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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.
THE READING HABIT
A Father Requests Names of Good Books
for His Boy.

tor His BOY.
To the Editor. of The Journal.
Your editorial in last Sundays Journal
on 1.-THE Reading Habit was read with
much interest by the writer and causes
him to send you a few lines thereon from
a plebeian standpoint
The reading habit is largely acquired
in American homes by children perusing
the daily papers. After a child gets be-
yond the second reader it naturally be-
gins to decipher the headlines of the
daily, the funny part and possibly later
the magazine portion Of the Sunday
paper. The method Of using large type
to attract attention to sensational items
and the wide publicity that Is given to
details of blood and thunder news leads
these young minds to absorb the worst
portion Of the available reading first and
gradually establishes a craving for ex-
citing and entertaining literature. The
step from that to the Indulgence in light
novels is short and the young reader
naturally wades thru oceans Of trashy
reading before he arrives at a proper
gaSing of books. Many never acquire
a taste for elevating literature.
All over this broad land Of ours there
| are thousands of parents whose foreign
birth has barred them from an extensive
or even moderate knowledge of English
| books and who are very busy In keep.
ing the pot a-boiling. They naturally
allow the children to drift along as en-
| vironment and taste dictate.
In the European press articles on seri
Gus topics, religious, sociological, eco
nomical and POLITICAL both as to doing
in the world of politics and as to tn
makeup of the body polite, are mucl
more common than here and a grea
deal less space Is given to sensationa
description of crimes and scandals TIL
reading public becomes better informe
and is less prone to reading books of n
value.
It is true that the American reade
relies on his magazines for more soil
reading, but the average father with
modest income cannot buy the highe
grade magazines for his family. TIL
public and school libraries supply thi
need in a measure, but even there e
judicious selection Of books must (
made to give the child the right founds
ton in knowledge. Give us list Of dc
I sirable books for the reading Of the adl1
to boy and oblige, A Father.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.
1T h O urn a has published a Ii
3 several times, but will be glad to do
again at an early date.-Editor.]
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
are adding to Minnesota's wealth and

are adding to Minnesota's wealth and
greatness.
For the purpose of refuting the dams
aging statements, President Elliott of the
Northern Pacific railroad has offered free
transportation from st. Paul to Ripple
and return to three or four men to be
selected by the jobbers and manufac-
turers of the twin cities, who are to
make tour of inspection and in due
time report in writing the result OF their
observation. This trip will carry these
gentlemen nearly seventy-five miles north
of Bemidji and into the very heart of
the country said to be worthless. The
object in offering this trip at this time
is to counteract, as far as possible, the
evil effect of the distribution among the
members of congress during the present
session Of the published utterances OF
persons unacquainted with the facts, OF
disappearing them. Mr.. Elliott also
promises other passes in the spring time
| when the country can be examined under
more favorable conditions.
..- "A. L. Cole.
! Walker, Mimi, Dec. 10, 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
FLATS FOR MILLIONAIRES
Luxurious London Abodes That Will
Bring $4,000 Year.
London EXPRESS.

