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Perfect 0 O goods every inch, choice patterns q O every piece, pretty designs every q O cne. q O Th ree distinct lines are repre- o O sented. silk and cotton Crepes O worth 49c. silk Mousseline de Sole O O o o o o O o o ft in white with dainty colored printings worth 69c and silk and cotton Lappets in white with floral effects O worth 59c, choice of the entire O lot at. a yard O 2Sc o Those cf ycu who have taken O j advantage of cur sales of slik moussellnes from this firm will espedaily appreciate thi3 offer; others should take advantage cf it and o o O get their hew summer gowns at half and less. O Front and West' Bargain Table. Q PETTIS DRY GOODS CO. oooooooooooooooo Morning Chat The Acrobatic Elderly Lady. VI do hope that I'll lose a good deal of my amtltion nd energy as I grow older." a thoughtful girl remarked. "Aunt Margaret Is much over eighty and as she has lost strength but hasn't lost any ambition or energy the care of hr 13 a serious occupation. You know how devoted Aunt Margaret has always been to our Church Aid Society never would she miss a meeting if she could -help it. We have often told her that what ailed her, in regard to the aid society, was either profound love of religion or gostip, we couldn't tell which. All this winter we have had to keep Aunt Margaret at home Dr. Podges said she must not risk the uncertain heat in other people's parlors or ehe might have a fatal return of her pneumonia. She seemed to ubmit gracefully, but. several weeks ago, when every one else was away from home, with the assistance of our cook, Eliza, Aunt Margaret eloped one afternoon and went to the aid society. One of the church ladies offered to bring Aunt Margaret home, so Ellra left her there very well satisfied. "About 5 o'clock the rest of us, mother. Alice and I, came home and were sitting Jn the library talking over our club afternoon, supposed, of course, that Aunt Margaret was safe upstairs in her own room. Suddenly a curious noise was heard In the dining room. We looked in there to see a very amazing sight. An elderly grayhalred lady, apparently in hor best silk frock and elaborate bonnet, was laboriously enjraged in climbing Into the house, through one of our dining room windows. To avoid startling her we clutched each other and kepc perfectly still. When she had clambered In and down over the chairs at the window she stood erect and began to straighten her dress, bonnet and gown. Then we confronted her. " 'Margaret,' said mother, 'what on earth does this mean?' The lady looked disturbed but triumphant.. " 'I've been to aid society, she said. " 'What made you get in the dining room window? asked Alice. "Then Aunt Margaret looked silly quito silly. Oh she explained. you were all gone when I went a way and I thought you hadn't come home yet. Eliza hasn't come home, so 1 climbed in the window. " Menu for a Day. Suggestions furnished by Table Talk to housekepers of moderate means: Breakfast. Fruit Barley Crystals Sugar and Cream Broiled Dacon Lyonnalse Potatoes Thin Corn Bread Coffee Lunch. Eggs with Cheese PIm Olaa Doughnuts Cocoa Dinner. ' Consomme Royale Veal Croquettes Tomato Sauce Mashed Fotatoes Teas Parsnip Salad Wafers Cheese , Apple Dumplings Coffee Why She (Hjrgled. Philadelphia Record.' She was young and probably pretty, though her hair was so wonderfully and fearfully put up as completely to obscure any beauty she might have. Nevertheless she was so sure that her coiffure was all right that her hat was arranged if not. Indeed, designed for the express purpose of displaying the wonderful construction, lllsrh above her forehead rose a pompadour, going up and up until it was nearly twice as long as her face, the contour of which it distorted utterly. To furnish part of the material for this huge mass the hair had been pulled so tightly away from the back of the head as to make it as flat as a board, with no indication of where the reck ended and the head began. As she eauntered slowly along Chestnut street with a companion there approached from the other direction a venerable man. whose gray hair was nearly long enougn to loucn nls shoulders. There was plenty of It, hut It was smooth and well kept and lent dlgRltv to a fine face. It was rather unusual. but ir no sens bizarre. Suddenly the girl under the pompadour saw him. She gave a preliminary giggle and clutched her companion's arm. "Say, Mame." she called out Just as the man passed, "get on to the aruy with the funny hair!" To Set" Color. Js'ew York Sun. The reds, blues and greens of the crossstitch embroidered collars and cuffs, so much used now, will "run" when they are laundered, unless some preventive Is used. If the thread with which the work Is done I is of good quality a bath of ten or fifteen T minutes In strong salt and water before each washing will pet the color. A solution of vinegar of lead is also used. The latter, old laundresses claim, will need using but once before the color becomes fast. Colors can be made fast, too, by soaking In alum water. Rut the alum water will fix any soil as well as the color that Is vrsnted. For this reason only new goods should be put Into It. while they are still clean and before they are used. Some women who have had sad experiences with cotton dresses and waists always soak such material which la in plain color or in figures or stripes In alum water before It is made tip. The washable stocks and collars may I be treated In the same way. In wringing any colored embroidery it is a safeguard to cover it first with a white cloth and wring the two together. In this way! if any tolor is squeezed out it spots plain cloth.

