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THE SUN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914.
NEW BOOKS SEEN THROUGH REVIEWS AND COMMENT
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASON'S
LATEST BOOKS
Good and Stirring Talc of i Reformer Who Fell The
Story of a Superfluous Husband.
An Anonymous Hoosier Tale New Fiction by Mere
dith Nicholson, Lincoln Colcord and Others.
UlXXSWiAVmmw wm-m.M iihwi i ... .
Some of Little, Brown & Co.'s New Books
Tho quiet naturo of tho opening part than people imnglno uro behaving in
or Justus Mlled Vorman's Htory of "Tho I o'". degree an ho doe. It U a delight
ui ' , , ,, . ,,,..., ful tory and a tlmoly roniindor.
lillnd Spot" (Harper and Brothers) j ' . .
hardly suggests tho sharp action that , AfJ jjjyL OF INDIANA.
Is to comb later; all tho better that
there should o n surprise. It Is mado Whoever the anonymous author nf
plain that the house In Westchester "In My Youih" (The Uobbs-Mcrrlll
county vvus. a fine plac, nuch n home ns Company, Indlunapolln) may be, ho or
the rlih may havn In tho country to flhe him rendered a sorvlco to Indiana
supplement tho grand but hardly t.x- und the whole Middle West In drawing
panilve and unjustlcd city domicile, a faithful picture of tho llfo In tho
Thut t.lndu firry, solo daughter f thin pioneer days und of the men who huvo
VVenlc iter house und of another In made tho nutlon. Tho narrator professed
SIMv-sixth trot near tin IWrk vvii 1 to he an old man telling the story of his
loveiv In person and uprightly and rn- ! boyhood to tho grandchildren ho might
gaging in speech we were not permitted have had. He Is un imaginative lltt.e
to doubt but remembering what wo fellow born In a log cuhln on the edge
r,, 1111,1 In nthrr novo rt wo Mlleil oi mo lorrm mi u nine, wunmr dbihv
Mimowhnt at Arthur Sluiie, who was u
lcformer.
W'e might have spared ourselves the
fenr that this was going to bo n too
tamest anil upliitlng story. Arthur
Stones conversation with gentle and
lovable Allen Fnrnbornugli was queer;
perKoiiM mietlng for the llrst tlmo do
not usually dlouss so freely and so
thorough. y other p koiih with whom
they are about to sit down to dinner
merit. Ho talus nbout the place, tne
people around him, first hla family
and then tho nelKhbors, the things
that happened day by day, with no
formal descriptions, but as they would
strike a child or iw one child would
tell of them to unother. The sur
roundings und tho llfo nro those In sub
stance that Abraham Lincoln grew up
In n few years) earlier. Little by llttlo
tho knowledge of new things come to
It was. however, an Interesting and n I the child and tho old man can compare
.i....,., ,hni U her.. ! scribed them with his later experiences.
Linda's genial father wan clover, and The story is of tho gradual develop,
bo was Linda, and the gtner.U pleasant I ''"t of the. boy. for he is still n l.oy
make believe companion. The Impres-
-..iev t ittmer "ions oi tne me nrouna mm count ior
u w 4 t. u i..n.i.iren more ' " great deal more; through them we sco
.-.hum she felt i ml . r.ess nori
w,.h th, Hrtt in" JlotliM relatives, tho llttlo girl ho Idei.l-
effect was not i-polled by -.rnir's oru-, ven mo story cnus. ana oi nis
.. common sense ana tne stillness thoughts, which ho changes with R
of war.
"Was Llndi'a friend
for v.
ircc w,.n i.e. ... ,,,,, other relatives, tho llttlo girl
tlir.il in- uni.u.a "'"'''""'" .. Izes, his schoolmates, the country folk,
the p ,T c,,,,slUer ng th 1-m, ,m I tho FrlendH In their meeting house;
moonlit ternae. t was h rund n in n l
and it shej a m1M mist of n ou.ii.s lit. , primitive potsesslons. the
m th.- uia'or orb a ml! II. n ars pleasures, the lm-
crow,l,d the mild .-epte ber si k, I. In a. lh . A sho nnt.
