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New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY H. iSio

when. on turning toward the door, ne started as
though from electric shock.
Pald weak and trembling, the my yster1ouS oeiioi
Rodrigues was tottering through the door
Instantly the turmoil was ear-sPl1tt1ng.
Conchitas father Blake could see above the shoui-
ders of the crowd shaking vehement hsts IN cne
face of Senior Rodrigues while Conchta regarding
him scornfully, was sweeping in queenlike dignity
from the room Three earnest advocates OF peace
were holding back the half crazed Pedro VINO ndu
apparently developed homcida mania lt was
clearly I'M TO Blake to police the situation.
He caught the little Senior RodrigueS Iound r th the
waist and tossed him into corner and tended on Cn
blake You'll spoil him if you muss him
But the crowd did not understand Blake English s1
and insisted on trying to tear Senior Rodrgues apart
He is Don Manuel Maria Echevarria y Gonzales,
and for the insult to Conchita | must Kill h1n!
yelled Pedro to Blake u,
There has been no insult" walled Don Manuel
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Il am one buried under an avalanche Of mbfor.
Why did you not come this morning to nar,,
my, danohter7'' yelled Conchitas father sputte-;y
like a seltzer siPhon in MS excitement Why
why"
1t was because was ill., screamed Don Manus
weeping bitterly. Listen my friends, 1mplOre vor
I have been foolish, but Tor that should not h
punished as have been
asst night came here to Las Piedras from NJ,
home in Santa Clara 1t was late. did not care =
into NV mind little Joke will go to the hoteIar5
I will not register by my right name tell 20 nyseIf
There at the hotel they do not know me; for verv
few in Las Piedras know me- said TO myself Tbe3J
1,,;Il think have not come and they VIII make mucL
" 40 and then when all is excitement I think
viii ride ,,p to the house of Conchita my hand
some horse in all my fine wedding clothes. and
tbev will cry out Here IS Don Manuel come AZ
last" and IL would De all very merry and very
Don Manuel almost racked himself apart in thu
AGONY he felt as he thought of that pretty picture
and its frightful, desolate brother KealIty-
This morning / taking a bath walled the
,,nbaDpv Don Manuel Maria Over the bath there
is a shower and the string OF that shower pulled
and then dear friends was stricken down though
eor,e enemy had given me nachete at the neck Nv
bt was frozen to hailstone in my body. Nothi1g
more knew until evening when / woke and found
I,se1f in that hotel and darkness all over the place
dressed myself and ran here to plead with my BE-
.sYonr beloved Conchitai" howled Pedro Con
chita was married to this morning Your beloved
Conchital'
But Don Manuel had toppled over into Blakes
arms in another of his many faints Of that day and
his friend Arturo sadly bore him away.
AGAIN the strains of the Habanero broke forth
IA and Blake, turning back at the door, glanced
fondIy at the blu5hing Conchita and the happy
III II feel like blooming Cupid said Blake dis
gustedly to himself
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
By John K. LIE Baron

Homer did not escape the criticism OF so great
philosopher Plato and Plato'S critics were legion
Criticism is as old as the " first settler No doubt
Adam criticized Ewes in dress, and Eve found
fault with Ada. s habits or, perchance his grammar
Sir Joshua Reynolds complains that art critics
allow their imaginations to away with their udg-
1nent and cites Raphael who was the victim
of such critics.
Attributinq to him purposes of which he probably
never dreamed the self elected critics then proceed
to dissect, analyze, censure or condemn
The first point of any valuable criticism is to start
from the right premise
In Justice to his subject as well in justice to
himself the critic should put himself tar as pos
sible in the attitude the writer the painter,
the builder the statesman, whose work is under
criticism.
1t is too often the false viewpoint that produces
the most Caustic criticism.
1t is our personal bias that makes the lapse of time
necessary to correct focus on events OF his
tory.
Active participators in the Rebellion are not its
best Judges for he who could survive four years in
a civil war without preudices-some of which would
be unjust-would be more than human.
No man who had been a victim of Libby Prison
could be expected to entertain impartial view OF
Richmond and for that the story of that city
and of that phase of the should not be attempted
by one of those survivors.
If critics would first of all ask themselves by what
right they criticize, it might do away with much of
the disqualified service now common IN the field
of criticism
However, criticism frequently has a negative
value for when the bias of the critic is too apparent
the readers sympathy. sometimes his curiosity, is
aroused, to the profit of the person criticized.
1t may be recalled how severely and, strangely,
how unanimously, the critics of New York con-
denned the play The Lion and the Mouse" 1t
couldn't the week out, said one. The play how
ever possessed the soul qualities that gave it life
qualities that the critics. delving in the dramatic
technc" of the play had failed to credit. The pub
lie does not take the verdict of the critic at par.
The Lion and the Mouse" and on, and in
the hands of several companies, is running yet.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
ADVICE TO CRITICS

