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The Washington herald., 1909-08-29
"THE GOOSE GIRL"

Harold MacGrath writes for sheer en-
tertainment. and his stories invariably
furnish 1t. No dread weight Of social
problems loads them down. 10 Cypress the
laboring reader. They are as fresh and
buoyant as the morning OF life. full Of
the zest, the courage. and the glad aban-
don Of youth. and flying gay banners OF
w.t. adventure and love. Wherever they
go, and apparently they go everywhere.
they mako glad the heart Of man.
The Goose Girl possesses in superla-
tive degree that characteristic qaullty OF
sheer entertainment which stamps him
a born story teller. II is, besides, among
his novels, the most ambitious as to plot
the most literary in tone. and the most
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admirable in workmanship. We will
venture the prophecy that it will prove
also the most popular.
Charm is the only. word to convey the
impression that THE Goose Girl makes
"a manifold, various elusive. but real
charm. Il has, first Of all, the charm OF
place-now. the fragrant, sunny vineyards
Of the Rhine country. and now quaint
old town Of gabled roofs, frowning castle
walls, crooked streets, and antique inns.
Charms Of plot also attaches to The
Goose Girl" We have had before, perhaps,
the aspect of two small European king
doms not appearing on any known map;
OF the princess of one being required for
political reasons to marry the prince OF
the other; and of a young American va
/ liantly mixed up in it all. But~the au-
thor has invented so many individual
moves. has contrived so many fresh
cross purposes and tangled threads, has
infused so much life and livelineSs into
every incident, and has thrown such
glamour over the romantic adventures OF
the dear, delightful goose girl, that the
originality of the performance Is beyond
dispute. Cheerful imagining this-that
makes all our castles in the air come
truei
Then, too. THE Goose Girl" has charm
Of Characterization. It's people are men
and women whom we love to know and
know TO love. and in whose places we
can fancy ourselves acting with fervor
and fine relish. The identity OF an un-
usual number Of persons is yelled, and
the game Of determining who is who goes
ahead with brisk and unfagging fas-
cination. Though no masks are actually
worn In the story, It Is still. In effect, an
affair Of masks and faces"
It remains to add that THE Goose Girl
has charm Of style-eRsy. simple. deft,
clear, direct, always forward, full Of hui
morous appeal and poetic grace.
INDIANAPOLIS; The Bobhs Mszrell Ccmpany.
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SHAKESPEARE AND BACON.
Acrostic Theory of Latter's Cham
pIons Poorly Presented.

DiOns Poorly Presented.
From the Boston Transcript
Heresies die hard. especially on Ameri-
can soil. where bimetallists and Bacon
isns still flourish. cllnging with tenaeity
to their picturesque and once attractive
dognas before an Indifferent world Two
books recently published By American au-
thorst serve to remind US that the theory
that Shakespeare did not write and could
not have written the works commonly at
tributed to him still hnds some support
among reasoning men. One Of these
Some Acrostic Signatures Of Francis
Bacon" by william Stone Booth-bafies
criticism It's subject is not merely who
wrote Shakespeare" but the much wider
and more fundamental question, who
wrote Elizabethan lterature?" The an
swer to both is the same-Francis Bacon.
He signed his name In acrostics not only
all over the text OF Shakespeare" but
apparently also in Ben Jonsons intro
ductory verses 10 the Folio (perhaps Ben
did II for him here). in The Art OF Eng
lish Poesy" in plays attributed TO Chris
TOPPER Marlowe, in 'England's Helicon. ="
and in certain poems OF SpenseT. The
acrostics which Mr.. Booth has unearthed
are so loose and irregular and the meth
DDS by which they were made so unex-
acting that we dare swear Il would be
possible to find buried names in such a
fashion in any page OF any book. II
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WOULDN'T SELL HIS CORN.
Hut Westerner Was willing 10 HeIT
HIS NeiEhbcrs.

hut Westerner Was willing 10 Help
HIS NeiEhbcrs.
From the Kansas City Journal
This story is told on David Brewster,
a farmer who has lived near Delphos for
forty years. During grasshopper time
many years ago. Mr.. Brewster fortunate
ly had crib OF corn, and corn got TO be
worth more than money in that part OF
the State Two new settlers who were
just about starving went to buy a little
OF the grain.
Mr.. Brewster" said one Of the would
be buyers. will you sell US a little OK
that corn?"
Not an ear" was the reply.
But we are nearly starved, and here
Is the money; just name your price,
said one of the men.
Put UP your money. I'm not selling
any corn" he replied
But we will pay you $50 a bushel'
Didn't I say I wouldn't sell you any
CORN"
The men turned TO depart.
Say" called Brewster. drive around
to the end OF the crib and put in ten
bushels. but not an ear more. I'm not
going TO get rich on my neighbors' mis-
fortunes. There are a lot OF people
around here who will need corn. and It
mustn't be divided into lots"
And the crib Of corn, which would have
brought its owner a small fortune. was
given TO his neighbOrs. who were not as
fortunate as himself
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SUNSET TIME.

