X - . ,-I. letters to the Editor Brads Editorial In Hospital - .t.rdltorof the KvtMnt Publlo Ltdatr: r'r TZv th liberty of clipping from B. .. Iu of lh Ktsnimj Pobmo ",l". Imr editorial entitled "Ths Foriot. ST lh flln of prl and apprecla. T'.Meh It rlohly deerve. ll0,?.?n en't It! lht thU rnd country ,6Z "in Tlford to spend million, of dol ef ur ""..Vi,iiinn und Europen entangle- IM,A tat I no t bl to .pproprlatoeumclent ""1'b fr he re of our lck. wounded and " .VA.ttf bankrupted by thoixs ox-eervlce IlZn i. who ak for tho reiteration of their Jf.lh and vocation, just becauw they kept V L.rmt.M peaceful Huns away from do a ''.-..Jul' home., families and lntltu. 'i av,re ex-mvlce man. th." die abl.d ".t... wl Mini to mk. tho- best of a bad w,.in and wnllo eawllk.. Olut where are, terrain ana ro , - .(I..Dt rdii0r .TSrwsL jm"e lss .!- wmea uj -- frMl'JXSEi fonratten. Hut there the lonely field, of Franc little rude Moden cfos.. o appealing polntlnc to- ,'Jl. who rave their lives "that this dmlht live." And Vow they dledl rra'-a'jK- mlwrie. of war can know ana unaer- Wh'ere I our national pride, principle ana ,,.tltud? Have we already succeeded in IXuitlr compn.atlon or necewary medi mi ire and relief to the youthful veteran. d" disabled men of the recent wan OT, how far from It! All I can "'"" -..:.-,..:.. ,i isktn In your eauoriai ."v.o '"'" -5S. Sled and admired by al ox-eerylco U.n wounded veterans recuperatlnc at this SJie'lUl. Als that If tho nation believe. fiJ.i It ha. met It. obligations to the men that It nn. ' j,.tmm. Ood hln tho 7, i.ed Slate. IS. HAD1NOWITZ. United State.. . . N ., rern-vllle, Mo..' January 12. 1021. The Raid on Women, Gamblers -. the gator e the Euenlno rublfo Lcdatr: air tl eem. to mo that tho papers this ,rnln haa not told the wholo truth about S, raid on a hou.o In We.t Thlladelph a "!?. ' - hir of women were arrested Ynrro '" ....,. 0nmhllntf. Para. I f.l ...rfinff tho story and noting; tho le .... .nv rpro unus.ih uihiii ... Ju ' . .. .... k.ll.u Ihn nnllrn hnrl nnv .Kill. 1 UO 1'" .fc.tt.v. ...w , tl.nt to enter this private homo and carry f ths women to mo poi.cn ouniu.., nvcu theuih a poker amo was In progress., unions the details that aro missing- may put another rhase In tho Incident. I ,hould Imagine that If the police In tho city had all been equally alert at tho mmo hour each 'one rould have found In lila vicin ity a poker party In progress. In fact. I Jloubt whether In a elnglo club In this city where cards aro played they could not have found the same kind of a game going on. At the satt' time of theso arrests nt my home. ..... nm Marks away, myself and a party of friends wero playing poker. Wo may not ha" been playlnc for the same high ilikes, but we were playing, und surely the uur does not deslgnato n. mim or a certain ilreet where such playing Is not permissible, .-j i ..mild cnrtalnly resent the pollco en tering my homo to Intorfero with my prlvato arauiement. We have the understanding that, generally .-.vine, a man's homo Is his castle, and Itiit he has full privileges In ,that home as lens as ho l not annoying his neighbors. I do not bcllevo the patrolmen, merely be eiu" they saw sovcral machines outside ef this house on Spruce street, had any rlrht to enter it and humiliate the occu pants. Now u mere is mre pac oi urn niory than has been printed and the police wero justified, then why were not the names of the "criminals." If such they wero. given. as wfild be th case whon any kind nr crlrr'nnis aro caught7 Why withhold the names of some and print others when both are xjually aullty7 c. b. n. Fhliadelpniu, January lu, iv.-i. Wants Daylight Saving Te the Editor o th? Kuenlno Public Ledger: Sir I will appreciate It very much, 'and 1 am suri the maiorlty of your readers will do likewise. If you will begin nn agita tion for the return of daylight saving that w had for certain periods of the war. It was something that the gTeat majority of the peoplo appreciated, as giving; thtm much more opportunity to work than during last lummer, when we did not have this system. Host men who are employed during the oy nnd own their own hemes find much te bo dona when they return from their Itrular employment, but they do not have l!mi to do it when it Is outdoors on ac count of darkness coming on too soon. The only persons in this stato who seemed te object to this system were tho farmers, and If they llnd It Inconvenient, why not find omo method by which they could adopt ny hours for their work they want, for they can make their own time, while In the (Ity the people aro compelled to go to work cy tho i lock, I am euro IT soveral of our Influenttat papers would take up the mat ter they vould he ablo to havo suitable legts litloti passed nn.t their efforts, I am sure, would tw appreciated by nine-tenths of their ttadeM C. W Ij. Philadelphia, January 0,, 1021. Why Is Our Taste Degenerating? Wtlie ;;rfllor o tie Vvmtnu PuWe