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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
Sajlngra Wise and Witty.
Octave Thanet's popular novel, "The
Man of the Hour" (Bobbs-Merrill Co.),
is full of sayings at once witty, wise and
graceful.
"Nothing is so bracing to courage as
company."
"I'm afraid I came awfully near being
bumptious . . . I shall never learn to
hold my opinions and my tongue at the
same time, I guess !"
"If the council don't put that feller out
for heresy they ought for foolishness !
If a man's outgrown Lis church clothes,
why don't he clear out to some other
gospel shop where he can get a bigger
suit? I say if you are playing a game
and don't like the rules, quit ! It's better'n
trying to kill the umpire."
"There isn't a labor lender going who
doesn't have to swap some of his opinions
for his place."
"Mighty little taste's inherited, none
of it's made; the big majority just con
taged like the measles ! That's why these
big exhibitions are so useful. Most any
body can catch things !"
"The unions are a good deal like a
lawyer. J f you've got anything coming
he'll see you ain't beat out of it. But he
can't make it for you."
"We've got to judge a man by what he
does, but 1 guess the Lord will judge us
more than our doings !"
"I shouldn't have said she had enough
distinction about her to be disliked ; she
always seemed to me like apple dump
lings, wholesome but not intoxicating."
"It is true that I have been exposed to
education, but I only took a very mild
type." ,
"He drank only in the presence of la
dies because he was sure, as he explained,
that if he followed such a rule, he should
never exceed moderation."
The Heat 10111118: IBoolia.
The current issue of The Book and
News-Dealer, the official organ of the
American Booksellers' Association, con
tains an interesting summary and analysis
of the best selling books in America in
1905, based on reports prepared expressly
for the purpose, by more than one hun
dred of the chief booksellers ' of the
country.
There were twenty-four different titles
reported during the twelve months of
1905 as of the best selling books for the
entire country.
It is a striking fact that every book on
the list is a work of fiction. And of the
fiction, novels of character drawing are
vastly in the lead with thirteen titles to
their credit. The other classifications
stand: Political and Sociological, four;
Historical, three; Novels of Travel, two;
Detective Stories and Miscellaneous, one
each.
From the standpoint of the publishers,
the following will be of interest. Of the
twenty-four successes, The Bobbs-Merrill
Company published five; the Harpers,
four; The Century Company, Dodd
Mead, F. A. Stokes and Henry Holt, two
each; and Revel, Houghton Mifflin,
Macmillan, Little-Brown, Appleton,
McClurg, and Doubleday-Page, one each.
A final analysis of these figures de
velops perhaps the most interesting fact
of all, that the largest number of "best
sellers" was sold by the most extensive
advertisers, The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
"In the face of these figures," asks The
Book and News-Dealer, "who shall say
that advertising does not create a de
Judith.
Miss Grace Alexander, the author of
"Judith" (Bobbs-Merrill Co.), has always
lived in Indianapolis. For ten years she
was on the staff of the Indianapolis News
as music critic, editorial writer, editor of
the woman's page and acting literary
editor. The story grew out of vacation
times spent in Corydon, the first capital
of Indiana, whose hazy purple hills, red
roads and quaint charm of a bygone day
seemed a suitable setting for a tale of the
fifties. However, the Camden of the
story is not quite Corydon, for Camden
is directly on the Ohio liiver, while Cory
don is perhaps a dozen miles away. The
events of the book have nothing to do
with Corydon historically; the author
has simply attempted to tell a love story
of what is perhaps our most picturesque
period the period of high white hats
and hooped skirts, of formal elegance,
sense and sensibility, having, indeed,
somewhat the kind of atmosphere that
invests Mrs. Gaskell's "Cranford."
The story is a fascinating one and the
book is meeting with a large sale.
II is OflViit.
The kindhearted fireman dropped two
pieces of money into the Salvation Army
lassie's contribution receptacle and fur
tively wiped away a tear of sympathy for
the poor he was doing his little all to
help.
The lynx-ej-ed inspector spoke to him,
saying :
"How much money did you leave in
that box?"
"Two twenty-five cent pieces," meekly
replied the fireman, wonderiugly.
"Had you asked any one if you might
give that amount?" continued the in
spector sternly.
"I had not," replied the fireman, still
wondering.
"Then you must go before the chief
for reprimand on the charge of leaving
quarters without permission" Baltimore
American.
April Hint. lOOO.
C. Depew and IMatt resign
April Fool !
Carrie Nation's drinking wine
April Fool!
Colonel Mann has joined the church;
Kaiser lull's come off his perch;
Poultney'agot 'em "in the lurch"
April Fool!
Rockefeller's lost a cent
April Fool!
CasBie Chadwick's paying rent
April Fool!
Tommy Lawson's stricken dumb;
ltoosevell's under Lodge's thumb ;
Bishop i'otter's selling rum
April Fool!
K. & E. are daft on Art
April Fool!
Smart Set's really getting smart
April Fool!
Henry James is full of snap;
Tammany don't care for "pap;"
Fairbanks is a jolly chap
April Fool!
Hall Caine's name is Sunny Jim
April Fool!
Taft is getting very slim
April Fool I
Ryan is the poor man's friend;
Hetty Green just loves to spend;
Football's reached its llnal end
April Fool! Life.
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