The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28

1 in the mad rush for money-and the big ness of the deeds that one man performs Sheridan by name-are chronicled and
 made the concrete example of an abstract proposition that involves the interest of the reader who form start to finish K held blythe numerous fast flying episodes ana entanglements that envelop things Bibbs Sheridan is an odd sort of hero
 and Mir. Tarkington has made him n very interesting one, as his struggle for the beautiful and the soulful against the material money worship of his father and | brothers is wrought out and the striving for the fine things of life over the mere l commonDaces. makes a powerfully strong condition which calls for pause or should in this world Of crass materialism Bibbs Sheridan is of three. brothers and his father has practically no use | for him. The boy is sick anaemic. and altogether impractical with no head for business, but a penchant for music and poetry and psychology and all the things his father considers mere ''piffle''
 The boy comes home. from a sani- torium. just in time to find his family ensconced in "the big new house next door to the most aristocratic people in town-the Vertress. father, mother and lovely daughter-the belle of the town who, when they had money could have married nearly anybody, but now being down and out financially are relesated to lone hope-for the girl to marry some one with money
 Accordingly at sort of house warm- ing at the Sheridan's Mary Vetress be- comes acquainted with the entire family and promptly sets out to catch one of the boys
 She makes the mistake of selecting the married one-only to find that Jim is the one whom she should fascinate. which she does at the same time winning the heart of old Mr. Sheridan. whose brusque- ness and uncouthness do not keep the clever girl from seeing his worth and ability underneath an unpublished, hard exterior
 Suddenly Jim is killed in an accident and the story takes on different phase.
 bibbs the semi-invalid. comes to the front at the crucial moment and makes arrangements for the funeral of his brother attends to all the gruesome de- tails and shows himself possessed of real ability when 1t comes to emergencies.
 After the funeral, Mary vetrees waits at the cemetery until the crowd has gone and Bfbbs, who also stayed to see that everything was attended to propertly, meet, for they have barely been intro duced before. and the ride home from tho cemetery begins the romance of their lives
 Sheridan is hopeless after the death of his son. who was his right hand" man and sees no outlet for his sorrow or dis comfiture.
 Bibbs, he regards as an utter impossi- bilty and the older sons driven to drink. because his wifes affair with his sisters $ sweetheart which has all but killed the entire family, makes the old man almost wreck.
 Presently Bibbs comes into his own. however, and after many interesting struggles to. tear himself away from his ideals, he accepts his fathers offer and becomes-a business man.
 Ills development is phenomenal-hs business ability is faultless and when his father consults him about certain condi- tions he is surprised to note the boys tremendous insight into things and real izes that his once slcky, dreaming boy Is. now wonder in the business world
 or course the boy has fallen in love With Mary Vetrees in the meantime, and her sweetness and fneness have done much to develop him in every way, but tragedy turks within the fold and when the "catty" little sister-in-law tries to make Bibbs believe she is trying to marry him for his money, as she did his dead brother. Jim, the whole thing be-