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Looking After the Hotel Guest.
he Chicago Record-H Herald

from the Chicago Record Herald.
Metropolitan blemishes and drawbacks
are not often emphasized by the class OF
business men who are perhaps the most
interested In bringing strangers TO town
the hotel keepers However, a New
York boniface has had the frank and
friendly inspiration to prepare a card OF
''don'ts" for presentation to each of his
guests
An early suggestion has TO do with
watches and money. Don't wear your
tmepiece loose on a fob, and don't be-
ueve that hip pocket is as secure as A
bank. Why carry a roll anyway, when
the hotel Office has a safe?
Next. the affable stranger Don't let
MIN persuade You that he is an old friend
Next. life and limb. Don't believe that
you are as swift an automobile. And
don't tote a gun-''it is better TO run
Next traps. Don't go too confidently
into unknown places: the way out is not
always SO straight and simple as the way
in.
Yet, on the other hand, don't 60 to the
harassing extreme OF cautiousness and
suspicion The city is not bad just be-
cause IL is big, nor is every one you meet
necessarily a con man.
Big cities. speaking bromidically, are
alike. Though no local hotel man has yet
issued a bulletin of warning. what will
serve the denizen OF Schoharie and Kin
derhook in New York will also ADVANTAGE
the visitor from Chebanse or Pecatonica
in Chicago.
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with the result that the illustrations
are out of harmony and intrude upon
the text Illustrations which do not II
lustrate are not merely a misnomer,
but an offense.
Some OF our very best illustrators have
also been distinguished as painters
Winslow Homer began his career as a
special artist" on the staff of Harpers
Weekly at the seat of war in the sixties
Huntington, Hart, Casilear, Leutz. Ken
sett and others in 1863 were among the
illustrators of an Artists Edition" Of
Washington Irvings Sketch Book" :"
Robert Blum's illustrations Of Japan
were all real works Of art-as truly
works of art as are his mural paintings
in Mendelssohn Hall. New York E. A.
Abbeys illustrations for Shakespeare
are as important If not more so than
any of his paintings. Elihu Vedder will
be longest remembered for his illustra-
tion of the "Rubaiyat." John w. Alex
| ander and Kenyon Cox have both made
notable contributions in this field.
Thirty years ago the medium used
for illustration was almost exclusively
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unguarded girlhood. Youth itself must
be reckoned with. and the temptations OF
youth. And youth is-everywhere. For
that reason the book appeals individually
to all who come in touch with the worka-
day girl. and teaches that whether or not
we be our brothers keeper, there Is no
doubt as to our responsibility toward our
little sister Of toll
GEN. JOHN REGAIN. BY g. A. Birming-
ham, author of Spanish Gold" etc.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
Readers of ''The Adventures Of DR..
Witty will very easily recognize in
Dr.. O'Grady the same effervescent, man
aging Irish practitioner who has previ-
ously figured In Canon Hannays stories
(for be it known that &c. A. Birm!ng-
ham" is none other than James Owen
Hannay, Canon of St Patrick's Dublin).
And similarly there will be "reminiscences
Of some Of DR.. Whitty's adventures in
this expanded tale, which has been in
turn developed as play, just produced
bit OF humor, dealing with a practical
joke played by a wealthy American
touring In Ireland upon the leading citi-
zens Of Ballymoy. The tourist. regard
ing Ba1lymoy as the sleapiest town he
had ever seen. decided to wake it up.
and he did so most effectively by starting
a public movement to erect a statue to a
supposed native who had gained fame as
do justice to this delightful story, for
every paragraph has its whimsical at
tractiveness.
GREEN CHALK. BY Doris Somerville.
New York: John Lane Company.
To no earthly good purpose is such a
story as ''Green Chalk" It may serve
for amusement and yet when this end is
accomplished 1t leaves a bad taste. A
young woman falls in love with the sup
posed art of q man who has in truth
hired another to paint pictures for him.
and when she discovers the fraud she re-
pudiates him, and later. thinking him
dead, marries the real artist without ever.
however, truly loving him. There is only
one really satisfactory character in the
narration and she would be deemed by
ordinary standards an utterly impossi-
ble'' person. The action moves from
London to Paris and concludes in Venice
BOOK OF INDIAN BRAVES. BY Kate
Dickinson Sweetser. illustrated by
George Alfred Williams. New York:
Harper Bros.
