TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22, 1920
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B-r Joseph Maosueen.
A Lawyer's Life en Tiro Continent, by
Wa.Iia Nash. Richard G. Badger, Bos
ton. Those of us who are comparatively
recent arrivals in Oregon during the
last ten years or so, know Wallis
Nash only as a good friend and citi
zen, a neaspaper man, and organise.
But, Mr. Nash's life covers a wider
field, and from his newest book
Lawyer's Life on Two Continents,1
and in spite of Air. Nash a modes:y
it is possible to learn that he was
born in .England, where he prospered
as a lawyer and was the personal
friend of several celebrated people
Among the latter may be named
Henry Labouchere. the literary man
and publicist, Judah i Benjamin, the
ex-confederate secretary and iawytr,
Sir Henry Bessemer, the expert
steel, Charles Darwin, the renowned
naturalist, and others.
Mr. Nash really has been one
the honored builders of Oregon, antf
much of the success in early day cl
the founding of the Oregon A&rr.cul
tural colleee has been due to him.
To read the record of sun a bu-jy
iife. free from rancour and blame
others, is an inspiration. Yet. with
all the recital, our author is ever
modest and retiring, and "does no
blow his own bugle."
Mr. Nash was sent to be educated
at Mill Hill school, and also at New
college, London, affiliated with the
London university, and boasting
faculty of professors equal ;o any of
the older colleges. When Air. Nash
was 19 years old it was proposed to
him that he should seek employment
in a ereat brewery then a lucrative
job but the young man preierred
the law. He lived in Cambridgeshire,
.Essex, and London.
In London, Air. Nash made his hapeo'
home for many years. He became
law student In the office of Field &
Koscoe, in Bedford row, and became
one of Air. Field's staff of willing
workers, making quick progress in
mastering liquidation. In those days,
even law students wore tall silk hats,
and Mr. Nash wore one.
Legal studies did not only confine
Mr. Nash's attention. He kept up
with the events of the day, played
now and then a piano and pipe organ,
and even remembers hearing Charles
Luck ens read, and Jenny Lind sing.
She had "a most unusual voice, with
a rich, throaty quality that followed
it into the highest notes, a sweetness
and naturalness that once heard is
not forgotten, but all that rather than
the songs themselves, make up my
memory of Jenny Lind."
When he was admitted as a full
fledged lawyer. Air. Nash went to live
in Ipswich, the town of Suffolk, and
famous as being the scene of certain
adventures of Air. .Pickwick and Sam
Welter. A temperance wave struck
the town, and a rich banker ordered
bricklayers to wall up the door lead
ing to his supply of port wine. After
a year or so the banker concluded
that his library needed enlargement
and when the bricklayers got to work
it was noted that several of them
were under the influence of liquor.
They had secretly earn pied the bank
er's port wine. The joke of the mat
ter came when the banker, as one of
the coifrt judges, was called upon to
pass judgment upon one bricklayer
arrested for being drunken and dis
orderly, and in beating his wife. The
banker was quite vexed when he
heard of the use to which his valued
wine had been put.
As a lawyer In London, Mr. Nash
had the good fortune to have several
distinguished people for clients: Fred
liana ome, the father of artificial
stone, the Prentices, of gun-cotton
fame, and others.
On page 63, we learo that the first
English long-distance telephone was
installed from Mr. Nash s law office
in Cheepside, London, to ueen Vic
toria's palace, Osborn, Isle of Wight.
Interesting descriptions are given
of holiday trips to the wilds of Dart
moor -4 miles by 20 Norway,
Jinnee, etc. On page 111, we are
told of a cat in Belgium that of his
own accord caught a fish in a shallow
river and took 'he fish into his own
er's house for breakfast. ,
It was in the late spring of the year
ls77 that a momentous event hap
pened to Mr. Nash one that changed
uU his destiny. A Jewish client of
his called for advice as to friends
w ho were interested In land grants
in Oregon. It was in this manner
that Mr. Nash became acquainted
w ith Colonel T. Lgerton Hogg, ex
s i i r . & I!
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Jk J hi
Wallia nk. anther of "A Law
yer's Life on Two Continentsu"
minded, courageous opinions of SO
youthful Americans upon the future
of this country and the chances for
cleaner politics, better government
and closer co-operation socially and
industrially.
The answers were selected from
many hundreds written in competi
tion for three prizes offered by the
comrades in service, the A. E. F. or
ganization co-operating with the
American Legion.
danger to the community to be found
in the influence of such people upon
those who are easily led. He also
describes the mental and physical dis
abilities that prooeed from the ex
cessive use of alcohol and tobacco,
especially of cigarettes, and warns
against the taking of headache
powders, coups cures and similar
remedies that have a hablt-formlng
tendency.
