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The New York herald., 1922-02-19
THE PURPLE PEARL By Anthony
Pryde and l. X weel1es. Dodd
Mead & Co.

O M M: :, ,.s CO; :ss:. :ss : :a::'::.,. :s, !:
your conscientious new tangled
novels that condolences don't hap
pen" Whereupcn the authors. hav-
ing. as II were. given themselves a
clean bill Of health. proceed to utilize
coincidence on coincidence in the de-
lightfully breathless style OF a movie
thriller. And who doesn't like a
movie thriller? The title is as honest
as the rest OF it. II expresses ex-
actiy what tho book is. a story Of
modern adventure. planned so that 1t
can be easily adapted to screen use
and purposed merely to please and
entertain.
British writer's have had an easier
time of it in regard to the immense
possibilities OF the great war In a
story OF adventure than their coll
leagues on this side OF the water.
Geographically. they have greatly
the advantage OF US. for the war
opened up a whole new line Of ex-
Cuses for the hasty comings and
goings. the exciting journeys and
haTbreadth escapes without which
the novel Of adventure could not
exist. The charm OF all these new
excuses was their perfect PLAUSIBLE
fty. for anything was possible those
strenuous years. And. owing to a
certain really admirable trait In the
British character. British noyelists
we're not obliged to write as though
the world mad begun in July. 1914.
The people who have the adven-
lures in this story are a family of
landed nobility by the name OF Mere
worth. There are several branches
OF the family and they have been
eherlshing a floufishlng feud for
several generations. Tho cause Of IL
ali was the purple pearl. a jewel of
great size aud value. With many
other family Jewels. the pearl had
been hidden by a certain sporting
ancestor notorious for his gay life
and his bad temper. lie left to three
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'LEANOR GATES'S story OF the
n, Poor Little Rich Girl" pub
hshed some time ago. had .

fshed some time ago. had Q
considerable popular success. and
play was made from Il which also
ran for a time. The author has un-
dertaken to write another appeal
ing" story out OF a reversal of the
central idea OF the earlier story. and
so she turns cut a 4i9 page novel"
called The Rich Little Poor Boy"
and the Roadway OF the earlier story
IL invoked on the wrapper OF the
new one to start Il whizzing along to
a similar triumph. The earlier story
had the initial advantage OF appeal
ing to the popular idea that most
rich children are unhappy because.
in the city. they are not allowed to
play in the dirt: this idea was ex-
plotted with some degree OF imagi-
nation. II Is necessary TO say so
much about the earlier book to ac-
count for the issue OF the present
one. for 1t never could stand for a
second without its correIative and
first idea.
The Rich Little Poor Boy" Is an
entirely impossible string Of hack
neyed and rubbishy incidents strung
together In direct defiance OF any
such law or probability as boy or a
girl Is sure 10 look for In a story
as the requisite to any claim on
youthful attention. II Is labelled "a
delightful fantasy" and its fanciful
quality might be conceded n fanci-
fuI characters were supposed 20 carry
on the action But the author has
seen &c 10 take every stock figure
OF the crudest meIOdrama from Ned
Buntline TO Mr. Oppenheim. and in
vites the reader to be Interested IN
tho crudest presentation OF a jumbo
OF puppets ranging from million
aires" to the brutal ionsshore step
father. the haif-starved sister who
works 10 q factory. the crippled
gran'ther and the boy who had never
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

