Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
Ingenious and robust work that IS
bound to delight the lover of this
class of invention.


bound to delight the lover Of this
class of invention.
HIS FRIEND, MISS MCFARLAND. BY
Kate langley Bosher. author OF
Mary Cary" etc. New York: Har-
per & Bros.
A boy and girl provide the enter
tainment in Mrs Bosher's engaging
little story The boy, southern
mountaineer. stole three dozen eggs
in order to be sent to Stoneham re-
formatory. where rumor had it that
boys were taught things just as In
real school. of which the mountains
did not possess a single one. Inc
girl is a rich girl. Mary McFarlane;
hitherto useless, quite high anu
mighty. undoubtedly spoiled. Inc
author creates a chance that brings
the two together. Thereafter the
story goes on through pictures OF le-
norant stupidity that control the re-
formatory, and through the lllumlnal-
ing history of Tommy Topper. our
boy. during his stay at that lnstltu-
ton. Enlisted in the cause of setting
Stoneham reform school right through
her friendship for Tommy IuppeI'
Mary McFarlane takes on the role
of the finely active woman OF the
present moment. Between her ana tne
young hero of the tale Stoneham lives
hard-amusingly hard. Finally a man.
size hero crowds the original one
bit by aspiring to the hand and heart
of Mary McFarlane. Tommy is no
nlggard. however, ana Wneh tHinss
grow dark between the two, as theS
are bound to do in every case OF true
love. Tommy falls to with his custo-
mary dash and ingenuity to tighten up
the dark places of tormented aHec-
ton \ very fresh and delicate story
that will appeal strongly to young
folks who like summed and aired ro-
manceS.
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY. BY Irwin
S. Cobb, author of Back Home,
etc illustrated by James NJ. Pres
ton. New York: George H. Doran
Company.
The party" itself is all over when
one sets off on this fantastic adven-
ture in company with it's hero. other
wise. 1.-THE life of the party" An abb
surd figure of a man who had con-
vulsed the other merrymakers with
his kidlet turnout-romper. strapped
slippers. pink socks. bare knees. bow
tie. and the rest OF it 1t is late to be
out-or early-almoSt break of day.
in fact. You can easily see the
course of the uproarious to-do-the
problem of getting home in decency
with every possible means of convey
ance respectfully housed hours before:
With his ample Rabelaisian hand
Irwin Cobb sees to it that no occasion
here is missed to lead the now miser-
able life of the party into one di-
lemma of exposure after another
Broad day finds the hero still in quest
of sanctuary against the fateful
forces that spring into activity
Il - 4 ,1<N,,c yfyNy rod 10
is just to laugh, the whole of it. as
one does laugh over the loose humor
of Irwin Cobb.
A GALLANT LADY. BY Percy James
Brebner, author of Princess Ma
ritza," etc. New York: Duffield &
Co.
A highly romantic adventure. set in
the time of Louis XIV. Versailles pro-
vides the background Court cere-
moniais, wherein the little-big mon
arch makes occasional majestic en-
frances and exits. adorn the scenes. A
two-penny principality provides the
familiar bone of contention, over
which. time out of mind, Europe has
embroiled itself in the intrigues of
possession. A soldier of fortune and
a lovely princess play into the hands
of the royal rival schemers for the
accomplishment of their respective
designs against the coveted strip of
territory. The action itself, however.
a complex web of political plot and
counter-plot, promotes a love story of
tremendous vicssitude; a love story
in which the adventurer and the lady
form the center of interest. In a
thoroughly satisfying artistry the au-
thor projects here a romance quite in
harmony with it's time and setting.
Disregarding the realism of method
that the scientific spirit has brought
over into modern creative literature
Mr.. Brebner frankly reverts to the
special providences and fortutous hap
penings that marked romantic inven-
ton before it became handicapped by
the exactions of a logical sequence of
events. Bent to the telling of an ex-
citing story, one calculated to appeal
to the readers unconquerable joy in
the triumphs of true love over every
imaginable obstacle, he moves can
nily back into the past for more col
orful events than the novelist of real
ism appears able to wrest from his
literal treatment of the present Hav-
ing taken this stand one admits that
the quality of this adventure is COM
plete justification of his course