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The Washington times., 1906-11-03
Bliss Perry's "Whitman.p p

Bliss Perry. whose life Of walt Whit
man is just published by Houghton,
Mit5in & Co. has been spending the
summer in Belgium and is now IN italy.
lie expects to return to this country ia
January TO begin his work as professor
of English literature at Harvard Uni
versity, which he viii carry on at the
same time with his editOrship Of the
Atlantic" lie has aimed in his bio
gTaphy OF Whitman To portray the man
and poet with sympathy. but without
partisanship. So conservative a critic
as Nj. Edmund {. Stedman says Of the
book:
1T is a remarkable performance, and
a most successful one-hoW remarkable
and how successful. no one can possibly
comprehend unless he himself has gone
through with the ordeal of estimating
Whitman, poised as the critic must be
between extremists on either side. Mr.
Perry's search has been untirins; be
misses no point that should be brought
out sets down naught ia malice and
IS eminently judicial both in his display
OF facts and IN the brilliant critical
summary at the close OF his book.
Incline to think that the work viii grad
uaily gain its hold as final and authori-
tatiyc'
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
COZY CORNER CON.

My dear, coy little girlies. doesn't il
1 peat The Dutch how YOU are forever
ashIhg my advice on matters Of love
! hhu nave just got To answer some
OF my correspondents. foreman com
posing r0om-DOn't let the blamed print
ers make that last word correspondents }
Dear Aunt DOtty-I have been keeping
company long while. but he doesn' I
seem Inclined 10 propose. What shall
90! ANN SHUSS.
kept TOO long. Throw your company
out and get some new.
Dear Aunt Dotty-Three years ago a
rich young man proposed to me by let
ter. / accepted and got my tTOusseau
ready, but he has not mentioned mar
rage since. nor has he called on me
for year. Do you think he has thrown
me down? What had better do?
Iona LEE.
We cannot stop to answer your first
question ln our haste to answer the
second. Take that letter OF proposal
and beat IL for a lawyer. You viii get
your man or big verdict.
Dear Aunt Dotty-Do you think ii will
bring me hard luck 10 get married on
my birthday; SUE PERSTITIOUS.
Yes; or any other day.
Dear Aunt DoIty-I am going with a
handsome girl who admits she loves me
very much. She tells me so every time
see her and advises me 10 save my
money, Last night she showed me
some advertisements Of furniture bar
gains and asked me If / didn't think IL
was lonesome living alone IN the winter.
DO you think she would take me If 1
should prupOse2 TiAIM IDD.
From what you write we think she
VIII take you anyway.
Dear Aunt Dotty-Is kissing a neces-
sity2 VERA PRIMM
No; an expensive luxury.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
IN THE BOOK WORLD

complied record Of the events which
Is concise. accurate and amusing.
Within the thirty pages Of the history
proper the author has told the story OF
hardships OF the early settlers grapbi-
csily. using occasionally extracts from
TIE writings Of John Smith himself and
others who made the hazardous voyage
10 America in those days She re-
marks that the history of POcanoutas
should interest Americans because This
young girl did more 10 influence the fate
Of the Western Continent than any
other woman. except Queen Isabella"
Miss Dorsey has added an appendix
10 her story which contains many val
uab!e end interesting historical facts
bearing upon the settlement of the Vir-
ginia ard, in fact, OF America The
book should have p0Duiar interest be-
cause st breaks away from the usual
stereotyped form of history and Is IN
tcrestiHgy written. correct without be-
ing dry. II is admirably made and IL
lustrated with cuts Of the recognized
portraits Of P0cahontas, John Smith.
and Lord Delaware Brief as il Is, the
book is essentially "a busy mans and
can DC read III short hour.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
JAPANESE WILL NOT MARRY
GIRLS CONCEITED BY LEARNING

