Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-30
Jersey Borough Immortalized.

HoSS Hill township has been I'M
mortalized by Frederick w. Becker,
resident of Newark. His book,
THE Home Rule of Eliza might
almost take its place beside that
classic of Cats "The Annals of the
Parish" Hoss Hill Township will
be recognized by the inhabitants of
Morristown, of Chester or of Dover,
or Mendham The characters In
the book will cause many man or
woman in these places to exclalm.
who is he pieturing Miss L., or
DIR. s., or Mrs. B-?" This is the
test Of the humorist, of humor; the
only vital element that can trans
form a type so that when repre-
sented on the printed page 1t APP
peals to the reader as If he had
seen it in the flesh. Eliza, the woman
who made of the sordid, cruel aims
house of Hoss Hill a home instead
of a place of perdition, who replaced
the hideous rule of Deacon Garfield
with one of kindness and charity,
is just such a one a S may be found
in the secluded New Jersey hamlets
in the mountains, homely of char
acter, but true woman, bold and
courageous upon occasion, determined
with the determination of hero
when her sympathies are aroused.
The children of the poorhouse, the
Finnegan Inn, the deacon, exposed
brought to justice by Eliza; Chair
man Ephraim Lindsey. of the Hoss
Hill Town Council; AMI Messler,
| Hiram Pierson, Abner Darby, Abel
| Irat wit q
pencil guided by an unerring human
touch and keen observation. As one
reads the book there arises in the
mind the picture of another neigh
boring township like in every par
ticular There is the inn, with its
swaying sign: the village store on
the other side of the quiet road, the
summer clearinghouse of the Sis
tiers P, all, perhaps, now gathered
to their fathers; the miniature Epis-
copal chapel and the shabby brown
house under the hill wherein lived
! the only aristocrats of the village
Deacon Garfield would serve as the
mighty hunter of this neighbor- ham
let whose face after he had drank
gallon of Hank Tagger's "applejack,'
|
that one sees sometimes in the eyes
of an absinthe drunkard, in Mont
martre cafe. Eliza is the MISS L.
of the borough, the strong-minded,
| but womanly school teacher, VINO
still kept the old mill in the valley
and cultivated japonicas as pas
time
All this the book of Mr.. Becker re-
calls. and more. The aristocrat, Mrs,
B.. with her lovely daughters,
| Caroline and Isabel, descendants of
the Tottens and the CANDLES; of the
young curate who lived with them,
his room the attic of the shabby
brown house, who welded the charm
1 ing Caroline before she was woman,
who was destined to face an appalling
death in ocean waters and whose
countenance now, as he presides as
! bishop over his Long Island see, bears
! the imprint of the stress and dangers
| of his life. Then there are the
| figures of the patrons of the Misses
| p. the beautiful, Hebe-like daughter
of the founder of a Great trans
atlantic steamship line; the famous
| insurance adjuster of Broadway,
whose wife drowned her faculties in
| green tea that strong man would
| have touched at his peril: but above
all there is the ghost of the great
! general his lfework done, spending
! his DAYS in the quiet road that led to
Hoss Hill, his evenings with his be-
! loved stanton chessmen, his silver.
/ jug of punch, of the richest cream
and Hank Taggers "applejack,' at
! his elbow. These are the memories
| that will come to some as they read
| 1.-THE Home Rule of Eliza"
! 1.-THE Home Rule of Eliza" BY Fred
erick W. Becker. illustrated by Fl. C,
| Green 81 net. Published by the Platt
& Peck Company, New York.
| woman's World for May.
| In Woman's World for May, Ella
| w. Peattie begins a new serial story,
Anne st. Cross" that deals with the
experiences of country minister's
bride. Charles Majors two-part
story. .The DEVILS Tombstone" is
concluded in this number, and there
is a short story, "A Gentle Music
lover" by Annie Hamilton Donnell.
The STORY of the Play in this issue
i is Peg O. My Heart" as retold by
| Burns Mantle.
| The departments consist of contri-
1 buttons from Dr. Frank Crane, who
deals helpfully with the problems
confronting adolescence; Maude Rad
ford Warren's advice to girls and
hints on household matters, fashions,
fancy work and beauty culture by
Eldora Lockwood Dow, Julie Bot
tomley, Mrs. Howard L. Willett and
Nine Jeanne La Place.
In addition to his usual editorials.
4 Herbert Kaufman has an unusual
poem, called Hope" while Berton
Braley and Marguerite o. b. Wilkin-
son also contribute verse for this
number.
Literary Notes.
Il The Appletons on April % published
Elinor GYMS nsg aerel- "sAsine-