uacar1av records how the opinions Of Sackvire
Earl of Dorset, often saved the tate OF plays which
were supported by his single authority against the
whole clarnor of the pit. This was because Of the
Ears proverbia1 sense of justice and freedom from
partialty-
Such men are properly qualified critics There IS
a wholesale demand for many suchi D1t untOTtu-
nately the supply is pitiably scarce
Golden was criticized because he made others do
his work-a criticism that, IN a way, proved the
genius of Golden
criticized go out in the woods and hide says the
Silent Partner.
Back of the caustic criticism of our English
brothers who see so little in America TO praise IS that
prejudice which dates back to George Ill
If the world should Judge America by the criticisms
of Matthew Arnold whose views were purely super
fetal or by kiplng, whose opinions were those Of
man soured because America had not taken more
kindly to his writings, or by others who after
twenty minutes in Rome deemed themselves com
petent to solve every American problem, no doubt
we should be let alone effectually as If a pirates
flag foated over every American port.
Fortunately there have been Others-Herbert
Spencers Max ORel1s and Burne- Joneses, for in
stance-whOse Censures have received due credit be
cause they larded literally with discriminating
praise.
A so called Introductory History of England"
has recently been published, written by one c. r l.
Fletcher historian whose focus has gained nothing
BY distance He evidently thinks 1t less of labor TO
Cerlsure than 70 dSSeCt and with hberaLty that IS
prOf1igate he condemns America and every Amer
lean Washington whom he admits a gen
tenan alone escapes. Such writing IS not criticism
it is billngsgate.
One great trouble with our English critics IS that
with prejudice that is national they assume that
everything English is correct and that every VIOLA
tion OF English custom. dress. prOnunCIatlo1. poll
tiCs-everything AmeriCan.-iS consequently all
wrong; a premise that none but narrow B-ltlsher
would admit. and one that finds, We are happy 10
say, some remarkable exceptions. notably James
Bryce.
WI Do -a,1 ~; H.. 70 T ord IIo1;f.- -La fa-
ter for the sake of criticism picked flaws II words
phrases, and passages, but highly approved the
whole. Pope much veXed; but, taking the ad-
vice of Garth, he sought second reading not hav-
C0ntrnas1 gegs IS
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CRITICS of all people, should be good natured.
~ That they not is largely due to false notion
as to what a critic IS or should be-
Most critics think they must find fault in order to
be impressive. Chronic censure is as bootless as
fulsome praise
Personality is not legitimate asset of the critic.
He should forget his own tastes hobbies, and wh1ms;
he should forget himself entirely else his criticisms
become merely prejudical opinions, void of the one
quality essential to their value.
Many book has been condemned by its reviewer
because said reviewer did not happen to care tor
that style OF book.
Many a concert has been written down a failure
because the critics dinner did not digest properly
Many play has been branded with dsapProval
because it not what it had no thought OF beng,
but what the critic thought 1t ought to be.
1t isn't fair to condemn society comedy because
it ism Shakespearean tragedy.
A critic as a rule is a cynic His cynicism makes
him hypercrtlcal.
There's wide margin between finding fault and
criticizng.
Those who have been the most severe critics have
often been the most severely criticized.
The late George Meredith not much given to
saving anv but unkind things of Others He was par
ticularlv virulent in his criticism of Dickens whom
he called "caricaturst who aped the novelist.
OF Meredith Oscar Wilde said AS a writer he has
mastered everything except language; as novelist
he do anything except tell a story.
Lowell himself of the best and fairest of liter
ary critics. says The world has allowed those to be
critics who were unfit for anything else
Criticism, generally speaking, is but one mans
opinion biased by taste,-or lack of it,-by moods,
by pre- eudices
Pelham" Bulwer's first successful novel, barely
escaped the waste basket, because in manuscript it
pronounced utterly worthless" by one of Col
burns critics readers COlburn, by
chance read the story himself, pronounced it great,
published it, and proved to be- as he had predicted,
the book of the year.
That success influenced Buwer's whole life sue
that perilously being failure and all
because of the Indigestion -gastronomC or mental
of a publishers reader
Jealousy has embittered the criticisms of many
great men; for few men have been great as
to escape the blight of jealousy.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

