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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24
8eibenburg i'm Sabre 1870.

f9es 2anb betradtet. Die s3abl Der
franaOfii9 rebenben 9emeinben be-
trGgt in 2otbrinsen 331 NIT unsefdbr
125,000 ginpobnern, bic 3abl Der
beutf9 rebenben 9emeinben betrdgt
aber 382 nit 250,OO0 ginnobnern,
bic iibrtsen 9emeinoen fino ipra4li4
semif9t. iebo9 peri9iebt ii4 DonSabr
gu Sabr INNER mebr bic Spra4srenae
81 @uniten beg 0eutfden. Sn 2otbz
ringen tparen /. s. 1900 bon ungefdbr
$4,000 Gipiliiten II nod 10000
Solde, iuelde nur frans0iif4 fpraden.
Oie 3abl Der muir franaOiii9 ipre9enz
ben Retruten lit bon II proeent i'm
Sabre 1885 auf 5h proeent imSabre
1895 beruntersesansen. Dies 1T elm
iebr bebeutenoer Sorti9ritt, fuenn
man bebenft, buB eisentli9 bic gauge
Deitli4e 9dlfte bon 2otbringen Dem
fran50iii4en Spru9sebiete ansebOrt.
Die 2otbringer finb ni9t tpie lire
Na9barn i'm gliaB elemannti9en,
fonbern frGnfti9en Stammes unb bic
beuti9e Munbart, ipel9e in 2otbrin=
gen geipro9en pirb, tit ~bemsemGB perz
i6ieoen bon Der elidiiii9en. sic sez
bort gu ben mo elfrGnfii9en Munbz
arten, lit aber anbers, je na9bem bic
betreffenbe @egenb in 2ot6rinsen mebr
na9 benz 2urem6urgii9en pber na9
benz Srieri6en ober mad benz pfdlsis
f9en Na6barlanoe grabitirt. Sm
peitli9en Sbeile 2otbringens ntrb
fait gang lurembursti9 : beuti9 sez
ipro9en, Lungs Der rbetnldnbii6en
8ren5e bagesen Die Srierer Munbart,
unb in Der @egeno 8tpif6en Sorba9
unb 9tti4 BADEN bic pfdI5ii9en
Sprabelemente bic Sber6anb.
@enn maj beoentt, baB bas Bis
t6um Msb fat $50 Sabre frans0iii9
getpeien lit, Der 8e5irt S6erlotbringsn
aber : Oerientge Se5irt, pel9sr BET
Der occupation 1871 nod fait rein
beuti9 mar, f9on iiber 100 Sabre
unter fran5Dii9em GinfluB ssItanoen
bate, Bis er i'm Sabre 1866 Der bamaz
lisen frana0fii9en Monar9ie gang
einperleibt nurbe, 10 muB es uls etne
pirtli9 iiberrai6enOe Mertpiroisteit
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