In a foreword no less an authority
than Dr. Richard Cabot of Boston
pays a glowing tribute to the effi
cacy and the lasting qualities of th,
remedial measures applied by Mr.
Towns to addicts of various sorts
who have aought his aid, and sug
gests a way of salvation for those
who are unfortunate enough to have
become the victims of dope
liquor. The volume closes with
chapter on "'The Relation of Alcohol
to Disease" by Dr. Alexander Lam
bert, president of the American med
cal association.
Jo cure-all Is given in any one
page In one-two-three order, but there
is plenty of advice showing what not
to do and also saving preventatives.
Some Personal Impressions, by T&k,
Jonracu. Kred A. Siokes Co., New York
cltf.
Brilliantly written, clever and
showing how some recent European
history was made, this book, of 292
pages the message of the former
prime minister of Roumania has an
importance and force that cannot be
gainsaid.
M. Jonesca, always pro-ally him
self and strongly in favor of his
country's entering the war on the al-
led side, was in a better position
than any other statesman to get at a
true estimate of the leaders of both
sides. His book includes interviews
with the Kaiser, King Charles of Ru
mania, Prince Lichnowsky, Lord Grey
M. Poincare, M. Venlzelos and nearly
all the other figures of international
standing in present-day dipiomacy
Qulte aside from its extraordinary
sidelights on the great men of the
war. the -book has compelling inter
est for its word pictures of M.
Jonescu himself a statesman whose
significance has not ended with his
retirement from office.
The PnyoholoffT of Bolnhrvlsin, by Job.
aparco. Harper . Brothers, New Xork
city.
Mr. Spargo on eh; to have called his
book "Anti-Bolshevism," for that is
what it is.
With mingled intelligence and com
mon sense but sometimes with ideal
istic poetry our author shows that
if we only use force to combat bol
shevism, that the latter will create
more anarchy. The specific to cure
bolshevism. he says, is a medicine in
the form of democratic ideas that are
sound and true. He thinks the presi
dent's cabinet ought to become the
cabinet of congress itself Its mem
bers being elected by congress and
controlled by it that they should be
cumpeiico 10 attend regular sessions
of congress, where they could be
questioned regarding administration
of departments. It is argued also
that wages should be measured by
the purchasing power, and that hours
of labor should be adjusted. Mr.
Spargo also advocates numerous other
changes.
Array rnlfornw of the World, by Fred Gil
bert Illakeslee. Printed lor the author
at Ilartlord. Conn.
Told in easily understood, attrac
tive fu.'hion. and written undoubtedly
after the late war was finished, this
little book of 1S3 pages is a mine of
information as to the military uni-
officer of the southern confederacy. I forms of nearly all nations our own
ivhn ha.i travaisH in i irm, nH I country. Great Britain. France. Snain.
sired to develop land grants, consist- I Germany, Austria, Iialy, Japan, China,
Ing of alternate one-mile sections in
a belt across middle Oregon with the
eastern region reaching the Snake
river. Two prosperous towns were
said to be in the area: Albany and
Corvailis.
So was born the railroad and land
enterprise which made Mr.' Nash
bring his family to Oregon, in 179,
and become an American citizen. This
Oregon Pacific railroad episode al
ready has been noted previously in
The Oregonian.
Pictures of pioneer life in Oregon.
In helping to settle the Yaquina
country and Kenton county in par
ticular, as told by Mr. Nash, make
graphic reading. Mr. Nash was a
devoted admirer and friend of Bishop
Msrris of the Episcopal church. In
the hard work necessary in raising
in the year 1SS4 the sum of (30.000
asked by the Oregon legislature as a
condition to the continuance of O. A.
C. Mr. Nash was a devoted friend
and contributor of money, and for
nine years a member of the board of
regents.
bo ends this pleasant, snnny record
of an honored man's busy life, and it
Is pleasant to record that Mr. Nash
and members of his family are living
a quiet country ranch life amid the
scenes they know so well In Benton
county.
It is worth while noting that Mr.
Nash has dedicated this book to Mrs.
Nash. In these words: "To I A. N.
It is but right and a great Joy to
me . to dedicate to you this book
which deals with men and places fa
miliar more or less to both of us dur
ing the half-century that our lives
have been so closely and happily
Joined."
1-rttmi Derived of the- Late Dr. S. Weir
Mitchell.
This communication has been re
ceived from the Century company,
hook publishers, 353 Fourth avenue.
New York city:
Those who have letters from .the
late S. Weir Mitchell, author of "Hugh
Wynne. Free Quaker," and other
books, can do a gracious and kindly
act which Dr. Mitchell would appre
ciate, by sending the letters or copies
of them to the Century company. New
York city, or to Talcott Williams, 423
West One Hundred and Seventeenth
street. New York city.
