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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. I COOO00O0<H»0OO0lM»0<lO0O000 |0 PASTIME THEATER. 0 1 0 10000000000000000000000000a 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 000000O0000O0O0OO00OOO0GOO O O O PROGRAM OFCONCERT 0 O AT GRANT PARK SUNDAY. O O 0 0 Wedemeyer’s Concert Band will 0 O render the follow splendid pro- ij O gram at the concert at Orant 0 0 park Sunday afternoon beginning 0 0 at 3:30 o'clock: 0 0 1. March—Sixth Mass—MlBsud. O 0 2. Overture—Barber of Seville— O 0 Rossini. 0 0 3. Serenade—Schubert. 0 O 4. Selection — Bohemian Girl— 0 0 Balfe. 0 0 '8. Spanish Fantasle—The Rce 0 0 of Castile—Reiter. 0 0 Intel mission. 0 0 8. Waltzes—Mein Thurlngen— 0 0 Kelsler. 0 O 7. Selection—Martha—Flotow. O 0 8. The Lost Chord—Sullivan. 0 0 8. Medley—Strains from Steams O 0 —Halle. 0 0 10. March—A Jolly Good Fellow— O a Hart*. 0 0 Fred Wedemeyer, Director. 0 00000000000000000000000000 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. 8ome Books Just Recelvsd. "Tlie Helpninte." by May Sinclair, au thor of "The Divine Fire." Henry Holt & Co. "Langford of the Three Bars," by Kate and Virgil D. Boyles. A. C. Mc- 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- dorff (poems). Richard Badger. "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. Clarkson Co., Chicago. Letters of Sidney Lanier,” edited by Dr. Clark. J. W. Burke Co, Macon, Oa. "Llfo of Richard Henry Mcnafee (Townsend). Neale Publishing Co. "The Gothic Quest," by Ralph Ad ams Cram. Baker A Taylor Co. "Poets of Virginia," by F. V. N. Painter. B. F. Johnson Publishing Co. "What Will the Answer Be?" by Ella Gray Espy. Neale Publishing Co. •The British City.” by Frederick C. Howe. Chas. Scribner's Sons. "Social and Religious Ideals.” Artemus Jean Haynes. Baker A Tay- '°“Bongs After Noon" (poems), by Al ice Crocker Waite. Richard Badger. ■ In the Path of the Persians" (po ems), by Stsphsn Muglstsr. Richard ni "The Story of My Childhood," by Clara Ilarton. Baker * Taylor Co. "The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson." by E. A. Moors. Neale Publishing Co. . _ . "Primers of Art Tin Enameled Pot tery.” i>y E. A. Burber. Doubleday, Page (’o. ••Water Wonders Every Child Should Know." by J. M. Thompson. Double day. Pago A Co. Nimrod's Wife,” by Grace Gallatin Scton. Doubleday. Page & Co. 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 K th<‘ favorites In literary circle* In Wash- RtoD. 94 Whitehall Street. Get your book list filled now and avoid the rush. We have cor rect lists. ASK FOR THEM. HUH