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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
Newest Books for the General Reader

search, while the schools of western
and eastern races are investigated for
their philosophy, and parallels are dar-
ingly drawn. The author is we'll
known jurist who prefers to let his
work speak for itself under a pen
name. 1t is an exciting book through
out.
The Twentieth Century Christ. By
Paul Karishka. Boston: Lothrop, Lee
d Shepard company. $1.0O.
Men and Things" is a collection
from the worlds humorists, by Mark
Twain-who certainly Ought to know
how to do this. That it contains his
own work goes without saying; that it
is up to date is equally evident, for
George Ade, Peter Finley Dunno,
Sewell Ford and "Uncle Remus" have
place with such earlier jokers as Ar
temus Ward and the "Danbury News
Man" 1t is a sure cure for the blues
and would make Russell Sage break
into a laugh or John D. come out of
hiding to find room for roar.
Men and Things. Mark Trains Lii
brary of Humor New York: Harper
& Bro. $1.50.
Edward Stratemeyers latest book,
"Under Togo for JAPAN" is easily the
boys favorite of all new books for 1906,
with it's timely nature, and it's striking
cover design, and excellent illustrations
to lend additional attraction to the
spirited story of one who never dis
appoints his vast audience. The
Soldiers of Fortune Series," of which
this book Is the fourth volume, is a
continuation of the famous "Old Glory
Series" and enjoys equal popularity
The principal characters are Ben and
Larry Russell, Gilbert Pennington and
the fine old gunner, Luke Striker, all
oil H<.
of readers. The climax of the book
naturally deals with the battle of the
Sea of Japan and Admiral Togo's won
derful victory, in which Larry and
Luke Striker bear an honorable part
The fortunes of Ben and Gilbert Pen
nington on land also furnish much that
is of interest, and there is all of rfr.
Stratemeyers usual wealth of happily
conveyed information combined with
thrilling incidents.
Under Togo for Japan. BY Edward
Stratmeyer. Boston: Lathrop, Lee &
Shepard. $1.25.
Good periodicals have multiplied so
rapidly of late that there is a general
feeling of despair over what may be
called the magazine problem" Never
were the magazines so full of good
things which those who wish to keep
abreast of the times would not willing
ly miss seeing; ana yet more often than
not they do miss them, simply be-
cause they do not know of their ex-
istence Realizing the fact that a
monthly guide to magazine-land ar
ranged simply and sensibly to meet
the needs of the average busy reader,
would fill a decided need, the Dial
company of Chicago has begun pub
lication of monthly periodical en-
titled Whats in the Magazines" This
little publication provides a birdseye
view of the magazines of the month,
enabling one to find out in five minues
just what they contain and what the
principal articles are about. 1t is a pc
riodical that brings all the other Pc
riodicals into nutshell; and as such
must prove Indispensable to every busy
reader.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

ness to all but the perpetrators of the
plot for stealing the precious cargo.
The Golden Greyhound BY Dwight
Tilton. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
company. $1.50.
THE Future Life is the authorized
translation of the famous book which
has been creating so wide a stir in
scientific and religious circles through
out France, under the title La Vie
Future" 1t will be received with equal
interest here, and will arouse very gen.
eral discussion, as the subject is one
which is engaging not only scientists
but laymen in ever increasing numbers.
This volume offers for the first time a
complete presentation of all authentic
evidence hitherto available only in the
most scattered and inaccessible forms.
With great care and exactneSs M. Elbe
has arranged plain statement OF the
discoveries, theories and ideas of the
greatest investigators, together with
his own illuminating views and COM
ments and a mass Of authentic in
formation regarding the beliefs of the
primitive races. The book is divided
into two parts, the first part being de-
voted to the ideas of the survival as
considered by the primitive races, and
the second to deductions drawn from
the fundamental sciences.
La Vie Future (The Future Life),
from the French of Elbe. New York:
A. c. McClurg & Co.
No one can tell story of New Eng
land country life better than Charles
Clark Mum, and indeed it is doubtful
il any one else does as well in this
line. for the reason that he does not
depend upon eccentric, abnormal or
isolated types, nor are his books sad.
1.-THE Girl from Tins Place" is a
story of a girl of striking beauty,
nicknamed "Chip" by lumbermen, who
dares sixty miles of almost painless
Maine wilderness to escape rate
worse than death. She is saved by
a camping party, containing among
others "Old Cy Walker one of the
finest woodsmen and country humor-
lists in all fiction. There is also a
Young man who cannot help falling in
love with "Chip' as she rapidly de-
veops into an attractive companion
How the links are discovered uniting
past and present for the heroine, and
also for faithful "Old Cy," forms Mr.
! Munn's masterpiece.
The Girl from Tins Place. BY
Charles Clark Mum. Boston: 10th
rop. Lee & Shepard company; $1.5O.
"The Lady and the Ladder is one of
those rOmanceS OF Bllueu Sociely
which are so popular just now among
a certain set of readers. The expert
ences of Mary, an American widow,
in mounting the social ladder are most
astounding, as well as rather impos-
sible and entertaining. The illustra-
| tions are fine.
| The Lady and the Ladder. BY Har-
rison Garfield Rhodes. New York: Dou-
bleday, Page & Co. $1.5O.
"The twentieth Century Christ" Is a
startling book, though not irreverent.
The keynote is religious justice based
ON fair-minded research, and the work
as a whole clearly defines the position
occupied by the Christ of today after
the probing of the heart of all sub
jects bearing upon the central IDEA;
race belief are disregarded in the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
Supplying the Tables of Great Hotels

