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MASK AND BCSKifj.
THE MARRIED MISS WORTH. BY
Louise Closer Hale. With frontls-
piece 12mo. pp. 299 Harper & Bros

THE MARRIED MISS WORTH. BY
Louise Closer Hale. With frontls-
piece. 12mo, pp 299. Harper & Bros
Mrs. Hale is the only novelist of the
hour who finds her special field In the
stage and the life of the profession,
which is hers. Many writer's have tried
their hand at it in this country within
the last quarter century-Mr. John D.
Barry, Mrs Mary Robson Brown, and
the cynical Mr. James l.. Ford among
them-but the subject has as yet yielded
no great novel; In day when fiction
occupies itself as busily with mans ac-
tivities as with his inner life and closer
relations. Mrs. Hale does not aim at
ambitious achievement; she is content
to describe the conditions Of the stage
and their influence upon the life of the
actor as she has come to know them
through experience. and to describe them
truthfully In her present story she
deals with the effects that the long sepa-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

half. the split difference between thirty
asked and twenty-five offered. His op-
portunity came with his first race:
2:11A, a worlds record established by a
mere colt pacing against ringer who,
under his own name was known the
country over. The colt knew who he
was, for he understood the equine Ian
gauge II man does not, and the ringer
boasted freely of who he was, and what
he could do. OF course although man
does not understand the speech of horses,
they understand his. and thus there Is a
human side to the story Of love and a
feud and villany. quite good In its way,
but the horsey part is best. Mr.. Moore
loves horses and knows them-that Is
evident. His description of that great
race. as told by the colt. is tense with
the excitement of the track.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
FICTION
Some Good Novels, Domestic
and English.
OlD.TlME CHARMS.

BASsET village Chronicle; by ;; VI
Talentyre. 12mo. PIP. 23s. Morat' lar"
Co.
This is the first venture into hctioh
of an author whose name has been car
red far and wide by her biographical
studies of many prominent figures vi
seventeenth and eighteenth century
France "Basset" is what It's subtitle
but imperfectly calls it, since the periou
in which its characters live and nave
their being Is that of the early victorian
era-the thrties and forties of the ias'
century. The softening hand or time Is
In these pages, the restful enchahtrneh'
that distance conjures up before 'he
straining eyes of this rushing. tired age
but. above all. the book is notable for It's
gently smiling, profoundly sympathetic
Interpretation Of human nature ana its
ever-renewed tragi-comedy OF LIE, winch
is renewed from generation 10 genera
ton, unchanged under its changing outer
appearances Youth is here and old age
hope and brief ecstasy, contentment ami
resignation, smiles and tears, the pe-
ginning and the end. TIE links that bind
the present to the past.
Technically the book is a delight. The
author weaves her chronicle of the static
life of Basset in the days when the rail-
road was still dubious experiment into
and through successive chapters devoted
to her chief characters one after the
other-the squire and his wife, the par
son. the old physician and his lovabIe
partner, the spinster-picking up each
NV additional thread and working It
into her growing design, until, in the end,
they all are in daily relation to each
other And all are drawn well, DR..
Benet and his wife best Of all, yet none
at the expense of the general picture and
it's impression of olden days and their
conditions and ways. A book one well
comes and wishes to share with others
for its pure delight. its human appeal
and its literary quality
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
Interesting Studies of Old and
New Japan.

THE STORY OF OLD JAPAN. BY joseph
III. Longford. $40. PIP. TX, 4o'' Lohs
mans. Green & Co.
JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE: By BY, al, II
ter Tyndale With S2 illustrations IN
color by the author. Svo, PIP XII OIL
The Macmillan Company,
BEHIND THE SCREENS IN JAPAN:
An English Woman's impressions By
EVELYN Adam. 12mo, PIP. xiii, "a. o. T.
Putnam's Sons.
THE JAPANESE EMPIRE AND ITS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. BY Joseph
d'Autremer Translated from the
French. With map and 200 illustIa-
tions Svo PIP. 319. Imported by charles
Scribner's Sons.
A photography of the books on Japan
written in this country and in Europe
since the Chinese war and its revelation
of the rise of a new world power would
fill a sizable volume of its own. 1t could
not be expected TO remain absolutely
complete for more than a few weeks at
the utmost, for still the studies, his
tories. appreciations and, more fire.
quently than at first, the criticisms OF all
things japanese continue TO fall from
the presses. though at longer intervals.
No fewer than four of these newcomers,
published within short lapse of time,
are here grouped together for review.
Only one of their authors considers it
necessary TO speak a passing word of
apology for adding still another tome to
the mass yet his book. too. is in some
measure not superhuous addition to
our knowledge of the country and its
people, if only from the point of view Of
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

