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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23

into the service at the outbreak of the civil
war. Eleven surviving members were pres
ent Of the original seventy members on the
muster roll. They were: William D. Bald
win. Joseph McMakin. 7. II. Alexander. J.
T. Clements. Thomas Foster, Theodore A.
Lay John B. Randolph, T. M. Shephsr },
G. B. Towles. W. X. Mendenhali. G. Y. Al.
lee The following absent gentlemen sent
letters of regret: Messrs. Smedberg, Saa
Francisco, Call; L. b. Dixon, Chicago3A p.
Barnes. st. Louis: Thomas Story, Barnes.
Vile; Joseph C. Clayton, New York city.
The decorations for the occasion were very
pretty prominent among them the old COM
pany battle flag carried during the struggle
between the states. On the table there were
rare flowers and emblems OF various kinda
appropriate to the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
Jap Gold for American Trade.

dispatch from Seattle. WASH. says: A
shipment of japanese gold amounting to
more than 100000 yen has passed through
the hands of the Wells Fargo Express Com
pany for the east. The money was landed
at Vancouver from the steamship Empress
of India, and il IS said 1t is to be used for
the purchase of supplies for the Japanese
government. 1t could not be learned from
the express company to what city IN the
east the money was consigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
FOR SALE

for Vice President but today he believed
he was more dangerous to the democratic
party than any other man In the country.
There would be no one cheated when Roose-
who and what he is. No man in this coun-
try ever had brighter or. more brilliant
career or had succeeded to a great extent
beyond the hope of his closest friends. Mr..
Grosvenor said that the democratic party
had met In New York and had made a
botch of making platform; and as to their
candidate no one knew whether he stood
on his head or his heels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
Lived to B. lo4 Year, Old.

dispatch from Berlin. Mass, says: Miss
Rebecca Whitcomb died last night at the
great age of f04. She was born In Bolton
November II, 17e9, the NTH child In q fam.
lily of eleven. She had the use OF her fac.
uities until within few months ago, being
able to read her Bible and taxa great lntere
est In religious mattarA
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
KILDARE
the BOwery Writer

~ EADERS may remember the
X book. Ny Mamie Rose" which
appeared last autumn with the
name OF a new writer upon its cover
Owen Kildare The subtitle of the
book was The Story of Ny Regener-
alton" and it narrated the rise of the
author from the depths OF New York's
sluns to the clean. thinking like of
one Of the higher social order A re-
markable story was this. remarkable.
too, the fact that il was written by a
man who had not known how to spell
or write his name until within a scant
two years before the appearance of
his first written words in print Now.
In the interval before the appearance
OF another novel from the pen of this
self-purged, self-lettered man, there
appears small volume OF his first
fugitive writings. contributed to the
Sunday editions of New York papers
when Kildare was feeling the first inn
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
ENGLAND
Writes Sweet Verse

TTAKE it as a personal grievance
that a grudging publisher has made
me wait these many months before
sending me a copy OF George Allan
England's poems. Underneath the
Bough" However. consolation comes
in the reflection that poems gain little
enough recognition from reviewers.
and that even though a tardy one. per
force, this brief estimate OF some ex-
ceptionaI verse may lead others to read
and be charmed
Mr.. Engiand's verse is not notable
for originality, save in the realm of
the bizarre His poems OF life and
death, Of passion. OF pessimistic re-
f1ections upon the value Of human en-
deavor and human ideals, bear the in
ffuences Of Swinburne, De Musset and
even that Decadent OF all Decadents.
Paul verlaine- 1t is as a stylfst that
England achieves high excellence. His
sonnet forms. the ballad and the diff
f7cuIt rondeau are made under his hand
more perfect in technique than a great
part OF the verse sung by contempor-
airy bards- A certain musical Tilt and
harmony OF thought with movement
give to England's creations the rip
pIing. flowing movement that we look
for in the poetic fantasies OF Rossetti.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

