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MAR gRY,"
 By E. F. Benson. 'oubleday, Page & Company, New York
 "Margery, from the pen of MT. E. r. ("Dodo'D Benson deals, as all his other stories do, with particular degree of feminism. M
 Since he first came into fame with "Dodo," now some years ago, in which the Identification of the heroine of thaS much talked of book with woman. then famous in London society, and who has since become still more shining mark in that sphere, Mr Benson has learned much about writing.
 In "Margery," the latest story from his fertile pen, this is shown to a remarkable degree pctorially, satirically and dramat- icaly.
 In this newest venture MT. Benson pre- sents the heroine in her 16th year, flung despairingly across bed making a lib- erad display of black stockings. which isn't dull beginning, to say the least of 1t.
 Tn vivid pictures we are taken through the career of the girl until she grows up and falls in love and finally marres- then becomes widow, and just as she Is about to make a second matrimonial Step MT. Benson's story leaves off,
 The recital is very interesting one, and the girl very delightfully."- delineated and pleasingly presented so that the reader s attention is captured from the first.
 With wonderful insight into feminine waHs and moods MT. Benson limns his picture of the ardent young wife, when she finds that the husband she loves so dearly is more absorbed in his work than he is in her, or anything else in the world. Vt
 Let 1t be understood at the outset that by .'his workp is not meant a business career, for tradespeople are entirely too vulgar for MT. Benson's characters in "Margery'' to indulge in, their ancestors hy iudicious investment having relieved them of all that worry and trouble long before they saw the light of day.
 His work" however, is a literary ven ture, learned and erudite treatis OH 'The Age of Pericles."
 Of course the young wife is sympathetic and appreciatye of the beauties of the work, however she cannot exactly accus- tom herself to a household which must revolve entirely about scholars desk as pivot, with nobody being allowed to say their lives are their own, if it should in any way mar or disrupt a mind deep in Hellenic reveries. and in consequence is I strain upon her wifely devotions and nat urally amiable disposition.
 But Mir Benson with a keen perspicaci- tv. ireconstruets the household according No-not Hoyle-but Benson-and allows you 0 watch the reconstruction-an interest ing spectator
 The wife turns out to be a sort of pa- tient Grizel, forgiving everything because she gives all.
 Wonderful self renunciation, this wife iy giving all," and receiving nothing.
 The first baby arrives; even with such
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find fitting background in these environ. ments
 There are exhibitions of strong passions and brave deeds recorded and there IS considerable dialogue and much descrip- ton.
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French Sny Arrested

Berlin. January tSpeeiap-Another outbreak of spy mania has occurred at Coblenz where a harrsters clerk has been arrested on suspicion of rendering "es- pionage" service 10 France, The man is said to be an ex-member of the French foreign legion, A French language teach CT named Nermot has been arrested at Frankenstein, Slesla, on suspicion of compicity in the escape of Captain Lux from the fortress at Glatz. He Is said to he an ex-sergeant of Captain Lux.s regiment al Belfort. II is stated that he arrived at Frankenstein in November and that he made periodical trips to Glatz for the ostensible purpose of giving French lessons. Nermot denies the allegation.
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ment in "The Yellow Letter." which as far as hair breadth escapes and deep, dark, mysterious surroundings are con cerned. abounds to abundance and fur nishes a couple of hours of most divert ing reading
 AMONG OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
 (RENIEWS IATER.)
 CLOTH OF FREEZE" By Mary Eleanor Roberts. J. B. Lippineott Com pany, Philadelphia
 THE BEACON" By Eden Phillpots. The John Lane Company New York. "DREAMS OF YESTERDAY" By Henry E. Harman. The State Company. Columbia, s. C.
 "WTNDING PATHS" By Gertrude Page. D. Appleton & Company, New York.
 THE LOSER PAYS" A STORY or THE FRENCH REVOLUTION" By
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ary openshaw. small, Maynard &
NOTED SPANIARD DIES
 AT THE AGE OF 113

