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The Washington times., 1903-01-03

ginning of her chapter on The Setting
OF Sundials."
How readily a sundiaI may be made
beautiful-or marred-by its setting, A
picturesque or wise setting can do much
10 atone for OF hide an ugly or ilI-suited
pedestal Doubtless many OF the charm
ing pictures formed by the sundial in
old gardens came through the judicious
and beautifying touch of time, am
easily influenced by sundiaIs. I must
acknowledge myself when in each ones
presence wholly under its dominion, and
dominated q bit. too, by friendship for
the owner Of the dial Thus when I am
at Twin Beaches. 1 think cIose-set
row Of English daisies around the cir
cuIar foundation. true daisy wreath, is
the sweetest setting any sundial could
have At Hillside, in the Shakespeare
garden. I know the punches of the home
" old Snow Pinks are wonderfully salts
fying whether tipped with their low
growing sweet-scented pale stars Of fra
GRANGE. or simply standing in clean
cIumps Of grayish green grass-Iike
foliage-so suited in tint 10 the color
OF the Gladstone. At Crawford, the pill
lar OF the old Quaker dial is surrounded
by Golden HoneysucEIe-sor time is
golden and what could be more grace
fuI and appropriately. But when I turn
down the rose walk OF the Van CortIandt
manor garden. or walk through the blaze
Of sunshine and coIor and perfume Of
The Burnside garden near my Worcester
home, and Rnd the old sundiaIs garIanded
and surrounded with roses, then know
! 5hat sundiaIs and roses are best Of all
+ So in the garden of Dial House, which
/ is the name OF my country home-which
/ is not, but which is ever 10 be-there
my garden dial, TOO. viii be partly sur
rounded With roses. If the sundiaI is
/ set in a rose garden. it viii probably
+ be at the crossing of two paths, whether
these be Of grass or earth: or it may be
| on a grsss-pIot in the center of the gar
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
THE BAND CUT ICE.

One winter. when the First United
States Cavalry was stationed in Mon
taua. the bandmaster went TO the COM
mander OF the post. Gen Culver Grover.
and reported that the members of the
band had been ordered to help cut
ice. He said. -Sheueral they did not
enlist US TO cut ice, but to make mOOslc"
The commanding officer called the adiu-
tant, and on his approach said: Mr..
Adjutant. Mr. Schmidt wishes the hand
excused from ice fatigue; he says they
enlisted to make music Mr. Schmidt,
bowling to the commanding officer. said.
Yes. sheneral, to make moOsic' The
commanding officer then said Mr. Ad-
iutant. the band-wiH be excused from
ice fatigue Mr. Schmidt bowed him
self out, saying: Thank you. sheneral:
thank you. sheneral." But" continued
the commanding officer. as the door
closed, Mr.. AdjutauJ. the band VIII take
post on the bluff overlooking the river
and viii make music while the rest OF
the command cut ice. The weather was
intensely cold, and as matter of course
it was impossible for the players 10
make a sound, their breathing freezing
on their instruments The bandmaster
again said: "SheneIaI. it is impossible
to make moosic; the band would rathe-
cut ice" Very well. Mr.. Schmidt Just
as you wish replied the commanding
officer. and. calling the adjutant. he said.
Mr. Adjutant, the band VIII cut ice
Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
Jack London's First Novel.

