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The Washington times., 1903-11-28

Il AREERS OF DANGER AND
DARING" by Cleveland
b Monett. is a book which will
surely interest any normal
boy, though it may be that the normal
mother viii not feel altogether con-
Portable when She sees him devouring
IL. However it may be stated for her
reinsurance that however deep may be
the longing OF the boy to become q
steeple-climber. a deep-sea-diver, a bal
loonist, "a pilot or a wild beast tanner
after reading this book, he is likely 10
have those lOngings anyway. and there
are practical obstacles TO his following
them out in any way hurtful to himself.
The author has not been content in all
cases with merely reading about these
careers in an encyclopedia, or talking
with men who have followed them. He
has himself put on a diving suit and
inspected wreck. He has done q little
ama teur stecpIe climbing. and he can
tell YOU how feels TO ride az night on
locomotive got,s ninety miles on hour.
Another chaptCr is headed; We Spend
a Night Among Wild Beasts and See
the Dangerous Lion Black Prince
There Is a good deal in this book
which sounds Ike 1airy tales. but we All
know that truth has a way OF sounding
like that now sid then Oae OF them
is told b. Newmen, the veteran elephant
trainer:
- started with Langway the old lion
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

I 1T was as fascinating as China to the
thoughtful mind. So millions live and
have lived in their own way, and ap-
parently to the greatest ends. in a ma
jestic order with dependence for its
Rain principle"
And this is the English aristocracy as
she sees il. 1t IS. by the way. a refresh
I ing contrast TO the gaudily painted post
ers of melodramatio vice which we md
in some Of the so-called English society
novels:
The people know each other-that is
the great point-and they blend. They
meet 50 often at this or other houses
that they all seem To belong to one
great family. Yet they are deliciousiy
catholic in their tastes. interests. and
ways of life. They have a selectRess of
habit training. and privilege rather than
of race. and they very much answer TO
the description OF that most ancient OF
aristocracies who had great domains,
spoke a separate language. and were
held incapable OF crime The particu-
larism in the mode Of speech may &c
no further than slang; bat there 1t is as
a sign OF independence. They are q law
unto themselves. Apart from those of
their order who merely make q dash at
it and then run back TO work. they
form a class who live to purely recrea-
tive ends, and they are apt to die with
something like a feeling of resentment
at the carelessness of Providence.
OF the political basis Of this enviabie
state Of society the author has. 3his 70
say:
They drew slowly toward the con-
illusions that there Is nothing more 10
do but keep a sort of perpetual balance
with things as they are. The problem
Of perpetual rest is as trying as that Of
perpetual motion. and 1t has engaged
the attention OF whole generations Of
the most respectable families SSine out
Of mind
lManifestly. the author of The Yellow
Van does not believe that the present
condition Of things is likely 20 endure
indefinitely. What. then. does he think
is destined 70 replace it? All. that is
his secret, and only half TO be learned
by reading his book He coEtenplates
no radical upheayal. no torch and dyna-
mite demonstrations. no compulsory so
cialism: yet TO demonstrating. homeIlov-
ing English. and 70 many Americans as
wei. his solution Of the Problem Of the
Poor may appear hardly more reason
able. Many. indeed, viii never admit
that there is Problem of the Poor at
all. But granted that there Is one. what
are we. who natter ourselves that we
are Public Opinion, going 70 do about it2
Fiction such as The Yellow Van IS at
least some small help 70 those who want
tO=fry to think IL out. New York: The
Century Company
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

man against elephant in a badly fitted
animal car. rafting. roaring. swaying
over an ordinary Western road OF 1874
In the midst Of cages dlled with a
whole Noah's collection OF other beasts
The man won, OF course-the elephant
would never have teid the story-and
the trainmen never knew until after
ward what a lot OF trouble they were
saved by the resourcefulness ard nerve
OF ArstingaH. the trainer. As for the
peaceful ru-al region which might have
been overrrln by the Noah's ark collee-
don, Mr.. Monett's book viii probably
give it it's first news OF a remarkable
escape. The book is fascinating al the
way through New York: The Century
COmDauN)
The Washington times., 1903-11-28
STORIES OF NEGROES.

