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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
Ing novelist class.

1t Is Sandy that Mr.. Crockett has
made the chief feature Of his book.
both by reason OF the fact that he IS
the leading character and because OF
hts charm. He is undoubtedly a de-
lightful figure, In his sturdy indcpen-
dcncc, his genuine intcllectualitv. his
sclf-assurance and his very real up
rightncss. and the study of tho young
Scot alone would make Sandy" worth
reading. iut there Is a pretty love
story running through tie book-the
heroines name. by the way is ~.
N."-another charming girl appears In
'McComie. and there is plenty of hu-
NOR to add to tho interesting and en-
tertaining qualities of MIR. Crockett's
latest novel
"Our AIr. wrcnn.'
BY Sinclair Lewis Harper & Broth
crs.
Mr.. Wrenn is lonely, obscure little
clerk In business establi shment,
hence he is our" Mr.. Wrenn TO the
Souvenir & Art Novelty Company; ~
is filled with the ambition to travel.
hence the our Mr.. Wrenu" Of Sinclair
Lewis
This little clerk works hard all day
In his humble position. but in the even
ing he travels far and wide in that
Kingdom which is his mind. Railwa,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
,nd Steamship folders open dazzllng

ana steamship folders open dazzling
vistas TO him. hut, best Of all. motion
pictures transplant him to Already the
BEST. a little legacy Of less than
$1,000 enables him to realize n frag-
ment OF his dreaming. and he Journeys
TO England. where he joyously adven-
lures for two months.
Into his life comes Istra Nash n
friendly and unconventional Young
woman from California. with whom lie
wanders through the byways of Eng
land for several days. chapcroncd only
BY themselves. but with perfect limo
cence. Tstra finally runs away to the
more artistic atmosphere OF Paris. but
Mn. Wren instead of following hor.
returns To his work. his boarding
house and his picture shows in New
York. But life is not the drab thing
that IL was before lie went away; he
wins confidence. promotion. love and
Nelly.
\ Our Mr.. wrenn" contains much hu
NOR that does not create a great deal
/ of amusement and the story itself Is
not particularly interesting. but it is
~ wc!l-written tale. and viii serve to
entertain lightly
"simpIc simon"
By y. Ncn Lyons John Lane Com
uany
simon is philosophical youth who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08

"Anthony the Absolute,
BY Samuel Merwin The Century
Company.
As It's publishers announce. Samuel
Mcrwin's Anthony tho Absolute" Is
In some respects an "auda clous" story
Ia which at least one episode Is related
with rather alarming frankness. but
II is not Its audacity that makes Il All
unusual and interesting story. Its
charm lies In the sympathetically
drawn character OF Anthony hinsolf in
the adventures that befall him on his
quest, and In the strange nature OF that
quest And this Is altogether aside
from whatever OF subtlety and sym
hoiism each reader may discover, or
fancy that hc discovers, In the work
Ing out OF the story.
anthony Ives Eckhart liz n musical
scientist not merely a musician, but a
very learned scientist who has devoted
his life 10 the study OF his subject and
ut the time the story begins he is or
his way to the Orient to make a pro-
found investigation into--intcrvals,
Tho conventional tone scale the mod
crn piano with its half-tonc intervals
Bach md his "Wcll-Tempercd Claw.
chord and the rest Of what he CON
sidcrs incomplete and unsci-ntinc meth
DDS OF expressing musical sound-all
are anatherna to him. Ills kecnly at
tuned ear has enabled him to distin-
SuiAh as slight a variation Of tone as
one-siatccnth and lie has even record
cd such intervals on his sixteen-Iined
staff. But he has had difficulty in per
suadiug the public, even his brother
scientists. TO accept lis discoveries
Therefore lie Ects out for japan and
China with n lot Of blank phonograph
DISKS or cylinders for the purpose OF
recording on them such examples OF
Questioned scales az ne is certain that
he VIII find In the music OF the older
CIVILIZATIONS. On the ship 10 meets a
young man who IL seeking his Wife
who ran away with another man and
who is supposed TO bc somewhere on
the Chinese coast. with the avowed IL :
tcntton OF killing her
In the Yoshiwara section OF Yoko-
hama. Anthony makes his first record
OF Oriental music-here occurs the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08

