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Reviews of Late Books

came to be called. were THE An
archiad." 1.-THE Echo" "The Politi-
cal Greenhouse" "Rolliad." and
"Anti-Jacobin," all of a political ma
ture, as the titles suggest. and all
written in support of Washington
and Adams and in ridicule or Jef-
ferson and the Democrats.
An amusing weakness OF these Con-
necticut writer's seems to have been
a chauvinism which led them to
plan larger than they could exc
cute. Joel Barlow. at that time
agreed to be "a supreme poet and
who once lived in Washington. on
the banks of Rock creek, in a house
which he called "Kalorama," which
name Is perpetuated in a beautiful
avenue, produced in 1887 a sump-
tuous quarto volume called The
Columbiad." Says Mr.. Beers:
Its greatness was in inverse pro-
portion to its bigness. 1t tells
how Hesper appeared to Columbus
in prison and led him to a hill
OF vision whence he viewed the
American continents spread out be-
fore him, and the panorama OF their
whole future history unrolled.
After viewing the american Con-
tlneHtS anu cum "oe'>
rivers as the Mississippi and the
Amazon, the muse leads Columbus
to extoll the Hartford as the most
glorious stream in the universe!
Other essays, all in the same en-
PERTAINING mood as the Connecticut
Wits" are THE Singer of the Old
Swimmin' Hole" "Emerson's J/r-
nal" THE Art OF Letter Writing"
''Tha ckeray's Centenary" Retro
spects and Prospects OF the English
Drama" Sheridan" THE Poetry Of
the Cavaliers" abraham Cowley,
Millions Tercentenary," and
"Shakespeare's Contemporaries"
Writing of the work of Mr..
Beers, William Lyon Phelps said he
was "a poet and story writer of
whom the only justly adverse COM
ment can be that he ought to have
written more" 1t will be an unap-
preciative reader, indeed, who can
lay down this volume without a
feeling that Mr.. Phelps was right.
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proud TO give. Whatever you want
from ms-or Jim-is yours. dear"
II know that, barbara Anne.
Drive deeper into the park, Will
you. girl, where they amt many
folks-just you aud me and the lit
tie wild thing that gets taken care
of Just like you and me-f only we
keep our hearts believing"
turned into the greenest. woodi-
est path I knew. and then Father
Andrew went on sentiy:
"Babbsie, I'D like you TO tell me
all you can recoiiect about your own
father" H'-
my own dead father never seems
half so much my father az you.' l
replied wonderingly. 81 don't be-
iieve ] can add a thing 20 what
mother told you long ago"
"Mebbe not-mebbe 80. But an
old mans memory can do with Q
mite of refreshing. And ! wouldn't
ask you TO remember those poor
days before we three came together
and had our little home In the sun
shine-I wouldn't IL ! could help It,
Babbsie."
"You keep using Meals name for
me. IL seems funny. Why do you
do II. dear?" ! asked. and was sur
prised at the questions after they
were out.
"fli tell you" replied Father An
drew. looking at me strongly.
"when ] show you the telegram.
They kinda go together. How about
your own father? You ain't forgot
how he came by his death. have
your"
''of course not. dear. It was that
wreck in the hills"
There was dynamite found on
the track afterward. wasn't there"
ssked Father Andrew in a tone that
was more like a statement.
"Yes. I remember hearing mother
say that. He'd been of at a race
meet with some friend of his, I
recall. and he'd written about max
ing a lot on the ponies. I can re-
member how mother cried and told
me I could have a warm new Win
ter coat and roast beef for dinner
every evening"
DO you remember the funeral.
dear? asked Father Andrew. my
Martha told me her recollections.
But I must hear 1t from her daugh-
ter. too"
Yves. It was all so terrible and
yet so interesting to the child who'd
never been so important in her life
as then. Reporters asking me ques-
tions. An in surance man taking me
to the room where the CONN lay
and making me take hold Of .
sleeve and asking me IL ia evcr
seen that suit before. And mother
running in and crying that shed
rather lose the money and starve
than have the poor child forced to
look on that dreadful facS.~
Ito BE Comm oed.,
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Woman Is Good Genius,
Angel of Unfortunates