BON 187O-71 alien 8%emiibunsen Der
8elaeerer tpiberitanb. Die Srtf4aft
8iti9 1T unbebeutenb 5000 @inDobz
ner). Oas pGbrenb bes 8rieses ptelz
qenannte S%iebenbofen Gan Der luremz
burqii9en @renoe) bat audi nur nenig
me6r als 5000 GipilbeDOlferung. Be-
fonbers interefant lit bic SolOatenz
itabt M j d n, sesen bic fran<
aDiii9e @renae. spif4en Meb uno
5aarburs, selesen. MDr9insen mar
elm u~nbeoeutenbes Oorf, als 2otbrinz
aen beuti9 purbs. Damn entbedte
man bic 1tratesii9e Wi9tisteit bes
fleinen Nei ties uno cine ftarte 9arni=
ION aGer @affensattunsen, 5000
Mann, purbe oortbin Derlest. Cine
fleine Stabt Der 8aiernen entitanb
nun raid unb balb mebrte fi9 AUDI bic
gipilbep0lfsrung beDeuteno, 10 bab
M0r9insen jest 1000 Gipiliien adblt.
Die perbeirat6eten Sfficiere, pel9e
mad 90. perieBt purOen, batten es Be-
ipnbers i9[inm. $50 iolten lie pp6=
men? Mll9 feute nod lpirb M0r9inz
een i'm beuti9en Sfficierscorps als
cine 4rt bon 8erbannungsprt be-
tra9tet.
2%otbrinoen lit nett biinner beiieoe(t
als bas @liaB. SIS tommen 1ier tilt
"a ginippbner auf ZEN 9uabratfilo=
meter gesen 1873 i'm 1ntereliaB. @5
feblt lonobl on grpBen, ais an mittlez
rem StGpten. yle6en WleB Iinb nur
nod gu rennen Saarburg 5000 Gin
pobner, CUR Sdlfte Seiabung), Saarz
gemiino (14,OC0 Cinp., 1900 Mann
8eIabung, 9ieOenbofen $500 @inp.,
barunter 1900 8eiaBung), Oieu5e
$500 ginp., oabon Die 9Glfte 8ez
fabung), 8iti9 5000 @inp., 700
Mann 8~eiaBung, 5orba4 10000
ginn.), Stieringen : Denoel $4,000,
Suaral6en $4,000, Pfal5burg $4,000,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

erf6einen, bab uns i'm beutisen beut=
f9en 2otbrinsen nod 10 piel beutides
2eben entsesentritt. Die SranSoien
batten, tpie es f9eint, gar teinen 8e=
griff bon benz Wertbe Der Spra9e als
8runbelement bes Nattonalitdtssez
fibls, fonft bGtten iie ni9t 10 oberz
flG9li9 bprseben f0nnen in ibren 8e=
miibunseu, bas 2anb frans0fi9 su
MAIDEN. sic b~eeniisten fi9 bamit.
tpenrt nur bic Sonorattoren franaOiid
fpra6en, pie bas 9olf ipra9 unb
ianq, pie es bi9tete unb lebte, oas
fimmerte bic 9erren in 9arts ni9t.
l1nb 10 blieb beuti9 bic Mutteripra6e
bes peitaus srOberen Shells Der beuti=
gen Seuti9 : 2otbringer ale bic Sun=
berte bon Sabren binbur9. Sic paz
rem Der 9efinnung na9 quite Sran5oz
fen gepprben, bas baben fie auf Sun=
berten bon S9la9tfelbern beipieien,
aber bic Spra9e ibrer beutf9en 8orz
pGter bate fi9, slet9iam als Elm blinz
Der YaKagier, unbemerft bon ben Paz
riier 5erren, unter benienisen bon if
men erbalten, pel9e ntdt gu ben eli
sentli9en Welf9 : 2otbrinsern aus
benz alien 8istbum Meb sdblen. 8et
ben 8auern in SIT : 2otbringen bat
bas SransDfif9e nur bur9 bic aus
benz fransDifden Militdrbienit suriidz
gefebrten Solbaten Nabruns erbalten,
aber biefe Nabrung mar nur timmers
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24
9%tetf3lge 6rrQ QMt|dlQn6.
1teber @etbenbnrg mad &otbrtngen.
Won VIM. Kaufmann). INC. 142.)

