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She. on her 3Nrt. is perfectly aware
that as the English police put it, what
ever she may say is liable TO be lsed
against her. Id that. in any case. tre
fact that she has spoken at all 10 Sir
wilfrid viii oe the text for a diatribe
from her employer. while if she omits
TO mention the circumstances OF her
walk with him. IL will be worse yet,
One of the Counts Against Julie.
There are few people who will take
the trouble to tell all that they do to
the person with whom they happen 20
be living. II they know that the telling
will start a stream OF abuse. yet the
fact that Julie does not attend to this
important duty is made one OF the
strongest counts against her.
Sir Winfrid. while processing himself
her friend. listens to her with the coa-
viction on one side OF his mind tha;
she is not telling him the truth: her
frenkness is construed by him as ur-
favorsbly as her retieence. and Of this
attitude she is quite aware
1t is most curious that Sir wiIfrid.
diplomat by profession. Should De 50
severe on a fellow mortal for lack OF
entire frankness. when he himself in
the very conversation in which he sits
in Judgment upon her. conducts himself
as a striking example OF the rule that
diplomacy consists OF the things which
are not said.
r. he had been as frank as he desired
this friendless. homeless girl 10 be. he
would have said al the outset of the
conversation, Here. young woman.
am told that YOU are a deceitfuI little
cat, and il you cannot prove the con
trary J intend 20 keep on thinking so.
He might have said this-but he didn't.
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who retired would draw something. Now
that there are no directors left. here
We are, owners OF all this money. What
shall We do with It?'
'Bonaparete, seeing through his as
sociate's idea. answered:
E" II information reaches me OF this,
the money will go into the public treas
ury. But while 1 am not informed OF
it. and consequently have no knowledge
of II, you and Ducos, who have been
directors. can divide it between you.
Only. l advise you to lose no time. for
tomorrow It may be too late
Enough said. thought his colleague.
sieyes kept six hundred thousand francs
for himself. and sent only two hundred
thousand to poor Ducos, who grumbled
at this unfair division. He wanted to
complain to the first consul. who. how
ever, stopped him short.
Arrange IL between yourselves said
he. because If the affair is reported to
me you will be obliged to give all the
money up"
Nothing. perhaps. could better have
illustrated the Witness of NapoIeon's
genius for disentangling himself from
little things
First Interview With Napoleon.
In her account OF her first personal
interview with Napoleon the writer saws.
Our friendly interview spun itself
out-both of US unwitting-until 2
O'Clock in the morning
g Do you never sleep?' 1 asked him.
AS little as possible. Whatever is
taken from sleep is added to real life.
Subtle GaIlantry.
.'NapoleOn's roughness has been much
declaimed against. il being alleged to
have been almost savage. This is sheer
Caiumny. Certainly he was no foppish
ladies' man. But his gallantry, for the
very reason that it was not common
place, was all the more acceptable. He
pleased you because he was sincere. He
would not tell a woman outrigb that she
was beautiful. but would describe her
with the touch of an artist"
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Fame Is Not RestfuI.

Elmore Elliott Peaks does not find
fame as restful as it might be. Now ne
has received a letter from a young lady
in Kansas. asking him about a copy Of
The Pride OF Tellfair' which he ha ]
promised her. Mr. Peake racked his
brain 70 recall the name. and at last
WAS quite sure that he had never prom
ised the lady a book and politely wrote
her TO that effect. IN great astonlsh-
ment she replied. asking him IL he did
not remember calling at her house with
the encyclopedia he was selling, and the
delightful conversation they had had
on literature. and how he had given her
such helpful hints on story writing. be-
sides selling her the encyclopedia. which
was full OF helps 10 young writer's, and
how anxious he had been TO have her
opinion OF The Pride OF Tellfair" Mr.
Peake has since learned that some en-
teTprising bOOk-agent has been i'm
personating him throughout Kansas.
and the consequence is that the author
now views his daily mail with certain
degree or terror.
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MRS. HUMPHREY WARDS LATEST PROBLEM SHOVEL.
A Robert ESmee Fehcoat With of Becky Sharp.
ADY ROSES DAUGHTER" the

IS ADY ROSES DAUGHTER" the
l. latest novel by Mrs. Humphry
Ward. is likely 10 be even more
thoroughly discussed with reading peo-
pie than any other OF her former works.
