St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-07-05


LETTER FROM RUTH HALLS
CHICAGO, June goth, go.
DEAR Mrs. Sw1ssHELM.-Have you
read "Adam Bede 7" If not, be thank,
full you have = new sensation in storey for
which : despot might be willing to barter
Z Kingdom. How I admire The daring Of
the auflfss, 10 1f5c15d tksss.itiS With. a
plot which Scott had inmortalised, and
pl.y:wrigbts dramatisst1, ID the !" Heart 81
MA Lothian and with this simple and
threadbare subject, she takes your heart
in her wizards hand and causes now one
Observation-Disclosures, sat=wiAs
and3you are enchanted, aud believe, and
Nendcr, and hope, and fear, and cry, as
you did in. the :oldsn time when, istening
10 your mother told you @of the "Babes
in the WoodS' for the hundreath time.
You cannot, open the book any where that
there is not some sentence, some sentiment,
you wouldebe unwilling to forget, and off,
On an idea you have imagined. peculiarly
yourrown,gis set before you. in vigorous,
simple language-the natural clothing Of
the Thought land which you are astonish-''
ed you, yourself; did not originate. The.
characters are all people whom you feel
you might have met somstime-svery- day
mixtures fogood and evil, weakness and
strength. u Adam, the great central figure,
around which the Others naturally group
themselves upright, just, but stern, a
sman'to be admired, but for his kindness
to Seth, and his weakness in regard to
Hctty, we should respect rather than love.
He is remarkable character, more than
can be said Of any other in the story
1Querulous Lisbeths are to be found every
where people whom you could love if
they were dumb, but whose tongue un,
does all the good deeds their hands per
form. Hetty the heartless, shallow beau
ty, is by no means an uncommon person !;
while it makes ones fingers itch Zone
wants to box'her ears SO badly to read Of
lofty, that aggravatingly natural child,
whose prototype belongs to many Of your
friends. The handsome parson,r who, al
Z bowed people to got heaven in their own
way, is as lovesble character as there is
in tie book; while strong-miudsd Mrs.
Poyser is as entertaining, and easy to find,
at least SO most Of the men would tell you,
for as she says----.'' - ~ .-v*4 sTo:9 - :
They meaning III, lords of creation,
Of eourse) "can see through q barn door,
ny can perhaps that's III" reason, they
can see 90 little o. this side ont: Howev-
er," she adds: With candor' never to be
81 sufficiently admired, 5"I m {, not denying
Tie J., women; '.al are re- foolish: God Almighty
made en- d % Is Is match the mel" And
tie sisterhhooeod, Whom to dub as ola (many
s,o,aribblers aud others IF tie opposite sex
seem 70 look upon It as ! browning lin
that female should live to be old, that
gray hairs are honorable only among them:
selves, and Judging by BARRIERS signs,
that they have q private room for dying
hair and whiskers-khy do not seem to
eovet them maucb;J but asal was going to
say, after they have called q woman old
and stroag-mihded they feel Is if their
abusive epithets were exhausted F; still
these unhappy ones have one consolation :.
that they are moro respectable than ,oeak-.
minded mon; and that while the latter
ahrFesplenty tie former are scarce and an
other: that their ranks are headed by
Dinah Mulock, Miss Evans and i few, 9TH.
sr names that will 10 remembered when
The 'cshrs Who have yelped IL Tie heels Of
'1wotmeu,i's Rights are forgotten. 27s' ii >
The tornado passed d: 81, but N. P.
Willis 'diiid not:: ne 'shed The light If his
' eoau,ntens,noseo .nd lis yacinthins on
oa e highly hoanloled CITY, week or 10 ago.
HI did lot ti44a.vel tncogI, 20 soae illustri
Gus ,s' ppersonaegstss aokooose 70 do, ana yet,
8 stlangel21 l,to sgt rs trance was never
noticed BY the newspapers spap until liter his
e LII J; willie he 70 "spiin' out
ii is " yarns ~ abott tie sAborigiines of the
r.r west VIC IL aafs i'm ignored By Fashion and
.idubb'd ssnnobs byy The ariistocrats Of =