Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 356, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1902 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY DECEMBER 22, 1902.

0000000000 0000000 toooooo

o o o o 5oMie,VDW PATTERNS o o o: 52!ifcHandkcrchiefs The best values to be found In this whole State are here. Take advantage of them. o e o o o e o o Men's Japonet Handkerchiefs, with beautiful silk Initials. Y2liC Women's Hand kerchief si "plain white, all-linen, with narrow hems; lace trimmed and embroidered if)r hemstitched, 20c values, now.. v"t Women's plain white hemstitched initial Handkerchiefs in Cnr dainty boxes, six for UUL Men's Handkerchiefs, with choice colored borders, at, OSeach Men's plain white all-linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs, SLf)r each 15c to Children's white hemstitched Handkerchiefs, at, each 10c 25c "Women's beautiful linen Initial Handkerchiefs, all prices, Kfr 12c to uuu Center Aisle. o e o o o e o e o O O o -o 'o o THE THEATERS. To-Day's Schedule. GRAND. Vaudeville, 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. PARK. "Gypsy Jack," 2 and 8 p.m. EMPIRE. Burlesque, 2 and 8 p. m. The dressing rooms at the Grand this week will be more crowded than they have been for a long time, as an unusually large number of performers have been engaged by the management to entertain the holiday crowds. There will not be one "single specialty" on the bill this week, the programme being without the usual monologist or singing soloist. Every act will be given by two or more performers. Clayton White and Marie Stuart, who have a little playlet entitled "Paris" this season, require a little company of supporting actors to present their sketch. Four singers and dancers make up the Yankee Comedy Quartet, and the other contributors to the bill will be Mr. and Mrs. Esmonde In a serio-comic play, Genaro and Bailey In a musical and cake-walking specialty, Alburtus and Millar with a novel clubswinging act, Les Frasettes, European musicians, and Kelly and Kent, a comedy team. The bioscope has some new moving pictures that should prove Interesting. XXX Willis Granger, who opens a half week's engagement at the Park with to-day's matinee in the English melodrama "Gypsy Jack." has not always been playing in the popular-price houses. He is an actor of much experience, and if called upon to do so could appear at an hour's notice in any one of a score of difficult roles ranging from the lightest comedy part to heavy Shakspearean tragedy. He has played in the supporting companies of many wellknown stars and has been a member of some of the best stock companies in the country. The play in which he is now starring has been very successful in England, where It Is still touring the provinces to big business. The English people are great lovers of melodrama. - xxx . Chicago Is sending out a number of splendid stage productions this year, and New York can no longer claim to be the only big producing city in the United States. That bright little opera. "The Storks," had its initial appearance in Chicago's Schiller Theater last June. "The Wizard of Oz. which has been a tre mendous success since its opening night, is a cnicago production from beginning to end, and "The Suburban," the big sport ing melodrama which opens at English's Christmas day for the latter half of the week at that playhouse, was first submitted for the approval of Chicago theatergoers. This big scenic drama, with Its large cast. Its ten thoroughbred horses and its exciting story of life at the race track, comes direct to Indianapolis from Its second Chi cago run. xxx There will be a real novelty on the Em pire stage this week in the dancing act of the Salvaggls, who have never before been seen in this city. Manager Fred Irwin presents an olio of six specialties this season and two burlesques will be given by the entire company numbering forty ceo pie. Besides the Salvaggls the olio will offer the Ronays In a musical act. the Bi son City quartet, well known here, Waldron Brothers, Lester and Curtin, and Bios som Seeley. xxx Tony Pastor, best known and best beloved of all the old-time variety show managers, will celebrate his silver wed ding anniversary to-morrow at his home in Elm hurst, N. J., a short distance from New York city. The genial Tony has civ eti cut that all of his friends are invited to come and see him and help him cele brate. If his general invitation should be taken advantage of the town of Elmhurst will have to be enlarged to-morrow. One of the manager s ardent admirers a news paper man in New York intends to spring tnis little effusion when asked to respond to a toast: "The bridegroom is Tony, The guests are the same; Fifty years in the business. uanant and game. Both White Rats and Lambs Acknowledge a master. The former a leader. The latter a Pastor." xxx "When Johnnie Comes Marching Home," the new musical play by Strange & Edwards which had Its first production in New York lat week, is unique in that It is the only theatrical entertainment on record in which the civil war has been utilized in an operatic way. The piece has a definite plot and there la a serious vein running through it. The critics do not all agree as to the merit of the book of the piece, but the consensus seems to be that Julian Edwards's music is bright and "catchy." xxx A new weekly paper devoted to music and the drama is to be issued in New York beginning with the first of the year. It will be called "The Focus" and will be edited by W. A. Corey. It will have a department given up entirely to news of the music publishers and song writers. xxx The White Rats, the fraternity composed of vaudeville people, have decided to give a big burlesque performance of Richard Mansfield's "Julius Caesar" in New York some time in the near future. The burlesque has Just been written by Charles Ross, formerly one of the shining lights at Weber & Fieldss Music Hall, and Is told to be very funny. Rom himself will appear a Brutu. Eddie Foy will be the Ca.esr, George Fuller Goidon will h the Mrk Antony. Pete Dalley the Casslus, Mabel Kenton the Portia and Nat Wills who was in the bill at the Grand a few weeks ago. Is to play one of the lass-Important parts. The performance with such a company will no doubt cause the bard of Avon to turn over to a more rtstful position In his tomb and will. In ull probability, develop ?m outburst of some sort from the eccentric Richard, who. by the way. Is packing th Herald-square Theater at every performance of the great Fhakspeartan tragedy. a a Last yci. "The James Boys In Missouri" played to the Park's capacity for six performances and this sensational play prom- " lsrs to duplicate that record when It comes to the Park for the latter half of this week, beginning with a ChrUtmas mat Int.

