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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

; Wen. 7 was Just thinking that Il was
| 10 an American that I owe the kick-od
OF my whole spiritual !lfc. II was TO
! Walt whitman, a great writer and think
/ err"
| Really" I said, sympathetcally, ana
watched with interest the dreamy express
sion that stole into Mr.. Chesterton's blue
! eyes
Then Mr.. Chesterton drained his last
| cup OF tea, aud tore himself away from
( tho table much refreshed and strength
| ened, and We went into the sitting room,
where three small boys were at play.
They weren't the least disturbed AZ our
entrance. Evidently they regarded q. Is.
as a man and a brother. They merely
grinned at him and ignored me.
A., your sons?" inquired.
/ mo" replied O.. X. 81 haven't any
| children OF my own, 50 ] always have
! those OF other people staying With me-
/ Then he did the stern parent act
"Out you go" he shouted, with ORA.
matte wave OF the arm.
The three boys grinned more than ever
longlngs and trailed away. with mods Of
| DlB lINHlbs
And We settled ourselves in chairs after
| tho Great and Little Bear fashion in the
| fairy tale. Mr. Chestcrton carefully chose
| the largest and heaviest piece Of fur
niture IN the room for his ample needs,
and J gracefully disposed myself on a
/ small and fragile bit Of Chippendale
"What do you think of tho science ot
eugenlcs?" I asked chsttily.
| Ny dears, ] wasn't at all prepared for
! his answer, and perhaps you'd better skip
Il. for all lie said was:
/ 1T stinks."
/ OH" ! gasped. and again ON"
! lie didn't take any notice OF my shud-
| ders.
You see he believes and talks a lot
about the beauty OF commonplace things
and no doubt he feels the same way about
| the force OF commonplace words.
Yes" he said with wave of his arms.
This whole eugenic heresy is an excuse
for establishing medical tyranny, and we
have enough of that already. Even now
the lunacy laws give dangerous powers
to the medical fraternity"
But don't you believe in heredity?"
| IT'S not necessary to deny the science
Of heredity in order to resist the ram
pagines OF eugenics, any more than II is
necessary 10 deny the supernatural In
order TO resist an epidemic of witch
burning. ANY one who was morbid. any
ore who was unpopular, any one who
disliked children or liked the blacker sort
OF scandal, any one of this kind or any
startling unusual kind, used. in past ages.
/ TO be supposed to be drawing not on the
| evil IA the human heart, but on the
evil beyond. 1t might be devil worship;
| therefore, 1t was II would be precisely
the same with case under the feeble
minded bill. 1t may be hereditary and,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
MYSTERY TO THE sHAvlANS.

Hes a strange mixture. Something Of q
materialist, something OF religionlst,
something Of dreamer, g. philosopher,
reSorrner, a scholar, jester and an ar
list No wonder the shavians don't know
how 10 place him, and other sectS are
equally puzzled.
lett him feeling quite depressed about
England, for I'm fond OF the country.
But, bless you, II wasn't the first time
I've worried about her, because all these
reformers insist upon pointing out what
n dreadful future Is in store for her.
And Il isn't only the retormers either. It
inst seems TO be the fashion TO ray
"England's going to the dogs! and yet,
YOU know, the dear old lady appears to
be holding her own pretty welli
Anyhow, his country's grave condition
OF broadmindedness didn't trouble NJ.
Chesterton after he had mentioned IL ap-
uarently, for the last saw OF him ne was
playing with the three sturdy little Brit
ons and looking like a particularly mas
sive CULVER among the Liliputians.
Now that Il Is all safely over I can't
help wishing I had had tho Corstcsn-l
mean Observation-Disclosures closetec to-
gether talking against time.
I'm positive everything Gilbert sa.d
would have disagreed violently with
Cecil and there would have been ructonf
as sure as tat. and taxes. l imagine they
would have Just interviewed each otheS
for tho millionth time and ignored me al
together.
Copyright, 1912 b. The New-Tork Trfepss.i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

