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;. which some esteem her best ro-

nance.
Writing continually. the three girls kept
the publishers kept it equally busy
bringing them back. But one day a much
battered manuscript. THE Professor.
by Charlotte. which had made the rounds,
came back from Messrs. Smith & Elder,
declined again, to be sure, but accom-
panied by so kindly letter OF apprecia-
ton that she vowed to write a book that
should not be declined. She outlined the
plot to her sisters that very night.
You can't make a book successful
with a homely heroine" said one.
Il WILL" responded Charlotte, emphat-
ically. 9TH show you a heroine as plain
and small as myself who shall be as in
teresting as any OF yours.
Won With Plain Heroine.
From that resolve proceeded Jane
Eyre and very quickly all England was
reading the book and wondering who was
the "Currer Bell who signed it. Critics
were in the main kindly. How well
remember wrote Thackeray, the de-
light, wonder and pleasure with which
/ read Jane Eyre sent to me by an I'M
known author whose name and sex were
then alike unknown 10 me, and how
my own work pressing upon me. ] could
not, having taken the volumes up. lay
them down until they were read through"
Her father. confronted with the vol
ume, and earnestly assured that his
daughter had not been obliged to pay for
it's publication-the sisters had shortly
before paid $50 for the publication of a
volume of verse--retired to his study to
read it. When he emerged II was with
this verdict: Girls do you know Char
lotte has been writing a book, and 1t is
much better than likely"'
The success OF Jane Eyre" brought
Miss Bronte TO the attention of the lit
erary world. but her retiring disposition
debarred her from much society. She
called on Harriet Martineau. who re-
marks: 81 thought her the smallest
creature ! ever saw Except at q fair.
and her eyes blazed, as ii seemed TO
me-"
Her Impression Of Thackeray.
Thackeray she met at a reception. He
is a man of very quiet demeanor,'' she
wrote He is. however, looked upon with
some awe and even distrust. His con-
versation is very peculiar: too perverse
to be pleasant" However. her social ac-
tivities were few: by taste she preferred
the quiet of Haworth. She did not feel |
with Mrs. Browning
How dreary It's for sit still
ON winter lights by solitary fires
And hear the nations praisng them far on.
To her solitary fire came krst death,
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which. to judge from their brief refer
ences to it, must have resembled some
what the famous-or infamous-Dothe-
boys Hall.
The home circle then consisted of Char
lotte Anne, Emily and the brother Bran
well, a bright lad of whom much was
expected. but upon whom fate descended
with a heavy hand. and VINO aIter ne
Of dissipation. somewhat due to a dis-
graceful and miserable love affair, died
as the result of delirium. Curiously
enough. the day of his death his mind
was normal, his conduct calm conscious
that a weak will had led to the waste of
his life, he insisted on showing mis- mai
will power by dying standing: and he did
thus face death on his feet, his blind
father praying in a corner, his sisters
weeping and imploring him to return to
his bed.
OF the three girls all We're unusual, all
perhaps touched with genius, though
whence it came or how it was nurtured
cannot be discovered by study of the
crotchety father Or the narrow horizon
that bounded their youth. All wrote, and
well. Ernily's novel. ''Wuthering
Heights has a terror and an unfolding
of passion that keep it alive today. Anne's
novel, Agnes Gray, was successful at
the moment, but possessed less of perma-
nent power than the writings of the other
sisters.
Pupils Would Not Come.
1t is, however, with the most notable
of the three sisters. Charlotte. that this
sketch has chiefly to do. Older than the
other two, she had shared with them the
chill gray life of the Haworth vicarage,
and with Emily had enjoyed taste of
school days in Brussels, whittier the TWO
went to At themselves to open a girls
school at their home. The girls school
never materialized, to their pitiful disap-
pointment. Despite ardent endeavors pu-
pills could not be lured to that lonely
moor. But the taste of a wider life in
Brussels broadened their minds and fur
nished the theme for Charlotts's vii
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Perverse Type.
y !
from the New York Times.

