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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
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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
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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.
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eight. "Tho Nowgato Calendar Is very in
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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.
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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
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tho Pinnr del Ilio off, tho Atlantic
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Pcn Puzzle" nnd "Five Inches of
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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
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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-
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nn attempt to explain tho phe
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