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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-10-13
Herd of Registered Shorthorn

two Of which are mares with colts by Their
sides; I standardized mare and colt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-10-13
SATURDAY, the 18th day
of October 1911,
q GOOD Horses.

commencing at 10 O'Clock. A. M, sharp.
all of the following personal property:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-10-13

Now that the Taft administration has
found itself in the middle Of troubled
political stream it proposes to change
horses. The tariff and reciprocity horse,
as means Of carrying Mr.. Taft into an
other term as President, is to be abandoned,
and in its place will be substituted the
antitrust horse. The Presidents friends.
and the President himself are about ready
to admit that the people will not in
dorse his tariff program. so he plans now
to begin shouting at the trusts In an effort
to divert attention from his efforts as a
tariff Teformer.
That this change is to be made in policy
is indicated by Attorney General Wicker
sham, who has let II be known that he in
tends TO get after some Of the big corpora
tons.
That President Tafts opposition to the
trusts will be about as sincere as his ad-
vocacy Of tariff revision downward is in
dicated by his Detroit speech In which he
opposed amendment TO the antitrust law.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-31
Hotel
Fritz Reuter-
Penna. Ave. and 4Ia St.

Original rathkee Has beautiful mural decorations
and stained glass windows in main dining ROOM
Orchestra special programme every evening.
Plays, request, any selection.
The Fritz excelency of
its cooking quality and variety of wines and BEERS both imported
and domestic and personal and given the
fort of each patron and every detail of management by the proprietor
HENRY ACHTERKIRCHEN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

OF character, OF his unhestating deduc-
ton OF ultimate causes from passing
symptoms The political side of the
story is written with vim and much
plausibility. The alliance between the
interests" and corrupt politics is shown
to be cynically frank and frankly GRIM
inal kid glove" reformers are held up
to ridlcule, and in the end-but to this
only a paragraph is devoted, and we
must take the authors word for 1.-THE
workingmen's league gives Remsen City
an honest and efficient administration,
honesty and efficiency being, according
10 Mr. Phillips. the properties Of class
unassailcd by self-seeking.
The characters of the stOry-not the
story itself-are somewhat long drawn
out. one loses interest in their develop
ment before the end is reached, espe-
cially in the heroine, who at the last mo-
ment is married off to a man somewhat
palpably introduced in the closing pages
for that very purpose. The hero is the
familiar labor leader Of the genre. Still.
I'm It's superficial way dealing with
familiar topics of current interest. the
book is readable, and likely 10 gain the
approyal of those who have made the
success of It's predecessors from the same
pen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

plorable weakness of the spirit. Her
rage against the critics, repeatedly man
Tested in this book. makes the reader
vince for the self-pity TO which she
could stoop. She was above all things,
a woman of taste, yet she could commit
the b6HSe Of drawing up list OF "vul-
gar" authors, impertinently afiiXing that
epithet to writer's like Thackeray
Matthew Arnold and Addison. Her wide
reading did not really tertilize her mind.
Her critical judgments are negligible
Her cleverness, in short outran her
essential abilities. She had the appear
ance of brilliance rather than brllllance
itself: not the enduring charm of genius
but the fleeting charm of talent. Glitter
rather than atmosphere marks her liter
airy character and points to her funda-
mental lack Of wholehearted sympathy,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS.
Paris Letter to The London Standar

Paris Letter to The London Standard.
The ordinary examinations to termi-
nate the scholastic year in public pri-
mary and secondary schools are rela-
lively innocent affairs, and lead TO no
attacks Of brain fever. The fun they
provide to outsiders is no less because Of
this, and the first digest OF the exam
nations in Paris just To hand provides
many an amusing bowler. Bertrand du
Guesclin, the free lance warrior who led
a company against the English. is still "A
great favorite in French history, but
never before has his story been told as
follows:
'Duguescin came home every day with
his clothes in rags. one day he met "A
friend and said TO him, Lend me some
money Duguescln flogged him thor
oughly and stole his money. Then he
went to find his father, who was at his
office, and asked him 10 lend him a suit
of mail for a tourney. You are mad!
said his father. But Duguescin got his
suit of mail"
And the rest without any mention of
fighting the English, reminds one of a
blithesome parody of When knights
Were Bold
There is just as much imagination and
inst as little fact in the account of the
war OF 1870 in another boys paper:
"Bismarck said to Napoleon III, Art
thou ready?' and Napoleon answered: =
Eyes: not one button is missing from
M spats.' Thereupon Napoleon III told
MacMahon 10 come: but MacMahon, who
WAS sitting on the tower of Malakoff,
said. 4 am here, and here ] remain. "
This misappliCation of some of the
famous savings of the war has given
Paris many minutes of amusement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

