Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1925, Page 33

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1925. When Dirck Lanier wrested from his rascally cousin Elbert the one thing left in life that was precious, and fought for its safety across three continents, was he a hero—or a thief? Had the crash of the London-Paris airplane buried the dead past forever—or did something more than chance lead that silent, bearded Arab to the attic bedroom of an obscure Algerian hotel? And why did the Sheik Sidi-ibn-Raschdan wear a white bandage on his right hand—and what did Fay know that fatal morning when the ape, with a screech of agony, darted up the cliff? And who—but you must read for yourself The Runaway Bag, by Albert Payson Terhune, the fastest-moving, most enthralling mystery story in years—in the May issue of The Journal. Now on sale, 10 cents. CONFESSIONS OF A DuB FATHER It’s a serious business, this being a father — but there’s a lot of humor in it too, if you can just be honest enough to admit that as a father you are probably a high-grade dub. Frederic F. Van de Water slips be- hind your laughs and chuckles more than a grain of solid truth in Confessions'of a Dub Father. A Simple Fool—so Annie thought her husband, but his simple strength shames her sophistication in Elsie Singmaster’s Salt of the Earth. Apple or Watermelon?—Whichever one Adam ate, there’s a lot of the old Adam in all of us yet, says William Lyon Phelps, in Original Sin. Shipwrecked and Adrift—A girl, two men, a great temptation, and a greater love—Edith Barnard Delano’s The Face of the Waters. Almost Illiterate—yet Matthew Vassar founded the first successful woman’s college. Vassar opens a series of articles by Charles A. Selden on women’s colleges. Love Seemed Alien To Her—yet to one Russian prince this little, faded governess stood ever as T H: B Her Royal Highness Hoblin— in Christine Jope-Slade’s ro- mance. A Poor Lost Soul—how a young girl plumbed his sor- row and brought him con- tentment, is the theme of G. Appleby Terrill’s In St. Martin’s Summer-Land. Home Lovers—no one can { possibly afford to miss Ethel Davis Seal’s The American Wing, describing the splendid exhi- bition of early American furniture just opened by $1.00 THE YEAR BY MAIL L HENRY WAS DOOMED — from the day Connie walked up from the five-and- ten and took her place in his office — but even after a dozen years of marriage he didn’t quite realize it. Booth Tarkington, speaking of thisstory, Beggar’s Choice, by David Ross, says, “That he can write to large effect is proven, I think, by Beggar’s Choice.” SOME OF THE OTHER G00D THINGS IN THE BIG 232-PAGE MAY ISSUE NOW ON SALE the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “That’s Him!”’ — whispered in the darkness, a rush of feet, a blow—and Buckbar- row fallsinto the care of Miss Patricia,in the currentinstall- ment of Freeman Tilden's The Virtuous Husband. The Sere, the Yellow Leaf—a great naturalist shows us the ageless drama of the forest in Falling Leaves, by William Beebe. Letting the Dirt Fly, by Barton W. Currie — some tendencies of so-called modern thought = and some old-fashioned common sense. He Should Have Known Better —but he bought TAnn Eliza a set of furs—and he had eighteen other wives at the moment. You must not miss M. R. Werner’s Brigham Young. A Cat May Look at a King—but New York a gener- ation ago scarcely glanced at 'kings or lprinces, says iMrs. Van Rensselaer, in Entertaining Royalty. The Business Side of Housekeeping, by Mildred addocks Bentley — aids in budgeting, and in 1aking the budget work smoothly. And dozens of other articles—many pages of fashions, patterns, interior decoration, house-furnishing, building plans, needlework, etc. — all treated by experts. L A-D I E 8’ HOME JOURNAL You can subscribe through any newsdealer or authorized agent or send your order direct to THE LADIES" HOME JOURNAL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania