113, 1923 ' ' - ' - 13.
THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY
VISCOUNTESS WINDSOR', JUST 20 -YEARS OLD,
IS ELECTED TO SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
Husband I Son and Her of Ear! of Plymouth Mi Anne Morgan, Daughter of Late J. Pierpont Morgan,
Is Engaged in Lecture Tour of Country.
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!!: Viscountess Windsor, wno is
iust 20 years old. has been elect-
ed to parliament as a conserva
tive member from the Ludlow division
ft Shropshire. t'ntil her marriage
lust year the viscountess was Lady
Irene Charterls. Her husband is the
son and heir of the earl of Plymouth.
I-ady Irene came to the United States
several years ago with her mother to
visit her brother. Hugo Charterls. then
HEAVENLY VISION REFLECTED BY CHURCH
OF GOD ON EARTH BECKONS ALL PEOPLES
Conversion of SI. Taul and Steadfastness of His Faith Exalted As Mighty Example for Christian Workers
in Shaping Bestinies of Mankind in Crusade for Spiritual World.
BT REV. J. ALEXAXDCR CLELAXD.
DWiverrd recently la St. David's Kpiacopal
church.
Arts xvl:lft "Whereupon. O king
Asnppa. I waa not dtaobedient unto the
haveaiy vlaloa."
IT 13 eignifU-ant that the annual
meeting of the diocesan branch of
the woman's auxiliary falls on the
eve of the festival of the conversion
of St. Taul. and in casting about for
a subject to bring to your attention
the text of scripture which I havs
chosen aeeemed to be appropriate.
The light which smote like llght
ninr alonf the Damascus road and
which arrested Saul, the eager Jewish"-!
gealot and the enemy or the cross or
Christ, was deatined to shine to the
uttermost corners of the earth. That
noonday, when the light of the sun
In the heavens paled before the
' brightness of the un of righteous
ness, was the birthday of hope to
the nations which tor ages bad
dwelt in night. That St. Paul clearly
apprehended the revoluwonary nature
of the call which had come to him
and of the work which opened out
before him Is evident from the man
ner In which he refers to his con
version. e '
Writing -to the Ephesians. In a well
It noan passage which forms the
episV'-e for the feast of the Kpiphany.
he makes mention of the mystery
which was made known to hrm by
special reve'.ation. And what was
that mystery a mystery, which, he
says, was ot Id former age re
vealed unto the sons of men. but
which God has now revealed to h'.VJ
holy apostles and prophets by tne
spirit? U was that the Gentiles
should be fellow-heirs with the
chosen people and partakers with
them of the promises. And in re
tounlinit before King Agrippa the
story of his conversion he recites the
words of 'he commission given to
hira by Christ himself "the Gentiles,
unto whom I now send thee, to open
their eves snd to turn them from
darkness to light and from the power
r t . . t . n ...tn t.i.ii that t He v mav re-
fnririvmfua of elns and inher-lnd
tt&nce among them that are sanctified
ty faith that Is in me."
There waa the vision the vision of
the Gentile world becoming the scene
ef the glorious conquests of the
Oyhereupco. O Xia? Asrippa,
attached to the embassy in Washing
ton.
Miss Isabel Rockefeller left New
York recently on the Caronia for a
tour of Mediterranean porta She is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Rockefeller of New York and a grand
niece of John D. Rockefeller Sr.
"
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the
late J. Tierpont Morgan Sr., is now
I was not disobedient unto the heav
enly vision." He heard the call to
become the champion and the prop
agandist of this altogether new and
startling doctrlne--a distinctly tin
popular idea, but to St. Taul an idea
which tired his whole being. It had
come to him as when some watcher
.ho .L-i.,- ...ririonlv hehnMa new i
star in the firmament. It was to
()im a great discovery, as when some
wizard in the domain of science lights
upon a theory which explains hidden
mysteries or suddenly becomes aware
of a new adaptation of nature's laws
and forces, which open up hitherto
undreamt-of pathways of progress
for mankind or as when a genius In
political science lays hold of aa Idea.
which leaps from mind to mind, and
changes the current of human
thought and beings to work as a
mighty. Impelling, leavening force In
human affairs, shaping and hasten
ing the destinies of mankind.
