Show Restraint int Caused by Rigid Tradition Expressed pressed in iu Book Influence of a Sp Spinster I Wre Wrecks ks Lives in Their Tr Tradition B By RAY PINNEY All the tue Challenger family were were aware o of the powerful 1 restraining iii- iii fluence Challenger their home had upon them Ge George rge Vo voiced ced the feeling which held them all ali when he tie said sald The hall does influence lEnce us because because be be- I cau cause e In living on here were we're all rather poverty stricken as things go None oae one of us is able Me 10 to do what ahat we want t to do do You and Isabel s sisters are bound hand and foot toot The p t nt traditionalism na isn of or the theold theold theold old English land and holders Is voted down by Guy Guy ce In his new noy novel noyel l Their Tradition While Challe Challenger ger the ho home e w was was s the tradition on Great Aunt Aunt Alicia was was was' the dominating influence which h prevented the family ily members members members mem mem- bers from breaking the shackles This ancient ancient personage four s score ore and some soine odd dd years jears was vas the despot of ot the household one who placed d' d her foot upon upon the family members members' tendencies to break breakaway away away or laugh laugn at the family tr tradition n. n Even TIm Timothy thY the father r was subservient t to the old thin bla black k gowned spinster George Isabel the the children children all all longing for freedom and yet ret restlessly obeying the command of the tradition on and Great-Aunt Great Alicia Hilary Hilary the the oldest child was child w d-w was s freer but wi withal still subject t to the influence The quiet serious enious atmosphere of the Hall was finally disrupted with the event of ot love In the heart of ot Isabel for tor Dick Brent an em em emI I of ot the estate The Th great aunt i Intervenes dismisses dismiss s the interruption tion as ti utter ter folly tolly Bel lat later latOr r succumbed to a second love 01 01 or vIs ws I sit it perhaps mere re 1 in infatuation ii- ii created through longing loning for ex expression Her Her- love she she held In secret ecret e finally with witti the theman man man man-a a colonel fl frOm m Australia stationed sta sta stationed In England during the World war Edith an anti anticipated i d Bels Bel's affair but butas was s' s not admitted Into the se secret secret se- se cret She noted the freedom fredom of the little gl girl l and expressed x irel g It it thusy yf UiUS to her 11 T pant cant ant explain but seem different nt Freer r. r A As A Jf tt f you were always alys at some l lovely vely vl view w wor or listening to mu music c. c G George org also loved Edith no no doubt lias has been g t d to spin spin- And then Hilary practically practically took his life in his own hands Altogether an Int Interesting an absorbing story t ry Is Is drawn from the pages of Their Tradition Tra Tradition Little ittle Brown BIown Co Bos Bo Boston Boston ton Mass MassO |