While Robert EIsmere'' appealed. by
reason Of it's timeliness. 10 a very large
majority of the reading public includ-
ing both the orthodox and unorthodox.
its workmanship was ragged. it's char
ecter drawing uneven. and much OF its
matter tedious. It was read for it's
subject rather than any artistic value
Il might possess. Lady Roses Daugh-
ter" on the contrary, will provoke dis
oussion purely on its merits as a novel.
and the ethical element is side issue.
The heroine OF this book. as most
people know through The talk about it in
it's serial form. is the daughter of one
OF those eloping couples who have fg-
ured in society in all ages-the scandal
being in most cases the natural outcome
OF conventional marriages between per
sons unsuited TO each other. and OF their
subsequent lives or leisure.
Defed Conventions.
Lady Rose. a woman OF ardent and
vivaciOus temperament, married 10 a
man wholly uncongenial TO her. chose
TO break over the conventions and live
her own life. outside England. with
the man Of her choice. their life being
marriage in all but name.
The story concerns itself only with
the results Of this union as embodied in
their daughter. who. returning TO Eng
land under the name of Julie lie Breton,
becomes the paid companion OF Lady
Henry, a dowager Of advanced years, be
longing 20 the circle from which jules
mother was exiled.
AS the companion assistant and fac
totum OF Lady Henry. who is partly
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Development Of d Novelist.

Mary Holland Kinkaid. whose novel.
'Walda,' has just been published bv the
Harpers.was- born and reared in Wilkes
barre. Pa She was graduated from a
Philadelphia school and shortly after
ward removed to Colorado. In 1855 Mrs.
kinkaid entered the aeld OF Journalism
and underwent the training by which
the American press has developed so
many capital novelists Later she be-
came interested in the political move
mcnt OF women in the West. and held
an important position for a year and
a half as assistant State superintendent
Of public instruction in Colorado. But
she found the life OF the oflcehoIder
not so amusing as il was pictured. and
accordingly resigned. She then re-
sumcd literary work with an enthu-
siasm enriehed by varied and exciting
experiences IF Western life. In ''waIda"
she has dealt with the life Of a West
ern cooperative religious community
in style S-aich has been not inaptly
compared to that Of Hawthorne. Mrs.
Kinkaid resides in Milwaukee
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passed. dragging the loot with them
were phantoms OF internal regions;
The churches were full OF old men. wo-
men and children. who. having relied
upon the ancient tradition that the city
was impregnable. were now giving way
TO unbounded despair.
There was Roman Catholic church
at Moscow whose venerable pastor had
lived ia Russia for many years. and was
beloved by the Muscovites Round his
church vas a large space built over
with wooden huts. where the poor might
always find refuge Seeing the town or
fire and being piundered by the frantic
soldiery. many OF the old men, women
and children OF the laboring class fed
10 the inclosure belonging 20 the church.
imploring the good old French priest for
protection
He Saved His People
When the soldiers knocked at the
gates the minister opened them in his
sseerdotaI yestmeuts. crueihx in hand.
surrounded by the poor moujiks. He
spread out his arms toward the French
soldiers who reverentIy drew back Ma
poleon. being notified OF the Occurrences.
thencefOrth had the church guarded"
These extracts will. perhaps. be sum
cient examples of the style Il is fully
illustrated with portraits OF the charac-
ters described in the bcok.-(New York:
Doubleday, Page Coz
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There Is an amusing account of a
visit TO the Emperors mother. which
is as follows:
she was the only person belonging to
the Emperors family who had always
kept plain manners. I went TO see her
in the Rue de Lille. I was introduced by
one OF her two chamberlsins. whose
manners. which savored OF the old no
bility, might in less conscientious Of
fetal have been mistaken for a satirical
Offset TO the somewhat plebeian ways OF
the EmPeror's mother.
Good old Madame Laetitia had ac-
copied royalty as a sinecure. She
was a queen without pride or pomp
found her seated at table on which
were twenty or thirty small baskets
and various pieces of beadyork. I pre-
sented my letter.
Thank YOU she remarked. as she
took it from me. III see what it's
about. Do you know how to make
Things OF this Hlnd?'
No. madame
'Well-nor do l. buy them from
poor women. There are lots OF those
left. although my-son has done a great
deal for them. and then ladies' get them
from me
can easily believe that anyone
would be nsttered TO receive a gift
from Madame Mere
"A gift gift did you say?
