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r. " tthPOIi'rniuJ.s. “n. Ordeal " Rich“! mm." a. ttrat and wobbly the most P0P- uhl’ of all George Meeedith's fine que- union of novels, is the, hint to it Li -ntsiar-rNtr..tt'.e I.” nun-ism.- in}; 2.1.“:th ndded to the Modem Library series. Another addition to that series is “In the Midst of Life," by “but: Bieree, that little known but highly pnised writer of I recent day. - __ - _ . _ A _-_..I-_ ma, P"""'" â€"---v~ *7 - Emil Ludwig, most popular ttio-l grupher of the meant day. when ask, ed who Wu tht greatest living nun today, ins-rend. "Muaryk,’ t h e Czech. For twenty year: this mun dreamed of I people "T his people - 6rudlr created it. Re was the tirst to no the vision, the tirst to construct the theory. the first to prepare for putting it into practice." ATM: man's latest publication. "The Making of a State," will be published in America this month, Two months or more ago when! "The Grandmothers,? by GIenway Weston, was chosen as the Harper) Prize novel fur 1927 the critics, wniv-i ing their usual privilege of landing with unkind force on o prise novel. climbed into high places und began to sing veritable means of praise. The first chorus has not yet subsided and with the addition of heir voices the harmonies have become constantly more comptiented and more full. nun: w....,..__-“ --"" - "it is small wonder tor "The Grand- I mothers" is I work of art. It isl written in 2 style which is com- pressed, restrained, almost classic in‘ its simplicity. certainly startling in its vivid originnlity. It has no plot. It is the memories of the boy “Al- wyn” of his family, some of whom he knew, some he only heard about, i?il new, - .u mu, ...___ - _ _ of whom clustered around the family homestead in Wiscoqsin. It irirniuori, plot than life has plot, and no less. For as each of the charters is led across the pages we ste into his life more' clearly than we llone would dare to see. His weak- nesses, his failing. his secret hope, his hidden fineness, are brought out be, fore us dispa'asionately. deftly.' until we feel that these people lived only for this, to' have their lives summed up in such inevitable form. - . .. ‘,A._.k-_ q. ... .._-.. There is more.too, in the book than just stories of individmls. there is the sweep of history in America, from pioneer days, through those of the Civil War down to our own time. a “w hl, "ii7G,-rte-ittt 'r"rrtiriFifiiiieieLetT2e 'rs,Ciifiiti"it,'atretl,'t'e1.Ct; ;.-.-I H a-u-ei". i't,r,eyeft...,Ptt maul-“W r/GiT'iu,ex?erAt,ty1erPttt Katherine Mnns6eld's Jonml is, I think. the saddest book I have 'ew: read. A study in courage. achieve- mint, merciless austerity with one's self, Wtiiatrtrintt endurance under grant odds, unhesitatirst control. ALABAMA TEACHERS IDEA Intruder in Mountain 'che" tii"Guurislinaetoytr'rili.A: m in u Abba-h “an GiiiGiatGsormdrtoytee?- riiritGGrisiehtot-syyre “THE' GRANDMOTHERS" “noted “gt-n!!! "m' "(about quip-at The Mom] W73}: gagedtrruttAmeeee"e"'."'." Grikiaduatarr.srtteft.i" iGni'TioiueAt-.Gyrhoou, h which then In an“ m ttnotrJttr-tlr. Hug-”PM Trnth via the pgiomte preoccu- "iTiGauAi-dtr.heht1'tt FiiGurtorsritetrs'ese'r. i'iTGifieiiivuuuutoeet iinaaiuonreetr,a'ee, "ar.rGirGrke1seyerttr3f JUST PARAGRAPH! "JOURNAL OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD" ' THROUGH THE GRANDSON's EYES mum“ by Luck of Books; Story Told In Br Clearly Weston Harper 8 Brothers A RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT Alfred A. Knopf iTG,idetoanther-t u---.-, Faie"er..te All ago whén 37-h his "mq5.drmrm', [ill-m“!- iris-he'll nth-(hall! “not” 'lk';'id'iiiE,l bio- pain. of KM atnaaNhth tite." Weku'tmwbrwwhthn- nun vu that. Here I. no Wad those works a little Ion intimately, into the linking: of the Iliad which lulioned them. WI no hee young -aiisopensiams-d_tty".rot than out tt patimtee with the new appear-not of things And a ttr, "Ph"""""" - .....