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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1923)
On Literary Water Wagon With Lady Rose Weigall By J. T. ARMSTRONG. In these rather vacuous Volstead ian days many of us ars as eager to find a “kick” In literature as In ^ punch. Literary bootleggers have risen to the occasion by supplying It In most of our modern and conse quently our most talked of novels. They have “spiked” books with de tails which American novelists of the I ilder school probably never expected :o see In contemporary literature. “Lady Rose Welgall.' 'a memoir written by Rachel Welgall and pub lished by D. Appleton & Co., iffords us an opportunity to board he literary water wagon. For If there Were any Indiscretions on the part of Lady Rose or her titled associates :he book makes no mention of them. Xhe memoir of Lady Rose Welgall .."H When Did You Grease and Oil Your Ford Last? Let the colored dials of the Stewart Speed * ometer tell you when and where to lubri cate, also how fast and how far you drive. 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Vienna and London during her youth, must create in the reader a genuine admiration for the charac ter of Lady Roses For despite the at tentions showered upon her she re mained quite unspoiled and naive in her views on life. Yet the memoir will receive atten tion for the glimpses—sometimes por traits—which It furnishes of men and women most prominent In history and art, rather than for the charming story of Lady Rose's life. These glimpses and portraits are not writ ten from the standpoint of an in terviewer; they are the unaffected comments about great people, written by one to whom they were familiar companions, and without thought of future publication. For this reason they are valuable. On one occfrslon we find Lady Rose accompanying the great Jenny Lind to church and noting that the singer keeps her exquisite voice subdued so as not to attract attention from the choir; on another we are given a de scription of Dickens reading and are told that ‘‘Nothing can be less pre possessing than Dickens' appear ance," but that "he moves masses of people of all ages and of all kinds to tears and laughter." although "his voice Is not musical and rather hoarse." But to attempt even an epitome of Lady Rose’s Interesting associations and memories would be too great a task. The hook Is rich in humane ness. and this should prove somewhat of a revelation to those who have been wont to consider the aristocracy of England and the continent the op posite of benevolent. Despite its lack of exposes and indiscretions the reviewer can not but believe the memoir of Lady Rose Weigall will be warmly welcomed even here in the stales, where there is such a.demand for "‘kick’’ in lioth beverages and literature. The Bee Bookshelf An excellent and useful anthology is ‘God’s Minute,” (The Vir Publish ing Co., Philadelphia), a collector of 365 prayers about 65 seconds long. Some distinguished preacher or lay man contributed these prayers for every day in the year. These are made up of the "Dally Prayers” run in The Omaha Bee. There is throughout Rene Vlvlani’s “As YVe See It (Harper’s) much of the same spirit and manner which characterized the “color” books Is sued by most of the European bellig erents in the late war. But the eminent statesman writes more vivid ly than the professors who made up the official books, though in instance after instance he takes the some at titude or position. “As We See It,” will, however, give what it says it will give—the official French view of the war and the attempt at peace. An enthusiastic account of a league of nations and what it mifht do to prevept future world wars has been written by Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale university. "League or ’War?” (Harper’s) is, however, more of a sketch of what an ideal league might perform than a record of the accom plishments and future program of the existing association of nations. Pro fessor Fisher writes well and force fully, and his book will make interest ing reading for those who still con sider the league of nations an im portant present political question. When a novellat attempts to write history, he is apt to become dramatic in point of technique. Shaw Desmond tells "The Story of Sinn Fein (Scrib ner's) In this fashion. Ireland and the Irish people are seen through an imposing personality. The story Is worth reading — Now that some sort of peace Is being patched up in Europe, the par ticipants in the late unpleasantness are telling tales on each other. Be cause the central powers lost (and 'probably only because they lost) It Is their representatives who are relat New Prices Effective October 2, the Ford Motor Company announces the following reduced prices on all Ford Cars and Trucks: Runabout - $265.00 Touring Car - 295.00 Coupe - - - - 525.00 Four-Door Sedan 685.00 Chassis - - 230.00 Truck Chassis - 370.00 All Prices F. O. B. Detroit These are the lowest prices in all Ford history. With the recent changes and refinements thathave been made in every body type, Ford Cars now offer new values in motor transportation. 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It shows to what lengths the czar’s government went In shap ing the record to suit Us ends. This little book does not tell the whole story of the negotiations between the various governments. But It does go a long way in disproving some of the (still held) opinions about the de sires of Russia and France for war with Germany. In "Dramas of the Bible” (Strat ford), a literary interpretation of the Book of Job and the Song of Solo mon, Dr. John S. Flory has fallgd to add dramatic emphasis or, to any appreciable extent, clarity, to either. Job was a better dramatist and Solo mon a superior literateur. The imprint of Covlcl McGee on “The Cheerful Cherub" by Rebecca McCann, Is unnecessary to rank the volume among the aristocracy of books, although it might safely be accepted as prlma facie evidence. The book Is a collection of short jingling verses, done by Miss Mc Cann for a newspaper. syndicate, ac companied by her conception of the cherub in heavy black outline. The illustrations are a delight. To Miss McCann goes the unexpur gated copy of the Queen of Navarre for having given the public Its daily dose of sunshine without descending to the level of Pollyanna or Edgar Guest. Italy in the War. “WITH ITALY IN ITS FINAL WAR OF LIBERATION,” a story of th* “Y“ on th* Italian front, by Olin D. Wannamaker. M. A. (Harvard). This Is an account of the work done by the T. M. C. A. In Italy while the Italian forces were engaged In the world war. The descriptions, based on the author's first-hand study of events, concerns not only the ac tilvtles of the “Y” but the achieve ments of the Italian army during the great etruggle. Allan Chester John son, Ph. D., of Princeton university, offers an Introduction. The book gives us an lateresttng cross-section of the war with particular respect to Italy, which mobilized 7.000,000 men out of a population of 35,000.000. 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