Moml by the terrace ba usirade. ou , umlly M u Wf(uM ,)e a
been a b ng time. ( opI . s o niw , of ftt Mnf. back tho memory
tho young man em out t r ml one . ( f th(i ihln M
the long w.ndows. "DM Sieen tell ou vruKtcw that Wfnt ,nt(J ,ho hulMln(? o
funny st.-rlesV bteven wus Cop.O s Xlm.rcon cnnra,.u.r. If the author Is n
ncisnour at u ... " - "1 1" r.utlvo of the State, he or ho has writ
(.toiles. Thn d.crlptlon goes on cr a brtter ,)ool than nny ,hat tho ,n.
frankly. "He did, said Mr. I-tlmer na BchooJ projuc,, a 1)ook
I'm full of tlctlon and 1-lsh whiskey, i . BhouM .,.
And tlu-!o eveniisl to be tonio truth In
his Matement. for as he stood thero a
llttlo solc-maly besuln the Kilustrude he
.vhal.,1 a rl.'h odor of spirits. Mi's
SOME NEW FICTION.
A loving tribute from one stnr in the
Srnv illdn't ifi dully mind that, for Indiana galaxy to nnother will bo found
nlie was .iccuMomed to penplis who drank In Meredith Nicholson's "The I'oet"
eltheo ihampagno or whiskey with their, (Houghton Mlinin Company). Though
dinners, but she disliked the way Mr. ! never named in tho story, for that is
Latiimi' exprussetl hliruolf. Thenv nc edicts, us he mu: be recognized at
seemed to her to b" an unbecoming tho tlrst glance, any doubt is removed
touch f flippancy in tho man on u by tiio Inscription. "Tho l'oet All the
fubjeet that he knew she felt rather ; People Love." and by the portrait, both
denply about. She turned I" him with : on the cover. With graceful and tender
an impatient fiown. '(Hi, don't Haunt I humor Mr. Nicholson makes him act
it. Coppy! I should have known with-, as a matchmaker, bringing together art
out your lmasting.' That i-tung him! fully n charming young girl und a
a little." He proved to her that he I promising newspaper reporter, who npo
could say "Hrltlsh constitution" as It writes verse. Tho poet furthermore
I ..miiMim l hv the sober, and It is exerts his wiles to break down the bar-
toon shown thatVopley. far from being) rl'' between a husband nnd wlfo who
a ion yeung man, wan a very brave i have become estranged nnd are on the
,..,v. verge of divorce. Ho leads fhem nil M
il'Mi .... I .V.... lultli,..!...... ... . .
"uu i,4tt iutiiiiuiiiensj iu uri is oener
The description of the "badger game'
and of r.ipley refcue ,y Arthur Stone
from what in.ght have been l:a very
scandalous conseque-nees makes a stir
ring nnd evlting jisit of the tale, and
no lew stirring Is the part thut tells
of th tllnchlng of the leformer and
the tirno teadlnesa of Copley when th
ntllrg begger fell in front of the runa
way ni"v!iig and storage van. Arthur
Sifine wis striken on his pedestal of
fam on thU oeiaslon. and he was
toppl.d fr'.m It when he made his
nthoin.o speech in Cooper I'nion.
The htory nf M-s. Jtalvorson, the
"badgi-" wife, Is Ftpange. It Is
strnnpr thit the flrejs shoull have in
vited her to dinner; strange too Mint
she should have been ut the same time
a Foelallfi: and a good Catholic, refut
ing to get herself a divorce. Never
theless Mrs. Halvorsnn Is distinctly in
teresting, nnd so is all tho book.
A GENIAL DIVORCED MAN.