‘,, goes on we use her driving more sud more “way from the world, living more fully in I world which VI: mm corue"Giat, the one she made for her- self which “as clan lad uncompro- mising as a glass globe. This was conditioned partly by the beginning of her illness. yet she says very phinly. “Even if I were not ill I should have drawn away from the world." So she lived, {spun-tor in n high place, like u watchmgn in n glass tow- er, who because of his isolation sees so much more than those who are on the ground. Living there she plnyed a drama, the drama of suirerietg and the need of work, to do trne.work, " wuys far better thin she had done. The struggle between these two was so intense that, exhausted. she some- times asked. "Shalt one ever be it peace with oneself , Ever quiet and Gtinterrupted-without trim -- with the one whom one loves under the same roof? ls it too mach to oak?” Yes, it was for her. After long months of uninterrupted “Main: she died at the beginning of 1923, and the world was left immeasurably poor- both through the loss of her spirit and her genius. those things in her so closely intertwined. _ DANGEROUS 1 BUSINESS A Book to Gise to Boys and Girls "Ore a] the not! beautiful {took .1 ha " errr rtud. and the lrmt.” u-rLouin Bromtierd Frederick A. Slots 'the rocks ind minerals 'So inm- _ ions was the plan that Mr. Sutton ul- timately became bend of the Atlanta I schools. One of his successful!) plans now is to have Bit business and pro- fessional mm and industrialists MFI, operate closely with the schools. throvihg open courts. factories. doc- con' omen and ottkr places to the students so that ther may make in- Itelligcnt ehoiees _of prohnsiou be- fore they have _ completed their I courses. . By May lehcrton Becker Mrs. Becker, who has made I fine art of reading herself, puss- es on her knowledge to boys and girls. giving them a ml sense of responsibility and in- terest in the trnining of their minds through reading. Adventures in Reading Harpers SCANDINAVIAN WORKERS GIVE PRINCE NASH on When Prime Willi-n of Sweden visited Keno-II. Win. on his war of the country, Hi! Inn] “W “I wanted with . Nah Ambassador by Scandinavian employe- of the Nash Motors coup-M- The tilt. . ”plea who to the Prince, IP- ”may untied him a-tr. -.- . n I - I.__ s.r%mt yum... w..-“ "W, - - N " why. mny. I don't know what to my,” said Prince William with he iaiasi-edthatttr?te". which stteatir glided " tn froat of Mia's-(ohms. Wimp"- "nation m - by W. B. Alford. vice-ml“ d the N.) HM! company in behalf of the Sundial- vhn employs, IM til ray-l -tn, recover" MI W M the In viii“ pure " hum rolthtbe 2ted.'.egae 'walmmhch- "Win-comb“ -siiiiiuaoyeeeet.t'yete, Amman-Mun” 5...“. "Tt-rdh_er, mph-Hus“ “dumb-I‘M- iFiF'A.er.eEeteett2"t (5ri',iPdi"2lWtT,qr1et. l “nigh-Err " th. The BY EDWIN BALMER TaTGireGiriiiiiii Fauu - M 0 T H E R S C BY GLENWAY B'Escorr An absorbing novel of American life 'marEruar, was mu mail Labor Nth-I'M! Noted " Survey of Cull- tiom II U. S. by B. w. I Stu-s & ' Continuation of the do-ard swing " the curve of utivity, In" prices generally for' ”with. w a tranquil labor nitution u. the catstaadintt current {cum 6 3h. building industry (Mum is United sum. otBeial reports from the building departments of 576 cities - to B, W. Stun: a Co.. reveled the hm: ance of permits or the ”in: a! plus of 8291A75,1lU in September coal-F edeith $326,599,111!) in Somali!!! Inst year, I loss of a little lea than ,1] per cent. For the (in! nine months of the yea the doth-u “I equally pronounced, the MMT total ho- ing t2s4TJMM,tl6t) compared with a" 308,894,986 in 1926. . - The and running of thy-tic.- should not be overlooked. Thy t.- flect only prospective condition- in the construction of buildings within incorporated cities. They "rerk-4t substantially so per cent of thk type of tsetivity throughout the country but they do not include gotten] a- gineering projects. road building, utility punts outside of corpora: limits and only in a limited number {of cases do they include public build- 'titttrs. - - . . Aer-rate Index They do ' however, n time has shown, constitute the most accurate index obtainable of the trend of American-urban building to that the general business interests of the country can with certainty my. plan on less support from the building in- dustry during the ensuing toar or five months than wu the cue last when. While these conditions npply to the country,” a whole, signs of i-s- ing construction are in evidence here and there. Among the lug. cities of the country. Chieatto. Philndehthia, Los Angeles, Birmingham. Pitts- lurgh. New Orleans, Denva‘ and Louisville are sustaining or exceeding last year's runge of activities. Sim- iilar conditions prevail in the "HN of Nah Jersey. California, Pete cut, Georgia, Illinois. Texas, Wash-) ingum and in much of the suburban areas of New York and Chicago. Twenty-Ive beading Cities . The twentr-tive cities where condi- than: are most active vepored ttTit.