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these qualities; who demands services
which only an unusually devoted daugh-
ter would render, but refuses any OF the
daughters rewards: who exacts an
amount OF work only partly paid for by
the e1OO a year which is the salary OF
her companion. and then feels injured al
the ''iDgratitude" of the latter.
The uncomfortable features of sit
uation such as this come OF the Unborn
conviction OF the grande dame in ques-
tion that for e1o0 year she should be
able to buy an ideal companion. body
and soul. Lady Henry's troubles arise
mainly from the fact that she confidently
expected a miracle. and miracles do not
happen since the days OF Darwin Had
she been an American housekeeper OF
one-servant power. aspiring 10 the role
OF grande dame. she could not have been
more peremptory in her insistence upon
perfection. more garruiOus as TO the
shortcomings OF the household scape-
goat.
In short. the feature OF society brought
out by this novel appears 10 be the
curious fact that what are proper self
respect, high character, charm. inde-
pendence, tact in one circle OF society
become all sorts OF unpleasant things
when exhibited in another circle
knowledged granddaughter of her grand
father. Lord Lackington. she would have
been an irresistible belle by The divine
right OF rank: as il is. while displaying
twice the tact and conscientiousness
needed for the former position. she suf-
fers criticism which pulls her charsc-
ter to pieces. exsggerates every mistake.
misconstrues every action. aud makes n
scheminS intriguer OF a motherIess.
friendless. but attractive and brilliant
girl
Lady Henry's Caustic Remarks.
The sensitive feeling and womanly
weakness which make her unable to
brave Lady Henry's caustic remarks be-
long 10 nine women out OF ten; in her
they are construed as slyness and de-
ception. II is rather odd that none OF
the highly moral people in the story ap-
pear to have consciences which lead
them in the direction of the Golden
Rule.
They all appear to think that they
have q perfect right TO cross question
the unfortunate girl on matters which
are none of their business. and TO con
denim her as deceitful because she evades
their impertinences by silence. and does
not Immediately pour out the whole OF
her private history 10 interIocutors
whose motives she has no reason to
trust
Lord Wilfrid. fresh from a confer
ence with Lady Henry, in which the
shortcomings OF the unhappy compan
ion are made the subject of an fmpas-
stoned outpouring. takes a walk with
the companion. with the avowed object
of hearing her side of the story.
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A Diary and a Novel.

An Interesting incident connected with
Cyrus Townsend Brady's new and al
ready successful novel. The Southern
ers," has 20 do with the purchase. by
friend OF the author. of a parcel OF
old books They were purchased for a
song. and without more examination
than enough 20 discover that. among
them. were several that the purchaser
wanted
Further examination revealed a diary.
written by an Alabama girl in an old ex-
press ledger during the war; the name
OF the writer was missing. but there
was no doubt of its genuineness. II was
Of absorbing interest. and in view OF
the many stories that have been writ
ten with Southern girl for a heroine
and Northern boy for the hero. it is
pleasant TO know that the romances are
not so far wrong. for the girl who be-
gan by loathing everything that was
Northern. ended by marrying a Union
ohicer. Mr.. Brady's friend. on discov-
ering the great romantic interest in the
diary. promptly presented it to the au-
thor, in whose mind was already grow
ing the form and some OF the incl
dents OF his new novel. This diary fell
straightway into has developing plans.
IL gave him inspiration, and in the end
he made large use of it in depicting the
mental state of young womanhood dur
ing that period.
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I'VE NOTES ABOUT THE NEWEST BOOKS AND THEIR M
NAPOLEON

OF the army dressed in masculine
garb.
At one time she attempted a stage
career. but found herself unsuited 70
#, and gave It up The history OF her
personal experiences, however, is OF
little interest compared with the
glmpses which We get OF great per-
sonages, particularly of Napoleon. One
OF the Napoleon stories OF the book is
this.
"Bonaparte had a supreme contempt
for money in Itself AT the first Of
fetal meeting OF the provisional con-
suls. sieyes went mysteriously to the
door to see If anybody was within hear
ing Then coming back 20 his col
league. and pleasantly observed to him.
as he pointed to a chest of drawers:
DO you see that fine piece OF furni-
ture? You probably do not suspect its
vaIueR
1T is an historical article said
Bonaparte. Was It used by Louis
XVI?'
