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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
LITERARY PERSONALITIES
Lady Constance Lytton. Author Of prisons
and Prisoners"


and Prisoners"
In Prisons and Prisoners" Lady Con-
stance Lytton gives an inside and personal
view OF the suffrage question in England.
She begins with a picture OF her home life,
a typical resume of the orderly existence
OF an unmarried English gentlewomen. Each
day Is round OF. quiet pleasures books, a
garden and the care Of few pets. Some
times abe admits there reached her the
cry OF the needy. and she would wonder
how It Jared with the less fortunate with
out,
One day she met Mrs. Pethick Lawrence.
Here was sphere OF life In which her
ergies might really count For month
she deliberated with her courage. Then she
offered herself for the next deputation. Fear
fu OF the effect OF her decision on her
family, she kept It to herself. and when
the time came stole quietly on like a run
away schoolgirl.
Think OF the spirit OF this woman, for
many years almost invalid. cunning
counter to every tradition OF her family
facing Black Maria" the degradation Of
a police court trial and the harsh mercies
II the prison system!
When she found that her rank protected
her while In prison she Invented Jane War
ton, spinster.
She gives this Interesting account Of
James birth:
u
different people recommended me to shop
called Lewis's. A sale was on there, and
Jane found that II was the very place for
her. So many lane Wartons were OF the
same mind that the street was blocked with
customers for some distance down, but
was obliged to wait, for no other shop was
Of the same description. The hat was a
special difficulty, every article Of millinery
was Of the fashionable order, warranted to
cover half the body well the head.
This did not suit Jane. Finally she sue
| oeedod In getting the right one OF stitched
| cloth, with plat Of cloth round the crown.
| Before leaving Manchester / realized that
| my ugly dlsguise success. was an
| object Of great derision to street boys and
| shop girls could hardly keep their coun-
| tenAnccs white serving me"
| And Jane was bowling success, She
! got all that was coming to her, forcible
/ feeding, the prison bath, the prison iso!a
| tlun with IT. attendant feeling Of absolute
| loneliness And II Lady Constance Lytton
/ Is to-day stricken with paralysis It is prob
| ably on account Of James heroic endurance
Prisons and Prisoners Is the sunragett
| prison adventures OF Lady Constance Lyt
ton Jane Warton, spinster
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shot him and was now struggling to
free himself from the grasp OF the de-
tectives spat upon his upturned face
and kicked his tarbush off his head. 1t
was his last effort; while he was in
sulting the wounded man he felt his
hands caught and his wrists forced into
handouts" Girgis died in the hospital
In Cairo. He was a very handsome
man. The story speaks of his splendid
eyes and the glitter OF his perfect teeth.
Stella was not in love with her cousin.
but at her first sight of him she
thought she had never seen any living
creature quite so beautiful or so nearly
perfect in figure and feature" He was
one Of that curious and persistent race
in Egypt. the Copts.
Stella replied eloquently and with
abundant spirit to Vernon's angry re-
proaches. II am a Syrian" she said.
II belong to a race which taught the
Egyptians a higher civilization thou
sands Of years before you and your ISL
and barbarians were discovered to the
world" But Vernon's British mind was
tightly closed to any Syrian or Egyp-
tian point Of view. Michael Ireton was
different. He was Intellectual. a scholar
He know history and archaeology. SO
did Stella. The two were sympathetic
They could converse. Good Lord.
Who was Amon-Ra?" said Vernon. II
was we'll that Michael Ireton should
have replaced Vernon in the though,
and the heart of Stella.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
Will Lexington Comfort, Author Of
"Midstream," in His Detroit Garden.

