The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-27
The July "New" Lippincott.

With single exception the July
New" Lippincott Magazine is given
over to stories for summer. "a
Woman for Nothing" the novel com.
plete, is by Louise Belts Edward, a
Philadelphia writer of many short
stories. 1t deals with the decline
and fall of Miss Rix. She is the
daughter of millionaire philanthro-
pist who had bound her down very
young to church work, never letting
her go much into society for fear
she would marry some fortune-hunter.
At his death Miss Rix is left wealthy
in everything but happiness. Youth
is slipping away and she longs for a
taste of the bliss which other women
know. Her good friend the Bishop
(who has loved her for many years.
asks her interest in his nephew,
Pierre d'Invilliers, and his babies.
Mrs. Pierre is in Europe with nerv-
Gus prostration. Pierre is younger
than Miss Rix and the situation
seems impregnable. So she consents.
Facilis descensus Averni. Miss Ed
wards portrays characters so we'll
that the reader even hears the sound
of her peoples voices. The denoue-
ment is thrilling.
Mary E. Wilkins long short story,
"Two for Peace" recalls her earlier
successes. 1t is about a typical
daughter of the Puritans and her
lover, who confesses to Catholic
learnings." Out of their love, their
troubles and triumphs, she has made
an absorbingly interesting tale in her
early short-story vein.
Martha Wolfenstein's humorous
sketch, called "A Judgment of Solo
mon," will make a laugh. Another
lively love story, appropriate to the
outdoor season, is "Cheever's Magic
Mashie," by Edwin L. Sabin.
"Her Day of Freedom" by Ina
Brevoort Roberts Whose novel, '"The
Lifting of Finger" is to appear in
the August number,) is one days
romance beginning in Central Park
between a reporter on New York
newspaper and one of the richest
girls in the city-a bride-elect-who,
with dollar in her pocket, chooses
to spend her last free day at Coney
Island.
An Italian story, "The Image
Maker" by William LIE Queux, is
charming; and wonderful Chinese
story by Harold Ballagh called ga
Chinese Cue" is declared by the
author to have "actually occurred" :"
The College Tale this month is
from the pen of Albert Payson Ter
hume in honor of Columbia College.
He calls it "a Lightning Change"
and it is distinctly a society story
about college men and pleasure-lov-
ing girls who scent mystery con-
nected with a popular senior. This
they at last unravel.
Patriotism is responsible for the
only prose article other than fiction.
1t is called "The Men Who Signed"
by Lora S. La Nance, and contains
an abundance of interesting informa-
tion and new anecdotes about the
Signers of the Declaration oflInde-
pendence, also a facsimile of their
signatures.
Of poetry there is the usual guam
tity up to the usual quality: "After
the Song" Ito E. J. wy, by Robert
Underwood Johnson; ''To Butterfly
in the City," by Harvey Maitland
Watts; "Larkspur," by Clinton Scol-
lard "The Promised Land" by Ethel
M. Kelley; "Returning Guests" by
Charles Hanson Towne: and ga
Crimson Kiss" by Alice E. Allen.
A Scottish newspaper said last
month that some of the stories in
the Walnuts and Wine Department
"were enough to make an Egyptian
mummy smile" The Department
this month lives up to its reputation.