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~rhe Shuttle" and "The wesvers" Get
Tangled Up.

], NJ. Barrie tells how, on arriving IN
New York some years ago, he was ac-
oosted by a breezy young woman on the
dock. who launched Into q panegyric OF
his work ana eeolared that her favorite
Of all books was ''The Stcket Minister. !"
Before Mr.. Barrie could dlsavow the
authorship and shift the credit and re-
sponsibility upon Mr.. Crocketts shoul-
ders. the young person pursued the sub
ject by charging him with autobiograph-
ic Intent.
Now. Mr. Barrie, I'm sure you were
that Sticbit Minister Yourself-don
deny itt'' And of Sis bounced to report
the facts in an alleged interview with
the Scottish novelist in the next day s
paper.
A few days ago O. somewhat similar
blunder led to the confusion OF two con-
temporary popul2sr novels The editor
of a literary review wrote the other day
to Mrs. Burnett, the author Of the
Shuttle" ext0Ting her new book and
applauding II as the best novel she had
read In moons. s5ne inClosed g marked
copy Of the review, and added that II
she had not been preoccupied and press
ed with work, she, herself would have
written the comment instead OF relegat-
ing so enviable a labor OF love TO an
other. The review, however, was all
that an author could desire; but the
book reviewed was THE Weavers," the
author Sir Gilbert Parkeri
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Old Poets Amended.

Goldsmith
Man wants but little here below"
But this was written long ago
The saying now has little worth.
For in these days man wants the earth
Tennyson:
'sFIowe'er It be, Il seems 20 me
'Tls only noble 70 be good"
II this is true, how very few
Care to be noble II they could
Shakespeare.
Love locks not with the eyes, but with
the mind;
and therefore IS wing'd Cupid painted
blind
Great pity tbs; II he could only see.
The world would hold far less Of misery.
Dryden:
Happy the man, and happy he alone
he who can call today his own
But by the time he gets his title to II
It's out Of date; next day he must re-
new Il
Congreve:
Thus Grief stil1 treads upon the heels
or Pleasure;
Married in haste. we may repent at
leisure"
A better plan. and one that saves much
sorrow.
Repent today; leave marriage $in to-
morrow.
a W. Macy in December Putnam's.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
THE SUNSHINE HEART.

There's joy and wealth and lcve untold
For the sunshine heart that never grows
old.
Alas, for the man who counts his tears
And laughs no more with advancing
years,
Each day viii bring him cares increase,
The lift OF hope ere long will cease,
Ard all the sweets of life will be
A shadow and a mockery.
But the man who loves as a little child,
Py singing bird and bloom begiiled,
Who greets the morning with delight
And dreams beneath the stars at night
OF better days and future bliss.
And never takes the world amiss--
All, such a man can never die,
But lives in hallowed memory
Birmingham Age Herald.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Martyrs Wanted.

Mrs. Golden Sanderson, leader of
the English sufragettes, will find 10
lack of woman suffrage sentiment
in American no lack of leadership;
no lack of aggressiveness. Still we
doubt that even the Yankee suf-
fragettes, as they might be called
oft of regard for the title of Mrs.
GsnGerson's band of political Alma
Eons, arc quite prepared 20 fight
themselves into Jail. The English
woman believes in militant cam
paign- Writing to the newspapers
over the signature Of "A Lover Of
Fair Play" is all very well, but what
the Cause needs, as the Equal Right
ers see 10 In Britain, is martyrs,
Martyrdom means front-page stor-
les, big headlines, pictures.
Probably Mrs. Sanderson has been
lDisled by Washington stories, and
has an idea that legislation over
here is effected with a club. But,
really, Americans are very much
moro sedste in politics than the
British. Aside from the question
whether scratching and screaming
ladies under the banner of equal
rights would present a pleasing
spectacle, we must say that the
temper to perform so raelodrHmatic'
ally doesn't seem 20 be in American
women.
"a lady" said Emerson, els al.
ways serene," and we like to think
that this is particularly true Of the
American lady. If we must blush
for a sex, let It be for such as fol
lowed Coxey to Washington, roosting
on fences, and feeding ON pie con
tributed by merciful housebeeper'
accompanied to the gate by expert
enced bow-wows.
Going TO Jail must be very inter
eating adventure to awoman accus
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

toned to the morning paper and the
afternoon tea. 1t is a sure cure for
social ennui, and perhaps a valuable
lesson in economy. But it wouldn't
do a cause any good in the United
States. Our recollection Of the
spectacular career of Mrs. Nation is
that she has been the guest of many
wardens. Yet we doubt that her so
journs in solitude at the expense of
the public have made the white
ribbon any more attractive than it
was in the day of Miss Willard.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Sending Money Home.

