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THE WAY HOME"


BY Basil King, author of THE Inner
Shrine" illustrated by w. H. D. lloer-
ner. Harper Brothers. publishers, New
York
Scarcely a book has been published
within the past 10 years that was more
discussed more used or widely read, than
Basil Kings 1.-The Inner Shrine"
Naturally a new book from the pen of
this popular author attracts great deal
of attention and nothing more calculated
to arouse discussion has come upon lit
erary world than the "The Way Home"
the latest book which Mr.. King has writ
ten.
The story in brief is that Of the son of
q New York clergyman, who, disllu-
stoned by the hypocrisy about him, re-
nounces all interest in religion, deals with
single life, married life, church life and
the struggle between the spiritual and
material in the average man. Started out
frankly on career of self-advancement
with no consideration for others, the man
was successful in business and won for
much higher than his. Naturally, they
drifted apart, and his existence, in spite
of its material prosperity and self-indul-
gence, grew daily more unsatisfactory
until life lost all SAVIOR for him. Finally
he reached a crossroads land then, guild
ed by a woman, he started safely on his
way to peace
The idea, of course, is centered about
the church and like Mr.. Winston Chur-
chill's recent book, The Inside of the
Cup" Mr.. King attacks a subject that is
at once fertile and interesting to the vast
majority of the reading world.
The environment into which the hero
Charles Grace, is thrown, is a strong
plea that environment has much to do
with the formation of a persons char
acter
The breakdown of the church in present
day life and it's rigid eccesiasticism,
however, is not an essential part of the
story
From his father, the rector of fashion
able St. Davids, the young fellow gath
ers that the world is made up of only
two classes, the oppressed and the op-
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her mind by reading a half a dozen of
the new novels that everyone talked
about but which had no merit, the roses
began vanishing from her cheeks and.
horrible to relate, she was getting fat.
She longed for that out-of-door hour
she had sacrificed to vanity, but she was
determined she would keep her vow.
By and by she grew utterly forgetful
of all the things that she used to find
her greatest interest.
She gave her hair few swift touches
with the brush and let it go at that.
The dainty trifles that had made her
beauty emphatic were thrown into the
discard.
Soon the open air strolls, at first re-
duced to half, were entirely done away
with.
The healthful beauty sleep that she had
| taken as a precaution against dull eyes
| and wrinkles, was sacrificed to the nobler
| pursuit of books.
Friends who had always rejoiced at the
very presence of this pretty woman. who
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have thought was vanity but what was
really your own self respect. You have
forsworn those out-of-door recreations be-
cause you thought they added to, your
vanity. You have lost that wonderful
and admirable health and that joy giving
presence that nature meant you should
give to the world because you imagined
1t was wrong to be as fair as a woman
can be.
'It takes time and eternal vigilance and
a lot of trouble to play the part nature
assigned you. There is no harm in be-
slowing time and attention upon your
health and your person, and even upon
your clothes, If that is your particular role
in life. Even though this attention is
misunderstood and laid at the door of
vanity, 1t is done by the very people who
do not understand and who have no physi-
cal pulchritude themselves"
The other woman listened
mo woman was ever fastidious without
vanity" continued the older woman. ITO
be vain of being well groomed at all times,
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her cheek. was reduced to, Just half as
long.
The time taken from this form of vanity,
for IT was not vanity to take walks to
make ones beauty more glowing and
radiant?-was devoted to learning how to
render first aid' to the injured at the
Settlement House class. and to the culti-
walton of dormant sympathy for suffer-
ing humanity.
The evening hours that had been given
to beauty sleep were sacrificed to play
ing games with an aged grandfather.
In a short time the beautifully cared
for hair lost its sheen.
The dainty fastidiousness of the personal
appearance of the woman disappeared.
Her simple pretty little things-jabots,
neck and sleeve ruchings, and the dozen
of little dress etceteras, which had so
delightfully."- occupied the time she was
now devoting to psychology-showed
frayed edges and a lack of skilful
stitches.
