Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15
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some Of its scenes laid in this, city. The title
of the story is Cora, a Tale of Right and
Wrong" The book docs not disclose the
name of its author, but she, Is said to be All
Omaha lady, well known and prominent in
social circles.
Tue novel is constructed on simple lines.
1t begins with an account of the family OF
Charles Corliss, who located in Omaha
thirty-ive years ago, when 'the
present site was occupied by the
wigwams OF n large and powerful tribe OF
Indians.n The family includes two daugh-
tiers, Cora ana Gertrude. The latter has
several girl chats with her sister and marries
n young minister from Boston, who came TO
Omaha for his health, but is not materiol in
the plot.
The movement of the story begins with the
arrival of a young stranger from Montpelier,
Vt. After registering at the Paxton hotel
he proceeds to the Corliss home as 22l2 C-s
street, where he reveals himself as Richard
Bosworth, a cousin of the heroine. tie finds
in Cora "a d~igniiied young lady with u face
like one of Raphaels Madonnas, and his
impressIble heart paid her homage at ouce.''
That is quick work, but he hardly has time
to more than introduce himself before the
villain appears III the person of Paul Cham
%oerlain, an old boyhood friend of his.
Dick and Cora proceed iuudstri-
ously to fall in love, because
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long journey, which leaves the villain a free
field. Paul also begins to show symptoms of
the divine passion. He has q married sister
living at Evansville evidently Intended for
Evanston, the Chicago suburo), ana he per
suades her TO invite Cora to visit her. Paul
improves the opportunity to drop inuendoes
about Dick, and at Il girls card party one
of the young ladies rcgales the COMPANY with
Il tale of Dicks faithlessness. According to
this story he had broken an engagement with
n I'bt,or,p .r,,1 Inpa,,en Z hn,,n had hpnp imam
ity in her family.
Trouble begins here IN earnest and a ZACH
rymose period follows. Cora is called home
by the news of the fatal illness of her father
and 20 please him marrieS Dick. They have
a RULED honeymoon. when he learns OF her
trouble, tells his story, is believed and all is
lovely. Paul is punished by being married to
the daughter of a rich man for the sake of
her money. The timely failure of the old
gentlemen brings retribution to the naughty
young man.
The incidents of Cora's story apparently
took place years ago, but the book contains
many references to recent times in Omaha
In one instance a character in the story is
telling Il newcomer of the charitable ladies OF
the city, and reference is made to well
known residents of today in the following
manner:
Zone Is Mrs. J. M. Thurston, wife of Hon.
j. NJ. Thurston, who achieved such a ma
tlonal reputation as an orator at the time he
was lldue temporary CnalrIldu Oh the ma
tlOnal republican convention. Although
Mrs. Thurston is not a member OF our
church, yet, when my wife told her of this
poor woman mentioned in the story as being
III want and having Il sick husband and chill
drenl and how she was situated, she imms-
diately exclaimed 'Wc must do something
FOR her. Then my wife told her what
we were trying to do. Mrs. Thurston
rang the bell, and when the servant entered
she told her to go up to her room and bring
her portmonnaie down. As the girl handed
it to her she opened it and took out Sl5 say
ing. as she gave it to my wife: Il hope you
will have no difficulty. in making up the
PURSE Another is u Mrs DIR. Hanchett,
whose husband is one of our leading physi.
clans. Mrs. Elanchett is constantly doing
good, but she does it in a very quiet way.
Then there is Mrs. George Holdrege, who, |
presume, gives more Literally than almost
any other lady III Omaha, 1t is simply Won
derful how much that woman does. [ could
tell you of so many others There is Mrs.
Lewis Reed and Mrs. Emma Homan Thayer.
Although Mrs. Thayer does not live here just
now she spends a great deal of he time here.
Do you remember a book we sent your
wife four years ago for a Christmas
present! Well, that was Mrs. Thayer's first
book. Tho Wild owe of the Pacific
Coast was the name of it. Since that time
she has written several. The last ono pub
ished Is called The English American and
is a book all young people should read. Well,
what 1 was going to say was | have just
learned all Mrs. Thayer receives from the
sale Of her books goes for charitable pur-
poses. Here follows an account of Mrs.
Thayer letting a poor woman remain in one
of her houses at the tenants own terms.
Another lady told me about going to Mrs.
Lewis Reed and telling her she wished to
start in some kind of business-I think it
was millinery-and she wanted $50 more
than she had. Although she could give her
no security, yet Mrs. Reed wrote out a check
for the amount she had asked for and gave it
to her. i know you will pay me some time,
said Mrs. Reed, put don't be in any hurry
about it. Do not discommode yourself in the
least to do this; | can wait a year if neces-
sary.' And she did wait even longer than
that. 1t was over two years
before the lady felt she could
spare the money, and when
she gave it to Mrs. Reed she said: Are you
real sure you do not need thls!"
There is a casual reference in a general
way to the Omaha society OF years ago, but
the foregoing extract is the only part of the
book touching upon the social life of today.
Tho commercial, educational and benevo-
lent institutions of the city, however, get q
great ad. The heroine has two brothers, one
OF whom has just arrived from CUBA after
an absence of several years! The Omaha
brother tries to persuade the wanderer to
locate IN this city, and he enumerates its
advantages. He evidently read TIE BEES
last annual review of the clty's material
interests, and committed Il big share of it to
memory. Through thirty-siX pages he holds
the attention of the newcomer, while he
talks of the number of miles of paved streets
in Omaha. the schools, libraries, news
papers, THE BEE building, Mrs. Emma
Holman Thayer's cottages, the parks,
churches, hospitals, theaters, city hail union
depot, East Omaha, Carter White Lead works,
the government building, the telephone sys-
tenn, the gas works and the banks. The last
named get a whole chapter, which contains
the names of the officers, the amounts on
deposit, the profits, etc, This part of the
book would be a credit to an artist in the ad-
vertisiug line, and If the work should
happen to have a large sale it will be a big
ad. for Omaha. The heroine's brothers
have no connection with the plot OF Cora"
and after having exploited Omaha's great
ness they drop out of the stapy.
This book is copyrighted and published by
j. S. Ogilvie of New YdrA and issued IN
paper covers. ; adj
An U~naIIoyea Pleasure.
AL. S. Lamb, the leading druggist in the
great mining town of Aspen, Colo, says it is
a pleasure to sell such MEDICINE as Chamber