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SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 A Week With Bookmakers And Magazine Writers BY eluTargo ‘BOOKS ‘REVIEWED Th» Warrens of Virginia, by George Cary Eggleston. New York, G. W. Dillingham Company. Price 11.50. Mr. Eggleston's latest contribution to the fictional literature of the Confeder acy. which is written around the play by William C. deMille, is deeeidedly dif ferent from most novelized plays in that it by no mean* confines itself to the ac tion of the various scenes presented on the stage, but deals largely and actively with *such events as are only referred to in the stage dialogue, but that make up a very Important part of Mr. Eggle ston’s charming romance. None qf our present day authors are more capable of writing of events per taining to the grentest war of American history than it this ex-Confederate sol dier who saw active service from Bull Run to Appomattox, .and whoso recollec tion of battles and Camp scenes he has most vividly portrayed In more than one notable story ueaiing with the South in the sixties. His experience along these lines he has put to effective use la this, his latest novel, for there is a vividness about the every minutest de scription of scenes connected with the Important events of the great struggle thpt bring them most forcibly before the mental views of the reader and that help to make doubly convincing the pleasing love story that is tne book's chief reo son for being, a love story in which Mr. Eggleston has closely followed the action of the notably successful play. Additioaal Interest Is loaned the story having much intrinsic interest by the il lustrations which are photographs of the principals in the play as it was presented •rat in Now xork. •Id Man Devant'a Money, by Frances Powell, New YorK. Charles Scribner s Sons. Price $1.50.... Miss Powell is a past mistress of the art of writing stories that surprise and startle and amaze, but neither her "The Prisoner of "Orinth Farm" nor "The House on The Hudson" contain so many elements that make for surprise as does * Old Mr. Davenant’s Money,” and yet at the same time neither of the other two have so much to distinguish them In the way of excellent literary construc tion and masterly characterization. The chief interest in the book, strange as this may seem centers in the quiety, "Who is the real heroine of the story?". .This question Is never really answered, but the ambiguity of the cli max by no means detracts from an Inter est that at all times finds sufficient to feed upon in the person of the ostensible heroine through the medium of whose diary most of the tale is told. She, this pretty little Lena Davenant, is virtually orphaned through the second marriage of her father, and leads a grey, unevent ful existence in the company of a grand mother remarkable for her austerity and an aunt with a hateful temper. From this atmosphere she is suddenly trans posed to the roseate one created by a wealthy aunt with an only chlla, a son who Is possessed of singular fascinating attributes. A complicated love story Women, Their Work And Worries In The Ways of The World. SEPTEMBER’S GARB It is rather the custom to berate September as the least attractive of ail the months, to declare it the least healthful part of the year, and to discuss its general lack of beauty and charm. Now is it altogether the fault of nature that our streets are not. so pleasing to the eye at this season as at any other? May we not ac count fqr this rather .undesirable state of affairs by the fact that no body takes the trouble to dress well in September? There seems to be a kind of unwrit ten law that every woman who re turns from the moutains or the springs at this season shall, before October opens its golden and pleasingly cool doors, proceed to wear out all of the hats and dresses that have gotten torn and faded and soiled and gene rally disreputable during the long iummer campaign. This means, of course, that nobody presents a fresh appearance, and that what was di aphanous and dainty in May is dish eveled. almost bedraggled in Septem ber. This is especially true of hats, for in these days of rapid changes in fashion no one dares leave over for another season any piece of head gear that is still! wearable. What has been appropriately reserved for high dresß in the early spring Is taken for shopping and other morning wear In the fall, and the effect is far from harmonious, especially when the in creasing coolness sometimes demands a dark jacket never intended to ac company the broad-brimmed flower laden creations