IT HE new book by VIII Lexington
Comfort called "Mdstream'' Is
such as to cause bewlderment at
first II reads like a novel. but 1t Is
written in biographical form; yet surely
no one would reveal himself in such
light. 1t is likely to create "A lot OF
discussion. as is any book which goes
unusually deep into human experience
And II Is likely to provoke complaint as
to whether a man has n right 10 picture
and analyze his own ignoble shame.
weakness. pettiness. lying, drunkenness.
descents into depths, and resultant spir-
itual conflicts whether a man has a
right to make capital out of such ex-
perience
This likely complaint was put to Mr..
Comfort the other day when he came to
town to see his publishers. He Is a short
plain faced. plainly dressed man whose
face betrays that his life has been hard
one. When he talks in his quiet. re-
pressed manner the listener cannot doubt
his sincerity.
Complaint certainly would be justi-
fable II the writer's motive were that,
to make capital out OF himself" he said.
But II you've read the book l don't
think you'll accuse me Of that motive
had to go on the cross to write that
book. But the story had to be written.
1t was the big story l had to write For
years II lay in my mind the horrors this
boy went through. his shame, his self
deceit, his recurrent downfalls. the croco-
die drink brought him for a bedfellow
his struggles and his climb out and UP.
The story was there; but. at first, It was
to be put on the shoulders OF another
man. In a novel you can easily load
yourself on TO a fellow named Jones or
Smith.
Then II was forcibly put up TO me that
IL this book was going to be really worth
while, to he what IL set out to be. Ia
live up 10 It's only excuse for being then
| would have to let go OF all self-deceit
| look frankly from detached viewpoint al
man named Comfort instead OF a man
named Jones and picture frankly what
saw that Comfort to have been.
That's why ] wrote the book In the
form II IL in. The motive and its ex-
! preston may transcend art. I'm not con-
cerned with art. as IL Is understood; we
are not here TO be artists, but men.
| mans character is the hill rock We
! build character by being true TO our.
selves. by ceasing to lie about ourselves
The constructive and enduring quality Of
a mans work depends upon his character
/ a mans business IL TO express himself"
/ So that is the authors explanation OF
! why he wrote his unusual book. He Is
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during the Boer war times. may be accepted
as a reliable one.
From Africa Mr.. Gardiner went 70 India
TO Switzerland. Italy and ultimately to the
United States
1t was In 1908 that Mr.. Gardiner entered
the Agricultural Department OF the Ameri
can Beet Sugar Company In California
This position he soon resigned in favor OF a
trip to Alaska. British Columbia and the
Slerras. In 1905, however. he was back
again In California, where with the late W.
Bayard Cutting he edited newspaper
called the Gjdi That same year he sailed
for Central America and Panama and upon
his return In the summer OF 1905 he entered
Harvard University Summer School as q
student OF English composition While at
Harvard he delivered series OF lectures on
English literature and tho tropics. subse.
quent affairs took him back to England
and later on TO Switzerland. Greece. Egypt
and Italy. where. at Florence. most OF THE
Reconnaissance was written
Mr. Gardiner does not attempt to conceal
the fact that The Reconnaissance" Is q
nrst story.
Il had neither written nor tried to write
anything until went to California and took
up the editorship OF the GjaL" Mr., Gardiner
is reported to have said on one occasion
when he was In a retrospective mood, land
with the exception OF article on the
siege Of Kimberley, published In, 1906 II
| the Century Magazine, nothing since except
| The Reconnaissance
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hobby for recruiting Roy Scouts. Col. Bar
clay is now business man. but was for
many years In the army. and Is keenly In
terested IN sports OF all kinds,
Mrs Barclay writes OF the people about
her Her stories are full OF the delightful
atmosphere Of English home life. 1t is said
that the picture OF the home with its beau
tiful surrounding garden given in East OF
the Shadows'' Is drawn faithfully from Es-
sender Old Rectory. Writing for her Is
neither n profession nor n self-imposed task,
It Is a never wearying amusement. In the
quiet hours OF the night when the brothers
and sisters are keeping their tryst with the
sandman Mrs Barclay foregathers with her
fiction folk and the story spins apace. But
in the rewriting no time Is stinted. Trevor
Lordship" was three years in the doing.
Like many English women, Mrs Barclays
talents are versatile. Many landscapes In
her study account for happy hours at the
easel with her paints.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
Pen Portrait Of Antonin Dusserre, Author
Of jean and Louise"