Typographical errors come only too fire.
quently from even the best regulated
newspaper presses. They are always
humiliating, often a cause of anger and
occasionally dangerous, but now and then
they are distinctly amusing. This latter
quality they are most apt to have when
they are made in the Office OF a journal
istic neighbor, a fact that probably ex-
plains why We can read with smiling
composure an elaborate editorial apology
which appears I'm the Hartford Courant
Its able political commentator tried.
the other day, to say that unfortunate
ly for Connecticut Ebenezer j. Hill S
no longer a member Of Congress Printer
and proofreader combined to deprive the
adverb OF its negative particle. At least
clares. and we wouldn't question his
veracity for. the world, but sorrowful
experience has taught most of us that
It's safer to get that sort of editorial
before looking up the copy. and perhaps
Just perhaps-the world-enlightener
who knows" that he wrote "unfortu-
nate" because that is what he intended
to write. didn't rashly chance the dis
covery Of his own guilt before he con-
victed the composing room of IL.
Be that as IL may, the meaning OF
the sentence was cruelty changed. and A
long ago a more astonishing error than
this one crept into book review of
ours-a very solemn and scientific re-
view of solemn and scientific book
word caribou for the word carbon"
in a paragraph dealing with the chem
ical composition of the stars. In that
case the writer's fierce self-explanation
hardly possible that he wrote caribou"
when he intended to write carbon"
but even he was cautious enough to make
no deep inquiry into the matter,
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Bureau drawers stood open; things Which
were impossible to wear. but Wnicn hau
been drawn somehow into the general
clutter, were scattered everywhere; rug
had been kicked up: the mirror tilted at
an astonishing angle.
Upon the rug before the mirror STOOD
Marjorie, staring hard at the reflection
OF her own fest. which were clad in red
silk stockings and high-heeled red dane
ing shoes. You'd never think they were
As, would you?" she demanded.
Milly. leaning against the foot Of the
rather battered. old -fashioned bed. re-
piled family that YOU wouldn't. At the
same time she looked yearningly from
her own shabby little pair of IS to the
charming red slippers matching SO per-
fectly the gown whose cleaning hem
just grazed them.
ct was a little bit afraid when / got
this dress. Marjorie went on. thought
fully, that 1t wouldn't become me. But
it does. | shant be the belle of the ball.
but Ill be sure to give the real belle a
bad moment or two She laughed and
tilted the glass back to it's normal angle.
L guess I'm ready for my cloak. Mrs.
King ought to be here any instant now :
Mflly brought the cloak, new. like the
dress, and laid il upon her sisters shoul-
ders. She also brought the scarf and
threw ii over Marjories fluffy head. At
that instant the doorbell rang a stirring
peal. The chaperon had arrived
''Oh. I hope you'll have good time.
dear" Milly said.
II shall have. never fear called Mar
jorie. as she ran downstairs.
Milly heard the front door open and
shut and sank down on the bed. and
with a sigh looked about the disordered
room. 1t came to her that she was al
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Vulnerable pages TO be in at the death
when Old Sleuth nabs the criminal, to
witness the loves Of Lady Vivian and
Lord Guy finally adjusted. to see some
aristocratic pervert walk through in
~ eat poison. We get the same thing
every uay IN the newspaper In capsule
FORM juicy scandals, the escapades OF
auto bandits, the murder of police, the
downfall of regulations
Inc people in books are fictitious; In
newspapers they are real.
Books are filed with boresome padding.
The author feels that he must be liter
ary- IN newspapers we get our romance
stripped clean. Here people write who
have something to say
Every newspaper is an epic poem. There
are the aha;rs OF nations, wars, councils.
popular uprisinss. doings of kings, Chi
barbarities.
The real coinedie humane is a news
paper In II you have the human race
exposed. In Its kaleidoscope you see the
striking shirt waist girls the strut and
exuavasance of the rich. the drunken
orgies OF Tools. the thunders of ascetic
Ihoransts. the various worlds OF sport, OF
nnance. or the stage, of courts.
BY the vast organisms of the news service
the world Is combed over daily. and every
nugget or human interest picked out.
In its feature service the newspaper
supplies US with philosophy the latest
triunphs or science. the vast discoveries
In medicine. the most recent theories of
pedagogy. with sermons ESSAYS short
stories. serial novels.
In the evolution of printing the book
was the first product, but il was for the
Few. II is giving place to the newspaper.
when Is Tor the many. 4 book is fortunate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27
The Newspaper Supplants
the Book
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane.l
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.

