Show r Charm and Power Power- Can Contained in New J Novel The Pac Pacer r t tI I I Viola Paradise Achieves Di f WIth FIrst 4 f W Work or k By HELEN GA GARRITY RITY A new and diverting vIew up-on up the tragedy or of a love triangle by Viola Parade e in her r new nove novel The Pacer Alth Although ug this is her fIrst book Miss 1 I lara f disc reveals an artful f facility of of ex ej through which the the touch Ii of is sometimes Her swift graphic characterizations characterizations' cast an almost spiritual spiritual aura over ver commonplace events The Inherent to each character seems at times overbalanced overbalanced by a deep understanding J Js J's s sympathy mpa hy for tOI the prodding prodding bus bus- band Joe Gunner his restricted hits his n A number A ones and his intense love for hIs wife The struggle foran for an i iI I indefinable supremacy which forces Judith to surpass In in efficiency effi- effi everyone with whom she associates as as- as sedates begInning In a factory asa as a pacer for the the others others- Is the central theme about which the absorbing absorbing ab- ab and plausible tale is built Extremely candid in her acknowledgment ack- ack of her in everything she attempts Judith a times seems an impossibly selfish creature unworthy of her success i I Her marriage to Joe Gunner the shy Inarticulate owner of the fa fad tory in which she Is f by cit J cum stances to work her succeeding succeed succeed- 1 Ing possession of financial freedom her adorable little son and even her belated university education alb al I I rail fall to appease the strange unaccountable unac- unac countable urge onward The poet Edgar the mystery b by ng love into her comprehension for the first time The fhe first failure ot of her lif occurs occurs when Edgar overcome by Joes Joe's charm refuses to elope with her 7 and she is drIven by pride to leave lean her home and begin as a clerk in another city Slowly and she comes to the realization tion that Joe is her real love but thIs is is-a. miraculous spiritual revelation rev rev- elation to her Or merely sacrifice oft oi the altar of a happy ending remains a matter of I ion Still Miss Paradise has created a a. refreshing and enjoyable story 7 j one which keeps the reader interested throughout Undoubtedly i. i edly vast opportunities await the talents ot of this authoress E. E I 1 Dutton New York Y rk |