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"The Sealed Verdict"
By Lawrence L. Lynch.
& Lee. CHICAGO. Price s

By Lawrence Ia Lynch. Published By Laird
s Lee. Chicago Price 81.
The Sealed Verdict: or. BY Whose
Hand" from the pen OF Lawrence L.
Lynch. author Of ''Shadowed by Three"
and other lurid tales. IS a tale OF love.
tragic mystery and clever detective
work. The hero. Preston Frayne, re-
porter for leading newspaper. and.
incidentally. independent detective.
falls in love with Roma IIIion a youu z
actress, new to the stage. who after
ward becomes involved in the '-Tre-
maine House Tragedy wherein Lura
Hawtry, a noted and beautiful actress
of the same company as Miss Illion,
is killed by falling OF being thrown
from a sixth story window OF the
hotel The city police authorities. fol-
lowing what seems to be convincing
clews. have almost hxed the crime OF
murder upon Miss IIlion. when young
Frayne comes to her rescue with posi-
tive proof Of her innocence and places
the responsibility for the mysterious
death where II properly belongs.
Melodrama2 Well. I should say so.
but when IL makes your hair stand on
end IL is well done. and that's what
happens here The heroic action OF
the plucky little actress in defending
herself against certain blacixmailing
schemes of the hotel detective proves
her TO be worthy OF the love and de-
votion OF the newspaper sleuth- IN
cidentally the reader is introduced be-
hind the scenes Of the theater. where
much OF the glamour OF the stage. as
seen from the front of the footlights.
is dIspelled. and the players revealed
as human beings with all the emotions
possessed by their fellow creatures OF
the nontheatrical world.
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New Books Briefly Noted

Mslodrama, lurid and a1luring. will
be found in 'Unmasked at Last" By
Headon Hill. The plot is sustained and
absorbing and in its development every
sort OF crime Is committed, from in
ternational counterfeiting and abduc-
tion to blackmail and murder. Though
Monsieur le Baron de Guerfn Is a vii
lain OF the deepest dye. he Is such a
marvellous leader and such a wonder
full organizer that one almost regrets
that he plays a losing game because
OF an agate button The story is con-
sistent throughout. and readers who
are searching for excitement will get
their moneys worth. tFenno. New
York s1.so-)
II you are too tired TO 20 to q good
vaudeville performances and listen to
the monologist with his barrel OF fun.
read "A Rube's Twenty Years Adven-
lures" 1t is the recital OF the ups
and downs of a c1od hopper and his
famous trip to the land of gold and
sagebrush." by Thomas 5. Kinder. Be-
ginning with his boyhood life on the
farm. where he struggled with a calf
for master OF the situation. his ups and
downs take him through various vicis-
situdes of rather hoistsrous fun out to
Seattle and back home again. He never
seems to learn by experience. and for
all his travel and adventures returns as
much a 'srube~ as when he set out.
laird & Lee Chicago. Price. 50 cents-)
Miss Jean webster. author OF when
Patty Went to College" and The Four
Pools Mystery" frst published anony
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
"The Matter With Nervous
ness

By h C. Sswyer. NJ D. Published nv c.n-
ninzhan, Curtis & WEIGH. San FRANCISCO
DR.. Herbert c. Sawyer, at present a
resident of San Francisco. has written
one OF the most interesting books on
nerves which has ever appeared. at
least. in such form as to interest the
layman. The book is OF interest TO thA
sick and to the well. but il viii not in
any way appeal to those unfortunate
~ not a few who enjoy" their i'm
agined nerves and invaIidism.
The Introduction is addressed 10
three classes OF readers: Physicians
mental healers and patient minds. one
would like to quote IL entire but few
words must suffice to show the fair
mindedness and the remarkable bal
ance OF the author, who is one of the
greatest authorities in the country on
this speciality of his profession.
In that portion of his Introduction
addressed particularly to physicians he
says. But there is one lesson we all
need to learn and TO heed; every move
ment' away from the authority and
the care OF scientific medicine--eyerv
one that persists-marks some real
limitation OF medical science or else
some limitation of the individual men
and women who represent it,
Later on the author SAYS: Nerve
cure ever wavers between two maods.
one breaches prudence. earnestness
II may even try 10 scare the
patient little; all 1t wishes is to give
the careless patient a good. strong
motive to behave. 1ne other mood
breaches the gospel of relaxation. 1T
soothes. assures. - IT tries tr,
take US out OF ourselves. Nervousness
is no merely functional trouble. there,
are no merely functional troubles. it
Is no mood OF the mind; no notion of
the nerves; nervousness, whether IT be
slight or severe, transient or pernaa-
nent is always surface sign OF deep
ing bodily deteriorations that are
real as the fracture OF a bone And
nerve cure Is no marvel of miracle
making for modern men; nerve cure
is a struggle OF .stoff und kraft lust
as real, Just as earnest, just as desper-
ate sometimes as bone cure is.''
Every word in the book is of intense
Interest, and the reading of it alone
Is cheering to the nervous patient,
while teaching the well ones a certain
forbearance toward those afflicted
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Books Received