The book is passing. The magazine
and newspaper are taking its place.
Men read books TO divert their minds
to forget the present. Ii Is the con-
slant effort OF the human race TO escape
the actual: for this reason they get
drunk, they engage In sports. they read
books Sometimes they read books in
order that they may have something 10
talk about, to secure ammunition for
conversation Sometimes IL is TO acquire
information. Little by little the period
Gals are meeting these wants more salts
factorily than books.
The book is heavy to hold. inconvenient
for the pocket. The newspaper can be
carried easily.
The book Is expensive: the newspaper
is cheap. One feels like criminal IL
he tears a page from d book; there Is
no such feeling in clipping from news
paper.
The book is long. three or four hun
dred pages. Ii is fun Of irreveiant mat
ter. A grain of story is lost in bushel
OF description. We wade through in
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HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA.
Flats MISUNDERSTANDING Being
Reconstructed to That End.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Perhaps the extent TO which Phiiadel-
phia is ceasing to be city OF homes. in
the old familiar sense of the expression.
is not generally realized. Yet no one can
walk through the principal streets of any
residential neighborhood without noticing.
II he keeps his eyes open. the signs OF the
change which is proceeding.
For one thing. he will be impressed
with the number Of houses announced to
be for sale or for rent, and another thing
he will observe is that in every direction
apartment houses Of q more or less pre-
tentiOus character are being constructed
and that dwellings, are undergoing a
transformation to adapt them to the
needs Of preference of the steadily and
rapidly increasing number of those who
want to live in rooms suitable for what
Is called light housekeeping which is gem
orally understood to mean breakfast and
perhaps lunch home and dinner out
Now there have been apartment houses
In Philadelphia for a long time. 1t Is
perhaps twenty-five years since the first
OF these was erected. and others slowly
followed. chiefly in West Philadelphia. at
irregular intervals. But the accommodate
ton which these provided hardly came
within the reach of people of only mod
crate means. They were designed for the
relatively well-to-do that is for persons
with a minimum income OF $1,000 or So, 600
a year. and only such could afford to live
in them. Things are different now There
are more apartment houses of the hand
some. elaborate, luxurious, expensive kind
than ever, but these no longer monopo-
lie the field. Today there are scores of
buildings. chiefly i'm West Philadelphia
still. but not there exclusively where
comfortable and convenient suites of
rooms can be obtained at all kinds of
prices. and their number is increasing
every day.
Philadelphians used to despise the idea
of living in rooms on a fiat. They prided
themselves upon not being in this respect
as New Workers. are. and upon being able
to obtain and to support and actually to
own an independent residence.
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for her two remaining sisters died scant
half year apart: then love- for the curate
Of her fathers parish sought her In mar
riage. The blind and selfish father would
not Tor a time hear of il, but in the end
consented. Happy she was in the new
life. but the happiness was short lived,
for welded in June she died in March.
When one has read OF the cherries life
she had led. and the sore measure OF
aHiction that entered into 1t, one reads
with sympathy her assurance TO a friend:
Il ind my husband the tenderest nurse.
the kindest support, the best earthly COM
fort woman ever had" Harriet Mar
tineau summed her UP as one with THE
deep intuition OF a gifted woman. the
strength OF man, the patience OF a hero
and the conscience of a saint"
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A STRANGE SWEET CONSCIOUSNESS
SEEMED TO FALL UPON THEM
BOTH.
lifted long white box which he laid in
her arms.
"F'lowers." she cried with all a girls
delight in an unexpected gift shining in
her face. Not roses
Look and see.
After all he had to help her with the
cover. and underneath there were indeed
roses-great. pink, fragrant roses with
rubbery green stems two feet long.
Milly's Brown eyes grew big and starry
was all she could say.
1t was the first time she had ever called
him Max; but it seemed right and natural
just then.
easily. Milly hunted up a vase big enough
to hold her roses and by that time Max
had the cards dealt for another game.
Then they sat down to play. and 1t was
father-won. He grew quite hilarious over
his success. At 1890 Milly brought out
the chatting dish and creamed some left
over chicken. She was having perfect
~ splendid time; indeed, she almost pitied
the poor folk who were merely dancing
at the smartest ball of the season.
At 11:15 father excused himself and
went upstairs. leaving Max and Milly
sitting opposite each other at the card
table. The instant he was out of the
room a strange sweet consciousness
seemed to fall upon them both. Milly
wondered why she felt SO shy all of
sudden. and Max riffled the cards as If
he were doing it on wager. Suddenly
he swept them all aside and, reaching
over, grasped her hands.
See here. DEAR" he said. gently,
would you have any objection to marry
ing me?'
He had been gone long time when
Marjorie came hOme-a cross, disheveled
Marjorie. Somebody had stepped on the
red satin gown, her roses were wilted,
her hair down.
TT wasn't very much fun after ALL.
she pouted. MAX Gordon never came
near it. Why. what's the matter? He
wasn't here with you. Milly?"
So from Milly's face she read it all,
even before Mily's lips spoke. Then
Marjorie did the noblest thing she had
ever done. She put self aside and kissed
her sister soberly. You deserve him"
she said, quietly. TN get used to it pres
entity. But just at first you know" She
smiled quantity. ''There'll be somebody
else for me-, she added, bravely.
THE END.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27
THE DAILY STORY.
THE STAY AT HOMEs.
Copyright. 1913. by W. Werner.)

