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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-31
WE'D
A CHAUFFEUR
Miss Clara Stanley Shocks
PittsfieId Society by Choice
of Husband.
HAS LARGE FORTUNE

Pittsfeld, Mass, Oct. 31.-ATiss Clara
Stanley, sister of the noted electrical
engineer and inventor, William Stan
ley, will brave the displeasure of hel
fashionable friends by wedding hel
erstwhile chauffeur, Thomas Francis
Behan.
This displeasure, made manifest in
many ways when the attachment OF
the wealthy heiress for her chauffeur
first became known, more than a veal
ago, was more strongly evinced when
the young woman, early last spring
presented Behan with a high powered
six cylinder motorcar.
In spite Of the disapproval of hel
friends, Miss Stanley continued to &C
cept the attentions of the chauffeur
and the climax came when it was an
nounced that the couple were to be
married at the parsonage of the Cath
Ollie church of which Behan Is a com
municant.
Miss Stanley, by virtue of her per
sonality and the immense fortune left
her by her father, has been q leader
in local social circles. Her sisters an(
brother have opposed the match, bu
this seemed only to increase Miss Stan
ley's esteem for Behan.
Behan was born in Pittsfeld. He i
about thirty years old, six feet tall ant
weighs more than 200 pounds. MAJ
rIage licenses were taken out here an,
at Great Darlington, where Miss Star
ley's home is. Miss Stanley is thirty
seven years Did.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-31
TURNS GAS ON
ENDS 3 LIVES
Dsspairing Wife Kills Her.
self and Two Children
Deserted by Husband.
COUPLE HAD QUARRELED

New York, Oct. 31-Annie Davis O.
1890 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, was
found dead with her two little child
rem with the gas on, just as she had
told her husband that they would be
found Ii he did not come back to his
home and let all the past bury its
dead. Late Saturday night she had
begged Davis to return to her.
Ellis Davis OF 228 Schermerhorn
street, the husband, stood at the side
of the bed where lay his wife and two
children twined in one another's arms.
When those about him spoke he did
not hear them. The only thing that
reused him was when a friend read to
him the note hat had been clutched
In one hand of his wife. The simple
missiye ran:
Dear Ellis-Lizzie has the insurance
BOOKS. l am sorry, but this is the easiest
way out Of it. The children are asleeg
and won't know anything about 1t. I just
cant night any longer. The odds are all
against me. ANNIE.
The Dayises were married in Phila-
delphia eight years ago.. Two children
AHiot afO JCdiS Oiu, dnu LloiS, I'LL &c
were born. The family lived togeth-
er until two years ago., when the hus-
band says he found his wife and he
were Incompatible. So he went to
Boston. She supported herself by sew
Ing. AS long as she knew her husband
was In another city she seemed fairly
contented, even happy, in a poor little
fashion. She was able to keep up a
four room fiat for herself and the chill
dren, and there was always enough to
eat and clothes for the children.
But several months ago Davis re-
turned to Brooklyn and got employ
ment with a Manhattan contracting
learned he was here. Then all her
seeming content disappeared. She
wanted her husband back, she told her
friends. She wrote to him, and he
called upon her.
Some day, as the years go by" she
told him, II realize what is meant by
whom God hath joined together let no
man put asunder.' God has joined us.
1 have grown into you until you are as
much to me as my hand. l want YOU
Her husband recalled their old differ
ences.
THAT was all my fault" she said.
Put I think I've quarreled away all
the old differences"
But Davis couldn't or wouldn't real
ize that she meant all she said. He
called to see her often, though On
Saturday morning Mrs. Davis made
another appeal.
Il can't go on! l can't go onF' she
wept. God VIII forgive me. Either
you come home or l will kill myself
and my children"
No cause is known for the triple
tragedy Beyond the woman's brooding
over the separation. Mrs. Davis was
declared by neighbors to be deeply
interested in religion. An open Bible,
which had apparently slipped from her
hand as she succumbed to the fumes
of the gas, lay half opened upon the
floor by the bedside.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-31
Live Table I alk.

81 hope you will be interested In
yonder gentleman" said the hostess. i
have assigned him to take ycu out to
dinner"
81 shall be-" responded the lady adj
dressed. "That gentleman was for
merly my husband, and he's behind
with his alimony.7-Louisyille Courier
Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-31
LETTERS.


