The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
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NEWS or THE BOOK WORLD Fl
The Entertaining MIsdemeanors Of al
Young Lady Narrated In Book Pleasing
for a Summer Afternoon In the Ham
mock When the Brain Wants to play
Warranted Not to Cypress.
Humid and hot was the atmosphere yes
terday afternoon Chat is, before the wind
veered to the north and it turned cooD,
and the Uneasy Chair after wasting much
uneasiness on the desert air OF telegraphic
news, went down into its book cellar for
something light and airy and sparkling
and cooling. 1t found something that had
the proper look. The cover was pale blue,
white and bore the title The Misde-
meanors of Nancy. 1t was not until
it (the Chair had quaffed several mis-
demeanors that it discovered, however,
that they were not Of this springs vim
tage. Never mind that; it found them
delicious, and worth recommendation to-
those who will be looking some hot after
noon Of the summer for something spark
ling and cool.
Nancy lays her charming eccentricities
to the charge Of her parents, one Of whom
! is from Kentucky and the other from New
Hampshire, and she says: Given Ken
| lucky impulses and New Hampshire con-
science, what can one dor" Besides her
sweet SELF, there is a very interesting per-
son in 'tthe man who came often He
comes often, listens attenttvely to Nancy 8
tales Of her doings which are prompted
i by her Kentucky impulses, but saved from
becoming nnisdoings by her New Hamp-
shire conscience, and comments sagely
upon those doings and the doings OF
/ others.
Nancy's first misdemeanor is to win the
! heart Of the chef Of fashionable New
York apartment-ho without his ever
/ getting nearer than the basement to the
apartment occupied by herself and a frienC
on the second floor. Oh, dear no! Nancy
has. only spoken down the dumb waiter
to him about the meals, but such is the
winning face of Nancy, and such are the
qualities of voice and manner that tumble
down the shaft upon the fellow that h;
actually makes a declaration of love upor
: learning that she is about to leave thu
apartment, whose regular occupants ar
, returning from a trip abroad The fac
that the girl has sought to practice econ
orny in ordering from the kitchen has en-
! couraged the chef, too. Nancy is contrit
| after the unexpected results of her duml
81 waiter conversations relating to mocha
4 cream, or cold lobster Or celery mayor
l naise, or some other such stuff, but tn
chef evidently knew how to make love a
well as CONNECTIONS, for Nancy, after
, is all over, says:
: Priscilla, 1 shall never be happy until hav
had French count making love to me- If a
ordinary Frenchman do the thing SO mag
, nifcently, what, oh what would the nobilit
achieve? t-.
: Another of ,Nancy's whims is to trave
2 i'm Bohemia So under the wing of a
4 ojvo 1u 'edOeS
. Bohemia. She is telling "the man VIII
\ came often about it. .f
: Invent out to dinner with Mrs. Wallace
latest enthusiasm. Wasn't that noble OF he
? Bobby He's a poet, and she told me that 4
: was the most fascinating being she had evt
v known. She said he was like the angel Israfe
/ whose heartstrings were Lutte"
.Ill bet you made the lutte play ragtime,
: "Not at all. You evidently don't know B
I hemia. There aren't any ten commandments
| Bohemia. There Is only one; but that one !
Thou shalt not drop thy pose; 1t IS fairly fairly
? low that one law, ISRAELI might covet
neighbours wife and run amuck thru the dee
log, but never never would he play r sas
:. - love early and often, but no good Bohemi
le ever forgets himself in loving. An ego
le rampant on a field purple. There you have I
u hemias coat of arms.
70 OF course this Is, not book for ,serlo
W reading It's a book for the hammock
N summers afternoon, when it's too
= even for the birds to sing, and the on
Sc things that are moving are butterf1ie
II, grasshoppers and this4edown., - gEs- G
ler 1,...,.... 1t5,., - July. ? =. I. (.
W Fizz-boom, bling, bang!
a Hold on! Go slow!
ne Oh, have a care, pray, str!',
e. Cried Mr.. World. ''I'd have you Knt
u MY Hat was new today, SIR
E Scarce had he spoken when, behold,
ck A. burst of rockets glorious,
d. And mid the falling shower Of gold
at An eagle scared victorious.
e. The Metropolitan Magazine for July
gh Is America or is England the liters
ne center Of the English writing world? I
ne gar Jepson, the author of THE Adnira
TO Tinker" himself a distinguished represe
oI tatiye Of the English school of novel WI
TN ers seems to think that leading hon
). lie with us. He says: IT have been TO-
n long time watching the vigorous devel'
ne ment Of American fiction, and read
rec much of it with no less pleasure and
on suredly more profit than derive from
most widely read novels Of my count
men and countrywomen writing today.
deed, have been forced to the conclus
that the Americans are beginning to lie;
up us behind and that sound fiction, and
,lic that mean the genuine Interpretation
the life and character, receives more hea
ost and wider welcome in the states thar
me does here chiefly. of course, the interE
his tation Of American life and character.
asst The Uneasy Chat
leir
ac- The rawlings Of a disordered brain
i. sometimes COMPOUNDED with magma
literature M. Y. 7. H Myth (the nom
r plume gives a foreword Of what the b
may be) in 1.-THE Way to Wings has
i en- birth to a creation more resemblin
va printers pi than piece Of writing,
,ith kindred Sallies attached are kindred {
tler geral. One paragraph will give an
eat of the whole:
.elI. Jumping high in the air and land
in wig and ALL on the messy ground a
was lessor Of history shouted: rs, save,
ore- somersault, this sport not greater than
owe Had and the Odyssey, because here
lste lesser heroes enjoy the fruit of strife
hc Il. s.
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