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most 'audacious" OF the episodes. Then
he goes on To Pching. and In a small
hotcl In the next room to his he hears
a wonderful voicc-singing eighth
tones. lie Is first attracted by the re-
markabl. fact that the owner of the
voice has what Is known as absolute
or perfect pitch" She sings softly
song with which he is familiar, and
BY testing her tones with his tuning
fork he finds that che Is always In the
very centre or pitch. She begins to sing
octaves. and then by way OF amuse-
nent to sharp and then fiat the upper
note. lie can control himself no long
er. and In his scientific zeal practically
breaks into her room and begs her to
help him make his close-interval rec
ords.
Tho woman refuses at first, but nm
ally consents. Anthony discovers that
she is the hunted wife and. also, that
the man with whom she ran away
had entirely misunderstood" her. She
had only wanted to get away from her
husbands drunken. prosaic and unim
aginative understanding and TO use her
glorious voice. while the man was only
Ia man.
The husband turns up In Picking;
Anthony begins to love the wife, but
the fran barrier between their rooms
is rs efficient as the naked sword be-
tween Maurice Hewlctt's Forest Low
ers.' and he protects her in all things
After great deal OF patient work.
his wonderful eighth-tone scales are
completed. and he tries to send the
woman TO Europe to study. But then
the gods reach down and-but the
story is beautifully told just there.
And. in addition to the wonderful WON
an with the wonderful voice, Anthony
acquires n wonderful set of ANTIQUE
chimes. which arc not only made of
jade and priceless as an antique, but
browning giory.-sound sixteenth
tone scale.
Anthony is quaint. sincere. un.
practical and unconventional character
or rare attraction: the fluent and un-
technical treatment of the unique mu
steal theme is perfectly plausiblc-we
know one virtuoso. John Powell who
lis working on m enharmonic tquarter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
"Sandy ~

l"Sandy.o
BY s. r. Crockett The Macmillan
Company
s. r.. crockett's delightful books have
peen SO widely read that a new novel
by this happy delIneator of the Scot
is practically assured of q warm vel.
come
/ In Sandy" Mr.. Crockett has drawn
Htalwart young Scot. not peasant
this time. but the son OF 4 prosperous
farmer. who. armed and panoplied with
an A. Il. and y. Sc. from the Tniver-
sity OF Edinburgh. goes up to London
/ bent upon conquest. He first settles
upon literature as his fiowery path to
glory. but Alexander Andrew Pryde-
Tor that Is the real name OF this Sandy
of ours-finds editors somewhat diff
ficult OF access.
One OF them scornfully refuses TO
touch piece of Sandy's work. where.
upon the Scot, boy-like, delivers him.
4 SELF OF a sea thing utterance upon the
appearance of the yard into which the
editor's office looks. With equally scath.
ing sarcasm, the editor offers SANDY
70 shillings TO clean it. and Sandy--ac-
cepts' So he perscveros in the effor,
! to earn living while he waits for the
pecuniary crown which he is certain
VIII one day rest upon his literary
mead. lie inaugurates, at first In a
very small way. n parcel delivery SER
vice which speedily grows into some
thing that approaches an institution:
he runs errands: delivers an occasion
al address In the kirk; acts as bouncer
in music-hall and makes himself
generally useful and dividend bearing
/ But always he is confident that lie
F! viii become famous writer. and
eventually lie does enter the best sell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08

has his own Ideas about the social
problems Of the day, and In exploiting
those ideas of his hero. A. Neil Lyons
darts some pointed SHIFTS OF satire
The administration OF Eng1and's poor
laws is the primary butt Of his archery,
but he draws nm occasional bead upon
other targets. Including, of course, tho
eternal man and woman question. which
he treats with the utter openness that
marks modern sociological thought
even as expressed in fiction
simple Simon" Is n sort of treatise
nj last, but Deopled with more or less
interesting characters and distin-
Euished by considerable amount of
bright and amusing satire. AZ n tract.
II III was so intended, II is deficient In
mat II offers practically no suggestion
ior inc betternent Of the conditions
which ii describes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
.erhe nusine.. OF a gentleman.

