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tho wholly unnecessary people he brings
in. their manner OF talk and the descriptions
Of life. thoy would not do credit to a twelve
year-Old sohoOlbOy. II is Amazing that the
person who writes such stuff should be able
to report his old fisherman 30 we'll.
A painful picture Of American society is
presented in The Story Of Christina by
Mary Harriott Norris (the Neale Publish
ing Company. II Is mitigated by the evil
dent inexperience Of the author in the
matters she deals with. a criticism that
does not apply to the realistic descriptions
OF Western cOeducatiOnRl Institutions. the
young persons they harbor and their ideals
Whatever Mr.. James z. McGirt's mcrits
as a negro poet may be 1t is clear from "The
Triumphs Of Ephraim" Che McGirt Pub
fishing Company. Philadelphia) that as
writer OF fiction the mantle OF Alexandra
Dumas has not fallen upon him. The
noticeable thing in his stories is the child
ishness OF the ideals OF his negroes.
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fcrthcop,ing. "He quoted suddenly in a
unsh OF excitement. The mad and corus-
eating words that leaped from his lips we're:
Cocus and GyCcs and nriarcus.
Tsphon And Dolor Hnd POrphyrlOni
6nEularly and altogether worthy. He
could not withhold his own commendation
~ what he had quoted. "0h. the gorgeous
words' he cried Diana stood with claSped
hands looking UP at the Olympian Hermes
-,n a shelf. "EIer young body took on n
beautiful Elasticity and a pose informed
with thought Anthony went on;
Wow carn'st thou over the unfOoted sea-
Uoddsss' have beheld those eyes before
Md their eternal Gala, AMI all that face.
4 or have drcam'd.
Anthony was fond OF this utteraNce OF
his Keats. Months later. when he was
cast away on Maine island. these same
words rushed upon his memory. He passed
n long night, cold and hungry. In the
morning Diana presented herself before
him Blinking. with sleep, he began: How
ram'st thou over the unfOOted sea- Goddess
Here she shut him OF. being full OF curl
rstv to learn what had happened TO him.
BUT we repeat that Anthony was a deliver.
He knew a thousand poets besides Keats.
he knew all sorts Of literature in many
tongues. and what he knew he shared and
showered when he was cOnversing with
Diana and his other friends. The reader
will like the story. 1t is politely educational
and it ia keenly written and interesting
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Fiction.

At the start tho reader Of Mr.. +. Phillips
OPP The Great Secret" little
Brown and Company will feel that he has
good story Of adventure before him:
one exciting incident follows another logic
ally for a few chapters. The author, how
ever, seems to have acquired the trick OF
putting all his good apples on the top of the
barrel 1t may be the serial form Of pub
lic0tion that makes him forget as he goes
along the idea with which ne started The
secret which was TO be extinguished by tho
assassination Of the only man who knew IL
turns out to be something with which a
large number Of persons must have been
acquainted. and the part taken in the con-
spiracy by the heroine is apparently only
childish, meddlesO;nB Interference with
which no sympathy can be fot. The story
fiattens as it proceeds and becomes rather
ridiculous at the end The taste Of stirring
M British III feeling against Germany is
questionable.
Why Mr. Adam {. HIeselbarth should have
broken up his observations on the condition
Of Porto Rico with a story in Patty Of tho.
Palms (the Kenny Publishing Company,
New York; it is difficult to see Tho in
formation and tho descriptions are supplied
in solid instamcnts, ddacticaly. and are.
we imagine. Of some value The story is
clumsy and OF little interest; the ore ad-
vantage gained by introducing il is hat the
author is enabled at times to presen, differ
ant views about Porto Rico in conversa-
tional form
Aqueer and inoxplcable tumble is offered
in "A Colonel from Wyoming" by John
Alexander Hugh Cameron Christian Press
Association Publishing Company. New
York;. The author seems to have come
across a picturesque old rascal. a Caps
Breton smGgEler; he makes him tell great
many stories and ~ long ss he sticks 10
him and the Cape Breton folks in their
homes he gets along fairly well. A for
the story he undertakes to tell himself
The sun., 1908-01-11
The Sorrows OF Lucy.