Thus it was with the heavenly
vision which took captive the mind
and heart of this rharisee. this
Hebrew of the Hebrew. He yielded
himself to all its implications and
to all the demands which it laid upon
his nature, body, soul and spirit. The
noblest impulse which had ever
stirred a human hear; t-n1ed him,
mastered hir.;. The passion of a
mighty idea took utter possession of
him. The heavenly vision! Christ
for the Gentiles! Christ ' for the
whole world!
And that is the vision for the
church today.
We find one of the ancient church
fathers in the second century rumi
nating In one of his writings upon
the possibility of the vast pagan
empire of Rome becoming Christian.
It required a most daring taith at
a time when the mighty Roman em
pire was ruthlessly engaging in an
effort to crush the life out of the
church to foresee and to predict such
a stupendous change such a tri
umph for the cross; but we know that
his dream became a great reality, and
that the time came when Christianity
was accepted as the religion of the
empire and became the
dominant
force In her laws
her laws and institutions.
today we dream
dream similar
to that or tne great cnurtu
but. instead of the colossal empire
of Rome, the horizon !s expanded,
and we behold a field of vision
vaster still, even the whole world, a
v sion of Christ as the chosen head
uolveraal empire, the acknowl-
or
engaged in a lecture tour of the coun
try to aid the American committee for
devastated -France, the organisation
which she founded and for whicn sne
has worked so enthusiastically. Miss
Morgan is the best known of women
philanthropists.
Miss Jean G. Kennedy of Omaha, a
student at Mount Holyoke. South Had
ley. Mass., has been elected one of the
four student delegates from the United
States to the world student Christian
federation conference in Pekin. China,
which will be opened next April. Miss
Kennedy was elected by the national
Y. W. C. A. to represent 21 colleges,
including all the large colleges for
women in the east. She is a member
of the class of 1923-
edged prince, redeemer, saviour of all
mankind.
O'er every foe victorious.
He on His throne ehail rest.
From age to age more glorious,
AA blessing and all-blest.
And to be permitted to have a share
In the work leading to this glorious
consummation, to laDor in -any
capacity to bring the kingdom nearer,
to do something in our day and gen
eration to prepare the way of the
Lord, and to make straight in the
desert a highway for our God, !a
privilege which angels might envy.
We say that we believe in the holy
Catholic church, and such a belief In
volves a wda outlook, an outlook
which goes beyond the bounds of our
own parish, and takes In the Whole
diocewe, and from that extends beyond
the diocese until it includes the whole
nation, and then overleaps the limita
tions of nationality and grasps the
whole world as the field for the spread
of the gospel. A truly Catholic
church recognizes no boundary lines.
It is universal In its message, uni
versal . in its love, universal in the
extent of Its operations.
Can the vision wfoioh the church
has before her become a reality T Can
the nations be brought into relations
of mutual amity and good will? Will
the old hatreds and suspicions and
selfishness vanish before the ris
ing of the sun of righteousness?
And is It possible that the gospel of
Christ will spread until the far-off,
non-Christian nations will rejoice -Jn
the unspeakable blessings whica
Christ died to secure for them? The
task Is so enormous that there are
not wanting those who throw up their
hands in deejpatr of achievement.
Hut there's re no insuperable obsta
cles. One by one the arguments of
the faithless and unbelieving are met
one by one the difficulties disappear,
when we-r em ember three things the
purpose of God. the power of God. and
the love oi o-ocu
A brilliant young Oxford student
waa giving himself to the work of
the church In west Africa. Someone
remonstrated. "You are going out to
die in a year or two in that deadly
climate; it is madness." The young
man. who did die after being in the
mission field for about a year, an
swered. "I think it is with African
missions as with the building of
great bridge. You know how many
atones have to be burled in the earth.
all unseen, to make a foundation. If
Christ wants me to be one of the un-
1 seen atones, lying la an African grave,
I am content, certain aa I am that the
final result Will be a Christian Af
rica." The whole acop of the Idea of the
woman's auxiliary has been expressed
In four words praying, leaminK. giv
ing, working.
To pray constantly for the spread of
Christ's kingdom throughout the
world, and for all who are helping
to extend it; to learn more of the
entrancing story of our heroic mis
sionaries, and of how the goajtel is
winning- its way: to give, because of
the love of him who g all; and to
work for the fulfillment of his pur
pose and desire that the will of God
may be done on earth, as it is tn
heaven.
