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never-siienced Cry Of fraud, is q dra-
matte crOss-current Of love that means
death tor one, ostracism for another and,
for the governors son and Col. TOD
hunters 0augn,er, wedding ring and
dance. The marriage Is preceded by a
murder, which puts young strickland on
trial for his lire. He is saved by the
confession OF an outcast girl who loves
him and TO whom he has not been at all
tar. Incidentally, poor Lottie May is
allowed to steal off from her old home
in disgrace without any Of the good peo-
pie concerned feeling it necessary 70
thank her for a service that meant joy
for them and lifelong dishoncr for her.
Col. Todhunter IS the sole exception. lie,
of course, is ctivalrous gentleman VINO
can re relied on to do the gracious thing
on all occasions, and yet the ordinary
reader cannot but wonder why so devoted
a father could so gladly trust his daughter
to man whose love Tor drink and nabit
of hunting for trouble SO nearly ended ms
life with a rope. Perhaps one takes a
different view of life: in Missouri. Per
fault in the son Of his lifelong friend
The book is cleverly illustrated.
THE TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES. BY
f. w. Howe. Topeka: Crane d Co.
The author admits with an opening cut
burst Of confidence that he is taking the
trip for his stomach's sake. He explains
why. Then he proceeds to write his book
with a boyish buoyancy that knows no
such a word as dyspepsia.
The way to the West InCies Is a beaten
track these days. and so many volumes
have been written by travellers, who have
made careful study of the places now
glimpsed by regular boat loadsh Of OK
cursionists that dr. Howe's diary owes
it's value to the personality Of the writer
rather than to the things of which he
writes. The one distinctive exception is
q snapshot impression Of Panama, in
which each word is as vivid as q moving
picture. Otherwise, the various islands
are merely the big heads in a chain Of
incidents that make UP the life on skip
board. Every travelled reader will recog-
nize the passengers; the perfect husband,
whom no healthy minder 'other woman
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| rain pipe that l wouldn't have trusted a
monkey on in order to elope with the
| man she loved Your father was the COM
mander OF as tough native regiment as
have ever known. Your grandfather was
an explorer. I've been a bit Of a rolling
stone myself About one relation OF yours
| in three dies in his bed. You come of a
stock which prefers to go and see things
4 for itself rather than read about them
in the newspaper, and which has ac-
| quired a considerable knowledge OF the
! art of handling men in the process. Those
are rather rare assets. If you take a
woman in tow at the tender age Of twenty
one. there will be a disaster. Either you
| will sit at home and eat your heart out,
OF you will 60 abroad and leave her to
eat out hers. Am talking sense?'
Hugh;e sighed like a furnace.
| Eyes, confound your he said.
will you promise not to rush into
| mat;iT1iony, then?'
Perhaps she'll wait for me-" unused
| Hughie.
| How old is she?''
"rwenty-one, like me-"
| 'Hm, remarked Jimmy Marrable.
dryly. That means that she is for all
practical purposes ten years your senior.
However, perhaps she will. Pigs might
fly. But will you promise me to think
I the matter over very carefully before de-
| Gliding not to go abroad?"
Yes" said Hughie.
That being the CASE continued his
| uncle briskiy, ST want to tell you one
or two things. II you do go. may never
| see you again.
Il say" said Hughie. in alarm, there's
nothing wrong with your health. is there,
old man."
Bless you, no: But once a Marrable
takes to the wilds Methuselah himself
couldn't reckon on living long enough to
see him again. So I am going to talk to
you while I've got you. l am taking this
opportunity OF being near town to see my
solicitor and make my will. l am fit
enough, but am fifty this year, and at
position OF his property. 1 may as we'll
tell you that have left you nothing. An
noyed?"
