davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

say that those who care for the Will
hanson stories will enjoy The Silent
Battle"
THE Way Things Happen" by Hugh De
Selingcourt. John Lane Coz
There was a Miss Paul, who, when her
mother died. leaving her all alone in the
world, had few hundred pounds upon
which to live in England. 1t was a ques-
ton whether Miss Paul should live in the
country rather lavishly on her income
or In the city of London rather skimpily
on the small amount of money coming
to her annually She chose the city and
by doing SO, gave Mr.. Selingcourt an op-
portunuity to write a very charming
book about her and her experiences. Miss
Paul had few rooms on the top floor
of an old house In the quiet portions of
London, In which she spent most of her
time She knew nothing of the other
dodgers until a small happening, the kill
ing of rat, brought her in contact with
an old historian in the house, who later
wished to marry her. But Miss Paul
would not have 1t so. One day walking
about London she met handsome, styl-
ish looking gentleman, who had BEEN
she knew, following her for some time
They met somehow or other. The man
was rich; he had fallen In love with Miss
Paul at first sight; he had been SO pur-
sued for his enormous wealth that 1t was
a delight to meet, know and love this
charming Miss Paul, who knew not that
he was rolling in long-green bills and
such. They were married soon after and
devoted their short married life to doing
good in London. But the hero was killed
in an accident on the street At first 1t
was a long struggle for the now Mrs.
Paul to be willing to continue the char
table work in London after her hus-
bands death, but she did continue and
was known far and wide a great bene-
factress to the poor.
The plot in this book is very slight,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

which, in reading it, will not bother you
one bit 1t is the treatment of the book
more than the plot that will thoroughly
interest the discriminating reader.
When the few and far between books
that can interest one from the style en-
ployed and not altogether the get-up-and-
gitgo-yonder plot. we should not only
give thanks, but buy the book to read it.
There are many clever sketches in this
volume. DR.. Paveley, the historian, his
young nephew with his ridiculous solicit
tude for the welfare of an uncle incapa-
BILE of properly caring for himself; the
hero, the husband of Miss Paul, with
his great love and melancholy distrust
of everything and everybody save his
wife, formerly Miss Paul, and Mrs. Mar
tin, the cheerful old scrub woman
But 1t is around about Miss Paul's
charming. gentle personality that the in
terest and regard of the reader will linger
and revolve.
THE Way Things Happen Is a book
Of wholesome optimism and graceful sim
plicity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