Some of you may remember tine
beautiful legend of the fire Ascension
dav. It was at the gates of heaven.
and the archangel G-abriel. meeting!
his Lord Returning Irom tne earxn,
asked Mm what arrangements he had
made for the furtherance of his plans
and the extension of his kingdom.
Jesus answered. "I have given my
kingdom into the hands of a few
simple-minded men, and told them" to
tell others that I have died for them."
Gabriel asked, "But if Peter .should
forget, and if John should sleep, what
I T T7T17 A T TV T-TT7T Fi
TO TRAIN LITTLE CHILDREN
Use of Threat Is to Be Avoided at All Times With Young and Old'
Alike, Declares Sheba Childs Hargreaves.
BY SHEBA CHILDS HARGREAVES.
IN DISCUSSING rewards and pun
ishments It will be noticed that I
have put rewards first. It seems
to me that rewards may.be made to
take the place of punishments, many
times with gratifying results. "I do
not mean to bribe children hy promis
ing them certain things for obedience
or for doing their wort well this is
often a demoralizing procedure but
there are many ways of giving re
wards which end to stimulate chil
dren to right action.
The first and perhaps the greatest
reward which can be given a child is
the honest expression of appreciation
of his efforts. Well-merited praise
makes even crown people happy, and
children positively glow and radiate
under it, but few of them receive all
that they are entitled to: it is so
much easier to scold a child and to
point out his glaring deficiencies than
It is to show him where he is making
ntfie tnrnrnvements and to note that
he Is really trying to be good or to
do his work well.
The unexpected treat mat. dis
tinctly understood to be a simple ex
pression of mother's or father's ap
n...i..inn fnr soma fault overcome
or a hard-earned promotion in schooK
is long remembered by a enria, u
serves to mark what is to him a mile
stone In progress. And sometimes
even a reward Judiciously held out
will stimulates child wonderfully. I
call to mind a boy who was inclined
to be backward in nis wiiumeua
more properly speaking, he was put
ting forth no particular effort to mas
ter that science. The offer of five
cents every time ne coum prou-u"
evidence that he had naa a perieci
lesson cost his father nearly 25 cents
a week for a little time, but It placed
the boy at the head or nis class anu
out of what appeared to him as mere
ly a money-making proposition, grew
a genuine liking for arithmetic. In
cases like this I have found that the
end Jt.stlfies the means no amount
of nur.Ishment would have developed
anything but loathing -for the science
of numbers.
Punishment Rale Cited. ,
When It comes to the matter of
punishment, there is one basic rule
to be observed at alf times the pun
ishment must fit the offense. i.uo
object of any punishment is to bring
,-hiirt to a realizing sense of tne
fact that the law of cause and effect
Is constantly at worn, "
matter what his actions are, he reaps
exactly what he sows. This is really
the great lesson of life which every
human being must learn and.lt can-
be impressed upon i" """"
early. He enjoys certain P.i..s,
but it should lonow as a.
sequence that if he abuses a privilege
It will be withdrawn.
The quarrelsome child who cannot
play peaceably will soon be brought
r ' ,. rfofirfencies if he
to reaiwo " , , . i
is .simply made to piay -
time. A firm parent win "
ear to pleas or entreaties, and every
hlld knows exactly now mm
ents are. it is i.
ing on the part oi parens
most of the trouoio " i.-
Isolation is by far the best way to
bring small children to time. They
dread above all things to be deprived
of companionship. But isolation does
rfet mean shutting a frightened child
in a dark closet; that is sheer cruelty
and cannot but have a very disastrous
effect on sensitive nerves. In fact,
any punishment that induces fright
should be scrupulously avoided. Some
foolish mothers threaten that they
will give the child to a Chinaman or
have a bad man cut his ears off if
he does not "do thus or so. The terror
which this incites at first brings obe
dience, but after a time or two m
child finds out that his mother is
lying and not only lopes all fear but
never believes her afterward. Small
wonder that he is untruthful him
self when he has such an example set
for him.
Lout Pleasure Punishment.