to his feet to welcome her entrance into
the room
II heard you coming-sinsing, he said,
as he got hold of her hand.
But | thought you'd be at the dance.
Milly gasped. Il never dreamed you'd
come here, Mr.. Gordon"
What. Go to the dance when l could
be here with Your father and you?" The
dark eyes studying the face We're very
deep. the rich voice all the richer for
its undercurrent of tenderness.
Both eyes and voice thrilled Milly.
The color poured into her face. She
laughed TREMENDOUSLY. But father and
] are such poky old folks. And we've
no entertainment better than cards to
offer YOU.
Cards in the right company are the
best entertainment i'm the world. He
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to reach a circulation of 10000 There
are many newspapers with circula ton
of. over 100000: some periodicals have
issues OF over a million.
In all realms of human activity aris-
tocracy is receding before the advance Of
democracy. The book is the aristocrat;
the newspaper is the democrat
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Not Wasted.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Mother-Johnny, did you take your
cough medicine regularly i'm school as
told you?
Johnny-No'm: Tommy Dodd liked il m
he gimme an apple for IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27
One Thing Prevents.

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
Jasper says there is only one thing
that keeps him from retiring to farm
And what is that?
"He hasn't farm
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Her Impression of Thackeray.

How dreary Ills for women to sit still
ON winter lights by solitary fires
And hear the nations praisng them, far on
To her solitary fire came frst death.
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Copyrighted, 1913. by Willis J. Abbott

