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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-14
Finest Business Street in
South to be made Magnifi-
cent Avenue.
YES!
MAYOR STATON-YEs!
ALDERMAN SHEPHERD-YES!
ALDERMAN MORRIS-YES-
ALDERMAN RECTOR-YES!
ALDERMAN PACE-YES!
ALDERMAN GRIFFITH-YES
ALDERMAN STEPP-YES!

"Do you favor Improvement OF
Main street and Anderson Avenue
by means of asphalt or some other
modern pavement?"
This question was fred at the dii-
ferent city aldermen by a Daily
Herald imam. Without blinking an
eye they all expressed perfect will
Gngness to go on record as adyocat-
ing the immediate Improvement Of
Hendersonville's magnificent bust
ness thoroughfare-already the finest
street in the South and when It's
put in proper condition to be one of
the finest in the whole world!
This will be the second greatest
public Improvement ever made in
He~ndersonville.
The superb concrete sidewalks
were the greatest. The memory of
the old rock strewn walks with the
pig tail in it's centre where folks
walked to avoid the sharp p.inted
pebbles. is still fresh in the memory
of everybody most.
Also is that memorable fight which
followed the putting down of the
concrete fresh in the memory OF
everybody most.
The remarkable progress of Hen
dersonville in civic growth and civic
pride is strikingly DEMONSTRATED in
the fact that it will be possible tC
pave Main street without first going
to the United States Supreme Court
for authority to make the greatly
needed improvement.
A few years ago this would mo-
have been possible but things art
some different today, thank you
mann
1t is very possible that a construc
ton company will do the work anC
take the notes of the city in payment
A representative of a responsible,
concern will be here this week, whel
it is hoped to close some satisfac
tory arrangement along that line.
In that case, it is said the work o
paving Main and Anderson will
commence at an early date and vii
follow the laying of the street ca
rails
~ SNAOSC S0A COMPANY VII PoN
the space within its tracks and 70
a distance of eighteen inches o
either side.
1t requires no poets imaginatio
to conjure up a picture of Hender
sonville's superb business street wit
its surface asphalted.
One hundred feet wide, level an
straight as an arrow, thanked o
either side with t~wenty-foot concret
walks, with as substantial bushes
blocks as may be found anywhere i
a city of five thousand. Main stree
is a thoroughfare of magnificent pro
portions, needing but a suitable pave
ment to make it compare with Wash
ington's famous Pennsylvania Ave
nue. or Berlin's beautiful Unter-de
Iinten.
The street will be easily an
economically kept clean. It wi
add to Hendersonville's reputation i
every way-for progressiveness, fo
public spirit, for a realizing sens
of the value of civic beauty. 1t wi
make the town famous-for certainl
no where in the South will there b
any business street to compare wit
It.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-14
CARD OF THANKS

The family wish to thank their
many friends for the numerous acts
of loving kindness and sympathy in
The recent illness and death of their
sister Mrs 6 M Boone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
A NApOLEONIC EPISODE.
THE CROSS OF HONOUR, BY Mary
Openshaw. limo, PIP. $40. Boston,
Small. Maynard & Co

THE CROSS OF HONOUR. BY Mary
OpepshaW 12mo, PIP. 3p. bostoh'
Small. Maynard & Co
The romance Of Maria WaleWska
furnishes the main interest Of this story
which Is historical fiction Of an older
fashion. reminding the reader here and
there Of the sentimental romanticism
of Louise Muhlbach. Napoleon Is, OF
course, much to the fore. In fact. we see
him in the first chapter at Notre Dame,
attending the religious service on the
eve Of the Russian campaign. For good
measure there is q complicated intrigue,
in which a French priest figures with
lad whom he claims to be the Dauphln'
Youth of shattered nerves, utterly unit,
as he himself knows. for the role when
his guardian would have him play.
There are conspiracies against the En-
ueror's life, skirmishes and the great
hone of Poland, the hope Of It's indie
pendence restored by French arms the
hone that Maria Walewska shared. It is
all handily put together. but the result
Is sentimental rather than historical.
The episode is not linked closely to that
series of almost incredible events which
formed the Napoleonic era. The reader
has To contribute more knowledge OF
history to the reading Of the tale than
the author imparts.
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FICTION.

