Life — April 29, 1926 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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art sae Life. mal Letters _ HE SOCIAL SIDE OF DIP- =e LIFE.” hy Maude Parker Child (Bobhs-Merrill), attempt « ar ex-Amba is a naive the part of the wife o jor to Italy to tell the folks back hor hout what it was all The point of view is somewhat cars-in-b fc irope-and-never -lost-a spangle, because, in pe gaucheries of which m women in diplomatic circles guilty, Mrs. Child skil the dear old U. S.A Mush for her, so easily be y implies that had no cause to when her small to kiss King Albert's hand after making her curtsey A slight » for she even daughter went so far as hery permeates her p t mention her site on the hoat with luxe, her remark-makers “ of sweetbreads from 4 ler.” and the impassive but- ine brocade the divan en which she cha to be conversing with this or the text » the that bigwig figures in without adding anythin: advancement of the exposition or plot. But for these who like the tra of this world, it is alm + much fun to read about real kings and queens and dukes as about imaginary ot 1 cone tess de entertam- ment and benefit from) Mrs. Child's efforts dealing with transatlantic mar abroad Amer n wife in Europe are illumi The chapters riag bargain hun and the position of the ing, even if corroborating illustrati pat to be ent a little too cly true. Mrs. Child has performed her task th fact, aiter reading carefully “The Social Side of Diplomatic Life,” al- most any tact ns seem roughly. In woman of suitable and intelligence could be the wife of an Ambassador to Italy, on the difficult e¢ she had mastered feat of ¢ curtsies whilst across a wide root the presence of royalty ME PASTED THE NEXT ONE RESULT, “\JADAME DE hy Marcelle translated by burn Mayne, POMPADOU (Putnam Ethel € a study in temperament ayre excellently which tells m of the truth about the woman who deliberately set out, with- out a phantom of chance to tempt her, to catch the eye and favor of the King, With no vg than and succec more au: picious be following his tently ina blue phaéton, she of the theory that in the ™ is a shinit : examp one can have what one wan s of world if only desire for sufficient gnitude It is impossible in this space more mmend to you this pe sal photograph « s XV's cov for t ne A certain period of Tittle Fairy Pri t, from which girls waiting will learn that the h training in the STFR PASTED HIS BILL NOBODY STOPPED TO LOOK AT IT, SO— UPSIDE DOWN, RIGHT SIDE UP AND wittt ability to entertain and divert is even more important than come-hither eyes and a skill in the use of cosmetics, 102" MEMINISSE LUV. Virgil for “Si is ome day {BIT™ it will that is exactly the reaction which anybody who light us to remember,” a was very young in the ‘nineties gets from Mark Sullivan's “Our Times The Turn of the Century” (Scribner). It is a panorama of the last thirty-five y which those who have wn up ig that period will find vastly di verting dur It presents the high lights of our history, literature, politics, art, and foibles amusingly reflected drama, ete. with the fads of succeeding days in the reproductions of popular songs nd cartoons, the latter from Lire many of Indeed, this mag take a credit azine is entitled to modest | given it by Mr how for the livan for its contributions to national | satire, “Our Times” is a fas: | ng book. ““CHREI PREDATORY WOMEN” (Doran) is a title made to almost anybody's eye, but the beg ning of stories first of the which it _3— covers may give you a start | because instead of — finding yourself in. the boudoir drawing-room — which 1 might reasonably pected, you are thrust aboard a merchant sailing vessel, and © ex surrounded with so much nautical conversation from strong seafaring men that the flutter of a pettic unlikely thing, that made oat seems an feel have and you ¢ binders mistake, must as they did once in confusing the covers of a murder-thriller with the text of Theodore Roosevelt's African experiences, and em- bedded the Mayfair novel between boards intended tuts for a spinner of adventure (Continued on page 31) latest comicbooks.com