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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

pied down one her mothers footstooI
buryins her face in her mothers lap
Mrs. Calhoun looked quickly across al
her husband who, in turn, peered
across the top of his glasses at hi
daughters bowed head: then he
looked up quickly and held his wifes
eyes for an instant Had she heard
Mrs. Calhoun put her hand tenderly
on the girls hair.
What is it. dearie" she asked.
Laetitia burst into sobs; her whole
shgnt frame shook and she buried her
race deper and deeper into her moth.
ers lap Tears came silently to the
eyes OF both mother and father. but
no one spoke.
Laetitia reached for her mother's
hands and held them convulsively in
ner own while her body continued to
shake with her sobbing.
'Can-can't you tell mother,
dearie?" Mrs. Calhoun asked. letting
her own tears drip down unheeded on
her bosom.
IL will. That's what l came
down for, mother" Laetitia whispered
from the mothers lap.
Mr.. Calhoun was preceptibly ill at
ease. He tried to remember all they
mad said;' he would have given all he
owned to have retracted his words;
let her sing; let her practice: let her
90 into anything that she thought she
wanted. but-never let him see his
little girl so unhappy again That
was his only wish.
"L~let me have your handkerchief.
mother" Laetitia said. raising her
head
"Here-take mine. daughter" said
her father, quickly Offering his most
cherished pocket handkerchief from
his upper coat pocket.
II want to tell you both all about
IT." the girl began, plying the ample
bit Of linen diligently.
Go right on. dearie." Mrs. Calhoun
staid. stroking the hand she held.
ITS about me-about me and my
career-and Tom." she confessed
You don't understand how It has been
perhaps"
Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Calhoun said
. word: they still wondered II she had
heard
Il have worked so hard to be q sue.
cess for you two. ! am your only
child, your only hope | wanted so
much to do something big and won.
derful for you--mother and father,
dear-but, OH can't give up Tom
for the empty fame of an opera star.
I've tried so hard. I've spent all this
money of fathers and yours for music
and you've given me every advantage,
and 1t seems SO ungrateful of me to
give 1t all up for-love" She hid her
face, and the father and mother looked
at each other again.
Tom says must give It up-my
career-or he will so away to the end
OF the world, where he can never.
never even hear of me-" said she.
bursting in fresh sobs.
"Dearie, dearie," protested the moth.
er, with emotion don't do that. We
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

was not blind to the shortcomings .,
uer child. Laetitia could not sing
ana IT was her one aim and ohiec. -
100 sing, to go into grand opera
70 snlne before the footlights. Teach
ers' struggling for the dollars tho,
Ssue 70 them from lessons, battered
ner and led her on toward her imar.
lneo place among the stars. Friend,
' "no were kind,hearted asked her to
s.us' and even her father and mother
u.an { tne heart to tell her she could
not why girl who had no voice
should have such = wild desire to
.'ne was the question that often nut
''self 70 both mother and father.
Laetitia had become 60 ensrossed
N ner studies of music in all branches
pertaining to voice culture that che
nao forsaken most Of her friends. abe
nao withdrawn from social life. saw.
ing mat she must save her strength
LOT ner work The home that had
once been the scene Of gay little par.
ues' was now quiet after dinner. and
tne rather and mother sat silently
reading under the library lamp Lett.
ia was In bed gathering energy for
tne following days lessons. She was
working diligently on the opera scores
IN the faint hope that she might have
opportunity to sing before man.
ager.
Whom could she love?" Mr.. Chi.
noun broke in abruptly, as II the idea
conveyed to him by his wife had lust
appeared to his rather thick vision.
Mrs. Calhoun smiled. Better
who loves her enough to make her
give up her career. my dear."
Well. put 1t your way-who's tho
man! I'll ask him here, throw them
together. do anything to save our IT.
tie girl from the awful failure | can
see coming her way" the father said
sitting up. energetically. DO you
think young Davis Is hopelessly dis
couraged!"
he ought to be-the way she's
treated him. But II he showed half
the determination about winning Lac.
titia that she shows about winning
fame. he'd have her." Mrs. Calhoun
declared.
Mice fellow-Davis." mumbled the
father.
He's all Of that. had quite made
up my mind to him."
How to make up Laetitia's mind
to him is the question now" re.
marked Mr.. Calhoun, with hopeless
infection in his voice
Mrs. Calhoun raised a silencing fin.
ger, remarking: Listen, | hear foot.
steps-Laetitia is coming down"
Mr. Calhoun began to read, ostenta.
tiously; Mrs Calhoun, too. became ab-
sorbed in her magazine.
Mother" faltered Laetitia at her
elbow.
Her mother looked up. Laetitias
hair was hanging in two braids across
her shoulders; they glistened in the
lamp light Her long rose-colored XII
mono fell to her toes and she crum-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17
|ETlT|A'SPARENTS
by Thought She Sought a Ca
Feer When in Reality It Was
Love.