well. Mr.. Chesterton, II you don't be-
liovc in imperialism or capitalism or the
present government or socialism. VIII you
please tell what you have 70 oifer?'
Here had TO pause and wipe my brow
for really these reformers arc very try
ing 10 a novice, and there are 80 many
of them here, all getting IN their mo
work on poor old Britaini The woods are
FUN o, 'em, and they aren't ell m1n'
either az you know.
q. X. smiled upon me resssuringly.
Certainly l WILL" ne answered anna
bly,, and taking UP teaspoon he DIRE" q
sort OF scheme on the tablecloth as he
talked.
II want 20 abolish, not property, but
the wealthy and the unemployed. I don't
plank dcwn Utopia IN my programme
because a Utopia IS a thing uninteresting
20 2 thinking man, but do PLANK down
these s!r..pie statements. that man VIII
not be humanity happy unless he owns
something. That this can be achieved
only BY setting steadily 70 work 10 dis
tribute property, not 20 concentrate II;
that history proves that property can be
50 red!strlbuted, and remain 50 distrib-
uted, while history has no record o. sue
cossful collectivism outside nonasteries.'
THANK you so inuch" 7 guehed, and
stopped for breath. Nov know where
/ ain, or, rather. where you are. VIII
ali this really Gomez"
81 think So
will there be revolution" painted /,
yisioning q terrible battle. and, when
peace was restored. Gilbert Keith Ches-
,erton with a laurel wreath on his curlG.
distributing chunks Of the Duke or Dew
onshire's estates and the Duke Of West
Dirster's houses and shops 10 various
prize winners.
81 haven't much hope o. revolution
reDlled c. X, sadly. You know. tho
fall OF Rome didn't really come 10 pass
with a great and sudden crash. il was a
long time before Rome gradually took q
hack place among nations"
Then Chesterton the reformer became
Chesterton tho scholar. and discoursed
wisely of Rome and other nations which
roso but 10 fall. OF course, We drIfted
round 70 America as a land of milk and
honey and progress.
Aren't you thinking OF coming over to
see us?' ] asked.
81 want to so very much. I've net
many Americans and liked them i'm
menseJy. but / feel I know nothing OF
the m IN their homes. Know nothing OF
the country OF its conditions and political
battles except from reading. want to
tpdre II all for myself. believe. as far
as I can tell. that am In sympathy with
the old Democratic party there. | would
be in agreement with a man like Bryan,
for instance. DO you ever read Walt
Whitman?
yves. sometimes" I stammered II
was so sudden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
HIS KIND OF DEMOCRACY.

Exactly what are your politics."
I'm a democrat" replied Mr.. Chester
tor firmly and with conviction. "A dem
ocrat IN the best sense OF the word. The
thing / stand for is almost isolated ia
England to-day. It's certainly dead In
the Liberal government In fact, L be-
lieve there are only about four Of us 10
be found In the country"
WHO arc the three others.
& X. paused for q moment, then an
swered:
"llllaire Belloc, Cunningham Grahoms
end CUTLER Couch"
But don't you call Bernard SHAY
L.rnocratic"'' I asked with 2 Tide-eyeG'
wondering gaze, just as II the news had"
reached me that nc wouldn't let ". T.. D
play IN his backyard.
Mr.. Chesterton had 8 Johnsonian ~ OF
raee at this childlike. harmless question
He zulped his hot tea 80 suddenly tha'
could see the result was painful 40
turned quite purplish in hue and Banged
his massive hand down on the table az
no exclaimed in an Are you mad, WON
an?" tone:
Bernard Shaw democratic? Why or
courge. he isn't. Shaw democrat! Ia
Ia! why he's absolutely anu-dcino-
cratic.'
Then, az II this outburst had asSIag-d
his wrath, he continued mora mildly.
"Shay always crlticises man from the
nosition Of one not Of mankind. be never
takes his stand with his fellow creatures
He talks, acts and feels as one apart lie
has no more respect for the composite
conscience than Henry VIII had. Brill
liant men Ike Shaw ought TO be honorcd
with differential calmness, but don't think
Of them as democratic. Personally, 10
rather be tried by jury Of ordinary men
than by Shaw II wanted justice and
understanding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
K Chesterton Delivers Himself Sayings Sagger Kate Care

and cruel men VIII 90 about segrcSauns
the feeble minded. The mass OF the M
ton would count such work dirder tnsn
the hangmans But In both cases tns
nation would agree generally with the
theory on which tho thing was based
that there are witches and that there are
hereditary imbeciles. II We want !"
avoid In the second case any such he'll ~
we had in the first. we must insist tnat
in regard to the degenerate as 10 ths
witch the danger lies not In the stnc.-
ness. but IN the looseness OF the denn-
ton. II isn't that the phrase covers NOM
ing, but that 1t covers far too much"
Now, | wonder what you mean ~
that" ! followed along.
l was terribly interested in his IDEAS
and I didn't mean to interrupt, but 90
hate paradoxes and they are so fashion
able here. You haven't any idea how
much in vogue they are. know the Eng
fish used to be considered a solid, plain
spoken race, but they aren't any more. 81
least, not the brilliant ones. The way they
describe a thing now is to dash all around
it in beautiful, scintillating circles, ano
then drop down upon it with brilliant
metaphorical swoop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

