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"ATOM'S" SUGGESTION.
A, literary gcnl'cni.in who, for the purposes of pub
lic cllf-ctifwon. has nilopled the name "Atom" takes
issue with The Koiiubllc'a recent editorial entitled
"Oreaiilznllnn of Public Opinion," In which this pu
ller referred to his proposal to organize public opin
ion for the purpose of contfoIlitiR or directlnB It.
Atom revpondx. saying that the editorial itself Illus
trated vividly the need of Just such an organization
as that proponed, in that the editorial "furnished a
capital instance of the disagreement tv'hlcl) It Is
necessary to eliminate before public opinion can ad
vance." It was purposed, he rays, to devise an engine for
the development of public opinion. An Individual
Miggestion, not yet tested by agreement, was sub
mitted nnd disagreement Instantly followed.
Atom now advances three propositions:
First Public opinion Is a mighty force.
Second It Is desirable to discover the scientific
method of controlling that force.
Third The newspapers are the most obvious and
easily available Instruments in this behalf.
How, he nsks, shall the newspapers be manipu
lated so as most effectively to direct and develop
public opinion? And be submits this suggestion:
Let the newspaper start with a series
of propositions leading In the direction of
the proposed controversy or Investigation,
stating In regular order those proposi
tions to which all are at present agreed.
Let them note clearly and emphatically
the int at which disagreement begins,
nnd summon nil the public to the search
at that point for agreement. Let every
one understand that no concerted prog
ress li po'rlbl; until such agreement has
liccn lilt upon, and that whatever Is at
tempted without such sanction and una
nimity Is tentative and temporary. The
problem In each cafe should be com
menced by planting the flag at the fork
ing of the roads where disagreement Is
found to begin, and rallying the scattered
forces to that banner.
To rally the public to the farthest end of the
made trail and to propound the question of prog
ressto lead them a.s far as agreement runs and
then ask them to debate and decide upon their fur
ther dlieetlon thus the suggestion has been stated.
Unquestionably It would be beneficial to "de
velop" public opinion to Ib-i fullest possibilities; to
educate the people to their fullest responsibilities; to
luake each individual a participator In the movement
of the public. In the formation of the public policy
or course. In theory, or. rather, as n theory, the
suggestion Is beautiful and Ideal. Uoxr could It be
put In practice?
It Is doubtful whether every great question of
public Importance has a point readily discoverable
where agreement ends nnd difference begins. The
trust and tariff questions of to-day, for Instance, are
Infinitely complex nnd between the different views
there Is little In common. Two of the views on the
tariff question, each with millions of followers, are
different nb Initio, In Inception, nnd like parallels,
will never meet. The effort to construct a uniform
public opinion on the question would have to begin
In partisanship, taking one side or the other and en
deavoring to draw the following away from the
opposition. Such an effort and a counteracting effort
nrc working to-day nnd have been at work for
for many years.
is It nnthc fact that all Important public ques
tions nrc debated to-day to tho greatest extent per.
mltted by the means, the press? Does not the de
bate on all such questons ransack the very funda
mentals and run the whole gamut of developed
truths and principles? The newspapers "of the na
tion, honestly ns a whole, nnd to the best of their
Ability, arc propounding the great Issues. There Is
spontaneous agreement among the papers as to
many things. Upon either side of the Issues agree
ment prevails. Do not they propound nnd answer,
t attack and defend, deliberate and discuss at the
WALl.Itint.B ANI Till: ItOOHLK ISSTK.
Icuiocrar.f have not chnrgi'd, nor do ttn-y be
lieve, that .Mr. Walhrldgo lux ever il-reitiy tippioved
corruption In government. They do m.v that when
he had the opirtuuity he wa.s not its foe. K.xnllo
Is the Issue and Mr. Walbrldgc is i c-.iudiiiate. Tins
Is not a rampaign of personalitii. but political his
tory necessarily comes under roiilileintloii In a
sense the rampaign Is a coiupari-o'i of olluial i.-c-
ords. Folk and Walliriilge may ! juilgnl by .heir
oaici.il acts.
Hoodie N the Issue and the otlicial a'fittnb-s of
the respective rainlidali's toward b idling bcjonie
Important of the highest Importance t tliv? enple.
How Folk stands towaid the lilgn trimc .u otlii'i.il
life has beet: amply and illustiati'vlv shown t.i Un
people. Sir. Wnlhrlilge's attitude ma..- iuily I,e dis
covered by consulting the record will h he ia. left
a a public servant.
Hoodie has a retrospective .'i vti-11 v pncii' sig
nificance to St. I.ouian. We know ll it the criiu-s
of late dajs discovered by Mr. Foil; had :i -our In
more remote days. We know that the root-, of i..
dling extend back into the past for "it quarter of a
century. We know that the boodle "eoinliiiie-" of
recent years hail their origin In early ilaj-. Then
Is no break iu the history of inuiiie!p.il ciiisi f-r t
long petlod of j cars.