sv DOROTHY eLAckMoRE.
hey spoke in undertones. furtive.
yatching the door.
But-what Is to be done with
!" Mrs. Calhoun asked. Her tone
colorless, hopeless.
er husband shook his head sadly.
ITS it, my dear. Laetitia's whole
seems to be centered in that one
bose; she sees only one goal
res for only one. Why. I can't
make an engagement for her any
for fear Of interfering with q
bn or q class or an appointment
ractice with someone or other.
she's our only daughter"
rs Calhoun raised her hand eau.
BY. do be careful. dear; she's
airs, and l wouldn't have her hear
or the world. We mustn't break
heart in trying to thwart her am
N. That would be cruel"
he whole things cruel" MIR. Cal.
Id said, desperately.
IS Calhoun nodded thoughtfully
neither father nor mother spoke
some moments. Presently the
looked up. a bright light in his
hppose-suppose. dear. We con-
to tell her l have had some re.
Is In business and cannot longer
d to pay for her lessons. We can
III expenses and live consistently
the statement can We not dear7"
sked eagerly.
mother hesitated. "Y.e.s-we
suppose, but would that do
yood! Isn't Laetitia Just the sort
would 90 to work-sing in Z cho.
In cafes-anywhere-to earn
Oh to study? Any girl with her
y and determination will ind 4
And there Is q way-if only she
see ia way to make US I'll
J."
pw's that?"
she would only fall in love. des-
ely In love, and be made to feel
she was making a great sacrifice
be man she loved in giving up
|areer-her music, she would be
we would be happy. and she
be saved all the pain Of failure
s sure to be hers If she contin.
believe she will be a grand op-
lar"
Calhoun had studied her daugh.
The knew that the girl lived for
ltic effects; that heroics ap-
to her. More than once she
Fayed that her girl might fall in
Eith man who would insist on
wing up her musical career. I'm.
pany mothers, Laetitia's parent
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17
An Interruption.

An impassioned oratress had
reached the climax Of her denuncia
ton of the tyrant sex, when 4 little
man in the corner said he arose d
present question Of special priv.
lege.
Put him out!" shrieked many IN.
friendly voices.
State your question" said the or
atress.
Il want to marry you," said the IL.
tie man. II like your talk and I
like your looks. I've got q good
house and 20.horsepower motor
car"
Order! order!" shrieked the audi.
ence.
Let him state his question"
shouted the oratress.
I'm fifty.two. regular churchgoer,
with good business and $4,000 in the
bank" concluded the little man.
Put him QUIT" yelled everybody.
In Difference to the popular de-
mand," said the gifted oratress. "Tll
have to ask you to wait on the out.
side"
"l'll wait" chuckled the little man.
Whereupon the oratress resumed
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17
room had been married.

room had been married.
About IL years." said the jeweler.
How do you know" asked the Jew.
eler's wife. you never saw her until
tonight"
Il can tell by the size Of her wed
ding rings" he replied. "The width Of
wedding rings changes about every
five years. The kind she wears was n
style Is years ago"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

Valuable Stamp Collection.
How stamp collecting has become
specialized is instanced by the sale IN
Paris some time ago "f a collection AZ
Swiss stamps for about $40 AhA
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

Poor pursuer Of Pleasures.
It's the only pleasure l have n
life" said an English hawker. IN -
planning to q magistrate his love q
beer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-05-17

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
AN IMPRESSIVE NOVEL.

