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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-23

Last call, close out sale, mems
and ladies' SOC umbrellas, 29c.
Carter and Chapman.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. McKellar
are being congratulated upon the
arrival of a fine boy.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-23

Mr.. Palmer Cooper has re-
turned from a visit to relative,
in Bristol, Tenn.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-23

Miss Gracey Savage, Of Eupora,
is visiting Miss Lucy Lawley.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-08-23

the newspapers are closely watch
ed
Activities Kat the German EN-
bassy, where personal effects are
beng packed for shipment, are
the only indication OF what the
answer Of Germany will be.
Mr. G. W. Vaughn. and son,
Taylor. of Caledonia. were vis-
itors to the city Friday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
BOOK ON CURRENCY.

Tho Operation OF the New Bank Act By Thomas
Conway. Jr.. Phi. D., Assistant Professor OF FL
nance. and Ernest M. Patterson PHI. D., In
structor in Finance. Wharton School OF Finance
lahcd by j. B. Lipplncott Company Phila-
doph!a.
Now that the new bank act Will soon
become operative through the establish
ment of the regional reserve banks an
exhaustive treatise on the subject Will
serve the purposes OF practical bankers M
and be of interest to many others. the
present volume contains nearly 450 pages
and discusses fully all the features OF the
bank act. It contains an index to the
federal reserve act and general index
TO the hook The authors are eminenuy
fitted to produce q work Of authority on
this subject or course, TO q greater or
less extent, the actual operation OF the
law must be determined by its use, and
perhaps conditions will arise that cannot
be foreseen now but this volume appar-
emily is the most valuable treatise on the
federal reserve act that has yet been is
sued The writer's admit that II IS un-
TO analyze the effects Of a monumental
piece OF legislation, marking distinct
change of policy in one Of the most i'm
portant lines of business, within few
weeks after It's passage. They point out.
however. that the volume is not intended
as complete estimate OF the effects OF
tile federal reserve act, but is designed
10 give whatever assistance is within
their power TO the formulation OF public
opinion and 10 the dissemination OF such
Information as is now available, They
state that the success or failure of the
new measure Will depend primarily on
the degree to which bankers and the
public at large give intelligent co-opera-
ton In the inauguration and operation OF
the new system.
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AUTHORS AND BOOKS
CONTINUED from Preceding Page.)

sion to win Betty, not knowing she Is
secretly engaged and believing her to
he heart whole and fancy free, John
Tracey, he feels sure. is an honorable
young man of high standards. In the
meantime, Tom Courtney, her ilance
gets into financial difficulties and know
Ing OF the friendship existing between
Betty and John Tracey. writes Betty
urging her to use her influence with
Tracey in securing loan This letter
Betty shows her father and confcsses her
engagement with Courtney. She forth
with writes Courtney and breaks the en-
gagement. Before reply is received.
John Tracey proposes and Is accepted,
Betty realizing she has never loved any
one else and that the attachment be-
tween Courtney and herself was child
like. Betty attempts to tell of her for
mer engagement to John Tracey, but he
persuades her 10 wait until after the
honeymoon. On the day set for the we'd
ney, telling her not TO marry Tracey and
declaring his love. This she gives to
Tracey. who broods over II and fears she
loves young Courtney. He then decides
that their relations must be confined to
those of guardian to ward. At this Betty
is very miserable and finally asks the ad-
vice Of a dear friend Of her husbands,
a Jesuit priest Acting upon the advice
of this good man, Betty causes her hus-
band to realize how sincere her love for
him Is. and a happy climax Is the result
u man Of high ideals. though SO unusual
as TO seem unreal. However, his long
residence In Japan may account In a
measure for his extreme views. 1t Is a
thoroughly wholesome and clean story
and the reader cannot but be benefited.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
A UTAH BOOK.

