New-York tribune., 1906-08-19

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-uur1Aar- THE MAN WHO WAS SFTTE~
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oraperdom in san Francisco-before the
.-lears to have been weird land. if one
.,sge from the fiction which has been writ
!, hold the mirror up 10 it by writer's who
81 least The authority OF experie,xsa in its
sass Miriam Nicholson, the author of that
.y-sfnirE story. IN the Bishops Carriage -"
,ss-sslf a graduate Of Pacific Coast journal
rs chosen as the heroine of her newest
I Fa .iaay reporter" on . yellow journal, an
+s+ire. impertnent. irreverent, Objectionable
70 person a eLaraeterislic representative of
~ neople shrink when they cannot fee In
ate life. 70 be sure, she is pictured as a girl
ssssuaticn and w0manly sympathy and
m But II cannot be said that the autbor
s.eoeeded thoroughly in reconciling these
q 4n-radict0ry phases Of Jessie InceIPs char
~ The girl IS not half 50 convincing as
he lady burglar II the former tale; perhaps
..se We know her better in real life. An
--- 1Terulan. the hero, IS j practical aItr115s+
ss.-s1uc2ted son Of The people and a ready
e- % any 'isEu which processes To omen a
r7 Z the higher life The so-caIIed .-bo-
-az' society T. y hIch Miss Nicholson intro
/ rs Is is o. q noisy. auateurish sort, reeking
he newspaper shop" One puts down the
Eih the feeling that there are few of the
.-ages with w1ou one would care to asso-
Il. Il real life
s11ngt0n. j. Is a precocious hero, who
lbs Tale in his freshman year-as he was
sy-ane years old he does not appear to
70 been preco- us srudent-and returns 70
Zone il The Middle West to bolster I'D the
II fortunes of his fathers shoe factory.
- he cockSgre- IS Of one Of the heroes of
- optics rol4uces. Huntington, jr., sue
ss II everything that he undertakes; and.
zser great the obstacles which the author
-s-s II his p--a. the reader IS never for 4
-sut given He chance 10 suspect that he Is
going 70 surmount them. Not only Is Hunt
-aa SIS. business 5uperilled. but through an
,zi5cs piece ct --i1kery his reputation s
.z5 Al the mercy OF an INSCRIPTIONS poIIti-
I Z Huntington. IT, not only acquires a mas
! 2 u the footgear Industry before his college
zuzses become sophomores, but is credited
1 the 0rigl1a,-or OF the idea of selling the
INT Of the factory through retail agents He
1s-Es in politics ana swings the 1st Ward Of
IT, the stronshold of the gang" for Re
4 with capi-al r." Incidentally he wrests
] proofs q his fathers alleged political dis
l@7 from The BOSS of the city in a personal
1.e = rather 5ejeune love motive runs
g-ga tie story. enabling the author TO ring
Fl ne curtain uFoa the hero's resolve 10 de-
himself 10 r-alic affairs-to the sound Of
-4ge bells
vs. Lees little volume about "the man VINO
saFess r q character study with q TO-
---1a i1ter=s- U1c.e William himself Is a de-
-tll type Of ancient fisherman OF kindly i'm
IS O. a genL4 charity 10 al men and with
/ 1isg correct aesthetic sensIbIlities chastened
1sgh long asso-a1on with nature Living
It with only his ca for company. and the
IA Of a wide stretch OF coast land which he
oought to defend himself from possibly dis
7sa1le ne-ghbors. he Is nevertheless 4 lover
-E kind. and finds congerial companiOnship in
5lmg artist who comes 70 paint the views
z1 he himself 50 greatly enjoys. A lovable
zae,ar IS Url-s y iliia-n, whose philosophy OF
b summed Ed IL the epigram- ''Livin's the
/ 2g 70 i've for, 7 reckon" ana whose attitude
~. he ..L.a