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New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

erary Journalism especially for 'HThe Saturday
Review" but In the 7Vs he fen III. and thence
forward he was more or less of an invalid He
gave up the school and worked with his pen
Meanwhile far back 1868. when he was
thirty three. he had picked up In an old book
shop second hand copy Of Boswell. In five lit
tie volumes. and had never ceased to steep HIM
self in their subject Johnson became his life
long companion. his ruling passion. the cause
Of most OF his literary activity. pleasant
glimpse of the man. Indicating something Of the
temperament be brought TO his work. is afforded
by one of the letters he wrote to his friend
Faulkner when he had retired to little coun-
try cottage, He says:
word-sinCe we last saw you The County has at
last called on US in the shape Of the Right Honour
plunged into the midst of a lawn tennis party' 7
wv 5 take past d heneh OF y3Gns LADIES and seated
was conscious that was staying too long. but I
some military sTeils there I IN great sS yellow TeTs
fePed I9Td Was san IN hf n3an9 d1 shirt How guf
that thou so regardest him? Old - himself was
most Radical style, and damn all persons and
Lords The worst Of me Is that can roar like
lion in writing. am as fearful and weak-voiced
as a mouse before respectable people
The first book he dedicated to his hero was
miscellaneous little volume. "Dr Johnson His
FRIENDS and His Critics" on which he lost IS.
The adventure did not discourage him He made
some money writing the biography Of his uncle.
Sir Rowland Hill. and by editing the Letters OF
Colonel Gordon from Central Africa" and IN
1881 he opened negotiations with the delegates
of the Clarendon Press for the production OF
the edition of Boswell for which he had long
been preparing himself. This enterprise was
not financially, matter of great satisfaction
to him. Says his daughter: In Niys. Birkbeck
IIiTs account OF her husbands literary earnings,
the profits arising from the first four years of
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
LARES.

I'Tarks. a doa. Is 6d"cSee Stores p-ico-GstI
Eleanor Alexander In The London Spectator
Through an the ages as they run
Spirits attuned have heard
The music OF the risen sun
From thee. thou rapturOuS birdI
One names thee with a lovers sigh
The Herald Of the morn:
And one-the Pilgrim OF the sky.
To one, like maid high born
Thy ecstasy from palace tower
When sweet as love she sings.
One lays the prayer from Eden's bower
Upon thy heavenward wings
To one, In flight Of mounting lark
The sacred poets rise
One catches tween the dawn and DARK
Wild warbled melodies.
And fitting wings ere sets the moon.
Himself In fancy'S sight
The earliest bird by bonnie Doom
That carolled to the light
One walks with Una IN the dew,
And mountain lark IS merry.
One hears thee with the jOcund crew
Riding to Canterbury.
Bird Of the wilderneSS-remOte
One cries from Ettricks vale
One. in bleSt vision. sets thy note
For Lancelot and the Grail
One IiIts with Pippa as she passes
The lark is on the wing.
Wise lark whose heart nests IN the grasses
Though blithe to soar and sing.
Twelve skyIarks in twelve poets sought
Men without common sense!
In English mart the lot is bought
To-day for eighteen pence
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
BOSWELL'S BOSWELL.
Some SouUenfrs of the Late GEORGE
Brkbeck Hall.

LETTERS OF GEORGE BTRKBECR HILL. D. C.
l., LII d. Arranged by his daughter. Lucy
Crump. With portraits Syo. PIP K, $50 Q1ons-
mans, Green & COP
One night in 1891. at dinner of the Eighty
Club, Birkbeck Hill went up 70 John Morley,
who had just made good speech. and reminded
him that he had written for the "Pall Mall
Gazette" under the speakers editorship. Nor
ley replied: II knew your face. but know you
better by your books You are doing splendid
work in the quiet fields of literature" That is
HIPS sole title to remembrance, that he did
work in the quiet fields of literature. which. II
not precisely splendid" was at all events work
well worth doing In the present volume. link
ing his letters together with brief comment, his
daughter gives us a pleasant picture of his ca
reer 1t was the career of q commentator ON
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