The palatial flats of London-and
they are many--will be completely
eclipsed by the mansions which will
shortly rise on the site of Gloucester
house, the town residence Of the late
Duke of Cambridge.
The foundations are already in, but
it will be eighteen months before the
building is completed.
The building will be six stories high
and will be faced with the new stone,
which might pass for Carrara marble.
The position is, of course, an ideal one.
The drawing-rooms Of the six flats will
face the Green park and Park lane
will be "side attraction The front
age of the site is about sixty feet and
the depth $50 feet.
An Express Representative was
Piccadilly agents. The first four floors
are identical in their arrangement and
| accommodation. There will be no fewer
| than eleven bed and dining-rooms in
each fat, and for the first time in the
history Of fiat building in London, ser
wants will enjoy the luxury Of large
servants hall.
The drawing-room will be forty feet
long and adjoin boudoirs about twenty
four feet long. By throwing the two
into one very beautiful ballroom
sixty-four feet long, can be obtained.
A billiard room is another unusua
luxury and the dining-rooms will be
like the entrance hall, of stately pro
portions. The latest and most up-to
date fittings will be employed in tn
domestic regions.
| Altho nothing has been defnitel
decided, it is probable that the heatin
and cooking will be done by electricity
Two passenger lifts, one for tenant
and the other for servants, and tire
bathrooms complete the luxury Of tn
, millionaires' flats.
Flats on the first four floors will b
. let at $4,000 per annum, exclusive c
rates and taxes, and those on the to
two floors at about $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
Minneapolis, Dec. Fl.
THE TURKEY CORNER
A Correspondent Tells Why He Thinks
Ii is Justified.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
A word to those who are putting in
their spare time cursing those who cor
ner turkeys and other fowls.
People in all ages have suffered from
pride superstition and fads. Whenever
people get a silly fad that they must
have a certain kind of meat on a cer5
tain day in the year and no other can
be substituted in its place, then it is all
right to put the price to one dollar per
pound or more if the people get the dis
ease bad enough
1 know several people who would not
eat turkeys on any other days than
Thanksgiving and Christmas, but or
those days they must have them whether
their taste calls for them or not. Now
for this class Of people $40 pound would
be quite reasonable. In the words Of
Mr.. Lawson, 'look at yourselves and see
| if you are not to blame"
w. H. Kuhns.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

The original phonograph was invent
ed by Thomas Edison in 1877. The
grooved drum was covered wi tn tin
foil, which received the impressions
made by needle fixed on delicate vi
brating plate Of metal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

IT he o u I'm a has published list
several times, but will be glad to do so
again at an early date.-Editor.]
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
A SHOPPERS COMPLAINT.

Walker, Mimi. Dec. 10, 1905.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

and cOnV1nC1nglY; carrying them with YOU: LAND
ing" clearly in their minds whatever lines YOU have
to say without ever disturbing the illusion of
real life which you creating. In my latest pav
The Woman in the Case" | have carried this
further than ever attempted before in a story of
strong emotions. The voices are kept down
repression rather than outburs is the rule sugges-
tion rather than the least attempt at defamation
This IS the rule of daily lives though it is
opposed to the stage convention which long has
held sway. If a suicide should take place in
titth-ave. family, the accompanying scenes would
be scenes of silence, shock whispers and repressed
agony. This IS life This is drama-not rnelo-
drama, II is often miscalled. Melodrama is where
the same scene IS treated without realism: for in
stance, everybody rushing and shouting; the per
secuted hero or heroine getting arrested for murder
To continue this example in real life the true
stage, the last loud sound would be that of the
pistol shot. The family choke back their cries
and even the servants softly obey hushed orders
close the house, keep out all intruders. 1t is the
absence of the MY Gawdsl" and the noisy com
plications of the 'butting-in" actors, the non
beating of the theatrical drum, that marks the
difference between pathos, crude dramatic emotions
and the real thng-Realism. Herein lies the
proper portrayal OF life against the falsity of
stage convention. 1t represents the steady march
evolution of the drama in response to the ever
increasing refinement of the public taste.
So too in the case of time. Into the three hours
traffic of the stage IS crowded a series of events
which rarely if ever take place 50 closely and con-
tnuously in ordinary life The effect if the work
IS well done IS real the illusion of Reality is undis
turbed. Yet life IS not like this In ordinary life
these events would be interspersed with many
other events, prolongng the time and diuting the
dramatic strength. All these the dramatist has
eliminated. The result is a condensed, strongly
accented hvpercoored series of related and har-
monious events, which interest the audience deeply
and NAV move it profoundly This eXemplifes the
general law of dramatic effect, which is extension
of the general law of literary effect. But if the
important events not eliminated, the audi
ence would become bored with and weary of the
story. much they would become bored and weary
of it in actual life Again if events took place in
this condensed way in actual life, quickly should
break down. We could not long endure the excite
and the strain.
Realism under whatever it poses, Is
the goal of the drama and of literature. 1t is the
unchanging ideal to which dramatic evolution
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

