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The World War
in Three Plays
How tyro Americans nnd an English
Poet Dramatize the Struggle
It seems next to Impossible to wrlto
an Uninteresting play nbout war. The
world conflict in Europe has such a hold
on our minds even after etf$t months
of deadening carnage that the horrid
, truth ot man killing man because a
JRheln, or a channel, or a geographical
line divides them can't help being un
bearably allvo with emotion.
"War Brides" (Century Company, Now
York) testifies to It this week at Keith's,
"Across the Border" (Henry Holt, New
York) made as aeniatlonat an appeal at
the Princess Theatre, Now York. Even
When ttlA fnrfrnm.rnhll, VAfA nf A I.
fred Ifoyes and his half-baked philosophy
cloud the truth, as In "A Belgian Christ
mas Kve" (Btokcs, Now York), thcro Is
still a terrible bito In It.
Ot the thrco short plays sole product
of the war thus far Beulah Mario Dlx'n
"Across the Border" Is by far the incut
satisfying. Like the others, It Is a tract;
but, unlike ono. It doenn't stultify
Itself with a pullngly blind solution, and,
tinllko tho other, It Is not reality sundered
by set speeches nnd "fixed" facts. In
Its first scene and Its Inst It is a pic
ture, Just a picture. A lieutenant, caught
In an old barn with half a. dozen men
tries to make a break for succor, and
hots record his failure. Tho last scene
hows him dying amid the horrors ot a i
field hospital, striving plteously nnd
"vainly, before, death comes, to tell the
others of their beastly folly. Between I
these scenes come two visions of his
delirium which make tho change In him. i
They show his reception "across tho '
border," -where ho Imagines himself dead,
where ho meets "tho master of tho house"
and listens to the cries of tho slain, until
revulsion from all that has given meaning ,
to nte life releases him from torment i
Across tho Border" llnltna n hnr,inA '
realism and an Intellectual plea, nnd Joins
to them both fine elements of dignity and
philosophy that bdlng an almost perfect
accomplishment of the playwright's ob
ject. Marlon Craig Wentworth's "War
Brides" would do as much If It wero only
o. little less artlflclnl It Is cast In tho
older theatrical mold, whero sons aro
called to fight, news comes of the death
of others, and daughters are pledged ns
"war-brides" all In the samo half hour
when tho curtain happens to be up And,
of course, In this theatroland, Jtlss Went
worth forgets what Miss DIx remem
bered when she explained tho English
idiom of her play; "The men speak Ung
lldh because that Is the language In which
American plays are written, and they
speak colloquial English because ro
people, anywhere under tho sun, talk like
books." Mrs. Wentworth, too Interested
In her solution of war to think of art,
forgets thoso lessons In pungent, thought
compelling reality which the Irish players
brought us, and plunges us Into consis
tent, well-thought speeches that no living
person ever accomplished, let alone peas
ants under nervous stress.
All of which doesn't altor tho excite
ment that a war play commands or tho
thrilling meaning of "War Brides." It
la a consciousness of power driving across
the terrible pain which has been women's
since war first took her sons. If she will
refuso to bear children. Instead of rushing
to the altar when her country holds out
tho Iron wedding ring; If she will say "If
we breed tho men for you, why don't
you let us say what Is to become of
them'' then, Mrs. Wentworth believes,
we shall have peace,
Aa for tho other war-play and Its solution,
"A Belgian Christmas Eve" seems design
ed to show how much tomfool prejudice
and error even a pacificist Is capable of.
Under the fire of tho 42-centlmetres, Al
fred Noyes' protestations of poetic amity
have become nothing but tho narrowest
of patriotism tho breed- r of war ' Ita 'a,"
which attacked war, is now done over
aa "A Belgium Christmas Eve" Into n
picture of Teuton-wrought horrors to be
amended by the coming of the British.
Gone If Alfred Noyes ever had It is tho
salutary knowledge that the horror or
war lies In tho fact that It corrupts both
Ides to atrocity and leaves no one with
right or Justice. Mr. Noyes must wait
till Englishmen are sweeping German vil
lages. By that time he may be less
content with the old notions of a warring
god r.nd a warring nation which ruled In
the divine vlctorinn age to which he
would recall England. By that time ho
may recognize that the end of this car
nage will not come till wo laugh at such
surrender as Mr. Noyes':
Choose, England! For the eternal foe
Within thee, as without, grew strong,
By many a sjperaubt!e blow
illurrlns" the lines or rlKht and wronir
Tn Art and ThoUEht. till nought aecnwl true
Ifut that soul-slaughtering ery of NEW!