Universal Peace tho Crovnlns Work OF Two
IAvcs By sam II. Wood. Published Oy Uiuta-
land Publishing Company, Salt Lake City.
A romance written by one man as a
sequel 10 the work OF another man is un-
usual Still more unusual is the writing
OF the sequel many years after the pub
Iication OF the original work. and yet
this Is what has been done by Sam II.
Wood OF Salt Lake City. The original
was the famous Barriers Burned
Away" by Il, P. Roe, who was one OF the
most popular authors forty years ago. II
was published By Mr.. Roe about the time
OF tho Chicago fire and is based largely
upon Chicago characters The entire ro-
ma nee has the Chicago fire for It's climax.
In his introduction Sfr. Wood states
that the two leading characters In l.. p.
Roe's book arc so strong, so magnificent
in their Ideals and Individuality that II
seems a pity TO let them sink into obliv-
ion. For this reason hc has revived the
characters. and. az he says. has attempt
cd TO carry them along Ito new and bot
ter thinSs lie has tried 10 place the
Characters OF Dennis Fleet and Christine
Ludolph in their proper places among a
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Hep" / said, "this scene with
Her Highness of Clam Chowder
ought TO be an awful warning to
you. No man should get mar
ried these days unless he's sure
his wife can juggle the frying
pan and take a fall out of an egg
beater. They've had eight cooks
in eight days, and every time a
new face comes in the kitchen
the coal scuttle screams with
fright.
"You can see where they've
worn a new trail across the lawn
on the retreat to the depot.
''It's an awful thing, Hep. Our
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

progressive. broadening and uplifting iru-
manty.
Mr. Woods romance is entitled ''Uni-
versal Peace, or the Crowning Work OF
Two Lives and he has sought to teach
in il the value OF the ideal of universal
peace. AS an addendum TO the book he
has written an article entitled. 'IoW TO
Bring About Universal Peace A stu
further addendum Is in no way connected
with the theme of the novel; 1t relates
to the Mormon question, and he discusses
II from It's practical side and it's political
side.
This is the first book of fiction that
Mr.. Wood has ever written although his
other writings are we'll known. II Is said
that this is the first novel ever published
in Salt Lake City
Mr. Wood had planned to have the
work illustrated, but ne says that he was
unable to find an artist who had the in
spiration 10 paint the picture he de-
scrlbed. One of the scenes which ne
wished TO illustrate Is the Chicago fire
Itself, which he describes on pages 81
TO 81 He still wants this picture for his
book, and he offers prize of SIS to any
artist or student of the state of Utah for
the best picture TO illustrate his descrp-
ton OF the Chicago fire. The picture
must be sent to him on or before July /.
1914. He will pay $40 for the second best
picture. The picture should be painted
on canvas about 1924 inches. He limits
the age OF any contestant TO twenty-five
years. The offer is confined to Utah be-
cause this Is Utah book
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
WINTER GOOD TIMES.

Potter and Polly in Winter BY Rose Lucia Prln-
clpai OF tnc Primary School Montpelier. Yer
mont, Published By the American Book Com
pnny, New York and Chicago
a very attractive reader for the second
and third school years. with many illus
trauons In color 1t tells OF the winter
good times of two little children who live
In the country They learn TO skate on
the. river; they go into the woods with
their father to cut the Christmas tree.
While the Christmas mcrriment is at its
height. there Is a stir behind the tree and
out comes real. live pony that is TO
belong to Peter and Polly, After big
snowstorm they hitch Brownie the pony,
TO a fine sled which they and their IA :
ther have built. and give their playrna tes
ride, They thoroughly enjoy an after
moons fun with their dish-pan sleds, a
new game suggested by their mother All
these common place doings have been
turned into interesting stories, so simple
in form that beginners will read them
with delight, and by reading will learn
to read, incidentally. by associatIng With
these happy. out door children, they
Will learn many helpful lessons that all
children should know
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Then Lizzie and green umbrella struck Casey pose


from the North Pole just match
ully hikes in there and keeps me
settin' up in bed all night shiv-
erin like I was shalin' dice for
the drinks. When ! want that
kind of exercise III hire out as
chambermaid in a cold storage.
I'm a cook, mem, it's, true, but
I'm no relation to Doctor Cook,
and | amt eager to sleep in a
room where even a polar bear
would be growlin' for a fur
coa."
very we'll, Lizzie,' said
Aunt Martha, soothingly. "Pll
have storm windows put on at
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
LITERARY NOTES.

