The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-21

auencs. the fierce frenzy OF hatred
, iish this week The Rise and Raj
Mary, the beEuiler of the monks on
shipboardl How easily could Mary
Garden make those scenes intelligi-
biel What man, monk though he be,
could resist that beautiful embodiment
of the world. the flesh and the devil
And when the miracle is wrought, and
Mary the Saint rises purified from the
ashes OF her lower self how lovely
and how winning could Mary Garden
render that appealing figure For
very lovely must that Mary have been.
to win from the church she had so
cruelty outraged and prosecuted. the
highest honor In Its power to bestow,
An honor held SO rare and precious,
that a candidate must pass unscathed
through the severest storm of criticism
that tho best advocates in the church
can contrive. And this supreme test
Mary OF Alexandria passed trium-
phantly. 1t would be something to
see--Mary Garden in this great and
dramatic role
Safety First.
Unless you live in a glass case in
the museum. as an Aztec or Egyptian
mummy. you will find plenty of use
for DR.. e. l. Eliason's first aid man
uht. TSCeHtIy ny lilo AAPplh-
COTS For 1t is so cleverly planned
and thumb indexedh that 1t takes but
an instant to find the right instruc-
tions for any emergency. First Aid
in Emergencies" Is declared by the
American Library Associations Book
List to. be clear, concise. well-ar-
ranged" and one of tho best manuals
on the market Adopt the slogan
Safety First" and carry this handy
little book in your pocket. Then you
Will be ready for pin scratch or a
Zeppelin raid as we'll as all the tn
teresting accidents between.
Pioneer America.
While we are getting Some sad
knocks nowadays on the score of
unprepa redness. nevertheless IL was
America that blazed the trail TO he
present astonishing railway achieve
ments In warning Europe, z. II. Pratt
tells us in THE Rise OF Rail Power
In War and Conquest" For in orr
Civil War some really astonishing
things were done with the railroads.
The North so perfected Its railway re-
pair system. that while one end of
bridge was still in tho hands of
the enemy for destruction. the nearer
end would be in process of repair
the enemy's while to stop to tear or
burn Il down few hours or a few
days. and the most extensive destruc-
ton OF rails, roadbeds, bridges, cars,
eto.. would be made good and warfare
as usual be In full swing. Reading
of some OF the deeds of the railway
men North and South, ones heart
swells again with pride, and feeling
that nothing very much more brilliant
has been possible even to the efficient
Germans, Efficiency in this direction
was Made in America"
Anent Realism.
II have heard It affirmed that be-
ing done to death under car loads OF
the best wheat is no less painful than
being buried under masses of worth
less clay" says Sidney n Nyburg. au-
thor OF '"The Conquest" dscussin 9
realism In literature. Though I be-
lieve realism to he desirable in theory.
/ think. In practice. It must be bal
anced by proper sense Of selection.
Novelists who push their realism TO
an extreme, merely succeed in suffo-
eating their readers under 81 huge bulk
Of unarranged and endless detail. The
excellent quality OF the details doesn't
help"
Nights I'm Rome.
| In that altogether delecta BILE book
Nights" Eliza beth Robins Pennel
tells how Elihu Vedder made a part Of
the Roman Nights she celebrates
there were Nights in Venice. London