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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Parody.

Somebody has parodied Elinor Gyms
Reflections of Ambrosine" for the
London Tattler." II is very good ex-
ample of the English notion OF a parody.
and IL reads In part as follows:
"A wonderful thing has happened.
am af1anced TO Mr. Menelaus Bung. He
is very rich; he makes pigs Of iron. Ali
what a talent! Who but an Englishman
could make pigs of iron? 1t is a won
derful profession. This morning Geat-
great called me to her and said: Thou
wilt do as l wish. my BandoIine. and
wed this Bung?' Yes. madam / re-
piled. am not as the English miss.
who is indelicate and thinks OF loving
her husband"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
British Reviewers

British reviewer describes Anne
Carmel" as "a strong, silent, beauti-
full, intense Joan-of-Arky girl" Most OF
the English critics wish it to be dis
tinctIy understood that Harnett is a
typical Englishman- Perhaps a Joan
of-Arky heroine is. after all, preferable
to Noah's Arky one, and in their ire
sponsible completely some heroine OF
problem novels do suggest a mixture OF
the feline. the reptilian, the ornitholog-
ical and the rumipant. rather than any
actual woman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Unnecessary Word Coming

The LATEST OF all laziness is the prac-
tice of coining unnecessary new words.
II might have been supposed that, when
there Is already in existence a word
which Exactly denotes the idea to be ex-
pressed. II would be easier TO fall back
upon that word than to invent another
In fact. however it often requires less
effort to construct linguistic monstros-
ity than to find the term that has been
consecrated by good usage Take. for
instance, such words as "extinguish-
Inent," ''revealment," withdrawment,' =
'devotement." -denotement." AMI
"startlement." 1t is not difficult %
trace the mental process. The word
"extinguish" was in the speakers mind
He wanted a noun and to stick "ment"
on to the verb was an expedient nearer
to hand than the search for "extinc-
ton" Occasionally the quick change
is from the noun to the verb When a
man says 10 administrate." we may he
sure that he first thought of admins
tration." and that he was then in too
great a hurry TO notice that the analogy
with such pairs as celebrate" and
celebration" would mislead him. II
one were making a collection of Iinguis-
tic eurios one might add to 1t such ex-
hibits as ''propellation. "afirmance."
"clientage." ''reminiscential." move
less" .traditionary." 'lelsuristic," "un-
sympathy" and "bishoply." In the
mind of the offender there seems almost
TO be lurking a kind of predatory false
analogy which grabs at his expressions
and distorts them before he can help
himself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Il Tyanslato,'s Explanation.

A n article on Literary Blunders
IA in THE Reader" contains this
amusing little story:
Miss Cooper, daughter of the Ameri-
can novelist. states that when in Paris
she saw a French translation Of her
fathers tale. The Spy in which were
several mistakes but one of them was
such that It was almost incredible
that anyone could have been guilty
of it. The residence Of Mr.. Wharton, one
Of the characters who figure in the
story, is spoken of by the author as
The Locusts.' Now, the translator had
been evidently ignorant OF the eircum-
stance Of there being an species of trees
bearing this name. Having. therefore.
looked up the word in his dictionary.
and finding the definition to be given as
les sauterelles '-grasshOppers- he
rendered 1t in the text. Presently. how
ever. he came across a paragraph in the
novel in which it was stated that visit
his horse to a locust Then it might
be naturally supposed that the trans
lator would at once have discovered his
error. Not a bit of IT. His reasoning
would appear TO be on a parity with
that OF a celebrated countryman OF his
when he declared that II facts do not
agree with the theory, so much the
worse for the facts Nevertheless, the
writer seems to have been conscious that
some explanation was necessary for so
extraordinary statement as that a
horseman had secured his steed 10 a
grasshopper. Consequently. he pro-
ceeded gravely to inform his readers
that in America these insects grow 10 an
enormous size; and that. in this case.
one of these-dead and stuffed, of course
had been stationed at the door of the
mansion for the convenience of visitors
on horseback"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
HIS IDEAL.

