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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-22

The baseball team of the local
freight Office of the Rock Island road
goes TO Peoria tomorrow morning
and in the afternoon will cross bats
with the team representing the
freight office of the same road in Pc
oria The local lads lost in Peoria
last year and evened matters up by
winning a game up here this season.
They expect TO win the deciding game
of the series tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-22
Baseball Boiled Down

Outfelder Magee of the philadelphia
team. who was fined and suspended by
4 President Lynch of the American
league for assaultiug an umpire a
few weeks ago, has been suspended
pdefnitely. and VIII not he back in
Ihe game this season
Harry Cassidy. the former Bloom
sSpgton outfelder. now with Denver IL
at present leading the Western leag-e
with the remarkable average Of 81
Harry has smashed ont 101 hits out OF
27l times at bat Ed Kinselia, a for
mer Bloomington pitcher. is hitting 800
with the same club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-22
Amateur Baseball
MANAGERS, DIRECTORY

Rock Island Freight Clerks-Mana-
ger, John Killian. claim department
Unions" CIV. c. U)-Manager.
Chris Naab. Jr., SIS Twelfth street.
Phone w. $40.
Rock Island Arsenal ball club
Manager. w. W. Medcalf
Rock Island West Ends-Manager,
Frank Shean, SO Thirteenth avenue.
Phone W. 1857.
'Fritz's Colts"-Secretary Ben
Stader, 602 Thirty-eighth street.
Phone West SO.
Boosters" GA year olds) MAN
ager Charles Olson, 1903 Thirtieth
street. Phone West 1902.
"Sextons''-Manage T. c. Roam
tree Phone West 711-K. Postoffice
box 464.
"wolstencroft Brothers Baseball
Club"--Manager G. Huber. Phone W.
$50.
100 Block club-Manager Joe Gstet-
tenbauer, 1927 Tenth avenue. Phones
w. 1892 and E. 1922.
Terros Cubs-Manager G.. E Scott,
4o7 Brady street Davenport Phone
n. I'll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
PRINCE AND FRIEND.

From The Dundee Advertiser.
Many amusing stories are told OF the
Kaiser's friendship for his present Chan
cellOr when the two We're students at
Bonn. IN those days Wilhelm II was
not noted for his love OF learning. while
Bethmann- Hollweg was a Veritable
bool6worm, and exercised quite q faith
erly care over the hot blOOded young
prince The future monarch found him
self so backward in his philosophical
studies that he asked his chum 10 help
him in MS work. Bethmann -Hollweg.
of course. consented. and one morning.
Just before q stiff examination, Wilhelm
arrived at his friends room 10 be heard
his lesson" HIM" said Bethmann-
Hollweg after the hearing, you haven't
read up al ali on this subject. You had
better sit up all night tonight study
ing" NO" replied Wilhelm. Il must
drink with the corps tonight" Without
"a word Bethmanu- HOllweg closed the
book and declined 20 have anything more
10 do with the Princes studies. Wilhelm
went OF IN "A temper, but returned the
next day In a repentant mood. and prom
iged 10 be- more studiOus in future. In
spite Of his egotism Wilhelm III likes 10
Gee self-cOnfidence In others, and he
urohabv remembered this little incident
when he chose Bethmann- Hollweg as
his ChannAl!nr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
THE PARVENU'S B0WLDER
A Partisan Type Of the Time Of
Louis XVI.
Paris. June rs.

