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MOST EXTRAORDINARY Gl'alllest PuschaseoflT nde : > L wears Eves MaQ 'r ! . . 2000Pail'sHighGl'ale > GRAND CLOAK SALE " '
- + -BARGAINS IN 12,000 Dozen Men's , Ladies and hildl'en's Fall : p.4 Winter IMPORTED '
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. . . 'l'ho lnr dst and \ 1I1105t. stock null ! the
' lowest " " ' , , , in Omaha.
DRESS That GOODS were eve and offered . SILKS . U N D E R W.E I , ' r KID ( Worth to i2A0 up ) 1
l 40 pieces . 75c ' Silk for IBc a This pur.chase is the cntll'c stnk of a Rhmh Islnml undcrwcnr mill , up 1 to now 11\ the hum1 of a I'CCC\'CI' ! Inc GLOVES ' t
Double wIdth A tremendous big job sold it nll-the entire stuck-tu us at ° 5c on the dollar of f Its actual "alue. Its the largest single IHII' r r
t Cashmere . . of Satin , China , " "Su- chnse of Undel'wcllI' C"CI' l'ccorlieLlalHl by all miLls the grcutst stet . slice c"cI'lncllI'I'c I by a mw ; : '
+ Plain Colored I 1 0 I'ah ! , l3engaline , ufnctul'cl" But the creditors irate clamorous for their moncy and hall tu hove it. C C C .
i 0 are . C . Ioll'cs and Falllo C _ _ n 5 59 9 15 9 930 8 '
Serges Silk ! go ut 1Rc l ) 'ILl'd"n
AIIII flIIcy halt wool olll 12 I ylyd8 ! t.o . cach . t iB n A U'n n leS' lUlm Lft n re M' t ! ' r ;
IIU\'IJltlps ! ' . LDES
\ ellstolttol' ! DVI D1 Us 1Y m Ihs UrIY U l&U' {
40 inch $ L00 URE S SU.hS f r S'1 ' MUfMfrn D\\.18 \ \ rtD mAMn ! lnM e Ii 0 AD \ n 2. lime 1'1It1I'C ballin-llpt stock or a Break . ' , ' ,
"Vool . novelties . UU'fUJlg : ! } UY 16' ' blt ! WJ l8J&U1 Yf'f1 EMn . NDER 'Vf ) ff ; R . lyn J eXl'ItI ln' Jilll glove store , 11Il'111l1l1l/ / as ;
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- " .j-Inrlloll 1'lIIhl'OlIll"I'ell bllck glues ! gloves , . . "
Platte 1 Cheviots ,
ale lC VlotS lee feces , , , ) kr
and 1h1e p 1000 DOZEN \ \ ! 'l11.0 Ul Lmllcs' rubbcd Ladles' natural wool 8"lnrlloll 1IIl1l11lll1l'lnil'cs : ; , In gray , brow II m , r f '
F'7 C. Pure MEN'S WHITE Tu h'm " GRAY UNDERWEAR block nod while , ii and 1 i Foster heel , 4. : . l
Pane \\7 00 I , ' . ! jJ"RWEaR ! I .
. ' , 9 C PJ ( ! nu > "un n \ \ ! ) \ 1\ gloves ; you will find III fact nil the igh-
_ - _ l\IlxtllreS _ _ _ _ _ SL ( . " Men's im 0 n\\.EiU\fE ° m i t ' : : :
, , i \ \ ) , ' 12c
\ 11un'8 ' ' C
exits heavy cotton- . . p
2 Cases . ; . - J h which go 1011I01'\0\\ \ lit r.Ue , iGc , 6Se. ' ' (
ribbed IIn orwclLI. . . . . . . -t2
v _ _ _ _ _ _ nl ipi If
Strictly all In GI'OS Grain Taffetas , Satins , black Douolo breasted , hellv S ' ' ' ' , ' ' - 1
\\'Olt'I'\I \ ; o \\0I'r1l : [ jc :
' s and all shades worth IL dollar a yard , gray tundotvcur. " . " , ' " , - .
tiVOUI I St' d 2 5 ! "
00 Striped , , , ' Fine camels hair ulldm'- . ' ribbed ! ! , t' BARGAINS +
. . I.adles'helwy , ' "
. . . at3Ju ; ! ) - C n ' { 1 1 sN U
1 o I v . , L ILl II hd ' nbsnlnirly I I all , A
u'emtl' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' , 9 . y fRt , .
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Dt pWip \VOOlhCIlI'llJt
C . \1)n.'s' \C'KFTS )
ess - - "onnoolo"d undm' " , al' " ' , 1 II 7 , l' IN TilE " df . o f ; \ .elton dou'I'ver ' $1.89
worth g ) very
) IeCCS [ $ I to $1:2-J : ] ! C p n , F ' W . . )
' 7- : 1 i' : > \ flJn.H . DWC ; ; I71 3.O0. ;
6 ® odS Elegant . , 19 C - _ , BASEMENT
- , I.ADms' FtNI. I : I\gA\'lm \
1 200 ) icces Fancy S ILKS i 49c Children's natural cam- , . , . , . JAC1ITS , ; 3 98
- : gray , , , halt . "nth llued nuulC In the $3 .