Mrs. Esbelli Wander Roest (spe-
cial), ]. o. Klein, Record, Mr.. Ras-
sumussen, Mrs. Edward e. Williams,
William Sullen, Hattie Waldreaon,
Mr.. & Mrs. Jensen, Mr.. & Mrs. Lar
sen, Christian Schultz, John G. Pc
tersen, Mr.. & Mrs. A. T. Price. J.
Percy Johnson, Mrs. Hansen CD,
Cosatti Ferdinda, Mrs. George Fa-
nees. Mr., w. Eckert, Mr.. Larson,
Kaposztas Anton, Mr.. Jens Soren-
sen, Mary South, P. Levin, Miss An
ma Crosier.
Foreign.
A. G. Hoffner, Hrynko Liber, ].
Gust Peterson, Misherel Lizkor,
Piotr Myeek, P. Levin, Gerengy JOS
zef, Wtadistaw Kedorawic, Michat
Kozab, Jwan Paknyszk, Mako SUI
potic, Syalo Istvan, Anna Rydasz,
FJan Manczmkoski, ARtoni Martyni-
ak, Wajciech Gadamski, Harnyak
Josef, George Belyanski, Antoni Do
brzanski, Laka Isvan, Abram Medi-
metz.
GEO. H, TICE, Postmaster.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-31

"Tryfng" becomes easy me pyo1
cao delegate most of 1t to the want
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-31
1t Often Is.

ST was in hopes when | married that
I could give my wife everything she
wanted"
"Well?''
81 didn't think her ~yearnfng capac-
ity would be so much greater than my
earning capacity."-Washington Her
aid.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
In Closed erritorY'

C. MeCln-s & Co. Chicago. Price si.T5.
manner that brings the reader in clos
est touch with the hunter and his sur
roundings.
Doctor Hornaday discusses most sug-
gestively the future OF big game
Among other things he says: Five
hundred years from now when North
America is worn out and wasted to a
skeleton of what it now is. the great
plateau region of East Africa, between
Cape Town and Lake Rudolph, will be
a mighty empire. teeming with a white
population. Giraffes and rhinoceroses
are now trampling over the sites Of
future cities and universities. Then
the game herds, outside of the pre-
serves, will exist only in memory and
in the pages OF such books as In Closed
Territory and IN other books by hunt
ers who shoot for themselves and write
for the pleasure of their friends"
The book is filled from cover to cover
with the best hunting stories which
have appeared in years. The authors
great experience and modest manner Of
telling convince one of their truth. The
book is a preliminary 10 what we may
expect when Colonel Roosevelt gets
home and settles down TO writing But
1t is hard TO believe that any viii oe
able TO write more entertainingly than
Mr Bronson.
The book is embellished by nearly
100 Illustrations from photographs by
the author. which add much 10 the in
terest Of the text
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27

Ey Edgar Beecber Bronson. Published by A.
TDGAR BEECHER BRONSON. author
OF In Closed Territory and the
"reminiscences Of Ranchman," is
a. writer OF absorbing interest and one
with 2 clear cut style. The secret Of
these qualities is that he was man Of
action before he was a writer, and saw
and felt all he describes before he tried
70 write about il Forty years ago he
went into the west in search of health
and fortune. He progressed from ten
derfoot 10 cowboy. from cowboy TO
ranch owner and from ranch owner to
banker. After writing the "reminiscences
OF those days he went into South Africa
and his present book is based upon his
experiences there. hunting big game in
closed territory south and west Of
NairObi, which Colonel Roosevelt has
also been exploring. Mr.. Bronson was
10 months on the trail and brought
home with him a magnificent collection
Of skins and heads.
The introduction to the book is writ
ten by DR.. ". T. Hornaday. the direc-
tor OF the New York geological park
Doctor Hornaday deplores the fact that
SO many hunters think the killing Of
game IS the sole end of hunting, and
lose sight OF the equal interest of the
plant life and the character Of the
country IN which the game lives and
which. indeed, IS responsible for the
character Of the game. He congratu
letee &r. Bronson upon the fact that in
his book the beauties and other aspects
OF African nature are portrayed in
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
The Faith Healer"