Seven great Indian chieftans are here
presented. Powhatan. Osceola, Sequoyah,
King Philip, Joseph. Sitting Bull and
Pontiac. The story of each of these is
told graphically from the most trust
worthy information. This is book to
interest and instruct young readers. for
it comprises much of American history
and is of value in addition to its enter
tanning quality.
A YEAR WITH A WHALER. BY
Walter Noble Burns. illustrated
with photographs New YORK: Out
D,,H1 ;oh1
Here is a human document that leaves
no question whatever as to its authenticity.
The author, from sheer love of adventure,
ships at San Francisco on board a whal-
er bound for the arctic seas. and after
a futile attempt to desert at Honolulu
sticks to his job until he reaches home,
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the modern drama With universities in
the United States. one or more. making
serious study Of dramatic construction
what may be called a native drama,
there rises. according to this writer,
the need OF corresponding activity in
the direction of creating a higher con-
ception of the mission OF the actor him
self. The book is illustrated with many
portraits and reproductions Of old prints,
these adding much to it's interest. The
whole is a competent handling of this
subject and a most useful volume for the
student Of the American theater.
DANDIES AND MEN OF LETTERS. BY
Leon H. Vincent, author of Amer
lean Literary Masters" etc. With
Mifflin Company.
Mr.. Vincent, in this unique and engag-
ing book. introduces readers to certain
men OF letters who have combined with
this pursuit that Of exquisite and fop Mr..
Brummell-"Beau BrummeI'-as might be
expected, heads this curious company.
Among the most familiar OF those who
follow are Lord Byron. Tom Moore, Bull
wer-Lytton and Disraeli. Portraits,
sketches and anecdotes In amazing num-
ber and variety light up the personal and
literary idiosyncrasies of these celebrities
sumes that Mr.. Vincent gathered up these
pleasantly informing and readable
sketches In the between whiles Of his Sc
rious literary work. The book itself-as
a books something Of a dandy, too. in
dress and general appearance.
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS. Edited by Worthington
Chauncey Ford. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
This is the second of the twelve vol
umes In which the writings Of John
Quincy Adams are being embodied. The
correspondence for the five years follow
ing 1796 is contained within the volume in
hand. Students Of American history will
seize upon this wealth Of fresh material
from source Of such high distinction. 1t
constitutes q new and brilliant illumina-
ton of the social and political life of the
young United States. 1t is. besides, a
very perfect self-revelation of one Of the
THE wORK-A-DAY GIRL, q Study Of
Some Present-day Conditions. By
Clara E. Laughlin. author Of THE
trated New York: Fleming H. Revell
Company.
Sociologically considered. this Is most
important work. written by woman who
has personally investigated the conditions
she recites.
It is not a sensational -1vel which we
NAV thrill over and th. = put aside with
the comfortable assurance that 1t is only
so much fiction. 1t is true, as the crimes
that make headlines in newspapers are
true. On the principle. of course that
ones own crows are always white, the
local reader whose knowledge of the
workaday girl is limited to friendly or
business acquaintance with clerks at
desks and behind counters will accept the
book as a danger signal only for those
parents whose young daughters are ex-
posed to the lures of large cities and fac
tory towns The writer permits no such
limitations. Her knowledge. bought by
years Of service, proves that environment
alone is not responsible for the perils OF
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spread desire to know the truth about
''our southern highianders."

spread QeSlre TO Know CH0 trutn dDOOl
our southern highlanders."
A CHANGED MAN, and Other Tales
By Thomas Hardy, author Of 1.-THE
Return of the Native" etc. New
York: Harper & Bros
1t is good to taste again the SAVIOR of
the real Hardy story. A dozen Of them
come together in this volume. These
range far in topic and theme. They stray
for place not far from Hardy's own
neighborhood-about Casterbridge and
into Wessex. All are English and all
Hardy. Here are stories of love and
of interrupted marriage Here is a
summer ldyll, diary of pure romance,
and here are tales of mystery and Eng
lish tradition. In general atmosphere, in
character, In action and in Hardys own
workmanship the stories have fine dis
tinction.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING; nm
Experimental Investigation of the
Economy and Technique Of Memory
BY r.. Meumann, professor of philos-
ophy in Hamburg. Translated by
John Wallace Baird, professor OF
experimental psychology. Clark Uni
versity. New York: D. Appleton &
Co.