Chevalier" and whose portrait includes
the impression OF some cross or other
OF the Holy Order Of Thingumbob, has
despite all this a fearful and wonderful
power OF invention He takes for the
motive OF his tale the old convention Of
hidden treasure, but the key 10 its find
ing is something entirely novel in the
record OF light fiction. and for that he
must be praised Nothing less than an
ancient codex or memorandum, which
poisOns the reader even as it yields the
secret OF hidden treasure, is the pin in
lie Chevalier's plot machinery upon
which all is balanced
On the blank pages OF an ancient folio
OF forgotten lore which the narrator Of
the story had picked up from the Gel
lection OF an antique dealer in Florence
there is written the confessions OF one
Godfrey LoveI, one time secretary to
the Infamous Lucrezia Borgia and CO.
co1Spirator in many OF that Jezebel' s
poisoning plots. This memorandum Of
the old villain details the particulars OF
many OF the mysterious deaths that
signaIized the p0ntifcacy OF Alexander
VI, and ends with description OF the
hiding place of the famous BOrgia jew
els. as well as q key 70 the finding Of
fabulous treasure that had been hidden
by the monks OF CroyIand in England
in anticipation OF the raids Of bluff
King HaPs monastery Jewelers.
But this same Godfrey LoveI, true to
his profession Of poisoner. has impreg-
mated the leaves Of this book with some
OF his favorite essences. so that the
possible reader will never live TO seek
out the hiding places Of treasure which
he has revealed OF course, then, q
grisIy path Of mystery and destruction
follows through the Chevalier's tale Of
the reading Of this deadly book and the
eventual uncovering OF giittering gems
The shadow Of the Borgias falls
obIiquely on every person implicated in
the hunt for their misbegotten pelf.
A good story this. but one that suf-
fers in the telling.
CThe Smart Set Publishing Company.
New York;
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
THE LAW
of Black VS.. White

EMERSON HOUGH-he OF Mis-
sissippi Bubble" fame-aIIows
himself 10 wax exceeding meIo-
dramatic in his last novel, The Law
OF the Land by name This eIe-
ment. in conjunction with two other
reprehensible errors in good judg-
ment. comes very near TO spelling the
story.
The author has chosen for the mo-
tive a question which must be handled
with very soft gloves under all circum-
stances-the present day race problem
in the Far South Further, he has not
approached his subject in an equal
spirit Of non-partisanship; in too
many places the glaze Of fiction runs
very thin and impassioned argument
betrays the opinions OF the writer un-
disguised OF course. some OF the
greatest novels have been aimed at the
correction OF social wrong and it is
considered well within the province
Of the sc y writer 10 turn his pen TO
this high aim. but it is a grave ques-
ton whether or not Mr. Hough has
shown good taste in thus running a
rancorous probe into the very center
OF one Of the sore spots Of our national
social structure.
The major part OF the tales action
has for its theater the plantation of
one Calvin Blount. situated in the very
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

heart of the Black Belt" in the river
bottoms OF Northern Mississippi. where,
as that fiery gentleman himself says,
the whites are living on the top OF a
black volcano. The author has con-
jUred up situation-not unusual, we
admit-wherein the brutal negroes IN
der the leadership of a voodooistic
queen" commit acts of desperate
fiendishness against the handful OF
whites who represent the thin line OF
law and order in the district. In re-
taliation the whites even exceed the
blacks in the cruelty Of their reprisals
ard 10 the uninitiated dweller beyond
the border il seems that the law Of
the land" is naught but the conspicu-
Gus absence Of all law.
Against well meaning but mis-
directed enthusiasts Of the North, who
are constantly urging upon the negro
his right TO share in the Government,
Hcugh lays all the blame for the con-
ditions he depicts in his novel He
would have il that such agitators have
even wrought in the minds OF the
ignorant blacks the dream of a black
republic in the South; that they have
caused the negroes 10 have faith in a
John Brown rediyivus. Here IS the
Southern whites protest against the
attitude Of the North:
But We denounce and always will
denounce that false decree which says
that black is white; that inequality is
equality; that lack Of manhood is
manhood itself; that the absence of a
hearthStOne can mean a home; that
the absence OF home can mean per-
manent society"
Hough is evidently sincere in these
sentiments and nothing of the poseur
can be detected in his attitude. But in
the working out Of the clash between
white and black in the story he in
troduces situations which certainly
would well adapt themselves to the
10, 20 and 80 cent home OF refined
melodrama." A score of murdered
negroes sit stark along the benches
Of their flooded meeting-house, with
alligators rasping their gris1y way
across the Shiny floor. (Green cal
cium and shivery music-) Or again,
the booming Of an African war drum
in the canebrake and the chanting Of
barbaric tribal incantations by citizens
OF the United States. black albeit This
borders on the sensational. 10 say the
least
(Bobbs-Merriu Company: Indian
apoliS; flIuStrated.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

