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LEILA MECFILLN.

Ion, crackers thin bread and butter. some
white meat. and for dessert oranges
Il knew" Cornelia said. pleasantly
that you'd wish to eat Just what eat. .
Yes, yes; of course" agreed Miss
Matty.
After dinner was taken away they set.
tied down for a long talk-that is. Cor
nelia talked. She told all about her liver
trouble and what the doctors had done
and hadn't. 1t was a long story. Miss
Cornelia grew more confidential and told
about her servants, how they acted and
what hard work IL was to keep them
under. From that standpoint she went
on to tell about her husband They were
not very congenial. she confessed. He
was away from home a great deal. He
had his friends. she had hers-such as
they were. Sometimes she felt that the
only thing that loved her was Pinky-
Poo. She sighed and let Pinky-Poo lap
out of her bouillon cup. The sight nearly
turned Miss Matty's stomach. She loathed
dogs.
Cornelia kept talking until we'll upon
il. When at last poor Miss Matty got to
her room and to bed she was exhausted.
1t seemed she had just got to sleep when
was going to walk in the early morning
freshness. She begged to know IL Miss
Mayhem would accompany her? Miss
Mayhem consented. When she glanced
at her WaIcn Sne saw that the hour hand
stood at 5.
This was the beginning, and even SO
was the ending. Miss Matty bore with It
for two weeks. She could not very well
do less. Then she got out OF Cornelia' s
clutches and back into her own dear
shabby. restful fiat How serene and
comfortable and likahle beyond words 1t
seemed! Not bit too small and close
even after Corneia's elegance. II was
home. And there were her friends down.
stairs. How delightful they were after
Cornelia-
The second evening she was at home
Miss Morton said. as they sat playing
cribbage: Il laughed at Elizabeth, but
confess I was myself uneasy lest you get
weaned away from me-"
Miss Matty took good. long breath.
Il guess you wouldn't have worried any
If you'd seen what I went through with"
She caught herself hastily. IT mean
don't envy Corneia one mite" she added
CTHE END.)
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minister. And that was as 1t should be.
Rev. George Dagner was discouraged,
and that was good-desperate, and that
was better. 1t is the blandly satisfied
reverends that bury Hillports instead of
building them. When things looked SO
black to the minister that they could
look no blacker-church dead. town
dying-he. with woman's wit and heart
behind him. and before him the devilries
of the Harem-Scarum Club" about the
only live thing in the place, turned
squarely around and had a revival with
himself. Then, shorn of all the particu-
lar littlenesses Of his own special brand
of religion, he went at it to revive the
town. From this start Mr.. White makes
an exceedingly bright and helpful story
Of the 'ciyic religion" that is now Selling
and reforming so many communities.
Hillport became in effect a neighborhood
association. 1t organized amusements.
set up library, built hospital went to
gardening and co-operated in shipping
and selling. The HarumScarum Club
raised chickens-instead. And the story
of Hillport, generally. became just what
the story Of every community ought to
be. A good story. told admirably.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART. BY Ed
ward Howard Griggs, author Of
Human Equipment; Its Use and
Abuse" etc. New York: B. w.
Huebsch.
Mr.. Griggs makes this rich and sug-
gestive study out of the conviction that
art is not alone for arts sake" but
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enved Cornelia- She was so stately, so
handsome, even as far back as she could
remember her. Then, If nature had
not done enough for Cornelia, fortune
must step forward with it's own incom-
parable offerings. Yes, Miss Matty envied
her. for Co, nelia's life appeared like one
long romance of the kind she still loved
to find in old fashioned books. AS for
any. The nearest she had ever come to
it was one winter when Sam Sloat. a
J neighbours son, had come counting her.
+, Everybody had expected her to marry
him; she had even expected it herself.
But when it came to the final test she
could not. even though she might have to
remain an old maid all her days.
