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during June the observer. by careful
watching, may see an occasional star
move slowly over the sky in any direc-
ton from the region at B, fig. /. prob
ably leaving a train behind Ii. Toward
the beginning of the month swiftly NOV
ing stars may be discovered darting
away from the points c, D and E. while
on the 26th to the 2Sth shower of slow
moving stars, some of which leave trains
behind them. will be seen to move out
ward from F.. In all of these cases the
swarm has become so scattered and
thinned out that but few stars will prob
ably be seen even after long watching.
1t is of great interest to reflect, however,
that each one is a little body whose ca
reer is thus brought to a sudden end
after 1t has circled for ages around our
SUM- and that now the nature and motions
of even such apparently erratic and tenn
porary little objects as these have been
found out by the astronomers.
The Eclipse Of the Moon.
During this month we will be favored
with two most interesting eclipses. one
of the moon and one of the sun. The
eclipse of the moon. which Is caused by
our satellite passing into the shadow of
the earth. will begin on the evening of
June at 9 hours 43 minutes and "a Sec
onds, Eastern standard time. The mo-
tion Of the moon during this eclipse Is
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reader. consists in trying to decide wheth.
er the author intends Alva to he taken
seriously. as one in touch with other
worlds than ours or simply as a high
strung girl with a morbid overestimate
of her own ego. Only mentally unbal-
anced person could assume that surgeons
would permit a mangled patient to ne
taken from an hospital to a way y~bM little
house in the country In care OF a woman
who was not n nurse.
Mrs. Ray fairly radiates a vigorous
personality. and one regrets having TO
part with her before witnessing her mar.
riage to timid Sammy Adams whose
sleep Is guarded by hens All the Ledge
people are Kindly. humorous and buh-
bling over with excited curiosity concern
ing Alva and Lassie and Ingram and the
two Lathbuns and one almost wishes
that the entire book had been about them.
with Alva in another story all to her.
self
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In War Time.

- EN-. ADALBERT r. BURLINGTON.
" at a dinner in Madison. n. j., told
a number of civil war stories.
Gen. Mahone." he said. was very
thin. One cold and windy December
morning in "a he was taking a nap in
his tent when his old colored servant.
Uncle Davy, tfptoed in. and. stumbling
in the darkness. knocked down the gen.
erals folding cot and spilled him out
on the frozen ground.
.Gen. Malone jumped up furiously.
seized scabbard and made for Davy.
Davy ran. The general gave chase.
Uncle Davy tore up hill and down
dale till he was pretty well out of
breath. then ne looked back over his
shoulder at his master. who bounded
after him on slender limbs. blue wtn
cold. his long white nightshirt f1uttering
in the chill morning.
"'Fo de lan's sake. Mars William the
exhausted Davy yelled desperately. 'yo'
hain't ;rustin yo'sef in dis wind on dem
legs, Is you'?'"
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line will see the beginning of the eclipse
only.
The Planets.
Jupiter is still high up in the sky in
the constellation Leo, but none Of the
other planets is visible in the evening.
Mercury and Venus are still too near the
sun to be satisfactorily observed. the lat
ter planet setting forty minutes after sun
set on June l and eighty minutes after
sunset on July /. Saturn and Mars are
morning stars, and may be seen a few
hours before sunrise. the former in the
constellation Pisces and the latter in
Aquarius. Mars is now rapidly approach
ing the earth, but it will not be in good
position for observation until next
autumn. ERIC DOOLITTLE.
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CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

life and still life-better unquestionaby
than ever before is the exhibit set forth
by the first two. and that of the last is
well up to the high standard previously
established. In almost every instance the
color is good, the brushwork virile and the
effect artistic. This exhibition. which is
to be found both in the hemicycle hall and
the opposite schoolroom. will be open to
the public all next week and Will well re-
ward the visitor.
TT has Just been learned that the Detroit
! Museum Of Fine Arts has purchased
for its permanent collection a painting.
Les Joure Heureux," by Miss Elizabeth
Nourse. who has many friends in this
city. The painting was selected in Paris
by a committee composed of Cottet La
Touche. Dampt and Walter Gay. all dis
t,neuished artists. Miss Nourse resides
in Paris but contributes regularly to the
more important of the American exhibit
tions There was some thought that
comprehensive group OF her palntnss
might be shown next winter In the Cor
coran Gallery, but no definite arrange
ments have as yet been made.