Malaga. January Especial 1.-The death here of a man named Juan Past rama Garcia has extermnated d life oi extraordinary length, He was born at Almagria in 1799, being thus 113 years old at the time of his death.
 He had known Kings Carlos ", Joseph Napoleon and Fernando VII, the Regency Queen Maria Christina. Isabel II and the Provisional Government Amadeo of Savoy, the Republic and Res toration, Alfonso XII. the Regency oe the present Queen Mother, and Alfonso XIII
 Pastrana belonged to a modest family of agricultural laborers. He served for twenty-five years with the Teiada family in his native town until that family be- come extinct. Afterwards he served Dona
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ed with fragrant crop of Dividends every time the Directors got together in the Back Room.
 Most of the American Workingmen employed in this Hive of Industry came from remote parts of Europe.
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enough to show her where to sign her Name.
 What is more, she has the Privi- lege of walking out at any time and picking Flowers with the Under standing that she is not to let it be
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GEORGE ADES NEW FABLES IN SLANG Q912 Model9
 The New d the sameO Thing

known that she is related to any of her Relatives on either side of the Atlantic.
 MORAL: Europeans have a Right to their own Money
 Copyright, 1912, by George Ade)
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Ana Alvarez de Toledo during another fifty years until that family also died out Pastrana was Il bachelor, and up to his death followed his vocation in a normal manner being an carly riser and preserving his sight to the last.
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NNCE there was Husky en- N ployed to crack the Whip
 around a smoky Works that did not offer an attractive Vista from the Car Window, although it blossom
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an important event in a family the liter ary husband gives in not one whit, but &C., tually allows the loss of his manuscript on "The Age Of Pericles' to stand in the way of his enthusiasm for his first born, fact which the patient Grizel sees with much sorrow
 She goes on being patient, however, through everything until the end. when the ineffable Hellenist topples headlona over the Acropolis at Athens-an episode which to the reader calls forth no sympa | thy, since he must realize that he has perished on contact with the classic stones | below
 From the very beginning MT. Bensor achieves most poignant situation, foi he shows what timber the girl is made alongside of her he creates a big boy cousin, who adores Margery and plays with her through all her youth with a { simple, yet devoted adoration of the gir whom he finds such perfect playmate free from all feminine weaknesses, even to the cheating at games-which some girls are addicted to.
 The boys mother is quite good char acter also. on which Mir. Benson has expended more than usual energy.
 In his novel, Account Rendered" writ ten previous to the present book, Mir. Ben son drew different type of mother from the one in "Margery'' and the contrast 8 rather interesting from the point of delin- cation in characters.
 'Margery'' is well worth reading. and is by far the best thing MT. Benson has done.
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UNDER WESTERN EYES"


 By Joseph Conrad. Harper Brothers, New York.
 There are few present day writers who have displayed more genius than Joseph Conrad has in the big theme he has han dled so admirably in his novel, Under Western Eyes
 There is a human note felt all through the scourging. intense strain of the story which, to be explicit, is nothing less than "a mans conscience
 MT. Conrad has written with eXtrao-- dinary power and a remarkable mingling of outward reality with inward feeling. both of which are characteristic of the author at his best. The people who occupy the readers at tenton in Under Western Eyes are Russians. who in themselves open up vast possibilities as to temperament and man- ner. which, viewed by fhe people of vest ern lands, makes At all the more an in- teresting subjects
 Razumov, the central figure of the book, is young student at the University of St. Petersburg. He Is thought for va rious reasons to have revolutionary ten dencies, when in fact his proclivities are all in the other direction.
 He is the illegitimate son of a noble- man, Prince K. who. while never ac-
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TELLSi0F /. VATICAN.
Magnificent Structures in Rome
Covered With Vines.
Palace Lies Apart and Distinct From
Rest Of Rome, Not Removed
byNlsolatlon, but Through
lts Atmosphere.

