The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

iti"E "cil octlcFc tilht the chief con-
Germ OF lie is Fashionable clothing"
The book otherwise treats of Moral
Education and Legal Protection Of
children and Increased Social Con-
troll of the awakening OF the moral
consciousness OF to-day and of the
standing army of hunlanity's sclr-pity,
which is becoming slowly mobiizcd
for new conquest"
nun House Is chiefly known the
world over because IT is the centre of
the work for humanity which Miss
Nddhns E;,liant!y carries ON every
year further in it's purpose every year
broader In It's scope. The world takes
OF its hat 10 the woman who wrote
\ New Conscience and an Ancient
Evil" Because the hook reflects her
thought and her aim it has Il vital
measure of suggestion, message
which an may read with profit.
The Jonnthun Papers"
BY Elizabeth Woodbridge. ..ouyh,on
M!iilln d Co.. OF Boston. Mass. $l.5
net.
\ delightful series Of papers here
relates experiences OF Elizabeth Wood
bridge in such uut-of-door diversion.
as duck shooting, walking. i'm the
ram cnnoeing through Connecticut
waterways and driving through New
England.
me these narratives of outdoor
ne are 50 full of vivldncss ana en-
thusinsm that the reader feels i'm
peiled 10 20 ANA do likewise, not the
least attractive of their qualities is
me chhrininS flavor OF whimsicaIity
ana imagination that coiors lhrm.
o'hcl q! The papers. such as Com
Portable Books and IN the I'lrrli..hi !,
present indoor scenes ana moods that
MAKE charming foil for the out-or
door ESSAYS. The author belongs in
the little group Of American women
es'aElsts including Miss Reptile, ana
MRS. Pennell, whose writing is notable
lor lumor, grace and charm
Elizabeth Woodbridge is not only
frank pagan herself in her love OF
nature, but she advises other women
70 DC paEans, when she says 10 them.
" ny can we NOT bc Hike rippn with
hcr one precious day2 But n she
hiin been born III New England do
you suppose her day would huvc been
what II was? Would She have sprung
IN ut daNhrcak with heart ana mind
M aIiSht Tor pleasure? Certainly moi.
she would have spent the golden
morning III cleaning The Kitchen, and
ne Eoiu"it afternoon III clearing UP
the attic, and would have gone out for
iittlc walk after The supper dishes
were washed, only because she Thought
she otSlit To take !, Iittl. exercise in
Inc open air. Duty aud work are ali
very Wei. but we have bouni our
selves M in them so complctclv thai
we nave almost lost the art of suon-
tancous enjoyment. We take orr ycrr
treasures under The name of duties
We ought 10 take u walk W.. ought
not TO miss that concert we ought
!" read a certain book. we ought
to 80 AMI see thls friend or invite
ihat one to sec MS. Those things that
should hc Gun Spontaneous pleasures
we have clothcd ana musited until they
no LONGER know themselves Mi let,
Ha stop all that lie, US take our
pleas rcs without apology. Let us
consort with them upenly gnily."
Jonathan ana Elizabeth go together
III these out-uf-door paprrs rs Tho best
OF comrades and friends as twu VI ho
understand each other wrll cfIuIsr 10
INA endowment doubly. never H'neIy
and sclIshly. They arc th,. owners ~
an Old farm which bears old appio
trees, lilac bushes. rocks old associa-
'ions and an old rei house Unlike
their nciShhors. Jonathan and Eliza.
hoih do not spend their summers 10.
claiming the old farm They enjoy the
uhfa!i!nSly picturesque appea rano III
the rocks. dark and dripping In sum
'n"r rains, or silver gray n summer
suns. In June they breathe Acepiv
o! the fragrance OF pale lavender lilac
blossom sprays and they hoard M
memories OF the short-lived May glory
when the orchards burgconing clothes
The world in rosy-whitc, cream white.
pure white and green white. El!zubcth
enjoys the c"mpanonship OF pretty,
SHY hens walking about her barn
NSrd with ainil2Ss, silly ways But
me docs not feel that she has left
the CITY 10 train chimney swallows ont
OF untidy ways Of tumbling from nests
INTO hrcpiaceS. and she and Jonathan
nnmpromsc BY putting IN nGttiugs,
which, baiks jonathan, the optimist,
OF his opportunity f"l telchns snail
lows wIsGom
Elizabeth has delicious way of
taxing u reader into confidence .ibou.
her love Of the outdoor world ana
especially OF spring lime rho book Is
'uii OF the perfume ana sweetness of
:iehh thinking IN al il tells. never
more 50 than Ia the following para
itaph, where elizabeth conGcsscS.
WHAT that strange sweetness of me
carly spring Is have never iuIlv dis
covered, Thr fragrance Of flowers il;
IN il-hcpatlvhs. wMtu ylnlets. ar,utus
yet II is mono % these IL come; l,..
'urG any OF the flowers are even astir.
when tho arhUtus buds are still ,.nt.
All". green polits whcn the hcputic1i
;idNe acarccly nlahcd "I,"n tIc!r win
;rf ah"ai4s. whlc thcir soft. littll
era! turrcd heada m. sim tucked
down aiHglN .ikc nrds head unacr
IT'S wins. ~ Is like a dream Of Nav.
Jne might Rrlic"t the iatrIe5 utru
passing u!
"puticrch SD. I;un,,.'
STORIES ny Edna rf,ber Tho Fred.
H.al : =. ~.