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J'ART I! CURRENT BILLS AT LOCAL PLAYHOUSES (Continued tram PM» Eight) Inaugurated with "A Night on Broad way" as the opening bill. ORPHEUM- Tom Nawn will of fer Irish comedy, opening with •■Pat and the Genii," at the Or pheum tomorrow afternoon, April 19. Mr. Nawn in exceptional In his po sition In the depletion of the true Irishman. He does not wear pink whiskers, use an unnatural brogue or a monkey makeup. He sticks to the verities and thus gets genuine results, Bueh as the fantastic exponents of the never-seen Irishman never achieve. His work does not border on burlesque. He achieves his results along actual lines, and his comedy Is true and refreshing. Mr. Nawn brings with him a splendid little company, Including Mrs. Nawn, Charlotte Appelle and several more. The Four Poncherrys are a group of aerial acrobats claimed to be without peers In this country. They come from Europe and possess all the technical skill and training characteristic of foreign artists. The troupe consists of three men and a woman, who Is not a whit behind her fellows In daring and ability. In fact, the whole act Is on a high plane of excellence. James H. Cullen, "the man from the west," Is on his eleventh annual tour of the Or pheum circuit. Mr. Cullen has a good line of "patter," which he hands out In a gracious manner. His stories are new and his Jokes of the vintage of '09, thus making them all the more refreshing. Perhaps the greatest novelty on the bill will be afforded by Sllbon's miniature circus, the main actors In which are cats. The holdovers Include the charming and clever Palace Oirls, from London, with James Clemons, the eccentric dancer; Ray L. Royce, in characteriza tions; the Blessings, In equilibrlstlc feats, and McDonald and Huntlngton, In character songs, with new motion pictures. .• • • LOS ANGELES—-"It Happened in Dogvllle," a canine comedy In one act, presented by Coin's dogs, will be tho feature of the Los Angeles theater pro gram for the week beginning with the usual Monday matinee. Coin's dogs arc perhaps the best known animal actorß now before the public. They have iaz . . - _ - — " J-..._-r-.»-"-til-^JtV#.l'r.,-" -t .- .. * ' -'' V.' : -- ",' In The World of Books WHEN George Sterling wrote "The Wine of Wizardry" probably he thought he had conjured up a fantastic string of imagery, with his "dragons whirling in their gyre, and all the other picturesque creatures of the poem, but a new poet has appeared with an assortment of lurid fancies that make Mr. Sterling's poor dragons look like small pink lizards in comparison. The poet is one Jean Louts De Esque, and his book is called "Betelgeuse, a Trip Through Hell." It is printed by the Connoisseurs' Press of Jersey City. Jersey City has made several strong bids for fame, with but moderate suc cess but its claim to distinction at last Is flrmly established. Nothing like this possibly could have come from any other place. . De Qulncey has immortalized the dreams of the opium eater; the visions following the absinthe frappe have been fittingly wrought Into song; the lotus eaters have found a poet, and even the after effects of onions have been cele brated in verse. Just what produced "Betelgeuse" the poet does not state, either in his preface or his poem. M. De Esque wisely waited until a certain vigorous foe of nature fakerß had departed for Africa, before produc ing the book. It is shocking to think of what might have happened If the narrative of "mildewed screes," "pois oned skinks," "fafßlng ghauts," "gan grei imps," and "red tongued geckos" had fallen Into the hands of Mr. Roose velt. The poet shamelessly declares that "poisoned zimbs" stung their vic tims, when any one knows that zlmbs cannot live even In the tropics. And who ever heard of a ghaut—evidently goat, because it rhymes with smot — who ever heard of a ghaut continually changing its color, like a chameleon, the way it does in M. De Esque's poem? And then he continually refers to the ghauts as "fafdlng." It is absurd to think of a ghaut allowing itself to be caught faffllng. One line runs, "Jar bling gumps ride hydras green." While this is a delicate bit of description, it Is a scientific fact that under' no condi tions could a gump ride a green hydra. Again. "Djlnnee gasps add' to the sight." Any well informed person knows that Djlnnees never have b,een known to gasp