be very likely to insist upon wedding just the same
or don't know Conchita. Here, Pedro is where you
put the fifteen ball in the corner pocket ce til
- do not know what you mean, that h1teen peh
in the corner pocket but is right like you say IT,
that nv place is by Conchita's side" and Pedro tor
the first time in weeks smiled happily o.:o,.,
''i Srrei'' said Blake And stick, my boy, stick
L 1ooks to me as though this is where Don Manuel
Maria Echevarra Gonzales foozles'
TT was an hour later that Blake the crowd IN
/ fon+ Of the church break and scatter, and down
the 'Cr Gale Ciencaballeros came dazzIngly gaudy
nrocession headed by Conchita and Pedro High IN
the air Conchita held her head, her Iong Iace ven
floating out behind her, while she scaIIeleu llPPiis'
sunny, saucy smiles on all sides
Blake hurried across the plaza just IN time to meet
the head of the procession :,
Pedro greeted him Joyously 1t Is all r1ghC' 0eiior
Blake he called. Il stick! 49, A.
That night there was much merrymakng IN the
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house OF the tatneT Ol SolIolilId-
The wedding had not been as
planned. and the father of Con-
chita undoubtedly regretted that
she had not married the wealthy
Don Manuel Maria Echevarr1a y
Gonzales, but then, Senior, what
else was to do?"
Nothing else could have been
done. The father of Conch1ta
could force her to consent to
marry Don Manuel; but when
Don Manuel had not come 1T
would have been safer and pref
erable to face a den OF tigers
with only a charlotte russo tor
weapon than to try to force
Conchita to bear the insult that
had been offered her and make
her wait for the missing Don
Manuel or his explanations.
L drums tun-tummed the
measure Of the HabanerO toward
the end of the boisterous evening,
and Blake was just about to leave
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-12
Health and Beauty Secrets
By MRS. MAE MARTIN.

