The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-18
Conducted By nlartI,a Young

l Bridewell It is pleasure loving. con- ventionai Kemper who bears the brunt of execration at killing something in the soulful soul and turning Laura into stone"
 Adams is the sort of lover that wo- men authors create God does not make them. They are never turned out of the workshop of the world. Adams thinks and sees life as women authors plan their lovers should, but men never do. Fancy a man, even an editor whose desk is engulfed in story heroines, thinking thus: He always thought of her soul as of something luminous and there were instants when 1t seemed to touch her eyes and mouth with an edgesof light"
 Laura's soulfulness fails to be con- vincing; it Is impossible to imagine her as being pleasing to live with, and Adams only appeals to sympathy as being poor man compelled by fate and his own idea of love to take in charge two very perverse and intractable women.
 Percy Bridewell and Arnold Kemper fare badly at the authors hands, yet with all her animadvertions they do not appear more soulless than do other men of her pen. In reality, too. the millionaire, with his fancy for racing automobiles. is much like other men; he studies as eagerly the problems of life and death, and the same ties and interests of humanity hold him. He Is in all probability DO more absorbed in his mighty mining projects than is the farmer in the planting of his tobacco and cotton fields.
 The rare charm of Miss Glasgow's style will always make The Wheel of Life" pleasing reading. The facility of misunderstanding and dainty ol,lv 2 e plot, makes it easy to open at any page and make a delectable half hours reading. More care. less haste and more intimate acquaintance with the life depicted might have crystalized these good materials into a great novel.
 "In and Out of the LInes." By Frances Thomas Howard. This as the author says in her preface, is an at tempt to write out the happenings of each day in Southern homes, where were enacted some of the most heroic deeds of the war, and where occurred some of the grimmest tragedies. The author disclaims any unfriendly spirit, because today we are again q united people; the Southern States are once more a part of the Union, and the Southern mothers of today are ready
 
 which could be asked of true patriot ism and loyal devotion. Only three years since when we were involved in war with Spain, Southern mothers sent their sons to fight for the old flag, and the prayers of Southern women were offered on every hearthstone for it's success"
 After this preamble. the writer enters upon her recital of the wrongs endured by the women of Georgia. For Dalton. Ga, is where her story opens. Every Southerner either remembers or has been told of the horrors of this period. The collecting of stock, and hurrying them off to the swamp for safekeeping. the burying of silver. and other val uables that they might not be stolen by passing soldiers. All of this is told in a vivid way by the author, who evil dently went through the horrors she depicts.
 There are funny makeshifts told of the family shoes" for instance, being a pair of brogans bought for a servant. but never worn by them, and each member of the family depended upon these self-same brogans for their trips abroad in muddy weather, the one having "holiest" shoes being entitled to the family shoes for their outing.
 The author tells of their attempt to secrete a few hens. and the joy felt one morning, when q sure-enough white egg was found in nest. for an egg had not been seen for months. But all of this is a silvcry lining compared to the tragic woes the author tells of in stances of sheer brutality and wanton insult offered dcfencelcss women and children, stories of prison life, of en- deavors to slip through lines IT, order to reach some loved one, supposed to be wounded Ii is better to my mind. though. not to dwell upon that side too much. No good can come ot it.
 There is 2 terrible account of prison life. the horrors endured by these brave women, who. for the least possible of fence, were imprisoned In q dark dun geon, and at best slept on bare floors, without pillows, blanket or bedding of any kind, and. what was far worse. were never alone. for day and night an armed guard was present The prison doctor was described as "a fiend in human guise. his character com bination of brutality malice and cow ardice." The white guards seeming 10 pity the prisoners, the doctor had them removed and negroes substituted. They proved respectful. also, much to the doctors diss ppointment.
 Later, an order was issued ordering