Evening star., 1933-05-21
6Y SARAH @. BOWERMAN
Menace of Our Propaganda, as Seen by a
Professor of Sociolqgy-A NezU Novel BY
Charles G. No,vis-OMer Late Books.

Isaiah was denouncing the wickedness of Judah
and Jerusalem and the remainder of the quo
tation is: Saying, will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparel only let us be called
by thy name to take away our reproach." If
applied to present-day life, there Is irony in
this, when SO many women are retaining their
own names after marriage. However, Mr..
Norris point, contained in the first part Of the
quotation, is developed in the course Of the
novel.
Bob Gillespie is susceptible to feminine in
huence to such degree that he Is buffeted
through life according to the ascendency OF
the different women who take hold" of him,
without any firm direction on his own part.
If he had married his first love, dowdy, serious
Dixey Nugent, his classmate in the university,
his life would have been less exciting but more
stable. But after one call his mother Zone
Of the woman who take hold of hin), Dixey
knew that she would not be allowed to marry
him. He RECEIVERS easily, though he often has
questioning memories. When he marries Pene-
lope niece of a rich aunt he understands that
the aunt is to finance them, for his small salary
OF $l60 month is insufficient for the salts
faction of their tastes, to say nothing Of their
needs, but Pen understands that his mother
Is to finance them. Unfortunately neither of
the relatives has an understanding Of the part
assigned to her, so the young couple are faced
with the necessity Of a $25 month apart
ment in the city instead of the artistic bunga-
low in Berkeley Burlingame which they want
His mother, his two wives, his daughter, his
women friends and finally his mistress all domi-
nate his life and leave him unhappy. Bitterly
rejecting he cannot see that he has ever been
to blame. Perhaps not, for his weakness OF will
Is fundamental, but it is certainly not inherited
from his mother. 1t seems minor point to
criticize but his weakness of vocabulary which
causes the frequent use Of Gee Gee whili-
kens" Gosh" "Golly," and My God" Is
irritating Altogether "Zest" is a novel which
holds interest by its abundance of action and
fluent writing. The background and characters
thoroughly modern.
TUNCHI: BY Carl Lddle and David Thibaut.
New York: The Century Co.
INTO the Ecuadorean jungle Mr. Iiddle went,
| after adventure. for he is young and after
knowledge for he Is alert. He has brought out
from the jungle rather unusual and beauti-
fully written tale of adventure and love, whose
setting Is among the head-hunting Jiyaro
Indians of the Oriente of Ecuador, a seldom
visited part Of its forest wilderness. The hero
Of the story goes into the jungle to search for
Maxwell Raynes research chemist with the
United Fertilizer Co.. who has absconded
with few thousand dollars of the companys
money and more important a chemical
formula. The young man in the advertising
department, who has been made emissary-
detective, leaves the railway at Riobamba, with
a guide, eight carriers, muleteer and de-
crepit mule. He Is soon in the country OF the
head-hunters and most of the characters are
drawn from these Indians-not by any means
wooden Indians" They have varied personali-
ties md play the parts Of real human beings
as the adventures of the story rapidly unfold.
Rarely accurate knowledge of the Jivaran In
dams Is shown by Mr.. Liddle, according to
some who know more of South American In
dams than does the present reviewer. The
adj intro To
fare among Indian tribes and hah-breeds,
witchcraft encounters with winged ants, head
hunting, capturing and shrinking for preserva-
ton, and a romantic love affair with head
hunter princess, Tunchi, for whom the story is
named. When the hiding chemist is discov-
cred the young agent has task less to his
liking than jungle adventures. The denouement
tells how he handles it and also what he
does about Tunchi. In Its atmosphere and It's
Indian princess "Tunchi" recalls w. H. Hudsons
"Csreen Mansions"
THEY BROUGHT THEIR WOMEN. Book
Of Short Stories. By Edna Ferber. New
York Doubleday, Doran & Co.
\ IISS FERBER has left behind her the
iVi period of the American short story and
its hangover Of traditions. when the short story
was "the hot pancake Of literature" Its tech
nique was always the same-"the same deft
pouring Of the batter, the same expert jerk,
the same neat mp oi de wiis1 ~ VIC Gnu.
Her theory of the short story is that it should
record fundamental human emotions. which
are changeless. Some dramatic moment or
some commonplace day in life may reveal
personality and its fundamental motives to
any one who has the acuteness to observe. 1t
is such moments and days that Miss Ferber
has chosen for her eight stories. Seven Of the
stories limited in time to day of "a hours.
Hey! Taxi" is the day of Ernest Stewig, taxi
driver in New York City day so full of bore
some and narrowing events that when he goes
to bed at late hour he wishes, sleepy, that
he could 60 West, where there is me life and
something happens. wall Street. '28" shows