INTERESTING reference has been made
i this week In both the New York Times
and the Boston Transcript to an article
contributed to- French magazine. LArt
ct les Artistes, by the American corre-
spondent who is Miss Anna Seaton
Schmidt of Washington, on the estab-
lishment in America of societies for the
decoration Of the schools, which gives
description of how Ave years ago the
school children of Dayton, Ohio, pur-
chased a bronze lion as a decoration in
front Of one of their buildings. The story
is worth repeating. especially as the
sculptor selected was Miss Anna v. Hy-
att who during the past winter had a
studio in this city. and worked quite a
little in our Geological Park 1t seems
that when $1,000 had been collected and
saved the children themselves chose Miss
Hyatt to do the work. one of their num-
ber having seen some of her small
bronzes in an exhibition in Chicago.
The lion was finally completed and,
going to Dayton to see 1t properly placed,
Miss Hyatt was received with enthu-
siasm by all the contributors of the fund.
Conducted in triumph to the assembly
hall. she was forced to deliver long
discourse on the manner OF modelling and
casting a lion. The mayor. prominent
citizens and poorest labOrers-in fact, the
whole Dayton world-took part in the
inauguration Of the monument surmount-
ed by the lion. The children were trans
ported with joy, and still adore the lion
for which they made so many sacrifices.
And, what is very important for the
future of art in Dayton they are, on
statues and all the paintings In their own
chy. To which the art critic of the
Times added: 1T is impossible not to
believe that this will seem to foreign
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~0HERE is much which is delight
full in the exhibition of stu
dents work now open to the
pubic at the Corcoran School
of Art Not only has the
standard been perceptibly raised this
year, but the character of the exhibits
has improved. Intrinsically they are more
attractive OF course, the interest In
student work must be proportionate to
the promise given. but 1t will also to an
extent be dependent upon the form OF
expression The efforts of a beginner
may be full of significance for an ex-
perienced teacher and yet be quite mean
ingless to the average abserver. A stu
dent must of necessity feel his way eau
tiously. but only when he gives evidence
of having gained moderate sureness or
footing do his productions become impress
Sive. II is this note OF modest self-as-
surance which aseTts itself strongly In
the present exhibition and gives the work
set forth a real distinction 1t is not
merely question of results. but of meth
ods-not what has been done. but the
way it has been done-Which is indicative
of progress. For, after all, 1t is not very
difficult to press students into a mold, but
10 train and develop their powers. at the
same time retaining their Individuality,
is in truth different matter. All art is,
to be sure. built upon the same funda-
mental principles, but these have to be
variousiy applied. and 1t is one thing to
be blndly led and another to intelligently
follow
A comprehendng ability is manifested
on the part of the students of all the
classes in the Corcoran Schools exhibition
this year, the instruction given appar-
entity having been understood and assimi-
lated. The antique class makes small
but an excellent showing: the portrait
class in drawing presents an admirable
array of heads, we'll constructed. strongly
modelled and personal. The life class
work. especially that entered in competi-
ton for the medal awards. is perhaps a
little less vigorous than one might have
wished but very conscientious and good
in rendering, studied but not learned. In
the section given over to painting the
water-color class makes an extraordinary
showing. setting forth over hundred
studies, many of which are above the
average professional standard. The sub
jects are chiefly still life and flowers. and
they are beautifully interpreted. The
flowers have distinctly the spirit of evan
escence which gives a soulful charm
and the objects are so transcribed that
their latent beauty is made manifest. The
work is strong and positive. yet sugges-
tive and reserved. fresh and definite, but
at the same time full of sentiment. 1t is
a remarkable showing.
The work OF the composition class is
also exceedingly notable, showing ambi-
tious effort well directed. In many in
stances imagination has been given free
play and asserts itself with uncommon fe-
licity. To be sure, these are not finished
pictures-they are not intended to Debut
they display a keen sense of the pictorial.
And no less commendable is the work of
the remaining classes, portrait, draped
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filled sketch books BY all ii is declared
to be an excellent little institution and
one which for many winters should con-
tinue to flourish.
