The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-07
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

- ton to modern literature
comes under the head of being bra
zen but possessing at least two or
three characters that have been
drawn with extreme realism.
You would expect the author OF
For Men Only" to christen her
latest Man and Wife"
Man and Wife" is melodrama of
fiction, dealing with the divorce
racket in New York City. AS bad
as I hate to admit it, I am going to
remember for long time the queen
of the racket. called Lulu White,
fat, big, wicked and powerful.
Her chief operator in getting
framed up sex evidence for divorce
proceedings in this story is Marie
Siccardi. Marie had a heart along
modern lines and she always
possessed a pocketbook that could
hold more hundred dollar bills.
1t was Lulu who furnished Marie
and other operators 1t was the law
firm of Stone and Harper (of course
just make-believe names in the
story), that aired the desired evil
dence, and it was Joe Fiesta in the
role of a private detective who
raided the little hotel love nest pre-
sided over by Marie.
Practically every character in
Man and Wife" is a rotter, but
they are a clever bunch. The water
never got too hot for Lulu because
she bribed majors to tip her off to
big deals. She told police chiefs to
go huntining in hot regions and she
elevated crooked lawyers to the
bench as judges.
The plot gets mixed up when the
crew frames Keely, rich society
newly-wed. Then comes exposure
and scandal but Lulu had way of
drying it all up.
Interest centers on Marie and her
strange love for her son" called
Chippy. But-the author has given
the reader happy Hollywood end
ing.
Man and Wife" in conversation
and plot is close sister to Mae
Vests Diamond Lii"
Why are such stories written? My
Idea is box Office only.
Man and Wife" is published by
Claude Kendall and sells for 81.
Have just received from Clyde
Kendall a copy of Lake of Fire by
Lionel Houser, which will be re-
leased next Monday. 1t is really
the story of a dead mans search
for his own murderer This looks
like something new
Have been asked to list two good
new novels. Maybe my personal
taste will not fit the needs of the
person making the request Here
Is my Selection-"Ann Vickers" by
Sinclair Lewis, and The Bulpington
of Blup' by H G. Wells.
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Yes, Edwin c. Hill, who has been
talking daily events over the radio
for some time. has written a book.
1t is called The American Scene"
and is published by Whitmark, 1t
is based on his radio talks.
In answer to the question for the
names of the Charlie Chan novels
written by Earl Derr Biggers. who
Just died, They are: THE House
Without Key" The Chinese Par
rot" Behind That Curtain" The
Black Camel" and Charlie Chan
Carries On" Bobbs- Merrill has re-
Gently published all five in one VOL
umn, selling for $3.50.
A year before my father died. he
gave me his tool chest. Although
he was not a carpenter by trade.
ne loved every tool in that chest.
And he indicated that even the i'm
portant modern block plane had an
honorable history.
And so was not surprised when
j. B. Lippincott Company sent me
a copy of The Carpenters Tool
Chest" 1t is illustrated by the au-
thor and sells for 50.
He dedicates this book to Tom
Hilton and Robert so that they
might know something of the tools
with which the world around us
has been built and how these tools
came to be"
Even the development of the plane
Is traced in words and diagram.
He writes that of all the cutting
tools. the AK is probably the Oldest
and for thousands of years it was
the one most used"
He tells us of the tools of the
stone age and the bronze age. He
makes a plea for all boys and even
men TO learn how to use tools.
Here is a book for your boy. Fa-
Their. and for you, too
And / am going TO place this book
In my late fathers tool chest.