Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05


again worked out, through the me-
dunn Of Outside Inn and the conse-
Grafton Of a young woman to the
public stomach. Outside Inn Is a
glorified pattern Of the ubiquitous
tearoom Of the day. 1t differs from
the latter, however. since profits have
no place in the schemes of this young
reformer. With money in her own
right-a steadily diminishing store
she goes her large-handed way in
story is good fun throughout At the
last moment-a moment OF rude
awakenings for the philanthroptc
owner of Outside Inn-rescue from
several kinds of bankruptcy comes
by way of the outreaching hand OF
matrimony.
YOUNG HEARTS. BY j. E. Buckrose.
author of 1.-THE Silent Legion" etc
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
The social comedy is the happy
story medium of this writer. In this
instance the enjoyable happenings
body knows. There is no community
that is not free from the manor
woman-who. at the front of the
stage, is forever setting wrong Things
right The majority call him-or her
"a bore. and finally get this impress
originating it. 1t was this indiHer-
ence to his Importance that drove the
Mr.. Thompson of this story to take
his family out of the ungratefu W
neighborhood, where he had lived
long. and to go with them into the coun.
try. Change Of scene, flow,A-r, could
not change the reforming obsesston -
Mr.. Thompson. He began, at once.
though not himself a farmer. to i'm
prove the agricultural methods OF his
new surroundings. So the story goes
on by way of the self-expansions of
it's principal character, working out
some very fresh and engaging Incl
dents. however, through the romances
that arise around the very attractive
personalities Of the two daughters of
man himself to whom this writer gives
her most appreciative attention.
THE LURE OF THE MANOR. BY
Gertrude Griff1ths. New York: Duff
field & Co.
The lure set for readers here is that
of the old south. The action Of the
story itself belongs to the present.
Its at asm ssdn comes n4s
fifty years and more ago. The
manor" is the lifelong home Of three
sisters, upon whom the past half GEN.
fury has had no effect at all. save to
make them poorer. and, therefore,
more strongly fortified in their pride
were once four Of these sisters in the
old manor. but the youngest yielded
to the seducdons Of matrimony and
went away to live in England. It Is
there that the story opens, providing
way by which the manor may be in
vaded and walked up by way of the
daughter Of this titled sister in Eng
land In a manner Of quiet apprecia-
ton the author touches with good art
both the sadness and the laughter that
lie in the emergence of these ladies
into the startling turmoil Of today's
belonging to the younger generation
serve actively to reanimate the old
manor and to rejuvenate its owners
A hint of Crawford" more than once
appears in this work. If ignorance of
life and the world is now and then a
bit overdone this is more than bal
anced by the generally skillful han
ding of the main line of development
The author has substantiated the
right of her title, for the manor Is
clearly lure under her hand.
FIDDLER'S LUCK; The Gay Adven-
lures OF a Musical Amateur. By
Robert Haven Schauffler, author Of
The Musical Amateur" etc. Bos- I
ton: Houghton Mifflin Company.
You may already have read bits Of
this folders vagabondage-his going
to and fro, and up and down, fiddling
himself into more than one adventure
Of happiness and change. For, some
OF these. sketches are not In print
here for the first time. In any case,
they are worth reading again. War
scenes and peace sketches come to-
gether here in happy inconseQuence.
The former gather up the brighter
moments of the war, those interludes
when the joy Of life asserts itself in