except in cold weather. A line which probably will cause much controversy among the critics is, "Where figent gawks sken at a gnome." At first plance it appears that there are grounds upon which to differ with the poet. The squidge frequently has been known to sken, but instances are extremely rare, If not untlrely un known, where this has been done by a gawk. Especially by a figent gawk. On the other hand, there Is said to be a well authenticated case of this, al though it has not been established that a gnome was the object of the sken ning. Of course some poetic license is to be allowed In a work of this kind. It is to be hoped that the poet will have ready an explanation before Col onel Roosevelt returns from Africa. The following is one of the strongest and most original passages, although there is a suggestion of Mr. Sterling in "the leprous moon": And bleak dungeons, dank with odours Strong, within each encrusted gyre, 'Mid treasure-vaults digged by gray age, Affronting witches Incense burn; And howling ghoul* gape thro' vapours. Two aiming vampires danco on. fire, Each mottled Bagc a conquered page To him whose hate no doom can turn; No bat-faced gnome can stem the blaxe: Hence gutches. ghastly, with giant tin, Chant runes to him In strobic gloom An flggums piled before the throne. Malignly mute, he peers thro' haie; Infernal paeons shake each inn, Blue lights 'twlxt opals burn and bloom In decp-hucd haunts of Typhon's home. The following is subtler, but less vivid and Impassioned In its imagery: When beacons urtlcate each eye. Noctlvagous ghoulu haste to stroke Each goblin shank of hoary sage. Then pomp of gloom breaks into bloom. The temple's arch cracks as we sigh, A clashing sound above that spoke Blind wrath unto each wizard's rage. Revealed the chasm of Mark doom. Unto peaks and gables black, Syrian airs like Orpheus Lull sequestered afrltes to sleep, A witch smites her high biforous— A symbol of King Typhon's whack! Where crystal lamps shine most glorious, Twin Legions lie In cajons bleak- Tokens of hell Invidious! What could be more entranclngly beautiful and awe inspiring in Its ter rible portent than a witch "smiting her high btforous"? And what but the In- Ben Greet Players Who Will Appear in Shakespeare at Auditorium This Week l '^^^^^■^^^^ 'fc 111 II f i, .iJT- 'K*\ I £«£ ** v* lilt /S IHREE^.,. It 11i>* 1 \HBfc ■ ';, s^**2J J*tJi : Bfet I ' j9Sk: ■ t '■> I I BEN GREET played In every city of any Importance from coast to coast, and are exception ally well trained canines, enacting a complete comedy without the appear ance of a single human being upon the stitgc, the dogs being directed in their work from behind the scenes. The stage is set to show a street In Dogvllle, the dog characters, each appropriately cos tumed, including a policeman, firemen, a "masher," a flirt, the village drunk ard, etc As a matter of necessity the comedy 1b told wholly In pantomime, but this adds to Its Interest. An attraction of much local interest spired soul of the poet could have con ceived that Inimitable line about "the beacons urticatlng each eye"? The fol lowing flashes out with dazzling bril liance amid the awful pictures of the poem: ■■ ... " .'.,-.. I .'■'; ,■', . Where syrt sucks jargling Javels mad, ■'„, . And carcants cast a luring light : ■. _ From mildewed screes and mounts that scyla Veiled auguries of battling hell. A charnel shard assails the damned Thro' vapours green with ling night; Monastic caverns rasp each Isle; A poisoned Ink croaks from a well. And mournful wralU sob, hard and loud, A smothered sigh proclaims more woe, The longing Imps grasp tomes of old :»*• And rant therefrom each damned one's name. Ah«. horrors, snarling at each crowd, Assail each kingdom with Its show; A nnctlvagous dragon bold. ■■_,<■■ Hastes through the isles of death and sham, And haunts the cajons of the dead, . . . ' There fungus tapers gleam like gold ) Before a ghoul king's Jeweled throne; ' There, too, upon a temple's arch, Bivouacs a witch who scans the bed Of burled kings and queens struck cold And lifts her voice to splintered dome To stem the brooding Djlnnee march. And with'the dusk that meteors split, . She tries the flggum of her lust. Betelgeuse. By Jean Louis. Jersey City: The Connoisseurs' Press. « ■••■- • .' Although Isabel Graham Eaton, author of "The Shore of Arcady," talks in a very old and wise fashion of the