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To-Day' Schedule. GRAND. High-class vaudeville, 2:13 and 8:15 p. m. PARK. "For Her Children's Sake,' 2 and 8 p. m. KM PIRK. Burlesque, 2 and 8 p. m. UNIQUE. Variety. 3 and 8 p. m. Theatrical Note. Frederick V. Bowers, the ycung song writer and ballad singer, will be at the head of the Grand's vaudeville this week, opening with the matinee this afternoon. Mr. Bowers, who !s still In hi.s twenties, has been known for the last five years as one of the most successful of popular ong composers, having "turned out," together with Cl:arle3 Horwitz, the lyric writer, a number of very pretty sentimental ballads and negro ditties. The best known compositions by Horwitz and Bowers are "Because" and "Always," both of which have met with phenomenal sales. Mr. Horwitz is now giving most of his attention to the preparation of vaudeville sketches, and Mr. Bowers had been devoting his time since August last to stage v.ork of the sort in which he will appear here. He made his dcLut as a ballad fcinger with Lew Dockstader's Minstrels at Manhattan Beach, and continued with that big burnt-cork organization until about three months ago, when he concluded to accept an offer to go into vaudeville. His specialty is described as a very elaborate one. He sings his own songs, with a handsome stage setting to "back him up." Burke and La Rue's "Inky Boys" will be the second "headliner" of the Grand's new programme. This specialty is also a new one to Indianapolis. It is said to be a very amusing affair, consisting of nonsensical antics and bright music. Violet Dale, the soprano, will be on the programme in a repertoire of tunefnl songs. Mies Dale was until recently one of the bright star3 cf the English musical comedy, "A Chinese Honeymoon." Other contributors to the entertainment will be the Gotham City Quartet in an act made up of comedy and singing; the Brothers Schenk, who are considered to be among the world's greatest acrobats; Mme. Emmy and her performing poodles; Kherns and Cole, in a comedy sketch, and Dave Nowlin, the well-known monologuist. Tho bioscope will close the bill with a series cf new animated views. -tOnce more Julia Marlowe is to favor her many Indianapolis admirers with an opportunity to see her in her best success of recent years Paul Kester's dramatization of Charles Major's romantic story, "When Knighthood Was in Flower." Miss Marlowe will be at English's for a single performance Wednesday evening in this pretty play and the sale of seats for the performance will begin at English's box ottlce this morning. When Miss Marlowe returned from her European vacation about four weeks ago Charles Frohman, who is now acting as her manager instead of Mr. Dillingham, concluded that, since she was eager to be at work again, the best thing to do would be to surround this favorite actress with a good company and send her forth in another tour in "Knighthood," which has proved so weiljiked in all parts of the country. Miss Marlowe will never again be seen here in this play after this engagement, as she does not expect to appear in it again after the end of May. Her supporting company should be a very strong one, containing, as it does, Tyrone rower and a number of other piominent players. ' The Bon Ton Burlesquers, a well-known musical travesty organization under the managements Ed F. Rush, will be the attraction at the Empire thi3 week, beginning with to-day's regular matinee. Two burlesques will be presented "Sunny Spain" and "The Lady Killer" and both, it is claimed, will be filled with bright musical numbers by the large chorus of pretty girls and comical work by the comedians of the company. The vaudeville olio will be provided by the following performers, some of whom are well known on the burlesque circuits: Hughes and Hazleton, In an act which they call "The Gladiators;" De Veaux and De Veaux, a team of musical artists: Rosaire and Taft, in a comic acrobatic specialty; Williams and Aleene, In an original sketch entitled "Mr. Dobbs of Dobbs's Ferry," and the J)rpheum Trio, composed of Messrs. Mahoney, Moxon and O'Connor. Fritzl Scheff, the little German opera singer, will begin the second week in her Chicago engagement to-night at the Illinois Theater in Victor Herbert's comic opera, "Babctte." Fraulcin Scheff s engagement in the Western metropolis will be for one month instead of a fortnight, as originally planned. She was to have closed her run at the Illinois Theater next Saturday night to make room for the Rogers Brothers, but both prima donna and opera have scored such a pronounced success that arrangements have been made through which the Rogers Brothers' time at that playhouse has been transferred over to Fraulein Scheff. Chicago is surely the gainer by the transaction, for the new