Looking back to 1SS1 and iss,':, a time when l.
dling flourished :tmj w., knqun t S!iurih. .- lin I
that the man now tunning for Governor of Mis
State on tli so-called IScptihltran ticket wa- a tm-m
bcr of the House of Delegate". Was- lie against
the boodlers In tho-e days? We have no rcuml of
so much ns a protest from him agiin-t the conduct
which made an ugly passage in the :iov uaivcit-al
story of Infamy.
Six years after lie left the House of Delegates he
became President of the Council. Did any iourage
of battle there qualify him to run for Gnu-mot i,f
Missouri on a lioodle Issue? Ther- was a r.mihal
of corruption going on in the City Hall at that time
but there U no evidence that .Mr Wnlhridge dis
approved thereof. Itotli as member of the House
and as President of the Council Mr. Wnlhridge :
not a vigilant critic of the great franchise WIN of
the period. As President of the Council lie helpid
middle on the city the Iiutler gaibige contract. If
men are to hi-Judged fy their actions Mr. Wjlbridge
may Ik? measured by his action on thar rraurhi'c
bill, among other things. Docs his action on the
Butler garbage bill constitute a qualilh-ation fr the
governorship? Admitting that tie- bill wa- un
avoidablethough It was not -haw not the lle
publican organs charged Democrats with the mak
ing of the contiact?
Sir. Walhrldgo was .Mayor of St. Louis from ls!C
to 3h97. He was by no means a boodle lighter r
pronounced antibooille man; though thcie was pleii
ty of boodling on all tides. In the alisence of any
evidence Hint he contended against boodling. tlie
people may Indulge a presumption that h- would be
equally tolerant at Jefferson City. Me built up a
machine, and the machine was not an enemy of the
boodle combine. Could the man who would not
move against boodling of the kind which flouri-h-d
In the four Wnlhridge sears lw expect) d to keep a
keen and warning vigilance over Stale afLiir.-? Tin
question Is a fair rne and the people may an.swer
It. Boodling was "an open secret" In tho days
taking the Glolc Itself as a witness. Wou'd tin
man who was not stirred by tin- open secret of
1893-1897 be likely to do any prying or i:n-tig:tting
In these days, when' boodle would not 'dan- Miow
Itself In the open?
Sir. Wnlhridge I not lw-Ing depicted as a nriyora!
ty representative of the evil classes. M (.0ine re
spects he was a good olllclal. His weakness was
ills easy-going tolerance of evil in others. And that
Is not a qualification for the governorship at any
time; certainly not th' .vear.
Either Mr. Walbridge knew the nature of ihe
combine's business or lie did not know. Sir. Wnl
hridge has never been accused of a lack of intelii
genee ns an Individual. On the coptrary. his In
telligence Is generally known and conceded to be of
high quality. It Is fair that the public should take
Into account the Intelligence of Sir. Walbridge in
answering for Itself the question. Did lie know or.
knowing, did he decline to combat' the corruption
which existed throughout the three iieriods of his
public service in St Louis? The answer is that he
let the politics of boodle overawe him.
Butler 'Is for Walbridge. That fact must lie
taken into account in relation to the boodle Issue.
The boodlers to a man will vote for Walbridge as
ngainst Folk. As an eminent Republican paper, the
Chicago Tribune, has pointed out: -The boodlers
will undoubtedly bolt Folk and vote for the Ite
publlcan candidate, but for every boodler whose vote
he loses Folk will gain ten ballots fiom honest men
who had heretofore voted the str.iight Ilepuhllciin
ticket." .
Butler is Waibridge's biggct a'-et. That has
Ik-cu made plain by highly reputable and well
known Republicans who declined to go into the deal.
The Walbridge plan put thiough by the St. Joseph
clique contemplated that the boodlers whoso busi
ness Folk had mined and tlic gang elements whose
power he had destroyed would -et all I heir ma
chinery to working In tlic effort to beat -,dk and
Install an administration of peace toward tlit-iu. Sir
Walbridge cannot lie said to have accepted the nomi
nation without knowledge of what It meant. Kml
nent Republicans had publicly denounced Hie
clique's treachery to the State and to their party.
The other nominees knew full well what the plan
was. They went on the ticket deliberately accept
ing the plan to trade them for Walbridge support.
.The Walbridge record, both official nnd politleal,
does not appeal on the boodle issue. It preseaSh.a
powerful, a direct and convincing, contrast tovfne
record of Folk. It is not upon Walbridge's weak
ness but Folk's strength that the campaign is made.
It Is not Walbridge's unfitnebs but Folk's fitness for
the post at Jefferson City that will decide the
people.
.