81 49, " AAA- ARs
Good heavens. What IN the world Is
this7" was the question put by Louis
XVI one summer morning in the year
l775 when, passing through the Bois de
BouIogne on his way 70 Versailles, he
met q team OF forty great Percheron
draft horses dragging along an enormous
rock. The reply was: This. sire, IS
primeval bowlder that Partisan banker
Is bringing from Fontainebleau for his
pleasure gardens az Neuilly!' what is
the bankers name?" "Baudard de
veud4sir de saint-James" was tho an
swer. Funny, I never heard Of him be-
ro-el" observed the good-natured mon
arch. This Baudard de vaudeslr de
saint-James is described By Nine.
vigee-Lebrun, who painted his por-
trait as the perfect type Of the vul-
gar parvenu." The huge bowlder was for
the sumptuous country seat afterward
known as the Folly OF Saint-James-'
the ruins OF which NAV to-day be seen
al NeuiIly. near the private lunatic asy-
lum of Or. Semelaige, who IS great
nephew OF the famous DR. Pinel, the first
phvsician who treated the insane as pa
tients." and not as criminals. The ''vul-
gar parvenu," Saint-James. afterward
became bankrupt. and was imprisoned
In the Bastile. Released during the revo-
luton. he became sort OF ADVENTURE
and lack OF all trades" Among other
things. he arranged the marriage be-
tween Talleyrand and the frail London
widow. Mrs Grant. This incident is Sc
lected from hundreds Of others IN the
new book. entitled "Environs de Paris"
bv ". Georges Cain. curator Of the Car
uavalet Museum. published by Flam-
marion. with f25 Illustrations. forming
delightful anecdotaI handbook OF places
OF interest TO American tourists In the
reighborhood of Paris.
There is an amusing description OF
Bourg-la RENE. and the Roseraie Of
I,Hav. now the property OF the greatest
authority on roses in France. N. Grave
-eaux II was here that the entire court
with grand pomp and ceremony on
March .. 1722, accompanied Louis XIV.
then twelve years OF age, TO meet his
roval fancee Marie Anne Vlctoire, In
fanta OF Spain. only three years and ten
months Of age The marriage had been
arranged on the Island Of Pheasants on
the Bidassoa. but II never took place. the
King subsequently sending the little child
back 10 Madrid in q discourteous manner
that disturbed the peace OF Europe
Scores OF personal episodes and amusing
anecdotes enliven these $50 pages Of
surlghtly descriptions of points Of his
torical or artistic interest within half an
hours motor cab ride from the centre Of
Paris g. Z p.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

THE HAUNTED PAJAMAS by ,,d, ts''I rs,
Ferry Elliott with llusti"sIi-1-"S TSo
Edmund Frederick. Imo' Up ''''
bobDs-Merrill Company.
This is first rate example of the kinu
OF fiction which one cannot take very
seriously, but which is pretty nearly Al
dispensable 10 the summer months. IL
- tissue OF grotcsque impossiD4ii'ie''
there is next to no indication IN IL OF
faculty for real Characterization out II
Is amusing. The supposititious hai'atVi
is prosperous American bachelor VINO
receives in the ffrst chapter a GIT from
an acquaintance in China. IL CONSISTS
OF suit OF red silk pajamas Now from
the title OF the book it is obvious that
the gift carries with 1t weird possibll-
ties, but we doubt IL any reader couio
guess the amazing consequences OF the
attention bestowed upon Mr.. L1gntnu''
he Is the last man in the world for ora
matte entanglements, but before he gets
through with those paJamas he has TO
reckon with more than exciting episodes,
and, Of course. his friends are drawn into
the vortex. His ordinarily conventional
world is filed with magic-very sinister
masic-and as for his love affair, II is
threatened with inenable disaster. or
course, there is not even momentary
question OF playing upon the readers
credulity. At the outset he realizes that
he must meet Mr.. Elliott half way. But
doing this. he has no regret. On the
contrary, from beginning 10 end he Is
in gale OF innocent fun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

1T was at this point" he wrots ~.
my wonderful 'Meistersinger' sudden.
occurred to me, and in that nor,er,
felt once again my own master" u.
continued thus:
Clearly. my lucky star mus, hay. a.
splred me with this original, and tho-ors,aa'
ly cheerful. nay. humorous, subisc,
order that it might one day come n -, ~
assistance I'm the hour ~ need This s,y
1oct possesses two invaluable advao.s,.
namely, that IN working Al Do am rnvs.l
amused. and. on the other hand. the eyan..
Ing demands FOR staging which cha-ss.
teriZe ny other works are IN THIS irsfs--
absolutely and entirely absent Mgreovsr
l do not require a hrst class tenor FOR ~.
presentation OF this work. and fha. q. -
sary that I should have a great tray.
prima donna, and that means a great 80"
The part Of Hans Sachs. the princ,n.i
character r. written IN AN easy bass -s ~
istor, SO that u can be rendered on an,
stage by the best OF the singers whs.l..
barytOne or deep bass Every theatre -"
ever small will always possess the r,s.
terial requisite for producing this opa-s
The subject enables nae 70 present a
clear, lucid and concise music % the no..
JOYOUS kind: you will have seen. neve~rbs
less, after perusing the scheme, that. .ysr
when enthusiastically Joyous, the quality :.
the music retains throughout the stamp ..
my individual tone. In short, : rely -
having, Just at the right moment. NJ, upo-,
the real, genuine nerve OF German t,.
and Of having given % that lie the NJ.
cular local cOloring which the .orsiyns,
especially loves and appreciates.
Concentrating Charles Dickens.
The centenary OF Dickenss b.rsh hu
an almost continuous celebration IN
England. The Dickens Fellowship a..
making pilgrimages from time 70 tina
20 many OF the places associated with
his novels. One OF these was % the cot.
tage at Chalk, near Gravesend, wherein
the novelist spent his honeymoon. They
have placed there a bronze bust OF Dick.
ems. Another expedition revealed the IL
terestng features Of Maidstone, which
IS said 70 be the "Muggleton' % Pick.
wick" Here the fellowship visited III.
estate Of Cob Tree, the original OF Manor
Farm. 10 whose hospitality the amiabls
Mr.. Wardle so heartily welcomed the
immortal Pickwick and his companions
MIR. PhilIpotts's Story.
The many American readers % Mr.
Eden Phtlpotts's novels WIN he glad .
hear that a new book from his pen e.
promised. The title he has given TO II S
THE Lovers"
Ealzac at Chantilly.
The Institut de France has installed in
one OF its properties AZ Chantiiiy the IA.
nous collection Of manuscripts. auto-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