Book Of Hundred Bears By = Dumont
smith: Rand NcNslIy Co. chicago.
Third and Fourth Grade school Resders- -
BY Fanay Z. coe; American book eonpany.
New York.
.'ssbastiau.~ by Frank Danny: the Nacmn-
Ian company. New York
Merely Players by Virginia Tracey; ths
Century company. New YORK
''Mr- opp- By Alice aegsn Rice: the Cen
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Father Abraham by Ida n. TarbeIi: Mo-
fatt. Yard 4 Co.. New York.
Wireless Telephony and wireless Teirsra-
NsF Tork-
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Duncan; NoHatt. Yard Z Co. New York-
Joys q Earth" bv II. ;. wiicOx; wrccx
book company. Chlcag0-
pure MIR ard the Public HesIth.'' By
a n ward: Taylor Carpenter. ithaca
Virginia County Sames.~ By Charles ~
Is4E' To1EEi' TIE Ssais '''l'"i's company y"
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Human Nature IN Selling Goods" bv J.
delpkia
.Tns chippsadals,. bv Robert Grant;
Charles scribner's sens. New YORK.
social 0rzanl.atIou-" by G. II. Cooley;
Charles Scribner's Sons. New Iork.
The Function Of Religion In Mans Struggle
fgf Exissence.~ by @; B. Foster the University
OF Chicago press. Chicago.
self Neasuremeat.~ by W. De WITT Hyde:
B. W Haebseb. New York
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Tork
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'-Rsdections of a Bachelor Girl" b. Helaa
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The Easter Hope"

~~0NNA AAOV&
b. The Rev. Andrew ". Arcbfbsld u n pvh.
1seea 6y salem D. T0vne. Bostos, Mass.
broken hearted father has written
THIS book-one who, in the ufds@ Of
his own sorrow and suffering. fs frv-
ing 70 comfort others who NAV be in
bereavement
Kenneth Archibald was a young man
who had made friends wherever he
went and his mysterious disappear-
ance last summer while in the nizb
sierra attracted attention throughout
the country. He was graduated from
Dartmouth college in 1909, anu, after
q trip abroad and commercfas
course in the east. he came tn San
Francisco IN 1906 to enter a business
career He Joined the Sierra club and
took much pleasure in their outings
Tor he was an enthusiastic nature
lover.
In early June. 1908. he and three
other young men went on a camping
vacation in the high Sierra. a journey
OF three days from any railroad and in
a region totally uninhabfted. The alft-
tudes are from 10000 to $4,000 feet.
and some OF the climbs equal the Alps.
On June 20 he started out alone for an
al day climb, and. not returning in t4a
evening. as he intended, his compan-
Ions began search for him. They
were soon Joined by others. and 1or
two weeks a systematic search was
made, but all in vain AS long as anv
hope remained that he might stfIl be
alive searching parties secured the
hills and even long afterward. hoping
10 ind his body. No trace OF him was
ever found, though what seemed to be
returning footprints OF his were dis
covered near Lake Rae
This little book is written as me-
mortal TO Kenneth Archibald by his
father, and it will be welcomed by
many mourners for its message of hope
and encouragement.
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have joined the ladies in another mo-
ment. but Bertram said sternly, 'Sit
down, sir
.Balzatore sat down. but he gave his
head a toss that clearly signified his
opinion OF the restraint put upon him,
senselessly conventional. menstrously
annoying. And he gave Lucilla Dor a
look. Disappointment spoke in it.
homage. dogged-'tis a case for saying
so-dogged tenacity of purpose. Never
fear 1t promised. I'll find an oppor-
tunity yet
And 20 minutes later he does find
an opportunity and it comes to the
reader with the smilingest kind of a
surprise that Balzatore is a great big
friendly collie dog.
That unusual opening scene quite
cheers one and starts one out right.
We positively. bask in the warmth
and sweetness of italy, Venice and
Florence and we like all of the very
human and natural people TO whom
We are introduced. A very delightful
well bred Englishman. one Harry
Pontycroft, with his sitter. the Lady
Lucilla Dor. wife of an Irish N. P,
and chaperoning Miss Ruth Adgate, an
American heiress. Ruth is nice girl;
she has been abroad since she was a
child OF 8 and knows nothing OF
herself each year that she Will go to
New England and meet her few distant
relatives who live there. Incidentally
her income all comes from there, too.
so she might as well go and see about
IL some time
While these three people. whom one
is quite unhappy not to know In the
flesh. are in Italy the author sketches
daintily the wooing of Ruth by Prince
Bertram Bertrandoni. He is sure
enough prince of the little province OK
Altronde. To be sure. his father is
temporarily out of a job. for he has
been deposed and is now called the
pretender. Greatly to everybody's sur
prise however he Is suddenly placed
upon the throne again and poor Prince
Bertram is very sad He does the best
he is allowed to do, which is to pro-
pose a morganatic marriage to Ruth
and she finds some American pride In
herself and .scorns him.
Then. in order to forget the insult,
she flies or to America
The American incident or episode is
not as interesting nor as convincing
as the Italian part, but one loves Ruth
anyway. The developing OF the love
story is handled most artfully and only
near the royal end do we suspect the
real state of affairs
The publishers tell US that the story
was written In collaboration with Mrs
Harland. and that after her husbands
death she finished it alone That she
was in perfect sympathy with the au-
thor 1t is easy TO see. for there is no
break in style or plot and the climax
is artistic as the opening. The ro-
mances of Henry Harl=nd are all super
iativeiy good. He painted human ma
ture with sympathetic hand and his
roes Ia to he deeuiy depfored.
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BOOK RAGE OP TIE SUNNY
mThe Royal End"

