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Months by "Hellinor Gryn." There are
six of the ported stories. ana the cnsre-
dents are all recognizable Even some
how Long by the author or Ance IN
Wonderland" will be reluctantly ad-
mitted by the admirers of one OF the
most individual Of fatter-oay n0Velsts
to have an occasional uncomiortaUle sus-
gestion Of the original
AUNT MAUD. BY Ernest Oldmeadow.
author of Susan" etc. New YORK:
The Mcclure Company.
Aunt Maud" is an ideal companion
for a vacation afternoon. She. as well as
the little group of Englishmen and maid
ems to whom she attempts to play Provi-
dence. presents just the right number OF
pleasantly puzzling complications to keep
a hammock lounger thrilled to an agree
able but hygienic degree. There is par
ticularly well-mannered pair of predes-
tined English lovers and another caddish
betrothed pair to play comedy roles. And
If it is reserved for Aunt Maud herself
to furnish the most genuine sensation Of
the book. and IL she chooses to hold that
in reserve for a dramatic page or so al
most at the very end-that surely speaks
we'll for Mr.. Oldmeadow's skill in manag-
ing a pretty little plot.
THE POWER SUPREMEy Novel Of
Church and State in South America.
BY Francis C. Nicholas. illustrated
by William Kirkpatrick. Boston:
r. E. Lee Company.
There is interest in this story Of plea
rescue adventure in South America. in
that it deals with scenes and conditions
which will be almost completely novel
to the usual reader. Narratives told
around camp fires or while resting on the
trail have been embodied in the form Of
the adventures of single man, joaquin.
son of a Spanish father and an Indian
mother The scenes OF his troubled life.
passed in hunting for rubber in the South
American forests, in fruitless struggles
to obtain education and justice in the
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Peach Batter Pudding.

mate associates. He has fifteen varieties
planted in his garden, some of which ma
ture for winter use. Frequently visitors
at Fairview who are shown over the
farm by Mr.. Bryan are little surprised
to see him extract from his coat pocket
little red morsel which he eats with
evident enjoyment. When he notices he Is
observed. he is not at all embarrassed,
but reaches for another and invariably
says to his visitor, Have a radish?'
There Is more than one friend who has
not broken bread with Mr.. Bryan who
can say he has eaten a radish with him.
When the good things to eat are ready
to serve the big family stands while Mr..
Bryan asks the blessing, after which all
join in singing Nearer, My God, to
Thee" The menu includes a generous
supply of all the seasons edibles includ-
Ing an abundance of spring frys." To
augment the quantity Mrs. Bryan always
brings a large platter filled with de-
licious fried Plymouth rocks from the
Fairview chicken yard, for Mr.. Bryan's
appetite for fried chicken is second only
to his abnormal taste for radishes. During
the dinner Mr.. Bryans ability as a story
teller is called into play, for on these oc-
casions he has many rivals, and during
the year each one endeavors to find an
anecdote to relate at the picnic which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
VERIFYING smells of fish
Gloucester, Mass.

~ VERIFYING smells of fish in
IL Gloucester. Mass.
It Is not an odor to which any
Of the natives object, nor do
visitors find in 1t anything Of
which to complain, for 1t Is the pungent
ozone Of the sea, the smell OF fish freshly
caught.
Gloucester has really never known any
thing else. for since its beginning, ap-
preaching three centuries ago. 1t has al
ways had fishing for its chief industry.
and today 1t is the greatest fishing CEN
ter of the United States. and. according to
the belief Of many, of the world.
Nothing more picturesque can be mag
ined than this quaint New England town.
where. from the ocean. the $4,000 inhab-
itants get the greater part OF their sus-
tenance.
Gloucester Is thirty-one miles from Bos-
ton. and it includes the villages OF Annis-
GUAM. Bay View East Gloucester, Fresh
water Grove, Lanesville. Magnolia, River
dale and West Gloucester.
The magnificent harbor. large and al
fording safe water room for the largest
ships of the world. has had the enect OF
encouraging traffic in other things be-
aides fish Salt coal and lumber are large
" imported There are interests in gran
tie quarrying. drop forging, brass found
ing. the manufacture Of fish glue. an
chors, machinery. oilcloth. nets. Irvine.
sails, cigars and shoes. Moreover,
Gloucester also has shipbuilding plants
worthy the name.
