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MY LADY OF THE CHIMNEY COR
NER. BY Alexander Irvine. author
OF From the Bottom Up" etc. New
York. Tho Century COmDany

MY LADY OF THE CHIMNEY COR
NER. BY Alexander Irvine. author
OF From the Bottom Up" etc. New
York: The Century Company.
AS a sons tribute to his dead mother.
this book will have the sympathetic un-
Outstanding Of other men and women
whose memories 60 back to the loving
sacrifices Of mothers Of their own. The
writer's personal interest in the condi-
tons Of his youth. however. Will not
likely appeal to that multitudinous critic.
the general reader. He wants story to
be bright in spots, at least. and to have
a happier ending than a sons return 20
his old home to hear his father lament:
MY God. bhoy. We had to oes comm
t bury 'er in"
Most men and women are acquainted
with grief. and some OF US carry under
our everyday surface a past that bites
into memory as that fox bit the Spartan
under his blouse But, like the Spartan,
we suffer and make no sign. The author
Is obviously too devoted and grateiil a
son to be accused Of commercializing his
mothers suffering for gain. He Is like
child that cries out in the lonely dark and
who finds comfort in the cry. He wants
the world to know with him that his
mother was a great-hearted, great-souiea
woman. Other writer's have taken the pub
lie into just such condolences for just sucn
q reason. It is human nature to talk OF
our dear dead. whether 1t be an occa-
sional broken whisper in the twilight or
cry on the housetops. 1t is also human
nature for listeners Of the general reader
type to weary Of such recitals. Poverty.
mother-love and death are the most mat
ter-of-course things in this world. and
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innocence. One is the victim herself.
The climax of this austere and classic
drama is astounding. The whole Of it is
powerful, electrifying. It Is q voice-the
voice Of one crying in the wilderness.
What is to be done with this realism of
dramatic art? A play is made, primarily,
to be played. Ought this one to be act
ed. and before general audiences? Why
not? And why not certainly, most GER
tainly?
MONARCHICAL SOCIALISM IN GER
MANY. BY Elmer Roberts. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
One reads a good deal about German
socialism. In fact. Germany is the place
pure brand of this political faith. He
reads much. also about the social and
economic experiments of the empire-of
the state as buyer and seller. as banker
and broker. as manufacturer and miner,
as the builder and operator Of railroad.
telegraph and telephone. And in this
double line of reading he, somehow. had
associated the two He had, somehow.
come to believe that a resolute socialism
had wrested these rights from a reluctant
monarchy and had set them UP as COM
mon benefactions for the whole of the
in Germany is written to convey some
notion of the extent to which the state.
embodied in the emperor and a conserva-
tive majority-and not the social demo-
Gratis working out the social-economic
program before which the whole world
stands in admiration. This book quite
changes the color of ones view of Ger
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his feet. but his arms are SO long that
he looks as though he were bending over
and walking with a cane. when ne is
fighting he runs along the ground this
way, and stands up to use his hands
and his teeth
MIR. Gorilla generally has big fam
lily or band, and they have to obey him
He has his pow-wows. like Dig indian
chief, too. for the natives OF AFRICA nave
seen him sitting in the middle OF big
circle Of gorillas. looking very solemn.
while the others talked and quarreled
excitedly
"When Mr.. Gorilla is CAPTURED and kept
in a cage he grows quiet and sad. He
,, soon learns little tricks. and he will
drink milk or water out Of a cup by hold
ing it in both hands and then putting It
down very carefully, as II ne knew II
would break To hear Mr.. Gorilla scream
is perhaps the very worst sound or all
that can be heard in the forests.
But there were so many monkeys TO
see there in the Dreamland OF All
Countries that the Cloak didn't stop long
before any Of the cases. Bobbie saw the
bald chimpanzee and the Wise Dream Man
told of him of Sally" little monkey OF
this sort that had been brought to the Lon
don zoo and kept there Tor nve years.
Sally soon learned to understand
ever so many things that were said to
her, and the keepers taught her to give
them one two or three straws just as
thev asked for them. Sally was
fighter. too, for she used to pounce on
any rats that came into her cage.
Robbie found in one case funny little
monkey called the crab-eating macaque.
These little animals. the Dream Man told
him. roamed about in bands or nfteen or
twenty, near the river and the swamps.
