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REV DIR. HIDDEN REVIEWS
A MOST NOTABLE BOOK

wisely admits that 1.-THE faults of this
Sep,uaSlnt are not always amended when
the writers of the New Testament quote
II, but are often transferred to their
pages without notice" AS an advocate.
he loses nothing by admitting what Is
certainly demonstrable fact. The whu,e
discussion of the Septuagint version, aud
OF the use made of it by the New Testa-
ment writer's, is an admirable piece If
work.
Professor Johnson's scholarship is of q
very high order. The greatest-masters IF
literature, English, Latin, Greek treas H.
German. Spanish and Italian. are Thor
oughly in hand; and, in the task he had
set himself. he had need of them all
His book is no seaside" reading II
YOU do not love real. serious, hard stuGy,
you will waste your money in buying
this book. which was manifestly written
for students. ] did not feel safe in any
attempt at reviewing it until | had pc
rused it twice with uncommon care, and
even now / feel that l am on a rather
Venturesome task.
The manner in which our author han
dies Kuenen, Toy and the Advanced
critics generally, will give real delight 10
every conservative scholar who reads
this book. Not infrequently he takes
them on their own ground, and shows
that ground to be sinking sand" Many
ton, but they are so numerous that | am
overwhelmed with an embarrassment of
riches, and so uniformly excellent as to
make selection well-nigh impracticable.
| am glad to see that such scholai as
Professor Johnson has not fallen in with
the loose. popular notion that the writer's
of the New Testament were illiterale
men. He emphatically pronounces the
Apostle John "the greatest literary ge-
MUS of his age; profound, poetic, mystic,
spiritual"
AT page 341 our author has occasion to
point out the precariousness of any argu-
ment based upon the use of the lenses in
Hebrew. and he makes good his conten-
ton by quoting from Driver on 'The Use
of the lenses in Hebrew" As the quota
lion is strikingly opposite. | reproduce it
here: The Hebrew language in striking
contrast to the classical languages in
which the development of the verb Is so
rich ana varied possesses only two OF
those notifications which are commonly
called lenses. These lenses Were fer.
merly known by the familiar names of
past and future. but inasmuch as the
so-called past tense is continually used
to describe events in the future, and the
so-called future tense to describe events
in the past. il is clear that these terms
adopted from languages cast in a totally
different mold from the Hebrew and 9TH
er Semitic tongues, are in the highest de-
gree Inappropriate and misleading. The
lenses in Isaiah 90, are precisely identical
wit those of Genesis, 2l:1-3: it is only
the context viii h tells US that in the one
case series OF events in the future. and
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Tho onotations of the New Testament
from the old. Considered in the Llght
~ General Literature. BY Franklin
johnson. Professor in the ohiNersi'S y
Chicago.
Here is a delightful and surprising NOV
elty. a sane, sound. sober, Serious sens'-
ble book written by professor Ill 'HS
University of Chicago!
The author does not discuss all the QUO
tations in the New Testament, but con-
fines himself to those which nave pceh
objected to by the more or less rauleai
critics who have hitherto treated OIL t"s
subject. and sgiving special attention 20
IN. objections raised by Kuenen and 10y
In his excellent introduction Professor
Johnson thus gives us the keynote oil tbs
work: 81 think it just to regard the
writers of the Bible as the creators %
great literature, and to judge ana inter-
pret them by the laws of literature. Trey
have produced all the chief forms of lit
erature as history, biography, anecdote,
proverb, oratory, allegory, poetry and nc
ton"
The important department of the drama
does not appear in this list, nor have we
any such thing in the Bible, Ewald TO
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The style of this book is remarkably
fne. Professor johnson is seldom to Dc
caught tripping in his English. In ;his
book of 3S7 pages l have found only two
or three errors of style. and, that tie
reader may see how small they are,
note them here
On page 1876 we have mot less than
thirteen places" and on page 24l mo less
than twenty-eight places In both
cases '1ess" should be fewer" for less
has reference to quantity, and fewer to
number On page 355 we find this SEN
tence: 81 have considered this method
of quoting, which is adopted in all liter
atures, in the eighth chapter OF TINS
book" Here the last clause should co1ie
first fol "all literatures' are not IN the
eighth chapter of this book, though IL
certainly does contain n marvellous guam
THY of literature, and that of a very nigh
order.
on page our author eandidly aud
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the continent, especially in France. The
smaller dogs have various fates. Thee
may be faxed" to some extent and seat
down to Club row" in Shoreditch, where
there is a regular dog market every Sum
day morning, and where ten or fifteen
shillings can easily be obtained for y
good terrier, the purchaser, of course
having to run the risk that the dog is
stolen and may be claimed Another
method of disposing of them is through
the medium of various papers, and third
resort is to hold them to ransom. This
last method is by far the most profitable
way of realizing, but it requires to be
carefully carried through.
To show the extent to which dog steal
ing is carried on, it may be mentioned
that at Vine street police office there
were recently eight notices offering r.
wards for lost (the polite way Of put
ting 'stolen') dogs. and at Marlbor ouyh
street and all the other West End Of
fees, correspondingly large number
The rewards offered ranged from a mini
mum Of S. to 800.
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in the other in the past is being de-
scribed." Scholars who are prone 70
build too confidently upon grammar
may be reminded here of a very curious
fact namely, that the Greek language,
one of the most philosophicaily grammat-
ical ever spoken or written on ea:th,
has no word for grammar" The Greek
word from which our grammar" is de-
rived means literature. The Hebrew =
one of the brainiest races of the world
had no word for brain; ana the word
brain" never occurs in our English BIZ
BILE
The American Baptist Publication So
cety will probably wait long, and hunt
hard. if it finds an author who will write
an ADLER or more scholarly book than
this. J. C. HIDDEN.
Birmingham December % 1906.
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one of scores of Marshall Fields outside
MISREPRESENTATION which did no,
as many short-sighted persons suppose.
weaken his interest in his mercantile
houses, but strengthened and extended
them.
In these days of affairs it is necessary
for successful business to have corpora.
ton connections. other than its OWL
The law of 1876, that business grew
solely on its trade, is not the law Of 1905.
Marshall Field must have had remark
able prescience as to this impending
change in commerce and finance to have
invested as heavily as he did in fo,r
classes of property; real estate, railway
stocks and bonds, railway equipment
stocks and bonds and bank stocks,
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Rare SIGHT in the Town.