In spite of the loud protest of
Japanese against the exclusion. Of
their children from the California
schools, some of them, according
10 a japanese newspaper, would be
glad to keep their daughters out
OF school
EducatioR of girls hinders their
marrying, is the view Of the Rikugo
Nasshi, which says;
The girl who is the product of the
female education of the present day
does not make a suitable wife for or
binary Japanese by any means. She
learns much at school that IS of no
use TO her in after life and she is too
often made COuCeited by the smatter-
ing OF knowledge she possesses ana Is
apt 10 nut on airs
There Is "A great lack Of practically
about the instruction given 10 young
girls AT most modern schools Some
OF the girls from these schools may
suit the tastes of officials. but the ma
1ority OF them are stunned by marry
ing men FOR the reasons given above.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
ROCKEFELLER MAKES AN
ART OF PROTECTING HIMSELF

John ID. Rockefeller, as a cautious
man, is thus described by William
K. Stewart, in Pearson's Magazine:
Trusting himself neither in hotels nor
public cOnveyauces. Mr.. Rockefeller has
his own houses wherever he goes. his
own carriages when he drives. ana 4
private car when ne travels. In New
York he has a residence on Fifty-fourth
street. connecting through % the home
OF his sister on Fifty-thiId street; IN
Cleveland he has a city home and a
country residence at Forest Hill; he has
a house and a large estate in the Pecan
tico Hills; a house and an estate at
Lakewood. y. J.: and a large residence
at Pasadena, Cal.
Except between his various homes Nj.
Rockefeller seldom travels By rail, and
at all the terminals he has retainers
among the minor officials. who care
fully see that ne is protected against
publicity. His own carriage and coach
man always meet the train on which
he is expected. A trusted bodyguard,
athletic and armed, accompanies him
everywhere. Deputy sheriffs guard his
ferced-in estates.
The most complete burglar alarm
systems which can be devised are in
stalled in all his homes. and "A maze
of call buttons ingeniously placed at
a hundred spots give instant means Of
warning from every part OF the grounds.
1t is said that the alarm system at his
summer residence near Cleveland cost
more money than the house itself
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
CUBAN TROUBLE BREEDERS
SOON TO BE INSIGNIFICANT

Al this time, when the report Of an
uprising of the Ute Indians in the West
arouses not as much interest as is teIt
at the news of balloon race. Il is mar
tlcularly striking TO read statement
by Frederick UpRam Adams that the
Cuban malcontent VIII soon be role
gated ~ status mo more important
than that now occupied by the Ameri-
can Indian"
Writing in the Worlds Work for No
vember Mr- Adams says:
1t is a mistake TO take the Cuban
malcontents too seriously Il is true
that they have made mucn trouble. and
II may be true that their senseless
anarchy has ruined all chance for the
Permanent independence of Cuba: but
their fuminss, maUifestOes, intrigues.
and petty activities Will no more check
The onward march OF Cuba than will
the buzzlng of its mosquitoes. Science
and the demands of sanitation have
doomed the latter; commerce and The
agricultural and industrial possibilities
of the island will relegate the Cuban
trouble-breedeT 10 a status no more i'm
TOrtant than that HOW occupied by the
American Indian
1T is a plain statement of fact that
the vast majority OF the people of Cuba
have not the slightest concern in the
political differences which preCipitated
this outbreak. The bulk of the mer-
chants. plantation owners. workers in
the factories and laborers ia the fields
knew. little and cared less about the
causes which brought on the crisis
There We're no issues on which to build
two antagoRistie political parties"
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
Arts and Crafts Literature.

