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Highland Park Press, 20 Dec 1928, p. 36

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. " Esther Gould's Book Corner .1 - no Ten intetnationally [moms meal joined to sponsor the learn of Sumo and Vanuatu, the shoemaker uni tish-peddle' whose execution aroused the world. The book recently pub- lished by the Vikings Press. is re- gnrded by their sympathizers as a monument to their integrity ind tine- bindednesa. Ft , e-i-tire "tno-""" The extraordinary and fascinating "Life of Isadora Duncan," still among the best sellers In this coun- try, " listed among the six best sell- ers in Buenos Aires this winter. Per- haps the romantic Southerners are remembering lsadora's remarkable and 'riumpham. thought sometimes pennilras. progress through their country not so many years ago. Ugo 052th. one " the toremum editors and an ctutis in Italy, has written In this little book, "As They Seemed to Mr." a number of sketch- es of pvople and happenings which are bkw extellcnt etchings. precise. in black and white rather thin in colors, delicate, masterly. Only a few pages given to each. he writes of Duse and the night when in the middle of a performance she received the news of her mother's death, of D’Annunziu and the trip he made in' wartime with the author to see the shattered cathedral of Rheims. With his delicacy, his sense of the drama- tie ,he makes unforgettable pictures of Anatole France, Rodin, Piran- dello and many more. _ ... - dunk ueuu nun ......., W. D'Annunzio has written a charac- terigtiitaily' beautiful SIM and egotistical introduction for his friend, and Rebecca West, reviewing the book, made this comprehensive judg- ment of her feeling for it: "A series of character sketches by the suave genius which epitomize non-English cultured Europe during the last thirty years, with justness, feeling. integrity and judgment that is past description and past praise." u, nu”... """".GPe ordinary fullness and vitality. It is not within reason that some of its critics. among them Linn Feucht- wanger. have hailed it as "the first great novel of the war." It does bring something new to war novels, abreadth, an impersonality, a mp-, hysterical and therefore more bitter contempt for the things of war, which we have reason to hope for from novels written ten years after the silencing of the guns. IN BLACK AND WHITE “is THEY éEl-LVIESTO ME" By Ureo Oietti E. P. Dutton a; Co. The author, one of the younger) German writers. whose first fait- length novel is this, has caught what seems to be the authentic spirit of the common soldier of Russia and Germany, the simple, home-loving. peasant type, who went to war be- cause they were told to, who cursedl their officers, loved their food, their tobacco. and. their boo-scanty love affairs, longed for home and for the whole "bloody turmoil" to be over. GPisha is a great clumsy inartic- ulate Russian. who at the beginning of the story escapes from a German prison camp. Joining forces with some outlaws in the forest, among them a woman Dbl“ who, though in her twenties, the terrors of WIT hive given the white hair and face 91 an old woman, he lives with them - .,._;_- JUST PARAGRAPHS "THE CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHA" he best sellers m this coun- sled among the six best sell- uenus Aims this winter. Per- a romantic suutherners are Aring Isadura's remarkable unphanl. thought sometimes 'r, prugrws through their not so many years ago. u. vu- ......._...V ___ some time. then goes on, liking. m. une of the foremost I an nun-s in Italy, has this little book, "As They My." a number of sketch- sle and happenings which WAR IS WAR By Arnold 2hreie The Viking Press Gould 's 'ii?: Corner ii? some ”.mmmmdnu m,Bjuchel. Mun-II."- serter name-noun“ ww- iii/ii-ht-sro-hte'." horror, he is found guilty of “M nurnu, a: - - .__V -"- --_ we and condemned to In M‘ 'rirowurotrtheatudi-i-hie his tstraightforward ml had w from the timst, he eon-hm his identity IIS Grisha, But, an the German high command. for the “he of discipline we'll shoot you nan-y. A Genenl beeomms intersect] in hiscaseandsodo-others'tot lenst among them Babes, come in trum the forest, though her weapons are poisoned hem rather than the. to her. fruitless arguing of otheri people. Grinch. grown Miler-it at last, becomes than I battteermmd on which is waged this (mt moral ‘struggle. a struggle which sets " iadmirnbly. and with cam-st. the brutal inconsistencies of VII Hate's battle cry in all mt: "Darn you; be u l am." USHER IN 1929 GALA MIDNIGHT SHOW AND FUN FEST at the GENESEE. MONDAY NIGHT, Dee. 31st, 11:30 o'cotll _6lii,lltljlilliil.liiE I C'MOX! MAKE WHOOPIE! LOADS OF FUN FOR EVERY- ONE! SEATS RESERVED.- ADMISSION $1.00 PER PER- SON! TICKETS NOW ON SALE N EW FEATURE ttuty'Y NEW YEAR" With a'Big Company of En- terminus SUNDAY ONLY. DEC. 30 --on the stage--- FRANK WALLIN and JOYBOYS "Oh,Daddr,wetroehto" Con! Whttlnllwedo?" BIG NEW STAGE SHOW I.ITI'I.E WILDCA'I" GREETINGS The Managerial of Great States Genesee. Academy and Rialto Theatres Wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year with AUDREY FERRIS. JAMTU5 HALL. ROBERT BDIBON uni GEORGE FAWCBTT THURSDAY. FRIDAY and SATURDAY. JANUARY 34-5 - on the stage - A BIG PROGRAM OF KEITH-ALBEE-ORPIIEUM “RED VAUDEVILLE COMEDY "ad NEWS --on the screen- via IDIUND LOW! III WISE FWDA in ‘GE SHOW FAVORS Ind NOISEMAKERS ORGAN I'HOTOI'LAY ORCHESTRA Ind SURPRISE FEATURES AT WAUKEGAN ----- WAS uGII'IB ( now 10 cmwaoon The December number " tit Na- tional Retruhlie in gin. "Aditi-l Yuletide - owing to on Net that iTauG" . quit tue eePr. I't. ll 1;qu - _..----" der the title “The Feast of Caulk,” written by Dr. Joseph Richard tmoo, __ -- . . “A L. may“. -, -.. --'e- pastor of the New York Amos Pia-1 brterian chunk in Wnahirtatam. Thin church by the my in the Washing- ton church " which Am 11min worshipped will; the time he 'Il President. It in she the WW church home of Vice President Dam. iriiiGirmon, Dr. Shoo my- in “Christmas alumina the re: childhood. It is sitmifett with came in the form ouiii2ciiTrt gimme-m with em. ml destinies that when God new! to raved Himulf to humanity He - u”. Lllj n- ruminant-mm?” MON., TCES., WED., DEC. Lair - with a great cast lsse Carol. Arum Luke youthful stars. __ ORCH PST}! A "a -ru-tirudheetr-t ts..oeeen.e'rrt-t-theur I'D-II". 'mkm‘h'l'" .rtsobeme'sses"ee.l?t unwary-Lint.” 4W! hum-Hu- Whr-M‘Wvum' A thrilling carnival of the Ollie“ See and Hear "The Air Circus" COM EDY 31 and JAN. 2 ORGAN all ORG-TBA -oetthe BeYeew- and Why Rollins L"; Elite an). 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