While she had managed to cultivate
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There once was woman, as the fairy
tales so, who was deeply concerned with
her appearance.
So deeply so, that she confided to her
self that she spent too much time before
her mirror
She believed that If she spent less time
on the Furnishing of her tresses, the
adornment of her person, and the care
of her complexion that she would have
more time to devote to good works.
So
She decided to try it.
Each day the time devoted to washing
her locks polishing her nails, massag-
ing her skin and the general enhancement
of her personal vanity was cut in half
The time thus saved was devoted to
the cultivation of her mind, the reading
of books, and the study of psychology.
Nor
Was that all.
The hours spent in out-of-door exercise
taken regularly to preserve the symmetry
of her form, and the healthful glow OF
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Philad' ,hla, Pa. -" 1t was az the
sChange of Life that turned to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using it as tonic to buih up my sys.
tenn, with beneficial results. - Mrs.
SARA HAYWARD, 1926 w. Venango ST.,
Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, Cal.--"I have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever I
would feel bad. I have gone through
the Change of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for it. Irec-
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of all ages" Mrs. C. BARRIE, S052
25th St., San Francisco, Cal.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
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and herbs, is unparalleled.
II you want special advice write to
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WOMAN And held Y atxiet confidence.
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one of the most conspicuous figures in
the world today.
1t is safe bet that any newspaper
man who is asked the question, who is
Sam Blythe?" will look at his ouestioner
In plying wonder. For Samuel G. Blythe
is probable the best known journalist, in
active service in the United States
Blythe has just written a novel, The
Price OF Place. which the Secretary of
the Navy, Josephus Daniels, calls "the
best political novel that has been writ
ten in our generation" Newspaper men
will know why any political novel that
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NAL school, Began work as reporter on
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle early
in 1886 Went to Buffalo in 1899 or there
abouts. Five years on Buffalo Express
going through whole game from reporter
to aging editor. Editor Buffalo Cour-
Ter year and a half, quitting in 1s9S Man
aging editor Cosmopolitan Magazine 1899.
Newspaper experiences detailed in his
book, The Making of a Newspaper Man.
For several years wrote humorous, satir-
ical, sometimes serious articles that ap-
peared each Sunday on first page of the
editorial section of the Sunday World.
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Chief Washington bureau. New York
World, 1900 to 1907. Staff writer Saturday
Evening Post since 1907. Has been writ
Ing Who's Who-and Why since 1906 for
Saturday Evening Post. and has written
we'll over 800 of them. Usual newspaper
experiences until went to Washington for
World. Specialized on people and politics.
soon came to be one of star men of the
World and had hand in every big story
Tor years, especially all big political
stories. Worked at every national con-
vention since 1892 and on scores of other
Dig stories, mostly in charge, like the 1900
coal strike, Bryan's trips when a candl-
cate, PORTSMOUTH peace conference, etc.
His recreation is travelling and mixing
up with the people of the United States
Takes several trips across the continent
every year, and probably knows more men
Identified with affairs In this country than
any other writer. Familiar with every
city and every locality and their politics
Extensive acquaintance abroad, also"
Twenty-seven years In studying and
recording "the political game In the
United States Is 1t any wonder that
Sam Blythe has made '"The Price of
Place" one of the most thrilling and fas-
cinating novels ever written about Amer
ican politics?
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REvIEws
LATER)
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY"
by Edith Wharton. Charles Scribner's
Sons. publishers, New York.
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| pressor, and it is the object of his life to
get into the game and see it for him
self
| This he does with a heroism that is
| born more of roughness of nature and
innate coarseness, than desire to revolt
againt Christianity and it's doctrines.
Charles Grace becomes an ambitious
business man, and his type is not flat
tering to the average American.
If he had followed the example that his
shrinking, timid little mother had mapped
out for him and instilled into his young
heart, he might have been a minister
with all the self-abnegation, self f-sacri-
flee and -effacement that she i'm
pressed upon his childish mind that a
minister must subject him self to, but
his mother dies when the youngster Is
only 12 years of age, ana in consequence
he chooses his own career.
