Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17

QeNllS! Is despair SHdWluS dI
"A your vitals? Has ennui over
taken you? Or, after all, is it merely
a disordered liver which gives to your
world the greenish yellow hue of dis
content? Whatever the cause, most
heartily do l commend an antidote.
Read Tag; or, the Chen Boule Dog.
Dog"
1t will take only an hour at most,
and by that time the black clouds OF
dependency will have vanished, to be
replaced by roseate-hued, fieecy visions
of days when love was young and life
brilliant.
For Tag is the story of honey
moon spent, not exactly in pleasure
seeking, but in the enforced company
of "the chien boule dog" and his roly-
poly little owner, "Bateese." One
would never guess as much from the
title, nor would the opening rhyme
tend in the least to arouse suspicion.
The doggerel runs:
Oh, lettle Bateese wat for,
Oh, leetle Bateese wat for,
Oh, eetle Bateese,
Wat for you grease
Mine leetle dogs tail wit tar
This was the song of the old Cana
dian gardener, having in charge two
small boys, each tagged for railway
tourney, and each carrying miniature
telescope valise. 1t was the man who
mixed up the small boys and the chien
boule dog who added further compli.
cations when he chewed up the tag Oh
one of them.
Bateese was the name of the happy
faced youngster whom Patty and Pat,
off on their honeymoon, first begulleo
into conversation, only to find them
selves later with this same infant upon
their hands. The experiences under
gone in search of hotel willing to
accommodate the youthful couple and
their charge, together with the "chien
boule dog" are extremely laugnaDle.
Tag; or, the Chen Boule Dog. BY
Valance j. Patricher. Boston: L. T.
Page & Co.
Caroline Atwater Mason has fur
nished a very handsome volume OF
travels in Italy. This book, ''The Spell
of ITALY," has been given decorative
binding with embossed cover in blue'
green and gold, a beautiful addition 10
any collection.
italy through the eyes of Americans
is told by two characters. an Amer1-
can woman and her daugher. who land
in Naples in the early spring, the
most favorable time of the year to
begin a trip of that kind. Starting in
at the southern point, the tourists
gradually work northward, employing
a whole twelvemonth in their travels.
Mrs. Mason describes her arrival at
Naples in the following language:
"The air which blew gently from the
bay upon our faces was limpid, fra
grant with orange blossoms and of
blandness indescribable. For once
a sense of utter perfection in the ad-
iustment of the human machine to It's
environment mastered my senses. The
glory and the joy of the scenes can
celed for an instant every pain of the
past. every fear of the ruture. Then
I comprehended those words of Goethe
which heretofore had puzzled me:
you may say paint, describe as you
will. but here is more than all. The
shore, the gulf. the bay, the castles
and the sky. And Vesuvius. He who
can remember Naples can never more
be quite unhappy.
While at Naples the sightseers take
several side trips, included in which
are Vesuvius, Pompeii the Blue grotto
and the Sorrento. On each trip some
thing new and inspiring is found to
engage attention. and the inspirations
of the two Americans are then trans
posed to paper for our entertainment
and instruction.
In Rome and Elsewhere
From Naples the party moves to
Rome, where sights of a different ma
tlre are described. There is a chap
ter devoted to ancient and modern
Rome in which fine comparisons are
drawn, and some space is given to the
relation of church and state. Many
quaint and historical churches and
houses of worship claim attention, in