To speak naturally on the stage as far as loud
ness and emphasis are concerned IS to speak un-
naturally as compared with ordinary speech: vet
this IS something which many theater-goers will
ind II difficult to believe They entirely un-
conscious OF the illusion. They do not realize that
the actor or actress has been trained to speak thus
and has instinctively seized the pitch" of the
auditorium. The proof Of this would be found if
a Wel-trained actor and actress should go through
their scene in a drawing-room exactly as they do
upon the stage When rehearsing 'Hr Own
Way, a Young woman of the cast said But
that Is jlSt the way | should say It in a drawing
room. But YOU are not saving il in drawing
room. ] explained And YOU are not saying
i 70 Miss Maxine E lott but in reality the
person who is sitting in the last Of the gallery
which is long distance away Now. if YOU say it
IN too low tone he viii not hear IT, and if YOU say
i too quickly he viii not grasp It. You must con-
slder him prepare him. deal with his eve by your
gesture or expression before YOU speak that his
eye alone II he fails 10 catch the words viii convey
70 him passably the meaning Of your communica-
tion"
This subtle point Of appealing to the eye before
appealing TO the describes the general differ
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

Realism on the stage Is the illusion OF Reality.
To create this illusion Is the endeavor and the goal
OF author Of actor and Of scene painter. And each
OF the three IS so bound by the conventions of
authorship OF acting and OF scene-pailting re
spectlvely-the conventions of Art which are its
very es ence that the idea of Reality as insisted
upon by the classes of people named seems an idea
too impossible. L not too absurd for discussion
Many wears ago, for instance. when nv interest
IN the theater was great, and my experience of 1t
sight remember staring At something on a stage
curtain, IN scene-painters studio and wondering
what on earth it could be, The figure OF a man
roughly and rudely laid in. could recognize: but
the thing beside It was small dash OF white with
two smaller dashes Of brown at the TOP Five
minutes careful study Of il at close range. dis
tance of two feet, gave me no clue whatever as to
what il was meant for As ! backed away from 1t
II slowly grew into intelligent semblance of
something At distance of twenty feet it was
good pointer dog, and at thirty feet 1t was an ex-
cellent dog indeed. Il had been painted to be
looked al from distance. The painter had not
dealt with Reality, but with the illusion of Reality
under the conditions prescribed. This simple in
stance well illustrates the point in question point
which applies with equal force TO all the conributorv
branches of the dramatic art.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

In 1927 Victor Hugo broke the spell of classical
tradition which bound the French stage with his
Cromwell, and of stage method super
vened, which lasted pretty well throughout the
century. In place of deCorOus and stlted declama-
tion describing feeling, he gave the audience real
feelings portrayed before their eyes and expressed
in the real and natural words in which real feeling
finds expression.
This was great change indeed, and its advisa.
blllty and eXpedienCy debated and fought
over by all the great critics of the time His new
school won the battle, because it in harmony
with the evolution of the popular taste.
ROmanticism and the conventions of Romanticism
dominated the worlds stage for sixty years until a
new writer arose to create another revolution and
Realism took the name of Ibsenisn. Ibsenism car
red the drama into the simple life of the home
Abandoning the traditional field of the
dramatist of the romantic period Ibsen took ordi-
nary human-nature in its variety COmpleXity and
its human simplicity
Realism ever tends toward simplicity in de-
picting the individual, And when the true mean
ing Of Ibsen's message dawned upon us, we found
that he had broadened and deepened the field of
the drama immensely. In the light which he had
shed upon the question, the old ROmanticism soon
became stilted and unreal us as the classical
tradition had appeared to the people of Victor
Hugos time. Ibsen had carried us a step closer
to real life from outside to inside the real man and
woman of to-day. animated and controlled as they
are by the complex emotions with which are
1amlllar. Heroes ceased 10 be entirely good and
villains no longer were entirely bad They had their
conflicting impulses; had become, in short, more
human.
Ibsen had and has his limitations, however.
He nearly always hurts: he opens a wound; he docs
not heal it. He is most often the apostle of the
ugly, and there IS logical reason why Realism
should not deal with the beauty, the poetry and
the exaltation of life since they exist as well
with its more depressing and more sordid
aspects But the value of the deeper method
the wider field opened up by Ibsen made per-
fectly clear, and his followers naturally will find
and deal with the high lights of daily life, well
with the shadows upon which his personal pre-
diections have led him to dwell unduly.
And Realism never found a more inspiring field
than the complex American life of to-day Our
daily life is filled, than filled, with the
most complex ambitions the most vivid drama.
Under large black headlines in the so-called
yellow journals, it becomes meodrama; told
soberlv and succnctly in one of the conservative
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16
DEALISM and Reality on

