Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

Southern town from complete coma
That which brings these two incom-
/ N3tjble areas together Is the beautiful
maiden from Clearwater who has BE-
/ come the rage on Broa dway by way 81
The Rose Sleep" As matter Of course
ne novei IS IN general substance tha'
n thoatec folks and theater interests
( Clearwater is iuterlude pause haianc-
/ inc accounts-and then on again Lo-
col color is strong with Stark Young
So h~yc the Manhattan thcater diStr'Ct
flares and fades and lights Up again.
Then. the soft hueS Of the South wa2N
in the mild interests If that ouarter.
Tho actaal business of the novel. which
is the prime absorption Of every con-
siderable novel is to show what life
does 10 the characters involved II
This case. the talented girl from the
country becomes the authors prcpoS-
session The bulk Of outside evidence
is thai the author has followed close
np0n the trail Of this Young woman
Therefore this is quite plausible ro-
nance Of the theater AS a potent in
strument Of making. and unmakinQ.
character However, the hiGhlight IF
this story is its method Here is q ro-
nance that talks, talks from the time
its eyes are open IN the morning till
they fall down. heavy. at night. Every
body talks, many al the same time
In Greenwich they talk shop and everv~
thing is shop there. Down in the cour
try ther talk nothing Al sll--hut the
talk runs on nevertheless. The book
s. IN effect like the woman who just
drops in for 4 minute. then stays all
day and rattles on throughout the
hours. Wien We cry for a book Win
less padding and more actual speech
IN The part Of the characters. We. no
doubt are thinking Of Bernard Shaw
cnd his brand Of phrase, But, listen
ing to the insnities Of those MiSsiS
sippi folks We are sure that this is not
what We are crying for in the way Of
speech. Overdevotion to local color
has. clearly. led Stark Young astray.
ALGERIA FROM WITHIN BY r. V,
c. Bodley Illustrated Indian
apolis: The Bobbs-M Merrill Co.
THE title of this volume points out
q prime difference between il and
many another book Of travel F.vo
years Of actual living in Algeria along
side the people Of that country and in
exact accordance with their own mode
Of existence gives good promise to
readers here The story makes good
the promise Here is a familiarity
with the daily run Of things among tho
natives. many an intimate picture.
many a private view. that no tourist
M tine-preSsed traveller. could possibly
provide. The book opens with a touch
Of geography with a running account
Of history And these are ludispenS-
a. ~ knrt- Of bind
ing. vaguely. of into the air so ~
speak. with only imagination as A chart
and only haif-forgotten history les
sons as q background IS INCOMPLETE anu
rather futile reading Mr.. Bodicy fore
stalls such misfit adventure by giving
these essentials in concise and clear
fashion So started, we 90 along
showing all the time where we arc and
what has gone before. All sorts If
interesting things crowd the way The
people Of Algeria then7selvcs--whele
they came from and the old influences
that shaped them about AS they are
today These are basic matters. neces-
sary and interesting. Their occupa-
tons, their ways of dress. their fo0d
their play come into this account much
as they step out. hour by hour through
the daily life Religion and It's potency
in all familiar matters is pictured,
Education is sketched, The place OF
women is described There are trips
of into the desert. showing the vast
sand reaches blessed here and there
with the glowing emerald Of the oasis.
Discussion of the work of France N
Algeria partakes OF the frst-hand
knowledge that stamps the whole o.
this experience. A good hold on the
psychology Of the situation--nattve ard
alien. protector and protected-illumi-
mates the political aspects Of the wholS.
Pictures. the authors own. add also t.
the value and interest of this flnejy
helpful book on Algeria
THE WOLF WOMAN. BY Arthur
Stringer. author Of Power" etc
indianapolis: The Boobs- Merrill Co.
IN this romance Arthur Stringer places
the primitive and the cultivated
side by side 10 determine how under
imperative stress. they compare in &C.
ton. TWO women make the story. One
IS Dynamite Mary. manager Of lone
camp away out in the Northwest. The
other is Joan, daughter of a New York
millionaire. A baby happens some
where between the two II Is this baby,
not Dynamite Mary's. either. that takes
the wild woman into the East through
her fierce love for that child. You
can see the rest Of the adventure.
Arthur Stringer has done this thing
before In reverse order. The other
time the spoiled daughter was sent
into the Willis This time the untam"d
girl takes try at culture and sophis-
tlcation. No use And no use for the
very good reason that under the skin
the two sorts are alike in ferocity and
cruelty. Perhaps with the favors on
the wild side since its ways are Of the
open End not those Of treachery ana
silave venom The comparison pre-
ceeds BY way Of very active story.
now IN the East and then in The West,
whore the prime combatants carry or
each in her own fashion. In the course
IF time the center Of activity shifts
from the baby TO man. Wen. then
the battle becomes Of the royal per
s,iasion And the better one wins Yet.
even SO. one leaves the arena with
n,iSeivinns for the future Of that paI-
fic,1iar man Leaves With the conV.c-
ton also. that when it comes to un-
aduI,erated courage Why, the man
isn't. really, anywhere in the game
Any man In any game? / don't know.
Certainly rot this man IN this game Of
being owned and possessed by one Of
the TWO women
NEW TRAILS IN OLD SPAIN b
Vernon Howe Bailey Drawings by
the author New York J. II Sears
a. ca.
FIRST you viii bc likely to turn tie
leaves u THIS book on Spain in a
following ~ the picture trail that the
author has set there Half a hundred
drawings from his own hand give a
very seductive impression of both the
highways and byways Of this romantic
land BpWays throughout the BOOB
have been good deal OF a specially
with this particular traveller Havina
the time 70 spend and with !, settled
+ conviction that the large centers 81 IN
+ ecttstry r4ve had mare than then