New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-23


ma rr r,r. c'''~o-h' i-"o 10 J"
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,s varied shcaf. its members Of
Kinds and cleaned from many
@@5.. but ., cannot be said OF II. as
,....-ro said Of his cluster Of field
,,... that only tho string which
. .. tho authors own. Every
s.t-. is tynicsliy his own. There
..csssiors OF many themes m
veins humorous and tragic.
..,,l and fancilui but an arc IN
.,. Wit, unmistaNablc Galsworthian
.s.soosr OF that philosophy the
..~,rs,, note IS chat Of Cicobulus.
~s.. .rat is the moro admirable be
-,. vr Calsvorthy deals with topics
.s.,t prominently mon and espe-
.r~ oomcn arc inclined 20 so to ca
.-.~,s some Of them. indeed. the world
~. como GO regard as all but insep-
..c from fanaticism. They are the
lads or faddists. the ovcTriddcn
..h,i,, oil hobby riders. But MIR. Gals
..-sv n th's volume Of collected
...,ard essays IS no fsddist or hobby
r1cr
discussing. for example, the Staying
ANNALS Tor food, he condemns
city, Bat he does not therefore pre-
-. stric, vcgctsrianism. He con
..,,,. that he himself a meat eater
II, evidently believes in meat cat
80 and holds il right to slaughter cat
81. bv the million Cor human food
r,., so does demand is that the kill
., shall be done in the most painless
.s,rcr possible 10 IS possible 10 do y
.... ra,rlessiv- and he points out
lac this NAV he done and disposes OF
IN ,sc objections to the doing Of 1t.
r..,y akin 20 this is the subject oil
.-,,.,.ior. upon which there have been
80 o.trsyagant utterances from PEG
81. ubo ought 90 know better IMAM
,o- almost any other now before the
.-1s What we have already SAID SUI
l..er,-r indicates his strong ana pfac-
...i humanity. But he does not con-
..--- ,.ir. section per Sc, not even We
..s,e. The occasi onal practice oil IL
...bor. the use of anRsthetcs. lie
-,iv urges that. # possible, dogs be
,,,~r.,l from its operations, because
...,, +ir,o immemorial the dog mas oeeh
ave closely associated with man IMAM
.-~ o+bc~ animal and has more quasi
rsis naturally leads 20 consider
..,. o. penology. In which ne again
..r. himself 10 be humane ~ithou.
80 "a sentimentsl The OBJECT OF
.--'sh0cnt he holds. els the protec-
,- ~ society and the reformation OF
.oHorder. This is the only sale ru!e
,r.r-,co. and everything IN our ao-
..;.-ra+fon OF Justice which conhlcts
..t =. IL falsely conceived. obviously
y. ,,cr.-ior oil that rule torbIds YIN
r,i,e brutality. and IL equally lorDius
.-.. routfsh sentimentaHty "ilCu
..,s.ires actually seems 20 regAIu ''
,favirtue - be vicious. ..,o
0,re -,ore ne takes up that supreme
.-,.eDtfors theme OF woman SUI
.~, u.bi.b "a times seems 20 De H'
..,srsbfe frow violent extremes a.in
..--,-~o,. passions. and the splrIl 'H
.lscb 10 docs so Us suggested py ,"e
t.,5.,c Of tho chapter "Genties' hs0
r.. Pc. That he favOrs woman SUI
.,.gs ID made quite clear, but ~ -
An, cfes~ that he does not iaNut
80 .ho violence OF militant SUI
s,,.sr," or the unfair tactics o. 'h
.-,osi.;on which gave preteNtS anu
,,,,,e.s for that violence. II was
r;ssv ~ England. the conspiracy OF
ne,csn which impelled women 10 1Ae
srt-sres which compelled Ihe s-'
q = hearing So Mr.. GalsVorthy san
* advocates che throwing open OF al.
oyrrtls 10 fair and full report, not o.
.,e sensational but o. the reasonable
.5e,. for and against. OF woman SUI
age For" he adds, In words VIM" vi,
rgh, well be needed here as vel a
England. whether consciously OF
l-consciously. the general press pOlI.'
las hitherto been most unfortuhat ~
nd is fast contributing 20 the grown
f bitter feeling between the sexes
the last degree noXious 10 the la
| torsl life
War. specifically the present Luio-
rtsr war. Is finally the supreme 'oPlo
/ I'D concern OF the age. ana upon ~
a'. Galswor.hy speaks in no. uncertain
4 aHss though still without that excess
Of zeal which. according 10 the o!u
Trench proveib. spoils al. There IS
lota page. scarcely line. IN the VINO nc
,tsaf that is not instinct with aoho:-
,ince Of war Yet nothing. rs more
an than his recognition Of the TACT
Tat there are other things worse ina"
ar Seldom have We met with dennn-
cations Of war more scathing, wheths'
literal terms or IN imaginative al
igory. Nowhere. however, IS there
ut o. the anti-preparedness pacihs'.
rae. he would abolish mlhtarlslic
i1;oeracy and bureaucracy. These are