Losing a coveted pleasure through
misdeeds is a very effective punish
ment. I remember that In my ex
treme youth my conduct was for a
brief period what might.be considered
extremely an tl -social; I had teased my
younger brother and kicked my aunt
on the shins with my copper-toed
shoes when she attempted to wash my
face, in 'fact, my behavior was very
much the same as that of a very bad
child today. It came about that 1
received an Invitation to a children's
party, but my mother calmly in
formed me that I was, in my present
state, not fit to associate with well
rrannered children. She expressed
deep regret at ray inability to attend,
and kept me home. Tears and prom
ises to be good availed me nothing;
my mother was a woman Iwith the
courage of her convictions. Needless
to say my actions were above reproach
for a loag time after that. I had
learned the relation between cause
and effect.
I wish I could feel that children
should not be whipped. I really hate
to appear so old-fashioned and hard
and cruel to tender childhood. I go
as far as I possibly can with the
moral suasionists; I agree that chil
Amr. r whipped too much, that
whipping Is a confession of weakness
on the part or tne parc auu mm
.h.nr.tipanv the whole system of cor-
nnnl nunishment is wrong, that it
brutalizes and makes its appeal to
the lower Instincts of the child. But
there are times in the life of some
children 'that it will make an appeal
when all other measures fail, and
this is Just when a sound " whipping
is to be recommended. There are
children who never need such dras
tic punishment, but-many an unruly,
hiiiitrnnir bov could have been
brought to" his senses by a timely
application of the hazel, vigorously
vielded- when he went to the dogs
for the lack of It.
Threat to Be Avoided.
The threat is always to be avoided
in dealing with children of all ages,
if a rhild is Drom.sed a punishment
if he breaks certain rules, then the
arrangements have you made for the
extension of your kingdom then?"
The Lord answered. "I have made no
arrangements; I am .counting on
them." - -
There is in Westminster abbey a
well-known monument to the two
Wesleys. Inscribed upon the monu
ment are three sentences. The first is,
"All the world is my parish." The
second sentence runs, "God buries his
workmen, but carries on his work."
And the third Is. 'The best of all 'is,
God is with "
' And ' so, with assurances such as
these, and cheered greatly by the
record of all that has been accom
plished already, we shall resolve anew
to be true to f he heavenly vision, con
fident that the church of God is a
winning force In the world, and know
ing that not the smallest effort made
for love of him will be in vain
One holy church, one army strong;
One steadfast, high intent:
One working- band, one harvest song
One king omnipotent.
How gleam thy watch fires through the
night - '
With never-fainting ray!
How rise thy tower, sere and bright
To meet the dawning day. -
finfin WAV
promise must be scrupulously kept
If any sort of discipline is to be main
tained. A mother called to her little
girl: "If you don't come here I'll whip
you." A bystander advised the child
to obey her mother. She nonchalantly
replied: "Oh, her won't do nuthin'.
her never does," and she calmly went
on with her play. This is the type
of mother who is heard complaining
that she can do nothing with her
3-year-old child.
But if a child is to receive the limit
in punishment a whipping it should
be deliberately and carefully done,
and should be severe enough to leave
him in a chastened, repentant mood.
A punishment that merely rouses him
to resentment does much more harm
than good. Slapping or striking about
the head is brutal and no careful
father or mother wilrdo it; it is not
only dangerous to the child many
children have been made deaf by cuffs
and blows-but a slap is always a
blow to a child's self respect, and
childrei. as wall fa grownups must
keep self-respect at any1 cost.
There is etil another important
point to be considered in discussing
punishment. It is weM- to decide Just
what offenses merit punishment and
to be blind to many little childish
frailties which are soon over and for
gotten. There are many things that
some parents consider offenses that
are not affenses at all, but merely
accidents, for instance, the breaking
of a dish or the tearing of the clothj
ing at play could not be,construed ate
a punishable offense, unless the deed
was wantonly done. Such things are
best passed off witli a caution to be
more careful in the future, but there
are acts in which principle is involved
and these should always be dealt
with. The deliberate lie, or the tale
bearing that will get another child
into difficulty, the taking of some
thing not his own, these are flaws in
character that the child must ,be
helped to overcome; and for his own
good they must never be condoned or
passed over lightly. But because a
child does any or all of these things
at some time In his career it does
not follow that he was born for the
gallows, in fact, most children break
the moral code. There are few chil
dren who will not lie, and by far the
greatest majority rather enjoy getting
some one into trouble. ' ' ""
So in training children, wise par
ents will not Judge them by the stand
ards which they set for grown men
and women, but by the standards of
childhood. They will rejoice in their
virtues and overlook as many as pos
sible of the small faults which are so
annoying at the time, but really after
all make 'but little difference in the
long run in the Child's development.