Rome, Italy.-Columns have been
written regarding the personal ap-
pearance of the pope, his part in the
ceremony of the consistory and the
pomp and splendor that surrounds the
papal court, yet relatively little Is
known OF his intimate personality.
This, in part, may be explained by
reason OF the ceremony that sur
rounds the pontiff and by reason OF
the care that has been taken TO guard
him from the approach of ill-inten-
toned plebeians.
The Vatican itself Is magnificent
old pile whose spires, roofs and gables
rise high above an encircling grove
of ancient trees that decorate It's gar
dens The quiet serenity of the vine
covered masonry, the peaceful majes-
ty lent by the hand of ages and the
atmosphere that seems to surround
the hallowed spot through its long
association with the ecclesiastical his
tory, make its imposing architecture
the most prominent In Rome.
This feature is all the more accen-
tuated after a visit TO the ancient Ro-
man amphitheater and the great aque-
ducts and mausoleums Of the Roman
emperors. These, In truth, are i'm
posing, but they contrast sharply with
the buildings that house the pope and
form the font of the Roman Catholic
church. The Roman buildings are in
animate and magnificent In their
death; while the Vatican is animate
and doubly imposing through the soul
that lives within.
The Vatican, indeed, lies apart and
distinct from the rest OF the city. 1t
is not removed through it's isolation,
but through its atmosphere. On the
one hand is the magnificent palace Of
King Victor Emmanuel busy with
the toll of war and feeding the count
and on the other is the palace of the
pope, vast, silent and imposing, set
In an atmosphere of it's own and as
much apart from the busy city as
though it were surrounded by des-
ert.
OF the pope himself, his rites and
character, there are thousand sto-
rtes current. Plus X, the son of a
poor peasant, is hailed everywhere as
the Father. and to his people he has
always retained those simple manners
and customs that marked his novitiate
as parish priest and teacher of the
peasants.
however, forms the foundation for
these stories of simplicity and nobil-
ity of character. There is in Rome
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roofs beyond are invisible. says a
writer in the Century Magazine.
One pulls string at a gateway. the
address of some family OF high de
gree. A servant appears, leads
through another gateway. flowery
courtyard, a passageway, perhaps an
other courtyard, little room or two,
and finally into a reception room,
with its carved wood and wainscoting
and furniture, it's porcelains and jades
and brasses, its blue-and-green-and-
gold ceiling and it's window pattern
of paper panes.
Here the hostess appears, offers her
occidental guest tea or champagne,
or both, with cakes and candied fruit
or lotus buds Then she may lead one
through other courtyards, all with
the usual onestory rooms around
them, and into her secluded garden
of rocks and pools, of pretty paths
and bridges, of clustering trees and
flowers.
In such palace as this each court
yard, with its surrounding rooms, may
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in THE PHILIPPINES.
New Orleans Girl Spends Several
Months on Islands.
Writes Of Her Trip on a CoastwIse
Boat and the Strange Menu Served
TO the Party In Picturesque
Native Town.

Manila, p. I've were invited TO
spend several weeks in this province,
and as 1t was likely to prove a novel ex.
perience, we came" says Mrs. Marcia
Dorothy Ryar, New Orleans girl who
spent several months in the Philip
pines.
"We took the coastwise boat, which
below stairs was crammed with ma
tives, ponies, carabaos, vegetables, the
inevitable fighting cocks "a native neg
lects his family, but never his game
cock, fish, smell and babies.
"On the upper deck, however, be.
meath an awning, we were comfortable
enough in steamer chairs.
That evening we reached a native
town. very odd with it's native straw
huts on stills. and its crazy streets
with cats, strings of fish and children.
Also cocks and cockpit-and the
jungle behind 1t all.
There a banca, a clumsy, canoe
shaped native boat, decidedly top
heavy and uncomfortable, met us. II
was padded expertly by natives. pic
turesque in their scanty attire, and
wearing at their belts knives quite
large enough to make me shudder. We
arrived at the station to see a magnifl-
cent sunset and eat unique dinner.
On the menu were OF course many
familiar dishes. but besides there were
fried bananas sliced crosswise, thin
and crisp. tasting like eggplant.
cousin to the cucumber, roasted. a
salad made from cocoanut buds with
mayonnaise. | did not like II at all
rice like popcorn, bamboo shoots.
chicken with curry and a jelly made
from flowers, which tasted like cur
rants, also a drink of cocoanut milk,
which is awful.
"The house is a darling. II is large,
native in style, of straw and bamboo
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floors. large rooms, sliding partitions
and shower bath in each room. Be
hind is the jungle, before a fine
stretch of lawn. beach and the water.
"That evening we sat on the wide
gallery, in the usual steamer chairs.
and listened to the plaintive native
music from the barrio, where a dance
was in full swing.
"Our host has charming, IL lonely
existence. There are fifty native men
in the barrio, whom he oversees at
their work. His household arrange
ments are perfect. but 1t takes four
boys and a cook TO keep them so. 1t
seems so funny TO see boy In pink
knee pants, no shirt, but a dagger in
his belt. serving chocolate. and excel-
lent chocolate at that.
"The place is beautifully laid out :;
the irrigation bitches are crossed by
pretty bamboo bridges. all things
lending themselves TO the general eff
feet. ! saw coffee, bananas and pine
apples growing for the first time. the
latter a beautiful red while growing.
You should see the wonderful orchids
and ferns some with fronds twelve
feet Tong"
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Old Mormon Memorial.

