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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

also hustles up news, too. The little
town, though on the river, seems to be
out of the way of news of the great
world and it is difficult to get enough
news to fill the paper. The columns
contain such gems as this:
"a new and handsome show boat will
tie up at the Cave the early part of
next week fine calliope will be on
board
eMr Jet Conner had his house burnt
last month, it being the second fire he
has had In 10 years. Misfortune never
comes single
Mr. Opp is not successful, and, finally
is forced to sell hissbeloved paper to his
successful rival in love. A grand ban
quet is given to him and he is to make
a speech. We read that he rose amid
a thunder of applause and stood for a
moment In pleased but Overwhelming
embarrassment. Then he put forward
one foot, inflated his chest and began:
Valued brother fellow beings. come
before you tonight to express that
which there is no words in the English
vocabulary to express. Whatever you
may have to say concerning me or my
mart in the awakening OF this. our ma
tive city. shall listen at with CRATE
full heart. I believe in a great future
for Cave City. We may not live to see
1T. but / believe that the day Will arrive
when our city shall be the gateway to
the south, when the river front will be
not dissimilar to Main street, New York.
/ predict. that it reaches a pivot of
prominence of which we wot not of.
AS for Mr. Hinton, one and all we well
come him amid our mongst. The Opp
Eagle strikes palms with the Weekly
News and wishes it lasting and eter-
nal success.
This was Mr.. Ops valedictory. He
had a great speech prepared and this
was but the introduction. He was sent
for to comfort his weak minded sister,
and without a murmur he gave up the
proudest moment of his life TO answer
the call of love and duty.
1t is a gay little book, fun of laughs.
but the tears are hiding behind them
every time. Mr.. Opp will do some good
to all who meet him, Tor theirs was
that in the man-egotism, courage
whatever it was-that would never
recognize defeat; that quality that wins
out of a life of losing the final vic
tory"
There are six illustrations >by Guipon
and the book is tastefully printed and
bound,
Mrs. Charles f. Atkinson of Brook
line, Mass known throughout the
book World as MISS Clara W. Sioi ~ eilS
founder and present head of the c.
M. Clark publishing company. Boston.
is combining business and pleasure in
a trip to the Pacific coast. While there
she will pay a visit to sister who
owns extensive orange groves in south
ern California, and on her return trip
will stop off for few days at one of
Montanas great cattle ranches, the
home of another sister.
One enterprislng American publisher
announces a fine new edition of that
great religious classic that our an
cesters always kept beside the bible
and a few other indispen sable books
"The Saints Everlasting Rest IT.
Treatise of the Blessed State of the
Saints in Their Enjoyment OF Co in
Glory" by Richard Baxter, first pub
1ished in 1850
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

is that Doctor Mitchell has not devoted
so very much of his time to pure litera-
ture. 1t has been the regularity and
the quality of his application thereto,
rather than its quantity. that have en-
abled him to achieve such consider
able measure of distinction. He has
always regarded this form of mental
exercise as diversion from the grind
of professional labor. writing only dur
ing the ample vacation he allows him.
self in the summer. and never per-
hitting literary pursuits to interfere
with professional work and practice
and the duties In connection with
the Carnegie institution. the University
of Pennsylvania. etc, to which the
winter is entirely devoted.
Best OF all, however, Is the fact that
today, at the age of so. he is still In
harness, and, so far as can be seen,
with no diminution of either activity or
powers. 1T is truly remarkable that a
man keeping up an active practice
should have accomplished what Doctor
Mitchell has accomplished after reach
ing what Is usually regarded as
the retiring age. He was 6S when he
gave us Hugh Wynne," novel that
placed him among the first of American
novelists; but he has since written
FRANCOIS" ADr. North and His
Friends" circumstance" Constance
Trescot,' Autobiography of Quack"
and, within few weeks, his latest
novel, sThe Red City," besides many
short stories, essays and poems.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
BOOK RAGE OF THE SUNDAY GAIL
''Mr. Opp

