The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

mutual love and sworn that they would De true Tor ever and ever, Ruth went. away to boarding school. Of course.i Dick was lonely y--any boy would be, un- der the circumstances. Ruth's friend. Meissa. who stayed at home. and whose heart was a roomy structure." tried te cheer him up. and kept writing huth of her success--which a good many girls would do under the circum- stances She also read Dick isolated ana carefully selected passages from Ruths letters.
 Then jealousy gets hold of Dick. then melancholy. then recklessness takes a nand and, before he knows 1t, he has done something that shocks and grieves everybody. How does Ruth take 1t? Like any real girl under the circum- stances. And Melessa--she doesn't care, not Melissa,
 The author is the daughter of pr. Drennen of Birmingham, Ala, and is prominent in the social and literary lire or that city. The book Is Illus trated by 2. H. Sykes.
 March Century.
 Jaseph Bucklin Sishop enjoyed the privtlese of knowing the late John years; 1t was in the library of John. Hays beautiful Washington home. , MT. Bishop says. that T experienced the highest pleasure have ever known" Mir. Bishop mas written of this friendship. for the March Century. | paying the tribute of a bereaved friend
 to pure and gentle and noble soul"
 "The Jews in Roumania" is the sub | ject of paper by Carman Sylva tthe Queen of Roumania) in the March. Century. The Queen pleads that, Roumania is not in hospitable, but so 1 absolutely poverty-stricken that the soil cannot support foreigners; and she begs at least a hearing for the people of her ''soreiy afflicted country be- fore they are censured tor considering first their own children and their neces-. sities
 There will be a full and generously illustrated description of the The New New York Custom house" in the March Century by MT. Charles de Kay. The fine new structure now bearing com pletion stands on Bowling Green. Whitehall Street and Battery Park. seven stories from street to roof, with two stories below the street. Conven- ient approaches. elevators, sunlight. electricity and ventilation will be con- spiciuous features of the new Custom
 
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 Gertrude Atherton;. in a recently pub- lished open letter, has told William Sharps American readers of the fact that Sharp lived and worked always in the expectation that death would come 10 him suddenly before he finish ed his fiftieth year. as it did. Yet he was always cheerful and tireiess worker. Among his last writings was the sympathetic account of Sicily and the delights of travel there. which will be published in The Century, begin ming in the March issue, under the title. The Garden of the Sun"
 Henry Golden Deaths painting Of a Sunset in Picardy' will be reproduced in color as the frontispiece of the March Century. There will also be in the number tint printings of an etch- ing by Otto ]. Schneider, "An American Type" George ". Maynards portrait of himself, and illustrations by Jay Hambidge and Leon Gulpon. Pictures of the new New York Custom-house | and an unfamiliar and satisfactory 1 portrait of John Hay will be features of much interest.
 Mrs. Humphry Wards Century serial, | "Fenwick's Career" continues to grow l in intensity of interest The March chapters cover considerable ground: | Phoebe's tragic flight rom her hps- band, Fenwicks young successes ana later made breach with Englands ofh- | cial art, his intimate friendship with l Madame de Pastourelles, and the gath | ering at Versailles of most of the dra- | matis persona-with no clue yet as to | what the end is to be.
 Dr. s. Weir Mitchelrs new novel, "A Diplomatic Adventure,'' in the March | Century, promises exciting develop | ments. the woman in the case" prov ing to have in her possession stolen papers of vital importance to the Amer ican government. There will be a l number of short stories in the number, one. 'Tn the Lee of the Centerhouse." a new "Kerrigan" story by l.. Frank Tooker, author of Kerrigan's Diplo- macy" Under Rocking Skies etc.
 March Scrtbner's.
 All lovers of automobile touring will find in the March Scribner an article by Henry Norman, M. F., which gives an ideal tour of 1900 miles, through nve countries, and across five Alpine passes, by a series of striking pie tures made from MT Norman's own He gives a complete itinerary at the end of the article so that the route can be actually followed bv other automobilists. MT. Norman Is the weIl-known author Of All the and other travels throughout the world.
 Thomas Nelson Page is now travelling in ItaIy and expects to spend part of he winter in Africa. Before sailing he 1nished a story which will appear in the March Scribner, founded on his last winters residence at Santa Barbara,