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The Washington herald., 1911-01-29
GAsTON LEROUX.
Interesting Description OF the
French RepOrter-NOvelist.

To the French CASTOR Leroux stands
as the typical reporter. AS Llllustra-
ton. of Paris. says: He has been a
lawyer, n legal chronicler, stage critic.
writer on hygiene, dramatist. newspaper
CORES pondent. globe trotter. novelist
all that and he remained the reporter. 1t
is not improbable that he may one day
write an opera. and il he does. be sure
that he will have taken the idea from his
reporting. 1t IS not impossible either that
one Gay he may awaken as a farmer or
merchant: in that event be sure that he
will have assumed these characters sole
ly with the purpose of reporting. To be
a reporter means to hold in ones grasp
a piece Of life. to feel it tremble when it
comes in contact with ones fingers: it
means to give it life or to blow II out
with ones own breath, tc clothe it or to
lay it bare. To do that. treasures of fine
feeling are needed. NJ. CASTOR LerouX
is in possession of them. and he joins to
them an Imagination which is all his
own"
Leroux has Travelled all over Denmark.
Sweden. and Prussia from Finland up to
Mini Novgorod and the Caspian Sea.
over Italy. Egypt. and Morocco, where,
disguised as an Arab, he risked his life
twenty times at Larache and at Fee
when the country was wholly given over
to anarchy.
Once he wished to meet Nordenskjold.
who had come back from near the pole.
In order to be sure to have him quite to
himself. he went to find him and met
him in mid-ocean. He shut himself up
with him in the bottom of the hold. A
frightful storm shook the boat. CASTOR
Leroux, who was terribly sick. was ex-
tremely merry. and Ncrdenskjold. who
was marvelously steady. was woefully
gloomy. However. Leroux's good humor
overrode Nordenskjold's sadness even as
the boat overrode the storm. and five
days later Gastcn Leroux began a series
Of brilliant articles under the title OF
'"rhe Adventures Of Nordenskjold."
One evening he set out to interview
Chamberlain during the gloomy days of
the South African war. Leroux took the
train for Birmingham and at dawn got
himself admitted to the house where
Chamberlain was still asleep. He even
entered his study and took seat oppo-
Then he heard Mr.. Chamberlain's foot
step in the adjacent chamber. and that IL
all he saw. all he heard. The secretary
dimissed him with the words: Never.
never will Mr.. Chamberlain receive any
reporter That Is what is called "a
failure" It proved. however, one of his
greatest successes. Coming home, he
wrote . three-column article entitled.
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GOSSIP AND FACTS ABOUT NEW BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS

really fall in love, if at all, before mar
riaGe after" Brooke and Natalie,
who had been forced into marriage
against their wishes through the will of
an eccentric millionaire relative. answer
this question each in their own way.
Meanwhile. among the gay thronS of
society people who surround them are
others who answer the question in quite
differen. ways.
Mr. Maurice Hewlett has apparently
riage and divorce since he dealt with the
lives of Senhouse and Sanchia Percival.
He has lately been a witness before the
divorce commission in London testify
ing in favor of easy divorce. He argued
that the more seriously one regarded
marriage the more serious was the need
of 4 legal means of diSSolving it, and
that to withhold divorce from the poo-
to abolish it altogether was step
toward the abolition of marriage itself.
1t was reasonable to suppose that in
higher natures the offending party de-
string release would be actuated by the
generous promptinss of affection and de-
sire to release the beloved from an in
tolerable position" The novelist added:
so difficult. delicate. and important
were the questions WI ich came before the
divorce court daily that the judge ought
to have the benefit of lay assessors. who
should always be two-one male and one
female. The judgment of impartial. edu-
Gated persons of age, weight and expe-
rience upon such intimate matters as
love and temperament were essential to
a good and equitable divorce court"
In response to questions from the chair
man. Lord Gorell. concerning the possi-
bilities of selfish men wishing to rid them
selves of their wives. Mr.. Hewlett said
that he excluded the base from his
purview."
Miss Mary Johnston, Mrs. Kate Dou-
glas Wiggin. Meredith Nicholson, Will
lam J. Hopkins John Muir, Hugo Muen-
sterberg, Havelock Ellis and Dallas Lore
Sharp are among the prominent authors
whose new books will be published by
Houghton Miffiin Company tho coming
spring season.
Mrs. Mary Robert Coolidge's compre-
hensive book on ''Chinese Immigration"
HolD Is already going to press for its
second time. The attempts to exclude
the Chinese have considerable analogy
with those to exclude the japanese, which
probably Is one Of the reasons for the
very considerable interest in this work.
Ian Hay, the young Scotch author, who
came into immediate popularity with
American readers, last year. through his
two novels. The Right Stuff'' and "A
Mans Man." Is now in this country on a
brief holiday visit to his publlshers.
Houghton Mifiin Company. He witnessed
the New Years eve celebration in New
York. to which city he u not Q stranger,
a. may be inferred from his amusing Dc.
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arbitrary governmental methods in the
regulation of their conduct toward each
other and toward the public outside OF
those classes.
Another and more strictly political rea
son given why government assumes the
free or constitutional form under eco
nomic development. and not under fix
ity, is that in the former case new and
changing laws are required to meet the
new and changing needs of the develop
ing society and state.
And this need can only be adequately
met by an elected lawmaking body, rep
resentine all sections of the country and
all the developing elements Of the COM
munity Or commonwealth. Such a law
making body is the distinctive feature
of a constitutional government: but its
functions and therefore its prestige and
power rapidly decline as the national
development approaches completion. In IL
lustration of this point, the following
new explanation is given of the strik-
ingly rapid decline of the Roman Senate
in the middle part Of the first century,
B. c.
1.-THE Roman Senate lost its predomi-
nance as an instrument Of government
because there was no longer work Of the
first Importance for a body Of that char
acter to do-because the organically
ADAPTIVE and constructive work of the
developing and expanding Roman state
was practically finished, and the work
Of government thenceforth was to be
almost exclusively administrative, in the
narrowest sense Of that term"
In the great Oriental countries despot-
ism has prevailed unbrokenly throughout
the ages. because they have been for
thousands Of years in a state of substan-
tial economic fixity-'fxity Of economic
resources and of operative methods in
employing those resources In national
maintenance" The democratic era in
ancient Greece was an era Of extraordi-
nary economic development in all Hell
lenic country: a development resulting
from the introduction Of new building
and constructive arts. and taking largely
the form Of maritime commerce and
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maintain a play bureau. and examine
everything that is offered. in the perss-
tent hope of finding another Paid in
Full. Fortune Hunter" or Seven
Days
said that more people write plays
than read them. and / am taking into ac-
count the paid readers to whom these
thousands of amateur efforts are deliv-
cred day after day. For. even il you
are paid for doing so. it is of small use
to wade through one or two hundred
pages of drivel. with perhaps fifteen
scenes and forty parts. A cursory glance
will tell you more of the impracticabillity
of play than of book manuscript. as
the stage has more limitations than the
printing press.
Although. on the face of 1t. playwriting
seems infinitely more simply than story
writing. the task is far and away more
dificult-more difficult to-day even than
it was in Shakespeare's time. when the
dramatist was permitted to change the
scene as often as he liked. for the very
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King Of Scots: this dream. it Is said. in
spired him with the seductive hopes so
well expressed in the drama
Macbeth broke no law OF hospitality
in his attempt on Duncan's life. He at
tackled and slew the king at a place
called Bothgowan. at the Smiths House.
near Elein, in 1893. and not. as has been
supposed. in his own castle OF Inverness.
The act was bloody. as was the complex
ion Of the times; but in very truth. the
claim Of Macbeth to the throne. according
to the rule OF Scottish succession. was
better than that of Duncan. AS king.
the tyrant SO much exclaimed against
was. in reality. firm. just. and equita-
BILE prince. Apprehensions Of danger from
a party with Malcolm. the oldest son Of
the slaughtered Duncan. had set on foot
in Northumberland. and still maintained
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The Putnams will publish in the spring
volume entitled In the Time of the
Pharoahs'' by the French Egyptologist.
Alexandra Moret. There are innumerablc
works on Egypt Iand indeed the interest
of \the reading public in this fascinat-
ng'country that enshrnes many old
world treasures in its preserving sands
is well calculated to absorb the volumi-
nous literature). but there is no book that
is devoted to the field covered by tie
present volume. The traveller through
Egypt whose interest is aroused will ulti-
mateiy doubtless wish to consult many
of the exhaustive volumes that Geal with
special phases of ancient or modern
Egypt its art its religion. its history.
and its myths. The first concern OF ihe
Traveller is, however. to get some in
formatio about the ancient civilization,-
the political tenetS, the diplomatic praC-
tees the religious beliefs of the people
that of old Inhabited the land: where
these people came from and when they
came, what they brought with them and
what they acquired: how they raised the
time-defying pyramids and the colossal
temples. and what prompted them to eX
pend such HerCulean efforts on these
monuments: what literature they pro-
duced and what myths they handed
down; what their ideas were of the pres
ent and of the hereafter. All this is
set forth in Moret's volume. and much
more that will prove invaluable to an
appreciation of the country. The trans
lation has been prepared by the authors
wife. Suzanne Moret an English woman
by birth.
Gelett Burgess will receive official rec
ogniton as a word maker in the revised
edition Of the Standard dictionary. Bro
mide'' and '.sulphite'' are the words,
taken from his Are You a Bromide?'
to which he has given new meaning.
Mr.. Rider Haggard has stopped novel
writing long enough to produce a book
which he calls Regeneration" and which
is an account of the social enterprises OF
the Salvation Army. He vividly describes
the methods used by the army in its
work The novelist says of Gen. Booth
that 'he will be one of the few, of the
very few enduring figures OF our day"
He concludes his sketch with an anec-
dote which seems to reveal some humor
in this earnest worker:
The general had been dining with Mr.
Haggard and Mr.. Herring. When he left
Mr.. Herring saw him to the door, and
afterward with much amusement repeat
ed his parting remarks.
. Gen. Booth-A very good fellow-Hag-
gard: but a talker, you know, Herring,
a talker.
Mr.. Herring Cooking at him)-Indeed?
Gen. Booth Qaughing)-Ah, Herring, you
mean that It was / who did the talking,
not Haggard. Well. perhaps 1 did.
1t is said that the speculation advanced
in the forthcoming novel by Mr.. George
Gibbs. THE Bolted Door," il: Does one
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OF great value in the big events of the
drama is the revival that Sothern and
Marlowe have given to Shakespeare 5
Macbeth and the appearance Of these
two leading roles Of the play. This trag-
edy has been SO seldom presented Of re-
cent years that a short history Of the
play is OF great interest at the present
moment and particularly so as Sothern
and Marlowe bring their entire produc-
ton and organization here Monday even
ing. January 30. when they will be seen
at the Belasco Theater.
Macbeth was first printed in the folio
of 1873. where it occupies pages 13l to Isl.
inclusive, in the division Of Tragedies" I"
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1t was registered in the books Of the
Stationers' Company. on the Sth of No
vember. 1913 by Blount q Jagard. the
publishers of the folio. as one of the
plays mot formerly entered to other
men 1t was written between 1904 and
1910: the former limit being fixed by the
allusion to the union of EnGlaid and Scot
land under James l. and the latter by the
manuscripts diary of DIR. Sumon Forman.
who saw the play performed lat the
Globe. 1910. the ath of April. Saturday.
1t may then have been a new play. but il
is more probable. as nearly all the critics
agree that il was written in l55 and 1896.
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How failed to see Chamberlain"
which is, and will remain. model of
its kind. 1t is a little masterpiece of
good humor. wit, and observation
A play from LrouX's pen entitled.
THE House of the Judges has been
performed with applause at the Odeon.
His romances, The Mystery of the yell
low Room" and THE Perfume Of the
Woman in Black have gone through
many editions in France. in England, and
in America. But by all odds the most
astonishing novel he has yet written is
The Phantom of the Opera"
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In Scotland. seem. in process of time, TO
have soured the temper of Macbeth. and
rendered him formidable to his nobility
Against Macduff. in particular. the pow
crful Maormor OF Fife. he had uttered
some threats which occasioned that chief
to fly from the court Of Scotland. Urged
by this new counselor. Siward. the Dam
ish Earl Of Northumberland, invaded
Scotland in the year 1864. displaying his
banner in behalf of the banshed NAL
colin. Macbeth engaged the foe in the
neighborhood of his celebrated castle of
Dunsinane He was defeated, but escaped
from the battle. and was slain at Lump
hanan in 1856"
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NO LINES HAVE I.

