The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-14

pondent in Cuba, who lost a leg and
nearly his life at that time, has writ
ten a novel, and now proposes to de-
vote his time seriously to literature if
his first venture proves a success. His
story 1t called 'Iizette," and it con-
Germs the bohemian life Of Paris and
is said to be a love story of excellent
quality. He is not the first cores
pendent to enter the novelist's field,
as James Creelman, veteran writer of
newspaper letters, is also seeking IA
vor with novel.
A Savage Criticism.
It Is reported that Mrs. Glyr, writer
of "The Reflections of Ambrosine," has
not been at all disturbed by the many
far from complimentary remarks which
have been made of her book. She
must indeed be callous If she can stand
without wincingy aecVriticism made by
an Old-faShioned woman in a promi-
nent literary review, who says she was
shocked at it's perusal. She says that
in the Visits of Elizabeth the hero
inc had the excuse of innocence, "but
of AmbrOSine, there can be no misin-
depreciation by wise or innocent. There
is no sparkle of merriment, no charm
Of spontaneity about it's composition.
The impression it leaves is Of a dreamy
state of existence where gross mater
shameful leash; where no ties are sac
red, and the offenders laugh and gloat
together over their degradation. If
this be modern English society of the
highest civilization, then heaven help
Britains future! "a My point,
however, is to ask why the poison of
such writings should be allowed to
distil itself into American homes with
out a protest? SIS The taste it
leaves on the mental palate is like Dead
sea apples, and he or she who can
arise from it's perusa1 without this re-
suit is to be pitied, not envied, by
their normal and. clean minded fellow
beings" Mrs. Glyn must have indeed
a thick skin if she can read this let
ter without blushing, but as she is
a member Of an ariStocratic and titled
English family, it is safe to say that
she has given a true picture of society
as it is today.
Wisdom in Choosing Mates.
A woman by the name Of Neish has
written a book telling her sex how to
choose a husband with a few words of
advice thrown in to show men what
to avoid in wives. She says to young
men, do not marry women who may
be over stout at forty. If that 1T a
fair sample Of the wisdom contained
in this precious book, she might have
saved herself some trouble and the
publisher considerable expense. She
does not add how a young man Of
ordinary ability can tell whether or
no a girl of twenty or even twenty
five will look or how much she may
weigh, at forty.s The volume might
do for those who are endowed with
second sight or are sufficiently up in
the occult to see into the future. She
tells girls not to marry old men, anoth-
er strictly original bit of wisdom, and
to illustrate her point tells the story
of the man who informed his daughter
that he did not wish her to marry
Eighty young man, but sober and
sensible man of fifty. To which she
replied that she preferred two of TWEEN
ty-five each to one of fifty. But as the
matrimonial possibilities of the times
are lirnitless, there is no reason why she
should not have the two or three or
even four of twenty-f five Books of
wisdom about who to marry and who
not to marry are of about as much
value as would be a volume contain
ing serious advice as to the choice of
Iparents. sss.
Mr.. David Belaseo, who has made
such a sudden and remarkable success
with "The Darlings of the Gods" is. not
finding his path strewn with roses,
though the dollars are certainly com
ing his way. He. claims to have writ
ten and adapted the play with the as
sistance of John Luther Long, who
made a success before of Japanese