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OF capture Through motorings. picnics.
pleasurings of all sorts. the play moves
resistlessly on. till in the end the hunt
ress neatly bags her game and. as yet
Mr.. Weller stands invfncihle i'm the sub
stantiality OF his claim.
THE DOUBLE LIFE. BY CASTOR lie
roux. author of The Mystery Of the
Yellow Room New York: John Z.
kearney.
horror story of reincarnation. Ii
suggests the morbid lima gination OF Poe
without his constructive genius To use
poor Theophraste Longuet-good Paris
merchant. honest. industrious. harmless
for the purposes OF further life schooling
for the soul OF Louis Dominique Car
touche. bandit and homicide Of the eight
eenth century, ie a scurvy trick on the
part OF either destiny or author Such,
however. is the substance Of the Grue-
some tale in hand. The story serves no
purpose save to unreel link after link Of
bestiality and crime. as a measure OF the
authors ingenuity in this line of creative
endeavor. Measured by either life or the
occult outposts of life. by creative imagi-
nation or by art, the book falls below the
level and takes its place on the already
condemned billboards and with the other
yellow STUFF of which it is q component
part.
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some one of the band. supplies the mo-
tive of the action. The difficulties of
identification and pursuit of one another
under the changes wrought by time and
circumstance open the way for mystery,
and more mystery. Throughout the mar
ration the high light falls upon an Eng
Iishman of title. head of wealthy fam
lily, member Of parliament, cOnservator
of the traditional institutions of his caste.
The evolution of the plot reveals him.
years before the opening of this story.
young, prospectless, impecunious, reck-
less, member of the brigandly band of
BLACK Foxes of Paris. The strain of
the story is to weave about this man a
Gordon Of discovery and exposure.
picturesque feature OF this development.
and one most useful to the purposes OF
enigma. is a group of street pusicians-a
singing girl. a hunchback and a monkey
years. before more or less innocent and
accidental associates of the BLACK
Foxes" but. nevertheless, claimants of a
share of the lost booty. The girls sud
den and secret abandonment of her street
partners, her subsequent life of luxury
and fairly open friendship for the noble
man, furnish material for more mystery
and any amount of unpleasant guessing
on the part of the reader. The threads
of this tale of crime and adventure. knot
ted and tangled seemingly past the deft-
est instruments of unraveling, spread out
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! To Pick Ten Most Distinguished Women

years ago, at the age Of fifty-five, and
after she had been for some years
grandmother. she earned one OF her
greatest triumphs in this country In
role that one might have thought to be
outside the abilitito Of any but a young
woman. the unfortunate Due de Reich
stadt in Rostand's 81 Aislon."
Paris declines to admit that Bernhard
is getting old. and 1t will continue to go
to see her just as long as she has the
power to hobble across the stage.
Her grip on the affections Of the public
is shown by the fact that none Of her
younger and more fascinating rivals. now
in the very heydey of their charm, was
able to poll a vote that even compared
with hers.
heroine was third on the list, Juliette
Dodu. whose name is known In all France,
because of the courage she displayed dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war. when she
persisted in sending telegraph messages
to aid the French generals in getting their
troops, even though in so doing she faced
the imminent peril Of death.
pathetic circumstance attended her
rating as third in the list. She was
watching the vote with considerable in
terest, and was delighted to see that al
though the historic events in which she
figured are now almost forty years passed
into the great beyond that she was still
warmly remembered by the French peo-
pie. But a few days before the vote was
announced France got the shock Of learn
ing that Juliette Dodu was dead.
She never knew that only Nine. Curie
and the great Bernhardt had been rated
above her.
The Duchess Dues. we'll known as a
sportswoman and famed for her philan-
thropy, finished fourth on the list. Mme
Bonnefois. perhaps the least known out
side of France of those who were award
ed place among the elect. was fifth.
Back Of her came the COmtesse de
Noailles. Her sentimental poetry is very
popular in France. especially In Paris and
the chance to cast a vote in her favor.
Severine, the journalist, writer of light
and brilliant interviews, that especially
appeal to the Partisan love for articles
that bristle with the personal element.
