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New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

glimpse of the mood in which Philip awai'eo
his accession to the throne. The passage runs
a follows:
When Ierma was finally dismissed with car &
dinaI's hat and all his riches. young fhii'p wa3
anxious to know why great a HiihisteI ihu
been Oiivares always reS.oJ 10
TIGHTEN the lad would spend long perioos Shat-
TIM with him the Prince Iay IN ueu; oI
as be was riding In answer to Phliips questions
about Ierma he impressed upon him the Inso-
hence of favortes generally. their noxious puoISI
;,fucnce their evil effect upon monarchs ana
much more OF the same purport pointed az Ccena.
the new minister. quite as much as AZ ms Iaiei,
father The suTerings of the people were descrioeo @
ivIIv TO the sympathetic boy. VINO was toid OF tIc
yast plunder held by Lerma and ms fanny ,. Ir1,
tho national resources. and the noble TASK await
irf, a monarch who would govern his realm MN
seIf nd redress the wrongs of his subjects fouhS
TbiIin's Youthful ambition was aroused ana thehGe
forward ne listened to his mentor eagerly; whist
bn ostentatiously frowned in public upon the Duke
of Uceda.
With a stronger character Philip might nave
profted by these early counsels. competing on
wares to act in good faith and really to help him
,hon tho moment came for assuming the heroic
burden laid down by his father Instead how
ever. of making his mentor an instrument in
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

period of national deCadence which the hIls
made even more disastrous for Spain The task
was difficult. for al that the author hld dh
abundance OF material including details never
before published, and IN one respect lie ms
fallen short OF his opportunity. He has faIIeo 70
give his book u perfect balance, to fuse ms IN
teresting chapters into an absolute unit. hiS
notes on the social movement OF Philip the
are scattered almost at random through ihe
narrative and more than once convey an M
prcssion of careless repetition. The work WoUid
have gained enormously if i had been pulled
together. condensed and polished, with an eye
single to the standards of mere literary crafts
manship But. on th= other hand, so skIllu'
is Major Hume in making the point that at
the moment he wants to make, that from his
rather i'll arranged pages we nevertheless OBTAIN
a clear and sometimes poignant sense OF WeaI
Philip like.
He was very much the playthinG "f rate Inc
heir to vast don?inions and TO seemingly ur-
limited power. he was also the heir 10 an m
possibIe state policy. Major Hume cleveriy be
gins his book With account OF the splendid
ceremonies with which his hero was baptized at
Va1Iad0Iid in lGO3 The baby prince. he notes
had been pledged by bis father at his birth
to the Virgin Of San LIoTente as the future
champion of Catholic orthodoxy, ana TINS
meant of course that Spain was committed
with renewed ardor to her pretension 10 die
tate doctrine to Christendom" Ii meant also
that the country would largely waste, in vain
struggles for European supremacy, the ener-
eies imperatively needed for developments
within the limits of the peninsula. Philip IL,
with all his faults, statesman Philip III
succeeded to his system but not u his gifts.
and in Philip " the genius of the ruling house
was in 10 wise revived He meant vel. and
even before his fathers death he dreamed of
correcting the abuses which had grown up under
that feeble monarch and such fayorites as
| Ierma He had. while still in his teens, his
own assiduous courtier, that crafty Olivares who
was ultimately to become as his right hand. and
his present biographer affords 4 suggestive
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
Gbe Nrrul2lork Gribnmas
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY ., 1908.

