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C9IIE problem novel is not dying, to
ludjre by recent fiction, which
THE problem novel is not dying, to
judge by recent fiction, which
is taken up with the one all ab
sorbing question, how long hus
bands and wives can tolerate each
other. It is not too much to say that
every one of the recent stories is con
cerned with this momentous question,
each throwing a slightly different
lifiht upon it. "The Marriage of Will
iam Ashe," supposed to be founded
upon historic incidents connected with
the life of Lord Byron, is still intense
ly modern. "Lady Kitty" is of tbe
twentieth century. In this now much
read novel the question is whether the
husband can stand the vagaries of his
Wife. That he stood her as long as he
did is surprising to many. This story,
like most of the others written nowa
days, begins where the one-time novel
stopped, at the marriage of the hero
and heroine.
Then another variety of the same
problem \a presented in "The Opal,"
published anonymously by Houghton,
Mlfflln & Co. Here again we have the
wayward wife, wondering, analyzing,
criticising herself and her husband.
Shall she, or shall she not? Finally
she gives up to the strong will of a
man who loves her.
Still another variety of this un
pleasant theme is given us in "Pam,"
by the Baroness yon Hutton. So
strange Is thisv. tale that the author of
It disclaims the heroine's ideas in the
foreword, quite a novel and wholly ab
surd thing to do. Yet a further ex
ploiting of domestic infelicity is pre
sented in "Billy Duane," by Frances
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BooKs
Aymer Mathews. Here the doubting
one is still the wife, and while she
loves her husband labors under the
delusion that he does not love her.
There is another man, of course, and
the wife likes him intermittently.
"Billy Duane" as a book makes the
reader feel that if the heroine and
hero could once have gotten together
for a good talk, say in the first chap
ter, there never would have been all
that misunderstanding and no book
about it, and perhaps that would have
been just as well. But Billy was
mayor of New York —a large enough
order to keep him busy day and night
■—and Ma wife was a society woman,
and only met h«r husband at dinner
parties. Consequently they never got
a quiet moment together until the. last
chapter, when they were apparently
hopelessly divided, and the reader
quite worn out.
"Lady Penelope," by Morley Rob
erts, may be classed with these others
only in so far as it is concerned with
marriage. It is, however, a pleasant
change, for the problem is more like a
joke than anything else, and it is writ
ten in> such a laughing manner that
no one could possibly take it seriously.
There is no doubt that the present fic
tional problem is not how to be mar
ried, but how to stay married.
In his latest novel, "An Act In a
Backwater." which the Appletons
published after some delay, K. F I.- n
son, "Dodo" Benson, as his friends <-;ill
him, has again shown his predilection
for air. The scene of the story is laid
in an English village in the summer
and deals largely with open air life.
The author lives up to his convictions,
and ■penda most of his time in the
quiet cathedral city of Winchester,
where he has his own bachelor estab
lishment and runs things as he likes.
His favorite, room is no room at all,
but half of his little garden, with a
roof over it, and the carpet of grass.
Here are books and tables and com
fortable chairs, and even electric
lights, so that he can li\<- almost every
hour in the outdoor air he loves.
"These are the best conditions, for
work that I know," Mr. Benson said to
a friend recently visiting him. "They
beat anything that London can give."
Return —Hy Alice MacGowan and Grace
MacGowan Cooke. L. C. Page. & Go
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There Is a certain type of heroine
who is supposed to appeal to men
mightily, and her charms are repre
sented as absolutely fatal to every
man who crosses her path; she is fiery,
impetuous, utterly mannerless and
tactless, and does wild things, but Is
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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. APRIL 30. 1905
painted as very beautiful. Without
the latter quality she would not last
a week. Such was Diana <'haters, the
heroine of this long and very well
written novel. She was the belle of
the colonial city of Charles Town, S.
<".. in the early eighteenth century.
Her special amusement was pjaying
with the hearts of men and making
their owners appear foolish and for
lorn. She did tin:- for a number of
years with great sucipss, J>ut in the
first chapter of thin history she meeta
her Waterloo. She had sworn to bring
a certain Archie Cameron to her feet,
and he had made a wager that he
would get even with the fair Diana
for some things she had done to
others. In the process of ensnaring
the fascinating Ar<-hie. Diana had her
self been caught and waked up to find
she loved him. The preparations were
made, the wedding day set. and when
the reader is introduced to Diana she
is in her wedding finery at the chun-h
door, awaiting the groom. The church
is full of the fashion of the town, col
-1 to see the fair Diana —whom
not a woman liked —become a wife.
