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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY Fun and Satire Mingled In Bubbling Concoction American Money Spreads Empire, EDWARD HOPE THE New York. fill DE- PubMac-it,-h-- ' I V good-humo- V. i I Herald-Tribune- Bobbs-Merrl- hr the Censor; to luncheon with Rotarians, who dance to please the fat Infant Industries, where ehe meets all the queer little Babbits, and also their n great enemies, the redoubtable twins, H. L. M. and U. J. N. Hearing of the miserable condition cf the American Muses, or Meooses, ehe goes to call on these curious cats. Here Mr. Hope commits one of his crowning absurdities. When Calliope, she who has charge of Eloquence and Heroic Poetry, introduces her sisters, fhe says to Meloomene. "Get up, Mel, and let Alice see what they have done ti you. Melpomene No, no! Not that!" mews . pitifully, "Come!" cried Erato. "Don't be sensitive! Tou couldn't help it." At last the gray cat stood up and turned her gaunt flanks about so that Alice could see. And Alice had all she could do not to laugh, for the gray cat's tall was all d ribbons hound with and its tip was gilded. . . . "It's mv happy ending." Melpomene " 'My happy ending! And Fobbed I im the Muse of Tragedy! They starved me until I put it on." bright-colore- Our Moat Cherished Customs Ridiculed. The law court come in for a large share of Mr. Hope a attention, the jury svstem. too, and the alienists and the press. It all goes along merrily until the case of The People vs. Alice loses Interest when "Prise Beauty Slavs Love Mate With Ice Pick After Jazs Party lh Love Nest." Then Alice is carried on toward Washington learns about ?enataurs and Reprehen-aibles- . hears Presidential Booms ex plode, and runs into "One of our most popular myths. Even naye popular thin AI's myth." which she finds has so little substance she can put her finger right through It. In the eaaily penetrated Political Machine Shop, she learns that polltl cal machines "never work until they get dirty." Finally she is permitted to wstch the "greatest show on earth," with Uncle Sam as ringmaster, where the candidates are all made to "Jump through the hoops." before they can en'er the big race to ride the Elephant ith clay feet- or the Donkey with Almost Alice forelegs at both ends. Is nominated for President of brslf these Delighted States, escaping only when she remembers these, people have a- - dislike for the word "Red." Mr. Hope's nonsense Is imitative in manner more than in form, and paraphrase- some of the Carroll verse not too happily. But it Is all in good fun and. taken in not too lara,e doses, most entertaining. Occasionally his play on ror example words is frankly terrim this: "It Is called the American Mercury, .now that you mencken it" but rfter his punning is delicious. Rea Irwin's drawings quite aptly repeat the th book; spirit New Editorship Announcement Is made by The Guild of the appointment of Burton Rascoe. who recently resigned from the editorship of The Bookman,' to a place on !t editorial board. He will fill the plaoea vacated by Mlea Zona, Gale and Dr. Glenn Frank, who have resigned because, living outside New York, "they nave rert handicapped in the performance of their editorial duties. Mr. Rascoe ha been railed "the apostle of twentieth century laming literature." Thla title waa bestowed upon him probably becaua of his ear- Lit-sra- ry - tagomst is Andrew Jackson, to present Jackson's home in Tennessee, a special memorial volume. The volume is to contain Mr. Nicholson' original manuscript, and will be illustrated with an extensive collection of photographs and documents contributed by individuals from all over the world. In order to make the book aa complete a collection of Jackson-lan- a ass possible, the publishers have appealed to the publia at large for material foi inclusion. Original pictures, maps, manuscripts, daguerreo types, and matter pertaining to "Old. Rachel Jackson, Hickory" himself,-tor the places and event mentioned in Mr. Nlcholson'a novel. i ne cavalier of Tennessee" covers Jackson s history from the time nf hi admlsaion to the bar up to the momen of his inauguration as seventh nresi dent of the United States, and gives the details of his charming romance wim itacnei ivotiarns Thousands will mourn the untimely neatn, ot the popular Irish writer, Donn Bvrne. who was killed in an automobile accident a few days past near his home in Ireland, Coolmem Castle, at Bandon. The writer waa driving a new automobile, whose steering gear was defective, when the accident occurred. He was but thirty- eight years of age. Byrne, whose real name was Brian waa born In New Oswald York while his parents were on a visit to this eountrv He was a graduate of University College, Dublin. and studied at Paris snd Leipzig, his in terest being English literature. Prob ably the moat widely read of bis numerous books are "Meser Marco Polo" and "The Wind Blowtb." al though no one of his novels but com minded, a large audience, for all poa sessed to some degree the peculiar cnsrm mat was nis gift. to the Hermitage. Donn-Byrn- , ; Esther Forbes tells the story that