Hhs OBR
By Alice Hogan Rice. author of Mrs Wigs
of the Cabbage Pateh,'' etc. Published by
the Century company. New York. Price 81.
IN the opening conversation we are
l given an earnest or Mr.. Opp's char
acter In the speech of Mr.. Jimmy
Fallows. the keeper of Your Hotel
IF there is one person in the world
that's got a talent for missing things,
it's Mr.. Opp. l never seen him that he
hadn't just missed gettin' a thousand
dollar job, or inventfn' a patent, or
bein' hurt when he had took out a ac-
cident policy. If he did keteh a train.
like enough it was goin' the wrong
way"
Poor Mr., Opp! Before we are half
through the little chronicle of his life
our sympathies are all with him, This
same Jimmy Fallows says again: IT
never see anybody in the world that
stood as good a show of gittin' the
fool prize as that there d. Opp"
When we first see Mr.. Opp be is re-
turning to his home town, Cave City, to
attend the funeral of his stepfather. He
is to take a new position after the
funeral-a drummer for a shoe house
the most important position he has
ever had. All his plans have to be
changed, for his prosperous brother re-
fuses to be burdened with half witted
sister, insisting that the asylum is the
place for her, so our Mr.. Opp gives over
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
special Messenger"

BY Robert w Chambers author OF "a Maker
of Moons 1.-The Fighting Chance" etc.
Published by D. Appleton & Co, New York.
Price S1.50.
DOBERT w. CHAMBERS latest book
X is called Special Messenger" 1t is
not really a novel, but a collection of
adventures or episodes in the life of a
female spy during the civil war. These
episodes have appeared as separate
sketches in several periodicals during
the last four or five years, but now have
been joined together by slender thread
of a love story. All sorts of i'm
probable things happen to the charm
ing heroine, but it Is only after the
book is laid aside that one remembers
to say that Every chapter is thrill
ing exploit and told with convincing
impressions which have been missed
from this authors work for some
years. One feels that the girl is a real
person, and we ride over all obstacles
with her filled with her excitement and
enthusiasm.
Celia Westcote is a beautiful girl of
Virginia whose family took sides with
the north. She lives at Sandy River
with a bedridden old grandfather, a
young brother and faithful old negro
servant. Her brother brings a young
man home one day, who proves to be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
1.-THE Cords of Vanity"
BY James Branch Caben. Publ

By James Branch Caben Published by Double
day Page Co, New York. Price 81 so.
AMEs BRANCH CABELL may be
y described as a good writer gone
wrong. Every line of the book gives
evidence that the author is possessed
of a fine fancy; he has a sense of
humor. too. much above the average,
and his refreshing style suggests
Thackeray at times without that high
sense. of honor. always so much in evil
dence in the author of Vanity Fair"
The story is the autobiography of a
very impFessionable young man, pos
sessed of a monumental conceit. He is
a perfect butterfly and falls gayly in
love with every pretty face. If the
book throughout were as idle and gay
as it appears at first, it could be I'M
hesitatingly recommended; but nothing
excuses the episode when the woman
dies and makes such startling dis
closures in her delirium that her hus
band goes out cunning for our hero.
The idyllic suggestions contained in
much of the book are quite marred by
so brutal an experience as that.
There is one sensible young woman
who is much too good for this ego
tistic hero. She will not take any of
his affairs seriously and finally be-
comes his balance wheel. One would
hate to, be tied to so irresponsible a
person as he has shown himself to be,
for he frivols and gambols his way
through life with no thought or care
for consequences. He is typical mod
ern Lothario whom one can not admire.
There is much in the book aside
from the story to recommend it. The
author has some very unusual and in.
teresting comments to make on life
and Literature, and his quaint philoso-
phizing is never dull. What he makes
his hero say Of fiction writing is worth
quoting:
You have simply to avoid bothering
the readers intellect in any way what
ever. You have merely to drug 1t, you
have merely to caress it with inter-
minable platitudes, or else with the
which happens to be unprintably ra-
tional. And you must remember
always that the Grass emotions of half
educated persons are, in reality, your
chosen keyboard, so play upon 1t with
an ak If you haven't any handler i'm
plen1ent, but hit Ii somehow, and for
months your name will be almost as
famous as that of the man who in
vented a celebrated baking powder
mo, please don't talk to me about
the dignity of literature: modern fic-
ton has precisely as much to do with
dignity as vaudeville or billiards or the
OF all four. I take 1t. is to afford d.
version to people who haven't anything
better to do. Thus novel which has
diverted a thousand emi-illiterate
persons is exactly ten times as good
as a novel that has pleased a hundred
superior persons. It is simply a matter
Of arithmetic"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