n Daughter of the SHOWS" by Jack
Loadon. has attracted especial atten-
ton as the first novel of a writer who
has made himself known by the clever
ness Of his short stories Like his other
books, 1t deals with the life and char
acters of the far Northwest, and the
heroine. Froua wcIse. is d woman of
type hitherto unknown in fiction. She IS
the daughter Of the pioneer merchant
prince of the KIondike. Jacob Welse,
and has in her the fearlessness, the
seIf-reIiance the independence. and the
primitive impulses OF her Scandinavian
ancestors. together with more or less
Of the culture of modern civilization
The hero, Vance Corliss, is q rather
ordinary college bred man, who reminds
one a little Of the hero Of Frank Nor
ris' Moran Of the Lady Lefty, Of
whom one remembers only that there
was hero, a necessary foil TO the he
roine CorIiss is badly dwarfed by
Frona. The reason for this probably
is that instead of being her contrast,
her. complement. he is something like a
weaker duplicate of Frona herself, Per
haps. some day. the uoveI-writer viii
learn that women OF the self-reliant, in
dependent sort, do not mate with either
Vikings or imitation Vikings. but with
men who are their oppOsites-
Moreover. there is a good deal too
much discussion on abstract subjects
between this hero and heroine People Of
their sort are not apt, when brought
face to face with primitive facts, to
discuss the future of the race in academ-
ic terms Mr. London has not managed
the e-making of his story at all we'll
He is not at his best when he philoso-
pixies; and philosophical love scenes
in a novel are among the things which
ought not 10 be-
But with all its faults, and they are
prominent, though few. the book is
wildly interesting, and nobody can help
reading it through. St Vincent, the vii
lain. is cIeverIy drawn, and one of the
best touches in the book is the sugges-
ton that his latest weakness appeals to
Frona' 5 strength and gives him certain
advantage with her. This seems to be a
bit of truth which Mr.. London has
stumbled on without knowing it Certain
it is that his heroine herself did not
know it. Another capitalIy drawn figure
Is that OF Lucille. the outcast woman. and
most Of the minor characters are well
put in
It is, however, in the action that the
work of Mr.. London is strongest, as a
rule. and this story is not an exception.
There are scenes in it which are ab-
scIutely novel and picturesque, fascinat-
The Washington times., 1903-01-03

IT He fashion Of men and women
calling one another by baptismal
} and pet names, if they meet
at all often. has grown very rap
idly. and spread very widely, during
the last few years. It is decidedly a
matter of fashion, though the fashion
is not merely capricious, but may be
traceabIe, in some measure, at least, to
1.-THE court. At the beginning OF the
eighteenth century. manners were cere-
monious. and Anne's court was stiff and
dull. Toward the middle OF the century
manners relaxed. and by the end of the
century, when the prince regent ruled
the roost. they had become very easy
In the set Of which Fox. Lord Carlisle
and Selwyn were leaders. everybody was
! Charles OF George. This sort Of thing
continued through the reign of George
". but with the passing Of the reform
bill ard the accession of Queen Vic
toria We had reversion to primness.
4 Queen on the throne always makes for
stiffness. and the invasion of society by
the middle-cIass after 1882 induced dis
elimination on the part OF the elect.
! Perhaps the beginning Of relaxation in
modern political circles was the trans
/ Iation of the Fourth Party to the
Treasury Bench. Then it was nothing buc
Randolph and George" and Ar
/ thur" There is a story, il may be in
vented but if so it is well invented.
about a colleague Of Mr.. BaIfour, who.
after delivering a carefully prepared
speech on the complicated question OF
rating. sat down. hopping his Olympian
BOW. and asked: How did do, Ar
thur?'' ~SpIendidly, Harry, splendid
/ Iy.- Did you understand it, Arthur
Not a word. Harry, not a word"
/ During the last few years we have had
! a rapid and alarming development in the
direction of casual and endearing ad-
dress Mr.. Balfour is perhaps the frs,
prime minister who has been "Arthured. -
/ not only by his contemporaries, but by
/ his under secretaries. To realize the
/ startling advance in familiarity which
/ these manners denote. one has only to
reflect on their possible application 10
/ the leaders of the last ge2eratiOn of pol
Iiticians Can anyone imagine Mr., Dis
raeIi. outside the circle of his relatives,
being addressed as Benny" or Benny.
] or even benjamin Dizzy he was call
! ed. but never TO his face, except by that
/ impudent buffoon Bernal Osborne And
this reminds US that there are great
many statesmen who are called by dis
respectful authorizations behind their
backs. MIR Chamberlain is often spoken
! Of as Joe" but We would wager con
siderable portion CT our substance thai
! he is never so addressed TO his face
! though Mr.. BowIes in his famous Joseph
! speech went perilously near. It is in
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
A FAVORITE POEM.

