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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

4 INena week tests the ingenuity of
n . Aort4z7 who wishes to suggest in
@a I'm the festive spirit of the
season. II she desires to signalize the
approach of the New Year, pretty
and novel concet for entertaining
guests who care for neither card-play-
ing nor dancing, is the calendar party.
The character of the function is not
announced directly, but interest Is
piqued by the wording of the invita-
tions. which are decidedly informal:
ION - evening we will have as
our guests twelve eminent women.
May we ask you to be present and as
sist in making their call interesting
and pleasant"
The feature of the evening Is
guessing contest furnished by the fol-
lowing jingles which form a book
let:
Twelve daughters these of ancient
race,
Rich and gifted and fair of face.
Their graces by poets ofttimes sung,
Their virtues known to every tongue,
So come we witty and come we wise
Guess these maids and win the prize"
/.
"a neat little housewife on cookery
bent
She bakes, brews and mixes. with life
we'll content"
2.
with dreamy eyes. and arms all bios
som laden,
Mid fields of softest green, she comes,
a gentle maiden"
3.
IA douohtay ~ Caroa ta1I aud fair
She scatters golden blessings every
where"
She's wilful grille with wind-toss-
ed hair,
Who brings for the housewife a weight
of care
Eldest of all, the one most dear,
She bears a message Of royal cheer"
g.
I love the rose, she criers and 10,
l scatter its fragrance where'er go! :"
"she greets you with frown and she
greets you with smiles.
Beware. oh, beware Of this coquette's
wiles."
"A crown Of leaves, bright golden and
red
She twines in the curls Of her nu-
brown head"
g.
when they're mating and cooling
the bluebird and dove,
| Comes our maiden OF two with her
token Of love"
10.
"A woman Of melting, dangerous
glance,
Who holds her subjects in sultry
trance"
"Sizzl Booml Bangi Hellol
You don't like my style. / know,
Yet prize the gift ! bring, hot ho!"
"A fair little dear little winsome maid
OF good neutrality-suspicious. they
fade."
The answers are the names of the
months in the following order:
1-November.
| 2-May.
3-september.
| 4-March.
| 5-December.
6-June.
1-April
| S-Octobcr.
9-February.
| 10-August
| li-July.
| lZ-January.
The prizes should be IN keeping wit n
the contest. For the women, a desk
or wall calendar or q dainty engage
inent book or a diary, and for the men
. perpetual calendar or n date Or
memorandum book. The consolation
prize may b. one ~ the Oid-faahioned
minute glasses BY which our forebeara
timed the boiling Of their eggs.
Should the hostess decide 10 carr
the calendar idea into her decorations
she viii md that the four seasons a..
ford many opportunities.
When the guests are ufbeTed III
from fhe frosty ar che hail should
RuEgenf spring. stately palms fof fhi
n0Dce arc baDiehel, ana iu their stead
ere jardiniefes niled with feafher5
ferns. TNinlnF fhe h0luflfaaen and
fWayluF from aQoInaya and ball tree
ere Trailing ylnce housf-iyy. eouihcrf
nmiioF and enc h0fhourf rmlnF. n
noacff aff desired a bouquet m mnf.
EHcutfs of oulfiyatfd dslalof. VIA
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The principal Of the school was
talking with him about his boy. by
the way Mr.. Wipedunks," he said. Il
have made q discovery about Jerry.
He's ambidextrOus" II don't see how
that can be-" replied Mr. Wipeduuks,
with rising Indignation. He hain't
never been exposed 10 A. Besides. he
WAS vacclnafed last year we battle bin
regular every week and bis mother al
ways makes him wear little bag ~
aasahddiiy tod around biz neck Some
~ the other boys hae been lyin' on
him. "-~chic8Ro Tribune.
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And what were me provisions n
your uncier HiliT' That : should
have az D. ieff after ere Payment -
~ furi debts" hhhi very good ~
thf QIl mHn. want Nf What dld
Record.
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THE BRETHREN
A Romance of the Crusades
Continued from last Sundays News.
CHAPTER XIV.-Continued.
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.

