Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1948 — Page 8

‘Baritone’ Is Li

Of Metropolitan Opera Star.

And His Love

"BARITONE." A novel. By Lillian Lauferty. New York, Doubleday, $3. By George Millar. New York, Double-

"ISABEL AND THE SEA." day, $3.50.

THESE are the days when the opera costumes at the big “Met” at 35th and Broadway are laid away in moth balls. When the only arias come from painters who yodel

as they touch up the walls. important baritone of Lilian

entered there today, he would be reminded again of his

wife, Giulia, berating it their first visit: : “Madonna mia! This cannot be the great Metropolitan! The Gewandhaus of Leipzig is of stone. All the little operas in the . Small cities of Italy are of stone. Scala Milano is a palace. They are all palaces com-

on

this? A stable.” The wife of

Lillian Lauferfy Anthony Carlos

was impatient; tering she didn’t want to stand pai waiting for the great Gatti-|geems

Cc to come out of his con-|outside. Miss Lauferty underference. Carlos was disillusioned, |stands Lisa; though she does not s his friend| wholly convince me why Lisa Peter took him to the|ghould fall so hard for such a The baritone’s|hoor as Carlos. It is obvious from room was a square’ place|the details packed into the story

surprised. The place is a relic of the past.” " 8 =

THUS OPENS a tale of New York's famous opera, written by who ought to

Lilian Lauferty, know

W 80m about the “Met,” for, her husband, James Wolfe, was a basso there. Like many authors before her — James Hu-

of experiences. Confident of his ability, he resented put in subordinate parts,

_ and other Metropolitan stars had

served loyally as directed. Carlos sang, went on concert tours, was called to Hollywood, and reached the heights of popular glory on the air waves, but: there were a great many rocks on the road as he went on. ® ® =»

THEY INCLUDED his temperament and emotional upheavals. The sister of his friend, Peter Borodin, basso of the opera, cape he pushed Guilia out of his life. He

tivated him, and in

married Lisa Borodin, who woul

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If Anthony Carlos, the selfLauferty’s novel, “Baritone,”

have been serenely happy if only he had been able to live quietly in their home. But Carlo’s manager was always signing another big contract, and a woman has no place on the road with an artist. Lisa's personal difficulties included the threat of a premature birth in an opera box, while Carlos was do-| ing some untraditional cavorting as Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger. In time the wealthy Mrs. C shepherding Carlos around, with consequences to her young precocious daughter that none of them had visualized. Fi ” . . 8 TO ME, the appealing character in the story is Lisa. Carlos is the chief figure on the stage, blus- ’ pleading, arguing, wheedling, but his ruthless character described solely from the

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Novelists Greene and Cain Abandon Their Hard-Boiled Approach With New Books

“THE HEART OF THE MATTER." A novel. By Graham Greene.

"THE MOTH." A novel. By James M. Cain. New York, Knopf, $3. Today's new novels are more bad news for the tough school of fiction writers, the sock-him-in-the-jaw and gimme-that-woman boys. For two veterans who used to deal out thrills and chills and never let a conscience interfere, have reformed. Graham

edge of my chair many a time,

has joined the church and is writing about man’s moral torment,

and James M. Cain, whose twiceringing postman started a lot of other writers tossing bullets and babes around, has gone romantic and written a love story. Graham Greene's novel, “The Heart of the Matter,” deals with a good man who can't justify his moral lapses in the light of God’s love and commits a grievous sin that destroys him. It is a Catholic novel becausé the crucial test comes with the man’s unworthiness to receive Communion, and it is deeply religious, speaking to all who believe man- has a duty

is a superb master of narrative, he makes this an engrossing story. - od ce FR a ‘HIS BOOK arrives with the bigest fanfare in years, a number of British authors going all out to put Mr. Greene in the top flight of living British writers. I think Bruce Marshall gets close to the truth when he says that

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‘Fadiman is deeply moved by the novel, which he commends on behalf of the Book of the Month Club. “ ” » READERS who meet Major Scobie, in “The Heart of the Matter,” will see at once that this middle-aged police conrmissioner in a British West African port is not the arrogant sort of officeholder so often portrayed, but a man with considerable pity for others and personal humility. He is a convert, married to a clinging vine who has no understanding of the depth of his feeling toward God. She is devout and loves him, but Scobie’s love for her has long since turned to pity. Major Scobie’s compassion gets him into trouble. It leads him to put himself into the hands of a Syrian moneylender, and to de-

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tect his wife, since he pities her; also he must comfort his new love, else she wil drunken sot, Bagster. He goes to confession, but: as he cannot promise to give up the young lady, he does not get absolution. To please his wife he goes to Communion at the altar rail; this breaks his heart, for he has desecrated God. Those in the faith will understand his intense feeling of guilt, but whether they will condone his suicide I cannot tell. I did not think it the inevitable solution, despite the careful preparation by Mr. Greene. But here, you see, is a new slant, or a welcome return to-an old one, that man’s real fight is not with enemies outside, but with weakness within himself. Like all of Mr. Greene’s writings, it moves forward smoothly and holds your intérest. 8.» »

JAMES M. CAIN is not a convert to religion but to the conviction that the tough, hard-boiled novel is through — for him at least. And when a writer of his hard-hitting school puts a clean, ideal love in the heart of his hero, it is something to watch. Not that Jim l.as gone over completely to sentiment. There's enough

Sen. McGrath: Defends. Party

"THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE.” By Sen. J. Howard McGrath. ew York, Messner, $2.75.

Sen. J. Howard McGrath, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has put his defense of the Democratic administration into a book, “The Power of the People,” which gives the principal arguments on which the Democrats will fight the campaign, The familiar charge that the Democratic party serves the people, whereas the Republican party serves special interests, is repeated; the Republican majority in the Congress is blamed for obstructing the wise measures offered by President Truman, for reasons of isolationism, profits for big corporations, interference with labor; support of inflation by voiding price control, and similar excuses.

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. » » SEN. McGRATH is also the enemy of the Communist Party and of fellow travelers who advocate a totalitarian system and he will have none ofthe Wallace following. An interesting point in his book is his identification of the bosses with the people, describing how Ed Kelley of Chicago, Bob Hannegan of St. Louis, Ed Flynn of the Bronx, did the hard job

electrifying an apathetic publig. However, the election of 1946,

evidently the listen to their bosses.

of Mr. McGrath's essay.

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