The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

III YOU want TO find out. writes 4
somewhat rippunt reviewer, Chow best
TO accomplish the business o! being =. wo-
man read The Brucrcn increasing liomo
| Efficiency" IT, on the other hand. %ou
are anxious 10 know what Increasing
home efficiency really is. read Miss T'Ir-
! bells "The Business of Being n Woman.
| TRUE Tales OF Arctic IIcroism IN the
| New World, by Mai Gen A. w. Grecly
| (Scrlbncr'sl. IL composed of twenty -four
accounts of heroic exploration in the Arc
tic. In his preface ihe autlo" says:
Ono object of his volume is 10 REGAL!
! In part the geographic cVolutiun Of North
America and It's adjacent isles. The
heroic loving American youth Is not al
! ways familiar with thc deeds uf daring.
tho devotion 20 duty. and the scif.abucga-
ton which have so often illuminrd the
stirring anuals of exploration in Arctic
&mcrica Notable c%empars OF heroic
tho polar scroll Of immortals, among
whom are Franklin and McCliutocl of
England. Nanc OF America. Rae y; Scot
land and MyliuS- f.rchs"u of Denmark.
Less known 10 the world are the names
Eronluud. E=crtun and lawson. Holm,
Ilegemann. Jarvis and Rcrlllolf. lSalu-
Ross. SclIwatiss, Glider. S"ntag. STATE.
Tyson and Woop. Whose deeds appear
herein As lo the representative women,
Lady Jane Franklin is faintiy associated
In mems minds with arctic Ecroism. willie
Merkut the lnnnlt, has been only men
TONED Incidentally "
The January Century Will contain the
third IN that magazines notable .'After-
they War series The topic Is The I'M
pcachment OF Andrew Johnson. tho in-
PRODUCTION TO which Was discussed IN the
DcCcIpber number by Cen. II. =. otis and
Gen. !, T.. Henderson, Gaillard Hunt.
library o: congress nov gives with mitch
personal detail President Johnson $ de-
fense-his side OF the case ss told by his
correspondence. Maj. BENJAMIN. c, Tru-
mn, NHtn IA fn lE,lpI as
military governor and as president. sup
plements Mr.. Hunts article with a
wealth OF anecdotes ot Johnson, In Wa'Ch
thc character OF the man stands out
strongly.
1t has been maintained by some critics
tllat James Lane Alien IN his new novel
The Heroine in Bronze" has gone back
TO the methods and general style OF his
earlier books, II would seem also as
though the new book was 10 enjoy the |
wide popularity of these successes OF q
few years ago. for while Mr.. Allcns 4 |
novels always command a large audience,
ties .''rhc Heroine in bronze Is being |
voted the authors best hy many dis
readers. and there Is strong
likelihood that when II h4s had ilmG G
upon the peoples affection some OF its
predecessors already have.
The etiquette of murder in Papua is
set forth IN J. H. p. Murr,y's book ON
''Papua, o. British New Gunen' tScrih-
ncrsl. The author. who Is . brother OF
cruor Of the country, The only e%plana-
ion for some murders" he SAYS. us GIN
pic lus; for blood. Some natives of the
Main Range for Instance, who should
have been reasonably civilized, cut the
,hroats Of two runaway carriers. ana
could give no qualification OF their act e%.
'ept that their victims looEed cold ano
hungry. Murders for the sake of aVcns-
ng tho death of persons killed, supposedly
by pur pUri or Sorccry. arc numerous,
and. one might add. not without Gndlogy
in our own colonial history More inter
rstinC. and OF a distinctly higher class,
so 10 speak are tho murders That arc
committed from motives OF vanity. for the
sake OF social distinction. or in compll-
incc With the demands Of local etiquette.
In Some districts there are certain ieath,
,rs which none but honicides arc allowed
10 wear, and these insignia are. OF course.
objects OF ambition to the glided youth
cr much who is killed or how--to sneak !
-ound "a tree and XIII baby would ap-
entitlc the assassin 10 the same
consideration as 10 kin man in hand
o. hand tight--but the girls arc apt to
discourage the advances of men who have
40; earned the badge OF homicide and ihis
act is sometimes put forward by the ac-
;used in mitigation OF sentence,
Some interesting figures regarding
american motoring in Europe arc, given
II an appendix which Walter Hale, the
Hell-knowu illustrator and actor, con.
ributas 10 the volume Motor Journeys
written by Mrs. Louise Closer Hale. IL
ustratcd by Mr.. Hale. and just issued by
IcssIs A. c. McClurg & Co. Mr. Hale
,ays: -Four years ago the United states
1onsul at Lucerne estimated that Ameri-
AN motorists had spent twenty-four mil
ions OF dollars in Europe thai summer
.Tc calculated on the basis that there had
,con soon touring parties averaging five
persons. each spending SO a day for two
months. Assuming this TO be fairly
'orrect estimate the number. OF touring
,artiee must have trebled in 1912 II
would be interesting to know how many
y these tourists were carried in cars OF
american manufacture. Where an Amcri-
an automobile was n novelty when the
yriic~ FIRST toured on the Continent eight
ears ago. 1t is not unusual now to pass
,alf 2 dozen on the frequented roads OF