The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-21


hood she was as she leant against the
slant OF the wind. not caring for II AT
all The flesh on her face was urn.
and her soft skin seemed 10 glow with
the warmth OF sunlight. She had been
, bred in the sun and the wind: she
was clean and sweet and supple
girl to delight any mans eyes. even
the eyes Of q brother
It would have been plain to any
! body but Pippn--it IS very plain 10
the reader-tEat Allison IS In love
with him. But Pip3in merely shakes
hands with her and says goodbye
nicely. and looks back three times. If
/ Cupid were a baseball pitcher, Pippin
would have been struck out. In the
second inning our brave lad goes
/ home with farmer. losses the baby
! in the way in which ono is expected
10 toss a baby, and listens 10 the yarn
the farmer tcllS-not such bad
yarn. either. In the third inning Pip
, pin meets a rascal called the Gentle
man Tramp but our vtrtuous youth,
learning OF the others rascallty, tells
him he wishes no more OF his com
, pany. Pippin continues his highly
moral and uplifting behavior through
thirty-one chapters. He spends some
time with a circus and helps II ga.
b loCn-oaly you call ii tavern
/ which doesn't sound so had-and
drives n delivery wagon. He conducts
himself with great correctness in sew
eral mildly trying circumstances. We
know this because the coffee kept US
awake and we actually finished the
book. We cannot say more. There
/ was nothing to laugh at and, in the
, apartment where We live, snoring
: isn't permitted.
| But we have no wish 10 be unjust.
PIPPIN IS exactly the quiet, pleasant
/ sort OF story that thousands OF people
+ would consider delightful. There IS
not a single disturbing page from be-
ginning 10 end; there are no disagree.
able emotions; and when Pipptn
comes home he speaks very nicely TO
Alison about marrying her as soon
/ as he comes OF age. And from what
We know Of people, that is just what
! he would do. too People like Ptpptn
marry when they come Of age. not
when they come Of intellirence. Justas
well, no doubt, For otherwise. they'd
never marry.
/
! On the other hand. m coffee was
/ required 70 kccp us awake while Ne
! read the stories IN Edison MavShaI"s
I 'T =.
Othe. stories" These animal stories
/ seem 70 us the best things since Jack
] London and the carly k!pliur. The
! Henry .rlze as the hcs; short story II
1871. II - good. h","r"'.!, "u' We
Saheu 'os :. .l.'T I,., ,s, ,h., ~. 80
American sur Ana We consider tho
, second story in the book, 'Never XII
a Torcuptne," J">i about the sTaNdesi
animal story We nave ever rea' -
ha3 every .s'',''. e!DH'..T a., a.
,,s., ro,,, .'S.r,,, ,,',.,c,. ~, I'VE o,',
wa, sia. or Tho story "Tl.,lc u.a,h"
: 2 peach Of a story 700. Bu; VIC shall
ncv"r forget Never XII Fo-cnH."c.'
90
T.. oueAr what makes a good short
story. There ISN'T. n our Judgment,
and despite all the short story special
ISIS ana ths'r Pro"''.''1y.'.S ana ,ttoa
,Sn. az" sn.Ltrr eo,e- md
being good. Ore that we read lately
and that we thought topnotcher Is
!ionlc l,!'. oy EHns oI"e', III am'
~, .T,. ,o-,, frocrsn,r,; hSs aSor,
s~oy:cs, above The average
Edna Ferber's high skill has long
been recognized. Magazine editors
recognize II In what is probably the
most satisfactory way by paying her
s., 600 or rossibIv moro, for each
story. This does not, of course. com.
pare with the prices paid for serials
Rinehart and Kathleen Norris and