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Show ' i j i , BOOK REVIEWS- "ROSY CHEEKS AND STRONGHEART" By J. Mac and Annia Tu rn.r Andrass. Parents are often at a loss concern ing the manner and means of teaching j their children the rudiments of health. ! No quicker road to the child mind Is to be found than that prevailing in literature lit-erature which will interest the youngsters. young-sters. Two such bonks, "Rosy Cheeks and Strong Heart." by J. Mace Andress and Annie Turner Andress, und "Rhymes of Cho Cho's Grandma," by Mm. Frederick l'eterson, have just been issued by the Child Health Organization Organiza-tion -of America. We are likely to expect almost anything any-thing from a textbook for third grade children that begins In the unacademic manner of this volume, and 'The Story nf Rosy Cheeks and Strong Heart" is not disappointing. We are getting ac- customed in this country to school books that are attractive both in con-' tent and typography, though it must j be said that so far the printing art Is j in advance nf the literary when it comes to readers tor vmill children. But this winsome story of Mary Ann and her brother, who invoke tho aid of the Fresh Air Fairy and other friendly spirits, is at once good to look at. fascinatingly Interesting, and thoroughly thor-oughly worth while. From the moment Mary Ann und .Tack tuck a tiny envelope containing their appeal for aid into a beautiful red tulip the story of Rosy Cheeks and Strong H-ort moves forward entranc-ingly. entranc-ingly. How the milk bottles walk Hround and talk to each other In the! rarly morninj, to the excitement and i edification of Mary Ann and Jack: how the children meet the Vegetable family Miss fpanlch. Miss Carrot, Miss Potato Po-tato and Miss Lettuce, and their brothers. broth-ers. Hilly Beet. Tommy Onion, Teddy String Bean, Charlie Squash to nay nothing of the Fruit family with Miss Strawberry and Miss Orange as the special favorites and Auntie Toothbrush, Tooth-brush, inclined to be rather scratchy, and Grandma Washcloth, who has very sharp eyes and Is very curious -these are all elements in a story that also includes a ferocious battle In which 1 the Friendly Fairies and the Grimy joes I fight out this business of healthy, j happy living in a way to satisfy the most bloodthirsty. There are many educators who be-! be-! l!eve that in utilising the arts of story I telling and advertising the Child I Health Organization has hit upon the I real way to teach good health. The 'group of pioneers that introduced cliil-1 cliil-1 dren all over the I'nlted States to Cho Cho, the Health Clown, and the Health Fairy has carried its own standard a bit further In this charming book that makes health such a happy, Inspiring, natural thing to read about. (Child Health Organization of America, lj Fifth Avenue, New York City.) -KALEEMA," BY MARION M'CLELLAND. Something different in stage atmosphere atmos-phere is presented in "Kaleema," the first novel from the pen of Marion Mc-.Cleliand. Mc-.Cleliand. Notwithstanding the fact that this Is her first big effort. Miss McClelland has a story to tell, and I tells it entertainingly and well. I Ka'.eema was born into the life of one of those mysterious, pompous. ' wildly absurd, heroic little theatrical companies which play only In small towns and usually only one night before be-fore flitting on to the next town by the owl train that makes all stops. The actors play "Camille,"' "ICast Lynn," "Oliver Twist" and more like them. Sometimes In the summer they get to 1 New York and sun themselves on the! sidewalks just above and below Times I square.- thoogh often when they havej had a lean winter they play all through I the hot months In traction parks and: other summer resorts. Nowhere is the beauty of Idealism mora honored than I In these fly-by-night companies, and! nowhere is the liberty of lawlessness r and wickedness more secure. Many people live this hard and obscure life) finely, but. If the chance comes, they want to forget It. That makes it elusive. Kaleema wanted to forget it, but she couldn't. She marries a snob who Is too soon forgotten in the action o" the story, but perhaps Miss McClelland is one of thoae writers who prefer to let her villain suffer unseen and unheard. At any rate she does not lose the real man of the story and eventually Kaleema" finds that wntch is in the heart of every woman. The story Is well worth the time It takes to read it. |