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Of a number Of informal, face-to-face
talks on the conservation of personal
resources. Each lecture is a lesson in
individual economy and efficiency. The
book is addressed to learners, irrespec-
tive of age. The first lesson. Learning
to Think" goes back over the mental
and moral processes involved in this
important activity, to show the condi-
tions and habits which alone give rise
to swift, pointed. conclusive thinking.
This review holds up the common
causes that underlie the generally
roundabout and idle character of the
thinking that is done. Learning to
Speak" is a suggestive and practical
study, designed to correct loose and
unimpressive speech. Learning to See
and Learning to Hear" are separate
attempts to straighten the zigzag and
obscure paths by which the outer world
passes to the inner sense. These hrst
four talks bear upon personal equip
ment, upon getting ready to work. The
remaining four have to do with work
itself, with service as this is influenced
by the preparation already discussed
An easy unschoolmasterly approach &c
this subject is its first appeal. The un-
pretentious manner Of the lessons, the
free use of everyday experience to
point and objectify them. their sym
pathy and insight and common sense
are calculated to carry them into the
practical usefulness for which they are
designed.
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understand it, Then suddenly he rec
ognized the voice of Bowser the Hound.
and he knew that it was no dream.
Bowser was on his trail and very, very
near. Springing to his feet Reddy
glanced hastily behind him. Sure
enough, there was Bowser and he saw
Reddy. He sprang forward and his
voice seemed to grow twice as loud
Reddy didn't wait. He started for the
Green Forest as fast as he could run.
And as he ran he muttered to him
self:
II wonder how he came to find my
track. 1t must be that Farmer Browns
boy is out hunting again with that
dreadful gun. 1 must watch out for
him. Oh dear, I'm too fat to run we'll!
I've got to throw that dog off my track
somehow. 1t isn't fair to hunt me when
haven't been near that old chicken
yard. Some things are dreadfully un-
Just in this world. Farmer Browns boy
ought to keep that bothersome dog
chained up when / keep away from the
ducks and. chickens. 1t isn't fair. No.
sir. it isn't fair. My goodness, how
short of breath 1 am getting! I GER
tainly am in no condition for long
run.
And all the time Old Man Coyote was
trotting to his home III the far corner
of the Green Meadows with a wicked
grin on his face, as he listened to the
voice of Bowser the Hound Reddy
ran for his life. You see, Bowser had
found the tracks of Old Man Coyote
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pany has done for the tropics while
trafi1cking there for its fruits. AS a
plain business incident of expanding
their trade the company has developed
the resources of these regions enor-
mously, it has cleared out waste places
and set them to utility, it has improved
conditions of living, reduced disease,
promoted industry and frugality. All
in the way of trade. this company has,
in effect, become sort of special prov
idence to the tropical fruit-beartng To-
calities. This narrative is as absorb
ing as any old tale of conquest, with
the added value of being a much more
human one. 1t is a dramatic pioneer
adventure of industry and commerce.
1t Is, besides, a true account, verifiable
at all points and borne out in its facts
by the open records of the company
itself. This book is the first of series
that promises to be an interesting set
of studies on certain big businesses of
the country, in their history, their
operations and their effects.
A MOTHER IN EXILE. Boston,: Lit
tie. Brown & Co.
Some literary confessions openly
carry the names of their writer's, as
the hallmark, presumably. that they
are genuine productions. On the other
hand, some, for the very same reason,
withhold these signatures. implying
that the confessions are too personal,
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too poignant, to permit their use. "a
Mother in Exile" belongs to the latter
no-name class. Written ostensfbly for
her little daughters ultimate reading.
the story tells, in full elaboration, of
the mothers desertion and of the re-
moval of her three children to the
fathers family, where, with religious
zeal II cy are brought up to be ashamed
of their mother, and then to despise
her. Much the larger part of this rev.