I'd rather be an engineer
Than any man know.
An ride ahead OF all the cars
An make the whistle blow.
I've got friend an engineer
/ don't know what's his name;
But that don't matter-when yer
friends
You know it just the same
Sometimes he calls. Hello. there.
kid"
An l call out "Hello,"
I'd rather be an engineer
Than any man know
An once when was on the tracks
Picking Goals with Jim
That engineer came whizzing by
An waved TO me an him.
An then one time when Tony Ward
Was fightin' me fer fair.
With six or seven Bank street boys.
An Jim he wasn't there
/ saw my engineer look out
An laugh with all his might.
An Give il to them. kid" he calls;
Yer doin out O. sight"
Jim'd rather be the President.
Err Andrew Carnegie;
But when I'm growed an engineer
Is what I'm going to be.
Helen S. Daley In New York Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A NYoNE who has read Arnold
n Benefits closely studied novel

A NYoNE who has read Arnold
u Benefits closely studied novel
of the StaffordshIre pottery dis
trict. Anna OF the Five Towns" Ne
Clure. Phillips Col. could hardly be-
lieve IT TO be the work Of the same
author who wrote the slap-dash. almost
farcical. Great Babylon Hotel" Thich
was MIR Benefits first bid for fame. The
explanation lies in the fact that Mr.
Bennett is made up OF two writer's. each
with an entirely different literary meth
Cd The Arnold Bennett who wrote The
Great Babylon Hotel is notable for the
speed of his composition. While lunch
Ing in the big Savoy Hotel the idea for
the story came TO him, and twenty-one
days later II was finished. Work of
that kind takes no time at all" says
Mr.. Bennett. ITS light nonsense. aid
is practically all done when one has
worked out the plot"
The other Arnold Bennett works
with almost painful slowness. and his
is the man who wrote Anna OF the
Five Towns" He was five years Develop
ing the plot before It approached com
pletion. and il took him over a year 20
make the first draft OF the novel. lie
considers II by far the best work yet
from his pen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20

TT HE announcement of a new book
by Mary MacLane has created
mild OF even decided interest
among those who read her first re-
narkable production. 1t is called
"My Friend Annabel Lee" and read
ers may be informed In advance that
it contains little of the startling stuff
that was in the authors autobiography
and that one may read for many pages
without coming upon any reference 10
the devil Mary MacLane has reached
the point at which the devil is merely
a past episode. She is occupied with
more agreeable subjects.
Annsbel Lee is the fanclful name
which she gives to a Japanese porcelain
fgurine, and the book consists of
dialogues which she and this friend of
her soul carry on at intervals. It is
safe TO recommend this book to college
girls, or imaginative girls of any type.
II will have a peculiar charm for them
But the sensation loving mob who read
the first book more for its self-revela-
tion than its pathos. more for its vio-
lence than its poetry, will probably call
this book slow.
II Mary MacLane should confine her
self to recording her impressions of
things and people familiar to the pub
lie. she would be writing best selling
books" for the rest Of her life. for she
can make word pictures of a singular
felicity. Here is a sketch OF the waiting
room at the South Station in Boston
which she throws in apparently as what
the Creoles call ''lagniappe."
Not until one has ambled and idled
away a thousand hours in that place Of
trains and varied peoples can one know
all of what is really to be found withi.s
its waiting rooms
Il have found Massachusetts, there
not any Massachusetts, that I had ever
read about, but the Massachusetts that
comes in from Braintree and Plymouth
and Middleboro. carrying Boston shop
ping bag; the Massachusetts that is in
tellectual and thrusts its forefnger
through the handle of its tea cup; the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20

The pronunciation of proper names
will always be a perplexing problem.
for though rules of accent and deriva-
ton may be applied in great number,
the whim and fancy of the owner must
be taken into account he is. after all,
the final authority. and. aside from his
fancy. there may be the whims of his
ancestors. The name du Chaiilu is very
commonly pronounced in the Continental
fashion. Gliding the double II" and say
ing, "Shai-u." The great explorer once
at private dinner corrected this.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
THE GENTLE ART or GUYING

