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SUNDAY, SEPT. 27. A Week With Bookmakers And Magazine Writers (BOOKS (REVIEWED A Spirit in Prison, by Robert Hich ens. New York. Harper 4 Bros Price, $1.50. What power is it that Robe't Hieb ens has that enables him t charm us and bewitch us and transport us magically Into his own land of beauty and delight? Be the power what it may, we welcome it, for these "far, 'air foreign lands" to which he takes his readers are all lovely beyond com pare, and they are made ours so long as the wondrous spell of the rapidly turned pages endures. Some year or more ago it was to Sicily that we were carried on the wings of Hichens' genius, and there our interests be came absorbed in a man and a woman who had married for love's sake, and who lead a life of golden dreams in the ideal seclusion of an island kiss el by a sun warming to more ardor than that granted the people of more northerly climes. Prom this earthly Paradise the woman is called to the bedside of an ill friend, and the man, in whose veins runs a strain of Sicil ian blood, responds to "The Call of the Blood,” and the result Is tragedy. His secret is guarded by two men who are very close to the wife, and the story leaves her devoted to his sacred memory. Once more are we now introduced to this splendid “Hermione," who for sixteen years has been so faithful to a false ideal. W 7 hat is really a sequel, although it is a story complete in it self, opens on an island near Naples where the widow and her young daughter live under the careful guard ianship of the faithful Gaspare and in the sometimes companionship of Emile Artois, a French writer who has for years been the family's dear est friend. Gradually both men waken to a realization of the fact that the ignorance in which they keep Hermione is really the wall of a pris on against the harsh restrictions of which her once-happy spirit is help lessly beating its wings. Through ac cident, there comes to ner a part re alization of her dead husband’s dis loyalty, and the half knowledge al most brings about madness. It is then that her two faithful friends best serve her in making her understand the whole truth, some of it terrible and some of it beautiful as they see it. All through the situation is com plicated by the striking personality of the daughter and by the appear ance on the scene of one w'ho stands in almost as dear a relation. The daughter naturally has lovers, and they lend color to a situation that Is colorful enough as it is; but for the most part the story has to deal with the warring of the older woman's spir it. and with the final triumph of a love in which she finds the fulfillment of all her desires. As a study of a temperament, “A fnirit in Prison" finds the strongest expression of its power, but It con tains much else that recommends it to readers of several different, classes, and it adds materially to Mr Hich ens' reputation as a writer of distinc tion and marvelously portentous charm. Women, Their Work And Worries In The Ways of The World. When You Should Wear It Now that you have told us some thing of the desirability of certain fashions or certain toilets for cer tain seasons, why not. have somethin;; to say along the line of the cos tumes appropriate for certain hours ol the day.” This is the request that, has Just been received, and that will be re sponded to in as satisfactory a man ner as possible, which does not mean being very satisfactory at best since the average Augusta woman is a power unto nerselt when it comes to dressing, a power that recognizes as its own perogative a right to chos ■ for hours and seasons what is per sonally most pleasing. Still, the Au gusta woman is nothing if not fash ionable, and she cannot fail to be more or less interested in what the greatest powers that be among the makers of fashions decree as t In correct thing for morning, afternoon and evening. These great ones, than whom there is no higher court of appeal, say (hut for shopping there must be chosen a tailored gown butlt on very severe lines, preferably snort as to skirt and nntrtmmed as to jacket. With this 1.; worn a silk or linen shirt-waist al so tailored and very severe, except that the individual fancy is permit ti d to express itself in the belt and tie which may be plain or ornate, as the wearer wishes. The hat shou d be small and close fitting and a! ways accompanied by a veil that com pletely covers the face and keeps tie 1 air in order. The shoes must be of the thick soled, tow heeled variety, since the French heeled thin shoes are as inapnroprlate with a coqtum • of this kind as a feather-trimim <1 picture hat. For morning wear in the house there ia a wide choice varying from cotton to siik. The woman of small means and an inborn penchant fo.