1t may be inferred that a part of the
burial service is really responsible for
the change that comes to the boy, but he
does not take the final step until his
father is elected from the church and
the boy realizes things for himself.
When he sees what the church is and
how his father has been treated he makes
| his resolve to live the life of Christian,
according to the modern idea of religion
to use people for his own ends when ever
1t suits him. and to show no mercy what
ever in his dealings with them.
The denouement of the story is drawn
graphically by the author. who is brilliant
to degree in colloquy, an adept in con-
| structlve criticism and weilds his pen
with master stroke, and in the end we
see Charles Grace brought to an under
standing both of himself and of his God,
in manner that leaves a lasting i'm
| preston upon the mind.
| The Way Home" is easily one of the
most interesting books of the season. and
those who miss it will regret It,
THE HONORABLE MIR. TAWNIsH'
By Jeffery Farnol. With four ilustra-
| tions in colors, by Charles e. Brock.
| Little, Brown & Co., publishers, Bos-
| ton.
Jeffery Farnors name spells cleverness,
| interest. brilliancy and originality
His books are as much part of the
game" as the clothes one wears and
| the food one eats, and he is today re-
garded as one of the most delightful
writer's in the literary world.
| His latest contribution, 1.-THE Honorable
| Mr.. Tawnish,'' is one of the most read
| able stories that has appeared in many
moons.
| In this, charming story Mr.. Farnol tells
how Sir John Chesters daughter Pene-
| lope and a fine London gentleman fell
| head over heels in love with each other,
thus arousing Sir Johns ire, for ne de-
spised the Honorable Horatio Tawnish
for an effe1ninate dandy ana a writer of
| sentimental verses. 10 try his worth
young Mr.. Tawnish was set three difficult
tasks by Sir John and his two friends,
Mr.. Bentley and Sir Richard Eden. How
Mr.. Tawnish succeeded in these tasks,
proved himself brave man and a gentle
| man, and won pretty Penelope for wife,
is told in story that is rich in senti-
ment, abounding in humor overfowing
with ennobling human nature-a delight
full story possessing just the qualities to
which The Amateur Gentleman" and
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fastidiously gowned, and we'll coiffured Is
not a sin, that is If a woman at the same
time does not neglect her husband, her
children, and her household duties 1t is
simply self respect made visible. It is
a virtue in all eyes. Every woman owes
1t to herself to be as pretty as she knows
how. People have got to look at her. SO
why not? What has a homely. dowdy
woman ever got for herself. even though
she has read every book which has ever
been written, and can solve any algebraio
problem that has even been formulated,
and can speak French, German and 1tal-
ian as fiuently as a natve?"
The other woman reached for her vanity
box as her friend continued. '
Don't get dowdy in your appearance,
my dear said the more experienced
woman presently. IF you do you'll get
dowdy in your mind. A dowdy mind is
an old mind an uninteresting mind in an
uninteresting easement Remember, even
genius itself is of small value If a woman
doesn't know how to do her hair" Ri
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Ouuu wherever L
go. 1t has done me
SO much good a t
Change of Life, and
it has also helped my
daughter. 1t is one
of the grand d e S {
medicines for wo-
men that ca n b .
bought. 1 shall try
to induce others to
try it. Mrs. ]. H.
CAMPBELL, 2O6 N.
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"THE GREEN CHALK

BY Doris Somerville The John Lane
Company, publishers, New York
An extraordinary compact between two
men causes all the trouble in Green
Chalk" which is admirably written by
Doris Somerville.
A dilettante, Stein, with 94O0 year.
pays for the educational development of
pavement artist on condition that his
(Stein's) name shall be signed on each
picture and that he shall receive all the
profits accrufng. When the beautiful
woman, whom Stein marries, discovers
the secret, she also realizes that it was
not the artist she had loved, but the pic
lures. The reader is held breathless to
the end.