Where everything about book is
so admirable one may mention the one
weak spot in ii without offense. This
is where Sebastian, during a short sea-
son, sows his wild oats and makes a
confdante of his mother. Some of his
condolences to his mother are not what
any well balanced young Englishman
would tell. one can be sure. even with
such complete understanding as ex-
listed between them.
The character of Sebastian is not
nearly so fascinating as was Sally
Snap in The Heart of a Child" but
the book on the whole is more true to
life and deeper and more serious
piece Of character study. 1t is as fine
as anything from this clever woman's
pen, and that alone is high praise.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Books Received

Esperanto for the English" By A. Franks;
David Mckay. PHILADELPHIA
when skies are Gray BY Clarence W.
Heazlitt, the Neale publishing company, New
York.
Some "reminiscences" BY W. L. Royal; the
Neaie publishing company. New York.
Poems OF Progress BY Ella Wheeler WI
cox: W..B Conkey company, Chicago.
The Rule OF Three" By Alma ~. Estebank:
Small, Maynard & Co.. Boston
The Other Side Of the Door," By Lucia
Chamberlain; the B0bbs-M Merrill company, In
dianapolis.
The Railway Mail Service" By Clark T.
Carr; A. c. MeClurg company. Chicago.
Motor Tours In Wales and the Border Coun-
tries" By Mrs r StaWell; L c. Page 8 Co.
Boston
s.Ihe Spell Of Italy b. Caroline A. Mason:
L. G. Page & Co.. Boston
1.-THE Lady Of the Heavens" By Fl. Rider Hag-
gard; Frank +. Lowell company, New York
s.Tbe Recovery" By Joseph A. A1tsheler;
Frank 7. Lowell company. New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
''Happy School DAYS"
BY Margaret E. Sangster. author OF ''winsoms
WOmanhoOd." etc Published By Forbes q
Co., Chicago. Price SIPS.


WOmanhood." etc. Published By Forbes q
Co.. Chicago. Price s1.25-
Nj ARGARET E. SANGSTER needs
! no introduction to the young
women Of America. she IS loved
from east to west and has place quite
distinctive in American literature. She
has that faculty. so rare that she is
almost it's only possessor in our cOun-
try, OF giving good advice and not be-
ing hated for it, Her good advice Is
never preachy and yet she points out
the faults and besetting sins OF girls IN
their teens. No girl enjoys being told
Of her faults. but Mrs. Sangster has
such a sympathetic and discerning way
of pointing out how 10 attain a sweet
and wholesome wOmanhood that even
the most peevish can not find fault and
every girl will read the book with real
interest and pleasure. A new way OF
saying the homely old Handsome is as
handsome does" is found in this sem
tence:
Not so much beautiful features as a
beautiful soul can make a beautiful
face To be kind in your judgments. in
terested in your friends, simple and
sincere in all you do every day OF your
life. will give you an attractiveness
that can not be described"
The good advice is not general The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

his life to take care of the feeble girl.
The reader begins by laughing at Mr..
Opp; "the aggressive Mr.. Opp of the
gorgeous raiment and the seal ring; the
important man of business, the am
bilious 'fnancier,' but ends by feeling
the deepest sympathy for the insig-
nif1cant Mr.. Opp; he of the shirtsleeves
and the wilted pompadour-the deli
cate, sensitive. futile Mr.. Opp, who was
Incapable of everything but laying
down his life for the sake of another"
Mr.. Opp starts tiny, little news
paper, the Opp Eagle, and he is not
only editor and proprietor and man
ager, but he fills every Office but type
setter. His one assistant, who believes
in him. does that part of the work and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Gossip Of Books and Writers

