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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

 THE ADVENTURES OF POLLY AND
 GILBERT IN WASHINGTON. D. c. By Waldo Locking. The Cosmopolitan
 Press. New York.
 Grown ups" as well as children will be interested in the story of Gilbert's visit to his relatives in Washington. For while he was there he and his cousin, Polly saw Washington leisurey and pleasantly. Older members of the family vied with one another to see that the two children were thoroughly informed concerning the Union Station, the Capitol, the Congressional Library, the White House, the corcoran Art Gallery, the Washington Monument indeed, concerning all the public struc- lures that make Washington so beauti- full and so imposing.
 Polly and Gilbert learned, too, the traditions concerning many inconsplc- uous houses that are interesting be- cause of the romances or historical in- cIdents connected with them; and to- gether the cousins visited all the famous squares and circles, and became familiar with the statues that adorn them.
 Then, there were excursions to Mt. Vernon; to Christ Church, in Alexan- dria to Arlington; to the Navy Yard; to the National Soldiers Home to "spook's castle" and, by the time that Gilbert's visit was done/ they had seen all the notable places in Wash lngton and it's vicinity.
 Mrs. Locking has been careful with respect to the truth of all her his- torical comments. Written in chatty style, the story is full of information pleasant to read and easy to remember The children that have visited Wash ington will find the story full of inter- est; those that contemplate visiting there for the first time will find 1t a valuable guide to the nations city. "BEAUTY OF THE HIGHEST TYPE" "A SCIENTIFIC AIM FOR A NOBLER
 BEAUTY"
 By Caroline Williams LeFarve. The
 Health Culture Company, New York.
 The opening pages consider the eff fects of advanced civilization and cul- ture on the individual features, re- sulting fin marked improvement in every way over previous types. Then follow general and special directions for simple but effective beauty culture. The readers are urged to cultivate a taste for and to study the beautiful in nature and art, to avoid that which ia repulsfye to a refined taste. The doing of this will surely influence the character of the individual and leave its impress upon the form and features. The five senses are to be considered to the good, the beautiful and the true.
 The ideals are high and the treat ment inspiring. It Is practical and will be found helpful. The author has travelled broadly with varied oppor-
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tunities and has gone deeply in re- search and psychological inyestisa-
 tions and she has applied her knowl- edge to human development and per lection. In this attractive little volume la found helps to artists. musicians, actors, orators, preachers, teachers students and all aspirants for honor,
 for society, for business. Here are steps to the beautiful and desirable so orderly in the ascending scale as 10 do violence to none while helping all. The writer takes advanced grounds In her criticism of form and features and1n her for attaining a higher type of beauty. While the influence or physi- cal conditions: diet, exercise, sleep, etc., is fully recognized the relation or the mental attitude to the development or form and features is taken into account. It Is a dainty volume. printed in brown Ink on India tint paper, handsomely bound.
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SIMPLE ITALIAN COOKERY pv antonia Isola. Haip per Brothers, New York.
 This book of Italian recipes was com niIed by an American who has lived much in Rome. Italian cookery is almost un- known in this country except to those who have travelled in Italy. A popular misconception of Italian diet IS that It IS composed chiefly of garlic and oil. ,rho,iph the Italians are naturally frugal race-a Venetan's form of invitation IS, "rome. eat four grains of rice with me e'- tbev aref excellent cooks. This collec- ton of recipes contains few or the nun dred ways for preparing Neapoii'ah paste''-the general term for the nuner- ous varieties of macaroni, verinicell ana sna naaetti-and for delicious risottf tdfshes of which the foundation IS rice'' soups, meats, vegetables and sweets are not neglected. The American housekeeper will discover how to vary the monotony of the weekly bill of fare
 OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED PREVENTS
 LATER)
 1.-THE SINS OF THE FATHER" By Thomas Dixon. Illustrated by John Cas- sell. D. Appleton & Company, New York.
 THIS WORLDLY GuoDs." Frontls- niece by Paul Meylan. The Bobbs Mer- Till Company. Indianapolis
 FESTIVALS AND PLAYS IN SCHOOLS AND ELSEWHERE" By Per cival Chubb and His Associates. With many illustrations. Harper Brothers, New York.
 THE DEwPoND" By Charles liar riott, The John Lane Company. New York.
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THE FOREST ON THE HILL" By Eden Phillpots The John Lane Com.


