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John Durand and Miss Jane Merriman,
being unattached otherwise and mutually
attractive. should discover a more per-
sonal obligation as the result OF their
activity in behalf of Billy Gordon. Ad-
mirable illustrations by +. Vaux Wilson
contribute materially to the charm of this
delightful story.
THOSE BREWSTER CHILDREN. BY
Florence Morse Kingsley, author of
The Singular Miss Smith, etc. IL
Illustrated by Emily Hall Chamber
lain. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co.
Washington: BrentanO's.
To spank or not to spank, that is the
question. Whether It's better to suffer
the sings and arrows of disobedience
with patience unruffled and with temper
calm. in the hope of applying moral
suasion, or to take up arms against the
sea of juvenile troubles is a serious
problem confronting every parent. Mrs.
Brewster, studying this question at close
range, found herself with three distinct
propositions. inasmuch as her three little
ones possessed as many different tenn
peraments. She and her husband held to
the general doctrine of training without
physical force, while their neighbor be-
lieved in the paddle. Mrs. Kingsley's
presentation of this perennial question is
strong and suggestive. Her characters
are wildly human, and present an enter
tdiIlHS variety Oh OlSpOSitlOHS. Inc
reader closes this thought-compelling tale
with the feeling that there was genuine
inspiration in the pencil of the artist who
drew the cover design showing a whis-
kered sage studying with a microscope
the figure of a sturdy infant. For verify
what to do with an active child. with an
eye single to it's best interest, is ques-
ton taxing the wisdom of a Solomon.
THE SI<Y-MAN. BY Henry Kitchell
Webster. author with Samuel Mer-
VIM of "KaIumet X" New York ::
The Century Company.
Lei it be assumed at the outset that
there is nothing improbable in the propo-
sition that man can fly without the use
of gasoline or other power producing fuel
1t is unsafe to deny anything connected
with the problem of human flight. so
marked have been the advances of the
last two or three years. Assuming, there
fore. that Philip Cayley was lepitimately
a "sky-maI." that he could navigate the
air with what is known to aviators as a
glider, all these things that Mr.. Webster
describes in this thrilling narrative of
the north might easily have taken place
Without Gayley's wings. however. there
is nothing in the story that is novel The
adventures of a rescuing party in the
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of Baltimore There are COM
pretended in this collection three paint
ings by John Trumbull. one by Charles
Wilson Peale, two by Rembrandt Peale'
his son. and one each by Neagle. jarvis
and Healy. One of the Trumbulls Is
1.-THE Battle of Bunker HILL" replica
O the painting owned by the Yale School
of Fine Arts.
was, it will be remembered, the son oi
one of the first governors OF Coiihee''
cut. After his graduation from cohese
he entered the continental army anu
took an active part in some or the mrs
campaigns in the war or the reVoiu'ioh
a. ~. hattie of Bunker Hill the regiment
20 which he was attached was stationed
a, poxburv. so. Tough he did not par
ticipate in the fighting, he recei'eu ','
;,x,a-assiop, of the event at first hand.
Soldering proved not altogether 10 MS
ing. and before a great wnlie ne gave
If I'D to urn his attention to art. In
1850 he sailed for France with the pur-
nose of studying. met Franklin IN faris,
and from him got letter 10 BENJAMIN
West in London %.s, G when rrmmbull ar,
ri,ed and did much to make him wei
come. T.;
The Andre episode was uppermost In
the Britishers' minds just at that Time
and Americans received few pleasantrles.
'Trumbull however, Jared worse than the
most. was suspected of being spy ana
barely escaped with his life. He there
fore returned to America, but at the close
Of the war went back to London. and II
was there In Vests studio that he paint
Cd his picture of the battle OF Bunker
Hill as well as his equally well known
uicture of the death of Gen. Montgomery.
Manifestly both of these paintings owe
much of their merit to Vests influence,
hut they are distinctive In style. The
bunker Hill is a moderate size canvas
about twenty-five by thirty inches In di-
mensions. and Is painted with evident
painstaking care. The composition Is
good and the color rich and harmonious.
THE moment depicted Is when Gen War
zen fell mortaIly wounded. and Col.
small sorang forward to protect him from
the bayonet thrust of a grenadier. Gen
Pitcairn of the British marines is also
seen to have been wounded, and on the
right an American soldier Is preparing,
with brandished sword. to rush to war
rens rescue. Flags are nying: smoke
fills the air, confusion reigns. The pres
entation is dramatic and impressive, but
historically the picture Is not sufficiently
accurate to be accepted as an historical
document nor has il sufficient merit un-
relatedly to be counted among the great
works of art.