81 THE BRIDE.
BY WILL. II. OGILVIE-
In glistening gown and veil of white
, She leaves her chariot of cloud
And dances down with step so light
The Watchers faintest breath seems loud.
80 virgin-pure. so angel fair.
To innocence and faith allied,
! Earth's sordidness is hidden where
She sets her feet, Decembers bride!
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

The late Mary BatesOn OF Cambridge CFng-
land). has been described IN the front rank
of English historical students. She had de-
voted herself mainly To research in connection
with early English borough law and custom and
her writings on these subjects are or great yaIuA
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

'9The Time TO Love-" the novel left unfinished
by the late Mrs. Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes),
IS to be published soOn More than suggestion
as TO its conclusion will be found In hitherto
unacted play the same subject which she
wrote In collaboration with the late Edward
Rose. A second volume by Mrs, Craigie Is also
making progress through the press. This is a
collection of hitherto unpublished essays, edited
by her sister, Mrs Prendergast There is to be
a third volume, but this will be privately
printed. Therein will be included the authors
first literary compositions, number OF articles
written under the pseudonyme of "Diogenes
Pessimus" for newspaper which has departed
this life. This volume is TO be called "a Diner
Out" Then we are to have a memoir, written
by one who was closely associated with Mrs.
Crligie In the development of her religious con-
Yictions. OF course all of this matter will be of
Interest to her friends, and a certain amount
Of ii may be received with the same concern by
the public at large But it is to be hoped that
the memoir may be brief. 1t is hard to restrain
the modern bOgrapher. Whether he is Il rela-
tive piously commemOratinS a beloved person
aIity, or an official" scribe cOnscientiOusly
Oyerbauling the record Of an eminent man. he
IS Indifferent, as 4 rule to the laws of proper
tiOn. That it should ever occur to any one to
Gsl, if his hero is really deserving OF a biOgra-
ply at all is possible but scarcely probable
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Beef or mutton reheated in a double
ordinary stew.
For the removal of grease spots
from wooden dresses salt dissolved in
alcohol is recommended
To improve the favor of roast beef
and give a rich brown color add a
tablespoonful Of sugar to the water
for basting the meat.
A piece Of coarse net sewed over an
extra large hole in a stocking will
make it easier to darn, and will make
the darn more lasting
A small paint brush with long.
strong, supple bristles is the best
thing with which to keep cut glass
clean. It il the only means of reach
ing the dust which lodges in the small
carvings.
Copperware may be frightened by
rubbing with a piece of flannel that
has been wrung out of hot water,
well soaked and busted with borax.
Rinsing and a polish should follow the
rubbing.
When frying croquettes be sure to
plunge the basket in hot fat before
the croquettes are placed in it. This
will prevent them adhering to the
wire when lifted out.
The value of wringing clothes well
cannot be oyerestimated A good
laundress squeezes out the last drop
of soapy water. and again rinses the
garment well after she has thorough
" rinsed it
White crepe paper has been found
to be the satisfactory tablecloth at
fetes. No one is ever anxious to do
nate one of her own tableeloths for
this purpose and the paper kind is
Just as effective.
Flower baskets are supersedfng the
more ordinary vase. With f1uted edge
and graceful handle they make most
artistic receptacle for short stemmed
hoWers.-Broolllyn Eagle.
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ON CoURTING.
By HUGH McHUGH
GEORGE Y. HOBART

