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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-03-25

Gather the roses CT health for your
cheeks,
While the parks are shining with dew.
Get out in the no1ing early and bright
BY taking Rocky Mountain Tea at
night. =. e. Miller.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

II Is thus: During the reign Of the
old Emperor William the petty poten-
tate of this immune region, one Helm
rich XXI, married Mechanically
queen of the circus saw dust. A story
anent their nuptial Joys got away
throughout the German empire II was
somewhat lese majestic 70 Heinrich
William let it go-peThaps because ne
thought it was too good to suppress
II was Just one Of those little things
too bad to tell and too good TO let get
lost. SO it happens that the descend
ants of Heinrich stand on the dignity
of their revenge. and lese maJeste
against the Hohenzollerns is let go un-
punished if published in their demeshe,
Another good story is something oI
a study IN criminolOGy. IL ahSnt
the ANONYMOUS letters which poster tne
court with efforts to spoil domestlc
happiness. One is evidently from a
very bad, a very mad and very 1eal-
Gus Jade. Writing successfully perOI-
ating letters, she finally reaches TINS
superlative pitch of rage ana NlIus
peration and accuses the Empress Oh
this old. cd crime: You are consplr-
ing TO monopolize your husband. IL
is probably true that to the other
woman" nothing on earth can seem
more meanly wicked than for a WlIe
to conspire TO rnonGpolize ner HUSBAND.
(Fischers Foreign Letters, Inc, Fuo-
fishers, New York;
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MISS SMITH
of Singular Habits

A VERY bright little story and
n one made to amuse strictly is
Mrs Florence Morse Kingsley's
The Singular Miss Smith" Singular
indeed is Miss Anne Smith, the heiress
with the sociological bee in her turban,
and as long as she confines herself to
q close investigation Of the relation of
women to the evolution OF the Cosmos
her singularity is altogether charming
by its odd contrariness; but when her
creator makes the philanthropic Anne
fall desperately in love with Harvard
professor, disguised for the nonce as
an iron molder and possessed of red
hair and weak eyes, the reader suffers
a distinct disappointment Had Mrs.
Kingsley only allowed herself the boon
OF disregarding, for once at least, the
popular demand for love element"
in anything between covers, she would
have produced a story more satisfac-
tory to most readers.
Anne Smith, twenty-seven, plain Of
feature. remarkably independent as toI
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(IDBOOkS, I

icacy or import beyond a century, s
remedy if they went awry.
1t is to be noted that with all the
scandals and insinuations of scandals
there is no breath against the En-
press. but nevertheless her unloving
courtier shows her dislike and gives US
mainly picture of jealousy and haut-
eur; and the laugh provoking account
of the Empress mothers mental alb
creations is a cruel kind or cleverness
The whole two volumes of matter is
mainly gossip of the feminine kind
about baby births boudoir incidents,
princes pinched to puniness by moth
er's tight lacing and such; toilet sets,
sheets firtations. scandals, ebullition
OF petty temper, anonymous notes,
jealousies. photograph alterations and
consequent woman worries, the White
Lady, little insolenees and revenges,
spyings, and mixed with much inno-
cent mirth. an all too pervading spirit
of spit-spat, back-up uncharitableness.
Some cullings from this mass of Cos
sip show the possibilities of petticoat
power to influence great events. For
instance, the fall of the great Bismarck
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mental activities and uncomfortablS
wealthy, is struck with a bril-
liant inspiration while listening 10
learned discussion of the Chronological
Club upon the utter immobility of
brute atoms" in the social order of
things; she determines upon becoming
brute atom in the incarnate form Of
servant GIRL thereby learning at first
hand the why and the whichness" of
all this high flown theorizing. So she
arrays herself in a 50 80 ready made
suit, writes her own recommendations
and hies forth to join the great army
of master mechanics OF the kitchen.
Annie Smith. the 1912 raw" kind of
servant, furnishes to Anne Smith, the
sociological observer, enough material
for a years course of lectures before
the Chronological Club. From infinite
drudgery in the kitchen of Mrs. de Puy
er-Jones-oalled Jones simply on
wash days-the singular Anne drifts to
a delightful little dove cote of two new
ly wed, thence to the soapy-greasy
sculIery of a hfth-rate boarding house
Her adventures in all Of these places
are breezily refreshing in the telling.
But the iron molder. Willyum Brown.
spoils the latter half OF the tale. Why
Anne Smith, who is twenty-seven and
practical to the limit Of being Sin
gular," should stand in the rainy wet
and give over to strangely girlish
shivers Of puppy-dog love passes COM
prehension. When she reaches the high
ly dramatic determination TO part with
ali her wealth and follow onlv WfIlvum
the reader is certain that Anne has
been reading Ouida with true servant
girl pertinacity. Miss Smith in love
ceases to be singular and with that
interesting; she is sadly commonplace.
CThe Macmillan Company, New
York: illustrated: price 81 25)
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
SCHOOL TEXTS
For Use i'm All Grades.

