The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-18
"The curly-Hslrsd Hon."

1.-THE curiy-Hslrsd Hon."
At last we have a real story for
real children and Il Is little too bad
that no one In this country could
manage Il, but that IL must come all
the way from France. II Is translat-
ed. but retains It's French flavor by
certain repetitions, EXPLANATIONS,
etc, which are all very attractive.
We can think OF nothing cosier or
more satisfying to the ordinary
grown-up than TO get In q big arm
chair before a fire. have BABY on
each knee, two more awee bit bigger
I on the chair arms and two quite
big" leaning over ones shoulders
looking at the pictures and breath
ing hard with interest. while we
read aloud about Mother Etienne ana
her farm. There In the big horse with
star on his forehead and PINK
mark between his eyes. the three
swiss cows LA Blonde" "Blauchette
and "Nera," each one with q bronze
/ bell OF different note, the BABY
ducks SO carefully cared for by Moth
! er Etienne, the drive TO market every
week TO sell the garden stun, and az
last the Cochin China's grand achieve
ment In Matching out the ducks eggs
and her "rascally babies mad rush
for the water. This was the beginning
| of the tragedy and the story-Yolande
the hen. tried to save her babies and
was drowned herself She was fished
out OF the pond and was ordered bur
led by Nine. Etienne. The thrifty
soul of the little French maid hated
| to lose such good material and deter
mined to eat her up. She plucked all
the feathers but q run around her
neck. wrapped Yolande In sack and
left her on the shelf. Can you think
what happenedf II is Just too excti-
ing! Hurry up and tell US. Yolande
came to and hoped down, feather
less, and shivering greatly. The little
maid thought she was q ghost as
she came upon her In the twilight
After this adventures just tumble
over each other, but you'll just have
to read tit In too good to miss.
"The Curly-Haired Hen" by A. VIM
ar, Desmond Fitzgerald. publisher.
New York.
Carnegie Peace Endowment.
There Is no doubt the first publ
cation OF the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace report would
seem Of more vital worth to us had
II come out before the 2Sth or last
July; however, this report Is or OBJ
servations made in China and Japan
In 1912 by Charles w. Eliot, In
trip made for this especial purpose
and I'm pursuance of a definite plan
adopted by the trustees OF that en-
ldowment" The plan would seem TO
be a good one and II China and Japan
keep out Of the present war, IL may
have had some direct influence. but
one cannot but be skeptical under
present conditions. As book OF real
Information concerning these two
countries Information not generally
Ipublished). the volume 10 most val
liable. such subjects as Industrial
Changes" business Morality" Med
ical Science" Art In Japan" The
Desires and Ambitions Of the Japan
esq., etc, are Of enough interest to
lus without any Interior motive. Pub
lished by the Endowment, Washing
ton, ID. G.
1.-THE Three Sisters"
The deadIiness of the life endured
by the female portion of the wears
family in an English village has been
the theme OF many story writer's from
Fannie Burnet down. but never has II
been told more graphically and with
clearer psychological insight than In
THE Three Sisters" by May Sinclair.
The little round Of calls and tea and
prayers-prayers. calls and more tea
with It's consequent result upon red
blooded youth with all It's emotions
and feelings throttled by decorous
code of behavior particularly throt-
Ting In England: added to this par
ticulariy unpleasant and hypocritical
father, and the various paths into
which these young women drift seem
to be the only paths possible for their
various temperaments. IL is sad.
disheartening story which Is saying
that it is OF literary merit and not to
be overlooked. Macmillan Co., New
York. s1-35.
1.-TWO Old cronIes."
| Ward Macauley has given US droll
little story of village and two
friends whose matrimonial adventures
are the pivot upon which everything
rests. Their love markings iuctuate
| from one woman TO another with the
almighty dollar always In view. There
10 some quiet humor to the book that
will induce forgetfulness of the cat
aclysm over across. Two Old Gro
MES" Ward Macauley. Duffeld q
Co., publishers. New York. so cents.
| "Wow, Wow, Wow"
A little boy sent into the world
without hts smile being pinned on by
the fairies who were having ball
that night and were too busy to think
about little mortals, Is the. story Of
wow, Wow, Wow" The first Is a
book OF Little Stories for Little Peo-
pie" and quite the best. The author
is not mentioned and no doubt these
simple little stories are collected from
different sources. w. A. Wide q