Show Heart of Salome Salome'S S Story tory of Love in Higher Places Novel Bitterly Assails Men Who Create War Sentiment Sentiment Sentiment Sen Sen- By ATHENE FA FARNSWORTH The Th Heart of Salome proves an anIn anin intriguing In title for Allen Raymonds Raymond's novel of a beautiful American woman woman woman wom wom- an and her love love and and other other other-af other affairs affairs in ln Paris Diane Mayfield called the because of her unquestioned unquestioned unquestioned un un- un- un questioned position as a reigning beauty and social favorite has traveled trav tray a long way in worldly wisdom and experience since th the romance of her youth was shattered by her er marriage to the wealthy rl roue ue Mayfield Mayfield Mayfield May- May field but upon meeting her girlhood girlhood girlhood girl girl- hood sweetheart some eight years later s she e finds that he Is all that counts in the world and sets herself herself her her- self to retrace the steps that keep them apart and to win his back bacle He seems most m st unwilling believing the worst as circumstances rather than facts picture the setting for Diane and this conflict of wills is the structure upon which the plot is built this book by Allen Raymond a young American newspaper news news- paper man claims that it is causing causing causing caus caus- ing a sensation in London where it was first published similar to that Inspired by Michael Michaei Arlen's Green Hat Mr Raymond like the young Armenian has written a story or of orlove orlove love in high places s. s but this time In Paris in the little international world of pleasure seekers where everybody knows everybody There are even whispers that the heroine the lovely loyel Diane Is a young American woman noted In the Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day day- supplements for the magnificence cence Other of her clothes while the tile villain villain vil VII lain Is a famous war profiteer of Near Eastern origin who has acquired acquired acquired ac ac- ac- ac a British title Hints of the truth of this gossip may be found when one notes the sentence break breaking ing the clear whiteness of an entire page The page The characters in this story are imaginary and are not portraits of any living persons None of the characters seem particularly par par- admirable or even lovable but the book Is written in an Interesting interesting interesting inter Inter- esting style and bits of philosophy and colorful descriptions make reading it worth while The insidious insidious insidious ous Influence of luxury on character character charac charac- ter is also an Interesting phase underlying the motivation people ar are aze creatures of habit It but character character character charac charac- ter pan can an cOme come out ou victorious provide ing the end is worth the struggle Probably the most worth while bit In the book is Dianes Diane's Indictment of the men who make war her re resentment resentment re- re at the unevenness of the conflict the unfairness of life Ufe life She used to stand before her canteen in In the reserve areas of a great battle and see the carefree Jaunty young singing their way to their baptism of slaughter S So helpless and unknowing were were they In the grip of senile and nd cynical plotters who sat comfortably comfortably comfortably comfort comfort- ably in their decay far behind those engines of war that maimed and blinded and strangled all these ripe youth who lured th the young men on onto onto onto to serve their with cleverly wrought slogans of glory which when the dirty work was done would be beas as bywords and mockeries who seduced mere boys to cutthroat cutthroat cutthroat cut cut- throat heroisms by bribes of two two- penny ribbons and crosses to stick on their coats coats- coats coats- and so on Small Maynard Co o. o Inc Bo Boston ton I |