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New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Four Blind Mice
-FOUR BLIND MICE. BY Cecil Cham
pain Lewis Published by tho John Ian
Company.

-FOUR BLIND NICE. BY Cecil Cham
pain Lewis. Published by tho John Lane
Company.
rEsHE phase of Anglo Indian life
= treated by Cecil Champain Lewis
in -Four Blind Mice is by no means a
new one. On the contrary, it is the
familiar one that forms the theme Of
the general run of Anglo Indian novels
the complications arising from love
affair, or what passes current for q
love affair, between young married
women and an older married man. The
reasons for the affair are the usual
ones-a new and strange environment
for the woman combined with hus-
band immersed in his work. On the
mans part there is desire for SYM
pathy. And it seems fortunate for
both Of them that the young woman
should have married and gone to Ran
goon, for it is hard to see how else
the man would have found woman to
sympathize with him or the woman
would have found moro or less un-
attached man who would be attracted
by her.
In fact, none Of the characters in
the book is lovely. There is tre-
mendous lot Of weeping all through
it. The story begins in the rainy sea-
son in Rangoon, which is evidently
frightfully depressing, and it never
rccoyers from the low spirits it starts
out with. But it does wind up by
Strengthening out the affairs of the
married persons who have got their
relations twisted and setting them on
tho road to happiness in a dryer
climate.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Kaleen1a West
Romance of a Strolling
Theater Troop

KALEBMA WEST. BY Marion Mcfr,.-
land Published by the Century Com
TNHE world Of tho "show shop.n of
long jumps and short Stands Is
as fascinating as the gypsy's car
ayan. Indeed, she is truly a gypsy's
child, Kaleema West, the Camille Of
the little travelling "rep" company. For
while she longs for respectability, for
a safe and sheltered life in which to
forget the days Of her vagabondape
with her drunken gypsy mother and the
later days of her trouping with a fifth
rate tneatrlcal company, to be married
and ike other people. But her mind
and her ways are too free and ranging
1or the tight, airless atmosphere into
"hlch marriage takes her, and the
charm that she had for her husband rs
a creature out of his world vanishes
neE~hc must acknowledge her before
the world. So she goes back, some
what bruised, but valuing her freedom
anew, to tho old caravan, to Carney,
the eX-prizefighter, tho quiet, upstand-
ing manager of the troupe.
The story is little sentimental
kaleema, lawless creature that she is,
never lapses from rigorous virtue.
There is an irritating reiteration of
the fact that she is always good"
But the character has nevertheless a
sharp SAVIOR. And several OF the less
er people seem no less delightful and
colorful The leading man who joins
them in North Dakota, who can barely
fight off the pleas OF Frohman and
Brady; the Ginivens and their pallid
stage child, the soubrettc Of forty-five
who looks sixty in the daytime and
sixteen at night, the whole motley of
vagabond player folk, and Kaleema
herself strident, hard and warm-spir-
ited-composc into tale whose charm
Is that it is gay and unpretentious.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
ANOTHER CLEEK. STORY

'T'HE series OF detective sseries begun
few years ago by Thomas w.
Hanshsw, known generally as tho
"Cleek" sequence. has what is probably
its final volume in The Riddle OF the
Night Doubleday, Page g. Coz. Han
shew's death left TO Mary E. Hanshew
the task of completing his last book and
possibly collecting and celebrating upon
such items of ideas for new books as the
originator Of the set had in mind. There
is evidence, in the second half of The
Riddle Of the Night, Of an, attempt to
gather up enough matter to mako a de-
Gently sized book, for the episode Of the
strange light that hovers around an old
English belfry at night is not strong
enough to bear spreading out over fully
three hundred pages.
There ara at least seven distinct de-
tcctive yarns in this collection, and
they range from the old stereotyped
form evolved from money or jewels
stolen from banks and vaults to more
interesting, because out Of the ordi-
nary, episodes that bring in shrewd
following up and apprehension Of
criminals through methods OF the sher-
lock Holmes variety AS q rule, the
ideas introduced are not essentially
new, although the primal story, that
Of the queer light seem In the bslfry
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Stronger Than His Sea

