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PRISONS ADVOCATED
BY HAITHOME
In New Book Author Makes
Sensational Charges of
Evils in Atlanta Prison.
A Notable Book.
Not original, yet startling, In connec
tion with the arguments and exhibits In
tho ease, Is the proposal which formi
.the refrain of Julian Hawthorne's book,
"The Subterranean Brotherhood." (Mo
Bride, Naat & Co., New York). It Is
nothing less than that penal Imprison
ment for crime be abolished.
That the Federal prison at Atlanta
was grossly mismanaged during his stay
there; that tho whole tendency wns to
break the prisoners down nnd destroy
self-respect rather than reform them,
that the dark hole persists despite de
nials, and that convicts are hung
up by the hands for long periods for
trivial breaches of rules; that Inspeotors
sent to study conditions Indulge In jun
ket parties with tho officials and learn
nothing; that reforms ordered by Con
gress were never put Into practice these
and other acusatlons, some even more
astounding, are mode by Hawthorne. He
does not plead that prisons should be
converted Into gentlemen's clubs, but
rather Insists that they be abolished al
together. "The deepest and essential
evil of priscms," he says, "Is not hardship
and torture, but Imprisonment. If choice
could be made between the two, every
manly man would chooso the formor."
The Inference Is plain throughout these
pages that the realization of having com
mitted crime Is tho real and adequate
punishment. And this perforce causes
one's mind to revert to Arthur Dlm
mesdale, whooo guilt, Buffered In silence,
weighed with much moro killing force
than did the sin of her who wore "Tho
Scarlet Letter." How strange tho whirl
of events which places the son of the
Immortal Nathaniel Hawthorne In a posi
tion to demonstrate by his personal ex
perlenco the theory presented by the
lather In the chapters of a novoll
"While It la unavoidable to read thli
latest prison book without thinking of
Oscar Wilde, yet there Is hardly any
point of similarity between these snappy,
nowsy, practical descriptions and tho
poetio philosophy running through "Do
Profundis." Hawthorne, like "Wilde, had
made his mark In tho Held of poetry, the
novel and the essay; but tho particular
equipment he brought to this task was
tho observation and analysis of the
veteran newspaper reporter; he was not
so much Intent upon unburdening his
soul as upon presenting facts.
To bookish people, one of the most In
teresting features of the volume will be
the study of prison types. The conclusion
arrived at by the author Is that Hugo,
Dickens and Charles Read were all wrong
In taking cortaln types, like Jean Val
Jean, and playing them up as exceptions
to the unregeneracy of convicts In gen
eral. For the fact Is, Hawthorno main
tains, that convicts are normal human
beings Just like the rest of us, with the
same love for their fellows, tho same
sense of honor, the same charity and
appreciation of kindly treatment, and the
same no more and no less tendency to
unfortunate error.
Shall a Wife Go on Strike?
If a woman Is given a house, a car
riage, and clothing. If her bills are paid
promptly and without question, but Is
given no money of her own with which
to do as she pleases, has she a right to
go on strike?
Buch Is the question raised by H. O.
Wells In his novel, "The Wife of Sir Isaao
Harmon (Macmlllan's, New YorKj, a fas
cinatingly interesting work and far su
perior to "Tho Passionate Friends."
Lady Harmon was married to Sir Isaao
when she was but 27. and ho was 20
years her senior. The husband, jealous,
suspicious. Is Immensely rich, having
made a fortune through tho consolida
tion of a chain of bread shops known
as the "International Bread, Limited."
Lady Harmon desires a week-end cot
tage, and In search of one meets Brom
ley, a -writer of some note. Through her
Intercourse with a man mixing with the
world, she begins to realize the limita
tions of her position and the narrowness
of the life she Is forced to lead So she
plans to gain her "personal autonomy,"
and finally revolts. Forcing her husband
to start a chain of homes for the girls
In his employ, she decides to make their
management the work of her life. But
even here she finds that her husband's
keen- commercial sense has debased these
hostels until they are little better than
boarding houses saddled with a string of
Irksome rules.
Buffrago appeals to Lady Harmon for a
time, and In a burst of enthusiasm she
breaks a window and finds herself In jail
for a month. Through all of this she and
Brumley are drawn closer to each other
until at last Sir Isaac, becoming wildly
jealous, packs his lady off to Spain. But
this course does htm little good, for just
as he is about to disinherit her his death
gives Lady Harmon a welcome release.