But after all 1t is the fishing that inter-
ests the thousands of visitors, not only
those who actually spend the summer IN
the vicinity but the thousands who visit
Gloucester while passing through Massa-
chusetts in the course of the popular sum-
mer tour Of the New England states.
Gloucester in the Revolution.
It was not until the beginning OF the
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told the people of whom he reads are
clever. brilliant, witty-only to find the
witticisms omitted-or better so-and the
culture questionable. that the life at Pine
Crest seems winningly like the life of the
people one likes to be with.
THE CALL OF THE SOUTH. BY Rob-
ert Lee Durham. Illustrated by
Henry Roth. Boston: L. G.. Page &
Co.
This novel brings up again the question
as to the advisability of utilizing race
problems as material for fiction. 1.-The
Call of the South" is a conspicuous ex-
ponent of the question. because in it the
negro problem is presented In bald and
tragic form. Having once granted. how
ever. the ACCESSIBILITY Of keeping such
topics before the public consciousness it
must be admitted that the author has
managed his story with discretion and
restraint. That some of the scenes Of
fend against taste Is due to the constrain-
ing force of the subject, not to wtllful
choice. Where the exploitation of such
themes comes from an earnest conviction
that their exploitation is necessary the
author Is exonerated from all save pos
sible fault of Judgment: where it is due
to a realization Of the value Of such ma
terial as sensatiOn-monger. the verdict
Is more dubious. The reader of the pres
Cit DOOk Will De dDl0 10 ueCiQe IN WHICH
category the author is to be placed.
The book shares the fate of all con-
trOversial literature The thesis is so evil
IDENTIFY the main concern that the story
fails of the emotional effect that 1T might
otherwise produce. The introduction of
the authors theories in the guise of a
senatorial speech heightens the polemical
effect. Repulsive and tragic as are some
Of the incidents, the reader is never quite
convinced that men and women, and not
puppets. are working out the authors
theories, and the outcome leaves him I'M
moved. The fact, moreover, that it is
the daughter of the President of the
United States who is made the victim of
an alliance with the unfortunate John
Hayward Graham adds to the unreality.
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Impressive as Mr.. Durham has meant the
fact to be, the inequality becomes GRO
tesqueness. In short, the story is not
convincing. Shorn of the sensational in
great attention.
1t may be said, however, that In the
character of Hayward Graham the au-
thor has shown more than usual skill in
portra1ture. The mingling of wholly adj
mrable Saxon traits in the man with the
African. the stress and chaos wrought
by the warning elements in his blood.
produces an effect of great sincerity. The
success with which the character has
been presented is shown by the fact that,
unflinching as has been the emphasis laid
on the darker side of the picture. the
final effect Is one of sympathy and pity.
Ard this in spite of the fact that nothing
can prevent the story from being. in the
assent to its theories, one of inherent re-
pulSiOn.
Ported FICTION, Being a Series of
Extracts from the Worlds Best Sell
ers. Put Up in Thin Slices for Hur-
ried Consumers. The United States
Canning Company. Edited by John
Kendrick Bangs. New York: DOu-
bleday, Page & Co.
The easy trick of parody has been
utilized to entertaining effect in this little
volume. ut Is the purpose Of the United
States Canning Company" remarks Mr..
Bangs. Ito put up in small packages, Of
which this is a sample, the most talked
of literary products Of our best, If not
most famous authors. in such convenient
form that they may be carried in vest
pocket, or a vanity bag. to be consumed.
as opportunity presents. on trolley cars.
between courses at quick lunch counters.
between rubbers at bridge parties"
In pursuance of this laudable and timely
ambition, thin Slices of easily recog-
nized humor are served. No one will
have any doubt who is "Dopeton Hotair"
of ''Rollo in the Metrolopus,'' or will fail
to eagerly investigate what new asterick-
al thrills may be produced by ''Six
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Cleaning the Catch.

eighteenth century that Gloucester be-
came especially prominent for its fisheries
and its shipbuilding industries, but by the
time Of the outbreak of the revolution
the town had earned vital place in the
life OF the colonies and many of the ships
that went out to do battle with the fight
ing craft OF England were built and fitted
out In Gloucester, large part of the
money coming from patriotic contribu-
tons on the part OF the owners of the
big fish industry.
The town had to bear the brunt of an
attack by the British during the revolu-
ton. but the ships of the enemy were re-
pulsed by the hardy seamen.