THROUGH JOHNS EYES. BY Huntiy
Robertson. George III. Doran Co.
vt is not given to every reader.
even. to see readily through
Johns eyes," and the perform
anee Of the author. who has been able
to dc IL through a whole book. is
thereby heightened in quality. In this
extremely clever and wholly unusual
book the story of a family's life is
told through a record Of tho inn
pressions received by John. whose
first impressions are Of a day when
he saw % girl with red hair swish
ing a sticl; swish swish The
dog ran out after the girl. There
were pebbles flying. and one flew in
the cart. He remembered the peb-
bles flying into the cart. II was hot.
AAN NAu ilOt tAkAc lhO uShl Nucu yOu
got to the uphill. And
some one said. You're three to-day"
This was In Scotland. and the rune
Of Johns impressions runs on
through tho little boy days. and later
expresses his ideas about going away
to school. and meeting other boys
who were to be met as friends. but
secretly examined and tested by his
own tests Johns opinions of visi-
tors. at home and at school. were
deprecated by his mother. but
he still held them. privately. "Visi-
tors are curse. Mummy said he
was not to say that. Some
said. Come and talk to me. John
They must have known he had moth
ing TO say. Then they would take
his hand and hold It till he wriggled
IL away. Some said. What a big
boy! We must put a weight on your
head This was the kind that Hay
would call silly cows. And one lady
actually said. oh. what a dear curly
head!' This made John so hot with
shame that he could not think of il
even in bed-it made him feel hot
in his stomach and all over prickIes
like a porcupine." But once In
long time n visitor was not SO bad.
There was Mrs. Taggart. "She was
the sort OF person who would not
call you a weugrown boy. and talk
TO you 70 make other people listen
and laugh NJ you. He remembered
her invitation ito come and see herl
all the holidays. but he never asked
Mummy about IT, One often does this
about the things one wants most
And so the world unfolds. day by
day. before Johns eyes. and the OBJ
servatons OF the boys budding mind
are set down with an implicit faith
fulness which makes the book fas-
cAA+ahAHbs OAut4t - SLuug uOHe 100 easy
OF comprehension. He considers the
universe and tries to find explana-
tons for things: he finds that all
things arc not capable OF expiana-
tiOn by his lights of Intuition or
experience. Ills school days. earlier
and later, are thrown upon the page
In memoranda alternately puzzling
and enthralling. The boy psychology
Is uncovered in his own dlsjointed
and halting phrases. But the book.
however subtle and elusive. Is the
| work OF clear T-sighted and sympa-
thetie writer with an unusual gift
OF reincarnating himself In ado
ieScence. A few words from the pub
lisher's note are apt for repeating:
The author has caught the essen
tial franhness and candor Of the boy
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/<"tIE ROMANTIC LADY" i
q volume OF sketche!
Il

dealing solely with prob
lens OF the heart--or that complex.
seIf-conscious organ which Mr.. Arlen
sees as the heart 1t is obviously
intended to serve as an expose Of
the modern woman. But 1t leaves
the reader dismayed. Mr.. Arlen takes
the sort of situation that De Maupas-
SAINT would have worked into a good
story. Then, not possessed of Dc
Maupassant's creative genius and in
sight. he proceeds to let the reader
down. Instead of clear. spicy mar
rative. he gives US labored eXposi-
ton. For real fire he substitutes an
artificial. half baked emotionaiism.
His book is full of snatcheS like this:
But desirable-that's the word for
the particular creak in the hinge OF
ones mind as 1t enfolds the beauty
of such a person-desirable. You
wanted to stretch out a long. grace
ful arm above the heads OF all the
stuffy people around you and catch
her up. not by force. for she must
yield: and then, as you brought her
close to you. what happened would
depend entirely on the sort Of woman
she was. and the sort OF man you
were."
He strives throughout for a light
Gallo touch. But the struggle is
obvious and defeats its own purpose.
The conversational flow Is not spon-
taneous: the gestures are heavy.
Yet the dull spots are far from I'M
relieved. Here and there Is found.
packed into a single phrase. a telling
unforgettable picture-as where he
describes the mother of one of his
heroineS as q woman who thought
she had a salon. whereas, she only
kept restaurant" And he has a
real gift for dissecting emotions. He
is sensitive to slight shadings in
situation and temperament, and
clever at describing them. He has. Ii,
addition. a pleasing sense of detach-
ment thar expresses itself In such
diverting bits OF philosophy as this:
For. however serious you may
be about your passions. you cannot
so on forever piaguing a woman who
is not only SO insensibie to your at
fractions that she marries some ono
else-but is actually happy with him
when married. A belated sense OF
humor must come to your rescue
eventually. to point In q tired sort
OF way at the rather ludicrous figure
you cut to yourself. fussing about
with a passion that is of no earthly
use to any one"
Mr.. Arien has undeniable ability.
When he conqucrs his tendency to
be devastatlngiy cynical-when he Is
concerned more with his material
and less with the flourish with which
he handles IL. he can probably give
us a book more worth our while
than "The Romantic Lady"
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