THE closing OF the Corcoran School
practically concludes the local art
season. though the artists have rarely
left the city as early as they are leaving
this year. Miss Bertha E. Perrie sails
Tuesday for France. intending to spend
the entire summer at Montreuil-sur-Mer.
Miss Catherine c. Critcher, who. by the
the OCorcoran School next winter taking
Miss Mueden's place. sails Friday Tor
Naples, whence she will make her
way gradually north to Scotland. re-
turning early in the fall The same day
Mr.. Messer will see his daughter OF for
England after which he will go to seek
for himself a favorable sketching ground
either in New England or the state OF
New York, where in all probability MI
Brooke will later join HIM. Mr.. Moser
has as yet no definite plans. but will al
most certainly spend the greater part OF
the summer in Connecticut.
MIR. LUCIEN POWELL is one Of the
during the month of June. largely. how
ever. on account of having several i'm
pertant commissions already on hand
which he hopes by then to have executed.
This has been an exceedingly busy and
successful winter for Mr.. Powell and he
is now looking forward with some eager
ness to the freedom and retirement await
ing him in his country home in Virginia
MIR. FsD. MILLET is still at work In
1v1 his Forrest Hall studio on the mu-
raj paintings for the Clevand Trust
are now completed. They represent the
life of the pioneer and are, even as seen
now, without setting, extremely effective.
The figures are life size, typical, the col
ors strong and the compositions simple
AS decorations and historical documents
they should be found of value and inter-
est.
THE Albright Gallery of Buffalo Is
! holding it's fourth annual exhibition
of selected paintings by American artists.
which must be an uncommonly attractive
little show, judging from the illustrated
catalogue. A Whistler Little Green
Cap" and Thayer. Diana are lent
by permission of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton from the Freer col ection. and sew
eral of the art museums have also made
ing. Robert Reid. Tarbell. Benson. De
Camp Tryon. Twachtman, Metcalf. La
Fargo. Sargent and Mechers. besides a
host Of others on whom one can conf
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readers most interesting revelation of
our educational methods. and to our
selves. coming with renewed freshness of
interest through this indirect channel.
quite inspiring. To see ourselves as
others see is not always so agreeable
an experience" 1t may be Interesting
to know that such a plan as this-that
As. for ehildrens fountain-was consid-
ered In this city year ago. while yet
ignorant that the experiment had been
tried elsewhere. 1t will, 1t is hoped.
eventually be brought to consummation
Miss Hyatt is now abroad and purposes
spending the next winter in Paris
THE State Department is. it would
seem. soon to add a portrait to it's
collection which is really work of art. It
is Of Senator Root. formerly Secretary OF
State. and has been painted by George
Luks Of New York For the past fort
night it has been on exhibition at the
Macbeth galleries. where it has attracted
much attention and called forth most
favorable comment Those who re-
qure further evidence than already has
been given Of the ability OF Mr.. Luks to
render character can hardly fail to be
convinced by this superb piece OF work.
one of the leading art critics has said.
adding, 1T reads like a clearly printed
page with its firmness of conception and
its frank. distinct execution. For the
public at large there is the simplest state
ment Of character ip the keenly intelli-
gent eyes. the confident set of the lips
with their hint of pugnacity. the ningling
of de.icacy and force in the clear-cut
features" BY all 1t is pronounced an
excellent likeness.
A I the Art Museum of Worcester.
Mass, somewhat similar exhibition
was opened last evening and will be on
til fall. This also consists exclusively or
selected paintings, the cream of the sea-
sons output, and is set forth at this
travellers.
Sketch Club was held Tuesday at Miss
Mueden's studio. This club is an in
formal organization of the younger artists
who for two years have been in the habit
of meeting once week and working from
a costumed model. All of these meet
ings have been held at Miss Mueden's
studio and have been of a semi-social
nature. light refreshments being served
and special events duly celebrated. such.
for example, as Christmas and Saint Val
entine's day. Miss Atwater and Miss
Jacksons departure for Europe and now
Mr.. Lesenring. There has been plenty
of jolity tempered with good WILL an
abundance of real fun, but also no lack
of earnest work resulting in many we'll
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He Approved of 1t.

Dr. George f. Hale of the Carnegie
Observatory on Mount Wilson described
in Pasadena a quarrel between two east
ern astronomers
1T was a bitter and lifelong quarrel"
he said. 1T was founded on my own
speciality, the sunspot. Many harsh
things were said in this quarrel. and at
its height the older of the two astrono-
mers died.