u A--A IL = VI anu NEallLA Oh
N the stage are as far
apart as the Poles.
None the less, many Young
actors and actresses OF nova
days make the mistake of
believing that the latter means
the former "a conviction
which they cannot abandon
too quickly while a large
class of theater-goers believe
and declare that the exact re-
production Of life is the field of
the modern drama, and that
such a reproduction would ill
them with delight, instead of
boring them To distraction as
certainly would be the case.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

must tend. To hold the mir
ror up to Nature is ever the
task: but the mirror must be
held more and more skilfully
in each generation, because
the audience ever and ever
grows more sophisticated.
What satisfies one generation
will not do at all for the next,
as is seen by the crude effect
of certain plays when presented
to-day, which twenty years
ago were regarded as mar
vels of naturalness. So it is
in acting; so it is with every
thing connected with the
drama.
Nearly a century ago Real
ism was called ROmantiCiSm.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-16
G l. 7 ID E
+ I I c III
Author of Beau Brummell. -
The Moth and the Flame"
Captain Jinhs of the
Horse Marines" Etc.

ence between the professional
and the amateur actor-be-
tween good acting and bad act
ing as a general rule. 1t means
handling the audience skilfullv
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18
TIE HOME DOCTOR.

Warm friction with a rough towel
Will generally give quick relief to
cramps in the legs.
The fire can be drawn from burn
by applying cloths wet in strong alum
water. 1t Will also assist in relieving
the pain.
If yol hive charge of a relative suf-
ferI,:S from diabetes keep In mind that
beet root may not enter into the die
tary This because it is rich in sugar
Lemon strip made by baking lemon
twenty ininutes and then squeezing the
Juice uyau lLiif a clpFul of sugar is ex-
ceiicnt for hoarseness and will break
up cold.
When your feet are very tired battle
hem in hot water, dry. go over them
with olive oil, wipe and apply pow
Tered starch freely. They will feel n
,ource of Joy instead Of pain.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18
crf,n story Of Napoleon.

A grim story of Napoleon is told by
Christian Wans in Il Frankfort review
Indcr the title of Napoleon at Tafa."
A great number OF the soldiers were
Town with the plague, and one day
Bonaparte sent for his chief surgeon
Lnrrey. eff were you" he said to
uirn, 81 should put our plngue patients
Jut OF their misery. It would save them
from having recourse 10 opium to
;oothc them .'fsut my duty IS to make
hcln live" replied Lnrrey. Bonaparte
hen revealed the grim truth. lie and
his staff were reduced to travelling OF
DOT because the horses We're all being
rsed fer the transportation OF the sick.
lie must therefore either abandon the
Hague stricken to the cruelty of thu
enemy or get rid of them. AFR. Wan
maintains that the order was Carried
1ut accordingly. There is an end, oh
crves the Journal des Debats, to the
Illusion of the famous picture in the
louvre OF "Bonapnrte Visiting the
Plague Stricken Soldiers at Yafa."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18
rcn1ilntlnn Id nooma.

No matter how much children go out
Il doors. they must necessarily spend
great portion of their time in the
lousc. 1t is most important therefore
hat the rooms in which they live
.l:oul,i be we'll ventilated. The surest
way Of doing this Is for the mother 70
open windows top and bottom and
doors as soon rs the children are out
OF the room Children breathe more
rapidly than grown people, and for
that reason it is most important that
their rooms should lie well aired. The
vitality of Infants is lowered by bad
air. The baby should talke his daily
nap in a room where all the windows
are open, but the bed should not he
In g. draft. In winter as well as SUM
ner the air in the sleeping rooms
should be fresh and pure.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18
nnnI.;l,n..., CO.. oo,a1..

