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WILLIAM ALLEN BUTlER
A Prominent New Yorker OF an
Older Generation.

RETROSPECT OF FORTY YEARS.
lSl5-lS65. BY William Allen butleI.
Edited by his daughter, harriet idns AIeH
Butler. With portraits and lllustrallo,ss.
svo. PIP. Xviii' az CharieS 0''''''e'
Sons.
Nothing TO Wear" won Immediate
popularity. What is more. 1t has since
achieved that kind Of minor Immortal
ity which consists of occasional familiar
reference, and Of less occasional reprint
ing in the columns of some newspaper
o, magazine. OF its author little else Is
known to the world at large beyond the
fact that he did write the poem, but
even In this connection 1t should be OBJ
served that the name of Miss Flora Nc
Flimsey, of Madison Square, Is far more
citizen of New York in a staid age, Mr..
Butler published his verses anonymous
ly, lest a general knowledge Of his fiirta-
tion with the lighter muse should unfa-
vorably affect his standing as a lawyer
After a schoolgirl had claimed the au-
thorship he did his best TO dissipate the
anonymity. and succeeded for q while.
Still. IL gradually has overtaken him
again In a younger generation.
Mr.. Butler began the writing OF his
"reminiscences in 1899. when he was IN
his seventy-fft year. intending 10 carry
them down 10 the close OF the century,
but at his death. in 1902. he had com
pleted his record only to the end of the
Civil War. 1t is this fragment that his
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

ilization, has promoted overpopulation,
which even a distressingly high infant
death rate and female infanticide cam
not counteract, is explained by the
author, who points, for one thing, to the
fact that in China early marriage causes
the generations TO come at least third
closer together than they do with us.
Even If their average family were no
larger than ours, they can outbreed us,
for they, marrying at twenty, get in
four generations where we get three.
Large families have no terrors for them,
thanks to clan ties and to the readi-
ness Of childess couples 10 adopt boys.
Indeed, there is a brisk trade in Shang-
hal in kidnapped male infants. More
over, the Chinaman considers his sons
will subsist when they shall have grown
to manhood. All this leads to "procrea-
tive recklessness."
The Industrial future Of China is still
afar: the inefflciency-the wastefuness
and graft-of the management of such
is appalling. The story Of
the war upon the opium evil Is one Of
the most significant in the book. unless
it be the account of woman's dawning
beginning with the "un
binding" of her feet. This reform has
not reached further than the cities and
the higher classes, tradition retarding its
progress elsewhere AS for the influence
of the missionaries, that Of the Ameri-
cans appears to be greatest TO the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

bar three years later, William Allen but-
Ter mad, the grand tour of Europe. visit
ing in London Carlyle, Lord John rus
sell and other celebrities, among theH
Samuel Rogers, the banker-poet, ano' re-
turning home in 1S4S, began the prac-
tice OF his profession.
His "reminiscences are strung on the
thread Of the political events Of the perl
cd. the progressive stages on the road 10
the irrepressible conflict. Their greater
interest for the present generation lies'
however. in their reflection of the social
atmosphere of his day, and in his rer-
erences to the many men he knew he
is entertaining always, often In lighter
vein, and he tells an anecdote here and
there that is worth remembering.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
A STORY OF OXFORD.

MIR. WYCHERLEY'S WARDS. BY l..
Allen Harker. i2mo, PIP. 366. Charles
Scribner's Sons.
This tale Is "A sequel TO, rather than a
continuation Of, the authors earlier
Miss Esperance and Mr.. Wycherley,'
Miss Esperance has crossed the bourne
and left her two nephews in Mr.. Wycher-
ley's charge-the absent minded, gentle,
unworldly guardian being rather more
helpless than his wards. He resolves TO
move back to oxford, and there his
troubles begin. He has taken house.
and is at the mercy Of charwomen until
others take his affairs In hand and pro-
vide him with a housekeeper who Is a
model OF efficiency, and OF that essen
TALLY English virtue, knowing ones
proper station" So conscious is she OF
it that she cannot help referring to 1t
constantly. Still better does she know
the proper station of her little niece and
ward, who, by Mr.. Wycherleys permis-
sion, comes to live with her at the
house. And thus the girl becomes his
ward as we'll. The book is in reality
her story rather than his, or that OF the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
FICTION
Some New Novels, American
and English.
SCIENCE AND FAITH.