If * 4 Dity that OuIa died without making
arrangements for new and uniform edition OF
most if not ali of her writings Perhaps her
literary executors will take up the matter and
thereby place many readers in their debt 1t
MSS 50 long the fashion to patronize ouia that
foolish remarks about her work are still heard
ia many quarters. If there is any prejudice
that dies hard it is the one for which, some
where in the distant background there is
shadow of justification There are broad
strqaks of crlliity in Ouidas books. spllshes Of
sentimentality and charlatanry, but these
things ought never to have obScured the fact
that she was both in temperament and equip
mpnt an artist Her defects were those OF 4
rich and generous nature. Heart and MIND
were full and she wrote with ferVor from
which, pcrhaps. the note of excess could hardly
have beer excluded without a loss of sincerity
and Dower She had wide knowledge of human
nature she brimmed over with sympathy. ana
when she sat down TO paint life her grasp upon
truth was only strengthened by the warmth or
her imagination. If her gifts had been dlsci-
mined, if she had had sraver spirit truer
noise and \ finer sense OF style. she would have
tccn = great writer As it is. her work remains
,,,sscssnd of remarkable individuality and in
tcrcSt She gave with both hands, III marked
contrast to the correct but thin offerings OF the
innumerablc sleek mediocritiCs who have flour
ishrd while her vogue has been briefly SuS-
pended.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
BTLOc4TION OF CATS
4 Narratfre By 1HdreIr LGHG

From The London Illustrated News
Gases of "bilocation.'' or being like 0itt
in +y-O TIace< at once are common n the
Lives Of the saints and IN the Lives OF u
Poets" as Of Byron and Shelley Bat ne'S
heard till last week OF the bilocatioA OF caL
Ayerse to speak like MOntaigne, thus fres9
of cats (as IZaak Walton says disguise II
respected names of the two cats N lh-S Slhsl@
and mysterious affair My friend Miss c. i've
with Mrs d. IN a house distant about seven M
MES walk from that of Mrs r Miss 9 pos
sasses a black Persian cat named TheseaS
When Miss q. iS away from home IheselS p
sides with Mrs. K. who has a cat named b45-
1oIph an intimate friend of TheSeUS. Mrs D.
who lives with Miss g. went one r-1r1ng laIeT
to see Mrs N and was met az the door o
her daughter Miss X. who said, Iheseus h@s
been with US. he has baen playing win 3D.
doIph. and now he is sitting IN his favofiE
chair in the drawing room
Mrs u went upstairs, saw Ih5$eJS ana bd--
dnIph there. left them there. and on returnlas
home found TheseUS in the drawing room oa q
chair looking out of the window This aIilaLai
her but on inquiry it was found tEat 1AeseN
had DaSsad the whole Of the morning N thr
kitchen with the cook. who IS ready ID maAs
her affidavit 10 that effect
Thus TheSeuS was in two places AT once. y"
in a spectral manner. not seen by only one ndn-
cinated witness. but observed by seVerai, "a Il
Guiding BardOIph, who would not have Weleon7-
and rOrnped with a strange cat -.
/ leave science to determine Wnelher = =
astral body OF Theseus was wandering at h.s
or not. His ordinary body was not trahSporT- ~
by spirits for that would have alarmed HI H
like the cat treated in The Atlhrrsl w w!
tery". moreover his vile body was All me l--[
in the house of Miss C. and under the e!->
first. of the cook. next. Of Miss c
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
KING PHILIP or SPAIN
4 Vi71d Study of His Character
and Career.

TILL, COI-RT OF PHILIP ". Spain in Decddence
Hv Martin Hume. Illustrated sVo Pp NV
81 G p. Putnams Sens
Major Hume is we'll versed In khe sclehce VI
documentary research. but he Is one vi 'no''
historians wno cannot forget tfat me IL n'o'
important than letters ana ice u'"7Iy u
i+o not only with respect for dusty records
h,t with :, kindfing sympathy for the human
h.i,cs who made them. He is of the warm
lid and even romantic type Of portrait painter
loon unon truth, but equally keen upon the pro-
6uction of a telling effect. In this voiume ne
nortravs Philip ~ after dellghtfuliy PCT
,resoue fashion studying him IN the fullest
sense as a man and at the same time sketchihs
,i roion and all the broader phases Oh uiA'
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

