The Detroit times., 1915-10-05

BUCK PARviN AND THE MO.
YVES. by Charles e. Van Loan
gives Us an intimate picture OF
the private life OF . movie star
and a little glimpse OF how NOV.
ing pictures are made.
n the movies themselves are live
~, just think OF the people who
iaake the movies and the strenuous
Job they have TO keep up with the
game All the time they have their
own little private lives 10 live, but
these are rather on the side. The
out pretty nearly everything else.
when you are expected to get in a
cage with lion, escape and dash
nadly over prairie pursued by
desperate" COW punchers. become
"a captive In the harem OF Abdullah
and make your escape again by
swimming "A swollen river. you
haven't much time for home and
mother. and you don't sit on the
porch. listening TO the crickets and
Illuminating on the curious Unequal
tiles Of l'fe. You are either reel
Ing off film or you are dead to the
world In sleep. exhausted. done up.
Everybody inocu,ated with the
movie germ will read with delight
& book by Charles f. Van Loan.
After he has read the story OF the
- ka haU
the immense satisfaction OF seeing
II thrown on the screen under the
fame title. So he will have double
pleasure and feel himself. In a way,
responsible for the whole thing All
.okiag aside. Buck Parvin and the
American 10 the backbone. II sim
ply could not have been written
anywhere else under the sun. You
CEN ohUcklc and sympathize and
work yourself up To fever heat over
a. George II. Doran. New York.
publisher sI25.
Eugene Ncuhaus. assistant profess
sor Of decorative design in the Uni
versity OF California and members OF
the International jury OF awards I'm
the depar of fine arts OF the
exposition. has written a book on
The Galleries or the Exposition"
p.Ofusely illustrated with mounted
reproductions of the paintings and
statuary in the Palace OF Fine Arts.
u is a beautiful book. printed on al
tique paper. and bound in fawn
boards. richly stamped. Paul FL
der e. Co, San Francisco. publish
err Size.
The story Of Julia Page. by kath-
ieen Norris, 10 a strong book,
showing in vivid flashes the in
justice Of a double moral stand
ard.
American life o. certain sort,
sort becoming more common as the
small city grows into a big one and
people are huddled into small nats
and apartments, is told In THE
Story OF Julia Page" by Kathleen
Norris. Ii begins In San Francisco,
where a shop girl marries travel
ing salesman. There are the max
lngs OF a man I'm the salesman, but
the shop girl is without hope. There
in no home, just slovenly place to
stop between theater goings. cafe
dinners and shopping trips. The
delicat essen shop supplies all the
L. nd I'M ~no
tune IL soiled. though silken. XII
mona.
There IL child born. whom the
father loves, but he IL finally driven
TO drown his troubles In drink and
the mother gets her divorce. This
child Is Julia Page, who. In her
youth, beautiful and unprotected.
missteps. In spite OF this there Is
within her lofty, noble spirit.
which refuses to let her he dragged
in the mire but carries her up and
on. She meets n man OF wealth and
position who wants TO marry her
and she tells him her past. lie does
marry her and thinks himself happy
for a time. but the old prejudice
Gets the better Of him and there are
terrible scenes. I'm which Julia Is
made 10 suffer the remorse and sor-
row OF the outcasts Of the world.
Unable to enduce this injustice
longer, she finally leaves him. She
has grown much bigger and inner ~
q woman than he has az man. and
later the husband comes back and
begs forgiveness. But beneath II
al we see lurking the external mas
euline and know that Julia will new
" occupy. IN Jim's eyes. the lofty
place she has earned for herself. II