T1HE American Book Company has
recently put upon the market
some valuable texts for the use
of grammar and high school grades
in the study Of literature, history and
mathematics. Old standard books
revised and edited for present day use
and newly written works by acknoWl-
edged authorities comprise this latest
addition to the educational literature
of the day.
Teachers Of English who prepare stu
dents for the university have found
Henry Van Dykes Gateway Series or
English texts material aids in the work
of first criticism Of English style. The
last of this series to be published, Car
lyle's Essay on Burns" George EliOtS
"Snas Mariner" and Burke's "Concilia-
ton With the Colonies" follow the
standard set by the others The editing
OF these volumes is carefully and judi
ciousIy done, the books being treated
as pieces of literature rather than as
franeworks for erudite theories of crit
icisrn. The actual needs and capacities
of the young people who are 10 read
and study them have been borne IN
mind. The series should be welcomed
bY all teachers OF EnSuSn uteEdluLes
for II Incorporates the best that ac-
knowledged experts can do 10 make the
texts easier to understand, more at
tractive and more profitable to the
young reader.
THE classic self Help by the late
DIR. Samuel Smiles has been edited
by Ralph Lytton Bower in form
adapted especially to American read
ers and brought out as part Of the
eclectic series. In the present edition
several passages OF a distinctly local
and British interest have been omit
ted. Many helpful explanatory notes
make the text Ineligible to even very
young students. An appendix contains
brief biographies OF most OF the i'm
portant persons mentioned. This Is
book which should be used for sup
Elementary reading IN every school.
Dickens Christmas Stories" are
treated similarly by Jane Gordon.
STORIES From Life" by Orison SWEET
Marden, editor OF Success, and Lives
and Stories Worth Remembering. by
Grace Kuffer, are original additions
to the eclectic series. designed for
pupils Of lower grades.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

from favor at the German court and
per consequence from the dominant
position In European and worlds at
fairs, according to the Countess OBJ
servations from inside. may have been
due to the Emperor's mother. True,
the Iron Chancellor was tottering to his
fall for other reasons, but when he
reached out his aging hand for a final
brace and expected to find it in the
English born Empress Frederick, she,
from a Victorian love Of virtue, re-
fused to be the imperial prop. Among
her motives was that Bismarck's son
was the intimate friend of her son, the
young Emperor. and the ladies of the
court considered as licentious in way
they disliked this scion of the great
diplomat, and so fearing the evil in
fluence of the association she was glad
to see father and son driven from
court. Down goes the mantle and the
prince he follows"
One of the amusing stories in the
voluminous collection comes in when
telling of those strict endorsements
against lese majestic, which strike
Americans as so tryannically absurd.
We are told that there is a region
within the empire where with impun-
ity the Emperor may be lampooncd
despite of lese majestic. The why OF
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

oId" or naunts his fine. devII-may-care
wickeiness from the stanzas Of Don
Juan" The creator, or better, the re-
fiector OF this George Gordon into fic-
ton takes her subject on faith, enters
fully into his exalted frenzies OF
diahlerie and his abysmal depths OF
woe with true self centered indulgence
that was the Byron's of real life. Some
times she is went to become a trihe
hysterical in the more climacteric pas
sages of the hero's progress through
this vale of tears, but then. we must
reflect that that 90 is only keeping
close to the subject of this fictional
portrait sketch
Miss Rives has adhered very closely
to the bicgraphers in her story, depart-
ing only when an incident in the life
of her hero presents dramatic possi-
bilities or when the unity of her plot
demands a foreshortening of the real
record. With young Gordon in Greece
still smarting from the attacks OF the
Scotch Reviewers" and writing the
winged lines of The Isles of Greece .
Miss Rives opens her story. Then
London and the triumph that came
with the publication Of the first part
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