A CELEBRATION OF MOMENT.
Aside from Its spectacular distinction as a popu
lar event, the Philippine Day celebration at the
World's Fair Is pregnant with meaning to two
peoples which are temporarily united, but have not.
as yet, determined upon their future relations. If
they are to le one, the celebration and the exhibi
tion and tho .special commission of business men
from the islands will help us toward understanding
our duties, nnd the Filipinos their duties. If they
are to continue as two peoples and practically one
government, but as near friends, tho same purpose
will be served; and likewise if the bonds be sev
ered "by amicable procedure, and there be no tics
whatever save affection, solicitude and gratitude.
"The whole of two countries will bo interested in
what takes place here. Every factor nnd element In
Philippine life and administration Is represented, in
the exhibition the resources, Industries and the sav
age tribes of the Islands arc shown, thus exploiti-jg
the natural advantages of the country and also ob
stacles to progress and the existence of grave prob
lems, especially of race. The celebration will bring
into augmented prominence the. commission of busi
ness men from the Philippines, the native pupils
who an- attending American sclipols and the Ameri
can feature of the chief Issue. The presence of Sec
retary of War Taft iu these surroundings and cir
cuiiistnm s completes the studs.
As Governor General of the islands Secretary
Taft administered affairs tlitre to the satisfaction
both of hi- home Government nnd the resident citi
zens. Since his return he has expressed views
which -eem to coincide with the sentiment of the
be.-t poole there, who ate represented lirre and now
by tin- eiuiimi 'Ion of business men. What niay
transpite to lis relations no ope can foresee, but it
appears to lie the hope there that the Philippine will
be a separate government, with the United States
as suzerain.
Thexlli'.-ition in the Philippines is truly and fulls'
ccciupliticd at the World's Fair, and on Philippine
Day it will be exemplified exceptionally well. This
exhibition ost more than a million dollars, and is
complete iu that it -hows conditions, resources, the
diversity of population, tin- capacities of tlic tribes
.-i 1 1 I of the Filipino- proper, and much of the general
progie-s th.it has been made. The commission of
businocs ni'-n. the native students, the native sol
diers and the native musicians enlighten the Ameri
can people as to the belter phases of that people and
as to the capacity and abilil.v for self-government.
The commission of business men has attracted
respectful attention thiougliout the United State
aud lias effected a ibsldiil change in opinion. It is
a representative body of men. men who will go
home not onl.v with idcatt. but with convictions.
This celebration is ariangcd as a popular event.
But it will In- an occasion extraordinary. For many
roa-oiis it will command interest throughout the
I'liiliil Stales and the distant Island. Everybody
wiio can go to the Exposition Saturday should do so,
though lie niav live miles from St. Louis.
,-sV
S.ipiKise that Sir. Folk had serv d in the House
of Delegates from ISl to IS1-!, in the Council from
lKso ,:i.:, ad as Sla.vor from li'Xi to 1S97. Would
Folk have been blind to boodling. or, if he had seen
it. would he iuve kept silent about it? His record
of pro-edition ant-wcrs the question eoneluslvels.
Suppose, on the other hand. that.Slr. v albrldge had
been elected Circuit Atrorne.v In HsJO. Would there
have li-eii an.v boodle pio-ccufio-is? Does not Mr.
Walbridge's official record answer this question con
elusivelv. too?
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.
IS .MKDIOCItE HOOD ENOUGH?
Whn an English lady who is nlreadv
th author of novels namJ "The Manor
I'nrm." "Vcoman Ileetwnod." "dander's
Widow" and "The Duenna of a nonius,"
and oilers which come mi.Irr tli head of
"etc, etc.- writ's anoil.er one. and calls
It "Ljchgate H.ill," and a publisher pub
lishes It and Ihe honjj'irllei-., ,,fi ,, ;.
reviewer Is compelled to mor.ilize a"d
wondr whether, after a'l. r!-i!Ior.' I --era-.tire
Isift good -nouai for the -nj;or-itv
of perdom. "I.vchsate H.ill." h'.M
K, I-'rancls. and publislicd bv (.ongmans.
Green & fo . .Vew Vo-U Ismdon aiJ
Iiomb.-iy, suggests that It l This Is by no
means to disparage ihls particular jooi:
The boo!; Is eooil enounh Hut It Is just
like l.ijfj". c.0. ;.(.) others, and every
body knows thai there are nut 3r r--ally
excellent, books In the eii;., nivr.
