PJT7
" -s
7
' h
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1919
tL3
AND THE RHYMERS, THEY RHYME FOR US EVERY DAY SOME NEW FICTION
-. wt'SRtiSw '.''" V nSrqJjS' "' J " i :?Wt'v"i"ii' '" af;--'"''-' " - jn,? . "isNHli'W
BIG AND LITTLE POETS
OFFER THEIR VERSE TO US
Some Comment on the Work of Richardson, Stephen Bcnct,
Middleton, McClure, Mrs. Kilmer, Dabcttc Deutsch,
Townc and Whcclock
TT 18 the modo nowadays for 13ng
A Hsh men o letters to voyage, the sea
(the U-boat peril having been replaced
by that older hazard of the lady from
Itoston in the adjoining deckchair) la
order (so they say) to get in touch with
the American poets who nro really
worth while. One hears echoes of their
progress among the literary dinner
tables. Alas, many n shy American
poet who might have had the delight of
being discovered by these adventurers
from the older Helicon is frustrated by
the rapacious hospitality of our gran
dees. Hugh Walpole, wo learn, was
kidnapped from the Mnurctnnta by a
Newport steam yacht before the liner
was fairly berthed, and haled willy
nilly to the damask napcries of Nar
ragansett while the envoy of hit New
York publisher gaped forlornly on the
Cunard line pier.
It is a pity (so ono may think who
has the literary rapprochement of the
two countries warmly at heart) that
our exploring friends aic not left a little
more to themselves, to wander obser
vantly about and see things quietly,
rrnrltinllv fnrmlnc their 0W1 conclu
sions. Instead, thev have thrust upon
them the catchwords of that literary
coterie which happens (by unstinted use
of wireless) to capture them first ami
salt them down with wild hospitality.
Amid all the hubbub about Amy Lowell
and Carl Sandburg and A achel Lind
say, amid the clang of crockery and
u tint:..ihn1iitinn nf in7'Z. do our
'Toung Visiters" scent tnc spoor in
some writers whose work is ndmirably
significant, though little touted? The
American poets who have most to say
to an attentive ear are not always those
who chant loudest at gatherings of the
poetry societies.
Glancing over some recent volumes of
American poctiy, one wonders how
many commentators have noticed the
Mruly exquisite and austerclv measured
sonnets of .Times Edward Richardson,
a Philadelphlan, who sets up his poems
on his own printing press. To read Mr.
Richardson's book. "The lort-Altar
and Other Poc'"S," is to meet a mind of
beautiful courage and sensitiveness; a
mind in which one finds the consoling
' comradeship of gentle bitter.ness. In his
tense, shrewd, passion-shuken verses,
"There gleams a subtle moment now
and then of perfect apprehension."
William Rose Benet and his ounger
brother, Stephen Vincent Benet, aro the
Rnrnnm & Tinllcv of the younger
American poetry. Will Benet's delicious
gift of fantasy is aircativ wen Known.
Stephen Benet, in his "Young Adven
ture," shows the same golden and
priceless heritage of wild, gorgeous
imagination. WitH this lie knits a
Hiinnle. cvinnnstic grace in the sonnet.
He is akin at once to Itupcrt Brooke
and James Elroy flecker. The com
nnrlcnn of the two BeilctS to Mcs-srs.
ftarrmm & Bailey is no mero phrase.
Behind the gorgequs pageantry of their
giddv trapeze work, their gilded cages
of lions and apes, is the carefully
nlotted cunning and precision of
trained artists. There is no young poet
in America iof whom more niav be ex
pected than Stephen Benet. His bril
liant jets of humor, his Oriental-extravagance
of theme, Ijls unfaltering
Subject to Changs
MONDAY
ALHAMBRA . t)
12th. Morria Passyunlc Ay.
Robert
In
APOLLO
B2d and Thompson Bta,
()
''Marv
Iho
ABCADIA V
Chestnut below loth Bt.
(a)
Jack Plckford In
lluriclar bv Proxy
BELMONT
51!d above Market St.
()
GUdjs
The
BMJEDIBD , . W
Broad 4 Susquehanna. Aw.
Vivian Martin In
Tho Third Kiss
BROADWAY
Broad and Snyder Ave.
()
Doualas
ills
BROAD BT. Auditorium, IIn
Broad St. ab. Rockland
Geraldlne Farrar In The
World and Its Woman
S-P1TOL . x
722 Market
()
D W.
Broken
St.
CEDVR ,
60th St. and Cedar Ave,
Blllla Burko In Tho
Mlsleadlnc Widow
COLISEUM . ...k
Market Bet. BOth and 60th
nobert Warwick in
Told In the Hills
(
Doua: Fairbanks. His
Majesty the American
Gtn. and Maplewood Avea.
EMPRESS
Main St.,
()
Douglas
Ills
Manayunk.
""othnd Markat BU.
J, W. Kerilgan In
Just Man
TAMELV
1811 Market St.
(J
Mitchell
Faith of
FAIRMODNT '
26th St. and Olrard Atb.
FRANKFORD
4716 Ptankford Ava
Stello K
Tho Trice
Done. Fairbanks In His
Majesty the American
FRANRXIN , ...
Third and ntiwater Bta.
()
Svlvia Breamer in
The Moonshlno Trail
torn st. inEATRE
Below Spruce Bt,
(a)
Wm
Woles
GREAT NORTHERN
Broad Bt. at Eria Ave.
()
D VT
Broken
DfPERIAI,
60th and Walnut Bta.
()
D. W.
Broken
iXFEERBON
S8th and Dauphin Bta.