From the Stotesbury (Mo.) Tribune
Last week we received letter from a
medicine firm containing a fve-dolar bill
to pay for an advertisement. After being
examined by several of our friends. it was
pronounced the real thing by one who had
seen a similar bill when he was boy
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Modern Version,

From the Chicago News.
Askitt-what is that quotation about "a
friend in need?"
Noitt-A friend in need keeps a man
broke.
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Makes a Difference.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
do you believe it is better to give than
to receiver"
"That depends"
depends on WHAT
whether you are referring to Christ
mas present or hard SLAP
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
THE STORY OF
MODERN PIANO
MERCHANDISING
What the EiIers Plan Accom-.
pIishes-The Security Of
Piano Buyers Some
Statistics

The methods and conduct of the
Eilers establishments have won the
admiration of artists, music lovers
and the general public throughout
the West. Its successes are due, first,
to upholding, at all times, all that is
best in quality and the artistic ele-
rnent in pianos; second, by placing
piano selling on a rational, dignihed
business basis; third, by making the
buying of thoroughly high class in
struments possible to all, and, fourth
by furnishing always the very best
and most dependable of instruments
at prices lower than obtainable in
any other way.
Thus the Eilers plan enables the
buyer to secure the highest grade
piano for the money that has hereto
fore been paid for medium grade
piano or to secure piano of medium
grade for the former price of poor
one.
The Ei1ers plan gives the buyer all
the benefits that are only obtainable
in buying in large quantities, and
taking advantage of every facility for
shipping and handling pianos by the
most economical methods.
Again, the Eilers plan insures rigid
inspection Of every piano by compe-
tent experts before it leaves the fac
tory, and it makes certain the care
full and correct handling from "fac-
tory to family
And, finally, the Eilers method
gives guarantees secure as the
Rock of Gibraltar-an absolutely
money back" warranty, if the instru-
ment is not found exactly as repre-
Scntcd
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
ll26, 1928, 1880, 1882 and 1884 Van Ness Az
and 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924 Fillmore Stree

illustrates the tremendous
progress rehabilitation of San Francisco
of the Ees Music Company established at 30 Van Ness
and 1920 Fillmore 1t purpose continue be
the the safest busiest biggest and best
establishment supply piano. player Auopan pipe
paror organ Orcheon of the many electrical
novelties that perfected of late years.
of IS retail establishments located
portant Pacific Coast trade the Elers business
parave years. built probably largest
of this kind in the world There
this by straight direct methods
square deal for everybody.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
OUR CUSTOMERS SAVE HALF OF FIRE Loss. Viii