Ledaer: filr I have often wondered why It was that our theatrical tasto has so greatly de- lanerated In tho last Quarter of a century. We rarlv today have the opportunity of tlng a really cleer actor or a really first fins drama, and there must be some reason tor this I hae been wondering If the movies havo tended to this end. I can hirdly bellea It. If you ask a theatrical minaccr, however, why this condition Pre vails, he will toll you that it Is the part tjf ths producer and tho theatre owner 'to glvo the people what they want, and they seem to want the trash that 1. being doled out to item, These managers sny that when they I bring a good actor here with a first-clans Play, eiponslvely staged, they do so at a big leii In the box office recolptn, nnd that thoy rsrot In the business for their health. unless a change Is brought about In somo iy. ery soon the old-lino actor will have entirely disappeared. As It Is, we havo to- my no actors on our stage like Edwin Booth, Lawrence Darrctt, Mrs. John Drew, Tanny Daenport, Agnes Booth or the do nt of other great stars that I could name fno delighted the publln with their art twenty tu thirty or moro years ago With their death the great stago art seems to have undergone a change nnd they havo been "Placed by a different sort of artist, who re accented but who are not helping to 'levate the stage, nor educating the people In this an Today one raroly has the opportunity ot tltnesulns n Shakespeare play, and "The Rivals," "She Stoops to Conquer" and plays t that character are almost unknown to '" sreat ini.es of theatregoers of tha nresont iteration CHAIlLnS T. CLATTON. rhlladelnhli. January 0, 1021. The Repeal of the Blue Laws T "ie M.lor of (he J.'rtul.io PiihKo .riloer1 hlr Regarding the repeal of the blue laws, subject which seemn to be creating con "Jrblo nf a stir at this time, I would llko ,, " When Thomas Jeffeison und his "tyK'ven associates framed the federal jnsiltution thov knew the history of tho 'i orld and (he colonial history of Amer- Irs n Knew that Sunday hluo laws t)"ti a scourge to tho Old World und a mensre t t,. nw t.rProro ttu.y wf.r0 v,ry "ireful iot in ropy nfler an of those gov "nments They formulated Into the fed- ' constitution two great principles re "Jious ,! political liberty. One hundred -" ions x.ara after tha ratification nf lht "s'ltution thla nation Is the greatest tr an it,if.hr.,r''.l"r' of "' constitution knew that 4ll - njiiiiT r um.lH .... .t .--i..j -iUIIU und that whrn It i, ii-n.s o tne roiistituiion would It A ITI 1)11 llnael 1 .1 ... .. . . tind rrovlalnna tnv Ihn. iih made Tha .1... . .... . . Ik.. f "' ''i uiuw itmenumcnis says -- ...,.,. Hla, ,, nn . . WM r(,,n., "ibltlnr .'. ,"h'l,1,mi"'t of icllglon or pro- Ihrou.h . . "crciso tnereuf Z, S, ."'"' f""0'n of religious It Is that th nnlnlnn i lountry has become the paradlso ( t.rii, thumLrir' r,,,,urn '" lho ,1,rk "' h JiaeeVr w r"rk ",u,,' I'cs.llork and fur- . ". If ' lives hor,. il,v ..... , tiillon? V.!1,1! ,""1'"1 bv ,hn f''1'' cn'l- h.j.lrlin.,1 ,""r,nll"r"l0 '" un-Ainerlcun nt ntul in wincpli ""'inn J itniary 7, 1021, mm Letters to the Editor should bo wj brief and to tho nolnt n possible, avoiding anything that would open a denominational or sectarian discus sion. No attention will bo paid to anony mous lrJters. Names and addresses must bo signed as an ovldenco of pood faith, atthoueh names will not bo printed If request la mado that they bo omitted. Tho publication of n letter Is not to bo taken no an Indorsement of Its views by thla paper. Communlcntlonn will not bo re turned unless accompanied by post age, nor will manuscript bo saved. How to Get the Bonus To n Wdlfor o tho Evening Public .fd'flr. Sir I havo been wondering If the shoe Is boa-Inning to pinch. I say this because the doughboys are beginning to be heard from again. I say that "Marine'' hit the bullseye, but the trouble with our fellows Is that they go to sleep on the Job. We didn't hear anything from them for a long time, but now that a lot of them are out of work up goes tho big roar again about tho bonus. Why don't they make this howl at their meetings and give some "rough stuff" to their officers, who are playing politics and making monkeys out of tho "heroes," while pretending to make a fight for them? I don't need that bonus and don't care for It, but I know a lot of fellows to whom It would b.o a godsend. Hut they'll never get It unless they display moro grit arid less surface gas lIArm-UOILKD. Philadelphia, January 10, 1021, Calls Educational System Wrong To tho Editor of the Eventno PuMlo Ledoer: 8lr I have read with Interest the many letters that have appeared In your paper re garding tho deficiency In the education of the young men and women today, especially In reading, writing and spelling, I quite agree with all that Is said, and I will so agree until some teacher will wrlto nnd defend the present-day educational systom and give a