by III. y. Dickinson. G. p Putnam's
Sons.
Still another novel OF British satire
Is to be found In ii. y. Diclsinson's
long drawn story, "The BUSINESS or
Gentleman" In this case the author
tits at the sociological reformers. ana
not only inplieH. but states through
the mouths Of several OF his charac-
tcrs that the old semi -fcudai relations.
when regarded seriously b. tho over
lord. were and arc better for both sides
than all the socialistc doctrines and
practices in Germany
Sir Robert Wilton. a young English
squire. holds to the belief Of his an
cestors that the business of gentle
man Is to look after his people and
nc puts 1t into effect In all his dealings
with villagers ard Industrial work
mon alike. lie Is hampcrcd by the OBJ
noXious efforts of a notoricty- seeking
woman novelist aud by the stupid med
ding Of q muddlc headed woman re-
former. but, following tho business Of
gentleman, which after all in his
clear head. Is simply being a gentle
man. he wins his fight. with tho assis-
lance OF 4 mischievous schoolboy
You have learned" says ono of the
defeated ag!tators to Sir Bobby, the
secret that all Tories have forgotten
Tor 500 years. You have learned that
man must make sacrifices II he is 10
make leader. You have discovered
by q flash OF insight that one gentle
man has moro influence than fifty So
ciallsts, III he uses II the right wa
You have found the road to triumph of
your class. ard you have taken IL"
Sir Bobby and his schoolbov assis
tant are both good chaDs, the sort that
one would like for his friends. and
many OF the less important characters
are interesting. while the slender plot
OF the story is built about a beueyo-
lent paternalism which is pleasant To
read about at any rate. Also the dead
~ earnestness with which Mr.. Dick
inaon attacks the two women. who are
The villains" of the story. will de.
light those who recognize in them a
type of the militant Arsonettes Of Eng
land.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08

ell and dwelt upon I'm Cecil Champain
Lowiss novel. Presentations" tho oDo
or burmese nake-charmer, n wom-
an. for travelling Engl,shman, and thu
other exerted by this travellers wifo
upon n resident English Official. NOT
that Burmese woman might not ex.
crcise the same fascination as an Enp-
lishwoman. but in this instance tho
burmese had control of a sort OF bvn.
notism.
The traveller Cavishnm, goes into tbs
hih country OF Burma in search OF
chronological Information. accompanied
oy his wife and daughter. Ma Kin. IN,
burmese woman. brings her Snakes for
exhibition, and Mrs. Cavisham makes
her angry. Therefore, Ma Kin slin,,
ono or the most dangerous snakes intn
'he Englishwoman's room and Chen
stowe, the English official. manages ~
XIII IL Just In time. But Ma Kin zoo.
10 work with her hypnotic charm uno,,
oavisham with disastrous results
MRS. CaVisham merely brings To hem.
her feminine appeal upon Chepstowe
WHO wisely beats an orderly retreat
mere is some comedy In the novel
ana considerable amount or dram,tt,,
surprise. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
Coming Rack with the s,,,,,,,,

looming Rack With the Spitbnii,
| by James Hopper. Harper & Broth
crs
/ II is nearly time for the greater nor
li"n oil The American public to turn its
serious and undivided attention from
the triyia!tics or life and concentrate
| h All upon the one. single. really i'm
poFtaat thing in the world-baseball
therefore. Mr.. Hoppers little story
| OF the pitcher who was "all in" but
WHO came back" comes at n very an
hropriatc time. Tom Carsey was one
OF tho Giants. but lie grew stiff and
stale. ind Just kept dropping back. so
ms manager sold him---likc any other
chattei--to 4 Pacific Coast League
There lc drank more than before. nut
on weight and was generally "eoin.
/ bad' until the admiration of n small
boy set him on his feet again. Ilo
went INTO serious training, and then
NJ discovered the amazing possibilities
that lie III Il baseball when nroucrlv
and scientifically spat upon.
From That timn on ha marched &,
ccnqucror. MugEsy himself nnal,v
sem for him. and he swept philadclnbi,
from the field in II series OF breath
stopping games.
Mr. Hopper knows tho game and the
business from tho inside and tho orr
side, and hr has told his brief story
RAPIDLY and interestingly. emplovinI.
hoih English and sporting English.
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"when william Csme.n