Miss Matty never had another lover,
but after a while she got used to being
| her own mistress and enjoyed II. After
| her parents died she sold the farm and
moved into town. She hired tiny fiat,
| filled it with the most cherished of her
| possessions and settled down to nader
and middle age comfort. There was a
| good library near, which supplied heI
with reading: her digestion and her purse
| both permitted her to eat what she liked,
| and she always had two or three friends
| handy to play with her when she wanted
game of cribbage. There was no reason
| in the world why she shouldn't have
| been happy, and she would have been
save for the memory of Corne'ia Brisben.
Miss Matty reached her destination late
| that afternoon. 1t was a suburban sta
| ton, and she had no difficulty in finding
| out the special car and chauffeur await
| ing her. Almost before she could draw
a natural breath the car had whisked her
| up one street and down another. in be-
tween the regal, outstanding stone pillars
| and under porte-cochere. The car door
was opened and Miss Matty stepped down
| to face a uninterrupted maid who had
been sent to receive her. The maid con-
| Quoted her into great entrance hall, up
a palatial staircase, down another hall
and in through a paneled door.
Miss Matty Mayhem" she announced
and withdrew discreetly
! Matty was actually in corneIia 8 nraS.
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save perhaps deferred marriage which
really ought to have taken place on the
first page. young woman misses her
train. A young man misses the same
train. \ damn from the young wom-
an proves quite too adorable and ire
sistible, and so the man proposes that
they pool their common forlornity and go
along somewhere together. Perhaps We
did not mention that this pair had never
seen each other before. They had not
After a sufficient number of hesitations
and refusals from the girl. after as many
wonderings on her part about what you
would think if l should away they go
together They wander around the coun-
try, the reader meanwhile Swimming, in
the name of conversation, about twenty
pages of drivel. AS they approach a pool
the vivacious young woman determines to
go in swimming, or rather determines
that they shall go in swimming together.
Then follows much childlike talk about
the necessity, or not, of bathing suits
The man calls her a lyric a golden
ivory lyric and "belovedest" at intervals
of a second and half. Soon after this,
page or two after. they are engaged,
which is a great relief. We are now at
about page 49, Skipping from this point
to page 80, the last one, we find them
talking the same sort of language, but
and this is great comfort-they are
being married.
YOUTHS ENCOUNTER. BY Compton
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for life's sake as well. Assuming that
art is serious business, that beauty in
itself is the most useful thing in life. and
that the ideal is no less real than aim
most material, this author examines into
the nature of art and into it's possible
effect upon the highest of all arts-that of
fair and proportional and progressive 1iv-
ing. For the purpose of this study Mr.
Griggs employs the four ideal types of
art painting, sculpture, music and poetry.
The search goes back to the primitive
sources of art and the forces behind it
the artist, the epoch and the race. 1t
discovers the meaning and the unique
function of each of the fine arts, and
traces the relation of poetry to music and
painting and sculpture. All art rounds to
unity here. The, appreciation of art be-
comes a living force. Mr.. Griggs method
is to study selected masterpieces from the
four fields of creation and expression that
he has chosen, and to study these with
direct reference to their effect upon the
emotions, the intellect, and the imagina-
ton. The whole is sympathetic and
eloquent discussion of the service of art
to the human spirit.
THE WORLDS DAUGHTER. BY Cyril
Harcourt. New York: John Lane
Company.
This story might either fall apart, or
finish itself up almost anywhere. There
is absolutely nothing to hold it together.
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BY THE BOULEVARDIER.

TITLE tricks for keeping warm and
little devices which dealers offer to
the male dresser occupy the at
tention of the average man when the
blasts of January are descending upon
Washington and the somewhat back
ward winter finally settles down to do
business at the old stand There are
number of little things that can be
bought at this time for the man who
doesn't like to be burdened with Excess
sive clothing and yet suffers-usually be-
cause of an excess of steam heat at home
from the raw January winds.
The uuaintest device which the writer
has seen exhibited this winter is a paper
vest 1t probably wouldn't stand great
amount of wear, for it would seem that
friction against the heavy clothing would
soon wear il to tatters. But while 1t
lasts it is undoubtedly a splendid offset
for an overcoat This vest is merely a
continuation of the old newspaper
'front.' idea. Many OF us realize how our
fathers. starting to work on unusually
cold mornings, would button the morning
paper between coat and overcoat as a
shield.