The situation that IMward C. Vonablo
nifdltatis over in "Pierre Vinton"
(Charles Scrlbner's Sons) can hardly be
uni nmtnon nnd It Is surprising that
writers of tlctlon have not mado uso of
it before, it in thnt of a genttemnn who
loves his wife, but has parted with her
nciording to her wish. They marro-d
for l"Vo, but In time she grew rrstless
nnd tired of him; they llrst separntcd
nnd then were divorced, with no stigma
on either. Ill name Is Peter, the
iiuthnr having uereptul for convenience
that aecepted conventional brand for a
kindly, blumeleiw philosopher; It saves
time, at any rate, and enables him to
get to Hie point ut once.
Thn hero keeps up bis usual course
of life iu New York society, but puzzles
over what has happened to him; til
go's over his married life looking for
causes and always taking tho bl.imo to
himself. lie moot tho Inevitable
temptations for n man In his position
even that of helping n tlno girl who
run for him by marrying her, but
resists. He h.is found out that mar
riage i a tie too stiong for tho law to
r-eer, that he Is lund to his wlfo so
long us ho lives, Tho author's view
may be old fashioned and narrow; It
is frhnred by many decent people still,
even such an go Into koclety. Ho offers
no anrunieiits; merely puta the case In
lis various uspei ii, covering his mtIoim
iipss with wit and humor, but leaving
the r.Mdi r no ehoico as to the Judg
ment he must form. When tho wile
linden ile to marry again tho husband
is r.ufed to action; he makes her see
t'-.ai hH view of marriage Is right and
':u t i.iU ih argument; the plea hns
-n m.iile and the original portion of
tne l.n.ik i mU.
The nd part rnntinuei the story
in a ehnrmlnR manner. Peter wanders
uway to tlilr.k the mniter over; ho de
cides lo free Ills wife, in the only wav
ho ran, i-llps over a precipice In the
Alps und Is badly hurt; whereupon she
comes t, her right sense, hnatens to
Ion. I 'ir-rs him nnd they begin llfo
ti. e more. Mr. Venablo docs
ti t-'im k conversational,
ows how marriage Is n rem
avr tho reader to form his
i.ion His Peter muy bo
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. iitbroak of tho war has Juit reaeh d this
country Mario Van oit h.n made her
it, I'.'.riM fnr tvvrnt-11ve V .i s and
begins by a robbery and by deserting mlM Ciun inlng apaitment on the historic
tho woman who ts about to b-.r his p,.c (iu Palais Hourbon. Mere sho lias
rhild, in order to follow out bis nmbl- written most, of her books. Her mother,
tlon. How he attains success we are a very old lady of SI vears, lives nor
not told, but we llnJ him poss. sslng , Miss Van Voist In a little icz de caumce
,,mr.r ii-HiM, i,., . v,.f,. iIoh- . overlooking Napoleon's tomb.
..u. . . ...... . u .... h .I'l.a rt witr
UH1 ill! ,uipl r-t.j a . .tin ...
Now Ready:
THE REAL
came with appalling suddenness to Prance,
but for some reason or other, even while
her kindly patrician grandfather; the! .vl.li much vi.ileiuo which Is supposed
raltnrul negroe; a manly lover, nnd a to be strength,
potlcally and ruthlessly, though tho au
thor assures us he Is acting wisely. The i
.. . ... .... - UUl
neroino irom tuo s un. in .uo i n o ,no rum( aH V,1RUP ull(t fl.ul8 fC.lrcoly
author's eulogy of her. acts In u need- , rpnli j ,ud .(met Impression thnt, at
lemly tricky manner and continues 1 ,, m.,ttr what risk, I must take, my
to U tricky till t-ho comes to grief. I .nothr away from Purls. It was Ilk a
Sho too worships power. Tho struggle haunting obsesfiun.
between capital nnd labor has nothing) "On tho night of July 31 I walked
to do with the hero's moral iMImiuency across t,he Tullerles ganletis aliout mid
nor dor his cofttnlng at the end re-1 nlglit 1 the .pil. t incsinllght : and as I
deem It. Tho young people are more
human. Tho story Is declamatory,
fairly smooth love story. Tho nuthor
interest in all this seems subsidiary,
however, to that In tho furniture, tho
customs nnd tho manners of the people.