Not in the least"
And have left nothing to Master
Lance"
Hughie looked little surprised at this
Il mean to start him on his own legs
Marrable. Immediately. in fact. That
Is partly what l am going up to town for.
am investing 4 sum for him which
ought to bring him In about two hundred
a year for the rest Of his life. He's near
~ sixteen now. and he'll have to admin
lister his income himself-pay his own
school bills and everything. Just as l
made You do. Nothing like accustoming
a boy to handling money when he's
young. Then he doesn't go q mucker
when he suddenly comes info q lot Of it.
shan't give him more. because 1t would
prevent him from working. Two hundred
won't A slug would perhaps live con-
tentedly enough on it, but Lancelot We'll
lesley Gaymer is q pretentious young
sweep. and he'll work in order to gain
the. means for making q splash. The two
hundred will keep him going till he finds
his feet"
Jimmy Marrable paused and surveyed
his nephew rather irritabiy.
well" he inquired, at length. haven't
you any contribution to make to this con-
versation?"
Cant say have had much chance so
far" replied the, disrespectful Huehie.
(To be continued tomorrow.) :.
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Lady Hereward figures only slightly in
the crime. and its solution. and better
title might possibly have been chosen, for
the reader is looking for a more definite
relationship~between this article and the
denouement. However, the title is Of
small consequence in an entertaining tale
such as this.
COUNTRY LIFE. With an intro
duction by Theodore Roosevelt New
York: Sturgis & Walton Company.
President Roosevelt in 1908 appointed
a commission to investigate the conditions
of life in the rural parts Of the United
States, with the object Of pointing out it's
action and inquiry. In this, the first in
vestigation Of the kind, the public took a
great interest, but unfortunately the re-
por: of the commission, submitted In
January, 1909. to President Roosevelt, and
by him transmitted to Congress. has not
been available for popular distribution.
though calls for it have been general. 1t
is now presented in book form as means
Of assisting In a better understanding of
the conditions of the country, and it's
special needs in those parts where hui
mainly is not cOngested. To this present
printing Mr.. Roosevelt supplies an in
PRODUCTION explanatory of the purpose OF
the commission and its results.
COL. TODHU NTER OF MISSOURI.
BY Ripley d. Saunders. With illus
trations by w. 3. King. Indian
apolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
The author introduces his hero as "un-
deniably the distinct embodiment of that
picturesque native American type. the
Kentuckian born and Missourian bred"
Col. Todhunter's faith in friendship
amounts to a religion and it is his loyalty
to a lifelong comrade that makes a
pleasant and at times an exciting story
of politics and love. The campaigning
for and election Of Col Strickland to the
governorship of Missouri furnishes Col.
Todhunter with a field Of activity that
starts with the first page of the book
and closes at the last line. Woven In
with brass bands, spellbinders and the
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CHAPTER III.-Continued.

The accommodating Mr.. Lunn suggested
that this interval should be bridged by a
personally conducted expedition to his
rooms downstairs, where he would have
great pleasure in exhibiting TO the COM
pany a rather decent collection of door
knockers and bell handles. the acquisition
OF which articles Of vertu Che being a
youth of strong wrist and feet FOOT was
a special hobby Of his.
Hughie was left alone with his uncle
the only relation he possessed in the
world and the man who had been to him
both father and mother for nearly eight
cen years.
Hughie had been born in India. His
recollections Of his parents were vague
in the extreme. but II he shut both eyes
and pressed hard upon them with his
hands he could summon up various pic
lures of beautiful lady. whose arms
We're decked with glittering playthings
that jingled musically when she carved
the chicken for Hughes nursery dinner.
He particularly remembered these arms.
for their owner had pleasant habit OF
coming up to kiss him goodnight after
his ayah had put him to bed. On these
occasions they were always bare; and
Hughie remembered quite distinctly how
much more comfortable they were then
than next morning at tiffin. when they
were inclosed in sleeves, which sometimes
scratched.
OF his father he remembered less. ex-
cept that he was a very large person, who
wore gorgeous raiment of scarlet. Also
things on his heels which clicked. He
had a big voice. too. this man, and he
used to anuse himself by training Hughie
to stand stiffiy erect whenever he cried,
'Shun.'
Hughie also remembered a voyage on a
big ship. where the passengers made much
of him. and a fascinating person in a blue
jersey (which unfortunately scratched)
presented him with numerous string balls
| which smelt most gloriously of tar. but
always fell into the Indian ocean or some
other inaccessible place.
