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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925 11 Are You Interested in books | of Fiction, Biography, Travel, or History? For lists write to ESTHER GOULD care your local paper. A Work of Art "THE CONSTANT NYMPH" By Margaret Kennedy Doubleday Page & Co. Margaret Kennedy has accomplished a masterly work in putting before us a group of characters such as those in "The Constant Nymph." "Sanger's Circus" as the Sanger family is called, is made up of children more naive and barbaric than any that we can picture in the world today, yet Miss Kennedy portrays them without a single uncon- vincing or discordant note. She main- tains a deliciously refreshing = and original tone through the entire book and does so without a single lapse of good taste. Sanger, a musical genius, with all the eccentricities of the role, has begotten a family "too clever to live" as one of his friends expresses it, and yet they have lived and thrived with as much hardiness and as little restraint as young plants. There in the Austrian Tyrol we find them living, happy and lawless, entertaining or being enter- tained by a queer motely of guests. Among these Lewis Dodd, young com- poser and devoted follower of Sanger, is not only the most interesting but the most spiritually akin to the Sang- ers of them all. Ever since Teresa could remember anything, she knew that she had loved Lewis. She was capable of the loyal passionate devo- tion which genius needs and calls forth. But hard times fall on the Sangers. Sanger himself dies, and some civilized relatives from England claim the chil- dren. Alas, their manners are two coarse and their spirits are too fine for the ways of civilization. They are like some strange wild birds of lovely bar- baric plumage which someone has tried to imprison in a cage. Teresa, especi- ally, must droop in a cage and she is more sad for her unerring instinct tells her that "There is no going back." The story is worked up to an absolutely convincing and artistic climax. Miss Kenedy has made moments in the book of unbelievable beauty. Words which are like the music which she must understand so well. At a con- cert at which Lewis is conducting: "He tapped on the rail and the hum of the hall behind him sank to a rustle. The rustle was silence. Music stole out like a mist into the great spaces of the building." There is some delicacy in the book which steals out like a mist into the minds of its readers. A Player Tells Some Tales "A PLAYER UNDER THREE REIGNS" By Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Little Brown & Co. Just after the final proofs of his autobiography had been dispatched to his publishers Sir Johnston Forbes- Robertson passed away. He had com- pleted a timely monument to his full life and his genial appreciative spirit. As 'we read the biographies of those men who in the last few decades have made history in art, literature or the drama we cannot help feeling that "there were giants in those days." Per- haps it was due to a greater simplicity of living some 40 or 50 years ago, but the people who were working in kin- dred arts seem to have been much closer together. Informal Sunday breakfasts at a home in Gower Street only broke up when it was time to saunter across to an afternoon "Opera House" in Bed- ford Square, and there was so much more time for joking. Forbes-Robert- son tells of a thousand little episodes which must have called forth a chuckle every time the witnesses thought of them for many years. Stolen Idols The strange adventures of Geoffrey Ballaston, following his theft of a famous Chinese idol with whose jewels he hoped to restore the fallen fortunes of his house. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM $2.00 at all Booksellers Little, Brown & Co., Boston Publishers { ful and talented people. There are a number of those anec- dotes of the stage so dear to the heart of everyone. There was the time that the heroine who was holding a double part, had to disappear after one of her characters had died in order to appear again as the other. By some mistake the couch on which she sweetly passed away in the midst of her weeping friends had not been connected with the wings and to the delight of the audience the dead lady was seen scrambling out on her hands and knees. Or the time when the hero of the piece began his soliloquy in great style by stating "Here I Am". Then dis- covering that he couldn't remember any more he repeated with increased fervor "Here I Am." This was too much for a wag in the gallery who called out "All right Tom, we see that. get on." Sir Johnston's friends were delight- He has filled his book with tales of them, chatty hu- man tales which by their rambling na- ture give a sense of reality. We feel when we lay the book aside that we noon beside a delightful, modest, gifted raconteur. CARDIAC ILLS TAKE BIG JUMP Mortality Leaps 145 Per Cent in Two Decades Blaming preventable infections and high speed modern life, which features gasoline engines and balloon tires at the expense of feet and legs which are threatened with becoming useless ap- pendages instead of a natural means of locomotion, Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director, points out in a bulletin issued this week that heart disorders have come to be decidedly the most important disease that affects human beings. Burdened with the blame for unhappy conjugal experienc- es since time out of memory the troub- led heart is now charged with nearly 12,000 fatalities annually in Illinois, a number almost twice as great as the mortality caused by any other disease in ordinary years. "Mortality from heart diseases has increased 145 per cent in Illinois during the last two decades" said Dr. Rawl- ings. "The number of fatalities jumped from 4491 in 1902 to 11989 in 1923. The rate per 100,000 population climbed from 90 to 176 during the same period. From third place on the list of causes that yielded the greatest mortality at the opening of the century, heart dis- ease has moved up to first place and by virtue of the fact that it takes nearly 2 lives to each 1 by its nearest compet- itors in the "grim reapers" business it appears to be secure at the top for some time to come. "Not only is heart disease the most fatal of all human ailments at the present time but it frequently incapac- have been sitting for a summer's after- |. HELL'S PLAYGROUND By IDA VERA SIMONTON The famous novel upon which the play White