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Blanche Bates

''The Girl of the Golden West'' has
become classic, due in great measure
to the art of Blanche Bates. Americas
noted actress has written this note of
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was so filled with vanity--because she was
such a distinct type-found little interest
in the dlletante with the indifferent and
often Mrs. Malaprop' idea of books and
current events.
Her radiant presence. for she was a
woman whose motive was to be pretty,
gradually faded, and what had once been
q joy to beholders was now a common
place, middle course that amounted to
practically nothing.
One day the woman met friend of
hers. an elderly woman wise in the ways
of the world.
Listen to me- said this clever woman.
who had laid aside all vanity because
she knew 1t wasn't her vocation in life to
be pretty. You are making great mis-
take. You have been following the ad-
wise of the ignorant, who have told you
to forget your looks. You have done
wrong, not only to yourself, but to all
your friends and to the whole world in
general. You have sacrificed what you
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TWO BOOKS ON ART: RENAISSANCE
AND MODERN ART" AND ..HIS

TWO BOOKS ON ART: RENAISSANCE
AND MODERN ART" AND HIS
TORY OF GREEK ART"
"RENNAISSANCE AND MODERN
ART" by w. Fl. Goodyear. 'HISTORY
OF GREEK ART" by II. B. Tarbell
The Macmillan Company, publishers,
New York
Lovers of art will enjoy very much two
delightfully."- written books entitled
Renaissance and Modern Art" by w
Fl. Goodyear, and History of Greek
Art by I. b. Tarbell.
In Renaissance and Modern Art the
reader will find much enlightenment upon
this subject for 1t is a work which worth
lily portrays the optical refinements of
Renaissance art and traces it's influence
on the modern school.
In History of Greek Art there is
equally as much instructive reading mat
ter and it will serve a very valuable pur-
pose to the artist well as to the dille-
tante, for 1t presents a sympathetic un-
derstanding conception of the golden age
OF art, which none can afford to miss.
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Blythe may write is the best in 30 years,
and the general public will subscribe to
the same belief when they read the fol-
lowing tabloid account of Blythe's life
Born, Genesco, Livingston county, N
Y, May 10, 1868 Father, editor country
newspaper. Educated Geneseo State Nor
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Lloyd Charles Scribners Sons, publish
ers, New York
H THE ETERNAL MASCULINE" by
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews.
Charles Scribners Sons, publishers. New
York.
"GENTLEMEN RoVERS." by e. Alex
ander Powell. f. r. G. S. illustrated.
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York
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"THE PRICE OF PLACE.,

"THE PRICE OF PLACE.
BY Samuel G. Blythe. George II. Doran
Company. publishers. New York.
Samuel G. Blythe has never written a
more readable or more attractive book
than his latest, "The Price of Place"
Everybody AknoYs SamuelsBlYshe. Heis
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THREE WOMEN
TESTIFY
To the Merit of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.

Streator, ILL., l shall always praise
Lydia Z. Pinkham's 8 Vegetable Com
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"Greek Slave. Brings $3.50

The Greek Slave" by Hiram Powers.
once the most famous of American sculp-
tors, has just been sold in the Anderson
auction rooms to Capt. Delamar for ST.
250. This statue was once owned by A T.
Stewart, who paid $1,000 for 1t at the sale
of Prince Dernindoff's collection. The de-
cline in price represents the complete
change that has come about in artistic
standards since 1S4s, when Powers was
supreme, says The New York Sun.
Capt. Delamar bought others of the
classic Hilton marbles, paying $50 for tho
"Bather' by Tantardini: 500 for the
Fisher Girl" by Tadolini $500 for .ze-
nobia in Chains" by Harriet Hosmer;
s110 for 'lora," by c. B. Ives; $3.50 for
Flora" by Thomas Crawford, and $3.50
for Paul and Virginia." by Joseph Dur
ham. A paid of consol tables sold to F.