comic opera is generally considered one of the prettiest, daintiest, tunefulest things of the kind offered in America for several seasons. F. C. Whitney has bought all the American rights for the use of radium on the stage. HA fit st negotiated with the L. D. Gardner Company for the use of it in one spectacular dance for his new Casino production. "Piff, Faff, Pouff." The Gardner Company gave an exhibition of what could be done with radium in the way of making stage effects sensationally effective. The possibilities of the new light revealed themselves to Mr. Whitney at a glance, and his offer for all the American stage rights for its use was accepted. Mr. Whitney refuses to make known the amount of money required to make the deal. In "Piff. Paff. Pouff" he introduces the eight little girls known as the "English Pony Ballet," who do a wonderful dance, a la Loie Fuller, with their Pierrette and Pierrot costumes illumInted with the light of fabulous cost. Wright Lorlmer's elaborate production of the new drama, "The Shepherd King." will be made at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York this evening Instead of at the New York Theater, as first intended. The play Is based upon the life of David of the Scriptures, and the young actor expects it to prove another "Ben-Hur." Mr. Lorlmer is scarcely known In New York, and his venture is thus looked upon with considerable interest, as the metropolis does not always bestow a warm greeting upon actors with whom it is not familiar. He is one of the few actors having enough money of his own to finance his theatrical ventures, and so confident Is he that "The Shepherd King" will prove a great success that he has spent many thousands of dollars upon the production. Clara Suderman, wife of the famous German actor-dramatist, , has Just appeared as a, playwright In Berlin, and her tirst work, "Lazy Mary," Is a great .ruccess. The chief character is supposed lo be the daughter of a reformed deml-montlalne. and Frau Suderman's presentation of this character is said to be equal to her husband's best efforts. Lazy Mary and a young army ofucer fall in love with each other, both Ignorant of tho fact that they are brother and sister. The brother eventually discovers their relationship ami Is led to disclose his discovery to his sister. Thereupon they resolve to end all by taking poison. The Berlin critics are enthusiastic over the play and are unanimous in saying that Frau Suderman has a great future as a dramatist. Theodore Krcmer has provided the melodrama, "For Her Children's Sake," which opens the week at the Park, it being on the strenuous order which marks all of his sensational productions. The plot is evolved from the theme of filial duty and mother love. It has a parson's daughter for a heroine, and the action takes up circus life, the parson's daughter becoming a rider in the sawdust ring. The heroine runs a long course of persecution by an abusive husband, the sensationalism reaching its height In the dressing room of the circus, where a child shoots its father. Beryl Hope heads the cast in the character of the parson's daughter and she is supported by Iee Sterrett, Frank Kelly. Edwin Walter, the La Monte children and a number of others. Cecelia Loftus, who has not been in the best of health of late, has resigned as E. II. Sothern's leading woman, ami at the end of the Brooklyn engagement the week after next will sail at once for Spain, where she will disturb Israel ZangwIII, the English dramatist, in the midst of his pro-

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i y. . . W-S-,j.?. JIKÜORA COLE. In the Grand's Vau3ejlle Dill This Week. tracted honeymoon long enough to discuss carefully the letalis of his "Seriocomic Governess." which he is writing for Miss Loftus, and in which she is to star next season. Mr. Sothern'r. ncv.' leading woman for the remainder of the present season will be Dorothy Hammond, who has been acting in the supporting company of Henry Miller. Several weeks ago Lewis McCord, a good comedian, presented at the Grand a little one-act play called "Her Iast Rehearsal," and it was unreservedly commended at the time in these columns as the very best vaudeville sketch ever seen in Indianapolis. The piece has been scoring a great hit through the East, and it is now announced that its author, Willard Holcomb, who, by the way, was formerly the dramatic editor, of tho Washington Post, is preparing a three-act elaboration of tho "playlet," with musical attachments, for the use of Mr. .McCord next season. "Olympe," the romantic drama in which Amelia Bingham will bo seen in this city at English's next Saturday afternoon and evening, was expressly written for the American actress by that clever French dramatist, Pierre Decourcelle, author of "Two Little