PAerr IX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDA, FEBRUARY 25, 19_3
IMR. KEABLE CHOOSES slt to his public. Simon Clle
F AITHPeter," was a youngians btter cry
A FAITH against th orthodoxy of church Relig-
PFR 4 DVETURF.t by Roe r Keabe.' ion is always a dangeroua subject,az
.. ' GP Ntnan's Son his very daring pave the way for his
Itefwedby orot' nd sucess. "The Mother of All Living,"
" :'obviously, was an, opportunist's' reap-
It is a mrarked transition frons the ing of the golden harvest. But In this
naive enthusiasm ot a pro.pecive last novel, "Peradventure", there is a
EFvangelical Mi.sionary to the pleas-,sincerity which rings quite true. The
PUTTING THE TIME (or les than having an equal partner- ueful surrender of a pagan hedonist hok is sub-titled "The Silence of
ship in the chancery or presidency o- but Robert Keable in his third novel,; God," and it is to pierce this silence
OUT OF JOINT isome European nation) or to marry; rdenture," andes such a theme that the oul takes up its pilgrimage.
BLACK OXN, By Gertrude Athertone:Lee Clavering, scho iould not leave a itli so sre a touch that it seems ntNi. IKeable is not positive, the story
Beni S Liserihhl Ness Mrk and twhose sery nm, in the least exaggerated, ends in a compromise-with a brol-
teewdbF.LTidn she did bear it, wouldl brand her t Paul Kestemn. the youthful hero, n thread. Here again the opportun-
ce as anl outsider and ripetr lives his fist eighteen ears in theist dominatd and stayed the author's
It was inevitable that the throe ofE political anhitions.ws- her probemide-bound complacency- of his father's (hand with an idea to royaliies on a
physical reuvenation be taken tar lbs "With the advantage of her experenest' pais at Caxted, on the outskirts of sequel, or, and this is much the kinder
basis of a novel, having been tortuired'he chose Austria. Lodon. lHe is a cuaer among the viesw, swheter only so far has Mr.
out of shape by betndiing to vaudeville church workers, an ardent out-door'Keshl's searching taken hi.
jokes- and, columon s'heees about .thtil etnarasInt 1101 sre Ipreacher, swithi his swtole intent set on Tie book, on aswhole, i predomin-
"miotnkey glands,' discussed, damned; taking orders and eecutally going ted by religios dissertations oni
and decorated Iby somte hutndrest il-with hier tonga", as they' say, in er i110 foreign itions50. Ile goes to creeds, doctrines and ecclesiastical
iott clicle-clttctlers, i is poerycheek throughlout the whole perorm-'ntidasertlcreoEdltoe.AIlsdvtsmntnisp-
sroery ure swhich would nottin teeaIst t9n_ -rde ertpctr fEihlr.A heavrieeto t a
enougbhiemplloyed as the wsarp in' Mrs.. '' Thornton, the socially infaust, in his per cover 11119 it, "Mr. Keable has su-
Ahro'laetwr.terfere switht the eficientitmlaniputlation pce ret fr Clcs on
1tterpo'slatstwok.aid agra love frthe Crs ceedcd it the difficult task ofdon
1t was not inevitable that Mirs. Alt- of thte types-iter. There is, obviously,;ill hisher.ACabighssm , uic .toheonltngd-
'oan tuse tis rather itractable clary ;akentstire ruttning through tei onasnreivseiusbw astnofhevnglcbod--
trot hchlto to her tmtdling, buttibook on cottenprary 'ustoms lnd ogafteslreceivhes, serios iolga tins oftliteevangelic alo-n
figures of ews Yort's Sohisticates - -n itraohr ecne it glcn iulsisdRmnCto
it swas fortunate indeed that one of thougtful contact wittt the coutsiot ic iiterpretatiots of Christianity." to
less skcill did not attemttpt it. 'There s, 1a word whichi till give no 5 tporacy 'of established creeds. lHe sings out addition to hit le lends a frieindly ec
Iink, tomIte-thigroussnsaelyitbuidingeffro'Intliesa . Ottialortshis perplexities in poetry, publishes to atheism,-gosticism,even Eastern
ingto il cogruussene i bild ay feante, fancient .aitd adorht several volitmtes of it, eaves the faith mysticion. This is all very scolar-
a. credibtleromatnce uttn a fottidation fasme nietan -dirbeof lhs fathers, wrtetss a suit'essfttt ly, but te real merit of the book lies
of tis strt.-t' fotuntintof eernatl (mjordomno, whosi, ttie Itost intertest-
+ nt chaacte in he bok, o u iet lay-'is disoscned by his father antt in the lovatleness of characters whost'
Louth,Ptioce iii'LIon, rusted Ibreast- tiercracaterit ateboa ok, Iti i allfinds srcese in tt'yarmis of isilole ftctiont is the expresiottof
1 hlt'' attdtfot'gottencttdoubloonts, versutt sr rituigttc Uot I'!td t rsuta. religious Iremises and theiricretuttas.