By Henry Harland, author Of The CardLnal's
Snuff Box etc. Published By Dodd, Mead
Co.. New YORK. Price sLJo
The literary world has had several
sad losses in the last few weeks
Crawford. Mrs. Elmer Lane, and now
this posthumous work from the pen OF
Henry Harland makes us grieve anew
over his death. for this book he has
left is real Harland full OF the deli
cate imagery and exquisite atmosphere
of romance which he painted with
master hand
The story opens at the Lido, opposite
Venice. and among the open air diners
are two young women. Balzatore.
we read in the opening sentence. Shad
long been trying to attract their at
tention. At last he had succeeded"
One of the young women asks her
companion il she has noticed his ad-
miration and she enthusiastically re-
plies that it is reciprocal What a
handsome fellow he is.'' And her soft
blue eyes smile into his eager brown
ones. Balzatore spFaHg up and would
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
BOOKS REVIEWED

''The Roosevelt That Know" by Mike Donovan
"The Perfume OF the Lady in Black" by CASTOR
Leroux.
"WaIt Whitman" by George Rice Carpenter
abraham Lincoln and London Punch" by VIII
liam s. Walsh
''The Easter Hope" by Rev. Andrew W. Archi
bald, ID. ID.
Dubois
"The Biography of Silver Fox, BY Ernest
Thompson-Seton
THE Matter With Nervousness" by III. c. Saw
yer, NJ. ID.
"The Wiles of Sexton Maginnis," by Maurice
Francis Egan
Hearts Are Trumps," by Alexander Otis
''The Royal End" by Henry HarIand
Nervousness" by Alfred T. Schoield NJ D., VI.
X. c. s. E.
"The Sealed Verdict" by Lawrence L. Lynch
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"The WiIes of Sexton Maginnis"

Bv Maurice Francis Egan Published by the
Century company, New York Price $1.50-
Lewis Maginnis is Kerry youth
who calls as a tramp a. convent and
asks for work He is so fortunate as
10 interview Sister Margaret. who
comes also from Kerry and whose heart
is touched by tie sound OF the dear
familiar brogue. Maginnis shows MS
worth in no time, and is soon appointed
sexton of a Catholic church in town
and marries the daughter OF the widow
Magee Maginnis is able to win the
coincidence of every one with whom he
comes in contact, except his mother in
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Nervousness