The quaint reprint Of John Gipin'
Ride" recently published by Houghton,
Mifhin & Co, naturally draws attention
TO the work OF Robert Seaver, the de-
signer and sngraver OF the picturesque
old-styie woOdcuts that embellish each
page Mr. Seaver's work is IN every
instance alive with humorous vigor, and
he has caught the Cowper spirit through
out 10 an astonishing degree.
Mr. and Mrs. Seaver's great ambi-
tion has always been To manufacture =
book all their own, set the type. print
and bind it-not IN the fiimsy OOze and
satin covers usually affected By ANA
teurs. but in a real solid board and
leather binding. IN order 10 do this part
OF the work. Mrs. Seaver apprenticed
herself 10 a regular binder, ana worked
without pay Tor nearly two ears. Then
az their house they fitted up a room
CIhe IdIer's shop with all sorts Of
binders implements. and also invested
In type and an old army hand press.
The search through the old secondhand
printing material stores Of Boston and
New York, and the occasional discovery
OF just the article needed, occupied their
sp,.re afternoons for almost two wears.
Ails sthe engraVlngs for John Gilpiu"
were made IN their shop and the tyne
was also set Last Christmas The Idlers
printed limited edition Of f0rty-four
copies of book which was distributed
among their friends II was the original
intention 70 publish John Gilpin" at the
ldlers' shop Besides printing and
binding. The ldlers have dabbled IN all
sorts OF handiWOrk-more or less sue
cessfuly, as measured by accepted
standards, but with unbounded satisfac-
ton 70 themselves. Both M and Mrs
seaVer are members Of the Boston So
clety OF Arts and Gratis.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
WALTER WELLMAN ACCUSED
OF FLCHING POLAR PLAN

While the Pert paragraphers of
two continents are laughing and
sareastically hoping winter will
pass swiftly so that Walter Well
man may fly through the air and
wreck his balloon on the Jagged
edge of the North Pole, the Demo
crat and Chronicle, of Rochester. y.
l., says this about him:
Had word been received. through the
same channels, that the newspaper eK-
ploTer had. with his four combanions
ser SAN from Spitzbergen in the Partisan
dltSHlp, tnere would indeed have been
grave reasons for doubling its truth.
the main reason would have been that
Ihefe has never been evidence that
would convlnce a sane man that Walter
Wellman himself ever had the serious
intention 10 court the fate OF Andree
and his two companions. The entire
plan or the proposed Voya ge was flched
bodily from one of jules NeTne's most
weird tales, and the details of Verne ;
plan were copied with almost painful
GXactneSs.
Another reason why a report of an
actual starting of the expedition would
have been reasonably doubted is the
course adopted by Wellman since his
departure from Paris for the North Ii
he had really intended to embark in his
ciiSiilpf itE NdS at tliE proposed DOlnT
OF departure at the appointed time and
in abundant time. He had scarcely
reached Christiania before he began to
make complaints regarding the gaso-
lene-mOtor upon which the airshiD was
TO depend for its energy.
Then there was delay in the CON
StruCtiOn OF the shed in which the nal
loon was TO be inflated; in fact, every
message was obviously framed for the
purpose of preparing the mind of the
public for the abandonment of the eX-
peditiOn.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
The First Edition OF the aElegy."

Priced originally at J. cents. a mod
est pamphlet OF "a few leaves was sold
recently in London for the record price
Of $500. IL was "A copy OF the first edl-
tion OF the "Elegy Written in q. Coun-
try ChuTchyard"
Whether Byron. on that morning when
he awOke and tSgHd himself famous.
was astonished is not on record. buC
THAI Thomas Gray was utterly Devil
dered by The success which attended
the publication of lis "Elegy'' IS as GER
tdiniy true as ghat the fact Is generally
forgotten. Published in the shape Of =
slim pamphlet, IL ran through four edi-
tIOnE ia two months. and sIA other
editions speedily followed. Ere Ih6
poem was zen years old it had been re-
printed IA several collections OF verse
IN numerous magazines. and twice traus-
lated into Latin
All Ihis amazed the author beyond
measuFei and when the Scottish poet,
BeatIle. sought his permission to pre-
pare an edition for the northern king
doms ne la GIVING ms consent warned
lis admirer of the risk the publisher
would take. Tor a London bookseller had
'Glutted the town with Two editions
OF l,5J and 100 copies. Beattie and tho
Scottish publisher went their way, how
ever. and the edition sold so quickly
Ihat Gray was embarrassed by CT offer
Of present OF books in rccOmPense for
A3s consent.
4 cannot figure to myself" he wrote,
how 10 can De worth his while 20 ofTer
me such a present" He never accepted
any cash payment for his poems. he
held IL was beneath bic dignity as d
gentleman 20 barter his writings for
money; ana. or course. the publishers
were Gl&o 10 ooUge him oy respecting
such a convenient scruple. To one OF
those publishers. Dodsley. this meant 4
comfortable profit Of 5000 from the
'ElCgy" alone.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
HOW VOTERS WERE MULTIPLIED
BEFORE QUAKER CITY REFORMED