Wim

SOME OF THE NEW BOOKS

c;en. De Wet's Xarratlve of the War In the Transvaal. The career of Christiaan Rudolüh De Wet. the General De Wet of the British-Boer war, shows how rapidly men sometimes achieve fame by the aid of circumstances. A little more than three years ago Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was an unknown Dutch burgher in South Africa; now Gen. De Wet is one of the world's heroes. But for the British-Boer war he would still be an unknown Dutch burgher in South Africa. His account of that war, at least of his participation in it and of what he saw and did, is an interesting story and a valuable contribution to history. General De Wet is not a practiced writer, but he possesses In quite a remarkable degree the gift of plain, straightforward narration. In a brief preface to this book he says: "I am no book writer, but I felt that the story of this struggle. In which a small people fought for liberty and right. Is rightly said throughout the civilized world to be unknown, and that it was my duty to record my personal experiences in this war for the present and for the future generations, not only for the Afrikander people, but for the whole world." He says that In publishing the book "I had one object only, viz., to give to the world a story which, although it does not contain the whole of the truth as regards this wondrous war, yet contains nothing but the truth." The opening chapter of the book relates in simple style how in September, 1890, De Wet responded to an order for the mobilization of the Boer militia by 'going as a private. The law required the services of every burgher between the ages of sixteen and sixty, and he and his three sons responded together. A few pages are given to describing the beginnings of military life, with some interesting details, and then the story of real war begins. Private Burgher De Wet developed the qualities of leadership almost Immediately, and to his surprise he was soon promoted first to be vice commandant and then to vecht general. Whoever was responsible for his advancement made no mistake, for he proved himself a leader of men, a great fighter and a born strategist. Without any military education and a self-made soldier, he taught British officers how war should be waged with modern weapons on the veldt. In one place he says: "The British only learned the art of scouting during the latter part of the war, when they made use of the Boer de-' sorters." Of course he was not in every engagement or movement during the war, but he was as nearly ubiquitous as it was possible for a man to be, and he had the knack of turning up In the most unexpected places to the consternation of the enemy. Among his notable successes were Nicholson's Nek, when with 300 men he captured S17 of the enemy and killed and wounded 203; the capture of a convoy and wagon train at Waterval; the surprise of Sanna's Post and the rout of the British cavalry, with 350 killed and wounded and 4) prisoners; the surprise and defeat of three separate British forces in the vicinity of Boodewal, resulting in the capture of 8uO prisoners, more than 300 British killed and wounded and the seizure of a large amount of ammunition and stores. These are only a -few of the successes which he relates with remarkable modesty and simplicity of style. He defied all efforts to corner or capture him. He beat the British in strategy, as he did in fighting. Sometimes he retreated, running away at full speed, but it was always to escape and strike the enemy soon again in some unexpected quarter. "To oppose successfully such bodies of men as our burghers had to meet during this war," he says, "demanded rapidity of action more than anything else. We had to be quick at fighting, quick at reconnoitering, quick, if it became necessary, at flying. ' How quick they were at flying when it became necessary is shown by Generai De Wet's accounts of some of his masterly retreats, in which by dodging the enemy and doubling on his tracks like a fox he sometimes completely outwitted them to their sore cost. The surrender of General Cronje, who was his superior officer at the time, grieved and almost disgusted him. He early saw that Cronje was more stubborn than sagacious. He told him that Lord Methuen would never attack him a second time In his intrenchments after the repulse at Magersfonteln. .."The enemy. I repeated to Cronje over and over again " h?,.V!te.8' "wI11 not a"ack us here. lie will flank us. But Cronje would not listen to me. .De et also wanted the women sent away, and even had some correspondence with the government about the mat17. , m Jain- cronje was immovable. Finally, however, his position became untenable and he had to retreat. De eu ,wiLh an lndePndent command tried to help him by making an opening for him to get through and sent a scout into his laager at night to urge him to fight his way out. Danie Theron was De We?a courier. "Both In going and returning." says the general, "he had crawled past the Bri Ish sentries, tearing his trousers to rag? during the process. The blood was running from his knees where the skin had been scraped off. He told me that he had seen !f STu ral'.uWho. had 8a,d tnat he did not think that the plan which I proposed had any good chance of success." So Cronje surrendered. "It may be." says De Wet "that it was the will of God. who rules the destinies of all nations, to fill thus to the brim the cup which we had to empty, but this consideration does not excuse General Cronje's conduct. Had he but taken my advice and attempted a night attack he might have avoided capture altogether" Of the surrender of Prlnsloo with 3 000 men and seven guns De Wet says: "What Is to be our Judgment on this act of Prlnsloo and of the other chief officers in comman,d l forces b,hlnd Roodebergen? That it was nothing short of an act of murder committed on the government nr and the nation to gurrender 3.000 men in such a way. Even the burghers themselves cannot be held to have been altogether without guilt, though they can justly plead that they were Kly ooejSS ,,uteJlme n?e when the Intrepid soldier and brave fighter himself had to give up. He writes: "It was at Reitz that the commandos of Vrede. Harrismlth, Heilbron and Bethlem laid down their armi Accordingly I went there on the 7th of June and again had to be a spectator of Had I then n7r wTnSeSf l Jlen to go on from commando to commando. to undergo everywhere th der? No! I had had enough and could bfa,r IP.U101" 1 ddJed. therefore, to visit all the other commandos in order to acquaint the burghers with what had taken piace and to explain to them why we however unsatisfactory the peace proposal was had felt bound to accept it. and then to leave each commando before the men handed over their arms. Everywhere I found the men utterly despondent and dissatisfied. The whole miserable business came to an end on the 16th of June, when the burghers who had fought under woudt and Brand aid dowii T the"? arml the nation submitted to its fate! There was nothing left for us now but to hon! that the power which had conquered 7 the power to which we were compiled A submit, though It cut us to the hear ,2 so. and which by the surrender of our arms we had accepted as our ruler, would draw dress our last word. BitoyilYonew government! Loyalty pays best In the end. Loyalty alone Is worthy of a nation which has shed its blood for freedomIn this noble spirit the book is defÄd pTo my fellow-subjects of the British VmThe book Is In no sense a hfatorv of th British-Boer war and does not prof Sis tS be. but It is an Interesting and evident!? truthful account of those eventJ with which the author was connected. An annend! contains minutes and reports of some peace conferences between officers which voeZ historical value. There is a fine fro. tu piece portrait of De Wet done by S-TSenV Charle Scribner's Sons are the Amefiean publishers of the work. American The 3Ieimtlrn of Tnnl Krüger. President Paul Kruger. of the South African Republic, an exile from his native country and now without a country, after having ruled one for twenty years,' is so Interesting a character that his memoir told by himself, will be read by thousands of intelligent people with' deep Interest. He has been a leader of a remarkable people all his life. For twenty years he was their President by a popular vote once In five years. The Boers have deserved a better fate than has come to them. They were born with the spirit of liberty in them. So, when Great Britain had sold them slaves and then4 liberated them, leaving the' Boers to be plundered by the Kaffirs and the natives, this freedom-loving ptople deserted their farms and their homes and made their "trek" Into a wild