THE MAIN ROAD BY Maude Radford
Warren. Frontispiece. l2mo' PIP. S'l
Harper d Bros.
This is well told and an interesting
story. packed with Keen observation
and sound sense. Indeed, in the mat
ter OF worldly wisdom this writer sug-
gests a relationship. somewhat distant,
il is true. TO the author of The Way OF
All Flesh" Let us say that she Is a
literary granddaughter. and as
such not unworthy, Of Samuel Butler.
Janet OF this story, whose sheltered
childhood and youth brought her into
young womanhood wholly untutored in
life. fed as a girl much upon novels.
Nobody told her that novels are false
in their effect-at least, for the mind
Of a young girl: that they do not ex-
hibit the real proportions Of life" The
impressive thing about The Main
Road" exactly Is that It does very eff
fectively exhibit the real proportions Of
life. Nearly all OF the movements"
just now in the air enter into the story.
which is the process Of Janets tutor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
Reyesentetio Of a Roman
Nonmochid.
(oTps u Ways Of oksr ovs,H

ing detail OF early sea life. He mas
culled many remarkably interesting
data from old manuscripts which Illus
trate the experiences of ships and men
Of other days. He is as alluring in
his treatment of the evolution Of
nautical inventions. as when he dWells
on the "hard-swearing, bullying days
of Queen Anne" the golden days OF
the privateer" and the period of
the clipper" which simultaneously
brought seamanship to unheard-of at
tainment. and chanted its swan song"
His chapter headings are The Birth
OF the Nautical Arts" The Develop
ment of the Marine Instinct" "Medi-
terranean Progress" Rome and the
Sea- The Viking Mariners" Sea
mdnship and Navigation i'm the Middle
Ages" The Period Of Columbus. D." The
Early Tudor Period, THE Eliza bethan
Age" concluding with three chapters
on the seventeenth. the eighteenth and
the nineteenth centuries. 4 valuable
feature Of the book is the numerous
illustra lions, which include drawings
reproduced from old manuscripts.
plans OF early ships, ancient charts and
exceedingly quaint old prints, together
with photographs Of historic ships in
struments and many well-drawn mod
ern illustrations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18

simply had TO smack him." At which
the King cried out: Don't! You hurt
him." The King talked good deal to
Caesar, calling him affectionately. you
bad, bad dog" The writer never saw
the King depressed, and he gives nu-
merous pleasant examples Of his hui
NOR. Thus he pictures his majesty on
occasions when annoyed:
He would show his displeasure by as
Stunning an air of the most complete re esq
nation. Instead perhaps Of uporaidinS
me. II lost the way, he would question
me quietly. so as to ascertain what was
wrong. gravely deplore the way in when
misfortune singled him out for her victim
and then settle himself gently IN ms
corner, as II resignlng himself to his rate
In his countenance there was written q
placid acceptance Of the situation ana a
calm expectancy Of worse 10 come. Inc
lietless way i'm which he heard my apo!o-
ries was inimitable. OF such gentle irony
the King was a master. At these tunes
| was naturally too much occupied TO 90
more than mark his majesty's demeanor'
but so exquisite was the pose he a1ecteh'
that his gentlemen were often hard put Ia
IL not TO smile. while sometimes the King
would end by laughing I'm spite or himseH.
The anecdote depicting the situation
when on n day all OF the Kings men
had been eating OF his maJesty's pun
gent enemy, onions. Is highly amusing.
Altogether. this is a book OF consider
able human interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
OLD SEA DAYS
The Story of the Activities Of
Our Forefathers on the Sea.

