The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-25


Book League of America selec-
ton. Shaw edited the book him
self and answered all the charges
of vinegar and contempt that
Harris wrote of Shaw. And Shaw
has the last word.
N
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
L CH Christmas, I have a habit
IL of putting one new book on
my reading table at home that has
caught my fancy.
1t need not be a great book or a
poor one and its characters may
not be lily white, but never-the-
less each year finds my Christmas
book Of honor on my reading table
You may faint wher I tell you
that on my Christmas reading table
today is a book by this title, THE
Old Time Saloon, Not Wet, Not Dry
Just History" by George AIDE and
published by Ray Long 81 Richard
r. Smith, Inc.
Maybe the famous name of
George AIDE will be sufficient excuse
to protect this book from being
tossed into the furnace.
judge that ones age and ex-
perience with the institution" con-
sidered in this AIDE book will have
lot to do with ones individual re-
action to it.
Not putting the blame on any
body, rs I turned page after page,
many memories of other days came
back to me. 1 seem to understand
the language as we'll as the OBJ
1ects mentioned by AIDE in his book
Have read three times the chap
ter dealing with THE Free Lunch"
which gives a lengthy discussion of
the "8-shaped article Of food known
as the pretzel."
AIDE, in writing of the pretzel
states: Because it was so glossy
and offered so much resistance to
bad teeth, many supposed that it
belonged to the mineral king
DOM"
He also remarks in discussing
free lunch: fortunately, there
was no closed season for dill
pickles"
There is a splendid mixing of
comedy, facts, tragedy, memories
and Indictment in this strange book
by George AIDE.
Another chapter that mixes COM
edy and fact is the one devoted to
Song and Story" and that chap
ter is nicely favored with memories
Of Sweet Ad(-)Line," and Where
the River Shannon Flows"
AIDE knows that the old-time sa-
loon will never come back and con-
cludes with the thought that some
times we want to talk about the
old days, But who in the Dickens
wants to re-incarnate him and turn
him loose again?"
AS it was to be expected Tiffany
Thayer'S The Greek" published by
Albert and Charles Boni, is a best
seller sensation among those who
go in for the swift, smart and wise
cracking against Christianity, gov
eminent and sex. Probably not a
great novel but 1t is a smart fling
against certain things today. He
wrote the startling Thirteen Men"
n
Harold Donaldson Eberlein, auth
or of THE Rabelaisian Princess, -
which Brentano's published in Oc-
tober, has returned from England,
where he has been working on a
new biography for spring publica-
tino.
Brentano's announce as the first
publications on their spring list a
novel by Noel Streatfield, 1.-The
Whicharts," and a mystery story
by Paul Mcclure, 1.-THE Black Rose
Murder" Both books will be pub
lished in January and both have
their setting in London.
THE winner of this weeks book
l. review is Fannie Robbins. 1850
Union street. and she may have her
choice of one of several interesting
books as soon as she gets in touch
with this department.
Her winning review is as follows
"Red-Headed Woman" by KATHRYN Brush.
IS a revealing picture Of modern gold
Lillian Andrews. beautiful and red
headed. but from the wrong sac OF me
railroad tracks" manages to get heT
compromising situation. His wife. Irene,
pr 9 pmsrr desOi Lillian but their
is not a happy one Lillian tries to te-
come q social success, but fails miSerably.
Biips shrewd old Dad gives Lillian a
yaSSfon 20 zones New g 9ork a' Without Bill
Jovouslv Lillian sets out to conqliniesr new r
YoSk; She NETS, G S,ss sit, mbi ar
she goes home to. get divorce and
nnds out that Bill has been seeing ms
ex-wife and wishes 20 remar,TTy ID, ner' pn L
she receives heart balm.
The last we see of her, she IS on heI
way CHECK sS N for twentv-five thousand dollars
in her purse and the assurance tnaI
Gaerste viii be waiting for her in New
fIfk' is an extremely clever. and well,
Uritten story Although quite olnerenI
from young Man OF Mann l.,,, 1-o,, alS g
w w . lust S as enioyabie and interesting
you've probably read, seen, OF
certainly talked about ONeillS
Mourning Becomes Electra, nov
ulaying Broadway to S. R. Q. But
Z how long since you've read the
original Electra? Maybe even, It's
one of those things you always
meant 20 do and never did. Golden
book offers the famous Murray
translation of Euripides' dramatic
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