There they could be seen wading about
in the mud. picking up shrimps and
crabs A good many OF them could
swim and dive. Bobbie thought the lit
tie proboscis monkeys the very funniest
of all, for they had tiny turned-up noses
that made them look IKE some of the
Gee. 1 would like to go to Africa,
Mr. Dream Man" Bobbie sighed. as the
Magic Cloak rose in the air and flew to-
ward home And any Washington girl
or boy who wants to may see these very
same monkeys Bobbie saW-without
Magic Cloak or Dream Man to guide
them All they need to do is to go to the
National Museum, and every father or
mother knows where that wonderful
building is situated.
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j, live to see 1t. I believe that in time all
OF the nations will come to see the light
But Gods ways are not our ways II
may be slow. but it will come to pass"
Il understand that you are greatly in
terested in the Y. NJ. c. A.?''
Yes. that organization has been doing
much good. 1t has a great missionary
influence. not only in the United States,
but In other countries. / want to see 1t
introduced on shipboard and more fully
at all naval training stations. I have
been talking with the officers Of the
Y. NJ. c.. A. about that
Take your native state. Secretary
Daniels. What kind Of a place Is North
to be born again, where would you
choose?''
Il would take the same place. like
North Carolina. It is the most demo-
cratic state in America. 1t lies. as you
know, between Virginia and South Caro-
lima. and they used to say that it was
valley of humility between two noun
tains of conceit Another story relates
to the North Carolinian who went to New
YORK and was there asked where he came
But said the New Yorker, I have
never heard of that state. Where is it?'
The North Carolinian replied: Il will
bound it. Virginia lies at the north OF
1t and South Carolina lies at the south
of 1t. and to tell the truth, stranger, be-
tween so much lying on both sides of it
the rest of the world hears but little OF
our truth-loving state
X X
you are an editor, an adviser of the
people. Mr.. Daniels Horace Greeley,
another great editor. advised the young
man of his day to go west What
would you say?'l
Go south. The south is the west of
today. Lands are cheaper there than
they are in the west. and that is the
coming part of the United States. If
you have any doubt as to the part of
the south. I would say go to North
Carolina. Our people there are. kindly
and humble. They still live. to some
extent, the simple life. Besides as
and Independent and will not support
any government but one Of their own
creation"
But. Mr.. Secretary, can one live the
simple life today"
yes. 1 believe the nation is too ex-
travagant and that prices are too high.
Nevertheless, one can live on a dollar
a day if he has to. I know ] could.
Almost any one can earn the necessi-
ties of today. We all want to live too
high, and prices have gone up accord
ingly.'
lis it SO in the SOUTH"
Yes. The cost of the necessities has
risen and our people also demand lux
uries which no one thought of having
in the days of my boyhood."
Tell me something about your ca
reer as an editor"
There is not much to say replied
the Secretary. Il can't remember when
/ did not desire to be newspaper man.
1 used to hang around the office Of our
village paper when l was quite a small
boy. and at the age of fifteen l started
an amateur journal called the Cornu-
copia. Two years later my mother
mortgaged her house for 500 to buy
for me third interest in the little
weekly of the town where we lived.
and shortly after that I was able to
buy out the other two-thirds and own
the whole paper. From then on I had
many ups and downs, but finally bought
the Raleigh News and Observer. It
was sold at auction for $4,000 and I
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Bobbie and the Wise Dream Man
Visit @Stuffed Monkeys at Museum

her shaggy coat as she swings from tree
too. through the tops Of the trees. and
with her long arms she can swing across
very wide spaces"
.Bobbie wished that these monkeys were
really alive and that he could watch
fierce fellows fighting.
do they really get mad and tight like
that" Bobbie wanted to know.
Eyes. indeed. Though they won't fight
a man unless they are wounded and have
to, they have a good many quarrels
among themselves. They fight like men
do. with their hands and sometimes their
teeth. and they bite each others fingers
just as that old fellow is doing.
X
IF those two were really alive that fin
ger would have been bitten off long ago.
OF course 1t would have hurt Mr. Orang-
outan and most probably you would have
seen him jump away and climb to the
very highest branch in the tree
Would he cry?" Bobbie asked, think
ing that most any one he knew would
make noise If he had a finger bitten
off,
That's just what he would do, though
If you watched his mouth you might think
he was going to whistle. At first he
would make a noise that sounds like a
parrot screeching, and then. opening his
mouth quite wide. he would roar like a
panther. This is the way Mr.. Orang
nearly always shows that he is hurt"
Does Mrs. Orang ever fght?" Bobbie
wanted to know. noticing how much
smaller she was than the other monkeys.