bel Smith, also of Topsfield, was one
of the towns most noted men Asa
hel Smith was an active man in all
the affairs of a public nature, and a
slight malformation Of his neck
caused the humorous name of
"Crooked-neck Smith" to be attached
to him by his still appreciative friends
and neighbors. In 1871 Asahel Smith
moved to Tunbridge, VT. and with the
family went Joseph Smith. the father
of the famous prophet OF MQrmondom.
Both of these Joseph Smiths. father
and son, embraced the Mormon faith
about the same time. The father was
chosen the first presiding patriarch
of the Mormon church, and when he
died at Nauvoo ILL.,, September IA,
1840, II was popularity understood that
IL was the son, the revealer OF the
faith, who had passed away To this
day the identity of these two men Is
frequently confounded. In this case.
however, there were two Joseph
Smiths, both were Mormons, and
while the martyr at Carthage was the
son and the originator of the cult at
Salt Lake City. the man who died at
Nauvoo was the father of the real
prophet, and a father who had chosen
to follow the lead of his SON
The George A. Smith, whose name
is inscribed on the Topsfield Stone.
was, or Is, the son of Hyrum Smith.
who was brother OF Joseph Smith
the prophet, and who rose to a high
place In the councils OF Mormonism
before he died. Nearly 40 years have
elapsed since this Smith memorial
was set up at Topsfield. and during
that time there have been many
changes In the Mormon church.
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sea on the island are enormous plat
forms made of uncemented stones,
some of which weigh five tons. Some
of the sea walls are 80 feet high and
200 feet long.
There is no metal on the island. and
the only tool found was prehistoric
chisel, with which 1t would seem inn
possible to execute such colossal
works. Moreover, the island, with its
scanty water supply, could not have
supported enough people to drag the
figures from the quarry where they
were made to the platforms. Some oil
the statues weigh $50 tons.
There is every evidence that some
great calamity overlook the island and
its inhabitants, for most on the figures
are unfinished, some of them never
even having been removed from the
quarry. popular theory is that East
er island is the sole remains OF a con
tinent which was overwhelmed by the
sea after a great seismic disturbance.
The Mana expedition, led by w.
Scoresby Routledge and accompanied
by geologists and other scientists
from the British Museum, viii make
excavations In an effort to solve the
mystery.
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CHINESE SIGN BOARDS

Chinese storekeepers give poetic
names TO their places of business.
Along the streets of Pekin, the travel
er may observe the following: Store
of Heavensent Luck" The Store of
Celestial Principles" The Nine Felic-
tiles Prolonged" Mutton Shop Of
Morning Twilight" THE Ten Virtues
-All Complete" and Flowers Rise to
the Milky Way" 1t will be noted that
the Chinese may combine the soul of
n poet with the pocket of a merchant.
The Honest Pen Store OF H." implies
that other pen stores are not honest.
A charcoal shop calls itself the "Foun-
tain of Beauty" and a place for the
sale of coal INDUCES in the title of
"Heavenly Embroidery" An oil and
wine establishment is the "Neighbor-
hood of Chief Beauty" The Thrice
Righteous" one would hardly expect
from an opium shop.
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NEW EDUCATION OF TARTAR
Phonetic system Of Teaching Reading
and Writing introduced Among
Indian Mohammedans.