STRONGER THAN HIS SEA. BY Robert
Watson. The George II. Doran Com
pany, New York.
At CHAPTER is in his novel
Stronger Than His Sea Robert
Watson begins to show evidences Of
stage fright. 1t is in that chapter that
the author, after bringing his hero
through all sorts of funny and pathetic
incidents as boy in Scotch village
we presume it is Scotch from the pre-
dominance OF that dialect--embarks
upon the task Of providing the Glove
element" in accordance with the gen.
eral belief that such an element must
be supplied to keep The average reader
happy. There Is no doubt that the
book would have been better IL Sandy
had been permitted to ramble loveless
and barefooted through its pages like
another Huck Finn. he is an engaging
youngster, whether plotting against
the dominic in school, carrying milk
to help his mither pay her rem. help
ing in tho "smiddy" or performing u
William Tell act with HIS pals, Squinty
and Gavy and Bowlie, at Andra Camp
BELLS tea party. Tho authors humor
is, like his dialect, not oycrstresscd,
and Sandy wins his way with the
reader at the start. 1t is good 10 know
that tho lad eventually went to college
and dropped his dialect and won tho
fair Doreen, the toast Of the village,
but that part Of the book becomes
stilted, and, unfortunately, it is the
larger mart
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Secret of Sewell Ford's Success
Son Admits He Furnishes Most of His Fathers
Best Lines

all real. Most Of them were former,
my friends.
Stimulated with this artificial inter.
est, can get some pleasure out q,
Meet EN- With Shorty McCabe. Bpt
1 do not recommend it to my friend,
However, I do urge the general pub.
lie to buy the book literally. Tb.r,
Is certain favor I want to ask of NV
Dad early next spring.
Dad as Critic
II my Dad doesn't like this review
suppose he will write me a fairly toY.
rad letter on the subject. But my "a.
ioinder is all prepared. I shall tell
him that if he doesn't like this he ca,
write his own. And only a privileged
few appreciate that Sewcll Ford is b,
way of becoming great literary critic.
A few years ago after writing nv
first short story read it to him.
That's awful" he said. 81 wouldn,,
prejudice any editor by sending Oh.
that kind OF stuff. Put it in III.
drawer and bury it,"
l sent the story to q magazine and
got check by return mail. Then I
wrote fourteen more stories and read
them all to my Dad.
"Great!" he exclaimed, after hear.
ing each one. That's the kind Of stuff
the magazines are looking for. Get II
in the mail quick"
In turn I sent all fourteen storiss Z.
all the magazines and, In turn, tbsy
all came back.
Yes, as was saying, my Dad ssx
great critic. But II he wants 10 CON.
tinue paying the luxury tax on having
an only son, he had better stick IA
fiction and let ME do the critic-ing. Al
the moment OF booming to press. !,
seems the only safe and sane solu.
tion.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
n r DE WERE STACPOoxE. whnse

TIT DE WE'RE sTACPoorE. whose
\ L. fights to the South Seas
have given US a number Of
hrst-rate stories Of tho ocean and Of
palms -shsdowed beaches, has followed
his entertaining novel of two years
ago, The Man Who Lost Himself, with
The Man Who Found Himself, written
in cooperation with his wife, Margaret.
This short and breezy sketch is a
nero scrap of foolery, and it's authors
are willing that we should consider it
as a breath at q thistledown, and
nothing more.
Old Simon Pettigr.w, e. London law
yer Of tho highest rating, suddenly
loses mental grip on himself and, in a
dazo OF amnesia, goes to his bank
and draws out $4,000. In his new
self he essays to be an old fellow who
has recaptured the vitality Of youth.
He cuts quite wide swatk, not along
lines OF reckless folly, but In the
w&y-''of Joyous scamper through the
heart Of London. Clad in the apparel
Of twenty -year-old man-about-
town, he ogles fair maidens, drinks
heady wines, CANDLES with astounding
success. In his wake follow his fright
ened valet and worried nephew
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
A ENGLISH carriage of
q a the fourteenth century

technique Of this story, but the three
sisters, their love affairs and marriage,
constitute a large theme in whose
interest 1t is possible to overlook some
lack Of skill. The youngest Of the
three Is the heroine OF the story-she
alternates between an affair OF passion
and sober love for an old friend. The
lesser characters arc rather better done
than the principal oncs.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
The Basis Of Peace

AMERICAN LIBERTY ENL1GHTENING
THE WORLD. BY Henry Churchill
somPle;. S. j. Published by G, z. Put
mans Sons.
EATHER SEMPLE was Inspired to
NJ write this work by certain utter
ances OF Popo Benedict XIV, looking to
the establishment Of world peace upon
moral and stable basis. The author
asserts that international law, backed
by the force of public opinion, should
have binding force upon nations, even
when it is not guaranteed by physical
power. He holds up the United States
Supreme Court as model for the fu-
ture international world court. The
author asserts that socialism Is incom-
patible with the principles Of the Cath
olic religion and strenuously upholds
tho divine and natural origin Of the
right of private property. The book
is Endorsed by His Eminencc Cardinal
Gibbons.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Detective Fiction and Fact
Truth and Fancy Hold Sway in Stories of
Crime