' ! . . . ill Taffeta _ \\'OH1'11 _ : ic ' ' " . MEN'S "A I . RPROOl' latest style : worth $7.Co0. . . . . . . . '
Imported high orate
, " . . . . . . _ C15 hair and WlItc I _ _ _ _
C S lair .
all sroel novcity , . - - - ' - lvolt'rll $ , an menno ot.l.llts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 '
1411' d eSSC3 nutl lvaiSttl , such e.8 fIt1C all LadtC'i' lcyptinu $1,23
. _ ' , 27 meh blacle ! , Corttbctl . - . Underwear 1Vo th'J ic. LADIES. . ALT. R'OOL iCIIt-
PlaId 8l1mh
ress 9 SlIk4 : ! Inch t ! ! : . YlIln , II erweaF HIW ; J.\Cln'l' .
1IIJlHHI . ' .
Satin Ditch y IIIJrhy I.uUes'coUonhowyrlJ : : ! , . . " HaIr lhtcd 1I11111110lln sleeves , $4 98 , 4-
Goods /80 , also nil UNDERWEAR \"UOL \ U"Dl.R\\TEAIl \ \ Light I . colored I . Shirting I o 1 rippled "mcle ; worth $10.00. . . . . . " .
00 S r 1 " : IlllIt ! go at. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
In 2/1 / . shllllc Satin ! Him- 0 f t' , 1t , _ + ' 5 . 9 15 \\'m.tlt 61e " " 1\1'11. 2 C \III"S' JAciE ; i's .
_ _ rntstyhs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dames ! /HI well ' . ' ' * - . FCP men's all . \001 25 C 5 C C 'C ' covert : : fade or cloth honcle anti cloth 11'Ilclmn Itel"Re ) ,
. 0 Botlt Standard Dress Pl'luts . . '
and . , nsiOdilToent , curJot IIl1dol'\VCal' C I 1 ' li I I ' . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . , doom . exllll fine style amid $ 9,98 ,
42 4.t In comn1)inatiois ' \ . \ . dcu co . 01'11. 3 C quality . worth YOx1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
com ) na OlJd . '
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. .Men's all wool , OltbVot.tl tiDe forth 7c. ! . . _
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Imported all of ehn ngeablo : - ' ' :
l ! a el 0 as : ' fur 10 breasted 1ernY IIn- Children's aU I wool scarlet , all CIIII.DH1 1 ; , nlml.'Im
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wool plain and a 9 fnnuy tl'lmllling amid waists Also Capo w \ dcrwear , merle nil : - ' . . ' Best hear b ' Garnet Pl'lnls , 1 . Made of JACtCETS .
and
, ' WUOI I and camels t' . . . , chluchllla beaver
. . h.ur
colored . , \ - r LQDIES' \ 0 0 gray goat. " " ' " ' " ' 32C , ' , 98c
fancy C Linings onuvnrd ) ! wldu rued Cheney Bros \ noel , fleece lined min' , gootltii"a ; : ; " 2 covert cloth I extra e ;
r tltii"a ci el heavy.
Dress Black China Silks , all at )00 \ det ' ' , coons Underwear Werth Sic , . worth $2 : . . . . . . . .I' . . . . . . I. . . . ? : :
C\'WClll' \ gen ' ' '
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CO'IBI\l \'I'ION \ I
Goods $ . black \ and Colored p ulno camels hair . ' 11 ni 1 Best inc1lg-0 hillo and whIte 1 1 ITlt 1 t cArrs .
r. o ac e
50 \ ( , .
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Plush ' '
j Dress Gors ' . . + Siirr' ' 1 )1 c tindorst''Lar ; : : : , : ' ' : 1 'tl y. SUITS and 1',11 . . Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42C French canes l nne Astrul.'hltll Ca ms , fO Cnpcs lncIie i
BLACK GOODS 0C2'l { " hnportorl , F ' r o n r h I : , Be I r : 25. 6 nat l I J ) &c 100-Inch : < sweep . t.I ; worth . $7,50-
. . In this 1I1chaso
striped under- j 1I1\ \ ° c C '
saucy ! un Ol' '
_ . " . I 16 inch wldo b'I'cnch Pea'culos - - -
are'13i + . rnest bar aln ' offered in fine '
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CiO . , _ , n'uallti : Satins ' , wetll' , worth 10 ' wore the finest lot of at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 FRP.NC11 CONI"Y 1.'Ult
1 plocos 40.in Mount and wool no vU\\'n „ iuallty i Dross Satins and Silks taco to bo . lip , goo : ' : C "C , 'I > : S. $4,98.
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tlos In an the now dcsltLns lfnjoylnp' had \'Olllot'I'OW. \ $1.2j. adios Combination Worth 1 lt ! 28 Inches bug . worth $10.00. . , .
If.O on Halo 11undny ILtr tip" ' ? a the ott " , Stilts ! bier put on the - , -
. . r' i GUINET t0 Fine IIcm'lctta J ( TH1CSI EAL CAPES ,
heso goods / nt.o CVITFt' - , < ' ' . . . For 17 ) market , In aU wool , . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AS'rIG1CIlAN CAPES
. . ' ) , . r SIII loua 61
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' rNIRT + cn.
for ir. Stl ! than US\ : ) " 'NDi ! { ' ' ' . . , and Gir 's strict ) all . 2C - .
; Boys , , .
