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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13
WANT TO REBUILD TRAIL
Young Mormons Will Ask Utah Leqls
lature to Appropriate Fund to
Improve Old Highway.

Salt Lake City. Utah-A movement
has been started here by the Mutual
Improvement association, young
peoples organization of the Mormon
church, to induce the state legislature
to appropriate sufficient money to i'm
prove the "old Mormon trail" from the
point where 1t enters Utah to Salt
Like City and make it part of the
proposed trans-continental automobile
highway The route which the young
Mormon people are seeking to have
made into an automobile highway was
the trail over which Brigham Young
led his followers when they entered
the Great Salt Lake valley in 1874.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13
Failed to Get a Wife,

Lima, O.-Dale Cary, forty, ruraI
bachelor of Ada, was disappointed
when he appeared at newspaper OF.
fee here and found no answers to
an advertisement he inserted asking
for a wife, brunette preferred. on six
months probation. Cary admitted
reading the story of Mile Olga Pc
trova who sought husband for six
months only Cary has hopes of yet
securing bride on trial.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13
CANINE AS SPONSOR

on to the American resorts In sum-
mer. to the European in winter, in
the hope that they will find the social
crust there less glacial.
Through this avenue a few-a very
few-find the coveted entrance and
many fail. The pensions of Naples
Florence, Rome, Vienna, Paris and
Munich are filled with the wives and
daughters of wealthy American men
who have settled in New York from
elsewhere
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13
VISION OF TITANIC

a man. No, let him come end
laid, sick and dizzy, on the bottom
boards of crowded boat. You know
that we were picked up after nasty
time"
The great journalists friends would
have wished that last sentence of his
vivid forecast could have applied to
his own case, when the mammoth
White Star liners great multitude"
were hurled to their ocean tomb.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13

shower of ashes and the accompanying
darkness. lasted for forty-eight hours.
"As the squall approached" said
Captain Wing, 81 noticed the whales
skedaddle They hooked on at full
speed. When the air cleared, two days
later, there was not a whale in sight,
nor fish nor fowl nor sign of any
kind of life. 1t was not until the Gay
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13
CLEARS CHESTNUT MYSTERY
Worm Glrdles Tree and Stops Flow Of
Sap, Says Grower at Fleet
wood, Pa.

Fleetwood, Pa.-William D. Becker,
an extensive grower of chestnuts and
peaches, Of this town, says there is no
such a thing as the chestnut blight,
hut that the chestnut trees are being
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13
Mayor Elated by Gift.

Boston.-Mayor Fitzgerald, baseball
fan extraordinary. is as happy as g
school boy over the possession of the
last ball used in the world series
games.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13

head had cruised many miles and had
winged its way far out of the track of
the volcanic dust that as much as a
bird was seen. That cussed squall
queered our cruise all right"
1t was more than a month later
that the people on the Gayhead
learned that Katmai had been n erup
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-12-13

obtain help from their elders. When
men armed with pitchforks came to,
the assistance of the girl the snake still
held her fast. The reptile was soon
killed, and when measured was more
than six feet in length.
Evening journal., 1912-10-14
BREWERS YEARLY.

Co, The Bavarian Brewing ..Sl752 90
Co. The II. & r. Brewing . 1901 go
Co.. Wilmington Brewing &C.. 400 90
Co., JOS Stoeckle Brewing. 2300 %
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23

in the wake Of the thought Of the hour
and not in advance Of 1t or with trace
of originality, unless, of course, one taheS
once more into consideration her royal
quality. Her logic Is sometimes start
ling and occasionally amusing, and wheh
looking out upon the lives OF the mass
Of us the lady never can lay ASIDE inc
viewpoint of the palace WINDOW 0ne
gropes after a vague sort of intellectual
benevolent despotism she feels, not the
responsibility Of the masses toward
themselves, but Of the educated classes
toward them. Quite in accordance Win
this is her advocacy Of the necessity OF
religion" as a sort of moral police:
The untutored, and all people whose
brains are NOT nourished with knowledge,
need some ideal guidance ana estIalkai ~ !. .
And what a powerful restraint II IS III
fear OF eternal punishment What an IA "a
centive the hope of an everlasting reward.
The Infanta writes of divorce, the TAM
fly, the complete independence OF woman
morality, the working classes-she Is
quite reasonable on this subject; but
then, from her palace window, she mas
not even glimpsed its complexity-she
writes Of the training Of the VIII, OF non
esty and friendship, of socialism and the
press-of the latter most severely. Inc
press is used to that, however. IL Is one
of the few professions that iaymen con-
slider themselves capable of judging
without any knowledge of it Whatever
The Infanta will have every American
honnekeeper with her, however. when she
SAYS: "The lower classes have shaken
off the yoke of their servitude; then why
should we remain victims to the new 90
-. .,..;c conditions ourselves ~
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
OLD M0NTMARTRE
Its Vanishing Charms Portrayed
by O. Dweller on the Butte.

