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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

Had it not been oycrnhadowcd by
the cuoch-makng struggle between
Russia and japan the adventures OF
Englands military mission" IN Tibet
would have figured large IN the years
achievements. A petty border outbreak.
following a long period IN which COM
merlcial treaties had again and again
been broken, decided England 10 send
10 Lhassa a force which should compel
recognition OF her rights and inciden-
tally, oounterhnlance the influence
which It was believed Russia was ac-
curing at The Dalai Llama's court.
Under Col. Younghusbnnd and Brig
Gen Macdonald 5000 men crossed the
frontier last January.
Their exploit reads like some adven-
ture Of Eliaabethan days They scaled
q range Of mountains whose very pass.
es were higher than the Alpine peaks
across which Hannibal marcned. In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

The event Of the year OF greatest I'M
portance 20 the United States has been
the presidential election. which resulted
~ Republican victory $50 sweeping rs
20 surprise even Mr. R1oseyeirs most
enthusiastic supporters The interest In
the campaign ceatcreu naturally in the
u doubtful states but on Nov. S. ali
Of these went Republican, raising the
e'ectoral vote for Theodore Roosevelt
and Charles w. Fairbanks 10 336.
The light made IN behalf Of Judge
Alton Z. Parker. who headed the Demo-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
SOME OF Ioo4S coNTRBU-
TONS TO WORLD HlSronN

The presidential campaign resulted sweeping victory FOR to
Republican candidates Theodore Roosevelt New York and
the Democratic candidate. Alton p,r
cr Of New YORK and Henry c. Davis Of West Virginia
The national finally digging
canal judicial and sanitary eWablghed
much Of ;he actual work of digging w 'u
Galveston the completion great seawall which 10
protect her waterfront from second disaster New York
city subway opened TO the public ~
The Louisiana Purchase exposition held
about B0Ooooo guests during eight months Of brilliant lie
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
EARS WORK
IN THE UNITED STATES.

SOME OF THE YEARS WORK
IN THE UNITED STATES
days OF lighting In the Far East japan and Russia have
spent approximately 0oo0W and have lost $4,000 OF whom
10000 killed has driven from Korea and with
Arthur aDiel, from "a thrd OF Manchuria.
Enguds MILITARY Mission col Younghusband penetrated
Tbts capital securing treaty rights y which mat long
country Doe opened 90 The trade OF the world
e eumry-od Coucolat between the French republic and the
farlcy been practically aDogand after long ana bitter hght
between Premier tombe and Pope Plus \.
Heirs ana Italy born aud prsden elected IN
Argentina Mexico Peru san Domingo Colombia and Panama
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JUVENILE
Books OF the Season

~ the Christmas holiday approaches
IL and the desk of the distraught re-
viewer becomes very wilderness
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
ISLANDS
of the Caribbean.

IN a handsomely printed and bound
volume of 430 odd pages, "Our
1 West Indian Neighbors," by title,
Frederick A. Ober tells a great deal
about the American Mediterranean
that will be new to most of us.
Though he tells it with little pretense
at anything but a clear, straightfor-
ward narrative style and lacks, per-
haps, an eye for the picturesque and
the beautiful, Mr.. Ober's book is
valuable for the vast amount Of facts
about little known spots of the West
ern hemisphere which it contains.
The author carries his readers
straight through from the Bahamas
off the Florida coast down to Trinidad
and the Dutch islands fringing the
northern shore Of Venezuela. In
each group he treats of the history of
the peoples. their origin and their Sc
cial and economic life; survey of the
topography and products of each
cluster of islands is given and a
description of the cities and points of
interest situated therein. To this
somewhat categorical scheme of the
guide book Ober adds fund of anec-
dote and personal reminiscence which
relieves his work of the strict formal
ism Of book of travel. In many in
stances statistics gathered by the au-
thor himself while serving as a COM
missioner of the Columbian Exposi-
ton give the volume the value of a
practical book of reference.
Cuba, with which the author seems
the most familiar, receives lengthy
consideration. Several trips through
the island. both before and after the
emancipation from the Spaniard
made Ober thoroughly familiar with
the type Of people in whose hands
government is now entrusted and Of
these Cuban ex-patriots he writes at
length. He credits the native Cuban
with but mongrel pedigree and with
an order of intelligence lower than the
average. True, the newly emanci-
pated citizen Of a free republic does
not drink to excess, nor is he thievish
in Ober's eyes: but he is irredeemably
welded to the obsolete past in his
every walk Of life and even to-day he
is the slave of the coldly calculating
Spaniard. The Spaniard is still the
man of affairs in Cuba.
Games Pott & Co.. New York; IL
lustrated; price 50 SOD
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
CHILDREN
OF New York Ghetto