republican undertaken, but he carried
democratic Jersey City three times run
ming. Everett Colby, who turned upside
down Essex, the county next to Mayor
Fagan's-Senator Colby was a Wall street
broker, the heir of rich railroad build
er, college graduate, and he looks his
part Ben Lindsay was q democratic
politician and a county judge when he be-
gan to do justice to children. w. S.
U'Ren was a blacksmith In Colorado be-
fore he became, while a visitor in Ore
gon lobbyist there, the peoples lobby
list. But the most amazing example Of the
democracy Of democracy is the case Of
Rudolph Spreckles."
Mr.. Steffens takes these five men, tells
us what they have done and what they
are trying to do and incidentally brings
to our attention the fact that what has
been done in New Jersey, California, Col
orado and so on, can be done elsewhere
given the men and the people.
In speaking of how Senator Colby was
beaten in New Jersey by his opponents
bringing In a moral issue" to wit, the
liquor traffic regulation, Mr.. Steffens
says a few plain words.
IF were a political boss, in danger of
losing my crown, / would get the church
to come out against the saloon. That
would save me and it would not cost the
saloons very much"
'"rhe Diamond Master" by Jacques Fu-
trelle. (Bobbs Merrill Coz
Mr.. Henry Latham, president of a large
firm of jewellers in New York, received
one morning in plain box, through the
mail, with no return address on the pack
age, a wonderful diamond. He was
thunderstruck, of course. Investigation
proved that four other friends in the
jewelry business had received the exact
copy OF Mr.. Latham's diamond. Who
sent them was the queA on. No one
knew. nor could the detectives find out.
Soon a letter came from Mr.. e. Van
Courtlandt Wynne to Mr.. Latham, ex-
planning that the five diamonds were
gifts from the former to the five jewelers.
that If agreeable he would like to call
to have talk with the five men in
question on certain appointed date. Mr..
Wynne appeared had the talk, exhibited
to the wild-eyed jewelers. some millions
of dollars of diamonds. I'd to these mer-
chants he made a proposition that I'M
less they would agree to buy from him
s10a000.000 OF diamonds within year at
half the prices of the diamond market,
Mr.. Wynne would by flooding the sec
tons of Maiden Lane devoted to trade
In precious stones, upset all prices in the
diamond market. This proposition was
left open for a certain time. to accept or
decline. During the interval Latham and
his friends did everything in their power
to discover how these diamonds had been
secured by Mr.. Wynne. No reports in
the customs houses showed any importa-
ton of such wonderful stones and were
these diamond merchants worked up?
Well rather!
Some time ago f. Lefevre wrote book,
very interesting story, called THE
Golden Flood" in which gold was used
In just the same manner as Mr.. Futrelle
has employed diamonds, although with
a different ending.
In this story of the diamond, 1T turns
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
Wanted An Audience.
e New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Nine. Melba, at dinner in New York.
told a story of a little son of wealthy
parents.
HE stopped at New York hotel with
his tutor and governess," she said, land
one night the two guardians went to the
opera, leaving him alone in his apartment
with his toys.
About 9 o'clock his bell rang furiously.
He didn't understand the telephone, and
one of the assistant managers hurried to
his suite and knocked
Did you ring, sirT he asked
Yes said the little fellow. Please
send some one to hear me say my
prayers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
Black Taffeta Silk Petticoats S2.98

Ptoats of
| perfectly None sentou c. O. D. No phone ORDERS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

had had declined with thanks were now
accepted by the very editors VINO mao
turned Martin down on the same oheE-
ines. Martin had more money than ne
knew what to do with. And, worse IMAM
that, after placing few hot Goals OF nre
on the heads of his inlaws, who mad IN
sisted that he "go to work." by setting
them up financially, he had now no inter-
est in life He had discovered Ruths
allowness-eyerything was a deluslon
and a snare. Life was not worth living,
as Martin saw 1t.
That portion of Mr.. London's very In
teresting novel which tells OF the strug-
giles of a new writer to get a toothold
with the high-browed editorial offices, Is
as true to life as it can be. Whether or
not a brute, a wharf-rat, who might
have been a genius, of course, could In
three years SO fit himself to produce
high-class literary productions, the SAFE
of which was made in many instances
by the style of the literary effort Is
q very serious question. RMS scribe
doesn't know enough about Mr.. London's
personal struggles or life before he be-
came the literary success he is now, to
deny that portion of Martin Eden"
Anything that Mr.. London writes is of
interest, whether one agrees with what
he says or not. Martin Eden is first
rate 1t is a book that every struggler
the pathway OF ldluc VI WIG
versa should read to get few sidelights
on the hard knocks that would-be mag
azine writer's receive. Notwithstanding.
too. the silly talk we all hear from time
to time from certain persons who tell
US how they sat right down and dashed
off this or that piece and sold it In
jiffy. Writing for the magazines is the
hardest work in the world, with few
trifiing exceptions.
Mr. r xyri nlnlG1nR
style; the description at the end Of the
story where Martin Eden, sick Of every
thing jumps into the sea from the ship
"Mariposa." is splendid.
Martin Eden" is well worth reading;
more than that, 1t is one of the best
books published this year. This novel
ran in the Pacific Coast Monthly and is
now running in Uncle Remus' Home
Magazine
Jeanne of the Marshes" by E. Phillips
Oppenheim little. Brown & Coz
Mr.. Oppenheim is a young man and
this is his 21st novel published In the
United States. Between the Williamsons,
A. N and c. M, and Mr.. F. Marion
Crawford, before his death. Mr. Open
helm had quite a time Of 1t keeping up.
But Mr.. Crawford is dead now and there
are only the Williamsons remaining to
poster Mr. Oppenheim.
Jeanne of the Marshes is better than
most Of Mr.. Oppenheim's stories and he
really has written some very good stories,
If one cares for his kind of novels. Jeanne
was the ward of an INSCRIPTIONS princess
who had married Jeanne's father, a Wild
over and banker. Papa dying and leav-
ing a supposed fortune to Jeanne Of some
$2.0O0.000 placed Jeanne under the care
of his last wife, the princess, who had
Tote of entanglements of not superior
order. One of the entanglements was a
certain card-sharp. by name, Major For
rest. These three, aforesaid, go to Lon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

