The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01


brillinnee Of eye that suggested delicacy in
Stevenson the humorous curve OF the
mouth--snd in rare moments of self-abandon
there is the same tragic look OF doom"
THE FULL HOUR.
When woman Is but thing
For man TO fondle and pet
Let her dance and sing
Her hour is not yet
When a man Is but a STAFF
For woman to cling to- dumb,
Let him strut and Laugh
His hour is not come,
LOUISE MoRGAN SiLt. So Hdvfey's Weck!y.
\
Miss Elizabeth c. Jordan, author Of Tales OF
Destiny" has a Norwegian maid who has liter
AIRY proclvites and is very proud OF heing
oompatriot OF Henrik tbseu 10 whose reflected
glory she appears 10 bask with intense sausfae
ton. From the conversatGE OF Miss Iordans
friends, she slowly acquired the fact that her
mistress also wrote hooks over which she wat
subsequently found porting az surfeptitiouS iu.
tervals From that time Miss Jordan found her
self the object OF increased Difference She was
even oppressed with her maids attentions doors
were closed at all hours TO keep OH draughts, and
/ shawls were tenderv wrapped about her regard"
! less OF the fact that She was already suffering
/ from heat Meanwhile the solIoitous maid caught
numerous colds herself and her work suffered
! Finally Miss Jordan protested
III you would take as good Of yourself
as you do Of me II might be better for Us both,
she remarked mildly
ooh ma'am, said the maid III don't matter
about me, the world don't need me, but you and
Ibsen has got 10 be took care OF right
=
Harper b Bros received the other day an
order for books which seems not unworthy to
be put In print The items were Napoleon
the Last Fare" by Rosenberg, and "Heroines Of
| Affection" by Howls This would seem the IN
kindest blow Lord Rosebery and Mr. Howes
have ever received in the stress Of literary life.
Nine Sarah Grand Is described In an En-
glish periodical being at this time "a bright
pretty woman in the prime OF life, with charm
ing personality and winning wsys'-a descrip'
ton readily approved by those who heard her
lecture when she last in this country, Her
severely critical attitude towards the masculine
sex so cevcrly exhibited in "Bahs the lmpoS
sible" and The Heavenly Twins Is said 10 be
attributable to an unfortunate early marriage
made at the age Of sixteen with man many
years her senior Nine Grand resides at Iun-
bridge Wells She is j member Of the Pioneer
club, an association largely devoted to phan-
thropy and fellow eommitteewoman with Lady
Harbcrton and Lady Henry Somerset An eS-
tension Of knowledge and freedom for women is
Sarah Grands basic motive in all her work.
Among tho privately issued books announced
for publication is a monograph on Shelley, His
, Life and Works." by Thomas R. SliceT, author
. Of Zone World at Time" The Great Affrma-
lions of Religion" and others,
TO increase the usefulness of this small book
a photography, based on that of r. Buxton For
man, has been added, also fse smile title pages
OF the rare FIRST editions. making practical work
for Shelley collectors. Only hundred and sixty
FIVE copies are TO be printed. and only few Of
these will be sold to defray the cost Of puolies
ton.
Andrew Csrnesie's latest book has recently
I been published In Italian at Rome and will short
ly appear in German, ISSUED BY Berlin pub
Usher
Rudyard Klping has arrived in CRpetown
South Africa, where he VIII take up his resi-
dence for the remainder OF the winter. MI vii
5 liam Alden Of London thinks, before many years
there will be many imitators of Mr.. kipling II
. his selection Of winter residence--or, strotl,
= speaking, Of a summer residence, for he vii
: find summer at the Cape. Mr., Alden conclude
/ that Mr.. Kipling is making himself as we'll &C
auainted with South Afrca as he Is with lndis
and his South African stories, like bis India
stories, will IN time be regarded by the readin
n public as the best possible substitute for vistin
inc laHu WulNA AHNy HNnNAipN'
-
The c. NJ. Clark company has In preparation
:. what promises 10 be very interesting volum'
, TO be issued under the title of Love Storie
from Real Life" by Mildred Champagne. Tn
name OF the author suggests something spark
lingi il is~hsr real name, too.
\ \ y
n Jacob RiiS new book, THE Battle with III
r fslum," Is on the press for its seeond editio
y bearing dedication to President Roosevelt
. who, so Mr. Riis tells MS, has been the mos
valiant battler with the slum.
4 This dedication did not appear In the mrs
II edition and thereby hangs a tale Of eonsidera
ton as unusual and typical Of Mr. Riis IS u
4 result is Of Mr.. Roosevelt
The dedication was written, but Mr. RMS de
s eidsd not TO add his small drop 70 the slFead
y OVERLOOKING business Of the president by eve,
e giving him the trouble Of writing letter WI
The customary permission % dedicate M
Il Rossssal, hssF4ns e. ths sifsf 'hs sppsrsrs
n Of the book expressed the vth that NJ ~
had carried cut bis original intsntlars ensSsa