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phase Of life. and as a plea for the
rescue of girls. who. like Rose are sem
fenced to depravity and ruin by the very
forces that brought them into being.
BUILDING A HOME, Book Of runda.
mental Advice for the Laynan About
to Build. BY II. w. Desmond. editor
OF The Architectural Recorl." au-
thor OF stately Homes OF America"
etc. and H. W. rrohne associate
editor of the Architectural Record"
Thoroughly illustrated with Photo
graphs and Plans. New York: The
Baker G. Taylor Company.
Any man who can read this book with
out feeling impelled to put some feature
or features of the authors advice into
practice must be immune to enthusiasm.
1t has considered all the points that the
layman needs to have considered-the adj
visibility Of building rather than buying
ready made. the practical considerations
to be included in choosing the site the
relative. immediate and ultimate cost OF
the various building materials. the ratio
OF decrease In value during progress OF
time Of the different materials. the treat
ment of the suburban site. etc. And then.
when plans. site, materials. Landscape
gardening have been considered, the mat
ter OF decorations, furniture. construction.
the principles OF architectural design are
discussed. The illustrations of houses
showing various features and OF plans
are enlightening.
FOLKS BACK HOME. BY Eugene
Wood, author Of Back Home" New
York: The Mcclure Company. Wash.
ington: Woodward Il Lothrop
Those who love the racy chronicles Of
quiet back-country districts, where hui
NOR and pathos are alike untrammeled by
convention. will eetoy this collection OF
stories about Folks Back Home The
comedies. romances. whimsical oddities
there developed ran d larger gamut OF
individuality than can be found in urban
life where men anG women are more apt
to be, externally Al least. OF the same
type. The initial story. THE Seal Of the
Covenant" is full OF human nature and
Of the feminine.
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ried to the deserted groom in the place
of the false fair one. When the reaoef
has once overcome the strain put upon his
credulity by this rather impossible event
fairs which leisureIy conducts Marcia into
the haven of happy marriage The story
is located in rural New York. and the
incidents center about the trial OF the
first steam railroad in Albany. whittier
the happy pair journey on their frst ac-
tual. their second supposititious. money
moon. The narrative is somewhat TOO
long drawn out. and some of the plot
machinery is of the obvious description.
but the simple trials and joys OF tender.
hearted girl are portrayed with sooo
deal of sympathy. and counterbalance the
somewhat inexplicable Vaccinations OF
the wicked sister so far as to insure the
interest Of the reader. The atmosphere OF
an earlier day is delightfully."- rendered. In
which the author has been aided In no
mean degree by the charming illustra-
TONS
THE SISTERS. BY Mrs. Percy Dearmer.
New York: The Mcclure Company.
The manner in which the raw material
of human inheritance and personality is
nodded by the circumstances in which IN
dividual lots are cast is brought forward
so forcibly by this novel of Mrs. Dear
one. Two daughters Of one father. Rose
de Winton, the daughter of the infamous
Rosalje, and Ruth Templeton, whose
mother is of an almost sanity type OF
English womanhood. lead their allotted
lives before the eyes of the reader The
fate of both girls is determined to an
almost overpowering degree by their en-
vironment: in che case all the influences
are for good. in the other all are for evil.
Rose is distinctly the more strongly con-
ceived portrait. 1t is a wonderful study
that the author has given Of a girl whose
native impulses are toward good. but
who is beaten in her unequal fight almost
to the point of moral and physical ruin.
Her salvation comes through the agency
of her half sister, but it is faint shadow
of personality that energies from ruin
to take the place of the passionate. low
Ing. sunny girl whom Rosalie de Winton
had, in some strange fashion. brought
into the world. The portrait of Rosalie
Of the book. The author herself states
that it was only one drawn from life,
and the reader is quite ready to believe
that the character. as we'll as many of
the incidents, was an actual. If unpleas-
ant. fact. AS type of pre-destined demi-
mOndaine it is probable that Rosalie has
few suceriors in literature. The author
plea that she has written 1.-The Sisters
mot mere story. but rather as a certain
view of human existence" and that ''such
persons and situations are brought into
my story. not because / feel any pleasure
in darkness in itself but because dark
ness is not less necessary to the develop
ment of character, as we know II, than
light" is scarcely necessary. Her earnest
ness of purpose is too evident for her real
ism to be criticised. The book must in
evitably stand as convincing study of
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holds commission as lieutenant general
In the Chinese army of reform. and mas
spent much of his life in military opera
tons in the remote interior Of the celes-
tial empire. Out of his extraordinary op-
portunities for observation he has writ
ten a tragic romance of Chinese life and
character which is the first that has ever
been published in the English language.
