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f kZIZR ASH IDEAS pF J. 0. FAGAN
Defes la FlallrMd Opera! lea Pole ted
Oat Be see Resaedlea Sac-
aresteS) OHrlnlIlM that
Are Neglected.
From a railroad switch tower to the pott
4 f lecturer at Harvard university, la tha
V'ttest climb to fame cf James O. Faaran
Cambridge. Mass., ' tha alert and
oughtful signalman of the Boston
Maine railroad. Mr. Fagan U a man of
few worda when on duty, but hia work
was appreciated by hl employera long be
fore he achieved national repute threugh
hl Confessions cf a Railroad Big-nalman."
first primed In the Atlantic Monthly and
recently produced In book form.
In an extended sketch of Mr. Fagan's
rareer the Boston Herald irlvea im facta
which wilt Interest the multltudea con
cerned In tha safety of railroad travel.
Fagan had been going ahead for half a
century- Ha waa born In Inverness. 8cot
land .and sent by hla humbla parent to a
school at Manchester. England. There ha
aron a scholarship through the practice of
tha dominant principles of file life that cf
going; to the rock bottom of any problem
presented to him. He studied electricity
along with classics, mingling tha old and
the new. and absorbing both.
The pinnacle cf the electrician's ambi
tion In those dsrs was to lay cable, and at
1 year of age Fagan apprenticed himself
to a cable laying expedition, which took
him to Portugal, to the Canary islands
and to Rio Janeiro. There he stayed sev
eral years.
Then ha caught tha gold fever and went
to South Africa, with the vanguard of
English adventurers. He fought tha Kaf
firs, waa I the battle of Majuba Hill, and
did a little gold mining. After that hla
reatleee spirit brought him to America,
and in the spring of isn ha went to work
on tha Boston A Lowell railway. For
five yeara ha worked nights for tha Fitch
burg at Eaet Deerfleld. and then ha went
to tha signal tower at West Cambridge.
Ten yeara ago he went into tha office of
the aupertntendent at the North station.
for a year and a half waa chief clerk.
j had long ago begun to stow away tha
ts of his observation out on the road,
fnow. In the office, he saw another
Important work devolved on Mm. and
came mora and more Impressed with
magnitude of the problem he had pro
ved to himself What Is the matter
the railroads?
Work tsl Stady.
When the Fltchburg overturn came,
Fagan. along With all the others In his
' office, went out. Ha returned to the tower
and resumed hla etudy from above the
level of tha tracks. It led him to book
on economics and sociology, and ho mas
tered question after question.
Ha used the telegraph key too much and
got telegrapher's cramp, losing the accurate
uae of hla right arm. He went to work and
' learned both to send message and to write
with hla left hand. He doesn't apeak of the
difficulty of that achievement, but he doea
say: "It waa pretty hard to hold the Job
down while I waa learning tha change."
Ha began to want to write, but he did
not yet know what it was that ha wanted
to aay. Bo he wrote stories of adventure
for minor magsalnea "only trash," he caJla
them. Ha won several prisea In story com
petitions. A newspaper found him out and
for a while he did special articlea on tn
duatrial conditions In mills and went as
special correspondent to the coal fielda of
Pennsylvania at tha time of the big strike.
Bufha always returned to his tower.
Beardlsg the Edltar.
This man with aomething to say walked
into the book-lined office of the Atlantic
The people who sit In that peaceful Banc
Monthly In Park atreet about a year ago.
turn, overlooking, the burying ground, and
ponder weighty manuscript day after day
glanced up and saw a rough-bearded man,
about M years old. entering with a loose.
quick atep full of life. . His hair was Iron
gray, hla face thin, hla hands noticeably
large and knotted. He wore a low collar
a that revealed a atreng neck, and hla neat
1 clothing was that of the first-class work
man.
He said he saw an article in tha maga
sine. Ha wanted to talk shout it- Bo he
sat down squarely on the edge of a, chair
and they listened to him. Then hla eyes
began to flash under their heavy brows.
his hands swung In gestures like his seme
phoree. Ha had been reading an article
about tha aucoesa of railroad presidents in
dealing with employes, and ha had some
thing to say on tha auh)ect He naa the
greatest respect for railroad officials, but
( ' be thought there waa some!
j with their handling of rallr
V I "l want to tell you the c
fee thought there waa something the matter
road men.
you the coat or harmony
on a railroad, ha said.
Frllle 11 las.