But something happened and Archie
Cameron won his wager. He sent her
a note $o the church door, a cruel note,
in which he told her that It had been
her habit for years to hold honorable
gentlemen up to ridicule, but that he,
having no mind for the taming of a
shrew, must be excused. In a word,
Archie did not come and Diana, in
sulted and humiliated beyond endur
ance, stalked through the church alone
and home in a rage. Now, of course,
the reader is expected to regard
Archie as a most unpardonable cad—
which he wa.s undoubtedly—but there
is now and then a reader who thinks
Diana was served as she deserved to
be. She had strewed her path with
broken hearts and yet expected to re
ceive nothing but honor in return.
But the worm turns once in a while,
even in this unjust world, and Diana
bit the dust. No one in Charles Town,
be it said, felt sorry for her, save one
woman and one man. The woman was
known as Lit, an ignorant girl, but
with a heart of gold; the man was
Bobert Marshall, a young Virginian,
who loved Diana and was ready to
avenge the Insult put upon her. All
the characters are remarkably well
drawn. Finally she marries this
Marshall, out of pique, and he, discov
ering it. leaves her after a time and is
sent away to light the Indians. The
book Is almost entirely concerned with
the development of Diana's soul, her
growing love for her absent husband
and the adoration of the son who Is
born to her and whom she names Re
turn Robert Marshall. The story enda
happily and Diana learns to be a
woman. It is a story of unusual
strength, is full of splendid color and
vitality, and though It may be a shade
too long, on the whole is an excep
tionally strong piece of work.
On Life's Threshold—By Charlps Wagner.
McClure, Phillips & Co. For sale by
St. Paul Book and Stationery company.
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Miss Carrye Nippolt. the president of
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bers visited the Jean Martin Brown home
at St. Anthony Park, taking Easter gifts
for the children. The day was made very
happy for the little ones through the
kindness of these shunshlners.
Northern Star Branch
The members of this branch. Miss
Eulalie Schlffinafl. president, gave a fU
vei tea on Friday afternoon, April 2* at
the residence of Miss Schiffman, Selbv
avenue. A neat little sum was realized.
the amount to be used for sunshine work
this summer.
Easter at the City Hospital
Ail the children at the city and county
cannot be blamed for taking advantage
of the fact that one book of his has
been advertised in high places. It
would be stretching the truth some
what to say that there is anything new
in this latest of his books, for there la
not. It is merely a series of essays
about life, God. humanity -and our ul
timate destiny.' He gives much good
advice about the attitude we should
adopt toward death and not to allow
ourselves to be bitter in our thoughts
about it. Incidentally he throws some
bouquets at this country, which are not
amiss, considering that it was the pres
ident of these United States, and the
American public, who put him where
he is today. Essays such as these are
not very hard to write and doubtless
we will have more of them.
Hecla Sandwith—By Edward I'fflngton
Valentino. The Bobhp-Merrill company.
For sale by St. Paul Book and Station
ery company.
Mr. Valentine is a new writer and
every reader of his book will believe
he has a great future. Indeed, Mr.
James Lane Allen—to whom the book
is dedicated—has already come out in
extravagant praise of the writer's style.
He says that the book would do honor
to Oorge Eliot or Thomas Hardy—
praise Indeed. Its scene is placed in
Pennsylvania about the middle of the
nineteenth century, a story of the fur
naces, of rough life and primitive emo
tions, but a love story withal of force
and power. Into It the writer has
woven essays on nature which could
be taken out bodily without spoiling
the text, but It la these, perhaps, which
are the finest bits of the book. It is
above all a story of aacrlnVe by a wom
an for right's sake. It ends with the
heroism and waiting of Hecla paid in
full, and a happy life for her beginning.
There are spots in the story which are
uneven, but nevertheless Mr. Valentine
proves by it that he can write and the
readers of Hecfa will eagerly watch
his career.
Mls« Billy—Hy Edith K. Rtokely and
Marian Kent Ilurd. Ixrthrop Publishing
company. Boston. For sale by St. Paul
H'jok and Stationery company..