THE Vermil.ion PENCIL has much of the
sense Of mystery. of somberness which is
the heritage of an old civilization. 1t
has. moreover. sympathy which is born
OF an extended acquaintance with lit
seemed to occidental peoples. inexplicable
in the institutions of the Chinese is made
| more clear by the author. The treatment
Of the Chinese laws, the relation of their
seeming extreme rigor to their real inten-
ton. Is explained with great clearness.
The heroine. moreover. who acts out her
destiny under the title THE Wife" is
revelation in the possibilities of Chinese
wOmanhOod. A native of the Tien Mu
mountains. in the province of the Wind
Ing Steam she had grown up in great
er. freedom than the woman of the cities.
and had developed a naive yet forceful
personality which made her power with
the old viceroy who makes her his wife.
home is always with her. something ele-
mental. The story Of her fateful love
for the Breton has about 1t the inevita-
b!eness of folklore. a tragic constraint.
lule peTlOO represented Is tndt OF the De-
ginning of Jesuit influence in Chinese
life. the old bishop is sinister creation
which. in one Interpretation. explains
much of the Chinese attitude toward for
eigners. The Breton is little more than
an elemental type. In fact, the whole
romance has in it something Of the typ
ical, vein Of symbolism which softens
the tragic element into something re-
moved, poetic. Only where the wife
awaits the horror of the awful Lingchee
does the tragedy drift into something
personal, terrible.
Thefe is skill in the authors utiliza-
ton Of the elements of the native civil
ization in the development of his plot. A
fine example of this is in the manner in
which the obscure factor of the Secret
Society comes into play when the Chill
dren of the Deluge rally to the cause of
the Breton whose accidental possession of
the Great Symbol makes him a power
able to cope with bishop and magistrate
Vermillion PENCIL
MARCIA SCHUYLER. BY Craze Liv-
ingston Hill Lutz, author of The
Story of a Whim,' etc. With a
Frontispiece in Color by Anna Whe-
Ian Belts. and Six Illustrations in
Tint by E. L. Henry. NAT. Pi;iladel-
phia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
Marcia Schuyler is a simple and lovable
heroine. and the story of her life in the
early days of the nineteenth century is
full of a quiet charm. girl of seven
teen. in her first long dress, she is made a
victim to the pride of her father and the
wounded vanity of Tilted suifor. hurried
into the wedding finery of the sister who
had eloped with another man, and mar
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Washington. D. c. With this prepara-
ton, the author has made the attempt
to correlate the discoveries of the PSYCHE
cal researchers and the psychopatholo-
gists with a view to showing that instead
of undermining the long-cherished faith
in the immortality of man the results
of their inquiries and experiments con-
firm and buttress it
tion." says Mr.. Bruce. that lack OF
knowledge is the only real obstacle to
general acceptance of the gifts which
scientific exploration of personality holds
science. which may perhaps be defined as
unscientific utilization of the powers Ia
tent in every human being. is itself indica-
tive of the popular readiness to throw
down the bars. as 1t were. and advance
boldly into the unknown region OF subcon-
scious force and activity now being scien-
tif1cally opened up. But. unlike the vo-
luminous literature pertaining to the ques-
ton Of the survival of personality after
bodily death. little has been written 20
question of the hidden sources Of personali-
ty and the possibility of employing them to
heal the individual and strengthen the
race"
This Office the author of the present
book has performed. He discusses. with
admirable fairness, the investigations of
the psychfcal researchers" these men
who have endeavored to prove. by scien-
tific demonstration. that the life of man
does not end with the grave. This at
tempt. the author concludes. supporting
his opinion by convincing arguments, has
failed. Not only does the survival of
personality after bodily death remain un-
proved. but 1t can never be definitely
proved by evidence scientifically accept
able" This conclusion follows chapters
devoted to the analysis of the investiga
tons. Of the modern psychical researchers.
an analysis which induces the average
reader to accept the authors conclusions.
