The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-15

rich expressly to give to the poor is
not theft in the ordinary. reprehensible
sense, but a quixotic kind of justice.
One can foresee as result that the
story will not only entertain but that
it may provoke discussion of it's de-
cidedly novel ethics. The story de-
ponds partly on the strong curiosity
reused by the definite problem of find
ing the missing pearls, but even more
so on the problem of personality, the
charm of enigmatic word and act, the
fascination of speculative interest
reused by seemingly homogeneous ap-
mesh that must be woven, and Mr..
Isham has been adroit and skiIIful in
knitting the stitches. In sustaining
our respect for the accused man, in
making Martory love him and still be
herself admirable, he has lifted the
plot into the realm of fantasy and po-
etic retribution.
Alexander L. Posey was an educated
Creek Indian who wrote verse for pas
| time, and what is better, wrote good
verse. They have been compiled and
published by Crane & Co. of Topeka,
with an Introductory memorial by w.
E. Connelley.
1.-THE Uncrowned King" Christmas
classic by Harold Bell Wright, an ex-
Kansan, has been published by the
Book Supply company of Chicago A
reviewer says of the little book: AT
ter reading the story of The I'm
| that you have had a beautiful dream;
then you marvel at the wonderful de-
scriptions, the authors power of
| imagination and his sincerity of pur-
pose. But the greater result is your
vision of truth, when in moments of
solitude you ask yourself-why? If
the author has never written anything
| else, the story of The Uncrowned
| King is sufficient to bring him ever
| lasting fame and glory. 1t is a classic
that might well be called-a Christmas
classic"
A quaint view on "women's wrights, -
written in the middle of the last CEN
fury, appears in Oswald Garrison Viii
lard's John Brown: A Biography Fifty
Years After (Houghton Miff1in Coz.
Owen Brown, father of John Brown,
wrote as follows to his granddaughter
on the occasion of her marriage:
| There is much said about womens
wrights in these days and 1t is tru
| they have there wrights and what are
they but the love and care of faith
full Husband, with a share in all his
| honours joys and comforts of every
kind, If he has good Company she
must be a shearer If he has no COM
pany she must be his good company
If hir husband is in trouble and af-
Fiction she must be afflicted and SYM
pathise with him and make them as
lite as possible. Sometimes Men bring
| troubles on themselves, in such cases
Men or Women want there comforters
and had not ought to be deprived
| while at some time we see it quite the
reverce. I was once in company with
a woman and asked about another
Cupple, how they got along. She said
they Jest rubbed along. I told hir
was indebted to hir for the way she
had expressed it, this is the case Of
very many Husbands and wives, the!
jest rub along and the whea1s of tim'
J never go chearful and clean but they
are always rubbing"
Among the forthcoming publication
; of Paul Elder & Co that will contribut,
to the gaiety of the nations are ''Th
Complete Cynic,'' being punches o
| wisdom culled from the calendars o
Oliver HEREFORD, Ethel Watts Mum
: ford and Addison Miner; ''Ebisu, tn
; Luck God" his jovial visage an,
| greetings rhymed by w o. Mcclellan
and Army Goose Melodies" by Flor
ence Kellogg Krebbs, illustrated b,
: Herbert Morton Stops.
r Palmer Cox's Brownie book, jus
published by the Century company
: is based on the folk tales told him i
his boyhood by his Scotch-Canadial
; neighbors. and on much reading. Ac
? cording to legend the Brownies ar
5 small male spirits similar to fairie:
They differ from the old Englis
$ gnomes in that they are kind an
/ helpful little folks. and delight il
S small acts of helpfulness While neve
visible, they are supposed to b
tanned brown by the sun and to hav