lie Vieux Montmartre Just pub
lished by Figuiere, is a delightful little
book about the Montmartre of yesterday
and to-day written by NJ. Andre War
nod, an artist, who lives and works
there. NJ Warnod has illustrated his
text with upward Of thirty black-and-
white sketches and has succeeded in
conveying the true spirit and atmosphere
Of the famous Butte. For the average
tourist Montmartre means a collection
of bohemian cafes and cabarets, filed
with hungry and thirsty impressionist
painters and sculptors, with ample vel
veteen trousers, huge black neckties,
long hair and slouched felt hats. For
the humdrum, commonplace bourgeois
Montmartre is a terrific den OF immoral
ity and Bacchanalian orgies. But when
this quaint little rustic village. perched
on the northern heights OF Paris, Is in
vestigated closely and impartially IT ap-
pears that the noise and dissipation are
almost exclusively attributable TO the
tourists and the bourgeois In fact,
leads a quiet life, and the numerous en-
ployes attached to the enormous Cathe-
dral of the Sacre-Ceur cultivate their
gardens except when they don their
sacerdotaI vestments for church func-
tons
New streets are now being made at
Montmartre. lined with houses contain
ing sumptuous flats and the latest mod
ern improvements; they cut the old VII
lage in two. Dozens Of picturesque
hooks and corners, dating from the six
teeDth century. have vanished to make
room for this unsentimental march of
civilization. Nevertheless, "old Mont
martre," as NJ. Warnod points out, is
not dead yet. For instance, there still
exists a modest studio where in cold
weather one finds a blazing wood fire
and gas brightly burning, and which
costs the owner nothing. because the
wood has been steslthily taken from the
houses that are being torn down, and
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
MISCELLANE EOUS.

FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION. A Study Of
Underlying Principles. BY J. F. Stronaherk
l2mo. pp l3l. CThe Houshton MifiiR Com.
pany)
Showing how the economic laws apply To
classification OF freight.
MISS JOHN BULL BY Yoshio Msrxino Mus.
trated limo, pp. AK, l66. The Houghinn
Miftiin Company
Impressions OF English girls and xon.a
With illustrations In color and IN black and
white.
THE COMPOSITION OF MATTER AND rHy
EVOLUTION or MIND. immortality 4
Scientific Certainty BY Duncan Taylor,
12no, pp. VI, l76 G.ondon: Tho Walter
Scott Publishing Company
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
calendar year 1910 Part l. Metals Part
H. Nonmetals Syo, PIP. 1876: 1908. (Wssh-
ington: Government Printing Ofice)
ANCIENT TYPES OF MAN. By Arthur Keith,
VI. D., LII D. illustrated. Small i2rra
pp. xix, 15l. CHarper * Bros)
Tracing mans physical history from the
present into the far past. The book appears
in "Harper's Library Of LIVING Thought"
FARM BOYS AND GIRLS. BY william A.
McKeever. illustrated. limo, pp. xvin,
326. CThe Macmillan Company
Outlining the fundamental principles II
child development and relating 10 the train
ing Of boys and girls for rural or civic lifA
and the professions that are open 70 them
THE EDUCATION OF SELF. GiEducstlon Do
so-MemeD BY DR.. Paul Dubois. Author
tied translation by Edward G. Richards.
12mo. pp. 349. CThe Funk Wagralb
Company
A new tranrIat;on from the latest Frsnea
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
FICTION