Silk
. _ broaKast \ at Black G.'o G1.'aiu I and Hal t001 , in- s 5tr1ctly 1 ' , : ot.th . , : c. , + -o ] I hmC Inches 'I long 100 - Inch s\vceJl'$12 $ 60 I
with
. . ale , for Underwear I . I ] . ' ' . . . . . . . . good . . . . . . . . satin ! . . . . . : . . . worth . . . . . . . I
4-lnch . . . ' he's n' , ; i e , rirnnce ' - 1)1 1 75 cludhtg all colors Wool . gray Underwear ; fancy $ " " _ .00 _ . . -
,9lanCl'l. ' C \Vorth
11 Navy , . P' f o1C 2 'Ii fuck all silk and bl ac 1 c. Extra line quality double 1
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. . tmler
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mixed brown Underwear
- r , ' ; ' -500 NHW-
IIt'.t.- ' , ( i . , " k l7r ' fancy black , " ' . ( nap Shulcyt Flannel : 1 1 goo at 51 C . . -
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- _ rJh salo' aryrt .I r , , II 'Jq'lIi , t 5110 ! t 5 0 G , , .Innc , ! ttitlus \ „ . < : . . . . . - $ - ' 50 , and " fancy , . striped , Under- ' \\m.th1 u. . , ' , l / 2 , ( ' lhhLE l f JAJKETS & CAPES
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' ' PI'rc lc ' , 6r ! in - Such " DI'\\t'I : _ = ht)8 hygicl1lo un cl'La ! Combination ! Unlo , , . . . . . '
" l"brCJcutcf "US ( .
regular . . . . r yard ! rs . es . . . . , . Ualon . . . . . . . (1.nIt . . . . . 5 Dc " - - - 600 new . . MnpT Jiir1cllt < t 111ft ( ] "CIIII : . , each ,
' Satin and Grog wear , color Jucg'or imported ] undol'Woal' , worth nlloll/\r. / .i : ' : : ; wear ; : Double nap gray and brown 1 ' ' n / Hlrer..nt style-po two ulilt - made In all
Hundt'cds of Imported ulnek novelties 111 drain : 21 hitch real kng-lish Viculla and French cash- Ladle , ' fllil/l Sanitary Flannel goes ut 81 time 1 ! latest clotlo- ncy and plain boucles.
-c comb sou Unlnntiulc , I'y III I..e8fa1 {
COI'hlnt\tlon . ! / ( / ; C . : ; t111\nCfvo \ : : : ! hl ocllYI \
1 . :
1 Silk acrd Wool and Mohair new Chl\llloUon mere underwent' in fact the highostfOrlh : fl. .3) , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . , . . . . . . . . . 75c \Vurth 20c . 2 cia ) ' wOl'8tell1l lamb nml 1 doeskIn worurnbo Iterse.t-wllh I eldncltilla fUI !
anti Wool , very stylish Dl'css and j , I'accs ] uf all kends 1 mon'H ullllol'WUI\\ [ . Lndle"Coinblnatlon Unlol1' IIIt.s . ripple hacl , . mllndol1n. feet hall an draper
mthJl'ns ) , also 10 < > : l-in Mohair Il'aist 'InlTetas such ItS handled in the finoJt ; exclusive worth two dollars , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . , . , , . gac F'atoy Swnnadosvn Flnnnel sleeves . , together . with an Immense lot 01 :
Slulluuls . MOhalr.g8C in dark ] und evening Hhn os. 30 inch IJIlm' ! furnishing goods stenos and ! sold Ladle + ' Goml/lnutlon Union Bulls , 2 ge 3 ge 49c for WI'I\PPCI'S , etc „ nt. . 1 Oc pmtsh $30.00 velommn 10 $7.00 : ; cloth , go and nt fur copes ! : ! ; words
' ' l.GO . . . , . . . , . , . . , . . . . , . . . . . . SI i,98 - ' ' _ ; - .
Hogultu' IH'lco , $ go at wide white and ei'euw satins , all go at 75c for up to $2.50 , go o.t 15c. worth live dollars , y Regular prIce ? ac.
$12.50 $15.00 $ $17.50 $20,00 $22.50 $25.011
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OPPOSITION TO REAIJS I
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8ohool l of Fiction Without Substantial
Public Favor ,
REALITIES TOO GRIM AND SORDID
ltomnutlc'l"m 1.I.cfcora..l by : time \1I11C1-
hille , mod the IletMUUM'I'Ieretur
-lllenl" that Stir thu
Emotion.
At the session of the ellerallon or 'omen's ,
Clubs ! recently held In LIncoln , thE > followIng
paper , llPilllng with time romantic and realistic
schools of IIleraturo , was prepared and read '
. by Miss Irene Dyrne of Omaha : i
The evo\llllon \ of each century Is Incarnated
In a particular form of literature , and the
forum of our ago Is the novel. There Is al-
ways harmony between the social movement -
bent , whlcb Is the cause , and the literary
expression , which Is the oltcct. Thus Greece ,
In the heroic age , wrote epic poem telling
bow bravo men lived nllll loved and voyaged
and Bled . telling of a gallant : mo and honest
purpose ; the mystical middle ages ! left us a
poem of heaven and hell , of darkness and
death and doom : Shakespeare the tlower of
I
Renaissance , gave us dramas varied as
lIumnnlt , and the nineteenth century man '
semIs the nervous shiver of his ago thro' the
novel
But IfM'ou think of the novel liS simply a
narrative , the main object of which Is to
please , you have little Inca of the scope of the
modern art , little Idea of time potent force
which action has come to be In the life of
Il11manlly.