" Dorothy South is the third volume
in the popular Compass Series. The
two previously published are Senator
North and Caleb West The fourth and
last OF the series-'EIizabeth East'-may
be published next season.
" The Blue Flower is a description OF
that peculiar type of vegetation which
was fed 10 the purple COW.
" The Four Feathers Is light Htera-
ture."
II would be unkind to suggest in this
connection that Folly in the Forest" is
proof positive that the author has come
''out Of the woods but doubtless Miss
Wells would have come 10 that n she
had gone a little further
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A MEXICAN RAILWAY TRANS
~ PoRTATIoN." by Emory R.

n FoRTATIoN." by Emory R
Johnson. assistant professor
of transportation and commerce in the
University of Pennsylvania. is the lat
est volume in a Business Series, of
which the first three numbers were
THE Work of Wall Street Funds and
Their Uses" and Trust Finance" This
book. from the widespread interest in
railways and their methods which pre-
vail in this country. should prove the
most valuable of the series 20 many
readers.
The book discusses first, the American
railway system. its history and growth,
railway capital. earnings. expenses, and
dividends, the freight. passenger, mail,
and express service. etc; second. rail-
way competition and the problems aris-
ing therefrom. railway charges in the
United States and other countries. and
the theory of rates and fares; third, the
relation of railways to the State IN diff
ferent countries, railway taxation, and
government regulation. 1t will be seen
that every point on which information
may be needed has been carefully COW
cred.
An interesting paragraph about half
way through the book relates to the
parcels post of which the author says
Some persons think 1t would be 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
NATTER OF PRONUNCLAT TON

Madam" he said. say to me emphat-
ically. Shall yous Shall you?' and you
have my name"
The author of The Land OF the Mid
night Sun was a man whose social side
was wonderfully developed. His circle
of personal friends-those whom he
really regarded with affection-was re-
markably large. and from one end OF
this country to the other there are
scattered adopted nephews and nieces
land largely the latter who lately
mourned the death of their "Uncie
Paul"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Industrious Mr. chambers.

Two books by Robert W. Chambers are
soon to appear. One Is a novel, THE
Maids of Paradise" dealing with the
Franco Prussian War. The hero is an
American, and the heroine a French
countess. and. OF course. one infers
from that that the book is FUN Of battle.
murder, and sudden death. It is Illus
trated by Andre Castaigne- The other
product of Mr. Chambers diligent pen
is Orchard Land, a companion volume
to his attractive Juvenile book. Out
doorland" Like It's predecessor it is
illustrated by Reginald Birch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Salmon Fishing.

A. Radcliffe Dugmore has written an
article on salmon fishing in Newfound-
land, where he has spent some time and
taken many photographs OF salmon on
the hook. leaping out Of the water. and
wild game in their haunts- II is not
generally known. by the way. that the
people of this bleak but picturesque isle
pronounce the name distinctly New
found-land"-with the accent on the
last sylla5le-and consider the sIurring
American pronunciation hopeIessly in
correct
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Hard on the Boaster.

Mrs. Frankau Frank Danby). the
clever author OF Pigs in Clover was
a personal friend of Cecil Rhodes Once
at house party in Surrey she and Mr..
Rhodes were among the guests So was
a young man who was disposed 10 0Tag
of his Workmanship. He came TO break
fast one morning with an air of citation
ard announced that he had that day
shot no less than thirty-seTen hares-
Mrs. Frankau quietly observed the
young man must have shot at wig
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
More About MI. Seton.

Though Mr.. Seton has done so m1ch
to make animals seem like personal
friends. strange to say, he is not fond
OF animals. He never makes pets of
them himself. and does not care about
domesticating or training them. his in
terest being scientific. The Two Little
Sayages." the first long book Mr.. Seton
has written, tells us everything that
boys OF any age want 20 know about
woodcraft, our native animals, and the
Joy OF country living.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A New Edifion Of Dickens.

