The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-28
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concept ION, and Is TOO slender and I'M.
10 provide the action loi. "
whole book. The plot, as II stands, would
sufflce for "a pleasant play, and the man.
iner III, which q Is here handled lis ID
Scidedly the MANNER OF the stage. This.
taken In connection with a soniewlia Vt
,enigmatlc PREDATORY note and y few poetic
apparently to this effect
seems 10 idicnte that the story was
originally cast for draan1at lc rather than thu
4 literary preaen tatlon. I. Il ,S
IL IA young sculptor,nct %, unexpectedly
becomes the guardian OF a little orphan
\ tfrl. whom nc takes 10 live with httn3in
q isf bachelor digglngs The young mans
sfianoce 4 being somewhat mlstrustful OF
tho sltuation,f demands that her 1over
send the child of to a convenient t insti-
tuition, and upon his refusal to do so.
sewers ti1cir enlargement. The little
orphaned girl grows up, as girls do, md,
almost before ii anybody rcallzes It, be-
com, Il n, woman The dcnouefncnt .is.,
va assume, obvious. Only four or five
clara tiers II gurc In the story. and tbey
are al, with, the possible exception OF
$Teyton's rather unlovGble betrothed, con-
yincing and 4: well 8S#d one There S;Eis s35til
English man servant, whose ji1yio liable
3woodennexB serves as a. ufrer; for. o. Eoou
deal Of the fun. The role OF lea ding
Shumorist, n howeyer,s5 must be assigned 70
Fuckers the female yaif who sactedtsns
asslstant janltress and high !s ss o.
the coal -bin In Peytons apartment house e'
{ Fuckers wa Il OF HI native and unabnshed
sioaunclty, Oh pa &c 1o3, little Claudia nsks
AZ Fuckers lives with her mamma
kers iau glied derislye MANNER
sfe teered. ' Lor''f5 DYE ye Al IS, ~ "a Int
never ,ad non 81 q did 1--we Wild o. " oman
Ewnnst,,n she conf ded after a moments
thought, .biit me- pa 9 Dashed NJ 'cr on
}the eud With the fire tongs an 4 she went
~ tl1e ,orgpittie aim seen er zen NJ
ate Is be- iii NJ en- she finds I'm, too,
,cause---land Z, q oly-. The I'D a. and like
!, .,n =, @ MI card something bout ielrl q
s'angitig OF ma pa, II but i dunno. Me relas-
$tfyes is sort OF scattered like, M But
here Runlon. tic 1nan-seryant, fell
her ana squelched her utte ~ tSa1 8
4pleasarlt to note tha.,a despite early dis
sadvant ages, Puc kers 81 grew up TO be IA g g
perfect lad Joined a. circus and mar.
ried 4 liz d ey call him y
she, Of her husband to be- s. eiiyo ,fl
Nfallygnncy but his name n y 8 s1ArrtS
! swiyers. u Va BS5
arhera Is also an Fin gllsh noblen1an \
u l,c story who 4 Is \ IA good Eel ows worth
& Knowing. and who shows what his heas #
= ma dc u Of when the pinch comes. The
i, &c Snar \ OF the 1t Dry We l)aye best
Il Ia We wishI there had been3n ore space
FEdevotctl IL this, and a little less to ne
SSrosv ddealityaof Claudia's childhood. n sFh rs
sstoryslas a whole, however has ppea led
stoa1ls gsufficfently to max US look forward
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THE MEASURE NAN. BY Charles 9
EBrodie Pat ersc 2s7 ifn ~
nd yvagnalls SCompat1 Y, n orS.3s
3..The NJ easure 81 Of q Man +, Il is very
curious mix tlre 10 { VI scientific facts a llli
8unaound theories, best dos. bein 6 gene rous Is
nv "a mi shed with bad poetry.s The theo-
ries are excusab 1e, they sTna " he 9! slh
dere. but the poet really IN vs. ~
bic. IN 81 s g ~ 81
THE book lis an explanation Of Mr.. Pat
Il e1sor, q theory o the eYolu ton 81 the
human SOU. The first stage In the de- De
yclop nacr,t Ola human being 3is tho pl,ysl.
5cal;fthe second is the rational {; tho thlrd
III the psychic, and the fourth .is u ne ne
spiritual Inathe first; the L body IS per-
fected 4; In the second, the mind ;sitn the ~
Third, Il the soul aWakens; in$the fourth,
ut rcac hesS peri ton, 5s 5538
YAls - ehss~A sS1tt
tie physical the more difficult he is to
relieve. In the first quarter, the physi-
cal man, he starts from tl1 sound {ba SIS
81 the cellular theory--if this can justly
be called o. theory-and5 states With some
= hat Fl unnecessary emphasis 81 hat from
convention y Id maturity the individual
raises through every stage, from the
5proto plasm anleba to the perfected physl-
cal man. Here his feet &ares on SOLID
ground, and, though not orig nal. a ne rs 8
iclear&and sintelliglble. gs8B
The second quarter OF he book is the
description OF the gradual attainment Of
intelle tual maturity and contains y, some
very K excellent observat ions on the IN
testimnble value of honest thinking.
The third Quarter treats OF the psychic
man. Hero we enter upon the Invisible
world, as the author ca Isl t.si5 The earlier
stages OF such development are often
evidenced through telepathy, cla!rvoy-
ance and # clairaud ence. This stage
should be a most delightful, one, We are
insensible TO physical L pain y; We IL need
not feel ASHAMED because we do not aid
the practical man working wit n his hands
and brain towards universal ideYel opment.
Tho true psyclic is excused \ from uch
mental la Dor; his powers are reserved for
higher things, and he can on y$ attain
which, in turn, can only be attained by
right feeling. Therefore we should breathe
properly, eat carefully, ana take care
to assume the. most CONT Portable attitudes,
These facts will no doubt make olearsto
the books READERS the inner meaning OF
many pecullarities of their acquaintance,
which they have hitherto unjustly coma
ydemned. by thelruId we are able to nee
psychic possibilities In many characters
regarded before in a somewhat un Sayor-
axle light. Tho Fat Boy, in PlckWick
;Papers, for instance, was really d great
5psychistq only undeycloped, "A 1l
Is The fourth stage is whenSthe human,in In
telllgence !, Is In perfeat act ord with the
divine. The ideal state can lie, attained
only through the perfeG +, knowledge,
which Is acquired In the third & stage.
This theory MS Tar as oan be 5nsrcrtained,
was first propounded by Socrates in 424
81 &. SSS IS 4, i25l Il ss u u J,
K The book also contains a. life 8oe Christ.
who, ms an example of the perfectly de-
,Yeloped man., is taken, al typlfying the
theories Of the first part, } VIZ \
Mr., Patterson's style IFS somewhat
broken, and he does not hold closely ia
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