Tho scenery is apparently more lmpo
inni man tne actors. The story over
With much frivolous chattering nnd
an amazing lack of tut" .Mrs. Mverard
Cotes in "His lbiyal Happiness" (Ajiple
tons) cements tho alliance of tho t'nltcd
States and flrent Mrltaln by mnrrylng
u King of Knglund to nn American girl,
........ . ' . ...... .. .v. . my
iiiiro icnn in . m e. imi ... .... lp.thl.re ,,. directions.
tnun worldly success. It Is a very
pretty story In Itself nnd It shows con
summate art Iu tho author to picture
.Iume Whltcomb Hlley s his admirers
see liim In this pastel in prose.
Starting wdth n bet botween some
fairly inebrlntcd young men, that one
of them shall continue on his customnry
way of llfo but ftpeak "Nothing but
tho Truth" (Thn Hobbs-Merrlll Com
pany, Indianapolis), Frederic H. Ishnm
Is very funny for a while. The truth-
nu answers to Ms rrlepds wives nt a
houso party with the trouWn it causes
Is good furco. So Is tho confusion
caused by an Impulsive girl's endeavors
to make him behave as a gentleman
burglar should, till he feels relieved at
being snut up In n sanitarium. The
author wandcra from his first idea.
however, by dragging In a real burglar
und a detective, and tho story becomes
tamer anil moro conventional. It is
amusing enough, however, and convoys
mrciniy it warning against thought
less nnd dangerous bets.
A worldly young man, taunted by a
Mlrt, unde.tnkes a trip Into tho Arctic
wilds nf Canada to procure some fur"
'or her In Jacob Plshor's "Tho Quitter"
(The John C. Winston Company, Phila
delphia). Theto he comes upon what
"eom to bo n ataplo product, of that
region, n lovely, innocent girl who
knows nothing nf civilization nnd can
not even rend. They nre left alone for
a period long enough for onh to In
H'ruct tho other, n portion of the story
that Is told with much poetical charm
He Is n clenn minded fellow, nnd after
manv perils. In which sho shows her
many accomplishments nnd he finds
(lint he can net llko n man when ho
must, they return to civilized life, marry
and ond the furs to the other girl.
Ulevon good short stories either of
the sea or of sailor men aro Included
In Lincoln Colcord's "Tho C-fimo of I.lfo
and Death" (Macmlllans). The author
tells them rather roughly, much as a
lallor might, which makes those touch
ing on the supernatural or on primi
tive piiRlonn moro effective than a
Horary polish would, Tho scone in
most is In Par ICastern waters, where
nature supplies nhunrtnnt horrors.
"Moths" Is ii first clns tain; the render
will llko, too, the pelf-exlled captain
who rolates many of the adventures and
his Impassive Chinese friend,
Three dozen ntorlo Is the liberal al
lowance mado by II. H, Munrn, whoso
rlowji with kindly feHlng and Its studied ' the daughter nf n President s-rvlng his
simplicity is noticeable.
A new style detrctlvo Is the hero uf ! den riblug lh- Prince's stay In the Adl
Arthur P.. Hoove's "C!uy C.arrlck" 1 rondacks, whro he Is being cured of
(Hearst's International Library Com- consumption. Is told effectively, for
pany. New York). Ho employs lab. ra- there he Is simply a young man enjoy
tory methods in tho detection of crime, Ing tho open air llfo nnd making tovo.
applying tho fingerprint system to auto- Whnt precede- nnd follow, with the
mobile tires anil pistols. Tho certainty uttempts at humor, Is painfully foolish,
of this kind of evidence must be mm?- j A well known play by Augustus
nnd only to tho dilliculty of securing Tin. mas. "Atizonn." has been turned
It. Tho apprehension nf criminals 1 Into a story by Cyrus Townsend ltrndy
of slight Importance compared with the (lodd, Mead und Company). It natur
deslrablllty of hearing what they have ally makes an exciting tale, as It belongs
to say to each other by means of tne- ' to a class of literature which can sufTcr
chunlcal contrivances. This Involve-1 little by the processes of "drnmntlza
ilndlng and entering the place where tlon" or "novellzation."