Out on the old back porch al sunset time.
When all the land seems n0dding. half asleep
The brown road darkens. winding through the pincA
Ger woods and hillside purple shadows creep.
out on the old hack porch st and trace
The billoEy clouds that drift 'cruos turquoise blue
That mass and grow with cyer-wondrous gracc.
Dream-pictures Of my dreams In sunset hues.
lowered cathedral slender cleaning spires.
Are builded there for my enrapturcd gaze
That Erdle IN the crimson sunset fires
And fan and crumble in the tawny haze.
Their ulins grow 10 mont and castle walls:
] people them with knights and ladies fair
And as look my castle sWays and falls,
Low lie the paIapets and banners rare.
mourn my loss. and To- a sapphire va
Begemmed with Talm-fringed 1es and SilVeTy shore.
Where flny cloud-s,uf beats-what witchery-
In minorcd monotone the breakers roar.
And dotted here and there with fakes Of white
Are phantom sails Of Ships o. Dreams know.
That journey down the into the night;
That drift and fade away in sunsets glow.
Out on the old back porch ] sit and trace
The billoWy clouds that drift CruSs turquoise blue
That mass and grow with ever-woudruus prace--
Dream-pictures Of my dreams IN sunset hues
EDGAR w. STORK.
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the operation being so easy that no in
jury is done the can and all danger to
the hands from cutting Is done away
with. For hotels, ships, &c. the instru-
ment would appear 10 be almost indis-
pensable. and for household use, paint
stores, and in the printing Office will fill
Il long-felt want.
Wirm Grob is the name Of witness
to the specifications for patent in the
current issue.
Dick Peed is again in the proofroom
after making the rounds OF all the
branches and doing term in the house
Of correction.
A rival to the chewing-gum poet on
the G-street side has appeared in the
person Of a descendant of Marco Boz
zaris, who cries the merits OF his fruits
and nuts at the mouth Of Jackson alley
IN rhyme that is more or less humorous.
Edward S. Moores, purchasing agent.
is spending a two weeks vacation in
Atlantic City.
Harold B. Sweat. stenographer in the
purchasing division, has returned from
vacation of twenty-three days, which
he spent at old Orchard Beach, Me,
Samuel A. Coleman. stenographer in
the purchasing division. has been spend
ing the past week in Richmond, Va II is
rumored that he was united in marriage
to one Of Richmond's fairest daughters.
and they are now on their honeymoon
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~rHEE AND ME-"

written for The Washington He-ald.l
Thee and me, eyes dancing bright.
Love Is ours with new delight;
Love fragrant with MONDAY heat
Love that's anew. heart leap, heart beat
Through love's garden cones thy voice.
Heart Of mine. rejoice. rejoice.
Eyes to mine have cast their spell
Is it Paradise or is il hellg
Love waits till grief is on the ware,
Then sings his joy-song strong again.
Love SLEPT. then awOke 10 trace.
Thee and me. our hiding place.
Love brings together. then tears apart;
Love comes again 20 pierce the heart;
Love is deed. then love IS bom
Love brings dark night. then fair morn
Thee and me. We might have known
Love would return and claim his own;
After frost, and snow and rain.
God brings seedtime back again.
Ny heart NAY be bcggars har.
But lore is there till planets fall
Love is there in heavenly glise.
Thee and me- and Paradise.
Leaf and blossom. ripe fruit blended.
Thee and me" and joy not ended
Oh. lonely lifel On. lost daysl
Thee aud me" and love ablaze.
Thee and me" have learned loves worth.
Blown the ashes from bis hearth;
Gone the tide Of bitter years
Gone the anguish and hot tears
Lovo is laughing. love is strong
Thee and me" win sing MS song;
Sorrows race we ran each mile.
Now thee and me" TiIl love awhile.
Loves sweet music in the air.
His balny od0rs everywhere;
Thee and me" each heart 70 take.
Love. I'm 90 glad thou art awake.
ALLIE SHARPE BALCl
North Weymouth. Mass. August, ls0a
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who sang last season at La Scala
Milan. will make his debut as Spara-
fucile. -Rigoletto" will be given also on
Thursday, September 9, and Saturday
evening, September H.
II Trovatore' will be the bill on We'd
nesday evening. September g. Nine.
Guerrina Fabbri a contralto, who sang
here with Nine. Patti viii make her re-
entry as Azucena The cast VIII also
include Mesdames Adaberto, De Campo,
and MN. Zerola. Secci Corsi, and
SGmpieri.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-29
How Elephants Sleep.

