The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-27


reading will do " lot of good, too.
You. not particularly you. but the other
person who points with pride to the
numerous orphan asylums In his vicinity,
yet so busy is he making money, perspir-
ing-ice, going to dinners and parties and
things of that sort that he has never been
inside one, get Mary Cary and let what
she has to say "sorter sink In" as the
saying Is df there's room, it will do you.
good. might compel you, whether or
to remember the Little Orphant Annie
Orphan asylums, they tell us, and doubt
less truly, are great things That we
couldn't do without them. Maybe not. In
any event, so long as we exist" do not
live under "captalistic CONTROL" as our
socialist friends tell us, there seems to
be nothing else to take their places.
But this scribe has never yet passed
by or visited an orphan asylum that he
didn't thank God that it was only by
His grace he wasn't an inmate.
Mary Cary is not all sad; there are
many good laughs In this charming little
volume; If you'll forget in the reading
Of 1t that q child was supposed to have
written it.
The Rosary" by Florence L. Bar
clay. (G. P. Putnams Sons)
The scene of this beautiful love story Is
lis a young artist of great promise. The
heroine is plain English girl somewhat
older than her sweetheart but whose
wonderful voice makes UP for her lack
of physical beauty.
The story of THE Rosary is along
lines that are refreshingly novel and
pleasing. Mrs. Barclay brings to our at
tention a man and a girl who love each
other and the obstacles to whose marriage
are self-imposed.
1t was James singing Of 1.-THE Rosary
by chance at one of her aunt's private
concerts that revealed to the young artist
the perfect woman he had been seeking.
Through a misunderstanding, caused by
Jones consciousness of her lack of
beauty, the lover is rebuffed in way
that hurts him terribly.
| There Is a year then, of heavy-hearted
silence. both the man and the woman
living far apart with hearts crying out
| for reunion.
| An accident occurs and the artist loses
his eyesight. Disguised as nurse, Jane
goes to her sweetheart, ministers unto
him, gives him a new reason for living
(she must have been a Wonderland
JaneD and finally affects reconciliation.
Deprived of his sight. the artist turns
from pictures to music, while love, with
Jane by his side, as a sweetheart should
ever De- pTOViuluS MIN Will tAc lidiiuS
that make dreams in his blindness evolve
into beautiful music. the artist fights on.
'"They say out in the great western
country that God Almighty hates quit
ter Jane knew that And, before she
got through with her sweetheart-h
she compelled him to fight out his life
on the same basis
The Rosary, which has gone into
the fifth edition, and only recently pub
IL. tr..I
Some readers may object to the theory
OF fact. Of man falling in love with a
voice. But men have done and are
doing that; falling in love with much
less than voice every day. Just look
around you If you won't accept this
scribe's word for it. And, as for the
women and their reason for love-falling-
words fail!
1.-THE Fascinating Mrs Halton," by E. F.
Benson. Doubleday, Page & Coz
The fascinating Mrs. Halton was
widow of year who had had in her
short married life much sorrow. She
was now about 80 and returning after a
year away from London. on the continent,
to meet her people at home. particularly
the man she was to marry SO soon as the
proprieties would permit
A bright woman at a house party had
to-be, although no one knew of this
yet:
IT have only just met Mrs. Halton.
Every one says she is too fascinating"
She is perfectly charming said he.
rs that the same thing?"
ooh, not at all; you may be perfectly
charming without being the least fascin-
ating. No man ever wants to marry
perfectly charming woman; they only
think it delightful when one of their
friends does so.''
At any rate. Mrs. Halton, fascinating
or charming, maybe both, arrives home
to find that her beautiful niece is be-
coming entangled matrimonially with
certain young chap. Lord Lindheld, who
had in his salad days not long over and
about which Mrs. Halton knew q great
dead, been an awfully wicked young chap.
He had mistreated; not quite that-but we
call 1t mistreated, a sister of the niece
of Mrs. Halton in Paris. whose family
had believed her dead for years, whereas
Mr.. Benson tells us very plainly. quite
plainly, that she hadn't died-on the con-
trary-she had lived very wiclkedly in
Paris. only dying in Mrs. Halton's arms
few months before the story begins.
The plot of the story Is concerned with
the fight ON the part Of Mrs Halton, OF
the fascinating ways, to break up or pre-
vent any marriage between Lord Lind
field and Daisy, the sister of the wronged
girl, or the wicked girl; for no one, ac-
cording to Mr.. Benson seems to have
wronged her; she never gave them time.
Mrs. Halton engaged to marry Victor
must prevent this marriage between Lord
Lindfield and Daisy, but how. without
permitting them to. know why she object
ed to it so strenuously? Mrs. Halton
decides to, and does fascinate Lindfeld,
causing heart throbs, breaks. things of
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