The reader OF Alce and Claude Askew' 3
story Of Lucy Gort' (Brentano's) will
find that Lucy had the dickens Of a time.
She went away from her dull but COM
Portable home at Chadock-on-Sea to be
the companion OF a lady who purposed to
travel. Lucy was consumed with a desire
10 SEQ the world. Unhappily the lady who
was TO take her travelling turned out to bo
mad She was the wife OF Lord Robert
Chilvers, who had married her in Mexico.
She was large and dark, Handsomely but
very sombrely Spanish The first evening
Of Lucy's acquaintance with her Lucy
was sitting with Lord Roberts sister Cecilia
in the flne dining room at Elm Court, Lord
Roberts country house Lady Robert
entered and locked the door Her hair was
down. Il "streamed in black and tangled
masses over her shoulders She held a
knife in her well cared for but powerful
hand. She addressed tho girls quietly She
said: Il locked the door because l shall
allow no one 70 enter this room till have
killed Cecilia She ran her fingers over
the edge Of tho knife. The story says that
the action was hatefllly suggestive. Cecilia
pleaded 10 he spared. Tine mad woman
lau yhed wildly and cruelty and said: You
can spare your fair WORDS, cecilia, Tor tney
VIII not help you now. have endured your
hateful presence long enough. Have not
AAen you hanging fondly on Roberts arm
and heard him praising and hatterng you
whilst !, his wife, was taken no more notice
NJ than II had been wood or stone, but set
A. neught. ignored or left TO the cold oom-
rarionship OF Emily Greener 1.-THE female
kneperl whilst you went tripping OF with
Robert" She chased the girls around
Tho room. making horrible speeches. For
tuua'ely help arrived before she could slay
anybody.
Lucy had green eyes Ike jade and yellow
htlr. Lord Robert fell in love with her. He
told her that she must marry him as soon
a. Lady Robert died. Lucy felt herself
scaadaHzed. Sine repulsed Lord Robert
VA came to her door in the dead Of night
Hn1 innplored her through the keyhole 10
b h.A soc Was firm. Sl,S told him that she
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age. not even excepting the nineteenth.
has brought out. In art he can show the
Gothic cathedrals and Glotto: In learning
the establishment Of the universities while
the Popes from Innocent III. to Boniface
VIII. held the supremacy In the world.
1t was a century Of healthy growth and Of
great beginnings from every point Of view.
when the Papal influence was felt strongly
throughout Christendom. and DR.. Walsh
has done well to emphasize its value.
In declaring that he has written his book
merely TO please himself. the anonymous
author OF Marshal Turenne' Nongmans,
Green ami Company disarms criticism.
He admits that he has not the technical
knowledge needed to discuss campaigns,
the strategy OF which the revolution in mod
srn conditions has rendered obsolete. He
seems TO limit himself in his researches
to the most easily accessible French sources,
but he writes easily and Turennes history
Is as picturesque as a romance so that his
book Is very readable.
A laborious sample of the modern pedantic
culture history has been written by DR..
Edmund Dale in National Life and Char
acter in the Mirror of Early English Litera-