BY Marguerite Andoux, Author of Marie
Claire"
When Antonin Dussetre author OF "Jesn
and Louise" returns to the village with
his wagons of hay. which roll down IN.
hillsides swaying in the ruts he walk, in
front Of two big, red, peaceful oxen. whose
iron clad feet clatter gently on the pebbIv
roads He is as taciturn as his oxen are
and when he wants them to move a little
less slowly he turns round to them ana in
stead Of speaking touches them xen,Iv w,,h
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
AT ALL BOOKSTORE
JOHN LANE CO., NEW YORK

he rests In front OF his long, low house, the
roof Of which rises sharply The house ID
more than hundred years old. He seats
himself on one OF the tree trunks which are
cut down every season for use as fuel In
winter He remains there for long time
with his elbows on his knees and his hands
stopping his ears, as though he wished ID
listen only to voices known TO him alone
Nothing disturbs him from this position
which seems to keep him at distance from
everybody. lie does not move as the chill
dren run round and about him shouting
as they chase each other. He takes nc
notice OF the noisy chatter Of his neighbors
and when he goes into his house to sleer
everybody else In tho village has been IL
bed for hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
Gordon Gardiner, Author OF THE Recon,
Nuisance"

Gordon Gardiner Is Scotchman the son
OF the Rev. Thomas Gardiner Of old Aber-
deem. variety and wealth Of experience
have been crowded into his thirty odd years,
Beginning at the age OF 81, when he Sailed
for Sulth Africa to enter the Cape Gov
ernW"ut service, business and wanderust
have taken him into many countries and
among many races Of peoples.
10 his residence In Africa may he attrib-
uted the reality OF those portions OF The
Reconnaissance" Witch deal with the veldt
and with the old days of tho famous mill
tury police force, The picture which he
presents, drawn from his own experiences
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
FIRST WORD

nv certain planet once upon a time.
" dreh man and a roman. Both
uere dhre. both rere human. One day,
IN the strange. ridc path Of Chance. they
came face 10 face and looked into each
Others eyes. After that. for a long time.
they uere seldom in the same neiohbor-
hood and. besides. the hard hands OF
Conrentionaiitv and uhat is called Lar
built high fences between them. frequently
rendering necessary some means OF COM
municdton other than speech. What
the man urote 10 the uoman IL in this
book, What the roman prote to the man
is not in this book Not all things that
happen are set donn. II is better so.
From Richard Wightman's
The Things He Wrote to Her"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
Mrs. Hubert Barclay, Author of Fast OF tn,
shadows"

Mrs. Hubert Barclay Is another woman
who. has shown herself capable OF carrying
on two careers and carrying them with
lishthearted efficiency. There were three
young giants and a wee girl In the old
fashioned English home Essendon Old Rec
tory TO testify to her ability In home
making, and there Is Trevor Lordship,"
"a Dream of Blue Roses" and very recently
East OF the shadows tDoran) to assure
her a place among writers of to-day.
Although born In India on an army sta
ton. Mrs Barclay has lived almost entirely
in England. She has an Enslishwoman :
love OF the opera and spends mucn Of her
time motoring and sharing her husbands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23

know It my pen has run away to the East
1t is my dreadful love for color. I suppose
and the flood and wash OF It that browns
the other side OF the globe. The silence and
the patience and the direct and sincere ex-
preston that mark the East-these things
are not to be withstood. Not the superficial
or modern East OF imitation. but the beauty
and honesty OF their early cropping speech -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23

BACK NUMBERS OF ALL AMERICAN
and foreign periodicals supplied by UESSs
GERARD, IS Nassau st.. New York Shy'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23

BoOKS-An out OF print books supplied no
matter on what subject: write me stating BOOKS
wanted: can get You any book ever pnblishedi
when In England call and Inspect my stook O.
SHOP. John Bright st.. Birmingham. England.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-16
RARE TREAT

