SHE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 6, 1921
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"Bt cJbiSEPH Macsueen.
Fifty Contemporary One-Art riaya. select
ed and edited by Frank Shay and Pierre
Loving, btewart Kidd Co., Cincinnati,
Ohio.
For a Ion time, and especially
since "little theaters" have teen cre
ated in number and Importance, there
has been a lively demand for such a
valuable and educational volume as
this. It contains 50 representative
one-act plays of the modern theater,
selected from works of contemproary
writers of different nations, and lati
tudes widely apart.
The editors have selected the plays
now presented with wisdom and tact,
o far as collections In English are
concerned. It is stated that one-half I
of the plays never have teen pub-1
nsnea previously ia dduk lunii, aim
that 31 of them are no longer avail
able In any edition. Both Mr. Sha
and Mr. Loving, for years, have bee
connected with the little theate
movemont in different cities, an
know what kind of plays are required.
The pages are 6?2.
Contents of the volume are. In sue
cession country, author's name end
title of play: -
Austria Schnitz'.er (Arthur), Lit
erature. Belgium Maeterlinck (Mau
rtce). The Intruder. Bolivian-More
(Federlco), Interlude. France An
cey (George). M. Lamblin. Porto
JUche (Georges). Francoise's Luck.
Germany Ettlinger (Karl), Altruism,
von Hofmansthal (Hugo). Madonn
Dlanora: Wedekind (Frank), The
Tenor. Great Britain Bennett (Ar
Bold), A Good Woman; Calderon
(George), The Little Stone House
Cannan (Gilbert). Miry's WediTng
Dowson (Krnest). The Pierrot of the
Minute; Ellis (Mrs. Kavelo'-k). Th
Subjection of Kezia; Hani..i
John.). The Constant Lover. India
Mukerfl (Dhan Gonal). The Judgrrren
of Lndra. Ireland Gregory (Lady)
The Workhouse Ward. Holland
Fpeenhoff (J. H.), Louise. Hungary
lilro (Lajos). The Grandmother. It
aly Giacosa (Giuseppe), The Rights
of the Soul. Russia Andreyev (i-
onld). Love of One s Neighbor; Tohe-
Vkoff (Anton). The Boor. Spain Ben
Wveirte (Jacinto), His Widow's Hus-
ros (Serafina and joa-
). A Sunny Morning
dbere (August), The
I Creditor: Wied (Gustave), Autumn
St,
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:-,v -v X A.'f-rhV-l t
l, and; Quinten
Tquin Alvarez),
J Sweden Strind
Fires. United States Beach (Lewis)
Brothers; Cowan (Sada), la the
Monrue: Crocker (Bosworth), The
Babv Carriage: Cronyn (George W.)
A Death In Fever Flat: Davies (Mary
Carolyn), The Slave with Two Faces;
Day (Frederic L-), The Slump: Flan
ner (Hildegarde). Mansions: Glaspell
(Susan). Trifles; Gerstenberg (Alice),
The Pot Boiler; Helburn iineresaj.
Enter the Hero; Hudson (Holland)
The Sheipberd In the Distance; Kemp
(Harrv) . Boccaccio's Untold Tale;
Langner (Lawrence), Another Way
Out; Millay (Edna St. Vincent). Aro
da Capo: Sloeller (i'hllip), Helenas
Husband: MacMillan (Mary), The
Shadowed Star: O'N'eil (Eugene), He
Stevens (Thomas Wood), The Nursery
Maid of Heaven: Stevens (Wallace)
Three Travelers Watch a Sunrise
Tompkins (Frank G.). Sham; Walker
(Stuart), The Medicine snow; wen
man (Rita). For All Time; Wilde
(Percival), The Finger of God. Yid
dish Ash (Sliolora), Night; Pinski
(David), Forgotten Souls.
In 23 pages at the end of the tack
are: Books of the little theater, and
plays of the little theater, with au
thors' names and titles of plays.
The New -Ternwlem, by G. K. Chwtfirton.
iSeorgo II. lor.aa Co. Now York city.
Mr. Chesterton is recognized as an
English humorist of the gentle sort
Who generally writes essays.
In ""The New Jerusalem," Mr. Ches
terton describes his recent visit to
Jerusalem, In Palestine, as seen In
th's period of world adjustment, and,
although the most of pilgrims wou!
approach the subject w'th reverence,
Mr. Chesterton cannot get rid of tn
rentle. yet cynical, wordy humor that
Is so characteristic of him. He writes
with graphic directness about Chris
tian, Jew and Moslem whom he met
In the holy land; and sketches, with
J-.istorical ability, the different mas
ters Jerusalem has known, from th
crusades of the middle ages down to
the British occupation of the present
day.
At times Mr. Chesterton Is gossipy
end talkative In long paragraphs.
What a pity he can't "boil down" hi
observations into crisp short sen
tences and paragraphs. But, then
the Chesterton atmosphere might be
destroyed, and there's much in
treat name.
