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IA DIE IN ST. LAWRENCE CRASH.
One woman and Four Children
Among ships Victims.

QUFREC, Sept. ls-Fourteen persons
including one woman and four children
persisted when the Black Diamond col
lier Lingan rammcd and sank the Cana
dian Government steamer Montmagny
early to-day off the Bcaujeu banks in the
ST Lawrence River. about twenty-six
miles from Quebec. on board the Mont
magny were the families OF two light
house keepers at Belle Isle and Flower
Island.
The Montmagny was on her way from
Quebec to the Gulf OF st. Lawrence and
the straits OF Belle Isle, Newfoundland
She carried cargo OF coal and pro-
visions for wireless and signal service
stations along the coast. officers and
crew had given mp their quarters to the
women and children, who were asleep
when the crash came.
Within three minutes OF the time tina,
the Lngan ran into the Montmagny IN
a heavy fog she was at the bottom OF
the river. The rush OF water caught
some OF the children before they could
reach the decks Second officer LA
Chance OF the Montmagny lost his life
in attempting TO rescue two of them
The steam collier Potana picked up the
survivors and took them to Crosse Isle,
whore they We're put on board the Gov
eminent boat Alice and brought to Que
bee. The bodies of three babies that
were recovered were also brought here
on the Alice. The Lingan. although leak
ing badly, made Quebec under her own
steam. She Is OF the same type OF YES
sci as the Storstad, which sank the EN-
press OF ireland.
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DepeU's Whiskers
His War Passport
French People Saw Them and
Cheercd Loudly for "En-
tente COrdialc."

Former Senator Chauncey NJ Depew
got back yesterday with his wife aboard
the White Star liner Baltic, congratulate
ing himself on the possession OF side
whiskers, which he waved effectively
In railroad car when on his way from
the Swiss border to Paris that they In
spircd the French passengers to cheer and
cry: "Vive Entente Cordiale!" The
Frenchmen thought that no one but a
Briton could wear whskers Hike Mr..
Depew's, and hence the enthusiasm Mr..
Dcpew was in Geneva when the trouble
began He said:
Twenty minutes after crossing the
border we saw at n station a Sign two
feet square calling the French troops to
mobilization. Forty were on hand 10
board our train. although the notice had
been up only twenty minutes. Three
hours later we stopped again and picked
up 300. At each stop more and more
came to answer the call"
Mr.. Depew said II was terrible to re-
fleet that a single sentence OF fifteen
words had set millions Of the people OF
Europe at one anothers throats. The
sentence. he said, was the final one OF
the Austrian Emperor's address to hts
subjects in the declaration OF war against
Servia: 81 want you 20 punish Servia
for her continual insults to me and my
house"
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ANIMALS, SPORT, PLANTS,
ELECTRICITY, ART, FIUMOR