while she was collecting her material for "A Mirror for Witches." she' came upon the following Item among some old papers. It seems that the wife of Governer Wlnthrop of Connecticut had fallen into a sad Infirmity tha loss of her underatandlnr and reason bv occasion of her srlvine herself wnoiiy to reading and writing aaa had written manv books. Her hus band being very loving and tender of ner. was loathe to grieve' her but he m too nis error when it w For if sbeTiad attended to her house-hol- d affairs, and such things as belong to women, and had mot sTSne out of her way to meddle witb jsijeftithlngs as sre proper for mesffvfiose Ttilnds are stronger, etc.. she had kent her wits and might hsve Improved them useruiry and honestly in 'the puce . ' Surely a tnat ioa had set her." sad tale and one to strike the heart of every lady novelist," concludes lf. . Cabell. tames Branch Theodore Dreiser. Sherwood Anderson, Sinclair Lewis. Erneat Hemingway and others, work he gave his praise to who ed before contemporary critics had new book American." bear fHoughton Mifflin oomDanvl. the explanatory ubt1tle. "The Earlier Life and Letter of Walter H. Page It cover his early life In th aouth ana the brlllisnt publishing career which preceded his ambsssadorship ft me ijourt oi Ht. James. Although Fulton Oursler aurrested to Judge Ben Llndsey that be writ his Companionate Marriage," he. himself, has Written a book agslnet companionate and trial marriages, Poor Little Fool" (Harpers). Mr. Oursler say h I for tb onea marriage, with rice and old ahoe and weeping women. Therefor when he saw the public' reaction to "Companionate Marriage," and "the harm the book I doing," he felt that the least he could do was to writ a book against it: The atorr of "Pobr LAU.1 .Ifaoiu. f tonw.tb Meat. .pss U4 in last, take piac In ona night, from tea time until about 4 o'clock in th morning. Oursler; ha brought much of the technique'he employed In hi play. "The Spider," to his latest Burton J. Jlendrlck' Trainfnr of an old-fas- them. It was about nine ye rs novel. past that Mr. Rascoe wrote an euJor1elt Wrna of H. 'L. Mencken, st a time when the more academic critic ignored or scorned the Eage of Baltimore. Mr. Rascoe' Interest la not. however, given altogether to the work of sny particular school I or to the expression of any specie point of view. He ka bad, many years of editorial Chicago Tribune. experience, with theNew Tork Herald-latw with the Tribune, until be eseumed The .Book- Raacoe le bot 17 year rran poet. Mr. cf age, but has achieved distinction ss a critic nd editor. On h Guild board Mr. Raecoe erill b with Carl Van Doren, who is Ellnr Wyli. Herdrik Wrjlem and novelist: V"an Loon, who wrote "The Story of Mank'nd." and Jteph Wood Krutch, aa editor of Tha Nation, end sawrn-'s'e- d editor-ln-chl- ef . recent political activities that have turned on them the spotlight, and a will to our constantly extending economic penetration, these three studies have a peculiar timellnesa. Their purpose is to saalyia aspects of are American Imperialism aa they presented in the countries under Professor Hsrry Elmer $arne, who is editing a series, of hlch these volumes are the first, says in his Introduction. "It Is obvious tha,t the particular msnifestatlon of contemporary imperialism most interesting and relevant to Americana is the ex pansion of American capital and olonlal power beyond the ancient boundaries cf the United States. It haa often been stated by patriotic orators that the United States Is the on state which has resolutely stood aloef facm . the Imperialistic orgy of the last half century. The truth would seem to be rsther that we were con-- . celved In imperialism and dedicated to the prlncipie of expansion. The history of our country has been in one sense the record of Imperialistic efforts and successes." Carlbbsan Island Menaced by "Yankee Peril." The example of Imperialistic effort wnicn santo Domingo offers is stud iea Dy nr. Meivin il. Knight, econo mist and historian, who. goes back to the activltie of American bual ness Immediately following the Civil war. ana traces the gradual processe by which thla Carihbesn island Is n Ming economically lied. lumbe- rTobacco, sugar. American enterprise leaves nothln valuable untouched. While "the new buccaneer of finance and commerce nave better manners than the old Dr. Knight says, "their main Hiere a real vriSs--. Yankee peril' to the Island In thl Americanizing process, even though It Is no longer etiquette to say it with gunboats.' " Bolivian Distress Due To Heavy Debt. Margaret Alexander Marsh, who Investigated conditions In Bolivia, has much the same story to tell, Bolivian Industry today resta on tin the ond largfst tin deposit of the world s witnin Bolivia boun national lying daries, let orIts sparse population tne proud lncas, are largely in a destitute condition, the country is burdened by a staggering aeoi, neia aimoet entirely by 5"""u United States bankers. The loan maae in iKl ty North American nanks is the most Important single factor in Bolivian finance, and has in it potentialities of peril from Yan ke imperialism the appendx to thl