Hale Hamilton In
The Four-flusher
ITJMBO M , M . )
Front St. and Olrard Ava.
Mabel
In
LEADER
41at and Lancaster Ave.
()
Ilobert Warwick In
Told in the Hills
UBEETY , ()
Broad and Columbia, Ava.
Taylor Holmes in
A Reuular Fellow
Ilobert Warwick In
In Mlzzoura
LOCUST
62d and Locust Bta.
()
MARKET ST. THEATRE
833 MaVket Bt.
Dorothy
(
Bight to
MODEL
429 South Bt.
()
Eugene O'Brien
Tho Terfect Lover
NIXON
Ki and Markat Bta.
()
J, Warren Kerrlaan in
Tho Joyoua Liar
Special btar Cast In
Auction of Souls
OVERBROOK
63d and Haverford Ave,
(a)
TlavM
PALACE
1214 Market St.
(J
The Teeth
Fannie Ward In
Our Better Selvea
Ware Ave. Dauphin Bt
Monroe Salisbury in
The Sundown Trail
TRINCESS,
1018 Markat 8L
(
"iPafket St. below lTth.
(
Marauerlte Clark in
Luck In Puv.il
BIALTO
Otn. at alpehockea.
()
IVOLI
w g2d and Sanaom Sta.
)
Jinx Beach's
The Crimson Gardenia
Sesaua Hayahawa In
The Dracon Painter
RUBY
()
Tr. Tl
arket Bt. below 7th.
For tt Woman'a Honor
BAVOY
1211 Market St.
()
Theda Bara In
La Bella Bussa
STANLEY
Markat abova J6th.
M
Bert Lvtell In
Lombardl, Ltd.
BTRAND (sj
Qermantown Ava. at Venanio
Tourneur'a
The Life Line
VICTORIA
Ninth and Market Bta.
()
All-Star Cast In
Checkers
WEST ALLEGHENY
SCth and Allegheny
(
Mabel
atrs marlMl () obtain sktures throujh tn. STANLEr COMPANT Oi AM
'Tjwea
senso of locly form, are a rare en
dowment. Scudder afiddlcton's "The New
Day" does not qulto crrtlfy the promise
of liis earlier volume; the war has borne
n little heavily upon his spirit, for
which, however, one honors him. His
war sonnets seem a little ndipobc,
though qulckcne'd by one noble line
The grace of flesh, the dancer in the
brain.
But lie has the seeing eye. One goes
to the poets for a grim realization of
our own sodden cioddlshness. There is
so much mart el and ecstasy in life
that they see and most of us miss. The
bend and turn of n head, the profile of
n city ugaiust the dusk, these are the
common counters of daily life. In the
post's inkpot they become immortal
seizures of beauty and meaning. Mr.
Middleton sees deeply and painfully; he
will jet learn to bring his message to us
with irresistible truth.
John McClure, of Ardmore, Okla
homa, has adopted simplicity as his
method. Unfortunately, it is a studied
nnd stultified simplicity, with ,only an
occasional flash of valuable beauty.
Most of his "Airs and Ballads" were
written before be was twenty-four, and
as ho declines deeper into the gulf of
jcars his sense of humor (which is
sound, if not subtle) will lead him to
ward moro generous inspiration, He is
akin to some other western poets in
hnving chosen u rather1 pretentious
oracular utterance for insubstnntial
musings, A fnlse posture of simplicity
is even more tedious than ovcradoru
ment. Aline Kilmer's "Candles That Burn"
is exactly what the title implies. Her
Ivties have the true simplicity, the
clear, quiet glow, the serene nnd
lovclv illumination of tuneis in n twi
light room. They burn for the most
part in the dusk of remembered sor
row, but it is a sorrow that strengthens
nnd purifies the heart. Mrs. Kilmer's
beautifully varied cadences, the un
faltering perfection of her music, the
dainty precision of her lines, show her
ns probably the most truly gifted of our
feminine siugeis. There is a noble
beauty in iicr little book. Behind the
sense of tears that hushes her utterance
one feels also u quick and ready laugh
ter, a delightful humor and iiony that
betoken a strong and vivid mind.
Babette Deuthch gives us, in "Ban
ners," an unconscious revelation of the
ontrast between free verse and' poetry.
In her wild, bacchanalian, ecstatic book
there are somo very fine explosions of
vers libre, but they seem thin and wiry
compared to her sonnets, which arc well
joined and muscular. She has been
touched by the Chinese boom which has
bet many wenkmiuded veislfiers to nd
miring the shredded translations from
the Orient, but she lias the promise of
lipe and mellow stuff witli the discipline
of time.
Charles' Hanson Towne writes "A
World of Windows," and through these
clear panes of sound versifying we see
his iridescent and sympathetic soul
brandishing its nrms in a pale blue
ether.
