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A professor of biology at one of our lead
ing universities where great prominence Is
given 10 this branch Of science said recently;
There are two works aside from the re-
quired textbooks which | always advise
my students to get and ~read-they are
'Huxley's Life and Letters and Valery-
Radot's Life Of Pasteur.' The latter book
has recently been reissued by Mcclure,
Phillips Il Co. at a price that will make it
more available TO the average university
student than the original expensive two
volume edition. Maurice Barres, the new
French ~Academician, in a recent interview
is quoted as saying: DO you now the book
that l love most of all the books Of our
time, the boob that / should like TO read
over and over again and do read, the most
noble, the most moving work. the work
OF the greatest fecundity? Well, it is the
Life OF Pasteur,' by Rene Valery-R adot.' "
Jack London'a new story, white Fang. y
returns to the scene Of his greatest success,
The Call of the Wild" and presents the
theme in reverse order-the call of the tame.
The Call OF the Wild" was the story Of
a dog gradually returning to savagery
under the influence of the wild life of the
North. In white Fang" the author shows
us the gradual tanning Of a wolf by the
adoption OF the ways and habits OF ma
animals until the protective instinct OF the
dog for the master he loves is aroused and
demonstrates itself in a dramatic scene.
There is a daring symbolism in the story.
which goes deep into the psychology Of the
animal mind with keen sympathy and vivid
imagination. white Fang will be pub
lished his week.
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BOOKS AMI

In a recent letter written by q. Lewes
Dickinson, author Of Letters from a Chinese
DHicial. > TO which Byan's book Letters
70 a Chinese Official" was written in reply,
Mr.. Dickinson says Il have just read MIR.
Bryan's reply. It is well written and
mostly true. l at least find little to quarrel
with except that he has taken too seriously
my estimate of China" Now as every
body knows. Mr.. Dickinson is an English
man who had never been in China when
his book was written. Bryan was in China
when the little book came to his notice
and he sat down and wrote the answer in
defence Of his own country. sending it In
from Suez. Egypt. The effect has been
a renewal Of interest in Mr.. Dickenson's
letters, most orders for the Bryan book
being accompanied by orders for the letters.
Looking at the first copy of his own book
which Mr.. Bryan saw on landing in America
and reaching the somewhat highiown
publishers note on the jacket, he said;
-Well. II you don't like the medicine read
the LABEL
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writing Of which was the chief pleasure Of
the last years of the authors life. The book
is made up of descriptions OF his early life.
his experiences in the civil war, Of his diplo-
matte services in Turkey, OF the reasons
why he turned to his real life work, litera-
ture, and Of the writing Of his famous books.
A man who has won distinction in so many
widely divergent fields has naturally a rich
fund OF interesting "reminiscences and incident
to which the intimate differentiation OF the
author already so widely known through
his books will give peculiar and vital interest.
Miss Marjorie Bowen, the author whose
hew book, The Viper Of Milan has had
such a remarkable success in England,
il a young n attractive girl not yet out
Of her teens She has never visited the
country whose scenes and whose passions
she portrays as il she were Of Italian birth.
Miss Bower is of an old English family, the
granddaughter Of a former Lord Chief
Justice. She has lived all her life in Paris,
and those who rave read her book say that
it is more in the tradition Of Dumas than Of
Scott and his SUCCESSORS.
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TO IMPROVE ENGLEWcOD.
A Club 20 he Organized In the Interest Of
Good Government.

ENOLEwooD. n. j., Oct. 2S.-More than
fifty Of ~Englewood's prominent citizens
tonight enrolled as members Of the City
Club, an organization which is TO devote
its influence to the improvement Of this
city. The membership includes, besides
ell the clergy and most Of the local business
men, many influential and wealthy New
York business and professional men. such
as Donald Mackay, Frederick B. SohOnck,
William Dulles, Jr., Dan Fellows Plat,
=. NJ. Olyphant, William Tierney, Jr.. and
II. G. Watson.
One Of the first moves Of the new club
will be 20 arrange for a system Of public
parks and Fairgrounds. The club will
also tal~, up the question OF better train
service and lower railroad fares. A similar
club is in process Of formation at Cloeter,
and whom these organizations are perfected
all the pressure that combination Of these
clubs can bring to bear will be used to
mako the northern valley the best governed
part Of Jersey.
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CityS Sanitarium for COnsumDtives.
The Aldermen authorized yesterday the
issue Of .22S. 900 Of corporate stock 70 pur-
chase a site at Mount Hope, Orange county,
for the proposed tuberculosis sanitarium
and put up q building to accommodate
DO patients.
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O ~
The
Awakening of
Helena Richie
By Margaret Deland