During the war of 1872 a number of
privateersnen. who wrought deadly exc
cution on the commerce Of the enemy,
were sent out from Gloucester, and many
of the grizzled old salts, who attain a
most venerable age in this healthy CHI
mate. can tell from tales told them by
parents or grandparents of rich prizes
taken by the Gloucester fishermen turned
fighters.
The great storms that sweep the New
England coast have ever found a favorite
vortex in the vicinity of Gloucester and
many shipwrecks have taken lives near
by. The large sunken rock called Nor
mans Vice." which is we'll known to
every visitor. was made famous by Long
fellow with his noble poem. '"rhe Wreck
Of the Hesperus"
Flavor Of Old Days Clings.
Gloucester has been an incorporated
city since 1873. but in many respects it
is hard to think Of it as anything but
fishing resort. a little village by the
ocean side.
For one thing the flavor Of olden times
clings to 1t.
Among the some six thousand men who
do nothing but fish there are many who
have passed the seventy-year- mark,
mr. VIZ "a rod
eighty years. yet they are still able to
bear their share Of the work in going
after the cod and the mackerel.
The fishing is both arduous and dan
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have been rinsed in cool water, and set
after cooling. on the ice SO as to get az
cold as possible. Now stew a dozen
peeled and quartered peaches over the
water and two OF sugar, with two or
three peach kennels thrown I'm to flavor.
Let the peaches cook only 1--WE minutes
from the time they begin to boil and
they should not be cooked long enough to
lose their shape. When ready to serve
turn the molds ON 10 4 low dish and sur
round by the hot peaches and rich juice,
which serves as dressing. When
peaches are not in season the same des-
sert may be prepared with preserved
fruit.
To Cook String Beans.
The Bulgarians cook string beans in the
same way that the Turks and Armenians
do. and there is none better.
The beans properly strung and broken
or cut in uniform pieces. are put over
to cook, allowing TO each pint OF the
young and tender beans one cup boiling
water, two tablespoonful olive oil, half
cup tomato and I, small onion sliced.
Simmer until tender, seasoning to taste
with salt and pepper
Tomatoes for Winters Salads.
The Bulgarian housewife also knows
how to preserve tomatoes for winters
leans. She selects solid, half ripened
tomatoes. taking care that none are
bruised or have the skin broken. These
she packs most carefully In jars or
wooden tubs. putting layer OF grape
leaves between every layer OF tomatoes.
and wrapping each tomato in a leaf. Now
She pours over all brine, not too strong.
then covers carefully so as to exclude
every particle of air. Put up in this way
the tomatoes are almost like fresh ones
when cut for salad.
Jerusalem Pudding.
Stir into one pint OF heavy cream that
has been whipped stiff half package Of
gelatin which has been soaked for a half
hour in one cup cold water. then dis
solved over the kettle. Add one-half
cup pulverized sugar, one-half cup boiled
rice, one-quarter cup chopped fgs. one
teaspoonful vanilla and preserved ginger
and hickory or almond nut meats TO taste.
Mold and allow IL to become perfectly
chilled. Serve in high glasses with
candied cocoanut balls and candAed
ginger. Set the glasses on plate with O
dolly between glass and plate. This q
popular for receptions.
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THE COBBLER. By Elma A Travis
Md, author of The PangYanger"
New York: The Outing Publishing

THE COBBLER. By Elma A. Travis.
Md, author of THE Pang- Yanger."
New York: The Outing Publishing
Company.
SHE difficult matter of the pre-
sentation OF a temperament Is
triumphantly carried through in
this very unusual novel. Peter
Caverly possesses the tempera-
ment par excellence, but the Farringtons
and the other people. literary. artistic. Bo-
hemian, who foregather In q certain VIII
lage on the Hudson, are no mean seconds
When the reader meets Peter. at twenty,
it is at the moment of his marriage with
the daughter of the Farringtons. who hap
pens to be his opposite in every particular
The incident of the marriage is conceived
In spirit of mingled fun and tender
sentiment that makes 1t a fascinating
portal to an absorbing romance.
BY inheritance a cobbler, Peter keeps up
the impersonation, partly in spirit of
whimsicality-he says he is "a cobbler, a
thing of shreds and patches''-partly in
order to conceal his real vocation for
writing until he is willing to have it re-
vealed.
