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Her First Novel

Lewes himself had tried every form or literature, besides acting Shylock. One day. after returning from the continent with George Eliot, an idea struck him. My dear" he said, "I think you could write a capital story" Some time after that, he was going out to dinner-party, when she said: T won't go out this evening, and when you come in don't disturb me- I shall be very busy" That was the begin ming of Scenes of Clerical Life''
 Adam Bede" was written in 1s57 She began ''The Mill on the Floss" in 1858. "Silas Marner'' was written in 1860 and 1861. Late in that year she started "Romola," finished ia 1883 Felix Holt'' followed in 1865 and 1866. "Midd1emarch" filled up the years from 1869 to 1872. In 1875 she was at work on Daniel Deronda," the last of her great novels George Henry Lewes died in 1878. She wrote no more.
 Perhaps George Eliot seems a bit old-fashioned nowadays. But the great French critic Ferdinand Brunetiere called her the founder of naturalism in English literature. And Henry James thought ."Romola" on the whole the finest thing she wrote. Now it is precisely the people who pretend 10 admire Henry James. who pretend
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to despise "Romola." It is a literary snobbishness on a par with that which turns up it's nose at Dickens, accuses Thackeray of preaching, and consid- CTS Sir Walter Scott as a landscape gardener.
 A phren nologist-Lewes believed in phrenology. and even introduced it into his history of phnosophy-once pointed out the striking similarity of shape between George Eliot's head and that of Savonarola, the real hero of her "Romola." The similarity was not merely external nor accidental She had something of the great friar's ethical fervor. But she also had his plainness of visage. One could almost have applied to her what she once said of a very plain acquaint- ance: f'He has the most dreadful kind of ugliness one can be afflicted with. because it takes on the semblance of beauty"
 Her Marriage
 Even so her serious intellectual bent took on an aspect of ethical idealism- She is the novelist of the conscience. Her nearest relative in the literary world is Nathaniel Hawthorne. As he
 was. essentially Catholic. so she was
 essentially as Methodist as Dinah
 Morris. It was one of the ironies of her life that she should produce the
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[ ] GeorSe Eliot One Hundred Years After1/

