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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1837.
\YALE'S“DE VIL'S A UCTION"
COMES ’ROUND AGAIN;
MADE NE WE VER \ SEASON
GEORGE ADE’S NE W ONE,
“JUSI OUI OF COLLEGE,"
COMES NEXT TO BIJOU
|Grand To Be Dark
Until Late in Next
Week.
Chnrl«*8 II. Yale’s popular aucceis, the
P w • Hevll’s Auction,” la announced for
'rl.lay and HuturUay of next week at the
(Grand. ,
Local theatergoer* are quite familiar with
the story, and as this spectacular musical
thou has been u regular visitor to Atlau-
for a great many years, It la only news-
y to mention the coming of the at-
fraction to tusure crowded houses.
Charles II, Yale has always given thu I
Devil’s Auction" n aplendld production,
[elaborate scenery, bright costumes, good
Specialties, m*d. In fact, a new show every!
. and they have always looked for-
ro visits of this attraction as some-!
(thing not to be missed. This season, Man-1
Vale promises the most elaborate pre-1
jttiitutlon 1 that he has ever given of the j
■pular spectacle, and. In addition to the
trick scenery and various other adjuncts of
taculnr show, he hns given the per
formance n musical comedy flavor which
will be highly appreciated by old friends
■f the "Auction."
A half dozen new ballets, beautifully
(costumed, and brilliant light effects will still
be strong features of* the performance.
No producer today kuowg so well how to
stage ballet In general ensemble as Charles
11. Vale, and the wonderful success of the
Devil’s Auctlou" from year to year speaks
■■lames for his efficient staging and pains-
■ taking work.
The Atlanta engagement will be for three
■ performances. Including a matinee Kotur-
|day. Hale of seats will be announced rater.
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Following up the hit made by the en
I larged vaudeville bill at the Pastime
■ Theater during the week Just closing,
Ithe management has arranged to offer
la program next week which will bf
I equally us entertaining and diverting
I There will be vaudeville novelties of
| every character.
As the topllner for the week Mon-
leleur Jean Beaugere. of Paris, the Eu-
Iropenn Impersonator and lightning
lehnnge artist. Is announced. He has
I seventeen distinct characters which he
■ presents In rapid succession, and the
■ entire act consumes less than IS min*
lutes. He runs the gamut of charac-
Iterlzatlons, appearing as Lady Mac-
Iheth, Shylock, Carmonclta, David Gar-
I rick. Society Belle, Hamlet and the
I Ghost, French Soubrette and Dr. Jekylt
fund Mr. Hyde.
That clever comedian, James West-
I fall, whose negro monologue has made
I a hit, will make his debut In hie fall
I skit, following the Impersonator. His
1 Bunas mid dances are equally as clever
I us Is his wit.
Carl’s minstrels have been retained
I for another week, and there will be
[ new jokes, new songs and new dances.
Curl nnd Carl will offer their sketch,
‘ Brother Bill’s Troubles,” for the first
I time In the South. Miss Carl will sing
I "When the Violets Whisper, Marie,"
I and the hill will be brought to a close
I by the entire company In an original
I sketch.
SCENE IN ‘‘THE ‘‘DEVIL’S AUCTION."
Week’s Bill Promises
Plenty of Real
. Fun.
N>zt week nt the Bijou will be nre-
oeuteil for the Unit time iu this city, “Just
Out of College." the latest atul Mid to he
the wittiest flint most laughable route Iv the
famous humorist, George Ade. has yet writ
ten. Hlnce Mr. Ade t ime Into public no
tice as a humorous writer, he ban attract-
ed to himself no little notice. Ills humor
Is altogether different from any of bis.
predecessors.
Ills “County Chairman" and "The College
Widow” huvo been seen here and left be
hind a most pleasing Impression. These
comedies, while bright It! dialogue, are
wholly different In theme and text from
that which he hns employed in his newest
play, “Just Out of College.”