book that has caused much discussion
throughout tho intermnuntain section is Eve -
written by Katharine Howard. a review OF which
has already appeared In the columns OF The Trib.
une, Mrs Howard II the mother Of Mrs John
Malick. wife Of the pastor OF tho First Unitarian
church OF this city. Among tho many favorab blc
comments made regarding this book the follow
Ing by Mayor Duncan OF Butte will be OF IN
tcrcsts.
Tho woman movement. IL ls rather in1cs-
initcly called. has reached inc stage when II bc-
gins TO develop ltS own characteristic literature,
This book by Katharine Howard Is q uniuuo
contribution TO the subject. IL Is not only unique
but strong. Nothing It's power, poihing ap-
preaching its prohc 10 tho fundamentals of tho
question. nothing reaching 10 its heights OF pro-
phetlc aud ethical vision and passion has beou
produced BY American writer. or. 80 far as
Acquaintance with this body OF literature c2-
tcnJs by any writer rnlcHs II DO Olive SchroineT,
% Eve Is written In the samo Nietzchidn ptylo
a the authors former work. The Book OF the
scrpent' bur 1t is lar and away superior 20 that
work. Katharine Howard. in Eve. has fouud her
Solt found also theme which lifta her above
mere cicvcrness and into passionate poetic fcrvor
which carries her very near, II, indeed st does
not wholly attain greatness.
Her Eve "a the woTld-mother. ana the pTnse
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once and extra quilts sent to the
room, and gas stove, if you
wish"
Gail right, men," said the
Countess Of Cornbeef, removing
the lid. "I'll stay, but keep that
husband Of yours with the
woozy lingo out of the kitchen,
because I'm nervous woman
| am that" And then the
Duchess Of Deviled Kidneys got
a strangle hold on her green
umbrella and ducked for the
grub foundry.
Aunt Martha sighed and went
in the house.
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"Now, Lizzie, what's wrong?'
"You told me, mem, that /
should have a room with a
southern exposure" said the
Queen Of the Bungalow.
"And isn't the room as de-
scribed?" inquired Aunt Mar
tina.
'"The room is all right, but
don't care for the exposure, y
said the Princess Of Porkchops.
"Well, what's wrong?" in-
sisted our patient Auntie.
''Sure," said the Baroness of
Bread Pudding, "the room is SO
exposed, mem, that every breeze
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
THE TROUBADOURS.

Mascarose b. Gordon Ar,hus Smith Published
By Charles scrlbpcr's Sons. New York
The author OF this beautiful romance
OF the days Of the troubadours is a
young Harvard graduate. who hitherto,
has only written short stories
MA scarose' Is charming bit of ro-
nance, just fantastic enough TO be en-
tirely independent of all the nrosaic sides
OF the world without losing its plausibil-
ity, and just humorous enough 20 give il a
note OF iollity without suggesting bur-
lesqpe. In other words, It is tale OF
knights, troubadours and ladies' in which
the old fashion OF the ma aterIal is handled
with q modernness OF spirit and boy-Iike
Zest that make IL over altogether
We predict bright future for this i'm
agjnative Young author
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meath the earth, and she b
it by trying to mix ten-r
nails with the baked beam
"When Phyllis found
was no shredded oats II
house for breakfast she Chi
the cover of the washtuh
sawdust and sprinkled i'll
the whisk broom, chopped
"It wasn't a half bad h
fast food of the home-made
but every time / took a dri
water the sawdust used 90
up in my throat and tick
"The first and only da|
was with us Phyllis sqan
two dollars worth of egg
ing to make a lemon rner
potpie.
"She tried to be artistic
this, but one of the eggs vi
and nervous and it slipped.
"Uncle Peter asked PIN
she could cook some Hum
goulash, and Phyllish sore
No, my parents have
SWedes all their lives!'
she ran him across the I
| with the carving knife.
Aunt Martha went il
kitchen to ask what was "a
ner and Phyllis got back q
I'm a woman, it is true
will show you that | can |
secret
"When the meal came
table we were compelled T.
the secret with her.
"It looked like Irish
tasted like clam chowde
behaved like a bad boy. l
Con the second day il
denly occurred to Phyllis
she was working, so she h
in her resignation, handed
the gardener, a jolt in hi
department, handed out a
unnecessary talk and lei
flat.
"The next rebate we h
! the kitchen was a colored
named James Buchanan Pl
grast.
James was all there i
carry four. He was one (
most careful cooks that
made faces at the roast be
"The evening he arriv'
intended to have shad n
dinner, and James inform
that that was where he liz
Eight o'clock came a
dinner Then Aunt m
went in the kitchen to COZ
him that we were human
with appetites.
"She found careful
counting the roe to see 1
fish dealer had sent the
number.
"Ie was up to 2,196,49
still had a half pound to g
James left that nigh
lowed by shouts OF apl
from all present. J., u
"I'm telling you all this
Just to prove that fate Is
while it delays your we
until some genius inven'
automatic cook made OF q
mum and electricity"
Hep laughed and shoo'
head.
delay my wedding" he chg
"If there wasn't a cook
the world we wouldn't
we're going to be vegets
because we're going, to y
the Garden Of Eden"
"Tush I snickered. j
"Tush, YOURSELF" said I
ooh, tush, both Of you,,
Peaches. John said THAI
thing to me three weeks !
we were married" >"
"Sure | did," | went
"and we're still in the "a
aren't we? Of course, p
want to sublet part OF y
have Hep and his bride ros
moonstruck through your :
berry beds that's up to yo'
"Well," said friend wlfe'
ing alone in the Garden OF
is all right, but after youVe
there three or four
there's a mild excitemen
hearing a strange voice. ev
it is that of a serpent.
Close the door, Della, l 7
draft
(Copyrigbt, 1914. by The ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