-HERE has been no brighter book
than Myra Kelly's Little Citi-
zens" this season. For pure
drollery and downright fun this
collection OF short tales about
the children. of New York's ghetto
cannot be surpassed. The dialect
brings surprise at every turn and gales
Of laughter. The incidents are as
unhackneyed as the atmosphere. The
authors keen perception of humor
and her quick way of turning it to
account are as Irish as her name.
Though Jacob A. Riis has given
readers many pictures OF New York's
slum children in How the Other Half
Lives" and other of his sketches of
the tenements, his tales rarely catch
the sunshine that filters down even
through the chimney pots of the
crowded ghetto; they are too purpose
ful to admit OF anything but the
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
DUNBAR
in Verse and Story

ERHAPS the reading world did
lnot realize what store it set by
the work OF the colored singer Of
j songs and teller Of tales, Paul
Laurence Dunbar. until death
recently came very nigh to him
and threatened his musical tongue
with silence. Unique in the literature
Of the cay is this figure. the only col
cred man who has raised himself to
the position of being Interpreter Of the
spirit Of his race in the measures Of
verse. In his prose, but better in his
poetry. Dunbar gives 10 US the very
essence Of the ideals and the common
places OF. the. dsrkies: the lights and
shadows, primitive and without COM
plexity, that mark their lives. His
two last published books, The Heart
OF Happy Hollow" and LIP Cal"
fiction the one and verse the other.
represent Dunbar at his best
"The Heart OF Happy Hollow" is
volume Of sixteen short tales. some
in dialect, which have to exploit the
features that mark the daily round in
Darktown. With one or two exceptions
the SLDL-GS are dll 4AiSL CidSSs lleSe
exceptions mark the authors effort to
break with the atmosphere that is his
by right and to draw inspiration from
the world beyond the confines of the
colored man. II is when he chooses
some comedy from the lives Of his
race-fellows and delivers it in the ir-
resistible dialect OF the 'foh de war"
aunty or uncle that Dunbar excels as
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
A STUDY
Of Our Immigrants

kkI IMPORTED Americans" Brough-
ton Brandenburg's study of
some phases of immigration,
is book filled with good ma
terial. Though the author de-
signed to show some of the economic
and sociological aspects of the great
flow of aliens into this country. which
is yearly becoming more and more a
subject for grave consideration, the
scientific worth of his book is over
shadoWed by the weight of human in
terest incorporated therein. The type
OF the immigrant rather than the sig
nifcance of his coming here is what
interests the reader most.
Believing that good material lay 'in
getting the immigrants point Of view
to compare with the public spirited
American one" Mr.. Brandenburg de-
termined to become one with the Ital-
ian immigrant and to catch from that
position an aspect with which the
great mass of the American people is
unfamiliar To that end the author,
accompanied by his wife, went to live
for. several months in the crowded
Italian tenements of the East Side in
New York. Having acquired there
sufficient familiarity with the language
to insure the success Of his scheme,
he went by the uncomfortable steer
age route directly to Italy. the source
Of supply. After having made study of
the peasant life throughout the poorer
districts of Italy, he attached himself to
a Sicil.an family that was contemplat-
ing a voyage to America, and with
them he. made the tedious voyage
across the ocean and passed through
the tortuous channels Of Ellis Island.
So much for the authors quest in
search of material. That 1t was pro-
ductive Of some very strong convlc-
tions IS apparent throughout the book.
His dominant belief is that the Italian
immigrant as class is endowed with
qualities making for the best citizen
ship He admits. however. that the
leaven OF bad existing is sufficient to
sour the whole dough. To obviate
this the author would have inspection
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