The hero of the |0ar Is a •young mail
who hns Just completed his rourse at
lege, lie Is without money, but whnt I
minus In this respect he makes up In m
He wants to get into business, lie is go
ing to do great tilings when he gets the
opportunity, lie Is In love with the daugh
ter of the imin who Is at the head of the
pickle trust. The promoter and director
of the octopus gives the young mnn a
chance to do something, lie Icuds him
$20,000. With this, the youth starts a rival
pickle concern, ami when the new Indus
try Is In the hey-dev of Its prosperity, the
fnther-ln-law-tlmt-Is-to.be realizes that he
has a formidable rival. The young man
shows a desire to bust the trust If possi
ble; If not, to sell out to It. In the lat
ter be Is successful, and in the end mar
ries the girl, after surmounting uinuy obsta
cles.
Arthur PendennisJr. s Review of Book
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0 3. Serenade—Schubert. 0
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SCENE FROM "JUST OUT OF COLLEGE."
ORPHEUM THE A TER OPENS
IN ONE MORE WEEK WITH
VA UDE VILLE 7 HICE A DA\
|Tneater Given a New
Dress For Season
of 1907.
Atlanta Is to have good vaudeville
ids season, If the promise of Weber A
I Rush Is kept, and from the work that Is
I being done at the Orpheum It appears
I that the managers are In earnest about
I conducting a successful season. They
I have beat lavish In their expenditure
I and the house, which was known last
13'ear as £1 Dorado, will hardly be rec-
| ognlzed under Its new management.
Mr. anil Mrs. Perkins Fisher are an-
I nounoed toa the headliners of the Open-
I ln v bin wfilch begins on Monday, Sep-
■'■nbsr 38, while the Francellls, nn-
nounred.a* unusually clever strong men
I and acrobats, will be a feature of the
I fight numbers given. The Fishers will
I Present "The Halfway House,” a com
edy .-ketch which ha* met with favor
on the Ketth-Proctor circuit, of which
I ,h e‘h pheum Is a part.
The Marietta street theater Is one of
■he prettiest In the city, and In Its new
dress of gold, old Ivory and white, It
looks especially attractive during the
"arm days which still remain. The
house has been completely redecorated,'
the foyer ndorned with & bed of palms,
and a Turkish smoking room provided
■or the devotees of My Lady Nicotine.
A i ,, m fortablc retiring room for women
kuest* has been flted up, with a maze
mirrors and every accessory for
comfort. The biggest electric sign In
I Atlanta shows the "Orpheum” In five-
root letters, while every nook and cor
ner of the house has been touched with
*"« painter's brush.
Through the courtesy of Will V.
Zimmer, manager of the New Kimball,
■he foyer of the theater will be con-
'erted Into a real gallery of players.
Mr Zimmer’s collection of stage photo
graphs has been acquired through long
•rlendshlp with the leading men and
u "inen of the stage, and he has con
tented to lend his pictures to the Or-
,,h ™ m for the season.
The Kale of seats will open next
■hursday morning at 9 o'clock, and
Popular prices will prevail. The dally
■nntlnees will be especially designed for
■notes and children, and any seat In the
puiiBe will be open a* the same price.
Manager Ben Kahn announces that the
n r«t purchaser of a ticket will receive a
'"•‘Bon ticket, and the money he pays,
""h ihe name of the Orpheum’s first
kucst, will be framed and hung In the
JT gallery. Every tenth purchase up
!o :,ll > will receive a seaaon ticket aa a
CARL A CARL.
"Bro. Bill’s Troubles" at the Pas
time Theater.
OP BAfS FORCE
Business Shows to Have
Contest of Adding
Machines.
The startling statement that the
work of a bank force for a whole day
can be duplicated In an hour U|(on fast
adding and multiplying typewriter ma-
chines, will be confirmed In the Bpoed
trials of fho First National Business
Shows of the South to be held In At-
lanta December 2 to 7.
It Is claimed by the men and women
who will compete at the show that the
COTTON SEED CROP
RICH HARVEST FOR
LiE STAR STATE
Price Soai’s While Crop Is
Far Short of Last
Year.
Galveston. Texas, Sept. 7.—With the
demand In excess of the supply, the
cotton seed oil Interests ore up against
It, while the farmers In Texas are
reaping a harvest by demanding big
prices for the seed.
The mills contracted for deliveries,
but are compelled to bid high for the
seed, which Is now selling at $21.50 a
ton, while a year ago It was 8X2.