AN Old Sweetheart Of Mine, which is
perhaps the most widely popular of James
Whitcomb Riley's poems, has been pub
Iished with numerous illustrations by
Howard Chandler Christy, as a holiday
gift book, and the edition includes sew
eral verses which Mr. Riley has been in
the habit Of giving in his readings Of the
poem, but which have never before been
printed. They are not all in one place.
but some occur at the beginning of the
poem. and others at different points in
the course of it Many of those who have
attended the poets readings, at which
this selection is invariably given either
as a part of the program or as an encore
by request" have been somewhat puz-
zled by the difference between the sound
OF it as it was read and the version
which they found in their copies Of Mr.
Biley's works at home This discrepancy
is now explained and those who desire
TO possess the poem in its entirety have
only to buy this particular edition.
Mr.. Cbristy's illustrations are. as a
whole. most charming. though it may
puzzle levers Of realism to explain why
the sweetheart in the case should be
clad throughout in raiment of the vim
tage Of 1902, when the history OF her
courtsbip and welded life stretches over
some fit. on or twenty years, IN one of
the pictures she is seen with a we'll
grown youngster in her lap, and in an
other as the visionary sweetheart of the
days of couTtship. which must have been
at least eight years before. and in both
pictures she wears the same style of
gown and coiffure- II is only the artist
who can explain this, and he would prob
ably account for it on some theory that
the artistic unities are superior to fash
. ions. indianapolis: The Bowen Mer-
riiI Conpany)
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
THE HISTORY OF SUNDAYS.

den But if roses are set near It. they
roses. and small Of flower; and prettiest
of ali would be any of the Pompon roses,
the tiny Fairy Rose. or the Pink Bur
gundy. or the charming Paquerettes;
these in their trim little quilted bosses
Of color and bloom would well adorn the
sundial"
Those who read "A Lady of Quality"
and saw the play based thereon, cannot
forget the exquisite use which vas made
Of roses and sundials in one OF its
principal scenes. There is a wealth Of
unnoted romance in the histories of sun
dials
a sundiaI over the south porch Of the
church at Eyam. DerbEshire, suggests
a pathetic bit of Renaissance:
Surrounded by ancient Gins and
sycamores stands this venerable church,
celebrated both for the singular Ruuic
cross in SITS yard and for the pathetic
story Of its historic rector, Mom3 esson.
IN July. 1865, the plague was brought
to Eyam in a box of tailor's clothes and
patterns II spread Immediately. and
every house soon had its victims. Nom
pesson inspired the villagers with a
wonderful spirit of self-abnesation. 50
that they cut themselves OF from the
rest OF the world in order to stop the
spread of he pesuIeuce. Not a soul
left the place, and supplies We're
brought in from outposts. Pesthousas
were established, but even winter did
not suBdue the disease; and in the
spring Mompesson, knowing wei the
danger Of any assembling within the
church, preached TO his heroic people
from a projecting rock in the cleft Of
the daIe-a rock still known as The
Pulpit Out Of d village of 300 inhabi-
tants but ninety survived. His own
wife died in August, and is buried in
the churchyaTd. Many others were bu-
ried in the fields. and one little ia
closure is shown which holds seven Of
one family, who died in seven days"
New York: The Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1903-01-03

has made something which will not have
to compete with cheap furniture factories
in order to find a buyer. While the
beauty of the old mahogany wardrobes
and secretaries, with their elaborate
carving, would, of course be beyond the
amateur. the graceful lines and just pro-
portions of the Windsor chair, the old
fashioned light stand" or work table
certainly would not, for much OF the fur
niture of bygone centuries must have
been made by apprentices having little
more intelligence and training than the
average boy of today. Perhaps the diff
ficuIty would lie in getting the superin-
tending cabinet maker. Such men are
not often found in these days.
But this is only one way in which q
book of this sort might be valuable Its
chief value, after all, is in its power Of
giving pleasure, for It is charming from
beginning to end. Many historic pieces
Of furniture are described and pictured
here, and some amusing bits of reminis-
cence from a collectors life are also
to be found The writer tells how, on
one occasion, she saw the carved legs
Of an old mahogany sofa sticking out
behind the top Of farmers wood pile,
and had some ado to conceal her glee at
the discovery until she had secured the
prize and gone beyond hearing OF its
former owner.
One of the bits of furniture history to
be found here is in connection with a
picture of a Chippendafe card table with
a top covered with elaborate embroid-
cry carefully fitted into the frame. It
is this.
The exquisite ChippendaIe card table
shown in illustration 1913 is not only
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
The Adventnres of 4 Spv.

The Weaving of Webs" by Francis
". van Praag. is story of the advan-
lures Of a Northern officer sent 81 r., Il
mond as spy during the civil wa. and
most amazing adventures some of tnem
are. particularly those which have4to DO
with a proud and imperious Southern
maiden. who accepts the assistance Of
the hero in various desperate straits,
and afterward uses him as a doormat.
The villain is extremely villainous. and
all but omniscient, and makes things in
teresting for all the characters, includ-
ing the hero. Generals Lee and Nc
CIelIan are introduced in the course OF
the story. However, with all its extrav-
agances. the tale is well told and in
te7estfng, and that is, of course, the
main point in a book of this ldnd. (New
York: R. F. Fenno & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
Dr.. Holmes Lectures.