The Rev DR.. Anna Shaw was reported to hayo
said that she would not pay her income tax II
looked as though she had not read the passage
about rendering unto Caesar what is his.
But she says that all mistake: that she
will pny her income tax II the government snyS
she owes &C. and that she Is dead against mlitnncy
and thinks nothing is &c be gained by 1t for any
good
So. perhaps after all. the reverend lady has
looked Into the book OF her profession. She
ought TO start n Bible class for Mrs Belmont
Mrs. Medill Mccormick and eX-Mlss Milholland.-
| Life
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tho expulsion from Eden with Eve the over
burdcned drudge. slave and toy OF ADAM and
mourning over the graves OF her slain sons aud
her misshapcn and degenerate progeny. By a
sorieS OF conversations between her and the In
scrutnblo Tho serpent tcmptcr Of Gdon). we
led through her intellectual aod moral
awakening uS the knowledge OF good and evil
deopens in her til shc declares and maintains
her individual aud sexual independence Of ADAM
and In that rise from slavery to the freedom OF
womnnhood and motherhood, lifts heTsolt on the
ladder OF light to world consciousness OF the
meaning of wifchood and motherhood and draws
after her Adam. her lord and master
but her equal and companion. TO the free
dom and tho recognition of the sauctlty OF man
hood and fatherhood -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

General Leonard Wood chief OF staff OF tho
United states army, hns had many expressions
OF admiration voiced TO his personal appear
anco Il remained. however. for humble irish
maid servant to apothcosizc his looks.
A young girl-who. knowing the general wor-
ships him her hcro-alwayS keeps photograph
Of him in uniform hcr dressing table. One
day, entering her bedroom suddenly. sho CHANGED
upon her newly"ncquircd maid. who stood agapc.
with cleaning ewes, holding the photograph In
hor hand.
Startled Into Bpccch. the servant asked
Whats he, miss %
Hes an officer NoTaht The young mistress
deemed that answer nufficicnt.
Gee. miss" the brcathless commont as the
maid put down the picture lingeringly, but Amt
he tho swell look!ug cop,'-Ncale's Monthly:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

"Thclr Second Flight" by Louise Winter. open.
Ing novelette, 10 March Toungs Magazine. is an
absorbing story OF man who contracts second
marriage with a littIo grass widow OF whom he Is
passivcly fond. but whom he regards moro or
loss OF toy. Gertrude OF "Trudcr' as he calls
her In accord with her German coorng. 80 o
swcot somewhat simple little endowed
with the TeutoDic virtue OF domekticlty. She has
lost her first husband through tho destinations OF
n bold stage beauty and with the second Is con-
fronted by n similar problem-hcr rvnl. this time
being koenly Intelligent society woman Ger
trudc ia introduced into her husbapds set but IL
only tolerated by them for HIS bako Gault.
friend OF Trcgors's In Kind 10 her, and when
arrangement comes between the Two. he endeayors
to guide them back Into tho channel of under
standing TrcvorsB by HIS first wife liz In
Jured in accident and this draws tho into
close communion with the mother or his boy.
Gertrude. LEFT TO enervatDg doubts. resolves TO go
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away and leave her husband free, Ono of her
fronda OF tho old days, a physicians vito. gucsse5
NJ Tho cause of nor restlcSaness and when Troyors
returns Gertrude reveals TO him n mighty bond
bond that has tho powor 10 weld their union
securely
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

