WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928
THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY
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A Mirror for Witches, by Esther
Forbes. Houghton Mifflin, $2.50.
Esther Forbes, who flashed across
the literary horizon two years ago
with her first book, "0 yGenteel
Lady!" has written a second novel,
with less of th. exuberanet freshness
that characterized the former book
1t w.th a im-e highly concentrated
lp-i er - a bitt.:r and corrosive
strength that exck.-s admiration even
_il- it ser:'s evil chills down the
'rk. For Mti; Forbes has chosen
tc tell a stocy &f Salem witchcraft
WI..1, the stry of Doll Bilby. the
witch's daughter with "the shaggy
clack hair, the i:idr hobgoblin mouth,
ino' round b--,on eyes" who xas
adopted by tj1ifl inlibv . f wn
and brought up by his shrewish wife
Hannah.
The book is a tour de force. If its
subject is remote from our day, its
style is no less so, for Miss Forbes
writes in the manner of Jonathan
Edwards and Cotton Mather, reflect-
ing with, an accuracy that amounts
to genius thednarrowness,, the sus-
picion, the credulity of the Colonial
mind. Ad yet the book is 'not com-
pletely alien to the modern reader;
it has aspects of the universal, as in
the description of Doll Bilby's trial,
with its humorous sidelights on Jus-
tice, or in the characterization of Mr.
Zelley, the serious young preacher,
who finds in facing the witchcraft
superstition problems similar to those
of ,a sincere thinker facing today's
superstitions.,
Robert Gibbings' wood-cuts which
illustrate the book deserve mention.
They catch perfectly the eerie tor-
tuousness of this curious story of
Doll Bilby, the witch, and her demot
lover. r. C.
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Poor Little Fool, by Fulton Oursler;
236 pages; Harper and Brothers;
1928; $2.50.
One of the most intensely dramatic
crises among the year's novels i' the
heritage ofi Fulton Oursler's last
work, while the whole story's ex-,
cellence cannot be concealed in the
almost shoddy publication. It was
not so long ago that we would not
have been surprised to see a book of
such cover and paper, but with the
attractive publishing that has come
with the last few years it seems al-
most criminal to put orphan's clothes
upon the "Poor Little Fool." She de-
serves far better treatment. We know
reviewers who are ready to pass
judgment upon a jacket alone.
One day in the life of a boy and
girl of New York, one day following
three months of companionate mar-
riage and three months of total sep-
aration-and Fulton Oursler's pe:
follows ever more quickly this tale of
a weak and egotistic boy, a girl who
cared, but not "that way," and a fath-
er who thought he was liberal but
proved to be! stagnating in his peace-
ful existence. There is nothing here
that people of today do not know and
have not experienced, at least men-
tally, but the craftsmanship is ex-
cellent, the tension 'fcreases with
the pages, and the light of interest
never wavers. True it is that when
the last page is turned the effect is
dissipated never to return. And thus
it follows that "Poor Little Fool"
is nothing but a powerful experience]
and a hard-driven view of life as we
know it.i
Oursler has not the knack of fine
writing. He has no time fer it, or his
narrative would rush away without
him. His reader does not linger over
a phrase, or catch music from the
words on the page before him. In-
stead he is in the street watching
these people rush through the rain,
ieni on whsit lie. in the next block.
:'e cne behlu1 is forgotten. There
a . no~ enm..aidns which thrill again
" again. ,jey are here and then
they are gone. This is life which is
told with the knack of a tale-teller.
It would be foolish to try to point
out PPoori.Little Fool" as being more
than it is--an intensely Uteresting
story., ' But in the mass and =mound
of present day fiction how difficult a
thing is this to obtain? 4
K. Q.P.
The head of the history department
of Ripon college is taking a bicycle
tour through six* European countries.
gOVING'
SPOXrS w.
BUCK WOLVES WIN TITLE
South Ferry field witnessed the
crowning of a new champion last
week when the Buck Wolves came
from behind to take the final game
of all-campus soft baseball league
title from the Giants by a score of 9
to 6. The Buck Wolves were unde-
feated throughout the schedule for
the championship title.
The principal's team won the
School of Education soft baseball!
league championship, defeating the
faculty in the final game, 17 to 4.
MERCER, Wis., July 31.-Battles
of the past have been forgotten by
Ward Lambert and Dr. Walter Mean-
well, basketball coaches at Purdue and
Wisconsin respectively and two of the
Western Conference's keenest com-
petitors iid that sport, for this pair of
noted coaches are now collaborating
in a two weeks basketball school at
Camp Roosevelt in the north woods
of Wisconsin.