Vagrants." The play has a historical foundation, being the story of a conspiracy to replace Mme. De Pompadour in the favor of King Louis XV. Miss Bingham's role Is that of an actress with whom love triumphs over ambition. Peter F. Daily, seen in this city a few weeks ago with Weber & Fields, has signed a contract to go with Klaw & Erlanger next season as one of the stars of a big musical organization. It is understood that other stars in the same company will be Fay Templeton, Henry E. Dixey and Harry Bulger, but the big managerial firm has not verified this report. Following "For Her Children's Sake" and "A Hot Old Time." the April attractions at the" Park will be "Yon Yonson," "Over Niagara Falls," "The jvcrnor's Son," "Hello. Bill." "Deserted at the Altar" P.id "Two Orphans." WAR BOOK BOOM FALLS FHT INJM BRITAIN Rush to Supply the Demand Resulted in Overstocking American Publishers in London. NEW NAPOLEON BOOK LONDON, April 3. As sure a sign of spring as the return of the swallow is the pearance of American publishers in London on the outlook for books for the autumn publishing. The first to arrive this year is Mr. George Harvey, the head of Harper & Brothers, who reached England on Thursday. Mr. G. II. Putnam is expected soon. And what of the prospects? In a conversation a leading publisher on Thursday said the war-book boom looked like suddenly falling fiat. There was such a demand for books dealing with the far East that the publishers made a rush to satisfy the demand, with the result, it Is now feared, that the thing was overdone. Of course, the lack of any interesting news from the seat of war has, for the time being, at least, cooled people's desire to read. It is learned that the publishers preparation for the next publishing season are of a varied character, and it is expected at last that there will be some works of fiction of importance. But first may be mentioned the long expected twelve volume edition of the works of Beaumont and Fletcher, the first volume of which is now nearly 'ready for publication. The edition has been planned under the general direction of Mr. A. II. Bullen, who will divide the publication with Mr. George Bell & Sons. Mr. Bullen has been assisted by several scholars In the preparation of the various plays. Very full introductory essays are given, and to each play are prefixed lists of the original editions, with notes on the text, the argument, the source, the plot and the theatrical history. The Countess of Darnley has returned from her visit to her Australian home with materials not only for a book of fairy stories, but for a new novel. Still another Napoleon book is announced, but this one deals with the great, world in which the Emperor was the center in rather a new way. The title Is "Napoleon's British Visitors and Captives, 1801-15." The book is by Mr. J. G. Algar, who Is known by several books, of which, perhaps, "Englishmen of the French Revolution" has been the most read. In this new volume Mr. Algar gives a vivid sketch of the general dislocation of the personnel of the various European states caused by the Napoleonic wars, lie traced the adventures of many individuals whose fortunes were made or marred by Napoleon and incidentally various curious details are given from hitherto unexplored sources in the French archives. Mr. John Bodley has written an introduction to the Knplish translation of the "Psychology of the English People," by Mr. Emile Boutmy. hl.s colleague of the Prench Institute, which contains some interesting remlnlscencea of Tnlue, at whose house on the lake of Annecy they first met. Personal Mr. Brenneke will Rive the closing dance for his evening classes on April 1L Miss Grace Patterson, of the Indiana University, who has been spending her vacation with Miss Ellen Iwry on Fletcher avenue, will return to-morrow. Mrs. John Neat and Miss Nettie Clark. of New Albany, have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Ilurlstone the past week at their home, 2106 North Alabama street. Mrs. Rebecca C. Tilley announces the marriase of her daughter Winnifred and Mr. Joseph Freeman Azbell, of Louisville, Ky. The wedding took place at the home of the bride's mother. C27 East Walnut street, on Saturday, April 2, at noon, the Uev. A. B. Bhilputt officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Azbell have gone to Louisville, where they will be at home afttx June 1. KIIIel AVIfc tvlth n l'lntlron. HAZLETON, Pa.. April 3.-George Vv'resak. of Upper Lehigh, was arrested to-day charged with the murder of his wife, whom he is alleged to have struck on the head with a fiatiron during a family quarrel a week ago. The woman died last night. Wresak admits the charge, but claims he committed the fatal assault whllo in a state of intoxication. Craig's caudles' art certainly good.

