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1, 1925 tiam of hou~ e December 11, 1925 WILMETTE LIFE 39 ford for a certain kind of biography which· is sincere, witty and sometimes brilliant. In "'Wives" he has not dis&appointed us." id D ·. I, Kt: '· II i win t r ' 11 ie c tcndi t { ~ tl'y AND THEY ALL LIVED "THE ETERNAL CIRCLE" By Jay William Hudson D . Appleton & Co. . . .. .. .. · ~. ..., ·"' :~ e 0 .,. I .. .. Tho:--l' " 11() Ion .~ to ~l'L' the fir -. t Ion· l' 11 d, t o . ., L'l' t h · In 1111 h k inarticulate loH·r get thl' tach· ()i hi.., dream s, will enjoy "The Eternal t 'ircle" by the author oi the dclightiul "Abbe ·Pierre." J arul Phelps wa ~ a youth of man\' drcarns who all >wed tl~cm to become t a rn i..., he rl aft c r he Ieft 11 an· a nl. In~tead of pur:- uin g lit erature, he pur . . ul'd 111tdicine, and when hi.., old cuilege friend, Bob \ 'an t, Gllll · to tcarh phi!Cl -.o phy in the unin·r:-- ity in thl' iomH:r'.... home t o\\'11, hl' found hi ~ irit·nd a firmly t·ntrenrl w d phy~ician and cynic. · Tht' ll enter tht \\'CJ I! Ltn lll'Xl clllcJr . Tht· t\\(1 men resented tiH· lwtt-.\' ht·ing buil t thl'n·. but when tht fair (lt't'llJlant .trri ,·t·-. \\·it h her brother, it takt·..., them c,nl\ ;d>out t\\·o week-; to fall collectin· h · i! 1 lc , \·e. B t1 t t h c i a i r o 111 ·. J), , r ntil\·. hv n:tlll l', clcJl'" nnt i;dl in 1<1\"(· \cdkt·t in·ly, c1r ~ing ly, for tht· prl' -.. ent . _'ht· i. . <l ilt' oi thn --t· Jll'O]llt- d~ ·, cril)('rl 11\ tiJ,. ;t11thn r a-. "pnrt·" ;1 1Hl ",.tinth·' ' \'. Ill) raJ].., inrth ;~-. llltll'h --~111p.t ti1,. ::,·111 11 -- a ht· man in t ilt' t(ll' Lo~ r· :·~ 11: 1 t Ill' h n y \\ it h t h l' . . 11 1\., h a I ( J:tr·rl . tl1c · illpuJ-..i,,· on,·. i-. Ill f:11 tll '. ,[C'tt j1 , . .j ' 1lit<l!", \'. hilc· ~~ l,jl ! ',( 1 ' llf J i-. 1\':t:'l ill ]cl\·;d -.ill'l]\ '1. 1: ·1 WIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL · 1 !\·r llJ"·l l 1111 · 't"t·:J, ·. f adl·li11c· \\·~,r·l REMIND US :!ll!"'"ll. 1.1:-t· cl'-.. fi r... 1",.,. ,.,1,., iii, .,! I · l \. c. :t : ' :ll' '11 ),. .llH lJ \.. . . ( )\'. . "WIVES" :·,,JJ 1J ·ill!l 1 ,j :t 1l.J 1:1Jl :q1'1\·, ,),, '11" 1' I I :·c·d ;I~ l ' .. I,. ( t '"I ll ' 1r:l : Jc] By Gamaliel Bradford \·.1 t i1· l '! o:: ·t! ,i;·,·lt- l~e~"' tc1 Harper & Bros. "l :. ktck · :1 i 1 !;. l;t;,·d tl ·c I ' :tll. ) · ..! .. ' c l ' . I ), . (C l~ :, ) iJ (' 1c t1 ;l. ' . L :t JL: dit'l l: r.t rli(lrd IJa..., l'lrc"'L'Il an · ·· '. 'I j, ·'t I.. . j I I· . :1:.1 ' I I:" . 1 1i' \ I 1°} 11 . 11 ' l (j' ,· 11 11[ i' IIC I ;r} , rf]\· \' i It · l.tJ"I',j l" ~ -~·lkllt tht 'll' v j,,r lJi . . h~~c.\... oi -.\\itt t··d \ l .td· li·l· 't'l l. ;r 'l ll 'l'l'.....,·, th<l tlr.t\\11 JHll" r:ti' CIJ . . t'\ "('1\ .\ :Lvric:lll · I. ,I . ( · ; ]1 1 ' l . -( I! \' I l ' ·Jl I )I :· I I II\ '. '.<IJl :t·JJ. " \\"i n : -." ui l.tnwtt-.. and in· ( t\ ' · · ' i.' i c. \ '·· I 1!. i . 1 . Jl. i I :· tllllill ... Illt'll in (lllr hi:-;tt1ry - olft·r a lur t· · 1· _1, 1 ;·, ,j ,: .. 1· 1.j J 11 , 1 .<J .ti tt ·· all !11 <1\lr curi<~~~~_::_:~ng a-.. thl· !)tTk 1 1·' 1:1111 . ... I'·. . !I I li\t ' lt:q·pih· tl c··· t r i u m ph i n t h e c :I I ) I I · 1 I ... thrust them in a committing di sdain upon the woman. ll e heard them di s cordantly ret n·a t i ng: and he went homt..· noticing tht lllild Lleliriutn of nightfall. " During the entire reading of th e book \\·e feel that \H' are in the grip of a "mild delirium." Dr. Tran ~ it i-, a great ~c ienti ~ t. In iart he is said to be him seli a "chemical product" and not a no rmal hu lll<tll being at all. He ha s performed 111an\· miracle s of sc i ·nee but ne\'er the ~111e of dying and coming back to liit..