Ha told then he wma a algnalman In
tower out In Cambridge, had been there
twenty-two years, and knew what he was
about. When Fagan geta to talking, h
lips off short aentencea full of power nd
picturesque phrases. He only wants you
to listen, and. If you don't understand, tell
him and he'll aay it over again. Ho calls
thlnga by their first names; he fairly
bristles with practical Illustrations. There's
a little of tha Scotch In hla apeech. but
tinctured with pure Boatonese. It waa easy
enough to see that he was no crank, and
the Atlantis people told him to go home
and write an article for them. So he wrote
his - series, a series that brought forth
editorial praise all over the country, and
made railroad men. from president to cross
ing tender, alternatively curse and laud
him.
Hia stylo was clear and concentrated, and
the folks who thought the articlea were
rewritten in the office of the magazine
guessed wrong. They were the direct ex
pression of a man with an Idea, who
couldn't help speaking right out in meet
Ing.
President Eliot has a nose for news It
Sid not take him long, after reading
Fagan a aeriea in the Atlantic Monthly, to
, arrange an Interview with the algnal man
. who aaw straight and talked straight and
to persuade him to lecturs .In the new
school of business, .r'egan was almoet dis
mayed at hia own temerity, but he waa
full of his subjev-t eager to spread hia
doctrine, and ha consented.
- President Rooaevelt also has a nae for
v , , sow. uunuDoin to me puaiic, n
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vr a n. j im; ignai man went iu
aabtngton and In an hour's talk gave
originator of policies something to
blnk about. ,i
Prate Ural Ideas.
"Our organlaatiuna are well and good."
ha aaid to the Herald man; "they give the
railroad man better conditions. They have
raised bis wages and put htm on a high
vel. but they hawn't educated him to hla
lutiea. They rather work against It.
"Now I know of esses of high school boys
out In any towo vtfaltham whs meet this
v! fflculty at tha start. Toey go on tha
Wad as braketnen. First thing they know
7-tey tre on the grievance committee of tha
tuon ; thea they are up at tha stats house
loljsylng. Those boys ougbt to be educated
to their opportunities ought to be studying
to be efficient railroad men.
"The opportunities ara b'.g. Railroad mea
ara well treated and well off. They rank
as skilled workmen and aa soon as they
learn their trade they get good pay. They
are Intelligent and good fellowa. Given
the hour they have and the wages they
get. It Is possible for them to di mjch.
Why, professional men are not In the same
class with them aa regards fixity of con
ditions and aalary- One of my next aeriea
will discuss that very subject the rail
roads and opportunity."
'We railroad men want good conditions
our eight-hour day and $4 or 15 for a cer
tain purpose. Tha public says tt will help
ua get this. In order that we may Increass
our efficiency snd our standing In the com
munity. I in chiefly interested In tha re
turn the railroad man gives tha public for
this help. In the body politic of the rail
road I eea an empire withtn an empire
growing up that Is, labor.
"Tou ran't help seeing that labor la out
for Its own good. That la all very well to
a certain extent, but what I ask Is: Can
we make plain to the world the uaes and
meaning of organisation by mixing in tha
rights of society by giving the puMlo Its
return? There Is the ' sociological eida of
tha subject. That la what I mean by our
opportunity.
x Rewaa for laaprevenaeat.
"I am hot opposing tabor organisations,
you understand. I Insist, however, that
their leaders should be broad-minded In
order that labor organ! sat tons may work to
better advantage. The rank and file must
be educated.- Then they will Improve the
character' of the delegates they send to
their conventions, and those convent Ions
will elect saner men to be their leaders.
At present, railroad pontics elects the man
who will demand our Increass In pay on
July L He Is elected and the Increase in
pay la hla only Idea all he works for.
The other day, aa I aee In a newspaper
clipping, the president of several great rail
roads and several big labor leaders met to
discuss how to huah public outcry against
tb railroads until business Improves. At
the outset, what did they do? They said:
"Now ws must understand that thla con
ference Is not to take up any -question be
tween th road and tbo men. Ws must
work together to get more business, which
will mean that there will be mora money
to pay the men.' Tou aee. they would
come together for the purpose of Increasing
the receipts, but they won't coma together
for Increasing efficiency.
"The railroad men need a training dif
ferent from what the unions give them.
Thov now a-et a orotectlve education. But
tha nubile too. needa a protective educa
tion. Public Interest must be aroused tn
this question and ths people must demand
the education of the railroad roan. There
is need of a sympathy between the man
and the employer."