ral catej;ory of writing' Lvidnrati
Hall" Is )ut like the other L.u). except
that It Is different: whMi anom-iIoi-
proposition means that It is new a new
arrariKement of the old bulldlnc mate-
iiais it lias tl.e o!,l Hiirllsh 11 ivor f
lansuaKe made to smaek of the time a:id
It recalls every novel von e-.r re-i.i r
tno-H time-open!ns: with the tiite of rny
Lord .Marlborouisirs vlctcry who "hath
I'lIIe. irtor.j men, and taken the K-ench
Kiric prl'oner." at ISlenheim
Tli- stepchild at Lvchsate Hall tell, tliL
story In the first person He ,an soon -times
ladles of o.i.illt" drive up Ml
their Krc.it traveling coarh'i such .( pi
eel of th'm cUmli-rini; cut ..ne nf;cr ill
othir-Mndaiii jimJ Mis.. i hrir hold--and
hoop pciiironis. en.l Mule )li.-cr
with his fine !ac.l uut. ami hi, miniature
sword, and his tiny hjt with ihe Itamll
lies cock In Imitation of hi. hono'ira"Ir
I'apa's and the ladv companion, and Mis
Abifiall. and the littlo ljlark pan- who
stooil upon the sup. And somefirres a
lap doir. and a parrot cjk. and a mon
key, and the Lord knows how much ni-uc
trumpery And who: with the 'ostlers
runnlnK to and fro. and the fine folk
srumbllnp. and their servr-nt" bawllnp;.
mm ine unnarnessinir or ti . s f pj, ;-;m-
Scientific researcii has now furiil-I.'-d a descrip
tive dellnitlon of the Itepublieaii gang of SIisouri.
The gang is an organized personification of conspira
cies' and schemes containing powerful boodle in
gridienls. ..
At present the Kepublican machine is arranging
to open its r nuipaign near a boundary of the Stale.
The plan is commendable, as the candidates have no
issues for Slis-ouri.
At the ni-tt international exposition conditions
will be ii-vci ed. Instead of having inns Inside the
show griiiindr. the show will be held Inside of an
inn.
.. ..
The bocdle l--ui is raised between Walbridge
and Folk. I'pon whieli side stands Folk, and up
on which side Hands Walbridge?
.-,.
RECENT COMMENT.
rlilrnRo In for a Time.
Chlcaco Inter OiC.in
Alderman Itace has evolved aj automobile pecd refru
l.itlnR ordinance, which he jiurposes to Introduce In the
I'ouncli. He Is hoseful that It will keep automobiles
down to the lecal speni of eipht miles an hour. Hn is
pure that It will Indue law-abldlnc citizens to enforce It
In order to keep out of Dunning.
This Ingenious city father would rraulro automobiles
to be o,ulpped with automatic whistles set at .the elght-
miles-nn-hour notch These whistles will remain Innocu
ous up to the legal limit of speed; then they will begin
their deadly work
"Deadly" Is used advisedly, for the Alderman's device
I not by any means a toy The note of the whistle is to
be "sharp, nhrlll and vibrant." Tho Kr?nter the speed
the louder will b" the shrlcl: of tlie whistle. At twenty
miles an buur the Alderman thinks Its scream will be
heard from Jackson Pari: to the City Hail.
The possibilities of the Alderman's automatic whistle
ate obvious The nhlstla chorus that would continu
ously a--i'e from VV stern avenue to the Lake Shore drive
and Michigan bouli v.ird v ould make the midnight greet
ing to the new- ;ear seem like gentle whispers. It would
drown out the cry of the peddh r nnd the "mRs. old Iron"
in. in. It would make the Government fog horn bo silent
In despair It would even overpower the rattle of the
flat-wheeled street cars.
On the other hand, the Alderman's whistle would prob
ably arouse the policeman on the boat. It might even
wake up tho "business" administration In tho City Hall.
In the meantime, where would be the ordinary citizen
who does not live and move and havs hks fcclnc In an
automobile, and occasionally wants to sleep? His plight
would be pitiable.
When the automobile Is rc-enforced by tho auto
whistle the ordinary citizen might Join a shotgun
brigade, as the Alderman sugnfts, and take a shot at
rvery whistling automobllist. In that way po"lb!y the
law might be enforced and the whistling chorus kept
down.
Nevertheless, the chauffeur-potting citizen would not
get his sleep, and the merry pop of his shotgun would
not add to th peace and nulct of his neighbor who has
neither shotgun nor automobile.
M7I11K Up Prospects.
Mines nnd .Mineral.
Assay values from samples taken In the field are not
as a rule. In the case f mrface prospects, of much ac
count as proofs, or prophetic sl;ns of the Intrinsic future
worth of a prospect, when that prospect, with depth,
may become a mine. High assay values may look well
on the promoters' prospectus, but they are apt to be very
misleading to the public to whom the prospectus Is ad
dressed. Low assay values or average assay values are
apt to be omitted from such literature. In thej writer's
opinion neither high, low nor average assay samples
ate worthy of much consideration on a. surface prospect
or a ten-foot prospect hole.
