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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Feb 1930, p. 47

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F'ebruarv . 14. 1930 · wiLMETTE but Miss Whitem<m knows with what n :signation the members of her audience accept such lapses in their own lives and counts on their indulgence in this case. The same audience will dc.ubtless thoroughly enjov the detailed account of the games that the twins and their friends play together on tht-ir holiday, leaving the criticism, "mere re t:etitious filling," to those same ignor ant elders. . LIFE 47 Old Favorites Still Popular With Readers THE PIRATES WARD. New books, ultra-modern in style and content, are to be found in abundance. but many old favorites are popular among patrons .of the Wilmette Pub lic library, Miss Anne L. Whitmack. librarian, reports. Miss \~/hitmack ha.; summarized briefly the conte.nts of a The type design and the chapter number of these old favorites, as fol- itials are crisp and pleasant. lows: :n- By E. B. and A. A. Knipe. Because of her bravery, Donna aged eight, was taken by Captain Robert Heath, a bold buccaneer captain to his headquarters on an outlying island on the south coast of North America. It is a thrilling tale of her friendship for the captain, the mystery of her identity, the hostility of the oirate from whom she was taken and her secret hiding place in the haunted cave. for HOMES and APARTMENTS AUTOMATIC OIL-BURNING WATER HEATERS .. 1\entucky C$rdlnal- Allen. A tale in Robert J. Casey, the author who goPs which the moods of nature are delicately THE EARTH FOR SAM. W. Maxplaces ancl does things, sailed on J anublended with the love story. well Reed. Harcourt, Brace, and cont< ·ry 22 for a year in the South Sea. J,lttle Minister- Barrie. The romantk pany. · He left several completed manuscripts, lon story of a Presbyterian minister and a wild and winsome gypsy girl. This was a Junior Literary Guild one of which will be published in OM Wives' Tale- Bennett. The live :-: selection, and relates the he~inning of February, entitled "THe Voice of of two sisters from girlhood to old age. Life to the beginning of History, the The Lobster." Bob Casey's ~~secret An Autumn Sowing- Benson. A success ful , middle-aged Englis h merchant with story of Mountains, Rivers, Dinosaurs, of 37 Hardy Street," the November a secret passion for books and an unde- and Men. Through steaming jungles, ~election of the Detective Story Club, fin ed longing for companionship which across implacable glaciers, Mr. Reed was a best-seller. hi s wife and daughters cannot provid t· t:-aces the perilous course of life, while fall!'! in love with his cultured secretary. A :;;tory of fine renunciation, skillfully Karl Moseley's enchanting drawings ilt old. Contains some amusing minor char- lustrate dinosaurs and dragons of the ac terizations. air. The 250 photographs with their 'f-. Tembarom-Burnett. The romanc(· titles make a connected account which of a New York reporter who inherits an may be read separately. The text has English estate. Bent 'fwlg-Canfield. The story of a heen edited by Miss Lucus of the professor's family in a midwestern uni- Museum of Natural History. wrsity, showing how the influence of a wis e mother stays with h er daughter:-: through life. Calrdlgun-Chambers. A spirited ro- WRITE HOLLYWOOD MYSTERY mance of the troublous times preceding Card 13, (Macmillan) the Hollywood the Revolution, 1744-1773. The hero, Cardigan, · is the nephew of Sir William mvstery novel by Lillian C. Ford and .Johnston, superintend<'nt of Indian affairs, ~\f ark L ee Luther, is the February and th e s tory is ('on cerne d with his loYe 5elcction of the Detective Story Club . ; r omance and his adventures among th t> : ·he book was originally announced Indians. 1'1w ('·· h·I~-Chun · hill. A ston- o f tlw k r January publication, Mrs. Ford is (;jyiJ war with :-:e(' nes l:ti<l ehie fi,· in !-'t. the Literary Editor of the Los Angeles L o ub . fnyolv t> s a n orthe rn soldi er and Times. B,,th she and the novelist, Mr. Louis Bourgeois, registered architect, 536 a !