elation has to do with the woman's
love for her husband. with his indiffer-
ence. with their repeated compromises
and reconciliations, with their final
complete separation. There are no
reticences in this story. The woman
in telling it has left her mind wide
open and from it her every thought
and feeling has slipped out to the
thoroughfare of the printed page. This
freedom of exposure is. very likely, the
reason why the confession is desig-
mated as the psychology Of woman's
love-" One cannot resist the hope
that it is. rather. the psychology of a
woman's love. 1t Is unbelievable that
fine women, like this one, are given to
the unswervable pursuit of mere Jumps
of men like this man. 1t is unthink-
able, too, that women of common
sense, reminded hourly Of the fiat in
difference of their men toward them,
continue to PROSTATE themselves be-
fore these in ardent and frenzied So
licitations. In this particular case the
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OLDEST ROYAL WOMAN
LOSES HER PENSION

OF Teck. 1t was on her marriage with
the late William Frederick, Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1S43,
that she was granted an annuity Of
$15, 200, and she has, therefore, drawn
from the British treasury well over
,, 81 ,00O.0 900. Her married life. which was
| uncommonly happy. lasted sixty-one
years. the grand duke having died in
1905.
The grand duchess has witnessed
three coronations. those of William ",
Queen Victoria and King Edward. In
her youth. too. she knew both Peel and
Palmerston well. She was an intimate
friend Of Queen Victoria and the great
queen enjoyed nothing better than a
chat over former days with her cousin.
King Edward. too. was always on the
best of terms with the grand duchess
and was often entertained by her at
Mecklenburg House. the fine old man
sion which she used to occupy when in
London, at Buckingham Gate, close to
the palace. Ever since she was child
Queen Mary had been the especial pet
of her aunt. with whom, in her young
er days, she spent many happy hours
Up to the time of King Edwards
death the grand duchess kept up
regular correspondence with him and
with several other crowned heads, in
cluding the kaiser and the Emperor of
Austria. and her collection of letters
from royal personages of one degree
and another is one of the most re-
| markable that ever has been got to-
gether. For many years past, too. her
royal highness has collected consid-
cradle mass of material regarding the
inner history of the royal houses with
which she is connected either by de-
scent or marriage.
1t always has been understood that
at her death these papers are to pass
| into the possession of Queen Mary, and
determine how far thew shall be made
public. The grand duchess also pos
sesses a wonderful collection of mini
atures, painted on ivory. of members
OF the royal houses of Europe, and it
mas been understood that these, too.
would likewise become eventually the
| property Of Queen Mary. Now, how
ever. one is not so sure
Evening star., 1914-10-10
An Indian Red Riding Hood.
rom the Wide World Magazine.

rrom the Wide World Magazine,
A Labrador missionary told me a Gu
rious story which occurred on the La
brador coast some years ago. One night
the little daughter of certain brave was
missing. and. on discovering the child S
tracks in the snow. a party Of squaws set
out to look for her. What was their
alarm when. a little way from the camp,
they found that the footprints of a great
gray wolf accompanied those of the child.
The brute did not appear to have harmed
her, but had apparently frisked along
ahead. enticing the child farther and far
ther away from camp. In all probability
the child mistook it for dog and fol-
lowed readily. though the superstitious
Indians. Of course, believed that the
brute had exercised some devilish in
f1uence over her. Darkness was creeping
on. and. though much afraid, the squaws
continued to follow the tracks of the wolf
and the child. Night found them far
from home. when what was their horror
to find that they themselves had been de-
ceived. and were now surrounded by
wolves! Only one squaw survived the
night of horror that ensued, to return
next morning to bear tidings OF the ca
lamity. to camp.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The idle brain is advance agent for .
busy tongue.
Usually a man is what he suspects
others of being.
Confession of weakness is the begin.
ing of strength.
A genuine skeptic has lost all faith
of himself.
The right side of politics is the in-
side.
Love is blind: therefore it fails to
see the danger signals.
II a man has a nagging wife. he
knows all about silence that Is golden.
rich girl must be awfully homely
IL a young man would rather work
than wed her.
Perhaps the young widow wants to
marry again SO that she can be dis
appointed in another.
When a man gets what is coming to
him he nearly always has to pay the
transportation charges.
AS long as a man is able to keep out
of Jail he thinks no other chap has
on him in the way Of good.
ness. :,
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BOOKS RECEIVED. !. !,

AMERICA and Other Poems. By W. J.
Dawson. author of The Vision of
Souls" etc. New York: John Lane
Company
EVERYBODY, and Other Plays for
Children. By Isabel Anderson IL
Illustrated by Junius Cravens. New
York: The Shakespeare Press
NAISE; and Other stories for Chill
dren. By T. Brailsford Robertson.
Illustrated by X. Clausen. New
York: John Lane Company.
OPEN WATER. BY Arthur Stringer.
author Of The Woman in the
Rain" etc. New York: John Lane
Company.
CRITICISM. By W. c. Brownell. New
York: Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: Brentanos.
THE POLITICAL AND SECTIONAL
INFLUENCE OF THE PUBLIC
LANDS, Is2s-1s42. BY Raynor G.
Wellington. A. NJ. assistant pro-
fessor Of history in the University
of South Dakota. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company.
THE WILLIAM J. LOCKE CALENDAR.
Compiled by Emma M. Pope. New
York: John Lane Company.
ON ACTING. By Brander Matthews,
professor of dramatic literature In
Columbia University. etc. New
York: Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: Brentano's.
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR IN
TERNATIONAL REPORT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COM
MISSION; To Inquire Into the
Causes and Conduct of the Balkan
Wars. Washington: Published by
the Endowment.
| THE SAD SHEPHERD, A Christmas
story. By Henry Van Dyke. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: Brentano's.
| THE DONS OF THE OLD PUEBLO. By
Percival ]. Cooney. Chicago: Rand,
McNally & Co.
Poems. By Corrine Roosevelt Rob
Brotherhood" New York: Charles
ward & Lothrop.
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF s. WEIR
MITCHELL. M. D., LID, Harvard
and Edinburgh. New York: The
Century Company.
POEMS. BY Edward Sanford Martin.
author of In New Century," etc.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: Brentanos.
TWICE-BORN MEN IN AMERICA, or,
The Psychology of Conversion as
Seen by a Christian PsychOlogist in
Rescue Mission Work. By Harriet
| Earhart Monroe. author of His
| torical Lutherism," etc. Philadel-
phia: Lutheran Publication Society.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
Reddy Fox Has a BAD Dream.

1t was a long time since Reddy Fox
had been near Farmer Browns hen
yard. Very wisely he had been con-
tent to hunt for his living on the
Green Meadows and in the Green For
est. So it was also a long time since
he had heard the voice OF Bowser the
Hound on his trail. Once in while
he would hear Bowser barking far
away in Farmer Browns dooryard, but
otherwise he would hardly know that
bowser was still alive. Reddy had had
good living all summer and now he was
fat and lazy. He was in no condition
for a hard run and he had no desire
for one.
This particular morning Reddy was
very sleepy. He had been out all
night, his stomach was full, the rays
of jolly, round, red Mr.. Sun were warm
and comforting, and he could think Of
nothing SO good as a nap on his special
sunning-bank. So he curled up there
and without a single uneasy thought
he dropped off to sleep. After little
very pleasant dream. An endless pro-
cession Of mice and chickens and ducks
and grouse were marching before him.
and they were all for him to the very
last one. All he had to do was to help
himself He was trying to decide
whether he would begin his dinner
with a fat mouse and follow this with
a plump chicken, or begin with a chick
en- and top of with a mouse, when he
heard faint sound and stopped to
listen while the ducks and the chickens
and the mice and the grouse continued
to march past.
All this was a dream, you know. and
to Reddy very pleasant dream, until
that faint sound began to grow louder
and louder. And, as the sound grew
louder, the chickens and ducks and the
mice and the grouse seemed to fade
away. At last not one was left and
hds ears rang with a great roaring,
which filled him with great fear. His
beautiful dream was becoming bad
one. He wanted to run away, but
somehow he couldn't. All the time
that terrible roaring came nearer and
nearer. He gave frightened little
yelp, and then-why. then his eyes flew
wide open! He was right on his pri-
yate summing bank. The rays of jolly,
round, bright Mr.. Sun were pouring
down on him. the blue. blue sky was
over him, and all was as it should be
except one thing-that dreadful roar
ing seemed to have come out of his
dream with him.