all the love dwelling In her breast
upon the man with whom she has
sworn to unite her fate In this life.
And lastly. as mother. she nur-
lures US from the depths OF her
soul. crowns our brows with the
blessings OF her maternal kiss and
redeems US from siu BY the oar
tism OF her benedictions. In her
duties as mother 10 involved the
highest and nobiest mission OF wo-
man. As mother, she 10 the sweet
est and purest personincstion OF
love on the earth. No selnshness
and no seif-seeking find a place In
her maternal heart. Under the I'M
pulse OF a pure, disinterested ana
undying love, she loves Intensely
a love Inspired by the tender fruits
OF her heart. Just as the sap rises
and circulates from the tree trunk
upward to the limbs so as to burst
forth into blossoms. forerunners OF
the fruits, so the tenderness or the
mother blossoms and rises out OF
her heart, exhaustless ever. for the
creation OF those beings who VIII
shortly become the most lovely
flower of her life, and later the
beautiful fruit of her love.
To mother pertains the task OF
training her children; and OF all
motherly duties. this Is neither the
shortest not the least painful. Up
on herr depends the sublime mis-
sion OF awaking In the tender
hearts Of her children the visions
Of faith, and sowing early therein
the seeds OF virtue that beautifies
the life of mankind. and moreover,
she is performing the first ana
early lessons of patriotism by In
stilling into the minds and hearts
OF these future citizens that after
God comes the country to which
we owe relationship and allegiance
and lastly, II is her major task 10
protect these delicate ones by her
tender and ever-watchful vigilance
from the blight which might wither
them. How much has woman
suffered and wept in training her
children. Providence, In selecting
her for the sacrifice. granted her a
heart filled with an inexhaustiole
love. She has the gift OF loving
much and she Is destined to su1er
much inasmuch as she Is the living
source OF humanity. Such Is the
love OF a mother: uneQualed In
creation; born in an instant. with
out calculation or selfishness, max
ing of pain a pleasure. OF privation
an eternal Joy.
conclude these lines by invoking
the sweetest memories Of my child.
hood and my youth at the side OF
that beloved woman who inculcated
in me the noblest sentiments and
tb> unrest aspirationa my mother.
Oh, may heaven bless my mother!
FAUSTINO B. ACOSTA.
George Washington University.
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/ f1t IINSll)E VI i ILL., AOf CHURCHILL
w hat They
Saw About Us

Miss Ethel +. Donshue was re-
Gently appointed Special Assistant
Attorney General OF the United
States. The selection was not only
remarkable on account OF the APP
pointee being a woman, but also
because she is very young. IL does
not often happen that a man OF
twenty-four years II appointed TO
q position OF this kind. Miss Dona-
hue was born in Hartford, Conn.,
July o, 1896. She was educated In
the public schools, attended high
school. graduating ut the age or
sixteen. She would have gradu-
ated earlier. but the school laws OF
the State prohibited any one from
entering high school under the age
of twelve. She was student ahd
an honor graduate OF Vassar. and,
three years later. she was gradu-
ated from the University OF Penn
sylvania Law School in June. 1910,
This Is her first official position.
which IL not strange, considering
her age. Moreover. she Is the first
Special Assistant Attorney General.
the office being a new creation.
Miss Donahue has been reared In
circumstances that would permit
utT 10 i've dho eNSho'N"
to study law was not actuated by
the necessity to earn her liveli-
hood. She Is a very hard worker
and unusually intelligent. as Is
shown by her school record and the
fact that she now holds. at an ca
tremely youthful age, a responsible
position in the Department OF JUS
tice.
This Is the way she appeared to
a woman reporter who saw her
soon after she was installed In her
Government office. She impressed
me as being just a very charming
young lady, modest in manner. and
not at all DESTROYS of talking about
her accomplishments. saying she
didn't know Of anything she could
add to what Mr.. Spellacy. her
chief, had told me. She is OF medi-
UNI height, dark hair and eyes. and
fair as to complexion. Just quiet,
unassuming girl. not at all over
come by the Importance of her po-
sition."-The New Success Maya
zine.
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WANTED TO
COME BACK.