Perhaps the most rich and interesting
letters OF DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
hitherto unpublished. appear in the
Boston Days" Lillian Writings new
book. one Of these tells the story Of his
greatest poem. The Chambered Nau-
titus in which DIT. Holmes says
y confess I thought the poem in its
own way one Of the best have ever writ
ten" The autographed reproduction OF
The original Ms. OF The Chambered
Nautilus never before reproduced, is
10 BE- found in this book. Letters Of
George william Curtis. President Eel
ton. OF Harvard. many most characters
lie letters of Whittier and Emerson,
never before published. add brilliant in
lefest 10 this living page out OF Boston
life.
An important feature is Miss Writings
keen analysis of the character Of DR..
Holmes. who was. as she believes, The
most unique figure in American litera-
ture BE united Wit and pTOfundiIy. "
Ehe continues. ideal and speculative
The Washington times., 1903-01-03

Furniture of the OIden Time" by
Frances CIary Morse. is a most fascinat-
ing book for the reading Of any. collector
of old furniture or lover of old time
ways and life The author, by the way.
is a sister of Alice Morse Earle, whose
writings on kindred subjects have al
ready become well known
The book is abundantIy illustrated, and
contains pictures of examples Of every
prominent fashion in colonial furniture.
showing the essential features Of each.
Amateur collectors viii find this a veri-
table mine OF information through which
they may ascertain the difference be
tween true Chippendale chair and one
which only has some OF the ChippendaIe
features. and people who possess treas
ures of that kind which have come down
to them from their ancestors may dis
cover to their surprise and pleasure that
they have inherited possessions much
more valuable than they supposed
Aside from the practical value of the
book, the pictures will be simply be-
Hitching to any maid or matron who
cares for beautiful house-furnishings.
Here are sideboards. desks, bedsteads.
sofas. wrought with the patience and skill
Of the olden time, after models designed
by cabinet makers who loved their work
and made it an art. It seems a pity that
some of our manual training schools, in
which hand work is both cheap and
necessary, should not take up the plan
of making furniture after these old. es-
sentiaily artistic. and often simple
models. Surely a boy can be taught to
follow beautiful design as accurately
as an ugly one, and with the advantage
that when he has finished the work he
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
SOME OF THE RECENT NOVELS.

as a picture of life. if not OF actual
scenes and people II Roger brakes
prototype IS not now living somewhere
in Colorado. or Montana. or Idaho, or
Nevada. he assuredIy might be. 1t is
OF use also as showing the human side
OF type of man who often appears
hardly human to the outside world As
work OF fiction. pure and simple, it
is well worth reading The character
drawing is good. the interest is rus
tanned throughout. and the one promi-
nent figure. Roger Drake himself, is a
capital bit o. work. The Illustrations,
by Howard Giles. are very good. tNew
York. The Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1903-01-03

is Ambrosine eventually sacrificed IN
marriage, and here the disagreeabIe
tragedy of the book begins. The brief
history of her married life Is like the
sight of bird in the cage of snake
it is interesting to the scientific eye.
but one disIikes to think of it The
tragedy is intensified by the appearance
of the right man on the scene Of &C
ton just after Ambrosine has married
the wrong one. 1t all seems most IN
necessary. and as If it might have been
avoided without any sacrifice of interest.
One resents the fact OF Ambrosine's
ever having been Mrs. Augustus Cur
rage. and the consideration shown by
the author in arranging Mr.. Gurrage's
early demise does not temper this re-
sentiment to any great degree.
About the cIeverness Of the book there
is no question It's pictures OF English
society are. whether accurate or not.
most. certainly interesting and brilliant.
The misunderstanding is quite perfect,
and the style is admirable One may
not exactly enjoy the book, but there
is at least that satisfaction in reading
it which comes Of the perusal Of good
bit of literature. New York: Harper
& Bros9
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
Literary Notes.

II was the Chicago fire that made
Timothy Cole a good eugrayer-today ct
the head OF living wood eugravers- In
his younger days the lads devotion was
divided between his violin and his gray
er's tools; and the elder Cole. an Eng
lishman of more than ordinary intelI-
gence and culture, left his son to work
out his own salvation. The Chicago
fire. with its other havec. made ashes OF
the gifted youths precious violin. and
the weight of these ashes turned The
scale in favor Of wood engraving.
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
A Romance of Business.

