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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
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Women arc queer, after all. Perhaps even now, after fifty years of trial they are vet too rev to money earning aid business ways to adopt the best metn- ods of conducting enterprises to success. Perhaps during decades of centuries they have become so accustomed to gaining their aims through tears and mournful apeals to the sympathies of others that poor uls.-they drop through heredity into this lugubrious style when they want you to hire them to work or to buy from them d new I'atent shirt waist fastener.
 At any rate, many woman first es- say in the industrial world Is a wretch- edly unbusinesslike appeal to the sympI- thies of others. Say Mrs. Tobias BOby Is canvassing for the grIp-it-fast shirt waist clamp. She comes into your pres ence and sinks into chair with the sigh of q lost soul. Then she opens out. She tells you she is widow with shall children to support; that che has been cheated out of her little property-tllc more fool she for allowing herself to be cheated. She tells you how intirm her health is and how she suffers from some kind of ailment. It may be this or 1t may be that, but it is always chronic, like
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months, we do not see, but henceforth. it may be as successful under the new name. ''The World of Today" The lat ter is, perhaps. best suited to the place of It's birth.
 While James Lane Aiken was consider ing change in the name of his book. 1t is pity that tho inspiration had not come for a title commensurate with the praise which his work receives. fine critic says of it: MT. Allen has written q noble and serious book, which he has unfortunately seen fit to handicap 1t with a trivial and irrelevant name The same critic pays this grand need of praise to MT. Aliens work: Not even love can cure the minds of sin" This tremendous indictment of the sentiment too prevalent In our day that youthful excesses are natural and excusable and insignificant, Is worthy the name and genius of Ken tuckys great writer. It is the ripe fruit ot nigh thinking and profound human sympathies and deserves to rank with
 Sister Dilorosa" as a delineation of how error and sin may cheat love.
 Ihat makes us think of what Bod Buc- dette answered when it was said to him that a young fellow must SOW his wild oats. Co ahead and SOW as you like But it's the gathering in of the crop that Will make you howl; and you have to gather it. too. If you don't, 1t gathers you in. and one is great deal worse than the other"
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her down n-in-the-meuth face-a face so woebegone and unpleasant that you in- stinctively want to look away from it.. She enlarges on how dreadfully hard she has to work and how tired she gets and oh-ah-ah! till you feel as though you would rather see a sheriff's summoner come into your house than a self-support- ing woman.
 Even a girl who earns a good salary too often takes this woe-begone, fall-to- pieces attitude. She counts business hours as so much of her time that she is defrauded out of by adverse fate and whines because she has to support her self instead of glorying in the fact
 This down-in-the-mouth attitude is se- riously in the way of business women of all conditions. It is the attitude of the beggar who stands on the street corner and parades his deformities to draw money out of people. Because we are widows with children to support, because we have chronic toe ache or used to be rich and were fools enough to let our selves be cheated out of our wealth-nOne of these is any reason why other people should put their hands in their pockets and give us money.
 Business is business. It presupposes that two parties make an interchange
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4 immemoriai and 90 should be blamed. rather than the author.
 A greater fault is that the author forgot herself twice, and in one story a middle aged lady was described as thin and an- gular and on the next page we arc sur prised to hear her spoken of again as a large woman with red cheeks: while in a subsequent story another middle-aged lady Is described as fat and two pages farther on we find her straining at a ghost-haunted closet with her thin arms and shoulders"
 The stories have one of the striking peculiarities of folk ghost stories. so to speak. such as we hear from ignorant or more or less superstitious people--the ghost never expresses himself. The read- CT at first feels this to be a great fault or disappointment. but no doubt 1t, was part of the writer's plan to make these genuine ghost stories There Is consider able allegorical significance in some of them. and the story entitled "The Shadow on the 'Walr' contains some character work and tragical situations of a rather high order. Doubleday. Page & Co.,. Publishers, New York.