cnfllo out on tho other side I heard them
crying In tho street thnt Jaures had been
ufsasInuteil. I went homo and took my
decision then. Calling up tho Northern
Hallway efUlon on the telephone I dis
covered that no communication was avail
able with that station, nnd 1 felt then
that tho trouble was serious. I called
tny servants and ordered everything In
my hoiiMi to be packed, and by 8 o'clock
.n the moraine three orders had boen exu-
eutvd At S In tho morning I called up 1
ny mother's apartment and gave her pco-
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Author of "Egypt and tho English," etc.
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LITERARY PERSONALITIES
FRANK L. PACKARD.
round tho Cape to Mellmurno. Australia,
nnd then Svdnev. arriving In Auckland,
Frank I.. Packard, whose novel "Tho 1 x, ,v Xeil.tud. Jii't eighty days after mil
Miraclu Man" ha Just met a second ,U'K, n. unit far into tho Interior Into
round of sun-ess 111 the form dramatized Mc,rll n it. then bi.'k to Auckland, fioni
and staged by d-orgo M. Chan, mad" Whle't print be "a'.led to tho South Km
his tlrst leputatlon ns a writer of thrilling i,nds, the "comic opi-r kingdom of
railroad stories becaufe he Is a trained Tonga" as he culls It, Samoa and FIJI,
civu engineer, no siuuieu nui only at . lltl,i Liter Hawaii
McOlll University In Cnnnda but also at
L'lnstltut Mnntelloro In Ilelglum. During
Ills technical bchool vacations he worked
n overalls nnd also In the Canadian
l'aclflc chops. It Is ono of thoso Jobs
of which a pleasant elderly gentleman In
vnriahlv savs to a much pleased younger
one that "while th'-ro Is not much pty
Hi-re im lti alunble experience."
When his course In Holglum whs lln-
Whils In the Kamonn group nt Apia
he went with n native crow to ono of the
muillcr Islands, where lin lived for a
couple nf weeks In u chiefs hut In true
natlvo fashion.
CLARA E LAUGHLIN.
When th.i station wagon arrived la
front of my door to collect my luggag
which was considerable, tho man refused
to take It to the station. Just at that
moment a largo vwnn cart was going
peacefully up the street. I offered the
man a certain sum to deliver my luggage
at tho station. He accepted, anil at 10
o'clock, without any slip or the slightest
inconvenience, my mother and my ser
vants and all my luggage anil all my
'luusehold belongings, excepting my furni
ture, were conveniently and safely on thi
way to London.
"This story Is only Interesting from the
fact that It was probably tho tlrst and
.inly easy and complete sortie made by
what might b called the refugee", bo
c.iuco from tills on, until the present
Mine, the exodus from Paris and througa
franco has been colossal and tho incon
vcnlence gre.it "
M ihh Van Vorst says that she feels she
Is perfectly capable to Institute nn olllee
for "Sereno Iteuiovals In Case of War!"
MIhs Van Vnrst's mother had not left
her homo for more than two years and
stood the journey with wonderful forti
tude. I Mrs. Vun Voist Is the widow of
Judge Hooper C Van Vorst of New York,
and her son Is Frederick U. Van Vorst
of :5 Ilroad street, the well known
attorney.)
After placing her inotheE In the train
Miss Van Vorst returned to Paris and
pent tho day there, attending to la it
affairs, and In this way sho was nblo lo
Judmi of the panic and evitement of th
Inter exodus, and her trip subwciuently
ioo; twenty houts, instead of tile usllil
zwstfat. ft P. Piiitinm'c nnc
i...iw..tnf mhdv.. miiMm w vwiiv
London
24 tladford St.