satisfactory understanding. ,tn a conversation not so long ago with ono of tho heads of the Philadelphia high school system he acknowledged to mo that tho whole system was wrong, nnd his only exouso was that It was Impossible, for tho teacher, to da anything, as they had tho rulos laid down to them by a lot ot old fogy directors, und were compelled to fol low them. I think the best example wo have of the deficiency ot the publlo school system today Is tho lack of education on tho part of our people, and this Is well displayed In tho very tew good poets, essayists, mstorlans, etc., wo havo today. We do not havo today a poet equal to Longfellow. Holmes. Whltt!r. Ilryant, etc.. nor nn essayist equal to Em erson: a brilliant lawyer llko Daniel Web ster, a brilliant orator like James O. nialno. a brilliant historian like Bancroft or Motley, nnd In all lines where oducntlon counts wn lack brilliant men In this lino. There must bo a reason for this, nnd the only roason I can find Is In tho present-day school system, and the t of the past decade. I should like to hear somo ono connected with tho public schools explain to mo why so little nttentlon Is paid to spoiling, reading and arlthmetlo In our schools, especially In tho elementary departments. WALTER T. CRANE. Philadelphia. January 10. 1021. Are Teachers Negligent? To the Editor a tho Kumiss Public Ledger: Sir I would llko to hear from somo teacher among your readers as to whether he or she does not consider that It Is n part of his or her school duties to correct the spoken English ot the pupils. I nnd both my son and my daughter are very deficient In speaking, although I know that they havo passed tho grammar tests. I havo tnken great pains to nnd our. wnai Is tho trouble by questioning both of them. and It would apponr to bo from their re plies that tho teachers aro negligent. They seem to think that all they have to do u to usk tho pupils questions and havo them answer them, hut thoy do not attempt to correct these puplli In their conversations. Now. I bellevo thero Is nothing that affords buch an easy road tn acquiring good English as to havo your nttentlon called to the mis use of words. T find my children continu ally saying "yeh," "nope," "dldju." eta, and I am sure they acquire the way of pro nouncing theso words from their school mates, for wo aro ery particular nt home In tho use of good Kngluh. I havo asked both my son and daughter whether their teachers havo not told them that thoso pronunciations were wrong, anu both of them affirm that they have never been corrected by tholr teachers, nor have they heard their teachers correct other pupils who use tho so mo words. I find that In our so-called grammar schools one hears astounding examples of bad grammar, such as ".I atn't," "I seen," "him and mc dono It," etc. I am euro moat of this objectionable English could be elimi nated If tha teachers would pay a little moro attention to the conversation of their pupils and point out to them any Incorrectness In their speech ' W. I.. P. Philadelphia, January fl, 1021. Questions Answered fc The Lincoln Highway To the rdtlor of the Evening Publlo Ledger: Sr When was the Lincoln highway start ed and through how many states does It pass? C. L. D. Philadelphia, January 7, 1021, The Lincoln hlshway Is 3322 miles long, extending from New York to San Fran cisco, and passes through eloven states. It was started tn 1010, and about one-third of It Is completed. Are Porto Rlcans Citizens? To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledoer: Sir Aro natives o Porto Blco citizens of the United States? . CHAnLEfl T. HAINES. Philadelphia. January 7. 1021. Cltlienshlp waB bestowed upon "dtlxens of Porto Illcn and certain natives perma nently residing In said Island" by an act which went Into effect March 2, 1017. ' No Such BUI to Date To the Editor of tho Evening Public Ledn'r: Sir I enlisted from Illinois as a soldier, residing there at that time. I now live In Philadelphia. Can you tell me whether 11 ,lnols passed a bill providing a bonus for Its ex-service men? c- v- " Philadelphia, January 7. 1021. Delaware Part of Pennsylvania Tn the Editor ot the Eienina Publln Ledger: Sir In n, discussion the other day a friend made th statement that Delaware was at one time a pari 01 rami'". Is this correct? " '' " Philadelphia January 7. 