Chapter heads are: '"The Way of
the Cities." "The way of the Desert,
"The Gates of the City," "The Philoso
phy of Sightseeing." The Streets of
the City," "The Groups of the City,'
"The Shadow of the Problem," "The
Other Side of the Desert." "The Bat
tle With the Draiton," The Endless
Empire," 'The Meaning of the Cru
sade" The Fall of Chivalry." The
Problem of Zionism."
It would he more convenient, also,
If our author would kindly print
English translations of phrases in
Latin that are met with In this book.
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Copyright, Underwood, N. T.
Gilbert K. Chcutrrton, author of
"The Xer Jertualem." ,
August, 1920, In the Garrlck theater,
New York city, and aroused Jaded
and blase .theater-goers to such an
extent that the comedy has since
been a small gold mine. The comedy
is told in English, with a dash of
Italian added.
Gerald Fitzgerald has divorced his
r?nt wife, Madame Liza Delia
UoM onera star, because she sang
So mucii in opera that he scarcely
ever saw her after marriage. Gerald
consoles lilui: if with Mrs. Flora
Preston, widow, who has rooms In
the same aristocratic apartment
house somewhere In the United
States. One child has been born of
the Fitzgerald marriage, John, who
at the opening of the comedy is en
gaged to marry Aline.
Suddenly, madame comes home
from her opera tour, with her pet
dog, parrot, girl-secretary, personal
physician and cook.
A most amusing mlxup follows
and it wouldn't do to relate any
more. Get the comedy and read it.
winter they play all through the hot
months in traction parks and other
summer resorts.
Miss McClelland Is a Chicago girl,
the daughter of a lawyer, and was
attracted to the theater from child
hood. After she grew up, her in
terest increased until finally, against
the opposition of her family, she de
termined to go "on the stage. She
passed months in New York trying
to get into a good company, but
finally abandoned this plan and went
with an obscure road company. Sev
eral years of this life furnished the
background for "Kaleema," which
was originally written as a play and
then, because of the limitations of
technique, transformed into the
author's first novel. ,
The Jnm of Life, by Alfred Fritchey and
puDiisheu by ami In ban Francisco.
Quite an unusual book of Terse,
with strong- rhythm, lovely thoughts
and often cynical finish.
There are 23 poems in this collec
tion and the titles range from "The
Glory of the Panama Canal" down to
The Mule's Ghost" and "In a French
Hospital," the latter being a poem
of the late world war.
The one principal poem is the first
ne met with, "Silver Boa and Sliver
Boots." it related how the men on
board an ocean steamer admired a
girl passenger who had jet-black
urls, and who was "silver arrayed."
along with silver boa and boots. But
as she attended a dance, on deck, one
ropical night, one person recognized
er as "a girl with a past. Who was
he man? "Sh-h-h. it wouldn't do.1
When morning came the girl could
not be found on board. But, there
were her boa and boots. Had she
heard the whispers against herT The
ueer part of the poem comes when
Is related that the etolld sailors
affirmed that no such girl had come
board. Was she real, of flesh and
blood?
Maleolm Saire, Detective, by Herbert Jen
kins. Gears H. Doran Co., New York
city.
Mr Jenkins! a new writer of de
tective stories of the deductive school
of fiction, of England.
In "Malcolm Sage," a vivid picture
of the English master-detective is
etched a quiet, little man, with
domed forehead, gold-rimmed specta
cles, the sensitive hands of an artist,
etc. His manner of tracing ana cap
turing crhnlnaLs is eo clear, so ob
vious, that the reader wonders wny
he had not personally thought of the
clues.
The crimes range from murder.
maiming of domestic animals, larceny
of state documents, and other offenses.
Mr. Sage, in these separate stories.
reminds the reader of the master
spider in- whose net no housefly, after
being entangled, ever escaped.
Opportunities Ont-of-Doora, by Edward
uwea veaa. 4isrjer at isrii acra, isra
Tork City.
One of the valuable books of self
help for boys and young men, and
the message is told with clarity and
graphic charm. It is meant for be
ginners, for people who have the
ambition for work out-of-doors and
who want to know what they should
do about It.
The subjects, trades and profes
sions discussed are: Construction
work, forestry, lumber industry, tree
surgery, rural motor express, col
lecting and growing medicinal plants
and landscape gardening.
Men engaged In indoor occupations.
and also those engaged In the wrong
job. if Interested, will find In this
book much good and practical advice.
ugly black - hat." Page 192 "A
strange woman. Miss Avies.
Her hair was jet black and gleamed
like steel, and she had thick eyebrows
like ink marks against her forehead
of parchment."
Horrid woman to change her
"make-up" so in less than 50 pages!
There ought to be soma kind of
mental photography for young and
popular authors so that all these cre
ations with which their heads teem
can be photographed and labeled to
prevent confusion.
H. L. Mencken got New York and
Boston all excited some time ago by
announcing that the literary capital
of the United States had moved to
Chicago. Hereupon comes the follow
ing letter from "a Book Lover :
"Dear Sir: 'Chicago, the literary
capital of the United States. Fifteen
branch libraries to be closed. One
hundred and fifteen librarians to be
retired. Tip it off to Meneken."