The majority of prospect holes are sunk upon the sur
face nnd oxidized portion of an outcropping vein or ore
deposit, nnd rniely penetrate much below it. This ox
idized zone, as Is well known to most experienced miners,
H proverbial for Its often superficial richness and Its
free-gold specimens, I. e.. If there bo anything of value
In tho vein. It Is the crcme do la creme of the burled
vein. It rcsrcFc s the concentration of the richness
of. it may be hundreds of feet cf once existing; but now
eroded away, vein and ore matter, concentrated by sur
face waters, nnd left on the surf.i of the vein outcrop.
Let the prospector who contcmpla en the rich oxidized
surface portion of a vein Imagine that a big smelting or
concentrating works has been burnt to the ground on
the rpot nbovo the vein, nnd left there its rich.accumu
lated tailings and oro residue, and he has about the
right Idea.
Wfant One Jinn Can Do.
Independent. -
Toward the middle of the last century a company of
quiet-loving I'hiladelphlans, seeking an afternoon nap at
a summer hotel, were aroused by a tremendous hubbub
in the corridor. The nolscmaker proved to be a 4-year-old,
nrmed with two sticks, with which he beat on the
doors of the various bedrooms, shouting the while at tho
top of his lungs: "No one shall Bleep in this house this
afternoon, I say, if I can help- It!" This 4-yoar-old was
William Peppor. Fifty years afterwards someone hear
ing this story of his Infancy remarked: "And no one
has slept In Philadelphia for years because of that
same William Pepper." This story, which Professor
Thorpe tells. Is characteristic of the man' and his life.
He set out to wake up Philadelphia, and, with ceaseless
and restless energy, he pounded on the door of every
Phlladelphlan who tried to sleep demanding his as
sistance In work, civic or educational, until he had
levied a contribution of money, time or energy.
I'll norsesclheie was such a stir .mil hus
tle In tho place as threaten. to bring the
titles about our ears "
And then wo come Into a kind of Cop
perfleldlan narrative, and our joung step
son friend finds a delightful sweet young
creature of suitable ago somewhere In the
arrangement of dramatis personae. and
there Is property to be disposc.l of, and a
lawj'fr with a capital U and a villain
who Is denounced ns base with an ex
clamation point, and theru Is a. "rilr
Jocelyn," a stately old widower, and
there are servants with brogues and hon
est, rugged old common people us "dear"
m was ever Peggoty and the friends by
the sea ariti why not go back and read
some of the old classics over ucaln In
stead of "Lychgate Hall"- That U a
fair question. Why not go back to tho
real thing, the original thing, nnd have
done with Imitations? The Imitations
claim to be new, but their newness
doesn't penetrate below the superficies.
We get Into them and find the old, and
the old less attractive because It has been
Fought to disgulso it
This story was published first In the
London Times, and doubtless thereby re
ceived sufficient exploitation to warrant
tho publishers In putting it In a form to
cumber our shelves; In short, to "guaran
tee" them It would havo been more
laudable, though possibly less profitable,
to get out a new Copperfleid. or Chuzzle
wit, or even a Tom Jones. It is not the
bad, but tho mcxllocre publications which
can affect hypersensltiveness or hyper
critical ncss. "Lychgate Hill" miiht bo
very good of Its kind is ery good of lt-s
kind. In fact without t-eing more than
mediocre. It Is Just good enough to sug
gest that there ae better things within
the reach of everybody, and thinking up
on the better things draws down comV;m
natlon of tho thine which prompted It.
Perhaps tho moral of this Is that mediocro
books should not come close enough to
tho subjects or subject-matter of tho
classics to Invite comparison with them.
The only real Justification of a mediocre
book Is tUat It deals with something: brand
new.
AITOMOIIII.K KICTIOX.
A thoroughly novel notion for a good
plot Is so rare nowadays especially In the
case of stories Involving the detection of
criminals that readern of fiction are wont
to rise up and bless tho author who con
ceives and ezecutts successfully a new
theme for an exciting romance.
Such an one is the author of "The Mo
tor Pirate." which outdistances nil com
petitors In novelty of theme and thrilling
Incident. Sir. Paternoster's highwayman,
as the title Indicates, is most up to date.
Tho deeds of Dick Turpin and hks famous
black mare are rendered Insignificant by
this cleverest of criminals mounted on tho
driving scat of the faste.nt motor car in
the world.
There Is a trinity of Interest in "Tho
Motor Pirate." It is. In truth, a rattllns,
scorching tale of adventure; it is a detec
tive story with a really original theme; it
has a strong heart interest, in which the
character drawing rings true and tho love
making Is sweet and honest. It is pub
lished by I '.ice, IJoston.
"Dennis SIcGrath," whom you might call
"DInny." is the hero of some "horseless
tales" by Edward Potter, who mixes up
the Celtic character with an automobile.
