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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
HOW WOULD YOU LOOK?

standing. SO, and their varying express
sion under different circumstances is
clear to us, even though we have not
seen them for years. But when 1T
comes to ourselves we cannot even fli
In the outline of the picture. We may
laugh. we may cry, we may frown, but
we do not know how we look while
we are doing it. Photographs do not
help us. We have never seen ourselves
In the flesh.
Mirrors and pictures are poor aids
when we sit down and try to see our
selves with the minds eye. That is
why people are SO deeply interested in
anybody who is said to resemble them.
Just say to a man. I know somebody
who looks for all the world like you,'
and he will never rest until he sees
that person. Then If the likeness Is
really true, he will own that up to
that time he had no conception OF how
he really looked
The visitor smiled wanly. Il wish
you wouldn't talk like that" she said.
TT makes me feel so uncanny. l am
almost afraid of myself
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
The San Francisco Sunday Call
" The White Sister .

c Macmillan company. New York. Price si.5o.
sionaries have established at Rangoon
and elsewhere The characteristic bit
of description is of the fortress or the
convent.
-" She is a lay sister and is
called Sister Anna, and she lives in
a small room on the left OF the vesti-
bule as you go in, five steps above the
stone pavement. She is very rarely re-
lieved from her euties for few hours
al time. and all the patients must
pass her when they enter or leave the
house. as well as the doctors and the
visitors whose smart carriages and
motor cars often stand waiting in the
narrow street.
Fifty times a day. perhaps. the door
bell rings and Sister Anna deliberately
f1ops down the five steps in her heavily
soled slippers TO admit one person or
another, and so times. again, she
hops down to let them out again. the
reason why she does not go mad or
become an imbecile is that she is Swiss.
That. at least. is how 1t strikes
the celebrated surgeon, Professor
Pieri ."
Discursive as ii is. one does not tire
OF the style and reads on with breath
less interest In the development OF the
plot Angela enters this convent as
q lay sister and after two years takes
the vows. She has been there FIVE
years and while never for one mo-
ment forgetting Severi. she spends
much time In praying for him and
hopes by her life to do him some good
hereafter. Severi has been captured
by savages and is not dead. When he
can escape he returns to Italy. IT
is terrible and dramatic situation,
for Angela loves him with all her
heart. She is called upon to endure
several shocks and is more severely
tempted than any other woman has
been, but she successfully resists
temptation. The unfolding of the plot
is not only perfect artistically, but is
a success from a dramatic standpoint.
and readers are sure to be satisfied
with the story's ending.
Some of the minor characters are OF
more than passing interest. particu-
larly Ippolito Saracinesca, whom read
ers will remember prominent In
'Carlione." He is a very human priest
and makes one love his religion.
Mr.. Crawford gives much pleas
anter picture of Roman Catholics in
this book than in any of his previous
novels. His knowledge of the work
ings of a hospital managed by a Catho-
lie sisterhood has been gained from
the inside. one may be sure, and all
he has to say of them is praise. The
picture of the mother superior is beau
IIfuI and one can recall no more per-
feet example Of religious devotion than
Is shown in her character.
The book is one of Crawfords very
best and one cannot but regret that he
could not have lived at least long
enough TO hear its praises sung
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relations and that he rises or falls
as he fulhlls or violates them. The
earnest reader viii discern that the
authors purpose is to, enable him to
discover his present status as a means
and stimulus to mounting to higher
New York;.
Henry S Wilcox of the Wilcox book
concern, Chicago, has written a book
of poems, Joys Of Earth" They are
not very good from literary point
OF view, but the authors purpose is so
sincere and his feeling OF reverence
for all things good SO lofty that one
hesitates to criticise the work Sc
verely. The author has written be-
fore now 'Foibles of the Bench and
"Foibles of the Bar" etc.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has been in
teresting herself in New Thought"
and the esult is evident in her work.
She has gathered together enough po-
etry to fill a volume, which she names
Poems Of Progress and New Thought
Pastels" fW 3. Conkey company Chi
cago). Most OF them have appeared in
magazines before, but her admirers
viii be glad to find them in collect
i've form.
S..ll another volume OF poetry-the
crop this spring has been large and
late--"When Skies Are Gray" by Clar-
ence Watt Heaziitt (Neale publishing
company. The author is evidently a
lover Of poetry to such an extent that
all Of his poems are modelled upon we'll
known poems by equally well known
authors.
THE Book Of Good Cheer"--a little
bundle OF CHEEKY thoughts, and "The
Book OF Good Feliowship"-a plate OF
toasts. and both edited by Edwin Os-
good Grover and published by p. r.
Vollard & Co. Of Chicago. They are
dainty little gift books and the matter
contained in them has been selected
with fine judgment and the best of
taste. In the good cheer book we find
many beautiful quotations from Ste
venson, Browning. Emerson, Carlyle
and many contemporaries. In the Good
Fellowship book are all sorts OF
toasts: clever, humorous prose, poetry,
old and new. They. too, are chosen
well. and II is particularly gratifying
70 San Franciscans ta find selections
among them from authors whom we
claim as our own-Frank Pixley. AM
brose Bierce, Anna Strunsky, Wallace
Irwin and "CaroIus Ager." who no longer
hides himself under that nom de plume.
but signs himself Charles K Field.
The binding for these little books is
something new. being a double cover
tied with English tape. They are ar
tisticaIly decorated and well painted.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
THE POWERS OF THE HORSE