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An Alabama Plantation-Readers fa- miliar with the life of the old-fashioned Southern negro will find in the written dialect used by Miss Hobson in these stories dedicated to her brother, Rich mond Pearson Hobson). faithfulness to the original speech which Is singularly rare considering the many attempts at 1t by people who ought to know how the negro really talks. And the faithfulness to the type is not confined to the speech The stories are just such as one has heard the solescent old darky recite to some admiring person of the white folks" addressed by the shiny-faced. portIy old creature as honey" Miss Hobson seems to have caught, along with the picturesque turns of speech, the old fashioned negro's strangely mingled mental attitude. It was a kindly. faith full being, to be sure with a wonderful capacity for loud mirth and body-quaking laughter humorous, shrewd and absolute ly immoral in the accepted moralities, and especially taking an uncanny delight in the downfall of "uppity niggers." |" Some people may not understand, for in stance. the glee expressed by the black story-teller in the dealings of the Ku- Klux with Inc Bob Flannel, who wore long coat and aspired to the Legis;a- ture. but the attitude is the characteristic one. The very titles will tell much to those who know the negro and his coun- try: How Ole Aun' Crazy Jane Cum jured Miss Mousse" ''The Weddin that Miss Mouse Wan 'Vited To-" At tho end of the volume Miss Hobson has col lected a number of old songs, stray lines of which will be found lingering in the corners of the memory of most people whose birthplaces lies to the southward of the Potomac.
 Six Love Stories.-"The Change Of
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BY GEORGE MOORE.

son we have strongly favored Western story. with just sufficient atmosphere of the West to make 1t entertaining and suf- ficient of the quantity and quality of a good love story to make 1t thoroughly charming.
 The two heroes, John Saxton and Har- " Rarfdan are entirely different men: but despite their different qualities and traits ofs character they form a close friendship for each other--one which nothing can sever-indeed a friendship which was not broken when they were called upon to pass through so fiery a furnace as to love the same woman. She was one Evelyn Porter-the bankers daughter.
 Saxton came to Blarkson. Mo-, where the main incidents of the story are en- acted. He came in the interest of a Bos- ton firm. While there he meets Raridan and the two immediately form a close tie of friendship-so close as to almost be called a love for each other. Saxton meets and learns soon to love Evelyn Por- ter. the banker's daughter; but because of the fact that he thinks Raridan has first place in her heart and life he never lets her know 1t by word or deed until after the death of Raridan; then, and most unconsciously she lets him realize that she had never loved Raridan except as a friend.
 It is true that Evelyn Porter. is just an everyday, womanly brave girl; but for this very reason one cannot help enjoy ing to meet and know her even through the medium of a book.
 James Wheaton. another character, is a type of man one meets very often. He is perfectly respectable and well to do and would not steal or kill-perhaps-and yet at heart he is a rascal and a coward, who really did as much harm as though he had openly done all the above named evil. It is through his cowardice that Raridan is killed, in an effort on Rari- dams part to save the brother of Evelyn from death at the hands of Wheaton's brother-whom, however, he would not own because the brother was a thief.
 Tn the work there are a number of oth- CT very enjoyable people and the end is pleasant; concluding a story that is we'll worth reading. Wit and humor of the genuine sort abound all through. (Bowen- Merrill Co.,, Indianapolis, Ind)
 Mabry Ward,
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 4
 THIEF.
By .Hutnhins TIanrooa


 The thief has been treated in literature both as romantic monster of the deep est dyed villainy and as a sentimental parsonage. He has also been. treated so- eiologicaIly; but 1t has been left to Mir. Hapgood to lend him both the romantic and the sane touch--in other words, The Autobiography of Thief is fact treated as fiction.
 According to Mir. Hapgood's preface the book is record of many conversations held with reformed thief, and told as nearly as possible in his language. The thief Is neither a monster nor a person seeking notoriety. but a man, in the au- thor's words, with a literary sense, though fragmentary. of no common kind'' His experience ranges from picking pock- cts to robbing houses. He has been ar rested a score of times, has bribed offl- cers and escaped, has served in common falls and in the penitentiary. He tells the story of his life beginning at the age of 6 or 2, when he robbed his fathers till. up to his 18th year, when with weakened health he determines to reform and get legitimate employment. His Jail expe- riences are particularly vivid and he tells how in their libraries he educated him. self. and formed taste for the English classics. having learned to appreciate Thackery, Macauley and Dickens. whom he particularly liked for his realistic por- trayal of the London thief. He also throws good deal of light into the iuve- nile reformatories and the political sys- tems of great cities.