THE BRENTONS. BY Anna Chaplin Ray.
Frontispiece by William G. Dexter
I2mo, PIP l20 Boston: Little. Brown
& CO.
The new phase of the struggle between
science and religion which we call mod
ernism is reviving a genre of fiction
which had its vogue a quarter OF a CEN
tury ago. when Robert Elsmere'
sounded the keynote. Mrs Ward has
recently given us a modernist sequel to
that story; the Continent, and especially
Italy. has contributed to the discussion
OF the burning question in fictional form
and now Miss Ray takes 1t up In this
new tale from her pen. complicating the
main interest with and In the outcome
far from minor Christian Science motif.
Her hero is, on his mothers side, the
descendant Of a long line OF grim New
England preachers, and IL is for her
sake that he dons the cloth, compro-
m!s!hg with his conscience by exchang-
ing their Calvinism for a more liberal
faith. But he is a chemist, a micro
biologist, by instinct. The girl he mar
rits IS a social climber, a vain, preten-
tious. empty-headed. selfish creature.
His first important charge is in uni
varsity town, where he is surrounded by
mod ,rnism more or less Indifferent
toward religion. His first serious doubt
Providence comes to him when a
frierf of his college days, a splendid
creature physically and mentally, is
struck down by an afiiiction that will
keep him tied 10 his couch, a helpless
cripple. for the rest OF his days. Being
young and having small experience OF
life, he refuses 10 see the possible mid
die course of useful service that is
pointed out 10 him alike by his coll
leagues In the Church and his friends
among the scientists. both of whom the
author provides with excellent argu-
ments. To him there appears to be only
darkness on the one side, all the light on
the other. Miss Ray is not partisan;
she has no purpose" She has taken
from the current life around us an in
teresting situation and turned IL into a
serious and interesting novel, supplying
love story that, In its way, Is a prac-
teal commentary on the doubts of her
clergyman hero.
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LOVE ON A SHEEP E.ANcH.

THE WRONG WOMAN. BY Charles u.
Stewart. Colored Illustrations. l2mo.
rp. .Ss. The Houghton Mihin Company.
MIR. Stewart, who has given novel
readers some pleasant hours with his
Partners OF Providence" and The
Fugitive Blacksmith" has chosen a
smaller canvas for his new story. To be
sure, its scene is the boundless prairie Of
Texas, but the part Of II framed In by
the human interest Is only a small one
In fact, the book Is a bit Of delightful
comedy. The substitute school teacher
OF the settlement-a young woman
starts on horseback for the county
town, is thrown by the pony and lett
alone in n spot where there is not even
a wire fence 10 guide her. So she wan
ders blindly until she reaches sheep
herder's shack, whose occupant immedi-
ately places 1t at her disposal for the
night with true American chivalry. She
accepts, since there is nothing else for
her TO do. and In the morning starts
once more for her destination. with ,ier
hosts explicit directions TO guide her.
She walks all day. and in the evening
the inevitable circle Of the lost
by once more reaching the shack. This
is the framework of the plot, to which
may be added the standardization of the
settlement at a distance. The merit Of
the story, its delightfully."- light and
graceful entertainment, lies in the aG-
tbor's treatment of the situation, a deft
of sentiment and humor and
clean, honest Americanism. The stupid
sheep and their daint. lambs play their
parts with laudable understanding Y
what is expected from them.
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daughter has edited and annotated. apt
" introducing here and there some Of
his other, lcss we'll known verse. An
appendix contains the memorial read by
Judge George G. Holt before the Bar
Association OF New York In March.
1903: the memorial proceedings in the
Supreme Court I'm this city on October
22. 1902, and before the United States
District Court six days later; and the
address delivered by the Hon. Alton h.
Parker on the occasion Of the presenta-
tlon of Mr.. Buffers portrait TO the Court
Of Appeals Of the state Of New York. to-
gether with Chief Justice Cullen's reply.
William Allen Butler was born at Al
bany on February 20. 1928, the son of a
prominent lawyer. Benjamin Franklin
Butler, who in 1888 accepted the post of
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