American table is being supplied by
native products; that not only every
necessity but also every delicacy is
gradually becoming Indigenous; and
that whereas once when a thing was
out of season it was out of the market,
today, particularly in New York, where
tastes are so cosmopolitan and purses
are so fat, practically everything is in
season all the year round. Largely re-
sponsible for this remarkable transfor-
nation or development are the great
hotels that have sprung up in the city
within the last ten or fifteen years. The
same enterprise that has produced the
roof garden cafe, which has done so
much to turn New York from a desert
spot into an oasis in the summer time,
and that has produced the celebrated
dining rooms. like the Indian room and
the orangerie in the new Hotel Astor,
has also to a large extent been respon-
sible for the almost perpetual presence
in city markets of the delicacies that
in the old days changed from season
TO season.
Nowadays, when the tendency even
among the richest and most exclusive
people is more and more toward hotel
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
IN SUNNY OLD SPAIN

You may talk of the skyscrapers that
tower,
And rear their heads high to the sky,
You OF mansions may prate and stories
OF their wonders that dazzle the eye
But there's something I sing of that's s
grander
Whose beauties are hard to explain
In far away land I have reared with a
wand
A castle in sunny old Spain.
Your mansions may CLEAN with their
But what are their splendors to me?
Your columns of white may stand in
their might,
Attesting to mans witchery
Your halls of pure marble may glisten,
And gems flash from over the main
But there's naught can compare with
my castle in air
My castle in sunny old Spain.
Rose covered, vine laden. it stands there
With halls all a-glitter with gold
There's a fountain of wine-a nectar
That is sweeter than nectar of old.
You may hear, If you wish, tinkling
music
That is balm for each sorrow and pain
There are voices that sing with a
silvery ring
In my castle in sunny old Spain.
IT'S true that my castle is flimsy-
And far, far away is the land
'Tis true 1t may fade. as castles will
fade
That are reared on the uncertain sand
But when crumbled to dust are its pill
lars,
And ali scattered like wind -blowr
rain,
I have only to dream, and lol there viii
Another in sunny old Spain!
- Milwaukee Sentinel.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

life, there is hardly any limit to the
resources at the command of the guests.
Even the very richest would not think
of having at their command at home
more than fraction of the delicacies
that an up-to-date hotel offers to it's
patrons every day in the year.
How the hotel steward does his mar
keting may be seen by accompanying
the steward on his rounds. That he
buys in large quantities is shown by
the fact that he often spends $1,000 in
single trip. He is down town at 4
O'Clock every morning, and before he
has finished his daybreak task he has
SKINNED the markets of their choicest
offerings. The hotel steward of the
present time is a member of skilled
profession. He must be a man of wide
experience and of Judgment that is
both quick and sound and his power
of close calculation must be developed
to the nth degree. He must know
when, what and how much to buy.
Above all, he must know his markets
WE'LL He must possess profound knowl-
edge of what the change of seasons
brings the world over, and at the same
time he must keep in close touch with
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

