The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-29

The wisest person in America is the New
York man who has never travelled hun
bred miles beyond the borders of his own
city To him travel is unnecessary, for
whittier would he travelf His city is at
once the Alpha and Omega of human ken.
The sun, for him, rises each morning just
beyond the Brooklyn Bridge and sets each
evening in the North River. In short,
New York Is America. To live outside of
its domain is simply to camp out. And
the few-the seventy and odd millions
who do live beyond the pale" simply live
TO watch what New Workers do, how New
Workers dress, what books New Workers
read, what New Workers sav-Edward
Box, in the May Ladies' Home Journal
series which should have been named
'sThe Entertainments of our Modern Alad-
dins," if considered solely from the point
of view of romance. is begun in the May
COSMOPOLITAN. But these sketches possess
as well business interest equally for clerk
and capitalist, for manufacturer, farmer
and merchant. The man who would un-
derstand the drift of our news in finance
and business must read these lives, so full
of incident, of chance, of hard labor and
marvellous success. AS it is, the series
receives only the commonplace name of
Captains of Industry" Each character
is treated by noted writer familisr with
his subject.
The May number of Litbincotfs Maya
zine contains a complete society novel,
five short stories. five brief, pointed papers
on subjects of present interest, some talk
about books, many pages of bright, fresh
"Walnuts and Wine, and plenty of sea-
enable verse
The months novel is IA Mock Caliph
and His Wife, by Edith Robinson. This
entire story covers period of only two
weeks in the whirl of New York's smart
est society, where John Blair and his wife
take up the reins of social leader whose
health has broken under so strenuous a
life. The Blairs are young couple from
the country. of gentle breeding but not
used to modern ultra-fashionable ways.
They get into and out of difficulties and
teach thing or two by the way. The re-
vealing of some social sins. the pathos of a
quiet little secretary, and the side issue of
stock gambling are woven into a master
piece of fiction that is remembered with
pleasure.
The five short stories are varied in theme
Marie Van Vorss's name has come to the
front as writer of really brilliant fiction
'sThe Immediate Jewel" her contribution
to the May Lifpfnoott, is a study in the
social value of name, in which an
American widow in Paris is the subject.
George Moore, whose Evelyn Innes"
and Sister Teresa" have provoked much
argument, writes story he calls Emma
Bovary." The heroine breaks loose from
Sir Walter Scott to devour in secret
Flaubert's famous novel. Her fate is a
commentary on Mr.. Moore's view of the
literature he has done so much to introduce
to English readers.
The author of the popular novel, 81.
Devlin, Boss, Francis Churchill Williams,
contributes thrilling tale of steel mill
This is entitled "The Conspiracy" ''The
Humpback Mules" by Wolcott LeClear
Beard, is humorous story of Arizona life,
well told; and Clinton Danger6eld's sketch,
'"rhe Best Gift" is a little allegorical
drama drawn with strong touch.