Evening star., 1923-03-25

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less. made broad enough to give gem
eral outlook upon the theme which II
| involves. One OF these was made be-
! fore congressional committee on the
| tarfn; one was made TO the jury on the
| trial OF an assemblyman, an honest and
honorable man suffering injustice; the
| third one. TO an appellate court on the
| suppression of Theodore Dreisers novel,
THE Genius" The most generally ap-
peallng, this last one. 1t is a quite re-
markaole argument, broadly human in
| spirit and very properly concerned over
J any menace to that personal liberty
| which forms the basis of the nation it
| self. Here Mr.. Auerbach becomes a
| champion. fighting for a decision that
Will stand as a charter right for au-
| thors and publishers. In sharp lines he
| sketches the story OF The Genius"
| He sets out the aim and method of the
| author. He sums the whole as superior
| literature according to accepted stand
ards. Upon this foundation he urges,
| with fact and reason, in wit and humor.
| dashed with sprinkllngs Of contempt for
\ fantastic reformerS, that an artist,
| undeniably an artist. shall be left free
] 10 pursue his art. The book. through
out. rs as human in spirit as II Is In
I, formed In fact and happily communica-
Bile in it's way Of writing
THE LORD OF THUNDERGATE. By
| Sidney Herschel Small. Indianap-
/ y.
Bobby Wells, American, could never
In the world have carried off in such
/ fine style-indeed, never could have
! carried off at all-the impersonation
| or kayama, the Lord of Thunder
! gate. had II not been for the circum-
| stances Of his earliest years. Son Of
+, missionary to Japan. Bobby, as a
| little fellow, was cared for by a ma
| tive woman whose devotion took the
| FORM OF trying TO give the boy a
ners. After a while Bobby was sent
| 10 an uncle in America for school
! ing and training. In time II was only
natural that the uncle should entrust
bobby with bridge-building job in
Japan. True to Action, and to life.
| the trouble-maker went along. This
! particular one hated Bobby as rivals
| In love are said to hate. He was de-
| termined TO ruin the job in order to
| queer the young fellow with both
the uncle and the girl. When we f1rst
! see Bobby this one appears TO have
! had things pretty much his own way
for Bobby is certainly down-and-
out specimen. kayama, the Lord Of
1 Ihundergate, was also in trouble. of
sort that made temporary disap-
! pearance advisable. Coming across
! the unconscious derelict that looked
SO much like himself, Kayama shifted
personalities with him and went his
way. Upon this carefully prepared
Foundation the adventure moves ahead
! with snap and interest through a
! maze of plausible Incidents that shift
| from the character and atmosphere OF
! japan TO those Of America in a skill
| full and intelligent management A
! complicated romance adds TO the ad-
| venture. That Is, II adds 10 the trou-
! bles of our young man. These trou-
! bleS. and his way with them, serve
! ready affection for Bobby. All make
! believe, by way Of a highly colored
| adventure OF adroit workmanship
| Yet Bobby Wells is more real and
| more interesting than one in a thou
, sand of those who are actually walk
! ing up and down saying things.
! GLADIOLA MURPHY. By Ruth Saw
! yer, author of Doctor Danny" etc.
New York: Harper < Brothers
! Everybody likes a winner Every
| body likes a nice girl. Giadiola Muir
ply Is both. When one wins. too,
against big odds-Starting out as the
; under dog-then all the mor- glory.
! Giadioia's handicap was poverty Of
! the dirty and squal!d sort. Father
and mother, IA lot Of brothers and sis
| ters all possessed the qualities that
are calculated TO round handicap
to bulging proportions. But, from.
away back Somewhere a trickle OF
| lighting blood went into the making
| Of Gladiola. So, instead of sitting
! down beside a hopeless situation
| Glaoiola took 10 her heels and ran
away-ran clear 10 Boston. Mary
! Page found her in the street and
took her home. Mary Page was quite
on the other side of the world from
! anybody that Glad.ola had ever
known or dreamed of. Il was with
| her and good Molly Evans that Glad
| lola. still fighting many things that
! other people laztly accept, grew 10 be
J a young oman, and then a woman.
| The interesting part Of this story IS
/ that Gladiola. through one marriage
( and then into another. shed the ex-
! ternals of that old unlovely life OF
her childhood. but ciung to the strain
! of independence and straight think
| ing and essential nobility that had
| been her far Inheritance. A very
beautiful part of this story is, the
! feeling for this girl on the part OF
Mary Page and Molly Evans and of
| the artist, Dudley Crane-all the good
! angels Of Gladiola in a friendship
/ that now and then does operate on
earth. A most engaging and stimu-
| lating novel along simple and nat
ural lines.
THE SONG OF THE DRAGON: And
other stories. BY John Taintor
Foote. author Of The Lucky Sev-
I en-" etc. New York: II. Applet ton
/; g. Co.
! He was behind the blowing up OF
| munition piants-elegan and remote
from such work as he might seem.
| Som body had to get him with the
goods on him. OF, course it would
| be a woman. He was sensitive to
! women-to fine high grade women.
| The secret service man went to his
| friend, Kemper. play producer, for
! mind of either as to what, would be
| involved in getting the goods on this
! high brow alien. But, both were. like
everybody else in those days. ruth
A i
/ an urge. So Kemper put it up to q
| young girl-a wonderfully promising
! girl--well. "a certain Bavarian gem
! tleman was in Leavenworth. minus
| his monocle and his English Clothes
in almost no time at all; She got
| know nothing about that" said Smith.
| coldly. II couldn't discuss It il I
! did,
"And the elders took council, lest
the fields and villages be destroyed
by the dragon. and a maiden was
chosen to be delivered up TO him"
| This Is the groundwork Of The
! Song of the Dragon" the first story
, of the book. A beautiful girl, no flaw
about her. gifted. high spirited and
for the war. Not one writer in a
| thousand would have carried this
story out, even If he had commenced
| 1t. No, when IT came later, to the
| love between this girl and young
| officer, the joy OF his rich fathers
heart, the apple of his mothers eye,
| that author would either have lied
| out and out. or he would have turned
| tail and skipped the whole business.
| The finest sort of workmanship here,
! even down to the little things that
| give real skill it's stamp. That in
part, carries the story through, but
it is chiefly by the authors own OBJ
| legation to his business Of story-tell-
| ing that the big effect piles up. He
! has a light hand. turning off mo-
mentous things easily, just as life
turns them off. Other stories in this