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BOOK REVIEWS
Keeps Dim Memory Of God
:i*hé Life of Solomon,” by Ed
] -y Flg;fifgz(E P. Dutton & Co.)
0. UV ol
(Ttam&@ from the French by
Viola Gerard Garvin.) Reviewed
’ Alice Adams,
' w Edmond Fleg, the author, is a
. ch Jew and a profound schol
dr. He has written The Life of
: s, The Boy Prophet, and oth
‘er Biblical biographies. He has
SBt a new standard for a new form
df biography; and builds up the
cter of Solomon from the
‘man he has known in History, in
the Bible and in legend, surround
intg Solomon with a pietic atmos
; .as the greatest heroic fig
in the Hebrew scriptures and
tells the story with a rich setting
of Biblical lore 2s well as mythical
in a Fairylike glamour of lewen-i‘
dary literature which Hebrew lit
/ re demands, bringing a newl
mg ty of Arabian splendour, com-|
w with history.
- "In the authors preface the hero
An Old-Fashioned Romance
- #THE ENCOUNTER. By g
Douglas Sedgwick. Boston' and
Ney York: Houghton Mifflin Com- |
pany. 386 pages. |
~Reviewed by Jack Flatau. :
~ Readers and admirers of Mrs.!
ourt’s (Sedgwick is a pen
pame) former works, “The Little,
French Girl,” and “The Old Coun
tess,” will welcome this new vol-
MJ. Others will probably not Le
impressed. |
- \“The Encounter” was copyright
;d in 1914, which seems to indi
‘cate that it is not as new as it
‘might be, but is merely an at
‘temot to capitalize on the fame
of the author. However that may
~ this book is not as fine as the
other two.
_ "The encounter is between Persis
Fennamy, young, pretty, and intel
y ent, and Ludwig Wehlitz, mis
‘ublderstood philosopher. They mect
wl' ¢ the auspices of a mutual
friend ',Ej%lora Zardo, who sees
in Persis the perfect mate for
Ludwig, and after numerous trials,
ik ',:’srt.s’ .
. Mys. Selincourt has the proper
ties of a fine novel, but she has
failed to make the most of them.
der. cha :Yrs are painted with
colors mixed with too much water.
They. act, they do things, without
any basis. The reader must ac
©épt their actions without looking
WPie Encounter” is. in every re
pect, an old-fashioned romance.
teds full of self-sacrificing char
_agters, with selfish characters to
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:is called the Solomon of Legend in
| whom the tradition of Israel rec
!ognizes the author of the Song of
!Songs and the books of Proverbs
and Ecclesiastes, and in the crea-
Etive mind of Fleg, paints a colorful
ipicture drawing upon Talmudic
'commentaries in which he weaves
]a fascinating story, giving in manv
instancts his own interpretations
and beliefs.
Sclomon in his wisdom reigned
over men, beasts and spirits as
master and ambassador of the
fLord to 21l his creatures. Like
David before him he closed his
‘days clad in sackcleth and with
ashes upon his head for repen
tance’s sake, for with all Solomon’s
wisdom it did not safeguard him
from countless sins. He lived in
all the splendours of a king and
self-indulgence—seeing in his lat
ter years the shadows of his pleas
ures in his carousals, but always
kept 2 dim memory of God.
ioffset them. It is full of pas
sages such as this:
| “For the first time in her young
}l'xnoricnce she, who had contem
plated much of the forbidden
.lfruit of life, untempted, scornful
1 of its meretricious gloss ard glovr
| felt the charm that may lie in
temptation, felt the impulse of
! Eve, the impulse to put out her
hand—to touch, if not to pluck.”
i It is full of scenes in which
- amatory advances are made under
'{cover of sly inferences and phil
| osophical discussions. It is, in
»’short, of the vintage of E. M.
I Dell and Margaret Pedlar,
i elt .
! SOUR SAP INFECTS ORCHARDS
| SAN FRANCISCO, Calif—(AP)
| —Thousands of acres of orchards,
| planted 20 years ago or more, are
zinfccte.d by sour sap. This dis
ease, caused by cold weather dur
-ling a warm spell, causes slow
;Ideath of the affected trees.
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| BLUE AND BLUE
A navy blue crepe frock s
| made with a front panel of light
ilblue polka dotted in dak biue.
{and down the back an inverted
‘| box pleat shcws the pollia dots,
| too. ;
| LARGE HANDKERCHIEFS
| New handke-chiefs are mar
size, both for sports and cvening.
| Pinens, in gorgeous array of
. prints and colors are for spo-ts:
. chiffons with lace and embroidery
o are for evening.
Helping The Child’s Posture
| “The Pre-School Child and His
| Posture”, by Frank Howard Rich
ardson, M.D. and Winifred John
ison Hearn, B.S. (G. P. Putnam’si
Sons. $2.50.) |
(Review by Linton Gerdine, M.D.,
Pediatrician, The Nursery School,l
(State College of Agriculture) |
| This book calls attention to the
:prevalence-of poor posture in‘
{children of the pre-school age andi
iadv?nces some theories as to its!
| cause, and outlines methods of’
| preveniion and cure. Once con
| sidered the “neglected age.” the
| “pre-school” age is at present the
{stvle or fad of wrlfare work and
i sociology. This is demonstrated
at-y ‘he rapid growth of nursery
schools all over this country. '
! The Parent-Teacher “Round
{ Up”. which is %he ®xamination
leach spring of children who will
' stast in school the foiiowing fall,
| has focused interest in the prev
alence of faulty posture in these
| very young children. Interesting
gtheox'ios of the cause of postural
' Jefects are advanced. Evolution |
Bock Cut Price
War Threatened
By Reductions
NEW YORK — (AP) — Three;
Henry Fords of the book business!
