Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-19

are ueIlnlteiN SET down. ways anG
means of covering them are given in
particularly. Ways of all kinds
Steam roads. trolleys. motors. cycles
pixies and ones two good vagabond
ieet-come together here in concert
VI appeal and eduction. lnnumerab bic
photographs complete the lure. And
Il DN hard necessity one is compelled
70 travel these WAYS and bv-yays in
imagination alone even then he will
nave Sumptuous reward for this
| 'oNef or the state of PENNSYLVANIA is
Il capital story teller a captivating
weaver of words into alluring tapes
tries of fact
FAX Att: Romance Of Prcsent-
lay India. BY Robert Chauvelot
translated by Helen Davenport
Gibbons. New YORK.: The Century
Company
IN india they do il this wav-so Tho
story goes: When wife's misbeha-
Vior is of the unforcivable sort tor
cure and death follow. Nirtuous
wives are he rule in India Now and
men. however one of these orientals.
IKE woman the rest of the world
,Ner' tears great. big hole in tn.
'roeram OF wifely allegiance. trust
ing TO the Ciemency CT what gods
mere he TO bring her of with life
ana limo Robert Chauvelot's no
nance covers a case il point The
heroine or this well nigh tragic tale
the beautiful Princess Parvati is the
'Hic'ai wlte of rich and powerful
tialaraJah. The hero is a young ar
!st out of the west. who. finally.
ONES to paint the portrait of The
toNely maharanee. The end Of this
matter IL easy to foresee The stu
,'ion would. under ordinary circum-
'tahces. be commonplace. But the
fcumstances are out of the ordinary
Around the central romantic fact this
author WeaVeS the web of modern
oriental life in many IA curious anG
picturesque pattern. Feudal ceremo-
mes. Hindu slDerstit ions manifesta-
tions of the occult. swift and siniste.
Venseances are set off here against q
oNemakins that savors a bit Of the
meiodrama. However. il is a sly 1T
moving tale that carries one along, ir
the main. with good entertainment
ihd not 100 heavy a strain upon his
sense of fitness
TRt NSPLANTED: \ Novel Ky Ger
trude Anterior, author of The
,ondueror.' New York: Dodd
Mead & Co
rms issue marks the second COM
ing of Mrs. Atherton's move. Trans
y
peared under the title "Ame-icaa
Wives and English Husbands''-a
more revealing title than that of the
present edition. The story justifies
its temperance. for Mrs Atherton
mas given TO this some what familiar
and inherently Interesting situation
her fullest measure of portrayal and
interpretation. The story takes it's
rise IN California, here this author
Is at her richest and best. AS chill
dren the two chief characters of the
Stor" make a Spiritedly chi1dlike use
of their surroundings opening out
their foundation Of character and
personality in a natura. eXuberance
of play and such adventures as chill
dren engage in the world over. The
change to an English setting-the
children graduated into romance and
atriinony-makes ii most engaging
contrast and demonstrates the au-
thor'S artistry in a field not quite 50
familiar as that of her beloved Cali
fornia. 1t is the independent char
acter of the girl, under the influence
OF English reticencies and reserVa-
tons, that draws Mrs. Atherton's
best work at this point. The whole
Is an engaging novel whose prob
lens are not of a complexity to in
Volve either the characters or the
readers in arduous work, where the
gage and divert
ARTEMUS WARD. BY Don G. Seitz.
author of 'Whistler Stories" etc.
illustrated. New York: Harper &
Bros.
generation ago Artemus Ward
or Charles Farrar Browne. according
to his true name--was the celebrated
laugh maker of the day. Not only the
United States. but England also. took
delight in the droli conceits of this
New England humorist Don G. Seitz
like A. w. himself product of the
Maine countryside-here presents the
first full biography of Artemus Ward
Much of the story is out of Wards
own mouth-letters. extracts from
lectures, reflections. conversations
The part of the author here is
to connect this Ward material
with the running events that gave
rise to it. filling out thereby the sum
of the Ward story. About every no.
tai BILE in literature of that period is
glimpsed here in the associates and
friends of the subject of this study
a fact that makes a most interesting
picture of the literary characteristics
of the time. From reading the droll-
cries of Ward one comes to the con-
clusion that the fashion in humor is.
like the fashion in clothes. subject
to change. Or to the conclusion. on
the other hand, that the personality
of Artemus Ward-the voice, the eX
preston, the gesture, the sympa-
thetic hold upon his auditors-was
large part of his stock in trade. These
jokes do not greatly amuse one now
adays. When. however, Mr.. Seitz goes
to great pains to describe the Ward
manner, the Ward idiosyncrasy of
appeal one can see that he might
have been most prodigiously amusing,
as he undoubtedly was. And this COM
pIetion of the portrait is the main
function of Mr.! Seitz in this discern
ing and sympathetic piece of work.