planned fbr the fllmsl. est of white gowna An Augusta woman, who has for some years been proverbial for her smart gowns and her generally well dressed appearance, recently confided to a friend the secret of her enviable reputation. "I have no more gowns than oth er women." she said “Indeed, I be lieve I have fewer than most, but I appear in the few new ones at sea •ons when other wom»n are wearing what they have been living In for months. Tor instance my fresh little silk suit worn In F-»rieniber Is no ticed by everyone be<-ause of It* eon trss- with the fsded linens and lawns •f a dsad July, whereas If It was with many mysterious side issues is then entertainingly begun, and bolds the reader’s close attention to the very last. The Bishop's Emeralds, by Houghton Townley, New York, W. J. Watt and Company. Price $1.50. It is really surprising what new' and fresh effects this comparatively unknown author has succeeded in getting with materials so time worn that one won ders at the courage that enables a maker of fiction to again attempt to weavs a story around i.fe career of a gentleman adventurer with a beautiful daughter, which daughter is beloved by the son of the man the adventurer seeks to wrong. In spite however, of the fact that the theme is trite and that the style In which the book Is written is re markable neither for grace not distinc tion, there is a certain breezy freshness in the manner of the story's telling that removes it from the hopelessly common place and that furnishes the indolent reader with some slight excuse for find ing a certain dogree of pleasure In fol lowing the intricacies of an eventful plot. CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN GEORGIA. "The Civil Government In Georgia," is the name of a book just issued by Hinds, Noble and Eldridge, New York City, The book is by Dr. J. H. T McPherson, professor of history and political science in the University of Georgia. As a part of the training of useful and intelligent citizens, the study of civics is an im portant branch. This book helps him to observe and understand the forms of lo cal government surrounding him and the institution of the state. A frill historical chapter serves as an introduction to the history of Georgia. The details of cen tral and local government are then clear ly unfolded. Elections and party organ izations are a system of public educa tion and the general features of the state finances are explained in the concluding chapter. Various suggestions from teachers who have already used this book In class room Instructions have been adopted. The constitution has been carefully worked over and all amendments since 1.895 have been incor porated with statutory changes noted. A modern map of Georgin with new coun ts and a map showing the congression al districts has been added. It is be lieved that in its presem form the book contains much accurate Information that should make it a valuable manual for the citizen as well as a thorough text book for the schools. Dr. McPherson is a prominent educator, a thorough stu dent and an accomplished man. He has been in his present position about 18 years and is a Ph. D. of John Hopkins University. This present edition has been thoroughly revised to date and in many parts rewritten. The above is one of the many favor able notices given by the press of Geor gia to a book that will be largely used the coming year in the schools through out Georgia. ■ first worn in the later fall it would I seem rather cheap in contrast with the richer velvets and broadcloths of the winter season. I adhere to the same policy in regard to hats. This Is really a very cheap black straw that I have on, but it Is in one of th» new shades and the trimming Is fresh neither of which can be said of the hats that are much finer and cost In finitely more, but that have been worn during all the blazing summer months.” An artistic woman is quoted as say ing: "Consciously, or unconsciously we all reveal ourselves In our clothes. We dreßs in sympathy with onr tem peraments, and if there is no softness in our minds there will be an uncom promising severity In our garments. "If we are dead to the graces of life, eur spiritual decay will betray itself in stiff skirts and crude colors. Some people, to be sure, seem to have nothing to express beyond a de j sire to he covered. For these, the ready-made skirt and coat and the motor cap meet all requirements, and ilf they don chiffon and voilles they I seem to be masquerading In someone | else's clothes. "The people who wear new frocks every time they go out never express ! anything either. A gown has