illustrations. The children will
like the stories, but the pictures will ap-
peal to people who know and love little
children. And 1t will be no surprise IL the
book is sold in large numbers to grown-ups
The Frederick A. Stokes Company. New
York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Mrs. Lew Wallace, who has shown her
self worthy literary partner of the author
of "Ben-Hur" by herself writing several
readable books makes a new appearance
before the public in THE City of the
King" The articles which compose the
volume appeared originally in different
periodicals, but they appear to better adj
vantage collected and In book form. The
city of the king is Jerusalem, and the
author divides her description of it into
two parts. The first is concerning the
childhood of Jesus. what He saw, how He
lived and what manner of outward life
greeted His eyes as He journeyed from Cali
lee to Jerusalem. In the second part is
described the Jerusalem of to-day, with it's
hills and gardens sanctifled by the life his
tory of Jesus. The author has a graceful
style and her narrative is imbued with a
reverent and sympathetic spirit that BELTS
the subject. The book has number of
fine photographic illustrations of scenes in
the Holy Land. The Bobbs-Merrill Com
pany, Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

This is a charming and sympathetic
study of childhood, written by a new writer
Faith Bickford. A little half-Indian child
Chez. lives with harsh spinster aunt. She
practices secretly on the fiddle of her dead
father in the seclusion of the attic. The
child is a musical genius. but her aunt
thinks that fiddling Is wicked The story
tells of how she prepared, with the aid OF a
cert where her aunt was to be In the audi
ence.- The child's wonderful handling Of
the violin won every heart, even that Of
her stern guardian, and brilliant future
This is pretty story and well told, but
several execrable illustrations detract from
the pleasure of reading 1t. Dana Estes &
Co, Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

When boy-a genuine boy with red
blood in his veins-wants to read book.
he wants one Of the kind that James Otis
writes. There was G.. A. Henty, too; he
knew how to make books for boys, but he
is dead now. And Harry Castleman-
whatever has become of him? These men
have written books where things happen
on every page. and where the boy-hero
always comes out on top. though fighting
against great odds. But Henty and Cas-
tleman are gone, and only Otis is left. His
books are big ones, thick ones, not little,
stingy, sixty-page studies In child-life, :"
but the long, involved kind that never stop
short of 400 pages, and even then all too
short. This latest volume is about the
adventures of crew which goes about
diving for some sunken treasure. 1t is
very exciting. The same boys who used
to sit up until after bedtime reading
Frank on a Gunboat" and "Sink or
Swim Will not read this book
but their boys will and will find the same
kind OF enjoyment. The j. B. Lippincott
Company, Philadelphia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Children of the Arctic.

The little daughter of Lieutenant Peary,
the arctic explorer. has had an experience
such as falls TO the lot of few children. She
has travelled in the frozen north. seen ice
bergs and Eskimo and polar bears and wal
ruses in their native homes, worn the queer
fur clothes of the jewellers on the ice. and
now she and her mother have written a
book to tell about 1t ALL 1t is book for
children, but everybody will be interested in
the pictures. These are photographs, and
remarkable collection of them. Little arctic
babies and big arctic beasts are scattered
through the pages. But the best thing in
the whole volume is the sweet face of the
little heroine and author herself, smiling
out of a heavy hood whish constitutes part
of the picturesque Eskimo costume. 1t is
printed in fine, big type, that even near
sighted people can enjoy 1t. The Frederick
A. Stokes Company, New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
REV, FULTON breaches
At CHURCH OF bOYHOOD
Refutes Argument that Christ
Would Not Be Accepted If He
Came to Earth To-Day.

