Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11

woman whose novels appeared unueI
the name of M. E. Braddon. His de-
votion to his mother, people who know
them say, is beautiful to see.
"Gambetta: Life and Letters is the
title under which Violette Montagus
translation of Gheusis biography of
the famous French statesman is being
published by the Appletons. Much of
the book is said to consist of Gam
bettas delightfully."- respectful and af-
fectionate letters to his father, to whom
he opened his mind and heart freely
throughout his life.
The English papers are having some
fun over the succession of titles of
Mrs. Glyns latest books. They say
she has condensed Three Weeks" into
His Hour" and that it only remains
for some sporting writer to write a
book called 1.-TWO and Five-eighths
Seconds by the Stop watch"
One OF the reviews of w. B. Max
wells new novel, THE Rest Cure
calls it "a story with an American
motive transferred to an English set
ting, namely, the husband so immersed
in business that he neglects his wife,
Since Mr.. Maxwell is an Englishn.an,
with no special knowledge of the
United States, the remark quoted
above is a striking commentary on the
wide prevalence of the condition men,
toned.
! With the article in the December
issue on The Commerce of SPAIN"
by Arthur Stanley Riggs, there begins
in the Century a series of papers by
different writer's of authority on THE
Trade of the World" dealing specially
with its growth and it's opportunities
| for Americans. These articles will en-
| deaVor to place the large features of
commercial activities in other countries
| before the American business man
more reliably and authoritatively than
| the subject has ever before been pre-
! sented.
! Is the white race to maintain it's
! supremacy over the black, brown and
! yellow races or is a worldwide revo-
! luton, of which there are many indi-
| cations, the only solution of the race
problem? 1t is this question which b.
l.. Putnam Weale considers from all
angles in the Conflict of Color There
! is no greater authority on this sub
ject than Mr. Weale, whose work on
! one phase, the yellow races-has at
| tracted very general attention. 1t is
| Mr.. Weale's belief-as it is also that
of many other authorities-that condi-
tions cannot go on much longer as they
are at present. The opinions he ad-
vances and the conclusions at which
he arrives are those which in the light
of his long experience seem sane and
polite.
The relative claims of experience
| and culture as contributing to educa-
| ton are graphically summed up by
! Dane Coolidge, author of Hidden Wa
ter" the story of the Arizona cattle
and sheep mems war which A. c. Nc
NINVN~ o ~ hnxV - - i-I. 4 t..
describing his brief pilgrimage to Har-
ward university, to sample the learn
| ing of the east, Mr.. Coolidge, who is
| well known as a naturalist and has
contributed to many of the more i'm
portant periodicals of the country,
| says:
Having been graduated from a
great western university, edited the
literary magazine, written some pretty
good western stories, and rambled
around the world a little, I expected
to distinguish myself in letters, even
| at that ancient seat of learning. /
was therefore somewhat surprised at
| the coldly negative greeting which [
received, and particularly at the hard
struggle I had to get a passing mark
| in sophomore course in composition
under the world famed Barrett Wen
dell. The eastern winter seemed un-
necessarily rough and brutal to me
also and the first warm day in spring
l passed up the higher education and
started west, where the sun shines.
One month later I was in Yuma, Ariz.,
collecting mammals and reptiles and
sloughing off what little culture 1 had
acquired in the far east. There were
boys in that sophomore class who
knew twice as much as I did about
English composition, only they did not
have anything to say, never having
been out of town. At least that is the
way I looked at it and when l struck
Yuma, which was running wide open
at the time, I decided that it was not
eduction I needed but experience.
Since that time 1 have tied to Arizona
and there are so many things yet to
be learned about the territory that L
doubt if shall ever get back to Har-
ward"
Here are few of the bright sayings
of the smart little southern girl who.
in the Annals of Ann, tells in the first
person one of the most delightful love
stories of the season:
"There are two kinds of people who
keep diaries-single ones and married
ones. The single ones fill theirs full
of poetry; the married ones tell how
much it costs to keep house"
"All famous people keep a diary
but I'm going to keep mine to hand
every lady can count on them, whether
she's famous or Infamous"
Doctor Bynum is a bacteriologist,
which is worse than prohibitionist,
for while he went let yOu drink whisky
in peace, the other won't let you drink
water in peace"
"If there's anything on earth sweeter
than a girl baby it's boy one
Nanny Lou says, If you want a
good, wood-cuttin', baby-tendin' hus-
BAN choose one that's fat in the face "
"I've often heard Doctor Gordon say
that diseases have Il period of 'incu-
bation', but I believe that love is one
disease that doesn't incubate. 1t just
comes, like light does when you switch
on the electricity"
"But marryin for riches is like put
tim up preserves. 1t looks to be 4
heap bigger pile beforehan' than after
wards"
"You exercise a controlling interest
in nine billion dollars worth of rail-
ways, in two billion dollars worth of
industrial concerns, i'm one billion doll
lars worth of banking groups. in two
billion dollars worth of trust COM
panies -. In the last few years
seventy billions of dollars have been
artihcially added to the capitalization
of the nations Industries. and what
does this seventy billions of water
mean? It means at 8 per cent that
three billions and n half must be paid
for things this year. and every year,
more than things are really worth The
people who labor have to pay for this.