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THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1905.
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' Mr. Samuel M. Gardenhire'3 new
jnovel "The Silence of Mrs. Harrold"
shows according to the critics who b.ave
read both, a. marked advance over his
first book "Lux Cruels. The latter had
a ood sale In Topeka, largely no doubt
because Mr. Gardenhire formerly lived
here and has many Topeka friends who
feJt a. curiosity to see what he could do
In fiction and the "Silence of Mrs.
Harold" Is also going very well at the
booksellers and is repaying those who
read It In Interest and enjoyment. It is
a modern story, unlike Lux Cruris
which was a tale of the Roman empire
In which the apostle Paul figured, and
the scene Is laid in New York city
w here Mr. Gardenhire now lives. Famil
iar New Tork places and people figure
In the story.masqueradins under slight
ly disguised names and the novel gives,
altogether, a panoramic glimpse of con
ditions in the American metropolis. The
iWall street trusts and the theatrical
trust, leading lights of the ultra smart
Bet, as well as pleasing pictures of a
jess notorious ana more agreeable so
ctety. a popular young actress (is Ethel
Etrrj-more meant?) a favorite matinee
Fin s nero. a master of finance, a half
crazed inventor and an amateur Bhor.
Jock Holmes who unravels the tangled
threads of the central plot are among
the themes handled by Mr. Gardenhire
la a broad, comprehensive and con
vincing manner.
The central theme Is
Harrold's secret and the opening chap
ters of the book which tell of her meet
ing with John Harrold, his proposal of
marriage and her refusal of It unless
ene be taken on her own terms of a
"sight unseen" contract, her past as
Irrevocably buried as his own are
among tha most interesting in the book.
Mrs. Harrold presents her side of the
argument with a degree of legal acumen
astonishing in a woman. But when
you remember that the author of the
book is a law student of no mean at
tainment you realize that his charming
heroine has advantages In that respect
which many charming heroines lack.
The book has faults mostly of con
struction. It is somewhat labored In
style and there Is a ponderosity in the
presentation and development of the
themes which makes you think of Dis
raeli's works and others which made
the beginning of the novel's historv. The
book is real enough as far as the plot
and action are concerned but the char
acters talk in a somewhat stilted and
affected manner. Of course that is no
objection to some people who think the
characters of a novel should talk book
Ishly. Mr. Gardenhire manages the
chorus part of his work very well but
his dialogue could be improved upon.
However "The Silence of Mrs. Harrold"
Is a very readable story and well worth
one's time.
"The Silence of Mrs. Harrold." Harper
& Bros., New York. Price, 11.50.
"John Brown the Hero," is the title
of a little book just published that will
Interest especially the students of Kan
sas history.
The author is Dr. J. W. Winkley, of
Boston, whose name is closely identified
with the stormy days of Kansas.though
he was a citizen of the territory but
two years, 18f6 and 1857. Ha lived on
the Pottawatomie but not near the
scene of the frightful tragedy in which
five pro slavery men were mercilessly
slaughtered at the direction of Brown
the one unexplainable act that mars the
fame of this heroie character.
Dr. Winkley makes no attempt to go
Into details and his mention of the Pot
tawatomie incident is brief indeed but
what he tells he tells well and it bears
the stamp of reality. Any one would
know that he was at one in and a
rart of the bloody days when John
Brown and other strong hearted
men fought tha battle for the freedom
of Kansas.
The battle of Osawatomie is briefly
described and the tremendous odds
against the free state defenders is vivid
ly brought out. The murder of Freder
ick Brown, son of the emancipator Is
not dealt upon but the author tells how
he saw the aged and grizzled father
standing bowed with grief but resolute
at tne side or the dead body of his son
in the Adair cabin. Here is an extract
from the description: "As Brown bent
over the lifeless form of his boy, there
was not a word of complaint from his
lips nor any look of revenge on his face
only deep, silent grief, and falling
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Almighty will. Then he hurried away
to the morrow's duty after expressing
his wishes as to the disposal of the re
mains 01 nis son."
An exceedingly interesting chapter is
the reproduction of a speech that
Brown delivered to several Missourians
held as prisoners.
The men who knew and acted with
John Brown are fast passing away and
tne oniy regret upon reading Dr.