the latest tastes of the epicureans to
whom his hotel caters. He must never
neglect obtaining things for which the
guests are especially likely to call, and
he must never either overstock his
larder or allow it to run short. He is
paid a handsome salary for his mastery
of the art of marketing, for his knowl-
edge of the ins and outs of the Won
derful New York markets and for his
ability to maintain the high reputation
of his hotel among connoisseurs.
In the coure of few hours this stew
ard may choose and buy $3.50 worth of
fruits and vegetables, barrel upon bar
rel and crate upon crate, all to afford
the guests of the hotel an abundance
and variety Of desserts such as in the
days of yore were not found even on
royal tables. He spends about $500
day at the fish markets ordering, say,
10000 oysters, 1000 pounds of lobster.
and crabs by the hundred. Once a
month or two at these markets he
buys a load of turtles-an actual
wagonload, 1900 or 1900 pounds of them
and nothing but the choicest. These
are kept at the hotel until wanted.
Then comes a visit to Washington
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
THERE is always danger, in esti-

THERE is always danger, in esti-
mating Jesus Christ, to base
ones attempt on purely natural
grounds; the temptation is always
present to argue from, and appeal to-,
mundane reason only. While this
may be laudable-and even that is
open to doubt-it certainly is impos-
sible, if one wishes in any way to
keep to the fact of Christ's inherent
ures God by man-made standards he
simply depicts man-transcendent,
above all others, incomprehensible, but
yet a man. The element of the spir-
itual, the Godliness, which human
beings cannot assimilate, explain or
describe, must be admitted-simply
admitted as indescribable-or else
Christ is put on the plane of humanity
and nothing else. And when this re-
suits He is no longer God.
The Rev. Charles Van Norden, a
Californian, has issued a book
Jesus: An Unfinished Portrait
which is an attempt after thirty-five
wears of study, to make Christ, in all
His aspects, respond to rules of man
own making-to put Him whom
Christians believe to be Incompetent
sible, in a position where He may be
surveyed by metes and bounds: may
be weighed and estimated. The at
tempt is laudable, perhaps; it certain
ly is painstaking; it shows a remark
able knowledge of the Bible on the
writer's part-but it is a failure, In
that it either doesn't achieve it's re-
suits aimed for, or it does, and thus
defeats its very object of exalting
Jesus. For If He can be judged by
the rules that apply to men, He is no
God; if He be God, why attempt the
impossible?
Mr.. Van Norden's work is remark
| able for its display of knowledge, in
some respects. He certainly knows
his Bible we'll In other features, one
remarks his lack of expllcitness in his
statements, his theoretical but imprac-
ticable ideas, his condemnation of the
churches, and his decided leaning
| toward Socialism, with regret; but
above all one fears that his book will
add little to the needful reviving OF
| devotion to Christ as God, which the
world now so sadly lacks.
Jesus An Unfinished Portrait BY
Charles Van Norden. New York: Funk
! & Wagnalls.
"The Golden Greyhound" is an up-to'
date story of love, adventure and mys'
terry, with wireless telegraphy and al
the modern improvements, that will moi
let you rest until you see how it |:
coming out The hero is rich young
New Yorker and former Yale athlete
He is SO attracted by a lovely face a:
to follow it's possessor, young woman
whose personality is worthy of hel
great beauty, on board an Atlantic
liner, called 1.-THE Golden Greyhound
on account OF a vast shipment of gold
forgetful that he has just spent all hi
money The hero's ingenuity in pro
vioing himself with funds by negotiat
ing a loan results in additional com
plications, but he is instrumental il
solving most bathing mystery, ant
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
Growing Power of the United States Senate

