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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
C0URTSHIP TALES
NICELY NARRATED

Eight short stories by Mary Stewart
Cutting, collected under the name of
Little Stories Of Courtship," end up
with one which is worthy of special
notice. 1t is called THE Perfect Tale"
and though the title to it refers to the
imagined story of which the author
tells, Mrs. Cuttings own might almost
claim that title to its own sweet self
without risk of immodest usurpation.
The happinesses of the youth who
wrote the perfect tale and of the maid
en- by whose loving aid alone he was
enabled to remember the dreamland
thing he had written but forgotten be-
come our happiness as we read, and
we wish that they were real people
and that we might be allowed to send
them spring blossoms for their youth
full wedding, into whose petals some
soul of blessing had been breathed to
live beyond the fading of the flowers
Noel Harrington Is the fellow, and
we learn little of his physical appear
ance except that he was long-legged
and his eyes dark-lashed and his face
thin and youthful. First glimpse we
get he's reading of his manuscripts re-
lection, but with no sinking into weak
detection, for his spirit still is buoyant
after repeated failure, because he be-
lieved so firmly that he had 1t in him
to write story some day that would
touch the highest mark of success. !"
Yet is not this wholly conceit, for he
estimates his chance Of winning as In
voIving so far a climb that he elini-
mates love from his aspirations and
lives on ten-cent breakfasts of milk and
meal as means In his waiting game.
Noels friend, Lauter, invites him to
spend month with a party Of visitors
at his home In the Adirondacks. Here,
with exquisite art. the writer puts the
youth In an environment which is ma
lures fttest place for the coming of
the fairy workers Of romance to do the
best of favors for the best of their IA
voriees. and here they make the young
man give his spirit willing slave to all
their spells. On the veranda of the
bungalow, when the moonlight
streamed across the mountains and
motionless forest upon the waters of
the lake" and the air was full of the
resinous perfume of the pines, some
Of the men began to thrnm hauntingly
on guitars and mandolins at the feet
of the women whose soft cheeks had q
magic sheen upon them" AmouE the
girls there gathered was one unknown
to Noel, but suddenly become special to
him TO add a touch of charm to this
night of enchantment.
That night Noel spent in writing;
for the enchantment was still upon him
and he could not Sleep, He worked
till dawn. Short, simple, almost
child-like, as was the story he
had finished, it held within 1t some
thing misunderstanding that was
divine-and true; the heart of a
mantle JOY of life. In an over
whelning moment he realized that
he had written the perfect taller
Noel hurriedly mailed the story to
his publishers. 1t was lost. The
housemaid At the bungalow burned the
draft Of it left in Noers room. He
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
ARTISTS OF GOTHAM
TREATED IN FICTION

The Troll Garden" Is collection of
short stories by Villa Sibert Gather.
The author is a clever literary artist,
and she writes those stories about
artists and Bohemians of New York
and vicinity with a skill that is sure
not to disappoint you when you are
hunting for good short stories to fill
pleasantly brief spaces of leisure. She
was journalist on the staff of the
Pittsburg Leader and is now a fiction
writer and schoolteacher. The mean
ing of the books title is explained by
this quotation from Charles Kingsley:
"A fairy palace, with, a fairy garden;
inside the trolls dwell
working at their magic
FORCES, making and making always
things rare and strange"
One of the stories tells Of "Flavia
and Her Artists" Flavia wishes to
establish a sort Of salon, and she in
fllcts her collection of lions unmerci-
fully upon her very patient husband,
who, she says, has no esthetic sense
and Is blind to all the greatness of the
great men she fills his house with. Ar
thur is the husband, and this worship
by his wife of ,so-called clever men
bores him exceedingly. Then comes.
upon the scene a young woman named
Imogen, who had been sort of play
at-sweetheart of Arthur's when she
was child. Arthur Is so sorry she
has grown up, because he wants to tell
her fairy tales again. lmogen under
stands the situation as to the bore of
the artists, and her comprehension
and sympathy are the sole relief from
the direness Of the necessity Of being
good to his wife and seemingly blind
to the absurdity OF the game she is
playing. The end Of endurance comes
when 1t is found out that Roux, one
of the most learned OF the guests and
most cynical, has written an article for
a local paper headed thus: "Roux on
Tuft Hunters; The Advanced Ameri-
can Woman as He Sees Her; Aggres-
siye. Superficial and Insincere." The
entire interview was nothing more nor
less than a satiric Characterization
Of Flavia- a-quiver with irritation and
yitriolic malice. No one could mistake
it; 1T was done with all his dizziness of
portraiture' Arthur spares FIavia
the knowledge of all this. but he makes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
WAR CORRESPONDENT
WRITES A GOOD BOOK