pleasant aftermath Of Mr.. Roose
velt's African expedition will be found
in the animal stories told in African
Adventure Stories" Charles Scrlbners
Sons) by J. Alden Loring, who was one
of the attendant naturalists. These are
tales Of lions. elephants rhinoceros, hip
popotamus. ostrich. monkeys and
snakes With exciting experiences OF
many kinds in the Wilds, in most of
which the author participated, while
some were told to him by others. 1t is
a capital boys book and Will be inter-
estIng to older readers too, for Mr.
Loring does not permit Mr.. Roosevelt to
obliterate Africa
An excellent cyclopedia OF sport. the
articles signed by names authoritative
to youth, is edited by Paul wilmington
Of Harvard and entitled THE Book OF
Athletics" Gothrop, Lee and Shepard
football. baseball and every kind of
game that modern schoolboys and coll
lege men indulge in are described care
fully, with explicit directions, by the
men who in the several colleges have
been foremost in each sport in very re-
cent years.
The idea that inspires Royal Dlxons
THE Human Side Of Plants" (Freder-
ick a. Stokes Company is so good that
we can only regret that ii is not car
ried out better. The author picks out
plants with certain pecularitles, for in
stance those that catch insects, those
that put forth suckers, the sensitive
plants and so on. and translates their
action into terms usually applied to man.
That Is emphatic and proper enough. He
generalizes, however. from insufficient
data and treats the resemblances az
though they were accepted facts. He ia
very verbose and turns what should be
a collection OF entertaining botanical
information into a plea for doubtful
philosophical speculation.
Full directions for every sort of tenn
porary abode from a leanto to n COM
plete log cabin will be found In, ID. c.
Boards Shelters. Shacks and Shanties"
Charles Scribner's sons, which the au-
thor has illustrated abundantly. His
instructions suffice for the construction
of civilized dwellings, with all their in
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1t is q cherries picture that marks
the opening of Robert w. Chambers's
story of "The Hidden Children ID.
Appleton and Company. 1t was de-
pressing to read about Hays. the bowed
and stunned innkeeper of the Neutral
Ground, and we were glad when Mr..
Chambers relinquIshed him and took us
where there was livelicr company. At
Major Lockwoods house. further along
in Westminster county. there were
merry doings Notwithstanding that the
British down below had offered forty
gulneas for the Majors head and that
there was not little danger OF his
losing It. We Thought of Mr.. Wharton's
house in Cooper's story of '"The Spy
though between that plcturing and this
there is abundant difference.
The raid by Tarleton's cavalry makes
a stirring incident In the Westminster
part of this story. The obstinate re-
fusal Of Col Sheldon Of the American
forces to believe that the redcoats were
coming will make the patriotic reader
SILVER with Indignation and dismay. 1t
was raining hard and Sheldon was sure
that Tarleton would not venture out In
such bad weather. He was an astonish-
ing commander and 1t gladdencd us to
read OF his whitened face and his
puerile lamtntations when the enemy
came galloping, firing their pistols and
swinging their sabres. the mud thrown
far by the chargers laundering hoofs.
Lois, one OF the hidden children"
Will surprise the reader Her contempt
uous hatred OF men was remarkable.
She had startling powers of bitter
speech. Her moods were varied. She
was rude and she was Suave. Her
laughter was delightful. 1t is very skill
fully made plain that she was beautiful
and alluring in high degree. she Is
made at first to seem open to suspicion,
but this passes. "Euan. / have starved
that I might remain exactly what l am
a this moment. | swear TO you that I
stand here unsullied and unstained I'M
der this untainted sky which the same
God made who fashioned me. l have
known shame and grief and terror: /
have lain cold and i'll and sleepless; l
have wandered roohess, hunted.
threatened Knocked, bcset by men and
vice. Soldiers have used me roughly
you yourself saw. there at the Pound
ridge barracks" In strong contrast to
this somewhat high flown eloquence is
the playful. speech OF Lois when she
dexterously prepares herself under the
cover Of darkness and goes in bathing.
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THE SEAG0ERS.

Arrivals by the White Star liner Baltic
from Liverpool and Queenstown:
Dana T Ackerley Mrs. william j. Glib.
Mr.. and Mrs w =. Ralph A. Graves.
Belknap Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Harry s Black Hamilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert + X, Howard.
\, briggs A. c. Col and Mrs. William
Mr., and Mrs Henry Mr. and mrs Mrs. '" Rooer,
Dsston. l.. Liyingstno
T. II. doubleday, Pierre Lorillard
Mrs j. b. Duer William Rylp.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
D. Faulkner, schwarzchild.
Mrs W F. Garrison. The Right Rev and
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mrs. W. d. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Mr. and Mrs r
Scott Gerrish. Yturbe
Arrivals by the White Star liner Cretic,
from Liverpool
Mrs W A M, s1o.u. Mrs Sidney T. Jen.
Drapcr. Mrs Gould Jennings.
Mrs Lillian Duke Mrs, Frank Jones
Mr. and Mrs W. L. Mr. and Mrs Lewis A,
Mrs.. l. r Enrich. Dr' and Mrs j. W.
Mr.. and Mrs, Henry velde.
George.
Arrivals by the United Fruit steamship
Almrante, from the Caribbean;
Prot r. y, Strong, NJ Obaldia, son of the
Panl Gasset. American first President OF
Consul at Antofs' Panama.
gasta
Sailing to-day by the Red Star liner
Finland. for Liverpool
W J. Hart, Herbert J. 6. Grincn
A. Il. Holden. u. r. Mackay
Or. Charles Constant. Lionel HUNTINGTON
Prof and Mrs, ID, A. d, II. Morrison.
Low.
by the Porto Rico liner Carolina. for
san Juan:
s. 4, Stewart Mr.. and Mrs G. T.
c W Chaplin Miller
Mrs Rose Scott George D. Finday
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 3. w II. Horton.
Mead Mr.. aud Mrs W j.
F. G. Hendrix. Lockwood
Frank Kingsand
BY the Ward liner Saratoga for
Havana
George p. Anderton. l.. II sherman
Mrs. G. d Tiffany Milton j Byrd
Capt. John j Taylor. Charles Echeverria
BY the Red Cross liner Florizel, for
Halifax and Newfoundland
:. A. Rowland. Mr., and, Mr.. v J.
A. A, Matthews Tompkins
c, y. Howson. L. l. Anderson
Earl II Turner.
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Continued from seventh Page.

