The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-17
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THE UNEASY CHAIR

THE UNEASY CHAIR
The Psychology of the Cowboy: Study
of the Genus at First Hand.-We have
had the cowboy pictured to us in books IN
all his fantastic paraphernalia, from SOM
brero to the bottoms of his high-heeled
boots; we have seen him in action and in
repose; we have seen him as hero and
as villain; but for the most part we have
had to make our own analysis Of his men,
tai makeup en- masse. Stewart Edward
White, however. has come to our aid with
light on the differences between cowboys
and other men. In The Mountains he
says: III II r.F'5
If one thinks down dogged1y to the last analy
sis, he will lind that the basic reason for the
differences between a cowboy and other men
rests finally an individual liberty, a freedom
from restraint, either Of society convention,
a. lawlessness, an accepting Of his own standard
alone. He Is absolutely self-posed and suff- |
cient; and that self-poise and that sufhciency he
takes pains to assure first Of all! After their |
assurance he is willing to enter into human re-
lations. His attitude toward everything in life |
is not suspicious, but watchful He is gath |
cred together" his elbows at his side.
That much for the "basic reason" OF
that Mr.. White makes very interesting
applications. For example, the cowboys |
individual liberty shows itself in indepen-
dence of expression. He finds his own
way. Of saying things, and there is no
possibility OF misunderstanding him.
When one Of the species says to some
other person, IF your brains were all
made of dynamite, you couldn't blow the
top of your head off, no diagram is
needed to show what Mr.. Cowboy thinks
Of that persons mental abilities. And
how admirably this fits as description of
the arid countries of the southwest:
Son. in this country there is more COWS and
less butter, more rivers and less water, and
you kin farther; and see less than in any
other country in the world. - = !
If you have ever been there you know
that the southwesterner told the truth.
If Mr.. White knows the cowboy, he
knows the tenderfoot as we'll, tho he
doesn't go in search of 'basic reasons;
not in 1.-THE Mountains at least. Per-
haps such reasons are too obvious. How
ever, he has some very good things to
say about the tenderfoot as he has
on all the subjects of which he
writes in the book-'The Ridge Trail"
"On Horses How to Go About It,
"The Coast Ranges 1.-The Inferno % ION
Camp Cookery" and all the rest that
follows ir, connection with mountain
trip in the southwest "
The book is finely illustrated. 1t is a
book in which there is much of the
lure of the trail and the outdoor nre.
Mcclure Phillips & Co., New York. N.
- Mccarthy, Minneapolis. $1.50 net.
MODERN, ADVANTAGE.
One morning, when the shone bright
| And all the earth was fair,
met little city child
Whose rawlings rent the air.
-, II lucidly can penetrate y @.. ... 1914. :,
-. The Which,, I heard him say . j."
''The How is, wonderfully, come Z: ="
| 10 clear the limpid way.
1.-THE sentence, rarely, rose and fell
| From ceiling to the floor;
Her words were spotlessly arranged,
| She gave me, strangely, more.
''What troubles you, my little man - -...
! ,. I dared to ask him then ."...... -...
| He fixed me With 9 ; subtle stare, 49,. d.
"You see I'm occupied, it's rude "a. g.
| To question of IRy aims III
n Pm going to the adysrb school > ,a... ,s.
4 q" OF Mr.. Henry James. ~ E&s'..,z
BY Charlotte Becker Beck in the Reader Maya
| Classic Myths In $Art.-Julia de Wolf
Addison has written IAN account of
| Greek myths as illustrated by great art
ists,'' which has been issued in book
form under the title Classic Myths In Art
The book is one of dual profit; it in
creases ones knowledge both Of art and
of mythology. The authors explanations
and criticisms are lucid and pertinent,
and. with the admirable Illustrations
which abound in the book, reproductions
of the paintings discussed, are given
point which makes them stick. Other
books by the same author are sFlore-
stane, the Troubadour'' and 1.-THE Art of
I the Pitt Palace" - -. :
4 L. G.. Page & Co., Boston. The Powers
4 Mercantile company, Minneapolis ~ :.
4 A Fairy Tale of Science.-Fairy tales
g Of science are numerous, but few Of them
: are more interesting than that of the in
vention Of wireless telegraphy. This is
!. told in The Story Of Wireless TeIeeraphy
i by A. T. Story. Wireless telegraphy has
i not been the result of one mans effort
| and there are things yet to be done. be-
: fore the system will be a complete sue
cess. So the book is one for inventors
as well as for general readers. H5::@ =
/ D. Appleton & Co., New York. 81 net.
III No Lack of Books for the Youne-Ir
this column, since thoughts again began
to turn to the fireside this fall, severa
> books for boys and girls from the pub
y fishing house Of Little Brown & Co. have
g been mentioned, and the list has only
( just been begun upon. That the boy ant
: girl readers of T h e J our n a | may not
. run short Of books Gas If they would
: the remainder of the Little, Brown & Co
n juveniles received are mentioned here
e with: ..s~
q t. The Story of Rolf and the Viking
Bow by Allen French, is a stirring story
of Iceland in it's heroic age the eleventh
Q century. It is story of exciting Incl
:. dents and adventures 4g.s, =zt-,n - -:
- Mary P. Wells Smith in 'The Boy Cap
tive of Old Deerfield tells of a story re
i lated to the attack on Deerfield by &th,
u French. The author Of 1.-THE Young
It Puri-tans Series needs no introduction
e to boy and girl readers. &:.-2r5-5s a.s'.
Girls will be interested in Trina ant
Nap" by Helen Leah Reed, brigh
~ grammar-school tale '.: -
i How an alley cats kitten gets into
= little girls Christmas stocking Is hap
L PLY told in Caroline M. Fuller's 9Th
III Alley Cats Kitten Il. & a.
Fanciful and humorous stories pleas
ingly told are found in Grace E. Ward
g TN the Miz." The book contains pic
n lures in color and pen and ink drawings
n Boys who like outdoor life, and Their
are few who do not, will find 9Th
White CRYSTALS, by Howard R. CARTS
4 to their liking. Tt is the story Of a cit
"a boy in the country. @
II All Of these books are illustrated.
XII m4. Little, Brown & Co., Boston s. =
~ USELESS SLAUGHTER tss
lel Brooklyn Eagle.
i If it is true that revulsion OF feelin
against the slaughter of birds and help