Winkley's little book is that he did
not make it more comprehensive in
detail.
The volume is well printed and
substantially bound in cloth. There is
an introduction by F. B. Sanborn, the
well known authority on John Brown.
It is made to sell for S5 cents. The
James H. West company of Boston are
the publishers.
"The Mysterious Mr. Sabin" is the
title of Mr. E. Philips Oppenheim's
new novel, just published by Little,
Brown & Co. of Boston. Mr. Oppen
heim is a master of intrigue as ap
plied to the novel. He is a specialist
and does his work well. There are
few readers who are not pleased with
the mysterious in literature, who do
not enjoy an hour or two in the con
templation and study of a well con
structed plot which has to do with the
ingenuity of the human mind. That
is why Mr. Oppenheim's books are al
ways popular and that is why "The
Mysterious Mr. Sabin" will please the
majority of readers.
Mr. Sabin is a Frenchman of title,
who has always been involved in
diplomatic intrigue, in which he usual-,
ly has been successful. His last ven
ture and about this the interest of
this novel centers is in arranging a
conflict between Germany and Eng
land, by which It is hoped tht the en
tire English navy will be annihilated
through the use of an invention of;
which Mr. Sabin is the author. As a
reward for his services he asks as a
fee the conquest of France Jjy Ger
many, and the restoration to power of
a branch of the royal family of which
his niece is a member, and whose
marriage to another member of the
royalty seems to be a possible means
of reuniting France in a monarcnicai
government.
With this plan Mr. Sabin visits Eng
land, accompanied by his niece, the
Princess Helene Frances de Bourbon,
and enters into negotiations with both
the powers of Germany and Russia.
He finally determines that Germany is
the best tool for the furtherance of
his plans, and attempts to deceive
Russia concerning his purpose. In
the course of his residence in England
he is compelled to show some recog
nition to Lord Wolfenden, who de
fends him from an assault from a
political enemy. The introduction of
Lord Wolfenden to Helene is the first
obstacle to the plans of Mr. Sabin, for
the young Englishman is captivated
by the charms of the princess and
frankly states that in spite-of the 00
lections of Mr. sabin, he intends to
win her. The princess is not entirely
insensible to the attentions of Lord
Wolfenden, but her engagement from
patriotic motives to a member of the
royalty of France cannot be easily for
gotten.
In the meanwhile Mr. Sabin pursues
his course of intrigue in a manner
that would do credit to all of the vil
lains of romance or stage life, and in
the development of this widespread
intrigue, the author has shown' won
derful imaginative powers. TJnfortu
nately, however, Mr. Sabin had at one
time joined a society of nihilists, and
the Russian powers, finding that he Is
treating with Germany, join hands
with the nihilists, who demand the
destruction of ail his plans, writings,
and models, and the abandonment of
his alliance with Germany. Reluctant
ly Mr. Sabin withdraws from the com
pact with Germany, and the plan to
secure for his niece the throne of
France is defeated.
The Princess Helene. finding that
her marriage to the Prince of Ortren3
will not benefit the political condition
of France, promptly renounces her
bethrothal, and announces her en
gagement to Lord Wolfenden. Mr.
Sabin is at last compelled to- counten
ance this new arrangement, and hav
ing raised by his plots embarrass
ing conditions between Germany and
England, is forced to seek an asylum
in the United States.
The less said about illustrations in
the book the better.
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items Abont Books That Ar
Attracting Attention.
It is customary with many great
critics to refer to Swinburne as the
greatest living poet. It is doubtful
whether many can be found who would
dispute the phrase. Other living men
have written single poems that stand
out, but there is no poet today to com
pare with Swinburne. He is a strange
ly interesting figure. This little des
cription of him by a friend is worth
recording: "He lives in possession of
his needs. Bounded on all sides by the
best books, enjoying the close compan
ionship of the truest friend ever given
to a man of genius, and finding in a
j long walk at postman's pace a full
j satisfaction for the body's craving after
exercise, ne lives through the twilight
of his days in a greater security and
under the spell of a deeper peace than
he knew In the boisterous dawn of his
lite. He loves literature, and is loyal
to her. The best books, and only the
best, he devours with increasing de
light. He knows nothing of second
rate literature. The names of kings
and queens in that division of the
kingdom are unknown to him. With
the best books, a little walking exer
cise, conversation with his friend, and
a dally interest in the politics of the
world, he lives the simple life as he
sees it, and is well content."