 By Eden Phillpots The John Lane Com pany, New York
 Eden Phillpots has become so well known through his utilization with Dart moor" that another book from his won derful pen, the scenes laid among these people, is hailed with delight by his many admirers.
 "The Forest on the HilI' gives MT Phillpots another opportunity to do some of his marvellous word painting and lay bare to us his overshadowing knowledge of the souls of men and women.
 No greater writer in many respects lives today than Eden Philpots and "The Forest on the HIP will add another laurel 10 his crown as a writer of sterling worth and talent
 The story of "The Forest on the Hill' has to do with a new underkeeper Tim othy Snow who takes with him his moth CT to Warmer.
 Everything looks very roseate at first, but we are presently made aware of the fact that old Lot Snow has secured the place at Warner for his nephew as a mean sto serve his own ends.
 He has planned that all his lands and those of his neighbor. Leaman, should be joined together into one great estate and in order to effect this speedily he plans that his heir, Timothy, shall marry Au- ufey Ieaindn ,tne pedulliul, Wliu, attrac- tive daughter of the owner of Middle cote Farm.
 There's another, though, In the run ming besides Audrey-one Drusilla Why'd don, whose beautiful gray eyes and charm have already made inroads upon Timothy's affections and the hardness and the cruelty of old Lot Snow forms the tragedy-another of the many which Mir. Phillpots has laid upon Dartmoor. The gossip among tho simple folk who live at Warner. which Is near the hamlet of Ellington, and their unworldly wisdom but keen insight into human nature, gives the author an excellent opportunity to show his prowess as a writer.
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THE LIGHTED WAY"


 By E. Phillips Oppenheim- With illustra-
 tions by A. B. Wenzell. Little. Brown
 & Co.,, Boston.
 Past Grand Master in the art of story writing is F. Phillips Oppenheim, whose latest venture, The Lighted Way" is one of the cleverest and mast thrilling recitals of intrique and mystery that has /ver come from the pen of this gifted author.
 It is the sort of book that holds one $ interest every moment of tho time, for 1t Is full of action and color from first to last, and the manner in which the story is told is simply enchanting.
 "The Lighted Way" is quite a melodra- matic story of crime and punishment, and 1t holds an especial charm for those who are particularly interested in the criminal and detective aspect of fiction.
 The story opens in the office of Samuel Weatherley, a wholesale provision mer- chant of the typical London commercial type enormously wealthy and married to beautiful woman of foreign birth Needing another guest for her dinner party, Mrs. Weatherley has commissioned her husband to bring home some present. able young man. and he passes the in vitation to one of his clerks. Arnold Chet- wode by name Chetwode is ir love with a young girl named Ruth. the invalid niece of an excitable anarchist called Isaac All three have rooms in the attic of a tall building overlooking the river. When Arnold tells Ruth he is going to this dinner she sees with prophetic vision that danger and trouble He ahead of him, and when he starts in his evening clothes Isaac curses him for looking like gen. tleman.'' Mrs. Weatherley takes fancy to Arnold from the very first, and he in his turn Is fascinated by her beauty and charm. not to mention her evident liking for himself.
 Among the guests are a certain financier named Rosario. an American named Star ling and Mrs. Weatherley's brother. Count sabatini The trouble that Ruth predicted
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THIS WORLDLY GoODS. Fronts niece by Paul Meylan. The Bobbs Mer- Till Company, Indianapolis.
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THE WHITE WATERFALL"


 By James Francis Dwyer. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York
 Abounding in adventure. every line filled with an almost superhuman endurance, Mr. James Francis Dwyer in "The White Waterfall gives us story long to be re- membered.
 Thrilling is the narrative. from begin ming to end, Mir. Dwycr has certainly woven most entertaining and interesting story out of the material which he has chosen as back ground
 Verlun, who is the hero of The White Materially as he lies under a tarpaulin in Feluka, where he hears a Maori teach ing Fijiian systerious chant like this: Sixty paces to the left.
 That's the way to Heaven out
 Of Black Fernando's Hel.''
 The Maori is very insistent in his teach ing and somehow the peculiarity of the text appeals to Verlun.
 Professor Herndon, an archaeologist, at the head of scientific expedition. crosses his track and Verlun joins him.
 On the vessel he recognizes the Ffjiian whom he had heard learning the peculiar chant from the Maori.
 Professor Herndon's daughters accom- pany him on the expedition and also g
 
