Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09

Boou AT my lessons today nut / VIII
be better tomorrow Now I am sor-
~ TO say | was the same At the
same age / wrote "a summary Of what
/ wished my character to be. This was
my ideal sweet loveing, giveiny up.
merry clever. tidy. obediont. gentle.
mild. not bad, humble. remembering
AN things thoughtful. free To give. 1
have since found one bad quality r.
not sufficient allowance. We always
used 20 say bar prayers before we
began 70 play game, principally be-
cause I was supposed 90 have more
influence with the Power above. and
consequently IL wasn't fair We knelt
on Cane-seatcd chairs when we said
our prayers and then the one who said
the longest prayers had the deepest
marks"
Mrs. Womyss is the wife Of Capt
George Womyss who was formerly on
the headquarter STAFF Of the British
army IN the Intelligence division Of
the war office but has now retired
from the army and gone into business.
one of her brothers. W r. Lutyens.
Won the mile-raco four years I'm sue
cession for Cambridge against oxford.
and was on tho Cambridge team which
visited America 90 compete with Yale.
Rumor has had IL that Mary r VIII
kins Freeman was an influence i'm the
action Of the social club of her town
in decreeing that good playing at bridge
shall no longer be visited with prizes.
but shall be its only reward The
rumor started when some on recalled
that the initial story I'm Mrs Freeman's
very latest book, 1.-THE Winning Lady"
was an about the desperate means
taken to win "a cut-glass punch-boWl
While no one can seriously believe that
the story moved the community 20 its
action. there can be little doubt that
a conviction already prevailing that
prizes are disturbing forces would be
strengthened by such a story. AS a
matter Of fact. in the book, at least.
Mrs. Freeman cannot be said to have
taken sides at all
Messrs Little. Brown q Company an
nounce strong list of fiction with
which 10 start their publishing season
OF 1910. Two OF the novels, "Passers-
BY" by Anthony Partridge and "The
Up Grade by Wilder Goodwin are
already i'm the field and have found
an unusually large number of readers.
other familiar authors are Anna cha
pin Ray. whose recent novel Dr. entitled
"Over the Quicksands,' and Mary lm-
lay Taylor whose strong southern sto-
cquaUod Oppouhoim has given his
strong story O tale of International i'm
trgue) the title OF The lllustrlous
Prince" and 10 promises 10 merit AN
the praise which has formerly been
lavished on this writer Two good
mystery stories are. "Tho Red House
ON Rowan street by Roman Double
day. whose "Hemlock Avenue Mystery"
WIS a favorito uf last spring. and "Tho
Snare of Circumstance by Edith T..
Buckley which Is an adroitly written
and clcvcrly conceived detective story.
"Thc Pursuit" by Frank Savilo is 70
rapidly moving story with the romantic
atmosphere OF TanEiers for "a back
ground. and "rhe Red symbol" by
John Irunside is "a tale of thrilling
events which hCfoll an English news
papcrman I'm Russia. Mr.. Savilc and
Nlr lronsidc are English authorsnew-
corners To- Little. Brown & Company's
list Anne Warner contributes one
OF her delicious, breezy satires, entitled
Just Between Themselves AN
American Baby Abroad" by Mrs.
Charles y CreWdson, is diverting
book Tor summer reading and is en-
IiVoned hv characteristic Illustrations
by r. T.. OutCault the creator OF Bus
ter Brown "rho Dominion OF New
Zealand" by Sir Arthur u. Douglas,
Is the second volume OF q series deal
ing with the constituent portions Of
The British empire
"Plav Gumes for the Kindergarten.
Playground, School-room and Gymna-
sium." by Emmett u. Angel contains
"a large number of games especially APP
plicable Co the outdoor vacation sea-
SON 8 now edition of Loring Under
woods "rhc Garden and It's Access
sorics' is also a timely spring book