glancuto iotplsrttiotnts, .crowded subti leI-t fytttcglItht i atli- Weno Byronubl 'tiishedthis "Chilte Jauii is frank, hoiest, sarkling and
setut;Sir PhilipitiSydney- il asuit ;cit te trade tmavirl: Itflapper. I arod " toer atndt above his ;swholly Impletousatdbidh. Father
ttaysstudceig tg putiadvertise- I can wel imagine howthe "tlta'd- afirmatiotts to the coitrary, the Vassal, the sute Iomatn, is wimsi-
of K-ssy 10Kitotltes. I1 is far frotil sauced ' novl f anoter perfiod deal-ptubli- accepted it as an attoi- cal and charming, Ursla~ is all she
an easy tingill mix uptbtoss ingredi-;ittg wsitht fiing mactistlti5 llor tseess ographictl conession. That seems ought to tbe, as are Manning and Tre-
ents andl iav' lie result attratitive. Icarriages, wild-eyed illtheir predi- tbe natural reaction to soy' work swhich sor. Evett Paul's fater, depite his
'Illsfirst half at the tiovel senms to tion of a reolutiioniaed ritsprtatiott is minutely soul-searching and sym- narross fanticism, is a god old saint,
he idivided btwteen precedent actio nas received at large ihnth~ereswastateic. ha "i'rsadsenture," there Mt41. Keable's descriptive poer is as
ansi introducti11n of chartacter. Atit a hint of thost' thngs. Whatihardly' is neied for conjecture. Mr. -remarkable as it is restrained. With
heautitul ansd mysteriouts wnman too, touchles s closest is only wa isba 1 Keabit', the cx-clergyman and the pro- the ligtest touch he charms Claxted;
possession of tte ld Ogdent residence, 1ccmmon, monotonous or stale slt estant, has unqualfiadly given hit- Saint Mary's, Thurale Ed, Fordham
in Nets York wshere diarys Ogden, a lost 'dressed in a Siriug suit. 'rhe futher
beauty of the inexorable eighties sas within the ounds of oir experience,
s-ot to baffle the whiskered and ow- the sooner recognized, the sooner s'e
ing gallants of thte period, !accept it at its true w'orth,- intelect-
Ti'c:!tesomtposing the ptost-wari Netw at lodge signs htive been exchanged,
rk ancien regime teere naturally' an old wer-worti aequinlassee aaI S
agitated over thi. appearanc; there been found. The enLviible trick is to
s-cre enoughof Mary's old fie-ndt , iget us to accept the stranger at onceT\TiC1 j "-,T
-' -'en,-eyid grandparent of the pres-;with lbe warmest of ear-wiggling. A- A Tr TO N A L,
sot genratiosn, to be 010e by the !'belt a secuaion surges over you coi- B N
lkene-ia of theisto0g'rto their erly! a able 10o -that shich a anall boy
beauty an d enougb of the presct gn-mtight hvs-if he sneaiked out to ssee - QR:Gnsi n 8c6:x5
eration aohi' movedby..bhr exotic a Winter Garden show and recogut-
charmt and mysterious appeal. Wkho ccl his gandmother ani the lls blond'.
was -hi' and from shence had she third front the ed. It is of brief dtr-'
c'lme? tacy Ogden hadt been last iaien and Alary' Ogden. Steinachef, is
heard front when its Buds Pestb just supriatgly human and her reaetiot s
after the wa, a shrunken old womsan Tare natural, charming.
who turmed her city home into ,ho-j.. The passage of time itsef L p1551"
pital. W4~aistl person sit inadvert- I ap the essence of romance, ut in-
ant daghter', a niece, aniposter?itraduce, in the argot of poplar song
Whoev-er site was, there wss no deny- s'writers a topical "kick," and it takes
ing her potwer of attr'activeness and the alchemy of the tri' artst not to;
enIIs.SStmleut. lose the poetic romantic flavo. The,.I N R O
UPa to tltt' middle, of -the book herj book is gangling in spot. btt thec- OLDEST BANK I N R O
identity' remnains udisclosed hs-ile 'cellence sith which at ex tremely dii-' OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN MICHIGAN
Lete Clavering, the successful young clt subject as handledriueanyor
clumnis t faNw' York paper found1 technical malforma tionto t be over-
himself in lisve wiih her whom he had shdowedt.
seen ltoo thant a osets times and
whcei'appeiarancet still composed th115
meaty btls of cioversation at dInners.1
Lee at oicsfound that this charmnigl ME ,ji Y U
young woanawsas really -old ensugh MEN BUY~ U
lit bei his mothtttr,sas, in fact, the SM KSlU
cisinriguinig Mary (Ogden wthoVT
lid married io Austrit dltomat atid
went taroad before Claveritig wii5 Camels Lucky Strikes C heterfields'
br.Silseapae wihte1alfrsirit and youthtof a ontannot yeta
g I5 entsp AE
inhrs tite~wtrteetcperinta hile she liossesedthe bhtitntant iTaetn O r PooL C
s, utwsard lap iraur'of you11, ec Treo A r P e~i olo
triinit her experience remaned that Tueo P .-deot
itt ti woman'ttwechlpast fity awomsin GILBERT'S CHOCOLATES e4-
tthos had spentt her life in icourt c~i
Iles,- schetinig and playinig the a-lploS at
toti game, and whoa had losers t that 1i~~l ~ ~ I 9
toadeitat avocation ot woman.c'-~lJ J ~ -
Notw she camse Is New Y'ork to rival j s~~1'4~~ O T
s-omen thirty-fivc years younger thants(420. w^ O T
tiers'elf, poachilng upon the generation! U N, I _V E II S I TY"-
by nature belonging solely to others
hlnwr noe ece ohr h al purstied her ideal constaty I
through her' life to return disillusiont-
ed, philosophie and extremely amutad.. - OPEN
Althlotihi she might, vicarious ly
thirough her present aelf,, be.slit old"I EVERY NIGH'T
risord. of love, she sawe too easily be- t
hind the scenes and all too cearty !fTO 110CLACK.
could disirimina te between desire and
lose. To choose between a news am-' SATURDAY NtGHTS
a tcry interest rather than lose and a f 1I 1 ITOII" 'LC
saerifice of her maes found poower, theT IO LtC.
eecise of her seegy In, aiding Au-
tria and beconsing the wife of a Esiro-
le.-n tdiplomat. (wchich meant no more