The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
stances Of her life first moulded and then
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stances Of her life first moulded and ,no,
her.
Gabrielle is II produc, OF tho ,,ro
school. but instead of being used hy
circumstances. she uses ,hcri to cr,,,,s
her own destiny. The two books a..
converses where Virginia is r,,.
sive. Gabrielle Is active. believe ,b.,
a person gets out Of life just what b.
puts into II.
The third book. which ma, ue,o,
be written. will deal with a woman vb,
faces her wcrld with the weapons of
indirect influence or subtlcty."
John Masefeld. who il now Iec,u-,,,
In this country, will have II new boo,
OF pocms, Good Friday and O'l,
Poems out in u fortnight lnt,rcs,t,g
tales OF the days when young Mtsc0,.I
was up against it, In New YORK AZ,
now being ~recounted. But tho yolnr
poet had adventures even before tina,
time.
He was born abou, forty wears ,
In Shropshire. He ~disdain"d school. ami
was fond of long, unexplained ,.,ur.
Finally when he was II hts family n.
dentured him to the captain OF , m.,.
chant vessel. Several years later IA, ',f
his ship. took to the land and became a
tramp. But again he returned to- g..
sea, again took TO ra~gaboudage uu Land
and in 1902 turned up In New York
He lived IN a garret IN q house In
Greenwich Village, ate d%oughuUs and
free lunch. securing occasional odd iot,
at livery stables. factories. bikero.
wholesale stores and along th, v,,s,
front. Finally he secured a Job I'm Nh.
Columbia Hotel. where for $40 q mor,l
he cleaned glasses at the bar. served
beer and cigars and waited on thu bar.
tenders.
The winner OF the sl0o prize recen'v
offered by the Drama League Socict, e
Cornelia Mcigs. known for her charming
fairy tales. The prize wts for 'ho hes
play for children. The stIa'~M r,,
is called The Steadfas, I'tu,,-s
Additional word continually n,
writer's and artists who arc busy ~ m,
European war fronts. Gcorsc VI rr,,.
elyan. author of The Life ~ Joh.
Bright" who is at present dong l.H
Cross work in Italy. has recently bee.
decorated by the Italian Governments for
bravery under fire,
Horace Green, author " The log q.
n Noncombatant.' left Vienna IA, .t,-
ter part of November. worked his wa,
to Bucharest. Rumania, where lie sad.
led the political situation. and tho
across the Danube to SOMA. tho H..
garian capital. where he s;ill NJ when
last heard from late In Dccenh.'
Lester G. Hornby. tho American ar.
| list, has returned to France, where 10
will make sketches along the Allie. f-.
ing line.
Miss winifred Holt. whose irsr -irg
"A Beacon for the Blind" last year added
authorship to her notable achievements
is doing marvellous work among 'h.
| blind soldiers Of France. In "A few wecl.s
she will open. In an old palace 20 M.
Square Lsmartine, Paris. a lighthouse
similar to the New York institution.
Georee b. Mcclellan. former Mayor NJ
New York and now professor ~ . '-
Monies at Princeton. spent soyersI
months travelling through the Uar
stricken countries. He reports Vie com.
ditions he found in a hook just issued.
The Heels OF the War"
Ralph Pulitzer. who has jur' pub.
lishcd his experiences in a book ,tl.l
"oNer the Front in an Acr"pla''. poe
ticed that all French war uohur- we
carefully painted aud vanished
Yes, that il the way TO apply p.yrho.
ogy 10 motor repair work. = ZAP al"
told him. "Experi,uce has iulr'' o
that when a soldier gets - hc,rfa.
finished car to run h. takes rr.i' 'n
And he not only keeps the outside W
cleaned. which greatly rosipug's 'e
date when II must com" back 10 "a :
doctoring, hut h" also hc>tuw w.
more car. OF his motor" 50 . ''
only asthetici,m which prompt '"H'
beautiful finish.
For many year. Arthur EI'.rI @
been a student of diploma S.
has been serving a.. war ,,rr,
u. has also looked into iI, ...
difficulties which lay h.iUI.
come d, h.s new b,,N "rh' o..
of IN. Great War.' Boz vIu.. ..
contribute To- an understood 80 '
situation ny revealing -uu,'..
diplomacy Of the past fw N't'-
Alfred Noyes is ]pl,uu.nG o., Pc,
New York uc\' month p'"'.t. .' '
entering his second ,"a}'~ N
Princeton HIS lectures 'G'
crn English literature
Robert Br.dg's. 'ao EH-,~.
reatc, has uetr,y r.uI. '.'
ton through i~.uugrutrs. ',..'. IS
anthology oc prose % N,.-'
I'M The S'pirt of N'r' '"+
kind Of anthology, 'u, ,
prose and poetry mixed 'v- '
ing arranged in cun''\i go 81,
aspects of life on 8 s.r...
Tn las section 80! p r
present war.
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