An 100000 Franc Secret
d" 'Thatis not Il at ALL replied Sieyes
I will tell you what 1 mean. Il con-
tains 500 900 francs, When we were
directors we thought it quite likely that
one OF us might have to go back into
private life without a farthing. which
would have been most unsatisfactory.
We therefore invented this little saw
ings-bOx. from which everyone of us
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First Empire. and her "reminiscences
have the Importance OF all records by an
eyewitness.
Moreover, she possesses the faculty.
more common 10 women than to men. OF
recording the little characteristic things
of the day. and 1t is this which makes
the book especially interesting as field
glass OF history.
With naivete she tells us OF her early
life on the Dutch estate OF her mother.
who was a member Of a high Dutch fam
lily. Her real name was Elzelina van
Aylde Jonghe, her father. Count Leopold
TOlstoy. having renounced bis own pstro-
nymnic TO take that Of his bride. owing
to the conditions attached TO the latter's
Inheritance.
Glimpses of Great Men.
According . all rules. this mixture
OF Russian blood with the staId stock
OF the Netherlands. amid surround
inGs favoring 4 life or unoccupied
leisure. should have resulted in some
thing eccentric. It did. We find the
heroine OF this autobiography be
trothcd at twelve. a wife not much
later. and at fifteen fairly embarked
upon that career OF adventure de-
scribcd in the later pages
A. sixteen she shared the fortunes
OF General Noresu. leaving him only
for Ney; and often, in spirit OF
daring aud perhane for rnaso,s of
personal safety. travelling in the track
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What can you be thinking Of I pay
for them. am paid back. I see. my
dear. that you are not at all economi-
cal. As for me. l am not like my
daughters; I don't play princess. as they
do"
Not Like Her Daughters.
Il retired according to props forms
Of etiquette. and in backing out of the
room my loot caught in my long dress.
II had been less agile. I should certain
Iy have had a tumble Madame Mere on
this occasion showed that she had pre-
served all her natural kindness and sim
plicity.
oh. my dear she exclaimed. go out
in a sensible way You nearly hurt
yourself trying 20 be so polite.
Madame Mere must have been beau
tiful in her youth. Her features we're
strikingIy regular and her face irradi-
ated sweet disposition"
At the Burning of Moscow.
OF the burning OF Moscow. at which
she was present she says
The sights we saw were both sad and
awful We made an encsmpment sur
rounded by ruins. table was set up in
the middle of the street On every side
were burning house, and smoking ruins.
We were covered with ashes blown upon
US by the wind
.'InceDdiaries with torches or ends OF
tow. soaked iU oil. were being march
ed by close st hand. Tipsy soldiers
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blind and nearly helpless. she becomes
acquainted with the kinfolk and friends
of her mother. without their being in
the least aware who she is. she hersel;
being fully cogRizant OF the situation
The situation. moreover. in itself most
peculiar. is further complicated by the
unusual beauty. charm. and intellect OF
the girl and by a certain social ambi
tion. more instructive than deliberate
on her part
In short, this is a feminine version
OF character which Thackeray would
probably have presented as a Becky
Sharp.
Delineating jules Character.
Mrs. Ward. instead OF drawing Julie
in any such definite and uncompro-
missing way. undertakes to present
the subtle,ies and complexities OF her
character and the extraordinary diff
hculties of her situation in such a
way as to win for her sympathy rather
than the unwilling admiration given to
Becky. It Is clever piece or work.
with few defects. and it is the kind OF
work which only woman novelist could
have done.
II has been said that the artistic
rather than the ethical element in this
novel attracts ones attention. But II
fe mt III. .rov - .-Ls.r -
told. but the story itself. which we re-
member. We are concerned with the
personalities OF Julie. OF Lady Henry.
OF her old friend. Sir wiIfrid Bury: OF
/ the strange mystic, Jacob DelaheId: OF
the semi-scapegrace. Wa-kworth and OF
the dainty Duchess Evelyn
Their relations. their characters. the
propriety OF their actions. are the
matters TO be discussed. and the ever
lasting ethical atmosphere. always more
OF less prominent in Mrs. Wards work.
is not. wholly absent from this.
Just Little Preachy.
In one or two places. especially when
the nearly impossible Delaheld is on the
stage. the author comes dangerously near
being preachy. After all. the book Is
more or less a version Of the old. old
problem which is perenniaIly interesting.