A curious iIitnnre u de magnif
cence OF eastern ldea: ''n a'.iairatlo;
for things that "rc .r''@' IS "a" gran
'.golaH," to be seea - . tlir' u
RenEIl. India. 1t waa l'e1s' - gar
airy III 1873, b,lt nee. T'2l - SlIcii
Il. wli's Gre ~ - saurg lie fert
,ir.rl,lc...; :5l,l it's tends iinety fet
l ii, vi , i c.:'c.:n! u"euce Of fort;
three ics e; the ',isc, and wouM cJi
II a, II iaC.SGo tolil e. g'.ttl a
": i ~ :.-tar.or . oS:' o. by
t:;,;c.4s o. tic cut - i,ais.ig 70 :
,lntfo. III ca &c tap, T':lcre Tic Is
.one PIE in tha center ''iich ca;
- re- a~cI Now II IS pcriinps the
iaest Whispering gallery in the world.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18

s1vaIIored Table ESn4ves For Tran.
Tie glass Gates. iron chewers and al
other classes OF human osuichess are
well known 70 the frequenters Of dime
museums and side shows, but II Is sell
dom that we SEE. read or hear Of a
man who swallows indiSrstiDles OF OK
trnordinary size just for the novelty of
tic thing. Such u man, however. was
John C,uninl.izys, ;yhose history is Civ
en- In extended notices In the medical
and surgical annals OF Boston He
,vntched a French sword swallower
one day and Immediately after at
.enipted a simiLur feat with common
table knife. The knife accidentally
slipped down his throat. and a few
days later, It having given him no In
convenience. he repeated the expert
ment. Both OF these, exploits took
place Mt Hnvrc de Grace, France. On
uis return to Boston he boasted of the
.cat and upon being bantered repeated
the dose again and again. During the
following tea yeats lie Swallowed in nj
hirty.Gye knives and forks, finally dy
ng IN terrible agony. lie died In 1909.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18

Several yenrs ago, soon after ''Treas-
ure Island" had appeared and attract
cd public attention to Mr.. Stevenson.
tvo gentlemen were travelling up to
London from Norfolk. One OF them
vas reading Treasure Island" Pres
nifty. hnving finished the book. he
lroppcd it into his travelling bag. re-
marking. We'll. think could my
elf write Il better child's story thnn
hat The other who. by the way,
vas his brother urged him to try,
six weeks nrterwnrd the former hand.
I'd to the latter complete tale in
manuscript 1t was king Solomon's
Mines the first novel that made II
equation for Rider Hagsard.- London
queen.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18
ENG Well DRESSED.
Il IL More ., Matter of Detail Than Il
IL Of Money.

Il II More Il Matter of Detail Than y
IL of Money
we all like good clothes and the feel
n.s OF being well dressed. 1t is not en-
:ireiy u question OF money. 1t is also u
matter OF Getail and of giving small
portion of orr time to keeping our be
iongings In order. No matter how ex-
pensiYe or we'll fitting ones dress Is.
the appearance is spoiled by soilea
stock or piece of lace or crushed and
frayed skirt.
Just stop and think what saving OF
time and money the short skirt Is to n
woman, especially the busy woman.
No skirt braids need renewal, no fray
ed edges give her IN untIdy appear
NICE.
Take a look at your everyday skirt.
think what an Improvement good
pressing would he to 1t. This can be
lone very easily at home and should be
done every week or two. Place your
skirt on a covered ironing board and
have handy two hot irons rather heavy
IN weight. Now cover the portions to
be pressed with thoroughly wet piece
Of unbleached muslin folded double
md when pressing don't move the iron
TOO quickly over 1t, but press until the
material stops steaming, says Won
ans Life.
Should there remain dull or glazed
SPOTS sponge lightly and press again.
This REFRESHING when damp Will form
steam that will remove such spots.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-18
A prn .nntic scene.

The most dramatic scene ever wit
lessed in Westminster hall was that
rial in Henry Wills reign when $50
men and IL women appeared before
he king and some OF his great mobiles
with ropes around their neSks on
harge of being concerned in the rising
IF the prenticcs on the previous Ma!
Jay. Fortunately they had good friends
u three queens-Katherine, Mary
F'iunce ana Margaret of Scotland
who begged for their pardon on thei'
lnces, and when Henry at last yielded
20 such applications the prisoners, IT
IS said, gave n mighty shout for joy.
hrowing their haIters toward the top
IF the hail. The stage has never pro
duced anything to rival that dramatic
.noment-London Graphic.