ture" Cambridge University Press @. p.
Putnam's Sons). IL is a methodical view
OF English social conditions based on the
literature from Chaucer back to the begin
nings, containing the usual generalizations
and littlefhat is new, but with reference
in the margin for most OF the authors
statements. 1t il pretentious in style,
and the preface leaves the impression that
the authors advisers intinated to him that
he had better not write his book.
If Mr.. Archibald Weir in his AN Intro
duction to the History OF Modern Europe"
Houghton, Mifflin and Company had
limited himself to an exposition Of the
theories according to which. in his judg-
ment, that history should be studied he
might have made his meaning clear, what
ever opinion his readers might have had
Of the value Of those theories or of his
authority in stating them. He has inter-
woven with them, however, a compendium
Of events. explained from his point Of view.
which Confuses his argument and weShould
imagine must make his book OF slight
value in the classroom.
Another Of the deplOrable text books
which are turning political economy into
Continued on Eighth Pdgc
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The other essay. on -Petrarch's Library
is delightful and full Of information. N. de
NOlhao points out clearly Petmrch's great
deserts in the history Of mankind az the
reviyer OF classical studies and the prOpn-
gator OF the new learning. The volume.
like the Others OF the series. 10 q marvel OF
exquisite typographical taste.
The other. more popular and weaker side
OF Petraroh will be found In Miss Agnes
TObin's translation OF the sonnets and
canzoni, "On the Death Of Madonna Laura
John W. Luce and Company. Boston). The
love OF Petrarch for Laura 10 one Of the
strange, unshakable facts In history. No
demonstration Of actual events no e1po-
sition Of the literary Rrtifciality OF the
poets passion" avails against the legend.
and his painful sonnet form still allures
every dabbler in verso. The translator
has made an admirable selection OF only
the best that Petraroh wrote and has put
Il into dignified English verse; She omits
the chronological celebrations OF the ami
versary and other perfunctOry pieces. so
that the reader Of her hook can easily i'm
aEine that the poet really felt the senGi-
ments he put into verse. The celebrated son-
net In which Cardinal Colonna and Laura are
combined may serve as an example Of the
manner in which Miss Tobin has performed
her task:
Down the white Column and the Laurel fall
That were a shade for my perplexed heart
may not nnd them now In any part
OF this great world. o Fest and West Winds, call
My double treasured Underneath pail
II Bes;-n0 answer. No, you need not start.
No bribes avail, no stun from any mart:
/ shall not them any more at all.
SIoOp low my once proud head more than the SAnds
In number bs the scaldlng tears that well
In eyes shat laughed. An me, how long one stands
IioATdlng ones hearts test treasurer tin.
De,l-mel
Sudden they fash between the helpless hands,
Ss from DSnaid sieve the water fell.
The book is presented in handsome typo
graz hc dress,
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Petrarch From Two Points OF View.