OUR CUSTOMERS SAVE HALF OF FIRE LOSS. While
the fires still smoerng had completed with
manufacturers by which allow
half OF paid how mucwhethe instrument was
paid for in full part toward the purchase of piano
THEN LAST, BUT NOT LEAST-By means of greatly in
creased sales able heretofore maintain the same low
strictly dependable hghgade ne
low and which the direct
OF the breaking the wicked combine price boost
offered the The liberal policy the
oneyback be satisfied Ehrs
Music Company is not, in force always
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Significant Statistics

Statistics from the great piano
trade authority the New York Mu-
sical Courier, show that the Eilers
houses now handle one-half the pianos
annually sold on the Pacific Coast
tories vie with each other to supply
our tremendous trade. These fac
tories know that Eilers houses take
a permanent interest in every instru-
ment sold. They realize that the
Eilers houses tolerate no poor work
mansflip, no inferior product They
know that every piano must stand
the rigid test of our warranty.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Strictly independent

We serve no special factory in
terests, no combinations. Our prom
ises to the people of the Pacific Coast
that we would never agree to be
bound by any price schedule or agree
ment of undue prices, whether fixed
by manufacturers or dealers associa-
tons, have been faithfully kept and
will be kept in future.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

TIME TRIED, FIRE TESTED Here is record:
FREE USE OF INSTRUMENTS refugee musicians, teach
and professionals the Of points where Elers
located.
EVERY EMPLoYE KEPT AT WORK at full pay during and
the late "unpleasantness."
piano crowded settlement
the elsewhere.
EVERY REASONABLE REQUEST for extension of pay
during those trying readily and ceeruy granted
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
TRULY SENSATIONAL,
TALKING MACHINE SELLING

Machine
Talking
Of
week.
Of
We
EILERs COMPANY.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
To Our Fellow TOwnsmen:

vii al other loyal Af in til remarkable achievement San F. disaster
"
b
H never y
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PIANOS.

High grade and medium e.s,
one price only, cash reSps, psyments
mates on plano repairing withn",i est'
we 90 renting and tuning '"ou' cost;
NEW YORK a WESTERN PIANO 70
NO. % Market ST.. near Posto,sN 70
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pourri Of "old Gelety songs" was given
at the theater of which Hicks used TO
De the bright particular star for one
recognized oh, Unue John" Her
Golden Hair was Hanging Down Her
Back And even The BOWery" among
the lot-all with English words!
During the last few years Hicks bor-
rowngs from American sources have
been constant. Effective song-settings
from American pieces-such for in
stance as accompanied My Cosy Cor
ner Girl"- have been introduced I'm
practically every musical comedy pro-
duced by him, while as for American
songs themselves, Hicks has annexed
them without limit There has been
absolutely nothing, moreover, 10 indi-
cate that such ditties as Sammy"
'Bedelia," "A Wise Old Owi'-renamed
"A Quaint Old Blrd"-and latterly
cheyenne which Hicks calmly in
terpolated into his pieces, were not OF
his own authorship. and this kind of
thing makes resident America, in
London just hopping mad For with
American plays failing recently at one
London theater after another. IL GER
tainly seems only fair 10 transatlantic
prestige that American song successes
should be announced as such--even by
such an arrant piferer as Seymour
Hicks. r..
Hicks, however. Is not satisfied. 1t is
not enough that much OF his business"
and most Of his songs should be Amer
lean; he Is now even beginning 10 use
American ideas as the foundations OF
his musical plays. At all events he has
done so unblushingly enough IN his new
piece, 'Everybody's Darling" which Is
TO open the new Hicks theater, for the
feature OF this Is a bevy Of damsels
representing leading British towns No
suggestion Of 1.-THE Prince OF Pilsen,"
OF course! Moreover we are to see
these fair representatives OF Manches-
ter. Liverpool, Leeds and so on IN Paris
as the guests Of a London newspaper,
the Daily Butterfly" so il the Ameri-
can journals which sent the famous
Peaches" and Bells" abroad do ne
sue Hicks for plagiarism they will lose
fine opportunity
Taking II all around, however. II Is
not surprising that this indefatigable
young author producer and actor finds
his own ideas insufficient to his needs
considering how many different manu-
scripts no generally has going at the
same time At present. for instance. I'm
addition TO playing every night IN his
own piece, The Beauty of Bath"
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FULL LINE OF DISK and cylinder
machines and records. Columbia
Photograph Co.. s27 South Main.
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"THE WANDERER.'