most moral of books while offering open defiance to the most rigorous of social laws. And this irony was crowned by another. in the last year of her life; when she married John Walter Cross, with due rite and cere- mony, after the death of Lewes, she was criticised more for this than for her previous action.
 She was married to Cross in May of 1880, and she died in December of the same year. During the years that have passed since. nearly forty. her fame has not grown higher. but it has undoubtedly rooted deeper.
 4 Good Housewife
 With all her learning and all her philosophy. she was very human per son and an admirable housewife. Laurence Hutton used to possess a letter from the historian John Fiske. telling of visit to the home of the Leweses, in St. Johns Wood. London. where he found the famous novelist sitting on the floor. with hammer in hand and a mouthful of tacks. putting down the dining-room carpet. Fiske had a long talk with her. and after ward wrote that he "could see no reason in the world why she shouldn't have her photograph circulated about. She isn't a blooming beauty. but she is not particularly homely-" Since according to Douglas Jerrold, Lewes was the ugliest man in London, she may have seemed beautiful by con trast
 Perhaps her greatest handicap as a novelist was her profound knowl- edge of many abstruse things. She could dispute about molecules with Tennyson, but a friend of many years once declared that she had never been heard to make a humorous remark How she could have created Mrs. Poy- ser, in her way as amusing as Pick wick himself. is a profound mystery But equally unfathomable was her capacity to understand and unravel such superficial souls as Hetty Sorrel and Rosamond Whey. Perhaps it was done by inversion of her own personal ity. That personality was composite of many precious qualities-end in this centennial year her own lines of poetry, inscribed on her gravestone in Highgate Cemetery, fit few other writers so well:
 90 may join the choir invisible or those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their pres crce: live
 Tn pulses stirred to generosity,
 Tn deeds of daring rectitude. in scorn For miserable aims that end with self In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
 And with their mild persistence urge mans search
 To vaster issues.''
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able block. and tackle was not able to stand the strain and the giant sunfish had to be placed on truck and pulled by the aid of number of men who used ropes and pulleys. It was found to weigh 2,O0O pounds and is the record catch of the season.
 Then, too, fishing there is so easy, if one cares to make it so as boats can be hired and the captain will take entire charge of the sport. He will row you to a spot known as good fish ing grounds. bait your hook and give instructions as to how to get the fish to bite. assist in the pulling in and Frequently the anglers have their mainland.
 Glass Bottom Boats
 Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the island is the clearness of the water which surrounds 1t as one can see to the marine gardens on the bot tom although the depth may be as much as 60 feet. Glass bottom boats have been provided for this and sitting in a comfortable boat one may look down through this heavy glass at the gorgeous undersea gardens with their wonderful tropical colors, their wierd- ly beautiful forms of sea fife. the gold. blue and green fishes swimming in and out of the huge bushes. of kelh and other sea weed and see the shells and pebbles on the bottom. On one of the boats is a diver who will go overheard and pick up any shell the visitor may reouest-usually one of
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is drawn from herself, as Dickens in David Copperfeld," and Thackeray in "Pendennis.'' A shy child. an omni- vorous reader, always despairing of her ability to accomplish anything, the greatest marvel of her career was that she did accomplish something. After the appearance of each one of her suc- cessive novels. she was haunted by the horrible fear that she would never be able to write another.
 Before her twenty-frst year, she had read bales of theological disputa- tions and planned a "Chart of Eccles- iastica1 History" But about her twenty-frst year, her father moved from Griff House, near Nun eaton, to Foleshill Road, Coventry. and her con- science got into a snarl, Marian Evans got into arguments, for there were some skeptics and Unitarians at Gov
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blue as the Mediterranean and under skies as soft as those which cover that water and amid scenes which sum up all the glories of golden California, it's towering mountains. wooded can yons and undulating shore line.
 Attractions For Everyone
 Santa Catalina to please the pleasure seeker. For the people who prefer to be away from the crowd there is splendid hotel with golf links. swim ming pools and a stable of excellent riding horses and autos to travel about the island.
 For the large majority there is swimming and fishing and even aero- blaming for a young aviator has a machine on the beach and sells rides for the sum of $10 per trip and does a thriving business. The lover of hik- ing will find many beautiful walks in the mountains where interesting dis coveries sometime come to the most venturesone There are miles and miles of pleasant well-kept highways which invite the pleasure seeker who likes automobiling, and whether you spend day CT month on the island there is always something to do and something to please the taste of all kinds and conditions of travellers.
 Famous Fishing Grounds
 Much of the charm of the island is in the marine life found there for 1t IS the home of the flying fish a dcli- cate little fish with gossamer-lilSe wings which flies about the water and is used for bait when the traveller goes out to catch the big flsh which seem to be so plentiful that they fair Iy jump into one's boat. It is verit- able fisherman's paradise for nowhere else in the world are so many game fish to be found and so many remark able catches recorded. The Yellowtail and the Tuna are both plentiful and both will put up a fight sporty enough to please any fishermen. The Black
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entry; from arguments she drifted into doubts and researches, and presently she stayed home from church, and not long afterward was translating Strauss Life of Jesus" then constd- cred a terrible book, into English.
 Took Life Seriously
 Those who marvel at the scholar ship displayed in "Romola," and are moved by the philosophy in Middle march," are mostly unaware of the fact that this novelist not only trans lated Strauss ponderous critical work, but also several volumes of Spinoza and Feuerbach's Essence of Chris tianity." There was nothing of the social butterfly or the tenn peramental bohemian about her. She took life with terrible seriousness; she had a Nonconformist conscience-what we call a New England conscience: and
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in parts of the island and unearthed things which, bear evidence that it was inhabited at least four or five centuries ago and that the people were intelligent and showed excellent work n1anship in the articles they made. The island is about twenty-two miles long and from one to-eight miles wide and contains approximately 55,000 acres. It is hilly and contains two mountain peaks which although only 2,109 and 2,0O0 feet high respectively, seem much higher as they rise straight up from the sea. It has changed hands frequently and has seen trou- b1ous times. First it was granted by Mexico to Governor Pic Pico who afterwards deeded it to Nicholas Covarrubias. ST. It was next pur- chased by James Lick to be used as a range for his sheep. In 1880 MT. G. Shatto purchased the island and con ceived the idea of turning it into summer resort and to that end laid off some lots near Avalon Bay and sold them, calling this particular part of the island Avalon but it was not success along these lines and some body thought that the hills contained silver and it was purchased by an English syndicate for silver min ing but this too proved unproftable and it was disposed of in 1892 to a company who tried to carry out the summer resort idea and succeeded in making the place popular for a time. A fine hotel was erected (which was burned few years Iater): cottages were built, curio shops were opened and at last a small city of tents was put up. These latter proved very f,,J se+ I,n al thing in southern California for whole families to go to the Island, rent tent and keep house when they are not in the water.
 The fishing is excellent. the swim ming fine and the hunting for wild goats very good. Here the tenters may live iii the sunshine beside the water as
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Interesting History
3 International Syndicate.