Time novelist of today has eomlllete freedom
In the choice of bls subject and the manner I
of Its treatment ; he may adept the novel asa ,
Ian I
a. platform or a pulpit , use It as a means or
an end , thInk of It us merely a vehicle for
conveylnl' his theories of life and philosophy ,
or regard It Itself as all In all.
The novel which he gives us may be his
torIcal and critical , heavy as German
treatise , precise as a column of statistics , or ,
If like Stevenson , fancy has filled hIs eyes
with rainbows ! , ho may se'n'l ' warm blood Into
the dead chili and show U8 the shimmerIng
purple hued p05111Jllltle8 ! of a life more ardent
ion ! vigorous lu conception ) that our own
tame dull colored one.
And this Is what a large number of the
young men , the new writers , have been doIng
Make 11 list of the books most widely read
and discussed and you will find 11 large : 111'1'-
celtage } written lJy men of whom lime literary
world knew but little ten years ago : thou
look at Ihe hooks them elves and you will
thin lhgt t In them life has been viewed from
its I pictumesque 1 , romantlo and adventurous
allle . Their stories tell of brave ! men amid
fair women , who Ibrlll and Inspire us by
ahowlng ; what heroic things the human heart
can do ; they transport us 10 a new and
Marvelous world of magic landscapes , where
llerJlsm seems natural and where we learn
that In spite of tam desolating monotony of
things there lie within the limits of human
achievement nobler deeds than we have done ,
deeper emollons than wo have felt , higher
tdeala of falth-frlcndlhh-thnn we have
reachel , and na our life currents ebb or flow
III sympathy with the hopes and fears the
desires and dllappolnlmenls of these people
most real , limo they have never existed we
are glad ; to know that back of Iho veneers of
clvllizallon the human heart can still Ihrlll
anti throb , ant that tho' we may not have
done so more richly ! endowed natures have
In their passionate Ion of life warmed both
hands before its tire and drunk deeply uf Its
cup : , whether for weal or woe
Dill books lighted by hnlnation , and .
I warmed by enthusiasm , boots full \ of turmoil
and 1 ebullltlon from which emerge men and
women who , by ! reason of their genuine vital
force show us that the race , with all Its com- '
merclallsm and materialism , Is yet capable of
a large and liberal ! sweep of emotion , such
books come from the realm of romanticism.
And romanticism we have been told by the
emlrient" uuthorltlos.1towells. Hoyeson Zola
'
111' : dying or bloodlessness of starvation , for
the stories upon which she feeds have been !
so often told that they no longer nourIsh her.
What thou Is the meaning of this sudden
Influx or romantic novels ? Why Is It that
Stevenson , Crorkett , Barrie , Anthony Hope ,
Conan Doyle Gilbert Parker , Stanley Wey-
man ( have sullllenly attained such prominent
positions In tile world of letters and why do
they write of Scotch ! " raiders and French
IIl1goonols , of Indians from the new world
and gypsies from the old ?
It Is because ! : there Is always a vItal relation
between ! the deep Instinctive , natural prefcr.
erica of the reading public and the activity
of Its writers , so when from no single personal .
sonal impulse but from a general movement
which could no more be helpel than could a
change ! In the social or political world , men ,
weary of the books In which there Is no romance -
mance no poetry feel that In their own lives
the realities are too grim and sordid and ever
present to fill / their novels to the exclusIon of
all else , then these young writers spring up
In response to the demand of the hour as
champions of the new romanUclsm.
For It Is not true that romanticism Is deader
or dying : neither ! has realism hall its day.
foach : Is ns old as the world and each Is ever
young und appears In new strength and under
a new guise at each new literary period , for
as art Is progressive It never quite repeats
Itself , and , tho' the strong , strenuous delight
In doing and , daring which pervades the house
of the wolf , the refugees or khlnnpel Is the
same 011 that which vitalizes old mortality
" 93. " or the robbers , yet time time spirit
which haunts the Jooks ! of Crockett Wey-
man or Stevenson show that they have been
surrounded alllI governed by circumstances
different from those which imprisoned , Scott
Hugo Schl11er and the romantlclsls of an
earlier day and a different clime ,
Fur romanticism , which Is the form that
idealism In l1eraCu\"e ! often takes means dIfferent -
ferent things In different countries different
thIngs at different times , In accordance with
the school or tendency with which It comes
Into collision It comes usually \ at periods
when men , tired of plain practical thIngs , de-
maml of art that II show them not only the
actual and present , but the potential and possible
sible ; when hungry for eloquence and thirsty
for poetry they turn 10 art for limo Intellectual -
letlual : excitement which cannot lJe found In
the dllll and conventional '
Today It Is placed In opposition ( [ to the
realism which has assumed such varying
phases In the work of Zola , do Ualzac , Flau-
bert' . 1'olstol , Turgeuef , 1I0wel1s. James and ,
Garland . accoflllng to the race and Individual
temperaments of these aulhors.
Bach I man Is n product of his own time , and
If these men have preached the doctrine of
limo Importance of the real facts of life If I
they have formulatet ! their creed In books ! In I .
which m Imagination plays no part and In.
which niceness of observation and minuteness
of analysis are time mbst prominent character-
Iltlcs , It Is because they have lived 111 an age
of scientific / development and have been so
Influenced by It as to think that science must .
