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| what the lay observer would call 1.-The
| horror of a surgical operation
Here and there in the throng is a for
| eign-looking face. indicating the excep-
| ton to the general rule of Americans
| The kimonos Of the Japanese maid COW
er the frail forms of some of the mikado's
| subjects. whose dark almond-shaped eyes
are aglow with intelligent interest Rub
| bling elbows with her is Chinese maiden
| in her picturesque garb. also absorbed by
| the exhibition going on below.
Next to the Chinese girl sits one whose
| face bespeaks the Pole, and others are
German, French and Italian. English
| femininity, with the beautiful clear COM
plexion of the island across the sea, is
there. too. and beside her sits an Ameri-
can negress. Finally there are the faces
| of Turkish women, Cubans and Filipino
| maidens, and scattered all over the seats
are types OF the clear-brained. self-reli-
ant and intelligent American woman from
all parts of the country.
Essentially Womanly.
The old superstition and comic-paper
| Jest about the woman fainting at the
sight OF a mouse seems cheap and fool
ish in an atmosphere of this sort Most
physicians say that they attended their
first clinic as medical students with many
qualms, and If they got away without
fainting they felt lucky. All will admit,
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

BETH NORVELL; A ROMANCE OF
THE WEST. BY Randall Parrish,
author of Bob Hampton of Placer"
etc. With Frontispiece in Color by
N. c. Wyeth. Chicago: A c. McClurg
& Co.
CLEMENTINA's HIGHWAYMAN; a
phens. author of AN Enemy to the
King" etc. and George Humbert
Wesley, author of AT the Court of
the King" etc. Illustrated by Ade-
laide Everhart. Boston: L. c. Page
& Co. Washington: Brentano's.
THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH
rotary of the Historical Commission
of South Carolina. ColupTbia: The
State Company. :.
WHEN KINGS GO FORTH no BAT
TIE: A Novel By WILLIAMS Wallace
Whitelock, author of The, Literary
Guillotine." etc. With Illustrations
in color by Frank H. DescA. Phila-
delphia: J. b. Lippincott Company.
OUR FINANCIAL UPHEAVALS: Their
Cause and Cure. By ]. Selwln TAFT
Washington: Byron S. Ada ms.
A BOOK OF SAINTS AND WONDER.
Put Down Here by Lady Gregory
According to the Old Writings and
the Memory of the People of Ireland
New York: Charles Scribners Sons
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
THE, HALO. By Bettina Won Hutton,
author of PAIN" etc. With fIontis-
piece by B. Martin Justice. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Washing
ton: Brentanos.
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shall. dean of the college. and read a
chapter on early efforts of women to enter
the medical profession. This chapter in
cludes a clipping from newspaper bear
ing date of November Is, 1869. in which
an account is given of clinic at the
Pennsylvania Hospital - the hrst which
women were permitted to attend. Here is
an excerpt:
When the ladies entered the amphi-
theater they were greeted by yells misses,
caterwaulings, mock applause. offensive
remarks upon their personal appearance,
etc. During the last hour
missiles of paper, tinfoil tobacco guilds.
etc. were thrown upon the ladies, while
some of the men defiled the dresses of
the ladies near them with tobacco juice.
1t is but just to the ladies to say that
they maintained their position as scientific
students by a quiet and modest de-
meanor."
Fortunes of the M. DIS.
1t is interesting to note the course of
the Woman's Medical College graduates.
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Do they take the medical course as a
fad. or do they intend to follow it as a
life work?
Does matrimony interfere with their
profession?