Pack to London she goes and devotes
herself to the serious management of her
hostels.
Mr. Wells' portrait of Sir Isaao Is one
of his most successful character delinea
tions and ranks with Ponderevo. the
protagonist of his former novel, "Tono
Bungay." Indeed, while the two men are
utterly dissimilar, they stand for much
the same thing predatory capital. Lady
Harmon stands out strongly as the mod
ern woman, dissatisfied with what she
has, and reaches out vaguely, Instinctive
ly, for what she knows not. The humor
Is keen. The novel Is delightful, par
ticularly those chapters which Mr, Wells
has devoted to the study of the novelist,
Brumley. There is little that is herolo
about this figure, but much that is essen
tially human.
Submarines in Warfare
It Is interesting to note that up to the
present war the Confederate navy s.Ul
held the record of having the only sub
marine that ever sunk a vessel In time
of war. William Q. Stevens, author of
Wie. Story oT Our Navy" (Harpers) Is
authority for the statement that some of
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American Women
Impris
soned on Island
Given n young, healthy, adventurous,
rich millionaire with n big steam yacht
Qlvcn as ship guests a charming and vi
vacious sister, an equally charming cha
peron ond an older man friend who hna
been getting surcease from a "touch of
the heart" by shooting ferocious animals
In the jungles of Africa. With these four
meeting In patrician Charleston a mys
terious man with a Trench name and a
curious abnormality of ojo that repels
the men and charms tho women, who
tells of a mysterious Island In the Carib
bean a regular Flying Dutchman of an
Island, surrounded by a thick fog, and
which has never been put on the map
wo hao an ndventuro material that makes
wo lime an adventure yarn that makes
the connoisseur stnnck his lips with an
ticipatory delight John need Scott, In
"Tho Duke of Oblivion" (J B. LIpplncott,
Philadelphia), proves a fiction chef wor
thy of his opportunities
Brlnsmade, tho millionaire; Cardigan,
the mighty hunter, Rosalind, the sister,
and Justine, the chaperon, not only ac
tually reach tho island, but unwisely land
on It, through a long, tortuous tunnel
under cliffs against which the heaving
billows of the Atlantic dash and thunder
Waves always do that In this kind of a
book. A peaceful wave would bo as out
of place as an ear of corn In a bouquet
of orchids The island Is Inhabited by
the descendants of Enirllh refuneei nho
fled there before the Itmolutloniry War
and know nothing of the outside world
They have carried t as best they can
the traditions and customs of the life of
"Merrle England" of 1700 Their clothing
Is such thnt the silk stockings of Edith
and Justlno excite unbiased curiosity
The Americans have nn amiable lunch
with tho Duke, who quite abruptly be
comes unamiable. t this critical Junc
ture, de Verdenols, the man with the
bad eye, also happens Into the Island
Then, for soma 200 pages ond rather less
than 12 hours of stage time, the Ameri
can party try Industriously to get away
Prisoners are made and lost Duns are
fired, charges and counter-charges dash
madly down a page, all the Ameri
cans are captured and shut up In a tower
on a cliff, from which they escape by
one of thoso threads all good heroines
have about them Then they swim for
homo and safety, taking the two beauti
ful but scantily attired daughters of tho
Duko of Oblivion with thorn Of course.
after such experiences every man gets
the right girl And let us hope, every
girl the right man This book Is unique
there's a girl loft over
Mr. Scott writes smoothly and per
suasively. An excellent book for, let us
say, the Philadelphia-New York trip
Edison a Peaceful Inventor
Thomas Edison stated recently that
"making things which kill men Is against
my fibre" Frank L. Djer and Thomas C
Martin, authors of "Edison: His Life and
Inventions," state, howeer, that he Is
Joint Inventor of the Edlson-Slms torpedo,
and that during the Spanish-American
War the Inventor suggested to the Navy
Department the adoption of a certain
compound which, placed In a shell and
fired from a gun, would explode as soon
as It struck water, producing a blaze that
could not bo extinguished and which
would make the enemy's ships visible for
four or five miles "In general," they say,
"Edison has nevor paid much attention
to warfare, and has disdained to develop
Inventions for the destruction of life and
property."