LITN OLD PLANTATION DAYS, %
IS a new book of short stories
OF negro life. by Paul Laurenc4
Dunbar. and of this. as Of his
poetry in dialect. it may safely be said
that it is tho real thing" The nessoes
OF MIR. Dunbar $ stories are as different
from the stage coon approved by New
York playwrights, or the sinister arch
villain of Thomas DiX0n's lurid ro-
mances. as real Indian IS different
from the one outside the toIos-z.So shop.
This book, unlike its predecess 0rs
contains stories of the days Eefore the
war, for the most part though two OF
three OF them deal with a laNer period
They are all cle-er. ana all mora or less
permeated with that sly. yet spOntane-
Gus. humor which is one OF the strong
est characteristics OF Mr.. Dunbar s
work II can hardly be said that one is
better than another. yet some are nota-
bic for certain originality Of concep-
ton or amusing situation which makes
them rememb ercd above the rest.
The Trouble About Sophiny' rs an
episode in the life OF a cOquettish dam
sci OF whom the author says:
she was that enhancing color be
tween which is light broNP If you are
pleasant ana gingerbread II you MaHt
10 hurt a body's feelings"
And she made trouble on the planta-
ton.
How Brother Parker Fell from
Grace" is highly entertaining httie
tale of the way in which the plantation
preacher was lured into game Of cards
on Sunday FLU de Gospels sake \
sequel to this story is simply called
The Trousers" and shows what trouble
circumstances and a reputation can
make for man The Finding OF
Martha" is ap idyllic little romance, the
sequel 10 story in one Of the earlier
collections. The Detection OF Maria
Ann Gibbs" deals with church politics
and human nature.
The fact that the author IS still a
young man is evident from certain in
tended-to-be cynical observations which
he artfuIiy introduces here and there
in connection with women. IL is true
rkst some authors never do outlive THEN
youth in that respect, but when nov
eIist says things about women which in.
dictate that ne regards them as unac.
countable creatures and mysterious
problems. he is usually rather young
New York: Dodd, Mead < Coz
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

" THEN Ernest Thompson Seton
NM wanted TO write new book,
" " we are told. he asked his boy
readers their preferences and
followed taem- The result is a book
called Two Little Savages. and not,
as II appropriately might have been,
wild Boys ] Have Known.
For some reason or other, since the
appearance of his first book. critics in
a position 10 know what they are talk
ing about, seem in colloquial phrase 70
have "soured on" dr. Seton. He is no
longer taken very seriously. His popu-
larity seems 70 have lost its freshness
His general attitude Of being around be-
hind trees and in garbage heaps lit
ening 20 the private conversation Of the
animals Goes not seem as impressive
as il did Why should these things be ?
one reason for this general dIsparaEe-
ment Of ME. Seton may be that certain
naturalists Of established reputation
have cast aspersions on his accuracy.
Artists Of reputation also boot at some
OF his drawings. II has been limited,
whether justly or not that he was
rather inclined 70 advertise himself.
But more than al this. his later work
IS not as good as his first
Two Little Savages." while it con-
The Washington times., 1903-11-28
Elected BY Three Votes.

c. ". FARRELL. Democrat. although he received
only three votese.yyas elected clerk Of the Martin
county circuit court The county is owes
500 Republican
William Hale was tI,a Republican nominee,
and bees use a The political odds the Demo
Gratis g4. hin no opposition. Hale forgot to
comply wl-h the law in -he matter Of pro
gtiring certificate of qualification from the
circuit CONT. and darrell being the only person
in the county holding this certificate except
the incumbent he induced three men 20 write
his name o. t1e ballot. Which, under the law
gave him The office Winchester News
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

ard Yhiteing, is already one
OF the marked books of the
year. and it is not too much
to say that it is one Of the novels OF the
year sure to have steady sale for some
time II come. In other words. ii wears
well. The undenia5e piquancy OF sug-
gestion in its title may account for its
mere selling quality, but there are more
solid virtues in the book
It's whimsical gentle humor. its keen
analysis of human nature, fits studies OF
English rural Iife-above all, its master
ly style-are as wellspring in the
desert TO readers who really love good
fiction. The central figure is an Ameri-
can duchess assimilating herself as best
she may to a feudal state which she
has never even imagined. BY her on
one side is her duke. figure In the pa
geant, a cog In the mighty machine; by
her 81. the other, Arthur Gooding. her
brother, a typical young American uni-
versity man of the best sort, alert. in
vestigating. humorous, original. Group
ed about these are English folk of high
and low degree. including the yellow
Van. Lady Mary Liddicot. perhaps as
charming an English girl as has lately
wandered into the primrose path Of nc
ton, is sort Of sub-heroine.
The first thing which impresses the
reader Of THE Yellow Van is the viz.
idress with which typical scenes are
drawn, a whole state of society. one
might say. being compress into one
lightning flash OF unforgetable reveia-
zion Who, for example, can fail 10 re-
call having read that description of a
game Of bridge between four young
danes Of title? IL runs as follows.
1T was a scene Of strange contra SITS
the old and the new The players.
with their charm Of age and sex ane
evening toilets, sat in turret chamber.
with walls a yard thick glowing in the
electric light The middle ages had
bIinked and shivered here in the glare
Of pine torches stuck in the wall. in the
dtful warmth of log fires. with the open
easement for their chimney. and in
breezes that sometimes inflated the
tapestry like a balloon. There was
tapestry still, but it was only part OF a
curious decorative scheme. Of which in
Vulnerable curios in the precious metals.
and tribes Of every imaginable descrip-
ton, in hardly less precious fancy
leather. with bro lzes. water colors.
sofas, rugs. skins OF the chase. and n
heavy Persian cat5sE as a welcome sub
stitute for green r1Saos, formed the de
tails
But the strangest contrast was in the
young women themselves. The stern
games Unsexed them, and they became
as hard as men in the like condition.
They We're playing for money-playing
for an income. in the case Of Muriel-
The Washington times., 1903-11-28
"Orehard Land.n

