The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20

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auction is made to Bone Hill and South
combe farms. Genoa Villa, the village
Of Widecombe. it's ancient church house
and its old inn.
interest begins to centre in Tryphena
Harvey. in Arthur Pierce and his wife
at the inn: in the Coakers. the com
portable and happy couple of Bone Hill
iarm; IN Nanny and Nicky Club. the
village incubi; the homesteads of
hlngs, Woodhayes. Bag Park. Chittle
FORA Nenton and Lower Dunston. Tun
MIL Biackslade, Southway, Northway
anu doIens OF others, each one form
'nh INK IN the series that. taken to-
Eether' make up the Widecombc COM
munity.
Ia the hearts OF the Dartmoor foil,
passions swell unanimously and pri,n.
ltiVciy. they are flercely religious. SUI
pcFsutious to the last degree but. many
al them. governed by an homes, code
w the association of their lives with
others. The relations in families. tho
patriarchal idea of family government
me social usaEes at weddings and
'unera is.-all these and many others
are fully described in "Widecomhe
Fair" VIC
Like others that have gone before
IL is strong. consistent piece Of lit
erarN work, tecming with information
ana entertainment for readers who seek
'''h III tnclf reading.
THE Woman With Empty Hands"
anonymous Published by Dodd
Mead & Co. of New York. Fifty cents
net. t''"
INC Woman With Empty Hands' is
southern woman, with all the in
slincts OF her class But sbe 10 = NO
man who has lost her husband and
niue son, after years of unccasiug dc
Votlon ana care in the prolongation or
their lives. When the grave has closed
ever her boy the realization comes
noihe 10 inc woman that no one needs
/ her love or her service. and for the first
/ time she knows the genuine hitterness
J Of desolation %
During the two years OF absolute
absorption at the bedside OF her son
thc thought Of what a husbands loss
,i,c"i. mas neen held in allowance by
.nc strong force Of the womau's will
\ NOW ~ comes home To her that shc ia
!" WHO" ana that she is one of .,
large class the world being very full
OF WIDOWS The thought of bclonpiu,-
" S'S'erhood beroft like herself laws
nv iouiioauon for the woman's becou :
ing snhragist. as she says, because
IL initiated vital change in NV whole
iheHtai attitude and horizon 4 nov.
appreciation arose in me "A new sensa
Sistefh"od cutie distinct from my
pIeN.ous feelings regarding woman.
!
conscious OF an idea held in common
"itn otner women. and came 10 the
lcaH"atloh or e class Of women widows
through being one Of the sorrowers
myself" ei
The author OF The Woman Win
Empty Hands has presented nor hooi,
TO the public as being "A Virriui.n ana
hhchinondcr. but she has withheld
her name and published il anonv.
ously. The book came out in thc "a,
urday Evening Post, and has undoub,
ediy aroused widespread interest II
IS ably written and turns on ono Of ,bs
most vital questions of the day Tn.
attention of women is called 10 9TH,
woman With Empty Hands"
The Penalty.
By Gouverneur Morris. Charles Scrib.
ners Sons, OF New York Illustrated
by Howard Chandler Christy si.35 re,
There is a pathetic dedication of hi.
= novel to Mary Baldwin" that arouse,
question in the mind Could MARY
nave inspired the picture drawn of m.
book heroine?
rms heroine lives IN New York. am,
is a woman who has all the good thiup,
an induleent father wealth and posi
. tioi can shower upon her. She il Yer,
. Iar from being a butterfly, however
q ny. MOTIFS never depicts commonplac
women even for n purpose. He cndov
them with the fascination of ,aIen,