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wanted. TO he'll with writing; | want
to feel and see" Eventually the book
found publisher in England, and Nc
Fee, like many another who refused to
compromise with cheapness, found him
self hailed as new star of fiction.
He is a young man, only thirty-fve,
and we shall hear more of him after the
war. Il have never known a man who
seems to have so many good stories
stored away in his BRAIN" declares one
Of his friends. At present he is doing
his bit" as an engineer in charge Of
transport in the Mediterranean.
The other big discovery of the year in
Jnkpot Alley is not newcomer really,
but man who came back. Upwards of
fifteen years ago Henry Kitchell Web
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SWEEPINGS FROM INKPOT ALLEY

ranks of contemporary American fiction
writer's, alone with Dorothy Garfield
and Ernest Poole, who arrived a year
before him.
It has been a good year for fiction, in
spite of the fact that so many of the
English writer's were occupied with
sterner game. Unfortunately, however,
the machine-made product has shown
little decrease. For this sort of stuff it
is fair to lay some blame on the maya
zines, which seem to have huge appe-
lite for it.
It is a habit of very small children.
when one does a successful trick for
them, such as swallowing domino or
wiggling ones ears, to cry do it again
Do it again. Many magazine editors
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ster. then in his early twenties, wrote
The Short Line War and Calumet
X" in collaboration with Samuel Mer-
win. They were first attempts and in
The language of the trade they went big.
The young writer's saw fame and fort
une at the end of their fountain pens.
But the golden fairy tale did not work
out. They could not keep the pace be-
cause they were too poorly grounded in
the technique of fiction and the tech
nioue of life, and as soon as the virgin
freshness of their first efforts had worn
off the public passed them by.
Merwin became correspondent and
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BY TANSY M'NAB