Mr. Williams Is at work on the
authorized life pf the eminent phy
sician and author, which the Century,
company will publish probably next
autumn.
Home Then What? Foreword by John
Ktndnrk Banc.. Georse U. Doraa com
pany. New York City.
Quite a thoughtful. Instructive mes
sage, and specially adapted to the
needs of American soldiers, who, de
mobilized, are home again, facing the
unsettled conditions of American life,
especially in our large cities. Trou
ble? Politics, government. patriot
Ism now that there is no big war to
spur us on coat of living, etc.
This book contains the fresh, open-
Holland, etc
Even this garb worn by confeder
ates of the lo3t cause of half a cen
tury ago is not forgotten.
The author served in the Spanish
war. for 50 years was a military In
structor of a school district in Hart
ford. Coi:n . and he also wrote arti
cles on mlMtary subjects In the "En.
cyclopedia Americana."
Habit That Handirap, by Charles B
Towns. Funk & Wasnalis Co.. New York
city.
.Physicians, nurses, social workers,
clergymen, educators and all others
engaged in preventive work will do
well to examine this book written
by an expert and listen to the advice
given. .
The author fully covers the subject
of morphine, heroin, opium and
similar drug habits and shows what
are their effects and the inroads that
they are today making upon people.
He makes clear the peculiar state of
mind of the addict and pictures the
Up the Rebels, by G. A. Birmingham.
George A. JUorao company. New York
City.
Mr. Birmingham, novelist, surely Is
a privileged person. In this powerful
and realistic novel he has dared to
joke about as serious a subject as the
present political situation in the Ire
land of our day, and then to writs this
dedication: "To the friends I have
left in Ireland after the publication
df this book." He certainly makes an
uproarious excursion into a troubled
domain.
The plot:
Mona Conolly, the stepdaughter of
one of Ireland s leading governmental
officials, is a charming and romantic
young Sinn Feiner devoted to Gaelic
costumes and - conversation In the
Irish tongue, which latter she learned
with great difficulty.
Sir Ulick Connolly is an easy-going
man who believes cnat youth must
have Its fling and that the bark of
the Irish nationalists is worse than
their bite. Consequently, he allows
Mona and her colleagues to set up a
so-called Irish republic In a little
town called Dunally, and for a few
hours to believe they are making his
tory. After that comes the deluge,
and indications that certain mascu
line friends of Mona's will do their
best afterward to distract her atten
tions from Irish politics.
The Perulutr Major, by Keble Howard.
George U. Doran Co.. New York city.
A bold, almost unbelievable Eng
lish novel about an army major who
gets from a priest a magic ring by
which he has power to make himself
invisible. He has many queer adven
tures and two girls are in love with
him, at the same time..
Once he has a chance to shoot the
ex-kaiser, but concludes that the
safer plan Is to allow that personage
to suffer with "his guilty conscience.
A pretty love story is the attractive
element.
The Spirit of the New Philosophy, by JohB
Herman Bandal. Brcnt&nos, New York
city.
Dr Randall is a writer of decided
ability, and he foretells vividly the
new articulation of religious forces
growing out of the war.
In this thoughtful book of 2ti
pages he writes a series of 12 littl-'
sermons, calling for more unity in
spirit and conduct. He shows that
the best cure for our present social
unrest is the observance of the doc
trine that we should love our neigh
bors as we do ourselves.
My Ret Cure, by George Robey. Fred A.
titokes Co., New York city.
Robey is one of the most amusing
comedians in England, and his audi
ences over there are said to rock with
laughter whenever he addresses them.
Here Is an uproarious account show
ing how the comedian had a short
season of feeling run-down, and how
he was sent to an English resort for
rest cure.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Pirates of the Spring, by Forrest Reid.
the human Interest tale of an adolescent
Irish boy attending a select Englieh pre
paratory school eure to please boys of
the readable age (Houghton-Mifflin Co.,
Boston).
The Fontteth Door, by Mary Hastings
Bradley, a well-told, stirring romance of
Egypt, veiled women, harems, old cus
toms, love, etc., and The Mystery at the
Blue Villa, bv Melville Davisson Post, 17
short stories of mystery, from many angles
and all of absorbing Interest (D. Apple-
urn Co., N. Y.i.
Ghosts I nave seen, oy vioiet xweeaau,
24 chspters of bewildering, thrilling
nvKtrriea relating to psychic phenomena.
and Wyndham s fal, by Maroia uinaiass,
powerful novel mat eaiures exciung
ventures, intrigue and achievement in
the lagoons of the Caribbean (Stokes &
Co . N. Y.).