Last yenr Texas produced over 2,000,-
000 ions of seed, while this year It will
not exceed 1,700,000 tons.
The storms east of the Mississippi
river rendered seed unfit for refining
purposes In other states.
Last year the farmers of Texas got
124.000.000 for their seed. This year,
with Ihe decreased production, they
will receive nearly 335,000,000. The
Texas cotton crop Is estimated at
3.400,000 bales, or 500,000 less than last
year.
IS
OF HEALTH ROABD
Succeeds Dr. Benson By
Unanimous Election By
Board.
“A STUMBLING BLOCK," by Jus
tus Miles Forman. (Harper & Bros.)
It surely must require a certain kind
of natural taste or the cultivation
thereof to properly appreciate the
novels of Mr. Justus Miles Forman.
Some of ub have not yet been culti
vated to that extent. On the other
hand, therO are a great many people
of discriminating taste, who do enjoy
Mr. Forman's books. Mr. Forman has
done some charming, dainty short story
work for the magazines, and a great
many people who have thoroughly en
joyed these light stories hailed with
delight the promise of his longer and
more ambitious productions; but hall-
lug distance wns all sufitclent for many
or us. When "Buchanan’s Wife" was
published In the full of 1906 a great
many people thought that there had
been no excuse wlmlever for Its pub
lication. but they did read It, hoping
for better things. Along comes now
’’A Stumbling Block,” and to say that
It Is almost as bad as “Buchanan's
Wife" might not bo very polite, but
it rertalnly Is emphutlc and truly de
scriptive.
in "A Stumbling Block” there are a
very weak young man named David
Rivers, a beautiful provincial Greek
goddess, by the name nt Rosemary
Crswe; a M!*s Violet Winter, a mor
bid, self-centered creature, and an
old dipsomaniac, Robert Henley. Now
Robert llenloy had loved David Riv
ers’ mother before her marriage to
David’s father, and even after her
mnrrlage he seems to have gazed at
her from afar sn<1 In a very proper
but loving manner. David Rivers, now
an orphan, under the guardianship of
old Henley (the man who gets drunk
every Wednesday), develops great lit
erary talent, and he Is also possessed
of a great love (as great a love as
such a weak creature could be capa
ble of) for Rosemary Crewe. Henley
does not want David to marry Rosc-
Siary. Why? Simply because he
fancied that she would become a stum
bling block to his growing genius, so
old Henley sends David on a tour of
education (which he needed very sad
ly) over Europe for two years. Now.
It Is made very plain In the book that
Rosemary Crewe was Just the girl that
David Rivers should marry—that Is,
If any girl was to be sacrificed, but Da
vid. busy writing stories and books,
traveling around for years, forgets
Rosemary Crewe as old Robert Henley
had planned. David's wonderful suc
cess In literature Is Just that remark
able ascent to tho heights of literary
fame that one will find—In books—no
where else. David meets In New York
Violet Winter, a morbid, nervous, self
ish, "vamplrlsh" girl. After long
struggles with "himself, David fancies
he loves Violet Winter, and agnlnat
Robert Henley's wishes In the matter,
marries her. You see, old Henley did
not want David to marry anybody. Of
course, the Idea of the book Is to show
that foreign Interference In love af
fairs Is always unwise, for In this case,
with Henley trying to save David from
Rosemary Crewe, this Interference en
ables David to marry the very kind of
woman he should have avoided. It Is
around this theme that the book runs,
across a detective story that will prove
more Interesting than "The Mauleverer
Murders." It Is well written and while
at times the reader finds that he to<
gether with the detectives have gone
oft on the wrong trail, the reader does
not feel as he does In some detective
stories that had been sent on this false
trail, simply to confound him and prin
cipally to fill for the author a certain
number of pages with many thousands
of unnecessary wonls.
"The Mouleverer Murders" Is a first
rate story. It Is thrilling In a proper,
legitimate way—there Is no straining
after effects, which Is so noticeable In
the general run of detective novels. It
Is the best detective story that has been
written In a long Ume.
.G . H. BRANDON.
Newly elected president of At
lanta Board of Health.