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A Keystone of Km p I re. This stcry of the life of Franz Josef, ruler of the Austro-Hungarian empire, exhibits the same cleverness that was shown in "The Martyrdom cf an Empress," by the same anonymous author, but the subject has In it not such gre,at possibilities and much more of dir.culty. In the first It was easy to imagine that the writer was some woman of the immediate entourage of tne Eniprtis. to whom -the latter had given her entire and unreserved confidence, and thus the story, done in the best art of the writer ol fiction, had an air of reality that made it extremely lasoir.utlr.g. But it wus impossible th.it th- person possessing the innermost onr.iitii ).c. j of the Empress Elizabeth Simula nae stood in the tame relation lo the Err.put-r und his auu.t mother, the A'. ohüuc;;ess Sophia. 'ct the present story ütrcribe scev.es and transcribes conversation which, if tint, could have been had in n other way. Ileiico one is f"icrd to the conclusion that ihc? tale contains as raac.i and no more of truth than is known to ali tne world, at lea?t to all the ser-isl and political world of Vienna. The reader is led into sympathy with the handsome, curlyhaired boy at the beginring- and follows him through his conscientious studies, his baptism ot r.re on the field of Santa Luci'i, tbrough the trying revolutionary times when all the Germanic world was in ferment, and through his marriage, with keen interest and unswerving devotion. He my wince a bit when the infidelity that caused Elizabeth such profound and prolonged misery is explained away as the common custom of the Hapsburg princes, and he may b unable to see the glories of the long reign in just the same light of rose in which the author seems to see them, but for all that he must admit that the story is throughout much more interesting than the average novel of the bttter grade and that not the least factor in making up this interest is the air of historical accuracy given it. Probably the most interesting page in the whole book is the legend of Goatran-le-Biehe and his salvation from the oncoming attack of a flock of vultures by a cloud of ravens, his subsequent building of the lonely tower of Habichtsburg, from which the house of Hapsburg takes its name, the later ingratitude of his descendants in driving out the ravens, and the habit the ravens have to this day of appearing on the scene when some catastrophe is about to befall one of the family. If the book had no other value It would be worth something as showing the careful training of a King from his cradle for the duties and responsibilities that are to fall upon his shoulders. The training of Franz Josef was somewhat exceptional at the time, but since then Edward of England, William of the German empire. Umberto of Italy. Nicholas of Russia and even Alfonso of Spain, have all had the same rigid regime to follow. Had there been no Bismarck to unify Germany and no Victor Emmanuel to unify Italy, and no Austerlitz and Solfrrino to humble the Austrian arms, the brilliant promise of Franz Josef's tlrst years on the throne might have been realized. Yet it la doubtful, for this supposedly intimate account of his life and aspirations does not Indicate that his ambition ever went any further than the holding together of the polyglot remnants of -the holy Roman empire left to his house by Napoleon, or that the opportunity for the German hegemony so boldly and so eagerly seized by Prussia ever appealed to him as a possibility for Austria. The reconstruction of order out of the chaos left by the upheavals of the French revolution and the Napoleonic rnids was a task for giants, and even the perusal of this eulcgy does not lead one away from the conclusion that Franz Josef was not cast in Titanic mold. Harper & Brothers, New York. . Tlie Mnn Roonevelt. "Oh, that mine enemy would write a book!" and "Oh, that my friends would not write books!" The last cry was not originally written as a corollary of the first, but it ought to have been. What right has a man to write a book about his friend when the latter Is in the midst of his lifework, anyway? Francis E. Leupp, longtime editorial writer and correspondent for the New York Post, a man often honored with Roosevelt's personal confidence, answers the question very simply by saying in his preface that he wrote the book on request of the publishers, and carefully avoided any consultation with Mr. Roosevelt on the subject. The publishers probably thought it would be a good business venture for the campaign year, and the matter was pushed through in time apparently in less time than would have been required for the preparation of a fairly terious set of newspaper letters. The result Is set iorth as a portrait sketch, not by any means a biography. As a matter of fact it is a lot of rambling recollections and quotations from speeches, thrown together without any particular plan of order and, on the whole, disappointing. It was not so long ago that Jacob A. Riis, one of the best men in the world, let his big heart get away with him and wrote of Roosevelt, his friend and helper In saving the children of the tenements. In terms so flattering that he was laughed at for his pains. Leupp does not make this