Tha American ijaoor ir oook, ioi
1919-20, edited by Alexander Trachtenberg,
volume three, 447 closely-printed pages
(Rand .School or Social bclence, N. x.)
Possessed, oy LieTeiana mouqi, a cour
ageous but otton narmrui dook. uullty
lnv Is Pictured, with the regeneration.
repentance and healing of the wicked
widow. Mrs. Penelope Wells, by a spiritual
miracle which was effected at a religious
shrine. (James A. Alrcann Co.. ri. i.)
"Their Son.' ana xne Necklace,' by
Edwardo Zamacols, who Is said to be
one of the greatest of the living group of
great Spanish novelists. These stories are
realistic In the French style of Zola, and
now and then salacious. (Bonl & Live-
right. N. Y.)
coal sell for 60 cents a ton to compete
with Us generative power. Perhaps
this novel, like many another book of
fiction, contains the root Idea for a
! wonderful invention. At present the
: real machine Is practicable only where
tne percentage of sunny days la great
The sale of Kipling's works In
American has reached the total of al
most 1,500,000 volumes. "The Day's
Work" is the most popular of all his
books, pros and verse in this coun
try. A lecture trip In the United States
seems to be the sine qua non for con
tinental literary gentlemen these
days. Alfred C Gardiner, recently re
tired from 17 years as editor of the
London Dally News, is one of the
many who have been doing their turn
with us. In addition to several pub-
usnea doors na had. while editor, run
a series of little essayettes over the
signature "Alpha of the Plough."
These have been published in two
volumes with the titles "Pebbles on
the Shore," and "Leaves in the Wind."
A new review has been born. It la
The London Mercury, appealing only
to those Interested in the better kind
of literature. The editor Is J. C
Squire, the poet, with another poet as
assistant editor, Edward Shanks.
They begin well with a list of con
tributors including Hardy, Conrad,
Yeats, Gosse, Birrell, Professor Mur
ray, Mrs. Meynell. Chesterton, Belloc,
Clutton-Brock, Sassoon and Robert
Nichols.
In considering purgatorial appren
ticeships, could a most bitter enemy
have devised anything more loathly
for George Meredith than the position
which he held for somt time as pub
lisher's reader for the firm of Chap
man & Hall? The wonder also Is that
Chapman & Hall ever survived the
losses of best sellers in their business.
We read that 'East Lynne" was re
jected; "Lady Audley's Secret" was
denied their doors and "The Heavenly
Twins" even was not admitted. How
could a firm afford to keep on a
reader who so failed to sense the pub
lic taste? However, there are some
times compensations for sheltering a
literary man on one's staff even
financial compensations for when
"The Story of an African Farm"
reached him in due time after many
rejections by other publishers, he rec
nised a real writer, and the phenome
nal sales of that book must have
stayed the coming of the editorial dis
missal envelope.
m m m
W. L. George is constantly making
himself a storm center of greater or
less magnitude. His novels as they
carffc out have one after another
created ripples of discussion and
reprobation. The London Times ealls
him a "sensational novelist." And
now he has come out, I believe, as a
full-blown bolshevik. He is a nephew
of Sir Lionel Phillips, one of the Rand
millionaires, and gave up what would
probably have been a big business
career for adventurlngs in literature.
His "Making of an Englishman" is
certainly a serious If unconventional
and to many palates an unsavory
piece of work, and in "The Woman
o Tomorrow" he showed the valor of
attack in the face of a tremendous
problem. .His "France of Today" also
is an Instructive bit of International
psychology, particularly as he has
lived so long In France and In Eng
land that be seems almost bl-national
himself.
.
Bel ma Lagerlof, tha Swedish school
teacher whose timid but glorious en
trance Into the paths of literature and
fame forms the substance of her
sketch, 'The Story of a Story," has
not, in her-prosperity, forgotten the
fear that so often threatens like a
flaming sword before the gateway to
the literary life financial failure and
destitute old age. Perhaps her most
splendid creation Is that poetically
imaginative bit of novelized folklore,
"Gosta Berling's Saga." This Scandi
navian classic has been filmed and
she has turned over to the Swedish
Writers' society all the funds earned
by this film version to be used for
old and suffering authors.
There has been altogether too much
talk about this young English per
son, Daisy Ashford. What If she Is
real and may be coming to. lecture to
us herself in person. England - isn't
the only country that can produce
infant literary prodigies. All good
Americans will he glad to know that
Chicago has leaped into the breach to
stem this tide of adulation of a for
eign product and purposes to turn
the. waters backward for home profit.