author. because they are most active in
the medical and educational fields. But
as for the progress of Western educa-
ton. the Chinaman as yet cannot grasp
the massiveness and depth of our cult
ure Hence his retarding tendency of
dismissing his foreign teachers too early.
and os substituting for them native edu-
Gators entirely untitled for their task.
Mr.. Dingle is an English newspaper
correspondent, and competent one.
Preoccupied with his cwn far from un-
interesting experiences and adventures.
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ToLsToY AND ANIMALS.
From The London Globe.

FROM Ihe London Giobe
Tolstoy has left on record how on one
occasion an old servant thus reproved
him In words which he never forgot:
"Ah. master, you have no pity! Why do
YOU beat him? He is twenty years old
and is tired out; he can hardly breathe,
Why. for a horse, he is as old as limo
feyitch"-a very old peasant living on
the place. You might as well get on
Timofeyitch's back and drive him be-
yond his strength like that with a
switch"
II Thought of Timofeyitch, says Toll
stoy, "and hardened 10 the man. l got
off the horses back, and when noticed
how his steaming sides were working
and how heavily he breathed through'his
nostrils, swishing his thin tail. under
stood how hard 1t was for him, And I
felt SO sorry for Raven that l began TO
kiss her sweaty neck and to beg his
pardon for having beaten him. Since
then have grown up, but always have
pity on horses and always remember
Raven and Timofeyitch when see
horses Ill treated"
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two boys, for she has strange an,
cestry. half Greek. half English ana
when a foreign admixture OF any Ainu
is found In honest British veins IN BTU
,sb fiction much may be expected, TEN
perament" at the very least. And TINS
child has temperament entirely out OF
keeping with her proper station. MIS-
Harker revels in the depletion OF the
delicate breeding of an older generation
vanishing fast before the direct incon-
siderate ways Of present day civiiiza-
ton Mr.. Wycherly Is very sympa'-
thetic incarnation Of its virtues ana
shortcomings, though his creator would
probably deny the latter.
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A PRUSSIAN PRINCESS
Forty-five Years of the Court at
Berlin.

Paris, January lO.
Sidelights at once highly interesting
and of great historic value, bearing upon
the Court OF Berlin during the first part
of the nineteenth century. are to be
found in the souvenirs of Louise OF
Prussia. Princess Antoine Radziwili and
niece of Frederick the Great. which, un-
der the title "Quarante-Cinq Annees de
Ma Vie" we're inherited by Princess
Radziwil, nee Castellane, whose nus
band was Princess Louise's grandson.
These memoirs, which the princess noted
down in French during the years lIIo
to 1915. cover one of theS most stirring
periods of Prussian history. The vol
ume, which contains a fine engraving OF
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
More Books on China and the
Dowauer Empress.

