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WIL .ME'TTE fiFE March 29, 1929 W ri~e "Rag Opera" SOME MARCH BOOKS Names new and old appear on the pages · of MacMi.llan books announced for March publication. Here are Vachel Lindsay with a "Wa·3hington's birthday, Lincoln's birthday, Whitmans birthday and Jefferson's birthday book" entitled "The Litany of Washington Street." and Charles A. Beard, in collaboration with George Radin, presenting a full and interesting account of "The Balkan Pivot : Yugoslavia." Here is a lusty tale of New England sailors and builders of ·ship ~ "lnto 1he Wind," by Richard Warren Hatch, and a romance of the Minnesota logging. camps full of action and color-"Peter Good For Nothing," by Darragh Aldrich. In poetry there is Carolit1e Giltinan's new volume, "The Veilt·d Door," short lyrics fulJ of the stuff of life. And among books to be not only ~nioyed but treasured and often re ferred to is "Evolution of Art," Ruth de Rochemont'·s sympathetic and enthusiastic account of paint.ing, print making, and sculpture, written to help the average man and woman to appreciate the best in art. Other March books are "Quakrrc;; in Action: Recent Humanitarian and Reform Activities of American Quakers," by Lester M. Jones, with an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones; "The Reading Jnteres.t'3 and Habits of Adults," by W. S. Gray and Ruth Munroe; "America's Naval Challenge," by Frederick Moore; and a new edition of "The Readers' Digest of Books," including summaries of about five hundred additional hook!'. fOVNJAIN SQVAR[, · t:VANSTON Wilmette J700 Dark Hester · a new book by Anne Douglaa Sedgwick Houghton. Mifflin ~ Co....s2.5o John Wilkes Booth Fact and fiction of Lincoln's assassination. Lavishly illustrated. Frtznci1 W ilaon Houghton. Mifflin ~ Co.... $4.50 Harlan Ware, (on the right) has achieved a rem ~ rkable success with '~Rag Opera," novel of the tent shows, in the production of which he collaborated with James Pringle (left). The book is based on actual experiences of the pair with tent shows that ranged over the prairies of the middle west giving performances of "Lena Rivers" and "Way Down East." A Lost Commander: Florence Nightingale Mary Raymond Shipman AndrtWI Doubleday. Doran a Co·... S3.oo ----- The Laslett Affair by A Gentleman with a Du1ter. Macaulay · ; ·........... S2.oo The Letters of the Empress · Frederick G. C. V. 0. Edittd by the R.r. Hon. Sir Frederick Ponsonby, G. C. B·· Tbe Macmillan Co....·.. S8.5o The Aftermath (1918-1929) W inaton S. Churchill Chules Scribner's Sons .... S5. o o This Delicate Creature ~on O'Leary Elliot Holt .....·....·. ~ S2.5o HE KNOWS A GOOD STORY "That book is great stuff," writes William McFee. "A wonderful life. I thought so well of it that I sent it to Captain David Bone, who was sick at his home in Scotland. He agrees with me that it' is a most remarkable narrative." 'rhe book ?-"John Cameron'·s Odyssey," transcnbed by Andrew Farrell, VACHEL LINDSAY'S NEW BOOK and published by Macmillan-:-a tale "AlJ men are created equal in the of a sailor's adventures. right to life, liberty, and the grand manner." says Vachel Lindsay in his new book, "The Litany of Washington Street." And the grand manner distinguishes this litany of heroes-Wa'3hington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Whit · man. Mr. Lindsay deplores and endeavors to destroy the Whitman of th~ \Vhitman cult; his Whitman is thr "statesman-poet," whose birthday i3 to become a national institution. "J'he Litany of Washington Street," ("the song and poetry street of every United States town"), is full of provocative patriotism, spiced with humor. GENIAL AND ENGAGING "A genial, engaging novel, full of light and amusing satire, 'PeeVee' by Fred Jacob is a Canadian story of an unusual kind."-New York Tim;.;;e~s·~___;; These two young fellows~ Harlan Ware, formerly of Winnet~a, and James Prindle, aged respectively 25 and 24 have written the first novel about ftramatic tent-s hows, "R . ag Opera." Rag opera is the name gtven by the "professh" to th~~e tent-sho":s that range over the pratrtes of Amenca. giving performances of '·Lena Rivers" and "Way Down East." . \Vare and Prindle joined a tentshow two years ago, ostensibly as actors. They found that their dutie~ ~n cluded not only aCting, but dnvmg stakes and doing roustabout work, for in the nomadic life. of the tent showers, every one ha·s to fall to an~ wo~k. Through the Kickapoo. Valley m \Ytsconsin they went, makmg all th.e h~tle jerk-water villages, expenencmg storms, heavy rains, illness. .A<:tors were fired and no new ones were htred. The "got along"- which is apparently what one does in a tent-show compan~ , 44 lt was trouping in the raw, says Harlan \Vare, "and at the very bottom. One disastrous night we put on a play with one rehearsal of the first two acts but without a single rehearsal of the last act! When sickness laid the 'heavv man' low we substituted a canvasman with a Norwegian dialect and a poor' memory. I started to write something about it at the time, but it was too close to me. We slept in little tents and ate in .an army squad tent." James Prindle says: "Until I met Harlan Vvare I'd never even heard of a tent- show! He wanted me to help him write about the rag operas that tour the country and I joined his company for the experience. W c worked on canvas, swung sledges,-even acted. It was like nothing else." Thus their book, 44 Rag Opera," is like no other novel, being the first one to cover that immensely interesting fi.elcl. The story itself, though it emnlovs fictitious names and places, is bas-ed for the most part on truth. The tent-show is a new field, rich in human interest, and intensely American. I Winnetka Youth Achieves Fine Succe·· With BoOk An Eye for an Eye Francta Hickok Hale, Cushman ~ Flint .... S2.oo First Editions of Today and How to Tell Them H. S. Boutell J. B. Lippincott Co....... S r.oo LAND OF LATEST DICTATOR Is King Alexander of Yugoslavia the third dictator in Europe today? Or the fifth? Are Poland and Rus·. :;la virtually ruled by dictators, as wetl as Spain and Italy? The reasons for Alexander's seizure of absolute power, the events that led up to it, and many other i1.1teresting things about Yugoslavia and tts people are ·s et forth in a new and readable little book hy Charles A. Beard and George Radin- 44 The Balkan Pivot: Y laii.v~ia~·h:":::::---:::::::;.;;:;'ii "IT" ... that subtlt: something which attracts others . . . usually lies in the eyes. Don't be discouraaed if your own eyes arr dull, lifeless and unattractive. A few drops of harmless Murine will brighten them · up and cause them to radiate "IT." Thousands upon thousands of clever women use Murine daily and thus keep their eyes always dear, bright and alluring. .A month's supply of this longtrusted lotion costs ~ut 6oc. Try it! Evolution of Art Ruth de Rochemont Macmillan ........·.··. Sl;.oo George Sand and Her Lovers Francit Gribble Dutton ......··..··.... Ss.oo Hell's Loose Roltmd Pertwee Houghton, Mifflin ~ Co.... $2.00 . Lord'·-Boolr· 11111 lnaitl· the W11t Davis St. Door L/RIIVL f.ORy'OUR EYEs