20 this author-the conflict between the
impulsive. warm-hearted. imperfect. i'm
aglnative being, and the conscientious
eoldness Of the opposite type
Julie seems now and then like Robert
Elsmere in petticoats. and DeIaheId like
tho rigid. coscientious and exceedingly
uncomfortable Catherine. We are con
strained 20 ask. as in reading the former
book. why it is that Mrs. Ward finds It
necessary to make the way so thorny for
the more lovabIe children OF her brain.
and present as a higher type those whom
one respects but cannot love. Perhaps IL
il because this kind OF struggle is fo--
ever going on in society in one forp. cr
another.
One feels however. that in this par
ticular case il would have been more
satisfactory II poor Julie had been al
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81 NIX EMOIRs or A CoNTEM-
W roRART,~ translated by

HE EMOIRs or A CoNTEM-
Vk PoRARY." translated by
Lionel strachey from the
French OF Ida Saiut-Elm is further
described by the subtitle which reads
after this fashion: "Reminiscences by
Ida Saint -Elme. Adventures: OF her
acquaintance with certain makers OF
French history. and Of her opinions con
cerniug them. From 1880 TO 1915" tt
win thus readily be seen that the book
is not one particularly adapted for
boarding schools. and that It is OF more
or less value 20 the student OF mature
years who IS interested IN Napoleon.
A portrait OF Nine Saint t-Elme adorns
the frontispiece. and shows her 10 US
as sedste looking old lady In the tur-
ban Of 1928. wi:h few traces Of the beau
ty which succoEsively csptiyated Mare
scot. Moreau. and finally Marshal Ney.
the Iast-nsmed being the grsEde passion
Of her varied career.
A Field-Glass Of History.
This career embraces such episodes as
the expedition to Moscow and the battl.
OF Waterloo, In both OF which this re
markable woman. dressed in mems
clothes. participated: there are several
interviews with Napoleon. TalIeyrand.
Nine. Tallien. and other remarkable
figures OF the day. and. IN fact. she was
part and parcel OF the brilliant, pic
turesque, perilous, immoral life OF the
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lowed to live her own natural life. in
stead OF being made over. wiIly-niTy
into the Delaheld pattern II is a nttle
too much like the last-chapter CONVEX
sion OF the naughty children in the sun
day school books. which always made uf
glad that there was not a sequel. be-
cause reformed sinners are uninterest
ing
Julie Hardly a Sinner.
However. Julie can hardly be called a
sinner. despite the earnest efforts OF Sir
wilfrid, Lady Henry. the admirable
Delaheld. and the author to make her
defects obvious We find her at the be-
ginning in a position which is simply
impossible. No effort OF the highest
moral character, no skill of the lowest
cunning. could have made it anything
else
We find here a girl whose charm.
grace. and real kindliness compel the
liking OF those who meet her in a de-
pendent and humiliating position. She
is forced by her position TO make herself
agreeable 10 those she meets. and the
greater, her success the more rabid is
The dislike OF her employer. who is.
nevertheless. too helpless TO get on even
comfortably without her.
We find in this employer a Sraade
dame who requires her companion to be
lady. extraordinarily brilliant. mag
netic. and tactful. while denying her
right 70 any OF the natural results of
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brave men" has been worked by South
ern novelists IN the last ten years or so.
The foreign reader might be excused
for the natural supposition that north Of
Mason and Dixon's line all the women
were plain and all the men poltroons. so
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and manual skill to be profitable Here
and there, in exceptionally favorab bic
circumstance, women may have made
money in the ways described in this
book. but most OF it is apparently made
up OF fairy tales. tNew York. Double
day. Page & Coz
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A SNARE AND A DELUSION
Unsatisfactory Attempt to Shoe Unf1ained Wo
men How TO Become Self Supporting.

TO enable them to indulge the tastes OF
gentleTomen. though their abilities are
only these of domesties so far as the
business world is concerned
Dainty manners, education, refined
ideas. ladylike tastes. count for little
in work which requires physical strength
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- A TAR-HEEL BARON" by Ma
n bell s. G. Peltou, is a rather
new sort OF a novel. Though
and that IS much to say. considering how
assiduously 1.-The land OF fair women and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-19
Carried MANY Passengers.

Portland. Ore, Aug. 1S.-The EN-
press of India carried $50 cabin pas
seugers and $50 steerage passengers,
the latter being mostly Chinese. She
was under command of Lieutenant o.
=. Marshall.