The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN.

tracing attention is Wings Of
Hope" by Hilda Mauck.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN.
.XXTHEN l saw Diamond Liz on
w the stage of the Shubert
theater in Cincinnati, an elderly
lady in the audience remarked at
the close Of the performance, oh,
we'll, Lii will be coming right
through the front door of cur homes
one Of these days"
Meaning, of course, that this bold
saloon hustler of the gay nineties
would appear in novel form and Lii
has arrived by the grace of her au-
thor and creator, Mae West, and
1.-The Macaulay Company for So
Spy.
Lii may enter some homes through
the back door and she may not be
too much in evidence on the front
room reading table. but Lii prob
ably will be in hiding in many
homes
Parents probably will taboo Ola
mond Liz but it probably will be
read by the entire family a-la-boot-
leg. Others boldly will carry Liz
through the streets to read her.
My opinion of Diamond Liz on
the stage was that the play in the
hands OF Mae west was one of the
widest and rowdiest things I have
ever seen. 1 yelled and laughed
at everything Mae did, and | rated
the play "as highly amusing, loud
and bawdy theater."
The novel version of this play is
Just as rowdy, noisy and profane as
the play, and yet the novel is cork
ing amusing reading theater for
those who want lively reading.
Lii lived in the gay nineties over
an Eastside New York saloon, where
she was queen of the underworld,
where she dug diamonds from the
pocket books of her male friends"
Victims would be the best modern
expression.
Lii" on the stage invited police
attention in many cities and others
went so pure" that Lii was not
allowed to enter. Now comes Lii
just as bold and as daring as when
she was on the stage, in book form.
And she remarks in the book:
Diamonds is my career"
There Is no refinement in 'Dia-
mond Lii" 1t is gutter. 1t is not
literature because it is gutter con-
versatlon and experiences.
Here is an absurd story. but the
terrible fact is it is entertaining. 1t
reeks of the odor of the Sawdust
cuspidors and the smell of stale beer
and both bad and good whisky.
Read it if you want to- Do not
blame anybody. You know it is
gutter and gutter it will always re-
main.
Dick Halliburton's latest, THE
Flying Carpet" published by the
Bobbs- Merrill Company, has jumped
into the best selling class in nom
fiction shortly after it was born. In
this book, Halliburton gives his
opinion the type of an airplsne
which would be needed to encircle
Mt. Everest.
Within the next two weeks this
department will print its Christmas
suggestions" for all types of read
ers. There have been numerous re-
quests for this service and we will
oblige.
Have received word from the
Houghton Mifflin Company that
early in 1888, they will publish I'M
der the title of "Lucrece," Thorn
ton Wilder'S translation of Andre
Obey's lie Viol de Lucrece," now
being played on the stage by Kath-
crime Cornell.
Some of us have been wanting a
one-volume edition of the plays of
Eugene ONeil. Liveright. Inc, an
nounce the publication Of a one
volume edition of nine plays which
will include Mourning Becomes
,Hectra," Strange Interlude," The
Emperor Jones'" Desire Under the
Elms." Marco Millions" The
Great God Brown" The Hairy
Ape" Lazarus Laughed" and AL
Gods Chillun Got Wings
Have Just received copy of The
Strategy Of City Church Planning,
bv Ross Sanderson, published by
the New York Institute of Social
and Religious Research. 1t sells for
81. DR.. Sanderson bases his neigh
borhood verdict on this statement
Like neighborhood, like church"
The best modernly written book
for children that have come across
in the last ten years is "Funday,'
as written in original verses ano
drawings by lilo Orleans for his owr
two children, Judith and Julian.
1t is published by Claude Kendall
and sells for the common sense
price of 81. This book IS for the
Every young and if had money
meaning large gobs of it. ! woulc
set up funds which would put this
book into the hands Of as many
children as possible.
1t is done in the form OF diary
and that gives it the proper thought
on the seasons which the chile
naturally thinks and wonders about
And one fine thing, the child soor
will learn 10 draw fathers hat,
bulbs, the little frog on a table
decoration, dolly, fathers vest
flowers in the wind, stars at night
from the bedroom window anc
many, many others.
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