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The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04
ONE ON JOHNNY.

He was a balmy-headed Johnny,
with little cash. She was both pretty
and pert. He said: do you know.
Dolly, 1 am something Of mimic? /
can take almost anybody Off
She said "Then take yourself of,
old boy. I'm expecting some one to
take me to supper"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04

Brunswick, Me.-Mrs. Frederick A.
Cook. wife OF the explorer, declined to
talk at length concerning her hus-
bands achievement, declaring she dio
not desire notoriety. Il am very glaa
that my husband has reached the pole
and gained the chief desire of his lite.
l have always had great faith in the
success. of his undertaking and have
never for a moment felt he would not
win"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04

Paris.-M. Lemes-of, librarian of the
Geographical Society and an authority
on polar questions, said that while the
society had not received direct news
of DIR. Cooks explorations, he saw
nothing to doubt in the report of the
expedition, especially considering the
personality of DIR. Cook.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04

You read and look afar with
equal facility, but no one OBJ
serves that you are wearing bifo-
calls because the usual Lines"
are absent. Wear the genuine
KRYPTOKS awhile and you will
never willingly return to old
style bifocal glasses.
DR.. JOSEPH p. WINSTON BAILEY
1s41 Stout St., Denver, Colo.
the only Colored oculist in America
now making specially of the Kryptok
bifocal and other first quality eye
glasses. Satisfaction guaranteed in all
cases.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04
WHERE STARS AND STRIPES
FLOAT NO NATION DARE
INTRUDE.
Or. COOK HERO OF AGES
PREPARATION BEING MADE FOR
RECEPTION OF DIScoVERER'S
HOMECOMING.

Washington,-The United States
owns the North pole. There is no
question that its discovery by citi.
zen of this government carries title.
The international lawyers and Off
cials of the government say there is
no better title than that of discov-
cry
Owning the North pole. does not
Uncle Sam own the earth? One of
the high government officials tonight
loquaciously advanced the proposition
that all longitude centers at the pole,
and meridians followed would cover
the world.
No serious question of ownership of
the North pole is anticipated in gov
eminent circles, because no material
value attaches to ownership of a spot
upon the earth's surface so far re-
moved from civilization as to be be-
yond the reach of man.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Dillon Wal
lace, the author and explorer whose
companion, Leonidas Hubbard, got
lost and starved to death while ex
ploring Labrador, said that he had
implicit faith in DR.. Frederick A.
Cooks wonderful feat. Mr.. Wallace
had almost completed plans for an ex.
pedition for the relief of Dr. Cook
Il knew DIR. Cook well,' he said.
You may put implicit trust in his
veracity. When boy he exhibited
signs of a scientific bent. When he
could, he would read of explorers and
study their methods.
81 have no doubt that DIR. Cook has
reached the North pole. He is man
of extreme reliability, fairly scientific
and versed in Arctic geographical con-
ditions. He has always manifested
truthfulness in every report and con-
corning explorations in the north he
has been very exact.
Another point that would tend to
help discourage disparaging state
ments is that Cooks route was di.
rectly to Cracked Land, ending with a
swift dash to the pole, which would
lie directly north. Thus he would
avoid the awful eastern drift of the
terrible current in the polar seas
north of Greenland"
New York Preparations already
are afoot here to make the home-com,
ing of DIR. Frederick A. Cook an event
of national, and possibly international
Importance.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04

hiladelphia.-"After reading the
dispatches | am convinced that the re-
ported discovery of the north pole is
a fakei' was the emphatic declaration
of Rear Admiral George Melville, U. S.
Navy, retired.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04

Beverly, Mass.-Neither the Presl
dent nor Secretary Knox would dis
cuss DR.. Cooks discovery of the north
pole.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-09-04
COLORADO ITEMS

The City Council at Greeley may
take up the matter of providing fire
engine Friday night.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
TWO LITERARY ATHLETES.