Our young middle western giant pre
sents the world with a native son.
not another superfluous daughter,
who Is to be the American Daisy, or
perhaps better Dan, Ashford. His
real name Is Horace A. Wade, and he
Is 11 years old and Reilly & Lee com
pany announced that on February 1
they would publish the "actual, un
aided effort" of this "genuine boy."
Said effort Is 30,000 words in length,
poor, feeble, feminine Daisy, and Is
entitled "In the Shadow of Great
Peril." Event the International con
troversy over the author seems to be
assured to us as, Irvin Cobb vouches
for the boy as a genius, and G. B.
Shaw has refused to believe In his
boyhood. George Ade supplies the
preface as may seem to some fitting
for an American venture to whose
English equivalent the delicate art of
Barrie was adjoined.
LENT SEASON IS DECLARED TO BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT
Period of Introspection Is Urged Upon Everyone That Small Matters May Be Mastered to Prepar One for
the Extraordinary Duties of Life.
NEW AMERICAN OPERA ADDED
TO METROPOLITAN SUCCESSES
"Cleopatra's Night," With. Alda in Lead, Scores Triumph and Seems
Destined for Niche in Popular Hall of Fame.
N1
THniTBMRY PBMSCOPE'
r
BT ETHEL R. SAWYER,
Director of Training Class. Library Asso
ciation. Portland, Oregon.
OM L. MASSOX was speculating
the other day on the desirablitly
of a marriage between Shakes
peare and Jane Austen. Shakespeare,
lightly esteemed in his day and for
some days thereafter, began really to
live at about the time Miss Austen
began to write. Hence the possibility
of the marriage. Concerning Its de
sirability "T L. M." finds altogethet
unique and admirable the Idea of a
man and woman both possessing a
sense of humor, both loving the coun
try, and both modest, discovering and
marrying one another. No" marital in
compatibilities about open or closed
windows and no Infelicities on the
subject of town or country residence.
As for the contention that they were
too much alike to get along, Mr
Masson deplores the failure of this
ideal matrimonial alliance to come
off, if for no other reason than to
disprove this hoary tradition.
Japan Is rapidly becoming occident
allxed. Last year's greatest literary
success in the flowery kingdom was
"Pollyanna" with "John Halifax" a
close second. Other favorites are
"Sky Pilot" and "Black Beauty,"
which is said to have done much to
make Ufa happier for animals in
Japan, even as it had already served
for our "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the
horse.' The American missionaries. It
is said, are trying to counteract the
unwholesome continental Influence In
literature. In return for our services
translation of "John Halifax." The
love scenes have been veiled in a de
cent reticence and the romantic pro
posal of the hero is Indicated by a
row of asterisks with footnote "At
this point be asked her to marry him."
One of the best books to help us to
an understanding of this different at
titude toward romantic love which
exists In the Occident and in the ori
ent is Lafcadio Hearn's "Interpreta
tions of Literature." These two vol
umes of lectures printed after his
death largely from notes made by his
Japanese students, reproduce for us
his attempts to open up to the Jap
anese the treasures of English literature.-
They would be of service in
our Americanlxation work as models
of how to do this difficult thing of
interpreting one culture to another.
One feels that only men and women
of great sympathy, steeped in learn
ing and wisdom and modesty can suc
ceed. An enterprising Paris book seller
has inaugurated a grill room in con
nection with his establishment. The
books are arranged on shelves mak
ing a sort of screen inclosing each
table. In this grill room library meets
every week a writers' luncheon club
to which some noted critic delivers
his opinion on the "book of the day."
Who speaks of devastated France?
Devastation and such enterprise will
not long dwell together in harmony.
Whoever has read Honore Willsie's
"Forbidden Trail" knows tliat among
other things it deals with a sun
power machine. It Is also of Interest
to know that her husband, Henry E.
YYiusie. nas actually invented a ma.
in ih rams of oriental montlitv th ohine in use in the southwest run hv
Japanese have expurgated Uteitisun power alone, which would make desire .to do. something tangible for
BT EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
EW YORK, Feb. 21. After pro
ducing nine operas by Amer
ican composers, the direction
of the Metropolitan would seem Justi
fied in believing that in Henry Had
ley"s "Cleopatra's Night," a work; has
been added to the opera repertory
that will remain from season to sea
son. This Is pernaps uue w mo xi.
that the Hadley music has the urge.
the appeal and the dramatic force to
carry the hearers along with unwan-
Ine interest. It does not mean tnat
the music always travels along, the
highest paths; on the contrary there
are here ana me
commonplace, but pernaps in useii
this makes it the more genial.