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In March we are to have anoth-
SEVEN WORDS FROM CROSS ARE INTERPRETED
BY DR. TilNSON, EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
"Father, Forgive Them for They tnow Not What They Do," Is Paradox, Says Pastor; Crucifiers ICnew
They Were Perpetrating Crime, but They Were Ignorant That Theirs Was Last Sin of Its Kind.
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Preached by Dr. W. B. Hinson In the
East Side Baptist Church.
The Seven Words From the Cross.
WONDER if you know that there
were four crosses In use in those
grievous days. The upright stake
called by sad courtesy a cross. Then
St Andrew's cross in the form of our
letter X. Then the cross of St. An.
thony, corresponding to our letter T.
And then the ordinary cross as we
are accustomed to thinking about it,
with the upright for the shoulders
er llkely-to-be-famous diary, Clare I and the head. It was on that latter
Sheridan's "From Mayfalr to Mos
cow." Mrs. Sheridan is a niece of
Lady Randolph: Churchill and thei
fore cousin of the lit Hon. Winston
ChurchilL Her husband, who was
killed in the war, was the grandson
of John Lathrop Motley and great-1
great grandson of Richard Brinsley
cross doubtless that our Lord was
crucified. And 'n all probability as
they flung him down naked upon that
cross, and nailed him thereto, he ut
tered his first word.
"Father, - forgive them for they
know not what they do." But they
Sheridan. There are said to be reab did jCI10W what tijey w They knew
1111 tU9 1U 1 11 0 UUU& 'HUU V.UCSLD11U11
says that It shares with the Asqulth
Indiscretion, the honor of being the
most popular book in England today.
Do you know that Theodore Dreiser
has a brother who calls himself Paul
Dresser and wrote "On the Banks of
the Wabash"? And that they were
both born in Terre Haute, Ind.? And
that the Terre Haute public park sys
tem Includes a strip of land along the
said Wabash river, part of which strip
is-to be called Paul. Dresser drive?
And do you also know that the lat
est reason for the non-award of a
Nobel prize to Thomas Hardy is that
the prize is only awarded for ideal'
Istio literature?
Now you see -what Pollyanna has
done to us. In the words of Taxk-
lngton's "Penrod," "Ye gods!"
Well. well, it lust proves what
we've alwayts eaid. If the old classics
were being produced for the first
time today many of them wouldn't
get by the censor. It's the odor of
he was not worthy of death. Pilate
said so. And those priests who
searched for the hired liars of Jeru
salem to perjure themselves in seek
'ng to destroy Christ they knew
what they were doing. And it Is dif
ficult to believe that all those men
who were the direct Instruments In
our Lord's death were so caloused by
sin as to be unaware of the awful
tragedy they perpetrated. They knew
what they did; but they did not know
all that they did. For when you have
said the last word about our common
experience In sinning, that was a sin
that could never be committed but
once. Never before, and never since,
and never again will it be possible to
crucify Christ. And so to that extent
their sin stands out aa the unique
sin of all the ages, and Christ truth
fully said. They know not what
they do."
The utterance of a word In our
common daily life does not die upon
the air; but It stretches through
other lives far on till the boundless
an-tiQuity about them that lulla the universe feels Its thrill, and then like
ATi"rlra.'s rnty an Shown br Onr Military
lllsiorv: lis rarls anil J-allacie. br Ma
Jor-.infraJ Ivnard Wood. The Keilly
Se Lee Co-, cm capo.
It would seem that with the results
of the late world war still present in
our thoughts, Americans ought to
agree that our old lack of military
preparations in time of peace is a
peril to us as a nation. '
Major-General Wood thinks that
we In America still have no thought
of what may happen tomorrow in the
matter of national defense, and that
stieh Idle pacifists need stirring up.
This book of 2a2 pages Is written in
the light of results of the late war.
A limited system of national mili
tary training is urped.
Our author sensibly Insists that
universal training on the lines of
Australian and Swiss systems of
service is wise and should be emu
lated.
Tbe Fbtnvtiter ef the Jew In the rkralne
in 1!H!, by Dr. 1.1ms Heileu. Thomas
Seltzer. New York city.
Marked by care In preparation and
well-grounded analysis. Dr. Heifetz
gives a series of gory word pictures of
the Jewish loss of life by the trag
edies tn the Ukraine. These lurid dis
closures are based on material gath
ered by the delegates of the all
Ukrainian relief committee for the
victims of Pogroms in 1919. of which
organization Dr. Heifetx was chair
man. The facts now printed appear
to be thoroughly strengthened by doc
umentary evidence. The pages are
4 OS.
The C.remt Tcarl Seerrt, by C. X. and A. M.
Williamson. Ioub!eday, Paso 4; Co..
Garden City. N. Y.
Imagine a puzzling yet entertain
ing romance about a proposed mar
riage with the richest American
heiress and the poorest British duke.