Two athletes have recently entered the
literary race and announced themselves
FOR the nOveAstic cOmpetitiOn-James b.
Connolly, author of An Olympic Victor,
and Ellery H. Clark, whose Loaded Dice
is proving very popular Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Connolly were of the party of Amer
leans who went to Athens for the first
revival of the Olympic games in 1896.
Connolly liked the place so much he was
strongly inclined to offer to stay with
The king Of Greece for his board and lOdg-
ing. he had been presented with mys-
tic rabbits foot" before leaving Amer
ica. To all Of the Americans it brought
luck, Clark had his first experience with
1t IN the running broad jump. The Greek
officials would not allow the jumpers to
make a mark TO run from. This is the
whole gist Of the event. according to
american practice, and Clark i'm conse-
quenCe made two fouls on his first two
attempts. One more foul, and he would
be disqualified. Imagine a trip of 5000
miles and one trial LETT Connolly ran
up TO Clark.
For heavens sake" he said, touch
rabbits fOOti'
ark did so and his next trial was
the winning jump.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
GIFT OF LOVING.

"Of all human gifts surely that of low
ing has received she last general recOg-
milton A genius for music, a genius for
mathematics OF natural history OF sculp-
ture or mechanics is at once admitted and
acclaimed. But what of a genius for
loving. which of all, Is infinitely the
rarest2 The trouble is that every one
is conceited enough to think that he cor
she) is a wonder ct it. But frankly, do
we really indeed see SO many love-gen-
fuses about Us2 Are we not rather struck
erty? If the husband stays drearily at
home every night of his life. and if the
wife is entirely absorbed in the baby, are
we not asked enthusiastically to applaud
a happy home? This is the national IDEAL
and tens of thousands are yawning hero
ically through il. BJH where's love in any
but half-pint sizes? Everybody insists it
is there in barrelfuls. much as they in
sisted in the fairy tale in the case of the
man with the invisible clothes We are
not defending hubby when he gets tan
gled up with the blonde lady, but emo
tiOnally speaking (Only emOtiOually. be II
understood. it may be an upward step.
If you have a 10 per cent capacity to
love, it is hard 10 be fobbed off with q
per cent partner. From ''InfatuatiOn,
nV IloVd OShQlTue
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
MODERN NOVELS.

In the railroad station OF one OF our
larger cities recently two men, IN clerical
garb. were discussing the merits of mod
ern novels, the conversation evidently be-
ing caused by the fact that one OF the
clergymen carried a copy of recent
popular romance. He asked his brother
minister If he had read this work, say
ing that for himself he always found
1T necessary to sandwich his theological
studies with the reading Of interesting
novels. The other replied;
Yes. and. like yourself, j am an ad-
mirer of Emerson HOugh. An educated
man when he reads a novel desires more
than an interesting story; he wants il to
be written in good English. and the bet
ter written It is the better il is for his
own style of expression. a well-written
novel If the story is entertaining, is as
helpful in improving ones ability to eX-
press himself in good English as if he
spent the time in the study of great mod
els and what is Of most Importance. he
obtains this benefit without the exertfon
of study but while he is pursuing recre-
alton And this is very important to "A
professional man, who has TO devote so
much time TO the study of subjects init
mately connected with his calling. Hough
I find. always writes interestingly, ana
his style. as i'm $40 or Fight is a
model of clear, fOrcible and graceful Eng
fish
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
$40 OR FIGHT.