* exquisite cleanliness has all her lit tie house dresses made of cotton tha does not shirk the tub In the win ter these are of the heavier ging hams. while they are of calicoes or muslins In (be .u,mmer. Most of these dresses are made In one piece and frequently have gamps of white tucked lawn. l,'nder no clrcum smaesrs U It permissahle for a wo man te wear her klmona or oven the most elaborate negligee outside of her room. The Riverman, by Stewart Edward White. New York. The McClure Company. Price, $1.50. The breezy freshness that charac-! terizes all of the stories written by ' Mr. Stewart Edward White permeates this tale of a strong man who begins his business career as a riveruion and who conquers not only the stream down which are run Ills logs, but who ,Is the victorious hero also in the game of love, in which he Is so dead ly In earnest and in the battle of wits | for which he is prepared tin,a, by character and intuition than by ex perience. A picturesque figure this Jack Orde, j and one that we are told was com mon enough on our waterways in the early seventies of the last century, i at which time tho story opens; but it is doubtful if the world has ever made many men as steadfast and true as this splendid product of the young I West who is triumphantly successful J by might of fight and of rare ability.. and whose strength makes for many i people a much better place of the j world In which they live. But it Is not the man alone that makes the j book worth while, or even Ills tender romance or his adventuers out in the i great world of affairs. It has a dis tinct value because of its faithful por trayal of phases of life rather un familiar to the Easterner or Southern er, or even the Westerner, of this day ! and generation. The life Jack Orde and his associates led is vivid and | genuine to us because it Is painted by a master hand, and because it has in - it all the elements of nature and the j art that is so cunningly disguised as to be what amounts almost to an im-. provement on nature. | The Blotting Book, by E. F. Benson. New York. Doubleday, Page 4 Co. Price, sl. The author of "Dodo,” “Sheaves” and other- more or less pretentious I novels has taken unto himself an en | tirely new field In his latest book which is a detective story written in so finished and polished a style as en courages us to believe that the writ ing of the always welcome detective tale is a fine art that is no longer despised by even the most serious 1 minded writers. The story is that of a mysterious crime for which an entirely innorent young man is arrested, and for which ho would unquestionably be punished on circumstantial evidence were It not for the cleverness of his counsel, aim •he evidence of a blotting pad which incriminates the real murderer. The action of the plot is rapid and clear, and is not-too-numerous complications hold the reader’s spellbound interest until the startling denouement is ■ reached. The Housekeeper's Week, by Marion Harland. Indianapolis. The Bobbs- Merrill Company. Price $1.50 net. Talk about the excitement of the | great detective story or the absorb | ing interest of the novel with a pur For afternoon wear iu the house the favorite material for the trailing one-piece gown is soil wool, and it is trimmed either with laee or with soutache. For afternoon wear out-of-doors, the dressy tailor suit answers every requirement, although when ,1 woman has a carriage she may attire her self as gorgeously as may be for at ternoon functions. Low-cut gowns with short sleeves are always appropriate for home wear after six and for private par ties, hilt there is an ever-stronger growing tendency to wear emly high cut gowns at the theatre or for din ners In the public dining rooms of the; hotels anjl cases. Large picture hats may he