The joint writers of this bright little
story are two newspaper women of
Dubucju-. and in these days of civic
improvement and interest, this story
of the uplifting of a neighborhood
will particularly appeal. Miss Billy
was one of two daughters of a minis
ter and when the story opens the
family have just met with financial
<liiH( uities and are obliged to seek a
humble neighborhood. So they go to
No. 12 Cherry street—which is a sort
Of Cabbajje Patch—and the story is of
■Thai Miss Hilly was able to accom
plish for the benefit of the street, not
:<lo! l( . by actual work, but by reason of
her inspiring brightness and charming
optlniisti.- disposition. Miss Billy is
indeed .unique and she will live as an
example of what a helpful spirit can
do, combined with the desire to make
the best of hard times. The rh.ir
are well drawn and run from Miss
Billy's refined and cultivated parents
to the street urchins who compose the
inhabitants of cherry street. There Is
a great deal of bright talk in the book,
and the two newspaper girls who have
written It have achieved a success for
themselves which they will doubtless
follow up in a worthy manner.
As Wild Birds Sine— By Mary Randall
Shipp-y. Hubert Grier Cooke, New
York.
This woman, of whose "Soeur Ma
rl." The Globe told a few weeks
ajfo. deals with Intimate things of
heart and soul with the true poetic in
stinct, if not with mastery in expres
sion or artistic finish. One of the chief
merits of these poems is their utter
unpretentiousness as well as their
spontaneity. The very first verse in
hospital, sixty In number, had a very
happy time Easter morning through the
efforts of the state organizer. They each
hail some little gift suitable for Easter.
These little sick ones are regular sun
beams, always cheery and blight and
happy.
Sunshine Musicale
Tlie inusiesile given on Monday evening.
April :M. at the Wesley M. E. church,
Minn* aj.olis. for tho I>enefit of the Bun
shtne society, proved a great success both
v and financially. An excellent pro
pjnnme was provided and greatly enjoyed.
Piano <a> Mclodle Mosxkowski
(l)i Prelude Machrnaninoff
Carlyle Scott.
Contralto—fa) "Long Ago"..Olney Speaks
(b) "Low the Peddler' E. German
BUM Inez Marston.
Violin—(a) Air for G String Bach
(b) funzonette D'Ambrosia
Mrs. Verna Golden Scott.
Baritone—"Even Bravest Hearts" from
Faust Gounod
Ernest Hedman.
Soprano—(a) "Kcstacy"... .Mrs. H. Beach
fb) 'At Parting Hour" Ellen Wt iglit
(c> "Springtide" Becker
Sanaa Hail.
A Farce "The Reclaiming of Peter"
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Accompanists.
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May 1J -Mrs. Lucy J. Hazleton. Grill,
M iv 13—Mrs. Alta B. White. Hampden.
Ohio.
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bridge, Vt.
May 14-Zekle Lambert. Fyffe. Ala.
May 15—Rettl,. T. Medley. Meherrln. Va.
May 16—Mrs. Jennie Agee. Dobyn. Va.
May 17—Myrtle Tallman. Tecumseh.
Neb.
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May 18—Mrs. C. M. Maine. Clark's Falls.
Conn.
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Peachland. N. C.
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Striker street. Baltimore, Md.
A call for good reading, books on music,
drawing or fancy work us received from
Miss Marie Bailey, Rough Creek. Char
lotte county, Vh
Mine
If I. in harvest fields
Where strong ones reap.
May bind one golden she if
For love to keep;
May speak one quiet word
When ail is still.
Helping some fainting heart
To bear Thy will;
Or sing one high, clear song.
On which may soar
Some glad soul heavenward,
I ask no more!
—Julia C. R. Dorr.
The Days of Auld Lang Syne
A young man of that genial tribe known
as "drummers" had a landlady who al
ways endeavored to relieve the tedium of
meals with stories of her old homestead
"back east." It had been twenty-five
years since she had left that Eden, but
time had only heightened its charms. So
familiar had her boarder become wilh
everything concerning It that when busi
ness took him to the locality he had no
difficulty In finding the old Stokes place
and decided to spend a leisure hour vis
iting it.
He found itr present crrer had made
some changes, for the clematis witb "pur
rle tassels a yard long" had !j«en torn
from the front door to mokf* room for a
•>orch. the spice pinks by the garden
pate had disappeared, and the rail fence
had given way to a woven wire; but the
rock wall around the orchard was still
standing, likewise the "ellum." over the
spring branch, and the old burying ground
was atill over by the south pasture.
the volume describes the author as
well as the feathered minstrel:
The wild bird sings because it must.
As first it tries its untaught wings.
