The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-01
Weekly Book ReDietU--
Get Acquainted With Pierre
'VintO,1, a Swpe7tIuOuS Husband
Book ReUiew-
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN.
= Fl EET Pierre Vinton.
He is just a superfiuouE
husband.

"A ri EET Pierre Vinton.
IM He is just a superf1uous
I'll husband.
Pierre had a wife, but he couldn't
hold her. He had money. loads Of 1t.
His wife had none and she would &C
cept no alimony when the court cut
the matrimonial chain into two
pieces.
Near the end Of this journey in d.
vorce Marcella. Pierre's wife, makes
this remark: Pierre" she said.
there can't be real divorce. There's
release, but there isn't any such
thing as divorce"
You will run across this remarka-
BILE deduction in Edward o. Vena-
ble's Pierre Vinton," the adven-
lures Of a super1uous husband.
Pierre Vinton" is a Charles Serb
ner's Sons publication. It was print
ed some tine ago, but for some I'M
known reason too many people have
not read this book.
There is hardly a day that passes
that some one does not ask me,
Tell me something good to read. "
At times we disagree on what is
good" Reading is an experience.
I believe that We can Increase our
intellectual and emotional natures
by reading widely and carefully.
I believe that the reader who has
passed up Pierre Vinton" has done
so because his or her attention has
not been directed in its direction.
In the first place the title means
nothing until you have read the
book. The title seems dull, but I
am telling you honestly that there
isn't a dull. dead mental line in the
entire book.
Reading is Just a mental excur-
sion Some Of US probably will never
see Paris. Travel is just an expe-
rience. Many people travel by the
use Of guides. I only hope that this
department today Will turn the at
tention of a large public in the di-
rection of Pierre Vinton."
IF I. in any way, can increase the
just circulation Of this mental clas-
sic, I have done my little part in
advancing worthwhile modern liter
allure.
How Pierre Felt
You get an idea OF how Pierre
felt when his wife divorced him by
these few words:
What a vast difference there is
between an empty tescup and an
emptied teacup. To have no longer
any place in the tray Of things. to be
little soiled by use. and. with a
little of the sweetness of the past
IN the depths Of you. to belong only
to the out-of-the-way. is as I see it.
to be an emptied teacup. And 1 can
think Of nothing I so closely re-
semble at this hour"
Pierre is Of the opinion that lin
compatibility was the cause Of the
domestic wreck.
He remarks. OF course, we must
be incompatible. The fact that we
spent two years and a great deal Of
money getting rid OF each other
proves that. We could scarcely give
further proof. I think, unless We
committed murder"
Pierre admits that he believes that
he was not tired of AIarcella. 1T is
LlAlS A5ttL dlOtlc ttlcL lltdFSr> iAAC say
that my marriage was a failure" he
dAslares.
Also: prom the point Of view OF
Marcella. who is satisfied with the
divorce, the marriage should be
called a tremendous success. It IS
only from my point of view that it
can be called a failure
BY travelling from acquaintance to
acquaintance. Pierre attempted to
find out the cause of his failure. Mrs.
Mallory was of the opinion that the
Vintons should have had a baby.
The Reverend Bertrand Wither-
spoon. who married Pierre and Mar
cSa. had the idea that the couple
possessed the qualities of discord
and strife.
A Substitute Is Found
After Narcella went away, Pierre
took CORTLAND Brown into his home
Court was lust this: He Is a drunken