Students of italian art have everywhere been
rejoicing in the news thar Mr.. Herbert p HornH
has at last pat through the press tho book on
EotticclIi for which the; have long been wait
ing 1t has lust been Published in London ard
Inc Nacmildns will issue it here AT an early
da,n The history of this work contains Il les
son fo. authors 1t must he some fifteen OF
twenty wears since Mr.. Horne planned il and
rs he was known then for his scholarship
in matters Of Italian ART there was at once
1lil,lic denIaud for the speedy completion of
IIS task He preferred tC make haste slowly.
and 50 he promises to Civ HOW book really
worth while The same excellent Judgment has
been shown by Mr.. ". H. ]. Weae. the author
of the SumptuOuS volume on the Van Eyclls
brought out He has been studying his sub
icrt fer wears and has written much in the
;,cr;adicais on different phases of it, but he
has waited until lie could really round cut his
lihUrs before publishing the defntive book
which is now n hand. This deliberate mode
Of art study is peculiarly to be commended.
Though we have happily passed the stage of
making 4 work on art Il mere gift book. and
though the well considered monograph is be-
coming m0rc and more popular. there is still
t be noted here ana there Il tendency to pro-
,luce n volume on art just fer the sake of the
illustrations that he put into it. preferably
in colorS Writer'S like NJ. Horne and Mr..
Weale render Il good service in that they help
t enforce the value OF the highest standard.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

Almost are we persuaded to admire Mr.. Hall
Cajne. He has a faculty for keeping himself
and his performances before the public that
very nearly amounts to genius Then he is a
source of much amusement. For example, in
:: preface 10 4 volume of Keys TO the brood
sIystcrv," he actually makes the suggestion
that Dickens drew his plot from the tragedy OF
.uachcth.; II we substitute Jasper for Mac
both brood fer Duncan. and Neville LandeSS
fcr Malcolm and make Rosa Bud the c0Teted
7,rjxr instead of the crown. the end of the story
hcromes obvious As though this were not
crongh To give 4 good flip to the gayety OF
nations. Mr. Caine has been freeing his mind
on Mr.. Harold Bcgbie, who dared 10 cast as
versions on the character of the heroine OF
<rThe Christian'' Thus spakc the oracle: 1T
is like madness. Except III the world Of the
little critics OF the bitter hearted hlatbersklteS,
Of the mean-s0uIed ninComPOopS. who are al
WAYS struggling to establish their own Supo-
rioritv bv heitiing the Intelligence Of the pub
lie YOU can find nothing like il on earth out
side the precincts Of Coincy Hatch. We Ike
the comment which MI Owen Seaman. the ed
itor Of "Punch' makes upon the datrib2 from
which this GEM is taken. Here IS part OF 1t:
And vst-I don't imply the least collusloIi--
We know that Harold Wcl deserves 10 WIN
YotIr thanks in lieu of tnuNpS. for this intrusion
BY which you're safe to haul the shekeis IN;
H. he not been for you a man ana bfOthet,
Adding TO GfDrU'S cheek 4 Spicler bloom
Giving you-uuick to seize it-yct another
Chance for 4 monster boom
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
THE OK.

EY WILLIAM II. DAVIES
uyhv sbould ! pause poor beast to praise
rbv hack so red thy side so white;
And on thy brow the curls in which
rhy mournful eyes take no delight?
dare not make fast friends with kine.
Nor sheep, nor fowl that cannot ny;
For they live not for Natures voice
Since It's Mans will when they must die
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

An American. a Harvard man i-i~ JdSL - =
a-rniated chief editor of the English firm q
CasseIl after acting for eight years as one OF y. -
Ncwnes editors. This is Mr. q W smith. " ~,
originally went to England as the errreSpehu6-
- .-,Tre Boston Transcript
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
BURGERS "A Store Great