Not only have we been losing
former immigrants By thousands,
owing 10 the recent financial strin-
gency and the cheap steamship
rates to Europe, but even before
the exodus back 80 continental
homes began, the foreign workmen
in this country during the past
fiscal year sent 14>illions of dollars
back to the old world.
The emigration figures are start
ling. November % of this year 447,-
900 persons had sailed eastward,
while last year for the same period
only 293,5OO had departed. In No
vember of last year 41,933 persons
sailed to the East, while last month
the number was 96,724. Last Thurs
day 5000 aliens sailed in one day
from New York city.
The report Of Postmaster General
Meyer shows that:
During the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1907, the Postoffice Depart
ment sent to European countries
alone, in the form of money orders,
S72, i'll, ,754.94. OF This sum 1885,
519.61 went TO Italy representing
459,7e5 money orders, averaging
S41.29 each); sic. 1909, ,991.66 to Aus
tris-Hungary; 81, ,ss2, ,o2s.54 TO Great
Britain, and s7,250,s53.69 to Rus
sia."
This shows where a good deal of
American money goes annually,
The shipment abroad of S72, ILL., 1884.
"a in actual cash mas been a con-
tributing factor to the recent panic.
A great part Of this immense
fund might have remained a deposit
in this country if there were q pos
tai savings system. The Postmaster
General thinks that this money thus
Accumulated would have been placed
for safety in the postal savings
banks. That is a special and strong
argument for the establishment of a
postal savings system, as urgently
recommended in the Presidents
message.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
aim IAF Bon NUFd DHHl
zS5yIB1 5SG22yJl lEE3.::.::5 e

Mr.. Whitaker. "Ohe summer. my first
m the far country. broke in a team
OF steers-an operation which is said
20 provide the operator with every 'cuss
broke me.
"In breaking prairie. they would pro-
ceed mildly down the furrow until. with
out the slightest warning, they would
wheel at right angles and race across
the country with the breaker-plough
bounding behind them. At slch times
neither whip nor words were equal to
the situation Then 1 discovered my
ueighbOr, the remittance naIt, hanging
on 10 his Of Oxs left ear with his
teeth. ! will confess to hsLving tried
this particular easement Of feeling. but
from my point Of view an ks ear be-
tween the teeth has its drawbacks" 4"
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
On Colonial Administrative.

After six years Of travel and .uvesti-
CATION Alleyne Ireland has recently
published through HOughton. Miffin
&. GO. the lrst two volumes Of n
Report on Colonial Administration in
the Far East" work which Is In
tended to IN the urgent need for e com
prchensive and scholarly treatise on the
sciC-ce Of comparative colonization.
The present volumes relate 10 the
Province Of Burma and they contain
an account OF the history. geography.
administration, and present condition OF
that interesting country which must
take its place as the most important
contribution yet made TO our knowl-
edge OF that part Of the Indian empire
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
oYAMNS WIT.

Marshal Oyama, on an inspection Of
the captured villGse, paused before q
house whence came loud and strong
voices.
A thin old man hurried forth. and
with a low obeisance invited the mar
shall In. theatrical performances, OF
which he was the manager, was going
on.
Marshal Oyama entered. He was the
only spectator. He sat through one act,
and then he rose to go.
II had hoped TO do well here with my
little show" said the manager, accom-
panying the marshal TO the door, but
am having the poorest kind OF a sea-
son. suppose II ls the war"
Marshal Oyama smiled.
''I don't think Il is the war he said.
IT think Il Is the piece."-From the
Louisville Courier-Journa1
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
New Books at Hand.

