Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-18

aiher hall. W., insignificant few OF the
hrsry' p who take books out OF the IL
aher ha,, ,hnse long-sufferinS servants
aary; VI, nathetic attempts to read En- :
Sho Man a,ier 10 please weii-meahinS but
,!sol u - ,,istresses-ba these: ana the
misgudeu linn, linn, of the remainder of thu
literary pa a r,av he divided into three
piher nan '; ;an-cent novel. the weekly
easses-si"s story paper, and the adventure
story ior minute walk in the heart of
In az" w End. you may pass the VIM
De so of fifty bookstores: mater Tor
avs oi.,n,ion YOU say? Quite charac-
Snera'u.si nns,on that even her South
wrstie u 'i, he dotted with 50 many book
End snou boneful sign of the tastes of
seFe..h,a half? Well. maybe.
| he elaei, ,i search the windows of those
You W.. in vain for any OF the things
heAs ara accustomed to feast your eyes
ya ai NJ window of your own favorite
o II M \. editions de luxe Of Thackeray.
| h6h vi Illustrations of the latest fic-
| % oIisa" avan few secondhand copies
lp'. .nnSard works. not cloth-DouliU
sla as any description. There is practi-
seA unthins but the three kinds Of liter
tsln mentioned before. \ few copies OF
iluis Zen, a'eent magazines is all that the
asfs.s,nres of upper ana OF lower WASH
ly W. street have in common.
lgp" ;nto one of these bonkshopS. ana
!, S sar = venture asked for kipling' $
| snsys Work. ..,o,,,eoar ,.o,,
~, look through the pile there.
nssd IooE through il. from top TO bot
uiT f,nyn .Rubys Reward to "A Sir
ipn' - and. of course. found nothing
sh rinIing Then | asked him Ia recon-
a. snuething He didn't seem 10 value
W ~ aboye the other. so asked what one
s ae most popular among his customers:
D, nh tln 4
ars NV INST come in and take one from
4, lh. g, Of the pile They're pretty much
| N alike. | guess.
IA he had sold two hundred copies: III
~ was "A True Aristocrat," and the
a a was Adorned with cut of a girl in
-, clnihes with picture hat and an
.rh,slla This picture is 4 characteristic
. " .an,eant noyels. The publishers seem
y consider ii essential to decorate the
,,ont cover with picture of girl of the
. .rns ii beauty which appeals To people
ma like ten-cent novels
~ True Aristocrat" is typical of its
a.ss. Helen. only daughter of Fitzroy
cbarles Somerset Montgomery, tried to
,srsnt her brothers marriage to Cec'le
Tayasour. bur Cecile was plucky. an.
sid Helen, while | do not forget that
mn belong to the Wanted Montgomery
,scs yn1 will please remember that | am
.I.tN I =
= tine love triumphed for the time being.
| I, e readily to he seen that Helen is go
ing 10 be the villain of the plot. Just
shont this time her Nemesis appears on
ihe scene. Nemesis always pats in
shaaowv appearance in the second
| chapter Of these books ard keeps throw
ine out dark hints in every chapter until
tbs last. when she gets her clutches on
NE villain and disposes OF him ia the en-
fra satisfaction of all concerned. Meme
il in this case was an Cd mulattoo won
an who asked Helen for some money.
When Helen saw her she was afflicted
With "a vague, uncomfortable feeling In
The region Of her heart" and by this
mark does the reader recognize Nemesis.
While the newly welded counle Were
travelling in Europe. the husband effected
| the usual mysterious disappearance.
| and Cecile Is left unprotected TO suffer
| The prosecutions of her sister-in-!aw
| These prosecutions and Cecilc-s struggle;
| Gil the remainder of the hook until the
final chapter when news IS heard of the
missing husban nd. who has been confined
by mistake In an insane asylum. AZ the
same time the wicked nurse confesses:
NEMESIS possesses some inconveiiient
Egsedge concerning IIelen's ancestry,
which she discusses at Just the right time
the Villain walks the plank and We sail
svay to the islands of the RleSt' with
| the reunited lovers. safe i'll each other 6
erms.