appropriately .worn with any evening gowns, provided they are always removed when they interfere with the comfort of others at thei theatre. For motoring a long cloak is an ab solute essential. Id winter this should he of fur Or fur-llued. and In , summer the' material may he of inen or silk, preferably raw, or tusso. sill'. The motor hood is now more popular than the hat, since It necessitates Un weaving of only (me small laca vet over the face and obviates the ne cessity of the motorist swathing her self in countless yards of chlflon veil ing. New boots for winter wear are entirely of cloth with only the soles and the pipings of leather. „ -- For tennis, golfing and similar out door sports, a plainly made one-piece dress of rough silk is preferr-d, as i does got. muss or wriuble like r torched goods, and It washes as wr II as does linen. The only kind of cor set that cun be worn with comfort ! is a short girdle. For funerals one should always he quietly dressed, preferably In black ! or some dark color. The only correct garb for the bu*l -1 ness woman in the ofTce or In-hind j the counter Is a dark skirt and Jars j el with a tailored shirt-waist having j a stiff, linen color. H. F. LATE3T'HINTS FROM PARIS The producers and Importers are | already Inviting the critical to view the daring garments which they plan [to lay before us within the coming month Literally nothing else Is 1 talked ol but the radical changes pose! Why, all this is absolutely both | ing in comparison with the absorp j tiou attendent upon the reading of j "The Housekeeper's Week." Here j we are taught everything we have always wanted to know, from the best way to bake bread and buy meat to the only proper plan for keeping our stoves polished and our shoes blight. This is essentially a great ency clopedia of household Information. As the author's Complete Cook Book is an exhaustive manual for the k.tcli en, so this new volume covers the whole supplementary range of house keeping. It contains directions on a thousand and one matters of inter est and importance to the housewife, compactly set forth, readily found, reasonable, moderate, scientific, satis tying. The arrangement of the material is one of the book's best features, and that is saying a good deal. Tile plan of naming tho chapters for the days of the week and giving instruc tions in each for the kind of work sacredly set aside by the housekeep er's unwritten law for that particular day is not only clever hut practical as well. Thus, in the six chapters devoted to Monday and Tuesday, every phasy of washing and ironing receives at tention. It would be impossible to ; find elsewhere such thorough and such sensible directions on the prep aration of clothes for the laundry, the removal of stains, the method of WITH OCTOBER MAGAZINES The October Metropolitan. The public is expressing more In terest In aeroplane flight than in any thing else just at present. The Oc tober Metropolitan Magazine opens with an Important article on “The Aeroplane and Its Future," by Her bert Farman, the celebrated French aviator who has held so many rec ords. Anything that Mr. Farman says on this subject Is naturally of vital importance. The same number has the beginning of a two-part story, "Saint Luke’s Summer," by Mary Cholmondeloy. The second and last paper on Osteopathy, by Dr. K. M. Downing, is another strong feature, while Jackson Cross contributes a fascinating paper on “The Romance of Piracy.” Among the other art Idea and stories in this number, there are sev eral worthy of mention, namely: “The Fool and the Idiot," by Maarten Maar tens; "Between the Battle Lines," by Sally Royoe Wfer; "Nugget’s Churcli,” by Frank H. Sweet; "Motor ing Through the F.nglish Villages," by Ekin WaUick; "Red Tape." by Will Adams;" Stories of the Fur- Bearers," by Charles Livingston Bull, and "North of Sixty-five," by Edward Marshall. "Everybody’s” Fiction. The October number of Everybody's contains a notable collection of stories and verse. Eleanor Hallowell Abbott contributes "Something that Happen ed In October," a strong story of the Maine woods —a story that has mys- which will positively appear in wo-1 men's dress. K very where the word , in dressmaking and manufacturing i circles is, "Have you seen the new Empire dross? What do v*u t.hinl. of it? How do you think it will take?" Probably not one woman In ton thousand, without haling soon the new gowns, can even fancy their ut tor impossibility. Not onlv are they impossible >n ho score of modesty i— ‘ reprehensible on the ground of taste. They are entirely Impracti cal for the ordinary purposes of life, and could not, even with modi lira tions, set-ve for anything but display purposes.