Mr. Townc is a true noct. but. iin-
fortunately for his art, too much of a
poet. He feels the beauty and color
ot tnc carta so Kccnlv anil enters so
violently into the emotions of humanity
that his utterance grows somewhat
oversugarert. "Mr. Ton ne is. one " of
those poets to whom a governmental
SEE ANNOUNCEMENT DAILY IN THE PUBLIC LEDGER AND EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
PHOTOPLAY PRESENTATIONS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 1
TUESDAY
Warwick In
Mlzzoura
Robert Warwick in
In Mlzzoura
rickford In
Hoodlum
Marv Plckford in
The Hoodlum
Sack Plckford in
BurRtar by Proxy
Leslie In
Climbers
GIadyH Leslie In
Tho Climbers
Robert Warwick in
Told in the Hills
Robert
Told
Fairbanks
Majesty
Douglas Fairbanks
His Majesty
OeraldhiB Farrar in The
World and Its Woman
Elsie
Witness
Griffith's
Blossoms
t W. Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
Blllla Burke In Tlra
Misleading Widow
Robert Warwick in
Told In the Hills
Dour. Fairbanks. His
Majesty tho American
Fairbanks
Majesty
Douglas Fairbanks
Hla Majesty
Mabel Normand In
When Doctors Disagree
Lewla In
the Stronff
DcTothv Dalton In
The Weaker Sex
Talbot in
of Innocence
Mauri Tourneur'a
Woman
Doujr Fairbanks In Hla
Maiesty the American
Hale Hamilton In
The Four-flusher
Farnum In
of the Night
Mm Tarnum In
Wolea of tho Night
Orlfflth'a
Blossoms
D W. Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
drlrtlth'a
Blossoms
D W Grlfflth'a
Broken Blossoms
Evelvn Greely in
The Oakdale Affair
Guv
Tho
Normand
Mickey
Mabel Normand
In Mickey
Robert Warwick In
Told In the Hills
Charles Ray in The.
Egg-Crate Wallop
Robert Warwick In
In Mlzzoura
Phllllna.ln The
Dnrothv Philllna In The
Right to Happiness
Dorothv
Happiness
Want
Eugene O'Brien
The Perfect Lover
J. Warren Kerrigan tn
Tho Joyoua Liar
J,
Special Star Cast in
Auction of Souls
tie
Towell In
David Powell In
The Teeth ot the Tlgjr
of the Titer
Tho
George Beban In
Hearts ot Men
Mabel Normand in
when Doctors Disagree
Anita
Marguerite Clark in
Luck In Pawn
Vivian Martin in
The Third Klsa
llaflgo
the
Sessue Hayaknwa in
Tho Dragon Painter
Warner In
Vivian Martin in
The Third Klsa
Herbert Rawlinson in
A Dangeroqa Affair
Mary
Bonnie,
Bert Lvtell In
Lombardl, Ltd.
Tourneur'a
The Llfa Line
Ail-Star Cast In
Checkers
Mabel Normand In
Mickey
Normand In
Mickey
ration of intellectual sugar in small
manila envelopes will bo helpful and
bracing. But he is always lucid, al
ways bright and honest in technique,
and always roused to the higlust pitch
of agreeablo excitement by his romantic
themes, Ono wonders how a man so
stirred by the manifold nppeals of beauty
can havo remained so long a bachelor.
Safety in numbers, ono concludes. Mr.
Towiio is unquestionably (with Vachel
Lindsay) the most rainbow-minded
bachelor in America.
John Hall Whcclock, In "Dust and
Light," has written n volume of poetry
of the highest order, nnd one which
deserves the faithful scrutiny of every
honest lover of the muse. It is doubt
ful whether any man in America tan
writo better sonnets than Mr. Wheel
ock. In his lines passion and stricken
apprehension of life's lovely and tor
turing riddles mount upon a fiercely
tempered soberness in expression. Such
poems ns he lias written In this fine col
lection give one happy opportunltj to
foreet the shallow absurdities of many
of our joungcr choir. He has the sense
of words ns medicinal sirups for thci
human heart. 0. M, ,
THE FOnEST-AI.TAn AND OTIIHn
rn.nMsi llv .rumen Edward IllrhnrilnMti I
Copyright bv the author. Philadelphia '
YOUNO AIiVENTURB. ny mepnen v inrent
rtenet. New Haven: Yale University I'resa
THK'nEW DAY. ny ScucMer Middleton
New York: The Marmlllan Company. It
AIRS AND DAl.UADS. lly John McClure
.New York A A Knopf. II,
CANDLES THAT IlimN Hy Aline. Kilmer
New York. George It. Dornn Company
HANNE11H llv Habette Deutsch. Nw
York lleorae II Dnran Company, II J
A WOULD OF WINDOWS. lly Charles
Hanson Towne, aeorgo 11. jioranioin ,
DTOTAND LIGHT Ilv John K- Whejjnek ,
New York Charles Scrlbner a Sons, II 3U
War-Inspired Poems
In "The Village Wife's Lament"
Maurice Hewlett has written n long
lyrico-narrativo poem of love and the
war. The general flow is iambic, but
monotony is avoided by skillful sub
stitutions of trochees, cclic dactyls and
anapests and also by internal rhymes
and vnnations in me riuuzuii: '"'
In meter it is very fluent nnd ensj
to read. In content it tells the reaction
of a country girl first to love of the one
man for her and then to the sacrifices
imposed by the war. Mr. Hewlett says,
in a note appended, that his poem is
"dramatic," but it is dramatic only in
the sense that Biowning's dramatic
monologues are dramatic. It is the
drama of meditation, and introspection.
Iu the same note he says the poem
voices his own objection to wars ot
aggicssion. Wars for defense of home,
native land, one's familv, he under
stands; but war for land lust or im
position of any racial or national kulttir
he reprehends in this poetic philippic.
He ssjs: "Tho villnge wife knows
nothinir of the Germans, however, and
her reproaches btrikc at the heart of
mankind. So long ns mankind looks on
aggressive war as a reasonable, if
ultimate appeal, her reproaches will
hae force nnd be deserved." And very
indubitably this is precisely the attitude
that many starved nna ronneii women
have of even n war waged for civiliza
tion and democracy and freedom tho
abstractions are nothing to them in the
poignancy of their own concrete loss.
