Evening star., 1919-11-16

Not once. but many times a day. does
he cheat Dame Guillotine out of her
choicest expectations In dozen
places at one time. or so 1T seems ar
irving now here and now there at the
most critical point Of danger, the
his gay adroitness and his laughing
courage. Love runs along with the
other dangers of this romantic to-do
From first to last one gives himself
over to this spirited adventure set In
revolutionary France.
BANKED FIRES. BY E. w. Saw. au-
thor of sinners AL" etc. New
York: G.. p. Putnam's Sons.
who can find a virtuous woman!
for her price is far above rubies."
Such is the peevish and disgruntled
query out of Proverbs that faces one
! from the title page of this authors
latest novel. And the novel itself goes
adroitly into the business of convinc-
ing one that. to every appearance,
something more than mere resentment
or safety lies back of this keynote
of sweeping exclusion. An East In
dian army post provides immediate
setting for the social play ana oy-
play that reveal some interestingly
real personalities who slip into dan
gerous and questionable behaviors
under the idleness and boredom OF
most life. The larger background or
India spreads dramatically oehlnd TINS
narrow circle of Anglo-Saxon me-
After great deal OF lnvoiFeo socia,
to-do of vivid and lifelike portrayal
the story smooths out to general
sum of understandings wherein wed
dings and reconciliations satisfy the
reader and whole bevy OF oeautlIu ui
and superior women conndentiy
cept the damning challenge nuns on
by that ancient peSslmisI III o"e VI
his low moments.
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. BY Pei
ham Grenville Wadehouse. author
of Uneasy Money. etc. ne"
York: George H. Doran Company
Here is musical comedy set to print
George Bevan, hero, writes the sohe
hits and the star of the production,
an American girl as gay as a poster
breeze, is repeating in London the
prodigious success of her seasons run
in New York. But London is long
way from home and the two good
chums are lonesome until-a strange
girl asks George to hide her in his
taxi. which he does with dramatically
satisfying results. and Billie. on
sight seeing trip to Marshmoreton
Castle, is presented with a bunch OF
roses that leads to her giving up
the stage to become-but that would
be telling the story.
1t Is such a captivatingly humorous
story-owing. mainly to George-that
to follow it's interweavings is to
tread breeZily in the wake of ro-
nance which. in turn. is set to must
cal comedy-with the happy cur
tain" which such lightsome enter
tainment implies.
George and Billie. with Lord
Marshmoreton and Lady Maud to
make up the quartet, are so every
day human which means spontaneous
ly natural, in temperament that the
expected. which was bound to hap
pen, has already presented itself In
Washington, in the shape of mo-
ton picture play, which to quote
proper authority gave capacity
showing"
TRUDY AND TIMOTHY OUT OF
DOORS. BY Bertha Currier Porter,
author of "Trudy and Timothy"
Illustrated by May Aiken. Phila-
delphia: The Penn Publishing Com
pany.
The merry little cousins who enter
tained their readers so happily that
time at Timothy's home, in New
Hampshire, have invited all girls and
boys from seven to twelve" for a Sec
ond visit, which will be even more de-