Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-09
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Do you know your United states
Not unless you have read Sizing Up
Uncle Sam" d compendium of amaz-
ing information by George Fitch.
These vestpocket essays, little bun
dies of works on various themes" to
quote the author were contributed or
iginally to syndicate newspapers. All
are concerned with things and insti-
tutions American. and with his char
acteristic dry humor the author has
summed up the peculiarities of our
states. cities, leading citizens tinclud-
ing George Washington, political
phenomena, fads, pastimes, Dragging
points, drawbacks and problems. etc.
Each little article is full of side
splitting shots, and for that matter
OF very keen observation. He. has
overlooked nothing and faithfully de-
scribes what he saw as he sees it, be
1t Niagara or the Ham Sandwich.
| There is not a serious sentence in the
book; it is all fun--good natured and
exhilirating fun--full of jokes and in
offensive satire-a book to pick up
repeatedly. As rest for a tired
brain or a draft of pure humor. it is
just the thing. No one can be too
''hlghbrow to appreciate it, nor win
! IL pall on the non-bookish.
The Story Of julia Page" may well
be placed among the best of Mrs.
Norris novels, though the second part
seem to be unduly protracted--artis-
tically, it is true. but protracted new
ertheless-to emphasize a situation
that might be considered to be q
warning to young wives not to tell
their husbands the story of their ear
ly life
This novel bears a close family re-
semblance to Mrs. Norris previous
book, Saturdays Child" for not on
~ is the action kept in and about
San Francisco, but it shows the rise
of girl from poor slovenly home
TO aristocratic society. But "The
Story of Julia Page" is not burdened
with the innumerable incidents and
situations whose importance are
fashionable, that weighted the pre-
vious book into tedium. Remarkably
fine work is here, especially in the
first part, which shows Julias home,
her disorderly, mussy mother and
father, thor slovenly friends, Julia S
ambitions for the stage, her pitiful
finery and the humiliation Of her
contact with the aristocratic children,
Marks youthful love for her and the
resultant tragedy-all that is the fin.
est Kind of writing.
Julia's life at the settlement house
and her work with the poor children
bring out the best that Is in her and
when DR.. James Suddiford, the bril-
liant young physician of aristocratic
san Francisco, sees her there he inn
mediately falls in love with her. En-
eept for the fact that it is clearly ex-
planned that DR. Suddiford inherits n
morbidity of temperament the way he
carries on after marriage would be ut
terly absurd. He has been no saint
in his younger days, but keeps con-
tinually bringing up the question Of
Julia's early life harping on it, jump
ing into despair because of it, having
throes of agony and all that sort Of
thing. Julia assumes the role of Girl
selda, and has patience Harmony is
restored eventually but the conelu-
sion is far from convincing that it
will be perpetual, even thogh the hus-
band seems to have found himself =
Other New Books
Thirty" Q Brien; These Twain, Z"
Bennett, "The Bent Twig." Fisher.
THE Man and the Woman Salmon
Heart of the Sunset Beach.
THE BOOKWORM.