THE CHANGING CHINESE The con-
tiict of Oriental and Western Sul1useS pnss
in China BY Edward Alswortn hos9 sn
Ph D. IL. d. illustrated. SVo' Pp'
xvi. 2J6 The Century Company
ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT. Life in the
Interior and the REFORM Mon ',,,,nrors
By Edwin J. Dingle. Win nuiltTo Igaor,, OrY
Illustrations. Svo, PIP. XVI 44o' iAeN''
Holt & Co.
TWO YEARS IN THE FOftblDERJI FOt EJret
Iady in Waiting to the Empress Dom- ,Sa
ager illustrated from photoSraPhs
Syo DID. tx, 3S3 Moffatt, YARD d co
The profound interest taken by the
Western world in the new China-an in
terest that has rapidly oyertaken and
now decidedly overshadows that called
forth by Japan a decade ago-has led to
the publication of an endless stream OF
books on the subject in all its phases
books superficial and understanding,
ephemeral and of lasting importance and
usefulness. DR.. Rosss THE Changing
Chinese" belongs TO the latter class. II
NAV be called a study in Chinese social
pathology, with an examination of the
therapeutic effects which the nations
progressive adoption of Western civil
ization has already brought about and
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Attorney General under Jackson. chiefly
through the urging of his friend, Martin
Van Buren. Mr.. Buffers "reminiscences
may be said to begin with these two his
toric personages. Van Buren would
have made the elder Butler his Secre-
tary of State, but he refused, resigned
his post, which he had continued to hold
until 1888, and settled In New York to
resume the practice Of law. His son
graduated from the University of the
City Of New York in 1st3. winning dur
ing his college course the distinction of
being the Class Poet. Admitted to the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
LITERARY NOTES.

An English edition of A. NJ.
Lows 1.-THE American People: A a..
in National Psychology" the second s'9
ume Of which the Houghton Mia ~
Company brought out few weak.
will be issued Immediately by 7. N.ss ss
Unwin, Of London. A German .d,.s ~
will be published by Morawe & scs'. %
felt, of Berlin, as soon as the nec...s =
translation can be made.
A Byron Anecdote.
In Mr.. Justin McCarthy's recentlv A..
lished Irish Recollections@ there ars :.
course, many anecdotes and stories cos =
nected with Cork. the city Of his yor,s =
and its environs. One Of the most int.
esting we quote below:
I was wandering. one fine eyen,,.
early summer, In the neighborhood N .,
was then called the Cove Of Cork. "'N
I was smoking q cigar, and much snso.,..
the sea view and the smoke ,rS
Presently a sailor. who appeared bv IA.
"rig'' to have come from one OF ths .as s
vessels in the harbor, approached ma ~
asked me II would oblige him with u.Saa -
for his pipe. ! have to mention here W.. ~.
even In those early days was very shor.
sighted, and had been accustomed Ia ny.
an eyeglass, which L held always 6red - q
muscular attachment In one eye. OF cou,s!
I readily produced my matchbox and ra,'t
piled with his reasonable relLest. tx. ~.
sailor thanked me cordially, and 49,
added, do you know, sir, / was afraH -
first, when / noticed your eyeglasa fhss
You might be a self-conceited young ur'sss No.
who would look down upon a poor ss]iey, Az
but now I know that / was mistaken al
I think young gentleman like you n,
must be fond OF poetry, and wouI l,
pleased to know that long ago got { AZ,
for this very pipe from Lord Byron n.
Athens. asked him just as I asked ve-
ard he did me the favor just as you 3D.
"Marquis" as a Family Name.
Don Marquis, the author Of "Dannys
Own Story" whose name looks liks 4,
ideal literary pseudonyme, recently DE-.
cIared: TT never occurred to me th.,
nv name was unusual until other peo,ls
noticed II. In some parts Of Ohio Il /,
as common as Smith or Brown, almost
In Western Pennsylvania, near the Obi,
line. is a community composed almos,
entirely of Marquises. There is a church
there-Crab Tree Church-that has had
one MARQUIS after another as preachs,
for considerably over a hundred yean
But they are scattered all over Ohio"
Mario Rapisardi.
The Sicilian poet, Mario Rapisardl
who died at Catania on January 4. wa
born there on February 20, 1874 an
educated at it's university, whose chat
of Italian literature he held for man
years. He made his debut with "Palh
genesi," a poern in ten cantos, insplrs
by the hope that a new Reformatic
would restore peace. prosperity and th
Golden Age to earth. His later 'Iucl
fero" traced the development OF =.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
DEAD BOOKS.