The place has an interesting history for it was discovered in the year 1542 by Spanish navigator. Several years ago the log of Captain Juan Rodri- quez Cabril1o was found in a public library at Madrid, Spain, and was sent to our government, It proved to be 6 remarkable historical document and tells how that daring navigator sail ing two caravals, La Vittorsa and San Salvador, came upon the island and
 decided to name it after one of his ships, Sebastian Vizcaino. noted pilot
 of the early seventeenth century. sail
 ed into the sheltered Bay of Avalon on November 18th, 1902 and thereupon
 renamed the island for the saints
 day of his arrival and ignored the
 name given by Cabrillo. A record of Vizcaino's voyage tells
 wonderful stories of the natives of
 Santa Catalina, whom he describes as 6 fine sturdy race of people who dress ed in skins. had large houses and
 showed some considerable advance in civilization. All sofes of evidence of this are found in the unearthing of mortars, pistols, musical instr ments and implements of various kinds,
 many of which are found in the can yon of the island. Near the summit l of a mountain known as Black Jack | there is cave large enough to ac- commodate several families and nearby
 a small one with evidences of smoke on its walls which seems to indicate that it had been used as kitchen
 A number of stone impiem ents used for cooking utensils were found in the caves while perfectly finished mortars | were obtained from an old quarry
 near one of the landings.
 Changed Hands Many Times. Many archeoIogists have searched
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Marian Evans, Pseudonym George Eliot Was Born At Arbury Farm, Warwick shire, England, November 22, 1919 and Died At Chel- sea, London, December P, 1880.
By GEORGE sEIBEn

70 HE most remarkable thing M about the approaching -.cente- "A nary of George Eliot's birth is
 the change that has come in the status of woman all over the world since the author ofl"Adam Bede" was considered advanced and radical. In nearly every country woman has been enfranchised and wields the ballot like her brothers. Ellen Key and Emma Goldman would no doubt consider Marian Evans poor, timid little con- servative, if not a downright reaction ary. What a difference is made by hundred years!
 When Marian Evans was born, the daughter of a Welsh carpenter. in Shakespeare's shire of Warwick. Ma poleon was still the master of Europe and the redly reflected mem ories of the French Revolution had made re- spectacle men into hidebound Tories. Her father used to utter the word "Governme ent" in a tone of reverent awe that made it a part of the daugh- ter's religion. It must have been a strong mind that could in time dis solve this spell sufficiently to cultivate the friendship of Herbert Spencer. to translate Strauss terrible Life of
 