an editor, and Webster climbed down
from Olympus and kept the pot boiling
by pounding out thrillers for Mr.. Mum
sey's minor magazines. At least he
could do that well. A few years ago
Merwin came back again by utilizing
the experience of life he had gained as
correspondent in the Far East. Web
ster stuck to the grindstone bit longer.
This year he came forward with
full-hedged novel; "The Real Advent
ure," which is the real thing. In it, in
some respects, the author has beaten
Wells at his own game. With this book
Webster takes his place in the front
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time in getting just what he wanted, to
say nothing of the risk involved.
The first manuscript | remember had
to do with some snappy anarchistic con-
ditions in the neighborhood of Chihua-
hua. The author had had the bad, or
the good, luck to get caught in Villa
raid, and his story bristled with pict-
uresque barbarities, with outrages and
atrocities of the Latin-American sort.
Under separate cover, he wrote, i
inclose some photographs And when
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apparently possess this childish passnn
, for repetition. ''Do it again." they COZ
tinually admonish their authors. AND
the poor author. in whom the desire for
bread and circuses is often of necessity
stronger than the creative craving for
fresh fields and pastures new, does II
again and again, until, after lapse 81
time the editor discovers that his pa.
IRONS are bored to death with the old
stuff, and that is the finish of Mr.. Au.
thor.
Well, one mustn't be too hard on the
magazine editors. They have TO pay 50
much for paper these days that it's far
to suppose they are reasonably careful
about what they print on it, During
the year several of them have assured
the public that they are searching re.
lentiessly night and day for distinctive
and original new fiction. Under the cir
cumstances it is odd that some of the
best short stories published during the
year in book form missed the magazines
altogether.
Richard Harding Davis and Jack LOB
don have passed from lnkpot Alley for
ever. Their photographs are familiar
to all of us, Davis looking as if he had
stepped by some miracle right out Of
the shop of Fifth Avenue tailor into
a distant battlefield, and London look
ing like glorifed hobo. These photo
graphs reflected the work of the two
men.
Davis was our best-beloved war cor
respondent. In fiction he belonged 70
that group of writer's in which would
include Gouverneur Morris and the late
II. X. Viele and the late Guy Carryl q
group the fine flower of which is Bootn
Harrington. In most of these writers
The stevenson tradition mas Dec"
strong; there is a niceness of style, .
charm of word and phrase. To rean
them is to embark for a sail on gracious
sunlit waters where you can always see
bottom and never lose sight of lard.
Jack London was of a broader worlo
In some respects, since the death OF v
Henry, he was the foremost figure 70
American fiction. for his was the VOICE
of the great Western mountains an0
the vast Arctic spaces and the open Ser
As in the case of o. Henry, good par
of his life was bitter struggle AGAIN.
his own appetites. and probably he pu'
up better fight. Yet autobiograpnie'
- 4
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T%HE editor, accepting cigarette,
continued as follows:
II 81 don't precisely recall when
they first began to come in, but 1t must
have been some time in the Spring
Some of them were interesting and
some of them weren't, but the thing
that got me was the pictures, the pho
tographs that came with them. lnva-
riablv. i'm his letter, the author referred
to the pictures, usually with cOnsidera
bic pride, as one who had had a hard
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can child and small Mexican dog sun.
ming themselves in an open street,
third, photograph of Mexican won.
an carrying an ancient water jar, and,
fourth, view of Mexican landscape
with foreground of cactus and prickly
pear.
81 knew | couldn't be wrong" said
the editor, "and | wasn't. But several
times have wondered who really Ct
the fellows pictures. Also, his stor
For didn't"
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With the coming of December the
clatter of the typewriters decreases
along Inkpot Alley. The work of the
year is done and, in
YEARS END the interval before
IN THE ALLEY they begin their la
bors for the spring
market, the authors rest little in the
hope that their books will fit into many
a Christmas stocking.
These few weeks before gift day
mark the crucial period for the inhabi-
tants of the Alley. After the holiday
season is over and the returns are all
in, the few fortunate ones will tuck
away plump wads in the savings banks
and start collecting steamship folders
and motor car catalogues, while others
Will begin lodging the landlord and seri-
ously considering casting anchor IN
some Office job with weekly envelope.
Several new faces have become famil-
lar in Inkpot Alley during the year, and
among these probably the most notable
is the rather harsh, toil-bitten counte-
nance Of William McFee. In "Casuals
Of the Sea" this deaf English ships en-
gineer has written great novel which
is thoroughly his own. In his work
there is nothing of the satirical social
and political preoccupations of Wells
and Galsworthy, and apparently he pays
no debt to Conrad. He is interested in
human beings merely, and he pursues
their careers with an uncompromising
realism that reminds us of the greater
Russians. He has referred to himself,
in relation to his creations, as "a benevo-
lent marbleheart."
McFee has been writing since he has
been in his teens, but "Casuals OF the
Sea" marks his unheralded arrival. In
his engine room he always carried bag
of books, and often with the tempera-
ture at 1872 degrees he would sit porting
over Sallust or Livy, or Tolstoy or
Gorky. At night, in intervals off duty,
he wrote in his bunk.
"Casuals" was completed in New Jer-
sey two years ago during protracted
American visit. He had been working
on il for years, but American publishers
we're as cold toward it as they once were
toward David Harum." His previous
books had not sold and he seriously con
.idered quitting the writing game. "a
saws I'll be a failure if don't do whai
the public wants" he wrote. 81 said
didn't care blue curse what the public
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regret it extremely if in my former note
used language that might be termed
strong. but the apparent loss of four
such photographs vexed me not a little.
especially as the pictures were eXclu-
sive. could not hope to market the
story without them.
What were the pictures | sent him?
Why, you know without asking. The
we're, first, photograph of an old peas
ant running alongside Mexican
burro; second a photograph of Mexi-
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Continued on Page Three
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With the coming of December the
cla,ter of the typewriters decreases
along Inkpot Alley. The work of the
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was Smnestied by the Emperor OF Aus
tria in 1856. A year later he was \
member OF the Hungarian Diet. and
took part in - deliberations for nine
years. He became a membe. again IN
1851. was among the most prominent
members Of the Hungarian AcGt-
envy and director Of the National Mu-
scum. is it likely that the granddaugh-
ter o. so distingu shed scholar and
politician should have been denied milk
for her baby. been forced 10 i've in the
house Of servant of the American En-
bassy and compelled 20 sGbsist on 3
francs a week
But even that is not all Nine Nijinsk's
mother Is q sister Of Joseph Marcus.
VINO when he died about SIX month ago
was chief mayor of Budapest. a mem-
Der OF the Hungarian Diet. Her mother
is = life member o. the National Thea
ire OF Budapest. Nljinsk ought 20
have had influence enough under SUCH
circums stances 10 have made his impris-
onment easy; and SO 70 was. say Hun
cariaus who have had news from Buda-
pest. He was not even asked 20 re-
port 20 the authorities. and that ! can
prove" said one OF them yesterday.
There is another interesting phase
Of the International question involved
n Niiinsky's liberation. Az the capture
Of przemysl by he Russians a distin-
ruisned res dent OF chicago was taken
prisoner. Thus was DR.. barany, win
Ter of che Nobel prize. Dr. barany is
"a hungarian. and as reserve regi-
mental surgeon he was taken prisoner
by .he Russ ans. When Ambassador
Penfeld asked for the release Of
Nijinsky the Austrian government Of
fered TO exchange him To- DR.. Barany,
but 20 this Russia refused its consent.
A regimentai surgeon. under the cir
cumstance. was q bigger man than even
the foremost dancer ir the world.
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GEN. J. G.. STORY DEAD,
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Active in Interest of National
Guard Of State Of New York.