The beautifully printed "Humanists'
Library" edited by Mr.. Lewis Einstein
and published by d. b, Updyke. Boston. is
to include not only translations and re-
prints of classics, but essays by modern
writers on topics germane 10 the series.
The first Of these to appear is -Petrarch
and the Ancient World" by NJ. Pierre de
Nolhac. curator Of the Versailles palace
and collections. The two essays in the
volume are charmingiy written. lucid and
instructive. In the first, "Petrarch as
InitiatOr OF the Renaissance" the writer
in his effort to be popular, betrays at times
the naive views OF many Parisians as to the
barbarianism Of foreigners and explains
npedlessly what every one who knows any
thing about Petrarch already knows, all
the more those interested enough in human
ism to read the publications in the "Liorary."
The sun., 1908-01-11
Historical.

A clear account Of all the officials at the
Papal court at Rome Is given in the Rev.
DR.. Nicholas Killings Procedure at the
Roman Curia," translated and published
with Archbishop Farleys inprimdtur by
Joseph f. Wagner. New York. The first
part OF the book will no found extremely
useful by all who have to deal with Catholic
affairs II gives the history of the various
officials from Cardinals down, explains
their duties. describes the several Congre-
cations and their functions, 30 that the
great central organization Of the Church
may he understood This il followed by
matter appealing to'a more limited and
technical public. the manner of doing busi-
ness with each department: but even this
calls for the printing Of important docu-
menrs such as Pope Plus KS Syllabus Of
Errors and Decree on Marriage. The book
will be helpful not only TO all Catholic
ecclesias sites but 10 every one interested in
European politics.
The comparison between "the relative
worth OF centuries is necessarily invidious,
but for his title declaration The Thirteenth.
Greatest of Centuries" (the Catholic Summer
School Pross). James J. Walsh, NJ D.,
Ph. D.. LII. d., makes a very good showing.
The modern Outcry for progress and the
recent outbreak OF renaissance worship
have obscured the accomplishment of a
century Of vigorous life in every direction
that interests humanity. DR.. Walsh can
point to Magma Charta and the establish
ment Of Parliament and the legislation of
Edward /. in England. to the reign of
Louis TX. in France. 20 the Hanseatic towns
and the Italian cities on the material side.
TO Roger Bacon and Marco Polo in science
and Thomas Aquinas and st. Francis of
Assist in thought, while in literature there
is Dante and in Germany and France a
richer Outburst Of poetry than any later
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could never love anybody but Lord Cllrven.
On hearing that Lord Robert cut his throat
with penknise. He was found dead next
morning lying before LuOy's chamber
door
Lord Curven was one Of the most foolish
of young mon. lie wss prig and a gas
tropod, and low. unworthy things besides
LIgy laughed n weird. terrible little laugh.
u laugh in which her heart broke when
he Tilted her. She went away TO Ostend
with Lady Maria Standish. a wicked old
soul who R0mbled. Lucy gambled her
seh. She won hundreds Of pounds at
roulette. Then she lost nearly all her
money. A Russian Grand Duke wanted
hOr to he his hut sne turned from him.
She walked by tho edge Of the sea at night
Sho laughed thin. ghOstly laughter" Sho
stretched out her arms toward the dark
water and cried in shriil aud piteous tones;
Tout ne pdsse-se edSse-ss idssci" She
felt Of the wrter II was very cold. We
read: How could she drown herself she
asked. when she was 40 young and full OF
lifeH How darOd she bo 50 cruel 10 her
flesh, tho soft warm flesh which had never
done any harmy Why should the waves
make il damp and soddon. chill the gold
from her tine soft hair and put out the
light in her eyes?' Another dash OF cold
spray. She hit hor lip end laughed faint
laughter, She had still thirty louis in her
purse. Il can but stake theIn.' she said
and she went back TO the Casino. But
whether she won or lost We may not know
for that Is the oaCl Of the story.
1t will be In our opinion n churiish rea der
who refuses 20 sorrow for Lucy. We can
see her green eyes now. brimming with
SORROW aud doubt. Did she win al roulette?
Did the saa get her? Or was she carried
of by the Grand DuleY
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Continued on Eighth Pogc.
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
Evening Party.

Friends Of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
Hellby. of No. 1904 Reed street, were
surprised bv their friends one night
last week and delightful evening was
spent. The company was favored
with music and songs by Patrick
Mahon. Patrick Newell. Richard joyce.
Thomas Morahan. Roger Walsh and
Patrick Purcell.
Those present were: Mieses Mary and
Nora Mahon. Rosie Eowen, Ellen Hort,
Mary and Katie Walsh. Mary Meene-
han. Mary Ellen Meenehan, Beatrice
Filliben. Della Farraher. Marguerite
Burns, Mary 1.ucey. Mary Purcell,
Nora Purcell. Lottie George, Mamie
Sheridan. Nellie McDonough. Mary
Dordan. Annie Coyne, Catherine Laf-
fev. Jennie McDermott. Messrs. Pat
rick Mahon. John Wcwon. Martin
Joyce. Richard Joyce, Michael Dordan,
John Dordan. John Walsh. Roger
Walsh. Thomas Hines. John O'Neal'
Martin Meenehan, Thomas Morahan'
Patrick Mahon. Patrick Newell, John
Donohue. John Rittenhouse, Michael
Evening journal., 1908-05-11