orchard Land" by Robert ". Cham
bers is nature book for children.
which VIII he good companion TO his
'Outooorland, published last year. II
is charningiy illustrated ia color by
Birch. ln It the woodchuc},. Jhe dragon
rs, the blueJay, the hornet, the bat. and
other creatures tell the story Of their
lives 10 two attentive children called
Peter and Geraldine. Country children
may be inclined 10 question the truth OF
the wOOochuclcs statement that he can
climb trees II he Is obliged TO- bat AIr
Chambers seems 10 Dc authority Tor tho
statement 50 that we are obliged 20 be-
lieVe THAI he picked ont "A truthful
wOodchuck 20 50 on the witness stand.
fNcw York. Harper & BrosJ
The Washington times., 1903-11-28
tCT HE CURIOUS BOOK OF
BIRDS" by Abbie Farweil
Brown. is a collection OF fan

.IET HE CURIOUS BOOK OF
BIRDS" by Abbie Farweil
Brown. is a collection OF fan
tastic fables about birds. not
intended TO be Of any scientific value.
They are told in pretty style ana
quantity illustrated by r. Boyd smith.
While not scientifically true, they win
interest the student OF folklore. because
they are taken from the legends of ev-
cry race on earth. Welsh. German.
Gascon. Breton, Roumanian. Greek.
Russian. Malay. Congo. Onbway Anu.
Arab. Samoan. and other story teliers
have furnished the author with the an
cient fancies which she has clothed in
simple and attractive language.
One OF the most amusing comes from
the Isle OF Wight. and is-caued Mother
Magpie's kindergarten. It describes
the efforts of the maybe, cleverest of
nest builders. to teach that art to the
oti1er birds This is what happened.
Mother Maybe took two sticks on
Ter back and began Ike this: First
81 all, my friends. you must lay two
sticks crosswise for a foundation. thus.
an she placed them carefully on the
finch before her.
: . oh. yes. Oh. yesi croaked old Daddy
Grow. interrupting her rudely. I thought
that was the way TO begin.
Mother Maggie snapped her eyes at
him and went on: Next you must lay a
feather on a bit OF moss. 10 start the
walls.
Certainly. OF course, screamed the
Jackdaw. I knew that came next That
is what I told the Parrot but a moment
since
Mother Maggie looked at him i'm
patiently. but she did not say any
thing. Then, my friends, you must
place on your foundations moss, hair
feathers, sticks, and grass whatever
you choose for your house. You must
place them like this
Yes, yes, cried the Startling, sticks
and grass; everyone knows how to do
The Washington times., 1903-11-28


an omitted chapter from
Colonel Carter CT Gainesville The
public will wish to thank Mr. Smith
first for not having allowed the omission
to become permanent; second, for the
graceful explanation with which he in
trozaces his episode. removing all posi-
bihsy OF its being a forced sequel, so
that the reader can settle down TO its
perusaI comfortably: and third. for hav-
ing told a perfectly delightful story in a
perfectly delightful way. Colonel Car
ter's Christmas is the best Christmas
story in fifty years-the best since Dick
ems wrote The Christmas CAROL and,
most charming OF all, il is not bit like
Dickens.
Colonel Carter and the Major, Fitz.
Miss Ann Carter. Klutchem. Chad,
Mist Croceryman. and a new little
piekaninny called Jim, and little
girl named Katy are gathered in this
exquisite little tale under the light Of
Christmas candles. Right here tribute
must be paid to r. c. Yohn for his
perfect illustrations. Once in a blue
moon there comes a time when the
artist. the author. the subject, and the
mechanical appliances are all in har-
nony. and Mr.. Yohn's pictures came
into being apparently. at that auspi-
cious moment The melloWness and
beauty Of the color. work is no less at
tractive than the sympathetic truthful
ness OF the portraits. There are eight
OF these gemlike pictures, and every one
in the right place.
The story itself might easily be
called the best bit of work Mr. Smith
has ever done, If he had not done 50
many other good things At any rate,
II safely challenges comparison with
anv4hing in Colonel Carter of Carriers
vile" In fact, all the finer essence OF
the longer story is suggested IN Dhis
The Washington times., 1903-11-28
An Instructive Fairy rale.