The poets conception OF death admits
nothing OF the fanciful. the spiritual;
1t is STEPPED in realism. grim, maybe,
to the length OF repulsiOn but powerful.
wonderfully powerful. Witness this
sonnet addressed to three Peruvian
mummies--The Royal Council" it is
named.
Bowed Be three tfme-gnawed heads IL thoughts
profound
On cracking breast, On asshiess hands. On
knees
sunk in the depths OF endless rsveEiez.
Whilst foolish sun and fretful earth spin
round
BY night they counsel. argue. plan. exuound
And held high court as once BY troDic seas;
BY day they rightly take their royal ease
As ntteth these whom death no mere can
hoard-
sage King and Sc two CouneiIIors Of State,
We look On ycu with ignorant. living eyes
Ye fear no death who be already dead
Time. pricks you not. nor haste Ee 81 and
Each thoughtful. passionIsss ard very wise
With shrlveIsd bones and 7archment-c0vered
head
Another conception OF this tangible
presence OF death. Carmen M0rtis, Z"
incorporates a realism too strong 10 be
poetic, for it is disgusting. though
wonderfully imaginative Mr.. England
should not let this appear in a possible
second impression OF this volume
Passionate love exhibits in some Of
the poets songs a burning presence.
The transitory glory OF beauty and
youthful transports strikes from Eng
land, as from De Musset, a note OF
dole The following, after Ronsard in
the French, gives. expression 10 the
poets feeling:
Come. sweet. away Come. see the rose.
Now that the day draws near is close.
See whether It be faded grown
Whether at evening fall away
Those leaves that opened TO the day.
Or dies their blush. 50 like thine own
Thou seest. dear love. its beauties pass.
Its wasted petals fan. alas
In one short hour II may not bfds
Unkszd.fn truth is Mother Earth,
Since dawn gives such eower its birth
And Death draws nigh az evenSite-
So. sweet. ny darling. hear my voice,
bid thee. in thy youth. rejoice.
Before thy fragile petals close
Gather thy blossoms while thou may
With time they fail and fade away
AS drooDs al night the withered rose
In addition 10 this dominant strain
CT love and death this little volume OF
verse incorporates some very sympa-
thetic bits on nature The presence OF
several translations from earlier lyric
poets in the Italian. French and Span
ish adds TO the books worth
(The Grafton Press. New York; price
81 00-)
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

pulse of the new life and thought
The Good OF the Wicked" it IS
named.
OF course this Owen Kildare was
made much of when first he began to
tell OF the life that he had lived in
Bowery dive and the Bleecker street
gambling hole. and by certain Of the
newspaper editors and writer's OF New
York he was treated as gifted freak
of the social Order-a man to be lion
lied in the sanctum and double-lead-
ed in the paper. Under all this we'll
meant iattery it seems that the man
who had once been booster for a
dance hall on the Bowery had the
hard good sense to remain unrutied-
His first paper-brief sketches telling
OF the life Of the submerged tenth =
have little Of the self-conscious about
them and much that betrays the dia-
mond in the rough. BY comparing
these random first fights of Kildare's
genius with the real literary finish and
neatness of workmanship displayed IN
his subsequent book, My Mamie
Rose" one can deduce an interesting
lesson in the normal growth or the art
of written expression
Through all of these sketches there
can be found the old Kildare where
the varnish of newly acquired culture
has not vet CLOSED over. 1T was a
swell place, all rigft." and we beat
the whole eh'-then in the next
breath he has caught himself and
swung TO the other extreme OF ma
chine-made phrases from story books
about misty vapors ascending from
the fields and such Everywhere the
newly made man and budding writer
is searching. trying after what is ap-
proved and pairing of that which re-
mains from the. thought and habit of
the old order OF things.
Were these the sketches of some
one other than Kildare they would
not hold attention for five minutes.
for in themselves they have little
worth But as indicative of what per-
severance and a powerful will for the
best can unite to do for one from
whom every joy Of life had been de-
barred by the circumstance Of birth
they have claim 10 careful and ap-
preciative reading
Baker & Taylor Company, New
York;
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up the hall carpet in aoussclsanins
tine.
Iu a IiturgicaI preface OF some length
Hiss CoreIii prays sarcastiealIy 10 be
delivered from the hands OF the critics
From wiIIfuI Interpretations. from
sentences garbIed and randOmsv set
forth 10 the public without U0utext.
continuation OF conclusion. in attempt
to do injury 10 both the story AMI its
writer. from the nOveI-skinme-'
eI.itome. abridsment synopsis Or run
ming Commentary may an
honest press deliver me-
This is comprehensive enough. bit
ter ercush. and Of course the dishonest
critic shrivels before il and draws IN
his hCTns- In al c0ntritiOn, theE. and
with due humility. he ventures u ask
Miss CorelIi to deign an answer TO one
or two questions that disturb his small
i,.teliect:
Is the Good Man in this story ;he
C1ly Churchman Miss Corelli could
ever tolerate, and If 50. was il because
he read EDictetus?
Did the Rev. John waIden's good
ness lie in finding utter abOmination
in everything appertaining 10 she
leisure cIass2
II the Rev. John Walden shared
Mss CorelITs beliefs concerning the
present condition and future spiritual
state OF orthodox religiOnists would he
long be holding that comfortable ''liv-
ing" at ST. Rest2
LastIy-and this not a bit frivolous
did MarylIia have apDendicitis7
What is the plot OF the bOOk2 But
that is interdieted. you see. by the au-
thOr's litany in the preface-'frOm the
novel-skimmer's epitOme, etc 1 San
say that there IS a plot and that ii IS
one rich in incident The author calls
her work a simple love story and
simple il is A rural community IN
England is the setting and individuals.
some urban, some rural. the perS1n-
ages The story differs from many Of
Miss COrelli's former novels in that Z
does not convey any burning mes sage
OF redemption 10 a sin-ridden wo-.d-
But no opportunity is let slip for get
ting in q slap at some OF the wriTsr's
faTCrite scapegoats- Miss CorelH is 4
sterling good hater and now that
Queen Victoria is no longer able to
stand sponsor for her literary style by
marked favor, the lady who conceived
OF the sorrows OF BeeIzebub. finding
herself without royal protectDn in a
harsh world, assumes the offensive
with startling acerbity-
(Dood. Mead & Co. New York;
price 81 50-)
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
CORELLI'S
Gods Good Man

