Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

hand or - dwarf on tho other. An
other tells that IL can turn on courage
when danger calls or shut one up in a
tremor Of fear. One is - storehOuse.
lime Kiln. so 10 speak. And some
ah, these are the ones after which the
old men go a.gaddiug~-can actually
renew ones youth 50 that he may
soar like the eagle. Wen, IL is AL
tremendously interesting and true.
There Is no doubt about the quaiiflca.
lions Of this man Of sclence 10 tell the
particular story in hand. The last
chapter. that one dealing with the
problems Of the matter. viii keep the
hotheads from running off on their
own by way OF whipping up their
potential aids to youth and long life.
The chapter on Prospects" is a finely
suggestive one. The whole is an ex-
pert's discussion OF theme that IS
as yet so far outside the domain OF
personal handling on the part OF read.
ers that these would better give good
heed to this learned and dependable
and conservative view Of a nightly
potent matter when IT really comes
into general acquaintance and use.
THE HIDDEN KINGDOM BY Fran
cis Bedding, author OF The Seven
Sleepers,' etc. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
THE kingdom itself lies off Mongolia
way, a good distance away for
that free play of blended fact and
fa.,cy upon which romantic adventure
Is plainly dependent The situation.
one of worldwide political unrest. is
drawn straight off from the present.
The business Of the adventure is first
to discover the nature of a conspiracy
headed upon this point of interior
Asia, and next to pursue and capture
the conspirators. Three ardent detec-
tives have the matter in hand It's a
good story. To it's credit are sturdy
lines of action in field that possesses
the lure of novelty. And along with
these are frequent points of danger
and tension, whose release comes just
in time to get ready for another mo-
ment of hazard and suspense. So up
and down these dangerous waNs the
reader goes, delighted with the work
manly quality of the whole perform
ance. Too often tales of mystery.
stories of crime and its detection, ap-
pear to be nothing more than scram-
bled odds and ends that give evidence
of no constructive imagination what
ever. Here it is different. In a care
full, painstaking way the author
makes that remote region a believ-
able part of the worlds geography, in
habited by live people who are STEPPED
in their own ways and beliefs, just as
we are. In this plausible setting he
projects the adventure. which in itself
bears also the features of credibility.
An exciting TODD withal that one
follows from that amazing bull fight
in Spain. where the pursuit begins,
right on through many vivid incidents
to the triumphant and exciting out
come away off in Mongolia. A thread
of love story goes along with the more
robust activities, but this is never
allowed to interfere with the man.
stuff that absorbs the time and atten-
ton of everybody concerned. especial
ly the attention of the reader.
THE COAT OF MANY COLORS. BY
Gertrude Kirk Metzerott.
A BOOK of verse, published under
the auspices of the American
Literary Association. It's author is a
graduate of George Washington Uni
versity, a postgraduate of the Uni
the late DIR. John H. Metzerott Of the
Capital. A first venture in published
verse, the little book bears good evil
dence of what is commonly called the
poetic gift. Better than this, for the
long run, it gives proof of patient
work expended, since there is scarcely
a shred of loose and careless compost
ton about it. No dependence here
upon a sudden flaring up of the "di-
vine fire" in whose heat rhymes and
meters are dashed off. Rather dots
one sense the weighing of a word for
its content or color or stress and the
balancing of lines for their combined
cadence and measure. Little poems,
the most of them-an idea, a thought.
an impression, caught up and nodded
to the desired form and effect. Just
such themes as poets the world over
seize upon-the season. the weather,
flowers, youth, love. and sometimes a
vivid picture, like 1.-THE Indian
Dancer" for instance. IT Have
Builded a Castle" is a lovely bit Of
work, true poetry as well. / take it.
Certainly we in Washington wish our
young townswoman. joy on her road
Of song, despite the fact that it is
said to be a lonely one.