Show S WEST1RN CIVILIZATION The Mills of Mini i Novel By Philip S Payne PubllHhed by Rand McXally 55 1 Co ChlwiRO A story which treats of civilisation as It Is soon in the I depths ot social and political abysse of lie foremost city of he obi 1Vet The author so cants his story as to bring to the service of hla plot his evidently evi-dently profound acquaintance with the innermost workings of luinauity In tim seething caldron of tlu archetypical industrial in-dustrial city of the I world the homo of S the intonscst democracy that Is anywhere any-where found To him tho city In typical S of America as Paris Is I of France and as Constantinople Is of Turkey lie glories S In its tremendous upbuilding and brings forth hiillehijnhu over its 1 widereaching Industries and activities I I Tho plot of the story and a I vital clement in its political retting rests upon a double romance in 5 the unfolding oC which Is developed an in tfiiso Inieresi On one side IB the domestic domes-tic tragedy of Mr and Mrs Cents the I millionaire leaders of politics and society S ind on the I oilier the growing happiness of llildegnrd Hrown Iho girl manager of a business office with the taint of thd Mrcets upon her and Christopher Rub tfles tim Idealist and the dreamer Tho love story of Garde and Kugglcs which inns through the book has about It the S llavor of elemental poetry But after all It Is Mr and Mrs Corlls who arc the leadIng lead-Ing characters Corliss the scheming egotist attempts to make use of the millions mil-lions of J L J and his wifes social position posi-tion lo secure him the Governorship of Illinois i to enable him to put through the legislature a combination of dl Ihe I traction trac-tion lighting and power con panics of Chicago whereby to further rob tim peo tile and make himself and his friends secure se-cure In their wealth lie attempt to run the political world after his own fashion S but goes ultimately as grist to Ills ownS own-S mill and all because uf the righteous haS ha-S tred of Illldcgnrd Hrown Mrs Conk on the oilier hand freed from the worship of Iior vainglorious husband returns to her Puritan inheritance of honest living andS and-S wins a doubtful and sad victory Tho character drawing is vivid and true and Boss McBride with liEs pithy sayings is u real creation The hook is sure of a wide and favorable reception and it deserves It |