Nv Alfred T gchodeId. NJ D., u. r. @. 8. y.
Published By Morat. Yard q Co. New York.
Price so cents.
Nervousness" by Alfred T. Seho-
field. M. D, NJ r c. s. E.. IL an In
teresting little book described in a
subtitle as "a brief and popular review
OF the moral treatment OF disordered
nerves. While DR.. Schofield does not
commit himself as being a disciple OF
the emmanuel movement. his few intro
ductory words seem to point toward at
least a sympathetic understanding OF
those teachings.
He says. There can be no doubt
that there is a relation between true
religion and medicine Of fundamental
character. The words health. whole
ness and holiness are from the same
root and are all allied. No man is
in health who is not sound in spirit,
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09

The birthdays of Eleanor Atkinson.
author Of .Lincoln.s Love story" and
of Ann RutIedge. LincoIn's sweetheart,
both fall on the same date Januars
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09

m MAuR1cE R4Hc1r EoAH
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09

b The Rev. Andrew W Archibald. D. D. puh-
aseed hy Salem D. T0vne. Bostoa, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
Building Permits Issued.

The. following building permits were is
sued today:
To Louise NJ. Emmert, for one three
story brick dwelling at 1856. Wyoming
avenue: architect, l.. ID. Enmert: build
er l.. NJ. Emmert; estimated cost SO
600.
To Reuben and Garlic Cook. for one
two-story frame dwelling at $50 Park
road; architect. j. $. Willis; builder,
George c. fiough. estimated cost, $500.
To a. &. and katherine Beach. for one
tWo-story stone and frame dwelling on
goth street between Albemare and Bran
dyW!ne streets; architect. \. Il. HeatOn:
builder, &. i. Green, estimated cost, 81
0p.
To Mary Ann Forsyth. to repair house
at a421-31 * street: architect, w. {.
Nichols; builder Nichols & Wildman; es-
mated cost. $500.
70 Etfie j. Wagner, for one three story
brick bachelor apartment at 1894 9th
street northwest: architect and builder.
u. M. Weeks; estimated cost. $4,000.
To George Grossburtt for one two
story frame dwelling on Carlton avenue,
Woodbridge; builder. Thomas Yost x Bro :
estimated cost. S3.M9
To Marion NJ. McCan. for one two
story frame dwelling at 1914 Jackson
street: architect. Mr.. Harbaugh: builder,
A. Jeffrey: estimated cost. 81 30.
To Julia I. Saunders. to repair house
builder. J. n. Macpherson; estimated
cost, S1.450.
To NJ. l.. Ready. for one two-story
brick dwelling at 80 Nichols avenue;
architect and builder. George y. Wibes-
ter; estimated cost. $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
CHARITIES IN NEED.
Local Organizations Make an APP
peal for Funds.

Writing to the citizens of Washington in
urgent apreal for financial aid for local
charity work, the joint committee of the
Associated Charities, the Citizens Relief
Association and the Association for the
Prevention of tuberculosis has said:
I'm the last eight weeks our applica-
tons have increased Q per cent over the
same period in 13G1-s. The needs are
still growing. and bid fair to increase for
another month We have added TO our
working force and are investigating care
fully all applications, but we are not able
to give TO those whose claim comes from
their being ont of work more than
mere pittance TO save them from freezing
or starving.
I'VE have appealed to all the churches,
asking them to take up special contribu-
tons We are appealing to all our friends
and supporters and to all public spirited
and charitable citizens to aid these So
cieties by doubling or trebling their gifts
AS is the custom Of the joint bodies ht
the beginning of the year budgets or
IN The needs of the Associated Chart
ties were estimated to be about Sl1.goO.
these of the Citizens Relief Association
about S12C00 and those of the Association
for Prevention OF Tuberculosis about
5000 OF the total OF these amounts.
nearly S..lHn has been subscribed, ana
the joint committee is seeking the fe-
mainder before the demands of the sum-
mer deVelop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
TO PAY PRIESTS DEBTS.
Catholic Pastors Meeting This Aft.
ernoon to Devise Plans.