nann). INC. f2J
lGbt". 0ieie Repensart tonnte man
mad benz Stese BON bielen 9eablauen
au bDren betommen. Mu9 mar oas
8ertrauer in bic preubif9e Sberfibz
runs nod Der S9la4t BEL ben 8aiern
feit begriinbet. Sas mar Der 8eptnn
BON Weibenburs anb es mar Elm sss
paltiser.
Sci Weibenburs tpurbe bic ~fransDfiz
i9e Siptiion bes9enerals Ibel Oonap
poIitGnbis iiberrumpelt. Doaap fannie
ipeber bas @eldnbe, nod beiab er cine
einsige 5%uperlGffiae &arte. Die
9ipiiion mar erft bor 48 Stunoen auf
bieIen redt iiolirten Poiten sefteat
iporben, es bate cine nur gang obers
flG9li9e Hecosnoseirung ~ftattsefuns
ben, bic fransOitiden patrouillen tpaz
rem ntdt einmal Biz an bic gana nahe
pfGlaif9e 9renae berangeritten.
Nls Der Tiibrer Der Patrouiae um
7A ubr am Morsen bes 4. 4usuft
benz General Souap Melbung ma4te,
bab feline aablrei9en Reiter abiolut
ni9ts bonn Seinbe seieben bdtten,
ftcnben bic baierii9en SnfanteriezGoz
lonnen i9pn in nGditer Ndbe unb UNI
balb neun l1br, breipiertel Stunoen
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24
2ot6ringer gauernbof.

81 Sfficiere, 114OMann tobt unb perz
nunoet, tpopon % Sffictere 90 tobt)
uno 329 Wann auf bic &0nissgrena=
biere ftelen. Die 8atern 6atten 16
Sfficiere, BAT Mann perloren. Ser
8erluft Der Sranaoien tit ni6t senaI
feitauiteaen. Sine fran5Ofif9e Quele
giebt 200 SObte, 500 8erpunbete, 900
@efansene an, bod maj bic .3abl Der
Sobten unb 8erpunbeten erbebli9
srDBer.
Dim @eibberg fo9ten nur 22O0
franaOff9e @epebre nit IL Sc
f9iben gesen etna $4,000 9eutf9e
NIT anfdnsli9 "a, fpdter 81 Sc
f9iiBen. SIN @anaen famen 10000
Seutf9e gum &fe. General Oouap
bate i'm 9ansen nur $500 Mann,
feline rOibiiton" mar bur9 Mbcom=
manbtrungen 10 gef9nd9t norben,
bab er tbatfd9lt9 tpents mebr als cine
8rtsabe our @erfiisune bate. Dapon
fam bic &eiterei bes Generals Sep=
tieul gar ni9t aur @%erpenbuns. =
0ie @erfolguns Seitens Der 0euti9en
m,iBte unterbleiben, neil bic beutf9e
Rabauerie auriidseblteben mar, Urn
Der Snfanterie bic Straben gum eilis
gen @ormarf4 auein su iiberlaFen.
Il
Wir tperben Der 9auptitabt Meb
elm befonberes Rapitel ntbmen, unb
ba mir bic StGbt9en bes Saartbales
bereits ausfibrli9 befpro9en baben.
10 Derbleibt bon ben ibrisen Ortf4afs
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24
Hie6erbronn.

&i4tung bes Sonners. General bon
&ir9bad bonn 5. Corps that basfelbe.
Gbsr Der sans in Der Rdbe febenbe
@eneral Suerot bra9te feinem 10 ara
bebrdnsten gollesen 9ouaD feinen
Mann gu 9ilfe.
lin balb 5ebn l1br b0rten bic 8ais
ern bic preuBif9en 8atterien unb baIb
barauf lieben bic beftisen @ort0Be
Der fran56ff9en Sureps mad. benin
Sruppen bes XII. Corps, tpelGe CT aur
bic eintreffenben preubiiden Snfante>
riemafe1 nabmen bic braunert Rrieger
nun aeniiQen6 in Mnfpru&.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

tprixbe unternommer1 = 10 setpaltig
tpar bic moralii9e Wirfung bieies
Sreffens. 9ie Waffenbriiberf9aft
5tpif9en Norbz unb Siibbeutf9lanb
tpurbe bier feft besriinbet. 9ie 8aiern,
tpeI1e bon fehr pielen preubif9en
Offieieren, unb au9 tpobl bon ben
preubif9en Mannf9aften, als cine
minberipertbise Sruppe einsef9dBt
norben uarer, batten fi4 sldn5enb
unb binsebunssbon sei9laserl unb fi9
Bel ben preuben In Refpett seiest. unb
bic 8aiern hatten semerft, bab der
perflirte NreiB teinel i'm Drede itedeu
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

