The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05


wo men who know where their hap
mess lies and are bound by their code
# honor not to seek 1t.
The comedy runs perilously near to
tragedy before a puff of wind clears
away the clouds and in bringing tears
brings happiness and content.
SOCIAL WRONGS AND A PRACTICAL
REMEDY"
By Carl e. SWANSON The Shakespeare
Press, Publishers, IA East Twentieth
street, New York.
Social Wrongs and a Practical REM
edy." Carl e. Swanson has written a
book which will be of unusual interest
throughout the country.
Especially in the south, Mr.. Swansson's S
book will be well received, since he is
widely and favorably known, being a
member of the One Hundred and Sixty
third company, Coast Artillery corps, sta
toned at Fort Barancas, near Pensacola,
Fla. but outside from this the book will
stand absolutely on its own merit.
The Pensacola Journal commenting
upon Mr.. Swansson's book says
1.-THE author premises his discussion by
! the statement that 20 per cent of the popu-
| lation of the civilized nations of today is
| in or on the verge of want, and that
among this class OF people is found the
! highest percentage Of crime and dis
| ease.
las remedy, he proposed a Public
Property Reserve where the out-of-
works may secure work and the home
less secure homes, much as they did when
the public lands of the United States
were open to homestead entry, except
that no man would be allowed to occupy
q public reserve home for more than 10
years During that 10 years he would
pay per cent on the cost of the home
and have 6 per cent of it returned to him
at the end of the 10-year period.
1.-THE scheme proposed may be prac-
ticable or impracticable, but Mr.. Swans
sons book is well written, interesting
and readable, and it contains much good
food for thought regardless of how his
proposition Itself may be regarded
THE author is 80 years old, is a native
of Sweden, and has made his own way
in the world since boyhood He deserves
encouragement in his literary endeavors."
love IN A HURRY
By Gellett Burgess. illustrated by f.
w. Brinkerhoff The Bobbs- Merrill
Co, Publishers, Indianapolis.
Gay and sparkling. even hilarions, as
the story is, the extravaganza never
| overleaps the boundaries of illusion
However widely 1t diverges from COM
mon experience. the reader accepts 1t
al,lwithout inward rebellion. rhc story
is as amusing as it is rapid and unex-
|
that carrier every one away with it.
| The time covered by the story Is as
brief as the movement is swift and the
air is jaunty. Within the short space
of 13 hours, SO minutes and 50 seconds
the entire action tarnspires
! 1t is not given to many men, IS the
author says. to have several fiances at
once, with the simon pure girl waiting
in the background, but such was the
case with Hall Bonistelle. society pho
| tographer, and the hero OF Love in a
Hurry. Hall might properly be sighted
as the veritable definition of lady kill
err" The girls swarmed for him. He
was good looking. but that was his
only asset, until
Il 1t seems that Hall was possessed OF
an uncle-of the fairly godfather vari-
lety-who knew just when to die and
/ what to do with his vast fortune. Fer
on the day before. Halls twenty eighth
birthday he learned that this old uncle
had left him four millions of real good
old fashioned American dollars more
money than Hall ever before knew ex-
listed in the whole wide world. But
/ there was a provision-2one of those gi-
gantic ifs" and 1t was that Hall would
n get the money provided he married be-
fore he was 2S And horrors! At mid
night that very night he would be 80
Hall had not contemplated marriage
He proposed to % languishinr widow,
Il (2) a breezy debutante, (3) a fascinating
model, all in the space of half an hour
II They all took it under advisement,'
and about the time they all decided tc
accept, Hall realized that he was really
in love with Flodie, his typist. Then he
had to hustle to get out of his entagling
alliances.
Farce! 1t is the quintessence Of al
that is really funny. comedy courtshir
that touches the spot. Gelett Burgess
noted for his sense of humor, has never
story moves rapidly along with a goot
/ laugh and good thrill ON every page
II Tho dialogue scintillates with bright
and witty talk. Never does the author
permit the narrative to become tedious
To his descriptions he has added an ele
ment of merrment that catches thu
reader off his guard and causes him tt
Just throw back his head and laugh And
best of all, he tells his story from be-
ginning to end; he offers complete
plot, and works it out wholly to ths
readers satisfaction
Tho clever characters that Mr.. Bur.
| CESS has introduced are true to life
F'lodie Fisher little, whimsical and odd
with her crinkly, colorless hair. her haze
ewes and fine teeth. wins the reader
promptly From her costume which
was careless, to her gesture, which was
| queer, I7lodie is an original
Mrs. Royalton, the widow. is typ
ical New York aristocrat. She is q pin