nERHAPS a well known New YORK
- book reviewer has approached the
task Of criticizing Marie Corelli's
latest. Gods Good Man" in d
way the most practical If not the most
orthodox He handles the book in
terms Of bulk. as one would figure up
on a carload OF potatoes or invoIce 4
shipment OF sheep. The story com
prIses 523 pages of fine print, closely
set. $50 words 10 the page, being the
average arrangement: in some OF the
dialogues each of the interIocutors de-
li-ers himself OF from 800 to 500 words
without pause for breath: many Of the
authors reflections upon life and things
occupy space of a thousand words CT
more Titanic is a good word - Be
used in summing up this effort
Need it be said that though 1 nave
had this book on my desk for .hrez
weeks. a recent night OF strenuous
reading barely suff1ced to close the
ten days effort at completing it-and
that with several jumps over Miss
CcreIli's assertions OF the ego, numer-
ously bespattered through the narra-
tive. This, with attention divided be-
tween a dozen other books simuItane-
ously. was wont to breed a slight
prejudice. maybe. against Gods Good
Man" 1 am free to acknowledge The
fault. but humbly enter the plea OF
extenuating circumstances before con-
demnation is passed Suppose you had
to read Tom JONES'" par example. in
tae intervals Of preparing a legal brief
- -
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
New Books Received

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WISDOM
for All Sportsmen

@HE book Guns. Ammunition md
Tackle" which is brought out
in MacmilIan's American
Sportsman's Library under the gen.
eraI editorship OF Caspar Whitney. IL
full OF meaty things for all followers
OF the gun and rod The practical
and the theoretical in matters OF
small game shooting. the teachings OF
experience in handling the rife either
at the target or in the woods. and the
latest wisdom cuIIed from the modern
Izaak Walton are herein garnsred into
a satisfying storehouses Of facts
At first of Captain A ". Money.
who has. according TO his own word.
burned more powder and shot more
game than any man living, contributes
an exhaustive review OF The Shot
gun and Its Handling" Incidentally
Captain Money cOnfesses TO having
been twice shot through carelessness
and having inadvertently put shot
himself into three men and two boys
during the course OF his career as a
sportsman. so the first and foremost
law he gives voice TO in reference 70
handling a gun comes with authority
Let any amount OF game escape
sooner than run the slightest risk OF
binding. manning or killing a human
being"
Captain Money draws interesting
comparisons between the class. OF
shooting done by Engiishmen and
Americans Over in the tight little
isle a sportsman has his pheasants
reared By hand, OF by a complacent
hen. rather. fed and counted by a
careful ganekeeper. and shot per
schedule at an estimated cost of IS
a bird In this country the veriest
shaver shoots his rabbits and squirrels
fancy free and therefore when he
grows TO manhood he outDoints his
English cousin at every turn. accord
ing 10 this authority The plentiful
quantity of our game and the free
dom allowed TO those wishing TO hunt
it account for our superiority IN
craftsmanship
Two articles on the rife. the prac-
tice and theory OF its use. BY Horace
Kephart and W. E Carlin. seem to
TO give every possible crumb OF infor-
nation concerning that valuable arm,
even down 20 the algebraic delermina-
ton Of its trajectory Of IRE In dis
cussing the killing power OF bullets
Mr.. Kephart comes out strongly for
the soft nosed" variety in that such
guarantees more certain mortality
than the high speed. hard missiles
For devotees OF the gentler arr OF
fiy fishing The Artificial Fly BY
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
BCRGIAS
in q Mystery Story

YUST such 4 yarn as Archibald
ClzveEing Gunter delights in is
The Closed Book. a mystery
tale BY William lie Queux- Though the
blot IS thoroughly Guntherian, IL must
be admitted that the popular wizard OF
the yeIiow-bscz shocker has more lit
ersry style than 3Ir- lie Qu=ux. and
this statement may be taken for what
q Is worth
=>is' author. who styles himself lie