Dr. Wiley's Food Tests
Scientific housekeepers have won a last
ing friend in the person of Harvey
Wiley, whose book, "1001 Tests" (Hearst's
International Library Company, New
York), has just been published. Doctor
Wiley has made elaborate analyses of all
kinds of foods, beverages and toilet acces
sories to prove their real composition and
value. The results of these experiments
are here published In book form. Every
"modern" housekeeper will find this book
a valuable addition to her library, and if
she Is wise she will buy no new brand
without looking up Its credentials In this
reference book.
Saint Anthonyl Saint Anthonyl
You good and wondrous saint,
Who wouldn't kiss a widow
And at a skirt would faint.
You're modernized In fiction
Of the "best seller" sort
You did a lot of doings
You really hadn't ought.
You spent your life quite foolish,
Unlike your namesake good.
And where he wasn't tempted
You wouldn't, for you're wood.
"The Lay Anthony," by Joiepn lltricihclm
r, Wtchtll Knnrlty, N. Y.
PERCH of
THE DEVIL
By OERTRUPB ATHERTON
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Jutkcf ef "Th Chu," fc.
An American copper-made
fortune
A crude American girl
grown into a personage
In this truly American
novel Mrs. Atherton's
geaitti gives of it best.
"The most significant
novel Urs. Atherton has
given iu in several years.
-W. Y. TritHMe.
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Mrs. ParnelPs
Intimate Revelations
On a station platform, bleak, lonely,
hidden nwny In a slum of London, a
pretty woman with a bonnet hiding her
faco paces slowly up and down Time
creeps shlvcringly on from midnight till
8 Then a cab hurls up to tho platform,
and out springs a stern-looking, bearded
man Ho hurries up to her, thoy embrace,
then, chattering like children, seek an
all-night colTce-stnll nnd drink penny cof
fee. Tho man gives her looking cau
tiously all about him a hollow gold
bracelet containing two tissue paper docu
ments with secrets which would havo
caused his arrest They part
Is the scene from a qutck-Qro novel
of mystery and lovo? Not at nil; It Is
a literal transcript from real life, and
tho quiet, storn man Is Charles Stewart
Parnell, the "uncrowned king of Ireland,"
slipping nway from his titanic struggles
In tho Houfc of Commons where he bore
all of Ireland's grief on his shoulders to
meet Mrs Katharine O'Shca, whom ho
was later to marry
And now, with tho great leader dead
and opponents to his cause oven now
unwearied of spreading rumors about
Parnell's romance, Mrs. O'Shea (later
Mrs Parnell) has frankly told tho whole
story In "Charles Stewart Parnell"
(Doran), a biography true to fact jet
written Ilka a novel, giving the Inside not
only of the atrugglo for Home Bule, but
of her relations with Parnell It Is a
story of n wonderful love, revealed with
simplicity and sincerity.
Tho flro, the wondor which this ap
parently cold political champion put into
the one romance of his life would have
glorified a new "Paolo and Francesco" or
"Aucassln and NIcolotte" or "Borneo and
Juliet " To her ho gave all his life; not
a day for J ears, but. If ho was absent
from her, he telegraphed hor a good
night. There Is plenty of charming hu
man nature In tho account as well ns
high-pitched passion and n rather sensa
tional unmasking of such heroes as Glad
stone Although Parnell was a great hero In
tho ejes of oiery Irishman, and accus
tomed to oatlons wherever he wont In
Iroland, any servility or excessive zeal
on the part of admirers always dis
tressed him.
"Wo had a new Irish cook from
County TIpperary, and her Joy exceeded
nil bounds when she learned that the
Irish leader was really In the house and
that she was to cook for him I had
to ask Mr. Parnell to see her for a mo
ment, as she was too excited to settle to
her cooking. Directly she got Into the
room, Ellen fell down on her knees and
kissed his hands, much to his horror.
He told me with some reproach that he
had expected to be quite free from this
sort of thing In my house."
Like most men with claims for great
ness, Parnell had his peculiarities as
well Ono of them was a distressing
lapso of memory on occasions, which
often caused him to be late to Indeed,
sometimes to miss meetings where he
had promised to speak.
Aged Lady Desires to
Descend Niagara in Barrel
"By the Bend of the River" (Philadel
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Charles Heber Clark's most Important
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collection of short stories written In odd
hours during a vacation spent In the
Connock. One of the most amusing tales
recounts the adventures of "Grandma
Pevey," whose fancy was to go over
Niagara Falls In a barrel Her compro
mise on the mill run Is perhaps less
thrilling, though vastly more amusing.
