The Detroit times., 1915-07-26
I'VE Are Seven" a NelU Play
By Eleanor Gates Is a Classic


without moving II. Our epidemic
Of dancing II one Of the symptoms.
and still another 10 our reversion to
the drama ~ q form OF expression.
Nowadays everyone writes plays.
Whether he can write them or not.
he lets his spirit ny that way and
sometimes comes down on . bog or
chimney pot like . Tying machine.
But Il shows which way the wind
blows and whittier we are trying
to 90.
Eleanor Gates, author Of THE
Poor Little Rich GIRL" has entered
the arena OF the new idea. and 10
lighting for eugenics tooth and nail.
She 10 adroit a any toreador. and
does II In such . humorous. lovsble
way that We are with her from the
FIRST.
Here II q beautiful. young woman
whose one desire In life 10 to be-
come the mother Of healthy. splen-
did children. They are already con.
ceived In her mind, even named.
and she appraises her men friends
In the light Of the future father Of
Peter. Frederick. Hope and the rest
Of them. She even makes little
socks and caps In anticipation, and
every male creature. worthy the
name of man, would want to get
down In his knees and worship
her.
I'VE Are Seven" IL play en-
dorsed by the Drama league, and
already tried out in New York.
Arrow Publehing Co., No. 1l6
West Fifty.ninth-st.. New York.
In these strenuous days. when
every headline in the paper stabs
u in the eyes and brings q sicken-
Ing response from the heart. 1t IL
a relief to forget the war. the Ger
man note, Mexico, and the thrill
lers" Of the movies and settle down
In q quiet place with little book
Of essays by Paxton Holgar. called
"Ou the Shelf"
II tells about some Of the people
and places which are In the quiet
back bays Of life following their
paths Of duty. az they see them. and
probably doing more toward the
real values than all the warning na.
tions put together. II Il. ~ Oliver
Wendell Holmes said: Like hold
ing the cat in your lap after trying
to hold on to q rabbit"
e. p. Dutton q Co.. New York.
THE Devil In q Nunnery." has q
distinctly Boccacciolike sound. but
you're mistaken. It In . collection
of medieval tales, with the touch
of superstition which 10 bound to
be there, OF how his Satanic males
ty, through human agents. sought to
upset and pull down about the ears
of the saints and apostles the time
honored customs which had fastened
themselves to their august names.
1t 10 all In old England and re-
minds us OF those ruined cloisters
where we tread on velvet turf and
look up at the stars through un-
rooted arches.
E. p. Dutton, N. Y
The war 10 holding back some of
our books. because we have not yet
mastered the art Of producing GER
tain colors for prints. These come
from Germany.
ION Sunset Highways" book Of
motor rambles In California, IL .
beautifully illustrated specimen OF
the printers art. II contains Is
color plates from paintings and 10
duogravures from photographs.
Thos. ID. Murphy II the author.
and The Page Co.. Boston. publish.
er. Price. IS.
A pamphlet has come out Of New
York on THE Lusitania Case-Was
Bryan's Resignation Justihed?" II 10
by "Historicus," who refuses TO d..
vulse his identity.
In the preface he deplores the one
sidedness Of the press and says that
the whole question resolves itself
into the Interpretation Of the word
humanity" To the United States II
IL said to mean the safety OF linn
tied number Of passengers who trav.
Ell within the war sones: while to
Germany It means safety TO herself
and her allies numbering about 140,.
000, 900 people.
"If we are 70 consider the uues-
ton Of humanity" says the author.
I'VE must consider the humanity Of
the submarine. but also the human
ity OF furnishing the murderous IN
struments Of war.
Hugh H. Masterson. Publisher. ITO
Chambers-st-. New York.
A new plan 10 stop war and In
sure world peace 10 put forth by
Alfred owen Crosier. OF Cincinnati.
and II known ~ The Crosier Plan"
It will combine flrmness and love, q
Ii Wilson and Bryan. and put behind
these two ideals an international DO
lice to see that the fountain of love
may never become too weak To now.
There Ii to DO Q central government,