From the Wstehword-
In captivity elephants stand up when
they sleep. but IN the jungle. in their
own land, they lie down
The reason given for the difference be-
tween the elephant in captivity and in
freedom is that the animal never &C
quires complete confidence In his keeper
and always longs for liberty.
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A slight Jolt.

From the Chicago News.
LAS for me-. remarked young Muggsly.
II don't believe in the higher education
for girls. The one marry won't know
Latin or Greek.
I can really believe that" rejoined
Miss Slasher. a girl who knows any
thing at all wouldn't marry you"
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would be ungracious to expect from the
hard-won leisure OF lord chancellor. al
ready almost fully occupied In the COM
position OF anonymous plays and poems
and in an elaborate effort 20 gull the pub
llc any considerable skill In such diff
cult art as a crostic making.
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..,. n,...tr outage that nothing but
dsata could conquer. cheering and rally
ing Ills men. himself Sprang sword In
hand. into the ri.g NJ 10 lead them on
and they followed him with a will! At
thal instant ball from the WaSp's main
top crashed through his skull and still
clUchins III his + sht hand the sword he.
had shown he could wear so worth.ly.
WITH his face to the foe. he fell back on
his own deck dead. while above him
Vet i,-aied the dag for which he had
given his life. No Morse Nikin. slain
over shield ever d.cd better
"As tn" British leader fell and his men
r"coi!cd Capt. Biaksly passed the word
to board. With wild hurrahs the board
crs Swarmed over the hammock MEETINGS
there was q moments furious struggle,
the surviving British were slain or driv /
below and the captains clerk the high
est officer left, surrendered the brig at
S:4l, just tRenty-seven minutes after the
Reindeer had fired the first gun and lust
eighteen after the Wasp had responded -
II certainly was savage fight. Tie
Wasp lost in killed and wounded twenty
SIN. Ut the Reindeer's crew of lis men
thirtythree We're killed outright or died
later and thirty-four We're wounded near
iy all severely Never was boat more
yaliantly defended Every officer killed
and the vessel surrendered ny the cap
tains clerk, Surely Britain has nothing
while all fair men give tic full measure
Of praise to Capt. Manners. in giving
Il they bear testimony TO the valor IF
the victor Fenimore Cooper saws it is
difficult 10 tell which vessel fought the
best in tire short but gallant combat
Roosevelt says. Il doubt if the war pro
duced two better single ship commanders
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sions almost deadencd what little way the
vessels lad on. and the smoke hung over
them like pail The men worked at tie
guns with desperate energy. but the odds
in weight of metal e.: t. - were too great
against the Reindeer where both sides
played their parts So rnanf8l3y. capt.
Manners stood at his post as rcsolutc ~
ever. though wounded again ana again.
\ grapeShot passed through both his
thighs, bringing him to the deck; but,
manned aud bleeding 10 death. y" Sprang
10 his feet, cheering ON the sea;nen. The
vessels We're now almost tcliChir and
putting his helm dweatHCr Inc ran the
Wasp aboard of her port quarter, While
the boarders gathered forward To try it
with the steel But the Carolina captain
had prepared for this with cool conf
dencc The marines came aft: close under
the bulwarks crouched the bCardrrs.
grasping in their hands the naked cut
lasses, while behind them We're drawn the
pikemen. As the vessels came grinding
together the men hacked and thrust 1T
one another through the open pert holes,
While the black smoke curled up from be-
tween the hulls. Then, through tire
smoke appeared the grim faces Of the
British seadogs, and the lighting WAS
bloody enough, for the stubborn English
stood we'll in the hard hand play. But
those who escaped the deadly fire IF the
through by the long Yankee pixies: So
avenged by their own hands, the foremost
of the assailants died, and the others
gave back
THE attack was foled, though the
Renders marines kept answering well
the American fire. Then the English cap
tain, already mortally wounded, but with
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Why Truth Goes Naked.