AN ORDEAL. or HONOR. By
Anthony Pryde. Robert ii Mcbride
& Co.
A NTHONY PRYDES latest
"A novel opens with a life of
expectancy that stirs ones
interest to the core. Here's q unique
opportunity for a romantic occur
renee" observes Dodo Carminow. on
the second page. when she Is
stranded with a broken bicycle ten
miles from home. And she adds:
Hwhy doesn't some one young and
charming appear and pick me up?"
Some one does. He is neither
young nor charming. being 35. some
thing OF misogynist. and with more
than the average share Of the true
Briton's rather bad manners. But
Charles Auburn has way with him.
as Is shown BY the fashion In which
he picks Dodo up and carries her
home, a home that he was on the
way to visit when the romantic oc-
currence took place. Auburn's way
soon brought him to proposing to
Dodo and being accepted by her.
But there are undertones in the
narrative up to this point that will
F1aLQ n caocsf;x-o a1ar- t<x-ar ~ 80,
minded constantly OF the death mo-
tive in Carmen" And that motive
blares forth fortissimo when Auburn
Is arrested. charged with the murder
OF his father. who had opposed
Charles's marriage.
Theneeforth. and for many pages.
@ criminal trial and Auburn's prison
experiences (first as a man con-
demned TO death and then as a pris-
oner for llfe) make up the tale OF
the story. Pryde'S realism has full
swing here aud il is not very pretty"
reading. so STEPPED is It in the de-
Scription OF the risk such a nature
aS AuournS runs toward utter degra-
Gation or madness under the In
fiuence OF life in Jail This mood
changes into pure melodrama with
Dodo's extraordinary attempt at aid
ing Auburn TO escape from prison
And it keeps to this mode until
Auburn is released by the agency
OF q confession from the real muir
derer OF his father. The surprise
contained in this episode is only an
ether supreme proof OF Pryde's sheer
merit as story teller. and The sur
prise is rot weakened by being either
impossible or unnatural. In this
novel Anthony Pryde has surpassed
even "Marqueray's Duel" the first
and best Of his books up to this.
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

rave fOpONlC- Duiilciu * ".
ROF. POPovIc of the Uni
versity of Belgrade frankly
explains in his introduction to
this volume of short stories the diff
ficulties that attended their prepara-
ton. 1t was In May. 1919. during
the busiest period of his work in the
press division of the Serbian dele
cation at Paris. when the request
came from the publishers The nec-
essary books were not at hand: there
was difficulty IN obtaining capable
translators, and the work had to be
done In a few months. An insur-
mountasle feature was that most OF
the libraries of Serbia had been pill
laged and destroyed by the enemy
during the war. a fact which greatly
limited the selection. so much so that
the younger writer's had to be omitted
altogether
Notwithstanding these handicaps
the anthology as a whole is credita-
bic. The English is clear and fluent
and there Is just enough foreign
flavor to it to give one the feel OF
another race and culture.
In the collection are nine stories.
Two OF the writer's are represented
by two stories apiece. so that in all
seven Serbian writers are here shown
at thoir best. Some Of the stories
are not short stories In the Ameri-
can sense of the term. and show kim
ship to the sketches Of Turgenev and
ChelShov. This Is to be expected in
view Of the nearness of the Serbians
to the Russians both racially and
geographically. Another readily no.
ticeable influence Is that of the
French writer's. particularly Maui
pasSant. But 1t is not to be under
stood from the foregoing that the
stories lack originality. On the con-
trary.
BY far the most interesting and the
most artistic of the writer's i'm tho
collection Is Lazar Lazarovich. He
is said to have written only a dozen
short stories in his lifetime. Of which
leach one is little masterpiece"
The two OF that dozen here presented
are 'The First Mathis With NV
Father" and by the Well" The
former is the story of a gambler. It
is told from the viewpoint of a child.
Short snatches OF the gamblers life
are given-as much as a Serbian
child would be privileged TO see in
that parent ruled iand-yet the story
has remarkable unity and power.
Serbian domestic life and thu
patriarchial institution called the
"Ladruga ere wildly portrayed in
By the Well" Insight into the ma
ture OF this institution is obtained
in sentence from another story of
the volume. which explains why tho
parents of young Serbian wanted
him To marry: ''The mother needed
substitute and the father a sery-
ant" As Prof. Popovic says. il ia
The New York herald., 1922-02-19
New Fiction in Varied Forms

mind and touched his story with
that roselight which colors and
blends together the facts and fancies
of youth"
The New York herald., 1922-02-19
SWEET WATERS. By Harold Nichoi
son Houghton Mifflin Company.