WHArS WRONG ON THE FARM?
Hsw the West Views the Qsestloas
the Cewstry Life CeaaBBlaslea
Is Isveetlgatlsg.
In tha last two months more than 100
farmers, representatives of the whole class.
in Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska and Okla
homa, have answered the question, "What's
Wrong on the Farm?"
At firat this evidence of public Interest
In farm families was disconcerting, and
sometimes it wag resented; but In tha ma
Jority of cases the' answers showed that
the farmers had given little thought to
tha future of au Industry upon which the
life of the. whole nation and the world
depends. Now, since the appointment of a
commission to investigate farm conditions.
hardly any other topic, is discussed in
rural comunlties. Heretofore it had re
ceived no attention, except,, perhapa, when
some father wondered why hia boy or hia
girl had run away.
Many farmers aay their children left
them when they "came of age," and others
admit that they have been unable to keep
them until they were that old. . Educa
tion, it was declared. In practically every
caae had produced the change, the deter
mination to get Into another walk of life.
Dosens of farmers aay their chief mis
take waa In not giving their boys a share
In the returns, a chance to aavo a little
money so that they might have something
to start with at 21.
Everywhere practically the same reply
was heard. "The boya and the girls com
plain." The apirlt of unrest manifested
Itself, usually, when the children were In
high school. It waa developed moat
strongly In the state universities and the
colleges. "Until they begin to aee how
others live swsy from the farms they're
satisfied," a farmer said. "If they get two
years In an agricultural college they coma
home changed, with new notions; they
want to put tn new ideas of farming; they
want all aorta of labor-saving machfnery
they want books and pipers; they want
to quit work at aunset or aooner; they
want to go to town every day. We either
have to give them what they want or they
leave. Toung folks are not what they need
to be." i
'Doean't that apply chiefly to the boya?"
waa auggested. "Have you found any
labor-saving devlcea to help the women In
their work?"
"No," he admitted. "I guess they're doing
their work about as they alwaya did it.
I believe that much of the trouble is caused
on farms by the lark of proper systems,
too many hours of labor. After one of my
girls ran away and became a stenographer
we put In a schedule here. Ws go to aupper
now at o'clock aad do the chores after
ward. In that way the women can clear
up thlnga by 7 o'clock. For many years we
didn't get our chorea done until t o'clock,
and often It waa an hour later. We'd work
in the fields until the last minute, and
that kept supper waiting. I've seen die
time, often, when we didn't eat until nearly
o'clock. That waa what drove the girl
away. Two of my boya left me. too, but I
caught them at Chicago, and they came
back en the premise of an a now ace. I'd
never let them have any money. I made
an agreement with them, and now they
share In the profits after the home ex
penses are paid."
The telephone, the rural free delivery of
mail and other Innovations have done much
to Improve farm Ufa conditions, but the de
aired point atill Is far distant in many com
munities Farmers have kept their famillea
in poorly constructed houses that have no
conveniences; they bare isolated them from
their fellows: they have worked them too
hard; then the boya go to the clUea to be
mechanics or clerks or doctors; the git la
atudy to be teachers or stenographers or
clerks. Their early environments have been
auch that they do not rare U marry farm
ers, tor that, aa a farm girl aaid. would
be stepping from tit frylngpan Into tlie
fire. Ifarper a Weekly.
Twe Blesi testeareg.
tiut-AW, r.vT. Z7. Wililara l Tildes
and Chauncey U Graham, efftclala of the
Americas Steel Ball company, were sen
tenced today by Judge Chetlai.- in tha
superior court to serve a term of one to
twenty yeara in the penitentiary oa chargea
' A est red teas Wla Cat.
HELBUlHAp, rov. at The contest In
this city today for the Dwight F. llavla
International challenge lawn tennis cup
waa won by the Australian team, cent-
pueml of Norman Brookes and A. f. Wild
ing. Tt.etr American op(jnents were F
ii. AWaandtr and LWala C. WrtshL
FASHION IN TIE OVERCOAT
The Chesterfield Still Btit for All
Around XJie.
STYLE CALLS FOB A D1EXCT0IB.E
Faletels mm t evert feats t'eatta
te Have Ad leers The Vlstee
for Aete ' er street
Wear.
Perhapa the awful example la Just, as
good a way as any other of Impressing on
the reader what be should not wear.
Therefore consider what is decribed as a
Directolre coat for men.
