Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

man himself. His, the direct and all
| important task of leadership, of under
standing. OF living the human and i'll
| human days with men who occupy the
ground and gain the decision OF battle.
! The lieutenant Is taught that II IL
necessary to sacrifice men i'll the at
| tsinment OF battlefield objective-then
] asked to lead those men into the bat
/ tle"-a two-fold point OF view for the
| young officer, always young this officer.
! Almost always
Here is the action of the battlefield
! fighting joking, daring, laughing at
/ their own fears--they must have had
fear-plungins into the thick Of the
madness and death. We say. Let US
/ forget the war"-yet. that is Just what
! We must not do. Certainly not on q
day like this. with bands marching
along all the streets Of all the cities
/ and towns in America on this May 30,
making their separate ways to the
spots Of war remembrance where young
soldiers lie No, let us remember the
war and one way to that end is to read
and re-read, year by year at this time,
such records as these. Let us read
Suicide Battalions' and Sergeant
York" and others OF like substance. so
of war, the futility Of war and its hu-
man waste.
n y "
A MARINE TELLS IT TO YOU AS
told by Col. Frederic May Wise to
Meiss O. Frost. New York: j. H.
Sears d Co.
TT was Col Wise's regiment Of Ma
rnes that figured so heroically and
effectively at Chateau Thierry. that
fought for II days through Belleau
Wood. Therefore, "A Marine Tells 1t
to You" is sure to find an eager hearing
from all Of us to whom the name
Marine" simply signifies those terri
BILE days of their daring and sacrifice
and achievement. This is not however,
story of the World War 1t is in
stead an account of life as part Of
the United States Marine Corps. Col.
Wise begins with himself when he,
for the first time, appears before his
commanding officer. From that mo-
ment there is neither pause nor calm.
To Cuba, to China, all over the water
world. in fact. wherever this country
has interests that command the Sery-
ices of her enlisted sailors. The story
is blunt and fortnight. 1t is q dash
from one adventure to another. now
here, now there. with no interludes for
q reader to pause to get his own bear
ings. II Alexander Dumas had written
this gorgeous adventure it would
promptly have taken Its place with the
T1ction OF which he was so much the
master. But Dumas did not write it.
Instead II is the sober Cd record of an
oflcial In the Marine establishment
1t is hardly conceivable that another
such combination of events and a truly
inspired interpreter could be found as
this partnership reveals.
In the main 1t is the Old Marine
Corps Of which write. There are
damned few of us left We lived hard
we drank hard fought hard. In the
old days liquor was accepted as rule.
Yet. even then. / never saw an officer
on duty drunk"
We entered the service under marti-
nets. They accepted no excuses. They
required results. They left their mark
on US. II We survived We were ON
GERS"
Il have tried to tell the story of men
as I have commanded them in every
phase of . soldiers life in barracks
on shipbOard, In training camp. OH
the march, in billets and In action"
A genuine simon-pure d'Artagnan
takes the reader in hand here for a
thrilling adventure all over the world
in the service Of the Marine Corps.
tornado and typhoon. Splendid!
~ ~
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. BY
Clyde Arden, author Of "Entice-
ment," etc. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
olive ARDEN sets himself quite q
- job in the working out of this his
latest story. Under the nursery rhyme
his spider" Is veritable Don Juan
the web a-glimmer with flies in the
shape of beauteous damsels seduced by
the arts OF the young male. An obnoxious
role to assign to any Self-respecting
man. 1t must be conceded too, that
Give Arden adro.tly saves the fellow
from the utterly sbject implications Of
the role. However, with the end Of
the matter in mind the author Is
compelled to leave q fairway Of escape.
For the issue deals not at all with n
Don Juan. but with Don Quixote
instead. leave 1t to you If much more
than even acknowledged skill is not
required for 50 precipitste q divergence
~ this. Not . hundred per cent per-
feet, the metamorphOsis, 1t seems to
me. The early work is too well done
to make the subsequent change
altogether convincing. Not from lack
OF skill, possibly. Rather as II the
author had himself become more or less
enamOred with this devastating spider.
this cOnQuerins Don Juan, so that
when the true character Of the young
En9lishmsn is set to come to the sur
face it Is the author who Shrinks away
in q certain distaste for the revelation.
However, 1t is. throughout. an engaging
romance, whose richness in fine detail
is as impressive and absorbing as Is
the brisk action of the adventure itself.
Much more than the average novel,
this, In its waywise use OF material, in
it's clear feeling for personality. in its
skill of portrayal The majority will
vote for The Spider and the Fly"
ARSENE LUPIN INTERVIEWS. BY
Maurice lie Blanc. author OF Ar
sene Lupin. Super-Sleuth," etc.
New York: The Macaulay Co.
THE sharp revival Of the detective
story in popularity Is, like most other
manifestations, but q reflection OF the
times. Whether or not crime Is In
creasing is q matter for the investi-
gator and statistician on the one hand,
for the reformer on the other. Certain
il is that with the spread Of news
practically instantaneous there IL all
Unparalleled record of lawleSsneSS. This
with the expert modern method OF de-
tectink crime serves to expand and d.
verSify the material VI the writer OF
mystery tales. Adventure Of exciting
character is new within the hand OF
these writers without amy necessity Oh
their part for the aid OF pure invention.
These stories are popular partly be-
cause Of the quality OF the action that
they project partly because OF the
humans basic satisfaction with the
SHORTCOMINGS of his brother man.
Taking advantage of this propitious
moment for his craft, Maurice lie Blanc
brings again to the front our old friend
Arsene Lupin. This time. however, he
plies his arts under the name of Jim
Barnett. This is the only recognizable