Ethel iii Fairyland." by Edit Re-
Decca Bolster. IS a moral tale about q
little girl named Ethel. who went wan
dering IN q magic country, and met
imDersonated faults. One day IL was
selhshness, another greed, another dis
courtesy, and 50 on. Children may en-
JOY this sort OF thing If there Is nothing
more entertaining al hand. Boston.
Latnrcp Publishing Company
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

= he LAM Vt AAA--AA@A - -
SIRE" by W. B. Yeats. a
fairy play. written and per-
formed ia England and in
lhis country some three years ago,
Aas come out ia a new edition, simply
put dainuly printed and bound. It is TO
be hoped that the work Of Mr. Yeats
will become well known to American
readers as time goes on for ne is one
of the few living poets who have really
1welt in the vision and the dream.
To those DESTROYS Of becoming acquaint-
I'd with his work. no better example Of
It's haunting s1d exquisite beauty can
be given than this fairy play.
It is very short, consisting OF but one
scene, and when actedsherc served mere
Iy as the prelude to Browniug's In a
Balcony presented BY otis skinner
and his company. NO one who saw 4
can have forgotten the impersonatiop
OF the fairy child by Mabel Taliaferro,
a talented child actress. who has since
won new laurels. The stage presenta-
ton brings out the dramatic qualities of
the little play, but to appreciate the
great charm of the lines one must read
IT in book form.
The scene is an Irish cottage: the
time a century ago the theme the strug-
gle between human love and fairy en-
Elements working on the soul Of q
young bride The strange and eerie su-
perstitions of the Celtic peasant are
brought In and the characters OF the
girl, her husband, her husbands kindly
old father and shrewish mother, are ali
clearly defined and absolutely true to
life, while the elf-child who enters the
home 10 steu away a soul is The weird
est, most poetic, most awesome crea-
ton Imaginable Add to all this the
fact that every line of the dialogue is
pure poetry. and it will be seen that no
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

Ik% HE YELLOW VAN.' by Rich
ard Whiteing, is already one
OF the marked books of the
Naar and III Is not too much
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

AREERs OF DANGER AND
DARING" by Cleveland
Mohett. is "a book which will
surely interest any normal
The Washington times., 1903-11-28

oLo MEL CARTE RS
CHRISTMAS" is. accord
ing to z. Hopkinson Smith.
trtra rhanfar FINN
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
WAIST WITH FANCY YOKE COL
LAR 1907.
TO Be Made With High or Low Neck.
Long or Elbow Sleeves
TO reproduce,

Deep yoke collars make charac-
teristic of the latest waist and give all
the dropping, long-shoulder effects
that is required by fashion. The very
attractive waist illustrated shows one
of removable sort and allows of high
or low neck or of a convertible one as
the, waist. can be made high and COW
cred with the yoke, collar, or loW Sand
WORN either with ior- without as &C.
casion demands or, again; the yoke
collar can be omitted altogether and
yoke above the shirrings only used.
making a shirred waist with plain
yoke that gives quite a different eff
feet. The model is made of white
crepe de Chine with trimming of Ve-
netian lace but innumerable sugges-
tions might be made, all the soft ma
terials Of the season being well adapt
ed for shirrings:
The waist is made over a fitted lin=
ing and s.itsef shirred at the upper,
gathered at the lower edged and is
closed invisibly at the ID back. The
yoke collar is circular. and can be
finished separately or With the: waist,
it's neck edge being finished with a
stock, or it can be cut off at INDICATED
lines and the bertha portion, only
used, org if liked the lining can be
the upper edge of the waist making
the finish and the entire yoke liar
omitted. The. sleeves. are mounted
over fitted Innings and are full at the
elbows shirred at the shoulders and
finished with gauntlet cuffs, that are
omitted when elbow sleeves are de-
sired.
The quantity of material required for the me-
dium size is 4 y yards q inches wide a yards q
| inches wide, 2B yards A inches wide. with
| "a yard of all-over lace and SA yards of ap.
plique to trim illustrated.
The pattern. 4607, is cut in sizes for 80, 81
Sc, 3S and 40-inch bust measure.
In ordering pattern fill in. this
. on,1rnn.t q.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
THE MAIN CHANCE
TIOROLY WESTERN STORY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Cpn td MarMco &
BIZ MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Copyright; 1908. by Bobbs- Merrill Co