among whom was Senator James G.
Blaine. always a favorite with Mr..
Phillips. 1t so happened that a few
weeks before this time Mr. Blaine in
presenting to congress the statue OF
Governor King, first governor Of
Maine. to be placed in the rotunda of
the capitol. had commented severely on
the loyalty of Massachusetts, and espe-
cially the Federalist party during the
war with Great Britain In 1912.
OF this party the father Of Wendell
Phillips, John Phillips, was a eonspicu-
GUS member. When Blaine's speech
was made, Dawes and Hoar were sena-
tors from Massachusetts, and they both
essayed some sort of an impromptu re-
ply thereto, but did themselves little
credit in parrying the thrusts Of
Blaine's glittering rapier.
So when Wendell Phillips met Blaine
on this occasion he said to him laugh
ingly. II wish had been a member OF
this body for about an hour the other
day when you made that speech ats
tacking the Massachusetts, Federalists."
"Ah," said Mr.. Blaine. with that
ready wit which never deserted him.
III you had been here shouldn't have
made that speech. ."-Exchange
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
Mav Carnival Proaram.

The May carnival Of Miss McClaf-
ferty's School of Dancing, in the Opera
House on Thursday evening, May 21.
promises to be more interesting than
ever. The children have been taught
many new fancy dances for the occa-
sion, and the staging and costuming
will be most elaborate. Following will
be the program:
/. (a) May Pole Dance; OBJ Flower
Girls; (c) Dance of the Flowers; Cd
song, Roses Bring Dreams Of You" 3
(a) Dancing Dolls; CD solo. French
Doll" 3. (a) Flag Drill; (b) song,
Honey Boy" Co Hornpipe. f. (a)
Dance Of the Hours-Sunrise, Morning
Noon. Night; (b) song. 5. (a) Dance
Of 1880; (b) Dance. Pepita- 6. Japa-
nese Tea Garden Song Z. May Ma
zurka. s. dance of Pierrots and Pier
rettes: % Premier Danseuse. 9. (a)
Contra Dance; (b) song. "See Saw"
Part ITO. ca Greek Dance; (b)
Greek Flower Dance; (c) Grecian Love
Song. II. Dance of the Witches. 12.
Pride of the Prairie. 1S. (a) Queen Of
the Fairies; (b) Fairies Ballet. Dance
of the Nations-14. Ireland. Is. Scot
land. 16. England H. Italy. is, Hol-
land. 10, Russia. 20. France, 21, Amer
lea. 2. Court Minuet; %. song, Beau
tiful Land of Nod" "a. Dance Of the
Jockeys. 25. (a), song, Don't Worry"
(b), song, Good Night"
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
ANCHORAGE BUOYS
in THE DELAWARE

Representative Joel Cook. of Penn
sylvania. in letter to Geo. f. Sproule,
secretary to the Commissioners Of
Navigation. wrote that he had succeed
ed in having inserted in the lighthouse
bill an amendment authorizing the
Lighthouse Board to place and MAIN
tain anchorage buoys IN the Delaware
River. Several days ago the Comptrol-
Ter of the Treasury decided that the
board should not place anchorages in
the Philadelphia harbor at the expense
Of the Government
The letter of Mr. Cook was interest,"
ing news 20 the Navigation Commits
sioners. who last week announced that
the Government had refused 20 take
care Of the anchorage buoys. in the
philadelphia harhor. fsfaW rrfa94
For years tho Government main
tanned anchorage buoys in the harbor.
but recently the Treasury Department
declined to continue tlie practice and
authorized the Lighthouse Board 20
discontinue IT, AS 4 result. captains
Of vessels have experienced much
trouble locating proper Gnchorages.
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
JERSEY DEALS
BREWERS A BLOW

PENNsGROVE. May 11.-As re-
suit OF the Morris act passed by the
Legislature at its last session, two
large brewing companies of Whining
ton have closed their hottling establish
ments in this town. Under the old
law the bottlers paid only a Federal
tax Of $50 a year, and were permitted
TO sell in quantities exceeding fve
gallons, or AS bottles, to a customer.
The new law requires botuers TO take
out a license at a cost not less thar
500 in every municipality in which
they sell.
Judge Trelles. OF the Cumberland
County Court. has declared that ne
will not grant license TO bottlers, and
other South Jersey Judges are likely
TO adopt his view.
Temperance adv coates are rejoicing
over the operations of the Morris act
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
rhs Homo d Edam chssa..