say that those who care for the Will
hanson stories will enjoy THE Silent
Battle"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

out that the diamonds were made under
great pressure and intense heat, but as
you can guess, the secret or procuring the
absolutely pure carbon with which tc
make the diamond by use of the heat and
pressure, died with the inventor, who
was murdered
The Diamond Master is a simple,
little mystery tale. 1t is small volume.
and shows to what heights Mr.. Futrelle
has arisen in the writing craft, that he
was able to get a publisher to send 1t
forth in book form. The story will kill
an hour or two of time-that's all.
Mr.. Futrelle lived for a time in At
lanta, where as Jack" not jacques"
Futrelle, he did creditable work on the
Atlanta Journal, after giving up his ca
reer as an actor, in which career he had
won his spurs. Mr.. Futrelle, they tell us
now, hardly ever puts his foot to the
ground, riding in high-power motor cars
and all that sort of thing. Good for
Jack-beg pardon-Jacques Futrelle.
The Real Thing by John Kendrick
Bangs. Q1arper & Bros.)
In tbs little volume, containing four lit
tie farces for amateur or professional
production. Mr.. Bangs has returned to
his own. The four farces are: The Real
Thing dealing with search by many
weary women for cook at the employ
ment agencies; 1.-The Barringtons AT
Home" 1.-The Return of Christmas,
and 1.-The Side Show"
These little farces are very clever. full
of fun and wit, with flash after fash of
good tempered satire. Every one of these
light and airy bits of farce will provide
most pleasant reading.
The plays themselves, admira bly, suited
to dramatic reading or monologue, arc
set in the environment of every day-just
pictures of the real life that all of us
know.
1.-THE Silent Battle" by Mrs. c. N. Will
hanson. &c. II. Doscher & Coz
If you are one of the many who have
thrilled, enthused, at times appeared
ridiculous in your praise of The William
son stories, here is a novel, written all
by Mrs. Williamson's lonesome, that will
give you much delight.
In 1.-THE Silent Battle is a charming
young actress. a regular up-to- the-minute
Williamson heroine, you know what that
means ?-about whom there is much mys-
terry, much that is thrilling ever happen
ing in the story. You plunge at once into
mystery and all that sort of thing, and
along with the heroine, Winifred Gray,
you are compelled at times to wonder
Just where you are at With no answer
coming until the end of the book, which
answer this reviewer declines to turn
loose here, for fear he may bring down
on his head the wrath or the William
son admirers who may not have as yet
read this volume. Mixed up with Miss
Gray, who is pursued by a millionaire,
ugly as he can be, SO ugly that he is
known as Nero, the Second is a big
strong American, with no money, who
is ever on the spot to assist the heroine
in the unravelling of her troubles, rnys
terry and sorrow galore
Everything turns out all right, OF
course; the book wouldn't be a Will
hanson If 1t didn't-and it is safe to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
Sunday Oct 18th ss " Concert By NaVaSSar Band s:
THREE LARGEST OF ALL THE BIG DAYS
ENJOYABLE OF ALL THE BIG NIGHTS
WEU1VEO UA goth
GOOD TO THE VERY
END

early Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, and
prepared anyway Better include the Fireworks night
don't you won't all the Fair and that wouldn't be fair M
men hard comDlee
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
~ SIC --- ACCOMPANIED BY THREE OF THE MOST
Y oc1 is's TUESDAY oc1 1s,B

ghty strenuous days and nights, and the thousands
ABOUT the show so that the last three days ought to
crowd the grounds right up to the gates. We prom
sed good Fair. We .'deliver the goods"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

The Values Of These Suits Ar,
$27. 80, $2975, $3.50

the biggest have offered We tina
$25 sell
would advertise them $4,000 $3.50 values
that would be their real worth
special purchase these suits giving the ad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
vantage of this purchase.