OF "childe Harold" The aged sheri-
dan. tottering TO his dotage, Beau
Brummel. John Hobhouse. Shelley.
Lady Caro- Lamb and Jane ClairmOnt.
the idol OF DruTy Lane. all figure in
the narrative Of Gordon's brief period
of social triumph, his disastrous mar
riage and final exile from England.
Then the story carries to the Continent
the poets cOmpanionship with Shelley,
his liaisOn with Jane Clairmont and his
final great love for Teresa. Countess
GuicciOH.. in Venice; finally his heroic
sacrifices IN behalf Of the revolving
Greeks and his death on the shore OF
those very blOodied isles Of Greece.
A vivid imagination and a ready eye
for the essential dramatic essences Of
Lord ByrCn's strange life, possessed
by the author, have made The Cast
away" very good story. Its inherent
interest gains added attractiveness
from the subject about whom the novel
is written.
(BObbs- Merrill Company, Indian
apOlis; price SD
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
New Books Received

MY LII ANGELO-Anna Yeaman
Condict; d. Appleton & Co., New York;
price 81 Is.
BEING DONE GOOD-Edward B.
Lent: Brooklyn Eagle Press. Brooklyn,
n. Y.
.TATTLINGS OF A RETIRED POLL
TICIAN-FOrest Crissey: Thompson q
Thomas. Chicago: illustrated BY Nc
Cutcheon.
THE ALTERNATE SEX-Charles
Godfrey Leland; Funk & Wsgnalls
Company, New York; price 81
ELECTRO-DIAGNOSIS AND ELEC-
RO-THERAPEUTICS - DR.. Toby
Cohn: Funk & Wagnalls Company,
New York: price 81.
THE UPPER WAY-WiIliam c.
Stiles: Eaton & Mains, New York;
price 81.
OLD SINS IN NEW CLOTHES
George Clarke Peck: Eaton & Mains.
New York; price 81
SIMON PETER, FISHERMAN-By
Thomas; Eaton & Mains. New York.
price % cents
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

To the spirits of radical republican,
ism and democracy, who condemn
all the assumptions Of royalty and
imperialism as absurd and rapidly
sinking out of date. this placing
in the pillory Of William II, who
ic the most imperatively dogmatic
presumer of the divine right of kings,
will be pleasing. To many more con-
servative the show-up of his methods
of molding his people into submission
to militarism will make the war lord
almost seem silly; and granting that
William is OF much more real majesty
than this picture of him presents. vet
to patricians. real and pretended, every
where, even TO the Kaiser himself, II
might be a half hours amusing to get
this glimpse of how one looks TO ones
lackeys.
To be truly imperial one should have
either very true intuitions or else a
perspicacity extraordinary enough to
supply all the awarenesses which the
silence of intuition leaves lacking. Thus
oEly can they know thoroughly the hu-
man tools which they must use in max
ing the mighty moves on the chess
board of history such as are by destiny
given unto the initiation of imperial
hands. What shall we think of an EN-
peror or an Empress who for ten years
harbored as close courtier in their
household one who was not much more
than a specifically, coldly, contemp-
tuous of their every word and act. If
1t failed so far here, we might almost
fear that perchance some day perspi-
cacity would err irretrievabiy in the
selection Of chancellor, or intuition
deceive disastrously in the sending out,
or the welcome in, OF some ambassador
bearing responsibilities Of exquisite del
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
UNGENTLE GOSSIP
Concerning the Kaiser

KEow royalty looks to the gossipy
~ and evidently unloving soul of
a a lady holding the position Of Dame
du Palais may be got at by skimming
the pages of two volumes, very much
scandal spiced, which have been done
by Henry w. Fischer from the papers
and diaries of Ursula Countess Won Ep-
pinghoven, who was the said Dame du
Palais to the German Empress during
the decade 1888 to 1898. To say Ito
skim" is better than to say Ito read"
for the reason that there is too much
of 1t and because there are places
where, when the mind becomes by re-
peated experience prognostic Of what
the woman is going to tell next. it is
more puritanical to skip the page and
try the Dame du Palais on another
story which seems less condemnable
and perilous with risk.
The criticisms Of the Countess are,
in a way, clever. and some of her sal
lies are almost made brilliant by the
bitterness Of that ten years bondage
in the house she hated of the "all
highest" majestic, but, to her, i'm
I-tAScly iibNAI AAcAEANS4ASAhS hS- OOLiS VI
the more Innocent OF her stories are
laughably amusing, and while we must
half suspect the scandal as being part
ly spite-inspired, yet as there may be
a large measure of general truth in
the revelations given and the proper
study of mankind being man." it may
add TO our stock or useful knowledge
to see how very human even majesty
is, and its hauteur but a mask to hide
the same foibles which affiict the men
band women Of lesser light.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
GEAN