The sheer delight in artistic creation.
the meaning and the method or creative
work. have seldom been better done into
concrete form than in THE Cobbler." AS
to Peters alterations. social and moral.
the author has managed to convey an i'm
preston of as complete responsibility as
Peter himself would have claimed. Some
how. in spite of the long series of mis-
understandings before the hero and the
very remarkable young woman whom he
has taken to wife are resolved. the mar
riage to Elizabeth. not the tragic romance
with Katherine Ennis, is made to seem
Peters fitting mating.
One point of excellence is both unusual
and delightful. The author has managed
to convey in the social life grouped around
the Ennises, the Merritts. the seer and
their set an impression of actual clever
ness and culture. The reader is so often
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
re made ready to be shipped to all parts

are made ready to be shipped to all parts
Of the world.
Gloucester regards its fishing industry
with the same traditional pride that
native of Brussels might regard the lace
industry.
From generation to generation the
families of noted, fishermen stick to the
business, and nothing is a more familiar
boast to some grizzled old follower of
the sea than to be able to say that his
son and grandson are both great fisher
men, and that there is a strong probable
ity that a great-grandson just beginning
to master the fine points of the business
will be better than any of them.
The cod, of course, Is the most ad-
mired of all the fish that fall to the lot
of these deep-sea Izaak Waltons, though
the mackerel is also regarded with great
respect.
The deep-sea fishermen look down
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the water out in the gradual normal
manner. the sun has been SO fierce that
1t baked the fish. and in this manner
many of them were cooked so hard on
the outside as to be virtually worthless
for the market.
ordinary conditions the climate of New
England is ideal, and the sun does the
work of drying in a manner far more
satisfactory than. could any agency Of
mans production.
From the open-air drying tables the
fish are shifted to the boxing and pack
ing establishments. which are also locat-
ed along the water front, and then they
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upon the clam diggers. but the latter
can afford to. ignore this contempt. for
In the sale OF the bivalves. They are
to be found in plenty on the sandy
shores of the neighborhood. and at all
hours of the day. but especially at low
tide, the clam hunters turning up the
beach with their rakes can be seen at
work. Clam shucking is an expert
feature of the work. and many of the
old hands make phenomenal records in
dissociating the luscious clam from its
protecting she'll
One remarkable feature about Glou-
cester is the fact that despite all the
years in which the adjacent waters have
been fisheJ the supply has never shown
any appreciable d!mnution. There seem
to be just many fish as ever. which
means that for years to come Gloucester
will maintain its reputation.
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In His Dory.

OK Thousand Men and
- Their. Families Making
Their Livelihood From Cod
and Mackerel Fishing Gives
Special Interest to the New
England Town of Glouces-
ter, the Nations Greatest
Fishing Center Hundreds
of Two-masted Schooners,
With Their Half dozen
Dories, or Small Boats, Go
Out Daily for Their Catch
of Fish, and Though the Old
Town Has Held Its SUI
premacy for Century and a
Half the Supply Still Main
tains Itself Apparently In
exhaustible =,
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Grabbed and wild. we chung to parent arms.
But. by adoption, have matured our charms
--Epigrams of Martial.
..Now sit on a cushion and sew up seam,
. And you shall have peaches. sugar and cream
KATE GREENAWAY.
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=" 1HILE September is the ap-
proved month for doing up
AAx peaches, this is such a record
" peach year there is no rea-
son why we should not mean
time enjoy them to the full in all the va
ried desserts and sweets to which they
lend themselves SO readily. native OF
Persia. from which its name "Persica."
the peach, which Darwin agreed with
Martial in declaring to be an evolution
lied form of the wild almond. Is now
rightfully esteemed in almost every coun-
try of the world for its exquisite flavor
and the daintiness of its flesh.
And first that famous southern dish,
the
Peach Cobbler.
For this the richest and ripest peaches
are none too good. Some variety Of the
yellow peach is usually chosen because
of its superior richness. For its baking,
an earthenware pudding dish at least
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to the scalding point, then add one tea
spoonful arrow root dissolved in half
cup cold water. Stir until the mixture
boils and thickens. then set aside to cool.
When ready to serve pour in sherbet
glasses set in larger bowls packed with
cracked ice and send to the table.
German Peach Cake.
Make a rich baking powder biscuit
dough and roll out in sheets to fit long
biscuit pan. 1t should not be more than
half-inch thick. Brush the top with
butter and cover with slices Of peach ar
ranged in symmetrical. overlapping rows.
or half peaches with the rounded side
up. Sprinkle generously with sugar,
cover with another tin to prevent the
fruit from becoming mushy or hardened.
and bake about half an hour in a hot
oven. This is a good substitute for peach
pie.