Dean, the small daughter of patriot,
after seeing King Georges statue
pulled down, and getting her best frock
spoiled by the crowds which even then
surged about in New York's streets is
sent home for safety. But there she
ard a playmate became involved in
more serious adventure with British
spy Thrilling events and escapes fol-
low fast in the story. but the ending Is
happy. The book is by well-knoTn
author of historical tales for children
and so closely has he woven this into
actual incident that one cannot help
believing Dorothy to be as real a per-
son as George Washington himself
(Thomas Y Crowell & Co., New
York; illustrated; price 60 cents.)
'Stories Of the Good Green Woods" by
Clarence Hawkes., is a prettily worded
little book on nature study for small
readers. In this we become acquaint-
ed with the family Of Mother Fox; we
read the tragic tale of the pet coon
which grew wild again; we witness the
plovers field day; we follow tracks IN
the snow and learn how to tell them;
we watch the Drummer Of the Woods; :;
and We learn many secrets Of wood
craft. Mr.. Hawkes. is one Of our most
entertaining story-tellers in this field
one whom the children will follow
gladly upon these pleasant excursions.
The book is profusely illustrated by
faithful portraits of the small actors
represented.
(Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, New
YcEk: illustrated: price so cents.)
For very small youngsters the season
cffers much. In the first place there is
"McClure's Children's Annual" edit
ed by T. W. H. Crosland and
W. Coolinge. The book is re-
plete with pictures. full PACED.
colored ones which catch the eye
OF the toddler. Then there are iirgles.
little stories and games in plenty. writ
ten for the ready comprehension of first
reader folk-a complete entertainment
fer rainy afternoons. The book is pub
hehed hv Mcclure. Phillips & Co., New
York
Tie Saalfield Company OF Akron,
Ohio, publish Frances TreSO Mont
gomery's last contribution to the Billy
Whiskers' series, Billy Whiskers'
Junior" Another book for nursery
fox, complete in picture and text.
Coop Tales Gelett Burgess last
chronicle of that interesting tribe, is
brought out by Frederick A. Stokes
Company, New York. Goops have their
place in the infantile hall of fame
along with Brownies and should re-
ceive all honor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

~ the Christmas holiday approaches
IL and the desk of the distraught re-
n viewer becomes very wilderness
of books, all demanding atten-
tion, he finds himself sore put to it to
satisfy both the publishers and the
readers of his page. What with two
score novels and bakers dozen of
books in heavier mold crowding imper-
atively, may he not escape for the min
ute to the lighter and often more enter
tanning task of giving the children's 8
books place? For Christmas is very
large on the horizon at present. and the
infant who does not find at least one
book under the toe OF his stocking has
righteous cause for rebellion.
Boys first. And for these 1 can think
of no better volume than Edwin San
dy's sportsman Joe" In this healthy
outdoor book the author of TRAINER
Jim holds his young readers close TO
the fortunes of Joe, the young sports
man, who has the great good fortune
to leave the haunts Of city life for a
wonderful trip through the hunting
lands of Canada. He follows deer ON
still hunt, he catches fighting trout in
the woodland torrents, he has a chance
at ducks and snipe. grouse and prairie
chicken. More a boy could not ask. Nor.
can the boy reader ask more. In telling
his story the author has filled the mar
ratiye with bits of woodcraft, the study
of wild things and the tricks of a sea-
soned camper--things which every boy
wants to know, and once known to put
into practice. One does not necessarily
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

a story teller Humor has quick recog
milton at his hands and the vagaries
Of Miss Cicily Jones or Bruvver Hay
ward j. their new-found freedom and
equality before the law make for him
rich material. "A Matter of Doctrine
which recites how a certain colored
pastor and leader of the flock put the
dogma Of foreordination into profitable
practice. is, I believe. one of the clever
est and most amusing negro dialect
stories written.
Dunbar is better at verse. In this
medium, where all his instinct tune
fulness has opportunity to assert it.
self. the colored writer can reflect
directly the negro's innate love of song.
The soft dialect lends itself to the
delicacy OF harmony and rhythm per-
fectly. All of this syncopation anu
rag-time jarring and muddling Of
words which passes current on the
vaudeville stage shows its ugliness
when compared with the softness and
lifting smoOthness OF Dunbar's real
dialect verse. The present volume,
LII Gal" is largely a compilation of
the random songs that the poet has
published in magazines during the past
ten years. 1t includes the well known
When de Con Poae's Hot" and the
sweet Law, When Saml Sings" Here
is a verse from A Florida Night,
which sings DuRbar's sweetest:
Win a-blowin gentle so de san lay low,
san a little heavy rom de rain.
All de "a ms a-wavin' an a-weaYin slow,
Stshin' lax a sinnah-soul in pain.
Alligator grinnin' by de OF lagoon,
MOckin bird a-singin' to de big full moon.
Skeeter 90 a-skmmln' TO his ightin' chune
CLiZy AIMS a-waitn in de laneD
This volume is attractively printed
and bound for the holiday trade. it's
illustrations being reproduced from
photographs made by a student OF the
Hampton Institute
(Dood, Mead & Co., New York; price
81 80 each1
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