Margaret Hill McCarter of Topeka,
is writing a two-volume history of
Kansas. The book will be published in
Nebraska.
The report of the Imperial library
at Tokio, Japan, for the year 1903
throws much light on the character
of Japanese reading. Of the books
called for in the year, 167.000, or 21.6
per cent related to mathematics, 20
per cent to literature and language,
18 per cent to history and geography,
anT the remainder to theology, art,
industries. ar, and other serious Slit
ters. Fiction does not appear in the
list.
Ainslee'g for March contains an es
say in which the element known as
"human Interest" is predominant. It
deals with the question of the expendi
ture of money, brains and nervous en
ergy attending the giving of a week
end party in smart society, and is
called "The Prodigality of the Week
En d Party." It is a unique subject,
and the theme is haneled in such a
way as to make it intensely Interesting-
The Macmillart company, nii'-'-ers
of Robert Herrick's noteworthy
novel. "The Common Lot," are just
bringing out the eighth edition of that
work, with a. new cover, more appro
priate than rthe first, showing the
architect's tools, triangle, compass and
square, on a shield inclosed in a
wreath, suggesting the book's deeper
theme, work and the moral value of
conscience in its performance.
"The Return of Sherlock Holmes'
is expected in a few days from the
press of McClure, Phillips & Co., and
his reappearance is one of the most
novel and daring feats of literature.
Sherlock Holmes is without doubt one
of the most universal favorites in fic
tion, having his friends in the kitchen
as well as in the drawing room. In
the stable as well as in the library.
His name, and what It stands for, has
become a part of the English vocabu
lary, and his return will no doubt be
welcomed with genuine delight. It
will be remembered that when the
play of "Sherlock Holmes" was pro
duced in New York some years ago a
bit of lovemaking not in the book was
introduced by the dramatist to round
out the story. Two small boys watched
the performance breathlessly at one of
the matinees and with vigorous ad
miration until the love scene was deli
cately intruded, whereupon one of
them leaned back in his chair for the
first time during the performance and
said: "Oh, that rot always gives me a
pain. I don't think they've any right
to spoil a good book with such stuff."
Charles T. Stewart's book, "The Fug
itive Blacksmith" was published by
the Centuary company today. It Is in
teresting to know that this man of 37
has held steadily to an ideal of author
ship since boyhood, though a wandering
life was forced upon him for many
years. For the last 12 years he has
been an engraver in Chicago, part of
the time an official of the Photo-Engravers"
union. He has put into the book,
it is said, many experiences gained in
his enforced pillar-to-post life; and a
strong mingling of humor, pathos, and
human interest is promised the reader.
Hamlin Garland's new novel, "The
Tyranny of the Dark," which is run
ning serially In Harper's Weekly, is
written on lines new not only in Mr.
Garland's own work, but In fiction gen
erally. It Is a story of which the cen
tral motive deals with occult mysteries
and influences, as they concern a
charming young girl who Is the invol
untary subject of them. How these in
fluences involve the fortunes and love
affairs of the girl and her two suitors
is told by Mr. Garland with vivid and
dramatic effect.
The March Century will contain a
new and interesting portrait of Presi
dent Roosevelt from a stereograph by
Underwood & Underwood of New York.
The picture shows the president, in
mountain garb, at Glacier Point, Yose
mite Valley, and was taken during his
recent visit to California.
Frenzied finance has pressed the but
ton for some rhyme-making machine
and produced "Lawsonized Lyrics," by
"Jyngo." The Jingles are in various
meters, many of them parodies of well
known poems, and they celebrate Mr.
Lawson's recent actions. The best thins
about the book is the way these verses
are illustrated. The name of the artist
is not given. The little book is publish
ed by the H. M. Caldwell company of
Boston.