The title Is "Dennis McGrath. Autocrat,"
and the contents are: An Uncommon Car
rier, A New View of the Sight In Blind Al
ley, A Divided House. Two Perfectly Safe
Dummlng, A Peast of Rcaon, A Cooked
up Scheme. A Slldsummer Nightmare, to'd
In Horseless Stages, and A Whirligig of
Time, told in Three Whirls. Tou get some
Idea of the contents, doubtless. The whole
Is a kind of wild tour of the earth. Be
sides being; an autocrat, Dennis is the pro
moter of a brand-new breakfast food, a
fact which lends additional fun to the
adventures. Many people will find this an
excellent substitute for and even prefer
able to actual automoblllng. Published by
Herbert B. Turner & Co., Boston.
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JKANNr.TTK IJOBINSOJ: MI'TIPHT.
Author of "Southirn Thoughts for North-
rn Think) rs." published by the Ban
danna Publishing Company, New i'ork.
Fclves out to the front stoop, where It Is
airv. for tbe-e poems breathe of the air
of the plains and the Western breezes..
Th- 1l.1v Is bright, the fkv Is fair.
Ar,'I ri ir the rr -.ta! mjunta'n nlr,
111" Lflard yrase, It and wet.
Tread st ft Lnealh cur hor.-s' ft:
With Ioo?iieil rein we gallop free
Acrcsj the Plain of Laramie '
Thus saith the poet. Are we. then, a
horse, or is this Jut some wild and
woolly poetic licentlou-ness- Who Is do
ing the galloring" And wh're are the
grr.s-es going? We may be accused of a
want of sympathy and proper feeling, and
nil that bort of thing, but these grn3x-s
seem to us certainly to be coins: some
where. Later we have It thu"
Hut eee: across the tunll- urtst
Yon cloal's dark shadow slowly pu.
In It a thousard nhadewi creep,
A living cloud or countless she'p!
Nicely descriptive this, we must admit,
but which Is the shep and which is the
cloud? Are the fheep walking In the
shadow of the cloud and do th y keep up
with the cloud? Does the cloud wait for
them, or what?
But If these objections are well taken
and we admit that the question Is open
you are nevertheless moved to overlook
thrm by the preponderating merits. Im
pelling merits you may call them, of the
ver"s. Tne poem of the Plains of Iara
ml3 and tlw shep herder is only one
theee nro many good ones; and all havo
In them the breeze of tho West. They are
really alive, and they make you yearn to
go back there. If you have ever been to
that glorious country of unconquered
mountains and long shadows and purple
lights. Thero aro -verses about other
places, too, some of them smell of tho
km. and remind you that the coast Is also
k good place to go to at this time of year.
Published by Page, Boston.
"japax ix tiic nnr.i.VMXO of tiie
TWIiNTIIiTII Ci:.VI IIIV."
This very Interesting nnd excellently In
structive publication from the Imperial
JapaneM) Commission to the Louisiana
Purchase, Exposition is put forth with a
vlw of circulating a more general knowl
edge throughout the world of the progress
made by Japan In recent years.
Tho development which Japan has mad
In nil spheres of public activity during'
the period of only a fw decides that havo
elapsed since pho gave up the policy of
exclusion Is matter which has secured
the acknowledgment of tho world. IIow
tvr, the knowledge which the same world
pefsesses about things Japanese Is at best
superficial, partly because Japan Is a new
member, comparatively speaking. In the
family of nations, but chiefly becauio re
liable, publications jpeclally compiled for
foreign readers and giving a succinct ac
count of the economic and other affairs
of Japan have not existed. It was In con
sideration of this fact that our authorities
decided when they made an arrangement
to participate In the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition to compile some publication
calculated to satisfy, at least relatively,
this long-felt desideratum. In May of last
ear tho work of compilation was at once
started at all the offices of tto department.
and at the same time the other depart
ments of state were nsked to furnish ma
terial relating to their respective prov
inces. The result of these compilations Is
embodied In the present publication.
To Secretary Hadukl Yamawaki, Secre
tary of th Department of Agriculture and
Commerce and Japanese Commissioner to
the Expedition, Is due credit for on ex
cellent compilation and a highly beauti
ful piece of bookmaklng.
EMPRESS AN IS SEEN
IN QUEER COMPANY.
Th startling surprises of an amusing
nature experienced In the galleries are
not prccl-wly of art. but then they are
fun Now It Is the Empress An. and. lo,
two full-length portraits of college pro
fessors on either side of her Majesty.
And adjacent the "Portrait do Jcune
Fillc" by Gar! Melchers, another of a
typical American society matron and
on'., by Irving Wilcn of a very elderly
actre,, jir. O. II. Gilbert. Such an in
discriminate company!