But remember this, that bringing up
children is not a task to be under
taken lightly, and it requires that
parents be on the job all the time
spasmodic efforts at training with
long, periods when the children run
things as they like is disastrous to
the discipline of the home.
.Tolstoi Memorial Edition
Planned by Daughters.'
Three Unpublished Works Include
Diary of Klght Volumes, f ,
rvr
OSCOW, Feb. 11. Three unpub
lished works of Count Leo Tol
stoi are to be included In the me
morial edition of his works which his
daughters are planning to issue. -
The most important of these Is his
diary, which will run to eight vol
umes of 500 pages each. The diary
was begun In 1850 and continued to
1870, without a break, then abandoned
until 1889, when the great writer re
newed it and kept it until, two days
before his death in 1910.
The first 20-year period of the diary
describes his life as a soldier in the
Caucasus, during the siege of Sebas
topol, and his marriage. The second
period of the diary is less personal
and devoted to questions of religion,
philosophy and politics.
A second of the unpublished works
Is an unfinished romance called "The
Story of Peter the Great," and deals
with revolutionary plots of that time.
The third work is a comedy in five
acts, 'The Nihilist." written in 1860,
poking fun at short-haired women,
long-hearded idealists and other Rus
sian types. It was refused by the Art
theater, of -those days, a fact which
made the author downhearted.
Other than these three-works, there
are a large number of unpublished or
Incomplete short stories to be issued.
As Tolstoi made his :- daughters
promise not to copyright any of his
works, after his life rule, these new
works will be published simulta
neously throughout the world. .r
UNIVERSITY TO CELEBRATE
Iowa State Educators Win Com
memorate 75tti Anniversary.
" IOWA CITY. Ia., Feb. li. A dia
mond Jubilee celebration at the Uni
versity of Iowa February 25 will
commemorate the 75th anniversary of
its establishment with an all-day pro
gramme depicting the progress made
iy the institution during three-quar
ters of a century.
A monster mass meeting will be
held in the morning, taking the form
of an historical review. '-
There also will be a distinctive and
historically impressive pageant writ
ten for the occasion.
The University of Iowa was founded
February 25, 1847, by an act of the
first general assembly of the state
legislature which approved the es
tablishing and locating of the insti
tution. First instruction was given
in 1S55. but the university did not
begin its true functioning until 1S57,
when the state capital was movea
from Iowa City to Des Moines. Amos
Dean, of the' Albany Law school, was
its first president. The attendance
this year will surpass the 6100 mark
and the faculty number 500.
What Next In Europe? by Frank A V wider-Hp.
Harcourt, Brace & Co.. New
York city.
Mr.V Vanderlip returned recently
from "a five months' trip to Europe,
and this illuminating and informing
book of 308 pages gives a series of
word pictures of widespread famine
threatening, bankruptcy imminent,
and exhausted, interdependent coun
tries conspiring to engulf each other
In common ruin. .
Tn ia nrvv our author visited. 15
countries, England, Germany, Czecho
slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, j
Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, J u g o
Slavia, Hungary. Poland, Holland,
Belgium and Fiance. "In all these
countries," he writes, T found ample
opportunity to discuss condftions with
the heads of governments and with
responsible government ministers.
Bankers, financiers and great indus
trialists were of course easy to meet.
Labor leaders had to be sought out,
but were easy of access. In the main
they were extremely well informed
and'had an intelligent understanding
of both the social and economic as
pects of the situation. Another
source of information, from which
came an Intensely Interesting light
upon conditions, was the Americans
who are at work in Europe. I am in
clined to give the greatest weight to
the conclusions reached by the staff
which has been managing the Ameri
can food administration, the wonder
ful organization for which Herbert
Hoover is largely responsible. That
organization has literally saved the
lives of millions of European chil
dren. I do not use that figure as an
adjectWe, but as a sober statement
of .fact. "
Mr. Vanderlip's conclusion is that
the United States cannot stand aloof
and see Europe sink into a confusion
resembling chaos. Among the help
ful steps he suggests are plans for
stabilizing ' exchanges and handling
international debts.