LAS an achievement in letters,
this story of passion and folly,
repentance and remuneration, de-
serves to be ranked among the
chiefest examples Of American
imaginative writing" - Phika-
Gspbia North american.
"Mrs. Deland has done moth
ing finer. She has t-:ken hold of
a striking theme and has welded
out Of it her greatest artistic
triumph. "-B0StoN Herald.
can immortal book-far and
away the best thing that has
appeared in years" - Columbia
State.
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The heart will! he still again used on the
cover of Mr.. Masson's anthology, The
Humor OF Love, +" which will be published
in November.
Gustav Kobbe's How to Appreciate
Music" which will be printed this month,
is planned, as the preface explains, "for
the lover Of music, for those who throng
the concert and recital halls and the opera
those who have not followed music as a
profession and yet love it as an art; who
may not play or sing and yet are musical"
The great names in musical history, the
various musical forms in which music is
written, the various divisions in the orches-
ira, the instruments and their tone quality
all are presented and explained with as
little technically as possible in order to
equip the lover OF music with the knowledge
that will enable him to enjoy music intelli-
gently as well as emotionally. Mr.. Kobbe's
theory is that if you love music and appre-
ciate it you may be more musical than
many pianists or singers.
This is the day OF the book lover, the
hour Of the book reader. While rent and
food and the comforts, not to mention the
necessities Of life, continually increase in
cost good books grow cheaper in price.
The best literature is brought out in new
and cheaper editions both in England and
America in various sets of books which
are listed under the name Of libraries"
and for the man who has not had the adj
vantage Of study the library" is a safe in
vestment. for il Is sure to contain those
books which have become known as classics
through the judgment and preference Of
discriminating readers.
A new addition to these groups Of mex
pensive books is the Macmillan Standard
Library. which is to be brought out this
season and will contain books which have
had very large circulation. Some Of the
volumes published in this so cent cloth
bound edition contain upward Of 800
pages and are written by authors Of ao-
~knowledged ability.
1T shall be honest thus begins the
autobiography Of Gen. Lew Wallace, the
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OTHER BOOKS BY MRS. DELANI
Old Chester Tales
DR.. Lavendar's People

In both these volumes the quaint and
lovabIe character Of cd DR.. LaVendar 10
the connecting link Of these delightful
stories. The scene and characters through
out are those that reipp.ar in IT., I~ekrT-
Ing at HrIcHd RIhf.
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A pecu liar interest attaches to Elisabeth
Luther Carey's new book on Whistler, in
that ten or twelve OF the artists most inn
porant pictures are reproduced for the
first time in a book. A French critic writ
ing OF Whistler said that the painter OF
feminine types required a special study. as
did Whistler the photographer and Whist
Ter the etcher, mot because he is a Whistler
difficult to grasp, but because he Is OF in
finite variety Miss Carey's book attempts
to portray this Whistler OF infinite variety
and to give an account OF his accomplish
ments and his methods so far as they may
be made clear to the general reader. Besides
her various TRANSACTIONS from the French
Miss Carey has written several critical
studies and ap~preciations. including those
OF Tennyson, Browning, poet and m
the Rossettis, Dante Gabriel n Christina,
and a life Of William Morris.
"Reminiscences Of a Mosby Guerilla by
! John W. Munson, is a soldiers story OF an
idolized leader, told simply and wildly
from a personal point Of view. 1t is a book
that has not been edited. because 10 edit il
would b. to spoil il. Mr.. Munson Joined
the Partisan Rangers in the beginning Of
their career and was one Of the last to leave
/ Mosby after the war was over. In writing
his "reminiscences he has had the hearty CO.
operation not only Of Col. Mosby himself
but OF many active members OF the COM
mand, as we'll as personal recollections
OF men engaged on both Federal and Con-
federate sides during the war. Mr.. Mum
sons book will be published this week.
Charles Dickens's daughter, Mrs. Kate
Perugine, has written a book about her
father and his work. 1t is entitled The
Comedy Of Charles Dickens
The cover OF Tom Masson's new book,
~The Won Burners, " which 10 to be published
Immediately. shows again the old device Of
the heart which was n feature OF his last
years successful book A Corner in Women. -
Not only does the title again appear in a
gold heart in the centre Of the cover, but
around It's edges thirty-ive tiny gold Cupids
are playing bah with III tiny gold hearts.
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1T shall be honest thus begins the
autobiography of Gen. Lew Wallace, the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-24