 Landing on some tropical island, Leith leads the expedition to some horrible place, where to make the professors priceless discoveries they must crawl down a smooth edge known as the Yer million Pit.
 The natives of the island are the Wiz ards of the Centipedes, and live a bar barrie and savage life and Leith Is in ca boot with them. and ,sis plan is to hold Professor Herndon un.ji he promises his wealth and his daughter as a ransom else the others are to be sacrificed to the Centipede Wizards.
 But
 L,eith has reckoned without his host or rather without our heros, and then comes the most thrilling experience akin to such experiences as we read about in King Solomon's Mine." Treasure Is- land' and other stories of that type They at last find ''The White Water fall." which was indicated by the Maoris
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"DIONIS or THE WHITE VEIL" By Caroline Brown. Illustrated by Henry
 L. Roth. l.. c. Page & Company, Bos-
 ton.
 Caroline Browns story, "Dionis of the drey Leaman. the beautiful. wild, attrac- fully written novels by this author which carry with 1t much charm and en- tertainment to the reader
 Couched in language that is we'll chosen and appropriate. with a decidedly unusual flavor of originality and uniqueness in point of plot Miss Brown has told n story of our pioneer fathers. with all the hardships and cruelties, the obstacles and handicaps that were theirs. yet in spite of them all how the~ triumphed above them and made their way to the topmost rung of the ladder always hopeful, ql- ways cheerful, always maintaining for the best
 "DionIs of the White veii'' is a romantic story, combined with adventure and no more charming narrative has been writ ten by Miss Brown than this, which is sure to appeal to the reading public to marked degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

THE DEWPOND." By Charles liar riott. The John Lane Company. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-21

1.-THE SINS OF THE FATHER" By Thomas Dixon. Illustrated by John Cas- sell D. Appleton & Company, New York
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The Washington times., 1912-11-29
COL, ROOSEVELT TO
ATTEND MEETING OF
BIG BULL MOOSERS
Senator Dixon Announces
Gov. Johnson May Also Be
Present at Chicago.

New and additional Interest was
given TODAY to the forthcoming meeting
of the leaders Of the Progressive party
In Chicago by the announcement Of Sem
ator Joseph NJ. Dixon. national chair
man. that Colonel Roosevelt would GER
tainly be in attendance. Senator Dixon
announced that Governor johnson, Of
California, might also be present.
The conference will be held December
10 and II, and will be for the purpose
Of promoting legislation. State and ma
tional, along Progressive lines and at
the same time laying plans FOR the next
Congressional campaign and the next
bass soaStS whether Colonel Roose
Not as 4 Presidential candidate. but
as a member Of the Progressive party,
Interested like Others IN seeing the
will attend the Chicago conference.
which promises to be enthusiastic and
epOch-rnaking. The opening OF pern,n.
nent Washington headquarters Will be
Call Issued to Leaders.
Colonel Roosevelt IL expected to sound
q trumpet call to all Progressives In the
country, whether Bull Moose party men
or otherwise, to line up and make the
fight together. The fact that the r.
suit OF the elections showed the hope
less decadence OF the Republican party
will be emphasized.
Colonel Roosevelt will certainly at
tend the national conference Of the Pro-
gressive party ut Chicago on December
10 and II, and Governor johnson. Of
California, may do 3d." said Senator
Dixon today.
II have issued a call to all members
Of the national committee. all state
chairmen, all candidates for governor at
the recent election, about twenty-five
Progressive Congressman elected. and
some OF the State leaders from various
States.
/ The naming Of n legislative commit
, tee will be authorized by this confer
! ence. the committee to draft series
OF bills carrying out the PLATFORM
pledges on Questions or or. social ,m ann 70.
Progressive party caucus IN congress
1 will support these bills.
No Differences Among Leaders.
1.-THE Chicago conference will also
consider ways and means for conduct
ing the Progressive propaganda dur
ing the next four years. In this dis
cussion, Colonel Roosevelt will take
part simply as one Of the leaders OF
, the movement.
so far as I am aware. there are no
differences among the leaders Of the
party which could justify the statement
that MIR. Pinchot or MIR. Garfield is
seeking to Gust MIR. Perkins from LEI d-
ership. Some Of the papers have been
very bitter. but the fact should he kept
In mind that no special attitude has
been taken by any one man prominent
in the movement whi,h would justify
.. this assumption OF disagreement
Senator Dixon said that he could not
predict which one plank or group Of
planks in the Progressive platform
would be emphasized m it's legislative
program for the coming season.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
TAFT TO PRESIDE
OVER RED CROSS
AT SESSION HERE
Delegates From All Over
Nation Meet Next
Month.

