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SHOULD A PROVINCIAL"
NOVELIST COME TO NEW YORK?

school where the things recited by tho
little Jewish children were amazing for
thought and style.
II ] may allow my Irish great-grand-
mother 10 betray herself through me, I'll
say thac If / ever come 10 New York
to live 1t will be 10 live as far outside
OF 1t as | can, up In the hills, some
place And yet I'd likely pine for my
own Main street
There's the possibility OF course
that | may exhaust the possibilities
of Indiana as Il field for fiction
I've put my dpper into the bucket
or pail should say in New York.
pretty often I've written of my own
state from the angle OF history. essay and
novel and | may exhaust the possibilities
and be obliged 20 turn elsewhere for ma
teral. ! put into my novel "a Hposier
Chronicle" great deal of Indiana that |
had been accommodating for years. and
thought | should never write another
Indiana tale. But since then have done
otherwise Phyllis" half a dozen short
stories of Indiana. couple of essays. and
am at work on another Indiana novel
now.
No; emphatically do not think the
great American novel VIII necessarily he a
provincial tale. There are thousand
great novels waiting to be written in New
York. and the stage here is 30 vast and
the types SO various that some master is
bound ultimately to deal with the metrop-
oils i'm a great way. on the scale OF
Dickens. let MS hope And there are also
Washington and Chicago.
I don't believe we know II all IN the
corn belt. But II tickles me TO know that
by tomorrow | shall be back where the
frost IS on the punkin and the folders IN
the shock"
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HUMORIST SETS SCHEDULE
FOR WRITING AUTOGRAPHS

A jocular friend wrote letter 10 Julian
Street asking tho latter TO autograph a
copy OF his just published book. Abroad
at Home" 1t seems that one OF the PEI,
nulsances OF authors lives ie concerned
with the request for autographs. So Mr..
Street. 10 prove that he could be a humor-
list even when not professionally engaged.
returned 10 his friend. who Is himself one
OF the best known writer's in the country.
the following;
Ny Dear Young Admirer:
No; ! would not advise you 10 become
an author. II IL better. always for a
young man TO try to earn his living in
some honest way, before finally abandon
ing himself to literature
As 10 my autograph. which you request.
enclose you herewith my regular rates.
and will he glad 10 furnish YOU with auto
graphs rs specified, on receipt of certified
check or postal order for the proper
amount
One autograph. nnme only, on small.
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edge card. 10 cents.
one autograph. with words Yours
truly" s1,0O.
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DUGALO s WALKER WHO HAS
ILLUSTRATED A HOLIDAY EDITION
or HANS ANOERSENS FAIRY TALES
(Oeu 6L~osI SyyC

The poets soul is now filed with love
OF God, ana again and again ne watts ;hc
incense Of his song to The Master Poet"
My poets vanity dies In shame before
Thy sight ON. Master Poet I have sat
down at Thy feet. Only let me make
my life simple and Straight, like a flute
Of reed, for Thee to fiji with music
To love God truly is to have sympathy
for all his creatures and 10 realize that
lie Is in them the lowlitst US wei as the
greatest. Here is Thy foot-tool and
there rest Thy feet where live the poorest
and lowliost ana lost" And again, Leave
this chanting and singing and .elluG OF
heads. Whom dos: thou worship IN this
lonely dark corner Of a temple, with doors
all NUT Open thine eyes and see thy
God is not before thee
He is there where he tiller is tilllug
the hard ground and where the path
maker i breaking the stones He is with
mcW - covered with dust Put off thy
holy mantle and even like Him come
down on the dusty soil
Music. philosophy and science have oc-
cupied the thoughts OF Rahindrauath
Tagore. In "Sadhana' The Realization
Of Life he gives US not 50 much a re1
soued philosophy as a great spiritual con-
ccptiun. midas conception. his concep-
ton OF what life really means. Il in
spires, lii : the soul out Of depression and
doubt and sets it to chanting triumphant
Halleluiahs.
To an India awakened from her long
sleep. stirred 10y new aspirations, strug-
Cling TO find the path to nltlonhood, he
holds NJ this splendid ideal an idea
toward which the foverrd war rent ma.
tons Of the Wes' might also strive:
"Wher" the mind is without fear and
the head Is held high Whore knowledge
is free Where the world has not been
broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic wallis. Where words come on,
from the depth Of truth. Where tlreless
striving stretches its arms toward perfec.
ton. Where the clear stream OF reason
has no, lost It's way INTO the dreary
desert sand ~ dead habit Where the
mind is led forward by Thee into ever
widening thought and action Into that
heaven 81 freedom my Father let my
country awake"
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which Is More DifncuIt Writing
Novels or Playa.