bon Weibenburg aus, Der eriten Stez
sesitdtte bes neuen 0eutfalano.
Der Sdludt BEL 8eibsnburs tpiro
bon ben meiiten Oeuti9en audi nod
~heutsutase cine iibermdbige 8eoeuturg
beisemeHeN Nii9tern betra4tet, mar
es fein 10 acknowledgement grfols, pere
sli9en nit ben ipdteren &Gmpfen BET
WDrtb unb Bel Spi9eren, b%eionoers
aber Bel Mars Ia Sour unb@rapelotte,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

mar Der erite beuti9e Sies Elm min
aises Ding. 8ei WeiBenburs ftanben
bier fdmpfenbe Seutide sesen einen
fGmpfenben S%ranaoien, a~lleroings
batte Der @esner feline &eierpen benz
Rampfplabe nGber, als Der beuti9e
Rronprins. Mber bic fransDfi9en
Geierpen blieben audi in bieiem eriten
Sreffen tbatenlos beifeite iteben.
go gertng nun aber audi Der rein
militGrii9e grfols BON Weibenburg
tuar = ni9t einmal cine 9erfolgung
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

ba9s (S9auplab Der Spi9erenz
S4Ia9D bat bon Der @r5sepinnuns
i'm nOrOpeftli9en SbeIl 2otbrin9ens
ebenfalls ie6r profitiri uno AUDI bier
5etgen fi4 bO9it erfreuli6e Sort
f9ritte.
Selbitber itdnbli9 bat 2otbrtngen,
nie audi Oas @liuB, cine ie6r itarte
8eiabung. Sn 2ot5riuge.l ite9t bas
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

lid, benin ben lotbrinsif9en unb elidf=
fif4en Solbaten in Der alien frana0ii=
i9en Mrmee sing es unsefGbr, tpie ben
polnif9enRetruten in PreuBen, tpel1e
muir tpenis Deutf9 lernen, abseieben
bon ben Gommanbonorten unb ben
Gli@en berali4 penig.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

Ginen Wintel oes
beutfden @aterlan=
bes baben mir BIB
iebt muir gang fla4z
tis burdftreifen
tDnnen, ia i'm nod
faum beribrt. @s
1T bas neue beut>
59e &ei4slano
2otbrinsen, fopie
einaelne Stride bes
nDrbli9en Gliab,
bic 9esenb, mo Sic
erften S4la9tsn
Der beutf4en Clint,
aunss : 3riege gea
fhlaaen tpprben
limb. Wir betreten
6iefe Qanbf6aft
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

berfelben. 2ebterer trat erft elm, als es
bur9 bas Sbomasperfabren mOslt9
tpurbe, ben lotbrtnsif@eu @raen ben
boben pbosphorsebalt gu entaieben.
Dabur4 purbe bieies Sra NIT einem
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

ten pents mebr gu permerben. Die at,
Der pfdlaii4en@ belesene Geituns
8itf4 bat ieBt tpenis 8ebeutuns mebr.
sic mar neben 8elfort bic einaise
franaOiii4e Geituns. pel9e i'm 2riege
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-12-24

@i9tisfeit, unb bic franaSFfde Re-
sierung mub ieBt bobe prdmien Zee
5ablen, nur um fi4 einisermaben nit
unterofficieren ~berforsen gu f0nnen.
Gs 1T elm Srrtbum, lpenn man
2otbrinseu als elm fat rein franaoiis
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