Upon mountain height, far from the
sea,
found a shell
And to my listening ear the lonely
thing
Ever a song Of ocean seemed 10 sing,
Ever q tale OF ocean seemed 60 tell.
How came that shell upon that noun
tain height?
All. who can say
Whether there dropped by some too
careless hand.
or whether there cast when ocean
swept the land
Ere the eternal had ordained the day.
strange was It not? Far from its ma
tive deep
one song II sang
Sang OF the awful mysteries OF tho tide,
sang Of the misty sea, profound and
wide
Ever with echoes OF the ocean rang.
And as the shell upon the mountain
height
Sings Of the sea,
So do 7 ever, leagues and leagues away
SO do | ever, wandering where | may
Sing. o my home, sing. o my home. OF
thee.
by Eugene Field.
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/ Hicks Is not only writing new music
al piece In addition 90 ''Eyerybody's
Darling but he Is arranging q new
version OF alice in Wonderland" for
Christmas production, I'm which he him
self will be the Mad Halter" Proba-
bly, II viii contain the latest American
ditty-introduced without any mention
of that ditty's author, This is too old a
grievance for any protest to be made,
but when Hicks calmly proceeds TO put
on piece composed entirely OF Amerl-
can ideas--really, that seems going a
bit far" don't you know?"
David Bisphams London production,
of his remarkable operate experiment
with THE Vicar OF Wakefield" took
this week, and more than fulfilled the
promise Of popular success given by
the dress rehearsal. OF which mention
already has been made here The COM
pany was called before the curtain
again and again, and finally Liza Leh-
mann, the composer was pevailed up4
on to make her b0w--an occasion she
celebrated to the envy OF the rest of us
by warmly kissing Isabel Jay, the
OLIVIA" OF the piece
In the first half Of the opera--if opera
II can be called-there could be no
doubt OF the effectiveness OF this queer
half-and-half mixture of drama and
music. Where all was light and gay Il
was no great source OF astonishment TO
see the players suddenly stop speech
and continue 10 unfold the story In
song, especially as the songs were for
the most part uncommonly good music.
But when we came to the more strenu-
Gus scenes of Ollviss elopement and
return home there Is often something
incongruous in the Introduction of lyr-
los after a ten-minutes stretch of
straight" drama. The audience gets
almost the same effect as IL one act of
a serious play We're spoken and the next
act sung. The very excellence Of the
acting heightened this effect
The post Of the good old vicar was
taken by David Bispham whose per-
formance both as an actor and as a
singer was admirable TO degree. He
Is almost as much at home I'm England
as he Is on his native American stage.
and there could be no doubt about the
cordially with which his effort as
uctor-singer-m manager, not 10 mention
producer was received. The success
Of the venture will almost certainly lead
to a revival OF what might be called
serious light opera.
CURTIS BROWN.
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OGDEN AND RETURN sl.1O