to be : worn several times before It takes on Individuality. For this reason, one should never put on a new frock for ! momentous occasions. Unless one wishes to conceal one’s Individuality ( one gives the best Impression of one i self in one's familiar garb.” This advice Is most excellent as far as it goes, but we wonder why‘this woman or some other has not offer ed a suggestion as to the advisability of also recognizing the claims of our neighbors and of each passing season so that dear old September may not be maligned for her lack of beauty. THE WOMAN WHO MAKES GOOD. She Possesses Many Things, but Most of Alt Common Sense. The woman who makes good must be blessed with strength and health ■ and an ambition to learn and take ad- I vantage of every opoprtuntty that comes her way, says the September 1 Delineator. She must work with all her heart; 4 play with all her heart; above ail WITH A UGUSTMA GcAZINES Harper's Magazine for September When the Immigrant goes home, ns the occasion looks to an observing cabin passenger, is the topie open ins Harper's Magazine for September. The article, by Lewis E. Macßraynt, is entitled "The Judgment of the Steerage," and describes a shipload of home-bound Portuguese and Ital ians, illustrative sketches on shtp board being shown in tint. Poston, in England—the Lincolnshire Poston —provides a travel sketch by William Dean Howells under a thoroughly Am erican heading, “The Mother of the American Athens.’’ The adventures in Tibet of Sven Hedin, the traveller and discoverer, are continued with par ticular reference to the temples, some customs of their priests, and t> ~ Tibetan pilgrims. An uncommon pa per 'describing the eyes of worms and animals, and progressing to the \ Is ion of the human eye, is by Edward A. Ayers, M. of the New York Post-graduate Hospital. Professor Lounsbury of Yale, still opposing purists, argues for the superlative form of the adjective in such phraser, as “the worst of the two,’ and Fred erick Trevor Hills brings his story of Wall Street down to the origin of Ihe Stock Exchange. Sargoant Ken dall’s study portraits of children, re produced in <* no brown, are sup plemented b dlsctiHslof of his art by Charles L. Caffin. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Norman Duncan Perceval Gibbon, whose story “Manas'-eh” has two color illustrations by Howard Pyle, George Shock, R K. Vornedo, with "The Greatness of Mr. Wather stone," and Lily A. Long, In "Oikiont aniacs," have notable short stories. Scribner's Magazine. Scribner's Magazine is fortunate In having the opportunity to publish some very interesting portions of the biography of Richard Mansfield which has been prepared by his friend and secretary for many years, Paul Wll siach. The September number con tains a vivid account of Mansfield's “Beginnings and Apprenticeship,” out lining his early days in Poston and NOTES cAND COMMENT. Spanish Hospitality. “ 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces” in Barcelona will be the leading sketch in the October Century, a racy ac count by Ellen Maury Slayden of an American couple’s experiences dur ing several weeks' stay in a Spanish home. “No custom of Ihe house," si lP says, “was so unaccountable as that of hav ing people come to see you eat. En joying a square meal while our guests inhaled cigarette smoke seemed so inhospitable that I sometimes play fully insisted upon their having some thing with us. It was always laugh ingly declined, except once when a things avoiding indifference and the enemy to all progress- apathy. Sh e must select the pleasure that will bring her the greatest joy, choose the work she is best fitted for. Ordinary hard luck never ruins peo ple. It puts them in a mood to learn a thing or two. Everybody makes i mistakes. With some It is a regulal [occupation; but to make a mistake i and wail about it. Is to make two. Women often speak of their talents not being appreciated. A talent is next to worthless unless one has the 1 ability to get down to hard, piain, ev ! cry-day grind. Then, too, the woman who wins I must learn to talk, but not to tell, i There Is an ai t —the most consum mate art—ln appearing absolutely frank to the butcher, the baker and the family cat and yet not reveal any ol one's business affairs. The women who wins must be able to hold all and hear all yet betray It ! by neither word nor look; by Injudici ous defense no more than by overt I treachery; by anger at a malicious ac- I cusatlon no more than Ijy a smile at an egregious mistake. To he able to do this requires a rare combination of tact and self-respect. One cannot : just