Then too, Mme. Aiaa in cml
. that im
ways contriouies Bun,oi.,i...e,
itwi-flnite and something which
makes successes possible even where
it might seem out of question. One
notes instinctively what she has done
f Murnuf." how long she made
Francesca da Rimini, r-nnce isr,
th.f works of mat nature pos
nihla and so what she brings toward
the success which Mr. Hadley's opera
enjoyed on Saturday anernuou is ui
incalculable worth to the Metropol
itan Opera company no less than to
the composer, and Indeed to the
American cause, wnai sne nas uono
i th wav of lenaing Deauty w
i-ionnatra's Night" is not more sig
nif leant than what sh,e brought to
it by the great beauty of her voice
and the purity and warmth of her
inglng. She has mucn oi me -
.unn music to sing ana sue
knows how to sing a love song.
Repetition Mars Script.
At this point it may be said that
one of the weak spots of tne opera
is the Insistent repetition of the
words "I Love You," Just after the
arrow has brought that message to
tt, nneen as she is about to enter
v-tu t soon palls upon the
nor L... -
hearer to such an extent that it
becomes almost something which
brings a laugh where it Is very dan
gerous. An entire cnange ol
,a .n.n,. eni.ioB this detail and
rtrengthViT tremendously Mme. Alda's
Scene The presence of Orville Har
rold as a member of the Metropol
Ttan company adds a strong figure
to this work, for his singing was su
nerb, masterful and his diction was
clearly chiselled throughout and he
hroucht vigor of an unusual nature
to the impersonation. The only two
other significant members in the cast
were Jeanne Gordon and Marie Tif
fany, with more to eing for the for
mer than for the latter.
The music written for Mardlon,
,.. by Miss Gordon, is too high for
the sort of,a singer who might or
SnarS? be cast for It, and in Miss
Gordon the composer is singularly
fortunate because her voice is as
beautiful and as easy in the very
high range of dramatic soprano as
in the mezzo tessitura, something not
to be expected. Miss Tiffany as Iras
Is lovely to the eye and what she
has to sing proves
of a voice or more iuaii u. j
beauty. She Is graceful in move
ment and always enhances a scene
In which She s pinccu. aji.. vv0
are in tne hands of Millo Picco, Louis
D'Angelo. and V. Reschlglian with
PaDi as conductor.
Xs has already been told. Mr. Had
ley took the story, or the episode,
rather than any part which has to
do with the literature from Theo
philX Gauthier's "Une Nuit de Cleo
patre," and the libretto was made by
Alice Leal Pollock, cleverly enough
to carry the music and tha Interest
as also to supply the composer with
the opportunity to vent his imagina
tion in colorful masses. Above all,
the work gave the opportunity to the
retinue of scenic artists on the Metro
politan staff to carry Into execution
some of the most picturesque and
lavish stage effects possible to imag
ine. Curtain Speech Forced.
The enthusiasm was very great.
Mr. Hadley having been called be
fore the curtain with the artists
many times, with the singers and
Mrs. Pollock, and finally when he
was persuaded to take a "curtain"
alone he made a little speech in which
he paid a tribute to Mr. Gatti-Casazza
for what this great man has done for
Americans. Only those who really
know the earnestness, sincerity and
beauty of spirit which Glulio Gatti-
Casazza brings into his work and his
America and Americans knew how to
appreciate Mr. Hadlev's remarks.
The week at the Lexington theater
opened brilliantly with Mme. Galli
Curcl's first appearance this season.
The noted diva, who has won an envi.
able position not only in New York,
dui in tne entire country, was i
ceived with long and loud applause
wnen sne maue her re-entree as Vio-
letta in "La Traviata," the role In
which she made her memorable debut
In Chicago, one of the greatest "finds'
ever brought forward by the late la
mented lampanlnl.
Diva's Voice Exceptional.
Mme. Galll-Curcl's voice seemed
warmer and of a more lyric quality
than ever before, while for dramatic
intensity she has rarely equalled her
impersonation on Monday night. She
had, as Alfredo, Dolcl in his debut of
this season, Germont Sr. was sung
oy Aitrea aiaguenat, more identified
with the French roles than with the
Italian, but called into service on ac
count of the illness attending several
of the Italian baritones. The audi
ence was a representative Monday
night gathering, and filled the great
house completely.
e
Rosa Raisa In the postponed per
formance of "Norma" was greeted by
an audience which filled the Lexing
ton theater to suffocation. Her noble
bearing in the role enhanced the
work, if anything more than her ex
traordinary singing was required.
"Norma" Is one of the operas which
has passed completely out of the
repertory of the modern opera com
panies, and it is easy to understand
why it should be so, as the particular
characteristics needed for the inter
pretation, particularly on the vocal
side of this role, makes such demands
as to preclude it from all save such
singers who have coloratura facility
with dramatic fervor and equipment.