volume in'cludea a copy or tne contract between the Bolivian P.epubllc and the Equitable iruit company or New York covering the refunding loan of 1922, and alao an extensive biblioarenhv What tin means to Bolivia, sugsr mene 10 as ur. Jones Jias said In his dlseuslen of n relatione, "Cuba in American diplomacy has very often been a eynonym for augar." Americans have pointed with pride to Cuba as proof tnat governments can in practice be altruistic." Politically, the United States, Dr. Jenks' study show, his disinterested In Its Dn thoroughly reiaaon with th Cuban Republic; but, economically, th country in in power or American business American capital holds the preoon derent share In Its sugar Industry, railways, public utilities, mines, and sas otner large interests Th "annexation bogey." Dr. Jenks says, is gone the United states has no deidr to absorb Cuba, and Cuba Is developing a national culture that resist Americanization. Yet, he ssks, "Csn a oeuntry remain politically free when controlled eco Bomlcally from without?" These three represent a vast amount monograph ef research Info the conditions of American Inveatments abroad, and the problem of the coun tries involved have been resnnetent- iy and intelligently handled. To the students of ecomvmlce aad of South Americsn relation they wjjLb beti tntereat ana vgiue. : 4 Epitaphiam CitharUtriae r v 1 frvr; Trio of Poetry Volumes Reveal Skillful Touch TWILIGHTS. EGYPTIAN TWILIGHTS. MASQUE OF THE By Edna Worthley UnPublisher. The Mosher Press, Portlsnd, Me. th're ar little book of THESE ATTIC MOONS. derwood. whose attractive make-u- n catch attention. "Attic Twilights" contains six sonnets on classical themes, and a pagan's ' prayer to Christ. In "Egyptian Twiliahts" there are two poem, on or wntcn gives, briefly and vividly, the legend tachlng tc the friere of th Priest cf the Goddess Mut. The other offers an Impressionistic picture of Abydo with its ststue. Th third boos; Is woven around th legend that In olden time, when the harvest moon waa full fair women whom the gods bad loved gathered In the golden chmber of the moon. Stringing her verse dn this lovely t- . 'Trr. DaUTa, iretatlons. of Flora. Sinnho snd other. Edna Werthley Underwood verses Indicste experience!, ctilture and or vere technique. Ultra-mo- d ern, they give Impressions, descrip tion. nd history with lift! or no But they tranaltlon or explanation have beauty- - and thourht enough to cballenre the reader who can understand them. The following tine nfret th aa- Uior command of phrsse: never her "And Spring cam with bannered Moom. Nor Antomn with Its purple psg- esntry. "And Gamiean with wis, asd, oom-ma- Artist, Watching Geyser, immediately Alive to Its Artistic Possibilities 1 TTndpr tfap H y-- 7 V II A, CENTURY. Trulant Foster ar.l Wjddill Cachings, the two etuden'e cf economics who have recently been presenting some sstounding rw theories in this field, hsve suggested, in an article on ' Progress sr.J P.enty." which appears in tae July Century, a iv cut of the "dilemma of thrift." They discredit the old theory that produc tion automatically finances eonsump-tien- ; the money psld out in cresting the supply of goods is not enough, they insist, to finsnce the sale of the goods. The fact that the producers must receive enough more thsn th cost of msklng the goods for their profits, a part of which must be saved; and the additional fact that the consumer must save. a little out of the money received which neither can do without causing a lack of buyers creates this "dilemma of thrift." Chance, at times, they aay, .makes up this deficit In consumer buying caused by savings; but this is not enough. A permanent solution of the problem must be found, assuring enough "new" money flowing Into consumers' hands to mstch the constantly increasing output of goods. If our grest resources sre to be used to And this )n continuous sdvantsge. The authors possible, they believe. ssy: "What we need Is mnre knowledge concerning the flow of goods In relstlon to the flow of income snd, on the bssls of such knowl-.- TVi:iim t f Rarely Lovely Quality Found In Small Book Author Takes .One Back Once More to "House of CbUdhood.' . dfcivi-.d&- consumer CAMBRIC TEA. Publishers. New York. By Rebecca Lowrle. Harper and Brothers, f?UCH charm and fragrance aa around a treasure cheat filled with, mementoes of the past that still hold us in Its thrall, pervades Rebecca Lowrie's little book. She haa recaptured the very spirit of childhood; every resder will be the child of the MamAplai wnrrAA Tk. 1111. common things, so momentous to which she recslls,. rsrry childhood, one hack Irresistibly to days long forgotten, their aweet, sad echoes ring aealn in eur minds. The bouse of childhood, she says . . a .is not house of many man". sions. It la a house of little rooms, whose doors are ready to swing open at the gentlest touch, sometimes even to swing open of themselves. There in nothing mysterious sbout thl. as about other abandoned houses. Little familiar things are always stirring about among the shadowa, playing games thst you used to plsy or sitting solemnly in their corners thinking the