AS a we'll known critic has said. Trum-
bull was filed with the seriousness OF his
time and with the sense of responsibility
TO the grave issues through which our
nation was passing. In him there was
the continual conflict between the his
torian and the artist. He had ability,
but he was prevented from attaining his
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b bS~n seymour nra'y H. LIZ stone OF George
Gibbs. W. J. Awkward and j. n
Marchand, together with Reproduc-
tons from Old Prints and Portraits.
New York: Doubleday. Page q co.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
RAGNA,a Novel. BY Nine. Anna Con-
stantini New York: Sturgls q
Walton Co. Washington: Ballan-
tyne G. Sons.
WOODLAND PATHS. By Winthrop
Packard. illustrated by charles
Copeland Boston: Small. Maynard
& Co.
THE NEW WORD; An Oren Letter Ad-
dressed to the Swedish Academy In
Stockholm on the Meaning Of the
Word Idealist. By Allen Upward
Corresponding Member of the FAR
nassus Pathological Society, Athens
New York: Mitchell Kennerley-
AN INTERVIEW. BY Daniel w. Church
Chicago: The Berlin Carey Company.
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN HAND
BOOK OF TRAVEL; With Hints for
the Ocean Voyage, for European
Tours md a Practical Guide to Lon
don and Paris. Compiled and Edit
ed by Albert A. Hopkins, Editor OF
the Scientific American reference
Book 500 Illustrations. New YORK:
Mum & Co.
COMETS; Their Origin. Nature and
History. By Henry w. Elson. author
of "Star-Gazer's Handbook, etc IL
Illustrated New York: Sturgis q
Walton Co. Washington: bailan-
tyne & Sons.
INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY; Being a
Revised Edition of Pleasure ana
Progress. BY A. NJ. LorentZ. bos-
ton: MAYHEM Publishing Company
PETER OF NEW AMSTERDAM, q
Story Of Old New York. BY James
Otis. New York: American BOOK
Company
THE sHEPHERDEss OF TODAY. BY
Adelaide De Barrios. New YORK
Aberdeen Publishing Company.
THE ETERNAL FIRES. By Nancy
Musselman Schoonmaker. New YORK:
Broadway Publishing Company
STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA; q
Story Of PENIS Colony. By James
Otis New York: American BOOK
Company.
WESTERN WOMEN IN EASTERN
LANDS: nm Outline Study of Fifty
Years Of WOman's Work in Foreign
Missions. BY Helen Barrett Mont
gomerv. New York: The Macmillan
COMPANY.
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frozen seas, where they have gone to find
d MISSING explorer, are set Iorth ORA
maIiCauy. Layiey anu the beautiful SRI
Mitnuul wnon, .n,s ~ouIu De d nat, sale
anu unpIO.IIADie story ol mere iiiaSeuiiiie
adventure, are mar oned upon an island
OF Soiu ana ice The Oily Utner OCCUPANT
being man OF sIsan,ic Statuie ana laIn-
OnIiess naueu In.enL upon dnuruer. Ev-
eiy.nlnS Satisfactorily Arranged Iur an
au wn,er SOJouin On the lsianu, IL beng
uouUtIuI WneIuer any one ever IUuud
matters SO We'll provided in the frozen
north.
The GREEN MOUSE. BY Robert w.
Chambers. illustrated In cUior by
Lumunu treoerlck. New YORK: ~.
Appleton d 60.
Mr.. Chambers delights occasionally in
ceasing his serious s.uules Of society and
producing bit OF pleasant foOiery. his
''loie was OF this character. charm
ing satire in which some readers de-
tected portrait painting tendency. IN
the collection of snort stories which are
brought together in tbs voiume un0er
the aDSuru title of Tine Green Mouse,
Mr.. Chambers roles and gambO.s TO his
heart S content. All these stories tell of
the effect upon those who figure in them
of a remarkable machine wnicn unerrlng-
ly selects for whoever may become SUD-
ject to ITS influence the one pei son IN the
world who should be chosen as a matri-
monlal partner. Not onl,- does this ma
chine work accurately. but it WORKS swift
ly. In consequence of it some delectable
romances are enacted and Mr. Chambers
describes them in his inimitable style.
With high good nature and many artful
little illusions 70 social conditions the
author presents six episodes, of which the
concluding one is the shortest and the
most fantastic Of all. Some exceptionally
attractive Illustrations by Mr.. Edmund
Frederick give the book an artistic value.