Strand
cinr.i I.iiuchiln returned the other
rtilV fl-,.111 i:il!OIe. arier tlUVIIIg Iieen " ..,.,, fr.Mii P.-.lU In l.nn.lnn
r,"i La iri.nl inln rllrnn,l lnl. ivith r..l rr.lllcH .ill during tho nriellSlVO IllVimilill. Kln.n nrrlllni? In -ot.iloti Miss Van
money In them, l'rom bossing t n dag... a Having fperit a part of the summor ror , 'rt ),nm taken the Ited rross course
se l.i dm pumtnil liliMll.nn (if Millet, I he IlllSt eCl'3I 1'C IM 11 1' ranee, .iiis
ho himself says that "I handled ns manv , l.iug'dln naturally U inpsthetlc with
is 2.000 colored brethren with ono huml
while with tho otl'or I endeiunred to
keep citizens sweet tempered as I tore up
their streets."
Three years ago. after considerable suc
(., in the m.ig.ulnis, lie broke away from
i.'tlve railroad work, took a hoiine near
Montreal and set out to engineer tho
typewriter.
It was while ho was engaged In this
work that ho began writing railroad
stories for tho magailnes. He cannot
estimate ex.vtu hn m'in hundreds he
.1 written. Un settled In New York,
whoro ho ivould be nandy to tho market,
and It was not beraui of lad; of suecesi
that three eirs ago ho decided to aban
don tho metropolis and return to a rural
district near Montreal.
"It was be' 'insrt 1 was afraid of New
Vnrk." ho said recently w'.en ho was In
New York to attend th premium of
"Tho Miracle Man." Ills manner was
decidedly modest as he cn'lt.'ied: "Ot'ier jtli th'riBiit
men cun Maim up uKiunsi ii pcrnaps.
tho Frenah neoiilu. and mourns, wPh n
sen.e of personal Io, over the destruc
tion of works of beiuty, particularly that
of tho Itlielms l.'atludral.
For Mls I.auuhlln .1 latest book,
"Ilveryb'nly'a Mirthi lht," which has Juit
l., li published by ltevell, not only Is set
In among lluldi where Jeanne d'Arc played
as u child, but tho chief scenes lire laid
In the culhedral Itself. She was so
grieved at tho news concerning tho fate
nf the cathedral, which she has especially
loved and lias vltlied many times, that
It was difficult for her to discuss the sub
ject. Ml I.auhlln several year ago be
namo Interostod In the subject of walled
mediaeval Iowih, so each summer when
uf lectures nnd examinations and N now
a member of the IJcdford Cillcge Hospllil
Volunteer Corps.
ELEANOR HALLOWELL
ABBOTT.
Kleanor Il.illowell Abbott Is .n private
Mrs F .nlycn rohurn, the wife of a
physician In Lowell. Mass. Horn In Cam
rir.dg. . .Mass.. tho daughter of ICdwurd
Vbliotl, minister and wrl'er, the niece of
.vni.ili Abbott, mlnlsit r und writer, the
randdnughter of Jacob Abbott, minister
ind wr.ter, her eurly training was
i.iturally all toward literary cwR Not
only In her Immediate family was the
literary Intluenro prominent, but also In
her Cambridge environment. Ono nf her
abroad with her mother she planned , nearest neighbors was the poet .owe!!,
W.t these rel-i In turn Later on ihe "" nV11 1 t.,11",t'lr. , 1 10 k hn?d
utilized much of her ob.ei vatl.m and 111 " 'th ,lndly ,n'',n' "!mK th.
Icnnwle,ti In her writlnr. A.,,1 ho. win n 1 "vr' ''unB " ",a Hugeous giiruen, au.i
she c.inio to set tho rceno of "Hvcrls'd's
It was until) al for her lo
choose Hhelms nnd to make Jeanne's
tirZyT roum ile'ln-plrat,,,,; fo'r the
.AHU.l 1 ..nr, .ann.,,l T AIA-A oi tO'lin),
tUl.Bll I I, l."ll I'l.U . "I L.lfl.l , III . I'll I
my only salvation was to get so far
away from thn market that I would have
no alternative but to write according to
mv own lights."
Tho big theme of tho piny, tho' power
"I love tho French " said Miss Lumhlln,
"Paitleiilarly 1 love th" Fiench puisanlry.