For just minute Reddy Fox couldn't
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band also. Of the Adonis order. Human
and lovable as these two are, their
parts, however, are hopelessly minor
ones. The end of their being is to fur
nish Bambi the best possible chance
with herself. That she embraces these
opportunities Is made quite clear from
the very outset Of this beautiful ad-
venture. Along its middle. everyday
levels the story runs with Bambi's su-
pervision of the heavenly twins" as
she audaciously calls her father, the
professor. and Jarvis Jocelyn, her hus-
band. In it's strenuous movement it
eddies around the clever and artful ef-
forts Of Bambi to help Jarvis Jocelyn
achieve himself as poet and play writer
out of the amazing envelopes Of ego
! tism in which he is swathed. In the
between whites of this exacting job
Bambi herself is secretly writing very
acceptable stories. The climax Of the
matter turns at the dangerous point.
where the public recognition of Bambi
Is heartier and more far-reaching than
that accorded to her husband. But
again the girl rescues Jarvis from his
own hurt pride and the delicious story
ends in the glow that radiates from
the altogether charming Bambi.
LIVE AND LEARN. BY Washington
GLADDEN.. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
The body of this volume is made up
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%N the rotunda of the National Mu-
scum has lately been placed fine
plaster cast of the equestrian
statue of Lafayette by Paul Bart
lett. which in July, 1900. was pre-
sented to the French nation by the
school children of the United States and
erected on one of the most coveted sites
In the city of Paris, the Place de Car
rousel. in the court of the Tuileries.
This cast is the gift of the sculptor.
and marks what is hoped will be the
beginning of a notable national collec-
ton of sculptural works by cotempo-
rary artists. In many respects it is one
of the most distinguished equestrian
statues of modern times. 1t has been
described by the sculptor as follows:
LAFAYETTE is represented in the
statue as a fact and a symbol. offering
his sword and services to the American
colonists in the cause of liberty. He is
shown sitting firmly on his horse, which
he holds vigorously. He is attired in the
rich embroidered costume of a noble
officer His Flemish steed is represented
with its name knotted and tail dressed
in the style of the time. Lafayette 8
youthful face is turned toward the west,
his sheathed sword being Slightly up
lifted and delicately offered. He appears
as the emblem of the aristocratic and
enthusiastic sympathy shown by France
to our forefathers. His youth, his dis
tinction, his noble bearing, the richness
of his costume and of the trappings of
his horse-everything serves to em-
phasize the difference Of his race and his
education. An equestrian statue of La
fayette Is appropriate. for. after land
ing in South Carolina, he rode from
Charleston to Philadelphia on horseback
and there offered his services to Con-
gress.''
An interesting account of the condi-
tions and circumstances under which
this statue was modelled Is given by
one of Mr.. Bartlett's fellow sculptors,
dorado Taft, in his authoritative His
tory of American Sculpture" He says
I'm a secluded studio at st. Leu, a
village some fifteen miles to the north
of Paris. Mr.. Bartlett lived almost a
hermits life throughout the winter OF
1890. working upon the model of this
statue like a day 1aborer from early
dawn until the light failed at sunset
Here he studied his favorite horse. q
beautiful creature; here he developed
his idea of the young Lafayette and
familiarized himself with all the elabo-
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and pointed in it's issues. And these
qualities are the ones that stamp the
character of this study and enhance its
value for the use Of American readers.
This is the history of the United States.
on its political side alone, from colonial
days to the present. 1t is history that
turns upon the political situation in
every period Of the advance of the coun-
try toward nationalism 1t traces the de-
velopment of political parties from their
inconspicuous rise in political exigency
to their present widely diffused actfvi-
ties and powers as the medium by which
government seats itself and conducts its
manifold operations. With no chance for
originality in this particular field the
study distinguishes itself by its fine or
ganization of facts. and by a concrete
handling of the subject in it's direct bear
ing upon every aspect Of party govern
ment in the United States.