Ik these contests, are generally faster
than tho men, and with lightning-like
case they can take 500 department Morn
checks and add them In less than five
minutes or take 25 or 80 large multi
work of a big bank or clearing house! plications, urn: In less thin three mln-
for one day can be computed by one utes return correct answers.
of the operators in one hour. This
contest will be of the greatest Interesi
to Atlanta and Southern bunkers and
business men, as the fart computing
machines are being Introduced Into the
South. ...
A number of outside contestants wll,
come to Atlanta to take pan In the
contest, but the majority of competi
tors who will be entered will be mem
bers of the clerical forces of the dif
ferent Atlanta bankt. dry’ goods houses
nnd accounting orthos. The large de
partment stores over the country- will
send their representatives ana the ooin-
G. H. Brandon, of Barclay A Bran
don, tho well-known firm of under'
lakers, was elected president of the
board of health by the unanimous vote
of the board Friday afternoon.
Mr. Brandon had served as vice
president for several years and proba
bly no one In the city has devoted more
time and careful attention to the health
of the city within the past few years
than he. The Oeorgtan forecasted his
election Friday.
The promotion of Mr. Brandon from
vice president to president Is generally
considered a well-deserved honor, and
j l( Is confidently believed that he will
ofTheTireit KnitiVrB," tiie levlnthnn"of fifty*capably fill the responsible position
years ago- The new ISsila are St feet wide, made vacant bv the resignation of Dr
Which la five fret greater than the width of ™ „ ,, nt , y . ® or Ltr.
the tlrent Eastern. C. F. Benson last Monday.
Dr. C. J. Vaughan was also nominated
for the presidency, but he seconded the
nomination of ML Brandon and had his
name withdrawn. The secretary was
Instructed to cast the unanimous ballot
for Mr. Brandon.
Dr. C. W. Htrlckler was elected vice
president by a unanimous vote. Dr.
William B. Armstrong, who was elect
ed by council to succeed Dr. Benson on
the board, sat with the body for the
first time at the meeting Friday,
A committee was appointed to draw
up suitable resolutions on the retire-
ment of Dr. Benson.
petition between them and local com-
’ivenir .of the first appearance of menial bouseswtllbelreem^ entered resented,
•"devllle at the Orpheum. The young women, who are emercu ussneeu.
The machines that are used look llko
the keyboard of an ordinary typewri
ter. mounted upon a little square box.
The competition between the different
manufacturers of adding machines has
resulted this year Iq a larger number
of entries for the contest.
Miss Genevieve Green, with the rec
ord of 500 department store checks. In
four minutes and forty-one seconds,
will represent Chicago In the Atlanta
shows as an adder, while the Chicago
multiplication expert will be Miss Thea
Swanson, who holds a record of twen-
ty-flve large multiplications In two*
minutes and five seconds. All of the
larger cities of the country will be rep-
Wtmt! You going t" propose to Mtss
Ilesrttuirn! Why, you're the Inst also in
the world she’ll engage horie-U to.
”1 hope so, dear old rbapple.”—Spokcsnisu
Review.
The eyes of the great are din—Turkish.
and the prospective reader can un
derstand how David, after marriage,
gives forth long speeches of his un
happiness—how he should have mar-
rlod Rosemary Instead of Violet; In
fact, acting the cad very specifically
and successfully. There was no ex
cuse whatever far any one In or out
of the book worrying over David's
troubles, for he did not deserve It. He
was the weakest of the weak at all
times, and never rises to any point at
which he deserved the sympathy of
even the moet sentimental of readers.
In this day and gtneratlon, when there
are so many ways by which unhappy
husbands (or wives) can be relieved
of troublesomo or unloved life-part
ners, none of us can afford to waste
any tears over the mouthlngs of such
a creature like David Rivers. Matri
mony not bolng compulsory these days,
It Is absolutely unpardonable to waste
sympathy upon a man's or a woman's
matrimonial mistakes. Violet was a
bad sorL but she could not help
If there Is to be any sympathy
given, It should go to Violet for having
to live with David.