mistake, but, if anything, goes to the other extreme, and would have us believe that luck had a gread deal to do with the marvelous success of this man. Furthermore, he falls into the weakness of taking up a number of foolish newspaper tales and setting the public right as to the facts. This was needless. Tlenty of newspapers did it from time to time, and how little the public heeds the output of opposing newspapers and neutral sensation-mongers is amply demonstrated In the unanimity with which Mr. Roosevelt's own party is looking to his renomination and re-election, and the hopeless view of party success taken by Democrats in all parts of the country. No President of the United States, with the single exception of Washington, has ever held the heart of the American people so nearly undivided as does Theodore Roosevelt. They believe in him as the very type and embodiment of the American spirit at its best, of Americanism in the very flower of its purity, sanity and vigor. Ills unvarying Tightness of motive, his quick fearlessness, his sane habit of thinking straight, albeit instantly, his Inspiring view of our national destiny, his unceasing and many-sided activities, even his impetuosity of action, once Judgment has shown the way, all appeal straight to tho heart, as well as to the intelligence of the American people, and, where one is found to sneer or detract, there are always a dozen springing to defense. They all know him without reading books about him. No other American has ever been known quite so. thoroughly by the people. He has never hidden anything from anybody, and he has been almost confctantly in the public eye for more than twenty years. He has made mistakes, of course but he has usually been the first to point them out and remedy them, and, best of all. he has never been. In the least discouraged by them. But it is all too early for any writer to pass judgment on Roosevelt. His work in the world is still in the doing. The people will have the opportunity this autumn to say to him whether he has done well or ill thus far. but the final judgment of history must await not merely the completion of his work, but its remoter effects on tlie welfare of the people ho serves. D. Appleton & Co., New York. The- Admirable Tinker. The first chapter of this story presents a situation of a sort not unfamiliar In English fiction. Sir Tancred Reauleigh marries when under age without the permission of his wealthy stepmother, who is also his guardian, his father being dead. The stepmother, herself of plebeian origin, is proud of the Beauleigh name and wishes her stepson to marry a woman of title. She manages to separate him temporarily from hia wife, he is injured by a fall from a horse and he 13 ill for a long time. When he recovers he finds that his wife and her father are both dead, also that his stopmother has destroyed all letters sent by him before his illness and by his wife afterwards. Eventually he finds that a child had been bom and had been given away by his stepmother. At the time the story opens he is on track of the people in whose custody the boy Is, am! finls him starved and abused. He devote himself to the youngster nnd trains him into what Is very properly described. "According to" later developments, as a child of the world" a boy with beautiful manners, amazing powers of observation a very Sherlock Holmes in the ability to read people and a great propensity for getting Into mischief. Up to the time the boy, whose name is Hildebrand Anne Beauleigh. but who is known to his friend as "Tinker," is ten years old or thereabouts, the tale is rather tame, but at that point things begin to happen and the reader sit3 up and realizes that he has fallen upon quite a new variety of fiction. The things that happen are most remarkable, one of them being nothing loss than the taking of an airship by night across the English channel by that amuzlng boy. He

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puts villains to rout: he rescues a stolen child; he detects crime; he protects distressed ladies; he 13, in fact, always having adventures and always emerging from them in triumph. There is a suspicion at times that the author Is indulging In a sly travesty upon the detectives and grown-up heroes of popular modern fiction; or is it that he is satirizing the modern child. Whatever his purpose may be he has produced a highly original and amusing tale. "Tlie Admirable Tinker" can be commended to novel readers in search of genuine entertainment. Incidentally it may be said that while the hero of the story Is the boy a sentimental interest Is not lacking. - the phenomenal j-outh kindly seeing to it that his father i? provided with a wife. Edgar Jepron. a new name in fiction, is the author of tho book, which is published by McClure, Phillips & Co. A Variation n the Problem. "I: In Which a Woman TelLs. the Truth About Herself." comes very naturally in binding of ox-b!ood red. Aside from a few passages not quite sufficiently Indelicate to exclude it from the mails, the story 13 not particular y thrilling merely one of the endless variations of the commonplace "problem" novel. The difference lies mainly in the fact that the writer, having left her name off the title pare, speaks of herself in the first