The thestre-going and sport-Ioving
people of Northfork are TO be given a
rare treat tomorrow Saturday night at
the opera house there. when Steve La
monetin, the terrible Greek, and Prof
Schulz, the c"nqueror of the German
navy, will meet in wrestling bout for
supremacy.
n. = Bukne, Of the Mcdowell Times
office, who was former trainer and sec
ond to prize fighters and wrestlers, says
of his Greek athletic friend: Steve
Lamonetin is one Of the finest specimen
OF humanity who ever stepped upon a
mat Stands feet, inch in his sock
feet and weighs about 2O5 pounds when
stripped for action. have seen him in
several matches, and have never seen
him lose one, and in one Of these match
e. ] served in his corner. He il a. quick
a. a cat, and can run a hundred yards in
10 seconds Hat, which is stepping some
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-16
Berwind Briefs

Work on this operation is not as brief
at present As it las been. From three to
four days Is the limit OF time to he made
by miners.
Mrs Wyley Brice who has been away
in Ohio for six weeks visiting friends and
relatives az the old homestead, Oxford.
returned Thursday, Oct. sth. Her many
friends regret to know that her trip was
greatly marred for pleasure on account
OF her having taken sick while away
Everybody Was glad to see her return.
The Democrats held a political meet
ing Thursday night in the interest Of
George /. Neai-but the crowd was small
and the interest was very frieid.
The school work under Prof. ]. b.
Williams is progressing nicely; he has a
large attendance. lie has as his assist
ant, Miss Virginia Lincoln.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-16

for big fellow.
Mr. Lamonetin has every right to the
championship Of Europe for ne has
put the kibr~h on them all over there.
y 10 not know his opponent, Prof.
Schnlz. personally; hut his reputation j.
gf"d, and his rrcord clean. which in
sure~ thr Fr,oi'lc = square, manly struggle
on tomorrow night
h"re o. bc allie u persuade them
~ come % keystone 80 tie people here
can - real championship wrestling
match between two well traine a giants. -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-16

Outing

Quite jolly party left Key
stone on No. : Sunday for Coal
dale where they spent q very
pleasant day the guests of Mr..
and Mrs George Webster who
owns a beautiful home on top of
the mountain. The home 10 beau
tifuliy situated and commands q
view of the entire surrounding
country. Around the house is q
fine apple orchard. every tree
laden with the finest of fruit
which the guests ate without
scruples. At 2 p. N. q sump
tuous rustic dinner was served.
every edible served beng raised
by the hostess upon their farm
and the party Toasted to their
hearts content. In fact a special
com mittee had TO be appointed
to assist one of the young ladies'
from the table. The guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. William James.
Mrs. Annie Abbott, Misses @. L
Sinkford. Clara Abbott, Mary
Robinson, Rosa b. Bridgeford,
Messrs. Bryant. Clarkson, Car
ter and Caliver. Mr.. John Fl.
Craggett was in charge of the
party and all expressed them
selves as having spent a pleasant
day.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-16
Notice to Take Dispositions.

Kate Kessler
Julius Kessler.
To Julius Kessler:
Take notice that on Nov ?, 1914,
at the Law Offices of s. b. Moon, in
the town of Wilcoe, Nc Do well
county. W. Va, between the hours Of .
O'Clock O. m and O'Clock p. m. Of that
day, shall proceed to take the deposi-
tons Of myself and others to be read a.
evidence in my behalf, in a certain suit
m'equity, depending in the Circuit Court
Of Mcdowell county, wherein am plain
tiff and you are defendant; and if from
any cause the taking of the said deoo-
sitions be not commenced, OF, il COM
menced, be not concluded, on that day,
the taking thereof will be adjourned from
time TO time, at the same place and be-
tween the same hours until the same shall
be completed.
Kate kessler.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-16
Application For Pistol Licenses