slide along in business and win promotion and more salary. A knowl edge of the business is necessary to | show results. To make good, a woman needs that fine balance, that accurate self-meas urement, whleh goes by the mime of common sense, it Is the one thing on which sucThms depends the most. Advice to the Girl in Boarding-School. Don't b ( , contented to live along from one recitation to another, satls | fled if you know your lessons well ! enough to escape detention or demerit 1 or whatever form of punishment pre vails In your school ;or with your longest outlook until the good times of your next vacation. Even from the beginning look ahead into your life and set before you some worthy aim and ideal toward whleh to work. It is wonderful how some such purpose will vivify your actions, and make the hard things easier and the diffieult things plain. Mary, for Instance, means to be a trained nurse, and Alice plans to make 1 a s|>ecialty of domestic science, and I It Is interesting to see the added zest i with which they are devoting them selves to every study which may help them along those lines. Even the slighted accomplishment of reading aloud presents attractions to the would-be nurse, as It does to Elsie, who has set her heart on becoming a , klndergartner. THE AUGUSTA HERALD his first serious efforts on Ihe stage in England. There was much coined/ and some tragedy in these early (lays Mansfields proud spirit get hint into many difficulties with his manager* but in the end he scored a consider able success, while a very young man. as 'Sir Joseph Porter" in ' Pin afore,'' The biography is the frank expression of a very complex and forceful character. “Everybody’s” Magazine September. The editors of Everybody's Maga zine. adopting an ingenious method of getting ti’o Venezuelan rot before the public, have selected an advocate for the prosecution, and one for the defense, and have appointed their readers the jury. Geo. W. Chinchfledi opens with a startling array of charges bucked tin by great e'oquenee and fervor. He leaves one with a feeling that under cover of the Mon roe doctrine Castro Is committing crimes that ought to cause war. And then Colvin B. Brown steps in and paints Castro as a patriot-who has had everything against him from the start. The growing menace of the Black Hand is dealt with comprehensively by Lindsay Denison, who, besides lay ing bare the working of tills vast black mating machine, constructs a practical plan to effect its destruc tion. The September Smart Set. The first part of Gertrude Ather ton's new novel "The Gorgeous isle,” is the initial feature of the Septem ber number of The Smart Set. in this Ihe author surpasses her well known style and shows her power of telling a love-story in strange set lings—the scene is u West Indian Isle —and at high lights. As a pleasant contrast follows “The Courage of Kit lie," by Lillian Bell, revealing how a society girl, lull of grit and humor, cures and captures a difficult person as a father-in-law. “The Better Right" by Johnson Morton is a very strong story with a new and line motif. particularly lively youth took a pleco of bam and ate it with all sorts of self-conscious little antics, as if he were acting a pantomine. It was puzzling to know when they took their own meals.” Mary Roberts Rbnhart. Mary Roberts Rinehart, who Is very much in the limelight just now on account of the surcess of her sensa tional mystery novel, The Circular Staircase, is the least sensational and the most dnzfiostlc of women. She does not. work out her Ideas on the thudding Arabian like Homer Daven port, or behind the four spirited cy- Even If your Ideal Is simply to be a charming, clever woman, it will help you to realize the value of a knowledge and appreciation of good Knlisii and Its literature, of the other languages, of history and botany and music; in fact, of all the manifold ! subjects with whleh the well-bred wo man of today is supposed to be con versant Winifred Arnold, In Har per's Huzar. NEWPORT SOCIETY. It Has None of the Dreadful Attributes That Popular Superstition At taches to It. The society of Newport Is no more | exclusive than any other society. It j iHn't a club that meets to elect or blackball. It is a number of more or less agreeable people who are quite ready to b ( . friendly with any num i her of other more or less agreeable people, once they have found them out, and liked them. And their Jmlg ment of others Is broad, on the whole, rather than narrow To be clean and neatly dressed, to lie polite and agreeable, and reason ably honest, and reasonably likable, are the kindly and