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The Washington times., 1904-01-16
A Medieval Tale.

THE Defense of the Castle by Tudor
jerks. is an entertaining story of the
Middle Ages. intended for boys. This
clever writer made something of a rep
utation as an author of Juvenile litera-
lure some years ago with his Imagine
TONS" a collection of fantastic fairy
tales. This book is quite different, and
cannot but prove Fascinating to any
bright boy II is the story of a youths
defense of his fathers castle while the
head of the family away on a
crusade. and introduces Roger Bacon
in the character OF a wandering scholar.
All boys have a constructive bent
which is more or less active, and shows
itself in the building of cabins. snow
forts, boats. and other things, accord
ing to individual taste and opportunity.
At about the time of the development
..of this taste. there is apt to be liking
for medieval stories, tales of battle,
siege and adventure. and so on Mr..
jerks has conceived the idea of appeal
ing to both these faculties in the same
story Instead of making the main in
terest of the story romantic and adven-
furious he has described in detail the
siege of the castle by a robber baron, the
means used for defense, the constrGe-
ton of the castle, the weapons in use
at the time, the manufacture OF ms n
Eonels, Greek fire. and other common
| means of warfare, and the methods Of
military strategy in use in the thir-
teenth century Many boys Will imme-
diately carry out the instructions in this
book in a mimic warfare Of their own
CNew York: The Mershon Company
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
In Newfoundland.

Norman Duncan is the author of
THE Way of the Sea-" Mcclure. Phil
lips & Coz spends much of his spare
time i'm Newfoundland and Labrador.
-fAravei ON that coast is difficult and
unconventional, chiefly by little boats
that go from port to port, picking up
a passenger here and dropping one there.
The passengers on these coastwise tugs
are few and chiefly masculine. so when
Mr.. Duncan and a friend boarded a
vessel for short journey last summer.
they took it for granted that they would
probably be sole occupants of the cabin
which however. contained two rows OF
hunks. one designed for men and the
other for women. When Mr. Duncan
and his companion turned in they did
so leisurely. with q sense of full pos
session. sweeping curtains aside TO give
themselves ample air. Mr.. Duncan was
up early. stalking the cabin freely In
a decided negligee. He had scarcely
finished the disrobing part Of his toilet
before he saw his companion rise from
his berth. with a look of horror In ms
face. The companion said no word but
pointed across the cabin at DUNK
where the curtains were drawn From
beneath the bunk appeared pair O.
very feminine high heeled shoes ana
delicate feminine hand was seen hold
| ing the curtains securely closed MI
Dsncan gathered hts garments togethel
with one swoop and dIved for the en-
CINE room, emerging half an hour latel
/ apologetic, crimson. and minus one SOCK
lone shoe. collar and necktie.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
S. E. Kiser's Poems.

Soul Sonnets of a Stenographer." by
). r. kiser, is the successor to the au-
thor's Love Sonnets of an Office Boy,
and 1t is necessary to admit with regret
that il is not nearly as good a book.
The plants of the Office boy were at
once so realistic and so funny, the con-
trast between the Gignified meter. and
the sentiment au veau was so great.
that they were delight TO all who read.
and refreshing TO the jaded taste of the
habitual reader of serious things. But
it was the kind of thing which cannot
safely be initiated. and in justice to
himself Mr.. >Kiser should not pursue
this line of thought any further. Crud-
tiles of thought amusing in a youngster
OF twelve become merely wearisome
and vulgar when a young woman is
responsible for them. One which is
pretty good. however, is this:
How dark and dismal everything appears:
Sometimes | wish never had been born;
The fragile rose is hardly worth the thorn,
The smiles but half repay Us for the tears;
We barter happy days for doleful years;
Today the joys OF yesterday we mourn,
We sigh for loving looks. and words Of
AS breakers beat the shore, assail our ears.
He turned to me title while ago
With anger and impotence in his face;
You're getting careless with your work, he
said,
Il see you spell lose with double o.
Remember that there's no - in embrace. -
And oh, the scornful way he jerked his
head
There may be stenographers- who fall
in love with the bald-headed employer
and the handsome boOkkeeper at the
same time, but they do not abound.
| Boston: Forbes & Coz
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A Familiar Quotation.

