The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-13

glasses, Hal In one OF his pepper.
mint shirts, George smoking black
and odoriferous pipe. Bob twiddllng
the black ribbons 81 his pinHnez,
Mr. AvridEe Mann leaning back
against the VIII. y. r. balancing on
the Ice cream chair. Homer Brew
searching his pockets for ta'
TINA and Hank reading the advance
notice ON a copy OF Edna Forbor's
latest novel
-"Thrre soldiers Hank OPENS
up. Is"
Gimme a cigarci.- demands
fiomor,
Hank reluctantly disrorEes.
"rhree Soidicrs.'" he begins
again. "is--"
Gotta maichs" interrupts
Hank again disrorgcS
ENPECTED TO
DISCUSS BOOKS
Three soldiers" he continues. "ls
a-say. u any OF you fellows want
anything more. speak up | thought
this was book discuNaion--not n
\. NJ. G. A. canteenr'
"Go on, so on" he II urged BY
the attendant litcrati. eognoccnti and
intelligenxla.
Three soldiers Il ono OF the out.
standing books IN the mess OF the
postwar literature"
who wrote itl''
John Dos PASSES. young
Harvard graduate. lie presents
n startling style an entirely
new picture Of American youth
in the war machine over there
The moods, thoughts and men
tai viewpoint Of the douEhboys
are phrssod In blunt and force
full wording which leaves no
doubt thai they did not like the
noltiple horrors 81 war;
non SEES
a MISTAKE
That's where he made his mls.
take Bob puts in. Bob was IN
tho marines. the advertising branch
OF the army. 20 he haa to stand up
for the military life.
The ordinary doaEhboy got quite
kick out OF the service" he goes
on. -ile was always grousing about
the hardahipa and about his su-
peFsor officers. but he really enjoyed
the iifc 10 certain extent
The trouble with the book n
tina, It's hero ~ not typical OF the
American doughboy.- Homer Rrew
interjeeta Oiomer was In the air
service. 80 wha; does he know about
the army1
The principal character IL an
artistic. soft voiced. super cultured
individual who wscps bitter tears
when he Is forced to DO X. =. or
pick up eigaret butts in the com.
pany street A Who'll. chapter il
devoted 10 his asoni~a when he has
TO wash the barracks windowar'
DESERVES BEING
LIKED ny REAiIsTS
We'll. anyway Hank finally
marriages 10 say. 1T Ia a grim ard
depressing book and denervedly
popular with our growing number
Of realism lovers Despite some of
It's mirror defects. II 10 frat class
piece Of work
Homer Brew Ia the next reviewer.
Ne has just finished Erie Dorm" BY
Bcn uecht. and IA partially stunned
BY the cascade Of words.
THIS novel" he saya. is tho
most brilliant piece OF verbal aero
battles hav. yet encountered. The
author seems to be trying 10 do ia
words what modern painters have
been trying to do tn color
Tie u Observation-Disclosures
prcssionisl Anything you like.
hut his effects arr stunning.
some Of his descriptions arc like
rastcis - masterpieces Of verbal
description.
His description % uewwr,ap~r
office Is perfect Ye Ed puts in. !
There II no installing 1.-THE old
Chicago News office"
Homer continues.
HOMER KEEPS
On TALKING
Eric Dorm L. the universal skrp,Ic
tho ultimate sroffcr. lie has no
philosophy no creed lie "a 40 on.
Eros~ed in words that he can hardly
perceive reality.
book IL sconoclaafsr. I, win
never b. popular with the soroai.
clubs II IL eaviara But doxgone
good eayiar.."
You didn't tell US much about
The book George protests. And I
never ate eaviare In my life"
That's the kind Of novel IL is.-
Homer argues You can't describe
the dream Of an intellectual hon.
head
Hob uniimhers his shiiialah.
We oome now" he orat@~. s.to
Ptomaine Street by CAROLYN
Wells. 1T IL little morr than N
clever but rather trit~ play ON
words. hut II II one Of the
eieyerest ssiircs Of the season.
Peope who like Miss Wells.
works win find this book up 10 her
usual frothy standard. Others prob.
ably viii not zee anything in II, un.
less they have read Main Street.
The best parody Of Main street