1021. When New Netherlands came Into the pos session of tho English the settlements on the Delaware wero claimed both by Lord Baltimore and by the Duko of York. In 1AS3 William Penn received this territory in fee from the Duke of York, effected a compromise with Lord Baltimore and for twenty years Delaware was governed as part of Pennsylvania. In 1703 Delaware established a separate legislature, but con tlnuod to recognise the authority of the Governor of Pennsylvania. Answers Problem To the Editor of lho Evntng Public Ledoer: Sir m answer to Q Jaquette's trlanglo problem, printed January 10, I should like ti. submit this solution, of my own, not recalling the school methods of explanation, Supposo we have ft line. "AB" three Inches long. Joined nt right nngles to "AC which Is six Inches long at the point A. which mut b Inside th completed Isosceles triangle. Using "IV as center, and "BC" as radius, describe a circle. Then, with "A" as tho center, and five Inches radius, describe an arc that will cut the circle In two points, calling the one nearest to ' C "J! " and tho other point "D " Here we have possibilities for two Isosce les triangles, but the one, "BCD." Is of no uso since- It does not Include point "A Therefore triangle "BCD" must be the cor rect one It s leoneies; w in lilin nun forms the lolnln of the throe required lines, "VB" three Inches, "AC" six Inches, and VAD" five ini-lies. The explanation may sound rather com plex, but It works out very simply on pn. per Perhaps eomo one has worked out a simpler one, which I should bo glad to see printed. Philadelphia, January II, P. a. v. 1021. Why Countries Were Omitted To the Editor or the Evening Publlo Ledaer: Hlr Why don't Cuba and the other small countries that declared war on Germany appear on the Victor medal? W. L. V. Philadelphia, January 11. 1021. I JiX TJL.J- r- 0 The War Department, sayn that the rfs son such countries are not represented on the Victory medal Is because they did not paruoipaie actively in the war. Only the names of those countries which actually had forces engaged In the righting aro engraved on the medfl. Poems and Songs Desired A Browning Poem To tlxe Editor o tho rpenlni; Public Ledaer; oir Yesterday you published a request rum jurs. u, u. jtetcnam for a poem con taining the words, "For theo a wholo I've planned," from "Den Ezra." Theso words are from the poem "Itabbl ben JItra," by rtobert Browning, the first stanza of which, If I remember correctly, Is as follows s Grow old along with me. The best In yet to be, Tho last of llfo for which the first was made. Our times are In His hand. Who salth, "A whole 1 planned. Youth shows but half! trust Oodj see nil, nor bo afraid," The completo poem Is too long for your columns, but can bo found In nny of Brown ing's poetical volumes. aonDN K- flTOVEn. Philadelphia, January 8, 1021. Desires Two 8ongs To the Editor o the Evening Public Ledoer: Sip I wonder If you or somo ono of your readers would havo the words of two songs which I would Jlko very much to secure. Ono contains these lines: "Oh, bury m not on the lone prairie. Where tho wild coyotes may howl o'er me: Where the .black snako glides and tho wind sports free: Oh, bury me not on the lens prairie." The other Is somewhat llko this: "Beat the drum lowly and play the fife slowly. And play the dead march as they carry mo on: Take mo to the graveyard and place the sod o'er me, For I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong," Mrs. F. 8. A. Marcus Hook, Ta., January 0, 1021. Wants "My Lagan Love" To tho Editor of the Evening rubUe Ledoer: Slr Can you or any of your readers sup ply mo with tho words of the song called "My I.ngan LoveJ" It was sung by John McCormack. J. J. McS. Philadelphia. January 10, 1021. Wo do not have n copy of tho poem. It may bo a copyrighted song, In which event wo could not publish words without securing permission, "How to Cure a Cough" To the Editor of tho Evening Public Lrdgrr: Sir Being a constant reader of your Evn.vtKn Prjsi.io Iipoeb, I will apprecato It ry much If ou can print In tho People's Porum a recitation entitled "How to Cure a Cough." DANIEL J. BOYMJ. Phllidelphln. January 10, 1021. Mrs. I. O. Poster asks for the words of a song or a poem containing the following: "My blood In as Irish as Irish can he, And my heart Is In Erin far over the sea." Sidney Mohr wishes the words of tho song, "The Bell In the Lighthouse," and the poem rontalnlng tho line, "Tho little feet on golden street will never go astray." "C. L. T " asks for the words of the song "doodby. My Lover, fjoodby' a poem en titled "My Mother's Old Bed Shawl," and the poem entitled. "I Know That You AVI11 Call Mo Back Again." "W. W S." wishes the song which con tains theso lines: "Now I'm growing old nnd all naturo does decay. My mnssa often frowns on me: one 'day I hoard him ssy: Toor old bones, let him die.' " etc. The People's Forum will appear daily In the Evening Public, Ledger, and also In the Sunday Public Lertrer. Letter dlctilnr timely topics will bo printed, as well as reoiifwled poems, and questions of general Interest will be nnsweixl. NEW BOOKS An outline rliararlrrltutlnn of the latest pnbllrntlons. Moro extended reTlew will be ghrn books worthy of special notice. Fiction THE HAPPY HIGHWAYS. By Storm John son. New York: Tho Ccnturv Co. Vn.ifh'ii revolt nentnst convention nnd 11M solutions of old problems is tho theme of this novel. THE DATIK BIVEB. By Sarah Mlllln. New York! Thomas fltzer. M A novel ot tho diamond diggings In South Africa. THE .TEMPTATIONS OF ST. ANTHONY. Now York: Bont & Llverlaht. A new edition of Ouptavn Flaubrt's cele brated work which contrasts the furies and the sanctities which war eternally and unl versallv for mssterdom of the human soul. A fresh addition 'o the modern library Is Lafradlo Hcarn'a notablo translation. ICALEEMA Bv Marlon McClelland. New York: The Century Co. The love story of a girl who gambled with hnpplntss. Set amid theatrical nur loundlngs. THE ICE PILOT. Hy Hnry Leverage. New York: Dounleday Pago Co. A realistic novel of life In the frozen seas. COW COUNTRY. By n. M. Bower. Bos ton: Little. Drown ft Co. A typical story of western llfo bv nn au thor who knos It nnd lis peoplo Intimately, and who writes with mnnv a thrill. THE RIDDLE OP THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHT. Ily Mnrv and T W. Hanshew. New York. Doublcday. Page & Co. Another mystifying stiirv with Cluck and Scotland Yard in 1: THE GREAT PEARL SECRET. By C. N. and A. M. Williamson. New York: Doubleday. Pago & Co. A mystery tale ot vivid nnd Intriguing threads nnd peoplo by homo Interesting and likable folk, THE NEXT CORNER. By Kato Jordan. Boston: Llltlo. Brown ts Co. A story of amorous and emotional Intrlgua with a verv curious feminine personality us the heroine. The plot is full uf tension and surprise. Thero Is a decided problem In the story, which tho author solves In now fashion. THAT AFFAIR AT THE CEDARS. Bv Lee Thaics. New York: Doublcday, I'ugo & 3 Co. More than n, mysterv story a novel of American life with n complex and baffling situation as a central Ihemc, SIX SECONDS OP DARKNESS. By Oc'.avus Roy Cohen. New York. Dodd. Mead & Cn. Another mvsterv yarn by the author of "The Crimson Allld." THE UNDERWOOD MYSTERY. Bv C, .1. Dutt'in, New York Dodd. Mead & Co. A detective story uf rc.il thrills and with a new ending. THE BROWN MOTH. Bv Oscar Graeve. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co. A novel of overvdav life In New York, nnd In particular In thi life of an interest ing heroine. General LONDON DAYS. By Arthur Warren. Bos- ton: Little. Brown .v. Co, The romlnlaccncot of an American Jour nalist, PRIESTLEY IN AMERICA. By Edgar Falls Smith. Philadelphia: P Bluklstoi's Son ft Co. ...... An authoritative account of tho American career of the creat rlienilst over tho vearn 17HI-10IM. by tho provost emeritus of the Eiilversllv .if Peniisvlvun a. himself u ills tlngulshed chemlct. Priestley wan n phllnsn. pher as well ns a scientist, and his presence III the new republic pr.i.pd very stimulating to Its earlv Intellectual life. Dr. rmlth writes In h! usual infoi miliar way, and In a gractful style THE NEW STONE AGE. By Harrison Howe. New York: Tho Century Co. Tho story of c.mrnt and toncreto bv a member of tho National Research Council, MAKE YOI'R WILL. Bv Arthur Blake- more. New York- D Apnleton ft Co. Covers the tcsiiunenurv Inwy of even state In the I'nlon, and oatnlns much sage general udvlce. THE ATLANTIC YEAR HOOK. Boston: At luntlc Monthly Prtss. A collection of appropriate nnd nppowlte ouotutlni". from tho Atlantic Monthly 111. s from t S."7 to 102". Tli" selections for the day i (lav entries as made by Toiesu 1'llr Patrick and Ellzabt'h Wutts, ure well clma-n find nuke available manv Interesting poems mid urns ' extracts from the writings of ills tlngulshtd American authors if lh. lust fHo decads, MARIORY FLEMING'S DIARY. Now York Honl & l.lveilijht. . . A new volume In th Inwiltiahle Modern Llbrar It contains the ".xrks" nf the, little clrl rrlend nnd favorite if Sir Wal'er Scolt. who antedated Du'sv Ashfonl b nearly a ueutim. She (lied at the uire of eight. "Tho Nowgato Calendar Is very in structive," nil" winls nnd 1I1I1 Is n sample of her prcuiclly. Dr John Browne's tribute to her Is In. Iud"d. and Clifford Smj'.li hus written a .letlnhtf.il Introduction. THE NEW SPIRIT By Havelock Ellis, New V.uk: Until & l.lverluht. An Interpretation of modernism. FRENCH FORKIHN POLICY. IROS-KIM. Il 11 II. Mcwurt. Nnw York: Tho Cen turv C i. An authorltntlve etudv of a critical period hv a professor or the University of Wisconsin. 77 WWWi MYTHS ARE THE PRECIO US INHERITANCES OF THE RACE Edwin Arlington Robinson s Treatment of the Tale of Lancelot and Guinevere Has Given ft Significance for the Present Ily FELIX E. SCHILLING Professor of English In the it A ND wlint nro vott nnlntltie now?" 1 nall Mr. Uoundcr to his friend, tho artist. "A portrait of Cleopatra," was the reply. , "A portrnlt o Cleopatra? Why I thouffht that that old girl had had her 1 iini? lnKcn long nR0' Oh, yes, sho was taken nnd retaken often enough In llfo ; nnd you mny tnko this remark In nny wny you like, but " Hero the artist broko down. What Is tho uso of trying to explain to a Uoundcr tho Imraortulity o n grcnt mibjcct? How can you get him to sen tho difference between "getting through" with frac tious, both vulgar nnd proper, onco nnd for nil, nnd tho elreurastanco that ono never "gets through" with Beethoven or tho grcnt poets whose works, being nrt nnd not knowledge, nro pcrnmncnt, thlnjrs to live in, not llko tbo sciences, bo they great or little, things lo pnRS through. Wherefore to Mr. flounder the title of Mr. Itoblnson's book will be a sufficient detriment; for whnt have Bounders to do with Lancelots or Cnme lots? Their buslucss U with corner lots nnd job lots. AMONG tho inheritances ot this un deserving race of ours It mny well bo questioned If thero Is nny one so precious, ns myths, thoso stories of old tlmo which come down the ages, gather ing on the wny new urtlstlc beauty In vnrlnblo form and n novel nnd deeper significance. The power to construct myths Is tho measure of n people's men tality; for tho myth, in religion, trn dltlon nnd song, is tho vcritnblo ex pression of tho rnec, tho voice of the folk. Inferior peoples are mythically voiceless, or, when they hpeok, givo us crudity. (Jrent peoples havo nhvnjH been vocal In their myths, nbout which tho lenst iinpnrtnnt thing Is tho nrttinl facts out of which they hnvo grown. Tnko the splendid myth ot the mugnlti couco of Solomon, king of kings. The actualities tell us that he wns the chief of n small principality forming the cor ridor connecting two great empires, to ono nt least of which ho paid tribute; nnd ns to the marvelous tcmplo of Sol omon, it appears to hnvo covered n city lot of somo 100 feel bv ,ri0 nt the most. Wo shall not inquire into tho wisdom of him who took unto himself so many wives. But the myth of Solomon, tho wise und magnificent, is 11 trlbuto to tho patriotism, the imaginative power nnil poetic lilcnis ot tho Hebrew rnro. The glory of the wisdom of Solomon, liko tho splendor of his temple has blazed down through tho nges; it typifies for us tho nncicnt Hebrew people, not in their paltry nctunlitics, but In their ideals nnd nspirntions. So tho heroic nge of Greece is the "Iliad," not the "history" of the petty squabbles of a few small chieftains over n stolen womnn ; nnd the barbarity, superstition nnd bordidness of the middle nges ns poverty-stricken Historians nre con strnincd by "facts" to reconstruct them, rise up into beauty and pathos and im mortnlity in the "Mort lVArtuur" and tho "Chanson de Kolnml." ANOTHER thing nbout the myth Is that It is never outworn ; but told and retold Is adaptable to nil time. Tnko just this old story of I.nncelot, told onco more ko iicautituiiy, so ill rcctly, so noyelly. by this 1 Amorlaur, poet. Like nl true myths, it is of im-, nnaialiahln tnnlnsinl util no umli mil) I bo sung froin GeofTrey of Monmouth I N.CKIi0T A roPm. By Edwin Arlln ailtl Waco to Tennyson, Villinm Morris ton Robinson. Now York: Thomas Seltzer. LONDON LIFE Rcminisccnqes of Distinguished Men Who Lived at the Close of the Last Century Arthur Whrren, who lived in London from 1S7S to 1SS. nnd again from 1SSS to 1S97. during fhe latter period as correspondent of the Boston Herald, has written n book of reminiscences about the distinguished men and women ho knew in the British capital. We mention this, not because it is nt nil rcmarkablo for nn American newspaper correspondent to wrlto n book they nil do it but because tho book which Mr. Wnrrcn has produced is unusiiallv Interesting. It is written with nn enso nnd grnco which make it pleasant rending and tlio distinguished men whom Mr. War ren knew nro men of whom Ameri cans delight to hear. Included among them nre Browning, Lord Kelvin, Ten nyson, GIutlMoiii'. Whistler, "Henry rirummond, Sir Henry Irving, George .Meredith, Pnrnell nnd John Stuarr Blackie. Here aro two poets, a man of science, a painter, two teachers, 11 novelist, two statesmen nnd an nrlor With some of them Mr. Wnrrcn had in timato personal relations and with others merely the lelations which arote out of tlw practice of his profession. But what he lias to sny of each is il luminating. Tlin chapter devoted to Blackie, the distinguished Scotch Greek M'hnltir, reveals that remarkable man in 11 most interesting light, nnd if there wero no other diitit availablo it would explain the wonderful hold he had on his generation. Tho Tcnusun chapter exhibits tho poet as a very humnn soit of 11 person, and the page-, devoted tu Stanley recall to the men of his genera tion the traits of the intrepid journal istic explorer which thrilled them when the news of his achievements was first cabled nbout the world, Mr. Wnrrcn spent n week with l'nttl at her castle in Wales and he d. 