The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-29

There will be no stated match at the
Country club today, but general prac-
tice will be enjoyed by the players
who remain in town. For the next two
or three weeks few matches will prob
ably be arranged, as so many players
are away. Last Saturday the two
ball game did not come off, as was
expected, and It has consequently been
postponed until a later date. Every
day a number Of golfers may be seen
clambering on the Green Ridge Su-
burban car en- route for the links. 1t
is cool and delightful out there these
hot days.
The golf craze has penetrated to
lovely Preston Park, the abode of dea-
cons and dreams. Preston Park is the
apoetheosis of rest cure. You have
such good time there in doing moth
ing and having everybody else in thevi-
cinity, including the farmers. to help
you that you cannot avoid resting.
You never have realized what Sunday
is until you spend a Sabbath day on
that fair hillside between the two
lakes AS a facetious Scrantonian de-
work at Preston Park on Sunday" No
boat is ever unmoored from the shad-
owy lake side No fish ever scuttles
away in fear at the approach of
footstep on that day. Quail, partridge
and rabbit are unmolested and the
horses stand asleep in the stalls until
Monday morning. 1t is the land of
heavenly rest. A walk is the only in
dication of life or exercise.
Now they are to have golf at Pres
ton Park. Do you suppose the mad
excitement which that game is sure to
cause in the human that in an un-
guarded moment attempts it will break
out some Sunday over the silent
downs? Will not taking walk" be-
come more popular on Sunday and
may not the crook of a cane or an
umbrella handle or bent branch of Il
dead tree be surreptitiously employed
to hole out a pebble now and then as
the pedestrian comes upon a tempting
green beyond the orchard trees.
The links just laid out at the Park
comprise seven holes and have been
staked under the direction of Mr.. Will
lis Kirkpatrick. The beautiful rolling
hillsides sloping to the water and va
ried with numberless hazards afford
an unrivalled spot for a golf course it
may be predicted that in the next two
years it will be enlarged and improved
to a condition warranted to delight the
most fastidious golfer.
If you want to take a good book
away with you this summer, get
"Richard Carvel," now at NOrtOns,
written by the brilliant young author,
Winston Churchill whose book, THE
Celebrity" attracted so much atten-
ton. 1t is published by MaCMillan's
company and eXquisitely illustrated by
C. T. Chapman and Malcolm Fraser.
1t is the great novel of the hour No
less authority that Hamilton Mabie
declares its appearance to be an event
of Importance in American fiction and
that will probably take it's place as a
piece of enduring literature While it
contains many historical illusions, it
cannot be said to add to the already
too long list of historical novels, being
more picture of the times and man
ners on both sides of the Atlantic
just as the Revolution was brewing to
its boiling point. Washington, Paul
Jones, Charles Fox. Horace Wal
pole, Goldsmith. Garrick and 9TH
er notables fit across it's pages
and lend an indesCribable zest
to the story which is as full of action
as Dumas creations with a hero
as virile as Anthony Hopes men of
deeds, or Stanley Weyman's fighting
noblcmen. A real hero tells the tale;
there is real villain to stir
your wrath. You are sure to
like it, especially the chapter where
Richard Carvel rides a vicious and
dabolically inclined horse through
crowded Hyde Park, in London, as the
result of a wager with his rival, the
Duke of Chartersea. 1t is the fashion
Ito have horse race or a horse deal in
books nowadays. David Harum's
great success lies mainly in that first
chapter in which the Deacon figures.
I prisoners and Captives" (Fenn &
Go), by Merriman, whose "Sowers" had
such popular run, is among the re-
Gently revived books. 1t is Merrimans
first novel, but was out of print. 1t is
a perfectly fascinating story, with a
touch of Siberian grimness through
out the pages. The hero is perhaps
by modern author, but the finale
however. read it for yourself-if you
did not do so years ago.
"A Trooper Galahad" GippincotD by
General Charles King, is the latest by
that ever popular writer 4 double in
tercst centers in this story since Gen
eral Kings achievements in Manila
To-, a a..
depicts life at a frontier fort with the
spirit and charm familiar to admirers
of the, sOldier-novelist.
This is a day of war preference. ever
in stories. The wonder is that we are
not more deluged with hastily writer
novels pretending to depict scenes il
Cuba and Manila. One of the lates
and best, issued by Harper's is "Crom,
wells own" by Arthur Paterson
which is claimed to be worthy to live
in historical fiction.
Speaking of Cuba. Burr Mcintosh.
new work, 'The Little l Saw in Cuba, ,
is destined to be a favorite. 1t is H.
lustrated with photographs taken by
himself and the book is mainly abou
the pictures, which is always an in.
teresting thing about any book
L. r. Evans, the artist and photog.
rapher, has recently completed an OF
portrait of Mr.. T. j. Foster, preslden
the National Correspondence School.
of this city, which is attracting mucl
favorable comment. 1t is the frs
piece of work finished by Mr. Evan,
since his return to the city and is N
excellent likeness as well as an artist,
success. Mr., Foster, with his pre-
maturely gray hair and genera