Is increasing year by year. AS the
British peers have deteriorated in abil-
ity and character so have American
senator's, and both from the same
cause, and that is to have in those high
places men of wealth, or who can COM
mand the support of wealth.
The number of senators indebted to
corporations and predatory wealth has
become positively alarming. 1t is un-
deniable that the people give little at
tention to the kind of men they elect
to the legislature. AS a rule candidates
are brought out by the machine, and II
they cannot be bribed they can be
easily manipulated.
The result is the senate is liable to be
filled with weak men or corrupt men.
This view is sustained when latter day
senators are compared to those in not
a very recent past. There has been no
accused or suspected senator outside
the Republican ranks. 1t might have
been otherwise had the Democrats been
long in power, but probably not. for
Democracy means respect for and sub
mission to the popular will.
1t is a notorious fact that there has
been less dereliction and corruption on
the part of representatives than on the
part of senators, and the reason Is
obvious. Senators are not obliged to
answer to the people but to leglsla-
lures. The senate has become the
least respected branch of the govern
ment, and it's character and reputation
will not be improved till it's members
are chosen by direct vote of the people.
The masses are corrupt in but small
percentage. They are chiefly repre-
hensible for Indifference and negligence.
Partyism has helped to throttle just
policies and action and to perpetuate
machine and boss rule. The remedy for
the evils from which the nation suffers
is in individual independence.
The welfare of the country depends
on coordination and cooperation of all
the branches of government to one
common end-the keeping of each
branch within the sphere of it's legiti-
mate authority and solely for the pro-
motion of the common veal.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

market the center of the world of ribs
and lons. where, after selecting his
supply of turkeys and pheasants, SQUAD
and quail, grouse and geese, the expert
takes his choice of such rarities as
Rouen ducks and Boerse chickens
special offerings from over the sea
intended to satisfy the appetites of
those who, had they lived in the days
of ancient Rome, would have looked in
vain for these things except perhaps
| in the house of Lucullus.
There is one thing in connection with
| the markets that the ordinary visitor
will be likely to miss and that is one of
the big beef stores. In this 2500 pounds
of beef are kept all the time at cer-
tain temperature. The meat is stored
when freshly killed and there it re-
mains until it is tenderness itself. 1t
is removed 800 pounds at time to the
hotel refrigerator, there to be cut up
as occasion demands to furnish savory
dishes that will be served in cafe,
grill room or dining room.
Add to these items a hundred dollars
worth of hams and other smoked
meats, the 300 dozen of eggs required
every day at the hotel, the 800 quarts
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
PRETTY GIRL is "KISSER"
Young Darby Woman lnvades Phila.
deIphia and is Arrested-LaW-
yer Is Her Undoing
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
PHILADELPHIA. March 24.-Darby
has produced a rival to Jack the Kiss
er." kitty the Kisser," the police
call her, and those who saw her before
Magistrate Kochersperger in central
police court yesterday wondered why
lawyer, who caused her arrest for
saluting him affectionately in the
street, objected.
Katherine Jordan she calls herself,
and in spite of her 30 years is pretty
and dresses stylishly. If Kitty had
stayed in Darby all might be WELL but
she ventured into Walnut street. east
of Broad, Tuesday night. The lawyer
was greatly agtated and disheveled
when he ran up to Policeman Curtis
and explained that a young woman
was kissing every man she met.
II had to use force to get away from
her. he declared.
An hour later Curtis saw Miss Jor-
dan embrace and kiss youth at Tenth
and Walnut streets, who was aston
ished and ran away. An old man was
next embraced, and he seemed to en-
joy it. He then arrested her She
pleaded hard. and was discharged on
her promise to be good in the future.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
ONLY GUESTS oNE-ARMED MEN
Nine of Them Gather and Each Re.
counts How He Lost
Member
Special to The Herald.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, March 24.-One-
armed men only were guests at a
unique supper held in the st. Charles
hotel last evening. Nine men were
present and none had the full compile
ment of arms. Seven only had one per-
feet hand, two having lost part of
their remaining hands after losing their
arms.
Sheriff j. Harris Mussina and A. L.
Lichtenwahlner conceived the idea of
the banquet and invited the seven re-
naming one-armed men of the city
The nine present were: T. NJ Stew
enson, lost his arm in a threshing ma
chine when boy; w. r. Johnson and
j. c. Caldwell, each crippled in rail-
road accidents: w. r. Charles, arm
shot off by gun accidentally dis
charged; John w. Blesh and Richard
limerick each lost an arm in thresh-
ing machine; r. w. Pedigree arm cut
off by a boloman while he was on
picket duty in the Philippines; j. H.
Mussina, run over by coal car; A. L.
Lichtenwahlner, arm shot off in hunt
ing accident last fall
During the discussion of cigars after
the dinner each man recounted the
manner in which he lost his arm.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

of milk and 200 quarts of cream, the
5000 pounds of coffee and 200 pounds of
tea bought once month, not to men
tion spices and condiments of all de-
scriptions, and the ease with which the
Astor steward spends a thousand dol
lars in morning is apparent
Whoever would see the markets of
New York at their best, when the
stock is full and fresh, should accom-
pany someone like this we'll known
steward, who goes his rounds before
the big city has rubbed the sleep out
of its eyes and before the cream is off
the top; for by the time the crowd ar
rives to make its purchases there is
nothing in sight in the market but the
"leavings.''
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
BY Lionel A. Sheldon, Former Gov
ernor of New Mexico and ex-Con-
qressman From Louisiana