and unknown country where they could have freedom In all things. Here they planted tha Republic of South Africa. The first of the Boers to occupy the new home Instituted a sort of government in which "God's word constituted the highest law and rule of conduct." Then the Boer fathers and mothers looked after the education of their children, so that all could read and write. All were instructed in the Bible. At meal-time the Scriptures were read and the children repeated texts. Paul Kruger was especially instructed in the Bible. All his life he was a devoutly religious man, but his religion, which was that of the people in general, was a religion as austere as Calvinism: but it was a faith that gave

power and purpose to the Boers, whether displayed in civil affairs or in battle. They have been praying fighters and the fiercer the battle the more vehement the prayers. Paul Kruger, who all his life talked of God's word, read it daily and was a devout religionist, was engaged in conflict with his foes nearly all his life. When any neighbor or faction had turned against the Boers and had to be whipped Kruger was a leader in the chastisement. And now this wonderful man. after a long life of stirring scenes, approaching his end in a foreign land, relates In a tongue foreign to us the story of his life. This the translator has put into English so happily that It could not have been more natural and vivid if the Boer leader had spoken it In English in conversation with friends. The story is all the more attractive because It is told in the first person and so artlessly told that no one would think of accusing him of being an ego worshiper. An old woman prophesied to Paul's mother that her son was destined to hold a superior position in life, which prediction leads him to remark in the opening chapter: "I do not know that anyone could have had the least notion that God would intrust me with a special mission." There can be no doubt that the conviction that he had been called to a special mission by God made him the persistent, courageous man that he has been ever since early manhood. In the first chapter he relates, with the animation of a boy, his exploits as a hunter, the game being buffaloes, elephants, tigers, panthers and lions. He was badly injured in some of these encounters, so badly wounded In one of them by a rhinoceros that he had to amputate his own thumb. In 1S52 he had become so much a leader that he was appointed to a responsible position in the public service. From that time he was prominent in the affairs of the little South African republic, both as a soldier and a civilian. The Boers had wars of all kinds, wars with the natives, a civil war, and war with the English. About the time the republic was established on the basis Kruger desired, the discovery of the diamond fields and, later, the gold fields, brought final disaster to this brave, bucolic people. The finding of gold brought adventurers to the republic; people entirely foreign in all things to the Boers. 'Naturally Great Britain coveted the land which it has recently conquered at so alarming a cost of life and treasure; or, rather, brought the Boers to a condition where they could be persuaded to acknowledge British supremacy In name. At the outset Kruger saw that these foreign Influences must be resisted else the brave people would lose their identity, their country or, at least, the control of it. He insisted that the Dutch language should be used in tribunals, that the period for the naturalization of foreigners should be half a lifetime, and that there should be no yielding of Boer methods in government. As a leader he caused rigorous and harsh conditions to be forced upon those who came to get diamonds and gold. Some of them were outrageous and tended to the enrichment of Kruger, who was a thrifty man; but in this policy he followed the dictates of his Old Testament religion, which warranted the spoiling of the Egyptians and the heathen. With wonderful clearness, he relates all that took place for years in the constant conflict with the British. The last chapters are devoted to an account of the causes which led to the late war. It was a contest for the rule of the republic. From his own point of view, Kruger tells the story, sparing not his foes and never explaining his own conduct. He believes that the British were bent on the subjugation of the republic by arms, when. In all probability, war was the last thing the British had in mind when the Ministry began to send troops to South Africa. It was a scheme to frighten the Boers by a display of force. The wonder is that the British government did not better understand the Boer character than to assume that they could be daunted by such a display. This device had caused the natives of India and South Africa to yield time