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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

children of England, but 1t Is evident that
the author meant this thesis not to be
dominant or to obscure his purpose of tell
ing a tale of wholesome interest, spirited
action and Yariegated character-value.
WOODMYTH AND FABLE. Text and
drawings by Ernest Thompson Sc
ton. Cover design, title-page and
decorations by Grace Gallatin Seton.
New York: The Century Company.
Mr.. Seton has gone into his tackle box"
for materials for this book, that interest
ing receptacle where he keeps his odds and
ends of information, writings, tmaginings,
pictures and suggestions. From the store
there assembled he has drawn forth several
dozen charming bits, quaint and suggestive.
Some of them are fables OF the woodland,
stories OF animals and birds, Indian legends;
some are fables of the city, of human ma
ture. OF speculative philosophy Some are
very short. a few words in a single preg-
nant sentence. Others are OF some length,
veritable chapters. Most of them bear ap-
proprlate and suggestive morals, and all are
Illustrated as only this wonder worker
with pen and brush can illustrate. Some of
the text is in verse, and the whole makes a
welcome newcomer upon the nature shelf.
THE LODESTAR. By Sidney r. Ken
nedy. Illustrated by The kidneys.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Brentano's.
If a bad beginning makes a good ending,
does 1t necessarily follow that a good be-
ginning makes bad ending? Does this, If
true, apply always to book. story? The
queries are suggested by the novel in hand
which opens auspiciously, even brilliantly
holds Its pace for few chapters, and then
lags dismally in the middle and finally
comes to a feeble climax and a weak end
Ing. Yet there are good materials in 1t, a
beautiful country girl, an eccentric. middle
aged multi-millionaire. his handsome
daughter, and at least two clever young
men. There Is situation that might be
made strong with different handling. The
country girl is forced rather against her
will into close relations with the circle Of
rich New York society people who are
spending the summer at the rural resort of
the plutocrat. solely on the strength of her
slender acquaintance with the daughter OF
the magnate, There might have been some
vastly entertaining situations in such
case. There might, too. have been some
really entertaining guests at that house,
party. If New York society is actually as
vapid and embarrassing as that assemblage
suggests 1t xS indeed a hopeless aggrega-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

and the impersonal excellence of Bryant IS
an admirable foundation. 1t is quite within
reason that the closer appreciation should
come from an English public
Bryant, like Longfellow. was a descend
ant of John Alden and Priscilla. His father,
a country physician, was man of scholar
ly tastes and considerable critical ability;
and the precocious author of ''Thanatopss
was submitted TO strict literary discipline
during his boyhood. Nevertheless 1t was
the affectionate and impulsive father as
well as the critic who, finding three of his
sor's poems quite by chance, ran at once
to neighbours, and bursting into tears
cried, "Oh, read that; 1t Is Cullen ST. The
poems were 'Thanatopsis," Inscription"
and The Waterfowl" Bryant studied the
lava not uncommon prelude to various
careers-but his literary instinct was domi-
nant, and he was drawn into journalism as
active profession. In this field he was
steady and effective influence, although
his reputation Will come to rest more ana
more on that small but rarely fine volume
of meditative poetry. in which his style Is
| marked by the gracious beauty of repose.
The present biography, somewhat formal
and considered in its style. is an excellent
estimate and Interpretation. The logical
structure and convenient index commend
1t especially to the student
ESSAYS IN PURTTANISM. BY Andrew
Macphail Boston: Houghton, Mif-
fin & Co. Washington: Woodward
az Lothrop.
1t is not quite clear what Mr.. Macphaii
is trying to prove. The five essays con-
tanned in the present volume were originally
addressed to a company of artists. and
their traditional antipathy to the spirit of
Puritanism is noted in the preface. The
studies concern themselves with the per-
sonalities of Jonathan Edwards, John Win
throp. Margaret Fuller Walt Whitman and
John Wesley. Interest is at once awakened
| by the association of such names as Jona
than Edwards and Walt Whitman. 1t
would be difficult to find two men whose
kirship is less obvious. But the writer is
close student of Puritanism. and Is able to
| recognize It in various DISCUSSES, and even
ID perceive the spirit of it In consequent
| reactions. The subject OF the book is dis
tinctly serious; the interest Is chiefly ethi
cal. But slightly fiippant and sarcastic
touch now and then indicates the absence
of strong convictions. The matter admits
of genial humor. The amusing excuses Of
the Puritans demand no reverent defense.
But If the traditional antipathies" are to
be changed In some degree to sympathetic
| understanding, the true inspiration which
transhgures these solemn idealists should
be treated in full sincerity. The essays are
excellently written. and marked by thor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CHILD.
BY Edward H. Cooper. With frontis-
piece New York: John Lane


