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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
BY ella ". Ptattit.
. You were happy 2 asks Vera.

" You were happy?' asks Vera.
1T was heaven. You must remember that
all my life I had heard OF America-every
body in our town had friends there or was
going there or got money orders from there
The earliest game played al was seHingo
my toy furniture and setting up in America.
All my lie America was waiting, beckon-
ing, shining-the place where God would
wipe away tears from ali faces"
He catches his breath with a sob and his
uncle begs him not 10 get excited, but David
cannot restrain MS now OF words. &c To
think that the same great torch Of liberty
which threw rs light across all the broad
seas and lands into my little garnet in Rus
sin is shining also for all those other weep
ing Millions in Europe. shining wherever
men hunger and are ppressed-shining
over the starving villages Of Italy and Ire
land. over the swarming stony cities OF
Poland and Gallicia, over the ruined farms
OF Roumania. over the shambles Of Russia
%. Miss Revendal. when I look at our
Statue OF Liberty, just seem to hear the
voice Of America crying: Come unto me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
will give you rest-rest-"
They try 70 calm him, but he talks on,
speaking OF his symphony and what he
means it 10 express. lie finds his lnspira-
ton. he says, in the seething Of the crucible.
" The crucible?" says Vera % 1 DO not un-
derstand"
Not understand You. the spirit OF the
settlement" David exclaims. Not under
stand that America is Gods crucible, the
great melting pot where all the races OF
Europe are melting and reforming Here
you stand. good folk, think I, when I see
them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your
fifty groups. with your fifty languages and
histories. and your blood hatreds and rival
ries But you won't be long like that broth
ers. for these are the fires Of God you've
come to-these are the fires Of God. A fig
for your feuds and vendettasi Germans and
Frenchmen. Irishmen and Engishmen
Jews and Russians-into the crucible with
you all God is making the American"
I confess that when saw the play, al
though I was profoundly moved by Il. said
as / left the theatsr that Mr. Zangwlll had
not been true TO facts, because Of all our
immigrants tho Jew Is the most exclusive
Although there are striking. even heroic
exceptions. as a general thing the Jew
keeps TO himself His civic sense Is not
strong-nRturally enough, when It is taken
into consideration that for centuries he has
been without political privileges or prefer
ment and that even in the United States he
probably will never be permitted to assume
the heaviest national responsibilities
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

TNHE Chicago Art institute has recently
bought from Howard Mansfield OF
New York his famous collection OF
the etchings OF Charles Meryon. one
OF the finest in the quality OF the i'm
pressions and one OF the most complete in
the world. The collection IS stIH In mort
folios in the basement; It will be shown to
the public at the opening OF the new gal
leries.
1t includes not only the great plates OF
the Paris series but all the little titles and
inscriptions. a map. a few poems etched IN
round, firm script-everything which the
touch Of the masters needle enriched. Also
there are three almost invisible drawings
delicate studies FOR the San Francisco plate
done with hard. fine pencil point on ex-
tremely thin paper
There Is more difference between good
and inferior impressions from Meryon's
plates than In the case OF other great etch-
ers. In the present collection the rarest
states are shown, and each impression is
superlatively fine. Surely never before or
since has there been 80 loving a touch upon
architecture. an Interpretation Of old build
!ngs al once so firm and sane. and so poetic
and profound as well
He never forgot the straight line. the
firm foundation; he gives that soldity and
strength Of great buildings which so many
OF our modern etchers fail to achieve. And
yet the subtlest grace OF curving turret.
the most evanescent suggestion OF ancient
poetry and charm. rise into those wonder
ful cloudy skies OF HIS and bswitch the lover
Of great art
He loved different kinds OF old buildings
not only the Gothic apse OF Notre Dame
and the thin parallel columns OF its tower.
but also the renaissance facade OF St. Eth
enne du Mont He loved gabled houses in
Bourges slim doorways, high Widowed
walls, arched bridges under which the
smooth Seine runs slowly. its waters al
ways strangely deep and mysterious And
over these stable hoary buildings and this
softly slipping river he loved a windy sky
brave running clouds. rushing storm.
1t is interesting to compare the various
states OF these plates, following the play Of
the artists mind as he erased and changed
many details.
In the Pont-au-Change," for example
he threw a large balloon into his cloudy
sky, then a crowd OF little ones. then
rubbed these Off the plate in favor OF
crescent moon and focks OF great black
birds. In the Ministere de Ia Marine ."
airy horsemen are riding the clouds. and
queer craft which are more like dlrigibles
ana aeroplanes than anything visible in
1865: and in the Ecole de 4dedccine q"
spirits IN whirling garments sweep down
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FURRY"
BY W. B. KENAGA.

