| Show I I i iI I I II I It If t tl rt Y lY f t r w r I Fh r Y l lIt It It to Secure the Present He Han His Heart on Giving His N u a f did p D ex Bride Young Mr Barklie vr f e Henry Delights Her With a i Tl fir t tr r I If f 6 1 Novel of Smart ry t jf f d dry t y yAr i 15 lea Society s lf tr hf r a a Y ArY Ar w t vaS p d dr r i isy sy fr 1 r tir R Rj Life That He Himself e Wrote I 4 I II j gj t 5 j I 1 J I r j a a ar r 1 i y fv ti c sn yr i r f i 1 i il Q yx S fk l r rS y c a 8 e erite rite s S t f ti 1 S rw tt 3 o oo r rk r w r sy ISA o l r r l M vw fr ar Ja 3 J sYd KJ p r vl a y i a SL Fc n e ea ef f f 4 siG t d rM r ri f y at J X J l J Erb y t i fr r 4 l w t pS t d ir re t s w t g gr r l 1 rJ r J r r yf r d k a t A Jt This years w F I t 1 n crew of which Bark r 4 t cots cot's i lie Henry was cap cap- capy w t e r ru sq x tarn and which spoiled his hopes of giving his y n ne u f b ry a tia stia t l s sa c r rt t fiancee a victory over Yale for her wedding k i aw ift Captain Henry is the third oarsman from the bow at the left of the a g gk ty k J r 4 4 da fJ rv r t P SyU k a 2 3 Jt a IJ N Nt i 5 W a t S t j rt 1 ar jy r r a i tb J The Whitney heiress and her father Harry Payne Whit ney e on n her her- wedding warbling ria day i r H Ht wedding of Miss buss Barbara T WhItney daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Payne Pane Whitney and McKee Henr Henry the Harvard oarsman was quite quito the brilliant affair everybody e for such a rich and fashIOnable heiress Of Of course the bride e was overwhelmed wIth gifts Tyre There Tre T re were ere enough rare raie ral rand and costly pr presents lavished J on her to stock stocka a sized good store and their value ran hIgh into the thousands of dollars Probably no fashionable society bride has ever been more generously remembered remembered by family and friends But the gift which the Whitney heIress thInks most precious of all and will tI more than any of the others was neither gold or silver er or richly gleamIng JeweL eweL It bore the tho hallmark of jo no exclusive e Fifth Avenue store and It did not come coma from any Pans Paris or lon ion Lon don don shop It was just a book a novel entitled DeceIt a volume that can be pur- pur purchased purchased pur purchased chased at the bookstore for the very nominal sum that works of popular 1 fie fie- fib fic usually command And the reason why young oung Mrs Henry prizes this volume in m its flaming red and black jacket more than than all the rest of her expensive and Is because it bears her husbands husband's name nameon nameon on en its its title page page-It page it was as written by him ml Yes Mr Henrys Henry's unique gift to his hie was nothing less than his first novel novel-a a full book booL length novel that contains as many pages and looks loohs as impressive e in every way as any of the best sellers The writing of a novel is a notable achievement itIs regardless of whether hether It Is well received by critics and public or not It tales takes some men a whole whole life life- life lifetime lifetime time to one ne or two such Buch books Innumerable others go to their graves WIthout ever having completed the novels they were always going to write industrious In But Mr Henry Is It seems mere more In in- in and persevering than many other men men Before his course at nt Har- Har Harvard Haryard Har Harvard vard yard was finished his first novel Dovel was In Inthe inthe inthe the hands bands of his publishers I His literary ambitions were as lofty as his ambitions in been lie He would not be bo satisfied as ns so many col- col college col college lege students are with what eel self ex expression can be obtained through dash dash- dashing ing mg oil oft a Ii few short stories and bits bite of terse or writing editorials for the col lego col-lego legs lege papers Only a full fuU length WIth charming heroine dashing hero crafty villain and all the rest would do for for hun him A During his last two years at Harvard nulo ule rowing on the varsity crew and WInning the tha W Whitney heiress and study- study b I lD ing as muchas much as hoI ho he I found f necessary Hen H e n r y found time jo to o pour out his views of modern society l life le e ip III story fOI form m to the t he