Copyright by Mcclure. Phillips & Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20

The March number of The Smart Set IS
dfstfu z11ished by the extraordinary va
rfety of the fiction composing ia varie-
ty that Is altogether meritorious- In the
novelette,. THE Interference of Miss
Jane" by Robert Adger Bowen, one
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Man. by DIR. Lyman Abbott, and sec
ond Impressions Of 1.-THE Nature of
Goodness by Prof. G. H Palmer, and
Henry Ward Beecher." by Lyman
Abbott
Prof. George C. Rowland. of the Uni
versity of Chicago, considers that the
most important historical work of the
past year is John W. Fosters 'Amerl-
can Diplomacy in the Orient Mr..
Foster shows that American trade and
American prestige are deeply concern
ed in the settlement Of the far eastern
question and that this condition is the
outgrowth of a hundred years of manly
toll, not an accidental embarrassment
consequent upon a recent war only IN
the light of this hundred years history
should the American consider his rela-
ton TO China, Japan. Russia, and the
Philippines.
The vogue for so-called detective
stories seems in no wise diminished;
and Mr.. M. L. Seyery is to publish
through Dodd. Mead & Co early in the
spring one Of unusual complexity and
interest. entitled That Darrow ENG
ma :" It is. perhaps, the most ingenious,
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VANISHING WHALEB0NE.

The sensational sale of a whalebona
at Dundee at the record price OF @SsOVo
a ton was no doubt quite gratifying 70
the vendor, but there was patheuo
aspect to it of which a few people had
any definite conception Whalebone al
$4,000 a ton sounds another note
nearly the Iast-in the long draws
kueII of the wha1ebone cutter.
There was a time when whalebons
cutting was a fiourishing industry In
this country, employing great num-
Der of men The day is approachin8
when the WhalebOne cutter viii Do
nearly as hard to find as the dodo-
You want to know about the whale
bone" said an old cutter, one OF tbs
very few remaining in London, to an
Express representative. well, know
ali a 7oI1t vvhaIebone. at least. I ought
to. seeing that 1 came into the trade
when l WIS fourteen years old. and
was seventy-fve yesterday l1y father
was a WhaIebone cutter, and my fatn-
er's stepfather was j whalebone cutter
before him My brother was whale
bone cutter and my son understands
whaIebone cutting, though there is noe
enough Of the trade left to make IN
worth his while to follow il"
The little old man was sitting IN his
little old shop surrounded by UNI
brellas, fishing rods and tank OF i've
dace.
continued. that was IN 1912, whale
bone cutting was a recognized part OF
the corset and the umbrella trades
Manufactured whalebone was Is a
pound then, and when the price rose to
Is Sd a pound the umbrella makers
cried out that they would be ruined
Now the price is 40s a pound The
year after entered the business I re-
member carrying a blade OF wha1ebone
fifteen feet long to the British museum
as a present from my master.
"A great many things were made or
whaIebone in those days. Stays. OF
course. and umbrella and parasOl ribs
Those old umbrellas were good ones
TO wear. but they rolled up something
like lettuce in appearance We still
make artists sketching umbrellas and
carriage shades of whalebOne. but they
are expensive.
Then we used to use whaIebone for
fastening to the underside of the shafts
of light gigs, to give elasticity and
strength without weight Br0Oms were
made of whalebone, and how those old
broons used to lastI It was used for
chimney sweeping machines; it was
also cut into hair for dandy brushes
for horses"
Later on whaIebone was put into the
as it IS always put in edgewise the old
man failed to see how it can lend any
extra spring to the bat. As q matter
Of fact now that whalebone is so dear,
black wood is being put in to look lIks
it. And have no doubt it does just
as WELL" said the old man, with a
chuckle-
This veteran can remember the time
when eight vans. each carrying four
tons Of bone, used to be seen standing
outside the shop twice month, after
his master had been down to the docks
to buy Fancy what that would mean
at $4,000 toni-London Express.
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most subtle, and the most battling de-
tective story written by an American in
recent years. At the time John Oar
row was murdered there were present
with him several people in the room
The doors were all locked, and each OF
the witnesses of the tragedy testified
on oath that they saw no murderer.
heard no cry. and knew no motive
Seemingly, such a narrative is on the
face of it absurd. The authors actual
unravelling Of the mystery is, however,
so acute and so Illuminating that we
are left absolutely satisfied. absolutely
convinced of the motive of the murder
er, the murderer's identity, and the
rnurderer's weapon Incidentally. It
may be added that the weapon with
which John barrow was killed is one
that has never been made use Of in a
novel before, though it offers. in some
ways, advantages over all other weap-
ous as a means of murder.
The third volume of Chambers Cy-
clopaedia Of English Literature" to be
published about March l, completing
that standard work, will. largely be-
cause of its conSemporaneous interest
and because OF its articles upon Amer
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AMONG THE BOOKS
Grace Greenwood Sues HarDers
for $4,000.
Paragraph in Julian Haw-
thOrne's Book the Cause.
GAKG III IGNam nnHn
SAYS 1T ISN'T TRUE.
Referred to Her Action at A
Private Reading.
Items Of Interest to Lovers of
Books.

