The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

Japan viii certainly result; he has a
small opinion Of our navy; he holds that
/ the United States could not carry on a
war without a foreign loan. and that such
a loan would be dimeult to negotiate
But NJ. UlaT. as he told his interviewer.
/ is not so much interested IN Japan as IN
/ China.
II think that China is a much more
/ fascinating country. Japan may have
| the hegemony OF Asia for the next ten.
/ twenty, or thirty years, and after that it
viii revert 10 China. She will become
the greatest nation in the world. I love
the Chinese.
DO you like chop suey?"
"Ah, il is excellent. I am going to
| Mott street--is that the name?-to re
new my acquaintance with it, I shall
talk Chinese to the walters and surprise
them"
Monsieur, lie telephone announced
the waiter.
NJ. Ular rose with a mild expletive.
Always the telephone" he exclaimed.
angrily. I'm tired of this telephone.
| Look here, tomorrow I get out of this
place. | am going to live at 43 West
Sixteenth street and then nobody will
be able TO find me-"
Mr.. Rudyard Kipllng. who has been
paying a visit to Canada. made a most
interesting address to the students Of
McGill University. at Montreal. during
the course Of which he had this to say
about 'smartness' in education.
regret that | noticed certain signs Of irreverent
laughter when ! alluded to the word "smartness ''
Z | I'D ro Talfv Hfsf I D..
to deliver 20 q university which ! love 20 the
young men who have the future Of their country 10
mold, would say with all the force at my com
mand: DO not he smart. II / we're not doctor
of this university with deep interest in IFS disci
plinc, and if / did not holdsghe strongest views on
that rerrehensible form Of amusement known as
| rushing ! would say that whenever and wher-
ever you find Of year dear little Ilaymaes show
ing signs OF smaTtness in his work. his talk. his
play. take him tendery by the hand, hy both hands
by the back Of the neck if necessary and lovingly
rlayfuuy but firmly, lead him 10 knowledge Of
higher and more interesting things.
Miss Mary Moss who was a literary
critic before she turned novelist, has been
browsing in an old volume dealing with
the literary celebrities OF America half Il
century ago. and has recorded the re-
D a
Of the Fifties," which will appear in Put
nams for January, Portraits Of the bet
ter known Of these writers Of a by-gone
day will accompany Miss Moss's article
Mr. Roosevelt is the hero OF an inter
esting narrative written by himself for
January magazine. It is the story Of
the great Louisiana bear hunt, and re
counts how, accompanied by a pack Of
hounds and an army Of amateur and pro-
/ fessional hunters, the fearless sportsman
worried a she-bear out Of her home in
the canebrake and killed her II is a
stirring tale. told with Mr.. ROosevelt's
well-known vigor, in a style picturesque,
vivid, and glowing with the consciousness
Of proved daring and prowess, II IS i'm
possible not to understand the emotions
Of the President as the purpose Of his
long days in the wilderness accomplished,
he stood with smoking gun over the car
cass of the animal, slain in true hunter
fashion" 1t weighed POP pounds. being
rather bigger than a Newfoundland dog
and the stomach of the ferOCiOus beast
was found 10 contain acoTns, young
sugar cane, and palmetto berries Among
minor personages who appear in the
narrative are Ben Lilley. who hunted
alone and had killed 10 bears. and Holt
/ Collier. a negro, who had a record of
over 5000 bears.
There is a no more beautiful building IN
New York than MI ]. P Morgan's pri-
vate library in East Thirty-sixth street
1t was designed by Nr. Charles McKim
in the style OF the Italian Renaissance
The material is Tennessee marble whose
Whiteness is relieved by q suggestion OF
pink. The blocks are set without cement
and so close that the facade appears to
be one solid sheet Of stone NotwIthstand-
ing its great sOldity. the building is d
model OF lightness and grace. 1t makes
all lovers Of literary and artistic treas
ures breathe more freely to know that
Mr. Morgan's priceless collection OF MMS
and rare editions is now housed in a fire.
proof building. Not only that, but that
they are so arranged as to be seen to
the best advantage Before the library
was built the basement of his dwelling
! house next door was used by Mr. Morgan
as q storage place. The new building is
apparently destined TO become famous
not only as a library, but TO have its
place I'm the financial history OF the cOun-
try for it was within its marble walls
that Mr. Morgan held those an-day and
all-night business conferences. in Oc-
tober, which resulted in aveTting a panic,
and in saving the credit of the city at
time of almost unprecedented storm and
stress.
Among the most interesting of Lady
Randolph ChurchilIs "reminiscences in the
January Century is a description Of the
visit Of the Austrian Empress in Ireland
for the hunting season. Arriving at
Summerhill from Vienna without a
break in the journey. she donned her
riding habit in the train, and before go
ing into the house was on horseback rid
ing around the schooling course, which
by her orders had been made in the
park. The bOudoir which her host had
had fitted up for her at great expense
with blue damask pictures and porce-
lains she converted into a gymnasium
in which to exercise daily before going
OFT hunting She wore. the tightest Of
abits strapped in every direction, and
L was her custom to ride with a large
fan, which she held opened between her
self and the crowd. She found herself
n many a ditch and was a source Of
much anxiety to her hard riding pilot.
although she managed In spite of her
dangerous habit and "haute ecole" meth
cd Of riding to escape any injury.
For early publication, Little, Brown &
Co. are preparing new edition of Anne
Warmers latest humorous story, THE Re
juvenation Of Aunt Mary" Its principal
feature viii be a series of Illustrations
from photographs Of the dramatic version
Of the story in which May Robson is now
starring.
The Letters of Dr. John Brown.
edited by his son and D. W. Forrest, D.