forbade any of his subjects to wear them save 'femmes de joie ct aux lfilons, in whom he was not interested.
 The sixteenth century was also respon- sible for the first corsetieres, and women were fitted with great care by specialists In this line
 In 1842 the corset that i've" of to- day are acquainted with made it's ad- vent. Of late years it's perfection haf been reached, until now anything almost is possible to the god corsetiere
 Skilled filters are trained to correct all minor and some major defects of deficient or too redundant figures with the aid of their steels, whalebone and cloth, and to set off to the greatest advantage the natural grace and beauty of the perfect figure.
 Mir Ebert Hubbard, on one occasion devoted considerable space in The Philis- tine to a discussion to a new straight front corset Among other very perti- nent remarks he observed:
 "A theme sapient with serious sug- gestion. is afforded by the present fash ion in ladies' corsets.
 Not very many moons ago the dress makers decreed that a womans waist line was in the neighborhood of her oxter but now with those who are smart gowned the waist describes V. A psy- chologist, who has followed the theme farther than I have, says that a waist where it should be Cor anything else for that mater) attracts no special attention but a thing out of focus, or where II Is needless, is sic corregio culis qui
 "The inventor of the straight-front cor set knows his business. He is working for a present good-a short life and a merry one He may not know much about anatomy, but he understands the ways of women"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
Susan B. Anthony Club

A club which bears the name of Susan B. Anthony, in compliment to one of the brainiest and most prominent women of her time, Is among the prosperous organ izations in Cincinnati. It recalls many attractive personalities of the famous Miss Anthony, not the least of which was her exceeding great tact
 She on one occasion reversed the idea that more advice Is usually given about ! the management of husbands and chill dren by women who have none than any other kind and thereby uttered truth, during her long old maidenly career that alone ought to make her name i'm mortal.
 It seems that the episode took place when Miss Anthony was recalled from forgetfulness into which she was plunged by the death of her friends Mrs. Eliza beth Cady Stanton by a coterie of young married friends who were asking her opinion on certain marital questions
 When the bad qualities of the husbands were under surveillance, and she was ap- peaed to, Miss Anthony tearfully observed that,
 There is much difference of opinion among wives as to what constitutes a bad husband" Into those 15 words is condensed a wealth of philosophy and knowledge of human nature.
 The president of the Susan B. Anthony club of Cincinnati is Mrs. Sarah M Slew CTS, and at a meeting recently to man out the years work message was de. livered by Mrs. Ricketts Shell to the club from Senator Teller, whom she met at Denver during the convention, which said ''Tell the women of the Buckeye state that the intelligent masses in Colorado are in favor of women's suffrage, and that it has been success everywhere in the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
Summer Luncheons

In the torpid days of August. light luncheon dishes are greatly to be de- sired. One especial feature of the lunch con menu, is greatly neglected and that is the bread used. pr. White, the govern ment food expert attributes the lack of connubial bliss, mainly to bad bread. He argues that If a man is given good bread he will be amiable. liberal. kind- hearted, punctual at meals and easily amused. Feed him with .dejected rolls or mullins, and his erstwhile sweet disposi- tion will vanish into thin air"
 Most good housewives pride themselves upon saying "a soul above a biscuit" but the real importance of the question is not to be regarded lightly.
 For luncheon breads, ii gluten, whole wheat or rye. are a delightful change. Particularly is bread of gluten desirable for people who have a tendency to em- bonpoint.
 Veal broiled ham, or chicken chopped fine, and having a bit of green pepper added to it, together with good season. ing, laid upon buttered bread. makes a nice, plain sandwich for luncheon
 Just graham bread, water cress and cream cheese make delicious combina- tion.
 Lightly buttered bread. with lettuce leaves. dipped in French dressing with a slice of tomato laid on it, is among the most liked sandwiches for the luncheon hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
Eve Up to Date