problems of life which she naturally
meets show her how little her so-called
finished education" will help her to
solve them.
There are many such schools where
diplomas of very learned form are given
students wear cap and gown and speak
with classical fervor OF their alma
mater. All the outward appearance of
a college commencement is, maintained
in these schools each June, yet many
OF them have no intellectual standard
and have graduates that could not do
the work OF the first year in a good col
lege preparatory course.
/ believe that ! have n general COR
rect idea of the curriculum in this class
of finishing school The pupils have
from six to nine half hour classes daily
for which little preparation. varying
from fifteen minutes to half hour
each, can be required. There is usually
late afternoon study period. a large
part OF which must be spent practising
the music lesson, and the evening Is
given up to class spreads. private
theatricals or other so-called home
lamusements."
The pupils in these pleasant homes
are usually very happy and develop no
small amount of loyalty. The parents
can speak proudly OF their daughter
away at school. can often say that she
is leading her class, and there Is no
trouble about taking Latin and mathe-
mates and other difficult or disagree
able things, because this accommodate
ing schedule will allow her to drop any
thing as soon az It becomes difficult or
disagreeable. There are no tears about
failure to keep up with class for the
diploma, like the rain from heaven, de-
scends upon the just and the unjust on
commencement day.
II the school Is in the city and the
daughter lives at home, there IL plenty
OF time to satisfy society's demands be-
cause the studies make no demands that
have to be answered. II the school Is out
OF the city and the daughter is resi-
dent pupil the studies take the same Sec
ondary place, for the time and thought
are occupied by various amusements,
provided by an ingenious principal and
faculty to make the home life pleasant.
In fact many of these finishing schools
are little more than prolonged house
parties with only enough intellectual
diversion TO prevent amusement from
palling.
The teacher, the well equipped college
woman who chooses the private school
because she hopes for scholarly leisure,
ime to work out her own ideals and add
o her intellectual worth, often finds that
her spare time IL occupied by duties
which might be performed by an intelll.
gent nursery maid or the sewing woman
In a theatrical costuming house and she
wonders whether the long lists OF
names and figures, the red tape re-
quired by public school board, would
not have been wiser choice.
To the uniformed, and to the average
parent this may seem to be an
imaginary picture; but the reality ex-
ists--we of the educational profession
know how largely-and we can only
present the case and urge that parents
become informed on a subject which
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| ternal fixings. which masquerade as
products Of the wilderness.
The boys that once would have used
the toolbox now dabble in electricity. and
for them Alfred +. Morgan has written
THE Boy Electrician" Lothrop, Lee
and Shepard Company. He provides
the necessary preliminary information,
and then gives directions for an amaz-
ing number of electric contrivances,
which. 1t seems. ambitious boys can
manufacture themselves. Some of these
may be obnoxious to their elders There
may be two sides to the construction
OF a wireless telephone TO the boy across
the street. and Il home made motor car
may have disadvantages. There can he
no HARM however in young Americas
trying to make these things.
New ideas about art mag be de-
rived from Commercial Paints and
Painting" by Arthur Seymour Jennings
Cd. Van NOstrand Company II rs
the most obvious forms OF painting that
he treats of, the outside and insl,
OF houses, ships, fences and so on, but
his remarks about the permaucnce
of colors and about fxatives may help
: those who paint pictures too. There
are great possibilities open to the Futur-
lists in the methods of painting by
spraying through hose or by dipping N
a paint bath. The treatise is valuable
to those for whom II is intended through
Its varied information, its clear dir'c-
lions and its account of up TO date
methods of handling big Jobs.
The little manual by Joseph Knox
on the "Fixation of Atmospheric Nitro
gen" Cd. Van Nostrand Company, one
OF the most interesting and important
problems that chemical investigators
are graphing with, Is purely scientific.
Where practical or commercially sue
cessful results have been attained they
are merely indicated and not described
The author is apparently afraid Of adj
vertising them: he seems most familiar
with British and German research.
The mildly humorous articles %.
George Fitch on places and men and
manners in the United States are col
lected under the title Sizing Up Uncle
Sam" Frederick A. Stokes Company
The author dilutes his banter. which
includes many widespread jests ahug,
these places, with some serious and
obvious facts. His tone is that Of kindly
tolerance. which is likely to be resented
his humor had better be taken In small
ish doses. The book In n way les
ropertory of the current sayings anuut
States and cities and some public mon.
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EXPORTER SHY ON GEOGRAPHY.
5000 south American Miles Just n
Jaunt 10 This One.