Roger Drake Captain of industry -
by Henry X. Webster. is one Of the
books which may be classed as business
romance They belong thus far exclu-
siyely 10 American literature, and pos
sess the distinction of being indigenous
TO our soil and evolved by our cOndi-
tons They deal with the life Of bust
ness as the fact OF prime Importance,
the love interest being more or less
incidental though quite as apt to be
the moving interest at crucial points in
the hero's career as 1t is in real life.
Mr. Webster's book is as good an ex-
ample of this sort OF fiction as can be
found.
The story is the story Of Roger
brakes career as miner, mine owner,
mine operator, railroad man, Western
fnancier. and money king. Early in his
career he and his nearest friend fell
out over a woman: and this was the
beginning of a feud which involved not
only a fight 10 the death between the
two men in all their business relations,
but the fortunes of whole communities
of other people. It is the inside history
OF a great business battle. of which the
public and the newspapers see only the
results This is the central idea and
it is new one, and remarkably well
worked out
The book ought TO interest some PEG
Dle who are not readers of ordinary
fiction. from the fact Of its essential
truth 10 our business conditions. Stu
dents Of sociology Will find it valuable
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
American Animals

American Animals; a Popular Guide
to the Mammals of North America North
OF Mexico, with Intimate Biographies OF
the More Familiar Species, 20 is the some
what cumbrous tile of a book by Wit
mer Stone and William Everett Cram.
The aim OF the book is 10 furnish in
formation on the subject sufficiently
free from technicalities to appeal 20
the general reader, and at the same time
scientific enough to be OF use to the
student Tie plates are largely the
work Of A. Radcliffe Dugmore. Some OF
them are in color. and others are repro
auctions Of photographs. New York:
Doubleday, Page & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-01-03
EIinor g. Disclaims Exagqeration

Elinor GIyn Disclaims Exaggeration.
Elinor GIyn. who wrote The Redec-
lions Of Ambrosine. says that the de-
scTiptions she gives In that book, as well
as III The Visits OF Elizabeth" Of So
cieJy in England and France, are neither
over nor under drawn, but are written
direct from life. The fact that some
critics question the truth of her pic
lures of a certain stratum OF society only
amuses Mrs. Glyn. who. having had an
extensive and varied social experience.
feels that she is IN a position to know
whereof she writes. Mrs. Glyn expects
next summer to visit America, where she
has not been since early childhood. She
has numbers Of American friends, 70
whom she IS particularly attached. she
IS not "a reader OF novels. and her ia
vorite study is philosophy and much liz
erature Of the eighteenth century. which
she finds ~eXQuisiJely witty
The Washington times., 1903-01-03

power, accurate and practical research,
imaginative range and microscopic OBJ
seTvatiOD."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-02-13
WEST ARCADIA.

Miss Nellie Salisbury, Of 81. Louis,
visited Mrs. Jennie Allis few day
ago
Ed Wolfe and wife are entertaining
a little daughter, who arrived some
time ago
Last week Mrs. j. III. Allis bad the
misfortune 70 fall on the ice and hurt
her side quite badly.
Mrs. Rob Furbush is under the doc
tors care. Mr.. Furbush's mother
spent last week with them.
Arcadia Farmers CLUB will hold their
next meeting with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wolfe the last Thursday 10 the month.
Mrs Tuttle, OF st. Louis, is spending
a few weeks with the Courier family.
There is faint odor OF orange bios.
SONS in the air.
a party was given one evening last
week at the home OF George Irish in
honor of Miss Eva Irish, who expects
TO 20 TO Detroit soon TO get new styles
in millinery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-02-13
SUM M ERTON,

The order of the day is saving wood.
ThoS. Sweeney did business in Shep-
herd last week.
Peter Murray and wife drove to ST.
Louis Saturday.
VIM. Allen drove to ST. Louis last
week on business.
VIM. Switzer called on friends near
Mt. Pleasant Saturday.
w A. Small and wife transacted
business in Shepherd last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Raycraft, of West
Lincoln, called on John Michael Sun
day.
The funeral OF Mrs. LaStrange was
held from the Catholic church Wed.
neSday.
Mr.. Brady and Miss Battles were
married at the Catholic church last
Monday forenoon. A reception was
given them at the home Of the bride S
parents.