Evening star., 1920-03-07

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TIME domestic pattern does not
offer large variety of de-
sign. There is the comforta'
BILE pair. getting along vel
enough There are. also, the bonded
two that love and hate each Other
dercely in rhythmic alienation. Then
there is. besides. the frisky wife and
her patient mate. or the staid haus-
frau and her frolicsome spouse. These
figures about cover the fabric of mat
rimony. For the purposes of her new
novel Mrs. Harris selected the last OF
these nuptial combinations. ielhau'
Madden is a prosperous banker and I,
substantial person in his small south-
ern home town. Despite these eNter-
nal responsibilities his eye is of the
rowing sort. his heart is Vagahond
capering joyously at the CoquettiSh
fiutter of strange petticoats. Mary
Madden is an exemplary wife. VINO
makes cult of her house and hef
children. The story follows a familiar
Course-that of bringing a caperllle
and Coltish mate to halter through the
wife's simple expedient of making
herself the most attractive woman III
town. quite apart from the prestige
of being her own husbands wife rms
Is theme that suits Mrs. Harris from
tne ground Clear up 10 inc shy W.
that her know ledge of the subject is
greater than that of other clever
women. But circumstances appear TO
have released her from the bonds OF
nake-believe which the majority oil
successful and happy women accept
as the condition of their success. Like
this writer's other stories. this one
moves along the level of everyday
happenings in a smiling seizure of the
little things that reveal one as he is,
somebody quite different as rule
from the large creature that one
fondly hopes he looks like to the
folks roundabout. 1t is delightful. The
humor is of the best quality-subtle
but straight as an arrow in its flight.
genial despite the fact that it is bit
relentless The book is a joy for Its
favors. 1t is an enjoyment. too. by
virtue of its story richness, by reason
of its character substance.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
LEAGUE. BY EuStace Percy. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
1t is the modesty of Lord Percy's
claims for the league of nations that
makes the striking appeal of this dis
cusSion. This economy of claim stands
as the immediate result of the authors
discriminating analysis of the pro-
visions of the league. an analysis
whose definite object is to separate
It's purely visionary parts from those
which, under wise craftsmanship. may
prove to be the great charter of a
solid internationalism. This clean set
ting aside of the unreal and the un-
attainable clears the ground of much
useless underbruSh. greatly to the ad-
vantage of the student of the league.
The competent assembling. in a con-
else and orderly arrangement of the
workable parts of the International
program. furnishes distinct and posi-
1--WE AID TO the reader and the student
This view defines, broadly, the ma
uonal responsibilities involved in the
society. considerable part of the
discussion consists of review of
history-of the history of Anglo
American relations coupled with a re-
view Of America in it's attitude toward
foreign matters. This historical sur
vey. by virtue Of its comprehensive
outlook, its fair appraisals, its general
mastery Of the subject, stands out as
feature OF special value in a study
tnat, as whole. Is most illuminat ting
and suggestive.
a QUAKER SINGERS RECoLLEC-
TONS. By David Bispham. New
york: The Macmillan Company
One claims a sort of blood tie to the
artists OF his own country. feeling a
sinship for these, and a pride. and an
intimate concern that he does not find
IN his appfeciations for the alien So,
the Philadelphia singer, the Quaker
David Bispham. steps at once into the
sic lovers heart. His 'recollections"
are welcome. even before they are
shared. But, upon getting into the
book. one 10 inclined to forget, for
the moment physical and spiritual
pedigrees in the sheer richness Of the
experiences themselves. One finds
himself in good company, where he
listens to stimulating talk, and sees
well known people about whom he
has lot of natural and innocent Gu
riosity. Distinguished men and women
the world over come together here in
friendly interest in the genial figure
of the American singer. The "recol-
lections" are carried forward in
spirited delicacy of manner. in an
atmosphere of good feeling and with
a hundred touches Of subtle humor.
BY incidence alone. the career of Mr..
Bispham himself rounds out here to
a satisfying summary of the work of
this American artist. Musicians will
love this book, not for it's teachings,
for 1t does not aim to teach. but for
its atmosphere and it's implications.
MEMORIES OF BUFFALO BILL. BY
his wife, Louisa Frederici Cody, in
collaboration with Courtney Ryley
Cooper. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
Buffalo Bill will in no very long
time be a mythic figure. embodying
here and there. in flashing tale of ad-
venture. great west that is already
a myth According to his own wish
atop Mount Lookout he lies. where
below can be seen the stretches of
the plains of Kansas and Nebraska,
the hills of Colorado and the hum
places" With no apparent effort to,
ward art, with no other design. it would
seem. than to go back over the old ex-
citing days as the companion of the
great buffalo hunter, scout and Indian
tighter. the wife of Buffalo Bill relives
the great days of adventure in the west
One can hardly imagine simpler story.
or more exciting one. Each day-al-
most each hour-has it's special thrill
The simple story has an amazing sweep
and reach. The dynamic figure within
it's wide borders is of heroic cast-big in
stature. big in heart, clean, straight low
ing, straight fighting. One who has seen
Buffalo Bill in glimpses. or heard Of him
in snatches, has a too one sided impress
sion. The whole man is here-so very
much of man. besides. One trying to
tell this story, as such, could not have
achieved what this lonely woman has
given us by the easing hours of going
back over the ground where she and
Buffalo Bill spent adventurous days and
years in the wild west.
Again. BY Marie CAM. in collab-
oration with Nat J. Ferber. Illus
trations by NJ Leone Bracker. New
York: Dodd. Mead & Co.
The making of an anarchist and the
making of this anarchist over into a
patriot-such is the theme of Marie
CAMS story about herself. The rebel
strain in Marie came to the surface
through a native warmth of blood
through too long hours of work with