Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 30, 1924, Page 5

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1924 Books and Bookmen A Column of Gossip and Opinion In a@ Time of Unsettlement brewer and fewer, now, the lone de- fenders ~ of aging shrines and questioned cita- dels: 4 The new gods and the half-gods and pretenders ‘ gathers and sre all a noise that roars and swells And brings a fury down on quiet altars, And brings a shouting to the temple door: There is a cloud of dust, a flame that falters, And battle, and the old gods are no or" ‘i r] et will come a twilight on e white spears, n they are tossed and broken and cast by, half-ight for (the ghosts of years. .. w A wandering And in that hour the old gods from the sky Will walk alroad beneath the pity- ing stars, ‘0 close those eyes, to bles those faithful scars. Dayid Morton in The Outlook. . * The spirit of romance, timeless and unwithering, breathes its fra- srance through the pages of Donn Byrne's “Blind” Raftery.” Ireland. s the setting; not the “ould sod” of the stage comedian nor yet the oody arena of factional strife, but the ancient land that gave birth to Chuchulan and Deirdre of the sor- rows and a host of glamorous le- nds of chivalry and emprise, Prob- ly there never was such an Ire- Neither does tand, but who cares?” uthentle history record the exist- r of Poictesme, but we could lily part with the factual r of many a petty common- wealth than with the fictitious chron- les of Cabell's imagined kingdom. Raftery, the blind poet whom all Ireland venerated, and the proud, tragic Spanish woman who shared is pilgrimage across the moorland, » the protagonists. The plot cen- re in the myster¥ which cloaks the nvictioh that thus his revenge will surest. It is not, however, the ot that matters particularly. Thi Leauty of the _tale—it is neither season. erate prices. for the table will lines. approval. early call. f my my x novel nor short story—lies in the sonorous music of its prose, in its recreation of the twilight at- mosphere of Celtic romance. It is 4 book worthy the attention of read- ers who value the felicities of style ‘&nd@ who have grown a little weary of the dingy “profundities of mov- ern: realism. ‘one John Flanagan, co-operates with Mr, Byrne in supplying the illus- trations. Seldom has an artist, been 80 successful in his interpretation of the elusive spirit of character and situation. Flanagan is compara- tively a newcomer but his work is second to none in power and dis- tinction. “Blind” Raferty” is published by Century. Philip Gibbs, who has democratic- ally discarded the “Sir,” portrays the changing Europe of 1918 to 1924 through personalities rather than through politics in “Little Novels of Nowadays.” (Doran) Each story is a drama for which the revolt and unrest of post-war days provides the motivation. One may not always ac- cept Sir Philip’s interpretation of the contemporary ferment, but his stories are welkknit and vividly told. Most of them appeared orig- inally in the Cosmopolitan, eee If Booth Tarkington written “Penrod” and “Penrod and Sam,” “Goin’ on Fourteen” had its Irvin might never sequel, Cobb's have seemed a lot funnier than it does. possibly “Juney” is just as veractous a picture of the arevarge boy as it Penrod. But as a whole his esca pades in mischief fall rather flat after the hilarious episodes in which the Schofield scion involved himself. And somehow Juney misses the high comedy that Penrod achieves in the very agony of his tribulations. Per- haps it is because Juney is pretty much a transcript of Cobb's own self as he remembers his youthful in- carnation, while Penrod is a com. posite of boys Tarkington has known, only dimly colored by his own reminiscences. And no one can caricature himself as shrewdly and mercilessly as he can someone else. Cobb's book will not seriously chal- lenge the supremacy of Penrod as the classic study of kidhood. harm it may do among those who ac- 4 of cept its specious argument as esta- blished fact and sound logic. |, Harry Leon Wilson's “Professor, A. A. Milne is the Jim letters. If there were an 3 team of authors he would strong contender for at least favor- ‘ able mention for any posi-| How Could You!" published by Cos. Hon on the slate. As a playwright | mopolitan following serialization in he has written such successes as | the Saturday Evening Post, is gener- “Mr. Pim Passes By"” and “The| ally acclaimed the most -hilarious Dover Road.” In “The Red House | book of the year. It is done in the Mystery” he produced a story. of | broad flavor of farce that Wilson crime detection ranking among the| has made peculiarly his own from few real masterpieces of its type. uggies of Red Gap” down to And now he has published a book} “Merton of the Movies.” of child verse that falls little if at 2X0 56 all short of Stevenson and de la} Hoo lovers may expect much of | Mare. Most adults will like ‘“‘When | interest in the winter book num- We Were Very Young,’ recently is-} bers of the Nation and the New Re sued by Dutton. ie Public, which are due this week. arr ag ; . . Our nomination this week for th 1 r the youre Woah whe woeaipe Seraginety | Uat-of old books worth discovery or of shoes and ships ‘and cabages ‘and | * renewal of acquaintance is Somer- kings in the New York World every |*°t Maugham's “Of Human Bond. morning, has collected his opinions | *&°- into a book which Putnams publish. under the title “Sitting on the World.” Broun fs -probably the oniy | living man who has a whole column | | . in a world-famous _ newspaper in| Bobbed Hair which to say what he thinks without | | curb or censorship—and who gets For Queens, Say Beauty Judges| paid for it. His views are always individual, usually interesting, fre- quently exasperating. When all New York paid homage at the shrine of Eleanora Duse, Broun sturdily told the World—and the world—he didn’t think she was so much, after. all. Broun it was who summed up a long paragraph Ing the defects of Shaw’s “Saint Joan” with the as- sertion: “and nevertheless I believe it is the finest play written in Eng- sh jn the present century.” Broun it is who battles valiantly for birth control, for the right of a married woman to retain her maiden name— “Bobbed hair is not queenly, for whoever heard of a