—voungsters, comparatively. in|
years and publishing experience—!
sat back with quiet grins today
listening to comments and argu
ments evoked by their launching
into mass production of books that!
can be bought at drugstores for |
$1 apiece. {
Four publishers are paticipating‘
in the price cuts made public yes- |
terday, but one of them, Coward-
McCann, went down only to $1.50.
The other three, Doubleday, Do
ran & Co., Farrar & Rinehart,
snd Simon & Schuster, acquired
two supporters, even as§ some
of the older houses expx‘es.&d mis
givings and predicted a price war.
Arthur Brentano, Jr., president
of Brentano’s and until yesterday
of the American Book-sellers As
sociation, prophesied that by June‘
10, 94 publishers would have made
drastie reductions.
Charles Boni announced that
his firm is forming a dollar-book
club. |
Although Albert Boni and
Charles Scribner, Jr., protested
that issuing new novels at $1 and
$1.50 apiece will be hard on the
authors, the price reducers insist
ed that the authors would in the
long run get larger royalies.
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EVENING STRAPS
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‘has its narrow shoulder straps
lpoint up just a couple of inches
of black and over the shoulder
jewelled straps hold.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA.
from a four footed gait to a two
footed or upright; unsuitable
clothing especially shoes; less
heavy labor, the fact that run
ning and climbing are no longer
necessary means of escape from
enemies; are possible causes.
The various factors of poor pos
ture and the physical defects re
sulting are discussed. ¢
The latter half of the book is
devoted to methods for preventing
and correcting poor posture. The
idea is to use play instead of dull
routine exercises. By imitation of
animals of the barn-yard and zoo
young children may be interested
in games which will furnish the
needed exercise.
While principally interesting to
teachers of young children, the
book is of value to mothers whose
children, on examination are
found to - have postural defects.
The illustrations on the cover are
fascinating, and the photographic
illustrations of the text are help
ful. It should be in the library of
all pre-school groups.
FORMER ATHENS
MAN, VETERAN
OF WAR, DIES
Mr. William H. MecGinty, at
the age of eighty-four, passed
away at his home in Green coun
tv, near Greensboro, about noon
Thursday, after a lingering ill
ness.
He was brought to Athens, and
laid to rest in Oconee Hill ceme
tery, Friday afternoon at three
o’clock.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Tom W. Moore, two sons.
Messrs. E. H. and John A. Me-
Ginty, both of Green county, two
sisters, Mzs. Mattiq Bovers of
Atlanta and Mrs. Lemma Beards
ley of Little Rock, Ark. He was
a brother to the late Mr. M. B.
MeGinty of this city.
Born and reared at Flowery
Branch, Hall county, he spent
about six years in Athens and
the last few years in Green coun
ty, but by far the greater part
of his life in Jackson county,
Hew as a Confederate veteran
having served the full four years
in the War between the States.
TENNIS SUITsS
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blouses. You can take off the
shirt for tennis and put on the
shirt for country club wear after
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Song Hits!
A Thousand
Laughs!
A Homerun of Baseball and Footlights
VAN and SCHENCK, BESSIE LOVE,
J.C. NUGENT, BENNY RUBIN, and
“They Learned
About Women”
Returns to Athens
'Dr. A. R. Hatton, (top). of
Northwestern University, and
Orville A. Park, well known
Macon attorney and authority
on tax matters in Georgia, who
will speak at the Public Affairs
Institute at the University
again his summer.
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FARM OIL COOPERATIVE
GROWS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—(AP)—Five
new stations are expected to be
added this summer to the 60 bulk
storage stations dealing in petro
leum products and operated in
affiliation with the Illinois Farm
Supply Company.
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MARY DORAN
LIGHT COAT
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/
INSTITUTE OPENS|
AT UNIVERSITY ON
MONDAY, JULY 7TH|
The fourth annual session of the
University of Georgia Institute of
Public Affairs will open on the
evening of Monday, July 7, and
will extend through Wednesday of
the following week.
The Institute is intended to
serve a double purpose. The first
is to encourage the development
of international mindedness. Dr.
R. P. Brooks, sirector, of the
Institute, has explained this phase
thus: “The traditional American
attitude of aloofness from worldl
affairs cannot be maintained un
der present day conditions. Wheth. .
er we like it or not, the fact re
mains that our national interests
in Europe, Asia and South Amer
ica, both politically and economi
cally force us to study foreign
affairs. To this end the Institute
will bring this summer a consid
erable number of men whose
knowledge of world problems is
first hand and authentic.”
The second function of the In
stitute is ‘to provide a forum for
the discussion and clarification of
state and local problems—prob
lems of government, of taxation,
of health, of education. All of the
round table «conferences this year
will be devoted to anallyzing the
constitution of Georgia. -Among
the topics to be discussed will be
the constitution and powers of the
general assembly, the executive
department, including the gover
nor's powers, the executive and
administrative commissions, bu
reaus and departments; the judi
ciary; the finances, taxation, and
public debt, of the state, and the
educational system. &
| These round table discussions
}have been planned by Dr. A. R.
Hatton of Northwestern Univer
sity, and Orville A. Park of Ma
con. Both of these men partici
pated in the Institute Jast sum
“mer in which some of the confer
| ences were devotéd to the sub
| ject of state government.
BANK CLOSES
)
' ST. PETERSBURG, Fia—(/P).
Illcavy withdrawals in the last
' two weeks, due, officials of the
bank said, to lack of confidence
’in stateb anks, caused the Ninth
| Stree bank and Trust Company
| here to close today.
[ Directors decided to liguidate
|to protect depositors. The bank
| had capital stock of $200,000 with
| a reserve of $164,270 and deposits
of $054.922. The American Barnk,
also a slate institution closed a
|few weeks ago.
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