Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-13
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and think of him az a sort -
trumpet eaii for cieanness. good man
1ri- ana iuhdamertal kindness TIE
stoi" Them - Dis books and he lived
lhtih on hls NE And when Hopkin-
son smith died NeN YORK. lost net
only Der most versatile and accom-
puehed man vi letters but one who
vas nol exceeded hr aur other among
her millions uf inhahitautg ae q force
I"f clean living. good breeding. and
simple kindness AS vou cling 20 The
last pages OF "FeliX ODav" with
much sweet sorrow that the part
ins come $50 soon Thomas Nelson
Page recent tribute may rocur to
you. "A trumpet eall for clcanness.
good manners and fundamental kind
ness. This sentimental reluctance. d.
ne way % loose the hand OF "a friend
brings memories Of simpler day
when there was more OF romance and
less of cynical realism in the novels
we read. Perhaps indeed. that's the
very incest thing we could sav of
Hopkinson smith and his Felix
Opay"
New York on = rsin-sWept night
and wandering. kceu-eyed Irishman
with "a head that would have looked
well in bronze. macintosh and.
under his arm. q blackthorn stick
gentleman Felix O'Day. a gently
nurtured frishman. searching the hy-
ways Of Manhattan. broken hearted
over something on somebody hc has
lost something the natufe of which
you discover BIZ bV bt as the tale
ID a Faaf.4 D. D.
a strong kindness and "a fine love for
the eleanness and warm pity for the
hlackness which he encounters along
the avenue. as It's denizens always
called Fouth avenue between Madi-
son Square Garden ana the tunnel
10 is the New York OF "a decade ago
or perhaps mora New YORK which
looks backward toward Trinity church
and the days OF Kennedy square"
rather than forward 10 the period
when the metropolis begins TO be
epitomized by silk-clad ankles and a
long roar OF motor cars-in short
Smiths New York
Felix shocking himself suddenly
with the knowledge that he must find
some kind Of work or starve, and as
YOU devise, unused 10 labor of the
ing in a room over an express office
hearty friendship of Kitty Cleary and
her man John. Kitty is the type the
author loved TO creatc-~a sturdy,
deep breasted big-hearted Irish
woman, queening II over the worship
ping subjects Of her particular king
dom. SO over Kitty's express office
Felix finds roost, and across tho
iKeet a Job, impressed upon him
rather than sought as clerk in
Kings second hand furniture store. /
Killing, the furniture man, is al
heavy Dutchman with faint aspira-
ions 20 the title of antiquarian. And
among Kings unappreciated treas \
Ires Felix finds also Malsie, slip Of
! child with sunny hair. Masie
'lambers from Felix's knee into his
leart, and the tall quiet lrshman dis
overs with his playmate, that there (
re flowers and fairies even in the
leart Of New York The story? Well /
NTH the middle OF the book you al
most forget Gin the pleasure of the
etting) that something must hap
zen" Then the author becomes abb
Iorbed in the unraveliug of Felix's
roubles, the STRENGTHENING out of his
ragedy. And somehow while you
eel the pain, you have that comfort
ng belief that all will be wen in the
nd. Which is a very pleasurable
ensation in romances like this
There is o girl Of course. and q villain
# deepest dye-the secret you would
mrely prefer to discover for your
elf II is that kind of book.
II is back 20 the old scenes and
amliar faces that Margaret Deland
axes us in Around old Chester, a
objection of seven short stories. six
4 which are splendid specimens of
he authors manner at its best. Here
me meets again with dear old DR..
.avender. who Is or was the soul of
Id Chester. for the time Ia Of a by z
one day when women went around
n flounced skirts and poke bonnets.
he opening story, Turn About Is
he weakest Of the collection, but
My In its construction, The gems
re "The Harvest of Fear and AN
encore" In the former two sisters
re browheatcn by a tyrannical faith d
r. IN the end the crop Of fear is
He dies and one of the
listers says slyly under her breath,
We can think as we please now
Sister" Miss Sarah protested They
1oked at one another ana the cN-
itemeht I'm each face startled the
Their, for it was as sylvia had said
hev could think as they pleased
hey could SAY as they pleased and
Won do as they pleased The other
tory. AN Encore"--hctter read 1t
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