—Harper's Bazar. PARIS DECREES THAT FASHION SHALL SHRINK Skirts, Coats and Bleevcs are Growing Tighter. For one who is well versed In the ! modern science of dross It Is a fairly 'easy matter to single out the fash ions that are to exercise the greatest | influence during the next months, l says Mrs. Osborn, In the October De- I ltneator. This Autumn the lsses arc clearly defined: they are the skirt, the sleeve .and the armhole. The sheath skirt is no longer a de batable questioa It Is an established fact. It Is the foundation of all gowns that have any aspirations towards beauty and elegance, and even the troucur rkirt and the skirt of the tailor-made suit are built In accor dant • with the ahenth Idea Hbeves are almost as diversified as skirts, though they all follow one distinct tendency. They are long and very small, fitting the arm clos'ly as j possible. The deep Japanese a rip hole Is rapidly disappearing, hut the body ; ami-sleeve-In-one Idea Is retained For gowna of a certain kind the arm hole Is under a cloud and all sorts of expedients are resorted to to avoid It The flat shoulder Is one of the most - characteristic fashions of the sea ! sou Coat sleeves have' practically no fulness at the top and Just escape being uncomfortably tight. Many of thi in button on a slanting line from the wrist to the elbow, and the hard line over the hand Is relieved hv a soft lace frill or ruche, such as are worn Indifferently at. the top or hot tom of the high collars of the new bodices The coat that Is moat In keeping wttb the present trend of fashion Is | the Incroyable, with squars fronts THE AUGUSTA HERALD j soaking, the use of washing fluids, I bluing and starching, tho washing of ■ woolens, ironing, etc. Wednesday is devoted to baking, with recipes for making old-fashioned : yeasi and instructions on mixing and : the use of the oven. Thursday, as cleaning day, Is de voted to all the methods of removing dirt from clothing, carpets and fur Initure, with an exhaustive discussion , of dry-cleaning. Under Friday is treated the exterm ination of household pests, vermin. ! etc., by now and simple methods. In deed, not a single recipe suggested in “The Housekeeper's Week” con tains anything but the simplest ma terials and materials within the reach of every one. Saturday Is concerned with “The , Cure of Furniture and Household ' Utensils," and fills three long chap tors. Sunday, with the subhead "Works of Necessity and Mercy," embraces ! information ou domestic materia medica, home surgery, etc. By virtue of the excellence of its ; instructions, the fulness of Its con 'tents, the attractiveness of Its form and its convenience for ready refer enoe, "The Housekeeper's Week" Is j Indispensable to every housekeeper. |lt is the only adequate and uuthori | tative work of the sort In existence, i crowning Marlon Harland'a lifelong I labors in behalf of the home. tery and power and "creepiness" about it. “The Hiding of Black Bill," a Western tale of a real "hold-up man" who doesn’t, miss any tricks, Is told by o. Henry in his most whim sical style. ' Zona Gale has a story of the West —"The Big Wind." But it might have been placed any where, for it has a general application and a pathos thill is irresistible. Harrison Rhodes brings tho story of Mr. Johnny Fairchild of Akron to a lilting close in “A New Hoad to tho Altar'— perhaps the most ingenious of the series. "The Man at Key West,' by Carter Goodloe,” and "The Anecdote," a story by Konnett Harris, that leaves one in doubt whether to laugh or cry first, con elude the list of fiction. Grace Hazard Conkllng has "The Exile,’ and Arthur Stringer "Dusk In the Barren Grounds," two poems of exceptional charm; while “Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree" there is to be found a goodly share of the seasonable fruit. Alnslee's. Ainslee's for October Is an extrnor dlnary magazine, because