Chapter heads are; The background;
our understanding of Europe; squar
ing conclusions' with economic prin
ciples; - balances and, budgets; infla
tion, and the poison, treaties of Paris.
Economic chaos: Germany and the
indemnity; England; France; Italy;
Austria and the succession states;
Russia and the near east; Bulgarian
problems. Reconstruction: The influ
ence of the league of nations ; .the xt
titude of labor; repairing exchanges:
the allies' debt to the United States;
payment and rehabilitation, and Amer
ica's responsibilities.
"If we insist to the letter upon our
claims, our elaims will In all-probability
never be met,"warus Mr. Van
derlip. "If we insist, upon it selfish
ly, we shall realize in hatreds, but
not in cash. If we are generous, and
wisely generous, these claims can all
be paid, and I believe all will be paid,
and the good we do with them will
mean more to us materially than any
thing we) would conceivably be part
ing with."
Small Me. by S. P. R. do Rodienko. The
James A. McCour Co., New York city.
-Laughter - provoking sketches of
Chinese life and character and told
in crisp English Shanghai life-being
featured especially. .The hero is a
Chinese, a natural humorist, a coun
try boy named Chang, who modestly
refers to himself as "Small Me" when
speaking -to his superiors. ...
The author of these sketches is a
soldier, writer' and motion picture
director, is of Circassian-Iranian de
scent, and in' him are combined the
THE' LITERARY PERISCOPE I
BT JBNNETTE KENNEDY
Assistant la the circulation department,
the Library Association of Portland.
THE Italian poet and politician,
Gabrielle d'Annunzio, has pub
lished a new literary work, "Not-
turno," which is his first proauction
since the war. It was written during
the war at a time when he was
threatened with blindness owing to
an injury to his sight caused by an
airplane accident. Hi had to exist in
darkness for a time, during which
ho wrote down his impressions on
long strips of paper. These reflections.
covered days or peace ana oi war a
heterogenous collection of memories
and sensations. It has been severely
criticised as a work or an oy ma
literary countrymen, who feel that
Notturno" has laiien oeiuw
tanriard of his earlier work, and that
it often offends the taste by an ex
hibition of personal vanity.
t mentlv translated - volume of
letters of two erratic individuals with
interesting personalities is Aimee L.
rWirenzie's "The George bana-uus-
ii,a Flaubert Letters," which ought
to prove very readable.
A list of opinions in the "superla
tive" degree is published in Heywood
Broun's column in the New York
World as an expression fromcorre
spondents on modern novels and other
siorks. The following summarizes
the decree:
The most adventurous . novel, Conrad a
"NTherSoit humorous. Max Beerbohm's
'neikm?sWomantlc. Hudson's "Green
MTheTo'st passionate. Lawrence'. "Worn-
"tiT. mt" whimsical. Douglas's "South
WThVmost poetic, Stephen's "Crock of
GThe finest book on the struggles of an
author. Holland's "Jean Chrlstophe.
The finest of a book-lover. Anatole
France's "Crime of Sylvestro Bonnard.
The most realistic, Humsun's Growth
o the Soil," Bojers jruc
Wasserman's "The Great Illusion
Lie,
or one
of Thomas Hardy's. ,
The most beautiful, F. W. Bain
Spbstance of a Dream."
Th. most horrible, D'AurevIUy's
The
"The
Story Without a Name."
Tho moat satirical, France's- "The Sign
of tho River- Pedauaue."
To the list Robert Seaman adds:
The most self-revelatory autobiography,
-Life and Letters of Anton Chekov."
The most practically philosophical,
Henry Adams' "Education."
The most revolutionary to our common
ways of thinking. Steffanson's "My Life
With the Eskimos."
The most amusing. Pepy's "Diary.
The most psychologically important,
Sam Butler's "Notebooks" and his letters.
The most up to date. Bok's "Life and
Letters." ,
Tbo most dateless and poetical, Francis
Thompson's "Collected Poems."
That "happy endings" are not
necessarily any more real than sad
ones, but just arbitrary stopping
points, is the theory of Elizabeth
bwnort Hepburn, author of "The
Wintrs of Time." She says, "Some"
nnoiile get their great moments
in
youth, some later,
some even in old
age.