"Oh. put .o.'t you think ne Is chang.@s.
growing more so1ioug?" pleaded ior ,he
prisoner at the bar.
only FL one way" asserted G. j.. re-
morselcssly. Hes beginning 70 under
stand that men cannot live just BY fire
works. It's not enough to slowly break
windows. He's trying now TO have Il con-
s,ructive policy. but no isn't really con
structivs. He hasn't anything TO build
upon, and he has no traditions.
Surely. he's u sincere socialist
chirped, brightly.
G. X. fairly snorted the word social
ISM"
well, what OF IT." asked. pluckins
M spirit, even az Boswell did on rare oc'
casions. Don't you believe in It's future
II you're such a good democrat shouio
thinl, you might be bit OF sociah"'
yourself"
Mr.. Chesterton deliberately poured ON
his umpty-umph cup OF tea and pfepa'e'
Il 10 his liking then he said;
.I don't see that socialism necessarily
,,voIyes democracy, and M I can't ac'
cent collectivism as a remedy for eNi5t-
ING III. 7 en- not "A socialist IN the pres
en-, sense OF the word. I consider thai
In man there IL natural desire 10 own
md that socialism. since II falls TO grehly
that desire, will be intolerable 70 me
rosss of men. Coilectivism Is not Woro
70 wake them up Liberty is. II gov
want the yorkingman 20 fight FOR prog
! -.rs vo,, must offer him the thins ior
which he fights best, his own honor and
h,s own home. We all have the instinc'
,or nossession. It's a birthright. We
want 10 own things, 81 for no other reason
,han IN play the fool with them. LOOK
h.,an and he pointed out OF the window
a. ,.arty plot of ground with a long
low building on IT,
neered at it through my goggles.
"D,st,nctively attractive" L murmured
approvingly.
"Tbat isn't tho point exclaimed Dr
rohpson-I mean, Mr.. Chesterton. the
ro,nt Is that It's mine and I've butt q
stud,o on II. This house ] I've In Dc
lonrs 70 q very decent little man. we
or. on the best Of terms, he and |. Bu'
,n. MACE is his: nothing can cha
~. md across there is something quite
m. o own"
.T know" ! nodded sympatheucauy
.I,ve got that same feeling about my few
small possessions But will things ad1us
themselves so we all have our own DIT
and how will IL come about?
"rh,s capitalistic system will smash uT
q, itself Hordes OF people are being
crushed by the fear Of starvation at pres
emit. but there is a sort OF pain which De-
comes go intense that the victim fslntS
when things arc a. bad as that thei
ca n,talism will come to an end"
wac getting sort OF beWiidered' Every
,h,n9 seemed so hopeless ana lar a"ey
but / chung to TIC spar OF the Simple
] question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
A cHEsTERToN MENTAL FLAW.
G. X. took pity upon me.

c. X. took pity upon me.
~ mean that, just as the old woman IN
the cottage might have been silent from
disappointment and hated children from
bitterness, and yet have been marked se
a witch. so the testing Of the feeble mino-
ed is too loose and leaves out many or
the complexities of life. A lad OF seven
teen may be an irresponsible moon calf
It may be hereditary, but 1t may be all
sorts Of things-sometimes shyness, some
times genius, sometimes just pose Near
~ all OF us can remember time when
parents and school teachers thought W
not only very stupid, but quite hopelesBly
so, and thought it justly; and almost
every one of US knows that he Is SUI
on some point startlingly below the men
tai average. Take me, for instance
have a good memory for form and physi-
cal proportion, so that / could draw from
recollection: ! have a good eye FOR dis-
lance and direction, but in tho third sense
OF proportion-the sense or the passage
Of time-I am almost an idiot. can de-
scribe scenes and Incidents Of my recent
life accurately, but whether they hap
pened a week or a year ago l haven't
an idea. 81 know 1 Sndn I NC SS5iSeS'
ed. and 7 know why / shan't be-"
He paused, and l hesitated az TO
whether ! should ask why or not. 4
difficult position, you see. lie might eS-
pect me 10 inquire and he might resent II
II | did: 80 decided 70 discreetly EFT
tight and wait. And chose The better
course.
II shant be segregated" continued NJ
Chesterton, Shaking his forehnger at me
waggishly, because this modern cam.
paign is from the first a campaign
against those who are weak from impoy-
erishment Give the people good condi-
tons. improve their environment, and al
will tend toward the highest type"
Here again the rspt look came into the
Chesterton eyes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