The Empress, of course. It is unneces
sary to characterize: we know her, or
think we do. as a frosty o!d lady eeiuipped
with the power to chop off heads
wherever prejudice lights. One of ths
professors is President Harper of Chi
cago I'niversl.y. and what an appeal to
risibilities there Is In thinking of this
square-Jaw .d American radical in cap
and gown hobneibbing with the Chinese
dowager dictatre s. Possibly he is ex
plaining to her Highness that the bacillus
of the Chinese problem has been discov
ered In Chicago, anel that for this servlsa
she should Inscribe herself among th
generous patronesses of the university.
As for the "Jeune fiHe-,"" she Is a simple
Dutch girl, with a little white cap pinned
upon her head, and she sits the Incarna
tion of all that Is pretty, prim and pre
cise The society matron han her chii.
elevated Jut one pc;r too many, and or.o
would gather from her expression that eI;$
docs not all approve of such association
Shy might countenance the Emprc;s An,
seeing that she is an Emprcs, and Presi
dent Harper she regards as completel
eligib'e to her set. But as for the littH
Dut h girl and other of the "neighbors"
no, never!
As portraits. the?e of the colleg,. men
the second is of Professejr Martin I
ISyeron, also of the University of Chi
cagoare direct and good. They are sim
ply portraits, of the kind summed up as
faithful likenesses: They are of that
cla9 of picture; In which the artist must
exploit the subject rather than himself.
The sitter went to Whistler, or some other
pronounced Individualist, and paid for a
Whistler, rather than to have his Iikene.vi
reflected In a literal sense from the can
vas. But few painters', even few goud
one, reach the point where they are free
to take this viewpoint. How would a
college president enjoy being advertised
In tho galleries of his university as a
"Symphony In Brown?" So, on the theory
that the portrait's the thing, this one of
President Harper becomes more than sat
isfactory. The little Dutch girl-that Is. the paint
ing is quite delightful. She Is so very
fresh. dainty and, to use an adjective
which often can be a term of oppro
brium, so thoroughly nice. Her expres
sion seems to be that of Innocent won
der that anyone would care to paint her.
She Is determined that in honor of the
great event she will look as proper as can
be. though this docs not mean an awful
stiffness which would havo shouted out:
"I am posed for my picture."
So the corner Is a pleasant one from
the artlstlo standpoint. Still, it cannot bo
said that the Empress An helps In this
particular. The Empress An very obvi
ously is posed for her picture; but I sup
pose that Mi"j Carl, tho artist, cannot
be Bcrlously blamed for translating her
to canvas In this manner. It must have
been a difficult matter to handle the Em
press as a model. And, presumably. It
was necessary diplomacy to Boften crow's
feet and to donate her a wholly unnat
ural plnkness of complexion.
Still, there is a twinkle of the eye and
a firmness of the mouth that seeros-very
properly to belong: to the Empress An.
from all we hear. There Is suggestion of
probable truth In that anecdote about
her Hljhness which now la told about
toTrn. The story has it that a wealthy
Chinaman died, leaving hla property to
two sons, to be divided by the young men
themselves. They could como to no agree
ment, and their differences reached the
ears of the Empress. She looked Into
the facts, allowed each to state his cass
before her, and then ruled, that the elder
should divide the property, and that the
younger take his choice. It Is worth
while to study the face of a woman who
rivals Solomon.
HELD OF ST. L0UISA HERO.
Kescues I.oy From Lake at Ne
vada G. A. K. Encampment.
Nevada, Mo.. Aug. 12. Frank H. Hell
of Sl Louis Is the hero at Lake Parle
Springs, where the Grand Army oi the
liepubllc Is holding its annual reunion.
Monday evening Joe Goodenough, a 12-year-old
boy, while diving into the lake,
struck some timbers and sank to the
bottom of the lake. His companions
called for help, and Held responded. Aft
er several eifforts ho succeeded In bring
ing the boy ashore.
Tho parents of tho boy to-day gave a
handsomu gold watch and fob to Mr.
Held.
Mr. Held Is an athlete of some note la
St. Louis, and has figured prominently in
several big events.
"TUB WOMAX ElUUXT.
Having disposed of two novels with a
gasoline flavor, we come now to consider
one which smells of the cooking range,
"Tho Woman Errant," by the author of
"The People of the Whirlpool," published
by Macmillan. It Is an argument be
twoen two housewives conducted eplsto
larlly, and tho issue between them Is as to
which Is the better of the two. One of
them Is tho old-fashioned kind and the
other Is the new-womanish. The old
fashloncd goody doesn't relish tho notion
that she Is getting the worst of It In life,
and the new-womanish one doesn't wish
to admit that she Is unwomanish. Thus
we havo the pToblem. It Is all nicely
woven Into a thin fabric of fiction and Is
brightly and briskly unfolded. You are
entertained by both disputants, but con
vinced by nilthcr of them. Suffice it,
however, that you are entertained. The
book is a good remove from nothing to
tead, and should Interest manyof the
gentler sex. We trust It will not stir up
a bitter partisanship.