In Its rapid growth , supplant art the photographer .
logrlpher take the place of limo artist the reo
'Irter that ( Of t'se ) novelist And It Is true
that a thuo which ) heeds only the call of cold.
blooded reason and whIch refines 10 take
even its religion on trust , needs its novels to
be built of sterner stuff titan fairyland can
shoe : requIres Its stories to be marked by
fidelity to experle"e and probalJlllty of mo-
tive. l1ut It Is not true that In learning ' to
place a roper I value on the things that we
can see . hear and taste , on , be mere pal
pable l , that WI lose all sense of time subtle
values of life and art : we do not believe that
the truthful tt'el\lment of materIal necesel
tales tIl\l omlulon of the sltlrlt element , and
we refuse 10 be thrilled and Inspired by the
dull and commonplace 811 we are by tbu dra-
mane and unusual. This the realists have
failed to cl.'mllrehend i In their efforts to
f.\lthlull o'Iy and reproduce the life around
thl.'l\1 they have lost their IClue of proportion
and perspective : forgotten ! to subordinate time
weak and accidental 10 the strong amid es-
sentlnl , and from a vast mass of facts malone
no selection of what Is vital antI interesting
hut serve all Indiscriminately. As In the
ballad of Pasha Dalley Ben :
'l'hey bring liS onions strung on ropes ,
Anti cold boiled beef and telcscopcs ,
And , balls \ of string and shrimps trod guns
And chops and tacks anti hats and bun .
They bring ; us white kill gloves and palls
And candlesticks and pOlled quails
And capstan bars and scales ! and weights
And ornaments for empty grates
and expect us to be as grateful as If they
appealed to the almost universal love foi the
marvelous and strange , which Mr. Howell
declares Is characterIstic of only prlmItlye
natures-tho young and the savage But
surely the pitiful awe and career Qj\manlty.
time desire for justice , the hope thatu , there Is
a purpose In lire beyond what we can see ! . the
belief that the men of today like the men of
all time , are capable ! of strong self.sacrltlce
and unselfish / living of heroic deeds and
noble thoughts : surely these are not characteristic .
lerlstlc of undevelopment , of youthfulness , or
I so yenta Is 1 glorious fault and one we
would all have. And yet these yearnings for
what Is highest and best , time longing to
cherish the dreams of our youth even after
the ardor and fire have died out of theta , to
hold to our kinship with the infinite and keep
the light that ! never was on land or sea , these ,
with the desire for the expressions of the
deep primitive passions which ) never fall to
touch humanity deeply , are , say timeir opponents -
ponents Isfy. what time realists have failed to snt-
Devoting themselves to theIr realities
known til 0' time senses they have neglected
the no less real tho' elusive verities of the
slllrlt : describing ! the surface and superficial
elements ef life . Its appearances , they have
failed to speak to the highest In man-to
arouse those indefinable emotions which
Novalls calls the anonymous feelings of the
soul.
soul.TheIr
TheIr Jhcory Is that the novelist's duly I
to portray and reproduce the lire of his time :
not to let his personality color the facts
which he wishes to recordbat to paint them as
they arcdull , drab ! , dreary , cOlc.g 111m-
self not with the plot , for there Is none ; nol
with the selection of his subject or charac-
ler3. for the more common and general the
story Is the better ! It Is then typIcal , bat wlh
the manner of Its treatment for to write
badly Is the greatest crime of which they can
conceh'e. And la part they haye done a good
work ; they have seven us pieces of faithful
portraiture , they have striven to do away
with the reproach implied In Emerson's
words : "LICe lies about us dumb : the day
as wo know It has not yet found a voice "
Hut In their efforts to be precise ag + 1 exact ,
In their eagerness to avoid the clellealo exaggeration -
eratlon ! by ! which pictures of Iq gain color
sound , perfume they have too Often selected
the mean and sordid the dull all dense , and
shown us only the terrible ! Ineffeclivepeas of
life . the dreary days lealllnlr nowhenl time
dead motives , the unfulfilled longings , with-
out showing the other side of the picture
where "Life heMad Its accidents stands
strong and self-sustaining , the human fact
transcending all the losing and the Iallng. "
Of course no man can put the whole of life
into a play or a book ! , but the realism which
leads Its advocates 10 select the sad and shal-
low and petty . unlghlcd by the idealization l
of Ifo and sentiment found everywhere I
grossly unlrue. The battle between the soul
of man and its environment , the strife he.
tween the Inward desire and the outward necessity -
cenly , often results In the conquest of the
hlghe . liner elements lJy the baser , but not
always , and life may be broadening and
deepening In its effect , a well as corrosive
and corroding. In applying the scientific
methods 10 the literary analysis of man and
nature , making their work a far as possible
Impel'soll. they have Ignored time fact that
In all the great maslerpleces the personality
of the creator dominates , no mater what
form I has talten , a a means of expression
that time poets have set their own hearts to
music . and that the great painter have put
Inl' their pictures a somelhln which the
reality hall not and that this sum thing Is
what distinguishes the great achievements
from the mediocre "Oh , the little lore and
hew much It b. and the little Ie-s and what
miles away. " They have made the fatal mis-I
take of assuming that theIrs Is limo only point
of view ; If they and the rest of hnmanIty
differ It lust be because humanIty Is In the
wrong , and have insisted so strongly on the
sacredness of plain unvarnIshed facts that
they have forced the reaflorJst Into the
other extreme , where they rebelliously cry
out that fiction should pit not facts bat
fantasies that It should not sadden and
deaden and depress but enthuse , Intoxicate
and enrpture.