No more savory body of biographical
material has appeared for a long time in
any American magauine than the Leland
papers, now appearing in the Atlantic
Monthly, dealing with the life of Charles
Godfrey Leland, author of "Hans Breit
mann." The preliminary account of Hans
Breitmann in the January number gave
us, among other hitherto unknown gems,
the following new verse for Hans Breit
mann s well known Dany :
Hans Breitmann gife a barty,
Gott's blitz vot foon we had!
Ve blayed at Kuss im Ringe
Dill de gals vos almost mad!
And ven indo de gorner
By Tilda I vos dook.
Mine eyes vos boost in Thranen
To dink how schweet she look."
Now in the February number Mrs. Pen
nell, his niece, presents a most admirable
account of Hans Breitmann as Romany
Rye, made up of the interesting and ro
mantic experiences of Leland in the first
hand study of gypsy life and lore. It is
announced that the series will conclude
with two installments of Interesting and
important correspondence between Le
land and the foremost men of the time.
For those who wish to know more
about Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer
who has put his life in peril through his
efforts in -behalf of the people before, and
during the St. Petersburg "massacre of
the innocents," there is a detailed life to
be had In English. It is written by E. J.
Dillon, the well known English traveler
and journalist, who had unusual facilities
tor Ratnerine nis material, bota from
Oorky himself, and his friends. In view
or recent events tne mography of this
man born practically in the gutter,
reared among the lowest and most vicious
surroundings a tramp until almost mid
dle life who has now won himself a pro
fessorship in literature at a leading Rus
sian university, is of peculiar interest.
A new book by Andrew Carneeie is an
nounced by Messrs. Doubleday. Page &
Co. It will be a life of James Watt, and
will be brought out at the end of Marrh.
Mr. Carnegie lias been busily engaged on
this book for the past six months, begin
ning It at Skibo castle during his usual
visit there last summer. "The Life of
James watt will De unlike any of Mr.
Carnegie's other books in that it is a se
rious biography. There will be no pro
liminary maeaBine publication of this bi
ography, nor will Mr. Carnegie permit it
to re published subsequently in any
SKI iiXl 1U1 III.
A translation of the "Guide for th Per.
plexed of Moses Maimonides. the irrsof
jewisu meuiosian ana pmiosopner, is an
nounced by Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Co
Tg English version has been made direct
from Arabic original bv lir. w TTriori-
aender. who also furninhe an u
luuununiaes me.
It Didn't Como OfT.
It was in the Arlington; they were
from Ohio, and from Cincinnati at that.
As usual when men from the Buckeye
state get together, politics and things
political were largely the topics of con
versation. Some one got to telling of
Senator Foraker, and mention of him
evoked a story from Henry M. Burt,
of Dayton, Ohio. It was connected with
the senator's first election. He was
then the honorary president of a
marching club which possessed the fin
est brass band In the state. On the
announcement of his election, the club
Immediately called a meeting, and
passed resolutions that in effect were a
glad, proud exultation that the Hon.
Joseph B. Foraker had been elected
senator, and in his triumph they, too,
triumphed. "Therefore be It resolved.
That we, the Blank Marching club of
Cincinnati, go in a body on March 4 to
Washington, and also be It resolved,
That at the present moment when the
Hon. Joseph Foraker takes the oath
whereby he becomes senator, this club
shall march down the center aisle of
the senate chamber, headed by the
band, playing "Hail to the Chief.' "
And the narrater of this incident af
firms that the club to this day doesn't
understand why their programme map
ped out didn't come off. Washington
Post. i
"What do women want in men?" de
mands Robert Hichens In The Gentle
woman. He asks Lucas Malet to an
swer the question, but perhaps there
will be no objection to some one else
having a try at it, especially as Mr.
Hichens is not likely to hear about it.
Mr. Hichens thinks women ought to
like unselfishness, solicitude, and a
greater humbleness in men but his ob
servation has been that the selfish, care
less and conceited men are often adored
by women. "Upon my word," he goes
on to say, "It sometimes seems to me
as if women think a man unmanly
when he is unselfish, as if they think
less of him than of the trampling,
selfish tyrant who orders them about,
and will not let them do anything they
want to do, unless It also happens to
be what he wants to do."