 This material Is by no means new in it's entirety. but it is treated with excep- tional truth and taste. and does not de- pend on the novelty of the matter for its interest. While it will be read mostly for the ficdonal interest The Autobiography of a Thief ras also a great sociological value and is really an expose of criminal protection and the Jail system. CFox. Duffield & Co.,, New York0
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of labor and money or merchandise and money on mutually advantageous terms. give and take fair and square. Sentl- ment and sympathy have absolutely no place in commercial transactions, only 1t seems hard for women to learn this
 It is not hardship to work for ones living, whether at cooking or anything else. It is being a useful member of so- ciety, contributing to it's economic strength. It is something to be under taken with pride and satisfaction. The woman who has the brains and grit to maintain herself Is to be congratulated, not pitied She is not in the least deserv- ing of anybodys sympathy; on the con trary.
 Why she should attempt to draw on peoples sympathies is mystery. Per haps she imagines she will gain by il. If so she is mistaken. All other people have troubles of their own. as many as they can carry, and they therefore have so much sympathy for themselves that little is left to spill over upon others. A whine and a doleful tale few times repeated will harden any mortal and close his ear against all who approach him mingling business and beggary. The two do not mix successfully.
 Undoubtedly the attempt to succeed in
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LITTLE LITERARY SIDE ISSUES

That was an amusing little joke which Golfers told of John Fox, Jr. to illus trate his Kentucky chivalry. One day on a train he called drummer down for an- moving a lady. The drummer resented the interference. For half a cent' ne said, "I would break your face"
 Fox looked him good and hard in the eye, went into his pocket, came out with cent. and proffering 1t to the offender said, There's a cent, break my face if you want to and keep the change" The authors face remained intact.
 pr. Fradenburgh takes issue with Elm erson's famous three rules about reading:
 1. Read no book until it has been pub lished a year.
 2. Read none but famous books.
 2. Read only those books you like.
 These rules are valuable only as suE- gestions, and then only as applied to literature proper In this age of discov- cries and rapid advance in all knowledge. a book may be abreast of its subject when published, and serve a good purpose, and become antiquated in less than a year If you yourself would not become anti uuated. you must catch such books as they fall from the press. Again book cannot become famous in one year-few, indeed. in less than many years. And, finally, books that you like are just some of the DOCKS that some young people ought not to read. These rules may be good for those who are already estab- lished in virtue, and possess large liter ary ability and fine taste, but not for the average young reader.--J. l.. Fraden- burgh, IL. D.
 The Men of Letters Series now includes Whittier. There is an uncut edition of 3J copies bound in boards with paper label splendid picture of Whittier is in the volume.
 One book of the year had three limited editions: one of 800 copies on Strathmore paper at s6; one of 200 copies on English handmade paper at $10 and fifty copies on imperial Japanese vellum. and sold at $l5.
 Miss Macmanuss popularity as an H. illustrator has become burdensome; she is not able to fill her orders. She is not a nasty worker. She lives in London; in the Adelphia quarter Is her studio She is preparing an Omar Khayyam calendar for one of the publishing houses.
 Ernest Seton Thompson illustrates his books himself. It appears that he is not fond of animals as pets. His interest in them is scientific. "The Two Little Say ages" will be book to delight the young people as do all MT. Seton's works.
 very. brilliant career has been run by "Chrlstendom published in Chicago Why it should have another name after this one has served is so well for four
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With Makers an0 Lovers of Literatur,
The Unified Field. sl


 Quite too definite to be ignored, this
 book is at the same time hard to criti-
 else satisfactorily. -.-s 1 sociology first q. all, and polemic; and 1 fiction only secondarily. It deals with Ireland. and with q vital problem which | bears more or less directly on the in- | terests of us all: and the tone assumed | Is such that we feel pressed to take sides | militantly. with the author or against ' him. Yet we do not know enough fairly Ito do either.