Here it is. ami worth reading. A
lost pearl of much value adds to the
value of the plot.
Enter Madame, by Ortda Yarewl and DoPy
Byrne. U. P. Putnam's Sons. New York
city.
A clean, amusing, enjoyable comedy
depicting the tempest-tossed married
life of an Italian prima donna, and
her rich Irish husband and without
anything objectionable In it.
The comedy had its premier in
Waiting In the Wilderness, by Eml A
iiiun. illustrated. UoubieOay. face &
La. Uardea City. N. J.
Attractively illustrated from pho
tographs, this book has all the joys
of a vacation trip In, Its 211 storied
pages.
It Is the record of a. nature-guide,
who passes his days searching for
and finding the beauties of nature.
He travels far and near, including
Oregon, and encounters many adven
tures worth recording.
Mr. Mills' plan to get acquainted
with the wild folk of the woods
animals is to go to a certain spot
and stand or sit motionless. On other
occasions he ascends a tree and al
ways keeps quiet. He affirms that
wild animals. If left alone, do not
molest man, as they are afraid of
him. But If an animal attacks a
man, it is a sign that the animal is
deranged. Mr. Mills says only tame
aogs nav oirered to attack him.
Several of ths chapters have
appeared in magazines, where they
arousea lively interest and comment.
Ealeema, by Marlon McClelland. The Cen
mry toi, JSw lorlc city.
Opening In a dreary town In snow
bound North Dakota, this story Js
galloping, realistic presentation of
cheap stage life, and clever ability is
shown in portraying It.
ialeema was born into the life of
one of those mysterious, pompous.
wildly absurd, heroic little theatrical
companies which play only in small
towns, and usually only one night
before flitting to the next town by
the owl train that makes all stops.
The actors - lay "CamJUe," "East
Lynn," "Oliver Twist" and more like
them; and sometimes in the summer
they get to New York and sun them
selves on the sidewalks Just above
and below Times square, though
often when they have had a lean
This World of Ours, by J. H. Curia. Geo.
H. .poraa co ftw iora city.
Mr. Curie evidently Is a natural
wanderer, because he likes wandering
over the earth In all climes.
He la evidently a native of Great
Britain, of English and Scotch blood.
In this book of 313 pages ne writes
frankl-v and freely and talks as If
addressing an intimate friend. His
travel pictures flash past with the
speed and charm of a cinematograph.
Mr. Curie became a mining en.gi
neer and resolved to go down every
gold mine In the world." He went
down in SOO of them. In 88 coun
tries, in Siberia, Klondike, Andes and
other far-flung spaces.
Tbe Theater, the Drama and Girls, by
George Jean Nathan. Alfred A. Krapp.
Now l'ork city.
George Jean Nathan is a clever
and educated internationalist. He
says he has been a professional dra
matic critic for IS years, that he has
sat before the stage of ten different
countries, and that he has studied
4000 or 6000 diverse exhibits of the
stage.
Out of these experiences, Mr.
Nathan has written this learned book
of opinions, to the length of 361
pages. He lauds "this" actor and
writes adversely on "the other."
It is all in the line of personal
opinion.
cerberus of our morals to sleep. It
Is reported that in Lausanne a com
pany recently began playing Guy de
Portales translation of Shakespeare's
"Measure for Measure. Such a
storm of indignation was raised
against the "phonographic tendency"
of this "Indecent drama" that the
police had to close the house and
forbid any further performances. Pos
sibly good will come out of this evil
also. The reading of Shakespeare
may be greatly stimulated among cer
tain of our hopeful and investiga
tive reading public
All the beautiful works-of-art books
were not produced in the middle ages.
We have rare workmen among us
yet who are willing to give years to
the production of a beautiful volume.
Mrs. da Loria Norman is an Illumin
ator of books whose work is such
artistry. She has recently completed
The Confessions of St. Augustine
which contains 350 richly Illuminated
pages In two beautiful volame. Be
gun In 1912 In England, this work
was finished at the artist's studio
in Lyme, Conn. Oh, for the funds
of a book collector. first editions, and
all that!
This month Joseph Hergeehelmer
Is lecturing to the Yale boys on The
Feminine Nuisance and American Lit
erature. Oh, dear, that s such an
easy laugh to get from such an au-
wavelet it laps against the great
white throne of the eternal God and
Is deathless forever more. And thus
In that degree no one knows what
he Is doing, for a chance word spoken
may determine a destiny, and the
lifting of the eyebrows in scorn may
consigna soul to hell. Aye, and a.
gentle remonstrance that is never
spoken, but only looked from sym
pathetic eyes, may win a jewel for
Christ s crown. And now I stand
with a broken heart and listen to
that first word of Jesus, and ask can
sin like that be forgiven? Then I
may be forgiven! For If the son of
God, who knew tbe heart of the
father as no one else, could pray,
Father, forgive them for this their
sin. I may seek and I may obtain
forgiveness. But let us safeguard
that sentence by this sentence: My
light may be vastly superior to their
light, for O what a revelation God
has given of himself In these days to
us. And very often I have thought
it might be said of Portland aa Jesus
said of Capernaum, "Exalted to
heaven in point of privilege, and
Illuminating grace, and opportunity
but thrust down to hell." From high
est pinnacle of possibility to utmost
depth of doom.