The following was contained in spe-
ctal dispatch from New York:
Jaw suit which viii turn upon a
private entry made in Nathaniel Haw-
thorne's notebook when the famous au-
thor was acting as the American consul
in Liverpool nearly fifty years ago has
been commenced.
It involves members OF the Hawthorne
family now living in an action to re-
cover $4,000 damages brought by Mrs
Sarah J. Lippincott, who is known to
the literary world as Grace Greenwood.
against Harper & Bros. The case is
based on certain statements made nv
Julian Hawthorne in his book. eE4avv-
Lnorne and His Circle, published BY the
Harper firm.
The suit was brought for Mrs. Lip
pineott by William P Dewey Of 7eO
Broadway. and promises to be a literary
cause celebre. The venerable a11tForess
viii introduce in refutation Of the story
printed In Julian Hawthorne's book sew
eral letters never before rt1hffstos7 -
written 70 her by the elder Hawthorne.
Mrs Lippincott, who, as Grace Green
WoOu' Is known far and wide as a Mo-
neer woman Newspaper cOrresnon5an+
and as the author Of several books "a
NOUS IN their day. is a white haired
woman past 20. who lives at New p
cheAe with her daughter and son-fn-
law. Herbert Winston. the plavwriebt
Inc venerable authoress read aloud
pages from Hawthorne's book which.
she claims have inflicted t1uon her 50
fous mental discomfort and nbvsfca1
Illness The passage. which relates ~
q visit made by Mrs. Lippineott to the
nome or Charles kembIe, the famous
English actor. follows:
About the middle Of September Ben
noch returned to the Continent. Pen-
noch told my father an anecdote of orr
friend Grace Greenwood. which is re-
corded IN one Of his private notebooks.
Grace, Bennoch says" he writes.
was invited to a private reading If
Shakespeare by Charles Keuble. ana
she thought it behooved her to rnani-
fest her good taste and depth Of feel
ing by going into Mysteries and finally
fainting away upon the floor. There
upon Charles kemble looked IN from
his book and addressed himself to her
sternly and severely. 'Ma'arn.' said he.
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this won't do. Ma'am. you disturb the
company. Ma'am, you expose your
self
This last hit had the desired effect.
drapery had not adjusted itself as it
ought. and that perhaps she really was
exposing more OF her charms than
should be impaired in mixed company.
So she came to herself in a hurry and
after a few ffutterings subsidized into a
decorous listener
Gould anything be more improper -
exclaimed Mrs. Lippineott. and it is
quite as false as it is disgusting" Mrs.
Lippincott says the truth is that the
aged actor himself was so affected he
broke down and cried, and that she
among others was in tears
She thinks the story melted by the
jealousy of a Miss Glynn.
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PROOF OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE

The Number of Policies in force is greater than that of
anv other Company America and greater than that of all
s Regular Life Insurance Companies put together Jess one
and can only be appreciated by comparison 1t is greater
number than the COMBINED POPULATION of Con-
necticut, Vermont New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Della
ware Florida Colorado Oregon, Washington, Wyoming,
Nevada Montana, Idaho North Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah Alaska Arizona New Mexico, District of Columbia,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Hawai CITIES it
is as many the population of Greater New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and ST. Louis combined.
This Company has more prenlium-paying business
in force in United States than any other Company,
and for each of the last 10 years has had Nev
assurances accepted and issued than any other Company
in the World.
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BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.