All the crimes that may be committed
under that name in women's dress might
perhapa be forgiven; but It seems aa if
there could never be any excuae for thla
overcoat. It is a three-quarter length
garment and is made in its most virulent
manifestation in a striped material.
From the waist line down there are two
side venta fastened together by three Urge
bone buttons. A double, fanlike ven goes
down the back of the coat. The back is
loose to produce the Directolre effect.
Wide aide pockets are applied, and of
couibj over them, as w.ll aa over the breast
pocket, is a patch which buttona down, j
The sleeves are finished with deep cuffs j
polnied at the back. The roll collar 1b sup-
plied with a button hole. The designer
of this garment says that It Is Intended for j
the young element of extreme dressers."
They would have to be both very young
and very extreme to select such a coat for
winter wear, whether they bought It In
brown, blue or green, which are the ahades
in which It cornea. There la no part of a
man's dress that so calls out for conserv
atism as tha overcoat. It takes a great
deal of money to Justify a man In purchas
ing an overcoat of conaplcious cut or
pattern.
When one speaks f conservatism In
clothes tha mind naturally turns to the
Chesterfield, which may be described aa
the foundation of the overcoat world. If
all the other patterns ever Invented should
be lost, there would still be In the Chester
field enough left to clothe men correctly
and modlahly. It la suited to dreaa wear.
It is suited to business and It makes a good
sporting coat as any other. It Is truthfully
aaid that the Chesterfield la what the
material makes It and that It Is "always
appropriate.
For business wear the Chesterfield la
the best of patterns. It la thla year made
somewhat closer to the figure lhan In re
cent winters and there Is little or no full
neaa at the bottom. The length has much
to do with determining Its smartness snd
csre must be taken not to have It more
than nine inches longer than one-half tha
height of the wearer. That brlnga the
bottom of the coat to a point a few inches
below the knees.
The tendency Is this year to make these
coats of casslmeres and worsteds that
Bhow a small and rather lndistlna-uiahahl
pattern, but they are more dressy In a
black worsted with no distinguishable pat
tern. If they are intended for wear In the
coldest westher there is a velvet notched
collar. If the coat la for moderate weather
the collar la made of silk of about the
same color aa the goods and there Is no
velvet.
The aide pockets have flaps and so has
the change pocket, but the breast pocket
la wMhout this finish. The shoulders have
nt padding but are made to fit closely.
Tiers ahould be In the back and front
some deference to the lines of the figure,
but very little. Anything like cutting In the
body to foHow the waist or figure line
ahould not be attempted.
There is, of course, a seam down the
middle of the back and a deep vent.
There Is a fly to hide the buttona, since the
coat which ahow the buttona through are
an extravagant fashion.
"nl a vneeierrieia or thla kind a
man la well dressed for many occasions.
In the evening, at bualnesa or on Sundays
with his silk hat on he may be satisfied
with his getup. .
For weather that requires a lightweight
coat the Chesterfield Is made up in a lighter
cloth usually a gray, although there are
aome made In brc wn or even tan colored
tweeds of very rough finish. They have
velvet collars of a tone that matches the
color of the cloth. Although smart they
are not so dreary aa the other.
The lapela should be about two and a half
Inches broai and the collar about three
quarters of an Inch narrower. The rough
cloth for lighter wear Is made up with
double seams 'but, the heavier Chesterfield
for winter wear has no auch additional
ornament There are not alwaya turned
back cuffs on these coats and the general
opinion new la that the best style Is to
have no turned back cuff, only the extra
cuff set on.
The paletot, newmarket or paddock coat,
aa it la variously called, never loaea all
Ita admirers. Fir dress there is a certain
degree of comfort in the long coat tails
which Imparts a confidence of modishness
to some of the men that wear them.
These coat a aboulil be about five Inches
leaa In length that three-quartare of tha
height of the waarei: and thus fall to about
alx Inches above the Instep. It la Invari
able that they ahould fit the figure closely.
The waist line mtat be plainly outlined,
and the coat, which la buttoned under a
fly. must show the figure plainly. So It
la not a coat for men in the least bit
stout. If they show the slightest traces
of having swallowed the watermelon It
will be plainly visible In a coat of thla
kind.
Tha broad lapels are of the material of
the coat the collar is of velvet and the
turned back cuffa are buttoned at tha
back. There Is no change pocket .and both
the aide and breast pockets close with a
lapel.
