Life — June 6, 1907 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Mr. Fairbanks hails from the same State as Mr. George Ade. Rs Former Senator Wiliiam E. Chandler will henceforth spend most of thé year in Concord. Mr. Chandler will be remembered as having at one time engaged in a controversy with Mr. Winston Churchill. Mr. ard H. Harriman has been pre- sented with a loving cup by the settlers of the Salton Sea region. He is an indefatigable worker for the welfare of the Southwest, doing all his personal correspondence in long- hand, as he has never learned to operate the typewriter. Mr. Harriman has been im- mortalized in the recently published “ Letters of Theodore Roosevelt,” in seven volumes. Personalities HE dual nature of man, as thrillingly set forth in Stevenson’s “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” has been a theme to tempt the inspired pen. An up-to-date variation of the subject is afforded by the dual personality as observed and recorded by the alienist and neurolo; For pur- poses of fiction it has been seized upon by the author of “The Invader.” The af- flicted heroine, we lear from the publish- er’s announcement, is good, simple and de- vout in her normal phase; but in her sec- ondary personality she is something of a siren. It was her lover’s luck to meet her in the normal state; as a husband, Number. Two naturally dismays him. ‘The reverse experience befalls another man whom her seductiveness attracts. Finally, we see the wife jealous of herself, since her husband adores her in the one personality and re- buffs her in the second. * * &€ W* ARE not quite sure that this last named complication rests upon a sound pathology, and we put our medical annals in storage when we moved on May 1. But the exploitation of the double per- sonality undoubtedly introduces a new ele- ment in fiction—a theme that our fore- handed ancestors could not anticipate and steal from us, for the excellent reason that they knew nothing about it. Henceforth there will be no use in trying to impose upon our patience by the time-worn device of mixing those children up in the cradle. Little Buttercup is the last of her race. More obsolete than ever is the “book” of “Il Trovatore.” But twentieth century readers cannot be expected to rest content with a double personality. ‘They want the worth of their money, and they will insist upon triple personalities at the least—since these, too, have been attested by the med- ical profession, Moreover, the notes in the case of a quintuple personality have been spread upon the records of a physician in France. In view of these facts, we think that the feminine author of “The In- vader” has displayed an uncommon reti- cence and restraint. Sit | A “NN Dyes OPO, 4 ty, OY DEPARTURE IN TONE PRODUCTION, Recent experiments in the direction of tone production made by us have resulted in the perfection of a notable Grand Piano, the Style X (next in size larger than the famous Quarter Grand). § It is an instrument of rare and exquisite tone, in which quality and not quantity has been the first consid- eration. {It is @ new departure in modern piano building, and in inviting attention to it we do so with much pride in the success of our efforts, CHICKERING & SONS, 796 Tremont St.. BOSTON Established 1823 Catalogue upon request “NEW ENGLAND VACATION RESORTS” IS A BOOKLET ISSUED BY THE Boston & Maine Railroad SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS 19 Other Summer Publications De- scriptive of New England Scenery. WRITE FOR LIST Address, Passenger Dept., Boston C. M. BURT, Gen, Pass. Agent “In its greatness it tears the gar- ments of conventionality from woman and presents her before the world as she must appear to the Divine eye. One of the greatest books of the period.” Cleveland Town Topics. comicbooks.com