Mr. Forman has a habit. It seems, of
hitting on a combination of words such
as "I wonder, oh 1 wonder,” which he
puts Into the mouths of practically all
of his characters In a special book, so
that In “A Stumbling Block" the read
er begins to think he has run across
"mystic maze" set of people.
Stumbling Block” Is a disappointment,
not that any of us expected much aft
er "Buchanan's Wife." still Mr. For
man does write, or at least has writ
ten, some charming short stories.
“THE MAULEVERER MURDERS,”
a detective story, by A. C. Fox-Davles.
Lane Company.) Colonel Mau
leverer, C. B, of the English army,
had five eons. Four of them were
murdered, namely, Captain Mauleverer,
April SO: Henry Mauleverer. on
Muy 30: Herbert, on June 30, and
Jack, on July 30. The only son Colo
nel Mauleverer had left, Anthony, had
attempts made on his life August 30
and September SO.
This Is the plot of "The Mauleverer
Murders”—the tracking of the assas
sins of the four sons and the protection
of the life of young Anthony Maulover.
It Is one of the best detective stories
that has been written In a long time.
The interact holds right through the
book—not only because of the work
of the detectives and the young law
yer, Mr. Tempest, but because of the
Incidental plots with which the book
filed. Colonel Mauleverer had a
Ilece. the Duchess of Merioneth, a
beautiful woman, also a widow,’ who
was In love with and engaged to marry
Jack Mauleverer. The Duchess of
Merioneth has, however, been running
two homes In London—that la to aay,
■he lived In her ducal home as the
duchess and In town as a Miss VI
vlenne Vane—a young woman of not
very much reputation. The detectives
arc unable to reach any solution of
this murder mystery, until some things
happen to lead them to arrest the
ducheis. She Is tried and convicted
first as Vivienne Vane ami later by
the house of lords as the Duchess of
Merioneth. A young lawyer. Mr. Tem
pest. being In love with the duchess
and convinced of her Innocence, de
fends her In both trials and spends all
of his time In trying to find the real
murderers of the four Mauleverer men.
The plot Is so Intricate—there are so
many turnings back and forth with
many of the characters brought In—
policemen, detectives, newspaper men.
a Russian countess, etc, etc, that It le
Impossible to give In this review more
of the plot than Is here stated. But
from the synopsis given, wherein four
murders ore committed on four sons In
one family In each case thirty days
apart and each vfettm of the assassin
has a knotted core! around his nsek—
one can see the wonderful amount of
unravelling necessary to clear Ihe at
mosphere and especially the Duchess
of Merioneth. For It must be under
stood that In her trial. It was brought
out by the prosecution that with all of
the Mauleverer sons dead, the duchess
would have been heiress to something
like a million dollars a year. But the
duchess Is acquitted In the most In
genious way anti the Interest In the
story continues from the beginning to
the end. A reader is not likely to run
"THE LONE STAR." By Eugene
P. Lyle. (Doubleday, Page A Co.)
The Lone Star” is a romantic and
dramatic story of Texas and
makers. The author, Mr. Eugene P.
Lyle, has filled his entertaining book
with string situations and very strong
characters. It Is a very rensonable
book and the Incidents cling so close
to the history of the great state of
Texas that the reader gains a double
pleasure In his reading.
The story (s told In the first person
by Harry Ripley, a young man who
goes to Texas in the 30s to make his
way In the world. Harry’s father had
been governor of Louisiana and the
latter provides his son with numerous
letters of Introduction to friends In
Texas. When the book opens, Harry
Ripley was with a band of Texans sur
rounded by a tribe of Indians. These
Texans, under Jim Bowie, escape from
the Indians: Harry secures a grant of
land and settles up In the Redlands
country to make his way In life. Near
his ranch live* Old Man Buckalew, who
has a charming daughter. Nan Bucka-
lew, who In proper time, and not too
long delayed cither, becomes Harry's
sweetheart. The author says that Nan
wns "A Redlander girl from up around
Nacogdoches, for whom men must be
to valour born.” It Is living up to this
standard that keeps Hsrry Ripley busy,
for if truth be.told, Harry was In some
trying situations of his life, quite cow
ardly—not quite as much as he would
mako himself out to be In the book,
but cowardly enough. Harry Ripley Is
busy, too. fighting oft Indians, holding
to his claim on hla land and loving Nan
Buckalew from afar. Just about this
time Texas begins to organize pre
parations for Independence and at this
point the author brings In Ihe "Colossal
Hero Group of Texas,” namely Bam
Houston, Jim Bowls, DaVy Crockett,
Ben Milam, Will Travis and Stephen
Austin—the "Father of Texas." Mr.