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was deemed worthy Of a rating with the
distinguished elect Of the fair sex.
Next came Cecil Sorel. She is not a
young woman either. but she has big
following, for her work has long been
the delight of those who admire the fin
ished acting Of the best polite French
school.
The capricious Cecil undoubtedly got a
because she is deeply loved Of the women
who like to spend extravasantly for dress.
-
Cecil some time ago made q sensation
by announcing that woman OF gentler
tastes could not possibly dress adequately
on less than $4,000 q year. and many q
woman who has had trouble getting from
her husband the kind OF a budget she
wanted drew strongly on the argument
furnished by Cecil.
Franco-Prussian war. rounded out the
list.
1t is worthy of note that the age Of gal
lantry cannot be said to have passed
when the national tribute of admiration
is yielded to women most Of whom are
we'll past the age of fifty, and not one
of whom can be called young.
1t is demonstration that when using
the ballot the Frenchman weighs motives.
AS result OF the vote 1t Is likely that
college for women similar to the
French Academy may be established
Then the most noted score of women
in the nation will be chosen to member
ship. and they will occupy a position
very much like that held by the forty
men who are known as the immortals.
The suffragette movement has. of
course, invaded France. and is strong
there, as it is most everywhere else in the
civilized world. French women would
consider it a great victory II they could
get an academy similar to the institution
that is the ambition Of every author.
Should this come to pass it Is probable
that every one of the nine surviving
women, picked In the voting contest.
would be deemed worthy to member
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE WORLD ALMANAC AND ENCy-
CLOPEDlA, 1910. New York. The
Press Publishing Company. CThe
New York WORLDLY
THE GATEWAY SERIES SELECT
ESSAYS OF ELLA. BY Charles l.amD
Edited by John r. GenunG. profeS
sor in Amherst College New York
The American Book Company.
WILD GINGER, Stories of Many Types
New to the Printers Types. r.
Mat Hoover Illustrated. New York.
broadway Publishing Company.
PUPILS NOTEBOOK AND STUDY
OUTLINE IN ROMAN HISTORY. Bs
Edna NJ. Mckinley, Phi. b., teacher
OF Ancient and European History
Central High School. Syracuse. N y
New York: The American Book Com
pany.
TRUST COMPANIES OF THE UNITED
STATES; 1909 Edition. A Compfla-
tfon OK the Statements Of Conditions
of Trust Companies of the Tnite..
States as OF June 80. 1909: also of
Officers, Directors and Correspond
ents. Dividend Rates and Stock Quo
tations. Published by the United
States Mortgage a. Trust Company.
New York. New York: The Audit
Company Of New York.
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Miss Maud Mason Of New York city. who
was active in organizing the society.
Miss Mason is q recognized leader In
all educational and progressive art move
ments. She has been several times presi-
dent Of the keramic Society of New
York city: is on the jury of the Crafts
man Society: is one Of the directors of
the New York Arts and Crafts Society:
member of the National Arts Club and
also Of the Municipal Art Society Of the
Women's Art Club and of the Pen and
Brush Society The plan of the society
Is broad. The work will be based upon
the study of design and true art prin-
ciples. and will be held to the highest
standards. There will be public exhibit
lions and art talks. The society makes
strong start including in its member
ship many of the most advanced art
workers and teachers of Washington. as
we'll as new students. and it promises to
be an important factor in the city's de-
velopment as an art center. Mrs. Will
liam H. Holmes is president.
THE art Talk at the Corcoran School
Monday afternoon was given by James
Henry Moser. who took as his theme
'The Place of instruction in Water
Color in an Academic Institution" There
Was no doubt, he said. Of the desirability
of teaching charcoal drawing and oil
painting in an art school, for both these
mediums deal directly with structure
and permit reworking. But water color.
he pointed out. was quite different. re-
quiring more skillful handling, and being
more spontaneous in effect Mr.. .doser
defined the characteristics and preroga-
tives of the several mediums, declaring
that Of all pastel was the nearest ideal
If 1t were less fragile, remarking upon
the cumbersome nature of oils, and final
ly naming water colors a. the ''Cinderal-
la art" because it is most overworked
and least understood. while yet capable
of brilliant utilization.