men here and there among all those
who work with their hands-in lumber
camps, in the backwoods, In the rail-
way service-and II they are not common
there it Is because they are not common
anywhere.
A Born Vagabond.
Mr.. Sonnichsen has brought out an in
teresting fact in this connection. The
man in question might have made prac-
teal use OF his knowledge but for love
of the sea. He could not get away from
the forecastle. He could not brook rou-
tine. His nature demanded adventure.
Such men as he were famous explorers
in the day of Raleigh and Drake, John
Smith and Magellan.
The author Is not mplimentary TO
American merchantmen and their deal
ings with sailors. and another strong
point in his books is its evident plea for
better laws in this country for the pro-
lection of sailors. Mr.. Sonnichsen brings
evidence TO prove that English laws are
more just to the sailor than our own.
New York: Mcclure. Phillips Coz
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
ALMOST THE MIDAS TOUCH
Trials of Young Man Who Had to Spend Million Year.

"Brewster's Millions by Richard P.
Greaves, is one of the most entertain
ing books of its kind which can be found
among the seasons fiction. 1t is the
story OF young man who found him
self obliged to spend million dollars
in year in order to gain seven millions
at the end of it. and IL anyone is In
clined to envy him his task the story
will prove that it was no sinecure
Moreover, he will be disposed to admire
young Montgomery Brewster for the
pluck and sagacity with which he took
his chances in the remarkable dilemma
in which he found himself, and for sun
dry other qualities which appear in the
course of the narrative.
The scene is laid in New York. and
most of the characters are New York
people. though there is a blunt and
woolly Westerner by the name of
Swearingen Jones, who acts as a kind
of Argus eyed guardian of the promised
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

enemy OF the white man that to think
of the white man as the enemy Of the
Indian requires a somewhat difficult feat
of mental gymnastics for the average
person.
From the Point of View of Another.
ment which followed the publication of
Helen Hunt Jackson's "a Century OF
Dishonor." It Is SO novel a sensation
to see ones own race from the point
of view of another and more or less
antagonistic race. that to many people
IL IS disagreeable- DR.. Eastman's view
is. however, not in any sense antagon-
istic to the white race. He simply tells
his story as it happened. He frankly
states that the white people injured his
family. and that his uncle and some OF
his other relatives were accustomed 10
seek revenge for those injuries It may
be noted that this idea of family duty
has not entirely died out among white
men, in spite OF all the paraphernalia
of justice of which we are SO proud.
Tells the Story as It Happened.
The ends of justice will undoubtedly
be better served by this book than by
any act Of violence, for no one can read
1t and fail to see the human side OF
Indian life and recognize in 1t much that
is noble, fine. and worthy Of imitation
II any OF the Indians hereditary enc
mics can write as good a book OF
pioneer life, In which they refute Dr..
will accomplish a feat which really
seems impossible. This is an interesting
and valuable addition to American lit
erature. New York: Mcclure. Phil
lips & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-05-17

reward, and appears only In kilograms
and letters until the last chapter.
The heroine Is a winsome little wo-
man, and the friends of the hero are
well drawn and lively people. But, OF
course. the main interest is In the story.
The conditions of the $1,000, 900 bequest
were that at a certain time the legatee
should be possessed of no money and
no assets out of the other million dol
lars. and, as has been said. the prob
lem of complying with these conditions
was by no means easy to solve. A part
OF the correspondence between Brews-
ter and Jones runs as follows:
How about having my life insuredf
Would il violate conditions7
MONTGOMERY BREWSTER"
Seems to me your life would become
an asset In that case. Can you dispose
OF 1t before September %?
JONES"
No; life is not always jolly for the
possessor of million dollars. (Chicago:
Herbert S. Stone & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
OLD FRANCE AND NEW.