It is further enforced by a more detailed
account Of the investigations given in the
appendix. 1T does not follow, however.
that the Society for Psychical Research
has expended its efforts in vain and
should cease from endeavor-if it has not
proved survival. It has most assuredly
given mankind new and forceful reasons
for clinging to the ancient faith. This it
has done by enlarging and annobling the
conception of personality" From in
vestigations into the resources of hypno-
tism. from scientific study of personality
in France and in this country. from the
observation of abnormal developments of
personality. much has been done to cure
mental and nervous diseases. even to as
sist normal, everyday man to better with
stand the terrific strain of present day
conditions The psychopatholoSfsts con-
fess that they are helpless in the presence
of actual insanity: but actual insanity is
often preceded by stages in which it is
These are some Of the practical results
Of the recent inquiry in The Riddle of
Personality.
THE vERMILLION PENCIL; a Ro-
nance of China. By Homer Lea.
New York: The Mcclure Company.
The author of this book, Homer Lea,
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lasted and gloating over it's small result
Those who took part in those long drawn
deliberations and continuous tea parties
of last summer tell me that the confer
ence was a great success. The thirteen
treaties negotiated hardly touch upon the
burning questions of the war. and the
millennium is not appreciably nearer. Moth
ing was done to prevent another Rod
jesventsky from sailing half around the
world. taking on supplies and picnick-
ing in every port. staying there and eff
fecting combination with new fleets
nothing to prevent the sowing of mines
in neutral seas. in the path of peaceful
commencement the prohibition against
the throwing of explosives from balloons
was not renewed-three miles remains the
neutral limit OFF shore. while. forts and
twenty miles. and Admiral Togo's fleet
was often invisible when its shells were
dropping in the streets of Port Arthur
The Authorship Mystery.
Have people taxed you with the au-
thOrship of. the book?''
"A few. IT grew very tiresome before
the winter was over. l never squarely
denied it. and little buster generally put
Nonsense. who told you that" and they
would generally quit; while Have you
read the book? would scatter another
kind of inquisitor promptly, as they gen.
orally had not read any book. and were
only talking for the sake of conversa-
ton. l could truthful say, too that l
had been asked to write preface to the
book and had refused to do so-as the
publishers In the effort to uncover the
authorship kept up fusillade of letters
to the literary agent for every day of
five weeks. / have been rather disap-
pointed that there was more curiosity
about the authorship than interest in the
status of prisoners of war. or acknowledge
ment of the way in which the Japanese
had exceeded the provision of the seventh
article of the Hague convention of 1899"
And the critics. what have they said?"
The greater number accepted it as lit
orally what 1t tried to be-the journal
of Russian woman. They praised the
Princess SOphie's courage. or else secuted
the idea of such adventures being posi-
BILE in the enemy's country in time of
war. The device is clever, but rather
too transparent said the most superior
the wife of the Russian prisoner is more
than half English and wears trousers
One Japanese said: The thought is dis
tinctly masculine. -thinly disguised in fem
mime expression Another Japanese call
ed it a revelation of the Russian heart
and of the soul of the Nippon woman
and said that he could not read it with
out tears. All Of them seemed to grasp
the fact, however, that the prisoners were
treated as The Hague ordains. and they
lay great stress on the part that Presi
dent Roosevelt took in the Portsmouth
conference.
ATTACKS" on Russia.
II heard that certain Russian called
the book air; insidious attack on the Rus
sian government. Who can say that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-25
BOOK REVIEWS.
THE RIDDLE OF PERSONALITY. BY
H. Arlington Bruce. New York
MOffat Yard & Co

scientific and at the same time popu-
lar treatment Of this greatest of problems
will be we'll received at time when so
much that is misleading is published.
