The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

OF MAIN DINING RO'
ton, with his youth and loyalty, to say
nothing of the two girls, Waitsti1 and
Patience stand out firmly as types OF
Maine folk of two generations ago which
will long remain in the memories of read
ers. lr .r.-
Always in Mrs. Wiggn's stories the
most delightful bits of philosophy are en-
gendered and her aph0risms are quoted
by many of her readers.
From "The Story of Waitstill Baxter"
a few lines of, philosophy are culled from
one Of the most unique characters, Uncle
with interest. I'D. .t-,
Among other things he says: ..
THE great thing in life, J. take ii,
Cephas, is to know exactly what to ex-
pect. Your mothers gen'ally credited
with an onsartin' temper. but folks does
her great injustice in so thinkin,' for In
a long experience I've seldom come across
temper less onsartin' than your moth
er's. You know exactly where to find her
every mornin' at sun-up and every night
at sun-down. There amt nuthin' you can
do to put her out o. temper, cause she's
all out laforehand You can Jest go about
your regular business 'thout any fear of
disturbin' her any further than she's dis
turbed Already, which is consid'a able. 1t
would kind O. gall me to keep stiddy
watch OF a females disposition, wonder
in when, she was goin to have tan
trum A tantrum once a years an awful
upsettin' kind of thing in a family, my
son. but a tantrum every "a hours is jest
part O. the days work"
THE STEAM SHOVEL MAN" ~ ..
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Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York
Ralph d. Payne always writes attrac-
tive stories and in nothing has he ap-
peared to a better advantage than In
"The Steam Shovel Man." stf SIX
1t is well told tale and fun of ex-
citement and the reader has something
in store for him when he pertfses It,
| The Steam Shovel Man is a. story OF
an active. energetic young ball player,
who gets; a job after some exciting. ex-
periences on the Panama, canal! 'ls
, His adventures there in his regular work
and his bah playing ability give vivid,
lively picture OF that marvellous under
taking and of the difficulties as well as
the fun of the men who have been work.
ing on IT, a.i
The story is well worth reading
'1F YOU TOUCH THEM THEY VAN
~. ISH"
BY Gouveneur Morris Illustrated in color
by Charles S. Chapman. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, publishers New York.
Mr. Gouveneur Morris is one of the
most popular authors of the day, his
short stories being read by perhaps as
many people as those of any other writer
in the country.
In his story, 'tIf You Touch Them They
Vanish Mr.. Morris tells new and fas-
cinating sort Of story-a fairy story of
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delightful reality. Condemned and pun
ished for crime of which he was not
guilty. young man, after serving his
| prison term, goes to little house in the
woods. There he is watched over by an
old family servant and one other AS he
grows back to health he builds around
himself an imaginary world full of peo-
pie and projects, through which his love
story materializes into. reality.
| ALADDIN FROM BROADWAY
BY Fredric s. Ishan. Illustrated by Will
liam Thatcher Van Dresser. The Bobbs-
Merrill company, publishers, Indianapo-
| lis
Without the least exaggeration- speak
ling of the coldest of cold blood-this
| story may be pronounced the most .lin-
! naggingly fascinating novel that has ap-
peared in years, 1t Is extravagant ro-
| inance-a STORY that one will read with
keen an smiling delight. 1t is thrilling,
mad-merry,' absorbing. 1t is full of in
cidents as fantastic as the arabian
Nights and yet 1t sounds plausible in
every detail se2 FS.'-
Verify, the mantle of the story tellers
Of the Damascus market places has fallen
on the shoulders of Frederic $. Isham.
They are the only real story tellers, these
Ab0o- Zeydees. heriters Of centuries Of
practice In the story telling art. But 10.
Here is q dog ofsa Christian who beats
them at their own camel 81
Aladdin From Bsaadway'' simply had
to have the one settins- Damascus, What
| other city ina ginabIe Ia $50 perfectly
shaped to the asesn of the spinner of sro-
4 fnances2 Nothing is lacking In, the way
! Of stage effects Enyironment, color.
customs. practices, the very. atmosphere
need no retouohing They exist in the
| most romantic, MOST fantastic, most &c
centric condition Crooked streets, blind
alleys, nysteriousE echoing mosques,
| iatticed windows where peering eyes eyes
| are. Visible. the riVer-Rate in the garden
wall leading TO the swift stream. biooded
horses .skod With fire.. dark shops, hash
eesh,, bolted chambers rich with Jewels
and carpeted with rugs of rarest beauty.
moonlight nightingales, scimitars--a city
| fashioned for, no other end than that OF
romance, a city where all is possible!i
In this rich and splendid setting. the
events of the story unfold with perfect
fitness and deliciously thrilling suspense.
| Hero and heroine never once draw a
breath iunmenaced sby some danger=an
| it Is the glory eof the,S narrator that his
auditor walks beneath the same deadly
| dangerous outstretched hand of Amad the
Magnificent fs..s es-
OF course the heroine Is a dream of Par
adise. Ofl'course the hero is superb as
a~prince ~in-thes at Thousand land One
NiRhts'rs- We accept and. implicitly be-
heve the most extravagant phrase that
is bestowed on. either of these radiant
beings, for the whole picture is. in per-
feet keeping. The illusion is complete.
We hiss the villain without reservation
and feel, no, embarrassment. ....... sgs.,-
The story opens with a scene In "The
Street Called Straight" setting.
As ,tvpjcally Damascene as one can find!
A dervish smiles into the eyes of pass
ing harem beauty. She smiles In return.
Her veil drops and then. No stop watch
has been invented that can time the move
ments of the -tiaresaevii lfero--on a wager,
Jack Stanton, American. Aladdin From
BrO0dWay.'--+.
!. From the moment when thehouri smiles
upon him as she stands disEuished as q