This book of high German authority
summarizes the modern psychology of
memory, embodying here the latest de-
duetions of scientific investigation in re-
spect to this subject. Beside this. and
what is more to the point, it applies the
results of these investigations to the proc
esses of learning. This logical and prac-
teal extension of the study greatly in
creases its usefulness, making it one of
prime Importance to teachers. It's broad
MI in, fial ic fn fan 70 70
work of learning, to make the daily task
one of reader and less wasteful accom-
pliShment than it now SO generally is.
Contrary to custom, this author discusses
methods of learning. rather than methods
of teaching. Taking his position within
the acquiring mind, he examines into the
nature of memory. establishes its founda-
tionS, defines its functioning and traces
the favoring conditions for it's prompt and
efficient behavior in the presence of bodies
of knowledge to be absorbed and retained
He .elaborates the special technique Of
memory, and sets out the economies of
time and energy that accrue to the learn
er from the mastery OF this technique. He
discusses the education of the memory in
schools to the end that it shall be made
to subserve the economies of learning, to
the end that memorial work shall no
longer be a desultory. haphazard per-
formance, but rather that 1t shall be a
conscious choosing on the part of the
learner of such mental attitude and proc
ess as shall most exactly meet the char
acter and purpose of the task. The
schools, in their preoccupation with meth
DDS of teaching, have, so far, done little
toward putting the pupil in conscious and
competent self-possession of his own men
tai tools. This experiment in the tech
nique and economy Of memory indicates
that the needed change in this respect is
already on its way.
NARROW WAY. BY Mary Find
later, author of Seven Scots
Stories" ETC. New York: E. p Dut-
ton & Co.
Miss Harriet Cameron had lived at No.
IL for more than thirty years. When at
length her young niece, Catherine Cam
eron came to live with her she had told
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her neighbors that 1t was q greaa
change But it was not: nothing. y
seemed, till Death himself came IN. would
ever change anything in Miss Cameron'i
house"
This is the quiet key to which the new
Ffndlater story is pitched. With young
Catherine Cameron as the center of In
terest, the daily affairs of retired and
highly respectable neighborhood unfold
here in true Findlater lifelikeness. With
the tradition and atmosphere Of the
Scotch lowlands soaked into their blood.
the complete mastery OF few local types
of people and the power to seize and re-
produce the honely drama Of these inter-
woven parts, the Findlater sisters have
created the Findlater novel OF Scotch low
land life. The Narrow Way" carries
the name of but one of this pair of writ
ers as it's author. One wonders IL II is
only the disturbance of what he mas
grown to expect that makes him miss
something from this novel. or, II 1t really
has. with the dropping out OF one OF
these sisters missed something or the
life and tang that so vfvidly stamp the
books where the two have worked To-
gether.
SHAKESPEARE As A PLAHWRIGHT.
BY Brander Matthews. professor OF
dramatic literature in Colum6ia
Iniversity if. aaG ,s author VOL OF "ens eto New
York: Charles Scribners Sons. wash
ington: Brentano's.
In this volume Mr.. Brander Matthews
makes an expertly critical study OF tho
Shakespeare plays for the sake OF draw
ing from them Shakespeare. the play
wright, regardless in as large measure
as may be of Shakespeare. the poet or
philosopher. or psychologist. With tnis
object in view, the study focuses upon
those particular plays that most con-
spicuously mark the growth or SNAKES
peare in the art of dramatic construction
"a difficult task. as the author admits
from the fact that the poet Is SO lnnueIl-
tially at hand to dazzle one out OF any
of mere construction. Ihe
study takes account Of Shakespeare as
reviser Of plays. as imitator. as collab-
orator and as sole creator OF them. 1t Is
an interesting study OF highest autnority,
bound to be Of distinct service to the
student of drama in its structure and its
history.
THE ROMANCE OF THE AMERICAN
ford. author of "Old Boston Days
and Ways" etc illustrated. Bos-
ton: Little. Brown & Co.
Mrs. Crawford approaches this inter
esting historical survey of the American
theater through the study Of certain
actors who, by sheer force Of personality,
gave shape and direction to the begin
nings Of the theater in the United States.