A bit of song-enchanted dust
Attuned to life and Joy and trust:
It lifts Its little head and sings
Because it must-
Some of the pa^es bear trivialities,
commonplace and * rather Irritating
badges of crudity; but the little treas
ures of sincere and delicate feeling are
rich and plentiful enough to prove to
the reader as he closes the book that
his time has not been wasted.
MAGAZINE NOTES
Over the whole continent— ln the east.
In the middle, in the west— has set
its talons. Do you want the facts? Ev
erybody's for May is full of them; facts
about Mr..Rogers and Amalgamated; facts
about the land thieves; facts about the
beef trust; facts about the people ruined
by the Kraft of business by whatever
name it is called.
As with a searchlight Mr. Lawson. in
the May Installment of his "Frenzied
Finance." illumines the dark doings of the
rapacious "system." He lays bare the
workings of the "Standard OH" crowd,
whose motto is "Extract Every Dollar!"
He tells how Mr. Rogers'in building up
Amalgamated decided to sell the Daly.
Haggin, Tevis properties rather than those
which had been promised to investors
because he could make more out of such
a shuffle, and he forced the old firm of
Lewisohn -Bros, to soil its great business
for less than half its value—one of the
many personal tragedies in the formation
of the great copper companies. The heart
lessness of those driven by" the money
lust was never shown more clearly than
by Mr. Law3o in this Installment—noth
ing is sacred to it. nothing safe that
stands in Its way. There is but one God.
money, and "Standard Oil" is Us chlefest
prophet!
The race track trust receives a solar
§Uxus blow by Alfred Henry Lewis in
uceeM Magazine for May. In his strong,
forcible style Mr. Lewis lays bare the
method by which the best tracks in the
east arc operated, showing the amount
of money taken In—money that is wrung
from the public in the very face of a law
that makes betting illegal. After read-
Ing Mr. Lewis' crusade against this octo
pus and the great harm it is doing to
men and women all over the United
States, one marvels that It Is permitted
to exist. Mr. Lewis arsures us that the
best trainers in the business assert that
horse racing does not improve horseflesh
any more than stealing the vestments
of a church will save a man's soul. He
also says that the poolrooms are merely
closed by the trust in order that the bet
ting people may be forced to the tracks
to increase the admissions. Cleveland
Moffett contributes the fourth Install
ment of "The Shameful Misuse of
Wealth." -.{•»•■!-
The new-portrait of Mrs. Humphrey
w.u.i which will be reproduced in the
May Century was made for this, purpose
by A!' in I^anedon Coburn. an American
amateur photographer of note. By Mrs.
Ward's own arrangement, she sat in the
garden of a London school for poor chil
dren In which she is interested, while on
a visit there from bet summer home. The
photographs of Austin Dobson and Ed
mund < Sosse. shown in the same series',
were also taken by Mr. Coburn. in each
case in the garden of the writer's home.
The May housekeeper Is a typical num
ber of this high das* magazine- for the
home. While the keynote of helpfulness
is emphasized, as usual, the stories, spe
cial articles, verses and illustrations are
exceptionally excellent. A number of
charming storyettes by popular writers
form a striking feature. Mary A- Clarke,
a returned missionary, writes of the wome
n of Persia, and Francis Trevelyan Mil
ler on the Pyschology of Market Day. The
Alps of America, the Canadian Rockies,
ore portrayed In a double page of unusu
ally beautiful pictures. The entire Held
of feminine interest is covered by the
many practical departments, all edited
by experts, such as The Newest and Best
in Fancywork, by Mis. A. E. Arnstrutter;
Helpful Hints, for the Busy Wife. The
Kntertainer. by Marjorie March: In the
Realm of Olrldom. by Mllllcent Moore:
Home -Talks and Mothers' Council, by
Jane-I.atimer; In the World of Fashions.
Imagine the delight of Mrs. I {orison.
born Stokes, when she received half a
dozen pictures of the well loved scenes of
her youth. With smiles that hinted of
tears she said: "It was most like a visit
home."
A girl who witnessed Mrs. H's pleasure
went home and got out baf kodak. Short
ly after, a woman returning from her toil
In a. New York department store found
awaiting her a package which bore post
mark of the western town she still called
"home." It contained a picture of the
village church, the public well, the school
house and playground and of many other
things made beautiful by happy assocla
toins. I n her letter of thanks she- said,
"when I look at them I am carried so de
lightfully back to the days of'Auld Lane
Syne. • • ;V*i
Do not you. reader, know of someone to
whom you might give a visit with your
kodak? —B. E. P.