The shoulders, aa In all the overcoats
thia winter, are not padded and are of
natural width. The roll should not extend
below the breast line.
Ab the pal-tot dependa for ha smartness
on a good fit auch a enat ahould not be
bought ready made. It must be very
carefully made by a tailor who knows hla
business. It la a mistake to select too
light or striking a material for It.
It la Juat aa much of a mistake to at
tempt te make such a coat serve for all
purposes. It Is distinctly only for dress.
More Informal ara the double breasted
coat and the covert, which still survives,
although It has departed far from Its
original purpose. The double breasted coat
la really a garment for sporting use and
is only In Its proper place on top of a
brake or a coach. Even In its present
form It la a coat which is only suited to
alternate with an ulster.
It la about two Inches longer than a
Chesterfield, much looser and finished with
a velvet collar that matches the shade of
the material from which It 1a made. It
has thre rows of buttona on each aide.
The two pockets 'and the breaat pocket
are provided with lapela and the turned
over cuffa are rather deeper than usual.
They are finiehed with a narrow piping
of the same velvet as the collar, and the
same treatment Is sometimes applied to
the flaps of the pockets The shoulders
of this coat are aomewhat broader than
those cf the other tu. aa its use la
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1 New s39 Tailored Suits Monday at
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rougher. There la a single strapped seam
down the back and a deep vent In this
center seam.
Covert coats sre now made to hang to
a point a little below the knee. They are
loose enough to hang straight from the
shoulder and are lined only about tha
shoulders, which are of natural width with
no padding. There are two Bide pockets
with broad flaps, and the sleeves have a
turned back cuff which Is not dtught
with a button: The lapels, which are of
the aame material, are rather broad and
finished with three rows of seams.
The rough ulster may not differ from the
double-breasted Chesterfield described above
except In the length. Such a coat, extend
ing down to the top of the shoes, will form
as smart an ulster as any man could wear.
In the opinion of many persons who are
supposed to know what good dressing Is,
It Is smarter than the coats with the In
evitable yokes that have been brought Into
faahlon through the automobile dress.
The dcuble-breasted ulster needs only the
belt In the back to suit It perfectly to the
roughest kind of wear. As the ulster is
also made to serve for sn automobile coat
It la constructed to turn up to the neck
so aa to conceal the linen collar altogether.
Then it may have a yoke that reaches
down to the breast tine and then falls with
two plaits on either side of the double row
of buttons down to the bottom.
But It must be said that these yokes and
deep plaits snl even the ulsters made with
the military collars that button up ao
tightly under the turnover collar as to
protect the wearer from every blast even
these are not auch good style aa the simple
double-breasted ulster with perhaps the
half belt in the back aa its only finish.
For exclusively motor use the wearer la
Justified in going so far as he may want to.
but thia coat is not Intended for town or
street wear. It must be reserved for the
automobile.
One of the tailors on Fifth avenue aaid
to a customer the other day that hla
greatest delight In making a fur-lined coat
was to use the keraey for the outside ma
terial. It alwaya made him hope for the
day when kersey would come into faahlon
aa the material for all coats for winter
wear.
The kerseys and meltons had a long
period of popularity and there seems now
little chance that they will ever be so well
liked again in the near future. They are
now uaed only for the fur-lined coats, and
with tbem black la the smartest aa well
aa the most serviceable color. There are
not many occasions on which a man may
in New Tork wear a fur coat but he en-
Joys those few so much as to make up
for the comparative tntrequency of them.
The coat follows in outline the general
shape of a Chesterfield, with the solitary
difference to be found In the length. The
length of the smart fur-lined coat ahould
not be much less than one inch shorter
than three-quarters the length of the body.
Thla makes the fur-lined a few lnchea
I longer than th paletot.
The roll collar is pieferred by most per
sons, ss it more easily turns up about the
neck on cold nights. In cate thla roll collar
la made, it should be not less than seven
lnchea in width at the back and slope
down to a much narrower finish at the
ends These collars are also made in such
a way that the coat may be buttoned up
close to the nevk, with only a narrow edge
of fur above the tcp.
Thia all makes, of course, for comfort.
But there aie many peraona wno find tha
notch collar so much smarter that they
would prefer it Tnla peaked collar with
the pointed lapels is more becoming man
tha roll and has a mure modish look. Tere
should be two rows of buttons down the
front three seams in the back with a deep
vent and perfectly plain culfs, unleaa fur
be uaed on them. In case there is a fur
cuff it should be not less than four inches
deep.
