The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-13

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Doyle. even to the employment Of the
watchful friend to tell the tale. but Mr..
Hopkins blends a love story. which
holds the better part of the readers at
t~ention. with the detective business.
II the first We rave an amusing exh.bi-
ton of intuitive powers OF observation
and deduction. The second is a plain
murder with an elaborate motive. The
third liz old as an outsider would see
1t. and the detectives. save for their
solution. play a subordinate part. The
stories are very entertaining and are
more human than the usual detective
stories.
Romance on Columbus Avenue,
In Fathcr Bcrndrd's Parish (Charles
S~cr!bner's Sons) Florence Olmstead
takes II tenement house block on
Columbus avenue where the elevated
railroad does not rise very high and
studies its extremely cosmopolitan
population. She views it perhaps Oith
the somewhat enthusiastic gaze OF the
settlement worker and with his some
what hazy notions of national charac-
~ AAN illu - 'iI'Aul w uNtIl OIl.N Nl
tie plcasarter aspects. The gentle
priest hovers over them all and puts in
a good word when it is needed. but he
Is kept in the background. The love
story OF the little Irish girl who had
intended To he a nun and OF the young
drug clerk ia told very prcttily: the
reaGer will like them both. The centre
of the stage Is he'd. however. by an
o~astreperous Polish gil. who has the
knack of making people do what she
pleases and Is a reckless fiirt. She
plays of an abnormal,y mild tempered
Italian and others against the Irish
eNpressman that she loves before she
decides to behave herself. The older
people, Irish ~ German. are very
natural. the devoted hunchback boy is
pathetic and much humor Is shown in
the description OF familiar New York
conditions.
what Turks Have to Put Up With.
The mischief done by a well mean
ing girl who ~obstinately Ignores real
conditions is told graphically. with
much intentional humor. 10y Marina
duke Pickthall in The House Of War
'Duiiieid and Company. The author
has a high regard tor the Turks and
the Mos.ems. HIS heroine is "A rich
young English girl who, under recent
conditions. has developed the sclf-as-
sorting independence which once be-
."nEed MY In her American sisters.
She - Contrasted with her aunts, who
display the ccCcnt,iCit..s OF an Older
senerition. Tor sentimental reasons
they have kept up for years in a Syrian
town an English ladies' school ana
have never mixed with the natives and
have not tried to proselyt.za. The girl
Is eager 10 convert the Molammedaus.
She * taken IN hand uy an amus!n.
native chr. star girl who. Ike the rest
OF her people, desp.ses tho Protestants
Dut pretvnds to be converted in oriet
TO make all she can from them. She
schemes with her family 10 induce the
girl to take a house IN her own VII.
age and start a mission there, and car.
RIGS OUT her plan. The Christian VIII
lacc has It's " priest and near a,
nand Is a Mosl.m village. The ways
IN which the Christians impose on the
girl are described in great detail, bu,
she * not Interested in thern-she is
bound to get At the Moslem. She H.
warmed not TO by the British Consul.
hy the Turkish officials in the village
and IL. town and by her relatives, bu,
she is obstinate Il after she has
picked up n little Incorrect Arabic she
breaches to them and insults their re.
liGion. They listen To her at first be-
cause OF medical aid she has provided
for them and then because they ar,
,oid that she is mad, The Christians
however, scoN at them, and force u riot
that has t. he quel!ed by Turkist
troops. Even then the girl Is unwil..
inr 10 yield. she is acting through
no RELIGIOUS conviction: merely he
cause she has decided that II is tn
proper thing for her to do. The Turk.
behave as gentlemen invariably: IL,
girl behaves like "A termagant when
ever she IL thwartod she shows hei
ignorance and stuhbornness cont!nu
ally, so that she is wholly unattractive
hut the author marries her of so IA,
10 get her out OF the country. Tn
book is In substance a plea that tn
Turks be let alone n that mission
aries who do not understand the peopl,
he kept out Of Moslem lands.
I Ind Mana Good