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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-24
''THE EDDY. 4"
Clarence l.. CuIIcn'S First Serious
Book an Entertaining Novel.

Clarence l.. CuIlcn'S First Serious
Book an Entertaining Novel.
Professional humorists as a general
rule cannot be said to make the best
novelists. but this axiom-like nearly all
others-has notable exceptions tending 10
disprove IT. and Clarence L. Cullen is the
latest OF these. Having occupied himself
up 10 the present with the writing Of
humorous articles for the press, he has
at last turned his hand TO more serious
work. and his first attempt along the
new lines is an unqualified success. In
deed. The Eddy" as the author has
elected To call his book is so entertain
ing and well written that one is forced
10 wonder why he has not given us any
thing Of the sort before.
Symbolzing the whirl Of society and
the peculiar morals Of strictly up-to-
date society in New York as The Eddy"
the author has written around this a
story that IS as remarkable in its power
to hold the attention and interest Of the
reader as il is in its novelty and treat
ment Of the theme.
Louise Treharne is a girl Of nineteen.
newly returned from the boarding school.
where she was placed on the event OF
her mothers divorce from her father
on her entrance into the house which
she is told is her mothers she gradually
discovers that the latter has for some
years been the companion OF a notori-
Gus man-about-town, Judd. and that Il
has been the money of the latter that
has paid for her education and all that
she has
Immediately on learning OF this she
leaves the house. and the remainder OF
the book relates the numerous changes
in the lives Of those concerned which
are worked through her influence The
finale Of the book. though happy. is novel
enough not TO be classed in the cOnven-
tional list Of happy endings." and one
lays the book down with the conviction
that the author has certainly caught the
knack Of keeping Up the interest with
out in the least stretching the magma
ton or ,credulity of the reader.
In the first half Of the book. that
which deals with New York society
and those who compose e, the author
draws the picture with a hand which is
as apt at dissecting as at constructing.
and the description of the Sunday even
ing party Of Mrs. Treharne, with its
near poets and maybe musicians" is
divertlng. to say the least
| But the principal thing that strikes one
on n perusal Of Mr.. Cullens book-after
the thought Of its real artistic worth
| is the almost total absence Of that
| humor that has made the author so
widely known. There is scarcely a line
in the work where he attempts to intro
! duce the least suggestion of the fact
! that he is a humorist, evidently desir-
, ing that the book depend upon It's own
merits and not on his reputation. In SO
| doing he has written n book which. while
| far from being book for the jeune file
rings true and strong, and from that
very circumstance gains instead of los
| ing interest. "A novel of to-day he
| calls it, but 1t is really more Of "A pic
ture of the present" painted wildly and
! by a master hand. &C. W. Dillingham;
| Company, publishers. New York;
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MARRIAGE OF THEODORE"
An Entertaining Novel Concerning
International Marriages.


Those who have read The Sprightly
Romance OF Marsac." The House Of
Egremont" and the other novels OF
Molly Elliot Seawell. know that she has
caught the knack Of holding the interest
OF the reader in her characters-not so
much by making the plot OF her stories
complicated or by introducing fantastic
incidents into them as by making all Of
her puppets seem real and lifeuke She
does not as a general rule discuss the
great problems Of our social structure,
but more usually contents herself with
showing persons and life as they really
are. and. in so doing. writing an enter
tanning, readable story.
And so it is with her latest work, The
Marriage Of Theodore" This story Of
young American girl who marries into
one OF the most hideboLnd of English fam
lilies and the changes that she brings
there through her own personality may
not be entirely new or novel, but, as
portrayed by Miss Seawell, II is given
new charm and appeal through the man
ner in which the authoress tells it.
But in addition to telling a good story,
she has caught the knack Of character
drawing to a large degree, and her pic
lures Of Lady Susan Battle, the Earl OF
Castelmaine, and Lord Fermor-whom
Theodore marries-and the various other
personages of the book, are excellently
done. She has taken for her theme the
struggle between the American girl who
has married into the English family and
the members Of the family themselves,
to what outcome the reader must be left
70 discover. for it is in this that one OF
the telling points of the book lies.
An added attraction for those that have
read some OF her earlier works is the fact
that in this several of her characters Of
the other books appear-especially those
in the 'Sprightly Romance of Marsac''-
thus giving one feeling of renewing old
acquaintance. The book may be a trfle
too long-and indeed 1t would probably
make better novelette, than it does a
novel-but it is delightful in it's concep-
ton and admirably worked out. and Miss
Seawell is deserving Of much praise for
SeF treatment Of this subject-one that is
so much before the public at the present
time. CDodd. Mead e. Coz
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LIFT NOT YOUR VOICE EXCEPT IN FARMONY'