It is not considered comme il faut to
 go to extremes in fashions, and yet My Lady Modish wants to be sufficiently up-
 to-date to adopt a new fad now and then, to say the least of it. Just because a
 thing is new" does not bespeak It's de-
 sirability, and often the vulgarest things
 are those followed by extremely rfaddy" women
 Among the really pretty up-.o-date fads is the new writing paper in colonial buff, with a tiny border of pale blue. My
 Lady's initials are engraved in pale blue
 across the center, top of the page.
 For use in the country house the striped
 paper still holds its own, and it comes in q variety of combinations. including white
 and blue, in gray and yellow, in brown
 and white. It has the initials across the top, and at the left the name of the ' house, the village. and the state. Often there Is added in the right corner the name of the station and the number of the telephone.
 An attractive device in the separate collar to wear with lingerie blouses, is fashioned of fine white null, laid in thread tucks, the border being of black silk muslin at top and bottom. The bow
 to match is of the same material, edged with black and a butterfly of Irish lace in the center
 | The newest chapeaux from the Rue de
 la Paix, looks like inverted coal scuttles and are hideously high and large. They
 are to be set we'll forward over the 1 face and wings will be the chief trim ming.
 1 A new shade which will be called l "damson'' Is neither red nor purple, but 1 suggestive of both-is being exploited by ] Parisians
 l Every modish must have one of the
 new cabinets designed for storing mad 1 ame's coffure. This is really fad worth following.
 | With ones own cheveu augmented with :, Transformations" puffs, braids and curls, these additions must have place
 for repose, and the cabinet is for this , purpose.
 l These toilet cabinets contain many lit i tie drawers in which to put each sep arate hair decoration, and they are often
 covered with cretonne to match the fur
 nishings of My Lady's boudolr. The dernier cri in parasols Is undoubt- edly the cretonne motif. At the French resorts these lowered coverings are beau- tiful in design and make a charming effect in the brilliant landscape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

Sirius is above the horizon, with the sun.
 On account of the usual clemency of the weather dogs travel about more during this season than in winter and consequently are more liable to in- lection. Dogs become attached to per sons much more than cats. who are partial to places. Both animals are subject to dog days disease" at all seasons of the year, as our experience has taught us to observe. and one is never sure when the pets of the house. hold may be the victims.
 All of us have heard the favorita lady like oath, Dog my cats" perhaps founded upon the provision of nature for men and other animals to prey upon each other. Could it be in illus tration of Dean Swift's rhapsody: So naturalists observe. flea Has smaller feas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em. And so proceed ad infnitum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

store bought clothes, white shirt and collar and cuffs, although I fear the latter are detachable"
 And does he really preach?" l asked.
 Not as we, hear preaching" she replied. His gospel is not the gospel of the Hereafter, but of Here and Now the folly of neglecting the present in regretting the past and anticipating the future, the gospel of health the wholesome life of joy, of work, and the beautiful part of his preachment is his practice, of it-his absolute con- sistency. The service is held every Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock, and such beautiful music, l have scarcely ever heard. In the chapel are many of Hubbard's epigrams in burnt wood, artistically wrought, as they are in tn phalansterie, the prntery. the bndery and wherever the immortals may choose to wander. Whenever one wants to talk with MT. Hubbard they are told that if they will come out into the open air, among the birds, the trees and the flowers, he will hold sweet converse. One threatening stormy day he suggested walk, and almost 25 followed him to the little hut a mile and a half away, where it is said he writes all of the little journeys. He played ball--his favorite amusement all along the way, just like a boy--he has a big ball which he designates a the Medicine Ball. When we ar rived at our destination a great rain came up, and he said if We wished to continue our talk we could go inside the little shack, which we gladly did,"
 Was Mrs. Hubbard along?" l asked
 No, I shall tell you about her now" was the reply.
 "Is she so terribly attractive? Tell me that first of all am greatly interested to know from an eye witness the charm of woman who could inspire such d tribute as White Hyacinths''-which to my mind is the most exquisite glor- fication of womanhood, wifehood and moth erhood, that I have ever read"
 q must say I was disappointed in Miss Hubbard, when first I saw her." was the answer.
 "She is decidedly lacking in physical pulchrtude. Her manner of dress to be- gin with is far from re-possessing. She wears. the same kind of gown-a sort of uniform you might say-of pongee in the natural color, cut short, and low in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
A Tinlepiece

Said the clock to the bell: Its all very well To labor all day and all night. The poor little hand
 No longer can stand Such work, and l don't think it's right. 'So let us confer,
 And strongly concur To take steps to better our luck. In minute or more. The time was just four, And they all got together and struck.
 The Somnambuist. Thank God we do not live with saints. We live with people full of faults, and it is excellent, for the faults of others serve us either by imposing a salutary constraint or by the lesson that they give Paris Figaro.