"Glenwood''-Anna Katharine Whit
ing. c. NJ. Clark Publishing Company.
Illustrated A breath OF fresh air, ex-
quisite and refreshing
.s,The Dawn at Shanty Bay'-Robert
b. Knowles. Fleming II. Reveu COM
pany.
''The Xmas OF Today is story OF
& canny Scots home life.
.'The Real Agatha'-Edith Hunting
ton Mason. A. c. McClurg Company.
Illustrated. The adventures ct two
young men and an heiress-
cupid che COW Punch''-El eanor
Gates McClurg Company A breezy
western story Of startling situations
wherein the course OF love Is, for once,
IauEhabie.
Little Betty Marigold and Her
Frfends"-Carro Frances Warre. The
C. NJ Clark Company Illustrated. BO-
tanicaI information, sugar-coated by a
sweet story.
Cray Lady and the Birds's-NEabeI
Osgood Wright. The MACMILLAN COM
pany. Illustrated A child's bird Storv
intelligently written.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
How aJuliet" Was Written.

Juliet was written" says Grace
S. Richmond-"all but the concluding
chapters-in England spent six months
there to do the work, living a number
of weeks in each place which 1 have
described and under somewhat similar
conditions, in r.any ways. as to mode
OF life, although the characters, OF
course are imaginary. I can hardly
conceive a NOR delightful way OF COM
bining wcrK and plaS' than such Hv-
story-so to speak. Work in the morn
ings. explorations IN the afternoons,
rest IN the evenings. ! should like to
do it all over egain--h could only
do it better"
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
TRAVELLERS AID WORKERS
HOLD MEETING TUESDAY

There will be a meeting at the
Washington Club. no I sreet north
west. Tuesday, December 10. at o'clock.
20 discuss the travellers aid work. which
has Just been started IN this ely.
An agent from the Travellers Aid So
ciety IN Philadelphia, who has worked
In the Broad Street Station, VIZ be
present and give an account OF her
work there.
A few informal remarks Will be made
by members and workers of Neighbor-
hood House. n street southwest, Wesh-
ington. Report of. cases which have
como to the notice of the Travellers
Aid age;t In Washington viii be given.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
BUFFALO BILL" DEAD;
ONLY BISON IN SOUTH

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec 7.--"Buffalo
BILL" tho only buffalo in ten Southern
States, and until today valuable mem
Der OF the Memphis Zoo. is dead. he
broke his neck In a desperate fight with
his keeper, E. X. Reitmeyer, who side
stepped a vicious rush from the animal,
which crashed into q solid fence, drop
ping dead in his tracks.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Herman whitaker's "Remittanee Nan =

''win you please tell me-" wrote some
one recently to the Harpers. what is
an English remittance man7 Is It any
thing like an American minute-man? %
This honest inquiry AZ ose. II appears.
over 'grhe Settler" Herman Whitaker s
new book. w'aich the Questioner had
heard discussed, but evidently did not
possess FOR Inference, for in the novel
Mr.. whitaker left little room for belief
that a rernitanCe man, whatever else
he was, would be heroic.
zone time I remember when I did
have a fellow feeling Cor an English
remittance nanny neighbor," says
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Herbert Quick Of for a Tramp.

Now that The Broken Lance" is on
his hands, Herbert Quick begins 20 lean
70 his favorits diversion. that OF the
lover OF untrOd ground He is already
planning his next summers outing. and
II nothing goes awry the hot seaeoA
Win find him with a well-kno~n news
paper man making his way through the
Hiids OF rltish Columbia
RegfnnfnI- at Edmonton they plan IN
70 OveriaId through the Peace river
valley .ant over the Peace river pass.
through the mountains 70 the Pacinc,
landing at Fort Simpson Undoubtedly
this viii be a. fruitful season Of material
gathering for another thrilling tale, al
though Mr.. Quick disclaims any aim
except strenuous lOafing."
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Treadiag Fresh Tracks.

'If any reader" says the New Or
leans Picsyune wishes TO get out or
the atmosphere OF sachet powder and
stale cigarette smoke that haunts most
OF our society novels, and draw IN
deep breath OF wider and
larger afr let him an his lungs
from these harsh u9iand thickets
Of New Zealand. and ne will find battle
and danger in almost every breath he
draws: also he will meet with men"
The book is @. B. Lancaster ''Ths
Tracks We Tread, - published by Double.
day, Page & Co.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

One thousand dollars for new story
by new writer is the prize offered by
the Outing Publishing Company TO en-
courage story tellers who believe they
could write a novel worth while II they
only had the chance
No other such offer comes to mind for
novel. II was inspired, says the an
nouncement. by the conviction on the
part OF the Outing Publishing Company
that many men nd women have il in
them" to tell a big story II & special op-
portunity IS given to them alone
Manuscripts TO be cOnsbltred should
be sent to the Outing Publishing Com
pany. Book Department, Deposit n. Y,
before May 8. 1895. Should a story not
win the prize the publishers stiIl reserve
the right to purchase IL at terms 70 be
agreed upon The only condition OF
competition is that the writer snail
never before have nad published a novel
OF standard length.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Painting and Sculpture.