The Philadelphia Bulletin prints a
joke told by John Weaver, the
Quaker City's reform mayor. show
ing that, in one instance, at least,
the city was seven times worse be-
fore the reform wave" came than
il Is now.
Alf. " cdEer was recently CUngratu-
lated by delegation OF clergymen on
the clean administration that he has
given the Quaker City.
" In the course Of his reply. Mayor
Weaver said.
Il am glad to tell you that things
with US have improved. Take, for in
stance, the matter of elections. A Phil
adelphian, some years ago. was running
for a small office. and on election day
he wen from poll 10 poll cheering his
Supporters on.
AS he left a certain poll a shabby in
diVidual approached and shook him By
the hand,
II trust, sir said the candidate
that you are one Of my suppOrters@ % '
% Oneg chuckled the shabby individ-
uai. Why, bless your heart, I'm seven
Of EN-. "
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
LandOr's Suppressed Commentary.

4 new piece Of writing by the author
of the Imaginary Conversations" is no
slight boon. The London Times
prints an announcement on the subject
so interesting that it is worth quoting
intact:
Waiter Savage L-andor's SUPPRESSED
Commentary on TrOtter's Memoirs
or Jle Last Days Of Charles James
Fox, written in ISL, is at length 10 be
published BY Mr.. Murray, under the
editorship OF stephen Wheeler. Osten-
sibly written as a criticism OF ''Trot-
ter's silly book as LandoI called IT,
the Commentary contains Landor' s
cWn onseryat2ns on the policy of Pitt
and FOX. on the NapOleonic wars, and
on the Irish Union, with frequent di-
6resslons on the characters of the lead
ing men of the day, and on topics Of
literature. art. and morals. which the
tastes and pursuits, the studies and
amusements of Ar Fox serve TO ilIu-
inmate"
There are some references to th!=
Commentary" in Forster's Life of
Landor. with several characteristic let
ters on the subject between LandOT and
Southey. Landor was furious at having
his Commentary condemned 20 eternal
night because the publishers hal taken
fright at the personal attacks which IL
contained; and he declared 70 Southey
that he meant TO borrow $500 IN order
to establish a printing press of his own
at LlanthOnV Abbey. Forster states
that few copies Of the Commentary
got into subsequent circulation as 'Ob-
servations on Trotter's Life of Fox"
Mr. Murray tells us that the only
known copy was preserved by SoutheY
and Lord HOushtOn. and that II is now
in the possession OF Lord CreWe. who
has allowed il 10 be used for the present
edition. EStracts from the 'Commen-
tary' have been given by Lord IIOugh-
ton and Sidney Colvin, but il is now
nrinted In full.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
What We Need in Novels.