extent of some hun hundred red thousand words lIe He did not have havo iii difficulty young oung authors often offen halo ha halom m lD finding a rub rub- pub publisher u lisher sher and th the ap appearance of the timed so that the fn th st t copies would be out of the bindery just a afew afew few da days s before the authors author's wed wedding ding Later on Mr 1 t w 7 N slit slitS S it K Ki 1 1 t G J if f r i t r 4 s r J 1 r ire i iu ir u r lJ wr t ll r y 1233 Ejk 5 s p ka r k Yta a 1 S Sr r r rJ rs j J k s r ra fk oaf i k A U 1 f a 2 7 ly J f r P s fr bi I Si i k t I r S 41 K co l Ke e r r rP P s 's a i i ia y k v 9 se a r 4 wM s r w y 9 r 5 F 9 I 5 L 5 b k f 9 c w O L Co The e bridesmaids page and flower girl at the at the Whitney Henry wedding r Henry is said Bald to ha have hale e thanked his lucky stars that the Gate date of publication had been fixed just it was Foi For as it turned out a copy of this first novel was the only gift he had to make hIS fIancee What he had set act his heart on giving her what hn he had for tor months heed beeri straining every nerve to win lD for her had been denied him hun anel the after the most hal hart hart- t- t breaking halt breaking struggle A victory over the ilia Yale CI clew ew on the Thames at N Ne e eLondon London was as what hat he had wanted to-be to most of ot all to gle gl e his bride to to- to be The race race was as to be lowed rowed J just list a few afew days before his wedding and und he felt that he owed nothing less than-a than smash smash- ing smashing win Will to the heiress who ho had deserted her family's Yale sympathies and become a staunch launch supporter of Han Harvard ard for his sake y I IA yA 1 A year vear ear before the Harvard crew on whIch lien Henry rowed had been beaten by Yale A few days after the race the gloom of the defeat was lightened by the winning of something that meant far moro more to him than a dozen boat hoat races laces laces the heart of the Whitney heiress With that securely in his Ius possession he felt supremely confident of the crew of which he was now captain to victory at New London another II v could he lose with his Ins charming fiancee waving a crimson banner in tho midst of the blue ones of her Yale sup sup- supporting supporting porting parents and brothers brothers That sight would ho he felt sure give his oar the force of The II an ard sh shill shell ll would forge steadily ahead and long before the finish line Une was reached Yal Yale would be bo left hope hope- lessly hopelessly behind inspiration Perhaps Barbara Barbal a Whitneys Whitney's tion did double the energy Barklie Henry put into his bus every stroke but even so I this was as v as not enough to out outmatch match the PO poser cr skIll skill and endurance of the Yale crew clew Yale won on again agam just as it has been doing for goodness kno knows show how many years This left young Mr Henry with Ith only hl his nO novel nOel el to fall back on as a peculiarly a-peculiarly a intImate gift for his bride And after all shy hy was wa Hl not this a very satisfactory substitute To say the least it was as extremely un unusual usual Pew young oung men have a novel to their within a few days das of th lr graduation horn flom college and before they are arc married It would perhaps pel haps show Barbaras Barbara's Yale family that even though Hal Harvard vard is not turning out many win winning ning crews lately lateT it is producing some writers And that Js that is how Mrs Henry got the red and black bound volume which she regards as more precious than any of her other wedding gifts Although the critics have havo not hailed Mr Henry as another Dickens or Arnold or Bell II Wright they deal more mOle kindly with Ith his Jus book than they do with the maiden efforts of many young authors With more well experience experience pel perhaps haps the Barbara Balbara W will sonic some day find herself hersell the wife of a el y famous novelist Mr Henrys Henry's novel i is a social satire Boston with Ith the innermost circles of Bos ton and Palm Beach society It IS 13 toll told In the form of the diary of a wealthy retired teacher a man of about forty He lIe tries to break up the love affair that hac hae sprung up between a founer fOllner pupil