Via D. & R G. Dec "a IS 81,
Jan. J. q
Tickets good returning Jan It'll. Five
daily trains each way.
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Berlin Hears Strauss
New Opera ''Salome.
specIal Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
n ERLlN, Dec. 6-No event in the
* musical history Of Berlin has
~ aroused more interest than The
premier performance of the Wilde
Strauss "saome' last night. was
among the fortunate applicants Tor
tickets Thousands were unable to gain
admlttance and number Of people
holding tickets We're offered 500 for a
single plrQuet sent. Many prominent
musicians and directors Of various
opera houses were present among the
number being he French composer AM
dre Concert Director Gabriel Astriau of
Paris, directors of The opera I'm Dresden.
Stuttgart Wiesbadeu and schwerin.
The audience was O brilliant one. Many
of the nobility were present Evening
dress was much In evidence something
unusual except when the kaiser COM
mandf a special performance.
Just one year ago on the 9Th Of De-
comber 'Saome' was first performed
IN Dresden since which time n has
been the most absorbing topic Of the
whole musical world Thirty stages
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ing on silver shield the head OF
lokanaan Salome seizes Il. Herod
hides his face with his cloak. The
Nazarenes fall on their knees and pray.
"Ahl thou woulds't not suffer me to
Kiss Thy mouth, Iokanaan Well, viii
Kiss u now / win kiss it. win bite
u with my teeth as one bites a ripe
frult, Yes, I viii kiss thy mouth.
lokanaan. I said II, did not say Il?
| said It. All! ] viii kiss It now"
salome sits down upon the floor and
continues 70 fondle and caress the head
Of John the Baptist
The Stage gradually becomes darker
The stars disappear and q great cloud
covers the moon. The Tetrarch slow
~ climbs the stairs
Voice Of Salome--Oh, have kissed
thy mouth ioknnaan. I have kissed
thy mouth. There was a better taste
on thy lips. Was It the taste Of blood?
Nay hut po-lhance Il was the taste
OF love. They shy that love hath a
bitter taste. But what matter? What
matter? ] have kissed thy mouth,
lokanaan, / have kissed thy mouth"
The moonlight falls on Salome. Herod
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stage effects and generally availlng
himself OF American ideas. has bs<r
somewhat notorious.
Il was Fay Templeton. II one mis-.
takes not who called out Don't steal
this, Mr.. Hicks, pleased" upon discover
ing The English actor I'm front" whils
she was singing a new song. and nor
even Hicks npst fervent admirer-
whose initials, by the way, may posi-
bly, be IS. H"-could deny that tho
admonitlon was deserved. One was led
e renewed thought on this head only 4
short time ago, when q sort Of pot
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SALT LAkERS IN GOTHAM


theaters with their following adding
to the brilllancy OF the streets from
dusk until the ''wee sma" hours. Tho
shops each year present a richer and
more expensive appearance, a sort OF
rivalry exists between them IN point
of luxury, making the visit to each
holiday novelty as art galleries, con-
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IN LONDON THEATERS.


Special Correspondence.
I oNDoN, Dec, l5.--lf imitation is
| Indeed the sineerest nattery. there
i can be few more genuine admir-
ers OF things American IN Eng
land than Seymour Hicks, Which. by
he way, Is no new discovery, for ever
since TINS young actor-who is now his
own author and soon win be his own
manager, nrst became known 10 anv
extent, his pedllectlon OF 'swipins"
american songs, copying American
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.pecial Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
n NEW YORK, Dec At is Yule
IN tide and the streets and shops
are constant reminders that
Christmas Is here. The former
are alive with merry throngs from early
morn until late at night. Operas and
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be so. That IL half the battle. Many
times have felt too III to report AT
the theater. but Il was INEVITABLE. ana
somehow | always managed to get
through" JANET.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-08

Of creating nome idea II the necoa.
atty of action la this matter IN tho
minds ~ the representatives In con.
ereAa Failing Ca elicit response
from them, tho citifenh Of Kirkland
will proceed az once to take steps
Co create a subscription fund far the
eoat 81 doing this work themselves
The resolutions read as follows;
Whereas a canal for ocean voa.
nelu. connecting lakes Union and
Warrington WITH aalmon hay, has
Ions heen cherished hope. and
deemed a public necessity. and
Whereas the phenomenal growth
Of Seattle ana vicinity. beth Ia eum-
mefee aud population. has caused
the waterfront Of El lott hay Ia be
come rongeated. and
Whereas. the commerce. welfare
aud safety III the people In this vi
entity make the construction ~ auch
canal imperative aud immediate
aud
Whereas, elEht years hav,
elapsed since tho people Of thl'