Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09

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rs tie highest iustru-
social y ell being. In effect. i, urges
Loyalty to a milys tue tradition aud
denies, tin. right Of amy individual
member OF tn" family to run counter
T.. this " idciy bcnetirent force. The
Rogue lizards aGe n Freucn provincial
family that had from generation to
generation established itself more and
moro firmly in public esteem, and use
fulncss by it's social excellence and
business integrity. The story opens
with Il beautiful picture of night fall
in. upon the vineyards, and the grape
hal YES .ers-men, women and chiidie en-
gathered about Squire" Roaucvillard.
who in Il kindly manner of :; friend or 9
father. rs we'll as in the strict account
ing of the employer pays each his
days hire. ThcH tie picture expands to
that of - tIie:nilied and beautiful fam
lily life. Eui clouds gather over the
House of RoqueVillard. For Maurice.
the youngest son, in the thrall of for
hidden love. rcpudiateS the family ira
ditiou OF honor, taIr-dealinS. clean-iiv-
ing and self-reSpCct. Hereafter. the
story has to do With the effects OF the
boys denial of ais past as these bear
itself. Tnis is Il biz and serious story
OF deep and true implications. 1t is
also beautiful one III its pictures OF
the French country and its conception
of the French provincial life.
THE JESTER. By Leslie Moore. author
of The Peacock Feather, etc. New
York: q. l.. puuuam's Sous.
Like his predecessor. the happy hero
of The Peacock Feather" Peregrine,
the jester. belongs to the joyous way
farers and beloved vasabonds of the
world. Amy preteXt to get out into the
open. with The trees for roofage and
the common highway for hostelry,
serves this writer's gifts and powers
the best possible turn. The Jester
goes back half thousand years and
more. to the lords and la dies of Il feudai
court. wherein l'ereS .ine, the heredi-
tary Jester. Is Il youth calculated to
rejoice the eye and melt the heart. And
his motley covers no fool, for Pere-
grine possesses "A store OF wisdom of
the unworldiy sort and all of a youths
bright dreams. The designing Lady
lisa bel, caught by the sheer beauty of
the boy. sets about his ensnarement. An
easy task, for Peregrine is waiting for
the miracle of love. And before the
lneffa Die loneliness of the Lady isabel
he becomes little more than prayer
of alteration. Sacred worship, however,
the lady is intriguing. so very soon
poor neregrine. greatly beWildered -as
to what his misdoinG has been. finds
himself beaten. and Inundated, out
upon the open road. But the free
highway is not for him yet. For Pere-
glIne has the qualities in rich meas
ure that catch the questioning eyes of
the restless fair. And to aid them in
their pursuit the devil in those old
days loaned out his arts of magic and
nd VI he
and luckless jester falls victim to one
or another of these wiles at every turn
only to be sent packing once more for
his unfortunate. mail-proof innocence.
1t IS when the jester is an outcast that
one loves him. A free bird cleaving
the golden air is more beautiful
sight any time than bird and snake
In their respective traditional roles.
Peregrine's story may be read, by those
VINO are keen to double-dealing tales,
as an allegory OF youth questing its
ideal. with many false goal accepted
before the true one is reached. Or it
may be taken merely as an enjoyable
and spirited medieval romance.
THE GARDEN OF PARADISE. BY
Edward Sheldon. author of The
Niger" etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Hans Andersen's Little Mermaid"
provides the basis of Edward Sheldon's
fairy play. The Garden of Paradise"
Andersen's story. you remember. is
that Of Swanhild, the mermaid, who
aspired to the love of a mortal. And,
SO aspiring i'll a passion OF devotion
and sympathy anG self-effacemenJ.
human being In lowly attendance
upon the young king over whom her
heart yearned Swanhild achieved that
poignancy of suffering that crowns
humanity as such. Bidder to the Gar
den OF Paradise. Swanhilds new
fedged soul was welcomed there by
troops of shining angels and the music
OF the heavenly hosts. Sea and land
foik meet in this play. Its scenes
are cast under the sea, upon Its sur
face and along its shores perfect
wizardry of stage mechanism supports
the riotous imagery of the story, and
the whole sums to amazing spec
tacle of beauty and delicate fancy
1T, now and then, an homogeneous note
Jars the representative. il will be lost
~ the general approval that this well
KNIT and sympathetic stage version of
beautiful fairy tale is bound to
elicit.
PAftSIVAL. BY Gerhard Hauptmann
Authorized translation by Oakley
Williams New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
Gerhard Hauptmann here retells the
t"elIth century romance OF ParSlyal,
Heartache's son. vino learned life
through a vengeful quest up and down
the earth of him who had done Heart
ache a grievous wrong. The meaning
of the legend stands clear here as the
natural sequence of sowing and reap
ing. The seed Of hatred violence,
calumny, distIust and their kim surge
UP through the human spirit in a rank
harvest OF seif-destroyine vices that
in turn create the spreading poisons
Of their penetrating airs and infiu-
ences- The obdurate and unheeding
hatred of Parsival stands off biackly
here against the luminous Chrtet-way
of nurturtng the human spirit toward
a comprehending universal love In
word. Hauptmann makes the old tale
allegory of life The telling of 1t
is a work OF sheer beauty. beauty
that the translator has in no sense
lessened or married.
THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK. By Hiram Martin Chitten-
den. author of American Fur Trade
of the Far West" etc. Illustrated.
pany.
In 1891 the writer of this book was
detailed as assistant 10 the officer in
charge of road construction in the Vel
lowstone National Park. In 1899 he
was again sent to the Yellowstone.
this time in exclusive charge of the
road work which has since developed
into comprehensive system of high
ways through the construction of about
900 miles Of mountain roads. The book
IN hand. natural outgroWth of this
experience. IL. therefore. a dependab BILE