1.-The Grey Cloak is a new historical
novel by Harold MacGrath, author of
THE Puppet Crown" and it deals with
precisely the same period as Mr.. Crock
etts Flower the Corn" reviewed in
this issue. It is the time OF Louis
XIV, intrigue, conspiracy. exploration,
and the New World. Otherwise the
books are not in the least alike. nor do
they resemble Conan Doyle's "Refu-
gees" which deals with the same sort
of life
The hero of Mr.. MacGrath's novel is
the Chevalier du Cevennes. only son OF
the Marquis de Perigny. a nobleman OF
the ancient regime. The heroine is a
lady of the court, recently widowed
charming, spirited, and lovely. The in
terest lies chiefly in the complicated re-
Iations existing between the principal
characters, and in the unraveling of the
same. In other words. 1t is the human
interest, and not the course of the mar
rative, which counts.
The scene ranges from Paris to Can
ada, and several typical figures of the
time are introduced. One of the best
is the hero's fdus Achates, Victor de
Saumaise. a young poet. The old mar
auis is also capitally drawn, and so Is
the villain, who is not all villain, the
Vicomte D'Halluys. The part which the
grey cloak plays In the plot is not In
considerable. Like 1.-THE Colonefs OPP
era Cloak" 1T reappears at every criti-
cal time, as II by fate. 1t deserves to be
considered character. Brother
Jacques, the Jesuit: Sister Benie. the
UrsuIine; Breton, the hero's squire. are
all well drawn. In fact. no character Is
sighted. indianapolis: The Bowen
Merrill Company
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
HUGUENOT AND SCOT.

Flower the Corn" by S. R Crock
EFT. is an adventure story dealing with
the Scotch Presbyterians and he HUI
guenots IN the time of the Grand Mon
argue. The heroine. Flower o. the
Corn, is the daughter OF a Scotch min
lister, and her pretty name is Frances
Wildwood. The hero is Maurice Raith.
Scotchman, secretary to the Duke Of
Marlborough. and the private anvoy Of
that general to the Huguenots OF the
Ceyennes, Just then lying under danger
from the prosecutions of the Catholic
faction, melted by Du Chayla The
action takes place in this imperiled 10
caIity, and the part of villain Is filed
by Yvette Foy. lady of the adven-
turous species, but, IS Mr.. Crockett ex-
plains. "adventuriere pur sang" loving
adventure for itself alone, not for what
it would bring her.
She plays the poppy TO Frances corn
flower, and is one of the best drawn
characters in the book. Two other sue
cessful genre characters are Billy Mar
shall. the gypsy, and his wife Bet. who,
as he proudly says, is ''ot the hlackest
blood of the Faas." Those who are at
all familiar with the gypsy history will
recognize the truth and humor of these
Egyptians"
AS for the hero. he is the usual brave
warm hearted. impetuous. not over-sen-
sible young man. 1t would be refresh
ing If some historical novelist would
give US some day a hero who Is cool
headed and does not get into scrapes
through sheer inability to keep out of
them. There are such men in life-why
should there not be in fiction? For the
rest, the story is well told and attrac-
tive, and should not be Judged by the
cover. That is a garish horror IN pic
ture book colors. (New York: Me
Clure, Phillips & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
THE GLAMOUR OF THE SEA
Book of Sailors Yarns-Wren by One Who Knows Its Life

Deep Sea Vagabonds." by Albert
sonnichsen, Able Seaman, is that rarest
of literary finds. a book on seafaring
life written by one who knows. Like
the life of the camp or OF the forest,
the sailors calling has fascination
about II which even those not called Of
the sea may feel, but. like the soldier
or the woodsman, the sailor who under
stands the fascination OF his work most
completely is as q rule least competent
TO write of 1t. The power TO live and
the power TO write seldom go together
and a seaman's life Is of such a nature
that the writer cannot learn OF II by
constant observations as he can Of some
other phases of human existence.
A Story Simply Told.
Here and there. however, is to be
found a man who has lived the life Of
a sailor and come out of it with the
ability TO spin yarns on paper. and
such a one is Mr.. Sonnichsen. In this
hook he has set down quite simply some
of his experiences as young mau serv-
ing under the flags Of divers nations,
and the tales are all the more attractive
because no attempt is made at fine
writing. The author knows wha1 he
has told his story, and how 70 tell It,
and he has not spoiled It with nuhroid-
cry of long words on the one hand or
cyerwrought dialect on the other.
When we are further informed that
this man had with him a chest half
full of books, among which were works
by Darwin. Huxley. Ruskin. Spencer,
Emerson. Carlyle, and Browning, and
that he had also studied politics and
the policies Of nations. the statement
quoted apsars to be a mild one. When
one considers that the average college
graduate. even after his college course,
has 70 be coaxed TO read these authors.
If indeed. he reads them at all, and that
reading them for the love Of II would
appear to most Americans to be little
short of idiocy, Bob Carruthers, with
his self-trained mind. seems a remarka-
bly, well educated man. There are such
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
Manufactured Dialect