thoughts that you used to think. And once you have gone inside you feel uite cozy and snug, as though you had never been away. For her the doors of the little rooms have swung wide, nd she carries you with her Into them, where you fit so snugly among the "little familiar things" thst yon might almest imagine you had not left them for long. Ita Merit Directness And Simplicity. Its sim Half of the book's charm plicity. It makes no attempt to plav upon our emotions, It is wistful and There sweet but never Is no sentimentalising, ner writing fer sole been has Her endeavor effect. to show what goes en in a child's unsusmind that there are deep) all pected by the child's elders and, this she has done with much artistry. These are the thinga that ar actually a part of th memories of each of us joyous holidavs spent on the eld farm so full of delight for city children; those first days of School, when One's Reader pointed a finger at the picture and said. "See m. I am a bird. am a yellow bird": the time one was snt to Aunt ssrsns neoause sister Marian had a sore threat, and then when one was allowed to go - waa toil thatd Jl bome,'n taken Marian to heaven, and one wondered If God wou!4 let ber come back again. Later came tne time, wnen one sli of 1 and had learned there was no snt lns slthouah It .wa expedi ent to pretend you believed, because Mother nd Father seemed not to know that one began t suspect that even God wss no more than a celestial bluff. For there was that "damn" said right In church, and on hadn't been punished. So on defied Him boldH. building a little altar of stones But even to worehfo another God this wis Ignored bv the Deltv, so one decided it was onlv distinguished peo ple whom he punished. Unusual Child Traits. The child of th book whom w re gret la given no nsrne: should it be P.ebecea? la not like many children, simple and credulous, questioning nothina. There were many things this small person found difficulty in acceptnd mak ing, many thing to puxsle her doubt th wisdom of her elder.v lmsgl-nstlOne sees her n child, whom, on feels, is never o ak life lightly. are many inciaeni The book floes Mrs. Lewri sketched briefly not sllow herself to dwell too long lin-ge- rs over-swee- t. - Showing-Rebelliou- mymm-to- i nd the story never once oecomes reminiscences often do bore- en me. But the shsrp pictures sne a ar reminder of our awn give hlldhood pleasant often, sometime sad. aometiroe having a poignancy thst hurt. No piqusnt tang to this, no pungen-- y for the literarv palate. Like Ita title, "Cambric Tea" ia not Intended as a stimulant, but answers perfectly Its purpoee. to warm snd refresh. And It ha been fittingly garbed. Ua and deiicata print cover green end paper quaintly pcrtty snd dear ( th book Itself. urn mauve-flower- undoubtedly bold their own tberree for th tit'imn piih'leation Dlsl Press "Thing Wer Different" fEf!ahb Faran). th sTory of a modem girl who happened to be born In the m'ddle of Qun Wife" re'gn: "The FTffeeeor "Th English Mir rPrVf H Mottram); and th 'Intimate (K LIT of the Lest Tsarina" Princes c"ahrln RadslwIJ, ar significant Wna-.e- n a of th Vie-t"- ri tea'- -' Wr!sjNj.t,.Srt. receive i ' - w h I WORLD'S tm, WORK. In the Urge ss studied by theaters of Europe, an English authority Huntly Carter, on the modern theater, during a re. reflect the cent tour of lmps'-tion- , r.ew influen'-e-s st work In nstlonal and social life. Mr. Carter, in an article ho ha contributed to th July issh cf World's Work, discusses th changee that have taken plac and shiws how propaganda is taking Its part on the European stage. The stsg lends still to exhibit tne drama or tne "new morality." resulting from the magnification of sex by the psychoanalysts, a tendency most prominent. he says, in the little "arty" centers In Parle. This drama of the "new morality," as MP. Carter sacs it. Is "a very good analysis of a Tnsdhouse." However, he notes that cosmopolitanIn ism is the predominant featur all the theafera of Europe, and Present-ds- v tendencies "Moreover, the eosmopolltanlem, both In and out of Paris, is a new one. It represents a kind of harmonizing of nationalism and InAs far back ternationalism aa I can remember Paria has been ... cosmopolitan. Today . . . w find the little 'advanced' theaters trying to reflect the newer tendenFor cies in Internatlonsl playa. Instance, Included In the program 1927 of the Atelier for the early season were 'La Comedie rtu by Evrelnotf. a Russian; 'Dea,' by Bontempelll. an Jtallan: ta Young Poets First Volume Is Remarkable 1 Only Four Kings In History of Bon-heu- c pats Al&sa?meMsinor nis own. In "Elegy," h longest poem hi th volume, th young pot "mskes hi Grsu. a Fpsnlard; and 'The Birds," by Aristophanes. The Internstlon-a- l movement, deigned to promote understanding between natlona, la represented bv the Universal Society of th Theater enough money, in addlNon to their savwealth of finings, to buy th ished products . . . For brief we must have conperiods trived to Increase the flow of We have money to consumers. done that mainly in two ways:, First, In connection with the construction of new capital facilities, aueh