Robert Barry, young man who not
long ago was doing newspaper work in
San Francisco and who from that sud-
denly jumped to success in interna-
tional journalism as a war correspond
ent, has written book called Port
Arthur: Monster Heroism,' in whose
Introductory he gives his opinion: "In
all the long history of military exploits
there is not one that can compare in
point of difficulties surmounted with
the reduction of Port Arthur" It is
Barry's first book, and 1t is the first
venture of its publishers. We trust
they will mutually give a good send
off, and we wish them both success,
for the descriptions of the great siege
are graphically written. and the way
by which the young man went to gath
er matter for his writing was right
bold and rightly enterprising, and the
book is happily selective in it's pictur-
ing and a credit to the publishers in its
neat, plain print and the splendor of
its being bound in the banner of the
rising sun.
Barry, since he left San Francisco to
tackle fickle fortune in the Far East,
with only the capital of 5000 and a big
account of courage in himself, has been
a contributor Of war articles to many
of the big magazines and newspapers
of England, France and America, and
therefore no reader need fear that in
trying to get swiftly a pen picture of
the now famous assault. which Cen
titles the Japanese operations to rank
with the finest work done by any army
in any age" he will be wearied by
an attempt at portrayal too tyro to be
worth while reading. His style of writ
Ing suits his subject. His words have
charge to them. The crash of the big
bullets" seems vivid to our thought as
he tells of the terror of them when on
the firing line and the desire to return
Is manifold"
Though the authors admiration for
the Japanese is intense. he yet speaks
well for Russia: Russia has the best
Red Cross Society in the world, and
the Russians are an extremely humane
people" He devotes a chapter to de-
scribing General Baron Kodama, whom
he calls the Japanese Kitchener"
Kodama is a tiny little chap, who
makes pretty picture, but he is evil
IDENTIFY of that fighting type Of Japa-
nese whom Barry describes in another
chapter called from Kitten to Tiger"
He is the Japanese chief OF staff, and
Barry thinks he is the greatest of the
warriors of the Rising Sun.
(Moffat, Yard g. Co.. New York;
price 81 60)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
WOMAN OF TALENT
WRITES OF HAWAII

