Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

woman will add to that "a completely
shattering book" And then she'll take
the baby out of its crib, warm It's milk,
and go right on-not to Danny; oh, not
to Danny! The rest Of us must look
out against that!
DAWN. BY j. Fowler Wright, author
of "Deluge" New York: Cosmo-
politan Book Corporation.
A THOROUGH-GOING novelist, J.
Fowler Wright. II, as many de-
clare, the art of the novel is that of
creation itself, why, then, not accept
1t as just that? And he does. Con-
shutting himself q force Of nature, Mr..
Wright, for the making OF the story
leading up to the one in hand, pro-
duced "deluge," drowning out the
world. staging again the ancient drama
In which Noah played star role. A
creepy tale that one read in seconds
OF genuine fear as he caught at up
cropping roots of trees or other land
debris to prevent being swept away in
the drowning tide. A most competent
performance was 'Deluge," dealing
with situation of the least likelihood
imaginable. Then, you remember, when
the dove came back with its AIS well"
Tor the tribe of Noah, there was the
the pieces so to speak. And this is
the point at which Dawn" gets on its
way. Here is a handful of people saved
from the flood. The waters still. in
the main, cover the earth. Everything
Is scarce-foOd, shelter, clothing. Among
the few people remaining there is no
organization, no union of forces. Only
faint reaches toward forgotten ways
make shift for order and any degree
OF strength. Women are scarce-and
there comes the main danger. Echoes
OF the classic tale of the Sabine women
come floating into the small commu-
nifty. Such Is the material with which
Fowler Wright re-enactS the drama Of
organizing a pattern of primitive life
upon the foundation Of these fragments
OF lost world. In q series of believ-
able situations the business of living
advances TO the stage where one man
leader, as you can see-finds himself
possessed OF two women, one the lawful
wife of the pre-flood period the other
reminder of the Sabine incident It
Is here that the adventure strikes its
true pace, the adventure of two women
and the men-with both women in rec
ognized possession. The finest possible
chance, outside Of Mormonism or some
oriental cult, for making realistic study
OF woman as she Is. Here is chance to
go to almost any length of invention.
Mr.. Wright, however, keeps well within
the limits of plausibility, developing a
series Of situations that gradually sum
to philosophy of life based upon the
new creation with which these men and
women are faced. Indeed, at the very
last. the good story takes a turn to-
ward the parable of dife-but this is
held back from interference in the en-
loyment of q well conceived and well
worked out romance.
**
THE GoLPHER: His Origin and His
Finish. BY Russ Edwards WASH
1ngton: Published by the Preside
Golphers.
A LITTLE book, but deep. Not more
= than half-hour need be expended
upon It, though you will give it more
than this. Even ignorant people will
De able to gather much benefit from It.
I'm OF that sort, not having a ghost of
notion of what a 'nashie" NAV be
or a "niblick," Yet, so ramifying is
any branch of useful knowledge that
even the }dun1heSt-that is nv name
is able to find within its covers points
that touch his own case. or state-arv
case or state-as the prick of n needle
would. But, permit me to name a few
OF the chapters just to let you see the
dlf1usive power of this study-"A New
science Is Born" Exhibit A and the
once Conference" These two alone
give you the cotemporaneous character
OF this treatise-the conferences. the
getting together around the table,
the exchange of ideas and prof.
cots. the true community of all inter
ests. Such, in substance, is this re-
search expedition upon the great Amer
lean pursuit. Gayety mingles with the
heavy sobriety of the Investigation and
this is good for us who are wholly un-
taught in the intricacies Of the great
game itself. There are pleasant inter-
ludes where laughter invites and where
easy dalliance beckonS The book is
dedicated to Henry Litchfield Wesf,
who plays EN- as they lie and who has
listened to more golph stories, and
stood up under it, than any man