every one of Its dozen or so stories has a flavor of freshness and originality that takes them all out. of the familiar and beaten paths which have become so i monotonous. They are all different, in atmosphere, point of view, plot, | characters and development from well known types. And at the same time they are filled with a realism that I makes them Intensely Interesting. that close just above the waistline, cutaway sides, wide revers and a high collar. I sa(f,one of the kind recently In powder blue serge w ith a heavy diagonal wale fully a quarter of an Inch wide. The levers and collar were of black satin heavily soutaohed, and the fronts were closed with six or eight braided frogs and barrel shaped braided buttons. The long, straight, half-fitted coat retains Its popularity by virtue of Its usefulness. This year the hack Is :t little flatter and the sleeves consld erably smaller than formerly. Prac tlcally the only other change that has been made in It Is the trimming bands that run from the shoulder down the front and back, turn at right, angles a little below the hips and meet under the arm. forming a square panel Into which Is set a great Louis XIV pocket. It Is merely a clever device in trimming, but It Is most effective. TO KEEP besY's MILK ..ARM Lover a hot water hag with pm- of outing flannel in which there Im been made a pocket about the size of the baby's bottle. When going to bed till the bottle ns usual, and pise-- II In the pocket. Then fill the water bag with hot water and put It at tin bottom of the baby's crib, covering it with a blanket. When 'he baby wakes for its bottle in the night the milk will he ready iu an Instant. TO PRESERVE WALL PAPER. a piece or pretty Japanese malting was carelully tacked to tiie wall In biud the couch so that Its lower edgi Just reached the baseboard. At tie upper edge of the malting a narrow gilt picture molding was tacked When the couch and pillows were In place the effect was very pb-aslug. THE STARTLING EMPIRE GOWNS bucti color combinations as Napo Icon blue lights and slippers with a butt cloth dress, or green und'-i champagne color, or, ag'ln, olqn color itndi r mole (bad'-s, are among the combination* shown In the nd vane* Importation*. It 1* hut fair to say that thr costumes brought to •America urr by no means so modi as the photographs shown In th>- In-.' Issue of the Bazar. They ar<- di rectly reproduc'd on the bill-board* which occa*l<»alJjf herald 'ln a proaeh of burlesque Amazons Ncer iheless, they urn sure to lifted He style* of the next few month; V-t | llcoats, for example, will be reduce! Conducted BY ELLA B. ARGO NOTES AND COMMENT. "THE MEANING OF THE TIMES" J. L. Mcltrien, superintendent of Public Instruction in Nebraska, says of Sen. Beveridge,« book of speeches "The Meaning of tho Times;' “It Is the book ol thu hour. It gives anxious thought to the problems of free government and tho destiny of tlio republic. Every voter of the United States, before he goes to tile ballot box iu November, should ponder seriously over "The Meaning ot (lie Times," and especially Is (his true ot tb, young man \vho !s to cast ids first ballot for president." "A LETTER OF HOPE." "A Letter of Hope" Is tile descrip live title ot a small volume by Hope Lawrence which Moffat, Yard A Co., wifi publish immediately. 11 Is an up lifting letter from a Christian wo man to her pastor, iu which it is seen why her sufierlngs. Instead of making her hitter, have developed tlic spirituality ot iter nature., k'lie Introduction is by Elwood Worcester I). IX, rector of Emmanuel Church, Boston, and author, with Urs. Me Comb and Coriat, of "Religion amt Medicine." TABLES OF STONE. Harold Begble's new novel, "Ta bles ot Stone," has for Us central fig ure a young man, the son of a clergy man and reared as such, who stands distinctly apart from lijjs times. Ig norant of modern life and all Us complications, ho finds his crudities appealing to a woman of world,v temperament in thoroughly accord with tile present day. Mr. Begble's development of tho unusual love af fair that results makes a novel ot Impressive strength. BOOKS TO APPEAR. The third and concluding volume of tin- famous "Keiuintsrenees of Carl Hchurz" will be brought out lit i November by tlie, 1 McClure company. The same house announces