A summary of the work and influence Of
these actors covers what there was OF
our stage at that time. since the actors
were, in effect, the theater. The story
opens with an account of the players
and playhouses Of the eighteenth CEN
tury. It makes, too, a detailed account
Of the heavy debt of the United States
at that time to foreign actors, men and
women. Nance Oldfeld, Peg Wefhng-
ton and David Garrick are the dazzling
names in this early day. The narrative
recounts the spasmodic growth of the
stage as an American institution and IL
Eliminates the particular features of this
growth by study Of play audiences
The history closes with summary OF
New York theaters and an estimate of
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zine. illustration has come to occupy
large place in the field OF art in Amer
lea If we have no genre painters to-
day 1t is chiefly because we have so
many capable illustrators. and the de-
mands in this quarter, SO far, exceed
those in the realm of easel pictures.
II should not be imagined. however.
that illustration Is altogether a minor
branch OF art. A good illustrator must
be a skillful craftsman and have
keenly artistic perception. He must,
furthermore IL he wishes to be classed
among the best. be able to visualize
anothers conception-he must compile
ment the work of the author, work in
sympathy with him, supplement the
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per. and ink. Since then, however. the
halI-tone method or reproduction has
come into use, and the SCOPE of illustra-
tion has been enormously widened The
perfecting of the color process has also
had its influence, SO that now illustra-
dons are made in all mediums and with
great variety of style
One of the foremost in the field OF
illustration thirty years ago, and one
who Is still holding his own with the
best. was Reginald Birch. and his first
great strike" was his illustration OF
Mrs. Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy."
Here is an instance when the illustrator
essentially supplemented the text and
satisfactorily visualized the authors .
conception. Reginald BirchtO Little
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of the illustrations shown nave
reproduced in the leading magazines
and have therefore proved adaptable
for the purpose for which they were
made. A reproduced illustration car
ries with it the same stamp Of author
ity or approval that story does that
has been published or play that mas
been acted. But that is not to sa!
in the final judgment it is invariably
great. This collection now on exhibit
ton is, however, almost without ex-
ception meritorious. The works of the
foremost illustrators are included and
the exhibition as a. whole upholds a
high standard.
Book, and more particularly maga-
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been on an extended circuit. One hum
dred prints are shown, and all are OF
genuine merit and interest. Etching is
a charming art, requiring the elimination
of all superficialities and inviting express
sion which is peculiarly individual. So
direct and intimate is this medium that
diversity exists in the works of all those
who employ It. Whistler and Rembrandt
Meryon and Haden are as diverse as
they can be, yet all four were pre-emi-
nently skillful and mastery. The same
is true in perhaps lesser degree with REL
erence to the works of etchers OF today;
each has his own '1ine" and his own
distinctive manner of manipulation.
exhibition some etchings Of foreign scenes,
such as the Ponte Vecchio, in Florence'
Surrey canal, England; Piazzo San Sc,
bastiano, which are exceptionally sooo anu
strong. full Of light and air and most ex-
cellent rendering Of architectural compo-
sition. Arthur Covey, who is well known
as painter and illustrator as well as an
etcher, is represented by remarkable
group of etchings of industrial h1e.Ior
example, 1.-The Coppersmith, The Great
Wheel" Steel Workers Before Fur
mace" and others. resembling the Brang
win etchings somewhat in type and yet
very Individual
The etchers and illustrators and now
the painters are the discoverers OF beauty
in the great commercial enterprises or
our day-bridge building, the rearing of
skyscrapers, the manufacture and mining
of various utilities. There Is something
impressive and vital in these scenes which
expresses energy and power and inter-
prets the spirit of the age.
Charles w. Dahlgreen's etchings are
chiefly Of landscape. and are In strong
contrast to the city pictures with or with
out figures. They, too. are ooid ana
strong, showing swirling CLOUDS, Droau'
open, windswept stretches and sturdy
trees. There is reminiscent note, both
of Rembrandt and Of Constable. but 1t in
nowise intrudes unpleasantly. Mr. Dahl
green's work is Of high standard and
essentially personal.
boats, "FIsherman's Fortune" and Gus
tav Goetsch admirable prints Of Marble
head Harbor'' and 1.-The Spar Shop
Gloucester" rendered with delicacy and
nice feeling.