"War Mothers." bv Kdvvnrd
Onresehe, S. J., editor of The Queen's
Woi'k,' takes -the other and perhaps
more conventional viewpoint of woman's
willing sacrince and service of volition
in wnr for abstract principles bound up
with the cause of human fieedom from
nutoeracy. Father Gareschc's poems
recognize the pangs of personal loss,
but are rich in tho solace of the spirit
that serves 'and saei'lfices nnd benrs the
burdens without bitterness. The sense
of spiritual devotion runs convincingly
through these poems.
"My .Flag and My Boy," by Lieu-
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Robert Warwick In
in Mlzzoura
King Baggot In Tho
Man Vho Stayed Home
Marv Plckford In
Tho Hoodlum
Tavlor Holmes In
Three Black Eves
Jark Plckford in
Burglar bv Proxy
Tack Plckford In
Burglar by Proxv
Gladys Leslie In
The Cllmbera
Anita Ptewart In
Hivman Desire
Warwick In
In the Hills
Pessue Havakawa in
The Dragon Painter
Douglas Fairbanks
Hla Majesty
Pauline Frederick
Bonds of Love
Ferguson In
foi the Defense
Theda Bara in
La Belle Russe
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
Robert Warwick in
In Mlzzoura
Herbert Itawllnson In
A Dangerous Affair
Herbert Rawlinson In
A Ddngerous Affairv
Marguerite Clark In
Idow by Proxy
Marguerite Clark In
Widow by Proxy
Doug Fairbanks, His
Majesty the American
Doug Fairbanks, Hla
Majesty the American
Dolores Casenelli in
Hla Majesty
D, W. Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
Eugene O'Brien In
The Terftct Lover
Olive Thomas in
Upstairs and Down
Harrv Morey In
In Honor's Web
- i '
Marv Plckford In
The Hoodlum
1 Blanche Sweet In
Tho Unpardonabto Sin
Mary Plckford In
Tho Hoodlum
Doug Fairbanks In His
Majesty the American
Doug Fairbanks In His
Majesty the American
Dolores CnaeneW In
The Mrtuous Model
Olive Thomas In
Prudence on Broadway
Anita btewart In
Human Desire
Florence- Reed In
Woman Under Oath
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
D W. Griffith's
Broken Btossoips
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
Empey In
Undercurrent
Rex Beach's TrAductlon
The Utn From Outside
Mabel Normandy
In Mickey
Mahet Normand
tn Mickey
Tourneur'a
Tho Life Line "
. '
Marguerite Clark jln
Widow by Prqxy.
Tourneur'a
The Life Line
vt Wallace Reld In
The. Lottery Man
Robert Warwick in
In Mlzzoura t
Enid Bennett In
Stepping Out
Phllllpa in The
Mildred Harris Chaplin
r "iij;Home
to Happiness
Sessue Havakawa
The Man Beneath
Merry-Go-Round
Warren Kerrigan id
Herbert Rawllneon
The Carter, Case
iltr juyuua w,r
All-Star Cast In A LIN
Peggy Hvlaiid In
i-iUowardtoo Court
Brother or the Well
ruvld Powell In
'' David Powell In
The Teeth of the Tiger
Teeth of the Tiger
Oeraldlne Farrar The
World and Its .'Woman
deraldlno Farrar The
World and Ita Woman
Stewart tn Her
Evelyn Oreelev In
The Oakdale Affair
'Marguerite Clark In
Luck In Pawn
Jtlngaom oi urcams
Marguerite Plark'tn
Luck In Pawn
Kennedy Thru
Wrong iDoor
Charlie Rav
Thw Egg-Crate Wallop
Sessue Hayaknwa tn
The Dragon Painter
neraldlne Farrar The
World and It Woman
Herbert Rawlinson In
A Dangerous Affair
Ora Carew in
Loot
MacLarerh In
Bonnie Lassla
CrelghtontlUte In
Tho Black Circle
Bert Lvtell In
Lombardl. Ltd
Bert Lvtell in
Lombardl, Ltd
Tourneur'a
The Ltfe Line
Enid Bennett In
Stepping Out
All-Star Cast In
Checkers
All-Btar Caet In
Checkers
Mabel Normand In
Mickey
Mabel Normand In
Mickey
ISRlOA.Ust' Is':k rsaVwtao of'Mrlr
ESISSH'TISr
i
r icikb ' mHL filial iim.. aik t . ti . r . i -.Tairw . ; . ku ail jr. t
MRS. GBNK STHATTON-POUTKR
Autlior of "Homo With the Birds," at her llmbcrlost cabin
tenant William H. Barter, who paid
the supremo sacrifice, is a collection of
simple-minded nnd simple-hearted songs
and bnllads richly endowed witu
patriotism and strong in homely virtues.
The verses are smoothly written, and
nlthough not grcatdn a poetic way.Jinie
a grace and charm nnd Inspiration ot
their own.
Captain James Fcnimore Cooper,
great-grandson of the novelKt, likewise
gave his life for his countrj. His
friends hap collected "Afterglow" from
college papers and other sources, the
verses written during his brief 'lifetime
He was a graduate of Yale, 101!5, and
died in IVbiuary, THIS. Many of the
poems, which cover a variety of subjects,
including the wnr, nro simply metric
exercises loverly composed, but oc
cnsionulh there is a touch of sheer
originality in concept and content, as
in the flashing lines to Ethel Leglnska,
the pianist. In other words most of
this talented jouth's erses rework the
material of other men's experiences, the
conventional stuff of the mass of poetrj ,
but in the Leginska poem there is the
vivid illumination' nf a personal knowl
edge. Without comparing them to the
verses of such "inheritors of unfull
filled renown" ns Itupert Brook and
Alan Seeger, ns Prof, H.-A. Beers, of
Yale, who writes an introduction,
points out, they have qualities that give
promise of future achloiement.