The heart will be still again used on the
cover of Mr.. Masson's anthology, The
Humor Of Love. which will be published
in November.
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q GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.

Itching, Blind, Bieeding or Protruding Piles
MENT fails to cure IN 9 to IL days. toe.
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TAKoMA CLUB ENTERrA1Ns.
One-Act Play Presented in Connection
With Musical Program.

The members of the Takoma Club and IL
brary and their friends were entertained
Wednesday night at the club house. on Ce-
dar street, Takoma Park, with a program OF
music and Rotations, the affair being one
of series of midwinter social events given
under the auspices of this organization. The
opening address was made by President
Louis p. Shoemaker, who briefly stated the
many features and amusements offered by
the organization, and the monthly enter
tainments which are given by the club. He
related in a concise manner the history OF
the club and outlined the future of the or
ganization, which, he said, had done much
ton, and that he relied upon the mem
bers to lend their assistance In furthering
the success of the club
At the conclusion of Mr. Shoemaker's re-
marks Miss Charlene Brown played several
piano solos, followed by a one-act play, en-
titled Christmas Chimes" which was pre-
sented by E. V. Wilcox, Mrs. E. " VIII
cox. Ben G. Davis. Mrs. George Abrams
Mrs. Wilcox sang two solos, after which
refreshments were served.
The interior of the club house was dec
GRATED In an attractive manner with greens
ana plants, and presented a pleasing ap-
pearance. AT the conclusion of the program
the club house was thrown open to the
guests for the remainder of the evening.
ne success of the entertainment was due
TO the entertainment committee composed
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben. G. Davis, Dr. and
Mrs. E. v Wilcox, Mrs. David Feldman
and Mrs. George Abrams.
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POLICE NOT AT FAULT.
Did All They Could to Make Mrs
Henry W. Howgate Comfortable.