Water color, Mr.. Moser insisted. must
be directly and knowingly handled to be
of value. the accident of chance in
evitably playing large part in result.
Many of the best things he has done in
this medium. he said, were to an extent
accidental, though behind them was
thirty-fve years of industrious study
therefore, water color is not
medium for beginners. Speaking of the
status Of art education in America, Mr.
Moser paid high tribute to the schools,
and to the Corcoran School especially,
stating that thorough academic train
ing could be obtained not only In this
country but in this city. Coming more
directly to the consideration Of the water
color class. Mr.. Moser spoke most feel
ingly. telling approximately of the work
of the students and Of the lessons he has
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husband and wife, are responsible not oply
for the discovery OF radium, the most
valuable substance in the world, but also
for finding out the marvellous curative
properties it possesses.
Their first experiments disclosed the
fact that from the pitch-bend could be
taken the radium. which offered medical
science Its first chance to combat cancer
and other ailments Of a similar kind.
4
But while the husband and wife were
able to make application of their discov-
cry, they did not then know how to han
die 1t with safety, and Curie came to his
death as a result of the experiments.
The widow has since devoted herself
to carrying on his work. and with such
success that she is now recognized as
one of the foremost scientists in the
world, and has been admitted to many
societies that have not heretofore per-
mitted women to become members.
Bernhard naturally was looked upon to
take prominent place in the voting. for
she has been for a generation and half
the idol Of the French public.
1t is not possible to trace any other
French actress who had a career to vie
with hers. excepting only the great Ra-
chel. and there are some points of SIM
ilarity between the two.
Bernhardt. a most phenomenal genius,
who has played a hundred roles, who
has climbed heights of tragic power such
as no living Thespian has ever dared
attempt. Is still at the age of sixty-fve
a most remarkable actress.
Only this season she had the courage
to appear in a new role, creating the part
Of Joan of Arc in a play written especial
ly for her, and in her work there was
little sign of the failure of powers that
might have been expected in view OF her
age.
Those who saw the performance say
that she studiously kept her face in pro-
file, so that the audience might not be
able to see the rayages that time has
made on it's mobile front
Americans will remember that only ten
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ence on one of its bleak storm-swept
plains.
THE HOUSE on CHERRY STREET.
BY Amelia e. Barr, author of The
Bow Of Orange Ribbon" etc. Fronts
piece by z. p Nikolaki New York:
Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington:
Brentano's.
A romantic love story. with youth.
beauty and goodness manifest in both
man and maid, each seeking fufillment
in the other, is so perfect an example of
natures supreme design and is. as we'll. in
such accord with the tune of the human
heart that its welcome is a foregone con-
cltision. One naturally tires of the men,
tai perplexities of the novel of modern
drift, with its realism of unsolvable prob
lens and unadjustable disparities and re-
joices openly in the emotional pleasures
of romanticism.
Nearly two hundred years old is the
matter of the present story when, in the
little town of New York, beautiful Dutch
maiden and noble youth of English COM
pound spin the golden thread of romantic
love that shines so bravely out from the
fabric of this tale of colonial life. The
homely but picturesque details of daily in
tercourse. simply and wildly drawn, the
actions and reactions of neighbors, So
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agreement as to this. But novelists
know, as the critics do not, that the most
gruellingly difficult part of the work Of
building up a novel that has love story
in it land, of course. nearly all novels
have such stories), is the business OF
writing the love scenes.
TT will take only about a minutes
reflection on the part of any ordinarily
intelligent man or woman. l think, to
perceive the difficulty of writing anything
essentially new in the way OF a love
scene In novel.
1T is to he remembered that for a
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-1HE exhibition of paintings by
Alexander Robinson at the
Veerhoff galleries proves inter
esting. 1t consists of thirty
one pictures painted either In
water color or ternpera and group of
eight small Venetian pastels. There is
little difference in the effect of the works
in water color and those in tempera. for
Mr. Robinson uses heavy body color IN
the former and lays on his pigment with
broad, free strokes. The actual differ
ence in the mediums is that In the one
water is the vehicle for the conveyance
Of color and in the other white OF egg.