and enc of her ancestresses was tnat
Countess Of Abercorn who lived to be-
hold her great-great-g granddaughter. 1t
was apronos Of this fact that an old say
ing arose:
Rise. daughter. and go to your daughter
For your daughters daughter got
daughter.
The annIe Of Mrs. Calvert's eye was
her eldest son Felix, and there are many
pages breathing the agonies she suffered
while he was lighting in Spain under
Wellington. AS for the great com
mander himself she cannot praise sum-
GENTLY his modesty and unaffected SIM
nlicitv Of manner in the days when the
English crowds were rending the air
with cheers for him. There Is an un-
commonly good story OF that simplicity
told here by the editor:
When quite old and obliged 10 80 9sn U
dangerous crossing In LonooI' hds Escort.
man darted forward and oneteu, Ills Arrived
which was gratefully accepsep ger took
sa fely on the kerbstone, the sla hegan
of his hat. and, bowling profounoly, o'9 ,ba
a long Grafton, saying that TINS Wa tait
prc udest moment of his lfe' ana ne, ne nf
honored beyond measure TO nave Ian
some slight service to so gTedt o IL; -
Don't make a id fool OF !ourscii'
briefly replied the duke.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

MARY MIDTHORNE. BY George Barr
McCutcheon. Illustrations by Martin
Justice. l2mo, Pr. 439. Dodd, Mead
& Co.
Mr.. McCutcheon. having written many
tales of adventure, turns in this new
book Of his to the more difficult task of
character drawing as well. 1t cannot
be said that he has made a success of
il, for he comes no nearer to the serious
delineation of individuals than the ex-
aggerated reproduction Of certain well
established types of narrow minded New
Englanders, hard as the rocks of their
native country, narrow as the paths they
tread dead TO all tenderness Of feeling,
seeing duty only I'm its unloveliest as
poets. Nor is the contrast between the
children Of the South and this unsym-
pathetic Northern human environment
more felicitously treated, the most vio-
lent means. an initial state Of affairs
actually repulsive 10 the reader being
employed I'm vain The only consistent
and convincing character In the story
IS the detective. But 1t is different when
the book is considered as tale Of plot
and action and surprises. Here Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon is on familiar ground He
stretches proba bilites somewhat, IL Is
true. but the reader does not mind this
once he gets into the ingeniousy in
vented complications Of this melodrama.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

gave her at the end OF sixty miles, and
stopping at an inn. she let Mrs. Knox
20 on without her Then was she beset
by countless terrors and flew to her
journal for comfort. Here am | quite
alone" she writes without even SER
want, have written for Timewell and
James Knox to come for me in the MAIL
but they cannot be here till the day ar
ter tomorrow. What a dismal time |
must spend-afraid of everything ana
everybody. | have sent 10 a library to
see if can get any books, though God
knows | shall attend very little to what
/ read. There is fair In the street. !
have put down the blinds in order TO
exclude it and also to prevent myself
being seen for | should be quite shocked
II any common acquaintance we're to
90 by and see me here unattended. IL
would have such an extraordinary APP
pearancc | trust Mr.. G. will not be
angry, but | do dread seeing him. II
he is not angry, | shall not tell him |
was afraid he would be lest | should
~
heroine could not have suffered more
tremors. She boltcd herself into her
bedroom and was not To be soothed even
by the constant asslduities Of the good
landlady 1.-TWO of her maids sleep in
the next room To protect me" she says,
and yet / can't be easy. What am |
afraid Of? / believe OF my own shad-
ow." The desired escort, arriving, con-
Quoted her to her husband, who was
kind, but-as Georgian husbands were
wont to do-dld not conceal from her
that he was much displeased at this
most innocent of escapades.
The Irish lady was always treated
with much friendliness by the Prince Of
Wales. AMI she naturally found his man
ners enchanting" Concerning Caroline,
his wife, the diarist has less pleasant
things to say: The princess has GER
tanly a handsome face. but she wears
too much rouge. Her person Is bad,
being short and fat and she had on IL
quantity of lace. Ill put on. and some
looking not too clean. She wore silver
tippcd boots, and was altogether rather
a singular figure She has no dignity of
manner and lets herself down very much
by her gigglng ways. dancing about
wherever she is asked" Mrs. Calvert
WAS "A stiekler for department, and even
Ter daughter Isabella, who was daz-
zlngly lovely could not satisfy her
mother in the matter of holding her
classic head erect. What do you mean
~ lolling so in your char?" she said
tartly IN old age to one of her grand
daughters do YOU know that my
great-uncle made the grand tour in his
own carriage, and during the whole time
he neuer once leant back Hers was a
sturdy race. She lived to ninety herself,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
a GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE.