ON SECRET SERVICE. BY William Nell
son TAFT. Published by Harper e
THE RIDDLE or THE MYSTERIOUS
Ilanshow. Published by Doubledsy ,!5s' Page
ALSO RAN. BY Mrs. Baltic Reynolds.
Published by the George IL Doran
THE SUMMONS. BY A. Fl. w. Mason.
Published by the George II. Doran Com
1.-TWO dozen brief stories that
fairly hum with rapidly exc
cuted crime and swift solution
and punishment are bound together
in William Nelson Taft's On Secret
Service (Harper's). Just how far
the plots of these tales cling to
the bones of fact suggests a reasonable
query. For they challenge the imagina-
ton of the most adept Of spinners of
detective stories in their records of
criminal audacities and shrewd analyses
by officials bent on Illustration and
capture.
Each story Of this set Is based on
experiences witnessed or participated in
by members of the United States Secret
Service. AS might be expected, many
Of them give the inside action Of cer-
tain well remembered efforts by German
plottcrs in the United States to re-
strain our government from entering the
war and clos It's channels OF diplomatic
current. Codes In cipher, mysterious
men travelling by night in taxicabs,
fragments OF all the stock in trade OF
the maker Of fctional detective yarns,
figure in these twenty-four choice bits,
with the added tang Of truth. And one
must not overlook those other trihes,
sandwiched in between the layers Of late
war episodes, revelations of Uncle
Sans faithful servants in dangerous
profession, keen on the heels OF snug
glers, postal service thieves and mur-
dcrers. A bad book to open at 10 D. m.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Run of Fiction Is Beginning to Get Under WAY

who tr yto steer him straight until the
hour Of his awakening.
In tho end gathers smiling assem-
blage Of all the characters included in
the story, with the nephew safely in
love and old Simon restored to sanity
without the loss of shilling and with
no dirt on his cscutcheon. A quaint and
mirthful bit OF fiction.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Novel of Three Sisters

BLIND WISDOM. BY Amanda r. Hall.
Published by George w. Jacobs & Co.
RLlND WISDOM, by Amanda B. Hall,
represents an attempt to encompass
the real material of novel-writing. II
is the study OF a family temperament
as it shows Itself in three sisters. There
is something OF fnisA lacking in the
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Books for Children

THE PARALLELS. Published nv Tho w..
milan Company and illustrated by n
PEG.GY'S TWINS. BY Mrs II e. rr,..
0ck. Illustrated by Honor 8 Appleton
FuDished by the Macmillan Compsnv
THE CK-ME-UP Books puhItshos
BY the Macmillan Company.
A BOOK of stories for children ha.
been compiled by the society in
London for Promoting Christian Knowl.
edge of the Parables of Christ, and
drawings illustrating them by II. J.
Ford. The text is that of The Authorized
Version, but a familiar word has been
substituted occasionally to make the
language easier for children.
The arrangement of each story is:
First, an introduction telling the place
and conditions under which Jesus told
1t; second, the story IS told in the
Bible; third, brief explanation; and
fourth, the Interpretation Of the para
Bile in the Bible. For child readers the
book IS greatly enhanced by the full
page illustrations. The text is simple
enough to be interpreted by child read
ers. And the book should be ready
reference for parents ana teachers who
want to give their little ones the SIM
plest and most appealing Bible stories.
The book is published in this country
by the Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Style Is Going Back

Since that time I have noticed g
distinct falling OFF in my fathers
style. 1t lacks certain briskness, a
freshness, the impetuous dash of eff
fervescent youth. 1t is not the same
as in the old days, when he had only
to turn to his son for, inspiration and
genius.
My father must realize this. Now
he gets Grantland Rice off in the cor
ner on the pretense of asking advice
about swinging a mashie and makes
him furnish material for half dozen
stories. He haunts the summer hotels
and the winter resort hotels, searching
for fresh material. But it is not the
same since he let his son slip through
his fingers.
Turning to sewell Ford's most re-
cent book, Meet EN- With Shorty Nc
Cabe, it cannot be dismissed in a word.
1t deserves more than that. There is
need of at least two paragraphs to do
it full justice. Considered as a
! straight piece of reading matter, some
of the chapters arc not so bad; others
are worse.
My personal experience with the
book is -nost unusual. Reading along
1 can say: "This story is about my
sisters wedding this one is
about my brother-in-1aw that
one is about the old lady who sat
across the aisle from US on the Pal
metto Limited" The characters are
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
A Man in a Maze
Amusing Story of Lawyer
Who Forgets Himself