Dodd. Mead & Co. are soon to pub
Hsh Jacques Cartier, Sieur de Limon-
lieu, His Voyages to the ST. Lawrence
in the years 1884 1535-'36 and Allied
Documents This work IS translated
from the original manuscript, No. s.
pOrtefeuille LVII, de Fontette in the
BibIi0theque Rationale. Paris The
Bret Recit of 1915 in the British AIu-
scum, London. and the F'ragmentary
Voyage Of 1541- There will be included
in the work a memoir Of the great
navigator, together with Indian voea b.
ularles, maps, illustrated index and an
notations, by James P. Baxter, A NJ,
president Of the New England HfstOr-
zeal and Genealogical society, Maine
Historical society, and author of a.
number Of historical works.
Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon-s new book.
The Narrow Gate" is being fayorably
received 1t Is most able presenta-
ton Of the temperance question.
Modern Methods of Charity" which
is further described as ''an account of
the systems Of poor relief, public and
private. in Europe and America is
the title Of a book which The Macmil-
ian company announce for publication
IN the fall Charles Richmond HeBder-
son. professor OF sociology in the Uni
versity of Chicago, and DR.. E. Muen-
sterberg, director of poor relief in
Berlin, have united in Offering the re-
suits Of their studies IN book form in
this volume, which is said to be most
elaborate and full in its discussion of
its subject.
The Adventures of Elizabeth in
Rugen' went into its second large edi-
ton on the day Of publication.
Dr. John ". Streeter's book. THE
Fat of the Land has one unique Dis
tinetien It is the only book descrfb-
ing a farming experiment, in which the
author enters fully into all the facts
and ngures Of his experiments through
out four consecutive years, and tells To
the last rent what everything cost. step
BY step, and what it paid in the end
he took farm that had become run
down and managed it simply and
frankly as business proposition. FOR
very delightful book.
How do you plan your stories p
asked New York newspaper man Of
Miss Ellen Glasgow, the author cf
The Deliverance'' 81 get the central
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In the February issue of Lippincott's
magazine Is story bearing the title,
''Yvonne Of the FoIies Bergere,' of
which the author is Prince Vladimir
Vaniatsky. The prince now resides in
Europe, but his interests are largely in
this country. His first published work
was a sketch some time ago contributed
to one Of the magazines, and since that
time his name has frequently appeared
in many Of our periodicals. AS a work.
er he seldom touches paper until his
story is outlined. He attended a uni
versity in this country and in many
ways is sympthetic with the United
States
Next week The Macmillan company viii
publish The Adventures of Elizabeth in
Rugen,' the new book by the author of
Elizabeth and Her German Garden .
new volume, which tells the story OF her
adventures and experiences during eleven
around the beautiful island in the Bal
The Macmillan company will publish in
! the spring the first two volumes of a
work on 1.-THE American Colonies in the
sgod PhD BY of H S5fory In
Columbia university. The two volumes
deal with the chartered colonies and with
the beginnings of self-government, and
are the first fnstaIlment of an institution
al history OF the American colonies.
| Merely Mary Ann" Mr. ZangwiIls now
famous novelette,, viii be published this
week by The Macmillan company in a
large edition in paper covers me play
which Mr.. Zangwi1 made from his book
has been such a success that it has called
for the publication OF the story in q vol
urne by itself. Hitherto Merely Mary
Ann has appeared only In the collection
of short stories by Mr.. Zangwiu entitled
THE Grey Wig"
| The Baroness Won Hutton. whose de-
Hghtful book Our Lady of the Beeches,
met with such success a. year ago, mas
/ just published a new novel, entitled Nio-
/ lett This interesting author is an
American, and the niece of a former pres
ident of the Pennsylvania railroad She
was born, in one OF the minor Pennsyl =
vania cities, so late as the seventies. Az
ter an American education, finished at a
| well known school in New York city, she
/ Travelled extensively in Europe At Flor
/ Baron Won Hutton Of Bavaria. a Hneal
descendant of Ulrich Won Hutton, IA
nous in the Reformation The Won Hut
tens spend a large portion OF their time
Bavaria This fine old house. of pink
stone and mastfc, beautifully coIored with
/ time, was built in IT'S by Prinz-Bisnop
Hutten. the province IN Wnlcn II Is 10
/ fty. The house has real rocco garden,
with maze, pleaSance, etc Inc Bar
! ouess visited America last winter and was
much entertained in New York. Boston,
lonely boy artist is described as "a study
of the heart
The March number of The Smart Set is
distinguished by the extraordinary va
rtety of the fiction composing ft-a varie-
ty that Is altogether merttorlous- In the
novelette,. THE Interference OF Miss
lJane." by Robert Adger Bowen, one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20

