The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-24
nv HANK

Wiling 20 lay a small wager that
ven at this late day. at least a third
e the men tn this club don't know
Acw 10 pronounce pomegranates nor
that they are. l admit bcastfuiiy
hat can pronounce them and know
that they arc. but don't like them.
" for pemmioan. I check tho bet.
Now that this thing Is started.
reathinx becomes more pleasure
Ind less duty. IL has been worry
bordering Just what n man could say
hint would even approximate the
cintillating mental flashes OF Homer
srrw. Bob. Hal and by George"
Mat must be, must be. What H.. il.
his piece Is going 10 be written.
p let US be on our way. -ad astra
ar aspera@- as the boys from the
>mfiower state so aptly put IL
REFRESHMENTS
ne HANDED OUT
rowinS that IL was my time 10
d Us bit for the upllft OF those
- rad. | dropped In at the club
wreck. Note the insouciancc
which say: Dropped In at
club" It's tho only club | be-
b TO and I'm rather upstage about
Ordinarily. like the club sss.
ms I usually have nap after
~ quit talking. but this time
ID to be on the alert and it's
>eee TO snare all tho clever com.
heat Of the extremely sophisticated
kentlemen in attendance.
Commence. Mr.. Secretary. the
Deetirs is on. Roll call. Each man
answered present. RDP Chex direct.
rtn-chief OF the ceremonics> passed
- cigarets and apples. Everybody
nokcd and those who care 90 take
aeir cider that way munched the
piles. The first hour passed biithe-
IN discussion Of current topics.
neiuding present and future styles.
olh masculine and chiffon And
Hen. RDP coughed one Of those
gentualiy why -not.no coughs.
Dened a window and lowered the
mnperature- Books were In order.
1HRIDGE MANN
y FIRST TO TALK
IF WINTER COMES by A. s.
y Hutchinson. was dissccted by
kvridxe Mann
AN intensely interesting book
Announced Mann. -The forccfulnes-
kknn style was one thing that Inn
J. IA me Rcpefition OF effective
\ ksfuscs. clauses and verbless sen
bnces are managed with striking
kfccf.-
Insert by Bob.
n ep~-s.~. txx.r~.-~t.- h-s ~<-. ~~sf..
pew as far as style goes I've even
Zone that myself"
L "Odd rs II may seem. 7 was think
Dag all the way thru the book that
Hutchinson had stolen your style.
E|wns Mann's thrust
Bob was sunk without n trace.
Avridge Gained his ruffled crayat
and continued:
The idea Of the story Is based on
y line from Shclley's. ode 10 the
ESest Wind: o. wind. n Winter
comes. can Spring be far behind7' II
d this thought that sustalns the
hero thru many triais--social. do.
mestic and industriai-uptii they are
m solved or overcome
HERO PRESENTS
SHARP CONTRAST
The background Is formed By the
conventional life Of a picturesque
Engiish village. In this setting
Mark Sabre, the hero, appears as a
|etriking contrast. Unconventional
Retrospective and with an ever pres.
tent ability to see two sides TO every
Ktion. he finds few friends who
fWRstand and appreciate him. This
clash Of temperament makes II In.
ceasingiy difficult for him. both
with his business associates and his
wife. II Is the loyalty and affection
Of his few friends that sustain him
thru his winter and start him. al
forty. into n new and promising
springtlme ~ life.
The double triangl. IN portray
There Is MISUNDERSTANDING. accuse.
ton. an experience In the war. a
divorce. a murder trial and an event.
us1 coming OF a better day. The
book is well worth reading from any
angle Its style Is so varied that II
docs not become monotonous. Its
action. tho slow at first. Is sufficient
At all times TO sustain interest. It's
character delineation ls forceful and
sympathetic. IL bares individual
faults and failings. but ternpers them
with virtues. SO that It's hero Is moi
presented az a demi-god. nor It's VII
lains as entirely despicable. 1t Is
real and human.
The book should have n partic
MIR appeal In times when many
Dtd37e are going thru unaccustomed
hardships, for Mark Sabre is made
to suffer what few Of us suffer, only
to find better. fuller life ahead.
"A friend OF mine once said,
4 Whenever 7 am burdened with
troubles. like to get book and
read about some other fellow who