Lyle makes these characters very feal
(as they were in life), and he makes
them stand out In his book, as they un
doubtedly did In life. Of course the
storming and enpture of the Alamo In
San Antonio Is given and the descrip-
tlop of the siege, storming and massa
cre Is splendid. Harry Ripley claims
In his talc to have been a cowardly
witness of that great event In Tcxna
history. Harr) - , according to his story,
escaped from the Alamo to reach Nan
Buckalew, whom he understood was In
all kinds of trouble. From San An
tonio Hurry goes to Nan Buckalew—•
finds her safe nnd begins again his ex
citing adventures, which, If we are to
believe Ills tale, make him show up
rather badly as to manly vnlor. But
In the end, In the great fight of San
Jacinto, Harry redeems himself. If such
a thing was necessary. General 8am
Houston places Harry In command of
his handful of cavalry In this battle
(all told Ihe Texans only had nbout 700
men). The Mexicans, under Snnta
Anna, president nnd genernl-ln-chlef,
were beaten and Texan independence or
the beginning of It, fit least, was won.
Harry wins Nnn Bucknlew. He de
served her, and If she wnnted Harry, no
one could offer any serious objection to
the marriage, at least Old Man Bucka
lew wns satisfied.
In the book Mr, Lyle brings In very
Interesting pictures of Texss life from
1832 to 1845—the principal men of that
time—their struggles for Independence,
their bickerings with each other and
finally their victory with General
Houston at their head. The character
drawing of General Houston and Santa
Anna arc splendidly done. The whole
book Is good and combining ss It does
history nnd romance, It will be a most
popular novel and deservedly so.
"THE MAKING OF A SUCCESS
FUL HU8BAND," by Casper S. Yost
(O. W. Dillingham Co.). Now here Is
a book, "The Making of a Successful
Husband," which, If It will do what Its
title would Imply, will certainly fill a
proverbial “long-felt want. 1
Most of us, however, will have doubts
forced upon us as to the book carrying
nut Its implied contract. The Intention
Is very good and If husbnnds or pros
pective ones will follow out the sug
gestions made by Mr. Yost In his bright
series of letters—from a father to a
son—they will come very ncur being
surreasful—nt least In the eyes of their
wives—whatever their cynical friends of
the male persuasion might say or think.
Anything, however, which may Im
prove or even attempt to Improve the
breed of the present day husband or
lover Is surely a good thing, and cer
tainly should be cultivated.
“The Making of a Bucceesful Hus
band” consists of "letters of a happily
married man to his son.” John Bneed
writes to John Sneed, Jr. John, Junior,
having heard the bussing of the matri
monial bug up In his mental machinery,
asks and gets advice from his father,
all about what he should do, John. Jr.,
marries and the othes letters are filled
with advice from old John to young
John as to places for the young couple
to live, wire’s allowance, courtesy at
home, clubs and hearts, the bride's re
lations, etc. The advice le all mighty
good—the only pity of It le that It Is
not followed to a greater extent by the
husbands of today. If the average hue.
band of today should sit down quietly
und read old John Sneed's advice to hie
son ss to how the latter should treat
his wife and thereby realise how far
he—the reader—Is from practicing old
John's good advice, It might not do
much good to some husbands, nothing
would, but It would at least make him
sit up and take notice. "The Making
of a Successful Husband" Is an Ideal
book for a gift on birthday or any day
—sooner the better—from a long-suf
fering wife to a passible recalcitrant
husband—If any there bo of tho latter
species.
“THE SERF," A~Tale of the Times
of King Stephens. By Guy Thorne.