Are you wise to the fact that every
thing Is changing in this old world Of
ours, and that since the advent Of fuss
wagons even the old-fashioned idea of
courtship has been chased to the woods?
It used to be that on Saturday even
Ing the young gent would draw down
his six dollars worth Of salary and chase
himself to the barber shop, where the
Dago lawn trimmer would put crimp
IN his mustache and plaster his fore
head with three cents worth of hair
and dollars worth of ax1e-grease.
Then the young gent would go out
and spread 40 cents around among the
fradesmen for mess of Water-lilies
and bag Of peanut brittle.
The lilies of the valley were to put
on the dining-rom table so mother
would be pleased, and with the peanut
brittle he intended to fill in the weary
moments when he and his little geisha
girl were not making goo-goo eyes at
each other.
But nowadays it is different, and
Dan Cupid spends nest OF his time on
the hot foot between the coroner's Of
flee and the divorce court.
I've got a bunch that young people
these days are more emotional and
like to see their pictures in the news
papers.
Nowadays when clever young man
goes to visit his sweetheart he hikes
over the streets in benzine buggy,
and when he pulls the bell-rope at the
front door he has a rapid-fire revolver
In one pocket and bottle Of carbolic
acid in the other.
His intentions are honorable and he
wishes to prove them SO by shooting
his lady love if she reuigs when he
makes a play for her hand.
think the old style was the best,
because when young people quarreled
they didn't need an ambulance and
hospital surgeon to help them
make up.
In the old days Oscar Dobson would
draw the stove brush cheerfully across
his dogskin shoes and rush with eager
feet to see Lena Jones, the girl he
wished to make the wife of his bosom.
"Darling!" Oscar would say, Il am
sure to the bad for love Of you. Pipe
the downcast drop II this eye Of mine
and notice the way my heart IS bub-
bling over. like a bottle of sarsaparil
la on hot day! Be mine, Lena! be
mine!s
Then Lena would giggle. Not once,
but seven giggles, something like those
used in spasm.
Then she would reply mo. Oscar;
il cannot be. Fate wills it otherwise. .
Then Oscar would bite his finger
nails, pick his hat up out Of the coal
seuttle and say to Lena: False one!
You love Conrad, the doorwalker in the
butcher shop. Curses on Conrad, ana
see what you have missed. Lena. /
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CONCERNING OUR BOYS.
Without Doubt the Boys Should Have
Duties About the House Re-
CURED of Them.


The teaching should not be all OF
are lessons the boys should learn,
and learn thoroughly. IN many homes
where the mother is almost nervous
wreck from oFerWork, the boys are
given nothing to do, and run about
the streets out Of sheer restlesness.
bed until called for breakfast, but
should be among the first out of bed.
Teach them that it is but fair to wait
on themselves. Teach them to pre-
pare vegetables, to cook simple foods.
to wash dishes, to scour shelves, to
black stoves, to make beds and sweep
and dust, and put their belongings in
order. Teach them that it is as much
their duty to keep their rooms tidy
as it is for the sister to look after
hers. A slovenly, disorderly boy is
every bit as bad as q slatternly girl,
declares The Commoner. They should
know how to handle a needle and
thread; to sew on buttons; to mend
rips and tears on the sewing ma
chine; to replace the book taken
from the book shelves; to fold and
lay in its place the paper they read;
to shake the rugs; to dust the fur
niture and do the fetch and carry"
work that every home must have
done. Teach them to be considerate
OF others. not only as to burden-bear-
Ing, but in all work or worry. Boys
should be taught to take the part Of
the weaker ones in all the battles
of life. If the mother would begin
with the boy when he is still in
dresses, allowing him to do little
kfndnesses and setting him little
tasks, thus saving herself many a
step, he would hardly be ashamed to
help her when he gets older. Com
pared with mothers weak arms, the
boys strength is magnificent. Do not
wait until he is in his teens to begin
the lessons for he will rebel holly
against girls, work then, no matter
how much you may need him. But
teach him that the home is as much
MS as it is that of his little sister,
and that you look to him, even more
than her, for its happiness, and, dear
mothers, he will seldom fail you.
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LIKES HER TRUNDLE BED.
Aged Maine Woman Has Never Slept
in Anything Else and Re-
fuses TO Change.

North Pennington, Me. Determined
to sleep her last night on earth in the
trundle bed she has slept in for all the
so years of her life, Ann Gillian, of this
place. the oldest of the Gillian SIS
tiers, as they are known, is dying OF
cancer of the stomach at her home.
Ann Gillian first began to sleep In
her trundle bed when only year old.
and as she grew older she refused to
sleep In a larger bed, as her sisters
did. Every night she pulled out the
little bed from under the larger one
of the other two sisters and pushed it
back in the morning.
When recently she was taken very
i'll DR.. L. V. Brown ordered her to be.
placed in larger bed, where she could
rest in comfort. But she resisted with
all her strength, and when one sister
told her she must change to a larger
bed or she would die She said: Die
it is, then, for I'll never sleep in an
other bed. 2
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Ground Floor Plan.