! SHIPS AND WAYS OF OTHER DAYS.
BY Il. Keble Chatterton. With J30 illus
tratons Royal Svo, PIP. XVI. 5OS
/ Philadelphia: The J. B. Lippincott Com
pany.
The art OF ,masts. sail-crowded. TT to
Yet stayed TO strength, and back-stayed
irto rake.
The life demanded by that art. the keen,
Eye-puckered, hard-case seamen' silent
lean, , ,
They are grander things than all the art
OF towns,
TIER tests are tempests and the sea that
browns.
This, the romance OF the olden sea, IL
this writer's story And in this our
day of "steamanship" we must fare in
the hardy ways of the sea mostly in
books. Mr.. Chatterton has made himself
something like the standard historian
of the sailing ship. He is writer
both popular and exact. His Sailing
Ships and Their Story" won It's way
into the library of the yachtsman and
into the hearts OF all who CHANGED to
fall upon it gifted with an atom of
imagination and any desire for knowl-
evolution of the ship from the very
earliest times Of which there exist any
historical data down to the canvas set
ting craft Of to-day. His book Fore
and Aft was OF a somewhat technical
nature.
In this handsome new volume Of his
he presents chronologically the char
acteristics, the customs and the mani
fold activities Of our forefathers on the
sea; a story irresistible in its appeal.
From the way in which Caesar worked
his tides crossing the English Channel
when about to invade Britain in %
b. c.. or the way William the Con-
queror a thousand years later wrestled
with the same problem. but in different
ships, he brings US down to the dawn
and rise Of the nayigational science
which to-day enables our biggest ships
TO make passages across the ocean
no finer example could be afforded of
the persistency of human endeavor to
overcome great obstacles. He tells us
how men managed to build, launch.
equip and At out different craft in all
ages. We see, with him, the ships
afoat, and watch them spread sail, bid
farewell to harbor, and set forth on
their long voyages to wage war or to
discover, TO open up trade routes or to
ilght the Crusade. We note how these
various craft were handled in the CEN
turtles Of history: how they were
steered; how they furled and set SAIL
how these ships behaved in a storm,
and how they fought the ships Of other
nations and pirates. And we obtain
an intimate picture of the life lived on
board.
On those Viking ships. for example,
which were scarcely decked at all, how
aid the crew manage TO eat and sleep?
This is just the sort of a question an
swered here. We learn what the cap
tain said of his ship. his yarns about
gales o. wind. and what was the av-
erage return TO the owner from the
ships cargo Some fine old sea songs
are given in the book. And the author
is rich in citations from old chronicles
OF seafaring. and from treatises, hand
books and manuals on the seaman's
art, which contain many an entertain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
GRACEFUL POOLING.

FATIMA Or. Always Pick a Fool 70,
You: Husband. Being the Strange Ad.
ventures OF Woman Who Was the
Most Beautiful Creature and Quite,
Quite the Cleyerest Creature Ever Was,
and Knew II. BY Rowland Thomas.
With illustrations I'm color by J. Dunean
Gleeson. Emo, PIP. Vi, 3j3. Boston: Lit.
tie, Brown & Co.
The art Of graceful literary fooling
occasionally practised with such co..
summate skill by Mr.. Max Beerbohm
in England. has not many practitioners
in this country. This fanciful tale is a
very engaging thing of that nature.
Fatima was an Egyptian maiden.
hardly turned sixteen. and was very
softly dark OF eye. and satiny Of skin
and plumply slender in the enticIng
fausse maigre way of girls, and gazelle-
ly straight and graceful" She lived In
that most romantic OF periods in story
"once upon time" in little dura'
matched village called Ashmuneih
where also dwelt a Fool, who 'hadn'ts
brain In his head Lived here, TOO, one
Sheikh Omar, who sought her in mar
rage. But he was an oldish, whisker'
ish, fattish thing. So Fatima sousm
counsel OF the image Of the god Thout
who used to be the very wisest person
in wise old Egypt; and ne, yer!
down-t to- date image, sent her tele'
path. II came to pass then that Fatms
married the fool; but with him sns
wss not happy. for, as she SAID:
have spoiled good fool and have not
made husband of him" Now Fatins
was a saucy chit and as witty as abe
was beautiful. How she journeyea !"
Mecca, made fools OF many wise NEIL
attended the University. became
great lady in the harem OF my iord tns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
H1BOOKS AUTHORS e. LISTERS ~
AMONG THE NEW NOVELS
Suburban "Uplif" with Humor-The Path of Life and
Modern Labyrnths-Once Upon a lime Maid
and Fool-Elnor Gyms Latest.