kHghtly De Soto on the Mississippi the
writer leaves the epoch Of Spanish con-
quest 10 review the tide of French ex-
ploration which swept through the up
per half of the continent. The work
done by Verrazano in opening up the
whole north TO French colonization Is
outlined. both by extracts from the log
of the navigator and by the very COM
prehensive summary OF the author.
Follow, Of course, the explorations or
Champlain, of Joliet, Marquette and La
Sale. In the discussion OF the con-
ficting claims OF the French and Eng
lish exploration and subsequent coloni-
zation the writer brings to bear on the
subject the light of maritime conditions
then existing. and the effect of rivalry
in trade relations upon the efforts of
both nations.
With a summary of all the efforts
bent toward the discovery of a north
west passage and Of the consequent
discoveries in the Northwest by Van
couver and Cook, the author brings To
a close a work deserving of much COM
mendation. Despite the scope OF his
task, Or. Britain has written a history
which is, above all else, clear and sue
cinct-that is high praise for any his
tory.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
LORD BYRON
Lives Again in Novel

w 1HEN a writer of fiction can ap-
w prcpriate a hero full-armed
with romance, as from the
brain of Zeus, there remains lit
tie for invention to accomplish
in the matter Of supplying added
glitter to the character. In her book.
The Castaway." Halle Erminie Rives
has sought to weave q romance with
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19

George Gordon, Lord Byron, as a CEN
trail figure. Truly she could desire for
a novel no more fulI-blown embodiment
Of all that is romantic and bizarre in
the humdrum annals Of life than this
enigmatic and erratic poet and poseur
of past century. To add anything Of
fantasy 10 the accepted biographies of
Lord Byron, even under the license Of
fiction, would be but to paint the lily.
Byron. the wailing Childe Harold OF
the Alps, the impetuous Don Juan of
Albania, is a figure startling enough
for any story teller's fancy.
The first impression one gains from
"The Castaway" is that it's author has
pictured Lord Byron as he thought
himself to be-for Byron's conception
OF himself was ever a ready mirror be-
fore his eyes. Throughout the story
the young poet with the alabaster
brow and the flaring shirt collar is
quite the child of divine inspiration
and tragic sorrows that mourns his
fate from Alpine crag in "Childe Har-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-19
MARGINAL NOTES
Upon Light Reading
k<THE Court Of sacharissa." /" pur-

<<T~ HE Court OF Sacharissa." pur-
80 ported BY its authors. Hugh
Sherinsham and Neaville Mea-
kin, to be a compilation out Of the
records OF the irresponsible Club, is
a pretty feeble effort at the humorous.
OF course the authors did not intend
their books 10 be anything but laugh
provoking, but then they are English
men both and the humor which they
have heavily pounded out in this book
Of theirs has not even the merit Of NJ.
Punch's, and that is giving them a
broad leeway in the matter OF COM
parisOn. The old model Cf BOccacciO
seems to be the groundwork upon
which the joint authors have reared
the rocco work OF their stories. II
indeed the several individuals who in
turn relate their tales of extravagant
Stiffness are members of the IrrespOn-
sibIe Club they should be taken under
surveillance by the commissioners OF
the insane, for their irresponslnility
may take a more serious turn than
that of merely cozening the publishers
into printing their yaDorous imagin-
ings.
CThe Macmillan Company, New
York; price 81 5O9
The Woman Wins" a collection OF
the short stories of Robert Barr that
have appeared In the magazines from
time TO time during the past six years,
brings together the authors scattered
tributes TO the resourcefulness and the
lOvableness Of fsmininity, for in each
of the thirteen tales Incorporated here
in a woman wins cOnclusiVely, without
reservation. Mr.. Barr-s short stories
come very near being models If II can
be said that in this difficult and little
essayed art there has been made SUI
ficient advance by any one 10 set a
standard for judgment. Above all
else his stories are notable for their
remarka BILE invention; in none of them
is there q hackneyed theme or shop
worn situation made over into new
dress. Invention OF the high order
that can unfold a unique situation and
utilize its every suggested feature
within the restricted compass or the
short story is Indicative OF an ad-
vanced art and is the sure prerequisite
of success in this difficult work. OF
the stories collected into the present
volume "On the HousetOp," singular
ly engaging tale of love IN the face OF
danger, serves best of any TO illustrate
the distinctive merits Of Bars style.
CFrederick A. Stokes Company, New
York; price 81 500
Miss Elizabeth Robbins, whose por-
trait is presented on this page and
whose new novel. The Magnetic
North will be reviewed in these COL
umns next Sunday, is an actress OF
note as well as a successful author
For twenty years she has been on the
stage. She was the first TO produce
Ibsen's "A Dolls House" in London
and since that time she has gained a
distinctive triumph in Ibsen roles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24
FOR SWEET CHARITY
FabiOla Hospital Day at Oak
land Draws a Large
Crowd.