Not long ago We expressed surprise at
the Indifference Of American publishers
IN the writings Of M Bernard Capes. Re-
membering that The Lake OF Wine"
the first book 70 make him known here,
had the cordial reception which its hish
merit deserved. We wondered why there
had NOT been American editions Of such
delightful books Of his as "A jay Of
Italy" and THE Love Story Of St Bel
The appearance OF "Gilead Balm" ac-
cordingly filled us with pleasant expecta-
tions. and that we should be grievously
disappointed in it is painful. 70 say the
least. The hero Of the book is young
Englshman with passion for reading
the agony columns" in the daily papers.
and when he comes into fortune he
uses II 70 follow up the adventures pro-
NOTED by Investigation NJ those pleas
which make his favorite reading. On the
thread Of his romantlcized philanthropy
Mr.. Canes hangs a series Of short stories,
each having for its motive some bizarre
Incident I'm human life The idea IL not
had but neither is n particularly good
A. all events. Mr. Capes has done very
little with it that is really clever. and
he might much better have left IL TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

Ar--++i-@-''tA-- NN-.Ai'sA4A.
The tale Of crime and mystery was
long ago sl1ilfully developed in French
fiction. but for some occult reason 1t
lacks to-day the quality Il once pos
sessed. In place OF the excellent tradi-
ton of Gaboriau we have a crude sensa-
tionalism which carries no conviction
whatever. on the other hand. in the
very preposterousness OF current French
work OF this sort there is a certain
rough attraction. The Man Without
Face" IS tolerably diverting. IL starts
with a mysterious murder, and then
with the lavishness characteristic OF his
craft the author proceeds 70 throw in
an American millionaire Of the approved
French type. Magnihcently ruthless Is
this busting Mr.. Kingsley. He Is &C
customed to do and 10 have everything
he wants. and when the unhappy
sculptor OF the story falls into his hands
he thinks nothing OF serving his own
purposes by rearranging the artists
face Hence the most astounding trans
actions in every direction. The action
passes both in France and America and
on both sides OF the sea II puts the
average shilling shocker" in the shade.
The French variety OF that type OF lit
erature Is nothing II not fantastic. II
abounds in horrors and its plot is mere
" magnificent This is another good
book for hammock reading.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
as a Man Thinks"

The play bearing this title, which has
been one OF the great successes OF re-
cent seasons in New York. has Just been
published in well printed volume by
Dufleld & Co. II has for trontispiece
q halftone from the bust Of Augustus
Thomas. by Robert I. Aitllen. but we
are glad 20 note that there are no other
illustrations The flashllght photographs
Of stage scenes which are sometimes IN
cluded in a printed play are always bet
ter omitted from library edition. Pre-
fixed 90 this volume. however. is the cast
OF the first performance IN New York
last March.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
Thso in a Temper.

The celebration IN Paris OF Gautler's
centenary has. Of course, revived many
amusing stories Of the famous romanti-
cist. One Of these, which relates to his
superstition and his BELIEF in the evil
eve. tells how he once took stroll
through the streets with his son. Often
bach was Gautier's aversion. and the son
mischievousy started a conversation
about him He was told that the sub
fect was disa agreeable. but, nothing
daunted. the lad led Gautier u a shop
window where was exposed a photograph
OF the composer. AS they resumed their
walk the son observed: well you see,
father after all. nothing has happened
through looking at the photograph" At
that moment they were turning the
corner, and the son preceded his father.
In full view OF the passersby Gautier
administered TO his tormentor paternal
kick. observing. half in anger and half in
hurnor. well something has happened"
About the "Mestsrsinger"
There has just been published abroad
an interesting letter in which Wagner.
az the beginning Of his work on the
"Meistersinger." discussed the opera and
the situation with his friend and pub
Usher. Herr Schott, o., Mainz What
kind OF composition was It 70 be?
What means had he for producing f.?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

cause of the wide prospects the author is
able to delineste in the book OF life from
which he takes his text
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
The Queen 70 Death.