THE VILLAOi: WirE'S LAMENT lly
Maurice Hewlett. New York., O. P Iut-
nam'a rona
MY TI.AG AND MY DOY lly William H
Barter, ronton: The Paae Company
WAIl MOTHERS. lly Udnard OareBchc.
New York: Menalger Ilron
AFTERGLOW lly James Kenlmoro Cooper.
New JIaen:-Yae University Press.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
King Baggot In The
Man Who Staved Home
King Baggot In The
Man Who Staved Home
Harry Morev In
In Honor's Web
Anita Stewart In
The Wreck
Jack Plckford In
Burglar bv Proxy
Jack Plckford in
Burglar bv Proxv
Anita Stewart In
Human Deslio
Anita Stewart In
Human Desire
May Allison In
Almost Married
Dorothy Daiton in
The Market nf Roula
Paulino Frederick
Bonds of Love
Pauline Frederick
Bonds of Love
Theda Bara In
La Belle Husse
King Baggot In The
Man Who Stasrd Home
-t-
Robert Warwick In
In Mlzzoura
Robert Warwick In
In Mlzzoura
Charles Ray In The
Egg-Crate Wallop
Charles Ray In The
Kgg-Crate Wallop
Herbert Rawlinson In
A Dangerous ffalr
Herbert Rawlinson in
A Dangerous Affair
Doug Fairbanks, His
Majesty the American
Doug Fairbanks. Hla
Majesty the American
D W Griffith's
Broken Hlossoms
D W. Grlfflth'a
Broken Blossoms
Wallace Reld In
The Vallej of Giants
Wallace Reld in
The Valley of alants
Dorothv Phillips in
Destiny
Marv Plckford In
The Hoodlum
J Warren Kerrigan tn
The Joyous Liar
Bessie Barrlscale In
Klttv Kelly, M. D
Doug Fairbanks In, His
Majesty tho American
Sessue Havakawa in
Tho Courageous Coward
Lew Cody In Are You
legally Married?
William Rusaell in
Hero Stuff
Guy Empey In
The Undercurrent
Guv Empey In
The Undercurrent
I) W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
D W Griffith's
Broken Blossoms
M" Plckford In
The Hoodlum
Mrv Plckford In
The Hoodlum
Mabvl Normand
In Mickey
Mabel Normand
In Mickey
Marguerite Clark In
Widow by Proxy
Marguerite Clark in
Widow by Proxy
Glsdja Brockvvelt In
Chasing Rainbows
Anita Ptewart in Her
Kingdom of Dreams
Enid Bennett ,In
Stepping Out
Enid Bennett in
Stepping Out
Mildred Ha'rls Chaplin
In Home
Mildred Harris Chaplin
in itome
Wm Farnum
Wolvea of the Night
Wm Farnum
Wo'ves of the Night
Herbert Rvvlinon In
The Carter Case
Herbert Rawlinson
The Carter Case
Marv Plckford In
The Hoodlum
Marv Plckford tn
The Hoodlum
nailri Powell In
David Towell In
The Teeth nf the Tieer
The Teeth of the Tiger
King ITaggot
Who Stayed
-The Man
at Home
Henry R Warner In
For a Woman's Honor
Madge Kennedy In
Thrcuih 'Wrong- Door
Lew Codv In Are
Tou Lerally Married t
''Marguerite Clark in
Luck, Jn Pawn
Marguerite Clark tn
buck In Pawn v
William Farnum In
Wolves ot the Night
Anita Stewart tn
Human Desire
Oeraldlne Farrar The
World and Ita Woman
Oeraldlne Farrar The
world ana lie woman
Harry Morey In
In lienor's Web
Dolores Caslnel tn
Virtuous Mocjel
Delores Casln'lll In
The Vlrtuoua Model
dad'lalna Travse jn
Snarea of Paris
Bert L'tell in
Lombardl. Ltd,
Bert I.vtell in
I,ombardl, l,.
Enid Bennett tn
Stepping Out
Enid Bennett In
Stepping; Out
AU-Star Cast In
Checkers
All-star Cast in
Checkers
Mabel Normand In
Mickey
Mibsl Normand In
Mickey
showlns ot tb flnm productions. AU'pisturu
Fitfl- H
THE SOUL PROGRESS
OF A TEMPERAMENT
Rita Wellman's "Wings of Be
sire" Study in Artist's
Psychology
"The Wines of Desire " !v Uitn
Wellmnn, as a novel is episodic In -.tincture
and sketchy in manner lint that
lines not mean that it falls to inferior
rank ns fiction in a cry penuine sense
I hough it would hnrdlv pass muster on
the criteria of technical foimulas, it
liscs to n very superior level in its
projection of character in conflicts of
standpoint and iilnl with the people
about and the world s conventions and
in clashes of mood nnd purpose vvithln
the indMdunl. Thus, if jou please, is,
authentic fiition, whether it has a for
mal heroine, a hero nhsoltite, a "plot"
and u purpose, ethical, spiiituiil, moral,
clinical or what not; whether it is ro
mantic or lcnlistic; whither it edifies
or amuses; whether it chastens morals
with a fcmile or bludgeons morals with
n liorrihle exumple What matteis in
fiction, after all. is the leilection of
life, not neccssaiilj full fuie in mi
ensconced mirror, hut with the subject
nnd the mirror at the .uious ancles of
plausible temperament and believable
situatiou and the candles iu the sconces
varying the degree nnd intensity of the
lighting.