therefore. it will oe. Public opinion gives
the same general assent TO the theory
OF heredity as public opinion then gave
to the invention OF the devil, but only
very cranky and cruel mon went about
looking for witches, and only very cranky
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
A FAMILY SECRET DIVULeEo.

My brother Is a Inan OF the highest
moral character aud the most abominable
opinions" said G. *. 10 me when, feeling
sure that Master Cecil was not available,
asked for him and about him.
Mr. Gilbert ChestcrtOn lives on the top
OF a high hin In Beaconsheld.
There's q lovely garden with all sorts
Of flowers trying TO grow primly in
quantity cut beds and borders and cum
mig, little house with latticed windows,
comfortable. heavy old furniture and gay
Chintzes
/ don't believe It's so much that the
house is little as II Is that Mr.. Chester
ton IS so big and imposing IN himself
When l first saw the cottage / can't re-
member reInarking upon its limited di-
mansions. but when my host came out
10 greet me II seemed to shrink into d
= very small home for so great a man.
Mr. Chesterton is very tall and broad
and thick lie has a fine head, with a
name Of shaggy curls, and he has rather
prominent blue eyes, which have I'm them
the same CLINT OF whimsical mischief that
turks IN the orbs OF one Bernard Shaw.
Ii short, he looks something as l be-
bsye Rabelais may have, and a good deal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
u, Kate Carcw
.Jr House Of Chesterton is a house
- l. i .-..ni- - itsnlf'

.HU House Of Chesterton is house
divided against itself:
There arc two brothers who
resent 81. one is big and ono is lit
~ hut both are decidedly portly. One
redbot Socialist, Suffragist, and
many more lists. The other strikes out
!" lines Of his own, about which you
'Ssn hear but both write, lecture and
siscpss in public and in private.
Two Of them. Good gracious! Could 1
.,anage 10 interview them ensemble?
wopld they talk together or singly?
wouI5 they wrangle over my queries and
t,-get ell about poor. little me in the JOY
., hattie. and should l look at one as
osked'a question Of the other?
II was all very puzzling, but it solved
..s,,f because when ! went 10 the House
- Cbestertou, 10, only Gilbert Il. was
.b,-st Cecil had gone 10 Shavian meet
,ng or a Fabian conference or something
terribly advanced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
A SHINING MARK FOR sHAVIANs

confess. my dears, / was much re
,.r,d for these twin interviews aren't
nssv Then also, between ourselves. Gil
bert Is much the bigger brother of the
two in more ways than the one that meets
the eve. lie is q brilliant and far bet
,ar and moro widely read writer. lie Is a
Wit 4 scholar and a speaker. He Is al
Vavs being attacked by George Bernard
shaw and his party, and he is great
,born Il, their flesh, for lie holds his own
,,a,narkably Well lie is a sort of Rock
n Gibraltar that they dash themselves
against and cannot topple over lie OH
Gers from them Oh all subjects and ne
has their own gift OF language. lie eclh-
,mates and caps their epigrams with
o,hsrs and what maddens them is that he
insists upon standing for creeds, for mar
.ssgs and the home, for the public house
well managed, and for all sorts Of estao-
rsbed institutions that they jeer at and
would cast down.
He parrcs on their attacks with light
ness and skill amazing I'm so weighty q
person.
"Aha. Chesterlon, ] have thee on the
hip." chucklos Shaw. as he strikes
vital epigrammauc blow.
you err, my noble friend" responds
Chesterton politely and leaps aside with
the grace Of an antelope.
This goes on year after year, While
Bernard Shaw gets leaner and leaner and
'eaner on his vegetables and cold water
and Gilbert Chesterton grows more and
more ponderous on his roast beef and
small beer Of Old England.
Personally. consider it IS hard luck
for G. X. 10 have his one and only little
brother 20 over TO the enemy, but he
doesn't mind. | think he rather likes IT..
i is supposed that they commenced
arguing IN infancy and started printed
ATTACKS on each other a. soon as they
learned their alUhabCts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-07
Lose on Storage Eggs.

