SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1923 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVE
The meeting is romantic. The end- cidents in which the author detaches SCOUTIE JAZZ OF PIGTAIL ALLEY : quite as dull as the title. I have nev-
ing tragic, for the city girl finds she her work from the absolute fictitious By William N. Viola, Stratford, 1923. er discovered a commercial story that
does not love the mountain rake. incongruity of her story. This book we mention because it .
What wonders of good these social In treating with this book we can- seems such an excellent joke uponwas anything but ninteresting. This
workers do, reforming and improv- not justly neglect the superb natural ourselves. The Stratford Company, one, reputed to be full of laughter
ing conditions, ;making a high-mind- dialogue which in itself shows a thor- by sending us this juvenile tale of boy and sunlight, contains not much else
ed man of Fult Fallon, the person ough acquaintance with the people of scouts, thrilling runaways, and rob- than a Rotary Club attitude toward life,
who is in love with the sentimental the mountains. This display of inti- beries, has said with elephantine sub- and a touch of Pollyanna-by the way,
Isabel. It is not for the dahhler an mate knowledge should but does not tlety: "There you are, dear boys. Now
things literary to discredit the state- excidde the weak and unnatural plot. you have something you can compre- have you seen the new 'Pollyanna'
ment that the: hook is based on fact. Miss Furman has given us in many hend." They may be right, I don't slip-covers? They are most conven-
The author takes care to state that places an accurate picture of the know. At any rate I found the thing ient. One can read 'Fantasius Mal-
"The atmosphere of this story, its mountaineer in his home. She has, exceedingly dull consider for what Tare' with absolute calmness under
background, and even many of its n- perhaps, tried to show the necessity it was intended. If anyone has an an- their protection even when one is an-
cidents arise from the .author's con- for missionary work among these noying kid brother whose birthday ticipating a visit from the rector or
nection with the Hindman Settlement people and in a great measure suc- comes soon, here is.a most appropri- the censor.
School, in Knott County; .Kentucky." ceeded. She has also demonstrated ate gift. Call me a 214i-W, and I However, this 'Bunk' is no worse
The truth of this statement is obvi- the difficulty of reaching such people; shall gladly give you my copy of the than the stuff-in the S. E. P., but I
ous. It has been said that literature of establishing a common basis on darned thing. wish the cover did not boast of a phil-
should reflect the times and it follows which they may be met. However. * * * osophy. In all the de-bunking pro-
that it misust .also reflect the place. she has thrown herself at the mercy BUNK cesses managed by Michael Webb
However much -the author has derived of toe sophisticated by weaving. into 'y W. E. Woodward, Harper and there was scarcely more philosophy
from her personal experiences in the her vivid and true pictures a plot anl Brthers 1923. than a few practical ideas ahout life.
mountains she has toads a fatal mm- characters which I find difficult.. to This bootk I found rather insipid- . D. E. L. S.
take in placing her hlero tn this at nlace in the same setting.- The pic-
snosphcre. I can picture a dashin C tts e'the se'cing is imin pasaet
hero in New York, in W'ominp ot, in ttendescription fthIt.neer 1
California, almost any place but I st(Continued from Page Two)
fail toplace a native mointaieer of could not be caioutaIeer Tb hard tre ed wits the cold. Tramping
Kentucky in' itheorole.talong to find shelter from tie furious
n incipal characters are out ci pie wind, he suddenly came upon a small hovel.
"'h'ioZ'rsal of -the l.nn'some l'ne," p2 itscix ry '7e.meinas r'- srs<? "
you ta'Iray, dit tth ni , the m.ien. tas opsfoto The door was open and he went in. He saw
you may say, -then -contamns ithe same ;e1s5 Fttrman ttemp1.ted the unfor - i h ielc wnsakigblslk
element of impossibility beyond the nate tiing of "ite"iirgin; a .'. t." tutu col t nd ok sals sik
maginnation of tte peasfi tin. h rntic pi t wlth nut too ning coals, and he hurriedly sat
seen the mountaineers in their oViiurahst- settin-s of the first order. eoonnear and spread his icy hands; the
country. I linow of ai c se i i i ri e . .heat opened hia numbed -flsgers and then his
young gil kas tan aron c itmn- tit:.. e. itwhole body grew warm. Keeping his hands
tiond i ad-e io tee'r- --- constantly before that ever-burning flaie,
tains anid 'm'ane into' a woman bea'i- h ondhshalaanttew n
tiful and accomittlished. Howeve:, she lie teated lila headgainstothe. wall and,
was the bastard daughter of a wealthy THREE NOTES ste lke aihpp ey
'THiREEnlubesananOaTiunS Wihelthe swind idied awvay the sky had cleared,
Michigan lumberman and angrountai- tni ilie light of daybreak shone in the hovel.
woman it is a great incongrity to THE (fEEllT t'Efth Then the bard noticed that in the fireplace,
place such a character as FutFallon.instead of fir, a cat was crouche, ith
or the hcroine of "The Trail of the By Itebecca 5f son. Ceuici-he~e its golden eyes like two burning coals,
Lonesome Pine"s in the bac noun- . 1923 wiich; however, in that cruel night saved his
tains- and represent them as sprisse- I'm sure you'll like this pretty book, life.
ing directly from the pioneer stock So dear, and dumb, and daring,
which has for so long been carried With cunning verses on each page. Fortunate is the man who has an illusion,
on a process of inbreeding. And naked cupids staring. because the world becomes for him a home,
I find the same fault with many of a sweet home.
the principal male characters of "The You find them on the woman's page Fortunate is the man who is deceived by a
Quare Woolen" that I do with the Of all our city dailies- beautiful lie, because the real world is
hero of this novel, but the book is They're common sense philosophy bitter and cruel and the will of men is
saved from its "budding romance" Of tea, and golf, and-babies. evil and unjust.
and has real worth through Miss And finally, fortunate is the man who has
Furman's description of the moon- The best page in the book, I thought, a dream, because it -is that dream that
tains, of the squalid existence of the (With paper knife I tore 'em) spreads its flowery gardens amid deserts
back mountaineers of the dumbness I The first-on which the author flashed of snakes and thorns.
and imbecility of these same people, Her goo-goo oculorum. -Translated from the Armenian by N. .. Mangouni.
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