The New York Sum received a letter
the other day from a man who had been
to see william Gillette in his new play,
and heard him quote two lines which
sounded strangely familiar:
| was 4 king in Babylon
And you were Christian slave
He wanted to know who wrote the
lines. The Sun" vouchsafed the infor-
nation that they were TO be'found in one
OF w. Z. Henleys poems. adding the
comment that it was curious fact that
many people who had never read Hen
ley's poems seemed to know these lines.
Not so curious. after ALL As an in
PRODUCTION to The Finest Story In the
World a tale dealing with the reincar-
nation OF a Greek galley slave in the
person Of a London bank clerk, Kipling
used the stanZa:
Or even the knightly years were gone
With the old world TO the grave:
was a king IN Babylon
And you were Christian slave
Credit was given to Henley as the au
thor, Of course. But people who do not
know who Henley is read Kipling-ant
also Stevenson.
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~ LITERATURE ~
Pro-Boer Poetry.

"Relishes of Rhyme" by James Lin
coin. might more properly be called
'Out for the Beers" so violent are the
pro-Boer lyrics TO be found In its pages.
Some of them are dignified and some
are not One which is a mixture is this
KRUGER AND VICTORIA.
There are 20 old faces that play
Peek-a-boo through the smoke,
The one is grim and gray,
Rough as q mas OF oak,
A seasoned bit Of board
That might break British sword
The other. more aged yet,
With a woman's motion peers,
A weary face a-fret
With love and doubt and tears,
But brows above thatsfrown
In shadow of a crown.
This is one of the best:
FOES.
The rifle was missing from of its pegs,
But the old Dutch clock, its face gone white
licked the second its owners legs
Were shot away in StorTnberg fight.
The CHASTITY dawn OF that bitter day
Could it scare the hound in an English hall
That he hOwled as il, half world away,
He had heard the thud of his masters fall2
Az each nan writhed in his dying throes,
Hand gTippe6 hand in the blood-soaked sod
And thus. like brothers, these quiet foes
Departed this life to the mercy Of Cod
Most Of the book is not exactly poetry
but it's earnestness and certain rough
vigor of magination redeem it. (Bos.
ton: Richard G.. Badger.}
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
The Home as 1t Ought Not to Be.

The Home; Its Work and Influence"
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. is a book
which will appeal TO some members of
women's clubs. and to a few other peo-
pie, but is likely to arouse a large ar
tagonism in most of its readers. When
looked at with an unprejudiced mind.
1t appears a mighty threshing of old
straw to no very definite end.
The views of Mrs. Gilman are either
very advanced or very erratic. one is
not sure which. Her way of presenting
them is undeniably interesting, how
ever. She takes the ground that wo-
mans work, being unsystematized. Is
III done. and woman herself demoralized
by doing work badly and under the
wrong conditions. She advocates a GER
tain communism in housekeeping, by
which domestic tasks may be relegated
TO those best fitted TO do them, while
women of brains and energy can occupy
themselves with something else She
points out the fact that. one by one,
all the business of manufacture has
practically been taken out of the hands
of women and is better done by ma
chine, and she argues that all of the
household tasks will in time meet q
similar fate.
There is just enough truth in the
book to make it puzzling. The same is
true OF some of the criticisms on it. II
! does seem rather absurd that a woman
with brains enough to write, to paint
| to sing, to manage a business, should
| be compelled to spend her time sweep
/ ing, scrubbing and cooking, when al
| these things can be as well done by
a woman Of no education who has
real ability for them On the othel
hand. most Of US are not vet ready Il
give UP the dear delight OF a separat
home and a separate table. and tn
pleasure of getting back to first prin
ciples- and constructing things our
selves Just as the business man ma,
| like to plant a garden or take care o
pet animals in his leisure, so the bust
ness woman often enjoys cooking an
seeing a house in order There are tw
things which nobody seems to see, i
this connections: the fact that construc
tive ability on the part OF mothers wi
have an influence on the children, an
that silly social pride. and not usefr
work, is responsible for much ofe tn
unhomelike atmosphere in this countr
at present. New York: Mcclure. Phi
lips & Coz
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
A New atlantic" Serial.

A new novel by Robert Herrick. enti-
tied THE Common Lot" begins In the
January Atlantic The artistic work
which Mr.. Herrick has do: hitherto
ought to make this book widely read
Jack London contributes an article on
THE Scab" which is altogether the
most striking paper on social problems
which the ma gazine has printed in many
months. They are stories by Alice
Brown, Harriet A. Nash, and Kate MIL
ner Rabb. and poems by Mabel Earle,
NJ G. Glennah. and Henry van Dyke
Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes
Of The Sunny Side Of the Transcen-
dental Period" and Andrew d. White.
Of Fra Paola Sarpi'' the sixteenth
century controversialist. Prof. Walter
d. Scott discusses The Psychology OF
Advertising"
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Colonial Heroines.