l haven't the slightest idea, but
what 1t was intended to be success
full, and can still be under certain
and specific conditions. Although
never married I was engaged twice,
and while preparing to make a
home, or at least as comfortable
a home as the one the girl had,
on both occasions, they both eloped
with a no-account drunkard and
cigarette fiend.
thought that IL that was the
height of the ambition Of the pres
ent-day girl I'd better stay single.
or course. II Is needless to say that
when they both found out, after
they got their respective men. that
It turned out just as 1t was said 1t
would. they wanted me to forgive
them and take them back. But /
could not see it that way. They
had fair warning and deliberately
jumped into the fire, so I let them
get out the best way they could.
Now IL seems to me the greatest
trouble between both. girl and boy.
man and woman, as regards to mar
riage Is deceitfulness and con-
trariness. There is too much hello
back before. marriage In the lives
OF the contracting parties. both
morally and physically. which. after
marriage Is found out. And then
the trouble begins.
III n man Is truthful and tells the
intended mate all he knows, she
should and will know later or
she'd neyer have him in Gods world.
On the other hand the girl would
fare the same way in seven out OF
every ten cases.
was honest with both OF the
girls that I had expected to marry
and lost them. I have .traveled n
good deal since and have kept my
eyes and ears open. Taking every
thing into consideration, guess. as
! have about reached middle nge.
and have n comfortable living, and
after living all these lonely years
by myself I'll let well enough alone
and stay single. Unless I could find
the girl ] want, I would rather be
dead than to be unhappily married.
INTERESTED AND LONESOME.
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THE CONNECTICUT WITS: And Other
Essays BY Henry Augustin Beers.
New Haven, Conn: The Yale UniVer-
sity Press.
The eleven essays which make up
this charming volume are written in
the style which has endeared Mr..
Beers to several generations OF
readers. There Is about them an
easy charm and an air or retro
spection which seem to bespeak
their inspiration in the seclusion
of some New England Olympus, far
removed from the haunts Of Twen-
tieth Century men and affairs.
Perhaps this impression is ere
ated and accumulated by the hrst
essay, from which the book takes
title, 1.-THE Connecticut Wits" which
hearkens back to the days OF the
War of the Revolution. when a band
of young graduates of Yale formed
themselves into a school for the
cultivation of letters, resolving to
supply the country with "a body OF
poetry on scale commensurate
with the bigness of American
scenery and the vast destinies or
the nation: epics resonant as
Niagara and Pindaric odes iofty as
our native mountains"
At the close of the war they de-
cided to combat, with the sharp
sword of satire, the tendencies for
lawlessness which were manifested
by the desires of the separatists
and their opposition to the adoption
Of the Constitution.
Among, the "Wits" were John
Trumbuli. Timothy Dwight, David
Humphreys, Lemuel Hopkins. Rich
ard Alsop, Theodore Dwight, and
Joel Barlow, all able and eminent
men in their day, but now SO little
is known OF their work that, as Mr..
Beers says, the well-known couplet
mo man e'er felt the halter draw
with good opinion Of the law"
is usually attributed to Buffers
"Hudibras," while as a matter of
fact, It is from "ALcFingal,"
satire patterned by Trumbull after
the work OF Butler.
or Trumbull. Mr.. Beers writes: 1T
Is well known how he passed the
college entrance examinations at
the age of seven, but forebore to
matriculate till a more reasonable
season" 1t would be interesting
to know what was considered "a
more reasonable season" in those
days.
Some Of the work OF these
Hartford Wits" as they later on
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When a Girl MarrieS
BY Ann Lisle.

When I arrived at Meals apartment
for the second time this morning I
found Father Andrew waiting In the
doorway. With amazing agility he
rushed to the curb and Jumped into
the car the very moment that n
came to a full stop. His mood COM
municated itself to me. and
opened the throttle again and
started OF at once. After a mo-
ment Father Andrew spoke almost
timidly:
1.-THE telegram. Babbsie girl.
must see that" he said.
l pointed to the MORE bag lying
in my lap. and then for severai
moments busted myself with my
driving. Finally ventured
glance at Father Andrew out of the
corner OF my eye.
He had taken off his big felt hat,
and the wind was ruffling his fine,
gray hair above a forehead wrin-
killed. by deep thought. His eyes
wore a puzzled look. and for a min
ute he seemed old and defeated.
Then he gathered himself together
and turned to me with smile OF
deep love and understanding that
carried me back to the first >happy
memories OF my strange childhood.
barbara Anne" he said sud-
denly, there's n name that always
means a heap to an old man.
wizened little girl. with big, un-
happy, questioning eyes named him
quite some years ago. He knew
when that little girl began calling
him Father Andrew that she was
a-telIing him that she loved and
trusted him. 1t kinda established
big friendship between 'em at once.
and IL appears to me that neither
of 'em amt ever failed that friend
ship yet"
took one hand from the wheel
and put 1t over Father Andrews.
you're right about that love-
starved little girl" said. Shed
knocked about from pillar to post
all OF her poor shoddy days. Shed
been on the edges of shame and
poverty and bitter disappointment,
though she didn't know the names
for them. And then you came. Big
and strong and kind and sturdy.
And she loved you right OFF, that
little girl did-and always will.
You've never failed her yet. and
she hopes she'll never fail you
What made you say that. Bar
bara Anne?" demanded Father An
drew huskily. Can you tell me
what made you say that right now
when I need to hear just them
words"
something deep in my heart
made me say that. Because it's
never been half so true as 1t is to-
day. Somehow I feel that after all
the years I've needed you SO and
called on your love for all I had
need to take from it, now at last
it's my turn to give. And I'd be so
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Fashions