Mrs. Isobel Strong. a steapdaughter
Of Robert Louis Stevenson, has pub
lished a new story, The Girl From
Home" It is a tale of Homo
lulu and it tells OF how a
girl went there from California
expecting to marry a man who had
persuaded her to come for that pur-
pose, but on her arrival she finds him
drunk. and this fills her with disgust
and throws the romance all of and
gives the writer a chance to do some
strong descriptions of q woman's en-
barrsssments and the futile pleadings
for forgiveness by man dethroned
from woman's liking by his fatal
weakness for liquor at inopportune
times.
The girl cannot bend her pride TO
return on the steamer on which she
came out as bride expectant for she
would have 70 carry her explanations
with her. and the situation would be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE GIRL FROM HONEY Iso-
bel Strong. Mcclure, Phillips & Co..
New York
THE TROLL GARDEN-By Villa
sibert Gather Mcclure. Phillips & Co.
New York; 81 25.
AT THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR
BY Edward Stratemyer. Lee &
Shepherd. Boston.
THE HUMAN TOUCH-By Edith Nj.
NichoL. Lothrop Publishing Company,
Boston; 81 so.
THE VAN SUYDEN SAPPHIRES-
By Charles Carey. Dodd, Mead & Co..
New York: 81 so.
DIR. NICHOLAS STONE-By f.
Spence de Pue. G. d. Dillingham; Com
pany. New York.
HESTER OF THE GRANTS-By
Theodore Peck. Fox, Dufield x Co.,
New York; 81 So
PROBLEMS OF THE PANAMA
CANAL-By Henry L. Abbot Macmil-
Ian Company, New York: 81 50.
STORIES OF THE LITTLE FISHES
BY Lenore E. Mulets. L c. Page,
Boston; 81.
THE PURPLE PARASOL - By
George Barr McCutcheon. Dodd. Mead
& Co, New York; 81 25
THE PRINCESS ELOPES-By Har-
old MacGrath- Bobbs-M Merrill Com
pany, Indianapolis.
WINDSOR CASTLE-By william
Harrison Ainsworth. A L. Burt Com
pany. New York; ST.
SLAVES OF sUCCESS-By Elliott
Flower L. c. Page & Co., Boston:
81 so.
THE AMETHYST BOX-By Anna
Katherine Green. Bobbs-M Merrill Com
pany, Indianapolis.
JUSTIN wINGATE RANCHMAN-
BY John H. whitson- Little, Brown &
Co.. Boston; 81 so.
WAR OF THE CLASSES BY Jack
London. Macmillan Company. New
York: 81 so.
LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND
SHADOw-By Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Dodd. Mead & Co., New York
SILVER BELLS-By Andrew Hag-
gard. L. C. Page & Co.. Boston; 81 50.
LITTLE STORIES OF COURTSHIP
BY Mary Stewart Cutting Mcclure.
Phillips & Co.. New York.
ROSE OF THE WORLDLY Agnes
and Egerton Castle. F. A. Stokes Com
pany, New York: 81 so.
MISS BILLY-By Edith Keeley
stokely and Marian Kent Hurd.
Lothrop Publishing Company. Boston.
THE MARQUISE'S MILLIONS-By
Francis Aymar Mathews. Funk. Wag-
nails & Co.. New York; 81
THE VISION. OF ELIJAH BERL-
BY Frank Lewis Mason. Little, Brown
& Co. Boston; 81 so.
THE RAvENALS-By Harris Dick
SON. j. B. Lippincott Company, Phila-
delphia: 81 so.
THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM
ASHElBy Mrs Humphry Ward
Harper & Bros, New York; 81 90
JAPAN OF SWORD AND LOVE
BY Joaquin Miller and Yone Noguchi-
Kanao Bunyendo, Toxic
ON GOING TO CHURCH-By G.
Bernard Shaw. John W. Luce & Co.
Boston; Is cents
| MY COUNTRY AND OTHER
vERSlBy Robert Whitaker. James
H. Barry Company, San Francisco.
JIMMIE MOORE OF BUCKTOWN-
BY Melvin E. Trotter. Win0na Pub
fishing Company. Chicago; IS cents
THE FIRST WARDENS-By Will
liam j. Neidig. Macmillan Company.
New York; 81
THE PIONEER-By Thomas Fitch
! Barnes & Co., San Francisco
1 ROBERT BROWNING-By Charles
Hereford. Dodd, Mead & Co.; ST.
| CONSTANCE TRESCOTT-By s.
/ Weir Mitchell.
ALBERT DURER-By 7. Surge
Moore. Charles Scribner's, New York;
i 81 90.
THE PLUM TREE-By David Gra-
ham Phillips. Bobbs-M Merrill Company,
/ Indianapolis
I BLUE MONDAY BOOK AND
| OTHER GOOD THINGS-By Paul
/ Elder. San Francisco.
TALES OF FRANCE-By Georges
d'Espartes and others. American Book
/ Company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14

some most clever sarcastic remarks at
the table in reference to Roux, which
sends all her artistic and learned
guests scattering to their homes. To
the last she thinks her husband is
esthetically blind. and that therefore
her salon failed. Arthur was too chiv-
alrous to undeceive her; but Imogen,
the little girl he used to tell fairy tales
to, she comprehended. and that must
have helped lot, although Miss
Gather doesn't directly say so.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York;
81 25)
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forgot the story utterly; could not re-
write 1t; could not give his friends even
an outline of it, The men and women
round him doubted him-mocked him
for a dreamer Into the dark and
deep of the enshrouding forest went
the disappointed youth. There are
some hurts which drown remem-
brance and others that give fresh
power to every other hurt that ever
has been" So he struggled with de-
lection ITO be true to the truth we
know OF ourselves, in spite of the judg-
ment of the wise-that is a vital faith,
though ii may take the loneliest strug-
gle of all to maintain It," There was
crucial need Of new exertion, but now
Noel felt himself weighted in the mere
effort to stand upright
To tell more of the story would be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
LITERARY NOTES.

