Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-26
Religion" by Edward NJ. Chapman.
author of 'The Dynamic Of Christian,

author of "The Dynamic of Christian
ity.'
A Kate Douglas Wiggin kindergar-
ten was dedicated in Denver, Colo,
last week The Corona school, where
this new kindergarten is established
is one OF the finest and best equipped
in Denver. The dedication exercises
were participated in by all the schol-
ars of every age and listened to by a
large and enthusiastic audience. At
| the end of the program children pre-
scented dramatized scenes from The
Birds Christmas Carol and gave
readings from Polly Oliver" "Rebec-
ca" and "Timothy's Quest"
The following books which are
among the spring publications of
Houghton. Mif1in company will be is
sued in Great Britain by Constable &c
Co., Ltd, of London: Country Neigh
bors,'' by Alice Brown; "The Royal
Americans" by Mary Hallock Foote;
My Friend the Indian" by James Nc
Laughlin, and 1.-THE Conquest of Con-
SUMPTION by Dr. Woods Hutchinson.
1t is said that more than $500 men
on the warships of the Atlantic feet
are unable to swim, and that swim
ming lessons are an almost daily re-
quirement during the cruises in warm
waters. Swimming is coming to be
considered a necessary part of every
ones education and no more helpful
book has yet appeared on this subject
than Edwin T. Brewster's volume ell
titled Swimming" just issued by
Houghton, Miffiin company.
The following new printings are re-
ported by Houghton, Miflin company:
Second editions of THE Godparents,"
by Grace Sartwell Mason: of ''Flutter-
fly" by Clara Louise Burnham, and of
The Royal Americans by Mary Hal
lock Foote.
A recent magazine, in calling atten-
ton to the fact that phonetic short
hand is less than 80 years old, said
that in the case of at least one of its
pioneers it was the stepping stone to
authorship. P. Deming, one of the
few living men who attended the IA
nous Holmes Breakfast" in 1879,
which was probably the most complete
gathering of the great names in Amer
lean literature that has occurred in
our history, relates in 1.-The Story OF
a Pathfinder (Houghton. Mifflin COM
pany) his struggles to obtain recogni-
ton for shorthand. In a murder case
in Albany both sides had rejected his
offer of services, but the Judge had |
given him permission to sit within the |
bar and take notes. At crucial point |
a discussion arose as to whether a |
certain question had been asked. The |
court and attorneys with their system
Of summarizing were helpless, but |
Deming came to the rescue with a |
complete record-ipcidentally aiding !
the accused, who was acquitted.
-
T. Philip Terry, the author of |
''Terry's Mexico" the new guide book
which has at en-. taken place as the |
standard, was born in Georgetown,
KY, in 1864. He spent his boyhood |
in Louisville and Paris and in 1882 |
left Kentucky for Kansas City, Mo- AL
ways fond of adventure and of a de-
cided rowing disposition, he soon drift
ed to Old Mexico and for five years |
held a position on the staff of the |
Mexican Financier at the Mexican
capital. He soon acquired a prof
cheney in the Spanish language and
made himself known as a short story
writer and correspondent of several
papers in the United States. He also
published a Spanish English phrase
book which has gone through IL edi-
tons. After several years in the ex-
port business in New York he started
in 1895 on a leisurely journey around
the world, with Japan as his chief OBJ
iective point. During the next 10
years he Travelled almost continuously,
making seven complete voyages
around the world and maintaining his
business headquarters in Yokohama.
Meanwhile he contributed steadily to
American newspapers and magazines.
He was in China during the China
Japanese war and the Boxer outbreak,
md as staff correspondent of an
American paper witnessed some of
he f1ercest battles of the Russo-Japa-
lese war. The Spanish-American war
ound him in Manila, where he did ex-
;ellent work for his American con-
lections.
In 1905 Mr.. Terry again went to
Mexico, this time to assume the man.
igement of the Sonora News company,
where he is at present located He at
'nce began gathering data for bis
guide book to Mexico, for which he /
Jaw there was a crying need. Since
he publication of this book by
Mifflin company last De-
'ember he has been summoned to a
private audience by President Diaz
Who congratulated him on the excel
ence of the work. Soon thereafter
riders were given that copies should
re distributed among the various gov
.rnment deDartmentS aft Neyic0 Nifv