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{ " ' < h £. i! 3 3 } £ b 8 L. hf i ft i F : = . vn ' b . o aa muna October 3, 1925 WINNETKA TALK iri nol Are You Interested in books of Fiction, Biography, Travel, 0» His- tory? For lists write to ESTHER GOULD c/o your local paper. A BLOW AT MARRIAGE? "VOLONOR" By Glen B. Winship. Thomas Seltzer Newspaper editors all over the country are tearing their hair, ed- itorially speaking, and crying out "A blow has been struck in the new novel 'Volonor," at marriage the foundation stone of our civilization." They might as well say that a blow has been struck in Robinson Crusoe at not only the foundation stone of civ- ilization but at the structure itself. One book presents a plan as practic- able for following out as the other. In "Volonor," John Wentworth, the richest man in the world, finding it very hard to dispose of his money, buys a large island in the Pacific Ocean, on which all the inhabitants have been killed off, and starts a re- public. He introduces a number of inventions, such as an electrical bar- rage which can be thrown around the island for defence, radio phones for all uses, and he abolishes the mar- riage law, making children if their mothers are willing or unfit to care for them after a certain age, wards of the state. "Wives" become "con- sorts," Mr. Winship is not entirely specific as to the state regulations, but on the whole he is probably al- most as modern as Plato. The story itself of the discovery of the island and establishment of "the republic, is not bad at times, though at others it descends to the worst kind of melodrama. Moisture always springs to the young girls' eyes at fhe slightest provocation, and they ant away whenever thi awkward. mes Sov If the end of the chapter approach- es and time presses, situations can be handled in a masterly manner, as for example: "She started running to- ward the scene of the tragedy. Others were running, but none more swiftly. Her heart pounded, she stumbled and fell. Her head struck the curbing. Men in a passing car saw her fall, picked her up and took her to the hospital." And that's that! MR. HUTCHINSON AGAIN "ONE INCREASING PURPOSE" By A. S. M. Hutchinson. Little Brown & Co. Mr. Hutchinson has after years, again published a novel. Increasing Purpose" is a book; in which Simon Paris three "One religious talks a great deal about the sort of life (hat Mark Sabre lived. Which makes "If Winter Comes" more of a work of art and "One Increasing Purpose" Hote of a text book. ere are a great many people to whom this book will appeal ig fine exposition of a man's search for a purpose in life, there are a great many others who will call it much ado about nothing, and wonder why Simon aconized so long to get there. The point depends on whether Mr. utchinson can, by his sincerity, car- ry you through the religious exper- ience of Simon. It is doubtful in the case of the sceptic, it is very pos- sible in the case of the believer. Of the three Paris brothers to whom we are introduced at the open- ing of the story, Simon, who has just retired from the army, is the most interesting and the most human. He has, during the World War, been haunted by the question, "Why out of all the numberless ones who are being killed am I saved?" Gradu- ally the conviction has come that it is to further some definite but as yet unrevealed purpose. Simon has had spiritual revela- tions, and he now awaits the revela- tion which will make his purpose clear. At last after he has gone through trials of his brothers and his own the revelation comes. It is the knowledge that Christ is in everyone "And Niggs, old man, what I am telling you is that Christ is here today, now, al- ways, not in the vague religious sense . . but in real and actual presence in each separate and indi- vidual one of us." And Simon's pur- pose is to go up and down the length and breadth of England making known his discovery. Mr. Hutchinsin's style is not quite as chopy as in "This Freedom" but he still murders the English language. His aversion to putting the subject first in a sentence is chronic. "Than that he went at first no deeper." Some sentences are inexcusable such as "His journey crawled its dragging way." As usual with him Mr. Hutchinson concentrates his humor, making of certain characters a burlesque. Here it is B. C. D. Ash--undoubtedly Mr. Hutchinson himself--the popular nov- elist despised by the critics, adored by the populace. Does Mr. Hutchin- son mean this as a justification of his own position? If so he should have been a little less broadly hum- orous. Give Talks Regarding Childhood Education The opening meeting of the Central Council of Childhood Education for the vear 1925-26 will be held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, October 3, in the Central Eleanor club rooms, 17 N. State street, Chicago. Miss Alta Adkins, the newly elected resident of the council, will have charge of the program, which will in- clude an address on "The Rules of the Game" by Miss Stella Wood of Min- neapolis, and a group of children's songs by Mrs. IL. IL. Bomberger. Teachers and other friends interested in the education of the child in the kindergarten and elementary grades are cordially invited to attend. : TOASTMASTER AT BANQUET An annual event frought with north shore interest was the dinner given Tuesday evening by the Chicago City club for the football teams of Chicago and Northwestern universities. S. J. Duncan-Clark of 228 Wood court, Wil- mette, was toastmaster for the oc- casion. Just Published LORD GREY'S MEMOIRS The Outstanding Book of the Year TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 1892--1916 By Viscount Grey of Fallodon, . 2 volumes, $10.00 at all bookshops Frederick A. Stokes Pledge North Shore Girls to Illinois Sororities With rushing days at universities at an end, word gradually seeps in of those freshmen who have been pledged to sororities, and following is a list of several north shore girls who will enter six sororities at the University of Illinois: Dorothy Hall, Margaret McCue, Cecile Gilroy, Wil- mette, Pi Beta Phi; Jeanne Pomeroy, Hubbard Woods, Alpha Chi Omega; Agnes Carpenter, Hubbard Woods, Delta Zeta; Kathleen Dean, Glencoe, Gamma Phi Beta; Jessica West, Hub- bard Woods, Kappa Sigma Tau; Olga Mangel, Winnetka. THE BLACK MAGICIAN By R. T. M. SCOTT Author of "Secret Service Smith," is a thriller of the most enthralling kind. Magic? Adventure? Sensation? Oh, READ it! DUTTON'S Price $2.00 New York SINCLAIR LEWIS $2.00 ARROWSMITH "One of the best novels ever written in America."--H. L. Mencken. Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York The Lavarons A New Novel By Clara Louise Burnham $2.00 at all Booksellers Houghton Mifflin Co. JOSEPH C. LINCOLN'S NEW NOVEL QUEER JUDSON By the Author of "Rugged Water." As cheery and entertaining a book as Lincoln has ever writ- ten--the story of a lovable and disarmingly blundering fellow. "Queer" Judson he is called by . the townsfolk. A treat is in store for you when you read his story. $2.00 At All Booksellers. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 35 West 32nd St, New York. Just Publishe a the first novel in three years hy the author of IF WINTER COMES ONE INCREASING PURPOSE ASM.H ulcH INSON 4299 ot all Booksellers LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY blishers. Boston = Are You Passin Something And when it's too late, will you want to do what you were too timid to do when you were able? Up : Coningsby Cosmopolitan Bock Corporation (lf) DAWSON N. Y. Two Daily Deliveries 9 Fountain Square EVANSTON "The World's Greatest Health Shoe" For Boys and Girls The model illustrated is available in patent leather, tan, calf and smoked elk at Re Sizes are 515 to 8. 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