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MARCH, 1923. PAGE FIVE Books Intended to be Read in Bed BURY HALL FOLKS By PROFESSOR M. E. DEWEY. * _ By EMILY ETHELL (W e realize -that we are taking liberties with the poetry of Modern Poetry Rinehart, M. Edgar A. Guest, and we offer abject apologies, but do it just the Amazing Interlude. A war story When the brain gets dry as an empty same.) nut, that has not lost the power to enter­ When the mind (like a beard) has a tain. L ~~ formal cut— Trakington, Booth. We’re queer folks here at Bury Hall, There is a place and enough for the Gentle Julia. The joys of having We talk about the weather, * pains of prose; young relations. The gotod times we have had together, But whenever the May-blood stirs and Magnificent Ambersons. Winner of The good times near, glows, the Pulitzer prize a few years ago. The sunsets and the trees, And the young year dra\vs to the Monsieur Beaucaire. To fie Doug­ We know no others such as these. ——^ "golden prime,” las Fairbanks’ next big picture. We talk about examinations too And Sir Romeo sticks in his hair a Wilson, H. L. And who came mighty near not getting through. rose— Merton of the Movies. Who pray­ We talk of things both great and small Then hey! for the ripple of laughing ed: “ Oh, God, make me a good movie For they’re of interest to us all. rhyme! actor!1* Now'a successful. play ray* But we don’t talk gossip itvthe Hall.---------------■»---------- —Austin Dobson. ning in New York. We’ve got too many other labors To talk about our neighbors. Guest, Edgar. * Travel and Advefflure "The wonders of each region view Just Folks. H. From frozen Lapland to Peru." My books and I are good old pals, We’re strange .(oiks here at Bury Hall. —Soame Jenkins. My laughing books are gay, We’re trying to*be cheerful, Bechdolt, F. R. Just suited for my merry moods And keep this Hall from getting tearful. When the West was Young. “ Ex­ When I am wont to play. We hold it dear. , citing and true tales of pioneer days, Kipling, Rudyard. We never speak o f wantin’ money; Indians, bandits, courage and adven­ Verse: inclusive edition. All the We’re always just as sweet as honey. ture, compiled from reminiscences of poetry that Kipling wrote from 1886 An’ when the water freezes old settlers, files of Arizona newspa­ through 1918. We just laugh at colds an’ sneezes. pers and books ''on early days in the Lindsay, Vachel. When someone’s noise a question raises west.” The Congo. “ Then I saw the Con­ We always sing each other’s praises. go creeping through the Black, Cut­ Grey, Zane. ting through the jungle with a golden Tales of Lonely Trails. Zane Grey’s III. track.” adventures in the southwest, roping Wfe've one rule here at Bury Hall, lions in the Grand Canyon and hunt­ Masters, E. L. And that is to be pleasant. Spoon River Anthology. Interesting ing lions and bears. The folks we know are always present, to mirror the age and country in Binghpm, Hiram. Or very near. ___ . ' Inca Land. Discoveries of the lost which we live. At night we’re here together so. civilization of the Incas, and their But in the day to different classrooms go. Noyes, Alfred. Collected poems. wonderful stone-built cities. An’ that keeps us from, always seem" “ fVimp rtown tn Kew in lilac-time, in Drama The faults in every human bein’. lilac-time, >n lilac-time; "Is there no pTay, W T don’t talk-mean when faUta are neir, _ _ Come down to Kew in lilac-time (it To ease the angftish of a torturing Our friends are always there to hear. isn’t far from London!) hour?” —Shakespeare. An’ so no scandal here is started And you shall wander hand'in hand Barrie, J. M. Because from friends we’re never parted. with love in summer's wonder­ Dear Brutus. “ The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our land; stars, Come down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn’t for from London.) But in ourselves, that we are under­ lings.” Sandburg, Carl. Would you have been a different Smoke and Steel. ‘^ Ife today is transmitted into words, sometimes person had you taken the other turn­ very beautiful, sometimes very ugly, ing? but whether developing a broad pan A Kiss for Cinderella. The dream oramie view and suggesting its spir­ of a little cockney servant girl comes itual significance, or making lovely true. What Every Woman Knows. Read Sketches just for their beauty, each 371 DEPARTMENT STORES it and learn the secret of popularity. poem means something in America’s Leonard, S. A. ed. answer to the eternal question.” Atlantic Book of Modern Plays. Teasdale, Sara. Shay, Frank, ed. Flame and Shadow. Contemporary One-Act Plays of Love Songs.' 1921. Two good collections of modem "L ife ha's: loveliness to sell, Young Men’s S p o r t s Suits All beautiful and splendid things, plays. Blue waves whitened on a cliff, In Smart All Wool Cassimeres Soaring fire that sways and sings, NORMAL NOCKS Your inspection of our showing of SporSI Suits will quickly demonstrate their unusual smnrtnes* a id the fact that they And children’s faces looking up afford far more in clothing value than ia usually found. Holding wonder like a cup.” Did you ever "Enow that "no teach­ Stories That Will Amuse You er is hard if you get your lessons?* “The foolishest book Is. a kind of leaky boahon a sea of wisdom; some Be it ever so homely, there’s no' o f the wisdom will get in anyhow.” face like your own. — Holmes. Keep your temper. Nobody els'e Bacheller, Inring. wants it. In the Days of Poor Richard. A love story of Revolutionary times. A dog fills an empty place In a Farjeon, Eleanor. Martin Pippin in the apple orchard. man’s life—especially a hot dog. A story to read in the spring time. The difference for some men be­ How Martin Pippin rescued Gillian tween an “ A ” and a funk; is a co­ from the well house which was guard­ ed. ed by six milkmaids "sworn virgins and man-haters all.” Miss Hurd, in English class: “ Bus­ Famol, Jeffery. ter, get some part of your znind on Amateur Gentleman. Who chose af­ that book besides your eye.” ter all "the ‘harder way’ which is a path that can be trsdden only by the A FOOLISH QUESTION foot of a Man! Peregrine’s Progress. More ro- A Junior asks: “ How can I get an f manc^ in old England. article in the Pine?" Gale, Zona. Well, Junior, this depends entirely Miss Lulu Bett. "Much admired upon the article. If the article hap­ both for its craftsmanship and for it$ pens to be a bottle of ink, a fountain interest, is this story of a household pen, or a spool of thread, tear the drudge.” pages apart and spread them smooth­ Hope, Anthony. ly upon the floor. After placing the Prisoner o f Zenda. The story up­ article in the center, fold over the There are tartan plaids, pencil stripes, checks and herrtnr* on which the picture that >*ou saw last edges neatly and tie with a string. The bones in greys, browns, tans and blues. The illustration shows fall is based. latter will prevent the article from one of the several styles in our displays at— Johnson, Owen. slipping out. If, however, thq article Skippy Bedelle. A woman hater of happens to be a bath tub, a player- $24.75 $29.75 $34.75 aixUan who declares that “if any lov­ piann, or something of like bulk, it ing is going to be done, they can do Is advisable either to use a crate or the loving.” a Sunday paper. _ - ==— 7.

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