BY William Vaughn Moody author OF The
Great Divide" Published by the Macmillan
company New York. Price $l.25
The Faith Healer" the play by Will
liam Vaughn Moody. is just published
one scarcely wonders at the tremendous
success Of this play IN the eastern
states for il is a subject more and
more before the public every day. This
play is a few days episode in the life
OF the healer. He has prepared himself
for years by prayer and study and has
been waiting for a sign that the time
has come when he may demonstrate his
power. Just as he finds himself sue
cessful he also finds love. and thinks
that that will take away his powers A
vision comes TO him. which proves that
he was wrong. He says; Il had thought
love denied TO such as had my work to
do. and in the darkness OF that thought
disaster overwhelmed me. ] have come
10 know that God does not deny love
10 any of his children, but gives IL as
. beautiful and simple gift TO them
all"
The lines are not particularly clever.
but the story told viii interest many
readers. The greatest defect is its lack
OF humor. II is too monotonous- The
Great Divide" was a Tar stronger play
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
"Maida's Little Shop"

BY Inez Haynes Gilmore. Published by B. W.
Huebsch, New York. Price $1.25.
The overdrawn and fantastic novel
which appeared a couple of years ago
did not prepare the public for this
charming book. Mrs. Gilmore has re-
deemed herself She has shaken off the
influence of Gelett Burgess. All that
was worst in his writing was found
in her work and nothing of his clever
ness. This is a childs story, but the
mothers who read it aloud to the chill
dren will enjoy it quite as much as do
the youngsters. Mazda is convincing
little girl with a very sweet DISPOSE
tion. She is delicate when we first
know her and her fragility wins much
sympathy. AS her character is devel-
oped by the author we get TO love her
just because she is Mazda and not be-
cause she has been in need of sym
pathy.
MAZDA is born with a golden spoon
in her mouth and has her every wish
gratihed. The greatest in the world,
however, to keep a store. You must
read the book TO find out how that
came about The recital of the little
girls adventures. her difficulties, her
joys and sorrows is so graphic that II
is difficult TO believe IT is all q story.
The other characters in the tale are
of interest, too. Billy Potter is fine
he has such true, sympathetic under
standing of the childish heart. Mazda
is at last quite well and happy and at
the end of the book is going off to
Europe. She will come back. we can
be quite sure. Mrs. Gilmore must tell
us more about her. One of the best
chfldrens books of the season.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
New Books Briefly Noted

The green and white and gold cover
of The Book of Easter" is full OF
suringtime suggestion. and its contents
carry out the idea. All of the many Sc
lections are concerned with the spring;
some of the Easter season from the
religious standpoint. some from the nat
ural. The customs and beliefs connect
ed with this new life idea are all set
forth in the various articles. These
contributions are from every possible
source-from the bible to Robert Her
rick, from the Brownings TO Charles G.
d. Roberts, from Hans Andersen to
Thomas Hardy. There are many illus
trations, some reproductions of famous
pictures and some decorative drawings
of George Wharton Edwards Bishop
William Crosswell Doane writes an ex-
planatory Introduction which is inter-
esting in itself. The book is timely and
attractive tThe Macmillan company
New York. s1-e5.)
DIR. Horatio w. Dresser. author Of
The Power of Silence" and "A Physi-
clan to the Soul has found so many
friends for his books that he has been
encouraged to collect more essays and
letters on his favorite topic and present
them to the public. "A Message TO the
Weir is the title of his newest book.
and its practical quality will appeal
strongly to all readers. He says that
this book belongs with the two already
mentioned and Health and the Inner
Life and "A Book of Secrets" all of
which outline general practical faith
in relation 10 health. They will be
found of great help to those who are
interested in the new thought ideas.
&c. p. Putnam's Sons. New York. s1.25.)
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
"An AdmiraI's Log"
BY Robley d. Evans. P
ton & On New York z

BY Robley ID. Evans. Published by D. Apple
ton Co.. New York and London. Price 81.
An Admirars Log" is the title of
the second book by Rear Admiral Rob-
ley D. Evans and is a continuation Of
his recoiiections of naval life. The frs
one, "A Sailors Log" appeared few
years ago and the interest in ii was
aot confined TO friends and publishers.
The book was a great success. receiv-
ing hearty praise everywhere. This
Oook takes up the authors life after
the Spanish war and continues to the
date of his retirement from active
service al the age of g.
While the portion of the book telling
Of the great trip from Hampton roads
to San Francisco is OF the greatest in
l-rest. we have had that told by several
others before, and the newspapers at
the time gave ali details. The account
OF every experience through which the
author passed is marked by extreme
nodesty. His style is simple and direct
His information is not burdened with
technicalities which would bore the
lsyman in reading
Admiral Evans life has been one long
romance and he retired full of years
and honor. The book is illustrated with
a number of interesting photographs
of people and places and many of the
author himself. The book takes its
pace in the historical literature of the
country
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
From the Bottom Up"