Nptice y hereby given that We, the IN
'iersignevi, will make application, after
due notice, - the Judre II the Circuit
Cont 81 Mcdowell county for license
% carry rcvOlve according ~ Iae.
William Howard, J. r.
Northfork, w. Va.
J. 9. Simms Special
Oct .. 10.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16

DR.. Cora Smith King is treasurer
and active worker of the National
Council of Women, which was organ
lied at Tacoma, Wash, in 1911.
It's purpose is to keep banded to-
gether the suffrage states for the pur-
pose of furthering the spread of the
doctrine Of equal rights.
Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe of Ia
coma is the president.
DR.. King, from her vantage ground
in Washington, is able to do large
share of the work of the organiza-
ton.
Geranium pink silk is faVorite
trimming for white crepe de chine
blouses.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16

Margaret Anglin has concluded an
arrangement with the University of
California, whereby she will present
at the Greek Theater, during the
Panama-Pacific Exposition, one or
more revivals of the Greek classics on
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-12-04
SALTS IF BACkACHY
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Drink lots Of water and stop eating
meat for while if your Bladder
troubles you.

When you wake up with baCkaChe
and dull misery III the kidney region
it generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says well-knOWn
authority. Meat forms uric acid
which overworks the kidneys in their
effort to filter it from the blood and
they become sort of paralyzed and log
gy. When your kidneys get sluggist
and clog you must relieve them, like
you relieve your bowels: removing all
the body's urinous waste, else you
have baCkache, sick headache. dizzy
spells; your stomach SOurs tongue is
coated, and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine is cloudy full Of sediment, chan
nels often get sore, water scalds and
you are Obliged to seek relief two or
three times during the night.
Either consult a good, relia bic ply
sician at once or get from your phar-
maCist about four ounces of Jad Salts:
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irri-
tates. thus ending bladder weakness
.Iad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, can
not injure, and makes a delightful. eff
fervescent lithia-Water drink.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-12-04
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-12-04
CANDIDATES SPENT
$4,000 IN CONTEST
FOR COUNTY JOBS

Approximately $500 was spent in
November elections to elect lao
officers of the county and townships.
Only few candidates have failed
to file expense accounts. These men
ran for minor officers such as town
ship advisory board, road supervisors
and county council where no money
is usually spent.
There were 45O candidates for office
on all the tickets. About 400 have
filed expense accounts. More than
two-thirds Of the expense accounts
show nothing spent or small amounts
less than 50,
OF the candidates who campalgned
for their offices, most of them spent
between $25 and $50. number be-
tween SIS and 500 and few above
800. Three candidates spent more
than $500.
G. O. p. Spends Little.
The Republicans expended less
money than the other two parties.
The Democrats came second and the
expenditures.
Prosecutor Keller said today that no
action would be taken against candi-
dates who have failed to file expense
accounts unless it is found that they
nave done so with knowledge of the
law and had some reason for with
holding their accounts. The delin
quents will be notified and asked tC
comply with the statute.
The $1,000 spent on the election rep
resents the expenditures Of individual
candidates and of the central com
mittees OF all parties Some OF the
candidates listed their donations tC
their party thus making it impossible
to secure accurate figures. The cost
of the election to the county is not
included.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1914-12-04
Who Wants To Adopt Child
Bright Girl Hunts New Home

her has been rapidly failing until her
health is so bad that she can not care
for the child. She told Mrs. Gambler,
secretary of the board of children's s
guardians, that she would have to give
the child to another family.
Mrs. Gambler is now looking for a
good family in which to place the
child. BY good family" Mrs. Gambler
says wealth is not taken into consider
alton. The family must be one where
cleanliness and good home conditions
prevail. The applicant must be in
terested in educating the girl and rear
ing her as their own child.
"If the girl is sent into another fam
lily, know it will be a good one," Mrs
Gambler said. Il will not permit any
thing else, and I know the woman
who is keeping her now will be very
exacting.