Third Thursday
Continuing for One Week
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14
THE BYSTANDER
Continued from Page Four.)

Continued
because
farming failure small the survivor
poor OF
clipped
slavery degrading
hifess who hroniea indebted the
supplies
wife small children
Even kind of small He gradually 81
like him today producing
did in pamies Plantations
country small the
Georgia
of
forna where tgrowe making
in Colorado and
created the worlds
eranary half he oouned briefly nNew
the wilder
individuals without the assistance of trust
plantation agency all
u then this before he had really travelled BY the
reached Georgia his mind had expanded like opening flower Inc
dropped with light that all
humbugthe corporation the
of stakeholder thrifty
and thousand Hawaii Thus
upward the
great and good men whom kind placed
political fad wasn't such bad thing
According cable Mayor Harper of Los Angeles whom
that too much for him lie has not only Withdrawn as candidate TOT
myoralty his being demanded
the newspapers public npubihable
the somewhat cryptic language of the Associated
dispatch the unpublshbe but
guess something said when he here few
NEavor LYON doesn. showing
that said that Mayor Harper Of
Angeles s'recal' either
'dL of being followed
everywhere by detectives he find
something that Apparently they have
the
dismiss an official after chance
,oics must have enough Office
the straight party had the real here wouldn't give
much for the managed get elected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14
LOCAL BREvITIES

A sharp earthquake shock was felt
in Hilo aad throughout Kona early
yesterday morning.
There will be no band concert to-
day The band viii attend funeral
with the Poola Society this afternoon.
The reservoir at Wahiawa is filing
up rapidly and, should the rain con.
tinue, tae spillway viii be running for
the first time in nearly two years.
The Alakea street ears are now STOP
ping long block farther towards
Camp Very than formally The stop is
now made at the Waikiki end of the
iron works.
The chartered Matson boat Hyades
took 1000 tons of Honolulu freight
away from San Francisco the other day
when she sailed from that port for
Seattle, whence she will come to Homo.
lulu.
Reports from the other islands state
that the rainfall is general. 1t has
been heaviest on Maui where many
bridges have been washed out and the
trestie work of the Waikiki Sugar
Company badly damaged.
me SoANidct IOT the DulluluR OF the
Children S Hospital has been awarded
to A. P. Mcdonald The plans were
prepared by j. H. Craig and Contractor
Mcdonald states that ground will be
broken tomorrow morning.
w. Ell. c. Campbell, John T. NOR and
William Mckay Jr. will be in charge
of the Shriner celebration to be held
on the Island of Hawaii this year. In
vitations have been sent to Islam and
Al Malaikah temples in San Francisco
and Los Angeles to have representa-
tives present.
This evening at 7:30, Bishop Res
tarick will deliver the third of the
special lenten sermons at st. Andrew Is
cathedral. The subject will be "Suf-
fered Under Pontius Pilate,'' and it
will deal with sin and redemption.
These sermons, intended to show the
Ieasonabfeness of the Christian faith,
have been largely attended.
Mrs. A. B. ingalls,, the local violin.
ist whose mastery of the most diff
cult of all musical instruments has
& ven rise to much comment, is MAX
ing preparations to leave for Europe
ABOUT the middle of May, where she
will continue her studies with some of
the most celebrated masters of the vio-
lin. Prior to her departure, Mrs. In
gals will give a farewell concert at
the Hawaiian Opera House, with the
assistance of the best musical talent
obtainable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14
DEATH OF CAPTAIN KEA.

