New-York tribune., 1922-10-15

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ln the NAdIInGE Ol~e
BY Burton Rascoe
- noncaEw putnam. SON.
E1 me- for moment review Brouns own method
We did an unfair thing day when we wrote con
puous Boy older" by Haywood Broun
Aa tine we merely book expression was
~ u I her upon review Of the book BY Charles Han r @
a g L. hook Itself Mr. Tovne had spoken Of M Br,
ns ak thought it line say In this hook
e @ p spays his muifarous gifts for boring hi, reaa
But now we have read The Boy Grew oldera m h
"a isn't as book ntmaed an illogical absurd
a does not good extenuation Of Mr. Boun friends
a ye he nothing to he good plain simple
ns Essh We are thinking of the scene in which Peter M, :;
@ to himself: 3schma is on me- schmaltz is evrvbs
un m I shlz couldn't it whole because half Of the h
The 'front.' This idea Of plain English
n the things which convinced us that Heywooa gon = 80
- the episode The Boy where Peter Is b;+ oy
h Mead with bottle bottle broken into hits Nv
s has been experience that champagne bottle is one Of
break that is made once dronped
of the twelfth story the World Buldnr ~ h
below and it bouned into City Hall without sustaining
Unless Mr. Broun writing auobographical novel and
that his head made solid ivory we cannot credit that
/ part of his story.
seems Haywood Brouns .be Bov Crow
either unmigated boob that badly gyped bv
birth TO SON. ana leaves the child in Neale attending
physician at the hospital advises Neae buy Dr. Kees book on tho
"And night when suddenly assaed bv
Peter almost worried himself sick 1t illness but terf
WIKI
nd deep and in its the child maturity Against
death fought back Peter only because this was hs
son. but because mere was fellow human being graphing
non enemy reseny the doctor came out and in taking
led him to the front of the fiat The chd very ill., he said I'm
going to send for trained nurse"
If Neale had only taken the hosnta, nbvscon,s aa;
saved himself that Group as bad as sounds o
husbands II ne Couldn't ge Dr. Kerey book then he should
bought Hots The Care Feeding of That was the one
used when Burton young were scared of +he
our We ddn know as much did about handling baby
that precious little So book and took things
h hands when Burton Group We turned to the
index Tor the word Group and carried out instructions
R 70 makeshf The instructions called for bed
nu which steam be put sheet over Burton r.
M the gas stove in the kitchens rugged grill and put
hm hghchar put the kettle gri cut hole in the sheet
steam from the Kettle go in under the sheet In
@ bon T was breathing easily and the morning was all
h Neaes doctor called he was either pra
A OF Neaies Ignorance incompetent physician
and two days
wOod Broun evidently doesn't know anything about newspaper
IN one place ne mas his hero sports reporter writing his slug
and at the upper hthand Macfaand our
editor tells that he the newspaper game
M s coming January and he has known but
M his slug line and name anywhere else supper left
and corner That exception Haywood Brouu who couldn't be
hdned to proper form =
This seems to US to give the novel is auto.
aphica But where does Broun the eale: Broun)
se bc sports writer America seems to be
lot on himself.
Ind days later:
Heywod Broun in his novel; The oder has his hero
tall love with marry dancer The dancer oesnt love her hns
band much he does her pity on him She decides to
give him child hoping that it will be boy because Broun has it.
the husband needs child Having given to the child the
runs off Paris leaving Neae baby Now this seems to
ss perfectly silly Women don't through the pain
M nonsensical And
longer than twelve days what going like
And two days later:
Our chief objection Boy Grew old Heywood Brouns
A ideas about work He his
"ansed his to be bring
IN close touch with life This
goe romantics fed the legend of Richard Harding
e newspaper reporter metropolitan daily
w touch with life
M 0eelve or shyster lawyer Mr. Neale hero is
od Grant Rce the veteran sports
M a these he
fourteen od have worked every
snment from strikes
candidate for the Presidency and
A aesnt bring in close relation merely
sems to do
we have received the following letter from
M writing fiction: II think qualified write
70 harvard / football
newspaper and the absence Of the regular
permitted to review plays Then blossomed
"' and if haven't writing
can tell about and wish had