Jut this Kiinim.u, when wo mut.i..
.thiougli Itholms, I went as usual to the
cathedral, to sit for a wlillo nun silently
pen name is fiakl, In "Hensts and Super-' nnd body, and Its selection by Cohan
nf fnlth to overcome sickness of mind ' VrlJoy H" , be.iutv. A llttlo girl with i
tor ' 1
be
a I
Hensts" (John Lsno Company), Thov
nro nil short, owing to tho limitations of
space imposed by tho London newspapers
In which they appeared. They are bright
and witty, with tho occasional Inhuman
touch which tho author affects, This
lenvos. us In doubt whether tho few
tragic tales that crop up were Intended
to ho taken seriously or not. His In
genious young scamp, Clovls, nppears
in many nf thorn and nlways gets tho
better of his victims, Tho nuthor hits
ut many fnds nf tho day an ho goes nlnng
nnd his stories enn bo rend with plensurn
when they aro tnken In nt ono sitting,
A lovely young Southern minx with n
fascinating dlnlect wnrka havoc nn men
with her eyes nnd hor simplicity in
''Sicily Ann," by Fnnnlo Honsllp T.en
t v.fJlmui;lno thut moro mcii(ilurpors). Thuro In a provoking uamu-
have many times been commented upon,
Mr. Parkarrt has received so many letters
Inquiring about his own personal brand of
faith that ho has at last taken n fuge
In a formal answer. Here It is:
"My religion lies solely In an effort
to ileal honestly with the. eternal obliga
tions of life; to waste no tlmo wondering
nt myMerles, but to stand uncoveied
before tho marvels of fact ; to advance,
nnd yet leavn no wound from my heel
upon another's faith; to survlvo at no
cost to others, mid to niuko my pilgrimage
ever toward tho world's willsprlng nf
Inexhaustible knowledge, My faith lies
111 the Immortal'ty of the sensrns, the
mastery of the Individual over self, and
In 1 fe everlasting throu ,h the goud we
accomplish In this vale, not nf tears,
hut uf hope,"
A year gn this fall Mr. Packard
started on a world tour, sailing fiom
Moulieal dlroet to Capo Tlpwu and then
huge market h.wltet on her arm Hlipne.1
Into thn pinv bldo mtt. Shu said her
prayrri, then looked up ut me with a
friendly smile. For a while we sat there
peacefully nnd happily, side by side.
Finally I got up to go When 1 gut nut
to thu street 1 noticed she had sidled nil
after me, mill smiling. 1 went to my
hotel. Hoiiis aftir, when we left In our
motor. I looked over and saw that sunn
ndto, wllh her market biiket. still mull
ing, It breaks my heart to think what
may huvo lmppcmd to her since."
MARIE VAN VORST.
Ml-s Mare Van Voist, tho novelist
whoso new book "Hlg Trenialn." (I.ltti.
Urown K- fir ni i Mild Hii-e e iiuiii
belnro pnlillca' in. p- with tho ited i ioiv
' v m l.iikl.mi riltc is a uiembu
"ie st iff nf nil s if the fltdford Cnllcg
detachment. I lor own htory of how slit
and her mothor escaped from Paris at thu
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talk with him nf loses, fairies. p,ip-i
dolls, of whatever happened lo bo upper
most In his mind at that time.
Mr. Longfellnw was a neighbor, tn.i
Ho used lo wear a velvet coat and n hi'
IK and wns also very nice to little girls
lie took them In his lap and told the.n
m my wonderful things to think nbmii
ind to lemember nlways. Then tlmr
.vus Mr, Holmes; tiuly the world scnmti!
full of ministers and pools,
It was In this atmosphere, during that
epoch In Ciinbi Iduo history no rich b
un.li of letters, that tho subject of tin
d.otch, with her dicmes very short .111 1
'ier hair very long, made up hor ijnnlii'
Mttlo mind lb it, as ministers, wi re er
olnmn and poets ever t'l.eciful, sho would
have to he 11 pod.
