Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-09

ten the book. imagine that Mrs. Rine-
hart was sort Of Bah In her own
glrlhood, or at any rate wanted to be, II
this were not so she could not have got
herself so completely inside Of the mind
of her character and made It speak and
act SO realistically. I did not tell you.
did I, doctor, that the book is written In
photographer form? Bah is a board
ing school girl who tells OF her expert
ences In school, her trials with her fam
fly. how she is misunderstood. her ex-
periments with romance and the like.
She spells with originality, and Mrs. Rine-
hart's transcription OF her manuscript IS
faithful to the girls orthographical
vagaries. Let me read two or three Of
Bab's' reflections:
am seventeen years and eleven days
old, and Juliet, In Shakespeare, was only
sixteen when she had hsr well-known
affair with Romeo.
ones Familey Is apt to translate ones
finest emotions into terms Of food and
drink. Yet could I say that It was my
Heart and not my Stomache that was
full2 could not.
I have frequently wondered how Il
would feel to be going down a staircase,
dressed in ones best frock, low neck and
no sleaves, to some loved one lurking be-
low, preferably In evening clothes, al
though not necessarily 80. To move
statuesqIy and yet tenderly, appearing
Indifferent, but inwardly seathlng. while
below passionate eyes looked UP as
hoated down
"Could any one who did not know girl:
have written that7" asked tho doctor
"she must either have experienced
mother confessor 10 a lot of girls her
self" he admitted.
There was a time when Bab's' par
ents treated her elder sister so differently
from the way they treated her that Bah
thought she must be an adopted child
Before I could finish my remark Tht
Lady confessed that she had the SAINT
feeling in her youth. And just ther
Cabot Ames and Dorothy owen cam,
strolling up the walk in the moonlight
I'VE are talking about Bab.'" said I
isn't she delightful2" said Dorothy
do you know, recognized myself in he
so often that wondered how Mrs. Rine
1 mart IlhQ IOuIlu OuL ADONb AAOs DSASSAi
was seventeen not more than flve or si1
years ago.
"If that Is the case, shall get the bool
the first thing in the morning." sat
Ames. 'T don't know much about girl
and am planning to take a postgraduate
course in the subject. If this is an au
thentic document, think 1t might serv
as textbook for beginners"
Dorothy blushed and tried to TAX
back what she had said, but Anne
wouldn't let her. She arose suddenly an
announced that she must go home a
once. She walked stiffiy down the steps
and as Ames followed her she kept a
far from him as possible.
The Lady smiled and Doctor McFabr
sighed. cabot seems TO be walking UP,
he said.
"What do you suppose was Mrs. RIM
hart's purpose in writing this book?" b
went on. He Is always looking for
utilitarian end.
you might as well ask what was Mar
Twain's purpose in writing Tom sawye
or what was the purpose OF Rembrandt
nainting pictures of Doctor Tulip and HI
wife. Mrs. Rinehart has made a DO
trait Of a genuine. whole-souled, romanti
patriotic. spirited American girl Th
Lady and Dorothy have both recognize
It's truth. Truth. like beauty. is its ow
excuse for being. Mrs. Rinehart is to !
congratulated on her success in putin
her truth in a most entertaining form
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
IN A suB-DEB. BY Mary Roberto Rinehar
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