"itiero la never any style In furs for men.
One Is as appropriate as another, excepting
aeal and one or two of the more sinking
varieties mink with a Kussian sable col
lar or astrakhan or otter all are equally
modish. But of all furs astrakhan ia the
least becoming to most men.
lake Harslsg,
Don't let stoiiuu.'h. Uver nor Sidney
trouble down you, when you can quickly
down them with Klectric Bitters. Beaton
Drug Co. fcr.
Wife Msrsrrer trrat4.
Al'BCRS. N. Y.." Nov. 28. William
Robert Brasch, the RuctM-ster wife mur
derer, la whose case Uovernor Hughes re
fused to interfere, was electrocuind ia
Auburn prison early today. The crime for
which Brasch waa executed was the mur
der of hia wife. Koxanna. whom he pustied
into the fcVie canal at Rochester on lie
night of June la. )t He killed her that
lie might anaigw Ala. Uuiwn. of Lr rlaJ.ce.
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This is certainly the mqst attractive
offer that Brandeis has made this season
A New York manufacturer bad made up 120 elegant tailored
suits, ready to ship to a retailer who canceled the order at the
last minute. Our New York buyer was offered these suits at such
a sacrifice in price that be bought them all without hesitation.
They will go on sale at Brandeis' Monday.
Two of these suits are exactly illustrated here.
They are from drawings made from the suits themselves.
Jacltta are 40 inches Ung, lined with heavy talin and
made in the new hiplests cut with fashionable UAiglon collar
or the smart shawl collar. The large eacl poclet i in evidence
and the trimmings are of braids and satins. These suits are
perfectly tailored so as to give that effect of elegunce se much
desired.
The colors are black, navy, smoke, brown,
green, catawba. etc. also mannish mixtures.
The materials used are imported broadcloths. Every woman
who is familiar with the high quality of Brandeis apparel will
realize what a great offer this is when we say that 120 of these
suits will be sold for $19.00 each, on Monday.
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lection of talee ranging from chuckling
comedy to blackest tragedy, from tbe ex
clusive clrclea of smart society to the sor-
dldness of an East Side dive, and from the
Orient to "little old New Tork."
The famous Toast in Sheridan's "School
for Scandal" will be richly Illustrated In
the Christmas Scribner, with four drawinga
by Aionxo Kimball, reproduced In full
color.
The artlatio features of the Christmas
Scribner are of great beauty. There will
be a colored cover by Beatrice Stevens, a
frontispiece In color from an original draw
ing by Edwin A. Abbey, R. A., and four
full-page paintings by Aionxo Kimball In
color; and illustrations in black and white
by F. Walter Taylor. F. C. Yohn. W. J.
Aylward. W. M. Berger. F. It. Emanuel.
John Sloan and Rose O'Neill Wilson.
The December number of the Populsr
Magazine containa a remarkable hunting
story by Herbert Quick, which, while re
dolent with the breath of the Minnesota
woods, is nevertheless a remarkable tale
of high finance. It also contains Instal
ments of four serials, a complete novelette
and seven short stories 234 pages . of
breathless Interest
The Christmas Century is to have four
pages tn full color "The Bkaters," by Gaii
Melchers; The Holy Family," by Frank
Du Mond; "The Bath." by Hugo Ballln.
and "A Christmas Dinner at Mount Ver
non." by Oliver Kemp and twenty-six
pagea printed partly or entirely in tint
The tint pagea will Include Paul Meylan's
drawings for "The Shadow-child." for Aus
tin Dobeon's poem. "Two Maids Uprose,"
and for Olivia Howard Dunbar's story.
"The Rent Veil;" 'aome of Ernest Thomp
son Baton's drawings for bla new fox story,
Benda's illustrations for Jacob Riis' "Yule
tide In the Old Town;" O'Lynch von
Town's pictures of Berlin, Qulpon's Illus
tration for Alice Hegan Rice's "Mr. Opp."
and Margaret Ely Webb's drawings for
"Tbe Song of the World Angels."
The cry of "back to the-Jand" la tbe
alogan of real reform, but a book waa
needed to show-what kind of land and
where It is and how we ahould get back
to It Thia haa been done In a thorough
and acienttfio manner by Bolton Hall, au
thor of "Three Acres and Liberty." Hla
"A Utile Land and a Living" ia as Inter
esting to the man who wishes to know
how other people might live or could live
as to tha man who finds hla Income leas
and less certain and looks for a new direc
tion for his energies by which he may re
tain or obtain independence. It la no "get-rich-qukk"
scheme snd emphasizes ths
adaptability aa well aa the application of
mind and body that la neceaaary for suc
cess in intensive farming. Published by
the Arcadia Press.
