The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
I Victim OF Realism

- W. 'Nehi upon fsflily tOSt S'oFN
. The Eagles Feather ,Dodd. Mead
vd Company we are reminded immedi-
a'"y = Heine's poem descriptive Of tho
,.,n noble Poles. -Polsn aus der Polackai. =
"Go with philosophical satisfaction 10
N"msslvs- took UP residence in Paris
a''er Nattling bravely for their fatherIand
n Is sweet. SAYS Heins. 10 live for the
's'hsriand "a well a. tn die for it, His
$50 noble Poles were not very well Oft
Nn"n they compounded punch they
N"r" forced by the necessities 81 low
.,,hequer 20 omit the lemon and the
SUGAR and they scorned TO contribute
Vl'er Their punch had primitive
Strength. which they were willing 70
.ucounter. Heine assumes that noble
poie- always made punch in this cur
allied or mcurtailed way. He saws
sxpliCitly. Zine CROSSE Bowie Punsch
- versteht SIGH. unverzuckert. rmver-
iWert. unvsrw ASSERT which ia. A
Arge bowl Of punch, needless 10 say
.nsweetened. without lemon and I'M
'HpAired by water Moreover Heine :
rnhle Poles when they went 10 dinner
-,nce neither would permit the other 10
Av. did not pay at all.
Una ds kelne wolfe ietden.
Dsss der Andre fsir Inn zshle
Zahlte keiner yon den Beiden.
That il plain enough. Because neither
would permit his score TO be- dischar ged
the other the whole score was hung
~. left to the landlords speculations
.pon the possibilities Of the future.
Hut the noble Pole in Emily Post q
.'1ry. as the case has been with many
ross and with some Hungarians in other
tories. was noble by reason OF his genius
m matters associated with the sta &c.
lenius OF this sort reconciles US or reduces
- to the acceptance OF much. and per-
rars the adulation bestowed upon Jan
Piotrovslxi by his group OF friends in
The cafe and afterward by the dis
sIished company in the old exclusive
house 81 the Duke Descharme was no more
than it should have been. Jan was i'm
oatient Of conventional compliments,
ard so when a lady said to him that he
must have loved deeply In order to write
.gch plays as he did he mentally ejacu-
ated Imbecilel' and struggled inwarrily
With the inevitable contempt that a man
Z serious endeavor feels for the criticism
+ thoughtless. condescending stupidity
Nevertheless the well worn idea ex-
l'. rHeu Dy knr lduv pfDt VI thL1
ale. Piotrovski for a long time wrought
IN vain to accomplish a suitable fourth
,rr for his play OF -Ysulinde. He labored
asrd 10 make Imagination furnish the
rect impression without the benefit
experience He tainted because he
,o4!d not interrupt his toll by eating
n-sakfast. Most horribly he accom-
she'd ar last an effective fourth act by
r-erving the emotions Of the heroine
vren ne told her that he no longer loved
or Doubtless the experience was needed.
roubtless Shakespeare had to he a muir
.ar.r before he could write Macbeth
md doubtless Dickens had To take upon
-n=elf a great guilt in order to relate the
story Of Bill Skies.
Piytrovski was overcome by the dire
,us-quences Of his literary deed. He
.arc"iveci that il was not worth while.
no heroine had been sacrificed. And
.-- what, That some puppets on a stage
--.zn' strut and new befor" a soullsss
-ru~c,lon Of animates known as the
general public The dying hsroin" sought
n mitigate his agony. Through my
Nerng- she said To him. was created
~" = the greatest ira gedies ever written.
still We must feel that realistic literature
.nt 20 nave limits set for its exercise