A new and interesting edition of Dick
ems in twenty volumes Is announced by
the Lippincotts. Each volume will con-
tain a biographical introduction giving
the history of that particular book
There will also be reproductions of orig
inal illustrations by Cruikshank and
Landseer. and Forster's 'Liie>of Dick
ems" will be included IN the edition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
An American Training

Howard Pyle. the artist-author. is
probably the only American artist OF
distinction who has never studied. OF
even travelled in Europe. His training
has been purely American. Mr.. Pyle
lives in the quaint old city Of Whining
ton. and has done much to encourage
artistic feeling in his fellow-townsmen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
An Anecdote.

THE Reader" gives out this anec-
dote:
Publisher Ito popular and busy artist
Il called to sec IL you would do doz-
en- illustrations for Mr.. Dubbe's new
novel.
Mr.. Id Chi C-y without
looking upl-All right. Help yourself TO
a dozen out of that barrel in the corner.
Take the top ones. They're the freshest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Charles Lambs Love Letters.

We are told by Mr.. John Hollingshead.
who has the letter in which the thing
was done, that Charles Lambs only pro-
possl OF marriage was made TO Miss
Frances Maria Kelly, "a versatile and
sympathetic actress and singer OF
whom Lord Bryon once said that she was
the only woman in the Kemble company
at Drury Lane who was worth talking TO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Story of Sicily.

"The Proud Prince" by Justin Hunt
ly Mccarthy. is a novel founded on the
life-or the legend-of King Robert Of
Sicily The legend will be found IN
poetieal form in Longfellow's Tales CT
a Wayside Inn" Mr.. Mccarthy has .-on-
structed a vivid romance upon this
basis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Novel by Alice Brown.

Alice Brown, author of Meadow
Grass The Mannerings." etc. has
written a novel entitled Judgment"
somewhat in the style of her recent
book. THE Mannerings." 1t deals with
the problems presented by the relations
of widely different characters. from an
ethical point of view.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20

IT HAT priestess OF puns. Carolyn
Wells. has contributed 10 the
september Reader" some brief
reviews of what she calls Notable
Publications" Some of them are as
follows:
- The Lives Of the Hunted are feel
ihgly described by Mr.. Ernest Thompson
No-hyphen Seton. He has great TODD
to escape the snare OF the eager lion
hunters of our great cities.
The ConniptiOns OF Wife is among
the great historical novels of the sea-
son. Given to a young man who contem-
plates motrimony. II will prove as
efiicacious as Puuch's famous advice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Tales for Tots.

The Stories of Peter and Ellen" is
companion volume Of The Lovabie
Tales of Janey and Josey and Jce.'' by
Gertrude Smith. II is illustrated with
sixteen full-page color pictures by z.
Mars and W H Squire, and is intended
for very little children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A New Edition.

"The United States in Our Own
Time: A History From Reconstruction
TO Expansion" is an extension OF "A
History of the Last Quarter Century"
by Z. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor Of
the University of Nebraska and some
time president Of Brown University.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Told in Letters.

Those who are fond of Mr.. Howells'
work will delight in the prospect of
new love story. told by him in series
of letters from the various characters.
1t is called Letters Home and will
probably take place among Mr.. Howells'
liobf comedias
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
An Expert Critic

II is said that copy of The Filigree
Ball. was found lying open on the CEN
ter table in the deliberately furnished
apartments of George Robinson, known
TO his companions in crime as Gentle
mar George" when he was arrested
few days ago in New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Dramatic Edition.

An illustrated edition Of The Light
That Failed" is to be published. with
scenes from the dramatic version sooa
TO be produced Forbes Robertson aud
Gertrude Elliott appear in the roles Ct
Dick and Maisie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
That Maeterlinck Play.

'AMonna Wanna" the drama by Mae
terlinek. which created such a rumpus
in London last year, has been published
in book form. and will doubtless make
trouble for the critics on this side the
water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A PROLIFIC Writer.