Major General Joseph G. story, vet
Gran Of the Civil War, died yesterday
afternoon at his home, p Herkimer
Street, Brooklyn. lie was eighty years
old.
General Story record Of military
service in the Var Of the Rebellion and
in the peace time work of the national
guard Of this tate is long.
When President Lincoln called Tor
volunteers in 1861 Mr.. Story enlisted
as private On the City Guard Reserves.
Later. in 1862. after seeing much ser
vice. he was one Of the organizers or
the 23d Regiment volunteers. Win
this force he served first as sergeant
and then as captain Of Company A.
At the close of the war he continued
his interest In military affairs, ana IN
1850 he was chosen assistant IN inc
Ordnance Department. with the rank OF
colonel. During the SPANS h-Amerlcah
War he was stationed "a Fort owns
end. Az the conclusion Of this con-
Aict he was brcyctted brigadicr genera
OF the national guard and received AZ
the time Of his retirement the RANK OF
major general. $500
In 1912 General story celebrated INC
fftieth anniversary OF his enlistment m
the national guard lie was member
Of many societies within that organiza.
,ion. was director OF the National
Rife Association, a member Of lafay-
cite post. G. 4. r.. the sons of The
Revolution and Of the Military Order
OF the War Of 1912.
Tw, sons and q daughter survive
MIN Henry G.. and Frank y. story and
Mrs. Rodney Thursby Services vii oe
hold on Monday NIGHT o. the Clinton
Avenue CONGREGATIONAL Church.
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CONCERT THRONG
BRAVES STORM
EIman at Carnegie and the
CaSalS at AeOlian Draw
Great Crowds.

