The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-05

the children OF Paris. his keen sense
Of the spirit Deyonu tno outward A.
pearanee. Is gwen in an arucie'
Jules Meyers as an Etcher anu SUI
dent OF human Nature.
A flesh expression OF the people :
purpose IN the i.itlle Theater move
ment is set forth in The eopie and
the TheateT.' II Is the voice Oh the
people In a demand for different and
better things. Ii started In tiny the
aters In Berlin and Paris where IN
, known dramatists were given an op-
portunity TO try their plays before
members and invited guests. In ihis
way many high class dramas have
been brought 10 light which would
otherwise have been thrown out oy
the commercial theatrical manager
OF the day. Building the Architec-
tural Backbone ~ the Nation" shows
4 series OF fine pictures with accom-
panying descriptions OF country
houses.
SHOW Much Land Does . Man Re-
quIre1 translated from Toistoi for
Move uher Strand.
The Strand for November con-
tsins the wonderful parable by Toll
stoi in which be sets forth his own
creed: How Much Land Does a
Man Require?" Irrespective of its
purpose II Is a splendid work OF tic-
ton and wildly relates how a grasp
ing land shark, striving 10 obtain a
great estate, wins, in the end. six
feet OF earth. IL Is stated that the
story has been especially translated
for the Strand and may never have
been read In America before. Am
b.tions," by May Eiginton. is an ar
tistic tit full OF Temperament" and
much trouble for William. owner OF
a French restaurant. who takes unto
himself a French wife in the belief
that she will lift his load OF respon
sibility: she does and the entire
ownership OF the restaurant as well.
Miss Edg'nton has a light touch and
skips with agreeable agility through
this amusing tale. German carica-
lures of "Kultur" by Walter
Emanuel. are a peculiarly interesting
study at present
University Of Detroit Quarterly has
eloquent tribute to Fr. Cooley by
John A. Russell.
The students Of the University OF
Detroit have again issued their quar-
teriy magazine, IN which an eloquent
tribute to the Rev. William Dooley,
by John A. Russell. holds the place
of honor. The fiction In this mum.
Der shows the influence OF the war
upon tine imaginative minds OF the
students. The End of the Gigan-
tic" is unusually simple and re-
pressed for O young writer. II Ia
after the style Of Southey's Battle
Of Blenheim." Two editorials on
timely subjects commend themselves
to all thinking people, The Ballot"
by Frank Kennedy. snd The War"
ny Maurice O'Brien. The Times
acknowledges. with gratitude, the
graceful compliment paid it In the
editorial columns.
American Boy for November has q
message for boys from Cardinal
Gibbons.
All boys should read Cardinal Glib
hons message 10 boys in the Ameri-
can Boy for November. In II he
tells what constitutes success" and
no more wholesome advice could be
given to old and young than this
man, who considers the boy the most
important thing on earth, gives out
Of kindly heart. Some OF the edi-
torials are stimulating: az for the
stories, no longer being 4 boy. we
do not know. but have a leftover
idea that thew are what be requires
when he takes time TO read.
The Red Book, with stories by J. N.
Barrie and James oliver Cvr~ood
- leading attractions.
The Red Book magazine In essen
TALLY a story book. II has three
serials and short stories galore
the most notable in the
November number is Jolly Little
Jim" ~ J. NJ. BARRIE. II is a pa
thetic little story told with consid-
cradle humor. James Oliver Cur
wood gives us another of his vivid
stories Of the north. II Is dramatic
and noble In conception and told
with the restraint which Is as q dam
to the food gates Of feeling. Oliver
Curwood Is becoming a master OF
literature and We. In this city, have
reason TO be proud. wild Youth"
and The Thirteenth Command.
ment" go on with a tragic compll
cation in the former and a semi
tragt-ccmic In the latter
November Century has articles on
military preparedness and much
interesting fiction.
November Century opens with the
story 10y stephen Whitman, "Chl.
dren OF Hope" which hinges upon a
100000 legacy and the part Il
played In the lives OF many people.
Eric Wood. author OF the Note.
book OF an Attache," written while
he was connected with the American
mDassy ia Paris contribu-as a