lhere IS an Idea abroad assiduouslv
lost"red as a rule by critics who hannen
To nave written neither novels nor ninvs
lhat II is more difficult to write a play
IMAM novel | do not think so
nave written or elaborated in about
twenty novels and about twenty plays
anu am convinced that Il IL easier to
write play than novel. Personally
would rather write two PLAYS than one
novel; less expenditure of nervous force
and mere brains would he required for two
plays than for one novel. / emphasize
the word write" because II the whole
WEAKNESS between the first conception
ana the FIRST performance OF a play is
compared with the whole WEAKNESS be-
tween the first conception and tho first
publication OF novel, then the play ta.
H. would sooner get seventy and-seven
novels produced than one play. But my
immediate object is TO compare only writ
Ing with writing.
1t seems 10 me that the only persons
entitled to judge OF the comparative difii-
Guilty of writing plays and writing novels
are those authors who have succeeded
or failed equally well In both DEPART
ments. And in this limited band I
imagine that the differences Of opinion
Oh the point could not be marked
| would like TO note in passing for
the support OF my proposition, that
whereas established novelists not infrc-
quently venture into the theatre with
audacity, established dramatists are very
cautious indeed about quitting the thea
tire. An established dramatst usually
takes good care TO write plays and
naught else he will not affront the risks
OF coming out in the open; and therein
his instinct Is quite properly that of self
preservation. OF many established dram
at!sts all over the world IL may be
affirmed that II they were SO indiscreet
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to forget all the troubles OF the
world"
These words OF a distinguished Bengali
doctor OF medicine. addressed 10 the Eng
lsh poet Yeats disclose the secret of the
Indian mystic power. His magic songs
stir the soul and lift IL on the wings of
vision Into the audience hall. by the
fathomless abyss, where swells up the
music of toneess strings"
Sorrow shrinks and small seem nfe's
frets and cares when these words strike
the ear: Thou hast made me endless,
such is Thy pleasure. This fra'l vessel
Thou emptiest again and again and hllest
It with ever fresh life"
only a few short years ago Rablndra-
nath Tagore was unknown in our western
lands, but already in india they were
speaking OF the time az THE epoch OF
Rabindranath." and his songs We're sung.
set to music by himself, from the west
of India into Burma; wherever Rengaii
was spoken
Born Of a family that for generations
has nlled n large place In the political,
intellectual and spiritual life Of h!iia.
RaDindrauath in youth was surrounded
by all those influences of culture ana
beauty which speak so POWERFUL {" -
poet soul Even in his earliest wears he
felt the mystery In which all life il en-
his fathers garden with little bamboo
stick In hand he would delVe into the
earth; filled with tremulous hope that
under some fresh brown sod wonderful
secret would be disclosed Speaking OF
these childhood days in the Gitanjali. he
says: Thou didst not turS in contempt
from my childish play among dust. and
the steps that heard in my playroom
are the same that are echoing from star 10
star"
Part OF Rabindrsnath's boyhood was
spent among the awe inspiring scenery
of the Himalaya Mountains and in hs
fathers garden house OH the banks of
the Ganges, where he would pass long
sleepless nights on the roof, questioning
the stars and listening TO the message
sung by the tapping waves of the river
Then followed gears In Europe, spent
in study aud observation, ON MS return
to India the young poet threw himself
with 2est into the gay life around him.
and to this period belong the early love
songs which he has given us In The
Gardener"
"No mystery beyond the present; no
striving for the impossible no shadow
behind the charm no cropping In the depth
of the dark. This love between You and
me is simple as a song, We do not stray
out of all words into the ever silent we
do not raise our hands to the void for
things beyond hope.
at Is enough that we give and we get
We have not crushed the JOY to the ut
most, to wiring from It the wine Of pain
This love between you and me is simple
as a song"
But life brought later the love which Is
not simple, the love which kindles a spir-
itual warming and hints OF the INFINITE
and of the eternal
81 hold her hands and press her 10 my
breast ! try to MI my arms with nor
loveliness to plumber her sweet smile with
kisses, 10 drink her dark glances with
my eyes. All, but where IL 1t? Who can
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RABINDRANATH TACORE AND
HIS PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