· \\ hich i.., to be th e final experillH'll t. l1tt t i (J'" which he ha.., n ·y ·r had tht· courage. But in ti lt' cour . . c of hi s experimen tation ht: h ~h cii -,co \·e red a marvcllo'.ts potion \\ hi ch \\·ill mak e \\"CJilH'Il men, and lllL·n \\"Oilll'll. John and ).fary, a young rnarried couplt. decided to hav e the change tried on thc·m . '1 hey l>e r atnt· Joan and ~J arlow . ~1arlow likl' ~ the change but Joan get:-. re stive in a few year . . and i..; changed back. Ire d"e . . n't heronw l ohn again hut a new pn -.on , J en·miah. :\nd he :-.l'C' lll · to think that ha ·inl! htTII thr vl' pt·r-.c 1 1 ::' l.!'iH· ... him th t· ril!"ilt t<' di-.cour-.l' tl1re t illlt·, .~ ... lltllt..'ll a-. (lthcr peoplt· (Jn li !·t· :111 d lei\ t·. l':t rticularl _,. Inn·. \\"hich lH· cl< It', with rem a rka h 1e aktn cl < 111. TlH· antltr1r ha " .ttl in t en-.vl\ dr .t11 1atic L!"iit and a C1lllll11and oi" \\ord" ,.,]li<"h i-. 11<1 nnh· -..t;trtlin~h· <, :·i~ina l h11t t .· n·rnvl~ p()t' ic- . . ing behind the sceues of the stage. Years cannot damp e n our arJoc to know what Abraham Lincoln really ielt about that mu~h maligned, overpraised, underrated, round faced little person who was hi s wife. On thi ~, ext remely open question, 1'1 r. I Brad\Yord can give us little actual ~a ti sfact ion, to be sure, but he can state the case for each extreme and :;uggest the saf~r middle cc·urse. The women connected with the two great romantic traitors, Bened~ct Arnold and Aaron Burr, were far greatcr and more worthy to he renH!I!lbcred than th e men who fixed t het'l in our memories. In both cases ).[r. Bradword paint s a picture of a great deal of pathos, nobility and beauty. In the other~. women \\·ho liavc perhap les: of the romantic lure. ~{r:;. James ~{adi son, Mrs. Jefferso n Davis. ~f rs. B~njamin Butler, and ~I r~_. Jam e.... ( ' · Bla111e, the author ha . . gn·en u" H·ry human figures. \\.c have come to look to ).[r. Brad- Li rary tory our I Now Institution Here .More than 60 children attended the story hour at the Wilmette Public library last Saturday morning, being a record attendance, according to Miss Anne L. Whitmack, librarian. The stories were read by Miss Winifred Bright , children's librarian, in the new children's room in the basement of the building. Following the stories Miss Margery Day sang several songs arranged for poems from Milne's new book of children's verse, "When We \Vere Very Young." Story hours are becoming increasingl}y popular with the children of the village and all are I itH"ited to attend them. ~ ------------------ b S H I ~--.....------..... 1 MY LIFE AS AN I EXPLORE.R By Sven Hedin I I Science actually knows more about I the Pole s than tht; interior of Asia. I In the un n~iling of thi s Yast and ia::-.cinating Terra Incognita, the greate~t part ha s b en played by the intrepid explorer, .. \·en Hedin, ,,·ho . . r autohio~raphy h equally l;hcinatinl! a" a liie :--tory and a 1H10k oi tran·l. Large Octavo $5.00 1 Gav c·aty 6, Artlt·r PlliUip· The " A pJde to the f'..m o£ Paria · · · · 17.5 Brentano'e- Chicago I I 1 Boni & Liveright N.Y. '------------------·· NU~1BER THREE JOY STREET T llt' i.v.tu ·i iu l IHHlk 1 Jr childre n ~ 1 r; t · , ; t 11 d \ l r . . l' .., I> y \\· a I l ' r cl L' 1 a \ I .1 r t · · ( ~ · l( . ( · r c t c r t u n . II i Ia ire l:v ll"r, :\ . . \. ~Ii lne, and otlwr-.. t'qu :tlly famed. Pictures 1n color :tllcl hlark and \\"hi te . .~2.:n . F" r sa],. <tt all lJ1H·k:-:1 Jl , r:-: c 1 MOTOR COMPANY 1 SKOKIE ht> unly Authori~t.ecl Ford Dealer· Be·twt-t>n E,·nnston and llighlnnd Park. c I I WINNETKA, ILL . 712-14-16 Elm Street (), I I ' · I .... \I'PLE ' l ' O'\ \ , . t· :-: t \'I) ~t.. ( '() \1 .. \ ' .:\"t ·w Y11rk II. 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