The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05


 lems are explained to Us from reading books written by women. The principal thing we learn is what kind of man would and does appeal most to women. Of course, in real life, we see beautiful, wonderful women loving and marrying men who to other men are what a cef- tain young woman, lately in the public eye, designated as ''pie-faced mutts But from books written by women, We find the subject fully explained. For Tn Miss Fields novel her hero. Robert CaVanagh," is a stick, a wooden-neaded, wonderful fellow. quite out of the ofdl- nary fhank goodnessD, in fact the way most men would look at Robert would be to think that his daily food should come from a bale of hay. Most women writers compel their ideal men to nght on high points, which is not bad at all; But real man could fight above board and still not be a pluperfect ldlot, as great many women writers insist thelr lle- roes must be or as they are in most such books any way.
 At any rate, Robert Cavanagh sultea the author and he was exactly Wnal Katherine wanted, now that she was mar ried to another man and could not see Robert But as soon as the reader no ticed Roberts arrival on the stage tue former was convinced that sometlllh6 vould or must be done to unite two low
 
 the author-it always is arranged. In the average story there is no earthly need of worrying about the suffering of two separated lovers. All will yet be well there is never any doubt of II. DO III this book a motor car having thrown ene husband on the railroad track very accommodating train ran over Stepneh and Katherine ana Robert saw daylight. "Katherine Trevalyan" is interesting. He reader will not grow enthusiastic over it-one does that over few DOCKS ehess oavs If only to see another picture oi an ideal lover as seen by woman the lime will be well spent on "katherlne ,rrev.lvan $ for if any men by this time think they know anything at all aoous women (Which they don'b reading or this book will cause a few doubts. Ihe book is full of the usual Nuitufe' car rion crow and jackal, depicted In the novel of New York society seen rom the inside"
 GlenWood by Anna Katherine NHiliis' q M Clark Publishing company.
 We really must not think that the | autbor of "GlenwoodH intends us to oe- | leve that in all cases we must do exact ly opposite to advice given us py iilo'Ae step-mothers and mother-ln-laWs' di- though that suggestion Is plalhiy sllONn in her hook. You see Margaret Gray, | a. lovely girl lived in a little town ln | Pennsvlvania with her step-mother. We are told that Margaret had quite nara | time of it with her step-mother. Notnihe is told of what the step-mother had 10 submit to with Maggie. Anyhow thls step mother having picked out young man. to her mind most superior one named | Rueben Brown. suggested very strongly l that Margaret marry Rube Rube was a successful young farmer, but Mar | garet did not love him, so she refused to | marry Rube and the fight began. That | is the way "Glenwood'' opens, with Mar l garet oh so unhappy, as one can easily | understand Margaret had to marry Rube | or ge. out of her step-mother's house. She chose the latter of two evils. She | started on her stage journey up to | Massachusetts to work in the cotton mills | there. There is a soul-stirring, heart | wracking picture of Margaret's leave | taking. When the stage trip had lasted | two days the prince in disguise appears. l It was young MT Glenwood and his fond l mother. Now, MT. Glenwood was fel- | low who had to an extent been fiercely pursued by match-making, penniless mothers and daughters. having in their minds, as Glenwood thought, ulterior mo- tives. May be they did. When Glen wood and his fond mother who usually went around with her son to protect him l from designing females. saw Margaret l
 
 lunch, it immediately occurred to Mrs 1 Glenwood that Maggie was quite a su- per1or young woman. It must have been | the way Magazine got away with her lunch. At any rate Glenwood spoke once l to Maggie-then again. then as his cour- l age grew stronger and he realized that | he was safe with Maggie, no revered Sabine war about Maggie. he could easily l see that-Glenwood got to the point where | ne could talk right out without any promptings from his mother Great chap 1 Glenwood was. Margaret had better stayed at home and taken Rube-he of the horny-hands. When the stage reached the place where all put up for the night. Glenwoods mother had a talk with her son, she put it to him straight" she laid the law down to her son. for was not here his opportunity? So Glen wood was induced by mama to think, too He slept over the scheme, and the next | morning, the second day after meeting Margaret he put his proposition. matri- mentally speaking, up to her He told ] her of his lands and estates. How poor Fellow, that he was he had been pur- sued all his life but now willingly he laid i at Margarets feet his strong heart and | ready hand, likewise his purse Marga- | ret grabbed at the chance and the purse | They were married that day and lived at "Glenwood," the beautiful home of | the family. Glenwood went into polI- | ties. Became what? Can one possibly guess? Why United States Senator This IS the plot of "Glenwood It Is tame story The reader will wish often to knock MT. Glenwoed in the head with an aX If any ambitious young men wish to learn how not to make a pro- posal for marriage try "Glenwood."
 sGlenwood' is a milk and water'' pro- duction. No doubt the ideals are all right also the moral, namely that if your stepmother tells you to marry one chap-dont do it. Do as did Margaret Gray. There are no stage coaches these days and it is to be hoped not many MT. Glenwoods" but you never can tell. The Orphan, by Clarence E. Mulford
 Outing Publishing Co
 "The Orphan is a first-class western story. The book stores shelves are full of the other kind. Most of the western stories are nothing but tales which might just as well be laid in New England France or Italy. The only idea being to dress the men in the ordinary so-calied western story up in chapparals and som breros and make him use profanity. Mir Mulford has no doubt lived out west. and like Stewart Edward White Franl, Spearman, M. M. Bower and only a few others knows what he is talking about The west has a great big area. There are just as many kinds of west as there arc different portions of the south and north In this book, "The Orphan" the author has described the Texas, northwestern ,arta Nau o,,d A