No lines have as fine a. those
That Petrarch wrote to Laura fair.
Ny Sonnets have no golden glows
That come alone from genius rare.
Yet when / gaze upon Her eyes
Who hath become the Heart Of me,
I hold for all my own a prize
That Laura neer could hope to be.
No inspiration deep is mine
As Dantc's when no hymned his p1aiAe,
And sang the loveiness divine
OF Beatrice and golden days
Yet when I look upon Her face
Who hath become the Soul Of ma
For all his everlasting bays
No Dante would wish to Be!
Immortal lines, 'Tvere sweet to pan
Such lines to thrill . future time:
To have them sung. and sung again
Till Heaven echoes to their chime.
Yet when I see that wopdrous Love
That. hath become the Life Of me,
I seek no laurels from above,
Nor dream Of Immortality.
To pen Immortal vese-ah. veil
It ID not my appointed part
Elusive IL the Poets spsil.
Elusive b the SingF's art.
But cen as Dante Wrute. and he
Who limned fair Laura for the thruue,
30 hath q gift come down to me
II not to write to live my sung!
By John X0arick BanSA n - February -
mAn.
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scription OF Coney Island in "A Mans
Man He is receiving considerable social
attention in Boston. where. by the way,
"A Mans Man is reported as one of the
best selling books. He is a graduate of
st. Johns. Cambridge. and assistant mas
ter at Fett's college. one of the leading
boarding schools of Scotlard
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BEST SELLING BOOKS.

