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0f the book, the publishers- Say, "IVicki Baum .turns to the contemp- orar'Y Scene and an. ingenious plot pattern recaiiing "Grand Hlotel." She brings to play ail the literary power, the 'depth of insight, Which ,critics admired in 'Tale of Bal.' Shanghai on the eve of- the Japanese inv asion i; the sceere of this new novel- an international crossroads wbich Is the focal point of a boiling, troubled world * Against this background Vicki Baurn traces the llves of a dozen oddiy assorted characters whom fate has gathered together from ail over the world, from the highest social strata to the lowest, and brought to a common . . . . the cycles of their existence are complete." Fernand de Gueldre Photo Rowena Bastin Bennett of High- lând-park, poet, Wtt Oaeak on "Chfldren and. Poetry" at the annual banquet of thé Young Mot her'a club of Wlimette on October 16, at, Shawnee 'outVy club. Rowena-Bennett Speaker at Young Mothers' Banquet The annual banquet of the Young Mother's club o! Wilmette will be held at 6:30 o'clock Monday eve- ning, October 16, at Shawnee Coun- PATRONIZE* Out AUYERTIERSI [OPENITHURSDAY and SATURDAY EVEINGS u.dI9 OMCLO.K 41k &bout our free parking plan NATURAL POISE 'I