'scribes the charm of hi hostess and the de lights of her life in retirement in a wnv to explain her remutkalile popu larity. The book is one of the most vnluablo volumes of reminiscences which hns appeared within 11 twelvemonth. LONDON DAYS. Hv Arthur Warren. ISos ton: Little, lirown & Co. H'.r.n. New Editions Sir Philip (llbbs' llrst novel since Hie war. "Wounded Souls," Is apparent l duplicating the success of his war bonks, fieorgo II. Dornn Co. report 11 secoud printing necesnr within n month since publication. Another book on which a second edition hns been culled for this week is "Adventures nnd l'ntlwi asms." by K. V. Ltirus. A new edition of "Leda," the astonishing poems by tho young Englishman, Aldous lluvlej, i 1 also under way. Memorial to Mrs. Ward A few English friends of Mrs. Hum phry Ward hno formed themselves into an executive committee to raise funds to commemorate her llfo works. It has been decided to devote the memorial funds to thu furthiTiinco of some briineh of social work, prefcrnblv among chil dren, to whoso wclfuro Mrs. Ward do voted many years of enthulnsm nnd 1111 grudgiug liibur. ri i; i 3j. University of Pennsylvania nnd Swinburne, nnd now nrnln hv Mr. Hobinson, nnd yet over bo new. The power of this great romnnco of chlv nlry to Inspire the poets is nmntlng, tho moro so ns it inspires them, in so many different ways. 'I ho lnt.lr.itp nntternlnir of Spenser with Its tindcrlylnc allegory : tho refined, somcwhnt colorless but licnutltul sentimentalizing of Tennyson; tho nrc-Hnnhaclito color nnd sensuous ncss, not nlwnys intellectually sustnlned ; 1110 rouusc ncroio-barburlc, Ulirlstlnn hcalhcn mysticism of Wagnerian saga nil theso things nre tho inspiration of 1110 mymoiogy of chivalry whlcu cen ters In King Arthur. Tho poets hnvc always been attracted to tho subject. "For n heroic tiocm." Rnld old Ben Tonson, "there is no such ground ns Ivftltr Artl.l.r'a fl.ttn An. I Mlllnn nnt gnvo lip this topic for "Paradise Lost" after n long cntcrlnlnmcnt of it. MU. BOBINSON'S "Lancelot" isja comparatively brief narrative, or ?icrhnps better, n scmi-dramntlc poem; or most of the story is unfolded in dln loguo of n peculiarly direct nnd limpid diction, howsoever the thought Is nt times deep, If not subtle. A swift rnd remarkably monosyllabic blank verse, qf grcnt freedom in phrasing, but abso lutely metrical, is the fitting medium for this rapid nnd living discourse. The story denls with -tho belated discovery, nlmost forced upon him. by King Ar thur of tho relations of Lancelot and Guinevere, tho queen; her rescue from burning at tho stnko for her unchnstity by Lancelot, in nccompllshlng which ho Is driven, though unknowing, to kill two brothers of his friend, Gnwnine. The story concludes with tho last meeting of tho lovers In the monnstcry nt Glns tonbury, with Lancelot's renunciation nnd departure Into the night In search of the Unlit. But these events aro not Mr. Robinson's theme, which Is not remiccnoio tmis to its elemental "facts," Tho Internlav of human emo tion in leings swept hither nnd thither by passions and happenings, niter nutely controlled and uncontrolled. In n world predestined, but to what extent wo hnow not this Is Mr. Itoblnson's theme, nnd with it is developed tho Irnnte nobility of man, however wenk, nnd the spurt of tlmo. I.nncelot is n finely conceived creation, strong, indl Wduul, magnanimous, yet humnn. I HAVE no objection to allegorical poetry, if you do uot attempt to lntcrnrct tne olleeorv. indeed, n ecorv is best left to tho kind of peoplo who llko that sort of thing. To mo even lounrltLms nre preferable. For which reiuon It Is n disnnnolntmcnt. to me nt lenst, to learn that, moro or less gnaued to it, Tennyson once owned tho soft impeachment that "The Idyls of tho King" wero nn extended nllcgory of humnn llfo. But significance is ono thing, nllcgory quite nnothcr. Tho real objection to allegory is thnt It is sig nificance frozen into n rigidity of ap plication that defeats artistic purpose. Sir. ItobiuKnn'H poem is profoundly sig nificant of the great tragedy of our time; his Lancelot rises almost to tho typl fientinn of our humnn rare. wenk. sln- I ful, passionate, but noble nt henrt nnd largo. 111 spirit. 111 mis noma poem noctry is performing its true function in fashioning ono of the great myths ot nil timo into ti signinennco in the pres ent, nnd in conveying thnt significance 1 1,a Jnnitid nt nvttleilst Vinntltn tlsn nnaf mkls nnothcr link in tho flashing and pPrilurnbi,. chain of nn Imperishable TRUE STORIES "On Secret Service' Deals With Exploits of Various Branches of the Government Though all of the twenty-four htories which ro to make up William Nelson Taft'K 'On Secret Service" aro written in llctlon form, n nolo on tho title page states that they aro "iloteottve-raystrry stories based on real cnsoi solved by government ngonts," ami tho exploits selected range nil the way from tho&c Of Secret Service operatives to tho work of postal and customs scriico inspec tors. As is only to bo expected, several ot tho stories deal with the capture of spies during tho early days of tho world war. "Tlio riuo on Slielf -l.i" being founded on tho Koenig ense. whiln "A Flash in tho Night" tells tho inside story con nected with tho sinking nf tho sub marino which attacked tho Carolina nnd tho Pinnr del Ilio off, tho Atlantic const. "A Mutch for the Ciovernment," "Wnh T-eo nnd tho Flower