The six books (dction) which
have sold best in the order OF
demand during the month are:
The Rosary. Barclay. put
Molly Make-Believe. Alb
bott. Century Co.).......$1.0o
Max. Thurston. (Harper.) .$1.So
The Rules Of the Game.
White. (Doubleday-Page) .$1.4o
F1amsted Quarries. Waller.
(Little-Brown.) ..........$1.so
Mary Cary. Bosher. (Har-
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Magazine for Blind.

A magazine printed in raised type for
tho pleasure Of blind children has been
established In New York.
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24

Prof, c. M, Grisham of Sidney,
one Of the county's most popular
teachers, was a pleasant caller at
this Office Saturday,
Fire was raging in the forest all
about town for several days lately
Considerable fencing has been deS"
troyed in this section,
L. II, Shaver was ct his place Of
business Monday for the first time
in tWo or three weeks, having been
keIt at home by Illness
All sorts of drummers have been
here this week--Long ones and
short ones, big ones and little ones,
and we saw q red-headed .one,
Thursday end Friday Of last week
eleven applicants were before Ex-
amner y, G, Shaver taking the eX-
animation for teachers license,
Ladies are now buying their
spring hats, You all know this,
but did you know that Snow Drug
Co, has u swell line Of Hat PinsY
w. 7, Witten, one Of the best citi-
zens of Cave township, has the
Records thanks for subscription
dollar and an order for some job
printing
Miss Mary Johnston was here
Tuesday returning to her home at
Sidney from the northern part of
the county, where she had been
teaching
Mr., and Mrs, II, A, Northeutt
and their little son came down
from Salem Saturday for Il visit
with relatives and friends, II Is
said that Mr. Northeutt will be In
the race for prosecuting attorney
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24
LOCAL NEWS.

Play ball!
Fishin' time.
Fresh candies at the drug store.
A good rain would be welcomed
now.
There are many cases of measles
In town.
Atty, 7. |, Herrn was at Cave
City Monday.
According to the almanac, spring
began Tuesday
Snow Drug Go. has good line of
pipes and tobacco.
The Cave City High School closed
its term this week.
Patronize our advertisers, Go
where you're invited,
We are going to take down our
office stove and risk it,
Baled hay and corn for sale,
7, !, Herrn, Evening Shade
We hand it to our correspondents.
They are making the best part of
this paper,
John II. Johnston the prosperous
young merchant Of Sidney, was
here Tuesday,
Our old friend j c. Written of
Ash Flat is spending few days in
Evening Shade.
The Record thanks Mrs. VIM.
Johnston Of Hardy for q renewal of
her subscription,
Sheriff and Mrs, W, w. Bnstow
have eight children at home, They
all have the measles.
S M. Barnhill, one of our good
friends at Balboa builds Up our
treas:ry q dollars worth,
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24
Notice for Publication
! apartment OF The Interior.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark,
February ~, 1911,

NJ office Il hereby given that Christopher G,
Mcleod of Cave Cily, Ark who on Sep.
tember g. 1905 made homestead application No,
97i20, Serial No. tlO7S, for north half northeast
quarter section, g. township 10 north range 8
west and southwest quarter southeast quarter
section "a, township 10 north, range wost tth
Principal Meridian has 0lcd notice of intention
to make Final Five Year Proof to establish
claim to the land above described before Jpa, NJ
Simpson, Clerk of Sharp County, at Evening
Shade, Ark on the s5th day of March, 1911,
Claimant names as withessesl W, c, Mcleod
Of Reeds Creek Ark, l., y, liopy and W. h.
Mcleod Of Emery, Ark. and W, T. Montgomery
Of Cave CITY, Ark,
GUY w, CARON. Replater
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24