1t must be suggested, however, that a
closer relationship between text and pic
lures would have increased the value Of
the latter
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memory are just snatches of tunes. and 1
have no idea of their origin. Some of them
have since connected with political hap
penings in the early part OF the last CEN
tury.
'There was one song that she used to
sing that ! have since mentally labeled
as genuine topical song. l thought the
topical song was new development, but
this could not have been much later than
1850 1t was fine song, too. 1t must
to Travel or something like that. for
that came into the refrain at the end of
each verse. The part Of it that struck
my immature fancy was:
r." The devil and his wife PLAYING of game
Called seven,up for half dollar,
But she mp with crowbar an hit him In the head,
An the people over Jordan heard him holler.'
"There was a refrain about Jordan being
hard road to travel. But the thing
that fixed the date in my mind after I
grew up was the political reference to the
know-nothing party. 1t will be re-
membered that the Pope sent stone to
be inserted in the interior of the Wash
ington Monument and that this was stolen
by the know-nothings, and was never
recovered. The verse referring to 1t was:
The Pope of Rome he sent a stone
With orders for the monument accordin',
But the know nothing boys they broke 1t all up
An land 1t the other side OF Jordan
There was a political reference in an
other song that makes 1t easy to fix the
date. but / never heard any one else
sing it. It was evidently a song of the
Tyler campaign. All I remember was
the refrain to the tune of Old RosiD the
Bow 1t ran:
Come. all you young wings Of Ohio
Come out from the democrats too;
Come out from among the foul party,
And vote for old Tippycanoe.
The devil seemed to be a favorite per-
sonage in songs OF that day, for there
was another, quite Q long ballad. telling
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The Championship Fight.

NHAYOR GAYNOR, discussing at .
Iv4 dinner in New York certain trade
inaccuracies that had recently been called
to his notice. smiled and said:
"Jeffries and johnson will soon settle
the heavyweight championship question.
and meanwhile, here in New York. q.
number of men are earnestly struggling
to see who shall be the champion Light.
weight grocer"
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Old Songs Sung by
aColored NANNY

When 'Omer smotc his bloomin' Tyre,
Ed card men sing from sea TO sea.
An what e thought e might require
II went an took. the same as me.
The soldiers and the sailor lads.
The fishers and the farmers, too,
They heard old songs turn up again
An kept 1T quiet, same as You.
-KipIfng
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE GREEN CLOAK. BY Yorke Da-
Wis. illustrated by E. c. Caswell
New York: Sturgis & Walton Co.
Washington: Ballantyne & Sons.
AMERICAN FIGHT AND FIGHTERS
SERIES SOUTH AMERICAN
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS; Other
Tales of Adventure. BY Cyrus
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all about the experiences of an old man
whose wife was carried off by the devil
The old woman usually sang it In the
evening when she had plenty of
time. either carding or quilting in front
OF the kitchen fire. 1 recollect the story
as whole and the song in parts
he old man, when he saw the devil
coming. thought he was ruined be ,ause
he was sure the Prince of Darkness
was coming after his oldest son. who
was big enough to help around the
place. But the devil assured him he
was coming after his wife, who. IL
seems. was rather a virago. Upon this
assurance the old man thanked him
kindly. and helped him to pack the old
woman up for shipment. But as soon
as the devil got her home she proved
such handful that he could not keep
her.
First little devil he rouseed up her ire.
An she up with her foot and kicked him in the
fire.
"She did a great many other things
below, and. finally.
. One little devil jumped up on the wall
And cried. Take her home, daddy she'll muir
der all.'
Finally. the devil did take her back.
and was so glad to get rid Of her that
ne did not even insist on shipping her
I: O. b. When she returned to her house
the things she did to the old man were
a scandal.
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bitiOn has been assembled by the Amer
lean Federation OF Arts and includes a
collection OF mezzotint engravings Of
famous English portraits loaned by the
Library Of Congress. William H. Holmes
has contributed six pictures shown dur
ing the winter in exhibitions here, one
OF the Andes, one of a view off the Cali
fornia coast, one giving a glimpse of
Florida. and three, fiowery meadows,
open country and the like in the vicinity
of Rockville. Mr.. Moser is also repre-
sented by six paintings-an autumn
scene rich in color. and five clouds and
and exceedingly attractive. Miss Lesley
jackson sends group Of Gloucester pic
lures; three of Miss Atwaters have been
secured; Miss Saunders sent three still
life paintings, white tulips, red and pink
roses Miss Perrie, sketch made in
Rouen. and two landscapes: Mr.. Lessen
ring. some Venice sketches. In all it
will be an admirable exhibit.
