The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

endure sin. but cannot endure vulgarity I can endure stupidity but not when accompanied by coarseness. Where women are concerned Lieutenant Benners is a sinner from the very hot beds of sin, but no woman. be she young or old, rich or poor, bond or free, beautiful or hideous, ever stands in a street car in which he is seated Last sum
 mer when you and Bronze were away
 at the seashore the Lieutenant rang our bell l know his ring from among the
 thousands. l was in the bath at the time, but hastily dried my body, jumped into my bath robe and opened the door for him. After moment he said: "1 was afraid that you were not at home, dear; you were so long In opening the door. But l see the cause now, you were in | the bath. You dear, sweet clean girl; you will wash yourself Into a shadow When it Is added that Lieutenant Ben ners was, of course, hot-blooded south erner, demolisher of happy homes, ] the above selection in regard to Ola and l the Don Juan luieutenant, ought to be
 sufficient unto the day, the evil thereof, l don't you think?
 | Ola's real husband kept in the back l ground because he was drawing money to do so. Of course the fact of Ola's hav- l ing husband. seen or unseen, caused | CoHpHcAIlOn WlIn three men WHO were attentive to Ola, object, matrmony.' ! These three men were The Prince" a | successful Wall street broker; "The | Pirate" curio shopkeeper, rich also, and the heavy, wooden-headed "banker'- | all simply crazy about Ola and wanted to marry her, but, of course, she couldn't do that. for she was tied up already. So | she continued to receive attentions from
 the awfully fascinating Lieutenant. The ] story consists of pictures of Ola's life and | that of her associates for 1t has a sub | title "A Story of the Studios," and no | doubt 1t is a good picture of that life, If anyone is ambitious to inform himself on that line, but 1t is phase of life that we are unaccustomed to seeing exploited between book covers of a high-class type. | If story of life in New York studios | would interest a reader That Man From | Wall Street" will please. If one does not
 care to read of debauchery, illicit love and | the complications therefrom related in | quite too plain a manner, then he had | better skip That Man" Mrs. Everett,
 the author of this book, has written some
 other books, the titles of which. to-wit: 1 Sowing to the Flesh" '"The Sin of Se- 1 bastian Sackett," "The Raphael Bigamy
 Case" "A Pretty Pertinent" '"The Civi- | llzing of Jasper Bullard," and so on, will l give the prospective reader of That Man l From Wall Street. an idea as to what | he may expect with the assurance from | this reviewer that that reader will not
 be disappointed in his hunt for the ques- | tionable.
 ''Wildreness Home,'' a Book of the Log 1 Cabin, by Oliver Camp.
 | If one loves the out-of-doors, "Wlder-
 ness Homes" was written for that reader
 to "crystallize and bring into reality that
 vague longing which you have felt for
 lodge in the wilderness" The author in l his very entertaining and instructive
 book tells us that wherever one may
 choose to dwell in the woods there will
 be found abundant material for log
 cabin and that a days work will bring
 results big with pleasure and healthy en- | joyment for even the temporary so- 1 journer in the wilderness cannot turn to better employment than that which will 1 give him a home of his own handiwork. 1 The book Is divided into ten chapters,
 namely, on making plans, the fireplace, | the ax and the tree, building the cabin, | the roof and the floor, the cabin and it's l environment, inside the cabin, what 1t l will cost, some hunting cabins and, | finally, a few plans showing seven cabins | easily constructed at small cost. The l book is profusely illustrated from photo l graphs and drawings. The chapter In which the cost of a log cabin is esti- 1 mated Is brief ard necessarily based on cost of lumber in different portions of the
 country as well as labor and all kinds of
 material The figures are giver, how
 ever, for one-story building comprising
 a living room 16x29 bed room 1ox11, | kitchen 9x11 and a reasonably large verandah the total cost amounting to | only $216.25. At the end of the book are
 a number of plans of cabins that have
 been built and proved comfortable and
 convenient The book Is very interesting
 and instructive.
 "The Philosophers Martyrdom, Sat
 ire" by Paul Caruse. (Open Court Pub
 fishing Co.,
 | Dr. Paul Carus, editor of that most | interesting publication, 'The Open | Court which discusses monthly the re- l ligion of science and the science of re- | ligion, has written and published a ridic
 ulous satire called "The Philosophers Martyrdom." The theme of the book is
 covered by ridiculous carrying out of the popular theory of ''the greatest good | to the greatest number. | club of brainy young and old men 1 was organized in Paris that Inter de1 studying and practicing socialism to the utmost. Accounts, very amusing ac- counts, are given by Dr. Carus of the arguments at the club meetings from l different 'sections'' If socialistic teach Ing. But the climax or the DOOk IS | brought home to the reader when the
 hero and organizer of the Philosophers | club is forced to actually practice what | he breaches during the French com
 mune, that Is, ''the greatest good to the l greatest number" In other words, the | wish of the majority Is always right and | should be law" It is carrying out that idea of the majority rule to it's legitimate | conclusion that Dr. Carus has used for | the theme in his book. The book is very bright and. like everything Dr. l Carus sends forth, instructive
 Broken Ofr," by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds (Brentanos)
 "Thorold Strong" has been a small | farmer in England for long time | making but little headway In accumu- | lating money. when his rich uncle in Canada died leaving to Strong a whole l lot of money, more than he really knew what to do with. Strong's first l thought was to cultivate his artistic | temperament" of which we are told
 he had lot, and then he also wished l to get into society" As he had be- | friended once upon a time Dickie l Catesby, a member of society" now h T I<t~ tl. ,