Life is too short to be anything but
ful. every preefcw minute ought to
liy.d to the full and not Wasted In
ugly moods and oitu-r words. We should
n>'\ir let malice give us one uncomforta
ble hour. It has be**] said by those who
have made a study of these things that
<\-ry time we become angry for an In
stant, we shorten our live* ten minutes.
Let us guard against these faults so that
our lives may be long and happy.
Engrave Upon Thy Soul
Have hope! Though clouds environ round.
And gladness hides her face in scorn.
Put thou the shadow from thy brow,
No night but has- its morn.
Have faith! When'or thy bark Is driven.
The calm's disport, the* tempest's mirth.
Know this. <;<>d rules the hosts of heaven.
The inhabitants of earth.
Have love! Not love alone for one.
But man as man thy brother call;
And scatter, like the circling ■ma.
Thy charities on all.
Engrave these words tapon thy soul:
Faith, hope, and love; and thou shalt
find
Strength when life's surges maddest roll.
Light when thou elsi- w.-rt Mind.
—Young Folks.
The Bright, Sweet Way
For all the storm and the trouble—
For all the hope and fear—
To a rosy land
Still hand in hard.
Let us walk the bright way. dear!
Over the hills the sunshine
And the sky is bending clear;
Out of the strife s
To a glad, sweet life
Lt-t us walk the bright way, dear!
What is a little sorrow.
And what a railing tear?
The storms will cease;
There'll be joy and peace
Going the bright way, dear!
—Atlanta Constitution.
Cheerfulness Is Power
"Fate Itself has to concede a great
many things to the cheerful man." The
man who persistently faces the sun so
that all shadows fall behind him. the
man who keeps his machinery well lubri
cated with love and good cheer, can with
stand the hard Jolts and disappointments
of life infinitely better than the man who
always looks at the dark side. A man
who loves shadow who dwells forever in
the gloom—a pessimistic man—has very
little power in the world as compared
with a bright, sunny soul.
The world makes way for the cheerful
mar.; all doors fly open to him who radi
ates sunshine. He does not need an In
troduction; like the sunlight, he is wel
come everywhere.
A cheerful disposition is not only a
power—lt Is also a great health tonic. A
depress**! mind mak'-s the system more
susceptible to disease; encourages Its de
velopment because it kills the power of
resistance. A cheerful soul can resist dls
ease. and it is well known among physi
cians that there is a greater chance for
recovery from exhaustive diseases of a
bright, sunny soul than of a gloomy,
drsponacr.t one. 'Clietrjiulttr-^ ;.- S.~~::;.:
melancholy, disease." Gloom and depres
sion feed disease and hasten its develop
ment.
We know physicians who give very lit
tle medicine, and yet they are singularly
successful because they have sunny souls.
They always radiate brightness and good
cheer. They know that It is hope, more
than drugs, the patient needs, that it
is encouragement and not tilßheartening
diagnosis that helps him to recover. They
-by Alicia Adams; Plans for Home Build
ers. Hygiene in the Home, by Dr. Kate
Lindsay; Hints to Floral I .overs, by Sam
uel Armstrong Hamilton, etc., etc.
Considerable interest Is now being mani
fested by thinkers and students in various
phases of practical psychology, brain
building, the development of will p»wer.
concentration, thought force and similar
subjects; to those who seek information
on these matters the May issue of Sug
gestion (Chicago), a magazine of the new
psychology-, wlil prove of interest. It deals
with su'-h matters as auto-suggestion,
psychic research, memory culture, diut?
less healing, nature cure, personal mag
netism and the acquisition of health, hap
piness and success through the application
of Inherent psychic powers all along ra
tional and scientific lines.
The May number of the Four Track
News opens with an article entitled
"Queerland." descriptive of the primitive
inhabitants of the Catskills: "Neath the
Palm and the Pine." by Thomas C. Har
ba'igh. is a poem appropriate to Memorial
day; "'The Course of Empire" tells the
story of the Lewis and Clark exposition;
Mrs. Wiallach contributes an ably written
article on 'The Vatican," An Old Town
of the New World" tells something of the
singing Indians; a chapter on "Vermont"
will be found of especial interest to all
those who hail from the Green mountain
G. If. L. Brown writes of Monte
video; Blngham Thoburn Wilson has a
poem <>f unusual mciii in this issue, en
titled "Genius; ' Charles Austin Bates
contributes one of his charncteristlp and
clever articles entitled ■The Promoter."