Velvet will lead for evening wear
for both gowns and wraps. and
novel forms OF embroidery in un-
usual color combinations are used
on these lustrous fabrics in some
instances.
Double trains OF tulle in two
colors are used on short-skirtcd
evening frocks.
Evening gowns OF bright green
velvet are trimmed with Jet or
black lace.
High-collared gowns are winning
their way and promise to be warmly
accepted.
The new NUTS arc very small.
Low placed, flexible girdlcs of
Jewels and metal are used on cloth
and velvet one-picce gowns.
Short coats to be worn with vel
vet afternoon gowns and sports
coats for country wear are made OF
fur. preference being given to
squirrel and gray baby lamb. 1ml-
tation fur Is combined with bands
OF real fur 10 fashion coats.-In
Harper's Bazaar for November.
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HER THIRD HUSBAND GOES OUT
WITH sTENOGRAPHER.

Can you tell me who was the
much-married person who said:
Marriages are made in Heaven"
I've survived three. Ny fourth is
going to be contracted in Heaven
If there Is a fourth.
This Is my sentiment exactly. I
have had three husbands and l
have determined that the perfect
marriage is attainable only in
Heaven and / had better wait I'M
till 1 get there before risking an
other attack OF soul sickness.
II l do f1atter myself a bit, never
erately attractive: know some
thing of the housewifely arts; and
have sufficient education, intellect
and reading to interest the average
man, I think.
Why, then, have two OF my mar
riages land the third bids fair to
follow suit) been wrecked and in
exactly the same manner2 Say. are
stenographers banded together in a
home-wreckers' union? Both my
former husbands followed the lure
of the girl of the gathering key
board.
Now my third is following suit.
l know because ne discourages me
from dropping into his office ("the
air Is SO bad down there, dear") and
last night. when he was working
late" and / went to the theater
with neighbors. there l saw him
several rows ahead of me, large as
life, and by his side a girl.
I had never seen her before but
she was red-headed.
knew then my doom was sealed.
For, "goo-goo" eyes are dangerous
under brown or blond or light hair.
but couple them with RED locks
and-that's the end Of perfect
marriage.
I have said nothing yet to him
about what / saw, although in my
heart 1 have been raving. I am
going to do a little further watch
ing and see what can see. Then
HEART BENT.
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"Man Is the brain, CONAN tho
heart; the brain brings forth HIGHT,
and the Aeart produces love; tho
HOht illumtnes the path Of mdHktnd,
and the love eHnobIes the sentiment
Of humanity."-V. Hugo.
Woman Is the good genius given
by Providence to humanity. She
is a magnificent jewel elaborated
by the Supreme Artificer to- bestow
upon his chosen creature. Woman
exhibits inumersble phases OF
beauty which add TO the enchant-
ment of life. She Is beautifed by
certain qualities inherent only in
the. feminine heart, such as good
ness, sweethess. tenderness, and
seif-sacrifce. By nature. she Is
compassIonate, amiable. and pa
tient: her amiability sheds light
everywhere. 1t shines upon cold
ness and gives II warmth; upon SUI
ferIng and relieves It: upon sorrow
and comforts II.
Woman has been known through
ages as the angel OF the Unfor-
Inmates" She Is ever ready to help
\ the needy, to lift up the fallen. to
comfort those who weep; and hence
IL has been said frequently that
wherever there Is one suffering hu-
man being, his cries summon the
woman to his side.
Woman since the birth OF the hui
man race has more than once
brought into play her beneicent
and wholesome influence upon hui
manity in her diverse relations, and
played important roles in her varied
spheres--as daughter. as sister. as
sweetheart. as wife, and as mother.
and along this line, l invite the
gentle reader to follow me in con-
sidering her in every sphere OF her
life.
As daughter. she adorns the
home with the blossoms OF her
grace: she softens 1t with the
drapery of her tenderness: she per-
fumes 1t with the exhibition OF her
affections. and with the treasure OF
her virtues she enriches II.
As sister, she shields us with
her angelic wings and diverts the
arm OF paternal justice about 20
punish US; she Is the discreet &C
complete of our infantile pranks.
and the indulgent confdant OF our
first loves.
As sweetheart, she is the fra
grant and divine flower OF our
sweet dreams Of which she Is the
idea receptacle. the enchanting
book of troubadours.
As wife. she is the sanctuary OF
honor, the tabernacle Of the heart
In this state OF life when she Is
aware of >her inalienable duties to
be performed within as well as
outside Of the home. But the finest
and most sublime of her golden
dreams Is the power to pour out
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Is Marriage a Success?
WOULD FAIL IN ANY
OTHER KIND OF LIFE.