 And just in this lies one of the book s | first merits, and its fundamental weak
 ness. We must think. If we would read l it and be satisfied, and that is well. But It is too direct and too objective: too bent on demonstrating something; too l much an impeachment and not enough an | art creation. In the master works there Is a purpose always, and a sermon never;
 a lesson which the art embodies, holds in
 solution; which we feel, as a drift of the
 work in toto, as the inevitable significance of what is shown here. on the other hand,
 the art is made subordinate, and seems to exist for little else than to support the iterated and reiterated argument. The author wants us to know that the Celt is
 on the wane. and that tine church is to
 blame for it; and keeps reminding us of the fact, and illustrating it, till we
 begin to wonder if so intense a warrior, in
 cause however holy. can reaily be
 painting the battle panorama with en-
 tire ca1mness. H-..., =
 This Is the negative criticism: and 1t is
 about the only one which tells against the book essentially. It Is sincere; Is vivid and picturesque, and once or twice at
 least in the dozen sketches it contains,
 rises to the level of true creative art. There is the unforgetable allegory of the record piece, Some Parishoners"-all the finer because perhaps quite .unintentional: l there is '"The Wedding Gown." and Julia Capir's Curse," and '"The, Playhouse on the Waste" so like Millet: and the long story "The Wild Goose" touched with
 melancholy. wizard music. It is George Moore's own land. and he cannot free himself from the spirit of the Celt which is his heritage. Ireland, with it's strange
 desolate atmosphere, its visions and long
 weariness:
 "World old: like vaporous twilight on the waste .-
 Deep with unfathomable sadness is in every page ..s -
 For the ideas and attitude, they are en- tire1y modern. Asceticism has starved the Celt, is Moores contention; and for | the asceticism the church Is responsible.
 The ban on the flesh which Christianity promulgated and when powerful enforced.
 has eaten out the heart of the race: and
 this, and not the poverty. has made the Ieaden sky which broods over the land. l How far his diagnosis is a true one, a Icaslal reviewer would be impertinent to
 say; but certainly 1t is far from being an
 altogether false one, and it is a good
 one to have made. That 1t Is final if do not believe.
 THE MAIN CHANGE. By Meredith Nicholson. In this latest work of Meredith Nichol-
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field, falling in love with a young girl of the white race. In the nature of things he Is persecuted for his presumption. He serves in CIta with Colonel Roosevelt g Rough Riders. Later it appears that the young man is not a negro after all, but son of a Southerner of aristocratc family secretly married at college to a Northern girl The explanation is that this student had left the child in charge of his negro laundress when a fatal duel growing out of his clandestine marriage forced him to fly the country. It Is the laundress who has brought up the child as her own, and the discovery of the mistake solves otherwise unsolvable complexities for the dubious hero.
 The Four Epochs of a Womans Life, by Anna NJ. Galbraith. NJ. D.--A wise and skillful book. containing information in- dispensable to every woman who should be strong and well. The technical terms used are clearly defined, and the advice given is sensible Philadelphia, w. B. Saunders &s Co.,, N.25 net)
 True Manhood. by E. R. shepard.--A manual for young men, treating ques- tions of physical development, strength and purity. Its section of physiology is especially thorough. and its suggestions are wise and ennobling. There is added useful chapter on The White Cross, by B. F. De Costa. D. D. Chicago, Stock ham Publishing Company, H.5O net.)
 
 Natick Dictionary. by James Hammond Trumbull.-Dr. Trumbulrs long study of Indian vocabularies eliminated in the preparation of this Natick- English and English-Natick dictionary from Eliot's Indian Bible, and the publication of his work will doubtless lead scholars to new investigations of Eliot's remarkable book Washington, Bureau of American Eth nology, Smithsonian Instltute.)