Russia occupies the place of honor in
the World Today for May.'and a better
understanding: of her position at the pres
ent time will be undoubtedly gained by
those who read this attractive 10 cent
magazine. Count Casslni. Russia's rep
resentative at Washington, writes of tlie
internal troubles of his country. giving
particular explanation of the events or
Jan. _•_' and the succeeding days in Si.
Petersburg. "The Student Strike in Rus
sia" Is the subject of an article by an
eyewitness, while a colonel in the Rus
sian army tells of the relations existing
between oSlcers and their men. under the
caption "The Russian Peasant as a Sol
dier."
The live problem of the municipal own
ership of street railways Is treated by
George C. Sikes under the head "The
Chicago Traction Tangle." Albert Erie
Werner tells of "Our New Senators." and
Cy Wurman of "The Man Who Made the
Canadian Pacific"—Sir William Van
Home, a personality whose story makes
intensely interesting reading.
Caleb PotWfl brings tho dramatic
story of his trials to a close In the
Reader Magazine fir May. the final in
stallment .if -.My Own Story" taking
the iuniati\ • down I" the pre.-^nt time.
Incident? in the i.:--t trial of Powers "ii
t! • ili.uk- ,it" complicity in the murder of
Senator Goebel of Kentucky are tol<i in
a plain. straightforward manner that con
vinces by its vary simplicity.
Tlio first number of the Country Calen
dar is an Inspiring sign of the return of
Americans t" outdoor life. This new mag
azine of the Review of Reviews Book
company is ■ high class production, not
only in Its large size, beautiful -dog
w 1" cover and sumptuously printed
halftone Illustrations, but also In its
showing of such contributors as ex-Presi
dent drover Cleveland, John Burroughs,
Prof, L. 11. Bailey, Secretary James wii
-800. Dallas Lore. Sharp. Henry ('. How
land and others. Moreover, the maga
zine gives a unique interpretation of the
is ai.d Instructive >lde of country In
terests in its authoritative and compre
hensive editorial pages and in its 'de
partment." which latter give personal ex
periences and expert information about
garden and orchard, stable and kennel,
the automobile, slock and poultry, etc.
With contributions from such eminent
authorities as k. }•. poweii (orchard).
Prof. F. A. W'augh (garden), and
Frances Duncan (scrubs>, the editor's
aim In them departments is evidently to
provide ■ clearing house of knowledge for
suc< esaful country dwellers and to exhibit
through competent specialists whatever Is
new and beautiful in the science of out
door life.
Ciover Cleveland gives his personal rea
sons for his love for hunting and nshlng-
John Burroughs' "In May" Is an ex
quisite prose poem; the secretary of agrl-
give him every bit of hope and encour
agement and good cheer possible, for they
know that these are more effective reme
dies th in are t,, i je found in the pharma
copoeia. -Success.
How much more might we make of our
family life and of our friendships if every
st ' thought of love blossomed into a
«!• ■• 'I 11. X Stowe.
If thou art living a right too* „,„! useful
Ife, .loins they duty 01 lerly and cheerful
ly where God has put thee, then thou art
making sweeter melody In the ears- .if th*
Lord Jesus Christ than if thou harist the
throat of a nightingale: for th^n thou In
thy humbli' place art copying the everlast
ing harmony and melody which is in
heaven.-Charles Kinsley.
Now
The kind words that you mean to say
When i am dead.
Say now.
The flowers you mean to lay
About my head.
Bring now.
Your fond words cannot reach
Me then, 'twill be
The floweret's perfume cannot pierce
The grave's
Dark gate.
The kisses you will rain
l'l-on my face.
Give now.
I shall not need them when for me
Life's race
Is o'er.
But ah. I hunger for
Your tenderness
Today.
Enfold me with it now-wait not
Till life has passed
Away.
Tomorrow's sun may never rise
For you
And me.
The lovelight in your tender eyes
I may not live
To see.
Then kiss me, clasp me.
Hold me I
Once more.
The mom'ry of your love will
Linger with me OB the
Heav'nly shore.
—Marie Flndlay.
Little Words
It is easily said—that unkind word,
That fell from your lips at morn.
But you little thought as away it sped.
It would tear some h»-ttrt like a thorn.
You did not mean it —'twas thoughtless,
yes.
But It flew on Its onward track
And the prayers and tears of all life's
years
Can never more call it bark.
It was easily said—that kindly word
That you spoke with a pleasant smile;
But it cheered a soul that was lone and
sad.
And it braved a heart for a trial.