your interest in me by helping me;
but you chose to take a very ungen-
erOus and unkind attitude about it;
you helped to make it harder for ME
than it might have been. I relied on
you as an old friend, but you deserted
me at your first chance to show that
you really had my interests at heart.
If You had cared about me,,-you Ger
tainly wouldn't have. acted so. -
why, Evelyn, I=wouldnst *hurt you
for anything in thesworld;s%if I had
Understood ea.-< .tas
But that's the trouble she. inter-
rupted, still very patiently. She saw
that.ssfe had struck the, right chord
in appealing to.aEis Eehivalry, and in
conceding as much as she. had by the
reference to their old scomradeship.
She had never liked him better than
she did now; but she certainly did not
love him. .S:
She Shad%d directed the talk safely into
tranquil. channels, and he was growing
happier, and, if he had known it, re-
| lieved besides. He wanted to be
nearer to her than, any one else, and
he was touched by her declaration
that she had needed him, and that he
had failed her.
But sometime-you will not for
Iget-'' ~ sss. - "a.
oh, sometine!sw are not going to
bother about sthatanp Wa ii JIusbyat pres
lent us getIng Too eooEsfor the open
air rSandsWe must goainside. -. ST
But is it all right? You will par
| don my offenses, won't YOU? And you
won't let any one else. SO
"Oh, you must befcarefuI and very
good, she answered lightly, and
! gathered up her skirts in her hand
I'VE must go ia, and she looked
down at him, laughing, there must
be smile on the face-o the tiger!,
"A fire of pinon logs, brought from
i the Colorado hills. blazed in the wide
| fireplace at the end of the hall. an6
Evelyn and Wary Joined the circle
which had formed about it,
!. Has the moon gone DOWN. asked
i Captain Wheelock, as "a place wal
made for them sssss
Not necessarily" said Raridar
4 cody. Anybody but you would know
that the moon isn't due yet"
Tt was getting cool. outside" sait
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
BUYING, SELLING
AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE. TRANSFERS.

American Surety company to Flour City, Realty.
company: lots 1, 2. 8, 4. 8 and g. blocks1, Lake
Harriet Park, 5000.
Thomas Boutin and wife to Marcel Boutin;
part of lot IL. block a. Sibley addition, $3.50.
Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust COM
pany to Jesse G..Rye; 35 lots in Barretts addi-
ton 1925
Edward Hatton and wife to Cyrus H. Dorsey,
lot / block 2, Goodrich's subdivision $3.50.
Lonisa NJ. Hessel and husband to John Nc
Glennon; lot L, block 2, Boulevard addition
So, 800.
Charles Gust Johnson and wife to August Nord-
strom; lots 10 and 16, block 3, Byrona addition,
$325
Ella Larson and husband to Katherine Heiss
in section 202s-24. S2.1O0.
Eva G. Matcham and husband to Edna May
sherwin; lots and {, block e, Bakers addition
500.
Frank c. Nckels and wife to Guy f. Sessions;
sfta sleoS i0's - ana = 0'0ek l. 'eSe'' Aoo'0n
Matilda Osterberg and husband to Peter Shell
sta; lot "A, block I. Hicks addition 81, 500: :.
James P. Ray and wife to Jennie P. Hallowell: /:
part of lots 4 and 5, in section 12-117-23. $780,
Perry d. Sherwin and wife to Eva G. Matcham;
lots 6 and q, block g. Bakers addition. $7o0'
Victor T.. Shillock and wife to Jennie W:
White: lots and ,, block 82, Remngton's second
addition. $500.
Charles H. Smith and wife to William NJ.
Johnstone: Ia section 3-119-22. $2.4 400.
Julia w. Dix ct al. to Gottfried Marose; lot Z.
block 4. Encouragement lot 25, Auditors subdi.
vision u. $425:
Charles E. Wenzel and wife to August Marsh.
men. lot 3, block l. Pitman,s subdiyision 500
Seven minor and unpublished deeds, $f2 2O63.
Total % deeds. 500 53S
BUILDING PERMITS.
Aaron Carlson. 1925 Washington street NE
dwelling, 81 .OO9.
stores and flats, $4,000.
One minor permit; $500.
Total, three permits $4,000.