Is any reader anxious to become more or
less acquainted with the English child of
today? If so, here is a chance to view
that child through the eyes and mind of an
apparently middle-aged bachelor with theo-
ries upon child training His main theory
is that the English children of today are
not properly reared, or, rather, not prop
erly nurtured. They are left too much to
nurses or to their own devices. Society
chiefly needs deputy mothers who shall re-
place the natural mothers in cases of ex-
treme social demands, and supplant the in
different nurses and governesses who have
become so professional as to be seldom hui
man. The new proposition may possibly
touch a responsive chord in the United
States, where in few places conditions
exist that suggest the same dangers and
the same needs. Apart from his theory,
Mr.. Cooper Is a really interesting student
of juvenility. He evidently has number
of charming young friends, and from the
pens of some Of them he reprints series
OF short stories illustrative of the mental
ity Of the average child of today.
DRAMATIsTs OF TODAY, Rostand.
Hauptman. Sudermann, Pinero, Shaw,
Phillips, Maeterlinck. BY Edward
Everett Hale, tr. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
In these days of very general production,
when the Intelligent reader is confronted
with the opinions of almost everybody
for expression has become the rule-he is
sometimes forced to ask himself: What
gives this book a right to be? What con-
stitutes a book? Without going INTO the
matter very deeply, he will probably agree
that a book must be good Of its kind.
Whether its appeal DO general or limited to
a particular class. the message must be
clearly and effectively delivered. and the
substance Of It must supply some kind OF
an intellectual demand. A recognition of
these things results in what is called ar
tistic conscience. And It is the lack OF
Just this which limits the value Of the
present volume. Mr.. Hale, In his choice of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
A Festive Board.

From the London Mail.
It was said the old London vestries some
times conducted their business In festive
fashion. but they hardly came up to the
proceedings of an Irish board. where. ao-
cording to one member. long before the
meeting was over the clerk was drinking
the ink and signing the checks with whisky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

nearly involves Sandy In serious difficulties
through his resolve to protect an innocent
man. When he is finally made supremely
happy the reader closes the book with
just a single regret, that Sandy has not
once remembered his parents. who so far
as the book tells, are still alive in Ire
low did think of them and return to them
for a visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

We have our reward in her friendship and
she Is generous enough to think that we
have done her some service. We esteem 1t
high privilege TO be her publishers.
But God save me from another woman
who has won a conspicuous success in the
market. The first question she ever asked
me was:
Are you a Christian
DO l look like Jew or Mohammed-
an?' l asked
She never forgave me. Her novel had
great religious motive. II sold by the tens
or thousands and most maudlin emotional
lists in the land have read It, But do not
publish IT. To do so. should have had to
pay the price OF being converted" Now
this lady is a crank But Il is not fair to
call her books literature.
Sculpture.
From ''OId Masters and New nv KENYON Cox
10y PERMISSION OF Fox, Duf1eld 4 Co.
Sculpture, in its primary conception. is
the most positive and the most simple of
all arts. Painting deals with the visual
aspects of things. with light and color. and
with the appearance of form. Sculpture
deals only with actual form. A statue does
not give the visual image Of the form of
man; Ii gives the form itself. II follows
from this that sculpture is in a sense, an
easier art than painting. One often sees
mere tyro. who would be altogether lost
among the complications and conflicting
dinicultles of painting. produce, by meas
urement and the use of the calipers. a bust
which has q certain approximate truth to
the forms OF nature. But In this sim
phcity of the art lies also its real difficulty:
tor the multifold aims and difficulties of
painting are also multifold resources for
the artist, and a success in any one direc-
ton makes successful work of art; but
the sculptor. who has only one difficulty
TO contend with. has also only one means
with which to succeed. If he fails in form
ne rams IN everything. And form being the
most tangible-the most accurately meas
urable-of all qualities OF things that art
has TO do with. and the least mysterious
anu elusive. sculpture is OF the arts the
most difficult 70 keep up in the region of
art and out Of the region of imitation
Nothing is more tiresome than any sculp-
tUre but the best. A painter may be far
from possessing the highest genius, yet
ma IN some part of his many-sided art an
escape from the commonplace and the real
out mediocre sculptor is lost. The sculp-
tor must be genius or a nobody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29
Women as Authors.

