By O. 0. M’iNTYRE.
Since I have had a book of mine
reviewed from coast to coast, I have
the urge to review a few myself. The
Job of book reviewer has always ap
pealed to me. Most New York re
viewers never go near the newspaper
shops. They remain at home. The
books are sent to them, they may
read leisurely and mall their copy to
the office. Most book reviewers I
have found are kind and fair. In all
the reviews I have received from
dipping bureaus only two were un
I suggest Elmer Davis's “I'll Show
Tou the Town." Here la an author
who knows how to Intermingle
mystery and humor in a way that has
never been done before. If any
novelist has struck a new note in the
past few years it is Davis. Hr is a
newspaperman, by the way, and for
several years was one of the young
est editorial writers the New York
Times ever had.
Varying just a little from bonk
reviewing, the recent passing of A.
"What good does It do for a worm to turn* He's the same at both ends
and on both sidds.”
kind. One was hy a lady In Brook
lyn, who said my book was “tin can
material for morons." Another was
written by a young fop of the Algon
quin group, who used his column to
vent personal animus for me. I had
before in a magazine exposed the
log rolling proclivities of tills group.
It has been their custom to ballyhoo
hooks and plays written hy their
own circle. And not one has written
anything that has caused a cosmic
quiver.
I think Isabel Paterson, who has
Just completed the beautiful romance
of war-tom Spain during the 14th
> “ntury, has a great tome in "The
. inging Season." It is colorful and a
genuine recreation of a long past and
fascinating era. It is becoming a
best seller. Mrs. Paterson is a for
mer newspaper! woman. She is bright,
witty and cle\|er. It is told of her
being invited to a smart tea. Among
lhose present was one of those in
sufferable bores who purrs platitudes.
He said: "The worm will turn."
"What good will it do a worm to
turn?” asked Mrs. Paterson. "A
worm is the same at either end and
on both sides."
How many people know that Zane
flrey is a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania dental department
and prior to becoming a novelist was
a painless dentist?
About the only great writer who
i.<ps not use tobacco is Thomas
Hardy. lie has never touched a
pipe, cigar or cigaret. Clgarets are
used hy most writers of my ac
quaintance. although there are a few
who cling to the peaceful pipe. Mr.
I lardy has also never touched alcohol.
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It recalls Mark Twain’s advice to
young authors. He said: "Yes,
Agassiz does recommend authors to
cat fish, because the phosphorus in
it makes brain. So fur you are cor
rect. Hut I cannot help you to a de
cision about the nmount you need to
eat at least with certainty. If the
specimen composition you send is
about your fair average, I should
Judge that perhaps a couple of whales
would he all you wouid want for the
present. Not the largest kind, but
simply good, midfjjing sized wnales.”
A. Adee. assistant secretary of state,
recalls a story he used to tell on
himself. His desk phone rang.
"Who is this speaking?" asked a
voice.
"A. A. Adee."
"Who?"
"A. A. Adee.”
Mr. Adee began "A." The voice
repeated “A.”
"A,” continued Mr. Adee. "A," re
peated the voice.
And at the third “A” the voice
said, “Aw. go to hell, you smart
aleck," and hung up.
A New York publisher announce he
is to publish a book for children that
will retail for $7. He promises it will
be an acceptable Christmas gift. I can
remember when $7 would have been
more than the entire cost of
Christmas for every child on our
block.
A new edition of Samuel Pepy's
Diary Has been edited by Henry B.
"Wheatley. Pepys lived In a thrilling
era. His position as clerk of the
British navy board put him in posi
tion to meet the foremost people.
Most of us love Pepys for his weak
nesses. He was continually falling in
love and yet he did love his wife
best of all. His diary covered the
years 1660-69. Nell Gwyn was then
at the top of her career. He wrote
his diary In a short hand he devised.
He never failed to reveal his short
comings. He tells of giving his father
"tainted meat” and "blackening the
eye of my wife, poor wretch." He
was a first class bihtophlle and was
passionately fund of good music. It
was given to Pepys to reveal his
heart as no other man has, although,
of course, he never thought his avid
comments would ever be made public.
(Copyright, 1924)
Eleven Picnics
Planned at Krug
Masonic Lodge Will Stage
First Outing in Years
on Wednesday.
The first picnic given hy Covert
lodge, A. F. and A. M., in several
years will be held Wednesday at
Krug park. A baaket luncheon In
the park'a private picnic grove, a
concert by Tangier temple band from
5:30 to 6:30 p. m. and athletic con
testa are on the program. After the
haaket lunch, the evening will be
spent In enjoying the park e rldea and
attractions.