There IS a touching glimpse Of Marie
Antoinette's passage 70 the scaffold in
the lately published "reminiscences Of DR..
Pournies de la Siboutie Il was COM
municated to him by a lady who Wit
messed the scene: "She wore a white
carisole. and a cap on her head, which
had been tied on crooked. She reached
the Place de Ia Revolution By way or
the Rue Royale, and was driven right
around II to the guillotine. She
was white as a sheet. and trembled so
that she had TO be helped out Of the
cart. She was lifted rather than assisted
on to the scaffold. Samson tore OF her
can. ana In moment all was over"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

ordinary mediocre mechaniclan IN nc
ton. When he is at his best he Is man
OF imagination and an artist In thiS
book we take IT that he is at his wors''
for he gives US neither Imagination MOI
art. Nevertheless. since the book con-
tains some puzzles and is TO that eN
tent readable we hope that It VIII DC
at least successful enough to peTsuaue
tho publishers to acquire The Love
Story Of st. Bel" and "A Jay OF ltaiy'
Those brilliant studies in sheer romance
simply CRY aloud TO be printed over mere
ENGLISH CHILDHOOD.
PHYLLIS IN MIDDLEwICH. ~ Mar,
garet Westrup limo, PIP go. TIC 'oi'''
Lane Company.
Really likabe children are very rev
among the multltudes OF boys and sirls
that have been made to play parts IN our
fiction. Phyllis" is llkable. TO be sure
the author pays tribute TO a literary tIa-
dition here and there. but the reader
who knows how to mako allowances TOT
English girl who is as good
sportsman as her father. in play IN the
little troubles Of her small existence ana
in the greater ones In the lives OF her
parents. Her talk is as natural as her
feelings, and she is as healthy a little
animal, physically and mentally. as
girl Of her age ought TO be. The grown
ups OF Middlewich are not merely
background for her and sort OF Greek
chorus, but lead lives OF their own OF
which the reader Is allowed another view
than that from Phyllis's clear, observan'
blue eyes. OF course, II Is great I'M
dertaking 10 fiji a stable book with a.
child and occasionally the author has
drawn heavily upon her invention, as IN
the case Of the slum child from London.
but on the whole she has made pleas
ing success Of her difficult venture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk Of Things Present
and to Come.

rhe Macmillan Company publishes 10
"a, IN two volumes. the "Autobiogra-
nhv, OF Alfred Austin. This ought 10
contain some interesting recolectohs'
Cor the Poet Laureate has known many
of the distinguished persons OF his time
RIO has much 10 say about his numerous
iourneys abroad. especially In ltaiy. MS
memories include. by the way ho'e
than one interview with Bismarck.
Novels by Graham Phillips.
II appears that the late Graham PM
Inns left several completely hnished
novels. one Of which is to he pubhsned
By the Appletons in the autumn. ne
had written the last words Of novelette,
a few hours before his death.
Japanese Poetry.
Lovers OF the Orient Will rejoice IN
Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain's Jap
anese Poetry" volume lately puolsheu
nv I.onrmans. Green & Co. Reprintlng
translations which first appeared thirty
vears ago, he expresses some dissatisfac-
ton with them as not cnaracterAHeo W
the scrupulous exactitude which he has
since learned to prefer in work OF the
sort, but this Will not trouble his read
ers. Here, from the group Of "Miscel-
laneous Poems" is an ode composed by
Obogoni in obedience 10 the commands
Of the Mikado Tenji:
When Winter turns 70 Spring
r2,rds that were songless make their songs
F1ow'rs that we're fow'rless cover all the
ground;
Yet It's no perfect thing go,
cannot walk. so tangled is each hill;
So thick the herbs. ! cannot PLUCK my III.
But I'm the autumn-ude 49, 49,,
dear. 49,, -
and let the green leaves stay, with many
q tear,
All on the fair hillside
No time so sweet as that. Away Away
Autumns the time I fain would keep Al
way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
A FRENCH SHOCKER.

THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE.
LHomme Sans Figure. By Albert
Boissiere. English Version by Flor
ence Crewe-Jones. Illustrations by j.
H. Redman. 12mo. PIP go. The G. W.
Dillingham; Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
MR.. BERNARD CAPES.

7TIEND BALM KNIGHT ERRANT. lis
Adventures IN Search Of the Truth. BY
Bernard Capes. With Eight III stTa-
lions. l2no' pp. VT. GO. The Baker
& Taylor COMPANY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
FICTION
Summer Reading, MADE mere
and Abroad.
CLEVER AeSURDiTIeS'

THE HAUNTED PAJAMAs. BY Francs
Perry F,IIiatf With Illustrations by
Edmund Frederick. emo. PIP '''' Inc
Hobbs ATcrrffi rouu1ry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

"You NAV think that Athena was
too awful for words; at the same
time, DEFY you not 70 read 1t Il
you once begin it."-Miss Glider IN
Chicago Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

SOCKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

The Institut de France has installed IN
one OF its properties al Chantliy the Ia
nous collection Of manuscripts. autp-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

The moving study Of the bring
ing together of a man and woman.
both Of them outcssts from society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

Quite the best Mr.. Spearrnan
has written. A strong, original 70
nance. TRANSCRIPT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24

"Assuredly. Brother Copas' is an
event. the best study OF whimsical
personality since Locke's Beloved
Vagabond.' "-Philadelphia Press.
The Adair County news., 1911-10-04
Musings.

You can not gauge the prog
ress of either a man or an auto
mobile by the amount of noise
they make.
He who is not willing to do
more than he gets paid for Us:
ually has a life complaint that il
poorly paid.
Because Dame Nature can
dress herself in any color scheme
and look attractive, lots of won,-
en- think they can do the same
Those of US who have tried
them are of the opinion that
methods that are delightfully."-
simple, T" are not always simply
delightful.
The Adair County news., 1911-10-04
MOVING Pictures and the Ewes.

"Force the children to take back
seats at the moving picture show is
the advice of an English authority,
who says that no child should be al
lowed to sit nearer than thirty feet
away from the curtain. children as
rule like to crowd down TO the front Of
the show, and the parent sees no cause
for objection. But parents are mark
ing the i'll effects of the Pickering
shadow pictures, ignorant of the fact
that the nearer the child is to the
front the worse the effect upon the
immature eve. As many parents ac-
company their children TO these shows,
let them force the children to take
back seats. thirty or forty feet back if
possible. 1t would be even a better
idea if the management of these shows
would prescribe line beyond which
the child would not be allowed TO sit
for a nation of defective eyes may be
expected if something isn't done along
this line Of reform, Tribune.
The Adair County news., 1911-10-04
A Self Made Kinq.

Ferdinand, car of Bulgaria, is prac-
tically a self made king. Where once
was chaos be has created law and
order. He, the scion of two of Europe's
noblest houses (COburg and Orleans),
had to live in country where fifty
years ago brigandage was rampant,
the army disorganized, politics in the
hands Of a few wirepullers: Today
Bulgaria is foremost among the states
of the Balkan peninsula. its army
efficient, railways extending, COM
merce fOurishing, law and order pre-
yailing. Sofa, the capital, boasts of
the only geological garden south of
the Danube. The king. besides being
a linguist and poet. is a thorough
botanist and took a deep interest in
aviation when this was still in its
infancy.
The Adair County news., 1911-10-04
SELECT CULLINCS
Umbrellas With Windows.

An umbrella with windows is the
latest novelty in Paris, and we are
told that it comes from London. The
reason for the innovation is, we learn,
the difficulty of getting about on &C.
count of the dangers caused by traffic,
especially in wet weather. Although
the umbrella with windows seems a
novelty, ii is not exactly new. The
manufacturers give a little history of
the invention. 1t seems that the first
parapluie a fenetres made its appear
ance IN London half a century ago.
A Russian noble, Prince Poutiatine.
was walking one day in London with
his tutor. 1t was raining, and a mad
dog rushed at them. Owing to the um-
brella they did not notice the animals
approach. The tutor was terribly Bit
ten, and a little time afterward he
died In great agony. The prince was
SO impressed with the danger Of the
ordinary umbrella that he invented the
parapluie a fenetres. OF what the
windows" consisted we are left in
doubt, but the faithful chronicler tells
US that the prince always carried his
safety umbrella and created great
sensation throughout the European
apitals.-LondOn Globe.