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28 WILMETTE LIFE Au~ust 23. 1929 Comment on-Current Books PRIZE FOR IDENTIFICATION. of Juanita Tanner, Author. What with the hot weather and all, speculation has been rife (speculation never being anything but rife) over the i-rlentitv of the author of "The Intelli.~etit Man's Guide to Marriage and Celibacy," published by Bobbs-Merrill. The author of the hook was announced as "Juanita Tanner" and Miss Tanner stoutly maintains that she is the "granddaughter" of George Eernard Shaw, who married his heroine, Ann \Vhitefield. to his hero. John Tanner, in a play called "Man and Superman," circa 1903. Reviewers of the book have flatly refused to "take that Juanita Tanner stuff." as one literary editor skeptically put it. A number of well-known writers have been accused of writing the hook, including- the se: G. K. Che. terton, Hilaire Belloc, \\'arncr Fabian, Beatrice Fairfax. Harvey \Vickham, John Broadus \Vat snn. John Erskine and \renrge Bernard Shaw himself. One literar.v rl'\·iewcr stated: "Some philoso phy, some science. some ps_,·c)Jl)logy are here. blended. " ·ith an ease of writing that is suggestive of Han·e_,. \Vickham. John \Vatson and John l·:rskine. In fact, this mig-ht be the joint \\·or k of t hcse three and still nnt be different in one word or phrase." \Vhcrea 3, speculation in this case seems to he rifer than usual, the Bobhs.\-1errill Company will present to each person guessing- the right name of the author. a sp~cially hound, autographed col)Y of the hook_:...,"The Intelligent ~I an's Guide to ~f arriage and Celibacy." It must be however. a bona fide guess and not knowledge received from one who just happens to know. 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Here i one of the most beautiful: "The night is dark and your slumber is deep in the hush of my being. "\\Take. 0 Pain c)£ Love, for I know not ho,,· to open the door. and I stand outside. "The hour s wait, the sta rs \\·atch, the \rind is still, th e silence is heavy in my heart. "\\'a ke. Lm·e, \Yake! brim mv empty cup. and with a breath of :-:. OJ;g ruffle the night." The gorg-eous imagery and f111e penetration shO\\·n in all these poems are typified in this equally exquisite one: "\\'·hen the wearines s of the road is upon me. and the thirst of the sultry day: " ·hen the ghostly hours of the dusk thro\\· their shadov\ s across my life. then I cry not fur your voice only, my friend. hut for your touch . 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The sm iles and tears of four women were responsible ior nlllch that ~am Houst on did to\\'ard remaking the map of a continent. .-\ s the gifted ~·o~111g (~O\Trnor of Tennes see. Ho uston wooed Eliza · Allen. \\'ith difficulty, he won h er. Eleven weeks later, he re signed his office. changed his nam~. and vanished from ciYilization. :\othing, whate\·er the occasion. \rhakver the cost, rnul<l induce him to tell ,,·hv he did it. He died belieYing that the. secret \ras l>ttrie.d \\'ith him. In exile among the Indians, the c·xgovernor met Tiana , the head chief's niece, and dreamed of a H. eel Empire. But ~Iexico beckoned and A11na Raguet tied hi s sword-knot and sent him tn fight. "Halt of the laurels of San jacinto are yours," he wrote her. .\nna c luclecl the conqueror, ho\\·evc r. and he lost control of hi Texas Republic . At a trawbern· iestiYal on the lawn of a stately man-or near ~Iobile, Ala., Sam Houston met ~1argaret Lea. 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