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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
Workingmen and Social Problems.

This book is by Charles Stelzle, work.
man, student, worker in settlements and
missions. 1t Is the more interesting from
being written out of an experience that.
as the writer explains. was not altogether
voluntary. 1t is also written from the
standpoint of the man of the masses who
is to be reached and helped. This adds to
its earnestness and to the respect in the
mind OF the reader for the man who ex-
presses such sane views of social and labor
questions A book of this kind makes one
hopeful for a reconciliation of the masses
and the classes through mutual understand
ing and sympathy. Several OF the authors
paragraphs are worth quoting:
Il first became interested In the labor
question In a practical way when / went
out on a strike with about 800 men,
learned some strange things during that
strike; that Is. they were strange TO me
then. / had always supposed that my en-
ployer was a Christian gentleman. L dis
covered that he was q fiend incarnate At
any rate the walking delegate said that
he After We went back TO work
was one day sent into his private office to
build fire, the janitor not having put in
an appearance. / felt like shrinking into
the chimney when / heard footstep be-
hind me and my chief remarked very pleas
antly, 1t Is quite cool this morning isn't
it?' fear that didn't have sense enough
TO answer that 1 agreed with him. How
ever. never forgot that tone and 1t en-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

Felix Adler, professor of political and So
cial ethics in Columbia University, is one
of the leading American contributors TO
ethical thought. The book, Life and Des-
tiny" presents his thoughts on the spiritual
life the word spiritual as here used being
shorthand expression for the entire higher
nature of man, a conception including the
intellectual and aesthetic. while holding
them subordinate to the moral nature. Nee
essarily DR.. Adier's method is empirical,
and, having been high man with a great
purpose to pursue" his essay-sermons are
perhaps not the worse for that. This is
mentioned because this book does not con-
tain any of his contributions, based on In
ductive methods, TO social reform, tenement
house conditions, education and other prob
lens more intimately connected with the
material side of life. The book contains
extracts from his lectures on subjects or
more esoteric interest. His view or re-
ligion, in this phase, may be gathered from
the following paragraphs: -
THE moral ideal in it's simplicity Is all
sufficient. Its native charm can derive no
added splendor from the drapery OF creeds.
Its severe beauty needs no fictitious embei-
lishments of myth and legend. The convic-
ton that this is so has long been cherished
by solitary thinkers. We should endeavor
to spread it among the people The hope
of a perfect society is entertained vaguely.
We should seek to lift ii into the clear light
of consciousness as the one commanding
end of human endeavor, the supreme OBJ
iect of reverence and devotion. We live to
enhance mentality and morality In the
world What Is needed above all else is TO
find a more secure basis for morality, now
that the theological basis has slipped away;
to rekinde the belief in the ideal; to bring
into new prominence the unchanging truths,
and TO discover the new truths which men
need for their moral guidance. Religion
is not necessarily allied with dogma; n new
kind of faith is possible, based not upon
legend and tradition, not upon the authority
of any book, but upon the moral nature of
man."
There are many to whom this little book
will be a comfort and an inspiration. To
many who are at the point of throwing over
their former theological or dogmatic beliefs
and are looking forward with wavering
faith into moral blackness of night, IL may
mean light and salvation. THE Meaning of
Life" Religion" Immortality" Love
and Marriage" Suffering and Consola-
ton and 1.-THE Ethical Outlook are among
the subjects discussed. Mcclure, Phillips &
Co, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

sleep. The delay Of the fire department in
reaching the burning building was undoubt-
edly due TO the mistake of turning in the
wrong alarm. and this mistake was not I'M
natural under the circumstances. After the
firemen reached the spot their efforts were
well directed and their conduct was adj
mirable Unfortunately, they did not ar
rive in time to prevent loss of life, but they
were able 10 rescue others who would have
fallen victims but for their bravery and
heroism
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
GIimpses of Colonial Society.