humorous others believed, and recorded
their belief. that he was simpleton at
the best and a fool at the worst
Goldsmith, Mr. Moore plausibly infers,
must have revelled in mystfying Bos-
well in this way.
The biography is written with undis-
guised partiality. II is. in fact defence
by attack, which. ii should be added.
glldes somewhat lightly over certain rep
rehensible phases of its subjects life.
"Over money matters" says the biogra-
pher airily. "he had no more conscience
than a boy. over bird nesting" But Cold
smith was a boy no longer when this In
scuciant apology is made by Mr.. Moore.
who. by the way. assumes that Gold
smith received his degree OF NJ. B. at
Louvain, and not at Padua. He specu-
lates interestingly concerning the ways
by which Goldsmith supported himself
in the course of his tour of Europe, and
talks as entertainingly of his books, his
contemporaries and his times OF his
life and the temperament that shaped its
course.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
KING AHAB'S ARCHIVES
A Remarkable Discovery Mace
Samaria.

From The Pail Mall Gazette. ~
A discovery OF vast import'i.s n.
Biblical history is annnunceo ~ m,,,;s.
"Berliner Tageblatt' by the orie"'''
DR.. Yahuda. 80 .o,.
II appears, says the Telegraph az
respondent. that Professor Reisne. q,
has been carrying out eXcavaIlons, N
an American society on the sue - a.
Israelitish capital in Samarla has
ear,hed 4 hundred clay tables eo.Sr e.S y
with Inscriptions, which are behFsIys ia
form a portion OF the archives ., o,anbs
Ahab, contemporary OF the p's'
Elijah. a, AZ
These inscriptions are written ,sssf -
Hebraic characters with the i"'ssscx>
black ink found on the Egyptian irssss 10
OF between one and two ;housah"SF
before Christ. NJ
one of them is n letter 10 MAY
the King OF Assyria. who, Dr. - "
believes. was either Assurbanlp'i
son Salmanesser III .sH|
Another Of the tables contains - t>s|
tailed inventory of the furniture s,s n
royal palace. but further par'issnwn
the find have not yet become xiv
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rations caused by professional engage
ments many have upon the married llte
of actors and actresses. She has happy
knack of picturing for her readers IN
front" the reality of the happenings be-
hind curtain. scenery and "foots,' which
is technical brevity for footlights. the
battling problems Of the enforced life
together through all season OF the
members of a travelling company, all
preoccupied with the same questions OF
travel, hotel accommodations and dress
ing rooms, as well as of daily work, the
attractive survival of genuine comrade-
ship in a profession that by its very
nature encourages so much self-seeking
and so many jealousies. Her descrip-
tions of the rehearsals of a play-tha
producers work--are excellent
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
Literary ,NesOS and Criticism

them. since young Japan, having DIS
carded the exquisite manners of its an
cestors, has not yet mastered thos" OF
its Western examples. and does not as
matter of fact, appear to care to adopt
them The old contempt Of the foreigner
has been succeeded. says our author, by
new hatred of him. Japan, according
to her, is in the awkward age, and very
offensive in its stage of transition. III
may grow in grace. but she believes that
a little stern assistance may be neces-
sary. as is the case with all obstreperous
young persons. AS for japanese kind
ness to children. lauded the world over
Miss Adam makes an observation that is
at least worth quoting:
One of the most recent fashions among
well-to-do people in Japan is TO confide
their offspring 10 British maidens or widow
ladies. 1t certainly does them good.
The Japanese child is too much pampered;
As a great many. travellers have pointed
out, japanese mothers never use the ma
ternal slipper. With mistaken kindness
they placdly quote the old proverb instead,
/ Children are far better when they are
loved" and by loved they mean never
punished" The dear little things must be
allowed 10 40 WndteNeT comes INTO lH'I
mischievous little shaven heads, eat every
thing they can crowd into their quaint little
round mouths. ask for anything they hap
pen to think OF at any hour. imagine, then.
what an awakening the regime of the Brit
ish matron is to the wayward little dears-
and what a wholesome awakening.
Miss Adam devotes a delightful chap
ter TO "A Little knowledge" of English
in Japan. The young student bent on
acquiring familiarity with the language
is a public nuisance. she says. He will
even address foreigners in public con-
veyances with the most absurd ques-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

