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men. it follows that the highest development of
the great game played by active men is best
served by the biggest pile of money. the seed
Of money. The man who could get all the
money (as it is related that man once tried
to drink all the whiskey) would be master of
mankind, so long he could hold his mastery.
Leaving kings and their divinely vested rights
out of the question. the overload Of commerce
might hope to grasp the greatest human power
at time in the worlds history when. through
the existence both of an international credit
like Il nervous system and Of a complete mus
cuiar s. stem of Geographic information. the
individual VINO is masterful enough can operate
on the single body OF the whole worlds COM
fnerce. Such man Newbury Linn. Mr..
Shack!eton's great ADVENTURE" and such was
the scheme he planned The interest of the
story is obvious. 1t is of instant everyday
interest. and the author has found it convenient
TO include certain matters OF recent business
record. in general outline. in the picture he has
drawn. Linn was of high ideals and
lofty purpose; his autocracy planned to be
henefceace; but. "a was the case with ~
man who tried 10 drink all the whiskey. he
oVerS'rained even his great capacity.
Mr. Herbert Quick has written romance
OF Yankee magic in matter Of over 10000
words under the title Of Aladdin & Co." in
which he tells in detail the story of the boom
ing of Western town. It is surprisingly well
done, FOR the mechanics of booming are as dry
when i'll presented, the details of any other
business. But there is nothing dry about Mr.
Quick's telling of the story. baltimore was a
sober enough little town. which two brisk Amer
leans built up into big city with banks and
factories and railroads and diversified appliances
for making and spending money, all on = foun-
dalton OF bonds bonds. bonds. and again bonds
But the day came when the foundation had to be
replaced with gold coin. and there were lively
times in baltimore. The superstructure
solid, however after all. and they got the new
underpinning into place. without beggaring the
bondholders bv dint of boundless pluck and
solid honesty an unlocked for asset.
The title page of Mr.. Cyrus Townsend Brady's
novelette, commercial. called "A Corner in COT
fee" proclaims him. with easy negligence, the
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vorce. Another sort" comprises sundry stories
with motives more or less exotic-Iapanase
heartaches; high and humble love affairs in
he Paris Of 1900; proverbal philosophy I'm the
mouth OF a sort OF she-David Harum of the
cattle country" I'm our own Southwest; low
Keyed and plaintve annals OF nuns and trouba-
oours, and Of the women left in the gloomy
ehaieaux by their lords gone TO the wars. and
what might be called some prose fancies-but
what is, more strictly fancy prose-detailing
phe adventures OF pretty country girl who
uahoed at Drury Lane quarter millennium ago.
FINALLY, the wool sorter Of current literature
hnes pile Of books TO be classified simply as
stories, more or less worth reading-tales of
'o'e and honor. war and commerce. action and
loiihg. hatred and indifference, with stage
stretching from Norway and Paris TO Boston
and beyond
'or kind OF seriousness that is never dull,
Do.othea" is quite the most admirable novel
winch has been published this year Maarten
@'aaTtels is one Of those writers who are not
"ial9 CT being oldfashioned, who look at life
sincerely AMI oompassiouatelv, and, accepting
F TACT that The moral issue is the one on
.'eh most II our serious crises are bound TO
-ui- make such issues their themes. In other
A' ie Is unlike the mere commercial story
~ t4f cay IN iliai ne mas the NbuI dsc
'7oeh his readers a lesson. But with what
