Show A STORY OF POLTICS The Congrehsmaus Wife a Story of t American Politics By John D Barry Illustrated by Rollln G Klrby The Smart Set Publishing Co NCW York The Concropvian whose wife furnishes the titlo to this work was neither very good nor very bad for a politician lie consented to be carried by the lobby and to live high at the I expense of a Job for which lie worked In the House of Representatives Rep-resentatives The wife was kept in the dark but luid an extremely rude awakening awaken-ing which also made trouble for the easygoing easy-going Congressman TTc loves and trusts his wife anil justl but she loses faith In him utterly nnd her Puritan conscience makes him sweat blood but lie lights his light to a finish nnd being deserted by the heelers and the jobbers he is badly defeat ted in i sum district Lut ho does t not loFoJilH courage he goes to work nifd in n fi w yearr hn soms lihHy to come to S tile front again Besides the story proper ihric runa through the novel a lovely 1U ilo i lovcpHssaKi between the Cougrcsst man s niece and his secretary anil Hie II vay her father takes tIm elimux wlipn he learns of the affair Is very well told Tlic novel in an interesting one wi I conceived and skillfully worked out It shows acquaintance I ac-quaintance wjth the iyc of the bosses and the 1 ward workers but not specially lutimaie though the geuiral surroundings lick neither ingeniousness nor welltrained fancy |