Constantinople Bek Cas-.
prinsky, the editor Of the Terjuman.
the oldest Tartar newspaper in Rus
sia, and the pioneer OF the modern
Tartar educational movement, widely,
known outside Russia as having ini-
tiated about FIVE years ago a move.
ment for convening a general CON
gress of Mohammedans to discuss the
causes of the backwardness Of Moham.
medan peoples, has returned from
Bombay, where no went to open a
modern elementary school which
should serve to introduce among In-I
dian Mohammedans the phonetic sys-
TEN of teaching children to read and
write. The Importance of this step:
is not obvious at first sight, but theI
adoption Of the phonetic system means
the adoption of new principles OF in. /
struction generally 1t means break |
ing with the traditional Mohammedan
scholastic system. And for this rea.
son the new method" +" as It is called,
has become among Russian Moham-
medans a watchword of reform and is [,
%igorously opposed by the adherents
Of the old school,
In its essence the new method"
means that children, instead of bel
ing taught to read by spelling out thel
names of the letters OF the Arabic al |
phabet which is used by all Moham-
medans. are taught at once to asso-
ciate letters with sounds and to form
them into syllables NJ. Gasprinsky
has discovered by long experience in
Russia that by the new system an
enormous amount OF time is saved. 4
The average child can by its means
learn to read intelligently in 40 days, ;
whereas under the old system six
months or a year were necessary, and
then the result was unsatisfactory.
The mullahs who have adopted the
new system in the Crimea have found
themselves compelled to fill in the 1
time saved by giving instruction in
other subjects, such as geography and
hygiene. otherwise the period OF in
struction would have been so short
that their slender income from the
village schools would have grown
more slender still.
The new system has already been
adopted at the Normal School foi
Teachers. established at CONSTANT
nople. after the constitution. and the
teachers who are now being trained
viii gradually introduce it in ele-
mentary schools all over the country.
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st. Peters in the Distance.

at the present day physical proof OF
the pontiffs former obscurity. This
proof lies with his two sisters. Lucre-
cia and Teresa, unobtrusive peasant
women who have followed the pope
from his humble home.
Lucrecia, the cook, in particular, is
keen and critical In the interest of
the pontiff. 1t was she whom he
called from Riese when he was first
attacked by the rheumatic gout that
has proved SO painful and so danger.
GUS during his later years. And 1t is
she, assisted by her sister. Teresa. who
now supervises the pope's meals and
tends him in his illness.
Another interesting figure of thi
pope's household is his brother, An
gelo Sarto, a humble postman, wht
spends what time he may I'm com
pany with the pontiff and his sisters
II is his brother upon whom the pops
relies for that masculine companion.
ship that is a part Of every mortal
And these two old men, both hand.
some and with thick, white hair, alike,
and yet not alike, are the closest com.
panions.
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since Napoleon's time had been used
for the storing of military supplies,
has been thrown open TO the public.
The donjon is over Ice feet in height.
and from its summit an excellent
view of the surrounding country can
be obtained. The walls are 10 feet
thick and there is a winding stair
case of S27 steps There are five
stories. and on clearing out the place
10000 muskets of the First Empire
were found on the first floor, while
above were 100000 sabres, together
with a quantity of saddles and brides
of the same period.
All these things have now been re-
placed by contemporary relics illus
trating the history OF the tower dur
ing zoo years. There is also data
showing the famous events in which
the structure played part and the
equally famous prisoners confined be
hind its massive walls.
AS far back as 1854. writes Capt
de Fossa, in a pamphlet he has pre-
pared on the subject, Louis VII. con
ceived the project of building a royal
residence at Vincennes. in the wood
Of which the earlier monarchs often
hunted Philippe Auguste and his
SUCCESSORS improved and enlarged the
chateau, in which many of them
dwelt. It was later utilized as a state
prison, and in 1740 the porcelain fac
tory which was removed TO Sevres ten
year later was established there.
Then the edifice became the quar-
ters of military school for a brief
period, and afterward a mandatory
of arms.
In 17sS, at the time Of the French
Revolution, Vincennes was ranged
among the royal chateaux which were
10 be sold, but did not find pur-
chaser. Then came Napoleon, who
turned the historic castle into a mill
tary storehouse Among the mon
archs who have died there were Louis
VII, Philippe ", and Charles w, and
also Henry V. of England.
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be the special home of one of the
sons and his wife and children; but
somewhere in the maze of walls. un-
der one of the low, tiled roofs, is the
common dining room, with the kitchen
beyond. Here the men of the family
eat together twice a day, and after
ward the women and children. And
somewhere also there is a central
family hall, with the ancestral tablets,
which must have their tribute of in
cense at proper seasons. These are
held in such reverence that no foot
may pass above them, and therefore
two-story dwellings are unknown in
regions uncontaminated by foreign
influence.