Cargo is based. Brentano's a q ODVIIHD A INNIAV HSVEVM'S 81¢ in and around Chicago. Hat"? Winnetka 1101 fair" by Michael Arlen, Come in and look them over. THE BOOK STORE WINNETKA YOU'LL BE OUT OF IT if you haven't read Janet Fairbank's tremendously popular book, "I'he Smiths". And have you read "May- It's all about people who wrote "The Green 724 Elm St. itates its patients over considerable periods. It is estimated that for each death from heart disease there are 17 recognizable cases that are in active need of medical attention. That means that there are about 200,000 cardiac patients in Illinois. "Heart diseases are caused largely by infestions and bad living habits. Rheumatic fever, infected tonsils and teeth, scarlet fever, diphtheria and other communicable diseases are all im- portant causes of heart diseases, es- pecially among those under 45. After that age, when indolence and opulence conspire with gas engines and balloon tires to make loafers, bad habits of life cause a lot of cardiac mischief. The muscles of the heart of a loafer, lose their reserve power while legs become convenient appendages until an emer- gency calls for unusual physical strain that frequently leaves the heart in poor repair and a source of trouble thence- forth until an all too frequent fatal out- come. "Heart diseases often are preventable in that the primary causes are pre- ventable. Celebrating one's birthday by a trip to the doctor is the best way to keep check on the heart's condition. Even after rather severe injury to the heart structure one may enjoy a lot of freedom by adjusting life habits to the cardiac conditions." 13,000,000 HOMES WIRED More than half of the 26,000,000 homes in America are now wired for electricity, according to the latest esti- mates. Exclusive of lighting apparatus, there are estimated to be 20,000,000 electrical appliances in use in these wired homes. A Novel of Wanderlust ETHAN Cosmopolitan Book Corporation Read All the Want Ads Officials Tell Where Will Be. RRNA new north shore line of the heen asking for several weeks, terurban line, Center gets the first, Glen V one. | Highland Park three and Lak 1WO0. that the wonderful lots they miles from the nearest. Wilmette. siation. Winnetka. The next station north w Lundce road, Glencoe. at Clavey road, another at veind and a third at Half Day «jose to more golf links than can be conveniently reached new line and it runs close From Chicago Tribune, June 14th Issue. 70 HAVE 9 NORTH SHORE STATIONS * Where'll the stations be along the | * North Shore & Milwaukee? "--a ques- | tion the suburban towns affected have | There'll. only be nine stations. Winnetka gets one; Glencoe one: Should Stop Guesswork. : This official announcement should | promptly stop the guesswork of cer- 1ain subdivision men who have claimed ing are directly opposite a proposed station, when perhaps they're several North from the present terminal of the "1," lines at Dempster street in 'Niles Center the first station will be at Simpson street. Next will come « sta- uon at Glen View road, which leads to |-- Then comes Willow road Three in Highland Park. Then comes three stations in Highland park: one tn Lake l'orest the stations will be 4: Old Elm road and Deerpath avenue. 'rhe new north shore extension runs ilar Jength of railroad in the world, according to Nerth Shore officials. No fewer than twenty-four country clubs 2.000 acres of forest preserve. ie an wn nt er OFFICIAL! The announcement of station locations attracts thousands of investors and home- site seekers to George F. Nixon & Company's magnificently located properties on the New Extension of North Shore Line Now that you know for a certainty where the station locations of the new "Loop" - Lake Forest high-speed extension of the North Shore Line are to be--now that you can see for yourself the feverish activity with which construction of this transpor- tation extension is progressing--now that you can buy right at the stations at rock-bottom prices -- it is the most regreiful kind of folly to pass up oppor- tunities such as the Nixon properties on the wonderful North Shore offer everyone who acts at once. They Before this week is ended, the best pieces in the Nixon areas will be snapped up. People who know the North Shore -- who made | Chicago was an- | Niles iew gets e Forest & NOW available are, are sell- money themselves or saw friends make money in the earlier developinents of Wil- mette, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park and Lake Forest --certainly are not going to wait until everything is all over before swered last night by officials of the in-| they get in on what is offered here. Read that news item at the left again and then note where the Nixon properties {f North Shore Line officials state that there will be a station at Glenview Road--and 7 the first of the Nixon developments is at Glenview Road and the new Extension--the Golf View and the For- est Preserve Additions to Glenview. ill be at - Deertield | S road. : any sim- from the | to about, Fg 0 +» W.T.6-37 George F. Nixon & Company 2 3 4554 Broadway, Chicago Without obligation tell me more about your "at the stations" properties on the New Extension of the North Shore Line. Address (4554 Broadway near Wilson Ave. North Shore Line officials state that there will be a station in Highland Park at Clavey Road--and the second of the Nixon developments is at Clavey + Road and the New Extension--the Forest Ridge Section of Highland Park. North Shore Line officials state that there will be a station at Deerfield Road in High- land Park--and the third of the Nixon developments is at Deerfield Road A and the New Extension--the Highland i Park Gardens Section of Highland Park. You couldn't arrange anything better. And these at the station properties are offered not only at very moderate total prices but on a basis where a small down payment and a little a month puts any of the many magnificent wide deep home- sites available in your possession. you must act at once. While you are hesitating somebody else will grab the opportunity that isnow yours. Today--phone us at ARDmore 3020--or mail the coupon. Your name and address on the coupon in no way obligates you to us but it does obligate us to hold something choice for you until you say, "No." So by all means mail it--don't trust to your memory--tear it out now before turning this page. ~ George XN 1 XO N G@mpany REALTOR cAREA 'DEVELOPERS But You can't wait. Telephone: ARDmore 3020