MASTER CgRIsIoPH daS ci b. Mrs H 1smo
PIP 4O7 (E. p. Dutton & Coz
The story OF wealthy young English
man OF the middle class heir to coun-
try estate. who Is regarded by his neigh,
bors more or less as an inter!oper ana
who Is ostracized by them.
THoRPE's WAY. BY Morley Roberts. l2mo.
PIP. 314 CThe Century Company
At formal dinner party Thorpe pro-
poses TO girl whom ne has JUST met tor
the, FIRST time; HIS ideas and opinions Ions
her up in her room and forbid the bans:
The story tells how she Is rescued and
how Tho young couple outwit her rela-
tlves.
CAPTAIN BLACK. A Romance Of the
Namelsss Ship BY Max Pemberton.
i2mo pp. ~, S27 (The George II. Doran
Company
fret person by Mark Strong. unwilling
guest aboard the Nameless Ship with
Black the pirate.
OTHER LAWS. BY John Parkinson 12mo.
PIP 81. (The John Lane Company
An African explorer on a holiday in
England meets and falls In love with a
Girl. but returns TO the wilds without pro-
s1s to 9e ana @'S Sh rsPG S 81 ns
To his own country, to declare his love,
1t Is to find that Caroline is married.
TWO APAcHES OF PARIS AIRS by BY Alice AM and
William Hickey 6 Coz
THE PRICE by Gertie DE S. Wentworth
James. l2mo, pp. 3i2. (Mitchell Ken
nerley)
on he eve OF the fulAlment OF her
social ambitions Geraldine Enniscourt Is
confronted by "A woman who says she 10
Enniscourt's first wife. long believed TO
he dead. To avoid a scandal she brides
her informant TO keep silence. Mean
while she falls In love with an aviator.
leon Crowley, and discovers that she has
been the victim OF an impostor and IL
EnnisrnGrl's legal WHO.
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ELIGlOUS.

TWO RESPONSIVE SERVICES. In ne
form and spirit OF the Litany and the
Ten Commandments: For use IN families
schools and churches. With com
mentary. BY stanton Colt, Phi. D. 12mo,
I'D. Ii5 (London: Tho West London
Ethical Society,"
PIONEER PRIESTS OF NORTH AMERtcA'
J. Volume III. Among the Algon-
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THE NEW sCHAFF- HERZoG ENCYSLo-
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Edited by Samuel Macauley Jackson, d. d,
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Clarence Augustus Beckwith, D. D.;
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Xxx 423. (Cneres ScriOners sons
A volume belonging 10 The 1nterna-
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THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. An In
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~ Charles Herbermann, Phi. D, IL. p,
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MISCELLANY OUS.

BOOKS AND HOW TO MAKE THE MOST
OF THEM: BY James Hosmsr Psnnlrnsn.
12mo DID. 20. Syracuse: c. ". Bsrdesn.)
Chapters on what to read and how to
use books, tho classification OF them and
their care. and cultivating the memory.
NATIONAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE
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Der Manufacturer Association: syo, pp.
2Ts Tacoma: National Lumber Manu-
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Papers on workmen's compensation,
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Indian LANGUAGES OF ~ NE |XEIa o up
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washington: Government Printing Ofice)
The foregoing volumes represent. re.
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Smithsonian Institution Bureau OF Amer
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Treating Of climbing plants for nower.
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TRAVEL