Richard Harding Davis opens scrIbnoTs Maga-
Zinc for March with vivid and lively account
OF Breaking Into the Movies" He tolls To-
mantle story OF how in his sophomore year q first
voyage TO Santiago. Cuba and visit TO tho
American iron mines there made so strong an i'm
preston that ten years aftcrwnrd he added love
story and wrote his famous novel, Soldier OF
Fortune" Then IL drumatiscd by Augustus
Thomas aud years later Mg Thomas and Mr.
DuvLs returned the OF the novel and
made several miles OF moving picture films. THIS
Is the story CT how company OF actors with
volunteer regiments OF Cuban troops. dctarhmonts
OF United States marines. villas in Santiago. all
united 10 make the record OF d story which already
hnB been sold TO moving picture places from ST.
Petersburg 90 Rio JaneIro. Tho Illustrations and
Mr.. DuvlS'O amusing text show exactly how 1t was
DONE
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

Tho greatest moment 10 IL when We
awaken TO the shining truth that life. 20 max Q
or mar, 10 wholly In bands, that neither dirk
destiny grim fate nor the stars, nor the de-
crecs Of tho gods: tho machlnationS OF men or
devils. cheat us OF that greatness OF soul and
serenity OF mind which are the crown or real Guc-
cess.
Tho most terrible note in tho despair Of the
dcspaIring Is the sound OF holpesSncSs-. To feel
that the universe Is huge machine 10 grind us
at last dust. that the odds OF existence arc
against and that VIC are borne down By the
tramp OF Irresistible forces this Is Tho salt tnstc
OF failure.
But WHOM has discovered that ho himself
is master and that no outside forco eau touch his
inner triumph, that discovery 10 OF new
world the America OF spirit. tho opening vista
Of limtless opportunity.-Dr. Frank Crane. in
Womans World for March.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

What's IN namc7" great Shakespeare
quoricd and tho publishing house OF Funk &
Wagnalls company learned 1t least ono answer
from OF their New Standard Dictionary sub
Scribors. out in Omaha His as written by
himself. at the bottom OF his letter making remit
tance. simply II. II. NJ Cheepccgaozyaan n
John Baptist, and could be- pronounced with COM
parafivc oven in tho fTBt form of u. but the
printed lettcr-head read ''Dr, Ha1jee Hoyyhaau-
ness Mugurrdeetch Checneeagaozyaan. With John
Baptist underneath In parcnthcsis In its orig
ipal. untrapsIatcd. wouldn't IL puzzle telephone
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

Tho cause o! sufirugc gets Into fiction
in this number OF Ainslcos through two good
stories. Tho popular hero OF J. A. r. Wylie Z.
The Romantic Adventures OF Sandy McGrab, -
protects n pretty girl who breaks window IN
London, and gelH himself arrested for his chvalTy.
Robert Emmct MackJamey contributes adven-
turous. humorous tale called 'Boadiceas 5 Puttor:
tho theme concerning itself largely with tho march
OF the suffragcttcs TO albany.
'iTigress" by Ronald Macdonald depicts tho
fierce mother love that turns 6entlowoman into
a ficnd whom her child IN kidnapped. II is d re-
markably strong story The Woman Who Did
Not Care" by Mary Gaunt, Ia thrilling tale
OF an uprising In Chiuu Joseph Eruests ''The
Same Old Story is n clevcrly written episode OF
New York life.
othcr e1ocllont fiction IN this number is THE
Black Bag" by Wells Hastings: Mono So Blind"
hy w Carey Wonderly THE Passing OF Aunt
Deborah by Ralph Stock, and Tho Grooming
OF Sarah Mudd," By Edna Rock.
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A novel which tue Macmillan company pro
poscs 10 sSuo February is Is THE Recounals
sanoe." by Gordon Gardiner. This " brIsklj
moving story OF lovo and adventure distinguIshcc
By tho authors vivaoity OF style.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

Tho llttle republic OF Panama has lately re-
ccivcd the first annual payment OF 500 600 updor
| the perpetual lcose by which the United Staro5
| holds tho canal zone. II also gots annual In
come OF about s400. 900 from New York real estate
| mortgages in which 1t wisely invested $1,000 900
OF tho original so, 900 900 cash payment made by
the United States. Panomanians doubtless have
their worries. but high thxcg arc not among them
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year ago the Yale University Prcs1 published
tho journal OF Margaret Van Horn D~Ight under
tho tltlc, "A journey to ohio in 1910" Tho ey-
traordnary charm and interest of this young
girl diaTy and bor literary gft have found
admirers In England and America. So great has
been the demand for this century old diary that
a third printing has been begun Within a year
OF publication.
IL is now Interesting to discoVcr that Margaret
Dwight the grandmother OF the author OF
The inside OF the Cup''-an amusing instance OF
n grandmohor's achieving literary distinction sub
q hnrr rnhn