as factories, power plants, railroads; and, second, in connec tion with new public works, sue as highways, harbors, schools. The reason why th use of new money in capital facilities helps to prevent overproduction. Is thM 'adInvolve such Investments vance' wage payments. That is to say. they provide consumers with new money wherewith to buy new fscllltles goods, before th prodwee any gooda. Similarly, the construction of public works enables wage earners to take goods off th market without adding gooda to th markets." Western prld will doubt! thrfU anew at an article la th July number of "World Work." which relate th story of how our ''Old laltjiful" geyser of Yellowstone National park Inspired tb distinguished sculptor. Daniel Chester French. According Tlttl. author of th artie! Mr. French saw a photograpTv of "Ola ralthful" In action, Th douil of touchd with sunlight, stood out boldly agalnat th dark sky. Tha artlat, aliv to vry suggestion of beauty, and with th genius to transmute a passing, volatile mood Into permanent marble, Immediately saw a nascent masterpiece. In tlm that vagrant meed of na tur wa translsted into th lovely marbl "Th sons of God saw tb of men that thy wer fair.'1 dughtrs Thl represents a msle fiaur wltb arching wing tenderly embracing a , beautiful young girl. Th apposlte-nes- s .' of th statu to tha familiar rtiiftiVis , .... : photograph I readily een. Th knowledge that "Old Faithful," which ha Inspired thousanda of ama. teur to writ verses about it, has also inspired such a definite genius a French, ought ta add a llttl mora Interest to the gey- ser. It may lso encoursg other to In th avar permanent form changing lights and shadows of our Weetland, and to render om of these tn mediums of enduring beauty. Th article also gives a brief story of th llf of Mr. Frnch, "a culptor f th Spirit of America," with many a llttl anecdote that light up hi ELEGY r' By Roy Robert. Publisher, background. Among hi most famoua piece of statuary ar tha Lincoln la tne ooiart frees, Atlanta, Ua. Lincoln at Somehow, poet real pota of th th Lincoln memorial; the Minute "Tb Nebraska; younger school ar alway stimulati- Lincoln, . ng. Ther I such a dauntless cour- Man" and "Th Republic." age to their questioning; ther such an ardent flaming to their love: their acorn I th whit scorn of th and uncorrupted, tneir aim la limitless. Roy Rob erts Is of this school, a young 0or- w glan, Influenced by th lyrlo quality of other aoutbernelngere. yet volo- - a4.&fJEn 1 isli" js-- , flii?CBtii ln"ni moddr fit Vmannw wltr 1 ' will ... -- Cuban-America- Western Scene Stimulus to Art "Old Faithful.' c "North-America- Stand not uttering sedately Trite oblivious praise above berl Rather say you ssw her lately Lightly kissing her but lover, hi spar not "there is a reason Why we bring ber sa white blossoms." Since the snowy bloom's In nn blue ere. Strew it on ber sleeping botom! Blue a the iacr4 Sea' brlgM " Oh. for It would be a pity ll'les ar . To e'erpraiaa her or to fVnrt her. Which paint .their pardon over Ehe was wild, and and witty Palestine Lets not say dull thing about her. Th lpxpn1vnea of The Trtbtin VICTOR PLARX. Want urretd only by tbelr (Troca "Tb Broca Ziaav7t"a iwi, if .... um-tnrani- marble, which was inspired by Between white birches and a long white road The school lifts white its cupola on h!gh. To one that wander! in this night abroad It seems the earth is talking with the sky. Wjitg secrets rule the earth. They will not show Pave to the moon, snow csllirsr unto snow: DANIEL in The Commonweal. ' MINGO. tr63e beautiful Sculptor Finds V French's C. $ IN SANTO DO My Melvin M Knight. THE BANKERS IN BOUVA. By M. A. Marsh. OUR URBAN COLONY By Laland H Jerks. Publisher, The ar.guird rress, ew or JINCE In the present there Is a steadily Increasing interest in our n neighbors, due to THE AMERICANS MisSvForbes. The Rascoe Assumes v-- mind. News and Views of Modern Artists D. Now is the hour when the moco 's garden reigns; White flagpoles, chuiohes, eldciberry. Mnoms, Daisies in pastures, children in sick r"oms," Stand forth like Isnfcrus as the twilight wanes. WtfttwTlcnjflr'rotirttown up'on"esr"t7f" tah'er' l'nc's7"'"""""v"" Vhite stones look up from earth's forgotten 'tombs. Whits mists rise suddeu from the river flumes, Hosts of Queen Anne's Lace guard a hundred lanes. Fre&a, TF OXE happen to be in a link of anything seriously wnuM .require ton great an effort, then te will tjke much delight in Mr. Hope's gorgeous foolery. There it not a serious moment ' the in contemplated book. Mr. Hope follows tfee path of tha master, Lewis Carroll, with the gayest and his fabrication of highly diverting nonsense, the while it satirizes America's tarred institutions, carV ries no sting. This Alice whose wanderings in the Delighted States of Hysterica where practically everything isn 't allowed, but practically everything is done are rei corded, is not to be confused with Mr. Carroll's Alice. She is a modern a Alice, a daughter, she adshamefacedly mitted to the Muses "But I didn't know she married!" exclaimed several Musea togethar. Alice shook her head sadly. "An an affair," she said softly. "A , newspaper man, it was. He loved her very, very much." Well, Mr. Hope "is" a newspaper man his daily column in the , Xew York in which some chapters of Alice's adventures have appeared, has brought him many followers. His satire here has no subtitles; it is the broadest humor, e but merry and infectious. ABOUT BOOKS Both Rotarians and Menchenitee Satirized. AND WRITERS Alice's fantastic experience, following her escape from "Jealous" Island ll Plans have been made by t!ie Implication In the title company, publishers of Merewhere ehe Is made to eat "Humble fiew "The dith Nicholson's novel, " Pi into encounters with 1pH ' Rebecca L o w r t e, uhose "C amb ric Tea" in charming SuBject of Monographs Extension of American Imperialism. STATES. 