Cinderella: Merely because your husband
is hopeiessly bald after wasting so much
money buying ready-prepared hair TONES
is no reason why You should neglect your
hair. by simply adding a half pint water
to one ounce quinxoin dissolved IN a haii
pint alcohol, you can make a quinine hair
tonic that will positively destroy the germs
in the scalp, stop all irritation, splitting
and falling hair, remove dandrun and put
your scalp IN a healthy condition. This
tonic will not stain the hair and VIII prove
very refreshing and invigorating; rub II
into the hair roots about twice a week
and It win make your hair soft and glossy.
r. +. D.: Yes. q white summer dress
makes q stout girl look larger. You can
reduce your weight If you will dissolve
four ounces of parnotis IN III pints of
hot water and take a ablespoonfu BEFORE
each meal for two or three weeks. TINS
harmless recipe cuts down flesh rapidly
without any injurious effect whatever: and
you will feel better when you are rid Of
that snperfiuous fat.
IT Z. C.: This is the recipe for spur
max complexion beautiier you say all your
friends are talking about. but II Is not
new and there Is no reason why your
druggist should not know about 1t: DIS
solve four ounces of spurmax in a halt-
mint of hot water and add two teaspoons
ful of glycerine. Put in a bottle and
shake well n i Is ready Tor use. Your
wholesaler IL he doesn't carry it In stock.
Yes. this lotion should he used instead Of
face powder. Apply II to the face. neck
and forearms with the palm of the hand
and rub until dry. 1t will not rub Off or
show and sholds'' against PRESENTATION.
1t win make even a dark and oily skin
look fresh and youthful
e. w: why don't you try going with
out spectacies for n while? You say there
is no constitutional defect In your eyes.
and that ~spectacles make you look ten
wears older than YOU really are. Let fine
print alone and drop in each eve daily
n few drops of q simple eve tonic made
by dissclvfng an ounce of crystos m a
pint OF water. This tonic rests tired eyes,
relieves redness and Inflammation. and
strengthens weak eyesight. 1t has proven
so beneficial as an eve remedy that many
oculists now recommend IT exclusively. and
/ know It viii help your eyes greatly.
Donna: Massagfng with a good grease
less face cream Is the best preventative
in the world against wrinkles and the
appearance of age. It keeps tn skin taut
and clean and the flesh firm and free from
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"oh, say that the signal is fully un-
derstood-"
Whilst the answering flags were be-
ing displayed Daubeney asked:
What hoes 1t all mean?.
ut means" said Brett, that IL the
Blue Bell has another yard Of speed
in>her engines we shall need it all. It
perhaps win make no material differ
ence In the long run. but as q mere
matter Of pride I should like to reach
Palermo before eros Jean. If l re-
member rightly, Palermo is SIX hours
from Messina by rail. Can we do it?"
Mac" was again consulted. OF
course he would not commit himself.
We will try damned hard" he
said.
And with this emphatic resolve the
Blue Bell sped EDWARDS through the
sunlit sea until, late In the evening. the
Ganges was hull down on her quarter.
Macpherson came on deck to take a
last look at the P. and o.
at will be a great race" he an
nounoed, land I may have to kill a
stoker. But"
Then he dived below again.
So rapidly did the Blue Bell speed
over the inland sea hat as night fell
over the face of the waters on the sec
ond day put from Marseiiles the look
out forrard announced "a light on the
starboard bow" and Daubeney. after
scrutinizing It through his binoculars
and consulting a chart, announced It to
be the occulting light on Cape San
Vito.
This discovery accustomed a slight
alteration In the course. The Blue Bel
ran merrily on until the small hours of
the morning, when everybody on board
was suddenly awakened by the stop
page of the screw.
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f1abbiness. Get from your druggist enc
ounce OF almozotn, dissolve II in a hafe-
pint OF cold water. add two teaspoonsf11l
OF gRcerlne. stir well and let stand over
night This homemade cream clepnseS
the pores as nothing else can, for 1t takes
dirt and CRIME that soap and water
never reach. It removes blackheads aud
prevenus their return for 1t reduces the
SIZE OF the pores and makes the skin
In texture. / have a friend. who Il q
whose complexion rivals that
OF a six~tsen-year-old girl and she never
useo anything except almozoin cream TO
her youthful skin.
J: E M This electric needle for the
remoVaI or s-uperhuous hair IS an ex-
pensive. painful and f-ime-consuming o.
erauon- A. much easier and far less ex-
pensive method is the application of della
tone. although delatone costs a dollar an
ounce 81 retail. One ounce is all You will
need. however. for ever should the hairs
return after the first application. they will
be light-colored. thin and traggly-and
the SECOND or third application VIII rid
little delatone with enough water to make
a paste, cover the hairs with this rasfa
and let 1t remain two or three minutes.
linen wine on and wash the kin with
A. F.. D.: You are using too mnch
canthrox for one shampoo. NY rpcipe
plsinly 'one teaspoonfui r. 4 rup
of hot water not q tablespoonful. No.
the quantity Won have beer using viii not
iniure your hair in the least. for cnn-
throx Is In no way harmful. 1t win not
cause the hair to become streaky. dnll ar
brittle. or split at the ends. as some soane
do. But canthrox fathers so freely ana
cleanses the hair and scalp so f~horonnhlv
that Il is unnecessary TO use more than
q. t~easpoonfui for a ~sharnpoo. was
to read that Won like It because
dries Quickly and leaves your hair 80
bright. soft and fury.
A A: OF course. you cannot look bright
and bonny while Won feel 50 utterly
Frustrated and miserable. Pimples. hinfrhAs
'puny ewes" are usually an fndfcaffr-
Of Inactive liver. deranged dIresflon and
blood. Get -FOUR stomach md liver
n normal action. and they will eiiuinafs
the. Impurities in your blood. This oIe-
ia shioned homemade system toulr has
helped others and may helm WON'T rer-
tainly Is worth irving: Dissolve one osznrr
Of Fardene ami nne-haif CUP Of sugar ~ =
half-pint OF alcohol and ada enongh hnf
water to nrake a fuli uusrt T<r~ >
t-absespourrri before zach n1erl H~f<~
heai.h 6 Eooa zsf- rf1f mt 10 <txsf
a spotted and d'ugy complexion.
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This Is always a disturbing incident
at sea when people are asleep. Travels
ers not Injured to the incidents OF ocean
voyaging cannot help conjuring up
vivid pictures of impending disaster.
1t IS useless TO tell them that for the
very reason the ship has slackeaed her
speed 1t is obvious she is being navi-
gated with care n watchfulness. Rsa-
son at such a time is dethroned by the
natural timidity of the unseen, and Il
Is mo- surprising therefore that the
passengers on board the Blue Bell
should one and all find some pretext to
gain thed deck in their eagerness to find
out why the vessel had slowed 6oNn.
The answer was a reassuring one. She
had burnt a flare for a pilot. and quick
iy an answering CLEAN came from afar
out of the darkness ahead.
The pilot was soon on board. He was
an Italian. but. like most members Of
his profession doing business in those
waters, he spoke French huently.
Brett asked him how long. with the
n-ortheasterly breeze Their blowing. a
small sailing vessel, such as q
acknowledged f1shing-smack, would
take to reach Palermo from Marseil -
The pilot seemed to be surprised at
the question.
1t is a trip not often made. non
sieur," he said. Fishing vessels from
Marseiiles are frequently compelled to
take shelter under the lea of Corsica or
even Sardinia, but herein Sicily-why
should they come here?'
"Oh, / don't mean a schooner engaged
In the fishing trade. but rather 4 small
vessel chartered for pleasure, taking
the place, as 1t were. OF a private
yacht"
II BE Continued Tomorrow.s
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typical Summer Wall.
Dear Miss Doom:

Dear Miss Doom:
1 would like TO have your advice
about a dress. It was a little darker
than linen color. and was called sun
shine silk. I washed 1t the other day
and when I hung It out l saw 1t was all
streaked. I washed 1t again n 1t
looked worse. Please tell me how to
get the streaks out Thanking you
very much. e. B.
I'm afraid your outlook in regard to
tho dress is rather hopeless. The best
thing to do now. / think, would be to
boil it until almost white and then dip
1t in a coffee solution. letting it soak for
some time. and then drying in the
shade. Put enough black coffee In the
water to make It a good brown. This
will give the dress a good shade of tan.
Or. perhaps. the dress will look very
well after the streaks are boiled nut
In that case. I would advise you to let
1t alone.
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WHAT is THIS ANIMAL CALLEDP

The girl and boy who send in the
neatest correct answers can have their
choice of a baseball, a box of paints, a
good book, a penknife or any one of
several very Fascinating games. If the
writing is not legible the coupon will
be rejected. Uncle Jack will publish
the picture of any prize-winner who
cares to send him a photograph. Ping
pong and tintype pictures canno be
used.
Only children under Is years of age
nre eligible to compete. Be sure to
place a two-cent stamp on the n
velope to avoid delay at the p~ostofice.
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broidered and plain bauste, however, make a most effective combna-
ton and the gown is one of the preHiest possible. II preferred the
sleeves can be made long and the neck can be finished with a collar.
but for the really warm days nothing prettier o r nothing smarter than
the model Just as illustrated could be suggested.
For the medium size will be required, for the blouse Az yards Of
material "a or 81, az yards 32 or 2 yards "A inches wide; for the front
panel and circular band of the skirt ~ yards "a o az. IN yards SO
or A inches wide; for the circular side portions az yards "a or az, Q
9 yards of banding. A May Manton pattern of the blouse, No. 1919,
sizes 80 to 40 inches bust, or of the skirt, No. 6708, sizes % to 30
inches waist, will be mailed to any address by the fashion depart
ment of this paper on receipt Of ten cents for each. IF in haste send
an additional two-cent stamp for letter postage, which insures more
prompt delivery
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-12
MADRAS curAINs EASILY LAurprRRr

Madras curtains. which are pretty
and effective summertime drapsries.
have the added virtue OF being easily
Numbered.
Lay in strong suds Of naphtha soap,
run stick through hens and hang on
line.
When nearly dry take down, fold
evenly. and smooth with your hands.
This can be done in a few minutes,
and hang mor evenly than when
ironed. and the figure or design IL more
prominent.
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THE lpRIzE.WINNERS.

The correct answer to last Tuesdays
illustrated acrostic problem was Louisi-
ana. The following children sent In
the neatest correct answers and were
awarded prizes:
EVA CRAWLEY BRINDLEY, aged IL.
Sc Crawford street (book); FRANKIE
WILCOX. aged 5, III Bruen street (box
of paints).
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Sedsonable COOKERY

Suitable dishes for hot weather con
sumption are ~anx1ously sought by both
houzelpeeper and consumer. Salads,
berry dishes. oo1d meats. vegetables,
are an attractive at this time, particu-
LARRY II prepared In one of the hun
drede Of ways to which h average
Individual may not be accustomed.
The Free Public Library calls at
tention to <he following books in its
collection, which are particularly
adapted to give the housewife new
ideaa for food preparation at this sea-
son. aAshundred, or more books on
general cookery in addition to these
may BIO found there
'Cha1ng Dish Recipes" by o. A.
Cotton.
american SALAD Book" by DeLoup