Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

wide-open pair of eyes imaginable, and
her chances were bright, quick waves
of friendliness. Half a dozen times
chance threw in her way little things to
do and Betty never missed one of them.
An adorable girl, whom it was Joy to
see. And now Betty Trevor has got
into book. 1t is the same girl, not a
shadow of doubt about that. Seven
teen, bloomy. happy. her heart open to
the wide world. doing all sorts of
friendly things, and doing them with
little vigorous snap of efficiency that
makes one laugh in sheer approval
Mrs. Valley has spread an interesting
line of circumstance, and along this
the girl moves in her bright and capa-
Bile way There is sturdy quality about
the story, ready, all-round activity,
that meets the girl of the present on
her own ground, showing her. artisti-
cally and incidentally, what an inter-
esting creature she really is, and how
many Worthwhile things there are for
her to be up and doing. Girls will meet
this story with good welcome, for 1t
Is about them.
TEXAS. THE MARVELLOUS. The State
of the Six Flags. Including Accounts
of the Spanish Settlement and Estab.
lishment Of the Indian Missions, the
nfOrt1nnte Expedition and Death
of La Sale; the Romance of Its
EARLY Settlement and Stories of Its
Hardy Pioneers; the Nine-year Re-
public of Texas, stephen F. Austin
and Sam Houston, "Remember the
Alamo: the Development Of the
Cattle Ranches; the Great Ranches
and Visit TO a millionaire Ranch,
the Growing Cities; the Reha bilita.
ton of GalvestOn; Along the
Troublesome Mexican Border, the
tttermOst Corner Of Texas, the
Wonderful Gulf Coast, the Pam
handle: the Black Waxy Belt; the
Timber Region; the Llan0 Estacada,
the Disappearing Desert. and the
General Development Of This Mar
vicious state. By Nevin o. Winter.
author of The Russian Empire of
Today and Yesterday" etc. With a
map and fifty-four plates of which
six are in color. Boston: The Page
Company.
Historic accuracy, narrative charm
and many interesting illustrations give
triple value to this record of "the state
of the six flags" The picturesque pro-
logue which serves as curtain raiser
to the great human drama of the Texas
of today is presented with realism
which glimpses every chameleon
change of domination from SPANS
conquest to the first crude steps of ma
tional infancy which provided an cpl
gram for wit Texas can now afford
to chuckle at the old joke at her ex-
pense, but for any reader who may
Indians. outlaws and -famished
pioneers the writer offers 336 proofs
not counting index pages-of what
fools some mortalS be.
Even for the majority who have kept
tab on the Lone Stars march Of prog
ress the book describes and pictures
new wonders of attainment. And any
fear as to the overcrowding of the
country is done away with by the as
surance that were Texas peopled today
as thickly as is Holland it would con-
tain more than one hundred millions
of human beings, greater number
than are found in the entire Union"
Each chapter adds its colorful share
to a splendid whole which leaves the
reader with a suddenly acquired am
bition to be around in Texas when the
time comes to subdivide its million
acre ranches into thousand-acre
farms. In addition to its text and pic
ture interest the volume is artistically
bound in dull red, gold and blue.
FIBBLE. ID. ID. By Irwin S. Cobb, au-
thor of Back Home" etc. illustrate
ed by Tony Sarg. New York: George
II. Doran Company.
Since nothing is impossible any more, it
may be that this hero was taken from life.
But it is asking entirely too much OF
romance to suppose that girl like Hide
garde would marry him. Fiction can mus
ter its army Of curates and professors
while heroines. but neither author nor IL
illustrator can claim like appreciation
for the boob whose name serves for title
and whose portrait" gives a comic val
entine aspect to the covers Of this book.
AS slapstick farce-before II sugars of
into love licks-the doings Of the Rev.
Fibble call for laughter. As Chief Nut
of the Young Nuts of America"-a trav-
esty on nature study tramps-he proves
himself lawful offspring of Mr.. Cobb's
funny bone. And though no principal Of
a young ladies' seminary that ever was
would be foolish enough to select the
curate to chaperon her students abroad.
his ''open letter" descriptive of his i'm
becilities Elsewhere in France" gives
the author chance to convey a very
real idea of conditions which beset Ameri-
cans in Europe at the opening of the war.
oh. it's a funny book. of course. because
Irwin Cobb wrote it, but-having created
Judge Priest and other deep breathing.
pulse beating men and women, why
Fibble. d. D.?
It's Possible.
for, ic