THE American Federation of Arts.
which was organized i'm this city last
May and has it's headquarters here at
the Octagon. is a national organization
with eighty-five chapters and about 900
associate members scattered throughout
the country Its purpose is to unity the
art interests of the United States and to
prevent as far as possible the duplication
of effort while increasing appreciation for
art. During the winter 1t has sent out
exhibitions of paintings by American ar
lists of note to Fort Worth, Tex; New
orleans. st. Paul, Minneapolis, New Ulm,
Mimi. and Meadville, Pa 1t also cfrcu
lates In the smaller towns. where lee
turers are not Observation-Disclosures on art
subjects, Illustrated with stereopticon
slides Besides all which. to further
spread the knowledge of work worthy of
fchn
trated magazine. To those who attended
the convention last May at which this
organization was formed the fact that it
has to this extent fulfilled it's purpose
VIII be OF interest. That Washington
should be selected as the headquarters
OF such an organization is I'm itself sig
niticant. The. officers OF the American
federatlon or Arts are: President. Charles
L. Hutchinson 'of Chicago: vice presi-
dents. Herbert Adams and John w. Alex
ander of New York and Ralph Adams
Cram of Boston: secretary, F. D. Millet
of Washington and New York. and treas
urer, A. j. Parsons of Washington
MISS CLARA HILL, who has had a
AVA studio this winter in the Art Stu
dents League building. has just modelled
a charming group-a nude mother and
child. The mother is seated upon a log.
or stump or the like, and the little child.
a boy baby of two or three years of age,
Is stretching up on tiptoe to kiss her
Her arms clasp him gently and her head
is slightly bent to receive the caress.
His face is completely hidden buried In
her neck, but the whole attitude of the
little figure is full of expression. and on
the mothers face is look of rapture
The composition is excellent. the lines
rhythmical. the massing good. And the
ngures. moreover. are we'll modelled. with
structural knowledge and a sensitive
touch. 1t is, perhaps. one of the most
important works Miss Hill has pro-
duced.
TN an exhibition of sculpture by woman
I artists, recently held in New York.
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is no apology for plagia-
~ rism," said middle-aged
resident of Washington.
talking to a Star reporter,
but that verse from Kip
ling appeals to me. and 1t set me thinking
whether there was anything new under
the sun in the song business, anyhow.
and whether some of the modern writer's
might not be drawing on lot of old ma
terial that had been written and forgotten
long ago.
LAS a matter of fact. 1 know snatches
of a lot of old songs that / wonder
whether any one else ever heard. Most OF
them are mere snatches, and l have been
able to trace few of them to any source
in particular. Possibly some other people
know them better than 1 do, and If they
can throw any light on them / will be
glad to hear 1t.
81 was raised by an old black nanny.
i pity the modern, steam-heated. fat
raised children who cannot look back on
any similar experience. l am thinking
about her singing. Probably she was not
very finished artist. though / thought
at the time that she was about the finest
ever. The things that have stuck In my
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There were some Of the songs that
were evidently of English origin,
probably coming down through colonial
times. One of them brought in Derby
day. and old nanny always called 1t
Darby which Is the local pronunci-
alton. 1t ran, in part:
AS was going to Darby Town upon a Darby
day
1 saw the biggest RAM sir, that ever fed on hay:
The wool upon that rams back 1t grew up to the
sky,
And the eagles had built their nests therein. for
/ heard the young ones cry
"Of some songs I remember only .
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\ interesting collection OF early
American paintings has been
loaned to the National Gallery
of Art by DR.. George Reuilng
Of Baltimore. There are COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

IN an exhibition of sculpture by woman
I artists. recently held in New York
was the model Of the Aztec fountain for
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Electrical Engineering.

International Correspondence schools Electrical
Engineers Handbook. 1908. TDZ-IuS3.
Kennedy, Rankin. Electrical installations. 5v.
TDZK3Se.
Lyon. W. V. Problems In Electrical Engineer
ing. 1908. TEA-L9aJp.
Mason. Hobart. Textbook Static Electric
ity. 1904. TEA M3Sst.
Steinmetz. c. +. General Lectures on Elec-
trical Engineering. 1905. TDZ-St34
Swinge. c. F. Electric Railway Power sta.
tions. TIE Sw65.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

AIessio Agostino d. Art of Designing. Cut.
ting and Grading Gentlemens and Boys
Clothes 1908. TW-Al27.