There is an interesting rumor that
Mrs. Humphry Ward has written a new
novel which she will call Robert Els
mere Twenty Years After" II will
not be published until the autumn
Virginia Frazer Boyle. writer OF
southern stories. is visiting New York.
Mrs. Boyle has made contracts with
several magazines for future literary
work. She has left with the editors
of the Delineator two negro tales
which will shortly be published in that
magazine
Olive schreiner has been silent a
long time. In fact. she has had prae-
tiealIy nothing to say to the world in
response to the greeting IL gave The
Story of an African Farm soma
twenty years ago. All her life. how
ever, she has been deeply interested
in politics, and she is now preparing
a volume that viii have to do with
the imperialistic status OF Great
Britain. Its title is Closer Union for
South Africa" and it is now almost
ready for publication in London
One English scientist. Edward B.
Poulton of oxford, and 10 Americans
make the notable symposium on Oar
winism. taking It's title from DR.. Poul-
tons paper. Fifty Years OF Darwin
ISM" The Americans are, In the order
I'm which they appear: T. c. Chamber
lain. John M. Coulter, David Starr Jor-
dan, EErnund 3. Wilson. ID. t. MacDou-
gal. w. E. Castle. Charles B. Davenport.
Charles H Eigenmann. Henry Fair
field Osborn and G. Stanley Hail. The
book is made up Of their centennial
addresses delivered in Baltimore Sc
fore the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Sebastian

By Prank Dandy author OF The Heart OF a
Child" etc Published by the Macmillan
company. New York. Price $50
t6C EBASTIAN'' is q novel of character.
y as was its predecessor, The Heart
OF a Child and. while not quite
so fine novel. is much deeper study.
Sebastian is by no means the most i'm
pOrtant character. For much of the
book his mother. Nanessa Kendall, is
by far the most interesting figure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

author takes up different subjects. such
as school clubs. home duties. care OF
eyes. boy friends. examinations. dress,
health, good memory and some thirty
others. All are interesting and every
reader will find something OF value in
the book.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
BOOKS REVIEWED

Happy School Days." by Margaret E. Sangster
special Messenger" by Robert Chambers
"The Cords of Vanity" by James Branch CabeI
"Mr. Opp" by Alice Hogan Rice
Sebastian" by Frank Dandy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

BY Robert W. Chambers. author OF "a Maker
of Moons 1.-THE Fighting Chance" etc.
Published by d. Appleton & Co., New York.
Price S1.50.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04

jurer he produced from his pocket d
paper, apparently a warrant for my
arrest. This seemed to me to be car
ryinG joke too far, and so | asked the
manager to be kind enough to pay the
man the money. He did so at once
and the good income-taX collector re-
piled, And now may l have seat to
see the shove And he got it. That $
London"
A French statisticlan has just thrown
deadly bomb into the serried ranks
of German music lovers. who have
proudly boasted that in the fatherand
alone is the finest and most uplifting
music to be heard in the greatest guam
tity Armed with the deadly accuracy
of figures, the Frenchman has demon
strated that u survey of performances
of stage music given in Germany dur
ing recent years shows "The Merry
Widow" to have made pale the popu-
larlty OF every other opera that has
been created by the illustrious sons Of
art. There have been 2,952 perform
anccs of this engaging trl1e, but Wag-
Der has had to be contented with
mere LILO. Beethoven has enjoyed
modest 1877 representations. but Johann
Strauss has carried off no fewer per-
formances than 1913. Mozart has con-
trlbuted 514 performances to the Ger
man stage. Gounod pa. Verdi 721. while
Strauss-he of "Salome" notoriety-has
been given hearing on 29l occasions.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04
LATE NEWS OF THE LONDON STAGE
O. THE WORLD.