From 'The Confessions OF Publisher" by per-
mission Of Doubleday, Page & Co.
One woman, ow one of our most sue
cessful novelists-successful both as a
writer Of excellent books and as an Garner
of a good income-was kind enough to seek
my advice about one of her early novels
1t was book that she ought not to have
written; the subject was badly chosen. 1
frankly told her So The whole reading
world has told her so since. But naturally
she did not agree with me. She took the
book to another publisher. Two years
passed. She had second novel ready.
This was one of the best American stories
of a decade. To my great qualification
received a letter from her one day asking
il 1 cared to read 1t. OF course 1 said yes.
Then came another telling how she had
never changed her opinion of her former
book-not a jot-I must understand that
thoroughly. If that were clearly understood.
she went on to say she would like to have
me publish the new book on two condf-
tons: Cd That l should myself read 1t i'm
mediately and say frankly what 1 thought
of 1t, and (O that 1 should pay her roy
atty large enough to repair her wounded
feelings about the former book. Subsequent
ly she added another condition:
you may publish it," she said. 'ff you
heartily believe in the book"
Very shrewdly said-that heartily believe
in the book" For the secret of good pub
fishing lies there. There are some books
that a publisher may succeed with without
believing in them-a dictionary or a slap
dash novel for examples. But book that
has any sterling quality-a real book-ought
never to have the imprint of publisher
who Is not really sharer of its fortunes
a true partner with the author. For only
with such q book can he do his best.
did believe in this book. AS soon as It
was in type required every man in my Of
fee who had to do with 1t to read 1.-THE
writer of literary notes." the salesman and
even the shipping clerk. When the author
next called / introduced to her all these.
They showed their enthusiasm. She was
convinced. The book succeeded in the mar
ket almost beyond her expectations. 1t Is
a good book. Every one Of US believes in it
and believes in her.
She Is not a crank. but only a woman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

the problem of the education of the poor
children of England, but 1t Is evident that
the author meant this thesis not to be
dominant or to obscure his purpose of tell
ing a tale of wholesome interest, spirited
action and variegated characteristic.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30

for the school board has agreed TO
erect temporary quarters If the ground
is furnished. There was considerable
a lot 255x250 fronting on Vernon avenue
but the majority were opposed to
going into the real estate business ito
accommodate school board" as one
member put 1t.
I'VE feel that we have been treated
shabbily," one of the leading members
remarked, but If we can only get a
school we are willing to let it all pass
without calling anyone bad Names"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
SIMPSON PRESIDENT OF
NEW BOARD OF TRADE
ACTION OF CONSOLIDATION is
RATIFIED
Board of Directors Chosen and Ar
raneements Made for Closing Up
the Affairs of the Wholesalers and
Retailers Boards