ways and means that prove to be most
effective. There is split in the party
II Is 'all In the family" He visits head
quarters in st. Louis, where the news
papers Immediately seize upon him as
most picturesque material for cartoonist
and interviewer. While the campaign Is
growing hotter. the colonel has, more
over, to manage the trial of his daugh-
ter's favored suitor. who is accused OF
having killed his rival In short, Colonel
Todhunter OF Missouri Is enabled to re-
veal himself to the reader in every pos
sible light. He Is a llkable oldtime gen.
tleman Of picturesque speech and Illus
tratlve anecdote.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

Company. His anecdotes are agreeabl1
if not historically important. He ha1
chosen for his book the title, "ThS|
Majesties as | Knew Them
Finding Diamonds.
There are strange and interesting ms'|
ters set forth in a new book prepared 5T|
Mr.. Louis Cohen. the first partner =
South Africa of the late Barney Barnata|
He knew the life of the diamond field
from its earliest ventures, and he is saA
to have written in his "ReminisceneeI
of Kimberley a fearless book.
Ballads.
Sir Arthur Quill-r-Couch, in ~
preface to his new anthology The OK
ford Book of Ballads" offers allegiance
to Mr. Kipling. If any poet now awe
he says, "can be called a ballad writer o.
genius it is the author of Danny Deeye'
and East and West" He adds:
But let the reader suppose a fascicus s'|
such poems bound up with the pres9m GO,
lection. and he will perceive tnat eo,ss.
have gone no Straighter way 10 uesUos -
s.ngularity of the book. Wen
ballad is set in a collection aonSslde "
hest of Herricll. Gray. Landor Brownlhs
10 name four poets opp' site a. tne po.I
and TO say nothing Of such master worn
Sponsors "Epithalamion' or Mltohs
cidas"-it Is the ballad that not ony :.
fers by the apposition, but suffers 10 =.
prising degree so that | have soineu,Is
been forced to reconsider my aHeeuon q.
ask. Are these ballads really beautltui =
they have always appeared 70 me 81
truth (as ! take iO, the contrast Is uhis.
To them, much as any contrast oe.ss.s
children and grown folk would 0e unisss -.
, They appealed TO something Young ~
natiOnal mind. and the young sun ~, ~,
through Percy's "Reliqucs as | hope .",,
v i'll through this book trailing clouo'
glory
Where Are the Poets?
That Germany is in some sense AZ.
that not merely geographical the een..
Of Europe and that she has sreat pow
are statements admitted by the Lon''-
Globe; but" asks this commeh'a''
''is she still the country Of poe's %
thinkers" They can boast OF se'e.
minor poets. ii is added, but OF no si'
singer. "of many industrious senO~
and investigators, but Of no s''
philosopher. The nation is becow'ie
il has not already become practiea
commercial: and the ledger khs
lyric as surely as the railway Kills w
stage coach"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
HORSE.

THE GIFT OF THE GRASS. By John
Trotwood Moore. Illustrated in color
by G.. Patrick Nelson. 12mo, PIP. 34S
Little, Brown & Co.
He was a most unpromising looking
scrub" colt, and his owner ordered him
killed but a negro stable boy pleaded
for his life. His mother, however, was
ambitious, for she had a strain of good
blood in her, and, while bewailing the
fact that he was merely PAGER and not
a trotter, urged him on to rise in the
world. All this happened in the South,
of course, before the rise of the pacing
horse to eminence on the track. The foal
was sold for twenty-seven dollars and a
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

Of our disposal. In times past women
zero skilful embroiderers and workers OF
lace but the sewing machine has deter,
iorated the work of the hands ana
fingers. because, in the case OF the mer-
c,nary worker, It renders better re-
t,,rn for her labor. BY degrees the hands
become Stubborn, and in time, says tne
authority before cited. there VIII DE ho'h-
inc for the ten fingers To do
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
AN OLD CONFEDERATE.

