Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-18

Eleven years ago a young Swiss
woman, Miss Lena Boegli, arrived at
an unusual resolution. Seated in a
little room at Cracow, Austria, she
determined to find out if a Young
woman, without money, could work her
way round the world. She had saved,
from her little earnings, enough money
to pay for a passage to Australia, and
there she hoped to earn enough to en-
able her to proceed. She also decided
that she would make her world gridling
tour one of exactly ten years duration
in order to have "a fixed plan to work
by" How she succeeded in carrying
out her determination is now well told
in a volume OF letters written by her to
a friend at home and just published by
]. b. Lippincott & Co. under the title of
Forward" 1t is a very interesting
work, causing the reader to follow
sympathetically the adventures Of the
lone vOyager through her sojournings
in foreign lands. In turn she visited
Australia, New Zealand, Samoa,
Hawaii and the United States, paying
her way as a teacher of French, find
ing many obstacles. but overcoming
Many and varied are the glimpses she
gives us Of faraway lands. Perhaps
most interesting Of all are her pictures
of Samoa. Miss Boegli was in Hawaii
when the news Of the destruction of the
Maine reached there, and she gives us
a clear idea of the excitement it caused.
She was there, too, when the first con-
tingent of American troops to the
Philippines passed through, and was
one of the hostesses of the soldiers. 1t
was .hen that she learned to know and
| admire Americans, and through the
later letters, telling of her adventures
in the United States, she never wearies
in singing our praises.
d. Appleton & Co. announce the ap-
pearance, toward the end Of this
month, of new story by Maarten
Martens, called "Dorothea." and a
novel. Nancy Stair" by Mrs. Elinor
Mccarthy Lane, author of THE Mills
of Cod
Those who have failed to find "Azan"
in their Biographies and who have
therefore been puzzled by the line HE
who died at AZan SENDS" etc, in Sir
thank Rossiter Johnson, who, in a let
ter to the New York Times. explains
that Azan is not the name of a place,
but means the hour of evening prayer,
being equivalent to sunset or
"vespers.'
From Chicago we hear of a dinner
given by Mrs. Riggs-Kate Douglas
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on the fads for collecting articles. One
guest told of collection of rare books,
another of old lace, another of crystals,
iades. etc. When Mrs. Riggs was asked
lwhat her special fad was she replied,
Besides collecting material for my
stories, l probably have as fine col
Election of small gs as is to be found in
any womans name"
The untimcly death of one of New
YOrk's cleverest and most promising
, writer's. Guy Wetmore Carryl will be
sincerely regretted by many. Mr.. Car
ryl was born in 1871 and aducated at
columbia University, where he was
graduated in 1895 with 4 high reputa-
ton for originality and talent He be-
gan his literary career in his freshman
stream of fun, satire and fiction in
both verse and prose. On leaving col
legc he became editor of Munseys Mag
azne. In 1897 he went to Europe
where he remained nearly three years.
writing for Harper's. Munsey's, Col
lier's, Saturday Evening Post, Youths
Companion. Herald. and other publica-
tons. His compositions were popular
from the first and after appearing in
= serial form were published as books.
3 All of these sold well, some running
, into several editions The list includes
Fables for the Frivolous" Grimm
Tales Made Gay" Mother Goose for
,, Grownups." THE Lieutenant Govern
or and "Zut and Other Parisians.'
.. In social life Carryl was royal star.
Good looking, graceful, self-possessed,
naturally droll and mirthful, with 4
happy knack for mmicry, stage-craft.
inprOmptu verse and eXtemporaneous
music. and an inexhaustible fund of in
, cident and anecdotc. he was the lion Of
social. literary and Bohemian circles
, His Bohemian breakfasts in Paris and
Bohemian suppers in New York were
famous for their novelty. interest and
. joviality.
He died from an attack of the grip
contracted while trying to save his
writings a few weeks ago at Swamps
colt, when his bungalow, "Shingie
Blessedness," burned.
The novelette, i'm Ainslee's for May is
, 'DebOnnaire." by William Farquhar
Payson. Other well-known contribu-
tors are Maurice Maeterlinck. Gertrude
Lynch. Richard lie Gallienne. Cosmo
Hamilton. Sarah Guernsey Bradley,
Owen Oliver. Josephine Dixon. Lucia
Chamberlain. Arthur Ketchum, iona
Gale and Hartley Davis.