The hymnbooks do not contain q
more exquisite lyric than Newman's
Lead, Kindly Light" says Allan Suth-
erland in the June Delineator, nor one
that is more acceptable to all denomi-
nations of the Christian faith. When
the Parliament of Religions met in Chi
cago during the Columbian Exposition,
the representatives of almost every
creed known to man found two things
on which they were agreed: They
could all join in the Lords prayer, and
all could sing Lead, Kindly Light"
The hymn was written when Newman,
returning home from Italy after seri-
Gus illness, was becalmed for a
week in the sunny waters of the Medi-
terranean. In striking contrast, the
music was composed by DR.. John B.
Dykes as he walked through the
Strand, one of the busiest thorough
fares of London. The hymn was a
favorite of Gladstone, and also of Pres
ident Mckinley, and 1t was sung far
and wide in the churches on the
first anniversary Of his death and
burial.
A pleasant article of personal rem
iniscence about jefferson is contributed
to the Outlook's May Magazine num-
Der by It's Spectator" with pictures
not before printed. OF one phase Of
Jefferson's character the writer says:
He was interested in the lighter phil
osophies. The work of Prentice Null
ford greatly attracted him at one time.
He had had remarkable communica-
lions, as he believed, from the other
world-enough, at any rate, to convince
him that there was another world, and
to make him confident that he should
see again those he loved. He was a
wonderful optimist. always cheerful.
always looking for the brightness Of
life.
1t seems paradox that an author
whose chief charm Of style lies in its
apparent spontaneity should be one Of
the most methodical Of workers, yet
this IL true OF Maurice Hewlett He
has. however, method which is thor
oughly unique. Having planned out
his story, Mr.. Hewlett writes fast,
without revising. Then when he has
finished he tears the written sheets
dCIOhS dllQ RQI8 IA1CAh AnLO LILO WdbLS-
basket. Later, beginning again, he
writes the entire story afresh. This
also he consigns to the wastebasket.
A third essay generally joins the first
two; sometimes there are four of these
spontaneous" attempts. BY this time
even the smallest detail of the story Is
clear and perfect, and Mr.. Hewlett rap
idly writes the final copy. sending 1t
to press without revision. That this
method Of composition has It's advan-
tages no one who knows Maurice Hew-
| let's fresh and vigorous style will
deny. His latest work, Fond Adven-
lures" just off the Harper press. con-
tains four perfect. distinct and finished
tales, each one Of which Is triumph.
Martha Van Rensselaer,s article in
the Youths Companion on How
| Women Make Money on the Farm
will interest the multitude in the cities
who long for life In the country. She
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alike unfair to the author and to the
reader. Let him be borne by the spell
of the writer's art to the burst of
beauty at the last and be pleasantly
surprised into finding what was the
perfect tale. Then the happy reader will
want to go and tell all the people he
loves best to peruse that little ro-
nance and be likewise delighted.
(McClure, Phillips & Co., New
York;
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14

Tuskegee. the negro institute. and its
people. have been large enough to dem
onstrate the widespread interest in the
problem Of educating and developing
the American negro. The book was
prepared by officers and former stu
dents of the Normal and Industrial In
stitute at Tuskegee. Ala. under the
editorial direction of Booker T. Wash
ington. 1t contains portraits of the
several authors, and views Of the
school.
Andrew Carnegie's new book. The
Life of James Watt" was published
May 4 by Doubleday, Page & Co. 1t
contains the story of the romance OF
business as the great ironmaster sees
it, 1t abounds in business wit and wis
dom and is said TO reflect Mr.. Car
negie's character more than anything
else he has written.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14

Martha Van Rensselaer's article in
the Youths Companion on How
Women Make Money on the Farm
will interest the multitude in the cities
who long for life In the country. She
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14

The advance sales of the book on
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24
BELL BOYS CONFESSION
How a $2O,OO Jewelry Steal Was
 Effected.

Pasadena. Cal, Jan. 23.-Carl Wilson, a bell boy at the Maryland hotel. was arrested by the police late today and with his arrest came the exposure of a plot by which Mrs. William Edey of New York was robbed of $20000 worth of jewelry by the employees of the hO- tel. According to statements accredit- ed to Wilson and Doyle, an accOmpIice, they together with John Morgan of Los Angeles, a friend of Doyle, are the men who planned and executed the robbery. Wilson first discovered Mrs. Edey's jewels and informed Doyle where they were.
 Doyle then entered Mrs. Edey's s apartments, secured the jewels, and sent them by mail to a fiCtious address at MOnrovia, Calf. Morgan was to go to Monrovia and get the jewelry at the postof1ice. The jewels were sent by Doyle in a package addressed to Harry KeIam Black at MonTOVia. According to Wilson's story, Morgan went to the Monrovia postoffice and representing himself as Black secured possession of the jeweIry and disappeared. The con- fessiOn of Wilson also discloses the fact that he, CWilson) and Doyle were probably the perpetrators of the recent train robbery at Logan, WyO., although this is not definitely established.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24
A JACK RABBIT HUNT
A Side Incident Of Presidents Visit to
 the Rough Riders Reunion.