The DOMINANT CHORD. By Etward kim
ball. With q froauspiece IN full color from
a painting by William Bunting. limo, pp.
40. Boston: L c. Psg, & Coz
The story Of the kidnapping Of al hsir-
ess by one Of her suitors
FIVE THOUSAND AN HOUR: B. Geors'
Ss Eand9PS b. g6Sstef copanY3 i Do
Telling hcw Johnny Gamble won million
dollars and an helress.
FLOWER OF THE NORTH. A Modern Ro-
nance. By James oliver CurVood, mus
r-ated 12mo pr. 3o7 Harper BrosJ
story Of struggle in the Hudson Bay
country.
HECTOR GRAEMF. BY Evelyn Brentwood.
i2mo. PIP 352. CThe John Lane Company)
A narrative OF military ltfe in India.
IN QUEST OF GOLD. Being Romance Deal
ing with the Remarkable Expedition OF
FLORIDA IN the Year 1889 BY Charles f.
knowles. Illustrations by Howard NJ.
Nesmith. 12mo, pp. 22S. Tho John Lane
LOST FARM CAMP. By Harry Herbert Knibbs.
illustrated By Harold James Cue 12mo. pp.
H. 354 The Houghton Mifin Company
The scene is laid In tho pine woods OF
Maine. where a Young city nah finds life
and adventure
POLLY or THE HOSPITAL STAFF. BY
Emma c. StaH. With illustrations l2no,
pp go (The Houghton Mifiin Company
\ story FOR. children, as well as grown
ups. The little heroine meets with street
accident and Is taken 10 hospital. She
becomes so indispensable that she is made
a regular member Of the staff
THE COUNSEL FOR THE Defence. BY
Leroy Scott Frontispiece by Charles NJ.
Chapman. 12mo. pp. X. 43-. Doubleday.
Page 6 Coz
A tale Of modern life IN which womsnly
woman takes her place in public affairs IN
An effort TO save her father from disgrace.
THE RADIUM TERRoRs. BY Albert Dorrng-.
ton. illustrated by \. e Michael l2mo.
Do $50. Doubleday. Page Coz
narrative of mystery and adventure in
which a Japanese physician and his con
splrators play the leading roles
THE ToUCHsTONB OF FORTUNE. Being the
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
FAMILY COMPLICATIONS.
THE ADJUSTMENT BY Marguerite Bry
ant. l2mo. pp. 505 Duffleld & Co.

THE ADJUSTMENT. BY Marguerite Bry-
ant. l2mo. pp. 5oo. Duftield q Co.
There are many complications in the
relations Of the Massendon family, and
the first, but not the last, or the most
important, is that Of the daughter OF the
house. first to the ways OF English so
ciety. and then to those OF life. II Is, In
deed. a strange tangle that fate has
woven for her almost from her birth,
and she adds TO il a new snarl by her
marriage 10 the very man who has least
cause 10 like her father. Yet the adjust
ment Is reached IN the end. The girl
herself, with her simple upbringing so
al variance with the circle into which
her mothers wealth must inevitably take
her - a consistent study 81 character.
Her point Of view, her convictions her
acts are never arbitrary, never out OF
keeping with the traditions OF her child
hood: they are never forced upon her by
This makes her setting apart in the
social environment OF her young woman
hood convincing as well as interesting,
the contrasts on the side Of the world
being no less naturally handled. And
vet. and notwithstanding the twists IN a
good plot, the story appears at times
overlong perhaps because the author
has a marked preference for dialogue
over straight narrative In the handling
Of her material. As always. she strikes
an Individual note. however, and that is
a welcome achievement and a rare gift
i'm these days.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
a DISAPPOINTMENT.
WINGS OF DESIRE BY NJ. +. Will
cocks. l2mo, pp. S63. The John Lane
Company

WINGS OF. DESIRE. By NJ. +. VIII
cocks. l2mO, pp G65. The John Lane
Company.
Coming from the author of several
books of sterling merit, both in subject
and technical treatment. this story is a
disappointment and a puzzle. 1t is not
an instance Of a novelist's subject get
ing away" from him-frOm her In this
instance-but Of her apparently having
been unable to get II in hand from tho
very first. Some OF the characters are
most interesting i'm themselves; the tam
gled relations, the strange problems Of
some Of them are no less well seen; but
in the solution of It all there is no
method, nothing is focused. the story as
d whole does not come OFF, to use ia
miliar phrase. There are here, for in
stance, an old salt and his wife. who IL
a fortune teller. Evidently they ara
meant TO be symbolic, but of what?
They merely add touch Of the fan
tastic to the tale. they distract the at
tention. and as simple means to an end
they are entirely too far fetched. So Is
that journey TO the other end Of the
earth In search of the phantom gold
perhaps another symbol. So far as 1t
deals with the problems Of the modern
woman, or rather, with the modern
Womans new way Of facing q problem
that is as old as life--that of love-the
hook is curiously revelatory. 1t pre-
sents, or at least appears TO a mere
man to present, the commonsense, prac-
teal way In which women themselves
regard the matter and discuss 1t among
themselves, q way, be 1t added, In which
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
May Day.
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
BIOGRAPHY.