Doubleday

lay, Page & Co., New York. Price 81. 80.
der opposition and are retarded only
by unfaithful friends. I caught the
spirit. then studied the forms. I got
tired of doing out aims. 1t became
degrading to me to take them from the
rich or to give them TO the poor. Aims
giving deludes the one AMI demoraIizes
the other. had distributed the
crumbs that fell from rich mems tables
until my soul became sick. 1 expected
Lazarus, the legion, to be grateful. I
expected him 10 become pious, 70 at
tend church, to number himself with
the saved. and he didn't Almsgiving
not only degrades the recipient, but the
medium also. ."
Reflections like these drove the
author to serious study Of the great
problem of living. He says: MY So
cialism is the outcome of my desire to
make real the dream I have dreamed
OF God 1t came 10 me, not through
Marx or Lassalle, but by the way OF
Moses and Jesus. The
early socialists met their worst OppOsi-
tion in a corrupt church and their
writings were colOred BY the conflict.
We are asked 10 stand sponsor for all
they said. One might as well charge
twentieth century Christians with the
horrors Of the inquisitiOnr'
Here is the first writer on the sub
Ject who, while frankly believing in
the great principle of socialism does
not hesitate to say common sense must
be used in handling the subject He
says the methods OF accomplishment
are not what they might have been
centuries ago:
The remedy is not revolution in the
historic sense; ii is not cataelysm; il
mas no room for hatred Its method is
revolutionary: its watchword is soli-
darfty; its hope is regeneration"
The book is interesting throughout
and a remarkable exhibition of the
possible rewards OF ambition and
labor.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
''Lost Face"

By Jack London. Published By the Macmillan
company. New York. Price 81 so.
The newest Jack London book is a
collection Of seven short stories OF the
far north. that country where Jack
London Is more at home than In civili-
zation. The first one. from which the
book takes its name, is q strong tale
and tells how Pole. Subienkow. after
q life OF nothing but savagery. is at
last made prisoner by q band OF Nulato
Indians, who intend to torture him 10
death. Big Ivan. his companion, is al
most dead and his sufferings have been
terrible. The sound OF Ivan's screams
and groans from each attack OF fiend-
fish barbarity IS more than Subienkow
can endure, but by a great effort OF viii
he controls his hysteria and sets his
wits 70 work The description OF how
he outwits Makamuk. the head Of the
brought to its logical climax as only
London can DO It There is a tragic
sort OF humor in the tale, only Subien-
kow doesn't quite appreciate it as we
DO
There is near tragedy in the tale en-
titled Trust" too, though its successful
ending leaves the reader in a happier
frame OF MIND tnan aIler the other
story The description OF the young
trustees race down the river and over
Chilcoot to stop the boat is narrowing,
but ones blood surges in admiration of
the indomitable pluck OF the young
man IN overcoming almost insurmount-
able obstacles
The stories show the authors steady
Improvement in style Many OF the
crudities OF his earlier writings have
disappeared but none of his force and
s1EOr.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27

By Alexander Irvine. Published Dy Double
What reads like a very human docu-
ment is a unique autobiography enti-
tied From the Bottom Up" 1t is
written by Alexander Irvine. now LAY
minister" of the Church of the Ascen-
sion in New York city. The book is
the story of his life and the author has
succeeded in making every page inter
esting.
He was born of poor Irish parents.
his father being a shoe maker. Each
of his brothers and sisters had. there
fore. TO go out into the world and work
as soon as they were able. There was
little time or inclination in Ireland.
among that class of people. to acquire
an education, and only the great nat
ural force of character possessed by
Irvine made him ambitious TO succeed.
He worked constantly and has been
ditch digger. soldier, miner. socialist
and preacher. Always he has spent
every spare moment in study and
forced himself to the top.
This book might well be placed with
the suppieme entary reading in a study
of socialism 1t is a picture of life
from the side OF the laborer, but OF an
honest and willing laborer. not the
lazy. shiftless one always ready TO cry
Down with aristoeracy," The author
says that the facts and experiences of
life led him TO socialism and in the last
chapter of the book, My Socialism, Ny
Religion and My Home" he expresses his
whole belief and las ambitions In the
simplest of language he tells his story
and that chapter alone, the result of
his life's experience. is a lesson. He
says:
Socialism is passion for the regen-
GRAFTON OF society: il is state Of
mind, a point of view. The religion of
the peasant Savior and the movement
for Industrial democracy expand as
they are understood Roth thri,.e
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
Books Received