and again, but the resolute Boers, with their love of liberty, their high qualities as fighters and their stern religion, were of another class. Kruger met the British menace with an ultimatum, the acceptance of which was impossible in the very nature of things. Kruger followed up this impossible ultimatum which had a twenty-four-hour limit by marching his troops across his territorial lines into British territory, thus declaring an aggressive war. A limited portion of the book of 450 pages is devoted to the Boer war. While the fighting was carried on between organized armies Kruger remained In his capital, visiting the armies from time to time and inspiring them with religious appeals to fight for God and country. When his capital was about to fall Into the hands of the British and the war became guerrilla in its character then the council deemed it prudent that Kruger should leave the capital and finally the country to see if he could obtain aid in Europe. The brave old man protested, but finally reason prevailed. If he stayed at home because of his age and infirmities he would be taken prisoner. There is a pathos In his words relative to his being compelled to leave his country that nowhere dse appears In the memoirs of this man of iron. "I had to bid good-bye to the men who had stood beside me for so many years and to leave my country and my people, my gray-haired wife, my children, my friends and the little band of lion-hearted fighters, who, surrounded on every side, had to make their way through an uninhabited district to the north of the republic, there to reorganize and recommence the struggle. I had no choice' h says. If these are the words of despair, they are not those of a man conquered. In the Kruger nature there is no minor note. Not the least interesting feature of this absorbing book is the space devoted to a few of Krupter's addresses. They show the quality of the man as a leader and his highly religious nature. Published by the Century Company, New York. Civil War Times. The Bowen-Merrill Company has Just issued a book entitled "Civil War Times." written by Daniel Wait Howe, an Indlanian of Puritan ancestry, who needs no Introduction to readers of the Journal. Though commonly known as "Judge," in this notice the author will be called "Captain" Howe, for the reason that no earthly honor that can be won Is comparable with that achieved by the man who entered the Union army a boy of nineteen and came out a young man of twenty-two with the rank of captain because grievous wounds denied him further service. There are thousands of families in this country who have been represented in every war in which the country has participated. Those successive generations of men have not been "jingoes" or braggarts threatening to flog all creation, but when the hour of peril comes to the country, cool but resolute, they respond to the first bugle call and remain until the last. They are the generations of men who have, as President Roosevelt has said, "Iron In their blood." Such families constitute the nobility of the Nation. No tribunal can deprive the generations of those families of their titles because it runs In the blood from the days of Lexington to the struggles about Manila. To such a race of men Captain Howe belongs. Captain Howe's book is not a history of the war, but a series of observations and experiences. To him the three months service in West Virginia was a picnic and his relation of the events and scenes as they appear to him after the real experience Is humorous. The second chapter, "Further Developments of the Great Conflict," is devoted rather to references to the blunders of organization and to the criticism of prominent men. Captain Howe's denunciation of Secretary Stanton seems too severe. Star.ton had grave faults of temperament, but they were trivial compared to his sturdy integrity, his rare capacity and his Impatient loyalty. Captain Howe pours out the vials of his wrath upon General Halleck. who was simply the stupidest of men. with an Instinct to do the most harmful things. Unintentionally the author does not give General Grant the high prominence as the Federal general In the war that his achievements demand, but it is the failing, or let it be called the virtue, of ever' good soldier in the Army of the Cumberland that he could never see and probably will never see but one great leader George H. Thomas. To soldiers who belonged to neither Sherman's nor to Thomas's army the hot battles of words since the war between the champions of each have been a source of amusement. In this second chapter Captain Howe pays homage to Morton, and by a brief narration of the facts places in the pillory for the condemnation of future generations the men who aided the Confederacy In the rear. If any young Indlanian Is Ignorant