harmony must prevail In the machinery
of daily life IT is not always possible to
avoid friction and discord; but it is the
optimists purpose, by the cultivation OF
the kindly graces embodied in his creed,
to promote the growth Of harmony in all
the relations Of life and so 10 render un-
obtrusively the most efficient service TO
his fellow-men. ARTHUR W. BEER
Seventeenth and Hamlin streets northeast
BLESSED pair Of syrens. pledges Of heav-
ems JOY.
Sphere-born. harmonious sisters, Voice
and Verse,
Wed your divine sounds, and mix'd power
employ;
Dead things with inbreath'd sense able
TO pierce,
And TO our high-raisd phantasy present
That undisturbed song OF pure content.
Milton.
LAWRENCE \ wIDMAYER.
l3i3 Twelfth street northwest.
Harmony is made Of discords tightly knit
In perfect union by a man Of wit.
a. J. CAMPBELL
2 street northeast.
In natures code harmony is the fore
most law. So It should be with mans.
The lack of IT is due 20 sin and our tenn
/ peramental frailties, discordant enemies
OF peace and right living. Not until the
necessity is felt to cultivate moral rather
than physical strength will human af-
! fairs shapen into accord and life here
below be in attune with the great har-
monies Of the mysterious force that rules
the universe. Mrs. = u FRANK
/ - street northeast
We should live In a zone Of perpetual
/ harmony. That zone is filed with pa
/ thence. deep charity OF heart, and love
To realize this inward harmony we must
be unselhsh and have love for our fellow
men, for love is the supreme harmonizer
OF the universe. Then our souls viii be
hiled with happiness and tranquility.
T. " CLOTZBACH.
! lui Trinidad avenue northeast
Life Is Ike fabric where one thread
holds the other and no man lives TO him
self alone. We are part of this beau
tiful world and not parasites on it. and
our characters are the inscriptions we are
making on the hearts OF those who know
US and the actions Of our passing life
all facts visible, plain. undenlable. The
Idivineness OF Gods gifts 70 us IS proven
by our desire 10 be in harmony with our
bitterness OF spirit be infused into bright
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ABOUT THE TWEED RING.
"The Book Of Daniel Drew" an In
teresting Reminiscence,


An interesting Renaissance of bygone
graft, political corruption. and frenzied
finance is The Book of Daniel Drew -
by Bouck White. a narrative which the
author claimed to have based on some
posthumous papers OF Uncle Daniel. found
in an old trunk some years after his
demise.
It deals with the Fisk-Gould-Tweed-
Drew regime. a coterie of spectators and
politicians who figured in perhaps the
first great undertaking episodes in the
history of the republic; in fact, there is
not a more interesting chapter in the
history of the country than exposure OF
the Tweed ring. the operations of that
band of manipulators which brought on
the panic OF 70, and the dramatic Incl
dents attending the killing of Jim Fisk
by Ned Stokes. This exposition is from
the inside. for Uncle Daniel Drew. the ex-
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THE GROWTH OF OPTIMISM.