CIV HAT is fair days work for a
w horse?" Is a frequent question
and very difficult to answer. The Lon
don bus horse does rs miles a day at
rate of seven miles an hour in double
harness with four ton bus, A pair of
post horses used to do e6 miles with a
one ton coach at eight miles going and
at six miles returning.
II have known the horses in the
heavy deer van of H. NJ. buclShounds
to do over so miles in a day." says a
writer in Country Life in America. but
they were never worked more than
twice week. A good horse viii trot
his 20 TO so miles a day for several
days consecutiyely, but can not keep it
up; he may do go miles in one day. but
then must have rest the next.
Small horses, other things being
equal stand more work and recover
more quickly than big horses Some
remarkable instances OF the power of
ponies are given in William Days book
which records a run of 107 miles In
IA hours by two boys on ponies. and
one of 172 miles in 23ls hours by a IL
hand pony Qed). which beat the coach
from London to Exeter; the time given
included all stops.
AoWh Woth Oh ACCOUNT Oh the ire
quent stops and the hard pavement in
duces fatigue and especially leg weari-
ness, sooner than country work Two
horses worked well within their pow
ers will always prove more economical
in the end than one that is habitually
driven to the utmost of his capacity.
There are. however, many cases
where from different causes one horse
represents what the schoolboy called
the irreducible maximum then the
animal par excellence to be bought Is
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esIlow strange it is said the PHI
losopher. that the person for
whom you care most son earth. the
one You see oftenest and who re-
ceives your most constant attention
is the one whose countenance Is least
familiar to you"
.swho is that?" asked the visitor.
yourself" said the philosopher. 'Tt
is fact that If people could be duplie-
ated and could meet themselves in the
street very few would recognize them
selves we look at ourselves many
times during the ss5 days of the year.
We say our eyes are blue--or what
ever color they may be-our hair
brown, our chin peaked. our forehead
high.
1--WE know every lineament of our
face from constant study and atten-
tion, yet when we turn away from the
mirror we cannot conjure up a picture
of ourselves. we know just how our
friends and even acquaintances look.
In fancy we can see them sitting so or
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ny fEaHcis leuos, Int
Francis Lynde. who has made a
name for himself writing about en-
gineers, offers another story, which
is adventure and romance rolled into
one and first rate In its quality, 1t is
filled with thrilling experiences and
maintains : an excellent mystery
throughout; surely full measure for
the jaded novel reader
The story is Of the west, but the
author carefully refrains from any
description of cowboy life and cowboy
habits. He only lets few cowboys
into his story and those just for a
few moments-it is almost miracle he
has accomplished. for one never misses
those cowboys at all.
At the opening OF the story the
hero, Breckenridge Ballard. receives
telegram from a friend of his who is
sailing for Europe: You love life and
crave success. Arcadia Irrigation has
killed its originator and two chiefs Of
construction. 1t will kill you. Let it
alone"
But young Ballard is not easily
changed and he starts at once for
Colorado. where the railroad and irri-
cation company is situated. When he
reaches his camp he is very much
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