simple qualities ■ that admit to this exclusive society. Hut one would not, naturally, armed i with only these qualities, land upon | the long wharf ami be Immediately In vited to dine on Hellevue avenue; any ! more than would King Edward, travel | Ing incognito and landing at, the rail road station of Oshkosh, he Invited to [dine by the humblest citizen (so ex | elusive is Oshkosh), unless the burnt)- ] l‘-st citizen happened to be a bunco steerer with an eye to England's watch and chain or India's scarf pin fjouverneur Morris, in the Heptern her Everybody's, TWO RARE WOMEN From "The Reminiscences of Eady Randolph Churchill" In the September , Century The few brilliant years the Cur zona spent In India are too recent and too familiar In people's rtilnds for me to dwell on that time or the tragedy I which was so soon to follow their dc ; parture To her great beauty Mary ■ Curzon added grace of manner and j kindness of heart, and her extraordl | nary and unselfish devotion to her ! husband made her a paragon among wives, f recall one other remarkable woman, who was equally devoted and absorbed In her husband's career, and whos,. life was one of sacrifice to duty and care for others This was my slstr In law, Fanny, Eady Tweed mouth, without exception the noblest character I have ever met. Apart 1 from her brilliant gifts, which made i her one of the most popular and In linders of a touring car. She just sits at home and digs. She has It naetty, cheerfulness and a sense of humor also a devoted husband and three small boys. When she begun to write, she used to read her stories aloud to her husband, a young physi cian and a lawyer, gathered for a weekly bridge game In her Pittsburg home, and they all stood on their chairs and talked at the top or then voices, so thiit sht' could not possibly be heard. She had her moment of triumph when the ttrst check came and was passed around In dumbfound ed silence. Mrs. Rinehart was migh ty haughty. Mrs. Atherton’s Latest Novel. All who have read and enjoy ed the previous works of Mrs. Gertrude At herton will he delighted with her lat est and probably strongest work, en titled "The Gorgeous isle.” The scene is laid amid the high lights and brll liant setting of one of the islands of the West Indies, and presents a new and compelling problem of llie. Thi story is appearing in the October Smart Set. Mrs. Astor Talks. Mrs. William Astor, the oldest 11 v- j Itig men her of the Astor family, who j has just retired as supreme head of that exclusive set known nr tin* New York "Kotir Hundred," gives to the October Issue of The Delineator her first Interview on public affairs—in fact, it is her lirst public utterance When the'question of selecting' Ihe New York Social Register became a matter of necessity, Ihe Astor family was found to be the oldest in New York, and so It was given preeedenee, | and its oldest member wns naturally the social leader. By virtue of this position she was simply Mrs. Astor, It never being necessary for her to use or sign any other natnC. Indeed, H would have been a breach of one of the old rules of social etiquette. For the iirst time in her interesting anil busy life Mrs. Astor tells the Am t rlcan people what site thinks about a great many subjects that, are fore most In their minds. She ticks very freely and very frankly, and the in terview is ail Ihe more remarkable In view of her extreme conservatism and the fact that site has always successfully discouraged newspaper j prominence. Mrs. Astor was Caro , line Welis ter Schermerhorn when, in 1855, she married William Astor, a grandson of the lirst John J avert i As tor. World's Grot Events. On September IJth Messrs. Dodd, Mead and company published in hook form Albert. I'ayson Terbium's ar ticles on "The World’s Great Events.'' Each of the fifty chapters narrates one of the decisive events In Ihe world's history, whether It be a bat tle, a political movement, or tl>e life o' a great man, and each chapter Is written :n n picturesque and graphic way which is bound to attract, am) hold the fft act ion of tie* reader. fluentlal political hostesses In Eng land, her sympathy and advice were a tower of strentb to all who came In contact with her. Indeed, It may he said with truth that society 111 general, and the Elbcral party In par tlrular, sustained an Irreparable loss when i,er too short life ended. NEW USES FOR CRETONNE The quaintest novelty of the late summer Is cretonne as a millinery fabric. Each year the cream or snowy white hat appears early In Au gust. Generally II Is wound with i crepe or chiffon, or simply trimmed [ with stiff white