THE MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF. By
Margaret and H. Do Vere Stacpoole.
Published by John Lane Company, New
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

IYl 0'01
Also Ran is mystery story that
begins long time before the war and
eliminates during the war, though tbe
only part the war plays is to furnish
the means whereby the mystery is
solved. There are mur.ler, OF course
and sudden death that might he q
murder, but is not, and the fear of
death hanging over some others. There
arc some high and noble characters.
some pretty contemplate ones, and
there Is hero who in the end comes
from under very black cloud to shine
forth as the highest and noblest of
them all.
The story gets off to a slow start,
but the pace soon quickens and the
mystery becomes highly mysterious,
while the solution is properly delayed
to close to the last page. To 90 this
however, Mrs. Reynolds has evolved an
explanation that fails to be entirely
convincing in all its details. The
mathematics are all right, but some
thing moro than dates, names ana
places is needed to give the feeling OF
human probability. Further, the bool
would be better if it were shorter. Or
the whole, it is a good mystery story
that falls little short of excellence.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

DEGGY and her twin brother and
sister, born miracu;cusly on her
birthday, will interest little people not
old enough to read their own stories.
The story is told by Peggy herself
Her trials and responsibilities in the
real live babies take most Of her at
tention from her large family of dolls.
She considers these babies her own
children. Then along comes Bob, who
IS eight years old, to study lessons
with Peggy. The two have a bad time
with lessons and many an adventure
having nothing TO do with them. This
story is just tho kind of tale children
like to read or hear about little people
very much like themselves.
FKHE TAIL OF DAPPLE- GREY is one
of the Tuck Me-Up books pub
lished by the Macmillan Company for
very little people. These books are
very little books, good for folks who
are just learning to read. This story
about Dspple-Grey deals with the hap
pcnings in the toy cupboard and re-
vcals some very human traits among
the toy people. 1t is illustrated in black
and white by Marian Allen.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
By Torrcy Ford

MEET EN- WITH SHORTY MCAgH BY
SeWell Ford. Published BY Edward J.
Clode.
NEW sons ever are given tho op-
n portunity which rara combi-
-M- nation OF fate and circumstance
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

tower, is novel, even if it proves to
be such q strain on ones creduIity
that it wellnigh causes smilo of real
mlrth. A monkey hopping along the
rims of chime Of bells with sponge
soaked in phosphorus fastened to it's
head is just about the limit when one
faces the blank wall of the impossible.
Still, we owe a little debt of gratitude
to the memory of Thomas w. Hanshow
for his early stories of Cleek of Scot
land Yard, and. we suggest that his
many friends complete their "Cleek"
shelf with this book and call it fnis.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
When Knights Were Bold
Picturesque Scenes on Medieval English High
ways Sketched by M. Jusserand

WAYFARING LIFE IN TIE
MIDDLE AGES. BY Jules Jusserand.
Translated from the French by Lucy
Touimin Smith. Published by G.. +.
Putnam's Sons.
AND BYWAYS IN NORTH
UMBRIA. By p. Anderson Graham. Pub
lished by the Macmillan Company
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

JUSSERAND'S work combines
distinct literary charm with
D profound historical scholar
New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Ranchrnan and 2 Maids

GRAYDoN OF THE wINDERMERE. q,
Evah McKowan. The George II. Dorai
Cornpany, New York.
, 1921-10-20

A campaign is now under way to
stimulate buying. The moving pic
ture theaterS are reported to present
an appeal to purchasers to put in
orders for delivery in order that en-
nloymcnt may be stipulated in that
way. No mention is made OF price,
il apparently being assumed that in
creased buying should be urged
whether there is any change in price
or not. Such propaganda cannot
hope for success. The consuming
public is not going to make pur-
chases of articles that still retain
their a price levels. and unem-
ployment in those lines of manufac-
ture is going to be YER hard to
remedy. Industries that are in a
position to advertise a return to pre-
wal conditions are not only going
to win back their normal share OF
trade, but they are going to gain
much of the market heretofore en-
loved by their high-priced compel
itors. Removal Of the conditions
that keep prices at abnormally high
levels is the only permanent relief
that can be applied to the unemploy-
ment situation.
, 1921-10-20