Rev. Charles NJ Sheldon's new book.
The Narrow Gate" is being fayorabIy
received 1t Is most able presenta-
ton Of the temperance question.
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finds an exquisite love story. chiefly OF
the south, though sometimes the scene "a
shifted to New York It has real at
mosphere, a. real plot. real action-irs
short a story that IS both powerful ana
Fascinating
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lean men of letters, be the most i'm
portant of the three volumes. Its con-
tents in general are indicated by the
following divisions: The Nineteenth
Century; Complementary List Of Recent
and Contemporary British Authors in
Various Departments Of Literature;
English Literature in the British Do
Ininions beyond the Seas; American Lit
erature; Complementary List of Amer
lean Authors.
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figure in my mind" she said, "and
then build around II the chief dra-
matte incident of the story Having
conceived that, 1 work out the rest of
the novel It is like working down
from the climax In the case of The
Deliverance' the first character that L
had in mind was that of Christopher
Blake, and the first incident that de-
velOped in the story was the one in
which he gives himself up to the au-
thorities as the supposed murderer Of
Fletcher But when I sat down to
write the first chapter I had the whole
story planned. and had even the words
of many chapters already in my mind"
Miss Glasgow has written all her nov
els in her den in the Glasgow home at
Richmond, Va She always locks her
self in this room to avoid Interruption
She began THE Deliverance'' two years
ago, Immediately after the publication
of The battle-ground" and she worked
at it steadily with the exception Of
three months spent abroad last sum
mer.
Houghton. Miflfn & Co. published
the following books on Saturday, Feb.
ID. Violet a romance by the Baron
ess Won Hutton; Henderson, the story
of a vigorous westerner. by Rose E.
Young; a study of The OIigarchy of
Venice by Mayor Mcclellan of New
York: a revised edition of the two VOL
tunes on New York" by Ellis H. Rob-
series: and Part XXI. Of "A Hebrew and
English Lexicon of the Old Testament
, based on Gesenius-'
No little curiosity has been expressed
over the volume by the new mayor of
New York Some have taken the title,
The 0ligarchy of Venice to be a dou-
bic entendre meant to conceal treat
ment Of an oIigarchy much nearer
home It may be said, however, on
the authority of the publishers. that
Mr.. McCleIlan's book is simply what it
purports to be. study of the great
Venetian machine Of government, and,
it may be added, study both careful
and graceful
Miss Rose E Young whose new story
of Missouri life, entitled Henderson, :"
is just published. has been connected
with some picturesque journalism in
her time. One little sheet which she
edited had a rural spondent, who
was a joy to her soul. Once he sent in
a batch of news notes from which she
culled the following: Mr.. Dave Ran
son has just past down the road with
a load of corn going to Napoleon.
Mr. Ransom Is on his way home. /
seen him coming back" 1t was lively
community of its class, and the dots
between the items stood for no greater
lapse Of time than few hours, so fast
did events follow one upon another in
Turkey Prairie
Two books. not hitherto announced. on
Houghton, Miff1in & Co.'S Spring List
are a new volume by DIR. Theodore T
Munger, entitled Essays for the Day
and a bold dramatic poem by William
Vaughn Moody, dealing with the story
( of Prometheus, and entitled THE Fire
Brfnger." These publishers report the
/ following new printiugs: The tenth i'm
preston Of The Log of a Cowboy by
Andy Adams whose new book. "A
Texas Matchmaker, viii appear next
month, a second impression Of Hen
derson.r by Rose E Young. which was
called for in advance of publication; a
! fourth impression Of 1.-THE Rights of
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SIGNIFICANT FACTS

This Company's PoIicy-cIainls paid in 1908
averaged in number for each minute and third
of each business day of hours each, and amount
$4,000 minute the year through.
THE DAILY AVERAGE OF THE COMPANY'S :
BUSINESS DURING 1908 WAS:
350 per day in Number of Claims Paid.
6,29z per day in Number of Policies Issued
$1,3O3, 5000 per day in New Insurance Written.
S06, 582.76 per day in Payments to PoIcy-hoders
and addition Reserve
S53. SAILS per day in Increase of Assets.
Income in 1908. S40, 1872, 8O4.11
Gain over 1902. ................. 6,661, $1,000
Asset increase in 1908. ......... 16,476, 1926
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How do you plan your stories -
asked a New York newspaper man of
Miss Ellen Glasgow, the author of
The Deliverance- II get the central
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DIRECTORS.

John R. Hegeman, Silas B. butcher,
Thomas L. James, John NJ Crane,
Edward c. Wallace, Joseph P. Knapp,
Haley Fiske, George H. CASTOR,
Stewart L. Woodford, Benjamin DEF. Curtiss,
Frank H. Major, John A. Mccall,
James NJ. Craig, George B. Woodward,
Samuel S. Beard, John R. Hegeman, Jr.,
Thomas @. Ritch.
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Augustus S. knight, MD, ". S. Manners, Md,
Medical Director. Asst Medical Dfrscfor.
E. M. Holden, M. D.,
Asst Medical Director.
I. J. Cahen, Manager Ordinary Department.