Peach Batter Pudding.
Put two cupfuls sliced peaches in the
bottom of a buttered baking dish. For
the batter mix by sitting one heaping cup
-four, two level teaspoonfuls baking pow.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
backward turn backward. O Time. on your way;
Make me boy again just for today.
LINCOLN, August 1, 1908.
@vHIS is the wish made annually
and always granted to William
j. Bryan when he takes his big
Commoner family of employees
on it's yearly outing. Mr.. Bryan
truly becomes the most ''boyish" boy in
the crowd and always leads in the pro-
gram of sports provided for entertain
ment.
The date for the picnic is always chosen
by the employees and is movable In order
to accommodate Mr.. Bryan's business en-
gagements. site is chosen that is near
the city Of Lincoln and easy of access.
This year Crete. pretty suburban viii
iage twenty miles west of Lincoln on the
Blue river. was the playground Of the
democratic candidate.
The official force of the Commoner va
ries from forty-fve to sixty-dve people.
who, once year, are given an opportu-
nifty to enjoy a real play day. Mr.. Bryan
provides for TRANSPORTATION In q special
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1908-12-18

%berdraerten Slid ndGIanbte. 1Inb es
bletbt mertpiirbig, aber trobbem
ipabr: lire GeeIe mar perberbt eenug,
INN itd iiber bieisn Bid gu freuen.
Was Tie bur1aus nt1t hiHoerte, BEN
Snfpettor cine reat quite Naht gu
piiuIden unb babel ibre QaHo ein bib
t)en lduaer in Der ieiHsn ruben 3u Ialf
fen, ais fir Diefeu 3fpet pislleidht &c.
rdoe ourd)aus u6tbt9 mar. unb nabel
bate ie p!1Bli6 ben Ginorrd, ols
tpenu Der @lepbant gar ni6t 10 furhts
bar aroB uuo ungefGld6t lpdre, lpie
iie immer oeoldutt batte. DIS Der 81
Ipettpr in ieiner Stabe auf Dem S5etts
RAND IaB. bie.t er pl6Blid in Der pro-
Iail9en Sei9aitiqun9 oes StieIelauss
5ie6ens inne unp Id)lug iid nit Der
fIaden Sauo auf Das 8nie, paB Is
tradte. Gabsi itelte e3 iid) berdus,
bab er lid Dit SslbitqeiprdGe in Der
Shat Inou d~naepobnt bate, Gr idgte:
,Was tonnte ie bamit meineu -
-ib paBte ndb Der 0eioe:. - bqs ipore
nod ni1t buS oiimmitc uno bic
WirtbI1uft pIrbs iie I1on in Orb
nun9 balten - penn Der Qlte bos
@elo - ooer Iduft lie luirtli4 benz
griinen SpindtbopIer mad? = p0s
pdrs freiIi@ 3um 9enbeIbreini6las
gen."
Der S6ldf Notnagels mar in bteIer
Noht niht 10 tief unb rubig. lpie Ionit.
8ieleiht neil er am Sonntag bic gea
ipobrte Irbeit MIDI 9%eletitet bate.
BieQeidt aud aus anberen 9riinoen,
~ssSeosnfaus trdumte er BON elmer jun
gen Dame, bic ibm i'm olloemeinen
isbr beaebrenSpertb eridien. ga Iel6it
lire Raie gefieI ibm niat libel - in
3raum.
9ls Der Neierenbar ourb ben Maln
rift, begeqnete inn cine SrouengeItal
ipelte unter lebbaften Nruibepegungel
bic GbauNee mebr eutlanq taumelte ols
9in9. Oobei rebete Iie nit elmer eigen.
tbiimIid tiefen, i9auerIiden Gtimme
Dor ii9 bin. nSeimiu6en bis in's
brittle unb pierts 8lieb." 9~laltbte Ill.
ribs 3u peritebsn. sic bate ein Sud
iiber ben Sopf %gebunocn, aus benz Die
Saare in i%pirren. naiIen GtrGbneu in's
8eii6t porfielen. 60 tounte er Ite
ni6t ertennen. War bas Weib bss
trunten? - ober - Simmel ia - lpur
bas ni9t bic Miinersfrau geroeIen3
Der Heiter ipdnbie iid UNI. a6er bic
@eitalt ipar apii9en ben gaumen per'
fhipun6en.