E P. Dutton & Co. published this
week The Lie md WORKS OF Wit
torio Carpaceio,,r' &c, 1S5o-1s-s3 IN q quar-
to volume by Pompeo Mctmenti and the
late Gustav Ludwig, translated BY r
II. H Gust. with numerous illustrations
IN half-tone and IN black and white. To
English readers this work has hitherto
been a. sealed book, and IN its English
form has grown out OF the revived IN
terest IN Carpaccio.
They published at ths same time a
History OF Sculpture" by Ernest II
Short, with IL Illustrations IL Is a re-
arkable fact that no practical manual
of roe worlds sculpture has yet eP-
peared in EnCii N, and the puolshers
hope that this bo':S will 81 a gap In me
literature OF art The author traces the
evolution Of art from the sculpture OF
the fourth-ceutur Greece 70 the times
OF the medieval Renaissance There IS
chapter on Michael Angelo, and on the
scufptors OF the Catholic Reaction, ana
on rae more modern artists OF lta4y
and an account OF British and French
artists, and OF the art OF Rodin-
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
HonOring Famous FOTk in Miehigau.


A feature OF the Hillsdale CNuch-) Old
Home Week, which resolved itself prin-
cipally into a fets of honor for the poet
VIE Carleton, was the presence OF Mrs.
Anne Gridley, mother OF ''Fire-when-
you're ready Gridley." Fire when =
you're-ready Gridley'' was a graduate
OF ths Eillsdaie College, which was
where Mr.. Carleton was educated, be-
tween spaces OF teaching district school
Mrs. Gridley was nurse IN the civil
war 20 soldiers who, Mr.. Carleton SAID,
'df they had 10 die, died feeling as
though mother and sister were BY their
sides IL only Mrs. Gridley were there. :
She Is eishty-taree years old. and IS stu
a clerk IN the Land Office at Washing
ton. Throughout the Hillsdale festival
she was feted and salnted on every
hand.
Mr.. Carleton himself mas passed his
three-score years. II was some thirty
I'VE years since ne gave his first vol
une Of Farm Ballads containing
such verses as ''Betsey and Are Out
and ffOver the Hills 10 the FOOrhOuSe.
20 the Harpers-lOng enough for the bal,
lads TO become known = old folks ans
school children the counsry round.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
CnnRreNh.
make New Friends But Keep the ola

Through all the hux OF holiday fiction
that is turned up fresh and new each
year there runs perennially a little
steadying current II IS the demand for
older books. This demand has called out
in new editions such wise and favorite
bocsss as Macaulay's Life and Let
ters." John Stuart Bulrs System OF
Logic" Morley's DE Quincy" and
''SHerne." in the English Men OF Let
ters." Miss MulOck's Brownie and
Walter BesanI's ''Armorel Of Lyonesse.'
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
ARM BROKEN A WEEK;
MAN DID NOT KNOW IT

CATAwISsA, Pa. Dec. T.-Going to a
doctor TO be vaccInated, Paul Carl dis
covered that he had broken his arm at
a football game a week ago.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

From one point OF view this merri-
ment among the -niikmen is hard to
understand. Their product must ~be
pretty bad IL even q non-scientific in
spGctor can find IL out.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

What's this? Chancellor Day ap-
proves the message. Now the country
will have to read it over again.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Does Europe Grudge Ice7

The way in which an American abroad
sees his Europe is particularly good ma
terial for English comment. Mr.. Don
C. Seitz recently published some i'm
pressions Of his own, which are not
unnaturally being noticed in London. It
seems that even from the English point
OF view they are funny. In the course
OF its comment tie Chronicle makes
some typical quotations, one OF which
is Mr.. Seitz's candidly expressed opln-
ion Of the Continental alfttude toward
serving ice. 'Ice," remarks the au-
thor, with bitter satire. is regarded
with supersdtiOus reverence in Italy.
France and England. Common walters
are not allowed 10 touch the precious
product. Instead, the head waiter hands
IL out IN innnfteSims1 fragments with
a pair Of sugar tOngs. Recently the
London newspapers have been elamor-
ing for the advent OF some enterprls-
ing American with An ice plant Most
Of the London editors are American or
have been in America aI1 their pal
atss yearn for long cold things with
straWs in them"
Mr.. Ssitz's book bears the title, 'Ad-
ventures IN Everyday Europe" and,
according 20 the Harper announcement,
Is soon 70 be pJ blished In London d.
rectly.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Mr.. Bell does well 20 get a new name
for his contraption. II It really files It
isn't an aeTOplane.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