of these facts he will find them on two or three pages, beginning with Page 50. The third chapter, "Camp, March and Battle," is a condensed account of the life of the volunteer soldier during the war for the Union. Those who have been there will. In reading that chapter, live the war period over again. Those who have not been there can learn from this chapter the deprivations to which their forbears were accustomed for four years. The next significant chapter is that giving a description of the battle of Stone river, where victory was snatched from seeming Federal disaster. Six months at Murfreesboro followed. It was a rather quiet season, so Captain

Howe reverts to some of the political aspects of 18J. The war Is over and Captain Howe meets the Confederate veteran more than half way, but for those Northern politicians and traitors who fought the Union armies from ambush and in the rear there is no forgiveness, not even the charity of forgetfulness. He docs not use epithets, but draws aside the curtain that the patriotic people of to-day may see the facts. This he does in the pages that begin with Page 125. No more entertaining portion will be found in Captain Howe's book than those into which he pours pages of the diary he kept while In the service. There one gets a picture of the dull and' narrow life of the soldier in "dog tents," on picket every third day and night, and an echo of rumors, the gossip of camp. One day Captain H was put under arrest and subsequently three others were similarly treated, showing the quality of the discipline which General Fred Knefler Imposed discipline which made one man having it with three in the hot places, and often more. The story of the Chattanooga campaign and of the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga has been told many times by men who were participants in these great struggles. Captain Howe's account is not long, but he has the happy faculty of condensing and grasping the material facts, thus making but eighty-five pages of story, both complete and clear. He presents the reports that show that the Seventy-ninth and Eighty-sixth Indiana led in climbing up the side of Missionary Ridge without orders, and that Sergeant Lawrence, of the Seventy-ninth, was the first man to begin the ascent. The story of these brilliant achievements Is followed by an account of the campaign in East Tennessee, which was one of great hardship, the severity of the weather, the character of the country and the scarcity of clothing and shortness of rations conspiring to make it one of the most trying campaigns of the war. Here Captain Howe refers to his diary again, in which he relates from time to time that the soldiers "are destitute of everything in midwinter." The extracts from the diary are very entertaining reading. He tells of a woman in East Tennessee whose husband was in the Union army, who cooked all day for the passing soldiers, "and yet one graceless scamp tried to steal her husband's drawers." He declares that "such vagabonds ought to be shot." In a short space the hard life of a soldier in the field in winter Is portrayed, with now and then a growl, but generally with good humor. All the while Captain Howe found something to read. Book hungry, he devoured "Blair's Rhetoric," a copy of which he found. He borrowed, read and criticised Everett's "Life of Washington" and ran across a stray copy of "Oliver Twist." Indeed, the young man usually had a book of some kind. The beef was so poor that when the butcher was about to kill a steer a soldier wag called out for him to wait for the "sick call." A concise but intelligent account of the Atlanta campaign Is given. Captain Howe was grievously wounded June 23, 1864, so that whatever he wrote of subsequent campaigns lacks the flavor of the recital of an eyewitness. The book Is specially valuable for the care which the author has taken to procure accurate statistics. Every battle of which he has written is followed by the statistics of numbers and losses. In addition to this a chapter Is devoted to a "Story of Statistics," which presents the American losses in every battle of previous wars. He presents the numbers and losses in both armies and the regiments suffering the greatest losses. In this connection he does the First Maine Heavy Artillery an injustice by saying that it was originally recruited as an artillery regiment when as a matter of fact it entered the service as the Eighteenth Infantry and was transferred to the artillery arm in Washington. Its revised list in killed and mortally wounded was 'JO per cent, of the whole number enlisted. It is well to have such books written