Darrell of the Blessed Isles" by Irv-
ing Batcheller, is a tale of an itinerant
tinker, written in much the same vein
as the authors former works, "Eben
Holden" and ''D'ri and l. Mfr BatcheIler
and Sarah P. Mclean Greene are twin
souls from literary point of view.
Both are addicted TO the creation of odd
characters of rustic origin and poetic
souls, and both use the same curious
lingo, apparently devised by themselves,
when they make these characters talk
Mr.. Batcheller has introduced as minor
characters in his book Edwin Forrest
and James A. Garfield, and in these
cases he drops the peculiar language of
the Blessed Isles and allows them to
talk like other folk. The hero OF his
story is founding, called Sidney Trove,
who becomes acquainted with Darrell,
the tinker, and learns much from him
both of literature and life. Many comic
and pathetic characters of The neighbor-
hood come into the narrative by the way.
and some are evidently drawn from real
life.
It may be that the mysticisms of Mr..
Batcheller's rustic dialect are an at
tempt to reproduce the quaint stateli-
ness of speech some rural Americans use
and which is due usually to their earnest
desire to preserve at least semblance
OF educated language, Sarah Orne JeweIt
and Mary E. Wilkins have been sue
cessful in doing this, especially Miss
Jewett, who has caught exactly the
combination of long words and homeiy
patois. But Mr.. Batcheller's Darrell does
not ring quite true. (Boston: D. Lothrop
& Col
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN
Treatise the Best Method of Cuivatng Health

pens to become interested in the matter
at college or elsewhere.
Few cities have women's gymnasiums,
few country places have avenues of in
struction on the subject of physical Gull
ture; the average girl regards house
work as a task TO be avoided, and a
long walk as a bore, while rowing. rid
Ing and golf are out of reach of any
but the very few. The outlook for
physical culture seems, therefore, to be
rather dubious. and the appearance of
well-written books on the subject may
change the prospect. If the interest of
the public can once be awakened to the
need of this training for women, it can
be easily supplied. At present the
great obstacle is the lack of general
interest in the matter.
To trace this lack OF interest back
to its source. it is probably due to a
more or less common doubt whether
this training will make women more
attractive. Much ridicule has been
awakened by the supposed athletic type
Of girl-a type which exists only in the
comic papers-and when conservative
people read of girls taking part IN track
athletics, running, jumping, rowing and
fencing, they are Mortified by visions of
their daughters grown unfeminine and
coarse-as If perfect health ever made
a woman less womanlyi The history
of pioneer settlements proves that wom-
en- can walk, ride, climb and jump with
out injury to their health, If they are
accustomed to such things, and there
is no reason in the world why they
should not be SO accustomed except
an irrational popular prejudice. All the
same. gymnastics for women can only
be made popular by removal of this
prejudice. New York: The Macmillan
Company
The Washington times., 1903-05-17
ODE ON SOLITUDE.

Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields
with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire:
Whose trees in summer yield him shade.
In winter. fire.
Blest, who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years slide soft
away;
In health of body. peace of mind.
Quiet by day.
Sound sleep by night, study, and ease,
Together MKT, sweet~recreatfon;
And innocence. which most does please,
With meditation.
Thus let me live. unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented, let me die,
Steal from the world, and not stone
Tell where ] lie.
Alexander Pope.