The following letter was read yester-
day at the luncheon OF the American
Manufacturers Export Association as the
finest illustration Of American geographic
cal knowledge OF South America eXtant.
II was written bSH New York publishing
house TO a physician who lives at 279l
Caseros street. Buenos Ayres. He wrote
h y address with his order:
"Dr. --, Cdseros. 279l. Buenos AlTes.
DEAR SIR: We have on hand copies of
the life OF Lincoln and OF George Wash
ington which were ordered by you We
have been trying to send these books no
you by mail but the post office refuses TO
accept the packages as they have no sta
ton at Caseros. VIII you kindly let US
know at which OF uhe following stations
you can call to get this package: Rio de
Janero, Sac Paulo. Bahia, Pernambuco.
Para"
II may be added that these cities are
all the way from i.025 to $500 miles dis
tant from Buenos Ayres
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Problems That Face
Girls School Principal

will so vitality affect the future OF their
children.
Even In n country where children
proverbially rule believe that this
question rests mainly with the parents.
They are easily satisfied with the an
pearance OF an education for their
daughters, while for the daughters
| themselves their greatest zest in life
ana their best happiness comes from
knowing that they have had hard task
set before them and that they have
performed 1t well. and the most in
furious influence that comes from the
school that does not set hard tasks
ana demand that they re well per-
formed Is that the girl feels from the
beginning that she Is not doing the
thing that Is worth while, yet grad
uaiiy learns TO accept the low intel
lectual standard OF the school, becomes
haif satisfied with the good times"
"hlch II furnishes in place of an edu-
cation, ana, in the end. wholly knows
that she mas given the best years OF her
ire 10 work which did not REQUIRE her
best EFFORT, and that she has, as n re-
suit, diploma that has no scholarly
value.
Ihese then are the two main prob
iehis which present themselves to a pri-
Vate school principal who wishes TO en-
courage her pupils to give their best
EFFORT 10 their studies during the school
year-iack or cooperation on the part
OF the parents when serious work and
sacrifice or social pleasures are de-
manded, and, following this, the COM
petition or schools which do not de-
manu- the sacrifice of social pleasures
ana w promise a finished education.
we must add to this the bricfness of
the school year with It's half day session
ana the -FOUR long months OF vacation. n
condition which prevails in no other
country, the inadequacy OF which we ac
knowledge since nearly all of the pri-
vate schools which really prepare for
college have an extension of three weeks
In June for those who are taking a coll
iege preparatory course or wish TO pass
regents examinations; in other words.
Tor all who wish to do normal work
1t would be impossible TO entirely
change these conditions In one year or
many. therefore the pressing question
70 be decided by the private school prin-
cipal Is how far she shall compromise
until parental cooperation can be gained
III she demands thorough work the pu
PITS health may fall-not from the work
but from the effort to do It when her
best time and thought are given else
where; or she may be sent to a school
where thorough work is not dema nded
and, In either case the aim of the true
educator Is defeated.
! should not wish 1t to be understood
that | think every girl ought to go to
college or that l am an advocate of
"all work and no play" l am sure that
this would result in dulness for Jill as
well as for Jack | should wish that
normal girls pursue "A normal course of
study. college preparatory or otherwise
and that they have simple pleasures
with the time and place suited to their
years, and l would ask parents to give
to their daughters az well as to their
sons the preparation for life that can no
gained by a well trained mind and the
happiness which comes from q worthy
work we'll done.
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APPROVE CLOSING
OF O'NEILL- ADAMS
Associated Merchants Directors
Act and Consent of Court
Is Sought.
PRIVATE BANK LIQUIDATED
Deposits Reduced From $780,.
600 to $1,000 and VIII
BE Paid i'm Full.

