Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-13

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Mr.. "A. IS. M. Hutchinson, the author
OF This Frsedom,."" was born In In
dtA about sforty.three years $50, He
sAprAng from military stock. The fam
tly intended him for the British, army,
v tSNNhen no presented himself for
lltatfment he was rejected IN account
OF defective eyesight. Persisting in
their determination to identify him
with the army. his parents sent him
to college to- prepare himself for mill
tary medical service. Tho course Of
study In medicine was distasteful to
the young student. and he abandoned
II. resolving to follow his inclinations
10 become d writer. He wrote an &C.
easional poem OF short story and did
newspaper editorial work for several
years before he came to the fore a. q
widely recognised novelist. His TX
Winter Comes" greatly enlarged his
circle of readers and gave him n con-
0plcuOus place In the field OF contem-
porary fiction.
To tho lover OF lucid and dignified
English This Freedom" is q sore
trial. The style IL flushed and hectic
and feverish. 1t is jsrky nnd o5acu-
$latory. Repetition judiciously en-
ployed is an effective rhetorical device,
but Mr.. Hutchinson repeats himself
to the utter WEAKNESS Of his eader
striking at the am point time and
again in identical p~hraseology. The
excessive use or the exclamation mark
frequently diverts the attention and
interest OF the reader away from the
characters OF the book and their par
ticular circumstances and to the au-
thor himself and his mood or convic-
tons. He is guilty OF sentimentnlism
in tho first degree. He lacks eng
tionai restraint. But w can forgive
Mr.. Hutchinson almost anything ex-
cept his many sins of both omission
and commission against the first es-
sential of n good style which is trans
parent clarity. Much OF tho syntax il
muddled, 1t Ia impossible to parse
some of his sentences. Many OF the
sentence structures, like tho human
franc. are fearfully and wonderfully
made. Now and then the reader en-
counters u group Of words which
seem have been assembled for the ex-
press purpose Of mystifying him.
Despite Its sophomore style. This
Freedom" will be widely read and
holly discussed. for it centers in a
question which Is the outcome OF the
new status of womankind: els 1t pos
sibie for q woman to be a home7mak-
er and to have an outside CAREER at
the same timer" Mr.. Hutchinson's
answer Is an infiexible NO
The House of Men,"
The novel is divided into four parts.
Part n is called Tho House Of
Men, Rosalie Aubyn, the leading
character. as a child is permanently
impressed by the man-madc and
man-dominated world in which she
lives. 1t is the lot Of tho woman to
do the ordinary and tiresome things,
It is the lot OF the man to do the ex-
t%raordinary n mysterious things.
each morning dramatiEed In the per
sonal services rendered the male
nsemberS OF the household at break
fast by the women. For instance, 1t
took the combined efforts Of the en-
tire female, population OF the homo
TO push her little brother Robert out
OF the house in time for school. Rob
ert would shove porridgc intp his per-
son. against the clock. one OF his legs
would be In possession Of his mother
who on Bonded knees would mend a
would repose in the lap OF the cook
who would lace = shoe, one sister
would stand behind him washing his
neck. in front Of him 4 maid would
be trying to put n clean collar on
him. two other women would hover
about DINING his lessons into his I'M
responsive ears. Robert finally dis
posed OF, Rosalie's older brother Har-
Old and after him her father would
be surrounded by the ministerinE f.
male household slaves. The house Of
men as, u spell upon the impressions
able child and shaped her dreams and
ambitions.
But her father. wonderful as ,he
was was an impecunious clergyman
lahor:ng in - sterile rural parish. Life
In :ae rectorT was a ma race be-
tween the cost of living and the in
come with h result never IN doubt.
Finally the rector suhdued his pride
n dispatched letters to his more
PROSPEROUS relatives. disclosing his
financial embarrassment and intimat-
Ing that his children were deprived
/: OF the opportunities which they ought
TO have. Among, those who respond
ed wis Aunt Belle of London. She
visited the rectory in person and re-
solved TO take Resale back to Lon
sdon with her and to give her An edu-
cation Aunt Belle was 3 generous
soul. albeit n of those perSons who
expect 8 whole world to admire thei,
many and valuable possessions, I. wal
3 characteristic OF her that when shs
saw thai kerosene lamps were used il
the rectory she could not forbear tS
eau attention to thntl&act and ( o vol.
antser the Information that her nom,
In London was electrically lighted. :
Tho House al Women."
Part two il called the Houss o
Women" BY the sraee Of Aunt Bell,
i RosAlie entered = private school 10,
girls. Il Was generally assumed tina
she w1S preparing to earn her h-oas
by teaching. But the prospect o
teaching did hot allure her. She dis
eovred A-hent o business and excel