After vestigating the circumstances sur
rounding the case of Mrs. II. w Howgate
widow of Capt. Henry w. Howgate who
was injured by falling from trolley car
al the corner Of 18th and G streets north
west, on January 10. Major Sylvester has
reported to Commissioner West that, in his
opinion, the policemen against whom COM
plant was made, did nothing more than
their full duty. Mrs. Hough, a friend of
the injured woman. made the complaint
in the case, alleging that Mrs. Howgate
was permitted to lie on the sidewalk for
nearly an hour, and further that the physi-
clan in charge of the Emergency Hospital
ambulance refused to take the woman to
her home until fee of s. was paid. This
matter was brought to the attention Of
Commissioner West and he instructed both
Major Sylvester of the police department
and Secretary Wilson of the board of
charities to make Investigations.
Major Sylvester submitted the matter to
Lieutenant Moore of the first precinct and
the latter in turn made report of the state
n ents made by Policemen Talbot and
SIDES, both of whom were on the scene.
Talbot, who was there when the accident
occurred, said that he first sent for a car
riage at the request of Mrs. Howgate, but
she could not get into it. and then he sum-
mCned the Emergency Hospital ambulance.
Mrs. Howgate, he declared did not want
to go to the Emergency, and the physician
in charge declined to take her elsewhere
unless the service was paid for. Finally
this condition was agreed to and the wo-
man was taken home. In commenting upon
this statement of the facts, Major Sylvester
declared that the policemen evidently had
made every effort to keep back the in
cIeasing crowd. while Mrs. Howgate was
lying on the sidewalk, and added that the
whole embarrassment seems to have been
caused by the delay of those interested in
determining what they desired to do with
reference to the expense which was pro-
posed by the hospital authorities. After
expressing his regrets that such a delay
should have occurred Maj. Sylvester point
ed out that the orders of the police manual
require that any person injured in the
streets shall be taken TO the nearest hos
pital.
IT. the police report it was averred that
the rules of the Emergency Hospital re-
quire that a fee of So be collected for
carrying a patient to any place other than
the hospital but this phase of the case will
be further covered in the report of Secre-
tary Wilson of the board of charities, which
has not yet been submitted.
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Government Nonentities.
the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor OF Inc Star:
The speech of Secretary Shaw on the ten
denotes of the government service. as af-
fecting the individual character of the en-
ploye. was an epitome of keen philosophic
observation, as far as 1t went, but he could
have extended his comments much far
Their. 1t is not merely the character of the
work which tends to destroy the initiative,
self-reIiance and independence of the en-
ploye, but the conditions under which he
performs his work are even more destruc-
tive Of those qualities.
In the first place. there is too much off
cialism," which spirit tends, as much as
anything else, to the obliteration of the ele-
ments under discussion. This is not a criti-
cism which applies to the officials tLem-
selves, personally; it applies more particu-
larry to the prevailing spirit, or morale of
the departments. for which no one indi-
Vidual is responsible.
The general tendency is to treat all en-
ployes not vested with any form of author
ity' nonentities. Anything approaching
to originality, independence or individuality
in such employe is apt to be regarded as
an encroachment on the Importance of the
official Immediately over him, or as ''insub-
ordination" and this last being an elastic
term, which can be made TO stretch a good
ways, is generally employed as eXtin-
guisher. The writer once heard a chief of
division declare that he objected to "brainy
clerks because they had ideas of their own"
In this he voiced quite a general sentiment
a government clerk with an idea being re-
garded as q dangerous anomaly. And this
opposition to ideas on his part does not APP
ply merely to ideas concerning the business
of the office, but concerning other matters
foreign to his official duties For instance,
he does not dare to have political opinions,
at least give expression to them, which
is of course. a curtailment of the manly
qualities of citizen of republic Then, as
to even more personal matters, there is a
decided tendency toward dictation. In ques-
lions of authority there seems to be eonsid-
cradle confusion as to where what is Official
ends and what is personal begins. Many of
those In authority. more frequently those
endowed with a very little, as the petty Off
cials, are apt, becoming imbued with the
spirit of the place." to acquire inflated no
lions of their power. This leads them very
often to extend supervision and dictation
over what belongs to the clerks own per-
sonality exclusively, thus causing him to
feel that his very soul is not his own. And
because of the spirit of officialism described
the clerk has no redress, because the man
in authority carries the big stick and the
smaller the authority the bigger the stick.
1t seems strange that there should be such
a spirit in the government departments, for
1t is decidedly un-American.
M. A. BROOKS.
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resolutions the report of the dual commit
tee in which Mr.. Foster of Perseverance
Lodge and the chief templar of the home
lodge took leading parts, was received ana
approved. and the lodge, upon invitation OF
the grand chief templar, voted to enter a
prize contest with other lodges in the mi
tiatory work the first week in March, and
to attend the union meeting of lodges at
the home of Excelsior Lodge Wednesday
evening.
The good of the order included addresses
by each of the visitors and by Chief Tenn
plar Waldron, Vice Templar Mrs. O'Brien,
Deputy Grand Templar l.. E. OBrien and
Mrs. Emma Bishop, a veteran superinten-
dent of Undine Juvenile Temple. The
theme of the addresses was the general
progress of Good Templar work in the Dis
trict, and the lines of temperance activity
followed by Friendship Lodge. Mrs. Bishop
gave an account of an interesting meeting
she recently attended at the headquarters
of the sailor boys, organized under au-
spices of the White Ribboners, Mrs. Will
ley, wife of Sovereign Chief Wiley of the
Sovereign Council, Sons of Jonadab, in
charge.
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OFFICERS INSTALLED.
Joint Ceremonies by John A. Logan
Post and Corps.