THE HAND OF DIANE BY Percy 4 <.
Hartley. Emo, PIP. 3i9. Inc D"
Taylor Company.
Mr. Hartley has fashioned his ROMANCE
of the days of Henri OF Valois ana Diaiie
dc Poitiers upon a good model 'Hd'
of Mr.. Stanley Weyman. a frenon
noble. returning from the wars against
the Turks in the heart Of winter coiheS
upon a masked lady of quality ana hei
serving men on the road 10 MS own
castle on the Loire. She has lost hei
wav. He offers her the hospitality OF MS
roof. where his mother dwells, ana mas
there a trio Of unlimited guests-a law
yer from Paris, an officer OF the hihs
army, and an architect who Is oulloihs
near by a hunting lodge for the Duchesse
de Valentinois. High-handed outrases
have been committed In her name anu
the peasantry are thirsting for revenge.
They believe that the masked woman Is
no other than Diane herself, and at
tempt to abduct her from the castle.
The story is cleverly planned ana Writ
ten. but the comparison with its model
IS inevitable. Who is the masked LADY!
Upon the discovery of her identity turns
the denouement Of the tale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
I'M BAD TASTE.

THE REAPPEARANCE III EST RES
SrSCITF0 Vision OF Christ In Paris.
by Charles Morice. Translated by
John H. Raphael With an introduce
ton by Conlngsby Dawson. l2mo, PIP.
I'll The George II. Doran Company.
The sort of fiction Of which this trans
lation is far from being the first exam
pie i'm English requires OF him who
would undertake 1t the possession OF
qualities which are but rarely found.
and which, when united in one writer,
would themselves suffice to warn him
against undertaking the task at all The
venture has been made In English by Mr..
stead, by Miss Corelli, by Mr.. Hall
Game The list might perhaps be ex-
tended, but ii sufiices to prove our point.
story of the coming of Christ to Paris,
of deep reflection upon or wide knowl-
edge of modern conditions material and
of the spirit. His aim may be serious.
his attitude meant to be reverent, but
the result is only cheap and UNI
profitable sensationalism He possesses
All abundant lack of good taste. OF
al elevated imagination, perhaps the
chief requisite for a book of this kind.
there is not trace. and the inventive
ness that seeks To take its place is
puerile I'm the clumsiness OF it's devices.
The story is utterly unconvincing and
largely meaningless. 1t has about the
Importance OF the canvases dealing with
the same subject that turn up periodi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
BY JEDDAH TOWN.
he London Spectator.

From The London spectator.
There were ten Arabs in the plain, who
met him with his guide,
The Sheikh Of them rode forward tnen'
TO talk at eventide.
He said: The desert IS place Where
rarely strangers thrive.
Give up your horse, give up your gun,
and you'll so home alive
He answered TO the Arab Sheikh: Peace
on you and your kin,
But | shall give my horse tonight 10
ostlers at the inn.
My race is not humble folk "hom sucn
as you bid walk,
Have you no powder with your ten that
one comes out 10 talk
And silence fell between the two The
Moslem pulled his rein,
Then. Here's the truth Of FL Hetaz, why
should brave men be slain?
You have ten Beduw lances four Beduw
shots 10 fear"
But gayly laughed the Englishman. II
have FIVE bullets here
IT'S full a league TO Jeddah Town. the
evening will be done
Before you reach the tomb OF Eve and
the Turkish garrison.
Resign yourself 10 Allah's will, and see
to-morrow's sun
And go in peace, you cannot nght' LOT
we are ten 10 one.
They shot at him against the light, and
twice they missed him wide,
Then swiftly up behind him came Man
moud, his desert guide.
He shot his guide and still he had four
bullets that he stored.
And when his horse fell, wounded, three.
He would not use his sword
They followed him as kites that mark
q stag that's soon 70 die.
Unfalteringly he held his way, his gal
liant head was high.
Eleven fighters crossed the sand, their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