Anthonv Hone's novel "Phroso" has
hAAn arranged for screen production
under the title "Possession." The
actual scene of the story the island
of St- Margaret's off the French coast
has been filmed witn its great
natural caves and underground pas-
"Careers for Women" is a compila
tion by Catherine Filene on vocations
Frank A. Vanderlip. author of "What
Next In Europef
Occident and the orient. Educated In
Russia, France and Austria, doctor
of Roman law, he saw service as war
reporter in India and Africa, served
In the great war in Siberia .and in
China as major of cavalry. Decorated
for bravery, he was awarded a Red
Cross war medal for saving wounded
under fire. Major de Rodyenko has
traveled through many countries and
few other writers Can bring genuine
and convincing atmosphere into such
Chinese stories, most of which are
based on actual experiences which the
writer had in many countries.
The Eyes of theVUlage, by Anlce Ter-
hune.. t ne fliacauiay o-. a.ww -w...
iwnnh of our author's life was
passed in New England, and evidently
she is familiar with small-town life.
sh writes in attractive style, and
the story is a leader.,
The Eves of the Village" centers
about the romance of Philip Eden-
stalwart and Idol-smashing young
clerevman and the two women
whom Destiny threw into his life a
sunshine girl and a erirl of mystery.
But the strings of the , decidedly
original plot are in the bony grasp
of wise old Em Ufford, spinster, who
dominates the book. Em harkj hack
to David Harum and Mrs. Wiggs, as
a character who must live in the
reader's mental portrait gallery. Her
caustically gleaming wit at war
with her all-loving heart shines
through every chapter. Her speeches
are as true to life as they are vit
riolic. Em is a delight.
The Honse on Charles Street, by an anony
mous author. Duffleld & Co., New York
City.
A note from the publishers says:
"The author .of this thrilling story
is too intimately connected with the
possible for women in post-war
United- States. The descriptions of
different types of service are inter
esting and are written by women now
following the careers suggested.
The south seas still are open, waters
for the novelist. "Conn oi the Coral
Isles" is a new novel of the treasure
hunting type with cannibals, .moon
light, and a beautiful maiden all ap
pearing in the picture at the right
moment for scenic effect and ro
mantic thrills. Beatrice Grimshaw is
the author.
"
Robert Keahle's "Simon Called
Peter" is heralded as a book that
will provoke much discussion- and
stir no little resentment." It ia the
story of a padre in France.
.
"He Who Gets Slapped" the last
play written by Leonid Andreey. 5 the
Russian dramatist has fallen flat so
far as New Tork audiences ae con
cerned, after the Theater Guild's at
tempt to "put it over" with heavy
emphasis on the pictorial side in the
way of costuming, color, lighting and
striking effects tn contrast, according
co the reports of various critics who
failed to discover the "inner meaning"
of the play.
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W. B. Maxwell has published a new
novel, "A Little More."
The author of "Smiles.' Eliot Har
low Robinson, is making a lecture
tour, on which he speaks of the ex
ceedingly primitive men and women
of the Cumberland mountains. Re
ferring to their simple civilization, he
calls his lecture "Our Contemporane
ous Ancestors."
t
Sir James Barrie shares with
Thomas Hardy the unique distinction
of being the only other writer who
has had the honor conferred uponhim
of the select British Order of Merit
for literature pure and simple.
The personality suggested by an
author's literary stylo may be very
different from the living reality. For
instance, it is surprising to learn that
a writer with a keenly critical, satir
ical pen like that of H. L. Mencken
is "ridden by relatives," that "he has
scores of them, and to them all he is
obliging and courteous; assisting at
weddings, meeting them at trains,
taking them for motor rides, or mind
ing their babies when, they are off to
the theater." Also that "he plants
and weeds a garden andN mows, the
lawn and can mend a leak in the
plumbing." This gentle domestic side
is out of all keeping with his critical
worldly utterances, which have more
the flavor of metropolitan night life
and the world of clubs than of a warden-surrounded
home with a mother
and. sister in it.
Another writer who has unsus
pected personal tastes 13 E. V. Lucas,
whom one associates with art gal
leries, Charles Lamb and wanderings
about London, and suddenly one dis
covers the printed statement that "he
is the greatest living European ex
pert on baseball."
a
That the perfectly good human
trait of stubbornness is still extant
might be the conclusion when W. L.