Not very often. though she can be
quite ferocious. Once in the forests OF
Borneo. where these big animals live, a
party OF hunters tried to get close to the
tree where Mrs. Orang had built her nest.
Suddenly a big branch fell near one of
the men and then 1t simply showered
branches and twigs and the heavy fruit
that grew on the tree. The men ran and
stopped a safe distance away to watch
the monkey.
There she sat pulling or the branches
and throwing them down as fast as she
could, granting and showing her teeth all
the while. So you see an angry orang
isn't the very incest thing to meet" ex-
planned the Dream Man. They don't
often fight other animals Of the forest,
however, for they live on leaves and nuts
and seldom come down to the ground At
the stream where all the animals 60 to
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time. That was in 1865, and the south was
almost bankrupt on account of the war.
My father left comparatively nothing
and my mother had to support the fam
lily. consisting of herself and three little
boys
"My mother is a very extraordinary
woman" continued the Secretary. In
those hard times she succeeded not only
in making our own living, but she gave
a fairly good education to her three chill
dren. At first she kept a millinery store.
Then she made dresses, and after time
she became postmistress of the town
where we lived. OF course, I helped. I
had to work hard, and I think was for
tunate. 1t is better for a boy to be born
poor than to be born rich"
Had your mother any ambition to
make you a statesman"
mo. I think not. She is a pious wom-
an, and her only ambition was that l
should be a good man. She once hoped
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NEW BOOKS ON GARDENING
AND USEFUL ARTS.

The recent additions at the Public LIE
brary include the following books:
Receipts and Formulas.
Phn. John. Industrial Recipes RARpss
Person Mrs. r. b. d. When Things Go Wrong.
Williams. N. N. Harper's Household Hand
Measurements.
Bayer II. C. Metric system. re -B343m.
Burgess. g: X. and lie Chateiier. II. l.. Meas
Slide Rule 1910 RcB.H5ss. w. me
Metallurgy and Mining.
Il Pacs S. @ H. rrospeetor's and Miners Man,
sexton. 4. f. An Elementary Text Book o,
Somermcier. E. T.. Coal. RIGS
Agriculture.
Carleton. William. psrud New Lives for Old.
RGC-Cla5n.
De weese. T. A. Bend in the Road. RGc-
s Mayns D. P And Hatch X L. High School
Pratt. L. A. Agricultural Organization. Rg-
Warren. C. F. Farm Management RGBA-
W252.
Cameron. F. K. The Soil Solution 1911 RGF.
Nc Mccall 4, q, The Physical Properties of Soils
Russell Eussel,. E. ! Lessons on Soil. RGF RalSl; ::
sizes Laboratory Guide. 1910. RGEA-StiS. :
Spices and Herbs.
Bardswell. Mrs. F. A. Herb Garden 1911.
Kains. NJ G. Culinary Herbs. RHP-Kl24
Ridley. II. y. Spices. RIP R435s.
Gardening.
pI F ssla. F. H. Saturday in My Garden ioiL
Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, la.
fayette. Commercial Apple Growing. 1911. Ri
Rogers, E. A. Practical Potato Culture RIG
Van velzer. A. c. Fig Culture. 1909. RIL-
Wilkinson. A. E. Modern Strawberry Growing.
Flower Gardening.
Adams. H. S. Lilies RISE-Adl6l
Miller, c. II. Making a Garden With Hot bed
and Cold. frame. RlsA-M6l4m.
Rockwell r; Gardening Indoors and Under
Thicker. william. Making a water Garde,.
Poultry.
Berry. Mrs. A. A. Profitable Poultry RKv.
RKV-F244h.
International Association OF Instructors and In
vestigators In Poultry Husbandry. Proceedings
Of the Meetings Of 1905 1910. RKV-SInS3.
anS The nnd 1911, S,ae
Turkey Culture. 1900. RkvT-TS44.
Chemical Technology.
Abraham, Karl. Steam Economy in the Sugar
Factory. RQKB.AbS2.E.