The strongest monuments crumble and
break.
And Into the dust decay;
But a kindly word will live on and on.
Though the speaker has passed away.
O, let us be carfful of each .small word
We speak with but little thought;
They will carry a message of love away.
If we say the words that we ought;
And by and by. when our lips are mute.
And our record of life la known.
The kindly words will shine forth like
stars,
la the crown that shall he our own.
—C. Benjamin Hopkins.
Ll'e's Ups and Downs
If life were a uniform level, broken by
no vicissitudes and no disasters, with no
strange and baffling problems alternating
with Its season* of tranquillity and suc
cess. It would be perhaps less trying than
it generally Is. but also muc£ less inter
esting. Nothing Is more tedious than
monotony. Nothing wears on the nerves
like 2. slirles" csjjp. The wildest gusts
and storm!* are more acceptable to ih<
mariner than the inaction which is com
pulsory when the wind moves not.
I once met an old, old lady, who said
that her whole life had been as placid an
a summer sea. At long intervals Home
member of her family had died, but as
she had no children the most intimate and
deep of afflictions had bven spared her,
and her husband still survived. Strange
to say. I did not feel that she waa to i»o
culture tells how his department is help
ing the farmer; P:of. L. H. Bailey de
livers a final dictum on the wonderful
soil Inoculation with nitrogen. In these
pages the nature lover can roam through
The Woods in May" with Dallas Lore
Sharp: the yachtsman can sail with ft.
C Kowland on the 'Kiulymions" record
cruise and share John R. Spears' expert
Information on 'The New Style ..f Yacht
Race."
BOOK NEWS
Ernst «r>n Wolzogen. the German novel
ist whose famous story. "Das Drltte
Geschlecht" (The Third Sex), is about to
be published In this country, passed the
early years of his life In England. Indeed,
he spoke English before he know the Ger
man language, and his interest in English
letters has always boon keen, ir Is ru
mored that he is about to come to this
country for a lecturing tour. If he d(«»s
he will then be able to tell for himself
now far he was correct in the pictures he
drew of American life in a story he once
wrote about New York. His' fame in
Germany is so well established that he is
recognized as ->ne of the ablest living men
ot letters in the fatherland. His • Kraft-
Mayr la perhaps the finest musical noroi
In any lanpruase. In his earlier life he
devoted himself a K reat deal to the study
or music, though his students career in
btrashurg and Leipzig- unlversitlei was a
distinguished one. He has just contribut
ed a very humorous story entitled "Tha
Gloria Breeches/.' to the Bret number ot
the now magazine. T
It is promised that "Epigrams and
Aphorisms.- by Oscar Wilde, which will
be Issued May 1 by J,»hn W. Luce * Cot
of Boston, will more completely cover tha
entire range of Wildes prose "work than
anything which has y,t been done la
facility of epigrammatic expression. Mr.'
Wilde was pre-eminent among writers <>f
English, and still holds the premier posi
tion In fact so large a part of the fabric
"f his plays .mil Lest remembered ■torx,
The Putme of Dorian Grey." is made up
of material fashioned m that form of «
presslon that a comprehensive collection
o! his epigrams affords an opportunity
Tor a complete exposition of the atmos
phere of his work, and at the same tima
preserves in concise form the essence of
the author's best efforts.
J. S. Mel.ain. author of "Alaska and tho
Klondike. accompanied the senatorial
committee that went to Alaska fan iimkj;
and it is from letters that he wrote to
his own paper. The Minneapolis Journal,
during the time he was traveling ahout
Alaska that his book has been complied.
The members of the senatorial commit
tee, mad.- every endeavor to get Mr. Mc-
Lata to let his book be published as a
senate document; and in a letter urging
him to do this one of the senators said
that the Committee considered the book
one of the most valuable documents for
the public they knew of.
Harold MacGrath'a gay romance? of
Washington, "The Man on the •"Box," is
going faster and faster, like its own; "Ad
mirable Jehu" on his memorable ride.
Every month since its publication it has
sold better than the month before. The
only exception was last December, whan
the book was in extraordinary demand
even for the holiday season and the record,
for this month is still at the top, though
apparently not destined to stay there long..