LETTERS OF GEORGE BORROW TO THE
RRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE So
CIETY Published by direction OF the
committee. Edited by T. II. Darlow. Win
fac-simile Svo, PIP. xviii Al. (Ihe
George II. Doran Company
Including all the letters, reports and
other documents addressed by Borrow 10
the Bible Society during his association
with its work
THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK. A Critical study.
Ry A Martin Freeman. Frontispiece-
syo, pp. 34s. (Mitchell Kennerley)
An account OF his childhood, early nfu-
ences and artistic development. his prose
writings and verses, and his friendship
with Shelley.
LEE THE AMERICAN BY Ganaliel Brad
ford tr illustrated. svo, pp xvi, S24.
(Thy Houghton Mifln Company
study Of the Southern leader before
the war. IN battle and after the close OF
hrstfitiies
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
Literary Nesvs and Crfftc1sn

is2 Look, Up therey I looked up as he
nointe0 OUT q niche long way up on the
facade It's there. right up there; ana my
head won't stand a heieht! tHelo 20
touch of poetic justice about this dream
There is much that is interesting IN
the authors recollectioas of Tennyson'
He does not forget TO quote the poet
doubt, expressed in his last days
whether the English people had much
genuine love of poetry or art Much
grave discourse churchman and poet
held, and ii ahould be noted that the re-
ligious faith apparent in the latter was
as simple as it was strong. DR.. Car
penter recalls some Of Robert Brown
ing's talk, particularly that about Leigh
Hunt, who used to affect the great un-
conscious snd allow his wife to receive
money on his behalf" Browning dwelt
or the dangers of such temperament
as Hunts and brought up the case OF
another literary man who abused MS
confidence. A nobleman had sent t2O
through Browning TO aid this man In
his distress The man sought TO know
the name OF his benefdctor, ana broWn-
ing told him in confidence. Shortly after
the nobleman sent on to Browning
letter which he had received from the
very man who had been helped and who
now begged for a loan of money. YES
tigia nulla retrorsun," said Browning
the mendicant habit grows" Brown
ing, our author adds, once asked Barry
Cornwall who was the best man he ever
knew, and Barry Cornwall at once re-
piled. Charles Lamb, Browning ex-
patiated on Lambs goodness, nobility
Of character and martyrlike self-sacri-
fee. which was rendered all the more
conspicuous by the selfish Indifference o.
an elder brother who was In business
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23

THE THREAD OF LIFE. BY Comtesse
de Avila Oh. r II. Infanta Eulalia or
SPAIN Authorized translation from
the original French. With portrait
12mo, PIP. 235. Duffield e. Co.
Royal authorship is nothing new, of
course; 1t is perhaps as old as royalty it.
self. The Higher Criticism has much
diminished King David's claim to pre-
eminence in the field, but tradition still
clings to his glory as an inspired singer.
Marcus Aurelius continues to adorn the
literary annals Of his caste. even though
Mr.. II. G. Wells asserts that he would
have done far better If. instead Of seek
ing self perfection, he had kept his house
In order and trained his Infamous son
Commodus in the way a Roman EN-
peror should have trod But for the resi-
Of the worlds royal MISUNDERSTANDING
those so painstakngly brought together
by Walpole-the best that can be said is
that their literary effort ,fe noteworthy
rather for thc.r c-,a.toC odthOrship than
for their quality. W At one of the great
poets of the Golde1 Age Of France said
your majesty You wishel 10 write bad
verses, and you have a:ceeded"-applies
as well to James / and to the great Fred
erick. In our own day we have Carmen
Sylvia as the upholder Of the royal lit
erary tradition. And let us not forget
the frank and amusing ex-Crown Prin-
cess Of Saxony.
Now comes the Infanta Eulalia If
Spain, with =. book that has enjoyed a
double royal advertisement, that of it's
authorship. first of all, and that of her
royal nephew's attempt to suppress 1t. In
the second place. Truth to tell. these
essays on many subjects decidedly need
ed the free" advertising thus so freely
given them. In themselves they are not
startling. The princess has evidently
read much, but as evidently without sys-
TEN. She has reflected little upon life
and the social problems Of the day. but
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23

This story has Unexpectedly received
n note Of timeliness. To be sure. there
is in its pages no wholesale recall, with
rifes. of officer Of the law, but the rifle
OF one poor white OF the Blue Ridge
region Of North Carolina plays decisive
part In It's plot. The heroine Is the
daughter OF Nature, OF simple virtues
and high character. whom one expects
To find in books Of this kind. She is at
tractively drawn once more. with GER
tain simple strength. The hero Is an
EngIishman OF birth and breeding, q
pbvsjcian, sent TO the mountains for his
health. This man, from being regarded
with suspicion as a stranger, becomes a
benefactor Of the sparsely settled coun-
tryside. whose beauties are well de-
scribed. Notwithstanding differences of
tradition and education, the man and the
woman find each other. but across their
path lies the shadow-and the ride-of
primitive jealousy. There is more to the
plot. however Whatever the rights and
wrongs of the Boer War, whatever it's
loss or gain to England, it's flcuonal
usefulness, like shat Of all wars, was
demonstrated long ago. SO there IL an
English episode i'm these pages, with a
more delicate problem to be solved than
Solved it is, In the name Of romance
for a simple romance this story is from
first TO last.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23