Bobbs-Merriu company, indianapolis.
Emerson Hough dedicated his new novel,
$50 OF Fight" TO Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States and firm
believer Of the rule of the people, with
the loyalty and admiration of the au-
thor" Between the Wieldar of the big
stick and the wielder of the flying pen
there is much in common. Both have
experienced the life of the real wild
We ST. Both have celebrated its attrac
ticns and told its stOTy-Mr Roosevelt
ia The Winning of the West" Mr.. Hough
in THE Way to the West" Both are
mighty hunters. If any amateur has shot
bear in more places on the North Ameri-
can continent than Theodore Roosevelt
it is Emerson HOugh Before II. ROOse-
velts bear hunt in Mississippi was or
ganized, F. Hough had sung the glories
of the Mississippi hunting. Long before
Mr. Roosevelt. John Burroughs, ct al,
ported bruin in the Yellowstone, the same
Z. HOugh lad covered its trails. Up
and down the Rockies Mr. Hough has
ranged with his rifle. and more than once
he has made the trip to Alaska TO bring
down "the bear that walks like a man."
Mr. Hough hopes that the eX-president
will go after the wild west fakirs with
the same enthusiasm of humiliation with
which ne has pursued the nature fakirs.
He thinks our fiction and our drama need
10 be purged of the utterly and absurd
ly unreal stock character of the west
erner
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
TROLLEY FOLLY.

BY Henry Wallace Phillips, author of
Red Saunders. With nine pictures in
color. 12mO, cloth, $1.25 The Bobbs-
Merrill company, Indianapolis.
Imagine yourself one fine morning
waiting, as usual on your customary
corner for a trolley car. As a rule the
car is on time, and as moment after
moment goes by without its appear
ance you take CIT your watch and i'm
patiently note how late it is. Finally.
after YOU have stood waiting twenty
minutes, along il comes at an aston
ishing rate Of speed, and scOrnfully
passing you, dashes On. You turn to
gaze after il in amaZement There has
been no accident on the line, you are
pretty sure, and the car isn't crowded.
Indeed. the single glimpse which its
speed allowed you showed but one or
two passengers. and they, apparently,
Judging from the expression on their
faces, are as much astOnished as your
self What can 1t mean? Later in
the morning you hear that a car bear
ing the sign North Pennsylvania
Street" has been seen wildly dashing
down Southeastern avenue. At last
YOU grasp the idea-your trolley car
has gone off on a lark This staid, de-
penda BILE public servant, running Its
straight, undertaking course up and
down the street, hour after hour. day
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
THE GOOSE GIRL.

BY Harold MaCGrath, author of The
Man on the Box, Half Rogue. The
Lure of the Mask, etc. Illustrated by
Andre Castaigne, 1ZmO, cloth S1.50.
The BObbS- Merrill company, indian
apOlis.
Harold NacGrath is a friend of the
people. one of humanity's gentle bene-
factors. He writes for sheer entertain
ment, and his stories invariably fur
nish it. No dread weight of social
problems loads them down, to Cypress
the iaboring reader. They are fresh
and buOyant as the morning of life,
fun of Zest. the COUra &c and the glad
abandon of youth, and flying CAV ban
ners of wit, adventure and love Where
ever they go, and apparently they go
everywhere, they make glad the heart
Of man.
With Mr. MacGrath the latest is al
WAYS the best. The Goose Girl pos
sesses in superlative degfee that char
acUerlstc quality of sheer entertain
ment which stamps him born story
teller T is, besides, among his novels,
the most ambitious as to plot the most
literary in tone and the most admira
bic in workmanship. We viii venture
the prophecy that it Will prove also
the most popular.
Charm is the only word to convey the
impression that The Goose Girl makes
"a manifold, various. elusive, but real
charm, Tt has, first of all, the charm of
plaCe-nOw. the fragrant. sunny vine
yards of the Rhine country, and now
quaint DAu LOMH Oh Sdbltu IOClSf
frOwning castle walls, crooked streets
and antique inns.
Charm of plot also attaches to The
Goose Girl. We have had before, per
haps, the aspect of two small European
Kingdoms not appearing on any known
map, of the. princess of one being re
Quired for political reasons to marry
the prince of the other; and Of
young American valiantly mixed up
in it all. But the author has invented
so many fresh moves, has COntTived so
gled threads, has infused so much life
and liveliness into every incident. and
has thrown such glamour over the
romantic adventures of the dear. de-
lghtful goose girl, that the original
ity of the performance is beyond dis
pUte. Cheerful imagining this-that
makes al our castles in the air come
true.
Then, too. The Goose Girl has charm
of Characterization. It's people are men
and women whom we love to know and
can fancy ourselves acting with fervOr
and fine relish. The identity of an Un-
usual number of persons is yelled, and
the game of determining who is who
goes ahead with brisk and Unflagging
fascination. Though no masks are aCtu-
ally worn I'm the story, it is still, in eff
feet. an affair of masks and faces"
1t remains to add that The Goose
Girl has charm of style-easy, simple.
deft clear. direct. always forward, full
of humorous appeal and poetic grace.
Mr.. MaCGTath has never written so
engaging a tale. 1t glOws with kindli-
ness. good cheer and love. His wide
and ever-grOwing public will welcome
The Goose Girl with delight.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
IAPANS PROBLEMS.