Miss Wellmau ii. "The Wines of De
sire" has surpassed her studv of jacial
tvpes and tempets, as dr.inmticiill.v set
forth in "The (ientile Wife." n power
ful plnv that litis not vit been staged
And the reason is the same. She
squeezes her diama or story out of her
people, their environment:!, placements,
attitudes and reactions ; she doex not
force her people into her stoiy, pro
i rusteanally leducing or exptiudiug
mem to nt preconceived pint exigencies.
"The Wings of Morning" is conditioned
and colon l hj its dramatis personnel
hut thev ate not controlled bj nitificinl
demands of it ns u formal novel.
These dramatic poisons are, cen
trally, an nitlst nnd. biondly speaking,
of the artistic temperament ; collaterally,
the four women who ruled his life from
enrlv youth to past the zenith, including
nis foster mother, wlinm lie believed Ins
real mother, an exotic womau, fond of
ninny men, faithless to all, it painter
who was not an nrtist iu pigments, but
a terrlf.viug woman nf unusual and al
most inncceptable beaut v, who was an
artist in sensations and emotions; an
artist's model, delicately jouthful, de
liciouslv lovelv, jet soulless, ignorant,
innocent, n beautiful farce in a man's
life anil a tragedv in her own, and the
woman who won, the Ann Whitfield to
his John Tanner, nn upstnudiiu, hund
some, athletic, whole-souled American
girl of the breev . outdoors, cuble-to-take-core
of herself t.vpe. These char
acters are aieuiutely and nnimutedlv
drawn. Supplementary characters, such
ns the widow with the Pl.v mouth Rock
conscience, the grnnde dnme, tolerant
in the best of taste, of her philandering
husband's escapades; the fiieenvvich
village optipiist and the painter who
practices his nrt bv n time clock nro
also all highlv humuubed.
Amid these folk the artist works out
his temperament The novel is the
psjchologv of his uuusual and some
what wobbling Fun!
TJHJ WINGS OF DESIRE B Rita Well
man New orlv Moffat 'V.urd A. C u
II 1,(1
nAP4 TV f v -e- 4,
Ami Lowell's New Poems
PICTURES OF THE
First Edition Exhausted on Publication o'rcon A'olu Prtntfuo-
"The heart of the volume is a garden. . . . Tlio book is as local
as the 'Hcspeiides,' and as deeply pervaded by the spell of the genius
of a place. . . . The beauty that knocks at the gates of the senses
lies on page after page with a clarity and an almost radiant succinct
ness for which I know few parallels. . . . Surpassing and (I
think) enduring beauty." 1'rofet.sor John Livingston Lowes, in The
Boston Transcript.
"It is a book of impressions, fleeting and delicate, yet keenly and
vividly defined. . . . Heio we have imagibm at its best; a lovely
gesture caught at its highest curve of grace, symbolizing a universal
emotion. . . . Originality and individuality are precious quali
ties, and Miss Lowell possesses them beyond any other living poet
we can think of." The New York Times Book ReUevy. $1.50.
Other Books by Amy Lowell
Can Grande's Castle
SwordrBlades and Poppy Seed
tl.60
11.50
A Dome of Many-Colored Glass SI B0
"fiol line the Elizabethans hn inch a
THE MACMIU.AN COMPANY
MRS. PORTER'S
BIRD CONFESSIONS
The Popular Novelist Explains
How She Became Interested
in Robins and Things
There is no more peislslent nnd con
scientious student of birds iu Amerlcu
than Mrs. Ocnc Strutton-fortcr, wide
ly known ns uu author nf popular fic
tion, nnd there is no more interesting
writer nbout birds than she.
Three vears ago Mis. Stralton-l'orter
was telling mi acquaintance of some of
the interesting Incidents connected with
her pursuits of bird lore when it was
suggested that she write a book about
the subject. This she has done in
"Homing With the llirds." which
might be called nn ornithologist's auto
biography. The book is filled with most
fascinating tales about birds.
As it child the nuthor was fond of
birds nnd lenrned how to approach
them without disturbing them on their
nests She acquainted herself with
everj species on her father's farm
One day her father delighted her heart
I) telling her that he gave her for her
owrp all the birds on the farm. The
little girl thereupon assumed n propn
etorship which consisted mostly of a
feeling of motlierlv responsibility for
the safety of every fenthercd thin
that flew. As she grew oldef she con
tinued her study and in the rouise of
time began to write about the things
whith site hdd learned Her patient
observation is ns remarkable ns that
of ruble, the distinguished French nat
tirallst. She has cotrected some of the
errors of those who have gone before
her nnd she lias discovered much nbout
birds nnd bird wnys which no one knew
before. Her volume, hovviver, is not
n dry book ou ornithology It is a
human and sympathetic storv of n
woman's interest in birds, filled with
amusing nnd pathetic auecdotes. Tor
example she tells of one bird which she
found blind drunk on the juice of
frozen pokeberries He clung head
downward on a branch nnd kept eating
the berries ns long as she watched
him. The story lacks nnlv its last
'tage, a description of the binl recover
ing from bis spree with his head leaned
against a cake of ice to cool his throb
bing brow. She tells also of a silly
lobin that bnilt nei nest in a leafless
tiee where it was unprotected from the
weather. Mrs. Htrntton-Porter saw the
bird sit on the nest for nineteen con
st eutive hours protecting hereggs fnnn
n diiving rainstorm.
The book is liberallv illustrated. The
lust piituro is thnt of a domestic hen
nineteen eats old, repioduced from n
photograph takeu three dajs before the
fowl clieel of old age.