Stories Of American Discoveries for Little
Americans" by Rose Lucia. American book
company New York.
The Story Of the American Merchant Ma
rine.' by John r. Spears The Macmillan COM
psny. New York
agriculture for Schools or the Pacific slope.
by Hflgard and Osterhout. The Macmillan com
pany, New York
'.Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors By
Maria =. Cosenzer- The University OF Chicago
press. Chicago
The Cooked Up Peary- Odd-IcaI Dictionary"
By Paul R. Dash John ". Luce & Co.. Boston.
From the Cup OF silence" by Helen Hunt
ingtou- g. P Putnam's Sons. New York
The Gist OF Nietzsche'' by Henry l.
Mencken- John ". Luce & Co, Boston
The Fascinating Mrs HaIton.'' by T. T. Ben
son. Doubleday, Page & Co.. New York
.'The Soul Of Man Bnder Socialism By Oscar
Wilde John W. Luce & Co.. Boston.
The Beauty By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. The
Bobbs-Merrill company. Indianapolis
I'm Unfamiliar England by Thomas D. Mur-
ply l. C. Page & Co. Boston
Many Gods, by Gale Young Rice Double
day. Page Co.. New York
lover the Qulcksands.'' by Anna Chaplin Ray.
Little. Brown 4 Co. Boston.
a Married Priest" by Albert Houtin. Sher-
man. French 4 Co. Boston
..Pepita Jimenez" hy Juan Valera Ama<iesn
book company. New sYork-
students standard Dictionary" Funk q
Wagnalls, New York
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
''The Danger Trail"

BY James Oliver Curweod. author of The
Courage OF Captain Plum etc. Published
by the Bobbs- Merrill company. Indianapolis
rrice sl.5e.
John Howland little thinks he is to
be the hero OF romance and adventure
when he starts for LIE Pas TO take
charge of the building of the Hudson
bay railroad. He is only filled with a
great satisfaction at the thought of
promotion and success. for he is en-
tirely a self-made man, having started
in life as a little ragamuffin selling
papers in the streets of Chicago He
has always had a tremendous ambition
and with il possesses the dogged per-
sistence necessary for success.
He arrives at Prince Albert. where
he must rest over night, starting by
sled and handcar for his destination
the next morning. During the evening,
to pass an idle hour, he wanders out
TO the street and catches glimpse of
a very beautiful girl Before he can
do more than engrave her face upon
his memory she is gone and ne idly
walks to A teahouse near by for a cup
OF tea The house is of questionable
character, he discovers. hut just as his
tea arrives the same beautiful girl
comes in and also orders tea She shows
him plainly that she would like to have
him join her. and when he goes 10 her
table and speaks he is astounded TO
have her write that she can hear him
bet is a mute She further confesses
that she is In trouble and begs for his
help More than ordinary chivalry
prompts Howland to go with her, and
they take a trait leading out OF town.
When but a short distance out he is
set upon from ambush and injured. but
is carried back to his rough hotel by
a halfbreed who has seen him there
earlier in the evening
This is the beginning OF wild and
mysterious chain of adventures which
would have discouraged most men, but
Rowland is decidedly out of the ordi-
nary, and the more obstacles he encoun-
ters the more determined he is 10 sue
ceed.
The secret of the opposition to him
is kept up TO the last moment and is
very cIeverly handled. One reads on
to the end with breathless excitement,
feeling that the author knows MS
ground and has his plot well IN hand
from the very first. The story Is all OF
the great out of doors. Primitive ma
t,lre and primitive people are the stage
and characters, but all breathing life
Mr. curwood shares the honors easily
with Rex Beach and other novelists
who have pictured the frozen north.
He knows the forest ISOLATION and the
white immensities as though he were
one of the wild people of whom he
writes. 1t is a vivid and strong pic
ture of the north.