Japan has problems at home more Sc
riOus TO her than this California business. 30
writes Frederic S Isham, the author and
globe-trotter. Tn Korea she has invited
a completely Of troubles similar to those
England has had to .srapple with for gen
erations in Ireland The situations in
many respects are comparatively alike.
Japan has become Landlord over her neigh
Dor. Represented by Incorporated COmpa-
MES. Japan buys the land of the impOver-
ished Koreans and rents it 10 them SO
that the returns TO the Japanese invest
ors are variOusly estimated at from 10 TO
u per cent. She setms TO be repeating
England's mistakes. and constant strife
and irritation ensue. The comic side of
the situation Off 1t were not so serious Is
that no Korean or other alien, is allowed
10 buy land in Japan; the Japanese in
sists upon being exclusive property own
eTs in their own realm The Korean nat
urally reseuts an anomalous combination
of circumstances. aEd-EVen history will
probably go on repeating ITSELF
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
ELUSIVE ISABEL.

Lighting hundreds OF incaudescent lamps
in the Omaha auditorium by electricity
transmitted without wires from a plant
six miles away is the wonderful achieve
city.
This remarkable demonstration Of what
NAV be done by wireless electricity opens
M vast possibilities The same inventor.
q year ago, made an electric truck winch
was successfully operated without wires
in the Union Pacific railroad Yards at
Omaha, which indicates that naval tor
pedoes may be guided and exploded in
the same way, from ship or shore. IN
fact. such an invention is said to he in
the possession of the British government.
Il seems possible that wireless electricity
NAV revolutionize the world If it lie
feasible by THIS means to explode powder
magazines on board war vessels or I'm
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05

BY George Randolph Chester, Illus
trated by James Montgomery Flagg
and F. r. Gruger, 12mO, cloth, $3.50.
The Bobbs-Merri1 company, Ind
annapolis.
With much Of the shrewd, practical
business wisdom of the famous Letters
of a Self-Made Merchant with quite as
generous a measure of humOr, Mr..
CheSter's story has in addition a most
engaging love interest The three ele-
ments-wisdGm. humor and Iove-are
moreover exceuentIy well compounded.
Each is present in the story in pre-
cisely the right proportion, and in the
skllful hands of the author the three
en- to lghtnesS, and finally Drowned
to a delicious crisp. The story is in
deed instantly tempting even to the
faStidiOus appetite. and ii is thorough
y digestible by the most capricious
fancy
Bobby Burnt himself is a chap whom
one likes the moment that one shakes
him by the hand. Who could help Xix
ing so utterly sweet-natured, jolly.
fresh. young Fellow as Bobby Burnt
is. whose faults are. after all faults
of training and not of character? At
whatever game Bobby plays he plays
fairly and Squarely. he is a good loser
and when luck is with him is generous
to the man who has lost. No more
likable young man has appeared in the
pa Ees of American fiction in a very
long time. In truth Bobby is more
than likable-he is lOvable
Having given ones own heart out
right to Bobby at the start it is very
easy for the reader to understand why
Agnts EllistOn is fond of him. and so
the love part Of the story seems at
once natural and is convincing
The story is American to the core.
Both the rapidity and the ease with
which immense deals are made, Bob
by's equal capacity for unbToken idle
ness and for constant toll. the large
horizon. the teeming possibilities in
commerce that are suggested on the
side and in the backgrOUnd-aU these
things are truly and typically Ameri-
can. Though it is concerned I'm
way almost constantly with the MAX
ing of money, it is by no means sor-
did. for money making is but its sub.
theme the real one being the making
of man.
The process by which this evolution is
brought about captures the reader by It's
freshness and whimsicality. The odd viii
left by John Burnt, owner Of All inn
mense store, which provides the curious
conditions on which mis- son shall take
over the business, has a certain -,,chens-
esoue flavor that is really capital. The
punctuation Of the stOrys progress Ly
BObby's receiving every little while.
through his fathers old clerk, a long
gray envelope containing a message OF
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
THE HERALD REPUBLICAN, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SUNDAY SEPT