It's hurry 70 rise and hurry 10 dress.
And hurry 70 eat and be on your beat;
And it's hurry and run TO catch your train,
To get 10 the Office and IN your seat
And it's rush. rush, rush. to get your work
done
In that unequal race with the hot old
sun.
And It's hurry to lunch with the rest OF the
bunch.
And choke It down to get back and
around
And it's hurry the rest OF the livelong day
To be able 10 say you've earned days
pay.
And it's hurry home all tagged out
Too tired 10 eat dinner or go about:
And IT'S hurry TO bed and then TO sleep
The only place where hurries never
peep.
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Question Concerning the Specialist

HIS is the age Of the specialist. You can't get
away from the reiteration OF the fact Every
body, matter what his occupa ton, seems
pleased to comment upon the condition. From
the highest Of the professions, down to the
miscellaneous occupations Of the lsborer, the
distinction specialist" is applied on all sides.
Isn't il possible that we are specializing 4 lit
tie too much in our appreciation OF the specaistr
In the main the growth Of specializing in
occupations has come about through congested
populations. In the rural sections Of the coun-
try there is no place for the resident specialist
The country doctor, lawyer, machinist, me-
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If1eryon Great Gteber Of Old Hrcbiteeturc.

that elder Psris-his Psris-llves and
breathes. and IS lovely and mysterious for
ever. he drew into the hard copper that
" Unsuitable vampire the horned and
winged monster OF stone who. with tongue
on leering lip. gloats over the sins OF the
world from the tower Of Notre Dame And
with his tiny point. on two little plates, he
caught. IN e The Apse " and q" The Gallery
the spirit OF the hoary old cathedral, ex-
pressed all its majesty and mystery.
Then. wandering through the beloved
crooked old streets. he immortauzed the
firm straight lines OF the Doric little
morgue which was destroyed soon after.
drew the solid round arches OF old bridges.
the fine curves OF clock towns and tur-
rets. the grace OF aging houses-saved with
his little needle the threatened or perishing
monuments OF the bygone time.
And so his great work was done-the I'm
mortal work. as immortality is reckoned on
this little earth. OF the greatest etcher OF
architecture who ever lived. OF course his
world did not accept this world had seen
no etchings for two centuries and could
scarcely be expected TO pause and under
stand all at once these little masterpieces
Of a new-old art.
At last the poor starved brain gave way.
the dreams turned 70 Authorizations. the
great artist was number CAB IN G mad
house.
At first the food and care revived him.
and after a year or more he was discharged
as cured. But It vas TOO late: his spirit
never revived and the Authorizations re-
turned The last one was characteristic OF
his gentle and sympathetic soul; he starved
himself to death in the asylum because
there was not enough food in the world
and he would not rob the poor by taking
their sustenance.
Some one said finally az his funeral:
90 Urged, possessed by the God within MIN.
Meryon sacrificed all 70 hlm-dreams OF
youth, a happy career. patrimony. health.
reason-all except probity, the honor OF
the soul"
He would not, could not. be false 10 the
vision; would not, could not give I'D the
perfect little great thing he had 10 do. 30
long as there was blood in his starving
body. That was his heroic implacable OBJ
stnacy. sublime example OF the artistic
conscience pushing a bounded body and
haunted spirit to martyrdom.
one feels in looking over these etchings
strong spiritual kinshlp between Mer-
yon and Blake. The latter was the happier
Of the two; he met a little more sympathy
and he could escape more easily from the
harsh world into that mystical peopleS
heaven OF his seraphlc dreamA
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
Wtolence Becoming Repu0nant to Man.

OLENCE, the former basis of unity among
men, now no longer inspires people with the
blind confidence it used 10, but on the contrary
appears as something repugnant to their con-
sciences.
The majority OF men now feel more or less
wildly the necessity Of arranging life on other
bases than on violence. But the old customs,
traditions, education, habits. and especially the
arrangement OF life, are all such that men de-
sirOus OF doing things demanded by the laws Of
love do them by means OF violence; that is to
say. they employ means directly opposite 10 the
law Of love, in the name Of which they act.
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ulaon sufficient promise him employment enough satisfy his
all around The
may application the all around
appreciated
But the large Of population the Of the condition
has That all around efficiency pre-
MUM the estimation Of the general public Instead regarded
all sides confession skill in nothing with the
medocty whose
the worker hopes make good in general
In the highest appreciation the specialist there
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for the good Of the people revouonsts communists anarchists
their distinctions love-
and for the good Of the the their
prisons orsses exile systems executions In the love
and the highest welfare nations dpomats
their alliances and resting increasing AMI
deliberately wealthy
having gathered and wealth.
by violence al phanhopic institutions the security
of which is again guarded by violence.
II is bo0mng and impossible the life
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