wings. This year such hats arc given sharp notes of cretonne, either In a high soft band about th«. crown, or In disks. I saw a (-harming hat of Mils sort recently, in which lh<- disks were covered with cretonne In such a way that each was centered with a rose. Each appeared to fasten In position a whit,. Mercury wing, of whleh there were two, one at each side of the front, turning backward like the familiar headdress of the god. Eight, delicately printed j cretonnes arc, of course, chosen for i such purposes, and the results are as j tonlshlngly pretty. One lately pro duced model whs made in this way. ’The upper and under sides of the wide ■ brltn were moulded with the (lowered 'stuff and the edge finished with an Inch wide black satin binding. The full Charlotte crown was of cretonne, lliack satin ribbon was passed around the base of the crown and brought to gether at. the left side of the front. Ironing Bhadow Embroidery. To make shadow embroidery stand out well, lay It right side down on a Turkish towel when Ironing. You will be delighted with the result. When Glue Gets Dry. When glue gets dry and hard to use, pour In a little vinegar and In a day or two It will be as good as new This can be done ever and over as It dries. Peeling Ripe Tomatoes. rnstesd of pouring boiling water on ripe tomatoes to loosen the skin, rub over them the back of the paring ! knife. The skin will then peel off | easily. The skins can he loosened on ripe i peaches by pouring on them ladling water for a few minutes. This rushes , less waste of fruit than tb ( . ordinary paring, Butter the Dish. Rub with butter any baking dish In which you ex|V•*» to cook milk, such : as macaroni and cheese, and the food will not stick to ih<- dish and will be I much easier to wash. “Be A Booster!” ( Through the courtesy of the A reh Booster, Mr. 9amuel Gray don, of the “Boost club,” o f Nsw York.) _ The Booster Club of Augusta IS Doing Great Work in the Present Emergency. Get in the Game. Be a Booster. L>o YOU BELONG TO THE Want-Advertising “Four Hundred” IIN AUGUSTA ? If you could maks a list, In this city, of the four hundred peo ple who make the most effective uses ot the want ads., you would have a list of the most alert, thrifty, practical, up-to date, proap rous people In town. No other teat would ao aurely Include the people who have most to do with the practical thlnga of the city’s dally life —who promote Its activities—who boost and boom It—who oreate all about them that optlmiam which makes for healthful activity In all lines of bulness. If YOU belong, already, to the city’s “want ad. four hundred," you are prosperous, enthusiastic about life and the business of Ihe day, and are “making money." You are In touch with all of the little opportunities to “earn a dollar” (or a hundred dollars) which come to the careful reader and answerer of the classified ads., and you turn naturally and quickly to the use of the small ads. whenever you want anything, or have anything to sell. As in New York society, the "400” consists of at least > thous and people, so, in this city, the "want ad. four hundred” may be stretched Into an indefinite number. Perhaps, If you “wake up" promptly you may become the four hundred and first member of the I "want ad- 400.’ 1 Herald Wants Reach the People , ' j You Want To Reach- • *1 K ARE YOU BUILDING ? We Carry a Large Stock of TIN „ ... HARD WOOD MANTELS, rubbeii Lfnnfmo* ° RATeB * nd tiles, TAR PAPER PARIAN HOUSE PAINTS. Blaok and Galvanized Corrugated Iron, Tar and Rosin Sissd Build ing Papsr; Tin Shingles, Eto. Estlmatss cheerfully furnished on Tin Roofing, Quttoro, Eto., Gal* vanlzed iron cornices, and skylights. DAVID SLUSKY, 100# BROAD STREET. ” r- Bn | p 1/ Red and Buff, Dry Pressed ** ■ and Common Building LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENT. (jeorqia—Carolina Brick Company Howard H. Stafford, President. Write for Prices. AUGUSTA, GA. Augusta, Os., August 31, ISOS To Our Friends and Patrons, Our large and varied stock of Vehicles, Harness, Carriage and Wagon material, etc., has been absolutely saved by my corps of sales men, mechanics and porters, scarcely a thing damaqed. For the past three days, Friday, Saturday and Monday, we have been cleaning up and rearranging aloek, and are now Just In condi tion at If nothing had happened to this goodly city. Soliciting a continuance of the favors heretofore so liberally be jtowed by Friends and Patrons, We are, Very truly youra, H. H. COSKERY. LOST If you have lost anything find have failed to find It DON'T GET MAD. It'« your own fault; you haven’t tried « HERALD WANT' “AD.” PAGE THREE