A Trifle Too "Smart"
Sophistication spoils "Angela's Busi
ness" (Houghton-Mifflin Company, Bos
ton). Tho flowing spontnnelty, the sense
of naturalness, which were the essence of
'Queed," are missing In this new novel
by Henry Sydnor Harrison, Tho stylo of
his latest book Is mannered and tho In
quiry Into character Is made with a cyni
cal eye. Yet It la searching and subtle,
and to those who do not mind too great
"knowlngness" on the part of their au
thor, with a wink of his eye and a shrug
Of his shoulders as manifestation thereof
this, narrative of the "feminine unrest"
will prove agreeable reading. Two women
are concerned, one a type of the self-sufficing,
competent girls of the period, the
other an old-fashioned homemakcr, who,
however, somehow seems to lack the In
nate dignity, the lavender sweetness of
tho best women of a former generation.
How their sharply divergent Ideals affect
the career of a young novelist furnishes
the material for the contour of the story,
but Its character and color are afforded
by lta penetrating Insight and somewhat
satirical view of feminine unrest. As an
exposition of this movement the novel
has worth, and It fllll be appreciated by
devoted readers of Ellen Key, Charlotte
Perkins. Stetson Oilman and Floyd Dell.
Others readers will be likely to keep their
loyalty to the ever-delightful "Queed" and
tho quaint -"V. V.'u Eyes."
"ME
"Met" is the autobiography of a well-known woman nov
elwt; that is, it covers about a year, when, at seventeen, un
sophisticated but almost hysterically alive, she left her home
tn Canada lo make her own way in the business world of
men. Besides being an extraordinary piece of art as a per
fectly transparent self-revelation, it tells, and quite incident
ally, more of what meets an attractive girl who goes out to
work than a dozen sociological volumes. It is anonymous.
"Me" is called the 2 A. M. manuscript in THE CENTURY
office, because all the veteran readers reported that they had
to sit up with it until the early hours. It has been a long time
since a manuscript created such a commotion in this magazine
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work Is characterized by several amazing sleeping accommodations for four men.
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sanded felt, well battened down against
the wind, and It has been set up, not by
compositors, but by contractors In a
word, as camp quartermaster of a Brit
ish voluntary ifefense organization, his
latest task ha3 been to construct winter
quarters for tho shelter of somo hundreds
of men.
Two rows, each of three railway coaches
with bays left between the ends, have
been set up and tho Intervening space
roofed over. The bays and ends hnvo
also been boarded up, thus providing a
A Reluctant Adam
"First novels" differ from first babies
In being quite as Interesting to spectators
as to creators moro so. In fact. Most
of us can't expect to supply our own
mental progeny, and have to depend on
comparatlvo strnngers Henco the In
verted autopsy that welcomes each new
author's new novel.
Tho present Instance. "A Heluctnnt
Adam" (Houghton, Mifflin, Boston), at
tracts a reviewer's friendly Interest for
far better reasons than because Its au
thor Is the literary editor of the Boston
Herald. "A Reluctant Adam" stands on
Its own feet. Behind Its engaging title
ono of tho best In years thcro Is promise
of things to come, as well ns work ac
complished. Thero aro flaws to bo picked, of course.
Tho hard abstraction of Mr. Williams'
style thero are fewer "tho's" nnd "a's"
hero than In nny book of recent memory
Is turned a little from tho positive vir
tue It should bo by tho fact that this
story of a man's love Is written with no
mention of nil tho mere physical and
financial facts of life that aro bound to
play upon It. Wo watch woman after
woman lovo him and lose him In somo
what tho atmosphere of a drawing room
problem play, where neither poverty nor
children nro permitted to compllcato the
solution which tho author hns ready.
This fAdam's problem Is on Individual
problem, a matter of Inner psychology:
yet It must have Its reflections. Its Il
luminations, In the life by which he
rises to comfort and Independence Rob
ert Herrlck's novels not to mention II
G. Wells' keep tho reality of this work
aday world even in tho deeps of emo
tional revelation.
All of which cnptlousness Is tho pen
alty of the now author, who writes a
book that really stimulates thought as
well as emotion. The only Just recom
pense Is tho franfc avowal that "A Re
luctant Adam" Is a book which repays
with understanding, sympathy and those
rnro touches of emotlonU reaction which
n. figure In pain does not always com
mand. Each cplsodo of lovo calls forth
memories nnd acquiescence Tho play of
them upon tho unanswerlng temperament
nnd yet keenly self-conscious mentality
of this lonoly hero amid adorers Is
beautiful to watch, but not so easy to
bear unanswered by tears
The Little Mother
Who Sits at Home
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men and women based on its won
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emotion love for a child.