COLONEL TODHUNTER OF MISSOURI.
BY Ripley u. Saunders. illustrations
by w. B. King. l2mo. PIP. 32S. The
Bobbs Merrill Company.
While the author of this book is chiefly
concerned with the delneation of the
character OF his Southern colonel an
sodes in which he presents him 10 the
reader are sufficiently entertaining In
themselves. The colonel's best friend
has been nominated for the Governorship
OF Missouri; and OF course. he at once
starts into help along the campaign by
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
A Rare Volume.

The Marchesa Arconau Visconti tu
presented to the department Of man.
scripts of the Bibliotheque Nationsle /,
volume particularly important to q.
student Of the sixteenth century Ith,
history of Charles V, written by one y
his officers, Franc-Comtois, Hugua,
cousin.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
THE HAND LOSING ITS CUNNING

from Inc Lond1ll bloDe.
We learn through French paper that
we are in danger of losing the use OF our
hands. The assertion is made by medl-
cal authority, and little reflection VIII
lead us To pause before scouting this
theory. OR hands In effect become less
cunning and adroit through our availing
our,Uves VI every mechanical appliance
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
About Sovereisns.

NJ. Paoli's volume Of recollections 4
the royal and imperial personages whos
safety he has insured during their jo9
neys of recreation and courtesy is to b
published soon by the Sturgis- Waltz
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

able TO compete with the Western ma
tlons in their own. a capital book to
keep handy for frequent reference.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
To th. Rich,

Mr.. Henry l.. Higginson. OF 3osto
has presented "a Hint to the Rich," d
be published in the March number 4.
"The Atlantic" II Is mentioned az :,
very candid utterance which many ss.
cessful men will read with considerat.
discomfort"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
Mr.. Chesterton's Success.

Mr.. Chesterton's curious "Fasa.,
Brown" detective stories have been !
successful that he has consented =
write a new series. They have o..
published in this country in The satu,
day Evening Post"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Maurice Hewlett has write,
new long story which is to be brou,,.
out in the spring. 1t rehearses episox'
In the career Of a parsonage to whom !,
has already introduced us. The It'll. J.
the book is "Brszenhead and Other n,.'
Sections"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
EAST AND WEST.

A COSSACK LOVER. BY Martha Gil
bert Dickinson Bianchi. 12mo, PIP. 1868
Dutiield q Co.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE
Her Personality and Life, Salon
and Politics.

A PRINCESS OF STRATEGY; The Life Life
Of Anne Louise Benedicte de bourbon,
Conde. Duchesse du Maine, da d1tssa,ea pihraea
hy ]. Lewis May. with a phhotograyure
frontispiece and l6 other Illustrations. IONS
svo. p3. xvi. AIS. The John Lane COM
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

BASsET. A village Chronicle. BY 5: u
Tallentyre. limo. PIP. 29s. Morat' lar"
& Co.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-29
What the Editor Does

The average country publish
er has either to write or credit
from four to six columns Of
matter every day in the week.
He has to dig up enough news
items to fill from eighteen to
twenty-four columns, and most
of these have to be got up the
first three days of the week.
Did you ever sit down and try
to write two or three columns
of matter that you thought
would interest your home pee
pie? If you did, didn't you find
it q pretty hard task to grind
it out? Think how much more
difficult it is to write more
than twice that much every
day. In addition to this the
average country publisher has
got to attend to all of his COR
respondence, look after his adj
verting, post up his books, COL
lect his bills occasionally, boss
the mechanical department., oc-
casionally lend a hand at rum
ming a press or setting up a job
of work, make up forms and
superintend things generally.
Is it any wonder that we over
look an item of news once in
awhile, fail to chronicle the ar
rival of a guest or a new baby?
Every item of news handed in
helps him at his work and helps
him to get out a more credit
able paper.-Grant County
News, Williamstown, KY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-29
Died