Brooks, r. o. Vinegars and Catsup. Intsrpee-
tatiOn OF Standards. etc ROM-B79S.
Chapman, A. c. Brewing. RQMC36e.
Dyeing.
Ben-yonde School. Ben-vonde System OF Dye.
ing and Cleaning. RQQ-B43.
Pellew, C. f.. Dyes and Dyeing. ROO P3GS.
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$$A CO." Bobbie cried. clutching
the Dream Mans arm so
suddenly that they both
nearly tumbled off the
Magic Cloak.
Now, don't be afraid. Bobbie," cau-
toned the Dream Man, shaking his head
and trying very hard not to laugh, for
he loved to play jokes. But Bobbie didn't
think 1t funny, and perhaps any Wash
fngton boy would want to leave pretty
quick II he found himself in the sort OF
place as that into which the Dream Man
had dropped Bobbie.
Bobbie held on tight to the cloak and
looked around There they sat high In
the top of tree, and on the branches
nearby. so close that Bobbie could touch
them, were two of the biggest and black
est monkeys he had ever seen
But they weren't sleeping or nibbling
peanuts, as he had seen monkeys do at
the Zoo. for their big white teeth were
shining and they We're fighting hard as
they hung there in the branches. One
monkey had caught the others finger
tight between his teeth.
..Oh, look. Mr.. Dream Man, he's going
to bite his finger OFF," Bobbie exclaimed,
holding his breath very hard.
"Ha. Ha" laughed the Dream Man.
Then Bobbie understood. for though the
big monkeys looked so fierce they
weren't really alive.
why. it's the Dreamland OF All Coun-
tries he declared. as he looked around
and recognized the big building father
90 Ito National Museum,
That was a surprise, wasn't it. Bob
bie?" asked the Wise Dream Man. his
little round bald head still red from
laughing. This Is Mr.. Orang-outan
fighting with his brother" he continued.
waving his hand toward the big mon
keys" and there higher up in the nest
Is Mrs. Ourang-outan with her little
baby
why. it has got its arms right around
her. hasn't IT." Bobbie declared.
Yes, just as the Eskimo mother car
ries her baby in her hood and the Indian
mother carries her papoose strapped
to her back. so this monkey mother
takes her baby every place with
her. The little fellow puts his arms
around her and catches tight hold Of
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Measuring a Plants Drink.


When we cut flowers we put them
in water to keep them fresh. Like
human beings. they can exist for long
periods on water alone, as the liquid
forms a considerable portion of their
bulk. The drinking capabilities Of
plants vary a great deal. and at a re-
cent scientific exhibition held at Sur
biton, England. some ingenious de-.
vices were shown to register the diff
ferent actions of plant life. The ap
paratus consists of a twin glass tube
with coiled formation at the base.
The flower is placed through cork
into the water in the upper end OF the
branch tube. and the lower end. which
is inserted in a vessel filled with
water. is lifted out and replaced. thus
allowing an air bubble to enter the
tube. AS the plant drinks the water
the bubble is forced along the coiled
glass tube as fresh water enter behind
it, and the amount taken by the flower
is, of course. the quantity behind the
air globe.
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that l might become a preacher. but my
bent seemed to be the newspaper and l
strove toward that profession. I think
have done better as a newspaper man
than 1 could have done as a preacher"
But you believe in religion, do you
not?"
"Most assuredly / do. I believe in the
Bible and everything in 1t from cover to
cover. think more people believe that
than is usually supposed and I venture
quite many would go to the stake to-
day as they did when they burned the
first Christians 1t is hard to realize the
influence of the Christian religion. 1t
has touched all of the nations and has
made them better. 1t has affected all of
the people. Many men who do not be-
lieve in religion give to hospitals and
other charities. They have been touched
by Christianity without knowing it,
do you believe the whole world will
be Christian some day.
Eyes, although l doubt whether 1 shall
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will that be a good thing for the
service?"
I'm almost every way, yes" was the
reply. 1T will be good for the men
and good for the officers. Within two
years after a man has left Annapolis
he begins to forget what he has learned
there. This will make him continue his
studies and he will have the advantage,
as it were. Of postgraduate course.