of his and Mrs Angela a avar var widow whom horn he knows to be a bad woman oman However neither who Angela Angela In spite of the diarists diarist's objections is a really fascinating nor creature creature nor Tony cares to be saved flom the other In fact they pull the well intentioned old teachers teacher's legs most scandalously Various other ramifications develop and in some sonic o oC of them Joseph Rumson a wealthy collector of art objects who IS also in love with Angela figures pi emi eminently Through tt It t all is manifest Henrys Henry's attempt to hit off social snob snob- snobbery snobbery bery but sonic some of the critics think it is lather tather ineffectual Long the end of the story the theauthor theauthor author of the diary meets an nn unusual young girl of spirit the daughter of an anold anold anold old Boston Doston family who nho finds him attractive attractive attractive tive What eventually happens to them can be guessed from flom the following para paragraphs para graphs With I h the novel ends The door closes ant closes ani 1 thuc 1 is Lucy smiling at me wistfully She he a moment and I ob observe erve how beautiful she has become Behold the woman oman The past m months have had their ef effect feet on her also Pain Pam has made her a 8 woman and I sweat S there is something In her face deeper thai thae tho thou their ever was SI Sift comes over and sits on the bed Youre Youre thin Andiew It is the he sone Olce of the woman i I Naturally I SO say Peculiar twinkles twinkle I I like fat men It is the voice of I i the girl Are Ale you happy here Ju Just t a little lonel lonely I reply That cant can't be helped it No She says absently I do not ask uk her if she is happy She has youth and beauty and a home Some eager cager young Romeo will snatch her up before long You must not waste too much time here It is lovely outdoors I I I I shant shan't She he smoothes my hand as it 1 lies I e s on the spread spread t log Does your leg hurt you OU t 1 much Gracious G r a c ious b no viol Ana it doesn't Two T w o r rda j da days davs mole more and andI I shall be in m a wheelchair do dov An Another An- An v other wee s e e k- k k CI crutches clutches u She sIts by me still srol s rok- rok ing mg ing my hand r r iA f r k kv v A Ai I II t I it t 7 4 J Barklie McKee s t Henry enry the former Miss Barbara I w Whitney Luc Luc Lue Isay I say do you remember I that afternoon n when I kissed you on the forehead and whys why I newer never knew why she whis whispers pers lendin over me but you may maydo maydo maydo do it again if you vou ou like And the thing is that she gave me ins her lips instead Now what could be bo nicer in the way of a happy ending for foi a novel than thIS But as told a few pages earlier in the story things do not riot tUI turn n out ut so bliss bliss- blissfully blissfully f fully lIy for Tony lony and Angela and rich Mr Rumson Rum Rumson on finally nuns ins InS Angela away front from Tony but the latter continues to pursue her after she has become Mr firs on In the end Rumson is forced to take his wife wICe a away assay ny from Bo Boston ton In order to protect her from the attentions of this extraordinarily extraordinarily persistent rival for her love lovo i lOne One critic pronounces Mr Henrys Henry's Henr s 's story astonishingly mature and nod r Yr I 3 Jev e not riot callow clever ann yet calmly wise II i F f i ibon Its chief y r hon bon he goes on to sav say y leer lie he in the manner in which Mr Henry has ha got into the nun of his Ius dearest and has hasI I revealed levelled the con conflict conict lct within him between f f hIs natural sentiments and notions of L the correct life acquired flom the dis disintegrating F integrating New England tra tradition The critics are agreed eed that it is are a re re piece of work to be bo produced by a university undergraduate In addi addition tion to having a famous sculptress for a mother the former Barbara WhItney ma may some sonic day hear herself self referred to toas toas as the wife wICe of the tha famous novelist ehst Whether Dee Deceit lt is or is rot the first of many successful novels its author has hashe the he satisfaction of knowing that that bo ho gave la I hIs bride a unique gift I II I 1 r r J |