"The Man on the Ilox" has achieved tha
best of all successes—a cumulative pop
ularity.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell's new novel, "Con.
stance Trescot." lias followed BO closely
upon his "Youth "f Washington" that th«
public may get the idea that Dr. Mitchell
is a rapid writer; but the facts are <iulta
the reverse. Dr. Mitchell has rewritten
"Constance.Trescot" three times in the
past thren years. The manuscript was
put into type for the first lime two year*
ago, and a single set of page proofs was
struck off on 'huge paper" and bound up
for the author, who worked for a real
on these page proofs. So many Change*
were made that the book wan entirely re
act before issue. Dr. Mitchell believes
that "Constance Trescot" contains tha
best work he has done or will ever do.
Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice just sailed for
Japan, lie: new book. "Sandy," wan is
sued April Tl. It is the story of a little
Scotch-Irish stowaway, who drifts to
Clayton. Ky.. and after many years beau
tifully realizes the ideal of his tioylsn
heart.
emied. Without pain in this world '.<•
my there is little reaching forward
to the height! of joy; without suffering
th.-re is seldom intensity of thankfulness;
without birth throes there is little ap
parent growth In the spiritual realm. Life
;'li •>■ plain road, no btJla (o climb, no ob
stacles to surmount, no vicissitudes to
endure, is not so desirable, ■ .■■ the whole,
as life which has its Struggles, Its sor
rows, and its low, preliminary as they
come to the final realisation of Ita tri
umphs, its consolations, and its ever
lasting gain.
The time for sturdy resistance to tha
difficulties and temptations of the day Is
usually the period of youth, when one 1.1
facing the future, as well as realizing th«
present, and when the past does not loom
large In one's view. The past of youth
b very short; the future io..ks intermina
ble, and the Immediate present is strenu
ous. Middle age often eaivies the bur
dens which youth lias brought to it. car
ries them with a steadfast courage and •<•
serene cheer impossible to youth; and old
age Is, or should be. the season of tran
quillity—the season of resting on the oars
and waiting for the end.
"Sunset and evening star
And on,> dear call for me.
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.-
—Margaret K. Sangster in Joyful Life.
Cultivate Friendships
Genius for making friends belongs to
the open, responsive, unselfish, and warm
hearted. The seliish, even If they make
friends, cannot keep them. The culture
of friendship is a duty wo owe to hu
man nature. Friendship should become
a habit; but It may be killed by naglect
or strangled at its birth by thoughtless
ness. The cold and shallow heart has no
place, for friendship. The whol,. secret
of making friends is in the practice of
the "Golden Kule." The channels of
friendship should never be allowed to
dog, but an open way be ever kept be
tween heart and hcait.
The "Kdda" Hays:
"If thou knoweat thou hast a friend
Whom thou well canst trust
Go oft to visit him;
For with brushwood overgrown
And with high grass
Is the way that no one treads."
In the Apocryphal book of Ecelesia.stl
cu.s wh read: "If thou tindest a good
man. rise up early in the morning to go
to him. and let thy feet wear the step
of his bouse.*
Friends should cultivate similar tastes,
that they may understand and appre
ciate each other. There may be harmony
or soul with sometimes many and great
differences It Is enough If they know
each other's hearts. There can be no
friendship without trust. We remain
alone In the world so long an we are ; ,il
suspicion, and stand off by ourselves, icy
and oofaL "buttoned up." We can do
nothing with or for each other without
confidence. But we must also guard
against imposition. Our hearts are not
always to be carried in our sleeves for
every daw to neck at. You will need all
your judgment and wisdom to keep the
middle paih between overoonfldence and
oversuspielon.
We must be faithful to our friends If
we would keep them. That friendship \a
false in Its very nature that expects only
personal advantage. We may not I*- able
to do much, but we may show those little
attentions, kindnesses, and confidences
that evidence our thoughtfulnesa and
love. Shakespeare says:
"Thy friends thou hast, and their adop
tion tried.
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of
Steel.
But do not dull thy palm with enter
tainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged com
rade."
—J. N. Fradennurgn. D. D., In "Life's
Springtime.
The World as It Is
It's a gay old world when you're gay
And a glad old world when you're glad.
But whether you play * •-.....
Or go toiling away
It's a sad old world when you're said. '•'
It's a grand old world If you're great
And it man •■•a jtuu'ie a::aiir—
It's a world full of hate
For the foolish who prate
Of the uselessnesses of it all.
It's a beautiful world to see KSaSISi?
Or it's dismal In every gone:
The thing It must bo *i "• —-•.'»•>.' <
In Us gloom or Its glee
Depends on yourself alone.' ■■-■'■'■■> «.i>"»-.«. •
—8. !•:. Riser la Chicago Record-Herald.