 Felix Holt the Radical" and to dis regard the marriage bond even with a substantial philosopher like George Henry Lewes.
 Most Popular English Woman Novelist
 George Eliot-the name was as- sumed in 1857, when the Scenes of Clerical Life" were appearing in 'Blackwood's Magazine'-may have been inspired by the pen-name of the equally unconventional French-wom- an known as George Sand, or may have chosen her pseudonym as a trib- ute to Lewes. At any rate, she has made the name imm ortal, and though it is more fashionable now to praise Jane Austen, and though Charlotte Bronte may have a more elect circle of admirers, and though Mary Roberts Rinehart may have more readers than all three of them, George Eliot is the most popular and the most securely established among English women novelists.
 It is generally known that Maggie Tulliver. in t"The Mill on the Floss,''
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the aba1one type which are so exquis- itely beautiful and so plentiful in that section. All this seems like fairy land and there are few who can resist idling away their time over this beautiful picture.
 The Seal Rocks. a little island three miles away is the home of a great number of seals who are protected by the State of California and have be- come so gentle that one may go out in a boat and anchor very near and watch their antics on the rocks.
 Good History
 How the wild goats which may be hunted came upon the island is ex- plained by the fact that long ago some unknown person-perhaps .one of the Spanish owners of centuries ago. stocked the islands with these goats. For many years they were. undisturbed and have so increased in number that hunting lodges are maintained at the different ranches and guides and a permit may be obtained to hunt them by those who are inclined to that. sport
 Moonlight trips are frequently made on the waters and the lights of the steamer seem to wake up the entire marine world for the seals plunge about in the water and the flying fish seem disturbed at their rest and will frequently fly into the boat. The noise of the engine. the rolling off the rocks of the seals. the whir of the flying fish and the strange shadows on the water make a trip of this kind un- canny but at the same time there is certain fascination about the scene which few can resist and those who make it once repeat it again and again
 The climate of the island is perfect in fact it has everything about it to cause it's name to be changed to tfe
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9 UST off the coast of California
 # is the much visited Island of
 Santa Catalina. It contains A great national beauty and is a part of the State of California being annexed to Los Angeles County. It is reached by boat from San Pedro, the port of Los Angeles, the starting point being about twenty-five miles from the city. At this place boat is taken and one skins over the Pacific Ocean, a distance of about twenty-seven miles. spending about two hours on the little steamer which is usually crowded with people of all classes. for Santa Catalina, like Atlantic City. has amusements to suit all pocket books It is usually smooth trip but little blow generally sends many people to bed witI, seasickness for the Pacific at this point can get choppy over a slight wind.
 The island has many attractions but the principal ones are swim ming and fishing. The bathing is poor. for there is little beach and what there is is peb- bly, and rough to the bathers' feet. The beach slopes rapidly and one IS soon in deep water. but this does not matter as nearly everyone who lives anywhere near the California Coast swims-
 The police of Santa Catalina have no objection to the abbreviated bath ing suit and the women as well as men wear the least possible clothing when in the water. To ore coming from the east the costumes oe the women seem shocking but the visitors at Santa Catalina seem to follow the old adage sevil to him who evil thinks and the bathers go about in the most undressed fashion spending the greater part of the day in the
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70 HE most remarkable thing M about the approaching -.cente- "A nary of George Eliot's birth is
 NDthe change that has come in the
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An Intimate Sketch of This Island of Enchantment Just
 Off Los Angeles The Fisherman's Paradise.
Copyright. 1919, The |

6 JUST off the coast of California
 # is the much visited Island of
 Santa Catalina. It contains great national beauty and is 9
Evening star., 1919-11-12
Senate Adjourns After
Listening to EuIogies
by Swanson and Lodge

The announcement of Senator Mar
tins death was made to the Senate
by his colleague. Senator Swanson of
Virginia.
Senator Swanson presented resolu-
tions of regret upon the death of the
veteran democratic leader, which
|Were adopted Immediately. AS a
further mark of respect the Senate
Immediately adjourned after the ap-
pointment of a committee to attend
the funeral of Senator Martin.
Senator Swanson spoke feelingly of
the death of his colleague.
Senator Martin was without ques-
ton one of the highest type of men
ever knew" said Senator Swanson.
He was the soul of honor, duty and
integrity. He spoke his convictions
plainly and frankly; he never prac-
ticed discrimination or deception. He
did not hesitate to let every one know
how he stood on public questions. He
was man of intense courage and
great decision of character.
He was the most sagacious legis-
lator in the Senate. The enactment of
a large part of the measures that en-
abled US and the allies to win the
world war was due to his untiring eff
forts and sagacious management as
democratic leader of the Senate
In the death of Senator Martin I
have lost my best and stanchest
friend: the Senate has lost one of its
most efficient members; the country
has lost one of it's most sagacious leg
islators, and the state of Virginia has
(Continued IN Secopd POGO \
Evening star., 1919-11-12
OF 1000 new
TREES is BEGUN HERE:
700 to Be Placed on Streets Near
Soldiers Home-Are Naples,
Elms and Oaks.