A NYBODY might guess that in
Il teresting stories could be
written about the happen
ings of human life and love and ras-
cality. and the many queer falls OF
the dice in and abou. ConstantinopIe
and the adjacent seas. happenings
which came. say, ten or twelve years
ago-just before the powder magazine
blew up Anybody might make such
an easy guess as that. even il he had
not formed the slightest noddlng ac-
quaintance with the works OF Will
lam Melee. But not every traveller
i'm that romantic region is endowed
with the perception OF facts COM
bi1ed with the ability to comprehend
and evaluate forty or fifty diverse
yet tangled influences. each of which
draws taut and strong upon the
human lives invoived-in such de-
gree as enabled him to write out
tA4NSN CD tAiCy HttAtAtdNAAeo
In his mind. One of the first things
needful in writing OF such exciting
human experiences In such sur
roundlngs Is capacity for compress
sion. indeed what amounts TO a
genius. for creating an atmosphere of
reality in that longitude in less than
many. many thousands OF English
words
One or two. maybe three or four.
such persons have been moved to
share their stories with the reading
public: Harold Nicholson has been
highly successful In such an attempt
in this absorbing tale of the "Eaux-
Douces d'Asle." with its heroine of q
young girl whose dead father was
The New York herald., 1922-02-19
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The New York herald., 1922-02-19

THE ROMANTIC LADY. By Michae
Arlen. Dodd. Mead & Co.
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY. BY
Eleanor Gates. ID. Appleton & Co.
The New York herald., 1922-02-19

Anthony I'ryie. Robert IL Mcbride
& Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

o'clock and prayer meeting in the eve
School begins Sept. IL. Miss Alice
Plimpton of Gilsum. teacher.
Mrs. Clifton Stoddard visited her aunt
in Chicopee, Mass, a few days last
week.
Mrs. Sidney Ware of Brattleboro
visited her mother, Mrs. n. G. Colburn,
Aug. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cobleigh of Los
Angeles, Cal, visited at G.. o. Cobleigh's
last week. -
George Brown and family took an
automobile trip to Niagara Falls and
Utica, n Y, last week.
Mr. aud Mrs. Charles Clark. Miss Ber-
nice Clark and Miss Helen Durham of
Springfield. N'ass., came Aug. 81. Miss
Burnham and Miss Clark returned the
same day but Mr.. and Mrs. Clark will
visit at Mrs. Myra Fairs for while.
Visitors in town over Labor day
were: Lowell Bullock of Springfield,
Mass. John Fox of Sturbridge. Mass,
at Myra Fairs; Cecil Farr of Brattle-
boro at Mabel Browns, Elmer Chamber
lain of Keene at c. w. Chamberlain
William Starkey of Guilford at w. j..
Bevis's; Chester Brown of Vernon at A.
M. Browns.
Gentlemen's night was observed Sept.
program: Song. brothers chorus; read
ing, Morton Chickering's; violin solo,
Chester Brown essay, z. L. Welcome;
music on Harmonica and encore, Dana
Wilder; Grange paper. S. L. Rice; de-
bate, Resolved that Woman Suffrage is
a Mistake. ID. d. Wilder and S. L. Rice,
negative, A. NJ. Brown. Ed. Welcome
affirmative; readings Richard Chicken
ing. Ernest Carey. Elmer Chamberlain,
Arthur Welcome, Raymond Chiekering,
A. NJ. Brown, Emroy Carey Louis
ing. Clifford ChiclIering; music on Har-
Monica. d. ID. Wilder; violin selections,
Chester Brown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07
At
II
WEST CHESTERFIELD, n. I'll.
Church to Have Electric Lights.

With fair skies and warm weather a
large number of people, old and Young
enjoyed the basket picnic Tuesday on
the common in front of the church
Lemonade was served with the dinner.
At the close of the noon hour a short
community meeting was held in the
church and it was voted to have preach
ing once in two weeks and Sunday school
and prayer meeting every Sunday 1t
also was voted to raise money to install
electric lights in the church.
The president was appointed to confer
with the former committee about repair
ing the chimney which was built last
year. A rising vote of thanks was given
Miss Emma Hutchins for planning the
picnic.
The Sunday school held a meeting
and afterwards marched to music on the
victrola and sang a song representing
their motto, "B. r. e. NJ. BE ready
every minute) which was enjoyed by
all
The afternoon was spent in games.
sports and music on the victrola.
Doris Carey is working in Brattleboro
for Mrs. Paul Cobb.
Sunday school next Sunday at IL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Sweet Potatoes, Southern Style: Pare
and cut in two lengthwise. Melt two
tablespoons butter and one of sugar in
large, fat-bottomed saucepan. When hot
put i'll enough potatoes to cover the bot.
tom closely, add boiling water to half
cover. and put them on back of range
where they will cook slowly. Cook for
an hour turning once. The water will
evaporate, leaving sweet butter sauce
to pour over them at serving.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Vary your weekly program occasion
ally by taking your supper out Hall &
Farwell make speciality of tempting and
unusual dishes every Sunday evening.
Saturday will be bargain day for candy
there as usual
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

