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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 18, 1923 BOOK REVIEW By VERA BRADY SJUPMAN 'NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET" By :y " Pi 1 i. J vZ'-V ' ,:" ' '"" H ' II 1 - - " -JZ& peter a; . V ... W W W WVm . Published by tli Cosmopolite. Boot Corporation, New r.C. , Pride $2.00. A Kipling- said: "For East is Eaati and West is West and NeWH the Twain shall meet." The latest romance of that en- tertaining storyteller Peter B. Kjrne is a story of an American young man who suddenly finds " himself guardian for a Polenesian, a Sooth Sea Island Princess, whose t father, tainted with leprosy, ends his own life in; true barbarian fashion. Tamea, the : princess is full of life and centers her physical attractiveness upon her newly found guardian, already tentatlve- ly engaged to a California girl. How this passionate love gains its ascendency, and the story of the man, his man friend, and the two women is a Btory of thril ling, colorful pages. ' But even 'Tamea the untamed Polenesian has a heart as great as 4 her cultured American sisters, for .ln the moment of greatness, she ) rises to a height which makes the story. ; i Ton will enjoy the pages telling t of ; the young island princess among the San Francisco society, of her trials with American clothes J and manners, of the tactful Maisie 'who lores Dan through it all, and 4 of "Stoneface" as Tamea calls Mel lenger. Dan's lifelong friend. These four characters with the Chinese "terrant, make the story. i ' And as you' read and realize the distance in life between the South Sea Islands and American born, you can see the fittingly attract! re title for Mr.' Kynes romance. You can feel so earl what Tamea real izes, so late that she and Dan rep resent the East and West and tru ly In their hearts, "Never the Twain can Meet." "A Son at the Front' by Edith Wharton, published by Chas Scrib nert & Sons, New York City. Price $2.00. The, hearts of the 'French born who lived In America," their reac tions, their mixed loyalties and the worjd-old cry of parents to shield thefr son from suffering, .makes a novl of dlstincMworthf!flf VMtfe. WhArtons. It is as though a pic ture of Paris in pre-war -.momepte were focused for our especial neehs. It is a picture of a French born American !iaTtlBt, whose di vorced wife is married to an Amer ican millionaire, watching the re turn of his only son George from America. ' George, too, is , French . bom. ' i; . 7-f War with all its attendant agony comes upon them in Paris. Camp ton the father Is a painter. His fear for George's safety, keeps the boy from telling him the truth of his position, jCampton. thinking his boy safe in war office protec tion, little knows that George Is actually at the front fighting with the French troops, in the Argonne. Wounded, the terror which ac companies the news, the injustice of secrecy, the idolization of par ent for son, the truth, that patri otism is greater than any individ ual. George, physically repaired, returns to the front. f His untimely end before Ameri ca enters the way, leave a sermon of ! depth In his longing for the doughboys to come. It is a story of -tragedy, told with a masterly hand of a woman who knew her war Paris and America. It is a book which though criti cized for coming so far after the war, cannot be set aside. - For its message is too genuine, too true a picture for unaccustomed eyes or war-sick heads to contradict. It stands as a. reflection of the time. the place and story of a boy. You watch with interest the small touches of personal contact. They tare so small in comparison to the greater story of the war and its people. ' The" little woman, -who was so small a touch' in George's life, yet In the larger good, she too. went the straight way and forgot her weakness. ' And the finale, when Campton Is theatres monument to his boy ip tfsrspaid for in gigantic sum by tieljapfather (who also truly loved the boy). And as Campton at first refuses to do this, to take away. the sacred closeness which lie alone felt to his boy here, the answer of his friend is one which can apply to many who lost their only sons in the war the message of the individual against human- "You've had him, you have him still. Nobody can take that. Every hour of his life was yours. But they never had anything, those others, nothing but a reflected light. And so every outward sign means more to them." And Campton said . "Yes) Pre had him and those others they never had anything but a reflected light." and he promised to do the monument. "Cross Sections" by Julian Street, published by Doubleday Page x & Co., Garden City, New York. Price S 2.00. net. Ever since Julian Street wrote up the western college towns in Collier's Weekly some years ago", the west has enjoyed him, for his humorous contact was never bit ing, his hit' clever but not sarcas tic. He poked fun at the small college , town, , but he did it with spirited gaity, and laughed with them : at their idiosyncrasies and not at their crudity. And now; he has put out as clev er a group of short stories as a re viewer has seen this season. Street, some way,! gets to the core of things. His people are human with weaknesses which are whop ping, yet he manages to balance them with the kindness of the soul. , His satire on the magazine with a million circulation in"Livt ing Up to Latchwood" is so clever, so rich in its company affectation for sensuous literature, so unstable in Its character deportment, and so deliciously like folks we have met the wife of the publisher, the leading editor and the boss him self. These, three are the story and the turn is called with a finish which glories in its sharpness. . t The Jazz Baby is the story of a mtherwho met the situation. Her college boy was slipping to the tare of .flapper! tia. She caught it before the gangrene of Immorality sets f'fnP 'She is a woman worthy of distinction. Would