And then in the midst of all the
hurricane of hate that broke against
that divine sufferer like an icy sleet,
there fell upon bis ears the curses of
the two men crucified with him. And
dience. He may have something real taking their cue doubtless from the
to say in spite of that downhill start! I reproaches that were rising from the
mingled mob, they said. If you are
the battle of hlB life fought, why not
let him go. Yet Jesus from his cross
will stretch out to snatch a man with
in four of five hours of hell, to keep
him from destruction, and win him
ae a great trophy of grace. So then
there is hope for me, worthless
though I am, yes there Is hope for
me.
And then Jesus looked and he saw
his mother. I suppose from the shock
of the arrest and the trial some of
Ms disciples bad rallied, for there
stood there the women and John. And
Jesus looked at his mother, and for
over 20 years I have pondered his
Great saying to her, but I have never
got down ' into the heart of it yet.
"Woman, behold thy son!" Why, that
is exactly what she had been doing
with her bleeding, broken heart be
holding her son. For you know we
may never enter into the sympathetic
relatiohship of Mary to Jesus. If he
had been no other than the ordinary
boy born, living and dying, we could
understand her feeling. But she
knew in. spite of some foolish folks
today that his was the break In
human history; that that babe was
lorn with but one earthly parent. And
now we may but dimly imagine how
the viewed that boy and there he
hangs. Is that the end of it all? Is
that the sequel to 'all that has gone
before? Does annunciation end in
crucifixion? Then lei the sky drop,
for confusion is everywhere. Oh. she
was beholding her son. And you
Know Mary's was the tongue that at
the commencement of his life of won
der-working said, --"Whatsoever he
saith unto you, do It," and that was
the upstarting of a faith in Mary that
he could do whatever be would. But
he cannot now, for his hands are
nt.iled fast, end his feet may not leave
the cross. "Behold thy son. Was not
Ehe doing It? Yes. but he said it
about John, for he paid, "Mary, hence
forth John is your son, to take care
cf you and provide for you." Here
questions come so thick and fast, do
they not? Where were Mary'e other
children? What had become of the
Nazareth home? We may never know
this side heaven. But Jesus with the
fine discrimination of what George
Herbert calls "God's perfect gentle
man," knew there was no haven so
secure for storm-driven Mary as the
Irttle nook in the fireplace of the
home of the one who knew how to
love. For a harsh word is like an
east wind to the aged, and the bang
ing of a door is like the sound of
thunder to those near the end, and
bustling Thomas and Peter would
hardly meet the need of Mary. And so
from the bloody cross he has regard
for the woman who bore him and
whom he called mother, and who
called him son. Then I do not think
he will let me slip if when crucified
he had regard for Mary, but now be
is enthroned he will remember me.
And then you come to the fourth
word that I never like to quote; and
yet I must. He said, "My God, my
GooV why hast thou forsaken me?'
It were far better I verily believe for ,
us to sit down before that word and I
tbink in silence, than to multiply I
words. No ono ever did know, no one
ever will know save God, what the
words meant. My endeavor this even
ing, as you have already perceived,
was to show you the significance of
these words on the lips of Jesus, and
not what they suggest or might stand
for, but what they meant. It meant
that when you have said all that
may be said Christ had gone into
such outer blackness that he could
not see the face of bis father; and he
The London Athenaeum feels that the Messiah, here is your opportunity never had been there bofore, and he.
although George Santayana is not the to save yourself and save us." And
cleverest nor the most learned, he I "tney railed on him," so the simple
is the wisest philosopher of our time. I record of the gospels tells us. But
Philosopher is here used In Its broad- not all the time, for one halted In his
est sense, which would Include Thomas railing. And I wish someone could !
Hardy and Anatole Franee as well as find out Just why the change took
William James and Bernard Bosan- place in that penitent thief. You
quet. Mr. Santayana has Just written
a book, "Character and Opinion in the
United States," In which he discusses
the philosophy of such men as James,
Josiah Royce, etc. Readers who have
enjoyed his "Life of Reason," "Inter
pretations of Poetry and Religion,
Sense of Beauty" and "Winds of Doc-
know there Is an old legend that says
be had been a disciple of Jesus, and
never has been there since. Yes but
what was that blackness? O I think
I know, because of all books I know
that book, and that book has so got
Into my soul, that my soul it seems
to me would cease to be a soul If it
got detached from the teaching of
the Bible. What was the darkness?
Well his great forerunner John
Tbe Monster, by Horace Blackley. Georre
H. Doran Co, New York city.
A severe but well-written indict
ment against the English factory sys
tem of 1847. and upwards. Children
were worked and their health ruined
by working 13 hours in one day.