Ne"'asile-D"nver interests to
arm test well on Oil Creek property
" miles west of this place.
Casper Ohio Oil co. to build an
) and 10 inch gas pipe lin" from EIk
Basin field TO Billings. Montana
Casper -Thrc" contracts have
been let for crawling l6 miles Of
road at a cost Of $4,000.
casper Tourists spent $23.&G2
here during tn" year
kemrn"r"r - AUtumObi!" sales
here total nearly $500. 900 50 far this
year.
kemm"r"r The mine pavrollS
that clear through banks here total
over $~2.0OO.o00 per q
kayccc The wyoming
Oil Co. struck gold bearing shall" az
700 feet in their wildcat we'll near
here sample assdy"d $li27 per ton.
Powell Ohio Oil Co. TO build Il
Ia mil" pipe lin" from Byron field
to this place.
, 1921-10-20
perity never before experienced.
Jobs Being Provided.

The practical benefits resulting
ron President Harding's conference
on unemployment are already being
felt. The mayors and other officials
of local communities have taken
steps to coordinate efforts to reduce
unemployment: conferences have
been held with the chiefs of great
national Industries. like the rail
Dads. mines. and shipping. for
Formulating plans for relief; great
commercial and employers organ
lZations are giving their assistance
in the work: several cities have
taken steps for ~furthering local con-
Struction projects; a permanent Of
flee has been set up in Washington
for stimulating and co-ordinating all
agencies working to the common
end; and a large mount OF infor-
nation has been collected from all
parts of the country upon which
efforts intelligently to re-
duce unemployment may be based.
, 1921-10-20

1--WE have heard the expression
about getting back to normal" says
CASTOR Plaintiff of the Ford Motor
Company. "If normal means in
1914 before the war. we of the Ford
Motor Company. at least-dealTrs
and employees-do not want to go
back there. In 1914 we did in vol
ume probably one-third of what we
are doing now. The prosperity
among dealers as a whole subsequent
to 1914 so completely overshadows
what was done during that year and
prior thereto hat they are hardly to
be mentioned in the same breath"
1t was in 1914 that the Wilson,
Underwood tariff law got in its
deadly work and it was not until a
year after hat European "war
orders" had begun to pull American
industry III Of the hole. No one
wants to return to 1914 business
conditions.
, 1921-10-20
The First Requirement..

The shortsightedness of the Mex
lean government in dealing with the
United States is truly remarkable. 1t
only remains for President Oregon
to win recognition from this country,
by according TO it's citizens doing
business in Mexico immunity from
unwarranted confiscation of their
property, for American inanciers to
extend aid to Mexico that will relieve
her from the embarrassment that
she now feels. Once recognition is
extended by the United States, and
American capital is permitted to de-
velop the country without being
harassed by ~repressive laws, Mexico
will enter upon a period Of pros
, 1921-10-20
WORD FROM
WASHINGTON
The Way Follows the Will

There Is much truth in the state
ment OF President William Sproule
or the Southern Pacific Company
hat public opinion will do more
han either railroad men or bankers
can do to bring about that improve
ment in conditions which is the need
OF the time Neither the bankers
nor the railroads nor members Of
Congress can 60 far without public
opinion backing them up. What we
need is a wider understanding of all
economic as well as political issues
as the basis for a clearly defined
public opinion. There are a lot of
people who believe that the period
of readjustment is not over-that de-
flation. has not been equally distrib-
uted and will not be completed until
1t. has been equally distributed. When
the public believes the adjustment is
over. all lines Of industry will revive
and the upward swing will be long
and enjoyable.
, 1921-10-20

Adriatic Base Closed
The American naval base in the
Adriatic has been closed. and a
destroyer. the only vessel remaining
, 1921-10-20

thrown silk. 1t costs us from SIPS
to $1.35 a pound to make up the
yarn. and we should be asking no
lower than $500 a pound. Many
throwers are selling at csc below
actual cost. Most mills on that ac-
count are operating at less than half
OF normal Before the war the
Japanese price was around $3.50. In
June. 1920. it yer as high as
$1,000. We imported $4,000. 900
worth OF woven silk fabrics from
Japan during the seven months ended
July. last. compared with about ST.
$500 worth for the seven months
ended July 81. 1913. 1t is to be
hoped that the Texas silk experiment
proves a success, and it should be
encouraged.