Evening star., 1917-09-16


~ not so very zestfully-thinkin in g
to hnd, perhaps. some grain OF
philosophic comfort-not for the fact
that I'VE can't have everything" bu,
for the more pressing enc that we cant
have much of anything. In a minute
or two one discovers that the story IL
not at all about himself and the rest OF
his group. The title goes by contra
ries. and tho to-do is over the ten
thousandth one, the one who does get
everything. Or, at least, she is on her
way, for one leaves her sailing away
with her third husband-a Lord Some
thing-or-Other-and what is left of the
male population of Europe for her to
better her condition upon later This
is the story of Miss Kedzie Thropp,
alias Miss Anita Adair, who nightly
capers across the movie screen to the
ravishment of the wide world. and who,
incidentally. has her pick of the mon
in the neighborhood of her corporeal
substance. There are as>eouple of other
stories playing subordinates to the
main story of Miss Kedxie Thropp.
come on to New York from Nimrim.
NO, but these are merely to accent the
successes of the heroine and give a
tint OF color to the title. Clever? As
clever as 1t can be. Mr.. Rupert Hughes
is the prime satirist Of modern social
life No use of trying to make be-
lieve with him. With the neatest and
draperies and other concealinR toR-
geries-and there one stands stark in
his native shortcomings. Yes, it is
comment and criticism without mercy.
but 1t Is life and. quite to the present
point. it is most brilliant and read
able novel.
BEYOND. BY John Galsworthy, author
OF The Motley" etc. New York
ton: Brentano's.
Love. beyond measure-that is, be-
Sond the Official measure accented by
the community at larse-is the theme
Of Mr. Galsworthy's now novel The
heroine stands for that cIass-happilv
for its individual members. small
class-that counts love greater than
law. greater oven than the penalty
which broken social laws SO rigidly ex-
act. Now, II this were a good, old-fash-
Toned story, one would at it's close find
the wayward heroine mourning herself
in sackcloth and ashss. SO to speak.
with every evidence Of complete sin
cerity-"Love! Beyond measure-be-
yond death-it nearly kills But one
wouldn't have been without it" OBJ
slously. according to this view, love.
big enough, can renew the heart, and
redeem the soul. and reconsecrate the
life of human being. The author
sets this nnely Intelligent heroine
against clearly defined background
Of English convention and tradition.
Around her are grouped very real peo-
ple-each distinctive in his own pre-
possessions and expressions Incidents
Of good content and color move the de
velopment toward it's own logical con
clusion. Without stopping to analyze
the good workmanship Of this story
one feels the comfort of its harmonious
unity OF enect: @ even though the outer
its interesting and dramatic progress
THE LIVERY OF EVE. By F. w. Rain.
author of "A Digit of the Moon :"
etc. New York: C. p Putnam's
Sons.
1t 10 really immaterial whether Mr..
Batn's Hindu tales are transiations
from ancient manuscripts or are, instead.
inventions OF his own based upon a
knowledge of Hindu literature, wherein
myth and fairy tale are inextricably in
terwoven with religious belief and phi
losophic thought. The point is that.
whatever their primary source the sto-
ries are surprisingly beautiful and are.
As well. Of the pattern of the Hindu
mode of thought and feeling. .arhe
Livery of Eve" Is a fairy tale embody-
ing the sorcery of love. and making
use Of the Hindu belief in many pre-
vious existences to account for mans
seemingly predetermined course upon
this earthly plane. The form Of this
story 10 that Of thing that is beauti-
full by virtue Of its simple outline the
perfect balance of its parts. the com
pIeteness Of Its symmetry as a whole.
1t is. moreover. by the choice and ar
rangement of its words, so clearly com
municable as to give one the feeiinr of
actual contact with the persons and OBJ
jects. Of actual partaking in the events
set down in this old fairy tale Of the
other side Of the world.