Primarily of interest to those who have
been associated with Princeton Uni
versity is this book, entitled "Glimpses
of Colonial Society and the Life at Prince
ton College 1766-1773,' by one of the class
of 1863 The glimpses are obtained from
papers belonging to William Paterson,
edited by w. Jay Mills. William Pater-
son brilliant figure in the latter part
Of the eighteenth century. He was at
torney general of New Jersey during the
revolution, a Trainer of the federal Con-
stitution, United States senator from New
Jersey, Governor of the State and at the
time OF his death an associate judge or the
Supreme Court of the United States. His
correspondence, which was carefully pre-
served In an old oak letter chest, was an
almost complete record of his life from
youth to old age. The present volume con-
tafns much of this correspondence, essays
prepared at the College OF New Jersey in
1760, poems written on portions of old law
briefs, his love letters to Cornelia Bell,
etc. The scenes of colonial life are very
fragmentary, and one can scarcely un-
derstand why the documents were pub
lished for general circulation. William
Paterson, like Washington and many other
men of solid learning and distinction,
courted the muses., and some of the more
interesting things in the book are lines
Dulcineos he calls them. poem called
Betsy Stockton, the Belle of Princeton"
contains these lines:
Betsy, all hail! Rapt In amaze
Thy beauties Ger and Ger / gaze;
Feast on each charm, each charm devour,
Whilst, stript of almost every power
save that of flight gaze and gaze
It's dazzled with all beautys blaze
! PROSTATE fall; and where before
only gazed at, now adore;
Thy genius Pope, we Nine thy aid!
Teach me to paint this heavenly maid.
Swear that in beauty and In grace
She far excels the female race;
Swear, too, mortal miss yet
Has equaled her In sense and wit
TO show how nightly well you love
Bring down each goddess from above;
Say that Hebes bloom and Venus's air
With dear Miss Betsys can't compare;
Say that she is what most those prize.
AS Diana chaste. Pallas wise.
And SO on for eight pages. The muses.
taught him to paint Miss Betsy In the
'paintiest' way. But later he fell In love
with another and married j. B. Lippin-
colt, Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

The shocking and untimely death of Mr.
Nathan Morris has cast a gloom over this
community beyond the profession of which
he was an honored member. or even the cir
Gle of his personal friends, which was large.
Scarcely another lawyer of his age stood
higher In the profession than Mr.. Morris,
and he had attained his position by strictly
possessed a legal mind. work was easy for
him and he began to rise In the profession
almost from the day he entered it. AS a
corporation and commercial lawyer he
ranked among the foremost and seemed
destined to achieve still higher place. For
some time previous to his death he had been
president of the local Bar Association, a
token of his personal popularity as well as
of his ability. He was a most painstaking
lawyer, thoroughly versed In the intrica-
interest ever suffered In his hands But it
was in social circles and among his per-
sonal friends that Mr.. Norris was best
known and most highly esteemed. Genial.
generous, broad-minded. charitable, de-
voted to his friends. the soul of personal
honor, sympathetic and true TO every obli-
CATION of social life, devoid of self-seeking
or personal ambition, he possessed in an
unusual degree the qualities that win and
retain friends. He was supporter of every
good cause and a contributor TO every wor-
thy object. His charities. like his friend
ships. knew no sectarian or political lines.
and his generous heart responded promptly
to every meritorious appeal His death was
as untimely as 1t was shocking, and the
announcement OF IL has carried grief
throughout a large circle of friends
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

reporting the facts. without reference to
their bearing on the present administra-
ton; the Citizens League is operating with
dragnet, as it were. to find whatever IT
can confirmatory OF it's belief that Mayor
Bookwalter should not be reelected. 1t
has right as any self-constituted COM
mittee Of citizens would have. to investi-
gate public affairs but 1t is not operating
under any law. The Council committee is
created for the express purpose of per-
forming a specific duty under the charter.
This being the case, it should avoid en-
tangling alliances of any kind whatever.
and proceed to perform its duty in its own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
The Union League Club of New York ba