A. O. Brown, worshipful master,
announces special prizes will ba of
fered for the lodge member who has
been a master Mason the moat yeara:
for the member with tha largest fanv
lly present and for the couple who
have been married the moat yeara.
The athletic contests will start at
4 p. m.
The Douglas County Deserve OfTV
cers' association will hold a family
reunion and picnic Thursday after
noon. More than 1.00(1 reserve ofil
cer* and their families and friends
are expecied to attend.
The Supreme Forest Woodmen rir
cle will give s picnic Friday for mem
bers of Omaha circles and nearby
Nebraska and Iowa towns Friday
afternoon.
The Travelers’ Protective associa
tion also la scheduled to hold one of
the larger plcnlca of the week on Sal
urda.v afternoon.
Other picnics scheduled this week
are the ladles' I .abur I.yceum club
and the (let Acquainted club, Sunday
afternoon; Omaha Musicians' union,
Monday; Alnmltn Dairy company em
ployes and Carpenter Paper com
pany, Tuesday; Vesta chapter. East
ern Star. Thursday, and the Elec
trical union members and their fami
lies, Saturday.
There was a day when It was con
sidered daring for a lady to aspire
to authorship. And nuw a lady, Edna
Ferber, has written the- best seller
In "So BU!" A few years ago I re
dded In the same hotel where Miss
Ferber lived Miss Ferber doesn't
are so much for the plaudits of the
public. She likes her work chiefly
for the Joy of creation. She Is a slow
writer and worries Incessantly about
the quality of her output. Each night
she would swing around the gravel
path of ttie Central Park reservoir
formulating her thoughts for the
work to come. One of her closest
companions about this family hotel
was a bright and Interesting news
stand girl. They spent many happy
hours together. Miss Ferber would
nt times go to her friend's room end
enjoy a dinner cooked on a little gas
stove.
I believe one of the best honks of
• he year Is Ring I.arrlner's "How to
Write Short Stories." latrdner In
many respects is the nation’s fore
most man of letters. He has his ser
ious moments but Is at his best In
humor.
The high brow critics are now he
coming patronizing toward 1-ardner.
They are Just beginning to realize
that such men ss James Burrle. If.
0. Wells and other distinguished men
of letters long ago considered him In
a das* by himself in America.
Ring IGardner is the gracious Inter
lude in American literature. Most
bonks tun to certain Ideas. Thera was
a flood of Main Street bonks. Then
a flood of flapper books. And so on.
Eardner followed no set style. Mis
pen strums pathos, laughter and
realism.
Ruth Suckow'g "Country People”
has been highly praised by most of
ihe metropolitan critic*. Tt does
smell of the soil hut the assumption
I hat most people of the soil ere dub
1. 'I be is Irritating. The most learned
man I know has never been out of his
county. He knows more of life than
the average man who has roved the
world and studied people at close
range.
For a bright and entertaining
volume to while away the evening
A
At The Boulevard.
House Cetera In "Don't Murry for
Money." la the feature offering at the
Boulevard today and tomorrow Tue*
day, Wednesday and Thurelny, "In
the f ala re of the Kin*.’ with
Blanche Sweet and Edmund Bowe,
will he shown. Friday and Saturday,
Second Youth." a comedy drama,
starring Alfred Bunt and Mirnl Cal
merl, will he the feature.
Bee Want Ada Produce Result*.
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Trapped by
Air
Girls Lured to Tights and
Such by Means of Air and
Radio Startle Gotham
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By PERCY HAMMOND.
Sew York, August 2.
MR. EARL. CARROLL, the "Van
ities" man, Is being denounced
for having employed the radio
to summon American girlhood to join
his naughty ballets. It Is said that
he has polluted the atmosphere with
honeyed inducements, persuading the
| foolish ingenues to leave home and
mother for the precipices and mael
stroms of the stage.
Soft voices wafted from the micro
phone have whispered to the. wean
lings that they are fair and sought
after. Inveigling was carried to the
point, of offering them ffiS a week for
the lease of their charms. Here, sang
Mr. Carroll to the sophomore grads,
here Is opportunity to exalt the
drama lovers at a large remuneration.
One hundred and sixteen fledgelings
are reported to have, succumbed. The
draco-la of the venture was one of
Mr. Carorll's minions, a jtress agent.