(R. F. Fenno A Co.). Most of the his
torical novels or romances dating In
period of action anywhere from 400 to
700 years ago, which have been so pop
ular In the last few years, have repre
sented the high social side of life, with
ladles and gentlemen parading back
and forth, making love, fighting duels,
etc. In "The Seri" we have the other
side of the picture, which while not so
pleasing to the eye. It does strike us
as much more possible of having been
true.
The action of "The Serf” takes place
In the early mediaeval ages, the actual
date being about 1186—that period of
anarchy and wickedness which has no
parallel in English history. It was the
time of which the monkish historian
wrote "Christ and all of His angels
seemed asleep.”
The story of "The Serf Is laid round
a poor slave by name "Hyla," who was
In bondage to Oeoffrnl de la Bourne,
a baron and really a king, In his pow
er locally. Hyla lives near the castle
of Geoffrol de la Bourne with his wife
and two daughters. The baron mis
treats both of Hyla’s daughters and
carries them Into his castle. Hyla plana
revenge, which is to kill the- baron. On
a hunting expedition Geoffrol was kill
ed by Hyla, the latter escaping after
terrible wanderings to the abbey of
Icomb, where fie finds protection for
the time. The baron's son Is deter
mined to capture Hyla, however, and
It Is about the plans, put Into execu
tion of abducting Hyla, his future pun
ishment by death later at the castle,
that the book relates.
There Is a good exciting story run
ning through the book, but It Is the
vivid picture of life In mediaeval times
accurately seeming, that Impresses the
reader of "The rerf."
To arrive at that condition of mind
to grasp the planner of Ilfs, thought
and mental bias of those far oft times,
the author states:
"The only certain way to get at the
Inner meaning of a period In history ta
by oompariann of the attitude of an In
dividual brain toward his time and tho
atttude of a general type of brain. The
Individual with the point of view must
of course be a known quantity.”
Mr. Guy Thorne has made his book
very real. The characters stand out as *
real living people and in writing of
nearly 800 years ago, he has accom
plished a difficult feat. He has made
his book not only instructive of those
medaeval times, but he has made it
most Interesting, and at times quite
thrilling. Taken all together, "The
Serf” Is a worthy book.
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thor of "The Divine Fire." Henry Holt
& Co.
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Clurg & Co.
“To Him That Hath." by Leroy
Scott. Doubleday, Page A Co.
"Daffodlle-Narclssus and How to
Grow Them,” by A. M. Kirby. Double
day, Page A Co.
"Golden Winged Days" (poems), by
Anne Butler Thomas. Richard Bad-
8t "blvlne Adventures." by John Neln-
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"Songs of the Steel Age," by William
Hurd Hlllyer (poems). Richard Bad
ger.
"Easy Form Music," a new plan for
the piano forte, published by D. B.
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Letters of Sidney Lanier,” edited by
Dr. Clark. J. W. Burke Co, Macon,
Oa.
"Llfo of Richard Henry Mcnafee
(Townsend). Neale Publishing Co.
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ams Cram. Baker A Taylor Co.
"Poets of Virginia," by F. V. N.
Painter. B. F. Johnson Publishing Co.
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Gray Espy. Neale Publishing Co.
•The British City.” by Frederick C.
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"Social and Religious Ideals.”
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■ In the Path of the Persians" (po
ems), by Stsphsn Muglstsr. Richard
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"The Story of a Cannoneer Under
Stonewall Jackson." by E. A. Moors.
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Page (’o.
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AGED WOMAN’S LOVE
IS HER UNDOING
Baltimore, Sept. 7.—Mrs. Lulu F.
Lynn, nearly 70 years of age. and the
widow of a Confederate army officer,
because of whose death she draws a
pension from the state of South Caro
lina has been arrested with Arthur
Stanley, alias Arthur Bay, whom the
police claim Is an expert "short change"
man. and of whom Marshal Farnan
sent out a general description Thura-
day.
Mrs. Lynn told tigs police sergeant
she had sold her home in South Caro
lina two years ago for several thou
sand dollars, because of her Infatua
tion for Stanley. Stanley had squan
dered about 33,500 of the proceeds of
her property and all she now has of
her own la the pension paid her by the
South Carolina state authorities.
Mrs. T. DeWItt Talmage, widow of the
tinted llmoklyn minister, la wild to Ih- mis
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