The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-14

has just been published by Claude
Kendall A wealthy man changes
positions with his physical double.
Then the trouble starts.
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN
INDIANA is becoming known more
Il and more as the home of mod
ern poets.
Margaret f. Bruner of New Castle
Ind. is doing her part in keeping
Indiana known as the home of
poets.
I have just finished THE Hill
Road" by Miss Bruner which is a
collection Of the many poems she
has written.
Her poems reflect on the whole
magazines as American Poetry
Magazine" "Kaleidograph, " Circle"
Poetry World and many others.
Her poems reflects on the whole
careful observation of the things
that go on around her In her
opening poem, The Hill Road" she
tells of life's highways, the level road
which was made for luxury and
ease and the rugged road as we'll
as the steep hill road where one
finds peace at the end of the
journey
In Hill Woman one finds the
loneliness Of a woman in a modern
city longing for her rugged hill
country The picture of this woman
70 N tT-of
fic's noise and jar" is we'll drawn.
HoOsier home life simplicity is
caught in THE Simple Things Of
Earth Are Loveliest. Here you
meet friendly trees, the tiny wood
land stream, a fire on the earth and
wayside blossoms. She proves the
title of this poem.
1t seems to me that when Miss
Bruner captures the beauty of ma
ture and then draws a lesson she is
at her best. You will notice her
close observation because she even
detects the loneliness on city
streets"
The passing of the river show
boat and calliope is beautifully told
in "Calliope.' And Jenny Lind is
compared to the calliope's charmed
measures"
In "Elegy," a cat is the subject
matter and she observes that when
the cat was prosperous he was just
like people. he had a lordly air"
but when broke. he "limped home
at dawn with touSled hair"
I know that people are paying
more attention than ever to mod
ern poetry. Maybe that is caused
by the fact that so many people are
writing poetry.
Miss Bruner has wisely decided
to put into verse the things of life
that she has carefully observed.
Just mere words do not make good
poetry nor create a picture.
Brentano's reports that the fol-
lowing books are the best sellers in
fiction for the week-"Unfinishe
symphony" by Sylvia Thompson;
"Peng Wees Harvest" by Louise
Jordan Min; Pageant" by c. B.
Lancaster; Sergeant Sir Peter" by
Edgar Wallace; One More Spring"
by Robert Nathan. and. Human
Nature by Edith Wharton.
The Crime Club has successfully
connected the murder mystery stor-
les Of Edgar Wallace with iigsaw
puzzles. They have taken three of
the crime stories of Wallace-"The
Death Safe, Torch Murder" and
THE Ringers Revenge"
I have just received MY copy of
the jigsaw puzzle edition of Torch
Murder" The mystery has been
boiled down to sixteen pages.
The second that you finish read
ing the mystery you are supposed to
open up the book" containing 200
pieces. Then YOU start to work
putting the puzzle together and
when YOU have finished the puzzle
you have the solution to the mys-
terry of Torch Murder"
This Is something new to me but
I am the slowest puzzle worker in
the world and it is going to take me
some time before I know the solu-
ton Of the crime.
And as member Of The Crime
Club. I am pledged not to tell you
the solution.
Have been asked recently to rec
ommend book which has puzzles
and games for parties. After con-
siderable research, I think I have
the book which will fill the bill
The Century Company has Just
published Who's This?" by Frank
P. Foster III and sells for So Fos-
ter is an advertising writer and con-
sultant and lives in New York City.
AS a boy when he was i'll, he
started working out this puzzle idea
as entertainment for himself. Dur
ing the depression he found plenty
OF time to write this book.
The author contends that heres
a game that is also a book. or
book that is also a game" 1 find
that one can read this book and
become acquainted with at least Isl
world personalities such as Alex
andre Dumas, Thomas Hardy,
George Dewey, Nathaniel Hawthorne
and many others
one page is devoted to each char
a Ter and enough is given to cause
one to start remembering what per-
son is being discussed.
The answers are given at the end
of the book One person can read
or play" this book or a large group
can.
Here is a fine idea for the hostess
who wants to put some brains in her
parties.