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In addition to the construction of these
winter quitters, Mr Onions has also been
Jointly responsible with his supeilor, the
battalion quartermaster (a distinguished
London solleltoi) In tho feeding of a
week-end camp, Including tho running of
the corps em. teen This hns been done,
not by contract, but by a "free" system
of purchasing the best food wherever It
could be bought at tho lowest price Thus
the author of "Mushioom Town" may bo
seen eny Satuidny night plowing thiough
the rain nnd mud to tnste tho stew, align
ing the orderly sorgtants, making a sig
nal to tho bugler and beelng the camp
ready before departing to tat his own
sunner.
"Be-al-by"
It Is a gravo question whether any
pres3 clipping bureau In tho United
States can find a review of II. O. Wells
new novel, "Bealby" (Macmlllnn, New
York), that doesn't begin by quoting tho
subtitle, "A Holiday." Of course, thero
Is really no earthly objection to stan
dardizing the worlc of the critics. By
enough limitations of form, they might bo
driven to maivclous rellncmcnts of stylo
nnd meaning. If they know beforehand
that they should have to fill In a stan
dard form beginning with the remark
on 'A Holiday," they might get round
to asking why on earth a great novelist
should have n holiday, nnd If ho Insists
on one, why ho should toko It In public
by writing below his best, Instead of go
ing to a summer resort like the rest of
us.
All of which doesn't mako "Bealby" un
Interesting. Indeed, It Is ono of tho best
reels of comedy that tho movlo school of
novel-writing over produced. Wo begin
with a most engaging caption:
Tho cat la tho offspring of a cat, and the
dog or a dog, but hutlcra ana lady's malJs
do not reproduce their kind. They hae other
duties.
Which Introduces us to tho drafting of
Bealby, gardnor's boy, to tako up a
career "below stairs" In "Shonts." He
begins tho flrBt reel with rebellion nnd
plunges up tho stairs to butt the Lord
Chancellor In tho tummy and generally
play havoc boforo hiding In secret pas
sages and going off to tramp the discreet
English wilds, a "cut In" gives somo
amusingly satirical views of tho Lord
Chancellor and a lady who resembles
shockingly Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
The second reel shows Bealby In asso
ciation with a plcknlcklng vanful of
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The Woman Alone
Best sellers that deal with the real
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however, has written such a book In "The
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completely the life of her dear one's wife
Aside from the commonplaces In writ
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"The Higher Individualism" (Houghton
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of tho central religious experiences.
In "Tho Mstlcal Quality In Religion"
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church. Tho command nnd
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with you alwajs' It Is a3 though Jesus
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build schools nnd colleges, go heal tho
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"BILLY" SUNDAY
THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE
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Thfi Harbor
Thera Is no justification for any on
being disappointed In a book which la
advertised with laudatory references to
"Tho Jungle," Mr. Sinclair's prophylactla,.
masterpiece. Ernest Poole's "The ar
bor" (Macmlllan, New York) has been so
advertised. Aa a result ono finishes
with a distinct sense of relief at not
being mado sick. l'Tho Harbor" Is a
story of modern llfo. , Ita scene Is in and
about "Now York; It takes Its namo
from the great harbor thero, and drawa
from that Ita Inspiration.
The harbor, first a place of odd en
chantment to the child for whom it Is a
forbidden garden, becomes later a place
of hideous menace to tho artist whoso
existence It threatens. It changes when
the artist becomes an einclency wor
shlpor to tho homo of "big things, and
when this house of sand la washed away,
the harbor becomes the home of the
rcstloss tides of humanity that labor and
nro not paid. A do.k strike Is tho last
episode; tho harbor Is tho homo or
tragedy In the end the harbor speaks
only bb tho eternal como and go of life,
ceaseless, restless and triumphant.