Do they prove incompetent as prac-
ticing physicians?
The answers to these questions may
best be found in table compiled by the
college and which shows results that
speak we'll for the institution's work
The following query was sent out to
224 graduates recently: Are you engaged
in active medical practice?" OF the re-
plies received 16G were in the affirmative.
Twenty-three were in the negative, and
the reasons given were: Domestic duties,
8: philanthropic work. 1; Ill health, 6:
retired, 3; no reason assigned, s.
Seventy-six of the woman practitioners
gave the monetary return from their
practice, and the average figured out
about $1,000 a year. Ten reported making
less than $1,000 a year; % made 81. 900 or
more. but under $1,000; 20 made between
$1,000 and $1,000; 10 between $1,000 and
$1,000; 5 between $4,000 and 5000: be-
tween 5000 and $4,000, and 4 between
SIS. 900 and $4,000.
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matters appertaining to worship. 1t is
edited by Frederick E. Whitney.
RICHARD HOOKER WILMER, Second
Bishop of Alabama: A Biography.
By Walter c. Whitaker, rector of
St. Johns Church, Knoxville, Tenn.
Philadelphia: George w. Jacobs x
Co.
The biographer of Bishop Wilmer Is not
a mere advocate or eulogist. Rather he
is like an artist who endeavors to pro-
duce a portrait that gives an idea of the
man.
A strong personality is portrayed IN
these pages. a man instinct with life
and with those strong human traits
which made him a power in his day
Bishop Wilmer was a prominent figure in
the history of the Episcopal Church dur
ing the civil war and reconstruction Pc
RODS. He was largely instrumental in
shaping the policy of the church during
these trying years. and the adequate
treatment given of this phase of his ca
reer forms valuable contribution to the
history of those times.
While his active career. or at least the
major portion of 1t. was spent in Ala
bama he was identified with the locality
of this city. He was born in Alexandria,
Va where his father was for a number
of years the rector of St. Paul'S Church.
In connection with the duties of that par
ish the elder Wilmer was also the rector
for the first year of it's existence of st.
Johns parish in this city. He was also
identified with the founding of the Theo-
logical Seminary of Virginia, which has
been for so many years located near
Alexandria.
CALENDAR FOR 1908. New York:
Paul Elder Company.
Richard Hovey has immor allied him
self in such perfect verse tnat it is to
be expected that his wit and wisdom lines
from his poems should become household
words The Paul Elder Company makes
a line from Lis stein song the subject
matter of the Jolly Fellowship Calen-
dar.' which appears in large and small
sizes and is good in either. There is an
appreciation of humor in the Elder calen-
dars which does as much to recommend
them as their excellent color work.
FEMININE FINANCE. By frances
Crouch. Drawing by Amy r. IIoge-
boom. New York: B. w. Dodge G.
Co.
There is no lack of hilarity of the side
splitting sort in Feminine Finance" the
novel by Frances Crouch. A fat farmer r,
bachelor, and shiftless, is visited by
two women on separate days. in an effort
TO collect money due a third, on a note;
and what comes of these visits is the basis
of one of the most thoroughly, whole
sorlely amusing stories in modern fiction.
The story deals with people who do not
wear diamond tiaras and own steam
yachts and half-doZen automobiles.
These characters are content to ride in
surface cars, Fifth avenue stages, and
even. when they have time enough, to
l.
contains a love story, very prettily told.
although the love interest is made sec
ondary. but is treated delicately, and in
a manner quite unique.
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
History.