- "HE what sympathy with what humor does
'e~ca IL. The subtitle Of "Dorothea" sug-
80 text, end a sermon Is unquestioEably
s'u0aiec ia this tale. bur "a is the kind Of ser
'H mat the masters OF action have preached,
:, y" AAe Ealzac and Thackersy and Thomas
ny Inc heroine IS the daughter Of an Eng
'''-iiary man. who, having broken his wife's
-" .eaN@s The child 20 be brought up on
property left 10 her by her mother in Hol-
- Under the care OF two devoted aunts. These
49, dutch spinstecs. delightfully."- drawn. would
!, "'y case have trained their charge to walk
mario" paths, but memories Of the wrong
A. Dy Colonel Sandring 10 the woman lying
Ne helgAboring churchyard deepen their
VI responsibility toward his daughter, and
~ make higher the barriers reared 10 keep
h. -O''es unspotted from the world. When. on
- S0iiling Of age, the colonel demands that
a,s- sNaN Take her place by his side. and intro
60 iei 10 society on its most mundane side,
i's TIE Riviera for the scene of her APP
eeshlp she is bewildered by her sur
.-H'ss ae lamb would be IL thrown among
-. nut Nj. Martens has no intention OF
A.. ing melodrama around HIS sanity hero
-, .Nough Incident. and plenty Of il, flows
g. me tituation IN which he places Dorothea.
49, hiy IN order that she may show 10 US how
ne develops character.
10 carly marrisge might seem. at the outset.
"e plain sailing, for the man Of her
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ment. and one is carried from the first chap
ter TO the last with curiosity, and concern for
the hero's fate. kept we'll alive.
If a wealthy American should undertake 70
develop the agricultural and material resources
OF the Ottoman Empire a gigantic business
enterprise and should fall in love with beau
tiful Greek girl, he might. of course. be lured
into n plot to depose the Sultan in the interests
Of the Young Turkey party. At any rate. that
is what Cyrus Dennison Grant did, and the con-
sequences Of his intermeddlmg with Oriental
politics. instead of looking after his investments.
were as startling as can he imagined even b.
so imaginative a writer Arthur W. March
mont Fortunately. the romantic American has
IA devoted secretary in the person OF a young
Engshman. who speaks tluenty all the Ian
guages heard in Constantinople, and who cher
ishes a hopeless affection for his employers
wealthy sister Between them, they manage to
open Grants eyes in time 10 enable him TO foil
a plot TO kidnap Abdul Hamid This is only
one OF a series OF thrilling adventures in which
the leading characters of by Snare Of Love"
are involved. singly or together. in bewildeFing
profusion.
Spies. poison plots DISCUSSES. lovemakine
crowd every chapter with incident. The action
never flags incidentally the author gives an
inside view OF Turkish prisons which makes tho
convict life OF Siberia. as described by George
KEENAN,. seem like glimpses Of Paradise IN
comparison. The natural Inference is. however
that the author has given his imagination as
free rein in this instance as in the other parts
Of his story.
Perhaps the most significant book of the whole
pile is the study OF divorce la mode by Mrs
H 4 Mitchell Keays. called He That Eateth
Bread with Me" OF course. it is a tract, and
thai is not art as art TO begin with It is glow
ing. intense feminine in insight and In point
of view. and, while it is written with considera-
BILE skill. it lacks somewhat in dignity and re-
serve. What pity that woman cannot learn
to write cool book on subject for which she
has any deep feeling! Why must expression be
allowed TO run to its full extent? Here the style
is rapid and breathless. and, while IL is BOOK
that stirs ones emotions II IN no way co'iVic's
&C reason Ons Is driven TO the humorous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-28

