The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03

A boys Tight against drunkenness
VIII interest the reader at the outset
IN Anne Shannon Monro's HappV Val
lev "a. c. McClurg and Company. Chi
caSo) for the author avoids c%Xaggera-
ton. though she does ascribe the fault
to heredity. The hero Is stranded in "A
frontier town in the arid lands Of
Oregon. has been cheated 10y "A ras-
cally promoter. who tries to SET him
drunk at critical moments, and in
despair stakes a claim IN the new land.
He falls In with a queer altruistic pros
pector with a firm faith in the future
OF the country and a large family.
With other settlers of various natIon-
al1ties they make a hard fight To hold
and to reclaim the land. a story which
- stirring and exciting. Then comes
Q light against the mischIcvous IN
reference of the government and the
mAchinations of corporate interests.
about which the author seems bitter.
She then becomes rather diIuet.v. She
also discusses the question whether
people with hereditary tdIuts have The
right to marry. There are fine. life
like and natural people IN her story.
whom the reader VIII Like. there is a
swing and a dlreCtursS, too, in the
manner of telling that Is very at
tractivc. The subjects about which
the author feels earnestly. however.
are too many to I've crowded INTO n
book.
Aoving Pictures u the "
The demoralizins effect Of the NOV
Ing picture business is demonstrates
in Francis William Sull.yau's star Of
the North &C. = putnam's Sousl, in
which a company with it, outfit a.
planted close TO a Iiudsou'S Bay Com
pany's trading post. This '0Har'od hv
an old factor and his daughter "A beau
tiful and innocent cir. ignorant of the
ways of the world. Tho picture peo-
pie and the New York life they speak
Of are "A revelation 10 her. Sh" is at
tracted by the leading man an ua-
principled %scoundrel. but he reveals
his true character in time. She tx pro-
tected by another actor, who loves hcr
but is married to a selfish and hatofll
wife. She too - "a ~" North with
q rival photopiay outfit. SAe runs
ac.oss III" girl, n IN order to spite
her husband, whom she dot. SIS forces
herself on her parry, which Is making
q dangerous s'cdSe Journey through
the woods. After nearly bringing do
struction on the others through her
ignorance of the woods and her rccA-
lessness she co.laliSoS herself n thus
enables the lovers 10 marry. We re-
Eret that the girl * drawn int" the
photoplay business herself. the wife
II an unkind portrait of a type not
uncommon in New York nowadays.
The author has made hls story "A ro-
nance of the people cn-,-,d in I'VE
moving picture business, Ne has not
tried TO mix mp tro rho-qpiuys with
the older kind Of wilderness stories.
HuntinI for spies.
The heroine of Arthur S'riugors
The Door Of Drcdd THE Eohhs, Mel
rill Company. Iud.dntuo'ls) s a
charming YOUNG woman with al
amazing vocabulary of s'nn- who is
engaged with tWo maIo .yr'ri service
agents in tho Federal employ IN hum
ing down a sang of Germans that Is
stealing important Goyernm ut Sc
crcts. We infer that she has appeared
before I'm other books of the author.
A. he hurries over her periods of rest
and as her colleagues do little more
than put IN an occasional appearance.
she seems TO have a pretty strenuous
time. No sooner has she rescued one
set Of papers from the Germans AT the
risk Of her life, and often with aero
batic escapes from elaborate prisons.
than the criminals are allowed TO es
cape and she must begin all over