by those who saw and were a small part of the war for the Union, since to the generation now controlling the destinies of the country that great crisis in the Nation's life is a matter of history. Such books should be read because they tell the cost of the heritage of every dweller In the land and should lead to a higher appreciation of its value. The book is handsomely printed and bound, and contains 420 pages, with a copious index. Boston Days. In this book Miss Lillian Whiting, who knows her Boston well, undertakes to present a transcript of certain remarkable phases of life in Boston In the nineteenth century, more especially in the latter part of It. She writes chiefly of people who figured in a literary or intellectual way, and of events which came under her own observation. She calls Boston a city of beautiful Ideals, which designation, while it may have been true once, seems hardly true now when its far from ideal city government is concerned. Miss Whiting, however. Is not a writer to deal with practical things, and she doubtless believes that a large number of the individuals making up Boston's population cherish lofty ideals which may be true. The first of the four divisions into which the1 book is divided Is devoted to this city of ideals and to some of the men and women who have helped to make it famous. The second part treats of "Concord and Its Famous Authors." In "The Golden Age of Genius." the third division, she writes of the group of remarkable men who first made American literature distinguished Emerson, Longfellow, Hawthorne. Holmes, Lowell, Whittier and their friends. Under the head, "The Dawn of the Twentieth Century," she writes of some of the later forces that have helped to maintain the Intellectual standard set by the earlier group Phillips Brooks, John Fiske and others. In this chapter the author, whose belief in spiritualism is well known, gives considerable space to the various phases of occultism, to which many cultured Bostonians devote much attention. Throughout the book there is a good deal of biographical matter mingled with pleasant personal gossip. Miss Whiting is enthusiastic, and all the personages she describes are very great in her eyes some of them greater, perhaps, than they appear to the rest of the world. The volume, however, makes agreeable reading and is a useful addition to Boston annals. The book is a handsome one with numerous Illustrations and facsimile reproductions of letters or noiea people. Little, Erown & Co., publishers. The Biography of a Prairie Girl. This story Is something quite out of the common in tho annals of American life. It relates the experiences of a girl who was born on a Dakota ranch and lived there until, in her sixteenth year, she went away to school, and except for regret at parting with her brothers, went away gladly. It is not a tale of early pioneer life, of which there have been many, but of the life of to-day as it Is known to many in the Isolated homes of the Northwest. The heroine of the story was an only daughter in a large family of brothers and was much beloved, but even so it was necessary for her to aid in the work of the farm, both indoors and out. As a consequence she was active and strong, fearless and capable. She had many experiences that girls In more conventional surroundings know nothing of. and numerous adventures of a sort not usual. She had deprivations, some of which she did not realize, and many pleasures. As she grew older, however, the loneliness oppressed her, she-had yearnings for things in the world outside, and for an education. So, at last, her brothers, at a cost of much self-sacrifice, arranged for her departure and she went her way. The story is written by Eleanor Gates, who Is evidently thoroughly familiar with the life she describes. Besides being an interesting record of a young girl's experiences, it has distinct merit as a record of a phase of American life which has never been fully portrayed the life of women on lonely farms. It is a very well writteai book, the incidents being vividly set forth, and it Is one that may be read with interest and profit by old and young. The Century Company, publishers. The Tlarer and the Innect. When John Habbcrton wrote "Helen's Babies" a good many years ago he described the experiences and sufferings of a young man unaccustomed to children left for three weeks in charge of his sister's two irrepressible, mischievous small boys. It was an amusing tale that had a host of readers. Mr. Habberton has produced another story something in the same line, but is hardly so successful. "Tiger" and "Insect" are the remarkable pet names