St. Louis. Mo, Jan 23.-The Repub- lie tomorrow will say: President Roosevelt has arranged to hunt jack rabbits in Texas some time between March 25 and April ,. The president will attend a wedding in New York on March IS, and afterward, accompanied by Secretary Loeb, he will take a sDe- cial train for St. Louis, where he will be met by Cecil Lyon. a wealthy lum- herman of Sherman, Texas, and w. $. Simpson of Dallas, Tex.
 MT. Simpson was a member of the Rough Riders and was in the charge at San Juan hill. The party will go di- rect to Texas and the president will visit Houston and Dallas and attend the Rough Riders reunion at San An tonic. He will then be taken to a sec ton east of Houston, known as the Big Thicket" which abOUnds in jack rabbits and other game. The president will spend some days in hunting. His itinerary on the return trip has not been agreed upon.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

Washington, Jan. 23.-Mr. Beveridge made another intellectual effort in the senate today to have a time fixed for voting on the statehood bill. Oppos ing senators expressed an unwilling ness to vote on the bill until the amendments shall have been disposed of and MT. Beveridge would not con sent to vote on them without an agree ment extending to the bill itself.
 The Qualifications appropriation bill was passed after the rejection of the amendment striking out the provision for insular Qualifications. On his amendment to the appropriation for the insUlar possessions MT. Teller spoke at length. He criticized the ap- parent lack of system in fortifying the iuSular possessions. He asserted that Qualification was useless unless the en- tire cast was fortified. He was not in favor of any great expenditure on the islands. with future policy in view of ultimately turning them over to their inhabitants.
 As long as we keep them they con stitute our weakest point for an at tack by an enemy" he said. MT. Tel Ter said he had noticed in the morning papers that we were about to take an other island, that we are guaranteeing the stability of the island of Santo Domingo" He did not feel so much like complaining as to the way we came into possession of the Philippines as he did about the administration taking a new burden. Tt is a great job, he said. Tt means an army in SantO Domingo"
 T deny" he continued, ''the author ity of the executive department to make any agreement or contract to bind the people of the United States in the way indicated. It is an assump- ton of authority on the part of the executive. I want some lawyer in this chamber to tell me where the presi- dent gets that kind of authority"
 Hr. Teller reviewed the departments of the government and held the action of the secretary of state to be a gross
Arizona republican., 1905-01-24

that there would be no more resembling this session.
 The house appointees were sworn in in the morning and those of the couu- cil in the afternoon. It was a noble sight, those mountain maidens from the fasnesses of the Chiricahuas standing undaunted before the admin istrator of the oath, with the fire of patriotism blazing in their eyes and with uplifted hand promising to defend the United States against all its en- emies whatsoever. When the oaths were recorded the beholders breathed easier, for they felt that the republic was now safe.
 The following are the attaches of the council:
 Assistant chief clerk. A. Nj. Foster: first assistant enrolling and expressing clerk, Mrs. A. NJ. Foster; second as sistant enrolling and expressing clerk. Fred Webb; journal clerk. w. F. Gamble;' first assistant journal clerk. Miss Zelma Bailey; second assistant journal clerk, Mrs. Nj H. Williams: postmaster, B. J. Whiteside; dOorkeep- CT, Mike Hannon; assistant sergeant at-arms, John Daley; page. Frank Ruiz; committee clerks. Miss Lucia Smith, Miss Calla Mills. Miss Esther Drachman, Miss Mary Wiley Miss Mamie Mayer, Miss Madge Dawes. Miss Mary Nugent, Miss Daisy Day ton, Thomas Hamilton Charles Flynn
 It will be observed that there are only ten committee clerks here. The council under the resolution. is en- titled to another. who will be appoint ed in day or two. In the meantime the upper house will try to worry all TTar1cr is made. The clerks were instructed that they must be at the capitol an hour before the converting of the leg islature every morning and must be at all times available.
 It was developed that there is a shortage of stenographers and type writers in the house. 4 member found that out while he was endeavoring just before the afternoon session. tO find one to assist in the preparation Of bill he was about to introduce It Is said that there are only two typewrft- CTS in the clerical list. That will no ] doubt make it necessary. when the taz- payers have partially recovered from this blow, to appoint a few more clerks.
 It is almost superfuous to say that some of the clerks who were ditched al . III all uAl pACdSdLl frame or DllIlQ and are freely predicting the defeat of l the democratic party at the next gen eral election in consequence of this days work One young man said. T am still a democrat but just now a damned sore one. It will take me about a week to get over it.' The re publican members of the council voted against all Clerkship resolutions. OTHER BUSINESS. Before passing forever from this in teresting theme of the clerkships of the Twenty-third legislative assembly. it is interesting to recall that in the cata- clysm which overlook the first bunch. not a blood relative, no relative by
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