The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-24

Some TheorizIng About Theories.--It is
a theory Of mine that by our theories our
true characters are most clearly disclosed.
Tell me your theories-no, don't; write
them out and send them to me-and will
tell 'Nou''your fortune. This theory has
been brought to the surface of my mind
by reading Lillian Bells chapter on 1.-The
cries." in At Home with the Jardines, a
new edition of which has just been is
sued. ~>~ 49, e,.
The succession of episodes narrated in
this book are those of a newly married
couple, she "a woman Of emotional noun
tain-peaks and dark, deep Valleys" and
he "one vast and sunny plateau The
quotations are from the book, from Mrs.
Jardine's own lips, or pen, and am in
clined to think that that relating to her
self arises from excessive modesty. Her
theories do not warrant her estimate
which may prove either than she has been
unfair to- herself or else that my theory
is wrong. = ..:., -. !5ts} .
For example,, Mrs. Jardine takes, g.
thoroly sane delight in furnishing her
F"first, honne''' iOneJ of; the best things.to
Esee among humankind. is, The: absorbing
joy which, a woman Of fine. tastes expe-
riences when she gets we'll started upon
the pleasant task Of furnishing her first
home. ->::s = , e.. .
And, then, there is Mrs. Jardne's sub
stitute for a rag-bag: The patentee, Of
such a device could never be adjudged in
sane if this, = Chair had the decid-
ing vote; it has seen the plan in practical
operation and knows it is good. This
is. the way she announced her plan to
the vast sunny plateau: ~....:
I mean to have large drawer in good light
absolutely sacrificed, as some people would call
bone hank of hair in our house, all you
will have to do is to pull out easy sliding
drawer, without opening door that sticks, or
crawling into dark corner, or having to light
a candle, or doing anything to ruffe your tenn
per or your hair. A flood of brilliant sunlight
or moonlight will pour into my rag, drawer, and
a few, pawings Of your unoccupied hand will
bring everything to the top. Won't that be joy
full?
This is given here for the benefit of as
piring housewives, not for its literary
merit. It is only one of the good things
to be found in this book which can bring
both joy and profit to those newly we'd
ded or about to we'd and which contains
much to Danish the thought that" mar
riage is necessarily a failure.
L. G. Page & Co., Boston, $1.5O.
Bright Days In Sunny Lands-The
range of subjects in this volume. may be
CLEANED from the table of contents, which
shows that the Sunny Days. alluded to
in the title were spent at Tangier, in Mo-
rocco; at Granada, Seville, Cordova., Mad
rid and Barcelona, in Spain; at Cannes.
Nice Monte Carlo, Mentone and San
Reno, on the French and Italian Riviera
at Palermo, Girgenti, Syracuse, Toarmina.
and on the Anapo, in the island Of Sicily;
at Rome, Assist, Perugia, Siena and, Ven
ice, in Italy; at the Passion Play of 1900,
Oberammergau; at Havana, Cuba; at Ori-
zaba, City Of Mexico, Chapultepec.a Coyo
acan, Guadalupe Hidalgo i and Puebla,
Mexico. Of special Importance. are the
chapters upon the Passion Play OF 1900
at Oberammergau, and the s.Glimpses of
Some Potentates Of Europe The book
contains many excellent Illustrations
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