The pastors OF the Roman Catholic
churches of the city will meet in Carroll
Institute Hall this afternoon at o'clock
to decide upon a plan to raise money 70
help defray the obligations incurred by
Rev. Caspar p. Ebert OF Baltimore. Arch
bishop CorriGan will preside. Father Ell
bert's debts have been assumed by Car
dinal Gibbons. and have been estimated
at Sl3D.UO. He plunged into many
schemes for financial betterment, but was
unfortunate In most of them: and ii was
found necessary TO place him in a SAM
tarum.
Archbishop Corrigan presided at a meet
Ing or Roman Catholic pastors in Balti-
more yesterday. Most Of the details were
kept secret, but il was arranged to raise
as large sum Of money as possible by
personal subscriptions OF the priests and
by contributions from churches. All con-
tr!bations Will become part of general
fuAd Tor the payment of the debts and
VIII be in charge of committee made
UP of two priests from Washington and
two from Maryland Archbishop corriyai,
VIII act as chairman of the committee
and he stated yesterday that while his
assistants would be appointed at this aft
ernoon's meeting their names would not
be made public at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
CAPT. PARVIN DEAD.
Civil War Veteran Long a Resident
of This CITY.

Capt. Washington Lafayette Parvin died
at his residence. .1743 l. street north
west. yesterday afternoon. He was one
of the oldest residents of the city having
been born at Cedarville, n. j.. May q.
1925. and had lived here since 1873.
When very young his family immigrated
to Cincinnati Ohio. thence to Iowa in
1899. thence to Galena, H., and from
there to St. Louis, Mo. His father died
at Iowa City, Iowa, in 1879. aged eighty
six.
Capt. Parvin's brother Theodore was
very prominent in the early formative
days of Iowa, and was known all over
the country for his activity in Masonic
circles.
When the Mexican war came on Capt
Parvin enlisted. serving in Company A.
LIST Missouri Volunteers for which he
received a pension. He was hunter and
agent for one of the old-time fur COM
panies in Arizona and New Mexico, and
went to California in 1851 in response to
the lure Of gold
him TO old Mexico, Costa Rica, the
Sandwich Islands. the Society Islands and
Peru. At the beginning of the civil war
he organized company in California,
one of the first-Company F. 1st Reg.-
ment Infantry, California Volunteers
and was commissioned as. it's captain.
He served as such until November %,
1862 Later he worked several years at
his trade as a printer in Philadelphia,
and July l. 1919. was appointed a watch
man In the War Department, a position
he continued to occupy till his death
Capt. Parvin was twice married. His
second wife died four years ago He
was member of James A. Garfield Post.
No. I, of the Grand Army. and of
Pentalpha Lodge, No. %, F. A. A. NJ.
His nearest surviving relatives are a
daughter. Mrs. Charles r. Hall of ST.
Paul. Mimi, and a sister, Mrs Charles
Milford of st. Louis, Mo-
He will be buried at Arlington National
cemetery Thursday afternoon The ar
rangements for the funeral have not been
completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
FLORIDA GOVERNOR IN LINE.
Promises to Help Movement to
Change Inaugural Date.

Albert W. Gilchrist, governor Of Flori-
da. has joined the ranks of the crusaders
for change of the inaugural date from
March to the last Thursday in April
He has written to Commissioner Mac
farland that he will assist the national
committee on the proposed change of the
inauguration day. The chief executive of
Florida is the fourth governor who came
into office January 1 last or later to
promise his cooperation with the move
msnt.
Gov. Gichrist wrote Commissioner Mac
farland. the Chairman of the national
committee. as follows:
Referring TO your of the sth instant.
! take pleasure In consenting to the use
of my name as member of the national
committee on the proposed change of
inauguration day.
Should il be possible for me to assist
toward attaining the desired result,
shall be pleased to do So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-16
OLD LONDON STIRRED UP.
Opening Of American Department
Store Arouses the Enrlishmen.

LONDON. March 16-The opening in
London yesterday of the first OF the
American department stores in this city
was memorable event In the history of
English retail business. and the new
Yankee" enterprise as it is generally
called here, has electrified the old firms
to frantic efforts to Guido the new COM
petitor. They are resorting to costly
methods TO attract the people from the
opening of the American store, such as
concerts, anniversary celebrations and
other entertainments large scale,
even employing grand opera singers. mil
itary bands and music hall performers
to attract the crowd. All the neWspa-
pers have printed long accounts OF the
new enterprise and the personality of the
chief movers.
The doors of the new store were opened
at Q O'Clock, and shortly after the estab-
iishment was crowded with thousands of
people, mostly women. The building was
deliberately decorated inside and outside.
The entire staff worked with ceaseless
energy for forty-eight hours in arranging
the goods and in bringing what last Sat
urday night was largely a scene of con-
fusion into as fine order as though the
store had been running for years.