The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
The Fourth National Bank.
Conducted By martba Young

@WeSssSS '$>>>>>~>~S>>>>>>>S be pretty lonesome when we land i" I Nothing but Noahs," sighs Ham. l ''Noahs- 70 the right of them, Noahs 70 the ieft of them, Noahs in front of then-a solid phalanx of Noahs, And
 we're tired of each other already" Everybody on earth will know our Jokes, Ham went on adfsconsolatelv. Joking will practically die out" said Shem. Joking confined to one family is not of high order--it de- generates :"
 The effort to be funny Is kept up to the very end. "We have" proudly an- noHnces Mr. Noah the day the Ark landed, we have saved the species-- preserved the human raceg' Sounds like we were pickIed pears" says Ham.
 mildly.
 But Mrs. Noah concludes the mat ter You are allspice, children, to flavor the world"
 Shall you take it, dear reader. as
 authority for ancient history? Will you think it .'screamtngly funnyY' Or do you hold with your humble servant that as humorous production it is by no means satisfying?
 The book is dedicated by the author, ''To my dear brother Grants red Irish setter. Dan McGinty. who sleeps the sleep of the faithful and loving dog un- der the lakeside cottonwoods -
 Peace to his ashes! And may the Noahs never be afoat again. At least, let there be no biographer of the att tempt.
 New Novel by. SienlkIewics.
 rne .-T l.. II.
 Vadis," is an event of more than or- dinary interest By special arrange ment with Mir. Jeremiah Curtin. who has received from Henryk Sienkiewicz the exclusive right Of translatinE all that authors works into English, Lit tie, Brown X Go, have published a new historical romance of great power and interest by this great Polish au- thor, entitled ''On the Field of Glory. I"
 This important work is the only one written by this renowned author since the year 1900, when he completed Knights of the Cross" The scenes are laid in Poland. and the period is the reign of the famous King John Sobieski. just before the Turkish in- vasion in 1882 to 1883. Sienkiewicz has woven a wanoerful romance of great brilliancy and strong character draw ing, and in no book by the author of Quo Vadis'-a story whose sale has not been equalled by any modern work of fiction-has he displayed his great genius more strikingly
 In "on the Field of Glory" he tells a charming. tender. and passionate love story of remarkable intensity, and gives the reader acquaintance with characters not inferior in vigor and interest to those of the great trilogy. The complete work is presented for the first time in this translation by MT. Curtin, whose intimate acquaintance with all the Slav languages is famous, 1 and whose mastery of Polish and re- markable power in Interpreting Sien- | kiewicz have received worldwide re- cognition.
 Mir. Sienl1iewicz, by the way. has re- | gently been awarded the Nobel liter | ary prize of nearly $40.oOO.
 Dick. By Willie brennan RusselL-AI | very naive volume in which Ruth tells | of her school days in New York, where | the little Alabama girl goes with her | city friend to the theatre and the wise | city friend explained all its features. the boxes, the orchestra circle, dress | circle and gallery" she further records | that the play was The Rogers Brothers | in Central ParkT In another letter she relates that a school girl in New York | must have chaperone, and the cost is | fifty cents an hour"
 The slim volume is made up much of 1 letters, an antiquated method of story telling. The descriptions of Uncle Reu- ben and Aunt Betty Ann at their noun tain home, and that of the "All-day singing with dinner on the ground" are well done.
 Here is something a little in the way of a breakfast food advertisement from Uncle Rube:
 well, Dick I want you to bring some J that new breakfast food with you when you come"
 Malta Vitae?" question Melissa.
 No, seems like your pa called it Push"
 "oh, you mean Force said Dick"
 The picture of Sunny Jim" is omit ed. The book has a commendable under urrent of good as this resolve of )icks goes to show: From this hour, Im resolved to be no longer with every hitting wind of circumstance. I will De no longer a plaything in the hand ,f Fate. I will walk self-confident and elf-possessed. I will no longer waste my years in foolish follies and vain re- , grets, nor wait the ful1lment of bound ess hopes. I will live wisely In the present. alike forgetful of the past and uture." The sentiment of this Is good; It would be well if the construction eQualted the sentiment Yet with all 1 ts conditions a very sweet spirit per- yades the story. The sweetness peeps , ,ut at us like dear childs face glanc- , ng out of a masquerade costume of I garments quaint and curious which yet ,annot hide the smile and grace of youth and beauty within.
 The publishers give the following ] .ppreclative note of the book: The author, Mrs. Russell, does not ell the story of Dicks life. She just letails a year of 1t, the year in which he first real temptations beset his manhood, and shows how he carried himself and, when he stumbled and fell, low he fared in his sweetheart's eyes. The story of Dicks sudden and unex- ,ected fall and his manly recovery and itartlng over is told in a very natural md sympathetic way that makes one he Is a real boy somewhere. Wherever he is and whatever he is do- ng. We feel that though Dick may make sad mistakes-even Ruth would admit that--he will never be mean or or vindictive.
 It came about in this way: Soon af-