Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-08

that Mr.. Roosevelt has had to nsse.
uurlng ms European tour he has found
Time thoroughly to read and revise the
proofs OF his forthcoming volume about
MS African trip. There will be in this
Voiume considerable material which
mas not appeared in its magazine form.
IL VIII contain in all fifteen cha piers
u4o,0O0 words.) There are, in addition.
nVe appendices on such interesting
topics as Protective Celebration in An
imals. The Pigskin Library" THE
Habits of Small Mammals" and illus
tratlons especially chosen from the
great number of photographs taken by
Kermit Roosevelt and the other mem
bers OF the expedition. together with
eight drawings made after the authors
suggestions from authentic material.
This volume, which will be published
by The ScribnerS in August, will be a
handsome large octave of about 500
pages.
Englishmen's fear of a German in
vasion seems to account for the eager
ness with which Gen. Homer Lea's
new book, The Valor of Ignorance" is
being read in London. Harper e Bro
theirs announce that for the third time
they are making large shipment of
this work to England. In Canada 1.-THE
Valor of Ignorance" has caused even
more interest. because the possible ia
panese invasion of North America is a
very real problem to Canadians. For
the most part they agree with General
Lea that the United States, notwith-
standing it's claim of suzerainty over
practically the whole of the Western
Hemisphere, with the exception OF
Canada, is unprepared for war; that
war between the United States and
Japan is inevitable; and should such
a war take place the United States will
lose her Pacific Coast States.
George Schock has put in the pages
of her new novel, Hearts Contend
ing" many glimpses of the quaint life
of the Pennsylvania Germans. Both
pathetic and humorous was Ash We'd
nesday in the Heiligthal-"On that day
every house was cleaned from top to
bottom. and the dust burned: every
garden was covered with ashes. which
remained until the spring rains washed
them into the ground; every COW was
sprinkled with ashes, like a mourner
in the Old Testament, and their long
contemplated faces, thus oddly topped,
stared out of barn-doOrs and over barn
yard fences"
The July Century" will reproduce
in color Allyn Williams miniature por-
trait on ivory of his late majesty. King
Edward VII, painted for the city OF
London's public art gallery. 1t is in
teresting to know that the revival OF
miniatdr painting in our time. after
| a lapse of nearly century. virtually
| dates from the year 1898. when Allyn
Williams joined in founding the So
ciety for Miniature Painters in London.
| Ir 1895 was held in London the first ex-
hihition Of miniature paintings by nv
| ing artists. Ten years later the late
King Edward VII. to show MS inter-
est and appreciation. raised the organ
| ization to a Royal Society"
The controversy about including the
w0nd "obey" in the marriage VOW Is
probably as old as the marriage cere-
mony itself When Marion Harland's
nar.nts were married in 1925 Gas she
tells us in he autobiography the
bride had "laughingly threatened that
she would not promise to obey, ana
that a scene would follow the use of
the obnoxious word in the marriage
service. The Young divine. with this IN
| mind. or in fit Of abs ant- mindedness
or of stage-fright, actually biundereu
out. love, honor-and obey, in all
ching consistent" The costumes
| worn on this occasion were haroiy as
modern as the unfortunate amendment
1.-THE bride wore q soft sheer Ihuaati
muslin, a veil falling to the hem OF the
gown, ard white brocade slippers EN-
hroidered with faint blue mowers Inc
brideeroom's suit was OF hne plue cioth
with real silver buttons. His feet were
clad in white stockings and low SHOES
with wrought silved buckles. me
atmosphere of old rose and lavender
which this scene suggests per'aoes
| Marion Harland's Auto-plosraPny'
| which is a reflection of her period as
| well as herself.
Th old dictum, early to bed ana
| .or,y IN rise" is declared to be obsoles-
cont particularly for city dweilers' III
tho new book 1.-The Science OF Happi-
ness" 1ust published by the Harpers'
.,rhare are as many hours from tWeiVe
70 eight as from ten to six, ana "niie
the earlier set has some inhereht au ,
yantages. it has not been demonstrated
that the latter set is incapaple OF ooihs
the same work and doing 1t just as
well as if put to the test" The anthof'
DR. Henry Smith Williams. conclndes;
For persons living under the ordinary
| conditions of city life. l make boin 10
| affirm that the later series is petter
one than the earlier.
The effort to identify the author o,
| .The Inner Shrine" and me "i''
| olive" with this or that wen -hfo"n
writer still continues. though 'nte'iai
! evidence remains the best clue. IL man
ner rather than stNle be taken as u,''.
criterion the following passage IN ne
wild olive" would almost CONVEX VII
liam Dean Howefls. A lawyer is es,
nla,n;ne to a woman how he secured
the story of murder from the whe OF
the murderer. who has died. But y
she had no hand in the crime, says
T. the woman, II don't see where the re-
- ...,os II, The LAWYER replies: