The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
BY A. ID. JACOBSON.

The BUSINESS OF LIFE: BY Robert W. Cham
bors. New York-D. Appleton & Co.
Miss Jacqueline Nevers adds herseh 10
the long list of Mr.. Robert w. Chambers
heroines. She is, as first presented,
tall girl, slim to thinness, except for the
rounded oval of her face under the loose
crown of yellow hair, from which stray
locks strayed untidily, curling across her
cheek" We are reminded OF that lock
astray" as we proceed through the pages
of THE Business Life" 1t suggests the
eyes of Miss Anna Held in that Miss
Nevers Just can't make 1t behave. And
very quickly the time comes when James
Philip Desboro doesn't want it to behave.
That's the lover.
Desboro is MIR. Chambers latest hero.
The fine old family name is about all
that he has left, except good looks ana
innate possibilities, for he has run pretty
well through the Desboro fortunes. But
when he hs decided to sell his inherited
collection of old arms and armor, ano
when Miss Jacuueline Nevers appears as
her fathers successor, in the business of
Cataloguing and arranging the pieces iE
the collection, a new impulse is impart-
ed. He takes a fresh interest in life.
The process begins of turning those in
nate possibilities into manifest qualities.
Such is the power of love. A tentative
effort is made to present The Business
OF Life" as "a plea for a wholesome,
moral life, unspoiled by luxury, unpoi-
soned by success" This is plausible, but
not essential The book is merely an
other of Mr.. Chambers love stories, told
in his own facile way, drawn out just d
little longer than almost any other writer
would be encouraged to draw 1t, sure tO
minister to a widespread and eager in
terest. The girl is charming, the man
develops attractively, the wOoinE is un-
usual in practice, and the romantic pair
figure in circles of people, piquantly pOr-
trayed. New York and beautiful Long
Island estate furnish the scenes of ac-
tion.
THE HONORABLE SENATOR sAGEBRUsH:
BY Francis Lypde. New Nork-Charles ScubneTs 5
sons
Nevada politics, the strength of
leonine boss, and the exceeding clever
ness of a softly spoken and brown-eyed
little woman are features of The Hon
orable Senator Sagebrush." To gain
experience with these three matters,
Evan BlOunt is called suddenly from
what he has taken to be his settled life
in Boston to join in the Sagebrush
State the father whom he has not Wis
tied since the advent Of a stepmOther.
That father is David Blount, the Ne
vada boss. The litt'y bro kn-eyed
woman is the stepmOther. But into the
story also comes Patricia Anners, who
has tilted Evan just before the first
chapter begins. but who reappears as
the story progresses.
Young Blount is Harvard. Europe.
and Boston bred. He has become
shrewd young lawyer in the East
When he goes West he Is the play
thing of Hardwisk McEickar and the
railroad owners engaged in desperate
grappie with the big boss. and he does
not find il out until events have pro
gressed to the psychological point For
time even he thinks that he is called
upon to fight and denOunCe his father.
But in the end there is peace and pop
uIar triumph.
The story is inEeniously turned, full
Of incident. and told in graphic terms. |
Evan Blount fairly earns Particia's
change Of mind by his determined
stand and manly actions TO save his |