The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-17

I'LL 49, 49,
as a novel: but as a warning. have
never read Its equal, Carol and tho
doctor are both tine, but not suited
to one another. by all means marry
for love. but use a little judgmen,
when you fall In love. and do not
expect someone who has lived an
entirely different life from YOU 10
love the sam. things you love.
consider Main Street n warn.
ing to men In small town. and 10
girls brought up In the city. and
also a warning to married fn9n In
general to be more laxative TO their
wives when Mt home or they may
got 50 lonesome that they win talk
with someone else. na Carol did.
Remember that she has not been
out riding around In the fresh air.
talking to this one and that one. but
az home, New " people VIII BE-
warned In time. the happiness of
pcrhaps thousands OF lives may be
saved. What a wonderful story.
then. would Main Street" be.
MRS. w. 3. c.
Dear Misa Grey: From my expert.
ence I believe Main Street" ls the
reality OF yesterday and today. as
the author reveals u thru the eyss
Of his respective characters.
An injustice some aay--but Why
People vary in their capacity %
appreciation and observation. and
capacity usually depends upon the
previous training ss illustrated by
Sinclair Lewis. In the various play.
crs." Ma bowart. Myrtle casa and
Carol. That ls 10 say. Carol can sec
the dun mono,ony of a grey. li-fiess
village. DEAD 10 her over.rtirfuistrd
desire for entertainment and beauty
while Ma Bogart finds her fulfilled
ambition IN feeding upon the mis-.
takes OF others. Myrtle can~ finds
the town not only wide awake. but
the wonderland wherein Ehe In per.
fectly content and happy. Main
street as secn thru her eyes is surely
not an injustice. hu. fin,tery-which
h only the result OF being Of the
town" or In perfect harmony with
ones surroundings.
DO not mean 10 affirm that
Gopher Prairie 10 inhabited by n
herd OF scsndaLmongcrs- except
that the trouble.rnaker stands out
more wildly In n small town than In
a large city. where believe Carol
would have found n haven In the
larger scope OF intelligent goodness
and the variety Of clean Amusement
"a compared with Gopher Prairie.
To me Gopher Prairie does not
seem pictured m altogether unde-
sirnble. In the characters OF the
author, I see many OF my friends.
Who OF ~ 40 not find among our
friends n Red Swcde. and occasion
ally a Ma Borart7 Even In our
In tina, II IN not without a singing
hunaness that NC watch the ember
ashes OF our own golden castles
crumbls and seek 10 find. even as
she. in word or object It's lingering
spirit.
Not uphoiding Carol In her unwiae
escape. I am too young Mt FL To
fudge another mother. Yet I am
hoping for the resurrection OF finer
Carol born out Of the experience.
who viii look back with amusement
upon this secondary interest ne com
pared with her husband and her
babe And that Is Kenneth. the hoy.
ish. trusting partner. not without
his errors. but big IN spite Of them:
not n burden 10 her future. but
very fortunate means by which she
has an opportunity 10 study into the
exnct difference from her own type
and consequently come into n great.
er understanding Of life and human.
ity. Then probably she will be con
scious of the grnndest possession
thnf guide women into that serene
confentmcnt that comes only ms the
aftergiow of unseifish sacrifice.
Wherein the smiles Of one's beloved
babe arc far ou'rankinR In their i'm.
por'ance than all the caresses OF all
the Ericks In all the Gopher Prairies.
MARION.
Dear Miss Grey: have finished
reading Main Street" and would Ike
to add my little say" to the rest.
Sinclair Lewis Is a marvel at char
acter delineation: he has no truly
written 30 many different types, and
TO one who In a really deep student Of
human nature he has not overdrawn:
each OF his types may be found not
only In the Gopher Prairics and the
cities In general. but in every com
munity where people are gathered
the shop. the factory, the department
store, and in society; in each place
they will be outwardly different but
at heart the same.
In my life I have found oh. no
many Carols united TO 80 many DR..
Wills, and many who are not yet
tied--but eternally searching for the
thing that will satisfy--a something
tangible: they are not vicious or use
less, what they really need is a d.
rector Like so many wonderland
men - of our day, they have the
foundation OF good education with.
out having selected or been given a
goal, and that is the main thing In
TO work for for only
In work Is there true happiness. The