Statisticians tell us that it has not
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assem
bly, gather the elders and all the Inhabi
tants of (be land Into the house of the
Lord your God and cry unto the Lord.
Joel 1:14. .
BT DEAN REGINALD T. T. HICKS,
Of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Stspbea the
Martyr.
S we approach another season of
Lent It will not be amiss to con
sider the Question so often
asked, "What does th keepinc of
Lent mean to ms personally?" It is
a well-known fact In life that the
commonest things are generally the
least understood or appreciated. The
air we breathe, the water we drink.
the blood that courses through our
arteries how seldom do we stop to
analyze, yea, and realize, how essen
tial they are to our physical existence
and well-being. The same Is true
as to the things that concern our
spiritual well-being. It is therefore
very fitting as we approach this pen
itential season to ask ourselves, be
fore we reach it. Just what it Is like
ly to mean for us and Just what It
ought to mean for Us.
Those not familiar with the church
and her teachings and to whom Lent
means Dracttcally nothing at all are
Drone to Judge our holy- mother
church not by her own standards, but
by those who miserably fall to live
up to those standards, and misrepre
sent her, and those who treat the
teaching and discipline of the church
lightly, and as having very little
bearing on life, and Lent as a mere
fad.
Wrong Impression Given.
Those outside, listening to th" nn"
guarded pre-Lenten talk of church
people, are apt to get a very wrong
impression as to wnat Lent really
means. Conseqnently some of our
friends are apt to feel a little hurt
when we decline to do or engage In
the things they ask us to participate
in. And when they by no unmistaka
ble sign show their displeasure and
criticise what they call our narrow
ness, we sometimes sacrifice our reli
gious principles in order not to offend
our friends, and thereby show that
our friends and their Indulgence are
of more value than our religion and
the commands of God and his church.
By such conduct on our part we are
giving a very wrong impression of
religion and causing other to put a
wrong estimate upon it.
No one can recommend-religion to
others when he can place it on the
one side to gratify someone else and
for something that satisfieth not.
Nothing is more gratifying to a priest
of God when he hears that there art
those who are not afraid or ashamed
to say, when tempted by those who
regard this season lightly, "that this
is against the teachings of my
church." That, my friends. Is putting
the church and religion in their right
place, and sets others to thinking,
meaning More Involve:.
A great many have the Idea that
Lent is observed by the mere giving
up of all forms of social life and
other things. True, this is involved,
but if it means nothing more, then
the real purpose of the season Is lost.
But better do this than nothing at all.
It is better by far than the position
many take and who look upon it as a
lot of foolishness and bost that they
do not need to keep Lent. Such as
sume the attitude of the Pharisee.
who prayed, 1 thank God I am not
as other jnea are."
Of course we need only to remind
ourselves (commonplace as it may
be) that It Is not observances In them
selves that will make our Lent a true
Lent, but the spirit back of the ob
servances. Givipg up a few things
that w Indulge In. for the sake of
giving up something, la quits as con
sistent with shallowness as with
depth of character, and Lent may be
kept In such a way as to leave us
Just as worldly as when it com
menced. Spiritual Depth Needed.
This superficial multiplying of ob
servances on the part of some tends
to repel deeper and more earnest na
tures from all special observance of
this holy season. What we do must
be done quietly and with the least
ostentation possible, lest we come
near to the lite of those who loved to
stand in public places and boasted of
what they did. Lenten observance is
not to make a good impression on
others or to benefit the mere physical,
but to deepen the spiritual life, which
la Its primary object-
One of the first points for u to
settle in our minds as to what Lent
should mean to us is that It Is the
church's appointed season of conver
sion, and if anyone lets It pass with
out deepening his own conversion,
then It Is a lost Lent for that soul.
Conversion Is DeSned.
Conversion Is the turning from self
unto God and with that as our mo
tive. anything, however slight it may
be, or seem to be, that can help
in our effort so to turn, should be
gratefully accepted and used and not
despised because It appear small and
trifling. Sometimes the smallue.s of
the thing taken up or given up Is the
test of true Belt -discipline. Litlie
things sometimes seem so trifling
that they oftentimes tend to Irritate
the souls that feel themselves built
for heroic things. But may not the
test of the large soul be the serenity
and perfectne&s with which it can
do little things? Many of us are
never called upon to do things that
seem to be great. But the little things
done in a great spirit are better than
the great things attempted In a tittle
spirit. Despise not therefore the day
of little things, for these very often
from the foundations for greater
things.
The great purpose of Lent Is the
lifting up of our ideals. Purpose is
the center of our being. We are
what we think, and a man is known
by the thoughts ho thinks and ex
presses. But it Is only by grace and
good works that we may attain what
we aim to be in the Christian life.
Sanctity May Be Simplicity.