college days of long, long ago, there. Is suspicion that it has not been so very long since Miss Eaton laid aside the cap and gown. Her book Is delightfully young, written in a young style, wltb lots of charming erudition and talk of the strange gods and godesses and obscure myths with which young persons are apt to be familiar. It Is an Idyllic little story, prophetic of much better work with a pleas- Ing. little love plot, much faithful portrayal of character and nature description, and above all a note of healthful optimism and faith. ■ ; ■-' '■' ••■■■. By the Shores of Arcady: By Isabel Gra ham Eaton: New York. The Outing Pub lishing company. ' • . « • • Professor Arthur Henry Chamberlain, dean of Throop Polytechnic Institute of Pasadena, is the .author of a book called "Standards In Education," which haß Just been Issued by the American Book company. It Is a clear and strong statement of vital educa tional problems, written from the Industrial point of view, and will be of interest to those without the school as well as to teach era and educators. Among the chapter headings are "The Aim of Education." "In dustrlal Training; Its Aim and Scope," "The Significance of Habit" and "The Recompense of the Teacher." Professor Chamberlain recognises and treats the weaknesses of modern educational systems, and brings the result of years of experience to bear in his discussion of the problems, paying especial attention to the lack of co-operation between teajjhers and parents In the training of children. In hl» concluding chapter he discusses the position of the teacher: "Honor and position are consideration* worthy our attention, but while these are desirable the teacher cannot be fully paid in coin of such standard. While respected always and usually considered a leader there are those who still look upon the teacher as a servant marely, a workman, with his books for his tools, and his mis sion to deal out facts, to correct errors and to enforce discipline. Honor and position certainly do not call our best teachers to th« work, or keep them In the educational arena, and can furnish no adequate recom pense for labors performed. The teacher's recompense must He elsewhere. It must lie In a knowledge of things attempted and a hope of results achieved. "Is the future of our schools in the hands of our teachers? Perhaps not. But the teacher will receive his recompense If the life ho lives is an example to his pupils and to the world. And what is it to be a teacher that the recompense may be his? To bo rich In book knowledge? To be able to Impart Information to others? It means this and it means more. To be honest, to be helpful, to be happy; to love books and nature, play and work; to be sympathetic In spirit, wise In counsel, calm In Judg ment; to be teachable and tolerant, firm and impartial; to be grateful for the past, hope ful for the future and reverent toward all that Is; to have Ideas and to reach out to ward the bast; to take counsel of the wise, whether young or old. rich or poor, high or low; to help, rather than hinder, and to encourage, not dishearten; to dare nothing selfish, vicious or unworthy; to be joyous and optimistic always and to practice that freshness of disposition and exemplify that strength or purpose that makes each feel that his own life la beating in unison with the heart throbs of a universe—this It means.. To approach the ideal, our views must be broad and tolerant, our patience without limit, our energy great and our in terest In the work and our love for the child deep and abiding." Standards In Education. By Arthur Henry Chamberlain: New York, American Book company. • ■ • In "The Oiher Man's Life," Frank Richard- LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MOHJNIJNCJ, AI'KIL 18, 1!)