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Bradford March, youngest son of viks, or real radicals of any sort. er' were to be abandoned in favor of
R DELL DISCUSSES Andrew, was at once a practical hand Rather, they were serious, kindly fol 'Pen' and 'Brad'.
MARRIAGE and a dreamer. He fell in love with a of the sort that read, and even con-
girl . who ' was working her way tribute to, the New Republic and the Janet, the first child to live beyond
A . 0101ARCH, by Floyd Dell. (Al. through college, the daughter of a Christian Century. Perhaps they oc- the age of six, was allowed to do pret-
fred A. Knopf; $2.54). Swedish housewife and a futile Yan- casionally glanced at the Nation and ty much as she pleased. As a little
Janet March was the great-grand- kee druggist. Bradford's sister did the Liberator, but not often or ser- girl she played mostly with boys;
daughter of a Minnesota pioneer, a not quite approve of this, for there iously. Pen taught Sunday-school, growing older she confined herself al-
man who tried many jobs and suc- was little about Penelope Io socially and Brad was a trustee of the college most exclusively to their sports. Be-
ceeded at none. His son Andrew, on grace the March fortune,'yet she did where he had met his wife. They cause P'en insisted on treating her as
tle other hand, was one of those econ- not object. If Brad was willing to were not revolutionaires. a girl, she turned her attentions to
omical, intelligent, and hardworking wait five years to marry such a girl Brad's home training had been Brad, and became his comrade in all
men of the 'sixties who, because they she was not going to take the matter marred by undue emphasis on the ex- sorts of ventures. In a day whe it
were intelligent and economical and to heart. Of course it was rank fool- cellence and general superiority of his was proper for little girls to wear pig-
industrious, became wealthy. And- ishness, but. . .I father, Andrew Marsh dominated his tails and play with dolls she wore
rew March created the elevator bus- As a matter of fact, there was noth- I children because he never got to know bobs aod knickers, and spent her time
ness and became wealthy; merged log foolish about it. Penelope had them, and they were taught o look u rowing or playing ball. As a student
his company into a combine managedi common sense and ideals that would to him as to a hero. Pen's father had ihigh school she accepted feminine
by eastern capitalists and became have been hard to find among the tried the same thing, but was too vion but with a asculie
-sore so. He put his sons into the friends of Dolly March. She, like her weak to succeed. To both of them, vigor. She smoked, drank, and pet-
business and then, in the Jsanic of thej husband, was ahead of her generation therefore, that manner of training a to do. Yet he was not siry, and saw
ninetles, saw the fortune he had made -the kind of person whon we usgd youngster did not appeal. Tlheir chil- to do.uety sh wany siln sad
dwindle. Not that the Marches ever to call "queer" or "advanced", and in dren should not be forced to look up forthe brief fun they gave her d
were poor; they simply were not too our present poverty of thought and to them, but rather to be comrades. f
rich. There we have them at the real language, "bolshevik". Not, of course, Even those time-worn symbols of hon-
beginning of the story. that Pen and Brad were real Bolshe- or and inferiority, 'father' and 'moth- It is plain that neither by birth nor
training was Janet an ordinary girl.
On the other hand, Mr. Dell makes it
plain that she was not a brilliantly
intellectual one. She frankly admit-
ted that poetry was beyond her, and
Ymch serious prose as well, Necl
rincipal endowment was good con-
_ _ _ _ _ J mon sense, coupled with confidence s
herself, and ability to analyze. Dur-
Ing the war she had had-;opp ortuntq
The Shop of Satisfaction to observe love, and to wonder aliout
it. When she left college she wanted
I 18 MAIN STREET to experiment with it, Her introduc
f ~tion came through an idealistic die-
ciple of the moddrn theater, whose art
may have been good,' but whose phil-
osophy was summed up in a parroting
E u r. l te easons -. of the phrase "It's a crazy world."
Janet liked him, and he loved her.
B est C They experimented fully, and Janet
s o esdiscovered that, though the w
pight be crazy, it was no place for
T caretessnes-. S45 had iflyestIgat
Our reputatios for authentic styles is upheld in this showa f Iove without caution and, though shb
Ing. When you select your Winter Coat here, you choose had no regret so far-as her own-sir-
, ., jSi was concerned, the material result:
fro- the pick 'of the season's best modes, personally seueCnte appeard undesirable. Janet saw- no
during the past few weeks, The prices quoted will also in- disgrace in hearing an 'illegitimate,'
'-1t' Fchild, but she sagw lags that the world
Qerest °you, and' wilt m ke spletiop easy because of the clk held a buite.different view a d was
- pra rang, able to enforce it,. With the help of a
indusive 1 a 'cousin of'-segae and courage, and a
physician who was aboys thg petlinle S
ao dirt made possible by law, shemes-
caped "'without harm. But it WAs s
Spo t Co s .........$ 2 . t $ 7 .risky ',ptur nevertheless, and sober-
Dressy Coats .....$ 49.50 to $150.00 id '.
Fur Coats . $100.00 to $49500 Janet's next move was to New York.
*i * **e like the city, and some of ts peo
.1pie she mgt, but she saw little to-the
famous Greenwich Village. At the
best, It was a rather commonplace
S Special Prices Feature These district, flooded with folks seeping
what did not exist, and feelinAp ry
~i~k Wo l a d- elve Drsse .1wicked over. nothting at all. Anyhow,
im Wool, ands'Velvet Dresses a ;:"ai' """:
the Village was'not the real cause of
her coming-the real cause was a
man named, Roger Leland. He had
Their styling is such that they are sufficiently charming for afternoon, the matinee or seen ned the west, appeaed to
tea; all the dominating style features, as side-drapes, wrap around effects, tucks, pleats are know her, and had written a note asks
ing her Co meet him-when she came t6
conspicuous i the way they accentuate the pumerous smart styles, New York. He ran. a Village book-
store, so Janet met him promptly and
thereon hangs the rest of the- tale
Wool Dresses........$19.75 to $50.0 If Janet was the child of a genera-
tion that has succeeded, Roger sprung
elet375 '0 from one that had shriveled and al-
Se lvet Gow ns ....... .$37.50 to $75.00 most died. His boyhood was spent i
S a southern. town. where Yankees had
Slk. Gowns ........... $25.00 to $95.00 won out oyer the original inhabitants,
l and were proud of -their advantage.
There was no neighborly kindness or
even toleration; religion had. sunk to
In this store you'll find experienced saleswomen to assist yo1 in your selections, sales- mere fear of the devii and determinO
women who will miss a sale rather than sell you the wrong garment. ation that others should suffer his
wrath.. Roger determined to escape,
You'll- appreciate our endeavor to give you entire satisfaction with your purchase. and of course first rebelled against
the morality °of, the. villase. Here,
however, he was not successful. ftr
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