Facts . say these , tho' of inestimable value
10 the historian , are but the tools , the euip-
mEnt of the novelist , who should give to us
what the history of a fragment of life denies ,
poetic Justice : who should reveal not only the
world without , but ! the vii Ion within paintIng -
Ing not the bare realties of life as It is . but
the glories of life l I ulght be. Far as
Irandcs says : "The warm bent of the muses
wishes to believe ! like a child . to feel the
Imlght's enthusiasm , the niouk ' s ecstasy . to
- n )
rave poetcall : to dream melodiously to
bath In moon .ne , to hear the grass grow
and understand what the birds say. "
And 50 the fight goes on and I Is not likely
that ellher side will convince the other for
between Howels , with his somewhat arrogant
declaration Ihat there Is no art so exquisite
as the art of painting facts exactly as they
are , no fiction except that of facts nicely 0J- !
served , thoroughly digested ! ahd faithfully recorded -
corded , and the man whq b leves that the
real truthfulness ) of all works of art Is so
purely In the Imaglnatjo , that the artist
never represents the trutji but an idealized
Image of a truth . trull lie but little sym-
palhy. Between hall Caine's impassioned
cry of "Fiction Is not notie , It II not char-
acter I Is not imagined history , I Is fal-
lacy , poetic fallacy . pathetic fallacy , a beauti- !
fulcHe , a lie that Is at once false and true
false to fact true 10 faith , " ) and Boye oa's
calm acceptance of the realistic In literature
as a higher order than the romantic or tra-
dllonal , . there Is a gulf which neither can
bridge and Stevenson , Who beJeved so
strongly that actions speak louder than
words could never bring jdn } self to the point
.
of view from which action itnd III emotion ap . .
pear unseemly and where In SalntsJury's !
words orllnalty ! \s regarded as a mark of
Jll ! taste and Insufcient culture. Hat there
are alonl' ; us those who feel that the man
who realizes In a work of art an idea personal
to himself Is an artist , uo mater to which
school he belongs , and so the \ can enjoy both
the daintily foe touch of the writer who ,
by careful analysis and dissection of motives
motves
has shown us a Slns Sapb3m. and the virile
strength of those who , from the swIng and
swIrl of acton have conceived a David Hal-
four or a Patrick heron for we feel that life
Is too broad and deep . human thought too
progressive , to be bound I' any one ! form of
expression , and we cannot agree with the
disciples of realism that It Is the final anti
nest complete contribution to literature any
more than we can believe ! that romanticism
alone coulll satisfy all sorts and conditions
of men. Each . I needed , for a complete expression -
pression or the life of today , , and time touch
of truth ehou\l be found In the books of each
echool-the realist can mall out the existence
of time average man the romanticist picture
the concentrated electric life which comes
10 the exceptional man , and both should acknowledge -
knowledge the supremacy of the purer Ideal-
Ism whose apostles tlnlng / ruth ( hal way
, between its two aniagonllt ffla and fancy ,
and unable 10 beneath ! In the narrow hounds
set by realism , paint life artistically and significantly -
nificantly , presenting all , ,1t1 the Ideal sym-
palh of a poet , who con\I' ' not to copy butte
to interpret nature and feels It his business-
" 10 paint no more of body than chows soul"-
"To brIng the InvIsible full into play Lt the
visible ! go 10 the dogs , , yhtt mater ? "
For time object of art Is pet invitation , but
creation , and the muter hi lerahl-e should
sound all Instruments In the sympathy of
humanity , strike all chore of the harp of
life , revealing 10 us thing that we do not
see In things we look at cfC11 Ihy.
lie should have both the clear siGht of the
seer and the divine uterl ! qa of the prophet
who , through the web of q and shanl .ann
sorrow which a world of fncr ! and change
weave : . lends the balance "f f justice struck
somewhtre sees not on'y "I" IHte achieve-
ment but the noble can- ptl.IS. whIch never
finding adequate eprei'Ji ' heN strengthen
-
our belief that there must lJe n heaven for
their completion. For all creation 15 a mys-
tery . and , tho' we have made great strides
In Itowledege , no man has yet answered the
questions or time sph'nx to the satisfaction of
all other men . and outside the smal tern. .
tory of clear . daylight ! fact whIch \I'IJ have
wrested from .the unknown , there are yet vast
realms or darkness of which we know nothIng -
Ing , but tJlnlt ! much.
And thc man two when he has described
the falls . the wounds , time vain lmpes the
. cruel event whIch at times darken the joy
'I. ' of humankind , feels that he has shown all ,
I cnnnot touch lS eo deeply as the one who ,
I although ! ho hair not qullo recapture the
first tine carelss rapture of the times when
all the world was young , can still bring our
hearts Into our throats wIth the very joy of
life and thrill us with , , n delight so exqlllsito
. . .
that I verges on pn \ by teaching us to feel
limo sense all significance of timings the soul
of the unIverse as Ieal felt It when hIJ wrote
the poem which may well serVe as the watclm
word and rallying cry of those who are lead-
lag time opposition to realism .
11 1IOUS.
The Jesuits have purchased the famous
palace Mondragone ! near Frascati . Italy . from
Prlnco Dorghe , for $80.000. I will bo used
as an institute.