and happy atmosphere. To identify our
selves with others gives as a proud sense
Of value for is it not Eden glad and
gladness 20 feel one IS comforting. con-
genial comrade? Is it not the emblem Of
tenderness and sympathy, warm and
enduring? 1T is not that they seek each
the other. but that God sends each 10 the
other because they belong together"
Harmony. l think. IS the marriage Of
hearts, a close. loving fellowship. He
only who made hearts can unite them"
1t is Gods government in the world. His
eternal purpose-mlght truth, the unit
% force, the general power-that puts US
in tune with the infinite" and makes US
love the world and our felIow-man
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
rs Euclid street
The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming IN
stone subdued by the Unsuitable demand
OF harmony in man. The mountain Of
granite blooms into an eternal flower
with the lightness and delicate finish as
well as the aerial proportions and per
spective OF vegetable beauty.
Mrs. J. ]. O'CONNELL
9Ji / street northwest
Harmony consists properly IN mutual
Offices and a generous strife IN the alter
nate acts Of kindness. :. LEE.
Post-ofice Box "a.
To me. an Optimist harmony means
being in close touch with God. nature.
and man. I must have a strong. vigor-
Gus. active body. a well developed and
active being, a strong spiritual nature
responsive 10 all that is good and pure.
and a receptive and susceptive mind that
I may enjoy nature in all her beauty.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Woodland Paths" by Winthrop Pack
ard, author Of wild Pastures. Wood
Wanderings." Wildwood Ways" and
other works OF a kindred nature. is
little volume OF poetic prose which takes
the reader into the heart Of the great
out Of doors" the atmosphere created
being redolent Of the rustllng woods the
green fields, Of winding streams and
the life OF natures free creatures In the
open.
Mr.. Packard seems 10 be in close touch
with nature. both animate and mani
mate. and under the headings. The
South Rain" Spring Dawn The
Brook in April" "Bobbing for Eels," and
several others, he takes the reader right
into its heart with a beauty and depth
of poetic feeling that is becoming rare
! The book is published in attractive gift
style by Small Maynard & Co. Boston.
Mass.
"Self-Help and Self-Culmre," by Eliza
beth Wilder and Edith Mendau TAYLOR.
| is a contribution to the great mass of
writing lately appearing bearing upon the
! relationship between the body. mind and
spirit. and the proper adjustment of each
to the others. 1t treats Of some Of the
| causes of discord. and consequently dis
ease, from improper education Of the va
rious functions pertaining to these at
/ tributes Of humankind. and formulates
| some theories as to the upbuilding OF
! these attributes in such manner as
to insure a harmonious whole. and conse-
| quently a happy existence during our
\ sojourn upon this mundane sphere, the
latter being very plausible and interest
ing, while the whole dissertation is
singularly free from the rhapsody Of
| expression and vagueneSs of principles
usually attendant upon the exposition Of
what are commonly designated as 'fsms"
and new thought" It seems to be Just
a plain statement OF conclusions arrived
at by two women as regards the handling
OF that supposed trinity of fundamental
elements with which God has endowed
the human race, a consideration which
has occupied the attention Of intelligent
man from the beginning. and will go 10
do so to the end (Small, Maynard &, Co.
Boston, Mass,)
OF similar import to the above IS Men
tai and Spiritual Health" by Dr. A. T.
Schoheld. although treated upon in a
somewhat different manner by an author
differently equipped from the above-men-
toned author Although the writer IS
scientific man, a physician by profess
sion. he lends to the subject a deer
!. spiritual significance; IN fact. his obser-
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'PREDESTINED."