Representative Holt's bill for the
protection of fish in Sharp county
streams has passed the lower house
of the legislature and is now in the
senate.
Clerk j. M. Simpson and Sheriff
W. W. BristoW returned Tuesday
from the Northern District capital,
where they spent few days On
business.
W. S. Wasson, who left this coun-
ty several years ago, is proSperinS
at Plainview, Texas. He enjoys
hearing from his old friends through
the Record.
The tax collectors were at Cave
City Saturday and issued a large
number of receipts. They report
this as the biggest day of the year
in amount of cash collected.
Mai. J. P. Cochran, one of the
best known citizens Of the county,
is still confined to his home here by
illness. His many friends are hop
ing to see him out again soon,
W. H. SPOTS of Reed, county
road commissioner, was a visitor to
town Tuesday. We believe Mr..
SPOTS is giving satisfaction in his
office He certainly is trying to DO
so.
A number of our young. people
were at Cave City Saturday night
attending an entertainment by the
school pupils, which is reported to
have been a very enjoyable occa-
sion.
The Record learned Monday that
J, M. Street of Big Creek township
has recently lost quite a good deal
of fencing by fire, which it is be-
Iieved was put out by an incen'
diary.
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24
A new SCHEME

The average laborer depends en-
tirely upon his daily earnings for
the support of his family, Should
sickness or other calamity overtake
him this source of support Is cut
off, 1t therefore behooves every
thinking man to devise some means
of iorestollinG an adversely Of this
nature, Many schemes have been
placed before the lOboring man,
such us accident Insurance, loan as
sociations, etc, but in each case II
is necessary to make periodical pay
ments to some company Why
wouldn't II be q good scheme to
make these payments to yourself
and YOU oct the use Of the money!
Know how TO do itY This way:
Open up an account In this bank,
Add to 1t periodically When the
accident happens there Is no LONG
windod system Of proofs and COM
plicqtlons TO wodc through, Simply
write a check for what you need.
be your own insurance company
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24
Notice for Bui,ilGusloi1
Department Of the Interior,
U, 3, Land 0lllee At Little Roel Arlt,
February iG 1911,

~ office la hereby given that Robert W.
johnson of Poughk0epale Arko who ON
ApNl y 1904, made homestead application No,
gOlil, Serial No, Ol2a5, Tor Lot of northwest
quarter section 9 township 10 north, range 8
west, 9Th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make Final Five Year Proof to es=
tablish claim to The land above described before
D. NJ, Simpson, Clerk Of Sharp County at Evening
Shade, Ark, on the 25th day Of March, loil.
Claimant namos AZ wilhesscsi Jas, Jarrett,
VIM, Bishop, Chas, Medloek, Sam l,usk, u Of
poughkeepeIe Ark,
GUY W. CARoN, Register,
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24
Department OF The Interior
u 4, Land once g., Little Rock. Aplt. |
MhrNh lhI 1911.

NJ otico Ia hereby given that John DIckey Of
y Cave CITY, Afhu who on October N
1905, made Adjoining Farm Application No
sfloS, serial No, ol1OO for NV or Me OR, See.
ton 4, Township 10 North Range West 9th
Principal Meridian has filed hOticc Of intention
TO make Final Five Near proof to establish claim
10 the land above descrIbei before the Cler, of
sharp County, ut Evening Shade Arl,, on the
goth day Of April 1911,
Claimant names n wtnessesl NJ, y, eoRer Of
Evening Shade, Ath,, Harrison finhsten, George
johnson, Allen Mayhan of Cave City, Ark,
GUY W. CARCN Rppiaipp
Sharp County record., 1911-03-24
Notice for Pun''S'
Department or The .ll,O lnl','0'lt ,,0't, h
Lana Vlll'' Ipsbiliafg WI

Department OF the ,l,'S RoetA
Land once a q,l.sG,,,sly l,,,s Nl.
NIolIoe ID hereby alyeh hnssle' M y
IN alnger Of Evening sn'., ,,ssd W.
September 49, 1905, made no''sN , .s0lN wa
Mo, s7lga, Serial Mo- Olt1p' iof . .ssuo,0ws.I n
eaat quarter and south OaIf sor s'ass ~
section I, township II north lS,'ss %',ss d Y
Principal Meridian, has lIeu l,t "V IA ssata]
10 make Final Five year year riv NatOte jat
to the land abole described UV,, =, gNda \
son, Clerk of Sharp County ~ ,pIL
Alli,, On the gbth day Of Ma's., sassssI u1|
Claimant names as wI'4s''VN a VNIHss |
gehaies, c. g, MedOhe' ls j, vs. Ak
Williams, all of EyeainF shsde. ,, dee.,aos, ~