BY II. II. Munro. John Lane Com
pany.
Another example OF satirical fiction
| IS to 10 found In the novel when
william Came" by II. IL. Munro. who
~ known as "Saki' FOR the humorous
Sketches written under that name.
The novel il based upon n supnosi
titious condition which might have been
conceived as sequel 10 the play AN
embellishments Home" for 1t Is n tale
.ot Great Britain under the rule OF tho
G"ripan Emperor. The King OF Eng
land and his court have taken rcfurc
IN his britannia Majesty's Empire of
India, and William of IIohcnzollern. the
N2rlord, reiSns in Great Britain and
Ireland
An account OF what hurry Yeoyil
newly returned 10 London. finds there
furnishes Mr. Munro with the material
Tor 4 sparkling and epigrauimatic no
iltcal pamphlet. For the story while
disconnected ana unimportnnt. is very
interesting. not Ia say amusing, as =
clever mans weapon, pointed with vii
ridiculo and satire. and welded arainst
the apathy and Indifference of the Brit
ish public toward what lie considers its
most crying and vital nccd-ever in
crcasins armament.
MI. Munro sees. however one raw ~,
nope. which cm1natoS from the Eov
scouts. and IN his handling OF this par
ucuiar feature Of his story he does an
extremely effective and dramatic bit
of work
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
"IIurIhnry Stoke"


Ey William John Hopkins. IIough .
ton Mifin Company.
1t is the salty atmosphere OF Tho s.a
hat makes William John Hopl<ins's
book. "inrbury stoke" worth While
Ter The story IL only mildly dtvertlur
The hero Is not the Eurburv Stoke.
whose name gives thn title to the
book, bat amiabic. slow peter Harden.
whose narrative related in the IRIS,
person forms the story Peter Is =
quiet rather duh young man who liy,s
WIN his father and sister on a point
o. land cNtondins ont into the sea one
morning he inds the man, who turns
out IL he Eurbury Stoke. ,ynge asleeD
ON Tho beach. whittier lie had swu,n
| from 1t wreck on Singing Reef,
NOW Burbury ana Peters sister hrd
had misunderstanding some time he
| FORE. so ~ piece OF wrcckagc lie was
decidedly desirable. Then. to completes
tia quadrangle. comes Mary. and she
gets the hero after considerable hest
tation ana indcoision on his part.
It's pleasant little tale, and tho
descriptions OF tho sea, the long, low
swell. the breakers. tho fog. the storm
AMI tho wind make IL distinctly Mt
Imosphcric.
"fnscination.u
Dy Cecil Clampain LOWS. John
Lane Company.
Two kinds of fascination are exploit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
Pimples Are
Signals OF Distress
And by Using Stunrt's Calcium Waters
They Mny BE Removed Quickly,
surely nnd HnrmlcssIy

Bcforo the blood becomes entirely
impoverished IL tells man of its con-
dition Ii warns him repeatedly These
nessages arc conveyed by PIN piles.
pIoiches, liver spots. eczema letter
rash, etc. III one disreGards these
symptoms one runs the risk OF pcrma-
nentiy diseasing the blood beyond hope
OF cure. - OP
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
Who Wrote "IIome-,

Who Wrote "IIome"t
Guesscs 10 date as TO who nro.
home. published anonymously first I'm
the Century Magazine and later in boolc
form. include:
Victoria Cross
Elinor Glyn.
Richard Harding Davis
Reginald Birch.
Mary Stewart Cutting.
Gilbert Canaan.
Coningsby Dawson.
Basil King.
Roy Rolfc Gibson
VIII Lexington Comfort
Mary Fenellosa
Edwin Norton Cunsaulu~
Edith Wharton.
William Dean Howells.
aiust he a woman"
Ana the publishers report That M,
one OF these guesscs is right.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08

, tonc) piano--and the mere story OF
adventure Is intensely interesting
while IT goes without saying that the
Chinese and Japanese background sup
piled by Mr.. Merwin Is written in with
his accustomed familiarity and Insight
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-05
WHAT THE TARIFF HAS DONE.

