American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-23
POwEh COUNTY HAS AUTHORIZES
Woman Living on Dry Farm Wins
High Praise From Critics.

Mrs. Ethel Powell Houston, sister
of Miss Clara B. Powelson and Mrs. o.
III. Blackmer, has recently published
a book, Prudence OF the Parsonage"
which is winning high praise. Mrs.
Hueston and her husband Rev. Vim.
John Hueston, have dry farm on the
Bonanza Bar road about ten miles
from American Falls, where they have
lived for the past two years. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hueston are quite we'll known
here. At present they are at tho
Bethany Deaconess hospital owing to
the illness of Mr.. Hueston. The fol-
lowing very complimentary notice is
taken from the Denver Times of Aug
ust 25:
"Prudence of the Parsonage,
BY Ethel Hueston. Bobbs-Merill Co.
Indianapolis, $1,25 net.
1t indeed is refreshing to learn that
the age of books based on natural hui
man emotions, naturally written, has
not passed. In these days of polemical
novels, and sensational novels, and
novels turned out in record breaking
speed under the impelling forces OF
financial gain, with their highly flaw
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subject from eugenics to higher criti-
cism, one sometimes wonders II the
reading public has not been lured away
from the simpler, more human, more
natural tastes. and become fed upon
an uninspring brand of literature
And one longs sometimes for a work
that is different, for a change from
those well-written and highsounding
tales-which fall, tmust be conceded
of that personal, intimate quality
which causes the reader to feel tho
characters are out of his own life,
! friends of his and not remote charac-
ters of another world.
/ And that is why 1t is gratifying to
know that prudence of the Parson-
age" has been chosen by the Bobbs
Merrill company as one of the best
offerings of the year and bids fair
to have an unparalleled success from
talcs-which fall. IL must be conceded
the selling standpoint. 1t is refresh
peal to ones better self. And 1t is
highly entertaining, with naivete ana
simplicity that mark 1t as different.
The title tells us the character of
the book. but It fails to give us a
hint Of it's originality and charm. Pru-
dence is the daughter of an under-paid
Methodist preacher, and has on her
shoulders the burden OF caring for
four younger sisters. The family has
just moved to small town In Iowa
and the action begins with the arrival
of Prudence and her father at the
little, dilapidated depot, which the
author describes, along with the crowd
that In all small places make an event
of the arrival of the passenger train,
as vividly and as well as any of Booth
Tarkingtons mastery small town
studies.
And from then on until Prudence Is
safely married to a very likable young
man she meets In just such naturally
romatic way that could happen to any
girl, the author entertains US with de-
lightful character sketches of village
life in way that creates I'm one the
feeling that any other mode of living
is artificial and futile. prudence OF
the Parsonage" stands out a book
worth while, one that will not be read
and thrown away. but placed with 9th.
er treasured volumes on the book
shelf for reading.