The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-22

bound up in material so tough that it il
not readily acted upon by tho digestive
Juices. Careful experiments made by the
Government chemists have proved that
the finer f1ours are more disestible than
the Graham or whole-wheat flours. Bread
can be made at home about half as cheap
as it can be bought if the baking is done
with the same fire needed for other pur-
poses. Oatmeal and rolled oats furnish
more than twice az much protein and en-
ergy as the same investment IN cheap
cut of beef, such as brlsket, worth six
| cents a pound. White eornmeal is as nu.
tritious az yellow cornmeaL'
Chicago is claimed to be a great Chico
logical Centre" and with good cause for
the contention: The "Christendom" OF
| that great city points out that 10 less
than six theological seminaries are located
in Chicago, namely, Chicago Theological
Seminary, Mccormick Theological Semin-
larry. Baptist Union Theological Seminary,
Garrett Biblical Institute, the Theological
Seminary OF the Evangelical Lutheran
Church. and the Western Theological
Seminary Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. In addition, there are numerous
other institutions, such as the Moody
Institute in which training is given for
various forms of Christian service.
How many readers of this know the true
name of one of the greatest, most gifted
OF French writers. who stood on the side
OF the people against the expressions and
outrages OF royalty and neutrality-suspicious.?
So universal la this name that perhaps
not one fairly educated man in a hundred
knows his real name. 1t was Francois
Marie Arouet, and it is probably the most
astonishing OF all pseudonyms in letters,
and there have been many remarkable
ones, such Us George Eliot for Mary Ann
Lewis. and Currer Bell for Charlotte
Bronte.
The London Academy a literary jour
nal of age and ability, criticiZes justly the
style OF Mr.. Swinburne, who is beyond
fair question the greatest living English
poet. and l have no doubt of all living
poets. Swinburne's prose style is decided
~ faulty in its excess. He has marvellous
command OF language as he has marvel
lous skill and originality in versification.
The Academy says that he had never
n sound style, even when most charged
with eloquence, but it Is becoming some
thing worse than vicious. if that be posi-
bls." He is now some sixty-three years
old, il l remember correctly, and long
practice in excess az TO style may have
made him more skilled in redundancy and
the multiplication of verbs and adjec-
tives. / have never regarded his critical
judgments as safe and sane. His opinion
Of Victor Hugo was Ridiculous in its OK
travaganey and cumulative hyperbole. I
give this from the Academy:
AN everlasting and god-like type OF
heroic and human agony dominates and
dwarfts,' etc.,-that ia the way OF it,
without intermission. And this redund
ance of words is merely part of vice
which sinks into the whole tissue of the
style. Everything Is in excess.
Every writer he has occasion to praise
must in some way be superlatively SUI
prcme above all other writer's. Incompar-
able transcendent, unequalled,' uni
Que, such trifling unconsidered adjoc
tives fly about till the air IS thick with
them, and they have as little value for
lis as the purse Of gold which the sage
hero is forever tossing to messengers and
followers.