Rev . Charles Otis Gill and his wife will
shortly leave New York for the Chlneso
mission field. Mr. Gill was captaIn of the
Yale foot ! Jai lear la 1889. anti rowed In the
victorious Yale crews of that and the two
previous years : te has been engaged ! In
home mission work for several years
Rev . Dr. Brann rector of St. Agnes' parish ,
Iev.
Now York , Is one or the wittiest divines In
the Catholic church When asked what he
thought of limo movement to rename the
Episcopal church ho sad ! : "It's rather Jate ,
I should think to baptize the child of
henry VIII . "
HeDI' . Talmage of Brooklyn has accepted
the call to be ! co-pastor of the First Preby-
lorlan church of Washington lie Is to he
co-paslor of the church , of equal authority
with Dr. Sutherland , and probably ! will preach
one-half of the sermons , beginning ! Sunday
evening , October 27.
Dshop Vincent , In an address to the mem- '
hers of the Geneseo ( N.Y. ) Methodist mem'I 'I
ference , advised young mInIster to ride the
bicycle ! . sayIng : "I think nothIng has done
so much for our young people as the blc'cle.
I has saved them from falling into many
bad ! practices and built up their constitutions
at the same ! lute. I ] hope you all have 'them .
If not , get one. "
The Ilex. Dr. . D. McConnell of } 'hladol-
phla spent his vacation In Europe on a wheel ,
riding 3,000 miles In England , France , l1el-
glum and Germany lIe gives this advice
to those who may contemplate a similar tour :
"You can see four9Po : very cheaply : but , re .
member keep Iltay from time bIg hotels and
from places where the usual crowd of Aml'r-
Icon travelers go. They skIn Americans of
every dollar they can possibly ! get. "
At time J\nnespols convention of the Episcopal -
copal church omclat notice was given of time
embezzlement of $41,000 of the fundo of the
American Church Missionary society by
tenry A. Oakley , the former treasurer . and
Rev . Wiliam A. Newbold , formerly score-
lacy . I had been ! trooped to avoid all public !
reference to time affair , but this was found
Impossible ! Time amount taken by Oaldey
has been computed to be $21,823.4 and lJy
Newbold $19,034,16 , from September I , 1887.
English elergymen's salaries are not a
hIgh as Is commonly believed. In Crockford's
clerIcal directory for this year ' . statements of
the acll111 value of 8,636 benefices out of 13.-
243 In England are glnn. Of these 638 are
worth $500 1 year or less . 2,748 more $1,000
or less , 4.219 less than $2,000. 792 less than
$3,000 , 13 lees than $4OUU. 43 only $5.000 or
lees . and 23 more than $5,00. G being above
$ ,500 , and put one of these $0,000. The
nominal value In the case of the other 4.807
benefices II , for nearly 3,000 less than $ ,50
and for 1.000 more less than $ : ,500 . In ad.
dillon to his income however , the Incumbent
has the use of a house and In the country ,
at least , ot a garden
POSSIBILITIES OF IRRIGATION
Transforming 1 Desert Waste Into 1 Fruitful -
ful , Populous Region .
THE MAGIC OF ARTIFICIAL MOISTURE
" VundersPreuahl I , " Jrrl"utnn In
Cul flu'nll-S,1 ' 'II"o,1 with
U"untnln SI'C'II" , Smlol
11 Ahtl11lucc.
Some years before the building ! of the
Southern Pacific railroad , writes Kirk ! ua-
roe In Hnrper's weekly I was one of an
exploring party that struggled across the
burning deserts of southern California , from
the Colorado rIver to the Sierras Never
can I forget the sufferings of that journey .
time agony of three days and nights wlhout
water , the Intolerable glare of shining sands
that slipped from beneath our feet or were
driven hither amid thither In stifling clouds
by blasts of furnace - tempered winds , , the
quivering heat waves ' , the lying mIrages that
tormented us with the visions of Tantalus ,
time awful silence anti the ever present evidences -
denccs of death abounding on all sides.
Horses and mules perished wagon after
wagon was abandoned , and men wel.nlgh
lost their reason lS they plodded mechan-
Icaly on through that Gehenll of sand , sunk
for below ! sea level , rainless , treeless and
verdur..less , save for sparse bunches of sickly
sage or thorny cactus. In 'the dIstance
gleamed peaks of the San Jaclnlo ant San
Bernardino mounlalns. Between them lay
the San Gorgonlo pass , the goal of our fierce
desires and fainting hopes-a place of which
we had been ! told as one of rustling palms
and Ivinl' ; . springs.
From that day the experiences of those
weeks on the Colorado desert have been as
n nigldmare and when recently compelled
to traverse the same desert for a second
time , though I mll'ht now 1.10 whirled over
its sands In a parlor car , I still looked forward -
ward to time trip whim dread.
As the train crossed time summit of the
pass and I' led swiftly down Its eastern
slope a heated bias 1 of kln.drlell air sweep.
Ing UI from time desert gave warning that
the latter still exIsted In all its untamed
savagery , and that beyond the narrow thread
of steel that spanned It suffering and death
still lurked In Its plless sands. The all uf
the car became stilling and the heat almost
intolerable In of closed
spite doors , windows
and ventilators dust filtered In , until one end
of the Interior W0 barely vIsible from the
other When , after weary mies of this experience .
perience the limit of endurance was nearly
reached , the train suddenly dashed Inlo a
place of dense shadows and came 10 a halt.