It has been well said that sanctity
does not consist In doing extraor
dinary things such as were prac
ticed by some of the early fathers of
the church, but in doing the ordinary
things In an extraordinary way.
Therefore the man or woman who
throws aside Lent and Its opportuni
ties as cramping, childish and foolish
may be missing the opportunity to
make himself and herself great In the
sight of God. The Master, remem
ber, did not condemn the observances
of the Scribes and Pharisees, for he
undoubtedly observed the very same
things himself; but he did condemn
the very low ideal on which they
based their observances. So he said
to his disciples. "Except your right-
been sung In New York since the sea
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on Tuesday night heard the work
with rapt attention, which grew Into
wild acclamation. Dolci, In very much
better voice than upon his first ap
pearance the night before, was a nne
figure and powerful artist as Pollione,
the Roman; Virgilio Laztari was Im
posing and a great artist from every
standpoint In the part of Oroveso,
while Myrna Sharlow enjoyed a suc
cess all her own in the difficult role
of Adalgisa.
Mary Garden had her first perform
ance of the week on Wednesday even
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charm that lovely Massenet opera.
"Le Jongleur de Notre Dame." She
brought even more pathos Into it and
she created a wider appeal for sym
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little Jean was lame in addition to
the rest of his tribulations. Miss Gar
den having suffered a fall earlier In
the week. The work was beautifully
done, and was heard to much greater
advantage than last season, when It
was followed by a ballet.
Dufranne returned to his old role
of Boniface, the cook, and this was
the caupe of rejoicing to thoe who
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have always admired his truly French
art- The legend of the age was one
of the most beautiful contributions te
the offerings of the Chicago Opera
association. There may have been a
few empty seats In the boxes, or on
the floor, due to the terrlflo storm
which was raging, but there was not
one inch in any part of the house
from the second floor up. Gustave
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ness of the Scribes and Pharisees r
shall In no wise enter into the king
dom of God." How were they then
to exceed these people? By multiply
ing observances? No. They were to
exceed them, not la act but In motive.
They were and we are to do the
things that they did, such as fasting,
praying and the giving of alma, but
we are to do them with the thought
of self-satisfaction, seif-betterment,
the deepening of the spiritual life and
without thought of earthly praise.
Our I-enten observance, la erdf te
be a success, must lift up our Uvea
and leave them upon a higher level
Iat Is Illasrrated.
Lent should be to ns what the locks
of a canal, or river are to the boa is
entering therein. To Illustrate: A boat
entering the lock from fit. Marys river
at the Sou, Michigan, la floating on
low level, but the moment It enters
the lock and the gates are closed be
hind It, and the satra In front are
slowly opened. It gradually rises until
It Is on the higher level, and then
sails away to Its destination on I-ako
Superior. So with us. until we enter
the, lock, which we will cell Lent, we
are living upon a low earthly level
We enter this lock on Wednesday
next, when I trust the gates of world
lings shall close behind ua, and then
we shall gradually rise by opening
the gates of religious worship, and
self-dlacipllne In front of ua, until we
have reached the higher level; and we
go out of the lock through the bright
fielda. and glad sunshine of that hith
er life, until we come to another lock
that shall lift us higher still.
A Lent that lifts us up for 40 dare,
and then drops us bark to the same -level
as it found ua, would leave us
worse than before, and It might be
suld of us, 'That the last atste of that
man is worse than the first"
Introspection Is I'rged.
Further, before resolving upon any
thing out of the ordinary, as we ap
proach this season, let us resolve by
the help of God to do the ordinary
things of life that we have neglected.
For If we do not the ordinary thine
of life how can we do the extraordi- '
nary? Let us examine ourselves be
tween now and Wednesday, and find
out these little things that we hsva
failed In, and resolve to do them,-
likewise search out thnpp little flies
that have spoiled the ointment of our ,..
spiritual life, before attempting to
edif others by any freaks if piety, .1.
Let one of our Lenten d itles be to -seek
to know more about the church.
The cry of lack of knowledge Is con
stantly heard. But If we do nothing
more, we will never gain this knowl
edge. Drop some ef your light rend
ing, and take up some study that
shall give you what you desire. I
shall only be too glad to recommend
and advise anyone in this respect.
Seriously, my friends, the reading of .
church literature ouRht to receive an
Impetus during the Lenten season. In
sny case let something be done; for
this Lent spells opportunity used or
lost forever. And whatever Is done.
let It be real end honest, a true manly
and womanly effort, so that It may
lift us up to that higher level, and
leave us nearer to God.
Therefore my friends, sanctify the
fast, upon which we are entering, that
It may In turn consecrate us body aad
soul and spirit to tha service of God
and humanity.
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