President Taft will preside at the AZ.
ternoon session Of the eighth annual
convention Of the American National
Red Cross. which will be held Wednes-
day, December II. at the New Willard.
Delegates to the convention are ex-
pected from many States and from the
Territory Of Hawaii. The convention
will conclude with reception to dele
gates by Miss Mabel T. Boardman. ut
the Boardman home. 1901 = street.
The first number OF tho morning pro.
gram will be a pport on activities Of
the District Of Columbia Chapter by it,
president, Mrs. Theodore North Nc.
LauKhlin, Surg. Con. q. II. Torney. "
8. A., Major Charles Lynch. U. y. A.,
and Miss Jane A. Delano will then SUB.
init a Joint report Of tho war relief
board. Huntington Wilson. the Assist
ant Secretary Of State. who IL chair
man of the international relief commit.
tee board, will report, and Ernest y
Btckncii, national director. OF the ma
tionai relief board. will also be heard;
Al the afternoon session one OF TN
| papers will be by Miss Boardman or
:Reiief Problems Of the Balkan war.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
PREPARE TO FILE
FURTHER CHARGES
AGAINST ASSESSOR
Members of George Subcom.
mittee Unearthing More
Evidence.

The George subcommittee Of the
House District Committee Is still on
the trail OF Assessor Richards and the
taxation system Of the District. and
II 10 reported today that In = supple.
mentsry report to be filed BY the COM
mittee more sensational charges will
% brought w the House investigators.
Congressman George. who prepared
the report Of last session which alleged
iavoritism in the assessment Of taxes
IN the District, 10 In New York today,
Sut II 10 learned that he and Herbert
J. Browne, 4 statistical expert. are COM
peling additional data relating to the
oeoauot Of Assessor Richards Office.
At . recent meeting Of the Piney
Branch Citisens' Association Mr..
Browne limited that charges OF official
misconduct might be made against the
tax assessor and one or more Of his
original George report did not include
AL the Information in pos session of
the House committee.
He Awaits Outcome.
without formal notice Of q further
investigation Of his Office, Assessor
Richards merely 10 awaiting develop
msnts and 10 showing no uneasiness
over reports that the George probers
seek his official scalp. II the George
subcommittee orders further hearings
on the taxation system II Ii improbable
that any considerable progress can b.
made during the short session Of Con-
Meanwhile, Assessor Richards is per-
fecting u more extended reply to the
charges Of the George Investigators and
will endeavor to prove that all charges
- A~ Id
Not having received the Information
from any official source. Richards.
kalbfus, and Mckenzie. members of the
Board Of Assistant Assessors. say they
the report that charges Of malfeasance
in office are to be preferred against
The only intimation. 1t was said to.
has come from Herbert J. Browne. the
realty expert employed by the COM
mittee In its investigat ions. The sug.
gestion that such may be the action Of
In an address before the Piney brancn
Citisens' Association last Tuesday
night.
What Prompted Suggestion.
One instance which prompted the sug-
gestion came from the sale by Mr.
Kalbfus to Peter J. Drury Of lot west
Of the Connecticut avenue bridge.
which Mr.. Brown said was sold at $l.i3
. square foot and assessed At 70 cents
. square foot. The records Of the As
seasons office show that the lot was
assessed at u . square foot.
Mr.. Richards said today that until In
formed by some authentic source that
charges Of malfeasance are to be pre-
ferred against him and members OF the
board OF assistant assessors, he will
have no comment to make. No notice
of contemplated action on the part OF
the committee has been received by the
Commissioners, according to Commis-
sioner Rudolph.
Mr.. Brownies speech before the Piney
Branch Citizens Association was the
6rst intimation received that the George
subcommittee had resumed Its quiet
That startling developments might be
expected with the Ming OF supplement
tAry data.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
BULL|TT UPHOLOS
POSTOFF|CE LAW
FOR NEWSPAPERS
Solicitor General Defends
Measure in Supreme
Court Brief.