"Wroth." by Agnes and Edgerton Caslle,
authors of "The fTlde of Jennlco" and "If
Youth but Knew." la a arirring story In
tbe style for which the authora are fa
mous. The plot centers around an old
English Abbey and the scene is laid in the
beginning of the last century. It Is a tale
of virile youth, whoae hero. Lord Wroth,
Is In many waya typical of hla age. Hia
ia a alory of paaalon and revolt and deals
with the problem ralaed by his stormy
views of life, his almost Impossible Ideals,
a problem finally solved by the steadfast
heart and purity of Juliana Mordants, the
woman be lovoa From tha desolate Ab
bey Lands of Lady's Grace, the English
home of Lord Wroth, through the conti
nent to Parla, to Florence, the story car
ries us with a strange fascination until It
ends on a happy note at Lady's Grace,
which Is restored to its forgotten dignity.
Published by Mscmillana.
In the December American Magaxine
Ray eXennani Baker begina hia new series
of articles on "The Spiritual Unrest." The
first srticte In the new scries la entitled
"Healing the Sick in the Churches.'
Stewart Edward White begina a new series
of atoriea of boy life. "Mr. DooLey" writes
on "A New Litersry Light" This la a
satire on the autobiogmphy of John D.
Rockefeller. Ida M. Tar be 11 writes the
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Literature
story of the traction war in Chicago, un
der the title "How Chicago la Finding Her
self." Prof. Thomas of Chicago univeralty
contributes an article on "The Mind of
Woman." "The Lettere of O. O." Is-also
a new series begun In this number. David
Grayson, author of "Adventures In Con
tentment" contributes a character sketch
of an old maid.
The holiday Issue of The Ked Book
magazine sourda the cheery note of Christ
mas from the attractive cover to the
Illustrated section dealing with the cur
rent drama. An article of a sort at once
novel and timely at this period of the
year. "The Men Who Can't Come Back."
In which James de Conlay tells of the
fugitive Americana he has met In odd cor
nera of the world who may never visit
the home land with safety to themselves.
Another article and one which, will no
doubt arouse much controversy is by Ger
trude Atherton, whose subject la "Bridge
Whist and Drink." Some of the things
Mrs. Atherton say about "roria! gaming"
in America are rather startling. Among
tbe stories contained In the number which
are especially attractive are "What the
Buyer Bought," by Anna Warner; "The
Hold Up," by Clarence E. Mulford;
"Service." by Richard Washburn Child;
"The Pursuit of the Present" by Charles
Battel Loo mi a, and "Appearances Are ."
by Beatrice Han scorn. The department de
voted to exquisitely printed portrait studies
la notably attractive.
Above books at lowest retail price,
thews, V2 South Fifteenth street
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THEY ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE
Pelata ef Resesablsaee aad atraage
Colseldeaee la All Oar
Presidents.
In tbe election of William Howard Ti'.t
cornea Into the range of public Interest a j
reminder of some strange coincidences In
presidents.
Who. having been Intimately associated
with the president-elect, doea not bear a
vivid recollection of those kindly blue eyes,
beaming w-lth good nature and merriment?
Few, Indeed, and thus arises the reminder
of one of the most curloua things that ever
interlaced the fortunes of our presidents,
for Statistics snd Economy, a government
publicat'on of 1&6. atatea that every presi
dent, with the exception of William Henry
Harrison, had blue eyes. Of course thst
does not mean to Infer that the man with
the brown eye Is to take alarm, but bet
ter yet. It ia time for someone with the
unfathomable brown orb to get busy.
John Adams was eight yeara older than
hia successor, Thomas Jefferson, who was
eight years older than James Mad.son.
who waa eight years oldr than James
Monroe, and he eight years older than
John Qulnry Adams. George Washington
ended his presidential term In the sixt-
sixth year of hla age. John Adams. Thomas
Jefferson, Jamea Madison and James Mon
roe likewise concluded their terms in the
presidential chair in their sixth-sixth year.
