The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-29

dramatic poetry, his latest and most pre-
tentious work in this line being David -
a. biblical drama, published by Messrs.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co. The play is in
four acts and dea with the early life Of
1.-The Sweet Singer in Israeli 1t is said
that Mr.. Rice has hopes of having his
play produced by Mr.. Sothern.
GETTIN' WASHED.
At breakfast, when I'm kinder late, an hurry to
An wa aIs eat. some person says, ooh, what a
Or, leave the table right away, those hands
are disgruce!'
An when l come back. nice an clean, my
mother says she fears
didn't take a lot Of pains to wash benin my
An lots O. times when I've been out an haven't
M toTehs e. a , hin
called me in --
An what they went an said was dirt was shad-
ders my skin.
But spose that cedar tree I climbed did leave
some teeny smears
I don't how a bit could get way up benin
my ears.
Oh, when I'm big, without a nurse or grown-up
folks that tease, -.
Some weeks I'll wear my oldest clo'es as ragged
I please,
An muss my hair an have big holes in both my
Of course I'll wash each mornin', cept when
playtime interferes,
But you just bet Pll let alone that place benin
Burgess johnson in Harper's Magazine for oc-
: toher. .,i'-N 10 -. - 80. - '- 80 III:
Among the great figures of the struggle
in the far east. Field Marshal Oyama
stands out prominently. While stories Of
his military skill and prowess are con-
stantly reaching us, practically nothing
of his personality or private life is known
to the western public. 1t is, therefore
especially interesting to learn that. he
plays a large part in the recently translat-
ed Japanese novel Of Mani 10 CHerbert
B. Turner company, where, as the fathe,
of the heroine, he forms one Of the
strongest characters. In fact, many Of the
characters in MANI Ko'' have for their
prototypes some notable hero Of the Chi
se-Japanese war. While other names
have been given to the characters, p their
personalities are so accurately presented
that the Japanese have had no difficulty
in Identifying them. Especially faithful
is the description Of General Oyama: "He
was not much over 50, but his forehead
was somewhat bald and his hair was turn,
ing gray. His corpulent body weighed
200 pounds, and even an Arab coursel
| would be likely to sweat under him. His
thick neck was almost buried In his
square shoulders, and his double chin
seemed joined to his breast. His abdomen
was large; his thighs thick as those of ar
OK. His face was brown, his nose large
| his lips thick; his beard scanty and his
| eyebrows thin. His eyes, however, out OF
| harmony to the rest of his body, were
| narrow like those of an elephant, and milo
| to look upon. There was also smile
| lurking constantly about his mouth, Civ.
| ing a humorous cast to his countenance.'
| The portraits of him which have re.
| Gently appeared in the American papers
| ton.
D. Appleton & Co. are sending thru thu
press at a rapid rate Hall Gaines new
novel, The ProdigaI Son, which is having
its serial run in Everybody's Magazine
| The book, we are informed, will differ ma
terially from the serial, Not onky has Mr.
Game carefully revised the entire manu-
script, but the story will be at least one
third longer than the serial.
Oct. 4 has been definitely set as the dat,
Of publication of The RecoIIectons ant
Letters Of General Robert E. Lee, which
will then be issued by Doubleday, Pag,
& Co. A large part of the book Is give1
up to cadet life at West Point as it wa
in the thirtieS. ~
The Appreciation of Sculpture, by Rus
sell Sturgis, has been announced by TIL
Baker & Taylor company. This is tn
| third in the popular art series which ha
been brought out by this house. The ney
book is of special Importance becaus
sculpture has not been treated as ex
| tenslVeiy. as architecture and painting
and popular ignorance regarding it's sub
tleties Is much greater. All of the vol
! urnes are designed to furnish that basi
for art education which is essential t
! culture They are made In large-yol
ume' form, with over eighty illustra
lions apiece, printed on good paper, wit
Appreciation of Sculpture for privat
Libraries and collectors has also been ore
pared. . y -
Early in October the American Trae
society will bring out the Life and Adven
lures OF Jack Philip-Rear Adnoira
U. S., NJ, by Edgar Stanton Maclay. Wit
an introduction by Captain, Alfred Thave
Mahan, U. S. N. One Of its lasting fea
lures is Philips own story of the Sar
tiago sea fight; told In modest sinpl
unaffected style. No officer of the nav
occupies larger place in the affectio
i OF the American people than the hero VIII
IN the flush Of victory, exclaimed: Don
cheer, men; those poor devils are diving.
The Uneasy Chair.