and restriction put upon immigrants
in their own country. rather than at
the portals of America. He believes
that an itinerant board of examiners
should first seek principles by going
to the very roots of immigration
sources and there passing upon the
qualifications OF would-be citizens Of
the republic.
More convincing than this rather
chlmerical scheme for the regulation
OF immigration is the authors draw
ing Of the type that represents Italy $
contribution to our hodge-podge ma
ttonality. It was his experience that
throughout the whole agrarian popu-
lation America was synonymous with
The Promised Land Of Biblical lore
Everywhere did he find 1t that the
ultimate Of individual endeavor was
emancipation from the tyranny of mill
tary conscription and the burden of
church tithes, and passage to the magic
land Of the West. Significant is it,
according to the authors deduction,
that those districts the most rich are
the very ones which have contributed
most to the tide of immigration. A
family that has a representative in this
country is more fortunate than it's
fellows; a village that has contributed
many of its sons and daughters has
little debt to worry it, America is
measured by the dollar sign by all of
Italy's poor and Italy on it's part profits
by the wholesale shipment of these
people to the Western land of oppor-
tunity
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New
York; Illustrated; price 81 50)
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

tinge. of sadness and pathos. In Lit
tie Citizens" on the other hand, the
clever young writer has to offer only
the little comedies of life and thought
that fall among the children there. AS
teacher in one of the settlement schools
Miss Kelly found herself in the very
midst of the strangest miniature
world of mingled shrewdness, world
ly wisdom and innocence replica
of the world of the elders. There In
these budding Americans of Lithuanl-
an. Polish and Russian tongues, the
teacher read some queer pages of life
The ingraft of pugnacious, progressive
Americanism upon the keen, specu-
lative root-stock of the Old World
Hebrew produces a hybrid breed in
the younger generation that defies
analysis.
One of the best stories in the coll
lection is that which has to do with
"a Christmas Present for Lady"
When all of the little "owitzes" and
"ewskys" were preparing fittingly to
celebrate the teachers holiday with
gifts of candlesticks, could to cost
three for ten cents" and perfume Ito
make teachers hair smelly" little
Morris Mogilewsky, whose family can
not afford even a fve-cent gift. brings
something which his father had given
his mother for gift.
Sooner she looks on it, sooner she
has an awful glad" explains Morris
in anticipation of his gift presenta-
ton. In her eyes stands tears. und
she says, like that-out of jewish
Thanks un' she kisses my papa a
kiss. Und my papa, how he is po-
lite. He says-out of Jewish, too
You're welcome, all right un' he
kisses my mama kiss"
The gift for the teacher was re-
ceipted bill for the rent of two rooms:
Let us hope that Miss Kelly will find
the opportunity to give us more of
these intensely human little stories of
the ghetto. Hers is a pen that
sketches pictures even while it writes
a tale.
(McClure, Phillips & Co., New
York; illustrated; price 81 5O.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
MAGAZINES
Holiday Dress

HITHERTO unpublished poem
IL by John Greenleaf Whittier
will attract universal at
tention to the December At
lartic.
The number opens appropriately with
"a Christmas Sermon" by S. NJ. Croth-
ers, seasonable semi humorous appeal
for peace and good will and toleration
to all men, Samuel p Orth follows
with "Our. State Legislatures. a Wig
orous and searching analysis OF the
characters and powers of these bodies
whose annual sessions begin so soon
in all the capitals of the country, and
of the real dangers to be apprehended
from them. Henry A. Stimson dis
cusses THE Millionaire's Peril"-a Wig
orous and timely paper on the tempta-
tions and dangers of Wealth-and
George NJ. Gould, NJ. D., contributes a
brilliant and philosophical paper on
the Infinite Presence" In fiction,
"Isidro" continues to attract and ex-
cite it's readers: short stories and es-
says include when Least Aware" a
delicately told and suggestive love
STORY DY EllcH OuNdlls A1dIlduuSs d
convent romance by Agnes Repplier,
and Miss Gaylord and Jenny" a
startling tale of love and hypnotism
by Arlo Bates. Professor William
James sends his striking speech at the
late Peace Banquet; and j. Macdonald
Oxley contributes "A Veteran Skaters
Gossip"
Literary papers and studies are
Emerson" bv the late Henry James,
Sr.; "Grotius.' (irst paper). by An
drew D. Whittier Christina Rossetti,"
by Paul z. More; reviews of THE His
tory of Twenty-Five Years. . The
Poems of Freneau," andsbooIxs new and
old, as usual In addition to the post
humous Whittier poem. verses are
furnished by Arthur Cotton and Mamie
Byrd Turner. and the Contributors
Club is brilliant and interesting
The December Delineator with its
message of good cheer and helpfulness,
will be welcomed in every home The
fashion pages are unusually attractive.
illustrating and describing the very
latest modes in a way to make their
construction during the busy festive
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
HARPER
On She Higher Life