Chicago, Dec. Tt is estimated
that in yesterdays trades in storage
eggs, local spectators lost slO,72O.
A drop of 2 cents dozen was record
ed on the local butter and egg board.
the u-1a shr mht mht mhtmhtmh
Spectators who have been holding
eggs since the warm weather sold a
half million dozen at loss and of1er
ed another 100000 dozen without find
ing buyers. Produce commission men
today predict that storage eggs
would be selling for ten cents a dozen
in this city on New Years day.
The panic among egg dealers was as
cribed to the fact that market condl-
tions did not justify the inflated prl-
ces which we've kept up by the prlce
making committee of the local board,
until few days ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-07
U. S. DISTRICT COURT.
Will Hold Long Session in Alexandria
Commencing January 9Th.

The United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia
will meet in Alexandria on January
9th, and there are a number of cases,
both civil and criminal to be heard at
that time. A grand jury and petit
jury has been summoned and the
court will be in session for more thar
a week in order to dispose of the Fed
eral cases which have accumulated
since July when the court held its
last session in this city. Among
the important cases to be tried is
that of A. Randolph Howard, form
err cashier of the Conway, Gordon
Garnett National Bank of Fredericks-
burg, who yesterday plead not guilty
to an indictment for embezz!ement,
waived examination before United
States Commissioner Foster and was
sent to the Federal court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-07
GE RMAN PAPERS
ARE PEss|M|s7|C
Warlike Preparations Com
mented on Dolefully and
at Length.
CONFERENCE FRIDAY.
Balkan Situation Practically Unchans-
ed-Greecc Continues Operations in
The Aegean Sea.

Berlin, Dec AFTER lull of sew
eral days the German press today
again was pessimistic regarding the
Austrian-Servian situation. The un-
confirmed reports that Serva had set
up several batteries on the right bank
of the Danube, opp0,ite the Hungarian
town of Orcova, and that Austria
Hungary was mobilizing more troops
in the vicinity of Se1nlin. across the
Save from Belgrade. were comentea
on dolefully and at great length.
London. Dec. Tt was officially de-
cided today that the Balkan peace
conference to begin Friday, December
18th, i.ruld be held in St. James Pal
ace. TIE palace is the official resi-
dence of the king in London and state
functions are held there, though King
George usually occupies Buckingham
Palace.
The Balkan war situation today
practically was unchanged. There
was no confirmation Of the CONSTANT
noplc dispatches that Greece had al
fixed a belsted signature to the Bagh-
tche protocol for an armistlce. AS
far as could be learend Greece, still
refused to join the truce agreement
and were continuing their operations
before Janina and on the Island OF
Chios.
The other Balkan state' and turkey
were continuing thei preparations
for the peace conference.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-07
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.
Academy Opens Department of Elocu-
ton and Physical Culture.

Miss Gertrude Spetzler, Of Balti-
more, graduate of the School of Dra-
matte Art of St. GATHERINGS Normal
Institute, in that city, who has been
engaged by the faculty of St. Mary's
for the department of Elocution and
Physical Culture, yesterday opened
the classes. Judging by the large en-
rollment on the frs tday, the new de-
partment promises to become very
prominent feature of the schools
work. and with so able teacher as
Miss Spetzler in charge, there is no
doubt Of the success that will result
from her efforts along the lines of ex-
preston, dramatic art and physical
development. Miss Spetzler will meet
her classes only on Fridays and Sat-
urdays as she is engaged teaching in
Baltimore the other five days of the
week. Students not attending the
Academy may enroll in this new de-
partment either in the regular classes
or as private pupils.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-12-07
Deoth of DR.. John S. Gibson.

Gordonsville, Va, Dec. 1.-THE fu-
neral of Rev. John Shackleford Glib
son, D. D., who died here on Wednes-
day was held in Christ Church here
yesterday afternoon, and the inter-
nent will be at Trenton, N. j.
DR.. Gibson, son Of the late Rev.
Isaac Gibson. was born in 1853 and
was ordained to The priesthood in the
Protestant Episcopal Church in 1878
by Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, after
graduation at the Alexandria Semin-
ary. His first charge was at Ovens
boro, Ky. He was at one time rector
of Trinity Parish, Fredericksburg. DE-
Gibso mis- survived by his wife and five
children.