after day. year in and year out, has
failed you at last. and the cause?-ft
has run away on a jaunt Of its ownl
For once in a life time this car which
50 many mornings has saled-a pic
turesque yellow ship with single up
ward obliQue rudder-swiftly toward
you out of the gloom of fog or the
white blizzard Of snow just in time
TO land you promptly at your office
has gone back on YOU.
This is Trolley Folly indeed Could
anything be more drOlly humorous,
more audaciOusly original than this
latest story Of Henry Wallace Phillips?
The very holiness of the idea tickles
the fancy and sweeps the 'cobwebs Of
worry from tired brains. 1t is such
prank, such an utterly care free fling.
L Is an odd mad, houp-la kind of
humoT, quite the most striking and
original of all the Phillips stories.
Coupled with Trolley Folly are eight
other stories. all in the characteristic
vein, and in several of which the only
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
BOOKS AND Their MAKERS

Qualifications. from a distance of miles,
war may soon be a thing of the past.
II Is not clear whether, in writing Flu
sive Isabel" Jacques Futrelle had wind
of the work of Dr. MillineT or had heard
of the experiments of the British gov
eminent the secret Of which has been
so carefully guarded Perhaps the ideas
which he develops in his romance for The
explosion Of submarine mines by wireless
We're only dreams of the fictive imagi-
nation. arts anticipation of science. it
Is. in any event, certain that he makes
ingenious use Of these ideas for the pug
poses OF his plot
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05

Mr. Seraggs is the brief figure. These
stories are particularly joyful. Scraggs
is stil troubled with "reminiscences or
his Mormon career; he still looks Ike
"a forlorn hope lost In a fog" and is
still, when reused terrible. All the
stories except Trolley Folly are in the
authors customary western field or
fancy. They display that same pene-
tration Of human nature, that keen
understanding OF the fact that at
heart all men are simple, that airs are
assumed but as a mask, concealing
real desire to please which have al
ways given Mr. Phillips work a some
what stronger appeal than most humOr
makes. He really knows men, and this
knowledge, together with the utter
kindness of his attitude toward them,
makes one respect what he writes. 1t
is the prepOSterOus type of humOr that
ne gives us, in which the absolutely
impossible is represented as taking
place in most engagingly plausible
WaF.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
DRAMkTIzED NOVELS.

To is frequently said that the drama
tized novel is out of fashion. Nothing
could be more false. There never mas
been a time when so many playWrights
turned TO fiction for suggestions and fOun-
dations. Stage productions of no less than
three recent novels Of the BODbs- Merrill
company are now under way, and play
makers are at work on four Others. 1t
is well established that Shakespedr5 took
the plots Of LAS You Like ht,' Measure
for Measure" A Winters Tale" and
other plays. from novels. Why should
the dramatists OF the present hesitate 10
n
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
RILEY,s POEMS.

The poems Of James WhitcOmb Riley
are favorites with the composers Of songs,
and hundreds of musical settings have
been provided for them. The one which
has been most frequently set to music
is probably "A Life Lesson" DIETER
known as There, Little Girl, Don't Cry.
Among the COMPOSERS who have tried
their skill upon It are II. A. Norris, Z.
A Schneider, H B. Vincent, {. For
syth, G. SObeski, Mary X. Wood and J