HOMING WITH THE ISIRDS Iho history
or a lifetime of personal experience with
thi- birds Bv Gene Htratton-Portcr Gar.
don Citl 1 Doublcday, Pago . Co tl.
The Beloved Stranger
There is more authentic poctrv in
Witter I!vnnet'n latest volume. "The
Heloved Stranger." than in anything
else that he has written. This is true
in spite of the fact that much of it is
in free verse. It might be called n
love sequence, for love is tho theme of
the whole nnd it is the love of which
grent pnssions nre made. "Laurel."
which is in conventional form, well il
lustrates the temper of the whole. It
i tins:
1 will not call ou beautiful again,
Though my throat acho w 1th tho
silence of refraining,
And nnr a sich will I cxnlaill.
Though my hands fill with ep!aln'ns
Vor ni nro as beautiful ns a hill I
know
In spring, breathing with light
But as soon as I told you, a chill like
snow
Covered and turned you white
I will not call voti beautiful again,
Your labvrlnthlne loveliness I will
not name
I will b sMent J't forgotten men
Dead bejoml blame
No mutter how vour alls of spring
beguile
Be It mv foititude, mv business, my
endeavor
Not to iicclnlm the laurel of vour smile
rxcept today, .tomorrow unci forover'
It is aunntinced that the book Is the
result of n ti in t the Oiont made bv
Mr. Ilvnner in V.)U) That innj be
hut there was that in llvnner brfore he
went to the Hast whiih made the book
iiossible or the Orient could not have
lit might it bilk As sheer poctrv it is
oue of the must notable books which has
nnneaied this year
THE BEI-OVD sixRVNC.rn By mtter
Bynntr New "Vorli Mfrtd V Knopf
tv so
urn mini-Mi !. ii in ii
THERE IS NO DEATH
The portal Is but a higher pnitr
From the p'ane of the twentieth
degree messages, authenticated nnd
reported by Or A D Watson of
Toronto, lucvo come to add to the
sum of our Knowledge of Intel
lectual and spliitual things Im
personal, convincing, lemurkable
THE 20TH PLANE
The book has a scientific purpose
nnd recounts, solely as evidence,
the extraordinary recent convorsa
tlons with great men of the past,
including Lincoln Talne Moses,
Beethoven and Plato It forms
another Important link In tho chain
of evidence, in proof of a life
hereafter.
Livery Bookseller has It J- 00 net
George W. Jacobs & Co,, Publishers
Men, Women and Ghosts si 50
Tendencies In Modern American
Poetry. Illustrated. ! r.n
Six French Poets. Illustrated. JL'.fjO
usilerj of words been reacted in Entliik"
Publishers
NEW YORK
A NEW DAVID HARUM
"The Touch of Abucr" De
lightful in Drollery
David Hartim will be the first thought
that comes to mind iu reading "Tho
Touch of Abucr," by II. A. Cody.
The nuthor has hitherto been known
mostly for his novels of the western
thrill school of tietion, but he Is ery
adept nt tho bucolic nnd rural On the
testimony of this novel, which has nin
th? humor and a lot of sound sense ns
well. It moves along at a lively clln
from the moment when the titular hero
subscribes a cool thousand to the or
phanage fund in 11 tight, not to sny
near, community. He hasn't anything
like thnt much money nnd no way of
getting it, but he has his nerve and
hia wits. His wife does all the worry
ing, nui Aoncr does the trick I
This is no mere h'gosh novel at nil,
nnd ns a piece of literary craftsman '
ship it has David Ilariim beaten nil
over the ten-acre lot. The character!- I
7ations nro shrew dlv observed and put
belicvnbly on the pnge nnd the situa
tions do not strain rrerltilit) A village
Hhjlock is nicely thwarted in Abner's 1
process of making good the donation
for the orphanage fund and shaming
tight-hstod neighbors to lend n helping
hnud, Thete is n trensmo In Mm anil I
of the old farm, which is discovered
and preserved ns part of the plot But
the humor is, after nil, the chief charm.
It is infectious. And the love storv
concerning Abner's girl is nlso prettily
sentimental without being mushv.
ihi: Tore 11 ok- Aiwrn n h a codv
l"so Oeorgo Doran Company
Amy Lowell's Virtuosity
If Amy Lowell would use her un
doubted gifts in wilting poetry after
nuropean models instead nf fashioning
her verse on the models of China and
Japan she would be read by men nncl
women who have no use for her orse
now. But perhaps Miss Lowell does
not care for that kind of popularity.
It must be assumed that she does not
or she would not persist
Her latest volume, "Pictures of the
Floating World." contains the verse
which she has written during the last
live vears that did not seem appropriate
to be published either with "Men.
Women nnd flhosts" or with "Can
Orande's Castle " They arc iinngist
pieces, thnt is, they have been w ritten
in the attempt to create the impression
of a picture in the mind. As such
they nre bevond ciitlcism. Miss Lowell
hns sutceccicd iu attempting to do what
she undertook. Theie is a small group
of ndmirers of the new poctrv whose
members will regaid what she hns writ
ten as among the greatest poems of the
time.
