Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05

graph; in the invention of the mar
Velous explosive that reduces to atoms
any substance to which II Is applied
she has impaired to her work that pc
culiar appeal which only the highly
modern touch gives. One may say Of
II that it Is up to the minute in time
illness.
Whatever view one may hold of the
orient, whichever side ones sympathies
were on In the Russo-Japanese war.
we all must agree that brave, bios
SONY little Japan is a country OF ex-
traordlnary interest and extraordinary
charm. 1t Is so gay; 1t is so brightly
set. softly colored: Its kimono- clad wo-
men are so demurely fascinating, its
men. women and children alike are so
splendidly, recklessly patriotic. that to
Japan must be accorded a unique place
In the worlds picture story
books. 1t and Its people are 80 dainti-
ly diminulve. 1t Is the kingdom of
slender swords"
OF all this charm and beauty the au
thor. whose husband Is attached to the
American embassy at Tokyo. writes
evidently from a full heart. She has
Inhaled the fragrance of the lotos flow-
er, and is content to remain in lotos-
land So broadly inclusive. so intel
ligent, so discriminating and so graphic
are the pictures that she has drawn
that one feels the book may easily find
large numbers of readers for it's scenic
descriptions and It's general informa-
tive quality.
But eXcellently done as the story Is
from this important point of view, 1t
is still first and foremost a story. 1t
is story of love, of endeavor. of sac
rlflce. OF triumph. Barbara Randolph,
from Virginia, is the leading lady. but
little Haru, her maid, whose name
means spring, who wears a butterfly In
her hair. speaks with delightful
quaintness. and lives in the street
Prayer the Gods" Is the heroine.
In her silent DEVOTION her humiliation,
her final abnegation, we see exemplifl-
ed the wonderful reverence for coun-
try that is to be seen nowhere else in
the world. The plot is big, and il
move logically through a succession
OF situations of close dramatic
sequence and of high emotional
quality. 1t is of international breadth,
altogether brilliant performance, des-
tined, we should say, to q success eX-
ceedlng those household words for
popularity, Hearts Courageous and
Satan Sanderson. -Bobbs- Merrill COM
Dany,
Thomas A. Janvler began tthe coll
| lection of Mexican folklore for his
/ Nolulle, LeSeIluS Oh tne Clly N1eNlCo,
| which has just been announced by the
| Harpers. In Monterey. 25 ye; rs ago. Mr
| Janviers informants were the common
| people, for the author while crediting
| with appreciation the versions of the
| Spanish poets and historians. believes
that those most interesting and valu-
| able are current among the common
! people, who made them in the be-
| ginning. Mr. Janvier has made in his
| introduction a full-hearted expression
| OF thanks to these humber folk who
| THUS talked TO hIm-to Josefa, laun-
dress; to Cano. a waiter at the hotel
| to Cano eSpecially-and to various
others. many of them women, Who be-
| came Mr.. Jnnvier'S friends In his serv-
Ice. The legends tell OF such supersti-
tions as demons, house charms. spirits
the evil eye. the unlucloy day; and they
run along, abrupt inconsequent. their
many contradictions and repetltlons
and their Naturally. Senior. ."-"And
so II was. Senor' preserving the full
| flavor of the race