Full Although at the Aldwych il
! lasted only about n fortnight II has
since been making money in the prov
inces. The London press generally
praised the piece for Its dramatic force
| and admirable character drawing. but
somehow the paying public refused to
| patronize il and | can't say that II was
too well cast, ",rhe Belle OF New York"
! has made heaps of money both in ana
i out OF London. "Brewster'S Millions"
| has for long been doing rcmunerative
business in the country. The Dcvil," "
a dead failure at the AdelphI. has
proved paying attraction with coun-
try playgoers. while Mrs Wigs"
The White Man" and THE Woman
in the Case" have all proved more or
less remuncrativc ventures for their
fortunate hackers. All this merely af-
fordS proof OF the truth OF the old
showmans aXiom-What you lose on
the swings you make up on the round
aboutS.
Arthur Bourchier's lease of the Car
rick comes to an end next April. 1t is
just 10 years since he entered into It
and naturally he does not relish the
idea of relinQuishing the theater Sir
w. S, Gilbert, who originally built 1t
Tor John Hare, would like to keep
l3ourchier as a tenant But. oddly
enough. Gilbert, who Is a very shrewd
man OF business as we'll as a witty
writer. was led into leasing the house
to q man called Brickwell, who has
since gone bankrupt after disposng of
his option upon the building The result
was that Gilbert found himself face to
face with a. bargain he was extremely
anxious not to carry out A lawsuit
enSued which Gilbert lost. BrickwellS
representatives now demand $4,000
for the cancelment of their lease. Gil
bert Will only go as far as 100000 and.
should the other side accept his terms,
which SO far they have declined to do.
Bourchier Will have a new tenancy OF
the place In the contrary event he
has got a wealthy man behind him
prepared to build him a new theater
on site In Leicester square next door
to the Empire. The place would be
ready by November next year and part
of the intervening time Bourchier
would fill in by a visit to America.
The younger generation IS unuues-
tionably knocking at the door As evil
dence we are very shortly to have two
interesting debuts OF daughters of we'll
known theatrical couples. The most i'm
portant is that of little Phyllis Terry
little" only in respect OF the number
of her years-who, although still In
her teens, is as tall and as broad
as her mother Julia Nelson. Phyllis.
If she had followed her parents wish,
would have adopted the opcratic pro-
fession, Her father, Fred Terry. was
extremely anxious she should do so
she has inherited from her mother
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04
Ober Ammergau
Passion Play 1910

Salt Lakers who have attended the
presentations of the Passion play In the
little mountain n-hidden village of Ober
Ammergau. Bavaria, Will be interested
to learn of the preparations for the next
SEASON. beginning in May and contlnu-
ing until the middle OF September of
1910.
Many improvements have already
been made Three of the streets lead
Ing to the great auditorium have been
widened as has also the plaza in front
of the ticket office. n large photog-
raphers studio has been erected next
the dressing room and as protection
against fire u station has been estab-
lsbed in which II men are to be de-
tailed. The representations are always
given during daylight, without the use
of artificial light making the. possibili-
~ of fire a most remote contingency
To care for visitors who may become
i'll, from any cause. temporary hos
pltal has been established under the d.
rcction OF the village doctor, with at
tcndantS and nurses.
Seamstresses have been engaged in
making the multicolored costumes for
the past six months. These alone will
cost In the ncighborhood of S25, COO
TIE principal roles, together with
their lmpersonators. as furnished the
North German Lloyd offices in New
York. the official representatives of the
Passion play committee OF Ober AM
mergau. are: Prologue. Anton Iechner.
choir leader. Jacob Rutz, who acted I'm
the same capacity in 1900; Christ, Anton
lang. who acted this role In 1900; John.
Albrecht Birling. Peter. Andreas Lang.
Judas. Johann Twink. third time: Pl-
late. Sebastian Balucr. second time. and
Magdalene. Maria Mayr
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04

Colonel F. T Miner manager of the
Eimball Organ company of Chicago.
and wife, were in town this week en-
route east from a coast trip. Prof.
Mcclellan treated them TO a special Or
gan recital.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04
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Same Steadman. Elizabeth Booth.
Merl Miller, Hazel Cannon. Ida Morris.
Edith Grant and Hugo Anderson.
The Salt Lake friends CT Mrs. Cecil
James, formerly Miss Lottic Levy of
this city, Will be interested In learn
ing that a testimonial concert is to be
given for the benefit OF the James
family on the evening of Dec. 16, in
Mendelssohn hall, New York. Members
of the Mendelsohn Glee club and other
well known local artists will assist.
Organist Tracy Cannon of the First
Congrega tional church will play Gre
gorian Impressions by Guilmant. and
Devrcd'S Prayer before the Sun
day mornings service. with one OF
Schnecker's compositions as the offer
tory, and lastly postlude by Gunod
Mrs. NJ. ]. Brines and son are nome
for the holidays. visiting with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. b. Evans.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04

Caruso does not endorse the opinion
of some musical experts that the art
OF bel canto is lost He declares in
his "reminiscences" published in the
Strand Magazine. that every master
of singing of consideration in Italy
teaches it" AS regards another all
important accessory to the perfect
equipment of a great opera singer
dramatic sentiment-he declares that
'in a large measure. this cannot be ac-
CURED
The Musical Courier is In receipt of
this kindly note: Merely to forestall