story OF honr women anu Aheir IN
flueRce on the Life of Man.
Stephen French Whitman, in his latest
STORY of New York life"-as he has des-
ignated 'Predestined' takes the life his
tory OF boy brought into the world and
educated under circumstances which GER
tainly excuse. 70 large degree, his ac-
tions. and follows this up TO the logical
end-suicide. He has not attempted to
make the story pleasing one. and It is
best as it is, for it cannot be conceived
how it could end otherwise than 1t does.
especially as the author has been most
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enjoyment is a mirror transmitting TO
others the rays of a supreme and ever
shining benevolence.-Irving.
Miss E. FAULKNER.
Post-oface Department. City.
Men ponder, rant OF their belief,
And moralize. and pray;
Hark back 20 Reformation;
Measure all they do and say.
They strive 10 mold the modern mind
To suit their within and creed,
Yet Christ said meek repentance
Is the all-sufficient need.
IT were better that we seek to be
A counterpart of Him;
An exemplar life works wonders
In exterminating sin.
Who among us never faltered
In the pathway Of the Lord?
Wouldn't we best serve the Master
Working all with one accord?
CHARLES ALBERT BREWTON.
- street northwest.
In harmony there is strength II we
divide or sound the note Of discord. we
lose the power Of combination, we miss
the strength that comes from harmony.
The Psalmist David sounded the keynote
when he penned these beautiful lines:
Behold how good and how pleasant It IS
for brethren to dwell together in unity.
LAURA V. ALLEN.
ArliaEon. Va
The law OF heaven and earth's attuned in
one harmonious key:
Nature responds in vibrant tones in every
thing We see,
Love. life. and Joy. courage and hope. on
earth are born again
When harmony lends its conferred power,
repeating the glad refrain.
The flower. the oak. the sea and tides
the child's sweet kiss OF love,
Express the harmonlzed infinite law from
the Father OF Lights above.
Breathe Oh. spirit Of harmony. DER dis.
cordant homes below
The poise OF peace till love abound and
each heart thy power know.
NINA VERA HUGHES.
Yonkers y. Y.
Noise is not a synonym for power. tn,
most effective machinery is that which
runs with the least possible friction. do
| ing its work quietly but well This (!
/ possible only when each component uni
Is in accord with all the other parts o.
the machine In other words cOmplet,
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Only as these three powers are strength
ened and developed can I expect to taste
the joys Of a truly harmonious life.
Should any one Of the three be neglected
in its development the perfect harmony.
Gods plan. would be spoiled II IS only
when these three are unitedly developed
that ] can be in step and IN harmony
with my fellOw-men. CLARA 1. CIUN
GaitbersbuTs. Nd.
tangle Of far-fung creepers.
Clematis, ivy. and vine;
wonder Of sweet wistaria,
a riot OF eglantine.
A glimmer Of silvered waters,
A sleepy night-bird's call.
And softly. like loves insistence,
The sounds Of silence fall
Incense from perfumed roses.
Winds low in a slumbrous tonA
Enter lace-misted windows.
Flung full 10 the summer moon.
And glad with love and with loving,
Tender with deep content.
And mans voice answers a woman'A
Ripping with Northumberland
EMMA " DOWDEN.
2 K street northeast.
Harmonious words render ordinary
ideas acceptable; less ordinary, pleasant;
novel and ingenious ones. delightful As
pictures and statues, and living beauty.
too. show better by music-light. so is
poetry irradiated, vivihed. glorifed. and
raised into immortal life by harmony
| Landor. MAJ II crY,vr
/ rs North Carolina avenue.
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There is no progress or safety in divided
counsel; no movement can substantially
grow without the spirit of harmony. The
pAshment OF common cause and purged
OF selfshness on the altar Of brotherly
love. II we hope to promote the growth
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A Freak,

! FTCm Lie.
"A freak. is she?'
Yes. indeed. She's two-fsceds fore
handed. and five feet
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-27
Bees Hive in Cave.

High above the timber line ol the great round top of Mount Painor, and not 100 feet from the line Of perpctual snow, a colony of wild honey bees has chosen an exposed diminutive cavern in a pile of granite rocks for live The bees were discovered by Chlt 5sa Hansen and OsmorG Daily, two sl-'1f tie yoa~q Meu. who were climbis.g to the summit of the woUntain. tlaE1ea observed T honey heo crawling over ah icy rock and called the attention Of Daily to it. They nried open the rock pile apd dislodged an enromous colony of bees. The busy workers. attracted likely by the masses of mounain flowers of the mountain had made several hundred rounds of white honoy
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-27

4 Frank Estimate.

To many persons who are not ac. tors the stage seems delightful and fascinating place. In a book called "The Actress" Louise Closser Hale, herself an actress, tells some of her experiences with girls who envy her profession. One day one of them found behind a counter in a shop, said. 'I should have went on the stage"
 she evidently wanted to talk, and I strove to be interested" says Miss Hale.
 But see how tired I am," I said to her T have to work very hard as it is, and I had to work much harder to gain what little recognition l have had"
 oh. yes" she responded, ccn, plac- entity gazing at herself in a mirror. But, you see, I have talent "-Y 0utiI's Companion.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-27
Worse Than Bullets.