THE CRUISE OF THE SHARK. By JACK
London. Illustrated. svo Pr XIV St'.
THE Macmillan company a.,
Records OF two-year cruise IN . -.
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THE LAND AND THE BOOK. Or Biblieai,
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Customs. the Scenes and Scenery q tne
HOLY Land By ". NJ. Thomson. n. y.
With numerous Illustrations aud MAPS.
svo. pp Kill. 6l4. (Harper & ErosD
Illustrating the ancient customs o. tbs
people OF the East and the scenes ana
places mentioned in the Bible The book
is designed FOR the general reader rather
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OLD INDIAN TRAILS. Incidents OF Camp
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A Journalists travels through Bokhare,
Askabad, Khiva and Samarkand. descrio'
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THE VOYAGE OF THE WHY NoT2' IN
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ILLUSTRATIONS frOm pnotostdpnS 7NVs "
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The diary OF the expedition % the
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A survey Of tho country and OF It's IN
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the past 10 the present day. OF Its people
and their customs with descriptions or
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InSn
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BIOGRAPHY.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED AI !S
TIN, Poet Laureate 1s35-l9lO, Win
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Pecollections Of his childhood and early
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into politics and law and his ADOPTION
OF journalism and literature Including
letters from Matthew Arnold, Cardinal
Newman, Anthony Trollope Lord Lytton
and others, with numerous anecdotes OF
well known people.
THE LIFE OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS. presi-
dent of the ROYAL Society. With some
notices of his friends and contemporaries.
By Edward Smith. F. X. Il 3 Win a
phoiogravure front.spiece and sixteen
other Illustrations SVo, PIP. XVI ofo'
(The John Lane Company
An account OF his travels with Captain
Cook his interest in natural science ana
his presidency OF the Royal Society Tor a
period Of forty years.
MY LIFE BY Richard Wagner. Authorized
translation from the German. In TWO
volumes. With frortispieces svo' PIP
$40 Y, 47s. CDodd, Mead s. Coz
The story OF the life Of the composer.
ais musical development, his Journalistic
work, the production OF his various com
positions his travels in England and on
the Continent and his meetings Win
Mendessohn, List, Schumann and most
Of the prominent people OF his time.
TOM T. JOHNSON, Mayor Of Cleveland.
BY Carl IorenZ. Illustrated. limo. PIP.
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A record OF his public career and his
fight against street railway monopoly.
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A WOMAN OF FORTY.

THE SECRET BOOK. BY George
Wemyss Frontispiece by Clinton Bal
mer 12mo PIP 1856 The Sturgis q wal
ton Company.
good idea does not, unfortunately.
always yield good story. Mr.. Wemyss
had happy thought when he invented
the strictly anonymous, intensely intro
spective and revelatory diary Of an I'M
married woman Of forty and caused 1t TO
fall into the hands Of man who, inter-
ested by it's condolences, set about find
ing it's author. So far, so good, but in
the sequel the story fails to realize the
expectations Of the reader. Fictionai
feminine psychology is a flexible sub
iect. allowing Of an almost infinite va
riety Of treatment. The woman of forty
is lin the air" in European literature,
though with us the immature heroine
NAV we'll continue to rule for some time
longer The woman depicted here Is
understandable, and even recognizable,
but not compelling. Moreover when the
author resorts to an abduction in Italy
to bring about a happy ending he mixes
his genres in a way that is decidedly In
artistic.
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Vachell. 12mo, PIP. SS4. The George H.
Doran Company.
The love and the politics are bout
equally mixed in the adventures OF
John Vernley," the politics being Eng
llsh, of course, and minutely up to date
in their scope and purpose, all the social
and economic problems that now occupy
the attention of the two parties In Great
Britain being involved in the plot The
hero is the not unfamiliar poor young
man, secretary to a high official, who Is
induced to stand for Parliament. His
apparent supporter Is boyhood friend.
the owner of many periodicals, unscru-
pulous, successful, somewhat of
bounder and a plotter of a Machiavel-
liam cast. Between these two stands
love. The story is ably worked out in
all its details, for Mr.. Vachell is a
trained writer, but 1t appeals to curiosity
rather than TO interest, it is a matter
of plot rather than of sentiment. The
girl is a pawn in the larger game OF
trickery aid betrayal. whose end is
mingling Of victory and defeat for both
protagonists. If all be fair in love and
war all must be fair In these modern
days in love and politics. This has been
proved time and again in our own re-
cent fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01