The northern part Of Holland is the
seat of the Edam cheese industry. In
making the Edam cheese fresh cows
milk is carefully strained and the rem
net added. As soon as the milk curdles
the whey is drawn OF. and the curd,
thoroughly kneaded, is pressed into
molds. This process is repeated until
the whey has all been extracted and
the curd IS comparatively dry. 1t is
then wrapped In a linen cloth and kept
for ten or twelve days until quite solid.
Then the cloth is removed and the
cheese put into salt lye. Afterward a
little more dry salt is sprinkled on the
cheese until the maker thinks 1t is salt
enough to insure its keeping. 1t is next
put into a vessel and washed with
whey and scraped to remove the white
crust. II IS next carried into a cool
room and laid on shelves. where It IS
frequently turned. The ripening proc
ess lasts from two to three months,
the round balls growing the fine yellow,
or reddish color peculiar to Edam
cheese. The cheeses intended to be ex-
ported to this country are rendered still
more brilliant by dyeing the rind vita
q vegetable dye
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
Social and
es~ Personal

Holiday ]. Mimin was a Camden
visitor last week.
Miss Ida Chambers is visiting her
parents, at Camden.
Mrs. Henry NJ Olmstead, Of Dover,
is a guest Of Wilmington friends.
Mrs. Alexander Craig, of Perryviue.
has returned home after a visit TO
friends here
William Jackson spent part of last
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Jackson, of Perryville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Hall have
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Sander
Shank, of Perryville.
Mrs. w. II. Mortar has returned 10
her home in this city after spending
two weeks at Charlestown.
Albert Bouden spent last Sunday at
Chesapeake City.
Albert Boulden spent last Sunday at
Chesapeake City.
Rodney Clark is the guest Of his
grandparents at Chesapeake City
Ara Rambo is spending sometime
with his daughter, Mrs. Jesse H. Sim
pers, of North East.
Miss Annie Kearney is visiting Miss
Ella Murray, Of Port Deposit
Mrs. Il. S. Fouracre and daughter,
Helen, of Middletown, are the guests
Of friends in this city.
Mrs. A. l. Truax visited her father
at Middletown last week.
Mrs. Carl Fleming is the guest OF
her parents accHover.
Miss Daisy Clark has been visiting
relatives at st. Georges.
Mrs. Frank Weaver, OF st. Georges
was a visitor here the past week
Mr. and Mrs. Denver Coppage and
daughter have been the guests of his
mother at Odessa
Joseph II. Cox, OF Seaford, spent
part of the past week in this city.
Edward Jackson has been visiting
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Jack
son, Of Seaford.
Howard Prettyman has returned
from a visit to his home at Glendale
Harry Hudson is a guest OF rela-
tives at Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman c. Wall. Of this
city, are at the Breslin Hotel, N. Y.
Evening journal., 1908-05-11
Art vsrs,,s NaturA.

saw her floating down the street,
A vision of delight
fellow with but half an eye
Could see she was all right
And every move suggested youth
And lOveliness and grace,
Although from where 1 viewed the
queen
I could not sec her face.
Upon a bunch Of nut brown hair
Quite daintily there sat
In dignified but roGuish pose
stylish summer hat.
Her waist was trim, but not too snaIl,
Her feet well shod and neat.
And from my point Of view the lass
Seemed good enough to eat.
Alas. one cannot always tell
Things are not what they seem.
/ would have sworn her face must be
A bright and radiant dream.
fell dead when she turned around
Her features we're so coarse.
So like a hatchet in their form,
They would have scared a horse.
We hear Of beauty unadorned,
But where would Il be at
Without the dress designers touch,
Without the stylish hat7
Yes nature is a kind old soul
And tries TO do her part,
But how she would fall down at times
II not backed up by artl