The Union League Club Of New York has
refused to launch a movement to cut down
the representation of the Southern States
in Congress on account of depriving the
negro of the ballot 1t is admitted that the
DISTINGUISHING process is an outrage and a
violation of the Constitution. but it is
found that general agitation of the subject
at present might do more harm than good
With the single exception of being deprived
of the ballot. IL must be admitted that the
negroes In the South are making steady
progress in nearly all directions, and it
may be that political agitation of the
kind referred TO at this time would .retard
their progress rather than advance it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

The "Archierey' is a high dignitary of
the church in Russia. The Archerey of
Samara is the central figure in this story-a
sort of Prometheus, helpless against fate,
beaten and bruised. but holding out to the
end. If half the Incidents, said to have
foundation in fact, are true, one should
be thankful his lot is cast out
side the Cars dominions. The book
is protest against tyranny, and
the pen pictures have been drawn objective
ly in the interest of truth. but the squalid
and distressing realism is combined with
the epic and the romantic so the reader
may at once be moved to sympathy with
suffering humanity and entertained. The
scenes include men knocked down with the
COssacks whip; homes devastated by the
tax collector; serfs, male and female, and
soldiers flogged in the open market place;
the etape, ragged, wretched, footsore and
covered with vermin; the village church,
profusely decorated with grotesque pic
lures of heaven and hell, saints and sim
Talmudist, Outbursts of fanaticism and the
like. The writer, Henry Sliowiz, is evil
IDENTIFY young reformer, and pays his re-
spects to the Car in preface (beware of
fiction in a prefaceD in which he says: 1.-The
Tartar enthroned in st. Petersburg is the
dragon that holds the half of two CONT
nents between his terrific iron jaws, ready
to crush him who dares to put straw in
his way. Without promising too much il
may be said that this effort has been cal
cuated to show youth In revolt against
chains; faith in conflict with force and self
deception; love in anguish because torn
from the object of its hunger; devotion
hurting defiance at death; tragedy standing
mute in face of untold woe; prejudice sue
cumbing to the charm of generosity; vii
lainy rushing to its DOOM misery localized;
principle glorified." After reading this one
may know what to expect. The book is
neither good nor bad, nor quite all the au-
thor promised. Henry T. Coates & Co..
Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

From Harper & Brothers comes a vol
ume Of six short stories by Mary e. Will
kins Freeman, entitled six Trees" They
are quite unlike the authors earlier tales
in character and style Of treatment. In
stead of the direct, Straightforward, force
full portrayals of New England life, SO
compelling as to seem like records of fact,
these have remote and visionary quality.
In each story is a tree which In one way or
another has a close relation to the lives of
the people who figure in the tale-a sort
of vaguely defined influence. The idea Is
of a poetic sort, but in making il an ele-
ment In everyday life it is rather far
fetched. 1t Is noticeable of Miss Wilkins's
later work that its literary style is much
better than that of the early productions;
so far as this volume is concerned, however,
1t must be said that there Is a lack of the
that first attracted attention to her work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