The innocents were exhorted to pre
sent themselves at the stage door of
Mr. Carroll's theater to be assayed by
the referees of pulchritude. Within
they were gauged according to the
prevalent taste in symmetries, and
it is noteworthy that the ankle was
regarded as the most Important test.
Manhattan beauty Is fixed, by this
authority, as residing in the lower
leg, just above the instep. Bibows,
no matter how delicately pointed, and
kneecaps, though bulging with bony
seductiveness, were Ignored In the
examination. . . . All of this, and
more, I learn in a letter from Mr.
Morris Gilbert, the Journalist, who
keeps me aware of urban problems
while 1 drowse unheeding upon "the
odorous, amorous isle'-mf Nantucket.
Mass.
Mr. Gilbert commends Mr. Carroll's
enterprise as beneficent, and com
plains that those who devote their
hours to sniffing the indecencies are
dervish like in their exacerbation nbw’
that the ether Itself has suffused for
them a prurient odor." He fears that
measures are framing among the
statesmen to put padlocks on the air
whose billows have been murmuring
the notes of the Lorelei. Overprud
ent fathers of families discern fear
fully that inimical voices issue from
the loud speaker, and that the mega
phone Is a maw inhaling the unwary
maidenhood. There can be no burg
lar alarms or bolted doors against the
predatory sound waves, now more ef
flclent titan licorice sth-Us or lollipops
to wheedle the young ones into the
kidnapers’ buggies. Better the dull
flatulence of the ordinary radio pro
gram, the homesteaders think, than
the baleful, dulcet tinting of the dev
il's lascivious pipes'.
But, It Is predicted, there will be
burglar alarms when the mercenaries
of sanctity have their way. There
will be cobwebs on the air Just as
there are at the doors of many grot
toes which used to dispense the boot
leg nectars. There will be Yellowleya
to penalize the ambient. And»rsons
to barricade the skies. The censor
ious will direct their unique sense for
a time away from between the pages
of the books that they fear mav not
he clean and will close their nostrils
to the debasing toxemlcs of cigarettes.
A new mustiness In the winds will
prevail.
Now that the air has been revealed
a.* a tempter, and until the angry
pttrgers close It up, there are several
dastardly uses to which It may yet he
put. Where the net of the hunter
snares maidens by Its breezy practices,
young men also may soon be cap
tured. The obvious progression is to
Invite our Adolescent male youth lo
dally In the theatrical trails. There
are primroses there for them. no
doubt, as well as for their sister.
Other careers of reputed impropriety
may beckon them. They r.dght In
come journalists instead of clerk*,
hodiernal critics in-dead of aodc
jerkeri. The possibilities of spaces
campaign of vice ao limitless, once
legislatures sometimes act without
precipitation.
At tins moment Mr Carroll's en
voys decry with sound .in 1 fury the
accusation thaf the hullabaloo is mere
presa agentry. They seined the traits
miners, they aver, merely for the
purpose of art and as ministers to
the public betterment^ Broadway,
they indicate, needs new e'fs to dis
tract the visitors to '.he theatrical
caverns. Thus improved, they think,
Broadway would be even more per
fect.
It would be no presumption to urge
the virtuous hilt mortified censors to
attend of an afternoon at this season
the fetes upon the more populous
bathing strands. It would reveal to
them tlie fact that prohibitions are
not as strong as tile sun, and that
modesty and the flesh have no in
herent antagonism. The lusty school
children as well as th»ir elders pre
sent » picture compact of decency if
not of allure. They broil and disport
without prejudice, and the upshot Is
not what the doubters descry.
Sheltered, protected beauties, by the
nay, are not the prevalent tidbit.
Girlish hues are now most popular
in two shades, a dusky un and a rosy
crimson, from Nantucket's puritan
littoral to the pagan sands of Dean
vllle and Coney Island. Eor instance,
there Is no longer a mandat* posted
backstage against exposure to solar
tattooing, and the fashion hat been
set in Its favor by the young Eng
lish ladies in the "Chariot Revue.”
The languor* ot the shaded paths and
tearoom* are not for the** distin
guished chorus girl* so long a* the
burning seas ere available at the end
of a motor trip.
Mothers whose trepidation Is ex
treme Ijerause their daughters have
been subjected to dreams of the stage
through the aerial transmitter might
do well to contrast the tonic pigment*
of the extravaganza girls with the
possibly mole fashionable pallor of
the sewing room and the brokerage
of fire.
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