The board of directors of the new
Los Angeles Wholesalers board of trade
elected the following officers at meet
ing held yesterday morning at the
headquarters of the Credit Mems as
sociation in the Bullard building:
Ter, first vice president John Kahn,
second vice president; w. C. Mushet,
secretary and treasurer; w. T. Craig
and Carol H. Allen, attorneys for the
organization.
Unanimous resolutions of satisfaction
were passed in regard to the action of
directors in uniting the boards.
The directors elected to the control
Of the joint organization are: L. Kim
BILE of w. w. Montague & Co., H. ].
Woollacott of the State Bank and Trust
company, G. Witherspoon of R. L.
Craig & Co., L. c. Scheller of the Union
Hardware company, H. Plateau of M.
A. Newmark & Co., Frank Simpson of
the Simpson Hack Fruit company,
AA'iiA C'Clllllll VI IlddS, bdIuCn & Co.,
John Kahn of Kahn, Beck e. Co. and
E. I. Day Of the Standard Woodenware
company.
The affairs of the old boards will be
closed up by the 1st of December and
all new business that comes in after
October 1 will be attended to by the
new board.
A constitution made agreeable to the
interests of the members of the three
boards which compose the new one
was adopted by the directors at their
meeting yesterday morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
ALLEGES CRUELTY
Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll Granted a
Divorce on Strength of Her Tes-
tlmony Against Spouse

Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll was grant
ed a divorce from Thomas Carroll on
a charge Of cruelty by Judge. Conrey III
department five of the superior court
yesterday.
The couple were married in Michi-
gan in 1872. Mrs. Carroll asserted yes
terday she had been the sole support
of her family for the past fifteen years
and had made living by doing milli-
merry work.
She charged Carroll with extreme
cruelty and told the court that when
anything angered her husband he
would seize the tablecloth and tear it
and the dishes from the table.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
FOUND GUILTY Of
SLAYING COMRADE
VETERAN MUST SERVE LIFE
SENTENCE
John Condor, Formerly an Inmate of
Soldiers Home, Convicted of Muir
dering Charles C. AIbee as
Result of a Feud

John Condor, a veteran of the Civil
War and a former inmate of the old
soldiers home at Sawtelle, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree by
a jury in the Judge Smiths department
of the superior court yesterday AMI
his sentence was fixed at imprison-
ment for life.
The crime with which Condor was
charged was the shooting of Private
Charles c. Albee at the home August
Q as a result of feud between the two
men extending over a period of several
months.
Condor told the story of the crime
on the witness stand yesterday and
never once did the white-haired old
veteran attempt to shield his action, all
though he knew that a death sentence
or life imprisonment would probably
result from his statements.
"There had been trouble between
Albee and myself for many months"
said Condor. "I was unable to make
lIleHuS Win MN uuIluS my Sldy at
the home and he always seemed to
hate me. When 1 would pass him he
would spit on the ground as though
my presence was distasteful to him.
Tells of Fatal Fight
"This state of affairs kept up until
could not stand it and at last we met.
1 was going to the dining room of the
home and was standing on the veranda
of that building when Albee came to-
ward me. We said things we should
not have said and before knew what
was doing 1 had shot him. saw him
raise his cane but that was all. I
did not know what l was doing and
had no control over my actions"
Albee died the day after the duel and
Condor was brought to the Los Angeles
jail. He asserted at that time he was
sorry he had killed his enemy.
When the verdict was read yesterday
Condon's eyes filled with tears, but
he remained perfectly erect. mo, Il
have nothing to say regarding the ver-
dict" he said. "It was all right, I
reckon. A few more years will do for
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
TRIES TO "COLLECT" HIS COAT
Tailor ForcibIy Demands Return of
Garment Loaned to J. p.
GIuckstejn

While passing along West Temple
street last evening ]. P. Gluckstein was
seized from behind and his assailant
demanded that he remove his coat
without delay, Turning, Gluckstein
recognized H. Ferrahin, proprietor of a
tailor shop at Fourth and Main streets.
Gluckstein recently left his coat with
ing him another coat to wear in the
meantime. Gluckstein did not call for
his own coat in the time Farrahin
thought he should and when Gluck-
stein passed up the street last evening
he says Ferrahin recognized him and
undertook to collect" his coat.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
Sues for Maintenance

Suit for $40 a month maintenance
was filed yesterday in the superior
court by Mrs. Millie H. Mammill
against Michael P. Mammill. The
woman alleges her husband induced
her to come to California from st.
Louis and later sent her back to Mis-
souri,, telling her he would follow her,
She says he failed to put in an appear
ance and she borrowed money and
came west
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
CHILDREN WALK
MILES TO SCHOOL
VERNON RESIDENTS IN SORRY
PLIGHT
Pleas to Board of Education Will Be
Granted When Free Building
Site Is Presented by
People of District