Thomas Jefferson, the father of the
Declaration of Independence, died on the
fiftieth anniversary of that immortal proc
lamation, hia predecessor, by a strange fa
tality, paasing amay on the aame d.iy,
within a few minute of the succeeding
president. James Monroe also died on the
anniversary of the Ieclara-:Mi). liia death
occurring July 4. 1KU.
Anent the vice presidents It may be said
that eight of ihose who have served their
country In the shadow of the great chair
have succeeded to tha presidential office
either through succession by Hie dea h of
the incumbent or by elertion.
Inauguration day. therefore, w411 aee ths
seating In the presidency and vice presi
dency of two men strangely linked with the
fortunes of their predceasors.- This day,
March 4. calls to mind the e exceptions
la tha inaugural date. George Washington
took hia aeat April So for the first time,
but tha second terra waa ushered In on
March 4. Thence to the second term of
James Monroe the date remained un
changed, but the beginning of that admin
istration is dated March a, and thenceforth
tha date remained March 4. with the fol
lowing exceptions: John Tyler, April ;
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Zachary Taylor. March 6; Millard Fillmore, '
July 10; Andrew Johnson, April 15; Ruther
ford Hayes, March t; Chester Arthur, Sep
tember JO. - and Theodore Roosevelt, first
term. September It
The nation has been ruled by four
Jameses, three Johns, three Williams, ln
elusive of the president-elect, and two An
drews, but only one Theodora. New York
Times.
LIGHT AFTER LONG DARKNESS
rartlel Recovery ef ersaal Vision by.
Wesaam BlgrTstleas fee Thirty.
Mrm Y
After being blind for thirty-six years. '
Miss Alice Hollls sees again. Sight has
been restored to her. and although her
vision Is not perfect she can. read with .
eyeglasses typewritten letters. Sbe easily
found her way around New York, last'
week and left for her home. Port Huron.
Mich. She was stricken with blindness
when 12 years old; yet, possessed of su
preme courage, abe never bewailed her lot
"Of course I am a happy woman now."
she said yesterday, "but I do not know
that I am happier than I was before. X
never allowed my blindness to make me
unhappy, and when I went to Germany t
consult Dr. Pagensctlcher I made up my
mind that If my sight was not restored
I would be content. But it was my duty
to try to regain my sight."
Miss Hollls. at Port Huron laat February,
wrote to Walter C. Holmes, president
and manager of the Matilda Zlegler Mag-'
azine for the Blind, No. S West Fifty
third street, asking him to meet her at the
train here. She traveled from Port Huron,
all alone, having little tags In raised let
ters sttsched to her railroad ticket her
aieeper ticket, her trunk check, etc, so
that she could distinguish them and show
the proper one when It waa called for.
Miss Hollls was determined to go to Ger
many and consult Dr. Fagenatlcher, a fa
mous specialist on the eye, at Wiesbaden.
She knew a man whose sight Dr. Pages
atlcher had restored. . The man's blindness.
11V ,.. A.n UmA V-m - -1 h th --
plication of a too strong caustlo for In
flammation of tha eyea. Mr. Holmes put
Miss Hollls on board a steamer for Rotter
dam, walked with her several times front
her cabin to the dining saloon, until she
knew the way perfectly, and spoke of her
to several women on board, who during;
the voyage showed her extreme kindness,
talking and walking the deck with her
dally.
Miss II oil is does not speak German, but
she had armed he i self wills a letter la Ger
man w hich told of her purpose and destina
tion. She paased a night at a Rotterdam
houl alone, made almost a day's Journey
to Wleabaden and entered Dr. Pagen
aticher'a sanitarium. He performed several
severe operations on her eyes, with the
happy result that has been described.
Her brave, self-reliant Journey from far
Port Huron became known at Wiesbaden
and many persona vlalted her and brought
her flowers. One day the empress of Ger
many called at the sanitarium and on ba
ing told of MUa Hollls went to her room
and conversed with her for ten minutes.
Mlsa Ilolila gained a literary and musical
education at the Michigan institute for the
Blind. Her mother died seven years ago.
bince then Mlas Hollia has supported her
self by leaching music and taking a few
.odgers. doing the housework herself. New
Yo.k World.
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and at bedtime, taken for aeyeral days be
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pain, soutnes her nerves, cures cramps,
prevents headache, clears the complexion.
With the aid of thia valuable prescription
and plenty of stood fresh air and exercise,
any woman can krp herself fresh, young
and alltarilve. aitti all the charma of bright
eyes, blooming complexion, (.tin Leah,
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