TIME senate branch of our nationa
legislature was created to be
conservative force, great de-
batting body and at the same time tc
respect and submit to the will OF the
people. though not directly chosen py
the people.
For the first half century Of its ex-
istence it was regarded as the most
exalted legislative body the world ever
saw and that opinion was well de-
served for the ability unselnshness
and patriotism of its members.
Unfortunately in recent years, wltnlh
the last third of century, more es-
pecially during the last two decaues'
its members have deteriorated as a
body in talent, virtue and IN respeCt
for popular wishes and interests, WhlCh
al the beginning it was believed would
never occur. +, l..
The senate was created not only to
he great debating arena, but as a
hulWark against ill-conSidered anu
hasty legislature and any frenzy that
possibly might seize upon the pupllc
mind. Popular government at the time
of it's installment in this country was
looked upon in measure as Dn an en,
periment. It was not then known
how thoroughly the people could be
trusted for good sense, virtue ana
obedience to law and authority based
on their consent. 1t was therefore
deemed wise to have branch OF gov
ernment not directly responsible TO
the people. The senate in degree
was constituted on the model OF the
British house of peers.
The Constitutional Idea
The idea in framing the constitution
was that there should be no dominant
power in the government, but that
there should be coordination, sys-
tenn of checks and balances, co-opera-
tion ks spirit though responsibilities
were rtgided and a unity of effort TO
a common end, the welfare of the peo-
rIe For three-quarters of century
equilibrium of power was reasonably
preserved.
Certain exclusive powers were grant
ed to each of the two houses or con-
gress. The senate was made coequal
with the chief executive in treaty
making and in filing the principal
offices in the government. and in
origination of legislation coequal with
the house of representatives, except
in respect to revenue legislation, which
is mower confded to the latter eX-
clusively.
It seems to be tnnate in human ma
ture. Judging frohn experiences, for
men in power to no ambitious to in
crease it, whether for good or evil
most generally for the latter. En-
croachment upon prerogative has ever
been resisted, less successfully than
otherwise, taking all history into ac-
count. The senate for the last forty
years has manifested disposition not
only to assert its prerogatives, but to
amplify and extend them, to become
the dominating force in the govern
ment. Six times it has made attempts
to usurp the power of the house of
representatives in the matter of orig
mating revenue legislation, the last
being very recent, and it would have
succeeded had not the house on all
occasions sturdily maintained its
rights.
The power of the senate TO control
appointments to office for the last third
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03

Thursday at 1 o'clock. Robert T. Hicks, a prominent young business man, will wed Miss Mary Antoinette Kyser, old est daughter of Mrs. Mary P. Kyser.
 These two marriages represent lead CTS in Talladega's social, professional and commercial life, and already visi- tors from several States are in the city to witness the nuptial events,
 Dr F. B. Webb pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, received a tele- gram yesterday announcing that his daughter, Miss Belle Webb, who has been teaching in North Carolina, and Howard J. Morris, of Norfolk, Va, had been married the day before. Mir and Mrs Morris arrived In Talladega to- day.
 The whole town of Talladega bids fair to be paved before the paving fever" is over. It was the original intention to pave the leading business streets. but since the work was begun citizens on most of the thickly popu- lated residence streets hae petitioned the Council to have their sidewalks paved, and as result over four miles of concrete walk ways will be placed in Talladega where the work now pro- tected is completed. The work is done by the city, which it allows the citi- zens to pay for in five annual install ments.
 The A B. & A Railroad, the new through line from Brunswick to Bir- mingham is now grading in the city on both sides of the station site. There are probably nearly a thousand labor CTS at work on the grades in this vi- cinity
 The plant of the Tailadega cordage