John NJ. Kea. chief clerk of the de-
partment of the Attorney General and
Captain of Company G, NIGH, died
suddenly at his residence on Quarry
street late on Friday night. He had
been suffering from iH-health for some
time bat heart failure was the imme-
date cause OF his death.
Captain Kea leaves widow and one
son. His father, mother, one brother
and four sisters are still living. Among
the latter are Mrs. Edward Hore of
Waialua. and Mrs. Solomon Meheula
of Honolulu.
The funeral viii take place next Sun
day from Silva g undertaking parlors
under the auspices of the order OF Kau-
ikeaoui, of which he was the vice
president.
Captain Kea has been connected with
the Attorney General s department for
lust twenty-five years. He started in
a subordinate position but his long ser
vice gained recognition and, at the time
of his death, he held the position OF
chief clerk. He has served under no
less than eighteen different heads OF
the department. The first was Paui
Neumann and the last, of course, the
present Attorney General Hemenway,
who is greatly upset over the loss OIL
a friend and Invaluable assistant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14

Oahu sugar-5o, so, 90, Is, IS, II,
40, 5, 80 q 1880; 10, 10, $50, so, So
"a 30.75; 80 "a 81; Is a 30.s75.
olaa-5o, so, so q 4.7S5c; 25, IA, 25
a 4.75.
Hawaiian Commercially. 10, 5, 100,
so, 40 q 10Y; Is, % a 107.50.
Pioneer-10, 10 "a 155; 10, 10, 10, 5
"a 15S; Z, 10 "a 100.
Paauhau-20 a 22.75.
Honokaa-1oo a 1855; 200, 100 a
1925.
McBryde-1oo, so a 3.75.
Hawaiian Agricultural--6 a 40.
Waialua-25, 5 a $3.50; So, 100, s.,
Is, 80 a 80.
Ewa-1o0, 35, $50 a %.
WaiIuku-30 q 200.
Hawaiian Sugar-50 a $3.50.
Hon. B. & Mo, 10 a $3.50; 20,
10 a %.
Haw. Pineapple Co.-5o a 2o.75;
35, Is "a p.
o. R. & L. Coll "a 116.
Paia 6s-$500 a 10I.
Dividends.
The regular dividends of the follow
ing plantations were declared on We'd
nesday:
Paauhau. 20 cents share; Waikiki,
H. per cent; Hutchinson, 90 cents a
share.
immigration.
The important business of the Legs
lature for the week, SO far as the plan
tations are directly concerned. was the
passing by good majority IN the
House of the special immigration taS
bill. a bill intended to raise approx
matelv three hundred thousand dollars
a year, three-fourths of which will be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14

used to induce and promote the immi-
grafton of European laborers into the
Territory. The special tax is of two
per cent, to be imposed upon all in.
comes over $4,000 a year.
The bill is one proposed by the plan
ters themselves and worked for by
them, the opposition coming principal
~ from the Hawaiian members of the
House, who see in the bill one to pro-
wide means to ultimately deprive
them of their political control.
One of the important points made by
the passage of this bill is that it prac-
tieally kills every other bill in the Leg
islature relating to increased taxes, al
though the benefit to the general fund
from the special tax viii only amount
to about $4,000 year.
Sugar Advancing.
I. During the week the quotations for
sugar have been advancing most salts
/. faetorily, the hopes of the producers IN
/ the matter of prices being in fair
way to be met.
Mainland Demand for Pines.
The demand in the Eastern markets
for Hawaiian pines has been such that
the stocks in all the large cities have
been practically exhausted and yester-
day a cable was received from the New
! York agent of the Hawaiian Pineapple
Growers Association announcing that
the demand was greater than the sup
ply and asking if shipments were be
ing made. This is regarded as most
] satisfactory and a direct and most con
vineing proof that the advertising cam
paign is bringing about big results
At the present time the various can
ming companies are sending out some
big shipments
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14

children. second cabin. War Depart
ment, under FIVE years of age, L; civil
ians, second cabin, Navy Department,
=; children, second cabin, Navy De-
partment, under five years of age, q;
sergeants travelling, End class passen-
gers, %; sergeants, c. A. G. and mas
ter gunner, travelling End class passen-
gers, 2; civilians, steerage, War De-