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Actress Falsely Accused
of Murder in Novel
"Horrlck wns awakened by a demoniac
crash of chords. Ills eyes sprnng open;
and there, on tho blind opposite, wns the
shadow of a woman Sho stood there
with her back to tho window, lltho nnd
tense; nnd suddenly sho flung ono arm
up nnd out In such a strnngo and splen
did gesture, of such free and desperate
passion, ns ho haa nevor seen before.
For a full minute sho Btood so, and then
that gestura broke, as though she might
have covered her fnco. Tho music,
scuirjlng onward from Its crash, had
never ceiBed, It had risen again, ring
ing triumphantly into the march from
Faust, a man's olco rising furiously with
It, and It flashed over Herrick thoy might
be rehearsing some scene In a play Then
the sound of a pistol shot split the night
Immediately, behind the blind, tho lights
went out."
From this auspicious beginning, Vir
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known" (Tho Century CoYnpan, New
York) a tangled web of mysterj, In Rhlch
the chief characters are a remarkable
young actress, a District Attorney, a bril
liant wenlthy criminal lawyer, a baleful
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tion and Herrick, a novelist in embryo
Every element of modern civilization Is
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through the apparently quixotic persist
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he Is rewaided with the actress' hand.
Miss Tracy haa written a really thrill
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real folks don't do such things, as Hcdda
Gabbler Is supposed to have said. Any
way, tho Interest In this kind of a story
U more In what happens than In tho
people the accidents befall.
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To all thoso who havo enjojed the
pranks of Harlequin and tho pirouettes
of v-ohimblne, Jnmes M Harrle's con
fidences In regard to their homo Ufa In
Ills nuw volume of one-act plays, "Half
Hours" (Charles Scribner's Sons, N. T.),
will nfford keen delight
In "Harlequin," tho first play, wo aro
given a charming picture of Columblno
In tho midst of her family, of her elope
ment and her final return. Particularly
(liKhtful are the little essays In Italics
that tako tho placo of moro weighty stage
directions. Through nil thcro Is a thread
of pathos that seems half tender, half
bitter. Tho "Twelve-Pound Look" needs
no comment, for It Is already familiar to
tho public through tho clever Interpre
tation of Hthel liarrymoro In It we
find tho story of a woman who revoted
from tho limitations of a homo whero
sho was but tho mere plaything of an
u e-sml lunband un old t iry,
perhaps, but treated with JUBt that touch
of the original that never falls to raise
Unrrio above tho commonplace In "Ros
alind" we find a chapter from the llfo
of an actress who, tired by tho constant
drain upon her youth, has decided to
court mlddlo age. AVe see her In retreat
in a cottago In tho country, posing to
her landlady as hor own daughter. Then
enters a man who has known her In
town and has been tho most favored of
her many lovers. Gradually recognition
laiuw upon him then disillusionment
lut at last Rosalind feels again tho call
l footlights nnd hoars from nfnr
tho clamor of her beloved public Once
moro sho becomes tho girl that has en
slaved London, and her admirer's fnlth
Is restored. Sho and her joung sulior
leave hand In hand for tho train that
shall tako them back to town.
In this pla, too tho stage directions
rdd a piquant pleasure
"Tho Will," which closes the volume,
adds a new noto In Mr Barrio's already
wide rnnge Possessing tho samo whimsi
cal humor as all of his work, wo here find
a haunting sadness, n regret for the days
that can nocr como ugain. While In
reality no longer than the other plays
ihat mako up this volume, It Is divided
into threo short acts, and covers a period
of some 15 yenrs. Only so far can It be
snld to resemblo "Milestones," for the
entire objects of theso two plays are dif
ferent Harrle has written a strong pica
for the forbearanco that raiKs llfo pos
sible when complicated b tho variojs
divergent currents of modern life. -Taken
ns a different viewpoint of the samo ques
tion that is placed beforo us In tho
"Twelve-Pound Look," It has a polg
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Dr. Van Dyke s
Daring Venture
"The Lost Boy," In Henry van Dyke's
book of that name (Harper & Bro , New
York), Is the Boy Jesus, and tho story
revolves about the famous Incident re
ferred to briefly In tho Scriptures. The
biblical version accepted by church peo
ple as Inspired Is Used merely as a peff
and hardly that upon which to hang a
tale Infused but very llttlo with what
might be called a divine ntmosphore.