and juice of the pineapple. Put IL
seeds, and mix all together. Add 615
cups sugar, and cook down until a light
brown color Will take from two to
three hours Pnt in glasses just as you
would jelly, and when cool pour parafin
over top of glasses,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

To make a cake to be eaten with coffee,
make a rather soft biscuit dough, adding
two tablespoons of sugar to the dry in
gradients, and a well-beaten egg to the
liquid; Roll or pat into roll one-half inch
thick, and place in a CREASED pan. Dot
top with bits of butter. strew with sugar
or a little cinnamon. Bake in rather hot
oven.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

This is good jam filling for a layer
cake or Washington pie: Take five pints
of grape Juice and three pints of chopped
apples do not pare them. Boil until
soft. mash through a sieve, and allow
three-quarters of a pint of sugar to one
of jam Simmer for 20 minutes or until
thick
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Inc sHeeteST, dearest kisses are
eIhOse placed on clear, pure skin.
the necessary blood building vita
mines with the proper kind of
strength giving iron, in the same
form as 1t exists in the human BODY
Ihere IS only one ironized yeast pro-
duced in the world, and it is called
simply, Ironized Yeast. 1t is not a
mere mixture of yeast and iron. but
as yeast lronized, which is a sub
stance all by itself. PimpIes. black
heads and eruptions mean that Won
are minus the right kind of iron-and-
EltamInes. You need both. Ironized
Yeast VIII free you from pimple-
embarrassment forever, your black
heads viii vanish, your purified rich
req blood will show in the ruby of
your cheeks and adorable skin-cIear-
ness 1ronized Yeast will put wire
ness IN your nerves, new red blood
GEMS IN your blood. It builds strength
IN every organ, in men, women and
chlldren. 1t is also a stomach
strengthener. Ask for Ironfzed Yeast
nothing else. Beware of mutations
1ron1zed Yeast is sold at all drug
stores at $1.00 a package. Each pack
age contains 60 tablets, each tablet
sealed. They never lose their power.
M'fd only by Ironized Yeast Co, At /
Ianta, Ga. All kisses will be sweeter
from now on! I
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Those spicy apple pies made from the
new apples need an accompanying slice
of cheese. You'll find the Mount Holly
cheese at the Stebbins grocery quite to
your taste / think, like most Vermont
dairy fproducts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Mrs Walter Newcomb. an expert Jelly
maker, can supply you with delicious
homemade jellies and will take orders
for making. Her products are on sale at
Bashnelfs grocery or at her home on
Guilford street. Telephone 321-Y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

eye strain and are cheating their eyes by
not wearing glasses. Nature finally rebels
and misery follows. Are you cheating
your eyes? An examination at Jordan &
Sons will answer the question,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Women know that clean, speedy,
steady stove and hot water always ready,
means kitchen comfort and convenience.
That is why so many housewives recon-
mend the Glenwood ranges. They have
proven their worth. Emerson sells the
GlenWood ranges and heaters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Garden plants and flowers are going
by and attention should be given 20 a
little indoor greenery. Hopkins has a
very good supply of palms just the right
size for home decoration. 1t is a good
time to get one for your living room.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Sugar Cookies: One cup coffee sugar,
onehalf cup fat, one-third cup milk, two
cups bread flour, one egg, one teaspoon
soda, two of cream tartar. These are
very good. but the result will not be as
satisfactory if the graduated sugar is
used in place of the soft kind, or baking
powder in place of the soda and cream
tartar
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

Apples and bacon used together are
very good. Core and halve the apples and
place cut side up in n shallow baking
nearly soft and then lay a thin slice of
bacon over each apple and bake until the
bacon is crisp.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-07

1t is said that powdered borax can be
sprinkled on a floor that is to be used
for dancing when wax is not available.