bobbed haired queen;” This question was asked by the Tri-State Fair board when selecting a pageant queen this year at Parsons, Kan. In recognition of her civic and community work done in connec tion with the Business and Pro fessional club, the queen and her fifteen attendants were ch n his wife is Ruth Hale, who has never | grom that body. been to Europe because-she declines | oiive Baker . President of the 3 bday es per passport a9 Mrs-| club, has not followed the pre Le oe Berens vailing fashion and had her hair boyish, likable tolerant crusader, “1 bobbed. She has the disti: of being the only woman life surance salesman in Parsons Some of the work done Business and Professiona) Wo. men’s club during the past. yea has been the filling of Christ mas bags for soldiers, the sale of tickets for lyceum nd ch: qua courses, assisting ir fous charity enterprises. All over the city the members are noted for their cooking, and they take turns in preparing and supervising the dinner on meeting nights. Regular hotel pri .vail and the club has a nice egg for the building of a club house later on. Business men know the quality of the meals seryed and hint for invitations. who goesn't take himself too seri- ously, he is worth meeting—even if you are disagreeing violently before you turn the second page. . Lothrop Stoddard, jn “Racial Real ities in Europe,’ (Scribner's) flogs the jaded nag of Nordic superiority into one more Paul Revere finish for the succor of the tottering blénd races. Like his earlier brain-storms, “The Rising Tide of Color” and “The Revolt against Civilization,” this attempt to analyze contempo- rary tendencies and national charac- teristics on the basis of cranial cort- formation blithely ignores scientific truth and twists biology and ethnol- ogy to fit the author's prejudices. It is important only because of the pre. WATCHES / Our stock of both Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Watches is now at its very best for the There are many un- usual values at very mod- SILVERWARE 1 Silverware of the substan- ~ tial and useful type is pre- dominant in pur line. of the most popular gift It is with a gratifying feeling of pride and satisfaction that. we announce the readiness of this store for our SIXTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPENING. More care than usual, more time, more money have been spent in making this the finest of all Holiday showings. Nothing has been left undone that might contribute to making this season a distinct success. 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I have es heard Mr. Sunday and have learned from es where he has held cam = that after hie campaigns peo their bills better and in ses pay bills that have been wed because of the time limit. President Coolidge said a few weeks ago in a speech at Washing- “The government-of a country ises above the religion of a ‘ountry.’’ ‘The same can be sald of its social and business standards. If we want to stop the bootlegging, gambling, wild parties at homes and els an® the like, the best way to tt |b proceed is to gé& real religion into the lives of the people. Billy Sun- day can do that better than any man living in America. The following clipping tells wha‘ followed his work at Elmira, nts, Y SUNDAY SENTENCE RESTITUTION gle sentence in, one of Billy sermons, uttered during I evangelist’s recent Imira, N. ¥., led to a series of thefts that baffled the police departments tern New York for years, on in whose heart reposes nowledge need expect to e with God until confes- rst made,’ Mr. Sunday told bis audience. A woman was so deeply stirred by the sentence that she finally gave the police A Radio set makes an ideal Christmas ‘gift for the Order now as it will be hard to get a We will be glad to demonstrate whole family. set you want later. a set in your own home. Atwater-Kent, Freshman and Kadon Alemite Service Station 112 South Durbin pi c >. hall, y, > | December 6 from 10.4.m-to 6pm. Colds Headache aN) waited TREATING } Pain Neuralgia DIA BE I E S | Toothache Lumbago aid not the disease, Nanay | Neuritis Rheumatism : you take no sug into the sy thorities of the city the names of members of a gang who had been systematically looting the railroads and express companies for a long time. Much loot was receyered, and the various gang members appre- hended. More than 6,000 persons “walked the sawdust trail” duri Mr. Sunday’s Elmira campaign.” Respectful: ¢ Lewis BE. Ca EEE, Sere ncbowen | WHY DON’T PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH? Willis H. Germany will deliver a second message on this subject in the new chapel of the East Side church, corner East Second and South Kenwood this evening at 7:30. The Misses Palmer -will sing one of their beautiful duets. Last Sunday eve the pastor gave attention to the reasons given by the rank and file. This Sunday evening special attention will be given to current magazine discussions of this subject, particularly Rupert Hughes. and some side lights on tl recetved through the que What aro the successful business men, 4hose whose minds are occu pied with large responsibil our industrial world, giving reason for not attending Many are regular attendants and members of the church, many not. These are the ones who go af. ter us preachers, in a kindly spirit, yet it were well that we gave con- sideration to their reason, and strove to remedy it: A large crowd was in attendance last Sunday evening. ‘|SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN’? —Gonuine Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved. safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years ‘for ed Sale of beautiful and practical Xmas gifts, home-cooked foods there will be no sugar to ex My book | Accept only “Bayer” package “Eat and Get Well” ich contai irections at ani e e which contains proven directions. telling how to stop this useless starv Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets. ing and 1 be Also bottles of 24 and 100—Drug to aly ele Aspirin 1s the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoactticacidester of Salle: 42nd PRESCRIPTIONS Your prescriptions receive prompt atten- tion. Accurately filled at lowest prices. Complete line of sick room supplies. 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