Besides continued Secretary Dan
iels. Il think our officers need more
training after they have left the acad-
envy. I want more of them to go to
the Naval College to learn strategy and
to plan out the possible warfare of the
future. When I visited that institution
the other day found that there were
about as many men in the faculty, as
there were in the school. It Is my idea
that every officer should spend some
time at that college. and that he should
not be allowed to command ship unless
he has gone through a course there"
What do they do at the Naval Col
lege?" asked.
sThey study the principles and plans
of naval warfare. They make suppositi-
tious campaigns and plan what would be
the course of the navy in case the
battleships were located at certain
points and it was necessary to move
at once upon another nation with whom
we might have war. They do for the
navy the same as the War College at
Washington does for the army. All OF
the great nations have such colleges and
make such plans
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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" AN L " iIldhc yOu
acquainted with
your Secretary of
the Navy. / do
not mean PreSi-
dent Wilson's Sec
rotary. nor the
democratic party's
Secretary. but the
man who repre-
sents you and me
as the head OF
our NAVY De-
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hard shedding at first, but after that
we made it pay we'll"
do you find that your career as a
newspaper man has fitted you for your
present position?"
'It seems to me that the newspaper is
a good training for almost any position.
A newspaper man comes into contact
with all kinds Of people. He learns hui
man nature and how to handle it, and
people are much alike the world over.
They have not changed greatly since
Adam. This Navy Department is big
thing, but after all it Is something like
newspaper establishment. Just before |
me at dinner: How can you be Secre-
tary Of the Navy? You cannot sail ship
nor shoot a gun. l replied that l was
the editor of newspaper. although l
could not run a printing press or llno-
type. 1t is the same in this department.
One does not have to know every detail
in order to direct 1t. When l came In
did not know a living soul. did not
know my aids, nor the heads OF the bu-
reaus, but I found that they were men
North Carolina. The most Of them were
patriodd. nearly all were fine spirited
and all seemed to love the service like the
love of God. The machine is good one,
and l have not seen reason to make
many changes in 1t"
But the Job is big, is it not, Mr.. Sec
retary?"
YES it is a pretty big job for the edi-
tor Of country newspaper We nave
about $1,000 men in the navy, and we
are now spending something like $1oO,
100000 year. Yesterday we gave out
contract for the building Of battleship
which will cost $1,000 COO, and We have
others which have cost that much or more.
Seven million dollars would buy all the
newspapers Of North Carolina. and then
one battleship.'
But you do not have to handle the
money yOurself?"
mo. The most Of the appropriations
sailors are paid by Congress, and that is
SO Of our clerical force. The regular
streams through which the money flows
have their source in the House and Sen
ate, and are directed by them. OF course,
the money for repairing the ships goes
through our hands. That is a large sum,
and we have to decide how it shall be
spent"
Have you enough money to run the
navy?'
1--WE have plenty for the various de-
partments. We have not as much as
we would like for building new ships and
we could use more In the navy yards.
That navy yard problem Is a vital one.
and I hope we can make a better solu-
ton Of it than we have now
do we pay more for our battleships
than other nations?
II hardly think so. but we pay more
than we ought to pay and I hope we
can cut down the prices Take the mat
ter of guns. We used to pay immense
sums for such armament. but since we
have established our own gun factory
here at Washington we have saved on
that account alone many millions of dol
lars.
1--WE are now making our own powder
and are saving millions on that l don't
mean that we save alone on the making
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A Supporter.

From the Detroit Free Press
what are you doing for our causef''
asked a suffragette worker.
"Doing?" replied the man. I'm sup
porting one Of your enthusiastic MEM
bers."
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How the Secretary
Looks, Acts and Talks
His Methods of Do
ing Business-He Dis
cusses Poverty and
Riches and breaches the
Simple Life-The Vir-
tues of North Carolina
and the South as a Field
For Young Men He
Talks of His Job and
Shows How We Can
Reduce Our Govern
ment Contracts
cation in the Navy
Schools on Board Ship,
Etc, Etc.
Copyrighted. 1913. by Frank G. Carpenter.l
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Something Else Again.

From London Opinion.
"How's the doctor today"
Gardener-Very poorly, sir.
Has he got q locum tenens?"
Gardener-No sir. think he's rot Q
touch of influenza
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The Plot That Failed.
m the Chicago Record Herald

From the Chicago Record Herald.
HE had everything made over in his
wife's name before he failed
well, what makes him so gloomy
"She eloped with the principal cred
itor."