RESIDENT William Rainey Hsr-
per Of the University Of Chicago
IS sincere in his belief that the
religious life Is. or should be,
linked fndissolubiy with the
higher life Of collegiate educa-
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

I Y
season pleasure instead of a task,
and the literary and pictorial features
are OF rare excellence. a selection Of
love songs from the Wagner operas,
rendered into English by Richard L
Gallienne and beautifully Illustrated
in cOlors by ]. G. Lyendecker, occupies
a prominent place. and a chapter in
the COMPOSERS Series. relating the ro-
mances of Wagner and Cosima, is an
interesting supplement to the lyrics.
A very clever paper entitled The
Court Circles of the Republic" de-
scribing some unique phases Of Wash
inston social life, is from an unnamed
contributor. who is said TO write from
the inner circles of society. There are
some short stories from the pens Of
F. Hopkinson Smith, Robert GIant.
Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting
and ElmOre Elliott Peake. ard such
interesting writer's as Julia Magrpder,
L. Frank Baum and Grace MacGOwan
Cooke hold the attention of the chill
dren. Many Christmas suggestions are
given in needlewOrl1 and the cookery
pages are redOlent Of the Christmas
feast. In addition. there are the regu-
lar departments of the magazine. with
many special articles on topics relat-
ing to wOman's interests within and
without the home.
The San Francisco News Company
are the agents for the English Christ
mas ANIMALS, whose elaborate publica-
tions are yearly the event Of the sea-
son in the periodical world. The Christ
mas number of Holly Leaves. accom-
panied by well colored plates, presents
its readers with an excellent contents
of story and Illustration. Morley Rob
erts, ]. ]. Bell and Rita" are among
its leading contributors. The Christ
mas Graphic. with its remarkably fine
IthOgraph print Of the coronation and
it's outside cover from a painting OF
Reynolds, is noteworthy for the art
work expended upon its makeup as
well as the reading matter it contains.
Robert Hichens, Morley Roberts and
S. Baring-Gould have contributed note
. worthy stories for the number. Pears
Annual, more gaudy as to color than
its contemporaries, is, nevertheless.
full Of good material Percy Fitzgerald
contributes the leading article. Christ
mas Days With Dickens a compilation
Of descriptions devoted to holiday fes-
tivities from all Of the great writer's
works. The article is illustrated by
reproductions in colors from all the
Dickens illustrators.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

James Otis, the popular writer of
boys juveniles, has produced book
with a girl as the central figure. The
first Fourth OF July celebration. when
Washington assembled his troops TO
listen to the reading of the Declaration
of Independence. is the time OF this
exciting story for children. Dorothy
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-07-30
A Duchess in Arms

"Though titles have been suppressed
in France, the glamour is still on the
old names, $" says Vance Thompson,
writing of the duchess of Uzes and
French society in Everybody's Maya
zine for August. "In the worlds social
and political the 'de' is a precious
asset. The stormiest democratic
tribune-the huge Jaures himself
bends supple spine to it. In thi,
lies the strength Of the old Royalist
cause. These wilful little duchesses
are, indeed, the greatest menace to
the shambling Republic. A few
months ago it seemed good 10 the
French Government to set about monk.
batting and nun.chasing. These harm
less religious folk were harrled from
one end of the pleasant laud to the
other, They we're driven from their
converts and homes. Then it was the
grandes danes Of France showed q
fine old courage. They barricaded the
converts; they threw themselves 10
front of the nun-chasing cavalary
The Duchess of Uzes was captured III
a charge of the troops upon a public
meeting in the Place de la Concorde
The Dowager Duchess was arrested
and fined. The stand they made fol
religious liberty was copied everywher,
in France.