bleaker home scarce could De palhteu
than the rectory of Haworth, in which
Charlotte Bronte, with he rtalent sis
ters. Emily and Anne grew to maturity,
aspired, toiled and won each her meas
ure Of fame and died. Cresting gray
hill with a gray church to one side and
the churchyard with gray tombstones on
the other, it's front windows looked down
upon a little gray village. while on every
side the moor rolled away to the horizon
on gray pillows dotted here and there
with gray patches that told of the graz
ing sheep. The thought of this broad,
free moor and upland was ever with
Charlotte. and in her pages one breathes
it.
the breath of the moors fresh blow2
Ger leagues of clover and Cox gray
stone.
In this bleak house abode for time
six children. scions of an Irish rector
whom 1t would be the part OF charity to
call eccentric. Their mother died early;
the father. man Of moods and wholly
self-centcred, gave but little thought to
the Youngsters, and what he gave was
scarce stimulating. Having all his own
meals served in the privacy of his study,
he imposed upon them the strictest vege-
tarianism, potatoes and porridge being
the extent of their feasts. Simplicity in
dress he also enforced by such drastic
pair of bright colored shoes, the gift
of q neighbor. or tearing an offending
silk dress to shreds and thrusting it into
fhe fire
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Loved Him, Nevertheless.

However. the children loved him, and
il Is not for a mere observer of their
household life to condemn. Certain 1t is,
however. that something about his pa
ternal methods was fatal. Two of the
five girls. died early. fairly starved and
chilled into consumption at q cheap school
to which their father had sent them and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-24
WASHINGTON.
District Sunday School Convention Here
Friday Afternoon and Evening

The fourth district Sunday school con-
vention of Orange county will be held
at the Baptist church here Friday aft
ernoon and evening, Sept. 20 Mrs.
Edith Balch Wright, field secretary Of
the Vermont Sunday school association,
will address the convention in the after
noon on the subject, Points Where We
Fail" and in the evening on "The Or
ganized Glass Movement" Miss Grace
Brooks. Sunday school colporteur, who
is eminently qualified to present her
work from any pulpit in the state, will
address the convention on the subject
"The Need for the Word and Bible
Study" Miss Marion Stickney, state
elementary department superintendent,
will give an address on, "The Develop
ment of Our Schools Along Definite
Lines" Reports from the Orange and
Washington schools must be brought to
the convention. A very profitable time
is promised to all who attend these SEES
sions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

Wooltex coats and suits at Abbott's
Fall and winter underwear al
Knights.
We make clothes to order. Lamorey
Clothing Co
See the line of Cluett & Hathaway
shirts, fall patterns, being shown by
the McWhorter Co.
Barre in the movies at the Pavilion,
Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of this week.
A regular meeting of the r. G. |. T.
A. will be held in the X. of p. hall on
"Wednesday evening, Sept. "a, at 1880
o'clock. X. Maggiani, sec.
Auction sale of 90 cows, three horses,
farming tools and crops at the Homer
Douglas farm, just off the East Mont
pelier road, nel~ the Farwell cemetery,
on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon. Dan A. Perry, auction
Ger.
The Barre moving picture, recently
taken and which is to be shown at the
Pavilion Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week, shows;
Mayor Ward and the city officials; the
police department; the fire department
in action; Il. L. Smith quarry and Jones
Bros plant in operation; the postoffice,
postmaster and his assistants; library;
Burns monument; also scenes of prinei-
pal streets and the famous OK cart.
This picture also shows the b. A. c..
baseball sports at st. Johnsbury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-24
THE PLAY CENSORSHIP.

1t is a comforting thought to the les
ser lights of the theatrical circuit that
revolt has sprung up in New York
City against the presentation of certain
plays which are called immoral. The
revolt has gone to such an extent that
efforts are being made to suppress the
production of two pieces which are
called the worst. The smaller cities
win appreciate this effort at censorship
in the center of the play producing cir
eles of the United States, not only be
cause it betokens high moral tone in
the metropolis, but also because it wifi
save them from a great deal of trou-
BILE and infection of shame. Each sea
son these smaller cities are besieeed by
plays without discrimination, which are
heralded by the smooth writing press
agents as huge successes in New York >
etc, and the plays are accepted in the
spirit they are advertised because the
theatre-go in the secondary cities are
not in position to know first hand and
are forced to take the say-so of the
advance writers. The result is that the
smaller communities are inflicted with
plays of more than doubtful morality
and the attendants are nauseated by the
of some of them, all be-
cause they were deluded by the state