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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 21 Mar 1925, p. 10

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10 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925 ook [gener we never regain our intimacy. From being a subjective story it becomes suddenly objective. The half crazed mind of the min- ister wreaks its vengeance on the next generation, his son, Dal, and Shirley the girl he loves. They go through 'Gentleman Jim' Reminisces a dramatic succession of events, with spiritualism, psychoanalysis, hypno- THE ROAR OF THE CROWD tism, sprinkled among them, but we Z, 2 77. a Zr Za ea Zr rT 2 7 Ez Going Out of Business We are compelled to give up our location and are therefore sacrificing our entire stock of high grade LADIES' APPAREL at unheard of prices. SSSI SISLSS SISSY LULL LLL LLL 2 2 27 2 7 277 7777 77 7 27 77777777 777, Are You Interested in books of Fiction, Biography, Travel, or History? For lists write to ESTHER GOULD care your local paper. TILL SSS SLSSSSLSSIS SISSY SSIS IIIS SILLS ISLS SSA AAAS HAS AAAS SAA never quite regain our hold on the o © By Jemes 1 Corbet: characters. Ii the book could be done [N [DW ERY thing Must Go --~ Including Fixtures GP. Putnam's Sons. again, letting us continue in sympathy with Andrew it would be a far strong- No one need regret that James J.| °F and more unified story. Corbett spoiled a good banker to make Ei Dresses up to $25 at $12.50 an excellent prize fighter. Whether By B. H. Lehman l ia pave of ie ine" = WILD MARRIAGE | Dresses up to $50 at $25.00 or, god Ja ragey Bs ga Jt was wild--but was it mar- Corbett and enjoying the account of| | Fiage? One of the most talked of ; $ $ his adventures. True sportmanship in (gir of the season. Dresses up to 75 at 37.50 Harper and Bros., Publishers any field makes a universal appeal. A contest fought for the love of the sport itself and won by mental agility speed or skill is a thrilling thing. A New Novel hy the uuthor of James Corbett, or "Gentleman Jim"|| THE BROAD HIGHWAY as he was dubbed by his followers, in THE LORING his meteoric career from amateur boxer in his father's livery barn to MYSTERY Skirts, Petticoats, Blouses, Bloomers, Slips at one-half price heavyweight champion of the world, did more to raise both the physical By JEFFERY FARNOL and moral standards of the ring than A delightful cloak - and - sword any other one man has done. He Pomange With a murder Jaystery . . . showed that such a career could be|| that defies solution until the final All H h 1 h 1 wm - h d ff combined with straight living and that|| pages are reached. os1ery winlie t cy ast at one 4 ri 0 the fight could be won fairly and $2.00 wherever books are sold squarely. It is his boast and a justi- LITTLE, BROWN & CO fiable one, considering how many years ago Mr. Gorbett started in the sport, that he never "fixed a fight." Another fact over which he cannot be very modest is that many of the most scientific new innovations in boxing Publishers Boston Sale Now Going On "The Outstanamng Satirical Novel of the Season" Come early and take advantag of selection were innovated by him many years ORPHAN ago. Mr. Corbett always outwitted his ISLAND 1 j le Cash onl opponent. The account of the mental S Open evenings during $2 : y processes through which he went By ROSE MACAULAY while in the ring would do credit to] The critics who have gone joyously through an army aviator in direct line of the ORPHAN ISLAND declan, Roge Magauloy > 7 S ac IS ae 5} s 'the wittiest woman alive. ose Macau- enemy guns. In fact, this is the most Bhs dor nothing more delicioasly enter, remarkable part of the book. that he| taining than ORPHAN ISLAND, a story of not only went through this rapid fire| Enslish castaways on a Pacific Isle. $2.00. 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