Dutton. NJ. B. Little Stories of France 1906
jF39- DDS.
button. NJ B. Little Stories Of Germany
1907. jF47-D95
Greenwood Grace pseud Bonnie Scotland
Tales of Her History. Heroes and Poets. 1906
jG43-Gs57.
Marshall H. f. Our Island Story; Child
History of England with pictures by A. S. For
rest. 1906. jF45M35o.
Poetry and Handy-Books.
Adams, j. H. Harper's Electricity Book fol-
BOYS. 1907. jRTfAd16h.
Clay, Beatrice Stories of King Arthur and
the Round Table. 1903. jlLM29cl.
McSpadden, J. w. Stories From Chaucer
1907. jYP-C39mc.
Wells. Carolyn. Rainy Day Diversions. 1907
iVN-W467r.
Wiggin, Mrs. h. D.. and Smith, N. A, eds.
Pinafore Palace: a Book of Rhymes for the
Nursery. 1907. jYP-3W637p.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW IES-FICTION
AND JUVENILE LITERATURE.

The following books have recently been
added to the library:
Biography.
Barker. G. f. Memoir OF John william ORA
per. 1Sl1-1Ss2. 1856. E-Df9T.
Clarke. c. c.. and Mrs. NJ. V. C. Recollections
Of Writers. 1878. E-9C5I92
Creegan. C. c.. and Goodnow, Mrs. ]. A. r.
Great Missionaries Of the Church. 1895. E
9CS63.
Curry, ]. l. NJ. Brief Sketch of George Pea
body and History Of the Peabody Education
Fund. 1898 E-P312c.
Dawson. George. Biographical Lectures; ed.
by George st. Clair. 1887. E-9D328s.
Doran. John. Book of the Princes Of Wales.
1850. E-9DT2b.
Fisher. C. p. Life of Benjamin slliman. 2v.
1866. E-Si35f.
Lewis, A. H. When Men Grew Tall: or the
Story of Andrew Jackson. 1907. EJ12l-
lions of Naval Life. 1907. UN-N216f.
9. stael Hols n la Baronne de- Madame ID, De
tiers; translated from the French by Charlotte
Harwood 1907. E-stl35a
william Thomas arnod, journalist o snd hsto
rian. 1907. E-Ar66I2w.
Europe: Description.
,o Brooke, S. "a 4; The Sea Charm of Venice,
dova ;i city ~ of the Moors. 1907 GioC-clss
Jacob, r. U. A Trip to the Orient 1907.
The Near East; the Present situation in Mon
tenssro Bosnia servia Bulgaria Eaumania
Vaughan. II. NJ. Naples Riviera 1907. GIT
VilIari. Luigi Fire and Sword in the eau
casus. 1906. G54-v7l5f.
Artists.
Alexandra. Arsene. Sir Edward Burne Jones.
1907. WloJ7lal. =. co..a, To,
erick Watts 1907 WlO-W344by.
Ireland, John, and Nichols. John. Hogarth's
Knackfuss, Hermann. Tizlan. 1905. w1O-
Toxin.
Masters in Art Series ss Ct Illustrated Mono
John ra'' Everett Millais ~. 1899. WHO M613m.
Moore, T. S. Correggo. 1906. wlO Csl3m
Roberts William. Sir William Beechey- 1907
saaman, NJ. c. The Old Engravers Of Eng;
land in Their Relation to Contemporary Life and
Stokes. Hugh. Etchngs of Charles Meryon.
1906. W10Mo59s.
Painting.
Buxton H. J. W, and Poynter, Z. ]. Ger
man. Flemish and Dutch Painting. 1881. WP-
Century Co. Century gallery; selected proofs
from the Century Magazine and ST. Nicholas.
1893. WP-C335. Reference.
Field George. Rudments Of Coiors and OF
Coloring 1910. wPC-F45r.
Harwood Edith. Notable Pictures in Rome.
1907. W3j-H2G4.
Redgrave, G. X. History Of Water-color Paint
ing in England. 1892. WP-R247.
Sheldon G. W. American Painters. 1879.
WPSh45.
Fiction.
Atherton, Mrs G. Ancestors. 1907.
Bangs j. X Alice in Cumberland. 1907.
Brown A. r. Jessop Request. 1907.
Burgess F. G. Heart Line. 1907.
Butler. E. p. Pigs is Pigs. 1907.
CARING J. r. BY Neva's Waters. 1907.
Castle, Agnes and Egerton My Merry ROCK
hurst 1907.
Deland. Mrs Margaret. Encore 1907.
Douglas, A. NJ. In the Sherburne Line. 1871
Gallizer Nathan. Sorceress OF Rome. 1907.
Harben W. y. Nam Linda. 1907.
Hutton Baroness von The Halo. 1907.
jacob, Mrs. NJ. Studies and Sketches. 1907.
Kelly. Myra. Wards of Liberty. 1907.
Mason A. E. W. Broken Road. 1907.
Page. T n Under the Crust. 1907
Rideout H. NJ. Admirars Light. 1907.
Stendhal de, pseud. Chartreuse de Parme;
translated from the French by Z. p. Robins. 3v.
1895.
Stephens R. NJ and Westley, G. II. Clemen-
tina's Highwayman. 1907.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
Al1EDICALSTuDENTF ROr1
PORTO RICO
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
~ ENNSYLVANIA boasts the pos
session of unique school-a
school where women OF all ma
lions are studying to be physi-
clans.
There are other schools like the Wom-
ans Medical College, of course. But none
is so la-ge, and there is none In which so
many races are represented
Scenes in the operating room OF
medical college. with the students crowd
ing the rows upon rows of benches and
the surgeons busy with the knife and
forceps, in the pit below. are common
enough. But think of scene like this:
woman lies upon an operating table
in the center of the ''amphitheater,'
awaiting a delicate and serious operation.
Surrounding her are half dozen other
women-nurses and surgeons. Above on
the tiers of seats sits throng of young.
and many of them pretty, women. watch
ing eagerly the deft strokes of the scalpel
and cool and collected look on the face of
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An effort is being made to establish an
arts and crafts school under the guar
dianship of the George Washington Uni
versity. Five hundred dollars Is required
for Its equipment. and OF this amount a
fair portion has already been raised. 1t
Is felt that there is need for such a school
In this city. and while there is not the
demand for technical instruction of this
order here that there is in a manufacture
Ing city there should be enough to make
it worth while.
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in regard to the lions which are to adorn
the approaches of the Connecticut avenue
bridge. The models, which are the work
of Roland Hinton Perry of New York,
have been found entirely satisfactory, but
the bids entered for their casting were
considered too high and were rejected.
The question is now whether or not they
can be cast il any suitable material for
the amount which has been appropriated
for the purpose, for the feeling of those
who have the matter in charge Is that
unless they can be done we'll they had
better not be done at all.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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THE CHRISTIAN YEAR OR CHURCH
kAI.ENDAR. New York. The