Btrange If U to read of Jesus being made
tho butt of boys' Jokes, being stoned so
that the blood ran from his cheek, and
then tnlklng In a fatherly way to a
sinful woman to whose bagnio he tiad
gone In Innoconce. Even In the temple
beforo Atat and Joseph como and find
I him tho character In tho book does not
1 ehow the wisdom wljlch the faithful
peruser of the Word would expect. Ho
Artistically does the author handle
tho delicate situations that hardly any
ono will charge him with Irreveronco;
nnd yet there will bo many church peo
ple, no doubt, who will refiiBo to accept
his effort on the ground that It Is a
ncedlets, and none too respectful, elabor
ation of an account which required no
padding
Discovering Your Wife
Bldrldgo "Walcott, after IB years of mar
ried life, fell In lovo with his wlfo, whom
he discovered surreptitiously visiting a
cabaret place. Added to the stunning
blow of his first discovery was the fact
that sho was richly gowned Ho knew
that out of his nmplo Incomo ho had
never allowed her sufficient to Indulgo
In such luxuries.
For ono year exactly, Walcott sat In
an alcovo Just across the nlslo from the
private nlcho his wlfo always occupied.
And thon they met.
Jennetto Lee, In "The Woman in the
Alcovo" (Charles Scribner's Sons, Now
York), has a now remedy for tho dlvorco
ovll. Eldrldgo Wnlcott learned that
remedy but ho regretted not having
learned It earlier.
Mirandy Tells Why
Men Don't Marry
It wouldn't bo snfo for a man who ap
preciates true humor to road "Mlrnndy,"
by Dorothy Dlx (Hearst's International
Library Co , N. Y.), In a crowded street
car. First thing, ho would chuckle, then
he'd laugh. Then he'd probably show It
to tho conductor, and he'd show it to the
motorman, and there would be much fun,
but no transit thenceforth. The book Is
a gem. The high spots of Its humor are
so frequent, so cxaspcratlngly and unrea
sonably funny, that oven among books of
character monologues It Is rare.
"Yessum," says Jllrandy, "hit's a great
thing to bo a woman. Hit's 'bout do best
excuse, goln' an' comln', dat anybody has
ever Invented yot." And sho knowa about
herself and her kind, because sho says
that a vacat on, "evon when do wlfo takes
hit, does do husband good " She discusses
other people? chlldron and why men
: , "' ium:nHm, pungent
' mi ni M.ntrlmonr' tt favorite topic with
.... ..., , UI1H ul iuiranay s best Sho
discusses different types of husbands:
"An" a man what can't manage one po"
llttlo measly woman dat he's married to
an' who Is dat henpecked dnt he always
says 'our pants' when ho talks about his
britches, ain't so nll-flred sho' dat he
could run de country better dan dem what
Is doln hit, so he Jest sort of lots de
President rock along do bost he can wld
out hla advice Yasaum, all de reformers
dat ever I seed was ole maids or ole
baeholors, but I dont took notice dat de
most rnmbustlous reformers after doy
tackles matermony simmers down might-
!y,ln,,a.!l,'t nlh B certaln dnt dy knows
nit nil
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Literary Criticism
To the current number of that excellent
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tho Harvard faculty, Prof. Bliss Perry, or
tho English department, contributes an
article that deserves wldo reading. News
paper editors should read It Publishers
should read It All lovers of literature
should take It to heart
Professor Perry laments tho absence of
real literary criticism In this country. It
Is something of a phenomenon that we
havo never enjoyed much of this rare
commodity. Emerson complained of tho
samo lack In hlB day. In our own tlma
a very few Journals very occasionally
publish serious reviews of books and of
literary artists, by tho very few persons
among us who venture Into tho field of
criticism. Aa for the newspapers, says
Professor Porry, thoy perform In the
most perfunctory manner, whero they
perform nt all, ono of their really Im
portant duties There Is entirely lacking
that combined corrective and stimulant
which our lltorature should be drawing
from thoughtful criticism.
Well, tho nowspapers have some excuse
for their apparent slackness In this re
speot. Ono of tho prominent papers of
tho East rovlowed, 04 best It could, no
less than 3500 books last vear. Mr. Brett,
tho president of tho Macmlllan Company,
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they do Is that U Job Is so big Never
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boar attention. Tho newspapers In theso
days aro undertaking larger responsibili
ties than over. This Is one of them that
must bo bettor handled.
"Village Life in New York"
So long as there Is no law compelling
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