The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-24

OF course everyone who reads the title
of Mr.. Henry's novel recognizes his or
igin in that verse from Lewis Carroll s
Alice in Wonderland:
The time has come" the Walrus said,
ITO talk of many things.
OF shops and shoes and sealing wax,
And cal bage and kings;
And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings"
And a most appropriate title 1t is, too,
for the book is a strange tumble of di-
verse things, American, Central Ameri-
can and otherwise. Nevertheless the at
mosphere of the book and its prevailing
spirit are American, although the mise
in scene is Central American and the
caste of characters cosmopolitan. Some
of it has appeared before-in maya
Eines-notably, a certain chapter on The
photograph and the Graft. 1t is all
very readable. There is plot full of in
tereSt and excitement which neverthe-
less does not disturb the verities, clever
dialogue, uncommon situations, live
people. Mr. Henry seems to be rather
ing with a few strong touches, an I'M
familiar scene. It shall not be said that
he seems Ito know his Central Ameri-
ca Well because Mr.. William Dean
Howells or Mr.. Hamilton Wright Mabie
or Mr.. Harry Thurston Peck or some
body objects to the phrase, but at any
rate he gives vivid and satisfying inn
preston Of the topography, scenery and
y
tropic charm. as we'll as of it's sociolog-
zeal and political conditions. It is a
sort of thing that has been done before
by Richard Harding Davis, notably, a
number of times, but it has rarely been
better done than in Mr.. Henry's care
less, debonnair, and not unoriginaI
style, which seems peculiarly suited to
the exploitation of a society made up
by the people who favor a residence
where they are exempt from afternoon
teas, hand organs. department stores
and the embarrassing exactions of an
extradition treaty. The soldier of for
tune, the adventures, the fugitive from
Justice, and the fugitive from labor, the
disappointed lover are all there and the
author has succeeded in connecting the
several tales of their diverse motives
and adventures into one fairly logical
story. But with all this the personality
Of the heroine, Isabel Guilbert, a wo-
man of the most alluring and piquant
fascination was needed to complete one
of the best novels of the year.
"Cabbages and Kings" by o. Henry.
Published by Mcclure Phillips e. Co.
Price $3.50. Through zercher Book &
Stationery company
The wages OF sin is alirnony.
OF two evils choose the prettier.
ners.
= guilty conscience is the mother OF in
It's a long Skin. that has no turning.
None but the brave go to a fair.
a dangerous
Heaven lies about US in our infancy.
and this world lies about Us when we are
grown up.
Circumstances alter kisses
He loves best who loves last
make love while the moon shines.
man is known by the love-letters he
From. Folly for the wise. by Carolyn
Wells.
The most remarkable set of fish pho
lographs ever Observation-Disclosures
tnat were taken in an absolutely
unique way under picturesque circum-
htances-appear in Country Life in
sode viii go down as the most sensa-
honal in Photographic history. For
fourteen years Mr.. Julian A Dirnorlx
has been watching the great leaping
Jumps into the air at the prick of the |
anglers hook. He told his experi- |
ences to the editors of Country life
IN America who told him to photo |
graph the leaps if it took six months |
II did. The first months were total /
failures, but at the end of the hair
year he came north to Sixteentb
street, with p perfect photographs
that show every stage of the aerial /
leaps of the 200-pound seven-foot fish
To achieve this result, Mr.. Dirnocl |
put up at a little old hotel in Golfers
Bay, Fla, set his camera shutter at a |
speed of one five-hundredth of a sec |
ond. and then, with his silent guide /
lived on the water in the deep narrow
pass where Golfers Bay makes for
the deep sea- He showed his patriot
ism by floating in the water three IA gs
that ran the color gamut of red. white |
ana blue. The red nag at the end of |
20 feet of slim tarpon line; the blue /
nag registered so played-out feet. and |
thA white flag terminated 100 feet.