Then he remembered arriving with his
parents at a big bungalow sn q compound
full of grass plots and flower beds. where
a person whom he afterward learned: to
| call Uncle Jimmy greeted him Gravely
and asked him to accept his hospitality
| for time. After tbat-quite soOn-he re-
membered saying goodbye to his parents
or rather. his parents saying goodbye to
| him. The big man shook him long and
| solemnly by the hard. which hurt good
deal, but impressed Hushie deeply. and
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doing this. that. or the other common
thing-shoeing horse perhaps. or ped
ding small wares. or grooming childishly
in the sun over the lost valor of long
sped days. There is a hero here and
here are two Incompatible women, a lass
and lady. each a sort of distant kin to
some Meredith woman. or some Hewlett
girl. A love story, too, goes along this
Kentish road. and a good one besides.
with woongs and weddings. But the
sheer delight OF this book. that which
warns the very heart to gentle laughter.
lies In the people. and the sky, and the
means that this new young man is a poet
with insight and truth and rare grace
at his command.
DIPLOMATS WIFE IN MANY
LANDS. BY Mrs. Hugh Fraser. au-
thor OF "A Diplomats Wife in ia
pam etc. New York: Dodd, Mead
Co. Washington: Brentanos.
Mrs. Hugh Fraser's recollections and
impressions here antedate the author
herself. setting off as they do with her
immediate beginnings-with her father,
Thomas Crawford. the sculptor, and her
mother, one of the three New York Ward
girls, Of whom Julia Ward Howe was an
other. Born in Rome, a frequent early
visitor to America, and later the wife of a
diplomat of important assignments. Mrs
Fraser crowds two generous volumes
with multitude of incidents, pictures and
impressions. gathered from a wide range
of place and circumstance. These radiate
from personal and family concerns to the
larger matters of society, politics, state
and custom. There are stories of hun
dreds of individuals. In fact, it is hard
to think of any considerable person of the
period here included who does not appear
In these pages. \ particularly coherent
an interesting chapter is devoted to the
memory of Marion Crawford, who was
this authors brother. The outlook here
is a very personal one. sometimes partf-
san. and with no serious grasp of causes
and sequences. Mrs. Fraser, however, is
ready and cultured woman of wide ex
perience and graceful speech, SO. these
recollections are entertainment, such as
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is not generally known that
beginning has been made toward
the establishment of museum OF
I Industrial art in this city. In the

ut is not generally known that a
beginning has been made toward
the establishment of museum OF
II Industrial art in this city. In the
old lecture hall of the National Mu-
scum, which was remodeled few years
ago to accommodate the National Gallery
collections, is now to be found a really
imposing display of laces. textiles. bro
cades and embroideries, and other objects
having artistic interest, such as fans,
jewelry, fine carving. silverware and dec
grated porcelain. The greater part of
this collection has been loaned by private
owners, but fair portion has been given
to the museum. The lace collection Is
especially fine. In it almost every kind
of lace made is represented. There are
examples of the old cut and drawn work,
which antedated the making of what to-
day is classed as lace. Several fine speci-
mems of old church lace are shown.
There is much Valenciennes, no little eX-
auisite point dVenice, some beautiful
specimens of point d'Alencon and poin'
d'Angentan.
Experts have said that this collection
of laces ranks next to those owned by
the Metropolitan Museum. New York
and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The collection was assembled and ar
ranged by Mrs. James w. Pinchot. with
the assistance and cooperation of com
mittee Of ladies. Among those who have
contributed to it are Mrs. Arnold Hague
Mrs. Robert r. Hit. Mrs. Norman VIII
liams, Mrs. William A. Slater. Mrs
Thomas Nelson Page. Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings, Miss Murray Ledyard, Mr.; EDISON
Bradley and Mrs a. G. Barney. The ex-
hibits are beautifully displayed. the laces
arranged in upright and horizontal cases
on a background Of light green. the Gen
oese velvets. French and Italian bro
cades and Spanish embroideries being
placed in larger cases against the walls
to lend decorative effect
The object of placing these specimens
of exemplary craftsmanship on exhibition
is to stimulate and better industrial de-
sign. II has been very truly said that
only in the matter of design does Amer
lean china, American figured silks and
like products rank lower than those OF
France. There are two ways Of remedy
ing this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS designers
OF import those who have been educated
in other countries. The latter was the
course chosen by the nations in earlier
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hibition and quite number OF sales nave
been made. This is substantial evidence
Of appreciation. But the exhibition has
in every respect been worthy-the pic
lures are not only good but attractive,
and this is bound to signify. The bust
ness of art is undoubtedly to reflect life.
and all life is not agreeable. but pleasant
reflections are more desirable as COM
paniOnS than unpleaSan ones. And, after
ALL art should not be disassociated from
beauty.