A Joint installation of the officers re-
Gently chosen by John A. Logan Post, No.
IL, Grand Army of the epubIic, and John
A Logan Relief Corps, took place Wednes-
day evening at an open meeting held In the
Masonic Hail. at Jackson and Pierce
streets, Anacostia. An interested audience
witnessed the exercises, and the headquar-
tiers of the post and corps, on the second
floor of the hall, were appropriately deco
rated in honor of the occasion. Mrs Ida ]
Hart, the president of the Department OF
the Potomac Relief Corps acted as the
installing officer for Logan Corps the OFF,
GERS of which Were first installed Col s.
W. Bunyea, assistant mastering officer, per-
formed this duty for Logan Post
A program OF speechmaking and enter
tainment followed Commander A B. Fris-
bic of Logan Post introduced Commander
Richard H. Calhoun of Grant Post, who
made an address. Col. Bunyea was called
upon, and responded with a few words of
congratulations to the men placed at the
head of the local organization. James II
Dony OF Logan Post spoke briefly, and Past
commander Johnson of James a. Garfield
Post congratulated Commander Frfsbie
upon his successive terms of office at the
head OF Logan Post and paid a tribute 10
John A. Logan.
Commander Frisbfe read some yerses in
dialect, entitled "A New England Court
ship" and Mr. William Scantlebury rem
dered some musical selections with Miss
+. V. Richie as accompan.st, and a num-
Der OF recitations. Mrs. w H Peck who
was instrumental in organizing Logan Re
lief Corps, being its president for three
wears. said that fraternity is well exempli-
fled in the harmonious working of the post
and corps. Mrs. Ida J. Hart department
president said that a more faithful un-
firing band of women never served an or
ganizaton than the members of Logan
Corps On Memorial day, she said, the
corps does a service in its special work
that will always be an honor to them
Commander Frisbie, in speaking for him
self, expressed his appreciation of the honor
of being chosen commander of Logan
Post for the sixth term. The exercises
closed with the rendition by the audience
of MY Country, 'Tis of Thee" after which
the ladies served refreshments.
The officers installed for the corps are:
Mrs Emily Frisbie, president; Mrs Mary
Crawford, senior vice president: Mrs
Emma Emo, Junior vice president: Mrs
Eliza P. Watson. treasurer; Mrs James s.
Mclean. chaplain; Mrs Mary Davenport
guard; Mrs. Margaret B. Tew secretary;
Mrs. Mary Simpson. patriotic instructor
The following We're the post officers in
stalled: A. B. Frisbie, commander: Henry
w. Emo, senior vice commander: w Mar
den King, junior vice commander; DR. +.
II. Grant, surgeon; Alpheus Dawson, quar-
termaster; Rev. Willard G. Davenport
chaplain; James H. Dony, officer of the day;
Louis H. Bicks, officer of the guard; Thos.
]. Putnam, adjutant: Arthur Schatz SER
geant major; E c. Messer, quartermaster
sergeant.
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for travel, and to this fancy his paintings
catered. There were three print-makers
men and sincere artists, but none as great
as the first,
These are but few of many--a mere sug-
gestfon OF the richness and Significance or
the collection. All the prints are not equally
Interesting, nor is every artist equally iaud-
able But each has a peculiar reason for
inclusion. a definite place In the compost
ton OF the exhibit. While some may not
find anything to admire in Toyohiro s
Magician" there Is none who will not
comprehend and delight in Shunma1i's dain-
~ still iife-a box and a jardiniere contain
Ing flowers for sale. 1t is not necessary to
discover a potential Whistler In each or
to compare any to the works of western
masters, but it is well to note their inherent
merits and impossible not to give them
when this is done their full measure of
praise. LEILA MECHLIN.