BAMBI. By Marjorie Benton Cooke,
author of ''Dr. David" etc. Illus
trated by Mary Greene Blumen-
schein. New York: Doubleday
Page & Co. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
Bambi is as captivating a little lady
as ever danced through a delightful
comedy in the role of heroine. AS a
matter of fact. Bambi is the whole en-
gaging show. To be sure. Bronson
Alcott type of father exists, and a hus-
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Der, will be on Painting" and is to
be. given. by Christian Brinton, an art
critic of distinction. The third. in
and is to be given by Prof. Hamlin of
Columbia University. who has previ-
ousiy %ls lectured in this city before the
, New and on "Old World Gardens
This will be followed in February by
lecture on the Dance" by Troy
with his wife Of recently published
book. and in March by lecture on
Dress" by distinguished English
eerse will, The \. final lecture in the ,s
to be given by Joseph Linden Smith,
who took SO prominent part in get
ting up, and arranging the great
Of these lectures will be illustrated
the first two and last two by stereop-
ticon slides. the one on the Dance"
by large drawings and sketches made
and the one on Dress" by living
models-young men and women wear
ing the exact reproductions of old and
modern costumes.
| those who register at the Offices of the
society on and after October Is, pay
| ing the customary fee. will be on The
Decorative Arts" and is to be given by
L
New York School Of Fine and Applied
Art. well known teacher and lecturer
and authority on decoration. This pro-
gram is as follows: First lecture, No
vember 10. Historic Decorative Art
Periods and Their Relation to Our
Modern Life" Second lecture. Decem-
Der s., THE Italian Decorative Styles
and Their Influence on all Subsequent
Art Periods" Third lecture, January
IL, THE Italian Renaissance in France
Under Francis I, Henry II and III and
Louis XIV, and Their Use and Abuse in
Modern Life" Fourth lecture. Febru-
ary .. THE Periods of Louis XIV, XVI
and the Empire as They May Effective
ly Be Used Now" Fifth lecture, March
9. The English Renaissance Under
Henry VIII. Elizabeth and the Stuart
Kings. With Their American Adapta-
tions.' Sixth lecture. April 13, THE
Georgian and Coleman Periods and
Our Present Day Problem"
Each lecture will be illustrated both
by stereopticon slides and by mate
rials. and will not only give facts es-
sential to knowledge of the growth
and development of these styles, but
will seek to show principles and make
| application to modern problems in the
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, October 1, 1914.
TUROPES oldest royal woman.
r.. Queen Mary's aunt. the Grand
Duchess Augusta Caroline of
Mecklenburg-Strelit may have to
economize bit from now on. the Brit
ish government having just Cancelled
the pension of $4,000 year which. al
member of the English royal family
the grand duchess has drawn from the
British exchequer for exactly seventy
one years.
This action on the part Of the gov
ernment, which was announced by the
chancellor of the exchequer in the
house of commons this week, has been
taken under the trading with the en-
emy emergency act, which forbids pay
ments to a person living in the country
of the enemy. Its moral effect on the
wonderful old grand duchess. who. at
ninety-two. is still surprisingly brisk,
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SPORTING BARONET
LOSES his SON i'm BATTLE.

challenge to meet any member of the
National Sporting League in the ring.
The pugnacious baronet Immediately
accepted the challenge, which was
quickly dropped by the labor leader.
Sir Claude then challenged Lord Ions
dale. as the other Oldest supporter of
the noble art. But the latter evidently
knew the stamina of his challenger too
well, and he, too, refused.
Once. while Sir Claude was shooting
big game in Florida, night came upon
him and he wandered into a swamp. He
had only half a dozen matches with
him; the first two went out, and he
was left to find the trail with four
matches. 1t was only with the last
that he found it and got back to camp.
While at Bermuda he dived in among
some sharks "to amuse some friends"
Once he has been in the coils of 2
python. At the age of sixty-seven he
crossed the desert of Kalahari. AT
rica's death valley" over which no