The foundation of an extensive course of
reading and research has been supple
mented by the personal counsel and aid
Of such men as Prof. William James of
Harvard University, Prof. James H. Hys-
lop of the recently organized American
Institute for Scientific Research. DR.. Boris
Sidis of Brookline. Mass. Dr.. Morton
Prince of Boston, Prof. Pierre Janet of
the College de France, and DR.. William
A. White, superintendent of the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane,
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surprised when he said. But what real
ly sent for you for was to say that this
play. wretched as it is. tells me that you
have power in you, so now 70 and write
a play about people in their homes"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
YACHTING RACE TICKETS
NOW ALMOST EXHAUSTED
Only Fifty of the Coupon Bonds Issued
by the Chamber of Commerce
Remain and Purchasers
Should Hurry

about fifty more yacht race coupon
bond tickets sold today will make the
pledge of the Los Angeles chamber
of commerce good" said Secretary
Virgins last night. Los Angeles bust
ness men, who can always be depended
upon TO unite in any movement having
for it's object the advancement of the
commercial interests of the city have
done nobly in this enterprise. 1t is
money we'll expended and will result in
positive advantage to Los Angeles.
Saturday will be a gala day on the
coast and San Pedro and the start Of
the transpacific yacht race will be in
the limelight with a great multitude
of patriotic people assembled to give
the boats a royal sendoff. Only few
bonds remain to be sold. Requests sent
in by mail or telephone will receive
prompt attention. Hurry"
The official steamer for the trip to
sea will be the Hermosa. Holders of
the coupon tickets are reminded that
the special electric train for San Pc
dro to connect with the Hermosa will
leave the corner of Los Angeles and
Ninth streets Saturday morning at 10
o'clock. Free luncheon will be served
on the steamer to the entire chamber
of commerce party, which will be linn
tied to 325, to insure comfort for every
body. No one will be permitted on the
special train or steamer without the
coupon ticket
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
CITY HALL NOTES

Fire Chief Pips reported yesterday
that the department had responded TO
thirty-two fire alarms during the week
and that the fire loss amounted to
about $4,000.
The fire commission yesterday grant
ed a steam boiler permit to the Acme
Cement Plaster company for steam
ing plant at $50 South Alameda street.
e. M. Clark, who applied to the fire
commission week ago for permission
to install a gasoline engine at 1910
wesley avenue, and who thereby
brought down the vigorous protests OF
the property owners in the vicinity,
yesterday changed his petition to read
gas engine, and was granted the per-
init. .
70. Bender, 116 West Seventh street,
was permitted to place a distillate en-
CINE in his automobile garage by the
fire commission.
William Nusser, hoseman at engine
company No. 10, was yesterday dis
missed from the service by the fire
commission, on charges of desertion
Nnsser was granted two days leave oil
absence, but took fourteen.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
AUDITOR TO AID
IN SAVING DOGS
MUSHET HOLDS UP DEMANDS
OF POUND KEEPER
RECENT AMENDMENT CONTAINS
A JOKER
Hours for Redemption Of Animals
Such That Workingmen Are Prae-
ticaIIy Precluded from GET
ting Pets Back

Auditor w. c. Mushet, who has just
returned from Denver, last night ex-
pressed his desire to cooperate in re-
forming the dog license law irregulari-
ties by requesting that he would stick
to his course of holding UP all illegal
demands from the pound master.
With Auditor Mushet the question is
one Of dollars and cents and compliance
with the charter in this case. He de-
clares that the municipality gets the
worst of the law in the Vacher way Of
enforcing it now and Pound Keeper
Vacher must wait for his money.
"I am holding up Mr.. Vacher's de-
mands because the ordinances require
that no dogs should be liberated unless
So is paid to the city-$1.50 for the
license and so cents pound fee.
ut appears that Mr.. Vacher has
been letting the dogs go without re-
quiring payment of this money.
81 have held up one demand for S4OO
and another for $3.50"
Recently the influences controlled by
the pound keeper induced the city coun-
Gil to amend the dog pound ordinance
so that owners of dogs wishing to re-
deem their captured pets can claim
them at the pound only during business
hours-that is between s a. m. and
6 p. m.