"A day or two afterward a friend said
to the survivor:
$50 your old enemy is dead, eh? Do
you intend to go to the funeral?'
No. I DON'T was the reply. But I
approye of it,"
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of stars slowly sinking in the
west. one after the other, until now only
the beautiful Leo remains with us. Mean
while the summer groups have been
mounting steadily upward from the east,
the great Bootes. which leads them all,
reaching this month the highest poin'.
OF the heavens and shining out with its
magnificent golden star Arcturus, direct
ly overhead. The summer branch of the
Milky Way. whose countless stars near
Ophinchus are wonderfully gathered into
great cloud forms. and in other portions
are arranged in long streamers or branch
es. is now well up from th1 ground in the
east. Lying along this golden highway.
are the beautiful Northern Cross. the bril-
liant autumn star Vega, the Eagle with
its bright star Affair. at A. ana in the
extreme southeast the striking group of
the Scorpion. which has not yet entirely
emerged from below the ground The
observer may he interested in watching
the disappearance of the Great Water
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will reach c at hours 50 minutes AZ
seconds. so that the eclipse will remain
total, the moon being completely hidden
from the light of the sun for about two
minutes more than an hour. After this
reaching the position d and the eclipse
being entirely over at 10 hours IA min
utes 1S seconds pm.
Unfortunately. the moon at this time IS
very low in the sky, lying almost as far
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Fig. 6-Appearance of the eclipsed
sun as viewed from stations along
the lines AA, BIB, ETC., of fig. 5.

below the equator as the sun does at
the time of the shortest. day. Its time Of
rising is. therefore. unusually late in the
extreme southern states. being hours IL
minutes pm. local time. and In the
northern ones Z hours % minutes. Con-
sequently, the beginning of the eclipse
cannot be observed in the United States.
AS the moon rises low in the southeast,
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for words. and to Lassie she confesses
that when she again returns TO her usual
life her friends will prefer not to be seen
in public with her. The interest thus
last. one is permitted to know that the
young woman is merely planning to
marry the man she loves after he has
been fatally injured, the mystery. to the
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shown in fig. .. The large circle N. S.
represents the great conical shadow of
the earth, which extends out into space
in a direction exactly opposite the sun
to distance OF $4,000 miles. The dis
tance through this shadow at the point
where the moon crosses 1t is nearly 5000
miles: as our satellite Is but 2,163 miles
in diameter 1t may, therefore. pass COM
pletely into the shadow and become dark.
In the present eclipse the moon will reach
the point and the eclipse become total
at hours IS minutes and seconds: it
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particle encountered is then burnt up by
its friction with the air, and is seen as a
shooting star Because these pai ticles
are moving parallel to one another when
the earth strikes them the shooting stars
OF any swarm all appear to dart outward
from the same point in the sky.
The most brilliant showers are those
caused by the dense swarms which the
earth meets in August and November,
but many interesting ones occur also at
this time of the year. On any evening
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tax upon the mind. this bit Of fiction is
one of the best of the season.
IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY. BY Anne
Warner. author OF The Rejuvena-
tion of Aunt Mary etc. Illustrated
by J. Y. McFall Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
Ledge is a nicturesnue little town whose
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Snake. Hydra. which for two months has
been seen stretching almost entirely
across the sky in the south. This group
lies in such a position that almos, all OF
its stars sink below the ground at the
same time, in marked contrast to the
group Bootes. which occupies many hours
in disappearing.
Shooting Star Showers.
Swinging ceaselessly around the sun
In great elongated orbits there are tens OF
thousands OF clouds of meteoric matter.
which by tidal action have been stretched
out along their paths. In many cases
the whole orbit is one long strip OF little
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of a wife who did not exist. decidedly
what the French would call a situation
ensued. Most men in such circum-
stances would have disclaimed the wife
and sent for the doctor Young Mr..