Planting of 1000 new trees in Wash
ington was begun today by Clifford
Lanham, superintendent of trees and
parkings.
Approximately 700 will be placed on
streets near the Soldiers Home and
in the vicinity of Petworth, and SIM
liar number in Brookland. In both
these sections. Mr.. Lanham pointed
out, many new streets have been laid
off and paved recently.
The remainder will be planted in va
cant spaces now existing in the old
established lines of trees in other parts
of the District.
This allotment of trees is made up
of Norway naples, sugar naples, elms,
red oak and pin oak.
Evening star., 1919-11-12
Democrats MOVE
TO|NVOKE CLOTURE
IN TREATY DEBATE
Leaders Secure More Than
Double the is Needed
Signatures to Petition.

A movement to limit Senate debate
on the peace treaty by invoking the
cloture rule was inaugurated today
by democratic leaders. a petition for
cloture, requiring but sixteen sigma
lures for submission, was circulated
by the administration leaders, and
soon had more than double the neces-
sary number.
See Effort to Obstruct.
The petition said that in the opinion
of the signers there was an effort to
obstruct the treaty by undue debate,
and asked that the cloture rule, limit
ing each speakers time to one hour,
be placed in operation.
When the petition would be pre-
sented was not determined by the ad-
miniStration leaders, who said it was
in conformance with the recent demo-
cratic conference action authorizing
Senator Hitchcock, administration
leader, to make such move when it
should be deemed advisable.
Adoption of cloture requires a two
thirds vote. While all of the signers Of
the cloture petition were democrats,
Senator Underwood, democrat, Ala
bama. who circulated the petition, said
they were assured of considerable re-
publican support,
Evening star., 1919-11-12
AMERICANS WILL QUIT
PARIS IN DECEMBER
British Delegation at Peace Confer
ence Expresses Same Desira
to Leave,

PARIS, November 1.-THE Ameri-
can delegation to the peace confer
ence has notified the supreme coun-
Gil of it's intention to leave France
during the first days of December.
This fact was made known by American
peace conference circles this afternoon.
The British peace delegation has
also expressed the same desire, and
the general impression in French con-
ference circles is that the conference
will conclude it's work by the end of
this month.
The members of the American delega-
ton probably will sail from Brest on
the steamer America, but the date OF
their sailing has not as yet been def
nitely fixed. The delegates had origi-
nally expected to sail on the George
Washington, but the latter is now in
Brest harbor badly in need Of repairs.
The George Washington will sail for
America November Is and probably
will be dry-docked in the United
make the return trip in time to en-
bark kAe American delegates
Evening star., 1919-11-12
Only Four of 200
KanaWha Mines
in Operation.
NO DISPOSITION
SHOWN TO RETURN
Reports From Other
Districts Have Bright
er Tinge.
BY the Associated Press.

lfN the Associated fIeSS.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, November
12.-kanawha coal field miners did
not obey the orders of their leaders
and return to work early today. Only
four of the 200 mines in the district
began work, and these with compara-
lively small forces.
This was the substance of an an
nouncement by d. c. Kennedy, secre-
tary of the kanawha Coal Operators
Association. after he had gone over
his morning reports.
Mine superintendents report to me
the men are showing no disposition to
return to work. said Mr.. Kennedy.
"One hundred men at the Shrewsbury
mines voted last night to go back to-
day, but not one appeared at the ap-
pointed time. At the Raymond City
mines only fourteen of normal
working force of 300 were on hand.
Such reports are by no means encour-
aging. Not a man reported at Boom
er. Cannelton. Longacre or Powelton,
the most important mines in the dis
trict. A few appeared at two mines
on Cabin crek."