To give such a resume of tho book Is
nnlnnllv In irlVn Itn Blot. becatlSO Mr.
l'oolo's plotting is nbout tho thlnnosl
and the weakest oven among American
novelists. Like "Jenn Chrlstopho" and
llko 'tho Garden Without Walls," this
book start with earliest recollection. Un
like the former of theso w orks, the prog
ress of tho spcnklng hero Is not Interest
ing. Tho accidents and Incidents of his llfo
are banal Unfortunately the author
scorns to think that they aro vastly fas
cinating, nnd tho result Is a woefully
amateurish treatment of practically every
detail of the action of tho book. Tho
characterization Is much bettor, and .the
themo of tho book la quite plausibly Im
plicated In tho plot. Tho hero tries In tho
end to be fair, and pretends to bo nbovo
tho cyndlcnllst creed, but that, too, Is
somewhat forced
The novel of a mnn who turned from
art to tho I W W. Is hero piesontcd.
For art, ono may note thnt on pages 211
and 213 occurs tho noblo word "enthuse."
For the I. W. W. ono may note that tho
presentation of Its Ideal Is not mado
more persuasive bj a patronizing attltudo
toward all others.
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A good many women have found sat
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a great many things that they used to
lenvo to kindergartens, schools and In
dulgent uncles. In lino with tho work of
Doctor Montessorl, they aro supplying
conwtructlvo materials from which their
children may develop mental nnd physical
skill. "When Mother Lets Us Make
Toys," (MofCatt, Yard, N'ew York), by G.
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suggestions along this lino. With the
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toys, from see-saws to street cars.
Anothor growing group of women,
managing small households usually for
only their husbands and themselves
wish to reduce kitchen routine to n. min
imum that will glvo tlmo for other occu
pations. Tho old cookbook, with recipes
built for boarding houses, and liable to
produce a regiment of buii3 or a moun
tain of egg souffle, Is as much a hin
drance as a help. In Its place come lit
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Cook Book" (McBrldo, Nast & Co., Now
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based on tho probable consumption of
two or three people.
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Love nnd tfnf ara nicety balnnced by
Percy J. Brebner in "The Turbulent
Duchess," (Little, Blown & Co.), his ro
mantic tale of Sandra and Bergolet, her
jester, who turns out quite plausibly to
be Prince Charminer. It Is somewhat of
a relief to find the war element Is on an
other day, Inasmuch as the scene Is
Podlna, a German state,1 the book, there
fore, offering no opportunity for military
.,f) ntlnlr.
Technically, the atory Is unusually well
done. Mr. Brebner contrives to work up
n lively Interest in the mysterious nb
senteo, Prlnco Maurice of Savnrla, with
out making It obvious that tho Prlnco and
the ever-present Bergolet ar ono nnd tho
same. The aumor aiso is 10 do com
mended In that, after nftlxlng the label of
cleverness to tho Jester, he does not leave
tho rest to tho Imagination of the render,
but makes the character provo Itself.
Sandra, tho Duchess, Is alluringly
drawn; a woman winsome, but firm, who
Is prepnrcd to sacrifice ho happiness to
her duty until the magic touch of fiction
makes it unnecessary. Thert also Is a
secondary romance fot tho ultra-aentl-mental,
and the fighting Is of a typo to
Inspire young men Into enlisting, making
no mention of tho discomfort! 6f trenches.
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If somebody nsked you who wero tho
ten most famous figures In English fiction
whom would the readers of tho Evemino
LCDonn select? An Eastern critic names,
oh tho spur of tho moment, Hamlet, Tom
Jones, Sir Boger de Coverloy, Itoblnson
Crusoe, Tristram Shandy, Bob Boy,
David Coppordeld, Becky Sharp, Blchard
Fevcrol and Tess Durbeyfleld. Starting
with "Hamlet," "Tom Jones" and
"David Coppcrflold," who aro your other
seven?
On March 27 John Lane brings out tho
newest novel ot William J,' Locke. It Is
called "Tho Fortunate Youth," and tho
gentleman In question Is a slum raga
muffin who, after a "vision splendid,"
goes forward to great things In tho cus
tomary way of Mr. Locko's genial vaga
bonds. Booth Tarklngton, so tho publishers of
"Tho Turmoil" tell us, writes all his
books In pencil. In tho study whoro he
works ho has arranged on tho tablo in
front of him 30 or 40 well sharpened
lead pencils. As soon as ono of his im
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nnd takes up tho next, and continues In
this way until hla dny'a work Is finished.
Part of tho opening chnpter of Kate
Douglas Wlggln'o "Tho Story of Wnlt
stlll Baxter" was used recently In the
Portland Dally Press In connection with
tho campaign to prevent the damming
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pen I flew back to Its side and bought a
home. Tho river runs through all my
books aa It haB run through my life, nnd
tho sound of It Is In my cars whenever
I nm away from It."
Tom Graham, tho English essayist, has
mado out n list of all tho really treat
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