- 242472 in permits issued and plum Mild in ,September compued with C.tt.L&P.Ad N9. "Nerf an}; P Earaaiak "iom""’w' an. Ont mm,wnnm about, mtgtM.--H6rmntmr, mar Golden State Limited The Easy Way to California Most tmtvenierte statitsrt-1umrr out min 'terAuat"t"--Ty".5."'l' -.' ." . ll Low attitok,rxnstk--aodNowaltitmk" orgr6sht-tNuerbmAmrrks Shaun and quick: no Ihoeru'x and In new. hon uhlle8e 8t-saartl.aotsrrs-9wood 3419; Itoaum64hmthemPteie-ice irtr1iAodteAeherrTmhr6k -tmio--hmvahitraarxmee. Rock Island Lines . "MUM” nut-m = JGG. [fee __ 314...; on, m - In k W!- 'ti-uii0i66'ipui"et ts",' Pg.traattW4tti't, III “I.“ m “bu-‘1‘“ “Mu-Mirth..- nuneun ne.tfa'e'tnryt'd: in-ku-tr-thoe um. $1,001”!- 1!. I... b)',p,'itt'rtii'iitelke'iiCie,.i'E"i? climumubu-tm of the can!!! than Inn d If. buiidingindrroe. N.ar-eshis inng tummthdndiu between tfeitemuru-0ertr- insrisoirer_rhiutietu.tot the tinsi.imemorsth.edtMwi.' pereentB+u"n"s"'t"PP" unwinding-thum- thenmepuhdinlm. SOME FAQEAPAQUI ”WW uiriWiiiiiiiit TRADE Most Cam ll Such a: In“ In Angie-Land: Ills According to information mind by the Inset' Humor club. Sudan. in 1926, had shout. 96.000 automobile. of which approximately " per can were and: in Am“ Anglia Inn- Etc-urn: GGEu" " pet can of an total automobiles input“! into Nemr Zuhnd during 1m - _. Alth’ouh Bil-lb in our three hundred million population. it bu qnly 28.772 molar “this. consisting " 9.403 truth. 0,530 m:- an. 2,090 basses And 'IMO motoreretes. During the period of 1922 to 1926. 5.549 automobile. were imported into Russia, white the hon. production amounted to only ‘75 "Mel-I. Tens bi In. On September 5 a new spied ' in Miehitran went into elect. Tho new law says: "No person null drive a vehicle on n highvny " I speed greater than wilt permit him to "op at in unwed clear distance ahead." Mnny prize fight fans seem aw- fully pleased when . bruised gets thoroughly "mmmeited, but few of them wish to to down in the ring and show what he should have done. vention week, it ate if they did. lt is often said that people will not set the river the, but in View of I" we have hnrd dark}; Firy Pro- "C","',',":"""""""'"'""".'"""";"""""'-"" ' N 'i, Rallroad * 2 Taxes, 's . While the poets are writing their Lmotiorull verses about the falling of the leaves. the householder become. melancholy because someone has to rake them up. Eiimmmw- = fumen'own 286,000 (mono- \;e.;k,it fault! G unfortun- l ,hamr,rca?a'tl,l'fsusom, ll, Correct Uniforms for, Chauffeurs 'i, Suits and Overcoats The Railroads in the United States pay over One Million Dollar: irdar as taxes. TheRailroadanow pay eachyearlntaxeo moreth’antwice "anuchasitcotrttoop. crate the Government fifty years ago. _ Taxes paid? the North Western Railway In 1927 wi l approximate Ten Million This is double the taxes paid in 1916 end eighttirnesthetaarespaidutW00. N The "North Wetrtern'item comrrhtrid 10064 tniies,paidmoeetaaelt 1926M we%paubruoftisemiirotatnthe1?o. miniGotcieaacowtimr.1s639a48miU. In mnnrieiiriestht NoethMateenmti. waynxe‘ compritéineie than oneaalfat the funds used to support the wheels. For them ave'veark the North Weuem’s taxes have exceeded in cash dividends by one and media“ million dollar! per year. i-B-.,-..-'""""""""""""""""""-,-'"" ' arGLriisiili-ou-r-' daundoavloablo‘h blade and tautseirtq The iiausT--gseeroe-atrayd, :1qude 13¢an dumuhhbvdmlm W35 raeHisuryslprototyt.hesffPe sueokaBuarotorrtaest1otot21 "iuiuiutAbtm-e_q., mm agagUReSb-V a Lui,,; ki: mammde a mutt blade and talking. Th- ',,, $50M " Walked.” 'Wulm'5m .. .hl‘hundurLin smsdxaeitthee m OUR IVANS‘I'ON ‘50! rm»! N T w, PM