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trade by drawing on mems sympathies has something to do with so many wo- mems failure in the business world. It does not work, 1t never will work. The noble. self respecting attitude is the only one
 The woman who succeeds is she who is prepared to give full market value In the trade or labor world. who keeps all her troubles and weaknesses to herself and thus gives the impression that she is strong and capable who greets all the world with brave, cheerful, confident mien and words. thus giving the impress sion that she is successful in what she has undertaken.
 Alice A. Brown.
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FRESH CUT LEAVES

Under the general title of the Change of Heart" Margaret Sutton Briscoe has col lected six love stories. all ending prop eriy, and interesting to read. "The As sistant Bishop" is more of a character sketch. and the love element is implied only in general way. Red Tassels." Is perhaps the most attractive of the six tales. A travelling salesman doing the country" by wagon. is suddenly surprised one day by the appearance of a capable young woman stopping his horse in the middle of the road. unhitching the beast. and calmly walking off with him, and leaving the surprised gentleman in the horseless carriage to follow or not ds he chooses. The horse. be it known, had gone lame. and Miss Harding. having seen 1t from her upper story window had come to look after him. There was un- der the circumstances. nothing for Mai GUS Towne to do except follow. For the rest, the story Is bright. cheery and clever "Whither Thou Goest." is all very vague and indistinct. like a blurred picture while Creating A Vacuum" in- clines toward the ecclesiastic comique "Debtors." is a story of the conversion of woman who has in her haste to leave q husband whom the fates willed should die suddenly the same day, (rather hard lines for the lady), and Oscar and Lou ise." is all a travesty of love in the sCr- wants hall.
 A Curse of Caste.-This IS a story in- spired by the revival of the discussion O. the negro question and appropriately dcd- icated to the President. The action opens in the North and ends in the South, ana the patronymc of the author Is one ident- fled with Accc mack County. Va. It is the history of a supposititious boy brought up by an old negro woman in a Northern town, ard brought to believe that he him self was a negro. then taken South, and after undergoing discipline in the corn
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One has said, that Dixon's book. The One woman,'' reminds him of Harold Fredericks unpleasant story" The Damnation of Theron Ware
 Jack London has brought out the finest instinct of the brute nature in his .The. Call of the Wild and has eiicited from his readers. the sympathetic appreciation of the natural impulses of the lower erea- tton. s,.,. 4..
 Lillian Bell does not give us pleasant afterthoughts, although there Is much to make us smile, from the reading of the Interference of Patricia" The young woman Patricia Is too startling in her ways. and too shocking in her principles.
 "Andy Barr by Willis B. Hawkins re. minds of Batcheiler's Darrell of the Blessed Isles."
 A Lad of the O'Frieis'' makes an ap- peal to those who love the quaint Irish humor; and seumas MacManus gives a partial picture of the people of the Emerald Isle, with, the charming Col leen'' in the foreground.
 AuotherS Erish story, by Shan F. Bull lock, Squireen, is as sad as a tragedy: and indeed 1t Is a tragedy, of two women with aching hearts, for love of one man.
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Future of Woman.

Hon. Carroll D. Wright. United States Commissioner of Labor, says: "A happy prophecy based on logical reasoning and the inevitable teachings of sociological data leads us to believe that woman will secure the extension of her opportunities for intellectual work. She may know now everything that a man may learn if she so desires; she may reach any intellectual height; she may place her name as high as that of any man."
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THE WIND IN THE ROSE BUSH.

By Mary E. WfIkins.
 Tn The Wind, in the Rose Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural. are gathered together about a half dozen ghost stories that have been contributed by Mary F. Wilkins from time to time. to various magazines.
 The character drawing. in this book of New England people Is excellent, as 1t is In all of Miss wiikins's work. The char acters are perhaps a little monotonous There is too much similarity also in cer- tain incidents of the different stories. Two or three different ghosts are seen pass ing windows. and on several occasions the spirits are accompanied by a cold unearthly atmosphere. Ghosts. however have had those peculiarities from time