ing. IN a little prairie town in VT.
consin she begins her journey, "a WV.
depressed, darkling elf" living &,
land Of dreams. Her ineffective f.r
lily, like al OF the people in the hoo.
is very real. Janet a "shimmerns
vessel Of emotion" goes to high sch.,,
and later to the University OF Chics,.
Modern methods Of education are v.,-
ly scrutinize' and academic circi..
portrayed with an intimate and int.
esting touch. Janet awaits the id..,
lover Of her dreams who must coma I.
her. Those at hand are all found wa,,
ing. She did not know that the han.
piest marriages are built on calcula,.A
sacrifices and abnegations. To her IN.
was spontaneous love" She was de,.
tined TO go through most of the i'm.
portant phases in the love Of man anA
woman, and 1T was not till after manv
years that she lost that youthful fa,.
lacy, which some women never aha
don at any age, Of trying to inspir. !,
man. Of assuming that under the stIr
ulation Of feminine belief and encoy<
agement he can accomplish every.
thing"
Janets successive suitors; Graos
Ryder. rich, fashionable, beautiful
charming, and unhappily welded; he,
husband. a dominant modern man Al
business; Sallie Reyes, delightfulIvI
Southern" at first, who comes 10 |.
tragic end; the social secretary. Ad,
Sargent, and many others are deep,yI
interesting characters, quite represent.
ative OF various phases Of modern liz
The study Of the communist settlemeb,I
in which Janet sojourns, composed q,
reformers, artists, writer's, makers a,
bizarre jewelry, believers in endovsS
motherhood. and so on, is a fine pi.s.
OF work. There is a dramatic inou,.
trial strike. And Janet for a time ,ot.
tiers on the brink Of missing the main
road; then the light breaks and she h.
holds that it is not bigness that 4
above the law, but weakness that can.
not keep he law, and she finds in thu
end that which is the best thing Natufs
has designed for man and woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Regency Kitkats and Victorian Vlgnettes.l RI
RENE to Clipper Ship: A Book OF the oea
King Edward and His Chauffeur.

ones who were rather more what is
commonly known as characters than
were dandies at all The author has
happy turn for titles which hit on his
essays. Among his headings are: Ihe
Celebrated Mr. Brummell," Episodes
in the Life of Noble Poet Uord
Ryron). "A Giver OF Breakfasts (Sam-
uel Rogers)," "A Regency Satirist
CThomas Moore)," "A Virtuoso Of the
Old School Charles kirkpatrick
Sharpe)." The Adventures Of Gen
itleman' (Bulwer-Lytton)," and "A Sue
cessful Bachelor Henry Crabb Robin
SOM" Those who have, as the phrase
goes. been there" will recognize the
truth of this:
We who read the novels of to-day Tor
pleasure, and the romances OF YESTERDAY
from a sense of duty, often meet with
strange surprises That the fame OF the
Old English Baron The castle on
Otranto'' and "Vathek" cannot be laid
to conspiracy of professors OF literature
We know perfectly well Never theieS,s,
we assume that those queer tales only
interest those whom they interest ana
that We ourselves are not OF that num-
Der. Hardy. Barrie. Meredith. Philipotts
and Hewlett are for us. not Nalpoie,
Bedford and Miss Clara Reeve: Inc
surprise comes when we find that any
one of the old romances, by any one OF a
dozen authors who might be named, Is
indeed for us, sophisticated moderns
though we be. and devotees of the ro-
mantic-realism of our time.
In the matter of inveigling us into
active interest again in those queer
tales" more ingratiating writer than
Mr.. Vincent would be hard TO find.
Two Of the mots of George Bryan
Brummel, Esquire, which he gives. we
must quote. Replying to friend VINO
had asked him why he was limpnS,
Brummell explained that he had hurt
his leg, and the worst of IL was 1t
was his favorite leg" To the inquiry
Of a neighbor at table: DO you not eat
vegetables, Mr. Brummell?" the reply
was, Yes, madame, l once ate pea"
The writer's paper on the noble poet"
is largely devoted to laying the spec
ire of a misanthropic and piratical By
ron, of which we have had rather too
much for our comfort" He finds much
in the episodes" of the young lord TO
admire and to be cheerful about. AS
the elder Mr.. Weller sagaciously re-
marked of a bouncing maid servant.
"a very pleasant and comforta BILE"
book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
WINSOME ESSAYS.

pANDIEs AND MEN or LETTERS
By Leon h Vincent. With illGstra-
tons. svo, PIP II, ga The Houghton
Miflin Company.