The vest is made of heavy brown
paper conforming generally to the
shape of the body. 1t Is worn under
the coat and over the vest, and is to
be removed when the wearer reaches
his destination and goes indoors. Theo-
retically, the vest may be worn to and
from work, but as a matter of fact IT
Is intended as substitute for the
sweater when one is out for q winter
afternoon tramp. 1t Is stated that be-
sides having absolutely no weight, as
l "a "a no
vest imparts feeling Of warmth that
even the sweater does not give The
paper being closely woven, retains the
heat generated by the body during ex-
ercise.
Many men suffer from cold feet and
| for them the dealers are offering q
| sort of supplemental SOCK, especially
designed for the individual whose van
/ ity prohibits his wearing high shoes
| even during a snowstorm The fact
| that this sock is generally for sale
| will probably interest. large number
| of men, for Washington seems singu-
| larly rich in the type OF men who
would rather pamper vanity and get
pneumonia than dress sensibly and sac
rifice appearance.
! This low sock-it is really a high
/ slippers put on over the ordinary
sock II is made. in the more expensive
/ type, OF closely woven compressed
wooden goods of some kind. much
i warmer than an ordinary sock, but
not much thicker. II the man wears
his shoes in sufficiently large size
| to permit his DOMINIC two pairs OF
| socks he Will not be incommoded by
| this "arctic sock" as 1t is generally
called, and he will be astonished &c
find the comfort that can be gained
| by wearing 1t With stout pair OF
low shoes and these supplemented
socks man can brave about any kind
| OF weather.
Dealers suggest that shoes, worn will
these socks, be first oiled. stating tina
this precaution will save the shoes from
the danger OF cracking after contac
with snow and sleet. There are severa
preparations on sale In the shoe stores
especially designed to protect the sho
| from bad weather and obviate the neces
1 sity of rubbers.
The great advantage that the "arcti
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Mackenzie. author Of Carnival
etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co.


etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Not a story so much as a serious study
Of almost every hour Of boys life from
babyhood to the beginning of manhood.
Under some mystery Of parentage two
little children Of the English upper class.
Michael and Stella Fame live for the
most part under the uncertain care Of
nurses. governesses and other forms of
bought-and-paid-for love- A radiantly
beautiful mother appears at long inter-
walls. The father, never. This make
shift condition persists to the end Of the
story. when the children learn that their
father. Lord Saxby. not married to the
mother, has just been killed in the Boer
war; This fact is, however, hardly moro
than an Incl ent IN the story 1t serves
chiefly as a background for the haphaz-
ardry Of their upbringing. q background
upon which the author paints in with In
finite detail the multitudinous facts and
feelings OF a boys life when he Is left
pretty much to his ways and means. 1t
is remarkable study. And out from it
stands q very real and lovable boy.
"REMINISCENCES OF SOLDIERS
Wife, an Autobiography. BY Mrs.
John A. Logan. illustrated. New
York: Charles Scrfbners Sons.
Mrs. Logan is so national in her per-
sonality, as the widow of a soldier and
statesman Of recent American history,
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NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

NEXT month, in New York, under
y the auspices Of Columbia Univer-
sity. the great collection of works by
Meunier, recently set forth in the Al
bright gallery, Buffalo, will be ex-
hibited This comprises eighty-seven
works in sculpture. bronze. marble and
plaster. including the reliefs for the
great monument to labor, seventeen
paintings and forty-three drawings, a
most comprehensive collection. Meunier
was one of the great sculptors, not
only of our time but of all time and
to be able to view his works here in
our own land, well assembled and set
forth, is no small privilege. For 1t
all We are indebted to Miss Cornelia
b. Sage. the director Of the Buffalo
Academy of Fine Arts, who gained,
while In Europe last summer. the CO.
operation of the sculptors family and
made the arrangements for the col
shown in our principal cities. Some
day. when we have a suitable building
for the National Gallery and proper
equipment and support. such colIec-
tions as this, Of not only national but
international Importance, will, it is
hoped. be shown here. AS 1t is. how
ever. New York is, for many, not far
away
SOHStdHllH McuuieT was Dorm ApE1l
IL. 1881, at Etterbeck. in the suburbs
Of Brussels. the son of an impecunious
tax collector, who, respondent over the
loss of his position, abruptly left his
wife and six small children to face the
hazards of fortune as best they might.