Albert C. Fulton, who ten years ago was
lad in one of the classes at Tabernacle
Church, preached to that congregation last
night. He is pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church at Kennebunk, Me-, and has
been staying in Indianapolis a few days
visiting friends. The young man made a
fine impression on his audience, many of
whom remember him as a member of the
Sunday school, In his Introductory remarks
he spoke of his boyhood days. when |
used TO sit in the back seat of this church.,
he remarked, and looked toward the front
the pulpit seemed very far away from me.
AS a boy in Sunday school l know / was
very trying to my teachers and now make
a public apology to all those who have wor-
ried over me trying TO teach me the right
way"
The music last night was furnished by a
double quartet under the direction of the
choir leader, Mr.. Franz Bellinger Mrs. Ella
ID. Hit, whose sweet soprano voice is one
of the strong features of the Tabernacle
music, sang two solos with fine effect
Mr.. Fulton's text was from Hebrews 49, viii
Jesus Christ. the same yesterday, to-day
and forever" In the course of his remarks
he said:
THE Christ of to-day is finding an ex-
preston and placing an emphasis upon a
virtue in life that former times have never
realized. The Christ of to-day is coming
more and more to be the social Christ. Jesus
Is individual, but He is for man in the
collective sense, for the way of life that
Jesus has given makes provision for the
other man. Did IL ever occur To you that
Jesus was always placing emphasis upon
your obligation to some one else?
You may not be your brothers keeper,
but you are more than that you are his
friend with all the obligations and respon-
sibilities of friendship.
Jesus implanted Ideas, impulses and
made a contribution TO the world inexhaust-
ible. The Christian church does not ex-
haust the possibilities for doing good. I'm
less you have seen Jesus Christ in the
common needs of the world you have
learned OF Him from book only
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

body but Lewis Carroll In fact. the RAM
bilious, the Skimolix. the Snollygoster, the
Rasmatag and all the other wondrous
beasts remind one of the creations of the
author of alice in Wonderland" The
stories are full of the sort of nonsense that
children delight in and there Is also a vein
of humor that will appeal to older readers
In the back of the book there is glossary
containing definitions of the difficult words
and short descriptions of the animals men,
toned. Some OF these definitions are de-
lightful
"Spook-Something hanging behind the
door in the dark, which. when examined,
proves to be grandma's old calico wrapper
with the kitten pulling at its lower end.
Sometimes, however, Ii is a nightgown
Taxedermist-A man who upholsters
dead birds and animals ami things and
mounts them on board so that they do
not look they did when alive
George w. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
ApocryphaI and Legendary Life of
Christ.

This is a life CT Christ according to the
so-called apocryphal gospels and some very
ancient legends. The author. j. de Q. Done
hoo, is a clergyman of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church who has made a very deep
study OF the Aprocrypha, and out of them
has woven harmony of the apocryphal
gospels into a life of Christ. 1t is we'll
known TO Bible students that. side by side
with the accepted canonical writings Of the
New Testament. there existed from the
earliest Christian ages a literature dealing
with the life of Christ This was called
Apocrypha or Notha. and was early recog-
nized as spurious. The present canon, or
list of books OF the New Testament held to
be inspired, dates back to the fourth CEN
fury, and Is given by Eusebius I'm his
Ecclesiastical History. He rejects as spuri-
Gus and altogether absurd and impious
the so-called Gospels of James. of Peter of
Thomas. OF Barnabas. of Matthias and of
Nicodemus, as well as the Acts of Andrew
OF Peter and of Paul. The origin of these
fabulous gospels was due partly to the
10 an attempt 10 supply the gaps In the life
of the Christ left by the four recognized
evangelists; These gaps related to the early
OF the holy family In Egypt, the childhood
of Christ and the forty days after the
resurrection, and were filed up with flcti-
Doubtless some of the tradition had an au-
thentic foundation, for IL Is unquestioned
that some OF the apocrypha are contem-
poraneous with the recognized gospels. The
things that are probably true, however. are
mixed with childish and absurd fable
that 1t is not to be wondered at that the
whole was rejected by the early church.
The apocrypha have always had an interest
for students throwing a side light upon
the authentic Scriptures.
1t Is from, these materials. of which Mr..
Donehoo gives a list of some eighty or
more, that the author Of the Apocryphal
Life has woven q harmony of the life Of
Christ In the language OF the pseudo-evan-
gelists. The life begins with chapters on
the parents OF Mary-Joachim and AMMAN
account OF her birth, childhood and pre-
entation in the temple. the main sources of
which are the Protevangelium of James,
the Gospel of the pseudo-Matthew, the
Gospel OF the Nativity and certain frag-
ments of the Life of the Virgin. The author
allows the writer's to tell the story in their
own words, in phraseology resembling that
of the recognized Scriptures. II is very
probable that some of these traditions con-
corning the Virgin Mary and Joseph have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
SERVICES DEVOTED TO
HELPING THE ORPHANS
Father Gavisk Makes Earnest Ap-
peal to Give Poor of Diocese
Happy Christmas.
CONTRIBUTIONS COMING