Church kaIendar Company.
The Church Kalendar is now in it's
thirty-second year of publication. 1t was
Bishop Seymour who said: The more
widely the Church Kalendar goes into the
churches and homes of our people the bet
ter. 1t is a teacher the year round" 1t
contains the tables of lessons of Scripture
to be read at morning and evening prayer
throughout the year, together with his
torical facts. ceremonies. vestments, or
naments, feasts, fasts, lturgical colors,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

The significance Of the phrase artistic
Photography is demonstrated by a COL
| lection of photographs which Mr.. w. Rad
| ford of this city has brought back with
him from Intervale. N H. where he spent
the summer and fall. They are outdoor
pictures of the country in that neighbor-
hood and are at the same time technically
good and artictically handled.
Mr.. Max Weyl, whose paintings were
recently shown in the Hemicycle of the
Corcoran Gallery, is to hold an exhibition
early in January in the Bauer Folsom
galleries. New York. The paintings, twen-
ty or more in number. have already been
shipped from Mr.. Weyl's studio and he
will go on to New York next week himself
to superintend their hanging.
X
Mr.. Richard n. Brooke, the president Of
the Society of Washington Artists, and
has been made a member OF the jury o.
selection for the Pennsylvania Academy's
annual exhibition, which will open Janu-
airy 20. This is. to be sure, SO far as Mr..
Brooke is concerned, well-merited honor.
but it may also be taken as a sign that
some cognizance is being taken of Wash
ington in the outside world Of art.
X
An interesting announcement has just
been made to the effect that Miss Birnie
Philip, who is the sole executrix and lega-
tee of the late James Mcneil Whistler,
and has in her possession hundreds of let
tiers written by him which he left to her to
publish when she thought fit. has deter
mined that the time for publication has
arrived. and has begun the preparation OF
the work. Through her solicitors Miss
Brine Philip requests the cooperation of
others having letters by the late Mr..
Whistler in their possession. requesting
their loan. Communications may be adj
dressed to Miss BRINE Philip, care OF
Messrs. Watkin, Steel & Hart, Chapel
House. a New Broad street. Z. c., Lon
don, and assurance is given that the most
scrupulous care shall be taken of any let
tiers loaned and that they shall be re-
turned to the lenders Immediately copies
have been made of them.
There has been some misunderstanding
in regard to the lions which are to adorn
the approaches Of the Connecticut avenue
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ecclesiastical terms and various othe
matters appertaining to worship. 1t Il
edited by Frederick E. Whitney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28

OUR FINANCIAL UPHEAVALS: Their
Cause and Cure. By ]. Selwln TAFT
Washington: Byron S. Adams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
BOOK REVIEWS.
OLD SPANISH MASTERS. E1gr;

by Timothy Cole. With Historical
Notes by Charles II, Coffin and Com
ments by the EngraTer. New YORK
The Century Company.
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nestle life as interpreted by the worlt
of today they had little or no comprehen
sion. They belonged to a civilization II
most respects alien to the demands o
modern life. But they offered certain
graces, certain refinements and menta
grasp beside which much of modern socia
life is crude indeed.
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The following books have recently been
JoJ RI tba IA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25

Who can tell why it is that the lone
~ woodpecker, when he comes down
from his tree and goes to drink, stops
several times on the way and listens
and looks around before taking the
watere
Why is it that geese are never run
over by vehicles7 A carriage comes
suddenly upon a flock OF them In
narrow road and drives rapidly
through it; but. although the geese
seem to be right under the hoofs and
wheels, they give a Dap of the wings
and waddle or In safety. 1t is said
that there is no case ON record where
q goose was run over II 1t had even
half q chance.
Ants. as everybody knows, wage reg
uiar warfare and fight regular pitched
battles. And they are in the habit OF
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25
Quicker Than the Eus.

The quickness of animal motion Is
sometimes greater than can be detect
ed by the human eye 1t Is favorite
amusement Of country boys when they
can find an owl sitting on stump in
field to walk around the bird at a dis
lance and see him twist his head off. 50
AS the boy circles around the owl
seems to follow him by turning his
head, giving the impression that the
head Is moving continuously in a cir
Gle. As a matter Of fact, however. as
Soon as the owls neck is twisted SUI
hciently for comfort he turns his head
suddenly In another direction, but so
suddenly that the eye cannot detect
tina movement The toad is not always
sluggish. You may see one sitting a
few inches from a fly when suddenly
the fly disappears, and you cannot tell
where 1t has gone. 1t. has really gone
into the tOad's mouth. but the motion
Of its tongue in taking the fly i'm is so
quick that your eye cannot detect it.
II is a familiar saying among natural.
lists that the stroke of the rattlesnake
is one Of the quickest things in nature
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25
How Many Ways.