Neither bad weather nor the late
ness OF the season seems 70 dampen
the enthusiasm Of the perfect concert
goers. Give them an artist Of the first
class and they will throng any hall.
and this they did yesterday afternoon,
when Mischa Eiman appeared at Car
negie and Susan Metcalfe- Casals, with
Pablo Casals. at Aeolian Hall Both
auditoriums held capacity audiences,
yet neither Mr. Elman nor Mr. and Mrs.
Casals are novelties. All three have
appeared here many times this season.
with the exception Of Fritz Kreisler,
Mr Elman appears at present TO have
the most potent popular appeal pos
sessed by any violinist. For this there
are many reasons, among which are his
youth. his dash and his tone. lie is
not however. always 20 be admired,
and his exaggerations Of tone, rhythm
and feeling were never more evident
than they were yesterday. His IS not
the classic poise; he dwells not upon
arIstOcratic heights, Dut rather ioFes
the crowd, and often frankly descends
TO it.
He played yesterday tho Handel
Sonata in D maj or. the Bruch Concerto
IN u minor. the Bach sonata in q
minor and "A shorter group. His tone
was never warmer, his bowling never
freer or more elastic. lie is great
virtuoso. and he can be when he wishes
il fine artist.
or Mr.. Casals little can be said at
this late date unless il is to repeat
that he - both a great virtuoso and a
great artist. His playing yesterday. OF
the Handel Sonata in & minor was that
a master. calm. dignifed. yet IN
stinct with the spirit Of true beauty.
Mrs. Casals is a singer whose art has
deepened with experience. She sang
Yesterday with an exquisite sense OF
phrase and OF mood, a smooth legato'
pure tone.
Among her numbers were Caidara' s
Come raggio iii SOL" an air from
Gluck's "Orfeo." I'm which Mr.. Casals
PLAYED her Accomplishments, and q group
Of Beethoven's Scotch and Irish songs
with violin. cello and piano accompani-
ment. given by Edouard Dethier, Pablo
Casais and Jean Nerd.
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Of the war in It's effect on the people
as well as on the soldiers. Nor is
humor lacking. Though We are shown
the agonies Of the widowed mother
and the sufFerings Of the Belgian dis
pos sessed, we see also children busy
PLAYING soldier. and. once. a soldier
looks jOyfully out Of a trench at a
shell which ia about 10 land in his
immediate proximity, with the remark,
Here comes material for more rings
This ability 90 see humor even in the
most tragic affairs j. a lfe-saving
Gallo trait.
The cartoons Of Forain are superb.
In them he seems 20 have reached the
height OF his ability. They contain
both biting sarcasm and profound
pathos, set forth with remarkable
power. lie is o great craftsman. VINO
never for a moment forCets his art.
The sentiment or Jonas is heroic and
his drawing is iH scale with It. His
two compositions containing a priest
and soldiers are among the strongest
in the collection. All bus one Of
Roulb bots pictures are humorous, but
this one is so very dreadful Do import
that. when we crasped US meaning. 10
was like a dagger thrust. II shows a
little girl kneeling before p tiny grave
with a cross at its head. She is in at
titude Of prayer and is grasping The
wrist Of her right arm, whence the
hand has been severed. Below u we
read, at is her hand Steirlnn's
drawings are mastery. They have fine
composition, the types are powerfully
represented and the line is maCnih-
cent. There are q host of other artists
included, and number Of interesting
newspapers printed By soldiers ~ the
trenches.
The exhibition closes a. Mrs. Whit
ney's studio on the ninth. but the
things are soon 20 be put on view in
some rallerv further uptown.
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Caldwell, y. J.. April s.-Miss Mar
jorie Roosevelt Leaycraft, daughter Of
Mrs Charles Russell Leaycraft and sec
ond cousin Of Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt. was married 70 Joseph Thompson
McAlister, of Hot Springs. Va, at noon
to-day. at the Berkendino. the country
residence of the Ieaycraft family here.
The Rev Dr.. James A. Norris. pastor
Of the Presbyterian church al Hot
Springs. oficiated. Addison Stratton
McAlister. Of New Yorkwas his broth
er's best man. The bride had no at
PENDANTS. Inez Zenobia Campridisa and
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Master Nicholas Roosevelt Leaycraft,
niece and nephew Of the bride, both Of
Caldwell. we're flower bearers.
The bride wore a gown OF white satin,
draped with Princesse lace and en-
bellished with rhinestone and crystal
trimmings About 1870 guests, mostly
from Caldwell, Essex Fells, Montclsir
and New York attended. The house
decorations were palms. jonquils and
genestia.
A reception and buffet lunch followed
the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. McAlister
Will motor to Hot Springs, where they
viii reside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
EAST HARLEM FOR CLEANUP
New Association investigating Condi-
lions in its NeighhorhoOd

The East Harlem Community Associ-
alton. the newest ne ghoorhood associ-
alton formed in New York. is taking
active steps % stamp out evils alleged
TO exist in the district bordcrod by
10th and l30th streets, Fifth Avenue
and the Harlem River.
At the last meeting. held in the pub
lie library in l25th Street, charges were
drawn up and a committee was ap-
pointed 70 investigate them. Matters
under investigation are Inadequate
playground facihties in Harlem lin
moral conditions in Thomas Jefferson
Park, the only playground space In
East Harlem" and "a protest against
the Harlem Amusement Palace, on
l25th Street, near Lexington Avenue"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
JAMES ALLEN rREEMAN.

Pasadena. Cal. April S-James Al.
len Freeman. treasurer Of the Nation
al Lumber Manufacturers Association
and head % the Frceman-Smith Lum-
her Company. died no his home here
to-day from malignant malaria. lie il
survived By widow and two daugh-
ters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
HUGE CHORUS FOR MAsQUE
Prominent Singing Societies Furnish
500 Voices for Shakespeare Celebration.

300 OICes Tor SHAKESPEARE NtIVUI a1I"'''
Louis Koemmenich. conductor OF the
New York Oratorio Society, has been
appointed director Of music for the
Shakespeare Masque. which will be
performed AZ the City College Stadium
next month Ten singing societies
have Joined forces 10 furnish the five
hundred or more voices for the choral
portions Of Arthur Farwell's incidental
r.usic. The city has granted the use
OF the High School Of Commerce. l55
Wet Six.y-ff.h Street. for rehearsals.
which wi'l take place every Tues day
evening. commencing April -.
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BIsSINGER On Friday.

