Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-24
BY the Booki0Uev

would be increased the opportunity
for purposeful leadership. The White
oak family, as they appear III the
Atlantic Monthly prize novel, !alha,"
by NJ 20 de Ia Roche. have Grant
minds beyond the average. Their
is an established family
habit. AT Jalna there was an iron
rule that every member of the family
should attend morning service unless
$" Tcring from extreme physical dis
ability. Being only half sick would not
do at all. One must be FRUSTRATED"
This is because. as young Wakefield
says. grandfather built the church.
and he never missed n sunday till he
died. And the rector and the
farmers and other folk about count
us every Sunday. and II one Is miss
ing, why. II doesn't seem like Sunday
tC them at all" But once settled in
their two prominent pews, their duty
Is done and their minds begin TO wan
der hither and hither. according to the
personalities. Grandmother
looks ut her grandson. Kenny, reading
the lesson. and thinks: "A perfect
court. Look at that head. will you?
My nose, NY eyes Then she sucks
a peppermint and falls as'tep and her
thoughts become dreams.
II #
Old Uncle Nicholas. with a past Of
his own, thinks: "Rennys wasted
here. Ought to be having u gay time
In London. When / was that
age Uncle Ernest, nearly as old,
thinks: Dear boy, how badly he
reads. Still, his voice IL arresting.
l do hope there will not be
plum tart for dinner. / shall be sure
to cat IL and sure to suffer" Plump.
elderly sister Meg thinks:
Really. what strange things the Bible
says. But very true. Of course. How
sweet Wake looks. SO interested. He
has the loveliest eyelashes. He's get
ting ready to kick Finch on the
ankle" And Meg leans over and lays
Eden thinks, looking at his brother $
young wife: Strange | never noticed
before how lovely Pheasant Is. Her
profile" Piers thinks: II wonder
IL that piece Of land needs potash. /
believe III try it. Don't see what the
dickens can be wrong with the sick
eve. Must have the vet to see
her. Let's see--l4 and Il is IS and Z
Is 42-owe Baxter A." Pheasant
thinks: How big and brown Piers
hands always look on Sunday. Regu-
lar fists. l like them that way. too.
L wish Eden wouldn't stare. ] know
perfectly we'll he's thinking how
dowdy / am beside Alayne. Oh. dear.
how hard this seat gets, ! shall never
get used to churchgoing-1 wasn't
caught young enough. My whole char
acter was completely formed when
married" lat 10. Wakefield thinks;
II do hope thereli he plum tart Tor
dinner. II there isn't plum tart. /
hope there'll be lemon tart.
But Mrs. Wragge was In a terrible
temper this morning. How glad / am
j was in the coal cellar when she and
Rags had their row. Why. he called
think OF bad things In church.
might he struck dead--dead as a door
nail. the very deadest thing" Finch
thinks: Tomorrow il the algebra
exam, and / shall fall shall fail.
II only my head did not get
confused. II only were more like
Kenny. Nothing in the world will
ever tempt me 10 stand up behind the
lectern and read the lessons. What a
beastly mess I'd make OF g." And
Alamo thinks: How strange his
hrogues look under his surplice. /
noticed this morning how worn and
how polished they are-good look ing
brogues. How can l think Of
brogues when my mind IL In torment?
An. ] growing TO love him? What
shall ! do in that case Eden and
would have 10 leave Jalna-"
The Gerden OF Eden In the mileu
chosen by John Erskine for his last
satir.cal~-and flirpant--novel The
recreating In modern guise OF char.
actsrs Of legend and tradition is n
field which. once discovered. can he
worked indefinitely. This seems tn be
the opinion of Mr.. Erskine. First
Helen of Troy. then Galahad. now
Adam and Eve~~the first undoubtedly
clever. the second less so. and Adam
and Eve" dismissed by Some critics as
boz csome. The mythical Lilith Ii in.
troduced TO provide a triangle and a
contrast for Eve. She represents rad
icalism and bohemianism: Eve con
servatism and conventionalism.
<**
Though. as n matter OF policy. she
was determined not to marry. Queen
EllZabe OF England was not averSe
to the sport OF courtship," Edith
Sichel In her hook. The Later Years
OF Catherine de Medlci." tells OF the
determined efforts of katherine. the
Queen. Mot,.cr OF France. to make n
match between one of her sons and
the English Queen. FiSst Charles IN
was presented a. candidate, though
10 years younger than Elizabeth. hut
nothing came II the project. Some
years later the Duke of Aniou. after.
ward Henri III. was suggested. and
Elizabeth was fattered because of his
handsome appearance, accomplish.
nents and military prestige. though
he WAS "A mere youth and she nearly
80. Eut the duke rebelled and refused
Ia marry a queen whose age and
uglinesS" made her unattraCtive and
whose manners and morals had been
the subject ot 20 much comment, The
third son brought forward by Cath,
crime was the i6year old Duke Of Allen.
con. Elizabeth considered the pro.
posal more or less seriously and made
inquiries about his height and gen.
eral appearance. Finding that ne was
small and pltted from smallpox, she
nicknamed him my little frog" Ne,
gotiations over this match dragged on
for some time. and Alencon paid two
visits Of courtship to England, Eliza.
beth gave him ring and brought
beer tea every morning To his bed
side" but finally declined tn marry
him. she sighed and said sadly that
her heart must he sacrificed TO her
reason, soon after she gave
him a loan of money and ordered
I.eicester Ia escort him 10 Antwerp"
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Not NJ subtle a piece of literature as
Browning FRA Lippo Lippi," IL IT.
erature al all. The Joyous k'rtar." hy
\, j. Anderson. at least succeeds In
To live again the lawleSs Car
melite tfiar who was one ot the IA,
NOUS painters at the early renais,
sance, II tells the story ut the break.
ing of their voWs ton love " each
other of FRA filippo iiprt and the nun
l.ucreEla de Eutt 1T the Convent ef
Santa Margherlta OF frato. The nun
t.ucrexla VAS the ftiarartist's model
for u painting ~ the Virgin Mary, aud
the two ran away and lived together