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I Toe .AJeç.g I 1724 Orington Ave. Ge., 022 a -'»i l SPDcaMINNERSPRING IMATTRESSES for James Norman Hall and Charles Nordho f, who met during the World tir amd became collaborators, have produced a iiew novel of the 'South Seaàs, *&nrk R.L 1ier. > 7eÇiy nlher iuccesses were "Mutiny oon the Bou,.ty,' are the. two big dreams of nîs hie. Neither carne to pass, and in this frus- tration, lie. both the: humor. and. the pathos whicb mnakes the story universal. lu. Forw-of Diary. Hfomer keeps a diary, the diary which is to eventually constitute this. novel. Just before lie goes to a hospital for a. fatal operation he entrusts it to Syra, awoman member of his staff in Wbom he had conficled bis ambition, and fromn whom he had received e ncouragement and friendsbip. Homer neyer weds Frances.because of a. misunderstandinig and a loyers' quarrel. He neyer wr ites bis novel because lie marries1 the wrong irl (believing Frances, lost forever) and 2q1 *e he ever.nnting financial ana romnance. Chartes Nord hof <ad Normnan Jli are immersed in the atmospherc of their homeland, and their litcrary. styles are almost identical, aI ter so muany years of eoopera.tio'*. Thse tuto atIowr. ent to Tah iti to live in 1920, and stili moke their ,home there with their wvives and children. togeterat esrt on L~fI.it r, il Riviera where tbey fiee f rom the w fogs of London. Here is a battie of grandmother social dominance; bere are a LorI Lady whose decision to take on: lJ guests at their villa almost bringi astrous consequences; bere is Hav lady's inaid extraordinary, whose band plays a drarnatic role in the years of ber -and the life he imagines she is living. Interwoven witb the personal hap- penings of Homer's everyday existence are the imiportant news stori-es he covers, and the world-wide events taking. place. He recounts elections, major disasters, an a uinLo e s'vn rienrps wth report- - - i UiiFiaz leveland. i4ate leacis him next 10 - 'Y erland, to wind up his affairs in that Kansas~ City where be meets, Pearl, )rcountry, and will corne back to this bis future wife, and later to San Fran- idcountry in the autunin to establisb per- cisco and Denver, )g manent residence. He bas already Homer's personality, as revealed iii s- ake te frs stpstowrdbecoming an bis diary, bas been vividly portrayed. ~- tlce th fist tep toardand characterizes millions of bard-. s, Americani citizen., working middle class Americans. In rizý On Roul idlwuh.Avi t ost of 401f Dy io