The Washington herald., 1913-06-01

down the house Of happiness about hel
ears. Her fault IL penuriousne8. which
u handed down to her from her mater.
nal grandfather Had Lucy lived and
died among her New England people
| this trait probably would have beer
deemed virtue. but then this story
would not have been written.
Lucy. in the goodness Ut her heart. has
I organized rural colony for INDECENT ART
students. At the head of 1t she places
her friend, Candace Ware, as superin-
| tendent, pledging her to secrecy as to tbs
identity Of the benefactor. At this juno
ture the heroine meets her fate In the
person of an impulsive Irishman. from
California.
Dana Malone, q composer. whose geniui
had not yet been appreciated by the
world. poor in worldly goods. but OF q
generous nature. fun Of optimism and .
| Joy Of living. he was impracticable to Q
degree. He does not consider Lucyt
| wealth q barrier to their union, dismiss
ing the question of money with the
| thought that "there will be enough for
both" However. he has soon to learr
that the question Of money when 1t is all
in the hands Of ones wife cannot be dis
missed off-handed.
Dana learns that his idol has one fault,
one which he considers the meanest. But
they love each other. Dana leaves for
New York after a scene determined 10
make his own living and provide home
for his wife with his own money.
Hurt to the soul. Lucy Is left at home
to fight her battle with herself. Her love
for her husband and her own better ma
tive conqueror. Realizing where she ID
wrong. she is generous in her yielding.
The question OF money Is forever settled
by the turning of her fortune over to
Dana,
One of the strong features in the book
Is the portrayal Of the mutual love OF
Dana and Lucy. 1t IL deep and strong.
and triumphs over all their differences
Of temperament Besides these characters
and the slight touching on one or two
typical Boston aunts, there Is no other
personality in the book that takes hold.
Candace Ware Is but an attempt at draw
ing an original. interesting woman of
varied experience. but she moves and
talks like an automaton. comes and dis
appears as her words are needed. but
we do not know her The same il true OF
the artists, that form the summer colony.
THE CATFISH: By Charles Marriott. The Boobs-
Merrill Company. Indianapolis Price. SIS
The story deals with the influence
which one woman may exert over one
man. when man and woman meet in
their quickest sympathy Of mind and
heart and instinct. The hero is a poet
by nature. a man Of sane insight and
understanding. Into his life come
three women. who represent the truest
and best in womankind. In each he
finds some note that answers his deep
need. One of them 10 his mother. one
his wife to whom he remains true In
every thought and deed. and the third
is the one woman. She alone penetrates
the sanctum of his spirit, and learns TO
understand him as he understand others.
She it is that becomes the catfish 1--WE
all know the parable Of the cod and the
CATFISH Of his life-the preserving elemen.
that keeps him lovely his inspiration.
his incentive to effort and achievement.
We first see the hero in childhood. As
a boy he finds occasion for O fight in the
fact that another lad has broken a beau
tiful flower that belonged to him. but he
Is intensely ashamed that any one should
know that he fought for such a cause
As he grows older and enters business, he
loses none of those qualities: they seem
to grow and become more vital every
year; they become more intense as he
comes TO realize more and more what life
and character mean
Darragh. an Irish school fellow. pene-
trates the secret of Georges sentiments
and believes in a peculiar destiny. Yet
even to Darragh he cannot speak out.
but covers his real joys and desires by
a bluff pretense of being a complete
schoolboy." Only to Mary Testing who
with more courage than either the
mother or Darragh boldly invades the
sanctum Of Georges soul and tells him
in spite Of all his denials that he is by
nature poet. can he ever know the sat-
isfaction of showing his true self and
being confident of understanding? Yet II
is not Mary whom he marrier but Lesb'a,
and nothing is finer in the book than the