TEN or a dozen little pictures re-
Gently painted by William B. Clos
son were informally shown in the library
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art this week.
They are all figure studies and none was
perhaps more than eight by ten inches
in dimensions. They were, without ques-
ton, reminiscent Of Monticello and yet in
no wise mere limitations. Primarily they
were color notes, wherein figures were
preston. Who the people portrayed
were. or what they were doing. the OBJ
server did not question:. but that they
were alive, and agreeable as incidents,
rare gift of Imagination. and his pictures
are visions awaking imaginative con-
lecture on the part Of the onlooker. When
1t is remembered that Mr.. Closson began
MS career as an engraVer Oh WOOD ana
spent many years in the service Of the
foremost machines. this power to cast
aside academic conventions seems. per-
haps the more remarkable. 1t substan-
tiates. however. the teaching of the mas
ters. that to be free one must be we'll
schooled. Mr.. Closson can still be exact
when he desires. His transcriptions Of
landscape are very true to nature and
at the same time very charming. A
small exhibition made ZIP Of paintings
by Herman Dudley Murphy Augustus V
Tack and Mr.. Closson has been aking
a circuit. this winter. Of several of the
art museums in the middle west. It has
just been shown in Detroit.
HENRY RANKIN POORE, the artist
! and writer. will give an illustrated
lecture on Picture Art before the
Washington Society Of Fine Arts next
Wednesday evening. Mr.. Poore is well
known both as painter and author. and
has many friends in this city. An ex-
hibition Of his paintings was held. it
will be remembered. at Veerhoff's last
winter. In the Corcofan Gallery's recent
exhibition he was represented by pic
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his dreams and waking visions. 1t is to
attain this object, approximately, that he
finally paints her portrait. FIVE different
versions Of the same subject. These
five canvases constitute all that Trent
has produced ana later become world
famous. At the instance of one of his
most intimate friends another tells the
story of Henry Trents life. and this is
works out his result. The story does not
lay any particular stress upon Trent g
obsession. It is something subjective
with him. and it does not project into the
story. The lady of Trent's search ulti-
mately appears in the flesh and becomes
his wife. Trent. however, is little calculated
to lead a happy life even in such cir
Mr.. Fornan tells delightful story Of
Paris.an art life. presenting a number Of
diverting and convincing characters.
some Of them OF the usual Bohemian type
of the Latin quarter. some charming
English people Of title. and the usual
French capital. The story teller himself
is in some respects far more attractive
than Trent, great wholesome boy of a
man. talented in his art and blessed with
a perfectly normal view of life and a
rich reward.
THE VANITY BOX. BY Alice Stuyves-
ant. illustrated by Charlotte Weber
DitZler New York: Doubleday. Page
& Co Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
Who killed Lady Hereward in the tower
in Riding Wood is a question that agitates
not only the placid countryside, but. for a
time, all England. The circumstances of
the crime are unusually. dramatic. The
dead woman's husband is under possible
suspicion. His cousin. former steward
OF his estate, is fugitive, finally accused
directly Of tho murder. Two women know
more of the circumstances than they have
testified on the stand at the coroners in
quest 1t is altogether most complex
situation that the author develops, and
finally works out to a satisfactory con-
clusion. The vanity box belonging to
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company of the curious old gentleman,
whom she had soon learned to call Tinker
Jimmy. OF their relations it will be suffi-
cient at present to mention that a more
curiousIy assorted and more thoroughly
devoted couple it would be difficult to
find.