'Cymbeline," edited and annotated by
Edward Dowden. the English shakspear-
can authority. is now ready This is the
seventh volume in the Dowden edition OF
Shakespeare which the Bobbs- Merrill
Company is publishing. and follows
"Othello," which was issued in March
The diary of John Quincy Adams. while
a student in the office of Theophilgs Par
sons, of Newburyport. Mass, has been
edited by his grandson. Charles Francis
Brown & Co. Boston, this spring, under
the title Life In a New England Town,
iS7-l7SS."
Among the important books that Double
day, Page & Co. are publishing in April
are Macbeth as the first volume OF the
large Elizabethan Shakespeare; More
Eliot, of Harvard. and .sThe Nature study
Idea" by Professor l.. II. Bailey, editor
OF Country Life in Ameriea Tne n S&nI
by A. c. Wheeler. whose recent death re-
vealed his dual authorship.
Volume four of the Jewish Encyclopedias
Dunk q Wagnalls Company will be pub
lished this month. The volume ends with
an elaborate account OF the Dreyfus case,
and. IL is said, for the first time in Eng
lish brings the secret motives of the CHIEF
actors in that world drama into clear
prominence. The author of the article IL
prominent i'm literary circles in Paris, and
although he was not participant, Is in
timately connected with persons who had
vital interests in the 'affaire.
ID. Appleton & Company will publish
about the end OF May a novel by Frank
r. Stockton which was written by the
author during the year preceding his
death and entitled "The Captains Toll
gate" 1t is a love story, 5000 words in
length. making 400 pages of text, or the
same as Kate Bonnet, and has Tor It's
scene that part CT West Virginia in which
Mr.. Stockton made his home during the
last years OF his life. The Appletons VIII
bring the book out with memoir OF MI.
Stockton, written by Mrs. Stockton
'Wee Macgreegor." which has just been
published in this country by Messrs. Har-
per & Brothers, comes with the recon-
mendation of a sale of over 100000 copies
In Great Britain. since the beginning of the
year. Indeed, the bulk OF this sale has
few weeks ago that the fame OF the book
reached London. where il is now all the
rage. In ]. j. Bell. the author OF Wee
ognized new Scottish humorist who has
already rivaled j. NJ. Barrie and Ian
Maclaren in their estimation.
Biographical Sketches is the title OF
the latest production from the pen OF
James Bryce. This volume will be issued
some time during April by the Macmillan
Company. Among persons with whom Mr..
Bryce has been personally acquainted and
whose biographies appear In this volume
J. r. Green, E. A Freeman. T. A. Green.
w Robertson Smith, Lord Iddesleigh,
Robert Lowe. c. s. Farnell Lord Cairns.
Sir George Jessel, Cardinal Manning, Arch
bishop TAFT, Bishop Fraser, Dean Stanley.
Lord Acton. Henry Sidgwick. Anthony
Trollope.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
NATHAN MORRIS.

Men walk among US and we know them
not until death breaks the reserve of many
tongues and brings its revelations. Mod
est. kindly. matter of fact. very success
fol lawyer and a man OF large intelligence
this was Nathan Morris TO thousands OF
people that met or passed him casually In
the daily walk Of life. To some hundreds
of others he stood in the relation of most
generous and helpful friend. To few IL
was given to know this man as he was. 10
understand his quick sympathy. his broad
tolerance, his fearless courage Tor the
right, his quiet heroism. and. above all.
his profound love for humanity.
In the love of his great, big heart was
shelter for all that were In trouble or laden
with sorrow. His steady hand was always
stretched forth 70 help or 10 rescue those
that were erring or helpless or In distress
Nor did he ever question why they nad
been weak or foolish or unfortunate. They
needed help, and that was enough. Every
soul had In II some germ or strength and
usefulness that might develop 10 DO good
IL only IL could be saved and encouraged.
This was his simple philosophy: and so
truly did he live ND 10 IL that his earn
ings running into the tens OF thousands
annually, were given out as fast as they
were garnered, that others might be made
better and happier.
And death crowned MS NE with It's reve-
lation OF the modest heroism that few OF
even his most intimate friends knew any
thing OF He might easily have saved HIM
self. but that would have occurred 70
Nathan Morris only after he had got every.
body else safely out OF the burning house.
given the fruit OF his toll. for the good Of
others. This community IL made poorer
by his death. but the world II richer for hio
hAvinS lived. XIX
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

The Journal is OF opinion that the Council
committee made a mistake in requesting
the Citizens League to cooperate with 1t
IN investigating the charges against the
Board OF Public Works. and especially
against Mr.. Logsdon. The reasons given
by the chairman Of the league for declining
the proposition seem to be well founded
The Council committee and the league rep
resent different interests and are working
to different ends. One is an Official COM
mittee. invested by the charter with certain
powers and charged with certain duties,
and the other Is a volunteer organization,
working on its own account. One repre-
sents the municipal body polite, the other
a portion of political party. The Coun-
ell committee Is charged with the duty of
investigating certain specific charges and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
Matilda's Cooking Class.