the gas comes from the municipal pipes
In the Rue des Saules, which have been
clandestinely tapped" so as to provide
light for the independent painter! Nj.
Warnod has woven into his book num-
Der of character studies, such as Kay
mond, the rapin": "Gilda, the profes-
sional beauty; Henri. the poet ahc
"Frede) the patron of the cabaret of the
Lapin a Gille, transformed into Lepln
Agile" These personages figure In brief
stories that give true notions OF real
Nontmartre existence. II is an anus
ing and instructive littl~ handbook that
American tourists who care to explore
the mysteries of the Butte will find use
f,,I e. l. r.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23


The author of this volume has labored
energetically to show that the seven
teenth century colonists Of these regions
had the precious gift of humor and pro-
duced specimens worthy Of discussion.
1t was not a profitable task, for, as all
students Of the period know, that humor
was heavy and in expression clumsy,
forced and crude. 1t was, moreover
not at all a local development but n
duller part, at remove OF three thou
sand miles. Of the current writings Of
the mother country. There was nothing
in spirit or method to distinguish It as
thing Of the soil. With the eighteenth
century and a new manner Of life. moro
colonials by birth exhibited some pleas
ing results Of prosperity and education.
William Byrd. Of Virginia, spent his
youth abroad in contact with every
means Of intellectual growth and polish
He returned 10 be the holder OF high
Office and the author Of some clever and
amusing narratives Of Southern travel.
But there is not 70 be found IN his work
any special atmosphere Of wit which
might be labelled as characteristically
American; he was a highly educated
man Of the world. with a quick sense OF
humor. and would have penned his OBJ
servations in much the same vein II he
had stayed in. England instead Of return
ing to his native Virginia
The same may be said Of the satirical
and witty writings and sayings OF many
other colonials Of the eighteenth century
they may be racy, Jut racy after the
British fashion. Ben Franklin is the
first in whom we may take pride as the
a slender strain Of originality more
American than British. AS for the hu-
mors Of the Revolution and the infant
Republic--to which Mr.. Holiday devotes
many pages-we have not found II more
characteristic Of new world than was
that Of the colony. 1t was an echo, as
our literature since that time has largely
been, Of foreign originals. That many
Of our authors for generations have fol-
lowed literary fashions set in England,
France. Germany, is a truth not fat
tering 10 our self f-love, but it is well to
recall II sometimes. The realization Of
that fact should make us doubly CRATE
full for writer's who in the latter half OF
the nineteenth century brought an in
dubitable freshness into American let
ters, new birth Of our new soil" To
these and TO some Of their predecessors
the author Of this book proposes to de-
vote further volumes. It Is pity that
he should have undertaken TO deal with
his subject in an unduly voluminous
way. One compact volume, critical
rather than descriptice and less profuse
in quotations, would be genuinely well
come.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
PERFUME AND POISON.

THE MYSTERY QUEEN, BY Fergus g'Is
Hume. l2mo, PIP. 81. The G. W. pl-
ungham Company.
has written since the success OF The
Mystery Of a Hanson Cab" it would be
hard to say, but certain it is that ne
keeps on writing them with undmin-
ished industry. Not the balance or
mower in Europe, or the theft Of military
or diplomatic secrets. but dead people
fortunes are the object of the crimes
committed by the organized band whose
head the Mystery queen is. The clews
thew leave behind them may, on sober
consideration, seem TO be entlrey un-
necessary ones, but one does not stop 10
take this into consideration While read
ing the story. There is. first of all and
alWays. a certain scent left on the body
Of the victim and, in the second place.
but less insistently, a fly glued 10 MS
head Trace the scent and you VIII ma
the murderer But how does the anna
teur detective trace the band to its lair
from single one Of it's agents? 1t Is
done. however, in sensational manner
as the murders multiply, and the threat
ened consequences of the discovery are
more sensational still. MIR. Hume plays
the game of mystery and solution ac-
cording to the rules, which are the rules
Of puzzles rather than Of literature. He
entertains us to the end, which-another
rule-brings about a happy marriage.
We almost forgot TO add that the aero
plane is made to play a part In this
story. In fact. there are two. for there
"a no device Of the detective which the
criminal cannot turn TO his own pur-
nose