Evening star., 1926-03-21

when he was a young man ABSORBED
in love and marriage. Carefully he
goes over this period Of experimer. in
living--two strangers trying TO i've
together In harmony and mutual hap
piness. Then there are children bring
ing their own problems of up-bring1ng
and care. And these grow to their
own days of Towering into love and
matrmony. The memories end with
the advent of grandchild ana
silver-wedding surprise party In honor
of the couple whose life together is
spread out here in THE Married
Man"
The case Of every family man is
stated here In the kindly tolerance and
genial humor with which William
Dean Howells projected his romances
Of American dome site life. The book
is. in effect, of the Howells brand OF
realism applied to group similar at
many points to those with which the
older novelist set a new pattern OF
American fiction. A novel for the
reader of keen and quiet appreciations
of the subtler phases of life, of the
less obvious. the less blatant ups and
downs of the matrimonial experiment.
SHELTER BY Charles Fielding
Marsh, author of After Harvest"
New York: D. Appleton and Com
pany.
A MUCH softer story than Tess
~ not so stark in it's tragedy, not so
exacting at every step of its bitter
course, as the famous Hardy roma nee.
Yet. shelter" suggests Tess" In its
portrayal Of circumstance as the ar.
bitter Of life, in it's stress upon acci-
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ence. The heart of the matter is not
altogether unknown. Many a man
has. all unbeknown to himself, fathered
another mans child. An English
country girl-a good girl, too--is the
center of this romance. Like most
girls with two lovers, Phoebe was will
ing to marry either of them. Since
Bob the sailor. bolder than Ezra the
farmer. asked first he was the hus-
band-to-be of Phoebe. Then in a quar-
rel with another man, Bob, by acct
dent killed this man and was sent to
prison. But it was imperative that
Phoebe have husband 1t was here
| that the unsuspecting' Ezra provided
| the shelter for Phoebe, and here
| that this very admirably developed
tragedy unfolds.
A good husband, good wife and a
! darling boy whom they both loved
devotedly. Then, so carefully, so in
telligently and SO artfully, Mr.. Marsh
| selects this circumstance, that Incl
| dent. a shade of color, trait of dis
position, strangers recollection of a
| certain day down by the wood-ele-
ments these in the inevitable march
OF events that. sooner or later. brings
every hidden thing into the open.
Each Of no account by itself, all to-
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proof. Much of this absorbing story
has to do with Phoebe's shelter" in
which she lived her happy home life
with Ezra and the boy At the last
the shelter fails and she, with her
secret, stands stark before the man.
Let's leave IL there. Every man will
have his own solution Of the matter.
| The women will have theirs too, not
| so different from that Of the men.
What did Ezra do? You tell.
THE GOLDEN SNAIL: A Fantasy Of
London. BY Victor MacClure. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Com
pany.
PUBLICITY is the great ma sician of
this supreme buying a nd selling
| aGe. To serve the purposes of the high
| gods of advertisement the keenest Of
wit is nowadays engaged. the best in
art is modified. the most ingenius de-
vices are summoned. striking attitudes
prevail. compelling gestures arrest the
passer-by at every point. Overtopping
| all stands the radio-the very apotheo.
sis Of the art Of publicity, giving in
Simultaneous and universal news Of the
superexcellence Of this shoe polish, of
that tooth paste. of this, that and the
other in the present pandemonium of
wares to be bought and sold
1t Is upon this common and striking
fact OF the moment that "The Golden
Snail" is projected. A bright and de-
licious bit Of foolery over the zeal OF
an impecunious young artist-poet by
the way-trying to retrieve the fallen
| fortunes Of Soho restauranteur to
whom he is himself hopelessly in debt.
1t is he who starts the campaign to
boost the Golden Snail. II is he who
| carries 1t forward in a whirlwind Of
| fantastic activity. Not long after.
| thanks to the magic of publicity. all
London is crowding about the doors
OF the Golden Snail. The young cru
sader keeps his head while he pushes
the fortunes OF his forbearing credi-
tor and, incidentally, gets his own art
into the limelight Of profitable atten-
ton. A delightful fellow. this Perci-
val Pemblebury artist. who gravely
and with many an of hand bit Of droll.
cry tries out the virtues Of thorough
plan Of picturesque advertising. A
JOY and a refreshment for some other.
wise bored half hour.
EVERY WIFE: An Amusement. BY
| GRANT RICHARDS. author Of
| "Caviare." etc. New York: Ed.
ward J. Clode, Inc.
THIS title stands as a charge whose
full content is revealed by the ad-
| venture itself. Gathered and summed.
the matter declares that in every wife
there is a strain Of truancy carefully
concealed under blankets Of custom
and wifely tradition.
! Here is a chance for the confident
/ spouse to test the fact lying under
this inclusive implication. All he has
| to do is to provide the wherewithal Of
a vocation for his demure helpmeet. a
vacation to be spent away from him in
!, some unrecorded spot and without
communication between them for the
time Of separation.
! This is the story Of two husbands
who took this chance. sending off a
couple of young and comely matrons
for a change from the dead certainty
| or their daily lives. Paris and new
! clothes. Monte Carlo and a fling with
the gods Of chance-these are the sur.
! prising points Of place and activity
that mark the gay adventure. Not in
the bargain that the two husbands,
| too. should set Off on a vacation of
| their own. but this they did. What
more likely, too, than choosing Monte
Carlo-the safest gamble on earth,
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