Matilda has Joined a cooking class.
At morning 1 awake
To find fringe of herbs and grass
Around my bit of steak;
At dinner decorations strange
Are floating in the soup,
And there are forks and spoons that range
Just like a warrior troop.
And there are ruffles on the chop.
And lemons everywhere,
/ know not where the craze will stop;
In fact / should not care
IL all the viands thus arrayed
With daintiness complete
Could some time and some how be made
More possible to eat.
washington Star
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
David and Bathshua.

David and Bathshua,' by Charles Went
worth Wynne, is a drama Of five short
acts, with twenty-six speaking characters
and many miscellaneous persons. The play
is weak in aesthetic appeal; the thought
and sentiment that are Of private interest
are commonplace. The story OF David and
mis- love for the wife of Uriah, the Hittite,
is full of dramatic interest. but as IL does
not lend itself readily to use as an ethical
Interpretation of life, the play cannot make
up on this side what ii lacks on the other.
The author lacks the spark of diviner
fire." The Knickerbocker Press. New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
He Lost.

81 think I'll go to church to-day"
He said on Easter morn.
His wife sought out his SWEETEST clothes
His figure to adorn.
81 am so glad that you will CO."
She said, with gentle voice
1T makes me happier, indeed.
And bids my heart rejoice.
1T cheers my soul to see that you
Will leave your sinful ways
And come with me into the fold
To sing the songs OF praise"
Hold on!' the brutal husband cried.
I'm not converted yet.
have to go to church to pay
My lost election bet.'
Chicago Tribune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

couraged me afterward to speak a word in
his defense when ! had an opportunity.
christianity works from within out
ward. Socialism works from without in
ward. Christianity believes in character
first, knowing that good environment will
follow. Socialism believes In environment
first, hoping good character will result
When told this TO a labor leader recently
he asked me earnestly. Haven't We tried
the character first idea long enough
asked him If he had ever tried il. He con-
fessed that he had not. He saw the point
and changed the subject The
process of revolution is one which must be
wrought in the hearts of men. There Is
no short cut to the millennium through
manufactured social system"
The author discusses intelligently and en-
tertainingiy the relation of the working
man TO his environment-the saloon, mis-
leader, his church; TO social reform and TO
his fellow-workman in the shop. Fleming
III. Revell Company, Chicago
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

The sympathy OF this entire community
will 60 out to the family that was so sorely
stricken by the terrible catastrophe OF Sun
day morning. In It's narrowing details II
was one Of the most shocking that has ever
occurred here. and its fatalities have sell
dom been equaied In the record of local fire
disasters- II is always easy to see. on look
ing back over such an occurrence. how
some Of its horrors might have been avert
Cd or mitigated. but great allowance must
Be made for the terror and confusion incl
deut to the breaking out OF q fire at an
hour when persons are apt to b In deepest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13
The Rebellion of the Princess.

M. Inlay Taylor has added another to
his list Of stirring stories already number
ing a good half dozen. The scene of 1.-The
Rebellion of the Princess is laid in Rus
STA at a period when there was bitter
hatred between Russia and France. The
hero, a young French officer of noble birth.
has fled from France after a duel in which
he killed friend Of the Kings. and made
his way to Russia In the disguise of a
goldsmith. Arrived at Moscow, he main
tains his incognito. and by series of
strange events is drawn into a romantic
acquaintance with a beautiful girl. prin-
cess of the royal blood. OF the romance
that follows and the exciting adventures
growing out of il one would best learn by
reading the story, which is full of action
and dramatic situations and exceedingly
well told. Mcclure, Phillips & CO..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

The New York Tribune is publishing
some extracts from the report of the Tam
many committee OF five which was sup
pressed when the committee discovered the
horrible condition of affairs existing under
Tammany rule Incidentally the report
shows that the Low administration has
accomplished wonders in the way of re-
form.