Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-14

impression stops short at the critical
point where. like her, all other mortals
stand barred.
THE SICk-A-BED LADY. BY Eleanor
HaIlowell Abbott, author of Molly
make BelleVe. etc. illustrated.
New York: The Century Company.
In reading this group of sparkling sto.
ries ones outside coat OF feeling is made
or sheer glee. such as went with RUNNING
away from school with the whole bother
some mess of verbs and tables left reck-
lessly in the lurch. One thrills to GO adj
venturing with this rebel against good
usage and the whole set Of restraints UNI
DER which she was, without doubt re-
Ig1ously reared. He smacks his Inns over
the Iong-sounding, loose-jonted words.
made Indian wise. He rolls under his
tongue. in fearsome joy. the swift little
swear words and the lusty slang On the
outside, this Is performance that pops
and foams and fixes uninterruptedly in
dazzling and delightful Readiness On the
INSIDE. these are tender and Unlocking
tales OF life and love- that laugh and cry
py turns in curiouSly whimsical fash
ION. stories toward whose human qualities
one klndles spontaneously. Out of their
peculiar originality it is not possible to
compare these stories with anything save
themselves and the author. whom they
reflect upon every page. Eleanor Halo
wen ABBOTT is the dominant note here
Each character is but some variant of the
author herself, each situation some re-
nection OF her own attitude and person
ality.
REBELLION. BY Joseph Mediu Pat
terson, author of "A Little Brother
3l ine R1ch' etc. Illustrations by
Walter Dean Goldbeck Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Company.
This transcriptive story might have
lived
bit Materials. in the main dingy and
frayed, enter into its makeup A
drunkard. pitifully such, hopelessly such
In regular ups and downs of reform and
fall; wife, enough of the new woman to
make an efficient confidential clerk down.
town; limited old mother to the girl
and loose and lubberly half-grown
brother form this familiar household
But for one condition the story would
nave been easy, a series of realistic
modern pictures. showing a elimination
IN divorce and new marriage to the
prosperous young man in the downtown
office The complex arises from the fact
that this is a Catholic family, with sew
eral thousand years of unquestioning
obedience behind it, and a genuine hor-
rOr of whatever the church declares
anathema. The story progresses with
the development of the girl. Religious
ecstasy, expressing itself in meek submis-
sion to something much less than a man,
is succeeded by a steadily growing spirit
OF defiance and revolt. Denial of the
church and acceptance of immediate hap
pfness is the conclusion of this matter
Ii is a strong story of the documentary
sort, built in the spirit of the scientific
who refuses frequently to stand
aside for the gentler offices of the true
artist.
THE MARRIAGE PORTION: A Novel.
BY III. A. Mitchell Keays, author of
He That Eateth Bread With Me-"
ETC. Boston: Small. Maynard & Co.
This is the domestic history of
group of professors in college town
The story is fascinating one of ex-
eellent pattern and good colors 1t is
saturated, too. with an air without
experience in the matter. but with an
imagination and some reading. one ac-
cepts this as the true atmosphere of
the classic hearth. This author dis
tinctly achieves people. The action of
the matter may now and then slip
away from one. but the men and women