At the rate Of batueship disabled
day, we should need about fo1 IN or
der TO get one around to San Fran
cisco. No wonder the President las
ordered a practics cruise.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

What a reckless man Theodore Roose-
welt is at hearti Deliberately 20 sit
down and eat a Teddy bearl Next
thing he knows he'll lose the infant
vote.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07
Literary Notes.

IN San Francisco on November Y the
Bohemian Club gave an authors read
ing at the Fairmont Hotel IN honor Of
Miss Ina Coolbrith. author OF Songs
OF the Golden Gate
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Maybe the Gar and Secretary TAFT
exchanged pointers on how to hold down
the lid
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Says Senator Jeff Davis: '"The Senate
field Is new to me-" And he'll find It
pretty stony walking of the beaten
paths.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

The New York Sun IS having its an
nual At of Indigestion over the prospect
OF Bryan's nomination
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Even the New York clergy are aghast
at the prospect OF an absolutely quiet
Sabbath in Gotham.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Another American author has arrived
at the apOgee Of fame-the Jack Ion
don cigar is on the market.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Royal Cortissoz. whose handsome
msmoir OF Augustus Saint-Gaudens"
is Just published. Is giving a course OF
ten illustrated lectures on French Art
before the Brooklyn Institute this
winter.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

The city OF Aniston in Satan Sander
SOM is presumably Portland. Oregon.
whose citizens viii no doubt recognize
the lonely white house In the aspens,
the wide square with the courthouse
facing II. and on another side the chapel
on whose communion-table the Rev;
Henry Sancerson played his game OF
poker for hugh STRESS soul.
The Washington times., 1907-12-07

Having dtscussed ''OtheIIo- and Mo
beth" In the last two numbers OF Put
nam's." Signor Salvlni turns his atten-
ton in the December number, TO the
tragedy of "Hamlet''-the most dis
cussed Of all Shakespeare plays The
veteran Italian actor IS convinced Inat-
had HHarniet'' been written In modern
times. the poet would have omitted the
appearance Of the ghost on the stage
leaving his presence 10 the imagination
Of the spectator. Experience mas taugnt
him fhat The scene is far more impress
sive when the ghost does not actually
aDpPar.
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Crates, greater than the greatest;
$50 in handsome patterns; $3.50 to
Sc. SILVER, the crater. d & w-1w
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STEAMSHIPS BRING
CHRISTMAS TOYS

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-(SpeciaD-
Several of the steamships that have
arrived here from Europe during
the past few days have been veritable
Santa Claus ships. Their great holds
have been filled with thousands of
cases of toys sent over by the Ger
man and French manufacturers for
the Christmas trade in America. In
cluded in the cargoes have been whole
crates full of mechanical toys, auto
mobiles, engines, swings, musical
tops and trumpets, to say nothing Of
dolls sufficient in number, variety
and attractiveness to satisfy the de-
sires Of thousands of little girls, and
whole regiments of lead, soldiers for
the little boys. A large part of these
toys are for the Western trade.
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NEW FACES SEEN IN
SENATE AND HOUSE
SKtieth Congress Will Show
Many Changes.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov q
(SpecfaD When the Sixtieth Con-
gress assemblies four weeks from
Monday there will be much about
it strange to those who have long
been familiar with the personnel of
past Congresses.
In the House the Democrats have
lost their senior member in point
of service, j. H. Bankhead of Alabama
who was defeated for denomination
by Richmond Pearson Hobson, the
hero of the Merrimac. The party is
not to lose the services of Mr.. Bank
head, however, for he takes the seat
in the United States Senate made
vacant by the death of the venerable
Senator Edmund w. Pettus.
Probably the most CONSPICUOUS loss
on the Republican side of the House
is General Grosvenor of Ohio, whose
patriarchal and venerable appearance
has for years focused the attention of
the galleries, and whose wit and
disposition to banter have. many a
time made the hall ring with laugh
ter when the situation has been so
tense as to seem as if nothing but
bitter passion could find expression.