Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
q IDA GILBERT MYERZ
When the Question Of SAavery Mas Taken Up
by the Crusader-Health Through NH
Po7Uer-NegO Fiction of the Season.

too, in its physical behaviors yields to the win
so this author declares out of q wide expert
ence And, believe it not, even feminine
ills" also be delivered free from really fatal
effects.
A day-by-day book, filed with direction and
advice drawn from expert knowledge and pro-
jected IN the plain speech of weekday prac-
tice. If only there were any appreciate amount
of viii in the humanity, then, here is in
valuable first-aid in the training of that viii
toward health and sanity and richness Of life
HEATEEN RAGE. BY Gerald Stanley Lee,
author of Crowds etc. New York: Rich
ard r. Smith, Inc
Ul low we heather fret about those who try
] ! to make us true and beautiful and
good'-Gerald Stanley Lee talking How is
it people can seriously pick themselves out to
be professors physicians, lawyers, artists ana
even ministers IN day like this and civili-
zation like ours?" What is our civilization
doing and going to do with them and what are
they going to do with us?" Here Is the road
to follow along with that surprising man,
Gerald Stanley Lee. Read of the strike Of the
modern doctor and the revolt of the parsons.
Listen to the novel notion of letting crime
play itself out" Read of the strike Of the
children" about which we elders nightly
and so pointleSsly concerned And here is o
New Genesis of Religion to look into and o
bigger kind Of Sunday school" come back re-
newed and refreshed from few cosmic turns
that it has taken. But why enumerate the
topics that MIR. Lee makes use of to push for
ward the common sense Of good behaviors and
intelligent looking around, and something like
q sane seizure Of the meanings of today in its
wide variety of concerns? A long time ago ]
came upon THE Lost Art of Reading" written
by this man when he was, as recall a teacher
in A ofa hoe No
heard of a school teacher Of originality IN his
thinking, of daring in the use Of his parts OF
speech Of an insistent partaking IN the things
going ON along the street or anywhere outside
the SchoolrOom. From then till now have
chased around after Gerald Stanley Lee sure
Of sheer delight In his spirited company. And
here he Is again-even better than ever.
hope you know the man. On your account ]
hope this. As for me, I'm going over Heather
Rage" several times for every bit of SAVIOR that
it holds and that may have missed. Right or
the passing day, this book searching and pun
gent In its smiling comment On hinnslf and the
rest Of us.
RADIO STORIES: Retold from ST. Nicholas
Illustrated. New York: The Century Co.
D Ado Is, just now, the road to adventure for
~ millions Of lsteners-in. Because Of such
a general partnership in its varied enterprises,
the radio stands as one of the natural and
free sources Of supply for the story for the
short story. And radio adventures are crowd
into print, swarms and droves and armies of
them. Good stories, many Of them, worth the
convenience and hardness of book shaping.
And that very thing has been. done by st.
Nicholas with the 10 radio episodes that make
up this volume. Live stories by good authors.
A book worth having-not worth having BY
children alone but for the rest Of us. A fact,
this that IN itself presents the theme Of
juvenile reading matter. So much Of banality.
of sentimentality, of mawkishness even, has
with all good intent gone into writings for
this class that it is like a rainbow of promise
to have sane, gifted and grown-up people
writing for children, as these do here, In the
conviction that young ones are not young ia
art, but only In years instead. In some UNI
explained way children feel fine things, even
high things, feel them in both enjoyment and
enough Of appreciation to justify the exclusion
from them OF the silly and maudlin trumpery
that gets out as "for the little folks" I once
had a teacher whose work. in part, Yves to
give sample lessons" to little children for the
A fine woman-Lord love her!-but she
couldn't resist that now my dear little chill
dren" voice ard face Remote polite, q shade
puzzled over the caperings In their behalf,
those children were positive proof Of their ca
pacity for the best-Simple, to be sure. but
"the best" could tell You more along this
line out Of experience with children. NO time.
All I want to say Is that there is no such
thing IN actuality as high dividing line
between art for children and art for the
grown folks As matter of fact that which
am saying right here is that these 10 radio
stories from st. Nicholas are as good for you
and me as they are for the boys and girls.
That is o way st. Nicholas has, the most Of
the time. way that she will cherish so long
as she remains tn-maybe it Is 'it''-as ft
remains In its right mind. still think prt-
vateIy that "she" Is the word.
EASY TO KILL. BY Hubert Footner, author
of 1.-THE Mystery of the Folded Paper" etc.
New York: Harper g. Bros.