All these ten-cent novels have some
/ hlmer Is one OF them. You may follow
The fortunes Of Miss We're de We're
through fifty volumes and never find oc-
taslOn for the faintcst smile The cook
at home spends her nights off at one Of
| the twenty-five cent theatres. She SAYS
she never feels she has had the worth oi
her money unless she has had 4 good cry
/ Er.
simple matter. There are two kinds OF
plays; the bad one-"it's not very sad.
he good One-"Oh, it's so sad.
The same test seems to apply to tins
literature of the kitchen. The s"mhrt
heioes stalk through the pages Xix" YER
liable HamletS. opposed by the tragedy OF
he The only laugh you ever hear is the
tehdish laugh of the villain as he turns
ihe Key on the hclplcss heroine, or the
nOeking laugh of the designing woman
Nhen her plots succeed and she Sloats
Wef her pure and beautiful rival Is Their.
sly relation between this lack of humol
s sld the TACT that ninety nine one nun
litdtns OF the readers of these books are
women?
Inc scenes Of incSe novels arc invar-
Any lad in hiPh places. Here is the
~uhg OF the latest story from the per
ne most prolific author of ten-cent lit
sature:
The place in which the above CONVEX
any, m.oh occurred was a luxurious room II
se OF those palaces which adorn wide
sdAiSome ariStocratic Fifth avenue: :
sss loity apartment. pillarnd with ros'
.a,il hung with velvet, curtained viii
a ~ room fit for the gods, freScoet
anu carved In rich and delicate designs
IVA nus equal To the work of n Gibbons
Nario; lighted by great spaces o
sh.ehch plate glass; carDeted with thu
nf ha
sr a,n with costly bric-a-brac, stat
@ a,s, ana paintings from almost every
..n'ry on the globe
an. .as Is really comparatively modes
res ;s me great majority of these sto
a itth.iroduce you to the country estate
an I ssri less than an English lord. an'
h,or IA. II or 4 marquis begins to speak no
snso ',lan the second paragraph. On :
.oofr,r page OF one of these novels 'th'
blas '.i stopped the two matchlcss pc
tr,, .he heroine left the smart vic
Chart ana carrying her pet Primo
iini,,r. SPANIEL, walked across the beau
Iorses Kept lawn and garden to tn
I muse where she was met by "Haines
gphsr ~. Il, nurse and her maid. and to
lOr n ,,,sy went 10 ''mama's lovely bou
hOrseS "niie the head groom" took tn
Is Sl 70 the stable.
arhter' IN l. Know what test is used by II
ants for Mao determines the fate of aspir
n, . sure he would reject any manusc~ip
hltlar' tdiiets are not announced by
he r,,, ana no heroine who committc
Mould uhts IL Of dressing her own hal
Eyes Of ~ =, permitted to perform before til
srarv o ,c ratrons of the lauics' own Ii
raee o IN NE other hand. Il rough az
age Of &c zen french EXPRESS onS pc
accent, ma ,nnaan'IIscrpi would | tti1k. insrr
iterat,,nnce For the heroincs of ten-ten
Guilty Of hh'Ner ny any noss bilitv ar
light o the solecism of saving goo
Cleric IT'S Is invariably hon mutt. N
Ia creme hey belong to the creme d
heyer nal VI society. You Lnow. and the
Ii, as make a faux pas
q ten-ca"ne dealer told me. tho rca icr
!ag the vol notion buy at random. t1k
must on 'olnme nearest at hand. the
Surprises ,ttcasion get something tia
among II 'heir intellectual paIates. 70
sheaps r inc paper-covcred Volumes ar
half doaop PRINTS Of things that orr ow
mass, coo no. d"irn to rcaG-ZoIa'S. Du