given by their doting parents to two small girls. Their aunt, a young lady, comes to their New York home to care for them for a few weeks during their mother's absence, and it is her experience with the youngsters

,that forms the burden of the tale. They are described as children with angelic dispositions, but in spite of their alleged heavenly qualities they manage to get into a great deal of mischief and to do many outrageous things. The story would be more readable, though possibly less realistic, had the author refrained from transcribing the children's talk literally. One of them substitutes "h" for "s" at the beginning of wcrds, "d" for "g" and "v" for "th." As she chatters a great deal such gibberish as this Is sprinkled through the pages: You don't look a hlngle bit like I hlnked you would." "I'se dlad of it." "De uvver day when you was tummln' atross de dwass" etc., etc. Doubtless adoring parents of other "angel" children can read this tale with joy, but for readers not in that class It presents some difficulties. A love story is woven into the story, the young aunt from the West finding an ardent admirer in New York. The book is handsomelv printed and Illustrated. Published by R. H. Russell. New York. The Drason of Wnntleyi His Tale. Owen Wister, author of "The Virginian," has here produced a tale widely different from the adventures of cowboys in Wyoming. He tells the story of a bygone time when dragons were believed to roam the earth, terrifying all who came In their path, and showing a particular fondness for devouring young and beautiful girls. An hereditary dragon belonged to Wantley manor, in England, and when this veracious tale begins was making nightly visits to Sir Godfrey's wine cellar, consuming the choicest wines at a rapid rate. At all events, the wine was disappearing and everybody said the dragon was the guilty creature. How Elaine. Sir Godfrey s daughter, and a brave young Frenchman found the secret of the dragon and his vulnerable spot, how they vanquished him and were happy ever after are events narrated in a spirited manner and with many modern touches. It is by no means a stereotyped dragen story, but contains many surprises. The illustrations are clever. The J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Molly and the Unwise Man. In this book John Kendrick Bangs tries his hand at juvenile fiction. He narrates the remarkable experiences of little Mollle and her two dolls, among them the acquaintance with Little Bo-reep. The Unwise Man was a curious being whom she met while "pondering" one warm afternoon on the shady side of a haystack, and with whom she entered into a world where things happened in a very absurd and topsy-turvy fashion. Mr. Bangs's weird humor, with which the public is so well acquainted through his tales for grown people, finds play here, and as most children have a sense of humor they are not likely to be misled by his semi-serious manner of telling ridiculous things. The volume is profusely Illustrated by Albert Levering and C. V. Dwiggins, and handsomely printed. Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia. A Story of Children and Dogs. "Dogtown," the title of this book, is a name also given to a certain country neighborhood because of the number of dogs it contains. On one farm are kennels for the breeding and training of hunting dogs, and at another a number of dogs are kept because the children like them. The story Is a record of the various doings of these children and animals during the course of a year or two. They are simple annals of country life, but this simplicity is the chief attraction of the book, giving it an air of truthfulness and reality. Its movement is too slow to make the book as pleasing to adult readers as many juvenile books are, but this characteristic and the superabundant detail will hardly be considered a fault by the children for whom the narrative is intended. Mabel Osgood Wright is the author, Macmillans the publishers. John GaytUer's Garden. "John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein" is a collection of short stories by the late Frank R. Stockton. They were told in John Gayther's garden his not by virtue of ownership, but by the fact that he was gardener and some were told by Gayther himself, but not all. The daughter of the house told some of them, the master and mistress of the house others, and one or two visitors proved themselves good entertainers in this line. Consequently there is variety in the tales, and they vary from South sea adventures to tenderly sentimental episodes. All have the quaintly humorous quality characteristic cf the Stockton novels and will afford pleasant entertainment to the admirers of the author's original style. The. book is published by the Scrlbners. Lost in the Land of Ioe. The region near the south pole Is even more of an unknown land or sea than that toward the north pole. But few expeditions have gone south, and the people who have penetrated for any distance have found the prospect so forbidding that they have named that part of the globe "Land of Desolation." In this book Capt. Ralph Bonehlll tells the story of a boy and young man who, in company with a ship's crew, go in search of a lost treasure ship supposed to be cast away in the southern ice fields. A rival expedition with the same purpose in view goes also, and perilous adventures ensue. Merely as a story it is exciting, but its special merit Is that it gives young readers an idea of the wonders In the neighborhood of the pole. A. Wessels Company, New York. In the Morning Glon. Roy Rolf Gilson has written a series of pretty poetical stories of American family life and gathered them Into a volume called, appropriately, "In the Morning Glow." He portrays the various personages of the household the grandfather, father, mother, little sister, etc. and the phases of domestic life as seen through the eyes of a child, and, though it Is a difficult view to maintain, he keeps to it with great success. The book is for grown people rather than children, though purporting to be the thoughts of a child. Its pages are full of delicate humor, and, though there is no tragedy In the book. It is somehow, and apparently without intention, gently pathetic. "In the Morning Glow" is a genuine contribution to literature. Harper & Brothers, New York. Bears of Dine River. The Macmillan Company has issued an edition of Charles Major's "Bears of Blue River," having purchased the plates of the book from McClure. Doubleday & Co., who were the first publishers. "Blue River" is an Indiana stream and the author relates the adventures of a little boy who lived in that region away back in the "twenties," when the forests were not yet cleared and many wild animals prowled about the homes of the settlers. Some of them are far from probable stories, having the characteristics of traditions that have grown with the passing of time, but they are exciting and likely to please boys with a taste for lively happenings. Dob, the Photographer. This Is the story by Arthur M. Wlnfleld of a boy who became a hero In spite of himself. He began his career as an amateur photographer, and finally obtained a position with a railroad company to make pictures along its line for use in a guide book. Bob'?-, adventures were many and thrilling, but he was successful In everything he undertook. The writer's aim has been to show how a poor boy. If he has energy and honesty as characteristic traits, can win success in almost anything he undertakes. A. Wessels Company, New York. Itnanell Ityder. David Bruce Conklln, in "Russell Rsder," has given the public a mixture of romance, tragedy, humor, sorrow and realities of rural life that averages well with like stories by other authors. The villain In the story is i peddler who sold Lydia Ryder a part of her wedding jtfit and took a calf in payment. He afterward made love to her and was about to marry her when his villainy was exposed, mainly through Bussell Ryder, the girl's brother. A. Wessels Company, New York. The Red Shirts. In this story Herbert E. Hamblen celebrates the old volunteer fire department system formerly In vogue in all towns, and even In large cities. He records the