Although Mr. Hichens confesses that
he Is only a blind groper after truth
and begs for light upon a mystery too
deep for his comprehension it must be
owned that the foregoing sentence
proves that he is at least "warm." Wo
men at least many women do like the
masterful man. It is a survival of the
prehistoric ante-social conditions when
a man won a woman with a club and
the woman liked it. They still like it,
or the modern equivalents of the club.
"I don't want a man to beat me," said
a clever young woman who visited in
Topeka a few seasons ago, "but I
wouldn't feel that I loved him unless I
was sure that he could beat me and I
would still love him." Brutality, more
or less polished, according to their class,
still wins with many women. Perhaps
It is not too much to say that it has its
attraction for all women If it Is not re
vealed in a. manner shocking to their
prejudices and their notions of what
is due them as women. Of course they
don't admit that they like brutality.
But most of them will tell you that
they like a "gentle master." They all
scream out at the suggestion of what
they call a "sissy." Just the same a
whole lot of them marry what other
women call "sissies" and they make
quite satisfactory husbands, too, it
seems.
But that brings us to another con
sideration of this subject one that
should have been taken up at the be
ginning really and that is, what in a
lover pleases a woman often displeases
her in a husband. The same is doubt
less true of sweethearts and wives and
this may explain the great difference
often to be noted between the first and
second choice of a man or woman who
marries a second time. So perhaps Mr.
Hichens would be surer of a compre
hensive and dependable reply to his
question if he put it this way: What
does a young, inexperienced and roman
tic woman like in a man? And in what
respects do her tastes differ from those
of an older, more practical and exper
ienced woman. In other words, what's
the difference in a woman's opinion of
men before and after taking? Not that
a woman changes so much. It some
times seems doubtful if we change at
all if we are not to the end of time, for
all the preaching and the praying, the
striving or the drifting, the varied in
fluences, good and bad among which we
are thrown, what we were at the begin
ning. It is a -difficult question, this
question of our moral and ethical des
tiny. Perhaps, at the last analysis, we
must all more or less declare our con
victions in the Calvin paradox.
But "a burnt child dreads the fire
and the woman who has loved and
worshipped at the feet of a selfish
tvrant and has suffered through that
blind and ignorant devotion, and
finally recovered from it, if one ever
really does recover from such things,
will look with a sharpened eye upon
her later lovers. The masterful
qualities of the first will repel her If
they are evinced in just the same man
ner in another. Often in the violence
of reaction qualities quite different from
those of the first man will appeal to
her. She will fall in love with the very
opposite of the one who first attracted
her or at least marry him you can
never really tell when a woman is In
love and indeed how could you expect
to when she doesn't know herself? It
is safe to say though to Robert Hichens
or any other seeker after truth, that no
woman likes a "sissy" man. Of course
they marry them. Beggars and women
can't be choosers. But no woman, no
real woman, likes the man who is
small, petty, exacting, "persnickety," as
some of the girls say. And although
younger women, girls at the caramel
and matinee hero stage, admire, as Mr.
Hichens has observed, the "selfish,
trampling tyrant." the older woman,
the woman of judgment and experience
with human character, likes him no bet
ter than she does the "sissy." This
doesn't sav either, that she doesn't fall
in love with him. because the wisest
women Is easilv fooled. If a man is
big and manly looking and has fine eyes
and a well-shaped head, evidence of
brain and courteous manners It Is hard
to believe that he may be at heart a
cad and a coward whom only a close
acquaintance will reveal in his true
light. Under such circumstances de
ceived by his fair-seeming and his fine
talk, a woman may fall In love with
such a man, and after she Is in love and
the harm is done she may keep on lov
ing him, especially If "he has a con
stant and affectionate disposition, even
after she sees him as he is, understands
the selfishness, the brutality, the heart
lessness of his nature. But on that ac
count don't Imagine that she likes and
admires the selfishness, the brutality
and the heartlessness. She puts up
with them and makes the best of them
because she is a woman a strange
creature with a dog-like devotion, lick
ing the hand that strikes her.
