The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
NEW BOOKS.
A WhlrlInE Tale.

chapter Of Sidney c. Kapp's story Of "The
Struggle" "a. Vessels Company. The
whirling is lone in Kentucky in a palace car
1t Is pleasant, for there is much that is beau
tiful and noble for the eye to see and the
heart to feel. "As you move out from
LEXINGTON over the Louisville and Nashville
system nature seems to inspire you with the
spirit Of patriotism. On every side and In
every direction as far as the vision OF the
eye can run nature seems to respond and
To declare ip unmistakable terms that the
Just God intended that a great and free
people should here reside and enjoy the
blessings Of liberty and justice and the
fruits Of their own labor
The whirling begins with the starting
Of the train. Always the vision OF the eye
Is kept very agreeably' busy. AS you are
whirled on from station to station the vision
Of the eye sees nothing but prosperity
and the homes of a happy and contented
people" No mutation Of the pleasant
picture. Always 'as you go whirling on.
in every hamlet. every village and every
roadside station, the spires Of the temples
Of worship point heavenward; sndthe school,
houses stand guard az the sentinels to oon-
~scientious and intelligent citizenship
1t is impossible to be oblivious OF the
happy dispensation. The vision OF the eye
Is powerless to be unaware Of 1t. Temples
Of Justice follow Upon the temples Of wor-
ship. "As you pass on you are whirled
through towns and cities where stand the
temples Of justice, whittier comes an honest
and intelligent citizenship to submit to
arbitration all its rights in their sacred
precincts"
1t is not likely that the breast OF the OBJ
server who is being whirled will ask for
more happiness than it is receiving, and the
potential question that the novelist supposes
can nave only one answer. He says: A
you are whirlcd on through this beautiful
country, wherein reigns the twentieth GEN.
fury civilization, you are ready to ask could
the heart of man wish for more?' 1t could
not. He renews the whirling picture to
show that it would be impossible. For on
every side are the ripening fields, the lowing
herds and palatinl homes, temples Of wor-
ship, temples Of justice and institutions OF
l~earning-all of the three great forces that
20 to constitute a great civilizationp-ros-
perity and a happy people are in evidence
everywhere"
We shouldsay so.. He has said 80. They
are impressed upon the vision Of the eye
with emphasis as we go whirling. The
ladies of Kentucky add a famous beauty to
the already overlooking scene. AT every
depot, every hamlet and every village the
beautiful, queenly women Of this unchal-
lenged civilization are passing to and fro
in entering and passing from your palace
arcs"
1t is a delightful and wonderful vehicle
that whirls you. THE palace car in which
you are whirled through space at sixty
miles an hour is the product Of the twentieth
century civilization, possessing more Of
the conveniences and comforts Of life than
the mansion Of the King Of the thirteenth
century," No mansion of a thirteenth
century King could begin TO go 80 ia ct.
The Kings household retainers could hardly
have been as fine or as fortunate as the
palace car official people. THE conductor,
porter Of this palatial home, as it whirls
through space. are ~indisputable evidences
of a great civilization-a happy, prosperous
and contented people," The vision Of the
of a thirteenth century King would have
eche if he could AVE been whirled through
Kentucky in this fashion.
He would lave had still more Of it. "On
and on you are whirled until the vision Of
the eye tells you you are passing from the
blue grass region that has made 1.-THE Old
Kentucky Home world famed and an
inspiration to her sons and daughters
wherever found" into the hardly lessfamous
belt. Presently you come to
Rocktite and to the particular home ga
mansion that tells the story that it
is a home of refinement, culture and inteIli-
g%ence") of Col. John Shelton, father Of Grace
Shelton, a lovely and passively ardent girl
with diamond rings and q copious suit"
of golden hair. Here, while presumably
you are still whirling and,still keenly aware
of the glittering incidents Of Kentucky
securely gathered within the
vision of your eye, you begin to meet the
of the tale.
The story, after the particularly hand
ONE second chapter and after some chap |
ters of distinctly curious love making, calls
to an economical consideration Of the
country. The vision Of the eye Is directed
upon the beef, tobacco and other nefarious
The trusts have this |
by the throat" declared Billy Fit
chen, addressing a Democratic oonven-
ton in North Carolina. His long black
hair was tossed hither and thither," as he
spoke. He had previously mentioned thu
Mecklenburg Declaration Of Independence.
Conventions in other State were stirred
up by eloquent addresses, OF which samples
are given. A bloodless but satisfactory
revolution was brought about. The courts
discharged their high duty. The captains
of industry were sequestered in the several
State prisons. In New York, for instance,
Judge Snodgrass, as fast as honest jurors
find these organized anarchists
sentenced them to hard labor" at
Sing Sing.
The boob ends and the country is saved.
We support one of these facts with what
we may. and we are glad Of the
Troubles OF the Idle Rich. ~
Sir John Bixley's son Jack, the hero Of
Morley Roberts's story OF the Idlerss