Bertha E. jacques. secretary of the Chi
cago Society of Etchers and the author OF
a little book on etching, is represented
by three plates, one rendered In Venice
another in Villefranche and the third IN
Chioggia-all three knowing and signln-
can't
b. j. o. NordfeIt's work is also very
experienced and at the same time spe-
ciaIly temperamental. His line Is firm,
but very refined. his effects peculiarly
subtle
The Chicago River" Michigan Ave
nue. THE Whaler' and the ''Black-
smith" by Frank w. Raymond, are ex-
traordinarily clever. and much may be
said in favor Of the landscapes by Earl
II. Reed, which show charming treat
ment as well as discriminating selection
of subject.
But one Washington etcher is represent
ed, Ruel Pardee Tolman, but his picture
of boats entitled, "A Quiet Harbor,
takes its place we'll and is found to pos
sess excellent pictorial quality.
This exhibition will continue for an
other fortnight.
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There are other studies OF old New Eng
land houses in sunshine, roadways and
the like which stir the imagination and
make appeal
UCIEN w. POWELL has just returned
- to Washington and reopened his
studio in the Corcoran building. Mr..
Powell spent part Of the summer at Bar
Harbor and the rest at his home in Vir-
ginia. In connection with. his Virginia
summer home he has a commodious
studio, and there he has been executing
certain commissions received earlier In
the season.
THE George Washington University in
cludes this year in its regular cur
riculum a course in classical and Italian
art related to the history Of civilization:
This course is given by Prof Mitchell
Carroll and Miss Rebecca 5. Ashley.
Prof Carrolrs lectures take up important
periods in oriental, Greek and Roman
life and art. devoting special attention to
the golden ages of Athens and Rome. Miss
Ashley's take the form Of an introduction
to Italian art and the golden age of paint
ing.
All the lectures are illustrated by Ian
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hundred pieces left. the figuring and
coloring being quaint and the dish bor-
dered by a ripping design inside OF which
is a broad band OF color.
There are about the same number OF
pieces left Of q set which was bought
and used by the Grants. Roosevelt paid
the sum of $4,000 for set of white and
gold china, which numbered three thou
sand pieces One of the prettiest sets is
that purchased by Mrs. BENJAMIN Harr-
son. The edge Is q wide band of blue
and in the white center OF the plate ap-
pears an e1qu.sitely dainty picture Of the
American eagle resting on shield.
-
The fish sets are all decorated with
painted pictures Of all kinds of speci-
mems Of the finny tribe and the china used
for game has pretty pictures OF wild
fowl in the air or standing among the
reeds There Is even a plate which once
belonged in the Confederate white house
and one given Washington by the So
ciety of the Cincinnati. All Of the sill
Yer at the White House is marked THE
Other than having q monster turkey to
grace his table, the Presidents dinner
Will be about the same as that OF any
other well-to-do American. Mrs. Wilson
publicity. but It is safe to say that soup.
fish, turkey. cranberry sauce. celery.
vegetables, pumpkin pie and coffee will
form the backbone of the feast. The
Wilson's have always lived simply and
make no pretenuons Of having banquets
like those which made the Arthur admin
istration famous.
1t is a sad fact to state, but IL the
truth must be told, 1t looks very much
as If the great American turkey. the bui-
wark of our kitchens, will after many
years become as extinct as the aux. Ac-
cording to the census In 1895 the number
OF turkeys that year was 100000. The
population at that time was at least a
dozen million less than II Is now. But
the last census returns place the turkeys
at only 3,6SS. .7Os. their valuation being
S6. 605, ,s1S.
Hence 1t is easily seen that while the
turkey-eating population is increasing By
the hundreds of thousands, the fowls
themselves are DECREASING at an even
greater rate. We have q nation OF 10000
600 people and only 100000 turkeys,
while fifteen years ago We had 12,OOn.OOO
fowls and less mouths to feed.
Turkeys are very delicate birds, and IN
spite OF their huge size they cannot stand
the hardships' that chickens can easily
endure. BY nature wild. they pine and die
In confinement: yet II left to wander too
young are killed by wet grass and YER
min. They do not like to roost in house
Alike chickens. but prefer to sit in rows
storms and bliz7ards they sit calmly as
Druids perched high on the swaying
limbs and seemingly needless Of rain or
cold. But put them in a warm house or
In q cramped yard and they do not thrive. |
So the difficulty OF raising them has been |
a large factor In the high price of their |
meat and their growing scarcity
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! exhibition of original works
by American illustrators
opened this week in the Veer-
hoff galleries, where 1T may be
seen for a week or more. All