person, instead of in the third, and tho apotheosis ot her own virtue is not bo apparent until near the end of the tale. Like the rest of thern, she makes her husband out a weak and puling cur, whose inability to attain success in some mysterious way justirics her in going to the verge of mrral shipwreck to gratify social and financial ambition. She ends, of course, by marrying the bachelor family doctor, after consumption had conveniently Intervened to take her husband out of the way. No problem novel can be complete, or even genuine, without this doctor person, but it seems a pity the writers cannot occasionally change his omniscient sympathy and brusque stoicism, if only to vary the monotony of him. The villain is a warmedover Lord Steyn in modern American setting and the neroir.e herself is somewhat reminiscent of Becky, but when Thackeray created Becky Sharp lie told more truth about this particular genus of woman than she will ever be able to tell about herself. D. Applcton & Co., New York. The Great Adventurer. This comes suspiciously near being a novel with a purpose, a purpose to show the dangers of "trust" development and some of the faults of the labor unions, to champion the cause of the middle class feeling the force of both the upper and lower millstone. The preaching, however, is done by the characters, and not in very long periods. The hero Is the builder of the most gigantic trust of the age, and dissolves it at the end, because he has become convinced that it is dangerous but he does not restore the millions he has made in organizing it and manipulating the market. He is a man of nerve and power, who tries to be as ruthless In his love as he is In managing his trust, and ha3 a touch of vulgar ostentation and mord vulgar house-top philanthropy thrown In just to make the character fit the part of the trust builders as we know them. Thus he is not a particularly lovable hero, and the heroine Is so shadowy that there is not much of a love story, after all. However, there is a thoroughly charming educated burglar In the story who chides his brother for deserting their honorable profession for Wall street, and there is a Chicago Ironmaster of the older type, whose portrait is well done. But in what was evidently meant to be the most powerful feature of the book, the preacherSocialist, Kelburn, and his self-negation, the author has fallen considerably short of the possibilities. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Current Periodicals. "Hope Hathaway" is the title Miss Frances Parker has chosen for her new Western story of ranch life. Tho C. M. Clark Publishing Company report two editions since Jan. 1 of Miss Parker's first book "Marjie of the Lower Ranch," which has had a large sale. The April St. Nicholas has a timely article in "A Japanese 'Middy,' " written by Teiichi Yamagata. being recollections of his service in the Mikado's navy. The writer is a nephew of Marquis Yamagata, field marshal of the Japanese armv, and was recently an ensign in the Japanese Imperial navy. f The Robinson-Luce Company announces for publication in April Charles Swickard's English translation of the ieat Sudermann play, "The Fires of St. John." which is entitled in the original German, "Johannisllre." The play has rcently been presented for the first lime on tho English-speaking stage, by Nance O'Nell. the young American tragedienne, who is now in the third month of a series of special afternoon performances in Boston. The April Housekeeper Is a special spring number. There are six pages of spring fashions ia clothes, millinery and the small belongings of dress, that will interest every woman. The features include "Home Talks and Council for Mothers." "What the Mother Should Know. "The rhn.iron'c I Hour," "Home Handiwork," "Helps for noine iressmaKers," "kittle Aids to Looking Smart," "The House Practical," "Profitable Pets for Boys," "In the Realm of Girldom," "Talks with Flower Lovers" and "Chats with Women About Business." In the April St. Nicholas will begin an account by F. II. Kellogg of "A Visit to a Colorado Glacier," made by a party of university students in the summer of 1S00. Hallett glacier, named after its discoverer, is the only known glacier in the interior of the country. This interesting field of snow and ice lies in an isolated part of northern Colorado, on a spur from the Front Range of the Great Continental Divide. The nearest settlement is Este.? Park; and from this point an expedition requires three or four days, for great difficulty is experienced In carrying the blankets and provisions necessary for so long a stay over the devious and difficult route which affords the only possible means of access to this range. The Worlds Work for April is a war number, nearly all its space being given up to the great struggle in the far East. More than a dozen well-written and wellillustrated articles, by such distinguished men as Mr. Takahlra, the Japanese minister to the United States, Mr. Henry Norman, General Francis V. Greene and others cover comprehensively the causes that led up to the declaration of war and enter Into much detail concerning the events that have followed the first fighting. History Is rapidly being made in Korea and Manchuria, and the World's Work has done a good