Life — January 28, 1926 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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» LIFE SS Beautiful Lps Proclaim the use of ROGER & GALLET Lip Pomades Absolutely pure, pleasing and effective in use, they protect the lips against the chapping winds of winter. Automo- bilists and lovers of out-door sports, men as well as women, find them indispensable Write for “Fashions in Fra- grance,” our colorful little book, of Parisian toilette spe- cialties. Complimentary on request. Address: ROGER & GALLET Parfumeurs - Paris 709 Sixth Avenue New York Canadian Agency + Emile Mériot 103 rue St. Francois Xavier. 9 Montreal Among the New Books Enchanters of Men. By Ethel Colburn Mayne (Putnam), A gallery of portraits of ladies for whom ail comers jell—Diane de Poitiers, Du Barry, Ninon de Lenclos, Gabrielle dEstrées, and several others less cele- brated but equally interesting. Not a text-book along the Pelman method lines, but of decided educational value to would-be sirens. To be reviewed next week. No More Parades. By Ford Madox Ford (Albert and Charles Boni), A book of which the first hui dred pages have proved such hard sledding that curiosity as to how other reviewers could have praised it so highly drives me on. If no mo: parades, why more novels against the late war's background? To be re- viewed next week. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Anita Loos (Boni & Liveright). The short and simple annals of a girl who did not waste her time, and incidentally shrewd and devastating satire worthy of a town crier’s best efforts. The Private Life of Helen of Troy. By John Erskine (Bobbs- Merrill). Wherein some of our most famous ancient Greeks call one anot by their nicknames, and give a fine idea of what it was like after the tu- mult and the shouting had died, and the captains and kings had departed. Verdi. By Franz Werfel (Simon & Schuster). A novel based on one scar of the great composer's life, which should suit all those who like to read behind the musical scenes. The Man Mencken. By Isaac Gold- berg (Simon & Schuster). A friendly and accurate—no, not “but accurate”— close-up of one of the most significant men in America. Lodgers in London. By Adelaide Eden Phillpotts (Little, Brow The daughter of a famous father carrying on with a novel staged in a Blooms- bury lodging house. The Louvain Library Fund We started our appeal for the Lou- vain Library in the spring of 1924, with no special sum in mind, but hoping to collect a few hundred dollars, as Lire’s readers have always been kind. A small but steady stream of contribu- tions followed. In our January 7th issue we men tioned the announcement of the Na- tional Committee that recent large sub- scriptions had ensured the completion of the new Louvain Library, and the fulfillment of America’s pledge. At that time we had collected $966.10 for the Fund. Then came the generous check from the Boston Students, and friends in Lire Office made up the bal- ance, so Lire has had the satisfaction of reaching what he would have consid- ered a hardly possible goal, and turn- ing in $1,000 for this most noble cause. Previously acknowledged. .$966.10 Students of the School of the Boston Muscum of Fine Arts .....- + 30.00 Friends of the Fund 3.90 Where Life Moves in Restful Tempo Here’s the traffic cop at the Crossroads of the Pacific. Everyone takes life comfortably }in Hawaii. To know the dolce far ni lure of the South Seas, spend a few weeks here this spring—golfing, motoring, surfboarding, deep-sea fishing, riding the combers at Wai- kiki in a native outrigger canoe —or just resting under a monkey- pod tree and relishing life’s new flavor. A three or four weeks’ trip costs as little as three or four hundred dollars, including first- class round-trip passage from the Pacific Coast, hotels and sight- seeing. For illustrated brochure describing colorful Hawaii— 227 Monapnoce Bertoine, Saw Francisco on 355 Fort Street, Honowviu, Hawait, U.S. A. comicbooks.com