choice is as noble o. soul as she IS herself but
as matter Of feet her life with Egon Won
Roden Is even fuller of pain and struggle than
was the hriet reriod OF misery vita Colonel
Sandring. Tie book is, n short tense almost
from cover 20 cover with the excitement of a
good womans fight With evil influences one
character after another brought into the story
seems there only TO make things more uncom-
Portable Does this suggest a depressing book?
We admit that it does, and must admit further
that 'Dorothea" is. in many places, painful
But in the first place it is Accordingly interest
ing: each of the numerous figures in the story
IS brilliant study of character. and the whole
fabric is put together with the skill of born
romancer. Secondly. the authors quiet humor
never fails him, ii serves constantly 10 tighten
the strain Of his narrative and finally that
moral issue 10 which have alluded is here
put before US with such truth and such fine
feeling that it awakens ideas. touches the imag-
ination, and altogether gives US something TO
add to our conception Of life Dorothea, with
all her self-righteousness and occasional down.
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plete. What there is of IT seems too much like
an evasion OF the difficulty into which an entire
ly happy ending would have forced him. The last
chapter is an anti-climax. 1t is the raising of
the curtain on the smiling, bowling actors who
were slain I'm the final act Of the drama But
II the manager permits some of them TO appear.
why not allow all? Mr.. White knows, and so
Will those who follow him with keen interest
and appreciation into The Silent Places"
The novel of Partisan life left by the late Guy
Wetmore Carryl. The Transgresson OF Andrew
Nane." is an interesting souvenir OF his talent.
II shows that he was strengthening his hold
upon the art of characterization when he died,
and was becoming more and more skilful I'm
the technique of literary construction This
book is the romance of a young American left at
his birth without father mother, though the
former is not dead. Fate is otherwise kind 10
him. however. and when. after the brief pro-
logue which explains something of the circun-
stances of his birth. we are introduced 10 him
in Paris he is occupying himself there with the
amusements OF a well educated and prosperous
young man. Trouble ensues. The woman
he loves is in Paris. but there is. of course,
another woman also the scene who is des-
tined to disturb his peace Of mind. The little
wolves two other men. both dishonest. but the
surprising developments for which they are
responsible we must leave the reader 10 find out
for himself. He will IA II a pleasant task
The Transgression OF Andrew Vane' is written
with light touch. the authors surprise is not
brought forward until precisely the right mo-
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deduction that Clifford Macxemer. who divorced
his wife because he wanted to marry Isabel
Durance, and was afterward drawn back TO his
really happiest when he had two wives to visit
and IN dining with Katharine could enjoy the
contrast Of her presence with the scented en-
chantments Of his Isabel Katharine
woman TOO idealistic TO lay violent hands on
her own husband to prevent his being swept
away by the more sensuous charm Of another
woman. II would seem that Airlie easier. Kath-
arine's young cousin had the only clear sight Of
the situation when she said that If she had
married a man like Clifford Mackemer and
some red-haired woman had come shopping
around she would never have got Clifford away
from her so long as she Airlie had two hands
TO pull the red hair with Naturally, it would be
easier for Airlie to see though the milestone than
for Katharine but there is no excuse for the au-
thor's defective vision. The book is an advo-
Gates plea: there is nothing judicial about it.
Mr.. Robert ShaCkleton's tale of The Great
Adventure rests upon an alluring idea. the de-
velopment Of the commercial trust to alb
surdlty. The gravity with which the idea Is
pre- scented and the story is told keeps the reader
from foreseeing the inevitable overthrow of the
scheme from It's own weight until the great
adventurer himself Derceives it. and of himself
takes his machine to pieces In time to prevent
disaster. AS tie world is constituted to-day,
the possession of inexhaustible riches is the
key to tremendous human power: and. since
power is the universal objective of ambitious
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we're silence whose speech ass silence. whose
most terrible wespon the great white silence
that smothered mems spirits.
Steadily and consistently the story moves
along. carrying its characters farther and FAR
Their into the clutches Of the great northern
solitudes. out into the white desoation of the
barren grounds The reader feels that he is
moving with Them 10 an inevitable tragedy.
The logic of the narrative allows him no alterna-
tive That il permits the author 10 thlnk other-
wise is no reflection on his logic but on his abb
ity TO withstand what he believes to be the pop
ular demand" for a happy ending. Tragedy there
IS. but 10 be effective it should have been COM
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along underst1ndingly among the strange names
and honorably quaint phraseclogy, and enjoy
the triumph or true love ut the last. The book
is well printed and the Colored Illustrations and
decorative drawings by Kiyokichi Sauo are Illus
trative, decorative and Of an equal charm with
the text
1t takes an artist to write wholly convincing
story of life and love in those
Teacup times of hood and hoop
And whc1 the patch was worn.
and if Frances Aymar Mathews is no Thack-
cray. nor yet Charles Reade. still, her Pamela
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
WILL PAY FOR REPAIRS
FROM EMERGENCY FUND

C. =. Coleman. superintendent OF re-
pairs. has notified tie Commissioners
that unless certain emergency repairs
10 school buildings. costing about BIO
are made at once. the schools viii have
10 close
The Commissioners have authorized
the repairs to bee paid for from The
emergency fund. The schools are the
Grant. nj Street High School Lincoln
Syphax. Summer. Peabody. Pierce Man
ual Training school. al ca = Street anc
the Greenledf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
MURDERER IS HANGED
FOR KILLING WIFE

CARLISLE. Pa, Dec. 10.-Judge +.
". Biddle this morning sentenced David
Spahr. OF this city. 10 be hanged for
the murder of his wife some months
ago. with whom he had not been living
The court overruled the motion for a
new trial and arrest of Judgment.
Spahr showed little signs OF nervous
ness. and when asked whether he had
anything To say, replied that he did not
care 10 talk, not knowing what to say.
He is about thirty-tive years old and is
"a brick maker
His counsel put up defense of in
sanity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
OLD TANNERY CONCERN.

@. @. smoot & Sons. tanners, was
established In Alexandra, Va. iu IS2U
Incorporated ia 1884 The firm a. The be-
ginning was e.. G.. SmOot in 1870 sue
ceedeo by a., g.. Smoot, jr.. and John
-. SWoot. They Were succeeded by Tho
present generation. Henry smoot. ~
i. Smoot and J. e.. SmouL.
This is the third generation Henry
and William b. Sm0ot are sons OF John
=. Smoot j. a. Smoot U.s. "a son OF q. T..
smoot lr
This nrm has done an immense BUSH
ness and too much credit cannot b.
given for their present success They
are tanners of secured oak sole leather
and betting butts.
Iannefies are located at North WiIks-
boro. y. G.. end Springfield VA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
BRENNAN CONSTRUCTION
C0MPANY'S SUCCESS

The fame of the Brennan CONSTRUCTION
Company is Well spreae throughout the
Capital and surrounding territory. As
engineering contractors and builders.
there is many an imposing structure in
this city today that s,ancs as a tostI-
monial of their efficiency.
They have done consIderaD;e work for
the District and National Government.
built residences and apartment houses
for private individuals. and are now
constructing in Georgetown several very
beautiful buildings
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
POPULAR SHOE HOUSE
IS N0RDLlNGER'S

Nordlinger's Popular Shoe House al
I3J NJ Street northwest is one Of the
Oldest and most reliable businesses of its
character in this city. The business was
founded in 1854 by Bernard E0rd.luFer.
and in lSSl the management Of the es-
adjustment passed into Jhe hands of his
son Isaac ..
For the past tWeuty-siX years Mr.
Nordlinger has had associated with him
Mr William Slhm, 20 whom vast
amount OF the success OF the enterprise
must bee attributed The N0rdllugrr
business has grown wonderfully. and
"Nordllnger shoes ls household
phrase lu most Georgetown homes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
OLD LUMBER BUSINESS
OF LlBBEY & SON

The lumber business Of J. Edward Lib
hey & SON. 301S Water Street. George
town, D. O., was started 49, Joseph Lib
hey sr- IN 1850 and later Conducted by
his sons, Joseph, jr., and j. Ed Libbey.
under the firm name of Joseph & }. T..
Libbey
In 1856 Joseph IIbbey died and the
business was conducted by j. Edwin
Libbey Intn 1896. when his son joined in
the active mana cement of affairs.
The Libbey firm enjoys "a fine local
trade. ana also has extensive interests
in Virginia and West Virginia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
LUMBER PLANT BURNS
IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l0.-Fire broke
out this morning i'm the lumber yard
connected with the Henry Sheipp Manu-
featuring Company, 80 TO 535 Columbia
Avenue.
This is i'm the heart of the mill dis
trict, and property of immense value
was threatened, but effective work on
the part of the Sheipp employees first
and then by the fire department pre-
vented a disastrous spread.
A few properties i'm the neighborhood
were slightly burned. The loss is about
$500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
ABDUL HANDS, ACT MAY
BE HOSTILE TO ENGLAND

CJNsTANTIEOPLE. Dec I0-CoL
Ahmed Be- OF the smtau's stan. left
C0nslaUtiuople today for Bagdad. COM
veylus quantity of arms and ammuni-
ton cas- "a Eitt from The Sultan for Sheik
HuracAid. who IS lighting Surik MOuba-
REX
AS the latter is "a prUrege OF England
this act ot Abdul Iiamld may result Iu 81
TurkO-Eritish diplomatic fight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
STREET BROKER
DIES IN HIS OFFICE

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. q. Norris, "a
familiar figure i'm Wan street, formerly
% member of the stock exchange, ard in
recent years one 90 the most active
brokers on the curb. died suddenly i'm his
office at - Broad Street this morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11
ROBBFD PISING SUE.

WILMINGTON. Del. Dec. l0.-Bur-
glars broke into the Rising san post
office last night and carried OF an the
stamps on hand. a small sum of money
and several boxes OF cigars were taken
from Richard Cuyauaugh, in whose
store the pOstOfiice is located.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11

For n handsome Monogram
Watch. Solid l4-karat gold
Waltham or Elgiu move
meuJs, including mono
gram.
Same style. with fuil-cut
diamonds in back, SIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
GIRLS ACCUSE WELL KNOWN LAWYEa
Charles Kinsey Cannon, Former Corporation
Counsel of Hoboken. Arrested.