BISSINGER On Friday. April T. 1916,
Charlotte A. Bssinger. daughter o.
the latc James and Helen Moir Ack-
crman Funeral service viii be held
from the funeral parlors OF Robert
Wigger. 16s Amsterdam av.. on Mon
day. April 10. az 10 a. N. Interment
private AZ Greenwood Cemetery.
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The Coming Tower
Is l. \ X L l. O G. X

. o;,ted masterpieces. and starved, which is we'll
! - ad such things in fine romantic tales
y, lie II seems at times crccps up on romance.
>ho,cb the glamour OF romances such these
~. ~. more in reading them than in living them.
f. o,;nte5 masterpieces and his rent fell due,
ii overdue and when the landlord called
~ honest wordncman, whose earnings had bought
little stable-and Blakeock lived in the Lotto
~ artist gave a masterpiece TO pay half the debt!
f.. tainted masterpieces and when his hungry brood
n rbldren cried too loud he sold hundred specimens
n his heaycn-inspired for thirty pieces OF silver;
,o,wnbroker paid this symbolic price, and it
Variable to forget his name, there being nothing else
s~ this one incident to remember him for.
o. oanted masterpieces and at last there grew
Yneah his hand the master-masterpece OF all,
which he spent his bcauty-ravshed soul;
ourebaser dickered for it, each caying word
designed to bring down the price by good round
g,kelock took the last and the lowest price,
Went home counted over the tiny, nggard hoard
0iblls-and thrust them into the flame
Of the kitchen stove. Why not Was it not this
uooch Of a kitchen stove to whom he had sacrificed
pis brain children to feed the children Of his flesh?
This time the fruit OF the sacrifice to Mooch, too
and from that time on the children OF his flesh
Cried no more in their sires hearing, for henceforth
The painter dwelt in State-sequesered world that had
yoreaon ali to the world Of barter and sale
Insane the State called him, and so shut him up
Between kind walls where landlord pawnbroker and the
Grinding soul Of a thrifty, proiessed lover OF art
Could harass him And so he lived
Forgotten to the world But recently
The master-ma -tcrpcce that had undonc him
Mas sold for a sum that, twenty years before
Would have kept the artist He hunted
And now he will have all the physical comforts that
Of sixtyodd may need or want-only what these
ga man named Bakelock'
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PARKER u. PRINCE.

Philadelphia. April 8 Parker B.
Prince. assistant general counsel Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. died
last night az his home az Cynwyd Ho
was siNty-fve years old and had been
with the company since 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
FOURTH AVENUE IN APRIL.

Doe- ia the street there's hurdy-gurdy calling
and Italy Is singing aith ifs oadences athrl-
The orsrge carts are blooming like garden OF Sorrento m
sid the maze Of tangled traffic that is climbing murray III"
l the shadows Of doorway with her basket full OF penoiS
Winter SITS uanotced with her wares upon hef knees
and the Grand g as,roling by the 1owerladen WINDOWS
Seyersees the lonely phantom humming' grooming 10 INC
The sring is E, Fourth Avenueirs gliding all the towers
10 god and crocuspurple with the radiance OF 'he NOM
And lougog men are smiling and one was heard 10 ""
The woman in the doorway sits unnoed and ofofh ,,cur
Hearst whom It Is known owns large tracts Oh Janus !"
Nexico.-Creensboro, \. g., Record 50, -, r,ovror
The Records editorial writer should be admired hy IT. i
LISTEN TO TESsIE'
might pronounce avenue "aycnoo';
might ssy across with az;
might pronounce diamond "dimond'
o. out Of my "ngs" clip The e.
migtt do these thlngs-though DOUBT IL
u moments Of anger pain , - o,,ye,sation
Bot II ever say "isten" in the middle Of 'p"'" Ter
Ssy never make the Top Of the Io"e' "E""
We motorists know what essential Oh d.
FP.A.
CasoIene that's what IT H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
LAURA Willie.

Ring listing Light Occupations and he has
thought good many mponderous pursuits such Press Agent
for Theodore Roosevelt" and Manicurs the Venus de Milo
But he forgot Making Suggestions Woodrow Wilson What
10 Say i'm His 1917 Inauguration Speech"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

Irratz" hs tribe increase would ha, Us believe inat
contribution IN Experience
.. I'D. -h.. that toward landing
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JOHNSTON On

JOHNSTON ON April :, ISABEL
Ormsby. widow Of the late Algernon
X Johnston. Funeral services at
252 Tompkns av, New Brighton.
staten Island. on Tuesday. ~ 2;30
o'clock.