AN IRISH BEAUTY OF THE Rh6EN, !
Complied from Mes Souvenirs, the
unpublished journals Of the Hon. Mrs.
Calvert, l7S9-ls22 BY Mrs. Warrenne
Blake. illustrated. svo. ~ John
Lane Company.
The material for this amusing book
WAS drawn from the diaries Of good
and charming member OF the society
which surrounded the reasonably charm
ing and not perfectly good Prince Re-
gent George Frances Perry Calvert was
the younger daughter of Viscount Perry,
a brilliant and prosperous lrishman' VINO
was once Speaker of the Irish House OF
Commons. AS a beauty and an helress
and the wife of an Englishman OF hlgn
position she was heartily welcomed at
court and in the pleasantest houses OF
London. Her life was, on the whole, a
fortunate one. She adored her nus
band and was adored in turn: her many
children we're handsome, lovable and
dutiful; she had house IN town ana d
beautiful country seat Of historic fame.
High spirited and warm hearted, she was
deservedly popular. She knew great
number Of the celebrities of her time
and took a lively interest in the public
events which filled with excitement the
last wears of the eighteenth century ana
the early years Of the nineteenth. All
this is reflected in the volume when
Mrs. Blake has cleverly put together.
The DAYS of the young wife, mother
end hostess were full of occupation Dut
she had time 10 spare for doctorlng her
dependents. There are some quaint
glimpses Of her when busily engaged IN
vaccinating with her own fair hands the
frightened tenants at Hunsdown. "Out
of the fourteen inoculated. she
writes i'm 1909. only Thomas Pigram
has taken the infection! | am very UNI
lucky" The vrathful submission OF
Thomas and his confreres may be easily
imagined Practical as she was I'm most
Of the affairs of life, she had the true
Georgian ladv's awe of her lord and
master. and her timidity as regarded In
dependent action. When during Mt
Calvert's absence. news came OF her
nephew's dangerous illness in ireland
and she started to accompany her sis
ter to the boys bedside her heart mis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
LiferarY ,NesOs and Criticism

straint-this unending shall l say this,
'is IL wise to say that?" lis this rlght!
us this vrong?" will this be misunder-
stood?" will that give wrong lmpres.
sion?" tires me to death. l am too WISE
for my years. That is the trouble My
thoughts are too mature for my BODY :
That she suffered from the pressure OF
these difficulties is obvious throughout
her biography. Despite her success she
does not leave the impression OF having
come even within hailing distance oil
contentment The work to which she
was devoted brought her excitement
rather than happiness; one thinks OF her
as acquiring with zest multitude Oh
sensations and never Caring the dehgh.
that spells repose. The peace OF the soul
eludes none as 1t eludes those who are
self centred to the point of passion. II Is
Mrs. Craigie's inability to escape from
herself that t.1ngs pathos into the story
Of her life.
saddest Of all-in view Of her BELIEF IN
her works. the reaction Of her char
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

THE CONFLICT. A novel BY Davla
Graham Phillips. l2mo, PIP 5". ~ Az
plcton X Co.
While our novelists have freely
adopted and more or less successfully
adapted the traditional triangle OF Euro
mean and English fiction. they have ue-
yeloped similar geometrical figure OF
their own, whose angles are capital
labor and politics. II is with TINS SUP
iect that the first of Mr.. PhiIIlps >
posthumous novels deals-there are 10 De
two more-and one is grateful 10 MS
memory at least for not employing once
again the hackneyed solution OF the
IN bor problem found in most OF the taIes
Of this kind. which marries the horny
handed son Of toll to the converter
daughter of ill-gotten wealth
The story bears all the hallmarKs OF
its authors workmanship, of his knack
Of fluent narrative. Of his Superficial
thought on social and economic PROP
lens. Of his no less superficial treatment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

lage in which he first saw the light bis
birthplace was thrown open to all COM
ers and readings from his poems werS
added to the speech in his praise msae
by DR.. Warren. professor of poetry AZ
oxford. 1t is recorded that the Lincoln
shire farmers greeted with hearV
laughter the reading of some Of the dla'
lect verse.
Picture Books.
Various picture books are in prepare
ton for the holiday time. Among the''
are Mr.. Edmond Dulac's edition of Han
Andersen's tales. and Mr.. Willy Pogany'
edition of Tannhauser rendered hh'
English verse. The whole text OF ".
last named book has been lithograpne'
In two colors and printed on rough 81
! paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
The Traits of a GIittering Figure
in Modern Fiction.