'By Edwsrd Hope. lisher, Lincoln White Secrets Story Appeals Economists Say American Institu- ALICE IN ...LIGHTED V LITERATURE AND ART? Critical Reviews of Late Books tions Travestied 8, 1923. ..." In Berlin Mr. Carter found all th new features of cosmopolitanism. Th German reonl welcome nlaya that between "reveal a ranprochement Germany and France and other coun-triTheir theaters sre almost denationalized; are Americanized and Th Anglicized to a targe degree. cosmopolitan character of th playa presented tn tb theater of Prague, Czechoslovakia, also Is noticeable, with English, French and American haying the preference over the German. Today the playhouses Of Russia form a Bolshevist unity, where cosmopolitanism becomes a means of natlona! propaganda, foreign plays snd 6poraa being readapted to Bolshevist purpoee. There Is a revelatory article by Lord Beaverhrook on "Political Battlea of the World War": Mark Sullivan dls cusses "Al Smlth5s Chance" political ly; snd a wide variety of other topic are considered by competent authors. e; But thl cannot be left to chance, for "sooner or later, chance brings too large a flow of money or too smsll a flow." The authors' solution of the s government problem Is for the THE WORLD TOMORROW. "th only sgency which represents In th July World Tomorrow is everybody snd has sufficient authority" to maintain a federal budget found this arresting story, told by board that shall be thoroughly Carl Krulsen of how "A Son of Mar with all facts pertaining to the Remembera": situs tlon unemployment, ecenom'o "Experiences In the Navy" was price chsnges, foreign trade; crops, the subject of th captain's adcredit conditions, and projected conW to our Men's Club. dress struction which data shall be taken thouirht w would be broadmlnd-e- d ipto censiderstlon by the government a and have militarit spesk to In Its own fiscal operations, and shaN) us nd then a pacifist. W be re per ted to private Industries thst milnlrked thl msn for th they may act in accordance. To those itarist. H hsd sont ten who argue that this would mean govin including tha.perlod ernment control of business, the auof the world war. Certainly, w thors reply: thought, he would have Imbibed cf the wsr the psvchology "As a mstter ot fact, our policy lord . . . means 'less' Interference with Bomb number one came when a aien through business the captain declared that pracwhleh the government, by more tically every American In the war Intelligently using the owers It had a good time. It ss advenalready has Including the spendture and a world tour for him. ing ot the billions it Is certain to Even the men who stayed home anyway will not only intersped e had a good time. The high . . . less but fere with business of fhe Liberty bond drive, will lead the way. thus 'enabling' the snd the sensational news, t& act more private business Itself sugsr saving all made them feel Intelligently, and thus increasing a rivrlons break with th humhuman everywhere. happiness drum existence of shons. facexcuse no other Government has mines, schools and offices. tories, for being." ' Mothers were the only one thst Frederick Tllney's theory of evoludidn't have a gopd time." he said. wa tion. Edgar Lee Msster's study of a beautiful "My mother "Chicago." Karl W. Detier on "th 'young' lady whn the war started," Then, to the smasement of rejuvenated Chafltauqua," Richmond evervone. Ms nenetrating Barrett'a Impression ol"'Wigrer st eyes filled snd bis throat refused to Bayreuth, are among iser matters work. He finished with difficulof interest in this number. ty, "and she was a beautiful 'old' ladv when th war ended." ST. NICHOLAS. H spent most of hia time st How the wonderful trail, which ha Mediterconvoy duty In th made the beautiful lake, the virgin One night a shin laden ranean. forests nd great peaks of the Green 115.000.000 ot alr- with worth even to ocess1hls most the Mountains nlsnr parts wss struck by a inexperienced climbers, wss built le sailors About Jumped fifty In told by Merrltt Parmelee Allen the Into the.oonn . . . His tug. go of thl July St Nichols. Not a ysrd ten an went miles hour, tax1 ing past money, trgll ha been made with them. He wss sure that It went he aay. "It waa constructed spd over some of the men because maintained by voluntary contributions they were so thick ahead and so of money snd labor from members of .numerous on both sides. He the Green Mountain Club," an organeould "For hear them yell, tn was If 19, instituted isation that Christ's sake, throw us-- a line." Its purpose being "to mek th VerTh boat did rfot stop, though It mont mountain play a larger part in conwas the last one In th tb life of tb people." I . . . voy th article. Very Inform tlv ' A fellow officer got nervoua With Qlseaaes." In which "Battl Indigestion fro-- th exnerlence of Floyd I Darrow tell of th research that night. H has not recovwork of th Public Health Service. The ered to thl dav. how said. Tou can't 1rrat?lnsspekr fhos criea could msWe a man shake In his boots. They haunt mosn" over th death of Llllth. A in otner elegies, th Ineviauthor table doubts and fears find expression yet through It all run a golden thread of beauty and a purpl thread of mysticism. The shorter poem that msk uo th of ths llttl book ar, many of rst tnem, oennneiy satirical. His toy verses are exquisite lyric, but ther Is a salty tang to hi method of Deatresting most subject. "To con" snd "To a Pharisee" suggest Mr. Robert' sttitude toward eonvnt1onal "Dumb" uggest hi power religion. to say "all that needs be saiT in a tew woraa, Y yr vy ... pree-sur- Millay's Music Lent to Poet's Recent Volume tor-ned- o. I n Exotic Romance m Depicts Chinese Love and Honor FORBIDDEN. By Joan Conquest. Publisher. Tb Maoaulay Company, New York. and hatred, gentleman' high regard for a promise given, ar the motivating elemeote In thl barbsr- leally colorful romsne. which I told In Mlsa Conqueett drmstlc bet heretofer And she ka fsshlon. shown ber ability tn dramatio nar rative. It th tory of tha adventure of two English people tn Peking" sdven-tu- r thst brought remsnce to Roes lie Hatchway, th whll It proved very ar.gieaeant and very neerly disastrous to ber husband, snd brought dsrger Indeed to th handsm even though It gave him to taat of a coveted lev. A kidnapfor the lie ef ing, a terse gsrrei a "Foreign Devil" between two Oriental, a secret that lead Into th Forbidden momenta saelea of romance, City, methods to whirl) a Chines ' sohlnniB reports t res' or th Ilia amrestors, aa aetera snaid CHINESE vengefulnee Chang-Teh-shen- Pag bor-lifvl- yet." At th end of hi sneech b read a onotatlon from the chapter of Act, giv- Ing th detll ' of rani's last the Medlter- lournev throurh "t ikm,h m.-n j Tne same .iv Christians killing Christians. Or st least they claimed they were Christian. That Is mv mesthen eat sage." be a!d, and ' twenty-sev- enth i It Is undoubtedly pies sing to in author that Edna St. Vincnt Mlljay should effr frword to bar volume of poem, yet It might prove somewhat on almost fear to prodisastrous, for ceed to a reading of th pom lest they should not equal th poetical quality of Mis Mlllay'g writing. This Is how she hss Introduced Abble Hous. ton Evan' "Outcrop," a volume Issued by Hsrser's: "These ar th poems of en mor deeply and constantly a war than moat peopl are. of th many voices and faees ef lively natur. Mor than one, In reading them, you will find stock-sti- ll befor sm objectyourself with which you hav rubbed elbow all yur but which you hav llf, truly seen until moment; you will lesrn how "water velvet furs th mullein nvr tht leaf; hear 'the frlcket ring his little bell ef and glsss,' j "Through th sis sing mica grain by a re4 well known Watch th . smsll red spider run-nln- g down tha stone.' "Those persons who never long to be ceuntry, except when it is Insufficiently hot In th city, will not. I think, be grestly sttracted to this bok. For It will be t them like a book In a language with which they are un acquainted. Here is no wind from a aarden of honeysuckle and roses wafted at dusk Into a room where someone plays The fragrance Chopin from memory. given out by theae pages Is ss the fragrance or aome aturdy roadside weed which one has known s nee chl hood without ever having guessed that it smelled st all; some day one benda above It and Is startled into a cry by Its dellcste and subtle odor. Beauty to this poet Is a hardy goddesa, one cf In the ... d- i nose snd things, fsr from spring Of sweet water, wringing up Moisture from the rock wn eup' a creature nourished 'on the moun s tain's flinty breed,' and on left above the snow.' "Read thesa poems too swiftly, or na your neart win still omy siowiy, be free of of them. Read them again. with care, sad they will lay their 'Lean-fingere- d g Pltter-berrie- 'seed-pod- n.nas upon you. Bit It of Philosophy Is the plumb Una that mskes crooked politics. It is hard to be nice to peopl who down. think they ar nice. If It Is a vital political Isaua, th 11 these enter into th tory real politician never ta!k about It. devotion Honor Is a strsng thing: th less a to give It fascination. Chang-Teb-henthe wealthiest fellow has of it. the harder ha will voung man' of Peking, while a stu fight to prove he hss it. I som on An Impudent person dent at Oxford, had met asd loved t s'aht the bsutiful daughter of Dr. wb acts ss though he thought he wss bad eor-ful- ly just ss Important aa we think w Cha. but th tb professor Oriental a a uit-o- r. NEPHI JENSEN. rejected ar. and Rosalie, unknowing, had mr-rte- d th erudite Profeeeor Hatchway. But Charg, for leniency Dr, Chaae ahown a friend of bad, at his hia, bad vewed to give aid to any f tb poctT' family If ver It w needed. So that h warn tb Doctor never to let Roeali nd ber husband com to Pekir.g. inc ther I ene a there awnrn to wreak Vengeejica vll done long ago for th HtrhwT by hi grar.dfs'her, a a British In Peslng. W leans all thla ta th prokgja. pl. cf-f- kr w know tht, the warning. It I In Peking w tn pair next ana inn iner will be much denger and adteonent.