\ SRAEL ZANGWILL'S THE MELT
ING POT" already famillarized 10 the
theatergolng public, now appears IN
book form from the press Of the Mac
milan company II bears an appreci-
alive dedication 10 Theodore Roosevelt, IN
recognition a. OF his strenuous struggle
against the forces which threaten TO ship
wreck the great republic" and contains
also a note OF thanks to Walker Whiteside
and his supporters FOR the excellence OF
their Interpretation OF II upon the stage.
For those who have not seen the play, Il
may be said that the story is that OF young
Jewish musician, who passed through the
appalling massacre at KishinCv. losing all
his kin, and who has come TO America seek
Ing the protection OF an uncle, and spending
his time upon an American symphony lie
loves beautiful Russian whom he meets
at a settlement house. not knowing that
she is the daughter OF the Russian officer
who commanded the troops at the Kishiney
massacre.
In spite OF the differences in caste. wealth,
and religion. their love would have pros
pered had not David discovered this IN
toward fact They are parted and David
devotes himself 10 his career. His sym
phony is produced under favorable condi-
tions and before the common people whom
he desire to serve. but while the acclaim
rings IN ris ears he suffers the most poig-
nant self-accusation He knows that his
own hatred has not yet been fused in the
crucible OF good will He has written Of the
smalgamation Of all the people. yet he him
self had stood apart the victim OF almost
overmastering resentment AS his nobler
nature asserts itself. Vera comes 10 con-
graduate him and 10 part with him finally.
But, they kiss again with tears" and the
quiet climax finds them cODsoling each
other for many sorrows. SO the play ends.
in gentleness-like the gray rain at close OF
vivid day.
The great moment OF the play and the
crux OF the argument lie in the following
dialogue between Vera and David. she has
called at his poor lodgings, beautiful in her
furs and rich garments to ask him to play
at the settlement " But we can't offer you
Zee" she apologies.
"A feer' David cries. I'D pay fee 70
see all those happy immigrants you gather
together-Dutchmen and Greeks, Poles and
Norwegians, Swiss and Armenians. II you
only had Jews it would be as good as going
10 Ellis island" Naturally. she thinks this
q curious taste and says 30. David re-
spends: ." o. love going to Ellis island to
watch the ships coming in from Europe. and
10 think that all those weary. sea tossed
wanderers are feeling what 1 felt when
America first stretched out her great moth
er hand 10 me-"
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he divinity of Jesus is the truth which now re-
qures TO be reperceiyed, to be illumined afresh
by new knowledge, to be cleaned and reviyihei
by the wholesome flood OF skepticism which has
poured over it, 1t can be freed now from all
trace Of groveling superstition and can be rec
ognzed freely and enthusiashcaly-the divinity
of Jesus, and OF all other noble and sanity
souls, in so far as they, too. have been influenced
by a spark of Deity. in far as they, too, can
be recognized as manifestations of the divine
Nor is it even through man alone that the reve-
latiOn comes.
The revelation is implicit in all the proc
nrrnn ~ nnArrrn md nrrIicit 10 - l. o..
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blood had been shed-that 1 had seen the
old men worshiping IN peace. and the maid
ems smiling, and the young men with flowers
in their coats.
Little old America seemed good enough
for me- and hoped from the bottom OF my
heart that some Of those happy and pros
porous folk had seen would contrive to get
the remnant OF their kin out OF that IN
speakable Russia. (And 1 wished could
forget-even while / remembered-how in
consistent was in my rejoicing! wished
I did not have to recall the Springfield riots
OF a few months ago, directed against the
negro: or the insanity Of my people upon the
subject Of the negrol II only we could get
over our madness on that subject we would
find ourselves growing to a stature not yet
dreamed OF by u.s.
Whatever may be said in regard 10 &" The
Melting Pot no one can deny that Il
arouses thought Those capacities for COM
passion which must not be allowed to
strophy are stirred and expanded by a play
with the noble intent OF this one It's faults
have been sharply commented upon by
some Of the keenest dramatic critics in the
country. but the fact remains that the
essence Of Il is ine-and the essence OF it is
precisely the thing the captious critics have
somehow overlooked.
At any rate, Zangwilrs David put his
finger on the thing that stultifies and $50
lates the Jew when he said, referring to
Lots wife and her saline tragedy: THAT
was the punishment for looking backward.
An. uncle, there's more sense In the old
bible than the rabbis suspect. Perhaps that
Is the secret Of our peoples paralysis-we
are always looking backward"
IfZangwills play locks far into the future
who shall complaint
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human vision person poets science
has been sufficiently cleared and strengthened perceive
For consider idea progress
applied the whole universe Either
If it be what Illuminating it is! The
aspect the mighty proc
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BY Barritt Monroe.