Andes L. F.. Treatment of Paper for Special
Purposes. 1907. TO AMPS
Browne Miss NJ p. The Practical Work Of
DressmakinC and Tailoring. 1908. TW Bs1sp.
He'll. Adolf. and Esch, W. Manufacture OF
Rubber Goods. TO-H366. -.
SindalI. R. W. Manufacture of Paper. 1905.
To- S66m mos
Turner. L. W. Basket Maker TS-Ts5I
Wiley IT W. and Merriam. c. III. Durability
and Economy In Papers for Permanent Records.
Wadsworth Annie Rama Winding and weav.
ing TS-Wll3r.
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ON Monday afternoon the last Of this
~ seasons art talks will be given at
the Corcoran School by E. c. Messer the
principal, at a quarter past four O'Clock
These talks are quite informal and are
purposed chiefly for the benefit OF the
students, but are open to the students
friends. and to limited extent, to 9TH
ers specially interested.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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apple tree. through the pungent smell
of clothes tapping on the line the whole
sun-drenched day. To read these stories
is almost like going back there again.
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THE Capital Camera Club will open
its annual exhibition in the henley
Gle hall of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art
next Saturday evening with a private
view and reception. Nearly 300 pictures
will be set forth, all of which were Sc
ected by jury of artists. The Camera
Clubs exhibits are invariably interest
ing and attractive.
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QUITE q number of Washington
artists will be represented in an
exhibition to be held in Henderson, n. c.,
next week in connection with the an
nual meeting OF the North Carolina Fed
Grafton of Womens Clubs. The exhi-
Arizona republican., 1910-04-14
CHILD STUDY CIRCLE T

Mothers Child Study circle of the Central school will meet this afternoon at o'clock. A full attendance of the mothers is requested, as Mrs. Rays wishes to present d matter of import ance to them.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-14
THE KING MAKERS MUST TAKE CHANGES ON THEIR GRE
 ATIONS.

In an extremely interesting dispatch from Naples to the Chicago Record Herald. Walter Wellman says
 "I may say without fear or contra . tdiction that Colonel Roosevelt feels in
 no wise responsible for Taft. and k
 not. inclined to do anything that may
 help ar harm him. Moreover the intl-
 mate friendship once existing between
 them no longer exists. lt IS que to
 certain actions on-the part of the pres
 ident and also to the change in his
 methods since his nomination and cleo
 tion Judging by what he does, Hoose- veIt's travelling companions understand
 that his estimates of Taft is not so
 high as when he made him his sue
 cessor This is. of course. mere guess
 work. but the fact remains undisputed
 as I cabled from Egypt. that Roose-
 welt feels no obligations of 'riendship or any such consideration bind him
 in his relations with the incumbent in
 the presidency.
 It will be noted that these are the words. not of MT. Roosevelt, but of
 Mir Wellman Even MT. Wellman ad- mits that it is all guesswork. though
 he says that the results of that guess work cannot he disputed" To say
 that your prognostication is mere guesswork." and then to say that prog nostication is beyond dispute-this IS, shall we say. characteristic? There Is the strongest possible circumstantiai evidence tending to prove that Mir. Wellman is wholly mistaken. For Mir. Roosevelt's responsibility for Mir. Taft is so direct and clear that he must feel it MT Taft would never have been president had it not been for MT. Roosevelt. Had it not been for the lat ter gentleman Mir. Taft would probably never have consented even to be candidate For everyone knows that his preference was for a seat on the supreme bench. But MT. Roosevelt picked him out as his successor put him in training for the job. forced his assured the people that he was "all right" and used his powers as president to influence the election.
 We do not believe that MT Roose- veit has any thought of trying Co es- cape from his responsibility in this King makers must take their chances, and their power and re sponsibility are such that they cannot be allowed to plead mistakes in justi fication. It is d serious business, this of choosing a president for the Amer can people. MT. Roosevelt, of course. this. We do not believe lt all that he has any such feeling &s hat attributed to him by MT. Wellman. It is all guesswork and no guesswork can be undisputed. Mr, Roosevelt knows that the country owes MT Taft to him and it may even >be that he has no such poor view of the president as -he vivacious gentlemen who assume that blue ruin is impending simply be- cause they themselves do not loom so arge in the eyes of the public as they lid in the days when tennis was the great national game. Perhaps it would De better to wait and allow the col ,nel to speak for himself.-Indiapap ,lis News.
Arizona republican., 1910-04-14
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NOTARY-Franklin D. Lane of Phoenix was yesterday appointed notary public.