Tempera was employed chiefly by the
early painters, but for long time was
little used and has but lately been re-
vived Emil Carlson, the landscape and
marine painter. who is represented in the
Evans National Gallery collection by a
coast scene, uses it now almost entirely,
believing it more permanent than either
oils or water colors, If perhaps more
difficult to handle. His handling of tenn
pera is, however, very different from Mr..
Robinson's. primarily being laid upon
linen ground and Stimulating oils rather
than pastels. Apparently the medium is
yielding and responsive.
The majority of Mr.. Robinson's pictures
are of Dutch themes, and while they are
found characteristic, yet, curtously
enough, they have a Spanish flavor. They
have a richness. a warmth. daring,
typical of the art of Spain rather than
of that Of the Lowlands. And yet as
the Hollander is upon acquaintance found
to be less phlegnatic than is supposed, SO
these pictures of Dutch life are truer
than might be fancied. But even before
considering their veracity, attention
should be called to their decorative quail
ity. Whether or not Mr.. Robinson
paints pictorial subjects. he knows how
to compose charming color schemes. He
is not infallible; none Of his works are
better than others, but his painting is
strong, direct and intelligent few Of
his pictures have almost a poster erect
because Of their simplificatiOn and bold
manner of treatment, and all give the inn
preston of ease and rapidity in execu-
ton Those done in BRUCE are perhaps
the most attractive. though with them
vie the Dutch themes ghmpses of Velen-
dam, Of a mill by the Zuyder Zee and
OF Marker, Mennikendam, and, finally,
the coast. This exhibition will continue
until the end of next week.
-
THE static OF Gen. Lew Wallace.
Il (which hoe hes,n Y,lacad in the Can
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p dency OF a nation had been the
issue.
1t was test to decide who is the most
popular woman In the republic. and the
excitement mounted high during the bal
loting.
More than five hundred clubs figured in
polling ballots for the various candidates,
and the result was waited with the great
est interest.
Nine Curie, wife. of the discoverer OF
radium, came out of the contest the Win
ner with the great Sarah Bernhard. the
most notable OF living actresses. second.
The selection of Nine. Curie is a re-
markable demonstration of the close in
terest the French people take in science.
1t is hardly possible that In any other
country than France a woman whose life
has been devoted to science, who comes
but little into contact with the public and
who has not the youth and beauty that
are usually essential to getting public
adulation, could have pOlled more votes
than other opponents.
But Nine. Curie has been really the Idol
of the French public for many day,
ever since the death of her husband. who
gave up his life as a notable martyr to
science.
1t is we'll remembered that the Curies,
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ciety. business. politics. ere, tie warm
and colorful atmosphere that gives the
breath of life not only to this typical
pair of lovers. but also TO the general
matters of the colony itself. in it's final
historic aspect The period here set out
covers the triumphant struggle Of the peo-
pie for the independence of the courts and
for the liberty of the press against I'M
just and excessive exactions on the part
of the royal governors. The blend of ro-
nance and history in this tale is made In
fair proportions. with movement of
natural and consistent action illuminated
by pictures of a real and definite period
Out of these elements one gathers dis
tinct pleasure in this retellfng of a world
old. tale and in this reclothing of abstract
historic fact with the garment of vivid
acuality.
PAsSERS-BY. BY Anthony, Partridge,
author OF "The Kingdom of Earth"
etc. Illustrations by Will Foster.
Boston: Little Brown & Co.
A tale of consequences. this, whose
antecedent lies In the breaking up of a
band of thieves and gamblers by the
Paris police and their scattered fight to
London. the scene of the story itself. The
search for great treasure. supposed to
have been secured and carried off by
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good many years past more than two
thousand novels have been published
every year in the United States alone.
every one of this enormous number of
novels having it's regular quota of love
scenes.