San Francisco. April 23.-It was Fabiola
day at the Oakland track and q good
programme drew 4 large crowd Com
plimentary badges were not hOnOred ana
the receipts were donated to the FabiOld
hospital by the New California JOckey
club. Gno OF the features was a race
at a mile and seventy yards for gentlemen
riders. silver cup going to the winner.
Waiter. ridden by Frank Skinner. was a
TO favOrite lie went out in front
and led for about three-quarters Of a
mile, but the weight told on him and he
tired. Tonopah. the second choice. rid
den by DIT. W. J. SmyChe of Oakland.
then took the lead and won easily from
The Toiler. Waiter was third. Results:
First race, six furlongs. seiliHS-Riesca,
3 wv. Knapp. : to 10. won; Northwest,
% Ct. BGtler). l. TO l. second Alice Carey.
lob (McBride), to /. third. Time-l;l'.
Rustic Girl Gondolus, Crigii Royal
White. Florestan. Facts and Sir Douglas
also go.
Second race, four furlongs, purse
Prince Brutus, los o. jones'. s 10 >, won;
Sea Air. ll2 CIV. Knapp. to l. second;
George p. McNear. III (See). s TO q third.
Time-:4S&. Eduardo. Salable and Sea
Voyage also ran Alone LEFT at post
Third race, one mile and seventy yards.
gentlemen riders-Tonopan. 1872 Or.
Smythe), to ]. won; The TOieT. los (Mr-
Fately). p to ], second; Waiter. 1G2 CMr.
Skinner, to ,. third Time :5l5a. Rip
per, Joe John and Tamm also ran.
Fourth race. one mile and n sixteenth.
handicap-HOrtOn, I02 tW- Dugan). 10 10
!. won: VeteranO. l95 c. jones'. Is 10 ).
second; CRATER. 100 CIV. knapp, S to o
third. Time-l:51A. Gorgalette Heather
Honey, Ebony and Divina also ran.
Fltth race. one mile and a half. selling
Colonel Anderson. leo CIV. Dugan), . 10 >,
won: Rio shannon. lo3 CW. Knapp. 4 10 1.
second; Theodore i, 50 q. jones'. 10 to
]. third. Time-2:37Jz. IrestoluS and
Blessed DamOsel also ran.
Sixth race. six and a nalf furlOngs-
Ananias. 102 (See), . to =. won; Toledo,
IS q. Jones). 3 to ). second: Criss Cross,
l0l CIV Knapp. to ]. third. Time p.
R. Q. Smith, DoIlie Wiethoff. Muresca
and Glen Briar also ran.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24
RECORDS GO SMASHING.
Coast Athletes Play Havoc With
Former Marks.

Berkeley, Cal, April 23.-In the coast
championship field day here today 90 de-
termtne team 20 represent the Pacific
coast in the Olympian games at the St
Louis fair, Norman Dole of Stanford
broke the worlds record for pole vault
ing. He cleared the bar AT feet / 32-lN0
inches. The former record was held by
Clapp Of Yale. ! feet 1872 inches.
Flaw, California. broke his own coast
record in the hammer throwing contest.
Distauce-172 feet.
In the 10l-yard dash the coast record
of 10 seconds was equaled by Snediger Of
California.
A new coast record was established by
Sickle of the Nevada university in discus
throwing. He threw IL a distance Of l26
feet 6 inches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-24
Frankie Neil Coming East.

San Francisco. April 23,--Franzie Nell.
the bautamweICht champion, will leave
for the east afteh the races close here
next month Neil has not put on glove
for a battle since he won the champion
shio from Harry Forbes.
"Attel refused to sign articles, so l
think II best to try things east, where /
will have plenty to do. ] will give Forbes
purse said the little champion.