Charles Kinsey Cannon. a leading member Of the
bar OF New-Jersey. of No. 92S Hudson-st. Hoboken
is awaiting the action of the Hudson County Grand
Jury on charges preferred against him by eight
small girls OF that city. He was arrested yester-
day, but was released furnishing cash bail in
Sc 500.
Mr.. Cannon IS a graduate of Yale class of 70
His father also Yale man. and WAS Public
Prosecutor Of Burlington County. y. ]. Soon after
being graduated from Yale he was graduated from
Columbia Law School with high honors He began
the practice OF law IN Hoboken the same year
He was Corporation Attorney of the city and has
been for years a special commissioner in the Court
or Chancery and Supreme Court commissioner
he is a member of the Columbia Club. and has a
son. Charles, a graduate Of Yale 'Ol. and A daugh
Ter. Agnes. who attended Vassar. He is a director
rsputed to be Me2bv B94k Of Hohoken and is
ago; The family is extremely well known socially
Tsinity Episcopal Church ma" III
,, The girls who accuse Mr.. Cannon are Lizzie
Husoanos, fourteen years old, of No $50 Park
lye,; Srace Flood, twelve years old of No 238
20 A4 Wiow-ave.: Carrie AIbrecht. twelve Years
~ OF 70 so SIrand-sT: Maggie Stottman. eleven
eleven years old, of No 23S Park-ave and JONAH
Park-ave A story foId nv t en our n5 and
54ooa sister OF Grace, was not made the basis of
The children oorroborate one another. They ara
n new and flower pedlers. Their regulations
police said that he would not have arrested Mr.
forced TO act when other Wtneesee Res out Tas
When erraigned before Recorder stanton Nv
Sa al waived examination. and was placed in a
cell until he made arrangements to furnish the
cash BAL. The girls held at Police Headouar-
ters without bail, are three other men accnsed
by them These are Sattasoth Ciuippe tbtrtvITTro
years yea OLD; a shoemaker, Of No. 257 WiIow-ave
ano Joseph Bruno, twenty-five years old a rnusi,
clan, OF the same address and Charles T;eirba,St
Lnlrty-three years old. of No 1O37 Washfngfon-st'
Inc nrst TWO denied the charges. ReinharSt who
IS a veteran of the Spanish-American War and
vas employed about Public School No g. which
some or the girls attended admitted his guilt
Mnen seen at his office after his release Mr.
The whole charge is false NY standing IN the
community should satisfy everybody OF hat 7
hneW me girls, and they came into nv Office saw
eIed un1es. But the whole matter is one that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
STATE OBTAINS VALUABLE LAND.
Sustained IN Actions for Ejectment Of 0ccu-
pants on Raquette Lake.

Albany, May 1S.-Arthur L. Andrews, Corporation
COUNSEL OF the city OF Albany. referee. has
handed down his decision sustaining the State at
every point IN fifteen actions brought by the State
against occupants of land along the shore Of
RaQuette Lake. IN Township 80. Hamilton County.
These actions were for tie ejectment Of the occu-
pants. on the ground that the lands IN question
belonged to the State, and were begun under the
direction OF the Forest. Fish and Game Commission
81 1901 Originally there were thirty of these &C
tons. but IN several OF them the defendants suf-
fered Judgment to be taken by default In others
the defendants entered into a stipulation that the
plaintiff should have judgment without damages or
costs.
The issues raised IN these actions involved the
title to upward Iwenty-sX thousand acres, being
tie entire township known No. 20, perhaps the
most valuable in the whole Adirondack region con-
tanning as II does Raeuet;e Lake. one OF the most
beautiful sheets OF water IA the Adirondacks, and
being covered with virgin spruce forest The State
held title largely by of deeds acquired under
safes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-14
SAYS HE KILLED FIVE SNAKES AT ONCE
Three Others Wounded-Blairstown Man
Did It with Shotgun.

Morristown. n. J.. May 1S SPECIALIZATION D
Vail OF Blairstown, does not intend that his repu-
Iatoh as marksman shall suffer, and he now has
story OF killing five snakes at one shot WhiIe
stroIIing around Blair's walk, inspecting the work
Delng done on the new lake at the Blair homestead
MI Vail saw several snakes summing themselves
on the stone DAM He ran back 10 his house
eoa shoLgun and fired one shot at the mass of
s!-ahSs. 4neTe was a great commotiOn on the dam
Gnu LOT Few moments Mr.. Vail thought thar no
lever IMAM hundred snakes had dropped into she
Nc Se. - " men ne arrived at the place however
loqlo I'VE water snakes. all five feet long
sIttcheo out dead on the dam, an6 three others
seriously wounded, feebly squirting about in The