From The London Saturday Review.
Lord Rosebery speaking OF dead
books. touched only the fringe Of his
theme. There are many kinds of dead
books. There are books that die of old
age. and many moro books that are born
dead. Books of verse. fiction, travel and
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Rider Haqaard's First Inspiration.

Stevenson's Treasure Island SOW
to have been responsible for starting ~,
recently knighted Rider Haggard on ,as
career as novelist Travelling WV
his brother from Norfolk to LONDON :.
bought copy of the book to While awe,
the tedium of the journey and naV'AS , :
finished II, remarked: "Weil, thinA
could write better boys story 'na,, n
that" "If you think it's so easy as =.
that. why don't you try?" his br0'as. y.
mockingly replied. II will" SAID '"s
future knight A few weeks later ne nI
completed the manuscript OF "kins o.
omons Mines" Of which over one ~.
.dred thousand copies were sold as's. ss,
the first five years. His brother 0o'e 20
Andrew C. P. Haggard, d. s. o. mas 80
won distinction as novelist h's
book. dealing with life on Vaneo ~.
Island, will shortly appear unos'
title of Two Worlds: A RomanSe'
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Arnold Benefits Short Stories.

II is somewhat difficult to think OF M.
Arnold Bennett as a writer OF sno'
stories. However. the first colleeuoh v
his briefer fiction, THE Matador OF ths
Five Towns, and other Stories Is an
nounced by the George II. Doran Oo"'
pany for early publication.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

my bedroom, so they pretend to be
stupid, and make me angry 80 that
will send them to do the common work
Now / have found them out"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Medieval Architecture.

Mr.. Arthur kingsley Porter whos'
Medieval Architecture was wen "
ceived three years ago, has just puD.
lished, through the Yale UnNei9o
Press. monograph on The Constiu'
tion Of Lombard and Gothic Vaults
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

religious and philosophic thought q
mankind up TO the year 1870. He als'
made a translation of Shelley's Prone.
theus Unbound" and in 1896 puolisne'
Africa Orrenda," voicing the indignA'
ton of the Italian people against All.
can adventures after the disaster "
Adowa. In 1902 he wrote an ode 7"
Catanias famous son, the composer bei'
linl. Rapisardi, a radical, often cams
into conflict with the great Carduee1
who had abandoned his early Theories
and become a conservative. AS a poe'
he was not, however, OF CarducS''
stature.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Galsworthy, Poet.

John Galsworthy, the author OF "Ih'
Patrician" and other novels, is also
poet. Four of his poems will appear "a
the February number OF "Scrionei'
Magazine"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

THE BRENTONS. BY Anna Chaplin Ray.
I'rontispiece by William c. Dexter,
l2mo, PIP. i20. Boston: Little. Brown
e,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

MR. WYCHERLEY'S WARDS. BY l..
Allen Harker. l2mo, PIP. o66. Charles
Scribners Sons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11
LIST OF SHERMAN PLAYERS.
Manager Humphrey of Sherman
Claims Art NayIor.

sherman, Texas, March 10.-W, \.
Murphy, president OF Sherman's team
in the TeXas-Oklahoma League base
ball organization, announces that the
Sherman Baseball club is an assured
fact, Manager humphreys having
signcl up a good bunch OF players.
Those already signed are: Harald.
son, pitcher, Waco Trotter, a semi
profe- sional pitcher who is said to
nave made good; Rayburu pitcher,
Bonham McNee infield,. formerly
with Vanderbilt University; Graves.
outfieldcr OF the Southwest Texas
League. Corley, outficld. Waco City
League. Williamson. outrield, Bon-
nam: Naylor outtielder formerly wIA
the Wichita Falls team: MCMahan.
third base, from Baylor University
tea: King, a college player who ha,
made good at third base, Taylor.
who plays either first or second base
and Is from the Wichita Falls last
seasons team. Deed second base.
Ilcburne. Moore, second base. couth.
west Texas League; HumnAreNs 5,
shor top and manager OF the team
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11
ice PLANT TO
INCREASE CAPACITY
SUPERINTENDENT FOSTER IN
STALLS ADDITIONAL ENGINES
AND ADDS TO PLANT.