()». IRENE ROOKE will be the appearance of Sarah Louise Cogswell, a young prima donna so prano, whose home is In Los Angeles. Miss Cogswell comes naturally by her stage ability, her father and mother both being well known on the operatic son make* an unworthy use of very marked talents. The writer possesses decided power of characterization, good literary technique and knowledge of life as It if. but in his book he offers nothing more than a long drawn out re cital of a liaison In high life, weakly attempt- Ing to Justify the narrative by dragging In the usual nemesis at tha end. The book Is frankly and unconcernedly In contravention with all canons of conventional morality, and holds up a baldy hedonistic standard of living. The punishment which overtakes the two principal characters «t the end Is not the result of their moral defection, but of the man's placing his career above his Illicit love for the woman. Richard Meyvllle. an obscure young barris ter, under the patronage of a wealthy and fascinating woman. Gwendolen Alnslle, be comes rich and famous. Mrs. Atnslle's hus band, Wilfrid Ainslle, a self-centered hypo chondyiac, seems more or lens negllble, except In serving by his unlovable qualities to condone the offenses of his wife. Meyville reaches the turning point of his career, when his success depends upon his abandoning the woman. A dramatic effect is achieved when Mrs. Ainslle learns of her lover's defection and her hus band's suicide at the same time. The latter dees not concern her. Her only thought Is of Melville. She falls 111, and the end Is accom plished with a death bed scene. In which the reclaimed lover arrives In time to receive for giveness. There are several well drawn secondary char acters, and a thread of secondary plot, mostly adventitious, as far as its relation to the main theme Is concerned. All the characters ■re admirably portrayed, but none Is admirable In itself. There is much good dialogue, and much true and convincing portrayal of life, but nothing subtle, searching or profoundly analytical. The books hold practically the same Interest as "Three Weeks." and should be a worthy successor to this volume. "The Other Man's Wife." New York: Mit chell & Kennedy. * • • ■ Since there is no one book extant In any language or in any country which can in any degree be compared with the Bible for an tiquity, for authority, for the importance, the dignity and the variety of the matter it con tains, it is but fitting that it should be the subject of many dictionaries designed to ex plain its contents. During the past few years great dictionaries of the Bible have been given to the world, but these are In many volumes, costly to buy and cumbersome to consult. Be sides, they bear the stamp of specilallve theory so deeply Impressed upon them that they have proved acceptable to members of only the most advanced school of higher criti cli-m. A work of a very different type in one vclume has recently been published by the Funk & Wasnalls company of New York. It Is "A Standard Bible Dictionary," and is designed as a comprehensive guide to the Scripture*. It embraces the languages, literature, history, ln.l4rH.phy. manners and customs, and the theology of the Scriptures. The book Is the Joint product of thirty-seven Bible scholars who represent not less than seven demonlna tions of the Protestant church of America, Great Britain and Germany. The editors in selecting their collaborator* were guided by the eminent fitness of the theologians for the tasks allotted to them, and the result of their combined labors Is a work which for the homo geneity of its contents has never yet been equaled. Quality of matter rather than quan tity of contributors seems to be the keystone on which this, the very latest Itlble dictionary isMH-'I. has been built. Inlike most other publications of the kind, which are launch.-.1 with long lists of collaborators i#hose names are for the greater part unknown without the immediate oirclea of their activities, the Stand ard Bible Dictionary will be found to be the work of theological scholars of national and in ternational r« putatlon. Not one name appears on the list of editors and contributors whose bearer has not achieved fame in his particular line of theological study. Thus, for the first time in the history of the making of a single volume Bible dictionary the work has been as signed to a select corps of specialists in Bible lore. Every article Is signed with the Initials of its contributor, thus enabling the reader to idtntiry with ease the writer of any or all the articles he consults. Since anonymous writing Is not always Infallible, the advantage of hav ing signed article is obvious. It stamps the work done as authoritative and places the re sponsibility for the statements made where It should rest. "A. Standard Bible Dictionary." New York: Funk & Wagnalls. m, • ■ A great many peoplo who have 'met th« minor actor and his manager will read George. H. Brennan'a book, ■•Bill Truetell," to be published