q ECRETARN MEG Err, a i Newport
~ luncheon. severed an interesting
question
Why, a naval cadet asked. do W.
always speak OF the naked truth?
Secretary Meyer smiled ana answered
There Is an ancient fable. and one
very appropriate 10 this hot weather.
which tells us that on summer after
neon Truth and l'llsehood set GU. L.
pathe together They found Il crys, a
spring: they ba;hed in The cool, fresh
water. and Falsehood, emerging .irsi,
clothed herself IN the garments o. Truth
and went her way. But Truth. unwilling
Ia put on he garh o. FaiseeooG. depart
eI naked. And to This day F4lsehood
wear Truths sair white rppcS, 50 t1It
many persons mistake her for Truth :
very seE, bat poor Truth siill goes
naked
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NneCdOfe8 COEaCe limo
WeEI-knOvr1 E)gs,rpso.
GIuttOn Gus.

wv iLLlAAl SPENCER. st a dinner in
Newport praised French coasine.
Cooking like this" said Mi Spencer.
during course III poalet Ia ctapaudiue,
~ small b"o.ed chickens VITA tartar
sau"e cooking like this is almost apt 10
ttnn man INTO a G!utton Gus. II least"
he anne ndeG, lit brings old tilUtton Gus
IL in4tG.
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i" w scr = .foeh.
G!utton Gas, said Nj. Spencer lived
iii Crn>Itohueke,l. q anirisbi,,.. tov, ,car
pt.na.i.i,.ti. N. ,.i.al /, 49,, -,
-
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the battle of the Wasp and the Avon.
The Goddess OF Fortune certainly smiled
on Blakely in those days, and made up
for her frowns of the days before.
II was before daypreak June -. 1914,
that the Wasp sighted the Reindeer 4
brig Ssoop Of eighteen guns which came
up while the Wasp in pursuit of two
merchant vessels. A. the day broke the
Reindeer made sail for the Wasp. While
the vessels We're all nearly the same tom
mage, the WASH being 40 and the Rein
deer 40. the Wasp had decided advan-
tage in the weight ~ shot ii threw. This
made little difference to the captain If
the Reindeer William Manners, who was
as oouIa geous and competent Il COM
rnander as there in the British navy.
And Theodore Roosevelt. who is inclined
to be severe critic. says in his Naval
War q: 1872 that the crew of the Rein
deer was made up Of las brave men as
ever sailed or fought on the narrow
seas.
From early in the day until mdafter-
noon the rival captains unanswered. The
sky was overcast and threatening. but
there was little wind and the sea was
smooth. The combat was opened at :.:ll
pm. by TIE Reindeer. which was only
sixty yards distant but being on the
Wasp's weather quarter, was able to
use It's shifting carTonade without reply
from the Wasp. Five times the British
used this gun and then Blakley got the
Reindeer abeam.
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befor" the folks around. You see before
| was soda-trained into a cynic used
10 DC Il counter kid and | sized that
couple on sight. They were a bridal pair
from the dear old farm. I waited on
them before I had right TO, and When
they had finished their emba IRA ssed at
femptS Ia take their soda as other people
did. getting very red and bashTul in the
performances. the man brought tie two
glasses to the counter and turned io 20.
Then The girl said Ia him in the loud
voice that comes from living in far-off
places. where YOU have to shout 10 maxi
the family hear you from the field ar
the chicken house, or wherever they may
he:
Jimmie. | forgot 10 return tie gentle
man his straw
Jimmie laid il on the counter with Il
iumbed out excuse for his forgetfuipess.
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fame. but Elakely, it appeared. was
doomed to have Little or no share in IT..
Young, ardent, kecniy ambitious. he be-
walled what he thought was his mist"r-
tune I'll luck bad followed him through
out the war. In all the months that he
had been in command ~ tho EnterprIst.
there had been no opportunity for Il tiEltt
with the enemy. Less than two weeks
after he was made master commandment
and transferred to Portsmouth 10 tax"
charge of tho WaS!'. the Enterprise met
tho Boxer. History tells us that tho bat
tic was one Of the best fought of the war,
and Lieut.. Burrows. who commanded the
Enterprise ranks high among tho ma
tion's heroes Mortally wounded. ne
would not go below. hut when the Boxer
surrendered and lie received tho sword
Of his adversary he said: Il am salts
fed. ] die contented.
To Blakely. eating his heart at
Portsmouth while the country rang with
the story of Burrows glorious death,
there was the added modification that he
could not hasten work on the Wasp. The
*loon of 10 which lie had been as
signed was the third of shat name i'm the
navy. There was no need for transfer
ring him from the Enterprise to the
Wasp SO early. for work on the conStruc-
ton of the new sioop had not progressed
far when he got his orders To proceed to
Portsmouth, but the Secretary of the
Navy had a high regard for Blakely S
ability ami wanted him to not only SUI
perintend the construction of The vessel,
but pick and train every one Of his crew
before he proceeded to sea.
Although here and there American era Fl
and American Seamen We're astounding
the world by showing that England was
not invincihle on the sea. all the ports of
the United States were bockaded by
British ships and a little boat such as the
Wasp had no chance IL get out through
the blockading squadron except when
the harbors. Around Portsmouth the
Once or twice. late in the winter. BakeIy
thought he might get out. but it was no
use. To add to his discomforture some
other commanders. refitting at other ports
had managed TO slip out and, once
through the Gordon, had begun to harass
British shipping.
In a letter to one of his friends Blakely
poured out his soul just about this time.
Alas" he wrote, L shall ever view
as one OF the most unfortunate events OF
my life having quilted the Enterprise at
the moment / did. :
The Peacock has ere this spread her
plunage to the winds and the F'rolic will
soon take her revels on the ocean, but the
Wasp. l fear. will remain for some time
harmless drone in the waters Of her
own country
How little he knew of what was in
store for him and for the Wasp,
But even II he feared the Wasp was
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and outs" Tionest-dont consider NV
heart strings. I'm out for informant pn :
Perhaps the Gle k realized his danger.
FOR after serving a quiet, oldsh man
with chocolate cream soda. he said, pos
sihly by way of lodging pitfalls:
Let me tell you tn :. i!rSt: Won know
our customers are mostly ';op-notchers
the best the town can show for wealth
and style. but sometimes there are others
One night last week, couple came in
after the show. Sine was Il pretty little
thing in some sort Of a rig that looked
fancy, YET not swell. and he was scared
to death, but determined not to show it
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manded a squirt of every strip in stock
He got it. Whether he survived or not is
somebody else's story. Here's another
surprising contradiction to general be-
lief: There are some women who do not
care for soda. Eve known one member
of a crowd to refuse on the ground that
she couldn't abide the taste-and it didn' |
happen just once, either.
Ever notice the way ii mother buncoes
her kids when she brings them in for a
treat? Instead of giving a younGster an
oJt-and-out glass and teaching him to
drink il in self-respectinS way, she
nags him with one sip and then takes
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. USTODIAN