"POEMS."
Having come in from the automobile
shed through the kitchen. let us at last sit
down In the parlor with Bugene Barry's
"Poems'," or, preferably let ua betake our-
flooZ.s Iterelseil.
"VlrElr.Ius." T.y Irvine Ilacfcell'.r. Published
by Harper Ilros., New Vor!:
"The Motor Pirate " T!y Sidney raterso'ter.
With a frontispiece by cl-arles P.. Fykes. iTuV
Itished by L. C. race Co.. Boston. For rale
by J. Ix Itoland Hook and Stationery Company.
"lVra." Br Kugr-ne Harry. Published by U
C. Paso A Co.. BMton. For eale by J. L. Go
land Hook and Stationery Company.
"Italia Edcewortb." Kncllsh Men of Letters
eerlej. KdlKd by the. Honorable Emily Laur
ie's. Published by the Macmillan Company.
New York.
"Stability cf International Eichanee." j
port on th Introduction of th goU-rxthMEe
standard Into China and other t!lvcr-uslng coun
tries. Submitted to tho Secretary of State Oc
tober 1, 1M2, by the Comml-s'on on Internation
al rjxclianee; H'jRh it. Hanna. Charles A. Co
nant and Jeremiah VV Jenks. Commissioners,
I-ubllshed at the. Government Printing Office,
Washington.
"Dennis McGrath, Autoerat: And Other
Horseless Tales Itncing Thereby." By Ed
ward Porter. Published by Herbert B. Turner
&. Co . Boston. Price, ji.
"Japin In the Heginnlng of the. Twentieth
Century." Published ty Imperial Japanese com
mission to the Xxulsiana 1-urcbue Exposition
1S-J4.
JENNINGS - BRYAN REUNION.
Neither Colonel Nor Governor Is
Attending at Salem.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Salem. Ill , Aug. 12. The two days' re
union of the Bryan and Jennings families
began hero this morning. The reunion Is
being held at the Fair Grounds, and the
people will liva In tents for two days.
Neither Colonel William J. Hryan nor
Governor Jennings of Florida will be pres
ent on account of pressing engagements.
There are about ) relatives present,
many coming from other States.
A. A. Selkirk A Co.'
Regular Saturday sale taken place every
Saturday corning at 1020 o'clock at their
salesrooms, 180S-10-12 Chouteau avenue.
Immense quantities cf furniture, earpcts,
totes and other miscellaneous articles
are sold at very nomlna figures.
OB
o TIIJCIITV Clltc vrarjo aro
A niuiii-nt 1 enno auu
S TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.
O Fiom The Republic. August 14, 1S73.
The: St. Louis Grangers held their
annual picnic near Iiclcde.
An alarm was turned In for a fire
caused by the burning of some vit-
riol casks in XIc Shacffer's candle
factory, at the southeast corner of
U.irton and Kosciusko streets.
William Knueflng died suddenly at
his residence. So. IMS Howard
street. A Coroner's Jury returned a
verdict declaring that death was
caused by congestion of the lungs.
ilrs. W. H. Patton of No. 116
South Twentieth street owned a
vicious dog. Officer Phillips owned
a big six-shooter. Mrs. Patton
asked the policeman to use his gun.
The dog was buried the next day,
according to the police report.
August liratz, a German, years
old, living at the corner of Twelfth
street and I'ark avenue, sustained a
broken left leg while at work in
Helche.r'3 sugar refinery. He was
hoisting a hogshead when the rope
s broke and tho barrel fell on his leg.
Judge E. A. Lewis, Presiding
s Judge of the St. Louis Court of Ap-
pe-als, returned from Hot Springs,
s Ark., where he had been with his
Invalid son.
Henry A. liurgess, who resigned
as Captain on the police force, de-
parted for Baxter Springs, Kas.,
s where he went to engage In the
milling1 business. Many of his
friendd gathered at tho Union De
s pot with a brass band to serenade
him and bid him good-by.
4 While George Folkman, 4 years
s old. was playing In the back yard
of Henry Hoover's residence, at 'So.
s 1208 Monroe street, he was at-
tacked by Hocver's dog. The anl-
4 mat Inflicted several severe scalp
4 wounds. The boy was taken to his
home at N'o. 1228 Monroe street and
s was attended by a physician. Pa-
trolman J. McCarty was summoned.
s but as Mrs. Hoever would not con-
sent the doc was not shot.
Mrs. Sarah Helms. 60 years old, a
s refugee from Memphis, who was llv
s Ing in the tear of Xc. 518 North
sV Twelfth street, was run over by a
butcher's wagon at Eighth and
Wash streets and severely hurL
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