The posthumous novel by T. Marion
Crawford. The White Sister" makes
the reading public realize with z sharp
pang what q loss il has sustained in
its authors death The White Sis
ter" viii be placed in the front rank
of Crawford's works, for il well de-
serves a place beside Mr.. Isaacs, DR..
Claudius" and a Roman Singer"
Angela Chiaromonte is young Italian
girl, daughter Of a prince Of great
wealth. BY a curious turn Of fortune
ana circumstance she IS suddenly de-
prived OF father, fortune and even
name. Her father. for some political
prejudice had refused to so through
civil marriage with her mother and
had also neglected 70 register her
birth If he had made special will
he could have protected his beloved
child. but when his strong box was
opened no viii was found.
ThereupOn the aunt OF Angela, who is
almost TOO villaipous and vinoictive TO
be human. reveDRes herself upon the
innocent young girl II appears that
years before she had loved Angela's
father and wished 10 marry him but
he had chosen otherwise and so she
had married his younger brother. An
gela's mother died before her wicked
sister IA law could injure her in any
y
fer for her aunt's disappointed life The
day after her fathers funeral she is
turned out of the house penniless; but
an old governess takes her IN and
cares for her and comforts her IN her
trouble.
ANGELA aunt was a gay woman Of
81 -iety and. though almost middle aged.
) had a train OF young admirers. Among
them was one Giovanni Severi whom
she was sure Of but he surprised her
very much by falling in love with An
gela, who returned his love. This was
another reason for hating Angela, and
she did hate her with a murderous
viciousness seldom seen in the TWEEN
tieth century. Giovanni cares nothing
that Angela has lost everything. but
be is in the army and has no private
fortune. SO their marriage is necessarily
delayed. Then he is sent 10 the Italian
colony at Massowah TO quiet some dis
turbances. and the first news from the
front is TO the effect that the whole
expedition has been savagely murdered.
This. IN brief IS a summary Of the
.hrst third Of the book
There is much discussion and many
descriptions OF Italian people, places
and customs but none OF II bores, and
even the reader who wants only a
story viii find ii too pleasant 10 skip
The next chapter following this gives
g most picturesque and detailed de-
scription OF the convent OF the white
sisters OF Santa Giavanna d'Aza. II
is q convent containing one OF the best
private hospitals. in Italy. and the
sisters also go out as trained nurses.
and every year two or three Of the
nurses go out 10 the Tar east and work
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Kenneriy. New York. Price $1.50.
troubles crowd thick upon him. He
finds that the very aristocratie family
of whom he bought it has not moved
out on account OF the illness Of a
member of the family. but they are
most inhospita BILE. all but the Countess
Vecchi. a daughter Of the house. who
is the widow OF a worthless Italian
nobIeman and who has come home to
her family. The young and charming
countess sees something interesting
and good in the "Cherub' and stands
by him In some thrilling adventures
The story is quite improbable, the ad-
ventures being related in a farcical
manner. but it's object is 70 amuse and
the book succeeds in that perfectly
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he is sprightly. quite fast enough for
ordinary purposes, and being low and
thick is capable of a surprising power
of draught
I'm England, where he is as common
as he is rare here, he is the mainstay
of the small and the general drudge of
the large establishment, and Is usually
an ornament to both. He should carry
his head well. have undeniably good
shoulders, a short back and powerful
quarters, being. in short. big horse in
a small compass.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

the cob. though he will not be too easy
to find in this country, where the love
of fast trotters has dominated the ques-
tion of general utility.
"Yet the true cob, sturdy in build
with plenty of bone, but enough blood
to keep him from being sluggish. is
one of the most useful specimens of the
equine race Well under 15 hands. he
is easy to mount and sufficiently short
in his stride to be a comfortable hack
FOR even elderly men. and he is up to
quite a considerable weight; in harness
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

seweIl Ford has had his share OF
fame and fortune in the creating OF
Shorty McCabe." and one scarcely
looked for another success. He has
made 1T in "Cherub Devine' for while
the Cherub is not so great as shorty
he is charming person and we are
glad to have made his acquaintance
Cherub is one of the kings of finance.
so named on account of his chubby
appearance, but mis- looks belle him,
for he is not soft at all and makes
good" and wins OUT in the end He
is 50 engrossed in business that he
forgets he has bought beautiful
country seat and only remembers 1t
after three weeks Then he runs down
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