George announces that In spite of
mnnv adverse, criticisms of his latest
novel. "Ursula Trent," more copies'
havs&been sold than of any previous
volume of his work.
The French Prix Goncourt for this
year has gone to a colored writer
from Martinique, Rene Marin, for his
novel, "Batouala." Thia Is tho chief
inside and official history of what
happened to disclose her identity." .
The novel is a splendid, elegant
one of Switzerland and England at
the start of the world war in August,
1914, with the troubles of American
girls suddenly caught in war's whirl,
far from home. English tradition. Is
effectually mirrored with m-u-oih
cleverness. The novel is about con
cluded Just when President Wilson
declares for war against German
militarism. -
Masterpiece of ' Modern Spanish Drams,
edited by Barrett H. Clark. Stewart,
Kidd Co.. Cincinnati. .
Students of Spanish drama com
plain that In English-speaking coun
tries dramas of that description have
been sadly neglected. This should
not be, in fairness to International
drama. Therefore these three plays,
translated from the Spanish -and. Cat- -alan,
are of more than ordinary in
terest. These plays are; "The Great Gale
oto," in three acta, by Jose Echega
ray; Tho Duchess of San Quentln," a
comedy in three acts, by Benito Peres
Galdos. and "Danieta," a drama in
three acts, by Angel Guimera.
The lonely Warrior, by ClandeC. Wash
burn. Harcourt, Brace Co.. New Tork
City.
Stacey Carroll. Is a wonderful hero,
and one whom It is an inspiration-to
know. Ho goes to the big world
war, and comes back In 1919 as a
captain in the American, army, having
gained promotions and other honors
for personal bravery. The reactldnr
commercial and otherwises strikes,
trade riots, parlor bolsheviks, trreed,
wasteful living, jazz, etc, are ekill
fullj pictured, and with, more than,
ordinary cleverness.
a t
Comer All, by S. B. H. Hurst. Harperfc
Brothers. New York City.
Mr. Hurst, a former seaman ,! tho
far east, is the author, of this fascin
ating novel of adventure In several
lands and on many Bas from Cal
cutta to Mecca.
Heroes are Comer All. a tlery
Mohammedanv Captain Armit, a
black-listed British sea, captain, ami
one Brown, a far eastern .-half-breed.
The mystery of orient Ufa Is smartly
filmed.
The Settling of the Sage, by Hal G. Evarts.
Illustrated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
A rousing, -clean, romantic story
of Three-Bar ranch life, with a bera
and heroine who, at first, hate. each,
other because the girl's 'father had!
left a provision in his will that they
must become -business partners
Clashes are frequent when the - two
strong wills meet and then cornea
the calm of tho pretty. love story.
The Man From the Wilds, by Harold
Bindlasa. Fred A Stokes Co., New York
City. "
A rousing exhilarating story of
Inheritance; and also care of much,
money lat to at beautiful and willful
English girl. Canada is extensively
featured. Every chapter .is so admir
able that it bears this message to
the reader: "Read on there Is Ibetter
to come, with a fine lovo story."
The White nesert, by Courtney P.yley
Cooper. Uttle, Brown & Co., Bostoo.
A big, powerfully, constructed story
of adventure in the snows of Cora-.
1 rado and attractively told. -
annual award in French letters, and
it is noteworthy that a "colonist"
should have won it.
A novel of boyhood by Huntley
Robertson Is called "Through John's
Eyes."
Soma amusing confessions were
made in the recent essay contest for
children on books they liked to read.
One little girl likes only "books in
red covers." Another finds history
prosy because all the actors are
adults. "I suppose they had .children
in colonial days, but all we hear about
is George Washington and Paul Re
vere," the writer complains.
"Vandemark's Folly" is the title of
a new novel by Herbert Quick dealing
with the middle west in the pioneer
days. In the story of the hero the
wagon train days are reveiwed, with
glimpses of the upbuilding of a new
country.
w w
Kenneth MacGowan, who is dra
matic critic for the New York Globe
and of the Theater and Arts Magazine,
has published a book on stagecraft
called "The Theater of Tomorrow."
People ask
"Wheredid
Edgar Rice '
Burroughs
get such an
astonishing
type as
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