The services at St. Johns Church. on
South Capitol avenue yesterday morning
were devoted to helping the orphans Of the
diocese. Father Francis III. Gavisk, rector
of the church, read a letter containing
strong appeal from Bishop Fran
els Silas Chatard, of the diocese.
stating that as ''the Feast OF
Christmas is fast approaching. the births
day or our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
the advent of which fills all with holy
joy, our duty toward the orphans of the
diocese should not be forgotten
The Orphans Home for Boys, at VIM
cennes and the one for girls at Terre
Haute, with which is affiliated the Indus
trial School in this city, have received layse
contributions annually from the Cathode
churches of this diocese. The Industrial
School is composed OF the orphan girls
who, after they have made their first holy
communion, are transferred to this city
where they are educated, that they may
take care of themselves.
After the singing OF high mass by Fa-
ther James McCool and short address by
Father Gavisk. large and generous con-
tribution was made by the Practitioners
which will be devoted TO assisting the or
phans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

From Raphael Tuck & Sons Company
Q22 Fifth avenue, New York; comes the
annual package Of calendars. booklets and
Christmas cards. Among these specimens
Of their holiday output is a particularly
gorgeous calendar with design of orchids.
the movable petals of the flower concealing
the record Of months Sweet and Twenty
is another handsome calendar, representing
the American girl in various attractive
guises. THE Grecian Graces" has several
panels, each showing group of statuesque
maids. Another shows groups of children
on its panels. the Happy Hour" calendar
is a quaint corceit, and there are others
with holly and floral designs. The Christ
mas cards and booklets are in great va
riety and Of attractive design. Father
Tuck's Annual is volume of verses and
stories for little people, illustrated pro-
fusely in black and white and with a num-
Der of color plates. The photographic work
of all these publications is high class.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

The Burlington Magazine. an English
publication for art connoisseurs, is inter-
esting in its November number. This is an
expensive and elegantly printed periodical,
full Of exquisite cuts and reproductions Of
notable works of art. There are illustrated
articles on English Portraits of the
Eighteenth Century" Whistler as an
Etcher,'' Ancient Weapons of the Chase
and other subjects.
The Christmas number of Country Life
in America is of the sort that merits that
sadly misused adjective. sumptuous. 1t is
Christmas from cover to cover-the Amer
lean kind of Christmas with deep snow and
dozens of full-page illustrations, photo
dozens of full-page illustrations, photo
graphs and drawings of winter scenes. and
there is beautifully illustrated article
on Christmas Green's" Stewart Edward
White writes of Christmas I'm the Pine
Woods. and there are descriptions of
Christmas on a Louisiana plantation.
among the poor in New York and else
where. With the magazine comes a panel
picture in colors-"The Parsons Christmas,
1880" This supplement is about yard
long and depicts donation party. This is
one of the most gorgeous of all the holiday
periodicals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Lenore E. Mulets has written three books
under the above general title-"Flower
Stories Insect Stories and BIRD Sto-
ries." 1t is the authors intention. as she
states in a preface. to give the child that
sort of instruction in which he may take
actual pleasure. In order TO do this, sto-
ries are told in which the child, Phyllis,
learns the facts concerning each particular
insect, bird or flower from the insect, bird
or flower itself. Then legends myths.
poems and songs are introduced about each
subject and lastly suggestions for fields
lessons are given with a synopsis Of the
facts which can be learned by observation.
The three books are illustrated by Sophie
Schneider. l.. c. Page & Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Finley has carried Elsie Dlnsmore TO grand
motherhood and is still adding years and
chronicles to her eventful life. There have
actually been twenty-seven OF the Elsie
books and the author is not yet tired. For
on page 299 of this latest volume. she says:
Here we will leave our friends for the
present" So the reader may expect 10 fol-
low the fortunes of Elsie's descendants into
the third and fourth generation. Nick Car
ter, Frank Merriwell. Fred Fearnot and the
hero of the ancient ''Gunboat series" should
look TO their laurels. Dodd. Mead & Co.,
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Mother Bunny.