We had reached Indio al veritable an oasis
as exists In any desert of the world , the home
of waving palml and double rows of tall
foliage trees , beneath which the tracks ran
as through 1 green tunnel , a place of vInes
and flowering shrubs of singing birds and
whIspering winds-above all , a place of
plashing waters and delicious coolness , A
broad . verandaed Inn offered hospitable doors ,
and a dimly Ightcd interior that seemed al-
most . dark after the recent glare of the
desert On the dining table ! were fruits ant
vegetables from aa adjacent garden. After
dinner the refreshed travelers still hal ,
dote 10 examine the great artesian well that ,
from a depth of COO feet . pours forth 3,600
gallons of water per hour , lifts It twelve feet
above the surface allll has by its magic created
this spot of charming verdure , amid those
savage wastes of sand . Not far from the
well stands a group of sup rb fan patina , one
of which only eleven years alI , ml'asures
I\velv and I hal teen about Its trunk at a
poInt two feet above the ground Half a mil
away Is n fine vineyard , irrigated by ! means.
oC a windmill thnt lifts Into tanks the sur-
face water , found Ihroughout this regIon at
an ' average ! depth of twenty feel Alfalfa
the great forac ! crop of time coast , grows.
her wIth a rank luxuriance wherever water
can reach It , while all fmll and vegetables
can be ripened at least one month earlier
than on time western slope of ti mountaIns.
Whllo Jndlo thus present a strltng ex-
ample of what maybe accomplished throtmgh .
artesian irrigation of time prolne dcsort
sands , another phase of water magic . and
on a far grander scale , may W studied on tho.
sale Californian journey at the southern end
of the great San Joarluln valley . In and about ,
time flourishing city of Hakeraficld . Time explorers
plorers of thlrly years ago found this section .
of country , the "Kern Della . " as It Is called .
almost as desertlke as that borderIng the
Colorado its midsummer aspect was that ;
of a vast plain parched and glimmering wltb.
heat , Its scant vegetation burned to a crisp .
and its wastes of sand and sage all the mono
dreary ! J ) compnrlson with the recently ,
traversed oak groves of Teldchipa Through reconty
It , to 10 sure , flowed the Kern river , clear
cool and Inexlmustiblo . with Its source II
the everlasting snows of Mount Whitney , but , .
beyond n narrow fringe of verdure , Its Influence _
tluenco was unfelt.
By an Intelligent system of conservaton"
and distribution this same rIver today Is.
made to IrrIgate and , give redundant life to
over 400,000 acres or adjacent lands I . and so
to transform tire seemung desert Into one ot
time most fertile and prosperous scllons of
the state TSils greatest Irrigating proposl- ,
ton of the country has been accomplished 1.11
the digging of twenty-seVl'n main canals
having an aggregate ! ! length ! of 300 miles ,
and 1,100 Iles of large laterals time whole
system havIng been constructed at a cost of
4000000. _ of
The largest and most important of all these '
canals Is the Calloway . which's ' by itself 1 ,
rIver 120 feet wide , and six feet deep. 'rhrougl
sixtY-fve large dlstrllularLes and , I nelwollc
or smaller ditches limo water of this one cat ;
Is spread over 200,000 acres of thirsty land
I Is not only the largest , but Is also the
oldest canal of time system , and with Is ,
shining reaches , sweepIng curves , the lum- .
! . Jlng falls at Its many diverion weirs Its
cool stretches of demely wooded banks its.
bordering fifes of recta pasture lands tenanted
by ! thousands of sleek cattle , and , its count-
less orchards and vineyards , all In vll'oroul ,
fruitage , It presento marvelous
a and fascinating -
clnalng object lesson In the possibilities and
results of Irrlgatlon . .
The Kern river drains over 3,000 squnr&
mies of mountain watershed , from which It
Is bountifully ! supplied the year round.
Throughout the section of country to which
its everlowlng / waters are diverted droutl
Is eliminated from limo '
elminated tlO farmer'l calcllalons ,
lie lay count with certainty upon water
Inough to raIse hIs crops and cloudless skirls .
beneath which to Iarvest them. On his Irrigated l.
rllated ; and once desert lands emu may cut tlvt"
crops of alfalfa In a single season , with 1
total yield of from eIght to twelve tons per
acre and , selling readily for $5 per ton In lha
stack These stacks ore In themselves won-
derful sights 10 an eastern fanner conlalnlng'
as they do from 400 to COO tons of hay each ,
and built UI by means of great derrick pitchforks -
plcb-
forks operated by horse ower.
Although sOle COOOO acres of Irrigated
lands ore given over 10 alfalfa and other Im-
mense areas are sown In wheat which Is
harvested by huge reaper and thresher combination .
nation machines drawn hy thirty or more
horses . the leading industry of limo entire seeM
tom : I horticulture . l'eachmea pears prunes ,
apricots , raisin grapes , and figs flourish incredibly .
credibly ! In its warm light . and svell-watered
soil . The first . nanted produce ' an average
nveralO
yield of 1,000 boxes per acre These sell
readily In ealer markets for $ per box ,
on which time freIght charge I 15 cents
Prunes average 800 pounds I 10 time 5.year.old
tree . and thel' are worth from 12 to 20 cents
per pound In the orchnrd. Already the rab-
Ins uf Ihll locality are favorably ! known and
consume throughout time length and Ireadlb
of limo Vni..1 ' . $ 'ates ' . and with the Increased
. trsnsp 'ria lon facilities recently promised 10.
I , assured this favored aecllon . its future prosperity - . Ia .
, "