MsenI ioTt Pnce
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

H. Wellington Mack. best known by
his book on the Congo, has recently
travelled far and wide in the little
Spanish spea king Central American re-
public. Costa Rica. AS a result OF his
study OF that country he speaks elo-
quently In Putnam's magazine. OF it's
immunity from revolutions and points
out the Importance to the United States
of having so peaceful neighbor near
Panama
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
Cherub Devlne

sewel Ford publhed By Price $50
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-30
PLAY IS OF GREATEST f.
VALUE IN EDUCATION
DR.. Ballet Discusses Function
From Theoretical and Prac-
tical Standpoint.

The origin. significance and Importance
OF play were discussed by Or Thomas NJ.
Ballet. dean Of the School OF Pedagogy
OF New York university, at the closing
session of the state teachers institute
Wednesday afternoon in assembly hall.
DIR. Ballet went into the subject from
apparently every possible standpoint
He declared that play was the dis
charge of energy In the young even as
that same energy Is discharged in work
by the older. He said that the move
ments of play are hereditary and come
TO mankind from remote grandparents.
lhus, the same movements are employed
by puppy chasing and attempting to
catch ball as a wild dog employees in
running down and attacking his prey. Tho
same movements are apparent In the cat
when she uses her claws In the play OF
horses when they kick their heels in the
air and bite their ncighbor horses af-
Iectionately, In their wild state cattle
use these movements in earnest.
Dr. Ballet declared that all of the
energy expended in play comes as the
natural heritage from the time when man
5 %Ss Tn sGT2se stat Is pleasure to
1t is irksome to do something which is
not Thus, saving wood is hard work
because nobody ever thinks that saving
wood follows In the line OF ancestral
activity.
DR.. Ballet took account of the Instinct
Of possession. This. he said. leads TO
The lighting instinct, declared DR., Bal
lIet. was present because il came 10 us
from our ancestors. The doctor did
not believe that n boy who did not pos
sess a fighting spirit was good for much
strenuosity In the battle OF life which Is
to come.
The speaker said that these fighting
instincts and instincts OF possession must
he curbed, else the boy would as a con-
sequence, develop into a hruiser and a
thief. The energy OF youth must be trans
formed and directed along right lines he
said, and in this field there lies the
teachers opportunity.
Physical training Is Of value. great
value. said DR.. Ballet. In school work
not primarily because IL develops the
physical being. but because IL offers a
change. a rest from sitting long in the
classroom,
Dr. Ballet spoke strongly in favor OF
Fairgrounds and declared that the work
In the classroom, drawing, music and
physics. would be reflected by the pupil
out of doors.
Throughout. Or. Ballet held his audi
ence In close attention. His remarks were
not deadly scientific. but were freqeuntly
enlivencd with keen humor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-30
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE

rivalry for Offices in the Commercial
No. 5-"Warnings Being Sent Broad
DENYING that there Is q shortage of labor
In salt Lake. 1t was fresh news a
month ago or so. but the Gmlet has but
TO discover that the labor leaders say
there is no need OF more laborers here.
The Tribune printed their official state
ment on December %.
No. 6-"Plan Many New Features !"
This is scoop because no paper has
printed the fact that Utah is going to
al Woolsrowers' convention in Ogden en-
cept the Gimet, As long ago as last
August; when the prize lists were pre-
pared by the executive committee fhe
announcement was made in all the news
papers save the Gilnlet aforesaid that
Utah would not only have an exhibit
but would have a, ripsnorting one.
No, Sixty LlttIe Tots Have Time
of Lives With santa This is the re-
port Of q post-Christmas entertainments
for children written for the Gimlet in
what Is known as feature" style. ''Fea-
ture" style Is sometimes resorted to when
the space IS long and when the men who
have the gift of descripuve word paint
Ing have l!ttie to 90. Feature" stories
are sometimes made out OF dog Nights
but when there is no space the dogs are
doomed to combat with publicity accom-
panimcnt
As 10 Nos. S. . and 10: The Gimlet
has habit OF taking three and four
line railroad Items out of The Tribune,
holding them several days, then rewriting
them into half column or So putting on
big. red heads and calling them Scoops"
The Tribune had the first bill Of ladiug
and the picture OF the first car OF freight
TO arrive over the Western Pacific Fri
day. December %. but declined to run
them as pictures. because OF the excess
Of free advertising over the news in
volved. contentng itself with the usual
announcement in type In due time
Holiday Traffic Good" another alleged
scoop the Herald Republican crows
over on il; back page Wednesday morn
ing, Is fully week old and was duly
handled by The Tribune when 1t was
rews and mentioned since in a few lines
The Tribune has not been scooped on n
single piece Of railroad news for the past
four months by any paper in Salt Lake
while IL has scooped all the other pa
pcrs. the Herald Republican in particu-
lar. nearly sixty times,
BY the way, the Gimlet fails TO direct
notice to five or six important stories
which were printed In The Tribune
Tuesday morning, and which did not ap-
pear In the Gimat. The Tribune might
reproduce the headlines of It's own scoops
which are scoops in fact and not In
false allegation-but IL needs the space
for the publication OF real news
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-30
MORE FAIR WEATHER
PROMISED SALT LAKE
Forest Service Reports Five
Feet of Snow at Head of Cot
tOnwOOd Canyon.

