The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-31

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zorro stopped over on their way home
from the exposition to visit Mrs.
prices parents. Mr.. and Mrs. simon
Stern.
MFR. and Mrs. John Mime will leave
next week for the coast to be gone
until the first Of september. They
win visit the expeditions n attend
the National Educational association
meeting at Oakland.
Mr. and Mrs. -. Ficshor have re-
! turned Go Denver after a short visit
with MFR. and Mrs. ID. s. Rosenwald.
Mrs. stanley Richards. who has
been the guest OF her sister, Mrs
Henry Coors. Jr., left today for her
homo In Chicago. Mrs. CoorE accom-
panied her az far as Las Vegas,
where she viii visit Mr.. Coors' family
for n few days. Mrs, Coors and Mrs.
Richards will make a side trip TO
Santa Fe today TO view the places OF
interest in that ancient city
MIR. and Mrs. George $. Klock re-
turned from Denver last night. They
were there about two weeks visiting
friends and report a delightful time.
Mrs. G. r. Lowbcr. who has spent
the past six weeks at the Mayo
| Brothers institute in Rochester,
MINI. returned home Wednesday
evening. Her friends will be glad to
know that Mrs. Lowbcr has recovered
completely from two operations.
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The Honey Bcc'-by samuel
Mcrwin.-Mr. Morwin has carried the
art OF story telling to unusual heights
In The Honey Bec,' style with "a
charm TO IL which unfolds the strange.
human experiences OF Hslda wilson
American business woman. during
her nominal vacation In Paris.
The Honey Bee" Is "a novel Of
some 500 pages. with the action com
pressed into a few months, but USE
less detail Is largely eliminated.
every situation has It's inevitable IN.
fluence in assisting Hilda to break
through the stage sot,ings OF life and
get behind the scenes where men and
womo live. w~ickodly, perhaps, but
withal blamolossly.
Blink Moran. with whom she forms
80 close a friendship that It Is neccs-
sary To refuse his offer OF mtrriage'
Is rather an idealized type OF pugi-
list. but. taxing him as The author
has made him, Blink is an admirable
fellow, consistently drawn
Hilda, Blink and Adelc-the last
one Is Of the American Twister
danccrs-aro plausibly drawn togoth-
er over the cradle Of "a little, sick. IL
legitimate baby whose French mother
Is helpless in "A hospital, n the as
ISOLATION fuses into a close TREND
ship.
Hilda regards life and all It's affairs
more or less as "a business, some
what analogous TO the manner OF
running a department store. and when
tho story opens the strict conventions
are her rules In the business OF life.
but. psychologicaly. she is trans
formed when the story ends
In the end she voluntarily goes Ia
the man from whom she has fled, "a
man who cannot AXE her as his wire.
But high artistry sustains this. as
every other situation, nothing offcnds
and we may say there Seems to be
little that Is ethicaliy wrong.
a curious and gripping novel, won
derfully true for "a mans portrait OF
a umau
The Ouack NOyel-Owcn Wistcr's
expose uf our frenzied fiction, is the
title Of an entertaining article In the
} Atlantic Tor June. 1915, Britons like
the critic. Edward Garnet, and tbs
poet. James stephens, have been en-
phatic in their condemnation OF pres
ent day American fiction. owen Wis.
ter. tho American novelist. has tried
to get At the root Of the trouble.
The truth OF the matter. as viewed
by the author OF "The Virginian." Il
that out uf our garbled version OF dc
mocracv the American people have
: given birth 20 the quack novel.
The author wastes no time In pre-
sentlnc his Indictment "The quacl
novel is a thing which looks like 4
= book, and which IL compounded, nd
. vertisod and marketed In precisell
the same fashion as CRstOria. Wine
OF Cardul. Alcola, Mrs. Summers
frce-to-you-my-si sister harmless head
: ache remedy and other patent medi
cines harmless and harmful As tn
patept medicine rs made OF perfectl'
well known drugs sn tho quack move
of course contains perfectly familia
elements. and, like h medicine,
comes wrapped In supcrlative test
monials from those who say the
have swallowed il 20 thoir advani
age" ''
Several popular novels are dissecl
cd In q clever and amusing way, MAX
ing the article we'll worth reading.
Let the Herald want &C DO you
work.