The book discusses the gradual
change of factory laws and reforms
effected by ofriclal factory inspec
tors. Brutality to young help Is
shown, with lurid details. The fac
tory system Is depicted as the "Mon
ster." It is pictured that those
responsible for such harmful indus
trial conditions cannot hope to escape
punishment in the form or nemesis.
Drbnran. a romwly. by LacTia Gnltrr. G.
p. 1 u Lne.m a com, xnww
Translated from the original
French Into English, by IL Granville
Barker. This Is a play that won great
success In Paris.
The plav has a prologue ana rour
acts, and the scene Is Paris, France,
in 1S39. It was produced in New
York city, by David Belasco In Paris,
ttre muneer Gultry added to Its fame
by playing the principal role. Marie
Dnnlesses's Is one of the principal
charactera It is told with dalnitine&s J pjaTig Already Under Way for Cor-
ana ugnt luuuu.
ains's snnuner fcenooi.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 5. (Special)
Plans for summer school this year
already are under way here. Dean
Smith has announced that he will
trine" will need no Inducements to try or not. And some have thought
had back-slldden and fallen into looked upon Jesus some three years
gross sin, and for his crime had been before, and seeing In imagination the
crucified, and that on the cross h millions of sacrifices of the old Le-
harked back over the weary months vitlcal dispensation, he looked at the
to the time when he knew the Lord, solitary lone Jesus and said. What
I do not know whether that be true they could never do he can do; for
this new book.
Among the books recently selected
by the American Scandinavian Foun
dation to be placed in two large book- j
stores In Stockholm with a view to
familiarizing Scandinavians with the
best of American literature are in
cluded "Something Else Again," by
F. P. Adams, and Christopher Mor-
ley a "Mince Pie."
A balanced ration for week-end
reading:
"Potterlsm," by Rose Macanlay;
protein.
Magic," by Gilbert El Chesterton;
carbo-hydrates.
"Pickwick Papers," by Charles
Dickens; vitamlnes.
MAY L. BECKER.
Literary Review.
our preacher of last week, I think,
intimated this that the behavior of
Jesus on the cross awoke something
in that thief that produced a sur
prise of soul, that went on lntensi
fying, until he concluded that suf
they were the lambs mulitudilnous.
but he is the lamb individual, yet they
never bore away a sin, but he bear-
eth away the sin of the world. Now
let us be careful. If I sin. somewhere
or other there is darkness connected
with that sin that is going to baffle
NOTED' EDUCATORS COMING
ferer there in the middle was Klnlpss and bewilder and perhaps blind me.
and If sinless was other than man. And if Jesus Christ the sinless, dellb
and so he looked, until in a hanrt erately gets underneath the sin of
sniked to a bit of wood ha saw a the whole world, something will hap
kingly scepter, and a brow turbaned pen, sometime, we may not know
with thorns he beheld the diadem of what, but something will happen, for
the universe, and then with a faith if the first murderer earn, -aty pun
that iias always been my bewilder- lshment is greater than I can bear,
ment, the man said, "Lord and king" when he only had the penalty of a
to a Door man dviner on a cross! O. 1 1 single sin resting upon him, then this
never can hear patiently the state- man who never had any penalty for
ment, "Well, I have got faith like the wrongdomg--ror ne never aia wrong,
dying thief." I never had! I" look yet who voluntarily takes hold of the
back over nineteen hundred years of world's universal guilt and gets It
triumphant progress of the faith, and un ubon his shoulders, Is going to
I remember how the greatest shrines rtagger sometime, and ne is going to
upon earth are Christian temples, and cry out in pained and intolerable
Lister's fireat Adventure, by Harold Bind-
lona. reuerica a. oiuaea -u- acw xura
city.
Romantic enough to satisfy the
most exacting in that line, this is a
novel depicting treasure reclaimed on
the gold coast of west Africa, ana a
pretty love story to boot.
THE LITERARY PERISCOPE 1
xccrxrrrrr:
BY ETHEL R. SAWYER,
Director of Training- Clase, Library Asso
ciation of Portland.
- HERWOOD ANDERSON, In an In
terview, makes clear to a review
er on the Chicago Daily News
just why he elects to choose those
unpleasant" and "queer" characters
who abound in his writings. (He says
himself that he isn't at all sure that
his works are novels.) Practically
he admits that out of his great qual-
ty of sympathy he chooses the mo
rons, the cretins, the hookworm vic
tims, the misers, the ignorant lovers
and all the small-town slave types
and sets down their lives out of pity
for their enslavement. Moreover, he
says they are no queerer really than
the burled selves of all of us, and
drama to him Is made by the emer
gence of these burled selves.
Keith Preston "tells us to consider
the number of two-volume memoirs,
autobiographies, etc., which the year
has brought us. Speaking geological
ly, our literary period is an age of
dinosaurs, huge volumes with small
brains and sluggish circulations."
"Samuel Lyle. Criminologist.' Ms
heralded (by the publishers) as a
volume of mystery stories with the
old Sherlock Holmes flavor. There
have been so many alleged reincarna
tions of the great Holmes that we
grow disillusioned, but Arthur Crabb,
the nom de plume of this new author,
makes his hero sound quite credible.