YELLOWSTONE NIGHTS. BY Herber,
Quick. 12mo. pp. Si5. The Bobbs-Mer.
rill Company.
Mr.. Quick has strung together collec-
ton Of short stories after a tradition as
old az that OF the Canterbury Pilgrims.
They are eight in the party touring yell
lowstone Park, including the driver,
whose name is Aconite Driscol and the
Hired Man, who has played many parts
in life. Then there are a minor poet. an
artist, bridal couple. a near-sighted,
unsophisticated professor and a colonel.
Each night In camp they draw lots, and
the stories begin. They are Of cattle
ranches and lost mines, OF frenzied fnan-
ciering Indian fighting and many other
TOPICS, not 10 forget the brides tale,
which is of the wooing OF the million
aires daughter by the energetic but PEN
niless young college man employed In his
factory. and which turns out TO be her
own story, as seen in the glamour Of the
honeymoon. The tales are magazine
fiction of acceptable quality. varying in
interest, but sufficiently entertaining TO
make the book It handy one Ia have
around for desultory reading at odd idle
moments.
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LITERARY ,NesOS and Criticism

When you descend from flight SO
far as II is possible to analyze ones 1eei-
ings, there Is a distinct sensation OF PrIue
"a sensation of having accomplished some
thing that man might we'll be PROUD OF.
This IS doubtless, feeling brought ABOUT
through the fact that when you are ny
ing you have an instructive reahLa'i ~
that YOU are achieving something that IN
ventors have striven In VAN 70 acI s ,on re
so many generations The sense OF power
comes, too, from the exh!larating teenhg
you obtain from the smooth thrust Iol
ward of your motor and the KnoWieuSe
that YOU are completely in control or inc
aeroplane II is very fine sensation, IN
deed that comes to you when, at the very
slightest movement OF your controinns
lever, YOU feel the aeroplane respond WIFI
out an instant's hesitation.
This is in reality not description OF
the fascination of flying. but of the de-
light of the expert at his mastery in al
most any sport and IN many occupations
The common law of England and the
United States Mr.. Kaempfert believes,
will be found flexible enough to adapt
itself to the new points which aviation
will raise On the Continent, on the
other hand, jurists have already given
consideration to such questions as the
nationality Of child born on an air
craft, salvage, trespass. etc. So far as
damages for trespass are concerned, 1t Is
curious to learn that III New York
case, tried in 1922, damages We're
awarded against a balloonist, not only
for the havoc created by his balloon, but
also for the indirect damages done to
the compliments grounds by curious
strangers-themselves trespassers, by the
Uav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
REZONVILLE
A Study in the Philosophy OF
Defeat.

Paris, June 70.
The fifth volume of the historical work.
lie Marechal Canrobert, Souvenirs dun
Steele" by NJ. German Bapst Is issued
this week by Plon. 1t describes by the
light of the private notes and recoilec-
tions of the late Marshal Canrobert the
events I'm and around Metz from August
IA to Ii. 1870. NJ. Bapst is absolutely
impartial He has remarkable talent IN
setting forth his facts clearly, so that
each act In the military drama has It's
exact value. In short, NJ. Bapst has ac-
complished for the battle of Rezonville
what Henry Houssaye did for the battle
OF Waterloo.
Had Bazaine been killed the command
of the army would have devolved upon
Canrobert. The qualities and faults of
Bazaine. who on that critical day held In
his hands the destiny Of France. are
given In strong lines. According to Mar
shall Canrobert and NJ. Bapst 1t was
simply Bazaine's incapacity, and not
treason, that caused the terrific misuse
of the army under his orders. Bazaine
was unquestionably brave soldier, but
ignorant, narrow minded. shiftless and
completely unfit for a high command.
He galloped about on the firing line, ex-
posing himself recklessly, and wasted
his time directing the fire Of battalion
of rifemen. He was utterly ignorant of
the enemies movements, and on the fatal
10Th Of August he supposed that over
two hundred thousand troops were in
front OF him, whereas in truth 1t was
less than forty thousand Prussians that
held in check Bazaine's entire army of
over one hundred and sixty thousand
men.
1t was at this moment that Canrobert
urged Bazaine to change his plan and
boldly attack the enemy, and sweep
them into the Moselle." Bazaine a few
minutes later was surrounded by a
squadron of Prussian cavalry, and came
within an ace Of being captured or killed.
Either event. as is now proved, would
have been a great catastrophe. not for
the French. but for the Germans be-
cause Canrober would have reversed
Bazaine's orders and made a crushing
attack on the insignificant forces OPP
posed to him. This, moreover, is exactly
what Prince Frederick Charles strove to
avoid, and which, he afterward said,
might have resulted in French victory
Of farreaching consequences" Seldom
before has the bitter philosophy Of mill
tary defeat been so minutely and con-
scientlously studied as in NJ. Bapst's
volume. G. l. b.
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SOCIAL DISTANCES.
THE REVOLT AT ROSKELLf'S By
William Game. l2mo, PIP. Ssl. q. L.
Putnam's Sons.
Roske,Iv's. st. Mithian, Cornwall is an

