The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-22

for Hiss Harding are the reasons as- signed for bringing him thus promi- neatly. before the public.
 He learns after meeting Miss Grace Hardins that 1t Is possible to get en- joyment out of a golf course by some other method than playing over It." The said John Henry Smith has been teaching Miss Harding golf. hence his reformation. Miss Harding has not proved a very apt pupil. either, for having been informed before- hand that Smith Is woman hater, and agrees entirely with crus- ty player who said: Between me and you, Smith. think women are more or less of nuisance on course fre- uuented by good players" she resolves to become the aforementioned nuisance and worry him in every way possible. She loses eight new balls for him in the bottom of a deep pond. Repeated
 iy she drives her ball into the brook, and Smith, perforce. must made In af-
 ter 1t. They were playing without caddies, because "there are times when
 these little terrqrs take all the TO- nance out of q situation" In spite Of all, however. Smith, heretofore so en- thusiastic about golf, no longer con- siders the game the thing. but is con- scious only of the dimpie in Miss Hard fng's cheek, averrfng later to himself that unless Venus had just such dis tracting dimple she should never have been crowned queen or love ana peau- ty.
 Besides his devotion to golf, Smith had another idiosyncrasy--he kept a diary---and it came very near wreck ing his happiness. After knowing Mss Harding a stated length of time, he is moved to confide thus to the pages of his diary: Grace Harding loves rxt oxwn tnypS from the depths of her beautiful eyes! It has been confirmed by the gentle pressure of her hand as 1t rested on my arm! It has been echoed in the accents of her sweet voice! l have read 1t in the blush which manties her cheek as I draw near, and know 1t from a thousand little tokens which my heart understands and which my feeble words cannot express. I am
 Right here he receives summons to play golf, and rushes off leaving the diary open on the porch: and, of course, along comes someone willing not only to read the rhapsody, but to let Miss Harding have the benefit as we'll. Imagine the result. 1t Is only after chasing Miss Harding half around the world, that Smith Is able to persuade her to forgive him.
 A lord disguised as farm hand, fig. ures as one of the characters: and of- ten excites the curiosity of Smith and his friends by his familiarity with golf. He reveals himself in time to marry one of Americas lovefiest daughters.
 Altogether it Is an amusing book. One that golf enthusiasts will enjoy, especially.
 1sTales of tn Road,- by Charles N. Crewdson. is an odd book. When first you read it you yield yourself com aS al fo ha of fla stories--stores that have the real Day. i'd Harum quality and deal with the world of buying and selling in which so large a portion of all our lives are spent. Then, if you chance to be man, the book sticks in your mind un- til you take a fresh view of 1t and find yourself saying: Yes, those were bully stores; but that book is whole lot more to any man of business than a string of clever tales about the ex- there Is so much of the sound. hard sense of practical salesmanship in every page of the book that it must be regarded as an invaluable tool of business"
 The appeal of this, book is about as universal SIS masculinity. You cannot think of a man either too commercial or too cultivated in his tastes to fail of hearty enjoyment in the reading of this book. This is because It's stories are the real thing" and deal simply and pointedly with the human nature. Tales of the Road" Is an elemental book that grips and hold the attention by it's dual lines of Interest; the we'll told anecdote that awakens a quick response in the mind of every one who | has played the game of barter and 1 sale, and the clear, sharp and practi- | cal illumination which these stories | shed upon the real. underlying princi- l pies of good salesmanship, 1t is in | fact, as one merchant puts 1t, "as full l of valuable points as porcupine."
 Some fourteen of the chapters of this book were originally published in The. Evening Post. and constitu- ted one of the most popular and ac- features ever printed in that journal The additional chapters have never appeared serially and find them selves in type for the first time in the pages of the book.
 Charles N Crewdson, the author Is today actively employed as travel ing salesman. Almost seventn"" of service on the road E. experier draw his stories ana is understood that ti in the entire book t.. -' directly from fife. Mir.
 Kentuckian. Early in as travelling salesman
 "offroad time" by taking I, the University of Chicago. .ac has | travelled widely in Europe and Egypt. |
 The illustrs tions in this book, six teen in number, are too pointed and | clever to be passed without comment. They are drawn by J. J. Gould and are clever pieces of character work. The | book contains 352 pages
 Because of tho wide and very defi- nite appeal which Tales of the Road" | makes, we shall expect it to reach a | very large scale. That any wide- | awake professional man, merchant, | clerk, salesman or man of business | could knowingly deny himself the | reading of a book so filled as this | with the life and the practical com |