USTODIAN of the
~ "Sweetened Wind De-
partment" Tells of Peculiar
Customers and Their Meth
ods-The "Girlie-Girls," Who
Want Their Moneys Worth,
and the Ethereal Ones"
Who Sip and Sip-Men Are
Best Customers, and They
Eat Ice Cream, Too-Wom-
en- Always Take Same Bev-
erages, Nearly Always Choc-
olate Soda.
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L I y @ II r : o d Il
checks from the
cashier. please.
The clerk at the
soda f o u t a T.
ants his slogan
all day and half
the night in tins
good old summer
time.
And the cashier
sometimes dark
d n q sometimes
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had - recall tho mon htrTiedlv and rre
par" for another light Va" tastiiian
hlg Sl"op If about -. same 80. - tic
Avon. WAS bearing down "a tac Na@p
Within ten minutes E.a@.iN Was prepare.
tor the noWc"m"r. Before ~" Wasp ana
tdSfliisn could i,"t together tie atlcr two
Narships ~ III" four ';lak'lr had ght"c
when he started ~ pursuit - tie Avnr
came hearing down 81 The VA y. Thcr
'lakelt tad to SEX safety IN running,
tn" t'aStiiian made an ttfari - pursuit
but signals "f distress From tnc Avon
called her back.
IN" guns I I'll" Aasp had Turned tas
Avon ia:p = slaughter house I"fsy-twd
of the crow We're killed Or wounded
'The less 81 ia" " aSn M on'y three.
Hardly had tho CaStliar taken pn tn
.N"n suFriN prs than the vessel sank.
! i
,..t ,.....,. ..,.:,.. -
S'ihiiid tlteh - man ready ten ~ hutfs
after one engagement t. enter into an.
other no wonder tn, Pr;tish were alarm
:, Ea..,. ,l t ,, l,,~
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-