Life — September 6, 1923 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Life and Letters (Continued from page 24) make her first false step in such a manner for such a motive. This, however, will not interest y unless you read French. The English translation of “La Gargonne” is to the original as water unto wine. Oxe glorious thing about the nov- els of W. B. Maxwell is that the reviewer forgets his profession while he is reading them. He goes right along enjoying himself thoroughly. I even forgot to hold a pencil in my hand while doing “The Day's Journe (Dcubleday, Page). And I have come \ point where it is almost impossible for me to read Ring Lardner without holding a pencil. There isn’t much to tell about the story, because the book is so largely a matter of characterization. It deals with the life-long friendship of two old cronies whose incessant bickering is founded on unswerving loyalty and undying affection. They have parted again and again, only to make it up Each of them has married the wrong woman, but time relieves them both of their domestic encumbrances. When I tell you that Willard Heber is a chronic grouch and Carrington Bird a platitudinous bore, you will prob- ably wonder why in the world I should commend to you a book about two such individuals. But I commend it to you, nevertheless. Whenever I speak of W. B. Max- well, I emulate Cato’s “Delenda est Curthago!” by dragging in mention of “Mrs. Thompson,” one of Mr. Max- well’s earliest novels. If you haven't read “Mrs. Thompson,” don’t delay any longer. s-Adams Hair Send for Illustrated Literature JOHN L. WHITING-J. J. ADAMS CO. Boston, U.S.A, f Brush Manufacturers for Over 114 Years 89 and the Largest in the World TIFFANY & CO. JEWELRY PEARLS SILVERWARE (QUALITY BEYOND QUESTION MAIL INQUIRIES GIVEN PRoMPT ATTENTION FIFTH AVENUE & 31 STREET NEw YORK Cart Van VECHTEN calls his new book, “The Blind Bow-Boy” (Knopf), “a cartoon for a stained glass win- dow,” and has sworn before a notary public that his only purpose in writing it was to amuse. He has succeeded amazingly in his intent. He has assembled a motley of characters which the hero, in his own words, “could not have imagined existed out- side the pages’ of literature.” And he has given them a background which, unfortunately, cannot exist to any great extent outside his own colorful imagination. Mr. Van _ Vechten’s Sophisticates make Mrs. Atherton’s sound like a kindergarten class Diana Warwick. Obiter Dictum Cicero, after reading the New York Sunday newspapers: “O tempora! O morons !” OMING next week—Lire's Fall Fashion Number. Cockle ene REG.U. 5. PAT. OFF. Adds Pleasure NM end to tobacco littered pockets and all other inconveniences of carrying tobacco loose or in a bulky can. Buy a Locktite Tobacco Pouch and get most pleasure from pipe smok- ing. Genuine suede leather, $1.25; goatskin, $1.50; velvet calf, buck, pigskin or pin seal, $3. Sold at cigar, drug and leather goods stores. If dealer cannot supply, we will send on receipt of price. Made and Fully Guaranteed by The F. S. MILLS CO., Inc., Gloversville, N. Y. comicbooks.com