ward toward the pointed tower bearing 10
earth the command. &c Let there be light"
But these weird aerial ecstasIes belong 10
the artists later nfe. when already the
light which guided him was Pickering.
Poor Meryon, Poor brooding. sensitive.
delicate minded starveling Poor haunted
spirit. born with mysterious instinct FOR
the perfect line, the true proportion. and
with a desperate loyalty 10 the vision OF
beauty within him, How could such as he
keep HIS health or sanity OF even LIE in the
midst Of the neglected.. implacable world!
1t is banaL perhaps, 70 dwell upon the
sufrerings OF genius fine and special in
quality. upon the contrast between the
meanness OF its fate and the greatness OF
its fame. Yet Meryon's life was so extreme
an example Of the familiar old miserable
story that we need 20 remind ourselves OF
x now and then as a warning against con-
temporary judgments
Here was the forlorn little love child OF
an English physician and a Spanish dancer,
a creature requiring JOY as al artists do.
and doubtless winning gllmpses OF It
through his sensitive childhood and youth
in spite Of an lmbittered consciousness OF
HIS half acknowledged parentage. he goes
TO sea as a naval officer, sees faraway
bright shores, returns. resigns under
false promise Of more ft employment and
at .. penniless and intolerably proud and
OF an almost morbid sense o. honor, is left
alone with HIS vision
He tries to paint, but paints all awry. as
his eye so keen for line and mass. Is color
blind. Then he discovers the art OF etch-
ing lost art for two centuries, ever since
the day when Rembrandt died. He studies
with an engraver, Blery by name. the
cher maitre " on whom he lavishes so
many plates since priceless
He buys for few sous some old forgotten
etchings by Zeeman. copies them and others
with HIS finer hand, learns TO trace lines on
the waxed copper and TO bite them out with
aciG-learns the art which IS bis own BY
right, his little narrow garden plot IN the
vast incomprehensible world.
And. finally. at 30. In 1851. when Napoleon
III. is cutting old Paris 10 pieces to make a
modern city. this little etcher. hidden in his
corner, is equipped and ready 10 reveal his
vision. to utter his protest, to tell the whole
ruthless modern world Of the beauty OF the
old things which it would so thoroughly
destroy
And SO he performed his little miracles,
etched the score or less OF plates in which
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And so he performed his little miracles,
etched the score or less Of plates in which
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-03
OVER ON SIDE,
STEAMER WENT
STERN WHEELER BELLE, LADEN
WITH NAVAL STORES, AND IN
TOW, STUCK IN MUD WHEN
PASSING THROUGH NARROWs.

Covered with splatches of mud and
clay, the river steamer Relle reached
Pensacola yesterday in tow of the
steamer Vernon, and was given a
berth at the east side of Central
wharf far up in the slip. The vessel
was dismantled, having no boiler or
engines aboard, and presented sad
sight.
The Belle started out from Vernon
several days ago, coming here for a
new boiler, which is all ready to be
installed. To make the trip mex
pensive, the hull was loaded up with
10 barrels of naval stores, while the
Vernon, which towed the other, had
about the same amount. About 100
miles from Pensacola, up in the Mar
rows, the Belle swung around and
suddenly went over on her side
dumping her entire load into the shall
low water and herself lodging on her
port side in soft mud and clay. Out
side of a steersman, no one was on
board and hence no one got hurt.
The Vernon came on to Pensacola
and reported the accident, then re-
turned and recovered every barrel of
rosin lost from the Belle. A second
trip was made to the scene and the
Belle was righted, then brought to
Pensacola for repairs and the new
boiler.
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BUDGET FROM BOARD OF SAFETY
MAY CONTAIN RECoMM ENDA-
TON TO FURNISH CAPTAINS
AND MOUNTED MEN STEEDS
AND EQUIPMENT.

Although not definitely decided, the
probability is that the forthcoming
budget from the board OF safety Will
contain one item of considerable i'm
portance, and that is the recommend
alton that the city provide horses
ana equipment for eight mounted
men and two captains OF police. SucA
q recommendation has Oen long har-
bored by Chief Sanders, who backs
I'D his opinion that the city shoulG
furnish the men with animals by
strong argument. One mounted man
has had to provide himself with three
horses inside of the space OF year
recently. and this was thought TO De
too much of a hardship, considering
the fact that the officer had a large
family.
OF course ten horses will not be
all to be asked for. There are sew
eral new ones to be purchased Tor
the patrol house and some will PROB
ably be needed for the fire depart
ment. The ten referred to will be an
extra request on the part OF the board.
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