Superintendent Foster OF The Ard
more Ice. Light and Power company
states that his company will. upon
completion OF the buildings now un-
der course of construction. install
a new engine OF 800 horse power ana
increase the ice manufacturing capac-
ity bv adding a one hundred and thir-
Is ton refrigeratins machine to its
already. large plant
When this additional machinery is
Installed the plant will be the largest
of the kind in the entire state of Ok
lahoma eliminating Oklahoma City.
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Notice.

m. ~ OIIohon, C1r-.T Comm
In rornt,. Co,r,
J., .,. ,,,,,.r Of th. rs,.,o. of
M ooc =, c,ho l,clson Guar.
dian ~, nr,..u, Ami. and Rem,
U.un;,,,. ,,,s,or,.
10 ,o, =, ,1,s l.,ria Sre,,e
nr,rdt.o ~, rthol Sne,l,e minor
No,to. g.; b.r,5,,. .i,.r th,, Goha
r.,l.or o,d ,irs Iopnio S,e,L.
..,...~,i..u. 1,l, .,,,o,ut.d and ou,Ii.
ro, .,, .,i,o o.,oto. bo,o,r mentioned
s..s rendered and presented for
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11

Uncle Jim Harris, the Pooleyile
constable, was here Sunday with a
couple of negroes whom he placed
in the county Jail. Simpson Watts
and Jack Williams are the two ne
groes who had been gambling and
run amuck with the officer of the law
Uncle Jim says that plenty of rain
has fallen in that section of the coun-
ty and the farmers are very hopeful
of a biz crop year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11

Feed ARCO. a mixed feed for
horses and cows; put up in l00-lb.
sacks. delivered in barn for 90 cts.
WI This is carefully prepared
eed Manufactured b! the Ardmore
)il X Milling Co 1911
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11

Riggs Singular, isn't it, that
neither OF your stenographers wants a
vacation this year." Griggs-"No;
It's easily explained recently took
good-looking young man into the
office and neither OF the girls Is will
Ing to go away and leave the field to
the other one. Roseleaf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11
Daily Thought.

Music is architecture translated or
transposed from space into time; for
In music. besides the deepest feeling.
there reigns also rigorous, mathe-
natical intelligence.-Hegel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11
A Vacuum.

Chairman addressing meeting)-
am sure we will all be very sorry
our secretary is not here tonight.
cannot say we miss Is vacant chair.
but do say we miss Is vacant face
Tit-Bits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11

During the pas, six years the Erie
has carried a total OF lSO,oO0,0Oo
passengers, with Just one death d
a passenger, and that was a woman
who died in her berth OF heart fail
ure. Very rigid rules are enforced
on this road in the matter OF pas
senger train speed, no chances be
ing taken on broken rails and such
contingencies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-11

Many sufferers from rheumatism
have been surprised and delighted
with the prompt relief afforded by
applying Chamberlain L.niment.
Not one case of rheumatism in ten
requires any internal treatment what
ever. This liniment is for sale by
druggists.
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Notice Of Application FOR Parole.

Thirty days from this date. I VIII
make application to the Governor of
the State Of Oklahoma for a Parole,
from a conviction in the District Court
of Carter County Oklahoma, for
Nanslaushter, in 1909.
The grounds upon which I will
make this application is, ,ha: am
not guilty,
This The 90th day ot February
1912. JOHN r. REEVES.
cl-lm