great advantage is fresh air and out
door life. This is the chapest as well
as the best part of summer outing.
The other is when you go away for.
the summer you want to leave care
and responsibility behind. Wear your
old clothes SO you will not worry
about seiling them. Use cheap furnf-
ture that would not prove a serious
loss in case Of fire or in case OF appro-
prfation By some wandering yandal
after you leave the cottage in the fall.
The architect estimates that this
comfortable little house may be built
for less than $1,000 and believe he Ii
right. It is not necessarily expensive
In any particular. In fact for house
Of this kind very cheap material may
be used and the whole thing put to-
gether in hurry. Sometimes the bed
rooms are neither eeiIed nor plastered.
but 1t usually is best to use building
paper outside and either plaster or
some ceiling stuff insfded. With build
ing paper inside as well as outside the
house is cooler In warm weather and
warmer in cold weather and the ex-
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gene! You will be minus the money
while / will have the price!"
Gonsalvo trembles with the passion
which is consuming his poeketbook.
and then Imogene turns languidly
from right angle triangle into more
Of a straight front, and hands Con
salvo a bitter look of scorn
Then Gonsalvo grabs his revolver
and, aiming it at her marble brow,
exc1aims:: Marry me this minute or
I will shoot you IN the topknot, be-
cause I love you"
Then papa rushes into the room and
Gonsalvo politely requests the old gem
tleman to hold two or three bullets
for him for a few moments.
Gonsa1Vo then bites deeply into
bottle of carbolic acid, and just as the
coroner climbs into the house the pic
lures of the modern lover and lover
ess appear IN the newspapers, and
fashionable society receives a jolt
This is the new and up-to-date way
Of making love.
However, I think the old style OF
counting is the best, because you can
generally stop Jag before It gets to
the undertaken.
What do you think?
Copyright, 1901. BY O. w Dillingham; Coy
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TO LAUNDER MOURNING.
An Expert Laundress Advises Black
Starch and Salt and Vinegar
in Rinsing Water

4 good laundress is what is need
ed to solve serious problem for the
woman who wears mourning, par
tlcularly in the summer. Black goods
not only look warm, but are warm,
and the black lawns and sheer goods
are avoided by most women because
It is generally thought that they can.
not be Numbered with much success,
says a contributor to the Brooklyn
Eagle.
A certain laundress who is well
known among her clients as an au-
thority on all matters of soap and
water and starch. offers the follow
ing directions, which will bring the
best results if attended to carefully:
Dissolve a heaping tablespoonful
of black starch in two tablespoons OF
lukewarm water. Then pour a quart
Of boiling water over it, stirring CON
stantly until it gets perfectly clear,
but do not let it boil
Wash the dress in little soap
suds, just warm. Rinse it in two
buckets of cold water, with one tea
cup of vinegar and handful of salt.
Dry the dress and then pour the black
starch over it. Let the dress get a
little bit dry, then roll it up, without
sprinkling, and iron upon the wrong
or under side, over a black cotton
cloth. The dress will look as good
as new"
An easier way to solve the problem
is not to wear pure black in summer.
All white is considered by many as
almost as deep mourning as black"
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Horse Still in the Lead

The automobile has not discouraged
the useful animal, the horse Official
reports show that the equine is still
paramount, in 1905 there were Ii, o57.-
7o2 horses in the United States, against
14,213,S37 in 1890. The export price
averaged s30s,s9 last year. against
s174.5o in 1892 The horse is flesh.
blood and intelligence, and people Of
natural and practical predictions can
have an affection for him. He has the
graces of instinct, and If he gets prop
er attgiaion is a thing OF beauty and
satisfaction. The spread Of the auto
mobile is amazing, but ii is still, to a
great degree, a fad and a toy.
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have tickets for swell chowder party
next Tuesday. Ali farewell forever!'
Then Oscar would walk out and
hunt up one Of those places that Car
RE Nation missed ID the shuttle and
there, with one arm glued tight
around the bar rail, he would fasten
his system to a jag which would last
for a week.
Despair would grab him and he'd
be Oscar with the souse thing for
sure.
When he would recover strength
enough TO walk down town without at
tracing attention of the other side
of the street, he would call on Lena
and say: Lena, forgive me for what
/ done, but love is b1ind-and, be-
sides. mixed my drinks. Lena, /
was on the downward path and near
ay went to he'll
Then Lena would say: why.
Oscar, I saw you and your bundle
when you fell In the well, but didn't
know il was as deep as You mention.
Then they would kiss and make
up. and the wedding bells would ring
dust as soon as Oscars salary grew
large enough to tease pocketbook.
But these days the idea is altogether
different.
Children are hardly out of the cradle
before they are arrested for butting
into the speed limit with a smoke
wagon.
Even when they go counting they
have to play TO the gallery.
Nowadays Gonsa1vo H Puffen1otz
walks into the parior TO see Miss Imo-
gene Eordelia Hoffbrew-
VIE gents. Imogene!" says Con
saIyo.
simlIch.' says Imogene. standing
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Owl and Mink Fight.