THE LIFE OF JOHN OLIVER HOBBIES.
Told in Her Correspondence with NJ,
merous Friends. With a biographical
sketch by her father, John Morgan
Richards And an introduction by the
Right Rev. Bishop Weldon, Dean OF
Manchester. With portraits and Illus
trations Svo. pp. xviii, 3S1. f. 2. Dut-
ton & Co.
A fitting memorial to the late Pearl
Mary-Teresa Craigie has been produced
in this book. She was won't to think
and to speak of herself as a dual per-
sonauty; she was a woman and she was
John Oliver Hobbies" Her father has
so framed the present volume that 1t
admirably illustrates both aspects Of her
interesting individuality. His brief
biographical sketch Is fairly touching In
it's simplicity. and with the aid OF a
friendly hand thanked but not named
in the predatory note. he has filled tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
NUMBER THIRTEEN.
The Pall Mall Gazette.

In many London streets, as was
pointed out in recent note. there is no
No IL Even hard headed busine"" men
seem TO have an aversion TO this num-
her. which is lacking from Threadneedle
street Tokenhouse Yard and London
street In one street however, bearing
singularly unlucky name, superstition
is boldly defied For many years past a
fiourishing manufacturer has locate his
CITY offices at No. Is Friday street-an
address which seems emnently fitted to
be the headquarters Of the Thirteen Club.
Mr.. Pierpont Morgan too defies fate by
housing his store OF priceless art treas
ures at No. 13 Princes Gate,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
Poor Tennyson!

A new story Of Tennyson's sufferinss
at the hands Of "trippers' Is told by the
Rev. r. A. Quincy. One May day at
Freshwater the poet was walking along
the budding lanes with friend when a
coach full OF "trippers'-the first OF the
season-came around a corner Ladies
and gemmen," said a hoarse voice from
the drivers box. you're in luck; there's
the poet ITSELF" The poet forgot dignity
in agility--to his friends amazement ne
cleared the nearest barred gate and
hid himself and his towering wrath be-
hind the hedge. ..1
The recent celebration OF the Tenny-
son anniversary, by the way brought
crowd Of pilgrims to Somersby, the VIII
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
Some Historic Towns.

promising volume by MT. George
Wharton Edwards is to be published by
Moffat, Yard & Co. this month. II tells
a story of leisurely travel through some
Old Flemish Towns" The author has
himself illustrated his text.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
What to Read.

Professor Charles Waldstein has been
preparing a volume of critical studies IN
contemporary literature which VIII %
brought out this autumn. He calls the
book What May We Read?'-an at
tractiVe title.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
Visiting Japan.

Colonel l.. NJ. Maus is about n pub
lish through A. c. McClurg g. co.
lively volume entitled AN Army Officer
in Japan" II not only describes his
own Journey through that fascinating
country but offers to the intending tour
ist a wealth Of highly useful practical
information. t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17

shadows grew apace,
While ten of them was taught the truth
about his English race.
They had but one shot still to fire. The
world was very still,
And safety shone from Ewes white
tomb, that shone a tiny hill.
Their last shot failed. and he went on
content that he had won,
And glad to see the glory of the blood
red setting sun
The desert is "A cruel place, where rarely
strangers thrive,
He shot his horse he shot his guide but
he walked home alive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
Thomas Hardy's Novels.

A new edition Of Mr. Hardy's novels
is in preparation by the author. He is
revising the text and is writing spe-
cial preface for each book. The prefaces
will be awaited with curiosity and well
coined. we believe, with enthusiasm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
Mr.. Gibson's Drawings.

Other People" is the title OF the new
collection of drawings by Mr.. Charles
Dana Gibson, which the scribners Will
bring out a fortnight hence. Many OF
these drawings are thus far unpublished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-17
The EnoIish Village.

We know what the English village was
in Miss Mitford's time; what is 1t to-
day? We will find a description in
English Country Life" book by Mr..
Walter Raymond which McClurg Is
about to publish.