WHEN IN DOUBT

WUY

BOOHS

THE DOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY experience of a boy who first "ran with the machine." later joined the department and eventually became chief. Thrilling adventures are many in the book, as a matter of course, but amusements are not lacking, the volunteer firemen enjoying picnics, balls and annual parades. It is a good story for boys. Street & Smith, New York. The Christmas Kalends of Provence. Thomas A. Janvier knows France well, and no part of It seems to appeal to him as does old Provence. He appreciates the poetry of its traditions and the picturesqueness of its present life. In this book he describes the people, their customs, their festivals and their home life, and even penetrates to their kitchens and learns the mysteries of favorite dirhes, setting forth certain of the recipes in these pages. His style is graceful, he has a sympathetic touch, and the people he writes of come very near to the reader. One chapter is an interesting description of the performances by the Comedie Francaise on the stage of the restored theater at Orange a theater founded by Marcus Aurelius. The book is worth reading. There are some excellent Illustrations. Harper & Brothers, New York. Jim and Joe. Edward S. Ellis has written many stories for boys, and has the knack of making them entertaining to these exacting young readers. In this story he relates the adventures of two boys and the sister of one of them. The three succeed in circumventing the wicked schemes of a party of villains; also In doing several brave acts, in each case getting the reward due to such conduct. Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia. The Haunted Mine. Harry Castleman Is a favorite author with young readers. In this story, "The Haunted Mine," he relates the remarkable adventures of two boj's who discovered in a curious way the Eccret of a gold mine. It is an exciting tale of the sort that boys sit up late at nights to read not "educational" or "improving;" simply enjoyable. II. T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia. HOME DRESSMAKING HINTS. By MAY' MANTON. No gift brings more pleasure to a young child than a homemade toy, and the enduring qualities of bunny or bow-wow when made In strong canton flannel or other woolly materials are well known and highly appreciated by all who have tho care of young children. The models given are simply constructed and involve little out4020. Dog and Rabbit, One Size. lay, the stuffing being neatly and firmly accomplished with cotton batting and full instructions for making will be found on the pattern which Includes both animals. To make the dog as illustrated i of a yards of dark canton flannel 27 inches wide will be required. To make the rabbit i of a yard of white canton flannel 27 Inches wide will be required. The pattern No. 4020 is cut only in one size. PATTERN COUPON For patterns of garment illustrated above send 10 cents (coin or stamps.) Cut out illustration and inclose It in letter. Write your name and address distinctly and state number and size wanted. Address Pattern Dept., The Journal. Indianapolis, Ind. Allow one week for return of pattern. TO OUR. PATRONS, GREETING: ITow about your Christmas shopping? Christmas bells will soon ring merrily have you selected your gifts? If not, you cannot do better than to visit our exposition of all that is artistically choice In our line. The selection displayed of DIAMOMDS. FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY and NOVELTIES has much to recommend it. It is the best we have ever shown, and you know what we have done in the past. There is wisdom In buying this class of poods from reputable dealera, and then you know how easily reachable our prices always are. FLETCHER M. NOE, Jeweler 103 North Illinois Street Ymic f !rrc boxe of j each, for $1.00 AUiaS UarS f,,rtbe gentlemen. CftnAv 1" boxes from 1 pound to 2 pounds, WflUj for the ladles. WILSON. 438 E. Ohio St. KATM ALIVE S'ot Sc!? J3L,UI5 POINTS C. 3Iti:LLKRSClIOC, Dy that Depot" JEWEL STOVES and RANGES UI,I,Y & STAINAKER 114-116 Eaat WaihlBKlou Street.

f'A PROPHECY AND ITS FULFILMENT Said a wise observer of men and their books once: " You can make a poor book boom, but you can't make it live." Said a prophetic reviewer in the N. Y. Sun last May: " There are books that achieve' great popularity in a single season and are never heard cf after" ward, while others make their way more slowly and have longer lives. It is in the latter category, we fancy, that Ike BJazedl TiraSI belongs. ft The propnetic reviewer was right. STEWART EDWARD WHITE'S splendid and virile romance is steadily gaining in popularity. When ' it first came out we pushed it. Now it is pushing itself. We think that we know "something about helping along a good book. But we cheerfully admit that all we can do is feeble compared with the progressive force inherent in such a story as "The Blazed Trail." It is now in its 10th EDITION. At all Bookstores. Si .50 McClure, Phillips & Co IOC SO D TÄÖ0ART BUTTERS The Cracker that made the Oyster popular See that the namo TAGGART is stamped on each cracker .... NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY o 0 10 0 OC3I KDICATIOXAL. gOTHGSS COU.CQ 3 Five time Unrest la Uli statt; second iarvet la th world; hilt rat for abort time to make it larreetOVotitkocs Mcnnrd. Call, f tone or writ a IL V. Vola,Ei-SUtc Su?t. ruicltttr&lrca.

n

STEWART EPWAR 'iTE