The tariffs practise they revealed by official
ports months after the the depessng
the confident promises that were made for the new
fiscal system 1t almost pathetic to look back
glowing predictions accompanied die introduction of
mnisraton BILL how the burden carried by the people
ghtened how o industrial to be changed
radical altepaons in conditions of life
of business to be set free to thrive by the
theywere to be put under stimulation Of necessity
be efficient economical and enerprsng DC competitive
penac Those fine generaities all to be found President
Wilson'S to last April and with them spe
cifc statement that build up trade especially foreign
tradeK with more pretty rhetoric that score.
Those the predictions The facts that
fallen off that single large receipts
by the government from the correspondents aSyear
before and exports have decreased instead Of growing
and that trade especially foreign trade far from
built up by the new tariff, has been seriously reduced
With the disappointment already admitted about
the income tax in customs matter for the
try for found expenses and as the Demo
cratic steadily enlagng the expenses
not sucent TO pay them the treasury department. will evidently
very soon be face to face with deficit that will compel its
that least desirable o ways of raising the wind bond
issues. @. IS %gAts 5r IN. #EE3.sf
Meanwhile with the finances uniointed the country
generally is suffering from tire tariffs effects Foreign trade
shown by the repop than in the past but
domestic trade measured only renay by these
details tells the student that the effect Of the imports nju
Gus than before and that the reduced total goods coming
from abroad is dspacng home produces in greater
heretofore The gross aggregate Of all domestic and
eg much reduced that the lower
harm than the higher amount did. = " .Ift
According to the Detroit are going to for
egnes but the American Garner works shorter time and in
increasing number of eases gets lower than he
to get And the benefited
body enjoying the advantage but is
factuer worker Possibly domestic mddemen
are profting Certainly the foreigner is doing well.
1t IS far from the wonderful condition that promised
as result OF the tariff How long will this condition conpueg
please There has been enough prophesyng the
tariffs effects Let those who made the tariff tell again
going to happen They've made
can guess right this time But Wen make prediction there
or inc better IN business within the next six months
be change for the better in the next house Of
yes at Washington
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-05
BEET-suGAR INDUSTRY IN CANADA.

There only three beesugar factories Canada Two Of
in the southern Of Ontario being located Waaceburg
Berlin and third Alberta. While the yield
ten per ordinarily bring So per nevertheless
experience difficulty enough
bees maintain their factories In fact factory publicly
nounced that farming community became active
this direction the factory would have to elsewhere The in
difference of the farmers largely due to the fact that large patch
of be entails large of labor and workers exceeding
Besides the work of such character be stast
full to the average laborer H
During the of 1913 the Ontario district contained 13400
bee The product of $500 shipped
factories the State Of Michigan Those going Michigan
sold basis of $3.50 per way stations plus
and possibly minor Those going home
sold according making the average price Wal
aceburg 1913 and Berlin $780, delivered The average
these two places 159 ia respectively The Waacebug
factory is the only importing principally from Ger,
and therefore in position to retain portion of its employees
the year round
The factory Raymond Alberta 20O0 acres bees
producing TIA The slightly above
price paid ton So The report from that section the
that the farmers intend increasing their
According to the Of the Bureau of Census Statistics
December 1913 the total quantity of manufactured
1913 from Canadangown bees l24 pounds And
corng to Bulletin of the Canadian of 1911 there
1910 eight eneres in the Dominion showing
their products for that year have been $2 260Q This includes
the product of the three beesugar factories above
bulletin indicates that that time there invested in Cana.
dian reneres $40 having 40 employees
receiving $23594s and 1894 employees receiving
615. 1900 ~ Y