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· Octob~r 8, 1926 35 night of the Dempsey-Tunney fight ONinTHE Philadelphia, the Milwaukee Sentinel was "THE CASUARIXA TRF.E"-Somerset Jfaughan. The keyno:e of Somerset Maugham's ne\\. book, "The Casuarina Tree," is expre ssed in the following ·se ntence: "Of the Casuarina tree they say that 1t YOU take in a boat with you a piec-e of it , he it eve r so sma ll. con tr:uy ,,·inds will a rise to impede your journey nr storm s to imperil your life." In 1onk ing back over th e six ~lwr~ storie s it :'eems that every character carried a bit of th e \VOod as an ill -luck charm. All the stories are tragedi es, hut such j, the suavity and power of th1· writing that one mu st read th em to the end. Stories with a foreign se tting alway s I cl;a rm wit.h a rath er romant!c glamour 01 unrcaht\' hut these stone:-; of the ).[ala\· ha,:c an act ualit y ab out them t!1J t 1 ·11ake s one feel the climate, under -.tand th(· charact ers both good and had. and beli eve that life would han~ ine-v it ab ly ht' liv ed as they lived it . \"ot cn·f\'( !llC \\·i ll like "The Ca:-~ua ri,Ja Tr n·" iHit its in tcrc . . t \\'illl.t· grc:tL i, ·r those \\'h(l do. : · J",:'ll' 1111 1! 11111 up against the problem of getting fight pictures to Milwaukee in time for early morning editions. Milwaukee has no instrument for receiving telegraphed. pictures, so the pictures had to be Jprocured in Chicago and tran sported to Milwaukee in the quickest possible time. The chartering of an aeroplane from Chicago to Milwaukee was tirst considered, then ·abandoned because of the time that \-vould be lost between the business sections and outlying aeroplane field s in both cities. Negotiations were next opened with the automobile racing driver holding the Mil- waukee-Chicago record, but the best time he could promise for the journey was from two to two and one half hours. Then the Sentinel got in touch with the North Shore Line. They quickly satisfied themselves that this electrically-operated railroad offered the fastest service and most dependable. A Sentinel representative was rushed to Chicago. . The moment the pictures were ready, he hurned to the station and boarded a speedy · North Shore Line Limited train. Milwaukee fight fans were astonished to see the fight pictures so shortly after the battle had ended. 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S t c ph e 11 \ f cK l' n n a " h o I~:t s h l' (n r l' hce n s urre :-~i ul in wri ting tril1Jgics ur \\'Or ks of more than one \'olun1e ha . . resumed thi s former habit in "~a,· iours of Society" which is th e fir :-. t part of ··The Realists. " ~1r. ~fcK c nna , \\'ho has hl'l'll going -.tcadily . do\\'n\\'arcl in the quality though not in thc quantity of hi s producti011 of late vears, has in "SaYiours of Societv" made an attempt to grasp at sometl~ing more vigorous. There is a fairly good plot and it is \\·orked out \\'ith a good deal of skill though a. rather too great wordiness. The title. "The Realists," comes from the fact that Mr. McKenna feels that since the \Var a new type of politician has come into being in England, one who instead of dealing in the old recticences and insincerities of politics looks facts ~q uarely in the face and deals in real- 1· A fast train every hour. 2. Clean, comfortable, courteous service. tenriinal is at 6th and Syca. . 3· Milwaukee more, in the heart of the city, convenient to everywhere, saving time and taxi fare. Seveu ~ound NOTE ·· traiJu operate each dav via the Shore Line Route, .roppin1 here for puaen1en. Ar other hours, Shore Line I.J.mited train · operatiJls to Waukepn make direct connectiona at North Chi.caco Junction with Milwaube 1 Jmire<b opera. tin1 over the Skokie Valley Route. For achedulea, farea and other iDfoaaaadoa. inquire at ticket office. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee ·Railr~ad Co. The high..speed electrically-operated railroad WILMETTE PASSENGER STATION Telephone Wilm~tte 25I 4 Baggage Checked -EsTHeR GouLD 1-102