But it is only the unselfish woman
who is capable of an affection of that
sort The selfish woman rarely marries
a selfish man. They don't get that far;
or if they do it is a brief experiment
soon ending in the divorce court. The
masterful woman marries the "easy"
man. The affectionate submissive wo
man, the tyrant. Of course she is game
and declare.! sv vouldn't have any
other kind. But if she is a woman of
perception and judgment she soon dis
covers that his selfishness is not manli
ness nor his bullying propensities
strength. We have, then, the pathetic
spectacle of the woman who has made
a mistaken union who has given her
heart for all time and irrevocably, to a
man whom she can no longer admire
and respect to one whose faults she
must overlook and forget, daily sacrific
ing her ideals to her womanly affection
which must still cling and cling because
he is a woman, even though she finds
her support to be only a straw.
But what would such a woman like in
a man. If her heart wwe hers to give?
a woman of deep affection, rich emo-!
tion, unswerving constancy, and withal
Judgment, experience, appreciation of
WOMEN.
the best and finest qualities of man
hood? Well, she wouldn't go to the
other extreme and like a "sissy," you
may be sure of that. She would still
remain true to her early worship of
manliness, courage, honor, determina
tion and force of character. But O, for
the courage and honor and manliness
that reveal themselves in living, not in
talking, not in posing, not in grand
stand plays. There is so much of that.
She would like a man of true humility.
After all Isn't conceit the most irritat
ing and disagreeable of the lesser
crimes? She would like a man who
was truly unselfish not merely the
possessor of a habit of courtesy and
consideration which wears off on close
acquaintance. She would like a man
of broad ideas, Just and fair, and
strictly honest in his dealings with wo
men as well as men, gentle, affection
ate, chivalrous, capable of fine senti
ment not sentimentality and with a
high principle and philosophy of life
actuating him In every relation and un
der all circumstances. In his work as
well as in his lighter moments, in the
world as well as In his home. I do
not think she would care how such a
man looked nor what he did, from
what sort of family, he came, nor how
much money he had. And of course we
know that such men exist. Haven't we
read about them in all the "lady nov
elists' " books?
Bob's friend looked around him ad
miringly. "And by Jove!" he exclaim
ed, "this used to be your bachelor quar
ters, didn't It? Say, you lucky dog, ifa
different now, has a home touch. Ah,
that's the woman of it, eh?" Bob nod
ded, smiled, and there was a far-away
look in his eyes. "To think," went on
the friend, "this place that you used to
believe cramped for yourself and pipes
holds two now. with a lot of happiness
besides." And again Bob nodded and
turned that far-away look into his
friend's eyes. "Same old whisky chest,
eh?" laughed the friend, and the mar
ried man's far-away look deepened.
"She keeps her hats In It," Bob re
turned, and It was his friend's turn to
do the far away. The married man
stretched out his legs. "Say, go take a
look at the bath room, will you?" he
said slowly.
The friend did. The wall over the
tub was lined with shelves, rows on
rows of hats, bottles and "things." The
window sill was Jammed with milk
bottles, a small gas stove, three orange3
as stove, inree orangea
and some paper bags. Across the tuo
was an irnninsr board. Under the mirror
a shelf groaned with serried ranks of
cold cream and rejuvenator in jars ana
bottles. A hot water bag hung con
spicuous. Handles of sauce pans peep
ed from under the tub. A- palm in
basin of water stood under the towel
rack.- and two large clothes baskets
Worked the eaneway. A pair of cor
sets hung over the towels, and but
hew the friend dashed out.
Silently the two men drank their
whisky (that came from out among the
hats), and there was a far-away look
in their eyes both of 'em. Clara Belle
in the Cincinnati inquirer.
Each change that revolutionizes the
fashionable -toilette causes the corsetleres
to be busy. It is a lime nara iu unu.--stand
how they can be more occupied dur
ing the next three months than they have
during the three that have Just passed,
but that they will be called upon to exert
their utmost efforts in the cause of
beauty, s it is exemplified by the new
wasp-waist figure, is a certainty.
It was thought that Just poesibly the
more slender waist that was introduced
at the beginning of the autumn would
prove to be a passing freak on fashion s
part, but it is now quite certain that this
is not so, and that the determination of
the modish woman to possess a graceful
waist measurement and an elegant figure
is adamantine in its quality.
The new corset has all the elegance of
ene thnt the straieht-fronted one pos
sessed with the modelinE and grace of the
stay that preceded it. it is very lucky
that this is so. Had It been otherwise,
girls would ha'e viewed with horror the
edict that has gone forth that the waist
must be small if the figure Is to look
smart.