Thu It happened that lPi uior Hall.,
woll Abbott, when she was b.g eiioimh ;
bo lallnl Miss Abbott, devoted at Mist ...
1 1 ,.i i 1.1 ,i i inn.. ,1, I. 1 ii'ii 1 j
verso. Tho must Impoi taut of her ononis I
"The Toy Comtn indmetits" and "The
Song of the Man," wile published In
fnriiT's .l(liJMOie during the eiily par
of her career as a wiltir and won In 1
'HHtatit ni-ogiiltloii In this muntiv and
ihrnad as will. Hhn then devoted hur
lino to short .aorv wilting, and for tin
"rat few years U seemed ns ir her stories
.11 upon turret! soil, hnvlng gone I'm
round of all the best niag.ulnos ntir-
ng thin nor! .1 of their lnr-ulmtlmi she
was secretary of tho tituts Normal School S
at 1iwell nnd It was while she was there
that her flist magazine stories worn ac
cepted. As time went by during this trying nnd
lleappolntlng period sho became very fond
if her faithful pioneer manuscripts. Tho
more sho sent them out, the more conn
lent she became of their ultimate Mile
-eturn. Not one was ever mislaid or
ever forgotten by a single editor. Cot
one was ever held for postage or let in
tho malls. Not ono was ever accepted.
They all came back.
Finally Miss Abbott decided sho would
'iko to go Into advertising work, and It
.vus while rho was considering an offer
from a lloston lli-ti that her Hist accept
ince came. It happened In a peculiar
.vay. Two stories hd been returned th"
nmo da). At llrht Miss Abbott thought
die would try it" longer, bui later de
i.Inl to niiikn Jusi one more attempt,
she simply exohanitod the storlm fmni
me envelope to the other, und sent them
i.iek to the same inagasilnas Until were
lecepted Immediately, one for tli'l and
ono for fio. Fiom that time '110 magu-
lie has eV( r le'ilsed U htory nlfrred bv
Miss Abbott. This liai I eld true In prize
oiitests as well ns In legular work.
For tecreiitlon MIhh Abbott turnii al
not ent'.relv to out of door llfo, being
specially devoted to hunting, tlshlng, ten
uis and hoiseback riding.
TREES.
II)' .101 t: Kit, MIDI.
r I'lllSh Vim I sS,i n,,er nit
t 1111 in ns oi r y tin 11 Irre
.1 frre wtinur uiitirv inmith u on 1
.toHi'nl thi 1 111 lh' unit tlutriniititt ml,
A Irvi Ci'if ooAs id (Jin nil ilny.
Ami litn lirr luitinnns (n priiu;
.1 (ire (in muy in summer irrnr
A nttt of rn.tiis in hi r hnir,
'pon trmse oaiu mime Aim nia;
W'hn iniiiiiii v in nilh ruin,
tM'ornif 'fe inih lilt mln Uhr nt,
Pill 0111 1 imi run mi.kr 11 In r
rroni"Tieosnnil Other l,oeins"(l)oraiii
As human as
'Teas of the D'Urbervillo,"
and as appealing.
MMtu nvir.i
"Her story iv wnttr
vu.-!i sincerity ( f fe'm
apprrciati m oi 1 '
and cimtaitu co v p
truth that the sutli .r
warm crimmci'.l it .n
llc " has m.s,.,,
dratnntir niometin a'i '
emotional tension v
achievement wo-th - ) -V
HPIIIMUIKII) IIOMKri'AIl
"Otic nf tlic ninst interc" "
pieces of fri;t.n
lirnuuht nut this l all is ,
Three rurlnngcrs'
eIrrt intern ing'.rig r.'
ilriit, (Irnmnti an I ni" '
with the actual cMircspie '
idenN anil ttiotu-rt "
ai.i. 'i me rnii'ir rrKr'rf'
THE THREE FURL0N0ERS
tl.ZS Stl. For Salt el All Boti Shn
J. B. I il'l'INCOTT CO
PUHI.ISMGUS, I'Minni.i phu