''Romances Of Colonial Days by Ger
aldine Brooks. is a collection OF true
stories with touches OF fiction here and
there-brief historical rornances whose
facts are already more. or less familiar
10 the public Il will be interesting es-
peciany to school girls, who will find
here some illumination OF the prosaic
pages OF United States history.
The story of Agnes SURFACE, whom
Sir Harry FARMLAND loved when she
was a barefoot serving maid, is here.
and that of Peggy Chew, who knew the
charming Andre; Mary Leisler and
Abram Gouveneur. Evelyn Byrd and
young Custis wander through its pages
One of the best is the story of Martha
Hilton. the aCdacious maid who deter
mined TO be the governors lady, and
thanks to the governors sense OF Au-
NOR and her own wit and daring, &C.
tually became Madam wentworth. New
York: T. Y. Crowell & COD
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
The Louisiana Expoaition.

People who intend TO go TO the Louis
lana Exposition will be interested In
Claude H. Wetmore's copiously illus
trated book. out OF a F'leur-de-Lis." II
is mixture Of fact and fiction. the first
part dealing with the history Of the
Louisiana Purchase, and the second with
the organization OF the exposition, de-
scribing all the departments, and giving
accounts OF the careers OF the prominent
men who are connected with the enter
prise. The style is picturesque, and the
book will appeal TO a large class OF
readers. There is really a great deal OF
information in IL. (New York: w A
Wilde Company
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
He Wanted a Special Copy.

A curious order came to Harper &
Bros publishing house the other day.
A man wrote for a copy OF VIII n.
Harbens novel, THE Substitute"
please send a special copy" his let
ter ran. 'as il is for my son, and his
oversight is defective" The incident re-
minded one of the Harper employees Of
a similar one that occurred some years
ago in Cincinnati An old woman
brought a worn-out Bible to a publish
ing house. explaining that il had been in
her family two hundred years. She
asked the publisher to make her new
one just like ii. adding that she was
then going TO market and would stop
for the new Bible on her way home.
winding up with a query as to how much
fl would be.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
An Army Nurse.

With the exception of Clara Barton.
the only woman on whom the Prussian
government has conferred the iron cross
IS Mary Phinney, Baroness Won DIN
hansen. This was done in recognition
% her services to the German sick and
wounded in the French war of 1901
which were preceded by her devotion in
the hospitals to the Union victims of our
civil war for over three years The
story of Baroness Won Olnhausen'S ex-
periences is told In her book Of memoirs,
Adventures Of an Army Nurse in Two
Wars"
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Rich Illustration.

The kidneys, the illustrators OF Tie
Thran Of Left the Lucky" have under
taken a series of paintings for story
which the publishers viii star In the
spring. II is promised that the pictures
which will be reproduced in run color
win surpass anything yet attempted In
the illustration of fiction.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
ADVERTISED LETTERS.


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. POSTOFFICE NOTICE.
The following Is a lis. Of advertised letters
remaining in the Washington Cd. 60 Pos1oulce
Saturday, January 10. 1904.
To obtain any OF these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters.
II not called for within two CD weeks they
viii be sent TO the Dead Letter Ossce.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS
d. c, Washington. January is. 1904-Seal-
ed proposals will be received at this Office
until II O'Clock noon. SATURDAY,
MARCH 5. 1904. to furnish, deliver, aud
erect sewage screens. including machin-
Sewage Pumping Station. D. &. Forms.
specifications and all necessary irfOrma-
ton may be obtained at This Office
HENRI HENRI L. b wEsT. J ooAASF'A HfbbHR..
Commissioners. d. c. 5a13.14.15. 16.1s.1s
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When You Want = Cut
on anything Engraving Co.. Star Bldg