Naturally there were few luxuries, but
there was in that household the love
of art. and young Constantin grew up
in an atmosphere which tended toward
development His inclination toward
drawing showed itself early. and was
encouraged. From painting he passed
to modelling. which became in time his
chosen medium of expression. He was
essentially the apostle Of labor depict
ing almost exclusively the laboring
man and manifesting with perfect
simplicity the dignity and meaning of
manual toll. He was not a socialist;
he was not preacher but he touched
upon that which is elemental. and he
taught the great lesson of the broth
erhood of man. 1t was not what he
depicted but the way he did 1T that
signified. His figures are all invariably
sculpturesque-they are not works of
literal realism. though they are pro-
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lightful finish and real significance
Each is truly work of art

nRnt1ul nn1Sn ana real
Each is truly work OF art.
X X
r HE winter exhibition of the National
Academy OF Design opened in the
Fine Arts building, New York. last Sat
urday, and will continue until January
IS. 1t comprises 351 exhibits. oil paint
ings and sculpture, and is. it is generally
agreed. an uncommonly important show.
The Carnegie prize of $500 was awarded
to William Ritschel for a painting of the
California coast entitled 'Rocks and
Breakers; the Thomas r. Proctor prize
for the best portrait in the exhibition was
awarded to Irving r. Wiles for por-
trait Of Mrs. Wiles; the Isdor medal
for the best figure composition was
awarded to Francis c. Jones for paint
ing of three young women on divan:
the Helen Foster Barnett prize for the
best piece of sculpture, the work Of an
artist under thirty-five years of age. was
awarded to Paul Manship. who has COM
paratively lately returned from the
American Academy in Rome, where he
has spent three years in study.
The standard of this whole exhibition
is exceedingly high. One hundred and
twenty of the exhibits are by members
or associate members of the academy,
but the remainder, which Is decidedly
the majority. are by non-members.
Among the works loaned through special
solicitation is painting by Sargent
of a waterfall. a remarkably brilliant
piece of painting, a forceful and at the
same time subtle work. extremely SIM
pie and at the same time exceedingly
sophisticated.
Among the painters who have person
ally made important contributions are
Gardner Symons. Elmer Schofield, DAN
lei CARRIER. Colin Campbell Cooper,
Lydia Field Emmett. Charles Rosen.
Leonard Ochtrnan and Chi.de Hassam.
There are four exhibitors who in a meas
ure claim Washington as home-Hobart
Nichols. Everett L. Warner, who is rep
resented by his painting of the Brooklyn
bridge shown last winter in the Corcoran
gallery's exhibition; A. w. Sparks. who
now resides in Pittsburgh, and Charles
Bittinger, who Is to be reckoned. as are
Mr.. Nichols and Mr.. Warner. with the
New York painters. Each is we'll rep
resented.
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ence. She saw dimly wonderful room
flooded with sunshine, and a large, vel
low-complexioned woman rising from a
chaise lounge with Pekinese poodle in
her arms-a woman who appeared to be
tangled in silk and lace, SO intricate was
the garment that EMBODIED her.
MY dear Matty:' she cried, and Miss
Matty felt herself submerged in softness
and scent and warmth
And now let me look at you," Cornelia
said, and holding Miss Matty off. she be-
gan to study her why, Matty. you are
quite the same. Look in that glass and
then let me show you little picture /
have of YOU
She unlocked an oval frame from the
wall. Matty looked at the glittering sur
face Of the great mirror and then at the
picture cursorily. Her whole mind was
taken up with Cornelia.