Those whining women who write
you complaining about their hus-
bands make me sick. There isn't
a real she-womsn among them.
Woman is the real center OF the
home. Women who fan to make a
success of marriage would be fall
ures In any other kind of life.
Kipling had It right when. he said.
THE female of the species Is more
deadly than the male"
The average woman IL smarter
than the average man. A clever
woman doesn't have to show that
she Is the real ruler of the home.
She accomplishes her purposes by
indirection.
An individual woman who hap
pens to marry a smarter man Is not
therefore necessarily beaten at be-
ing the real boss OF the family. II
she has spunk and spirit she can
rule by force of character. Women.
even the apparently weak ones. have
more tenacious vital power than
men. That's why men. baked and
thwarted, say women are stubborn.
My sister and ! married as our
neighbors said. above u.s." Both
our husbands are professional men.
OF good education and wealthy fami-
lies. We had a common school edu-
cation only. Yet we rule our roosts.
Our game has been to keep our
husbands contented and satisfied.
We never exert our authority to the
point Of en- out-and-out quarrel. We
stimulate their interest in us by
exciting q little judicious jealousy
once in a while.
We are arch. cool and coy at In
tervals, so that our affectionate mo-
ments are the better valued. My
sister and ! go on frequent short
trips together. SO as to prevent our
company getting stale. Incidentally
we enjoy ourselves. We chase our
husbands out to the club. or to
fights occasionally. and have little
hen-parties for our women friends.
In this way we give the impression
that our evenings with them alone
are favors to our husbands.
Our advice to other ladies is: Cut
out the cilnging vine stun. Don't
be a nag or wilmer. Have interests
of your own, and keep hubby guess
ing. SISTERS TWAIN.
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Jubilee of the Postcard.

This is the jubilee year OF the
postcard. In October. 1870, the
British postoffice introduced them.
The real inventor was DR.. Hermann
OF Vienna. who, in January. 1863,
had gone to the Austrian postal au-
thorities with the idea.
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Ito BE Comm eesi.D
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A Daily Recipe
HASH BROWN POTATOES.

Ono peck chopped cooked po-
tatocs, dash of pepper, 2 table.
spoons cream, u teaspoon pars-
ley, u teaspoon salt. table,
spoon butter. Melt butter in
smooth frying pan and when hot
add the other ingredients well
mixed together. Pack lightly
into layer OF uniform thick
ness and cook for twenty OF
thirty minutes. Fold over and
serve. There should be a thick
brown crust on the outside.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-12-17
-FOUR PAY FINES FOR
DISORDERLN CONDUCT

One hundred dollars of good Pull
man money went to Colfax last Sat
urday when a quartet Of Pullman
young men. including Archie HateIy
Albert Hately, Ivan Kendall and Ira
Christian, paid fines aggregating
that amount on disorderly conduct
charges. The charges grew out OF
the conduct of the young men at the
dance at Evansville grange Friday
evening. when, it is alleged, the
members of the quartet became in
toXicated and behaved in a disorder
ly manner. Saturday they were
rounded up and taken to Colfax,
where each entered a plea of guilty
before a justice of the peace. Fines
OF $25 each and costs were assessed
against all of them