Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-04

N"ntemrtnous disregard on tho one side
ana the resentment. envy and hostility
~ the other IL Is II brief for the
rights OF chiidhood and youth to JOYS
amt pleasure drnicd while more for
tMnaie youth s1uandcrs fortunes upon
rs lNNurses and umuscmcnts.
Tho character VI Dundrldge inter-
ests Ivy its symbolism. She is Il type
~ tho awakening womauhuod of to-
Nay. tho wNmnnhood that is throwing
IN Shacklcs of custom and prejudice.
amt IL insisting upon it's own work
~ thu world. It's own responsibility, its
OWN Individuality, without sacrifice OF
AMY essential Of womunlincsa. The lovo
story Is Also Significant. She is afraid
{" trust IL sex attractions for her
HOS happiness She demands real SYM
rathS ana understanding between her
solf and her lover and. until that is
attained. through the bitter experience
~ lifo. She Will not consent to hurry
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Perhaps. tu some Of her admirers, ii
Is less pleasing story than some Of
It's predecessors. but without quest ion
II is more purpoScful and powerful
one,
"oid judge Priest" Irving s. Cobb
George II. Doran Co.
The prototype of old Judge Priest.
;hc Southern gentleman OF the ola
school. has almost disappeared from
the earth II is. therefore, with tho
more pleasure that we find ourselves
in his gentle and charming company
in the pages of MIR. Cobb's book.
our old judge is a Kentuckian. chiv-
alrous. courageous, kindhcarted. He
is described ms short of figure. with
broad. stopped shoulders. He is un-
tidy in dress. his garments shapclesS
ana wrinklcd. but he is pure Of heart
and clean Of soul. IYe talks with APP
parent illiteracy, having fallen into
the slorcnly speech that characterized
the time and place, but he is also
Shrcwd of wit and keen Of intellect.
He is q just Judge, but his justice
is tempered with mercy. and the cul-
prit Is separated in his mind from his
ofense. His mind is more to the right
ing of wrongs than to the furnishing
Of the transgressor.
All kinds of people come to him for
all kinds of service. and he Is never
called upon in vain. lie is the friend
or the downtrodden and abused. the
helper Of the fallen. the peacemaker
between those estrangcd.
The nine stories are widely different
and each displays the old judge in y
new role Some of them move us t.
mirth' some Of them 10 tears, but. one
ana All, they stir emotion and warm
our hearts toward the old man who
neureS III them SO admirably
IL IS impossible to mention all tho
stories in detail. but the warmth Of
ms compassion, the breadth OF hi.
charity. la illustrated in The Lord
Provides. the story of Viola. the
crring girl. whose last pathetic re
quest is for "a church funeral, with
flowers" q request sternly denied by
the puritanical persons Of the town.
the old judge managed to carry out
tho child's wish by enlistinr tho mos,
Improbable people. and not only n real
funeral is the result hut such a re-
vival OF human sentiment IN the com
munity had scarcely been known he
fore.
In ~ RlcndinE Of tho Parallels" wc
ma his sense of Justice displayed I'm
the riehtinE of wrong and the
restoration t" q broken man Of hfs
Sclf-rcSpcct.
In Double Barrelicd Justice" the old
Judges pcrspicaci,y stands forth, and
enables him to rid the town Of an oh
5cctonablc gambler by the simple
means or an unloaded gun.
The world has need Of such as oln
Judge Priest III fact and fiction. and
VIC reeretfully take leave Of him. set
Ting happily down to a beautiful even