-- f Nevertheless, It I U mad Interesting and what we ar not prep red for who quite ia th lovely eclipses Raiie at the lset, and th oa beantlfu! end a Idyll of tory a Oriental character. In which Ml-ha- n lov master ber devoted fsr goa got And. of course ........ . aol-dl- DUMB. Ther wa a tlm. dear When ailenc wa a gold; You In that tlm, dear, Left nothing untold. Now w hav a (rest need To esse our heart of dread. But everything you ran aay Haa long ago been said. nt (ByWlLUAM LYON PHELPS.).' In th history of English iltaraCur' been four king, only four, and ther never will be another. Not on of tha four waa th greatest wriur of hi time, but knowledge, critical ability and dominating personality leva ted tbem to th .throne. . le ia worth remembering that all tour wer thoroughly grounded la th classic; they had aound knowledg of Greek and Latin author, which furnished them with a .background of culture and with standard of Judgment Ail four wer Identified with th city of London, where they held court. ThW knew th city aa well aa an experi-ence- d driver of tagicab, Th first king waa Ben Jonson, bora In Wi. Th wa a scholar and a equally at horn In a dusty lith brary or en th field of battl. Inkilled of two armle be had presenc file man In aingl combat and later dual. ' H killed a man in London In had a hug fram and a mountain bally, and when hi walght reached nearly 100 pound h walked frora London to Edinburgh, larding tha leaa earth a h marched along. In tb early year of th seventeenth century, th Mermaid Tavn. In th of London, wa th chief reaort of th dramatieta, critic and wit. It wiia compared favorably, I a era aay, th Hotel McAlpIn three enturie later. There Jonaon, enaxesoear, --oajman, Beaumont ana letoner, ana snany other engaged In conversation whleh wa a far from bln dry a wa th that helped to gtlmulaU IL Shakeepear waa tb mot successful and popular play wright in th city; but Jonsoa waa th King or Literature, ana seiuea th fata of new hooka by an emphatic word or by a blow of hi fiat on th table. A group of young men, rnay f whom became famoua writer, war sea'.sd of tb Trib of Ben. and were, proud to be celled hi Bona. i Dryden Succeed Kino. Jonson When Jonson died In 1S7, th king wa t yea re old. This wa John Dryden. the most caeerful. genial and worldly, minded ef th four monarch. During th forty years from 160 tb 1700. th year of hi deathx.he wa th leading drama t'tat. Satirist and critic. Although toaay uryon a piays wn to us both slimy and dull, and much of hi poetry uninspired, h was truly great critic, th father of modern English pros. He had. a etyle It that' combined digntry wnft-aa'was conversational, withouvover be W satire coming trivial. Although were so terrific In thir Impact that it i difficult to understand how hi victim could hav walked th atreata after their publication, thera w In Drynothing mean or venomou den natur. He rotred with laagbr-te- r while he track: snd when h and hi brother dramatlsfe weTe aavageri-attackeby the Rev. Jeremy Collier for their Immoral plays, h was th only on to own up manfully that Col lier was right. Dryden bad a gooa t heart. His successor on th thnon waa Alexander Pope, who at Dryden' death wa li year old. Pope wa small and deformed, and caHed his life a "long disease." H became through hi knowledge, wit and satirical genius sn sbsolut monarch. Pope Is tha least attractive of th four kings: he was peevish and malignant, and used hia geniu In personal attack. Samuel Johnson Last of Monarch. xt When Pop died In 174, the and last king wa IS year old. This waa Doctor Eamuel who Johnson, made a dictionary of the English language. Although tn adai- (eau.ha... SKw4wa.sli.amdiBaciSf, wrot the "Lives ot the roetsj a on Shakespeare, and waa commentary th leading columnist of th day, he ruled English- iuaratura - chiefly by conversation. When Johnson died tn 17S4. th thron of letter becam vacant, and ther can never b another king. Up to that date. English literature waa concentrated in London. Todaa English literature is written In Great Britain and Ireland, tn North America, tn Australia, in Capatown, sutd la tha uttermost isle of th McClur gyndicata.) Norman Foerster In "Amartcaa Criticism" (Houghton M!ff'.a eompanyl, tha gives en pause for theugbt with dasentence: 'Tef1o:ent In athlcal was iunlted Poe ;nvot aa velcphtent. ia lmeilectual develn'ment." Ma rg uert'e Htrrison, trtbor 0 J recentV pnhllshed "Aia Rubor, spent two year gatheringrimmaterial seeb tlvl ker book. Jrirg tvi TursavsV CL&Wa mod tha Jspsn. Ritsata and Ir.", ther hav de-sp-i'e u see Msl-hn- . hrt rfrhmnt : - nt - single-hande- .. , d - potiif ( J s t' |