Evening star., 1923-10-28

being afraid TO make any move at
AL since the next move ID clearly the
one that Will carry him on. There. ~
e,.conspiracy back Of, this fellow to
dred thousand dollars TO reward the
feat. It II q girl, however. and not this
group t.of s,lnterested bhnkers,+ who
hnally turns the. trick. Indeed so
we'll does she do. her work that In
making a most desperate stand
Is ,smothsrtngs the fellow turns about
and invftes 5dea tn about once a min.
ute in a self course OF
Motoring motor cycling flying. div-
Ing. and doing any other hell-bent
dssi.A ,.s ssRsas'fi oss TN. nihai himssH sia
Yes--oh, yes, for they are quite in
love. IA;
THE DANCING STAR. BY Berta
Ruek. author of "Sir or Madam"
etc. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co.
The new girl has produced the new
sort OF man. Nowadays, this girl hxs
a choice between the lover, who sttn
chants the Joys of domesticity and
against him. that cannier suitor, who
says Never in the world would I
cut you off from your career. Just
marry me and 60 your career-fu1
way. This one knows. beyond per.
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bring that girl in out Of the rain.
such fs the situation surrounding the
delishtful young dancer of this story.
She is, heart and soul, for her own
place In the world. for the perfee-
A pleasant and attractive course OF
event centers here upon the stage
and first nights. and some success and
then a little more success. and hard
work-one really has to give credit
I'm -
work like forty. This one does Then
there are the lovers, the two kinds
ono is English clear to the ground
osi. Then the second young % man am ao, %
poara aqd the good business OF rivalry
@ srs sls"r nsks was1a 6sT oss ss
~ensaes. Shere-but one is never 10
Know Just how he does shut off that
:Gareer-for the story ends here,
Babies. one assumes.
THE NIGHT OF THE WEDDING Bv
Z. N. and A. NJ Williamson. au-
thors Of "Vision House." etc. New
1ork: george H. Doran Company.
The mystery of this romance has
an ancients sfiavor-medieval at the
latest. Ths -puzzling to-do centers
around the*disappearance of a bride
upoii tHc HlBnt Ofstne wedding. HID
den Hall Court, turned over to the
honeymoonfng pair by a friend-En
rival. too, he had been-is an ancient
pile wherein secret passages and hid
den doors and grim rooms, to say.
nothing of a baffling subterranesr n
domain. invite dark deeds, under
promise OF complete security. The
depth OF the mystery Is measured by
the TACT that IL remains unsoIved
through the length of this romance.
opening up at the last moment, OF
course. Suspicion rests. naturally.
upon the rival and owner of Hidden
Hall Court. Right at it's inception q
romantic young girl turns suspicion
upon herself, away from the man,
And here the real romance of the
matter setssi lstart. The bride be
comes merely ~ case for criminal In
Vestfgatton. A quite Italian caste Of
secret villainy prevails here. as IL
was carried on in the wicked old days
when Cesare and Lucrezia perfected
crime past discovery. And the detec-
tives follow false trails with their.
usual bootless energy till the king OF
sieuths appears. And he brings more
mystery that complexities the sftua-
tion With a pair Of stolen italian chill
dren who turn out here to be prime
features in tiris' complicated affair
that. luckily. restores the bride and
achieves another wedding as we'll.
Not oversubtle. not overdeep-but
who wants subtlety and depth for the
Idle hour OF easy entertainment?