Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-13 | Page 3 | Mencken and Nathan Appear in New Roles

Menoken andNa and Na Nathan han Appear in New Roles Eoles By JAMES W. W DEAN NEW YORK Jan 12 One Ono of or orthe the wonders of the present day is the the complete harmony or at least the outward semblance of it with which the positive opinionated minds of H. H L. L and George Jean Nathan work Their newest collaboration Is The American merican Mercury a monthly re review review re- re view which is now making its first bow to the public In this you are likely to find discussion of ot poetry and politics socialism and sociology sociology o ogy esthetics and anaesthetics ships and But no new mark is left lett where the pens or of and Nathan scratch They are simply working in a larger pas pas- ture The Tho editorial setting forth the purpose and policy of or the new magazine magazine magazine mag mag- azine covers three and a half haIt pages of ot closely set type All of ot it Is clever cleverand cleverand cleverand and most of it means nothing In effect they say that their purpose is to isolate individual prophets from the tho herd and to follow the mass mind to attempt a realistic presentation of the whole gaudy gorgeous American scene 1 and Nathan ar are at once high prophets of ot tolerance and antagonists antagonists antagonists an an- of the views of at any anyone one group of persons Their tolerance is only for Individuals It seems However the high virtue of ot this nW new enterprise is that it engenders I free thinking It is not for persons of settled habit of ot thought It will probe of ot great value to those who I feel that their minds are still In a formative state