Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
MYSTERY, M|R1H, ROMANCE
ALL ARE FOUND IN THE SUN
DAY MAGAZINE,
A New Series by Author of when
Knighthood Was in Flower"-A
Few of the Good Things.


Sunday Star presents the first of a new
series of twelve stories by Charles Major.
author of When Knighthood Was in
Flower Dorothy Vernon Of HaddoH
Hail. Bears of Blue River and other
stories. Uncle Tom Andy Bill; Story
of Bears and Indian Treasure is the
title Mr.. Major has given the series, and
each of the stories is as unique and I'M
usual as the title.
Iii this weeks instalment of Mark
Twains autobiography Mr.. Clemens tells
"A Cat Story with Many Lives This
was a good story that really happened
away back IN 1913 1S49 and ordinarily
1t was called Jim VOLTS cat story. Mark
Twain wrote out the funny incident near
ly twenty years later and sold it for so.
He thought it was the end of that story
because he is just a bit conscientious
about selling his products twice; but that
was not the end of the cat story by
any means. for a year or two later Jim
Wolf and the cats appeared in a Ten
nessee paper in new dress-as to spell
ng-spelling borrowed from Artemus
Ward The appropriation of the tale had
a vide reputation in the. west and was
exceedingly popular AS Mark says: De
servedly So | think. for he wrote some
did his work with distinguished ease and
fiuency. His name has passed out o.
my memory" Six years later the same
old cat story came back to him in Lon
don. and. in fact ne thinks that cat is
destined to come back to him every few
years for all time TO come. The Lon
don appearance Of Jim and the Cats"
was even more interesting reincarnated
thar the preceding one in Tennessee.
Secrets of Royalty.
F. Cunliffe-Owen writing about Secret
Marriages of Royalty tells a number
of little known totally unknown ro
marces that have affected Old World gov
ernments. Not little of the romance
in the annals of Old World royalty is
furnished by its secret marriages. These,
entirely distinct from the publicly record
ed morganatic unions, are much more nu-
merouS than is generally known, and
there are few of the reigning houses OF
Europe in which alliances of this kind do
not figure.
Clarence l.. Cullen contributes Her
First Touch" honeymoon duOlogue. The
scene is the dining room of their brand
new fiat. The period about a fortnight
after their return from the honeymoon.
The time, at breakfast. There's a situa-
ton to make any one wish he were Within
easy hearing distance, and that Is exactly
where Mr.. Cullen puts you. He tells you
what he said and what she said, and In
the end he eXclaims just as he is making
his exit, Your first touch. my little old
u
Edward w. Townsend contributes the
seventh story of his series. entitled The
Climbing Courvatels.' This chapter tells
the story of The Fall and Rise of VII
lain rhe villain is, of course, Herbert
Delaney who aspired to the hand OF
pretty Gene Courtney in marriage. How
the Courtneys turned tables upon this
scoundrel when he attempted to make use
of the knowledge lie possessed of their
earlier career as The Magic Wonders of
no CT iS of no
attic incidents that Mr.. Townsend has ever
written.
The "Diva's Ruby"
Marion CrawfordS serial story, The
Divas Ruby" reaches it's fifth installment
in this issue. The synopsis of preceding
chapters which introduces this installment
will tell any new reader exactly what he
wishes to know about the characters In
this truly great story. Then follow q
series of incidents, in which Van Torp.
Fair Margaret and her friend, Mrs. Rush
more, figure conspicuously.
r. F. ONeal contributes An Ishmael
| in Birdland." an Ishmael being cowbird,
d most interesting member of the black
bird family, who is greatly traduced, as
Mr.. ONeal shows by his study of the
bird in its wild state as well as from a
pet cowbird adopted into his family.
G. f. Carter writes about the demand for
about the private secretaries of some
prominent men. Warwick James Price,
Nixon Waterman. +. A. Dawson. McLand-
bursh Wilson. Richard Lew Dawson and
others contribute an interesting budget of
miscellany. and w. w. Denslow and Dud-
ley A. Bragdon present the eighth of their
Immature studies. The Parlor Pig"
The colored cover design for this issue
is the reproduction of a painting made
especially for The Sunday Magazine by p.
v. E. Ivory. the illustrator of Mr.. Majors
Uncle Tom Andy Bill stories. Mr.. w.
Dry presents his ideal portrait of Uncle
Tom Andy Bill he tells these stories,
with pretty little Nab seated in his lap.
The artist is youngster of only twenty
three years hailing from California. and
just breaking out his wings in Whining
ton, Del, after course of study in How
ard Pyle's famous school. Mr.. Ivory in
his illustrations of these stories gives
great promise of speedily becoming one OF
our greatest American illustrators.