The new corset Is higher above the
w&lst than its predecessor, but not so
rteen below, pna m some cases 11 even
ends t the waist, though the staymakers
do not advise such a model as this, except
tor girls with naturally very small waists.
PrpMiir wher nressure is needed is
arranged at the sides and back in order to
give the figure tnai ningea ana lissome
IOOK mat IS consiaerea a yuini yi uctuivj.
Retribution. First Suburbanite "The
reincarnation tneory is a queer iaea.
Second Suburbanite "Very. If it Is true,
I think that you and I, in some previous
ctuti. nf existence, must have been un
scrupulous real estate speculators who
tried to beguile people Into owning their
own homes. Brooklyn lue.
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How Useful It Is In
Preserving Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient dis
infectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that tne more
you take of it the better; it is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present in
the stomach and intestines and carries
them out of the, system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating
onions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and Im
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal In one
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they
are composed of the finest powdered
Willow charcoal, and other harmless
antiseptics in tablet form or rather in
the form of large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with
honey.
The dally use of these lozenges will
soon tell In a much Improved condition
of the general health, better complex
ion, sweeter breath and purer blood,
and the beauty of it Is, that no possible
harm can result from their continued
use, but on tne contrary, great Dene
fit. A Buffalo physician in speaking of
the benefits of charcoal, says: "I ad
vise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all
patients suffering from gas In stomach
and bowels, and to clear the complex
ion and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; I also believe the liver is great
ly benefited by the daily use of them:
they cost but twenty-five cents a box
at drug stores, and although in some
sense a patent preparation, yet I be
lieve I get more and better charcoal
in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than In
aey of tfe ardinarv charcoal table U."
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Gleaned From tbe Teachings of
All Denominations.
Christ came into the world not to tell
us what Is right, but to give to our
right doing the right flavor. Rev. Dr.
Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester,
Mass.
TRIBUTE! TO NEWSPAPERS.
The newspaper Is the sentinel on the
outpost of the camp, always watching,
never slumbering. It acts as the safe
guard of society. And it is our duty
to watch that sentinel and see that it
does not sleep at the pos. Rev. Dr.
John Clarence Lee, Untversallst, Phila
delphia. SACRAMENTAL POINT OF VIEW.
All things about us, all phenomena,
even capital and labor and Its conten
tions, can be considered from the sac
ramental point of view and spiritual
lessons drawn from them. Rev. T. F.
Seymour, Episcopalian, Peoria, 111.
OPTIMISM IN RELIGION.
The spirit of optimism Is softening
the asperities of religion, civilizing the
human idea and supporting God, rob
bing the grave of its terrors, relieving
life of many of its burdens and teach
ing all to see good in everything. Rev.
Dr. J. E. Roberts, Church of This
World, Kansas City, Mo.
THE VALUE OF OBEDIENCE.
The parent who does not compel his
child to respect and obey him commits
a sin In the sight of God and must
suffer the consequences. The child that
is not taught the lesson of obedience to
his parents will become a nuisance in
society and a curse to the world. Rev.
A. R. Holderby, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga.
AMERICA AND LIBERTY.
When labor is free and when capital
Is free, when combinations on either
side are put down by an aroused pub
lic opinion and equality of rights for all
men is established In the social and in
dustrial realm, then, and not till then,
shall liberty in America attain its per
fect development. Rev. Dr. W. .W.
Boyd, Baptist, St. Louis.
VALUE OF A DEVOTED FRIEND.
A poor man may be said to be rich
In the midst of his poverty bo long as
he enjoys the interior sunshine of a de
voted friend. The wealthiest of men
on the contrary, is poor and miserable
if he has no friend whom he can grasp
by the hand and to whom he can dis
close the secrets of his heart. Cardinal
James Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Bal
timore. SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH.
Church organisations are a necessity
for the maintenance of worship and the
promulgation of religious teaching, but
a church organization should never be
used to bring any pressure to bear di
rectly or indirectly upon any man to
hinder him in his honest search for
truth or in hie honest expression of
. . to h th truth Rev.
. Kratzer. Universallst. Fitchburg.
Mass.
SOCIALISM AND MISERS.
While the socialism which would
make all men exactly alike as to the
possession of wealth is wrong, a little
socialism which would hang every
miserly man, not in the orthodox way,
but upside down by the feet, so that
money might run out of him for the
poor and the unchurched and the
heathen, would be a good thing. Rev.
Dr. Charles Herald, Congxegational-
1st, Brooklyn.
MAN'S SUPREME NEED.
The supreme need of mankind is con
version to religion, to the spiritual point
of view, to an appreciation of what Is
most worthy of the name religion as
human asset a conversion to the spir
itual point of view, an estimate of re
ligion not apart from practical life, but
as a force in forming and sublimating
It all, the innate force, if it is not
denied or ignored, making for nobility
and for the noblest way of doing all
things. Rabbi Charles Fleischer, He
brew, Boston.
THE BIBLE AS A CHARTER OF
FREEDOM.
The present applicability of the moral
principles of the Bible to human me
verifies its divine authorship. Biblical
morality has been placed under tre
mendous strain but has been sufficient
to bear it. Individuals following its di
vine directions have become illustrious
saints. Nations, so far as they have
accented the Bible, have found it a
safe charter of freedom, a sure guide
to success. The missionary has proved
the power of Scripture to lift men out
of a savage state into civilization. The
Bible is the source of the purest, sim
plest, strongest morality the world has
ever seen. Rev. Dr. Marcus a. crown
son, Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
THE URGENT LIFE.
Urgent, our Lord tells us, was his life.
He Is the example of all true living.
These lives of ours, shortened now ny
the measure of another year, should be
urgent also. There ought to be in every
life the urgency of the feeling of being
sent. This was in the life of Jesus. "1
must work the works of him that sent
me. There ought to be in every lite tnat
urgency of a sense of obligation. "I must
work the worts of aim that sent me,
said Jesus. How '..'.is uigency of obliga
tion will prevent the careTcs and aimless
frittering of our swiftly passing and only
life in thi3 orM There ought to be in
every life tha urtsency of the need of in
stant seizure of opportunity. Thtife w.is
this in the life of Jesus. "I must work
the works of him that sent me while it is
dav," said Jesus Opportunity comes, but
does not wait. "Seize her by the fore
lock," said Thomas Carlyle; "she has no
back hair." There ought to be in every
life the recognition of the urgent fact of
the end There was in the great life.
The night cometh in which no man can
work," said Jesus. But the ending night
here shall oe sunrise in tne oeiier coun
try if we shall have been urgently true
to the great trust of life here. And there
is forgiveness for past failures in Jesus
Christ. Rev. D. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist,
Philadelphia.
THE TEMPLE OF LIFE.
The main work for Solomon's temple
was trie nicaen worK tne cuuing, me
chiseling, the shaping down there in
those subterranean quarries. And the
man work for the temple or the lire is
work withdrawn and secret, back in the
chambers of one's imaginings, lovings,
wlllings. Down there in the subterra
nean quarries was the place to lay the
plummet line upon the stones for that
temple which shone on Mount Moriah.
Back in the withdrawn places of one's
imagining, loving, willing, is where to lay
the plummet line upon the stones of deeds
which must go to form the temple of the
life. Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist,
Philadelphia,
ADVICE FOR THE NEW YEAR.
The chances are that with most of us
1905 will be largely a repetition of the
year just closed. When we come close
ohme to ourselves, though we fancy we
have it In our power to make ourselves
precisely what we will, the chances are
we snail continue 10 oe jusi wnai we
hRve been. Most people talk about turn
ing over a new leaf, but the writing on
the new leaf look3 strangely familiar as
we get toward the bottom of the page.
When we consider our mental character
istics as the years have gone on, we
have only intensified, the most of us, our
inherited natures. You can cultivate a
new interest. The great trouble with
most men is that they get Into ruts. They
are narrow In their Interests. There are
only a few things they care for, and if
you take those things away they do not
know what to do with themselves. If you
will begin this new year to train your
selves to become Interested In some new
thing, something outside of your business,
bv and bv when you wish to retire you
will be able to do so Rev. Dr. M. 3.
a.va?e. Unitarian, New Tork.
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