Application will he made to the United
states District Court this morning by
the receivers Of the IT. b. Clanin Com
pany to have the agreement ratified
whereby the Claflln claim against the
oNeill-Adams Company may be com
promised and the mercantile establish
m"nt lquidnted and closed
II IL understood that the Associated
/ Merchants Company directors met yes
trrday and approved the agreement and
AZ the note holders and general creditors
had already taken action 1t needed only
the consent of the court
While the announcement that the store
would he closed did not come until Thurs
day evening, 1t was said that the action
had been under contemplation for some
time. II awaited only the agreement as
to the $4,000. 600 debt of the store to the
Clanin Company which is to be paid
on compromise by the liquidation pro-
ceeds In the meantime the store is
clearing Itself OF all other Indebtedness.
The private bank. which gave some
worry at first. has been satisfactorily
eliminated. originally IL had deposits
aggregating $500. 900. but yesterday they
had been reduced to about 81 900, and
this will be paid in full. Other mer-
chandise creditors received checks in
small amounts
The announcement OF the reorganIza-
ton agreement will come Monday. and
then the status of all the enterprises OF
John Clafiin will become settled.
IL was not known officially at the
o'Neill-Adams store that the business
would be terminated. Even high officials
OF the concern had no knowledge OF
the report they said. except such as was
derived from the newspapers. No steps
toward the termination OF the business
have been taken.
There are between 1900 and I. 100 en-
ployees. An officer OF the concern said
that In the event OF closing the stores
he believed the greater part of them
would be taken care of in other depart
ment stores. where trained help IL always
In demand. Yet q large number OF tina
low salarsed employees would doubtless
be turned adrft. he said
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EXPERTS DANCE AT BRIARCLIFF
Guests Of the Lodge Afterward Go
on the Floor.

BRIARcLIrF LODGE, Sept. 1s.--The the
dansant at the Briarcl!r Lodge this eve
ming was the most successful of the sea
son. Basil Durant and Miss Margare,
fiawkesworth gave a series of the new
est exhibition dances, including the lulu
fado" and lie Dernier tango. After the
exhibition dancing there was general
dancing
Among those in attendance were Mr.
ana Mrs. Joseph i. Howe, Mrs. G. Van
derbilt Barton, Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. ~
perine. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph *. Luke, Mrs
John Sanderson. Mr.. and Mrs William
Harrison Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. j. w
Cleveland. Mr.. and Mrs w Alden Pratt
Mr.. and Mrs. Il, ID. Brlxey. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh A. Murray, Mrs. c. @. Dinsmore
Mr. and Mrs. j. b. Haskln. Mrs Frank
Black, Mrs. T.. A. Bochman. Mrs. y. s.
Richardson. Mr. and Mrs, f. W. Anness
Mrs. j, Burchll, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hardness and Mrs, George Fisher
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NEW FICTION
MIR. CHAMBERS'S STIRRING
AND POLITICAL ROMANCE

leaving the astonishcd Euan ..tinc
close by on the bank of the pool NJ
Chambers likes to make his horoin.s
battle In sylvan placcs-wc rom..lpo,
the beautiful civil war spy who b,,bed
venturously and charmingly, ~. thint
somewhere in Tennessee.
There is plenty of excitement whom
we go with Morgan's Rifles into iho
great forests and among the lad ans IN
the Interior OF the state. The Carrope
roar finely at the battle OF Ch,nure
II was a close shave for our hp, vlen
the false Wy:ndotte flung his hatcher
cutting the tail from Euan's coonsk. ,
cap and cleaving the skull of the Chris.
tian Stockbridge Indian and when fur.
Their the Wyandotte poked his rife
against Euan's ribs and fired. setting tta
fringe OF the young rangers doesk.n
hunting shirt on fire. That we wore
keenly provoked as We read of the pc.
cape and the hooking triumph ~ this
false Wyandotte may he taken AS uroo,
that the story laid strong hold on IA.
The expedition through the swamp 70
Catharines-town was attended wi,h
plenty OF terrors. The speech " thu
Mohcan warrior when the advcnturers
stream that threaded II shows wei how
dreadful was all this guarded and So
cret place. The Mohican said This
Is the land Of Anochol. Herc. through
these viewless shades, his sway begins
az this stream begins, whose source IL
darkness and whose current moves
slowly like thick blood. Here is tho
haunt of witch and sorcerer-of tho har
Catrine, of the Wyoming Fcnd. ~
Amochol-of Amochol, Here run the
Andastes. hunting through the dusk Ike
wolves and foxes-runninc, smelling.
listening. ever hunting. Here stink the
Cat People under a moon which Is hid.
den forever by this matted forest roo,
This is the Dark Empire. o Loskis,
Behold" The evil priest. Amochol
thought that on this last day OF August
the hidden children" would be sacri-
feed and their skins made into garments
for Atensi, the Moon Witch and Ius-
keha, her grandson. The false WAN
dotte also. after his escape. had pro.
claimed that the skins of Euan and Lois
were to be made into coats for Atensl
and her grandson, and that this heavenly
pair, having donned them, would pro.
coed to dance upon the moon. Happily
this grandmother and this grandson
never got these promised coats.
The story is full OF poetry and strong
incident. II IL we'll told and very
readable.