of Heaven" nnd "30.000 Yards of Silk" givo tho details of three famous smuggling prob lems, "Lost $100,000." "Tho Poison Pcn Puzzle" nnd "Five Inches of Dentil. " hnvo postal inspectors as their heroes, One of tho most interesting of the stories, "The Mint Mystery." hns Its locale in Philadelphia, detailing the manner in which Chief Druminond. of tlio Fnited States Secret Service, solved iu less than six hours a nivstcrv thut Involved the loss of $130,000. Every ono of the stories is not only interest ing, but tho nuthoq appears to have ovorcasoo tho difficulty nf making truth ns eJPcrtnining ns llctlon for no devotee of detective iiternture could drop ono of theso tnles before discovering the final solution, nnd even then ho will bo carried on to tho next mystery through tho medium of n final paragraph which lends "serial interest" to the entire collection. on snemrr si:nvicn. n- winiam Nei- son Tnfl NVw York ITnrnr ft llrot. "It comes as flamingly from the heart of a woman as Thomas Car 1 y 1 e ' s 'The French Revolu tion came from the heart of a A Hit of the English Season man. 3o s ys the London Graphic of "The Happy Highways," by Slorm Jameson. It is a powerful love story as frank and color ful as a Gauguin painting. THE HAPPY HIGHWAYS By Storm Jameson All Bookstores. $2.00 THE CENTURY CO. ivpmm-z 'GHOSTS" THAT AHE MADE OF MATTER Report of Observations on the Materializations of a French Medium by a German 1 1 Professor Crnwford, of Belfast, reached certain conclusions regarding tho physics of lovltatlon by n spiritual iatic medium which led him to assert that a material lever was projected from tho body of tho medium to a table and that tho table was lifted by this lever. Ho found that when the table was lifted Its weight was added to the weight of the modluvn. Ho was con vinccd, however, that thero was somo connection between tho medium and the spirit world, for tho levers would an swer questions by rapping on the, floor or tho wall. Tho investigation into tho phenomena of materialization by Baron von Schrcnck Notzlng, of Munlth, a report of which has just been published, car ries tho physical inquiry still further. Madame Blsson. wlfn nf Alcxnndre Bis- son, a French dramatist and sculptor, had in her chnrgo for several years a girl known as Evn. who nroduccd many curious phenomena. When hypnotized and put in a medium's cabinet there appeared hands and arms and full length figures of what looked llko hu man beings. Sometimes tho manifes tations wero portraits of what looked llko paper or somo other fabric. At times tho fabric on which tho portraits appeared were crensed ns if the laoric had been folded. Tho materialization was always preceded by tho oppenranco from tho mouth or some other part of tho body of tho medium of a wnitc plastic substance that gradually took form nnd then disappeared. Flash light photogruphs of this substanco as it exuued were taken, as wcu as pnoio graphs of the figures nnd pictures into which It shaped itself. Specimens of tho substanco were secured and sub jected to microscopic and chemical nnnlysls. It wns found to bo similar to jho thin skin of tho mucous mem brane and It burned with the odor of horn.. The mnterlnllzed pictures were wet nnd clammy when touched, nnd in tho light of tho analysis rondo of the frAibstuncc from which they apparently wero formed they wero composed of matter. Baron von Schrcnck Notzing has written n lnreo linnk. In which ho re ports tho results ot u great number of sittings with I'.vn, hotn in raris ana in Munich. His book is illustrated by moro than two hundred reproductions of his photogrnps. So far ns was posslblo tho conditions under which the young womnn produced tho materiali zations mado fraud difficult. When Madamo Brsson was alono with tho medium Evn wan nr. times nbsolutcly nude, yet Madame Blsson reported that sho saw tho plastic substanco emerge from tho uncovered body nnd take shape. Baron von Schrcnck Notzlng discusses tho various theories iu nn attempt to explain tho phe nomena he rcnards them ns nuthentic but they all leave tho matter unset tled. Tlw impression producca on tnc unprejudiced mind, howovcr, is thnt tho materializations provo nothing about the power of tho dead to mani fest themselves to tho living. Indeed, somo of tho nlctures that anDearcd were reproductions of illustrations in Paris newspapers, others were crayon draw ings nnd still others wero, pictures of living persons. Ono represented Presi dent Wilson and another tho King of Bulgaria. Tho skeptic, of course, will say thnt these pictures wero artfully concealed about the person of tho me dium and produced when tho condi tions woro favorable for deceiving the onlookers. Tho book is worthy of the attention of thoso interested in the phenomena of materialization. PHENOMENA OP MATERIALIZATION. A contribution to the Investigation of me dlumls'.lo teleplastlcs. 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