AZ young peoples party a boy pro.
posed that each member Of It take the
line. "All day the smith shall stand for
~ beside the flashing FORGE ana see
~ how many different ways Il might
DO written without changing the sense.
Duppose the boys and girls try II. They
WIN probably be surprised at the re-
SUIT One Of the boys at the party re.
TERED to wrote the line in forty.two
different ways. beginning each time
with the words "For us" when II a
remembered that there are various 9th
or ways OF beginning the line some no
ton OF the possibilities Of the case
suggests itseIf.-Chicago News
0esultory.
The origin Of some words is queer.
almost to the point OF laughable. Take
me word "desultory," for example.
which. as everybody knows, means dis
connected, or jumping from one thing
b another. Strange to say, we get IL
from the Roman circus. where certain
performers rode two or more horses
and would leap from one to another.
These were called ''desultores" In Lat.
IN, and from that word came ''desul-
tor" which, In the same language.
means one who goes from one thing 10
another, as in a rambling, disconnected
speech.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25


I'm sorry for the sandman, he has such
q lot TO do,
FOR people all don't go TO bed at eight
Hike me and you.
Some children can stay up till nine-acme
later still maybe
And once l heard a grownup man say
he'd been up TIL three
II seems to me they're very mean. these
folks that stay up late.
TO keep the sandman hanging round. He
has to wait and wait
30 he can send them OF TO sleep when
they're at last In bed
guess sometimes he almost goes to sleep
himself instead
When I'm grown up I'll never act 20
selfish and so cruel:
To go TO bed at nine O'Clock win be my
solemn rule.
I'll feel more easy IN my mind. I'm very
sure. for then
II won't be my fault II he's kept up most
all night, and when
From waiting IN a draft he gets rheu-
MATES in his back
He never will have cause 20 say Twas
on account Of Jack"
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25
BISON SOCIETY WANTS HELP
Asks us 10 no Our Duty TO Our Grand
eot Native Animal

est Native Animal
The American Bison society is get.
ting busy. In Country Life In Amer
lea the secretary pleads I'm impassioned
phrases for "our grandest native amt
NAL"
"A bin calling for national aid in the
establishing Of several buffalo herds is
already under consideration" declares
me secretary. whose address Is Mer,.
den, N. II. I'm the meantime the so.
ciety purposes to make a determined
emort to organize the interest Of the
public in the fate of the American buf
falo and presently bring It to bear in
such a manner that 1t viii result in
me governments of both the Unite7
States and Canada taking measures 70
insure that animals preservation ana
increase.
The officers Of the society are pre.
pared to do the work incidental to this
campaign. but In order that Il NAV
be carried on promptly and vigorousi
they must have support. This can hes
be given by joining the American
Bison society. The work to be done
requires money, and for this the socl
ETY. depends entirely upon membership
fees and dues and private subeCrlr
tionaN
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25

A boy wants the editor to tell him
why chestnut pops open when roast
ing and why the popping makes
noise. The chestnut pops open be
cause the air in It is expanded by the
heat of the fire, and the pressure be-
comes SO great that IT bursts the shell
The noise is caused by the sudden
rush of air to all the partial vacuum
produced by the explosion. Chicago
News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25
UNCLE SANS BIG OUTGO

zoe oy size wOuld exIena IRON one
ciu 70 the other. The billion in ten
ootiar bills placed end to end womb
reacn from Washington to Calcutta
wa London. and there would stilI be
enough left to circle the latter e,tv
many times. In twenty dollar gold
certlncates the yellow chain would
reach from Washington to Rio de ia
neiro.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-25

taking other anti captive 10 be used al
aves. Why i Il that these captives
are black antsf Nobody knows
There are lots o. things in nature
mat we have yet 10 discover.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-04
..soln uonaparrc.

Joseph Bonapnrtc fled to America
after the hundred days and bought II
home In Philadelphia, where he lived
In winter. and mansion in New Jcr-
sey, where he passed his summers. He
was much liked in this country. but
could not make up his mind to stay
here. SO returned to Europe. hoping to
profit by the changes OF government 10
France He was always disappointed
aud found himself an unwelcoinc guest
In every country save England lie
finally secured permission to live an
Italy aud died in Florence in 1914.