Life — March 22, 1929 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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HAPPY THOUGHT GIFTS FOR EASTER END either of these delightful gifts —or both. Duska, the new face powder — wonderfully smooth and clinging. Artstyle Chocolates—a lus- cious variety of chocolate- covered ies the kind everyone likes Sold only at Rexall Stores. Save with Safety at your ence lh, DRUG STORE There is one mesr, you. yes will recognize it 8. sign. Liggett’s are also Rexall Stores. —_— Life had never seen a white woman, and there she witnessed native rites and dances. She grew up. She learned about women from the Bible, and a female shark cut up on the deck. And of course, she learned to swear and swag- ger from the sailors, and was broken hearted because she couldn't grow hair on her chest or get tattooed. Not all was pleasant. She saw death, and scurvy, and shipwreck. She survived rough living and heavy-hand- ed discipline from the Captain, her father. But, brought up among men with jobs to do, and danger never very far away, she gained in direct- ness and simplicity, in strength of character, what she lost in polish and surface cleverness. The book is evidence of that: there is no simpering, no pretty frillishness of expression. Nothing ladylike, nor literary. Just plain language, not al- ways polite language, but language that unfolds an astounding story in glowing paragraphs. The Cradle of the Deep has only one fault, it is too short. It carries you to the point of shipwreck and rescue, and abruptly leaves you, saying nothing of her life ashore, trying to adjust herself to land wa: But per- haps that’s another story. . If so, I'm anxious to read it. I want to know what happened to Joan Lowell in the interval between the wreck of | the Minnie A. Caine, and the time she came to live on quiet Washington Place, just across the street from where | T live myself... . Into Tin Atr (Doubleday-Doran, The Crime Club), by Horatio Winslow and Leslie Quirk, is a mystery tale worth two hours of anyone's time. It just misses excellence by a final twist of the plot which discloses that the authors have been playing with you all along. I don’t much like being played with. When I give my all to any detective I expect him to play fair with me, and not try to slip anything over in the last chapter. But in spite of that dastardly trick, I think you'll enjoy Into Thin Air for its speedy narrative and interesting characters. It’s about a crook who's dead, but returns, apparently, to annoy a famous criminologist. Likewise in- volved are two girls, the criminolo- | gist’s assistant, a medium, a magician and a couple of sessions with the spirits that will give you the chattering jitters, eee (The Confidential Guide to Books will be found om page 23) STRETCH YOUR HORIZONS! Fretted—worried—bored? Your horizons need stretching! You can quickly put a tiresome world behind you on a carefree trip West! Take a look at life from a moun- tain top! (You can go by motor if you don’t want to climb.) Air your mind on the open seal Soothe your soul in the silence of the woods! You'll find life more interesting —and your friends will find you more interesting—when you come back. You can travel with ease on the “North Coast Limited”. The more critical you are, the more you will appreciate this train. May we help you plan? Please use the coupon or write us. Sneeeeeeeeueeeeees Mail this coupon to E. E, NELSON, Passenger Traffic Manager 97 Northern Pacific Bldg., St. Paul, Mina. MY VACATION TRIP Address Round Trip Summer Fare from Chicago Booksor trips lam laterested in( y ) 1 Yellowstone Park O Rack Mouneaine (it Inland Empire (Spok: o a o o Park . . O Mt. Baker National Forest + O Alaska ( fs] o a iorthwest . Jase comicbooks.com