The lest of us, however, while ad
miring the virtuosity of the lulllinnt
Boston woman, will 1 egret thnt she
did not try to do something which
would appeal to a less restricted circle
"h?"?!8 .OI" T,Hl: 'T-OATI.NG WOULD
iy Amv Ixnvel. New York Tk. J,-
mlllan Company ji ,J 8 Mac"
British Naval Record
the Lnglish navy took in the Into wai
has been ' Prepared by Archibald Ilurd
and H. 11. njshfor, The six lending
battles are fully described, the Infest
space being given to the important part
the nav took iu the conquest of the
I)ni dandles. To the coining of the
American, nnvv nnd its work nt the
Hose of the war n .haptcr is devoted,
the account includes nuinv letters bv
uun-iTB unci men giving their personal
expenenccs in mnnj jiotec.1 cwillii ts
r.specuillv stimulating nnd helpful uc
the manv hemic acts of office! s mid
seamen leiorded. ospi-thllv tho lescuo.
at the lisk of their own 'lives, of the
Germans ill owning after the destruction
01 ineir vessels . special tribute, it
nmy be lidded, is paid to Admiinl Sims,
of our Amerir.in navy, of whom it is
said that "his British colleagues rciuld
have nskod for no moie able or in
spiling 11 helper "
1H1J HUnOIC KBCORD CK THl. BltlTIMI
NAVY A short hlatnrv ofs: the n,vnl vvar
1114 tniR Bv Archlbsld Hurd and H 11
naahford New York Doubled) Pjbo
Co ,'-' "0
A DOG DAY
or
The Angel in the House
By WALTER EMANULL
Pictured by CECIL ALDIN
The tct would be deliciouily
funny even without the pictures
With a wabii drawing in three
colors facing each page of it, til's
little comedy of the diary of a
mischievous puppy, through just
one day, is the perfection of
amusing absurdity. Dedicated to
W. W. Jacobs "because he liked
it." $1.00, postage extra.
E. P. DUTTON & CO., G81 Slh Art., N.Y.
III5:3IIS2I
i'-KW.l0vsi
Ba'jallc&'HeiVjal
New Books
by Joseph Hergesheimer
The HAPPY END
C Seven short stories chosen from
Mr. Hergeshetmer's best and re
printed at the request of his many
admirers. Here are talcs written
for every taste and mood but all
with happy endings. $1.75.
The LAY ANTHONY
C The story of a modern Sir Gala
had, whose strength in resistance to
temptation is a dream of perfect
earthly love. $1.75.
ALFRED A. KNOPF
220 W.42dSt.,New York
illru.-IIv'-.ila.'iillri.jjIlijl.ijIltw'Sa
SWEDENBORG'S
BOOKS
At a Nominal Price S Cents
Any or all of tho following four
volumes will ho Bent, prepaid, to any
address on receipt of D centa per book:
"lleavea and Hell" Oil Pnie
"Divine ITo.lileuce" 8.'9 "
"The Tour Iloctrlnee" 83 "
"Divine 1,0V e und Wisdom" IS1H "
Endowed for that purpose, thla So
clet) offers tu send ou these books
without cost or ol.tlsation other than
r cents each for mailing.
The books are printed in large type
on good paper, and are substantially
bound In utlft paper covers.
The American Swedenbor-j Print
ing and Puhiuhing Society
Boom 788, S WPth St., New Xrfc
China the mysterious, the
alluring, is the background of
this powerful novel. Dramatic
b c e n e s follow each other
with breathless rapidity. Peter
Moore, wireless operator on the
S. S. Vandalia, receives a weird
message, and assists in a thrill
ing adventure. Thereafter tho
pages of Peter's life are filled
to overflowing with colorful ro
mances, unusual happenings and
narrow escapes; until he pierces
the mystery of tho City of
Stolen Lives, and overthrows
tho power of a strong and un
scrupulous league of Chinese.
SI. SO Net
YELLOWLEAF
'BySacha Gregory-
"Whoever Sacha Gregory
may be, she has entered the
field of the English novelist on
the crest of a wave of high
promise. Galsworthy might
have chosen a theme like this;
but even he eould not hold the
reader more certainly absorbed
in the course of its events, or
more intimately engrossed in
tha petsonal problems of its
people. A notable work." .
Philadelphia Press. $1.50 Net.
BABR.ELLE
OF THE
LA000N
By A. SAFRONI-MIDDLETON
A fine tale of love, true to the
luxurious and throbbing life in
southtv eas. $1.50 Net.
AT AL BOOKSTORES
J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO.
THE AMAZING TRUTH!
It Tevcals what the censor
scratched out.
It gives facts which we have all '
wanted to learn a glorious,
seai chin tr, compassionate glimpse ,
of truth. The biggest war story,1
by the man who has written tne
biggest war literature.
DON'T MISS IT!
MrnH
"Intensely interesting, written
in a clear and vivid style which
makes us feel as though we were
seeing it all the devastated
lands, the villages destroyed so
completely that they no longer
have any semblance to human
habitations, the wiecked and tor
tured forests, the wrecked, and
tortured bodies of men ." . .
yet when the book is finished one's
predominating feeling is that of
leverence leverence for these
lough - seeming, rough - speaking
men who proved themselves pos
sessed of the fortitude to make
themselves 'the knights of Arma
geddon.' "New York Times.
Published October 10th
Second Edition Ready
Third Edition on Press
All Bookstores
Cloth, $1.60 net
JOHN LANE CO. NEW YORK
THE
HARBOR ROAD
By
Sara Ware Bassett
A story of homely folk on Capo
Cod with humor and pathos and
a diamatic love story.
At All Booksellers tt.CO net.
The Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia
THE
Daylight Bookshop
All Advertised Hooka Ohtelnable
1701 Chestnut St., N. W. Cor.
. W1THERSPOON BI.DCL. " ,? J
Walnut, Juniper and Saoeoecs IU, s.
UTWr t Sod; FJ,V ' '
I
XJ
1
"v.
J
3?H
? 4'
. V
T
mz&w
LSli
vl
-- .' BKkP siSSLv,.;. a-'-.
s-V.
fcufefc'-i.vA
ivjSJSi
' i
Tr.'?MV
t i