tfons for the Evening and Sunday
Times will be received at any of the
following branches at regular office
Ave Sc; William II. Davis & Bro, 18th
and u SITS. NV; William G. Gentner.
cor. 14th and u SITS. NV; L. French
Simpson, cor. 9TH St, Rhode Island ave.
and r. SITS. NV; Theodore A. T. Judd
cor 7th and + SITS. sw.: w. Armstrong,
cor. 7th and II SITS. me-; Astoria Phar-
macy, W. A. Evans, mgr, cor 3rd and
q NV, Charles II. Blumer, North Capt
tol and r SITS. ne; r. A Veitch. 10th
and NJ SITS NV; II. A. Yates, ne cor
18th and NJ SITS. NV; Quigley's Phar-
macy. 21st and @ SITS. NV; O'Donnell
r. Rogers. cor. Sth and C SITS Sc; w. H
Clarke. 1919 32d st. NV.
Anacostia-Bury's Pharmacy. corner
Monroe and Jefferson SITS
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
RECEIVER is ASKED
FOR MANUFACTURING co.

Joseph H Crawford and six others
have instituted proceedings against the
Nicolite Manufacturing Company and
some others, asking for the appointment
OF a receiver for the corporation named
and to enJoin and restrain the transfer
OF the assets OF IL, or withholding them
from the receiver IL appointed. A. A.
Hoehling, jr, is named as counsel for
the petitioners
The Washington times., 1904-01-16

DR.. Lyman Abbott. whose Life of
Henry Ward Beecher has had mark
ed success. is preparing a volume OF
quite different character. TO treat of
PRIESTS and Prophets of Christianity {"
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
A Religions Novel

Lux Crucis: A Tale OF the Great
| Apostle" is a religious novel dealing
with the life of St. Paul, by Samuel
NJ. Gardenhire, and is to appear about
/ the middle of this month
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Anniversary Exercises.

The program OF exercises for the
weeks meetings Is as follows:
Sunday, January I'LL a. m, sermon
by the Rev II. r. Naylor. ID. D.. presid-
Ing elder: 7:s5 D. m. sermon on .tJohn
Wesley and His Mission, by the Rev.
j. r. Hyatt
Monday January ls-Addresses by
Judge l. c. Kimball and the Rev
Charles II. Butler. pastor of Keller Me.
mortal Lutheran Church.
Tuesday. January 1s-Address by the
Rev. Donald Macleod, d. D.. pastor OF
First Presbyterian Church Music by
the choir OF Mount Vernon Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
Wednesday. January 20-Addresses By
the Rev. J. J. Muir. d. D.. pastor OF
Temple Baptist Church. and the Rev
I. NJ. GIL, pastor OF Rhode Island Ave.
nue. Methodist Protestant Church. Music
by orchestra.
Thursday, January 21-Address by the
Rev. w. II. Chapman. Former member:
especially invited.
Friday. January 22-Address By tn,
Rev. c. w. Gallagher. president Of IN,
Lucy Webb Hayes National Training
School All are cordially invited L
these services.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
LOCAL MENTION.

Evangelistic services successful, Bap-
tisms Sunday night End Baptist Church.
E Hez Sven, pastor.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16

In Photos. Estebrook. 1927 Pa. Ave,
ChiIdren's photos a speciality.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16

And vou'n take it always. Absolutely pure
an gal, SOC y gal. 235 C st. Phone E. se2
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Drop Postal q 'Phone zaa

For case Of ''Muenc!seneS,' the best dark
s. %: delivered Nat. Cap Brew. Co
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Oil Heaters.

Fine skating at geological Park.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Give Reisinger's Ice Cream a Trial

Three hundred styles at S2.S5. KeeneI
shoe store. 906 q Street northwest
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Special Mid-winter Prices

AT Skaters 14th & I; III Pa. Ave.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Genuine S., Sc, and 81 Sample Shoes,

schmid,s for pets. 7I2 I2th SC
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
WILL CELEBRATE
ITS TENTH YEAR
BroOkland MethOdistChu
Arranges Meetings.
HISTORY OF CONGREGATION
Program of Exercises to Extend Over
Week-Addresses by Promi-
nent Speakers.