In February by A. C. Mc- Clurg & Co., and will voice th*lr praise by saying that Mr. Brennan's characters are typical. The people who say this will mean the opposite, however, for the chief merit of this story of real and Intense life is that the characters are not mere types, but highly Individualized people. The typical, actor and manager are more or less myth ical conventions, and the real actors and managers are all unique departures from type. Bill Truetell, the "shoestring" man ager; "the little Van Balken," who Joins his company and becomes his good angel; Rupert Bteelson, whose loyalty to Shakes peare is unshaken by popular Indifference, are all real ,people and, therefore, all unique. Mr. Brennan knows them Inti mately and his book Is true In spirit, and in a large measure. In incident. In .lumen Montromerv FlaKg, who draws the colored VIAY ROBINSON stage under the names of "William Qardner and Mme. I'sslni. Her grand father, now dead, was William Cogs well, the famous portrait painter, whose full length portrait of Lincoln now hangs in the White House. frontispiece and the many full page and text illustrations, Mr. Brennan has found a collaborator as. sympathetic as he Is able. Some people still regard actors as physicians were regarded in the middle; ages, as good com pany for the servants' hall. That actors as a class are this, that and the other kind of un desirable citizen Is still to be heard from those people who labor under the delusion that other people may be classified wholesale. Many of there lay critics will be turned from the errors of their way by George H. Brennan's book. "Bill Truetell," which will be published soon by A. C. McOlurg & Co. . The book deals with the ill-starred adventures of an old-school theatrical manager and his loyal band of h«avles. Juveniles, soubrettes and Ingenues. Mr. Brendan has associated for years with the ' people he writes about and so from his pages step real people and not the mere lay figures which actors are reputed to be, in some quarters.* The Ingenuity and pluck of Bill Truetell, the goodness of "the little Van Bal ken," whom Bill takes from vaudeville and places In Shakespeare, and the unconquerable idealism of Rupert Steelson. the unappreciated "star," are all taken directly from life. From life and an Intimate knowledge, too, come the Illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg, whose, Illustrating of this book is the work of a collaborator. Bill Truetell. New York: A. C. McClurg & Co. • • • . This book should be of unusual interest to teachers. It shows much of the progress that education has made during the last seventy years. ■ The . personal element, too, renders it fascinating. It has fine illustrations showing the author at different ages, pictures of the scl-oolhouses in which he was pupil or teacher; of Phillips academy, of Brown university in 1858 and 1908, of Dr. Samuel H. Taylor, Charles B. Goff. President Francis Wayland and Presi dent W. H. P. Faunce, and of the author's birthplace. It abounds in anecdotes charm ingly told. '. . The book Is handsomely bound, the typog raphy Is excellent and the whole makeup Is creditable to the publishers, who are repre sented in Los Angeles by Cunningham, Curtlss & Welch, Spring street. at"' ' Clothes of Established Reputation for Men ! THE Suit of Clothes you purchase here has a certain * established excellence. 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' — ==— '■ z±r ..'/ ~ ' , — r^ .Wane ; y^.~.,. ....,— — — ,:,,..-.-.-,-. ■■.■-.-..■ ■-■ —v . . -..■■,. . • ..... -:■.,■<,; .■_ ■- ■:- .... .-.•, /:■.-:;. ....•:. 'K^-:*imm VIOLET VIVIAN Other acts on. the bill include Mares na, Nevaro and Mareena, novelty equil ibrists, who are said to be unusually expert In their line: "Lightning" Hop per, a clever cartoonist, who illustrates his own monologue as he talks, and Recollections of a New England Educator. By D. William A. Mowry. New York: Sllves, Durdette & Co. "A Pair of Madcaps" Is a new book by the rtean of all American writers for the young, whose hold upon thfl public has been shown by the universal sense of relief that although sail ing for southern Italy In December he had not suffered disaster, is a noteworthy event. This book is made up of a long first story In Mr. Trcwbrldpre's best and merriest vein, followed by shorter stories. Each of them has appeared In si me prominent magazine