A. Walsh for s4s5.
The total for the session was sS,015, and
for the entire collection $1S,160.
Not on the Five-Foot Shelf
From the ST. Louis Republic.
There's one thing posterity won't have
to suffer with
What's that?'
''The books the boolsmakers used to
make"
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THE WHITE THREAD"

1.-THE Broad Highway" owe their extra
ordinary popularity.
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THE WHITE I1READ'
By Robert Halifax. Frederick A. Stokes
e Co., publishers. New York.
The beauty of "The White Thread" by
Robert Halifax, is that it's realism is of
a rare quality. 1t Is. true not only to the
ugliness and the misery of mean streets,
but also to the good in human nature.
A little maid-of-all-wo stands out
bravely against background of dreary
London slum. She is alive with emotion.
maternal toward all her world, even to-
ward big Bill, her good, awkward lover.
And because she is so real we are vitality
interested in the little everyday things
of her life In her rare afternoons out.
her visits to her brother in the insane
asylum, her pitiful efforts to help her
family, and her one picnic In the coun-
try.
The reader leaves the starvation and
dirt, the drunken mother, the hopeless,
broken father, the degenerate brothers,
with refreshed faith in humanity because
of the big heart of a plain little drudging
servant girl.
THE THOUSANDTH WOMAN"
BY Ernest w. Hornung. Illustrated by
Frank Snapp. The Bobbs Merrill Com
pany, publishers, Indianapolis.
If any reader We're to pick up a copy
of THE Thousandth Woman without
looking at the name of the author on
the title page it is likely that this would
be his exclamation: Il haven't read any
thing like that since Raffles.' Mr.. Hor-
nung's readers will rejoice that he has
again surpassed even himself.
AS in "Raffles," Mr.. Hornung has made
a mystery story with full-blooded people
in his latest success. The scenes are
vivid and each is sharply etched on the
readers mind.
This is the story Of the "One Woman
In a Thousand who never for moment
lost her splendid loyalty to her lover and
her friend, though all the evidence seemed
dead against him. Contrary to what is
usual in this sort of story the feminine
figure is not slSmped nor the romantic
episodes slurred over.
Hornung has succeeded in creating a
remarkable heart interest in "The Thou
sandth Woman" as well as making It a
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delightful detective tale. Hornung has
more than succeeded in 1.-THE Thousandth
Woman" in living up to his reputation
as the master of detective stories.
The reason for Mr.. Hornung's s success in
THE Thousandth Woman" is his faculty
of conceiving a plot which holds and
binds while the characters drive onward
to conclusion which seems impossible
to get out Of
Convincing" is a much abused word
nowadays. but Mr.. Hornung has the first
right to it in a description of his plot
A man is murdered. Every incident
that could be turned to prove the hero S
guilt comes steadily forward with the
slow and awful advance of a mechanism
devised by Edgar Allan Poe. Early in
the story the reader Is absolutely certain
of the hero's guilt-though he hates to be-
1ieve it. Even when the reader acting
as an unprejudiced bystander, has given
him up, the woman-"the woman in
thousand sticks by him-and through
the most believable circumstances the
heor at last stands out-free and cleared"
A Hornung plot-of the best type, which
leaves the reader looking for another
thousandth woman.
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THE WORK OF THE RURAL.
SCHOOL,
By j. d. Eggleston and Robert W. Bru-
ere. Harper Brothers, publishers, New
York.
THE Work of the Rural School, by
those clever and capable authors, j. D.
Eggleston and Robert w. Bruere, which
has been in course of preparation for a
long time presents the results of excep-
tional equipment and wide experience
1t deals with all essential subjects, build
ings, grounds, sanitation, the centraliza-
tion of schools, transportation, plans of
instruction, agriculture, amusements, etc !;
but 1t also considers the school, not as an
Isolated fact but as a phase. and an es-
sential phase, in the pubuilding of the
rural community. The Importance of the
new rural school as an expression of a
new movement in rural life is empha-
sized in it's broader aspects.
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