also, for j November publication, flic long ex pected volume of Ellen Terry's Rec ollections end lleflceUons, whose ad \out will be one or the noteworthy i vents of tin' season. Atnong the cither important serious hooks of tills firm may be mentioned; “The Higher i Life In Art," liy John La Fargo, a sumptuously Illustrated volume of six 'extended lectures on the Barbizon ar ! tists and their work: "Biano Claying" Iby Josef Hofmann, a very sug gestive volume by this great artist; "The Boyhood of Lincoln," by Elean or Atkinson, a beautiful record of the president’s boyhood days told in the quaint language of Ills cousin. Dennis Hanks; "The Death of Lincoln." by Clam E. Lauglilln, tho first extend | , q story of the assassination, the c.ir cuinslnnces leading tip to It and the 1 events immediately following It; and "A Woman's Way Through Labors dor," liv Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., ,li„’ Amount of the remarkable Jour ney which the widow of the lamented Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., made, with three companions, through c7H miles ot Idcsk Laborador country. to the narrowest proportions and will be made of chlflon or crepe, HOW TO MAKE COLD MEAT LOAF "Avoid warm hashes In «utumcr, and have In their place a meal lout that can tie served cold." writes Chris tine Terhiine Herrick In Woman- Home Companion for August. "Chop your remnants of steak or roast fine, mix with them one-third us much cold boiled hum or tengye, season well, and add n couple or raw eggH beaten light.i If rather dry, moisten with gravy or stock, turn Into a grease I mold wltt plain sides, cover, set In a baking pan with hot water about It, and hake for an hour. This loaf may also lie made wile raw beet, but then It must cook for two hours. lad I; get very cold before turning out, amt slice Veal loaf may he prepared by this recipe, and even eold roust lamb may In- treated In Hie same manner l lti main prilnl to be borne In mind Is the seasoning. It« caretul that this is well done and you will ha>i a popular dl: h." THE OLD. bWfcET DREAMS. Herrnw, stay thy hand a while! tiff ! th« sunlight siriitins Across ttie world whose gardens *mll», Hiving in" my dreurns! you have darkened every day tdrained tie, night's pilot Ihiiiiis, Here .111■ mi morti s of ,-l.iy All th" "Id, sweet dream*! lirlef the span-: Ho swift tit flight Are the w bill I’d (Or gleams, J,eav« me In lb" taler light In the vale* of dreams! Frank L. Ht triton. WISE AND OTHKKWIhE. Nun "I bolli-ve I'll go and ctuwrg" this gown far anollicr. I' 'to* ■'ii* loir- I monlss wttti my eoiiiptertoo." Kan you foolish thing! tin and change your j l omptexlon . That won’t take you butt as tong." Chicago Tribune. . When a irain ha* a goal dlsposlMoii Pei .run I' * nfrnhl of Ids wife. | N«-w York i ruts. "No, Indeed; ho’* not the sort of a man to trust with a loaded gun." "Ui-ckJes*. 'll?" "Yep. Il«d lie sure to pawn l(."-Cleveland risln I water. SAV NO MORE. "A hen tit If Ut rung you twvi Just sung. Miss fatrg< berrtiUlul!" "Ho glint yon llk*-d It." * "I only heard Hi" last verse, but n was iiulto enough. '- Tit-lilt#. “Be A Booster!” ( Through the courtesy of the Arch Booster, Mr. Samuel Graydon, of the "Boost club," of New York.) The Booster CIuB of Augusta IS Doing Great Work in the Present Emergency. Get i in the Game. Be a Booster. Do you need a competent chauffeur or cab driver? Don’t bottler with every way under the sun trying to get one; but just read the Situation Want ed Columns of The Augusta Herald. It’s the easiest and most economical way of ob taining all kinds of good help. Every day experienced chauffeurs and cab-driv ers advertise in The Herald for positions. Men who are mechanics, industrious workers, and are just the kind of help you want. If you are looking for a good chauffeur, cab driver, or general handy man just read the Situa tion Want, Ads. of The Herald and you’ll be sure to find the mar you want. The Wise Man would rather PAY fare sometimes than ride FREE If you want Results Advertise in The Herald Looking For a House?. High class Houses, Flats and Rooms in g, every part of Augusta advertised in THE -4 AUGU3TA HERALD and many at, mod- pP crate rents. jit Advertisements recioved at Herald Of- -W flee or by Telephone. TELEPHONE 297 PAGE FIVE