for the young, but never before In a book, and each has been carefully weighed by Mr. Trowbridge, his own most merciless critic and surety a. competent one, before being given a place in this book. The combination gives as high a grade of jcung people's reading as has ever been pub lished, worthily set forth by Mr. Merrjll's ex cellent pictures. A Pair of Madcap*. By J. T. Trowbridge. Boston: Lathrop, i-.ee & riheoard Co. In "Mission Tales of the Days of the Dons," Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes has incorporated some delightful tales of the early Callfornlan days, all of which have a foundation at least In fact, land many of them are historical Incidents. Much data for the book was collected from Rome of the older mission fathers, and the archives of the older missions have been placed at the disposal of Mrs. Forbes for ex amination, so that her book may be regarded as technically accurate In Its accounts of dress and customs. Her accounts of the secularization of the In dians, after the years of labor which the Spanish padres had given. Is particularly vivid, and every lover of California will find pleas ure In reading of these earlier days. There are a number of poems, some original and some of after classics, and Langdon Smith has contributed full page pictures and deco rations which are decidedly worth while. The romantic days of the dons furnish a fruitful period for those writers who enjoy the languorous beauty of black-eyed senorltas and the dashing valor of the velvet garbed cava lier. The early days of California were days of beauty and bravery, and love stories of the MODEST ALTSCHULER Black and Grant, singing and talking comedians. UNlQUE!—Unique patrons will have an opportunity to Hinile this week. Director Blair has prevailed upon "Bil lie Kin," a musical comedy in one act, to spend a week at that theater. The plot of the play concerns a Felix O'Grady, burdened with a handsome but nagging wife. O'Grady is nome what addicted to the "Great White Way." nnri is caught hy his better half in company with a celebrated Salome dancer. She makes use of this knowl edge and O'Grady has to toe the mark. modern Romeos ami Juliets whose escapr from parental guardianship was always attended by much clatter of horses" fee' stealthy meetings under shadowy palms, and the unfailing as sistance of some devoted mission father who helped make smooth the ways of forgiveness with the Irate father. But no matter how Often wo read these tales nor how much alike they arp apt to be, wo read each new offering with Interest, and with hair^onvious remem brances of those days when automobiles and wireless were unknown and the swift footed horse and his brown skinned Indian boy rider served as bearer of news, while the slow train of pack horses and the sayly caparisoned pony transported the burdens and the passengers. Mission Tales in the Days of the Dons. By Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes. Chicago: A. C. Mc flurg & Co. • • • "A Manual of American literature," by Theodore Stanton of Cornell university. Is one of the most exhaustive and scholarly works on American literature yet written. Assisted by the university faculty, Mr. Stanton gives ccmpiete and comprehensive review of the best of American letters, with a wealth of valuable biographical material. The divisions of the book are taken up In discussions of historians, novelists, poets, essayists and humorists, crators and divines, scientists and periodicals, each chapter being written by a member of the university faculty who haa specialized In the department. The book la prepared for publication as No. 4000 of the Tauchnltz edi tion, the collection of British authors insti tuted in 1841 at Leipßlc by a distinguished Ger man publisher. Baron Tauchnltz. Those who assisted Prof. Stanton are Profs. Bentley, Xorthrup. Cooper, Bailey and Adams. The literature of the colonial and revolutionary period Is treated by the late Moses Colt Tyler, professor of American history In Cornell uni versity. The book Is written in a scholarly vein throughout, but is not pedantic, and while suf ficiently exhaustive and accurate for use as a text book, is as entertaining as a novel. Any one wishing a readable compendium of the best in American letters In a reasonably small com pass will have difficulty in finding a better book. with laughable results. There Is nlso ;i