Mrs. Laura Alice Kelly died
yesterday at the home of her
sister, Mrs z. T. West, after a
lingering illness of about eight
months. The deceased was
Forn in Putnam County, India.
ma, March 8, 1862 and died in
Missouri Valley, Wednesday
June 81. A husband, mother,
five brothers and five sisters
are left to mourn her death,
namely; James Kelly, ]. NJ, L.
B, VIM, N. B. and j. B. Stokes.
Sisters, Mrs. z T. West, Mrs.
A. Ferguson, Mrs. M. F. Chap.
man, Mrs. L. West and Mrs. G.
w. Coffman and Mrs. E. Stokes
her mother. Funeral services
will be held from the 2 T.
West home in Willow Park,
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. Winston of the Christian
church officiating. Burial in
st. John cemetery.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-29
The Mathodists Of New York

The Math0dists Of New York
City over a hund red years ago
started tl..ir tifst organized
charity. The record If this
early venture is preserved in q
volume in the library of the
Methodist ris torical Society.
On Nov. Il. IS p; meeting
held in the sen. la. forth and
Hudson streets, The assistance
Society for relieving and advis.
inf, sick and Door persons in the
city Of New York was organized
The city was divided into dis.
tricts. At first there were
four, then five and six, till fin
ally the number became seven.
Those were called walks. In
1909 the distribution of food,
clothing and fuel began. Cath
arine Graham of 81 Church ST.,
to whom 81 was given. was the
first to be aided. During the
war of 1912 the society pur-
chased soup tickets from the
Humane Society at SO a humid
red, ane distributed eighty loads
of wood. In December, 1912.
,3,499 Suffering individuals"
were helped, and the total fer
the first four years was $4,000.
Survey.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-29
Passenger Terminal, Chicago,
Chicago & North Western Ry.

The new passenger terminal of the
Northwestern Line at Chicago repre-
sents the latest step in perfection Of
travel comfort.
While utility has necessarily been
the first consideration. the architect
and builder have wrought monu-
mental structure of classic design anil
great architectural beauty, typical Of
Chicago and the vast territory to tho
west and northwest to which this
terminal Is the main gateway. Planned
on broad and generous lines, a quarter
OF million passengers and fifteen
hundred trains can be handled daily
without crowding or delay.
The new terminal Is most conven.
iently located-just three blocks from
the loop district, the business center
OF Chicago. with which 1t is connected
by four main streets. Madison. Wash
ington. Randolph and Lake.
The main entrance. from the broad.
brilliantly lighted esplanale on Wes.
Madison Street, is through magnil-
cent portico supported on colonnade
OF six massive granite columns o.e.-
Ing into lofty vestibule. From either
end Of the vestibule easy stairways
ascend directly to the main waitin 6
room on the train floor above. On tho
street level, within the vestibule, is tho
main lobby extending the entire width
Of the building from Canal Street to
Clinton Street, with entrances on each.
Conspicuously placed, near the CEN
ter Of the lobby and facing the ticket
windows, is an information bureau,
where uniformed attendants with true
Northwestern courtesy answer every
question.
There are thirty-three windows that
can be utilized in selling tickets, SO
that It is hardly possible for a traveller
ever to experience delay in securing
his railroad, parlor and sleeping car
tickets, even when travel Is most con-
gested. Just across the lobby from the
ticket Office is the baggage room which
Is eommodious and fully equipped for
the prompt handling of baggage.
Adjoining the baggage room and
alss directly opposite the ticket Office
Is the main parcel check room in
which is located the department Of lost
and found articles; beyond this the
cab Office and carriage entrance where
a score Of carriages, taxlcabs and auto
mobiles may leave or take on their
passengers all under cover and unham-
pered by waiting vehicles for which a
separate covered court is provided just
across Washington Street.
On the Clinton Street side Of the
lobby is travellers supply and drug
store with widely diversified stock.
In this section of the lobby is also 10.
Gated the lunch room where excellent
food at moderate prices is quickly
served. A complete telephone service
with an attendant will be found ad.
Joining the lunch room. Approaching
the grand stairway. the telegraph Office
Is to the right and the Station Masters
Office to the left.
Tickets, baggage and other essen.
tials all having had attention without
leaying the street lobby, one aseenGs
to the main waiting room and the