Solicitor General Built, on behalf Of
the Government. has filed brief in
the Supreme Court unfolding the con-
stitutionality Of the law enacted a. a
part Of the postofrice appropriation bill,
which requires newspapers as a pre-
requisite OF obtaining the second class
privilege to make statements OF circuia-
ton, ownership. paid advertising and
the like and to meet other requirements.
The brief is filed In opposition to the
arguments made on behalf OF the new
York journal OF Commerce and the
Lewis Publishing Company of New
York. Both these complainants have
attacked the law.
The Solicitor General holds that Con-
the press by the legislation. He insists
a proper construction Of the act is to
hold that II simply proposes to require
publishers to comply with certain condi.
tons before being permitted to enjoy
the second-class privilege.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
CHESTER
TO GIVE LECTURE
ON PANAMA CANAL
Geographic Society Will See
Kinemacolar Pictures of
Waterway.

Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester will
lecture tonight before the National
Geographic Society on The Panama
Canal" and will Illustrate his lecture
with klnemac color motion pictures taken
while he was In the canal zone last
spring.
Rear Admiral Chester spent some time
In Panama last spring. and inspected
the work on the canal from ocean to
ocean. and became an enthusiast on the
subject. His lecture ton ght will show
the exact conditions In Panama, and ex-
actly what obstacles had to be sur
mounted before the work can be COM
pleted.
On December 8. Prof. Herschel Par
ker will deliver a lecture before the So
ciety describing his ascent OF Mt. Nc.
Kinley. Prof Parker cl mbed within 800
feet Of the top Of the mountai In which
IL the nearest that has ever been at
tained. On December 10. Walter Nc
ClintOck will lecture on The Romance
OF the Red indian" and on December
20, George Higgins Moses. United States
m Mister to Greece and Montenegro, will
lecture on Modern Greece and Nom
tenegrO,"
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
ASSIGNMENTS MADE
IN MEDICAL CORPS
Three Sent to Places Vacated by
Major Powell Fauntle.
roy.

Al q result Of the assignment Of Ma
AR Powell c. Fauntleroy. medical corps.
10 duty at Vienna. whence he will prob
ably 60 to the seat Of war In the Bal
vans. three officers were assigned to
Sutv TODAY in his place on three boards.
lieut.. Col. Walter f. McGaw 10 de-
tailed as a member Of the examining
Snard at the Army Medical Museum
lieut., Col. Francis A. Winter was de-
tesied "a military instructor In hygiene
q the Army Medical School and Col.
i.ouis A. LaGarde was detailed as q
member of the army retiring board.
Major Fauntleroy was sent abroad TO
observe medical methods employed III
the field, but Information that mas
cached the state Department indicates
mat the warning States may not permit
him to do 80.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
VIRGINIA GIRL TO
WE'D CONCORD MAN
Miss Spilman, Of Warrenton, viii
Become Bride Of Richard
Barrett.

WARRENTON. Va. Nov. 3.-The en-.
faEement has just been. announced of
place. to Richard Rice Barrett, Of Con.
cord. Mass. Miss Spilman IL a daughter
81 General Baldwin Day Spilman. q
West Pointer. who married the daughter
0f the late Senator Camden. q coal mil
linaire Of West Virginia.
General Spilman has q magnificent
country estate near town known as
Elway. and has always led In social
circles. Miss Spilman 10 prominent as
a hunter. and was the first Virginia
girl to ascend In an aeropiane.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
To Urge Supreme Court
Control of Law Practice

Following the revision OF the rules Of
equity practice for the Federal courts
by the Supreme Court, an effort will be
made to have Congress give the Su-
prema Court the same thorough con-
troll over law practice that 1t has ever
equity practice.
The American Bar Association IL ex-
pectcd to lend It's influence to the
movement.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
Elect New Members.

The membership committee OF me
Chsmber at noon today and elected
Two new members to the Chamber. They
we're Harry Williams. manager OF the
washington Brewing Company. ana -
a:rtment at 70, F. Droop & Co.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
First Shave at 100.

HUNTINGTON. Ind. Nov. :9.-Jacob
souers, who will be 100 years old on
December "A, submitted to his first
shave when his daughter persuaded
him to part with his whiskers and pose
for his first photograph.
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
Doctors in Robber Oang.

CHICAGO. Nov. 29.-Two Of seven
men arrested as thugs and freight car
robbern were Chicago physicians who
nave lived for years in brown stone
houses In q fashionable neighborhood,
The Washington times., 1912-11-29
Frank Richards Better.

Frank y. Richards. tho newspaper
man who was operated upon for throat
trouble ut George Washington Univers-
ity Hospital, was reported to be in good
condition today, having spent rcstful
night,