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
MADISON, July 31.-The enroll-
ment of twenty-five coaches in the
final session of Wisconsin's six weeks
summer course in physical education
and athletic coaching has brought
the total attendance for 1928 to 165,E
a new record and increase over last
year of better than 40 students.
HANEEY FACES PROBLE3I
EVANSTON, July 31.-Facing an
unusually heavy schedule minus the
services of fourteen lettermen, a num-
ber of whom were all-conference
calibre, is the situation in which
Coach Dick Haneey, Northwestern's
football coach, finds himself as plans
for the 1928 season get underway.
The season opens with Butler, Oct.
6. Then comes in succession Ohio
State, Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota,
Purdue, Indiana, and Dartmouth.
PLAYERS RETURN HOME
PARIS, July 31.-The Americanj
Davis cup team sails homeward on
the steamship Paris today without
the Davis cup, but they carry with
them the respect and admiration of
French Tennis fans for the gallant
and sporting battle put up against
the French team of Cochet, Lacoste,
and Borotra.
Woman's Crowning
Glory-
Her Hair
Are you giving your hair the
attention it deserves? A care-
less or unattractive coiffure to-
day is unpardonable.
A Nestle Circuline permanent
wave-a soft, artistic finger
wave-will end your hair wor-
ries.
The Bluebird Hair
Shop
Nickels Arcade Phone 9616
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ADVERTISINO
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Finder please call 6624. Reward.
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FOR SALE--Large library table $20.
Fairbanks bathroom scales $10. Ma-
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CLOSE IN--West side, on bus line,
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MY "Old Kentucky Home" Tea Shop,
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VISIT DETROIT THIS SUMMER
and enjoy an all-day outing at
PUT-IN-BAY
A delightful cruise among the Sunny Lake Erie Islands;
a fairyland of vineyards, orchards and flowers. Put-In-
Bay abounds in interest for young and old. There is
bathing, dancing, sailing, mysterious caves, picnic groves
and Perry's monument.
The palatial steamer Put-In-Bay leaves the foot of First
St. (Detroit) daily at 9 a.m. returning at 8 p.m. R.T. fares:
$1.00 week days. $1.50 Sundays. Steamer runs thru to
Sandusky daily making connections with Cedar Point
Ferry. Thru to Cleveland via Put-In-Bay.
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-eave Detroit 8:.45P.m.
Return 11.30 p.m.
Fare; Wednesday and
Thursday. 60c.
Saturday, Sunday and
Holidays. 73c.
CEDAR POINT
On Fridays a special excursion is run
to Cedar Point. Steamer stops one hour
Sundays. With its huge hotels, electric
park, magnificent bathing beach and
board-walk it can rightfully be called
the Atlantic City of the West.
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ASHLEY & DUSTIN STEAMER LINE
Foot of First St. Detroit, Michigan
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"Ann Arbor's Original Sandwich and Colee Shop"
.. in scientific test of
1108 SO. UNIVERSITY
Opposite' Engineering Arch
THE DEN
Is Its Own-
Advertisement
It caters to the discerning
tastes of its customers
leading Cigarettes, Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt
selects OLD
GOLD
"'I wonder if one can really tell the difference,
blindfolded,' was my first thought when invited to
when
make
this test.
"After smoking the four brands, as they were handed to
me one after another, I discovered there was one that was
noticeably smoother than the others and richer in taste.
"This proved to be an OLD GOLD. I hope I shall be able
to buy them in Paris ... they are surprisingly free from
any trace of throat irritation and have a delightful aroma
which to me is very important."
How
Test Was Made
Mrs. Vanderbilt was blird-
folded, and, in the pres-
ence of two responsible
witnesses, was given one
each of the four leading
cigarettes to smoke ... To
clear the taste, coffee was
served before Bach ciga-
rette .. . Mrs. Vanderbilt
was unaware of the iden-
tity of these cigarettes
during test ... After smok-
ing the four cigarettes,
Mrs. Vanderbilt was asked
to designate by number
her choice ... She imme-
diately replied: "Number
3"...which was LDGOLD.
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Why can you pick them in the dark?
..... Because they're made from the
heart-leaves of the tobacco pleat
MRs. RREtNALD C. VANDERBILT
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SMOOTHER AND BETTER - NOT
A COUGH IN A. CARLOAD
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