The people of the Vernon district are
in trouble.
They have been before the school
board for the better part of a year
pleading for a school but all to no
purpose.
Last night there was held a meeting
of the Citizens association to discuss
the question of a site and many were
the protests against the injustice all
seemed to feel was being done the resi-
dents of that locality.
H. V. Harris has four children who
are compelled to go eighteen blocks,
good long ones" he indignantly puts
it,
George M. Slobohm, his next door
neighbor has to send his three children
to the Fortieth Street school, or as
they contemptuously call it, the dog
shacks," and a younger child cannot
go on account of the great distance.
j. E. Stockwells little girl cannot
attend for the same reason.
]. M. Nordheim of the Barnes Bak-
ing company has three children who
must walk twenty-one blocks, and
Frank Raymond's child, girl years
old, in walking over a mile to the near
est school was held up yesterday morn
ing by a Mexican and robbed of her
books.
Walk Long Distance
]. Weber sends his five children to
the Main Street school over mile and
a quarter distant, and states that the
place is very much crowded.
Three families on Flower street with
nine small children must keep them
at home on account of the distance and
crowded condition of the schools. 1t
is also stated that the Main Street
school is holding half day sessions.
Mr.. Harris estimates that there are
not less than twenty-five children in
his district who cannot attend. A.
Larsen on Grand street has four chill
dren, the youngest a girl z years old,
who must walk nearly two miles to the
Main Street school.
A suitable site has been secured by
lease and the feeling seems to prevail
that the trouble viii soon be at an end
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30

me, anyhow. 1 am 70 now and even the
lightest sentence would have been u
life sentence for me-"
Condor will be sentenced Tuesday
morning and the decree of the court
fixing his Imprisonment will come from
Judge Smith, member of the G. A. P.
and a former comrade of the accused.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

This Is medicine of great worth and
merit Try 1t when you have cough
or cold and you are certain to be
pleased with the quick relief which 1t
affords. 1t is pleasant to take and can
always be depended upon. For sale by
all leading druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-30

A fund of $4,000 is to be raised, If
possible, to defray the cost of a statue
Of the late Thomas B. Reed, to be
erected in Portland, Me.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-11

right The Englishman has heard of
you and will accept it without ques-
ton. You understand
Yes, Clint Bayland understood, and
he understood the significance of
small roll which Battlesea's hand
dropped carelessly upon his desk as
he turned and went out. 1t was a
first installment for his reputation.
And Clara Faxon, the most beautiful
daughter of the old man whom Battle
sea would be glad to help.
He walked nervously to the window
of the office and looked out, not daring
to trust his eyes with a second glance
at the small roll on his desk He
did need the money sorely, more than
he would care to have anyone know.
And 1t was only an indication of what
would come. With Battlesea, who
owned more mine and town property
than any ten men in the country, as
his friend, his prosperity would be
assured.
But somehow the thought of the
prosperity Ulu not give Min the pleas
ure that it ought. Oddly enough, his
mind went over the snow-clad peaks
to the mother he had left in the East,
and from her to-Clara Faxon. What
would they think?
A smart runabout swung up to the
office door, and handsome young fell
low of about his own age raised a
reckoning finger. The other occupant
of the runabout was CLARA Faxon.
Clint left the window and went to
the door.
Hello, Baylandr' the man called,
affably; "be busy tomorrow
"In the morning, yes. But I can
spare you part of the afternoon, Mr..
Seele, If that will do"
"Nicely. l want you to take run
through my mine and make a report
of its general characteristics. haven't
opened it much yet, but the indica-
tons, l think, point to good thing
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-11
Parkman's Deed OF Justice.

A story is told about Francis Park
man, the historian, which shows that
in spite of impaired eyesight he was
not blind to injustice. A friend met
him walking along the street, holding
two street boys by their coat collars.
In reply to his friends request for an
explanation Parkman said: 81 found
this boy had eaten an apple without
dividing with his little brother. Now
I'm going to buy one for the little boy,
and make the big one look on while
he eats it.
After reading this incident, we
should expect fairness of treatment in
Parkman's histories.