Mother Bunny. the rabbit which Is the
heroine of this story. relates her autobiog-
raphy to a little boy. The story is OF alb
sorbing interest. showing the constant dan
gers to which wild things in the wood are
subjected. II is tender. sympathetic and
wholesome tale and will at once entertain
and instruct youthful readers. Harriet A.
Cheever Is the author, and there are Illus
trations by Diantha w. Howe. Dana Estes
a. Co. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

This is a pretty book of animal stories
written by Edith Guerrier. The names OF
the stories-"The Patient Wolves" The
Disseminated Prairie Dog" why the Kan
CARGO Was Made" and so on-suggest tho
character of the book. A certain ethical
value seems to be aimed at. and the stories
will be found wholesome and entertaining.
There are forty-two drawings. by Edith
Brown. Small, Maynard & Co.. Boston
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

If there is one writer who can tell child
stories of lowly life better than any other
that writer is Ruth McEnery Stuart. And
this talented author has never done anything
better than this tale of "A Christmas gift
that went a-begging." The little negro boy
who is the hero of the book is left without
parents and starts out on Christmas day to
give himself as a present to some of "de
quality" He happens to alight on the
old lady to whose mother his grandfather
had been presented as a Christmas gift
long "befo' de wah." There is a homely
almost altogether in the picturesque dialect
of the New Orleans negro which goes
straight to the heart. Like all the rest
of this writer's books, George Washington
Jones" will be read with equal interest by
young and old. There are some very good
illustrations by Edward Potthast. The
Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

This is the seventh of a series OF "Puri-
TAM books by Edith Robinson. 1t IL Q
brief, pretty story OF little girl of French
descent in a Boston almshouse in colony
times. She is adopted into the Faneuil
family, whose name afterward became ia
nous In the history Of Boston. l.. G. Page
& Co. Boston
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

But this same Gibson girl is piquant and
pretty, and always skillfully drawn; more
over, she is immensely popular. So this
will be one Of the most sought after of the
holiday publications. The press work is
as fine as Charles Scribner's Sons could
make il. On the cover is the girls head.
which forms a big Interrogation point, and
the whole Is in a neat pasteboard box. There
are eighty drawings in ALL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
The Weaker Sex.

The annual Gibson book, which has come
to be regarded almost In the light of a ma
tional institution. is just as striking. just
as artistic and just as desirable as any of
its predecessors. THE Weaker Sex as all
know who have seen this series In Collier s
Weekly, means man, and his title is fully
proved by these few chapters from the
life of a susceptible bachelor He is a
square-jawed, square-shouldered young
giant who stares, but never smiles. And
all the girls in the book belong to the same
family-but everybody knows Gibson.
There are no American girls, or English
girls, or Irish girls, but only Gibson girls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Roger and Rose.

This book includes number OF short
stories for little people. There are bird
stories, outdoor stories and stories con-
corning the history OF our country. Kath-
arine Beebe. who wrote Home Occupation
for Little Children" Is the author. and Il
Is illustrated by Katharine H. Greenland.
The Saalheld Publishing Company, Ak
ron, O.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Walt McDougall, who can draw funnier
pictures than most people can think about.
has written a humorous book of modern
fairy tales. The book contains a collection
Of the most astonishing geological speci-
mems ever conceived by the mind of any
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Mr.. William Wells Newell has made an
exhaustive collection of the games played
by American children and the many musi-
cal melodies accompanying them. The new
and enlarged edition of this book contains
a mine of information. For students of
folk and child lore it will be invaluable.
The author has inquired closely into the
history and origin OF the various sports.
often tracing them through their many
forms in different countries to the final
fashion of to-day. The variants are given
as used in different States and sections,
and many which are popular only In GER
tain localities. For those who have to deal
with children the book contains a vast
amount Of valuable suggestions. Harper
& Bros, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

This is an illustrated book OF perverted
proverbs and adages for children. by L. ].
Bridgeman. Each Jingle and picture ques-
lions the universal application of some old
saw The publishers, II. NJ. Caldwell Sc
Co., call II revised wisdom humorously
illustrated" The pictures are In colors,
and there are many of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21


/ am a Book
Will / lie on q shelf
With none but myself
Anigh7
VIII lie
And rust
In the dust
or some wornn-eater nook?
VIII any one see me?
VIII any one bug me2
VIII some beautiful, dreamy,
Detachable. creamy
Young damsel come nigh me
And smile
And admire
For while
And desire
To have me and hold me,
And lovingly fold me.
So none could defle2
Would she take me
And shake me.
All dusty
And musty
And rusty.
And give me a place
In her heart.
On her shelf,
For the sake OF my art
And myself.
And TO save from disgrace
A poor little book
In shopkeeper's nook?
willis Leonard CIanahan. In Smart Set.