Roskellys, st. Mithian. Cornwall, IS an
OLD fashioned, comfortable hotel in an
ideal, remote little winter resort.
Socially il is all that can be desired,
even though the little coterie Of the elect
that rules in its lounge and breakfast
and dining room have few reservations
about each others standing. Then, sud
denly. the vulgarians invade the sacred
place a tradesman and his wife-both
quite impossible. although related by
misalliance to one Of the aristocrats-a
most affable widow, ready to make &C.
ouaintances, with an amiable daughter,
and, finally. a queer, laxative old man
with white whiskers who does not dress
for dinner. and shakes hands with the
assistant manageress The book is a
hugely enjoyable picture Of that ex-
clusiveness in which the English revel
and with which they make each other
uncomfortable, Of that strong caste con-
sciousness which Is far more than the
mere snobb!shness for which it is COM
monty mistaken. Mr. Game has a de-
lightful sense of humor.
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would send a dispatch half way round
the world to have 1t clearly rewritten.
Sheridan's writing was scandal to his
school, and puzzled the town. He once
wrote pass to Drury Lane. and the
doorkeeper stopped it's bearer. and i'm
mediately pronounced II to be forgery
because he could decipher 1t. To make
matters worse, Sheridan was also un-
certain in his spelling. a which a
where" and whether" in his hands,
for instance were as often as not de-
prived of their "aitches" and thing
was to him always think" and moth
ing more.
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POETRY AND DRAMA.

JUANA or CASTLE. By May Earle. i2mo.
pp. 1G5. (The John Lane Company
Telling I'm verse the story OF the ne
Of Juana daughter OF Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain. and wife OF Philippe
Archduke Of Burgundy.
PASSION LYRICS. BY Maurine HathawaN
I2mo pp SO minneapolis: The george
w Parker Art Company
CHILDREN OF THE SHADOW. And Other
Poems. BY Harold Symmes. limo. Up.
VII. %. (Duffeld & 'Co)
Poems about love. women motherhood.
death. work, etc.
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. By Hayden Sands.
limo, PIP 142. (The De Mile Company
collection OF verse divided into Songs
OF Light" and Songs OF Eventide."
THE LITTLE DREAM An Allegory In six
Acts BY John Galsworthy. l2no pp. IS.
(Charles Scribner's sons
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BAD WRITING.
From The Pail Mail Gazette.

Our recent note on the atrocious writ
ing Of celebrities recalls the claim once
made on behalf OF Baron Bramwel that
he wrote three handsome which he
alone could read, another which his clerk
could read aud he couldn't, and third
which nobody could read'-and the last
named was his usual style. The writing
master Of the elder Dumas attributed
the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo 10 n
badly scrawled message to Grouchy.
which was wrongly interpreted. The
Duke ~ Wellington wrote an equally
bad fist" Lord Palmerston was such a
sticklcr for legib!lty of script that he