The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-04

IL will be remembered by those who
from a sense Of duty or because Il was
a pleasure have read all the realistic
stories that Cowperwood. the fnancler.
went West after he had got out Of the
penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Tn Theo-
dore Drciser's new novel called 'rThe
Titan" John Lane Company we ac-
company Cowperwood to Chicago,
whittier he was followed presently by
Aileen. the beautiful and hayward
daughter of Butler. the Philadelphia
ward politician. "By-by, Dearie"---in
those realistic words did Cowperwood
say farewell to Aileen as the bell rang,
Indicating that the train was about to
pull out" from Philadelphia. The
story does not employ the expression
pull out" but It is our feeling that
fawless realism demands 1t.
The scene here is properly cnarac-
terized by some lightness of treatment.
The parting was to be but brief. 'I'n
get a divorce and we II marry and things
VIII come right with a bang" The
''N''y "Ouiu
that. After the manner OF Titans. he was
calm. HE lolted at her with his large.
COOL penetrating eyes," Her ardors
were always more demonstratiye than
his. She clasped his face between her
hands. "Oh, Frank" she cried. "Iu
miss you so! You're all / have" Her
father. the ward politician. was dead.
her conduct had materially helped to kill
him. The Titan
would wire" He babe her be good,
When the train had carried him off "she
walked away with rich, sinuous. healthy
strides Ino hobble skirts in the '7osi.
the type that men turn to look after"
There were men who turned on this
occasion Said one of them: Gee!
man wouldn't want anything better
than that, would he?" This draws a re-
Election from the author. He says: "rt
was tho spontaneous tribute that pas
sion and envy invariably pay to health
and beauty. On that pivot swingG the
world" Such reflections are not un-
common in Mr.. Dreisers stories. They
come suddenly and are often startling.
II was not long before the Titan held
Chicago in his grasp. His "lay" was
the street railways. He got them all.
His millions ran up into glittering
figures. Mr.. Dresser tells just how he
did 1t. The detail Is so ooplous, so
exact. so clear that 1t seems to be
complete instruction. and we should not
wonder II the reader with so plain a
trail before him could himself become q
Titan. But let It not be thought that
here Is cold, material detail merely.
There is fine writing here. Imagination
has its flight Consider Chicago. "ro
whom may the laurels as laureate OF
this Florence OF tho West yet fall?
This singing flame OF a city. this all
America. this poet in chaps and buck
skin, this rude. raw Titan. this Burns
OF a city! BY it's shimmering lake It
lay. king of shreds and patches, a
Numbering yokel with an epic in its
mouth. tramp, a hobo among cities,
with the grip of Cesar in its mind, the
dramatic force Of Euripides in its soul.
Take Athens. oh. Greece! Italy,
do you keep Rome" For us Chicago.
where Cowperwood established himself
with Aleen. The two were married
aftcn he had got his divorce.
What should be the personal appear
ance of man who is cut out to be a
Titan? The Lake City National Bank
had deposits Of more than $4,000. 900.
Mr. Addison, the president OF that
powerful institution. had glass windows
in his office. They were so arranged
that Mr.. Anderson by craning his neck
slightly could see visitors as they ap-
preached. He was much impressed
when he craned his neck and saw
Cowperwood through the glass windows.
He had reason to be. Long familiarity
with the banking world and with great
affairs generally had given a rich finish
TO the ease and force which Cowperwood
naturally possessed. He looked
strangely replete for n man Of SO
suaye. steady, incisive. with eyes as
fine as those of a Newfoundland or a
collie and as innocent and winsome.
They were wonderful eyes, soft and
springlike at times. glowing with a
rich human understanding which on
the instant could harden and flash
lightning. Deceptive eyes. unreadable.
but alluring alike to men and to
women in all walks and conditions OF
life" Mr.. Addison got up instlnctivcly.
II was not his habit to rise when any
body called. We see here the effect