Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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prising plot, and is called "A Bride for A Candid Judge.
Casey." Ella Middleton Tybout stands a Dover lawyer tells a story in which *
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sponsor for it, and those who have read her figures the Hon. H. L. Dawes, who, it /
books "TheWifeof the Ambassador," etc., seems, in his younger days was an indiffer- 'k
can testify that she knows how to write a gnt speaker. Shortly after his admission to 1
good styry. "Casey" is one of four impe- the bar he had a case which was tried be- 3
cunious young society men living in New fore a North Adams justice of the peace, \
York. In order to acquire the cash neces- and Dawes was opposed by a lawyer whose j
sary to carry out the cherished plans, it is eloquence attracted a large crowd. The «
decided that Casey must marry a rich girl, justice was perspiring in the crowded room
and the others undertake to find him a suit- and evidently fast losing his temper. Finally
able mate. It becomes necessary at one he drew off his coat and, in the midst of the
stage to dispose of the maiden aunt of a eloquent address, burst out:
certain young lady, so they contrive to ship "Mr. Attornev, supposing that you take
her off to Boston until her presence is no a seat and let Mr. Dawes speak. I want to
longer a menace. Her disappearance helps thiu out this crowd."—August Lippincott's.
things along, for charges of robbery, abduc- ___„________________________^^
tion, and murder are promptly brought . . , 7 JTT T- T^^^j
against the quartet by the police.' The end Abstracts of the Leading articles
is unexpected to everybody—and to Casey of the month.
most of all. The characters are splendidly
drawn, even the minor ones, and the whole
tale is invested with an air of
despite the preposteroas plot.
plausibility Acute Necrosis ol Skin.— Coombs in The
British Medical Journal reports the case of
The September short stories are a strong a woman whose illness began with inter-
collection. "What Happened to Father" mittent fever, pain along the course of the :
is an amusing yarn by May Roberts Rine- sciatic nerves, followed after a few days by j
hart, whose books, 'TheMan in Lower the appearance of bullae like those of ecthy- i
Ten" and "The Circular Staircase" have manear the tuber ischii. These bullce formed !
recently brought her fame and fortune, sores which healed in the course of three \
"AuntDianthy," a powerful yet pathetic months. Later a bulla appeared on the
tale of a neglected old woman, is by George inner side of the right knee, and in the 1
Allan England. Other noteworthy stories course of two months the whole skin was :
are "A Question of Honor," by Hornor gone from the right leg. The process j
Cotes; "The Shadow of Molly Kinshlea," usually began by the appearance of serum ;
by Josephine Van Tassel Bruorton; "Be- under the epidermis at the growing point of
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tween Trains" by Thomas L. Masson; "The the narcotic area; the cutis vera died in a j
Death Sentence," by Caroline Ticknor; and few hours; when it was cut off granulations i
"An Unwilling Intrusion," by Percy Wil- were found growing beneath. Eighteen i
son. Thomas L. Masson contributes a after the disease started the whole surface i
blithe sketch called "When to Tell the skinned over. Some six months later the
Parents, " :
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which will be enjoyed by all fath- skin began to die again, and the patient's i'
ers and mothers, and by some children. temperature was above 'J9 for twenty-five
"A Patchwork Quilt' of Humanity," by weeks, the highest being 104. The treat- ;"
Day Allen Willey, is an interesting special ment consisted in quinine and iron througharticle
on our newest State, Oklahoma, out the illness. Opium was given at night ,::
'Character- Leakage" is the famous nerve and was added to the ointment composed !
specialist who wrote that remarkable little
book "Why Worry?" In the department
"Ways of the Hour" W. Barton Blake disof
lanoline containing tincture of benzoin,
Boric acid in carbolic solution was used at i
first and idoform was added later, and the courses on "The Bigness of Things"; Ellis
O.Jones, on "The Things We Cannot See";
and Phil Cullom, on "The Sin Argument"'
edges of the wound were painted with
peroxide of hydrogen. At the beginning
of the second attack the sorts were ionized,
but it seemed that the hydrogen peroxide
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Walter Pulitzer contributes some "Cogita-
.. ,, . ^. J. and iodoform lotion had a better ettect. i
tions 111 epigrammatic form.
^^^ ^^^^ .^ remarkable because of the per-
There are charming verses by John Ken- gigtance of the high temperature, the ap- |i
drick Bangs, Florence Earle Coates, and pearance and progress of the sore, and the
other well known singers; and to top off fact that the first nurse had to leave because
with ^^'^ them are sixteen pages of brand new ^^"'^^ became infected, suggesting a
jokes, jnigles, and anecdotes. Only a very
captious critic could find fault with the
^-^^^^ ^^ dismissed, as the patient and her ^
children had never shown any tendency
September Lippincott's, suggestive of either.
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