Then. take the thousands upon
thousands OF novels that are being pub
lished In England every decade. all with
their love scenes: the novels that are
being published in immense numbers all
the time In France. Germany, Spain and
Italy. all containing love scenes. and
many of them translated into English,
and then take a pencil and pad and at
tempt to figure out just what chance a
novelist OF today has to write anything
even bordering upon the new and fresh
in connection with his love scenes
ut 10, in my opinion. absolutely inn
possible for a novelist. no matter of how
high q degree. to write anything new
along that line. II he attempts to get
away from the conventional or model love
scenes. why. his love scenes take on a
hard. poiishy. altogether too facile and
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Dragon Trees of Teneriffe.

From the Wide World Magazine
The dragon trees Of Teneriffe are really
a species of gigantic asparagus. one
tree. situated at Laguna. the ecclesiasti-
cal capital of the island. is said to be
several thousand years old.
The growth of these dragon trees Is
very slow, and they throw out no
branches until they have blossomed.
which seldom takes place before their
fifteenth year, and sometimes not until
their thirtieth.
The oldest dragon tree known in TIE
island was that at Orotava. which was
at least 5000 years old-some botanists
say 10000. II was about sixty feet high.
with a trunk forty-eiSht feet in cir
conference at the base. The ancient
Inhabitants OF the island, the Guanchos.
performed their religious rites in its hol
low trunk.
In 1867 the upper part of the tree was
broken off during a storm, and though
every effort was made to perserve the
remainder it gradually decayed and there
is now no trace of IL left.
The sap of the tree, a resinous sub
stance like dark treacle. is called drag
on's blood 1t becomes brittle and
crumbling when dry and is an article OF
commerce used I'm medicine There are
other kinds of dragon trees in different
parts of the world, but this particular
species is peculiar to the Canary and
Cape Verde Islands
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NE of the most
frequently h 9 a r d
criticisms of cur
rent felton," OBJ
served a novelist
who has written at
least two "best
Sellers" lis that
there is little or no
variety to the So
called love scenes.
"Novelists them
selves are of an
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itol by the state of Indiana, and was
unveiled Tuesday with appropriate cere-
mony, is attracting much attention. Gen.
Wallace was man of no little dfstinc-
ton, and the way in which Andrew
O'COnnor. the sculptor has chosen to
portray him is not usual. Wearing his
military uniform. but without hat or cap
the author of ben Hur' is represented
standing out of doors and In a strong
wind. The head and shoulders are
thrown back, the feet firmly placed, the
hands clenched as though in strong emo
ton. The impression of action is given
by the coat-skirt blowing in the wind
and of unconventiOnality by the some
what careless manner OF attire. several
buttons of the coat being unbuttoned.
one cuff turned up and one down. With
exception. declaring that Gen. Wallace
was punctilious in dress. that he should
not be hatless out Of doors, nor repre-
sented in so disheveled a condition. Crit
icism also is made of the fact that 1t is
as the army officer rather than the AL
thor that he is to be remembered it
being as the latter chiefly that he won
fame. All of which. however, has moth
it being taken for granted that in these
matters the sculptor was guided by those
who gave the commission.
There is reason for doubt, though.
Whetner or not II Is legitimate to let
the wind play quite so important q role
in a work of this character especially
as the statue must stand indoors-and
whether in his effort to secure vitality.
the sculptor has not trespassed tri1e
on the dramatic. Gen. Wallace's hands,
as Mr.. OConnor has modelled them. are
those Of laborer, characterize. but not
consistent with his face, and the tossing
coat tails. loose cuff and the like SAVIOR
bit of affectation. There Is however
no criticism to be made of the head of
the figure or of the spirit Of the work.
AS few Of the statues in the great
Hall Of Fame" this portrait possesses
definite personality and forces upon itself
attention. 1t is vital and convincing-a
living work.
A NEW art organization has been form
Z = ed in this city, known as the So
ciety Of the Applied Arts, which has for
its object education in practical art and
the developing and fostering of art APP
probation. In pursuance of this object
there has been formed, within the So
ciety, a large class for the study of de-
sign, and as the society grows other
classes will be added. The classes in
design and ceramics have been most for
tunate in securing as their instructor