Jimmy Marrable reclined on the window
seat and smoked his cigar. His nephew
enviously cycling the blue smoke, sprawled
in an armchair.
"Hughie," said the elder man, suddenly
how old are you? Twenty-one, isn't it,
Yes
"And are you going down for good next
week?''
Yes" Hughie sighed
Got a degree?''
Tell YOU on Tuesday"
Tell me now.
'Well-yes. should think"
Mechanical tinks-engineering. Sec
ond class, if I'm lucky
"Um Got any vices?"
Not specially"
Drink"
"No.''
rable. in some concern.
NO
, That's good. Ever been drunk?"
Yes
Badly. 1 mean. I'm not talking about
bump-supper exhilaration.'
"Only once"
s'When?''
MY first term
What for?'
ITO see what it was like.
Perfectly sound proceeding com.
your Impressions OF the experiment.
II haven't got any," said Hughle,
frankly. Il only woke up next morning
in bed with my boots on
who put you there?''
Seven other devils"
"And you have not repeated the expert
ment?'
mo. There's no need. 1 know my ca
pacity to glass now
Then you know something really worth
knowing" remarked Jimmy Marrable,
ing to do with yourself? Why not go and
see the world bit? You have always
wanted to. And do it thoroughly while
you are about 1t. Take five years over II;
ten. II you like. You will like. you know.
It's in the blood. That's why l think you
are wise not to want to enter the service.
You can always scrape In somewhere II
there is q war. and barrack life in time
OF peace would corrode your very heart
out. 1t nearly killed your dad at five-and-
twenty. That was why he exchanged and
took to the frontier ard ended his days
in command Of q Goorkha regiment. Life
at first hand; that's what we Marrables
thrive on! 1 never set foot in this coun-
try myself between the ages Of twenty
and thirty-three. l would come with you
again II 1t wasn't for Ammo Domini-and
the nippers. But you'll find a good many
old friends of mine dotted about the
world. They're not all folk could give
you letters OF introduction to-some of
em don't speak English, and others can't
read and write; but they'll show you the
ropes better than any courier. You take
my advice and go. England is no place
for a young man with money and no par
tieular profession, until he's over thirty
and ready to marry. Will you go,
Hughie?"
considering the point rather reluctantly.
His uncle continued:
Money all right, 1 suppose? You have
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any brilliant and distinguished company
affords the mere onlooker
HOW TO VISIT THE GREAT PICTURE
GALLERIES. BY Esther Singleton.
illustrated. New York: Dodd, Mead

HOW TO VISIT THE GREAT PICTURE
GALLERIES. BY Esther Singleton.
illustrated. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co.
Miss Singleton has been busy for some
years making the way Of the tourist and
sightseer easier. and in that manner she
has rendered valuable service. Her lat
est work is a short guide to the art gall
leries of Europe. briefly describing in
turn the chief contents of the galleries
Of London. Paris. Brussels. Antwerp, The
Hague. Amsterdam. Stockholm. st. Pc
tersburg, Berlin Dresden. Cassel. Mu-
Mich. Vienna. Venice. Milan. Florence.
Rome. Naples and Madrid. The letter
press gives the name of the artists, the
date of the picture. explains the sig
nificance OF the represented scene. indi-
Gates the accepted opinion Of the artistic
merit of the work. and in many cases in
cludes a short description of the paint
ing by some recognized art critic. Nu-
merous well reproduced representations
of the most significant paintings men,
toned in the work add to the value and
attractiveness Of the volume.
Justus Miles Forman. author Of
.Bianca's Daughter" etc. New York:
Harper & Bros.
Suggestions Of a likeness in treatment
between this story and "Trilby'' are
offered by the publishers. possibly as an
inducement to the reader. 1t is unneces-
sary to tempt any one to open the covers.
Mr.. Formans work has always COM
mended itself through its sincerity and
artistic quality. He touches in this tale
upon a not unfamiliar theme Of mysti-
cism and pursues 1t consistently and dra-
matically to an unexpected climax. Henry
Trent, American art student in Paris,
has been since boyhood obsessed with a
sense Of companionship in the unseen
world. He is perpetually seeking an un-
known face, the face Of the woman Of