He says: "These stories resulted
from the reading of a great many text
books and technical treatises on evi
dence and testimony and the ability,
or the lack of ability, of human be
ings to record mentally what they see
and hear. . Samuel Lyle Is not a gen
lus, but simply a man, who, through
experience and natural aptitude, un
derstands, perhaps scientifically, hu
man nature and the tendency of hU'
man beings to commit errors in Judg
ment and perception." Arthur Crabb
uses his friends and acquaintances as
characters (all except -the villains)
and he puts himself in as two differ
ent characters one being a normal.
pleasant' individual, and the other a
crank. His friends say they KM
recognized the latter portrayal quite
readily.
.
If anyone thinks of John Burroughs
as ever having been an old man they
should have seen him as a "pin boy."
In a letter from Dr. Clara Barrus, au
thor of "John Burroughs, Boy and
Man," she relates how one night, hav
ing laid aside work about 11 o'clock,
she became conscious of a rumbling
sound downstairs and set out to In
vestigate. In the bowling alley she
found her two nieces and "Uncle
John" having a rousing game. Down
at the end of the alley Burroughs
was setting up, the pins with the reg
ular rhythmical Jazz of a professional
pin boy. When he took his turn in
the game he set his young opponents
a good, stiff pace.
N
A reader of Hugh Walpole's excel
lent new nnovei, "The Captives," has
called attention to the two following
interesting excerpts: Page 144 "Miss
Avies had a pale, thin, pointed face
with no eyerbrows, gry eyes dim and
far-sighted and fair colorless hair ,
brushed straight back under a hard.
I remember how the best selling book
last year was the Bible, and I re
member how fortunes are made out
of the sale of hymn books, and I re
member how a deadly heresy can
wonder sometime. And the time has
come. Now that I believe is the lit
eral meaning of this fourth word. He
has gotten where he can no longer
see the approving smile or nis ratner,
only obtain progress by Unking Itself and; his pure soul accustomed to the
up to a portion of the truth of God. I communion with his father or ever
and I remember how Jesus has been the stars flamed or the seas sobbed or
placing crown after crown upon his the winds whispered, his soul In
brow, and then I find It easy to say, startled surprise starts back and says,
"Lord and king" to the Christ I know. "My God, my God, where have you
spare no effort in obtaining the serv- But if I saw him hanging on a beam gone? Where have I gone? What has
ices of some of the best educators
In the country.
Courses will be given In home I
economics, commerce, physical educa
tion, agriculture. Industrial journal-
of wood; and If I saw the blood drin- happened?" O no, I make no attempt,
ping from his finger tips; and if I I never did, I never shall, to recon-
heard the howl of derision beating cile that with his deity, for there are
against him, I wonder if my vision is deeps in God that drown me. as there
keen enough to pierce through all are heights In God that I oannot scale:
Ism and applied arts and sciences, In- that cloud and mystery, and see a but I stand with the Apostle Paul and
eluding art, botany, chemistry. Eng-I crowned King ana an omnipotent. God say, "Great is tne mystery or uoau
glish, history, literature, mathematics, in the crucified" Christ. i.ess." Yet I plainly see two things
public speaking, dramatics and And then again my heart breaks as in that fourth saying. I plainly see
zoology. Instruction will also be of-I I hear Jesus speak to that man. O, he
fered by the school of music was only a thief, down and out. to be
Community activities, will be em- dead in an hour or two. no good to
phasized In a new course to be given God or man, the race of his life run
under the title of rural recreations.
This will Include work In pantomime,
tableaux, shadow pictures, plays and
pageantry, and a study of rural homes,
schoolhouses, churches and halls and
their possibilities. Professor C. B.
Mitchell, formerly of Michigan Agri
cultural college, will have charge of
this course.
there Is something awful in sin. Mind
you, this man hanging on that central
cross was a wonderful man If viewed
from his humanity alone. And he
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saw as he lived those marvelous three
years, he saw the combinations of
evil that were forming against him;
he saw the piling thunder clouds all
around his sky; he knew what those
muttering portents were; and ever
end anon he spoke like someone who
was looking into the heart of a
tragedy, until his disciples all be
wildered undertook to rebuke him.