Langstaff sent for the doctor but neglect
ed to deny the wife. Consequently he
had to find one to satisfy his ailing rela-
tive. He found substitute for the girl
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to whom he was supposed to be engaged:
an old flame thrust herself upon him for
services in the same capacity and finally
the girl herself appeared. and with these
three on the premises matters moved in
complicated lines until the inevitable
Strengthening out, which brought every
body into proper relationship. For good
live reading of the kind that imposes no
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passing trains go right on to Buffalo,"
Mrs. Ray. the postmistress, is its mouth
1piece. and the natives who come for their
mail are in sunny contrast to the rather
uncomfortable heroine. who has started
the mystery by coming to Ledge and
buying a lonely house in the woods In
an opening interview with Ronald In
gram Alya hints of an ordeal too terrible
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A Naive Critiuue.

Claiming Pollock the able dramatist.
has amazed America with the declaration
that Eugene Walters Easiest Way is
a better play than Hamlet"
Discussing this declaration in Washing
ton, Mr.. Pollock said to reporter:
Il mean that in construction Walters
play is better than Shakespeare's 1t
should naturally be better, after SO many
hundred years of construction-the same
as vehicles of locomotion are better. OF
course, in profundity of thought II is
not, IL Mr.. Walter will pardon me. quite
so good
Mr.. Pollock smiled.
Shakespeare he said. was weak on
construction. When l try to admire his
plays as plays l am like Mrs Beecher
Stoves gardener.
Mrs. Beecher Stowe was walking In a
garden with friend. An aged gardener
was at work among some roses. The
ladies watched him for time Then
Mrs Beecher Stowe said to him. sud-
denly:
MY man. did you ever read Uncle
Toms Cabin?'"
The old gardener didn't want to hurt
the famous novelists feelings. and at
the same time he didn't want to appear
an ignoramus. He stammered:
"'Well no. not exactly. ma am. Not
as you might say read it,; but I've
tried to, ma am.
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The Boy in Summer.

From Harper's Bazaar.
Put as few garments on your small boy
as Dame Grundy requires and see how
you contribute to his sweetness Of temper
and how you save time, patience. and
money for yourself. The summer costume
of my three-year-old SON consists OF
thin wool gauze band, a cotton gauze
union suit, the bifurcated garment known
as "rompers." halfhose and barefoot"
sandals.
Oh the freedom and comfort OF 1t! No
need for the taped underwaist and tug
ging. pulling stocking supporters. for
the garments hang from the shoulders
and short stockings need no support.
The washing and ironing is short and
easy task. l eliminate all starch by using
seersucker or galatsa for the rompers BY
using these materials in pretty colors and
making them daintily they look well
enough for afternoon, and the two-piece
Russian suit is donned only on formal
occasiOn0.
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particles. not sufficiently dense to be seen
in any telescope. But there are several
hundred of these streams which lie in
such position that the earth passes
through them once each year; each little
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filled sketch books. BY all ii is declared
to be an excellent little institution and
one which for many winters should con-
tinue to flourish.
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HE observer who has looked ~
the evening sky from time to
time during the past weeks has
seen the brilliant winter groups
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THE PANAMA CANAL AMI IT'S MAX
ERS. BY Vaughan Cornish. Doctor
-of science Manchester Iniv), Eel
low of the Royal Geographical. Geo
logical and Chemical Societies or
London member of the Japan So
ciety. Illustrated Boston: Little
Brown Il Co.
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THE QUEST FOR THE ROSE OF
SHARON. BY Rlirinn L, Siaxen son

r.. II,
author of The Marathon Mystery"
etc. Illustrated. Boston: L. c. Page
& Co.
Both children and grown people will be
Interested In this bright little story of
.reasure seeking the children because il
5 young girl who finally unearths her
great aunt's securities and brings wealth
20 her mother, and the grown-ups be-
.ause the story is one of Mr. Stevenson's
dramatic detective narrations. Things
come TO a sharp climax at the close when
The girl detective discovers the hiding
place Of the family fortune. and the
villain Is thwarted at the iftieth second
II the fifty-ninth minute of the twelfth
1our.
THE RULE OF THREE, Story Of
Pixies Peak. BY. Alma Martin Esta-
brook Illustrated. Boston: Small.
Maynard & Co.
When a rich maiden aant in that portly
period of middle age when exercise at an
altitude is unwise suddenly dropped in. or
iropped up on her nephew's bungalow on
Pixies Peak and demanded the production
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1 \ Englishman examining the
N Panama canal is apt 10 regard
il with reference TO great en-
gineering works conducted py
his own people. possibly to the