James Otis Kaler. better known as
James Otis. is at work upon his ninety
fourth book for boys. His first. Itchy
Tyler" came out in 1880. The new book
will be called "The Treasure Hunters
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
MI Ford in Scotland.

Simon Ford has come back from his
annual goifng tour in Scotland, and says
that he is tired of fame. and is going. 20
retire to private life. He also says he
expects to write golf romance. but de-
clines 10 tell the reporters about II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
George Moore,s Latest WORK.

George Moore is at work upon a Sc
ries of papers to be called New Con-
fessions of a Young Man" Some
thoughtful people think that we have
had enough confessions, and 1t is time
for repentance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
:. FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS. :.
A Curious Cook Book

Cooking In Old Creole Days" is a
fascinating collection of Creole recipes
by Celestine Eustis. II is said TO con-
tain much rare and valuable cooking
lore from Creole kitchens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Child Lie in thc South.

A new edition of Mrs. Louis Clarke
Pyrnelle's amusing story OF childhood
en- a Southern plantation, "Diddie.
Demps. and Tot is to be issued very
soon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Some Love Stories.

Half a dozen love stories by Margaret
Sutton Briscoe. author of "Jimty," are
TO appear under the title Her Change
Of Heart"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Boys of the Service.

Cyrus Townsend Brady has written
story in the series called Boys of the
Service" which will be entitled. In the
War With Mexico"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
zangwill's Present Field.

Israel Zsngwill is now writing a Sc
ries OF italian Fantasies" illustrated
by Louis Loeb
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Senator Lodges Revolution. y

The publishers announce one-voIume
edition Of The Story Of the Revolution, -
by Henry Cabot Lodge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
A Holiday Book.

An attractive fairy book among holt
day publications will be The Fairies
Circus. written and illustrated by New
lille Cain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-20
Boys Books.

New editions of Kirk Munroe's The
Flamingo Feather" and "Chrystal. Jack
& Co." are soon to appear.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-01-24
GRAND JURY MAY TAKE
UP The WILSON CASE
NO DOUBT NOW EXISTS THAT SALOON MAN WAS eRurALly
ntArEN PROBABLY AT AGAnouARrGRs-cHlgF SULLIVAN
HAS MADE NO iNvssrieArioN OF AFFAIR

That Wilson was numerically
beaten cannot he denied A Star
reporter rallied AZ the Wilson home
~ lfvrn Lake yesterday and hAcer-
taincd that his condition was very
rorlsun There are several ugly
COMMISSIONS on tho head OF the Ia
tufed man, hut the skin n not hruk-
en- Ia any place. Tho bruises APP
pear 10 have been made by sand
a weapon that almost every officut OF
The Seattle police department car
rica.
They are heavily loaded clubs
made ~ sole leather. and blow
frum one of them win fracture the
skull Of AN ordinary man. The
policemen are not allowed 60 carry
these black Jacks" ana they are
usually kept out of the chiefs sight.
Nevertheless. they are often use i.
aud n IL the belief OF fnAny pea..le
That one was used on wilsnn rho
injured man 10 Htiil confined Go hts
hnd and unable to speak
Fired hrodine was arrested az the
sane time ns was Wilson. and on
The aaina charge, that Of interferlns
with an officar. Brpdine dld not tell
the police. an did two other mon ar
rested at the time, that he ild not
believe Wilson had been assaulted
hrodine told chief sullivan that
he Jaw no blow STRUCK. hut heard a
scufne Just outside tho r-oeiyins
cell door A second later Wilson
was pushed into the cell. where he
tell 10 the feof almost unconscious
nrodins bathed Wilson's head and
revived him 80 that he was abi. "a
leave the cell when friends cams "a
bail him out.
nrcaine " still prisoner IN tbs
city hastils One % the other tive
witnesses. Thomas e~weli was rsv-
erai days ago released. aud a. oncs
len the city. Wilson's ffi.nds sfairr
that tirodine ID now the only ose ol
the thr~- witnesses IN taii and IL be.
inG Kept a prisoner on nocsanf N
his refusal 20 esonerats the polite.
Department IN the Wilson affair