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1.11 A « V/ Y A*./▼▼StoryHilarious Trial Ends Of Colorful Southern FamilyHihudt-ra Willyi-gI lit f»««lrr Heartlijrk.»iKi Bran 5 1Eudora WeMv's latest book. * The Pondei lleai t ’ is indeed a happy novel although there is nothing sentimental m it nor aie the characters Miss WeJtv has created fortunate people Indeed, the book could have been a dept cssmg li igedy instead of the highlj cntoi tairung comedy it actually isThe scene is a remote and poor Southern 1 own The stoij is told a lonely woman whose onco-piosperous grandfather had died, leaving his estate to her only living relative, her weak-mmded uncle, who had a passion for giving awa\ everv thing he had or could lav his hands on It js obvious to the reader that aging Edna Earle Ponder wilt never muiry that she wdt have to take care uf her Uncle Darnel until he dies and that the tumble-down bom ding hou^e he gave her in an absent-minded moment could not support hei remaining years To add to her misfortunes, most of the town-folk stooped coming to see hei because of the embarrassing behavior of Uncle Daniel m the couilroom where he was tried foi the murder of his second wifeThe bare bones of this plot midit hr. e piovided the ma-leiial Cora sordid and depressingnovel nf the South, hut Eudora Welty has filled it with humor and laughter and tenderness Edna Earle is not a sentimental old maid, she is a loving woman endowed with a magic sense of humor As she tells the story of ho Lin, TJnclc Dnmel becomes a man jou. would go a long wav to see He wore immaculate clothes and a big gsay Stetson hat, heliked to hu;pen-dis-Jovtrt company,\ e uPd he had the sweetest position in the woildUncle Daniel was Inert for rnuidLi in. the most hihinous coiutroom scene lti modem literal ulo Fi loved to how himself and talk and he had nevei hid so good a chance That morning he had gone to the bankEUDORA WELTY — *entertaining comedy.highlyand had drawn oat all of his mono) When the bevwldeied jinv acquitted him, he handed out hundreds of dollars to e\ct-one, men women and child t en It was the happiest moment of his lifeAnd that was the reason why Edna Earle had to take care of the last of the male Pondeis to the end of his days, and wh so few people came to the boarding house to visit them ‘Monev comes between people, she said wisely •'»xciirtl.iy lion* Sin ncCrime CornerDon * lUntt By Gknn Barns Arvadn $2 ii»Rackets quizzer done m at country club state senator gum, local authoiiiies on edge Sus-pensef ulJ»ll Hury My I*«art Ry .tanies Hadl«y (.hair lJuttfin S* 0Big-time V S plungei dis-tiu bed by quantity and vauety of sudden deaths, but readei is not thulledAll that lt;.lltUfs IJ Minning Lollt;r\ Crime ClnD *2 Rutish agent loiutm Ham-blcdnn trails Berlin thugs who hooked plane designs Much gunplaj and horseplayl he s HturcJ jy Review Hoimudc DeskNew Books at City Library
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Sunday Journal and Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Jan 17, 1954
Page 39
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Melissa F.
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