Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05

prints to supply q constant demand, Is
published once again, in it's most attract
i've dress. 1t is illustrated with numer-
Gus photographs of scenes at the self
supporting home" established and main
tanned by Mrs. Saint Maur together with
diagrams that make her practical sugges-
tons a reality. Those who are confined to
the city may read this book with profit, and
perhaps gain the inspiration necessary
for transfer to the region in which they
may live comfortably and cheaply and
perhaps profitably on a small capital.
well Mason and John Northern Hill
lard. With illustrations by w. d.
Goldbeck. Chicago: A. c. McClurg
& Co.
The authenticated young photographer
who sat in a bronze cage in a New York
hotel, where she took occasional dicta-
tons from business men, was possessed
of vivid imagination, which she at
times permitted to range freely. and
which carried her far afield to the
romance corners Of the world, places
where high adventure aDounds and where
civilization wears to a thin veneer To
her comes, in the course Of business, a
man who dictates documents dealing with
those very scenes. There Is no thought Of
Surprisingly from this very man comes
an offer Of marriage. and In far less than
the conventional time a matrimonial bar
gain Is effected. and these two, so
strangely mated, are Off for Persia, where
the man must recover certain railroad
plans hidden in an ancient city. Russia
is also seeking them in order to thwart
the design of the engineers principals.
This stirring tale deals with q conflict of
wits between the young American and
his bride on the one side and an agent
of the Russian government and his wOm-
an assistant on the other When all
seems lost the situation turns suddenly
and the bears claws are clipped. This
| is a vivid, moving tale of adventure that
presents the aspect of having been drawn
from a real knowledge of conditions.
THE ADVENTURES OF DIR. Witty,
By G. A. Birmingham. author OF
Spanish Gold" etc New York
George H Doran Company.
In some of the preceding stories by Mr.
| Birmingham DR.. Witty has appeared
Now comes a book devoted to him. H,
! is the dispensary doctor at Ballntra, al
| unimportant little town on the Connach
| coast. These chapters deal with hi
| various experiences in organization, hi
| efforts to stir up the sleepy town, t.
| harmonic the habits of its inhabitants
| munity, to bring about an era of goot
| feeling and of prosperity. Some OF hi
| undertakings lead him into trouble. bu
| he always energies triumphant Ulti
mately he marries, and Mr. Birmingham
| rounds off this altogether delectable bool
| with a choice description of how Dr.
Witty managed his own welcome HON
| at the conclusion of his honeymoon
| These stories. though dealing with tn
Irish. are not written in dialect. Ye
they preserve the idiom Of the nativ
| speech They are easy to read, full o
racy humor, and offer bits OF storie
| that are we'll worth coming repeated!
until they are learned for repetition.
| CALLING THE TUNE. BY Justin Hunt
| ly Mccarthy. author of "A Healtl
| Unto His Majesty" etc. New York
George II. Doran Company.
| Back to London after many years alb
| sence in South America comes Wickiif
| Hersham, middle-aged. wealthy and In
| tent upon having a good time. The mrs
| thing he does is to look up an on
| friend-friend still, though he nad oeel