-:nuthe rn girl. Snrarillt'St~t -Crawf o rd. Tioman soci e tv T. uther, live in Los Angeles, where they Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Ill., announces M in 1. 6;) in th e annals of a prince ly house. are in po sition to know much about r. · sollll~·rs of .Fqrt111ae- Davis. A dn R hin~ the movie background of the story. The the opening of the office in his studio. story of a South American revolution in <.:ollahoration of literary critic and Bourgeois is equipped to handle homes, whkh a young American adventurer an(l noveli st i.; unusual. "Card 13" has gone apartments, office buiidings, or any other two American girls take part. Phone Wilmette t884. Joseph Vance-De Morgnn. The lif(· into its ~econd large printing before constructions. story of an Englif<h middlcciass im·e n - publication date, which is February 1. tor and scholar. Amateur Gentlernnn-Fnrnol. Tltt' nmn t eur g entleman is Barnabas, son (lf John Barty, ex-cham_Jlion of England. Th e ~ tor~· tells how the lad desisted from fol lowing hi:-> father's profession to go up to London and enter the world of fashion , and tmces his rise and fall and his retm·n t o his father's inn. I.ittl(' Shf'pherd of Kln~dom Cornf'- Fox. The story of the Kentucky mountains IS following the fortunes of the littl e waif, Charl Buford. Sht>-Haggard. "She" is a beauty who 1iYes in Africa, and preserves her heauty and youth through the centuri e ~ . Ca r·llnal's Snuffbox- Harland. The charm of this story of love in an Hal b n \'ilia lies in its artistic quality and in the brightness of its repartee. Forest J,overs- Hewlett. A ~pringt inw romance after the manner of l\lalorv. The love story of Prosper le Gai and · Iseult. the desirous. In the Snrgnsso Sea- Janvi er. Atlvcn tures of a castaway who finds the trt>:t · sure of a long lost Spanish galleon. To Have n.n·l w Hold-Johnston. Th f' beautiful heroine, to escape a more drenrl ful fate, embarks on a ship that is carrying wives _ to the Virginia planter:;;. The hero proves his mettle by dashing adven tures for the sake_of his wlfe-by-purchn~~ . Bf'IOn>fl Vagabond- Locke. Delightfully humorous narrative of the travel~ of n vagabond who Is a gentleman and philosopher. Call of the Wild-London. The story of a magnificent dog in the Klondik('. F.xton 1\lanor-Marshall. Pleasing, lE-isurely~tory of English village life, centPl"All Cbildten ing around a high-church vicar and his Smile for Bernie wife apd the manor family. VISITING SOUTH SEAS Louis Bourgeois Studio Listed as Standart by Underwriters' Laboratories / II II EXPRESSION th. e most imporin tan t element . child portraiture. B'E RNIE has established his great reputation as a All requirements (or reliability. operating simplicity, and continued safety in a hot · water supply are met by Piatt Oil - Burning Water Heaters. Burn Oil-Save Toil Piatt control makes it nearly attentionlesr-and entirely automatic. Large Size Heater 36 GaH.ons Storage Sells for Children's Photographer $1~ With Order and $12.50 per Month 1 CENT for eaelh 10 gaiiODI of hot water, whleh meant ~ to % saving oTer rat· through his ability to register t h i s essential element. .JANE AND JERRY. By Edna Whiteman. Nelson. Miss Whiteman's title-Instructor of ~tory Telling, Carnegie Librarypromises a more than ordinary knowledge of 11er field. And, indeed, the story of "Jane and Jerry" is as carefully conceived and. presented as though she were telling it to a row of carping e;ght-year-old critics in person. It is a tale of a pair of convincingly lifelike twins "'who, though orphaned and condemned at first to an aslyum, find their way at last to a real home. An adult reader might think that some of the adult decisions in the book are remarkably unwise, coming as they do from a seemingly enlightened pair ; -DISTRIBUTORS- Bernie Studio "Better Pictures-Better Vales" Tel. Univ. 8998 16 23 Sherman Ave. Evanston SILENT AUTOMATIC OF EVANSTON 1620 Sherman Avenue Evanston ..lit - I 900 Linden Avenue Hubbard Woods o.....t..t 0100

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