Bullets have often caused less suffering to soldiers than the eczema. l.. w. Hartman, Burr lington,,, Me, got in the army and suffered with eczema forty years But Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me when all else faiIed,," he writes. Greatest healer for Sores, Ulcers, Boils. Burns. Cuts. Wounds, Bruises and Piles. 25c at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-27

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 W. away. eathartics.
 Your 'asrs a,1rs. is anything abou.
 uaderstaa,nlesn that you don't
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 to the ,Oal aac4 advice. write
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 aoatieei'l S0a ',, Caldwell bldg.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-27
HOW SHE WAS DaEcc.0.

Funny how you worc- }-'rs. y grumbled the old bacEelc' :" '-ee ses So tight they look like voH N.dnN afford enough goo1s, and iats yard wide. Toes of your s' o"' snrdly short and heels outra hgh. No collars, but pounl. of o a hair Dresses short and ear,,> Ton even put the covering in Ohe wrong place. I saw a woman in the car the other day wearing dress low enough in the neck to be suitable for the opera and her face was cov- cred with veil so thick l couldn't distinguish her features.
 "That was me-" said the woman sI saw you rubbering."
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-16
JORDAN.

Messrs. r. Y. and A. X. Mcconnell
were in Hickman Monday.
Mr. Walter DeBow returned from
Missouri Saturday. He was accom-
panied by his uncle, Mr.. Jeff Alexander,
Rev. Carmen, thenewpastor at Mount
Zion, preached fine sermon Sunday.
He comes to us highly recommended
and we give him a cordial welcome.
Mr.. Hugh Saunders, OF Los Angeles,
CAL, who is here on visit to his father,
Mr.. James Saunders, attended services
at Mount Zion Sunday He leaves soon
for California.
j. NJ Glenn has been critically i'll for
week, but his friends will be glad to
hear that he is much better. He is
being attended by Drs. Peter Prather, Of
Woodland, ?. A. Moore, of Jordan, d.
j. Prather, Of Union City. Drs. Pierce,
of Union City, H. E. Prather, of Hick-
man, Marshall Alexander, OF Fulton,
and j. M. Purnell, of Jordan, have met
in consultation. KENTUCKY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-12-16
ROGERS.

Moving is the principal occupation in
this vicinity this week
j. L. Rives and family spent Satur-
day night in Hickman.
Christmas 1ells are ringing, and also
wedding bells f@r Xmas
Several passed, through here Monday
going to Hickman shopping
Mr. Will Smith will leave Saturday
for visit in Weakly County.
The snow is about an gone, leaving
several around here with colds.
c. G. Bruer will move frem near here
to the suburbs of Clayton this week.
Jesse Jones, one Of our thampion
trappers, has trapped a number # foxes.
Frank Rives and Jess James earried
four big loads of cotton to HicL man
Tuesday.
Cleveland Council, Of near Cryst4
spent Sunday with his brother, viii
near here.
Several attended church at Reelfoot
Sunday and Rev. Mayo delivered an ex-
cellent sermon.
Miss George Council spent the latter
part OF last week with her cousins, Maud
and Pearl Osborne, near Crescent.
S. X. Barnes is getting most OF the
fur around here now, since his conn
petitor lost out on nice bunch a while
back.
j. E. Elgin and wife spent Sunday
night with Mrs. Elgin's grandmother
near Hickman, who is very low with
dropsy.
School is moving on nicely at this
place. We have about twenty-eight
regular attendants now and Mr.. Garri
son is giving good satisfaction.
A few on the sick list are Nea Arm
strong, little Jewel Council, Elmer
Glover and his father They are very
i'll, but there are several others who are
slightly i'll.
A mad dog passed through our COM
munity Monday morning and bit few
dogs and played havoc with w. K.
Rogers cattle and hogs. He killed the
dog by shooting him five times with
pump gun. This makes three that have
been killed here this year.
Mr.. Ben McMurtry, who formerly
lost his barn by fire, had the roof of his
dwelling house TO catch on fire early
Sunday morning and one of his neigh
bors, S. f. Riyes. seeing the fire, called
him, and he had it put out in a short
while. REPORTER