Section Director Thessen OF the United
States weather bureau says that falr
weather will continue today. which
means that Salt Lake Will have another
twenty-f four hours OF real winter. 1t WEI
be cold, but the weather man says II
easy by forecasting 'Iair weather.
But Salt Lake is getting 1t light In re-
gard TO cold weather as compared 10
some eastern cities. In Huron, S. D., and
Moorehead, hlinn., the thermometer wed S
nesday morning registered 20 degrees De-
low zero. while In this city the lowest
point reached was but II degrees above
zero AT Winnipeg Man. the thermome-
ter dropped IS degrees below zero
The United States forest service here
Wednesday reported two feet OF snow on
the level in Cottonwood canyon, In the
while at the head Of the canyon there Is
five feet OF snow, and at Alta there Is
six Forest rangers on duty In this DIS
trict must now cover their ground on
snowshoes.
The meteorological report for the twen-
ty-four hours ending at p. m. Wednes-
day is as follows;
Temperature at p. m.s 20 degrees;
maximum temperature. 20 degrees; mini
mum temperature, II degrees. moan
tempera ture, Is degrees. which is IL de-
grees below normal, Total deficiency
since the first OF the month, 2lT degrees; ;
total deficiency since January first 2S
degrees.
Precipitation at p. M. none: total
Isl inches, which is .2S OF an inch above
normal Total excess since January first.
3,15 inches
Relative humidity, rs per cent
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-30
The Sensational Scoops of The GimIet
Peeled and Dissected Seriatum to Show
Wherein the Ennoculation Failed to Take

The Morning Gimlet. sometimes called
the Herald Republican, Is once more TO
the fore with its special edition of the
Daily Three Sheet Poster This edition
contains. as usual, number OF faring
with little regard of the meaning Of the
words therein employed These lurid
productions are alleged To have appeared
over items in the Gimlet which did not
appear in the Issue OF The Tribune of
one OF the defccts-a fatal defect. one
would say-ls that none OF il is true,
That little matter. however. gives the
Gimlet no concern, for that which is true
so rarely is TO be found in the Gimlet
that IL no longer causes wonderment,
Accuracy Is foreign 10 tho Gimlet. the
policy OF the Gimlet is never 10 hamper
itself with facts.
Down the line of the three sheet poster
Big Deal Is Made in Fourth South. &"
says the Gimlct. That is "a scoop on The
The item was printed In a prominent
ing. when the Gimlet printed it.
No, 2-"Search For Water, To Be, Con-
for water near Nephi. which has been
covered many. many times in The
No a-"Appointments Are Made by
Mayor Bransford as a fake. Mayor
Bransford. being the person chiefly con-
cerned. ought TO know and The Tribune
prefers TO take Mr.. Bransford's word as
against that OK the Gimlet, morning. noon
No I-"Insurgents VIII Put Up a
Ticket" This Is Il tremendous beat that
has been written about In The Tribune
club is black in face from the work, II
Is an item TO the effect that there is