And yet now as he gets Into tho heart
of the awful mystery there Is some
thing In sin that made the Son of God
cry out in a sentence that the more
we thlnjc about it and the more we
see in him. the more reluctant we are
to even quote it There is something
awful in sin. There is something
awful In helL If the Son of God to
save me from hell went into such
darkness and got unde.r such weights
that from his agonized spirit the cry
went out. "My God, Why?", there Is
something behind all that from which
we are saved that Is unspeakably
awfuL And I. wonder that men who
preach, and therefore ousht to think
and study, are fool enoueh to talk
about brimstone and fire as constitut
ing hell. Yes, I could stand fire
Many a martyr did. And there is that
In man that will rise up and behave
withva splendor of courage and de
termination and fixed purpose under
all imaginary circumstances. But
there Is something In tha heart of
that mystery that I have only dimly
guessed when I have plunged farthest
Into it For if Christ's death alone
could save me from the result of my
sin, what In the name of the cross is
tfcat something from which he could
only save mo In that stern and stren
uous fashion? Do not believe that
speaking of metaphorical language
has dislodged hell from the realm of
theology. Young man, before you too
flippantly talk about hell, you go to
the cross and hear Jesus say that
fourth word, and then gather in all
your powers of imagination and Judg
ment and see If that something be
hind the mystery that made Christ
cry out as no one ever cried before,
is so simple and so insignificant that
it can be dismissed with a pleasantry
and te considered as a Joke. What
made Jesus cry out. "Why?". 1 not to
be so easily dismissed by a superficial
simplicity that Is like the whistle of
a lad in a cemetery at night trying
ir. a mechanical way to overcome bis
fast disintegrating courage.
And then he said, "1 thirst." And
that to me is a significant statement
For he is the God of all the water
courses in the world, yet he was
thirsty. He said. "Come unto me and
I will give you the living water."
And now the cistern Is broken, and
he is athirst himself. And yet to me
that simple word is inexpressibly
dear, because it does so express the
humanity of Jesus Christ. He was
bone of my bone, and flesh of my
flesh, I know it by tho cry of that
fifth word. I did not see it so plainly
Tn his prayer for his murderers; or '
his word to the thief; or his utter
ance regarding his mother; or that
tremendous cry of mystery. But now
he gets very near to me, for 1 know
what thirst Is, as does he; I have
said, "I am thirsty," so did he. And
thus he becomes to me the son of
man; the one who was hungry and
tired; the one who slept In the mldKt
of a sea storm, he was so fatigued;
the one who knew the sweetness of
the word he used In a matchless way,
even the word "rest" "Come unto
me and I will give you rest." Ha
knows what it means. "I thirst." t
pause only long enough to say well
he mlsht. But were there not others
crucified with him who said the same
thing? Yes, but there were no others
tbere who said, "My God, why hast
thou forsaken me?" O, It is when the
soul victimizes the body by tho vio
lence of its enthusiasm, and passions,
and ideals, and travail, that the body
surfers. It Is when the soul begins
to move as in tempest and hurricane
and wild storm and rebellion and bat
tle, that the poor body gives out. The
mechanical part of a sermon should
never weary a body. Twenty, thirty,
forty minutes' talk, what has that to
do with the body? But it is the pent
up passion of the soul eating up the
very fiber of the body, burning up
the nerve, drying up the very blood
of the heart that is what kails, and
not the physical effort of talkinir.
And when he said, "My God, why hast
thou forsaken me?" Just let us be
human enough for one minute to say
how did that affect his body? I
know He said, "I thin."
And then you come to the sixth
word. "Father, Into thy hand I com
mit my spirit." Now there is some
thing there we need to learn with
bated breath and strange sensitive
ness of soul. Jesus did not die as
men die. It was not in the power
(Concluded on Pare 7.1
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for the best In literature is built up In their minds. The
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whose special training enables her to advise which books
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We offer to the children of Portland two prizes each for
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The First Prize for children nnrter ten will bei
A $7.50 Gift Certificate for books from the shelves of
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Tho Boys' and 3irln' Own Book Snop.
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of the composition and the quality of handwriting.
The judges for the contest will be as follows!
MISS JKSSIR HODCR 1WIM.ARD,
Children's Supervisor, Portland Public Library.
MRS. J. F. HILL, t
President Portland Parent-Teacher Council.
MR. JAMES K. BROCKWAY,
Scout Executive. .
Contest closes February 28. For further Information, visit
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National Boy Scout Week
FEBRUARY 6-13 INCLUSIVE.
Leading Events to Be Observed by the Boy Scontm
griTDAY. FEBRUARY TIT,
Boy Scout troops attend church.
BIOM'DAY, FEBRUARY 7TII.
Fathers' Day. .
Banquet for fathers and sons St First Presbyterian Din
ing Room, 454 Alder street, at 6:30. Make reservations at
Boy Scout Headquarters.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY STH,
Mothers' Day.
6couts are to do a good turn for mother.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY TH,
Recruiting Day.
Each scout is to secure at least one new recruit.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lOTH.
- Community Good Turn Day.
Scouts are to perform some service for the communitj',
such as picking up glass from the streets or boards with
nails in them, etc
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH,
Scout Rally Day.
The scouts will rally at Lincoln High School bring- your
banners, flags, etc.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2 TIL
City Good Turn Day. .
Every scout is to be on the streets in uniform from 1 to
4 P. AL ready to do good turns and looking for good turns
to do.
"A Good Turn for All Week"
The National Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America, have
arranged through the J. K. GUI Co. to take subscriptions for
the official Boy Scout magazine, "Boys' Life," at the special
rate of $1.50 per year this week only. With each subscrip
tion we will give, absolutely free, a handsome Roosevelt
Calendar.
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