'kNny do not cur uovellsts give rs
more stories that SAVIOR Of the soil, and
deal with the individualities that are to
be found IN small communities instead
OF persistentiy turning their attention
10 the social life OF cities where there
is a sustained effort TO destroy origi-
nality and reduce all the actors in the
drama 10 a dead level OF conventions
aIiJy-th0se alone rising above The sur
face whose vices are OF peculiar pi-
OuanCy?'' Thus inquiries Anne HOllings-
worth Wharton IN The Book News
Monthly"
George Eliot laid the scenes OF some
OF her st.JusesL stories aMuA5 plain ing
lisn country folk whose characteristics
and peculiariUies she portrayed with the
touch OF a master hand. Dickens found
his best subjects among the common
people; ana when the great American
novel is written OF which we hear 50
much, il is % be hoped that its Charac-
ters may be men and women who are
really Americans. not those who ape
the manners ana customs. the fOlles and
the vices OF other lanes without copying
their compensating virtues
I'm this ideal romance, whatever So
cial problems are dealt with-and life
as a whole should be open TO the novel;
ist-one may venture TO hope thar they
will be treated with a breadth and
purity Of vision that Will make il pos
sible for men and women 10 turn over
the pages without averting their eyes,
with a feeling that they are treading
near social quicksands."
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
The BUGHoUSE BARD.

Hey. mister"' shouted the Bughouse
Bard leaping over a bench in the park
in his frantic haste 10 head me OF, my
poetry has got Hen LongfelloW and Ed
Poe looking like an iHsurgent after Bill
Taft has set on 'em. listen. and ne read
these touching lines from his slate
when the frost is on the door knob
And the elders in the bin
When the lilacs have been picked
And the keyholes gathered in;
When the harvest moon is singing
In the graveyard on the hill;
When they've husked the little piglets
And the flies are 1T TO Kill:
When the welkin has a headache
And they paint the garden hedge,
IL Is time 10 cut "a out
And sign the temperance pledge"
The Washington times., 1906-11-03

A Boston maid was sitting in a morris
chair one night,
Her lover fond was kneeling at her
feet;
'Oh, won't YOU be my wife?" he cried
although you are sight
ID love 10 have you cook for me TO
eat
Just promise me that YOU will be nv
charming little bride.
Just say you'll see that l am always
fed "
And then this maid had him dismayvd,
for she looked down and sighed,
And 10 hlm then these touching words
she said:
Chorus
You're asking me to be your wife.
You're asking like a man,
Now promise nae this promise first,
That vOu'll vote for Moran;
And when you've spoke them loving
words
III say yes then and there,
For ! want Moran elected
He's got such lovely haiT,'
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
A Bishop of the Cowboys.

II was a distinct loss 10 the West
when the Right Reverend Bishop raj
bot. who is the original Of the bishop
portrayed so Charminely in Owen Wis
ter's stories OF The Virginian" and Lin
Mclean was induced to accept a see in
the East
The West is fun Of stories Of this
picturesque character; OF his humor,
ms manliness. his devotion 10 his
churchly duties.
lie was born IN Missouri not quite
sixty years ago, was Tor some years af
tef MS ordination rector OF a church
IN ms native state. and was then FOR
zen years the Episcopalian bishop OF
wyoming and Idaho-the first bishop
OF thaL region, then So full of COWBOYS.
miners, and all sorts OF wild and ad-
FenturouS characters. In that environ
ment Bishop Talbot won a host OF
friends for the church and himself.
A Few years ago he was induced To
take 30 bishOpric Of central Penn
syivania, and he has written. and the
Harpers are this week publishing un-
der the alluring title OF My People OF
the Plains" his memories OF those Dic-
turesque days in the region where he
spent ten years.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
BUSINESS MEN IN ATLANTA
PROMPT TO BOOM THE TOWN

From Atlanta comes To Wash
ington boomers, a reminder that in
the Georgia town the businesses
vitally interested" in the growth of
the place put up money freely for
the purpose OF encouraging that
growth. The Atlanta Georgian
makes this editorial comment.
The proposed board Of trade for Al
ianta Wds- practically assured as re
SUIT OF the meeting Monday afternoon
or the committee appointed from tbs
Chamber OF Commerce
1t was reported that the estimated
cost or conducting the board of trstIe
would De fully covered by subscriptions
from the various businesses vitality in
terested. ''-
The board of trade is deemed a prsc-
tlcdl necessity for the city and wiz n
Characteristic promptness. Tho businele
men OF Atlanta responded
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
FRENCHMAN STILL FAVORS
SUBMARINE AS A DEFENSE