The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Brookland. which is one Of the young
est congregations of that persuasion
in the District. is arranging special
series of services for next week. by way
of appropriately celebrating the tenth
anniversary of its organization.
The movement which resulted in its
establishment had fits inception in a
casual conversation which sprang up be-
tween two Methodist residents Of the
suburb. while on their way In a street
car 70 their respective places Of BUSH
ness. Believing a Methodist church
was needed in Brookland they proceeded
shortly thereafter 10 call a meeting of
all their neighbors who were known to
be of their own UNCONVENTIONAL kind. A
local minister of the city was enlisted
in the movement. and on April IA. 1893
a preliminary meeting was held at the
home Of l. S Hollidge for the purpose
OF taking the necessary steps toward
the formation of permanent organiza-
fion
The Washington times., 1904-01-16

Gas Radiators. Oil Heaters.
Gle 18th st. .1uddiman & Co. l2o4 G.
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
Church Officers

In fact all departments OF the church
work are thoroughly In hand and are
being fostered and directed by persons
well qualified to achieve the maximum
OF results from the facilities at com
mand The present officers Of the church
are: Trustees. l. 8. Holhdge. J. 8. p.
Green, n q. Malone, c II. Hospital NJ
NJ Mclean. c. II. Wells and Conrad
Blanz: stewards. /. s. Hollidge, G. n.
Hospital A. L. Keller. 3. h. Murray,
DR. A. Patten. w w. Cohen, A. +.
Drake, Alfred jeffrey and William T.
Morrison: superintendent OF Sunday
school. the Rev J. D. Bloodgood. presi-
dent OF Epworth League, w. w. Cohen;
superintendent OF Junior Epworth
League, Emily Scrivener; president Of
Ladies' Aid Society. Mrs. 3. Z. Murray
president Of Missionary Society. Mrs.
Mary r. Bioodgood: deaconess, Delilah
Thayer; visiting nurse deacOness, Caro-
line Rendell
The Washington times., 1904-01-16
The First Meeting.

Among those present and actively par
ticipating in this meeting were Mr.. ano
Mrs. l. s. Hollidge. Mr.. and Mrs. G. 3.
Johnston. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Fisher. A.
w Harris. Mr.. and Mrs. p. II. Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs n. p. Malone and Mr..
Quinn. The next meeting was held on
April p. On this occasion the Rev
DR. Z. S. Todd. of Hamline Church, was
present. and instructed the meeting in
the modus operandi of organizing a
Methodist Church AT a subsequent
meeting, held on April 20, OF the same
year. Brookland Methodist Episcopal
Church was formally organized and
launched upon what was proven to be a
career of activity and Of substantial
usefulness to the community it was de-
signed to benefit
Among those connected with tn,
church in its incipient stages were, be
sides those already named, L p Holton
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. (. Murray, Dr. anC
Mrs. T. Y. Hull. Mr.. and Mrs. Dono
hue. Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. P. Green
Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Wolfe. Mr.. ant
Mrs. J. E. Eastlack, Mrs. c. H. Hos
pital, and z. Southall
The Washington times., 1904-01-16

Holding its meetings in the Town Hall
and its social gatherings in the homes
of the members. unrelaxed efforts were
put forth to raise the necessary funds
TO build a church. These efforts Gull
minated in the erection Of the commo-
dious and architecturally tasteful edi-
fee at the corner of Tenth and Joliet
Streets. which was completed and for
maily dedicated with appropriate exer-
cises on September e of that year.
On the occasion the Rev E. S.
Todd preached the morning sermon al
IL O'Clock; at 3 D. m the dedicatory
exercises were conducted by the Rev
Luther B. Wilson. d. D., presiding
elder Of the Washington district; al
7.30 p. m. a service which included 6
sermon by the Rev. F. NJ. B. Rice D
D.. was held. The Rev. William Fl
Chapman was the pastor OF the church
The successive pastors have been the
Rev. J. H. McCarty. d. D.: the Rev
Church Tabor. the Rev. W. H. Chap
man. d. D.; the Rev. c. o. Cook. anC
the Rev. James II. Hyatt. the presen
pastor, who, at the expiration OF tn.
current conference. win have serves
this charge for FIVE consecutive years
The Sunday school. whose establish
ment was almost concurrent with tn
organization Of the church itself. ha
always been in a hourishing condition
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-03-17

Mr., Cecil Long and Miss Effie Mason
were united in marriage last night by
Rev. Cook. Only the BRIDES parents
and the groom's mother who came
from Erie, Kan, were present to wit
ness the ceremony, which took place
at o'clock. A large number Of hand
some and costly presents were received
from friends in Kansas, where both
bride and groom are well known; after
the ceremony an elegant wedding sup
per was served, and a most enjoyable
time was had by all. The young peo-
pie will go to Erie, -Kans., today for a
short visit after which they will re-
turn to make Vinita their home.