that more mothers of sons and daughters were modern enough to seize, a situation and hold it. . You will enjoy the sketch Immensely. ; f Then, too, the Lost Columbine is so true to young married life! Masquerades where husbands don't know their own wives might be dreadful bores or might as in this case, add zest to an occasion. How? Read it and see for yourself how Archie and Natalie Welkins found their own step. There Is Hands a story of an artist, there is a tragedy the silk' hat. there is the Englishman, there is the clean-handled satire on spir itualism in "The Voice in the Hall," there is the miserable, hon eymoon whirl and awakening in "The Bride of Boreas." Every story is a classic bit of human na ture, in varied walks of life, told in a style hich bespeaks an under standing more than ordinary. Street's people are among those present at social activities. His are country club addicts and belong to that half-way step between the multamillionaire !" and the street, the level of the many million citi zens of America who have made a comparative success. rT "Mexico and her People of To day." by N. O. Winter (an ac count of the customs, character istics, amusements, history and ad vancement of the Mexicans, a de velopment and resources of their country). Published by the Page Company, Boston, Mass. Price $4. (Now in its fourth edition). An educated Mexican chided the Americans for the tendency to write of Mexico as Indians and their habits, ignoring progressive Mexico. "Mexico has pyramids, ruins of tombs as great as Egypt." said he, "And added to that, the Indians are still speaking the lan guage of the primitive days. You know so little of Mexico: It ha3 varied climate, scenery, people. It has- so much and is so little known." - i The book deals with The Aztec "THE SCHOOLS OF AMERICA MUST ' SAVE AMERICA," S1KING SLOGAN The Citizenship Committee of the American Bar Asso ciation Issues a Pamph let on "Suggested Contests on Citizenship Subjects for Schools and Colleges In its notable report submitted at the San Francisco meeting of the American Bar association, the committee on American citizenship used this striking sentence: "The Schools of America Must Save America." This committee, with headquarters in the Magnolia building, Dallas, Texas, is co operating with other agencies in stimulating training for citizen ship in the schools and colleges of the country. To this end the committee has issued an eight-page pamphlet suggesting how the psychology of contest. may be utilized in stimu lating citizenship ' training in the schools, and it outlines various public speaking and it( outlines various public speaking and essay contests to this end. Particular attention is called to a high school contest In civic discussion which resolves itself into a symposium on the constitution of the United States. Eight different subjects, dealing with various phases of the nature and the development of the constitution, are given for use by teachers of civics and govern- " It is a volume of surprising in -formation, told in the most enter taining style, and well worth add ing to one's personal, library as a text book of a country, our nearest neighbor of which we know ap proximately so little. If you are, as the world is generally today, in- landsj the capital, the river valleys, terested in the coming Mexico and the mountains, the tropics, the ori- its idealism coupled with its nat ehtal atmosphere, the peon or la- ural resources equalled almost no boring class, the customs and per- where in the world, you will profit sonal characteristics, their educa- by Winters' splendid book of Mex tion and adaption to fine arts, the ico and his explanation of the peo marvelous facilities of mining and pie and their land. , minerals. , Its illustrations are page and of The lawlessness of Carranza is fine clarity. You travel with him passing, according to the author, from coast to coast; in deep appre The new era is the Mexican of cul- elation for a newly discovered p?r ture. 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Attorneys in the various cities and towns of tUe country are asked to cooperate by having their respective high schools ar ranged for such a public contest, and in this manner to stimulate a study of thet United States con stitution in the schools and to have the pupils communicate the results of their studies to the adult members of their commun ity group in a public contest. "The work of the citizenship committee of the American liar association," says Hon.. R. E. L. Saner, president of the Bar as sociation and also chairman of the citizenship committee, "is primarily one of education for citizenship. This work begins with the pupils in our schools and includes also the adult citizens. The committee recognizes the fact that the basic work must be done in the schools, and we are cooper ating with school authorities and other agencies to this end. In a pamphlet that has just pome from the press we are suggesting cer tain pchool and college contests for the purpose of stimulating study of the United States con stitution and the principles and Ideals of Americanism. We are only suggesting local contests at the present time, but in due course as funds permit; we now plan to stage a national high school con test in the public discussion of prescribed subjects on the United States constitution. In this ser vice, which is wholly altruistic and non-partisan in its nature, we be fpeak the active cooperation, not only of all members of the bar. but also of all patriotic and civic ; organizations and individual citi zens." ' 000 "was filed by the Wood la wn Investment company, of Portland. A permit was. Issued, to the Camel Chemical company of Port- land to sell J25.00O j worth of. Btock. : r : i Adversity is a pretty good thing. The persimmon isn't so annoyingly aggressive after it has endured a few frosts. NEW CORPORATIONS . 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