Humane society workers say that
this results in the pound keeper getting
many more dogs to kill than formerly,
a point that is profitable to him, as he
gets a fee for dead dogs.
The society members say that few
worlingmen can get out to the pound
on Porter street after o'clock or be-
fore 6, end as result many dog is
sacrificed. The pound is necessarily
closed Saturday afternoons as the
municipality observes the Saturday
half holiday Under the law the keeper
is obliged to hold the animals only
short time before asphyxiating them,
and unless they are fine bred animals
theirs is but a short shrift after they
get to dog heaven on Porter street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
MUNICIPAL AFEA|RS|mE1.1,t:IlI

culosis in some form claimed So vic
tims-3S males and 20 females. Only
three of the tubercular deaths were
native Californians. OF the remainder
five had lived in Los Angeles from
three to six months, six from six
months to year, twenty-five from one
to five years. five from five to ten
years and eight more than ten years.
The lengths of residence of nine were
unknown.
Twenty-one suffered violent deaths.
Fourteen of this number were suicides,
nine by poison ,one by gas and four
by firearms. One died of an accidental
gunshot wound, one by railroad acct
dent, one from injuries received from
a horse, two from burns and two We're
murdered.
There were thirty more births than
deaths. 331 infants seeing the light of
day during June. OF this number 1855
were boys and 165 girls, all white with
the exception of four. who were ne
grOeS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
BOND PROPOSITION
AWAITS BLANCHARD
FATHER OF COUNCILS ADVICE
is SOUGHT
Conference In Executive Session
Comes to No Conclusion on Pro-
posaI Made by New York
Bankers

After a long conference between the
council, the board of publis works and
Mayor Harper over the bond PROPOSE
ton the subject was no nearer solution
than it was early in the week, when
w. B. Mathews, aqueduct attorney,
returned from New York with the pro-
posal of A B. Leach & Co. and
Kountze Brothers to take the first is
sue of 2,O4O 600 provided they were
given options on the rest of the entire
issue of Owens river bonds at Az per
cent.
A. w. Billiard, coast representative
of the two firms, presented an ultl-
matum to the conference that the Two
bond brokers wanted all or nothing.
After delivering himself of this dec
laration he nervously paced up and
down the corridor while the conferees
wrestled with the proposition in ex-
ecutive session.
The only thing that was done defin-
itely was to send a telegram to Coun-
Gilman Blanchard, who is spending his
vacation in Bear valley, to cut 1t short
and hasten home as fast as he can. 1t
is expected that Mr.. Blanchard will be
in the city in time for the council
meeting Monday, and until he arrives
nothing more will be done on the bond
question.
Mayor Harper is in favor of selling
the entire issue at AZ per cent on the
option plan demanded by the brokers
with the modification that the city be
not compelled to deliver more than
1900, 900 in any one fiscal year.
He believes with the board of pub
lie works that by having the New York
bond brokers standing ready to finance
the Owens river water plan more adj
vantageous contracts can be made and
that the work will be completed year
before it would If the money was UNI
certain.
With a plan whereby it is assured
the bonds will be taken up whenever
the city is ready to sell them the board
and the mayor and the aqueduct COM
mission is of the opinion they can make
contracts that will more than cover
the difference of 100000 in the
amount of interest between the and
Az per cent bonds.
Meanwhile everything is awaiting
the arrival of Councilman Blanchard.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
REALTY BOARD ENDORSES
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
Committee Is Appointed to Lead g
Campaign on Behalf of Proposed
Bond Issue at Coming
Election

No class of business men has more
intimate knowledge of the value of
and the necessity for good roads than
the real estate agents, and it was by
a most hearty and unanimous vote
that the realty board yesterday passed
a resolution in effect that the Los An
geles realty board heartily indorses tho
proposed issue of bonds for the purpose
Of building good roads in Los Angeles
county and urges all members of the
board to do their utmost to secure the
largest possible majority in favor of
the bonds at the forthcoming election,
believing that the building of the pro-
posed highways will be of enormous
benefit to Southern California.
A committee was appointed to lead
a realty board campaign on behalf of
the bonds comprising President o. E.
Parish, George N. Black and G. M.
Giffen.