You see?" Cornelia said But l sup
pose you find great change in me?''
Some" acknowledged Miss Matty.
Yes: some. of course
I've been ill of liver ailment,'' Cor
nelia explained. "My doctor says need
more air, more sunshine. exercise. He's
cruel, that man. He's taken away all
the things I love-chocolate. cream.
sweets. He makes me sleep on a hard
mattress, and walk two miles every
morning-walk, mind you. when I've got
never take step that 1 don't have to
after that two-mile walk. That's why I
wasn't down to meet you. I hope you
don't mind She touched a button.
Now you shall go to your room and rest
till dinner. That's at $3.50. Well have it
here. I'm all alone My husband is OFF
with a party Of friends
The appearance of the maid interrupted
her and Miss Matty was led away.
Her room was luxurious beyond any,
thing she had ever imagined. For long
time after the maid left her she went
about admiring and examining. Then she
unpacked her valise. Then she bathed
combed her thin, light hair. and put on
her best frock. It looked pitifully cheap
and inadequate. She sighed, remember
how I'd look in a rig of that kind" she
consoled herself.
The maid came for her when she was
ready and took her back to Corneiias
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Going Back to Medicines.
n the Philadelphia Record.

From the Phiadelphia Record.
So far the progress of surgery has been
notably greater than that of medicine.
The diagnosing OF disease seems to be .
little less exact than the diagnosing OF
injuries that call for the knife, and the
operations Of the latter have been vastly
more precise than the operation of drugs
administered internally. But DR.. John b.
Murphy, president of the Clinical Con-
gress OF Surgeons OF North America, told
his colleagues assembled in Chicago last
week that IN the next twenty-five years
internal medicine would surpass surgery
In its services to the human race. If he
were starting on professional career
he said, he would unhesitatingiy take up
the study of internal medicine rather than
surgery. This Is the more singular because
doctors have been assuring US that inter-
nal medicine would go out of use soon,
and preventive measures and nursing be
trusted to work cures
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foundry real-they are works Of art.
bigger and more profoundly moving
than the thing itself-a transcription.
an interpretation--only made possible
by the insight, skill and genius Of a
great and gifted man. Meuniers
sculptures are Of our own time. and
they have peculiar significance for us
today here in America The exhibition
opens in New York January 25
x
= x
Jules GUERIN was appointed some
J time ago master of color and decora-
ton for the Panama-Paciic exposition
This placed in his hands the responsible
lty of choosing or originating the color
scheme for the entire exposition as well
as arranging for the mural decorations
The first task Is completed and the color
scheme has now been announced. It is
unusual. but promises well. The build
ings are to be pinkish-gray- buff. sug-
gestive Of old ivory, which will remove
the impression Of raw newness so un-
pleasant as a rule in exposition build
ings. All the lattices. flowers. tubs. ETC..
are to be French green; architectural
ornament, fountains, urns, etc, Will be
verde antique. the color Of old bronze;
cerulean blue, burnt orange and Pom
peian reds will. with gold. complete the
palette. There viii be no garishness. no
startling combinations. The keynote
was found in the landscape which will
form the setting, and the harmony Of
color has been made In accord.
Announcement is also made. Of the
choice OF mural painters, or rather the
names of those to whom commissions
have been awarded. They are Robert
Reid. Edward Simmonds. Frank Du
Mond. William Dodge. Charles Holloway.
Childe Hassam. all Of New York: Art ur
Mathews OF San Francisco. and Frank
Brangwyn Of London. These artists will
begin work in January in a large studio
building erected for the purpose in the
exposition grounds.
* x
THE Sketch Club, local informal as
ISOLATION composed of the younger
artists, held its Christmas revel Monday
evening. The club has been meeting reg
ularly Monday evenings for several years
in Miss Ferries studio. For an hour
or more there is sketching from a cos
TUNED model, after which there are light
refreshments and general sociability.