Gtorman who la In love with O Grady 8 servant, Cornelia Ketchtim. The lat ter also is on the lookout for a pro vider, but in the dark the German by mistake proposes to Mrs. O'Grady. By meant of a phonograph O'Orady laarni the situation, goes after the German, and a race war is on. Will Armstrong i aa O'Grady, and sings "Bridget McCue"; John J. Martin, as the Ger man comedian, will entertain with a laughable number, entitled "Always Knocking <>n My Family Tree." Miss Atkins, as Cornelia Ketchum, will Imi tate Harry Lauder's famous hit, "For She's My Daisy," with chorus, and Ben Sfllars, "who is cast for a book agent, Jeffries Rreeze, will sing "Meet Me with SimrrKleH and Bells On." Miss Parker, and Mr. Sellars will also have a duet. "How Would You Like to Make Love to Rome One?" Mlrh Parker will sing a famous waltz song, tho bill being completed with motion pictures by the I Tiii(|ue-0-Bcope and Illustrated songs sung by Miss Irene Earle. * • ♦ 70MPIRE—The impresarios of tha Empire have weeded out another good bill for their many patrons for thla week, and if the bill lives up to its promises it should l>e full of class and highly entertaining as well as amus-' ing. The Stoddarda, with a unique cross section of musical comedy abounding in Catchy songs and down-to-the-mlnute witticisms, headline the coming bill and arc expected to prove the hit of the performance. The team has had much experience playing together and .several of their dances have attracted much attention in other cities. Phil La Toska juggles both balls. hoops and comedy, and at the latter as well as the former is said to he a shin ing light. His antics really surpass the excruciatingly farcial, while his jug gling, taken from the standpoint of jugglery, is above that of the ordinary performer one usually sees in thef smaller vaudeville houses. Two popular vocalists are featured on the bill for next week, Bommie Collins perhaps being the better of tho two with her always attractive num bers, although Bessie Kvans has won her way before into the hearts of the Empire audiences. The house managers are making ex tensive preparations to enlarge tha capacity of the show house for tha week of John L. Sullivan's engagement, as already the many fight fans of Loa Angeles are beginning to make reserva tions to see this one-time king of sportdom in his monologue and sparring exhibition with Killrain. Manual of American literature. Edited by B. Theodora Stanton. New York: G. P. Put nam's Sons. • • • "The Bomb'" is a powerful book, vividly written. Tt vibrates with the passion of youth, the passion of love, the passion of revolt. Iff is sincere and reai. The man who tells thn story of what he passed through, what h« hoped for and what he did, has given one ot the intimate revelations which appear rarely in a generation, and stand put with memorable distinctness. Rudolph Schnaubelt came from Munich to Manhattan. The new land called him. He wanted "freedom, love, honor, everything that young men want, vaguely. But bitterness waited for him. The summer passed, and tho fall; unable to get work, he learnt what it means to be destitute and hopeless throughout the winter. At last he was employed on the foundations of Brooklyn bridge, working in a caisson fifty feet under water. Few perhaps have realized the torture Involved in labor under such conditions. A year later he was In Chicago, as a newspaper man. Here he met the girl he loved, and the extraordinary man whom he reverenced and obeyed—Lingg, the anarchist. The story now moves swiftly on. Its vivid portrayal of character and the gradual unfolding of the tragedy which made a sham bles of the Haymarket and drew upon Chicago the gaze of the world. The dramatic force ot the stcry culminates in the escape ot the actual bomb thrower, the trial of the men who were arrested and condemned, and the conduct of Llngg, ca«ed In. the prison from which he so nearly freed himself. It may he that this book will awaken ani mosities and pas3lons which were better, per haps Irft sleeping. Certainly It will cause wide discussion. But it should be regarded, not as a proselytizing plea, or an attempted vindication of the Chicago anarchists, but as • character study of exceptional brilliance, a novel of exceptional appeal. The Bomb. By Frank Harris. New York: Mitchell Kennerley. The Angelus grill has excellent serv ice and better food. Fourth and Spring. 9