The French, naturally hopeful, do
not seem cast down by the recent
loss of brave men, when one of the
French submarines went to the bot
tom, drowning her crew.
The eminent French naval engineer. NJ.
Laubeuf, in paper in the Paris Matin.
maintains that the submarine is the one
ideal means Of coast defense for small
States.
'7he battleships. he says, remains the
UnQUestioned master of the high seas.
But history teaches US that from Saia-
mis-, Mylae. and Actium 10 LISA Port
Arthur and Tsu Shima all the impor-
tant naval battles have taken place
within sight of the coast.
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
Praise for Stoker's Irving"

Bran Stoker's Personal Reminiss
cences of Henry IrV:ag" was recently
reviewed I'm the Brooklyn Eagle, by ST.
Clair AcKelway, the distin yuished edi-
tor Of that paper. and one OF the friends
OF Irving whose names are mentioned in
Mr.. StOker's book Mr.. Mckelway was
frankly an ardent admirer Of Henry
Irving IL is therefore, significant that
he finds almost nothing 10 crIticlsU in
Mr.. SJoker' "Reminiscences, and goes 50
Tar even as 10 say
Had henry irving himself written
his own "reminiscences the
result might have been more interesting
than these volumes now are. But eveLL
that is doubtful" "
The Washington times., 1906-11-03
Poor Sunday School Books.

Notwithstanding the fact that "a
great deal of reform has been
brought about in the libraries of
our various Sunday schools, there
still seem TO be wars and rumors
of wars along the line of such
Juvenile reading.
For instance, in an address before
the Illinois Federation of Women's
Clubs, in Chicago, the other day,
Mrs. Ella w. Peattie, a lady some
what known TO fame as a book
critic, produced a linguistic repeat
ing rifle and banged away at what
she called the 'peptonized" reading
furnished in the ordinary Sunday
school books. Here are some of
the shots she fired:
No child who is to become a person
OF taste and lover of truth should
be allowed TO roam uuguided through
the maudlin mOnstrOsities OF The poorer
sort or Sunday school library.
Every one OF us would De guilty If
We kept our children on a diet OF pep
tonized milk exclusively after their
teeth Were cut, and when their bodies
were growing We would know what
10 expect. They would turn out To be
rIckety. petulant children, quite unfit
10 hold their places in the world.
Let them hear laughter, tears, cries
OF victory and defeat; let them be-
come aware OF the splendOfs OF itCra-
ture and the great struggle of life.
The goody-goody, mOralizius stories
wherein the weakest and slIlItst OF caar-
acters are made TO act parts which
! in
hurtiul 20 the young. Their youthful
brains absorb the literature.
We know pretty we'll what Mrs.
Peattie means by 'peptonized" lit
erature, for We have all been
through the Sunday school course
of washy and absurd fiction. Let
|is go without argument that
great deal of the milk and water
stuff formerly ladled out TO youth
ful readers was as harmful as this
Chicago woman declares it 10 be.
The more important question is;
What does she mean To substitute
for the old-fashioned pabulum? And
the answer ought not be far TO
seek.
Tom Browns School Days"
Howard Pyle's Men of Iron" and
otto of the Silver Hand" Haw-
thorne's wonder Book" the works
of Hans Christian Anderson, Thack.
cray and Dickens and Scott, and
the whole school of moderns of
lesser weight. who tell interesting
stories without providing educations
in vice-all these are vastly to be
preferred to the cambric tea which
has been served by Sudnay schools
since the landing of the Pilgrims.
Mrs. Peattie j. right The Sunday
school library offers a poor and un-
healthful diet; and good food is to
be had cheap.