thing In getting into one number so much material that relates to the war, thus enabling the reader to get a mental panoramic view of what has already been done towards the making of a fine historical picture. Tne principal features of the April number of the Review of Reviews are an illustrated article on "The Panama Commission and Its Work," by Walter Wellman; "Has Russia Any Strong Man?"'by Dr. K. J. Dillon; "Russia's Civilizing Work In Asia," by Dr. G. Frederick Wright; "Russian "Opinion on American 'Meddlim.'' in thr Far E;ist;" ."What the People Read in iius-sia; me 1 enow nne iumoer in dustry in the South," by W. Watson Davis "School Gardens in Great Cities." by Helei Chrieliup H.iilitl! "A nlpri CI t v i, England," by Dr. William H. Tolman: "A Model industrial lilage. by II. Stead "American Literary Imluenee Abroad." bi Dr. Charles A. L. Reed, and "The Mao-ni tude of American Benefactions." by George J. Hagar. in' eaii'nai oeparimeni, 1 ni Progress of th; World," treats of th Vnrthrii 2r ii! 1 1 les decision, the noliHru situatien. the Russo-Japanese war, and other topics 01 current interest. A nion ht the I'nbl ialiers. The theatrical edition of Mr. Wister's novel, "The Virginian." has just appeared, with sixteen illustrations of scenes and characters from the play. The Baker & Taylor Company announces for publication in September "Deacon Lysundcr," a novel by Sarah P. McLean Greene, author of "Capo Cod Folks" and "Vesty of the Basins." The scene is laid in the city of Washington, during' the pe riod of a visit there by Dencon Lysander and his wife. It is full of thri quaint hu mor which has made her books popular. Arthur Heming. the young Canadian ar tlst, whose Illustrations of the wild life of Canada have been so successful. Is now making an extended trip for the Outlook Company throughout the northern wjlda,

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IT'S FREE WITH NEXT with a view to writing and Illustrating a book on the picturesque side of the lur trade. Mr. Arthur J. Russell, tlie author of "Stony Lonesome" (Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago), the ftory of a boy's town which is attracting much attention, is the "funny man" for the Minneapolis Journal, writing over the Fignature "The Nonpareil Man." "Stony Lonesome" is thought to be largely autobiographic, dealing as it dot's with the New England town in which Mr. Russell formerly lived. Mr. Samuel Merwin Is best known as Joint author with Mr. Henry K. "Webster of "Calumet K," one of the best of recent stories for a man. His new book takes its name from the schooner that plays an important part in it. "The Merry Anne" is a story of action pure and pimple, woven round a strong central plot, which deals with a conspiracy of smugglers to bring in contraband whisky from Canada across the great lakes. One of tho chief characters is the revenue agent who goes on the trail of this conspiracy. Tha Macmlllan Company will publish "The Merry Anne" this month. Lafcadlo Ilearn's new book, "Kwaidan," arranged for ' months before the present war seemed possible, appears at an opportune moment. Of all writers on Japan, Mr. Hearn may be said to get at the heart of Japan. He lives like a Japanese and has made a loving and sympathetic study of their literature, their customs and their feelings. He might be called the apostle of the Japanese cult. The title of his new book "Kwaidan" signifies "weird ta'-js," the Japanese characters for which are used cs a running title printed in red Ink. The illustrations are from drawings by the Japanese artist. Keichu Takenouche. HOME DRESSMAKING HINTS. By MAY MANTON. Skirts that flare with generous freedom yet are enug and smooth over the hips are in ever increasing demand and are as graceful as they are fashionable. The model shown is admirable in every way and is adapted to all materials of light weight, although shown in dove jrray canvas veiling stitched with rorticelli silk. The skirt 13 cut in twelve sores, there being a seam at the center front, und Is laid 4637 Tan Plaited Sfcirt, 22 to 30 xralsL PERFORATED FOR DIP IX FRONT. In f:m plaits at each peam. The closing Is made invisibly at the hick above the plaits, th placket being finished with a drop under-lap. When liked the front nnd s-il gores ran be cut to form 11 dip at the waitt line, the oelt omitted and the edge underfaced or bound. The quantity of material required for the medium size is Vk yards 21 or 27 inches wide or Si yards 41 inches wide when muterial has ni;-ure or nap; 12 yards 27 or 'i yards 44 inches wide when material has neither figures nor nap. The pattern 4'"07 is cut in sizes for a 22, 24. 115. 28 and 30-inch waist measure. I'ATTSUN COUPON. For rattfrns of garrm-nt tllustratrl above rend 10 eents roin or Rta.;pa. ) Cut out Illustration an-1 tncio It In letter. Write your nam nrl a1-1ifp distinctly and stale number an1 ie uante i. Ai11rem Pattern IVpt.. The Journal. Indlsnaixilis. Ind. Allow one ivfic fr ?-turn of jiattern. I'ATTKKN COUPON. Senator Alllnon Imprnv Inc. WASHINGTON. April 2.-Senator Allison was very much better to-day. llv reiived a number of colleagues In the Senate. If the weather is good he may attend the segslou of tht Seuatc to-morrow.

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