While hauling wood On the Masta-
wamkeag river, a driver discovered a
moving object a short distance from
the road. and leaving his team he
fastened to ascertain what it was
when, to his surprise, he found it to
&c a large owl in combat with a good.
sized mink. After struggle Of several
moments the owl attempted to rise
with its prey, hut w~s able to ascend
only few fec When the mink fell to
the ground, where it was soon kIlle7
by several vet. directed blows from
the drivers whipd;;Lewiston (Me.)
Journal
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at right angles near the piano because
she thinks she is a Gibson girl
'Imogene. dearest" Gensalvo con-
tinues; Il called on your papa in Wall
street yesterday to find out how much
money you have. but he refused to
name the sum, therefore you have IN
told wealth."
Gonsalvo pauses to let the Partisan
clock on the manteI tick, tick, tickt
He is making the bluff of his life
you see, and he has to do even that on
tick.
Besides, this furnishes the local
color.
Then GonsaIvo bursts forth again:
"Imogene. oh. Imogene, will you be
mine and will be thine without
money and without the price,
Gonsalyo pauses to let this idea
get noised about a little
Then he goes on: BE mine, Imo-
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money. When these men become con-
ddential they admit the fact that with
all their lavish outlays they have
failed to secure everything they set out
to gather in. Sometimes a man tries to
get his arms SO full of bundles that he
cannot hold them all. Sometimes the
big ones crush the more delicate par
cells all out of shape, but there are
human limitations in every direction
and It seems easy to reach them in
the building line. have seen COM
Portable cottages that cost very little
money and have seen very uncom-
Portable mansions that were very ex-
pensiye to build and expensive to keep
up afterwards.
IN building a summer home 1t is
well to remember two things. 4
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pense is not much greater. It is not
necessary to cell the house the first
year. It may be built and nicely
painted outside and the inside finish
ings left for some other time.
In furnishing summer cottage con
siderable originality may be brought
out. No two cottages should be alike.
Variety and originality are appreciated
in summer furnishings more than in
the cut and cried fashions for winter.
If a good inventive carpenter may be-
had it is about as cheap to have a good
deal of the furniture made right in
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the house. Lounges, window seats,
chairs, tables, cupboards and such
things sometimes look better than
sboughten ones. It depends on the ar
tistic manner in which they are got
ten up. But home made bedroom. CON
trivanees made out of old packing
boxes should be discouraged energetic
ally As ordinarily done there is no
originality about that kind of make
shift chiid's play It is suggestive of
poverty both in ideas and ready cash.
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German Potato Cakes

This well known German dish has
been made part Of the cookery of
our country, introduced by many of
our German families. In making 1t
CRATE the potatoes raw, add butter to
enrich it, eggs and flour to hold the
grated potato together, a little salt,
and season with sugar and cinnamon
to taste. The cakes are fried in but.
ter on a griddle or in a fat saucepan
till brown.
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Us. cohSuLGTgi

consular posts were regarded
places paid ooh salaries and fees
the salary was not high Then
slowed
sN $500 sAeAl 80
rms order OF has been
there
be
from Washington $500 - ~ ~ a. w - away
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Not Enduring

He used to say. she sobbed, BE.
fore we were married that his love
would be more enduring that ever.
lasting granite.
And hasn't 4 been2" asked the
dear friend.
Nc" she replied between the sobs
1T didn't even last as long as wood
pavement Milwaukee Sentinel.