Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14

NJ oiliy mas 1t entirely supplanted
Nick Carriers Trump Card" and
FRANK Merrlwcll in the PHILIPPINES"
In the esteem OF the office boys, but
the heads of the firm have found
themselves often smiling over the pic
lures. completely ublivious to more
pressing matters. The trouble is all
because Of Mr.. Boyd Smiths pictures.
They arc full of subtle humorous
touches-every little gnone or amin
al is joke in itself--and the point
of each is likely to fash upon the
reader unexpectedly In such a case,
When lie has bottled up too many
chuckles TO contain, he has an uncon-
{ trollable impulse to take the book to
some one else and break up his work
by showing him the joke.
1t has been long time since any
thing so good has been written about
Santa Claus. In fact, he has never
had biosrapher, though children
have for ages demanded to know the
facts of his life, and have had to be
contcnted with the inaccurate guesses
of their parents. This book, the pub
fishers claim, is likely to become a
classic.
According to the newspapers. it is
the women who have taken exception
to some Of the straightforward talk
in Robert Herricll's Together" Evil
IDENTIFY there are two sides to the aues-
ton, even from a woman's point of
view. as it should by he<following
extract from letter written by
clever Western woman:
.Of course clubdom went off at
tangent, and II the diatribes of the
club women elsewhere showed the
same familiarity with the text as did
those of our vicinity. it as a sad ar
raignment of the intelligence of the
Gulf. for it was evident that not one
had read the book Some one had
told them IT. concerned May and Dec
cnlber bargains for mercenary con-
sideration, and that was all they
cared to know But it is the people
who have read the book who are doing
the talking amongst themselves and
to their friends. Some of our half
baked critics found It melodramatic
and suggcrated, but women are prone
10 call it plain truth, and to recon-
mend others to read 1t even If you
have to buy it, I know OF one case
where woman is already rcgrettingl
her divorce, in a way. for since read
ing Together for the first time in
her empty life she has begun to rea-
lie that there are two sides to
bargain and that a man ought not to
be a mere machine during the day.
earning money for woman's delec-
taton. and an adoring satellite after
working hours, worshipping mlladlfs
social successes"
In True Tales of the Plains" pub
lished by the Empire Book company,
Buffalo Bill. striking figure in Amer
lean life has told the story of his ca
recr and of many wonderful events of
the great west This book has a double
value, for historical reasons and be-
cause of its own absorbing interest.
Truth, as we all know, is often strans-
er than fiction, and the adventures OF
Buffalo Bill surpass the efforts Of the
romancer.
Tie great scout, although his excit-
ing career began over a half century
ago, tells his story simply. He was
only II years or age when he killed
his first Indian, chief. as his head
dress showed, although the redoubtable
youngster never knew his name,
Mr.. Cody gained his title of Buffalo
Bill in competition with Billy Com
stock, a noted scout, guide and inter
prefer They enga ged, for a. large wa
ger, in a buffalo killing match. limited
to one day of eight hours. Mr.. Cody
killed 60 to Comstock's As, and has
been known ever since as Buffalo Bill.
The buifaiocs were slain for food, ana
not for wanton sport.
Els chapters throng with great
events There Is a thrilling description
OF Clusters last fight and of the famous
defense Of Gen. Forsyth, who, with
only so pIansmcn, on a sandy little
Roman Nose and 1000 Sioux and Ghcy-
enc warriors, The annals Of warfare
contain no more desperate and heroic
defense than this.
Many other famous border battles are
recounted by Buffalo Bill. and besides