strain the blue from the sky? ! try to
grasp the beauty 1t eludes me. leaving
only the body I'm my hands Baffled and
weary ! come back. How can the body
touch tho flower. which only the sp.rl:
may touch
When 80 years OF age crushing sor-
row came into the life OF the poet and
turned his thoughts 20 God. Death took
from him the young wife TO whom he was
deeply devoted. "ln desperate hope | go
and search for her in all the corners Of
my room / find her not. Ny house is
small, and what has gone from it can
never be regained. But infinite is Thy
mansion, my Lord. and seeking her
have come to Thy door. I have come %
the brink of eternity, from which nothing
can vanish--no hope, no happiness. no
vision OF face seen through tears
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as 10 nunllSn novel tne result would
be great SCATTERING and great
awakening
Artist and Public.
The truth is that All artist who demands
appreciation from the public on his own
terms aud on none but his own terms. is
either q god or conceitcd and imprac-
teal fool. Mud he is somewhat more
likely To b" the latter than the former. lie
wants too much. There are two sides to
every bargain, including the artistic. The
most fertile and tho most powerful artists
are the vcadieSt to recognize this, because
their sense OF proportion. which Is the
sense OF order. is well developed. The
lack Of the sense of proportion is the mark
OF the petit maitre The sagacious artist,
while respecting himself will respect the
idiosyncrasies Of his public. To do both
simultaneously Is quite possible In par
ticular the saEacious artist will respect
basic national prejudiccs. For example,
no first class English novelist or dramatist
would dream Of allowing his pen the free
dom IN treating sexual phenomena which
Continental writers enjoy as "A matter of
course. The British public is admittedly
wrong or this important point, hypocrit-
Zeal. Illogical and absurd. Bui what
would you? You cannot defy it you lit
orally cannot. II you tried. you would
not even get so far as print, % say nothing
OF library counters. You can only get
round 1t by ingenuity and guile. You can
only go "a very little farther than Is quite
safe. You can only do one mans modest
share IN the education OF the pUnlic
The same dilettante spirit which re-
fuses to see the connection between art
and money has also a tendency TO rrpudi-
ate the world of men ~ large as being
unfit for the habitatlou OF artists. This
Is a stll more serious error OF attitude,
especially in story teller No artist is
likely to be entirely admirable who is not
"A man before he Is an artist. The notion
that art is first and the rest o.: the uni
verse nowhere is bound TO lead to pre-
Closlty and futility IN art. The artist who
is too sensitive for contacts with the non
artistic world Is thereby too sensitive for
his vocation, and TT only 10 fall into gen
tie ecstasies over the worl; OF artists less
sensitive than himself From The Au-
thor's Craft" Doran)
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Ed+tor'S NOtC.-The dpprecidtire lee
lures OF Miss GeorJina Roberts on TdOore
have orOk"d uHustGi Commend0'ioh from
her hearers. Littlo has been printed in
this country rcDordin0 the Indian phi
losoph@r and poet iChoSs t1orks IRE steadily
gaining in CirciGdtion aud interest. so
Miss Roberts trds asked TO contribute
some Of N" essential points tchich she
has learned from her especial study. aud
her statements are presented IN the belief
that thoy rit be appreciated by many
trhO are nicrsSfd ia T0qore.
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by MEREDITH NICHOLSON.

A S 10 living in New York, doubt
~ whether should ever feel at home
in your metropolis. In fact I've
never been here for more than twenty
days at a stretch though spent two
summers within fifty minutes OF Broad
way. It's probably the result OF my
provincial bringing UP that the rush and
pressure OF New York weary me. ] don't
believe ! could ever get used to this The
matter OF transportation In itself dis
mays me.
of course the great procession OF life
and the tremendous social contrasts are of
value to writer's We miss these things in
the provinces, and yet In my own city
of Indianapolis We have. II | may say
il without inviting a charge of provincial
smugness pretty nearly every kind OF
human being. For example. | am deeply
interested I'm the Jewish people and have
for them the sncerest admiration. ! was
surprised to find recently that we had in
Indianapolis real ghetto. and | have
been visiting IL frequently with great
profit. By the way. II Is amazing what the
children OF the Russian and Polish Jews
do in our public schools Not long ago 7
attended the closing exercises OF "A grade
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concerning the Autobioxrspb,c,,
Nature Of Fiction,

Inc necessarily autobiographicai ma
turr OF h"tion accounts for tho cr,ativa
repetition 10 which ali novclists. incIud
lhE ire most powerful. are reduced. Tho,
!uoHelonously y.cid again and again ,o
nc strongest predictions OF their own
.nuN'dualiiH. Again and again the, think
Uhey are creating. BY observation. a o,i,a
ne" character. and 10 when finished II 10
an Old one. autobiographIcal psycholoey
mas triumphcd. \ novelist may achieve
reputation with only q single TYNE
created and recreated in varying forms
ana the Nefy greatest do not contrivc
To create more than half a score eenuine
separate types. In Corfherr and t,hrjs-
'ophe IS biographical dictionary of the char
sc'e.s or Balzac a tail volume OF six
nui'uTed pages. there are some two tbo,
SAND entries OF different individuals I'm,
pT'pdoiy FEWER than dozen genuine dis
uH'''Ve types. No creative artist eyer
repeated himself moro brazerly or pors
successfully than Balzac His miser hi.
I'''"us delightful actress. his yicious do
4ghiui duchess, his Young man ahou,
~ aus N'Ftuuus Young man. his heroic
weeping virgin. his angelic wife and
hio'her' MS poor relation and As f,ithfui
stupld servant. each is continually non
p."S up with I new name I'm the Human
comedy. \ similar phenomenon. as Fran,
idrIls mas proved. Is 10 be observed i'm
shakespeare. Hamlet OF Denmark was
onIE the last and creates; of a series
ol Shakespedrian Hamlets
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CHORUS OF THE STARS.
ny PERCY MACKAYE

N1ASAPEDAN, the world is dim.
w The way 10 beauty is far far,
And man, whose soul is q climbing star,
Man our brother-O comfort him!
We, his watchers, We wheel in choir
or freedom calm and harmonious,
But man, who reaches and cries TO us
His guide is tempest, his paths are mire.
Slowly he builds his golden hives,
But the wild bees swarm TO the winds again;
His towers they crumble, his toll is vain
The sewers vanish, the seed survives.
Wasapedan his ways are dim.
But ours are shining ETHEREAL;
And We who hear him, his iarkllng cal, /
Our star born brother will comfort him.
From Saint Louis, Civic N
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Editors Note.-Mr. Nicholson Is one Of
the comparatively fe,c successful noUeIists
icho after dchiering success have MOI
ansuered the call OF NeD York. He stH
Iires in Indiana, icrites mostly about IN
diana, aud When ~ NeW York a teio days
ago attending the meeting Of the American
"Immortdls' stated that he stiH preferred
10 do his tcork from the Indians base.
Here he sets forth his reds0ns.)
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SONGS OF
THE REST.
LESS POETS

this poet" the Rabindranath Of the
West his "poetry" lis IN authentic
strain Of the lyric message " this
newer world" Let Mr.. Lindsay sing:
Fat black bucks in a wine barrel room.
Barre, house kings. with feet unstable,
Gagged ana reelsd and pounded on n
table,
Pounded on tho table
Best an empty barrel with Tho nsndis 90
broom
Hard as they wore able
Boom. BOOM BooN.
With silk umbrella ard mo harai. - .
broom.
Boor,lay boomiar. hoom'av. BOON
Then had religion TurN I had vision
could not turn from their rovei IN derision
TurN saw ruE Co>ao. ,GurriSG rnrorou
Tnr HttcE.
CrrrfSa THuorGH Tur rorrsr WIN Gorpns
TRACK.
This IS to be read first in "a deep,
rolling bass" then with information
Moro deliberate. Solennlv chanted"
The poets" marginal directions are a
gem Of humor The complete absence
of effort With which r" eustans the
part Of the barbarian through ISL page.
Of variegated hoaN l. admirable.
In You and = ,Macini.lpnG Harriet
Monroe. editor of pocirg. Mrods,re OF
Verse. ranges wide in topic and I'm met
rical device. from psalm on The
Hotel" which presumably intended as
cumulative series OF impressionistic
lettings, Is II prosaic catalogue OF tho
furnishings. animate and inar,ma.e, ~
modern Caravansary. to a little
rhNmcd lyric on "Nincs' and II classi
callv composed sonnet NJ - Monroe
Keeps closer than most Of her school"
and gains greatly thereby to Tho stand
ards Of III" affrctedly daspisad Victor
ians. Her metres arr hcxble, hcr
rhyme a d.l,ca'" under'onc.
Modern of the modcrns is Amy
Lowell in Sword Blades and Poppy
Seed Mncm.Uarp \ two line
poem" with a three Hnc head is fho
exquisite "Eptaph nr Young Poet
W. Died Befor" Having Achieved
Success: beneath This sod DC thu
remains OF on. who died of growing
pains Amid the swords and plpavrrs
We urn and return to tbs /. grows
upon" tn" reader. Artistic economy ~
means is not often productive ur such
fuinsss of effcc'. Miss LoN,. plays
prettil" with her art. Thor" .> dpi.ctcy
~ imagery in Tho bupo.cr": You
glow in my heart Like the flames %
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ia aac lifted it. and in which he lef, 4,
"a 1850. So much. by the way, FOR IN.
.ank Il the novel. '"'
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Ky GEORGINA ROBERTS.

r READ RARtNDRANATH every
day to read one line Of his is
to forget all the troubles of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28

Good observation consists not in null
tpliclty of detail, but in coordination OF
detail according TO true perspective
OF relative Importance, so that finally
just general impression may be reached
In the shortest possible time. The skilled
observer is he who does not have TO
change his mind. one has only to COM
pare ones present adjusted impression
OF an intimate friend with ones first
impression OF him to perceive the as
founding inadequacy OF ones powers OF
observation. The man as one has learned
10 see him is simply not the same man
who walked into ones drawing room on
the day OF introduction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28
TOi RAWLOWSkA. AUTHOR ol
"A CHILD WENT FORTH"
Non2Atoo -rL1tNo)

as to publish a novel the rcsul; would
be great SCATTERING and q great
awakening
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-09

The report OF the Hawaii County Investigation Committee
extremely valuable the views expressed by the
and the recommendations made applying we'll Oahu Maui
and Kauai to Hawaii in large The as their
report shows have done excellent work wholly
character We that they will not have labored in vain